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Name: Marc Srour
Contact: marcsrour [at] gmail.com
Current Affiliation: Enalia Physis Environmental Research Center, Cyprus. Personal Page.
Some More Outreach Activities: See me on Quora, where I answer questions about zoology, palaeontology, geology (mostly).
About The Blog:
This blog was originally a small extension of my teaching duties, where I wrote extensions on topics discussed in class, but didn't have time to elaborate on.
Since then, I kept the blog running and occasionally update on random topics I am currently working on. Earlier posts are scant on literature and further reading; from now (2011), I will be including extensive citations and the posts will look more like introductions to scientific papers (although without the jargon, hopefully). This is both due to me feeling as if I am plagiarising if I don't include the citations and to guide the reader to where they can get more information. That said, the majority of these citations link to scholarly journals and are not accessible to people without a university connection. In those cases, don't hesitate to send me an e-mail and I'll send you the paper (and more literature if you want!).
There is no post schedule. I have a tight work schedule and this blog is not prominent at all on it. I will make exceptions for requests and work as fast as possible to fulfill them though :)
The blog has several sections.
- The Big Posts list has a listing of all the comprehensive posts so far, the ones that treat a subject completely.
- Research Blogging had weekly updates on the new research out that week. If it comes down to it (i.e. if someone requests), I will do a more thorough write-up of a paper, and it will be placed in this section as well. Closed due to time constraints. Requests for explanations of new research are always open though.
- Short Posts has short posts with answers to common or general questions.
- Talks lists all the talks I can share on the blog. Anything that's not done yet has to be requested.
Due to several reasons, there will be short posts that don't fit in any of these categories and will not be archived in them.
If you want to write a guest post, e-mail me with a manuscript (or an idea, whatever)!
Guest bloggers: Sophie.
One section had to be axed because of the high density of morons on the internet: the Pseudoscience Abattoir, which had standard responses to common science-denialist hobby-horses. Due to the flood of hatemail and stupidity this generated, I deleted it. To make up for that, visit these websites which do a more thorough job than I did:
- Evolution: Talk Origins
- Global Warming: RealClimate
- Pseudomedicine: Science-Based Medicine; Quackwatch
About Me:
I'm in my early 20s. I'm an invertebrate palaeontologist (educated in Germany), my main interest lying in the origin and evolution of the animals during the Cambrian. My taxon of choice is the arthropods and my BSc. thesis involved the redescription and phylogenetic analysis of two exceptionally preserved (i.e. with soft tissues) stem-group arthropods from the Devonian. My goal is to convince everyone that my hypothesis for the systematics of the arthropods is most reflective of reality. Unfortunately, every other worker in this field has this same goal, and each one has a different hypothesis.
That said, I never wanted to shoehorn myself into a narrow field and my range of professional interests varies across the biological spectrum (although, to be honest, arthropods are the center of most of them). Some disciplinary biases: I only deal with invertebrates and broadly with plants; bacteria and other microcritters only come into the pictures as symbiotes, I do not consider them in any other contexts (except geochemical); vertebrates are boring and useless, and I only consider them when they are hosts destined to die. Here's an incomplete list of my most prominent interests:
- Phylogenetic Methodology: Mathematical bases and statistics are included here, but it's mostly on the roles of morphology vs. genetics (where I fall squarely within the morphology group); also, a harsh critic of molecular clocks (where critic = someone who makes criticisms when they are due).
- Ecology: Plant-arthropod interactions; terrestrial arthropod ß-diversity gradients; ecological mechanisms of sympatric speciation.
- Arthropod Taxonomy: on the insect side: beetles, hymenopterans (esp. ants!), dragonflies, grasshoppers, mayflies, antlions; on the non-insect side: spiders, scorpions, millipedes and centipedes [I fell in love with arthropods because of these four groups, not the insects :) ]
- Fossil Record: of the insects and early arthropods, and what they tell us about the evolution of these taxa; completeness of the fossil record; taphonomy; geochemistry of exceptional preservation
- Animal Phylogeny: I concentrate on the arthropods, both where they belong on the tree and their interrelationships, but also have an interest in the more basal groups (sponges, cnidarians and the various wormy taxa); molluscan phylogeny is another hobby, but not as deeply involved as with the arthropods
- Neurobiology: sensory biology of arthropods; invertebrate brains (esp. arthropod); comparative neurology among all invertebrates
- Terrestrial Arthropod Physiology: especially abiotic influences on them, with view to how global warming may affect their distributions and diversity.
- Parasitism: evolutionary basis and consequences; kickass examples of it
- Sociality: evolutionary basis and consequences; criticism of mathematical models
- Developmental Biology: comparative embryology (arthropods); evo-devo; criticisms of deep homology; morphogenesis and canalisation
- Evolutionary Theory: levels of selection (individualist, leans towards group selection, thinks gene-level selection is bullshit); role of fossils and palaeontology in identifying and elucidating evolutionary processes
- History of Biology: Everything, from how much ancient cultures knew, through the medieval periods, through the Renaissance and Enlightenment and the origins of the modern biological disciplines to the emergence of modern-day debates (e.g. the group selection kerfuffles, the punctuated equilibrium battles and the silliness of early molecular phylogeneticists and the ways in which that silliness is still present); also, philosophy of biology (species concepts!) and history of biological philosophical concepts; biographical histories.
Those are what occupy me all the time, generally. I sometimes go through fads when I am fascinated by some random subject (in the past, this included cell biology and biochemistry).
I am currently starting up a project to review the terrestrial arthropods of Cyprus: taxonomy, ecology and zoogeography (both in time and space); involved with this project is public outreach (making field guides, etc.). If you have been/are going to Cyprus and feel like helping me out (insect photographer, collector, enthusiast, amateur or professional biologist), contact me with ideas!
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Audit regulators have handed out another blistering Big 4 inspection report, this time to Deloitte & Touche, calling out double the number of audit problems from the prior year.
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board published its 2010 inspection report for Deloitte, finding fault with 45 percent, or 26 of the 58 audits reviewed. In the year before, the board pointed out problems with 22 percent, or 16 of 73 audits that were scrutinized. The board recently issued similar findings for PwC and KPMG in those firms' 2010 inspection reports. The audit problem rate jumped from 12 percent to 39 percent for PwC, and from 13 percent to 23 percent for KPMG it the same time frame.
In Deloitte's case, the PCAOB said it found failures to identify or properly address financial misstatements, including failures to comply with disclosure requirements. It also found failures to perform necessary audit procedures, including one instance that led to a change in the public company client's accounting. Some of the problems were so significant, the PCAOB said, that it appeared the firm did not obtain the evidence it needed to support the opinion it issued on the financial statements or the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting.
That unflattering report follows a separate report in October where the PCAOB pointed out problems with Deloitte's audit quality control dating back to 2007. The board normally keeps such criticisms private and gives firms a year to resolve them before making those concerns public.
In October, however, the board updated a 2008 inspection report with concerns that the overall design of Deloitte's audit methodology and policies is problematic. The firm doesn't show enough skepticism, too easily accepting management's word on accounting matters and areas of judgment, the board said. The report also raised concerns about audit supervision, internal enforcement of existing policies and procedures, the quality of the firm's internal training programs, and the internal consultation process on tough audit issues.
In a letter accompanying the recent inspection report, Deloitte says it has evaluated the issues raised by the inspection team and taken appropriate actions. "We are committed to continuing to work with the PCAOB to further strengthen trust in the integrity of the independent audit," the firm wrote. Firm spokesman Jonathan Gandal said Deloitte has been making investments in strengthening and improving the practice.

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"All good things must come to an end" may come off as insulting in an exchange between a prospect and a veteran, yet the idiom rings true for many aging players.
Outliers like Jamie Moyer (49) and Tim Wakefield (45), Julio Franco (48) and Omar Vizquel (45) slowly age to become athletic dinosaurs but remain productive until their last baseball breath.
For the majority of ballplayers, however, the wear and tear of a 162-game season takes a toll on ones body. Eventually, the childhood dream of throwing the final out of the World Series or hitting a walk-off grand slam has either been accomplished or missed.
The ever-rotating carousel of baseball talent continues to churn out the next Cy Young winner and batting champ; and it will carry on as long as the great sport of baseball lives.
The following five veterans are trending downwards and may be replaced before season's end.


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Girls Expo Girls of Merit
Alaina Stromenger
Compassion and care for others, family first, and a devotion to excellence in everything she does are all part of daily life for Alaina Stromenger.
Alaina is a people person, and the people she comes in contact with benefit from her smile, her positive can-do attitude, and her sincere interest in who they are and what they are about. Alaina doesn't just believe you should be kind to everyone; she does it.
Many, many individuals and organizations have been the beneficiaries of this young lady who is just edging up on her 13th birthday. Alaina participates in Helping Hands, makes blankets for sick children in the hospital, packed gift bags for soldiers overseas, and visits nursing homes to sing and make gifts for the patients. She participated in the St. Jude Children's Hospital Mathathon, raising money for kids with cancer.
Not that academics play second fiddle. Alaina is a straight-A student at LeBoeuf Middle School where she has received the President's Education Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence, been nominated by her teachers to participate in People-to-People, is a LeBoeuf Leader, received a certificate of achievement for maintaining high academic, behavior and service standards, and was given the Kidecott Award.
For her flawless blend of academic excellence and community compassion, we name Alaina Stromenger an Erie Girl of Merit.
Beckah Burlingame
Girls World Expo is about self-esteem and self-empowerment, and Beckah Burlingame exemplifies those traits.
For many years, Beckah was mercilessly bullied at school. Eventually, the bullying took both a mental and physical toll. She became anxious, self-conscious, and fearful of trying new things.
Two years ago, Beckah asked for the opportunity to continue her schooling via online charter school. Permission granted, and suddenly Beckah's life was out of reach of those who would diminish it through their thoughtless actions. She took control of her life and future, and has excelled in all her online classes and earned a university scholarship as a result.
Bursting with newfound confidence, Beckah entered in the Albion Fair queen competition. She won three times. Once just for having the moxie to enter. A second time by being named "Miss Congeniality." And a third time when she was named "most photogenic." For Beckah, the Miss Congeniality title was particularly meaningful because it signaled that the other contestants found her worthy as a person and friend.
For her perseverance, strength, and embodiment of the values of self-esteem and self-empowerment, we proudly name Beckah Burlingame an Erie Girl of Merit.
Brittany Metzler
Medical adversity is a difficult opponent for an adult. It is often overwhelming for a young woman. But Brittany Metzler has simply refused to be overwhelmed, diminished or defeated.
In rapid succession, Brittany's grandmother and mother were diagnosed with breast cancer. Brittany was barely 11 years old at the time. While both relatives were undergoing treatment, Brittany was diagnosed with a tumor on her hip. The tumor later proved to be benign.
Brittany became the caregiver of her caregivers. Her mother endured seven surgeries in nine months; her grandmother had not only cancer treatment but also a triple bypass. At one point, when neither could care for her, Brittany stayed at the homes of caring family friends.
Through this remarkable series of traumas, Brittany maintained a straight-A average at school, and cared for her mother. While her mother and grandmother were undergoing treatment and recovery, Brittany used her own money to buy supplies and made special glass ornaments for her friends, family and the medical staff caring for her mom. At her mom's next appointment, the surgeon shared with the staff that the best gift she ever received was the beautiful ornament Brittany had made for her.
In addition to being an excellent student and remarkable caregiver, Brittany plays in the school orchestra, bowls, and plays softball. It's difficult to know whether her talent, determination, or dedication is greater.
Because she demonstrates such extraordinary courage, such deep commitment to her mother and grandmother, and such a source of inspiration to those around her, we very proudly recognize Brittany Metzler as an Erie Girl of Merit.
Calista Pierce
Though she's barely 13, Calista Pierce has already raised more than $30,000 for Special Olympics and other worthwhile charities and has given more than 3,600 hours of her time as a volunteer.
For Calista, fundraising is a very personal endeavor. Since she was five, Calista has volunteered at the Special Olympics where she could watch her brother compete. At the age of seven, she heard that the local chapter was low on funds. Fearing that might mean the loss of one of her brother's greatest opportunities for pleasure, Calista gathered her gumption and a large pile of craft supplies, and that's how Calista Cares was launched.
Since then, she has added bake sales, raffles and numerous other fundraisers to her repertoire. She has even inspired some of the athletes to help the program by donating baked goods for bake sales and helping sell candy bars and homemade suckers.
In addition to fundraising, Calista is a Special Olympics Unified Partner. She trains and competes with Special Olympics athletes as her teammates, helping them get where they need to be and encouraging them to do their best.
After finding out that her brother qualifies for a wish through Make-A-Wish, Calista decided to learn more about the organization. It came as quite a shock for her to find out that a child has to be diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition to qualify for a wish. To date, Calista has funded three wishes, raising some of the money by asking that family and friends contribute to that cause in lieu of birthday presents for her.
Somehow Calista also finds the time to be a Cadette Girl Scout, 4-H member, and participate in band and chorus.
In recognition of her lifelong commitment to helping others and thus making her community a better place, we name Calista Pierce an Erie Girl of Merit.
Emma Weisenfluh
Mercyhurst Preparatory School (MPS) has as its philosophy respect for all people, compassion, hospitality, service and justice. In senior Emma Weisenfluh, MPS has found someone represents all those qualities.
Emma is an outstanding student, an accomplished musician, an award winning swimmer, a young woman committed to community service, and a role model for others.
As a student, Emma excels. She is a two-year member of the National Honor Society and an International Baccalaureate Program student.
As an athlete, Emma also excels. She is a champion swimmer and was a member of the four-girl relay team which set meet and pool records in the 400-yard relay in the 2012 PIAA Championship. She has been a swim team member for four years.
Creatively, Emma is a member of the school orchestra, where she plays piano and also mentors younger students. She has performed in musical theater productions at school and in the community.
Speaking of community, Emma is very involved in hers. She has donated more than 200 hours to the Erie Zoo in the last three years, including spending a considerable part of her summer vacations helping at zoo events and with the every day operation of this Erie landmark.
Emma also volunteers at the Zabawa Festival, the Footlights Children's Theatre, the All School Musical Theatre, The Erie Marathon, The MPS Day Without Shoes, the Kick for a Cure Soccer Game (cancer research fundraiser), and she helps coach the East Erie Catholic Swim Team. She is also an altar server for her church.
For her all-around commitment and accomplishments and for her achievements in so many facets of her life, we name Emma Weisenfluh an Erie Girl of Merit.
Hannah Steiner
Hannah Steiner has come a long way. Literally.
Born in Kazakhstan and relegated to an orphanage, Hannah was adopted at a very early age and came to the United States. Here, Hannah has taken the opportunity that was made available and turned it into a luminous life happily shared with those around her.
Though she'd be too shy and humble to tell you herself, Hannah has a list of accomplishments that include being a straight-A student, appearing twice at Carnegie Hall, involvement at the Erie Playhouse both on and behind the stage since the age of five, and a participant at Camp Broadway in New York City. Hannah is the 2012-13 annual fund chair for the Erie Playhouse. She plays the handbells for the Harborcreek Presbyterian Church and is a member of the Care Squad at Luther Memorial Academy, performing a wide range of community service.
Through her quiet strength, Hannah has inspired and involved others -- young and old -- to participate in activities, organizations, and in life itself.
When she was just five, Hannah asked a reclusive widowed woman if she would go to the Erie Playhouse. When the woman demurred, Hannah simply made the offer irresistible -- she asked if the woman would go to watch her. Eight years later, the woman has not missed a performance.
For being a quiet yet forceful example to others, for her numerous accomplishments from academic to creative, and for her deep devotion to her extended family, we name Hannah Steiner an Erie Girl of Merit.
Jillian Johannes
Creativity is born and then honed, and Jillian Johannes was born with the talent most of us can only wish we had. Sharing the gift of her voice, Jillian has performed in every musical theater production since she started as a freshman at Mercyhurst Preparatory School (MPS).
Jillian is a member of the school chorus, performing at school liturgies each month. She was recently commissioned as a Eucharistic minister at MPS. She is a second year member of the National Honor Society, is enrolled in the International Baccalaureate Program.
Jillian was a volunteer for the 2011 Girls World Expo, contributing a significant amount of time to the event preparations. She volunteered at the Gertrude Barber National Institute in a ballroom dancing activity that gave autistic teenagers an opportunity for experience in socialization. She has been a volunteer for the Greek Festival, the MPS/Calamari Thanksgiving Dinner for the Homeless, the Niagara League Ghost Ship event, the Erie Marathon and St. Joseph's Parish Oktoberfest. She held a leadership role in the second annual 5K for Catholic Education.
Those are just some of the organizations and activities in which Jillian has accumulated more than 400 hours of volunteer time in the last three years, exceeding by 325 hours her school's requirement for volunteer service.
Neither her extensive theater commitment nor her community service efforts have kept Jillian from also being a member of the school swim and golf teams, an active student government member, and a participant in the Mercyhurst Prep Show Choir, a song and dance group that performs at local nursing homes and events throughout Erie.
For her combination of creativity and caring, we name Jillian Johannes an Erie Girl of Merit.
Julia Marn
Kindness, compassion, and concern for others showed up early in Julia Marn's life. At age 6, she was already volunteering in the community. Her community service included making winter apparel for the Kid's Caf�, and providing entertainment and leisure activity for several assisted living facilities and the City Mission.
Local volunteerism has included assisting in teaching English as a second language to immigrants from Nepal, Bhutan, and the Congo at the International Institute of Erie on 26th Street. Serving the community continued throughout her life. When Julia entered McDowell High School four years ago, she became very involved in Erie County Footsteps, an interdenominational Christian ministry for high school teens. Julia has assisted in Friendship Ministries, an outreach program for mentally challenged adults. This past summer she also joined the Saint Vincent student volunteer program working on the behavioral health unit. Julia has also participated in youth mission trips across the nation.
Julia has been a dedicated athlete all of her life. She has received eight varsity letters in three sports -- soccer, track and field and diving. She is also a school literary magazine editor, Model United Nations delegate, a Pennsylvania Jr. Academy of Science first award recipient at the state level, and a member of the National Honor Society.
If all goes according to her current plan, Julia will one day be a physician assistant in pediatric oncology. She hopes to pursue her college education at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pa., in the fall of 2013.
For her devotion to her family, community, church, and school, we name Julia Marn an Erie Girl of Merit.
Julie Pace
Fort LeBoeuf High School senior Julie Pace has the heart of a lion, which may be why she was named Leo of the Year this year.
Julie coordinates blanket and coat drives, and conducts fundraisers to help others. She was vice president of the Relay for Life in September, and led her volleyball team's participation, which resulted in them raising more than $300. She helped coordinate a day to raise money for cancer research. Julie is also the stat keeper for the football and wrestling teams, and competes on the girls volleyball and softball teams. Both were district champions last year.
Julie has been a Girl Scout for 11 years and frequently volunteers to help others through scouts and church. Julie is also a member of her student council and class councils at school.
Julie's warm and welcoming personality makes her a "go-to" person for her peers, whom she is always ready to help with questions, concerns, or challenges of any sort.
Whether raising money to help fight cancer, participating in the Crop Walk, seeing that less fortunate children have warm clothing or a blanket, or sharing her smile and can-do attitude with her peers, Julie is a role model who shows the value and virtue of thinking about and helping others. For her efforts, we designate Julie Pace an Erie Girl of Merit.
Patience Makusi
At the age of just 11, Patience Makusi is a businesswoman. Under the moniker of the Colored Zebra, Patience helps raise money for the Make a Wish Foundation by making bracelets from duct tape. Patience and her friends have already raised more than $500 for this great cause, and more is sure to follow. In fact, Patience and her team are currently at work fulfilling an order for 20 bracelets from the local Little Gridders cheerleading team.
Patience excels academically and athletically. During the summer she loves playing softball, where she's a very capable first baseman, and a powerful hitter who knocked three home runs out of the park last season. She also enjoys playing basketball for General McLane's MBA programs. Her team recently won the Mercyhurst Championships.
There's also a bookworm inside the businesswoman. Patience loves to read, and can often be found with a book in hand.
For her youthful entrepreneurship, commitment to others, and academic excellence, we proudly name Patience Makusi an Erie Girl of Merit.


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Introduced in 2000, the Tradex Scheme was a key initiative arising from the Government's Investing for Growth industry statement. The objective of the Tradex Scheme is to allow for the importation of goods, without payment of customs duty or other taxes, provided the goods are subsequently exported, or incorporated in other goods that are exported.
The Tradex Scheme Amendment Bill 2007 (the Bill) will amend the Tradex Scheme Act 1999 (the Tradex Act) to implement the Tradex related recommendations from the Review of the Tradex and Manufacturing in Bond Schemes and four post review proposals. The Bill does not implement the recommendations relating to the Manufacturing in Bond Scheme, which require amendment of the Customs Regulations 1926 (the Customs Regulations).
The Bill will decouple the Tradex Act from those provisions of the Customs Regulations that allow for the drawback of customs duty (the Drawback Regulations). The Bill will also improve the administration of the Tradex Scheme.
Decoupling the Tradex Act from the Drawback Regulations will enable the Tradex Scheme to remain consistent with the Drawback Regulations without being dependant on them. Both the Tradex and drawback programs are designed to provide relief from duties imposed by the Customs Tariff Act 1995 for imported goods that are subsequently exported, provided the goods are not inappropriately used or consumed while in Australia. This is consistent with the international taxation principle that duty should apply in the country of consumption.
There are subtle differences in the way the two programs operate. Drawback Regulations provide for the return of duties paid on imported goods if and when those goods are exported, provided the goods were not inappropriately used or consumed while in Australia. The Tradex Scheme provides access to up front duty exemption for imported goods intended to be exported. It also establishes liability to Tradex duty should the goods fail to be exported, or should they be used or consumed contrary to the Tradex Act while in Australia. Exporters are the focus of the benefit under the Drawback Regulations. Importers are the focus of the benefit under the Tradex Scheme. These differences mean that the Drawback Regulations are not always expressed in a manner that is appropriate for the Tradex Scheme.
The retention of the direct link between the Tradex and drawback programs is impacting on the administration of the Tradex Scheme. Administration became even more challenging when the drawback provisions were amended in October 2006 to specifically restrict eligibility to exporters or their assignees.
Other amendments to the Act are aimed at improving the administration of the Tradex Scheme. They include changing the burden of proof for exportation of nominated goods, expanding the Secretary's power to revoke or suspend Tradex orders, removing the requirement for the approval of the Tradex application form to be a disallowable instrument and providing a refund mechanism in the case of over payment of Tradex duty.
The recommendations and proposals are expected to have no significant impact on revenue forgone. The changes are of an administrative nature and, while they are designed to improve the administration of Tradex, they are not expected to generate significant savings.


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Samsung NC110-A03
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At a list price of $400, the Samsung NC110-A03 would be just an average netbook with long battery life and an excellent keyboard. With street pricing as low as $320, it becomes a very reasonable netbook that offers a dual core processor at the price of many single core competitors. There are still some areas where it could be improved, including a better trackpad design and improved display with wider viewing angles.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/01/2011
Rating: Total score: 80%
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150: Integrated (shared memory) graphics card in the intel Atom N4xx CPUs. Minimally faster than an old GMA 950 and therefore not suited for 3D games or HD videos (only MPEG2 acceleration).
These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Atom: The Intel Atom series is a 64-Bit (not every model supports 64bit) microprocessor for cheap and small notebooks (so called netbooks), MIDs, or UMPCs. The speciality of the new architecture is the "in order" execution (instead of the usual and faster "out of order" execution). Therefore, the transistor count of the Atom series is much lower and, thus, cheaper to produce. Furthermore, the power consumption is very low. The performance per Megahertz is therfore worse than the old Pentium 3M (1,2 GHz on par with a 1.6 GHz Atom).
N570: Dual core Atom processor with a slightly higher clock rate than the Atom N550 and therefore still slower than the CULV processors.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
This is a typical display size for tablets and small convertibles.
Large display-sizes allow higher resolutions. So, details like letters are bigger. On the other hand, the power consumption is lower with small screen diagonals and the devices are smaller, more lightweight and cheaper.
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This weight is typical for big tablets, small subnotebooks, ultrabooks and convertibles with a 10-11 inch display-diagonal.
Samsung: The Samsung Group is composed of numerous international businesses, all united under the Samsung brand in South Korea. The meaning of the Korean word Samsung is "tristar" or "three stars". The Samsung brand is one of the most important brands of South Korea. Samsung is an international notebook manufacturer of medium size according market shares and reviews.
80%: This rating is not convincing. The laptop is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.


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(72% sauvignon blanc, 27% semillon and 1% muscadelle) Pale, gold-tinged straw-yellow. Starts off a bit closed and reticent, but opens with air to reveal bright sauvignon aromas of white flowers, green fig, cantaloupe and lemon drop. Enters creamy-smooth and very pleasant, then veers toward semillon flavors of candied pear, white peach and apricot. The rather dainty finish is light and lively.


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Telling Time - CCSS 3.MD.A.1
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- Bang On Time - Read the time in words then stop the clock when the hands reach the right time.
- Beat the Clock - Interactive time game. How fast can you beat the clock? Set the timer to find out!
- Bedtime Bandits - (students try to stay up as late as possible by blasting killer clocks that drop from the ceiling) After each stage, identifying the correct clock gets harder and harder. Eventually, students have to blast the clock that is "4 hours and 15 minutes past 2:30", for example.
- ClockWise and Matching Time - Select these two activities to practice telling time.
- Clock Works - [use challenge level] Select hour and then minute by clicking on the clock.
- E-Lab: Elapsed Time - [designed for 4th grade] Use an analog clock to measure elapsed time.
- Elapsed Time - Online quiz; Word problems
- Elapsed Time - Online quiz; Word Problems: Time to Minutes Within Hour
- Elapsed Time - Tell how many hours and minutes pass during an activity.
- Elapsed Time - Quia Quiz. Determine the amount of time that has elapsed between two time periods.
- Elapsed Time - Practice finding the elapsed time when given a starting time and an ending time. Elapsed Time is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.
- Elapsed Time - Show what time it will be in a given the number of minutes.
- Elapsed Time - Select the answer to the question to determine the elapsed time.
- Elapsed Time on a Clock - An E-Lab activity from Harcourt School Publishers (rated for 4th grade ). Use an analog clock to measure elapsed time.
- Is It PE Time? - Use a chart (table) to solve problems.
- Right Time - Explore the meaning of AM and PM while they tell time to the hour and half hour.
- Stop the Clock - Match digital time to analog clocks, or written time, by dragging the digital clocks, or written time | to the nearest hour | to the nearest half hour | to the nearest fifteen minutes | to the nearest five minutes
- Telling Time - Draw a line between matching items in each column.
- Time Match - Concentration style game.
- Time To Go - Tell time to the half hour. [hour and half hour only]
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Endless war series continues with a new game and now you don t have to kill enemies by yourself, let your soldiers do the fight! Build up a perfect defense in 14 missions of 3 campaigns and try to survive in survival mode. Select a unit and press Space toggle manual control. Spend some time for building at the beginning of the mission. Don t underestimate infantry. They re cheap and effective against all types of enemies. Call for reinforcements if enemy strikes too hard.
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lighting a firecracker in a car only a foolieo would do that
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A rapper with a high voice, who raps rymes he don't even know
No example avalibale
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Dude, you were so shmammered last night you didn't know your own name and puked all over the place
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A cross between being shit faced and hammered.
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To become incredibly intoxicated due to the over consumption of alcohol; a combination of smashed and hammered
Those 15 shots of vodka got me completely shmammered last night.
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A new level of drunkeness. To not give a fuck about the excruciating pain you will feel the next morning to due an enormous hangover. Don't expect to remember anything after gettin shmammered.
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UPDATE (at bottom of post): "Merrulala Land and the merry bunch of Tweeters"
>> also see: Twitter in Real Life!
====================================================================================== From: Mahesh P. Butani (via email)
Date: Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 12:41 PM
To: Council, the Mayor, City Manager and Integrity Commissioner, City of Hamilton.
Does Hamilton's Twitter Universe Represent the Whole City?
Here is a well researched snapshot of the global Twitter-sphere:
Hamilton is no exception to such Twitter usage statistics, a reality that is diametrically opposite of what Alex Sévigny, an associate professor of communications at McMaster University has come to believe: "the barrier to acceptance for any social media campaign --here-- is very high, and demands authenticity"... because --Hamilton-- has such a high level of engagement when it comes to social media.
The sheer arrogance behind such statements as above and this: "With social media strategies and campaigns, research first is very important, said Chris Farias"... when they themselves have utterly failed to research "facts" of what really occurred, only highlights the total unreliability of Twitter comments in Hamilton presently.
Maybe a few years from now when a more matured user base manages to sublimate the current hashtag jingoism, then it may begin to represent the city's true character.
I have stated earlier that a very small fraction of the population initiated and sustained the public swarming of Dialogue Partners -- a point completely missed by the Spec writer and her expert branding and communications validators.
What you witnessed two weeks ago, were not conversations. They were rabid assaults, fed by equally rabid opinions of experts who do need to develop a deeper understanding of the sub-text of such on-line violence, which is being passed off as intense civic engagement and humour, wrapped up in good old local machismo.
Twitter users in Hamilton simply do not represent the much wider and demographically diverse communities of our city.
Given the hype generated by this small group of twitter users, --as them being representative of the entire community, and the resulting misguided media fallout, it is crucial for the council to define the size of Hamilton's "Twitter universe" before meaningful civic decision making can be based on this small group.
Getting feedback from multiple on-line channels, is quite different from basing civic or media decisions solely based on Twitter chatter. Unless, the intent is to promote gossip mongering.
My understanding of what happened on the 7th/8th of January is based on my experience* and a lot of manual pattern reading of Hamilton's Twitter chatter, between 7th and 20th of January.
Our city administration needs to develop capacity in tracking on-line chatter as it is invaluable in predicting the real v/s hyped tone, temper and direction of our diverse community's many --concurrent and parallel-- conversations on various channels.
Today there are many more cost-effective tools available in the market, such as:
Merely following the Twitter users and the ensuing press distortions, is bound to generate a skewed understanding of what is really going on in the community.
To avoid being manipulated in future by sensational press headlines arising from Twitter dumps, as seen two week ago, and becoming pro-active as a city in understanding broader community conversations, it is critical for this city administration to develop capacity in such predictive, pattern-recognition technologies and tools.
The council & staff can only learn from this incident and advance it's understanding and capabilities to ensure that similar incidents do not happen again, as well as develop a much more sophisticated approach to gaining deeper insight into our city's many more various community conversations outside of Twitter/Facebook.
Another very serious point that needs to be noted by Council with regards to Twitter usage by councillors:
Is this self-imposed silence on twitter? or an attempt at continuing bad behaviour, now, under protection of privacy?
You decide:
After being very active during the public swarming of the consultant, Clr.Sam Merulla has now decided to use the protection of "privacy" on Twitter!
Should such public behaviour by an elected councillor, be allowed to go unchecked? Especially, when it has been extensively documented that he has used his Twitter chatter to empower the public swarming of a city consultant--without a shred of evidence that could hold up in the court of law to justify his actions.
When proof that was counter to his accusations surfaced, instead of offering an apology to the people of Hamilton for his behaviour, he simply chose to goes into hiding behind Twitter privacy!!
An elected councillor is a public figure.Their conduct and speech, be it in public, or among small groups on-line, must be non-defamatory, non-inflammatory, evidence-based, and open & transparent.
The "trust" that city contractors and consultants from out of town have in conducting business with this city, has been seriously violated and broken by Clr. Sam Merulla's mindless actions and continuing unapologetic behaviour.
Nothing sort of a Council and Integrity inquiry along with a public apology by him, will manage to restore this trust.
His unethical conduct has put many local businesses/services who have contracts with other municipalities at serious risk of reciprocal actions -- while setting back the progress Hamilton has made with it new found reputation of being a "business friendly environment" for outside companies.
Now that he has chosen to go behind his wall of privacy on Twitter, who knows what kinds of conversations he is leading or empowering?
I am calling on the Integrity Commissioner and the Mayor & Council to immediately look in to the conduct of Clr. Sam Merulla in directly hurting the reputation of this city with his actions, and I am also requesting for a new policy for on-line usage by councillors--with clear penalties for breaching such policy.
All councillors who conduct public conversations be they on-line or off-line, during their elected term, should do so based on facts and not gossip, in an open and transparent manner. And all electronic records of such conversations needs to be public. They simply do not have the luxury of being protected by privacy filters.
Below is a glaring example of Clr.Merulla's continuing mis-use of social-media, this time to discuss a city issue viz. the redevelopment of the Delta School in his ward, which has not yet ratified by council:
[...] I still can't believe they are demolishing Delta's building. Would make a beautiful condo building #HamOnt
Sam Merulla @Sam_Merulla
It will not be demolished it will be a hybrid of residential and park development.
8:20 AM - 17 Jan 13
Sam Merulla @Sam_Merulla
It is not up to them. We will purchase it at the appropriate time and pursue RFP process !!!
Sam Merulla @Sam_Merulla
Folks we've done this before. The city will gain possession. !!!
Sam Merulla @Sam_Merulla
No problem. If you google the issue there are stories on my plan published re Delta
Meanwhile the newspaper has a totally different story from Clr.Merulla's Tweets:
Councillor Sam Merulla says city staff are already looking into purchasing Delta, Merulla envisions a development that would include "much-needed green space alongside condos that would keep the building's impressive architecture intact." There's little information available about how much the Delta property may cost city taxpayers. The board has valued the three lower-city schools it plans to close — Delta, Parkview, and Sir John A. Macdonald — at a total of just over $8 million.
Councillor Sam Merulla, for instance, is pressuring the city to buy Delta Secondary for a possible development that would include "much-needed green space alongside condos and keep the building's impressive architecture intact."
Murray said he doesn't know at this stage what funds would be tapped to purchase schools. But for Merulla, the city's commitment to buy Delta, at least, is imperative. "We can't afford not to do this," he said. "We're taking a negative and trying to develop a positive."
Comparing these most recent Twitter comments to the earlier press stories. Clr. Merulla appears to be clearly mis-informing Twitter users. Is this how a councillor should be conducting city affairs via Twitter and the press?
Is he hoping to create another "swarming of public opinion" via Twitter to pressurize the city into buying the Delta school building with tax-payer money -- in a ward from only which he stands to gain politically? Never mind that during this very same period, he has "seconded" a motion which has ensured the demolition of the Sanford School building which just happens to not be in his ward !!
Allowing such behaviour and misuse of on-line tools to be continued by a councillor, is seriously damaging the reputation of this city which publicly claims to be emerging from the dark shadows of its own past.
Is this the New Hamilton we all talk about?
Mahesh P. Butani
* My interest in tracking this incident, is based on my extensive business involvement in a pioneering software-technology company in the US in 2000-01. During its existence, some of our advanced pattern-recognition tools helped Fortune 100 companies track on-line conversations and chatter to develop strategies, solutions and products in real-time. This company was one of the top-four in the world in AI, Pattern Recognition field back then.
"Merrulala Land and the merry bunch of Tweeters"
Quid Pro Quo?
Celebratory beer fest of some kind, Joey Coleman(left) and Laura Babcock (right),
@LauraBabcock If #HamOnt accepts a free "$32,000" engagement training course from the firm that
messed up public engagement project I may lose my mind, Jan 24, 2013 -- Retweeted by Andrea Castillo
MYTHS of a poor campaign: spun by a Mac communication student and his Twitter friends.
Here are the FACTS, which the local and out of town media will not publish or broadcast, as they were party to this public lynching:
1. Bike path picture from Ottawa, ON
---> First LIE Tweeted by Joey Coleman
2. T-shirt Picture from Hamilton, WA
---> Pintrest Hack - see: http://goo.gl/tv5Zy
3. Courthouse Picture from Hamilton, OH
---> Pintrest Hack - see: http://goo.gl/tv5Zy
4. Payday loans script in the HTML source
---> Clearly hacked with intent to embarrass.
5. 'Offensive' comment in the survey about minorities and the under-privileged
---> User submitted, from #hamont --- "As a minority, I do not see this as offensive".
6. Website looks ugly
---> Cheap comment by Joey Coleman. Have you seen Coleman's websites?
7. Survey was done on a template site
---> Many large & small companies use survey websites for surveys.
8. Website was a Template site
---> Millions of businesses use web templates every day.
Those who complain most about this, are the small web designers who are losing out in the market.
9. Survey did not comply with MFIPPA
---> Proven to be false.
10.The "what is HSR" -- question
---> Clear GANGING UP by 5 women, followed up by call for a twitter swarm by Joey Coleman.
11. Silence after the Twitter Noise
---> As per instructions of the client, the City of Hamilton.
The Hamilton Spectator, CBC-Hamilton, local TV, Cable TV, and Radio, as well as many local blogs, and out-of-town blogs such as this one, continues to NOT publish the above truths in its entirety.
Why are they being skittish? Who are they trying to protect?
Not one of the "Twitter Gang" has offered a clear, worded apology even after each and every one of the above accusations started to unravel. Not by any individuals, not by the media, not even by the city.
This is the true character of HAMILTON. A city that is afraid to speak the TRUTH.
What are we breeding here? a new-generation of Liars?
Forget about being an INNOVATIVE CITY or a CREATIVE CITY or a TOLERANT CITY or even a PROGRESSIVE CITY.
Hamilton first needs to become a HUMBLE city and an INCLUSIVE CITY.
Maybe a FORGIVING CITY, may then have a chance to grow someday, from which, a new kind of CARING ECONOMY may have a chance to evolve.
Until then this will be the "Merrulala Land and the merry bunch of Tweeters", ready to charge at every "windmill" he points at.
ARE the Canadian PR/MARKETING PROS so gullible as to buy anything that comes out of Hamilton's PR industry? I have lived here for 17 years, and still consider myself an outsider, thanks to the "local born & bred" fetish, that is sadly still alive and thriving.
For Godz sakes don't try to unpak this stuff in 5 points --- without first spending time to research this. Isn't that the very accusation being flung at the consultant from Ottawa?
RESEARCH before you write...RESEARCH before you TWEET. Better still don't Tweet for five days, and re-discovery your life again!
Latest media coverage on this topic:
M.P.Butani2013/01/22 at 2:04 AM ET (my comment at above post).
Alex Sevigny: Empathy has to preexist within a group, before it can be felt.
Tweeting "sweet nothings" over months to each other in a group does not maketh a community.
---"No one likes taking shots at someone they see at Starbucks. There's no honour in that."---
Are you suggesting that there is "honour" in taking shots... repeated shots at a blank face!! If that is what you are professing, than I believe this city [does] have a much bigger problem.
No amount of scholarly gymnastics can absolve this "group" from what it did. A few pack leaders, seen in the Tweeter Reach report - those standing on top of the heap, were clearly present at time of the organized "lynching" right from the first mention of HSR by five women, who showed up preordained, to not give an "inch".
Five otherwise intelligent women, who started this well planned spiral.
As I mentioned earlier, find out who was hanging out with these women and that Child Student from Mac on the evening he divined the "tellOHeverything" assault, and you will have the answers.
Do you see any diff. between what happened here and what happened to that innocent young girl in New Delhi on the bus? or what happened during the run up to bombing Baghdad?
You come across as an apologist of the joy riders, and not a scholar on this issue for you have way to many friends in this group to be objective.
They feel warm and fuzzy, on tweets, but I doubt even one of them would show up in your defense, if I were ever to start a "tellSevignyEverything" about communications.
Don't continue to demean those who have already been hurt in this for no cause but that -- your "community's influencers" felt like they weren't solicited or taken into account."
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Ina Garten, Please adopt me.
This weekend was pretty typical. I planned our meals, organized my grocery list, worked out (post about that tomorrow), and went to Target.
I made my own version of some really yummy Carne Asada Beef Stew, went to a karaoke birthday party at the ultimate dive bar, baked up some ginger cookies for the Mars Hill Christmas Celebration (you should come!!) took a nap, and even listened to some Christmas music like I promised.
It. Was. Fantastic.
real ginger in them. Or maybe because they lived up to hype of the slight crunch on the outside and soft chewy inside that can be so challenging to accomplish.
Drooling yet? If you're coming to the Mars Hill Christmas Party, you caaaan haaaave one.
BUT, if you live in another state other than Washington, I suppose that might be a challenge, so you might have to settle for making your own.
I confess, I followed Ina's Recipe almost to a T.
I accidentally forgot to put cloves in my recipe so the first 12 cookies went in the oven clove-less. To remedy, I sprinkled the rest of the dough with a few good shakes of ground cloves and finished up the last 18 cookies exactly as the recipe states. I even had Mark warm the egg to room temperature by holding it in his hands for 15 minutes. Yep. I'm hard-core.
Oh that, and I used 4 oz candied ginger, based on what other bakers said in the reviews. I recommend this change, or maybe even 3 oz. They are very ginger-y.
ULTIMATE GINGER COOKIEby Ina Garten and the food network
2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground cloves (don't forget them!)
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup lightly packed dark brown sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup unsulfered molasses
1 extra large egg, room temp. If you don't have an extra large egg, maybe add a Tbsp more oil.
granulated sugar~ about 1/4 cup for rolling
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 sheet pans with parchment paper.
Scoop the dough with 2 spoons or a small ice cream scoop. With your hands, roll each cookie into a 1 3/4-inch ball and then flatten them lightly with your fingers. Press both sides of each cookie in granulated sugar and place them on the sheet pans. Bake for exactly 13 minutes. The cookies will be crackled on the top and soft inside. Let the cookies cool on the sheets for 1 to 2 minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
Store in sealed container at room temp for up to a week.
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Linton Public Library to host reading program
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There's an Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra instrument petting zoo, a library lock-in, Marionette puppet show, rock concert, crafts and more lined up for this year's fun.
Becky Deischer, children's assistant librarian, explained, "We're expecting big numbers and the kids seem to really be excited about it."
Sign-ups are from 9: 30 a.m. - 6 p.m. on May 26 at the library and the first 100 kids get a free goody bag, she noted.
"Summer is a lot of fun around here. Some of the children make you laugh and others are very serious about what they are doing," explained Phyllis Franklin, who serves as the children's librarian.
The fun kicks off with a Marionette puppet presentation of the "Wizard of Oz" at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. on May 27.
The program also offers great incentives through its reading contest, Franklin added. Program participants can earn prizes, coupons and qualify for a chance to win grand prizes.
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MARTINSBURG - There's a reason Martinsburg was carrying a 28-game winning streak into the season opener against Sherando, Va.
On the practice field, 16th-year coach David Walker makes sure his team is better conditioned, better equipped to handle the battle.
They were just that Friday night.
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Sherando Warriors take on the Martinsburg Bulldogs
A ton of new faces in key spots -same old result, as the Bulldogs wore down then dismantled the Warriors 38-0 Friday night at Cobourn Field.
The Bulldogs overcame four offensive turnovers - two on back-to-back-plays from scrimmage - and a bit of a sloppy offensive effort in the win. Their talent overcame any mistakes they might have made.
Newcomer Trey Boyd, a sophomore transfer from Island Coast, Fla., scored twice, both on impressive runs, and senior quarterback Justin "Cookie" Clinton ran in another.
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Jared Sartin, left, and Dean DeSana of Martinsburg sack Sherando quarterback Reid Entsminger in the first quarter of the Bulldogs' season-opening win over the Warriors. (Journal photo by Ron Agnir)
Bottom, Decoley Jones of Martinsburg looks to shed would-be tacklers from Sherando in the second quarter. (Journal photo by Ron Agnir)
Dildeep Dhatt of Martinsburg pressures Sherando quarterback Reid Entsminger. (Journal photo by Ron Agnir)
The Bulldogs were just quicker and better on this night.
"It felt really good," said Boyd, who rushed for 73 yards on 11 carries. "Now we have some leverage. I'm not gonna lie, I was a little nervous coming into the game with the week of practice we had."
Martinsburg ran its winning streak to 29 games, but Walker didn't care one bit about that.
"Those other 28, they're in the past," he said. "One-and-oh sounds pretty good right now."
In the postgame huddle, Walker told his team that it isn't nearly as good as the Bulldogs aspire to be. But the 38-point output doesn't justly reflect how the offense sputtered at time.
"Who was the best-conditioned team out here?" Walker asked them.
"We were," the Bulldogs all said in unison.
After losing key players all around the field from last season's perfect run to another Class AAA championship, Martinsburg had some hiccups, but it demonstrated exactly how talented of a team it is.
"You should've scored 60," Walker said in the huddle.
Martinsburg's first drive ended in a Clinton interception along the far sideline. Then after the Bulldogs forcde a three-and-out, Clinton brilliantly returned a punt 55 yards down to the 8-yard line, only to be stripped and hand the ball back over to Sherando.
Sherando got things going on the next drive with Reid Entsminger at the controls. The Warriors moved the ball down to the Bulldogs' 31 before Entsminger fumbled it away.
After that, Martinsburg found life, moving down the field behind the running of Clinton and Boyd. And after starting at their own 35, the Bulldogs marched down to the Warriors' 5, and Clinton punched it in untouched.
That's all Martinsburg would need, as the defense did the rest.
Though, the Bulldogs ended up getting a lot more.
As the game wore on, the Warriors wore down.
Up by 17, Martinsburg scored three consecutive touchdowns to ice the game. Boyd punched one in from six yards out, then Decoley Jones had a 2-yard score. And after yet another 3-and-out forced by the Martinsburg defense, senior Cedric Brown took a punt 52 yards up the left sideline behind a convoy of blockers for the final tally.
The Bulldogs limited the Warriors to 160 yards, 84 coming in the second half.
"They're dangerous and have great athletes," Sherando coach Bill Hall said. "You have to give credit to them. We have to do a better job."
Martinsburg picked up three sacks of Warrior quarterbacks, including a strip-sack by Eugene German that was recovered at the Warriors' 7 that led to a Tyler DeHaven 37-yard field goal, making it 17-0 in the third quarter.
The Bulldogs blocked a punt, Dean DeSana collected one of the sacks and Daiquon Everhart had a sack and an impressive interception where he tipped a screen pass to himself and raced 44 yards down to the 21. The Bulldogs fumbled on the next play, however.
"We did pretty well," German said of the defense. "We've just got to be more consistent.
"We worked hard in the offseason. I think we were better conditioned."
Boyd had put Martinsburg up 14-0 on a 24-yard touchdown run on a fourth-down play midway through the second quarter. That effectively swung the game squarely toward the Bulldogs.
Boyd, who Walker said. "is not totally healthy" while recovering from a preseason ankle sprain, looked spry around the corner and cut with authority.
Entsminger, who was basically all of Sherando's offense throughout the game, went down with cramps while playing defense with 4:02 left in the third quarter and didn't return.
"Fatigue just got the best of me," said Entsminger, who was 5 for 10 for 37 yard through the air. "I had hydrated well all week. It was just bad luck."
Taylor Loudan (38 yards rushing) and George Aston (32) got a lot of tough yardage for Sherando, Aston's coming in late in the game after Entsminger went down and sophomore Joshua Ojo at QB.
Entsminger ended the game with 22 yards rushing - factoring lost yardage from sacks.
Jones had 73 yards and Clinton finished with 40 yards on the ground for Martinsburg.


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So it is just painted white with a few LEDs in it?
This Is Sweet!
So it is just painted white with a few LEDs in it?
i officially want it
help me im dying help
Looks more like a Super Nintendo without the purple, to me!
That turtle has a brief case. It must be going to work. I hope it has a good day.
wow, that's cool but it's a little late to get an n64
...Also go Denver Broncos!!!
lol its pretty kool and not too hard too do either lol
It may be an older console, but it still looks cool with the Wii theme.
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worth remembering. - Bruce Lee
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that is so uber i cant even begin to describe it..
Everything in this signature except for this text was made by Wiired, he is my creator and almighty.
omg, i painted my guitar white. Now its a Wii themed guitar. Wait, shit my toilet is white too. Let me tape some blue LED lights under the toilet seat.. BAM! Wii themed toilet. Oh look its michael jackson, and hes white and wearing shiny blue lights. Geeze, Crazy michael jackson and his wii themed outfit. he must be trying to pick up on little boys. "hey wanna touch my wii"heehee"mote."
that is the real point though? n64 is like almost 10 years old...but its really cool looking
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POLITICAL heavyweights will be out in force tomorrow as the nation celebrates Workers' Day, with the centrepiece involving the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) taking place in Mangaung (Bloemfontein).
Mangaung is, of course, where the ruling African National Congress (ANC) recently celebrated its centenary and will be the site of the organisation's next elective conference in December.
President Jacob Zuma will be joined by Cosatu president Sdumo Dlamini and South African Communist Party secretary-general Blade Nzimande (also minister of higher education and training) at Cosatu's main May Day rally.
The labour movement has 15 more rallies planned across the country to celebrate Workers' Day.
In East London, Cosatu secretary-general Zwelinzima Vavi will share the platform with ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe and SACP deputy general secretary Jeremy Cronin (also deputy transport minister).
Given the composition of those who will be on the various platforms there is clearly an attempt to put unity within the tripartite alliance in the spotlight.
This will come after the recent acrimonious exchanges between Cosatu and the government over plans to implement e-tolling as part of the process to upgrade Gauteng roads.
On Monday, there will be further protests and blockades on some routes. This might also be a test of unity of those participating.
Mr Zuma will again be in the spotlight on Wednesday when he welcomes President Pratibha Patil of India on a state visit to SA.
The visit will last until May 8.
A statement from the last Cabinet meeting said "although the visit will focus on the strengthening of political and economic relations between SA and India, much of the programme will be extended to pay pilgrimage on the Gandhi Heritage Sites, where Mahatma Gandhi set a footprint during the years he spent in SA".
India is a key partner with South Africa in the India-Brazil-SA grouping (Ibsa) and in the broader grouping known as Brics when China and Russia are added.
Various ministers will come under scrutiny during a shortened parliamentary week when they present their budget votes to the National Assembly. On Wednesday, Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini and Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa will present their reports for the past year and their plans for next year. They will put their cases after a debate on the floor of the house on the topic of Freedom Day.
On Thursday, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk, Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson and Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile will be in the spotlight when they present their budgets to the assembly.
Parliament's police committee will meet on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to deliberate on the controversial South African Police Service Amendment Bill, with Friday set as the date for its adoption.
The bill, which is an attempt to comply with the Constitutional Court ruling that the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks) was not sufficiently independent from political interference, was resoundingly rejected by civil society organisations during public hearings last week.
The criticisms were that the bill still did not go far enough in ensuring an absence of political interference as is required by a number of international anti-corruption protocols to which SA is a signatory.
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Published: 25th December 2013 09:58 AM
Last Updated: 25th December 2013 09:59 AM
Two persons were killed and 45 others injured when a bus rammed into a goods-laden lorry on the Kozhikode-Mysore National Highway-212 at Kolavayal, near here, early Tuesday morning. The drivers of both the vehicles were reportedly killed on the spot. The deceased were identified as lorry driver Manu, 24, s/o Puthanpurakkal George of Malankara, Nenmeni, and bus driver C K Shahil, 30, s/o Chenattukuzhi Yousuf of Arappatta, Meppadi.
Two of the injured have been admitted to the Kozhikode Medical College while the rest are undergoing treatment at various hospitals in Kalpetta. Their condition is said to be stable.
It took about an hour for the Fire and Rescue Services personnel and the local people to take out the bus driver from the mangled cabin. The incident took place around 6 am.
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On Oct 15, 2:57*pm, Pradeep
> Hello,
> I am getting a segmentation fault error while configuring the server
> after installing Sybase ASE 15.0.2 (Express edition) on RHEL 5. The
> following is what I get:
> Building Adaptive Server 'A1AIGMD01445':
> Writing entry into directory services...
> Directory services entry complete.
> Building master device...
> sh: line 1: *4134 Segmentation fault * * */data/sybase/ASE-15_0/bin/
> dataserver -d/data/sybase/data/master.dat -b30M -z2k -sA1AIGMD01445 -e/
> data/sybase/ASE-15_0/install/A1AIGMD01445.log -T1623 -f >/tmp/sbQnn5Hx
> 2>&1
> Task failed
> dataserver: master device size for this server: 30.0 Mb
> Server 'A1AIGMD01445' was not created.
> dataserver: master database size for this server: 13.0 Mb
> dataserver: model database size for this server: 3.0 Mb
> Can anybody please let me know if I am missing something?
> Thanks,
> Pradeep
This might be related to LD_POINTER_GUARD variable. check out the link
on Michael's site.
There have been several threads on the same topic in group
sybase.public.ase.linux which you might want to check..
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Stroller Strollin'
New parents might want to consider coming to the museum this Friday morning for our monthly New Parent's tour. Take the opportunity to meet fellow parents-with-babies and learn something about art while keeping cool.
A Parliament of Owls
Our last session of Storytime led us on a search for night creatures in our galleries. Although this isn't the owlery at Hogwarts, we did discover a clutch of young owls in our atrium. Who knows what we will discover at our next Storytime? Please join us and be a part of the fun!
Happy Flag Day!
Childe Hassam (1859-1935), Flags on the Waldorf, 1916, Oil on canvas, 1985.301
Frederick T. Stockdorf, [Party Group], 1897, Gelatin silver print, P1976.4.5
Laura Gilpin (1891-1979), Navaho Family, 1950, Gelatin silver print, © 1979 Amon Carter Museum, Bequest of the artist, P1979.95.15
I Wish My Summer Could Look Like This...
William Merritt Chase (1849–1916), Idle Hours, ca. 1894, oil on canvas, 1982.1
Laura Gilpin, (1891–1979), [Summer Carnival] [Colorado Springs, Colorado], June 1941, Gelatin silver print, © 1979 Amon Carter Museum, Bequest of the artist, P1979.102.27
Keith Carter (b.1948), Fireflies, 1992, Gelatin silver print, ©1992 Keith Carter, P2000.4
Have a wonderful summer!
Happy Memorial Day
Today we honor the men and women who have given their lives to ensure our freedom. One day out of a year seems hardly fitting for such a sacrifice, including those made by the families of the fallen.
Here are two works from our collection that speak to the human experience of separation and loss.
George Bellows (1882–1925),
Prepare, America!, 1916
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas,
Albert E. Schaaf (1866–1950)
Armistice Morning--Fifth Avenue, 1918
Bromoil print
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
Although Armistice Day and Memorial Day are two different occasions, this work is one that resonates with everyone who has lost someone to war.
To honor military personnel, the Carter is pleased to participate in the 2010 Blue Star Museums Program. Participating institutions offer free admission to active military families all summer in a new partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. Since admission is always free to the Carter's permanent collection and special exhibitions of American art, members of the military will receive a complimentary souvenir collection catalogue during their visit to the Carter between Memorial Day and Labor Day. To receive your catalogue, simply present your military ID to a Visitor Services Representative at the museum's Information Desk. For more information, including other participating institutions, click here.
New Parent's Tour Reminder
Send yourself - and your baby - to the Carter for a time out and learn something interesting about the art in our collection. No sitting in the corner this Friday, just opportunities to discuss art and life-in-general with your fellow new parents.
Laura Gilpin (1891–1979)
Navaho Twins [Edith's Babies] [Near Betatakin, Arizona], September 1953
Gelatine silver print
© 1979 Amon Carter Museum, Bequest of the artist
Don't forget that free parking is still available in the museum's parking lot off of Camp Bowie. To access the museum with your stroller, please come to the elevator next to the loading dock on the north side of the museum. Someone will be there to assist you and bring you into the museum.
Call 817.989.5030 or e-mail email@example.com with questions about this or any program at the Carter.
Program Alert - Science Meets Art!
Deep in my heart I'm a nerd. I love to watch science shows, even when I'm not exactly sure what is being discussed. This Saturday presents the perfect public program for my science-geek side and my inner-librarian, with beautiful art on view as a juicy bonus.
Cyntia Karnes, senior paper conservator at the Library of Congress, will offer insight into the art of John Marin, an artist from our permanent collection and part of our special exhibition American Moderns on Paper: Masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Ms. Karnes has completed a technical examination of Marin's watercolors and will share her views on the influences on Marin's work.
Admission is free, but because seating is limited, reservations are required. Call 817.989.5030 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com to register.
John Marin (1870–1953)
Movement No. 3, Related to Downtown New York, 1926
Opaque and transparent watercolor over charcoal on thick wove paper
© Estate of John Marin/ Artist Rights Society (ARS)
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT; Gift of James L. Goodwin and Henry Sage Goodwin from the Estate of Philip L. Goodwin, 1958.229
Congratulations Graduates
No matter what your age"¦
Artist Unknown , Laura Gilpin, Receiving an Honorary Ph. D. Colorado College, ca. 1970's, Dye coupler print (Type C), Bequest of Laura Gilpin
or where you go to school"¦
Skeet McAuley, Hogan-Shaped Administration Building, Navajo Community College, Tsaile, Arizona, 1984, Dye destruction print
Congratulations to all graduates!
Museums and Social Justice
A few weeks ago I attended the annual conference of the National Art Education Association in Baltimore, where the theme was Art and Social Justice. I must admit that I rarely pay attention to a conference's theme, but this year was different because social justice is one of my personal passions. Carter educator Sara Klein and I had the opportunity to showcase the Carter's accessible programs and programs for non-traditional audiences through sessions presented to museum educators across the country, and we gained inspiration by viewing the amazing artworks at the American Visionary Art Museum, which was founded on the principle that art and social justice are inextricably linked.
As an American art museum, I believe that we are perfectly suited to making social justice a priority. Our education programs at the Carter often serve to promote social justice (for example, by making our collection accessible to as many audiences as possible) or feature a social justice theme (like educator workshops centered on immigration). Likewise, many artists in our collection have created poignant visual responses to important social issues. Here are some of the works that strongly resonate with me:
Lewis Hine (1874--1940), Looking for Lost Baggage, Ellis Island, 1905, gelatin silver print, P1981.80.1
Robert Glenn Ketchum (b. 1947), CVNRA, #125 (a toxic waterfall in a national recreation area), 1986, from the project "Overlooked in America: The Success and Failure of Federal Land Management," dye destruction print, gift of Advocacy Arts Foundation, ©1986 Robert Glenn Ketchum, P1996.22.3
Reginald Marsh (1898--1954), Bread Line---No One Has Starved, 1932, etching, 1983.83
James Karales (1930--2002), Passive Resistance Training, SNCC, 1960, gelatin silver print, © Monica Karales, P2008.18
Social justice is often achieved through dialogue. Make your voice heard about museums and social justice by posting a comment below.
Food for Thought
This short film came across my desktop this week and made me stop and think about the nature of art and how it is perceived. The video comes from a school in Liverpool, England, and is one of a series of films featuring art that is installed in their school. I found this especially interesting because the artist being discussed, Dan Flavin, has one of his works installed at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Why not stop by the Modern and form your own conclusions about this artist?
After you view this film, drop by the Carter and make up your own mind about what makes art great and why you like/dislike it. Add your comment to our blog so we can be part of the conversation!


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Featured Golf News
Hootie & The Blowfish Monday After The Masters Sold Out
Tickets to the 17th Annual Hootie & The Blowfish Monday After The Masters Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Tournament are sold out, according to tournament officials. This is the earliest sellout since the event moved from Kiawah Island to Myrtle Beach in 2003. The event takes place on Monday, April 11 at Barefoot Resort & Golf's Dye Club.
"It's amazing how this event just continues to grow and grow each year," said Paul Graham, tournament director. "Interest in this celebrity golf tournament has never been higher and we want to thank the Myrtle Beach community for supporting it over the years. We are looking forward to a great day on April 11."
In addition, the tournament has announced more celebrities for this year's event, including: Ron White, comedian; Jim Cantore, the Weather Channel; Shawn Stockman and Nate Morris from Boys II Men; PGA Tour players Brian Gay, Michael Bradley, Scott Stallings and Blake Adams; Stanley Cup champion goalie Grant Fuhr; ESPN Radio show host Doug Gottleib; and actor/entertainer Alfonso Ribeiro.
"Now that Monday After The Masters is sold out, we just hope for a great golf day in Myrtle Beach on April 11," said Bill Golden, president of Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday. "Myrtle Beach will be on the national stage that day and we encourage everyone with a ticket to come out and show the nation why we are the 'Golf Capital of the World.' "
ESPN Radio's "Mike & Mike in the Morning," featuring hosts Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic, will broadcast their entire show live from The Dye Club on April 11. The morning show broadcasts nationwide on weekdays from 6:00-10:00 a.m. on ESPN Radio and is simulcast on ESPN2. Anyone who already purchased a ticket to Monday After The Masters is welcome to be part of the studio audience for the Mike & Mike Show.
Ticket holders are asked to arrive and park their vehicles at the House of Blues located at Barefoot Landing no later than 5:15 a.m. on April 11. Buses will transport ticket holders to The Dye Club starting at 5:30 a.m. in order to arrive in time for the beginning of the national broadcast. Buses will continue to transport ticket holders to and from the House of Blues throughout the day for the celebrity golf tournament. General parking is not allowed at The Dye Club. Non-ticket holders will not have access to the Mike & Mike Show.
Hootie & The Blowfish will welcome a wide-range of celebrity athletes, entertainers and professional golfers already scheduled to appear for the Monday After The Masters Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Tournament. Returning for this year's tournament is the 2010 FedEx Cup champion and 2010 PGA Tour Player of the Year, Jim Furyk. Furyk, along with teammate Darius Rucker, finished last year's tournament in a five-way tie for second place and are looking forward to the chance to claim the top spot. PGA Tour player D.J. Trahan and country singer Steve Azar are the defending pro-am champions.
Also, scheduled to appear are more than 30 PGA Tour and LPGA players including: Tommy "Two Gloves" Gainey, D. J. Trahan, Woody Austin, Chris DiMarco, John Daly, Robert Gamez and Conway native Kristy McPherson; actors Kevin Sorbo and Gary Valentine; NASCAR drivers Kyle Petty and Michael Waltrip; sports legends and personalities Ric Flair, Jim McMahon, George Rogers, former Coastal Carolina and current Miami Dolphins quarterback Tyler Thigpen; musical artists Jack Ingram, Josh Kelly, Colt Ford, Edwin McCain and many, many more.
Proceeds from Monday After The Masters benefit the Hootie & the Blowfish Foundation, which supports the educational needs of children in South Carolina and the South Carolina Junior Golf Foundation.
For more information about the 17th annual Hootie & The Blowfish Monday After The Masters Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Tournament, and a complete list of celebrities scheduled to appear, visit www.HootieGolf.com.
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When ,while jacking off, a man accidentally ejaculates into his navel, then, while running to the nearest shower or sink, it appears to his friends that he has been shot in the stomach.
Nah, he's just bullet wounded himself.
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After receiving oral sex, as the male is about to bust he presses his dick firmly against the females forehead and let's the semen drip down, like a bullet wound to the head.
"Oh man, I gave a girl a bullet wound last night. It was awesome."
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