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Austin, Texas (PRWEB) October 23, 2013
Zilliant, an optimization company that helps businesses make better pricing and sales decisions, today announced the launch of the eighth-generation of MarginMax, a price optimization application for B2B companies, on the new Zilliant Optimization Platform. Zilliant is the only company offering a "true SaaS," multi-tenant B2B optimization platform in the marketplace.
The Zilliant Optimization Platform provides customers with unlimited scalability and instant access to the latest product and science innovations, and builds the foundation for extending Zilliant's optimization capabilities to other business challenges. The most significant benefit to customers is the considerably shorter, market-leading implementation time of less than three months, leapfrogging the current industry average. According to the Gartner Research report entitled Hype Cycle for CRM Sales, 2013 published August 14, "The time to productivity of a complete price optimization implementation has moved from 12 to 18 months to between 12 and 15 months on the basis of progress made in technology and best practices."
MarginMax 8.0 enables more control over prices, faster performance and greater transparency into how prices are generated. The application uses advanced science to predict the P&L impact of pricing strategies, which allows customers to visualize the effect of pricing strategies before putting prices into market.
"The launch of our SaaS optimization platform and MarginMax 8.0 has tremendous benefits for our customers and sets the stage for continued growth for Zilliant," said Greg Peters, Zilliant president and CEO. "We're the only company able to deliver market-aligned prices in less than three months and provide customers with the ability to predict the P&L impact of their pricing strategies, helping our customers achieve better results faster."
This is the most significant update to MarginMax since its initial launch, requiring a two-year re-architecture of the platform and application; key features include:
"Intcomex already has received tremendous value in terms of margin lift using Zilliant MarginMax," said Liliana Valdez, pricing manager for Intcomex. "The latest release of MarginMax will give us greater control over prices and more visibility into how prices are generated, giving us the ability to use price as a strategic lever to meet our P&L objectives."
For more information about MarginMax, visit http://www.zilliant.com/marginmax.
About Zilliant
Zilliant provides B2B companies with data-driven guidance, enabling better pricing and sales decisions to help businesses make their numbers. The Zilliant optimization platform uses advanced science in its price optimization, cross-sell and retention applications to enable companies to overcome the massive complexity in their businesses. Our flexible SaaS model allows customers to quickly and confidently improve their financial performance by integrating into existing systems and processes. Learn more about how Zilliant helps companies price more profitably and sell more effectively at http://www.zilliant.com.


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FIFA President Sepp Blatter has raised fresh doubts about the safety of playing the 2022 World Cup in Qatar in summertime, saying supporters could struggle to cope with the heat outside stadiums. There have been growing calls to move the tournament to the winter to avoid the sweltering desert heat which is expected to exceed 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in June and July. Blatter says players and fans will be fine in the air-conditioned stadiums but ''the World Cup is also outside of the stadia so it is a question mark.'' In a wide-ranging interview on ''Special Report'' on Sky Sports News, football's most powerful man reiterated his belief in introducing points deductions for incidents of racist abuse and confirmed he would be standing down in 2015.
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Get your daily fruit intake with addicting FruitziO freeze-dried fruit snacks. With about 2.5 servings of fruit in a 100-calorie resealable snack pack, these treats are sweetened with just a hint of cane sugar and nothing else—no fat, cholesterol or preservatives. And you get all the benefits of fresh fruit: fiber and nutrients like vitamin C. FruitziO Kiwi uses slices of real kiwi, with a light, crispy texture and intense kiwi flavor. For more fruity goodness, check out the rest of the FruitziO line, in Apples & Strawberries, Apricots and Peaches, all of which are vegan and kosher certified. —Eva Meszaros
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On a quiet Friday morning in a West Baltimore gym above the Cash USA pawnshop, Franchon Crews unleashes a powerful flurry outside the ring.
"It's been a long, a long time coming," she roars. "But I know change gonna come, oh yes it did."
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Lets keep it simple and easy *lazy* =p
Marche in Singapore, located at the rrof top of Vivo City. There is one in The Curve KL too.
No photo allowed. So pardon me for some of the very blur picture =P. The concept of the restaurant is more like a market. Where they give you a card every time you order they will swipe it at respective counter. Like credit card. You will only pay when you are about to leave =) I have no idea how the Marche in KL works but should be the same.
Dessert is a must for my bf. Be it ice cream, pudding, drinks... I'm the one getting all the fats! He? Stay thin FOREVER!!!
Then we head to Takashimaya for shopping!!! My first Juicy Couture!! =p
Love everything!! Thank you baby!!!


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18 thoughts on "Hypothetically Overheard Around The House"
Would hiding behind those COOL SHADES count as a safe place ???
Is that a HAUNTED CEMETERY??? It does say BOO. OR……. are we missing the rest of the word on the other gate? Could the 13th letter of the alphabet be lurking there? BE VERY CAREFUL BUDDY… We fear… DANGER could be lurking in the WINGS…
We think you are most wise to flee those hypothetical quadruple negatives and that flimsy desk.
Hmm, now how do you know that bombs won't fall in that place Dennis.
The magic flying coaster makes its return!!!
Tucker, we think you just possibly, maybe, might be messing with your highly strung, uh, easily excited, uh, sensitive brother. Not that we blame you. At the House of Fiona (and Abby) we think Sibling Psychological Warfare is a fun way to spend an afternoon. Dennis, um, maybe you should break out the tinfoil hat. We've heard those help deflect bombs. Just trying to be helpful. ;-)
*kissey face*
-Fiona and Abby the Hippobottomus
Dennis, we think you'd be safer at home.
Hmmm, we hit a lot of wrong keys and our comment took off with our url in what could only be unintelligible secret code. Guess we've been hanging around you too long, Dennis. :)
Be careful in Carbondale, Il, Dennis. Mom googled it and they do research on endangered species at Southern Ill. University. YOU are an endangered species (in your own mind!) don't get researched on, Dennis!! BTW, our mom has spent a lot of time on Oceanside and Sandy Eggo and she never got bombed on – she might have gotten bombed once or twice in her college days, but that's another story…
-Bart, Ruby and Otto
Hey Dennis!
Wow, I think there's a new and wild adventure in your near future! I'm glad you got out from behind that desk. Wonder what's behind that big gate?
Grr and Woof,
Sarge, COP
Dude… you might want to have a couple hobbits with you on this adventure. If not hobbits, at least take and evil hedgehog or two.
Sam and Pippen
Dennis, if you see a sign for Kansas, head our way.
Woos – Phantom, Thunder, Ciara, and Lightning
Pee Ess – thanks for the good thoughts for Thunder.
We hide under the bed. We KNOW that's a safe place.
I hope there won't be any bombs Dennis, but if you need to find a safe place, Medi and Leah like to cram together under our corner desk…it's the only time they are "friends". Maybe you can join them?
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242237432015-07-03T23:14:40.087-04:00Cranial SoupPeas, carrots, green beans, and gray matter.Apphttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-14376053734401484602009-05-01T01:53:00.002-04:002009-05-31T11:12:37.627-04:00AJ's Cleaner FriendFeed Widescreen Theme for K-Meleon
AJ Batac has created a lovely theme for the new FriendFeed, that not only makes it look good, but adds in some extra functionality, like highlighting comments made by people you follow in yellow, and your own comments in blue, and a few other nice things.

Since you can't install GreaseMonkey in K-Meleon, you'll have to apply it using the userContent.css file. Don't worry, it's pretty easy to do.

First, in K-Meleon, go to the Edit menu and under Configuration, select User-Defined Stylesheet. This will open a file named userContent.css in Notepad.

Go to this page, locate and click the button that says Show code.

Copy all of the code, except for the first line that says @namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);

In the userContent.css file, go all the way to the bottom and locate the line that tells you not to edit anything below it.

Paste in the code you just copied, right above it.

Save the file.

Go here and say thank you to AJ.

Update: AJ released a new version on 5/29/2009. I corrected the link to point to the new version.

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Apphttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-24223743.post-20487365200870032342009-04-27T00:36:00.006-04:002009-04-27T00:54:31.392-04:00The easy and fun way to market your message to millions of people
Too many so-called "experts" are saying that if you have some message that you want to tell the world, that you need to have tons of followers on Twitter. They write blog posts and tutorials explaining how to do it, and sell tools and services to help you rapidly get as many followers as you can.

But they are wrong...dead wrong. You don't need any followers on twitter, none at all. You don't even need a twitter account.

You can reach more people in more places, including Twitter and Facebook, by just getting the right people on Friendfeed to follow you.

But who are the right people?

Anyone with a large following on both Friendfeed and Twitter that is highly active and will be likely to respond to your messages, blog posts, and whatever other content you post by clicking that "like" link, who also has his Friendfeed account set up to post his activities, including "likes" to his Facebook and Twitter accounts. And if your content gets reshared or retweeted, the potential reach can be explosive!

And it takes only a handful of power users to potentially spread your message to millions.

But the really tricky part is getting them to follow you and clicking that golden "like" link, which you can only do if what you post is of good quality and relevant to their interests, and you are actively social, commenting and clicking that "like" link on theirs and other people's content.

This isn't something you can fake your way through. You are either the real deal or it just will not work. Luckily you will have a blast and make a ton of new friends while you are doing it, because Friendfeed is a whole lot of fun and loaded with tons of great discussions around great content.

Social media "experts", internet marketers, get rich quick on the internet scammers, and spammers need not bother even trying. This kind of powerful marketing was not made for you.

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 In response to Growmap's Top 10 FriendFeed Friend Challenge, I figured I'd post my list and tell a little about my FriendFeed experience and give some tips to those of you that might be new or may be a bit nervous about jumping in and friending strangers.

What exactly is FriendFeed?

Simply put, FriendFeed is a social network that aggregates your activities from other sites and networks. It's lifestreaming.

But it is much more than that. It's a great place to meet people that share your interests, share content, discover great content shared by others, keep up with news and events, engage in conversations, etc, etc, etc. It's the grand-daddy of social networking and a never ending internet content feeding frenzy.

It does not replace the social networks you are already a part of. It compliments them, making them even better.

How did I find FriendFeed?

I was introduced to FriendFeed by Chris Brogan. I was looking for a way to combine all my internet activities into a single RSS feed that my friends and readers could subscribe to. Sites like FaceBook were falling flat and not fulfilling the needs I had. I needed a service that wouldn't limit the number of blogs I could add, could handle some obscure services, and would be able to include my Backtype feed, containing comments I leave on the blogs I read. Chris assured me that FriendFeed was more than capable of doing all that I wanted, so I decided to give it a try.

How did I find people to follow?

When I came to FriendFeed, I came alone. I had no friends that used the service (that I knew about). Originally I didn't intend on using it for social networking. I just wanted to get myself together in one feed.

But curiosity got the best of me and I decided to do some exploring and see what kind of real potential the site had, beyond consolidating my activities into a single RSS feed. To do this, I had to start from scratch, finding interesting people to follow.

I decided to start by subscribing to Robert Scoble and working my way from there, following the writers of some of my favorite blogs and other people of interest. This was the same thing I did on Twitter, although I didn't find Twitter as engaging as FriendFeed. (conversations are much more difficult for me to participate in and follow on Twitter)

Who are the most interesting people I have found?

Of the almost 300 people that I have subscribed to on FriendFeed, these are the top 10 that have captured my interest the most:

Rahsheen - Author of the social media blog, SheenOnline. He is always posting something interesting to to think about and discuss.

Mona N. - Author of Pixel Bits, a great blog about gadgets, technology, pop culture, and Legos. She posts lots of stuff that just screams for you to comment and share your thoughts and opinions.

Kol Tregaskes - Author of the Squashy Frog photography blog. He is always posting links to lots of visually appealing stuff. If you want to be a better photographer, he's the one to follow. And if you just want candy for your eyes, you won't be disappointed.

RAPatton - Subscribing to this guy will bring you a real mixed bag of stuff, most of it quite interesting. If you love click adventures as much as I do, you'll really appreciate what he shares.

Stupid Blogger (aka Tina) - Author of Is This Stupid?. Besides informing you of all the ridiculous stuff she comes across each day, she is also very friendly and down to earth. She is one of the few that I am subscribed to that really lets you inside her head. She makes it quite easy to get to know her as a person. If you are a nice person that has no real friends (online or off) subscribing to her will make you feel like you have at least one.

Live4SoccerVacations - When you have had a bad day and need a good laugh, if you are subscribed to this guy, you won't have to look far.

Cee Bee - If it's cool, unusual, amusing, or nostalgic, you'll find it here.

Duncan Riley - Editor of The Inquisitr.

Robert Scoble - He's Robert Scoble. Need I say more? You can not join a social network he is a member of without subscribing to him or finding him interesting. It's just not allowed.

Zee - Founder of We Do Creative, he has also contributed to The Next Web, ReadWriteWeb, and The Inquisitr. As a fellow reject of the "Internet Addicts Anonymous" outreach program, he'd rather stay addicted than limit or give up his surfing habits. It's a good thing for him that he was able to find numerous ways to make his addiction profitable.

Just as important as the content this group posts and shares, is the conversations they start and contribute to. They really understand what social networks are for and they know how to do it right.

How should you find people to follow?

Now, this might not be the appropriate list for you to subscribe to, since your interests may differ from my own. The nice thing about FriendFeed is that it is different for everyone. Your Home page is not like anyone else's. It's what you make it, and you do this by subscribing to people that post the type of content you are interested in.

My suggestion to you would be to visit each of the pages of the people from my list, look over the postings they make, click some links that catch your eye, read the FriendFeed comments to their posts, then move to their "Likes & Comments" page and do the same. If you like what you see, subscribe to them so you can see more of it.

Make sure you post content, too. This is how people become interested in you. The more you post and share, the easier it will be to find others that like what you like, and more people to subscribe to. Commenting and clicking that "Like" link helps, too.

And check out the rooms that the people you follow are subscribed to. You can find interesting things and people there too.

You could even subscribe to me, if you want.

With some effort from you, you might find yourself on someone else's FriendFeed Top 10 list, some day.

WARNING:

Be really careful with FriendFeed. It is very easy to get sucked in, addicted, and totally obsessed. If you find your productivity going downhill, you will have to set some limits for yourself. Try Instant Boss and only pay attention to FriendFeed while you are on a scheduled break.

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ALUMNI REPORT: Ex-Palomar star Bethea taking St. John's by storm
The St. John's University baseball team went through a nightmarish weekend in Tucson, losing two games to Arizona in an NCAA super regional.
But it was "a moment to remember" by Red Storm catcher Danny Bethea in the Chapel Hill (N.C.) regional that helped send St. John's to Tucson.
Bethea, a former La Costa Canyon High and Palomar College standout, hit a three-run, walkoff homer to beat North Carolina 5-4 on the Tar Heels' home field. The Red Storm then beat UNC 9-5 to win the regional and advance to the super regional round.
"It was amazing," Bethea said of his game-winner. "I was fortune to be in the right situation. The guys in front of me set the table. I got a pitch I could handle, and was able to come through.
"To be down two runs in a regional to a good ACC team ... it's something I'll always remember."
The two games in Tucson were something St. John's would like to forget. In the opener, Arizona scored two runs in the bottom of the 10th inning to beat St. John's 7-6 after the Red Storm had taken the lead in the top of the inning. The Wildcats then beat St. John's 7-4 on Saturday to advance to the College World Series.
Bethea was 1-for-7 with an RBI against Arizona.
Bethea started his college career at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, where his father, Pete, was an All-American.
"But it just didn't work out there," Danny said.
So he transferred to Palomar College and hit .418 as a sophomore.
"St. John's offered me a scholarship after that season at Palomar," Bethea said. "I wanted something different. I wanted to experience the East Coast, New York, Manhattan. Plus, it was a good baseball program with a great academic reputation. So it was a no-brainer.
"I can't say enough for Palomar, though. I took a chance going there, but the coaches do a great job both with baseball and academics, making sure your classes transfer. And they're realistic with you. They don't blow a lot of smoke at you."
Four St. John's players were picked in last week's draft. So Bethea, a junior who hit .262 with three homers and 29 RBIs in 50 starts for a team that went 40-22, will have to be a leader in 2013.
"We have so many high-profile players," Bethea said. "I was able to sit back and see how they handled themselves in tight situations.
"Next season will be my turn to lead the club."
Brown shines
Arizona outfielder Bobby Brown (Rancho Bernardo) is one of the great success stories in college baseball.
Brown redshirted his first season in Tucson and played just seven games the next season. In 2010, he played in 46 games for the Wildcats, and his career seemed to be on the upswing. But he played in just 17 games last season, most as a pinch-hitter.
This season, though, he broke through, hitting .356 with four homers, 12 doubles, seven triples and 54 RBIs in 50 games to earn All-Pac-12 honors.


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Birmingham Park and Recreation Board
400 Graymont Avenue West
Birmingham, Alabama 35204
Ronald D. Mitchell, President
Larry D. Cockrell
Dr. Bernard Kincaid
William Parker, Vice President
Theodore L. Smith
Kevin Moore, Director
The Park and Recreation Board is the City's agency responsible for operating all City parks. A five-member board is appointed by the City Council. The Board holds more than 124 pieces of property, encompassing more than 2,000 acres. Included among the City's offerings are dozens of public recreational facilities including golf courses, tennis courts, swimming pools, walking tracks, stocked lakes, softball fields, recreation centers, and parks for enjoying other outdoor activities.You can reserve a picnic pavilion or facilities at many of our parks for your family, organization or corporate outing. For reservations, call 205-254-2556
Birmingham Botanical Gardens
2612 Lane Park Road
Birmingham, Alabama 35223
Size: 67.5 Acres
Admission: Free
Operating Hours: Sunrise to sunset, 365 days per yearBirmingham Botanical Gardens Mission:
The Birmingham Botanical Gardens' mission is to collect plants that are suitable for ornamental or agronomic uses in this area, arranging them in scientific, ornamental, educational and/or other systems for the accumulation and diffusion of knowledge and love of plants, and to create displays and programs for the benefit of the public.Something For Everyone
Where else can you follow a trail of wildflowers running alongside a stream, wander through a maze of roses and find yourself at a Japanese teahouse or Zen garden, all within an hour or two.
At slightly more than a mile in length, the Vulcan Trail is a gem carved from the rough stone of what was once part of the old L&N Birmingham Mineral Railroad.
Located off Richard Arrington, Jr. Boulevard, at the base of Vulcan Park, the trail offers a quiet stroll along a shaded path and fantastic views of the city skyline below.
In 2003, a volunteer group of citizens formed "Friends of Vulcan Trail" to work to make the experience of visiting the trail a highlight for all who walk it.
For more information on the Vulcan Trail, please call 205-254-2391.For information on Vulcan Park, please call 205-933-1409 or http://www.visitvulcan.com


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Warhammer Online gets first big patch11 December 2008
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is in the middle of receiving its first big content update since its release back in September. Update 1.1a is now live for North American gamers, however European operator GOA has said that it is expecting the patch... >>
Warner Bros. launches free AIDS prevention game in Kenya8 December 2008
Warner Bros. has teamed up with the US government to deliver a free multiplayer PC game to Kenya in an attempt to change the HIV risk perception, attitude and behaviour of its inhabitants. Developed by Virtual Heroes, the game is called "Pamoja Mtaani",... >>
Sega launches casual games website5 December 2008
Sega has launched PlaySega.com, a new online portal for casual games which will target "all types of gaming and social networking fans". The site will offer a number of titles for free, including arcade classics, word, puzzle, quiz and sports games, as... >>
Rockstar working on GTA IV PC patch4 December 2008
Rockstar has announced that it is working on a solution for Grand Theft Auto IV PC, after some gamers said they were having major reliability problems. "We are aware that a small number of fans are having problems running GTA IV on their PCs and we would... >>
Warhammer Online unlocks two new character classes4 December 2008
Two new character classes have been added in the latest patch for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. The Blazing Sun and Black Guard careers had previously only been available to those players who completed the Heavy Metal live event. However apparently,... >>


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Consume 1.6 Hits App Store, Goes on Sale
Consume [$0.99 on sale - iTunes link] is the awesome little app for the those of us who don't have unlimited anything on our iPhones... or ISPs. Yes, tiered data is a reality in some parts of the world, and we have to watch our MBs/GBs as closely as we watch our voice minutes. While I've been using Consume to do that on Rogers for a while now, their latest update -- version 1.6 -- improves support for existing providers and adds support for:
- Comcast in the US
- T-Mobile (Vertrag) in Germany
- Vodafone (Pay Monthly), T-Mobile (Pas As You Go), Tesco Clubcard in the UK
- Airtel Mobile (Postpaid), Airtel Broadband, Airtel Landline in India
- Bell (Broadband) in Canada
- Simyo (Prepaid) in France
- XNet, Snap (Prepaid), Subway Subcard in New Zealand
- SJ in Sweden
- Easy Way Tea's in Australia
They've also added a new "Package Tracking" category for USPS, AAE (Australia), TNT Express (Australia), and Apple Order Status (now if Apple would just release those new MacBooks for us to track!)
And yes, it's made by Bjango who do the great iStat [$0.99 also on sale - iTunes link] app (among others) for iPhone, and widget and menu system for the Mac. If you give it a try, let us know what you think!
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Consume 1.6 Hits App Store, Goes on Sale
AT&T app let's me check my Rogers account? ;)
I will give them that they have made a very sexy apps and it can be used on more networks than just at&t. At&t is just delivered a decent app for most of us and we can even pay our bill from it. Bjango makes some nice stuff.
I tend not to care too much about my minutes cause I usually never ever ever go over. I must say I hate using my roll over minutes...they are old and don't works as good. I tend to just throw them away. ;)
Well just installed the Rogers app, and it does work on my corporate account. but the app only works over data and not wifi. It uses your connection to identify you automatically and displays your info. I think i'll pass on that $0.99 app. thanks for pushing me to get the free one though :)
I'm starting to see the corporate schilling this website pays to. I have a program called cell tracker that's also free. Works with AT&T. Consume may work for a select few people for where the free alternatives don't work or don't work well enough, this article makes no attempt to point them out or compare... up front just gives us a app that we have to pay for.
I guess there is a reason why you shouldn't read news associated to a website that also sells stuff... it's just about the money :(
Try free apps first before buying.
Are you a competitor of Consume? If so, just send us your app and we're happy to look at it as well.
We don't "schill" and we don't sell apps, and anything that is ever sponsored is clearly marked as such and disclaimed.
And seriously, $0.99 and people complain it isn't free? I'd pay a lot more than that for a great app and consider "free" far too expensive in terms of my time and poor user experience unless it was equally great.
Great developers put a lot of effort into their apps and App Store prices are low enough. Someone could likely find an intern or outsource any of our jobs "for free", does that mean we don't deserve to get paid for our work either.
$0.99? Seriously? Complaints about that = just another reason great devs won't make great apps for this market :(
REPLY;The Zune is targeted on being a Portable Media Player. Not much of a browser. An excellent game machine. Maybe at some point itll do more desirable in those areas, fo the time being its a wonderful approach to organize and hear your music and videos, and it is without peer and need rest. The iPods strengths are its web browsing and apps. If those sound more compelling, perhaps it is your best choice.


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Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury was a mid-Victorian novelist and journalist whose works and career, after falling into obscurity by the early twentieth century, have enjoyed a revival of interest among feminist literary scholars since the 1970s. She was born at Measham, near the Derbyshire-Leicestershire border, on 22 August 1812, the fourth child of Thomas Jewsbury, a cotton manufacturer, and his wife Maria (née Smith), a cultivated woman of artistic tastes; there were eventually six surviving children. In 1818 the family moved to Manchester, where Thomas became an insurance agent. Maria died the following year, however, so that the eldest child and only other girl, Maria Jane (b. 1800), became responsible for running the household a…
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What HD was made for…
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What HD was made for…
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Yay, first spotters badge and as a City fan what a way to do it.
I need to get myself Sky HD.
yeah thats exactly what city and liverpool will be doing to man u soon
What I Want To Know Is What Tevez Wanted To Do
Best thing I have seen in a while.
i think he was trying to get the ball from underneath rio.
oh he wanted to get a ball from underneath him alright
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Apple supposedly cutting iPhone 5c production in half due to low demand
Apple may be cutting production of the iPhone 5c in half due to demand being lower than expected. Sources say that production is currently at 300,000 units a day and will be cut down to 150,000 units a day. According to CTechnology, poor demand is due to the higher than expected price and the iPhone 5s outselling it.
While it is very possible that Apple wrongly estimated demand for the iPhone 5c, we also have to keep in mind that it's also a much easier phone to produce than the iPhone 5s. The iPhone 5s has a more complicated assembly paired with newer and harder to produce components that can easily bottleneck the supply chain, the M7 chip in particular is most likely causing issue.
This creates a problem wherein people assume Apple grossly underestimated demand for the iPhone 5s and overestimated demand for the iPhone 5c.
The iPhone 5c was never made to compete with the iPhone 5s. I also don't think Apple was naive enough to expect the iPhone 5c to sell even a small fraction of the amount of units the iPhone 5s sold at launch. We've already talked about why we think the iPhone 5c will sell well and I think most of us here at iMore still stand behind that.
While soft initial demand may be the case for the iPhone 5c, it's a phone that didn't face the same constraints as the iPhone 5s so comparing the two probably doesn't provide the most accurate overall picture. Apple will sell a good amount of iPhone 5c units, but those units will be sold over a spread out period of time to users who are out of contract and upgrading and don't want to pay $200 or more for a smartphone. That is the audience the iPhone 5c is aimed at. Not those of us who want the latest and greatest in bleeding edge technology. For us, there was the iPhone 5s.
It'll be interesting to see how the iPhone 5c does over the holidays and in the coming months as demand for the iPhone 5s catches up and production of both models can level out.
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Apple supposedly cutting iPhone 5c production in half due to low demand
it's a well made solid phone. I held one two days ago. But i don't think pastel colors help or the fact that the 5c and 5s don't have a ton of difference between them to the non phone enthusiast.
When it will be available, the 5C will cost EUR 699 here in Europe, and 5S EUR 799 (16GB.) With these prices, why on Earth would anyone buy the 5C is totally beyond me. With operator subsidises the prices will coem down EUR 100...150 for both products, to 600€ and 700€ respectively. 5C is too darned expensive for what it is -- a plastic iPhone 5. That value proposition is just silly. 5C should cost EUR 500 at max to sell agaisnt 5S.
I have to be fair, iMore is getting a little it too "justify-happy" when it comes to everything Apple does. I'm not sure what's happened, because iMore used to be a bit more even-handed, not apologist. This is a fan site, admittedly, and I love my iPhone, but I'm not going to just say "great job Apple" when Tim Cook makes a mistake.
I believe you have forgotten what Tim Cook said that the 4 and 4s were selling very well and in fact better than the 5.
So it is logical for them to priced the 5c lower than the 5s to cater to a group of people who don't want the 5s.
Btw many may want to forego the 5s so they can pay less.
Can you explained the popularity of the 4 and 4s when they can pay $100 to get the latest and greatest but they didn't.
Besides the points in the article, It's just as likely they are just done ramping up inventory for the release. Also keep in mind, that sales at ATT/Sprint have 5c at 2nd place as best selling phone. 3rd best at Verizon and T-Mobile.. Kind of hard to see it doing poorly.. I mean really. What did the analysts expect?
Errr...this has nothing to do with analysts - if the report is accurate, Apple overestimated initial demand. That doesn't necessarily mean it is selling *poorly* in absolute numbers, just not as well as Apple planned, so they are ratcheting down production.
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I agree that the 5c is meant to be sold to people on contract. They difference of 18% between it and the 5s unlocked price just doesn't justify the purchase. But 50% off and in the case of major supermarkets discounting it up to $50 less... It becomes a good investment. But people's contracts don't all end on the same date so I agree that this phone would sell steadily all year.
I'm starting to believe that Apple's 5S supply issues are more about their overly ambitious plan to release in so many countries and carriers in such a short time instead of any manufacturing bottle necks.
Completely agree however that the 5c will sell a lot over over the long term. There are a lot of people who want the cheapest iPhone possible. I think it would have been better suited for either free or even $50 but it will still sell well to the non techies.
It took me no time at all when the 5c was launched to find the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the HTC One substantially cheaper here in the UK than the 5c. Especially when you take into account that these and other phones that I found, have much bigger screens.
Also, it was Steve Jobs who labelled the iPod Touch as, "the iPhone without a contract". Sure the iPhone has a higher spec and can make calls, but they both run the exact same os and both have the exact same screen, at first glance they even look the same. So, could someone please justify why an iPhone 5c should cost more than double the price of an equivalent iPod Touch. Are those extra specs on the 5c really worth more than what you could pay for a whole iPod Touch?
I think the answer is you're not meant to buy an iPhone off contract. They really make these phones attractive to on contract buyers. Most of us couldn't afford a full priced iPhone and most of us don't pay the unsubsidized price.
I wonder how it is selling compared to the 4s was this time last year, given that model became apple's "cheap" option / second best iphone from September 2012, just like the 5c is in 2013. Surely that's the best comparison in terms of like for like sales?
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I disagree.
Upon launching the 5, Apple marketed the 4s as a "last years model" nothing more. The 5c is being marketed as a new phone, with a new design, new materials, a new concept of a colorful "pop" product for "fun people". Educated consumers will understand that it is basically the 5 in cheap plastic, but I don't think that's the case with most consumers.
At this price point I say it will flop worldwide, and that Apple pundits at iMore seriously overestimated Apple's ability to market it. Unless its the ONLY iPhone Apple sells in some markets, or if it gets a serious price reduction, its just too a weak a competition to the 5s.
You all do realise that demand always slips after Q4 and this could have been planned from the beginning and not necessarily due to weak demand. Also 300k phones a day..... That's a lot of phones....
What an ignorant comment.
Did they make the mistake of just making a color version of the 5, with a little zip under the hood, but still a 5. The 5S is so much more. Another thing to think about, with new products coming out soon, If I had a 5, I may wait to upgrade, saving money for a new iPad, or iPad mini Retina. There are so many color cases out there, you can make your 5 in any color. No matter how you feel about the fingerprint scanner, if the 5C had it. This article may be a different story.
This has to be the Edsel of iPhones here. What Apple really needs to do is dump the 16 GB models and sell the 32 GB at the $199 price point. They could've done it had they not waste their resources on the fingerprint scanner. Another mistake is taking the existing iPhone 5, slap a plastic back on it replacing the aluminum back and then saying its a new phone. Also get Verizon customers talking and surfing at the same time finally. 3 years that Verizon has been selling the iPhone and Apple still can't figure out how to make that happen on Verizon's network.
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I agree, the 16 gig model needs to be dropped and 32 gig become the baseline model. Where I don't agree is the fingerprint scanner. I love it and now that i've used it, I don't want to go back to a phone without it.


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The authors of the World Bank Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report released last week say economic activity was robust in much of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2013. In contrast, developing countries in general are headed for a third consecutive year of disappointing growth below 5 percent, as first quarter weakness in 2014 has delayed an expected pick-up in economic activity.
"Growth rates in the developing world remain far too modest to create the kind of jobs we need to improve the lives of the poorest 40%. Clearly, countries need to move faster and invest more in domestic structural reforms to get broad-based economic growth to levels needed to end extreme poverty in our generation," World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim said. Despite emerging challenges, medium-term growth prospects for sub-Saharan Africa remain favorable.
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Volume 47, Number 5
September/October 2002
Interview with Joseph A. Zaccagnino, president and CEO, Yale New Haven
Health System, Kyle Grazier
Comparing Clinical Resources and Outcomes to Understand Best Practices,
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Retaining Our Workforce, Regaining Our Potential, Steven M. Barney
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Development and Implementation of an Endovascular Surgery Program in a
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Adverse Drug Events in the Elderly Population Admitted to a Tertiary Care
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Shadi S. Saleh, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Health Policy,
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Nicole L. Dubbs, Ph.D., assistant professor, Joseph L. Mailman School
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We here at Nerd Appropriate love us some good chip-tune music (see our Anamanaguchi interview for proof!). What happens when you mix the raw creativity of the Mass Effect 2 soundtrack with the pure fun of 8-bit? The answer… Jimmy Hinson's Big Giant Circles. BGC's first full length album, Impostor Nostalgia, boasts over 75 minutes of classic 8-bit inspired music for a mere $3.99. Did we mention the album is pretty damn incredible? Do yourself a favor and head on over to the Big Giant Circles website and pick yourself up a copy… You will not be disappointed. Below you'll find an embed of the album for your streaming enjoyment… and we maaaay be giving away a few copies to some lucky readers.
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I just fully realized something that's been rattling around in my head for a while. Static typing in OO languages isn't the solution to software complexity, rather it's an enabler of it. Static typing is like giving a drunk a bunch of breath mints and saying "Don't drive drunk. But if you must, use these breath mints in case you get pulled over."
The problem is static typing tends to encourage large, complex framework-like interfaces, instead of the decoupled, modular interfaces everyone desires. The irony is, if your interfaces are small and simple, then static typing offers you very little benefit. Static typing works best when there is lots of complexity, but like breath mints for a drunk, we are just making it easier to get away with what we know to be a mistake anyway.
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Prep time:
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For the tomato sauce:
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
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- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 cup fresh basil, chopped
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
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- 1/2 cup parmesan, grated
- 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh dill, chopped
- 1/2 cup fresh breadcrumbs
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Extra-large pasta shells, cooked and drained
- Extra 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated
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March 9, 2013
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Ryan LeBlanc (165 lbs) and Adam Chalfant (285 lbs) earned automatic bids to the NCAA Championships on Day One of the Big Ten Championships while Joe Duca (125 lbs) and Taylor Walsh (157 lbs) remain in contention for slots in the nationals heading into Day Two of competition at the conference tournament.
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Chalfant has advanced to the wrestleback semifinals while LeBlanc, Walsh, Duca and Luke Sheridan (184 lbs) will each battle for seventh place in their respective weight classes. Due to the Big Ten earning varying amounts of automatic bids to the NCAA Championships at each weight, the path to nationals is different for each Hoosier. LeBlanc has already clinched a spot as eight 165-pounders from the Big Ten qualified. Meanwhile, Duca and Walsh must win their seventh-place bouts to seize NCAA qualification. At 184 pounds, just six auto bids were up for grabs. Therefore, Sheridan must now await the committee's wild card selections midweek to determine the remaining NCAA field.
Chalfant won three of four bouts on Saturday, starting with a 4-1 decision over Illinois' Chris Lopez in the opening round. Following a 7-3 defeat to third-seeded Connor Medbery, the Hoosier heavyweight responded with back-to-back decisions over Alex White (Purdue) and Jimmy Lawson (Penn State). Chalfant enters Sunday needing two more victories to seize third place at the Big Ten Championships.
Duca's second win over Dom Malone (Northwestern) in the last three week's advanced him to the seventh place bout and a winner-take-all shot at an NCAAs trip. Walsh and LeBlanc won a pair of matches each on Day One, also finding their way into the seventh-place bout.
Walsh began by blanking Purdue's Tommy Churchard, 3-0, in the first round and later getting past Kalvin York of Wisconsin, 4-2. LeBlanc posted bonus points in his opening bout, majoring Pat Robinson (Purdue), 10-1. He then stamped his NCAA entry form in the wrestlebacks by topping Nebraska's Austin Wilson, 9-2.
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In this second of four pieces examining the NCAA Tournament at the Sweet 16 point, we now turn to the South Regional, where the top seed is lucky to still be around -- and the no. 3 seed will feel right at home.
Never mind that spot at the top of the polls. Ohio State needed everything to break right at the end of regulation against Xavier, following its first-round romp of Central Connecticut State.
Having already subdued BYU in Lexington, the Musketeers led by nine with less than three minutes of play. Sensing the end, the Buckeyes pressed, hit some 3-pointers, and were within two as the clock in regulation wound down.
What followed will linger with Xavier fans for a long, long time. Off a missed shot, Greg Oden fouled Justin Cage hard. Many would say an intentional foul should have been called, all but locking up the game, and they might be right.
But the fact was that (1) Oden had fouled out, and (2) all Cage needed to do was make both of his free throws with 9.3 seconds left, and the upset would be complete.
The first shot was fine. But Cage clanged the second off the rim, and in the chaos that followed, Xavier forgot to foul anyone -- giving Ron Lewis enough time to swish that tying 3-pointer. Mike Conley Jr. took over in overtime, and the Buckeyes are still around.
Now Ohio State must deal with Tennessee, a team it scraped past in January in Columbus. The Volunteers returned to that fair city last weekend to dump 121 points on Long Beach State. After romping through Albany, Virginia could not survive a tense affair with the Vols as Chris Lofton's four clutch free throws pulled his team through.
To win the rematch with the Buckeyes, Tennessee must push the tempo to keep Oden from establishing himself inside. If it's close at the end, all the pressure will be on Ohio State, and we know Lofton can hit big shots.
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Bring the broth to a simmer while you peel and prepare the vegetables. Heat a large soup pot over medium heat with the oil. Add the onions and garlic. Cook, stirring frequently, until the onions are tender and golden, about 5 minutes. Stir in the marjoram.
Add the celery, parsnips, carrot, leek, and cabbage. Cover and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are slightly tender, about 8 minutes
Add the broth and the bay leaf. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Bring the soup to a simmer and cook, partially covered, for 10 minutes before grating the beets directly into the soup. Simmer, partially covered, until the soup is flavorful and the vegetables are completely tender, about 15 minutes. Stir in the dill. Add the red wine vinegar, salt, and pepper to taste. Garnish the soup with sour cream and serve.
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It's time to reassess the Burmese export industry, which is destroying a natural defense against killer waves
After the dead are finally counted in Myanmar, the cyclone that hit on May 2nd will go down as one of the deadliest cyclones of all time. Currently seventh on that list is the 1991 cyclone that killed 138,866 people in Bangladesh. Some estimate the Burmese death toll will be around 100,000. The reports are streaming in about how many dead, how many injured, how many missing, how many homeless and, worryingly, the relief organizations' frustration at the sluggish acceptance of foreign aid by the country's authoritarian military leaders. But one report is not making the current top headlines and may not merit mainstream news coverage even after the dust in Myanmar has settled. And that's the fact that if the country's mangrove forests hadn't been cleared over the years, many people would have survived this disaster.
Mangrove forests -- which grow along shorelines and up to a few miles inland -- provide a natural barrier against giant waves. After the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, it was found that mangrove forests protected coastal communities in several countries in the region. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) looked at the death tolls in two Sri Lankan villages that were hit by the tsunami. They found that only two people died in the village that was protected by dense mangroves, while the other village, with no similar vegetation, lost 6,000.
A few days after the current tragedy, Surin Pitsuwan, the secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), said that "encroachment into mangrove forests, which used to serve as a buffer between the rising tide, between big waves and storms and residential areas; all those lands have been destroyed...human beings are now direct victims of such natural forces."1 Mr. Pitsuwan's focus on this causative element of the disaster is to be applauded. But regrettably, it's old news.
In a paper published by the journal Environmental Conservation in 2002, the renowned marine biologist Daniel Alongi, from the Australian Institute of Marine Science, wrote that one-third of the world's mangrove forests had been lost in the last fifty years, suggesting that "the greatest hope for [the mangroves'] future is for a reduction in human population growth."2 A year later in the same journal, environmental scientist Bradley Walters, from Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, Canada, reported that in the Philippines, "cutting to make space for fish ponds and residential settlement has dramatically reduced the distribution of mangroves."3
A recent study done by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) found that 3.6 million hectares of mangrove forests -- which occur all over the world -- have disappeared since 1980.4 This loss has been attributed to various effects of human development upon the natural landscape: tourism, population growth, commercial agriculture, fish farming and logging. Based on satellite images, scientists believe that, between 1975 and 2005, Burma experienced the highest rate of mangrove deforestation among all the countries in tsunami-prone Southeast Asia, followed by Bangladesh, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka.5
In 2002, the World Rainforest Movement, an international non-governmental organization advocating the preservation of the Earth's tropical rainforests, published an article about the loss of Burma's mangroves. They found that deforestation caused by two of the country's export industries -- prawns and teak wood -- were "serious impacts on the environment and on the livelihoods of local people."6 Frozen prawns and shrimp are Canada's number one import from Myanmar.
Several countries have established trade embargos against Myanmar. In 2003, the United States put into law the Burma Freedom and Democracy Act, which bans all Burmese imports. European Union sanctions include restrictions on the import of Burmese timber, metals and gemstones and the prohibition of EU investment in Burmese mining and logging industries. But the success of sanctions from the West is questionable, especially when the Burmese dictators enjoy an unfettered trade with their neighbors that helped the nation to a 2.9 percent growth rate last year. Thailand gobbles up almost 50 percent of Myanmar's exports, with most of the rest taken by India, China and Japan.
The sanctions from the West must be reconsidered. Eco-minded companies from the Americas and Europe have a much better chance in the immediate future of striking the balance between industry and conservation than their current counterparts in Asia. And while China -- which provides over a third of Myanmar's imports -- would scoff at the idea of ending bilateral trade, world leaders should press President Hu Jintao to add conservationist provisions to their agreement. Considering the international scrutiny of China's depressing environmental record during the current Olympic year, this would be a logical, image-burnishing move.
It is likely sobering to many to realize that so many of the deaths from the current disaster could have been prevented by keeping the mangroves alive. But without a regional or even global response, unsustainable industries will remain drivers down a dangerous path. People can neither influence cyclones, nor, in most cases, military juntas. But free people around the world can tell their elected officials to increase pressure on countries like Myanmar to preserve live-saving mangrove forests from deforestation. And people who live in places that do not have import sanctions in place against Myanmar can think twice about eating Burmese shrimp and buying Burmese teak. These may seem like small gestures, but in these increasingly interconnected times, we would do well to ponder again the famous question asked by meteorologist Philip Merilees in 1972: Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?
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2. Alongi
3. Walters
4. Kinver
5. Quarterman
6. "Burma: Upstream deforestation and shrimp farming are destroying the mangroves."
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"Boycott Imports from Burma," Canadian Friends of Burma
"Burma: Upstream deforestation and shrimp farming are destroying the mangroves," World Rainforest Movement Bulletin, Issue 65, December, 2002 http://www.wrm.org.uy/bulletin/65/Burma.html
Hadar, Leon T. "U.S. Sanctions Against Burma: A Failure on All Fronts," Cato Institute, Trade Policy Analysis, Number 1, March 26, 1998
Kinver, Mark. "Mangrove loss 'put Burma at risk'," BBC News, May 6, 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7385315.stm
Lundholm, Gideon. "The Role of Myanmar's Export Markets in Regime Survival," Power & Interest News Report, October 18, 2007 http://www.pinr.com/report.php?ac=view_report&report_id=702&language_id=1
Quarterman, Davina. "A Landsat Survey of Mangroves in Tsunami Prone Regions," National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, October 30, 2007 http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/news/news-archive/sci_0018.html
Walters, Bradley B. "People and mangroves in the Philippines: Fifty years of coastal environmental change," Environmental Conservation, Volume 30, Issue 3, September 2003, pp. 293-303 http://www.scopus.com/scopus/record/display.url?eid=2-s2.0-0141756361&view=basic&origin=inward&txGid=oXh0h3ki9Fu-TfVbSug53D4%3a6
Giri, Chandra, et. al. "Mangrove Forest Distributions and Dynamics (1975-2005) in the Tsunami-impacted Region of Asia," Journal of Biogeography, Volume 35, Issue 3, pp. 519-528 March 2008


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A two-alarm fire tore through an apartment building in Reading on Sunday morning.
It broke out on the first floor at around 5 a.m. Sunday in the 1500 block of Perkiomen Avenue.
Flames were seen shooting through the roof.
Three families -- five people -- were affected by the fire, officials said.
A tenant in the building told 69 News that the owners bought the property about two months ago and were renovating it.
One person was taken to the hospital, but it was unrelated to the fire, officials said.
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WATERBURY, Conn. (August 17, 2010) – Post University was selected by G.I. Jobs magazine as a 2011 "Military Friendly School." This distinction places Post University in the top 15% of all higher education institutions in the United States.
"At Post University, we are honored to be able to serve those who are serving or have served our country, and we are very proud to be named a Military Friendly School by G.I. Jobs," said retired Lt. Col. Ed Lizotte, Post University Director of Military Programs and Veterans Affairs. "We have taken the time to learn what active duty, veteran and military dependents need to succeed, and then made sure we could provide it."
In addition to being a Servicemembers Opportunity College and a proud participant in the Yellow Ribbon Program, Post University has reduced its tuition and covered the cost of textbooks so military personnel and their dependents can earn an undergraduate or graduate degree at little or not cost to them.
As a traditional university with an excellent online program, Post University also is uniquely positioned to offer high quality degree programs in a variety of formats. Students may enroll at its main campus in Waterbury, Connecticut, take accelerated degree program courses at one of four locations in the state, or complete their degrees completely online.
"We know one size definitely doesn't fit all when it comes to military students," said Lizotte. "That's why our Military Program was created and is supported by people who also have served in our Nation's Armed Forces. Whether students enroll at our main campus or in one of our online accelerated degree programs, we are ready, willing and able to provide the support they need."
Post University also was included in Military Advanced Education's 3rd Annual Guide to Military-Friendly Colleges & Universities list.
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I want to use the NavBar section, but need to modify its functionality and style. I followed the developer documents on creating a new section. The section seems to be working sans the .LESS styling. Is there a more detailed tutorial or is there some code that needs to be added somewhere to tell the new section what .LESS file to use?
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Mandrake has the magic SysRq key on by default.
On Saturday 13 April 2002 11:21 am, Charles Polisher wrote:
> On Apr 13, 2002 Patrick Stockton wrote:
> > When sitting at a text login at the actuall box for example I'll enter
> > the username and password and it'll stop moving. So I'll hit ALT+F3 to
> > get a different terminal and I get a black screen, no prompts. So I hit
> > ALT+F7 to get to my X windows and still get the black screen.
> That's one of the worst things that can happen!
> Does the caps-lock light on the keyboard blink
> when you press the capslock key? If it does,
> /something/ is still running in there.
> The "magic sysrq" key is your friend when the screen
> is blank. It's not hard to set up and use. You could
> at least sync the filesystem before rebooting. Check out
> sysrq.txt in /usr/src/linux/Documentation.
> Maybe the last bufferfull of the system logs
> has important clues but sadly are gone by the time you
> can get the system restarted.
> Some people hook up a serial console to get at these
> messages. Sometimes the serial console keeps talking
> even after vga-consoles and network access are dead.
> Docs for setting it up:
> /usr/src/linux/Documentation/serial-console-txt
> You can make a 2nd system pretend to be a serial
> terminal for example using a null modem (it's just
> a cable) and minicom. Maybe someone can lend you
> a small linux box for a few days.
> Getty (or mgetty) could be freaking out? I've spent
> many hours tracking down getty problems, but I can't
> remember anything that would help without a live
> console.
> Ingo Molnar used to have a crash-dump patch to the
> kernel, might even be incorporated with newer
> kernels? (kmsgdump if memory serves)
> Lastly, you might be able to tweak the log-level
> of messages that show up on the console.
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THERE are many sound scientific reasons to go back to the moon, but there is one that I believe deserves more attention: to go fossil hunting.
It sounds like a non-starter. The moon is lifeless, always has been and probably always will be. But that very deadness makes it enormously important, both to those searching for clues to how life got started on Earth, and also on other planets. It's possible that the moon's surface holds an unprecedented fossil record of life on Earth and from around our solar system.
Here on Earth, the oldest unambiguous evidence for life dates back to 3.5 billion years ago. There is more tenuous evidence that life existed as long as 3.8 billion years ago, but this is based on controversial interpretations of rock chemistry rather than fossils of life itself. Either way, life on Earth ...
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Rachel Bilson is NOT dating Chace Crawford!
Life & Style magazine recently reported that there was a lot of flirting going on between Rachel Bilson and Chace Crawford when the two joined friends for dinner at The Lion in NYC last Friday.
She and ex-fiancee Hayden Christensen recently called off their engagement and she's in no hurry to jump into something new.
"She's friends with his manager and has known Chace for a while," her rep explains to Us. "The dinner was with a bunch of people, and it was simply a friendly dinner. I can say with 100 percent certainty they are not dating."
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Born in Kingussie, the Nordic skier competed in six Winter Games and carried the Union flag at three opening ceremonies, a record according to Olympic statisticians. And he has commentated on the last two Winter Olympics as well as shooting events in Beijing in 2008.
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He retired from the Army with the rank of sergeant, a British Empire Medal and an MBE before reinventing himself as a commentator for Eurosport after Salt Lake City eight years ago.
Yet, as he prepares for his final commentaries from Vancouver, Dixon reveals: "My Olympic dream is not dead. I am going to try for a place in the national shooting team this summer. Age doesn't seem a barrier in shooting."
Indeed, Greenock-born Arthur Clarke was 59 when he won Commonwealth gold in Brisbane, and 67 when he contested his third Games for Scotland, in 1990.
It is London 2012 which tempts Dixon. He shot 585 (out of 600), an international-class smallbore score, at Bisley three years ago, in a one-off competition, with no training. So it might also be foolish to rule out the Delhi Commonwealth Games this autumn.
Alister Allan, the former world smallbore champion and Scotland's most prolific Commonwealth medallist, helped Dixon during his shooting career, which he greatly appreciated.
A gamekeeper's son, brought up in a hunting lodge in a remote glen off Loch Linnhe, Dixon was, by his own admission, "an utterly useless shot" as a teenager. Yet he defied the odds and was still an Olympian in his 40th year, the oldest on the World Cup circuit in an event where the exit threshold is around 28.
His father first taught him to shoot. "Ducks mostly. I wounded far more than I killed outright," he recalled, "though I got them in the end, chasing them in a boat."
He joined the Army at 17 with no Olympic aspirations. When he first tried Nordic sport, he hit one target out of 10. He couldn't ski, and Army instructors told him he was too small to be a biathlete.
"I'd never been on skis until I was 19, and I was 5ft 6in. Most Nordic competitors average around 6ft 2in. I was left-handed, and you have to shoot right-handed. He told me to forget it."
Like generations who had taken the King's shilling before him, though, Dixon showed the folly of underestimating the thrawn persistence of the Highland soldier.
Within 15 months he was in the cross country ski squad in Sarajevo, the youngest member of the 1984 GB Olympic team. After 29,000 practice rounds, he became a true marksman. At Albertville in 1992 he was one of only three competitors who hit every target. He finished 12th. Britain's highest Nordic placing of the Vancouver Games thus far is 51st.
Given his resources and what's available now, current results are embarrassing. Not that Dixon will say so, although he had only one season on lottery support, a modest £2500. Even when he was offered half-price kit from Norwegian suppliers, he was obliged to buy at £1200 from a UK firm. Guns cost £1400. A perk of his job was that ammunition came free, but £200 from his sergeant's salary went each month towards team expenses. Back home, near Aviemore, he had a wife and two children.
A training snapshot tells how brutal this sport is. Not for biathletes the Alpine poseur-havens like Klosters or Kitzbuehel. Their world lies north of the Arctic Circle where temperatures are routinely more than 20º below. Goggles are not a fashion statement. Without them, your eyes actually freeze over.
So no Christmas-card stuff. He describes the snow as "very aggressive", and lying gasping in lungfuls of sub-zero air, attempting to slow his trip-hammer pulse. Arms, trembling from thrusting and levering the ski poles, attempting to lock the rifle on to the golf ball-sized targets 50 metres away as they dance in a mist of dripping, stinging, sweat. A flake of snow lands on the sight and he puts his lips close to blow it away – too close, and the frozen gun metal rips the top layer of flesh from his lips.
"The sport pushes you to the absolute physical limit," he says. "You ski 13 miles, climb around 2400 feet, perhaps to 6000 feet. On the downhills you touch 40mph.
"You ski into the range absolutely knackered: sticks down, rifle off, flick the front snow cover off, open the rear snow cover, out with the old magazine, in with the new, down into position. That's about 17 to 21 seconds, then shoot your five targets, and be on your way within 35 to 40 seconds."
He would stay in shape by running in summer, and once finished second in Scotland's selection event for the World Mountain Racing Championships. He won the Aonach Mor race, and was second in the half Ben Nevis.
Dixon finished 22 years in the service as a ski and rifle instructor, and is now behind the microphone for Eurosport. He does motivational speaking and team-building, notably with Global Energy in Aberdeen. He also arranges corporate event challenges, and works as a personal coach and trainer.
"Commentary generally runs from November through to March," he said, speaking from Vancouver. "Talking about the sport you love is just fantastic. It's usually a minimum of three hours each day, longer when there are two races."
He did not cover the opening ceremony, though. Is this not surprising, given his unique experience of having carried the flag at three of them, 1994, '98, and 2002? "Well I don't like to blow my own trumpet," he says.
It's also surprising, we venture, that he has no role in Olympic coaching? One suspects one has touched a raw nerve, but 22 years in the service of one's country breeds loyalty, sometimes beyond what's deserved. He won't comment.
It emerges that there was not one civilian youth development biathlon club in Britain, until Dixon changed that. The sport, despite public Treasury funding, effectively remains a military fiefdom.
Now, at Glenmore Lodge, there's Cairngorm Biathlon and Nordic Ski Club. "The British Biathlon Union didn't want to know," says Dixon. "There's a very good corps of kids, with the potential to develop internationally. I was told if I'd started as a kid, I'd have been Olympic medal potential. Let's hope these kids from around Kingussie and Aviemore will have that chance."
They train mainly on roller skis, so they're revelling in current conditions. A team of four from CBNSC, including two 15-year-olds, finished 15th out of 35 senior Army teams in the British relay championships this year. It was their first biathlon.
Dixon has given up one 10-day commentary assignment – his bread and butter – to take the club to events. "It's amazing what you can create with a little heartbeat, and enthusiasm," he says.
Two of his 15-year-old proteges won titles at the British under-21 championships, up against regular Army squaddies. Calum Irvine won the cross country and Scott Dixon the biathlon. Yes, Mike's son; he will be 19 when the next Winter Olympics are staged in Sochi, younger than dad when he made his Olympic debut.


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In November 2010, South Carolina voters will once again go to the polls to choose our leaders. There will be races for U.S. Senate, governor, Congress and state constitutional offices, as well as county council and school board positions. But in many towns and cities across the state, municipal elections will be held this year, and men and women who aspire to public service are already shaking hands, putting up signs and developing campaign literature. While these races are not as high profile as the 2010 races, they are important nonetheless.
According to Lancaster Police Department reports:
• A 19-year-old was charged with gun possession after police responded to gunshots fired on Miller Street on Sept. 18.
Johnathan Deangelo Jones, 19, 413 S. Market St., was charged with discharging a firearm in the city and carrying a pistol.
Police in the back parking lot of the police department heard gunshots, and the department also received calls about shots fired at Miller Grove Apartments, the report said.
Officers questioned Jones, who was walking on Market Street.
A recently formed group is making major plans to combat alcohol consumption among local youth.
A federal grant awarded to the Lancaster County School District to target underage drinking led to the organization of Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol (CMCA).
In late May, the group encouraged county businesses that carry alcohol to sign a covenant not to sell to minors. The group honored the participating businesses with a banquet earlier this month.
On Wednesday afternoon, CMCA members met to discuss its goals and future action.
Some men who've made major turnarounds in their lives were reminded of the qualities needed to be a good father.
The Lancaster Fatherhood Project, which assists local men with various needs, held its 2009 recognition banquet Thursday at the Carole Ray Dowling Center at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster.
The Rev. AnThony Pelham, pastor at Faith, Hope & Victory Christian Church, was the keynote speaker.
Joe Cahn has the best job in America.
He is the self-proclaimed commissioner of tailgating, a job he invented in 1996 after selling his business, the New Orleans School of Cooking. He also sold his house and bought a motor home.
Since then, Cahn has traveled to all 31 NFL stadiums, nine NASCAR tracks and 123 college football stadiums.
He was in Foxboro, Mass., on Monday night for the Patriots' home opener against the Buffalo Bills.
It can be a busy profession, but the recently-married Cahn said it has his wife's seal of approval.
ROCK HILL – The Baxter Hood Center in Rock Hill was packed Thursday night, and judging by the applause and jeers, packed mostly by people who are against health care reform.
Chairs for 650 people were set up at U.S. Rep. John Spratt's health care town hall, but when the room was filled, police required that people be kept outside the building. Anywhere from 100 to 300 people were turned away at the door.
Lancaster County Council recently discussed increasing a special tax district charge that could affect property owners in Indian Land.
Council unanimously approved first reading of an ordinance Aug. 10 that would amend the 2009-10 county budget to increase the special fire tax from $80 to $90 in the Indian Land communities of Edenmoor, Sun City Carolina Lakes and Bel Air. The fee is used to pay the salaries of full-time firefighters assigned to the Indian Land Fire Department.
KERSHAW – A Cassatt man was killed and three Lancaster County residents were hurt in a three-car crash near Kershaw on Saturday.
Charles Blackwell, 65, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 7:45 p.m. crash, said Lancaster County Coroner Mike Morris. He died of head injuries, Morris said.
S.C. Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Jeff Gaskin said Blackwell was headed north on U.S. 521 in a 1999 Chevrolet when he hit a 1998 Ford driven by Isabell Shields, 70, of Heath Springs. Gaskin said Blackwell then hit a 2000 Chrysler van driven by Cathy Hunter, 54, of Kershaw head-on.
The Lancaster County School District is switching companies that provide insurance-related services to district employees.
The school board voted unanimously Aug. 18 to uphold its decision to contract with Colonial Life Insurance to administer the school district's benefits enrollment program.
District employees receive their insurance through the state, but a third party handles enrollment and provides counseling about related services.
KeenanSuggs served as the third party for the last six years.
The city of Lancaster is receiving federal money to make much-needed improvements to its wastewater treatment plant.
The U.S. Commerce Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded a $450,000 grant to the city to replace the effluent pumps that send water from the treatment plant to the Catawba River.
Mack McDonald, the city's public utilities director, said the current pumps are about 20 years old and have lost efficiency, costing more to operate and maintain.
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OAKLAND, Calif. — Continuing to lose key players almost as rapidly as they are losing games, the Orioles put outfielder Felix Pie, one of the team's few hot hitters and the leadoff man in Brian Roberts' absence, on the 15-day disabled list and recalled Lou Montanez from Triple-A Norfolk.
Pie, who suffered a strained left rotator cuff in spring training, aggravated the injury in Thursday's loss while swinging and missing at a pitch from Tyson Ross in the seventh inning. He'll return to Baltimore and have a magnetic resonance imaging Monday. For now, the team is calling his injury an upper-back muscle strain.


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Comments on Anita's Girl Oscar-winning songwriter Carole Bayer Sager offers a poignant tribute to her mother, Anita Bayer. TypePad 2009-07-13T04:02:03Z LATimes http://www.latimesmagazine.com/ tag:typepad.com,2003:http://www.latimesmagazine.com/2009/02/moms-and-daughters-sager/comments/atom.xml/ Lila commented on 'Anita's Girl' tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c630a53ef0162ff57841b970d 2012-01-10T15:57:18Z 2012-01-10T16:30:41Z Lila My mother died on Oktober, 1st 2008. I guess that was a tough year for both. I can still remember...
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