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The Rison native returned home to Arkansas after eight-plus years of covering sports in Illinois, Alabama and, most recently, Kansas.
During his four years in Wichita, Chris had the opportunity to cover the NCAA Final Four for back-to-back years in 2012 with Kansas in New Orleans & the remarkable run by Wichita State to Atlanta in 2013. He also covered Kansas State football at the 2012 Cotton Bowl which featured Wildcats taking on the Razorbacks. Other sporting events include: Kansas City Chiefs football, 2013 NCAA Baseball Regionals, Alabama & Auburn football, two Senior Bowls and two Go-Daddy.com Bowls(formerly the GMAC Bowl).
"Working the Midwest was a great experience, but covering the SEC, along with the great high school football teams in the South was the one thing I missed the most about home" says Chris.
Chris graduated from the University of Central Arkansas in 2001 with a B.A. in Mass Communication. He's also a proud member of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. and the National Association Of Black Journalist.
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Daily Tech Deal: Discounts on laptops at Tesco.com
In light of the Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy saying that the worst of the recession is over for the UK economy - reporting a 1% rise in pre-tax profit for the company in the first half of the financial year - our tech deal today points you in the direction of some discounts on selected laptops from the retail behemoth.
Although the majority of the laptops seem to be coming from Acer, the pick being the Acer T4200 with 4GB RAM, 420GB hard drive for £429, there's also a decent discount on the HP Compaq CQ61 for £359 coming with 2GB RAM, 320GB hard drive and a 15.6-inch screen.
With a choice of just ten laptops it's not the greatest selection but still worth a quick rummage if you're in the market as all of them come with free delivery.

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Chicago Blackhawks (17-4-4) at Calgary Flames (8-11-4), 10 p.m.
(SportsNetwork.com) - Three weeks ago, Calgary Flames goaltender Reto Berra made his NHL debut and picked up a big victory over the Chicago Blackhawks.
It has been a continued struggle for the Flames since, but they'll try to make it two victories in a row on Wednesday night when they take on a Blackhawks club that is slated to give Antti Raanta his first career start.
Berra was thrown into the Flames' goaltending mix on Nov. 3 and stopped 42 of the 44 shots he faced in a 3-2 overtime victory. He earned the triumph when Kris Russell scored 1:32 into the bonus frame.
"Honestly I had a lot of thoughts," Berra said of the time leading up to his debut. "Everything went through my mind. Right after lunch I always sleep, but today I couldn't sleep. I was really nervous, but right before the game, when I was just sitting in here, I just thought, 'Go out and play your game and have fun. You have nothing to lose.' I put the excitement and the nerves into a positive energy."
Berra's efforts helped the Flames snap a three-game series slide to the Blackhawks. He'll get the call again tonight with Calgary looking to win for just the fifth time in the last 13 encounters at home.
Berra will make his 10th start in 11 games tonight since joining the Flames and helped the club to just its second victory in nine games with Friday's 4-3 shootout decision over the Florida Panthers. Berra made 23 saves and Sean Monahan had the clincher in the sixth-round of the tiebreaker.
Joe Colborne had a goal and an assist for Calgary, while Sven Baertschi and Blair Jones also lit the lamp in a game the Flames won despite blowing a 3-1 third-period lead.
"We made it too interesting in the third period, but we found a way to win," Flames head coach Bob Hartley remarked.
Calgary snapped a six-game home slide (0-4-2), but is likely to be without forward T.J. Galiardi tonight after he exited practice on Monday with back spasms.
The Blackhawks have hit few bumps like the one against the Flames as they lead the NHL with 38 points. They have won three in a row since dropping the opener of their seven-game homestand last Tuesday in Colorado and are coming off Monday's 5-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers.
Jonathan Toews had a short-handed goal and Patrick Kane scored on the power play during a three-minute span in the first period, while Andrew Shaw added two goals and an assist.
"Every game is a new challenge. Getting up early was the key," said Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville. "Obviously the short-handed goal was big for us. It really put us in a good spot."
Corey Crawford made 24 saves -- including 11 in the third period -- for his NHL-leading 16th win.
Crawford is expected to get the night off, giving the 24-year-old Raanta his first NHL start. The Finnish rookie has been serving as the backup with Nikolai Khabibulin injured and made his NHL debut in the loss to Colorado, stopping 14-of-16 shots in 47 minutes of relief.
Both Kane and Marian Hossa scored earlier this season versus the Flames. That was part of Kane's current 11-game point streak in which he has totaled six goals and nine assists.
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"Inn-vesting in the (Culinary) Arts for future Generations"
Competition Proceeds Benefit Pocono Alliance's Bridges Out of Poverty Program.
You are invited to participate in the Annual Stroudsmoor Gingerbread Competition. The inn is located in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania off Interstate 80 exit 307, just minutes from downtown Stroudsburg and the Delaware Water Gap. The exhibition will be open for viewing from Saturday, December 7 through Sunday, December 8, 2013 during Stroudsmoor business hours. Awards presentation is scheduled during The Stroudsmoor Tree Lighting Celebration on December 8, 2013 at 4:30 PM.
DATES:December 6 through December 8, 2013
*The Stroudsmoor Gingerbread Village is on display at the Main Inn December 1st through January 2nd
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|December 7 - December 8
|Tree Lighting
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|Awards Presentation
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AWARDS:First Place Award – $100 Gift Certificate to SCI - The Restaurant at Stroudsmoor Country Inn
Second Place Award – $50 Gift Certificate to Stroudsmoor Inn Towne Bakery Café
Third Place Award – Gift Basket from Stroudsmoor Spa & Bridal Studio
CATEGORIES:Classic Gingerbread Architecture
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Non-Traditional Gingerbread Sculptures
Unique Holiday Theme
For more information on Stroudsmoor Gingerbread Courses call . . . 570-421-6431, Ext. 424 for Linda Forte – Director of Event Operations
- Gingerbread Sculptures must be delivered ready for display. On-site completion of the gingerbread sculpture is not permitted. The sculptor's name, address, phone, and entry category must be clearly written on a 3" x 5" card affixed to the display base. Stroudsmoor reserves the right not to exhibit entries and to remove any entry which begins to deteriorate.
- There is an entry fee of $20 per sculpture for participating adults. Children ages 12 and under enter free. Make checks payable to Pocono Alliance. A gingerbread sculpture may be produced by more than one sculptor; however, prizes will be issued to the winning group and must be shared by the individuals participating in the creation of the winning entry.
- The Gingerbread Competition Entry/Release Form must be filled out and signed. The completed release form and entry fee must be returned to Pocono Alliance by November 15, 2013.
- Sculptures must be delivered on Friday, December 6th between 3-6 pm, to Stroudsmoor Country Inn, 257 Stroudsmoor Road, Stroudsburg – on-site contact Jacki Miller 570-421-6431, ext. 443. All sculptures must remain on display at Stroudsmoor through December 8, 2013.
- All works must be original; no commercially produced gingerbread will be accepted. Sculptures must be constructed mainly of gingerbread and icing. Non-visible supports of other materials are allowed. The entire visual display must be made of edible materials with the exception of the surface it is mounted upon. The sculpture must be mounted on a rigid piece of plywood no larger than 24" x 24". Sculptures will be judged on imagination, construction, decoration details, use of gingerbread, color and adherence to guidelines.
- Stroudsmoor will not be responsible for unclaimed sculptures. Works must be picked up between 9:00 – 11:00 AM on Monday, December 9, 2013. Gingerbread Sculptures unclaimed after December 10, 2013 will become the property of Stroudsmoor unless alternative arrangements have been made in advance.
- First, Second & Third Place prizes will be awarded. Awards are at the sole discretion of the judges, who may choose not to award all prizes. Awards will be presented at the Tree Lighting Celebration on December 8th at 4:30 PM. Stroudsmoor reserves the right to photograph sculptures for promotional purposes. Photographs become the property of Stroudsmoor Country Inn.
JURORSChef Jessica Hicks: Stroudsmoor is proud to have Chef Hicks at the helm of their bakery department for over 14 years. Her sweet talents include the creation of our annual Gingerbread display and the masterful preparation of all the Stroudsmoor wedding cakes. Chef Hicks and her team offer their finest sweets at "Stroudsmoor Inn Towne" the inn's bakery café located at 125 Broad Street in Stroudsburg just at the bottom of the Stroudsmoor Mountain.
Chef Bernadette Pirone: Affectionately known as "Mrs. P", Chef Bernadette Pirone has been the Stroudsmoor Executive Chef for more than two decades. Her talents in the kitchen range from the preparation of the tiniest hors d'oeuvre to the execution of the grandest buffets.
"Inn-vesting in the (Culinary) Arts for future Generations"
Competition Proceeds Benefit Pocono Alliance's Bridges Out of Poverty Program.
For more information on the 25th annual Tree Lighting Celebration – December 8, 2013
Contact: The Event Offices at Stroudsmoor
P.O. Box 153, Stroudsburg, PA 18360
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China Center Chart of the Week: China's manufacturing PMI should be taken with a growing grain of salt
Andrew Polk
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May 2013
This China Center members-only chart shows the performance of China's official manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) since January 2010, along with its major subcomponents. In April the index decreased to 50.6, from 50.9 in March, leading many observers to asses a deceleration in what was previously considered an ongoing manufacturing rebound. While the sector does appear to have a bit of momentum, it's important to more fully explicate the signals the PMI is currently sending. Furthermore, due to the myriad caveats surrounding the proper interpretation of PMI data, we urge members to view this index with great caution, and not use it as a key input to business planning assumptions.
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Living in bigger, denser settlements allowed the inhabitants of ancient cities to be more productive, just as is true for modern urbanites, according to a new study by scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder and the Santa Fe Institute.
As modern cities grow, they obey certain rules. As the population increases, for example, the settled area becomes denser instead of sprawling outward. This allows people to live closer together, use infrastructure more intensively, interact more frequently, and as a result, produce more per person.
If you think Neanderthals were stupid and primitive, it's time to think again.
The widely held notion that Neanderthals were dimwitted and that their inferior intelligence allowed them to be driven to extinction by the much brighter ancestors of modern humans is not supported by scientific evidence, according to a researcher at the University of Colorado Boulder.
This fall, the University of Colorado Boulder is again hosting a large class of National Science Foundation fellows. Twenty-six new graduate researchers have received NSF fellowships, bringing the total number of NSF fellows on campus to 101, a new record for CU-Boulder.
The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program is one of the most prestigious awards available for student researchers in the country. This year CU-Boulder was among the top 20 universities enrolling NSF fellows.
People who made New Year's resolutions to eat healthier or lose weight might also want to brush up on their math skills.
In a new study, marketing professor Donald Lichtenstein found that nutrition labels on packaged food products in the United States can lead even the most health-conscious consumers astray, if they don't "do the math."
A team of researchers led by the University of Colorado Boulder recently discovered the first prehistoric bronze artifact made from a cast ever found in Alaska, a small, buckle-like object found in an ancient Eskimo dwelling and which likely originated in East Asia.
When considering giving money to humanitarian crises people often donate in response to events that grab their immediate emotions, according to a recent study by CU-Boulder psychology professor Leaf Van Boven.
"The question we wanted to answer with our study is what is the impact of people's emotions on their decisions to make charitable donations," Van Boven said. "We demonstrated that people act on what is immediately emotionally arousing to them. In other words, they respond to what makes them upset in the here and now."
For the past six decades, archaeologists have documented dense populations of ancient Maya in Mexico and Central America—hundreds of people per square kilometer. Corn, beans and squash are well-known Mayan food staples, but they are sensitive to drought and require fertile soils, and thus would be insufficient to feed a large population. So what did the Maya eat?
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Across virtually every area of the federal government, agencies are implementing modern case management solutions to address the exponential growth in the volume of information and the importance of that information. These solutions are tasked with providing the right content to the right people, at the right time, and in the right location.
During the webinar, we will cover:
- Introducing Alfresco Workdesk for Case Management
- Critical elements of Case Management from Search to Workflow to Email Integration
- Utilizing Capture technologies to deliver "paper" content to Case Management systems
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- Mobile Case Management with Alfresco Mobile Workdesk
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The Updated Digital Camera Resources Stockpile
This is basically an slightly updated version of .Altlantis's Ultimate DSLR Thread/Resource
DSLR Camera Reviews
- Canon:
- Canon EOS 300D
- Canon EOS 350D/Rebel XT
- Canon OES 400D/Rebel XTi
- Canon EOS 20D
- Canon EOS 30D
- Canon EOS 5D
- Canon EOS 1Ds
- Canon EOS 1D (Mark II)
- Canon EOS 1Ds (Mark II)
- Nikon D40
- Nikon D50
- Nikon D70
- Nikon D70s
- Nikon D80
- Nikon D100
- Nikon D200
- Nikon D1H
- Nikon D2H
- Nikon D1X
- Nikon D2X
- Nikon D2Xs
- Olympus E-400
- Olympus E-330
- Olympus E-510
- Panasonic DMC-L1
- Pentax K10D
- Pentax *iST DL2
- Pentax *iST DS2
- Pentax *iST DS
- Pentax *iST D
- Samsung GX-10
- Sigma SD14
- Sony A-100
(Kindly stolen from .Atlantis who stole it from Microsoft)
- Ambient light: The natural light in a scene.
- Archival: The ability of a material, including some printing papers and compact discs, to last for many years.
- Aperture: A small, circular opening inside the lens that can change in diameter to control the amount of light reaching the camera's sensor as a picture is taken. The aperture diameter is expressed in f-stops; the lower the number, the larger the aperture. For instance, the aperture opening when set to f/2.8 is larger than at f/8. The aperture and shutter speed together control the total amount of light reaching the sensor. A larger aperture passes more light through to the sensor. Many cameras have an aperture priority mode that allows you to adjust the aperture to your own liking. See also shutter speed.
- Application: A computer program, such as an image editor or image browser.
- Buffer: Memory in the camera that stores digital photos before they are written to the memory card.
- Burning: Selectively darkening part of a photo with an image editing program.
- C.C.D: (Charge Coupled Device) one of the two main types of image sensors used in digital cameras. When a picture is taken, the CCD is struck by light coming through the camera's lens. Each of the thousands or millions of tiny pixels that make up the CCD convert this light into electrons. The number of electrons, usually described as the pixel's accumulated charge, is measured, then converted to a digital value. This last step occurs outside the CCD, in a camera component called an analog-to-digital converter.
- CD-R: (CD-Recordable) a compact disc that holds either 650 or 700 MB of digital information, including digital photos. Creating one is commonly referred to as burning a CD. A CD-R disc can only be written to once, and is an ideal storage medium for original digital photos.
- CD-RW: (CD-Rewritable) similar in virtually all respects to a CD-R, except that a CD-RW disc can be written and erased many times. This makes them best suited to many backup tasks, but not for long term storage of original digital photos.
- C.M.O.S: (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor) one of the two main types of image sensors used in digital cameras. Its basic function is the same as that of a CCD. CMOS sensors are currently found in only a handful of digital cameras.
- C.M.Y.K: (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black) The four colors in the inksets of many photo-quality printers. Some printers use six ink colors to achieve smoother, more photographic prints. The two additional colors are often lighter shades of cyan and magenta.
- CompactFlash: A common type of digital camera memory card, about the size of a matchbook. There are two types of cards, Type I and Type II. They vary only in their thickness, with Type I being slightly thinner. A CompactFlash memory card can contain either flash memory or a miniature hard drive. The flash memory type is more prevalent.
- Contrast: The difference between the darkest and lightest areas in a photo. The greater the difference, the higher the contrast.
- Digital camera: A camera that captures the photo not on film, but in an electronic imaging sensor that takes the place of film.
- Dodging: Selectively lightening part of a photo with an image editing program.
- Download/downloading: The process of moving computer data from one location to another. Though the term is normally used to describe the transfer, or downloading, of data from the Internet, it is also used to describe the transfer of photos from a camera memory card to the computer. Example: I downloaded photos to my PC.
- D.P.I: (Dots per inch) A measurement of the resolution of a digital photo or digital device, including digital cameras and printers. The higher the number, the greater the resolution.
- E.X.I.F: (Exchangeable Image File) the file format used by most digital cameras. For example, when a typical camera is set to record a JPEG, it's actually recording an EXIF file that uses JPEG compression to compress the photo data within the file.
- External flash: A supplementary flash unit that connects to the camera with a cable, or is triggered by the light from the camera's internal flash. Many fun and creative effects can be created with external flash.
- File: A computer document.
- Fill flash: A flash technique used to brighten deep shadow areas, typically outdoors on sunny days. Some digital cameras include a fill flash mode that forces the flash to fire, even in bright light.
- Fire: Slang for shooting a picture. Example: I pressed the shutter button to fire.
- FireWire: A type of cabling technology for transferring data to and from digital devices at high speed. Some professional digital cameras and memory card readers connect to the computer over FireWire. FireWire card readers are typically faster than those that connect via USB. Also known as IEEE 1394, FireWire was invented by Apple Computer but is now commonly used with Windows-based PCs as well.
- Grayscale: A photo made up of varying tones of black and white. Grayscale is synonymous with black and white.
- Highlights: The brightest parts of a photo.
- Histogram: A graphic representation of the range of tones from dark to light in a photo. Some digital cameras include a histogram feature that enables a precise check on the exposure of the photo.
- Image browser: An application that enables you to view digital photos. Some browsers also allow you to rename files, convert photos from one file format to another, add text descriptions, and more.
- Image editor: A computer program that enables you to adjust a photo to improve its appearance. With image editing software, you can darken or lighten a photo, rotate it, adjust its contrast, crop out extraneous detail, remove red-eye and more.
- Image resolution: The number of pixels in a digital photo is commonly referred to as its image resolution.
- Inkjet: A printer that places ink on the paper by spraying droplets through tiny nozzles.
- I.S.O speed: A rating of a film's sensitivity to light. Though digital cameras don't use film, they have adopted the same rating system for describing the sensitivity of the camera's imaging sensor. Digital cameras often include a control for adjusting the ISO speed; some will adjust it automatically depending on the lighting conditions, adjusting it upwards as the available light dims. Generally, as ISO speed climbs, image quality drops.
- J.P.E.G: A standard for compressing image data developed by the Joint Photographic Experts Group, hence the name JPEG. Strictly speaking, JPEG is not a file format, it's a compression method that is used within a file format, such as the EXIF-JPEG format common to digital cameras. It is referred to as a lossy format, which means some quality is lost in achieving JPEG's high compression rates. Usually, if a high-quality, low-compression JPEG setting is chosen on a digital camera, the loss of quality is not detectable to the eye.
- L.C.D: (Liquid Crystal Display) a low-power monitor often used on the top and/or rear of a digital camera to display settings or the photo itself.
- Media: Material that information is written to and stored on. Digital photography storage media includes CompactFlash cards and CDs.
- Megabyte: (MB) A measurement of data storage equal to 1024 kilobytes (KB).
- Megapixel: Equal to one million pixels.
- Memory Stick: A memory card slightly smaller than a single stick of chewing gum. Like CompactFlash and SmartMedia, it is flash-based storage for your photos.
- N.i.M.H: (Nickel Metal-Hydride) a type of rechargeable battery that can be recharged many times. NiMH batteries provide sufficient power to run digital cameras and flashes.
- Online photo printer: A company that receives digital photos uploaded to its Web site, prints them, then sends the prints back by mail or courier.
- Panning: A photography technique in which the camera follows a moving subject. Done correctly, the subject is sharp and clear, while the background is blurred, giving a sense of motion to the photo.
- Pixel: (Picture Element) digital photographs are comprised of thousands or millions of them; they are the building blocks of a digital photo.
- RAW: The RAW image format is the data as it comes directly off the CCD, with no in-camera processing is performed.
- Red-eye:
- The red glow from a subject's eyes caused by light from a flash reflecting off the blood vessels behind the retina in the eye. The effect is most common when light levels are low, outdoor at night, or indoor in a dimly-lit room.
- R.G.B: (Red, Green, Blue) the three colors to which the human visual system, digital cameras and many other devices are sensitive.
- Saturation: How rich the colors are in a photo.
- Sensitivity: See ISO speed.
- Serial: A method for connecting an external device such as a printer, scanner, or camera, to a computer. It has been all but replaced by USB and FireWire in modern computers.
- Sharpness: The clarity of detail in a photo.
- Shutter speed: The camera's shutter speed is a measurement of how long its shutter remains open as the picture is taken. The slower the shutter speed, the longer the exposure time. When the shutter speed is set to 1/125 or simply 125, this means that the shutter will be open for exactly 1/125th of one second. The shutter speed and aperture together control the total amount of light reaching the sensor. Some digital cameras have a shutter priority mode that allows you to set the shutter speed to your liking. See also aperture.
- SmartMedia: a wafer-thin, matchbook size memory card. This is also a flash-memory based storage medium.
- Thumbnail: – A small version of a photo. Image browsers commonly display thumbnails of photos several or even dozens at a time. In Windows XP's My Pictures, you can view thumbnails of photos in both the Thumbnails and Filmstrip view modes.
- U.S.B: (Universal Serial Bus) a protocol for transferring data to and from digital devices. Many digital cameras and memory card readers connect to the USB port on a computer. USB card readers are typically faster than cameras or readers that connect to the serial port, but slower than those that connect via FireWire.
- [b]White balance: – A function on the camera to compensate for different colors of light being emitted by different light sources.
- Photo.net
Hundereds of tutorials, spanning from taking care of your equipment, to shooting the perfect portrait
- Heathrowecs
Brilliant resource for the majority of the Adobe range of products.
- Lexar - Pro Photographer
Absolutely brilliant resource for any aspiring photographer, this is a must to your bookmark collection.
- FredMiranda
Offers a wide range of reviews for many dSLR lenses and accessories. Honest, and includes a wide range of reviews from an intelligent member base.
- The Art of Photography
Glossary with in depth explanations of each catagory. Definitive, and a must have.
- Artworld Tutorials
Absolutely Astounding website covering many, many areas of photography and photoshop techniques.
- Canon Digital Photo Style : Photo Shooting
- Digital Camera Resource Page
- Megapixel.net
- OCAU Wiki: Photography
- M16Labs
- AlleyMan
- JohnnyQ
- .Syphonic
- Atlantis
- Xtreme $niper
- Dallas
- redmosquito
- Brandon
- lan88
- Jack Pearse
- IanD
- Hezron
- SirEvan
- Sensayshun
- shrm03
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- HoBeZ
- Tantawi
- jimmyb2008
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Mario Balotelli's exit won't dent Man City's title hopes - but Liverpool could, says Jamie Redknapp.
Last Updated: 01/02/13 12:36pm
We're used to seeing Manchester City signing big name players on Deadline Day, not selling them - but Mario Balotelli's departure to AC Milan could work in their favour.
The players seemed to like him, the manager obviously loved him and some City fans would say he was a genius - but I never really saw it.
Balotelli gets the attention of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, but when you look at what they produce and what he's done for City then there's no comparison.
He drew a lot of negative attention to the club and when you're going to be as disruptive as he is then you have to produce the goods on the pitch and I don't think he did that consistently enough for them.
He scored just one goal in his 14 appearances in the league this season, completing 90 minutes just once, and those stats simply don't outweigh the hassle which came with him.
I hope the penny drops for him in Italy because it feels like he's wasting his talent at the moment.
We'll never forget his pass to Sergio Aguero for that title-winning strike against QPR, but that was his only league assist in 54 appearances for City and, although Balotelli fans will say it was the one that mattered, his reckless sending off against Arsenal a few weeks before that nearly cost them the title.
On the other hand, you could say he helped them win the title with that red card - without him in the team City pulled together and went on a great run!
I suspect he will find success in Serie A - it isn't as strong as the Premier League - but City will be better off without him.
I doubt Mancini wanted to sell him but he will find his job easier with just Edin Dzeko, Sergio Aguero and Carlos Tevez to keep happy up front and as they're only challenging for the league and FA Cup now they can don't need four big-name forwards anyway.
City's priority now is focussing on a crucial game with Liverpool this Sunday.
Not many would have expected them to drop two points with a goalless draw at QPR in midweek but, although it was a surprising result on paper, I was at the game and the torrential rain and strong winds really had an impact and stopped the champions from getting the ball down and playing the way they can.
But, regardless of the elements, that draw, coupled with Manchester United's win over Southampton the following day, has left them trailing the league leaders by seven points and desperately needing to get back to winning ways this Sunday.
The pressure will really be on City come kick-off as well; United travel to Fulham on Saturday evening and I fully expect them to beat Martin Jol's struggling side and open up a 10-point gap on their neighbours.
And Brendan Rodgers' team will not be an easy proposition either, as Arsene Wenger's Arsenal found out on Wednesday night.
Liverpool were exceptional at times during their 2-2 draw at the Emirates and they'll be fired up for this one, knowing they need a win to maintain their aspirations of finishing in the top four this term.
The visitors will also be boosted by the arrival of Brazilian Philippe Coutinho from Inter Milan, and although the attacking midfielder seems unlikely to feature at the Etihad due to an injury, he's an exciting signing for Liverpool fans.
Small and skinny, Coutinho is very good in one-on-one situations, a good passer and likes to cut in from the left. You can see a mile off he's Brazilian because he's got so much flair and Rodgers will be hoping the 20-year-old, who was touted as the next big thing when he went to Inter, can realise his potential at Anfield.
In the meantime, Rodgers will have to rely on the three S's - Suarez, Sterling and Sturridge - to provide an attacking threat, and with Vincent Kompany struggling with injury and Javi Garcia filling in at centre-half alongside Joleon Lescott, I reckon they can cause City problems.
With Kompany out and Yaya Toure at the Africa Cup of Nations, Liverpool will know they have a good chance of getting a result this weekend - although 3-0 defeats in their past two league trips to the Etihad doesn't bode especially well for them.
This time round I reckon we'll see a repeat of the scoreline from when the sides met at Anfield earlier in the season, with a 2-2 draw leading to more frustration and disappointment for City fans.
That will leave them a fair way off United - but there's still a long way to go until the 2012/13 champions are crowned in May.


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I have downloaded tar.gz files. But I don't know how to install it. How do I install this kind of file?
The first thing you need to do is extracting it in a folder, let's make it your desktop. You can extract an archive right clicking on it and choosing the appropriate entry.
It should create a new folder with a similar name, e.g.
Make sure you first read a file called
The file will contain the right indications to go on with the compiling process. Usually the three "classical" steps are:
You may also need to install some dependencies, generally after some
Remember that your mileage may vary.
You cannot "install" a
Similarly you can extract .tar.bz2 files with
If you would like to see the files being extracted during unpacking, add
Even if you have no Internet connection, you can still use Ubuntu's package management system, just download the
For an easier way to install packages offline, see the question How can I install software offline?.
How you compile a program from a source
Download a package from the software sources or the software center.
If you install a package via the software sources and not downloading the package on your own, you will get new updates to that package and install them via the Update Manager.
You could just install
or by using the software center and searching for
First things first
It is generally not advised to download and install applications from the internet files. Most applications for Ubuntu are available through the "Ubuntu Software Center" on your system (for example, K3B ). Installing from the Software Center is much more secure, much easier, and will allow the app to get updates from Ubuntu.
That said, how to install
First of all it is important to install the package build-essential, it contains all programs needed to compile on your own.
After reading the INSTALL file as stated above and fulfilling the prerequisites you can do the magic.
It is difficult to answer specifically, as each software may have a different build process, even if they are archived as a TAR/GZ
What I can say for most source codes that I know of is that you will first need to extract the tarball archive into a folder of your choice. Then most source codes rely on the AUTOCONF and MAKE programs, so you will need to use the following commands :
To build your binaries, and then :
To install it in the system.
"./configure" uses the autoconf mechanism to retrieve information on your system, and prepare the build scripts in the source file in order to build the appropriate binaries compatible with your installation. "make" will invode the build itself, that will create the binaries out of the source code. "make install" will then copy the binaries, documentation, configuration file, etc. into the appropriate folders of your system so that the software is available to the users.
It is a very basic explanation, the real answer is : read the documentation provided with the source code... Only there you will know exactly how to build it.
Okay, this is a fairly challenging task for a beginner, but just follow my instructions, and it should be fine.
First off, download the .tar.xxx file, and SAVE it. Don't open it. (In these examples, I'll be installing the Dropbox Beta build, because I was going to install it anyway, so I figured that I might as well document the installation.)
After you've downloaded your file, (assuming that you saved it to
NOTE: use the name of whatever file you downloaded. (e.g., for the Firefox Nightly 19.0a1 64-bit build, you would type
Now, change to the
(again, use the name of the downloaded file. Don't forget the extension.)
Okay, check to see what the extracted folder is called:
you'll get something like this:
Okay, in our example, we installed Dropbox, and the only folder there is called
Okay, it's now marked as executable, so it's time to create a symbolic link (this is what allows you to run it from the Terminal):
NOTE: this is
Okay, you're done. The program is now installed and runnable from the Terminal.
This part is fairly simple:
NOTE: If you're installing OVER a previous installation, use
Now, here's where you create the icon. Here's good template; edit it appropriately.
You may want to leave off the MimeType option completely. That could be very bad if you didn't.
Now, click "Save", close it out, and you're in business!
Sorry that tutorial took so long. Thanks for reading!
You should always try to install software from repositories whether it's official, a PPA/any other unofficial repository. That way, you'll get all stable release, security and new feature updates while you install other system updates. Another advantage is that you don't need to worry about building, dependencies and harder uninstallation (since the application won't appear in synaptic) with tar files.
For example, you can install mysql by installing mysql-server package.
If you really want to use tar files, the common process is to run (make install may require sudo):
Please note that some of the above commands may not be necessary, please refer to any readme files in the tar file or try to run
Files with the extension
You can extract this file with...
This will extract the files from the tarball into the directory you are currently in and should create a new directory there with in that the files from the tarball.
Short explanation on the options:
This is probably not enough though. Depending on what it is it could have a complete compiled setup and you need to cd into the new directory and start an executable. It could also contain the source to a program that you need to confire, make, make install. Generally (ie. I would assume) it should contain a readme that explains what to do next.
Installing software like this will NOT install any dependencies and will complain if you try to install a tarball before you installed these dependencies.
Use a website or the file itself to find out if there are dependencies and install those first. But always always always first try to find a
If you are trying to install the gimp plugins you skipped parts of the installation process mentioned in this link.
and you will also need
Before downloading the files with wget visit the website and see if it has newer versions. These instructions are from the 3rd of May 2012 so they could be old ;)
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Saturday, May 9, Teahupo'o, Tahiti
Day one of the waiting period was greeted with tubes rifling down the reef at Teahupo'o and the call was made—the Billabong Pro was on! With the ASP's new format in place, the bottom tier of the Top 45 waxed up and started tossing themselves into sick pits. Justin and I spent the day on the main media boat—right in the middle of the boat pile and facing straight into the tube at Teahupo'o. I think we watched about 50 heats (actually 14) in between swimming around the channel, hopping from boat to boat, and cheering for the best tubes of the day. Everybody was psyched to see Andy Irons back in a jersey and he didn't disappoint as he casually slid into tube after tube and easily won his first heat of 2009. Of course, Andy could not have made it without the help from his intrepid board caddy…me! I got to sit right next to the waves waiting for Andy to break his board. I wasn't exactly sure what I was gonna do if he did break his board, if I would have had to paddle into the lineup and pass him his board and swim out of the impact zone and probably would have been shitting myself, so thank you for not busting your stick AI.
Says Andy, "I couldn't have done it without you bra!" Photo: Bielamann/SPL
Other that that scary 35 minutes of my life, I was bummed to see Dane Reynolds lose, stoked to see Dustin Barca win, and awestruck every time a set came in. The power was incredible, my first impression of Teahupo'o is pure and raw power—even sitting on a board 40 feet away from the take off zone was sketchy.
Dean Morrison. Photo: Bielmann/SPL
Hopefully soon we'll all get to see the place in full tilt psycho mode and really get a taste for some shock and awe, but either way—we'll be in the channel, boat-hopping and hooting for the bros while sitting safe on the boat, drinking Hinano's and fully bronzing. Enjoy the photos and make sure to tune into the live Web cast at www.billabongpro.com when the event get rolling again, we're looking at a nice west swell Tuesday and Wednesday so stay tuned!—Chris Cote
After watching round one, who's your pick to win?
Josh Kerr ends his day with a bang at day one of the Billabong Pro Teahupo'o. Photo: Bielmann/SPL
Heat 1: Tim Reyes (USA) 3.90 def. Mikael Picon (FRA) 3.23
Heat 2: Ben Dunn (AUS) 16.00 def. Chris Davidson (AUS) 12.97
Heat 3: Dean Morrison (AUS) 17.00 def. Nathaniel Curran (USA) 8.40
Heat 4: Phillip MacDonald (AUS) 12.10 def. Chris Ward (USA) 10.56
Heat 5: Marlon Lipke (DEU) 15.00 def. Drew Courtney (AUS) 5.90
Heat 6: Aritz Aranburu (EUK) 13.57 def. Dane Reynolds (USA) 12.67
Heat 7: Dayyan Neve (AUS) 13.10 vs. Patrick Gudauskas (USA) 12.16
Heat 8: Heiarii Williams (PYF) 14.17 def. Kekoa Bacalso (HAW) 5.70
Heat 9: Kai Otton (AUS) 14.40 def. Bruno Santos (BRA) 12.60
Heat 10: Andy Irons (AUS) 14.50 def. Jihad Khodr (BRA) 4.77
Heat 11: Dustin Barca (HAW) 10.94 def. David Weare (ZAF) 6.77
Heat 12: Jay Thompson (AUS) 14.00 def. Greg Emslie (ZAF) 4.37
Heat 13: Tim Boal (FRA) 7.24 def. Nic Muscroft (AUS) 6.93
Heat 14: Josh Kerr (AUS) 15.50 def. Tiago Pires (PRT) 11.03
Heat 15: Heitor Alves (BRA) vs. Michel Bourez (PYF)
Heat 16: Roy Powers (HAW) vs. Mick Campbell (AUS)
Heat 1: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Phillip MacDonald (AUS)
Heat 2: Jeremy Flores (FRA) vs. Jay Thompson (AUS)
Heat 3: Kieren Perrow (AUS) vs. TBA
Heat 4: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. Marlon Lipke (DEU)
Heat 5: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) vs. Josh Kerr (AUS)
Heat 6: Adrian Buchan (AUS) vs. TBA
Heat 7: Taylor Knox (USA) vs. Kai Otton (AUS)
Heat 8: Joel Parkinson (AUS) vs. Heiarii Williams (PYF)
Heat 9: Bede Durbidge (AUS) vs. Andy Irons (HAW)
Heat 10: Bobby Martinez (USA) vs. TBA
Heat 11: Adriano de Souza (BRA) vs. Dustin Barca (HAW)
Heat 12: Jordy Smith (ZAF) vs. TBA
Heat 13: Kelly Slater (USA) vs. Aritz Aranburu (EUK)
Heat 14: Damien Hobgood (USA) vs. TBA
Heat 15: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs. Ben Dunn (AUS)
Heat 16: Tom Whitaker (AUS) vs. Tim Boal (FRA)
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Recently, the Google Docs interface was upgraded to allow more options for organizing and viewing your Documents stored online.
- The "Home" screen automatically displays the Docs that you view most often. However, this content can easily be adjusted. To remove a Doc from the Home screen, simply right-click the Doc, and select "Don't show in home." To add a Doc to your Home screen, click "All items" in the left navigational menu, right-click the Doc you want to add, and select "Show in home."
- You can still search by Document type (text, spreadsheet, pdf, etc.) and ownership, but now, you can also search for a Document based on visibility (SLU, People at SLU with the link, Private, or Not shared). To search for Documents by visibility, just click "More options" in the toolbar and select the visibility permission that you would like to search.
- A "Sort by Priority" option has also been added. "Priority" sorts Docs so that the most frequently accessed Docs appear first in the list. "Title" sorts Docs alphabetically by title, and "Last modified"/"Last opened" sorts Docs by date modified/opened.
- A preview pane has been added to the right side of the screen. To preview any Doc, highlight the Doc by moving your mouse pointer over it and then click anywhere to the left or right of the Doc title. Clicking the Doc title will open the Doc. But, clicking to the left or the right of the title will display a preview in the right pane.
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So who's up for it then?
1. If there is a tie on who's to be voted off, then none of the players who receive the most votes will get the boot. There will be no coin toss. The person who gets the second most votes will get the boot.
Example (with 7 players)
Player A 2 votes
Player B 2 votes
Player C 2 votes
Player D 1 votes
Player E 0 votes
Player F 0 votes
Player G 0 votes
In this situation Player D would be booted off.
2. You can vote for yourself. It might be tactically wise in some situations.
3. Any player who doesn't use all their 3 votes, if they survive, will only get 2 votes next round.
4. The number of killers is unknown.
5. The number and nature of the good guys' special powers is unknown.
6. Only one player (maximum) will be killed each night.
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KoRnspace and KoRncentral are down, what the fuk?
For how long? This is an outrage! A...nightmare! What the hell is wrong with having sites up dedicated to those that you enjoy? Makes no damn sense and this shit needs to stop! I am not getting why this is happening. Anybody care to help me out and understand this bullshit? This is supposed to be a FREE country and it seems that most of our country is nothing but ban here, ban there and make the internet an only business place to be at where only suits frolic about. What a bunch of total shit. Sorry to rant, makes absolutely no sense. Those fans took a lot of time building that shit up and someone comes along and tears it down.
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Re: KoRnspace and KoRncentral are down, what the fuk?
SOPA is kind of like shooting a person when he breaks the law.
Good thing it was nuked for the time being. Good job, internet.
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Re: KoRnspace and KoRncentral are down, what the fuk?
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So... are politics cool now?
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I post Korn all the time
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- 1 Preparing an Annotated Bibliography
- 2 What is an annotated bibliography?
- 3 What is the purpose of an annotated bibliography?
- 4 What is the process of writing an annotated bibliography?
- 5 Sample entry for a book using MLA format
- 6 Sample entry for an article using MLA format
- 7 Internet Resources
- 8 More help
Preparing an Annotated Bibliography
This guide is intended to help students with the task of preparing an annotated bibliography.
What is an annotated bibliography?
As a student, you are familiar with the requirement of a bibliography or works cited page for a research paper. All books, magazine, newspaper, and journal articles, and websites you consult for information on your topic, as well as any interviews, emails, or other communications you conduct, must be documented in your works cited or bibliography. An annotated bibliography is a list of works with annotations, or brief analytical descriptions, for each item in the list. Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines an annotation as "a note added by way of comment or explanation"(link to footnote here-how do I mark up if not linking to a page section?) The accuracy of the annotations proves to your instructor that you have carefully read and assessed the works and placed them in context among other works that you have chosen to annotate.
1. "annotation." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2009. Merriam-Webster Online. 5 March 2009 <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annotation>
What is the purpose of an annotated bibliography?
An annotated bibliography can be thought of as an early step in the process of writing a research paper. It is a way to show your audience that you have made an effort to learn about the books, articles, and other sources already written on your topic. A well-written and carefully composed annotated bibliography conveys to your professor that you have accomplished the following:
- One researched your topic and selected appropriate sources on the topic
- Two read each source you have chosen to include in the annotated bibliography
- Three described and analyzed each source briefly and effectively
What is the process of writing an annotated bibliography?
- One Do research and select sources. Do not include encyclopedias in your annotated bibliography, but consult them to gather background information on a topic that is new or unfamiliar to you. Careful selection of sources will help you create an effective and high-quality annotated bibliography. You can always get help with research from a reference librarian at the City Tech library.
- Two Read the sources you have selected, taking notes that will help you evaluate it. Pay attention to the scope of the work and its intended audience, as well as the author's viewpoint and credentials on the topic. Consider the timeliness of the source. You may decide to eliminate some and may need to return to the research step to find new, more appropriate sources.
- Three Using MLA style, cite each source. Put the list of sources in an alphabetical or chronological list, depending on what your professor requires. Consult the MLA guide on the library website for help with MLA style.
- Four Using a concise and analytical writing style, describe and analyze the sources you select. Do not just repeat the information from the abstract or introduction. Offer enough summary so that the reader is familiar with the most important ideas, and be sure to include some analysis of the work. Combining description and evaluation of the source in a concise way should be your goal.
Sample entry for a book using MLA format
(need help with hanging indent here) Florida, Richard. Who's Your City? How the Creative Economy is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life. New York: Basic Books, 2008.
Florida's latest contribution to his body of work on the creative economy focuses on how the place where we choose to live matters in our working lives and in our overall happiness. Because of globalization, he argues, creative and innovative professional work is increasingly consolidated in a relative handful of geographic locations worldwide; he does not believe that enhanced electronic communications have made the importance of place obsolete. Florida does not spend much time considering members of the working population who cannot afford to choose to relocate to places where innovation fuels economic growth, instead focusing his analysis on the professional-level creative class who are privileged enough to be mobile. Florida takes the unusual step of including a "how-to" or "self-help" section, offering readers a framework on which to analyze their own lives to determine what place is best for both their careers and their overall happiness. The book concludes with appendices providing demographic and economic data on various metropolitan regions and a "Place Finder" worksheet for readers to rank various criteria to determine their own best place to live and work.
Sample entry for an article using MLA format
(need help with hanging indent here) Currid, Elizabeth. "How Art and Culture Happen in New York." Journal of the American Planning Association 73.4 (2007): 454-467. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 25 June 2010.
Post-industrial urban and regional economies have shifted from the production of tangible goods to the production of ideas, knowledge, and other valuable products of intellectual labor. Currid explores the roles that producers of arts and culture play in economic development of cities and urban regions, both as an amenity that the creative professional classes demand from their environments, and as legitimate and important contributors to economic development. The paper relies on interviews with cultural producers to make the argument that cultural production (employment in the arts) can be as vital to a city's economy as financial sector employment. Through her interviews, the author shows that the growth of the creative economy is dependent on informal networks of cultural producers; there is very little that is systematic, government-regulated, or otherwise institutionalized, unlike most other economic sectors. This article explores how creative industries contribute towards economic development of cities. It helps complete the picture of new directions in urban economic development, but the ideas here would be most useful placed in context of other economic development tools.
Internet Resources
The following sites from other universities have excellent examples and explanations to help you prepare an annotated bibliography:
The Online Writing Lab at Purdue University offers a three-part guide on annotated bibliographies:
- One A how-to and overview of the process
- Two An example using MLA Style
- Three More samples of annotated bibliography entries in MLA, APA, and Chicago style, and a formatted sample to download (.pdf)
This annotated bibliography guide from the University of North Carolina provides a very strong explanation of various writing styles and different types of annotations. It also provides examples of annotated bibliography entries in MLA and APA style. For those seeking more help and examples, the guide concludes with a list of works consulted.


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Several other online stores (such as, Amazon) are offering Free Shipping to save you some bucks and there will indeed be more (possibility better) offerings before this year rolls out. If you spot a good one post it here or drop one of us an email.
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OH your post is so timely. On Black Friday, LEGO stores will be giving out a scratch off card for either 10%, 20% or 50% off your purchase. Never in my life have I been tempted to venture out on Black Friday. This just might do it! My friend advises that I go 40min before closing time.
But w/ the internet sales you've just posted, I'll likely save myself the hastle and the trip to the LEGO store for what probably would be only 10% off.
Last year, I got our first NXT kit w/ a 20% internet coupon w/ free shipping. I was hoping for the same this year but those coupons were out in September so I likely missed them.
Again, thanks for posting the sales. You saved me some money.
- Nov 20, 2007, 3:49:00 AM
- Christopher R. Smith (Littlehorn) said...
You're Welcome.
The scratch-off discounts would be great if I had a LEGO Store in my part of the country.
- Nov 20, 2007, 4:00:00 AM
The Science Kit for educators link shows an RIS. The parts list also doesn't match the Retail NXT kit or the Education kit w/ only 2 motors etc.
- Nov 20, 2007, 5:25:00 AM
Black Friday sites have posted the Micro Center circular for Friday, showing $179.99 for the NXT kit. (plus about $6 shipping).
- Nov 20, 2007, 7:31:00 AM
- Talking Chimp said...
Correction. Micro Center itself has posted its Black Friday circular:
- Nov 20, 2007, 7:33:00 AM
- Christopher R. Smith (Littlehorn) said...
A RIS...? Interesting. When I made the SciKit link it WAS a sale for the NXT. Or, maybe my eyes just saw "MINDSTORMS" and went with it...oh well. It's Monday!
I really thought that these earlybird sales were going to be the high side for the NXT this season.
The MicroCenter $179.99 is nice but it is for In-Store purchases only.
Post them when you see them. The sales are going to be quick.
- Nov 20, 2007, 7:51:00 AM
The USA Today had an article about "Cyber Monday" when many internet companies will run sales. I'll check Black Friday and then Cyber Monday and see what deals I can find. I suppose I need to start getting my DH on board about buying another NXT. 8-)
- Nov 20, 2007, 9:28:00 AM
- Matthias Paul Scholz said...
Dear me...that's half the price you have to spend for that kit in Germany!
Hm..could someone buy me, say, a hundred of those kits and bring them over the pond at the next visit in Europe? ;-)
- Nov 20, 2007, 8:43:00 PM
- Andy said...
thats like 30% of what it costs here in Norway! 250 bucks is half the price of Norway so event that is "cheap" for me :-S If I only had the money I would have ordered one now and get my grandma to send it to me so I would have gotten it before cristmas.. If I only had the money to buy a couple.. *sigh*
- Nov 20, 2007, 11:20:00 PM
Microcenter Online no longer has any NXTs. She said I can call a Microcenter in my state and they can ship it to me and they should honor the online price.
- Nov 21, 2007, 2:22:00 AM
Eurobotniks: If you come over here and buy enough of them, you might save enough to pay for the airfare from Europe to U.S. ....
I'm just sayin'.
- Nov 21, 2007, 4:29:00 AM
- thepez said...
I just bought a NXT kit at the Denver Microcenter - I may still wait in line for the extra $20 off on Friday morning. Anyway, it looked to me like they had 20 or 30 in stock. As the other poster said, that $180 deal is in-store only.
I was there last year for BF and it was crazy. They may not have the same incredible deals this year but it may not be worth saving the extra $20 if it takes 4 hours to complete the purchase.
- Nov 21, 2007, 5:32:00 AM
- Jim Kelly said...
I won't even try. Our Microcenter in Atlanta suffers from the one-checkout-line-only syndrome... just like the Houston store.
I sometimes like to count how many people just leave and drop their stuff on the counter as they go out... very poor customer service at purchase time - they're great on the floor when you have a question.
- Nov 21, 2007, 5:39:00 AM
Any word on whether there will be any sales on NXTs on CyberMonday? I'm wondering if I should buy now or wait.
- Nov 22, 2007, 3:11:00 AM
FAO Schwartz has 25% off everything online, and free shipping. Their NXT sets are $255 normally, but $191.25 with the discount. 11/26 $ 11/27
- Nov 27, 2007, 4:14:00 AM
I just checked FAO, the NXTs are out of stock and you can't get a raincheck for the sail price. They do have the technic bulldozer however.
- Nov 27, 2007, 1:02:00 PM
I ended up buying one w/a 247coupon for target but it was only 10% off and free shipping. I missed all the good deals....
- Nov 27, 2007, 10:48:00 PM
Well it's 2008, not 2007. And the best deal I can find is here: http://www.mrrobot.com/legog/
$219 + shipping.
- Dec 2, 2008, 1:40:00 AM


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Simple. How they use the female talent.
I say female talent because both company's have a lot of talent, but are using it in completely different ways.
TNA exceeds on how brilliant they use the knockouts. They give them around 8-14 minutes every week on Impact, including promos, backstage segments and good long plus a VARIETY of matches. They combine beauty with talent,
Ok so I've seen a few entries on here about the top entrances of superstars but I feel as if the divas and knockouts should get some recognition!
So let's get started! Top 10 of all time!
10. Torrie Wilson
Why? No matter what the music, Torrie had a sexy entrance and usually got a good pop from the crowd!
Night of Champions 2009: Michelle McCool (C) vs Melina WWE Womens Championship match
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1) Beth Phoenix vs Natalya
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Why Republicans Keep Calling Women Sluts
As you've heard, yesterday Mike Huckabee stepped up to the plate and smacked a stand-up double in the GOP's ongoing effort to alienate every woman in America, when he said, "If the Democrats want to insult the women of America by making them believe that they are helpless without Uncle Sugar coming in and providing for them a prescription each month for birth control because they cannot control their libido or their reproductive system without the help of government then so be it! Let us take that discussion all across America because women are far more than the Democrats have played them to be."
As expected, Huckabee quickly explained to his supporters who the real victim is here ("I am apparently the worst conservative ever or at least the most annoying one according to the left wingers in Washington today"), but the question is, why do they keep doing this? After all, every Republican knows by now that their party has a problem with women; Mitt Romney lost their votes by 11 points. The simple answer is that they can't help themselves, but more specifically, it's a combination of ignorance, contempt, and Puritan morality that inevitably leads to these eruptions. And it's going to keep happening. Let's look at the particulars:
Ignorance: These kinds of statements tend to come from older conservative men who have no idea how ladyparts work, and really don't want to know. That extends to contraception, which as far as they're concerned is something that is women's responsibility and therefore there's no need to understand it. That accounts for the bizarrely widespread belief that all forms of contraception work like condoms: a one-use kind of thing that is employed whenever sex is desired. Which is why Rush Limbaugh said that Sandra Fluke was obviously a "slut" if she wanted contraception to be covered by the insurance she was paying for, because "She's having so much sex she can't afford the contraception." And Huckabee believes that you only need birth control every month if you have a rampaging libido, while if you were more chaste, it would be something that would sit at the back of the cabinet, seldom brought out but there if necessary, like that little container of tumeric you once bought for a particularly exotic recipe and might some day use again.
Since Mike Huckabee doesn't have 18 kids, I'm guessing his wife has used contraception throughout their marriage. But a Baptist minister and his wife have a "don't ask, don't tell" arrangement when it comes to that sort of thing, just like millions of other couples, which enables him to continue believing that only a fallen woman would need to take a contraceptive pill every doggone day like she was some kind of insatiable sex machine who barely had time to cook his food and do his laundry in between all that rutting. Which brings us to...
Beliefs about sin: The morality clearly reflected in these statements is that sex is inherently sinful. It's a tiny bit sinful for the man—the kind of thing you might feel a little guilty about, but you can get over quickly—but it's hugely sinful for the woman. An unwanted pregnancy is the just punishment a woman receives for having sex, and a virtuous woman doesn't have sex except for those rare occasions when her husband wants to impregnate her. That's why Huckabee can say—sincerely, I'm sure—that it's an insult for Democrats to say women should have access to contraception, because that's the same as saying women lack virtue. Women who don't need contraception "are far more than the Democrats have played them to be."
The conception of sex as inherently sinful drives pretty much every conservative policy position that touches on sex, perhaps most notably the support for abstinence-only sex education. The fact that abstinence-only sex education has been shown over and over to fail is of only passing concern to them, because what they want out of sex education isn't so much practical things like a reduction in teen pregnancy and the spread of STDs, but a moral statement: sex is bad. If you talk to kids about sex without telling them it's bad, you've cooperated with immorality. Conservatives seem to be constitutionally unable to discuss anything that touches on sex without including some kind of moral condemnation in everything they say.
Tone-deafness: Huckabee's position is that saying "Democrats are treating women like dirty sluts by saying they should have access to birth control!" is very, very different from just saying women are dirty sluts. He feels he's been falsely accused of saying the latter, when he was really just saying the former. I'm sure that he thinks that if women just understood the full context of his statement, they'd realize he respects and honors them. What he doesn't get is that women actually want and need contraception, and 99 percent of women who have had sex have used some form of contraception at some point in their lives. So when he tells them that contraception is for sluts, what they hear isn't "Because I care for you, I don't want you to become a slut," what they hear is, "You're a slut."
This seems to come up again and again: Republicans think they're talking to a nation of nuns, when in reality they're talking to actual women whose lives and experiences are different from what Republicans imagine them to be. If you told them that, guess what, your wife uses contraception, and so does your sister, and so does your daughter, and not only that, so did your mom, they'd cry "Nuh-uh!" and stick their fingers in their ears.
Which is why this is going to keep happening. Maybe Republicans can be convinced to steer clear of saying appalling things about rape, but the subject of contraception is going to keep coming up because of the Affordable Care Act's mandate that it be included in insurance plans. And every time it does, they're going to keep pushing women away. They can't help themselves.
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Sat, 2014-01-25 02:53
Got a question here.
I come as someone who thinks Mike Huckabee is a doofus, fully capable of insulting virtually anyone, not just women.
That said, I do not agree with the cost of contraceptives being subsidized by government programs and therefore by taxpayers. Nothing religious about that stance; I am agnostic. Nor am I a Republican.
It just seems to me, and I suppose Huckabee would agree, this matter is outside the appropriate province of government. The question: Does my position on this automatically put me in the sexist penalty box? Am I "wrong headed" on this issue in your judgement?
Sat, 2014-01-25 09:01
First of all, there are lots of things my tax dollars subsidize that I don't agree with- bailing out banks for doing stupid things, spending trillions on useless wars, giving tax breaks to billionaires, but the thing about living in a Republic, and not a Democracy is that you elect people to spend the money for you. You don't really get to say what your dollars can pay for and can't pay for.
Furthermore, your tax dollars that subsidize contraception are such a tiny amount of the whole, that one begins to wonder where your priorities lie. The fact is, the woman's insurance company will pay far more for covering 100% of the cost of contraceptives than you will, and guess what? They're perfectly fine with that! It's far cheaper to provide contraception than to pay for the cost of having a baby.
Sat, 2014-01-25 09:02
Yes, you are wrong headed. The cost of contraceptives is NOT "being subsidized by government programs and therefore by taxpayers." Prescription contraceptives are being covered by insurance policies just like any other prescription drug dispensed by a medical doctor. Beyond that, 15-20% of women use prescription contraceptives for medical reasons other than to prevent pregnancy, Why is there no uproar about a "erectile dysfunction" mandate? We all know why - because a male-only medical treatment would NEVER be excluded from insurance policies. Once you say, "All insurance will cover every accepted medical treatment except those used exclusively by women," you are trying to control women and/or make them pay extra for being female, which is not legal. This post is about as intelligent an analysis of why Republican "moths" keep flying too close to this "flame" as any I have every read. And bravo that it was written by a man.
Sat, 2014-01-25 13:52
For the vast majority of women who use contraception, by your numbers 80 - 85%, contraception is not health care or a medical treatment. It is a health choice no different than taking vitamins or going to the gym. Therefore, it is wrongheaded to have such an open mandate when it could have been more narrowly defined. Also, the law requires health insurers to give superior coverage to contraceptives than they give to other prescription medications or medical devices, as the insurer cannot even require the same deductible and/or copayment as they can otherwise require. There is no reason that contraceptive coverage could not have been left to the free markets as has been done for ED treatments like Viagra, which has been removed from coverage for many public employees due to citizen outrage that they were required to pay them... and ED treatments are at least a treatment for a legitimate medical condition or lack of function.
Sat, 2014-01-25 08:43
As a woman, and a registered Republican (gasp, but in truth I believe in Freedom, Liberty, and the Constitution, but there is no party for that) I agree with tmott......First, its vital that we stop using the terms democrate and republican. Those terms are so far removed from todays government that they are only misleading to the younger generations, who must by now be so confused. Liberal or Conservative (I'm being kind) if you please. When, where, and why the Hell is the government so involved in our personal lives? All other subjects aside, I personally believe NO ONE has the right to tell me what to do with my body, I would hope that I was raised to be a decent enough person to know what to do with it myself. But if not, if I make a "mistake" then it is my mistake to correct. I work hard for my money and I don't believe for a second that one cent should go for birth control or abortions. Not a penny. I fully support birth control, if a person chooses to use it....then that person can pay for it. Even as easy as BC is to get and use there seems to be no decrease in the # of abortions. That makes no sense to me. One or the other should work.....we are certainly paying for both! Maybe(?) if mistakes were not so easy to fix, fewer would be made? Just a thought.
Sun, 2014-01-26 22:12
Well, if one believes that birth control that is paid for through ones insurance isn't prudent, then you must agree that supporting a child and single mother who must depend upon welfare to be the correct thing.
For every action there is a consequence. And social consequences are more far reaching than most here are realizing.
Sat, 2014-01-25 08:51
Your comment includes a false assumption. Free contraception is not subsidized. Most insurance policies are not subsidized, of course. Health insurance premiums under a relatively small percentage of policies under the ACA receive government subsidies (for lower income people) regardless of the contraception mandate. However, insurance companies want the contraception mandate because it saves them money and keeps premiums lower. Actuarily, the cost of unplanned pregnancies (to insurance companies and secondarily to the government through government subsidies) is much more than free contraception. Therefore, free contraception saves everyone money -- women, health insurers and the government. The contraception mandate is actually something that the health care industry supports as a cost saving mechanism.
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Obviously, svtcarboy, you are not following the debate in the public sector, where there is a lot of opposition by some companies to providing birth control in health insurance. If you are not aware of it, I strenuously advocate that you look into it. This is NOT a matter of religious choice, this is a secular health matter, and it should remain so.
Sat, 2014-01-25 10:22
Covering reliable prescription contraceptives is good medical policy. Bad medical policy is making contraception and abortion harder to get by imposing financial and political restrictions on access that don't exist is the rest of the developed world. This can be seen in WHO statistics that show the U.S. with the highest unintended pregnancy rate in the developed world and an infant and maternal mortality rate comparable to the third world in states that have these restrictions.
The Republican policy on reproductive issues is based on ignorance and lack of respect for women as autonomous individuals using religion as a fig leaf to justify it.
Sun, 2014-01-26 05:07
Brava, arlene.cayer! I couldn't say it better! I also find it implausible the these same Republicans have no issue with Viagra or the huge host of other prescription drugs available to men to get an erection so they can make their way into a vagina and release their libido... What else are they going to do with that erection? And as others in these comments have pointed out, there are many other medical issues which are directly addressed with birth control pills--the ignorance factor is huge and I suppose that their distrust of science and even empirical data is part of their problem---but we should not have to suffer or be treated differently due to their religious beliefs or puritanical values.
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Insurance is not and has never been intended to cover every expense. Rather, it is designed to protect the policy holder from unexpected catastrophic expenses by spreading risk over a large population. If we treated auto insurance like health insurance, we would expect it to cover oil changes, which is in most cases far more important to the health of your car than contraception is to the health of a person.
After all, in the vast majority of cases, contraception is not health care, but rather a voluntary health choice like taking vitamins or going to the gym. It is not being used to treat or correct an infection, injury, or malfunction of the body. It does not protect or maintain health in this vast majority of cases. Even worse, the federal government requires contraception to receive superior coverage than far more essential medical devices, treatments, and prescriptions because there cannot be deductibles or copayments associated with contraception that can apply to a pacemaker or statin medications for cholesterol.
Coverage of contraceptives outside of active treatment for a medical condition should have been left to the free markets to offer if demanded by rate payers.
Sat, 2014-01-25 15:23
Health insurance is not like other insurance. It is intended to do more than just cover catastrophic events. It's the system through which we pay for virtually all health services - those that are "voluntary" and those that aren't.
I've had employer provided coverage virtually all my life, and for at least 20 years now the coverage has included an annual physical with no co-pay. Insurers are happy to do this. Why? Because an annual physical is great from a cost point of view: it's better to catch something early than late, both because the cost is lower AND because the likelihood of successful treatment is higher. People can still choose whether or not they want to have the physical, but the fact it is free is an indication that the system wants us to do this.
The same logic applies in the case of contraception. The only reason this is so controversial is that some people, whether it be for religious or other reasons, have problems with sex.
Besides, it WAS demanded by ratepayers. Until the ACA, virtually every health insurance plan in the country provided this, because it made sense from a policy perspective. Never heard the bishops or anyone else batting an eye about it. Even church policies provides it. Suddenly with the ACA it's a problem?
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