text:
A system and method for voice quality testing (VQT) in a packet switched voice communications network. A test system comprises a set of pre-encoded test data. The test data is pre-encoded using a set of audio codecs that can be used for voice communication on the network. During VQT, data can be selected from the set of pre-encoded data for transmission over the network, thereby eliminating the real-time overhead involved in voice coding of the test audio waveforms. The pre-encoding can also be extended to include processing associated with one or more data transmission protocols, thus further reducing the computational requirements for testing. To reduce the size of the set of test data, codecs on the network can be identified and test data pre-encoded using only the identified codecs prior to VQT.
1. A system for voice quality testing of a voice communications network comprising:
a first storage medium for a set of pre-encoded test files;
a test controller coupled to said set of pre-encoded files; and
at least one interface coupled to said test controller for coupling said system to said network.
2. The system of
3. The system of
4. The system of
5. The system of
6. The system of
7. The system of
8. The system of
9. The system of
10. The system of
11. A method for voice quality testing for a packet-switched voice communications network comprising:
transmitting one or more pre-encoded audio files over said network;
receiving one or more of said pre-encoded audio files over the network; and
characterizing one or more of said pre-encoded audio files.
12. The method of
13. The method of
14. The method of
15. The method of
16. The method of
17. The method of
18. The method of
19. The method of
20. The method of
21. A test data source for voice quality testing of a packet-switched network comprising:
a pre-encoded test file library comprising a plurality of pre-encoded audio files; and
a plurality of uncompressed audio files.
22. The test data source of
23. The test data source of
24. The test data source of
25. The test data source of
26. A method for voice quality test of a packet-switched network using a voice quality testing system, said method comprising:
coupling said voice quality testing system to said packet-switched network;
transmitting a pre-encoded test file comprising audio data over said packet switched network;
receiving said pre-encoded test file over said packet-switched network; and
evaluating said pre-encoded test file.
27. The method of
28. The method of
detecting an audio codec on said packet-switched network;
pre-encoding said test file using the detected audio codec.
29. The method of
30. The method of
[0001] Traditionally, digital voice communication has relied primarily on circuit-switched networks such as the T-carrier system. However, packet-switched networks (e.g. the Internet) are being increasingly used for voice communications. The adoption of packet-switched networks for voice communication has engendered a requirement for testing the capability of a packet-switched network for handling the unique requirements of voice transmission, that is, voice quality testing (VQT).
[0002]FIG. 1 shows an example of a protocol stack 100 that can be used for packet switched voice communications such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). The protocol stack is mapped onto the Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) model. The applications layer 105 includes the analog audio signal generation and handling. Conventional VQT functionality, if present, would reside in the applications layer 105.
[0003] The presentation layer 110 includes audio codecs that can be used for voice coding (vocoding). Such codecs can include G.711, G.722, G.723.1, G.729, and their variants. The presentation layer can provide formatting, code conversion, compression, and encryption.
[0004] The session layer 120 can include the Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP), which provides the first stage of packetization of the coded voice. RTP provides support for applications with real-time properties, including timing reconstruction, loss detection, security and content identification. In general, the session layer provides for the setup and maintenance of connections to a process between two different users (call channels).
[0005] The transport layer 130 can include the User Datagram Protocol (UDP), or Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). This layer handles the second stage of packetization. The transport layer handles error recovery and flow control between endpoints on the network.
[0006] The network layer 140, data link layer 150, and physical layer 160 are concerned with the internal functions of the packet-switched network. The network layer 140 can include the Internet Protocol (IP), and the data link layer can include the IEEE 802 (e.g. 802.2 and 802.3) logical link control (LLC) layer and media access control (MAC) layer. The network and data link layers provide framing and other services for node-to-node transfer within the packet-switched network. The physical layer provides the interface to the physical medium over which the data is sent.
[0007] The different layers of the protocol stack of FIG. 2 can be executed on various combinations of hardware and software. For example, layers 105, 110, 120, 130, and 140 can be executed in software by a general purpose microprocessor, with layers 150 and 160 executed by dedicated hardware and firmware coupled to the general purpose microprocessor by a bus. Alternatively, a digital signal processor (DSP) can also be used for execution of codecs associated with layer 110.
[0008] Comprehensive VQT in a packet network requires significant computational power for voice encoding, multiple call channel generation, and test signal evaluation. Accordingly, methods for reducing computational demands without reducing test efficacy are sought.
[0009] Embodiments of the present invention pertain to systems and methods for voice quality testing. Audio waveforms used for testing are pre-encoded using a variety of codecs to produce a set of test data that can be transmitted over a network. The pre-encoding of the audio waveforms reduces the real-time requirement for computation during testing.
[0010] Systems and methods for voice quality testing (VQT) in a packet switched voice communications network are disclosed. In one embodiment, a test system comprises a set of pre-encoded test data. The test data is pre-encoded using a set of audio codecs that can be used for voice communication on the network. During VQT, data can be selected from the set of pre-encoded data for transmission over the network, thereby eliminating the real-time overhead involved in voice coding of the test audio waveforms. The pre-encoding can also be extended to include processing associated with one or more data transmission protocols, thus further reducing the computational requirements for testing. To reduce the size of the set of test data, codecs on the network can be identified and test data pre-encoded using only the identified codecs prior to VQT.
[0011] In one embodiment, a test system comprises a set of pre-encoded audio data coupled to a test controller. The test controller has one or more interfaces for coupling to a network. Each of the interfaces can be related to a data transmission protocol. The test system can also comprise a detector for determining the presence and type of audio codecs and data transmission protocols present on the network. The test system can also comprise a pre-encoder and a set of audio data for producing a set of pre-encoded data using codecs or data transmission protocols detected by the detector.
[0012] In another embodiment, a method for VQT is provided. Analog waveforms for VQT in a network are digitized and pre-encoded to produce test data. The pre-encoding can comprise processing of the digitized waveforms using a set of audio codecs. Data can be selected from the set of test data and transmitted over the network. Transmitted data can be received over the network and characterized.
[0013] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and form a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention. The drawings referred to in this description should not be understood as being drawn to scale except if specifically noted.
[0014]FIG. 1 shows a conventional protocol stack used for voice quality testing in a communications network, mapped onto the Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) model.
[0015]FIG. 2 is block diagram of an end-to-end voice communication system with a test configuration in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
[0016]FIG. 3 shows embodiments of the present invention mapped onto the Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) model.
[0017]FIG. 4 shows a functional block diagram for a pre-encoded test file voice quality testing (VQT) system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
[0018]FIG. 5 shows a flow diagram for a method for voice quality testing (VQT) in a packet-switched network voice communications system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
[0019]FIG. 2 shows a functional block diagram 200 for a representative voice communication system and test setup in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The system comprises the general elements of a test signal generator 205 for producing an analog input signal 210, a digital encoder 215, a test file set 218, a packet assembler 220, a packet-switched network 225, a packet disassembler 230, a decoder 235 producing an output analog signal 240, and a test signal evaluator 245.
[0020] The test signal generator 205 produces an acoustic or electronic analog signal (e.g., voice, or voice equivalent) 210 that is applied to the digital encoder 215. Digital encoding includes the analog-to-digital conversion of the analog signal 210, and can also include compression, encryption, and other digital signal processing, such as the application of an audio codec. Although pre-encoding of voice is described as a specific example, it should be noted that embodiments of the present invention can also include the pre-encoding of other audio material such as music or environmental sounds.
[0021] Because of its redundant nature, human speech lends itself well to compression, and compression is a desirable way to increase information transfer. However, compression increases the sensitivity of the information stream to corruption. Thus, there is an unavoidable tradeoff between data transfer rate and quality.
[0022] In voice communication, it has been a common practice to limit sampling rates and the sample resolution in order to reduce the demands on the transmission network. For example, the ITU-T standard G.711 specifies an 8 kHz sampling rate and an 8-bit sample, producing a 64 kbps data stream. The 8 kHz sampling rate effectively restricts the system analog frequency response to less than 4 kHz, although the human auditory range extends to about 20 kHz. Typically, voice coding (vocoding) is a lossy process that sacrifices a finite amount of signal quality in order to increase overall information flow in a network.
[0023] The use of lossy compression has led to the development of sophisticated vocoders (voice coders) in order to achieve the maximum reduction in data rates while minimizing loss of quality. Voice communication places a unique demand on a digital network in that it is difficult to correlate bit loss/corruption with the ultimate perception by a human of the transmitted signal. This lack of correlation leads to vocoding algorithms that are computationally intensive. For example, anywhere from 10-20 million instructions per second (MIPs) can be required to support a voice call channel on a packet network using standard voice encoding schemes.
[0024] The digital information sequence produced by the digital encoder 215 is stored in a test file set 218. The test file set 218 may be stored in a volatile or non-volatile memory medium. The pre-encoded test file set 218 allows Block 201 to be temporally decoupled from the processes of the remainder of the network, thus reducing competition for processing resources during data transmission in the system. During testing, the data required for testing is extracted from the pre-encoded test file set 218.
[0025] The information stored in the test file set 218 is passed to a packet assembler 220 that converts the information to a series of packets for transmission over the packet-switched network 225. The packet-switched network 225 transports the packets produced by the packet assembler 220 to a packet disassembler 230. In addition to being affected by environmental influences (e.g. electrical noise), a packet-switched network is also subject to packet loss that arises through delays due to network congestion. Thus, for testing purposes, it is desirable to setup simultaneous call channels in order to stress the network. The maintenance of multiple calls increases the computational demands on the test system.
[0026] The packet disassembler 230 receives the packets from the packet-switched network 225 and extracts the digital information sequence that was input to the packet assembler 220. The recovered digital sequence is passed to a decoder 235 that produces an output analog signal 240. The output analog signal is passed to a test signal evaluator 245.
[0027] The test signal evaluator 245 compares the output signal 240 to the input signal 210. In evaluation, the differences between the input and output signal are determined. As stated above, there is usually a certain amount of intentional loss of quality involved in the encoding process, and there are additional losses and/or distortion that are involved in the transmission over the network. In general, there are a number of factors involved in determining voice quality. Among these factors are delay, echo, and clarity.
[0028] Although delay and echo are relatively easy to quantify and understand, clarity is considerably more difficult to quantify. Historically, clarity has been measured using the mean opinion score (MOS), derived from a group of live listeners. With reference to FIG. 2, the test signal evaluator 245 would be the group of listeners, and the analog audio would be an acoustic signal. More recently, computer-based methods have been developed to produce objective measurements of perceived voice quality. The computational demands of evaluating decoded voice transmissions are similar to those of encoding voice, in that human perception must be taken into account.
[0029] Two examples of clarity measurement techniques are the Perceptual Speech Quality Measurement (PSQM) method, and the Perceptual Analysis/Measurement System (PAMS) method. Recently, the Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality (PESQ) model has been introduced, combining elements of both PSQM and PAMS. Referring again to FIG. 2, the analog audio signal 240 can be bypassed, and the decoder output passed directly to a computer 245 for evaluation of a partially decoded signal that is still digitized.
[0030] Voice quality testing (VQT) is generally a real-time process, with each layer of the protocol stack 100 of FIG. 1 contributing to the overall computational overhead. In embodiments of the present invention, test data is pre-encoded for delivery to layers below the presentation (codec) layer 110 of FIG. 1 . In this way, the computational demands and potential bottlenecks of the upper layer protocols can be eliminated.
[0031]FIG. 3 shows a diagram 300 of embodiments of the present invention mapped onto the Open Systems Interconnect (OSI). In contrast to testing a packet switched communications network by exercising the functionality of the layers 110 through 160 by executing an application that resides above layer 110 as shown in FIG. 1, embodiments of the present invention use pre-encoded data that is passed to layers below layer 110, thereby reducing the computational overhead associated with layer 110. In one embodiment, a test application 305 passes data directly to the session layer 120.
[0032] In an alternative embodiment, a network isolation VQT application 310 bypasses layers 110, 120, 130, 140, and 150, passing data packets directly to the physical layer 160. Although the greatest amount of processing resources is typically required by the audio codecs associated with the presentation layer 110, other layers of the protocol stack can have processes that do not require real-time processing. These processes can be pre-encoded to further reduce processor loading. Application 310 may be used to provide background traffic to stress a packet-switched network. This traffic can include packets that carry information that is not analyzed during testing.
[0033]FIG. 4 shows one embodiment of a VQT system 400 coupled to a network 435. The embodiment of FIG. 4 includes a number of functional blocks that are separately illustrated and described. However, it is appreciated that a block�and its functionality�can be combined with another block. It is also appreciated that system 400 can include other elements not shown or described. In general, system 400 provides for the introduction of pre-encoded audio files to a network for VQT.
[0034] In one embodiment the system comprises a storage medium 410 for pre-encoded data coupled to a test controller 415. The pre-encoded data comprises audio waveforms (e.g. voice) that have been digitized and encoded. Encoding can include compression, encryption, filtering, or other processing. Pre-encoding can include the data processing functions that are part of various data transmission protocols such as RTP (session layer), UDP (transport layer), IP (network layer), and Ethernet (data link layer). Pre-encoding may also include the addition of formatting information used for accessing the contents of the file.
[0035] Examples of codecs that can be used for pre-encoding are ITU-T standards G.711, G.723.1, G.726, G.728, and G.729. The bit rates required by these codecs ranges from about 5kbps to 64kbps. In general, more computational power is required to achieve a lower bit rate while minimizing loss of quality. Codecs such as G.729 and G.723.1 have a voice activity detector (VAD) feature that allows the packet transmissions to be reduced during periods of silence. During periods of silence, a comfort noise generator (CNG) can be used to provide a background noise. These features can be accommodated during pre-encoding.
[0036] In order to limit the size of the set of pre-encoded files 410, the test system 400 optionally includes storage 405 for a set of unencoded audio files (e.g., wave files), a pre-encoder 420, and a codec and protocol detector 425. The detector 425 is coupled to the network 435 and determines the audio codecs and data transmission protocols in use on the network 435. This information is passed to the pre-encoder 420, so that unencoded audio files can be pre-encoded to produce the necessary set of test files on a storage medium 410. In this way, the test file set can be limited to only those files necessary for a specific test instance.
[0037] A set of test files pre-encoded just prior to test after detection of a codec or protocol can be referred to as a dynamic test file library, and can be stored in a volatile memory, or on an optical or magnetic storage medium such as a disk drive. A set of files that is encoded and made available for a series of tests is referred to as a static test file library, and is typically stored on an optical or magnetic storage medium such as disk drive. In general the unencoded audio files 410 and pre-encoded files 410 are referred to as a test data source.
[0038] In the embodiment of FIG. 4, test controller 415 handles the overall test flow/script and submits the test files 410 to the network. Audio codecs typically produce a series of frames as an output. During test file encoding, the framing may be altered by data formatting within the file. The test controller 415 can unpack a data file and restore a series of frames as necessary. The controller 415 is coupled to the network by one or more interfaces 430. Each of the N interfaces 430 conforms to a particular data transmission protocol, and allows files with different levels of pre-encoding to be introduced to the network. The interfaces can be software interfaces, or they can include interfaces specified at the physical layer. For example, the test system 400 may be plugged directly into an Ethernet port.
[0039] For network hardware that relies on a single processor handling more than one layer of the media/protocol stack, pre-encoding reduces the loading of the processor and enables the system being tested to achieve a higher throughput. The higher throughput can be used to achieve a background traffic level for stress testing of the network. For example, several simultaneous VoIP call channels can be set up, with VQT being performed on one call channel or a subset of the call channels being maintained. By changing the total number of channels being maintained, the voice quality effects due to network capacity can be evaluated.
[0040]FIG. 5 is a flowchart 500 of a method embodiment for VQT. Although specific steps are disclosed in flowchart 500, such steps are exemplary. In step 510, audio data, such as speech is digitized to produce a set of unencoded digital audio data files. The data files can be synthesized, or can be produced by analog-to-digital conversion of acoustic waveforms. The audio data files can or can not be stored in a test system.
[0041] In step 515, the audio data files are pre-encoded to produce a set of pre-encoded test files. Pre-encoding can be done using a variety of audio codecs, and is preferably done using widely used codecs, and codecs that are known to be processor intensive. Pre-encoding can be done to produce a dynamic library that is used for a specific test instance and includes only the files required the test, or it can be done to produce a static library from which files are selected for each test.
[0042] In step 520, test files are selected for transmission over the network. The set of files selected can be the entire set of files if a dynamic library is being used, or it can be a subset of a static library. In one embodiment, files can be selected from a static library to provide network background VQT stress, while a dynamic library is used simultaneously to provide files for VQT evaluation.
[0043] In step 525, the test files are transmitted over the network. Depending upon the degree of pre-encoding in the test files and the network architecture, the test files can be submitted to one of several available layers in the network being tested. During a test, more than one network layer can serve as the entry point for test file transmission.
[0044] In step 530, the test files are received over the network. In receiving the test files, files that were transmitted to produce network stress can be ignored, with the remaining files being passed on for characterization. File identification for characterization can be incorporated in packet headers associated with various data transmission protocols.
[0045] In step 535, the received data is characterized. Characterization typically include the extraction of the received test file and its evaluation with respect to file that was transmitted. Characterization can also include the generation of packet transmission data (e.g., high resolution time stamps) in addition to that provided by the data transmission protocols in use.
[0046] Various embodiments of the present invention are thus described. While the present invention has been described in particular embodiments, it should be appreciated that the present invention should not be construed as limited by such embodiments, but rather construed according to the following claims.
Referenced by
Legal Events
Original Image


text:
- Reports (57)
- Playbooks (1)
- Charts & Figures (126)
Refine your results
Date Range
- Past 6 months (42)
- Past 12 months (108)
- Past 18 months (130)
- Media & Entertainment (27)
- Manufacturing (21)
- Consumer Electronics & Technology (6)
- Financial Services (4)
- Retail (4)
- See all Industries
All Industries
- Consumer Electronics & Technology (6)
- Financial Services (4)
- Manufacturing (21)
- Media & Entertainment (27)
- Retail (4)
- Travel (4)
- Customer Engagement (60)
- Customer Analytics (30)
- Mobile Analytics (20)
- Web Analytics (18)
- Attribution (14)
- See all Topics
All Topics
- Attribution (14)
- Campaign Management (4)
- Customer Analytics (30)
- Customer Engagement (60)
- Mobile Analytics (20)
- Social Intelligence (3)
- Web Analytics (18)
Market Imperatives
- North America (29)
- Asia Pacific (20)
- Europe (9)
- Latin America (5)
- Facebook (11)
- Google (7)
- Adobe Systems (6)
- LinkedIn (1)
- See all Vendors
All Vendors
- Nate Elliott (23)
- Jennifer Wise (18)
- Thomas Husson (17)
- Jim Nail (11)
- Xiaofeng Wang (11)
- See all Analysts
All Analysts
- Allison Smith (2)
- Brian Hopkins (1)
- Clement Teo (4)
- Fatemeh Khatibloo (2)
- Gina Fleming (2)
- Jennifer Wise (18)
- Jim Nail (11)
- Julie A. Ask (1)
- Kim Celestre (8)
- Laura Ramos (5)
- Luca S. Paderni (2)
- Nate Elliott (23)
- Nick Hayes (1)
- Nicole Dvorak (10)
- Richard Joyce (1)
- Ryan Skinner (10)
- Samantha Merlivat (2)
- Shar VanBoskirk (10)
- Sucharita Mulpuru (1)
- Susan Bidel (10)
- Thomas Husson (17)
- Tina Moffett (2)
- Xiaofeng Wang (11)
For Marketing Leadership Professionals
Charts & Figures:Intent Is Expressed Before A Purchase; Affinity Is Expressed After A Purchase
For Marketing Leadership Professionals
Charts & Figures:Your Big Data's Foundation — Culture, Competency, And Capability
For Marketing Leadership Professionals
Report:Select Partners That Support Your Goals
Tools And Technology: The Digital Media Buying Playbook
The linchpins of every effective media buyer's practice are the partner and vendor relationships that allow marketing leaders to create truly valuable customer experiences. The technology ecosystem...
- Downloads: 444
For Marketing Leadership Professionals
Charts & Figures:Google Will Beat Facebook To The Database Of Affinity
For Marketing Leadership Professionals
Charts & Figures:Consumers Show The Most Trust In Pull Digital Content And Least In Push Digital Content
Vision: The Content Marketing Playbook
For Marketing Leadership Professionals
Report:Quick Take: AOL Acquires Convertro, Adding Attribution To Its Ad Tech Stack
AOL Leapfrogs Competitors To Deliver Marketers' Holy Grail
On May 6, 2014, AOL announced its acquisition of attribution vendor Convertro for a reported $101 million dollars. This move is in keeping with the company's ongoing commitment to investing in...
- Downloads: 90
For Marketing Leadership Professionals
Charts & Figures:The Database Of Affinity Will Emerge In Four Stages
For Marketing Leadership Professionals
Report:Which Technologies Fit Where In Marketing's Future: A Segmented Vendor Reference For Marketers
This workbook is a companion to the Forrester report "Which Technologies Fit Where In Marketing's Future." In that report, we made the case for a new way of classifying marketing technologies...
- Downloads: 51
For Marketing Leadership Professionals
Charts & Figures:People Who Receive Notifications Are Also The Heaviest Users Of Apps
Integrate Push Notifications Into Your Marketing Approach
For Marketing Leadership Professionals
Report:How To Exploit The Database Of Affinity
And Why Google, Not Facebook, Will Dominate Affinity Marketing
Every day, huge numbers of people tell us what they like by voting for things, talking about things, reviewing things, and engaging in other online social interactions. All these behaviors add up to...
- Downloads: 450
For Marketing Leadership Professionals
Charts & Figures:Brands Use Valuable Content To Attract Customers Instead Of Pushing Messages At Them
For Marketing Leadership Professionals
Report:Use LinkedIn For Social Reach Marketing
Drive Awareness And Preference Among Business-Focused Consumers
If you still think of LinkedIn as just a recruitment network, you're missing out. LinkedIn's launch of multiple content-publishing-platform features has provided brands with a unique opportunity to...
- Downloads: 223
For Marketing Leadership Professionals
Report:Pinterest Is Not Ready For Prime Time
Its Enormous Potential Demands Richer Ad Targeting
Pinterest attracts more users than you think — and that audience loves to interact with and talk about brands as well as shop online. But only about half of top brands have created Pinterest...
- Downloads: 133
For Marketing Leadership Professionals
Charts & Figures:Place Yourself In One Of The Four Maturity Levels
For Marketing Leadership Professionals
Charts & Figures:ESPN Gives Users Control To Set Their Push Notification Preferences
For Marketing Leadership Professionals
Report:Brief: Asia Pacific Firms Measure The Wrong Social Metrics
Marketers Must Align Social Marketing Objectives To Business Outcomes
Marketers are increasingly funding social media programs in Asia Pacific. But most are still beginners at social measurement — focusing on simplistic metrics such as fans, followers, and...
- Downloads: 58
For Marketing Leadership Professionals
Charts & Figures:Leverage Mobile Analytics Beyond Mobile
Performance Management: The Mobile Marketing Playbook
For Marketing Leadership Professionals
Charts & Figures:A Content Brand Connects Content, Audience, And Relationships, Optimized For Value
For Marketing Leadership Professionals
Report:Under The Hood Of Mobile Marketing: Location-Based Marketing
Making Marketing Content Relevant To Where People Are
As marketers step up their mobile marketing efforts, Forrester clients are asking more and more questions about it, and one of the most important facets of the opportunity is location-based...
- Downloads: 1049
For Marketing Leadership Professionals
Report:Mobile's Untapped Value Is In Contextual Data
Why Contextual Data Will Improve Your Marketing Beyond Mobile
As the hub of our offline and online experiences, mobile interactions are a powerful catalyst for contextual marketing. The untapped opportunity in mobile for marketers will be to get an extremely...
- Downloads: 265
For Marketing Leadership Professionals
Charts & Figures:Five Rams' Engagement Rate, April To August 2013
For Interactive Marketing Professionals
Charts & Figures:Adding Comparative Game Mechanics To The Topliners Community Boosted Engagement
For Marketing Leadership Professionals
Report:Establish A Baseline For Mobile KPIs
Benchmarks: The Mobile Marketing Playbook
Marketers continue to advance from being mobile novices to approaching mobile strategically. With this maturity comes the responsibility to prove the success of mobile programs. However, in a rapidly...
- Downloads: 399
For Marketing Leadership Professionals
Charts & Figures:Segment Your Customer Base To Send Relevant And Contextual Offerings
For Marketing Leadership Professionals
Report:CMOs Must Build An Affinity Channels Strategy To Reach New Audiences
How To Navigate Fragmenting Media Audiences Across Niche, Focused Digital Media Networks
Young demographic audiences, often described as Millennials or Gen Zers, are fragmenting across a new landscape of affinity-focused media channels built on YouTube including StyleHaul, Machinima,...
- Downloads: 292

subset: commoncrawl


text:
132 Views 1 Reply Latest reply: Apr 21, 2013 6:57 AM by vasili0s
vasili0s Apr 21, 2013 6:57 AM
Re: iphone won't sync with PC in response to degan
Try syncing over one type of data only. Say, vidoes only. Then check to sync photos as well if the firsy sync is successful.
Alao try resetting the sync history: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1692


text:
Comfort Inn Near Hollywood Walk of Fame
No availability found through our partners. Please contact the business directly or check some of our recommended alternatives.
Photos of Comfort Inn Near Hollywood Walk of Fame
Travelers also recommend:
TravelPod Member ReviewsComfort Inn Near Hollywood Walk of Fame Los Angeles
Great Location for the price and comfortable stay , Close to markets , jewel Osco and walk of fame , Oscars location theater , universal studios .
This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.
TripAdvisor Reviews Comfort Inn Near Hollywood Walk of Fame Los Angeles
Travel Blogs from Los Angeles
Ants, Friends, and Art!
... through the boxes, luggage to make sure that there none in there. Lil and Minnie used a whisk broom brushing them out. We certainly must have looked like the Clampetts with our stuff all on the driveway and things in disaray. Anyway, we eventually started out journey to LA killing ants along the way with the sunroof open to let some fresh air in. One of the wonders of California is the multitude of produce that you see growing along the highway: grapes ...
Life's a beach
... to watch the sunset. The place was a hive of activity and had a great ambiance about it but still very relaxed and not at all stuffy. That's one thing about here nobody dresses up and everyone just blends in (with flip flops on!). The food was great Lucia, Des and I had tuna, whilst Bec had ribs and the girls had chicken, everyone was saving themselves for s'mores around the fire back at the site with our friends next ...
... the dog! Just after the theatre was the road to take us to the Runyon Canyon walk. All-in-all the walk probably took us a little over an hour with stopping to take photos. The views of LA from the top were pretty incredible although I do need to find a walk to get me closer to the Hollywood sign! Once back down the other side we took a detour to the love and peace spiral which include a relaxing rope swing along the way. It was also ...
Universal Studios.
So here we are at our second amusement park: Universal. Disney busy? Try this place - it's heaving people! More so since the Minions ride has opened up today and half of CA is flocking to see it. We decided to gamble (after all, we're off to Vegas in 2 days) and not buy the Express pass at $172 per person (that would have been £450 for the family - is a day out REALLY worth that ??) and so ...
From the Mountain to the Sea
... grace our palates tonight. Surprisingly, I forget how close these cultures/countries are to India as I recognise some of the dishes. We indulge, giving our tongues lots to be drooling over. This is one place I won't soon forget and hope to visit again soon.
My night ends with E and I chatting as she packs up some souvenirs and I doing some last minute hotel booking for the next day. LA, you have been a blast and I cannot wait to come back again to see more of you. ...


text:
Compose Mail
Send a Message
5 Things Your Latino Employees Wish You UnderstoodMarch 9, 2015
Latino employees are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. workforce – in fact, by some estimates one in three working …Sponsored By Aflac
Devan Perine @devanmarie Is Community Manager at EnMast
Businesses owners are in need of advice. But sometimes they haven't got the budget for the experience they require. … MoreMore Contributors
Editor's Picks
- How Valuable Are Stock Options Offered By A Startup?
- Don\'t Miss Out, AM DAYS, ICON15 Happen This Week
- Don\'t Buy A Franchise Because You Can\'t Find A Job
- A Complete Beginner\'s Guide to Hiring the Best Virtual Assistant for your Investment Management - Wealth Noob
- Make Your Website Mobile Search Friendly or Lose Google Rank
Ti Roberts
Ti Roberts is an Internet marketer & blogger with over 7 years experience. On her blog, she enjoys teaching her following how to generate traffic via Blogging, Social …


text:
|Thread Tools
I am wondering if any of you have tried FertileCM, and has it helped you? I am debating if I should purchase that along with Maca, but I want to double check whether FertileCM is okay to take with regular cycles. The only issue I have is short LP (10-11 days with average of 24-25 days cycles)
Me + DH And E makes three! 3.2.13
That was us with our 18 month old son. :) Unfortunately, this is not happening for us 2nd time around. This is our 7th cycle. :(
Me + DH And E makes three! 3.2.13
I have not heard of using FertileCM to lengthen an LP.
I had a short LP of 9ish days and went a diff route. I took 50mg of B6, 1000mg Vit C w/ bioflavonoids, and 600mg Vit E in divided doses daily (divided them am and pm for better absorption). The first month my cycle was lengthened about 2 days. I went from a 23 day cycle to 25.
The month following my O date was moved forward about a day and a half. That's the month I got my BFP.
B6 is good for overall LP lengthening and the VitC and E are excellent for progesterone support.
Good luck!
|Trying To Conceive
|Thread Tools
|Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off


text:
Tree Peony ID
peanut01(7VA)May 12, 2011
Hello all. I was hoping someone could help me id my peony tree. I typically get single blooms off this clump of peonies with buds the size of ping pong balls. The part of the clump with the woody growth has put out blooms this size from buds the size of raquetballs.
Here is a pic of a bloom this year.


text:
More On Tax Planningfrom The Advisor's Professional Library
- Precious Metal Taxation Precious metals can be used to better diversify a portfolio but can be volatile. The tax implications of investing in these types of assets vary depending upon the situation.
- IRAs: Eligibility The eligibility rules for contributing to traditional and Roth IRAs are complicated. Learn how to effectively use them in retirement plans.
A report from Reuters noted on Thursday that the mutual fund giant, Vanguard Group, with $1.5 trillion in U.S. assets in mutual funds, with has withdrawn its SEC application for a line of municipal bond ETFs. The report says that the filings for short-, intermediate- and "a long-term muni ETF," indicate that Vanguard "has no plans to proceed with the offering."
Amy Chain, a Vanguard spokeswoman, said in an e-mail message to AdvisorOne, "We are deferring the funds' launch for an indefinite period of time (and thus are required to withdraw the application). We believe that this delay is prudent given the high level of volatility in the municipal bond market, which began in November 2010 and continues today. This volatility could impede the funds' abilities to tightly track their respective benchmarks, deliver on the funds' objectives, and meet shareholders' expectations."
The Municipal bond market has been in turmoil for months as the effects of the financial crisis affect state and local municipalities' collections of tax revenues. Huge state and municipal pension fund liabilities are also affecting the muni markets.


text:
Howard McGillin
Date Of Birth:
November 05, 1953 (61)
Birth Place:
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Howard McGillin News Feeds
Latest News on Howard McGillin
THE MEETING to Celebrate The Indigo Girls at Joe's Pub, 4/19 (Mar 26, 2015)
Broadway's GIGI to Launch Digital Lottery Tomorrow (Mar 24, 2015)
Save up to 35% on Vanessa Hudgens in Gigi on Broadway (Mar 20, 2015)
3 at Howard McGillin and Rebecca Luker Bring BROADWAY ROMANCE to Café Carlyle
Date Taken:
View More Pictures Of:
BWW TV: Go INTO THE WOODS to Celebrate Stephen Sondheim's 85th Birthday!STAGE TUBE: Lin-Manuel Miranda Gives Jonathan Groff a Belated Birthday PresentSTAGE TUBE: 6-Year-Old Theatre Critic Iain Armitage on the Art of Collecting Playbills!VIDEO: Watch Sean Hayes & Husband Scott Icenogle Lip Sync to Jennifer Hudson's 'Trouble'!VIDEO: FINDING NEVERLAND's Kelsey Grammer Talks Playing Captain Hook on 'Late Night'VIDEO: Alan Cumming Talks End of CABARET: 'It's Like the End of An Era for Me'VIDEO: Carey Mulligan Talks Cooking Spaghetti on Stage in Broadway's SKYLIGHTSTAGE TUBE: HEDWIG's Darren Criss Is 'Hopelessly Devoted to You'BWW TV Exclusive: CHICAGO's Carly Hughes Talks Her Big Broadway Year with Carole, Fosse & More!STAGE TUBE: Dan DeLuca & NEWSIES Tour Cast Perform 'Shut Up and Dance' on Disney Playlist!STAGE TUBE: Laura Benanti Tries Out Life as a Barista on New Episode of WORKIN' ITVIDEO: First Look - NEW YORK SPRING SPECTACULAR's 'Singing in the Rain' NumberVIDEO: First Look - Sutton Foster Featured in Music Video for Hilary Duff's New Single 'Sparks'VIDEO: Kelsey Grammer, Matthew Morrison Talk FINDING NEVERLAND on GMA
Message Board
VIDEO: Sean Hayes & Husband Scott Icenogle Lip Sync to Hudson's 'Trouble'!
BWW Exclusive: Richard Jay-Alexander Remembers Polly Bergen
Audra McDonald in Talks to Join Live-Action BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Movie!
Idina Menzel Announces 2015 WORLD TOUR Dates!
ALLEGIANCE on Broadway To Hold Toronto Auditions


text:
Social media management vendor Sprinklr raises $46 million
The funding round values the company at more than $1 billion. Sprinklr has raised $123.5 million to date.
Social media management vendor Sprinklr raises $46 million
The funding round values the company at more than $1 billion. Sprinklr has raised $123.5 million to date.
Etsy seeks up to $1.78 billion value as it readies for an IPO
The company and existing stockholders intend to sell 16.7 million shares for $14 to $16 apiece, according to a regulatory filing Tuesday.
Sign up for IRNewsLink and get daily reports delivery to your inbox. Sign Up Now
Sponsored by 2013 Social Media 300
Are you speaking their language?
The text message turned 20 yesterday, and, to celebrate, Experian Marketing Services released a survey of 1,485 U.S. smartphone owners on the ubiquitous, 160-character messages.
The most interesting finding is that 48% of smartphone owners ages 18 to 24 and 47% ages 25-34 say that a conversation via text message is just as meaningful as a telephone call. 37% ages 35-44, 28% ages 45-54 and 15% age 55 and older give text messages the same weight as voice calls.
I text far more than I talk, and you can count me among the 28% of those ages 45-54 who give texts equal heft. These days I rarely use my iPhone to make or receive a call. I communicate via text. It's just simpler and to the point. And it gives the recipient leeway as to when they can reply. If they have their hands full at the moment and can't take a call, they can reply to my text message when they get a minute. Plus, texts allow me to communicate thoughts when they strike me, a thought that perhaps doesn't add up to enough time to merit a phone call. Phone calls interrupt, text messages come and go as you please.
It strikes me that if half of smartphone owners ages 18 to 34 say texts are as meaningful as phone calls and you as a retailer have a good number of customers in this demographic, you should be reaching out to them by text message. You should have a box on the checkout page asking for a customer's mobile number while clearly explaining they will receive special sale notifications and exclusive deals if they sign up for text messages. And you should clearly indicate approximately how many times a week they will receive a text message. You can do the same thing with a box on the home page, though I think it probably will be more effective on the checkout page where people are accustomed to entering personal information. But text-happy younger folk will likely respond to a good text offer anywhere.
Here are some more nuggets from the Experian survey:
Text messages have become part of the fabric of everyday life in the 21st century, especially for younger consumers. There are many vendors out there that work with retailers to create smart text message marketing programs. Unless your customer base skews senior, you should be thinking about how you can put text messages to work in a meaningful way to help sell in this increasingly mobile world.
Responsive design is the best way for retailers to serve mobile shoppers, argues the CEO ...
Posted 03/10/15
The chief technology officer at a web-only retailer discusses his company's approach to gaining a ...
Posted 02/19/15
Shari's Berries shows an absolutely, positively perfect way merchants can exploit a mobile app to ...
Posted 02/12/15
A mobile industry executive with more than 350 mobile commerce apps under his belt offers ...
Posted 02/05/15
If there's something you've bought offline that you weren't able to buy online, we're probably thinking about that."


text:
Here's a taste of what TheBody.com has to offer on this topic:
Get the Facts
HIV Testing 101...testing sites. Finally, don't forget that if you test positive for HIV, it's not the end of the world. Even if you don't have health insurance, you can get free HIV treatment and if you take care of yourself, you can live a long and healthy life.
Ask the Experts
I tested positive, but my partner is negativeI recently tested positive for HIV. It has been a very long time since my last test, so I am not sure how long I have had the virus. I hit all 10 bands on the Western Blot. My initial counts taken last week were CD4 400, viral load 32,000. My...
Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.
Stanford University, School of MedicineNo, unfortunately, your lab test results can't determine the length of infection. Read more »
HIV test taking a long time to show positive resultI'm not sure this is the right forum, but I couldn't find any other that's more suitable. This is a bit long, so brace yourselves...I just tested positive for HIV on October 27 (with result on November 1 ...). The test was done as part of my annual...
Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.
Stanford University, School of Medicine...1. It may relate to someone's underlying immune system and genetics, the amount of HIV received and the method (sexual vs. injection drug use).2. No.3. Because the look for antibodies and not the virus. The position Read more »
EIA HIV1/HIV2I had an incident where I could have possibly been exposed to HIV. I say that because I do not know that persons sexual history. The condom came off while having sex, but I do not know how long we were exposed before I noticed it. This happened 12...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation...Hello,Your negative EIA at 12 months is definitive and conclusive. There is not need for additional HIV testing. HIV is not your problem. No way, no how.Dr. Bob Read more »
unsafe sex to testinghow long do i have to wait after having unprotected sex to get tested for HIV? it happened 2 days ago.
Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W
Columbia University's Health & Related Services...measured by the EIA/Western blot tests) within three months of exposure. In rare cases, some people may take six months or longer. It is important that you educate yourself about the window period and testing to determine the time interval that... Read more »
What Is HIV?...black or white; gay or straight; married or single. It's what you do, not who you are, that puts you at risk for HIV. How Long Does It Take to Feel a Symptom of HIV? People can have HIV for 10 years or more and never show any symptoms.... Read more »
Women and HIV...pregnancy. Women who aren't tested for HIV may get sick and die faster than men. But if they get tested and treated, they live as long as men. Fact Sheet 102 has more information on HIV testing. Gynecological problems can be early signs of HIV... Read more »
Safer Sex Guidelines...although HIV might be able to enter the penis, especially if it has contact with HIV-infected blood or vaginal fluids for a long time or if it has any open sores. Some men think that they can't transmit HIV if they pull their penis out before... Read more »
HIV and Safer Sex...friction by using a lot of lube to help prevent small cuts or tears in the vagina, rectum, or penis. Silicone-based lube will last longer than water-based lube. Because you're not using a condom, oil-based lube can also be used. Avoid getting... Read more »
Connect With Others
Scared to get tested!!! Need Advise Please
Posted by elen, 4 Replies...(vaginal intercourse), his condom broke and he ejaculated inside me. I freaked out and asked him if he had any disease, including HIV. He said no (that he was aware of), and mentioned that I was inexperienced and freaking out for no reason. He... Read more »
6 weeks test
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies...InfoNet Why Should I Be Tested? - The Benefits of Knowing Immune system monitoring and early treatment can greatly improve your long term health. Knowing you are positive may help you change behaviors that would put yourself and others at risk. ... Read more »
Anel sex
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies...if i give my girl friend anel sex would she get pregent form anel sex if she has aids would i get that Read more »
question please answer
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply...negative for hiv on Tues the 8 and had sex that day , should I get tested again ,I wore protection and If I should get tested how long should I wait to get tested to make sure I dont havei t . that last encounter before tues was in Sept... Read more »
Resource Centers
Guides for People With HIV


text:
Heading to Omaha....
GreenThumbinKCApril 24, 2006
My family is headed to Omaha over the weekend for a quick 'get away' and was wondering if there are any 'can't miss' nurseries in the area. I'll be heading up I-29 from KC. Thanks.
If you have time, the Omaha Botanical Gardens is a good side trip, and right off the interstate right after you enter NE on I-80 west. The largest nursery is probably Mulhall's (120th & Maple). It is also close to the interstate. I also like Indian Creek Nursery (N. of Dodge on Saddle Creek), Havers is the place to go for pond plants & fish (80th & Maple), Sunrise Lawn & Garden is one of my favorites (N. of I-80 on 84th St exit at 8529 Frederick St--across from Shopko).
Here is a link that might be useful: My pics from Omaha Botanical Garden (Lauritzen Gardens)


text:
The Indian columnists have begun openly writing what some of us at least might have secretly suspected all along for the past one week – and didn't want to say publicly. The great all-world Buddhist enclave in Delhi this week which ship-wrecked the India-China border talks between Special Representatives Shiv Shankar Menon of India and Dai Bingguo of China was, after all, a government-of-India affair.
India's China policy needs a reset
Now, hold on to your chair if I say something more: The Buddhist meet was actually the brainchild of India's spymasters. Now, take a deep, long breath, but don't gasp: MEA was the spymasters's comrade-in-arms, the enterprise's co-sponsor.
Can you comprehend the gravity of the stupidity? India has delegated Lord Buddha to the spooks and small-time bureaucrats. It is sacrilege. Millions of Buddhist followers of Sri Lanka, Thailand, South Korea and Japan will be horrified. Panditji, if I recall correctly, once wrote that Buddha was the "finest flower" of the Indian civilisation. He indeed used words to that effect. What depravity we have come to now that we celebrate the 2600th anniversary of Buddha's 'Enlightenment' in this fashion under the patronage of spooks!
But, other issues also arise. First, I can't comprehend the agenda in the minds of our spymasters and China hands. If it is to juxtappose Buddhism with China – like US did in the cold war era by pitting socialism against Islam – it isn't going to work. China is actually claiming the Buddhist heritage with greater elan than India. Its Lumbini project in Nepal will put India to shame. With all these years of exclusive friendship with Nepal, Delhi failed to anticipate that there could be some day a Himalayan puncture to its pretensions as the inheritor of Buddha's legacy. More so, now even Amartya Sen seems exasperated with the muddle-headed way we are going about putting up the Nalanda University in Bihar.
Second, conceivably, the ill-fated enterprise was launched with PMO's knowledge and concurrence. After all, President Pratibha Patil and PM Manmohan Singh were invited to the inaugural ceremony. Now, that brings us to Menon. Was he in the loop? It must be one of the macabre jokes of India's diplomatic history if he was party to sabotaging his own talks with Dai. I fervently hope he stuck to file work and insisted on being kept in the dark.
Third, it is now onward virtually impossible for us to whip up anti-China propaganda and then claim India is a free society and the government has nothing to do with the cacophony. Perhaps, Beijing never quite believed the government's protestation all along, but now onward the stance would only look plain dissimulation. In short, we 'lost' the much-needed cloud cover for staging anti-China propaganda.
If a popular TV channel tomorrow features another high-pitch bout of China-bashing, Beijing might even suspect that the anchorperson is in the secret pay of the spooks. In short, it is a 'systemic' loss, since propaganda has its proper uses in diplomacy against adversarial powers and it needs to be handled in a sophisticated way. Debasing propaganda with crudity is simply appalling.
Fourth, even if a minor point, it was inappropriate to have dragged Dalai Lama into this 'spookish' venture. He wouldn't probably like to be known in this way. Patil and Manmohan Singh did the right thing by dissociating when they got wind of the state of play. But, Dalai Lama being an excessively polite man, probably didn't want to embarrass his hosts. Do not overplay the 'Dalai Lama card'.
Finally, all this brings us to a huge issue: 'What is our China policy?' This ridiculous mishap wouldn't have occured if we indeed had a China policy. I think it is time to rescue it from our spooks and 'China hands'. China is a rising power, which the world community takes very, very seriously – including the United States, by the way. In particular, China will ever remain India's next-door neighbour and India has many serious, intractable disputes to settle with that country.
India shouldn't trivialise its relationship with China, because this relationship is going to be in the very first circle of India's foreign policy for many decades to come. Do away with this roller-coaster ride passing for India's celebrated 'competitition-cum-cooperation' policy toward China. There is indeed sufficient space available for India and China to live side by side, to get rid of their curse of poverty and to develop.
What India needs is a predictable normalisation with China, which would give clarity to the country's external environment and help it focus on the core issues of growth and development. It should be a continuous process.
So, what do we do now to clean up the debris? PM should use the 'hot line' he has with Beijing to good purpose. There is need to put a call through to Wen Jiabao and get the SRs' meeting back on track. Good that Beijing didn't over-react to the insult. Rescue the China policy from the 'China hands' in the Indian establishment. Ask the spooks to stick to their job and not to pretend they have become the CIA.
Posted in Diplomacy.
– December 2, 2011
9 Responses
Stay in touch with the conversation, subscribe to the RSS feed for comments on this post.
arthurborges says
It's really funny to read some of the comments here.
Asoka says India is a Superpower that can ignore China: I don't know how you ignore a country with shared borders. The he wants India to finance the US deficit, which is a generous thought until the US tells you the rupee is artificially manipulated so that you have to revalue it. That means you bought US Treasury bonds at, say, 33 rupees per dollar and cash them in at, say, 25 rupees per dollar (plus near-zero interest on your investment). Note too that the last time I saw the figures, Washington was bashing China about an "artificially manipulated" foreign exchange rate at a time when Japan held even more US Treasurys. Now I understand the (privately-owned
shoestring shayne says
India and China could be brothers, with similar history backgoround and present developing country status, by helping each other. The two countries should respect each other's difference and work on commone interest – development. Talk no nosense. Western countires respect you only when your country is stronger and your people happier and when your contries richer.
Asoka says
India is the Superpower of the world, while China is just aspiring to be a regional power. India should not even pay attention to China. Our Superpowerhood will take care of China.
Instead we should turn our attention to Europe. The budgetary crisis in US presents the Indian government a golden opportunity to help the US out. By lending our trillions of dollars of foreign reserves we could finance the US government directly, preventing the budget cutsof its military, get the US off the addiction of Chinese money, bringing our alliances closer in the effort to contain China, thus making the Indian dream of dominating the vast expanse of our extended neighborhood from the gulf of Aden to the port of Vladivostok a reality within our life time . This will be a win/win situation for all, except China.
Marc Gunn says
He is right. To antagonize them has led to further antagonization of Indian interests, and fuels hysteria. Even the BBC has acknowledged Indian china-bashing and accusations of encroachment on the border when none occurred. The chinese have successfully resolved nearly all their land disputes with neighbors except India. (Note: maritime disputes still exist.) The problems with negotiating in good faith with any democracy is the hard-choices required to compromise will be pummeled by hard-liners as appeasement and appearing weak. Yet the hard-line approach ultimately makes things worse unless one country is vastly superior to the other. Throughout most of history there is not such discrepancy and everyone lives with compromise, but democracies are relatively new (and good!) and gridlock often occurs resulting in no progress in negotiations. Just look at the USA and their fiscal woes.
Batao Na says
What a lame article specially when Paresh Baruha is being openly sheltered in Yunnan and all these years all sorts of groups in NE were indirectly aided by China but it is direct and blatent now.
Why exactly we should prevent Dalai Lama from public appearences ? China has galls to write to Government of WB asking CM and Governer should not attend meeting where Dalai Lama is speaker.
Your article smells of old policy of appeasement and subservience.
India China conflict is not about Dalai Lama , Mao went to War in 1962 becuase aim was to cut Cha-Cha short who was flying high dreaming of being world leader and the war settled the issue in 1962 on who should be leader in Asia.
Cut to 2011 , China is ahead of India and India is catching up so they again want to settle the issue on who should be the superpower.
bunran says
Dear Bhadakumar
Your thinking matches with Prem Chand Jha, who always warns against agnotising China. Remember China was severly defeated by Japanese for the reasons which are again comming up. China is even challenging US leave aside India and other smaller nations. Think how this change happened and what should we do?
Vishwanath R says
Dear Mr. Bhadrakumar,
Should Indian decisions now be based on what China thinks? What about Sino work in Kashmir? what about the Coco Islands? What about support for Maoists? What about warning "not to enter South China Sea".
Get up. Your generation of subservience is long over. What you give you get back. This is what is happening with China. Your generation always spoke from a position of weakness. This still clouds your thought process. Request you humby to 'smell the coffee'
R S Chakravarti says
Why blame India when the problem is China's Tibet policy, including their attitude to the Dalai Lama?
You must be logged in to post a comment.


text:
Good Morning, Broncos fans! The team will hold its first full practice regular-season practice and issue their first injury report today. As Lindsay Jones reiterates, the Broncos are hoping to get DTs Brodrick Bunkley and Marcus Thomas back in time for Monday's opener.
So, today is the day the DP unleashed their preview of the Broncos' season, and the focus is John Elway. Where Woody Paige typically shares an interview with team owner Pat Bowlen, Mike Klis instead presents one with Elway as the clear face of the Broncos organization. Within it, Elway speaks of lifting the pall that's enveloped the franchise in recent years as the tragedy of Darrent Williams and Kenny McKinley's untimely deaths, and the ugliness of the Jay Cutler drama have come to dominate the Denver headlines.
Elway strangely theorizes that it's a good defense that creates home-field advantage (tell that to Colts and Saints fans) and defends himself against the ridiculous notion that great players can't become great team execs, just because a few of them have failed to do so in the past. As for that garbage, Elway scored a 29 on the Wonderlic and Dan Marino scored a 16. Marino's flop running the Dolphins predicts nothing for Elway's stewardship.
As we shift from the player-evaluation mode of the preseason to games that count, I thought this would be a good time to turn our focus to just what type of offense we can expect to see from the Broncos. Exhibition games offer only a hint of what's to come, as teams are reluctant to telegraph their intentions for the regular season and are concentrating more on roster construction.
Denver is employing their own variation on the Erhardt-Perkins offense, which was very much what Josh McDaniels used both in New England and in Denver. The new version Denver will utilize will emphasize the run more, where McDaniels preferred to use the short pass more as a sort of ball-control passing game - in a certain respect, not dissimilar to the Bill Walsh theory of the game. However, most of the passing from Denver is likely to be vertical, and of the Air Coryell variety.
A few simple things should be covered before we get into much detail on the offensive system, and we'll start today by revisiting the history of the Erhardt-Perkins Offense; we'll get more into the nitty-gritty on Saturday.
Continue reading "Fat Camp: The Erhardt-Perkins Offense, Part 1"
Good Morning, Broncos fans! On Broncos TV, Brian Xanders tells Chris Hall the team had settled on two or three players to make waiver claims on, but in the end decided the players already on the roster were preferable - or at least until they decided they weren't, and signed Tony Hills yesterday. Xanders also reminds us that waivers are a daily process and that the FO and coaches are constantly evaluating the roster - remember how Shanny used to try out several players almost every week during the season? Or the Curse of Brett Kern? And as Legwold points out, not only are the contracts of vested veterans not guaranteed if they're signed after Week 1, they are only paid on a week-to-week basis after that.
So in keeping with Ted's point yesterday to keep calm, realize that the roster as presently constructed is unlikely to remain unchanged for even three or four weeks. Plus, throughout the preseason we've generally been seeing the second and third units operating as a whole, rather than backups mixing in with starters. Yes, it's still about winning individual battles, but when the guys next to you are losing theirs...
As has been speculated upon for several days now, the Broncos have made a change at their backup OT spot, signing ex-Steeler Tony Hills (6'5" 304 lbs) and waiving Herb Taylor to create room for him on the roster. Hills is a fourth-year player who was originally drafted by Pittsburgh in the fourth round (130th overall) of the 2008 Draft out of Texas, and he played in four games for the Steelers during his time there (all in 2010, no starts). Hills, who will turn 27 in November, was waived by Pittsburgh on Saturday, and the Broncos have signed him to a two-year deal, according to Adam Schefter.
Happy Tuesday, friends. I had a nice Labor Day weekend, and I hope you did too. It was busy, though, and I'm coming back to a busy workweek, so I'm kind of squeezed for time from both ends. That said, I'm going to get moving and play for maximum value over minimum time. I may even offend some people, with or without really meaning to. Ready… BEGIN!!!
1. Our friends at the DP rubed out again this weekend, breathlessly reporting that the Broncos would definitely be hitting the waiver wire hard before seeing them claim nobody at all. As a staff, we were laughing at what seems to be the front office's new practice of building up the expectations of the local media, only to make them look bad when things don't happen the way they were speculated. Woody is already bitching about John Fox's skill in saying nothing at all while saying many words, as Doug pointed out in Monday's Lard.
Personally, I'm not very surprised at all that the Broncos didn't claim anybody. I did a fairly basic exercise on Saturday where I picked through a lot of chaff looking for wheat, and I didn't find much quality among young players who were waived. The only guy I really liked was Tavares Gooden, and I can't make a great case that Gooden is better than Mario Haggan or Nate Irving. Of course, when you claim a guy on waivers, he goes to the active roster and you have to immediately cut a player to make room for him.
Good Morning, Broncos fans! Some terrific news among Mike Klis' practice notes from yesterday - defensive tackles Brodrick Bunkley and Marcus Thomas may both return to practice sometime this week, which of course would be an enormous development as the Raiders bring their dominant rushing attack to town Monday night. Plus, Demaryius Thomas practiced yesterday as expected, although there is no publicized timetable as to when he'll return to action - apparently at this point it's strictly a matter of Demaryius getting back into football shape. Granted, that could take awhile.
Meanwhile, Chris Kuper was back at practice yesterday after missing last week with a toe injury. The team is off today and will practice tomorrow.
Following his graduation from Texas A&M, Von Miller was excited about getting drafted and finding a new team to call home and to work out with. Unfortunately, although he did get one of the rare and valuable playbooks, there was little communication between teams and their drafted players due to the lockout. Miller's a fortunate player - he has four coaches other than John Fox who have helped him since the beginning of 2011. One of them isn't even with the Broncos.
Von had quite a friend on his side to help ease his transition to the pro game this offseason, a man by the name of Dat Nguyen. Nguyen had attended college at Texas A&M before spending seven years playing linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys until an injury ended his on-field career. He chose to go into coaching, and after three years working with the Cowboys, Nguyen headed back to Texas A&M in 2010 as the Aggies' inside linebackers coach. Miller was enthusiastic about describing what he and Nguyen worked on and how they did it:
He played in the 4-3, did it in the NFL. He knows what to expect, so I've been working with him. I want to have all of the terminology down, know my responsibilities, so when we get the word I'm ready to...do what I'm supposed to do in the Broncos' defense.
Good Morning, Broncos fans! Legwold says the FO just didn't see any players on the waiver wire who could contribute quickly to the team, hence their lack of claims. He also repeats what Klis wrote yesterday about the team not wanting to absorb any pre-existing contracts, but truly that one is hard to believe. As I wrote last night, most young players make the minimum salary for their respective experience levels, so anyone picked up on waivers would in essence be on one-year contracts as the claiming team would be able to cut them at any point with no bonus accelerations or cap hits.
Meanwhile, Demaryius Thomas has been working only with the medical and strength/conditioning staffs as he comes back from his Achilles injury. Brian Xanders says Thomas will be working with the scout team today as the team prepares for next Monday's opener against the Raiders.
6:09pm ET - The Broncos have announced that WR D'Andre Goodwin, OT Adam Grant, RB Jeremiah Johnson, S Kyle McCarthy, WR Eron Riley and FB Austin Sylvester will join Beal and Weber on the practice squad. Earlier reports had suggested that McCarthy was ineligible for the PS, but obviously those were incorrect.
5:34pm ET - Denver has signed former ZOMG Patriots CB Jonathan Wilhite, a fourth-year player whom New England originally selected 129th overall in the 2008 Draft (4th round). What are they trying to do, become the Patriots West?!?! In 39 career games (13 starts), Wilhite has three INTs, nine passes defensed and 93 tackles. New England had waived Wilhite last Monday.
Continue reading "Broncos add CB Jonathan Wilhite, waive McBath, sign McCarthy, Johnson, Weber, Beal to PS"
Good Morning, Broncos fans! Following yesterday's leaguewide cuts and waivers, the Broncos have an opportunity to claim some young talent today. For any players with less than four years of service, the Broncos will have second crack (behind Carolina) at picking them up - and in all instances, they will have to immediately cut or waive another player to make room on the 53-man roster. FWIW, players who are claimed on waivers today cannot then be traded to other teams - so while Denver has an advantage with their place in the waiver order, they cannot leverage it into acquiring other assets.
For players like RB Lance Ball, OL Chris Clark, Manny Ramirez and Herb Taylor, DL Ryan McBean and Mitch Unrein, and CB Chris Harris, this could mean the excitement of having cracked Denver's roster may be limited to but a day. Meanwhile, vested veterans (those with four years of service) will have their 2011 salaries guaranteed come next Saturday. All waiver claims must be submitted by teams by noon ET today and will be awarded at 4pm ET. Any players that clear waivers today will immediately become free agents.


text:
Candlewood Suites Lake Mary
No availability found through our partners. Please contact the business directly or check some of our recommended alternatives.
How has this hotel rated in the past?
- Continental Breakfast
- Suites
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Swimming pool
- Business Services
- Fitness/Health center
Photos of Candlewood Suites Lake Mary
Travelers also recommend:
- More recommendations
TripAdvisor Reviews Candlewood Suites Lake Mary
Travel Blogs from Lake Mary
It's a small world and a beautiful tommorrow.
... br> wrestling, where a Floridian Steve Irwin stepped up to tame a gator with his
bare hands. Despite a couple of close encounters, he managed to subdue the
creature, upon which he invited us to sit upon him for an imperialistic
photograph. Megan fearlessly stepped up, and not wanting to be a coward, I
embraced the opportunity. Rather timidly, I sat on it, smiling slightly
hysterically for the cameras before accidently walking towards the gator pit,
with ...
Let the Adventure begin!....
... Dad's enjoying himself at the moment?". Hhmmm, how do I tell him? Flights all fine although varying in levels of (dis)comfort, although flying economy one would be unlikely to hear ululations about how amazing the experience was. However United Airlines Premium Economy has the most amazing amount of leg room (not so great for the broad bottomed woman perhaps) so The Teenager was thrilled. Unfortunately we had to pay ...
Fun Parks and fun times
... I am starting to get used to it now though. We took the car to WAL MART, grabbed some fresh fruit and other groceries, went back to the hotel, had some beers and organised the next day. We then trekked around orlando on foot for a while looking around.
Orlando is basically a giant fantasy theme park world. There is Disney World, Universal Studios, Kennedy Space Centre, rollercoaster parks and a ...
Last day at Disney!
... and it turned out to be a character breakfast with Jake, Handy manny, doc mcstuffins and princess Sofia from Disney junior, we got to eat breakfast while the characters all walked around for photos. Once at magic kingdom we had a few things on our checklist 1. Go on the train around the whole park 2. Meet Mickey Mouse 3. Go on big thunder railroad roller coaster- my first and I was freaking out! We did all of that ...
Day 7 - Animal Kingdom
... so that the "bugs" can leave before you, this causes a feeling of the bugs walking off directly underneath you, I don't know if Ollie was sitting in the wrong position or his seat was faulty but he swears he could feel it right up his bottom! I'm not sure this is what they were aiming for but Ollie was surprised that Disney allowed this in their so called 'family' attraction!
One of the best things about Animal Kingdom is the attention to detail and ...


text:
November 27, 2014, 8:48 am | 1 comment
When my son Ryan was in kindergarten last year, he drew this picture. I'm sure he meant "Mom is good," especially since "good" was one of his sight words. But I love the God typo because it is pure, sweet and makes me smile inside and out. And if there's one influential, awe-inspiring universal role… Read more »
November 20, 2014, 7:45 am | 10 comments
More than half a million human embryos rest in freezers nationwide, some waiting years for their fate: Will the embryos be destroyed? Stored indefinitely on ice? Donated to medical research? Or offered for adoption? The adoption option is the only one that gives an embryo a chance to be born. For this reason and others,… Read more »
November 13, 2014, 7:45 am | 4 comments
Dillard's department store is on Santa's naughty list for displaying this meant-to-be funny sign in the girl's clothing section: "Dear Santa, This year please give me a big fat bank account and a slim body. Please don't mix those two up like you did last year. Thanks." Funny? Not really. Offensive? Not really. At least… Read more »
November 6, 2014, 8:46 am | 7 comments
Moms talk more to babies during their child's first year of life than dads. This has raised concern among pediatricians that a father's lack of infant communication may contribute to childhood language delays, according to a small study affiliated with Brown University in Providence, R.I. and published this month in the medical journal Pediatrics. Researchers… Read more »
October 30, 2014, 8:05 am | 22 comments
A St. Louis couple nearly got kicked off a plane and were treated "like criminals" by police because their 2-year-old screamed and cried during a four-hour flight from the Dominican Republic to their Missouri hometown, according to media reports. The apparent mother of all meltdowns occurred Oct. 26 when the toddler–a boy named Sam–frantically fussed… Read more »
October 23, 2014, 11:06 am | 10 comments
I've always believed cats and dogs can sense things like earthquakes, diseases and even pregnancy and labor, but what about kids? Some pregnant moms in the BabyCenter Community seem to think kids possess a sixth sense about labor. In a thread titled, "Kids/Toddlers Sense Impending Labor," one member due in less than a month recently… Read more »
October 16, 2014, 7:28 am | 8 comments
Pumpkins. Pumpkin guts, pumpkin rot, pumpkin warts. Carved pumpkins, stenciled pumpkins, perfect Pinterest pumpkins. Squishy pumpkin texture, putrid pumpkin smell, sickly-sweet pumpkin taste. Double-yuck on pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread and–prepare for blasphemy–pumpkin spice latte. According to coffee companies and social media, ALL middle-aged, white-girl suburban moms (of which I am) love pumpkin spice lattes. Sometimes… Read more »
October 2, 2014, 8:13 am | 69 comments
What should a parent do when a boy wants to dress as a girl for Halloween? This holiday-related "dilemma" is currently being debated in the BabyCenter Community: "My sister's son is obsessed with "Frozen" right now, and he loves Elsa…[H]e told her the other day that he wanted to be Elsa for Halloween. My sister… Read more »
September 25, 2014, 9:10 am | 10 comments
A school district in northeastern Ohio shot guns in campus buildings to accustom students to the sound of gunfire. Recognizing gunfire noises ranked as an important part of the Champion School District's intruder safety drills earlier this week, according to NBC news affiliate WFMJ-TV in Ohio. Police fired blanks in the hallways of the district's… Read more »
September 18, 2014, 7:56 am | 17 comments
My six-year-old son Ryan begged his daddy for dress shoes the night before school pictures. The week before, he asked his grandpa for at least two bow ties. "I need an orange one because it's my favorite color," Ryan said, "and I need a black one in case I need to be fancy." Turns out… Read more »
September 11, 2014, 9:45 am | 51 comments
I hadn't considered that my vagina was a theatrical stage. But then I read the post, "Hands out of my vagina," at Mothering, a site that calls itself "the home for natural family living." The vagina-as-a-stage was the childbirth metaphor used–intriguingly, I might add–by Amanda Devereux, a registered nurse, certified doula and mother of three…. Read more »
September 4, 2014, 4:10 pm | 37 comments
A Texas mom who wanted to eat her nutrient-rich placenta was forced to smuggle it after giving birth because the hospital refused to release it, according to this report in the Dallas Observer: "She was recovering in a postpartum room at Baylor University Medical Center this spring, exhausted from giving birth, when her husband gave… Read more »
August 28, 2014, 1:21 pm | 24 comments
A friend point-blank said I was "stupid" for inviting my kids–ages 6 an 9–to meet me in Ferguson, the small St. Louis suburb that erupted in racial unrest, angry protests, looting, shootings and militarized law enforcement earlier this month after a white police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager. "Something could have… Read more »
August 21, 2014, 10:27 am | 7 comments
I live in St. Louis, my house a 20 minute drive from the protesting, racial unrest, militarized law enforcement, looting and shootings that began nearly two weeks ago when a white police officer shot dead an unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown in suburban Ferguson. With a background in daily newspaper journalism, I was contacted… Read more »
August 7, 2014, 7:51 am | 30 comments
This time a year ago, I worried day and night about whether I was about to steer my son Ryan onto an educational path of doom by sending him to kindergarten as a "young" 5 year old, as a habitual finger-sucker and as a loud and immature kid who could not sit still for more… Read more »


text:
More Videos...
Ford Lehman 80hp Diesel
Starting our Ford Lehman 80hp diesel after buying a boat in which the
engine hadn't been started in at least six years. The boat is a 43'
Spindrift pilothouse sailboat.
Ford Lehman 120 cold start
These Ford Lehman marine engines were rebuilt in 2008 and installed in a
boat but were never put into service. After a change of plans, they were
removed from the boat in August 2012. This video shows the engines starting
cold (54*) in April 2013. Oil pressure is 55psi on one engine and 60psi on
the other. The engines have not been run on a Dyno or under load, and total
run time is less than one hour. New rings, bearings, , hoses, belts etc. MG
502 2:1 gears work well, new heat exchanger, starter, rebuilt Leece Neville
alternators, new damper plates.
Awesome V12 Monster diesel engine Awake and Alive startup
Awesome V12 Monster diesel engine Awake and Alive startup
The first V-type engine (a 2-cylinder vee twin) was built in 1889 by
Daimler, to a design by Wilhelm Maybach. By 1903 V8 engines were being
produced for motor boat racing by the Société Antoinette to designs by
Léon Levavasseur, building on experience gained with in-line four-cylinder
engines. In 1904, the Putney Motor Works completed a new V12 marine racing
engine -- the first V12 engine produced for any purpose.[2] Known as the
'Craig-Dörwald' engine after Putney's founding partners, the engine
mounted pairs of L-head cylinders at a 90 degree included angle on an
aluminium crankcase, using the same cylinder pairs that powered the
company's standard 2-cylinder car. A single camshaft mounted in the central
vee operated the valves directly. As in many marine engines, the camshaft
could be slid longitudinally to engage a second set of cams, giving valve
timing that reversed the engine's rotation to achieve astern propulsion.
"Starting is by pumping a charge into each cylinder and switching on the
trembler coils. A sliding camshaft gave direct reversing. The camshaft has
fluted webs and main bearings in graduated thickness from the largest at
the flywheel end."[3] Displacing 1,119.9 cuin (18,352 cc) (bore and stroke
of 4.875" x 5" (123.8 x 127 mm)), the engine weighed 950 pounds (430 kg)
and developed 150 bhp (110 kW). Little is known of the engine's
achievements in the 40-foot hull for which it was intended, while a scheme
to use the engine to power heavy freight vehicles never came to
fruition.[2] One V12 Dörwald marine engine was found still running in a
Hong Kong junk in the late-1960s.
Two more V12s appeared in the 1909-10 motor boat racing season. The Lamb
Boat & Engine Company of Clinton, Iowa built a 1,558.6 cuin (25,541 cc
(5.25" x 6" (133.4 x 152.4 mm)) engine for the company's 32-foot Lamb IV.
It weighed in at 2,114 pounds (959 kg). No weight is known for the massive
3,463.6 cuin (56,758 cc) (7" x 7.5" (177.8 x 190.5 mm)) F-head engine built
by the Orleans Motor Company. Output is quoted as "nearly 400 bhp (300
By 1914, when Panhard built two 2,356.2 cuin (38,611 cc) (5" x 10" (127 x
254 mm)) engines with four-valve cylinder heads the V12 was well
established in motor boat racing.[2]
In automobiles, V12 engines have not been common due to their complexity
and cost. They are used almost exclusively in expensive sports and luxury
cars because of their power, smoother operation and distinctive sound.
★ SUBSCRIBE: http://goo.gl/GynuUU
★ Follow my Twitter: https://twitter.com/GeorgeDominik1
★ Thanks For Watching ★
★ Post comment , share and tell us what u think ★
MARS 5HP DIESEL ENGINE - 1st Start Up in 50 Years!
Watch as an early 1940's MARS Diesel engine is fired up after 50 years.
Originally acquired from a cane farmer in Nambour, Queensland, Australia in
the 1970's, this engine sat in careful custody with another three owners
before finally retiring with me.
MARS engines were made by the MARS Machine Tool Manufacturing Company in
Brisbane, Australia and were preceded by the horizontal and vertical Rapson
and Dutton engine, made by the same company under the Rapson and Dutton
company name.
MARS engines are not Lister clones. Mars engines are bigger, heavier and
more robust than Lister engines. When you listen to a Lister and then to a
MARS you will agree. This engine has a 3 " diameter crankshaft and not one
component is interchangeable with a Lister.
MARS engines were commonly used in industrial situations such as factories
to power line shafts which powered a number of machines, a task Lister
engines had some trouble with apparently with their crankshafts twisting
under the load on start up, and why this company made the Mars Diesel.
5 HP MARS engines were painted Maroon colour as standard from the factory
although there are variations of colour in existence. 8 HP engines were a
different colour.
This engine has not run since the original owner sold it in the early
1970's. Apparently it had not run for some years before that. The second
owner sadly passed away before restoring it and it sat in a shed untouched
with the third owner.
Close friend and temporary fourth owner, Simon Devere, assisted actively in
the mechanical restoration when I purchased it and assisted in the first
start after its mechanical restoration. This man is a genius when it comes
to diesel engines and he has the nickname "The Lister Whisperer" for good
reason. Thanks "Slippery".
This engine appears to have not done much work judging by its internals.
Work to the engine includes new rings, liner/cylinder hone (the original
factory liner had indiscernible wear in it), new valve guides made to
original specs, new valves to original specs (original was bent and caused
damage to the guide) , new big end Babbit bearing, new conrod bush, very
light head machine to ensure true flatness, new internal oil pipes, new
head gasket, new oil gaskets, new high pressure line, new welch plugs in
the head and new oil pickup.
There are still remnants of the original factory maroon paint on it that
have survived the years of weathering out in the cane fields.
Cosmetic restoration is planned shortly to bring it back to its original
livery. It will be mated with a steel transporter to emphasise its
industrial heritage and will be rallied with pride.
Video of the finished engine on transporter will be posted when it is done.
Enjoy and please share if you like.
This is the only video of a Mars engine running to this date anywhere. Hope
to see more.
Ford D-series Marine Engine run
Reconditioned Ford 120hp Marine engine First run-up by Moon Engines
Auckland NZ
Grand Banks 50 For Sale - NOW SOLD
50 Grand Banks 1969 Ford Lehman engines
Call Jack Buckley at 619-778-2998 for more information
Very good cold start of 120 hp Ford Lehman marine diesel ( starboard engine ) on GB42
Very good cold start of 120 hp Ford Lehman marine diesel ( starboard
engine ) on GB42
Ford 4D boat engine full power.
2722e Ford engine in Cygnus fishing boat.
Very good cold start of 120 hp Ford Lehman marine diesel ( port engine ) on GB42
Very good cold start of 120 hp Ford Lehman marine diesel ( port engine )
on GB42
80 hp marine ford diesel engine
Engine has been marinised for marine use. Raw water is pumped into a heat
exchanger in the engine where it removes the heat from the engine coolant
this ensures coolant waterways stay in good condition instead of
circulating raw water which causes rust and reduction in coolant passage
size over time.
Ford Sabb.wmv
Ford sabb 82hk
Ford Lehmann mit hydrl. PRM Wendegetriebe, 150 PS
6 Zyl. 6 ltr. Hubraum, 150 PS mit Zweikreiskühlung.
FORD SABRE diesel 80 HP 4cill. build 1976
little noise pollution ,1900 rpm,inside a Fisher 37
1962 Ford Lehman Diesel Marine Engine
This engine was seized I rebuilt it and now it's alive again.
Ford Transit engine 2.5 TDi
My Transit engine with a T3/T04e turbo,
modified injection pump, citroen xantia Intercooler. The engine is going into a
swb transit for some drifting. It still has 70ps injectors so im going to
order yellow spot 130 ps ones and modify the injection pump some more.
2015 McLaren 570S Debuts in New York City
Ferrari LaFerrari vs Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport
Dodge Ram Crushes GT-R in 1/4-Mile Pass
Drag Racing Down Under — 1500HP VW
Which car is faster?
Similar 1/4 mile timeslips to browse:
2003 Ferrari Enzo : 10.800 @ 135.000
2003 Ferrari Enzo : 11.000 @ 133.900
2004 Ferrari Enzo : 11.200 @ 136.000
1991 Toyota Cynos : 12.252 @ 112.500
Raymore Smith, Engine: 5E, Turbos: TD05
2002 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series: 14.796 @ 93.150
Fahad H., Engine: V8 4.6L SOHC, Tires: Nitto Drag Radial
1971 Fiat 125 Special: 15.180 @ 90.400
Lucerosport, Engine: 1608 cc DOHC (1633 cc), Supercharger: no Turbos: no Tires: Toyo proxes street tires
2003 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series: 15.350 @ 88.440
Tim A., Engine: Ford 4.6L SOHC Modular V8, Supercharger: no Turbos: no Tires: P225/60R17 Michelin Energy LX4 white line
1971 Fiat 125 : 15.620 @ 89.070
1994 Lincoln Town Car Signature: 16.155 @ 86.090
David Huther, Engine: 4.6L V8, Tires: michelin symmetry
1996 Lincoln Town Car Executive Series: 16.391 @ 84.770
Maher Attallah,
2007 Lincoln Town Car Executive Series L: 16.725 @ 84.070
James Pappas, Engine: 4.6,
2004 Lincoln Town Car BPS (Ballistic Protection Series): 18.600 @ 77.000
©2015 DragTimes - Disclaimer - Contact Us


text:
Thanks for redeeming.{{else}}
Success! Thanks for repurchasing.{{/if}} {{else}} {{#if Expired}}
Increase my visibility!{{else}} {{#if IsMultiPack}}
{{#if HasMultiPack}} You have {{MultiPackCount}} top spot(s) left. Now loading you into the search listings... {{else}} You have used all top spots. Now loading you into the search listings... {{/if}}{{else}}
We are loading you into the search listing pages...{{/if}} {{/if}} {{/if}} {{/if}}
{{Current}} just saw you!{{/if}} {{#if LastTopSpotPurchaseIsMulti }} {{#if HasAnyTopSpot}}
{{#if HasFreeTopSpot }} {{ UnclaimedTopSpotFree }} Free {{/if}} {{#if HasPaidTopSpot }} {{#if HasFreeTopSpot }} & {{/if}} {{ MultiPackCount }} {{/if}} Top Spot{{#if Plural}}s{{/if}} Left{{else}}
0 Top Spot{{#if Plural}}s{{/if}} Left{{/if}} {{else}} {{#if HasFreeTopSpot }}
{{ UnclaimedTopSpotFree }} Top Spot{{#if Plural}}s{{/if}} Left{{/if}} {{/if}} {{else}} {{#if HasResults}}
{{Current}} see you now!{{else}} {{/if}} {{/if}}
You can now invite anyone to meet at your favorite Starbucks.
Limited-time feature
42 year old man | Fayetteville, NC, USA | Seeking women 25-35 within 10 miles of Augusta, GA
Active within 1 week
Hey! Don't judge me...lol.
I'm and honest person. I am ready to settle down and want more from life than to just get by. I am a true romantic and like to have passion in a relationship. I don't mean sex, passion. If you don't know the difference then we probably aren't right for each other. I love to hike and do anything outside. Love the Smokey Mountains. Canoeing. Swimming. If it is outside and hard, I will probably like it. And I like to be challenged so I don't mind picking something I've never done before. I was a school teacher and football coach for several years and decided to follow a different calling with a different form of service. Love my job. I like writing peoms and wouldnt mind writing a letter or two. Let me know you are interested an I will check out your profile. Pictures only and no one living in new york or hawaii or anything crazy like that. If you aren't currently living in the united states (unless you are deployed) then don't message me. I'm pretty picky but not in the traditional sense. There has to be something about you. Not sure what that is but I'll know if I see it.
Camping , Coffee and conversation , Dining out , Fishing/Hunting , Gardening/Landscaping , Movies/Videos , Exploring new areas , Playing sports , Political interests , Religion/Spiritual , Travel/Sightseeing , Video games , Watching sports , Wine tasting
Cycling, Football, Other types of exercise, Running, Swimming, Walking / Hiking, Weights / Machines
I exercise 5 or more times per week.
I like Dogs
I have a 6 month old Pit named Ajax. He rocks.
Ultra Conservative
Springer Mountain, Ruby Falls, The Smokies, Wet Willies, Savannah Water Front, Islands anywhere, (new to the list), Any Mountain anywhere,
Murray State University, Murray, KY
Setting on a mountain top watching storm clouds roll below, setting in front of a campfire holding hands, climbing trees, sleeping in, The first kiss. Any mountain, anywhere (sensing a theme). Lastly...anywhere doing anything with the right person!
Run, hike, swim. Roleplaying games. Reading. I'm trying to write a novel, Anything outdoors,
What The Night Knows, love Dean Koontz and robert Jordan,
Z{{Cta}} {{#if HasMoreInfo}} ?{{CtaSecondary}} {{/if}}
|What he is looking for
|5'8" (172cms)
|5'0" (152cms) to 5'10" (177cms)
|Body type:
|About average
|Slender, About average, Athletic and toned
|Black, Blue, Brown, Grey, Green, Hazel
|Light brown
|Auburn / Red, Black, Light brown, Dark brown, Blonde, Silver, Dark blonde, Platinum
|No Way
|No Way
|Social Drinker
|Social Drinker, Regularly
|Political / Govt / Civil Service / Military
|No preference
1LT in the Army, former school teacher and football coach.
|$50,001 to $75,000
|Less Than $25,000, $25,001 to $35,000, $35,001 to $50,000, $50,001 to $75,000, $75,001 to $100,000, $100,001 to $150,000, $150,001+
|Never Married, Widow / Widower, Divorced
|Have kids:
|Yes, and they sometimes live at home, No, Yes, and they live away from home, Yes, and they live at home
|Wants kids:
|Definitely, Someday, Not sure
|White / Caucasian
|Asian, Latino / Hispanic, Middle Eastern, Native American, Pacific Islander, White / Caucasian
|Christian / Protestant
|Christian / Catholic, Christian / Protestant, Christian / Other
|Bachelors degree
|Some college, Associates degree, Bachelors degree, Graduate degree, PhD / Post Doctoral


text:
Season 7 Dev Blog #3
View Single Post
Career Officer
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 3,400
# 26
I want to be positive about this, as new content is welcome - but the zergfest, mind numbing maps of Nukara and Defera tell me I have nothing to look forward to.
In fact, if it's as bad as either of those areas, it means I will be cut off from what will likely be the major source of Romulan Marks for S7.
Even worse, this is yet another zone where we will collect garbage ground loot worth little to nothing on the exchange or to vendors.
On top of all of that, I'm worried about how much my characters are going to lose in the conversion from current STF EDCs/Salvage/Tech to the new system of marks.
If the previous marks conversion is anything to go by, I think I should be very concerned.
Let's hope I'm wrong.


text:
BBC Radio share and reach up
More than 8 million listening to BBC via digital platforms
Record reach for BBC 6 Music
BBC Radio has benefited from increased listening via digital platforms, according to data released today by Rajar (Radio Joint Audience Research Ltd).
The figures – covering the period from 25 June 2007 to 16 September 2007 – show BBC Radio has increased reach and share in the last year, with 8.5 million people – 17% of the UK population – listening to BBC stations digitally.
Jenny Abramsky, Director BBC Audio & Music, said: "The continued growth of digital radio is once again the highlight of the quarter. It is pleasing to see digital listening – from DAB to podcasting – ensuring radio remains as popular and relevant as ever."
BBC Radio's reach is 32.89 million, compared to 32.66m last year and 33.25m last quarter, while share of listening is 54.4%, against 54.3% last year and quarter.
BBC Radio 1's reach is 10.58 million – the same as last year and slightly down from 10.87m last quarter. The network's share (10.6%) is up on both year (9.8%) and quarter (10.3%).
BBC Radio 2 – the country's most popular station – added a quarter of a million listeners on the year to reach 13.01m people (last year 12.74m, last quarter 13.12m). Share, at 15.8%, is up on the year (15.5%) and the quarter (15.6%).
BBC Radio 3's reach is 1.94 million – up on last quarter (1.78m) but down on last year (2.03m). Share (1.2%) is also up on the quarter (1.1%) but down on the year (1.3%).
BBC Radio 4 has 9.26 million listeners – down on the year (9.47m) and the quarter (9.48m). The station has a share of 11.2% – the same as last quarter but down on the year (11.8%).
BBC Radio 5 Live (which records a combined reach with its digital service 5 Live Sports Extra) 5.65 million – down from 5.87m last year and 6.10m last quarter. Share is 4.4%, the same as last year but marginally down from 4.5% last quarter.
BBC Local and National Radio has a reach of 9.60 million (9.89m last quarter and 9.73m last year) and share of 9.4% (9.8% last quarter and last year).
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra has 730,000 listeners, up from 649,000 last year but down from last quarter's record 866,000. Its share is 0.2% – the same as last year but down from 0.3% last quarter.
BBC 6 Music has a record reach of 485,000 – up from last year's 400,000 and steady on last quarter's 471,000 – while share is 0.2%, from 0.2% last year and 0.3% last quarter.
BBC 7 has a reach of 795,000 (697,000 last year and 738,000 last quarter), while share is 0.4% – up on last year (0.3%) and the same as last quarter.
1Xtra BBC has 421,000 listeners – up on the year (394,000) and slightly down on last quarter's record (473,000). Its share (0.2%) is level with both year and quarter.
BBC World Service has 1.30 million listeners – from 1.31m last quarter and 1.35m last year. Share is 0.7%, level with last quarter but slightly down on the year (0.8%).
BBC Asian Network has 476,000 listeners – slightly up on last quarter's 455,000 and steady on last year's 481,000 – while share, at 0.3%, is up on last year (0.2%) and the same as last quarter.
BBC Radio Publicity
Notes to Editors


text:
Keene has 10 schools. Some of the best schools in Keene are Keene J High School with a GreatSchools rating of 8/10 and a parent rating of 5/5 stars, and Keene Wanda R Smith High School with a GreatSchools rating of 6/10 and a parent rating of 5/5 stars. The average GreatSchools rating for Keene public schools is 6/10, with an average student/teacher ratio of 13:1.
School data provided by National Center for Education Statistics, Maponics, and GreatSchools. Intended for reference only. GreatSchools Ratings compare a schools test performance to statewide results. To verify enrollment eligibility, contact the school or district directly.
Property is in demand due to reduced inventory, as there are more potential buyers than sellers. Bidding wars with other buyers are possible, and listings begin to sell at greater than the asking price.
Rent prices are relatively stable, and availability is good. If your yearly income is around $50,000, you can afford to rent in this market. Rent prices have decreased by 12% over the past 3 months. This is 226% lower than the county average of $1,282 and 350% lower than the state average of $1,770.
Trend data coming soon.
|For Sale: 22
|New: 2
|Recently Sold: 8
|Reduced: 4
|Average Home Price
|Average Sold Price
|Property Records: 1,326
|Foreclosed: N/A
The average home price in Keene is $141,198. The average home price per square foot in Keene is $60 and about 1% of all homes in Keene sold in the last 6 months. For Keene home values, real estate prices, and city market trends, research the 1,326 property records or search our 8 recently sold or 22 homes for sale listings. The listings and properties in Keene are only a part of the 7,500,721 properties and 116,541 homes for sale in Texas. Because of this, the average home price and average home value of Keene also influence the average home price $142,597 and average sale price $125,253 of Texas. Listing counts, Keene home prices and home values in Keene are sourced daily from listing and property data on realtor.com®, which is the most up-to-date and accurate aggregation of real estate listings in the industry and includes approximately 800 regional MLSs and is the official website of the National Association of Realtors®.
|Median Age
|Median Household Income


text:
Our new devotional "If God Loves Me, Why Did I Lose My Job?" explores the struggle of unemployment. Sign up here.
105:8 He remembers. Once again (as in v. 5) remembrance involves doing as well as knowing. In this case, God acts in the present based on the promises given to Abraham.
his covenant. The specific covenant here is the Abrahamic covenant (Gen. 12:1–3; 15; 17).