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Sep 4, 2012
Photography By: Dave Tormey
Words By: Dave Tormey
First Class Fitment 2012: Pre-Registration Is Now Open!
We are happy to announce that pre-registration for First Class Fitment 2012 is now open on the new FirstClassFitment.com! Pre-registration will be open until 9/30/11 and ALL cars that wish to be in the designated show area must pre-register! Whether you plan on showing your car or just coming out to spectate be sure to RSVP on our Facebook event page!
Aug 4, 2012
Videography By: Loren Haleston
Words By: Loren Haleston
Formula Drift Throwdown 2012: Seattle, WA [Video]
Formula Drift Throwdown 2012 from Loren Haleston on Vimeo.
A huge turning point at this stage of Formula Drift as Jeremy Lowe knocks out Justin Pawlak in the top 32 leaving teammate Vaughn Gettin JR to take the lead in the overall points series. Now with the top 3 drivers only 15 points from each other the battle for the championship is closer then ever.
Jul 24, 2012
Photography By: Marcus Cooke, John Zhang
Words By: John Zhang
Autocon 2012
Those of you who have been in the car scene long enough may remember when Hot Import Nights and Nopi first had a very underground and grassroots feel to it. Many will attest to the fact that those days are gone and many car shows have tried to reproduce events of that sort of caliber, but have failed. Even HIN has tried to make a comeback in the past couple of years, but in my opinion, has not been able to recapture that raw essence of a car show. The essence I'm referring to is very simple actually, a car show (for the most part) just for the cars. Although car shows are not underground anymore, there are still quality shows out there. Nisei Showoff Car Show is one of the better quality car shows that still exists and if I were to say that a fledgling Autocon car show is comparable to a Nisei Showoff Car Show, I would quite frankly be lying. However, I can say that Autocon has been able to capture some of that raw essence that has been lost throughout the years with car shows becoming more mainstream. Read More
Jun 8, 2012
Videography By: Chris Chu
Words By: Dave Tormey
Stretch & Poke's Fitted Showcase 2012 (Video)
For those of you who have never been to Canada, the fitment scene is alive and well in Toronto! Fitted Showcase is an annual show hosted by our friends at Stretch & Poke and this year we teamed up with Chris Chu from Backstage Productions to capture the event and all that Canada's aggressive fitment culture has to offer. Stretch & Poke hosted the first aggressive fitment event in Toronto, and most likely Canada back in 2010. Now in their 3rd year of hosting the event both the number and quality of cars has grown. With over 500 cars packing out Downsview Park this year this looks like an event everyone should look forward to for years to come!
May 18, 2012
Photography By: Chad Lunn, Andy Carter, Ethan Watson, Matt Best
Words By: Andy Carter
Formula Drift: Road to the Championship
Last weekend, Road Atlanta once again hosted the Formula Drift "Road to the Championship" for the ninth year in a row. A favorite track for many of the drivers, the course offers both high speeds and close, technical areas, making for an awesome show for the record-setting audience. Fueled in part by the recent attempt by Atlanta city council's ban on drifting within the city limits, the atmosphere was one of excitement, passion, and camaraderie. With the scent of tire smoke and BBQ filling the air, Atlanta natives enjoyed a solid two days of professional drifting, Pro-Am up-and-comers, time attack, and Formula 2000 races. It was, without a doubt, the best place to be south of the Mason-Dixon last weekend. Read More
May 10, 2012
Photography By: iAcrophobia
Videography By: iAcrophobia
Words By: iAcrophobia, John Zhang
iAcrophobia 421 Meet (Beijing, China)
In recent years, the aggressive fitment/stance scene has infected car enthusiasts all over the word in an overwhelming fashion. We have seen this trend explode in North America, Europe, and Japan, while other regions are catching up rapidly: Austrailia, Thailand, even Korea. However, today we are introducing something completely new to us, the Chinese scene. Read More
Apr 28, 2012
Videography By: Loren Haleston
Words By: Loren Haleston
Formula Drift : Streets of Long Beach 2012 (Video)
The first round of Formula Drift kicked off in Long Beach, CA on the world famous Grand Prix Street Course. Rookie driver Daigo Saito from Japan was driving in a +1000whp sc430 came in 3rd place, putting down the thickest clouds of smoke ever seen in FD. Justin Pawlak managed to once again smash the competition with his amazing lead runs, and dangerously close follow runs to beat the 2011 champion, Daijiro Yoshihara. Justin Pawlak once again took the victory at Long Beach for the 2nd year in a row. Canibeat will be in full force this year providing you with photo and video coverage from all seven Formula Drift events. Stay Tuned!
Apr 25, 2012
Photography By: John Zhang
Words By: John Zhang
Formula Drift 2012 Round 1: Streets of Long Beach
Formula Drift is finally back in full swing and we're excited to bring you the coverage. There were plenty of rookies this year that competed in the qualifying but not too many made it to the final 32. Along with the high number of rookies, there were also plenty of crashes too. Nevertheless, it was action-packed and a huge adrenaline rush to watch from the sidelines. Hopefully you get the same rush with our coverage. Read More
Apr 14, 2012
Videography By: Loren Haleston
Words By: Loren Haleston
Preview: Formula Drift Long Beach 2012 (Video)
Canibeat teams up with LORENinHD to cover Formula D Long Beach. Check out this teaser and stay tuned for more vids!
Apr 9, 2012
Photography By: Kenny Cano
Words By: Kenny Cano
Clubloose | Opening Moves (Video)
The forecast was rain, but did that stop the guys over at Clubloose from tearing it up at E-Town? Not at all. Opening Moves is the first event of their tenth year in "Making Drifting Fun". This is the first event for a year that will be something to remember. Enjoy


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31-year-old Fairfield resident, Jeffrey Brian Cottrill died at 7:25 p.m. Friday, April 19 at Fairfield Memorial Hospital. He was raised by his grandparents, William and Bessie Wells.
Survivors include his step-father, Cliff Davis of Cisne and grandmother, Bessie Wells; two brothers, Bobby and Randall Cottrill; one niece and one nephew.
A memorial service for Jeffrey Brian Cottrill will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 2 at the Johnson & Vaughn Funeral Home in Fairfield. There will be no visitation.
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News & Features
Novel Unleashes Boundary Pushing "Grant Me Serenity" Album for Free Download
Atlanta, Ga. -- With the December release of his long-awaited debut studio album,Caligraphy, nearly six months away, Booth favorite (and freestyle series alumnus) has decided to tide fans over with the release of a brand new... Read More
Posted 4 years ago
Novel Takes Fans Behind the Scenes of "We Got It Bad" Video Shoot
Atlanta, Ga. -- In this newly-released clip, longtime Booth favorite (and freestyle series alum) Novel gives us a behind-the-xscenes look at the official video shoot for "We Got It Bad," the latest single off debut studio... Read More
Posted 4 years ago
Novel Shouts-Out DJBooth in Latest Installment of "Internet Novelties" [Video]
Atlanta, Ga. -- In the fifth installment of his "Internet Novelties" video series, reader-acclaimed singer/songwriter/producer/emcee Novel gives DJBooth.net a personal shout-out before stepping into the studio to lay down... Read More
Posted 5 years ago
DJBooth.net Invades Novel Studio Session, Interviews Booth Favorite [Video]
Los Angeles, CA -- During his late-July trip to L.A., DJ Z stopped by Paramount Recording Studios for the tail end of Booth favorite Novel's latest recording session. Following the completion of two brand new (and top... Read More
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Novel Creates "Suspended Animation" on Mixtape Release [Download]
Atlanta, GA -- Reader-acclaimed singer/songwriter/emcee producer Novel is back in the Booth with his latest street album, Suspended Animation. Including six Booth-approved features (click song titles in tracklist to listen!)... Read More
Posted 6 years ago
Novel Presents "Internet Novelties #4"; Shouts Out DJBooth.net
Atlanta, GA -- In installment number four of his Internet Novelties video series, reader-acclaimed singer/songwriter/rapper/producer Novel gives a personal shout-out to DJBooth.net, and proceeds to give viewers an inside look... Read More
Posted 6 years ago
Novel Kicks Off "DJBooth.net Freestyle Series" with "Soul Survivor"
New York, NY -- Atlanta singer/songwriter/producer/emcee Novel's "Soul Survivor," premiered exclusively here at DJBooth.net, marks the beginning of our DJBooth Exclusive Freestyle Series. "Soul Survivor" and all future... Read More
Posted 6 years ago
Novel Debuts "I Am" Video; "The Audiobiography" Set for March 24 Release
Atlanta, GA -- You may remember Novel from his exclusive interview back in April, or his recent post-Election victory record, "I Can Be President." Now, the singer/songwriter/rapper/producer is back in the Booth with a... Read More
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But according to a provocative new field of research, what happens during pregnancy can have lasting consequences that emerge decades after the child leaves the hospital. Studies are finding that adult illnesses like heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes can have roots in the mysterious months we spend in the womb.
For example, scientists have found that a diet containing excessive protein can suppress fetal growth and lead to adult-onset hypertension. Expectant mothers who starved during their final trimester as a result of the Dutch famine of 1944-45 were more likely to have babies who later developed Type 2 diabetes. And the children of obese mothers also are at high risk of Type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome.
"Human beings break down the same reason cars break down; they're either driven on bad roads or made badly in the first place," said David Barker, a professor of clinical epidemiology at England's University of Southampton, who in 1989 initially advanced the idea that coronary heart disease might originate in fetal life. "Some people are just strong and some are not. Being made bad means, biologically, that you have fewer functioning units."
Experts stress that this field of study is relatively new and that the physical mechanisms that might explain the correlations between stressors in the womb and mechanical problems down the road are unclear.
It is also not lost on researchers that some pregnant women already are wracked with guilt over forgetting their prenatal vitamins or eating hot dogs instead of broccoli.
"I feel like a walking bomb," said Chicago's Amy Elstein, 28, who is five months pregnant and fears that her stress levels are affecting her baby. "It's like my body is not my own. Everything I put into it — what I eat, what I breathe — I worry that will have an effect on my child."
"Pregnancy feels like a period in your life when you want very badly to do the right thing, but you don't have control of what's going to happen, so women look for areas they can control," said Dr. Ann Borders, an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University. "We're trying to help women be aware of unhealthy stresses but not freak out that they're hurting baby for long term."
The current advice for pregnant women still stands: Eat nutritious foods, exercise, reduce stress and avoid smoking and drinking.
But Barker and other scientists in the field want to step up prenatal care radically because they believe the diets of girls and young women are determining the health of the next generation.
Eventually, this area of research "will make a huge impact on not just what we tell women during pregnancy, but what our children's health will be," said Alan Guttmacher, director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
It was once widely assumed that, aside from cigarette smoke, drugs and excessive alcohol, the uterus, or womb, sheltered the fetus from environmental influences. Scientists also thought that the growing fetus could siphon off necessary nutrients from a mother like a parasite to ensure its survival.
Two decades of research into the fetal origins of disease, however, have challenged both assumptions and led to a revolutionary shift into the thinking about health and development.
According to Barker's widely accepted fetal origins theory, also referred to as the developmental origins of health and disease, stressors in the womb can permanently change a fetus's body structure, physiology and metabolism. Those changes then can lead to a higher risk of illness in the future.
Though some research looks at the effects of environmental exposures and psychological stress, much attention centers on nutrient deprivation, which occurs when the mother isn't getting amino acids, glucose and lipids to the developing baby quickly enough to meet its growing needs.
For example, most pancreatic beta cells — they produce the insulin that regulates blood sugar — are produced during fetal life, said Dr. Susan Ozanne, a British Heart Foundation senior fellow at the University of Cambridge. If the environment in the womb is suboptimal, as when a mother isn't getting enough protein to the fetus, the baby can wind up with fewer beta cells.
"This causes us problems later on, particularly if we place high demands on our body to produce insulin by becoming obese or eating high-sugar diets. Then we don't have enough beta cells to produce the amount of insulin we need," Ozanne said.
Nourishing a fetus, however, involves more than just eating the right foods. A woman's body composition also can affect how well her placenta transfers nutrients to the fetus.


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Solar Energy Companies in Syria
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based in Nottingham, UNITED KINGDOM
From our factory in Nottingham, England, MetSpec manufacture and hand build a unique range of instrument shelters and radiation shields. Established in 1998, we have a strong and growing reputation for supplying very high quality and innovative products. All MetSpec products are manufactured to marine specifications and are becoming an industry standard. We are highly ...
HYDAC INTERNATIONAL GmbH
based in Sulzbach/Saar, GERMANY
HYDAC operates worldwide, offering an extensive product range to cover all areas of fluid technology. The products range from components and sub-systems, through to complex controlled and regulated drive units for mobile and industrial machines and systems. HYDAC TECHNOLOGY LTD has its own Systems Engineering Department for help and assistance in the design and ...
Newsolar International Ltd.
based in Shenzhen, CHINA
Newsolar International Ltd is leading and professional enterprise with its own designs and produce, innovations and rights of solar power prducts. above the products are reasonable designed,elegant appearance, beautiful look, easy operating, reliable, safe, maintenance free and compliance with eco- environment. patented and create a lifestyle that is new, exciting and all ...
NOV Mono - Mono Pumps Ltd
based in Audenshaw, UNITED KINGDOM
NOV Mono is a global manufacturer of progressing cavity pumps and pump parts and has a wide product range suitable for the pumping of fluids within the waste water, chemical, food, beverage, paper, mining, mineral processing, marine, agricultural and oil and gas sectors.
Ammonit Measurement GmbH
based in Berlin, GERMANY
Ammonit offers high quality measurement equipment for wind and solar resource assessment, wind and solar power plant monitoring (SCADA) and climate research. As a wind energy pioneer, Ammonit has been playing a leading role in the global wind measurement sector since 1989. Our sophisticated data loggers, accurate meteorological sensors and remote sensing systems as well ...
Sanborn, Head & Associates, Inc.
based in Concord, NEW HAMPSHIRE (USA)
Sanborn Head is a privately held, multi-disciplinary technical consulting firm that applies a strategic approach to assist clients across the United States and throughout the world. We have expanded our services from our original focus in the geo-sciences and engineering to provide a broad array of integrated professional services that create value by helping our clients ...
Thai Solar Power
based in Nakhon Pathom, THAILAND
The Solar Energy Research Laboratory has been founded in 1979. The work mainly focus on three fields: Solar and Wind Energy Resource Assessment, Solar Dryer, Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)
Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc.
based in Cypress, CALIFORNIA (USA)
With over 80 years of experience in providing reliable, high-quality products to both corporate clients and general consumers all over the world, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation is a recognized world leader in the manufacture, marketing and sales of electrical and electronic equipment used in information processing and communications, space development and satellite ...
based in Madrid, SPAIN
Isofoton was established to initiate the industrial manufacture of photovoltaic cells from silicon wafers, a project that was led by Professor Antonio Luque (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid). We consolidated our Solar Energy activities, by including the technology for manufacturing thermal collectors. Since then, we have offered the best Photovoltaic - production of ...
SCHOTT AG / SCHOTT Solar CSP GmbH
based in Mainz, GERMANY
SCHOTT Solar CSP develops, manufactures and markets highly efficient receivers, which are key components for Concentrated Solar Power plants using the Parabolic Trough technology. We rank as the world's market and technology leader, and with our high performance receivers – which comprise the core of all solar power plants using the Parabolic Trough technology – we ...


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Michigan-Ohio State Football: Fans Show Off Crazy Tattoos (VIDEO/PHOTOS)
It stands to reason that either side of the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry would contain a fan or two who's devotion to their team is an overt one.
Such as Wolverines diehard Larry Pietrangelo. In 1997, he had Michigan's block M logo tattooed on his head for a contest to win tickets to that year's game with Ohio State. Alas, he lost the contest and is now commonly known as "M-Head" or "M-Brain."
And then there's Buckeyes fan Terry Hoellrich. Who's new, hellacious back tattoo…
Back piece # Luv my Bucks. pic.twitter.com/LpHSCOdYoJ— Terry Hoellrich (@BigBud379) June 29, 2014
…is just the latest Ohio State-inspired inking that he's gotten.
@Meech_Dream14 ya like me .lol pic.twitter.com/2aivmY4eYL— Terry Hoellrich (@BigBud379) January 26, 2014
pic.twitter.com/YdOMRh8hWb— Terry Hoellrich (@BigBud379) January 19, 2014
These 2 r better pic.twitter.com/YNH6CD41VY— Terry Hoellrich (@BigBud379) January 19, 2014
pic.twitter.com/5aGTTBcO9A— Terry Hoellrich (@BigBud379) January 8, 2014
pic.twitter.com/UzVUp30ZO8— Terry Hoellrich (@BigBud379) January 8, 2014
@OSUCoachMeyer even luv me sum tress. pic.twitter.com/FN4m1U7KHm— Terry Hoellrich (@BigBud379) September 1, 2013
@GG_40 luv ur dad pic.twitter.com/dLWqDFW9Zp— Terry Hoellrich (@BigBud379) September 1, 2013
My favorite 2 sou coaches pic.twitter.com/6y9eEk1UW2— Terry Hoellrich (@BigBud379) September 1, 2013
Now would be a good time to remind fans that the two teams' annual grudge match is now less than five months away.


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High Risk Life Insurance Policy
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When it comes to insurance plan, it may be the case that you have to implement for risky insurance plan coverage. This type of plan is only available to people who have a known serious medical problem, a risky profession or very risky interests. If any of these circumstances implement to you, then you may find it extremely hard to get standard insurance plan coverage from many insurance providers.
When you implement for insurance plan the organizations will ask you a range of questions to determine whether you are qualified to be protected by them. If you are a risky to them then it is unlikely that they will accept to give you a plan. And because you are considered to be great threat, the cost of term protect will be more for you. You may not consider yourself to be a risky, particularly if what you do is only a activity, but it will issue the underwriters enough to reject the protect.
For example, you may enjoy going up the at the saturdays and sundays. This may not seem risky but there is more of a chance of you passing away than if we were seated at home viewing tv. This is all taken into account by the plan providers. If you are in the military or have a devastating medical situation for example, then you are considered as risky too.
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Anyone, considered a high-risk prospect for a life insurance will find it extremely difficult to get affordable life insurance. People who have searched for such life insurance covers know the difficulty in finding an affordable policy. But, you needn't worry too much as you are not the only person who faced this kind of situation. Even though you may think that such policies don't exist on the surface, anyone willing to dig deeper should come across a host of affordable insurance policies to suit their budgets.
There are specialized insurance companies that are selling high-risk life insurance coverages to the average income earner. These companies have custom designed products to suit any person who is considered high-risk when it comes to obtaining a life insurance. The hard truth is that people who are considered high-risk require life insurance coverages more than other people do. This is why if you are over 50-years and having a chronic medical condition, you should immediately consider switching from a general insurance company to find the type of policy to suit your condition.
A specialized life insurance company will give you many choices when it comes to purchasing a suitable cover for you. Their agents will be trained to assess risks and provide you with an excellent solution to your condition. Call them now and explain the particulars of your current situation, and they will come out with a tailor-made solution to your problem.
You will have to fill out the application to the best of your ability without hiding anything about your current medical condition. So if you are looking for life insurance and have hemophilia or high cholesterol put that on there. This will help the company to offer you the best possible coverage, which would definitely be within your budget range. Various companies will offer numerous policies that would cover many types of risks.
You should remember that different companies will specialize in different areas when it comes to high-risk life insurance policies. Be on the watch out for a company that has a good track record of pairing high risk applicants with affordable coverages. When you provide correct information about your condition, you can definitely obtain affordable life insurance policies for your high risk situation.
How Is Life Insurance Beneficial?
Most people do not enjoy paying for their life insurance. Many of these people even consider cancelling their insurance policy at one point. This could be understandable especially with the hard economic times that make every dime worth budgeting for. If you are thinking of cancelling your life insurance policy to spend the money elsewhere, think again. What will happen if you are suddenly incapacitated, are diagnosed with a terminal diseases or meet a sudden death. What kind of a life will your loved ones and dependents lead once you are gone? How financially stable will they be? As the sole bread winner of the family, it is highly recommended that you buy or retain a life insurance policy. This will help secure a promising future for them even after you are gone.
The main reason why life insurance should be a necessity in every family is the benefits that come with its cover. The insurance policy for instance takes care of all funeral expenses when you die. This means your beloved ones won't have to dig deep into their pockets to pay for these expenses as they are already taken care of.
Life insurance policies not only cover funeral and burial expenses, but also support the family financially for more than a year. This gives them peace of mind and enough time to find an alternative way of earning some money.
Life insurance premiums may be expensive at times, which is the reason why you need to look for the best life insurance company to use. Create some time to compare premium rates between several companies; this will give you a bigger opportunity to find an affordable policy to buy. The life insurance policy you choose to buy should be affordable and with adequate cover. An insurance agent should be able to help you find adequate life insurance cover to use.
Getting On The Road To Financial Freedom
Many people go through their lives feeling like a victim. They think the world is against them because their life is not what they envisioned it to be when they were a child. This feeling is often fueled by financial problems.
People like this can take control of their lives by learning to be financially literate. Knowing how to spend and save money is often the difference between living well and struggling to make ends meet.
The first step in gaining financial freedom is paying off debt. Debt is bad because repayments take up a considerable amount of a borrower's income. This income could be saved, invested or spent in better ways.
The reason that people struggle so much to pay off their debt is that they pay the minimum amount required. When a person does this, interest charges and late payment fees become their worst enemy.
If borrowers pay off more than the minimum, their payment will go towards the amount borrowed as well as the interest. This will shorten the length of the loan.
The loans with the highest interest rates should be paid off first. If the borrower cannot make full repayments on time, they should talk to their lender.
Lenders are deathly afraid that their borrowers will file for bankruptcy. When this happens it is almost impossible for them to recover the loaned amount. Therefore, they are more than willing to arrange payment plans with customers who are finding it hard to pay off their loan.
Finally, borrowers should not take out any new loans. This includes payday loans. If they do this, save money and live within their means, they will achieve their financial goals. In fact, they may even be able to put some of their savings into investments which will increase their net worth.


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February 8th, 2008 #1
TC #41: fancy superhero: voting
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thx to all the people who have participated on this TC round. you can put your final images here for getting some hot votes, but plz do not post any comments, this is just for the rating. if u mind makin a comment, then do in only in the same post ur final image is in. thx. it's better for those who gonna give u a vote
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Insecto - Once a friendly entomologist named Karl Johansson who in his laboratory studied the DNA of several insects. Since he searched for certain genes in the samples - he marked them with radioactivity. But the machine which would have read the radioactive markers exploded and the insects DNA got buried in his own body. His DNA mixed with the insect DNA. The entomologist transformed, he was no longer the entomologist known as Karl Johansson. He was now Insecto - the hero with insectlike powers. Like an ant he can lift things 50 times his own weight, his mantislike talons can cut through steel and armour and just like a wasp he can fly towards his target on gracefull wings. And not only that, he can communicate with insects and call upon them to fight for him.
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Description: Contained in his room for the past 12 years for the world is not yet ready for his powers which are unimaginable, Super-high-hopes-boy is found practicing his flight skills in his room where the ac runs on full blast as he learns from his mentor and hero Wonder woman on his favorite channel for crime fighting, Cartoon Network (code for Crime NOW).
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Name: Epithet
Real name: Laud Skyler
Background: born of a French English teacher and a novelist, Laud discovered his ability the day he called his brother a 'poopy pants', whereupon his brother had uncontrollable bowels for the next three hours. Laud works as a gormet cheese chef, renowned for his exquisite skill with the cheese grater and fancy cheese dish creations.
Ability: when Epithet throws an attribute at anyone the attribute 'sticks', impeding or creating any single aspect of that person (physical or psychological, etc). Once thrown, attributes 'stick' for three hours, and only one attribute can 'stick' at any given time (newer ones just bounce off). The more out-of-character the attribute (i.e. a genius 'stuck' with "Stupid"), the more effort it takes for Epithet to throw the attribute. He can throw an attribute at himself. He also boasts a more physical attack: the cheese graters affixed to his legs and arms are sharp!
Disability: not only can his own thrown attributes come back to bite him in the bum, but he suffers chronic migraines brought on by the misuse of apostrophes (villains often wear T-shirts with "your'e" instead of "you're" as protection against Epithet's meddling)
(an "epithet" is a word of phrase preceding or following a name which serves to describe the character of a person. Laud is Latin for "Praise", Skyler is a name meaning "Fugitive; giving shelter." – his 'praise', i.e. a good attribute, can give shelter)
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February 11th, 2008 #8
Steven Johnson was once a highly respected lawyer...Untill that fateful day when cellphones first hit the market. He was a lawyer so he obviously had to have one but every time he entered a store to buy one they all seemed to go crazy, beeping and ringing wildy. Eventually Steven discovered he had a gift. He could make cellphones ring whenever he wanted to. At first this ability sounded like it was a stupid power, but eventually humans began to completely rely on cellphones and if their phone rang they would have to answer. Later after making his awesome costume (The red mask.) he decided he needed to give himself a name. He had heard the word cellulite before and thought it was a cool sounding word. Now in present time he knows the meaning of the word and has tried to change it many times but everyone knows him as Cell-u-lite.
February 13th, 2008 #9
Hey, sorry to kind of hi-jack this thread, but was wondering if anyone knew when the next teen challenge is? My brother wants to join but doesn't have internet access at his place.
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September 16th, 2010 #10
darline with super high hopes boy ...
That boy is over confident .... !!!
After a day work work i sit on my ijoy massage chair always. So relaxing, but sometime i want kick out my ijoy chair often.
September 16th, 2010 #11
Dude, this thread is 2 and a half years old, and has been dead for a long time, just leave it dead.


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Every year, BBC Children in Need creates magic moments that raise huge amounts of money for disadvantaged children, and this year the UK's finest musicians hope to help raise more than ever with a spectacular show.
For BBC Children in Need 2009, Gary Barlow and Take That are adding to the magic by inviting an all-star line-up of rock and pop's finest to take part in BBC Children in Need Rocks the Royal Albert Hall, including: Lily Allen; Dizzee Rascal; Dame Shirley Bassey; Leona Lewis; Paolo Nutini; Mika; Snow Patrol; Cheryl Cole; Katherine Jenkins and Muse. And of course Gary will also perform on the night with his Take That partners, Jason Orange, Howard Donald and Mark Owen.
Radio 1's Chris Moyles will host the event and will be joined on stage by Peter Kay, Fearne Cotton, James Corden and Sir Terry Wogan.


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This is the second fire accident in less than three weeks
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Burley, Idaho – Kenneth John Turner, our beloved husband, father and grandfather passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, at the Cassia Regional Medical Center in Burley, at the age of 85.
Kenneth was born on Aug. 2, 1927, in Harlem, Mont., the son of Alma Leslie and Venice Emma (Bigler) Turner. He was the 5th child in a family of eight. He spent his early years in Montana, later moving to Declo, Idaho, where his father farmed. Kenneth was a very active young man playing all sports – especially excelling in basketball. He and his five brothers formed an outlaw basketball team, playing in local tournaments. They were legends in their own minds and the older they got, the better they were.
Kenneth joined the United States Navy at age 17 during World War II, and served on various LST ships in the Pacific, seeing lots of the islands and spending time in the occupied forces in Japan. When the war ended, he returned to Declo and finished his last year of high school, graduating in 1947. He bought a 1948 Indian motorcycle, much to the thrill of his mother, and loved to ride standing up holding on to the windshield. Kenneth met the love of his life, Lorna Frost, at the Y-Dell ballroom in April of 1947, and married her on Oct. 16, 1947, in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. He started college in January of 1948, at Albion State Normal, thus prompting the selling of his motorcycle. After graduation, his first job was teaching at a two-room school south of Filer, where he taught 5th - 7th grades. He then taught at Filer High School teaching Ag Science. He also taught PE and coached basketball and football. He worked two summers at a service station between Wendover and Salt Lake City, in a snake-infested desert. In 1954, they moved to Burley where he began teaching at Burley Junior High, teaching health, PE and math, and coaching 9th grade basketball. During the summers, he worked various jobs, from managing the Burley swimming pool to transporting government houses from Mountain Home to Provo, Utah. In 1955, Kenneth and Lorna, along with his parents, opened the Fabric Center in Burley, which they operated for 29 years. They enjoyed building floats for the Cassia County Fair parade for their store. Dad became quite proficient at sewing on Bernina sewing machines, which they sold in their store for a few years.
Dad bought his in-law's farm in Unity in 1957, where the family lived until 1963, when dad built their home overlooking the beautiful Snake River, doing most of the work himself. Dad farmed and taught school. The family spent many enjoyable summers camping and fishing at Yellowstone, Henry's Lake, and Island Park. Dad also loved to go hunting, especially elk and deer, while riding his buckskin horse. The family also spent many days water skiing on the Snake River after a hard day's work on the farm. Dad was a hard worker but also loved to play and taught his children the same.
After 39 years of teaching school and farming, Kenneth retired and he and Lorna spent many years traveling and spending winters in St. George, Utah, and Yuma and Scottsdale, Ariz.
Kenneth was a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many positions including: Scout Master, Young Men president, High Priest Group leader and in the bishopric. Together, mom and dad served a mission in Morristown, New Jersey, in 1994-1995, where they touched many lives and made lifelong friends. They also served as temple workers in the Logan Utah LDS Temple for 3½ years. Their dedicated service in the church has set a wonderful example for their family.
Although dad suffered for many years with some physical problems, he was always very positive and rarely complained. He had an amazing sense of humor and his family loved him dearly. He will be missed!
Kenneth is survived by his wife and eternal companion, Lorna Turner of Burley; five children and their spouses, Darla and Bruce Burtenshaw of Rupert, Kenneth and Angie Turner and Roger and LeeAnn Turner all of Burley, Stan and Darcel Turner of Eagle, Idaho, Brad and Raquel Turner of Kimberly; 30 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Lovell (Beth) Turner of Declo, Bruce (Lila) Turner of Eagle, and Alma (Joan) Turner of Declo; and two sisters-in-law, Nell Turner of Burley, and Maryann Turner of Washington, Utah.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Venice Turner and Carol Turner Hess; and two brothers, Blaine Turner and Max Turner.
The funeral will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 22, at the Burley LDS 2nd and 4th Ward Church, 515 E. 16th St., in Burley, with Bishop Kenneth R. Turner officiating. Military rites will be provided by the Mini-Cassia Veterans Organization. Burial will be in the Declo Cemetery.
Friends may call from 6 until 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, at the Rasmussen Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St., in Burley, and from 10 until 10:45 a.m. Saturday at the church.
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Lorraine Margeson is a community activist on growth issues in St. Petersburg.
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It also establishes a pilot program in several communities, including Tampa and Pinellas County, to avoid state review for numerous development projects. Again, Lorraine Margeson (roll tape# 2o.q."of the DCA")
The development community is said to be excited about the bill's passage. For developers, the program would reduce the amount of time it takes to push through governmental hurdles for many projects. Ron Weaver is a land use attorney based in Tampa (roll tape )The environmental group 1,000 Friends of Florida is NOT advocating a veto by Governor Crist. They say the bill is much better now than it looked in its earlier incarnation
The DCA is the state's Department of Community Affairs. John Peck is the director of Public Affairs at the DCA (roll tape#3 o.q. "in the future")
Charles Pattison is President and CEO of 1,000 Friends of Florida. (roll tape#4 o.q."substantially cut back")
As it stands now, the Pilot Program includes Pinellas County and its municipalities, Broward County, plus the cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg Jacksonville & Miami are part of the experiment.
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The Friends of the Library Book Store Next Door resumes Wednesday hours on Wednesday, March 5. The store is open 10 am to 4 pm on Wednesdays and on Saturdays. Shop for gently used books at bargain prices!
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*Due to a very enthusiastic response, applications for March Book Buddiesare no longer being accepted. We are excited so many teens have volunteered!
Please apply for April Book Buddies!
The application deadline for our April program is March 25th.
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I'm excited to announce that the 'Walking Dead' graphic novels have joined the Teen Zone's Graphic Novel section (under Teen Graphic Walking Dead). If you are a fan of the hit AMC zombie show, you should definitely check out the graphic novels by Robert Kickman. They add new depth to the characters, there are plot differences, and every volume is action-packed!
Highly recommended, but mostly for ages 14+ due to the graphic/violent content associated with all things zombie-related.
Tuesday, March 4th @ 5pm: Recycled Magazine Art on canvas!
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Stop by for an evening of socializing, refreshments, and a chance to win a Downton Abbey Gift Basket. Attendees receive one free entry! New members may join the Friends that night and be eligible for the free entry. There will also be some trivia and prizes and a book talk by Eileen MacDougall, who will share some great books to add to your reading list. The brief business meeting will include a annual report from the Friends President and the Treasurer and election of the new Executive Board.
Do you knit, crochet, quilt, or do other needlework? The library is forming a new group, Needleworks that will meet Friday mornings at 10am starting March 7. Bring your project to the first meeting and work away while enjoying an hour or two of conversation and camaraderie. There will be no formal instruction but those that come can share their knowledge and advise others. Tea and cookies provided. Please register for the first meeting. Drop in thereafter
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In partnership with the Childrens' Department, we will be offering a Teen Volunteer Program called Book Buddies. The Book Buddies program is an opportunity for teens in grades 9-12 to earn community service hours by interacting with a young child. During the course of four weeks, you will be paired with a child for a one-hour session once a week. Together you will read, share a snack, and do a fun craft!
Interested in applying? Fill out the Teen Book Buddies Volunteer Program application.
Applications are also available at the Youth Services desk. The deadline for the March program is March 3rd.
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We kick things off during our welcome weekend, where we help you settle in to your new life at Swansea. Our staff will be on hand at the arrivals marquee to provide you with all the information you need to make moving in that little bit easier!
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|| Friday 19th September ||
*Tooters Welcome Weekend*
Our infamous Friday night is the perfect way to celebrate your first night at Swansea University. Held at our on-campus nightclub - Diva's, Tooters has long been a staple of our weekly sessions. The concept is simple; it's 2 drinks for £2 all night! The music policy is wide open, meaning that we play what student's love to build a party atmosphere like no other. It's the place where memories are made, you'll never forget "This one time at Tooters"!
*Monsters of Rock*
If Rock, Metal and Pop Punk are your scene, Monsters is the perfect night for you! Sin City, our city centre venue plays host to a night of Pop Punk, Rock classics and Heavy Metal anthems ranging all the way from AC/DC and Iron Maiden to Fall Out Boy and Foo Fighters! The DJs are request-friendly, and there's drinks deal across the board. 'Monsters' is by far the best alternative way to spend your first night in Swansea!
*The Wonky Sheep Welcome*
If you're at the Student Village and you fancy an alternative, why not pop over to your new local for the evening! The Wonky Sheep is located above the laundrette opposite the Spar, and is the perfect place to meet some new people in a more relaxed environment. The bar is well stocked, and drinks are very affordable, you could even pop in before heading to Tooters on campus! The Wonky is open all day and serves a range of teas and coffees and soft drinks, feel free to come and take a break from moving in to your new residence. They've got pool, darts and sport on the screens, so pop in and get acclimatised to your village local!
|| Saturday 20th September||
*Sink or Sin*
A collaboration of two of our biggest brands sees off Saturday night, as Sin Savers comes up against Sink with Sin City being the battleground. Sin Savers is our Thursday night session, focused on all the student sing-along anthems and party tracks that we all know and love, with drinks prices that leave you counting your change with glee at the end of the night!
Sink as a brand has taken over Sin City's Saturday nights, playing host to the likes of Wilkinson, Bondax, SiGMA, B.Traits and the legendary David Rodigan MBE. With Sink, the focus is solely based on dance music, ranging from House to Drum & Bass!
On this night, both brands meet for a party that has Sin Savers censored drinks prices right through till 4AM!
*Welcome to Diva's*
Diva's provides you with the perfect meeting point on a Saturday night to catch up with friends as well as meet new people from your halls and your course. With party anthems as the playlist and affordable drinks, we welcome you to Diva's to continue your first weekend in Swansea.
|| Sunday 21st September ||
*ResNet Presents: Fresh & Free*
To top off your first weekend at Swansea, we come together at our marquee on Fulton House lawn for one big party. Wear your halls T-Shirts with pride whether you're from the Student Village and Woodside or one of our Campus blocks. You can grab a drink from our main bar, or treat yourself to a bomb from our Bomb Bar! Buses are free and provided from the Student Village to ensure that no one misses out. No matter what the year, Freshers always regard this night as the biggest of the fortnight. It's a chance to meet all your new classmates and bond with your housemates while having a great night in the process!
|| Monday 22nd September || (Fundraiser for Swansea University Students Union)
*Welcome to Wind Street*
It's time to make your way down Swansea's strip for a night that will introduce you to the bars and venues on the infamous Wind Street! With your Freshers' Wristband you'll gain entry to all our associated bars and venues – it's the perfect way to get to grips with the place!
|| Tuesday 23rd September ||
*Freshers' Fayre*
Our campus marquee plays host to the Freshers' Fayre throughout the day, and it's your chance to explore the University's societies and sports teams. While it's a chance to join in with like-minded people doing the things you love, it's also an opportunity to create and gain experiences that can be enjoyable and beneficial! All under one roof, take your time to check out all the stalls in the marquee so that you don't miss a thing!
*JC's Open Mic Night*
On Tuesday, we go to JC's Bar on campus for our Open Mic Night. If you fancy yourself as a performer, get in touch and sign up!
*Tight Ass Tuesdays*
Its back to Diva's for our brand new weekly session that's all about Hip-Hop, R'n'B and Old Skool anthems. You can get involved through the 'Snoopify' app, and set it to us via our Twitter and Facebook pages! We'll be running competitions to win T.A.T merchandise and more – keep an eye out for the posters around campus and send us your snaps! Drinks range from offers on selected bottles, to our themed bomb menu including the Snoop Bomb (Gin & Juice) and the Beenie Bomb (Rum & Red Bull). Keep an eye out for our promo team on campus for more info!
|| Wednesday 24th September||
*Freshers Fayre*
Here's another opportunity to explore the Freshers' Fayre, join new societies and get involved with sport at Swansea. It's also another chance to engage with all our associated businesses and grab loads of freebies!
*360 Sports Day*
Fancy taking part in a range of free beach sport activities down at the 360 center located on Oystermouth Road from 15:00 - 19:00. There are multiple workshops, mini coaching sessions or simply the chance to pick up a volley ball take over a court ! not only that but there will be one-off student offers in the 360 Cafe with live music as well !!
*Skool Disco* (Fundraiser for Swansea University Students Union)
Go back to skool, get your fancy dress at the ready and grab your ticket for our annual Skool Disco! Included in the wristband, your ticket will send you to our associated city centre venues as you party with all your new classmates. This one's another Freshers' flagship event that we bring to you every year!
||Thursday 25th September||
*Sin Savers Launch Party*
It's back to Sin City as we launch another year of Sin Savers! Our established Thursday night is one that you'll most definitely come to love during your time at Swansea. Sin Savers is a student night that will not only leave you singing and dancing for days after, but will leave you happily counting your change at the end of the night! Have you ever gone out and not been able to listen to the music you wanted? Have you ever gone out and not been able to dress the way you want? Have you ever gone out and not got change from your £10 note? The answer is finally here... "You Should Have Gone To Sin Savers!" We hope that like the recent class of 2014, you'll be graduating from Sin Savers at the end of your time at Swansea.
||Friday 26th of September|| (Fundraiser for Swansea University Students Union)
*The Freshers' Ball 2014 – Featuring Special Guests*
The 26th of September is a day to remember, as we host the Freshers' Ball in the Marquee on Fulton House lawn. We end the first week of Freshers' in style, with your first opportunity to suit up or get your best dress, making a night you'll never forget. Last year we had performances from Ella Eyre, John Newman and Swiss Lips... We'll be announcing this year's guests closer to the date!
There's no better way to celebrate the start of your university life than this, as you create lasting memories and life-long friends! We've got a whole host of acts performing on the night as well as two bars, the infamous bomb bar and free photo booths for you and your friends to capture the night. The Freshers' Ball truly is the celebration of your start at Swansea, and the best welcome to the beginnings of your life at the university-by-the-sea!
*Tooters – The Freshers' Ball After Party*
As we close the Freshers' Ball we head up to Diva's for the after party. Just like the Friday before, Tooters a wide range of party anthems that will keep the night going! It's all about 2 drinks for £2, and another chance to say "This One Time at Tooters"!
*Monsters of Rock – The Alternative Freshers' Ball After Party*
If you're after an alternative ending to the night, make sure you join Monsters at Sin City for another night of Rock, Metal and Pop-Punk. The DJs are request friendly, which makes for a great atmosphere if you're after one of those anthems you love! With drinks deals across the board, it'll be a great way to end a memorable night!
||Saturday 27th September|| (Fundraiser for Swansea University Students Union)
*Sink Presents: Featuring Special Guests*
Hold tight for one of the biggest nights of Freshers' as Sink Swansea take over the Freshers' marquee. Featuring very special guests from the world of dance music, Sink's resident DJs enter into a soundclash, with styles ranging from Reggae and Dancehall to House, Garage, Techno and Drum & Bass. The night will feature a spectacular production of smoke, lasers, lights, strobes and plenty of bass! Sink's past guests have included the likes of SiGMA, Wilkinson, Bondax, DJ Zinc, B.Traits & Dismantle, Shy FX, Toddla T and loads more. Last year, Sink's Saturday nights were among the most memorable, and now they look to bring their show to their biggest stage yet!
The theme of the night is Black & White, and we follow the event with an after party at Sink's original home – Sin City!
*Sink Presents: The After Party at Sin City*
The night continues as Sink moves swiftly from the marquee on Fulton House lawn back to where it all began – Sin City. Join the team as they keep the party vibes going until 4AM, with Sink's resident DJs providing the soundtrack. As with all our nights drinks are affordable, Sink's £8-a-round gets you any 4 at the venue, giving you the best ending to the big night.
||Sunday 28th September||
*Tony Lee the Hypnotist*
Tony Lee returns to Swansea with his hilarious and close to the bone hypnosis stage show. This is seriously not one to miss as you watch your new found friends mysteriously opt to get on stage and take part in some outrageous stage games with no recollection! Not for the feint hearted, this event will have you in stitches as Tony dishes out his banana's, squirty cream and of course, Tequila! This one is a true highlight of Freshers'!
||Monday 29th September||
*Freshbook* (Fundraiser for Swansea University Students Union)
Our infamous annual Freshbook event takes over a number of our associated venues in the city centre. Grab your T-Shirt, a pen, get creative and update your status or use a hash tag to take over your mates' if you fancy! Like the Skool Disco, this event is a staple of our Freshers' calendar and it never disappoints. Your allocated venue includes a pre bar to meet up with friends before heading to your destination, where you'll end another memorable Swansea night!
||Tuesday 30th September||
*JC's Open Mic Night*
It's another chance to join in a night of live music at JC's bar on campus. Whether you're a singer, songwriter or even fancy yourself as a poet. Sign up through our Live Music team and give it a go.
*Tight Ass Tuesdays*
T.A.T returns to Diva's for another session bringing you the best in Hip-Hop, R'n'B and Old Skool tracks. Again you can join in through the 'Snoopify' app and send us your snaps to be in with a chance of winning some great giveaways. The emphasis is on party vibes all night, and we've tailored the drinks to fit the theme of the night, including offers on selected bottles and bombs ranging from the Snoop Bomb (Gin & Juice) to the Beenie Bomb (Rum & Red Bull)!
||Wednesday 1st October|| (Fundraiser for Swansea University Students Union)
*Game of Freshers'*
Brace yourselves...
#SUF14 is coming, including a live PA and DJ set from one of the stars of the show – Finn Jones! It's all about house pride, as we challenge you to come up with your best fancy dress and best flag to compete against your rival houses. We meet at King's Landing (disclosed venue) to register; the winner will take the Iron Throne!
||Thursday 2nd October||
*Sin Savers*
It's time for another Sin Savers! Once again we head to Sin City for our established Thursday night session. They play the tracks you won't hear anywhere else, with two rooms of great vibes and an atmosphere like no other! Sin Savers is all about having a great night, no matter who you are or what you do. Always remember, "You should've gone to Sin Savers!" Join in the discussion on twitter by tweeting @SinCitySwansea with the hash tag #SinSavers. We'll be running competitions throughout the week, so make sure to keep an eye on our social media!
||Friday 3rd October||
As we enter the final weekend of Freshers' 2014, Diva's plays host to another session of Tooters. As always, it's a laidback party atmosphere on campus with 2 drinks for £2 all night. It's a night that you'll be more than accustomed to; don't forget "this one time at Tooters!"
*Monsters of Rock*
Another alternative Friday is upon us as we head to Sin City for Monsters! Once again the team take you through the best in Pop-Punk, Rock & Metal – from AC/DC and Iron Maiden to Fall Out Boy and Foo Fighters. With great drinks deals all night, this is definitely the place to spend the last Friday of Freshers' if you're a lover of the alternative!
||Saturday 4th October||
*Sink Presents: Jaguar Skills & Friends*
Sink Swansea returns to its home at Sin City after the massive Sink Presents at the marquee the week before. This week, their special guest will be the awesome Jaguar Skills! Jaguar Skills' shows are always incredible, with his eclectic, multi-genre, cut-n-paste style DJ mixes gaining notoriety through outlets like BBC Radio 1 and 1 Extra. Once again Sink's resident DJs provide the warm up to the performance, with the team bringing you everything from House and Garage, to Drum & Bass and Dubstep. Sink's shows never disappoint, and the party vibes go on until 4AM!
Don't forget, wristbands go on sale from the 1st of September, and there's even more events to be added to this list! Get ready for #SUF14


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Just as Good is the enemy of Great, an inexperienced photographer is the best friend of the Blurry photo and the worst enemy of its mother, the camera. Butter up mum with cool camera quips and today's Groupon: a 2-hour digital photography lesson for R360 from Roho Ya Chui.
Training index fingers, eyes, imaginations and objects-in-question to work in unison, much like a synchronised swimming team, the Roho Ya Chui photography school accommodates everyone from the I-got this-as-a-birthday-gift novices to the I've-been-doing-this-for-years pros. With a tutorial instructor like Ute Sonnenberg giving you the freedom to express yourself through your digital camera, shutters will click, exhibiting a unique skill that the human eye is ill-equipped for – savour precious and stunning memories. Customised to the needs of each individual, the 2-hour digital photography lesson is designed to equip you with the know-how on how to wield your camera, pass on technical insights, absorb composition tips and tricks and embark on practical exercises, warranting digital picture-perfect snapshots every time you whip out your mystical tool.
Red-eyes done away with, blurry smears pushed out into the immediate atmosphere and trees growing out of heads a thing of the past, picture-taking machines will go from worst enemy to snap-happy sidekick, while new best friends like the awesome-every-time photo emerges.
Photo Fact: The famous photo entitled "The Magic Muffin" was the first photo to have been photobombed. The photo exhibited a strange muffin-shaped rabbit hole with a rabbit that (apparently) popped his head out at exactly the right moment.


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Colloquial Finnish
The Complete Course for Beginners, 2nd Edition
By Daniel Abondolo
Routledge – 2012 – 354 pages
Series: Colloquial Series
Routledge – 2012 – 354 pages
Series: Colloquial Series
Colloquial Finnish provides a step-by-step course in Finnish as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Finnish in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
Key features include:
• progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills
• structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar
• an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises
• realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios
• useful vocabulary lists throughout the text
• additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key, a grammar summary and bilingual glossaries
Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Finnish will be an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Finnish.
Course components:
The complete course comprises the book and audio materials. These are available to purchase separately in paperback, ebook, CD and MP3 format. The paperback and CDs can also be purchased together in the great-value Colloquials pack.
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The Belbury Tales -
Belbury Poly
Sleeve notes for Belbury Poly's fifth album suggest the
soundtrack to a travelling salesman's adventures with an
acid-spiked ploughman's lunch, somewhere in early 1970s
rural England. Belbury Poly play like dispirited 1960s
psychedelic survivors, reluctantly meeting the demands of
television in the subsequent decade, redeeming their banal
compositions with snatches of haunting folk melodies, hairy
funk basslines and experimental electronics. The overall
effect is disorientating and brilliant, the past re-created
in a nostalgic fug, stabs of sincerity slashing through
superficial veils of irony. These tales are both satirical
social critiques and lost-world laments.


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Canadian filmmaker Rob Spence damaged his right eye in a childhood accident and was later given a prosthetic replacement. Like any other false eye, it was designed to be purely an aesthetic replacement, but he realised that the vacant bit of face real estate could be put to better use in his art.
Now Spence is attempting to build a wireless video camera into his synthetic eye, turning himself into a self-proclaimed "Eyeborg".
The camera will record anything and anyone that enters Spence's field of vision and relay the footage back to a computer. That video will provide a unique perspective on the way video surveillance is becoming more popular in western societies, he told New Scientist.
This week, Spence and engineer Kosta Grammatis have succeeded in placing a working red LED in Spence's eye (see image, above right), giving him a look not dissimilar from Arnold Schwarzenegger's cyborg in The Terminator.
Although this is a diversion from the main goal, it is the first time the team has fitted a working electronic device, complete with power source, into the eye socket, says Spence.
An LED may even be fitted alongside the camera in the final Eyeborg prosthetic if the battery can spare enough power, he adds. Apart from the aesthetic value, it could provide lighting in dark conditions.
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Gill, Andrew and Radha Bhattacharya "Integration of a Financial Literacy Curriculum in a High School Economics Class: Implications of Varying the Input Mix from an Experiment," The Journal of Consumer Affairs, forthcoming.
Stanley, Denise "Can Unconditional Cash Transfers Be Problematic? Honduran Remittances and Laobr Supply Decisions." Forthcoming in Contemporary Economic Policy.
Adrian Fleissig "Estimating Demand Elasticities Under Rationing," with Gerald Whitney, Applied Economics, 2014, 46(4), 432-440.
Adrian Fleissig "Return on Investment from Training Programs and Intensive Services," Atlantic Economic Journal, 2014, 42(1), 39-51.
Craig, S. and Larry L. Howard. Is Medicaid
Crowding Out Other State Government Expenditure? Internal Financing and
Cross-Program Substitution. Forthcoming in Regional Science and
Urban Economics 2014.
Howard, Larry L. Do the Medicaid and Medicare Programs Compete for Access to Health Care Services? A Longitudinal Analysis of Physician Fees, 1998-2004. International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics 2014; 14(3): 229-250.
Bhargava, A., A. M. Guntupalli, M. Lokshin and Larry L. Howard. Modeling the Effects of Immunizations Timing on Child Health Outcomes in India. Health Economics 2014; 23(5): 606-620.
Sherif Khalifa "Direction of Trade and Wage Inequality." Applied Economics Letters, forthcoming.
Sherif Khalifa "South-South Trade and Skill Premia." The World Economy, forthcoming.
Kristin J. Kleinjans and Arthur van Soest "Rounding, Focal Point Answers and Nonresponse to Subjective Probability Questions". 2014. Journal of Applied Econometrics 29(4), 567-585.
Fang Zhang "Monetary Policy for Rationally Inattentive Economies with Staggered Price Setting," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Volume 38, January 2014, Pages 184-208.
Gabriela Best, (2013). "Fear of Floating or Monetary Policy as Usual? A Structural Analysis of Mexico's Monetary Policy," The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Volume 24, Pages 45–62.
Rokon Bhuiyan "Inflationary Expectations and Monetary Policy: Evidence from Bangladesh", Empirical Economics, pp. 1155-1169, Volume 44, Issue 3, May, 2013.
Farka, Mira and Adrian Fleissig "The Impact of FOMC Statements on the Volatility of Asset Prices", Applied Economics, 2013, 45, 10, 1287-1301.
Adrian Fleissig "Virtual prices and the impact of house rationing in Belgium on consumer choices," (with Gerald Whitney) Explorations in Economic History, 2013, 50(2), 308–315.
Gill, Andrew "Wonderlic, Race, and the NFL Draft," (with Victor Brajer), Journal of Sports Economics, December 2012.
Sherif Khalifa "Undiscounted Optimal Growth with Consumable Capital and Capital-Intensive Consumption Goods." Mathematical Social Sciences, 65: 118-135, 2013.
Sherif Khalifa "Housing Wealth Effect: Evidence from Threshold Estimation." Journal of Housing Economics, 22: 25-35, 2013. (with Ousmane Seck and Elwin Tobing)
Sherif Khalifa "Cyclical Job Upgrading, Wage Inequality, and Unemployment Dynamics." International Economic Journal, 27 (4): 549-585, 2013.
Sherif Khalifa "Labor Mismatch, Skill Obsolescence, and Unemployment Persistence." Journal of Quantitative Economics, 11 (1&2): 199-229, 2013.
Kristin J. Kleinjans "The Man of the House – How the Use of Household Head Characteristics leads to Omitted Variable Bias". 2013. Economics Letters 119 (May), 133-135.
Emmanuel Lartey "Remittances, Investment and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa," (2013) Journal of International Trade and Economic Development 22:7, 1038-1058
Pan, Huiran, Wang, C. (2013). Co-movement of Government Debt and Economic Growth in the Euro-area: A Bayesian Dynamic Factor Model Analysis. International Economic Journal, December 2013, 27(4), 625-643.
Pan, Huiran (2013). Asset Revaluation and Trade Balance under Liability Dollarization: The Case of South Korea. Journal of Economic Development, September 2013, 38(3), 1-32.
Pan, Huiran, Wang, C. (2013). House Prices, Bank Instability, and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Threshold Model. Journal of Banking and Finance, May 2013, 37(5), 1720-1732.
Pan, Huiran, Wang, C. (2013). Financial Development and Economic Growth: A New Investigation. Journal of Economic Development, March 2013, 38(1), 27-46.
Robert Michaels (with Andrew N. Kleit, Pennsylvania State University), "Reforming Texas Electricity Markets: If You Buy the Power, Why Pay for the Powerplant?" Regulation 36:2 (Summer 2013), 32-35.Stanley, Denise "Can Technology Improve Large Class Learning? The Case of an Upper-Division Business Core Class." Journal of Education for Business 88:265-270, 2013.
Rokon Bhuiyan "The Effects of Monetary Policy Shocks in Bangladesh: A Bayesian Structural VAR Approach", International Economic Journal, pp. 123-134, Volume 34, No. 2, June 2012.
Rokon Bhuiyan "Identifying a Forward-Looking Monetary Policy in an Open Economy", Economica, pp. 576-599, Volume 79, No. 315, July 2012.
Rokon Bhuiyan "Monetary Transmission Mechanism in a Small Open Economy: A Bayesian Structural VAR Approach", Canadian Journal of Economics, pp. 1037-1061, Volume 3, No. 45, August 2012.
Mira Farka and Adrian Fleissig "The Effect of FOMC Statements on Asset Prices," International Review of Applied Economics, 2012, vol 30(3), 387-416.
Howard, Larry L. and N. Prakash. Do
Employment Quotas Explain the Occupational Choices of Disadvantaged
Minorities in India? International Review of Applied Economics 2012;
26(4): 489-513.
Howard, Larry L. and N. Prakash. Do School Lunch Subsidies Change the Dietary Patterns of Children from Low-Income Households? Contemporary Economic Policy2012: 30(3): 362-381.
Sherif Khalifa "Job Competition, Crowding Out and Unemployment Fluctuations." Macroeconomic Dynamics, 16: 1-34, 2012.
Maria Knoth Humlum, Kristin J. Kleinjans, and Helena Skyt Nielsen "An Economic Analysis of Identity and Career Choice". 2012. Economic Inquiry 50(1), 39-61.
Emmanuel Lartey "Financial Openness, Nontradable Inflation and Optimal Monetary Policy," (2012) Economics Letters 117:3, 782-785
Emmanuel Lartey "Remittances, Exchange Rate Regimes and the Dutch Disease: A Panel Data Analysis," with Pablo A. Acosta and Federico S. Mandelman, (2012) Review of International Economics 20:2, 377–395
Robert Michael Energy Efficiency and Climate Policy: the Rebound Dilemma, Institute for Energy Research, Washington, 2012. At http://instituteforenergyresearch.org/wpcontent/uploads/2012/07/NJI_IER_MichaelsStudy_WEB_20120706_v5.pdf
Pan, Huiran, Wang, C. (2012). Government Debt in the Euro Area—Evidence from Dynamic Factor Analysis. Economics Letters, May 2012, 115(2), 272-275.
Stanley, Denise, Voeks, R. and Short, L. "Is Non-Timber Forest Product Harvest Sustainable in the Less-Developed World? A Systematic Review of the Recent Economic and Ecological Literature." Ethnobiology and Conservation 1: 1-39, 2012.
Bhattacharya, R. , & Kim, S. (2011). Economic fundamentals, subprime lending and housing prices: Evidence from msa-level panel data. Housing Studies, 26(6), 897-910.
Farka, Mira "The Fed and the Stock Market: An Identification Based on Intraday Futures Data," (with Stefania D'Amico), Journal of Business and Economics Statistics, 2011, 29, 1, 126-137.
Farka, Mira "Monetary Policy and the Term Structure: Addressing Simultaneity within a Structural VAR model," (with Amadeu DaSilva) Journal of Empirical Finance, 2011, 18, 5, 935-952.
Farka, Mira "Habit Formation in an Overlapping Generations Model with Borrowing Constraints," (with Amadeu DaSilva and Christos Giannikos), European Financial Management, 2011, 17, 4, 705-725.
Farka, Mira "The Asymmetric Impact of FOMC Statements on Asset Prices," Contemporary Economic Policy, 2011, 29, 4, 469-493.
Emmanuel Lartey and Farka, Mira "Financial Development, Crisis and Growth," Applied Economic Letters, 2011, 18, 8, 711-714.
Adrian Fleissig "A Revealed Preference Test of Rationing," (with Gerald Whitney), Economics Letters, 2011, 113 (3), 234-236.
Chiara Gratton-Lavoie and Andrew Gill "The Importance of High School Economic Education," in Papers and Proceedings of the FTU International Seminar (November 2011) on Issues of Economic Development and Accounting in Asia, Foreign Trade University, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Gill, Andrew and Chiara Gratton-Lavoie "Retention of Economic Knowledge and the Effect of the California Mandate," Journal of Economic Education, v42 (4), pp.319-336.
Sherif Khalifa "Undiscounted Optimal Growth with Consumable Capital: Application to Water Resources." Journal of Applied Economics, XIV, 1: 145-166, 2011. (with Ihsan Hurçan)
Sherif Khalifa "Undiscounted Optimal Growth with Consumable Capital and Labor-Intensive Consumption Goods." Economic Modelling, 28: 1673-1682, 2011.
Sherif Khalifa
"Financial Wealth Effect: Evidence from Threshold Estimation."
Applied Economics Letters, 18 (13): 1303-1305, 2011. (with Ousmane Seck and
Elwin Tobing)


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I work with a team of awesome Front End Developers, who's main job it is to take the designs and code it into accessible HTML and CSS. There are currently 4 of us, and a couple more have been and gone.
We all kind of agree on how we structure our HTML – in a way that is semantically sound, and accessible – but one thing I've noticed is how different my views on how I structure my CSS are compared to my colleagues. I thought I'd explain myself, and hope to gain some insight into what others think about my style, given my reasons for choosing it.
I always capitalise my tags
I can't actually remember when I started doing this – I guess it was right from the start – but I always capitalise any HTML element in my CSS. For instance:
DIV LI.selected A
I do this because I really believe it's more readable. IDs are very recognisable because of the # sign – classes, when quickly scanning CSS, are less easy to spot, because the period isn't the most noticeable of characters. By capitalising my tag names, I can easily differentiate between IDs, tags, and classes.
I always order my properties alphabetically
When I mention this I normally get accused of having horrific OCD, which is probably quite true; a lot of people prefer to group properties by type; as in, top, left, right or border, padding, margin.
My argument for this is that if you order alphabetically you eliminate two possible problems; first of all, duplicates (however unlikely); second of all, gotchas like specifying a font rule after a line height. Compound properties (like font, background etc) implicitly include other rules in them. The main one – font declaration implicitly includes line-height.
line-height: 16px; font: 1.2em Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
In the above example, the line-height declaration means nothing. It is overriden by the font declaration. Ordering alphabetically eliminates this as a potential problem.
It also means when I'm looking quickly for something I know whether to look at the beginning or end of a set of properties.
Single-line declarations FTL
This is something that me and some of my colleagues can agree to disagree on. I HATE single line declarations. I find them so unreadable. One of my first experiences with single-line CSS was this horror show of a 2,000 line stylesheet – each one on a single line. First off – no way should you have 2,000 lines of CSS in one file – but the single line format killed me.
5 or so years ago this could have been considered best practice, given the prevalence of dial-up. Now with broadband, whilst abusing a user's connection is not encouraged, it's not so much of a problem. The extra line breaks aren't going to add up to much in terms of file size – so do yourself a favour and put your properties on separate lines.
It's worth noting that whenever you see a 'CSS formatter' (like this one) if you format it as 'readable' then it takes the multi-line approach. Single-line declarations are rubbish.
Also the argument that it's harder to find a rule if you don't put them all on one line is, in my eyes, invalid – Firebug tells me exactly what line it's on.
I put IE specific hacks in separate stylesheets
Again, I find it extremely annoying when people put IE hacks in the stylesheets. They should be separate. I have a whole blog post in the works dedicated to IE hacks so I won't go into any details here
I indent my CSS to show when a declaration is a child of another
UL { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; } UL LI { color: #CCC; }
By doing this I can clearly see what rules belong to what definition – again I chalk this down as personal preference but I find indenting like this to be much more readable.
Use the server to compile your CSS – then break it up into chunks
If you are working on a site that has so much CSS that it's a performance problem to have lots of small, manageable CSS files, you need to invest the time on building something that collates and compresses them for you. This is NEVER an excuse to not break your CSS up into small manageable chunks, but rather a failure to use the tools you have to make something manageable and maintainable.
I'll definitely be doing some posts in the future about this subject with simple C# and PHP examples.
That's how I do it – what about you?
That's how and why I structure my CSS like I do. I find that having a structure for CSS is something that a lot of people don't do – it's often an afterthought for a lot of Front End developers I know. I'd love to know what you think of my eccentric CSS-based behaviour and what works well for you.


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There's just too much to do!!!
There is a lot to do. There is a lot to do at home or at work. Sometimes it just feels overwhelming. Don't you wish you could be more productive?
The Special Forces Green Berets are known as masters at getting things done. By normal standards, some of their missions would be deemed impossible. Often times they are expected to operate far behind enemy lines with limited resources. Their training gives them principles and techniques in being extremely effective and doing more with less. By using some of their principles you will be able to:
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