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Shenzhen Fest Technology Co., Ltd. is an experienced manufacturer specializing in designing, manufacturing, and supplying a wide ran...
Shenzhen Fest Technology Co., Ltd. is an experienced manufacturer specializing in designing, manufacturing, and supplying a wide range of electronic products and moulds, especially in lighting area. We supply LED and HID flashlights, LED keychains, Li-ion batteries, chargers and UV lights. We welcome you to visit our website for detailed information. We also can supply OEM/ODM /OBM service which can help you to find the best products or suitable factories with the best quality in the best prices. Meanwhile, we can do the order-follow-up work for you with mature delivery channels (EMS, DHL, TNT, UPS and FedEx).
We welcome you to talk to and discuss with us. We love to cooperate with you. Our target is to provide you the best quality merchandises from China with best price and service.
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Johnny Depp Gone Mad Apocalyptic Z Anime Comes Out Of Shell Absolute Magic Of Rickman's Voice MORE ›
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Mister's Song (Celie's Curse) Lyrics
Mister's Song (Celie's Curse) Song Lyrics
Go on, git! Git outta my house! Leave me alone! Get out of . . . Get out! No! Leave
Me alone, you - no! Goddamn bats get out of my -! No! Stop! Get away from
Me! Ow! Help!!!!!
What you lookin' at? Bunch of damn fools. I don't have to stay here, worthless town.
I can walk right down this road. By myself. Never see nobody i know ever again.
Nobody to put up with.
Nobody to mess with me.
Nobody to push me around.
Nobody to tell me what to do.
Nobody to expect somethin' of me.
Nobody to tell me who i am
And who i ain't.
I got plenty to blame.
My daddy beat me,
For my own good, he say.
My first wife got kilt
When she run away.
My kids is all fools,
My crops is all dead,
Only woman i love
Won't lie in my bed.
A black man's life
Can't get any worse
'Less he wastin' away
Under miss celie's curse!
So tell me how a man do good
When all he know is bad?
Harpo happy.
What right he got to be happy?
Wife leave,
Girlfriend leave him, too.
His mama die in his arms.
Somebody tell me
How he keep findin'
So much good from so much bad?
His wife come back,
His business fine.
Everyone say
Harpo shine.
For all they been through,
They do just fine.
Nothin' i say
Change people mind about me.
Ain't gon' be nothin' i say,
Gon' be somethin' i do.
Maybe all my good lay ahead of me.
Ain't gon' be nothin' i say,
Gon' be somethin' i do.
Maybe everything i do.
[Source of information - www.angelrecords.com/colorpurple/lyrics.pdf]
Color Purple Song List
›Huckleberry Pie/Mysterious Ways
›Somebody Gonna Love You
›Our Prayer
›That Fine Mister
›Big Dog
›Lily Of The Field
›Dear God - Celie
›A Tree Named Sofia
›Hell No!
›Brown Betty
›Shug Avery Comin' To Town
›All We've Got To Say
›Dear God - Shug
›Too Beautiful For Words
›Push Da Button
›Uh Oh!
›What About Love?
›Act I Finale
›African Homeland
›The Color Purple 2
›Church Ladies' Easter
›I Curse You Mister
›Mister's Song (Celie's Curse)
›Miss Celie's Pants
›Any Little Thing
›What About Love (Reprise)
›I'm Here
›The Color Purple (Reprise)
›Overture (Instrumental)
Mister's Song (Celie's Curse) Lyrics from Color Purple Soundtrack (2005). Rating: 4.2/5 (29 votes)

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Sounds A Lot Like ObamacareJanuary 20, 2011 - by Donny Shaw
The Republican House majority yesterday passed a bill to repeal health care reform (H.R.2) and today passed a resolution calling on four House committees to draft legislation to replace it (H.Res.9). As I've been explaining on this blog, the whole repeal effort is purely political. It's not a serious effort by the Republicans at fixing the problems they see in the health care law, and the resolution they passed today just underscores that fact. The resolution spells out 12 principles for what should be in the replacement bill, many of which are features of the law they voted to repeal.Read Full Article


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Duke Energy Threatens Coal Plant Closure In Light of EPA MACT Rule
Duke Energy Ohio is threatening to decommission all six coal-fired generation units at a plant near Cincinnati, by Jan. 1, 2015, unless changes are made to a proposed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulation.
The energy company announced its intent to retire the six units at its W.C. Beckjord Station, – totaling 862 megawatts of generating capacity – in its 2011 Resource Plan filing with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio on July 15.
Duke plans to retire the coal-fired units at the nearly 60-year-old plant (pictured) in 2015 due to the EPA's recently proposed Utility Maximum Achievable Control Technology rule, which, among other things, requires new emission control technology to be installed at power plants.
The EPA intends to finalize the rule in Nov. 2011, with required emission control technologies to be installed by Jan. 1, 2015 – the date that Duke is anticipating closing its coal-fired units.
"The Beckjord Station decision is largely based on the age of the coal-fired units and the prohibitive cost – to which our customers would be exposed – of implementing the new MACT technology requirements," Duke said in a statement. "The anticipated retirement date is contingent on potential changes to the implementation [of the] EPA's MACT rule and other environmental regulations."
Barring a change to plant economics – including variables like fuel costs, power prices, and capital and maintenance expenses – Duke Energy says it intends to continue operating the coal-fired units until the anticipated 2015 retirement date.
The company plans to meet demand following the retirement of Beckjord's coal-fired units through the purchase of electricity on the competitive wholesale market or the construction or acquisition of natural gas-fired combined-cycle generating assets.
As well as the six coal powered units, the Beckjord Station is home to four oil-fired combustion turbines. Duke has no plans to retire the combustion turbines.
The plant employs about 120 staff. Duke says that people are likely to lose their jobs following the closure, but that some employees might be offered the opportunity to work at other Duke Energy plants.
In February, following industry pressure, the EPA released a revised planned MACT rule that it said brought down implementation costs on the energy sector by half. At the time the EPA also said it will "reconsider" certain aspects of the boiler and incinerator rules, and seek further public comment on those portions.
In June, four Republicans and four Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee revealed legislation aimed at further delaying the MACT rules.
Reader Comments
How does Duke Energy know that it will be able to purchase or create enough power for all its customers after 2015? What if all the other utilities do the same thing–and no one has extra power to sell to Duke?
If you think there's deaths from the heat wave right now, just imagine what it will be like 4 years from now. And it won't be due to "global warming," either. EPA is destroying this country, deliberately, it seems.
Great move. I am sure all the EL people here will say wind power and solar facilities can make up for it. The next step is for the top 10% wage earners and business leaders to shut their doors. Lets see how the this nation would run then.
Wow, as an environmental professional I take that as a huge insult. Do you realy think after all of the damage done to human health and the environment by corporate America that we can trust them to manage their operations in a manner that won't harm our health or kill us? NO, no, and hell no!
Why has this country lost hundred of thousands of lives needlessly to asbestos, just to use one example. Why, because the corporations that use that material knew beyond a shadow of a doubt since the 1920's that it caused people to get sick and die a painful, painful death. And what did they do with this knowledge? They buried it for 50 years until lawsuits forced them to open up their files. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of steamfitters, iron workers, steel mill workers, and veterans, especially Navy personnel were slain by intentional disregard for human health.
If you think that EPA is destroying this county, go live for a year in one of the many countries around the world who don't have a single sanitary landfill or where the wells are polluted by pesticides or herbicides or gasoline because there is no governmental agency to apply the rule of law to them and close them down when they violate those laws.
Thank you EPA and EPA employees for everything that you do to regulate those that emit pollutants into our air, soil and water. Thank you to the Senators and Congressmen who have supported EPA's work for all of these years.
Why are we alarmend that a 60 year old plant might be shut down soon anyway? If it takes EPA rulings to weed out the dirtiest of old, inefficient power plants than so be it.
Instead of clinging on to 120 jobs in a dying segment, promote new technology and modern infrastructure or promote efficiency and load response until a new unit comes online.
Title should read – Duke Energy Promises Coal Plant Closure In Light of EPA MACT Rule
Duke Energy refusing to make changes to get up to speed with technology reminds me of Borders Books' reluctance to get into the e-reader/online market. I will miss Borders…Dirty Power Plants? Not so much. Leaves a big opportunity for renewable energy. Bring it on!
I agree with Steve. I can't see why this is labelled as a threat – surely just a closing of obsolescent equipment – big deal. Who flies around in DC3s any more?
@Martin: To answer your question, Duke will know that it can produce and/or purchase enough power after 2015 in exactly the same way that they have always done so – by predicting demand and implementing plans to meet that prediction. It's that simple – and there is nothing new in the mix now, just because they may have to shut down some dirty, 60-year-old plants. Plants that were probably designed for a useful life of just 30 years, and have been subsequently pressed into an additional 30 years of use despite the toll of age on plant components.
And it's simply ridiculous to claim that the EPA is destroying this country, deliberately or otherwise. I add my voice to that of Greenpro: if you think that EPA is destroying this county, go live (permanently, please) in one of the many countries around the world without a governmental agency to apply the rule of law to polluting companies and close them down when they violate those laws.
@Matt – yes, this is a great move. And as the article clearly pointed out, only 120 workers are even potentially affected (I laugh at your silly extrapolation to the top 10% of wage earners and business leaders nationwide!). Duke did not even claim that all those jobs would be lost; and furthermore some displaced workers – if indeed there are any – would probably be offered Duke jobs at other facilities. After all, companies bleating about new requirements nearly always vastly overestimate any economic costs of compliance. It may well be that Duke will end up employing more workers overall as they comply, than would have been the case otherwise.
Doug/GreenPro, thanks and don't bother reasoning with Martin and Matt…we all know it's a lost cause. Just ashamed they have made their way to another blog where typically intelligent discussion occurs.
Well said C. Thank you.
If Duke is a "for profit" company, why would customers absorb the cost of retrofitting? They should have been reserving capital money like any profitable company does. hmmm..
A public utility, not-for-profit, would have to follow this process but again, money should have been reserved. And come on, it's not like anyone didn't see this coming 20 years ago, never mind 5 years ago when Gore started his mission! I am confused as to why funding from other sources cannot help offset the costs. Maybe they should have a lottery…funding the new electricity plant so there is power after 2015. Win a 10 kilowatt solar array! If they do it right, they could reduce their demand load by a megawatt by 2015.
MACT standards for power plants are way overdue–according to law (Clean Air Act amendments passed by Congresses under presidents of both parties).
Studies of impacts of new environmental regulations (this MACT plus several others) show that plants most likely to be closed are the oldest, least efficient, and often lacking modern pollution controls (therefore most damaging to public health)–plant in article is 60 years old. Newer, cleaner, more efficient plants will keep operating with perhaps some requiring pollution control upgrades. Newest plants with good scrubbers may meet new standards already.
Generation reserve capacity in the Midwest is pretty good. Existing and new gas-fired plants can more cleanly meet new demand (plus some renewables plus investments in improving energy efficiency and reducing peak demand). By the way, EPA, Dept of Energy, and states have authority to alter the compliance schedule to assure that grid reliability isn't compromised (don't want a bunch of major plants simultaneously shut for upgrades, instead, phase them).
The article gives more prominence to possible job losses from closure of the dinosaur coal plant than to the plan to replace with gas-fired capacity. Not fair to underplay construction, O&M, and gas-related jobs from modernizing our power infrastructure.
Regarding comment: "If Duke is a "for profit" company, why would customers absorb the cost of retrofitting? They should have been reserving capital money like any profitable company does. hmmm."
–That makes sense for normal businesses (for some things). Utilities are regulated monopolies. The state (utility commission or similar body) regulates what they can charge based on costs to provide the service plus a rate of return. So the state (util commission) must approve any investments that will be paid by customers ("ratepayers"–you and me). States won't allow utilities to raise your bill now in anticipation of a plant that maybe would need to be built in the future,
–Regarding capital reserves, typically utilities or other businesses don't save up money so they can plunk down hundreds of millions or billion dollars cash for a new plant. Instead they borrow the money (bonds) and pay back through revenues. Just like you or I taking out a mortgage and paying it off over time from our paychecks.
Does anyone know what the energy efficiency and maintenance of these geriatric plants are? I suspect that customers would be better served with new facilities that produce more power with less fuel and cost a lot less to operate. Would a new plant even need to hire 120 employees? I'm sure that Duke has looked into all these issues to conclude that these plant are money pits, not worth any further investment of any sort.
I'm sure it's politically convenient to blame the EPA for all their trouble. Moreover, I worry that the buying power on the open market will expose their customers to rate spikes, even "rolling blackouts," due largely to financial volatility in energy futures. Financial derivatives are no substitute for real productive capacity. Will Duke executives take responsibility for their failure to make timely capital investments in efficient productive capacity or feign regulatory victimhood? If I were a shareholder, I would not be much impressed with this management.
Ok… This perspective from an employee at Beckjord Station. I am a maintenance contractor at the plant. Yes it's old and some of the technology is outdated, but in all honesty, the old equipment isn't in all that bad of shape. All plants, old or new, will have things break. The process of making power is tough on things.
There seems to be some focus on those 120 jobs. Well, let's look at the bigger picture. The town in which Beckjord operates survives on the tax revenue from the plant. The school district here will lose 30% of it's operating budget. The county will lose several hundred thousand a year. Guess what happens without that tax money? Other businesses lose customers. Teachers lose their jobs because the money isn't there to pay them. Fewer teachers means that children aren't as well educated. The town is forced to do layoffs, and fire/police/emt services are cut. In addition to those 120 Duke jobs being cut, over 100 contract workers will be cut, including yours truly.
I'm not looking for sympathy here. I understand its part of life. Is coal the best way? No, and we can agree on that. But as far as producing enough megawatts to meet demand, it is still the most viable solution (unless we're talking about a Nuke plant…different argument there).
To the person who compared this potential shutdown to Borders: these two things are NOTHING alike. In the instance of Borders the free market was what forced the company out of business. Their inability to manufacture, and more importantly market an e-reader on par with Barnes & Noble and Amazon is what caused their doom. Other companies used innovation and technology to change the way people read books and Borders simply failed to adapt to changing times. E-readers didn't become popular because Government regulations made them cheaper and more widely available, that was entirely the result of businesses investing in the technology so they could make a profit.
In this case you have unelected bureaucrats passing regulations that have the force of law and are backed up at the end of a gun. All of this without going through our representatives in Congress who should be making the laws. These draconian measures put undue economic strain on the businesses, forcing them to adapt their business model not because of market conditions, or in the interest of themselves and their customers, but because of misguided environmental crusaders who if you cornered them in a moment of truth would admit they'd just as soon "mother earth" not have any humans "scarring her surface."
The result of this is that we the people do not have a say in the marketplace, nor are we represented in Congress. The result will be higher prices as plants are forced out of operating before they were due to be retired, and lost jobs and tax revenue to the communities involved.
Your comment about unelected bureaucrats is completely misleading. The fact is that all federal bureaucrats were selected by elected officials at some point. That selection process was open and was subject to voter input. The elected officials making those selections could have been recalled by vote at any time, if the voters didn't like what their elected officials had just done. So we have not lost our representation in government, contrary to your statements. Our representation is still there, and you can still ask your congressional representatives to consider altering those bureaucratic decisions. Rest assured, though, that I and many others will likewise be petitioning our representatives to ensure that this particular bureaucratic decision is left untouched; because we agree with it and with the intent.
And as far as any lost jobs or tax revenues are concerned, let's just wait and see what the replacement plans are for this retiring dinosaur (that was probably originally "due" to be retired 30 years ago). It may well be that those 'lost' jobs will end up re-appearing at a newer, more efficient, plant – along with all those 'lost' tax revenues.
Your statement that "These draconian measures put undue economic strain on the businesses"; is also false. Remember, the plant in question is 60 years old. That's probably well past it's original designed lifetime. Moreover, I personally thank all those "environmental crusaders". They help protect the environment that allows you and I to live, and that represents the best legacy we can leave to our children. No one is truly motivated by a desire that there be no humans on the face of the earth! That charge is simply ridiculous.
Finally, your use of overly dramatic statements like "backed up at the end of a gun"; are inappropriate. No one is waving any guns with respect to this story. Such inflammatory rhetoric is merely an attempt to scare people into accepting your views on this story. But I for one do not.
Fascinating. Chris, please bestow upon us the basis for all of your "facts" and observations.
You've brought blanket attacks, argument framing, prejudice, and unsubstantiated guesses.
You literally brought NOTHING of value to the discussion, including your own provincial view.
I may sound like one of those "misguided environmental crusaders", but because of the trash you posted – you should be fined for littering on the internet.
When these companies shut the plants down I am sure we will not sell the coal to other countries will we? I'm know our goverment and the EPA wouldn't let that happen. If we are wanting to do away with fossil fuels surely we would'nt sell it for someone else to burn.
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IT security and Control firm, Sophos, today announced that Chris
Doggett, Director of Global Channel Programs at Sophos has been
named a 2009 Channel Chief by the Everything Channel's CRN. CRN
Channel Chiefs are recognized as influential executives who
consistently defend, promote and execute effective channel partner
programs and strategies.
For the seventh consecutive year, CRN has developed the Channel
Chief list. Top Channel Chiefs were chosen based on criteria
including policy and program innovations made during the past year,
the amount of revenue their company generates through partners,
their willingness to speak out publicly on behalf of the channel,
and the number of years they have dedicated to channel
Under Chris' leadership, Sophos has made substantial investments
in the channel by developing key initiatives. Sophos Channel
Partners benefit from a number of programs and platforms and are
supported pre - and post sales by dedicated channel account
resources. Sophos offers partners guaranteed margins on deal
registration, a custom partner online pricing, quoting and ordering
system, financing program options via Sophos Financial Solutions,
and extensive marketing support and comprehensive training
"It's quite an honor to be named a Channel Chief by the
Everything Channel's CRN," said Chris. "We've gone to great lengths
to set our channel program up for success and to stand out from the
pack. Sophos provides partners with new business opportunities,
highly competitive margins and marketing and incentive programs.
Sophos's unique co-selling model supports partners throughout the
sales process - saving the partner time and money, therefore
maximizing partner profitability."
"Effective channel executives consistently ensure that the
Channel's voice is heard when strategic decisions are being made
and continually nurture mutually profitable relationships," said
SVP/Editorial Director, Robert C. DeMarzo at Everything Channel.
"This year's winners are strong channel advocates and we applaud
them for their successful partner programs and strategies."
The Sophos Partner Program receives accolades from its partners
and the industry:
Everything Channel is the one-stop-shop for accessing, enabling
and accelerating technology sales channels. From branding and
recruiting to marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers
technology marketers the unmatched breadth and depth of global
brands and market intelligence combined with an unparallel audience
loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels.
Through innovative sales and marketing solutions, Everything
Channel arms the sellers of technology with the resources they need
to achieve measurable and significant results.
Più di 100 milioni di utenti in 150 paesi si affidano a Sophos, considerandola la migliore protezione contro minacce complesse e perdita dei dati. Sophos si impegna a fornire soluzioni di protezione completa facili da distribuire, gestire e utilizzare, e che offrano il più basso costo totale di proprietà del settore. Sophos offre soluzioni all'avanguardia per cifratura, sicurezza degli endpoint, Web, e-mail, dispositivi mobili e della rete, grazie al supporto dei SophosLabs: la nostra rete mondiale di centri di prevenzione delle minacce.
Le sedi centrali di Sophos sono situate a Boston, USA, e ad Oxford, Regno Unito.
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Iris Light Preview by TheVirtualDragonWatch
©2013-2016 TheVirtualDragon
Hey everyone! I thought it was time for a preview of the light version of Iris ( currently unreleased and unstable, code at github.com/xyl0n/iris ). The icons are Faenza and the background is fav.me/d4ilu1g while the shell theme is a modified Zukitwo.
The down arrow looks more like "downloads" than "click for more options". That icon is from Faenza too?
what is the gnome shell them?
Red is too bright and bold imo
This is the reason why I'm not using red as the selected background colour. It is only used to colour the text which is not as impacting as making the entire background behind it red but still enough to indicate a selection or action.
Of course, it is still up to you to use the theme, there are plenty beautiful blue, purple, green etc. themes already available
Very nice! What is the estimated release date?
can you please upload the modified gnome shell theme please? thanks!
Very nice, will this be available for GTK3.8?
very impressive!!!
really nice : )
I'll definetly try it : D
I'll definetly try it : D
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Halo Reach Fan Art by GeocrossWatch
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Fan art illustration of Halo Reach in Photoshop (used some pics in internet to help)
Nice !
This is sick!
Thanks for the comment, for the watch and for the llama as well!... love your art!
awesome shot is this an in-game screenshot?
I´m not a fan of Halo Reach but this pic is just amazing
Pretty impressive
Pretty impressive
I'm flattered! to impress someone who is not a Halo fan is an achievement. Thank you very much!
Love the pic, but I just have one thing to say: The knife looks a little weird.
Hey! thanks for the comment. I really appreciate your words and I will take in count what you said.
holy shiz this is awesome O_O
Love the sword and the details!
these momentsareawesome
Awesome work!
This is just a request in mind, but could you try making another one of Halo: Reach fan art, but shows Noble Team seeing the view of Reach being destroyed by Covenant forces.
Here's the image for Noble Six in the photo (Link: www.bing.com/images/search?q=h…
Hi, Thank you for your comment and for expressing your idea for a request! I will for sure, keep it in mind. Cheers!
I'll just yoink you now.
Hi, could you explain me what's yoink?
oh man this is AWESOME !
wow. just wow... *fangasm*
Awesome! for a second there I thought it was from an actual gameplay.
Thank you for sharing my art!
You're welcome, have a llama too!
totally awesome! fave!
Awesome work!


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Dallas is used to being the brunt of jokes about its supposed superficial culture and lack of a coherent creative scene. But I'll dare any Twitter-wielding smartass to make such a pronouncement after taking a look at the Big D's spring calendar — a whirlwind of artsy, literate comings and goings that will keep the avant-garde on its toes for months to come. Take for instance the upcoming event hosted by WordSpace featuring noted poet and cultural arbiter Andrei Codrescu. An Evening With Andrei Codrescu promises to be an intimate glimpse into the inner workings of the man who frequently contributes to NPR's All Things Considered and who edits the time-slaying online journal Exquisite Corpse. The Peabody and Pushcart Prize winner lays on insight into the American literary scene and global cultural influences in written art forms as he speaks at the Kessler Theater, 1230 W. Davis St., at 7 p.m. Thursday. Tickets are $15 to $37 and may be purchased at prekindle.com/promo/id/22680801842013043.
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These guys are just too good photographers!
makes me cringe for leaving in LA. I have NEVER seen such beautiful scenes in person.
thanks for finding these
thanks for finding these
Thank you my friend
fall in love with autumn x)
Amazing features
beautiful features, you've put together!
D': you have a beautiful taste in art... thanks for posting all of this I find that most have wonderful and original tastes in art.
WoW, now I rly feel like my pictures are nothing xD.
Stunning shots. Great feature, dude.
Here in Brazil we don't have many orange trees on autumn
Here in Brazil we don't have many orange trees on autumn
Fantastic. I'm so jealous, living in the desert.
Wonderful pictures...
Wow. wow. wow.
Great collection! Those are amazing pictures.


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- We take a look at the game and season from former Arizona quarterback Nick Foles, who helped the Philadelphia Eagles win the NFC East division title Sunday night in Dallas.
We look at Foles' numbers and the records he broke along the way in just his second season, especially considering where he started the 2013 campaign.
- With Javelle Allen now off the team, we look at what it means for the Wildcats moving forward in both the short and long term.
Who is now the backup for the AdvoCare V100 Bowl? What does it mean from a scholarship numbers perspective? What does it do to the battle for the starting job next spring?
- One Pac-12 Conference running back got his NFL draft evaluation back as Ka'Deem Carey continues to wait for his results.
What may it mean for Carey's pending results?
- We look into the lost garbage minutes for Zach Peters and the words head coach Sean Miller had to say about it following the Wildcats' last contest.
- Former Wildcat Solomon Hill is on the move in the NBA and it's actually a good thing for the forward.
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To be honest, this started out as line illustration and I wanted to practice doing minimal shading, but I gave up and went with realism....coloring with lines is hard! haha anyways enjoy.
Comment? I may not be able to reply to everyone, but I do read them.
Update: I forgot her freckles, they should be there now
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Update: I forgot her freckles, they should be there now
I can't believe you think realism is easier than line work. I mean...well it's not that I don't believe you...I guess I'm just amazed that you find this style easier than doing line work. Because pretty much ALL I do is line work, which is so easy for me, and I look at your drawings and think, "Wow, that looks so hard. I wish I could paint like that." It must just be practice and perspective. What's hard for me is easy for you and vice versa. Or something like that. (I still wish I could paint like you can.)
can i draw with u once؟
Hey Tsi, someone just steal your work. As a great fan of you, something needs to be done.
:3 Appledash is best
Cool drawing ^^
Cool drawing ^^
Wow!!! Awesome!!! Reminds me of the old episodes...! Love it!!!
omg, love the detail! With the horseshoes, and the ballon, and everything! I love watching ur speedpaints too, I hope you upload more of them
Amazing attention to detail in every little piece of the picture! I noticed that on the horseshoes Rainbow Dash has shiny, clean ones while Applejack's are more copper colored, looking almost dirty. And it makes sense since AJ never leaves the ground and most of the time is on dirt paths around the farm. This may or may not have been on purpose, but it still adds to the picture!
Fantastic job.
Fantastic job.
I love how you added in the horse shoes for realistic effect. Nicely well put. =3
You would think that AJ would need the horseshoes more
Love your art!😄
Wow! Just why do they have horse shoes?
technically, the hoof sounds from the show would sound like that if they did have horseshoes, so.
Because they're awesome like that, possibly? -shrug- I love how she put the hot air balloon in the background!
wow this is amazing, just a question but do you take requests?
Dunno about the horseshoes, but otherwise this is one of my favorite pieces done by you!
Love it! Do you know if this is going to be put up for sale as a print on WeLoveFine?
This is epic! Good job!
Appledash is my fav couple and this is my fav art of them
Love the one subtle apple on the tree great detail!
appledash forevaaaah!
Breathtaking artwork! I'm in awe of your masterpiece! Love the details!
Cute horseshoe!! XD
I want to draw like this so bad.
This looks epic! I love their manes and tail! *3*
I don't know you but you seem to be really, really good! o3o
I don't know you but you seem to be really, really good! o3o
That's so Effin badass. xD
i love it also the horse shoes! its nearly like real life
so pretty
I adore this so much
I just have to say the textures are amazing! And the colors make it so eye popping! I love this piece! Really good job and just about every bit!!
Is that Twilight's balloon in the background?
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"Nobody Walks" is a movie about a woman who listens but doesn't hear. Martine is making an experimental short film about scorpions and ants, and for the soundtrack, she requires — oh, all sorts of sounds. She arrives in Los Angeles as the house guest of Peter, a studio sound engineer, and his wife, Julie, a psychiatrist. Peter obediently records the sounds of clicks and clacks, wind and rain, water and traffic, and even Martine's breathing. At first, he does this as a favor. Soon he is doing it as a form of flirtation.
Martine (Olivia Thirlby) is young, full-lipped, short-haired and carelessly flirtatious. Before long, she and Peter (John Krasinski) are having sex on his editing table. Julie (Rosemarie DeWitt) sniffs out what's going on, and at first bottles it up and even begins an unstated flirtation with her patient Billy (Justin Kirk), an insecure filmmaker. Meanwhile, Kolt (India Ennenga), her daughter from a previous marriage, sees Martine and Peter snogging in the car in the driveway and is perhaps inspired to flirt with her Italian teacher (Stacy Barnhisel), along with Peter's assistant, David (Rhys Wakefield), and Avi (Sam Lerner), a schoolmate who has a crush on her.
What we have here is a household ripe with seduction, lust, betrayal and repression, all kept below the surface by increasingly strained good manners. The real villain is Martine, who is young enough to know the power of her sexuality and old enough to employ it more wisely. The pretext of her art film grows increasingly ludicrous; it's the self-indulgence of a (probably) rich kid who uses her family connections to enlist free help from a sound editor who (judging by his house) usually works on much larger films. What is the point of Martine's black-and-white closeups of insects? This isn't a documentary but a pretentious exercise; a late shot of ants creeping around a nipple put me in mind of Bunuel and Dali's "Un Chien Andalou." What does it tell you? Ants are not nipples, for sure.
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Americans say China, not the U.S., is the world's top economic power, reflecting a shift in attitudes after the global financial crisis, a poll found.
Some 47 percent of Americans surveyed from Jan. 5-9 by the Washington-based Pew Research Center for the People and the Press said China is the leading economic power, while 31 percent named the U.S. A February 2008 Pew poll, taken before the collapses of Bear Stearns Cos. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., found 41 percent of Americans considered the U.S. the top economic power, with 30 percent naming China.
The results highlight the rising influence of China, whose economy has expanded more than 90-fold in the last three decades and illustrate the importance of next week's summit in Washington between President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao.
The poll measures perception, not reality. U.S. gross domestic product is still almost three times the size of China's and dwarfs the Asian nation in terms of per capita income. The U.S., with just over 300 million people, has an annual GDP of $14.1 trillion compared with $4.99 trillion for China's 1.3 billion people.
A Pew poll in January 1989 found that by a two-to-one margin, Americans considered Japan to be the world's preeminent economic power. The poll released yesterday found only 9 percent of the 1,503 respondents hold that view.
Fewer than one-quarter of the respondents view China as an adversary, the poll found. Some 58 percent of respondents said it is important to build stronger ties between the two countries. Most people polled said China was a greater economic than military threat, with 67 percent saying that the U.S. was the world's top military power, compared with 16 percent who said China had the most potent military.
Almost half of Americans, 47 percent, view China favorably, compared with 36 percent who view China unfavorably, according to the poll, which had a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points.
Most respondents, 53 percent, said the U.S. should get tougher with China on the trade and economic issues, with Republicans and Democrats expressing almost identical positions. The U.S. posted a record $28 billion trade deficit with China in August, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures. The U.S. says China's currency is undervalued, undercutting U.S. exports and eliminating jobs.


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To clarify that bit...
The Roth IRA *might* have certain tax exempt provisions ...
You'll want to speak with an adviser.
Because a Roth IRA contribution can not be deducted from one's income,
hence one pays the taxes on it as income, upfront.
Not entirely a bad idea, but it's not tax free.
Roth IRA..pay the taxes now...not when you retire. Pro's..when you retire...it's all yours
IRA you do not pay taxes now...you get to earn interest with the governments money which will be considerable over 40 years.
The Roth IRA is absolutely the best retirement account out there. Invest it in a good mutual fund with a good long term track record.
The Roth IRA is the best bet of all "traditional" retirement plans out there. It is better than a traditional IRA because it is taxed at today's rates, and we all know that tax rates only go up. As previous posters have stated, CDs are worthless. Interest rates are so low that gains are minimal, and when you factor inflation and taxes, your money is going backwards. However, even with the Roth IRA, your money is not insulated from market forces. Ask anyone who had a decent IRA built up prior to 2007, they got slammed in this latest go-round. Chances are, in the time before you retire, there will be another downturn, and whatever accumulations you have in IRAs will get slammed as well.
Is there an answer to this? You bet.
In my opinion, retirement funds should not be subject to market forces. You can do whatever you want with your other money, but the key of retirement funds is SAFETY. If you were jumping out of an airplane, would you assume any risk at all with your parachute? I love to skydive, and the answer is hell no.
So how can I invest retirement funds in a zero risk, yet guaranteed return avenue of investment?
Annuities. Specifically, the variable annuity from Prudential. It is the best variable annuity on the market, hands down. There are fees associated with the VA, but your money grows at a GUARANTEED 6% rate every year, tax free. In the VA, your money is put into mutual funds managed by the very best fund managers in the world. You have two account balances; the "true" balance, and the balance GUARANTEED by the company you purchased it from. Truly, you don't even have to monitor your money in an annuity; you have a contract with the issuer for a guaranteed growth and payments to begin at a contracted date. They have the best fund managers in the world managing your money because, if the market drops, the issuing company is on the hook, not you.
The best part? Annuity owners sleep better at night.
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With all due respect, the variable annuity is one of the biggest rip-offs in the "investment game". Their sales commissions are rediculously high, they have higher fees, and they create excessive tax burdens. A new study recently showed it takes $100,000 in a variable annuity to generate the same income as $60,000 in an immediate payout annuity.
Variable annuities are sold by insurance people, not financial planners. Run from these things as fast as you can. Unless you are one, Terra.
As for a Roth, IRAs are investments for the long term. The market has highs and lows. When you're within a few years before retirement, you move your investments from higher risk stocks to extremely low risk stocks and/
or CDs.
Me, I have no IRA.
Because simplicity rules, that's my strategy.
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Buy fertilizer stocks if they ever dip......more people in the world....more food production.....more fertilizer........plus..as the dollar falls...they go up even if sales are weak
You need to do some no, a lot of research. With IRA, Roth or traditional, you need good diversification of your investments. Unless you want to spend considerable time watching your investments, stay away from individual stocks in your retirement portfolio. As much as you hear about the market's long term performance, for every Deere, CAT, and GOOG there's a GM, CITI, and Enron. And although Deere, Cat and others may be well above their lows in March, they are well off their highs. For equity or debt investments, stick with mutual funds or ETF's. I put some money into good rental property years ago and its all paid for. Its been good to me in my retirement.
The two times you should never worry is when you can control the outcome and when you can't.
I think many of you guys are very savvy about these issues. It gives our industry true strength.
I do have to make a point though. On the issue of $5000 a month into anything. This year I have done very well but there is no way the average guy can save $5000 a month. If you are able to store that kind of cash, you have no finacial worries. I mean $60000 a year is a great GROSS income for most households..
I have my Roth IRA in index ETFs and sleep better at night than if I had my Roth in individual stocks. Indexing spreads the risk , but tracks the perfomance of the overall market. There are also alot of companies that now have target retirement funds where you pick your estimated date of retirement, and the funs becomes more conservative over time as that date approaches. I recoomend these for novice investors as they offer diversification with just one fund. FFFGX for example is Fidelity's target date 2040 retirement fund,just set it and forget it.
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When critics discuss the feminine in Finnegans Wake, Anna Livia Plurabelle tends to receive most of the attention. She is the most dominant, demanding, and persistent of the book's many manifestations of the feminine, the "total … female presence," as David Hayman puts it, the maternal archetype whose existence is felt in "the noncoherence of every page of the Wake." She is everywhere and she is unavoidable, her centrality within Finnegans Wake arguably rivaled only by HCE himself. Given this centrality, and the close connections that have been drawn between her and other dominant manifestations of the feminine within Joyce's work (such as Molly Bloom), it is not surprising that most critics studying the feminine within the Wake have focused their attention upon ALP, to the detriment of her daughter Issy. This is not to claim, of course, that Issy has been entirely overlooked or ignored by scholars—far from it; rather, I am suggesting that she has primarily been viewed through her relation to her parents, and rarely given sufficient scrutiny as a character herself. Indeed, whether addressing her orientation toward the male figures of the family within the context of the narrative and the textual dynamics of incest, or examining her relationship with ALP through the narrow lens of Freudian maternal anxiety, the critical fascination with Issy's relation to her parents has led to her being seen primarily as ALP's daughter. Such a view risks missing the complex and troubling portrait of femininity that Joyce drew independently in the youngest member of the Wake's central family.
One possible way to redress this ALP-centric attitude, and to redirect critical attention toward the figure of Issy herself as an embodiment of femininity, is to consider her intertextual relation to Dante. The importance of Dante to Finnegans Wake has been a subject of study and discussion ever since Samuel Beckett wrote his seminal essay "Dante … Bruno. Vico … Joyce," and it has been considered most profitably by Lucia Boldrini, who examines the impact of Dante's theoretical and literary-critical writings on the book. Dante's own conception of the feminine was complex and dual-sided. The view of femininity that arises from such works as the Commedia, the Vita Nuova, and his critical writings embraced the spirituality of figures such as the Virgin Mary, St Lucia, and, of course, Beatrice—the so-called tre donne benedette (Inferno 2.124), the trinity of heavenly ladies who dispatch Virgil to rescue the Dante-pilgrim protagonist from the "dark wood" at the opening of the Commedia, but Dante's conception of the female also includes the heightened eroticism of "stilnovist" love poetry. Given Issy's presentation as both child and sexual temptation, as a figure of both innocence and experience, this dual-natured Dantean femininity seems a uniquely appropriate concept through which to consider the daughter of the Wake. In order to explore the possible impact of Dante's notions of the feminine on Joyce's conception of Issy, I will consider two particularly Dantean sections of Finnegans Wake: the Nuvoletta passage at the end of the story of the Mookse and the Gripes (FW 157–9), and one of Joyce's most famous direct references to the poet in a passage from "The Mime of Mick, Nick and the Maggies": "turning up and fingering over the most dantellising peaches in the lingerous longerous book of the dark" (FW 251.23–4). In these passages both Dante and Issy herself have a particularly strong textual presence. While Issy appears throughout the book, it is relatively rare to find her as the focus of the narrative, and within both the "Nuvoletta" and "dantellising peaches" passages, Issy functions as the singular representation of the feminine.
In the course of exploring the presence of Dante within the "Nuvoletta" and "dantellising peaches" passages, I will not only reveal a range of hitherto overlooked Dantean intertexts for Finnegans Wake, but will also illuminate the fundamentally intertextual construction of Issy's feminine identity, showing how Joyce wove her femininity out of a range of poetic material, primarily the work of Dante but also incorporating later, Dantean, poets. In this respect, we will be able to...
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The pitch is influenced by the length of the air column. The vibration is coming from the air. The material used for the instruments help to produce sound and whereas the air column determines the pitch. In this wind chime, if one strikes the pipe sound will come and need not depend on air column.
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These are designed to create musical Harmony wind chimes even in the slightest breeze. Majority are made with the computerized tuning process. Keeping in mind the market demand, they are created to the flavors and musical atmospheres of the country in which they are going to be marketed.
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This is the brilliant wind plied musical instrument. The creator gave a tonal for preciousness and built this instrument with a high quality. Not only this, these bring an attractive or seductive look and glamor to the house by the unparalleled beauty of wood.
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The market availability is with the variety of configurations. These smaller musical ones have aluminum rods suspended from stainless steel wires. Some manufacture with a combination of burnished and painted brass and anodized aluminum rods. For suspension, instead of stainless steel, some give durable polypropylene cord.
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High quality thick walled bamboos are used for manufacturing these Bamboo Wind Chimes For sealing the cracks that will happen in the long run, hot wax procedures are used. The aluminum cords used in these instruments are held from individual doweled cords that are made of whether resistant nylon.
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These are fascinating, colorful and harmonious for gardens, summerhouses and so on. The pleasantness of these chimes as the wind surfs thru its components brings the delight of possessing them. Butterfly in Flight Wind Chimes Colorful butterflies in flight patterns are given in each frame of these Wind Chimes.
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These wind chimes are made of slumped glasses. Mostly are handmade glass wind chimes. They are made of slumped marbles to offer a special look and attraction. These make a hypnotizing delicate bell-like sound.
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Perhaps even more than they adore soba and udon, the Japanese love ramen noodles. So do impecunious college students, and it will be interesting to see how many undergrads can squeeze into this fourteen-stool noodle bar specializing in ramen and delectable pork-stuffed gyoza (the Japanese answer to the potsticker). Loud slurping isn't only toleratedit's encouraged.Recommended Dishes
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We strongly agree with President Bush's decision to move Condoleezza Rice out of her position as National Security Advisor. Ms. Rice's statement from her May 16, 2002 press briefing, "I don't think anybody could have predicted that these people would try to use an airplane as a missile, a hijacked airplane as a missile" made it clear that she was ill equipped to be advising anyone on matters of national security. Condoleezza Rice was the top National Security official with President Bush at the July 2001 G-8 summit in Genoa.…Continue reading
February 11, 2005
September 11th was neither an intelligence failure nor was it a failure of imagination. It was nonfeasance on behalf of a whole host of government agencies, including the FAA.
Of the 105 warnings issued, 52 warnings regarding al Qaeda were given to the FAA by the intelligence community in a six month period from April 2001 to September 2001. According to the 9/11 Commission's final report, there were eight information circulars put out by the FAA between July 2, and September 10, 2001.…
by Thomas Hansen, Ph.D.
It is nearly a year since the 9/11 Commission report was finished and the investigation of the events of 9/11 officially came to a close. But unofficially, many Americans have unanswered questions, and at least some of this hesitancy to close the book on 9/11 is because of the long-standing connection between the Bush Administration and the man who was the Executive Director of the 9/11 Commission, Dr. Philip Zelikow.
In a new book by Professor Emeritus David Ray Griffin of the Claremont School of Theology (The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions, Olive Branch Press, 2005), the case is made that the staff of the 9/11 Commission acted as gatekeepers who followed the official explanation of events of 9/11, rather than acting as true independent investigators.…
Originally published at Huffingtonpost.com by Kristen Breitweiser on 12/19/05
Recently, President Bush has admitted to carrying out surveillance on U.S. citizens in the interest of national security. He unabashedly admits to doing it. He offers no apologies. With his bellicose swagger, he once again uses 9/11 as his justification for breaking our constitutional laws. The President's justification of 9/11 to carry out such surveillance begs a closer examination.
President Bush should be stopped in his tracks with regard to his use of 9/11 scare tactics to circumvent constitutional laws that are meant to protect U.S.…
Statement Regarding al Qaeda Threats
by Patty Casazza, Monica Gabrielle, Mindy Kleinberg, and Lorie Van Auken
Astonishingly, five years post 9/11 the public is made aware about an urgent July 10, 2001 meeting that took place between former CIA Director George Tenet and then, National Security Advisor, Condoleezza Rice. This information comes
from Bob Woodward's newly released book, "State of Denial".
Despite this Administration's rhetoric that they had "no warnings" leading up to 9/11, it has become abundantly clear, that key Administration officials were made aware of the vast array of Al Qaeda threats and warnings that existed in years prior, and more importantly, in the weeks leading up to September 11, 2001.…
Dear Media,
Within the last few months, you've given a lot of attention to the 9/11 Truth Movement. In rare circumstances, we've even gotten a "fair shake."
However, your guests have consisted of Dylan Avery, Corey Rowe, Jason Bermas, James Fetzer, Kevin Barrett, Dave Von Kleist, Charlie Sheen, Alex Jones, Dr. Robert Bowman, Michael Berger, Paul Thompson and Dr. David Ray Griffin.
We don't know if you're aware or not (you haven't reported on it), but the original members of the 9/11 Truth Movement have been busy as of late.…
by Joseph Murtagh
February 12, 2007 — When it comes to 9/11, America right now is divided between two camps, those who trust the official account of the attacks, and those who, well, have questions. It's occasionally the case that the first camp will publicly denounce the second camp as a bunch of nutcases, and when this happens, it's usually the rowdier section of Camp Two, the Loose Change , bullhorn-wielding, "death to the New World Order" crowd, that takes the most heat.…
September 11th Advocates Regarding Declassification and Release of Documents
The Public's Right to Know – Declassification and Release of Documents petition ( http://www.petitiononline.com/july10/petition.html ) surpassed 15,000 signatures. As promised, we have hand delivered it to lawmakers in Washington, DC.
Recently, during our meetings with lawmakers, we discussed the declassification and release of all transcripts and documents relating to the July 10, 2001 meeting that took place between former CIA Director George Tenet and then National Security Advisor, Condoleezza Rice, the redacted 28 pages of the Joint Inquiry Into The Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 (JICI) and the CIA Inspector General's report, "CIA Accountability With Respect To The 9/11 Attacks", as mentioned in the Petition.…
… Continue reading
"Those of us aware and concerned demand that the glaringly erroneous
official account of 9/11 be dismissed as a fraud and a new, thorough and impartial
investigation be undertaken." ~ Dr. Lynn Margulis (Distinguished
University of Massachusetts professor, National Medal of Science recipient,
National Academy of Science's Space Science Board Committee on Planetary Biology
and Chemical Evolution, former chairperson.
"I think in simplest terms, there's a cover-up. The 9/11 report is a
joke… Now there are a whole bunch of unanswered questions.
Take Action: Order Now. New York Times Best-Selling Author's 9/11 Truth Novel Hits Stores January 22!
Dear 9/11 Truth Seekers Demanding a New 9/11 Investigation,
Today we have an amazing opportunity, if we work together, to launch 9/11 truth into a new mainstream American paradigm.
In the formation of the global 9/11 truth movement there have been landmark moments that catapulted this truth movement forward:
* Mike Ruppert's early work with copvcia.com and his crucial early research (which got me in this)
* The first national truth conference, formed by Carol Brouillet/Ken Jenkins in San Francisco
* The formation of 911Truth.org after that conference
* The dissemination of the "Stop the 9/11 Cover Up" signs to groups nationwide (911visibility)
* David Ray Griffin's earth shaking work
* Professor Steven Jones physics research
* Kevin Ryan's blowing the whistle on inaccuracies of UL's report to NIST
* The release of Loose Change, which exploded the movement
* The "Eleventh Day of Every Month" TruthAction.org Campaign
* The release of PatriotsQuestion911.org
* We Are Change's national television exposure on 9/11 truth issues
* The release of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, ae911truth.org
Today, we have an opportunity to explode 9/11 truth issues into the mainstream mind, in the form of a soon to be released popular action fiction novel by New York Times Best-Selling Novelist, Steve Alten (stevealten.com).…
February 6, 2008
Coleen Rowley
As someone also motivated by the need for the truth about 9/11, as well as aware of the way conflicts of interest have a way of covering up truth, let me add my thanks to Philip Shenon on the release of his new book. Also let me share this recent comment forwarded to me by Monica Gabrielle of the September 11th Advocates:
Philip Shenon's new book, The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation, serves to justify our suspicions and the concerns of the Family Steering Committee, that we attempted to publicly air during the course of the 9/11 Commission's tenure.…Continue reading
Peter Dale Scott
The Deep State and 9/11
The unthinkable — that elements inside the state would conspire with criminals to kill innocent civilians — has become not only thinkable but commonplace in the last century. A seminal example was in French Algeria, where dissident elements of the French armed forces, resisting General de Gaulle's plans for Algerian independence, organized as the Secret Army Organization and bombed civilians indiscriminately, with targets including hospitals and schools. 1 Critics like Alexander Litvinenko, who was subsequently murdered in London in November 2006, have charged that the 1999 bombings of apartment buildings around Moscow, attributed to Chechen separatists, were in fact the work of the Russian secret service (FSB).…
Originally published at http://nafeez.blogspot.com by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed on January 26, 2009
The arrival of the Obama administration will not fundamentally alter the course of military expansion accelerated during the Bush era. The origins of these policies do not lie uniquely in neoconservative ideology. While the election of President Obama may offer new opportunities for progressive forces to delimit the damage, their space for movement will ultimately be constrained by deep-seated structural pressures that will attempt to exploit Obama to rehabilitate American imperial hegemony, rather than transform it.…


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Carient Heart & Vascular Joins Inova Health System
We are pleased to inform you that our practice, Carient Heart & Vascular is joining Inova Health System. Inova has been ranked by US News and World Reports as the #1 provider of healthcare in Northern VA and Washington, DC area. They are recognized as a global leader in developing and applying personalized health to create higher quality and more efficient care. Inova is also home to the nationally and internationally recognized Inova Heart and Vascular Institute. While there will be some changes in joining Inova Health Systems most things will stay the same such as, our physicians, staff, phone numbers and most office locations. Our Haymarket location has moved—find more detail in the included FAQ. This will be a smooth transition without interruptions to the practice and will definitely not affect your care.
Some important benefits of being an Inova Medical Group patient are:
- EpicCare electronic medical record and MyChart patient portal. This provides online access to view your electronic medical record, communicate directly with your care team, request prescription refills (for some medications), and increased coordination of care.
- Translation services for patients requiring language assistance via the Inova Language Line with translation in more than 150 languages.
We will continue to provide you with access and efficient care coordination. Please note that there will be new policies and patient care improvements to take place during this transition time. We greatly appreciate your patience and understanding while we implement changes and embark upon this new phase. To ensure your next visit with us runs smoothly, please arrive 15 minutes prior to your appointment to complete the following forms which only need to be completed once a year.
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Sketch dump for 2012 pt 2.
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A bunch of these are really nice.
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I'm glad you're still drawing. But these aren't sketches! You took the time to color most of them. I wish you would've taken the time to post each one individually.
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New 2015 edition of World Development Indicators shows 25 years of progress, but much left to do
We're pleased to announce that the 2015 edition of World Development Indicators (WDI) has been released. WDI is the most widely used dataset in our Open Data Catalog and it provides high-quality cross-country comparable statistics about development and people's lives around the globe. As usual you can download or query the database, read the publication and access the online tables.
While the seasoned WDI user will know that the database is updated quarterly and historical versions are also available, for those new to the WDI, the annual release of a new edition is an opportunity to review the trends we're seeing in global development and to take stock of what's been achieved.


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08-09-2011 04:18
I need to save the past two years of my chat history with a particular user in html, txt, cvs, or other format that I can print out as a log file.
I have Skype 5.5 (the latest version)
/htmlhistory command does not work
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08-09-2011 06:00 - edited 08-09-2011 06:10
The removal of that command goes on the Top 10 Idiotic Things Skype Has Done Since v4.0. You can find the viable alternatives in this thread:
Everyone who wants this back, vote here for the bug. We all know how closely Skype abides feedback.
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There is a very nice free application, SkypeLogView. It will do all the job you want.
I think that it's also mentioned in the link provided by rseiler.
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Fortress Investment Group LLC, Colony Capital LLC and Starwood Capital Group LLC are among a record number of private-equity firms raising real estate funds, according to people familiar with the process, driving down fees in a business reeling from earlier losses.
There are 441 private-equity firms raising real estate funds, 63 more than a year ago and almost twice the number in 2008, according to London researcher Preqin Ltd. Companies including Related Cos., the New York developer founded by Stephen Ross, and asset manager AllianceBernstein Holding LP have wooed investors and almost completed fundraising, said two of the people, who asked not to be named because the process is private.
"Despite the turmoil of 2008, sponsors can still make a compelling pitch that there are opportunities to invest in commercial real estate either by making loans or buying properties and debt," said Ben Thypin, director of market analysis for Real Capital Analytics Inc. in New York. "Commercial real estate is still seen as a space for outsized returns."
Managers, many still suffering losses on funds raised from 2005 through 2008 as property prices peaked, are back in the market because some pools are winding down after the typical three-year commitment period, said David Hodes, managing partner at New York advisory firm Hodes Weill & Associates. With firms seeking $150 billion for real estate, some are offering lower fees and committing more of their own capital, Preqin said in an August report.
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"Managers that have performed well on a relative and absolute basis, treated their investors well throughout the financial crisis and demonstrated an ability to invest in this current environment will raise their next round of capital," Hodes said in an interview. "For many of the others, it is going to continue to be a long, dry season."
For funds raising $1 billion or more this year, the average management fee has fallen to 1.33 percent, according to Preqin, less than the industry standard of 1.5 percent and below the average charged by those funds in 2007 and 2008.
Real estate funds accumulated $135.2 billion in 2007 and $142.4 billion at their 2008 peak, or 21 percent of all private-equity raised that year, before dropping to $50.7 billion in 2009 and $44.2 billion last year, according to Preqin. Funds raised in 2007 faced an average annual loss of 14.2 percent as of December, and those raised in 2008 were down an average of 2.2 percent, Preqin reported.
Related, AllianceBernstein
At this time last year 378 private-equity firms sought $134 billion for real estate funds, according to Preqin, with the same number of managers seeking $199 billion in 2009.
Related is almost done raising $1 billion for a distressed real estate fund and has taken control of properties in Manhattan, Chicago and Florida, another of the people said. The developer, hired in 2008 by Deutsche Bank AG to oversee finishing the defaulted Cosmopolitan casino resort in Las Vegas, has told clients that, unlike many private-equity firms, it will manage distressed projects. That will allow it to limit fees by not relying on other operators, the person said.
AllianceBernstein, a New York-based fund manager with $456 billion in assets, is close to raising $1 billion for a real estate pool after securing a commitment from Singapore's state-owned investment company Temasek Holdings Pte., one of the people said. That fund, led by former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. partner Brahm Cramer and iStar Financial Inc. President Jay Nydick, has offered to some investors to forgo the usual fee on commitments and only charge a fee on invested capital, according to an offering document.
Fortress, Colony
Fortress, the New York-based buyout and hedge-fund firm run by Daniel Mudd, and Thomas Barrack's Colony in Santa Monica, California, are amassing debt funds that will target real estate opportunities, the people said. Colony, which said it bought 370 million euros ($534 million) of troubled real estate loans from German banks this month, has raised about half of its $1 billion target, one of the people said.
Northwood Investors LLC, the New York firm started by former Blackstone Group LP executive John Kukral; Boston-based Rockpoint Group LLC; and Barry Sternlicht's Starwood Capital in Greenwich, Connecticut, are each seeking about $2 billion for real estate funds, the people said.
Cerberus Capital Management LP, the New York-based private equity and hedge-fund manager, is in the early stages of marketing its next real estate fund, according to a person familiar with the process. The firm's last property fund, which raised about $1 billion in 2008, exceeded its target of 20 percent annualized gains as of the first quarter, the person said.
Wall Street's Exit
Representatives of Related, Cerberus, Colony, Fortress, Starwood, Rockpoint, AllianceBernstein and Temasek declined to comment. A Northwood representative didn't respond to telephone calls.
Private-equity firms may benefit from diminished Wall Street competition, after some banks exited or were left to rebuild their real estate businesses when the credit crunch halted the flow of cheap debt financing and depressed property values starting in 2007, the year before Bear Stearns Cos. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. collapsed.
Losses, manager turnover and a new regulatory environment limiting risky investments have affected Goldman Sachs's Whitehall property funds and Morgan Stanley's real estate investing business. Lehman Brothers, the largest underwriter of mortgage-backed securities at the market's peak, filed for bankruptcy in September 2008 and is liquidating assets.
That void may help larger private-equity groups catch bigger targets.
$4 Billion Target
Brookfield Asset Management Inc., which manages about $150 billion in assets including $76 billion of commercial property, is aiming to raise $4 billion for a global real estate fund, the company told analysts in May. The Toronto firm led an investor group including Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management LP that brought mall owner General Growth Properties out of bankruptcy in November.
Blackstone in New York, the world's biggest private-equity firm, with $159 billion under management, has said it's raising its seventh real estate fund with a target of about $10 billion. The firm told investors in a letter yesterday it has already raised $4 billion, four months after kicking off fundraising.
Carlyle Group LP is gathering a new fund for U.S. property deals, said a person briefed on the plan who asked not to be named because the Washington-based fund is private.


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The Case for Outing Politicians, Sometimes
Guest Gaggler Joshua Alston mounts a convincing argument below against the outing of gay politicians. For the most part I agree with him, but I'm feeling a little argumentative and there's a little gap in his argument worth exploring. Josh writes:
I don't agree that the voting public has a right to know everything about a politician's personal life. Whether a politician likes to watch Gossip Girl or prefers to sleep on the left side of the bed has no bearing on his or her ability to carry out the duties of the job, and that capacity to effectively contribute to governance should be the criterion by which we make decisions about how to cast our votes. Mostly, I don't even want to know if a politician is cheating on his wife. Having an affair doesn't automatically make him a poor leader or decision maker, unless it interferes with his job—like if he uses public funds to finance the affair, or if it involves criminal activity, or if he's made traditional values a centerpiece of his campaign. Then it becomes an issue of trust and character. If a politician's candidacy is constructed around a commitment to values that the candidate himself can't uphold, that's a piece of information voters should have. Why? Because it casts doubts on the veracity of his declarations. It alters our perception of his judgment.
When it comes to gay politicians, I have no problem with them not choosing to disclose their sexual orientation insofar as that orientation has no bearing on the decisions before them. I have about as much interest in what Barney Frank does in private as I do in Nancy Pelosi's shoe size. Sexuality shouldn't be a hindrance to obtaining public office. But there are times when it becomes an issue, like when a representative is making decisions or statements that specifically affect his gay constituents, unfairly or not. There may be gay elected officials who are terrific at managing budgets, jobs, and health-care policies, and there's no necessity for voters to ever know what happens in their bedrooms. But if one of those same officials makes homophobic remarks, it's not unreasonable to expect that person to be outed. In that scenario, there's a key fact at stake that would help voters determine the official's credibility. Hypocrisy and politics don't mix, and a failure to provide voters with central facts is as much a dupe on them as it is on democracy.
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Open up Compressor and find the 150 minute DVD preset. The data rate should be around 3.7.
You will also need to encode the audio as AC3.
Then open up DVDSP and drag in those two files. If you don't have enough space, you'll want to re-encode the video at something like 3.5.
Have fun.
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The setting will tell you how many minutes you can expect to fit on a standard DVD-5 when you adjust the average data rate. Maximum bit rate will not effect how many minutes will fit on the disc. You may want to do a one minute test of a complex part of the video (lots of motion, pans, etc) to see what it will look like. You could be disappointed with the quality.
The alternative would be to make a dual-layer disc but unless you are having them manufactured vs. duplicated playback compatibility could be less than desirable with DL+/- media. Studios almost always make dual-layer discs (manufactured from a glass master at a replication facility) to ensure that the highest quality encoding can be used and will fit on the DL disc.