text:
Berserkers (or berserks) were Norse warriors who are reported in the Old Norse literature to have fought in a nearly uncontrollable, trance-like fury, a characteristic which later gave rise to the English word berserk. Berserkers are attested in numerous Old Norse sources. Most historians believe that berserkers worked themselves into a rage before battle, but some think that they might have consumed drugged foods.
Modern scholars believe certain examples of berserker rage to have been induced voluntarily by the consumption of drugs such as the hallucinogenic mushroom Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly Amanita, or massive amounts of alcohol. While such practices would fit in with ritual usages, other explanations for the berserker's madness have been put forward, including self-induced hysteria, epilepsy, mental illness or genetic flaws. (Emphasis mine)
Originally posted by kimish
That was a pretty traumatizing video! However, did anybody else notice that there was no blood to be seen at all? I find that very curious.
Originally posted by MollyStewart
Originally posted by kimish
That was a pretty traumatizing video! However, did anybody else notice that there was no blood to be seen at all? I find that very curious.
Just thought I would point out that at 11.19 where you see the woman's boot, there is what appears to be blood. I found their behaviour very disturbing and thought they were probably on some sort of opiate.
Originally posted by HighMaintenance
The other questions I have are:
1. How did they get onto the central reservation in the first place? Surely if it was a suicide pact and they'd wanted to be hit by oncoming traffic they could have done it then instead of getting themselves safely onto the central reservation??
2. Why did the appearance of the Highway Agency's patrol unit, send them into the traffic? I wonder if they would have just carried on and crossed to the other side when it was safe to do so if there had been no 'interference', obviously the agency didn't know things were going to unfold as they did, but it does make me wonder...
She was sentenced to five years imprisonment and is scheduled for release in mid-2011.


text:
With 1.7 million freelancers, we'll match you with the perfect talent.
The client has made the following changes to the job.
Job awarded.
Client prefers freelancers from:
You are still able to submit a proposal for this job.
The client prefers freelancers from
a different location.
Looking for a new corporate branding and identity package to include logo, letterhead, and business cards. Company name is Deer Lake Electric so want to have logo incorporate a logo something along the lines of the picture attached but without infringing on copyrights.
Sign in or Register to see more

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Activity Feed
Register or sign in to start receiving activity updates from around Kongregate!
Complete Initialization for 10 kreds
Congratulations! You've completed your Kongregate account!
Keep exploring Kongregate with more badges and games!
Hide the progress bar forever?
Topic: TDP4 Team Battle /
Got an idea for a new gun? Share it here!
really hope we can use those weapons they sound cool
name: lightning
fire rate:0.04
requirments:acc 4 str 4 expl 4
cost:2000coins , 4 cash
details: good strong weapon for the lvl 12s or up
Hey, do you like games? So do we — that's what makes Kongregate the best source of free games online. We have thousands upon thousands of free online games, from both one-man indies and large studios, rated and filtered so you can play the best of the best. Read more »
Are you a game developer? Visit our Developer Center where you can find documentation on our APIs and more information about marketing opportunities to further promote your game.
Upload your game »
Get more out of your Kongregate experience. Take advantage of ad-free gaming, cool profile skins, automatic beta access, and private chat with Kong Plus.
Learn more »
Did you know you can now score GameStop PowerUp Rewards® Points on Kongregate?
Find out how »


text:
| Sign In
control panel
| Log In
| Sign In
Create a Travel Blog
Travel Guide
Travel Photos
Cheap Travel Insurance
C. America & Caribbean
Middle East
N. America
Oceans & Seas
S. America
Create a Travel Blog
Travel Guide
Travel Photos
Cheap Travel Insurance
C. America & Caribbean
Middle East
N. America
Oceans & Seas
S. America
Travel Blog
North-West Thailand
Chiang Mai
» Songkran in Chiang Mai
Songkran in Chiang Mai
Previous Entry
Next Entry
Thailand again
North-West Thailand
Chiang Mai
April 15th 2012
Published: June 22nd 2012
Jess off to c the world
Songkran! It was finally the big Thai New-year and the Songkran festival of water. I had debated and debated about what I would do. I didn't know if I should spend it in MNC with the few kids that were here, go to Chiang Mai or go visit PiPa. Then Aggi arrived so I had someone to spend it with but I still wasn't sure what to do. PiVivon wanted us to do Songkran with the kids but that wasn't a problem as it goes on for many days, in the end this is what I did:
<span> Going to take the rubbish to the dump the previous day and getting soaked I knew it had started and if I left Hot coffee I was going to get wet. So after breakfast myself and Aggi packed everything we needed to take to Chiang Mai in plastic bags inside backpacks and we set off in the car to play Songkran with the kids. First stop MaeCheam; we had large bins for water but no food so we stopped by the market to get food for a picnic. We then drove about half an hour out of MaeCheam to a waterfall where we spend an hour or so. We ate our picnic with some delicious mangos, took photos, walked around and fed some random guys watermelon. Then we filled up or bins and drove back to MaeCheam. For about two hours we drove around MaeCheam which is a small ish village wetting people, getting very wet and filling up our bins. It was so much fun but it's brutally cruel when people throw ice cold water at you! There seems to be a rule that if you have paper work or a mobile or something in your hand they don't wet you but everyone else gets drowned and mostly it's refreshingly cool in the very hot weather. Then PiVivon dropped us off at the songteyo stop and we took the 3pm songteyo to ChomThong. For most part of it your going through the mountains so there is no-one to wet you so me and Aggi chose to stand up on the back to try and dry off a bit in the sun. We were doing really well for the first hour or so until someone throw an unexpected bucket of water at us then moving to sit inside others started to throw buckets of water inside the songteyo. So all that trying to dry off was a complete waste of time, there is no staying dry during Songkran! Taking the Songteyo to Chiang Mai was just as bad if not worse because mostly it's driving through where people live so by the time we got to Chiang Mai we were just as wet as when we left MaeCheam, good job everything was in plastic bags!
<span> Checking a few of the guesthouses around Chiang Mai gate everything seemed to be full and Aggi already had accommodation with her friend. So we walked over to where he was staying and then tried to find me a guesthouse. Amazingly next door there was a pretty cheapish place and as it was ideal I just checked in there. My first thoughts though when I found out where he was staying was 'I am not staying on the prostitute street' only to be told by Aggi 'No he's not staying on the prostitute street he's staying on a small street of it'. Great so I'm staying on one of the back streets instead. But it was OK and we had dinner and walked around the night market all without getting too wet again in our nice dry clothes.
<span> It was Friday and the main day of Songkran. Aggi had already told me she doesn't really do early so I just said text me when you're ready but I didn't expect breakfast to be 11o'clock! But no problem I spent the morning reading and relaxing in my dry bedroom. Trying to stay dry once out though is impossible and having breakfast in wet clothes is not so comfortable but after breakfast we took our things back and joined in the action. Aggi and Sebastian water water-pistols whereas I wanted a bucket so after we bought our weapons we headed to the river around the square of the city where all the action was. For a few hours until we were kind of over it we walked up and down the river filling up our buckets and wetting people and getting even wetter ourselves. Unfortunately I hate the ice cold water but love throwing a bucket full over someone ha. It's awesome fun and everyone is happy and wishing you New-year and then there are thousands of people on bikes and in cars (I think it's the sole reason so many people in Thailand have pickup trucks) joining in on the action, everyone having fun. I definitely think it's a must for everyone in their life time. Things eventually become quieter down around sunset and after getting showered and changed we were hoping to stay dry. But there is always someone who wants to go on a bit longer and wet you! Really annoying, we became experts navigating around the backstreets of Chiang Mai trying to avoid the water. So while going out for dinner, to the market and to the internet we got wet. Sebastian and Aggi got much more annoyed at this than me. During the day I like the atmosphere much more, at night people star t to become drunk and it gets irritating.
<span> I tried to get in touch with Pipa as I wanted to visit her at some point while in Chiang Mai but unfortunately I missed her phone calls while at the market, hopefully next time. On the Saturday Sebastian was sick so that left me and Aggi to make plans. Although I thoroughly enjoyed both days of Songkran I didn't really want to do it a third day. We had been invited by Ralf to a BBQ which we thought was in the evening, we text Ralf in the morning about it and he text us back while we were shopping in Chinatown that we should be at his house in 20minutes. Now some things are impossible and some are just difficult and this was just plain impossible. So unfortunately we missed the BBQ but joined them for drinks in the evening. In all we spent most of the day shopping in Chinatown or on the internet (you really appreciate fast internet when you live with snail pace internet in the mountains). It was ice to catch up with them and overall it was an amazing festival to be a part of but sometimes it just got a bit too much especially when you had just got showered and changed and had your bag with you (in the city there doesn't really seem to be any rules0 and Aggi and Sebastian seem to get really annoyed with people about t very easily.
<span> Sunday morning we had to try and make our way to Ralf's house as Khruu Noi was driving over to MNC and picking up the car there, address in hand all we had to do was find a tuktuk driver to take us (and try and stay dry).<span> We had been told she was leaving at 2 and we should leave Chiang Mai at 12, because it was Songkran getting there wasn't going to be easy. Aggi and Sebastian didn't get up until late and I was starving. Sebastian said the bar very close to the guesthouses did good food so we went there and waited an hour to receive the food! I was so annoyed and the drink that I ordered they didn't even bring. I had to go check out of my guesthouse in the middle of my meal because check out was 12 and it had taken that long to get breakfast!<span> Anyway we had to try and get to Ralf's house so we stopped by 711 then got a tuktuk driver to take us for a really good price, only to find out he had no idea where he was going. After numerous stops and phone calls to Ralf he found the complex where Ralf lived, but it was much bigger than we all realized. We got him to drop us off at what we thought was the end only to have to walk for about 40mins to find the house in the blazing midday sun with no shade and wet. (Aggi wasn't very happy about getting wet in the tuktuk). It was such a relief to finally find the house but then it was nearly 2o'clock and we didn't have much time before we had to leave again and sit in the car; four squashed in the back us in wet clothes for 3hours. Arriving at Ralf's we realized I had Aggi's simcard in my phone so they couldn't contact us as they didn't have the number, we had no credit so couldn't call, Ralf had tried to call the tuktuk driver but he wasn't interested, hence we were lost for a while.<span> It was so good to finally get back home though, showered and dry.
Previous Entry
Next Entry
Follow (
Jess Marshall
Jess off to c the world
After spending three and a half years in New Zealand and Australia I've caught the bug again and headed for South East Asia. I've traveled Malaysia (peninsula and Borneo), Sulawesi, Laos, Philippines and volunteered in Thailand for 8 months at a Children's home, it is mainly children from the Karen villagers. Its was an awesome CHALLENGE and an experience I will never forget! No really i loved it, but learning a completely new and very different culture has its challenges. I am now in Gansu Province in China teaching English for a year, I've completely fallen in love with teaching! Its so rewa...
full info
Top Photos
Blog Map
Trips (9)
Print Version
Private Blogs (24)
Travel Blog
North-West Thailand
Chiang Mai
» Songkran in Chiang Mai
Tot: 0.131s; Tpl: 0.013s; cc: 10; qc: 54; dbt: 0.0401s; 1; m:jupiter w:www (18.104.22.168); sld: 2;
; mem: 1.6mb
Copyright Notice: All Rights Reserved
Do not copy images or text from this page without requesting and
receiving permission
. All rights are reserved by the author and photographer.
Contact Jess Marshall (Jess off to c the world)
- a lack of a response does not mean that you have permission to use material from this page.
Confirm Email


text:
Influence of mixing on CFC uptake and CFC ages in the North Pacific thermocline
Mecking, Sabine
Warner, Mark J.
Greene, Catherine E.
Hautala, Susan L.
Sonnerup, Rolf E.
MetadataShow full item record
Citable URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/1912/3631
As publishedhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2003JC001988
KeywordTracers; Mixing; Thermocline
A diagnostic, isopycnal advection-diffusion model based on a climatological, geostrophic flow field is used to study the uptake of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) into the portion of the thermocline that outcrops in the open North Pacific (σ θ ≤ 26.6 kg m−3). In addition to advection, isopycnal diffusion is required to match the CFC data collected during the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) in the early 1990s. Using reduced outcrop saturations of 80–95% for isopycnals outcropping in the northwestern North Pacific (σ θ ≥ 25.4 kg m−3), together with an isopcynal interior diffusivity of 2000 m2 s−1 and enhanced diffusion (5000 m2 s−1) in the Kuroshio Extension region, further improves the model-data agreement. Along-isopycnal diffusion is particularly important for isopycnals with shadow zones/pool regions in the western subtropical North Pacific that are isolated from direct advective ventilation. The isopycnal mixing causes an estimated increase in CFC-12 inventories on these isopycnals, compared to advection only, ranging from 10–20% (σ θ = 25.6 kg m−3) to 50–130% (σ θ = 26.6 kg m−3) over the subtropics in 1993. This contribution has important consequences for subduction rate estimates derived from CFC inventories and for the location of the subsurface CFC maxima. When tracer ages are derived from the modeled CFC distributions, time-evolving mixing biases become apparent that reflect the nonlinearities in the atmospheric CFC time histories. Comparison with model-calculated ideal ages suggests that during the time of WOCE (∼1993), ventilation ages based on CFC-12 were biased young by as much as 16–24 years for pCFC-12 ages of 25 years, underestimating ideal ages by as much as 40–50%.
Author Posting. © American Geophysical Union, 2004. This article is posted here by permission of American Geophysical Union for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of Geophysical Research 109 (2004): C07014, doi:10.1029/2003JC001988.
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
Estimating oceanic turbulence dissipation from seismic images Holbrook, W. Steven; Fer, Ilker; Schmitt, Raymond W.; Lizarralde, Daniel; Klymak, Jody M.; Helfrich, L. Cody; Kubichek, Robert (American Meteorological Society, 2013-08)Seismic images of oceanic thermohaline finestructure record vertical displacements from internal waves and turbulence over large sections at unprecedented horizontal resolution. Where reflections follow isopycnals, their ...
The thermocline and current structure in subtropical/subpolar basins Huang, Rui Xin (Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1984-05)Part one of this thesis discusses the structure of the thermocline and the current pattern within a two-layer model. The corresponding flow field is explored as the amount of water in the upper layer is gradually reduced ...
The evolution of upper ocean thermal structure at 10°N, 125°W during 1997-1998 Farrar, J. Thomas (Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2003-09)In this thesis I have endeavored to determine the factors and physical processes that controlled SST and thermocline depth at 10°N, 125°W during the Pan American Climate Study (PACS) field program. Analysis based on the ...


text:
With more than 100 million in record sales and an estimated live audience in excess of 30 million, Depeche Mode [2] have come a long way since their humble beginnings in the early 1980s.
Synth-driven hit singles such as 'New Life' 'Just Can't Get Enough', and 'See You' kept them regularly flying high in the UK charts.
But music fans surely wouldn't have imagined that Essex boys Dave Gahan and co would have survived more than 30 years in the fickle world of popular music.
Witness their F1 closing show on Sunday at Yas Island [3] - or indeed any of their sell-out concerts in Europe or America in the recent past - and you will be left in do doubt that Depeche Mode are in music's major league.
Smash hits in the late 80s and early 90s, such as 'Personal Jesus', 'Enjoy The Silence', and
'I Feel You' - accompanied by classy Anton Corbijn-directed videos - brought them cult 'outsider' status and a global following.
Part of the appeal was down to charismatic lead singer Gahan, who famously cheated death several times in the 90s while in the grip of hard drugs. Now in their 50s, the band are rocking harder than ever on stage thanks to a new, clean-living ethos.
Main songwriter Martin Gore, who caught up with 7DAYS for a quick chat over the phone from his home in LA, explains: "We all have to be fit now - I mean Dave is super fit. He starts training maybe six months before a tour starts and he's got an intense regime that he goes through. He was doing it every day, and now I think it is every other day. For his age you'll see - he'll have the shirt or the waistcoat off by the end!"
In 2009, Gahan had another health scare - a cancerous tumour was removed from his bladder after the singer had been complaining about stomach problems. He's had a clean bill of health ever since the successful op, and he's as hungry as ever for the spotlight, as Gore explains: "His workload onstage is incredible. Running around and getting the audience going is all part of his act, and probably one of those things that has made us so successful in that live environment."
It's not just Gahan who has adopted a healthier lifestyle. Gore says: "We have all changed at different rates. Dave had his well-documented period a long time ago now - that was around 1996. It has been a long time since he even picked up a drink. We've all been down that path to certain extents. I gave up drinking myself eight years ago and it's a very different atmosphere - it's conducive for a good working environment.
It is a very different experience to how it used to be - for one thing it is a lot easier to remember things now! Sometimes we'll talk about something, which might be brought up from our history - maybe 15 or 20 years ago - and we can't really remember!"
One particular honour that Gore won't forget is a cover version of 1989 single 'Personal Jesus' by the late, great 'Man In Black', Johnny Cash. He says:
"I was completely bowled over by the fact that he decided to do it. I got a call from a friend who heard it on the radio and I didn't believe them. People tend to go for clearance on covers. But if it's Jonny Cash, you're not going to turn him down. I've always said it's the closest you will ever come to Elvis covering your music!"
With 13 studio albums and 50 singles under their belts, Depeche Mode are a well-oiled machine. But what is the key to their success? It could be simple geography.
Gore enjoys life in LA, while singer Gahan is based in New York and third member Andrew Fletcher lives a continent away in London. And Gore says: "We go through long periods where we don't really see each other and we don't really talk. I think, after being together so long, it's more like a family environment. You might go and visit your sisters or your mum now and again, but you might not see them for a year. Once we start a project, we'll be living on top of each other for the best part of two years with recording, promotion and tour. It's a strange existence. And I think its only natural that you want to disappear for a while. It's nothing to do with not getting on, or those kind of things. It's just natural."
Did you snatch your Grand Prix F1 tickets before they sold out [4]? Please share your weekend concert plans by commenting below!
[1] http://www.syndigate.info
[2] http://www.albawaba.com/%20Facebook)%20%20%20%20%20Best%20Buds%20no%20more?%20Hamada%20Hilal%20and%20Amr%20Diab%26%23039;s%20friendship%20on%20the%20rocks%20%20%20%20%20The%20sexy%20George%20Clooney%20is%20dating%20Lebanese%20barrister%20Amal%20Alamuddin.%20(Image:%20Facebook)%20%20%20%20%20She%26%23039;s%20hot,%20trilingual%20and%20LEBANESE!%20Yes,%20we%26%23039;re%20talking%20about%20George%20Clooney%26%23039;s%20new%20GF!%20%20%20%20%20Melhem%20Barakat%20is%20unhappy%20and%20wishes%20to%20die.%20(Image:%20Facebook)%20%20%20%20%20Dark%20thoughts:%20Melhem%20Barakat%20miserable%20and%20wants%20to%20die!%20%20%20%20%20Sherihan%20made%20sure%20Ahlam%20knows%20that%20she%26%23039;s%20standing%20by%20her%20side.%20(Image:%20Facebook)%20%20%20%20%20Strange%20world!%20Sherihan%20defends%20an%20aggressive%20Ahlam%20on%20Twitter%20%20%20%20%20The%20chocolate%20cake%20Elissa%20received%20for%20her%20birthday.%20(Image:%20Twitter)%20%20%20%20%20Birthday%20girl:%20Elissa%20celebrates%20her%2041st%20birthday%20%20%20%20%20Will%20Qamar%20and%20Mahmoud%20make%20a%20good%20team?%20%20%20%20%20Qamar%20and%20Mahmoud%20Yasin%20to%20go%20through%20%26%23039;The%20Trial%26%23039;%20together%20%20%20%20%20Maya%20showing%20off%20Ahmad%26%23039;s%20sweet%20%26%23039;stache!%20%20%20%20%20Wicked%20sweet%20'stache:%20Maya%20Diab%20posts%20pic%20of%20Ahmad%20Al%20Sakka%26%23039;s%20new%20facial%20hair%20%20%20%20%20The%20official%20poster%20for%20%20%20%20%20Director%20Antoine%20Achkar%20brings%20Spain%26%23039;s%20"Lettre%20d'Amour%26quot;%20to%20the%20Lebanese%20stage%20%20Grand%20concerts%20for%20the%20Grand%20Prix:%20Jay-Z,%20Muse%20and%20Amr%20Diab%20to%20perform%20in%20AD
[3] http://www.albawaba.com/entertainment/depeche-mode-abu-dhabi--490289
[4] http://www.albawaba.com/entertainment/abu-dhabi-f1-grand-prix-concert-530180
[5] http://www.7days.ae


text:
Proinflammatory cytokine
A proinflammatory cytokine is a cytokine which promotes systemic inflammation.
Examples include IL-1[1] and TNF alpha.[2] As well as other pro-inflammatory cytokines including Interleukin 1 (IL), IL 6 and IL 8, and IFNγ (interferon gamma)
Due to their proinflammatory action, they tend to make a disease worse by producing fever, inflammation, tissue destruction, and in some cases, even shock and death.[1]
Clinical implications[edit]
Reducing the biological activities of proinflammatory cytokines can reduce the brunt of attack of diseases mediated by proinflammatory cytokines.[1] Blocking IL-1 or TNF has been highly successful in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease,[3] or graft-vs-host disease.[1] However, the strategy has not been successful in humans with sepsis.[1] The therapeutic effects of acupuncture may be related to its ability to suppress a range of proinflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor alpha, IL1B, interleukin 6, and interleukin 10.[4]
- ^ a b c d e Dinarello CA (Aug 2000). "Proinflammatory cytokines". Chest 118 (2): 503–8. doi:10.1378/chest.118.2.503. PMID 10936147.
- ^ Cheung CY, Poon LL, Lau AS, Luk W, Lau YL, Shortridge KF, Gordon S, Guan Y, Peiris JS (Dec 2002). "Induction of proinflammatory cytokines in human macrophages by influenza A (H5N1) viruses: a mechanism for the unusual severity of human disease?". Lancet 360 (9348): 1831–7. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(02)11772-7. PMID 12480361.
- ^ Strober W, Fuss IJ (May 2011). "Proinflammatory cytokines in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases". Gastroenterology 140 (6): 1756–67. doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2011.02.016. PMID 21530742.
- ^ Wang XM, Walitt B, Saligan L, Tiwari AF, Cheung CW, Zhang ZJ (Mar 2015). "Chemobrain: a critical review and causal hypothesis of link between cytokines and epigenetic reprogramming associated with chemotherapy". Cytokine 72 (1): 86–96. doi:10.1016/j.cyto.2014.12.006. PMID 25573802.
Even acupuncture may have therapeutic potential considering its effects on suppressing proinflammatory cytokines, TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, and IL-10
|This immunology article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.


text:
to experience the full functionality of mail.com.
Premium Login
Email Domains
Science & Technology
iPhone App
Android App
iPad App
Browser download
1&1 MyWebsite
Weather Service
Credit Cards
Real Estate
Sign up
Sign up
Log in
Enhanced by Google
February 07, 2016
Leicester beats City 3-1, Torres nets 100th Atletico goal
Leicester firmly underlined its Premier League title credentials with a 3-1 win at Manchester City on Saturday, while ...
February 06, 2016
FIFA candidates Prince Ali, Infantino claim votes in Africa
Two FIFA voters have defied African soccer leaders by endorsing rival candidates in the presidential election for Sepp ...
February 06, 2016
Leicester stuns Man City 3-1 to go 5 points clear at top
Leicester stunned Manchester City 3-1 on Saturday to bolster its bid to become the unlikeliest champion in English football ...
February 06, 2016
Fiorentina fails to keep up pressure on leaders after draw
Fiorentina failed to keep up the pressure on the top two in Serie A as it was held at Bologna to 1-1 after midfielder Mati ...
February 06, 2016
10-man Monaco beats local rival Nice 1-0 to keep 2nd place
Ten-man Monaco overcame a sending off early in the second half to beat local rival Nice 1-0 and remain in second place in the ...
February 06, 2016
Jamie Vardy signs new contract with Leicester to 2019
English Premier League leader Leicester says striker Jamie Vardy has signed a new contract with the club until 2019.
February 06, 2016
Panathinaikos title hopes fading away after losing to Xanthi
Panathinaikos was dealt another blow to its dwindling hopes of winning the Greek league when it lost to Xanthi 1-0 on ...
February 06, 2016
Bayern Munich held to 0-0 at Leverkusen in Bundesliga
Bayern Munich missed the chance to go 10 points clear in the Bundesliga after being held to a scoreless draw at Bayer ...
February 06, 2016
10-man Southampton beats West Ham 1-0 in EPL
Ten-man Southampton overcame a sending off early in the second half to beat West Ham 1-0 in the English Premier League on ...
February 06, 2016
Tottenham goes 2nd in Premier League by beating Watford 1-0
Tottenham is providing another element of unpredictability to a Premier League title race defying all expectations. For the ...
February 06, 2016
Sunderland come from 2 down to draw 2-2 with Liverpool
Relegation-threatened Sunderland came from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Liverpool in the Premier League on Saturday with ...
February 06, 2016
Norwich in relegation zone after losing to Villa
Last-place Aston Villa looked determined to take Norwich down to the second-tier, beating the visiting Canaries 2-0 Saturday ...
February 06, 2016
Newcastle moves out of Premier League relegation zone
Newcastle moved out of the Premier League relegation zone with a 1-0 win over West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, swapping ...
February 06, 2016
Palace, Swansea grateful for 1-1 draw in EPL
Crystal Palace ended a run of five straight defeats and Swansea bagged a valuable point in its desperation to stay out of the ...
February 06, 2016
Torres scores 100th goal for Atletico in 3-1 win over Eibar
Fernando Torres finally scored his 100th goal for Atletico Madrid, helping his team come from behind to defeat Eibar 3-1 in ...
February 06, 2016
Everton beat Stoke 3-0 in the English Premier League
Everton ended a run of five English Premier League matches without a win in emphatic style by downing host Stoke 3-0 on ...
February 05, 2016
Benfica routs Belenenses 5-0 in the Portuguese League
Konstantinos Mitroglou scored a hat-trick by and strike partner Jonas added a double as Benfica provisionally rose to the top ...
February 05, 2016
DFB takes legal action against Beckenbauer, FIFA, others
The German football federation opened legal proceedings against Franz Beckenbauer, former members, and FIFA in a bid to limit ...
February 05, 2016
Malaga beats Getafe 3-0 in the Spanish league
Venezuela midfielder Juan Anor scored a goal and was involved in another as Malaga beat Getafe 3-0 in the Spanish league ...
February 05, 2016
'Gladbach beats Bremen 5-1 to stop Bundesliga losing streak
Danish defender Andreas Christensen scored twice as Borussia Moenchengladbach ended its losing streak with a 5-1 rout of ...
Popular Searches
Popular baby names
Kate Middleton
smart home apps
same-sex marriage
Did you also see?
Barcelona ties all-time club record of 28 games without loss
Austrian police: 5 skiers killed in 'massive' avalanche
MVP Cam Newton Big Winner at NFL Honors
N. Korea praises launch, others see as covert missile test


text:
Yasmin Ogbu Model
CicciFeinsteinPhotographer Female London, England, United Kingdom
My Website: TumblrMy MM URL: http://www.modelmayhem.com/ciccifeinstein
Mayhem # 2954979
About MeIF I SEND YOU A FRIEND REQUEST IT'S BECAUSE I REALLY LIKE YOUR WORK AND WOULD LIKE TO KEEP YOU IN MIND FOR FUTURE PROJECTS. Sorry for not writing a personal message, that will hopefully come later when I have something for you.
I'm a Swedish, London based fashion photographer looking for talented and dedicated people to work with! I'm searching for models, stylists, designers, make up-artists and hairstylists for both short- and long term collaborations. High ambitions and creativity are things that are very important to me.
I look for collaborations in the areas around LONDON, also working in STOCKHOLM regularly.
Feel free to contact me!
Have you worked with CicciFeinstein? Add Credits for CicciFeinstein! >>
Yasmin Ogbu Model
AdamRoberts Model
Paula O Model
RoxanneK Model
Reda Model
Pace at Boom The Agency Model
Loading Content


text:
more sci-fi by 0800Watch
©2010-2016 0800
some1 asked me to post progress shots so will post on my tumblr
Daily DeviationGiven 2011-02-18
more sci-fi by ~0800 ( Suggested by Hellobaby and Featured by MacRebisz )
Yo! I love the feel of this one, and how the brightly colored officer draws the eye. (his sabre was a nice touch)
The level of detail here is just awesome!
wow u are kick ass man !
Whoaaaaaa! Its so awesome! Thumbs up, 10 star rating, fav. No words anymore
Whoaaaaaa! Its so awesome! Thumbs up, 10 star rating, fav. No words anymore
wayyy very cool!
soooo sick
Tio, eres buenísimo!!1
Wow, amazing work!
Man, this is absurd!!! Realy GREAT!
I wen to your site to see thr progress shot, and...holy shit man, did this start out as a 3d scene?
I am looking for submissions for a sci fi and fantasy showcase book featuring talented artists. If you are interested email me at firstname.lastname@example.com
The faq and other information can be found at the bottom of the homepage for the book.
The faq and other information can be found at the bottom of the homepage for the book.
Waau, nice.
Oh wow. Look at the reflection in the floor... I feel like I'm actually there.
Favorited, astonishing work!
Holy crap your work is brilliant!
Amazing! Can you make a tutorial of making it?
damn thats nice
Excellent detail and composition! We're working on a space card battle game, I'll be in touch! Great work!
nice and shiny with a military sci-fi story very effective
This piece is pure madness my friend, the reflections on the floor, the highly detailed scene, you're truly a great digital artist
Impressively detailed concept art. Thumbs up!
Realistic depiction of a hangar. In science fiction, this gets extra brownie points from me! Even better as you have a marine with a saber conducting inspection!
Great job, congratulations!
Awesome piece. The detail is staggering, and seemingly nothing is extraneous.
I'd like to know how to get rid of the print sales thing as well.
I'd like to know how to get rid of the print sales thing as well.
One word.. WOW!
WOW!!!! This is so professional in every way. All the reflections, lights, shadows, and gosh, the whole thing is perfect!
Very awesome.
Very nice work!
Those planes look like modded Mig 31's....love it
Future is coming!
Love it! Any vague relation to Starlancer?
ooooh, very Star Trek. Love it. Hope nobody slips and falls on that shiny floor. Mr. Drill Seargent looks like he shouldn't be messed with.
amazing detail man AMAZING
great shot, love the reflections. someone is mopping that floor.
Excellent work! Sort of reminds me of Battlestar Galactica and the Vipers. Great job!
Looks amazing!
bloody awesome
Wow! well done picture
Outstanding. The aircraft remind me of UCAV EDI
frikking great!
Fuckk uU man....this is awesome...LOVE itt
Fantastic! Outstanding detail!


text:
To wish I didn't hate my SIL?(85 Posts)
ThreadWorms Mon 31-Dec-12 00:00:27
StairsInTheNight Fri 04-Jan-13 21:55:51
Countyourchickens Sun 05-Oct-14 19:23:13
Marzipanface Sun 05-Oct-14 19:35:04
FryOneFatManic Sun 05-Oct-14 20:00:54
ImNoClownIWontBackDown Sun 05-Oct-14 20:13:34
Spindarella Sun 05-Oct-14 20:13:56
Littlef00t Sun 05-Oct-14 20:49:08
DameEdnasBridesmaid Sun 05-Oct-14 20:57:32
Spindarella Sun 05-Oct-14 20:59:36
Quadrophonic Sun 05-Oct-14 21:21:53
Join the discussion
Registering is free, easy, and means you can join in the discussion, get discounts, win prizes and lots more.Register now
Already registered with Mumsnet? Log in to leave your comment or alternatively, sign in with Facebook or Google.
Talk: Customise | Unanswered messages | Getting started | Acronyms | FAQs
Threads: Active | I'm on | I'm watching | I started | Last 15 minutes | Last hour | Last Day
Please login first.


text:
A Global Ban on Landmines
03-12-1997 Statement
Treaty Signing Conference and Mine Action Forum, Ottawa, 2-4 December 1997. Statement by Cornelio Sommaruga, President, International Committee of the Red Cross.
We celebrate today a victory for humanity; for the cause of humanitarian values in the face of cruelty and indifference.
This historic movement against the horrors of anti-personnel mines began as an expression of human compassion on the part of medical and other humanitarian workers in mine-affected countries. It grew as their compelling testimony and images of the appalling effects of this weapon were transmitted by a myriad of non-governmental organizations and international agencies. It became unstoppable as the public conscience began to view this weapon as an abomination. An absolute ban on anti-personnel mines was transformed from an " idealistic dream " into the Ottawa Treaty as diplomats, political leaders and generals allowed themselves to move beyond " business as usual " in the world of international negotiations and respond to the suffering this weapon inflicts.
The International Committee of the Red Cross, and the entire International Movement of the Red Cross and Red Crescent on behalf of which I speak, pay tribute to those whose untiring efforts have brought us to this solemn moment in which the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-personnel Mines and on their Destruction is signed by distinguished leaders from around the world. In particular we commend the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy and the government of Canada, the United Nations Secretary General and his predecessor, the many governments which took unilateral action to stop the use of anti-personnel mines, the fifty States which committed themselves to the Ottawa Process in this room 14 months ago, and each State which stands here today, often after difficult in ternal deliberations, ready to sign the new Convention.
This extraordinary coalition of civil society, international institutions and governments has proven that humanity is not powerless in the face of its worst instincts or the destructive uses of modern technology. But this experience, far from being a reason for self-satisfaction, should be the basis of sober reflection. In demonstrating that it is indeed possible to respond resolutely to the trauma and suffering of humanity we assume a solemn responsibility to ask why this happens so seldom? Why is war waged with one's whole mind and heart and soul, while struggles for humanity are too often waged, if at all, with only half of our being?
The Ottawa Treaty is historic not only due to the process through which it was created but also because of its content. For the first time a weapon which has been in widespread use by armed forces throughout the world is being withdrawn from arsenals due to its appalling human, economic and social costs. And for the first time the use, development, production, stockpiling and transfer of a weapon are being prohibited in one decisive step. This reflects an important insight with implications for the future development of international humanitarian law. The Ottawa Treaty recognizes that outlawing the use of a weapon while permitting its continued production, possession and transfer is not enough. Had this insight prevailed when poison gas was banned in 1925 fifty to seventy years of uncertainty about the retaliatory use of biological and chemical weapons would have been avoided.
This week the Ottawa Treaty becomes the common heritage of those who have given it birth and those who will put their signature to it. Together we assume the responsibility for the long-term task of assuring its early entry into force, universalization and implementatio n. The ICRC is committed to continuing its work in all regions of the world to promote acceptance of the Treaty.
The ICRC is painfully aware that a ban on anti-personnel mines, which will save lives and limbs, will nonetheless do nothing to improve the plight of the hundreds of thousands of existing victims whose needs have barely begun to be addressed. The ban itself will provide little comfort to some two thousand people whose lives will be forever shattered this month by mines currently in the ground. In some respects banning anti-personnel mines was the easiest of our challenges. Mine clearance and the provision of adequate assistance to victims will require enduring engagement and will certainly be more costly. The ICRC alone has already spent close to 15 million US dollars in 1997 on assistance programmes related to mine incidents. I appeal to each of the Heads of State, Heads of Government, Ministers and organizations here present to personally ensure that this day marks the beginning of the mobilization of the international community and its institutions for the long road ahead.
For its part the ICRC is committed to continuing its surgical and rehabilitative services for all war victims, including mine victims, and intends to increase its efforts to reinforce the capabilities of National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to provide medical and rehabilitative care in mine-affected countries.
The tragic plight of mine victims has been one of the driving forces behind efforts for a ban and to improve mine clearance. Yet relatively little attention has been given, at the international level, to coordinating and improving the delivery of care to mine victims. This situation must begin to change in 1998.
If we fail to learn from our mistakes we are doomed to repeat them. In the coming decades the potential for development of particularly hein ous and indiscriminate arms threatens to outpace the ability of humanity to respond. For this reason States bear a weighty responsibility, enshrined in the Geneva Law, to determine, before deployment , whether weapons under development are covered by the general prohibitions of weapons which are inherently indiscriminate or of a nature to cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering.
The landmines issue is but part of a phenomena of great concern to the ICRC: the virtually unrestricted flow of vast quantities of weapons, particularly small arms, throughout the world and their consistent use in violation of the basic norms of international humanitarian law. As this trend continues efforts to teach respect for these norms are being overwhelmed by the flow of weapons. We have learned with landmines that it is both easier and faster to distribute arms than to teach humanitarian law principles to those who possess them. I call on States, as I did two years ago at the opening of the Vienna Review Conference, to address the issue of arms availability as a matter of pressing international concern.
Let us celebrate today a victory for humanity. But in doing so let us recognize that the real victory for humanity lies ahead. It will be celebrated on that day when we must no longer pour our best efforts into picking up the debris of war and mending the human wounds of a destructive technology out of control; it will be the day when humanity's wisdom, respect for basic humanitarian norms and instinct for self-protection converge to prevent such horrors from occurring.
Ref. EXSO 97.12.03-ENG


text:
Hello, Anmol here. As you've been following along with me in my blog series on Security Development Lifecycle for Line-of-Business applications (SDL-LOB) , I've talked about Phase One, Two, Three and Four. Today, I'll discuss the last phase - Phase Five: Release for LOB. SDL-LOB defines standards and best practices for providing security and privacy for line-of-business (LOB) applications either in development or being planned for development.
In the Release phase, now that the application is live in production, a post-production assessment takes place. It is important to note that this is a continuous process and all applications/hosts/network devices are in scope. This type of assessment performed by an operations team and involves verification of patch management, compliance, network and host scanning as well as responding to incremental releases for hotfixes and service packs. Typically the assessment occurs on a continuous regular cycle and integrates with an existing management process already in place established by the compliance group.
Highlight for this phase include:
Under every task given above, there are several security requirements that the application team follows. Here's the complete list of security requirements here. Concluding my blog series I've talked about all 5 phases of SDL-LOB, providing you a brief highlight of each of the phases. Take some time and review all phases of the SDL-LOB in detail. To wrap up, here's the phases again:
Phase One: Requirements for LOB
Phase Two: Design for LOB
Phase Three: Implementation for LOB
Phase Four: Verification for LOB
Phase Five: Release for LOB
-Anmol Malhotra Senior Security Engineer ACE Team


text:
Web Application Architecture
I've spent some time thinking about how a web application should be architected. How should it look from a high level? How does the development cycle look? How does the deployment process look? I read a lot about how applications should be modular, and I agree with this, but in practice I've come to realize I don't know how a large application should look.
Spine is a simple and lightweight framework, and doesn't consist of a vast amount of complex widgets to configure and theme.
Using Zend_Tool to start up your ZF Project
This tutorial will set you through using Zend_Tool to jump-start development on your next ZF MVC application.
1 (6 marks)


text:
What does TCLKRR stand for?
What does TCLKRR mean? This page is about the various possible meanings of the acronym, abbreviation, shorthand or slang term: TCLKRR.
We've found a total of 1 definition for TCLKRR:
Filter by: Sort by:PopularityAlphabeticallyCategory
Transurban Group
Still can't find the acronym definition you were looking for? Use our Power Search technology to look for more unique definitions from across the web!
"TCLKRR." Abbreviations.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2016. Web. 7 Feb. 2016. <http://www.abbreviations.com/TCLKRR>.


text:
Looks like you are using an old version of Internet Explorer - Please update your browser
BBC News: "Dinosaur Mummy Yields its Secrets" A "mummified" dinosaur with soft tissues fossilized—evidence of watery disaster?
We first reported on the "mummy," named Dakota, back in March of last year. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that not only the bones, but also soft tissues such as skin, were fossilized. (This is different from the preservation of unfossilized soft tissue inside dinosaur bones, which we reported on most recently in May.)
Even some organic material—specifically, amino acids—remain, intermixed with the sedimentary minerals.
Scientists have now released a paper on Dakota, a hadrosaur, in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, where they describe how sediments formed a "mineral cast" that allowed for such remarkable preservation, with even individual cell-like structures retained. Even some organic material—specifically, amino acids—remain, intermixed with the sedimentary minerals.
BBC News explains how the scientists believe the creature was preserved so completely:
They believe that the dinosaur fell into a watery grave, with little oxygen present to speed along the decay process. Meanwhile, very fine sediments reacted with the soft tissues of the animal, forming a kind of cement.
That explanation, of course, is most consistent with catastrophic flooding. Yale University paleontologist Derek Briggs (who, by the way, was one of the paleontologists who visited the Creation Museum several days ago—see item 1) believes the amazing preservation may not be so rare, either: "One can't be certain, but I suspect that in many cases these kinds of skin impressions have gone unnoticed and people have gone after the skeleton, which is of course what you'd expect to be preserved. This kind of discovery just demonstrates very clearly that soft tissue does survive, that the processes involved are unusual but not absolutely extraordinary—so there's no reason why this kind of material won't be discovered again." Dakota is yet another reminder of God's judgment by water, the result of which was a fossil graveyard that covers the world.
Remember, if you see a news story that might merit some attention, let us know about it! (Note: if the story originates from the Associated Press, Fox News, MSNBC, the New York Times, or another major national media outlet, we will most likely have already heard about it.) And thanks to all of our readers who have submitted great news tips to us.
(Please note that links will take you directly to the source. Answers in Genesis is not responsible for content on the websites to which we refer. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy.)
Answers in Genesis is an apologetics ministry, dedicated to helping Christians defend their faith and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.


text:
With 1.7 million freelancers, we'll match you with the perfect talent.
The client has made the following changes to the job.
Job awarded.
Client prefers freelancers from:
You are still able to submit a proposal for this job.
The client prefers freelancers from
a different location.
I need to take 30 slides from a presentation and merge it with a separate audio file (mp3) and save the file as a movie (which I'll upload to YouTube. The audio file is 36 minutes long.
So the main part is extending the length of time each ppt slide appears on the screen to match the audio presentation.
Here is an example of how I'd like the finished product to function: [obscured] /31967455 (i'll send password once we agree to project).
$100 for the finished result.
Added 16 APR 2012, 0:47 AM EDT
We need to remove the Ken Burns effect from the slides.
Sign in or Register to see more


text:
Order Now : 1-800-533-3203
World's Largest Selection of judaica
Order Now
Brass Branch Menorah
Item # - ANB4
This Menorah, made of brass, is inspired by nature, trees, and branches of the holy land, Israel. The Branch Menorah Makes a great gift for Hanukkah as well as other occasions.
Price $150.00
Tell a Friend about this product
Order Now : 1-800-533-3203 | Email : firstname.lastname@example.com
Copyright 2015 Menorah. All Rights Reserved


text:
Liam decides to open a surfboard shop, but things get complicated when he gets romantically involved with his first investor; Dixon asks Silver to direct Michaela's first music video.
When Naomi and Mark decide to open a restaurant, Dixon books Michaela to perform at the restaurant's opening night; Annie's feelings for Liam confuse her; Navid discovers that Campbell is cheating on his fiance.
Naomi is hired to plan events for an up-and-coming mogul's media empire; Annie, Adrianna and Silver's plans for a night out with Naomi end in disaster; Dixon starts to fall for Michaela.
Top TV Shows |
All TV Shows |
Your Favorite Movies |
Privacy Policy |
License Our Content | Media Kit | About Us | © 2015 TMS | Zap2it TV Listings


text:
Haller sprints to 1st pro win at Tour of Beijing
Updated: October 12, 2012, 8:55 AM ETAssociated Press
BEIJING -- Marco Haller of Austria won a mass sprint to the finish for his first professional victory in the fourth stage of the Tour of Beijing on Friday.
The Katusha Team rider overtook Italian sprint specialist Alessandro Petacchi of Lampre-ISD to win the 103-mile stage from Yanqing to Chang Ping. Liquigas-Cannondale rider Elia Viviani of Italy was third.
German world time trial champion Tony Martin retains a 40-second overall lead heading into Saturday's 113.5-mile final stage ...
Read full story
You must be signed in to post a comment
You are fully responsible for the content you post. Content that includes profanity, personal attacks or antisocial behavior (such as "spamming" or "trolling"), or other inappropriate content or material will be removed. We reserve the right to block any user who violates our terms of use, including removing all content posted by that user.


text:
1. Solar for Europe's Future – Increasing the share of solar and renewable energy.
2. Sustainable Solar - Solar products should be manufactured using the highest environmental and labour standards, embracing new technologies and supporting local communities.
3. Healthy Competition – Undistorted competition as the motor of innovation and affordability over the long term.
05/12/2015 - Solar Industry: Expiry Reviews of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures → EN DE
30/11/2015 - EU ProSun calls for the sun to shine at Paris Climate Conference → EN
19/10/2015 - 111 Solar-Installationsbetriebe gegen chinesisches Dumping → DE
08/09/2015 - FAQs EU ProSun: Expiry Review → EN DE
04/09/2015 - Zwei weitere chinesische Solarhersteller massiver Preisverstöße beschuldigt → DE
EU ProSun is a joint initiative of members of the EU solar industry. The mission of EU ProSun is to promote sustainable energy production using solar technology. EU has decided on clear climate goals for 2020, which will be an important step towards leaving behind risky technologies such as nuclear energy and to considerably limit the unnecessary CO2 emissions.
EU ProSun believes that photovoltaic energy systems can become a major pillar of the energy revolution in Europe.
13/01/2016 - PV Magazine: Solar gets a nod in U.S. President Obama's last State of the Union address → View
12/01/2016 - PV Tech: Australia's solar anti-dumping investigations resurrected → View
12/01/2016 - AEGIS Europe: Stop China Dumping: EU industry alliance says no to Market Economy Status (MES) → View
12/01/2016 - Solarserver: More than 35,000 U.S. solar jobs added in 2015, bringing the nation's solar workforce total to nearly 209,000 → View
07/01/2016 - Bloomberg: EU Solar-Panel Industry Loses Bid to Revamp China Price Pact → View
22/12/2015 - PV Magazine: EU: Anti-circumvention duties for Chinese solar products shipped via Taiwan, Malaysia → View
05/12/2015 - Reuters: EU solar panel producers win Chinese import curb extension → View
05/12/2015 - Bloomberg: Chinese Solar-Panel Makers Face Possible Renewal of EU Tariffs → View
01/12/2015 - PV Magazine: COP21: India to install 12 GW of solar in 2016 → View
13/11/2015 - PV Magazine: EC removes Chint Solar and Sunny Solar from minimum price agreement → View
04/11/2015 - PV Tech: EC rejects calls to replace MIP pricing benchmark → View
30/10/2015 - Reuters: Merkel backs China's market status, but homework required → View
22/10/2015 - AEGIS Europe: EU: 2015 trade deficit with China booms by more than €40 billion to record high → View
13/10/2015 - PV Magazine: Trade case: Taiwan investigates 7 solar manufacturers → View
18/09/2015 - Reuters: EU could lose 3.5 million jobs if cuts trade defences against China - report → View
18/09/2015 - Politico: EU industry tries to block new trade rights for China → View
18/09/2015 - EurActiv: Manufacturers warn against dropping guard on China → View
18/09/2015 - AEGIS Europe: 3.5 million jobs at risk if EU grants Market Economy Status to China, finds new report → View
08/09/2015 - Reuters: EU solar panel producers seek extension to Chinese import limits → View
08/09/2015 - PV tech: EU ProSun requests extension of trade duties as old battlelines redrawn → View
03/09/2015 - PV Magazine: EC to cut two more Chinese producers from minimum price agreement → View
20/08/2015 - PV Magazine: Znshine officially out of MIP → View
10/07/2015 - PV Magazine: Reports of a halt in production at Yingli → View
09/07/2015 - Bloomberg: U.S. Imposes Dumping Duties on Imports of Chinese Solar Goods → View
06/07/2015 - PV Magazine: Canada issues ruling on anti-dumping case, final duties set → View
06/07/2015 - PV Tech: Trina Solar's Malaysian manufacturing plans were blocked by government, claim reports → View
06/07/2015 - PV tech: Canada rubber stamps duties on Chinese solar → View
03/07/2015 - PV Magazine: Znshine removed from EU minimum price → View
17/06/2015 - PV Tech: Failed module brand QSolar used fake TÜV SÜD certificates → View
10/06/2015 - PV Magazine: Intersolar Europe: SolarWorld exits SolarPower Europe trade body → View
10/06/2015 - PV Tech: Intersolar 2015: SolarWorld quits SolarPower Europe over trade dispute → View
09/06/2015 - Energy Trend: ReneSola, ET Solar Withdrew from EU-China MIP Deal, Canadian Solar to Review Legal Options → View
05/06/2015 - PV Magazine: Eu Prosun calls for PV MIP investigation to be extended following solar companies' breach→ View
05/06/2015 - Energy Trend: Canada Announces Final Result of Dumping, Subsidy in Chinese PV Products → View
29/05/2015 - Bloomberg: Solarworld Gains EU Probes of Possible China Duty Evasion → View
29/05/2015 - PV Magazine: EU to extend solar trade investigation to Malaysia, Taiwan → View
29/05/2014 - PV Tech: EU investigating adding Malaysia and Taiwan to solar trade case → View
06/05/2015 - PV Tech: How changing WTO rules on China could sink trade duties → View
05/05/2015 - PV Tech: EU-China solar trade agreement under investigation → View
05/05/2015 - Bloomberg: EU Solar-Panel Industry Wins Review of China Price Pact → View
28/04/2015 - Reuters: EU solar producers launch new action against Chinese rivals → View
13/03/2015 - Bloomberg: EU proposes ending duty-free access for three China solar firms → View
10/03/2015 - PV Magazine: Dutch authorities investigating possible PV module import violations → View
10/03/2015 - PV Tech: Chinese PV firms face exclusion from EU price deal → View
09/03/2015 - PV Magazine: Three Chinese manufacturers to be removed from minimum price agreement → View
06/03/2015 - Bloomberg: Canada Imposes Tariff on Imported Chinese Solar Equipment → View
27/01/2015 – PV Magazine: One-third of SMA staff to lose their jobs → View
23/01/2015 – Sun Wind & Energy: Hanwha Q CELLS closes German production site → View
21/01/2015 – PV Tech: US-China trade tariffs to proceed following crucial ITC vote → View


text:
Age of Great Inventions
Current Events & Pop Culture
Available to teachers only as part of the Great Inventions of the Gilded Age Teacher Pass
Great Inventions of the Gilded Age Teacher Pass includes:
- Assignments & Activities
- Reading Quizzes
- Current Events & Pop Culture articles
- Discussion & Essay Questions
- Challenges & Opportunities
- Related Readings in Literature & History
Sample of Current Events & Pop Culture
The New Gilded Age?
Was 2013 the start of a New Gilded Age for Washington? Have your students hash it out.
"The sprawling compound is a product of Washington's Gilded Age—a time of lush business profits initially fueled by government outsourcing and war. Some demographers predicted the boom here would ebb as federal spending shrank amid troop withdrawals from the Middle East and efforts to trim the deficit.
Instead, the region has shown surprising resilience, thanks to an economy that has steadily broadened beyond the government. More than a generation of heavy federal spending, it turns out, has provided the seed money for a Washington economy that now operates globally—less tied to the vicissitudes of the capital's political rhythms"


text:
It looks like the job you clicked on has expired! This is another job you might be interested in.
Want this job emailed to you?
$10 An Hour Jobs in New Orleans, LA (Hiring) - New Orleans $10 An Hour Jobs | Jobs2Careers
It takes less than 30 seconds to sign up.
Here's what our members are saying:
Activate your alert for $10 An Hour jobs in New Orleans, LA today!


text:
Explore finds from your favorite magazines:
Sign In
New Customer? Sign UpTrack My Order Wayfair Rewards Trade | Business My Idea Boards
(Previously My Favorites)
Product Information:
An easy, no-mess way to fasten things together. The hook & loop interlock for a strong hold. Both hook & loop are self-adhesive.
Coins in a box of 100.
Weights & Dimensions
|Product Type: Hook & Loop Fasteners
|Country of Manufacture: China
About the ManufacturerFrom common to hard-to-find products, Hygloss Products provide you with all the crafts supplies you'll need to ignite that creative spark in children and adults. Hygloss has been inspiring young minds for nearly six decades. Since 1950, Hygloss has flourished thanks to our loyal customers. We understand that we are not simply selling arts and crafts supplies but we are also building futures and nourishing minds.
More About This Product
Free Shipping on orders over $49.00
Ships to:
Ships via: FedEx/UPS
Enter your shipping zip code to calculate shipping estimatesGet Delivery Estimate
No one's asked a question yet—why not get the conversation going?
Copyright 2002-2015 by Wayfair LLC, 4 Copley Place, 7th Floor, Boston, MA 02116


text:
Free: Purple Fish by Zulma-sanWatch
©2012-2016 Zulma-san
I just really liked the design and motion of the little fishes so I decided to improve, share and create a version for everyone.
This is also my submission to contest [link]
You can:
- Use it on DA as your avatar if you fave it and credit me.
You cannot:
- Claim as your own
- Alter, use as a base
- Use outside of DA
More of the fish family:
- Fish kiss: [link]
- Mr Fish [link]
- Mrs Fish [link]
Feel free to comment. I comments!
I called one of my ocs i'm no longer using Purple fish XD
used now thank you!
Sorry you did... >.< I'm still jetlag... orz
Thank you for using it. ^3^
^_^ yw
You'll have to change who made the icon haha
Aww I love Purple fish, they have such a huge influence in one of my story :3
I really adore your style of pixel art!
Love it ! Nice, smooth Animation
yummy ! ca me fait trop penser à la friture (les chocolats) !!
Ah ouais tiens j y avais pas pense mais maintenant que tu me le dis je pense aussi a la garniture des oeufs de Paques! hehe. Maintenant j ai faim de chocolat!
Merchi pour le fav.
Merchi pour le fav.
How would one credit you? On the main page of their DA? Purple so pretty!
Yes or in a Journal or in the signature. ^.^
I'm glad you like it! I worked a lot on the scales! Hihi.
I'm glad you like it! I worked a lot on the scales! Hihi.
Okays! <3 Thank you for sharing it with everyone Zul. //puts it in her icon. XD


text:
You did a really nice job capturing those eyes. I have never seen that shade of blue, do you know if she wears contacts?
Lovely shot x
I've looked through her pictures and I have honestly got to say, she is the second most beautiful woman I have ever seen, He have a beautiful face, a wonderful body and her photo's are very artful and definitely very beautiful... she is a great model and I hope more of her will be posted...
food.....I need foooooood....
i actually like the cropped photo more lol
I agree, cropped photo more pleasant to me. I appreciate the two for one concept (one photo, two pictures).
She's a cutey ^^
So lovely. Wonderful.


text:
Has your car ever been stolen?
Sister Jean 2013/01/26 22:29:51
Top Opinion
More polls by Sister Jean
Sort By
- pastafarian 2013/02/07 21:30:40
- roxie 2013/02/04 05:57:29
- cancled 2013/02/03 18:52:53yes+1I had a 1967 Plymouth Satellite Convertible back in the 1970's in mint condition. I painted flames down the sides and on the hood.............. looked real nice.
I took my girlfriend out to a nice place for dinner down town San Diego and when we came out of the restaurant the car was gone from the restaurant parking lot.
Filed police reports and all the stuff one should in an auto theft, but never did get back my car, ever!
If anyone ever see's a white Plymouth Satellite Convertible with flames painted on the sides, it's mine!
I miss that car.
- zebsmom 2013/02/03 17:43:32yes+1Many years ago. Sort of a funny story though. My room mate gave my car to a friend of his. [He was drunk] He forgot that he had done so, so when I got home and my car was gone, I reported it stolen. Over 6 months later, the guy he'd lent the car to called me-he happened to look in the glove box and saw my info. He didn't realize that the car didn't belong to my room mate until then. He was driving my car around for 6 months-about 30 miles from where I lived, in a car I'd reported stolen-and had been pulled over for speeding twice. I got my car back.
- Mytstar ~PWCM~JLA 2013/01/27 18:12:34
- moonglum 2013/01/27 13:30:02
- chucky 2013/01/27 07:27:04
- ruru 2013/01/27 06:01:11
- MadMax 2013/01/27 05:51:20
- Bibliophilic 2013/01/27 05:50:30
- David 2013/01/27 05:32:40yes+2Happened 3 times to the same car. It happened a long time ago when I was little. The first time, it almost got stolen. But the idiot didn't know the proper way to turn the key and eventually left (that car had special way of turning the lock, it was old). The second one, we caught right in the middle of their operation. It was a lady in heels (late twenties from my memory). She looked at me and my mother shocked and said: "oh I'm so sorry, I thought this was mine" lol. My mother didn't chase after her because she was concerned for our safety. The third, was when we sold the car to these college guys and several months later, got a police report saying it was stolen (we got it because the car was still in my parent's name), we found it parked next to a street. Those were the only instances of a car being stolen in my family.
- Huki68 2013/01/27 04:18:30
- garyt212 2013/01/27 03:46:43
- Robin 2013/01/27 03:06:27
- JohnT 2013/01/27 02:18:08
- Jim 2013/01/27 01:28:45 (edited)yes+2The first car I ever bought on my own was a mint-condition (used) 1989 Chevy Caprice Brougham. A car highly sought after by the, ah, "Urban Yutes." I had fixed the little mechanical issues it had and put on some '72 Impala dog dish hubcaps over stock wheels that were painted black satin. Damn it looked good and ran perfectly!
Woke up one morning and it was GONE! Didn't hear a sound at all. In short, the cop said it would either be on its way to a chop shop in Atlanta or to the docks in Savannah, where it would be put on a ship bound for Brazil. If it wasn't found in 48 hours, it was gone. I never got it back.
My next car was a '90 Ford Crown Vic. Unlike the Chevy, the Ford's distributor was in the front of the engine. Which made it easy for me to take the rotor out of the distributor every evening and bring it inside. Eventually I moved away from Maconga and now live among civilized people.
- LudaHoodsZ 2013/01/27 01:27:44
- unclepat 2013/01/27 00:29:03
- lucythetooth 2013/01/27 00:23:14
- seahawk665 2013/01/27 00:20:41
- White Horses 2013/01/27 00:14:15
- Kezzi Morris 2013/01/26 23:57:52
- sjalan 2013/01/26 23:45:30
- Just me ♥ 2013/01/26 23:42:25
- Darnel 2013/01/26 23:23:35
- Mel the Witch POTL PWCM~JLA 2013/01/26 22:52:39
- BoredCollieDogRIPmissDyouRm... 2013/01/26 22:49:41
- Frank 2013/01/26 22:44:23
- Jim in SC 2013/01/26 22:41:38
- Sour Dime 2013/01/26 22:35:22
- munda 2013/01/26 22:34:30
- wildcat 2013/01/26 22:33:11
See Votes by State
2016/02/13 02:40:46
Hot Questions on SodaHead
More Hot Questions


text: The video game industry has an annual revenue of over $25 billion. One largely anticipated game set to be released in 2012 is Grand Theft Auto V (date yet unannounced), and it assuredly will not disappoint. One reason game forums await the release of GTA V is to find out if the male protagonist streak will be broken.


text:
Bong 1 Nguoi Qua 1 by tuyetdinhsinhvatWatch
©2013-2016 tuyetdinhsinhvat
Siêu đẹp ^^
Chị học vẽ ở đâu vậy ạ?
like in a fairytale
chị vẽ tranh đẹp qá ^^
thích tranh của chị quá, rất đẹp <3
I love your style and concept it's very nostalgic to me... reminds a bit of 5 cm/second...
cute scribbles : >
chi oi em la linh moi , nen chi co the chi cho em cach dang tranh len dev dc ko ?
I always love your illustration-type drawings...and have always loved the way you logo your work [as in here, the initials on the spiral-notebook...]
I so wish I knew more about the story behind so many of your beautiful works, but the text and comments are so often inaccessible to me as I know no Vietnamese...But I feel so much care from you in providing us pictures of our feelings, ones that bring peace, happiness, sadness, etc to our minds, as you say in your profile ID box....Thank you...
You captured depth really well! I always love hearing from you.
This looks really nice!
great work!
đây là cái áo của con Heo ♥ ♥ ♥
very cute. good shading too. what paper did you use? heheh just curious
Great shading and details !
It's very realist. It's almost like my desk.
đẹp quá chị ơi hâm mộ chị quá trời quá đất luôn <3
very nice!!! I love all the details *w*
Lovely attention to detail. I love the shading as well.
Awesome work! So much details^^


text:
- Home
- Wine Buckets & Chillers
- Gel Wine Cooler Bag - Chill It Violet
Product Description
The Gel Wine Cooler Bag will keep your wine bottle chilled. Keep the Violet Chill It Freezable Wine Bag in the freezer and it becomes a instant cooler for wine. The flexibility of the freezable Chill It Wine Cooler Bag will adapt to the shape of your wine bottle and this bag has a rectangular bottom. The violet cooling pockets of the Gel Wine Cooler Bag keep your wine chilled and dry. No need to add ice or water. You can even serve the wine without removing the bottle from the bag! The Gel Wine Cooler Bag is small and light and will protect your bottle when you travel. Choose from eight colors to give as gifts or use yourself.
Easy to use:
Store the Violet Chill It Freezable Wine Bag in the freezer for at least an hour and a half. Slip the bottle into the Gel Wine Cooler bag and you're all set!


text:
Corvallis 104.3 FM • Hood River 91.9 FM • Portland 90.7 FM
Yves Engler, co-author of Stop Signs: Cars and Capitalism on the Road to Economic, Social and Ecological Decay spoke at Laughing Horse Books on June 21st. He and his co-author Bianca Mugyenyi documented an anthropolicical tour of the land of Homo Automomotivis and argue for moving beyond the private automobile. Stephanie Potter attended the talk, which was given in a parking lot around the corner from Laughing Horse. She recorded and produced this program. (Music by Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com)
Latest newsletter: January 2016
Past newsletters
The next regular monthly Board meeting will be Monday, January 25th (the fourth Monday) at 6 pm at KBOO - 20 SE 8th Ave. Portland, and is open to the public
KBOO is seeking new board members! Please click here to find out more!
KBOO Community RadioOffice Phone: 503 231 8032Studio Phone: 503 231 8187Fax: 503 231 714520 SE 8th Avenue, Portland, OR 97214
Copyright © 2012 KBOO Community Radio | Copyright Policy | Community Guidelines | Website Illustration & Design by: KMF ILLUSTRATION


text:
human tripod : Fangxiao
website | tumblr | redbubble | facebook | unrestricted stock
all gallery content © sophia a zhou with respective attributions as proper.
This image is not granted to the public domain, and is protected under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Licenses for commercial and derivative use of this image may be available for purchase. Please contact me if interested.
Under the Creative Commons license, this piece may be displayed on other websites as long as:
- Credit is given to Sophia A Zhou, in writing
- A link is provided linking back to the original piece
- All other conditions under the Creative Commons License are met
Any use of this piece other than as authorized under this Creative Commons License or Copyright Law is prohibited.
Wow, this is simply beautiful.
This is simply beautiful.
Love the composition and colors. Very magical and fairy tale like. I like how it seems to tell a story.
You look so beautiful in this image Sophia (well, not just this image)
wonderful ....risk it and say sensual again!


text:
Andee's Army Outreach
Andee's Army is working diligently with the region's leading specialty hospitals and rehab centers to research and identify families who are in the most need of our resources. Our vision is that children and youth affected by these types of injuries and/or conditions will have access through our programs to help offset the cost of uninsured medical expenses and related resources that are necessary to aid in their personal recovery and rehabilitation.
Andee's Army has established two grant programs in 2015 that directly support our mission:
1. The Patient Assistance Grant Program – administered by Andee's Army
2. Annual/Immediate Use Adolescent Fund – administered by Shepherd Center for adolescent patients at Shepherd Center
Patient Assistance Grant Program
The Patient Assistance Grant Program was established in 2015 to help provide financial assistance to children and youth during all phases of in-patient hospital care and/or rehabilitation facility or transition from hospital to outpatient rehabilitation or home environment following the devastating impact of neurological injuries and conditions.
Eligible expenses for consideration* for reimbursement include:
- Therapies
- Doctors And Specialists Related To The Injury
- Home Health Aid
- Durable Equipment
- Assistive Technology Equipment
- Basic Home Modifications
* up to $5,000 and subject to available funds
How To Apply:
1. Through a social worker and/or case manager at a hospital or other healthcare facility and/or
2. Appropriate medical personnel (i.e. nurse, child life specialist, doctor, etc.) and/or
3. Contacting Andee's Army
1. Download application by clicking here
Please do not hesitate to contact Andee's Army:
- By phone : 404.662.9114
- By mail: Andee's Army, P. O. Box 420016, Atlanta, GA 30342


text:
Entercom California, LLC d/b/a Entercom San Francisco
d/b/a KBLX, KGMZ, KOIT, KRBQ, and KUFX
General Contest Rules - Written
These rules apply to all contests conducted by Entercom California, LLC d/b/a San Francisco d/b/a KBLX, KGMZ, KOIT, KRBQ, and KUFX (individually and collectively, as applicable, "Station"), unless otherwise set forth in specific contest rules for a particular contest. Specific contest rules will be available at the Station studio at 201 Third Street, Suite 1200, San Francisco, CA 94103 and on the Station's websites at www.kblx.com, www.957thegame.com, www.koit.com, www.Q102sf.com, and/or www.kfox.com.
Who Can Enter


text:
Tag Archives: ny auto show
Meet Your New AE86: Scion FR-S Concept Announced
Yes, it's a Scion, but who cares? It could be called a Toyopet and it'd still be downright sexy. Hot. A stunna. Unveiled in New York today, the Scion FR-S Concept is infinitely sleeker and more purposeful than the Toyota … Continue reading


text:
Translation of whelk in Spanish:
- buccino (masculine) (especie de caracol marino)Example sentences
- For main, if your feeling decadent, why not go for the lobster platter; langoustines, mussels, whelks, oysters all surround the halved lobster on a bed of ice.
- Overall, mussels, barnacles and whelks all had higher metabolic activities at SH than BB, whereas there was no difference in metabolic activity for sea stars.
- Think of molluscs and chances are it is shellfish such as limpets, whelks, scallops and mussels that spring to mind.
Definition of whelk in:
- British & World English dictionary
- US English dictionary
What do you find interesting about this word or phrase?
Comments that don't adhere to our Community Guidelines may be moderated or removed.
Grammar and usage help for Spanish:
Subscribe to remove ads and access premium resources
= trending


text:
There are always people out there who will fall for cheap tricksters wether that be hookers , hockey players, or hot shot hucksters.
I'm sure Appe put the store in there to take advantage of all the acedmics walking around or the large local population.
I'm sure the continuous flow of negative "stories" regarding RIM's troubles will now have a more hometown feeling.....
Sorry, my native Canada! Hasta la vista, baby!
"...helping to solidify the community's allegiance."
That allegiance may be sorely tested as RIM is laying off a large number of employees, including in Waterloo. This will be especially galling as the people of Waterloo consider the huge bonuses being paid RIM's executives, despite the company's problems.
Just another sign of RIM's impending demise.
You know maybe Apple and RIM can be friends huh? Yeah. Better than letting Google in. Although Google spent $30 million to fix us a place in Waterloo, I think re a worse case scenario; Apple is a better scenario. Till then Balsillie and Lazaridis must be getting pretty irritable and twitchy. They exhibiting any facial ticks when they talk? What are they uttering when they're mumbling?
And....less than 300 miles from Apples home town the phone of choice is the...Blackberry! In Apples home state the phone of choice is Android!!
Oregon residents prefer their Blackberry devices over the Android or the iPhone.
California, Texas and Florida lean toward phones that use Google's Android operating system.
Just another sign of APPL's pending demise.
Man, if you call this news...gimme a break. 2,000 employees being cut - how many from waterloo?
So before you think Waterloo will turn against RIMM, know how many Waterloo residents are being layed off.
I think RIMM should be looking at their own store. Sony has one, Apple has one. Now with the Playbook and the new MP3 player coming, and its rumored foray into new markets of diverse technology products...it'll have enough to fill a store.
Apple blows. Canada is BB country
RIm has been laying off people for ages now by the hundreds they just do it quietly
they use Temporary workers which they have an unlimited supply of to cycle thru
they lay off like 20 a week then ask for 20 replacements
this would be the most at one time
i guess this time they won't ask for replacements
It's a store. Oh no not a store. Find some real news. Maybe do a story on how many people in Cupertino use blackberry's lol. Waste of my time this was.
Just a store eh. Right. Then why are all the RIM people so agitated?
You realize the population of Waterloo could eventually support a second store too eh.
Although there are markets where the BB and Android phones dominate, guess what? Apple's making all the money eh.
As for a BB store there were some. Yep. And they flopped. Flop flop flop 1-2-3.
Currently RIM has some airport vending machines or phone booths, something like that. Who cares. Nothing to wake Wall St. up from it's deep Blackberry snore.
Re Apple's demise. Ah haha lol. Do you realize: At 1 pm today Apple's market cap was $8 billion above Exxon's thus making the iPhone maker the biggest company in the world. The world man. Can you dig it? And no demise in sight bud.
BTW if you see Balsillie and Lazaridis tell them to drop by the store. They'll be treated great like everyone else. No cheques though eh.
Why Waterloo? No wonder Mr. job is looking for an international sales executive. Whoever make the call for a store in Waterloo obvious has no clue. With all the out of work RIMM employees who can afford the overpriced Apple products.
Forgot to mention: RIM's global brand dropped from 14th place to 25th. Ouch. And still moving. You don't really want to know what the number one brand is. So I won't tell you. Rhymes with eh though.
@Anonymous. Apple's products are not overpriced. The real problem is that no one wants a RIM product unless it's pathetically discounted. So that's how it goes.
This is capitalism, whats the big deal. Lets write something newsworthy Dummett.
What does Apple's market share in the US have anything to do with Canada? RIM is still doing very well in it's native market.
Wow, what a worthless and devoid-of-information "article".
"Thanks to RIM's rise, Waterloo is considered one of Canada's leading technology centres..."
Waterloo was considered one of Canada's leading technology centres (if not *the* leading centre) long before RIM. The University of Waterloo is widely acknowledged as Canada's MIT, with strong engineering and computer science programs. Microsoft (among other tech companies) recruited heavily from the campus in the 80s and 90s, and continues to do so today.
OpenText and MapleSoft are just two examples of other successful Kitchener-Waterloo tech companies that have been around longer than RIM. Heard of PHP? Rasmus Lerdorf, the original PHP developer, was a U of Waterloo grad & developed it about the same time he went to school here.
While RIM is a prominent employer in the area, they certainly didn't make Kitchener-Waterloo the tech hotspot that it is - that was the result of the University of Waterloo's efforts at incubating tech startups - something they've been doing for decades.
Rimm share price is dropping below $8 to close out the year. Whatever Rim does, or fails to do, will not alter the dropping of the Rimm share price. After this year, Rimm will become a penny stock as Rim lays off tens of thousands of workers and management.
What a waste of time that I'll never get back. RIM will never close its doors. It has a better chance of being snapped up by gov or google becasue they are secure and everwhere. Who wants to run a country with phones that can be hacked in 30 seconds?
haha this guy has no idea of reality, Apple put a store here because this is a very well off part of the province, and people don't want to travel an hour to go to one of their stores. This area has several factories that pay very well like toyota, if anything it makes sense to have a store here just for coverage more than competition. Unless this guy has been asleep for the last three years you don't need to go to an Apple store to get Apple products.
This article is very embarrasing. I live in DT KW and this area has almost every major tech outfit represented. I personally live across the street from google and with all the other tech compnies already here its about damn time Apple actually made a store here, they are almost the last ones!
As for the comment about RIM starting the tech universe here, is bunch of crap. This town has been a tech town for the last 30 years. We have companies like COMDEV here for decades and not to mention two universities and a great polytechnical college.
Please do a little research before talking about this place, or does Mr. Murdoch not like it when you guys think too much???
Content engaging our readers now, with additional prominence accorded if the story is rapidly gaining attention. Our WSJ algorithm comprises 30% page views, 20% Facebook, 20% Twitter, 20% email shares and 10% comments.


text:
Originally posted by HomoSapiensSapiens
reply to post by Covertblack
This is an issue, yes - but surely the world would demand to know more about him and the circumstances surrounding him? I mean, the little girl and her father saw him. The entire circumstances throws up questions about our existence; questions like - "where" has this young man been for six months?; "how" is he 9ft now, when only 6 months ago, he was under 6ft etc etc
It also makes me think of what the response would be if an Extraterrestrial Intelligence landed (but crashed or injured) - would we be informed? If they deemed that it would cause a panic - then you can be certain that we wouldn't be informed.


text:
Shop by
The toilet is one of the most frequently used items in your bathroom, so it's important to choose one that is durable, comfortable, and efficient. Cost and design are important, but it's also smart to consider performance when making a purchase. Compare flush-performance ratings online and research high-efficiency models, then shop for a toilet that meets all of your practical and aesthetic needs.
Your search did not return any results.
Please try the following:
Try searching more general words
Try using acronyms or using different words
Try using fewer words. Your search might be too specific.


text:
My Quantum Computer can beat up your PC says Google and NASA
The idea of Quantum computing has been with us since the dawn of science fiction and it is a very cool one. In recent years we have seen advances that have made this once theoretical concept turn into a reality. This is not to say that we are able to use the power that quantum computing has to offer, but we are starting to understand how it works in the real world and also how much more efficient it can be.
Search results begin on page 2, Google is accused of skewing search results again
When you use a search engine like Yahoo or Google you expect to get relevant results for your efforts. In many cases this does really happen, but often times we enter what we are looking for and find very little that relates to the actual search. One of the reasons for this is (and has been for a long time) the ability of search providers to artificially alter the search results through internal ranking systems. Google and Yahoo both have done this in the past and in some cases with good reason.
US DoJ Says the Supreme Court should not hear Google's Case
The Google-Oracle fight has been going on for a long time now and has had a few ups and downs in the course of the case. The original premise of the case is that Google was able to speed up development through the reuse of nine (9) lines of code that Oracle claims are protected by copyright. One judge agreed that this was absurd, but his decision was thrown out on appeal. Now, the Department of Justice is throwing their two cents into the mix at the request of the Supreme Court. Their commentary is quite interesting…
The problem with messenger applications... there really is no privacy and never was
There are many things that people take for granted in the world. Some of them are more than a little naïve while others are quite understandable. One of them is that the things we say or do in conversation are somewhat confidential. We do not expect our mail, phone or personal conversations to be listened to and by extension we feel that our online conversation are equally private. Sadly this is simply not the case and, in reality, it never has been.
Hollywood says Google Fiber will turn people into pirates
There is no shortage of jokes about ignorance in big business and government, but there are times when some of the things that are really said just sound stupid. Recently members of the Hollywood Cartel decided that Google fiber will lead to an increase in piracy. Their reasoning is a "survey" that was conducted on illegal file haring as it relates to Google Fiber s that came up with some rather interesting numbers (they are magical). Fortunately for anyone wanting a laugh, it was leaked to the gang at TorrentFreak
Google Processes One Million Takedown Requests Per Day
There is a story running around the internet that says Google is now processing one million piracy take down requests in a single day. Now there are two different spins to this story (and we will cover both) out there. One of them is being pushed by the copyright lobby groups, while the other is popping up through sites like Google and various net neutrality groups.
Changing the conversation about Privacy, Surveillance, and Pushing SSL
DEF CON 22, Las Vegas, NV 2014 - Yesterday at DEF CON we had the chance to listen to Christopher Soghoian, Principal Technologist, American Civil Liberties Union talk about the state of the surveillance state and how we can help fight against it. Of course you might think that his talk would be about the use of spy proof technologies, but oddly enough very little of that was talked about except to make it clear that talk of spy-proof technology makes people in Washington nervous.
Android Fake ID Bug Found that Allows Malicious Code to Mimic Trusted Apps
It is always a bad day when you find out there is a problem. Even if it is as simple as your coffee pot not working (ok bad choice for many). Things are made worse when you find out it is a problem that just cannot easily be fixed or worked around. This is the case in a new Android based vulnerability that was discovered by Blue Box Security (the same guys that found the Master Key issue) a few months ago.
YouTube's Purchase of Twitch Confirmed...
The long rumored acquisition of game-streaming service Twitch by Ad-Giant Google has finally been confirmed, in what is looking to be a $1Billion deal. The original rumor surfaced back in May of this year when an article appeared in Variety. There were rumors that Microsoft and even Facebook were also looking into a purchase.
Newegg, Google, Canon, Dropbox, SAP and othes join to fight Patent Trolls.
Have you ever heard of a PAE? No? Well it stands for Patent Assertion Entity, Still not sure what they do? You might recognize them if we call them patent trolls. PAEs are companies that own the rights to patents through contracts with inventors or that buy them from others with the sole intent to file law suits against anyone that might be infringing on any patent they currently own. It is a big business and one that costs the market millions of dollars each year.


text:
Van Buren officials have changed trash collection days from pick-up any day of the week to Mondays and Thursdays only in the town. The change will take effect within 90 days after a trash hauler renews their license with the town and will only effect residential developments east of Route 690 including Village Green, Seneca Knolls and Sun Meadows, as well as the Harbor Heights development.
Officials hope by limiting the days trash will be collected, the town will also see improved safety measures.
"We're trying to limit the days trash cans and trucks are out on the street for safety and aesthetic purposes," said Supervisor Claude Sykes.
While Sykes said most licensed haulers within the town didn't have an issue with the new requirement, Joe Rivette of Tribute Trash said, as a small business owner, the change would restrict his ability to expand within the town.
"[The restriction] would be very detrimental to my business," Rivette said. "Please don't do this."
Despite his pleas, the town board approved the measure in a 6-0 vote. Councilor Mary Frances Sabin was not present at the meeting.
Zone change approved
Van Buren officials have approved a zone change for the property at 7035 Van Buren Road, allowing the owner of the property to store small equipment and vehicles in an outdoor storage unit behind his building, which is in a gated area.
Fire district meeting
The Van Buren town board will meet with the four fire departments that serve the town at 7 p.m. July 23 at the town hall, corner of Ellsworth and Van Buren roads. Officials intend to discuss board officials' recent meeting with the county, what the town's expectations are, where the fire departments stand, the proposed Warners and Memphis fire departments merger, why the reluctance to a town-wide merger and any other topics that may come up.
(Continued on Next Page)
Prev Next
More like this story
Use the comment form below to begin a discussion about this content.


text:
Re: Me And Equifax DON'T Get Along
madmann26 wrote:
I feel ya,
Was the score from the Equifax monthly plan? I wouldn't get to tweaked about it. I've been fussing at Cap1 for about 1.5 weeks because I have paid the CO that I had and yet the balance hasn't reflected. I keep getting the "it can take 45-60 days to update" BS answer. Why do I call it BS? Because I have had things updated/removed overnight.
All in all, you know your credit history and current status. It'll get updated but it will take some time.
I'm yapping b/c the CO just got deleted this morning with a tiddly litle 9 point increasing effect. The oether two bureas calculate scores at about 718. EQ BLOWS and I need them as I'm trying to do some line expanding with Chase and potentially USBank, who I don't know where they will pull from.
AMEX Business Platinum (NPSL) | AMEX Business SPG ($25,000) | Citi Hilton Honors Reserve ($14,000) | US Bank Cash+ Visa Signature ($13,500) | AMEX H. Honors ($6,000) | FNBO Platinum MC $6,000) | Citi Diamond Preferred ($4,700) | Citi Double Cash ($3,200) | Chase Freedom ($3,000)


text:
House Oks a Ban on Abortion Method Meanwhile, Senate Passes Line-Item Veto Legislation
Ap, St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)
Courting a veto by President Bill Clinton, the Republican-controlled House passed legislation Wednesday to impose a ban on certain late-term abortions.
The measure would ban the rarely used technique - termed "partial birth abortion" by its opponents - except in cases where it is essential to save the mother's life. The vote in the House was 286-129, more than enough to override a threatened veto. Senate approval of the measure last year was by a 54-44 vote that would sustain a veto.
In another far-reaching vote, the Senate passed line-item veto legislation that would allow presidents to strip individual items from spending bills. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, who helped craft a House-Senate compromise version of the bill, called it "the most signific ant delegation of authority by the Congress to the president since the Constitution was ratified in 1789."
The House passed the abortion ban after an emotionally charged debate, and support for the measure crossed party lines. Under the legislation, a p hysician who violates the provisions would be subject to a fine and prison term of up to two years.
The procedure is referred to by some doctors as "intact dilation and evacuation." It involves partly extracting a fetus, legs first, through the birth canal, then collapsing its skull and suctioning out the skull contents.
By passing the measure, Republicans intend to confront Clinton with an election-year dilemma. Given the gruesome nature of the procedure involved, Republicans believe there is widespread public support for the bill. On the other hand, abortion rights groups whose support is important to the Democratic president oppose the measure as an infringement on a woman's right to choose and are eager for the veto.
"We urge President Clinton to veto this legislation and preserve the ability of women and their physicians to make sound medical judgments free of political interference," said Jane Johnson, interim president of Planned Parenthood.
Abortion rights supporters say late-term abortions, in the second or third trimester of pregnancy, are typically done only in cases of profound fetal difficulty.
In a letter to key lawmakers last month, Clinton said he wanted the bill changed to allow exemptions designed "to preserve the life of the w oman or avert serious health consequences to the woman." Without the changes, he wrote, the bill "does not meet the constitutional requirements" laid down in the Supreme Court's abortion ruling.
The vote also demonstrated anew the strength of anti-abortion forces in the Republican-controlled Congress. The measure marks the first time since abortion was legalized more than two decades ago that Congress sought to ban a particular method.
Rep. Anthony Beilenson, D-Calif., argued that the measure is merely the first step in an attempt by anti-abortion forces to overturn the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court ruling that granted women abortion rights. He also called it an assault "on the right of physicians to practice medicine without fear of government intrusion." He and several other lawmakers called for an exemption from the ban to take into account the health of the mother, as well as her life. …


text:
We strive to fulfill our mission as a land-grant university by serving the citizens of our community and state—and increasingly, our nation and world. Our efforts extend beyond the campus and into our community through many partnerships, ranging from an annual statewide high school science and humanities symposium to scholarship programs to recruit and retain students from underserved populations.
In the Knoxville community, faculty and graduate students in sports psychology help local girls develop good exercise habits and healthy self-images; our College of Law performs pro bono work for underserved clients; and our Veterinary Social Work program supports pet owners during care for their animals.
In the US, UT strives to help combat hunger, homelessness, natural disaster destruction, and poverty from Appalachia, through the South, to the Great Lakes, and Washington, DC.
Our students also take part in community improvement projects around the world including medical missions in Guatemala, farming and gardening sustainability in Uganda and Jamaica, and potable water system creation in Peru.
Students also lead the way in giving back to the community by volunteering with organizations such as the Boys & Girls Club, Habitat for Humanity, the Special Olympics of Greater Knoxville, the Knox County Read With Me children's literacy program, the Ronald McDonald House, and East Tennessee Children's Hospital.
But our interaction with the community does not simply flow outward; members of the public have free access to many of UT's cultural and academic resources, including the Frank H. McClung Museum, the UT Gardens, music recitals, and public lectures.
UT generates $1.6 billion in annual income for the state of Tennessee, creates nearly 33,000 jobs, and contributes more than $125 million in tax revenue to the state and local governments, according to a study by our Center for Business and Economic Research.
The university's partnership with Battelle Memorial Institute to manage Oak Ridge National Laboratory continues to attract leading researchers to Tennessee.
UT contributes to every aspect of life, and we continue to move forward in our mission to be the preeminent public research university linking the people of Tennessee to the community, the nation, and the world.
The UT student chapter of the Wildlife and Fisheries Society is hosting its annual Wild Game Dinner at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, February 20, at the Brehm Animal Science Building.
Is revenge justice? In Williams Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, a victorious general returns home, having already lost many sons in the war, only to find political chaos and the emperor marrying his enemy.
As part of the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, College of Law students will offer free tax preparation help to members of the community.
Join the Be Well team to get more daily activity, learn about healthy eating hacks, and participate in a community 5K to benefit TNT Leukemia Lymphoma Society and local ROTC programs next week.
Bruce McMullen, partner in the Memphis office of Baker Donelson, will deliver the keynote address at the sixteenth annual Julian Blackshear Jr. Scholarship Gala.
Families are invited to enjoy free programming throughout the month of February at McClung Museum. Activities to highlight love around the world for Valentine's Day and celebrate the work of an African American sculptor during Black History Month are planned.
The Office of Service-Learning facilitates meaningful and reciprocal service-learning partnerships between faculty and community organizations. We strongly encourage community partners to contact us and begin the steps toward partnership.
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Knoxville, Tennessee 37996 | 865-974-1000
The flagship campus of the University of Tennessee System and partner in the Tennessee Transfer Pathway.


text:
Comment guidelines: Please be respectful to other people when making comments on this page. Bullying and abuse will not be tolerated and may result in your account being banned. Due to feedback from our user community, comments are now only available to registered users.
Register to update information, save favorites, post photos, news stories and comments.
Fernando Luján (born Fernando Ciangherotti Díaz on August 23, 1938) is an actor, born in Mexico City, Mexico. His father; Alejandro Ciangherotti, brother Alejandro Ciangherotti Jr., wife Martha Mariana Castro, son Fernando Ciangherotti and daughter Vanessa Ciangherotti are also actors. He is not related to actress Daniela Luján.
List of links to Fernando Luján fansites: