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Where TNA should go with the Storm vs Roode feud
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Wasson everyone Lucha_Libre here discussing how I feel THE TNA rivarly everyones talking about should go. It will start from Thursdays Impact going to Lockdown - which will be the blowoff.
Bobby Roode come out. He says that although hes happy for Storm, he never got a rematch for the title that he was screwed out of by that son of a bitch Angle. Storm comes out and says that he agrees with him - but Sting told him earlier that he will have to face Angle 1st. Sting comes out and says this is true - as Angle will be sueing Impact Wrestling unless he gets his rematch 1st. So the deal is - at Turning Point its Storm vs Angle and the winner will face Bobby Roode at Final Resoultion.
James Storm beats Kurt Angle when the referee is knocked down Immortal comes out and surround the ring. Fortune comes out for the save. Roode breaks away from the group into the ring with a steel chair. Angle stands up just behind Storm. Roode swings the chair - seemingly aiming at Storm but hits Angle. Storm pins Angle for the 3 count.
James Storm comes out and calls out Roode. He questions Roode on who he meant to hit at Turning Point. Roode claims he meant to hit Angle and that Beer Money means everything to him. He's upset about how Storm questions him about how he thought Roode meant to hit him. They shake hands.
James Storm beats Bobby Roode using the crossface. After the match Roode is pissed because not only did he lose - he lost to his own submission move. After the match Storm extends his hand but Roode rejects although when hes halfway up the ramp he has a change of heart and heads back and hugs Roode.
Roode comes out and demands 1 more match. Samoa Joe interrupts and says he destroyed everyone in the lockerroom and now wants a title match. Sting makes a number 1 contenders match between the 2 for tonight.
Samoa Joe beats Bobby Roode with the muscle buster. Sting comes out and says that Roode can be the Special Guest Referee.
James Storm beats Samoa Joe w/Bobby Roode as the special guest referee because whenever Joe looked like he was going to win, Roode pretended to be hurt. After the match Roode holds up Storms arm and seems torn over whenever to hit him or hug him. In the end he hugs him, but then low blows hims and hits the Last Call. Roode then holds the title high, saying to Storm "Sorry, about your damn luck"
Roode comes out to explain why he did what he did at Genesis. He takes us back to when Storm won the title. He had to work hard all summer to win the BFG series - and the night after he gets the title shot - Storm gets a shot the night after. How is that fair. Storm comes out and says that all Roode is, is a giant bag of walking s***. He won the title fair and square and Roodes just bitter because he couldn't get the job done. Samoa Joe comes out and says he wants a rematch because he got royally screwed at Genesis. Mr. Anderson comes out and says it's been so long since he's had a title match that he wants 1. Jeff Hardy, AJ Styles and Kurt Angle all comes out to make their claims. Sting comes out and says that at Against All Odds it will be a 20 man battle royal tonight where the winner will get the title shot at Against All Odds.
Jeff Hardy and Bobby Roode are the last 2 in when they both are eliminated at the same time. Sting annouces a triple threat match at Against all Odds.
Bobby Roode beats Jeff Hardy and James Storm to become the new TNA world heavyweight champion. After the match Storm brings in a singaporen cane and begins whipping Roode with it. Storm stands tall to end the show.
Storm comes out. He immediatly says that he wants his bitch to come out. Roode comes out and he says what do you want. Storm says WELL WHAT I WANT YOU MOTHER F***ING ASSEHOLE IS MY TITLE BACK. Roode says no. Sting comes out and he says yes. The match is set for Victory Road.
Bobby Roode beats James Storm with the Fishermans Suplex. After the match Roode extends his arm. Storm shakes it but Roode goes for a clothesline, Storm sees it coming and ducks and hits the Last Call.
Roode comes out, he says hes pissed off about what happened at Victory Road. He says that he's a nice guy so he will give Storm 1 more match - tonight - Storm says why not instead of tonight why not inside a steel cage - when for 1 night the 6 sides of steel comes back. Why not at LETHAL LOCKDOWN. Roode says no. Sting comes out and says thats not his choice. At Lockdown it will be Roode vs Storm for The TNA World heavyweight Championship. But he says this time their will be no rematches after this. This is THE END. The loser can only have another title match when the other loses the title. Both men stare each other down.
James Storms makes Storm submit with a cloverleaf to become the new TNA World Heavyweight Championship. He helps up Roode who decides instead of attacking Storm, he leaves the ring to let Storm celebrate


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What to Watch on TV Tonight: Wetpaint Entertainment's Must-See Shows For the Week of October 8
Happy Monday, TV lovers! Wetpaint Entertainment is here with a rundown of all the shows you need to watch this week.
Monday, October 8 | Tuesday, October 9 | Wednesday, October 10 | Thursday, October 11 | Friday, October 12 | Sunday, October 14
Wednesday, October 10
The X Factor, 8-10 p.m. on FOX: Season 2's boot camp continues.
Survivor: Philippines, 8-9 p.m. on CBS: Another Season 25 castaway is voted out of the game.
SERIES PREMIERE! Arrow, 8-9 p.m. on The CW: In the pilot episode of this new superhero series, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) is discovered alive on a remote island in the Pacific five years after he was thought to have died in a shipwreck. Back in Starling City, Oliver slowly reconnects with those closest to him and secretly creates the persona of Arrow — a vigilante — to right the wrongs of his family and fight the ills of society. [WATCH THE PREVIEW]
Supernatural, 9-10 p.m. on The CW: Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) take Kevin's (guest star Osric Chau) strong-willed mother (guest star Lauren Tom) on their quest to find the tablet in "What's Up, Tiger Mommy?"
Modern Family, 9-9:30 and 9:30-10 p.m. on ABC: Phil (Ty Burrell) and Claire (Julie Bowen) drop Haley (Sarah Hyland) off at college in "Schooled," and Phil goes in for a vasectomy in "Snip."
SERIES PREMIERE! Nashville, 10-11 p.m. on ABC: In the pilot of this new series about two country music stars — an aging icon (Connie Britton's Rayna Jaymes) and a young, massively popular artist (Hayden Panettiere's Juliette Barnes) — Rayna learns that her record label wants her to tour with Juliette as the breakout star's opening act. [WATCH THE PREVIEW]
SERIES PREMIERE! Chicago Fire, 10-11 p.m. on NBC: In this new series from Law & Order creator Dick Wolf, the firefighters, rescue squad, and paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51 put their lives on the line. Jesse Spencer's Lt. Matthew Casey butts heads with Taylor Kinney's Kelly Severide over a fallen team member in the premiere.
Thursday, October 11
PREMIERE! The Vampire Diaries, 8-9 p.m. on The CW: In the Season 4 premiere, "Growing Pains," Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Bonnie (Kat Graham) attempt to change Elena's (Nina Dobrev) fate when she awakens to find that she died with vampire blood in her system. Meanwhile, Damon (Ian Somerhalder) takes out his frustration and rage on Matt (Zach Roerig), and Pastor Young (guest star Michael Reilly Burke) and the Town Council members begin rounding up the vampires and their supporters. [WATCH THE PREVIEW]
SERIES PREMIERE! Beauty and the Beast, 9-10 p.m. on The CW: In the pilot episode of this series about a dangerous relationship, police officer Cat Chandler (Kristin Kreuk) investigates a case that leads her to the man who saved her as a teenager — Vincent Keller (Jay Ryan), a doctor who becomes a terrifying beast when enraged. Instead of being afraid, however, Cat is touched by — and powerfully drawn to — the person who lives within the Beast. [WATCH THE PREVIEW]
Last Resort, 8-9 p.m. on ABC: In "Eight Bells," Marcus (Andre Braugher) leads a search for three missing crew members of the Colorado — a search that leads them to Serrat's (Sahr Ngaujah) compound, where they receive an ominous demand.
2012 Vice Presidential Debate, 9-11 p.m. on multiple channels: Vice President Joe Biden (D) and Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) debate domestic and foreign issues.
The X Factor, 8-9 p.m. on FOX: The judge's house rounds kick off.
30 Rock, 8-8:30 p.m. on NBC: Political satire at TGS drives a wedge between Liz (Tina Fey) and Jack (Alec Baldwin).
Up All Night, 8:30-9 p.m. on NBC: Chris (Will Arnett) and Ava (Maya Rudolph) go to a party with Chris's irritating college roommate in "Jerry Duty."
Project Runway, 9-10:30 p.m. on Lifetime: Season 10's remaining fashion designers continue to compete for the $100,000 grand prize.
The Real Housewives of Miami, 9-10 p.m. on Bravo: Drinks and drama flow when the ladies attend a charity gala in "Eager Beaver."
Jersey Shore, 10 p.m.-midnight on MTV: The final season continues.
PREMIERE! It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, 10-10:30 p.m. on FX: In the Season 8 premiere, "Pop-Pop: The Final Solution," Dennis (Glenn Howerton) and Dee (Kaitlin Olson) make a life-or-death decision about their ailing grandfather, who used to be a Nazi.
PREMIERE! The League, 10:30-11 p.m. on FX: In the Season 4 premiere, "Training Camp," Kevin (Stephen Rannazzisi) and Jenny (Katie Aselton) prepare for the arrival of their baby, and Taco (Jonathan Lajoie) scores an invite to the Dallas Cowboys' training camp.
Friday, October 12
CSI: NY, 8-9 p.m. on CBS: Evidence found in photos at a crime scene on the Brooklyn Bridge send Mac (Gary Sinise) and Jo (Sela Ward) to San Francisco in search of a missing teenage girl in "2,918 Miles."
Fringe, 9-10 p.m. on FOX: The Fringe team finds itself in a forest populated by a group of people dedicated to recording the history of mankind in "The Recordist."
Grimm, 9-10 p.m. on NBC: Nick (David Giuntoli) and Hank (Russell Hornsby) investigate a gruesome murder in "The Bottle Imp."
Sunday, October 14
Once Upon a Time, 8-9 p.m. on ABC: Emma (Jennifer Morrison) and Mary Margaret (Ginnifer Goodwin) search for a gateway back to Storybrooke in "Lady of the Lake."
Revenge, 9-10 p.m. on ABC: Emily (Emily VanCamp) continues to be plagued by her past in "Confidence." [WATCH THE PREVIEW]
666 Park Avenue, 10-11 p.m. on ABC: Gavin (Terry O'Quinn) begins to groom Henry (Dave Annable) for a possible career change in "The Dead Don't Stay Dead."
Amazing Race, 8:30-9:30 p.m. on CBS: Eleven teams travel the world on a global adventure. This week, the race hits Bangil, Indonesia.
The Good Wife, 9:30-10:30 p.m. on CBS: Alicia (Julianna Margulies) and Will (Josh Charles) represent a start-up in "Two Girls, One Code."
PREMIERE! The Walking Dead, 9-10 p.m. on AMC: Season 3 opens with the all-new "Seed."
Dexter, 9-10 p.m. on Showtime: Dexter (Michael C. Hall) tries to recruit Deb's (Jennifer Carpenter) help with a new target, and LaGuerta (Lauren Velez) works to reopen the Bay Harbor Butcher case in "Buck the System."
Homeland, 10-11 p.m. on Showtime: Carrie (Claire Danes) believes she'll rejoin the CIA, and Brody (Damian Lewis) discovers that the bomb maker is in imminent danger of being caught in "State of Independence."
Boardwalk Empire, 9-10 p.m. on HBO: Nucky (Steve Buscemi) has a tense meeting with Rothstein (Michael Stuhlbarg) in "You'd Be Surprised."
Treme, 10-11 p.m. on HBO: L.P. (Chris Coy) continues to dig deeper into his investigation of police cover-ups and corruption post-Katrina in "The Greatest Love."
SPECIAL! The Real Housewives of New Jersey, 10-11 p.m. on Bravo: The ladies rehash Season 4's drama in part three of the reunion.
Married to Jonas, 10-10:30 p.m. on E!: The JoBro drama continues in "Italy With the In-Laws."
Breaking Amish, 10-11 p.m. on TLC: The Amish and Mennonite guys and gals continue their New York City adventure in an all-new episode.
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Tuesday, October 9
Dancing With the Stars: All-Stars, 8-10 p.m. on ABC: Another all-star couple gets the boot in Season 15's third results show.
The Voice, 8-9 p.m. on NBC: The battle round continues.
Hart of Dixie, 8-9 p.m. on The CW: Zoe (Rachel Bilson) tries to stay away from Wade (Wilson Bethel), and Wade convinces George (Scott Porter) to start playing the field in "Always on My Mind."
SPECIAL! Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, 9-10 p.m. on The CW: Joss Whedon's online musical ─ starring Neil Patrick Harris as Billy, a.k.a. Dr. Horrible, a budding super villain with plans for world domination ─ makes it TV debut. The only thing standing in Billy's way is his superhero arch nemesis, Nathan Fillion's Captain Hammer.
NCIS, 8-9 p.m. on CBS: While on medical leave, Ducky (David McCallum) orders the exhumation of a Navy commander's body to reexamine a closed case from 12 years ago in "Phoenix."
Ben and Kate, 8:30-9 p.m. on FOX: Ben (Nat Faxon) and Kate (Dakota Johnson) set out to complete a scavenger hunt their dad created 15 years earlier in "The Fox Hunt."
New Girl, 8-8:30 and 9-9:30 p.m. on FOX: Jess (Zooey Deschanel) and Schmidt (Max Greenfield) try to befriend their new 20-something neighbors in "Neighbors."
The Mindy Project, 9:30-10 p.m. on FOX: Mindy (Mindy Kaling) connects with the lawyer for the New York Knicks in "In the Club."
Sons of Anarchy, 10-11:00 p.m. on FX: SAMCRO explores new business opportunities in "Orca Shrugged."
Monday, October 8
The Voice, 8-10 p.m. on NBC: The battle round begins! In a twist, the coaches can steal a losing artist from an opposing team.
Revolution, 10-11 p.m. on NBC: Charlie (Tracy Spiridakos) and Nora (Daniella Alonso) rescue Miles (Billy Burke) from the militia before setting out to reunite with Aaron (Zak Orth) and Maggie (Anna Lise Phillips) in "Lowell, Indiana."
PREMIERE! 90210, 8-9 p.m. on The CW: Naomi (AnnaLynne McCord) and Max (Josh Zuckerman) get arrested; Liam (Matt Lanter) puts The Offshore up for sale; Silver (Jessica Stroup) asks Teddy (Trevor Donovan) to father her baby; and Annie (Shenae Grimes) tells Adrianna (Jessica Lowndes) about Dixon's (Tristan Wilds) accident in the Season 5 premiere, "Til Death Do Us Part." Lori Loughlin and Carly Rae Jepsen guest star.
PREMIERE! Gossip Girl, 9-10 p.m. on The CW: In the premiere of Gossip Girl's sixth and final season, "Gone Maybe Gone," Chuck (Ed Westwick) and Blair (Leighton Meester) make a promise to each other about their relationship; Dan (Penn Badgley) works on a scathing tell-all book; Nate (Chace Crawford) is ready to go up against Gossip Girl; and the gang tracks down a missing Serena (Blake Lively). [WATCH THE PREVIEW]
How I Met Your Mother, 8-8:30 p.m on CBS: When Lily (Alyson Hannigan) and Marshall (Jason Segel) have trouble finding a nanny in the all-new "Nannies," they learn it's because of an elaborate scheme Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) came up with to meet girls.
Bones, 8-9 p.m. on FOX: The Jeffersonian team investigates the death of an animal-expo worker in "The Tiger in the Tale." [WATCH THE PREVIEW]
Dancing With the Stars: All-Stars, 8-10 p.m. on ABC: The remaining Season 15 contestants perform with their pro partners.
Castle, 10-11 p.m. on ABC: When a young woman is mysteriously murdered, Beckett (Stana Katic) and Castle (Nathan Fillion) discover her death may be linked to a repossessed storage unit up for auction in "Secret's Safe With Me." [WATCH THE PREVIEW]
SPECIAL! The Real Housewives of New York City, 9-10 p.m. on Bravo: The women rehash Season 5's drama in part one of the reunion. [WATCH THE PREVIEW]

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Arkansas Archeological SurveyFrequently Asked Questions
The Survey was created in 1967 by the Arkansas Legislature, and is administered as a unit of the University of Arkansas System. As a statewide organization, it is our legislated charge to "provide the citizens of Arkansas, and the nation, with maximum benefits from the sites, objects, and information available from the past." The Survey is responsible for discovering, protecting, developing, interpreting, and caring for Arkansas' prehistoric and historic archeological resources for the benefit of present and future generations, and for working with state institutions of higher learning, museums, parks, and with the public to achieve these ends. Since its inception, the Survey has earned a national and international reputation as one of the finest state archeological programs in existence.
There are currently more than 43,097 known sites, and nearly 5665 archeological surveys and projects statewide. All of this data is managed through the Survey's Automated Management of Archeological Site Data in Arkansas (AMASDA) computerized database. Detailed information about archeological sites and projects is made available to cultural resource managers, planners and researchers via the Internet.
At the heart of the Survey are eleven research stations located across the State. Staffed by Ph.D.-level archeologists, these stations are located on the campuses of the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff, University of Arkansas-Monticello, Arkansas State University, Henderson State University, Southern Arkansas University, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, at Toltec Mounds Archeological State Park, Parkin Archeological State Park, the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute Research Center, and at the Blytheville Aeroplex. Each university-based station archeologist is responsible for research and public service in a section of the state, and they also contribute a portion of their time to their host institution. They commonly teach two courses in anthropology or related subjects, and may also work in the host university's museum. The archeologists at the state parks are responsible for research, as well as interpreting the prehistory and history of their park.
Yes. The Survey provides information of archeological and historical interest through a wide variety of printed materials and on the World Wide Web. The Survey works in cooperation with the Arkansas Archeological Society during the annual Arkansas Archeology Month, Society Training Program, and at the Arkansas State Fair. Staff members from the Coordinating Office and Research Stations also provide talks to school classes, civic organizations, historical societies, and others. You can find out more about our Education Program through this Website.
The Arkansas Archeological Survey maintains this World Wide Web site (www.arkansasarcheology.org), and the Arkansas Archeological Society has its Web site at www.arkarch.org. The Survey Coordinating Office can be reached by phone at 479-575-3556.
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President Michel Sleiman, left, walks with Cypriot President Demetris Christofias during the welcoming reception at Baabda Palace on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. (The Daily Star/Mohammad Azakir)
BEIRUT: Cyprus and Lebanon agreed to boost cooperation and look into ways to explore gas and oil in their waters, President Michel Sleiman said Thursday.
"We have given the issue of the gas and oil available in our water top priority and agreed to increase cooperation to agree on principles and sound means that would allow us to extract this resource," Sleiman said during a joint news conference with Cypriot President Demetris Christofias.
The Cypriot official's visit is aimed at discussing the demarcation of maritime borders in an attempt to reach an agreement over the Exclusive Economic Zone between Cyprus, Lebanon and Israel.
Beirut and Tel Aviv both lay claim to a disputed area that spans some 850 square km area off the coast between the two countries.
Cyprus has signed delineation agreements with Israel, Egypt and Lebanon but the latter deal is still on hold.
Lebanon argues that the Israeli-Cypriot bilateral agreement signed in 2010 and ratified in 2011 conflicts with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and demands its amendment.
Under the agreement, Israel's Exclusive Economic Zone boundary with Cyprus begins at point 1, 17 kilometers northeast of point 23, which marks Lebanon's proposed maritime border with Israel in its 2007 EEZ with Cyprus.
During the news conference, Sleiman added that he also agreed with his Cypriot counterpart to increase cooperation in other economic, political, and social fields in order to benefit from each country's expertise.
"We have signed memorandums of understanding between the Lebanese and Cypriot Industry Ministry as well as the two Tourism Ministries and the Ministries of Defense in terms of military cooperation," Sleiman said.
The Lebanese president also spoke about the situation in Syria and the high number of refugees in the country that "has become a real challenge."
"It is important to unite diplomatic efforts to bring about a diplomatic solution to Syria ... that allows the return of thousands of Syrian refugees to their home with dignity and security," he said.
"The growing number of refugees has become a real challenge that requires an urgent solution that entails joint responsibility in carrying the burden and sharing the cost," he said.
Following the welcoming reception at Baabda Palace and the meeting with Sleimam, Christofias, who arrived in Beirut Wednesday night, planted a tree of friendship in the presidential palace garden.
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The swingarm and suspensions assemblies are different, as well as the rear hub assembly. The rear hub on the XRL is a cushioned hub, whereas the XRR is not. This translates into a wider assembly on the XRL, thus the swingarm is wider and probably heavier on the XRL than the XRR. I think the XRL may also have come stock with a wider rim, though I'm not certain.
The XRL will also have a pumper carb that'll squirt fuel, and have a limited pilot adjustment. The internals are supposedly swapable, but the stock jets on the XRL will be leaner than the XRR. The XRL will also not have jet settings in the manual like the XRR will.
XRL will have a choke cable, where the XRR's choke will be on the carb itself.
Since you're in America the '91-'96 XRL's and associated XRR's from the same time frame will all be kick-start only.
I think the Aussies had/have access to XR250L's after the '96 redesign until 2002-3.
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'Pawn Stars' fined $1,000 a person for leaving campsite trashedAdd to Favorites | Pawn Stars
Rick and Corey Harrison, the two stars of History Channel's "Pawn Stars," have gotten in a bit of trouble with California authorities after going on a camping trip over Thanksgiving. The father-son duo and their friends were hanging out in Glamis, Calif. over that weekend when they failed to pick up the massive amounts of trash left at their campsite.
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TMZ learned from law enforcement officials that there was enough trash left on the campsite to fill 10 trash bags. Among the debris were beer cans, garbage and even a barbeque grill. As a result, the group has been handed a fine of $1,000 a person for leaving the site a mess. However, the Harrisons say they aren't involved in the incident.
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"We left the campground before our buddies did and they were to clean it up and apparently didn't follow through. My father nor I were cited," Corey claims.
Police reportedly knew it was the Harrison's camping area because they ran into them earlier in the weekend.


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A little drama on The Paul Finebaum Show.
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Georgia's Chris Conley made all of the Bulldog players wear bowties for their media appearances.
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Nursing Homes Rated in Quality Guide
Note to Readers: Evergreen Bremerton Health and Rehabilitation Center, the nursing home that received a low rating from Consumer Reports, is not the same as Bremerton Health and Rehabilitation Center.

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@TEXT w/o Indent:Considering a nursing home for yourself or a loved one?

Ratings released this week by Consumer Reports can be a guide, as can the federal government's online quality guide.

But both have their problems and should be considered only a starting point before a lot of hands-on research and legwork, experts say.

"The most important thing for a person to do in selecting a facility is make more than one — maybe three or four — visits," said Kary Hyre, the state's long-term care ombudsman.

"You just need to have a sharp nose and sharp eyes and talk to residents and people who are visiting," Hyre said.

One Kitsap County facility made it onto the Consumer Reports list of the top 10 percent in the state, earning a "consider" recommendation by the nonprofit consumer advocacy magazine. Another was among the bottom 10 percent in the state, with a recommendation to "avoid."

But comparing Northwoods Lodge — the high-rated facility — to low-rated Evergreen Bremerton Health and Rehabilitation Center is a little like comparing apples and oranges.

Northwoods Lodge in Silverdale is justifiably proud of its long history of deficiency-free inspections by state surveyors, but it isn't the place for Mom's long-term residential care.

It's a short-term rehabilitation facility, with very high staff ratios required for such acute medical care.

Staffing level is also one of the key criterion Consumer Reports gleans from state and federal data to derive its conclusions.

Northwoods Lodge patients also aren't likely to be there long enough to acquire some of the problems — like bedsores — found among the typically elderly residents of nursing homes who often are bedridden for long periods of time. Physical deterioration or lack of progress are two other measures used by Consumer Reports.

It wasn't Consumer Reports' intention to offer people lists of exactly comparable facilities, however.

Researchers deliberately included all the Medicare- and Medicaid-certified facilities in the country, which means some government facilities that restrict admissions are part of the mix.

The state's Yakima Valley School in Selah and Fircrest School in Shoreline, residential centers for developmentally disabled and not nursing homes, were among the 12 Washington facilities cited for excellence.

"People who are placing a relative in one of these facilities would want the same kind of assurance that they're getting quality care," explained Trudy Lieberman, director of the Center for Consumer Health Choice at Consumers Union, the magazine's parent organization.

Northwoods Lodge administrator Jack Charlton was thrilled when he learned about the 47-bed facility's rating.

The rehab center has been cited by state inspectors only twice in the past nine years, which might be close to a record for perfection in the state.

"The director of nursing and all of the staff should get the credit," he said. "If they were to get a citation they would feel like they failed."

Northwoods has its own pharmacy and pharmacists and 22 therapists in addition to other staff.

State inspectors, loaded with pages of federal and state criteria, visit every licensed nursing home in the state about once a year, and they spend days talking to residents and staff, scrutinizing care plans, medication logs, cleanliness and resident progress.

Evergreen Bremerton Health and Rehabilitation Center took a heavy hit in 2003, and data from that year was included in the Consumer Reports research data.

State inspectors twice banned new admissions at Evergreen Bremerton in 2003 because of patient safety issues, and they fined the facility $11,000 for violations.

Jason Smith, spokesman for the owner, Vancouver-based Evergreen Healthcare Management, issued a statement noting that the facility's recent record is much-improved.

"The facility is in substantial compliance with regulatory requirements for participation in the federal Medicare and Medicaid programs," he said.

Elaine Odom, regional administrator for the state's residential care division, which inspects nursing homes, said Evergreen received some citations last winter. But they were not issued for patient safety issues, and they were corrected within the time window the state gives for compliance.

"We were primarily cited for not meeting the letter of the law," she said.

Evergreen Healthcare Management is a large, for-profit chain with facilities in 10 Washington cities and seven other states.

The Consumer Reports study found that such large, profit-driven operations more frequently have quality-of-care problems.

Three of the Evergreen nursing homes in Washington were among nine that received an "avoid" recommendation from the study.<
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Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), was launched as an
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2014. The Foundation is managed as a Linux
Foundation Collaborative Project and operates
under a system of open governance created by a
team of open source experts. The Foundation's
mission is to enable a broad, open ecosystem of
developer frameworks and application services to
make it faster and easier to build, test,
deploy, and scale applications.
Please join Sam Ramji, CEO of
Cloud Foundry and Chris Ferris, IBM CTO of Open
Cloud who will explain the role of the Cloud
Foundry Foundation, its structure and governance
policies, and the impact it is having on the
Cloud Foundry ecosystem. Sam and Chris will
share their perspective on the progress that's
been made in the six months since the
Foundation's launch. They will also highlight
the technical direction of Cloud Foundry
including the technical focus areas for the next
3-6 months.
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computing is the perfect match for mobile
applications. Given mobile's time variable usage
patterns, user geographies, and the need for
iterative updates to the app, it makes perfect
sense that IT teams are leveraging the cloud to
host mobile apps. The new CSCC whitepaper, Customer
Cloud Architecture for Mobile, describes
vendor neutral best practices for hosting the
services and components required to support
mobile apps using cloud computing. Attend this
webinar to explore common architectures that
have been proven successful in numerous
enterprise deployments of mobile apps.
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Webinar: Evaluating Cloud Service
Agreements (CSA): Key Criteria for Success
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BrightTALK has invited the CSCC to present on
the Practical
Guide to Cloud Service Agreements whitepaper.
Authors of the whitepaper will discuss how to
evaluate Cloud Service Agreements (CSA) from
different providers. The paper includes a
10-step checklist for analyzing and negotiating
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Security and
privacy of company data is the largest barrier
to cloud adoption. In this webinar, the Cloud
Standards Customer Council received an
update on ISO Security and Privacy specifications. ISO 27017 is the cloud security
standard being developed with expanded control
sets for cloud computing. ISO 27018 is the cloud
privacy standard being developed to protect
personally identifiable information (PII) in the
cloud. Attend and learn how these standards will
help improve the security and privacy of cloud
computing moving forward.
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The CSCC has published Version 2.0 of the Practical
Guide to Cloud Service Agreements whitepaper.
Cloud Service Agreements (CSA) are a set of
documents containing the terms governing the
relationship between the cloud customers and
cloud service provider.
In this webinar, you will be
given the tools needed to analyze and negotiate
terms outlined in CSAs from different cloud
service providers. Authors of the CSCC
whitepaper will review a checklist of key
criteria and best practices for evaluating CSAs.
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Privacy is gaining in importance across the
globe, often involving laws and regulations,
relating to the acquisition, storage, and use of
personally identifiable information (PII). The
CSCC will bring together acknowledged cloud
technology and business leaders from government
and other industries to exchange information
concerning privacy in the cloud.
Summit Presentations
When considering a move to cloud computing,
customers must have a clear understanding of
potential security benefits and risks associated
with cloud computing, and set realistic
expectations with their cloud provider. The
Security for Cloud Computing: 10 Steps to Ensure
Success V2.0 whitepaper provides a practical
reference to help enterprise IT and business
decision makers analyze the security
implications of cloud computing on their
business. The paper provides guidance and
strategies designed to help these decision
makers evaluate and compare security offerings
from different cloud providers in key
Much has changed since the original
whitepaper was published in 2012. Join us to
hear new strategies from the authors of the
This webinar will discuss the
latest CSCC whitepaper, Web Application Hosting
Cloud Architecture, which describes vendor
neutral best practices for hosting web
applications in the cloud. The architectural
elements described in the paper are needed to
instantiate a web application hosting
environment using private, public, or hybrid
cloud deployment models. Contributors to the
whitepaper will discuss architectural
components, flow, and deployment
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Assessing applications and workloads for
readiness for migration to the cloud allows
organizations to determine which applications
and data can -- or cannot -- be readily moved,
and which delivery models (public, private, or
hybrid) can be supported. It is common for an
application being migrated to the cloud to have
connections of various kinds. Typically, the
more connections discovered or required, the
less suitable the application is for migration.
You must understand and address the impact of
these connections on performance.
This webinar discusses the new CSCC
whitepaper, Migrating Applications to the
Cloud: Assessing Performance and Response Time
Requirements, including a discussion of best
practices and steps to perform.
The Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications (TOSCA) is a new open standard created with the active participation of leading technology vendors, cloud service providers, and customers that enables businesses to capture and automate their cloud-based applications. TOSCA applications capture the knowledge of experts in reusable application components, component relationships and dependencies, policies,
and a wide range of requirements that could be automatically matched to corresponding cloud service provider capabilities. This approach offers true cloud application portability and semi-automatic management across cloud providers regardless of underlying platform or infrastructure; thus expanding customer choice, improving reliability, and reducing cost and time-to-value.
In this webinar, Matt Rutkowski, Co-chair of the
TOSCA Interoperability Subcommittee, gives the
CSCC and update on TOSCA.
Interoperability, portability and security are some of the biggest roadblocks slowing down the advancement of the cloud. The ability to port data, applications and share cloud services across multiple environments, while ensuring data protection and transparency is on top of every organization's wish list today. A standardized set of principles can assist these organizations in utilizing the offerings of the cloud to the fullest.
In this roundtable discussion, hear about the current state of cloud standards, the latest developments and how these changes affect your organization and the industry as a whole.
Moderator: Steven Woodward, Canadian Cloud
Council (cCc). Panelists: Dave Casper, Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA);
Alex McDonald, Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA);
Winston Bumpus, Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF);
Claude Baudoin, Cloud Standards Customer Council (CSCC).
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As IaaS adoption has now entered the mainstream, technologies and services that build upon it
specifically PaaS in its many and varied forms
-- will become more of a focal point for cloud consumers, and will be more disruptive to the traditional IT organization and business processes than IaaS was.
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The Cloud Standards Customer Council (CSCC)
Cloud Industry Symposium, held on June 18, 2014,
brought together Cloud leaders to exchange
information about current projects, future plans
and prioritized requirements. Cloud providers offered their opinions and
experience relating to Cloud technology; its
demands and opportunities. This event appealed to a broad range of cloud
participants since the challenges, requirements
and best practices for cloud computing in
various industries are similar.
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An effective, functioning governance model
that draws from other proven and successful open
source initiatives, like
OpenStack, will set
Cloud Foundry up for long-term success. This
announcement ushers in a new era for the open
cloud, accelerating Cloud Foundry to drive
deeper industry collaboration and momentum for
critical industry standards. Users in all
industries can be confident betting on Cloud
Foundry with its growing number of members,
strong ecosystem support, maturing technology
and now a drive towards open governance.
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Thank you to
all who attended the Cloud Standards Customer
Council ( CSCC) Public Cloud Sector Summit on
March 24 in Reston, Virginia. The CSCC brought
together public sector Cloud leaders for an
exchange of information about current projects,
future plans and prioritized requirements. Cloud providers offered their opinions and
experience relating to Cloud technology; its
demands and opportunities. The event appealed to
a broad range of cloud participants since the
challenges, requirements and best practices for
cloud computing in the public sector are very
similar and relevant to other industries.
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As social technologies have evolved, they
have increased in adoption across a wide
spectrum of businesses, industries, and
geographies. Some organizations, usually with
strong business and IT alignment, are realizing
that social technologies initiated for one
business activity can spark innovative uses in
other areas. This insight creates motivation to
widen the reach and adoption of these
investments. Unfortunately, this is not always
the case; many organizations are still
struggling with how to justify the business
impact of social technology, which has become a
key inhibitor to adoption. Further exacerbating
the challenge is the perceived complexity of
combining social technologies with investments
in adjacent technologies like cloud, big data,
and mobile computing. This presentation introduces
five principles as
a guide to succeeding with social business
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Cloud computing is here to stay, but to truly
enable the creation of new business services
quickly and easily, we need standards and a
strong open ecosystem. At IBM Pulse 2014, the
second Open Cloud Summit will be held. The CSCC
plays an important role in the open cloud
ecosystem and will play an important role in the
Summit agenda. In this webinar, scheduled for
Monday, Feb. 10 from 2:00 - 2:30 EST, we will
discuss why Open Cloud Architecture is important
and what you can learn from industry experts at
the Open Cloud Summit on Feb 23 from 4-6 in Las
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The CSCC recently published a
new whitepaper that provides a roadmap for
successfully migrating applications to the
cloud. Please join the authors of the paper who
will provide an overview of the paper and answer
questions in a Q&A session. Across all industries, momentum is building
to migrate applications to cloud computing.
However, the migration of applications to cloud
computing must be done in a strategic and
methodical manner. Existing enterprise
applications must be thoroughly assessed to
determine which workloads can benefit most from
early migration to the cloud. Key considerations
including costs of migration, application
redesign, application performance and
availability, security and privacy requirements,
and regulatory requirements must be taken into
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OpenStack is an open source cloud operating
system that controls large pools of compute,
storage, and networking resources throughout a
datacenter. In early November 2013, OpenStack held
its semi-annual Summit in Hong Kong, the first
international destination in OpenStack's
three-plus years of existence. In addition to
focusing on the design of the next release
(Icehouse), the Summit had an increased emphasis
on users who want to understand the "what",
"why" and "how" of OpenStack. Join Mark Collier,
COO OpenStack Foundation, who will cover the
highlights of the Hong Kong Summit and provide
insight into the upcoming Icehouse OpenStack
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Security Standards: What to Expect &
What to Negotiate
cloud service customers assess the security
standards support of their cloud service
providers, it is important to understand and
distinguish the different types of
security standards that exist. Guidance and
recommendations are provided on which standards
and certifications should be required of
prospective cloud service providers. The authors of the
CSCC Cloud Security Standards paper provide an
overview and answer questions in a Q & A session.
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Cloud Foundry is an open platform as a
service, providing a choice of clouds, developer
frameworks and application services. Cloud
Foundry makes it faster and easier to build,
test, deploy and scale applications. It is an
open source project and is available through a
variety of private cloud distributions and
public cloud instances. Join Christopher Ferris ,Distinguished
Engineer, IBM Software Group, Standards Strategy
for this virtual meeting and learn more about
CloudFoundry and how you can be involved!
IBM is in the early stages of contributing an open source, web based tool for
KVM management to serve as an on-ramp for new KVM installations, Kimchi. We will
give an overview of Kimchi, a short demonstration, and tell you how you can get
This webinar explores how various integration approaches and ways to
collaborate on tool and application integration have fallen short in the
enterprise and are even more limiting in cloud environments. With the nature of
the integration problem understood, we'll look at how OSLC offers a solution
based on the architecture of the web through scenario-driven, minimalist,
specifications created by an open community.
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Conference Proceedings
The Cloud Standards Customer
Council (CSCC) will be
holding a webinar to
introduce a new whitepaper,
"Impact of Cloud Computing
on Healthcare," on November
15, 2012 at 11am. The
whitepaper itself has been
published and is available
for free download. Anyone
interested in learning more
about the "Impact of Cloud
Computing on Healthcare"
whitepaper should attend
this free webinar and
download a free copy of the
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OpenStack is a global
collaboration of developers
and cloud computing
technologists producing the
ubiquitous open source cloud
computing platform for
public and private clouds.
The project aims to deliver solutions for all types of
clouds by being simple to
implement, massively
scalable, and feature rich.
The technology consists of a
series of interrelated
projects delivering various
components for a cloud
infrastructure solution.
This webinar was presented by
Igloo Software based on an
independent report by
Forrester Research.
Public Sector Cloud
Summit - as part of the CSCC
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'King of the Nerds' puts George Takei in prison: VideoAdd to Favorites | King of the Nerds
"King of the Nerds" loves its nerdy guest stars. More specifically, "King of the Nerds" likes to put its nerdy guest stars into strange situations. That is definitely the case with George Takei on Thursday's (Feb. 27) episode -- he ends up behind bars.
Sure, they are rubber bars, but the concept is still the same. The Nerds get the challenge of saving him, and it sounds like Jack is the victor.
The show probably can never find another nerd icon quite as game for anything as Takei. In addition to his iconic role as Mr. Sulu on the original "Star Trek" series, Takei has reinvented himself as an activist and a meme generator in the Internet age.
What more could a nerd want?
"King of the Nerds" airs Thursdays at 10 p.m. on TBS.
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OS/390 and z/OS Freeware
by Lionel B. Dyck
God Bless America
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Welcome to my website which I've dedicated to making available to the 'world' software that I've written over the years. Here you will find XMITIP, the OS/390 and z/OS E-Mail application (on the TCP/IP Tools page) and many other tools for OS/390 and z/OS. These tools are primarily written in REXX with a few Assembler programs.
My name is Lionel B. Dyck and I've been in systems programming since 1972 (starting with MVT 21.6 - remember IBM APARs delivered on punch cards) and have developed a number of tools over the years. I've created this site to (1) share useful code that I've developed and (2) to return a little back to the community of mainframe systems programmers from whom I've learned so much. I've gleaned code and knowledge from the MVT Tools Tapes (remember the Blue Berets?) to the current CBT Tape and a wealth of Web Sites. I hope my contributions here are helpful to others.
Note: I have retired from information technology and thus am no longer involved with z/OS. I will leave this site up for now in the hope that these tools, utilities, articles, etc. will prove helpful for others. If asked questions I may be able to provide an answer but with limited access to a z/OS system I will not be able to create fixes or updates. It has been a fun 40+ year run.
If anyone is looking to hire someone with ISPF/REXX experience please contact me as I'm available for part time or short term projects.
These files are being made available (without any warranty or guarantee). The software was working when it was uploaded and the author accepts bug reports, suggestions, comments, and occasional complaints.
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From what little I read it seems like the low level guys in charge ofdownloading the data got lazy and didn't bother logging in and out from
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Third-party Siebel, JDE, and PeopleSoft support provider Tomorrow Now isWell, they got sued out of existence because they're a bunch of idiots.
shutting down:
They used customer passwords to download documents from Oracle for
products the customers didn't even have. Massive amounts of
documentation, from what I understand. This is definitely a case of
clearing out the shallow end of the corporate gene pool. Their
competitor, Rimini Street, is doing just fine thank you.
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Diosque is a musician of a broad musical production which isnt shown in the artists discography since he happens to have only one physical album released in 2002. He basically enjoys working with samplers and acoustic instruments like guitars and percussion. He fancies composing through sound and gender adversity. His music conjugates improvisation experimentation songs and poetry. In February of 2007 its first CD with a important label, the exciting "I can cion" (Popart Records / Sony BMG) with Daniel Melero's artistic direction and post production.
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General Program OperationsGeneral Application QuestionseCareConnection Basic Communication ToolEHR Lite
How is eCareConnection different than Physician Portal?Much of the information contained in Physician Portal is the same information contained in eCareConnection. However, eCareConnection allows you to communicate clinical information to other physicians providing patient care. Listed below is a summary of differences between the two applications.
Is there a cost to transfer data out of eCareConnection or EHR Lite? What is the cost and what does the data look like after that transfer?There may be two fees associated with a data transfer: one from Relay Health and one from the new vendor. The fee depends on what form you would like your data to be in once retrieved from eCareConnection or EHR Lite. (Options for data extraction include a data dump on a flash drive, searchable data in a new system, etc.)
Will I see status updates about outpatient orders I have sent?Yes. You can see when orders are "Sent to Facility" and "In Progress". "Sent to Facility" means that an order was electronically communicated to St. Luke's Patient Access Services. "In Progress" means an order is being worked by a representative of St. Luke's Patient Access Services.
Can I receive results from outside laboratories? What is the cost for the interface?You can receive results from LabCorp at no cost. Your office needs to ask you LabCorp sales representative to connect the office with Relay Health.
Can I filter inpatient/outpatient results?Yes. Results can be filtered by report type and location (inpatient/outpatient, transcription, lab, radiology.). Reports are always searchable in eCareConnection but they may also be archived so they do not clog your results queue.Do I have to see all normal test results?No. Normal results can automatically be released to the patient in the timeframe of your choosing.How long does it take for reports to be uploaded in the system? Is it faster than getting reports in Physician Portal?Reports are sent to eCareConnection as soon as they are sent to Physician Portal. Can my results go directly into the patient's chart in my electronic health record?Yes. An interface must be built between eCareConnection and your electronic health record. Your vendor may charge you a fee for this interface.
Can I prescribe over-the-counter medications?Yes. You do not need to send the prescription, but you may enter the prescription into the application and then print the prescription.Can I prescribe Schedule II medications?Schedule II medications follow a "print only" workflow and may be transmitted electronically or faxed to pharmacies.I already e-prescribe through another vendor. Do I need to switch to eCareConnection?You do not have to switch e-prescribe vendors, but we recommend that you switch to eCareConnection so that your e-prescribing activity can populate your patient's Personal Health Record. You can sign a "Vendor Release Form" to switch your e-prescribing activity from another vendor to eCareConnection.
Do I have to invite patients?No, but it is strongly encouraged. The strength of eCareConnection is in the ability to tie multiple participants in the healthcare experience together. Transitioning patients to online communication has shown to decrease the number of phone calls to an office. Opening electronic lines of communication with your patients is also a patient satisfier. Can I send messages to a physician outside of the St. Luke's system?Yes. You just need to add the physician to your address book with a name and fax number. Any communication sent to a provider who is not an eCareConnection participant will be converted to a fax.Can I control what messages a patient can send through eCareConnection?Yes, you can modify the patient messaging function to enable or disable certain functions and control incoming messages. Patient messaging features include the ability to request appointments, prescription refills, test results, or referrals; ask billing questions; and even write a note to the office.
Can I add custom templates?There are some specialty templates for physicians to use or you can use a free text option structured in a SOAP note format. You can also you dictation software to assist with documentation in any free text field.Can I include pictures in the documentation template?Pictures can be attached as files to the Personal Health Record. These would then be accessible to the patient through the Patient Portal.
How do I give a patient a copy of his/her medical record?The Personal Health Record screen in the Patient Portal gives the user the ability to print the Personal Health Record. Ideally, patients may be invited to participate in eCareConnection online and be allowed to have online access to their own Personal Health Record.I know a patient can enter and/or change information on the Personal Health Record. Can the patient change what I have documented?The patient can only mark items as current/active or resolved and update time periods. The patient has access to edit the following: Medications & Allergies; Problems & Procedures; Results, Vitals, Immunizations (adding records only); Family & Social History. Patients do not have access to any internal office notes.Does this work on a PC or MAC?This works on both PC and a MAC.Is there a Spanish Patient Portal?Yes. The following pages are available in Spanish:
How do my patient demographics get populated in eCareConnection? Does my staff have to enter all the information by hand? Listed below are several ways to populate eCareConnection with your patient demographic information. (Some methods may be at a cost to you.)
Is there a cost for training?There is no cost for training an office to use eCareConnection.
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The best Lion Hunting Safaris in Southern Africa
August 28, 2013 in Bargain Hunts by Hunting Legends
If you're looking for the best Lion Hunting Safaris in South Africa, look no further than the Valley of the Kings Great Marico – Private Game Reserve in the Northwest Province of South Africa.
- Only 3 hour drive from Johannesburg International Airport
- Only 40 minutes flying with one of our affordable charter services
- Free Ranging and Fair Chase Lion hunting safaris
- Colonial hunting camp with great service and home cooked meals
Wide range of species available:
- Lions
- Cape Buffalo
- Crocodile
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Dr Bill Gomez and wife Lorena from Houston Texas just finished their Black Mane Lion Hunt with us on this unique Bug 5 Game Reserve where Lions, Buffalo, Elephant, Leopard and a wide range of plains game species range freely.
Bill and his Black Mane Lion taken on the reserve
No other Private Game Reserve exists where you can hunt Free Ranging Lions only 3 hours from Johannesburg International Airport. The diversity in nature and land scape on this prime property will blow your mind away and the experience you will get is second to none.
All our animals are free ranging and Bill shot an excellent female lion just after she caught a young warthog. All our hunts are walk and stalk and an action packed adrenalin hunt is guaranteed when hunting on the Valley of the Kings Private Game Reserves.
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What question do YOU have about creating success in today's music industry?
What questions do you have as you pave your path in the music industry?
Why Most Indie Music Groups and Labels Fail (Part 2)
This is part 2 of a 2 part article I wrote strictly based on my professional experience producing and engineering and managing artists. Since 2006, I've been involved as a key member in several music groups, labels, and production teams that despite all their potential to achieve greatness, fail and fall apart, often at critical moments.
When Your Moonlighting Artist Gets Famous
As luck would have it Whitney Houston sang on three of my demo tapes. Now what?
I'm bringing Christmas In May!
Every year I walk into the mall on a nice fall day and at some point it happens. I start noticing the red and green decorations and find myself humming "Chestnuts Roasting" (Yes, I know the real title is "Christmas Song". I choose to not use it as I think that's a cop out title!) Last year, they literally had Christmas music and decorations up the first week of October! Before Halloween?!?! Seriously guys! What's up with that!?!?!
Episode 7: The Music Biz Weekly Podcast E-Commerce Solutions For Bands
Here we go folks, another edition of our weekly podcast featuring Brian Thompson from Thorny Bleeder and Michael Brandvold from Michael Brandvold Marketing.
This week's topic? E-Commerce Solutions for Bands.
We discuss everything from getting your music up on iTunes and the Amazon MP3 Store, in addition to options on how to handle your merchandise sales and email marketing campaigns.
What platforms are you using to sell your band's music and merch?
Be sure to follow Brian on Twitter here and Michael on Twitter here.
Let us know your thoughts in the comments below and share your own tips and tricks with us!
Brian Thompson
Are You Really Selling Music?
It is critical in any business to ask yourself several questions before starting. As a performing artist (or songwriter, composer, producer…), one question you must ask yourself at some point is, "What am I selling?".
One of the biggest 'light bulb' moments I ever had was as a senior in high-school, when I learned the story of Ray Kroc. For those who aren't sure what I'm talking about, let me explain….
Ray Kroc is the man milkshake machine salesman who took McDonalds from being a small, innovative, fast food restaurant, into the largest restaurant chain the world has ever seen. Before he died, he was asked what was his secret to selling burgers. His reply was simply, "I'm not in the burger business, I'm in the real estate business…"
Stanmore's Top 5 Songwriting Tips (Pt1)
This list is an excerpt from a collection of songwriting tips you can find on my blog. I've accumulated these tips over my 10+ years of writing, listening, discussing & reading. Where I can remember I will try to reference where I learnt each tip. Every songwriter wants to write more killer & less filler. Hopefully these tips will help you drill some fill from your grill & chill with some dill…
MusicWithoutLabels.com Meets WXPN Pt 2
This time around we interviewed Bruce Warren, the Program Director for XPN in Philadelphia, one of the nation's most widely acclaimed radio stations for the proliferation of independent artists. They were responsible for being the first to give artists like MIA and Kings of Leon a welcoming home on the radio. They continue to offer an array of amazing music everyday. Check out what Bruce has to say about how he selects the music for XPN and the nationally syndicated radio show, World Cafe Live, and hear his advice for up and coming artists.
MWL Meets WXPN in Philly - Exclusive Interview
Check out this new Interview with XPN General Manager Roger LaMay. Hear what XPN has to offer indie artists, get advice, and find out what the radio station that broke MIA into the mainstream scene is doing right! Stay tuned for our next interview with Bruce Warren, XPN's PD, for more info about how XPN selects their artists and how you can get involved!
Make Music, Make Money: Upcoming Artist Development Series
The Rights Workshop Presents Artist Development Seminar Series: Make Music, Make Money
Series runs September 29-October 1, 2009
San Francisco — In response to the growing interest in music placement and promotion, The Rights Workshop is hosting Make Music, Make Money, a series of career development seminars for artists, musicians, composers and other content creators beginning Tuesday, September 29 through Thursday, October 1, 2009. Each Make Music, Make Money seminar will be held from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. Seminar attendees will learn about the mechanics of the music business and develop strategies to earn more money from their creative work. In each Make Music, Make Money session, panelists will address commonly asked questions about the rapidly changing music industry in a comfortable, artist-friendly environment.
Trent Reznor's Survey: Analysis & Discovery
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Tonight I went to my first ACS event in a LONG time. For me it has been all about scheduling and distance the meeting time change a while back and I'd need to leave work at 16:00 to get there and this is a problem for me.
Tonight was Education Across the Nation – The impact of Social Media on Information Security Governance folk I spoke to afterward gave mixed ratings but I really wanted to explore briefly two things…
- In a room full of people averaging 2 Social Media Accounts it is really hard to target a presentation that will resonate with everybody and on that basis I think it was a good session and well worth my effort.
- We were asked how many "Social Media" accounts we have, far and away I seemed to have the most so here is my list of semi active accounts there may be more …
- Face Book
- Face Book Page Synergistic
- Face Book Page Mackie is a geek
- Google+
- Foursquare I don't use this too much since I was in Thames (NZ) and checked in and look up to discover I was checking in at 4Square (like IGA) on FourSquare. Yep sad hey
- DavidLMackie.wordpress.com Me my family and randomness
- Mackie.is-a-geek.net This Tech Focused (ish) Blog
- Fat2Fit.mackie.is-a-geek.net I am going to weigh what other people do and this is embarrassment motivation
- Miso
- Get Glue
- Sound Cloud I have this account so I can follow and comment on the fabulous music of @PiaWaugh which is awesome and so is she give her stuff a listen and follow her on twitter.
- I'm pretty sure I have missed stuff
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keeping with trend for our summer time peach farm wedding we hand painted simple wood frames to create a dip-dye effect for tables numbers and paper goods throughout the celebration.
even though fall is here this trend is here to stay for a while. to be part of the colorful trend you must check out Sweet Paul's Fall issue with all the dip-dye crafts one can imagine. we also love Camille Styles diy post or Martha Stewart's dip-dye project to spruce up your baskets. go ahead and bring a fresh spin on the ordinary from your home to fashion.
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Seed Germination: Too late to start seeds in zone 6?, 1 by dannygeheim
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Germination of Datura inoxia and Datura meteloides seeds
The germination of seeds of these two different desert plants is frequently a failure with amateurs, though skilled persons can germinate the seeds within 7 days. Seeds collected from the desert are less keen to germinate, while seeds from commercially cultivated plants of selective breeding are more easy to germinate. The seeds from desert plants needs a wetter soil than seeds from commercially cultivated plants. Another reason for failure is that the seeds may have been forced out of immature green seed capsules. A further reason is that the seed may be too old. The seeds can be stored in an amber glass jar with a black screw cap for up to 5 years and still germinate 100%, but seeds stored for 10 years are more likely to have a 1% germination rate and such germinating seeds are likely to die from weakness before they become seedlings unless special treatment is used to prevent loss, such as watering with seaweed solution of 1 cap full of garden commercial liquid seaweed stirred into 10 litres of water. Some varieties of 10-year-old desert glossy hard seed may still germinate 100%. I prefer desert seed because there is more variation in the plants for different climates such as very dry and hot to very humid and hot, or even temperate such as England where I live, which is what I am trying to breed by selective breeding.
Datura inoxia seeds and Datura meteloides seeds from the desert are easily germinated by scattering on top of wet top soil, or better still on top of wet leaf mold or wet peat that has been pressed down into a 4.5 litre clear polythene lunch box having a clasp-on polythene lid. The wet leaf mold or wet peat should fill the container half way up. Make up a solution of Chestnut Compound by dissolving 3 grams of the ammonia-smelling blue powder into 1 litre of cold tap water and stirr with a tablespoon to dissolve it. Apply the blue solution onto the seeds using the tablespoon until every seed has been wet with with it. Then clasp on lid and put into a temperature of 90 F to 100 F for 12 hours, and then apply the blue solution onto all of the seeds again and put back into the heat again for 12 hours with lid back on again. Keep doing this every 12 hours for 48 hours. You should have done this watering with the blue solution five times when you have completed it. You are now on your way to germination successfully.
When 48 hours are up, bring the polythene container with lid still on into daylight such as by the window and leave to cool off for 12 hours and then bring container back into heat for 12 hour, and then bring back to daylight for 12 hours. Keep doing this procedure and by the seventh day 20% to 90% of the seeds or more will have germinated and showing their white root. When the roots are about a quarter of an inch long grip the seed casing with tweezers and put the germinating seed a quarter of and inch under moist sandy soil of a 4-inch plant pot and cover with polythene clear sheet held together around the top of the plant pot with a rubber band. This is to keep moisture in. put plant pot into heat of anywhere between 80 F to 100 F and in about 2 to 4 days the first two leaves should be seen. Remove polythene clear sheet and put plant pot in daylight for seedling to grow.
Commercial cultiver seeds will germinate in about 4 days because the seed casing is more porous to water, while desert seed is glossy, harder and woody-looking and needs extra wetness to germinate. With commercial cultiver seeds you need only use wet top garden soil because the seeds easily absorb water. Leaf mold as well as peat tend to wet the desert Datura seeds very effectively and so germination is insured. The Chestnut Compound prevents damping off of germinating seeds and helps to stimulate germination because of the ammonia. If you did not use it, then the seeds would still germinate but would killed by damping off disease because the seeds are germinating on top of wet leaf mold or wet peat. Ordinary top sandy soil would not cause damping off, but germination would be a bit more difficult and slow. The wet leaf mold or wet peat simulates the desert rains when the sandy soil of the desert is very wet, which brings on germination of Datura seeds near the surface. The 12 hour periods of cooling down and exposure to daylight greatly helps germination of desert Datura seeds when returning back to the heat. Every time it is done more seeds are found germinated by the morning.
The percentage of germination within 7 days will depend on the strain. In some strains it may be only 20%, while in other strains it may be 50% or 90%, but within 14 days mosts seeds out of 100 will have germinated whatever the strain by following the above procedure. Wild desert Datura seed is not meant to germinate evenly in case of losses by night frost or unexpected lack of further rain. The first seeds that germinate within 7 days will have amongst them plants that are fast growing and suitable for outdoors in a temperate climate when there is no further night frost at the start of June. You can put the plants out in the middle of May to accustom them to outdoor conditions and harden the soft leaves, and bring in if night frost is expected. Put some slug pellets on the soil of the plant pot to prevent slugs or snails climbing up the plant pots and eating the leaves, and do the same when you finally plant out in garden soil to prevent loss of plants.
To grow Datura inoxia and Datura meteloides seedlings into healthy plants, first mix 2 volumes of top loose soil with 1 volume of agricultural sand, which is a course quartz sand. Add crushed chalk or crushed limestone powder. For a practical example use a full 12-inch pot of sand and full two 12-inch pots of top loose soil, and then add a full 3-inch pot of crushed chalk or crushed limestone powder and well mix. This is your potting compost.
The best fertilizer for growing Datura plants in the garden is made up by dissolving 10 grams of ammonium sulphate, 5 grams of potassium sulphate and 1 gram of Epsom Salts, which is magnesium sulphate, into 10 litres of cold tap water and striring until all dissolved. Also add 1 capfull of liquid seaweed into the 10 litres of fertilizer solution and stir. This formula will cause speedy growth in temperate climates such as England indoors and outside in the garden. When the seedlings are well established and showing leaf growth after the first two leaves, add about half a level teaspoon of superphosphate on top of the soil in the 4-inch seedling pots and water in with your fertilizer solution. Datura seedlings and plants must never stand in water, and so make sure that the tray of seedlings growing in the 4-inch plant pots are not standing in water. Only water from the top and make sure there is no water in the tray. Do not change the above formula or you will end up with potassium or nitrogen deficiency, which means you will not have healthy fast growth and nice green leaves indoors or outdoors. Do not increase the magnesium sulphate or you will end with potassium deficiency. You do not have to use the seaweed in the fertilizer formula, but in temperate climates it is recomended, and it also has trace elements. Growth is much improved with seaweed when used for Datura plants, as well as with other plants too. This fertilize mix is also good for developing 4-inch potted seedlings in a tray indoors near a window or green house having sun, but can not be used for too long because the seedlings will have too softer leaves because of the lack of strong light. When the seedlings are about 4 inches wide they should be put out in the Sun to harden and darken the green leaves before finally planting out in the garden soil to grow into mature plants as soon as night frost is ended.
Datura inoxia and Datura meteloides seedlings and plants grow well at 70 F and rather slowly at 50 F to 60 F. About 80 F is probably the best daytime temperature for the plant, and with night time temperatures of 60 F to 70 F for growth during the night when the leaves will turn upwards until morning. In temperate climates put the plants out in the garden soil when no further night frost are likely, such as in June in England. Make sure the garden soil where the plant is to be transplanted has sand and gravel mixed in with the soil to make it loose for the fibrous roots and tuber to grow deep into the soil, and water with the above fertilizer solution to get the plants established. A little powdered chalk and some superphophate can be added on top of the soil and watered in. Two teaspoons of powdered chalk and one teaspoon of superphophate mixed together and scattered around the soil of a plant near the plant stem and watered in with the fertilizer solution improves healthy growth.
Datura inoxia should produce seed capsules by bees alone, or it self-pollinates because the stigma is in contact with the five pollen anthers, but Datura meteloides has its stigma above the five pollen anthers and so you will have to pollinate the stigma yourself if you want to get seed capsules by bringing the pollen dust from another Datura meteloides onto the stigma. Datura meteloides has a different shaped stigma than Datura inoxia and so it is a different specie.
The desert plants of Datura inoxia and Datura meteloides produce seeds that tend to have variation in that some seedlings are slow growers and small plants, while others are fast growers and large plants. If you germinate about 200 seeds and grow them as seedlings you will soon see that some seedlings are growing fast and larger, and some are slow and are smaller plants. The faster growers tend to have white flowers and greenish stems or very pale purple stems and are best suited for temperate climates where fast growing is needed in the short cool summers of England. Desert varieties of Datura inoxia appear very dusty grey on the leaves. Ofcourse if there has been no rain in the spring then Datura plants are not found growing in the desert
Datura stramonium, which has black seed and Datura ferox which has larger black seed are ideal for growing in England outdoors, but are still frost tender and have to be put out in June. They both grow faster than Datura inoxia and Datura meteloides at a lower temperature. Datura stramonium tends to have even easy germination, but Datura ferox being a wild plant has uneven germination and requires the same germination treatment as Datura inoxia or Datura meteloides. It is a faster grower than Datura stramonium and larger. Datura metel is a cultivated medicinal plant of India, but grows wild in India on good agricultural soil. The plant is devoid of hairs on the stem and leaf and has large white trumpets like Datura inoxia, though garden plants tend to have double flowers that are purple, white or yellow. The tree daturas were at one time thought to be species, but now they are believed to be mutations that were used in ancient Mexico for religous purposes. Datura plants are subject to mutation. Datura inoxia, and especially the more common desert Datura meteloides and the large Hawk moth that pollinates it, was at one time the focus of ancient south west Indian religion of North America and Mexico before such cultures were strategically destroyed by the governments of the day.
Finally, the desert plants Datura meteloides and Datura inoxia gained a lot of interest as a result of the author Carlos Castaneda describing his experience in his first book with the plant that he thought was Datura inoxia, though Datura inoxia is not a very common desert plant in South Arizona, where he was introduced to an Indian sorcerer who instructed him in the use of probably Datura meteloides plants of the desert. Sadly, his books tend to read like emotional fiction rather than a textbook on sorcercy and Datura plants. No photographs of the desert Datura meteloides or Datura inoxia are included in his books. In some years the Datura plants are not found in the desert because there has been no rain in that year, though he fails to mention it. His books are not matter-of-fact books full of interesting knowlewdge, and there is something speculative about them as if it is fiction. This is not to say that there is no spirit of great power over Datura plants, but if I wanted to germinate Datura seeds I would find no help in his books on how to do it. Carlos Castaneda does not come over in his books as an experimental scientific person giving exact weights of seeds and root for such flying ointment that he rubbed on himself and the root infusion he drank. To simply roughly follow his example described in his first book would result in death or serious damage to the body and brain. Children are much more sensitive to Datura poisoning and are likely to die. Simply chewing three Datura inoxia seeds or Datura meteloides seeds and then swallowing is enough to cause tiredness and mild dreamy visions of scenery and people when you close your eyes. Three seeds will not harm you if you are an adult, but why depend on a drug for mystical visions? If the plants have a god over them, then merely growing should be enough to learn about the god.
If you have difficulty in obtaining Chestnut Compound, then you can make a better Chestnut Compound by dissolving 6 grams of ammonium carbonate and 1 gram of Copper sulphate into 1 litre of cold tap water. This solution has better germinating powers for Datura seeds and better powers to prevent damping off disease in germinating Datura seeds. It will even germinate very old Datura seeds.
Best luck in germinating and growing Datura species, Danny.
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Should Apple bring iTunes to Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone? [Poll]
Yesterday on Talk Mobile we talked all about cross-platform apps and while almost everyone from Google to Microsoft -- and soon, BlackBerry -- makes apps for iOS, Apple doesn't make anything for Android, BlackBerry, or Windows Phone. Steve Jobs once famously said iTunes was a glass of water for Windows users stuck in hell, so what about a few shots of H2O for those languishing in the mobile versions?
Apple doesn't run iTunes as a primary business, but rather as a way to add value and encourage their primary business -- selling iPhones, iPads, and Macs. However, it still generates an enormous sum of money by any standards other than Apple's. Moreover, similar services from Google, Amazon, and others are already cross-platform, and that may add significantly greater value for them than Apple's iOS- and OS X-only services. If you use multiple devices, if your desktop, laptop, tablet, and mobile are all run different operating systems, iTunes simply isn't everywhere you are.
Should it be? Should Apple make the iTunes Store app for Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone? Should they make a pure web version that "just works" anywhere? And should iTunes in the Cloud and iTunes Match "just work" from any device -- DRM permitting -- as well?
Market leaders typically don't have to go chasing after customers, but no one's a market leader forever. Is the platform lock-in still valuable enough to Apple that they should keep iTunes exclusive to iOS on mobile, or could it provide even more value to customers -- and potential customers -- by being truly ubiquitous?
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Should Apple bring iTunes to Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone? [Poll]
Agree. iTunes would crush Play Store and whatever Amazon has (and whatever Samsung is planning.)
But it all depends on Apple's long-term goals. Short-term goal for iTunes is to drive sales of hardware. Worked for iPod, and it's currently working for iPod touch, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and to some extent for Macs as well.
But what about Apple's long-term goals? How will Apple be making the bulk of their profits in 20 or 30 years? I think it will be tough for Apple (or anybody else) to make many billions per year on hardware profits. Hardware costs (especially those based on microchip technology) always come down over time, which in turn drive down retail pricing, which drives down profits.
It's possible that iPhone and iPad (and many other hardware products Apple ships in 30 years) will be free. If so, Apple will need to start transitioning to a content and services-based business model ASAP. And that would require more customers and/or more revenue per customer. A whole lot more of one or the other or both. And that might mean porting iTunes to different platforms. But not right now.
And yes, I think Apple's eventual television solution, most likely with iAd heavily involved in the mix, could be Apple's major revenue source in 20 or 30 years. But that's a different thread.
iOS apps vs Android apps are, apples and oranges. A lot of the apps I use on my Android, would never be available on iOS from Apple. The Play Store lets me download a different texting app, a different browser (that isn't as restricted as they are on iOS*), and so on.
I'm not saying one is better than the other, one is better for ME than the other, but some people don't need to change the texting app, or keyboard, or browser. iOS is simpler, but still able to compete, and I don't think simple means one is better than the other, just form over function as it were.
*iOS does prevent use of the native Nitro engine or whatever, so Chrome/Opera/Whatever else can't easily be as fast as Safari.
iTunes (the store and software) is mostly meant to support iOS hardware. So I would say no.
iMessage and FaceTime, however? That's a different story. The value of iMessage and Facetime, for those that already use iOS devices, increases with cross platform capability.
iMessage is the only thing keeping my brother from switching to another phone. If iMessage comes to Android or Windows Phone, he will switch.
Take the example of Evernote. Cross platform and web UI that is smooth, simple and gets it done. This is the way of the future and BB sees it by making BBM apps for iOS. iTunes across the board just makes sense
What would be in it for Apple's customers or Apple? Nothing.
It would be the same problem as iTunes for Windows, a sub-par experience limited by the underlying hardware and OS (or in the case of Windows, actively crippled by the underlying OS) which doesn't give a great user experience or a good impression of Apple's quality.
Blackberry users stick to their platform because they've used it since it used to be good. Now that BBM is just software and not a whole platform, expect to see them move en-masse as Blackberry becomes a software company (potentially a successful one if they ditch hardware) and Android users just want free stuff, so they're not a lot of use to the iTunes ecosystem.
Agreed. No one application represents Apple. The experience is key. Parsing out bits and pieces to other platforms is like judging photographers by the cameras they use. If you port this to another OS and it is limited, drags, fails or wets itself then 99% of the users will blame Apple and not the OS. And even if it is bullet proof, it is not providing the user with the Apple experience which entails hardware, software, performance and design all finely tuned.
My girlfriend's Dell with Win 7 has iTunes with about 10K of my songs on it. iTunes crashes constantly and she complains that she hates iTunes. Yet she loves her iPhone and iPad and has never once complained. On a MBP, MBA or iMac she would love iTunes. But not on Windows and likely not on any other platform where Apple can't completely control the experience.
Apple can keep their own software. They have no need or desire to cross platform. They like having their apps exclusive to their products because they 'trap' their users in their ecosystem to make more money and they are making a lot of money. Microsoft and Blackberry cross platform because they are trying deparately, at least in the US, to expand to stay relevant. And Google's income is based off the amount of users using their services combined with the understanding that not everyone likes android.
If Apple were to make iTunes syncing available to other platforms, it will destroy iOS.
I switched back to an iPhone from Android for one reason only: Media (music and photo) syncing via iTunes. Nothing on the market does this as well as the iOS/iTunes pairing. If it wasn't for this, I would not be sporting an iPhone 5, I'd be sporting either an HTC or Moto Droid phone now.
Apple media can already be synced to these other devices.
My Google Music Manager automatically uploads my iTunes library to its streaming cloud server. My Blackberry software put my iTunes library on my Playbook, during my brief foray into (cheap) Playbook ownership.
So it wouldn't really make a difference in terms of lock-in.
The question is, is it in Apple's interest to have on-device apps for these platforms?
Not sure. On the one hand, they might be able to scoop some more sales. On the other, they'd have to put up with (and be blamed for) Android and/or BB10's caprices...
I'd pay as much as $10 to have iTunes on my Android phone. I won't switch to iPhone due to numerous reasons of options, customization and functionality but iTunes is great on my iPads and iPods. Google music is poor in comparison. Ex. I paid for a song on google music, downloaded and changed roms on my phone losing the song. Well google music did not save my purchase to my purchase history. It only took one time for me to risk money lost there. Google music also became quite the battery hog while not in use. Now I buy songs on iTunes exclusively and I am forced to go through a pc to transfer songs to my android device. Just having iTunes as an app purchase would make my life easier.
Anyone who says they should go cross-platform is missing the entire concept of a "platform war."
The only reason to do this would be to drive cross-platform adoption of some key technologies, thus making them "standards" (FaceTime). Everything else should stay exclusive until the hordes are beaten into submission and the battle is won.
Good point, but Apple is also in the business of distributing content, if at a lesser degree. There is no point in having the hardware if you don't have good content to go with it. A larger user base helps Apple negotiate content deals, which are key to iTunes. If the iTunes division is just breaking even with iOS, perhaps its time to expand its user base.
They should create an android App Store and list iTunes in there, then allow ports or iOS apps in there to drive traffic. I know they won't though
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I think this is a great move. They would be able to reach more markets.
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Apple loves to quote the number of credit card numbers they have through iTunes. So if it went cross platform they would be able to grab credit card numbers and sales no matter what device a person uses. The problem would be in maintaining the functionality of the software as it pertains to each platform so if they could swing that I think it would be in their interest to do it.
I don't think so. I like the competition and the different options available for users albeit depending on which smartphone you choose you, by default, choose which platform to handle your music. I think iTunes is already buggy enough for it to not add other users lol
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I think it would be a very good idea or the very least create a lite version which lets you use some of ITunes features like add your device to iTunes, buy from ITunes and says upload only playlists like double twist. They could even charge for it and add a subscription to open up other features. This would protect their eco system because it would be free if you own an apple device and that could be the deciding factor over buying an apple device over one of the others. Apple are missing out if they don't I had an IPhone and loved it and defended apple against all until the Galaxy S4 It was a hard choice to change but I did. And that's my point people will change but apple could still benefit.
Apple can't even manage to make iTunes stable across its own range of hardware, they would have no chance with multi-platform. I just tried to preview a new album in the iTunes store, on my iPad 1, three songs in and the whole app shut down... and it was the only app active. Keep it on the platform where constantly crashing apps are deemed acceptable, on Apple devices.


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Weather proofing Chimney - gabled roof
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We have decided on a gabled roof over the oven. For roofing material I'm thinking about standard shingles to match the house or a metal roof (several neighbors have pole-barns with green or red metal roofs which would look nice)
How do I transition the Duratech pipe through the top of the gable roof and weatherproof it? Duratech sells flashing for angled roofs and flat roofs, but nothing for a chimney that goes through the top. I attached a picture to better explain my question.
Also: If I want to do a shingle roof, what material do I use for subroofing? I don't really want to use plywood due to the heat potential, and I'm not sure if I can nail shingles into Durock/Hardibacker. Any ideas?
Re: Weather proofing Chimney - gabled roof
I did pretty much what you are asking.
I used OSB roof decking (tech shield from Home Depot) on mine. As long as you have a good insulation barrier ( I have 4 different layers) then there are no worries about the roof. As an added precaution I used the tech shield because of the foil covering, foil side down. Probably not needed, but it was cheap insurance. Try putting your hand on the shingles on a hot summer day, OWW! It is alot hotter than the inside of my oven will get.
You are right about the chimney pass thru, I could not find one anywhere either, so I made one. I cut the wood so it would be 8 inches away from the chimney pipe. Then I used metal flashing to cover most of the exposed gap, leaving about 1/2 inch space between the chimney and flashing (being cautious again). I should add that while doing the curing fires I put my hand on the outside of the Duratech to see how hot it would get. That Duratech is great stuff as it did not get more than warm. Then down went the felt paper. Next, I cut some scrap cement board onto 4 rectangular pieces, two notched for the peak of the roof, to make a box (fake chimney) around the pipe, if you can imagine what I mean. Screwed the "fake chimney" to the roof. Bought a tube of fire barrier sealant and filled the inside gaps of the box. After that set-up I finished filling the chimney with the LaHabra Wall (stucco scratch coat) till I had it flush on top and then sloped it just in case any water from rain got under my cap. Then shingle and stucco the outside of the chimney.
Held up great so far.
I hope that is a good explanation.:)
Re: Weather proofing Chimney - gabled roof
Excellent explanation. Thanks! I found your pictures on your thread. That helps a lot.
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Just another thought Ken…You could buy 2 transitions, cut them in half, to give you the peak angle, and have them soldered back together.
The shingles, I imagine, could be glued with a Liquid Nails type waterproof caulking. I think that would hold them to the hardiacker board.
Re: Weather proofing Chimney - gabled roof
Thanks Guerito!
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