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The Value of a Marketing Plan
"Before beginning, plan carefully."
The philosophy of the great Roman Orator Cicero is just as appropriate in today's small business environment as it was in the political arena of the Roman Empire. A sound and well thought-out marketing plan is an essential part of a firm's ability to compete in today's marketplace. In spite of this, many small businesses take a disorganized or haphazard approach to their marketing efforts and, as a result, fail to capitalize on opportunities to sell more of their products and services.
Why do so many take this half-hearted approach? Many believe it stems from the nature of the entrepreneur, who thrives on action and being intrinsically involved in the day-to-day operations of the business. Planning is seen as a non-active effort and therefore does not provide the same stimulus as being involved in producing and selling a product and/or service.
The process of creating a marketing plan involves three steps:
An analysis of the firm's internal and external environments;
A decision on a "Unique Selling Point" to emphasize and project; and
The selection of action plans (both paid and unpaid) to reach the targeted customer base.
Size Standards: Additional firms become eligible for SBA programs
The U.S. Small Business Administration published a final rule in The Federal Register that will increase some of the size definitions of small businesses in Professional, Scientific and Technical Services and Other Services sectors.
The final rule will increase 37 of the revenue-based size standards in 34 industries and three sub-industries in the "Professional, Scientific and Technical Services" sector. It will also increase one size standard in the "Other Services" sector.
Thinking about Government Contracts for Your Business?
If you are considering government contracts as a way to increase revenues in your company, be sure to check out the SBA's Government Contracting Classroom where you will find self-paced on-line training designed to give you the confidence and know-how to participate in the federal contracting arena.
The new online contracting series is called Government Contracting 101, Parts 1-3. Part 1 provides an overview of the small business contracting programs so small businesses know what is available to them. Part 2 is designed to help small firms understand how the government buys goods and services. Part 3 is about how to sell to the government. All three modules include a "resources and tools" section with links, materials and more that are useful.
Guide to Doing Business in Brazil
In the last decade, Brazil has been one of the fastest growing emerging markets. It is currently the largest economy in Latin America, and seventh largest in the world. This week's trade spotlight highlights the importance of U.S.-Brazil trade relations and how the relationship benefits American farmers, ranchers, entrepreneurs, and workers.
As one of the fastest growing emerging markets, and a country that the International Monetary Fund projects is poised for continued growth, Brazil is an important trading partner for the United States. In 2010, U.S. goods and services trade with Brazil was $81 billion, with exports accounting for $52 billion and imports accounting for $29 billion. This resulted in a goods and services trade surplus of nearly $23 billion for 2010, a 61 percent increase from 2009.
Brazil is the 10th largest goods trading partner with the U.S., with goods trade surplus of more than $11 billion in 2010. Trade in services between the U.S. and Brazil totaled more than $21 billion in 2010. Additionally, the services surplus for the United States was more than $11 billion.
In 2010, Brazil was the United States' 8th largest goods export market. U.S. goods exports to Brazil were more than $35 billion, a near 36 percent increase from 2009. Overall, U.S. exports to Brazil accounted for nearly 3 percent of total U.S. exports in 2010. The top U.S. exports to Brazil were machinery, aircraft, and electric machinery. Additionally, the U.S. exported $578 million worth of agricultural products to Brazil in 2010. The leading categories of agricultural exports were wheat, cotton, dairy products and sugars and sweeteners.
Realizing the Value of our Cross Border Trade with Mexico
"The U.S.-Mexico border is open for business." That is the refrain I and others who work on border issues tirelessly deliver wherever we can. But with the media's relentless focus on immigration, drug-trafficking, and cartel violence, we know that we must provide and promote objective evidence to support our message. A report recently released by Arizona State University's North American Center for Transborder Studies (NACTS) and NDN's New Policy Institute (NPI), entitled "Realizing the Value of our Cross Border Trade with Mexico" does both.
The report only confirms the overwhelming evidence that the Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration (ITA) has assembled conclusively establishing that Mexico and, by extension the U.S.-Mexico border, is vital to the long-term health of the U.S. economy. However, all of that evidence is for naught if Americans are not made aware of it.
That is why I was pleased to join the effort to promote and further publicize the NACTS /NPI report at an event hosted by the New Democrat Network (NDN) last week, where I was joined by one of the authors of the report, NACTS Director D. Rick Van Schoik. I am convinced that it is through this kind of collaboration—between the public and private sectors—that we will change the national conversation about the border.


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Internet Cat Video Festival 2014 sets date, location
Categories: Cats
|Photo by Gene Pittman for the Walker Art Center
Now in its third year, the Walker Art Center's Internet Cat Video Festival is a local event that draws in celebrity cats from around the country, journalists from around the world, and cat fans from all over. The first year was a blowout happening on the museum's hilly lawn, while last year invited crowds to watch cat flicks in sweltering heat at the Grandstand at the Minnesota State Fair.For those of us who have been watching the job posting section of the Walker's website, the date and location was discovered in its call for an Internet Cat Video Festival coordinator. However, the museum went public this afternoon with a press release announcing the official date and location.
For the 2014 festival, the gathering will be going back to its roots and returning to the Walker's lawn.
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You could be the Walker's new "Internet Cat Video Festival Coordinator"
For the 2014 festival, the gathering will be going back to its roots and returning to the Walker's lawn.
See also:
You could be the Walker's new "Internet Cat Video Festival Coordinator"
So yes, the happening is indeed returning to the museum's giant lawn, which overlooks the Sculpture Garden, and also hosts the ever-popular Rock the Garden. Going back to the original formula, the cat fest will be free, and part of Open Field, which was on hiatus in 2013 during construction on the museum's south side. The date for the event is set for August 14.
Working hard on making the gathering as cat-tastic as ever will be Will Braden, the first winner of the Golden Kitty people's choice award (he took home gold for his Henri le Chat Noir videos).
And that's all we have for now, folks. Video submissions and other information about the festival will open up next month.
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I like Angel Men quite a lot!
Thread: Best Gourmand Fragrances
I really like gourmand fragrances, and i want to know what everyone thinks are the best gourmand's. I really like angel men, and hanae mori a lot.
I like Angel Men quite a lot!
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Ill have to look into AvantGarde! thanks
What about Aomassai by Parfumerie Generale, i've read good things aboutit.
... And do me a favor - don't disturb my friend. He's dead tired.
Welcome to the Bwahahaha! era...
yohji homme is the best among designers gourmands for me - one of my top 10, and in general i am not into gourmands at all.
i am not familiar with the niche gourmands.
Not generally a gourmand fan, but I love Les Nombres d'Or Vanille from Mona di Orio.
Others I like include Tobacco Vanille from Tom Ford and 1270 from Frapin.
Current Top Favorites:
1) Portrait of a Lady original formula (EdP Frédéric Malle)
2) Giorgio for Men vintage/V.I.P. for Men (Giorgio Beverly Hills)
3) Dia Man vintage edt (Amouage)
4) Anat Fritz Original Formula and Classical (Anat Fritz) - tie
4) Lalfeorosa (O'driù) - tie
6) Les Nombres d'Or Vetyver (Mona di Orio)
7) Captain vintage (Molyneux)
8) Tzora (Anat Fritz)
9) Javanese Patchouli (Zegna) - tie
9) Monsieur de Givenchy vintage (Givenchy) - tie
9) Coeur de Vetiver Sacré (L'Artisan) - tie
9) X for Men (Clive Christian) - tie
9) Patou pour Homme Privé (Jean Patou) - tie
9) Oud Shamash (The Different Company) - tie
Montale's Red Aoud makes you want to bite your own neck... without being a vampire
1. spiritueuse double vanille
2. new haarlem
... And do me a favor - don't disturb my friend. He's dead tired.
Welcome to the Bwahahaha! era...
Hahaha, yeah, I should start getting a commission from Montale...
Could Rahat Loukhoum also be considered a gourmand? Because that would be a nice gourmand that keeps away from the usual vanilla/chocolate combo...
pure malt
pure havane
tobacco vanille
lolita lempicka au masculin
L'Instant Extreme
Dior Intense Pour Homme (vintage)
Rochas Man
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New Haarlem by Bond No.9 is worth a try!!!
Jeux de Peau! The Serge Lutens website describes Jeux de Peau as "warm, freshly-baked bread: a remedy for solitude."
Also, I'd also recommend:
Mandorlo di Sicilia by Acqua di Parma
Eau Gourmand Creme Brulee by Laura Mercier
Un Bois Vanille by Serge Lutens
Elixir Charnel Gourmand Coquin by Guerlain
Tea Collection Sweet Milk by Jo Malone
Pure Virgin by The Different Company
Angel men, Pure Havane, and Hanae Mori HM.
"I am a robot and I like cheese"
Top 5:
1. Axe Kilo
2. Lectric Shave
3. Vicks Vapor Rub
4. Febreze Pour Homme
5. Preferred Stock
I would like to try all of these that have been recommended, but most are out of my price range haha
Bois 1920 La Vaniglia--my favorite gourmand; just amazing vanilla with a tart cheesecake-type smell at the top. Smoky, resinous base.
ELdO Noel au Balcon--also very good. gingerbread, pepper
Angel--nothing to say that hasn't been said a million times
Lolita Lempicka--ditto
Ambre Narguile--VERY sweet
Elixir des Merveilles--candied orange, caramel
And some regard Body Kouros as a gourmand. (It's close. I just wore it the other day and found it to be on the non-gourmand side of the line.) At any rate, it's quite good, and quite inexpensive.
Last edited by Guest05; 11th October 2011 at 01:03 AM.
Body Kouros always worth a sniff
Mmmmhmmm. I second this.Body Kouros always worth a sniff
Vetiver Tonka
Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good.
Sorted from best to good ( in my humble opinion ) :
1- A*men
2- Dior homme intense ( vintage !)
3- L'instant Extreme
4- Tobacco Vanille
5- Pure Malt
6- Givenchy Pi
7- Givenchy Play intense
8- Rochas Man
Hypocrites will always be a thorn in my back....and my middle finger will always be the best remedy.....
My two favorites are:
1270 - Frapin
Aziyade - Parfum d'Empire
- Expect the unexpected
I've decided that I'm not a huge gourmand fan, but when I feel the need, I go big and nasty: Givenchy Pi.
I like A*Men and it's offshoots, but to me they have enough inedible notes like tar, patchouli, etc., that they go beyond gourmand. Pi is sweet, musky fluff, and projects like a mofo. I may only wear it twice a year, but when the mood strikes there's nothing better.
Rochas Man, Pure Havane, Very Irresistible, Endymion by Penhaligions
Rochas Man
Body Kouros
Ambre Narguile
Hypnotic Poison
Rochas Man
Jacomo de Jacomo Rouge
Animale Animale
Gaultier 2
Vetiver Tonka
Boss Bottled
Hanae Mori
Lolita Lempicka
Fath Pour l'Homme
Vanille Patchouli
Samba Kiss Me
Lolita Lempicka
Last edited by The_Cologneist; 11th October 2011 at 03:14 AM.
Rochas Man Intense
Tobacco Vanille
Eau des Baux
Red Aoud
New Haarlem
+1 Anything from Mugler
Seems I like gourmands as well, as I rotate mainly between DHI and Givenchy Pi. What would Rochas Man add to this selection?
Lemon Cheese cake - Chanel Allure Homme Edition Blanche
Caramel milk shake - Rochas Man
Cocoa powder - A*Men
(dark) Chocolate dessert/pastries - Tom Ford Black orchid
Spearmint chewing gum - Cartier Roadster
Cadbury's chocolate melting in mouth - Dior Homme Intense
sour mango drink - Hermes Un Jardin Sur le nil
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Vétiver Tonka +1
Vetiver Tonka
Tonka Imperiale
Spiritueuse Double Vanille
The A*mens
Frapin 1270
Musc Ravageur
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Angel - Thierry Mugler
Tobaco and Vanille - Tom Ford
Back to Black - Kilian
A* Men Pure Havane - Thierry Mugler
Black Orquid - Tom Ford
Dulcis in fundo - Profumum
I second ELdO - Noel au Balcon
and TM - Angel (female one yes, reasonably unisex, completely gorgeous) as well as the male version which I used to love but not now so much - prefer B*Men nowadays but that's less gourmandy but less "to much"
& LL Au Masculine
Will add:
Ghost Man (as much floral as gourmant perhaps, similar to Le Male yes sir it is) my most treasured posession (largely cause it's discontinued...only 220ml to go..... )
By the way, +2 for Noel Au Balcon, my Christmas candle in fragrance shape. And also +2 for Aziyadé, I love that cola whiff, but I thought it was more of an oriental than a gourmand, even if it's pretty sweet...
Rochas Man
Hanae Mori HM
Lolita Lempicka Au Masculin
My Top Fragrances:
Hermes: Terre d"Hermes
Dior: Homme
Yves Saint Laurent: La Nuit de L'homme
Burberry: London
Gucci: Pour Homme
Rochas: Man
Azzaro: Pour Homme
L'Artisan: Fou d'Absinthe; Cristiano Fissore: Cashmere for Men; Parfums d'Nicolai: New York; Divine: L'homme Sage; Montale: Black Aoud; Tauer: L'air du desert Marocain.
Rochas Man is in your price range and very much a candy sweet gourmand. Also Very Irresistible for Men by Givenchy, though a wee bit more expensive probably
sometimes things that another thinks of as a gourmand, do not strike me as very edible smelling at all. But I think those two are pretty safe. Both reminiscent of chocolate
I mentioned some earlier, but here are some more:
Love (Don't Be Shy), from By Kilian
Blue Sugar by Aquolina
Chocolovers by Aquolina
Coney Island by Bond No. 9
Cannabis Santal by Fresh
Brown Sugar by Fresh
Sugar by Fresh
Sugar Blossom by Fresh
Very Irresistible by Givenchy
Blue Agava & Cacao by Jo Malone
Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille
Guerlain L'instant Exreme
YSL Body Kouros
Thierry Mugler Pure Malt
Dior Homme Intense
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Haven't had explored niche yet, but gourmands are my favourites by far. My bottle of Maurice Roucel's, "Rochas Man" is on the way from all that I have heard:
Jean Paul Gaultier ~ Le Male
Thierry Mugler ~ A*Men
Hanae Mori ~ HM
Maurice Roucel ~ Rochas Man
Versace ~ The Dreamer
I own all of these except "The Dreamer" which I got a small bottle of for Christmas. It was nice enough, and likeable but it just wasn't me. I got too much of a dry, powdery, tarragon smell with it. Not a big fan of tarragon in general. People seemed to like it, but it just wasn't quite bold enough for my blood, I guess. Kind of like a JPG Le Male, without the "Wow, you smell incredibly delicious!" factor, I guess...
The List is long :
Carolina Herrera CH Men
Pal Zileri Uomo
Hanae Mori HM
Givenchy Pi
Frapin 1270
Fresh Cannabis Santal
Costamor Tabacca
Etro Heliotrope
Profumum Roma Acqua e Zucchero
Baldessarini Ambré
Diesel Fuel For Life Spirit
Kerosene Fields of Rubus
Azzaro Azzaro Pour Homme Elixir
Van Cleef & Arpels Midnight in Paris
Pure Havanne Mugler
Pure Malt Mugler
Calvin Klein CK One Shock For Him
DSQUARED² Potion
Spicebomb Viktor & Rolf
Zegna Forte
House of Matriarch Coco Blanc
Bond No 9 New Haarlem
Paco Rabanne Ultrared Men
Rochas Man
Dior Dior Homme Intense
Jacques Fath Fath Pour L`Homme
Dolce&Gabbana D&G Anthology La Force 11
Blue Amber Montale
Blue Sugar Aquolina
Ambre Fétiche Annick Goutal
Sables Annick Goutal
Borneo Serge Lutens
Ambre Sultan Serge Lutens
Armani Privé Ambre Orient Giorgio Armani
Amber Absolute Tom Ford
Ambrorient Esteban
Sweet Oriental Dream Montale
Lolita Lempicka Lolita Lempicka Au Masculin
Mukhallat Montale
My astonishing Top 10 fragrances :
1. Hombre by Victorio & Lucchino
2. Antidote Viktor&Rolf
3. Pure Havane Thierry Mugler
4. Ambre Baldessarini
5. Pure Malt Thierry Mugler
6. Ultrared Men Paco Rabanne
7. Jacques Fath pour L`Homme
8. Silver Scent Jacques Bogart
9. Chastity Men Rasasi
10. Blue Sugar Aquolina


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With Easter just over a week away, there is no shortage of egg hunting events for children in Logan County coming up in the next couple of weekends.
This weekend the festivities get started with the annual Adairville Easter parade and egg hunt for the kids.
The festivities in south Logan start at 1 p.m. and go until 4 p.m. with the egg hunt and parade. Other activities include kids' games and a bake sale.
There are also several church-sponsored Easter activities this weekend.
New Vision Community Church will be sponsoring an Easter EGG-Stravaganza Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Logan County Extension Office. There will be free food, games, puppets, inflatables, face painting, an Easter egg hunt, and more fun! Children age 2 through the fourth grade will be registered for a grand prize just for stopping by. Everyone is welcome to enjoy the fun, rain or shine. Puppets provided by Adairville Baptist Church.
Also, Cornerstone Baptist Church will be having its Easter Eggstravaganza at 3 p.m. Saturday at the church at 1306 Highland Lick Road. This is a free Easter egg hunt event open to all children.
And if that wasn't enough, there are even more egg hunt opportunities next weekend, including the annual Logan County Easter Egg Hunt, which will be Saturday, April 19, at noon on the softball field of the city-county Memorial Park. Prizes will be awarded in each age division. This event is sponsored by the Russellville Recreation Center, the Logan County Chamber of Commerce and the American Legion.
In Lewisburg, the Lewisburg Methodist Church will be hosting a Community Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 19 at 1 p.m.
The Stevensons Chapel United Methodist Church will have its annual Easter Egg Hunt on April 19 at 1 p.m. Stevensons Chapel is located at 1125 Stevensons Chapel Road in Russellville.


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Student Diplomats: Collaborative Studies on the West Bank
Feb 24, 2011
Political and religious strife have been the norm in much of the Middle East, especially in the area surrounding Jerusalem, a holy city to many cultures. However, groups of students on both sides of the tumultuous Israeli/Palestinian divide are attempting to change the status quo with regular meetings.
By Eric Garneau
Though it acts as a holy land for many different world religions, Jerusalem and its surrounding territory has been the center of violent conflict for well over a century. In 2000, a security barrier was erected between Israel and the Palestinian-occupied West Bank. To many, this act physically and symbolically cemented the fissure between these cultures. Many people currently see peaceful reconciliation between Israel and Palestine as an impossibility. Several groups of college students on both sides of the divide, though, are trying to change that.
For roughly a year, student collectives from two local schools - the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Bethlehem University in the West Bank - have crossed that barrier to establish a dialog with each other. The two groups spend time in both territories, and typically opt for relatively neutral meeting grounds, such as the Austrian Hospice in Jerusalem's Old City. They eschew political discourse, instead choosing to focus on religious and cultural commonalities.
Common Ground
In a January 2011 article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, journalist Matthew Kalman reported on the fourth such meeting between these two groups, in which they discussed comparative uses of olives - olive trees, olive oil - in their religious traditions. The students use their meetings to plan projects to cultivate understanding and peace between the two groups. At this particular gathering, they decided on joint distribution of olive oil from West Bank farmers.
Although perhaps counterintuitive, the idea that a cultural bridge will arise via religion instead of politics is not new. American Jewish professor Ben Mollov, while teaching at the Israeli Bar-Ilan University, shepherded a similar program in 1994. He found that university students in the two groups related best by finding common ground amongst their cultural heritage. This organically led to the students exploring differences that arose with honest curiosity and respect. And so a genuine dialog was born.
The Current Climate
Of course, a lot has happened in the Middle East since 1994, and the Chronicle notes that the number of intercultural dialog groups has taken a significant plunge since 2000, from dozens to only six. Clearly, though, harder times haven't discouraged everybody from attempting to break down the walls. 'If guns and those ways had a point, they could have achieved something 20, 30 years ago,' one of the student participants told the Chronicle. Said another: 'I think that peace will come from us, from the people. Not from the politicians, not from anyone else.'
In Professor Mollov's paper reporting on his 1994 dialogs, he concludes that it's probably not enough for members of warring nations to simply understand each other's culture. Most likely peace cannot spring only from a grassroots movement; political leaders must spearhead nationwide efforts to see it through. However, fostering dialog between students in these two groups is not insignificant. It may be those youth who attain positions of political influence and make broad moves towards peace, or it may simply be that their attitude of openness begins to infect those around them. It's a slow process, certainly, but as Palestinian business administration major Sally Zaghmout remarked to the Chronicle, 'At least we're trying to do something instead of not doing anything at all.'
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the teams that win some of these big championships can make millions, but most of these teams are sponsored and a lot of the winnings teams have to pay out their sponors and others a lot of the money they win.
The majority of their money is made like you said thru streaming and youtube pages..
Most twitch people make most of their money thru donations.. Even some of the people who are horrible at games in general or even some girls who just get creep guys to donate..
This one girl was on their and the top donator for the month was like 2500$ to her paypal..
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|I have an opposite story of
I have an opposite story of what brought back a fan.. My fiance is in real estate and a couple was looking at a house wearing an msu shirt. She asked if he was a fan of msu and he kind of answered. She thought it was weird then he said he was a Michigan fan until they hired harbaugh.. I just loled.. Guess he thought hoke was a good coach
|5 weeks 21 hours ago
|CIA survelliance then
CIA survelliance then neighbors address
|5 weeks 5 days ago
|The first play of the game
The first play of the game for one of the offense's goes for an 80 yard TD or whatever it was.. that is pathetic when the defense should have an easy leg up on the offense after going against it all spring..
They have a few nice looking athletes, but overall their defense looks horrific, especially the run defense..
LB's were never in the right spot and the corner's weren't great either
|5 weeks 6 days ago
|I saw them all on espn today
I saw them all on espn today when they were talking about the OSU spring game and the only thing that could come to my mind was which one of those fat fucks will drop dead first from a heart attack? I know im horrible.. im just sick of them being fat and annoying. They haven't changed in almost 20 years of seeing them
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|I saw him during the game and
I saw him during the game and I'm pretty sure he had the same jersey as the tattoo. Need pics to prove
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|Ur a dumbass.. Ryan mallett
Ur a dumbass.. Ryan mallett threw it even harder than morris and people didn't bitch back then.. The passes he threw hard should of been caught period
|7 weeks 6 days ago
Double post
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|These games all started
These games all started because of custom user created games from Warcraft 3 when someone created Dota and it caught on from all the people who sucked at the actual game.. Now these simple games are super popular cause any idiot can jump on and play.. These games aren't hard to learn. Pretty boring tho unless you have a team to play with.
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|And yet he still wont play
And yet he still wont play much if at all this year.. He has been injured every time he gets involved in practice.. It is clear he hasn't healed since hs. He prob never will to make any kind of impact either
|8 weeks 2 days ago
|Did btn do their spring
Did btn do their spring football preview for Michigan yet?
|10 weeks 4 days ago
|You should be kicked off the
You should be kicked off the blog for reading comprehension
|12 weeks 1 day ago
|Ok i know this is unrelated
Ok i know this is unrelated but can someone explain to me something that happened during the NW game because i missed it. I only saw the highlights..
What exactly happened in the 1st OT when NW hit a 3 pointer with 11 secs left, then it was michigans ball.. The highlights immediately cut to NW having the ball again 2 seconds later and demps hit that 3 to tie it again?
Did we mess up the inbound or something?
|16 weeks 1 day ago
|seriously? Musberger has
seriously? Musberger has diarrhea of the mouth, he gets way ahead of himself everytime something dramatic happens during the games in the worst kind of way... Keith Jackson is the only one id rather have come back than anyone
|16 weeks 1 day ago
|Webers twitter handle just
Webers twitter handle just popped up on ESPN wolverine page and he said He is hurt as hell, not gonna lie..
|16 weeks 4 days ago
|The whole Shane morris
The whole Shane morris concussion Gate thing where db came out at like 2 am to throw hoke under the bus and show how much of a scumbag he really was. But that prob had nothing to do with it. Or the lack of people showing up at the games
|16 weeks 5 days ago
|I said nothing referring to
I said nothing referring to the post game comments.. So no he can't time travel. He said the exact same thing that was posted here yesterday.. Idk how him saying it twice makes it more serious than what he said less than 24 hours ago..
|16 weeks 5 days ago
|He mentioned that
He mentioned that yesterday...
|16 weeks 6 days ago
|yea i thought that would be
yea i thought that would be strange if he was annoucning UCLA
|16 weeks 6 days ago
|Correct me if im wrong, but
Correct me if im wrong, but didn't Will Campbell commit at the AA game and not Signing day?
|17 weeks 3 days ago
|MAAR is going to be really
MAAR is going to be really good. To me this season is a bit of a wash, but it is fun to watch these young freshman get better every game. Makes me excited to watch them in the coming years as it doesn't look like many of these kids will jump to the NBA or have the ability to in the next year, but will be a really good team for the next several years. Especially with Duncan being eligible next year to help out.
|17 weeks 5 days ago
|The lowest temp in chicago
The lowest temp in chicago last year on May 16th was 39 degrees and it was mid 40's for most of the day..
There was light rain and drizzle.. no forecast of any snow.
Only reason i questioned your post is because i live a couple hours away from chicago and i don't remember it snowing at all. Looks like it didn't
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So, any thoughts on why they nerfed Fire Elemental Summon?
like they already screwed us with LvB Nerf, now this?
So, any thoughts on why they nerfed Fire Elemental Summon?
like they already screwed us with LvB Nerf, now this?
Shaman - the class for masochists.
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I am completely dumbfounded. Expecting a huge lightning bolt and/or flame shock buff to compensate.
You can use Raid Finder to join a 25-player raid for some of the most epic experiences World of Warcraft has to offer.
Already behind rogues and they get a big buff and enhancers get a big 20% nerf. Unbelievable.
And nearly everyone else gets also nice buffs. Its just insane. 20%!!!!!!!!!!
Shamans got a nerf? Ughhh that's so new!
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This is just sad. i really hope they buff lightning bolt a lot.
I have just rerolled to shaman for 2 months ago, seems like a big mistake.
Just another example of the completely knee jerk reaction mentality of the people balancing this game, these recent changes are absolutely hilarious. There will never be balance if you can't use a balanced attitude while balancing classes.
Let me explain what its been like for shaman in Mists. Shaman will play the child, and Blizz will play a family friend, the kind you call Uncle even though there is no actual relation.
5.0 - Uncle Blizz shows up, and tells us he has our favorite brand of Toy, that rare Green Ranger Action Figure. We the Shaman get excited!
5.1 - Uncle Blizz gives us the toy, no strings attached, We get even more excited!
5.2 - Uncle Blizz mentions they have just pounds of candy in their car, and we can have as much as we want! Our excitement cannot be contained
5.3 - Uncle Blizz leads us to their car, just spouting off promises of a Wonka-ian wonderland, where the water runs red, with Twizzlers (or your fav red candy, perhaps Hot Tamales)
5.4 - ShadowJester takes it WAY too far.
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For those of you confused why Fire Elemental Totem was nerfed:
We were concerned about Elemental DPS being too high in PvE
Yes, thats right.... elemental shaman are simply too amazing at single target dps, thus the Lava Burst and Fire Elemental Totems are nerfed to bring us back in line with the rest of our dps brethren. This wasnt a pvp nerf at all.
Yes, this is real life.
No, this isnt April 1st.
No, there is no shamanism buff coming to save us, we do too much damage.
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I'm really wondering who they are basing all these nerfs and buffs on, as it's not an isolated case. I spoke to many of the guilds around the entrance and all said the same. Hutner / rogue burst is pretty OP right now.
So, why the enhance nerfs ? Fuck sake.
It has become a running gag in MoP that Elem has no single target DPS, and then GC comes out and states that Elem DPS is too high and needs to be nerfed??
I have been playing on the 5.4 PTR for quite some time and Elemental is just nowhere near the scary cat GC seems to think it is.
Really no clue what kind of testing Blizzard did to draw these conclusions - if these heavy nerfs are not going to be compensated, i think Elemental just won't be taken to any boss fight where single target dps matters.
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I don't understand how they can justify nerfing Elemental Single target damage. Oh yeah pvp kids crying. Better luck next tier Mr. Elemental Shaman.
I just don't understand how after years of this bullshit balancing that they haven't just considered having different numbers for PvE and PvP, would save them alot of trouble as well as us.
You guys keep talking about pvp and pve being intertwined. While that is an issue (and is for several classes), it has absolutely nothing to do with the nerfs we just took. Our damage was too high in pve, we got hit with pve nerfs, the end. If anything, the pvp'ers should be crying foul for pve nerfing them ;p
Shammies can onebutton obliterate most in pvp at the moment, and afaik the far best cleave in game currently. It's not unwarranted to nerf you a bit, despite what you feel.
Being behind rogues isn't a problem, since rogues are OP. We can agree that the buff to rogues don't make sense though, since they're already very strong in both pvp and pve. But that's more a question of nerfing rogues, not buffing other classes past that.
You're honestly in a good postion. If you don't perform well in a lot of situations it's not because shammies are weak..
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Again, you need to read what I wrote first before responding. I never said anything about Canada and exploding populations, you pulled that out of your ass. Canada is multicultural, China is NOT. Suggesting China to be multicultural is like saying Vaitcan City needs to adopt Islamism, it's absurd and stupid, not that you would understand.
Don't talk to Canada (or White country) about exploding populations. In the 50's Canada, US were 90%+ White European, in a few decades the founders, builders, engineers of these countries are 60% if you're lucky, and the gov't now actively promotes foreigners ahead of Canadians. Now outnumbered by foreigners in many areas. We are told this is a good thing. China now needs to embrace it. So what if Fils take over half of HK? That's multiculturalism! Vancouver "loves" it and HK will too. Kisses.
HK however allow permanent residency for people who have worked there for 7 years, but this does not apply for foreign domestic helpers (filipino maids), because they are highly regulated to ensure they fulfill their purpose and no more. If they were to be allowed permanent residency, HK's population would explode overnight by 17%, and these new residents would be allowed to bring in more family members to add to HK's already extreme population density.
Wrong, wrong, wrong. I would ask you to research the immigration policies of Canada and HK but I guess you're too busy spewing crude remarks and racial slurs, like a child trying to get his point across, so i'll just tell you straight up. Canada is an immigration country, becoming a permanent resident and applying for citizenship there is very simple.
Chinks have been here, but in miniscule numbers and miniscule contributions. They are in no way the "backbone" of this nation. They are insignificant in the grand scheme of things. You speak against the Fils, but really you are the perfect advocate. They have to start somewhere, just like the smelly rail road Chinks, those dirty stupid motherfuckers. Get it? The Fils have kids too. They are now chinks. Embrace them, just as we have embraced you chinks. It's the way of the world. Hypocrite? You?
Also, ever heard of "an eye for an eye makes the world blind"? Of course not, I wouldn't expect you to understand it anyways.
I would like to politely ask you again to read what I wrote regarding skilled Chinese workers vs filipino maids, because clearly you skipped that part. And regarding immigrants, HK immigrants have lived in Canada for many generations, since the construction of the rail road, when they were indeed treated like crap, but they sucked it up and pulled through. Now they have children and grandchildren, all of whom are Canadian.
No, sugar. Most Chinese immigrants weren't born in Canada (do you know what immigrant means?), they were born in China, which is why they're immigrants….seriously wtf? They are foreigners. Perhaps if they were treated like the filipinas were in China, they would be in a similar situation over here. Maybe the foreign chinks should get out of Canada, the foreign Fils get out of China and everyone's happy. Balance restored.
coz i'm not stupid & shallow minded like you. speaking on behalf of your country doesn't make you patriotic my yellow friend, it make you stupid.
no… not really. the filipinas in HK only work as maids and nothing else, this doesnt classify them as a skilled worker and therefore they do not have a priority when registering for residency or citizenship, so naturally they are treated like aliens (like illegal mexicans in the US). However, the chinese immigrants, most of whom were born in Canada, are already canadian citizens AND have a higher class job, they do not rely on the government, so they are more favoured. Make sense babe?
Well, there have been cases of employers not paying their maids for months or even years and their families end up having to beg or borrow money to get food.
HK chinks treat the foreign filipinas like shit/2nd class citizens. Time for Canada to treat the foreign HK chinks like shit/2nd class citizens. Get it now Gomer?
Feel bad for them.
Why don't you let them become citizens in your country if you feel so bad for them?
Feel bad for them.
Life is so much better in the Philippines isn't it? They should go back to the Philippines for the much better life.
Everybody, please see all these comments by Filipinos, who say that Hong Kong is so bad, Hong Kong people are chinks, blah blah blah.
But while they're saying that, all these Filipino maids want to become Hong Kong citizens so they must not actually think that Hong Kong is so bad.
these people or what u call maids are working decently
How do you know?
I cannot imagine a maid working 16hours a day with only one day off per week.
You don't seem very concerned about these maids when they were unemployed in the Philippines.
I cannot imagine a maid working 16hours a day with only one day off per week.
Well, can you imagine the same maid, without work in the Philippines starving to death begging for food?
that has no connection to the hong kong maid situation at all…. how did you manage to make the connection?
It is sad that employers treat their maids less than human. I cannot imagine a maid working 16hours a day with only one day off per week.


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Innovative Ablation Catheters to Fuel Growth of Atrial Fibrillation Treatments in Europe
WALTHAM, Mass., April 21 /PRNewswire/ — According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, specialty radiofrequency catheters will drive growth in the European catheter market and support the use of catheter ablation as a treatment for atrial fibrillation. According to MRG's new European Markets for Electrophysiology Mapping and Ablation Devices 2010 report, specialty radiofrequency ablation catheter use will grow at a compound annual rate of 26% over the next five years.
Ablations have traditionally been long and complicated procedures. In conventional ablations, physicians must use a separate diagnostic catheter to map out the area of the heart requiring ablation when treating arrhythmias. As of 2009, however, four specialty radiofrequency ablation catheters designed to simultaneously map and ablate became available in Europe. C. R. Bard's HD Mesh Ablator and Medtronic Ablation Frontiers' Pulmonary Vein Ablation Catheter, Multi-Array Ablation Catheter, Multi-Array Septal Catheter, and Tip-Versatile Ablation Catheter are all considered specialty catheters. These devices claim to simplify the ablation procedure by providing anatomically-designed solutions that enable less experienced electrophysiologists to perform complex procedures with greater confidence and efficacy than conventional options. In Europe, the low number of trained electrophysiologists limited patient access to ablation procedures in the past; however, the release of these specialty catheters will increase the number of physicians capable of performing complex atrial fibrillation treatments, thus driving procedure volumes.
"Specialty ablation catheters will experience rapid adoption over the next five years due to their enhanced ease-of-use," says Julie McLaughlin, Analyst at MRG. "Because these catheters are sold at a premium, their adoption will support significant market growth. Specialty catheters are approximately five times the price of conventional ablation catheters and three times that of irrigated-tip ablation catheters. Despite these high price points, adoption of specialty catheters will continue to increase as electrophysiologists recognize their value."
MRG's European Markets for Electrophysiology Mapping and Ablation Devices 2010 report provides critical insight into emerging trends that will fuel market growth in the ablation catheter market, including the growth of specialty radiofrequency ablation catheters. The report also discusses trends in conventional and advanced diagnostic catheters, as well as capital equipment used in the electrophysiology lab space. The report provides a complete breakdown of unit sales, average selling prices, and revenues by device type, including five-year forecasts, up-to-date market shares, and in-depth qualitative insights.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. The Obama administration has begun directly providing weapons to Kurdish forces who have started to make gains against Islamic militants in northern Iraq, senior U.S. officials said Monday, but the aid has so far been limited to automatic rifles and ammunition.
Previously, the U.S. sold arms in Iraq only to the government in Baghdad, some of which would be transferred to the Kurdish forces in the north. The Kurdish peshmerga fighters had been losing ground to Islamic State militants in recent weeks, however.
The weapons appeared to be coming through intelligence agencies covertly and not through regular Defense Department channels.
The officials wouldnt say which U.S. agency is providing the arms, but one official said it isnt the Pentagon. A Kurdish official said the weapons were coming from U.S. intelligence agencies, and a senior Pentagon official said the Defense Department may yet get involved. The CIA has historically done similar quiet arming operations.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the operation publicly.
The move to directly aid the Kurds underscores the level of U.S. concern about the Islamic State militants gains in the north, and reflects the persistent administration view that the Iraqis must take the necessary steps to solve their own security problems.
To bolster that effort, the administration is also very close to approving plans for the Pentagon to arm the Kurds, a senior official said. In recent days, the U.S. military has been helping facilitate weapons deliveries from the Iraqis to the Kurds, providing logistical assistance and transportation to the north.
But the Kurdish government official said Monday the U.S. weapons being directly sent to Irbil a northern Iraqi city where U.S. personnel are based and where Islamic State militants are advancing on Kurdish forces are very limited in scope and number, and mostly consist of light arms like AK-47s and ammunition.
He said the American lethal aid is still not enough to battle the militants, even though Peshmerga and other Kurdish forces were supplemented with similar munitions from Baghdad over the weekend
The State Department sought to downplay the significance of the apparent shift in U.S. policy.
The militants have obtained some heavy weaponry, and the Kurds need additional arms and were providing those theres nothing new here, said department spokeswoman Jen Psaki.
She said the U.S. was working with Baghdad to speed up deliveries of badly needed arms to Kurdish forces in the north. The Iraqi government, she said, has made deliveries from its own stocks and we are working to do the same.
The additional assistance comes as Kurdish forces on Sunday took back two towns from the Islamic insurgents, aided in part by U.S. airstrikes in the region. President Barack Obama authorized the airstrikes to protect U.S. interests and personnel in the region, including at facilities in Irbil, as well as Yazidi refugees fleeing militants.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, speaking to reporters in Sydney, where he is attending an Asian defense ministers meeting, said the airstrikes have been very effective from all the reports that weve received on the ground. He declined to detail how or when the U.S. might expand its assistance to Iraq, or if military assessment teams currently in Baghdad would be moving to a more active role advising the Iraqi forces.
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Some people cannot comprehend the reality of facts. Medically administered TRT treatment is not testosterone abuse.
1+1=3 because someone said so.
The TRT must have landed the hook and left kick that KO'd Henderson.
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Some people cannot comprehend the reality of facts. Medically administered TRT treatment is not testosterone abuse.
1+1=3 because someone said so.
The TRT must have landed the hook and left kick that KO'd Henderson.
Refer to a different regulatory body which does actual research rather than an organization which accepts regulations based on doctored studies and bribery in the form of lobbying.
What does the World Anti-Doping Agency say? If you don't know, then let me tell you. WADA will approve TRT based on the necessity as determined by 3 endocrinologists. NSAC approves based on the approval of a single endocrinologist.
TRT is a medically-administered treatment for those who are deemed to have low levels not just at the time of a single test, but over the course of multiple tests. Why multiple tests? In order to determine the correct dosage. That's right, endocrinologists do not prescribe a one size fits all dosage, but instead a measured amount to regulate the T levels. That's fine if you don't agree with it being necessary for sport, but regulated testosterone levels lead to increased drive, reduced mood swings (which can happen with low T), lowered fatigue, better restfulness through sleep and improved ability to deal with stress. Is this something that will make the patient have advantages over the average man? No. It will give them the metabolism that the patient would have with proper T levels. TRT is not a steroid treatment, rather a medical treatment when preformed as intended by a endocrinologist and a physician. Testosterone Abuse is done in a gym locker room with a syringe and a bottle of testosterone propionate.
Most of the people that say "TRT=STEROIDS" are simply uneducated on the issue. As RH consistently says, there is a difference between use and abuse. Those that abuse do not visit an endocrinologist regularly to get their T levels tested, rather they are the ones who get popped for high T/E levels out of nowhere without applying for a TUE.
Is being submitted via rear naked choke not the same as being stopped?
So, you're saying the FDA's current stance on TRT is due to doctored studies and bribery? Okay, who's bribing them and why?
I say TRT = steroids, because you're still injecting an anabolic steroid, just because WADA has tougher criteria, it doesn't change that. Yes sure, there is difference between use and abuse but I contend that too often that line gets blurred, especially in MMA, while people like you are quick to give MMA athletes a pass. I guess I have a different perspective because I come from other sports, so I am naturally more skeptical.
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Warning signs an office pool might be illegal
Over the next week, offices across the country are going to lose almost $1 billion in productivity, as employees sneak a peek at the NCAA tournament, listen online and check their brackets every few minutes.
And if you work in an office, there's a very good chance you have an NCAA tournament pool.
50 million Americans participate in office pools this time of year.
But is it legal?
According to the Wall Street Journal, betting pools are technically illegal if the winnings are not reported to the IRS. Which means that most NCAA pools are stretching the boundaries of the law, according to a report on CNBC.
Warning Signs Your Pool May Be Going Too Far
But relax: The government has never prosecuted an office pool.
However, to avoid trouble, the Wall Street Journal and CNBC have the following suggestions:
• Keep wagers small. If you are all betting $100 or more, that's a sign your pool could be pushing the limits of the law.
• The coordinator of the pool cannot profit from his work, or take a cut of the winnings. That's called taxable income.
• There should never be an entry fee for your office pool. $5 toward the party or cake afterward is fine. A $10 entry fee should be questioned.
• Request that the names of winners and runner-up winners be posted publicly, with their brackets posted, so you can be sure there is no favoritism. ("What? The boss won again?")
Finally, the report says your best bet is to try to avoid being an office pool administrator, not just for legal reasons, but to avoid the headaches of trying to collect from everyone.
As always don't waste your money.
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Eunuchs decline medical examination, which is the primary condition for applying for this pension, as they are 'afraid' of the examination and do not go to doctor to obtain this certificate.
Raj Hasina, leader of eunuchs and former councillor, said: "My 28 disciples had filled the form for pension but were discarded the same as they refused to bring the medical certificate of being eunuch when the social welfare department asked them to bring one."
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After speaking with Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko, Putin said their views on ending the violence were "very close" and Kiev and the rebels could reach an agreement by Friday, much-needed respite for the Ukrainian leader battling a crumbling economy.
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It reminds me of a mammy to her son
Submitted by Promisekept on Wed, 11/06/2013 - 16:31. Permalink
she said, "Son, when you ain't got no education, you just gotta use your BRAINS!"
This is true of all races, AND all ages, eh?
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The Small but Sure Steps Taken To Turn Their Lives Around
By MARCELLE S. FISCHLER
Published: November 14, 1999
Never give up. That's the message of five Long Islanders who, despite the odds, turned their lives around and realized their wildest dreams. From a museum president once labeled as lazy and stupid, a successful businesswoman beaten down by an abusive spouse, a college professor who was once a welfare mother and a young woman saddled by unfortunate family circumstances, they prove that obstacles can be overcome at any point in life. Not only have the people we have chosen to spotlight conquered stumbling blocks, met challenges and realized their own self-worth, after changing their lives they have also become role models, inspiring others and making a difference.
Dinosaurs Did It
A few months ago, scientists named a newly discovered species of mosasaur, a marine reptile that lived 100 million years ago, calling it Hassia gittelmani. A cast of the nearly completed mosasaur skeleton, found in a limestone quarry just outside Jerusalem, was half of Steve Gittelman's 50th birthday present.
The other half was Karongasauras gittelmani, a long-necked sauropod discovered by Elizabeth Gomani, a paleontologist in Malawi. In her doctoral dissertation, she named the 25-foot-long dinosaur for Mr. Gittelman, too.
He could not have received a more fitting present. Dinosaurs, after all, turned Mr. Gittelman's life around.
''I was a learning-disabled kid with an overactive imagination, and accordingly I was a poor student,'' said Mr. Gittelman, president of the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium in Centerport and president of MKTG Inc. a market research firm in East Islip. ''I used to be the equivalent of the proverbial space cadet. As far as I was concerned, a schoolroom was a box, with a door that you could escape from and a blackboard up front that you couldn't quite stay glued to and a window that you could gaze out of.''
But his distraction took the form of a very vivid imagination. While the teachers lectured, he daydreamed about space travel and finding a dinosaur.
Finally one teacher, Frank Perna, told him that if he wasn't going to listen to the lesson, he was going to teach the class. And for the next three hours, Mr. Gittelman regaled his classmates with dinosaur lore. It was his first indication that he didn't deserve the labels that so many teachers had pinned on him.
''Dinosaurs gave me my first sense that I'm not lazy, I'm not stupid,'' said Mr. Gittelman, an avid collector of dinosaur fossils who has a Ph.D. in ecology from the University of Connecticut.
Years later, he became president of the Dinosaur Society, now defunct, and orchestrated a globe-trotting exhibition, ''The Dinosaurs of Jurassic Park.'' A million dollars raised through that four-year venture was used to support scientists in 70 projects on six continents.
On Long Island, Mr. Gittelman said he was focusing his energies on capturing the imagination of children who learn in nontraditional ways. He is guiding the Vanderbilt's evolution into an interactive museum, creating a new waterfront with a boardwalk and hatcheries for fin fish, oysters and clams. Sorry, no dinosaur eggs. He is also working with educators on expanding unorthodox hands-on educational experiences.
Explaining his difficulties concentrating in school, Mr. Gittelman said: ''You can take a bay mare, hook it up to a wagon and get to town. But that wild stallion that you see in the distance has more power than the bay mare. If you can ever harness that wild stallion, you are going to go faster and farther than anybody on a bay mare. But the people with the bay mares are going to make you look dumb while you are chasing that stallion.
''The pain of having a choice between lazy and stupid is so mind-boggling. I dreamed of someday having my personal dignity back and discovering a dinosaur and having it named a Steveosaurus,'' he said.
His dream almost came true: But ''It's not a Steveosaurus. It's a gittelmani.''
Her War on Poverty
Barbara Peters never dreamed that she would finish college, let alone earn a Ph.D. in sociology just before her 50th birthday.
Nor did she ever imagine that she would be an authority on women in poverty, or be single and living in the Hamptons, a place she had never even heard of, amid the glitz and glitterati.
Perhaps those delusions of grandeur that a psychiatrist once told her she suffered from were finally coming true.
Dr. Peters, an assistant professor of sociology and women's studies at Southampton College of Long Island University, grew up poor in rural Wisconsin, the oldest of seven children. Her father worked for the railroad and raised chickens; her mother was a cook in an elementary school cafeteria.
By age 24, she was a single mother on welfare with two children. When she told a doctor she wanted to get a college diploma, he told her she should be happy staying on welfare for the rest of her life.
Dr. Peters didn't listen.
Instead, she enrolled her 4-year-old daughter in a Head Start program, became involved in an empowerment group and received leadership training.


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Product DescriptionMarzocchi Bomber Z1
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Date Reviewed: April 13, 2007
Strengths: Perfectly smooth, very sensitive, perfect for Dual slalom, full use of travel. Very good all round fork, but not for going up hills - suck the energy out of you! freeriding, 4X, although todays forks come with more travel. Oil + dust seals last forever! Dust seals work to perfection! An exremely well made fork! Up there with todays Marzocchis.
Weaknesses: There is a compatibility issue for disc brakes, I just tried putting some new shimano XT Discs on mine. The IS standard mount changed after these forks were released, therefore todays IS mount adapters do not fit on the forks. Unless you have some Hope disc breaks or an IS mount from 1997/1998 then you will have to use V- brakes.
Bottom Line:
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Price Paid: $980.00
Purchased At: well £495 in 1997
Similar Products Used: 1998 Z1 BAM
Bike Setup: Azonic DS1 (original) frame, Z1 1997s, Halo Tornado rims, XT hubs, Azonic double wall bars, Roox stem, Middleburn cranks, Flite titanium saddle, Kenda tyres. Attempting to put discs on...
Date Reviewed: February 13, 2006
Strengths: Smooth response, reliable
Weaknesses: I changed to heavy springs a few years ago and over the course of one summer, the ETA quit working.
Bottom Line:
I completely recommend this fork to anyone that rides trails, even with the occasional natural drop.
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Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Similar Products Used: Z2, Manitou 2, 66VF.
Bike Setup: Single speed with trail riding components
Date Reviewed: February 3, 2006
Strengths: It's 9 years old and it works great.
Weaknesses: Can't really find any. It's 9 years old and it works great.
Bottom Line:
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Price Paid: $40.00
Purchased At: eBay
Similar Products Used: Variety of Marzocchi, RS, and Fox forks
Bike Setup: IRO Highlander singlespeed
Date Reviewed: January 24, 2006
Strengths: durable, stiff, metallic ETA lever, dual coil
Weaknesses: 5.7#(?), does not use all 130mm of travel, even ever a 3~4' jump. initally had 105mm of travel, sent the Z1 to factory for warrenty work ($70 for shipping, four weeks), came back at 135mm travel.
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I wanted a plush fork for all around xc trail riding that i can rely on...and my Z1 ETA QR delivers.
And when the going gets rough, the tough fork gets going, big time.
I like to climb, but I love the descends, fast and rough: 5" Z1, 8" M4 disk, and 2.5" WTB tires are fun and assuring combination.
The 2006 Z1 versions may be a tab lighter, if that matters to you.
130mm~150mm Z1 forks are among the best xc forks. As long as you're not a serious xc racer that may wish to have a Sid or a Fox 100, Z1s are the "bomb."
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Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid: $350.00
Purchased At: http://www.universalcycles.com/
Similar Products Used: '97 AtomBomb 70mm, '03 MX Comp ETA 100mm (one sided coil spring)
Bike Setup: Kona Lavadome steel, 8" rotor Hope M4, 2.5" & 2.0 UST tires, titanium handlebar & seatpost. UST rear wheel.
Date Reviewed: November 24, 2002
Strengths: Plush, ECC is nice a feature
Weaknesses: Creaking sound comes from the crown. Rides low in its travel. Has excessive amount of stiction after 6 months.
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Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid: $359.00
Purchased At: Online
Date Reviewed: June 18, 2002
Strengths: Nice and stiff, not too much travel, cool looking, proof.
Weaknesses: Super Bad disk mounts mine broke off doing an endo hope it was a fluke, got new ones workes fine
Bottom Line:
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Price Paid: $450.00
Purchased At: Fontains Sport and Cycle
Similar Products Used: Rock shock jetts I know they are not the same, and bunch of bad ones crappy tire bikes lol
Date Reviewed: November 23, 2001
Strengths: Stiff,Plush,Tracks Well,ECC Rocks,nice range of adjustments
Weaknesses: The Cryofit crown started makeing noise, but that can be fixed by poaring lock tight in between the stanchions and the crown
Bottom Line:
I just wouldn't sugest this fork to someone that is worried about saving weight on their bike or someone that races. But other then that Its a great all around fork
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Price Paid: $450.00
Purchased At: Dakota Outdoors
Similar Products Used: none like this
Bike Setup: Fisher Hoo Koo E Koo, Aavid Mechanical Disk, XT, Z1, TiTec
Date Reviewed: October 30, 2001
Strengths: really plush, not a rockshox, greatest single crown fork ever, really stiff with the QR20 dropouts, smooth,oh and plush by the way, did i mention it was plush
Weaknesses: nothing
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid: $350.00
Purchased At: aj's cycle in stowe vermont
Similar Products Used: shivers, monster t's, judy- xc's c and races, stratos s7, super t's physlo's (pieces o' junk)
Bike Setup: Rocky mountain reaper frame, hayes 8 inch discs, sram 9.o sl drive train, THE fender, double wide rims, other big stuff
Date Reviewed: October 26, 2001
Strengths: Stiff, real springs, real damping controls, ECC
Weaknesses: Price (only had to buy it once) and weight (I couldn't care less)
Bottom Line:
As for the ECC-other brands are doing variable travel forks, and my buddy that owns a shop has gotten about half returned that he's sold, with stripped or broken bits inside the adjustment mechanism. He say he's NEVER had a Marzocchi warranty claim. And unlike compression lockouts, big hits are acting against the springs themselves, not the valving in the compression damping circuit. There's a special bottom-out spring in the Bomber, so it don't blow up if you forget to flip the lever back.
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Purchased At: Michael's Bikes
Bike Setup: Orange Sub-5, CrossRoc UST wheels, XT/XTR
Date Reviewed: October 3, 2001
Strengths: plush 5 inches of travel - absolutely silky smooth and irons out everything in your way. nice and stiff - tracks really well. also have had zero maintenance and trouble from this fork
Weaknesses: my z1 mcr is the 2001 model with the lockout on the travel - great for hillclimbs and road sprints etc BUT i find when locked out, the rim is bent towards the opposite side to the lockout (which is only on the left side of the fork) making it impossible to run the brakes (xt v's) nice and close to the rim (ie it rubs when locked out. i've even had some huge washers made up for the hub (equivalent to 20mm axle) to try and make it stiffer but still to no avail. i'd really be interested to hear from anyone who has had or overcome this problem.
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Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid: $700.00
Purchased At: treadlies kingston
Similar Products Used: mozo pros
Bike Setup: dodsun frame (firepower), xt components, rhynolite rims.
Date Reviewed: August 13, 2001
Strengths: Plush travel, super stiff. I have yet to bottom it out.
Weaknesses: The lockout on mine leaks off but it's no big deal.
Bottom Line:
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Price Paid: $420.00
Purchased At: Bike Loft
Similar Products Used: Judy XC, Girvin Elite
Bike Setup: GT I-drive, Z1 MCR, Race Face cranks, Shimano xt everything else. Odi grips
Date Reviewed: July 14, 2001
Strengths: super stiff, super plush, ECC is dope for technical climbs, 5.1 inches, SO MUCH FUN
Weaknesses: huh?
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid: $340.00
Purchased At: got a pro deal
Similar Products Used: '99 Marzocchi Z-1 Alloy
Bike Setup: GT XCR-1000, XTR/XT w/ LX shifters, Sun Rhyno Lite Rims laced to XTR hubs, Thomson stem and post, Easton Monkey Bar, CK headset, 2.4 WTB Motoraptor tires, and of course a Z-1 MCR
Date Reviewed: May 30, 2001
Strengths: Stiff, looks good, PLUSH, MCR lockout is sweet.
Weaknesses: I weigh 180lbs and the medium springs suck. I bottom this fork out on anything higher than 3'.
Bottom Line:
I only give this fork full rating when it is DIALED IN. If the travel is too stiff or too soft the fork sucks (as will any fork!) I highly recommend everyone saving up for the 2001 Z1 MCR. It is the best single crown on the market!
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $450.00
Purchased At: LBS
Similar Products Used: none in a single crown!
Bike Setup: Kona Explosif 853, full XT, Azonic Shorty, Race Face Low Riser, Avid Arch Rivals, Salsa QR, XT Disc Hubs on Rhynolytes, Race Face Turbine LP's, big ol 2001 Z1 MCR
Date Reviewed: May 26, 2001
Strengths: Great plush travel makes me more than I am. Feels solid. 3 inch lock out point is great for the long climbs; road sprints.
Weaknesses: Servcie. Marzocchi sucks on this front. An O=ring went out on my for during month two so I went in for repair. Somehow the fork was lost in being shipped back to the bike shop. Marzocchi would not issue a new fork until they figured out what to do. Its been about 6 weeks now and I'm still w\o my basically new $600 fork. I called them on a Friday and was told they'd be getting a check from UPS and would probably ship a new replacment out on the following Monday as if somehow I should have to wait (forkless) while this mess gets worked out. The week passed and nothing ever showed up. The bike shop is a confused and dissapointed as I am. I guess you would have thought I'd have leaned with my 1st Z1 being shipped \ built by Marzocchi without the topout springs installed on my four inch build Z1. Everything I read about the Psylo and the service of RockShox has me looking in that direction because this really sucks!
Bottom Line:
A good product is more than the sum total of its performance and cool factor. We ride and we ride hard so things do fail and then we are at the mercy of the customer servcie department and I'm not convinced Marzocchi has one.
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid: $600.00
Purchased At: Another Bike Shop
Similar Products Used: 2000 Z1 CR (4 &5); 2001 Z1 MCR
Bike Setup: SC Chamelon; SC SuperLite.
Date Reviewed: April 18, 2001
Strengths: long travel since it's a single crown fork; perfect suspension performance; price
Weaknesses: durability
Bottom Line:
But after 6 months of riding and only 2 months using a Hayes with the 200mm-rotor the fork is scrap... :( The whole unit of the crown needs to be replaced including the stanchions since the stanchions cause noise in the crown because of a material defect when braking (I'm sorry I don't know the correct english terms for that).
This fork definitly does not like tough braking and especially nose wheelies...
Important: I recommend to take only the QR 20-version if you want to use a disc brake! Not only because of the durability but also because of the stiffness!
The rating is for the normal Quick-Release model only. 5 chilis for beeing the best looking single-crown fork on the market.
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Price Paid: $500.00
Purchased At: Buhl Bikes in Germany
Similar Products Used: Judy 100, Jr T
Bike Setup: Specialized FSR, Z1 MCR, Hayes, Mavic D521, XT-stuff, ...
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DALLAS After a decade of waiting, the Margaret Hunt Hill bridge is now a reality, as people from around the world gather in Dallas to celebrate the newest icon of the city's eclectic skyline.
It is also the city's first new span over the Trinity River in decades.
The bridge may just look like an arch from afar, but get anywhere near it especially under it and you will see pure art a vision realized after years of planning.
The project cost $182 million. World famous architect Santiago Calatrava designed the bridge, and we'll see his mark in the future, too.
Thousands of people took the opportunity to get an up-close look at their new bridge on Saturday, including the man who designed it. Calatrava told News 8 he'd like to keep working for Dallas.
Originally, he was to design two other complimentary bridge sover the Trinity River, but rising costs and other delays have scaled down the project and Calatrava's role.
He still has a hand in designing the second bridge, which will replace the current Interstate 30 span and will include its own signature arch. Our first look at plans for the I-30 bridge are expected to be unveiled next week.
But plans for the third bridge, for Interstate 35E, are not yet final, and city leaders say it's unlikely the city can afford another Calatrava design.
That is disappointing to the Spanish architect, who said he'd like to design the third and finish the vision that was hatched nearly 15 years ago.
It is necessary, I think, to do at least a third piece, who will, of course, complement, Calatrava said. They have to be like sisters speaking with each other.
No architect or design has been selected for the third span, although the state says it does have the $818 million needed to build the next two bridges.
Construction on the second bridge could start as early as next year, but the fact remains that the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge is not yet ready for vehicles. That should come before the end of the month.
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Monitoring compartment-specific substrate cleavage by cathepsins B, K, L, and S at physiological pH and redox conditions
1 School of Engineering and Science, Jacobs University Bremen, Campus Ring 6, Research II, 28759 Bremen, Germany
2 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
3 Krankenhaus St. Joseph-Stift Bremen, Schwachhauser Heerstrasse 54, 28209 Bremen, Germany
4 Department of Oral and Biological Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
BMC Biochemistry 2009, 10:23 doi:10.1186/1471-2091-10-23Published: 22 September 2009
Cysteine cathepsins are known to primarily cleave their substrates at reducing and acidic conditions within endo-lysosomes. Nevertheless, they have also been linked to extracellular proteolysis, that is, in oxidizing and neutral environments. Although the impact of reducing or oxidizing conditions on proteolytic activity is a key to understand physiological protease functions, redox conditions have only rarely been considered in routine enzyme activity assays. Therefore we developed an assay to test for proteolytic processing of a natural substrate by cysteine cathepsins which accounts for redox potentials and pH values corresponding to the conditions in the extracellular space in comparison to those within endo-lysosomes of mammalian cells.
The proteolytic potencies of cysteine cathepsins B, K, L and S towards thyroglobulin were analyzed under conditions simulating oxidizing versus reducing environments with neutral to acidic pH values. Thyroglobulin, the precursor molecule of thyroid hormones, was chosen as substrate, because it represents a natural target of cysteine cathepsins. Thyroglobulin processing involves thyroid hormone liberation which, under physiological circumstances, starts in the extracellular follicle lumen before being continued within endo-lysosomes. Our study shows that all cathepsins tested were capable of processing thyroglobulin at neutral and oxidizing conditions, although these are reportedly non-favorable for cysteine proteases. All analyzed cathepsins generated distinct fragments of thyroglobulin at extracellular versus endo-lysosomal conditions as demonstrated by SDS-PAGE followed by immunoblotting or N-terminal sequencing. Moreover, the thyroid hormone thyroxine was liberated by the action of cathepsin S at extracellular conditions, while cathepsins B, K and L worked most efficiently in this respect at endo-lysosomal conditions.
The results revealed distinct cleavage patterns at all conditions analyzed, indicating compartment-specific processing of thyroglobulin by cysteine cathepsins. In particular, proteolytic activity of cathepsin S towards the substrate thyroglobulin can now be understood as instrumental for extracellular thyroid hormone liberation. Our study emphasizes that the proteolytic functions of cysteine cathepsins in the thyroid are not restricted to endo-lysosomes but include pivotal roles in extracellular substrate utilization. We conclude that understanding of the interplay and fine adjustment of protease networks in vivo is better approachable by simulating physiological conditions in protease activity assays.


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