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At Midnightby Debra Webb
Rookie cop Sarah Cook's investigation has led her down a dark alleyway--and face-to-face with the most gorgeous man she's ever seen.
Athena Force: Books 1-6by Justine Davis Katherine Garbera Amy J. Fetzer Catherine Mann Debra Webb Meredith Fletcher
Athena Force - chosen for their talents. Trained to be the best. The women of Athena Academy shared an unbreakable bond. . . ;until one of them was murdered. Athena Force: Books 1-6: Six exciting books of action, adventure and romance including Proof by Justine Davis, Alias by Amy J. Fetzer, Exposed by by Katherine Garbera, Double-Cross by Meredith Fletcher, Pursued by Catherine Mann, and Justice by Debra Webb. Now, own them all for one low price! Proof by Justine Davis: Top-notch forensic scientist Alexandra Forsythe returned to Athena to prove that the death of her dearest friend had been no accident. Armed with only her razor-sharp mind and coolness under fire - and the memory of a desperate call for help - Alex set out to uncover a truth that could shake the foundations of the academy that had trained her. Her digging provoked deadly retaliation and the attentions of a stranger who might lead her toward the truth - or her death. Because in the race for final proof, only the most determined would survive. . . ;. Alias by Amy J. Fetzer: In school, she was everyone's best friend. But these days, Darcy Steele was a single mother living in the shadows following a marriage gone dangerously wrong. Not even her closest friends knew her whereabouts - until one of those friends was murdered. Now Darcy was back to find answers about her friend's death, even if it meant jeopardizing the cover she'd so carefully constructed - and discovering that the one man she trusted might not be what he seemed. Because risking her own life was a small price to pay when the lives of those she loved were at stake. . . ;Exposed by Katherine Garbera:A little danger couldn't keep hotshot reporter Tory Patton from the story of a lifetime. Plus, an exclusive with the navy SEAL Tom King held hostage in war-torn Central America would put her in the big leagues. But an assassination attempt on the wounded soldier suddenly turned Tory's interview into a rescue mission. With the help of a mysterious operative who seemed to shadow her every move, Tory summoned her well-trained survival skills to get them to safety. But would she live long enough to discover more about her sexy guardian angel, and expose a shocking scandal that could implicate everyone from the top levels of the White House to the very people she trusted most?Double-Cross by Meredith Fletcher:An orphan with an unknown past, CIA operative Samantha St. John used her quick speed and sharp mind to make up for her small size. Sam was about to go AWOL on a mission for vengeance - bringing down the legendary killer she believed was responsible for a dear friend's death - when she was detained and accused of betraying her country. Now, to clear her name and get back to business, the fearless agent had to face down an enemy who bore an uncanny resemblance to Sam herself. . . . Pursued by Catherine Mann:Air force captain Josie Lockworth came from a long line of American patriots and was expected to follow her family's example. But after a good friend's death, the usually savvy Athena Academy graduate wasn't performing at her best. Still, when the project she'd been working on for months crashed and burned, she knew it wasn't due to her negligence. Someone was trying to sabotage her career. With the authorities after her head and an unsettling inspector looking over her shoulder, Josie raced to clear her name before she became the next casualty of war. . . ;. Justice by Debra Webb:Her best friend's killer was dead, and so was Kayla Ryan's best lead to find her friend's missing child. But the determined police lieutenant didn't have it in her to give up. Now she would join forces with a secretive detective to find the people who'd sent the assassin and bring them to justice. Her life - and all those she loved - depended on exposing a chilling conspiracy. And she couldn't shake the feeling that someone was watching her every move. Could the enemy be closer than Kayla
Bet Meby Catherine Mann Debra Webb Joanne Rock
They don't call Vegas Sin City for nothing. And now that prime tourist season is around the corner, it's time to kick some criminal butt. Enter three full-throttle Vegas detectives, ready to eat their undercover assignments alive. . . . Clarissa Rivers can't believe she's got to play fake maid to weasel her way into some of the city's dirtiest criminal activities. But pretend she's hitched, too? Meanwhile, Kim Wong is all over her undercover sting operation at the Great Wall Casino. Only problem: an old boyfriend's got intel on Kim's secret royal past. And Dorian Byrne is posing as a high-class call girl to take down a sex crimes ring. But what's with her wild-card FBI partner?High-rolling scoundrels better watch their backs this weekend, because one wrong move and all bets are off. . . .
Bridal Armorby Debra Webb
Two agents' forgotten love is rekindled in USA TODAY bestselling author Debra Webb's Colby Agency: The Specialists series. Someone was out to get Thomas Casey. His profession had taught him to trust no one. So when Johara di Rossi abducted him on his way to his beloved niece's wedding, Thomas assumed the worst-despite their intimate history. Though attachments made him vulnerable, Thomas was haunted by regret for walking away from Jo years ago. No other woman had stirred such intense desire in him. Now, snowbound in an isolated cabin, with a determined enemy from his past closing in, suspicion begins to melt away as the embers of their passion reignite.
The Bride's Secretsby Debra Webb
Mission: Find a runaway bride. Expose her true identity. Target: Eve Mattson, self-described "problem solver" for hire. Has been on the wrong side of the law most of her life. Recently showed signs of putting the past behind her, especially after leaving the wrong guy at the altar. Investigator: J. T. Baxley, new employee who's mistaken his bride-to-be for an honest woman. Superior investigative skills, emotionally vulnerable, willing to take a bullet in the name of justice. (Extremely handsome!) Supervisor's Comments: Twists and turns no one saw coming. Attraction again developing between Baxley and Mattson? Neither ever trusted anyone. Reports that the two have been spotted in passionate embraces in the midst of lethal situations!
Brokenby Debra Webb
After seven years of agony, Linc Reece was certain he'd found his dead wife- alive and living in a tiny Tennessee town. He was sure Mia Grant was Lori, the wife he'd lost in an undercover case gone bad. Now the operative for the elite team of Equalizers had to prove it...even if he had to kidnap her. Mia Grant saw the hope in Linc's eyes... but just because she liked vanilla, blues and old houses didn't make her his long-lost wife. Nothing about him was familiar, except the sizzle she felt when they touched. But when they discovered Lori's records destroyed and her photos stolen, even Mia knew someone had gone to great lengths to make her forget. And he'd do anything to ensure she never remembered....
Classifiedby Debra Webb
Colby Agency investigator Levi Stark had been prepared for the worst when his boss sent him to find her agency's deadliest enemy. But deep undercover in a Mexican mining outpost, Levi met danger from the unlikeliest source-an unknown blonde spitfire on the same trail. Casey Manning had been secretly sent by Levi's boss's husband. The benched CIA agent trusted no one and worked alone...until she and Levi found themselves outmanned and outgunned. Around her sexy new partner, Casey had a feeling that protecting her identity-and her heart-would prove tougher than keeping them safe from the Colbys' most wanted. ...
Colby Brassby Debra Webb
As a Colby agent, Trinity Barrett is one of the best at finding the missing and delivering justice. He hasn't confronted a challenge he couldn't handle with ease-until now. To locate an abducted child and bring her home safely, he must team up with Equalizer Evonne Cassidy...his ex-wife. Launching a dangerous search in Chicago's underbelly is not Evonne's biggest obstacle-partnering with Trinity is. They'd managed to keep their history a secret, but in close quarters they can't deny the passion that still connects them. And if there's any hope for a Christmas reconciliation, they'll first have to survive their risky assignment....
Colby Conspiracyby Debra Webb
Victoria Colby-Camp is stunned by the murder of a Chicago police detective who had close ties to her family and her private investigations agency. She decides there's only one man tough and objective enough to clear her name and the agency's reputation. With the keen instincts of a professional, Daniel Marks begins digging into Victoria's past, and into that of her long-dead husband...whose last days could be the key to the case.Daniel reluctantly takes on an unofficial partner, Emily Hastings, the daughter of the murdered cop-a woman determined to find her father's killer. Emily finds evidence linking her father to Victoria's late husband, as well as discovering the treachery and madness that nearly destroyed Victoria's son, Jim. And as the truth begins to emerge, it becomes clear that a ruthless Colby enemy wants certain secrets to stay buried....
Colby Lawby Debra Webb
To solve the most heinous murder in Texas history, Colby investigator Lyle McCaleb has an unusual mission: find and protect the killer's long-lost daughter. The complication: she's tough, gorgeous rancher Sadie Gilmore-Lyle's first and only love. And now the mysterious past she barely remembers is threatening her very existence.Lyle regrets leaving Sadie broken-hearted seven years ago. And as he investigates and gets deeper into danger, he finds it almost impossible to maintain his professionalism around her. But another dilemma threatens their newly rekindled relationship. Can Lyle regain Sadie's trust while concealing the secret that may devastate her?
Colby Lockdownby Debra Webb
The Colby Agency has long handled private investigations with discretion and success. Staff from the top down maintain pristine reputations and always work within the law. Until now. . . With a long list of clients comes an equal number of enemies. Someone wants revenge--and is determined to get it starting with Victoria Colby-Camp. The only hope of survival lies with investigator Slade Convoy and a stranger--Mia Dawson, An assistant in the D. A. 's office. With the offices in lockdown and holding hostages, The captors have one demand: kidnap D. A. Gordon and deliver him To The Colby Agency. Slade's assignment: gain the cooperation of Mia, The only one who knows how to get past Gordon's security, by any means necessary and bring in Gordon. Together Slade and Mia have no choice but to break the law in order to execute the operation. But will they be able to plead their case once justice is served? and will the operation fail when Slade learns Mia has her own agenda?
Colby Rebuiltby Debra Webb
Colby agent or not, he didn't dare cross the line with this woman--not yetFormer U. S. marshal Shane Allen made one mistake on the job, and it cost him his reputation. Now he had a second chance working an inside case for the newly rebuilt Colby Agency. And nothing, certainly not some tagalong woman, was going to ruin it. After her sister's murder, justice was all that Mary Jane Brooks wanted. And Shane was crucial to nailing those responsible, even if he did send her pulse racing. Keeping things professional was downright impossible, especially when Mary Jane kept putting out conflicting signals. If Shane's instincts were right, this fragile beauty was a virgin in the worst kind of trouble--but was he ready to take it all the way?
Colby Roundupby Debra Webb
Colby agent Russell St. James knew the exact moment Olivia Westfield discovered she was the daughter of the infamous "Princess Killer."Ever since, being her bodyguard had become twice as hard. Each day, he shadowed her; each night, he held her through her tormenting nightmares. But was her father guilty? Her mother his accomplice? The answers lay deep in Olivia's memories, and the closer she got to the scene of the crime, the more she remembered. Russ had a job to do: safeguard Olivia and give her the future she deserved. Even if that future didn't include him.
Colby vs. Colbyby Debra Webb
With their reputations and Sunday dinner in jeopardy, Victoria Colby-Camp and her son Jim were not about to give in when it came to Sam Johnson. He was Jim Colby's newest Equalizer-but a mystery to everyone else. Until the past caught up to him when Officer Lisa Smith was called in to drag him back to the City of Angels to clear his name. Hired by the Colby Agency, Lisa was by the book in every way, except when it came to Sam. After all this time, she couldn't forget him-and she had tried. With Sam framed for three gangland killings, Lisa found herself unraveling a man who trusted no one. But Sam would have to let Lisa in if they were ever going to expose a brutal killer before it was too late for the next victim-and the Colbys.
Damagedby Debra Webb
It was supposed to be a simple assignment-follow a woman. As an operative with the elite team of Equalizers, Dakota Garrett had faced hell and lived. So why was he left with dead bodies, a kidnap victim and a damsel in distress? Wannabe Colby agent Lucky Malone was in over her head. Only the dark stranger could save her and her kidnapped boss. But like Lucky, Dakota had demons that haunted him, a past that shadowed him. And this case forced him to face his biggest fear. Lucky would give anything to help the man she'd come to love, but her fate was in Dakota's hands. Could he play the role he'd always avoided-hero?
Danger Zoneby Debra Webb
For team owner Buck Buchanan every day at the Huntsville track is a rush. The noise. The dirt. The roar. The furor. NASCAR's golden boy has only one regret: Jenna Williams. Not that he blames her for ditching him twelve years ago, but now she's back and has thrown a red flag. Jenna is downright frantic, clutching a ransom note demanding a cool million in exchange for her daughter's safety. Their daughter's, actually. Yes, she knows how it looks asking Buck for help. But it's true. The child is theirs and Buck's the only one who can wrench her out of danger. Even if that means trading himself for a girl he's never known.
Dark Whispersby Debra Webb
A chilling new spin-off series from USA TODAY bestselling author Debra Webb sure to keep you up all night... Former homicide detective Clint Hayes has his first client as a private investigator: a fragile beauty he isn't sure he can trust. An injury has left Natalie Drummond with gaps in her memory, and she sees and hears things that aren't there. But she's sure she shot an intruder in her Birmingham mansion. So where's the body, the gun, the evidence? When it's clear someone is trying to kill his vulnerable client, Clint appoints himself her protector, working overtime not to fall for her. But someone is dead set that Natalie never regains her memories-or makes new ones with Clint.
Decodedby Debra Webb
Slade Keaton was the man Maggie James fell in love with...until she learned he was a lie. Escaping a hit meant for him, she found herself on the run-fleeing a danger she couldn't comprehend with a man she couldn't trust. And pregnant with his baby. Though he'd had dozens of aliases, Slade couldn't forget who he was-the son of a merciless assassin named the Dragon. He'd kept out of his mother's reach for years till a Colby Agency investigation put him-and Maggie-on her radar. Now, could Slade become the very thing he hated in order to save the woman and child he loved?
The Doctor Wore Bootsby Debra Webb
Ty Cooper had never been anything more than a big brother to Leanne Watley. Until he returned from his business trip. One look and pow! Leanne's heart couldn't stop pounding. One kiss and swoon! she was floored with desire.... Who was this man who claimed to be Ty Cooper? Dex Montgomery hadn't planned to fall in love. Especially not with his twin brother's beautiful neighbor. The sweetest young woman in Montana was a breath of fresh air to the big-city doctor. But Leanne thought she was falling for the man she was expected to marry. Could Dex stop himself before he lost his heart forever? Harlequin American Romance #948 Miniseries: Trading Places #2
Double Impactby Tess Gerritsen Debra Webb
TESS GERRITSEN'S Never Say DieWilly Jane Maitland traveled to Saigon to uncover what had happened to her father, missing in action twenty years ago. Instead she found intrigue-and murder. Only the rumpled and irreverent ex-soldier Guy Barnard seemed willing to help. But as Willy was about to discover, even Guy had his hidden motives, his shocking secrets...and Vietnam was a dangerous place to fall in love.DEBRA WEBB'S No Way BackMichal Arad wanted vengeance when he kidnapped former CIA agent Ami Donovan, claiming she'd posed as his lover to set him up as an assassin. But Ami had amnesia and no way of knowing the truth...until Michal took her in his arms. In spite of her fear, Ami sensed Michal wasn't a ruthless killer, but the man she'd once loved...and the father of her child.
Dying to Playby Debra Webb
A baffling series of multiple homicides leaves Atlanta's Deputy Chief of Detectives Elaine Jentzen no choice but to call in FBI agent Trace Callahan. Elaine is aware of Trace's reputation for being as ruthless as the killers he tracks--but she isn't prepared for the immediate and dangerous attraction that ignites between them. Trace is convinced a serial killer known as the Gamekeeper is behind the deadly sprees. But all the evidence begins to point to Trace--until Elaine discovers a link in the crimes: a computer game with an ominous warning--Trace will be next to die. Now the only way Elaine can save Trace is if she plays the game. But not by the Gamekeeper's rules.... Previously Published.
Dying To Playby Debra Webb
A baffling series of multiple homicides leaves Atlanta's Deputy Chief of Detectives Elaine Jentzen no choice but to call in FBI agent Trace Callahan. Elaine is aware of Trace's reputation for being as ruthless as the killers he tracks-but she isn't prepared for the immediate and dangerous attraction that ignites between them.Trace is convinced a serial killer known as the Gamekeeper is behind the deadly sprees. But the evidence begins to point to Trace-until Elaine discovers a link in the crimes: a computer game.When Elaine logs on, she receives a message:> Trace will be next to die.Now the only way Elaine can save Trace is if she plays the game.But not by the Gamekeeper's rules....
Epiphanyby Rita Herron Debra Webb Mallory Kane
Atlanta Police Department BulletinAll police officers should be aware that the recent increase in crime activity that is running rampant through the city of Atlanta, Georgia, is quickly destroying the holiday spirit of our citizens. As sworn officers of the law, we must do everything we can to save Christmas.ÿDetective: Max MaloneAssignment: Protect former flame Angelica North and her nephew, an eyewitness to his mother's murder, from the madman who wants them both dead.
Everywhere She Turnsby Debra Webb
When Dr. CJ Patterson returns to her Southern hometown, she finds herself surrounded by a series of long-buried secrets-- and a killer who seems to know her better than she knows herself... Drugs, prostitution, robbery, homicide-- these are four terms that Dr. CJ Patterson learned all too well growing up on the seamy, forgotten streets of inner-city Huntsville, Alabama. Fiercely determined, CJ worked hard to forget where she came from and become an emergency medicine resident at a prestigious Baltimore hospital. But when her younger sister-- the only family she ever had-- is murdered, CJ is drawn back into the painful past she thought she'd left behind. Her unrelenting investigation uncovers a highly sophisticated web of shocking family secrets, dark obsession, and brutal violence and a killer who will stop at nothing to keep her from learning the truth...
First Nightby Debra Webb
As far as Christmas packages went, Brandon Thomas was one tall drink of water. And at the moment he was in over his too-handsome head. He'd showed up at the Colby offices covered in blood and desperate for help unraveling a mystery of murder. Luckily for Brandon, Merri Walters was a determined investigator not about to let an innocent bystander get railroaded--especially so close to Christmas.With careful coaxing, Merri learned that Brandon unknowingly possessed information high-level people wanted to keep secret. Now, the only challenge was keeping Brandon at arm's length in order to make sure they both stayed alive to see the New Year.
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Azumini Blue River Rose
Azurnini Blue River is located in Abia State towards its boundary with Akwa lbom State. The River has become a resort for tourists because of the pleasantness it offers. The attractive features of the River include its crystal-clear blue water; canoe rides; sandy beaches with such relaxation facilities as chairs and tables. At the beach also, BBQ grill are delicacies provided for picnickers.
The Long JuJu Shrine of Arochukwu
The cave is believed to hold the long metal pipe through which the gods speak to the people. A traditional religionist would find the oracle quite an attraction. It is, first and foremost, a religious centre with a well-laid down administrative structure headed by a Chief Priest.
Yola Municipality
the town is its undulating topography of hill chains particularly the three sister hills which are so-called because they stand side by side and share the same height. The cultural manifestations of the town get to their climax between the months of March and May when the city celebrates its fishing festival at lake Njuwa..
Ibeno Beach
Ogbunike Cave
Rojenny Tourist Village
The bronzes which date back to about the 9th century are of high value because of their historic relevance.
Yankari National Park
Wikki Warm Springs is a famous attraction in the Yankari National Park. It is particularly prized for its warm water. It is available both night and day for tourists who cherish swimming.
The National Park is located in the South-Eastern area of Bauchi, the capital town of Bauchi State in the North-Eastern part of Nigeria.
The Hills of Benue
lkyogen Hills exude mild weather condition which ensures steady green vegetation and a round- the-year grazing of animals in the areas which is also known as Ikyogen Cattle Ranch.
Ushogbo Hills in Ushogbo town also offersclement weather condition that makes it most fulfilling spot for tourists and adventures.
Bassa Hills, like the Ushogbo Hills, are worth visiting especially for their satisfying scenery; and Swern Hills are valued for their historical linkages. The hills are believed to be the place for origin of the Tiv people.
Lake Chad
Obudu Cattle Ranch
Agbokim Waterfalls
Sillicon Hill
Mbari Cultural Centres
Oguta Lake Holiday Complex
Birnin Kudu Rock Painting
NOK Village
Terra cotta, heads of animals and man; and weapons of war are abundant on display.
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Circa 1930 Pie Traynor Single-Signed Baseball
Starting Bid - $300.00, Sold For - $940.00
Pie Traynor passed away in 1972, years before collecting single-signed baseballs of Hall of Famers became extremely popular with collectors. It is not surprising, then, that single-signed balls of the Hall of Fame third baseman are rare, especially those penned during his active playing career. Offered here is the first vintage single-signed Traynor ball dating from the late 1920s/early 1930s that we have ever seen. Traynor has signed this official National League (Heydler) ball in black ink across the sweet spot, scripting both his full name and famous sobriquet, "Harold 'Pie' Traynor." The signature is somewhat light, grading "4" overall, but it remains clearly legible. The toned ball features bold manufacturer's stampings and, aside from a tiny area of light discoloration above Traynor's surname, remains in Near Mint condition. Based upon the label, this red-and-black stitched ball, dates to the 1926-1934 manufacturing period. Pie Traynor was widely considered the finest fielding third baseman of his era. He was so adept in the field that most fans today are unaware that he finished his career with a .320 lifetime average and twice batted over .350 in a season. Traynor retired in 1937 and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1948. LOA from James Spence/JSA. Reserve $300. Estimate $500/$1,000. SOLD FOR $940.00
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I have to admit I don't know much about Kontrib.it, but their short documentaries section seems to be full of makers and designers showing their processes.
Neitzche and his Typerwriter
David Berry discusses how Neitzche's writing changed when he moved from handwriting to a typewriter.
One of Nietzsche's friends, a composer, noticed a change in the style of his writing. His already terse prose had become even tighter, more telegraphic. "Perhaps you will through this instrument even take to a new idiom," the friend wrote in a letter, noting that, in his own work, his "'thoughts' in music and language often depend on the quality of pen and paper."… "You are right," Nietzsche replied, "our writing equipment takes part in the forming of our thoughts." Under the sway of the machine, writes the German media scholar Friedrich A. Kittler , Nietzsche's prose "changed from arguments to aphorisms, from thoughts to puns, from rhetoric to telegram style" (Carr 2008).
More generally, it points out how physicality can affect writing.
Chrome & Flesh
Rhizome interviewed video artist Mark Leckley. He comments on how photography has changed from being a gaze to something from the hands. He also notes both that vision is physical, but our digital objects are changing our sense of physicality:
Say I've filmed or made an object and then I've put it smack in the middle of the screen. Its really compelling, this object, its got real allure – real presence.Because the object compels me; it's not me (as a maker), it's the agency of the object drawing me to it. It causes a physical sensation in my body; this image, this picture, this mere representation, seems to be directly stimulating the material elements in me: all my nerves and fibre. Like I'm responding to a physical encounter. At this point I'm not just contemplating an image, I've embraced it and absorbed it into my body. There's a great British phrase to describe this: 'clapped eyes on it' – your eyes are like hands that smack an object.
At the same time, I keep telling this story of when I last tried to sculpt a figure out of clay. I made one half of the head and then it was as if my body, the instinctual part of it, couldn't grasp why I couldn't just copy, paste and flip the other half. It's as if I've un-learned how to behave in the physical world, or that this engagement with the immaterial realm has superseded the need to. That's a scary thought but also an exciting one.
The Raw and the Concrete
I noticed in some of my research how designers often referred to desirable natural materials as 'raw'. I similarly see this in some design articles. The latest in relation to this is a coffee machine made from 'raw' concrete. There's an interesting tautology here: concrete is in fact usually raw, unless it has had some process done to it (such as dying or it being sandwiched into other materials).
Material Matters
We Make Money Not Art gives an interesting review (and a thumbs up) of the newly released Material Matters.
There is nothing arid nor soporific about new materials.
The authors of the book handpicked some of the most surprising new materials. Their look sometimes belies their nature, their names often verge on the oxymoron and their applications have only just started to be explored. Most materials are allocated one page in the book but some of them are illustrated further with a spotlight on a 'case study' that describes designers, architects and engineers' most innovative uses of materials….
The text is as techy as necessary to explain clearly the physical properties and latest applications of each innovation but you don't require a degree in engineering to follow along.
…[The book] doesn't pretend to be the bible of all materials, the ultimate encyclopedia but it does fulfill competently its ambition to be a source of inspiration for designers and artists.
Design Linguistics
The most powerful tool in design is language, I'd argue it's more powerful than drawing. Being able to find the exact vocabulary to define a concept or approach is vital, not only for discussion with your peers but ultimately as part of customer communication. With great power comes great responsibility, and language can also be used to cloak a concept, mislead, misguide or bedazzle through doublespeak, jargon or acronyms.
Nick Foster. More on his site.
Audi and Sense Experience
Audi is making an effort to retain and accomodate the needs of aging experienced staff, not only because of a skills shortage but their findings that properly supported older staff are more productive than younger ones.
What's more, they're teaming up younger and older staff as a means to pass on the sense knowledge:
Audi has also grouped older workers together with young recruits to aid the transfer of the "implicit knowledge" that is central to many car-making processes, said Dietmar Frassek, an Audi project manager for human resources policy. In Audi's tooling department it can take a decade to hone the senses well enough to be able to run a hand over a metal surface and detect minute flaws.
Source: Stuff.
Folk Objects vs DIY
A well thought through Idiom Magazine review of Vladimir Arkhipov's Home-Made Europe: Contemporary Folk Artifacts makes an important distinction between many of the object, namely that a home made basketball hoop from Germany is not the same as a ladle made in Ukraine. This is because of the abundance or scarcity of materials, objects from Western Europe.
… are compelling, no doubt, but they also lack that ingenious brutality born from necessity that most of the Russian objects seem to possess.
I've sometimes reflected on this in regards to New Zealand and even Pacific inventions. It is perhaps the difference between invention (a creative act) and resourcefulness (a clever means of 'making do' with what is available?)
Distorted Body Perceptions
Most people are aware of how a cut on your tongue feels like a gaping wound, whereas you may get a gash on your leg without even feeling it. As Aimee on Mis.Science reports, Matthew R. Longo and Patrick Haggard have also found out that it means we don't really know where our hands are. They carried out studies where participants attempted to map their hands. The results were consistently out: people thought that their knuckles were higher up and their base of their fingers lower.
The suggestion here is that we may get it wrong because we don't need to get it right. Dreyfus also comments on this with the observation that people make the shape of a door handle when walking towards it which is more accurate then if they consciously try to make it.
Perception Strategy
There are a series of posts on Forum One investigating perception strategy. The first discusses general framing such as font choice, word selection and ordering of questions. The second relates it to a design context, as well as making a note of Stephen Anderson's Mental Notes.
Perception Strategy: The Emotional Side of User Experience
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IN A STRICTLY modern sense, children's hospitals are usually considered to be institutions that limit themselves to the care of sick children. This concept, however, is not wholly true. A number of the larger children's hospitals have included within the sphere of their activities not only treatment but preventive care as well and have always emphasized research and teaching. Some, like the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, have evolved into great children's medical centers covering nearly every phase of child welfare and study.
The history of children's hospitals is, of course, closely linked with the history of hospitals in general. Embryonic types of hospitals are known to have existed in the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Asia, and other areas. Ceylon had a hospital in the fifth and another in the second century B. C.; eighteen physicians worked in the latter hospital. In India, King Asoka established hospitals in the third
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I was not my breast—and I was. For the man behind the screen ("He's terrible with patients," my friend Miriamma told me) I was the shadow of my breast on a mammogram. For the pathologist I began and ended with the slide of breast tissue viewed through the lens of a microscope. Specialists would see me as my right breast because that's where cancer had been found. Leyaks, body fragments abstracted from the life of the body, are creatures of the night in Bali, but they haunt the corridors of the Medical Center in Seattle, a place designed to isolate body from soul and so reduce it to a mechanism. To enter there was to risk dis-integration.
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In 1959 I asked the obstetrician about breast-feeding, and all professional warmth faded from his face: "Why would you want to do that?" So I retreated. I'd broken too many taboos and couldn't face another struggle.
Home from the hospital, my newborn son in one arm, I mixed formula at midnight, filling the bottles and waiting an eternity for them to sterilize and cool while he cried from hunger and my swollen breasts leaked milk, an early lesson in the school of maternal guilt. What's more, I was sure he'd be forever haunted by a phantom twin wrapped in rough gray tweed and radiating cold, the ice bag pressed against one breast while I held him against the other. The insanity of that night didn't end when his bottle was ready. The sound of his sucking made my milk let down, filling my breasts and overflowing onto blankets, baby, nightgown, and ice bag.
"Why would you want to do that?" The question barred me from the gates of Eden, seraphim with flaming sword. I didn't dare put Lawrence to my breast; such was the power medical authority held over me, a rebel and newly minted Marxist in an interracial marriage. Not until my daughter Sunga was born nine years later and we could freely share that most basic of mammalian satisfactions did I grasp the hostility behind that question: masculine jealousy, possessiveness, and spite, wrapped in a tissue of scientific knowledge.
Consciousness has changed with feminism, but breasts are not yet neutral territory. By 1991 medical centers, hospitals, and insurance companies had strengthened their grip upon our bodies, and I knew I needed a community based upon a belief in wholeness and with the intellectual tools to back up this belief. I could turn to Frank, family, and old friends for support, and I was fortunate to be in an academic program that required me to learn systems theory and integrate it with holistic design. Healing began as I worked to integrate facts provided by cancer literature and oncologists with the moment of body knowledge experienced that night three years before when touching a lamb adrift within a ewe I saw my hand reach through galaxies.
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Sunga called to see how I was feeling. We hadn't talked since Thursday when the ringing phone caught me unprepared just as my husband and I arrived home from biopsy, dinner, and shopping. I'd told her then that cancer had been found. "Just a small one," I'd said as I passed the phone to Frank. Today I can talk. I tell her I'm feeling better but glad I don't have to decide yet between mastectomy and lumpectomy with radiation. "Next week I get to meet with the doctors."
My daughter and I have years of phone calls behind us; we can picture each other's faces; we've learned to read beneath the words and behind the silences. She wanted to see me but had neither car nor driver's license then, and so the thirty miles between us could have been three hundred. Would I be at Al's birthday party? I longed to see her but wanted some quiet time. "Let's catch Mindwalk before the party, then we'll see." She agreed to the movie, but only to please me. I felt a pang of conscience; there I was using cancer. I promised myself I'd watch that in the future.
Mindwalk, based on Fritjof Capra's The Turning Point, was filmed at Mont St. Michel, a rock and a fortress, its spire rising through morning fog, floating above a salt marsh where sheep graze between high tides. The Mont has more body, more particularity than the script provides the actors. Like characters in a morality play, they could have been named for the categories they represent: the Politician, the Poet, and the Physicist. Liv Ullman, as Physicist, fills her role with life, not an easy task throughout long speeches about Descartes' dream, the myth of pure science, and the threat to life it poses. She explains the nature of an atom in which only shells of probability maintain the solidity we expect of the material world. "The essential nature of matter lies not in objects but in interconnections."
The Poet, seated at an organ, strikes a chord—the metaphor. The Politician asks, "But there are boundaries, aren't there? Between you and me for instance. We are two separate bodies; that's not an illusion. Is it?" The Physicist replies, "Yes. At the subatomic level there is a continual exchange of matter and energy between my hand and this wood . . . and even between you and me. I mean a real exchange of photons and electrons. Whether we like it or not, we are all part of one inseparable web of relationships."
A compelling argument? Yes, and no. It requires that the hearer place the conclusions of physics above those drawn from direct experience. It brings us full circle to acceptance of a superior authority, in this case scientific rather than religious certainty. The film tries to move past this through conversation. But it struggles against its own design, set up to talk about rather than to show interconnectedness.
The Poet says, "The stones speak. I am silent." He isn't though; he has much to say—his own words, Pablo Neruda's words, William Blake's words. But the stones do speak in one of the last scenes. The Physicist and her daughter share a moment of silent communion as they rest against sun-warmed stones. "What next?" asks the daughter. "We go home," answers her mother.
When the lights came on, I asked Sunga if she liked the film. "It was okay," she said, "but I'd rather read the book." Not a flip pronouncement, one to accept literally, so I'll bring her Turning Point the next time we meet. I'd much rather carry her off to Mont St. Michel.
I did go to the party, a mistake. I couldn't connect; unwilling to tell anyone about the biopsy or its result—still it hung like layered gauze, separating me from my friends. I talked with Karl (our youngest son) about his job. I ate a bit, drank a glass of wine, and left after an hour. The exchange of photons and electrons was too much and not enough.
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Frank was still away in Portland, so after contemplating my life I phoned my friend Sue in Berkeley. She's an old hand at dealing with mortality, her own heart damaged by rheumatic fever in childhood and her husband's health deteriorating from congestive heart failure; in many ways our friendship has prepared me for living life fully and without any guarantee that tomorrow would be a continuation of today. Not that she doesn't make plans. Sue is an inveterate planner, so together we went over my next steps while I took notes and made lists on lined yellow paper.
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If I don't change I fear I'll die; apparently breast cancer is systemic. If I do change I may die anyway. Survival percentages dwindle with each five-year increment, but all treatment, except hormonal tinkering, takes place in the first year—until recurrence. Besides, not to change would be a waste of this disease, a conscious deafness, a rejection of opportunity.
I'd been doing my homework using the Renneker text Miriamma brought me, trying to understand the pattern of cancer growth.
The Internet existed in 1991, but the World Wide Web had yet to appear; Mosaic, the first graphical Web interface, wasn't even a gleam in its fathers' eyes; and the hundreds of cancer websites within reach of my home computer hadn't yet been built. In 1993, with the introduction of Mosaic, the WWW expanded by 341,634 percent. Now, with so much territory to cover, I find myself hastily browsing the web and swallowing scraps of information whole. I suspect that others do the same. Indeed, texts on web design warn that we are a hasty people.
Sheep provide another tempo though. Each morning I look out upon the pasture from the kitchen window and watch sheep chew at leisure grass swallowed in haste. And in Bali we learned to walk more slowly, taking our time to get from here to there. So I'll move slowly as I recreate my journey through cancer.
I read that the causes and forms of cancer are myriad, but the same process—the unchecked growth of mutated cells—describes all cancers. Because cells have the ability to regulate their own growth and to self-destruct if their code is damaged, cancer research at the cellular level has sought to identify genes that in some way fail to properly repair or regulate the growth and replacement process of a particular type of cell.
Cancer provided an illustration of the lessons learned when I studied ecology. All forms of life have the ability to grow beyond the carrying capacity of their environment, but most—and cancer is one of the exceptions to this rule—limit their growth (not a conscious choice) and don't deplete resources crucial to survival. Life forms are cybernetic systems, with the ability to receive feedback from their environment and regulate their growth to expand with plenty and contract with scarcity. Maples lose their leaves and bullfrogs snooze through winter. Ewes given extra feed before mating are more likely to bear twins. Seeds lie dormant in the desert until a good rain falls. The time between signal and response varies widely, and sometimes the message is harsh, but the ability to adjust and adapt is characteristic of living systems. When a life form is unable to respond to news of difference that makes a difference, its future and the future of its offspring are at risk.
Life form? That was me they were writing about! That made my attempts to apply systems theory, ecology, and biology to the growth of cancer cells more urgent and much less abstract. The growth of cancer cells is not unregulated, but the checks to growth coded into the cell before its genetic information was damaged no longer work. The new cell replicates and spreads by its own rules. It has lost the exquisite responsiveness living systems have to their environment. If that was all there was to the story of cancer I wouldn't be writing this and you wouldn't be reading it. Life on this planet would have hit an evolutionary dead-end long before humankind arrived on the scene.
I read that the body, my body or yours, has its defenses and that these are usually alerted when one of our sixty trillion or so cells is damaged and fails to self-destruct. I was willing to take these words on faith; I wanted to believe that in the deeps below consciousness my T-cells stood ready to be mobilized. The experiential evidence for believing that cancerous cells are recognized and cleaned up by our immune systems is that so many of us live and live long without cancer. Each cancer grown large enough to be identified by doctor or patient represents an immune system failure. If the immune system didn't work as well as it does there would be no humans to study its working. If it were infallible there would be no cancer found, and so no puzzle to intrigue researchers and writers on both sides of the divide between the speculative and often invisible worlds of science and of spirit.
But cancer is found, cancer had been found in my right breast, and the question was and is: what can stimulate, strengthen, or replace the functions of the body's system of defense? Outside the body, within the laboratory, scientists study the action of the cells that make up the defense system. Outside the lab there's no way to study immune system responses to cancer cells in the earliest stages, so attention is focused instead on cancer patients, those that survive and those that don't.
Some studies have searched for patterns common to those patients who live, or live longer, despite grim expectations. Each of these patients is an exception, a point that appears outside the general curve of statistical probability, and so such studies have inspired a flood of cancer support and self-help books, groups, tapes, and workshops. The flood was just a modest stream in 1991 when the biopsy revealed cancer in my right breast. There were crossovers between the accepted cancer treatment of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation (slash, poison, and burn we call it to convince ourselves we're tough) and complementary approaches such as meditation, visualization, psychotherapy, nutrition, and acupuncture, but most doctors viewed self-help books and support groups with suspicion, preferring that their patients limit their reading to pamphlets published by the American Cancer Society.
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Assignment for Tuesday's Integrating Seminar: moments or occasions of integration. Slowing down as a means of integration, telling of last week's return to consciousness as a story, letting shape and momentum carry me past questions of when and what sort of surgery. Then connecting this with another time of immobility, on crutches at the Lake City library, waiting for Frank to pick me up after a rehearsal, and so happening upon these lines from William Carlos Williams' Paterson: "To make a start/out of particulars/and make them general, rolling/up the sum, by defective means—/Sniffing the trees,/just another dog/among a lot of dogs." Integration because of particulars: the three-legged dog and me with my crutches. "The rest have run out—/after the rabbits." Details rather than words about, the right poem at the right time. Williams—I'd read him before, but he hadn't spoken to me. I had to be slowed down by outside forces, crutches or anesthesia, to be less hasty, to pause.
"Pelan pelan," Dira cautioned us in Bali as he led the way along narrow dikes between rice paddies." And Trudi, Janice, and I followed along—slowly, slowly. I'll move slowly this week, no hasty decisions, sniff that tree and let the rabbits take care of themselves. And I remind myself that Williams practiced medicine.


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On the Lip With Donald Trump
Donald Trump emerges from his helicopter that has just landed on the golf course at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster N.J., ready to play a round of golf and captain one of the teams in the annual Writers Cup. He has entered our lives much like a character from an Ayn Rand novel, many times swimming like a salmon upstream: he has overcome naysayers, governmental agencies and regulations, recessions in the economy and competitors in order to produce superior products. From ice rinks to skyscrapers to golf courses. The common thread that joins all of these diverse projects is Trumps dedication to superior products and a relentless pursuit for the best.
Adding golf to his portfolio of investments is largely due to his interest in the sport Trump is a 5 handicap, and because, as he said, For years golf has been my passion and I like having courses where I spend time.
This leads us to where Trump goes. There are now four golf clubs in the Trump portfolio. They include the private Trump National Golf Club in Westchester, N.Y., Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., and Trump International Golf Club in Palm Beach, Fla. The latter course is the host site of the ADT Skills Challenge and the LPGA ADT Championship. The newest course is the upscale-public Trump National Golf Club in Los Angeles, which will host the LPGA Office Depot Championship for the first time this fall.
Operating his golf course interests is Trump Golf Management, LLC, which was formed in January 2005 and is overseen by managing partners, Ashley Cooper and Carolyn Kepcher. Trumps investments in the golf industry now exceed $200 million.
The Bedminster course, a Fazio design, was ranked the 48th best course in Golf Magazines list of Top 100 courses in the U.S. Trump International in West Palm Beach was named 73rd best course in that same list.
Like much of the land in the Northeast, the Bedminster property had agrarian roots. It was previously known as Lamington Farm, and its rich history dates back to the 1600s. The Duyckinck family occupied the house and land from the 1600s through the early 1900s. Legend has it that John Duyckinck, an alleged British Sympathizer, was jailed and eventually exiled by George Washington in 1779 to live within the boundaries of the property. The land was then obtained by the Morgan Cowperthwaite family, which kept it for three generations. The property was popular with high society for its fox hunting and formal dances.
In 1981, the property was sold to automobile manufacturer John Z. DeLorean, whose celebrity brought a new awareness to the estate. The land was acquired by Trump in 2002. Since then, the buildings have been restored and a beautiful 18-hole, 7,081-yard golf course was built along with an Olympic-size pool, spa, tennis courts and a village of elegant guest cottages. The estate has now returned to its former grandeur and majesty, Trump-style, with no detail overlooked, no luxury spared . . . indicative of the man and our times.
Elisa Gaudet brings a wealth of entertainment and golf experience to Cybergolf. Elisa has spent the past several years in the golf industry in the U.S., Latin America and Spain. She worked for the PGA Tour and the Tour de las Americas before founding Executive Golf International, a golf marketing company that works with clients to develop strategies using golf as the medium. Often referred to as the Maria Bartiromo (a business analyst for CNBC) of golf, Elisa says: Golf, as a marketing tool, has been around for years. Its amazing how many new ways companies can align their brand with the golf market to reach their target audience. Our goal is to create alliances and establish cross-border relations. Elisa also worked in the entertainment industry for over 10 years, including five in Los Angeles as a model and actress. She can be seen at many celebrity golf events and often gets the inside scoop from PGA Tour players. For more information about Elisa, visit her websites at www.onthelip.com or Executive Golf International www.execgolfintl.com.
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The following guest view was written by UM-Flint economics professor Mark J. Perry.
Recent advances in drilling technologies have unleashed a boom in domestic natural gas production. The United States may have more than 100 years' worth of gas reserves, and perhaps much more, including large untapped resources in Michigan.
Policy makers are increasingly looking to natural gas as the locomotive of economic growth. A striking example is the increasing use of gas in electricity production. For the last several years, natural gas has accounted for more than 80% of new electric generating capacity in the United States. It now provides 32% of total electricity generation, up from 25% just two years ago, and its share could reach 50% by 2030.
Natural gas, of course, has many virtues as a fuel. Its carbon content is less than half that of coal and it emits no mercury or other toxic particulates.
But natural gas is needed for much more than electricity generation. In addition to residential and commercial heating, gas accounts for the bulk of the fuel used by the petrochemical industry. Manufacturing relies on the availability of cheap gas, and its use in transportation is increasing. Additionally, gas producers are gearing up to export some of the gas to markets in Europe and Asia, where gas costs up to five times more than it does in the United States. A dozen or more U.S. companies have applied for licenses to export liquefied natural gas from terminals, mainly on the Gulf of Mexico.
Because of its multiple uses and rising popularity, the demand for natural gas is starting to increase, and its price could rise significantly. That is a real possibility, and would be consistent with its long history of price volatility. If we hope to maintain the security of our energy supply, we will need to expand the use of other energy sources, including nuclear power, which is also environmentally attractive and affordable.
Although the capital cost of building a nuclear plant is high, the average price of nuclear-generated electricity is lower than power produced from natural gas. In 2011, the production cost of nuclear power was 2.19 cents per kilowatt-hour, compared to 4.51 cents for natural gas and 3.23 cents for coal.
Today about 20% of America's electricity comes from nuclear power. But demand for electricity is growing steadily and that trend will continue in the future. Without building new nuclear plants, pressure will build to use even more natural gas for electricity generation, making less available for manufacturing and transportation.
As an important part of America's energy future, building a new generation of nuclear plants using advanced technologies should be considered by policy makers. To be sure, increasing the use of nuclear power certainly has its challenges. Electricity companies must cooperate to facilitate the investments that are essential for new construction.
Several other key ingredients are needed: recognition that the potential for long-term profits exists due to nuclear power's lower fuel costs; a shift in the mindset to allow for the application of innovative technologies such as small modular reactors that can be built in a factory for a fraction of the cost of large power plants; and an awareness that nuclear power can produce a huge amount of clean energy for economic growth in the United States and worldwide.
Because they are both critically important economic drivers, natural gas and nuclear power need to share the lead in power generation for the future. Both are cleaner and more secure than the fuels they have replaced, and fostering their use is in our national and economic interest.
Mark J. Perry is a professor of economics at the Flint campus of The University of Michigan and a scholar at The American Enterprise Institute.


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ATB: St. John's Announces Relevancy to Astonished NationPosted by rtmsf on January 4th, 2011
The Lede. There were a good number of games around the college basketball landscape this evening, but few held any real interest. There was a Big East matchup in Madison Square Garden, though, that was more than interesting; in fact, it was arguably more compelling than the other 49 games tonight combined.
Your Watercooler Moment. We'll have more on this topic later this morning, but tonight's watercooler moment came courtesy of Justin Brownlee's putback of Dwight Hardy's missed layup attempt that gave St. John's the final lead over Georgetown in a game that they typically would have lost in recent years. Much will be made of the shifting zones that the Johnnies employed to stifle the long-range threats of the Hoya guards (4-17), but the overall inspiration and confidence that Steve Lavin has enabled in this group of (mostly) seniors to make a run at the NCAA Tournament in their final season is remarkable. Already at 3-0 in Big East play with three tough games under their belt, SJU has an opportunity to all but seal a postseason berth with a .500 record through the rest of January. Their upcoming schedule is a bear, but with their current momentum and some newfound confidence, we're starting to believe in those cats from Queens. Can we just make the Big East Tournament the East Region and let the other regions handle the rest?
Tonight's Quick Hits…
- The Binary Triple-Double. We're not sure we've ever seen a perfect triple-double of 10/10/10, but that's what Milwaukee guard Kaylon Williams gave us tonight in the Panthers' blowout win over Butler. Williams is a guy that seems to do everything well, but nothing great. His season averages in this, his transfer sophomore year, are 8/5/4 APG, but he's had a handful of double-figure assist games in his career and has come close in rebounds a few times. Kudos to the young fella on a big night for his school.
- Maybe Florida Should Join the A-10. Two of the Gators' four best wins of the season have come in the last week against Atlantic 10 teams, with Florida defeating Rhode Island at home tonight and Xavier in Cincinnati last week. The key to tonight's blowout win over URI is that the multifaceted Chandler Parsons finally got his offensive game back on track, going for 18/12/5 assts for his first double-figure scoring performance in a month. With so many poor shooters on this team, the Gators must have the usually-efficient Parsons higher than fourth on the team in scoring average (9.9 PPG) for Billy Donovan's team to come anywhere near its SEC and national goals this season.
- Return of the Beard. Jacob Pullen returned from his three-game suspension tonight and put in a business-like 24/5 assts on 9-11 shooting in an easy win over Savannah State. Most everyone has written off Kansas State so far this year as an overrated fraud, but there's a lot of season left and perhaps a re-focused Pullen coming out of the time off is exactly the medicine that Frank Martin's team needed. His teammate Curtis Kelly will not be back for another couple of weeks.
… and Misses.
- Dear NCAA: Never Trust Florida State. And this is why — Auburn 65, FSU 60. Yes, the same Auburn team who has found a way to beat only a single team higher than #300 in KenPom's ratings (Middle Tennessee at #210), picked apart the Seminoles tonight for without question one of the most shocking scores of the season. FSU might be the second or third best team on paper in the ACC, and they couldn't beat a historically awful Auburn team? Please, NCAA Selection Committee, take note of this when Leonard Hamilton's squad is on the bubble in March and the ACC offices are lobbying for their inclusion into the Dance.


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Hello there!
So, Tuesday I leave for an all inclusive vacation to Mexico, staying at a RIU a 5 star. Hoping that the 5 star will have better food choices for me. Its mostly all Buffet meals + 3 a la carte.
I have been 100% Paleo now for over 6 months, (before my solid 6 months, I had weekly cheats)
Basically 90/10 Paleo for a year and 100% a half a year.
I dont respond well to gluten, and have no interest in "cheat" foods anymore (which I love!)
Has anyone been on an all inclusive vacation and followed Paleo? From what I have seen from various forums, everyone says to relax and eat cake etc etc. but I won't touch any of it. I also don't drink. My mom and her friend (my traveling companions) are also curious what options I will have.
Has anyone managed to go a week at an all inclusive and followed the PB/Paleo?
I have no idea what to expect with the buffet options.
Anything I should look out for? I don't want to be the complainer when my belly expands to a beach ball, eyes puff up and develop a nasty rash.
Any advice would be great!
(Dont get me wrong, I do want to take advantage of the food! (the ones I can eat....it is an all inclusive after all! )


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Scott Eklund: Of the five or six DEs that have earned first round grades, with all things being equal, I would have to say I would prefer Wisconsin's Erasmus James.
James sets the tone with his speed off the edge. Teams have to gameplan for his type of speed and his long arms and solid upper body make him tough to get leverage against. While Georgia's David Pollack was the more productive of the two, James' athletic abilities set him apart.
Maryland's Shawn Merriman is a bit of 'tweener and it is still undetermined if he will play with his hand on the ground along the defensive line or as a standup OLB in the 3-4. He has never played in reverse before, so it stands to reason that he will be a rush LB or a DE. His athletic skills are close to James' but because he is smaller he may have trouble against the run.
James has the entire package and if he can avoid the injury bug he will be a difference-maker in the pass-rush.
Ryan Rigmaiden: Although I don't think he'll be the first DE off the board, the DE I'd most like to have playing for the 'Hawks next year would be Georgia's David Pollack. He definitely isn't the biggest of fastest DE in the class, but he's a high-intensity player that's absolutely relentless, snap after snap. He's faced elite competition in the SEC and has dominated. Pollack can be a factor in the passing game (14 sacks as a sophomore) or stop RBs in their tracks (92 tackles as a junior) and is an extremely well-rounded DE. But above all, Pollack's a playmaker. He always seems to come a big sack, forced fumble or even a sack when the Bulldogs needed it most.
While some of the other DEs in the class have better 40 times or size, Pollack's production, intensity and character make him the better overall prospect.
2. Can you give us a few sleeper picks that might be a bit "under the radar".
Scott Eklund: One player that is on my "under the radar" list is Washington CB Derrick Johnson. He ran a solid 4.43 40 at UW's Pro Day in early March and his smooth change of direction and soft hands allow him to make plays when the ball is in the air.
One player who was on my list since last year was Cal RB JJ Arrington. However, he has wowed scouts with his 40 time (4.45) and his ability to run between the tackles while also showing soft hands out of the backfield. At this point he is the fourth running back on most team's boards. Therefore, he doesn't qualify as under the radar.
Therefore, I have turned my attention to Minnesota's Marion Barber III. His compact body and good speed make him the perfect west coast running back. He showed soft hands at the combine and he was a solid blocker when he was asked to perform that task.
Along the line, I really have started to notice Vanderbilt G Justin Geisinger. He played against top caliber talent in the SEC every week and while he isn't the best athlete he is strong and has long arms. His technique needs some work, but he has all the tools necessary to be a solid road-grader at the next level.
One more player that caught my eye was Illinois State LB James Grigsby. He has dominated the small college level and has yet to show his abilities against top tier talent. His athleticism is on par with the best linebackers in the nation, but his technique is still very raw. He would be a great second day selection that could start out as a headhunter on special teams and work his way into the lineup.
Ryan Rigmaiden: By now, most of the "sleeper" players have been identified, but some players I like that aren't getting a bunch of attention are:
Walter Reyes, RB Syracuse
Smaller RB, but can carry a full load (253 carries in'03). A solid player for Seattle's offense because he can run, catch and block. Only missed one game due to injury despite his smaller size (5'9" 200).
Leroy Hill, OLB Clemson
Yes, another quick LB from Clemson. He can rush the passer and play well in space. An ideal weakside OLB.
Darrent Williams, CB Oklahoma State
Small (5'9" 188) cover corner has solid potential as nickel CB, but is a beast as a kick/punt return guy. Seattle has a huge need for a guy that can do both of those.
Courtney Roby, WR Indiana
Fast receiver that isn't afraid to go over the middle is also a solid return man.
3. Shaun Alexander's status with the team is extremely cloudy at this point. Outside of the top three RBs (Ronnie Brown, Cadillac Williams and Cedric Benson), who would you like the 'Hawks to take a look at on Draft Day? Why?
Scott Eklund: I mentioned this guy before, but I will say it again, JJ Arrington will be the steal of the draft if he lasts past the first round. He can hit the corner and take it to the house or he can run up the middle and punish defenders. He catches the ball well out of the backfield, something that is very necessary for a west coast back, and he is an outstanding blocker when picking up the blitz. He runs with intensity and has moves in the open field that make him a threat to score anytime he gets the ball in space.
Ryan Rigmaiden: Because this Draft is so deep on RBs, I don't think the 'Hawks could go wrong by looking at some of the RBs available in Rounds 2 and 3. If there's one thing history has proven, it's that you can always get a solid RB late on Draft day. Among them are:
J.J. Arrington, Cal (skyrocketing up boards right now)
Ciatric Fason, Florida
Marion Barber III, Minnesota
Vernand Morency, Oklahoma State
Walter Reyes, Syracuse
Darren Sproles, Kansas State
All of these players not only are capable runners, but can also be a factor in the passing game.
4. Will the 'Hawks take a receiver in the Draft? Who might they be looking at?
Scott Eklund: Before the signing of Joe Jurevicius, I would have said yes. Now, I'm not so sure. If they do take one, it likely won't be before the third round. The wideouts this year are relatively deep so keep an eye out for one of these three; Washington's Charles Frederick, Northern Colorado's Vincent Jackson and California's Geoff Mcarthur.
Frederick hasn't shown well in workouts and may still be suffering from a hamstring injury that limited his playing time as a senior, but he has sure hands and he also has return skills that the Seahawks have lacked the last few seasons. Jackson is a small college stud with exceptional size (6'4", 224 lbs) and great top-end speed (4.49). Mcarthur reminds me a lot of Seahawks WR Darrell Jackson. He runs smooth routes and reads defenses very well. He is more quick than fast and he lacks ideal height, but there is no disputing his productivity in college.
Ryan Rigmaiden: It's hard to say right now. I think the team likes some of the younger guys already on the roster and will look to develop them. The recent signing of WR Joe Jurevicius may have an effect as well. But if someone they really like is on the board, rest assured they'll pull the trigger on them. Seattle will probably be operating under the "best player available" mode as they have the past few years, so it's definitely possible. Here are some WR's the 'Hawks may be looking at.
Mark Clayton, Oklahoma (Round 1 guy, so probably unlikely)
Reggie Brown, Georgia
Terrance Murphy, Texas A&M
Courtney Roby, Indiana
Craig Bragg, UCLA
Brandon Jones, Oklahoma
Taylor Stubblefield, Purdue
5. Any chance Seattle will trade up? Who is worth trading up for?
Scott Eklund: In my heart I want to believe that they will, but it is very doubtful that they will. The only player that is worthy of a first rounder is RB Shaun Alexander, but no one is paying first rounders for RB (see Edgerrin James). Therefore, I just don't see it happening.
As far as who is worth trading up for, there is only one player in my mind that is worth the price…Texas LB Derrick Johnson. Johnson is a faster and more athletic version of Chad Brown when he was in his prime. Johnson flies around, makes plays all over the field and when he makes a tackle, he has a knack for causing fumbles. Last year he totaled 130 tackles (10 per game), had 19 tackles for loss, two sacks, one interception and…NINE forced fumbles.
Johnson is a freak of nature. He oozes natural athleticism and football savvy. In my honest opinion he is the best defensive player on the board and is quite possibly the best player in the entire draft.
He is the only player I would be willing to trade up for, and he would be worth whatever the asking price was.
Ryan Rigmaiden: Trading up is always risky because you're giving up valuable draft picks to move up and take that player. When you're a perennial playoff team like the Eagles, it's not as important because you don't have as many holes to fill and can afford to give up a few picks. But for a team like the 'Hawks that has more than one hole to fill, it's very hard to justify doing so.
Seattle's biggest needs are at LB, CB and DE. DE and CB are two of the deepest positions in the Draft, meaning that if the 'Hawks are targeting a player at one of these positions, they probably wouldn't have to move up to get one they like.
But LB is a different story. Texas' OLB Derrick Johnson is probably the only player I'd consider moving up for. He's head and shoulders above any other LB in this class and has definite Pro Bowl potential, but he's a certain top-10 pick, maybe even top-5. In order to get him, the 'Hawks would have to offer their 1 st, 2 nd and probably even 3 rd Round picks to get him... an NFL fortune. Seattle was just awarded a 3 rd Round compensatory pick and also has another 4 th Round pick from the Trent Dilfer trade, but it's still highly unlikely that the 'Hawks would make a move like this. Let's not forget, another NFL team has to be willing to move down to pick #23, too.
Is moving up a few spots, like to #18 or #19, out of the question? Absolutely not. But that's a far cry from moving all the way up the board.
Scott Eklund and Ryan Rigmaiden both write for Seahawks.NET, and they'll be coordinating our draft coverage over the next month.
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hello everyone... this is my first thread and i would like to introduce myself
My name is Abba Jee and i,m 29 years old man, well i never had a computer degree nor diploma, but anyways I've been used to playing games on computer and watching movies, listening songs, anyway learning is a forever process and i consider myself a learner i always like to learn something new but as i didn't study anything in the school so i really have no basic theory or idea or even i,m clueless about learning process if i want to be a programmer , from where to start ? Well if someone can help me to lead a way from where to start that would be much helpful for me, because I learn randomly which doesn't make sense nor it's a good idea ....I'm interested to learn Delphi :confused:
I guess enough boring introduction no one even interested to read such boring introductions so i better should get lost now :))) but again i want to learn BORLAND DELPHI
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Hi Abba Jee and welcome to the forum and why Delphi? anything specific you want it done.
I will suggest you should not focus on language but platform. Do you want to learn to do things on web or want to be doing on the app and that would be best way to get on the programming languages.
According to me C++ would be better choice and is always but many would argue that for web without C++ is also an easy life.
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Thanks shabbir for your quick reply, I really appreciate that.. Good question why Delphi, well answer is simple that I'm interested to learn that language and i've been inspired with this language features i found it really fast comparing to any other languages like vb, .net, java but i don't know well about C or C++ yes i've been heared from everywhere though that i should learn C++ but as i said i have no basic knowledge of any other language except Visual Basic, and i can code only in VB but not advance even i've been using VB for more than 5 years but i still think i'm a beginner ...thanks for your advice i'll try to learn C++ once again can you please send me a link from where i should start... ?
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Everyone, I have another update to share with you! Along with renovating the kitchen, we decided to tackle the adjoining powder room; Jon wasn't totally for it, but I just couldn't imagine looking from my beautiful new kitchen into that old, nasty powder room. We had to take the existing toilet and vanity out while the floors were being redone anyway, so in the end he was won over to my way of seeing things. So, ta-da!
We kept things very simple and tried to work as inexpensively as possible. After trying five different shades of dark blue or turquoise, and with a lot of input from Jon, I finally chose Sherwin Williams' Tempe Star. I am so glad I did! Their online color swatch looks a bit dull, but in person its really beautiful and full of depth. I can't get enough of it.
In place of the old, sea shell shaped, glittered little monstrosity of a vanity, I opted for a clean, white pedestal sink. Because the room is so small we were a bit limited, but it played out in our favor – the sink that worked cost only $85! While I was at Lowe's buying the sink I spied this Moen faucet and fell in love. So I snapped up that, as well as towel and toilet paper holders from the same line. And, get this, they were all on sale. Ka-ching!
The one thing we decided to keep was the toilet. Its old, but looks fine and works like it should, so we couldn't justify the expense. I did buy a new seat for it, but it looks a little funky so that will probably get replaced at some point. Other than that, we still need to repaint and hang the mirror over the sink and replace the trim. We'll be using art we already own over the toilet, so no cost there – I can't believe how fabulous this room looks/will look on such a small budget.
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Mike and Mark Pannell, who farm in northeast Mississippi, would normally grow corn along with their soybeans. But not this year; they got sandbagged by unfavorable planting weather for their dryland corn. So, they're all soybeans on their 2,000 acres.
MIKE PANNELL, left, and his brother, Mark, were expecting to be harvesting their 2,000 acres of soybeans in late September. Mark had just finished washing and cleaning their combine to spit-shine showroom condition when the photo was made.
A farming way of life
Mike, Mark, and their brother, Jeff, who is chief marketing officer for the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation, grew up in a farming environment.
"Our grandfather, Boyce Pannell, and our father, Jerrell, had a plumbing/electrical business that was their main livelihood," Mike says, "but both always farmed on the side — mostly cotton in the 1960s and '70s. They never had more than 200 to 300 acres.
"We boys grew up helping out on the farm and in the business, so we had a good indoctrination into the farming life and things mechanical/electrical."
Mike graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1981 with a degree in pre-med physics, and had hoped to get a job working with TVA's nuclear division.
"But TVA was in the process of mothballing plants," he says, "so that career potential wasn't very promising. Mark, who had gone to Ole Miss too, had already come back to the farm, so I joined him and we started renting land and expanding the operation.
"We also had cattle for many years — a cow/calf operation, running as many as 150 cows — but we got out of that in 1996. We had pastures scattered over two counties and it was just too demanding. We could get better returns on our time from crops.
"We last grew cotton in 1990. We got out mainly because of low yields and the unsuitability of our land — cotton just didn't do well on our wet bottomland. Too, it's a more expensive crop and it requires more attention than corn and beans, although it's about got to the point that soybeans require as much attention through the season as cotton."
Mike says he's proud of the work the Mississippi Corn Promotion Board has done since it was established in 2007 as part of the legislation that created the state's 1-cent per bushel corn checkoff program. He was elected chairman for a two-year term.
"We have an outstanding group of farmers on the board and an active, supportive membership," he says. "Our budget has grown from $250,000 the first year to $1.2 million this year. Ninety-five percent of that stays in the state, most of it for research and promotion. The other 5 percent is for the state's membership in the National Corn Growers Association to support its lobbying/legislative efforts.
"The Corn Promotion Board board is prohibited from doing any kind of lobbying, so anything in Washington needs to go through the grower associations.
"Through the National Corn Growers Association, we're also supporting AMCOE (Aflatoxin Mitigation Center of Excellence), which includes Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Texas.
"Mississippi has contributed $100,000 toward the organization's aflatoxin research programs, and about $85,000 of that has come back for projects at Mississippi State University."
This is the first year of operation for the Corn Promotion Board's website (mscorn.org), Mike says. "We're really pleased to make this resource available to the state's producers — it is growing into a valuable reference library for corn research and production information.
Mike has also been been president of the Mississippi Corn Growers Association for the past five years. He is a member of the board of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation's Foundation and Relief Fund; the North Mississippi Extension Advisory Committee; and chairman of the Union County Soil and Water Conservation District, and the Union County Fair Association.
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Lohan, 27, took Sundance by surprise on Monday with an impromptu, 20-minute press conference about Inconceivable, a movie she will star in and produce. Plot details remain scarce: Attendees were told the project is a thriller and that Lohan's character is "a young woman on a journey to reclaim something that's she's lost," the Associated Press reports.
Sources tell PEOPLE the last-minute gathering was strange from start to finish. Just a few reporters were present, and they were forbidden from asking anything unrelated to Inconceivable – meaning questions about Lohan's personal life were off-limits.
The starlet did hint at her troubled past, calling her first-ever appearance at the Park City, Utah, festival "starting fresh," according to the AP report.
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1. Today's most-read stories
- Man escorted out of Target store by police for line jumping, shoppers score big deals on TV's
- Jackson family camps out in front of Best Buy, family shopping tradition celebrated one last time
- Brother's death prompts former RoseQueen Kelly Gooch to change platform to motorcycle safety
- Motorist injured when he crashed into Jackson auto parts shop; seizure may have caused crash
2. Quote of the day
"I've been in contact with the (Historic District Commission) quite a bit over the last eight years, which is interesting because they don't own the property and they don't pay the bills on it."
- John Butterfield on a home located in the city's historic district that he needed permission to demolish. The HDC denied his request to demolish the building initially before Jackson City Council members voted to overturn the HDC's decision.
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8 - The number of hours a Jackson family waited in line at Best Buy for Black Friday deals. The family stayed in a tent and were first in line.
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On the Jackson Citizen Patriot's Facebook page,
readers are talking about Black Friday shopping and if they opted to stay home and avoid the crowds instead.
"I did both!" one reader said.
5. Coming up soon- Jackson Citizen Patriot reporter Will Forgrave will have a story on the city spending more than $100,000 to rebuild a small bridge on Lewis Street next to OmniSource in Jackson.


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Decisions to be made
Among the issues the Fire District will be facing in the new year will be resolution of the site for the new downtown fire station, necessary for the expenditure of voter-approved bonds passed in 1993. The Board of Fire Commissioners elected in fall 1995 to purchase a three-acre parcel north of the South Bypass and inside the agricultural preservation district, for the siting of a downtown station.
But no action has taken place since early this year, when the board tabled the issue pending discussions with King County. Meanwhile, the local soccer association continues to eye the parcel, and with the support of King County Councilmember Louise Miller, sees it as an active recreation area adjacent to a community pea patch and model farm on the Zante property.
The district has also been threatened with a lawsuit by the Hollywood Hill Association, which has opposed development of the agricultural land, fearing a domino effect of urbanizing pressures.
To build a station, the Fire District would have to seek a conditional-use permit, though appeals of decisions and threats of litigation for years into the future have compelled the district to put their fate in King County's hands.
Strategic planning process begins
With the help of an outside consultant and nine local citizens, the Woodinville Fire District also recently began their process of strategic planning, identifying the strengths, weaknesses, and areas in which the department needs improvement.
Also being considered are a myriad of goals, programs, and philosophies, as well as the implementation of those ideas. A draft document is expected in late January.
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As the entire nation gear up to see Sachin Tendulkar play his last Test at his home ground - Wankhede Stadium - in Mumbai starting November 14, the anticipation and eagerness is at an all time high.
Dairy product company, Amul has now dedicated their new advertisement to the little master. A cartoon character who looks like Sachin during his younger days is seen eating a slice of bread with butter while batting with the text reading "India retires hurt!" and "Master Butter." Sachin Tendulkar will play his 200th and last Test from November 14 to 18 against West Indies at his home ground Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.


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Apple TV sure has alot of apps/channels but unfortunately a web-browser isn't one of them. And with good reason too. Ever tried to use the browsers in so called Smart-TVs? Well I have and can assure that using the remote as a pointer for surfing is annoying and is "injurious" to your forearm. Well, now thanks to AirWeb, anyone having an AirPlay Mirroring-enabled iOS device will be able to browse smoothly on their 40-incher.
Old Man Winter is here to stay for a tick so let's get those hibernating Apple TV's fired up this weekend and heat up this chilly January with a little cinematic love. And here's this week's hottest Pix Picks to get you there. [click to continue…]
We doubt there are many Apple TV 2 owners that haven't got FireCore's Apple TV 2 supercharger aTV Flash (black) yet, but if you happen to be one of them, here's your chance: Cult of Mac Deals is offering aTV Flash (black) for just $19.99 (33% off). It's limited time offer, so go and grab your copy now.
Baby, it's cold outside (for some of us) and kicking it on the couch in front of the warm glow of our Apple TV never looked so sweet. So if you're in the same icy January boat we've got this week's hot Pix Picks to light that fire and keep it roaring through the weekend!
Seas0nPass, the popular Apple TV jailbreak tool, has been recently updated by FireCore and now allows for an untethered jailbreak of Apple TV 5.3 (Apple TV 2 only). Released in June last year, Apple TV software version 5.3 added HBO GO, WatchESPN, Sky News, Crunchyroll and Qello to our little black boxes.
So you didn't update your Apple TV 2 firmware to version 6.0 (iOS 7) when it came in September, hoping for a jailbreak for 5.3 software (iOS 6.1.4 – 10B809) to come sooner or later? The wait is finally over as an updated version of FireCore's Seas0nPass now allows for an untethered jailbreak of Apple TV 5.3 (Apple TV 2 only).