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Skin - Nonmelanocytic tumors
Adnexal tumors
Adnexal tumors-general
Reviewer: Christopher Hale, M.D. (see Reviewers page)
Revised: 2 July 2012, last major update June 2012
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● Usually differentiate only along one adnexal line, but there may be divergent differentiation within 1 or more tumors within the same patient
Algorithms (from Sternberg)
Cystic lesions:
(a) Glandular lesions are hidrocystoma (two rows of cells) or cutaneous ciliated cyst (cylindrical cells with cilia)
(b) Lesions with squamous keratinization are trichilemmal cysts, pilomatricoma, steatocystoma (sebaceous lobules in wall), vellus hair cyst (hair shafts in lumen), epidermoid cyst (contains lamellated keratin), dermoid cyst (adnexal structures in wall), trichofolliculoma (radiating immature hairs) or warty dyskeratoma (acantholytic dyskeratosis)
Basaloid tumors:
● Trichoepithelioma / trichoblastoma (ribbons of basaloid cells, cysts and fibroblastic stroma)
● Trichofolliculoma (mature and immature hair follicles)
● Cylindroma (jigsaw-puzzle appearance with thickened basement membrane)
● Spiradenoma (basaloid cells with 2 cell types)
● Sebaceous adenoma or carcinoma, eccrine poroma (large nodules connected to epidermis)
● Eccrine acrospiroma (large dermal nodules)
● Pilomatricoma (ghost cells)
Squamoid tumors:
(a) Solid lobules of eosinophilic cells are pilar sheath acanthoma (connected to crater-like cavity) or acrospiroma (not connected to crater-like cavity)
(b) Lobules with clear cells are acrospiroma (luminal differentiation), trichilemmoma (epidermal connection, peripheral palisading, thick basement membrane) or sebaceous tumors
(c) Lobules of squamous cells with central keratinization are proliferative trichilemmal tumor
Glandular tumors:
(a) Apocrine differentiation: papillary hidradenoma (papillary fronds, vulvar/perianal) or tubular apocrine adenoma (epidermal connection)
(b) Syringoma: small ducts with 2 rows of cells
(c) Papillary eccrine adenoma: cystic ducts and papillary fronds
(d) Papillated ducts open to epidermis: papillary syringadenoma (scalp) or nipple adenomatosis (nipple)
(e) Mixed tumor (chondroid syringoma): chondromyxoid stroma and tubular or anastomosing glands
(f) Sebaceous hyperplasia (lobular arrangement around a central duct), adenoma or carcinoma
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Which was the more impressive win in your estimation: Floyd's win over Oscar at 154lbs, or Manny's win over Tony Margarito at 150lbs? It's a tough call for me, personally. Reason being, Manny absolutely worked Margarito, while Floyd won what I thought was a 7-5 UD. That being said, there's some serious speculation as to whether or not Manny is/was 100% clean for a lot his fights. It is possible that Floyd took some sort of PED as well, I suppose, but I sincerely doubt it. The version of Oscar that Floyd fought was extremely motivated at a good weight. Where as the version of Tony that Manny fought was coming off an unimpressive showing, after a sustained layoff. Not to mention, Tony was having trouble making 147lbs, so he likely had trouble making 150lbs. In particular, when you figure that he rehydrated an absurd amount of weight overnight.
It's a tough call for me, personally. Those who know me around here, know that I don't exactly favor Pacquiao at the best of times. But on that night, he showed some uncanny punching power, and hospitalized an extremely tough fighter. PEDs or not, it was an impressive showing.
I'm at a stalemate on this subject. What do you all think?
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i rank it..........more or less the same.................
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Manny walked down a bigger man with a granite chin, and completely dismantled him.
Both great showcases of said fighters best attributes, which makes me want a dream match between the two, that most likely will never happen. What a damn shame.
Quite frankly, if the version of both of these fighters who showed up on those two respective fights were to show up, and fight each other........I'd say it would be a 50/50 fight.
Throw in random blood testing though, and the equation gets a little trickier. After all, Manny didn't look his usual self against Morales in their first fight, and he had blood drawn.
I can't believe I'm saying this, but who knows? Maybe having blood drawn does actually effect Manny negatively. (Although I sincerely doubt it. I think that was just an excuse. Just like he's "afraid of needles".)
Bottom line: Two great performances, by two of the best of our generation, and we will never get to see them fight, over complete bs.
Even with millions upon millions on the table.
Another black eye for boxing.
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Pacquiao's win.
Pacquiao would have beaten the crap out of that Oscar too. If people rate the chinny Victor Ortiz as a legit threat then Margarito would be like a 2-1 or 3-2 underdog seeing as he's much bigger, much tougher, and more polished on the attack. If Mayweather beats Margarito it's probably a close decision just as it was against Oscar.
I also favor Margarito by 7-5 or 8-4 decision over Oscar; sweeping numerous late rounds.
Add in the size difference. Pacquiao was 17 pounds lighter. As soon as they were in the ring together it looked like one guy was several weight divisions higher.
And the coup de gras is that Manny beat Margarito so bad Margarito agreed to a cease fire in the middle of the ring and basically said 'no mas'. Just let that sink in for a second.
And what a load of crap that's gotten out of hand @ PED stuff. Let's try to even Mayweather/Pacquiao arguments by saying Pacquiao may or may not have had to cheat... yeah okay. Become a defense lawyer. Defend every case with "What we need to remember is... my client might be innocent?" and shrug. About the same thing here.
Mayweather possibly had loaded gloves and possibly drugged his opponents. My proof is that you can't prove it's not possible! Retarded.
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And to add further, this reminds me of a similar situation: That being when everyone was dying to see Lennox Lewis give Vitali a rematch in 2004. I read on the net that he turned down a supposed $40million for the fight! Lewis claimed/claims he beat Vitali when he was out of shape, so there's no need for a rematch. I call bs! Nobody leaves $40million on the table for an easy night's work. Same goes for Floyd. If Manny is such easy work, why not take the biggest payday of your life, and whomp him in front of millions?
I think either Floyd knows something behind the scenes, or he really wants to stick to Arum/Top Rank/Team Pacquiao. And TBH, I can't say I blame him in a way. Floyd agreed to all of their demands, yet they can't agree to ONE of his? Seems like Arum wants to call the shots, and dictate the pace. Floyd ain't gonna' play by Arum's rules. He's already made that clear when he wouldn't fight Margarito or Cotto. (Both of whom, he supposedly "ducked". Well where are they now Floyd haters? Both shop-worn fighters scrounging for paydays.)
Bottom line: It's all political bs, that is completely not justified. For the amount of money we're talking here, you come to a mediation of some sort. They ALL STAND TO MAKE ENOUGH MONEY FOR TEN LIFETIMES. GET OVER THE CHILDISH BS!
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Oscar was better than Marg at that time, but Mayweather had a lot of trouble with him. His face was even unusually puffy after that fight. It wasn't a domination like Mayweather fans think.
Margarito got destroyed and was much bigger than Pacquiao.
close call
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Floyd knows exactly what his actions state. He knows Manny Pacquiao could beat him.
No other fighter in history has refused to fight a guy because he's so good he must be cheating yet is also sure he would win against said fighter accused of being so good it can't be real.
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I remember when the fight happened, on the net, a lot of people thought it was a really close fight, and scored it accordingly. Floyd wasn't pulling the trigger at all in the early going, and was getting bullied, and worked to the body. I can't give guys rounds when they don't do ANYTHING.
Ring generalship is a criteria for scoring rounds, but if you're dictating the pace, and not landing...........while your opponent is landing ugly shots, yet still throwing/landing more.........I have no choice but to give the round to the aggressor.
I always ask myself, "Who would I rather be at the end of that round?"
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When we said we were going big for this year's McDonald's Monopoly Game [4], we weren't kidding.
So, you've probably been asking yourself, "how many hash browns do I have to buy to have a chance of winning the million dollar prize"? The answer? 10,885. Obviously. Here's how we got the answer.
Our fancy little calculator — dubbed the McDonald's Monopoly Meal Cruncher — is able to determine how much of one food item must be purchased at one store in order to have a 1:1 chance of winning a particular Monopoly Game prize.
This was actually interesting to develop because unlike the standard winning probability that McDonald's provides in their rules, which only accounts for the total number of Game pieces in the wild and the chance of you collecting the entire winning set of pieces, we had to take many more factors into consideration to get a more accurate result. We figured that the best way to ensure the best probability (and least amount of variables) was to buy the same food item from the same store, since going to multiple McDonald's would further dilute your odds. So we took the probability of winning each prize and divided it by the number of stores in the US, then we took the price of the eligible food items (we used South Florida prices ), found out how many Game pieces are on each item, gathered sales tax data for each state, and, through the magic of high-level mathematics (not really), we're able to determine the financial investment needed to have a 1:1 chance of winning a prize if you purchase the same food item at the same store (whew!).
Admittedly, the number of food items you'll need won't vary much because most of the eligible foods come with 2 game pieces, but the varying prices of menu items will affect the investment pretty dramatically.
Now it's your turn to have fun with the calculator. Anyone thinking of actually trying this? We think the investment for the $50 prize isn't so bad if you buy the cheaper food items. Let us know and have fun 🙂
McDonald's Monopoly Meal Cruncher
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Corvette Story
MFG's Role in America's Most Beautiful Automobile
Robert Morrison, founder of MFG, is renowned for the creative development of the molded fiber glass (MFG) process for Corvette's fiberglass body. In 1954, the Chevrolet Corvette became the first production automobile with a molded fiber glass reinforced plastic body after Morrison convinced General Motors that reinforced plastic had a use in the automotive industry.
Glen Warner, a 30-year MFG veteran recalls the legendary "elevator incident." Morrison had come to Detroit to discuss what his company could do to support GM, but the two purchasing people he was to meet were locked in discussions with suppliers about steel body components. As Morrison departed, the elevator opened upon Purchasing Director Elmer Gormesen, who announced that the decision went down the day before to make the car of steel. He explained that GM was hesitant about fiberglass because it anticipated 10,000 units, and no sufficient fiberglass capacity existed. Morrison assured Gormesen that MFG and Owens Corning could come through.
Morrison had other business in Detroit that day and didn't return home to Ashtabula, OH until 1:30 a.m. the next day. That's when he learned from Gormesen that GM had made a turnabout decision to go with fiberglass!
When Chevrolet agreed to proceed, Morrison initiated all of the necessary financing, production facilities, engineering support, tooling and production personnel to make it happen. He partnered with automotive engineers as well as raw material suppliers to resolve Chevrolet's concerns about a production site, equipment and scheduling.
As the cooperative process developed, the basement of Morrison's home became an impromptu design center for the 1953 Corvette fiberglass parts. MFG employees and GM's engineers worked side by side on a ping-pong table until suitable business space was established.
Recalling those days in a memoir written around 1980, Morrison observed: "I believe, but cannot prove, that Chevrolet would have completely cancelled the Corvette if the Ford Thunderbird had not been such a big success."
MFG has continuously produced fiberglass composite parts for the Corvette since 1954. In 2003, Robert S. Morrison was posthumously inducted into the prestigious Corvette Hall of Fame.
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|The Mastermind of the Corvette's Fiberglass Body
|Richard Morrison, CEO of Molded Fiber Glass Companies, recounts the story of how the late Robert S. Morrison changed the future of the Corvette. In 1953 Morrison convinced Chevrolet to use his newly created molded fiberglass body for the Corvette Concept Car displayed at the 1953 GM Motorama. The acceptance was overwhelming and from that point on the Corvette body was made out of Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP), otherwise known as fiberglass. MFG has continuously produced fiberglass composite parts for the Corvette since 1954. In 2003, Robert Morrison was posthumously inducted into the prestigious Corvette Hall of Fame.
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Making shims for my Bede BD-4C makes me want to sing,
Shim shiminey
Shim shiminey
Shim shim sher-ee!
A sweep is as lucky
As lucky can be
but I will spare your ears and forgo the podcasting.
The brackets for the brake master cylinders will sit on top of a couple of different pieces of metal, the angle to which the rudder pedals are attached and, for two of the brackets, a piece of the nose gear structure. In order for the brackets to have a flat surface on which to sit, I had to make five shims of various lengths, widths and thicknesses.
Here you can see four of the shims that go in front of the copilot. (The fifth is underneath the shim labeled "3B." (Click on a picture to see it larger.)
The shim labeled "3A" needs to be installed underneath the thing that it is sitting on top of in this photo.
Here is the same picture with a pair of the brackets positioned on top of shims 4B and 4A.
The piece of wood between the brackets is just temporary, to keep the brackets the right distance apart.


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GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - Eccentric New York millionaire Robert Durst, who said he accidentally killed a hot-tempered neighbor in self-defense and then dismembered the body in a panic, was found innocent Tuesday of murder.
Jurors deliberated over five days, following nearly six weeks of testimony, before deciding that the real estate heir did not murder 71-year-old Morris Black, who lived across the hall from him in a low-rent apartment building.
Durst, 60, who is under suspicion in two other killings and who posed for a time as a mute woman, testified in his own defense for nearly four days. He insisted that Black was shot accidentally during a struggle over a gun, and said he used two saws and an ax to cut up the body. The victim's head has never been found.
Durst appeared stunned when he heard the verdict from state District Judge Susan Criss, standing with his mouth slightly open and his eyes filling with tears. He hugged his attorneys afterward, saying: "Thank you so much."
After the killing in late September 2001, Durst was a fugitive for six weeks until he was caught in Pennsylvania when he tried to shoplift a $5 sandwich even though he had $500 in his pocket.
At defense attorneys' request, jurors considered only a murder charge. They could have asked that jurors consider a lesser charge, such as manslaughter, in addition to murder, but opted for an all-or-nothing strategy.
If he had been convicted, Durst could have been sentenced to five to 99 years in prison and been fined up to $10,000.
Prosecutors called Durst a calculating, cold-blooded killer who shot Black to steal his identity. They said all his actions afterward, including cutting up the body and twice fleeing Galveston, were part of an elaborate plan to hide his guilt.
But defense attorneys contended Black was shot accidentally while the two men struggled for a gun after Durst found his neighbor illegally in his apartment. The defense said prosecutors failed to show jurors any motive for the killing or disprove self-defense.
"Whatever (Durst) did after Morris Black was dead cannot change how Morris Black died," defense attorney Dick DeGuerin said in his closing statement. "You can't convict Bob Durst simply because of that."
District Attorney Kurt Sistrunk said Durst cut up Black's body without hesitation, meticulously cleaned the crime scene, reserved a flight to leave the area and dumped the body but later returned to retrieve the head because it could identify his victim.
"Is it well planned and calculated? You bet it is," Sistrunk said.
Durst moved to Galveston in November 2000 disguised as a woman to escape scrutiny in New York after an investigation was reopened into the 1982 disappearance of his first wife, Kathleen. He used the name Dorothy Ciner, a childhood friend.
After he jumped bail in Black's killing, Galveston authorities learned he was wanted for questioning in his first wife's disappearance and in the Christmas Eve 2000 shooting death in Los Angeles of a friend, writer Susan Berman, who was set to be questioned about his missing wife.
He met Black while wearing his disguise but later dropped the masquerade and they became friends.
Durst's attorneys said the friendship soured because of the elderly man's increasingly aggressive behavior. Durst and other witnesses testified Black often got into fights and arguments.
Neighbors "could hear Morris Black two blocks down the road when he was in his rages," said Debra Monogan, who once lived upstairs from Black in South Carolina.
Prosecutors said Black was abrasive but not violent.
Durst testified that he found Black in his apartment on Sept. 28, 2001, and that Black armed himself with a gun Durst had hidden. During a struggle, the weapon fired, hitting Black in the face, he said.
Durst testified he did not recall details about dismembering the body, but when pressed by a prosecutor he said he remembered "a nightmare with blood everywhere."
"I remember like I was looking down on something and I was swimming in blood and I kept spitting up and spitting up and I don't know what is real and I don't know what is not real," Durst said.
He said he preferred not to use the term "murder" to describe Black's death.
"I like dying better. Killed implies like I killed him. I did not kill him," Durst said.
"It was self-defense and an accident," he said.
When he learned police had found some of Black's remains, Durst said he fled to New Orleans with five pounds of marijuana and more than $500,000 in cash.
He returned to Galveston and was arrested. He posted bail and fled, and was captured six weeks later in Pennsylvania when he was caught trying to steal a $5 sandwich and bandages while he had $500 in his pocket.
Durst's family runs the Durst Organization, a privately held, billion-dollar New York company.
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'Frozen' tops weekend box office
In its second weekend at the box office, the Disney animated tale "Frozen" finally cooled off "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire."
"Frozen" earned $31.6 million, while "Catching Fire," which had topped the box office for the last two weeks, slid to second with $27 million.
"Out of the Furnace," starring Christian Bale and Casey Affleck, posed no challenge for the bigger blockbuster holdovers. It opened with $5.3 million on an excellent weekend for Hollywood, with box office up 16.9 percent over the same weekend last year.
With only a handful of moviegoing weeks left in the year, the strong weekend boosts the year's chances of exceeding 2012's record box office. This year may surpass last year's $10.8 billion domestic box office.
"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" opens Friday in wide release. Peter Jackson's first "Hobbit" film, "An Unexpected Journey," which debuted with $84.6 million in 2012.
Billy Joel leads
Kennedy honorees
Billy Joel joined Carlos Santana, Herbie Hancock, opera star Martina Arroyo and actress Shirley MacLaine in receiving the Kennedy Center Honors over the weekend. All have been playing music, dancing or singing since they were children -- and never stopped.
Tony Bennett opened the tribute to Joel's long career and his songs written so often about ordinary people.
"Billy Joel is no less than the poet, performer, philosopher of today's American songbook," Bennett said.
President Barack Obama saluted the honorees Sunday night, and top entertainers offered tribute performances for each honoree. The show will be broadcast Dec. 29.
King gives
Twitter a try
You can now follow Stephen King on Twitter at the account (at)StephenKing.
King has long been open to e-books and other digital innovations but had resisted Twitter. Fans were warned that he prefers books and was unlikely to tweet often, but he still had more than 30,000 followers 90 minutes after the announcement.
His opening words: "My first tweet. No longer a virgin. Be gentle!"
'Sound of Music'
huge hit for NBC
Critics landed on Carrie Underwood for her lack of acting skills, but "The Sound of Music" proved to be NBC's biggest hit, excluding sporting events, since the series finale of "Frasier" aired in 2004.
A total of 18.6 million viewers tuned to Thursday night's live three-hour telecast of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical,
"The Sound of Music Live!" starred Carrie Underwood in the role of Maria.
USA Today's Robert Bianco noted that, without Underwood's star power, the broadcast never would have happened, while adding, "the trouble is that with her, it wasn't very good."
"It's impossible not to notice that she can't act," wrote the Washington Post's Hank Stuever. "When Underwood spoke her lines, she was as flat as the label on a Swiss Miss package of cocoa."
Glover honored
for Mandela role
Actor Danny Glover received a Career Achievement Award in the Bahamas as he reflected on the role he played as Nelson Mandela while the South African leader was still in prison.
The 67-year-old actor said he was moved by Mandela's political writings as a student in the 1960s and acknowledged he was the only U.S. actor who portrayed him in a film before the publication of his biography and release from prison in 1990.
Glover received his award at the Bahamas International Film Festival.
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Business connects 'girlfriends' from all walks of life
Miami-based entrepreneur hopes to get her products on shelves across U.S.
Ashley Montgomery | 9/5/2013, 9 a.m.
Now-a-days, Black women have adopted a bad rep. Known to other races as being "angry" and "hard-to-deal-with" over the years because of their own personal battles. One South Florida woman has made it her mission to strengthen the bond shared among "girlfriends" worldwide and reverse this reputation.
Shilesa Chandler, CEO of 'Hey Girlfriend' established in 2010 has its own line of key chains and t-shirts to cosmetic bags and purses that just endorses positive energy and friendships among women. Thanks to her mom, Chandler got the idea to start this brand. She would always hear her and her girlfriends greet each other with a cheerful "Hey Girlfriend"! So she got the idea to put it on a shirt and wear it. "Then other items came to mind, all still focused on women, such as the purse hangers, cosmetic bags, shot glasses, compact mirrors and shirts with different sayings on them. Then I thought, what a great way to bring women together, and it just all took off from there", said Chandler.
Last Saturday, Hey Girlfriend hosted a health seminar. The "Look Good, Feel Good, Be Fabulous":Health, Wellness and Beauty Seminar alongside the Beautiful Brown Girls Brunch Club. This educational and fun event provided an enjoyable environment to network, shop from vendors and listen to empowering speeches from local female entrepreneurs.
"We had a range of topics discussed from beauty and health care to nutrition and fitness from local business women and entrepreneurs", said Cheif Girlfriend.
Among the vendors that participated in the seminar was Barbara Jacques of Jacq's Organics. Jacques known around town for her cool haircut and all natural skincare line. Jacques has been featured on the Local 10 news as well being acknowledged on South Florida's Top 40 under 40 Black Leaders of Today and Tomorrow by the Miami Herald.
No risk. No reward.
As a growing business, it's imperative to get your name out in the market as much as possible. Chandler recently submitted her company into Wal-Mart's campaign, 'Get on the Shelf' contest. The worlds leading retail store sought out to find individuals and businesses that would like for them to offer their products to their customers. The multi-stage contest included opportunities for the public to make their voice heard through online voting and will feature finalist in an original web series. Chandler pushed for her company to receive the most votes by using social media to reach out to her 'girlfriends' across the nation. Whether Hey Girlfriend wins or not, all contestants got free visibility by perhaps millions and who knows where that may lead her and the business.
Voting for the Audition Round ended Monday, September 2nd, at 11:59 pm EDT and products selected as finalist will participate in the web series portion of the contest during the fall. Winners will go on to sell their products on Walmart.com.


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Kelty Shadehouse
|Minimum Weight
|10 lb 14 oz / 4.93 kg
|12 lb 12 oz / 5.78 kg
|Packaged Weight
|12 lb 0 oz / 5.44 kg
|13 lb 15 oz / 6.32 kg
|Floor Area
|99 sq ft / 9.20 sq m
|143 sq ft / 13.29 sq m
|132 in / 335.28 cm
|156 in / 396.24 cm
|108 in / 274.30 cm
|132 in / 335.30 cm
|74 in / 187.96 cm
|76 in / 193.04 cm
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The versatile freestanding Kelty Shadehouse (Medium) is tall enough to walk under and easily modified with attachable accessory walls that are sold separately.
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The versatile freestanding Kelty Shadehouse-offered here in a medium size-is tall enough to walk under and easily modified with attachable accessory walls that are sold separately.
The Kelty Acadia 2 is a 2 person backpacking tent. It has 2 doors for easy entry or exit. Attached are 2 storage vestibules that let you keep excess or wet gear out of the way. The full coverage fly extends all the way down the tent and shields you from even the worst weather. The all mesh (no-see-um) body is great for ventilation or stargazing. Set up is extra quick with all clip construction. And of course all the exposed fly and floor seams are factory sealed for the ultimate out of the box confidence.Sleeps 2Freestanding tent is fast and easy to set upMain fly and floor seams are factory taped for weather protection2 doors - 2 storage vestibulesShockcorded wrapped fiberglass polesShockcorded steel ridge poleFull coverage fly extends down and protects the tent2 Storage vestibules for extra or wet gearAll clip design is fast and easy to erectArc Edge floor lifts the seams off the ground and is strong, durable and will keep you dryNo-See-Um Mesh panels insure good ventilationNoiseless zipper pullsFly vents help with ventilationSide Release Buckles easily attach the flyGear pockets and gear loops make organization and stashing stuff easyAll mesh for stargazing possibilitiesAll carry sacks and stakes includedCorner and fly guy out points for wind stabilityFire RetardantImport
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Summit Feature: Small cairn
Classification: Sub-sim.
OS Grid Ref: NS155977 (10 figure Grid Ref: NS1554497733).
UK Area: 19 - Loch Fyne to Bute and the Firth of Clyde (OS Maps 1:50k 56. 1:25k OL37N,363N.)
Latitude: 56.136538, Longitude: -4.97001, Height: 767 metres (2516 feet)
Prominence: 28 metres (92 feet)
Unique Waypoint POI Name: 0767.- (DoBIH Hill ID: 6958)
Associated Parent Hill:
Beinn Bheula (779m, p557)
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Beinn Bheula (0.6km)Beinn Dubhain (1.3km)Cnoc na Tricriche (1.5km)Cruach nam Miseag West Top (1.9km)Carnach Mor (2.1km)Sgurr a'Choinnich (2.2km)Cruach nam Miseag West Top (2.4km)Beinn Lochain East Top (2.8km)Cruach nam Miseag (2.8km)Beinn Lochain (2.9km)
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The fall TV season kicks off in a big way tonight with eight premieres or returns, including two of the most buzzed-about returning shows: "Dancing with the Stars" and "Two and a Half Men."
Also returning: a hopefully resurgent "How I Met Your Mother" on CBS, NBC's "The Sing-Off," ABC's "Castle" and CBS's "Hawaii Five-0."
Unfortunately, I didn't get to watch a preview of any of those.
I did, however, get a peek at both of tonight's new shows: "2 Broke Girls" and "The Playboy Club."
In a way, they're thematically similar. Both feature women who are anxious to make money and willing to do almost anything, but only one appears to have much promise.
That one is not "The Playboy Club," NBC's entry in the "Mad Men" ripoff contest (to be joined Sunday by ABC's "Pan Am"). And that's despite Eddie Cibrian doing his best Don Draper.
"Playboy Club" had the potential to be a fun, trashy nightime soap (and, to be fair, it still does), but the pilot doesn't live up to that potential. Part of the problem is that the show is officially tied to the Playboy empire; Hugh Hefner even provides the opening and closing narration. That's necessarily going to lead to whitewashing of the women's experience in the club, in turn making for a much less interesting show.
"2 Broke Girls" also gets off to a rough start. Kat Dennings is a pleasantly bitter lead, and Beth Behrs is a nicely dizzy counterpoint, but they're surrounded by some way-too-wacky supporting characters (and a really ancient looking Garrett Morris). The show feels a little pointless at first, but the last few minutes actually give the show some purpose and make me want to come back for more.
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As the scene of 17 fatal accidents and numerous other crashes between 2000 and 2011, the Route 220 stretch in the Linden area has been a source of continual debate about safety solutions.
The latest plan announced by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is among the more significant changes in recent memory.
Among a number of changes announced last week, PennDOT has eliminated crossovers and left-turn traffic from Pine Run Road in both directions. To make a left turn or straight maneuver from Pine Run Road onto 220, drivers will have to turn right, proceed to a median crossover or other acceptable point and make a U-turn when it is safe to do so.
Larger vehicles will have to make a turnaround at a point such as the Route 44/Main Street interchange to the west or the Fourth Street interchange to the east where there is enough space to safely make the turnaround.
A deceleration lane for southbound traffic on Route 220 at the Wagner and Young's Road median opening will have to be constructed before the change can take effect.
Given the number of crashes that have occurred in this area due to traffic coming on and off of it, the complaint that this is an inconvenience should correctly fall on deaf ears.
There is nothing inconvenient about saving lives at the scene of multiple tragedies.
Of course, this is still more about motorists than PennDOT or police enforcement. It's about wearing seat belts, never driving intoxicated and traveling at posted speed limits.
Those will always be the ultimate crash preventers on Route 220 in the Linden area or anywhere else. Still, this is a practical change that hopefully will produce greater safety and fewer tragedies on Route 220.


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My daughter's speech is not quite where I think it should be. She has a tendency to say things backward like, "Mom, can I get some towel paper?" or she'll say "What should I wear on?" instead of saying "wear" or "put on." It's especially confusing when she tells a long story because her words constantly get switched around and the pronunciation is not always clear. How can I help her?
Those are great examples of what some young children do with word placement.
While not uncommon in her age group, it can be a concern if it seems to you that this is her normal speech pattern rather than an exception. As you have noticed, it will be more common in longer stories, especially when children are excited about what they are saying.
Ask her teacher if this is something she is noticing in the classroom that is causing concern. Also, does the teacher or your daughter's peers have difficulty understanding what she is trying to communicate? This may give you an additional guide as to how concerned you should be.
Follow your instinct. If you feel her articulation and expressive language skills seem off, ask if she can be evaluated by the speech and language teacher at her school. This will give you a better idea if she needs additional school services.
Sometimes it can help to have your daughter slow down when she's talking. Children can easily get ahead of themselves, which can result in the examples you gave. Be gentle so that she doesn't become too self-conscious.
One thing you might try is to tell her that what she says is important to you and that it would help you if she slowed down so you can understand and hear everything she's saying. You can also help slow her down by repeating some of what she says to you. If there is an error, you can repeat the phrase correctly. It is not necessary to point out her error at this time until you have a better understanding of what is needed.
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"Chief Law Enforcement Officer" Won't Sign.....
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> "Chief Law Enforcement Officer" Won't Sign.....
October 25, 2003, 04:21 PM
a Form 4...even though FA and SBR weapons are perfectly legal in my state. :barf:
What's my recourse?
Any and all advice is appreciated.
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Brian Williams
October 25, 2003, 04:29 PM
District justice/county judge, District Atty, Head of local ATF....
October 25, 2003, 04:51 PM
Sheriff or Chief, whichever you didn't try.
October 25, 2003, 05:37 PM
Form a corporation, they can obtain FA weapons without the signoff of a CLEO. There was a recent thread about this over (I think) on AR15.com. This would be the last resort as you would then have to file the various corporate paperwork required by your state. That varies from state to state but can involve sending forms in every three months in some places. Like I said - Last resort.
Don in Ohio
October 25, 2003, 06:02 PM
The CLEO can be the local Police Chief, Sheriff, Head of State Police, Local or State DA/Prosecutor and "or such other persons whose certificate may in a particular case be acceptable to the Director."
This means the Director of ATF can authorize a person to sign in place of the normal CLEO. You can contact the Director and ask him to designate someone. Over the years, they have approved the local US Attorney, local US Marshals, local supervising FBI agents and local federal judges.
There are also ways to force the CLEO to sign. You can threaten or actually file a lawsuit against him for not signing. You can go to his political boss (city or county government) and threaten them with a lawsuit if CLEO will not sign.
If all of this fails, it is fairly easy and cheap to form a corporation. That gets you around the CLEO, photographs and fingerprints. Only downside is if the corporation closes, you must transfer the weapons to yourself or someone else on a Form 4.
If it comes to having to form a corporation, Access Incorporation Services (http://www.accessincorp.com/corpfaq.htm) can set you up. For about $200 and $99/year, they can set you up in Delaware, which is the best state to form one, regardless of where you live. For the $99/yr fee, they fill out all necessary papers that are required to be filed each year. In Delaware, you don't have to pay any taxes, don't have to have a minimum amount of capital and you can be all of the corporation officers at once. Don't need to involve others. AIS handles all of the paperwork, so there is basically nothing for you to do.
October 25, 2003, 09:07 PM
of your Civil Rights does he intend to deny you...
October 27, 2003, 06:56 PM
Donate heavily to his reelection fund.
...or preferably , to that of his opponent.
Jim K
October 27, 2003, 09:34 PM
Work against him in the election, but find out first what the opposition candidate thinks. You don't want an anti-all guns guy in there.
In the meantime, hire an attorney to explain to him that his signature is not an "approval" but a simple certification that no law exists to bar ownership of that item by that person. He, like many CLEOs is scared s**tless that you will misuse the gun and he will see headlines like "Sheriff Approved Murder Machinegun".
The whole reason for the CLEO signature is BATFE covering their fanny (as always) in case the Podunk city council passed a law last night that they wouldn't know about, but the CLEO would.
Many comments have been made about the gun laws in the PR of Maryland, but one of them works OK. The Maryland State Police is CLEO for the whole state. They run the same check as they do for a handgun purchase, then sign and pass the papers on to BATFE. Not even a charge and none of the problems with local law types who hate your family or think you are the "wrong" color or don't go to their church.
El Tejon
October 27, 2003, 09:47 PM
Jack, what's on your 4. I highly recommend a suppressed .22 rifle as your first Title II weapon.
For some, unknown to me, reason guys always want the SBR. Why, I do not know. Around and around I go with them.
.22 suppressed rifle is far easier to explain. After the first the floodgates open.:)
October 27, 2003, 10:07 PM
This is an area where the NRA and other gun rights groups have failed us gun owners.
Every time something like this happens, the people/organizations/cities need to be drug into court and hit with a large law suite!
We need to be like the blacks were in the 60's.
We need to stand up and shout and not back down!!!!!!
If we have to, we need to sue these types into submission.
But it aint gonna happen.............
We can't even get gun owners united .
And we surley don't want folks to thing that we are radicals.
And most gun owners are having to much fun playing with their toys
to get involved.
How sad
October 28, 2003, 04:11 PM
Well I talked to the Sheriff's office today. He won't sign any Form 4s, as in none...not even for Deputies in his department.
All I wanted was an SBR Uzi....not even full auto. No joy.
I may have to take the advice of another board member and incorporate myself.
Bill Hook
October 28, 2003, 04:22 PM
Just take their advice and find a substitute. The incorporation sounds like a pain and, if you must cease operations, you have to transfer the ordnance, which puts you in the same boat as before.
October 28, 2003, 05:26 PM
Jack, what's on your 4. I highly recommend a suppressed .22 rifle as your first Title II weapon.
For some, unknown to me, reason guys always want the SBR. Why, I do not know. Around and around I go with them.
.22 suppressed rifle is far easier to explain. After the first the floodgates open.
Not that I'm thinking of getting one anytime soon, but why is this easier?
El Tejon
October 28, 2003, 05:45 PM
"Sheriff Wiggum, I shoot on land zoned for shooting, however there are homes in the area. While I enjoy shooting, I do not wish to disturb the neighbors or cause unnecessary runs for your deputies. With this muffler, I may enjoy this exercise without bothering others or create unnecessary paperwork for your department."
Something along those lines. I have telephone exhaustion tonight or I'd be more creative, something about talking your Boy Scout troop shooting and you want to be able to safely instruct them while shooting. Some variation of "for the children."
Man, I'm tired. I need eel to make me right.:)
October 28, 2003, 06:24 PM
You might want to let the Sheriff know that you can get your SBR without his signature. The only difference is it is going to be a little extra paperwork and a few hundred dollars. He may not know that you can do that.
Make him aware that there is no way he can stop it and his causing you to go through this extra hassle will probably alienate you, your friends and friends-of-friends in any future elections. In fact, you may even go beyond that and actively join the campaign of his next opponent while filling the newspaper with letters to the editor over his conduct.
He can sign, saving you the unnecessary problems or not sign, resulting in you causing him unnecessary problems.
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Acquia retrospective 2014
As is now a tradition for me, here is my annual Acquia retrospective, where I look back at 2014 and share what is on my mind as we start the new year. I take the time to write these retrospectives not only for you dear reader, but also for myself, because I want to keep a record of the changes we've gone through as a company and how my personal thinking is evolving from year to year. But I also write them for you, because you might be able to learn from my experiences or from analyzing the information provided. If you would like to, you can read my previous retrospectives: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.
For Acquia, 2014 was another incredible year, one where we beat our wildest expectations. We crossed the major milestone of $100 USD million in annual revenue, the majority of which is recurring subscription revenue. It is hard to believe that 2014 was only our sixth full year as a revenue-generating business.
We've seen the most growth from our enterprise customers, but our number of small and medium size customers has grown too. We helped launch and host some incredible sites last year: from weather.com (a top 20 site) to the Emmys. Our efforts in Europe and Asia-Pacific are paying off; our EMEA business grew substantially, and the Australian government decided to switch the entire government to Drupal and the Acquia Platform.
We hired 233 people in 2014 and ended the year with 575 employees. About 25% of our employees work from home. The other 75% work from offices around the world; Burlington MA (US), Portland OR (US), Washington DC (US), Paris (France), Reading (United Kingdom), Ghent (Belgium), Singapore, Delhi (India), Brisbane (Australia) and Sydney (Australia). About 75% of our employees are based in the United States. Despite our fast growth rate in staff, recruiting remains a key challenge; it's hard to hire as fast as we do and maintain the high bar we've set for ourselves in terms of talent and commitment.
We raised venture funding twice in 2014: a $50MM series F round led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) followed by Amazon investing an undisclosed amount of money in our business. It's not like Tom Erickson and I enjoy raising money, but building and expanding a sales and marketing team is notoriously difficult and requires big investments. At the same time, we're building and supporting the development of multiple products in parallel. Most companies only build one product. We're going after a big dream to become the preferred platform for what has been called the "pivot point of many enterprise tech stacks" -- the technologies that permit organizations to deliver on the promises of exceptional digital customer experiences from an agile, open, resilient platform. We are also competing against behemoths. We can't show up to a gunfight with a knife, so to speak.
Building a digital platform for the enterprise
Digital has changed everything, and more and more organizations need or want to transform into digital-first businesses to stay in step with the preferences of their customers. Furthermore, technology innovations keep occurring at an ever faster and more disruptive pace. No organization is immune to the forces of digital disruption. At Acquia, we help our customers by providing a complete technology platform and the support necessary to support their digital initiatives. The Acquia Platform consists of tools and support for building and managing dynamic digital experiences. It includes Acquia Cloud, which helps developers deliver complex applications at scale, and Acquia Lift, our digital engagement services for bringing greater context to highly personalized experiences. Let me give you an update on each of the major components.
Drupal tools and support
Drupal gives organizations the ability to deliver a unified digital experience that includes mobile delivery, social and commerce. Great inefficiencies exist in most organizations that use a variety of different, disconnected systems to achieve those three essentials. They are tired of having to tie things together; content is important, social is important, commerce is important but connecting all these systems seamlessly and integrating them with preferred applications and legacy systems leads to massive inefficiencies. Companies want to do things well, and more often than not, Drupal allows them to do it better, more nimbly and in a far more integrated framework.
In 2010, we laid out our product vision and predicted more and more organizations would start to standardize on Drupal. Running 20 different content management systems on 20 different technology stacks is both an expensive and unnecessary burden. We've seen more and more large organizations re-platform most of their sites to Drupal and the Acquia Platform. They realize they don't need multiple content management systems for different sites. Great examples are Warner Music and Interscope Records, who have hundreds of sites on Drupal across the organization, resulting in significant cost savings and efficiency improvements. The success of our Acquia Cloud Site Factory solution has been gratifying to witness. According to a research study by Forrester Consulting, which we released late last year, ACSF is delivering a 944% return on investment to its adopters.
After many years of discussion and debate in the Drupal community, we launched the Acquia Certification Program in March 2014. So far, 546 Drupal developers from more than 45 countries have earned certification. The exams focus on real world experience, and the predominant comments we've heard this past year are that the exams are tough but fair. Acquia delivered six times the amount of training in 2014 compared to the previous year, and demand shows no sign of slowing.
Last, but definitely not least, is Drupal 8. We contributed significantly to Drupal 8 and helped it to achieve beta status; of the 513 critical Drupal 8 bugs fixed in 2014, Acquia's Office of the CTO helped fix 282 of them. We also funded work on the Drupal Module Upgrader to automate much of the work required to port modules from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8.
Acquia Cloud
Drupal alone isn't enough for organizations to succeed in this digital-first world. In addition to adopting Drupal, the cloud continues to enable organizations to save time and money on infrastructure management so they can focus on managing websites more efficiently and bringing them to market faster. Acquia customers such as GRAMMY.com have come to depend on the Acquia Cloud to provide them with the kind of rugged, secure scale that ensures when the world's attention is focused on their sites, they will thrive. On a monthly basis, we're now serving more than 33 billion Apache hits, almost 5 billion Drupal bootstraps (requests handled by Drupal instead of one of different caching layers or the web server directly), 9 petabytes of data transferred (excluding instance to instance traffic), and logging 13 billion Drupal watchdog log lines. We added many new features to Acquia Cloud in 2014, including log streaming, self-service diagnosis tools, support for teams and permissions, two-factor authentication, new dashboards, improved security with support for Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), an API for Acquia Cloud, and more.
Acquia Lift
As powerful as the Drupal/Acquia Cloud combination may be, our customers demand far more from their digital properties, focusing more and more on optimizing them to fully deliver the best possible experience to each individual user. Great digital experiences have always been personal; today they have to become contextual, intuitively knowing each user and dynamically responding to each user's personal preference from device to location to history with the organization. After two years of development and the acquisition of TruCentric, we launched Acquia Lift in 2014.
It's surprising how many organizations aren't implementing any form of personalization today. Even the most basic level of user segmentation and targeting allows organizations to better serve their visitors and can translate into significant growth and competitive differentiation. Advanced organizations have a single, well-integrated view of the customer to optimize both the experience and the lifetime value of that customer, in a consistent fashion across all of their digital touchpoints. Personalization not only leads to better business results, customers have come to expect it and if they don't find it, they'll go elsewhere to get it. Acquia Lift enables organizations to leverage data from multiple sources in order to serve people with relevant content and commerce based on intent, locations and interests. I believe that Acquia Lift has tremendous opportunity and that it will grow to be a significant business in and of itself.
While our key areas of investment in 2014 were Acquia Cloud and Acquia Lift, we did a lot more. Our Mollom service blocked more than 7.8 billion spam messages with an error rate of only 0.01%. We continue to invest in commerce; we helped launch the new Puma website leveraging our Demandware connector and continue to invest and focus on the integration of content and commerce. Overall, the design and user experience of our products has improved a lot, but it is still an area for us to work on. Expect us to focus more heavily on user experience in 2015.
The results of all our efforts around the launch of the Acquia Platform have not gone unnoticed. In October, Acquia was identified as a Leader in the 2014 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management.
The wind is blowing in the right direction
I'm very optimistic about Acquia's future in 2015. I believe we've steered the company to be positioned at the right place at the right time. As more organizations are shifting to becoming digital-first businesses they want to build digital experiences that are more pervasive, more contextual, more targeted, more integrated, and last but not least, more secure.
The consolidation from many individual point solutions to one platform is gaining momentum, although re-platforming is usually a long process. Organizations want the unified or integrated experience that Drupal has to offer, as well as the flexibility of Open Source. It is still time consuming and challenging to create quality content, and I believe there is plenty of opportunity for us and our partners to help with that going forward.
Without a doubt, organizations want to better understand their customers and use data-driven decisions to drive growth. Data is becoming the new product. The opportunity this creates in commerce is massive.
Cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) continues to be on the rise. Cloud is top of mind and the transition away from on-premise solutions is accelerating even as the arguments around security and privacy issues in the cloud continue to be raised. While there is a certain amount of emotion, and sometimes politics, people are beginning to realize that the cloud is usually more secure and more robust against cyber-attacks than traditional on-premise systems.
The promise of Drupal 8, arguably the most significant advance in the evolution of the Drupal software, has me very excited. It is shaping up to be a great release, and I'm confident it will further secure Drupal's reputation among developers, designers, agencies and site managers as the most flexible, powerful content management solution available.
All of this is not to say 2015 will be easy. This is an incredibly exciting and fast-changing space in the world of technology. Acquia is growing in an incredibly fast-paced, dynamic sector and we realize our mission is to help our customers understand how to think ahead to ever more innovation and change. Simplifying our overall messaging and defining ourselves around the Acquia Platform is a significant first step.
Of course, none of this success would be possible without the support of our customers, partners, the Drupal community, the Acquia team, and our many friends. Thank you for your support in 2014, and I look forward to working with you to find out what 2015 will bring!
Attitude beats experience
The older I get, the quicker the years seem to fly by. As I begin to reflect on a great 2014, one thing is crystal clear again. People are the most important thing to any organization. Having a great team is more important than having a great idea. A good team will figure out how to make something great happen; they'll pivot, evolve and claw their way to success. I see it every day at Acquia, the Drupal Association or the Drupal community. I'm fortunate to be surrounded by so many great people.
By extension, recruiting is serious business. How do you figure out if someone is a great fit for your organization? Books have been written about finding and attracting the right people, but for me the following quote from Dee Hock, the founder of Visa, sums it up perfectly.
"Hire and promote first on the basis of integrity; second, motivation; third, capacity; fourth, understanding; fifth, knowledge; and last and least, experience. Without integrity, motivation is dangerous; without motivation, capacity is impotent; without capacity, understanding is limited; without understanding, knowledge is meaningless; without knowledge, experience is blind." — Dee Hock, founder of Visa.
Most hiring managers get it wrong and focus primarily on experience. While experience can be important, attitude is much more important. Attitude, not experience, is what creates a strong positive culture and what turns users and customers into raving fans.
Weather.com using Drupal
One of the world's most trafficked websites, with more than 100 million unique visitors every month and more than 20 million different pages of content, is now using Drupal. Weather.com is a top 20 U.S. site according to comScore. As far as I know, this is currently the biggest Drupal site in the world.
Weather.com has been an active Drupal user for the past 18 months; it started with a content creation workflow on Drupal to help its editorial team publish content to its existing website faster. With Drupal, Weather.com was able to dramatically reduce the number of steps that was required to publish content from 14 to just a few. Speed is essential in reporting the weather, and Drupal's content workflow provided much-needed velocity. The success of that initial project is what led to this week's migration of Weather.com from Percussion to Drupal.
The company has moved the entire website to Acquia Cloud, giving the site a resilient platform that can withstand sudden onslaughts of demand as unpredictable as the weather itself. As we learned from our work with New York City's MTA during Superstorm Sandy in 2012, "weather-proofing" the delivery of critical information to insure the public stays informed during catastrophic events is really important and can help save lives.
The team at Weather.com worked with Acquia and Mediacurrent for its site development and migration.
Michael Skok
Some of you picked up that Michael Skok is leaving North Bridge, Acquia's lead investor. A number of people asked me if Michael is leaving Acquia's Board of Directors as part of that. I'm pleased to say that Michael is staying on as a Director on Acquia's Board.
I first met Michael in the summer of 2007. From the moment I met Michael I knew that he was someone that I could trust and learn from. From the day we started Acquia, we had big dreams -- many of which we have realized today. In large part because Michael went all-in and helped us every step of the way. From his operational experience, to his relevant domain expertise, to his passion for Open Source and focus on building great teams and products, Michael has been an incredible asset to our Board. Fast forward 8 years and I'm as excited as ever to work with Michael to realize even bigger dreams with Acquia.
Acquia a leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management
You might have read that Acquia was named a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management.
It's easy to underestimate the importance of this recognition for Acquia, and by extension for Drupal. If you want to find a good coffee place, you use Yelp. If you want to find a nice hotel in New York, you use TripAdvisor. Similarly, if a CIO wants to spend $250,000 or more on enterprise software, they consult an analyst firm like Gartner. So think of Gartner as "Yelp for the enterprise".
Many companies create their technology shortlist based on the leader quadrant. That means that Drupal has not been considered as an option for hundreds of evaluations for large projects that have taken place in the past couple of years. Being named a leader alongside companies like Adobe, HP, IBM, Oracle, and Sitecore will encourage more organizations to evaluate Drupal. More organizations evaluating Drupal should benefit the Drupal ecosystem and the development of Drupal.


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You shouldn't normally see them cooked in any thing because they're cooked in their fat.
You shouldn't normally see them cooked in any thing because they're cooked in their fat.
Just double check the ingredients to make sure they don't list veggie oil or other crappy stuff (especially the flavored ones). Also, I'm told they can be crushed up and used as breading for fish, chicken, etc. But haven't tried it yet.
Hmmm, cheap crunchy salty snack, with the following nutritional profile vs. potato chips, YES PLEASE...Originally Posted by BestBetter
1oz Clancy's (Aldi Brand) Wavy Potato Chips
- 10g Fat
- 16g Carbs
- 2g Protein
1oz Clancy's Original Pork Rinds
- 10g Fat
- 0g Carbs
- 16g Protein
JWBooth is spot-on though regarding the sodium, which can be 3-4 times that of potato chips. Which I find surprising, because these didnt actually taste salty at all to me, despite being rather high in sodium.
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My Primal Journal - Food, pics, the occasional rant, so...the usual.
I love cooking. It's sexy science that you stuff in your face. - carlh
I don't recommend going "hog wild" @ 1 sitting, as the sodium from table salt, as others have stated is high, & that "normal" table salt also includes very small amounts of dextrose as an anti-caking agent, so these factors don't make these the ultimate & very best snack, but it is still pretty high on my list! Bacon is pretty salty too, so when I eat these or other uber-salty foods I just limit or avoid adding any other salt that day. Unless its a sweltering, heat-wavy summer day(s).
I do buy them from the very nearby dollar store, The Dollar Tree for .99/bag the cheapest & easiest close-to-primal snack when I'm out and about. Good to keep in my backpack or my car when hunger hits, but they can be somewhat addictive, so I often refrain from buying more than 1 bag at a time, ha.
Will have to try them as a part of a pie/quiche crust or as a creative breading soon, as I'm trying to greatly reduce my former stand-bys: almond crusts & walnut crusts mixed w/ coconut flakes.
I'm moving into a tighter phase of reducing/eliminating the extra O6 sources in my diet. See how I feel on less O6s. I only eat grass-fed beef, liver & wild fishes but I do tend to go hog wild at times with nuts. And even when I don't go wild with them, they are still in my diet. Almonds, always sprouted overnight, were my thing for a long long time (years), then walnuts were my darlings since I heard they were highest in O3s. Now I'd like to rein in those guys & lose my lil belly roll & put on another 10 lbs of muscle this summer. Just finished a 48 hr water fast a few days ago & I'm ready for a change.
I just bought a bag early this week from a local Family Dollar store. Just pork skin and salt, according to label. I got mine plain. I don't have the bag so I can't give you the brand, but this is a good excuse to go and get more if you all really want that information...
I just bought some, too. Old Dutch brand plain with just pork rinds and salt. They are way too salty but were delicious dipped in guacamole! Next time I'm at a mexican grocery I'm going to see what I can find.
Take a couple of boneless, skinless chicken breasts and dip them in a beaten egg. Roll them in a 50/50 mix of crushed pork rinds (pretty much to a powder) and shredded unsweetened coconut. Put them in the oven preheated to 350F and bake until done.
They really don't taste like pork, and even my incredibly picky super-SAD ex liked them.
[QUOTE=RitaRose;876780]I used to make coconut chicken breasts with pork rinds. I really need to start making them again because they were really good!
Take a couple of boneless, skinless chicken breasts and dip them in a beaten egg. Roll them in a 50/50 mix of crushed pork rinds (pretty much to a powder) and shredded unsweetened coconut. Put them in the oven preheated to 350F and bake until done.QUOTE]
Oh. My. Gawd. My I'm-doing-Primal-just-because-you-are-and-you-are-the-cook husband will NEVER go back to SAD if I cook stuff like this!! This is like being on the fairway at the county fair and being TOLD to eat the the deep-fried Twinkies! (insert hysterical, mentally unstable cackle here)


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Can't run C++ programs!
This problem is very frustrating. For non-Linux users, this may not make sence. When I compile a perfect program (one pre-made)...
g++ foo.cpp
It compiles just fine and everything's happy because I have an a.out file. However, when I try to run the program...
When I check the permissions, everything seems okay. The owner is able to run it, write it, and read it; I own it. For extra measure I made the file executable for all users once again.
Do I need a package for the ./ "command"? This happens in Perl, too, but then I just type "perl foo.pl" and it woks just fine.
Thanks in advance.
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I compiled many c++ programs in Fedora ( Linux ) for two years, but I have not see a problem like this ? you should ask in Linux Forums, I think you will get the answer there ..
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looking for Concelament vest....opininons wanted
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> looking for Concelament vest....opininons wanted
Safety First
February 16, 2003, 05:56 PM
Looking for a cloth/canvas concealment vest..just for casual wear,not looking for tactical (screaming gun) vest..and a 1/2 way decent price. Any input appreciated, as always...thanks...
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February 16, 2003, 07:48 PM
Might look around this site - They have an assortment of styles and materials. I have their summer weight vest and it has some advantages over the standard "photographer" outfit.
February 16, 2003, 07:49 PM
How about this one?
February 16, 2003, 09:03 PM
I like this one for warm weather:
Standing Wolf
February 16, 2003, 09:10 PM
Cheap? No. Top quality? Definitely!
Safety First
February 16, 2003, 09:17 PM
That one looks like a good candidate. Do you own it and if so how do you like it?
February 16, 2003, 09:31 PM
Safety First,
I don't own it. I just found it while surfing this afternoon. REI is a good outdoors store. So, I would think it would be a decent vest.
Double Naught Spy
February 16, 2003, 09:41 PM
You know, it takes a little patience, but I have found a variety of vests on eBay that I use for concealment. Almost all have some pockets and unlike many folks who wear pocketed vests (photo, adventure, or whatever you call them), I use my pockets to actually carry things. That is why vests seem to scream that the person wearing it isn't wearing it out of any practical reason other than for concealment. And with kids, those vests are a great replacement for a diaper bag when out and about. I can carry diapers, changing gear, bottles, and snacks for all day long, as well as concealing a full sized 1911 and associated spare mags! Okay, so there is little that can conceal the bulge of a gun like a couple of thicknesses of diapers! :D
Seriously, you can find some neat stuff on eBay, but you need to be aggressive in your searches. I have also gotten some neat vests without pockets that work really well. Here are some terms to consider using in your searches...for all types of vests...
photo vest
photographer's vest
photographers vest
journalist vest
hiking vest
cargo vest
adventure vest
bird vest
safari vest
travel vest
orvis vest
cabella's vest
(any other brand name and the word 'vest')
gear vest
Banana Republic vest (not all look like photo vests - they have had a variety of styles over the years)
Mexican vest (some colorful designs in interesting weaves that do well for concealment...but you look like a tourist!)
race vest
game vest
event vest (these three pertain to flashy vests given to photographers for various sporting events and do not usually have pockets, but do have the event name in big letters. These look like souveniers from the event. Some work well for concealment).
You can search by material as well. I have a couple of heavier vests that I found by searching for 'canvas vest' but you can also search with words like leather or cotton.
Other ways to look for vest are to look for product endorsement vests. For example, there are a variety of leather, canvas, and cotton vests for Harley motorcycles, some of which scream Harley and some that just have a tiny logo. I have a Harvey vest (inside vest pockets only) in maroon that is only identified as Harley by the zipper pull and by the label insde.
Searches can be narrowed by choosing a sex or size.
If you are creative in your searches, then you can compensate for the lack of creativity on the parts of some sellers. Also, by getting a couple of different styles of vests in different colors, it just makes the vests look like you wear them as a regular accessory to your wardrobe.
Kentucky Rifle
February 17, 2003, 11:14 AM
Read my post regarding Concealed Carry Clothiers in the "Firearm Accessories" section. You'll see some replies that a vest screams "GUN"! I say ~"GOOD"!
I just bought myself a "Double Acton" model and my wife a "Women's Model". I like the CCC vests so much, I'm also going to buy a "Tropic" model for myself. (And for her too, if she wants one.)
El Tejon
February 17, 2003, 12:00 PM
Safety, have you considered Baja shirts? They are $5 at truck stops around here.
Work well with the Hackathorn snatch draw. Decidedly untactical which is why I wear them.
Chris Rhines
February 17, 2003, 12:34 PM
Any one of a number of fleece 'outdoor' vests will hide a gun nicely.
Sierra Trading Post (www.sierratradingpost.com) has a huge selection and good prices.
- Chris
February 17, 2003, 12:52 PM
I prefer the vests made by Orvis (http://www.orvis.com/store/home_page.asp?cktst=true) myself. They're not cheap, but they are very high quality and will last a long time.
C. H. Luke
February 17, 2003, 03:01 PM
Looked at a bunch of them a few years back........
Settled on the Domke Photo vest.
It's not cheap but it's built for the hard-use a Pro
Photograher would give it.
A good # of the huge Photo stores in NYC carry it
@ about $60. {Wilson used to catalog it @ $80, FWIW}
A major plus is it's length. Easily covers a
Govt. model in OWB {I'm tall & long-waisted}
Also it's cut to fit over winter clothing so it's
a good "roomy" fit.
Mine's worn like Iron, huhe pockets to dump mags in for
IDPA, etc., zip front with one button snap at mid-point
if zip not needed & mesh upper back for comfort in hot
February 18, 2003, 07:02 PM
I've used a number of garments to conceal with and among my favorites are the photo-type vests referenced by some previous posters here. If they scream "gun" I suspect it's only to fellow CCWers and law enforcement, and frankly I don't mind if they think I'm carrying.
I do get a chuckle when gun-show time comes around here...it's sort of like a photographer's convention going on, all those photo/hiking/survival/adventure vests out there in one place like that... :)
February 20, 2003, 08:10 AM
Safety First
Royal Robbins make a vest called "The go anywhere vest" it is light and comfortable. The design doesn't scream tactical wannabe. I've used it here in Florida with great sucess.
I've also tried short sleeved Nylon Fly Fishing shirts with good results. Conceals just as well as a vest and a lot cooler than most of them.
February 20, 2003, 10:28 AM
I've also tried short sleeved Nylon Fly Fishing shirts with good results.
I like the sound of that. I've seen some of those very reasonably-priced at Academy Sports and Outdoors, etc.
I'm going to check for a Royal Robbins website, too, on that vest you mention.
February 20, 2003, 09:59 PM
The Front Range
I loved my Royal Robbins Vest...someone else loved it to because at a range I let someone borrow it and I never got it back. It looks a lot less conspicious than the 511 vest that they have out now. I like the 511 but I'd only wear it for training purposes.
Th nylon Fly Fishing shirts are great because they are roomy and usually come with side vents. I have two Ex Officio nylon shirts that work well but they are a little pricey. Cabelas usually has a good selection of shirts. Here in FLA I see them all the time in bait shops and marinas and they are usually fairly cheap.
another okie
February 20, 2003, 10:50 PM
I have both a Cabela's "safari" vest and a concealed carry traditional model. The CCC vest is excellent quality. Both conceal well, better than a light sport coat. Unfortunately both are also too short for me (6'3"). CCC will make it longer, but I didn't know that when I ordered.
At any rate I'm starting to give up on vests. They attract attention here, because hardly anyone ever wears one. I'm not saying they scream gun, but people have said things like "going hunting?" or "fly fishing after work today?" An untucked shirt from L.L. Bean traveller works better, though it does require a more complicated draw.
February 20, 2003, 11:11 PM
I go through the summer looking for shirts that will look acceptable untucked. In addition to the CCC vest, I have a Columbia photog vest that is too heavy for hot, humid wear and I need some sort of inventory system if I start filling the 80 or 90 pockets (I've had it two years and just fond a new one after this thread started).
I've wound up with an assortment of short-sleeved, square cut button front shirts with side vents if I could find them. The vents give a little edge on reaching a strong-side holster. Also, I migrate toward the small guns when it heats up, and carry a J frame in a belly holster a good deal. This can be very fast from this sort of cover.
Safety First
February 22, 2003, 10:19 PM
I did go ahead and buy and Royal Robins vest this week. I like it a lot,and am thinking about buying there "Go everywhere" vest, it is much more discreet in appearance. Most people will hardly even notice it...Thanks again to all who responded,I picked up some great information...
February 27, 2003, 10:54 PM
Definitely not cheap, but excellant quality. Filson sells several vests and sleeveless sweaters that are ideal for IWB concealed carry. No one would think they are "gun clothes". My favorite is the Moleskin vest. http://www.filson.com/820.HTM They will also make some of their models in long or short on special order.
March 6, 2003, 11:33 PM
I just picked up a Promaster PhotoVest off of Ebay. Looks like it will work out great. $41 delivered!!!
March 7, 2003, 10:11 AM
Hey, sounds like a good deal txgolfer45....congrats!
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Very few things stick out in your mind as clearly as does your wedding day. On June 3, 1989, Martha and I were married, and when we arrived at the reception someone predictably opened the first dance with the Beatles tune "Martha My Dear." She was beautiful and radiant that day as we celebrated our first few hours as husband and wife.
Twenty-three years later in a hospital room, sick and drawn, that radiant woman died at age 61. Martha had a rough eight years due to a life-threatening illness in 2004. After nearly a month in the hospital, she emerged from a coma. Within days, she was on a walker and seemed destined for a full recovery. But as the months passed, her condition worsened, and by 2007, she steadily entered the world of an invalid.
Now, mind you, this had been an active person - indeed she found it hard to keep still. Whether cleaning the house, planting a garden or making party mix at holiday time, Martha was on the go. As well, she was fiercely independent, often with a truculent tongue accompanied by a razor sharp mind. Indeed, as a trained nurse, she cared for me twice with broken bones. As a caregiver, she was persistent and firm. Needless to say, I recovered.
But she sometimes did not give a care for her own health. In 2004, her slight body - she was but 110 pounds - crashed and mortality seemed around the bend. Thanks to a heroic effort by Davis Memorial hospital staff, she survived. Unlike me, she did not enjoy as full of a recovery.
But she did not succumb easily. Give Martha credit, she could not and would not be patronized. Even with every problem, she could by argumentative and not the least whit passive. Despite being confined first to a wheelchair and then a sofa, she never lost her spirit or ability to fight. Fashioning a world with an impressive ingeniousness, Martha's mind remained active. Her knowledge of cinema became impressive, and she become resourceful dealing with every task. Despite physical obstacles, she made do and improvised. This was her most impressive achievement in eight very difficult years.
But this world was hard to maintain as she slowly deteriorated. She only occasionally refereed to her lack of ambulatory skill. However, it as clear how much she hated being confined to a limited world. As months past, she complained less - a disturbing occurrence, for her sense of struggle kept her alive and gave her purpose even if only in her head. Sometimes physicians dealing with everything from neurology to knees told her the brutal truth; and every time they did, she declined just a little more. Hope is not a good thing to mess with, however, rationally misplaced. To tell an already vulnerable person "the facts of life" is to often destroy what keeps them going.
But physicality is sometimes fate and hard to escape, and this was one Martha could not avoid. We were proud that she avoided the emergency room, visiting it only one time since 2007. With her giving orders, I became an amateur caregiver. Her methods were eccentric at times - but they worked. But as she lost steadily her battles, she discovered that she could do even less in an already limited world.
As she lay dying, waiting - or at least I like to think - for our wedding anniversary to expire, she looked up and I still saw radiance and fire. For a brief second, I remembered that first dance and the tune that accompanied it. Indeed, I will forever remember you "Martha My Dear."


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Below is Cliff playing onstage with America.
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Check out the appearances in
Port Huron, Sarnia, Kalamazoo, Amherstburg, Lapeer, Wallaceburg, Auburn Hills, Royal Oak and others.
Call 810-987-6055
for booking information.
A Beatles tribute night.