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I went to Walgreens the other day and saw the Revlon Midnight Swirl lipgloss in Lick-orice on sale. The cheesy name didn't make me giggle or turn away and I figured for $2 why not. I've been seeing these lipglosses everywhere and wasn't really excited by them. A make-up sale changed that but I still didn't expect to love it this much.
Lick-orice looks like a very dark, slightly reddish plum with some funky greenish glitters swirled about. The way it looks in the tube is deceptive and on the lips it is a beautiful, sheer (but not the kind where you curse the heavens in anger realizing you might as well have worn vaseline instead), warm red brown colour. It's a very wearable licorice colour (the marketing geniuses at Revlon knew this I suppose) with a wonderfully plush texture that cushions my lips. It is fairly thick but it's not as sticky as MAC lipglasses. At first there is a hint of a scent but it is very light, pleasant, and vanishes quickly.
The reason I say this is a must have is because it is so versatile. Worn sheerly, it enhances the natural lipcolour. You can also layer it to get a more intense licorice shade. The best thing is how it transforms my lipsticks. It deepens any lipstick beautifully, adding a warm plummy brown touch to them. This is a shade that I think many skintones could wear. I think this would look incredibly flattering on a wide range of skintones. However, I'd really recommend it for us darker ladies (ranging from medium to dark, about NC40 and higher).
I know Revlon is trying to get these out of the stores so they can sell their next collection, so now with the price cut I would run to get this lipgloss.
I went to Walgreens the other day and saw the Revlon Midnight Swirl lipgloss in Lick-orice on sale. The cheesy name didn't make me giggle or turn away and I figured for $2 why not. I've been seeing these lipglosses everywhere and wasn't really excited by them. A make-up sale changed that but I still didn't expect to love it this much.
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- An Indian's makeup musings said...
OMG, Anu its awesome!! To me all these swirly glosses looked black or very very dark in the tube so I never looked at em. Yeah they were on sale...I amso going to Bog lots today to see if they have any there....10:22 AM
Thank for trying them out!
- An Indian's makeup musings said...
Guess what. I did go to Big Lots and I did find Lick - Orice but did I buy it - NO. I had to think on my own and buy the red shade. And no points for guessing - IT SUCKS.8:12 PM
It has a horrible smell, was a horrible color and was super thick. I felt like I had a big load on my lips. I should have taken your advice and bought Lick Orice :(
- Anu said...
hey indian girl:
i love big lots so much. it's like treasure hunting at amazing prices lol. i really love the gloss. but the texture of the gloss is a bit thick. they feel like bobbi's lipglosses when it comes to thickness. they're not mac kind of sticky though. to me, they're very high end feeling and the colour makes it really worth it too.
- Anu said...
and i HATE it when you finally get something and it's gone rancid. happened to me with the world's ugliest lipstick. well it wasn't ugly per se just smelled like crayons that were left to marinate in kitty litter that was way past its refreshment.
- An Indian's makeup musings said...
LOL!! Yeah its probably gone rancid too! I LOVE big lots. I so agree with the treasure hunt thingy. Mine has stocked up on revlon products. I cant wait to see NYX products at my Big Lots.8:50 AM
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On December 16; 1992; 8 days after its encounter with Earth; the Galileo spacecraft looked back from a distance of about 6.2 million kilometers (3.9 million miles) to capture this remarkable view of the Moon in orbit about Earth. The composite photograph was constructed from images taken through visible (violet; red) and near-infrared (1.0-micron) filters.
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|Lenition, fortition and the status of plosive affrication: the case of spontaneous RP English /t/
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|This paper reports on a phonetic and phonological study of /t/-affrication in spontaneous British English Received Pronunciation. The study is motivated by the uncertainty surrounding plosive affrication in the literature on lenition and fortition. We suggest that a decision as to the status of a given pattern involving affrication in terms of lenition or fortition should be based on thorough phonetic and phonological analysis. We present a phonetic and phonological account of /t/-affrication, which takes into consideration the temporal and spectral characteristics of the sounds involved, as well as their distribution across phonological environments. Crucially, we compare affricated instances of /t/ with aspirated and fricated ones in the same dataset – the former arguably unmarked in this variety, the latter uncontroversially the result of lenition. We argue that the phonetic and phonological characteristics of /t/-affrication presented in this paper are consistent with an account in terms of fortition rather than lenition.
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Refusing to be eclipsed by Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery and the tiny fact that they made it to the American Idol finale and all, "people's favorite" Pia Toscano has also released a new clip today for single "This Time." For her video debut, the pride of Howard Beach manages to find an extension chord long enough to perform with a mic on a low-lit street, before making America's Next Top Model-level sexy poses in the sand and underneath a shady tree. If she's "mad as hell and can't take it no more," we'd expect her to take a cue from her Idol predecessors and take a bat to his car à la Carrie Underwood, or at least headline a rousing live show like Kelly Clarkson. But apparently to Pia, the best revenge is looking hot. Hey, she did finish ninth on Idol and still managed to be one of the first to score her own video. Maybe this mentality works? Count how many times she touches her hair below.
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Verizon's Motorola Droid Ultra, Maxx and Mini will probably be announced on July 23
Lately, we've heard so many things about a series of new Motorola Droid smartphones that they have to be unveiled soon. And it looks like they will. Verizon has scheduled a press event for July 23, when it's going to announce "the next generation of one of its most popular family of devices."
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The Russian group 'North', which unites a group of artistic, graphic design, theatrical, musical and film projects, is forming a new movement in contemporary Russian art called "New Archaic Performance. " The group's urban ritual is based on the myth of the yearly movement of the sun towards the North.
The performance in Prague, the mystical center of Europe, will be in April, the season of ecstacy, which reaches its peak in the holiday of Easter. Painted pole of the world's axis. Shoes made of glass and wood with burning candles.
Candles also on the intricate hat, stylized as a pagan's tiara. Multi-layered costumes with runic symbols. The absolute aesthetics of bared Aryan bodies. Shaman singing, interrupted by ritual songs of Siberian Raskolniks.
A concentrated, dazzlingly beautiful woman's profile, standing still over the magic ears of wheat. ambient music interrupted by the cries of infants. A swastika-like round dance and strict symbolism of coloured ribbons.
The group "The North" has been moving further deep into the essence of archaic performance finding beyond the border of nihilism the contours of the new sacrament, being at the same time the ancient, archaic, primordial. Gradually the search in the genre of performance, crystallization of the deepest creative interests in their own style have resulted in "The North" - a group that could be called an ancestor of the entire trend in Russian art.
Relatively it could be determined as "Eurasian performance" or "neo-archaic performance". Everything that Katka Ryzhikova and Sasha Lougin and their group do, is full of ritual meaning, is saturated with the real presence of the dimension, that lays on the other side of time. This magic space can equally influence people of ancient archaic Eurasia and citizens of the modern industrial city. It is not a stylization, not a chimera, not a nature of a human, not exterminated despite all tricks of culture of profanation.
The group "The North" is the utmost modern. In its perfor-mance it uses the elements of avant-garde moda, music arrangements in "techno", "body-art", "post-modern ballet", expressive, pictures, signs, and scenery. While partly spontaneous, it's partly done deliberately, so Ryzhikova and Lougin restore to life the Eurasian solar myth.
In its center - the tall and slim White Queen, the primordial priestess of the real Aryan cult. She comes from the flooded Azitland known from saga "Ura-Linda", from the the Hyperborean kingdom Materei.
Her body is a revelation, a hieroglyph of the ancient knowledge, the map of outer space made of white magic flesh. Her companion - a husband, son, lover, priest of her worship - is a Warrior and a Magician.
Together they weave the light linen of sacred space and time, creating the center in the point, where their slender as a web but connected with the basis action takes place. They conjure water and fire, pray to earth and air, bind together tree and rye. They combine flesh and spirit, physical and intuitive, dream and awakening. Lost in time the primordial couple - he and she. In the beams of the infinite North.
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The 16th-ranked Bruins travel to Federal Way, Wash. and the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center for the Pac-12 Conference Women's Swimming and Diving Championships. The four-day meet starts on Wednesday and runs through Saturday.
Tickets will be available at Weyerhaeuser (650 Southwest Campus Drive, Federal Way, WA 98003) on the day of the event only. Gates open at 10 a.m. each day. All-session passes are $40 for adults and $20 for students, children and seniors. One day passes are $15 for adults and $10 for students, children and seniors.
The opening night of the meet on Wednesday will feature the 200 Medley and 800 Freestyle Relays, starting at 6 p.m. Last Monday against USC, the Bruins broke the school record in the 200 Medley Relay, as freshman Linnea Mack, junior Jessica Khojasteh, sophomore Katie Kinnear and senior Kathryn Murphy swam a 1:38.38.
The individual races start on Thursday with preliminaries at 11 a.m. Up first is the 500 Free, followed by the 200 Individual Medley and the 50 Free. Senior Lauren Baker, junior Ally Loper and sophomore Katy Campbell all have NCAA 'B' qualifying marks in the 500 Free. Senior Anna Senko swam a season-best time in the 200 IM versus USC and has an NCAA 'B' time along with junior Noelle Tarazona. In the 50 Free, Mack swam the third-fastest time in UCLA history in Texas in December, while Murphy and senior Ting Quah also have NCAA 'B' cuts.
At 3 p.m. on Thursday, the 1-Meter diving preliminaries begin, with the finals beginning 15 minutes after the prelims end. Freshman Annika Lenz and senior Paulina Guzman each have Zone qualifying scores in the 1-Meter.
The swimming finals of the 500 Free, 200 IM and 50 Free commence at 6 p.m., with the 200 Free Relay rounding out the day's schedule. Against USC, the Bruins set a school record and automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships (March 20-22 in Minneapolis), as Quah, Mack, Murphy and junior Monica Dornick had a time of 1:29.36.
On Friday, the preliminaries begin again at 11 a.m. with the 400 IM, the 100 Butterfly, the 200 Free, the 100 Breaststroke and the 100 Backstroke. Tarazona, Baker and sophomore Arlyn Upshaw will all look to better their 400 IM times from Texas, which were good enough for the NCAA 'B' cut. Five Bruins, Quah, Kinnear, Tarazona, Mack and Senko have 'B' times in the 100 Fly.
In the 200 Free, Quah is coming off a pool record against USC, while Dornick made an NCAA 'B' cut to join Murphy on that list for the event. Khojasteh had a 'B' mark versus USC in the 100 Breast. In the 100 Back, three have 'B' times, Mack, Kinnear and freshman Madison White. Mack swam the fastest time in UCLA history in Texas, while White had the fourth-fastest swim.
The 3-Meter diving will begin after the completion of the swimming preliminaries. Both Guzman and Lenz have Zone qualifying totals. The finals for the 3-Meter will occur during that evening's finals session, which starts at 6 p.m. The 400 IM, 100 Fly, 200 Free, 100 Breast, 100 Back and 3-Meter will precede the 400 Medley Relay to end the night.
The final day of the Championships starts with the Women's Platform prelims at 10 a.m. on Saturday. Lenz and sophomore Montana Monahan each have Zone qualifying marks.
At 11 a.m., the swimming starts with the prelims of the 200 Back, 100 Free, 200 Breast and 200 Fly. White, Senko and senior Jesse Bergman all have NCAA 'B' qualifying times in the 200 Back. Four more Bruins have 'B' times in the 100 Free, Murphy, Mack, Quah and Dornick.
In the 200 Breast, Khojasteh improved her 'B' time against USC, while freshman Ashley Tse made the 'B' cut versus the Trojans. Four swimmers have 'B' marks in the 200 Fly, Tarazona, Kinnear, Quah and Senko.
The 1650 Free will begin at 4 p.m. Baker and Campbell each have NCAA 'B' times in the event from December in Texas, with Campbell's time ranking fourth in school history. The fastest heat of the 1650 Free will kick off the evening session at 6 p.m.
The 200 Back, 100 Free, 200 Breast, 200 Fly and Platform diving finals will precede the 400 Free Relay to close out the championships. The foursome of Murphy, Mack, Quah and Dornick set a school record in Texas with a 3:17.09, which was just shy of qualifying for the NCAA's.
Last season, the Bruins finished fifth at the Pac-12 Championships with 998.5 points. UCLA, which is ranked 16th in the latest CSCAA poll, went 8-4 in dual meets this season and 5-4 in Pac-12 action.


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PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - The University of Massachusetts (9-6, 1-0 A-10) topped Temple University (3-7, 2-1 A-10), 4-3, this afteroon in women's tennis action. Sophomore Michele Spiess (Stuttgart, Germany) won at No. 2 singles and doubles to lead the Minutewomen to victory in their first conference match of the season.
The Minutewomen split singles competition with the Owls. Spiess improved her singles record to 18-4 with a 6-3, 0-6, 6-0 win at No. 2. Junior Dorothy Iwanowicz (Hilton Head, S.C.) captured a win at No. 3, winning 6-3, 6-3, while senior Sasha Edelstein (Haifa, Israel) took her match at the No. 4 slot, 6-1 , 6-1. Freshman Masha Pozar (Ljublijana, Slovenia), junior Susan Johnson (Arnold, Md.), and junior Jana Bartoloni (Quincy, Mass.) lost their matches at No. 1, No. 5, and No. 6 singles, respectively.
The Minutewomen captured the doubles point and the match by winning two of the three matches. Spiess and Pozar easily won at No. 2, 8-0, while Edelstein and Bartoloni teamed up to win at No. 3, 8-4. Iwanowicz and Susan Johnson fell at the No. 1 slot, 8-3.
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if you eschew bumper stickers and window decals, your
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Program Record Seven Minutemen Earn MAC All-Academic Honors
The total marks a program record as a member of the Mid-American Conference.
UMass Football Drops Season Finale To Buffalo, 41-21
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Talking to myself ~ I hope I follow my advice ~
Friday, February 15, 2013
Syncronicity is something that I totally believe in. Carl Jung coined the word to describe what he called "temporally coincident occurrences of acausal events."
Last night, I over-ate. No, I mean I REALLY over-ate. Once I started ~ I couldn't stop. For instance, I ate over half a box of Toffifee. :( And that was just the beginning. So, I have been full of loathing and self-disgust all day.
I received a message from a friend of mine, earlier today ~ she was very, very upset. You see, my friend is trying real hard to quit smoking. She had a cigarette yesterday and is very disappointed in herself. Of course, I answered her and tried to cheer her up by telling her the exact truth, as I see it, about the situation.
It wasn't until a few hours later, that I realized that I could, and should, apply what I said to my friend to myself and my binge situation. In fact, my letter to her could have been sent to myself, it applied so well. Everyone always says that you wouldn't talk to a friend the way to talk to yourself. That we are our own worst critics ~ and that we need to be nicer to ourselves. That we need to apply self-love to our situations.
This is what I wrote to my friend:
PLEASE don't beat yourself up about smoking. It is OVER. It is the PAST. You need to live in the PRESENT MOMENT. Do not allow yourself to feel guilt/shame/self-hate about it. YOU are a great person who made a bad mistake.
It is a hard job, quitting smoking, and you are doing the best you can ~ without having to put expectations on yourself, for anyone, for any reason. STOP IT.
Think of the wonderful job you've been doing ~ 3 months is wonderful. Keep your mind on the positive and not the negative. So what, you screwed up ~ it's part of life. You have done a lot of good recently and you need to give yourself credit for that and keep your thoughts focused on that.
PLEASE, be good to yourself. You are worth it ~ and you've been doing such a wonderful job. You hit a bump but keep on doing what you've been doing. I love you and give you lots of credit for the great work you have been putting in lately. Talk soon. Big hugs
I expected my friend to listen to my thoughts and, hopefully, take my advice seriously. She is a wonderful woman and shouldn't be defining herself by her mistakes and imperfections.
But, ME ~ that's a different story, altogether., I screwed up royally and I should 'know better' and not make mistakes. Especially such huge, glaring mistakes. I might gain 5 lbs. for what I did! How can I be so stupid! I've been doing so well . . . . and now, look at what I've done! I might as well give up! It will take me 'forever' to recover from THAT mistake! How could I have been so stupid?! It was clear to me that Kelly (my friend) should forgive herself and move on but me? I don't deserve forgiveness.
It took me most of the afternoon to convince myself that I, too, am lovable, worth it and forgivable!! But ~ I have, finally, come to the place where I can forgive myself and apply these things to my situation. I AM only human and I deserve to be forgiven. I don't have to treat myself with hate and disgust. I can view myself as valuable and deserving of a break.
Do you treat yourself the same way, sometimes? Do you need to apply some self-love and respect to yourself? To be your own best friend? Try treating yourself the way you would treat a loved and cherished friend because if you don't love yourself, how are you ever going to love anybody else? You DO deserve it!
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IMF Executive Board Concludes Second Post-Program Monitoring Discussions with TurkeyPublic Information Notice (PIN) No. 11/24
February 16, 2011
Public Information Notices (PINs) form part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's views and analysis of economic developments and policies. With the consent of the country (or countries) concerned, PINs are issued after Executive Board discussions of Article IV consultations with member countries, of its surveillance of developments at the regional level, of post-program monitoring, and of ex post assessments of member countries with longer-term program engagements. PINs are also issued after Executive Board discussions of general policy matters, unless otherwise decided by the Executive Board in a particular case. The Staff Report may be made available at a later stage if the authorities consent.
On February 11, 2011, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Second Post-Program Monitoring Discussions with Turkey.1
The Turkish economy's strong post-crisis recovery continued throughout 2010, supported by high levels of capital inflows. Growth is projected to have exceeded 8 percent in 2010, placing output above its pre-crisis level, with credit-financed domestic demand the main driver. Helped by a drop in volatile food prices, headline inflation came in just below the 2010 target, while temporary factors compressed core inflation.
Push and pull factors are behind Turkey's intensified capital inflows. Wide interest rate differentials, Turkey's relatively healthy public- and private-sector balance sheets, strong near-term growth prospects, increased political certainty, and the prospect of a possible upgrade to investment status have all supported inflows.
Yet availability of abundant low-cost foreign savings has also highlighted Turkey's vulnerabilities. The rapid bounce-back in the current account deficit (to 6¼ percent of GDP in 2010) reveals the high import content of domestic and external demand and growth's dependence on capital inflows, which are symptomatic of weak external competitiveness. Predominantly short-term capital inflows—mostly intermediated by the banking sector—have increased exposure to capital flow reversal and associated repricing risks.
To varying degrees, policies implemented in recent months have sought to mitigate these macroeconomic and macroprudential risks. The Central Bank of Turkey (CBT) slowed the pace of liquidity growth, mostly by reducing its foreign exchange purchases and raising reserve requirements. More unconventionally, it also sharply widened its interest rate corridor and lowered its policy lending rate. Some financial sector prudential standards were tightened, including setting ceilings on real estate loan-to-value ratios. The primary balance of the nonfinancial public sector exceeded the budget target in 2010 on buoyant—but partially transient—tax revenue derived from the import boom. Excluding such revenue, the underlying fiscal balance declined, adding to demand pressures. Further demand pressures are expected in 2011.
On the expectation of continuing capital inflows, domestic demand is projected to remain strong and the current account deficit elevated. GDP is forecast to expand by a robust 4½ percent in 2011. Strong import growth amid subdued exports and higher energy prices are projected to widen the current account deficit to 7 percent of GDP. Following a lull early in the year from dissipating base effects, inflation is expected to rise to 6½ percent by end-year on increasing demand and cost pressures.
Executive Board Assessment
Executive Directors welcomed the strong recovery of the Turkish economy during 2010, with output exceeding its pre-crisis level and unemployment moderating significantly. They noted, however, the sharply widening current account deficit, which is linked to weak competitiveness in the context of abundant low-cost external financing.
Directors concurred that Turkey's main challenge is determining the right policy mix in the face of vulnerabilities arising from excessive domestic demand and volatile short-term capital flows. They recognized that Turkey's favorable near-term growth prospects and healthy balance sheets would likely continue to attract capital inflows, but also cautioned against the risk of a sudden capital flow reversal. They noted that these vulnerabilities could be effectively addressed through a combination of fiscal and macroprudential tightening, more restrictive liquidity conditions, and competitiveness-enhancing structural reforms.
Directors considered the authorities' planned fiscal policy in 2011. While some Directors viewed the policy stance as broadly appropriate, many called for fiscal tightening to restrain domestic demand and rein-in the current account deficit.
Directors agreed that monetary policy should continue to focus on price stability, essential for durably strengthening competitiveness. They encouraged the authorities to continue with direct measures to contain liquidity expansion, including limiting exchange rate interventions and increasing reserve requirements. Directors welcomed the early signs of success of the Central Bank's strategy to allow increased volatility of short-term market interest rates. They noted that recent decreases in policy rates entail some risks and urged the authorities to stand ready to raise the policy rate in the event current measures are insufficient to contain inflationary pressures.
Directors welcomed the authorities' increased focus on systemic financial-sector risk and a moderate tightening of macroprudential measures. A number of Directors, however, called for further actions in these areas. Directors also welcomed the upcoming Financial Sector Assessment Program update.
Directors encouraged progress on structural reforms to enhance competitiveness and resilience to capital inflows. They welcomed the improvement in accounting standards and strengthening of shareholder rights under the recently approved Commercial Code.
Directors welcomed the authorities' continued commitment to their Post-Program Monitoring with the Fund.


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Hey!! This is gold, man! You gotta learn to appreciate it, it's something different.
This game thread has soul.
When was the last time you had a 70$ special in a gt?
She's really a 70$ special, I got it from backpage.
I respect this game thread.
I want us to win by 40, nothing less.
melo on a mission tonight
Great defensive effort
Nice way to end the quarter, prigioni must of been a thief growing up he gets steals damn near every time he steps on the court
Dolan pays Camby $4.6M for sitting on the bench the entire game? Give him some burn Woody!
Jr with the sleight of hands
Why is this game close? We should be up by 20 by now...


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2013 New Holland H7150 18ft
High Capacity And Flexibility
Now get the large capacity of a self-propelled windrower combined with a highly maneuverable pivot-tongue package. Easy adjustments provide flexibility to adapt it to different crops and field conditions. This is crop cutting and conditioning at its best.
Haybine® Sickle Header Is Key To H7150: The unique Haybine® sickle header is critical in making this machine high capacity. It is the same header used on New Holland self-propelled windrowers, and comes in 14-, 16- or 18-foot widths. The largest version boosts capacity to 12% more than most mower-conditioners on the market. That's even more than some self-propelled windrowers.
Unique Dual Sickles Take Smoother Cut: Get smooth, clean crop cutting with the Model H7150 thanks to dual, counter-stroking sickles. Gear driven from both sides, the mower-conditioner operates with less vibration and is easy to service. 1810-strokes-per-minute sickle speed plus a full 3-inch stoke combine for fast, high-capacity cutting.
Fast Cutting Angle And Height Adjustment: Easily adjust knife and guard angle on the H7150 to suit crop and field conditions. Hydraulic cutting angle adjustment is standard, allowing changes on the go, right from the tractor seat, which is an ideal option when working in rocky fields. And adjustable header skid shoes allow for easy changes in cutting height.
Header Flexibility For The H7150: The H7150 model uses the same high-capacity Haybine headers used on New Holland self-propelled windrowers. Standard hydraulic-tilt header adjustment allows you to easily change cutterbar guard angle on the go—from 6 to 12 degrees below horizontal cutting angle.
Floating Auger Swallows Heavy Crop: Handle the heaviest crop with ease. A unique 20-inch floating auger with 5-inch-deep flighting delivers crop smoothly to the conditioning rolls. A slip-clutch protects the auger and conditioning rolls from damage from foreign objects. The floor shield between the auger and conditioning rolls can be set wide or narrow, depending on crop or field conditions.
The H7150 is all about quality conditioning. It's proven New Holland chevron-design, intermeshing rubber rolls are gentle with the crop, yet thorough. Unique roll spirals helps grip the crop and keep it moving. The H7150 also offers two other conditioning systems—one for cane-type crops and another for use in low-humidity conditions.
Applying near-constant pressure to the crop, even as the crop mat thickness changes, is how the New Holland torsion-bar roll-pressure system is able to deliver the most consistent conditioning available. When the rolls reach their maximum opening, the pressure decreases automatically to permit slugs to pass through without plugging, and without having to stop.
A turn of a crank is all it takes to change conditioning pressure to match field conditions. No tools are required. The critical roll-gap and roll tension can be adjusted for optimal conditioning, as well. For legumes, the roll should be maintained between 1/64 and 1/16 inches for optimum dry down.
Get the capacity of a self-propelled windrower and the convenience of a pivot-tongue package—it's standard on New Holland H7150 Haybine® mower-conditioner. Easy adjustments provide plenty of flexibility to adapt to different crops and field conditions.
Mow on either side of the tractor, make square corners, open fields easily or center the machine behind the tractor for easy transport with the H7150. A tongue-mounted swiveling pump with a 1000-rpm, telescoping PTO hookup lets you make sharp turns. The pump mounts on the tongue frame for easy tractor hookup, improved driveline durability and better maneuverability.
When moving to another field, the auto-engaging locks for the H7150 model save time. Just flip the over-center tongue spring latch and head locks, fully raise the header hydraulically and center it behind the tractor. The tongue lock and header locks engage automatically, so there's no need to get off the tractor a second time.
2013 New Holland H7150 18ft
- Speed
- {Auger} 287 rpm
- Drive
- Spur drive gearbox and PTOs
- Speed
- 717 rpm
- Drive
- 1000 rpm PTO
- Tires
- 31 x 13.50-15, 8PR agricultural Implement
- Weight
- 7,345 lbs. (3332 kg)
- Hydraulics
- (Cylinders) header lift
tongue shift
- Transport Speed
- (Max safe) 20 mph (32 kph)
Operating Speed, up to 8 mph (13 kph)
- Length
- {Conditioner} Roll (crushing area), 102 in. (2591 mm)
- Diameter
- {Conditioner} Roll, 10.375 in. (263.5 mm)
- Overall Width
- operating, 20'3" (6172 mm)
transport, 20' 3" (6172 mm)
- Overall Length
- transport, 29' 7" (9020 mm)
- Overall Height
- operating, 6' 1" (1850 mm)
raised, 6' 8" (2030 mm)
- Floating Range
- {Auger} 2 in. (50.8 mm)
- Cutterbar type
- Two opposing assemblies, timed, dual, counter-stroking sickles
- Cutting Angle
- -6 to -12 degrees
- Hydraulics
- Tilt
General Information
- Skid Shoe
- 4
- Sickle
- (drive) Open, dual wobble
(speed) 1810 spm
(stroke) 3 in. (76 mm)
- Cutting Width
- 18'3" (5563 mm)
- Knives
- {Cutterbar} Bolted, over-serrated sections, adjustable hold-dohold-downs
- Guard
- {Cutterbar} Twin, forged steel, double-hardened
Guard points max lift, 25 in. (635 mm)
- Cutting Height
- 1.2 to 6.2 in. (30 to 157 mm)
- Auger
- Single, full floating, 20-in (508 mm) auger with 5 in (178 mm) flighting
- Conditioner
- Chevron-design intermeshing molded rubber rolls, torsion-bar roll pressure, single hand-crank adjustment
- Pressure Rating
- 2 to 38 lbs./in. (0.3 to 6.6 N/mm)
- Adjustment
- (Roll gap) Wrench
- Material
- discharge, 38 to 96 in. (965 to 2438 mm)
Adjustable gate for swath, windrow or intermediate widths
- Reel
- 5-bat, all steel, segmented tine bars and full-flex tines
Peripheral speed, 6.5 to 10.9 mph (10.46 to 17.54 kph)
(Speed Adjustment) Variable sheave Diameter (maximum), 42" (1067 mm)
(Adjustments) Fore/aft, vertical, pitch
(Drive) Belt and chain
Bushings/bearings, 1.25 in. (31.75 mm) bearing w/collar at cam end and bushings at all other locations
- Tractor Requirements
- (Minimum) 70 hp (52kw)
Two remote hydraulic circuits required capable of 1750 psi (12066 kpa)
- Standard
- Tractor Hookup: New patented, tongue-mounted, swiveling pump


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I recently stumbled upon the wonderful work of Braedon Flynn and was instantly smitten with this wedding he photographed. Seth and Dionna were married in Santa Barbara at one pretty amazing public beach, El Capitan State. The beach has public camping and incredible cabins just up the hill overlooking the beach. Everyone from the wedding party stayed in the cabins and walked down the forst path to the beach, where the cermony was. As the bridal party and
families walked down, a bluegrass band accompanied them playing the
song We Went Down to the River to Pray. Oh, and can I also add how much I love Dionna's wedding dress and the suit/scarf combo Seth is working…amazing!!
[Images c/o Braedon Flynn via WeddingBeePro]


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Sun Announces NanoMagnum at ISC 2008 in Dresden
By Josh Simons on Jun 18, 2008
Last night in Dresden at ISC 2008 Sun announced NanoMagnum, the latest addition to the Sun Constellation System architecture. Nano, more properly called the Sun Datacenter Switch 3x24, is the world's densest DDR InfiniBand core switch, with three 24-port IB switches encased within a 1 rack-unit form factor. Nano complements its big brother Magnum, the 3456-port InfiniBand switch used at TACC and elsewhere, and allows the Constellation architecture to scale down by supporting smaller clusters of C48 (Sun Blade 6048) chassis. Nano also uses the same ultra-dense cabling developed for the rest of the Constellation family components, with three 4X DDR connections carried in one 12X cable for reduced cabling complexity.
Here are some photos I took of the unveiling on the show floor at ISC.


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HTC Omega press shots revealed
Press shots have been leaked of an upcoming Windows phone 7 mango device created by HTC, codenamed Omega. This device will probably be announced at HTC's september event. The Omega is pretty slick looking with its white and silver color combination and possible aluminum build. This device may be called the HTC Radar when it is officially announced.
The specs for this bad boy are unfortunately only rumors at this point: a 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255 SoC processor, 512MB of RAM, a front-facing camera, a 3.8″ SLCD display and a 8MP camera in the rear. The front-facing camera will likely include Skype integration.
The HTC Eternity is a high end Windows phone 7 mango device also expected to be announced at the September 1st event. No info on pricing or availability on either of these devices, but we will keep you updated as more information becomes available.


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In recent years, polychromy has developed as a significant area of research in the study of classical art. This lecture explores the significance of this work for interpreting Jewish visual culture during Roman antiquity, through the focal lens of the Arch of Titus Digital Restoration Project. In July 2012, this project discovered that the Arch of Titus menorah was originally colored with yellow ochre paint. The lecture begins by presenting the general field of polychromy research, which has developed in recent years and resulted in significant museum exhibitions in Europe and the US. It then turns to resistance to polychromy studies among art historians, often called "chromophobia," and to uniquely Jewish early twentieth century variants that claimed that Jews were especially prone to colorblindness. After surveying earlier research on polychromy in Jewish contexts, we turn to polychromy in ancient Palestinian synagogue literature and art. Finally, the talk explores the significance of polychromy for the study of the Arch of Titus menorah panel, and more broadly considers the importance of polychromy studies for contextualizing Jewish attitudes toward Roman religious art (avodah zarah).
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It smells citrusy. It's clear and won't show up on your skin, alone or under makeup. A weensy daub will help ix-nay the most painful of zits in a few hours. The bottle will last you for-freaking-ever, making the price tag pretty negligible. Really, do you need any other reasons to buy Soap & Glory Dr Spot Invisible Spot Fighting Gel ($14)? We thought not.
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EA Sports announced that Tim Tebow will be the cover athlete for their upcoming college football game, NCAA Football 11. Tebow is probably the best college football player to grace the NCAA series.
Tebow was the first college sophomore to win the Heisman trophy and won two national championships at the University of Florida. Now that he is going to the NFL and will be in the NFL Draft later this month. Hopefully, Tebow has a career like he did in college as many, including ESPN NFL Draft analyst Mel Kiper, have speculated Tebow won't be effective as an NFL quarterback.
Local Frostburg State University, a division three sports college, will not be in the game, but they can easily be created in the create-a-team mode that is included in the NCAA Football games. Look at the behind the scenes photos of the Tebow cover shoot and be sure to check out NCAA Football 11's official page for updates.
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[Source: NUSACC's U.S.-Arab Trade Outlook 2013]
This strategically located country in the Horn of Africa has long provided critical transit services at the crossroads of the busiest shipping routes between Europe, the Far East and the Arabian Gulf. Burgeoning traffic from the Port of Djibouti's biggest client – landlocked Ethiopia – has launched plans to build a new cargo port on the other side of the straits of Tadjoura. Capital will be provided by the Arab Fund, the Kuwait Fund, and the Saudi Arabia Fund, as well as from the African Investment Bank. Eighty-five percent of the Djibouti Container Terminal's traffic is handled for Ethiopia.
Currently, Ethiopia Railway Corporation's single, century-old 423-mile line connects the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa with the port in Djibouti City. Ethiopia and the Export and Import Bank of China agreed to set aside $336 million each year in their 2011-2015 budgets in order to add 3,000 miles of additional rail lines. This will link eight new regions of Ethiopia to Djibouti's ports.
Dubai Ports International has held a 20-year lease for the Port of Djibouti since the year 2000. Ethiopia has paid port fees of more than $700 million per year since 2008.
The United States and Djibouti have signed bilateral aid agreements covering health, education, democracy and good governance. Additional support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to reduce malnutrition increased the package to a total of $11 million.
"These agreements are a testimony to the positive changes taking place in Djibouti," noted U.S. Ambassador James Swan. "The improved health and education indicators being tallied in this country are a direct result of the effective partnership between the Government of the United States and the Republic of Djibouti, and between the citizens of these two great nations. I look forward to seeing continued progress in the coming year."
The U.S. military currently has 1,800 personnel stationed at Camp Lemonnier outside the capital. This presence is likely to grow. U.S.-based PAE Government Services recently won a $10 million contract for facility construction in Djibouti from the U.S. Navy.
U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) headquarters focuses on war prevention in 53 African countries. AFRICOM is currently based in Germany, but Djibouti is emerging as one of the most important host nations for U.S. security initiatives in the region.
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East Africa's finest musician and guitarist Jean Pierre Nimbona famous on stage as Kidumu thrilled thousands of people who turned up for Gorilla naming ceremony in Musanze district.
The Haturudi Nyuma hit maker graced the 10th edition of Gorilla naming ceremony alongside other local artistes like Jay Polly.
The annual ceremony of naming Gorillas attracts thousands of people, world celebrities; local and international politicians to name baby Gorillas that fetch revenues for the government through tourism.
During the 10th edition of naming gorillas, 18 baby gorillas were given new names.
The singer will stage a concert also at Kigali Serena hotel on 19th July and local artistes like Alpha Rwirangira are expected to grace the show.
Kidumu was last in Rwanda in 2013 as one of the judges of Primus Guma Guma super star season three music competition.
He has also featured local artistes like Alpha Rwirangira song.


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It's true.
This drafting method even had a name: "The Stud Running Back Theory." Anyone who has played fantasy football for fifteen or more seasons knows exactly what I'm talking about.
Man, have times changed.
Just for fun, let's go back to the year 2000. I will show you what I mean.
This was the Golden Age of Fantasy Running Backs. Every team had a bell cow. A fantasy owner could take Corey Dillon in the first round and come back in the second round and pick up Charlie Garner without breaking a sweat. Both would compile well over 1,400 rushing/receiving yards and seven touchdowns.
That year, an unbelievable 23 running backs rushed for at least 1,000 yards. Fifteen of them had greater than 1,500 yards from scrimmage; 13 had double-digit touchdown totals.
There were enough #1 and #2 running backs for everyone in a 10 or 12 man league. It was as if running backs grew on trees.
The truth is, the first two rounds of a draft were pretty boring because everyone knew everyone was taking running backs.
|The mythical running back tree. It started to die around 2007.
As recently as 2006, ten running backs attempted 300 or more rushes.
Then, in 2007, something disastrous started happening in fantasy football.
In Carolina, DeShaun Foster and DeAngelo Williams starting splitting carries. In Chicago, Cedric Benson and Adrian Peterson (the other one) were platooning. It was Rudi Johnson and Kenny Watson in Cincinnati. Marion Barber and Julius Jones in Dallas. Selvin Young and Travis Henry in Denver. Maurice Morris and Shaun Alexander in Seattle. LaMont Jordan and Justin Fargas in Oakland... and the list goes on.
Fantasy owners quickly dubbed this horrifying system "running back by committee." The term stuck.
By 2011, just two running backs attempted more than 300 rushes. That number was repeated last season: a mere two running backs made more than 300 rushing attempts.
Man, have times changed.
You don't necessarily need empirical or statistical data to support the fact that the "stud running back theory" has become a thing of the past. Over the last two decades the NFL has slowly evolved into a pass-happy league, while running backs continue to be platooned more and more frequently.
Today, running back by committee
In response to this change, many fantasy leagues now require just one starting running back.
Fantasy owners need to roll with the changes, although many have been slow to do so. It's really quite simple: it's no longer imperative that you draft a stud running back in the first round unless you have a shot at a player on The Lone Pylon's Endangered Species List.
There are two requirements to gain entry on this very elite list:
1] It is anticipated that a player will carry the ball around 20 times a game.
2] Said player will have little competition for the ball in his own backfield.
I refer to these endangered species as "the big three" (LeSean McCoy, Adrian Peterson and Jamaal Charles) and "the next three" (Marshawn Lynch, Eddie Lacy and Matt Forte).
Collectively, they are the Big Six.
And considering one of these players is entering his sophomore season, one was a brief hold out and one has been inconsistent during his career, the list is hardly fool-proof.
After the endangered species are removed from the equation, it is wise to start looking at wide receivers or (gasp!) even quarterbacks. Despite the fact that most fantasy experts advocate waiting until the middle rounds to take a quarterback, I am happy to stick Drew Brees in my pocket early in the draft and enjoy 5,000 yards passing and 42 touchdowns over the course of a season. In my draft, I either want to be one of the first to take a quarterback or one of the last.
But I digress....
If you determine you must take a running back early even after the Big Six are off the board, you need to do a little studying.
Which remaining running backs have the best shot at nearing 275-300 carries, making them worthy of an early round pick?
I've filtered it down to four names and the results might surprise you...
But first, a bit about the distilling process.
I had considered a number of popular running back choices: players going top 25 in mock drafts. But I rejected most of them for various reasons...
A few examples:
Montee Ball might have a good shot at 275 carries, but he is, in effect, missing all of training camp and preseason due to his August 4th appendectomy. For a second year player, this is hardly ideal and I think he will start very slowly. News from Broncos camp (as of August 16th) is Ball is jogging, but that's a far cry from being in football shape. Call me Negative Nellie, but I won't take him early.
How about Arian Foster? How about Foster is already struggling with hamstring issues? I don't trust him.
Giovani Bernard will see plenty of carries, but rookie Jeremy Hill and BenJarvus Green-Ellis will compete for touches, limiting his output.
There's always DeMarco Murray, right? If he could ever stay healthy an entire season, yes. Murray is the complete package, but he's missed 11 games in three seasons. If you draft him, count on him to miss several games; he will never near 300 rushing attempts.
I've loved Alfred Morris in the past, but so many running backs have thrived in Mike Shanahan's system, only to struggle in a new system (check out the Broncos' "One Hit Backfield Wonders" [Various Artists] on sale now at a record store near you). Perhaps I'm Cautious Calvin with Morris, but I'm taking a wait and see approach.
So this leaves us with a short list of four running backs. Each of them has the potential to be a carry-the-load-on-his-back steal.
Because he plays in Jacksonville now, Toby Gerhart is not getting much attention, but he is going to be the Jaguars primary weapon on the ground. This is his fifth year - he's what they call a "savvy veteran" - but he's carried the ball just 276 times with an impressive career 4.7 yards-per-carry average. Gerhart is a bull; he'll see the ball early and often.
Zac Stacy is ranked far too low on many draft boards. He rushed 250 times in limited action last season and he's going to be very difficult for Jeff Fisher to keep off the field. Fisher has coached a couple of very successful fantasy running backs (Eddie George, Chris Johnson); he knows a good one when he sees one. And Stacy is a good one.
Even though Le'Veon Bell played in just 13 games last season, he carried the ball 244 times. Like Zac Stacy, once Bell got a feel for NFL speed, he started pounding defenses, especially later in the season. He dropped 10 pounds in the off-season, down to a svelte 230 pounds, hoping his lighter frame makes him even quicker. He doesn't wear #36, but he reminds me of a young battering ram named Jerome Bettis.
I've had a gut feeling about Andre Ellington all off-season, so why change now? He not only runs well, he has excellent hands out of the backfield. He may not rush 300 times this season, but he could end up with 225 carries and 60 receptions. Ellington is explosive and he is going to make many fantasy owners' heads turn in 2014. Those who draft him will be as giddy as a schoolgirl.
It's purely coincidental that three of these four running backs are entering their second year. There's an excellent chance one of them hits the dreaded sophomore slump. But there's an equal chance one will explode.
Now if I only wish I knew which one...
Good luck with your draft prep and strategy as the 2014 season approaches!
Coming next on The Lone Pylon: remaining "flex"-able could be your fantasy secret weapon.
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A new paranormal device is available to purchase this summer. Paranormal Playground group leader and Paranormal Examiner John Albrecht developed a new trigger object to use on paranormal investigations.
Pinky and Bluey Talebears are stuffed plush toys that will feature a vibration detector with an audio alarm that includes a wireless key-chain remote for arming and disarming the device. Albrecht got the idea for the trigger object while on an investigation with Xtreme Paranormal investigator Jim Coffman at Sedamsville Rectory in Cincinnati, Ohio on September 14, 2012.
A trigger object is something that is used by paranormal investigators to entice spirits to interact with them in hopes that the ghosts will manifest. Trigger objects can be used on a paranormal investigation in a number of ways. An investigator can have the trigger object with them during their investigation or they can leave it in an empty room with cameras and audio equipment set up to monitor it.
When the device is triggered or moved, the vibration sensor triggers a 120 decibel alarm that lasts for approximately 30 seconds. Investigators can use the wireless key-chain remote to arm and disarm the object nearly anywhere in the house.
Talebears are the only paranormal trigger object on the market that features vibration detection. The device also includes a remote control key-chain to activate or deactivate the alarm. There are similar trigger objects available that detect electromagnetic fields but they are expensive and are selling for $120 and up. Talebears detect vibrations, not electromagnetic fields.
Both Talebear models can be purchased on Albrecht's website or his eBay store for $39.99.
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Reservation Details:
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Thursday, October 22 at USC Hillel:
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Learn to bake a Challah with USC Hillel students and chose from unique Trojan flavors!
Friday, October 23 at USC Hillel:
- Wine and Cheese Reception
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Saturday, October 24:
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(A) SIM Free Sony Xperia Z Hits The UK, 2013 February 28th For £522
(B) The Sony Xperia Z features
o A quad core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 processor and 2GB of RAM.
o There is also a 5 inch full HD display with a 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution.
o A 13 megapixel camera, and 4G LTE,
o The smartphone is also resistant to dust and water and also features NFC.
(Source: Roland Hutchinson on 2013-02-05.)
• Bluetooth 4.0
• Dimensions 139mm x 71mm x 7.9mm
• Main camera resolution 13.1MP (rear) 2.1MP (front)
• Operating system Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
• Screen resolution 1920 x 1080 (443ppi)
• Screen size 5in TFT
• Storage 16GB (+ microSD up to 32GB)
• Video resolution both 1080p video
• Weight 146g
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Applicants requesting housing through Fresno Housing Authority are placed on a wait list and contacted for pre-screening interviews as vacancies occur. Applicants are then offered units as they become available. See Application Process Information (PDF)
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Households that qualify for a unit owned or managed by Fresno Housing Authority pay approximately 30% of their income (or a minimum of $50, whichever amount is higher). Documentation must be provided to Fresno Housing in order to determine the rent amount. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) contributes toward the tenant's rent balance and supports the management and maintenance of Fresno Housing Authority properties.
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Tonight's Pac-10 women's soccer match between No. 4 UCLA and No. 10 Cal can be followed live over the internet at uclabruins.com. Fans can access either the live streaming audio or the Gametracker LiveStats. Both are free!
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These books are being released in April 2014. For other April releases, please see the links at the bottom of the article. Stay tuned for more April releases.
Urban Fantasy:
"Dreams of Gods and Monsters" (Daughter of Smoke and Bone #3) by Laini Taylor
"TALKER 25" (TALKER 25 #1) by Joshua McCune
- "Dorothy Must Die" (Dorothy Must Die #1) by Danielle Paige
- "The Inventor's Secret" (The Inventor's Secret #1) by Andrea Cremer
The list only contains summaries of the stories. For more information and reviews, please check out the individual titles on goodreads.com.
Dreams of Gods and Monsters
Title: Dreams of Gods and Monsters (Daughter of Smoke and Bone #3)
Author: Laini Taylor
Release date: April 8, 2014
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 528
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
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By way of a staggering deception, Karou has taken control of the chimaera rebellion and is intent on steering its course away from dead-end vengeance. The future rests on her, if there can even be a future for the chimaera in war-ravaged Eretz.
Common enemy, common cause.
When Jael's brutal seraph army trespasses into the human world, the unthinkable becomes essential, and Karou and Akiva must ally their enemy armies against the threat. It is a twisted version of their long-ago dream, and they begin to hope that it might forge a way forward for their people.
And, perhaps, for themselves. Toward a new way of living, and maybe even love.
But there are bigger threats than Jael in the offing. A vicious queen is hunting Akiva, and, in the skies of Eretz ... something is happening. Massive stains are spreading like bruises from horizon to horizon; the great winged stormhunters are gathering as if summoned, ceaselessly circling, and a deep sense of wrong pervades the world.
What power can bruise the sky?
From the streets of Rome to the caves of the Kirin and beyond, humans, chimaera and seraphim will fight, strive, love, and die in an epic theater that transcends good and evil, right and wrong, friend and enemy.
At the very barriers of space and time, what do gods and monsters dream of? And does anything else matter?
Title: TALKER 25 (TALKER 25 #1)
Author: Joshua McCune
Release date: April 22, 2014
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Publisher: Greenwillow / HarperCollins
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Synopsis on goodreads.com:
It's a high school prank gone horribly wrong-sneaking onto the rez to pose next to a sleeping dragon-and now senior Melissa Callahan has become an unsuspecting pawn in a war between Man and Monster, between family and friends and the dragons she has despised her whole life. Chilling, epic, and wholly original, this debut novel imagines a North America where dragons are kept on reservations, where strict blackout rules are obeyed no matter the cost, where the highly weaponized military operates in chilling secret, and where a gruesome television show called Kissing Dragons unites the population. Joshua McCune's debut novel offers action, adventure, fantasy, and a reimagining of popular dragon lore.
Dorothy Must Die
Title: Dorothy Must Die (Dorothy Must Die #1)
Author: Danielle Paige
Release date: April 1, 2014
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Publisher: HarperTeen
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I didn't ask for any of this. I didn't ask to be some kind of hero.
But when your whole life gets swept up by a tornado—taking you with it—you have no choice but to go along, you know?
Sure, I've read the books. I've seen the movies. I know the song about the rainbow and the happy little blue birds. But I never expected Oz to look like this. To be a place where Good Witches can't be trusted, Wicked Witches may just be the good guys, and winged monkeys can be executed for acts of rebellion. There's still the yellow brick road, though—but even that's crumbling.
What happened?
Dorothy. They say she found a way to come back to Oz. They say she seized power and the power went to her head. And now no one is safe.
My name is Amy Gumm—and I'm the other girl from Kansas.
I've been recruited by the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked.
I've been trained to fight.
And I have a mission:
Remove the Tin Woodman's heart.
Steal the Scarecrow's brain.
Take the Lion's courage.
Then and only then—Dorothy must die!
The Inventor's Secret
Title: The Inventor's Secret (The Inventor's Secret #1)
Author: Andrea Cremer
Release date: April 22, 2014
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Publisher: Philomel
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Synopsis on goodreads.com:
In this world, sixteen-year-old Charlotte and her fellow refugees have scraped out an existence on the edge of Britain's industrial empire. Though they live by the skin of their teeth, they have their health (at least when they can find enough food and avoid the Imperial Labor Gatherers) and each other. When a new exile with no memory of his escape or even his own name seeks shelter in their camp he brings new dangers with him and secrets about the terrible future that awaits all those who have struggled has to live free of the bonds of the empire's Machineworks.
The Inventor's Secret is the first book of a YA steampunk series set in an alternate nineteenth-century North America where the Revolutionary War never took place and the British Empire has expanded into a global juggernaut propelled by marvelous and horrible machinery.


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Born December 3rd, a native of Detroit, educated in the Detroit Public School System and Wayne County College. Rudolph Stanfield, Jr. began his career in music at the age of four, with the teaching, guidance and prayers of his Grandmother, the late Macie Lee Stanfield. Rudy is son of the preaching and musical team of Rev. Rudolph Stanfield, Sr. and the late Rev. Lady Marva Lee Stanfield. A legacy of love, gifts, talents and inspiration passed down from generations to generation.


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Stanford, Calif. - Stanford will be accepting donations toward relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Katrina at women's volleyball, men's soccer and football events. Boxes will be manned at venue entrances to collect public donations, which will go to the American Red Cross for the Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort. Donations will be accepted at the following home athletic events:
Women's Volleyball:
Stanford Invitational, September 15-17
September 23 vs. USC (7:00 pm)
September 24 vs. UCLA (7:00 pm)
Men's Soccer:
San Francisco-Bay Area Classic, September 18 (1:00 pm)
Stanford/Nike Invitational, September 23, 25
Football: September 17 vs. UC Davis (7:00 pm)
Stanford is opening the Stanford Golf Course to the public for the first time on September 19, donating all proceeds to the American Red Cross Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort. Tee times for the event have sold out, and an estimated $30,000 in aid is anticipated.


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TC TO MARGARET A. CARLYLE ; 11 January 1844; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18440111-TC-MAC-01; CL 17: 239-240
Chelsea, Thursday Night, 11 jany 1844—
My dear Mother,
I should like extremely well to hear a little word from you, whether you are still at Gill, above all how you are in health:—I will at any rate write you a little word myself, which is next best. I find that if I write tonight and carry it up to the Town Post-Office, the Cummertrees Postman will catch it on Saturday, and you may get it without delay. A little word is all I can get done, for my hurry is great, and indeed the fire is out in this upstairs room, so that at any rate I must be swift!—
We are quite in our usual way of health, dear Mother; do not fret yourself with apprehensions about us, even if we did not write: make yourself always certain of hearing at once if there be any ill news. I wish we could be as certain on your side! Jenny's last Note was not very satisfactory: but we will try to believe that there is nothing materially wrong still.— Jack was here the night before last, and I had a Note too from him yesterday. He is very busy at the British Museum in these days; searching into old Books and writings; partly in help to me, I believe: many such researches are necessary for me in my present enterprise; and it is good work for a loose-bound man, as he is in these times.
As for my own poor Book I dare not say much about it; and indeed had better altogether keep silence, and plague nobody with it farther, for nobody can help me in it, do what he will! It is a most difficult Book; but by the blessing of Heaven I hope to get it done yet, and to have accomplished something useful thereby;—nay indeed I am sometimes taught more distinctly than usual that without the blessing of Heaven I cannot get it done,—which surely is a wholesome lesson, and one we should be thankful for, even tho' it come to us in pain. I have heard of an Italian popular preacher, who one day, before a grand audience, fairly broke down and had not a word to say! His shame was great; he blushed, he almost wept; but gathering himself at last, he said, "My friends, it is the punishment of my pride; let me lay it to heart and take a lesson by it!" So be it with us all.
———Since I began writing, Jack has come in; he waits till I have done with this, and then we will walk up the streets together.
The people in next house whose Piano was so loud when I sat down to write, have behaved with the noblest civility; they keep their Piano silent every day rigorously till two o'clock: at other hours I am not writing, and it does me no ill,—rather does me good when I reflect how civil the people are. There is great honour shewn here to the literary man!—
Jane keeps very well. We have had just one day of frost, and that very trifling: I suppose more must be coming yet. Jane sends you all her kindest regards. I think I will remind her to write to my Mother, a scrap of a Letter by and by.
We consider that Alick will probably send us another Letter by the mail of next month. The American winter, it seems, is somewhat of a hard one; perhaps his Letter might be detained in the interior by snows Poor fellow, he will be very busy scheming out at present what he is to do, and whitherward to go for an abode to himself. My notion is, he will perhaps stick fast by Clow, which will be a great comfort to both of them.1 It is my greatest comfort to think that whiskey is out of the way: its absence is right good


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Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) chief Larry Ellison apparently surprised a lot of people on Friday, when he foreshadowed plans to acquire a chipmaker. I find it surprising that anyone is surprised.
I'll get to why in a moment. First, let's review what happened.
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"You're going to see us buying chip companies," Ellison told an audience at the OracleWorld conference in San Francisco. He also downplayed speculation that Oracle would seek to compete with Accenture (NYSE: ACN), Infosys, and IBM (NYSE: IBM) in professional services, media reports say.
Ellison would rather control the design and development of all the products Oracle sells and in the process become more like Apple. The key difference: Oracle sells to chief information officers, whereas Apple sells to consumers.
Investors mostly sold on the news. The stock was down half a percent in Friday afternoon trading, a sharp contrast to an otherwise broad tech rally.
Why you shouldn't be surprised
Whether it's surprise or skepticism that accounts for the selloff in Oracle stock isn't known. But I find it hard to believe anyone is genuinely surprised to see Ellison making bold predictions.
Acquisitions are Oracle's forte. Since 2004, the database king has acquired more than 30 companies. Returns on capital have come down only marginally in that time, from 17.8% in 2006 to 14% over the past 12 months. In each case, Oracle appears to be creating value above and beyond the cost of the capital it employs.
And while we've yet to see Oracle back away from the SPARC architecture it acquired from Sun, the company hasn't given investors much reason to believe that it would shepherd further development.
Last June, news reports surfaced that a planned upgrade to the SPARC architecture, nicknamed "Rock," would be canceled in light of what was then Oracle's yet-to-be-approved purchase of Sun.
The rumors were easy to believe. Semiconductors are costly to produce, and Sun's partnerships with Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) would give Oracle plenty of options for sourcing chips for new hardware.
Which company would Oracle buy?
Apparently, Ellison wants more than just options. He wants a chip-design team working on custom database hardware that blows away anything IBM and Teradata (NYSE: TDC) can come up with.
It's up to us investors to decide whether the plan makes sense and, if it does, which companies we think Oracle should seriously pursue. Judging by Friday's top-performing semiconductor stocks, I'd say the three most likely candidates are:
I asked the Fool's chip expert, Anders Bylund, which of these three names Oracle would be most likely to buy. His choice: AMD. He's long believed that a peer or systems developer would acquire the upstart chipmaker. But Oracle could also do well with AMD.
"If ever it was going to happen, this is the way it will happen," Anders said when I spoke with him on Friday. He also likes Big Blue's Power chips and NVIDIA's supercomputing designs as would-be brains for Oracle's database servers. I think he's right, but I'm willing to bet on AMD in my CAPS portfolio only. In CAPS, I've chosen the stock to outperform on the basis of a potential Oracle buyout.


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It is easier for patients to recover from VATS compared with regular chest surgery (often called "open" surgery) because the wounds from the incisions are much smaller. You will have a small straight scar (less than an inch long) wherever the instruments were inserted.
There are some potentially serious risks from VATS surgery. Air leaks from the lung that don't heal up quickly can keep you in the hospital a longer time and occasionally require additional treatment. Less than one percent of patients have significant bleeding requiring a transfusion or larger operation. There are also the risks related to anesthesia.
A less serious complication is pain in the chest or shoulder for a few days caused by irritation of the diaphragm and chest wall from the procedure.
Sometimes, especially if cancer is diagnosed, your doctors will decide that you need a larger surgery to treat your problem in the safest manner possible. Your doctors might discuss this option with you ahead of time. That way, if necessary, the doctors can change over to a larger incision and do open chest surgery while you are still under anesthesia.
Death from complications of VATS surgery occurs very rarely, and much less frequently than with open chest surgery.


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The Saints coverage team is counting down the top 25 players on the team. No. 20 is Defensive Tackle Brodrick Bunkley.
The criteria is largely based on one question: Who would be the best players on the field if a game was played today? Past accomplishments and future potential also are taken into account.
Bunkley ranked ahead of DE Kenyon Coleman (25), TE Ben Watson (24), CB Patrick Robinson (23), OT Zach Strief (22), RB Mark Ingram (21).
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Honda Motor Renames India Unit
By Anirban Chowdhury
MUMBAI — Honda Motor India unit has renamed itself Honda Cars India Ltd., following the dissolution of its joint venture with Siel Ltd.
The earlier name of the unit was Honda Siel Cars India Ltd.
Honda formed the joint venture with Siel in December 1995. The shares were later transferred to the Indian company's parent, Usha International Ltd., although Honda retained its name in the unit.
Last month, Usha exited the venture by selling its stake to the Japanese auto maker for 1.8 billion rupees ($32.50 million).
This is the second partnership that Honda has ended in India.
In 2010, the auto maker sold its entire 26% stake in India's largest two-wheeler maker–then called Hero Honda Ltd. and now renamed Hero MotoCorp Ltd. — to India's Hero Group to focus on its fully owned two-wheeler unit, Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Ltd.
Honda Cars makes the Brio and Jazz hatchbacks as well as the City, Civic and Accord sedans at its Greater Noida factory in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. It also imports the CR-V sport-utility vehicle to India.