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[Hüsn-ü hat risalesi,ca. 1772].[حسن خط رساله سى,ح 1772م].
Mehmet bin Tacettin,d. 1587.محمد بن تاج الدين.
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[Istanbul?,ca. 1772].
28 leaves :paper ;222 x 160 (129 x 78) mm.
Exquisite copy of a treatise on calligraphy attributed to Tacbeyzade [Taçbeyzade, Tacizade, Taczade] Mehmet bin Tacettin [Mehmed b.Taceddin] (d.1587) executed by the calligrapher Kebecizade Mehmet Vasfi Efendi (d. 1831).
Other Title(s):
Hüsn-i hat risalesiRisale-yi hüsn-i hatRisale-yi hat
Islamic calligraphy--Turkey--Technique--Early works to 1800.
Calligraphy, Turkish--Technique--Early works to 1800.
Writing, Arabic--Technique--Early works to 1800.
Manuscripts, Turkish--Michigan--Ann Arbor.
Headpieces (layout features)18th century.
Ottoman Turkish.
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloguer.
"حمد بى عد وثناء لا يعد اول خالق اللوح والقلمه كه كاف ونون ايله جمله كائنات وممكناتى وار ... تراشيدن قلم وشناختن اولا حسن خط يازنلر قلمك اعلاسين ومركبك رعناسين وكاغدك زيباسين كورمك كركدر ..."
"وبرى معكوسه در راجعه داخى ديرلر بونلر كبى""
"Scribal," triangular, reads "كتبه اضعف الكتاب محمد الوصفى المعروف بحافظ القرآن من تلاميذ ابو بكر راشد افندى غفر الله لهما"
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i, 2 V(20), IV (28), i ; two quinions followed by a quaternion ; catchwords present.
Written in 9 lines per page ; frame-ruled.
Naskh (nesih) ; exquisite specimen of Ottoman calligraphy executed by Kebecizade Mehmet Vasfi Efendi (d. 1831).
Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening consisting of a composition of vegetal forms (resembling plumes) in white with shades of lavender, blue, pink, etc. accents surmounted by floral forms in shades of pink with green leaves, all on a gold ground set in a well defined by red and yellow interlace ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by a heavy gold frame with inner and outer gold bands defined by black fillets and outermost blue fillet ; written area elsewhere surrounded by a narrower gold frame defined by black fillets with outermost blue fillet ; textual dividers in the form of illuminated rosettes with red and blue accents ; keywords and headings rubricated ; dots and lines indicating size, proportion, and angle for the large sample letters entered in the margins are also rubricated.
European laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 23-24 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermarks of griffin [?], "FIN DE LA SONE EN DAUPHINE" and "1772" ; well-sized and burnished, thin and crisp though sturdy, buff (dull yellow) in color.
Pasteboards covered in dark royal blue leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in sky blue surface-dyed, textured and coated paper (embossed with scrolling vegetal designs) ; upper and lower covers carry central gold-flecked cartouche with gold-painted cornerpieces and stamped borders of gold defined by gold fillets ; sewn in pale yellow thread, two stations ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion ; repairs in blue Japanese paper.
Former Shelfmarks:
"469 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.
As appears in colophon, copy executed by Mehmet Vasfi, student of Ebubekir Raşit Efendi. Date of transcription not specified, though date in watermark suggests ca. 1772 ; decoration, hand, etc. are consistent with late 18th century dating.
Ownership and History:
Clean copy.
Contributor(s) / Included work(s):
01--Kebecizade Mehmet Vasfi Efendi,--d. 1831.
01--كبجى زاده محمد وصفى افندى.
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Former Owner(s):
Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, 1842-1918, former owner.
In Collection:
Abdul Hamid Collection.
Taczâde, Mehmed bin Taceddin. Risale-yi hüsn-i hat : manuscript, 1603 or 4. MS Arab 9, Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Soucek, Priscilla. "Handlist" for The Islamic Book: Arabic, Persian and Turkish Manuscripts Exhibition, Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., November 1978, typescript.Islamic art from Michigan collections. Carol G. Fisher and Alan Fisher, Eds. (East Lansing, MI, 1982),no.60, p.103.Rado, Şevket. Türk hattatları : XV. yüzyıldan günümüze kadar gelmiş ünlü hattatların hayatları ve yazılarından örnekler. (Istanbul : Yayın Matbaacılık Ticaret Limited Şti., [1984?]),p.78 and p.202.Tüfekçioğlu, Abdülhamit. "Mehmed b. Tâceddin ve Hüsn-i Hat Risalesi hakkında," Kubbealtı Akademi Mecmuası, XXVI, 1 (Ocak 1997):45-48.Schick, Irvin Cemil. "Tâczâde Risâlesi'ne göre sülüs hattına dair bazı istılâhat." In M. Uğur Derman armağanı : altmışbeşinci yaşı münasebetiyle sunulmuş tebliğler. Irvin Cemil Schick, Ed. (İstanbul : Sabancı Universitesi, 2000):456-482.Bayat, Ali Haydar. Açıklamalı hüsn-i hat bibliyografyası : yazmalar, kitaplar, makaleler, kitaplarda hatla ilgili bölümler, dış ülkelerdeki yayınlar. İstanbul : İslam Tarih, Sanat ve Kültür Araştırma Merkezi, 2002.Blair, Sheila. Islamic calligraphy. (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2006),pp.477-479, Fig. 11.1
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Buddy, a beagle, was a shelter dog. Brindle, probably a mixed-breed, and Max, a husky, were abandoned.
All three eventually found themselves adopted by James Crandall, 63, and his wife, Dianne, of 110 Bartlett St.
James and his menagerie took advantage of a little time off work to visit the Marietta Community Dog Park on Tuesday morning.
"These guys get so excited if I reach for a hat or a plastic bag," James said. "They go crazy. They can't wait to get up here."
James said he appreciates the volunteers who take care of the park and supply containers of water and plastic bags to clean up what's left by the dogs.
Although he knows there are things to be done, James said one couldn't ask for a better place than the dog park.
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The City of Marietta shall not be held liable for any injury or damage caused by any dog while at the dog park. All Marietta city codes and Marietta city park rules are enforced. The handler is responsible for injuries or damage caused by the dog. Users of this park do so at their own risk.
Dogs must be properly vaccinated and display a current rabies tag and license.
Dogs must be at least 4 months old. Dogs will remain on-leash unless inside the fenced, off-leash area. Aggressive or sick dogs are not permitted.
Dogs in heat are not permitted. Bringing intact male dogs is discouraged. Vicious dogs are not permitted.
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The efforts so far can be attributed to Teresa Hayes and a group of volunteers who began to build the fences and gates in August at the facility at Jackson Hill Park, 1201 Cisler Drive. That Phase I work was completed in November.
"It's been very well received," Hayes said. "People are really enjoying it. We haven't heard any negative comments."
On tap for the coming weeks are the installation of a drinking fountain for the dogs (Phase II) and a grand opening in August.
Organizers said a donation was earmarked for the fountain, and the city will install the water line during the summer. The city also will do the mowing until the group finds a mower, gas-powered trimmer and a push mower to do the work itself.
Hayes said another goal is to organize three or four volunteers to do monthly maintenance on the dog park.
Another volunteer, Steve Blocker, 62, of 517 Fourth St., said he's been working on community service projects for years, including the Incredible Community Playground and Flanders Fields.
"I have more time to give, so I do," Blocker said. "I do it just to stay busy. It makes you feel good."
The group is working to establish a nonprofit Friends of Jackson Hill Park improve the park and to establish a series of trails across the city, with Jackson Hill Park as its hub, Hayes said.
Citizens can volunteer or financially help the cause by sponsoring a bench ($300), a tree ($150) or a brick ($50). Plaques will be added to benches and trees to honor or memorialize someone. Bricks can be imprinted with a group name as well.
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Directive leadership is similar to the autocratic style of leadership where the leader tells the subordinate what to do, and how to do it.
The leader initiates the ideas, projects and tasks and gives the responsibility of completing these tasks to the subordinate, and usually telling them how to do it as well, specifying standards, deadlines and parameters.
They exercise firm rules and expect their subordinates to work within the boundaries set by the leader or the organization.
This kind of leaders are usually found in more traditional and long standing companies in countries that respect seniority and experience. Some examples will be China and Japan.
Also, they are found in most countries' military. As mentioned in autocratic leadership, directive leaders are absolutely necessary for survival and victory in the armed forces.
In the corporate world, directive leadership means that employees are not required to give their suggestions or feedback. They are mainly judged by how well they do the tasks that have been assigned to them.
This has its disadvantages because the unique perspectives or talents of individual employees cannot be maximized. For most employees who feel stifled and unfulfilled, they may even talk behind the leader's back instead of confronting for fear of repercussions.
The short answer is no, unless you are in the military.
In most cultures now, organizations value feedback from their employees and want to hear from them about how to improve the organization as a whole. You'll want the same from your team.
While some decisions have to be directive, most can be discussed and left open for a vote.
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The consultative leader seeks the counsel of the whole team before making a decision on what the team should do. He is also task oriented, but he seeks the opinion of his followers as well.
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The participative leader puts himself as a member of the team and discusses possible decisions with the team. He seeks consensus before coming to a decision and everyone is supposed to take ownership in the final decision.
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The negotiative leader employs a more political approach to leadership. He has a personal interest in his decisions and he uses incentives to entice his followers to do certain things.
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To advance the fight for good safe jobs, Gerard has focused the United Steelworkers (USW) on strategic contract bargaining in paper, steel, rubber and other key sectors, while at the same time fighting unfair trade and building clout through political action and domestic and international alliances.
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The son of a union miner and activist, Gerard went to work at a nickel smelter in his hometown of Sudbury, Ontario, at age 18. As a young man, he studied economics and political science at Laurentian University, where he later received an honorary doctorate of laws degree. Gerard was awarded a second honorary doctorate of laws degree, this one from the University of Guelph in Canada, in recognition of his contributions to social justice.
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SSD controllers
hybrid DIMMs
auto tiering caching SSDs
the fastest SSDs
sizing SSD architecture
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The new skinny on flash SSDs...
- by
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, editor
July 2009
his article proposes a simple new terminology for grouping
flash SSDs
with respect to the relative size of the internal
cache. These are:-
, and
Understanding which type your SSD belongs to can be helpful, because each set has common modalities. This means you can re-use knowledge and models learned from one SSD device and apply that view to other SSDs which have a similar architecture.
Thinking about flash SSDs in this way makes it easier to group and sort SSDs you may be working with relative to the macro market situation. For any particular product - the new terminology provides a shorthand clue about
what behavior to expect,
other similar devices you should be comparing it with,
characteristics and limitations - and
the risk / benefit profile suitability of the SSD for your chosen application.
If you don't consciously go through this tick list / thought process when comparing flash SSDs (even when they have the same interface, form factor and flash memory type) - the results will be like comparing apples and oranges. And you will not get the optimum results from your invested efforts.
Categorizing the RAM cache architecture is essential because it affects a lot of parameters including:-
the way you should design the benchmark test to assess long term performance to avoid halo effects
power consumption - bigger internal RAM means more watts consumed and higher running temperature
- increasing the RAM size impacts reliability in many ways
more components to go wrong - which impacts MTBF
can attenuate flash write cycles and improve
(using a simpler implementation of
SSD controller
increases the holdup time required for the internal UPS or capacitor to flush the cache - which increases
criticality of the UPS
more software threads define the state of the SSD - so more intensive power cycle testing is required to confirm that the firmware design has been validated correctly
price -
there are complex alternatives
to be balanced here
bigger RAM cache increases the SSD cost (due to direct cost of RAM and UPS) but
smaller RAM cache may mean a faster (more expensive) SSD controller is required to achieve the same performance (compared to using more RAM and a slower internal micro-controller)
performance - generally you would expect that increasing the size of the RAM cache would always be the best way to increase the performance of the flash SSD - but above a certain point in any design - another option is to increase the speed of the SSD controller instead (or perform more of its functions in hardware rather than micro-code)
It's important to realize that the RAM cache is not the only cache technology available to the SSD designer. Some manufacturers stream write data to pre-erased flash blocks before doing much processing on them in RAM.
refers to their way of doing this as "
Generally the use of flash cache provides a simple and cheap way of implementing high R/W throughput (MB/s) for sequential streaming data - but suffers from the disadvantage of not being intrinsically as good as RAM when it comes to small random IOPS. Some designers get around the
random IOPS performance problem
in a flash cache environment by using hardware based mapping and translation schemes - but these are not as yet common in the market.
For simplicity it's useful to classify RAM cache types within flash SSDs into the following 3 types.
New flash SSD terminology proposed by StorageSearch.com - July 28, 2009
Fat flash SSD
> 10,000 ppm
A flash SSD in which the ratio of RAM cache to flash array is at least
higher than that in (more common) regular flash SSDs.
The first Fat flash SSD in rackmount form factor was the
launched in September 2007 by Texas Memory Systems. RAM cache size was 64GB compared to SLC flash SSD capacity of 2TB - giving a RAM/flash ratio of
32,000 ppm
In the 2.5" form factor - an early example of fat flash SSD was the
Platinum M-Cell SSD
from DTS which (at launch time in June 2009) included 1GB internal RAM cache in an SLC flash SSD with 64GB capacity - giving a RAM/flash ratio of
16,000 ppm
The extreme cases of "fattest" flash SSDs are of course
RAM SSDs
. Those have become rarer in
rackmount SSD
form factors - but are still around in the form of modules such as
flash backed DIMMs
Regular flash SSD
around 1,000 ppm
(typically 500 to 2,000 ppm)
This is the design choice used in most fast flash SSDs currently in the market which include a RAM cache.
It's a self referential definition. It's a market efficient compromize which results in competitively attractive products. It makes the SSD controller much easier to design than in the "skinny RAM" category below. And it doesn't push up the design costs like the "fat RAM" designs above. The regular RAM cache size suits a wide range of flash SSD applications - those in which neither performance nor reliability are being pushed to the design limits.
If we look at
2.5" flash SSDs
- the most popular products from most manufacturers typically have an internal RAM/flash ratio in the range
Manufacturers in this category include:-
(Performance Series),
(GT series),
(Summit Series),
(Zeus IOPS) and
Super Talent
(UltraDrive ME).
Skinny flash SSD
< 100 ppm
These are designs which include miniscule amounts of RAM - orders of magnitude smaller than Regular flash SSDs.
In extreme cases there may not even be any external RAM chips at all. The RAM being implemented as part of the real-estate inside the SSD controller.
In the current market some extreme skinny flash SSDs have a RAM/flash ratio below
Advocates of skinny flash SSD architecture cite reliability as the main driving force. Tossing out the RAM reduces chip count and can help towards lower power consumption.
Companies who currently market most of their SSDs in this category include
(SF-1000) and
WD Solid State Storage
(SiliconDrive III), and
Virident Systems
(FlashMAX). (And later -
SC199 Cheetah V-series (2.5" SSD) is skinny with no RAM cache - whereas their U-series (1.8" SSD) is regular with 64MB cache.
Getting good performance in skinny RAM architecture requires a very well designed SSD controller and a deep commitment at the outset that you are going to stick with this method. (And not bail out when you hit a hard design problem.) Instead of having the luxury of using RAM to cache large blocks of write data - you have to cache write data to flash. Which requires good garbage collection and pre-erased block availability. The nv RAM is restricted to storing the state of the machine and tables which may only be tens of kilobytes in size.
This is the RISC approach to flash SSD design. The battery / capacitor holdup time (when power fails) can be a low multiple of a single flash write-erase cycle.
Another advantage of the skinny approach is faster power up ready time - when power is restored. This is a parameter which is not defined in most datasheets - but can be
surprisingly long
in some products.
:- the ratio of RAM to flash in a flash SSD is always a fraction. To simplify comparisons betweeen these fractions I'm using the form "integer ppm" - where
integer = RAM capacity divided by flash capacity x 1 million (parts per million)
As an example the RAM/flash ratio for a product with 256MB RAM and 256GB flash is 1,000 ppm.
A product with a RAM/flash ratio of 1 million is actually a
with internal flash backup.
RAM/flash Ratios will Vary Over Time
Don't take the exact numeric examples above as gospel. The exact ratio of RAM/flash cache for each classification of SSD will vary according to market conditions - and the
relative prices of RAM versus flash memory
. But that still provides a convenient frame of reference and mental bin for sorting those with massively more RAM, and those with massively less than the most common (regular) models.
What About MRAM? PRAM? etc?
I've used the term "RAM" above as a catch-all phrase which includes DRAM, SRAM and true nv RAMs such as MRAM. I don't think it's likely that flash SSDs using a 3 tiered cache (true nv RAM, battery / capacitor backed RAM, and flash) will become widely established. So the fat, regular, skinny appellations can be used regardless of the RAM cache type.
What's the Way Ahead?
It's hard to predict in advance how useful new jargon will be. The market is always the deciding factor in jargon adoption - just as with
3 years ago (in 2006) when I suggested to flash SSD oems the importance of a creating new standard way to refer to flash SSD life - related to endurance - that didn't work. But there was a real need in the market - and my educational article on
SSD Myths and Legends - "write endurance"
- originally aimed at a niche market - has been seen by nearly 0.5 million readers.
Since then users have had to learn a great deal more about
SSD jargon
to sort out the wheat from the chafe.
I plan to start using the new labels in editorial August 1, 2009. As always - feedback from vendors and readers will be used to update these terms and this article from time to time.
3rd party citations for these new terms:-
Real World Reliability in High Performance Storage (pdf)
- by
Density Dynamics
- compares real world failure rates for
flash SSDs
with predicted MTBF and
data and suggests that the big discrepancies reported by users are due to the nature of their workloads. In this respect it suggests
RAM SSDs
are better in heavy
apps - even taking into account the MTBFs of batteries and UPS like components.
Fast Eddy Felson
- from the blog - Dr. Codd Was Right - "musings on the primacy of the relational model, database and silliness of all things xml"
later articles on a similar theme:-
Why size matters in SSD architecture
- the memory chip count ceiling at which the
SSD controller
is optimized - predetermines cost, performance and reliability
how fast can your SSD run backwards?
- Key Symmetries in SSD design - what they are and why you need to know
an introduction to enterprise SSD silos
- 7 ways to classify where
all SSDs
will fit in the pure SSD datacenter classified by relative latency and proximity to application memory.
what's in a number? - SSDserver rank
- a hex based shorthand to describe any SSD accelerated server
aspects of extreme diversity in SSD design
no supercaps or batteries vs 3 seconds hold up time
Editor:- March 23, 2015 -
zero to three seconds
are 2 numbers which demonstrate some of the extreme diversity in SSD design.
These are the hold up times inside 2 different 2.5" SATA SSDs designed for the military market.
These vast differences are the direct consequences of 2 different approaches to RAM cache flash architecture.
the regular design - uses a 3F capacitor - to enable enough time for the DRAM cache to save all its data to flash
the ultra skinny design - doesn't need any hold up capacitor at all
The 2 different architectures are explored in
0 to 3 S
random access memory doesn't have to be RAM
The idea of using flash as a new memory tier isn't new. And neither is the idea of using flash in DRAM memory slots. But in 2014 there were several developments which added weight to the usefulness of these ideas.
updating 10 key SSD ideas in 2014
(September 2014)
flash SSD capacity - the iceberg syndrome
ave you ever wondered how the amount of flash inside a flash SSD compares to the capacity shown on the invoice?
What you see isn't always what you get.
There can be huge variations in different designs as vendors leverage invisible internal capacity to tweak key
...read the article
the awards winning silicon
accelerating world's leading SSDs
the Problem with Write IOPS
the "play it again Sam" syndrome
Editor:- Flash SSD "random write IOPS" are now similar to "read IOPS" in many of the
fastest SSDs
So why are they such a poor predictor of application performance?
And why are users still buying
RAM SSDs
which cost
more than SLC? - even when the IOPS specs look similar.
This article tells you why the specs got faster - but the applications didn't. And why competing SSDs with apparently identical benchmark results can perform completely differently.
...read the article
how fast can your SSD run backwards?
Editor:- April 20, 2012 -
today published a new article which looks at the
11 key symmetries in SSD design
SSDs are complex devices and there's a lot of mysterious behavior which isn't fully revealed by
and vendor's product datasheets and whitepapers. Underlying all the important aspects of SSD behavior are asymmetries which arise from the intrinsic technologies and architecture inside the SSD.
Which symmetries are most important in an SSD? - That depends on your application. But knowing that these symmetries exist, what they are, and judging how your selected SSD compares will give you new insights into SSD
There's no such thing as -
the perfect SSD
- existing in the market today - but the SSD symmetry list helps you to understand where any SSD in any memory technology stands relative to the ideal. And it explains why deviations from the ideal can matter.
The new article unifies all SSD architectures and technologies in a simple to understand way.
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the 3 fastest flash PCIe SSDs - list / lists
re you tied up in knots trying to shortlist flash SSD accelerators ranked according to published comparative benchmarks?
You know the sort of thing I mean - where a magazine compares 10 SSDs or a blogger compares 2 SSDs against each other. It would be nice to have a shortlist so that you don't have to waste too much of your own valuable time testing unsuitable candidates wouldn't it?
StorageSearch's long running
fastest SSDs directory
typically indicates 1 main product in each form factor category but those examples may not be compatible with your own ecosystem.
If so a new article -
the 3 fastest PCIe SSDs list
(or is it really lists?) may help you cut that Gordian knot. Hmm... you may be thinking that StorageSearch's editor never gives easy answers to SSD questions if more complicated ones are available.
But in this case you'd be wrong. (I didn't say you'd like the answers, though.)
...read the article
SSD power down management architectures
hy should you care what happens in an SSD when the power goes down?
This important design feature - which barely rates a mention in most SSD datasheets and press releases - is really important in determining SSD data integrity and operational reliability.
This article - which surveys power down management design architectures and characteristics in SSDs - will help you understand why some SSDs which work perfectly well in one type of application might fail in others... even when the changes in the operational environment appear to be negligible.
If you thought
was the end of the
SSD reliability
story - think again.
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SSDserver rank
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With the chill descending brutally on the United States and Canada, and parts of Britain walloped by floods, the glare has once again fallen on climate change. Advocates fighting forces that lead to harming the environment are out to point the finger at the irresponsible exploitation of natural resources, rising carbon footprint and a selfish use of bountiful nature by countries trying to outsmart rivals in a bid to get stronger economically and strategically.
Climate talks draw the attention of the world to the countervailing influence of indiscriminate use of natural resources. Unscientific mining and quarrying, digging for oil and gas in uncharted regions, indiscriminate logging and forest clearing, burning of fossil fuels, and use of non-biodegradable material is leading to irreparable loss to nature.
A research based on data from 48 countries had said that the past decade was the warmest on record and the past 50 years have been getting hotter. Close to the end of last year, a number of floods hit Asian nations like India and Philippines, which proved to be the worst sufferer. Tacloban in the island country became a marquee of devastation and misery and the region is yet to fully recover from the havoc wreaked by the storm.
The winter weather in the US has surprised even long-time residents of the eastern and Midwest states. Cars buried under the snow, people falling on sidewalks rendered slippery because of ice rain, an Alzheimer's patient freezing to death on getting lost are some examples of the misery snow and rain have wreaked on the country around New Year. The US saw the cancellation of more than 3,000 flights yesterday due to adverse weather. Schools have been closed in many states. The death toll reached 16.
The cold is being blamed on a vortex descending from the Arctic. Large swathes of south-western United Kingdom have been inundated after heavy rainfall. Wales has been the worst affected. Climate change talks, which are held periodically, draw global headlines until they wrap up. The host city becomes famous overnight and acquires an aura of environmental activism. Among the pledges and vows undertaken at such negotiations, the real purpose is somewhere lost. Recession in many industrialised countries has forced governments to reassess the cost of cutting carbon emissions. Experts point out that a concerted effort is needed to set a firm agenda for fighting the scourge of climate change. International conferences on carbon emissions and greenhouse gases continue to parade inanities that hardly work to meet the goals set by international green groups. Nations, especially the developed ones, have a collective responsibility to give back to the earth more than they have extracted from it. At the same time, developing nations need to make their own contribution to making the world a healthier and safer place to liver in. In both cases, what cannot be forgotten by countries is the spirit of sacrifice and a never-say-die attitude•


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The enduring children's action show, "Power Rangers" kicked off its 20th year on American television over the weekend with the debut of "Power Rangers: Megaforce."
The 20th season of "Power Rangers" debuted on Nickelodeon Saturday February 2nd. The "Power Rangers" phenomenon began in 1993, with the debut of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers" in 1993 on Fox Kids. The franchise quickly exploded in popularity.
The basic premise of "Power Rangers" as a whole involves a group of teenagers or young adults who are recruited to save the Earth—or other area—from evil villains of one form or another. They can transform into Power Rangers and call upon giant robots named Zords to fight off monsters and save the day.
Although it has changed hands several times—from Fox Kids to Disney and now Nickelodeon—it has remained on air in one form or another since 1993. Starting with "Lost Galaxy," the series is "re-booted" with new main characters every year, although there some appearances from previous characters and continuity nods on occasion.
Much of the fight footage used in "Power Rangers" comes from a Japanese franchise known as "Super Sentai," which has been in around even longer than "Power Rangers." This footage is then spliced in with footage of English-speaking actors, although sometimes new fight footage is created. The English-speaking portions of "Power Rangers" are filmed in New Zealand.


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A tornado touched down and moved northeast through parts of Calhoun and Pontotoc counties around 1:25am. As the tornado moved northeast, it destroyed mobile homes near Banner in Calhoun county. The worst damage was in the small town of Randolph in southwestern Pontotoc county. It was here that a 50 year old man was killed as his mobile home was destroyed by the fast-moving storm. An additional mobile home in Randolph was also destroyed but two adults and one child in the home all survived. The home was picked up by the tornado and wrapped around a tree (picture). Across Pontotoc county over 60 mobile homes, trailers, barns and sheds were either damaged or destroyed. Four people were seriously injured. The tornado was rated as an F1 on the Fujita scale of tornado intensity. The tornado's path was at least 6 miles long with the maximum width up to 400 yards wide.
The tornado began its destructive path west of the Ingomar community and moved northeast through Martintown and New Albany. The tornado slammed into the Martintown community between 3:30 and 3:45 am, destroying seventeen buildings and severely damaging more than 50 others. There were no fatalities in Union county, but seventeen people were injured, some seriously. The tornado weakened before striking New Albany, but some minor damage was reported in parts of the city.
Many residents of the county heard tornado warnings and called their friends and neighbors to alert them of the approaching storm. The tornado was rated an F3 on the Fujita scale. The total path length was at least 3 miles and varied in width from 25 yards up to almost 400 yards.


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Take a sneak peek at the new NIST.gov and let us know what you think!
(Please note: some content may not be complete on the beta site.).
Both comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GCxGC) and comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatography (LCxLC) have emerged as powerful tools capable of increasing the peak capacity of a single chromatographic analysis. Utilizing orthogonal chromatographic systems, analytes can be separated by two different, sequential retention mechanisms; this process allows for analytes to be separated from other compounds that would normally co-elute in a single dimensional separation. Efforts at NIST are being directed toward the study of issues related to quantitation by both GCxGC and LCxLC, value assignment of complex matrix Standard Reference Materials (SRMs), and non-targeted analysis.
The development of robust analytical methods remains one of the most important (and costly) parts of chemical metrology. The separation of targeted constituents from other components in a sample matrix is necessary for accurate and precise measurements. Multidimensional chromatography is an important analytical tool since it provides high chromatographic resolution. The Chemical Sciences Division has used SRMs to thoroughly evaluate the quantitative capabilities of both GCxGC and LCxLC and examine the parameters that impact quantitation such as peak description, integration, data processing and experimental parameters. In addition to the investigation on the quantitative capabilities of two-dimensional chromatography, researchers at NIST have studied the qualitative strengths of the instrumentation, including non-targeted analysis. Non-targeted screening is an emerging analytical technique where previously unknown compounds can be identified through a combination of chromatographic and mass spectra data. Currently, GCxGC and LCxLC methods are being developed for the non-targeted screening of environmental, food, and nutritional supplement samples.
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Large amounts of data is generated using GCxGC and LCxLC, especially when coupled to mass spectrometry. Hence data management and data analysis is crucial when using these techniques. Data analysis tools such as peak finding, spectral deconvolution, blank subtraction, and use of computational scripts to search for characteristic mass spectra fragmentations (both commercial and in-house written programs) are used.
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Definition of nor in English:
conjunction& adverb
1Used before the second or further of two or more alternatives (the first being introduced by a negative such as "neither" or "not") to indicate that they are each untrue or each do not happen: they were neither cheap nor convenient the sheets were never washed, nor the towels, nor his shirts
More example sentences
- The third condition is used in such a way that it entails neither the second condition nor the first.
- Looking at the market's current valuation, it appears neither too expensive nor too cheap.
- He explains that it's neither easy nor cheap to cast talented actors for just a small number of scenes.
1.1 [as adverb] literary term for neither. nor God nor demon can undo the done
2Used to introduce a further negative statement: the struggle did not end, nor was it any less diminished
More example sentences
- She did not return to her GP for a second visit, nor was she taken into hospital on October 26.
- Just checked, and it doesn't do alternative languages, nor does it even run to subtitles.
- I did not threaten him or the Second Defendant nor did I become verbally abusive towards them at any time.
noun(usually NOR) Electronics
1.1 (also NOR gate) A circuit that produces an output signal only when there are no signals on any of the input connections.
Example sentences
- It is quite common to recognize two others as well: the NAND and the NOR gate.
- He and his colleagues have already created the biological equivalent of many logical components common in the digital world, such as AND, NAND, and NOR gates.
- In the report published in Science last November, Lieber's group demonstrate that their stacked nanowires can combine to a variety of logic elements, including OR, AND, and NOR gates.
On the use of neither ... nor, see neither (usage).
Middle English: contraction of Old English nother 'neither'.
Words that rhyme with norabhor, adore, afore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, Boer, bore, caw, chore, claw, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, craw, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gnaw, gore, grantor, guarantor, guffaw, hard-core, Haugh, haw, hoar, ignore, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, macaw, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, oar, obligor, offshore, onshore, open-jaw, or, ore, outdoor, outwore, paw, poor, pore, pour, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, taw, thaw, Thor, threescore, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, yore, your
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Budget analysis finds dollars for libraries, recreation centers
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By James R. Riffel
City News Service
An analysis released Friday of Mayor Jerry Sanders' budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year identified millions of dollars that could be used to prevent drastic cuts in the hours that libraries and recreation centers are open to citizens.
The city's Independent Budget Analyst put out a 175-page report detailing its findings on the proposal, which will be scrutinized by the City Council beginning next Wednesday. A major section of the report addresses ways to avoid the mayor's proposal to cut the hours of libraries and recreation centers in half, and to reduce each department by the equivalent of 77 full-time employees.
The IBA report listed $15.8 million in ongoing expenses that could be redirected to other uses, and $4.5 million in one-time revenues that could be used. Additionally, the IBA quantified the budget impact if there were changes to Sanders' plan to bring back fire engines cut to save money in the current fiscal year.
The options include, among others:
• adjusting anticipated revenues upward by $3 million, based on improving sales tax and hotel tax income;
• eliminating flex-plan benefits for management to save $1.4 million;
• not increasing workers' compensation funding by $1.4 million;
• reducing arts and culture spending by 10 percent to save $620,000; and
•cutting IT discretionary funding by 20 percent to keep an extra $1.5 million.
Most of the items were included in a City Council resolution passed earlier this month to influence the mayor's budget proposal, City Council President Tony Young said.
"I feel confident most, if not all of those, will be reaffirmed by the council — about $7 million or so,'' Young said.
Sanders cut eight fire engines from service this year, on a rotating basis, to save $11.5 million, and restoring them has been a top priority of the City Council. The mayor agreed to bring back four engines on July 1 and the rest at the beginning of 2012.
According to the IBA, restoring only six of the engines this year would save $2 million, and bringing back four would save $4.3 million. The remainder would be returned the year after.
Young said it was a top priority to restore library and recreation center funding, or at least not cut their budgets as deeply as the mayor did. The IBA reported that fully funding them would require a combined $10.7 million.
The City Council's resolution contained 23 recommendations for cutting expenses or raising revenues. According to the IBA, the mayor incorporated nine of those into his budget proposal.
"I think that's the benefit of the resolution — that we're willing to support more of these (ideas) and assert — and insert — ourselves into the process,'' Young said.
The IBA said the mayor's office has not responded to questions of why some recommendations were included and others were not.


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Disposition of liens and forfeited property.
Notwithstanding the drug abuse education, drug treatment, drug prevention, crime prevention, safe neighborhood, or school resource officer minimum expenditures or donations, the sheriff and the board of county commissioners or the chief of police and the governing body of the municipality may agree to expend or donate such funds over a period of years if the expenditure or donation of such minimum amount in any given fiscal year would exceed the needs of the county or municipality for such program(s). Nothing in this section precludes the expenditure or donation of forfeiture proceeds in excess of the minimum amounts established herein.


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Having experimented with squeeze pages for over three years, and having generated over 65,000 subscribers in the process, I've learnt a thing or two about creating the perfectly optimized squeeze page.
Building an email list has always been one of the most-discussed affiliate marketing topics for ages and there have been a lot of debates on how to build a squeeze page that garners the highest conversion rate.
example of a squeeze page
What Is A Squeeze Page?
Squeeze pages or optin pages are a type of landing page that's specifically created to generate leads/subscribers for a business. There are a few differences between a normal website page and a squeeze page:
A squeeze page consists of an optin form which the user would need to fill in order to receive the "bribe" (ebook, video, information)
A squeeze page has very few links, if any. None of those links are above-the-fold.
The only purpose of a squeeze page is to make the user fill up that optin form. In most cases, the optin form consists on a single field: email address.
Once the user lands up on a squeeze page, they can either fill up that form, or press the back/close button on the browser.
Creating a perfectly optimized squeeze page is a 'science'. And in this post, I want to discuss one word that is predominant on almost every squeeze page out there: FREE
What's "Free"?
There are several factors that influence the success (read: conversion rate) of a squeeze page:
Source of traffic
Number of fields in the optin form
Design of the squeeze page
The Bribe
… there are a dozen more factors, but I won't get into all that in this post.
Why would a visitor want to give you their most cherished asset: their "email address" – if you don't offer anything in return. Which is why "The Bribe" is the most critical part of any squeeze page.
The bribe can be any piece of content – from an informative ebook to a training video. Be creative!
It needs to be some 'actionable' information that the visitor needs, and would even be willing to pay for. But since you will offer that information for free, the visitor would be inclined to enter their email address.
Just to give you some insight, here are a few bribe headlines I've used on my squeeze pages:
Example #1: Video reveals one website that makes $14350 every month on complete autopilot.
Example #2: Ebook reveals an insider strategy that increased my conversion rates by 243%
Example #3: Did you know: 97% email sent globally is SPAM. Get instant access to an interesting infographic.
Example #4: Join India's first affiliate marketing community and network with experts.
Don't take the 'bribe' creation lightly. One of my clients spent $100 in creating a little ebook and started offering it on their squeeze page. Their campaign was a flop.
Case in point:
To create the bribe for Example #1:
We dissected our autopilot income strategy into 3 parts, including a case study.
Then we wrote down the scripts for each video.
We hired a professional voiceover artist and made him do several takes until we were satisfied.
We created an extremely professional PPT video with a world of effects and even some kinetic typography.
We repeated the process twice, and then hired a marketing consultant to analyze both versions of each video, and then finalized the best ones.
That's a LOT of work to create something that's being given away for free. But all this effort paid off. We were able to generate 22,000 optins, out of which 1000+ subscribers became paid customers, and we ended up having an amazing product launch.
Why "Free"?
You might be wondering that since you spent so much time and effort into conceptualizing and building the bribe, then why should you give it away for free?
Why shouldn't your hard work be rewarded with actual paying customers?
Here's why: A good percentage of your free subscribers will end up buying from you eventually.
The key is to be creative and reward the visitor for entering their email address. Never underestimate the power of email marketing.
Many of the biggest brands in the online world, use the squeeze page strategy to drive leads and sales to their business.
There are two ways you can approach the challenging world of customer acquisition:
1) Buy Traffic from a source -> Take them to your home page -> Hope they purchase your product.
Most of our products have a conversion rate of about 1% for cold traffic. So if you spend $1/click, then you end up paying $100 to acquire a single customer.
2) Buy Traffic from a source -> Take them to your squeeze page -> Capture half of the visitors' information -> Take them to your home page/bribe page -> Send them emails
With this model, for $100, you have the information of 50 people whom you can email multiple times (of course with their permission). What you just did is qualify half of your visitors by giving them the bribe and you built a level of trust in their minds.
Ideally, you would also have an autoresponder in place to warm up the leads over time, by giving them valuable information (your latest blog posts, free ebooks, training videos etc), and when the time is right and the trust has peaked – pitch them your products, or related affiliate offers.
The latter model results in much better paid customer conversions, and now you also OWN an email list you can market to.
Free vs. Non-Free
The word FREE is one of the most powerful words in marketing. Some of the best copywriters in the world have used the word FREE in their headlines for ages.
Get a FREE orange when you buy an apple – If you read this sign at a supermarket, you'll be inclined to buy an apple even if you're not hungry.
Sign up for our FREE 30 day trial. No credit card required – That's a statement you might have seen on the "pricing page" of almost every SaaS out there. This line has been beaten to death. But still, almost all of the SaaS companies give you that 30 day free trail. Wondering why? Because it WORKS!
Remember the four squeeze page headlines I mentioned above?
Out of these four, Example #1 converted at 21% with the best quality traffic we could drive (targeted email promos).
All I did was add the "FREE" word to the headlines, and the results were staggering. We increased our conversion rate by 109% just by using FREE a few times in the squeeze page copy.
Conversion rate comparison with Free Vs Non-Free squeeze pages
Just by adding the word "FREE" to the headline, we almost doubled our conversion rates.
Here are the modified headlines:
FREE video reveals one website that makes $14350 every month on complete autopilot.
FREE Ebook reveals an insider strategy that increased my conversion rates by 243%
Did you know: 97% email sent globally is SPAM. Get FREE instant access to an interesting infographic.
Join India's first affiliate marketing community for FREE and network with experts.
Using the word FREE in Squeeze Pages
You can include the word FREE not just in the headline, but also in the call-to-action button, the sub-headlines, the optin instructions, etc.
To Conclude
Our split tests have given us concrete proof that "FREE" works, and "FREE" should be used in marketing copy wherever feasible.
Creating squeeze pages to drive visitors into a funnel is a foolproof way of making a successful marketing campaign. Start by creating something invaluable (some of your best work), and give it away for free.
Visitors enter the funnel by seeing the word FREE on that little squeeze page, and they will soon recognize your name, your brand, and become loyal customers for life.
Its a long road and a big marketing cycle. But it all starts with the word FREE.


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What's on Your CEO's Mind? Dr. John Lechleiter To Deliver Xavier University Keynote Address
What's on Your CEO's Mind? Dr. John Lechleiter To Deliver Xavier University Keynote Address
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Just across the river from my home state of Kentucky, Cincinnati boasts every manner of well-respected icons of academia, all framed against the Ohio River. Xavier University is one of the nation's finest, and today's guest post highlights Dr. Marla Phillips, Ph.D., Director of Health Initiatives at Xavier University, talking through their plans for an important conference early next month. If you haven't made St. Patrick's Day plans yet and you're interested in biopharmaceutical innovation, consider putting Cincinnati's PharmaLink on your list...
"In the 7 years I worked for Merck, I saw our CEO three times. Each time was so memorable as it framed where our company was going based on global economic factors, pipeline strategy, and maximizing our strengths internally. This high level strategy helped make sense of the decisions we were making on a daily basis. It showed us the picture of the completed puzzle and how we as pieces all fit in. So I challenge you: how well do you know where your CEO is headed and what is on the forefront of his or her mind? It might help you make sense of your job!
We're excited to host one of the most influential thought leaders in the biopharmaceutical industry here at Xavier in just over a month, as Eli Lilly CEO and Xavier alum Dr. John Lechleiter joins us on campus to deliver the keynote address on "Painting the Future of Innovation". The 4th annual FDA co-sponsored Xavier University PharmaLink Conference will highlight what's necessary for the United States to maintain its status as a leader in innovation - and why that leadership is critical to patients.
When I left Merck, I was very passionate about the dysfunction I saw between biopharmaceutical companies and their suppliers and contract manufacturers - basically, "I'm right, and you need to do it my way." I find that the neutral ground of the university has led to unbelievably collaborative conversations...our speakers have literally said "this is how I contribute to the problem", instead of "everyone else is wrong and they need to change". PharmaLink is one of the only conferences in the world where the agenda is so intensely designed and our hand-selected speakers orchestrate content that will make a difference.
Dr. Lechleiter will be joined by colleagues from around the world taking a deeper dive on topics that influence the biopharmaceutical industry, including
- Hussain Mooraj: Accenture, presents on the Future of Pharma
- Steve Solomon: FDA Office of the Commissioner, presents "Beyond our Borders" and will join "The FDA Safety and Innovation Act Workshop"
- Global Regulators: MHRA, Swissmedic, and Fimea will present inspection findings and trends, new EU directives, and future expectations.
- Pfizer, Amgen, and Eli Lilly: speakers will dive deep on topics to share working models for implementation
Cincinnati is a great destination - come join us! Register today with the following link: www.XavierPharmaLink.com."


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Loving Season: Celebrities Who Got Engaged Over The Holidays
- By Bossip Staff Categories: A "Lil Positivity", Congratulations, matrimony-dom
Celebrities Who Got Engaged Over The Holidays
Christmas is the time of love. It's the time where you feel closest to the person you may want to spend the rest of your life with. Because of that, people get engaged over the holidays all the time.
Here are some celebrities who popped the question over the Christmas holidays.
John Legend and Chrissy Teigen – He proposed to her on Christmas 2011 and they tied the knot this year.


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- First of all those in whose female relatives had breast cancer - from mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters. At risk women are also diagnosed with «breast», the first time. Women with obesity, where there is high blood pressure and diabetes - in this group of patients on cancer occurs three times more often. Women with low thyroid function, as well as those who love fatty foods, drink alcohol. In this case, degeneration of liver cells and the effect on the mammary glands.
- At what age should be diagnosed in girls?
- For school-age already have to teach a girl to carry out self-care and the health of the mammary glands. Since 30 years, women need to do breast ultrasound, and from 30-35 to conduct mammograms every two years. On time to detect and cure the disease - thus, avoiding problems in the future.
The pain is unacceptable!
- In the critical days, women often note pain in the chest. Where is the line that shows the pathology?
- Breast is normal not to be hurt in any circumstances. Is a slight increase, but the pain and swelling - no. If pain increases with time, paid in armpits, under the blade, be alert and contact your doctor.
- How to conduct self?
- It can be done in the bathroom when namylena chest, arm and could well slide propalpirovat education to 0.5 millimeters own. But unfortunately, 30 percent of tumors are located within the gland, and they could not be independently detected. This may be done only by a doctor. You can also conduct a survey in front of the mirror with your hands raised up. It is necessary to examine the chest in the presence of those traits that we have listed above. By the way, it would be nice if the mammary glands examined favorite person! Women can self-pity and do not diagnose properly.
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Splunk for F5 Security is a collection of field extractions, saved searches, reports and dashboards for your F5 Access Security Manager and Protocol Security Manger
Splunk and F5 are working together to provide real time reporting and intelligence across the complete F5 product line. You rely on F5 Networks solutions like BigIP Global Traffic Manager, Local Traffic Manager, ASM, Firepass, WANOPT and ARX to keep your mission critical applications running and achieve IT agility. Your way. Now you can rely on Splunk for F5 to search, alert, report and make decisions in real time. Pre-defined inputs, searches, alerts, reports, dashboards and actions make it quick to get started and with the power of Splunk you can customize Splunk for F5 to meet the specific needs of your agile IT environment.
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SHEPHERDSVILLE - The incredible shrinking softball team has high hopes for 2011.
HEBRON ESTATES - Not a lot of sports fans would think of Rick Pitino and North Bullitt softball coach Eric Lambert in the same situation, but there is a link between the two in 2011.
SHEPHERDSVILLE - Smoke-free policy advocates were all smiles Tuesday night as the Bullitt County Board of Health passed a regulation that prohibits smoking inside every establishment not considered a private residence.
The regulation passed 7-2, with only Bullitt Judge/Executive Melanie Roberts and Raymond "Butch" Meyer voting against the measure.
HILLVIEW - A Monday morning fire damaged as many as eight residences within the Hillview Woods Apartments.
Okolona and Zoneton Fire units responded to a call from a passer-by around 10:20 a.m., according to Okolona chief Rich Carlson.
Firefighters searched the apartments for people and pets. Carlson said the search turned out negative.
The fire worked its way through the entire complex located at 11200 Sabine Way. Carlson said eight apartments received damage, two with heavy damages and another with water damage.
FRANKFORT – Last fall, when the General Assembly finalized the calendar for the 2011 Regular Session, this past week was scheduled to be one of the quietest of the year. It was set aside as part of a 10-day period known as the veto recess, which gives the governor time to consider legislation sent to him and then gives legislators a chance to use the session's final day to consider vetoes, if any occur.
SALEM, Ind. – Salem Speedway kicks-off its 65th season on Sunday afternoon, March 27th, with six different divisions sharing the new infield oval for the season opening "Short-Track Festival".
Salem Speedway Pure Stocks and Front Wheel Drive Stocks, the FAST Series - Legend Cars, Bandoleros and Thunder Roadsters – and the IKO Mini Cups are set to share the track for a full slate of racing action.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 5 reports the following roadwork scheduled for the week of March 21:
SHEPHERDSVILLE - A settlement has been reached in a case where computer hackers took over $400,000 from a Bullitt County account in 2009.
LEBANON JUNCTION - When local business owner Connie Jackson heard that CSX Transportation was increasing the authorized speed of freight trains on its rail line through Lebanon Junction from 25 to 60 miles per hour, her immediate response was concern.
BARDSTOWN - How might a comprehensive smoking ban affect Bullitt County businesses?
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MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Road, Track & Trail will host its 15th annual Midnight Madness Sale Aug. 10, discounting all motorcycles and ATVs on the sales floor of the Big Bend, Wis., dealership.
Some of the inventory has been dropped to cost or even below cost.
The Midnight Madness sale began as a means for multiple Top 100 award-winner Road, Track & Trail to clear out motorcycle inventory to make room for the winter stock of snowmobiles. Reportedly there is plenty of room for all motorcycle, ATV, and sled stock, but Road, Track & Trail decided to carry on on its tradition of hosting a one-day savings event, the dealership said.
In previous years, lines of customers have formed before the store even opens. This year, all sale prices will be updated and featured on http://www.roadtrackandtrail.com the day before the event.
Throughout the day-long sale, RT&T will be giving away three-day passes to the Harley-Davidson 110th Anniversary Bash, among other items.


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PKT: The real issue in Arizona and other states this election cycle is the obscene amount of money pouring in from outside interests. I mean $11 million for a sheriff's election really? In Cincinnati a couple of years over $3 million came in from outside to defeat a local tax to improve the zoo. If there is an ideological element involved local elections are no longer local. Now while a massive war chest doesn't guarantee victory is does give one side a huge advantage meaning elections could be decided thanks to the influence of outsiders who have no interest in the community as whole but just the favored candidate or issue. Good? Bad? Neutral? Unfair? It's an issue worth thinking about.


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"The American flag symbolizes our society… in which all of us, if we work hard, can realize our dreams and aspirations."
NEW HAVEN, CT—This morning Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) participated in the unveiling of the Fallen Flags Project at New Haven City Hall. The ceremony, in honor of tomorrow's Veterans Day holiday, featured flags made by Connecticut artist Rebecca Fellows composed of the images of 6,389 fallen soldiers.
"The soldiers we have lost in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well in the other wars in our history, fought to protect invaluable treasures: the freedom and opportunity that are the cornerstones of our society. Because of their efforts, we are free to speak our minds, meet with whom we choose, worship where we choose, elect our leaders, and live under laws that are a model around the world. This is the tremendous gift bestowed us by our fallen veterans.
"When their nation asked them to, these Americans put on the uniform, they went overseas, they fought to keep us safe, and they gave the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. Their service will always be honored and never be forgotten. In the Fallen Flags Project, Rebecca has crafted a beautiful, heartfelt, and poignant memorial to these fallen heroes.
"The American flag symbolizes our society – a society in which all of us, if we work hard, can realize our dreams and aspirations. A society these men and women fought and died to protect.
"To the families of these fallen heroes, our thoughts and prayers are with you. Our nation owes you a debt that can never possibly be repaid. We are grateful for your sacrifice, and we are so sorry for your loss."
DeLauro is a longtime supporter of ensuring that the brave men and women who serve our country, as well as their families, have access to the medical care they need, an affordable education and opportunities for a good, well-paying job.


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Definition of close or shut one's mind to or against in English:
close (or shut) one's mind to (or against)
Refuse to consider or acknowledge: she closed her mind against his disapproval
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- I don't think you should ever close your mind to what people can offer.
- What this means is that he has chosen to ignore or shut his mind to information which should have led him to believe (not merely suspect) that the allegation is false.
- I shut my mind to the terrible sights all around me.
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text: OAKLAND -- The A's outrighted infielder Adam Rosales to Triple-A Sacramento on Friday. He had been designated for assignment earlier in the week when the team called up infielder Grant Green from the River Cats. Rosales hit .200 with four home runs and eight RBI in 48 games with the A's.


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In article
, firstname.lastname@example.com says...
>I too would like to know of a domain registration authority I could
Official List of ICANN Accredited Registrars.
(best to choose a registrar located in same country as yourself)
> A couple of years ago I planned to register a domain name that
>was likely to attract a lot of interest. The name was so unusual that
>the chances of anyone else in the world thinking of the same name were
>almost zero. I searched several providers, and sure enough the name had
>not been registered. However, when I attempted to register the name a
>few days later, I discovered that someone else had beaten me to it!
>Coincidence or what! Yeah, right.
Could be coincidence, but then perhaps not. Some third-party Whois providers
sell/share/register domain names queried via their Whois interface. Best to
query the corresponding registry Whois directly whenever possible - not a
guarantee by any means (at least in regards to NSI which tracks visitors),
but most often a better method than using some "no name" Whois interface.
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Definition of indissoluble in English:
Unable to be destroyed; lasting: an indissoluble friendship
More example sentences
- They do at least imply a stable society in which marriage is indissoluble and family loyalty taken for granted.
- When men cease to be individual and separate units, and all together form a total and indissoluble communion, then humanity will be a single body.
- It was to bring together in indissoluble union a variety of differing regions who would never consent to union without some protections of their own autonomy.
- Example sentences
- We voted to change that in 1996, despite the fact that the indissolubility of marriage was still part of the official teaching of the Catholic Church.
- I have not touched here upon many other important ideas this rich book develops, including powerful Christian arguments against patriarchy and marital indissolubility.
- After all, we Romans with our stringent teachings of indissolubility and annulment do not claim to have a corner on all wisdom and compassion, do we?
- Example sentences
- The promise and the dangers of our era are indissolubly connected.
- In habitually using the term 'nation-state' to describe our collective status, we assume these two entities to be indissolubly twinned.
- That is to say, these views are indissolubly opposed.
Late 15th century: from Latin indissolubilis, from in- 'not' + dissolubilis (see dissoluble).
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