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Posted 27 February 2013 - 21:07
What? I have used Photoshop since version 2, and I would hardly describe it as bug laden software.
Adobe (noun) - Creator of overpriced bug laden software.
Posted 27 February 2013 - 21:15
I'm a graphic designer and have always use Adobe products when it came to layout, photos, illustrations and web coding. It's the standard software that you will need to use if you want to do anything in the field. No one can will hire you if you don't know them in and out. To me, I can't justify paying $50 a month for it when other software in the market Office, Windows, Mac OS are all dropping down in price. Plus the return in design work has drop so much in the pass 5 years it's not even funny. Template being almost free if using the month web/print services.
The sweet spot would be around $10 to $20 a month for the software. What are you thoughts on this?
Posted 27 February 2013 - 21:24
I don't think you should compare the $20 upgrade for mountain lion with the price of Adobe creative cloud because Apple makes its main source of income from sold hardware. That's why they can charge so little for the software. Similarly, windows 8 was cheap for upgrades but by this month, the prices has risen to its usual prices. Furthermore, Apple and Microsoft are ten times richer than Adobe. Adobe gets all of its income from only one source: software unlike microsoft and apple. the $50 fee is right for the master suite and plus you get the beta apps like Edge code etc. which will come in the next version of CS7. However, I think they should provide a subscription model for only design tools or web tools or video production tools. Not every designer/developer needs all of the software though.
Posted 27 February 2013 - 21:40
Plus, Adobe software is very is to pirated and I know about 20 people who just does not pay for it just because how expensive they are. I'm lucky enough that I got my company to buy the software for me.
Posted 27 February 2013 - 21:41
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How is it overpriced? Even at $80 a month, you get the master collection. Lets see here....master collection is $2,150 on Amazon. at even $80/month, it will take 26 months TOTAL (at $80 a month you can cancel any month) to reach the cost of Master Collection.
Photoshop alone is $560 on Amazon right now. The Single Application plan of Creative Cloud is $20/month. It will take 28 months to reach the full price of Photoshop.
Remember, you are getting Master Collection (unless you choose the Single Application plan).
Posted 27 February 2013 - 22:53
If you purchase THe Master Collection at whatever price, it can be written of on your taxes.[if you are a graphics designer by trade] If you rent it..not so sure.
Posted 27 February 2013 - 23:06
If you purchase THe Master Collection at whatever price, it can be written of on your taxes.[if you are a graphics designer by trade] If you rent it..not so sure.


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CI Photojournal: Diving in an Underwater Forest | Conservation International Blog
Beautiful photojournal of CA kelp diving - please share
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Alexandra Cousteau: Stop Shark Finning - YouTube
New shark finning video from Oceana - please watch and share.
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For the nearly 1 million Americans a year who survive a heart attack but are left with a failing heart, a recent research breakthrough that successfully demonstrates the ability to convert scar-forming cardiac c...ells into beating heart muscle provides hope for their future. Thanks in part to funding from The Roddenberry Foundation, research and tests conducted at the Roddenberry Center for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine at Gladstone showed the ability to transform non-beating cells that normally form scar tissue into beating heart-muscle cells, creating stronger-than-ever hearts.
This breakthrough finding may result in a much-needed alternative to heart transplants, for which donors are extremely limited.
The global impact of this research is remarkable so make sure you share this with your friends!
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2 years later, fish sick near BP oil spill site - US news - Environment - msnbc.com
Two years later - the spill will continue to have lasting effects on the wildlife and economy of the region! BP is getting off VERY easy on this one. PLEASE SHARE!
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SAFETY RECALL on Miflex high pressure hoses:
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We are the 99% | Deep Sea News
While I see the point of this - the reality is the 'warm and fuzzies' bring attention to the plight of the oceans - once we have your attention, we will keep showing the facts of unsustainable practices to keep your attention and get you to spread the word and educate the world
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Will The Media Let Congress Forget About The Gulf Oil Disaster? | Media Matters for America
At the end of the day, it's not in the best interest of Congressmen to enact ANY real changes. WHY? Because these giant corps essentially run the place! We need REAL change, starting with the political, in order to effect REAL change that will preserve the planet! PLEASE SHARE - WE MUST educate in order to make a difference!
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Sustainable Ecosystems and Community News: Measuring Microplastics in their Final Resting Place
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Judging from this outstanding collection, I'd definitely feel confident in saying that Morenatti is one of the best photo journalists currently covering the Middle East hands down. A couple of his pictures were featured here a few months ago, but fortunately I got my hands on more of his work.
Unfortunately, I've heard that Morenatti was injured in a bomb blast in Afghanistan earlier this August which resulted in the amputation of his left foot. However that didn't sway him to continue doing what he does best in spite of this terrible experience. Link to the amazing collection located below.
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Both Amazon and B&H have a Class 10 Transcend SDHC card for $39 right now. This is a pretty solid price on memory, particularly for those who shoot a lot of HD video.
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NEW YORK—Brookfield Office Properties (BPO) signed leases with eight high-end, quick-service eateries at the future dining terrace at Brookfield Place, formerly known as the World Financial Center, in Lower Manhattan.
The dining terrace is part of a $250 million renovation of Brookfield Place, which encompasses four towers with more than 8 million square feet of office space, the 10-story glass pavilion Winter Garden, as well as extensive waterfront space.
The eateries were handpicked by the developer and focus on chef-driven, speedy-yet-creative cuisine. These casual places should appeal to office workers as well as tourists. The dining terrace is set to open to the public in early 2014. Six more eateries are to be announced in the coming months.
The confirmed eateries are:
Chop't Creative Salad Company—the name says it all; features 3 rotating seasonal options in addition to the classics, 25 homemade, small-batch dressings, and 50 fresh ingredients.
Dig Inn Seasonal Market—local produce, chef-driven sandwiches, as well as veggies, meats, and sides.
Dos Toros Taqueria—burritos, tacos, and quesadillas with local, high quality ingredients and homemade hot sauces.
Little Muenster—serves fancy grilled cheese sandwiches in addition to salads and sides.
Num Pang—this eatery earned Zagat's highest rating for a sandwich shop for its artful Cambodian sandwiches.
Skinny Pizza—a high-end spin on a New York classic with organic tomato sauce, whole wheat or gluten free crust, and all-natural cheeses and meats.
Sprinkles Cupcakes—features 20 different cupcakes ranging from the classics to the more creative ginger lemon and chai latte varieties.
Umami Burger—serves up unique burgers with its exclusive sauces and cheeses; named "Burger of the Year" by GW Magazine.


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Security Advisory: CryptoLocker Malware Restricts Access to Computer Files
Malware known as CryptoLocker is affecting Windows computers across the Internet and here on campus. Cryptolocker encrypts the infected computer's documents so that they are no longer usable and then displays a webpage demanding payment to restore them. It can encrypt files located on shared network drives, USBs, external hard drives and even cloud storage drives.
For information on the security advisory and on What You Need to Do, please read the entire security advisory message on CryptoLocker Malware Restricts Access to Computer Files.
Focusing on Mobile Device Security during 2013 NCSAM
In observance of 2013 National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the Information Security Office (ISO) held a Mobile Device Security event onOctober 3rd, 2013 at the UC Rangos from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. At the event, mobile carriers, vendors, researchers, the ISO and other University entities exhibited their mobile devices and demonstrated security and privacy configurations, answered questions, provided training material, discussed research reports, and shared security solutions.
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Notts County have sacked manager Keith Curle after less than a year in charge.
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Film: The majestic Iris Apfel dresses up in honour of Tate Modern's Matisse show
I didn't know anything about Iris Apfel until I started working at It's Nice That, and now what I know about her can be reduced to a few words; she's really bloody cool! In fact she's so cool that Tate Modern invited her to offer some thoughts on their blockbuster 2014 show Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs in a short film. In it Iris chooses a series of unsurprisingly glamorous outfits that have been inspired by her favourite pieces in the exhibition. There's a Dior cape that's, "as heavy as a horse blanket," some early Gianni Versace, "that kind of just goes doesn't it?" and other garments that Iris declares are, "so Matisse-y!" In conclusion; "I guess everybody who worked with colour was influenced by our friend. Mr Matisse certainly knows how to carve through colour!"


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The truly stunning Alocasia
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photos from our own stock and taken by us. If you would like a photo
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really is one of the most spectacular houseplants in the world. With bright white
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Not the easiest of plants but a must for the plant fanatic.
A bright position out of direct sunlight.
Keep warm minimum of 16C / 60F above 70 in summer will promote faster growth.
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Living Pittsburgh in the news…and some wonderful praise from our fans!
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Enjoy Free & Affordable Fun This Holiday Season
KDKA paired up with Living Pittsburgh during the 2011 holiday season to talk about all the fun free and affordable activites going on around the 'Burgh. From free carriage rides, to light up night (not JUST the one Downtown), to historic candlelit tours – there's lots of fun to be had, even if you blew your budget on Black Friday deals!
WPXI paired up with LivingPittsburgh.com to talk about several FREE free & very affordable activities and deals available this Summer in the 'Burgh – from swim lessons, to live music, to free food & drink.
Free & Affordable Experts offer Great Mother's Day Deals
KDKA paired up with LivingPittsburgh.com to talk about all the great things you could do for Mother's Day weekend, without breaking the bank.
Companies Giving Away Free Merchandise on Earth Day
KDKA spoke with LivingPittsburgh.com to get the scoop on freebies and deals celebrating Earth Day in Pittsburgh!
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KDKA highlighted LivingPittsburgh.com's Affordable Valentine's Day Date guide, featuring elaborate, jam-packed start to finish dates all over the city, along with other affordable Valentine's Day options.
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Living Pittsburgh highlights great local and inexpensive gift options for the holiday season, and KDKA did a great news story capturing all the ways to buy local for less in the 'Burgh.
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Living Pittsburgh teamed up with KDKA to talk about all the great free & affordable holiday events happening in Pittsburgh this year – again showing how having a great time doesn't have to break the bank if you know where to go and what to do!
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Be sure to catch Pittsburgh Today Live's Friday segment, Free & Affordable Fridays, where the ladies of Living Pittsburgh will go over our top free & affordable finds for the weekend and coming week. You'll find our most recent video on the right-hand side of our website.
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Living Pittsburgh does Valentine's Day on WTAE
Take a look at the video clip from our WTAE news segment featuring affordable Pittsburgh Valentine's Day dates with Michelle Wright! Here's a link to the story on ThePittsburghChannel.com as well: Stay-Home Moms Start 'Living Pittsburgh' Bargain Site
Post Gazette's City Walkabout: Diana Nelson Jones' Post Gazette Blog sums up Living Pittsburgh quite nicely in her post Life in a Bargain Town. She has also done a few other posts about us including Mmmm.. culture, yet cheap! and The Strip on a shoestring!
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Planning a possibly-permanent trip to the land down under requires a bit more
planning than just printing out the list of The 100 Things To Do In
Australia Before You Die and researching whether or not it's legal to own a
koala bear as a pet. Find out everything you need to know and pay R75 for a
ticket to the Opportunities in Australia Expo.
Hosted at the Gallagher Estate, Opportunities in Australia expo is cited as being the biggest migration and job expo in South Africa, attracting more offshore employers than anything else that could attract offshore employers. Providing opportunities to kick-start your migration and figure out whether or not you're more employable than someone who just got laid off from a fast-food joint. Not only are there a host of employers offering prospects brighter than a light-bulb hooked up to a car-battery, but the Expo offers the perfect opportunity to connect with other people who share your dream of a new life in the land down under.
Other than gathering the most up-to-date information on the Australian job market, you can also discuss state-based sponsorships with representatives from the Government of Western Australia as well as attend a number of seminars. Designed to demystify the migration process, the seminars aim to simplify your move and answer some of those niggling questions you might have about packing up and taking a hop across the pond. You'll find out how to move all your earthly belongings to Australia with the least amount of hassle, as well as set up an Australian bank-account; talking about bank-accounts, you can also lock-in favourable exchange rates and transfer your pension.
Essentially, if you dream of a life in the land
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the simplest way to start turning your dreams into reality.
Waht's more is that your Opportunities in Australia expo ticket will also give you access to the Opportunities Canada expo, on the same days, all under the same roof.
Expo Fact: The world's first 'expo' was held in Vietnam and focused on introducing tourists to the Vietnamese way of life. Apart from stalls selling electric fans and road-maps, it also included seminars on things like 'How to Deal with Humidity' and 'Are Scooters for You?'


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Rihanna speaks on the Telephone video….this is interesting.
This month must be national piss on Gaga month. People love you until your on top! Rihanna has now been added to the long list of artist who have an issue with the Telephonevideo. MIA came for lady Gaga last week saying alot of ugly things, Donny Osmond made a few comments, and before that it was India Arie.
The one thing I will say about all of the people talking about the video is that Rihanna is the only one who didn't give a bias or rude opinion. Her issue with the video was that she hates product placement and doesn't like to use it in her videos. I respect her opinion but Lady Gaga did the product placement on purpose and the videos "corny" appeal wasn't an accident. Gaga actually talked about how product placement was done on purpose in one of her many interviews about the Telephone video. Anyways, I'm going to end this one of my favorite quotes…..
"I never won a race looking BACK at my competitors….only ahead at the finish line" – Tyra Banks


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THE Denisovans, mysterious cousins of the Neanderthals, occupied a vast realm stretching from the chill expanse of Siberia to the steamy tropical forests of Indonesia - suggesting the third human of the Pleistocene displayed a level of adaptability previously thought to be unique to modern humans.
Our first tantalising glimpse of the Denisovans came last year with DNA analysis of a bone and tooth found in a Siberian cave. The DNA was distinct enough from Neanderthals' to suggest tens of thousands of years of independent evolution.
Before they disappeared, the Denisovans found time to interbreed with Homo sapiens. As a result, 5 per cent of the Denisovan genome lives on - not in the inhabitants of Siberia but in Papua New Guineans, living thousands of kilometres to the south-east (Nature, DOI: 10.1038/nature09710).
"I don't think many people would have predicted that," says Mark Stoneking of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany.
Stoneking has now compared the Denisovan genome with an additional 33 populations from mainland Asia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Polynesia, Australia and Papua New Guinea. He found Denisovan genes in east Indonesia, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Polynesia (American Journal of Human Genetics, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.09.005).
That suggests that the Denisovan genes in Papua New Guinea were by no means a freak result. Instead, Stoneking thinks the Denisovans lived in south-east Asia, and that the interbreeding with modern humans happened there. If confirmed, the Denisovans' range is particularly startling because it runs north to south (see map). Genetic evidence suggests that it is harder to migrate north-south than east-west, because climate and ecology change over shorter distances (American Journal of Physical Anthropology, DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21533).
"The Denisovans were spread across an extraordinarily wide [north-south] geographic and ecological zone," says Stoneking, "wider than any hominin other than modern humans - wider than Neanderthals."
The fact that Neanderthals inhabited a much narrower north-south zone "does seem to imply that there was something different about Denisovans' behavioural capabilities that allowed them to exploit a wider range of environments", Stoneking says.
We must be careful about using genetics to infer where people lived, warns John Stewart of Bournemouth University in the UK. It may be that the Denisovans interbred with modern humans somewhere in central Asia, and that a later migration carried their genes south-east.
Fossil remains of south-east-Asian Denisovans would help to examine that possibility. "There are a lot of enigmatic fossils in central Asia, China and south-east Asia," says David Reich of Harvard Medical School in Boston.
"It seems likely that some of them are Denisovan."
Across Asia in two waves
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The genes of Denisovans in modern humans are helping to reveal how our species colonised Asia, Australia and the Pacific islands.
Mark Stoneking of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, found Denisovan DNA in modern humans living in east Indonesia, Polynesia, Australia and Papua New Guinea. People from mainland Asia and west Indonesia didn't have any though, suggesting they are descendants of a second wave of modern humans across Asia - this time without Denisovan interbreeding. He suspects modern humans settled in the Middle East and migrated eastwards twice.
Independent support comes from Eske Willerslev of the Natural History Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen. His team sequenced the genome of an Indigenous Australian and compared it with Han Chinese, European and African genomes. They calculated that the Indigenous Australians split from the others between 75,000 and 62,000 years ago. The Chinese and European populations split between 38,000 and 25,000 years ago (Science, DOI: 10.1126/science.1211177). That, again, suggests two migrations across Asia.
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Dancing With The Stars
Who Will Win DWTS All-Stars? Shawn Johnson Emerges as Favorite
Athletes! They are the bane of every other Dancing With the Stars competitor's existence. They don't always win, but if an Olympian or professional football player shows up, odds are good they'll go pretty far.
So it's no shock that sports betting site Bovada has the three athletes — also previous champions — as the remaining best bets to win DWTS Season 15 All-Stars. They give Season 8 gymnast Shawn Johnson the best odds to win, followed by Season 4 speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno, then Season 3 NFL legend Emmitt Smith. The only other champion remaining, Season 1 winner Kelly Monaco, is fifth on their list, after Season 8 runner-up Gilles Marini.
The running theory seems to be that the most likely person to win is a previous winner, especially an athletic one. It can't hurt Shawn's odds that she's paired with DWTS' only three-time pro champion, Derek Hough. However, as Zap2it noted, in recent weeks, race car driving Season 5 champ Helio Castroneves was named the odds-on favorite to win — and we saw what happened to him on Week 3. Odds are just guesses with funny numbers next to them.
Here's Bovada's current All-Stars odds ranking:
Shawn Johnson — 7/4
Apolo Anton Ohno — 9/4
Emmitt Smith — 7/2
Gilles Marini — 7/1
Kelly Monaco — 10/1
Melissa Rycroft — 15/1
Bristol Palin — 25/1
Sabrina Bryan — 33/1
Kirstie Alley — 50/1
Do you agree with the odds? Should anyone be moved up or down, in your opinion?
Catch a new episode of Dancing With the Stars Season 15: All-Stars on Monday, October 15 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
Sources: Bovada, Zap2it
Gina Carbone is a contributing writer at Wetpaint Entertainment. Follow her on Twitter @ginacarbone.
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Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
(a) On June 2, 2014, Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2014 annual meeting of stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). As of March 31, 2014, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 370,732,369 common shares outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The Company solicited proxies for the Annual Meeting were solicited pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
At the Annual Meeting, the Company's Stockholders (i) elected: Kevin M. Charlton, Todd A. Dunn, David J. Gilbert, Richard I. Gilchrist, Diane M. Morefield, Thomas H. Nolan, Jr., Sheli Z. Rosenberg, Thomas D. Senkbeil, Nicholas P. Shepherd to the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board"), (ii) ratified the appointment of Ernst and Young LLP as the Company's independent public accounting firm, (iii) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers ("NEO's"), (iv) approved, on an advisory basis, a frequency of one year for future advisory votes on the compensation of our NEO's.
(b) The results of the matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting were as follows:
Proposal 1: Election of Directors as described in the Proxy Statement
Proposal 1 considered at the Annual Meeting was the election of nine directors to serve on the Board until the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.
The nominees as described in the Company's proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 8, 2014 (the "Proxy Statement"), were elected with the following voting results:
Directors Voted For Votes Withheld Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Kevin M. Charlton 224,005,517 897,705 - 65,153,961 Todd A. Dunn 222,913,199 1,990,023 - 65,153,961 David J. Gilbert 223,175,113 1,728,109 - 65,153,961 Richard I. Gilchrist 224,248,439 654,783 - 65,153,961 Diane M. Morefield 222,944,459 1,958,763 - 65,153,961 Thomas H. Nolan, Jr. 215,126,080 9,777,142 - 65,153,961 Sheli Z. Rosenberg 193,131,084 31,772,138 - 65,153,961 Thomas D. Senkbeil 223,157,551 1,745,671 - 65,153,961 Nicholas P. Shepherd 219,317,055 5,586,167 - 65,153,961
Proposal 2: Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the year ended December 31, 2014 as described in the Proxy Statement.
Proposal 2 Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Vote Ratification of Ernst & Young 286,401,252 3,216,149 439,782 -
Proposal 3: Advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as described in the Proxy Statement.
Proposal 3 Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Vote Advisory Executive Compensation vote 222,067,136 2,045,692 790,394 65,153,961
Proposal 4: An advisory vote on the frequency of future stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers described in the Proxy Statement.
Every two Every three Proposal 4 Every Year years years Abstentions Broker Non-Vote Advisory say-on-pay frequency vote 204,788,913 446,484 18,977,449 690,376 65,153,961
(c) Not applicable.
(d) At a meeting held on June 3, 2014, the Board of Directors reviewed the final voting results and determined until the next required stockholder vote on the frequency of stockholder votes on executive compensation, or the Board's determination otherwise, to hold a stockholder advisory vote on executive compensation every year.


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Nearly half of 200 Australian species are threatened by climate change.
And that doesn't include arthropods and soil microorganisms.
The iconic Mount Everest could see a major loss of its glaciers over the course of this century, according to a new scientific study that its chief author calls the "the first detailed modelling study of all glaciers in the Dudh Koshi basin in the Everest region of Nepal."
The paper, published Wednesday in the journal The Cryosphere, was authored by glacier researcher Joseph Shea of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development in Kathmandu, Nepal, and several colleagues from France and the Netherlands.
Climate change could help the invasive weed from north America, that triggers severe allergic reactions, become common across the UK by 2050, experts have warned Climate change could help a notorious invasive weed known to trigger severe allergy...
Over recent centuries, people have introduced many invasive species to North and South America. New World invasive species are fewer, but there have been a few troublesome species introduced to the Old World. One should note that most of the damage caused by invasive species is by replacing native species. Whole ecosystems can collapse if too many natives are lost.
Target: President Obama
Goal: Send help for animals, not just people who are affected by floods in Texas and Oklahoma.
In Texas and Oklahoma, floods are still ongoing as record-setting rains hit the area recently.
Target: Chinese police authorities
Goal: Jail police chief who is accused of hunting endangered animals to dissuade others from committing such heinous acts.
The Philippines places eight provinces under a state of calamity due to a drought caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon.
SYDNEY (AP) — California has turned to the world's driest inhabited continent for solutions to its longest and sharpest drought on record.
Australia, the land poet Dorothea Mackellar dubbed "a sunburnt country," suffered a torturous drought from the late 1990s through 2012. Now Californians are facing their own "Big Dry," and looking Down Under to see how they coped.
Now that corporations control the U.S. government, tough water-conservation regulations may be ineffective in California and other drought-stricken states. Corporations seek short-term growth, not long-term stability.
On August 7-9 2015, Americans of all-walks-of-life will meet in West Yellowstone, Montana to tell our elected leaders that we need to reform wildlife ...
GR: We could choose to maintain intact ecosystems. There are so many species threatened now that it's hard to decide where to spend efforts. Wolves are a pretty good choice. For them to flourish much will have to change in the ways that people live with the land. To prevail on behalf of wolves will benefit many other species. Let's go to West Yellowstone.
The death toll in India has risen past 430 people, according to the BBC, as a devastating heat wave has swept through the country with temperatures reaching 118 degrees in some areas.
Most deaths have taken place in the southern states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, where more than 140 people have died since Saturday, the news service reported. Temperatures also pushed past 118 degrees in Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh while temperatures rose to above 111 degrees in the capital, Delhi.
Madagascar is home to extraordinary biodiversity, but in the past few decades, the island's forests and associated biodiversity have been under greater attack than ever.
The Wildlife Conservation Society and others such as those listed by the Lemur Conservation Network are working within Madagascar to preserve wildlife. However, as elsewhere, those who wish to harvest the land have power and influence. Perhaps we should all visit, spend a little money, and express our concern.
When Pope Francis releases his much-anticipated teaching document on the environment and climate change in the coming weeks, a network of Roman Catholics will be ready. These environmental advocates — who work with bishops, religious orders, Catholic universities and lay movements — have been preparing for months to help maximize the effect of the statement, hoping for a transformative impact in the fight against global warming.
"This is such a powerful moment," said Patrick Carolan, executive director of Franciscan Action Network, a Washington-based advocacy group formed by Franciscan religious orders. "We're asking ourselves, 'What would be the best way for us to support the faith community in getting this out and using it as a call to action?'"
There are no oil rigs visible from Aberdeen itself, but evidence of the foundations of Europe's oil capital is easy to see: plaques for the head offices of major fossil fuel companies, helicopters ferrying workers to and from offshore platforms, designer shops for a city that has more millionaires than any other in the UK.
It is not far from the centre of the granite city to the poorer wards, though, where like so many places, people struggling to pay ever-increasing energy bills are still forced to live in cold, damp, poorly insulated homes.
It seems incongruous then that in the last parliament the government gave the oil and gas industry billions of pounds in tax breaks and subsidies, while it spent barely £400m making buildings more energy efficient. Some argue it is particularly odd in light of the UK's commitment to reducing carbon emissions by 80% by the middle of this century.
This pursuit of what some would see as growth at all costs is rooted in centuries of Treasury control of Whitehall, not just as a necessarily cautious finance ministry but the hub of economic strategy, too. Critics denounce its often secretive and some say arrogant culture, as well as its unabashed free-market, conservative, short-term growth agenda.
From the article: "The UK oil and gas industry receives huge government subsidy, while support for renewable energy is cut. Is Treasury control of Whitehall fueling a shortsighted economic agenda?"
"The Grand Canyon Watershed National Monument would provide the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management the resource protection tools required to preserve the ecosystem integrity of this spectacular 1.7 million-acre expanse. With biodiversity declining worldwide and habitat destruction the number one cause, the over 20 sensitive species in the proposed monument need these safeguards.
As the title indicates, water is a key feature in this area of the Colorado Plateau, with springs and perennial streams vulnerable to increasing aridity from climate change and ground water pumping. These aquatic habitats are vital to the native wildlife in the region. Along with safeguarding wildlife, old growth forests, Native American cultural sites, and spectacular geologic formations, USFS and BLM natural resource staff will be able to monitor and improve public access for recreation. This area is well-known to birders, hunters, cyclists, hikers, horsemen, and many other types of outdoor use." --JOE SHANNON
GR: The greatest benefit for the greatest number would come from protecting this landscape.
RT @UNDP: An illustrated book on the conservation of #Lebanon's birds & #biodiversity: http://t.co/j6r72AlMEU v @UNDPLebanon http://t.co/Pr…;
This week, we turn the lens on the war between poachers and wildlife in Africa.
Rhino Girl:Here in the US as we honor the fallen soldiers who have put down their lives for our freedom, let us also remember the fallen rangers. These brave souls have paid the ultimate price for our world's wildlife.
The Santa Barbara oil spill is going to kill a lot of animals. A lot.
Target: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Director Rowan Gould
Goal: Offer further protections for the endangered Alligator Snapping Turtle in Louisiana.
The Alligator Snapping Turtle is being hunted and killed at an alarming rate in Louisiana.
The director and star of a film about one of the scientists who proved the contribution of greenhouse gases to global warming have urged audiences and movie-makers to recognise the urgency of action required – a message which has found echoes...
5 major threats to biodiversity, and how we can help curb them more:http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/daQkdUdGWJo/
@UNESCO:Equity in #biodiversity access&use is a rising moral imperative.We must ensure that its benefits r shr by all http://t.co/GWe8ug29kJ
Target: Kazutoshi Arai, Chairman, Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums
Goal: Praise zoo association's promise to stop obtaining animals caught during the annual dolphin hunt in Taiji, Japan.
TOKYO (AP) — Japan pledged Saturday 55 billion yen ($450 million) in climate change and disaster aid to Pacific island nations that are battling rising sea levels and natural calamities as a result of global warming.
If we don't drown or suffocate first, it's a very real possibility that life on earth will starve to death as climate change ravages planet Earth. Though it serves as the background story for Christopher Nolan's film Interstellar, the agricultural implications of climate change haven't been the face of the planetary event—polar bears are much cuter, of course—but a new documentary film from Academy Award-winning director Sandy McLeod aims to change that, bringing the human toll of drought and crop extinction to the forefront of the discussion.
The film, Seeds Of Time, tracks agriculture pioneer Cary Fowler as he races to preserve as many plant species as possible to retain genetic diversity as plant species extinction marches forward. As the former Executive Director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, Fowler traveled to places like Peru to help farmers catalogue and archive their crops, specifically potatoes in this case. Together with samples from other parts of the world, Fowler helped to found the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a seed storage facility in Norway that's like the Noah's Ark for agriculture.
Along with the vault, the film also explores the human angle of what will happen when biodiversity and agriculture fail. Namely, that the drought conditions we're already experiencing will lead first to rising food costs, then to increased conflict in starving regions and finally to the extinction of life-sustaining crops as we know it.
In this scoop the author dives into the idea that through climate change we will lose the important parts of agriculture that help us thrive and survive. A solution of preserving seeds is being taken into action to help save these important crops. I believe that this is a good idea so if something does occur and humanity needs these essentials we will be prepared for the worst.
Agriculture Unit
Climate Change effects
The effects of climate change on agriculture are introduced here in this article. This article references a lot of movies to show its point, and to then relate how the author believes this could actually happen. With climate change coming fast, plants aren;t given enough time to adapt. This leads to plants dying and not being during enough. This then leads to the falling of plant diversity, and the extinction o tweaker plants.
This article was interesting because it showed how the possible effects in the movie could deb possible for us here with climate change. Climate change often is talked about when referring to animals, but here is was interesting because its sole purpose was on plants and plant diversity going away. This can be spotted and should be notices and brought to the attention of people by them looking to see the rising process in food.
With all the rising temperature and climate change if we do not drown of suffocate first then it is likely that humans will starve to death. With temperature rising there is less crop which leads to higher costs which not all people can afford.
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April 29, 2009
Byron Howe & Nellie Branham Coffey - Updated Apr. 29, 2009
Nellie Branham was born in Sep., 1873 in Indiana to Larose and Susan A. Halbert Branham. She and Byron were married on Jan. 9, 1894 in Owen Co.
Byron and Nellie moved from Indiana to California between 1910 and 1920, apparently looking for work and a better life. They took four children with them:
Thatcher Howe, born Feb. 7, 1895 in Spencer, Owen Co., died Jul 16, 1956 in Los Angeles, CA. Thatcher joined the Army in WW1, and served with the 40th Div. He was discharged at Camp Kearny in San Diego, CA on Feb. 8, 1919. In Nov. of that year he married Lessa Leona Freeman in Riverside Co., CA. I know of one child for them, a daughter, Mary Jane, born Oct. 5, 1920 in CA., and died as Mary Jane Gratny in West Covina, CA on Jan. 30, 2007. Lessa was the daughter of Fletcher and Margaret McClellan Freeman, born Oct. 5, 1899 in IA died Jan. 24, 1979 in Los Angeles.
Naomi Josephine, born Mar. 22, 1896 in Spencer, died Dec. 4, 1970 in Los Angeles. Naomi married Karl Keeler on Mar. 16, 1916 in Marion Co., IN. They later moved to CA but by 1930 were living in Seattle, King Co., WA. I have two children, Lois, born c1919, and Karl, Jr., born c1921. Lois was born "back home in Indiana," while Karl waited until the family arrived in CA before making his appearance. Karl, Sr. waas born c1896 in Indiana, but I have not yet found a death place or date for him.
Cecile Louise, born Nov. 25, 1897 in Spencer, died Feb. 11, 1946 in Los Angeles. She married Joseph Adolph Iverson c1927, probably in CA. Joseph was the son of Charles John and Agusta Marilda Wagman Iverson. Charles was born in Norway while Agusta was born in Sweden. Joseph died in Nov., 1986 in CA. Cecile preceded him when she died on Feb. 11, 1946 in Los Angeles. I have no children for them.
Jule Hubert, born Dec. 25, 1899 in Spencer, died Mar. 3, 1979 in Los Angeles. He married Harriet Ellen Johnson c1925, a daughter of Gustav and Mary Johnson, both natives of Sweden. I have one child for Jule and Harriet, a son, Harry, born c1927.
Please contact me at the above e-mail address to add to or submit corrections.
I have received the following corrections for this family:
Dear Mr. Coffee,
I offer these corrections to the "Genealogy e-Newsletter for the Coffee/Coffey Surname and related families" that describes the genealogy of Byron Howe Coffey and "Nellie" Branham Coffey. Byron and Nelle were my paternal grandparents.
1. Nellie's actual name was Nelle Branham.
2. My father, Jule Hubert Coffey, in 1926 married Harriet Ellen Johnson, who was born October 30, 1899 in Tracy, MN. She was the daughter of Harry Gleason Johnson and Ellen Armanda Hicks. There never was any connection with Sweden.
Thank you in advance for your attention to these corrections.
Priscilla Coffey McKenna
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I received the following from Phyliss Peters Murphy who with her husband are current owners of the Iverson Ranch:ReplyDelete
"Joseph and Cecile Louise did marry in California and lived on the Iverson Movie Location Ranch, 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, CA. She was killed in an automobile wreck in California in a rain storm. I am not sure where she is buried but Joe is buried at Oakwood Memorial Park as you stated. When we bought the ranch from Sherman (last of Iverson owners) he showed us a motor in one of the out buildings which was from Louise's car). He said Joe was unable to deal with it, even 50+ years after she died. He subsequently married Iva. He had no children with either wife.
"Joe's fathers name was is usually spelled as Karl. Some family members from Norway came to visit earlier this week after finding letters he wrote home in 1920s with the ranch address on them. He was the youngest child of 5, and boarded a ship for an adventure, came to CA and the rest is history.
"Joe was a sniper in WWI and stayed on the ranch after returning from the war. His interests included big game hunting as well as butterfly and rock collector.
"Joseph had 4 brothers and sisters. Carl and Ana (fraternal twins, Aaron, Sena and Joseph (fraternal twins)"
Phyliss included a link to an article from the local historical society that may be of interest to ranch researchers: http://tinyurl.com/m4bm436
She also recommends the book "Quiet on the Set" by Bob Sherman, a nephew of Iva.


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IOWA CITY, Iowa - Iowa City police have pulled a recruitment video from the internet after members of the community raised concerns about its content. The video had been on the police website for more than three years before being taken down this week.
"The former Iowa City Police Department (ICPD) recruitment video, developed four years ago, has been a point of community debate due to the chosen music, imagery, and companion music video," police chief Sam Hargadine wrote in a letter to city manager Tom Markus dated March 26. "The ICPD is responding to the concerns of our citizens by removing the video and developing a new recruitment video."
The roughly two minute video devotes a large amount of time showing heavily armed police officers executing search warrants to music by the rock band Saliva. Such videos are not uncommon as recruiting tools for police departments, Iowa City police sergeant Vicki Lalla said.
The department had plans to produce a new video prior to learning about the concerns.
"We knew the video was old and it was time to make a new one," Lalla said. "This [new video] is going to be focused on the city's strategic plan and showing more of what Iowa City has to offer in general as a nice place to live."
Lalla said the department is working with the city cable division on a new video that will be released in the near future.
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This behavior may occur if Internet Connection Sharing is turned on for one or more of your network connections.
Service pack informationTo resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Windows XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322389/EN-US/ )How to obtain the latest Windows XP service pack
Hotfix informationA supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.
If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.
Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
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To work around this problem, turn off Internet Connection Sharing to prevent VPN connections from disconnecting. To do this:
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2.
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Drunken Squirrel
Joined: Mar 2009
Location: DFW Area, TX
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Great RR! You have a knack for photographing people, I really enjoyed your pictures!
Joined: Jan 2005
Location: Freelard
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Awesome job taking close up pictures of the people you meet. Those do a lot in telling your story!
Thanks for sharing! Keep up the excellent work.
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
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Riding the range
Joined: Oct 2003
Location: ABQ, NM
Oddometer: 1,500
Great report. Hope you keep it coming!
-- Golf is for the dead.
Joined: Oct 2009
Oddometer: 3
Great pics!
and I'm in GhuangZhou.
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Joined: Feb 2007
Location: FRANCE
Oddometer: 416
DanO Supertramp
Joined: Aug 2009
Location: Milwaukee and the Parent's basement
Oddometer: 55
Mission Accomplished!
Thanks for all the kind words and support guys!
I would have had several updates the last few weeks but China decided to Ban all Internet and even international calls (very very sorry mom and dad) in the Xinjiang Provence because of riots and what not.
I will have a full report and many more pictures in the next few days.
In quick summery though I made it a full 10,000km to the border with Pakistan and near tears was forced to sell the beloved bike for pennies and hop on a bus into Pakistan (and Internet!)
Thanks again for the support and helping me catch the advrider bug that imsure to be stuck with now! (This is water, Pstan is dry)
Koala Bears are pretty neat
China to Pakistan on a 125cc
Bad Photos from Travels and Afghanistan
T-Town Geezer
Joined: Jan 2007
Location: Tulsa
Oddometer: 38
Great stories and images. My favorite picture is the one with 3 boys running toward the camera with the mountains in the background. National Geographic quality.
Many people have been to China. Behing and the Great Wall and a few other iconic places. It's like coming to the US and visiting LA, Yosemite, and Yellowstone. Nice but a small slice of the whole. Getting out of the tourist areas and interacting with locals - on a bike. Priceless.
Looking forward to more pictures and narrative. Don't fall off any mountains.
Lets Ride
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Location: kootenays canada
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Wow what a ride and great pictures! Awesome how unique the different regions of the world are.
DanO Supertramp
Joined: Aug 2009
Location: Milwaukee and the Parent's basement
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Thanks for the Nat Geo comment. That is a big dream of mine that is going to take alot of work. Crazier things have happened
I enjoyed you picasa photos! I wish we could of lined up a photoshoot for my 125
Koala Bears are pretty neat
China to Pakistan on a 125cc
Bad Photos from Travels and Afghanistan
DanO Supertramp
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Leaving Golmud, I was in for my first long desert ride. It was 400km to the next gas can, and besides broken down trucks and a noodle stand, completely barren. This was the first time I really wouldn't have minded having a larger bike to make the endless straight desert road go by quicker. When I got to the next town, I was greeted by nothing more then two depressed restaurants and rusty truck parts. I was giddy to learn though, that there was another foreigner staying in town! We were both very happy to speak English, and learn of each others trips. Phil was an Australian from New Castle, working his way on bicycle from Shanghai to Kashgar. I felt like a small man next to him and his difficulties. My one day desert ride was several for him, with no resupply besides kind truckers.
go 125 go!
Camels actually get out of your way, unlike cows, yaks, sheep or people
Getting some handmade noodles. I can finally take the spice with out hiccups!
The next few days took me to Urumichi. I was taking this detour to resupply on books, and see the site of the July riots and current conditions. Getting there took me onto some of the worst and best roads of the whole trip. I spent a 14 hour day only to make it only 150km through moon-dust construction. What made it worse was starring longingly at pristine asphalt only a feet to my left which only needed the last few small bridges installed. That night I stumbled into a truck stop looking like I had been buried alive. The truckers and staff were terrific and treated me to the best meal I'd had in weeks, a soft bed, and motorbike repairs. They refused my money. The next few days were terrible sandstorms, that I had only seen the likes of once in Afghanistan. My goggles and Helmet were blasted to a white, useless, translucence, and I went through a month of contact lenses. During the storm I met a friendly Chinese rider who was returning from Lhasa to his dance studio in Akusa. I promised I would stop by for dinner if I made it that way.
I think I prefer snow to this baby powder moon dust
If my headlight worked, and I didn't have to ride with my backpacking headlamp, it would have been perfect
Mao the Dance Teacher, riding back from Lhasa
Despite warnings, I decided to take smaller mountain roads to Urumichi. After a good day of riding, I was all settled for the night in my hotel when angry cops broke into my room and started yelling at me while I was trying to get some pants on. I listened while their angry chief was going off at me in incomprehensible spit filled Chinese. I calmly starred blankly until he was done yelling, and then explained where I was going and where I had come fromHe then started screaming into his cellphone and pounding the table. After 15 min of trying to get someone to actually explain to me what was up, I made some tea and showed the cops my photos and maps. Everyone settled down and it turned out there was a large military exercise taking place, and no foreigners are allowed. The officers thought I had snuck in from the main entrance to town, but I then explained to them that I came in the other side from a small road and had not seen any checkpoints, or been informed of this. I was then escorted from town during sunset and sent 60km back the way I came, to a police station where I could spend the night.(but got a free shower and toothbrush from the hotel I was refunded!)
The Pepper People
She taught me how to sort the peppers and save on babysitting. I hope he was well wiped.
Trying to figure out what a comb is for
No Diapers in China
Good looking Uyghur kid who made me some mean noodles and bread
After I overcame the sandstorms, construction, dance teachers and police; I was ready to put in some real distance. I had been avoiding all the express and toll-ways because motorbikes are banned, and I don't really have a license, among other things. I decided now was the time to try out my ninja skills, and make a run for it. I put in my headphones, so I had a excuse to not hear the frantic yelping soon to come, and approached the first toll station. Shadowing a large smoking truck, I was hidden from the guard's view. As soon as the barrier went up I gunned the 125cc and never looked back. I was thrilled at my success at sticking it to the man, but kept a eye on my rear view for any cops. The road was perfect new asphalt, and I kept Shirley screaming at 80km/h. The next toll was not nearly as simple because the lanes were not wide enough to sneak by another vehicle. I approached the booth as a smiling, ignorant, foreigner and was simply told to turn around and ride back 150km to get back on the dirt side road. No thanks. I rode back a few km, shoved Shirley over a concrete barrier and into a drainage ditch running parallel to the highway. Just past the toll station I found a gas station where I jumped back onto the road. It felt good to be a gangster. After that toll, I was greeted by only waves and smiles from the police and highway patrol. No more ninja skills were needed.
"Of course I have a license and am allowed on this road officer!"
Urumichi was a city on lock down. No students were allowed to leave campus, and the streets were constantly filled with marching, incompetent Chinese soldiers. I tried to get the full story from locals, but they shut up real quick when the topic changed to anything sensitive. The highlight of Urumchi was meeting Fearghal O' Nuallain. He has a wicked name and was half-way to completing the first Irish round-the-world bicycle ride. We were both starved for good conversation, and talked each other's ears off over whiskey for two days.
Due to more military exercises, and nuclear test sites, I was forced to backtrack 500km from Urumichi before I could get on the way to Kashgar. The next few days were flat and sandy, but nice because of the great Uighur people and their food. I met Mao the dance teacher and his friends in Akusa for a great night out on the town. We feasted on chicken feet (you eat the bones, toenails and all) and Chinese booze. We then all went out to Karaoke where I thought I was the man with the girls, until I discovered they were all being paid 100RMB/hr to dance with me and smile.
mmm toenails
I took the liberty of singing it "Slant eyed girl" they seemed to enjoy it(it was all in love)
I make them work hard for the money
Cheers to a great night. We managed some really great talks, all in Chinese. The no English thing has been a real boost to picking up the language
The only Mullet I have seen on a man in China
After Akusa, it was only 500km and my first flat tire to Kashgar. The front tire went out when I was daydreaming, cruising in the desert at 80km. It took me a panicked second to figure out what had happened, and not to use the front brake. I managed to keep it up and coast to the side. Now I had 60km of nothing in either direction, and no pump or tube. I was picked up a few minutes later by the first truck driver and had a laugh over my misfortune as we bounced along in his old fuel truck for a few hours to the last village. From there it was no problem grabbing a ride with the local mechanic with a pump and tube, back to the bike for a speedy repair.
My ride. It took about 2 hours to get to town in the old truck, but I was able to practice some Urdu with him for Pakistan
My hero, and now I know how to change a flat!
Kashgar was a very fun, border city. I spent most of my time at Fubar, the only expat bar in town. Fubar was run by a Japanese fellow named Hero, and was a great source of info, pizza, beer and conversation. I had a crazy night hitting up a Muslim dance club with some Japanese and Turkish friends and another night having beer and a good talk with some American military officers.
Riding out of Kashgar was a little complicated.I had to hire a guide to write some paperwork and drive me 6km through the first checkpoint on the Karakoram highway, before he flipped around and left me. It was well worth it. The only day allowed on the KKH was the most beautiful day of the whole trip. The road from Kashgar to Tashkurgan went right into the heart of the mountains and the scenery was breathtaking. Giant hairy camels were grazing with Yaks and goats in the valleys, and riding beneath 7546m Mount Muztagh Ata was humbling. Despite my five layers of pants and six of shirts and jackets, I was frozen stiff going over the passes, but smiling the whole way. The final checkpoint while entering Tashkurgan was the first time I was checked for a license. I shouldn't have worried the little that I did. After explaining the trip the officer laughed, took my bike for a spin, and sent me on my way. After 10,000km, riding the final stretch into town, as dusk was hitting, all I could think about was how lucky I had been to have met so many incredible people and been allowed to do such a trip. My heart went out to all the Chinese friends I had met. Though they possessed the drive and yearning to travel and see the world, they had no way to do so.
Almost there hunny!
Really fun Italian couple, who were out on a jeep tour of the mountains
The police chief
I stopped at the the first bike shop in town and sold Shirley for 800RMB, after a few minutes of haggling him up from 300. I was sad to see such a dear friend go, and took her for a final spin around town. Shirley had become my partner these months. I hope she enjoyed her adventure.
My first PStan buddy. He spoke eight languages, which is pretty common in PStan
As close as I can get with Google Maps. I cannot find many of the smaller roads.
10,000km, not in prison, alive, SUCCESS!
Now I am back to just feet and a backpack. The next day was a sore 14 hours of bus and minivan into Pakistan, where I have a month before its back to a different life. Next year I am thinking Mongolia to India but perhaps on a 250cc :)
Already missing her
850km to Islamabad
Here are a few Pakistan pictures:
Koala Bears are pretty neat
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Doing your Ninja's, Gangster Moves lol, Chooks Toenails, Rent a crowd, Sandstorms.....Absolutely Brilliant Mate!!!
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Excellent ride, I am contemplating some rides, and always thinking, is a 750cc einough, do i need +80hp, and you after 10,000 km, say "Next time i will go with 250cc"
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Thanks for the comments! I think anything over 250cc for chinese roads may be deadly, at least for me. Has anyone else had experience with crazy big dogs chasing you and trying to really eat you. I had many in Sichuan and kicked one in the face going 60km on the last day. I asked a local and he said they just dont like foreigners...
Koala Bears are pretty neat
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Hey Dan, loved your RR; what I admired and respected most was the way you wholeheartedly and deeply immersed yourself in China and connected with the local people -- riding a Chinese-made bike, wearing the dog-collar coat, living on the local economy, picking up a hitchhiker, invited into Chinese homes -- which is also something you can do only when traveling alone. Actually reminded me of the book about Alexander Supertramp (although without the craziness) even before I noticed your similar moniker which I am guessing is intentional? A couple years ago I rode a Chang Jiang from Yinchuan to Ejin Qi through the Alashan, which I'll put in a RR some day -- but I can't say that I got as close to the land and people as you did. All the best in your future journeys.
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Last summer, ruling on President Obama's signature health-care policy, the Supreme Court struck down a provision requiring states to expand their Medicaid programs.
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The ruling could have serious consequences for LeConte Medical Center in Sevierville. Substantial federal funds are at stake.
Although the hospital is not at risk of closing, "It's going to be a significant challenge," said Anthony L. Spezia, president and CEO of Covenant Health. LeConte is a Covenant hospital.
LeConte is one of thousands of facilities nationwide that receive what are called disproportionate-share-hospital (DSH) payments from the federal government. The payments help hospitals offset the costs of treating uninsured patients.
Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (known by some as Obamacare), the federal government will reduce DSH payments by $14.1 billion between 2014 and 2019. Hospitals were to have needed fewer DSH funds because there were to have been fewer uninsured people.
As enacted, the health-care policy required states to expand Medicaid coverage for people earning up to 133 percent of the poverty level.
Now states do not have to expand Medicaid. Gov. Bill Haslam has not said whether the state will expand TennCare, the state's Medicaid implementation.
"The elimination of disproportionate-share was supposed to be tied to a substantial expansion of insurance coverage," said Spezia. "It's unclear as to whether Tennessee is going to do the Medicaid expansion."
The amount of DSH funds LeConte receives is not easily tabulated, said Teresa Giles, vice president of finance at Covenant. She described the payments as "significant." In 2009, Tennessee was allotted $305.4 million in DSH money, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Haslam is still deciding whether the state will expand Medicaid, said spokesman David Smith. "He's reached out to hospitals around the state and asked them to show him the economic impacts of the law."
In early December, Haslam declared that Tennessee will not establish a health insurance exchange, one of the programs introduced by the Affordable Care Act. Instead, the federal government will set up Tennessee's exchange.
Expanding Medicaid is a complex matter, said Tennessee Sen. Doug Overbey, R-Maryville. "I haven't come down on the issue at this point," he noted. "Disproportionate share is something we fought for and pushed for, and it's important to our safety-net hospitals."
"It looks like we probably won't expand Medicaid," said State Rep. Dale Carr, R-Sevierville, who will serve the 12th District in Tennessee's House of Representatives next year. He cited the program's cost.
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That idea, the tooltip, is now considered an essential part of a UX designer's tool bag. You see them in any modern interface; here is an example from Visual Studio 2010.
When I hover the mouse over the toolbar button a little floating window pops up with explanatory text to clarify the purpose of the button. That's a tool tip, though I suspect you already knew that. In this example, you can see that the tool tip also explains that I can use the Ctrl+O key combination to open a file.WPF provides some interesting additions to the basic tool tip control, and that's what I want to discuss today. WPF contains a tool tip control. If you use it in the default mode it looks exactly like the screenshot above. By that I mean it shows a simple floating window with a light background and dark text. In WPF and Silverlight however we can re-template most controls. Let's start by looking at a basic tool tip in XAML.
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Even though the Wolverines qualified for the Class 2A South State Tournament, they had to travel to Bassfield for a first round game.
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NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa - A 28-year-old North Liberty man was shot and killed Sunday night in a gunfire exchange with police at his home in the Holiday Mobile Home Court.
North Liberty police responded to a 911 call made at 5:51 p.m. Sunday regarding a domestic disturbance at 238 Holiday Lodge Road, according to a news release from the Johnson County Sheriff's Office. North Liberty officers arrived on scene within three minutes and made contact with a female victim, according to the news release.
They also contacted Taleb Hussein Yousef Salameh, who exchanged gunshots with the officers, Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek reported. Salameh died at the scene, according to Pulkrabek, and three officers were hit by gunfire in the exchange, according to Pulkrabek.
They were taken to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, where they were treated and released. The female victim was not injured in the incident, and no one else was in the mobile home at the time, Pulkrabek reported.
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The UIHC Decedent Care Center will conduct an autopsy of Salameh, and the investigation is ongoing.
Numerous agencies have been involved in the investigation including the North Liberty, Iowa City, Coralville and University of Iowa police departments, the Johnson County Sheriff's Office, the Johnson County Attorney's Office, Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Iowa State Patrol, Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner.
Dozens of police cars lined the streets of the mobile home park after the shooting, and investigators stayed on scene through the night.
Witnesses who live near the trailer say they heard gunshots Sunday evening and were concerned for their safety.
According to University of Iowa online records, a man by the same name -- Taleb H Y Salameh -- is currently a graduate research assistant in mechanical engineering. He appears to have graduated from the UI in 2009.
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