text:
Dog Days Snow Fest
A fun, fast way to experience Kettering University. Tour campus; mingle with students and professors while experiencing what Kettering has to offer. Receive an Admission Decision if application, transcripts and test scores are received at Kettering one week prior to program. Join us for Dog Days Snow Fest!


text:
Target will offer price matching year-round
POSTED: Sunday, January 13, 2013 - 2:00am
UPDATED: Sunday, January 13, 2013 - 2:04am
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Target will match prices from top online retailers year-round, the company said Tuesday.
The retailer will match prices from the websites of Wal-Mart, Amazon, Best Buy and Toys R Us. It will also price match items found on Target.com.
Target jumped on the online price-matching bandwagon last fall in advance of the holiday season, but is the first to extend the policy beyond Christmas shopping
Retailers' holiday mindset -- to do whatever it takes to spur spending -- looks to continue for the indefinite future. And after holiday sales figures came out, it seems like they could use the jumpstart.
While December sales increased for stores like Target, Macy's, Limited Brands and Kohl's, the overall numbers fell slightly below of expectations.
Macy's CEO Terry Lundgren said "significant headwinds from uncertain economic news and the lingering effects of Hurricane Sandy" were to blame.
This is a particularly big blow to retailers, since they can make up to 40 percent of their annual sales in the November-December period.
Target began offering in-store price-matching in 2009, when the economic recession brought consumer spending to a halt. The addition of online price matching is not just another deal to pique shoppers' interests; it's a way for brick-and-mortar stores to compete in the online shopping realm. It gives traditional retailers access to a group of customers -- the savvy online shopper who is used to comparing prices and going with the best deal -- that they otherwise might lose.
"We know that our guests often compare prices online," said Target Chief Executive Officer Gregg Steinhafel. "Guests can confidently shop at Target every day for the best value in retail."

subset: commoncrawl


text:
See your ivory 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
Beautiful colors & design
Tree Top Love Square Invitations Loved the design! Was really impressed with the quality of the paper and printing!
Tree Top Love Square Invitations Gorgeous invites and wonderful customer service! I accidentally had writing in both white and ivory and they called to make sure that's really what I wanted (of course it wasn't)...when I told them no, they fixed it and sent me new proofs!
Awesome product!
Tree Top Love Square Invitations I LOVED these invitations - SO easy to personalize and great quality for the price!
Great look/Low price!
Tree Top Love Square Invitations The invitations look great, were cost effective, and came in really quickly!!
Great for simple but elegant wedding
Tree Top Love Square Invitations Loved that I was able to coordinate with the save the dates, RSVP cards, and place seating cards... Got them in exactly my wedding colors and the delivery was fast!


text:
Hand Thrown Fermentation Pot
- Online Only
- Summary
This hand-crafted stoneware pot is uniquely designed to encourage the fermentation of fresh fruits and vegetables. Use it to transform cabbage into sauerkraut, to pickle vegetables, and to cure olives. The process is simple: Place salted vegetables in the crock, fill with water, then cover with the pot's heavy lid to keep vegetables submerged and encourage lacto-fermentation. As fermentation begins, naturally occurring carbon dioxide drives the air out of the pot, creating an oxygen-free environment ideal for the long, slow brining process.
- Lacto-fermentation converts carbohydrates into lactic acid, lowering the carbohydrate content of fruits and vegetables. It also adds enzymes, nutrients, and probiotics for healthy digestion.
- Vegetables begin to ferment within days. If stored in a cool, dark place, pickled vegetables will keep for months.
- Complementary vegetables (carrots and onions) and herbs (caraway seeds and juniper berries) can be added for additional flavor during fermentation (recipes not included).
- Stoneware pot is hand-thrown, then fired at high heat for maximum durability.
- Eggshell glaze is nontoxic, food-safe, and lead-free.
- 1-gal. cap.; 7 1/4" x 8 1/4" x 7" high.
- Made in USA.
- Dimensions & More Info
- Dishwasher and microwave safe.
- Shipping
Shipping Information
This item is shipped from our warehouse by UPS to arrive within five business days of our receiving your order.
Shipping Rates
The shipping rate varies depending on your order total and shipping destination. View Shipping Options and Charges.
Next Day Delivery
For an additional charge of $17.50 per address, we can expedite delivery to most destinations. This service is not available for some oversize items, items shipped directly from the supplier (including perishable and custom-manufactured items), out-of-stock items and items to be shipped outside the contiguous 48 states.
Orders recieved by 9:00 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Thursday will arrive the next business day; orders placed Friday thorugh Sunday will arrive on the following Tuesday.
Return Policy
At Williams-Sonoma, we take great pride in the quality and craftsmanship of our products. Attention to design, materials, safety and construction are our priority. Upon receipt, please inspect your purchase and notify us of any damage; we will arrange for a prompt replacement.
If within 30 days, you are dissatisfied for any reason, you may return your purchase for a refund of the merchandise value. An original receipt or gift receipt is required for all returns and exchanges. Returns with a gift receipt will be refunded in the form of a Merchandise Credit for the amount indicated on the gift receipt. Returns with original receipt will be refunded in the original form of payment, cash and check refunds over $100 will be issued as a company check (may take 14 business days from time of request).
We cannot accept returns on monogrammed, personalized, special-order items, custom upholstery, items shipped direct from the vendor, or on items damaged through normal wear and tear. Final sale items ending in .97 or .99 cannot be returned.
For returns of items purchased from your Williams-Sonoma Gift Registry, we will gladly provide a refund or exchange for the merchandise within 90 days of your event or within 90 days of purchase, whichever date is later. View Full Return Policy.


text:
Pictured in Maroon. Click here to return to lifestyle photo.
Port Authority® Small Stow-N-Go Tote. B116
Never get caught without a tote for shopping or errands. Our Stow-N-Go Tote stuffs into its own attached pocket for easy portability. A metal carabiner lets you clip it anywhere. With two sizes and a rainbow of colors, the reusable Stow-N-Go is a simple way to help the environment.
- 100% 70 denier polyester
- Pocket with drawcord and carabiner
- Dimensions: 21"h x 16.75"w x 2"d, Approx. 704 cubic inches
Note: Bags not intended for use by children 12 and under. Includes a California Prop 65 and social responsibility hangtag.


text:
Vietnamese Sugar Cane Shrimp (Chao Tom) Recipe
I'd never tried Vietnamese food before I came to the United States. There was no Vietnamese restaurant in my hometown and Vietnamese cuisine had never crossed my mind. Then, Thai food was the only exotic food I knew.
I first tasted Vietnamese food when I was attending graduate school in the Midwest. Stuck in the middle-of-no-where AKA Fargoland, Vietnamese food was a treat to my taste buds. I loved the familiar southeast Asian flavors: the noodle dishes, the steaming hot pho, the rice plates, the fresh bean sprouts, herbs, mint leaves, and oh yeah, fish sauce. Vietnamese food reminded me of the tastes of home–well, not quite, but they were close. It was comfort food back then and I gradually fell in love with Vietnamese cuisine.
Chao tom, or Vietnamese sugar cane shrimp is one of the appetizer dishes that I absolutely adore. While I always order them at restaurants, I have never attempted to make chao tom at home until recently. I got myself some fresh sugar cane and adapted my recipe of tau hu ky (shrimp paste with bean curd skin) and deep-fried them. (The traditional way of making sugar cane shrimp or chao tom is grilling.)
The sweet thing about making these chao tom (sugar cane shrimp) at home was that I could wrap as much shrimp paste around the sugar cane as possible, so every bite was a mouthful of delicious and springy shrimp paste. Yum!
Sign Up for Email Updates
Enter your email for new updates: recipes, giveaways, and more!
31 comments... read them below or add one
I love chao tom with vermicelli and drenched in fish sauce. to have your chao tom recipe, so now I can just add bun to it and I have a bowl of bun chao tom. :)
It's been a while since I drop by – been so busy that I'm even neglecting my own blog :P
What I love about Chao Tom is at the end of eating it, where you can bite on sugarcane and suckle on the sweet jus. MMm!
This Vietnamese dish instantly reminds me of Thailand's deep-fried chicken wrapped in pandan leaves. It is comfort food to me while overseas. I have my fair share while in HCMC. It is a wonderful aromatic dish with a sweet after-taste (from chewing the sugarcane). Cheers to good cooking!
Your photography is really top notch.Please keep up the good work.
The first time I had this was in Saigon — from a street seller — for breakfast! I think I've been hooked ever since. What a wonderful treat!
Yummm I love these! I even like to chew the "skewers" once the shrimp is gone.
Oh, don't those look delicious! Are you supposed to eat the sugarcane at the end? Because I don't think I'd be able to resist! :)
You are such a great cook. All your recipes looks so yummy….
Looks delicious!
Do you have to pat dry the sugar cane also? I am wondering how to ensure the shrimp paste well around the sugar cane before I deep fry them?
Yummy as usual! Now, I just have to try it but I already have a stack of them to try on my desk.For my health's sake, I should definitely stop blog- hopping !
I have seen this on Vietnamese restuarant menu but haven't tried making them myself. J'adore!!
i want tht too. where did u get the sugarcane fr?
I made something similar recently but my shrimp paste was flatter(cos running out of paste :P )…yours is big, fat and so tempting!
I love this dish but it definitely was a "special-occasion" treat when I was growing up. You've inspired me to make it at home now!
I love these sugar cane shrimp skewers! These look so plump: more goodness to have.
All – thanks for your comments.
Limpepsi – by freezing the shrimp paste, it makes it easier to handle. Yes, pat dry the sugar cane quarters. If you want, you can just pat the shrimp paste with a little flour before you drop them into the oil.
this is my favourite vietnamese appetizer too! i always order it when i'm having vietnamese food. thanks for sharing the recipe. now can try to make it at home :)
This looks delicious…
Didn't even think about making this at home.
We used to eat Vienamese food in KL. They are delicious and yet not so spicy to my hubby n mil. We were talking about this sugar cane shrimp and glad to find the recipe here. Your photos are so beautiful! I am drooling…;)
Isn't great that when we cook at home, we can have as much ingredients as we want in our dishes? I like the "fat" version of your chao tom, looks so yummy!
Isn't great that when we cook at home, we can have as much ingredients as we want in our dishes? I like the "fat" version of your chao tom, looks so yummy!
Just to clarify chao tom is the name for the shrimp patty you make and place on the sugarcane.
The proper name for this is tom mi (tom-shrimp and mi-sugarcane).
Looks lovely.
Oh I have to make this! I just bought 2 bags of frozen shrimp on sale for half price. This is perfect. And, we are lucky here to have a Vietnamese restaurant just down the block!
I would love to try these.
I am so making this! Been thinking about doing something like this for ages, but never have the bravery to try it out. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Add 1/4 tsp baking soda to the recipe you'll get an even smother texture :-)
Thank you for the great recipe. We recently made it and was great!
OK…it's official, I'm a terrible cook. This recipe seems like a cakewalk, and I managed to mess it all up. There was something extremely suspect with the way mine turned out, I used the freshest shrimp that I could (was alive when I bought it), and still failed. I so far back I don't think there is a drawing board to go back to!
This Vietnamese dish instantly reminds me of Thailand's deep-fried chicken wrapped in pandan leaves. It is comfort food to me while overseas. I have my fair share while in HCMC. It is a wonderful aromatic dish with a sweet after-taste (from chewing the sugarcane). Cheers to good cooking!


text:
stevo. wrote:Brisbane Valley? yeah that's sooooo long.
It's not that it is long.....it is just such a shocker of a road period!!!!
stevo. wrote:Brisbane Valley? yeah that's sooooo long.
GypsyLady wrote:Titch wrote:Appears we are staying home and smoking some Bacon Instead.
Does that give you much of a buzz Titch??
stevo. wrote:
Is it 4pm yet? :cheers
stevo. wrote:yeah, and then it took me an hour to get from the Gateway Bridge to Nudgee because of traffic (normally takes a five minutes). , so with all the traffic it ended up taking 5 hours instead of the normal 3 1/2 hours.
stevo. wrote:Yeah was an awesome weekend too :armsup
I have a few pics, not many though. The country is all really green at the moment. Plenty of water in the creeks.
stevo. wrote:I only took a few photos of the gorge/creek, and mainly did some video playing in the 4wd. I'll try to get a few pics up tonight.
Rosco1 wrote:Gypsy.....Arn't we STILL waiting for your pics from the weekend before....When you went camping ????
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 5 guests


text:
Phoronix: GStreamer 1.2 Feature Release Is Now Available
GStreamer 1.2.0 is now available as the first major update to this widely-used open-source multimedia framework since the GStreamer 1.0 milestone some months ago...
I hope it is backwards compatible with 1.0 since I hate having different versions of the same thing...
-SourceCentralized configuration of audio and video: Configuration of hardware and media frameworks are offered in a single, centralized dialog.
Purpose driven design: Instead of demanding that you select special audio outputs for applications, Phonon applications describe what kind of sound output they make and lets you select for these categories individually.
Automated device selection: Pluggable audio and video devices like USB or Bluetooth headsets become easy to use with Phonon. Phonon acts on information and signals from Solid, which is KDE's hardware subsystem, and automatically makes use of new devices.
It has been the recommended backend for Phonon on Linux for years. The VLC at least used to be recommended on Windows and all other backends have been deprecated to my knowledge.Originally Posted by bwat47


text:
Post: 9609
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Atlanta
http://kevinshanklin.com/ IF YOU HAVE A FFFOUND.COM INVITE MSG ME
Post: 1148
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Chicago
She stole gucci's flow. Song is still dope though. Who produced this shit?
Post: 77
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: PG, MD
Post: 3403
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Long Beach,CA
Post: 2295
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Brooklyn
Lil B dissed her so now she's chilling with OF?
Post: 130
Join Date: Jan 2011
I think OF produced it. Could be wrong though.
Post: 471
Join Date: May 2007
Location: toronto, canada
Post: 2228
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: PHILLY
Post: 1832
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Sauga
Post: 256
Join Date: Oct 2008
[05-18-2011 03:48 PM] BruhMan: kreayshawn needs to quit rapping and just take hard dick
Post: 2072
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Shaolin
Post: 2113
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: LA/Iowa
I had taken the words out of his mouth and filled it with fart.
Post: 514
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: heaven and earth
Post: 514
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: heaven and earth
they need v nasty in that song
Post: 6244
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Lurking
Post: 2908
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Chuo_Osaka
Don't badmind me.
Post: 2652
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: The City.
Post: 406
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Chattanooga , TN
Post: 373
Join Date: Dec 2010
Post: 1824
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Illmatic, Track 2
Post: 6305
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: LA
I couldn't care less about her music. I want to fuck her face tho.
Her and her sister are really annoying. Like punch a bitch annoying
I can see how hoes would be feelin this
Lil B dissed her so now she's chilling with OF?
Post: 2677
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Los Angeles
Post: 5120
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: 5thFlo


text:
The following words were spoken by the late Red Skelton on his television program as he related the story of his teacher, Mr. Laswell, who felt his students had come to think of the Pledge of Allegiance as merely something to recite in class each day.
Now, more than ever, listen to the meaning of these words.
"I've been listening to you boys and girls recite the Pledge of Allegiance all semester and it seems as though it is becoming monotonous to you.
If I may, may I recite it and try to explain to you the meaning of each word?
me, an individual, a committee of one.
Dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self pity.
My love and my devotion.
To the flag
Our standard, Old Glory, a symbol of freedom. Wherever she waves, there's respect because your loyalty has given her a dignity that shouts freedom is everybody's job!
That means that we have all come together.
Individual communities that have united into 48 great states. Forty-eight individual communities with pride and dignity and purpose; all divided with imaginary boundaries, yet united to a common purpose, and that's love for country.
And to the republic
A state in which sovereign power is invested in representatives chosen by the people to govern. And government is the people and it's from the people to the leaders, not from the leaders to the people.
For which it stands, one nation
One nation, meaning "so blessed by God."
Incapable of being divided.
With liberty
Which is freedom – the right of power to live one's own life without threats, fear or some sort of retaliation.
And justice
The principle or quality of dealing fairly with others.
For all
Which means, boys and girls, it's as much your country as it is mine."
Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country and two words have been added to the pledge of Allegiance...
Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that this is a prayer and that would be eliminated from schools too?
Read more food and drink stories here
Red, white and blue chocolate cupcakes recipe
2 cups sugar
1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour
¾ cup cocoa
1 ½ tsp baking powder
1 ½ tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 eggs
1 cup milk
½ cup vegetable oil
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup boiling water
Vanilla buttercream frosting
5 T butter or margarine
4 cups powdered sugar
¼ cup milk
1 t vanilla extract
Fresh blueberries and strawberries
Heat oven to 350 F.
Line muffin cups (2-1/2 inches in diameter) with paper bake cups.
In large bowl, stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of electric mixer 2 minutes.
Stir in boiling water (batter will be very thin).
Fill muffin cups 2/3 full with batter.
Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely.
Frost cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting.
Garnish with blueberries and strawberries.
Vanilla buttercream frosting:
In medium bowl, cream together the butter and powdered sugar.
Add the milk and vanilla extract, beating until frosting is of spreading consistency.
Makes about 2 cups of frosting.
The Fourth of July weekend was coming up, and the nursery school teacher took the opportunity to tell her class about patriotism.
"We live in a great country," she said.
"One of the things we should be happy is that, in this country, we are all free."
One little boy came walking up to her from the back of the room. He stood with his hands on his hips and said. . . .
"I'm not free. I'm four."
Happy Holiday!
Log in with your social accounts:
Or, log in with your IrishCentral account:
Don't have an account yet? Register now !
Join IrishCentral with your social accounts:
Already have an account ? Log in
For Newsletter Subscribers – Draw for 1 Prize on December 31st.
Prize: Your Piece of Ireland – a Square of Land in the heart of the Glens of Antrim, Ireland
More details here (or you can buy a little piece of Ireland directly): http://bit.ly/1zew9ox
Or, sign up for an IrishCentral account below:
Make sure we gathered the correct information from you
You already have an account on IrishCentral! Please confirm you're the owner.
Our new policy requires our users to save a first and last name. Please update your account:


text:
Hamilton College routinely operates in a manner which avoids emergencies. However, the College is not immune to critical incidents, and strives to plan and prepare for them through written plans and protocols, training, effective communication strategies, and regular meetings of the Hamilton Emergency Response Team (HERT). The HERT members are:
A broader group, the Hamilton Incident Management Team (HIMT), is composed of additional senior staff and other essential personnel with overall administrative and managerial responsibility for the College during emergency incidents. For more information about the College's procedures, and for the full listing of HIMT members, please click on the Quick Reference Guide link listed below.
If you witness an emergency event, the most important thing to do is to call one of the emergency numbers listed here: www.hamilton.edu/safety/emergencies. All members of the College community are also encouraged to review the information contained in the links below as a means of becoming more familiar with your own roles and responsibilities.
In the event of any single emergency incident, there are a number of immediate and defensive actions the members of our community should take. Those actions are described in the "Emergency Action Plans"
that follow:
Hamilton employs a reverse-911 system to alert employees and students of campus emergencies and closures. In an emergency, the College will contact students by cell phone or campus room phone number. Employees and students can opt in to receive text messages. Go to the Personal Profile Management page to edit or verify your contact information.
To view an instructional video on what to do in the event of an active shooter situation, please play below or visit the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VcSwejU2D0


text:
Paul Rodgers Credits Fans And Radio For Keeping Bad Company Alive
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Bad Company frontman Paul Rodgers is thrilled with the fact that the band's ongoing reunion shows have been going from strength. After wrapping a bunch of joint shows with old friends Lynyrd Skynyrd, as well as a bunch of gigs on their own, the band's enjoying a month's break before hitting the final stops of their 2013 summer tour.
Paul Rodgers told us that he feels that the continued allure of Bad Company as a viable live act has everything to do with radio never once forgetting about the band. We asked him if the fans treat the current shows as if it was back in the '70s: "Yes, they do. Y'know, it's amazing, and radio is great, too, because the music seems to be, kind of radio friendly and it's great that they keep pumping that music out there. I think it has stood the test of time, as they say. Y'know, for me, I, I look at my influences; soul and blues. I still am moved by those records that first, y'know, made the hair crawl on the back of my arms, y'know? And I still feel the same way about my influences, so I can't understand how people . . . y'know, once you're moved by some music, it sort of stays with you."
Bad Company has teamed up with DiscLive Network, to present fans with double CD soundboard copies of their shows. The discs, which are available for purchase the night of the concert, "will be individually numbered and packaged in super high quality digipaks . . .will also contain an extra 'bonus' CD with an exclusive 'rockumentary'-style interview with the band."
Bad Company tour dates (subject to change):
September 14 - Penticton, BC - South Okanagan Events Centre
September 19 - Manson, WA - Deep Water Amphitheater
September 21 - Glen Ellen, CA - B.R. Cohn Charity Events Fall Music Festival at B.R. Cohn Winery (Paul Rodgers solo)
September 27 - Lincoln, CA - Thunder Valley Casino
September 29 - Pomona, CA - L.A. County FairFairplex Grandstand
Photo Courtesy of PRPhotos.com
Your browser does not support script
Internet Explorer Users Click Here To See What's On-Air
Contest Rules
Contact Us
Copyright 2014. Eves Broadcasting Inc.
Site Designed and Maintained by MME
Music News
Search our Music Database
'Like' Us On Facebook
Local News
On-Air Now
Listen Live With Our App


text:
Sutter County Data Summary
Note on Ranking: The Central Valley counties included in this report are ranked to enable a comparison of their performance in preserving farmland and encouraging "smart growth." A rank of 1 (among the 11 counties studied) indicates the best relative performance, a rank of 11 indicates the worst relative performance. Rankings are based on percentage change (where it is given), amount of change (where no percentage change is given) or the absolute number (where no change is given).
Data Sources
[1] Population data from U.S. Bureau of Census.
[2] All data on agricultural and urban land from Farmland Mapping & Monitoring Program (FMMP), Department of Conservation, California Resources Agency.
[3] Ranchette data from T. Dunbar, "Ranchettes: The Subtle Sprawl" (American Farmland Trust, 2000); except Stanislaus, Merced, Madera and Fresno Counties data from FMMP, 2002.
[4] "High Quality Farmland" includes farmland classified by FMMP as prime, unique or of statewide importance. [See Land Classification System]
[5] Vehicle miles from "California Motor Vehicle Stock, Travel and Fuel Forecast," Caltrans, Nov. 2004; households calculated by dividing population by 2.8 people per household.
[6] Calculated by AFT based on 1990-2000 development efficiencies and California Department of Finance population projections.
[Back to Top]


text:
Princess Yan (played by Charlene Choio) is appointed to be the consort of the Fan State. During her journey to the Fan State she and her military escort, General Cheng (played by Raymond Lam), are constantly getting each other into trouble. Gradually, they fall in love. Despite their forbidden love, Princess Yan and General Cheng exchange love tokens - a pearl from Yan's dowry and an emerald of Cheng's family heritage. When they are attacked by a lady brigand, Princess Yan falls down from a high cliff. Although she survives, she loses her memory and not knowing she is a princess, from that day lives her life as a commoner. General Cheng is kidnapped by the lady brigand and taken prisoner. Thus the lovers lose contack with each other and there starts their adventure. General Cheng is taken to the brigand fortress by the lady brigand chieftain, Zhu Sanniang (played by Joey Yung). With General Cheng's knowledge and expertise the brigand fortress thrives. Zhu admires General Cheng and begins to feel affection for him. When General Cheng leaves the brigand fortress in search of Princess Yan, Zhu's strong affection for General Cheng comples her to follow him. When Princess Yan fell from the cliff and lost her memory, she was saved by storyteller Ling Gankai (played by Cho Lam Wong). Princess Yan is devoted to Ling and follows him everywhere. When General Cheng finds Princess Yan living as a commoner, he discovers that not only has she lost her memory but that she has fallen in love with Ling…..
Click here to list more Charlene Choi's DVD titles
Alternate Version
Jade And The Pearl , The
Price: US$13.99


text:
Results 211 to 225 of 824
June 28th, 2010, 01:13 PM #211
- Join Date
- Jun 2010
- Posts
- 1
Hi, this is my first time on the forums, and of course, I'm looking for recommendations!
I want something that's traditional fantasy, with magic, and follows one main protagonist. I like books in which the protagonist is talented or clever or the like (cheesy, I know).
I don't want anything with a huge cast of characters, I want a main character to love!
A series would be nice, if possible.
I've recently read and enjoyed:
The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss
Everything by Cecilia Dart-Thornton.
American Gods, Neil Gaiman
The Chronicles of Narnia, CS Lewis
Nearly all Garth Nix (getting a bit old for it now, though)
A Game of Thrones, George RR Martin
I don't really like:
Terry Pratchett
David Eddings
Thanks for any help!
June 30th, 2010, 07:14 AM #212
- Join Date
- Jun 2010
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Posts
- 2
Fairly new to fantasy / Sci Fi and looking for good reads!
I have recently just re-joined the library and am trying to read more SciFi and fantasy...
I recently read Acheron (A Dark Hunter novel) by Sherrilyn Kenyon and could not put it down.
I enjoy reading about Greek, Roman Mythology, Vampires, WereWolves etc(Loved The True Blood series).
Being a girl, I like the romancey/racy side of things as well...
Would be happy to take any suggestions! Thanks.
June 30th, 2010, 11:46 AM #213
If you like the romantic side with vampires, I would recommend J R Wards' series of books starting with Dark Lover! Check it out!
July 1st, 2010, 02:58 AM #214
- Join Date
- Jun 2010
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Posts
- 2
Thanks Shayna!
July 1st, 2010, 12:00 PM #215
your Welcome Lindsay! There are so many more...if you would like a list of books just message me and i will get back to you! have fun!
July 2nd, 2010, 10:09 AM #216
- Join Date
- Jul 2010
- Posts
- 3
Where to go next
Hi all, I'm brand new here and am hoping to find some new-to-me books to add to my summer lineup. I appologize for the wordy post, hopefully it's in the right place!
Here's what I'm working with:
George RR Martin: Great characters that drew me in, no fear of killing some off, never sure where exactly they're going to go.
Steven Erikson: Big and meaty! I like books that are a bit challeging. Love that you never know where you're going to be going, what characters are going to meet, and what's going to happen to them there. I like the ambiguity of "good" and "bad" characters, lots of grey areas which is delightful. Disliked: too much military strategy in some of the later books, I skimmed over a lot of the battle scenes, and I don't mind gore but not for gore's own sake.
Gene Wolf: Dark, non LOTR style (I don't mind elves and dwarves and sword quests but it does get tiring), moments of absolutely beautiful writing.
Robert Jordan: Yes terribly cliche, but guilty pleasure I read and loved the entire WoT series, I can't quite put my finger on why. I like the approachability and personability of the writing, and interplay with various characters. It was like a good blockbuster movie, it wasn't the best writing or the best story, but still terribly entertaining and a good story!
Frank Herbert: The Dune series was terrific... A complete lack of elves, dwarves and swords, interesting and detailed settings without talking about boring things like flowers or castles. And, great complex writing without an overkill of adjectives
Tad Williams: I read Tailchasers song years and years ago and absolutely loved it. I read DragonBonechair and otherland series, enjoyed then. However I don't know if I'd enjoy TW as much now, having being spoiled by darker more complex writing since.
Guy Gavriel Kay: So boring... Obviously cliche one dimensional characters, the entire world of the book felt "small" to me. I read the Tigana book half way, and found the entire crux of the book (not being able to say the word of a mysterious dead city?) very silly and uninteresting.
Terry Brooks: Yawn.... more boring than Kay... Horribly cardboard cast, boring rendition of LOTR, every character is obviously "good" or "bad" with absolutely no ambiguity, you knwo from page two that your attractive but unassuming hero is giong to go on a quest for quest item B with his gradually assembled quest-group of unlikly allies. Pass.
Terry Goodkind: I actually enjoyed the first two-ish books, however this was years ago. Small cast but strong characters, undergoing pretty big challenges that were different than the usual cliches. I got bored with the later books in the series as it felt like they were starting to become money-milking things that were wordy without adding value, and just drawing things out. Kindof like a movie that went WAY too far in sequels after the real crux of the characters was solved.
Grey-characters with "real" faults/strengths: I don't mind a good old powerful hero, but i prefer when characters aren't cliche and obviously good or evil. It's nice when you can't really tell, because nothing ever is that straight forward!
Unpredictable plots: It's nice when you read chapter 1 and you don't already know the entire plot line of the story. I'm more of a fan of plots that are complicated without the *gasp* mid-book totally random twist. My main reason for liking Erikson is his unpredictable, but not PLOTTWIST plotlines.
Emotion invoking writing: If a book can make me cry, it scores big points! That doesn't mean I enjoy tear-jerker baby-dying books just because sake, but if a book can make me care enough about a character that I tear up at either happy or sad moments, that's awesome.
Character connections: I love character interplay, I like when I connect with a character, and when a character connects with another. Not just BFF connections either, realistic and engrosing character interplay, both positive and negative and all those grey areas are great.
Complicated, well thought out and engrosing writing: Over description of scenes with a thousand different adjectives does not count as good writing! Writers with a great grasp of language and great writing skills will draw me in.
Big!: (obviously since my own post is enormous :P) I like having to chew on a book for a while. Nothing is so disappointing as finishing a book in two days just when I was getting excited about it. I'm delighted by a big page count, as long as it's full of more than just filler adjectives!
Boring cookie cutter plots and characters. I hate meeting the "hero" on page one and knowing eactly what he's all about immediately. Zzz...
Over descriptive writing that doesn't add value: See above but endless strings of adjectives drive me crazy.
I'm less picky about the topic of a book than I am about the style, character development, depth, and authors talent. If it's a good book it doesn't matter what it's about! I'm not married to the fantasy genre, I've just found my favorite books here so continue to look for more there. I'm sure there's a ton of SF stuff (???) out there that I haven't even tapped, with the depth and complexity I'm after, but I don't know where to begin
July 2nd, 2010, 10:20 AM #217
R. Scott Bakker - The Prince of Nothing trilogy. Especially if you like Erikson and Martin.
July 11th, 2010, 01:07 PM #218
Picked up a few horror novels the other day from the local used bookstore: Naomi by Douglas Clegg, Lost Boy Lost Girl by Peter Straub, and The Everlasting by Tim Lebbon. I've been feeling the need for a horror fix lately, and I've often seen Clegg, Straub, and Lebbon recommended, but I've yet to give them a try (other than Lebbon, on the fantasy side). Any recommendations out of those 3 as to what to start first?
Also been meaning to give David Gemmell a try, so I picked up Sword in the Storm. It was $3 and the only Gemmell they had. Would this be a good place to start with Gemmell, or should I pick up something else by him?
July 15th, 2010, 01:30 PM #219
- Join Date
- Jul 2010
- Posts
- 5
Hey guys well I'm new here and I found this topic for recommendations but it seems to be really old.
I'm looking for a new series to read! I want a series that has at least three books to it, it can be a series that is still ongoing or is completed. . . although if its completed I'd prefer more then three books.
I want something I can lose myself in, something where I discover the universe in the book along with the main characters.
Recently I've read The Sword of Truth Series by Terry Goodkind. The first three books, and the Temple of Winds, and the last book The Confessor where my favorites. . . the rest kind of meh.
After that I read The Chronicles of the Necromancer by Gail Z. Martin. I enjoyed this series, and its still ongoing. My only disappointment was that the last book in the series, "Dark Lady's Chosen.", was only 300 something pages.
I'm looking for something with magic in it with a developing main character who is somewhat younger in age who has to go out on some epic quest.
In the less recent past I've read the Wheel of time Series, LOTR and the hobbit, Harry Potter, The Inheritence Cycle (still ongoing), and all the Anne Rice vampire novels.
So far I've just been going to the Fantasy Section in Barnes and Nobles but last time I didn't find much except for the Necromancer Chronicles.
Thanks in Advance!
July 15th, 2010, 10:50 PM #220
- Join Date
- Jul 2010
- Posts
- 5
Well after reading many of the other topics I was directed too I've decided on reading the series "A Song of Fire and Ice", by George R. R. Martin. I'm about to begin reading the pdf online and if I like this series I plan to purchase the books.
I like the flexibility that comes with actually having the book, I can read it anywhere! =)
This series really drew me in after reading this paragraph on the wiki.
The narrative is set primarily in the fictional Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, a large, South Americasized[12] continent with an ancient history stretching back some twelve thousand years, and where the seasons last for years. The original inhabitants of the land were the Children of The Forest (whose old gods are still worshipped in the North), a diminutive race who lived in harmony with nature and employed powerful magic. The First Men, a civilization of primitive warriors wielding bronze weapons and riding horses, crossed over from the eastern continent via a land bridge (destroyed in the resulting conflicts) and fought a series of wars against the Children which ended with the Pact of the Isle of Faces being signed, with the First Men taking control of the open lands and the Children remaining in the forests.
Any other suggestions? =s
July 16th, 2010, 12:04 AM #221
July 16th, 2010, 12:06 AM #222
July 16th, 2010, 05:21 PM #223
July 19th, 2010, 12:19 PM #224
Under The Dome!! As good as The Stand! I just love to read his books! I know there are a lot of Stephen King fans out there...and, if you haven't picked this one up...go! He is definitely at his best writing a big book like this. The characters, the plot...the Thrill!!! yessss! I mean ask yourself this....do you enjoy a good story and having a great storyteller like stephen is essential in writing a great novel as he does so well!
i enjoyed it tremendously, Shayna
July 19th, 2010, 08:56 PM #225


text:
Amazing. As soon as someone points out something obvious, the troll parade arrives. I merely pointed out one of the shortcomings, which is why I believe that Linux can't make it in this market. Of course there are good and valid reasons for these problems most of the time. Yes, something doesn't work and there's a reason for it. Good. It still doesn't work. Knowing why doesn't help you.
Tell me, whats the difference that makes it so Linux cant be a gaming platform because you Xbox controller lights flicker, which means that same argument doesn't apply to the Wii or the Playstation?
Whats next, complaining that CDs don't work in your tape drive?
Lack of interest. Note how a horde of kernel devs rush to the rescue when a "regression" is spotted that makes PostgreSQL run queries 24 nanoseconds slower on some 200-disk RAID cluster running on a 64 CPUs 12 cores each setup.
Linux is not run by people who care about video games.
Last edited by RealNC; 12-18-2012 at 01:35 PM.


text:
What's on Now!
What's New
What's New in March
Recipes & Projects
Travel Tip: Using an ATM in Europe
Saturday Marathons
April 4, 2015
Spring Fling
America Quilts Creatively
Join Sue Hausmann and learn new techniques, tips and computer technology to help spruce up your next quilting project. From spiral quilting to quilting with a hoop, Sue and special guests instruct viewers with their quilting expertise. Topics include: fabric choices, tools, patterns, trimmings and a host of surefire tips to help improve your next quilting project.
Distributed by: The National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA)
Sue Hausmann
Sue Hausmann's proficiency in the art of sewing resulted naturally from a lifetime of sewing for herself, her four children and now eight grandchildren. Sue is a master sewing instructor and has written 25 books, including Sew Fast, Faster, Fastest.
<< previous 30 | 1-30 of 104 | next 30>>
<< previous 30 | 1-30 of 104 | next 30>>
please enter your zip code.
Do not prompt me again
Quilt As You Create
Learn a new step by step fold and finish process to create quilt elements and how to join them together to make reversible tablemats, quilts, and much more with guest Betty Cotton. Plus, see tips for making quilt labels and easy steps for a two color binding technique.
Fantastic Fan Creative Expressions
See incredible ideas for beautiful quilts and gifts using embroidery or applique techniques. Create fantasy with fans, stitch building, scallops and more with guest Jenny Haskins. Learn to design a Memory Quilt on your computer with Andrea Poulimenos and print fabric to create a Reflection Quilt.
Multimedia Pictorial Quilt
Join guest Carol Ingram in using paints, fabrics, fibers, and more to create a beautiful Southwest landscape. Make an Interactive Quilt full of fun "loose" pieces, and learn a new quilted curves technique with Vikki Pignatelli.
Smart Lone Star Quilting
Guest Mary Henderson teaches the easiest way to construct and quilt a Lone Star Quilt with her new methods. Learn to create a photomontage quilt block or wall hanging focal point and then see and learn about the 1939 Chicago World's Fair Quilt Contest quilts exhibited at International Quilt Market.
Creative Embroidery
See how easy it is to create pictures in stitches and stitch them out as block designs for quilting with guest Kathy Soja. Frame your stitched pictures in a Nine Patch Wall Hanging. Learn to add embroidery details to printed pictures and fabrics plus a contemporary twist on Hawaiian Quilting with Stacy Michell's All Around Applique.
Choose Colors for Quilts
Guest Cindy Casciato teaches about color; how to choose it and combine it in your quilts using the color wheel as your guide. Learn to create and print customized appliques from computer clip art. Andrea Poulimenos demonstrates how to give quilt blocks transparent/sheer look elements both on the computer screen and in fabrics.
A Quilt for All Seasons
Take one tree trunk embroidery or applique, add 3 dimensional foliage cut from fabric scraps, glitter threads, netting and more to create a tree for Summer, Winter, Spring, and Fall, then piece triangles to frame your blocks with guest Joyce Drexler. Learn Garden Scanning on your computer with Andrea and print stitch through patterns for stippling your quilt.
Add The Sparkling Touch
Learn the newest and easiest way to embellish quilts, quilted garments, and more with crystals, pearls and beads with guest Abby Riba. Create a reversible quilted jacket with unique scallop binding. Discover new ways to print your own fabric plus easy curved piecing with Marti Michell.
City Quilts
Guest Betty Alof shares her easy precision applique techniques for creating pictorial quilts she calls City Quilts. Also, Andrea demonstrates how to combine quilt blocks for exciting new block patterns, plus how to create "quilted" and embellished gift cards on your computer.
Meadow Stage
Quilt a wonderful "fairy tale" Meadow Stage from fabrics you print, applique and embroider. Learn easy methods for putting it all together with Laura Haynie. Create a nine patch Red Work quilt and learn tips for making banner printed fabrics.
Circle Magic
Guest Brandy Stell brings a new project featuring her super easy quilting techniques for the Rob Peter, Pay Paul block. Print wonderful fabric quilts to make small quilts, doll quilts, practice blocks and more. Learn all about printing fabrics and how to create the best quality fabrics while saving time and money.
Crazy Quilting with Attitude
Beautiful crazy patch piecing can be finished into just about anything from quilts to garments, to home decor and bags. Guest Barbara Randle demonstrates the basics then teaches how to embellish it to the max on a crazy patch purse. Learn to create Kaleidoscope flowers on fabric and travel to International Quilt Market for a look at wonderful antique quilts
New Ways to Create Antique Applique
Learn the latest and easiest ways to create antique applique and lace edgings with Cindy Losekamp, plus how to design wonderful crazy patch on your computer with Andrea Poulimenos and tips on printers for quilters.
Let's Go Shopping Applique
Turn flat applique into fantastic applique with threads, paint, and more. Nancy Barrett shares her secrets for perfect applications and stitching. Learn to make applique patterns with pieces that join automatically and how to put them all together in fabric.
Quilt and Piece Fast and Easy with Your Serger
Susan Pfaff demonstrates tips and techniques for serger piecing and quilting while teaching a Quilted Serger Bag. Learn to prepare t-shirts for a commemorative t-shirt quilt with Deborah Fugitt and howto get the best from your scanner.
Picture Perfect Photo Embroidery
Combine picture quilting and free motion embroidery with Joyce Drexler to make a one of a kind quilted wall hanging for someone special. Convert color photos to black and white or sepia tones for the "antique look" photo quilts and design stencils and patterns for fabric painting on your computer with Andrea Poulimenos.
It's in the Bag
Joan Hawley is known for her wonderful quilted purses and bags. See one bag seventeen different ways! See how trapunto techniques enhance printed photos in your quilts and Patty Marstrand shows the easy way to plot size, create shapes and placement and more.
Hand Look Applique The Easy Way
Learn an easy way to make applique pieces for machine applique that looks hand done. Elle Colquitt Speer brings tips and techniques including the easiest way to create a placement template and Veronica Cox shows how to use the applique sheet. See a fun way to create Scrapbook Quilts and see them before you sew them.
Redwork and Bluework Summer Quilts
Carol Ingram shares the history of redwork and bluework and demonstrates how easy it is to sew a Redwork summer quilt today using modern day sewing supplies. Go to the Internet for Redwork patterns that can be printed, stitched, and/or digitized. Use the computer to design a Memory Baby Quilt with special features.
Easy Star Quilting
Accurate cutting and sewing make quilts like the LeMoyne Star quick to piece and beautiful to look at. Brandy Stell demonstrates cutting squares, triangles, 1/2 triangles and more for her LeMoyne Star version. Nancy Bryant quilts with a special hand quilting stitch, See how to design and create background fabric with everyday "things".
Decorate Your Quilt Shop Cottage
Lindee Goodall demonstrates how easy it is to create a one-of-a-kind wall hanging or pillow by adding embroideries and stitch embellishments to printed fabrics. See how printed fabric quilts become art for your home and learn tips such as storage of printer fabric, curled corners, leading edge, loose threads, printer settings, fabric care, and more.
Colorful Kids Quilting
See a variety of quilts designed especially for kid's rooms, and learn to make a quilted tote bag or diaper bag with Beth Wheeler. Andrea Poulimenos demonstrates fun Color Book Quilts. See how to personalize special bags for special people.
Block Explosion
Cindy Casciato shows how to change quilt size plus speedy cutting and sewing techniques for fast, fun quilts. Learn Quick Cutter Quilts with stacking and multiple cutting of fabric strips, chain piecing and fast pressing techniques from Beverly Morris and how to create quilt inspired stationery.
Quilting to "Dye" For
Marge Skreko teaches all about fabric dying, microwave heat setting and more, then uses hand dyed fabric for easy strip piecing techniques. Learn to make a Quilted Book with pictures and text to remember an event or trip.
Pam's Reversible Raggedy Quilt
Fast and fun quilting when Pamela Nelson teaches how to create reversible Rag Quilts. Andrea Poulimenos decorates t-shirts with her computer and learn to design original fabrics on the Internet then print and embellish them for special projects.
Photo Quilting
Guests Mattie Henderson and Joe Hesch combine traditional Wedding Ring Quilting with a new technology photo twist. Learn special ways for quilters to edit photos then tips and project ideas for fabric printing with Lori Dvir-Djerassi.
Serger Embellishments for Quilters
Learn easy, new techniques to quilt a beautiful vest with the cover stitch and chain stitch on your serger with Susan Pfaff. Print and piece panoramic triptych quilts and learn to create a variety of quilt blocks by splitting arcs with Andrea Poulimenos.
Quilted Wearables
Guest Karen Boutte, the Quilt Diva teaches how to combine fabric design, trims and decorative stitches to create wonderful quilted collage jackets that are easy to make. Learn to print on non-traditional fabrics such as eyelet, lame, and more then Dawn Rumbutis teaches a new way to quilt while creating an embellished collar.
Machine Embroidered Quilts
See how embroidery adds beautiful detail and delightfully easy embellishment to quilts of all sizes as guest Jennifer Lokey shares her tips and techniques to make it easy and perfect. Learn to cover books and binders with waterproof pictures and tips for accurate placement of multiple embroidery designs with Laura Waterfield.
Quilting for Special Kids
Guest Cindy Casciato brings special fabric tips and quilting techniques on fleece to teach how to make warm, cuddly quilts for children in need. Learn customizing with text using cool fonts to personalize your quilts and projects then fast and easy crayon quilting with Veronica Cox.
Create interests
Shop the Create TV Store
®2015 American Public Television, WNET & WGBH • All Rights Reserved • Terms of Use
please enter your zip code.
Do not prompt me again


text:
Las Vegas' finest hotel rooms are at Caesars Palace, including the famed Rainman Suite, state of the art and fashion forward accommodations in Octavius Tower and Japanese-inspired elegance at Nobu Hotel. Make this spectacular experience yours.
The Cromwell presents the Strip's first Las Vegas boutique hotel. Each of the 188 rooms features luxurious accommodations in an intimate, Parisian-inspired atmosphere. Whether it's the hardwood floors, plush furnishings or dim and
romantic lighting, each room gives guests a glamorous, VIP experience. The hotel's blend of modern and vintage design is another unique element. Exclusive amenities include hallway coffee and tea service, steam showers and Muk bath products.
Bold. Sophisticated. Enticing. Welcome to The Cromwell.
Caesars Entertainment is redefining the iconic Las Vegas skyline with The LINQ, an open-air retail, dining and entertainment district, anchored by the world's tallest observation wheel, known as the High Roller. Located at the heart of the world-famous Las Vegas Strip, The LINQ will span more than 300,000-square-feet of gross leasable space and feature more than 30 unique retail, dining and entertainment experiences.
Flamingo Las Vegas, Bugsy Siegel's desert dream, has anchored the Las Vegas Strip since they started rolling dice in 1946. This Las Vegas hotel combines heart-pounding excitement with hospitality and service that's second to none.
Earn up to
By spending $750 outside of Total Rewards® destinations in the first 90 days. 5X Reward Credits for every $1 spent at Total Rewards resorts and casinos. Terms and conditions apply. Visit TotalRewards.com for complete details.
Each one of Harrah's Resort Southern California's hotel accommodations features a television, a large luxury bath with separate tub and glass-enclosed shower, in-room guest safe, refrigerator and optional wireless Internet access.
Play and stay and experience the most welcoming accommodations at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, entertaining guests in style since 1955. Enjoy easy access to all the excitement of our casino and the relaxation awaiting at the magnificent pool and luxurious spa.
Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino features Las Vegas hotel accommodations fit for the celebrity A-List, and perfect for Hollywood buffs – every one of our rooms and suites features one-of-a-kind movie memorabilia set against a backdrop of stylish, modern luxury.
Winner of the AAA Three Diamond, Mobile Three Star, and TAG Approved status, Harrah's Reno Hotel and Casino has mouth-watering restaurants, a large casino and headline entertainment. Enjoy a beautiful hotel room when you Come Out and Play!
Experience everything you love about Paris in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip. Paris Las Vegas transports you to the City of Lights with the passion and ambiance of Europe's most romantic city, with all the excitement of the entertainment capital of the world.
The AAA Four Diamond Award-winning Harrah's New Orleans hotel is located in the heart of the world's most exhilarating city. These luxurious New Orleans accommodations provide an unparalleled escape with spectacular views.
Harrah's Atlantic City Resort has become the premier Atlantic City casino destination, boasting so much non-stop action, you'll wish your stay could last a lifetime.
Experience the elegant style, timeless glamour and high-rolling excitement that have made Bally's Las Vegas the Las Vegas hotel of choice. Leave the pampering to the professionals and experience world-class amenities and service.
Every room is a spacious suite at the Rio Las Vegas Hotel and Casino! Rio Las Vegas' suites provide many spectacular views of Las Vegas, and every suite offers more than 600 sq. ft. of spacious luxury.
The luxurious 21-story Harrah's Cherokee Hotel is set amid the beautiful mountain setting of western North Carolina. The grand lobby provides a lodge-like feel in a warm and comfortable setting. Enjoy four-star lodging, spacious rooms and high-tech amenities.
Harrah's Las Vegas accommodations include beautiful hotel rooms and suites, nonstop casino action, outstanding restaurants, a luxurious spa, full-service salon, unique retail options, and the entertainment you would expect from Vegas.
Harrah's Council Bluffs is your key to a fun, friendly time in the East Omaha/Council Bluffs area. Our luxurious hotel rooms and suites are steps away from slots, table games, fabulous dining, shopping and live entertainment.
Join Today and
Get your BINGO kicks with BINGO Blitz, the
free, fast-paced, arcade take on the classic
game. Play ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, with
MILLIONS of people on Facebook,
smartphones, and tablet devices!
When you visit Harrah's Philadelphia Casino and Racetrack, make a night of it, or even a weekend! There are plenty of Chester and Philadelphia hotels that put you conveniently close to all the action at Harrah's.
The world's first ever Nobu Hotel at Caesars Palace is a luxury infused, celebrity-driven exhibition. Immerse yourself in luxury that emerges at every turn, every texture, and every amenity. Welcome to Nobu.
The Mid-America Center is the Heartland's premier entertainment and convention center. The multi-purpose facility is the metro area's link to the ultimate in live entertainment and sporting events. From rock shows to family shows and much more.
Play and stay at Harrah's Laughlin! Hotel rooms and suites are decorated in south-of-the-border style, many with views of the Colorado River. You'll be steps away from the excitement of the Harrah's casino and all the fun of this riverfront hotel.
Make your Horseshoe visit a legendary getaway and reserve your room at one of our premium preferred partner hotels, such as The Ritz-Carlton Cleveland, The Renaissance Cleveland or the Cleveland Marriott Downtown at Key Center.
Horseshoe Baltimore features slots, table games and a World Series of Poker (WSOP) room as well as three premier restaurant, authentic Charm City food outlets and several bars and lounges.
Picturesque views of the Des Plaines River, world-class amenities, mouth-watering dining and the heart-pounding casino excitement that is the Harrah's trademark make Chicago accommodations at Harrah's Joliet Hotel & Casino the best rooms around.
Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati has partnered with several of the best downtown Cincinnati hotels to offer accommodations that deliver the hospitality and service Horseshoe guests expect and deserve.
Harrah's North Kansas City Hotel gives you access to the most exciting Kansas City casino, right at the heart of America. Step outside your door and step into a fun, friendly world of mouth-watering Kansas City restaurants, nightlife and live entertainment.
Your luxurious Caesars Atlantic City hotel room gives you easy access to the nightlife of Dusk, the amazing shopping at The Pier Shops, all of our fine dining and casual restaurants and the Atlantic City casino action that has made this the premier resort destination on the Jersey Shore.
Settle into one of our luxurious hotel rooms at Harrah's Ak-Chin, complete with the amenities to make your stay comfortable. The hotel grounds are a verdant oasis with a lush assortment of greenery and an idyllic courtyard with an exotic pool and swim-up bar.
When you Come Out and Play at Harrah's Louisiana Downs Casino and Racetrack, stay at our Bossier City hotel partner, SpringHill Suites by Marriott. With spacious studio suites bigger than average, enjoy more space and more play money in your pocket!
Chic and stylish with a cosmopolitan elegance, Bally's offers world-class gaming, dining, spa experiences, entertainment and nightlife, all in a central Boardwalk location. Choose Bally's Atlantic City Hotel for your next getaway. Bally's is always at the Center of the Action.
Harrah's Metropolis Hotel and Casino features 252 deluxe hotel rooms, making it the best place to stay and play! Harrah's Metropolis combines casino gambling with the charm of southern Illinois, offering the hottest live entertainment and a variety of restaurants.
Elevate Your Adventure at Harveys Lake Tahoe. Harveys has a rich tradition of hospitality with chic, modern hotel rooms and suites, and in the service provided by our dedicated team. Harveys gives you access to all the thrills that Lake Tahoe has to offer.
Winner of the AAA Four Diamond award, Caesars Windsor defines modern luxury in the midst of timeless elegance. Step inside these routinely spectacular Windsor accommodations to discover the essence of indulgence, comfort and luxury.
Harrah's Gulf Coast Hotel blends modern amenities and stylish décor for a welcoming experience. Steps away from your hotel room are an action-packed casino, a golf course, full-service spa and more. Book your getaway and experience the best Biloxi accommodations.
Topping the skyline is the tower housing the world-class Horseshoe Bossier City luxury hotel, with accommodations including 606 luxury suites. For easy access to the hotel, casino and restaurants, you'll find free parking, free valet service and covered parking.
Hilton Garden Inn is conveniently connected to Horseshoe Council Bluffs for the best East Omaha accommodations. Here you'll find comfortable rooms, an indoor swimming pool and hot tub, the Great American Grille restaurant and a state-of-the-art fitness center.
Gamblers belong at Tunica's hottest casino, Horseshoe Tunica Hotel & Casino, with over 500 rooms, 311 dazzling suites and amazing amenities sure to make your stay at Horseshoe incredible. These are Tunica accommodations you're sure to love.
Go all in on your Horseshoe Hammond Chicago Casino visit by staying the night, the weekend or even longer! There are plenty of Chicago and Hammond hotels that put you conveniently close to all the action at Horseshoe.
When you want a wild time on the mighty Mississippi, Tunica Roadhouse Hotel & Casino is the Tunica hotel with spacious suites, exceptional service and personal attention. Your Tunica Roadhouse experience leaves you refreshed and excited all at once!
Horseshoe Southern Indiana Hotel features accommodations that are a sure bet. Play and stay at the place where gamblers belong: Horseshoe. Due to new Indiana state law, you must be at least 18 years of age to stay in our Smoking rooms.
ThistleDown Racino brings you nearly 1,300 all new exciting Video Lottery Terminals conveniently located off of Interstate 480. In addition to our new games enjoy year-round simulcast racing, seasonal live racing, free parking, and several new dining and nightlife options.


text:
After leading for three out of the four heats in women's bobsledding, the American team of Elana Meyers and Lauryn Williams couldn't hold on for Olympic gold on Wednesday.
Instead, defending Olympic champions Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse, who competed as the Canada 1 team, came from behind on the fourth and final heat to beat Meyers and Williams by one-tenth of a second.
Fellow Americans Jamie Greubel and Aja Evans, who competed as the United States 2 team, won the bronze.
United States 3, made up of Jazmine Fenlator and Lolo Jones, finished 11th overall. Jones ran hurdles in the 2012 and 2008 Summer Olympics, narrowly missing a medal in both.
Williams was seeking to make Olympic history by becoming just the second Olympian to win gold medals at both the Winter and Summer Games, joining Eddie Eagan, who won gold in boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics and gold in four-man bobsled at the 1932 Winter Olympics.
Williams won gold in the 4x100 meters relay at the 2012 London Games and also won silver in 2004.
Although Williams fell short of history, the U.S. teams made some together. Before Wednesday's medals, the U.S. had never won two Olympic medals in one women's bobsled race.
Meyers and Williams led after the first two heats on Tuesday with a combined time of one minute, 54.89 seconds, with Greubel and Evans in third at 1:55.45.
Meyers and Williams set a new track record at the Sochi bobsled course with a time of 57.26 on their first heat.
United States 1 gave up a bit of ground to the Canadians on their third heat Wednesday, finishing second behind them, and then finished with the third-best run on their fourth and final heat to drop back into second place.


text:
Wedding Bands near wapella,il
Other Wedding Vendors near wapella,il:
|Wedding Band (25)
|Wedding Beauty & Health (104)
|Wedding Catering (139)
|Wedding Ceremony Music (28)
|Wedding DJ (133)
|Wedding Dress & Attire (102)
|Wedding Event Rentals (70)
|Wedding Favors & Gifts (22)
|Wedding Flowers (142)
|Wedding Invitations (66)
|Wedding Jewelry (79)
|Wedding Lighting & Decor (17)
|Wedding Officiant (92)
|Wedding Photography (368)
|Wedding Planning (69)
|Wedding Rehearsal Dinner (16)
|Wedding Transportation (30)
|Wedding Travel Agents (18)
|Wedding Venue (284)
|Wedding Videography (54)
You've chosen the maximum (5) items in this category. Compare your items or remove and replace with another.Compare Now
0 Vendors Selected. Select up to 5 vendors to compare in one of the following categories: Venues, Bands, Catering, Photography or Videographers.
The Brat Pack2 Reviews
Urbana, IL | 217-766-3469
There are so many things to worry about with a wedding, sometimes it can make you feel like you've fallen and can't get up. Don't let your wedding...(more)
Sojourn Rocs
Matoon , IL | 217-234-9539
You might ask? What is Sojourn? Well the answer is a short stay, rest or stopover. That is what the group sojourn is all about....(more)
Seven West
Washington, IL | 309-264-1088
So you really want a band for your event but everyone says, "Just get a DJ, it's easier and they'll have all your songs". That's become the norm....(more)


text:
from 1990 to 2004
Since the beginning of the 90's, despite strong political commitments made by donor countries for the water sector (one of the main recommendations of the Camdessus Panel is that financing to the water sector is expected to double if the water-related MDGs are to be met), the amounts of ODA for water have risen only slightly from 2.8 billion dollars in 1992 to 3.8 billion in 2002.
After a worrying decrease in commitments between 1999 and 2002, it seems that the downward trend has now been reversed as a large rise in commitments can be observed in the year 2004, with annual ODA amount reaching 4.8 billion dollars. But the large increase observed in 2004 is largely due to the important amounts of ODA for water provided to Iraq, which received 887 million dollars in 2004, that is 18% of the total amount.
In real terms, however, and when excluding Iraq, the current level of ODA for water is lower than in 1996 (3958 million 2004 dollars vs 4176 in 1996). This situation is particularly worrying as in other priority sectors, such as education or health, the level of ODA has doubled in the same period. There is thus a large aid deficit in the water sector relative to the financing that would be required to meet the water-related MDGs. Increasing aid flows to the water sector should be an immediate priority for donors.
The figure below also illustrates the large variability of ODA for water from one year to another, which leads to the unpredictability of aid flows in the water sector (Confirmed by the recipient-side analysis in the WMA Country Profiles).
Note: To identify trends in ODA commitments (and disbursements), five-year moving averages are used to flatten out the variations from year to year of ODA commitments and, thereby, be able to discern better some trends in the evolution of ODA for water. The figure shown for year N is then the average value for years N-2 to N+2 (inclusive).
A worrying trend is the evolution of the share of ODA for water in total ODA and in total sector allocable ODA.
Total sector allocable ODA is used to better reflect the sector focus of donor's programmes. It concerns all ODA flows aimed at fostering a peculiar sector in the recipient country (examples of sectors are: agriculture, education, health, water supply and sanitation, government and civil society, transport and storage, etc.) and thus excludes all the contributions that are not susceptible to allocation by sector (e.g. balance-of-payments support, actions relating to debt, emergency assistance, and internal transactions in the donor country). About 65-70% of DAC members' bilateral ODA is sector allocable.
Since the mid-90's, ODA for water as a share of total ODA and of total sector allocable ODA has fallen, respectively from 8.7 to 6.5% and from 5.5 to 3.7% (data for 1996 and 2002, 5-year moving averages), as exhibited in the figure below.
A positive recent evolution, however, is the slight increase of the share of ODA for water provided in the form of grants. Indeed, since the beginning of the 90s, bilateral and multilateral grants have been rising steadily and the share of ODA for water provided in the form of loans decreased from 60% in 1993 to 50% since the beginning of the 2000s.
Moreover, the share of ODA for water provided by multilateral donors is increasing and represents currently more than one third of overall ODA for water. This rise is mainly due to the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA) and to the European Union. It seems indeed that bilateral donors are increasingly channeling their ODA through multilateral donors, in order to reduce their transaction costs, but also in order to improve aid efficiency.
That's also a positive shift since multilateral donors are more poverty-focused than bilateral donors (See "Does ODA for water reach those who need it most"). From this evolution, we can thus expect ODA for water to become better targeted to the poorest and most in need countries in the coming years.
Costing MDG target 10 (WWC, 2006)
Getting to boiling point - Turning up the heat on water and sanitation (WaterAid, 2005)
Getting to boiling point (Wateraid, update 2006)


text:
Try out IBM products before you buy them. Download a trial version or work with product in an online, sandbox environment. Check out our FAQs for a description of each option. Don't see the product you're looking for? See the complete list of IBM product trials.
IBM Software can help you transform challenges into opportunities. Explore IBM Software products and solutions, and see what they can do for you.
Big data and analytics
Information Management
Subscribe to Information Management trials
Lotus (collaboration)
Tivoli (service management)
More IBM products (Mobile, PureSystems...)
Evaluate services in the cloud!
Build apps quickly and host them in the cloud with ready-made solutions and popular cloud services.
Start building and hosting apps for free!
BlueMix Developers Community
Join the community and get access to samples, articles, product docs, and community resources to help build, deploy, and manage your cloud apps.
developerWorks Labs
Experiment with new directions in software development.
Popular downloads
- DB2 Express-C
- Lotus Domino
- WebSphere Application Server
- WebSphere MQ
- WebSphere Application Server for Developers


text:
Color Dial Controller
Color dial controller with power supply (CDP) is a stand alone DMX lighting controller for Edge Lighting RGB fixtures. Easy to install, the wall-mountable assembly is ideal for applications that desire a variety of effects with an easy to use interface. Multiple lighting effects can be accessed and modified with the simple-to-use rotary/push dial (no programming required). Push the dial to select Fixed Color, Color Wash, Random Color, Random Fade, White Light, or off. Rotate the dial to adjust the color or speed, depending on the chosen effect. CDP comes ready to mount into a standard U.S. multi gang wall box. A 24VDC power supply (included) fits discreetly inside the junction box behind the controller. It is designed for power and data connections to be hardwired to the internal five-position terminal block. Switches are provided to disable/enable effects prior to installation. One-quarter inch D-shaft fits most standard dimmer knobs for knob customizing.
|Dimensions: N/A
About Edge Lighting
See it in a New Light with Edge Lighting. We start with a basic lighting problem and solve it from a technical stand point while incorporating the essential elements of contemporary yet timeless design. We develop and manufacture specification grade, energy efficient fixtures that exhibit superior craftsmanship and aesthetics, while utilizing the latest in engineering technologies. The simple yet elegant collection is perfect for a variety of indoor and outdoor applications in both residential and commercial settings. Made in the USA.


text:
The first question:
Osho,In which way does the modernized original mind become identified with the dust of the past knowledge and experience?
Mind is pure, and no impurity can enter it. That is impossible. The mind is just the buddha-nature - the ultimate. And when I say "mind," I don't mean your mind, I simply mean the mind where no I and you exist. You are the impurity. Just behind you is the original mind. You are the dust. So first try to analyze what you are, and then you will be able to understand how the original mind becomes identified with the past, with memories, with dust.
What are you? Right now, if I ask you what you are, you can answer in two ways. One will be a verbal answer, and in that verbal answer you will relate your past. You will say, "My name is this. I belong to this family or that, to this religion or that, to this country or that. I am educated or uneducated, rich or poor." These are all past experiences, they are not you. You have been through them, you have passed through them, they have been the passage, but your past goes on accumulating.
This will be the verbal answer, but this is not the real answer. This is your mind arguing, the false ego. Right now, if you leave all of your past - if you forget your father, your parents, your family, your religion, your country, all which is accidental - if you forget all that is accidental and just remain with yourself here and now, then who are you? No name will come to your consciousness, no form - just a simple awareness that you are. You won't be able to say who you are. You will simply say, "I am." The moment you answer the "who," you move into the past.
You are a simple consciousness, a pure mind, an innocent mirror. Right now, this very moment, you are. Who are you? Just a simple awareness that "I am." Even the "I" is not needed. The deeper you move, the more you will feel just "am-ness," existence. This existence is the pure mind, but this existence has no form; this is formless - nirakar. This existence has no name; it is nameless - anam.
It will be difficult for you to be introduced by this which you really are. In the society, relating with others, you will need some name, some form. Your past supplies you name and form. That name and form are useful. Without them it will be difficult to survive. They are needed, but they are not you; they are just labels. Because of this utilitarian need, the original mind becomes identified with name and form.


text:
Strafford County official take their oaths; ready to work
Thursday, January 3, 2013
DOVER — With right hands raised, eight Strafford County officials were sworn into office on Wednesday marking the start of new positions and terms.
"I think I bring an interesting perspective," he said as a former department head himself.
Lessard said during his time in the deeds registry, he's been able to observe how county government works, something that perhaps commissioners don't get to witness on a day-to-day basis, he said.
Already taking current commissioners up on their invitations to attend meetings pertaining to the county budget, Lessard said one of his goals will be helping them to bring the 2013 budget in at a low cost and under specific tax caps.
"Im so proud of my father and his reputation everywhere in the state. If I could buy him a $5 million house, I would," Lessard's son, Michael Lessard, told a Foster's reporter before the ceremony.
After signing their oaths, each person called friends and family to the podium to share the moment together. In addition to his family, Lessard also called Earle Goodwin, of Dover, a dedicated member of the community, former state representative and who in 2007 was recognized by Gov. John Lynch for his efforts and volunteerism.
DuBois began spending time getting acquainted with the Strafford County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) about a month ago, he said, getting reconnected with the profession and getting to know SCSO staff.


text:
Was £30.00
Now £21.00
30% Off
Save a total of £9.00
Out of stock
Ladies brown glitter strap watch with brown tone dial
Item No.0610111252
This Ladies Watch by Lipsy has a Brown Glitter Strap , featuring a Brown Dial. This watch come with a 2 year guarantee.
This item is available for
UK Home Delivery Free (UK orders over £30) or £3.99
Delivered within 4 working days
Next or Named Day Delivery
7 days a week between 8am - 6pm
Monday to Friday - order by 7pm - £4.99
Saturday & Sunday - order by 6pm - £4.99
Next or Named Evening Delivery
7 days a week between 6pm - 10pm
Monday to Sunday - order by 10pm - £6.99
Collect from store the next day - FREE
Order before 7pm for next day collection after 12pm midday
Show participating stores
Full Delivery details
- Model reference: LP174
- Strap/bracelet: PU strap
- Case material: metal case
- Glass type: mineral
- Movement: quartz
- Dial shape: round
- Splashproof
- 2 years guarantee
- Packaging: Lipsy Box


text:
Personalise your news, save articles to read later and customise settings
If you have trouble accessing our login form below, you can go to our login page.
Brisbane Times
Rugby League
Previous thumbnails
Next thumbanils
Jon Mannah after his return game for Cronulla against Balmain Ryde Eastwood. Photo: Anthony Johnson
Please enter your friend's name
Please enter a valid email address
Please enter your name
Please enter your comment
Thank You.
Your email has been sent.
The Broncos nervously hold on to claim the two points.
Blake Ferguson picked up an injury but celebrated his clash with his former club as the Roosters produced an emphatic victory over Canberra.
The Sea Eagles slumped to their third defeat in four games with a bruising loss to the Dragons.
An intercept off the back of a Sharks blunder handed Gold Coast their first victory of the season, 24-22, and consigned Cronulla to their ...
The Newcastle Knights continued their unbeaten start to the season with a 26-14 victory over the Panthers at Hunter Stadium.
Parramatta stunned the reigning premiers in a thrilling encounter at Pirtek Stadium to record their first win over the Rabbitohs in five ...
The Bulldogs came storming back to force the first golden point period of the NRL season, before finishing in style.
Sorry. An error occurred when submitting the form.
Please try again later.
Broncos down Warriors in thriller
NRL Power Rankings: Round 3 - Rabbitohs keep hold of top spot
NRL team of the week - round three
Dragons pile woes on the Sea Eagles
Parramatta Eels stun South Sydney Rabbitohs
Best of the world
Picture Editor's Choice, 31st March, 2015
Haunting beauty of Easter Holy Week in Spain
Canberra Times readers Autumn photocomp (2015)
Australia beats NZ to become World Cup champions
The rugby league world mourns the passing of Jon Mannah.
Skip to:
Low variable home loan rate + no monthly fees
More Info
Plus 0% on balance transfers + purchases for 12 months
Find Out More
Plus 0% on balance transfers for 6 months
The beautiful new HTC One M9 is now available
Compare Deals
Compare deals from all carriers on the HTC One M9


text:
Please note that as of October 24, 2014, the Nokia Developer Wiki will no longer be accepting user contributions, including new entries, edits and comments, as we begin transitioning to our new home, in the Windows Phone Development Wiki. We plan to move over the majority of the existing entries. Thanks for all your past and future contributions.
Portal:Windows Phone Featured Videos
This page contains featured videos for Windows Phone category.
Featured videos are considered to be good quality, as determined by the Nokia Developer Wiki administrators. Before being listed here, these videos are reviewed for accuracy, neutrality, completeness, and style.
Note: Read this help page if you want to add videos in your article: How to add video
Warning: Featured articles archives are now maintained as blog posts here.
Legacy Featured Video Archive
This archive is discontinued but is maintained here for reference.View by category: All | Windows Phone | Qt | Java | Web | Symbian C++ | Other
|Week 14 - April 1st 2012
The media player is loading...
Match'em Poker is a Nokia showcase example application that demonstrates an efficient way to implement a sprite-based 2D game using custom animations with Open GL ES 2.0.
This project studies porting of an OpenGL ES game from iOS to the Qt platform using Qt GameEnabler with minimal efforts, and similar porting to Windows Phone/XNA as well.
The Match'em Poker game is a 'match 3' type game where you can switch the cards on a grid to form different poker hands in any direction. Fill the score meter to advance to the next level. The score meter drops continuously with time. If it reaches zero, the game is over.
This example is hosted in Github: http://github.com/nokia-developer/matchem-poker-wp . There you can find implementation and porting notes, discover recent revisions, and contribute to the project.
|Week 13 - March 25th 2012
The media player is loading...
Launched two years ago by Spain's El Mundo, Orbyt offers digital news content to consumers on a variety of platforms, including a new app for Nokia Lumia Windows Phones. They decided to create a mobile application because their readers are changing their habits when it comes to how they get news and information. Now they can access news, as well as video and photo galleries, in a way that is impossible to get from a traditional newspaper.
According to Enrique Rivas, Product Manager of Unidad Editorial, individuals can download the newspaper that they want to read in one minute, and then enjoy the content wherever they are, even without an internet connection.
Rivas says there are two things that make the new app unique. One is the power of the brands that individuals can find inside the app; and the other is the features of Windows Phone that enhance the app, including the Metro panorama experience. "It is totally different from the features that other operating systems have at the moment," says Rivas. "It enhances the app, and creates a very good user experience for our readers."
"The partnership between Nokia and Microsoft is definitely a good idea," says Rivas. "Two leaders in the sector known for being innovative and working together they have only one possibility: success."
|Week 10 - March 4th 2012
The media player is loading...
Founded in 1976, El País is the leading newspaper in Spain, with 400,000 copies printed during the week, and two million unique users online everyday, notes Borja Echevarría, Deputy Editor at El País.
"From the development experience, we realized there is a more homogeneous user experience by leveraging the functionality that Windows Phone [enables] within the development kit," says Jesús Moreno, Digital Content Director for El País. There are multiple sections of the newspaper available within the app, and the user can drag and drop the order that those sections will be displayed. The Metro panorama feature in the app allows for an easy to browse experience between both news stories and different sections. Users can pin different sections of the paper to the home screen as a Live Tile, and there is full-screen video content. Consumers can download stories to read offline, too.
"We are very happy with the final application," says Moreno. "It is a very clean, efficient, and practical-to-use application in order to read news every day."
Find out how to get started developing apps for Nokia Lumia Windows Phones: http://www.developer.nokia.com/Develop/Windows_Phone/
|Week 9 - February 26th 2012
The media player is loading...
David Crawford, User Experience Consultant at Microsoft, discusses the most common design hurdles facing Windows Phone developers, and provides tips and tricks to avoid common pitfalls. Crawford also discusses best practices for branding applications.
|Week 5 - January 29th 2012
The media player is loading...
Andrew Sinkov, Vice President of Marketing and Damian Mehers, Senior Software Engineer at Evernote, talk about developing their mobile Evernote app. This Windows Phone app makes it easy for consumers to store memories as pictures, audio, or however they arise, wherever they arise. These memories are then stored safely and available to the consumer, over the web, on any device. Damian talks about how Nokia and Microsoft helped from the very beginning in creating Evernote for Windows Phone, including providing feedback on the app before it was released. Learn more here: http://developer.nokia.com/evernote
|Week 4 - January 22nd 2012
The media player is loading...
Reza Alizadeh, an Architect Evangelist at Microsoft focused on Windows Phone, spoke at the AT&T Developer Summit that took place during the International Consumer Electronics Show 2012 in Las Vegas, where he gave an in-depth tutorial about how to build a top Windows Phone app. Reza shared ideas for how to gain visibility with your mobile app, and increase user retention. He demonstrated quick ways to take advantage of integration options available for Windows Phone, including: Pictures Hub Extensions; Music and Video Hub Integration; and via App Connect to integrate with Bing Search. He also demonstrated how to easily create Live Tiles and Secondary Tiles for your mobile app, and much more. See how easy it is to develop your top app for Nokia Lumia smartphones: http://www.developer.nokia.com/windowsphone
|Week 3 - January 15th 2012
The media player is loading...
More and more developers are finding Windows Phone an ideal platform on which to develop and deliver their apps. Leading service providers and app developers Evernote, Netflix, and Univision talk about how they have leveraged Windows Phone and the Metro UI to deliver unique, easy to use applications that empower and liberate their consumers. With insights from Alfredo Rojas, Andrew Sinkov, Anthony Park, Damian Mehers, and Jose Hernandez; you will discover how leading developers see the partnership between Nokia and Microsoft: Bringing together the best of hardware and software expertise, to deliver a complete and outstanding customer experience.


text:
Revision Date:Apr 01, 2009
Publication Date:Nov 09, 2005
Discipline:Operations Management
Source:Harvard Business School
Product number:
Spanish Hardcopy Black & White
Also Available in:
|Spanish Hardcopy Black & White
$ 6.93
Introduces radio frequency identification (RFID) as the next generation of automatic identification technologies that is expected to improve the performance of retail supply chains through reduced shrink, increased product availability, and improved labor productivity. Showcases the implementation of the technology by the METRO Group, the world's third-largest retailer. Places students in the position of Dr. Gerd Wolfram, managing director of METRO's internal IT service group, and Zygmunt Mierdorf, the company's chief information officer, who, in mid-2005, evaluate the results of the RFID rollout and decide on the next stage in the implementation.
learning objective:
To introduce students to radio frequency identification (RFID) technology; to examine how RFID would improve operational execution (and supply chain performance); and to discuss the investment decision in this new technology.
subjects covered:
Inventory management; Operations management; Process analysis; Radio frequency identification; Suppliers; Supply chain management; Technology
- Geographic: Germany
- Industry: Supermarkets
- Company Employee Count: 250,000
- Company Revenue: $70 billion revenues
- Event Year Begin: 2005
- Event Year End: 2005


text:
Eyefinity is about attaching more than two monitors to a single GPU, so you can avoid using Xinerama. To my knowledge, that works fine on linux using fglrx.
It's unfortunate that there's no option for more than two DVI monitors on a single evergreen GPU, though. Those active converters are expensive, so are new DP monitors


text:
Results 16 to 20 of 20
Thread: epic space exploration novel
October 22nd, 2012, 05:17 PM #16
awesome guys. got lots of suggestions here. also. AE Van Vogt is one of my all time favorites so i have a nice collection of his stuff already, including Voyage.
October 22nd, 2012, 07:57 PM #17
Ill throw Blindsight by Peter Watts in. No planets explored, just a BDO of sorts. An awesome book that I know youll love. And, its free! You can get it from his website.
I loved Pushing Ice too. My only complaint with it was the end. Reynolds reallllly needs to expand on that book with some short stories.
October 26th, 2012, 02:02 PM #18
October 27th, 2012, 04:33 PM #19
- Join Date
- May 2012
- Posts
- 33
In The Ocean Of Night and Across The Sea Of Suns by Gregory Benford (titles link to the Wikipedia articles on the two novels - be warned there are spoilers). The first is basically "artififact arrives in Solar System", the second probably fits the details of the original request far better but I would recommend reading the first for background knowledge if nothing else. They're the two precursor novels to Benford's Galactic Centre tetralogy (which is also worth reading).
October 28th, 2012, 07:25 AM #20


text:
Panasonic Lumix TZ70 Review - The TZ70 is the latest in a long line of successful travel compacts, looking to build on the performance of its predecessor with several key…
Compact Camera Reviews
Digital compact camera reviews and specifications. Compacts range from enthusiast cameras to simple point and click cameras
Panasonic Lumix CM1 Review
Panasonic Lumix CM1 Review - The CM1 set Photokina 2014 alight with the implementation of a 1in, 20MP sensor in a smartphone body. We finally get the chance to put…
Fujifilm X100T Review
Today we're looking at the Fujifilm X100T enthusiast compact camera. In particular we're taking a closer look at its most interesting new feature, its Advanced Hybrid Viewfinder.
Lytro Illum review: video
Lytro Illum review, first impressions The Lytro Illum is quite unlike anything we've seen before. It's a chunky, futuristic looking device with a large cylindrical lens barrel, and an angled,…
Panasonic Lumix LX100 Review
Panasonic Lumix LX100 Review - The Lumix LX100 arrives in a highly competitive premium compact market and promises to challenge the current reigning champions with an impressive specification and stylish…
Sony QX30 Review
Sony QX30 Review - The QX30 is the latest of the manufacturer's camera units designed to be used in conjunction with either a smartphone or tablet. Does it take the…
Fujifilm X30 Review
Fujifilm X30 Review - The X30 faces some stiff competition in the premium compact market, although if it follows its X20 predecessor it should do well
Canon PowerShot SX60 HS Review
Canon PowerShot SX60 HS Review - With a 65x optical zoom, the SX60 HS stands out from the superzoom crowd as one of the best specified compacts on the market
Canon PowerShot G7 X Review
Canon PowerShot G7 X Review - The Canon PowerShot G7 X is the manufacturer's answer to the new breed of pocketable compacts enabled with larger sensors
Sigma dp2 Quattro Review
The Sigma dp2 Quattro features a striking, unconventional design and a completely reworked sensor in comparison to its predecessor - the DP2 Merrill. Does this redesign and reinvention result in…


text:
Blog postsTalk1
985pages on
this wiki
this wiki
Category page
Twilight fan blogs
This category has only the following subcategory.
- [×] Fan fiction (19 P)
Blog articles in category "Blog posts"
The following 200 blog articles are in this category, out of 5,029 total.(previous 200) (next 200)
(previous 200) (next 200)


text:
While Fong and Lau are going out fine, she comes across a penny-pinching tycoon (Jordon Chan) who occasionally switches to a spendthrift. Meanwhile, Lau also meets his ex-girlfriend (Ella Koon) who never gets over her breaking up with him. Their relationships develop into a four-way engagement, and even a joint wedding! With help of a psychologist-cum-shopaholic, played by veteran singer Paula Tsui who hasn't appeared in movies for years, can they resolve such messy relationships in the end? The Shopaholics is no doubt an extremely entertaining title, but it also invites viewers to rethink romance and materialism - after all it's shopping that connects and disconnects people in The Shopaholics.
Click here to list more Lau Ching Wan's DVD titles


text: Voting. We're taught to view it as our civic duty, one of only three remaining "sacrifices" this country actually asks of its citizens (the first of the other two being to pay your taxes, which – I'm ashamed to say – a sizable percentage of this country cheats, and the second being to register for the selective service upon reaching age 18 – a sacrifice from which an entire sex is exempt.) So given how little modern American actually asks of us, it's not surprising that the majority of us view voting as something like a chore. In many ways I'm no different. From age five onward, I was reminded every November that voting is just one of those things responsible people do; like saving 10% of every paycheck or never having sex without a condom.


text:
Revision Date:Sep 23, 1993
Publication Date:Mar 02, 1988
Discipline:Information Technology
Source:Harvard Business School
Product number:
English Hardcopy Black & White
Also Available in:
|English Hardcopy Black & White
$ 6.93
Under the leadership of Robert F. McDermott, USAA has been transformed from a property and casualty insurance company with $200 million in assets in the late 1960s to a $11 billion financial services empire in 1988. The case illustrates the value of having a CEO drive a vision of how computer and communications technologies can be used within an organization. As a result of McDermott's vision and his strong support for information services planning, USAA has one of the most technologically sophisticated operations in the insurance business. Describes a number of new system initiatives that are being put in place and can be used to discuss the challenges faced by USAA to use these initiatives to increase the competitive advantage that its technological base had given them in the past. Also includes a mission statement for the Information Services Division.
subjects covered:
Leadership; Planning; Strategy formulation
- Geographic: Texas
- Industry: Insurance
- Company Revenue: $11 billion assets
- Event Year Begin: 1988
- Event Year End: 1988


text:
Two football players, Bee and Fat both are married and unhappy. Bee's wife always gives him a bad time and in front of spectators too. Bee is resentful. Fat is highly possessive, highly jealous. He simply cannot stand his wife's kindness to other people. He is convinced she is having an affair, no, affairs. He is in deep agony. The two football stars find themselves in the same boat. They are determined, reinforced by booze, to murder the wives. And they have devised many novel and fool-proof ways to do the ladies in
Click here to list more Chow Yun Fat's DVD titles


text:
|Internet Mobilizes To Aid Tsunami Victims
|Source: securitypipeline.com - Posted by Vincenzo Ciaglia
From bloggers to multi-billion-dollar tech vendors, the Internet community gave its money and resources to help victims of the Asian tsunamis. Here's a roundup of our stories on the subject, including moving reports from a blogger who described the toll via cell-phone text messaging, and other bloggers who wrote what they saw from the scene of the carnage.
Tsunami Resources On The Internet: At A Glance Internet businesses and bloggers stepped up to offer aid and relief to victims of the Asian tsunamis. Here's a brief guide to online resources, including where to send aid, blogs, and news from around the Internet.
Sri Lankan Chronicles Tsunami Aftermath Using Text-Messaging And Blogs
For Sanjay Senanayake, a documentary producer in Sri Lanka, the tsunami this week was the start of a sometimes-exhilarating, sometimes-horrifying adventure. He chronicled his travels through the disaster areas using mobile-phone text-messaging and blogs.
"The Dead Are Being Buried With Extreme Haste And Little Ceremony" Blogs, wikis and photoblogs are offering first-hand reports from the tsunami disasters in south-east Asia. Here's a selection of posts, and pointers to online resources.
Read this full article at securitypipeline.com
Only registered users can write comments.
Powered by AkoComment!


text:
General Rules
- Railroads (Chapter 296-860, WAC)
- Rolling railroad cars (WAC 296-24-21511)
How can I get more help from L&I?
- To request a confidential workplace safety or health consultation, call or visit http://www.lni.wa.gov/Safety/Consultation/ for no charge technical assistance.
- For help with controlling your claims costs, call or visit http://www.lni.wa.gov/Safety/Consultation/riskmanagement.asp for a no charge risk management consultation.
- Find information about filing a workplace safety & health complaint you may call or visit a local L&I office to file a complaint.
- Follow guidance in Getting Started to create your required safety program from scratch.
- For general information, call 1-800-423-7233.


text:
How to Roast Chestnuts
I have been seeing chestnuts in the market for the last few weeks and I kept thinking that I would like to try them. But, I was wondering what I could do with them. I thought the first thing that I should do was roast them. Roasting and peeling the chestnuts was a bit of work but well worth the effort. I really liked the chestnuts. Now I will have to look for some recipes that use them.
1. Cut an X into one side of the chestnuts to allow steam to escape. This will prevent the chestnut from exploding.
2. Place the chestnuts on a baking sheet with the X facing up.
3. Bake the chestnuts in a preheated 425F oven until they are tender and easy to peel, about 15-25 minutes
4. Let the chestnuts cool.
5. Peel the shells and the skin from the nuts.
Use the roasted chestnuts in:
Italian Lentil and Chestnut Stew
Mushroom and Leek Wild Rice Salad
Italian Sausage, Mushroom and Chestnut Stuffing
Similar Recipes:
How to Boil Chestnuts


text:
- Africa – safaris & wildlife
- Asia – orient & spice
- Europe – cultural & activity
- Middle East – desert & dead sea
- Americas – lost cities, new worlds
Adventure destinations
Ideal Destinations
We have many perfect destinations for your adventure travel, whatever your needs
Family Holidays
Featured private group holidays
Private Groups
Fancy one of our fantastic adventures but only want to travel with people you know? Do it your way as a private group. We make private group trips for everyone, from big families to scouts and cadets.
Holiday Types
- Activity Holidays – all action adventure
- Cultural Tours – lost cities & local life
- Wildlife Holidays – global wildlife encounters
- Trekking Holidays – peaks & summits
- Astronomy Tours – eclipses & stargazing
- Charity Holidays - do something amazing
- School Trips - exciting school trips abroad
- Northern Lights Tours - aurora borealis
- Private Groups - Create your own group
Feature adventure holidays
Solo Traveller
We've developed a range of dedicated solo holidays & solo travel packages; exclusively for people booking on their own. Around 40% of all our passengers are solo travellers.
Trip enquiry
Sorry, this departure is fully booked or has been cancelled. Please look out for other departures with the "book" icon.
Alternatively search here for other adventures around this departure date or call a Travel Consultant to help you find your next adventure. The phone number is on the top left of the screen.