text:
Submitted anonymously by e-mail--"Of all things when I was homeless in Denver no one gave me safety tips. By the time I learned where not to go I just didn't care. Of course I was young, foolish and stupid at the age of 19 years old from rural Missouri. I never been anywhere on my own until I was 19 (that far from home that is). THE THINGS I SEEN ON E Colfax made a man out of me fast. Fight or be killed. So I choose not to be killed. So now if you only get it in young people's minds to avoid E Colfax...Maybe you can take kids on a field trip to E Colfax when they are still in school and hope it would stay with them. Now I am not saying take kids that live in Denver or its neighboring towns, just kids from the rural areas, like me."
Submitted anonymously by e-mail--"My dad loved Colfax Ave., so much so that he left me and the rest of his family in the 80s to live there, party there and try to make a new life for himself. He died there, April 21st, 1986. His body was found in a drainage ditch on the corner of 72nd and Colorado Blvd., riddled w/bullets and stab wounds. His murder is still unsolved. I always wondered what drew him to Colorado and Colfax Ave (he lived on Colfax) now I know, what a cool place, I can almost bet he loved every minute of it. I hope someday to make it there and walk the same roads he did, until then, thanks for the add, I can see all the great people and places my dad loved."
Submitted anonymously by e-mail--"I seen your site thru That Scary Place and loved the thought of my friend Colfax Ave. I lived in Colo most my life my nickname is Cruezer cause I loved cruising Colfax and loved Motley Crue. I lived in Aurora on East Colfax, almost far enough from the crack dealers and hookers we rode the 15 and the 16 bus so many times with so many crazy Denverites, I am glad to see the cool pics of the places I almost forgotten. Right on Colfax....Love, a past Cruezer of Colfax."
Overheard on Colfax--"So my buddy and I walked out of the Goosetown and came across a hooker. We asked how much. She replied 50 and 100. I said, damn how come so much? She replied, cuz I got all my teeth and I'm wearing my shoes."
Submitted anonymously by e-mail--"Colfax, you lengthy son-of-a-bitch!"
From a passerby: "Colfax is my life, but it may also be the death of me."
Posted on our myspace.com page: "sorry i puked on you."
Submitted anonymously by e-mail--"Did you know that in sign language, the sign for the street "Colfax" is also the same sign for the animal "fox"? Hmmmm.... the etymology of words!"
Submitted anonymously by e-mail--"You know back in the 70s there was a time I saw 2 guys that I later heard robbed Lloyd's furs in a convertible with the top down barefooted...true story. I saw the car top down and they jumped out and went in what use to be Sid Kings with furs...was crazy back then but I was a kid and had no idea what was going on.A lot of meth users then and prostitutes..glad things are looking up for Colfax."
Posted on our myspace.com page: "Just because I feel like walking all over you in a short skirt doesn't necessarily make me a..."
Posted on our myspace.com page: "I effing miss you...You should extend your road to Hawaii!"
Submitted by e-mail--"Um ... So ... Colfax ... I think there's something we need to tell you. We Love You. We know, We know, you're not looking for anything serious, but we figured we needed to clear the air a little. Sorry if this makes things awkward now, but, well, there's nothing we can do about that. We understand if you just want to be friends, we'd totally be cool with that too, but...well we guess we've said enough. Love, The Don'ts and Be Carefuls"
Posted on our myspace.com page: "I love you "THE FAX", I delivered for Famous Pizza for 5 years baby, and I think if anyone, I found your G-spot. Stay around forever and make me feel at home..."
Submitted via e-mail: Wanted to drop you a note and ask if there would be any way we could get a friend of mine some recognition on your site for her achievements. She took first place (fine arts) a few weeks ago during Denver's Taste of Colorado and was set up on the north east part of the fair right on Colfax.
Her work was also acknowledged by a friend of hers winning a runner up award in another category for his straight up chess sets/art/wall hangings. This is a big deal also because many of Kendall's frames were around the chess sets that took this runner up award.
Her web site is www.backwoodsart.com and her name is Kendall Vonfeldt. She has no idea I am writing this. I am just another vendor from the show although we know each other well. I just think she deserves the recognition for all her hard work. Thanks for taking the time to read this e-mail.
Submitted anonymously by e-mail--"I woke up sometime mid-day, and I remember saying something like, "I think we need some more alcohol." Tara dropped me and dick off uptown. We knocked on the apartment door of the previous couch we had been crashing on. From what I remember, nobody was home. The residents were at their respective division of labor. Unphased, we ventured the alleys of east Colfax. We were searching for the next event. Our status set bequesthed homelessness. I found a sub sandwhich in a dumpster, and Dick found a pair of shoes on someone's porch. Previously his feet were bare ass naked. We deviated from the generalised other by walking around drunk in public. The following events of the night support the labeling theory; we were doing nothing wrong, but some people were responding to our actions. Our social construction of reality was altered when we encountered some hippies. We thought, perhaps, we shared the same beliefs, but after we asked them where we could find some methamphetamines, we realised that they were an out-group, or to say, they were not "down with the up." And they went inside to smoke weed or braid dreads or whatever hippies do and kicked us off of their porch. That primary group went along their way and we went on ours."
"Show us your booze!" neither man nor woman appreciates to hear this statement. We are not sexist. We are alcoholics. To Argonaut's we went. The utilitarian organization I was a member of at the time gave me an oppurtunity to support the control theory, but my attachments and involvement were at a minimum wage if not downright normative. The next few, or until it grew dark, contained no intentional presentations of self for us. We just drank and walked, and we talked and laughed. The language grew to be more nonverbal communication as we began to lose motor functions, and a simple shrug or spit was enough for us guys to understand each other. The social control may have been taking the night off because neither of us can recall the rest of that first bottle of the day, but we still could not find any tweek.
I must have woken up again somewhere in mid-step and fulfilled my role. Luckily, we were passing an asian liquor store on Colfax, and we were both both exacting instrumental leadership. Apparently, I come to, if only slightly, just in time to buy another 1.75 litres of whiskey or vodka to keep us as drunk, and Dick waited outside socialising with all the crackheads walking up and down the sidewalks. Perhaps they would know how to get us high. A dramaturgical analysis would prove our personalities strengthened our organic solidarity, or at least I would like to think so, as long as we bothmaintained a certain level of innebriation and remained intoxicated. And do not think that we never took shots of mouthwash when therewas no other alternative to achieve this goal. Well, with a fresh handle and a handful of twenties, Dick leans to me and beckons me to follow the crackheads. Now I do not want to projectively label them, but we definitely wer not using expressive leadership at this this point in the evening. It is dark by this time, and we are following some crackheads!!! And to god knows where. Back to the alleys we go. He motions for my cash, with little questions of his own. "Sixty bucks, can you get some ice? Shardy Party!" "Yea yeah." Hesitation becomes me, but alcohol swathes my thoughts. So, we wait with his buddies making wasted small talk until he gets back, seemingly very quickly. He hands me a rock, I get pissed, and we all start walking. "This is not what I paid for!" "What you talking that flip flap jacka?! You best be wearin' a diaper on yo' head the way poop be flyin' out yo' mouth!" Outnumbered; 5 crackheads to 2 drunks, we load his pipe in the alley behind some building, and him and his buddies get high,but since I paid for it, Dick and I take at least one good rip. "Shit, they know we're high." And we are off againback to Colfax. I can not see how far away it is, can not tell how fast I am walking or stumbling or if that bottle is still in my hands. Scene.
I may have been on a sensorimotor level because all I could do was go, plus I was still upset that they bought that crap with my money. When Dick and I become preoperational, we suggest asking someone else. There is obviously drugs out here, why should we not be able to find what we want? We do not become concrete operational until after being ripped off two more times in a row. We are persistent, determined, and loaded. To be honest, I do not know how we ended up in the next situation, but we followed another secondary group to an apartment buildnig laundry room. There, we drank and talked and waited; hoping that this time I would get what I wanted to get while almost forgetting what we were doing there at that palce with those people at that time. Oh, I still have a bottle. Let us all enjoy the benefits of it. I have no idea what Dick is doing or saying at this point, but I am sharing my cheap whiskey with Big Black next to me. Getting impatient, I ask, "When is that ish coming?" they were not a primary group, they were doing business and/or fiding their own fix. After he snaps at me and assures me what I want and how much of it I paid for is coming. It is on the way. Back to the drink.
Now, I am aware that so far we do not portray the conventional or traditional hero, but if I promise that if you were drunk with us, that you would have just as much excitement. I found that if we are around someone who is sober, then they will either end up stressed, annoyed, pissed, or possibly arrested, but that could happen anyway if you do not know how to escape a 10 story building from the 10th floor when the cops are knocking down the door. I digress.
"Hey , know any party tricks?" Takes a shot, hits the pipe, hard, and then takes another shot to chase the first shot and toke. He smiles while swallowing the whiskey and blowing out the smoke. Every time that I look to see what Dick is doing he look shappy and in the middle of a conversation while standing next to someone else who is smoking half of what I bought. So, I want to try that party maneuver. I take the shot. I hit the pipe. "Pull it, pull it!" I hit that pipe so hard it is glowing red and almost burns me, but I must take another shot to finish the move. Swallow. Breathe. Head rush. Oh, I forgot to mention that they did not get what I wanted, to my dismay, he brought back more crack.
So, let us see here; Dick layed down a huge fresh turd on the laundry room floor, he got choked out by Big Black so hard that it left scabs of his finger prints, I tried to break it up passively because he was huge and high, I picked up the poop with my gloved fingers and threw it outside so the problem could be relenquished, and Big Black said," be more like yo' friend here, man, chill man." At one point I recall it getting to be loud, seemingly, or I was paranoid, but we had to get the fuh out of there. We ended up leaving with him. Dick is singing a popular hit on the R&B radio station, the name of which I can not recall now. It did have the word "bitch" in it though, because Dick kept reciting it while we were walking to "not"get ripped off again, and it was upsetting Big Black because he was a feminist or something. Aside from the choking, he seemed like such a nice fellow. He turned out to be gay. We really should have been paying more or any attention to where he was taking us; we just kept walking. I do remember him leaning over to me occasionally and whispering something like, "you want some dick?" He must not have known that I was already with my friend Dick, and-oh, wait he wanted to engage in sexual relations with me.
Well, after a while of walking in circles we end up on the side of some house. He offers to go upstairs for us because the dealers do not enjoy people to be there besides him I suppose. I told him that sounds great, and I will go too. He was not having it. My curiosity was coming over me, and I inquired about the "Big Black" myth. "Is it true?" He pulled it out of his pants and set it in my hand. I weighed it. It was big, black, flacid, and warm. Dick is fast asleep by this point. On the side of the house was an extended platform, and he looked rather comfortable. I do not know how he was able to sleep after all that, but as I am trying to figure this out I suddenly realize that now my fallus is in his hands because he wanted to seen mine too. He was trying to make it get bigger. I told him to stop and go get that stuff I wanted and to hurry up with it too.
Wow, I must be high, or still really drunk. Both. I can not tell. A few moments of deliberating what just happened and how we got to where we were, I realised I just got ripped off again. Enfuriated, I wake up Dick and give him the bottle and tell him that we are going. He is ultra confused because of all the chemicals in his head on top of waking life. I knew we were walking in circles because we were only one block away from where we started after all of that. We head to the corner to use the crosswalk, and we begin talking to a bum, and Dick drops the bottle. This is one reason for the cheap booze. It comes in a palstic bottle. After that shatters all over the sidewalk, I can barely contain my rage and I cross to the north side of the street.
A few moments pass, and I am involved in a conversation with a bum named Spike. He seems rather optimistic and full of life. This is very refreshing. Dick comes up to me and introduces a white guy to me who claimns he can get the speed. I figure we got ripped off twice by blacks, so let us then try a white person. Why not? If this does not work, I give up.
I gave him my cash and we follow him to the door of a door no the next block right across the street from the Bluebird, and he goes inside. We wait outside and attemp to begin conversations with the passerbys. The doorman thinks of this as harassment and kicks us out of the front of the building. He then gives me the great idea of goingin after the drugee through the back door. Just my luck, it is unlocked. I step in and begin looking for his face. The doorman sees me before I see who I am looking for. "Are you kidding me?!" He grabs me and bounces me outside. All of the rage I let go earlier flooded back into my eyes; I wanted my money and my drugs. He and a couple of others are down for this fight because it probably seems easy for them. I am also accepting of the challenge. We rumble for a minute before I get bored and decide to find where Dick went. He was just conversing with everyone on the side of the Bluebird. I sit down next to him and my temper festers. I look down and find that my pinkie finger is broken. I decide to go back to try and fight them again. Why? I can not say. No luck there. Ripped off again, and for the last time. The first appearance of the U.S. criminal justice system strolls down the sidewalk and tells us to stop loitering. He may or may not have seen what occurred at the bar across the street. I will never know.
Everyone whom we told of the events of this and many other nights like this, holds a stigma for us and our values, but there is a moral to this story. The ethnomethodology and circumstances of our findings are incredible and rare to witness first hand unless actively engaged in such adventures. Word to the wise; do not ask anyone for meth in Denver, especially on the streets or in public. You will piss them off, get in a fight, get crack, get choked out, get ripped off and get whacked off, but you will not get methamphetamines.


text:
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Happy Birthday from SweetSugarBelle :)
17 comments:
- Bea García said...
Yay! Love seeing two of my favorite COOKIE friends play COOKIE! Happy Birthday, Pam! My wish for you is many years of COOKIES and blogging... xox
- February 25, 2012 at 7:21 PM
- Haniela said...
What sweet sweet cookies! Happy 4th Birthday Pam.
- February 25, 2012 at 7:28 PM
- Gina@BendCookieCompany said...
HAPPY BLOGAVERSARY, PAM! You and Calleye are among my "Cookie Goddesses" that have helped me in my cookie journey! Thanks for all you do! Gina
- February 25, 2012 at 7:46 PM
- Sue Sparks said...
Callye, The hat on the number is precious! I want to try it. I have all the numbers for the munchkins' birthdays so this will add some cuteness to them for sure!
Happy 4th birthday, Pam!
- February 25, 2012 at 8:17 PM
- Laura Pokas said...
Happy Birthday Cookie Crazie! Very creative, Calley!
Like cookies, friendships take a lot of time and effort, but the results are oh so worth it when it comes time to enjoy them.
- February 25, 2012 at 8:58 PM
- Lisa Thebearfootbaker said...
Happy Blog Birthday Pam!!! I am so happy you are blogging!! I hope you have another 100 years of your sweet blog!!!
- February 25, 2012 at 9:07 PM
- May and Kay said...
Dear Pam,
We are so blessed to see you celebrate 4 years of blogging -- Congratulations!! And to our other special friend, Sugarbelle, who knew the number 4 could be so beautiful! It is our priviledge to know you both :)
May and Kay
Cookie Two Shoes
- February 25, 2012 at 10:05 PM
- Ashleigh said...
Adorable birthday cookies Callye! And congratulations Pam! Your cookie creations are always amazing!
- February 25, 2012 at 11:36 PM
- Diane George said...
Happy Birthday guys you are so inspirational to us
- February 26, 2012 at 7:04 AM
- trilogyedibles said...
Happy blog birthday Pam and Callye always makes the most special cookies! Love you guys!
- February 26, 2012 at 7:30 AM
- Shirley Vass said...
Happy Birthday, Pam, again!!! Today is the Big Day. Lovely celebration cookies. Have visited SweetSugarBelle's site and her creations are just gorgeous. For many of you that comment might be an established fact, but for me, new comer in the cookie world, to be exposed to such a nice and talented community it is just wonderful, so much talent together. And I must say that Cookie Crazie was one of the first cookie sites I ever came across and it just made me fall in love, I just had to subscribe immediately. Just can't get enough of it and very often I find myself into the wee hours, drifting away while exploring Cookie Crazie's blogs. Still have not seen them all, 4 years of daily inputs is some reading to do, apart from the fact that I tend to go back and read some blogs over and over again. Much love and God Bless!
- February 26, 2012 at 8:09 AM
- In Katrina's Kitchen said...
Hooooorayyy!!! Happy 4 years!!! xoxo- Katrina
- February 26, 2012 at 8:10 AM
- Sonia said...
Enhorabuena por las galletas son increibles y sobre todo, por tu blog, me encanta, tienes unos diseños super lindos y unos trucos geniales. Me hago seguidora tuya. Si quieres puedes pasarte por mi blog
http://a-pedir-de-boca.blogspot.com/ y si te gusta me dejas un comentario, te haces seguidor, lo que tu desees.
- February 26, 2012 at 11:28 AM
- Sarah (Canterbury Cakes) said...
These are so beautiful (as one would expect from Sugarbelle). Many happy returns, what a wonderful cookie journey over the past four years!
- February 26, 2012 at 2:39 PM
- Hannah said...
these are soooooo pretty! :D love them!
- February 26, 2012 at 4:54 PM
- cookiecrazielady said...
Thanks Shirley! How sweet of you to say this. :)
- February 26, 2012 at 5:54 PM
- Cristin Sohm said...
Super cute cookies and how fun to have two of our favorite cookiers on one post today! Great idea and great job! Love the beautiful birthday cookies and that fringe is so adorable. I'm drooling, can you tell? Happy Blog Birthday Pam and thanks for sharing Callye!
- February 27, 2012 at 3:15 AM

subset: commoncrawl


text:
I still have my original nintendo entertainment system. I am 26 years old and my mother purchased it for me when I was five years old. My original NES is 21 years old and still works great. On the other hand, my XBOX 360 has got the blinking red ring of death three different times and has had to be sent in to be replaced. They just don't make things like they use to...
Big Shiny Robot with the story:
October 18, 1985– not exactly a day that will live in infamy but one which forever changed the world. Twenty-five years ago, the Nintendo Entertainment System was first sold in America, almost two years after its introduction in Japan as Famicom.
Initial sales were not good. Nintendo had to guarantee purchases of systems by retailers, who were promised they could return unsold units for a full refund. What a contrast to today's blockbuster releases of the PS3 and XBox 360, or the NES's great-great grandchild, the Wii. Like the Wii, Nintendo marketed its system differently– as a system that came with a zapper light gun and a robot– A FRICKIN' ROBOT!!! –as opposed to just controllers.
NES launched in the US packaged with Duck Hunt and Gyromite and only had 11 other titles:
10-Yard Fight, Baseball, Clu Clu Land, Donkey Kong Jr. Math, Excitebike, Golf, Hogan's Alley, Ice Climber, Kung Fu, Mach Rider, Pinball, Stack-Up, Tennis, Wild Gunman, Wrecking CrewHere is a time attack video for Super Mario Bros. Nintendo's highest selling game at with over 40 million copies. This guy (with the help of a hack) beat the game in under six minutes.


text:
A $55 million school facilities project is a pretty big deal for the community. We wish the Streetsboro Board of Education had been more open with the residents when selecting the architect to oversee this venture.
While there is no legal requirement that a school board discuss such contracts in public before approving them, we would think the School Board would want to err on the side of openness.
The Board has been criticized by some for a lack of transparency and willingness to entertain public dialogue on important issues facing the district and community. Just last summer the School Board found itself defending itself (successfully) against a legal complaint, alleging a violation of the state's open meetings laws.
Now, Superintendent Michael Daulbaugh has told us the School Board has decided which architect will undertake the project. There was no public discussion of the three finalists before the announcement. without any public discussion about the three finalists.
District officials told The Streetsboro Gateway News final interviews took place over the weekend of March 15 and 16, behind closed doors. The following day, the name of the firm the Board plans to hire was announced.
On March 21, The Streetsboro Gateway News asked the superintendent, Board president and vice president when the hiring was discussed in public, and, if it wasn't, why not. The only reply we got was from Daulbaugh, who said the Board will discuss the selection at its next meeting. While we're glad to hear that, it seems like a public discussion should have happened before a decision was made, not after.
We hope in the future -- during the hire of the construction management firm, for example -- the School Board sees fit to discuss the pros and cons of at least some of the applicants in the open, so members of the community can hear more about the rationale behind its decisions before they're made.


text:
The first generation of mobile smartphone-based virtual reality is about to be upon us - or so at first it would seem. Last week it was made clear that Samsung was working with Oculus VR to create a VR headset. This week that headset - still very much in a developmental stage - has been given greater detail.
In a leak from Engadget, the deal between Oculus VR and Samsung has been made apparent. While Samsung gets early access to the mobile SDK from Oculus VR, Oculus VR gets access to OLED displays made by Samsung to make their final non-dev-focused virtual reality headset for gamers.
NOTE: The photos you see here are modified images of the Durovis Dive, detailed in part later in this article.
The mobile headset that's being created today by Samsung uses a smartphone - a Galaxy S5 or above - as its driver. You'll have a headset with a big port in it where your Galaxy S smartphone will plug in and act as computer and display - and camera. While it's suggested that the latency involved in seeing the world through the camera on your smartphone on your display as virtual reality is too great, there's still some possibility of sit-still augmented reality interaction.
Samsung is far more likely to make this device into an at-home theater sort of product. Imagine purchasing a movie from Samsung's media library, watching it with full (headphone driven) surround sound on the big screen - the big screen in your VR headset. Samsung is also a company that deems it most important to bring their product to market first, rather than waiting for their competitors to release then refine - so the headset could launch with very few experiences at all.
In any case, the device isn't entirely unique. There's a device out there by the name of Durovis Dive that's been in development for some time - there are several, actually. First you're going to see Durovis Dive as filmed at DroidCon UK.
Next you're going to see a lovely clip created by Trevor Walker on how to make your own Virtual Reality goggles with an Android smartphone. This is extremely rudimentary, mind you - but it works.
Another example comes from BlueGimbal and is made with an iPhone. This includes some software ready for approval on the iTunes app store. This is also very, very rudimentary - he breaks the headset at one point, but it still works! The headset here is also created with a 3D printer.
What we're hoping is that Samsung and Oculus can bring some real refinement to this rather interesting DIY culture being built up around mobile VR. Oculus started the trend back when the Kickstarted their way into our hearts - now Samsung (and Facebook, who own Oculus VR) should be able to bring the cost down and the delivery up to speed - let's have it!


text:
Super-sub Kevin McManamon feels 'blessed' after goalscoring cameo for Dublin
Updated: Monday, 02 Sep 2013 10:52 | Comments
Dublin super-sub Kevin McManamon said he was "blessed" after scoring his side's crucial second goal in their semi-final win over Kerry.
With the sides level in the 69th minute, McManamon, just on as a replacement for Bernard Brogan, broke through to score and give Jim Gavin's team breathing space going into injury time.
He told RTÉ Sport: "I just started running and I thought the defender was going to come to me but they kind of came half [way] between myself and the two boys on the wings so I said I'll try and aim for the crossbar and it might sneak under or go over but we'll get something out of it, I'm blessed.
"It was an unbelievable game, we were saying it looking on [from the bench], it was a great game to watch and we were begging to be involved and I only got seven or eight minutes.
"But it was a very strong, powerful finish from the Dublin team - probably more so the lads like Dean [Rock] and Eoghan [O'Gara] and Philly [McMahon], who came on so it's nice to have that bit of unity in the squad so we can push on in the last ten [minutes] and finish it off."
"It was a very strong, powerful, finish from the Dublin team"
Mayo await in the final on 22 September and McManamon says improvement is needed if they are to claim their second All-Ireland title in three years.
"[Kerry are] a fantastic side and they punched a lot of holes [in our defence]," said the goalscorer, who also hit the back of the net against Kerry in the 2011 final.
"We're going to have to learn a lot of lessons from that game if we're to have any chance of winning the final.
"Mayo were deadly last against Tyrone, especially in the last half an hour, in the last 15 minutes, in particular. They'll get goals against us if we don't tighten up at the back."
Click here for Terms of use


text:
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.).
NIST Authors in Bold
|P Khashaee; B Mohraz; Fahim Sadek; Hai S. Lew; John L. Gross;
|Energy-Based Design Approach for Seismic Design: Energy Spectra
|Date Unknown
|Among the approaches that the Structural Engineers Association of California has recommended for performance based seismic design is the energy approach. In this approach, the earthquake input energy transmitted to the structure is estimated from ground motion and then distributed to various structural elements and damping devices to be dissipated.This study is concerned with the examination of earthquake input energy. A literature survey was carried out to identify the existing procedures for computing input energy. The study presents input energy spectra computed from time history and response spectra. The influences of ductility and damping on input energy and its components such as kinetic, damping, elastic strain, and hysteretic energy are examined. Input energy equivalent to hazard levels specified in the NEHRP Recommended Provisions for Seismic Regulations for New Buildings and Other Structures (FEMA 302 and 303) was computed and compared to those from time history of selected ground motions.
|NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 6599
|building technology,Earthquake energy,Energy based design,Energy dissipation,Energy Spectrum,Performance based design
|Research Areas:
|Building and Fire Research


text:
Teuling, AJ, Seneviratne, SI (2008). Contrasting spectral changes limit albedo impact on land-atmosphere coupling during the 2003 European heat wave. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 35(3), L03401.
AbstractSoil moisture related changes in the Earth's reflectance have been suggested to impact warm season climate variability through their direct impact on surface shortwave radiative forcing. Here we investigate the potential contribution of albedo to land-atmosphere coupling during the 2003 European heat wave. MODIS land surface albedo data for the years 2000-2004 are utilized to identify visible, near-infrared, and total shortwave anomalies for 2003. Changes in vegetation structure result in significant but contrasting albedo anomalies in the visible and near-infrared broadbands for most ecosystem types. Although locally the associated total shortwave radiative forcing can be significant (-10 W m(-2)) especially over cropland areas, the effects almost cancel out the sub-continental scale (-1 w m(-2)). The net effect is too small to support the hypothesis that albedo impacts large-scale land-atmosphere coupling.
Web Curator:
NASA Official:
Privacy Policy and Important Notices


text:
Halloween Scarecrow by Stormy'z Crochet
Welcome! You are browsing as a guestWould you like to see projects made from this pattern and much more? join Ravelry now What am I missing?
© Stormy'z Crochet
Halloween Scarecrow
This pattern is available for download for $4.00.
This Halloween scarecrow measures about 11 inches tall when completed. He is made with worsted weight yarn and a size F hook.
Pattern is written in US terms and suitable for crocheters with knowledge of working in rounds.
For more information, see: http://www.craftsy.com/pattern/crocheting/toy/hallow...


text:
Legal constraints on use of metatags are in a state of confusion. It all started with the Ninth Circuit's infamous opinion in Brookfield Communications, Inc. v. West Coast Entertainment Corp., 174 F3d 1036 (9th Cir 1999), in which the court adopted the controversial doctrine of "initial interest confusion" to support a finding of trademark infringement when a company placed its competitor's trademark in metatags inserted into its Web site. Initial-interest confusion is said to occur when a customer is lured to a product by the similarity of the product's mark to that of a competitor, even if the customer realizes the true source of the goods before any sale is consummated.
The initial-interest confusion doctrine has been controversial generally, and its application to metatags remains uncertain. Although the Brookfield decision was widely criticized as extending trademark law beyond its traditional boundaries, the metatag usage there was "plain vanilla" in that it involved simple use of another company's trademark in the defendant's metatags as a method of luring the plaintiff's potential customers to the defendant's Web site, but where there was no relationship between the companies. In other words, there was no "fair use" argument available to the defendant.
But what about a situation where the defendant is an authorized (or unauthorized) reseller of the plaintiff's products, or where the defendant repairs or services those products, or offers complementary goods? Or what about a situation where the defendant conducts comparative advertising on its Web site, using the plaintiff's trademark? In all of these situations, it is clear that the defendant would be entitled to use the plaintiff's trademark in its advertising, on its Web site or elsewhere, assuming that the particular usage did not imply endorsement by or affiliation with the plaintiff. Can a company safely employ metatags in these situations?
The metatag wars plot thickened considerably when the Seventh Circuit weighed in on this issue recently. The case is Promatek Industries, Ltd. v. Equitrac Corporation, 300 F3d 808 (7th Cir 2002). In this case the court affirmed a preliminary injunction against the defendant's use of a competitor's trademark in its metatags, where the defendant provided maintenance and service on the plaintiff's equipment. The court found that this created initial-interest confusion, citing Brookfield.
What is interesting about Promatek is that the court initially issued its opinion and then later amended it, adding the following footnote:
"It is not the case that trademarks can never appear in metatags, but that they may only do so where a legitimate use of the trademark is being made." (Emphasis in original.)
The court obviously became sensitive to the fact that the language in its original opinion might have been overly broad. The court specifically acknowledged that the defendant "may advertise that it is capable of servicing [the equipment for which the plaintiff held the trademark]. . . It is also free to place comparison claims on its Web site and to include press releases mentioning the litigation between the parties". But the court added: "The problem here is not that Equitrac, which repairs Promatek products, used Promatek's trademark in its metatag, but that it used that trademark in a way calculated to deceive consumers into thinking that Equitrac was Promatek."
The odd thing about this language is that it is not clear from the opinion what the defendant did to "deceive consumers," other than putting the plaintiff's trademark in its site as a metatag-something that it arguably had a right to do as a method describing the contents of its site.
Comment: Until more guidance is issued by the courts, playing the metatag game is not for the faint hearted. Any unauthorized use of a competitor's trademarks in metatags is likely to lead to litigation. And here's another tip: any use of a competitor's trademark in your website itself or in advertising (for instance, for comparative advertising or because you sell or service those products) may not qualify under the fair use doctrine if you use the logo version of the mark. Several courts have held that fair use is limited to minimal use reasonably necessary to communicate your message and that this does not include use of any design or logo mark.
Jere M. Webb503.294.9460 firstname.lastname@example.com
Save this Web Page


text:
Kari Humphrey is one of dozens of residents hoping to brighten Rockford's future by shinning a light on the city's crime rate.
"It's unsafe. I mean Rockford is the ninth most dangerous city in the U.S. so removing streetlights just doesn't seem like a smart thing to do. We pay high taxes here. We should be adding streetlights, not taking them out", says Humphrey.
Humphrey and 21 other Occupy Rockford protesters braved the rain and cold temperatures to march from the downtown public safety building to city hall...voicing out against the removal of twenty-three hundred streetlights.
Protestor Bill Weiss says, "Rockford has a lot to be proud of. Taking the lights down makes it seem like it's hiding all of that. We need to turn the lights back on, bring back the safety to the people of this city and bring some pride back to this town."
The city hopes to save three million dollars by reducing thousands of streetlights. Mayor Larry Morrissey says the cost cutting plan is an alternative to laying off police officers.
"We're limited in what we can do so we're looking at every area. What we're building is an actual protocol for streetlights and if we need to put some back we'll certainly do that, but we can't afford to be inefficient the way we have in the past", says Morrissey.
The reduction isn't having a financial impact on residents...taxpayer money was not used for the project. Com-Ed is paying the entire cost of the removal.


text:
happy white wednesday and tablescape thursday~ from the kentucky/tennessee border!
lots of white blog posts to see at Faded Charm as well as tablescapes to see at Between Naps on the Porch (not until thurs.)
playing with my vintage toys always makes me happy
taking pictures of them adds to the fun
having you stop by is awesome!
let's talk about our grandmothers today, can we?
mine were beulah marie and janet (pronounced jah-NET)
the kitchen was their operation station!
both whipping out southern favorites such as
chocolate meringue pie
(now there's some white to remember!)
and biscuits
which were hand mixed in a wooden bowl
the dough bowl :)
one was a quilter and the other a crocheter
and knitter
one lost her husband early on and raised three kids in the depression
the other, with my grandfather, raised seven kids
two women i'm so thankful for and the
legacy of strength
they left us youngin's
i coveted the hoosier cabinet in one's basement
filled with little jars of odds and ends
that might come in handy some day
don't part with anything!
use it up and wash it out
fruit, they always talked about was so rare as it came from way down south and there weren't semi-trucks bringing it in
this pic is from an art print I have
I love the oranges wrapped in wax paper
my modern day twist with a vintage lace placemat
cozy orange trucked right in to my
soooo romantic,
don't you think?


text:
Celebrities galore at IIFA Awards
Many Indian celebrities like Salman Khan, Lara Dutta, Riteish Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi, Hrithik Roshan, Dino Morea, Boman Irani and others have confirmed their presence for the gala event. The film festival will also see performance from Sri Lankan beauty Jacqueline Fernandez, who has entered Bollywood. A charity cricket match will also be played between the Indian celebrities and Sri Lankan cricketers.
However, some big Bollywood names are going to give it a miss. The news is doing the rounds that Amitabh Bachchan, the brand ambassador of IIFA, has decided to skip the event following protests by Tamilians, who are against holding the film fest in Sri Lanka for the atrocities meted to the Tamilians in the country.
It is said that besides the Bachchan family, big names like Shahrukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Arjin Rampal would not attend the event.


text:
Our Aksatech Company is a leading Internet Marketing Company & we at Search engine optimization or Internet marketing services at competitive prices. We are into professional Internet marketing services since 3 years. Our analysts implement a unique methodology for all internet marketing services like SEO, Pay per click advertising, Affiliate marketing, Email marketing, social media optimization and more. The work flow followed by our analysts for SEO/SEM is in guidelines with Google web methods.
We at Aksatech offer quality services for Internet marketing. All our Search engine analysts has got more than 3 years of expertise in the area of Search engine marketing and Search engine optimization. Aksatech is one of the internet marketing and search engine optimization company in Bangalore India dedicated to provide you the best solutions for your online business. We are the Internet marketing experts committed to achieve your business goals.


text:
Welcome to Vaughan Sound
Providing value for money without compromising quality
Vaughan Sound supplies, services and supports sound, lighting, audio-visual and communication systems to the highest quality standards.
The company has gained an outstanding reputation since establishment in 1964 for providing efficient and cost-effective service, whether the project is a complete system installation or just the sourcing of a single spare part.
Part of the PAI Group, which encompasses sister companies PAI, Lighting Technology Projects and Link AV, we work with clients based in the leisure, hospitality, heritage, education, local authority, industrial, stadia and fitness sectors.


text:
What if I told you that one of the most prevalent reasons for an unsuccessful course of drug therapy isn't due to what's in the pill bottle, but what's on the pill bottle? It's an unopened lid. As a nation we have an epidemic of 'not taking what we were prescribed in the prescribed dosage.' And like any epidemic, it has serious consequences.
Every year, prescription medication non-adherence (not taking medication at the right time, dosage, or simply not taking it at all) is responsible for more than 120,000 unnecessary patient deaths and $290 billion in unnecessary healthcare spending each year in the United States.


text:
SORRENTO, Fla. -- Augusta State posted a nine-over 293 Friday in the second round of the NCAA Southeast Regional at Red Tail Golf Club.
The 38th-ranked Jaguars are in 12th place in the 14-team field heading into Saturday's third and final round. ASU is 15 shots out of the top five. The low five teams and the low individual not on those teams will advance to the NCAA Championships, slated for May 26-30 at historic Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio and hosted by the University of Toledo.
Sophomore Henrik Norlander again paced the Jags with a one-under 70 and is tied for 15th. Freshman Taylor Floyd is tied for 44th at two-over 144 after a 73. Senior Janne Kaske is tied for 53rd at four-over 146 following a four-over 75. Junior Jake Amos and sophomore Carter Newman are each tied for 57th at five-over 147.
Regional host Central Florida maintained its two-shot lead over Arizona, while Georgia and Charlotte are third and fourth. South Carolina and Kentucky are tied for fifth. Only three shots separate fifth through ninth place.
Arizona's Tarquin McManus backed up his first-round 63 with a five-under 66 and moved out to a five-shot lead in the race for medalist honors. UCF's David Johnson (66-68) is second while the Charlotte tandem of Stefan Wiedergruen and Cory Nagy is tied for third at seven-under 135. Arizona's Tyler Neal and Campbell's Zak Drescher are tied for fifth at six-under 136.
ASU will be paired with Georgia Southern and Campbell in Saturday's third and final round. Amos will lead off for the Jags at 8:50 a.m. on the 10th tee, followed by Newman at 9:00, Kaske at 9:10, Floyd at 9:20 and Norlander at 9:30.


text: Sacramento, CA, March 13, 2012, noon - During the next several months, the CHP will use a federal grant to assist in reducing the number of people killed and injured in motorcycle-involved collisions. The Department continues to improve safety for everyone by placing an emphasis on the concept of sharing the road. Enforcement and education efforts … [Read more...]


text:
Definición de cliometrics en inglés:
plural sustantivo[treated as singular]
A technique for the interpretation of economic history, based on the statistical analysis of large-scale numerical data from population censuses, parish registers, and similar sources.
Oraciones de ejemplo
- Moreover, the relation between cliometrics and the history of economic growth is actually more subtle than Drukker lets on.
- He has criticized most French economic historians for their insularity, both for sticking to their national history and for avoiding cliometrics.
- Different fashions became more influential for a short or sometimes longer period, for instance cliometrics and anthropological history.
cliometric adjetivo
- Oraciones de ejemplo
- Indeed, as I showed in Mokyr, there is no single cliometric explanation of the Industrial Revolution.
- When I first began to work on this project, cliometric quantifiers and mathematical modelers were the cutting-edge interpreters of slavery.
- Economic historians of the cliometric persuasion, however, will be frustrated as often as they are enlightened.
cliometrician sustantivo
- Oraciones de ejemplo
- This afterword is both a nice appreciation and an interesting overview of the career of one of the original cliometricians.
- However, the questions that motivate this study are fascinating and well worth the attention of cliometricians, even if they are not the questions that we are used to asking.
- But before they could secure final victory, there emerged a research agenda that yielded a new set of weapons - new to the cliometricians anyway.
1960s (originally US): from Clio, on the pattern of words such as econometrics.
For editors and proofreaders
Saltos de línea: clio|met¦rics
Definición de cliometrics en:
¿Qué te llama la atención de esta palabra o frase?
Los comentarios que no respeten nuestras Normas comunitarias podrían ser moderados o eliminados.
Muy popular en Reino Unido
Muy popular en Australia
= de moda


text:
Reduce print costs but don't settle for less than the best. An efficient Samsung Xpress M2675FN Series gives you the speed you need to be more productive, but there's no compromise on quality. What's more, thanks to mobile printing and Easy Printer Manager software, these printers are also designed to be easy to use.
Print fast, don't wait
However demanding your professional printing needs, a Samsung Xpress M2675FN Series gives you great results - fast. Save time by printing even complex documents at speeds of up to 26 pages per minute (PPM) thanks to a powerful 600MHz processor and 128MB of memory. With the Cortex-A5 Core, it's up to 25.6% faster than earlier models, making it one of the fastest printers in its class. That means it helps you to work faster, be more flexible and more productive.
Give a good impression with great print quality
Now impressive professional-quality prints are possible for everyone. Your Samsung Xpress M2675F Series delivers sharp, clear prints that are sure to make a big impact. Thanks to its 4800 x 600 dpi effective resolution and Rendering Engine for Clean Page (ReCP) technology, you can enjoy higher performance and quality without the need for a bulky larger printer. What's more, quality-boosting features give you more detail, smoother images and clearer text.
High-resolution printing
Even complex images and small text are delivered in fine, detailed prints, thanks to high-resolution print quality up to 4800 x 600 dpi effective.
Edge enhancement
Enjoy clearer text and more vivid images thanks to edge enhancement, which gives them a far more polished and well-defined edge.
Produce more types of documents with support for heavy media
Busy small-business professionals can stay productive by using a variety of paper types with Xpress M2625D. This small yet robust printer can handle up to 220 grams per square meter (gsm) media, which includes paper, labels, cards, envelopes and overhead projector (OHP) transparencies. This flexibility can help small businesses stay adaptable for various business needs. The paper types can be conveniently selected from the multipurpose (MP) tray.
Great copying and clear, colourful scanning
With your Samsung Xpress M2675FN Series, superior-quality copies and scans are now a reality. Great performance means fine text and images are sharper, delivering much more legible text and vibrant, smooth images.
Enhances thin lines and small text
Many printers fail to capture thin lines and small text when scanning or copying. Xpress M2675FN include De-Integrated Cavity Effect (De-ICE) technology to help increase the amount of text that is captured, yielding higher-quality prints and scans.
Remove halftone patterns
Xpress M2675FN can remove halftone patterns appeared on the images to produce clear and smooth images, which finally delivers the quality business printing outputs.
Print with more paper types for all kinds of uses
Whatever you need to print, your Samsung Xpress M2675FN Series can handle it. The small but robust printer can use a range of media up to 220 grams per square meter (gsm), including paper, labels, cards, envelopes and overhead projector (OHP) transparencies. You can easily select the paper type you need from the multipurpose (MP) tray, so it's convenient as well as flexible.
Better for your budget and the planet
Cut your toner and paper costs with the One-Touch Eco Button. It's optimised, so just a click of the button allows you to easily use N-up and duplex printing, which lets you print multiple document pages on a single sheet and skip wasteful blank pages. With toner save mode, you can also reduce toner use and bring your printing costs down even more.
Cut energy and supply consumption
With Easy Eco Driver, you can make savings of up to 20% on toner and paper as well as reducing your energy usage. It helps you cut down on page elements that use high amounts of toner, such as images and bold type fonts, or lighten text so that less toner is required. You can preview and edit your documents before printing, to make sure that the output meets your needs in terms of efficiency and also quality. Eco Simulator also shows you the estimated reduction percentage of CO2, electricity, and paper, so you can see the difference for yourself.
Cut costs with Separated Toner System
With Samsung's Separated Toner System, the toner cartridge and imaging unit are supplied separately. This means you only need to buy the toner cartridge when it's empty, so the overall cost of running the printer - and the cost per page - is reduced. Installation is also easy, so you can spend less time maintaining your printer as well as less money. You can balance your budget as well as meet all your printing needs.
Monitor and manage your printer easily
Samsung's Easy Printer Manager lets you look after your printer's settings, device status, supply ordering and faxing - all in one place. You can conveniently see error reports and monitor the status of your printer and its supplies, as well as manage settings remotely. It's all provided in one single interface that brings together all your Samsung Printer's settings and applications.
Network connectivity
Connect your printer across many different PCs and other devices that are connected to a single router. With this arrangement, it's possible for you to reduce the amount of money you spend on printing devices and energy consumption, yet be as productive as ever.
Thanks to built-in fax capabilities, you don't need a separate fax machine anymore. You can also transmit faxes remotely from your mobile devices, so you can send that important document wherever you are, without needing to return to your home or office.
- Product Description
- Samsung Xpress M2675FN - multifunction printer ( B/W )
- Device Type
- Fax / copier / printer / scanner
- Fax Type
- Super G3 - plain paper
- Printing Technology
- Laser ( monochrome )
- Monthly Duty Cycle (max)
- 12000 impressions
- Max Copying Speed
- Up to 26 ppm
- Max Printing Speed
- Up to 26 ppm
- Max Printing Resolution
- Up to 4800 x 600 dpi
- Max Fax Transmission Speed
- 33.6 Kbps
- Scanning
- 1200 x 1200 dpi
- Original Size
- 142 x 148 mm (min) - Legal (216 x 356 mm) (max)
- Original Type
- Sheets
- Document Feeder Capacity
- 40 sheets
- Media Size
- 76 x 127 mm (min) - Legal (216 x 356 mm), A4 (210 x 297 mm) (max)
- Media Type
- Transparencies, envelopes, plain paper, labels, recycled paper, bond paper, thin paper, thick paper, card stock
- Standard Media Capacity
- 250 sheets
- Bypass Feeder Capacity
- 1 sheet
- Output Trays Capacity
- 120 sheets
- PC Connection Availability
- Yes
- PC Connection
- Dimensions (WxDxH)
- 40.1 cm x 36.2 cm x 36.7 cm
- Weight
- 11.1 kg
- Environmental Standards
- ENERGY STAR Qualified , EPEAT Bronze
- Device Type
- Fax / copier / printer / scanner
- Fax Type
- Plain paper
- Printing Technology
- Laser - monochrome
- Monthly Duty Cycle (max)
- 12000 impressions
- Display
- 2 lines
- PC Connection Availability
- Yes
- PC Connection
- Standard Memory
- Max Copying Speed
- Up to 26 ppm
- Max Document Enlargement
- 400%
- Max Document Reduction
- 25%
- Maximum Copies
- 99
- Copying Features
- 2-up, 4-up, ID Card Copy, collation copy
- Max Printing Resolution
- Up to 4800 x 600 dpi
- Max Printing Speed
- Up to 26 ppm
- Printer Drivers / Emulations
- First Print Out Time B/W
- 8.5 sec
- Scan Element
- Optical Resolution
- 1200 x 1200 dpi
- Interpolated Resolution
- 4800 x 4800 dpi
Fax Machine
- Compatibility
- Super G3
- Max Transmission Speed
- 33.6 Kbps
- Total Memory Capacity
- Up to 600 pages
Fax Machine Features
- Error Correction Mode (ECM)
- Yes
- Speed Dialing
- 200 station(s)
- Broadcast Transmission
- 209 stations
- Features
- Fax forwarding, automatic redialing, last number redial, multi-send, delayed sending
Document & Media Handling
- Min Original Size
- 142 x 148 mm
- Max Original Size
- Legal (216 x 356 mm)
- Original Type
- Sheets
- Document Feeder Capacity
- 40 sheets
- Min Media Size
- 76 x 127 mm
- Max Media Size
- A4/Legal
- Min Media Weight
- 60 g/m²
- Max Media Weight
- 220 g/m²
- Supported Media Type
- Transparencies, envelopes, plain paper, labels, recycled paper, bond paper, thin paper, thick paper, card stock
- Supported Media Sizes
- ANSI A (Letter) (216 x 279 mm), Legal (216 x 356 mm), Executive (184 x 267 mm), A4 (210 x 297 mm), A5 (148 x 210 mm), B5 (176 x 250 mm), A6 (105 x 148 mm), Folio (216 x 330 mm), JIS B5 (182 x 257 mm), Oficio (216 x 343 mm)
- Supported Envelope Sizes
- International DL (110 x 220 mm), International C6 (114 x 162 mm), International C5 (162 x 229 mm), Monarch (98.4 x 190.5 mm)
- Standard Media Capacity
- 250 sheets
- Bypass Feeder Capacity
- 1 sheet
- Output Trays Capacity
- 120 sheets
- Document & Media Handling Details
- ADF - 40 sheets size: 142 x 148 mm - Legal (216 x 356 mm) , Paper cassette - 250 sheets - Legal (216 x 356 mm)/A4 (210 x 297 mm) weight: 60 g/m² - 163 g/m² , Bypass tray - 1 sheet size: 76 x 127 mm - Legal (216 x 356 mm)/A4 (210 x 297 mm) weight: 60 g/m² - 220 g/m² , Output tray - 120 sheets
- Speed Details
- Printing : up to 26 ppm ( A4 ) - B/W , Printing : up to 27 ppm ( Letter A ) - B/W , Copying : up to 26 ppm ( A4 ) - B/W , Copying : up to 27 ppm ( Letter A ) - B/W
- Interfaces
- 1 x USB 2.0 - 4 PIN USB Type B , 1 x LAN - RJ-45
- Operating System Support
- MS Windows XP, MS Windows 2000, Linux, MS Windows Server 2003, MS Windows 7, MS Windows Vista, MS Windows Server 2008, MS Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Apple Mac OS X 10.5 - 10.8
- Software Included
- Drivers & Utilities
- Power Consumption Operational
- 400 Watt
- Power Consumption Standby
- 50 Watt
- Power Consumption Sleep
- 1.1 Watt
- First Copy Out Time B/W
- 15 sec
- Consumables Included
- 1 x Cartridge ( black ) - up to 1200 pages
Environmental Standards
- EPEAT Compliant
- EPEAT Bronze
- ENERGY STAR Qualified
- Yes
Dimensions & Weight
- Width
- 40.1 cm
- Depth
- 36.2 cm
- Height
- 36.7 cm
- Weight
- 11.1 kg
Environmental Parameters
- Sound Emission
- 26 dBA (idle) / 52 dBA (operating)
Bundle deals
|Samsung M2625/2825/2675 Black High Capacity Toner 3K
|In Stock
|Samsung M2625/2825/2675 OPC Drum 9K
|In Stock


text:
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby Chapter 9 Quotes
How we cite the quotes:
Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote 10
He broke off defiantly. "What if I did tell him? That fellow had it coming to him. He threw dust into your eyes just like he did in Daisy's, but he was a tough one. He ran over Myrtle like you'd run over a dog and never even stopped his car."
There was nothing I could say, except the one unutterable fact that it wasn't true. (9.142-43)
Sometimes honesty isn't the best policy. Gatsby's dead, and Nick has to protect Daisy; he has to lie to keep her safe. Busted! Guess Nick isn't so honest after all. Or, is this actually the more honest and moral choice? Tricky.
Quote 11
I couldn't forgive him or like him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified. It was all very careless and confused. They were careless people, Tom and Daisy – they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made […]. (9.145)
Nick may understand Tom, but he's not happy about it: he's dissatisfied with the way Tom and Daisy are dealing with this tragedy, and it's enough to send him scurrying back West in search of something else to be dissatisfied about.
Quote 12
Next morning I sent the butler to New York with a letter to Wolfsheim, which asked for information and urged him to come out on the next train. That request seemed superfluous when I wrote it. I was sure he'd start when he saw the newspapers, just as I was sure a there'd be a wire from Daisy before noon—but neither a wire nor Mr. Wolfsheim arrived; no one arrived except more police and photographers and newspaper men. When the butler brought back Wolfsheim's answer I began to have a feeling of defiance, of scornful solidarity between Gatsby and me against them all. (9.20)
After Gatsby's death, Nick realizes just how alone Gatsby is. What's weird is he begins to identify with Gatsby, as though they're suddenly BFFs. We bet Gatsby would have appreciated that; too bad it's too late now.


text:
Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on Walmart at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.
Get it today!Shop Now
OrAdd to Wish List
MAB1351 Features: Grip write pen Ball diameter: 2.75" Latex-free Universal design accommodates most standard pen and pencil sizes Reduces stress and pressure on your hand and fingers while writing Provides a comfortable grip when writing for individuals with arthritis Soft, lightweight ball accommodates all size hands Includes: Includes blue ball point pen with safety cap Color/Finish: Color: Yellow Dimensions: Dimensions: 2.75" H x 2.75" W x 5.75" D. Price: $9.99
© Copyright 2016 - Christmas.com. All rights reserved and protected by Christmas Spirit


text:
Ask A Person- Who chooses people over stuff
This is hard for me to write but it shows a lot of growth in who I have become. I used to be stuff driven. I had to have the Gucci, Prada, and all the I "wannas." I would continually say "I want a" so it became the I" wannas" in our house. I now want for my family. I want to do for my kids. I learned this from my husband who gives without taking. We actually just celebrated our tenth wedding anniversary yesterday and I asked him what he wanted and he said," I want to be the best husband and father." It got me thinking what if we all thought about choosing the people in our life over our stuff? What kind of impact would that make in all families? I am going to take a moment to reflect on all I have because it really is all I ever wanted.


text:
Gate, in hydraulic engineering, movable barrier for controlling the passage of fluid through a channel or sluice. River and canal locks have a pair of gates at each end. When closed, the gates meet at an obtuse angle that points upstream in order to resist the water pressure. When opened, they swing into recesses in the walls of the lock. Gates also regulate the outflow of water from storage reservoirs and through, around, or over dams. Leaf gates, planes perpendicular to the direction of fluid flow, open either by swinging about one hinged side or by sliding upward. Radial gates are segments of cylinders that lift entirely clear of the water. The rolling gate, often used on the crest of a dam, is raised by rolling it up the inclined face of a pier.
Similar Topics


text:
Miguel Cotto smiles during an open training session for his Saturday fight against Delvin Rodriguez at Wild Card Boxing Club on Sept. 18 in Hollywood, Calif.
Miguel Cotto has won four world titles in three weight classes during a fabulous career that has seen him take on many of the best fighters of this era. The Puerto Rican star has never avoided anybody while amassing a very respectable record (37-4, 30 knockouts).
Having worked with Golden Boy Promotions for the Mayweather and Trout bouts he's switched back to his original promoter, Top Rank, for his fight with Delvin Rodriguez this Saturday at the Amway Center in Orlando, Fla. The 12-round junior middleweight bout will be televised live on HBO (in the U.S.).
Cotto, THE RING's No. 4-rated junior middleweight, is ranked No. 2 in the WBC, No. 3 in the WBA, and No. 7 in the WBO.
Recently RingTV.com caught up with Cotto to get his thoughts on several things including his most recent fights, his proudest moment in boxing and his return to the ring this Saturday.
AW – Who are the key members of your team?
AW – What was your youth like growing up in Caguas?
AW – You had a very good amateur career, appearing at the 2000 Olympics. Could you tell us a little about your amateur career?
MC – It was a great experience (fighting at the Olympics). I had a great career. I finished with a record of 125 wins 23 losses. I won different national championships in Puerto Rico and silver medal in the Youth World Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1998.
AW – You've achieved more than most fighters can dream of. What other goals do you have for the rest of your career?
MC – I have accomplished a lot, but I want to become a world champion again.
AW – In your career to date, what has been the proudest moment for you personally?
MC – Winning my first world championship. Winning the first championship is a goal for any boxer and it means a lot to reach it.
AW – Tell us about yourself and your life away from boxing?
AW – Who were your boxing heroes growing up and why?
AW – Finally do you have a message for the boxing world and your fans?
Photos / Harry How-Getty Images,Frederic J. Brown-AFP


text:
Fox Park? LbNA # 17616
|Placed Date
|Aug 22 2005
|Missoula, MT
|Found By
|terpsechorean girl
|Last Found
|Sep 12 2012
|Hike Distance
I found this little area while driving around one day and investigated it. While there, I saw a fox briefly and that's what gives this box its name. The parks actual name is the Lincoln Green Way and can be used as a hiking link to the Rattlesnake Recreation area.
Take the Van Buren exit off I 90 and head north on Van Buren untill it turns into Rattlesnake Drive. Continue on Rattlesnake Dr. Until you come to a BIG sign that says LINCOLNWOOD. Turn left here onto Creek Crossing. Stay on Creek Crossing until you get to Creekwood. Turn Right here and follow this street until its end where you will come to a small park and the entrance to Lincoln Green Way.
Get onto the main trail and stay on it all the way. You will go under some power lines and you will cross a bridge over a shallow irrigation ditch. Shortly past the bridge (28 steps) you will see a sign off to your left that explains a Brenail Fish Screen(read about it and go down the short path to see it). To the right of the sign you will see a stone cairn(bench?) and across from the cairn is a fallen log. Behind this log, where it touches a live tree, you will find the Fox Park? letterbox covered with bark and cones. Enjoy more of this park on your way by following another path!.


text:
Stamford Hospital
|Stamford Hospital
|NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System
|30 Shelburne Rd, Stamford, Connecticut, United States
|41°03′18″N 73°33′09″W / 41.05500°N 73.55250°WCoordinates: 41°03′18″N 73°33′09″W / 41.05500°N 73.55250°W
|Hospital type
|Community & Teaching
|Emergency department
|Level I[1]
|Hospitals in Connecticut
Stamford Hospital is a private, nonprofit, Level II trauma center and community academic hospital in Stamford, Connecticut. The hospital is a branch of the NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System and a major teaching affiliate of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Hospital Services[edit]
The 305 bed Stamford Hospital and its 440 affiliated physicians provide patient care in all of the typical medical specialties, including internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics/gynecology, psychiatry, and medical and critical care units. In addition, as a regional Level II trauma center, appropriate subspecialty care is on-site, including Trauma surgery, Orthopedics, Neurosurgery and Interventional Radiology. As of 2005, Stamford Hospital had a total of 2,254 employees, making it one of the cities largest employers.[2]
The Tandet Center, a nursing home adjacent to the main building, was previously operated by the hospital, however decision was made to sell to a private entity.
A large segment of the 2,254 hospital employees are represented by the New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199, affiliated with the Service Employees International Union.
The hospital's 32-bed Cardiology Department expanded its services in August 2005 when the hospital began offering emergency angioplasty. In addition, the hospital performs open heart surgery and urgent or elective angioplasty.[3]
Founding and Early History
John Clasen, a farmer and former state legislator, town assessor and school board member, is credited with the founding of Stamford Hospital. After consultation with his friend and attorney, Edwin L. Scofield (later the second mayor of Stamford), regarding possible philanthropies, he gave the initial funding for the hospital by selling some of his property. Clasen raised about $45,000 from the sale of the property.[4] Clasen's only conditions for the money were that the new institution would be named Stamford Hospital, be nonsectarian and not discriminate in receiving patients.[4] Subsequently, the hospital opened with 30 beds on May 7, 1896 in a mansion on East Main Street, just west of the railroad bridge.[4]
In 1954, Edgar L. Geibel, a graduate of the Yale School of Public Health, became the chief administrator of the hospital, a position which he held for 23 years until his retirement in 1977. Under his leadership, the hospital experienced significant change and growth, including the 1966-1969 construction of the hospital's signature white pavilion wing designed by Perkins & Will.
Recent history
From 1994 to 2000, the hospital had significant financial difficulties, losing money in six of the seven years, including a $22 million loss in one year. By 2001 the hospital's pension plan was underfunded by $40 million. In 2001, Brian Grissler became the president and chief executive officer of the hospital. Under his leadership, significant budgetary changes were made, including the laying off of 200 employees in 2002 and 2003, in order to address the hospital's loss of market share. The hospital's finances began to improve, and revenues in 2007 were $357 million.[5] That led to his position as the 3rd highest paid Hospital CEO in CT (FY:2015)@ $2.4M [6]
In early 2006, the hospital actively considered moving to a new, undetermined site and construct a new hospital in order to enlarge hospital rooms (which are approximately half the size of more modern hospitals), as well as expand and modernize clinical departments (particularly the emergency room, critical care units and cardiac labs). However, this proposal was scrapped in favor of building a large expansion. The expansion of the hospital, dubbed "New Stamford Hospital" will result in a large 11 story glass structure, to become the dominant portion of the hospital. Ground was broken on this wing in May 2013 with expected completion date in late 2016 and estimated cost of 575 Million dollars.[5] It is unclear if a portion of the funding comes from a federal grant of $358,623, apportioned in the 2008 federal budget for an expansion of the emergency room.[7]
Main Campus
Stamford hospital is located in the southwestern portion of Stamford, CT, near the downtown area and waterfront. The campus currently consists of five buildings on a site of about 20 acres (8.1 ha), mostly fronting West Broad Street. The oldest existing portion of the hospital, The Physician's Building, was constructed in the 1920s, while the newest wing, The Whittingham Pavilion, opened in 2001.
Cohen Children's Specialty Center at Stamford Hospital
An extensive pediatric ward within Stamford hospital, the Cohen Children's Center provides all branches of pediatric medicine and surgery.
Tully Health Center
The "Daniel P. & Grace I. Tully & Family Health Center" is a satellite campus site located a few miles northwest of the main hospital. Named after the Tully family who made a significant donation to The Campaign for Stamford Hospital, the center opened in the spring of 2002 at the site of the former St. Joseph's Hospital and includes multiple health care services in an outpatient setting[3]
Auxiliary Sites
In addition to those listed above, Stamford hospital has several additional outpatient facilities, largely clinical offices and phlebotomy labs, scattered throughout Stamford and greater Connecticut. These include the larger Darien Imaging Center, Darien Medical Center, Wilton Surgery Center, among others.
Awards and recognition[edit]
In 2004, the Joint Commission awarded the annual Ernest A. Codman Award for creating a protocol to maintain correct blood glucose levels in critically ill patients. The new protocol cut the death rate among those patients by 29 percent and shortened time spent in the intensive care unit by 11 percent.[5]
Stamford Hospital was awarded American Nurses Credentialing Center Award for Excellence in Nursing Services in 2005. Stamford Hospital was one of 168 hospitals in the country to receive the award.
In 2007 Ernst & Young LLP gave Brian Grissler, the hospital president, its Entrepreneur of the Year award in the "social enterprise" category.[5]
Alliances and partnerships[edit]
- Stamford Hospital is part of the lauded NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System, which routinely has hospitals ranked as the best in the nation.
- The hospital is a major teaching affiliate of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and is utilized in the education of medical students from this institution. In addition, the hospital itself is the base of operation for residency programs in internal medicine, family practice, psychiatry, obstetrics/gynecology and surgery.
- The hospital is accepted into the Planetree Alliance, a select group of hospitals nationwide focused on patient-centered care.
Special programs[edit]
In early 2007 the hospital started a "Familial Colorectal Cancer Registry" for individuals and families with a history of colorectal or associated cancers. The private registry is the first of its kind in Connecticut and provides general screening information as well as updates on the latest research.[8]
To amuse patients, some volunteers at the hospital roam the halls dressed up as clowns, calling themselves Health and Humor Associates (or "HAHA").[9]
See also[edit]
- List of hospitals in Connecticut
- Greenwich Hospital is in neighboring Greenwich, Connecticut.
- Norwalk Hospital is in Norwalk, Connecticut, on the other side of Darien.
- ^ "Verified Trauma Centers". American College of Surgeons. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
- ^ 2006 Book of Business Lists, Facts and People published by The Fairfield County Business Journal and The Westchester County Business Journal of Westfair Communications Inc., White Plains, N.Y., early 2006, "Fairfield Hospitals" list, page 57
- ^ a b "Stamford Hospital is the hospital with a heart," by Nancy Robinson, article in Healthy Connections advertising supplement to The Advocate of Stamford and Greenwich Time, page 10July 30, 2006
- ^ a b c [1] Stamford Hospital Web site, Web page titled, "About Stamford Hospital: History" Excerpted from: The Story of Stamford Hospital 1896-1971 by Mary Updegraff; publisher, Stamford Hospital, 1971; accessed August 23, 2006
- ^ a b c d Sullivan, Eve, "Stamford Hospital breaks ground on new building", news article, Business section, The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut, May 15, 2013 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "rl726" defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ http://ctmirror.org/2015/09/25/hospital-ceo-pay-red-herring-or-key-to-state-funding-debate/
- ^ Porstner, Donna, "Stamford to get $7M from feds", The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut, Stamford edition, page 1
- ^ "Greenwich residents could benefit from state's Colorectal Cancer Registry", article (no by-line) in The Greenwich Post, March 23, 2007
- ^ Parry, Wynne, "HAHAs sprad laugher to hospital patients", article, The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut, December 20, 2007, Stamford edition, pp 1, A4
External links[edit]
- Stamford Hospital Web page
- District 1199, SEIU, a union representing some employees
- Connecticut Department of Public Health
- Hospital Performance Comparisons a report released in February 2006 by the state Department of Health


text:
Record highs have been set in places like Maple Creek (southwest), where temperatures reached 12 C in late January. In February, temperatures are expected to be above normal, with average daytime temperatures being –5 to 5 C.Despite the dry fall and winter, wetlands conditions could improve. Carry-over water from last summer will help, and although current predictions are calling for little runoff in most areas, this can change quickly on the Prairies.
The lack of snow cover has some producers concerned about winter kill of winter wheat. However, most models show that temperatures have not been cold enough for an extended enough period of time to produce widespread winter kill. The lack of precipitation from the summer and fall has continued. Winter precipitation has been well below normal across southern Manitoba, including in primary breeding areas. Snowpack is minimal and is largely limited to wooded areas and ditches, although it does improve slightly in the northern reaches of the Minnedosa/Shoal Lake pothole region.
Receive a free DU decal when you signup for our free monthly newsletter.
need help logging in?
My DU is your personal portal to the hunting, conservation and local DU information that you care about the most. Learn how it works.
Create your free My DU account today!
*Note: If you have a member login from the previous website, you may enter it here to access your My DU account. Visit our FAQ page for more details.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act into law.
First duck stamp, designed by Pulitzer-prize winning editorial cartoonist, Jay N. "Ding" Darling, issued.
Prairie drought peaks.


text:
South Carolina head basketball coach Frank Martin, along with his wife Anya, the Carolina Basketball Legends Club, and the entire coaching staff have announced plans for the "2014 Legends Weekend, Commemorating Frank McGuire," to be held Jan. 17-18, in Columbia.
Click here for the original story.
Welcome to SECTalk.com
|Welcome to SECTalk.com -- The Home of 6 Straight National Titles!
You are currently accessing our site as a guest which means you can't access all of our features such as social groups, sports betting, and many more. By joining our free community you will have access to all of these great features as well as to participating in our forums, contacting other members, and much more. Registration only takes a minute and SECTalk.com is absolutely free, so please join today!
If you have any problems registering or signing in, please contact us.
Latest Topics
Latest News
Top Bettors
Top High Fived
Plans Announced For Carolina Basketball Legends Weekend Commemorating Frank McGuire
Started by GAMECOCK_FAN, Jan 07 2014 02:11 PM
Similar Topics
|Started By
|Last Post Info
Falcons making contingency plans on new stadium
Started by ALA2262, 25 Jun 2016 In: SEC Sports → SEC Football Talk
- 12 replies
- 587 views
Connor Mitch Plans to Graduate and Transfer
Started by TrueGCFan, 20 May 2016 In: The East → South Carolina Sports
- 10 replies
- 281 views
Gators Notebook: McElwain Plans for Satellite Camps, More Tidbits
Started by gatoraus, 04 May 2016 In: The East → Florida Sports → Florida News
- 0 replies
- 114 views
Bulldogs' Postseason Banquet Plans Set
Started by TheRealBrave, 29 Mar 2016 In: The East → Georgia Sports → Georgia News
- 0 replies
- 132 views
Plans Announced for 2016 #OBDebut
Started by gatoraus, 25 Mar 2016 In: The East → Florida Sports → Florida News
- 0 replies
- 89 views


text: ALBUQUERQUE (KASA) – Expecting mothers out there, and ladies who want to start their family will want to listen to this. If you're not including folic acid in your diet through actual foods or supplements, you'll want to start doing it now. We are learning about the importance of folic acid, before and during pregnancies and the positive effects it has on the baby.


text:
Looking for an individual or team participating in an event?
Hey there!
If you're yet to hear me brag up my nephew, Carter...here's his story.
At my sister's 20-week ultrasound the amazing Dr. Weinhaus diagnosed Carter with a congenital heart defect called Tetralogy of Fallot. It meant there were multiple things wrong with his heart and he was going to be born a fighter.
One of the most privileged days of my life was when I got to be at the hospital for my nephew's grand entrance into the world. It was my first realization of just how serious his heart condition was.
My sister and brother in law weren't even able to hold their baby boy until he was four days old. At that time they were informed that he was going to have his first of seven surgeries at the ripe ol' age of six days. This one was the biggie...open heart surgery to repair his sweet, little heart.
I remember watching the surgical team walk in. They were heroes to me and somehow I resisted my temptation to hug attack them and beg them to make Carter healthy and bring him back to us to live happily ever after.
It was cold and flu season so I hadn't officially gotten to meet Carter until right after his surgery as he was being wheeled into the PICU. They could've kept moving right by me as I attempted to catch a glimpse of my sweet boy...but instead, the Anesthesiologist said to the team, "let's slow down...there's an auntie here who needs to meet her nephew." I'll never forget it.
Carter's heart defect also created some airway issues for him so all in all he was at Children's Hospital for 3 1/2 months. My brother in law commuted to work every day and my sister refused to walk into her house without her son so she stayed at the hospital every day and both of them slept at the Ronald McDonald House close by.
As a mom I know very well that I'll go anywhere and do anything for the health of my son. The ONLY place I'd take my child for anything heart-related is the Herma Heart Center at the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. The history of the program and the talent and passion of the team is second to none. We're so lucky it's right down the road in Milwaukee.
The Herma Heart Center saved my nephew's life. And for that I will forever be grateful. For Carter, his future surgeries and procedures and for all of the heart babies already here and yet to come...we need to make sure the Herma Heart Center stays in tip top shape.
All contributions will benefit Children's Miracle Network and 100% of the funds will go to Herma Heart Center at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. Every penny helps, and all donations are tax deductible.
To make an online donation just click the "Support Me" button just below here on this page..
Thank you for helping this very grateful auntie give back to the place I owe so much. Much love to you!


text:
Introduction to Theatre
Course Number:THAR 100 910
Schedule:Tuesday 6:00pm-9:00pm
Schedule:Thursday 6:00pm-9:00pm
Course Description:
An introduction to different approaches to understanding and analyzing performance, representational theatre, and non-representational theatre, using as test cases both dramatic scripts and live performance. Different aspects of theatre art and theatrical process (acting, design, audience, musical theatre) will be taught by guest lecturers drawn from the Theatre Arts faculty and local professionals.
The course listing presented here is subject to change. Please confirm all information on the the University of Pennsylvania Registrar's website or via Penn InTouch (PennKey required)


text:
Karous Wii
From GameWinners
Add to this page!
This game is titled Ultimate Shooting Collection in North America and Karous Wii in Japan.
Cheat Codes
Vertical orientation
Press Left, Right, Left, Right, Up two times, 1, 2 at the game selection menu. A sound will confirm correct code entry. When Radio Allergy or Karous are selected, the display will be rotated 90 degrees, giving it an arcade screen vertical orientation.
rotdiw vapgati e, geyu


text:
PPUH Woseba Sp zoo in Hot Drinks (Poland)
PPUH Woseba Sp zoo in Hot Drinks (Poland)
Published: January 2015
Publisher: Euromonitor International
Product ref: 232491
Pages: 2
Format: PDF
Delivery: Immediate download
Woseba is developing its range of premium products in response to growing demand amongst Polish consumers for high-end coffee products and the increasing popularity of household coffee machines.
Euromonitor International Local Company Profiles are a concise set of briefings detailing the strategic direction taken by a company. Discover key contact details, the company background and their competitive positioning through this collection of snapshot company profiles.
Product Coverage
Coffee, Other Hot Drinks, Tea.
Data Coverage
market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.
Why buy this report?
• Get a detailed picture of the Hot Drinks market;
• Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change;
• Understand the competitive environment, the market's major players and leading brands;
• Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.
Euromonitor International has over 40 years' experience of publishing market research reports, business reference books and online information systems. With offices in London, Chicago, Singapore, Shanghai, Vilnius, Dubai, Cape Town, Santiago, Sydney, Tokyo and Bangalore and a network of over 800 analysts worldwide, Euromonitor International has a unique capability to develop reliable information resources to help drive informed strategic planning.
Strategic Direction
Key Facts
Summary 1 PPUH Woseba Sp zoo: Key Facts
Summary 2 PPUH Woseba Sp zoo: Operational Indicators
Company Background
Competitive Positioning
Summary 3 PPUH Woseba Sp zoo: Competitive Position 2014
Need help before you order?
+44 (0)1527 573 618
9:00am - 5:30pm Mon - Fri
Related research categories
By sector: Hot drinks, General drinks
Or contact our research team
We want to meet your research requirements. Let us know what you need, how to contact you and we will do the rest.


text:
Starship Truffles Sells for $1.5M to Shadai
Starship Truffles is from the family of Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro.
Starship Truffles is from the family of Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro.
Sale executives and consignors are feeling optimistic about Fasig-Tipton's July select yearling sale, which kicks off the major yearling auction season in Lexington July 14 starting at 10 a.m. EDT.
On the eve of the largest Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s June 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age sale in history, OBS president Tom Ventura is subscribing to the notion that the record number is a sign of strength.
By virtue of her impressive score in the Nov. 2 Chilukki Stakes (gr. II) at Churchill Downs, Don't Tell Sophia will be the 122-pound high weight and likely favorite when she goes postward in the Falls City Handicap (gr. II).
Trainer Marty Wolfson sent out four horses in the $100,000 Musical Romance Stakes at Gulfstream Park Sept. 21, and hit the board with two of them when My Pal Chrisy won and Starship Truffles came in third.
Since fans at the Hallandale Beach track last saw her, the 4-year-old Ghostzapper filly established herself as a grade I winner and subsequently was purchased for $1 million at auction.
Dance to Bristol has answered every question asked in her past six starts by delivering six wins. She faces a bigger task in the Aug. 23 Ballerina Stakes (gr. I) against 10 others including Starship Truffles and Book Review.
Outsider Devious Intent at 15-1 odds spoiled the comeback effort of champion Groupie Doll after 8 1/2 months in the $100,000 Gardenia Stakes (gr. III) Aug. 10 at Ellis Park.
The 32nd running of the $100,000 Gardenia Stakes (gr. III) at Ellis Park Aug. 10 will mark 2012 champion female sprinter Groupie Doll's 5-year-old debut.
PORTER ON PEDIGREES, by Alan Porter
It's not surprising that Ghostzapper's offspring would do best when given time, and it's more than likely that this was the reason for his perceived initial 'failure to launch.'
Fasig-Tipton, Barretts playing a vital role in attracting owners. read blog
While Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July started the yearling season on a strong note in its usual position of late, horses of racing age also turned plenty of heads at the first ever Fasig-Tipton summer horses of racing age sale.
The new sale, which will allow buyers a chance to purchase horses already accomplished on the track, will follow Monday's Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling sale.
Starship Truffles, winner of the Princess Rooney Handicap (gr. I) at Calder Race Course, will be offered at Fasig-Tipton's summer selected horses of racing age sale in Lexington July 15.
Razor sharp Starship Truffles seized the lead rounding the turn and drew off impressively in the stretch to post an 8-1 upset in the $350,000 Princess Rooney Handicap (gr. I) July 6 at Calder Casino & Race Course.
Trainer Marty Wolfson, winner of a record three editions of the $350,000 Princess Rooney Handicap, has entered five for this year's July 6 edition at Calder--against the likes of Reneesgotzip and Judy the Beauty.
Three-time stakes winner Spectacular Sky will try to secure her first career graded stakes win when she faces five other fillies and mares in the $200,000 Vagrancy Handicap (gr. II) May 18 at Belmont.
Turtle Bird Stable's Cluster of Stars, unbeaten in four starts, tries graded company for first time in six-furlong Distaff Handicap (gr. II) at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Aubby K, making her first start since she was unplaced in the Test Stakes (gr. I) more than six months ago, became a grade II winner when she put away nine rivals in the $150,000 Inside Information Stakes (gr. II).
Golden Mystery makes her first appearance since she was purchased at auction last month in the $150,000 Inside Information Stakes (gr. II) March 17 at Gulfstream Park.
Emma's Encore won the hearts of racing fans last summer racing for 83-year-old trainer Allen Jerkens. The daughter of Congrats is highweighted in the $150,000 Hurricane Bertie Stakes (gr. III) at Gulfstream Park on Feb. 10.
After finishing second to Groupie Doll in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (gr. I) in November, Dust and Diamonds looms as a prohibitive favorite in the Adena Springs Sugar Swirl (gr. III) Dec. 8 at Gulfstream Park
In step with the trend from recent years, the July 7 Princess Rooney Handicap (gr. I) at Calder Race Course has attracted mostly local horses, highlighted by reigning champion female sprinter Musical Romance.
Red-hot Izzy Rules, given a vigorous ride by Edwin Maldanado, romped to a front-running win March 11 in the $100,000 Las Flores Stakes (gr. III) as the 6-5 favorite at Santa Anita, registering her fourth consecutive victory.
Mad Flatter and Mambo Meister, the winners of the last two editions of the $100,000 Spend a Buck Handicap (gr. III), will face off again in the 1 1/16-mile race Oct. 15 at Calder Casino & Race Course.
|Breeder / Owner
|Appealing Stella
|Colin G. Sherwood
|Ian R. Wilkes
|Elissa Greeley
|Gregory A. Griffith
|Glass Bottle
|Robert G. Smith
|Lava Girl
|Bernell B. Rhone
|Magic Hour
|Ian R. Wilkes
|Much Rejoicing
|James J. Toner
|Redbud Road
|Stanley I. Gold
|Spectacular Sky
|Martin D. Wolfson
|Starship Truffles
|Martin D. Wolfson
|Taylors Irish
|Charles R. Harvatt
|Who Is Camille
|Marcial Navarro
|New York Turf Writers Cup H. (gr. I)
|Riskaverse S.
|Shared Belief S.
|CTHS Sales S.
|CTHS Sales S.


text:
Top Definition
A cockblocker who prevents you from getting laid, or, if you are in the middle of sex they somehow ruin it.
Mark is such a fuck fucker, now I'll never get with Katy.
by Avolin May 21, 2004
Trending Now
Can you define these popular missing words?
"Fuck Fucker" originated in England and has since caught on in the United States. It is a blend of "debbie downerness" and a distinct tendency to mooch.
by Dean Preston January 16, 2011


text:
Definition of puzzle in English:
verb[with object]
1Cause (someone) to feel confused because they cannot understand something: she was puzzled by the doctor's manner
More example sentences
- I was puzzled that my doctor saw this as a cause for celebration but they are a breed apart.
- I can understand why you are puzzled, and certainly there is a somewhat surprising explanation for this.
- We were puzzled by your remark that you had the standard and there is no other design, so we did a little detective work.
perplex, confuse, bewilder, bemuse, baffle, mystify, confound, nonplus, throw, set someone thinking
informal flummox, discombobulate, faze, stump, beat, make someone scratch their head, fog
archaic wilder, gravel, maze, pose
rare obfuscate
perplexed, confused, bewildered, bemused, baffled, mystified, confounded, nonplussed, at a loss, at sea
informal flummoxed, discombobulated, stumped, fazed, clueless, without a clue
Canadian & Australian/New Zealand informal bushed
archaic wildered, gravelled, mazed
1.1 [no object] Think hard about something because one cannot understand it: she was still puzzling over this problem when she reached the office
More example sentences
- Yet they maintain just enough ambiguity so that the audience is left still puzzling over the piece afterwards.
- So next time you are puzzling over a piece of art, take more note of its context.
- I'm still puzzling over the film almost a week after seeing it and have no precedent as to whether this means I'll like it or not.
think hard about, give much thought to, rack one's brains about, mull over, muse over, ponder, brood about, contemplate, meditate on, consider, reflect on, deliberate on, chew over, turn over in one's mind, cogitate on, wonder about, ask oneself about
archaic pore on
1.2 (puzzle something out) Solve or understand something by thinking hard: she was trying to puzzle out who the speakers were
More example sentences
- I present it for folks who are better at puzzling their way out of things.
- And there's something I need to work on about forgiveness, to myself and others, but I haven't puzzled it out quite yet.
- It'll irritate me, this will, until I've puzzled it out.
work out, understand, comprehend, think out, think through, sort out, reason out, solve, make sense of, get to the bottom of, make head or tail of, unravel, untangle, decipher, decode, find the key to, piece together
informal figure out, suss out, crack
1A game, toy, or problem designed to test ingenuity or knowledge: those who solve this puzzle in the shortest time are eligible for awards a book with picture puzzles
More example sentences
- Basically, it would be the equivalent of solving a puzzle in a video game.
- A good puzzle game tests logic, reflexes and wit in the act of problem solving.
- They will play games, solve puzzles, and ask questions like: Why can I remember baseball scores but forget where I put my keys?
1.1A jigsaw puzzle: figurative so the pieces of the puzzle fall into place
More example sentences
- If it does, it might be one of the pieces of the jigsaw to these puzzles.
- We all blinked as that piece of the puzzle fell into place, and said a perfectly chorused, 'Hello.'
- I guessed as the pieces of the puzzle fell into place.
2A person or thing that is difficult to understand or explain; an enigma: the meaning of the poem has always been a puzzle
More example sentences
- Your intellect and intelligence may have others constantly asking for your help with things that take a lot of thought or are difficult puzzles.
- Only the feel bad factor explains puzzles about the fuel protests.
- We can make these puzzles so difficult that it would take a champion six hours to complete one.
enigma, mystery, paradox, conundrum, poser, riddle, question, question mark, problem
informal stumper
Late 16th century (as a verb): of unknown origin.
The word puzzle is a puzzle. Some have suggested that it is derived from pose ( see pause), just as nuzzle came from nose. Although pose did at one time mean 'to perplex someone or put them at a loss', the evidence for a connection between the two words is not strong and it is likely that they arose independently.
Words that rhyme with puzzleguzzle, muzzle, nuzzle
For editors and proofreaders
Line breaks: puz¦zle
Definition of puzzle in:
What do you find interesting about this word or phrase?
Comments that don't adhere to our Community Guidelines may be moderated or removed.
= trending


text:
Enforcement Division
The Enforcement Patrol component remains the most visible arm of the Hancock County Sheriff's Office. This division consists of Deputy Sheriffs serving the county in a proactive approach to problem solving and community policing. They actively work together with citizens to explore creative solutions to solving problems and fighting crime.This division is responsible for traffic law enforcement, as well as responding to calls for service.
The Sheriff, as the chief law enforcement officer of the county, is responsible for servicing a landmass of approximately 534 square miles. This includes 1,185 miles of roadway, of which 217 miles are state highways, 534 miles are township roadways and 434 miles are country roads.
The Enforcement Patrol component consists of 30 sworn deputies and another 5 available sworn deputies in the Transport Warrant Division. The Hancock County Sheriff's Office's vehicle fleet consists of 25 patrol vehicles, 9 vehicles for Transport Warrant, and 6 for detective use.
The Road Patrol is also responsible for safeguarding property, investigating crime and response to complaints and accidents.They are also responsible for the service of subpoenas,warrants, summons and other legal notices as issued by the courts.


text: DVD. Meade Steadman teaches and demonstrates everything from body mechanics, preparing your workspace, and the essentials of a full body Swedish massage from the head and face all the way down to the ankles and feet. You will learn the five strokes of massage, Effleurage, Petrissage, Friction, Tapotement, Vibration, and how to perform these strokes on both men and women. Meade Steadman is a licensed massage therapist and an instructor for the Myotherapy College of Utah and the Myotherapy Institute of Massage. 135 minutes.


text:
Home > Newsroom
"Manulife: Entry Into Asia Challenge" Finalists' Video Available on YouTube
The elite panel, listed below, is made up of distinguished members of the business & finance community:
Ramona Cheng: Ramona Cheng is Executive Director of Ernst & Young and the Americas Markets Leader of Ernst & Young's China Business Network.
Philip Leong: Philip Leong is Vice President and Director, and Chairman's Council member at RBC Dominion Securities.
Jacqueline Sava: Jacqueline Sava is Founder and Director of Possibilities of Soak Wash Inc.
The three winners of the competition will be announced in Toronto on May 22.
Manulife Financial is pleased to announce the teams named as finalists in its Manulife: Entry into Asia Challenge.
The Manulife: Entry Into Asia Challenge is a one-time only event designed for undergraduate and graduate university business students from across Canada to develop business plans focused on Asia. Created in partnership with the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, the competition has a dual focus:
Competing teams will be asked to demonstrate their ability to think strategically about entry into the Asian market selected while demonstrating their understanding of the unique attributes, challenges and realities facing SMEs.
Participating teams in the Manulife: Entry Into Asia Challenge will be asked to develop a market entry strategy into an Asian country for their Canadian SME. Each team may select their own Canadian SME. If there is more than one team participating or entering from a Canadian university, those teams are restricted from selecting the same SME. Exact country focus to be determined jointly by the SME and the teams.
The winning team will receive a cash prize of $100,000 with $50,000 going to the second place team and $20,000 for the third place team.
About the Rotman School of Management
The Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto is redesigning business education for the 21st century with a curriculum based on Integrative Thinking. Located in the world's most diverse city, the Rotman School fosters a new way to think that enables the design of creative business solutions. The School is currently raising $200 million to ensure that Canada has the world-class business school it deserves. For more information, visit www.rotman.utoronto.ca.


text:
|Wagner, Renee
|Wright Osment, Maureen
|Huesing, Joseph - MONSANTO
|Thoma, Richard - MONSANTO
|Ilagan, Oliver - MONSANTO
|Coudron, Thomas
|Backus, Elaine - UNIV OF MISSOURI
Submitted to: Annals of the Entomological Society of America
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: August 5, 2000
Publication Date: N/A
Technical Abstract: Specificities of protease activities in Lygus hesperus midgut and salivary gland were determined by incubating tissue homogenates with peptides of known structure in the presence of inhibitors of specific classes of protease activity. Samples were analyzed by HPLC and MALDI. To determine the quantitative contribution of each class of protease activity to the overall activity, fluorescently-labeled protein was incubated with homogenates in the presence or absence of these inhibitors. In general, cysteine proteases were found to contribute significantly to overall activity, and total protease activity of salivary gland homogenates greatly exceeded that of midgut homogenates. In support of our biochemical studies, we observed a significant reduction in nymphal mass when Lygus neonates were fed the specific cysteine protease inhibitor, E-64.