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Every week Hot Shots finds the sexiest photos tweeted by the most beautiful women in the world. This week we're looking at some very frisky #FriskyFriday shots and some, well, cheesier ones.
@IrinaVoronina is barefoot and beautiful and kicking off #FriskyFriday.
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I didn't realize Cairo only weighed 143?
Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand
Chad has been the Dodgers version of an enigma.......great stuff but always getting beat and sometimes very hard.
Yet this lineup and the way they approach AB's....is like a tonic for underachieving pitchers.
On the pitching end.....giving up 2 runs to the Dodgers, who have been flat out terrible for a week. I think Bailey would give up 5 runs in 5 innings to the 1906 White Sox.
I think the hate on Miggy is a bit much, but he certainly should not be the Reds backup plan for regular Votto absences.
"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."
I think their lineup is actually worse then ours, yet we are down. That speaks volumes of Bailey right now. He needs to step it up or get shipped out.
"You only have to bat a thousand in two things; flying and heart transplants. Everything else you can go 4-for-5."
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I do think Billingsly looks really sharp tonight and not just because of the Reds. That being said this lineup is pretty awful overall.
Well, we might be tied again with the Pirates for an evening. That was fun last time.
Reds need to be within two to three games at the end of August and I like there chances
This is the ol Left Hander rounding third and heading for home.
This is the worst first-place team ever.
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The winners were randomly selected from a pool of 77 eligible students. UTSA Student Government Association President Christina Gomez and three student senators participated in the selection process.
Funding for the scholarships was initiated by Lawrence Williams, UTSA vice provost and dean of undergraduate studies, and sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Studies and the UTSA Graduation Initiative. Since 2007, the initiative has led research on why some students who start at UTSA do not remain to graduate. Reasons include the departure of high-achieving students for other universities. The Outstanding Sophomore Scholarships were established as an incentive for students to remain at UTSA for their second year and to continue on to graduation.


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Intel Surges 7%: Three Upgrades, as Bull, Bear Lift Targets on PC Uptick
Shares of Intel (INTC) are up $1.87, or almost 7%, at $29.83, after the chip giant yesterday afternoon raised its outlook for revenue and gross profit margin this quarter and for the full year, citing better-than-expected sales volume of personal computers.
The average estimates of analysts today for 2014 revenue stands at $54.71 billion versus what had been $53 billion before Intel's announcement, according to FactSet. Hence, the Street is now projecting 3% revenue growth this year versus a prior expectation for revenue roughly flat.
I would note that Intel CFO Stacy Smith, in the interview I conducted with him last week, had tipped his hand only slightly, indicating his belief the PC market would become less of a distraction for Intel this year.
Intel's results have given a lift to PC-related names, with Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) stock up $1.64, or almost 5%, at $35.03, and Microsoft up 51 cents, or 1.3%, at $41.09.
Price targets are rising all around, and the stock got three upgrades, from Morgan Stanley, Roth Capital, and Drexel Hamilton.
Roth's Krishna Shankar, raising his rating to Buy from Neutral, and setting a $35 price target, writes that "We believe that the enterprise PC replacement cycle may last several quarters, coupled with continuing strength in high-margin datacenter server processors."
Shankar notes that Intel's stock has tended to perform well with expanding margin:
Historically, Intel stock has good correlation with gross margins and Intel gross margins which peaked in the mid 60's and may climb to 63% to 65% again in 2014/2015. Intel blended ASPs have been rising gradually over the last 8 quarters due to the Ivy Bridge and Haswell 22nm and upcoming 14nm technology PC upgrade cycle, lack of competition in PC and server markets from a weakened AMD, manufacturing efficiencies on 22nm/14nm technology, and strength in enterprise and emerging markets. Beyond 2014, we believe that Intel's quasi-monopoly in high-margin serv s (95% market share in server platforms) may be challenged by new low-power ARM-based server platforms for the high growth cloud services, social networking/video-delivery market.
Among bulls today, aside from the joyous response, there is some mild debate over how much this was attributable simply to upgrades of PCs resulting from the expiration in April of support by Microsoft for Windows XP. It is the difference between "the PC is not dead" and "the PC is less dead," if you will.
For the bears, many of them raising their targets, there is a contention that despite improvement in PCs, Intel faces challenges with other areas of the business, such as the tablet and smartphone chip markets, where it has shown little traction thus far.
Jonathan Pitzer, Credit Suisse: Reiterates an Outperform rating, and raises his price target to $35 from $30. "While there will clearly be concern that upside was driven by unsustainable EOL WinXP buys, we would note that assuming 70% of C2Q14 revenue upside was driven by Corporate PCs would represent approximately 4m incremental units or just 5% of the installed base of Corporate PCs still running WinXP – if EOL of WinXP was a major driver of demand, the upside would have likely been higher [...] In addition, with the C2H14 launch of Grantley, we suspect DCG will return to 10% y/y secular growth providing comfort/upside to our $1.50 earnings potential. Our earnings potential embeds continued loses in M&W and zero contribution from foundry, but as we argued in our note entitled DAC 2014: More Signs of Moore's Stress, we see increasing optionality value in INTC's widening manufacturing lead and would argue if INTC is truly the Last-man-standing on Moore's Law, our greater than $3.00 earnings potential will approach $3.50-4.00."
Christopher Rolland, FBR & Co.: Reiterates an Outperform rating, and raises his price target to $32 from $30. "We continue to believe the outperformance in enterprise PC is being driven by the end-of-life XP refresh cycle, even past the April 8 deadline. Additionally, we present evidence to support our view that the XP refresh cycle has legs for some time to come as ~25% of operating systems today still run XP. Indeed, it has been just a year since our INTC upgrade, but we continue to anticipate strong earning drivers for the foreseeable future. Overall, while earlier headwinds in PC have been discouraging, we believe that Moore's law is considerably more durable than any one form factor and presents as good a business plan as any in the technology industry. We are increasingly confident that Intel can opportunistically extract value from the extra transistors afforded to it through the best silicon manufacturing operations in the world."
Mark Lipacis, Jefferies & Co.: Reiterates a Buy rating, and raises his price target to $40 from $35. "Prior to the preannouncement we were $0.22 and $0.47 above 2014 and 2015 consensus EPS, in part due to our view that PCs would see a cyclical recovery and Intel's superior cost structure would cause gross margins to surprise on the upside [...] After 2.5 years of decline, we think corporate PC shipments are improving as companies refresh an aging installed base. Consumer demand is also improving as INTC introduces tablet-like form factors targeting the sub-$500 market."
Matthew Ramsay, Canaccord Genuity: Reiterates a Hold rating, and raises his price target to $31 from $29. "While these stronger than anticipated trends in PCCG have proven more sustainable than we had anticipated, we build our long-term investment thesis on unchanged views toward growth prospects in Intel's other businesses. That said, stronger and more sustainable trends in PCCG provide a more firm foundation for and flexibility to those businesses."
Alex Gauna , JMP Securities:Reiterates a Market Perform rating. "Now that the stock has moved in direct proportion to the update, we are not inclined to recommend that investors chase it ahead of the typically turbulent summer trading season for Tech as well as ahead of the gross margin headwinds that we are modeling, as demand shifts to the more consumer-centric build cycle with leading edge manufacturing nodes that are usually lower yielding. On the plus side, we believe the Windows RT threat is effectively dead and that, consequently, Intel is likely to enjoy attractive cash flows from its Wintel hold on enterprise PCs and data centers for the foreseeable future. However, on the negative side, its ability to move beyond GDP-type growth is still gated by an uncertain future in mobile and efforts by Apple (MP) and Mega-Cloud players to port OS X (i.e., Macs) and Linux servers to 64-bit ARMv8."
Romit Shah, Nomura Equity Research: Reiterates a Neutral rating, and raises his price target to $27 from $25. "The pace of Windows XP upgrades appears much faster than our expectations, but still unsustainable in our view. We estimate that there are
roughly 20m commercial XP-based PCs that would require an upgrade as these PCs have passed the XP support cut-off date. The upside in the quarter implies upgrades of roughly 6-7m business PCs. We continue to believe that demand for consumer PCs (~45% of total PCs) will be challenged in the second half due to ongoing tablet cannibalization in China and share of wallet constraints in the developed regions. As such, we are forecasting revenue growth to decelerate into the low-to-mid single digit range in Q3 and flattish in Q4."
Blayne Curtis, Barclays: Reiterates an Equal Weight rating, and raises his price target to $26 from $24. "The positive preannouncement from INTC mirrors what our Asia Ex-Japan colleague, Kirk Yang, highlighted in his recent Asia PC Pulse note (see his note here), which noted recent strength in the PC market as NBs are +8% Q/Q (from +7%) and DT/MBs +4% Q/Q (from +3%), driven mainly by improving corporate demand, the WinXP upgrade cycle, and potentially early back-to-school shopping. As such, we now look for DT and NB MPU growth of +5% Q/Q and +8% Q/Q respectively, with slight upside to APSs driven by demand from business/enterprise."


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2)Kill 1st boss and go deeper (talking with trainer is optional)
3)Kill 2nd boss and go deeper (don't speak with trainer, it will change your weapon stats)
4)Kill 3rd boss and speak with trainer, you will get some replictions A and some armors will be upgraded.
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Three journalists injured in Karachi bombings
At least three journalists were injured during three consecutive explosions in Pakistan's financial capital of Karachi on November 13, 2013.
At least three journalists were injured during three consecutive explosions in Pakistan's financial capital of Karachi on November 13, 2013.
On January 13, 2011, Wali Khan Babar, a 28-year-old correspondent for Geo TV, was driving home after covering another day of gang violence in Karachi. Babar was an unusual face on the airwaves: Popular and handsome, he was a Pashtun from Zhob in Baluchistan near the border with Afghanistan. For Geo, it was a rare boon to have a Pashtun in Karachi, and so the station planned to send him abroad for training to become an anchor.
The murder of Saleem Shahzad in May 2011 galvanized journalists across Pakistan in a way that few other events have. For a short time their power as a "union" was felt. They secured a commission of inquiry. They named ISI officers who had threatened Shahzad and many other journalists. They detailed those encounters in a public record available on the Internet. The resulting report offers a series of promising recommendations, saying in part:
New York, May 17, 2013--Pakistani authorities should dismiss separate complaints filed against newspapers and journalists in Baluchistan for publishing statements made by banned militant groups, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
New York, March 18, 2013--Pakistani authorities announced today that they have apprehended a militant who was allegedly involved in the 2002 murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Karachi, according to news reports.
"As with every journalist murder, any and all perpetrators in the slaying of Daniel Pearl must be prosecuted and punished," said CPJ Asia Program Coordinator Bob Dietz. "In order to curb growing impunity in Pakistan, it is imperative that authorities send the strongest possible signal that acts of anti-press violence will not go unpunished."
Police, emergency workers, and at least three journalists were killed in a bomb blast on January 10, 2012, that occurred 10 minutes after an initial explosion near a billiards hall in Quetta, capital of Pakistan's restive Baluchistan province, according to news reports and CPJ sources.
New York, January 10, 2013--At least two journalists were killed and two others seriously injured when a bomb went off near a billiards hall in Quetta, capital of Pakistan's restive Baluchistan province, as the journalists were reporting on an explosion that was set off there just minutes earlier, according to local journalists and news reports. Dozens of other people were reported killed in the double bombing, for which the militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility.
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Seahawks-Rams game was flawless, but that was an early game between two unpopular teams. I'll come back to report on the late games.
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Much buffering and locking up. Error Mesage:"Can't connect with server" and if I quit app and start it back up it works for a while.
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Ok i reset modem and plugged straight into my modem and same issues South Carolina/Charter Communications connection speed 20.37 mpbs DL 4.15 mpbs UL and 29 ms ping! It is clearly there servers because it isn't every game freezing but oddly enough every week the gsme I want to watch! Miami v Arizona perfect but I hate both. Last week my Bears would not play 2 minutes without freezing but yet Cowboys game perfect! Fix your or tell them to fix their servers 300 dollars for Garbage
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Buffering, spinning wheel, game jumping all over the place.
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I have a hard time believing this is a hardware issue and not a direct tv ps3 server issue.
The worst games, the ones that freeze the most, are popular teams like the Packers and Saints.
The Titans vs Texans game, from earlier today, gave me no problems
Currents Pack Saints game is unwatcahble.
I turned off media servers and followed the steps on this website, http://www.technipages.com/ps3-fix-choppy-video-on-nfl-sunday-ticket.html which barely helped.
- What issue(s) are you experiencing? (error message, buffering, spinning wheel, picture quality)
All of the above.
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Using a wireless, tested the connection and it is blazing. Tried to use a wired connection, same problems persist.
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Durring more popular games, like when Peyton Manning or the Packers or Saints play. Less often, but still persists, durring less popular 1:00 games.
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Australia's relationship with the All Blacks might be best evaluated by keeping Greg Martin and Eddie Stokes in mind.
Former Wallaby fullback Martin was the motivating force behind a Golden Oldies Wallabies and All Blacks match at Ballymore this year that raised more than $500,000 for the Christchurch earthquake appeal.
While the public response in Australia was due in large degree to a natural desire to help out however possible, there's no question the size of the reaction was in some part due to the enormous respect, and indeed awe, that is reserved here for that symbol of New Zealand drive, determination, perseverance and excellence - the All Black jersey.
Former All Black Stokes was not one of the greatest players to wear that jersey, but nonetheless was an early example for me of what sets them apart.
On the morning of a match between Queensland and New Zealand Maori in 1979, in which Stokes and I were opposing centres, the brunch orders were being taken in the Maori camp. I was told by a Maori player after the game that Eddie declined the pasta or steak or whatever else was on offer, saying he didn't need to eat as he was, "having Andrew Slack for afternoon tea".
It was then I first understood the responsibility that went with being an All Black, it was not about taking prisoners, it was about finishing the enemy off. There was a foreboding among more Wallabies than would care to admit, that any match against the All Blacks was indeed just another chance to be eaten alive. More often than not, in a scoreboard sense, we were.
The first rugby test I ever saw was an All Black-Wallaby clash at Ballymore in 1968. In the previous 13 years, Australia had won just twice against them.
With two minutes left the Wallabies led 18-14, but referee Kev Crowe, a born and bred Queenslander no less, awarded the All Blacks a penalty try after winger Alan Cardy had taken out New Zealand's Grahame Thorne without the ball. The All Blacks won 19-18.
Ambushed by angry local reporters afterwards, Crowe requested that Cardy be invited to join the impromptu inquisition.
"I asked Mr Cardy why he interfered with Thorne," recalled Crowe, "and his reply in front of the press was 'I had to stop the bastard somehow'."
In the 65 years of clashes between the two sides leading up to that match, and in the 43 since, for the Wallabies it's always been a matter of trying to stop the bastards somehow. (Often unsuccessfully, as the Wallabies have won just 40 of the 140 matches between the countries.)
Perhaps the fact the All Black team have always been New Zealand's sporting flag bearer, has made them enviably ruthless on the field, and in the amateur era particularly, there's no question that was worth a few points determined siblings
Greg Cornelsen scores one of his four tries at Eden Park in 1978. Picture (right) / Greg Bowker
George Gregan got his Wallabies a 2003 RWC semifinal win in Sydney; while Tana Umaga struck gold in a Bledisloe Cup game at Eden Park in 2005.
before any whistle blew. We admired such ruthlessness, but couldn't always match it.
Because of our geographic proximity and our relative similarities in interests and cultures, there's always been a big brother versus little brother feel about our sporting contests. In cricket we're the older bro, whereas in rugby there's no question who's the senior member of the siblings.
The little brother in gold has had the last say on some memorable occasions. George Gregan knocking the ball out of Jeff Wilson's arms in 1994 comes to mind, while a fitting farewell for John Eales was iced by Toutai Kefu in the 29-26 win over Anton Oliver's team at Stadium Australia in 2001.
However, the match that epitomises the history of All Black Wallaby contests was played in Sydney in 2000 in front of a crowd of 109,874.
It was 24-nil to the All Blacks after nine minutes, 24-all after 31 and it took a Jonah Lomu try in the 78th minute to secure a 39-35 win for New Zealand.
The result probably said it all: the All Blacks set the pace but the Wallabies won't go away.
Put simply, it's a magic rivalry.
* Andrew Slack is a former Wallaby captain and centre.
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This month, UN-Water launches its new strategy 2014-2020 entitled 'Delivering as One on Water Related Issues'. The concise document provides the main directions for the seven years ahead and outlines what success might look like in 2020.
"Our success and our future prospects are based on how well we are able to deliver as one - both on current and future challenges," says Michel Jarraud, Chair of UN-Water. "Today, the great ideas and work of UN entities and organizations dedicated to water issues are sometimes not enough on their own. The key to success is collaboration and long-term commitment which is why I believe that the launch of the strategy is a major step forward to advance water issues on the international agenda."
After ten years of working together, this strategy reaffirms the commitment of UN-Water. It sets the stage for the seven years ahead in terms of strategic directions, ways to collaborate and portrays a strong mechanism with a clear vision of where to go and how to get there. "The launch also provides an opportunity for more stakeholders to get on board and play an active role with water issues gaining more momentum - especially in the post-2015 discussions," says Jarraud.


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"Raptor's Delight!"
Tuesday, Janary 8, 2013
RAPTOR'S DELIGHT - Bear River Gang
"I said a hick, a hawk, a rough-legged hawk
I said a hick, a hawk, and you don't stop, til you get a Red-tailed hawk!"
O.K. For anyone not around for the early ages of rap, that lil ditty might be completely over your head...and even IF you were around, it is most definitely silly, I admit. But my recent trip around the Refuge and the surrounding promontory mountains was SO FILLED with raptors that I just couldn't help myself in changing Rapper's Delight to RAPTOR'S DELIGHT!
As part of the Mid-winter Bald Eagle Survey...I got the chance for a chilly drive to search for eagles and raptors...and my, they didn't disappoint. My tally by the end of the survey was well over 100 raptors seen of 9 different varieties! We'll start with the most famous...Bald eagles.
I spied 14 Bald eagles, 9 adults and 5 juveniles, along my route. Did you know you can tell the youngsters apart? You can! Bald eagles do not become mature adults, with fully white heads (where the name Bald comes from) and white tails til they reach four or five years of age. Before this - they are very splotchy and patchy with white and brown feathers all over..and their beaks lighten from dark to the famous bright golden yellow. Bald eagles love it here in Utah in the winter - hunting for fish along open areas in the ice and congregatting in tall cottonwoods along the rivers.
Their slightly larger and darker cousins, Golden eagles, stay in the area year-round. Golden eagles are named for the golden colored plumage on the backs of their heads when they are adults, but again - when they are younger - they have some white feathers in large patches under their wings. Unlike Bald eagles who prefer to eat fish, Goldens prey on mammals in the open grasslands like rabbits, marmots or even baby deer or sheep. They also rarely nest in trees, but prerfer cliffs and rock ledges. I was lucky enough to see 5 of these majestic raptors along the route.
Along with the eagles...this route is an excellent place for other raptors, such as owls, hawks and falcons. I spied one Prairie falcon and many American kestrels... our smallest falcons. Peregrine falcons are also seen along this route frequently...but I was not able to find one out there today. Peregrines are known for their 200mph stoop, or dive, to knock their prey right out of the air!
I mentioned owls...and they did not elude me today. I was able to spot two Great Horned Owls. These are the earliest breeders of the owls - already setting up pairs and nests and calling constantly to each other at night. Another owl species that was spotted is the short-eared owl. This little owl is diurnal as well as nomadic...sometimes around in big numbers and other years there may be none at all - all depending on the availability of food sources like mice and voles. This year in northern Utah - it has been a GREAT year for the short-eareds. Almost every trip around the Auto Loop provides a look at several.
And last but not least, is the larger hawk species such as the common Red-tailed hawk and the winter visitors from the Tundra - Rough-legged hawks. These two large Buteo hawks are easily spotted, usually perched atop a telephone pole or tree-top, watching calmly for a small rodent or bird to make a mistake and fly too close or move too slowly. Adding these two species together made up over half of my survey count, totalling 51 birds seen!
So you see- Raptor's Delight is definitely an apt description of the Refuge and northern Utah in the winter months! I hope you get a chance to experience it!
- Happy Birding, Jason
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As part of its continued focus on officer safety, IACP has partnered with the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice to identify and document the causes and magnitude of officer injuries, develop practical resources to assist law enforcement agencies, recognize and respond to officer injury vulnerabilities, and disseminate resources to the law enforcement community.
In order to first accomplish these goals, a 12-month national study of 18 law enforcement agencies was conducted to thoroughly examine and quantify the total spectrum of injuries sustained by officers. One state was chosen from each of five geographic regions to obtain a representative sample of data from across the nation. Agencies of varying size, and type were selected to participate from each state to provide a realistic account of injury trends. Information from each injury was collected and sent to IACP for analysis in order to better comprehend the nature of injuries and develop strategies for prevention. Injury tracking study resources are available on this page for download.
Eating Well On-the-Go: New Resources Promoting Officer Nutrition
In order to promote healthy eating habits within the law enforcement community, the IACP, in partnership with the Bureau of Justice, developed a nutrition tri-fold to help inform officers of nutritious options for meals on the go. This tri-fold offers healthy recommendations of what foods to eat for breakfast, snacks, and a main meal, and is supplemented by food options that should be avoided while on duty.
The nutrition fact sheet is a companion piece to the nutrition tri-fold and describes how law enforcement agencies can offer instruction and support to improve their officers' overall nutrition habits. The fact sheet highlights the impact that nutrition has on an officer's performance, ranging from long-term affects to shift-by-shift consequences. It also gives recommendations for how agencies can promote good nutrition strategies to officers department-wide, starting in academy training and continuing throughout an officer's career.
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The 1999 All-MIAA swimming & diving team includes 12 athletes from Hope College.
Sophomore Betsy VandenBerg of Beverly Hills, Mich.
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conference championship meet capturing the 100-yard and 200-yard
breaststroke events and the 200-yard individual medley . This is
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I'm a novice at queen rearing - just dabbled a little last year - read about it all winter, and decided to use the Joseph Clemens method. I grafted a few days ago, and here's what I had this afternoon:
Not all that bad, but I was really hoping for more like his "regular" nice cells:
Like Joseph Clemens I am using a queenless 5 frame medium starter finisher. I prepped it by filling it with frames of emerging brood and stores and shaking in lots of nurse bees then I put it in the location of the full sized hive that I pillaged for resources. So the entire work force of forragers for a strong hive crammed into a 5 frame medium. It's really full of bees. On top of that I've changed in new frames of emerging brood along with clinging nurse bees every few days - you have to check back in a couple of days because they will make queen cells. 24 hours before I grafted I put a frame of eggs/open brood in the middle between frames of pollen and nectar - then swapped the brood frame out for the cell frame with only 11 grafts. Plus I've fed this hive 1-1 continuously. There is tons of natural pollen in my area right now so I have not supplemented that.
So why aren't my cells any bigger? Genetics? He did a better job grafting maybe?


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Was he before or after the Yojimbo fight? IIRC there were like 4 Yojimbo fights and you could steal the Genji stuff from him. I got to the last one and could never get the steal and kill him so I think I gave up on the hunts. Or was it Gilgamesh? I forget.
Yiazmat is the Ultimate Elite Mark in Final Fantasy XII. He is not only the ultimate mark, but also the ultimate boss. Defeating Yiazmat will take at least sixty minutes at very high levels and player skill; but the fight usually takes hours. He is considered to be one of the series's most difficult superbosses. To date, he has the highest number of hit points of any creature, boss, or superboss in the entire Final Fantasy series, with well over 50 million hit points. This astronomically high number is the main reason he takes so long to kill, since regular attacks break the damage limit only in the game's International Zodiac Job System version.
The player can accept the hunt for Yiazmat after vanquishing the Hell Wyrm and all Rank VII Marks except Shadowseer.
I am probably too "western" when it comes to some things. I'm sure you know what I mean.
Just curious do you guys prefer FF games where you have freedom over your characters "class" or when a character is a specific type and it stays that way?
Like say comparing 7 to 9. 7 you equip whatever materia you want and 9 you can only learn certain skills.
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Re: st: Adjusted R-squared comparison
Nick Cox <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Re: st: Adjusted R-squared comparison
Wed, 6 Feb 2013 10:40:54 +0000
That's positive advice.
My own other idea is that adjusted R-squares are a lousy basis to
compare two models, even of the same kind. They leave out too much
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 10:37 AM, John Antonakis <email@example.com> wrote:
> I think that the only think you can do is to bootstrap the r-squares and see
> if their confidence intervals overlap.
> To bootstrap you just do:
> E.g.,
> sysuse auto
> bootstrap e(r2), seed(123) reps(1000) : reg price mpg weight
> You will be interested in either:
> e(r2_w) R-squared within model
> e(r2_o) R-squared overall model
> e(r2_b) R-squared between model
> See help xtreg with respect to saved results.
> Let's see if others have other ideas.
On 06.02.2013 10:22, Panagiotis Manganaris wrote:
>> I need to compare two adjusted r-squared of the same model for two
>> different periods of time (each one spans for a period of years). So far, I
>> have split my data in two groups, those that belong to the period 1998-2004
>> and those that belong to the period 2005-2011. Then I used xtreg on the same
>> model for each group of data. I've derived their adjusted r-squared and I
>> want to know if those two adjusted r-squared are significantly different
>> from each other.
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When Houston residents Ashley and David Coolidge built a sprawling, six-bedroom vacation retreat in Galveston's Pirate's Cove, they were looking forward to spending quality downtime there with family and friends. With four children of their own, as well as 11 beach-loving nieces and nephews, though, it wasn't long before they found themselves out of space. Luckily, they discovered a solution within close reach for a For Sale sign went up on the 1970s home directly across the street. They bought it on the spot and, with the help of interior designer Cathy Chapman, oversaw a total renovation. Here, how they turned a small, passé place into an open and airy, modern abode.


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Three And Out: March 25, 2010
Quick hits on some of the latest Chargers news tidbits from around the web:
It's interesting how 2010 season outlooks aren't so rosy when you talk about the Chargers defense at this point in time, especially considering the loses of Pro Bowlers Antonio Cromartie and Jamal Williams. It seems that it was so long ago that we have forgotten just how dominant a healthy Shawne Merriman can be. But not everyone is overlooking big #56. Chargers Head Coach Norv Turner is expecting big things from his outside linebacker and he explains why:
"Everyone talks about it takes another year to come back from a surgery. The biggest thing -- and I had this conversation about two weeks ago with Philip Rivers -- he says that it's not so much that the knee takes a year. But while you're rehabbing your knee, it doesn't allow you to do all the other things that you need to do to get ready for the season.
"So Shawne went through the year and missed time with the groin, missed time with the foot. The knee wasn't the issue. So I think having a great offseason so he doesn't have those nagging injuries, and then the knee being a year better… Shawne had a really good year last year. He just didn't have those game-changing-type plays that we've all seen him have. But I think those will come. He's such a competitor, such a physical player, that when he gets that step back he'll return as an outstanding pass-rusher."
SOURCE: ESPN.com
CHARGERS TURNED DOWN HBO's "HARD KNOCKS" BUT THE JETS ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO STAR
Part NFL films, part prime-time reality show, HBO's "Hard Knocks" attempts to give viewers an inside look at the day-to-day life of an NFL team's training camp. Normally closed to the public and indeed most of the press, NFL offseason workouts are somewhat of an enigma. HBO had expressed strong interest in featuring the San Diego Chargers for a season, but General Manager AJ Smith was not having it:
"I think it's fake, I think it's phony, I think it's put on, I think it's basically a motion picture. And anyone that wants to be in the motion picture business, or enjoy that stuff, they buy into it, they enjoy it, the fake phone call conversations, the fake chatter, the whole thing is a joke and (Chargers CEO) Dean Spanos said it was my call and I made it very quickly."
"I'm a fan of Steve Sabol and everything he does but that particular segment to get ready for a football season, it's beyond my comprehension."
So while you shouldn't expect to see the Chargers on TV much anytime soon, you can at least see former Chargers Ladainian Tomlinson and Antonio Cromartie as they join their new Jets teammates on this season.
SOURCE: ESPN.com
As much as I'd love to be able to embed NFL.com video content, the boys at league headquarters have told me not to do it, and so I can only encourage you to go forth and watch this interview with Norv Turner at the NFL Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida:
"You look at your football team and say, 'Here's the things we have to get done,'" Turner said. "We want to do some of those things through the draft, so the ability to get some extra picks … in terms of looking at our football team and knowing the direction we want to go, that was important. And now we have to address those things in the draft."
VIDEO: NFL.com
March 25, 2010at 12:40 AM Posted by Rob Zepeda
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pass on hard knocks cuz its fake...wow that is awesome once again the man in charge of keeping the chargers from wining the big one does it again...a chance to get national exposure and the respect of the league (we all know that west coast football gets dogged on) and we decline because its a fake? thanks again aj keep up the hard work
You think that going on Hard Knocks is going to get you respect in the league? WOW
AJ is a little abrasive, but he makes good decisions.
Haha the one thing I like about AJ is he sticks to his guns, the guy is hard-nosed and straight forward 24/7. That show is a publicity stunt for diva's and loud mouths, i'm glad the chargers are working to keep those kinds of players and the "fake" image out of the organization. Nice move AJ.
I hope Merriman has a big season, it's been long enough and I'm starting to wonder if there's a correlation between his "hick-up" with Perfomance enhancing drugs and his production on the field. This season could make or break Merriman's career, I don't think the chargers will bring him back after 2010 regarless of how he plays but other teams might not be willing to pay Merriman top-dollar after 3 average seasons full of injuries and controversy.
AJ's response is brilliant!! Respect.
- Jason said... Mar 25, 2010, 1:24:00 PM
AJ is right on the money with this...reality shows ARE fake, and anyone who thinks they are not is a moron. WTG AJ!
If Lights Out can somehow manage double digit sacks this year, with Shaun Phillips close behind and Larry English doing what he can, the defesne should be MUCH improve
once again AJ shows how much out of he is and will do what he feels is necessary to maintain 100% control. personally this pisses me off, because it would allow us to see and learn more about the team.
ive watched the previous seasons and they arent anything like the vast majority of reality tv shows. they focus on the coaches and usually 3-4 rookies, with perhaps 1 or 2 vets. there is very little drama and bs. its focused on players trying to make the team and coaches evaluating players. the program is literally just that, nothing else. they may show players during off hours hanging together and eating but that is about it. 95% of the show is on the field or in the classrooms talking football. imo this comes down to AJ doing whatever he can to further control the organization as he wishes. if the cameras are allowed into the situation, then the fans are able to see into the mystery that is the SD Chargers.
at minimum it would show what we know already.....norv runs a soft camp and the team starts underprepared and soft. hello to another 1-3 start!
It's funny I was watching the NFL Network interview they had with Rex Ryan about Hard Knocks and the Jets and Mr. Ryan has lost 40lbs with that lap band surgery in only 3 weeks! Dude looks totally different, and yet still maintains that cockiness. I wish our head coach had that kind of swagger and confidence...anyone else agree?
That thing with the Jets is a one and done, I bet they won't even make the playoffs this year. Their QB situation is still unstable and he's about to go through the dreaded "Sophomore Jinks" Matt Ryan anyone?? Teams was surprised with how the Jets Defense played but they will regress this year and now they will be featured in a TV mini Series? If you want to know what the team really go through CAMP go to their mini camps that's available to the public, watch all their interviews, not a scripted on camera show. Who has been on Hard-knocks anyways? Ravens, Cowboys, Jaguars, Chiefs, Cowboys, Bengals, Jets, only the 01 ravens have been a succesful team, only because they were fresh off a Superbowl, look at the others who have been in it. You don't see the Pats, Colts, Steelers, Giants on this list don't you? ..........'Nough said.
And to say a team will get exposure and respect... Does The Cowboys need more exposure? How about the Bengals? That's probably why they have so many guys who got nabbed by the cops the last ew years, they saw them on Hard Knocks, Did teh exposure help the Jags sell season Tickets? How abou the, Kansas City Patriots, I mean Chiefs, did they get any better? So why do you need this if it don't do you any good?
aj makes a good amount of decisions i disagree with, but this is one of his best ones...this team needs to move away from so much mouthing off/publicity distractions and going on hard knocks would have been a move in the wrong direction.
i can definitely see cromartie eating it up though...i'm quite sure he will be able to quickly reinforce for us the main reason why he is gone from our roster when these episodes start to air...he will be borrowing other people's feet to stuff in his mouth, he just can't get enough of himself
Norv implied that they will be picking up another young QB in the draft. I think it would be good to pick up Skelton, Robinson, or Sneed.
Gotta love AJ. No BS. And yeah... I don't see the Jest's defense getting any better with only 10 tacklers on the field. And I love LT, but I don't see how he's going to make it half a season on those glass legs of his. After a season of him tripping over the chalk line and getting tackled by his shoestrings, I can't imagine a great comeback.
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Linoma Starts Off the Year with Several Product Releases
Posted on Jun 18, 2010 by Linoma Software | | Categories: General
When things get hectic and life gets crazy, let's face it, we could all use a release. All puns aside, Linoma Software has been busy the past 5 months issuing several releases which provide our current and future clients the business edge they need in this ever changing market. Linoma released updates for Surveyor/400, Crypto Complete, GoAnywhere Services and last but not least GoAnywhere Director.
In February, Linoma released Surveyor/400 3.7. Surveyor/400 allows users to easily query and download data from IBM i to their desktops and network servers. Version 3.7 provides support for Excel 2007 with custom formatting options to create professional-looking spreadsheets. Surveyor/400 additionally supports earlier versions of Excel, as well as CSV, fixed width text, HTML and XML documents. Surveyor/400 conveniently provides over 20 IBM i tools in one application.
In addition to Surveyor/400, Linoma also released Crypto Complete 2.20 in February. The new release of Crypto Complete 2.20 incorporated tokenization. Tokenization should be considered when sensitive data is stored on multiple systems. Tokenization is the process of replacing sensitive data with unique identification numbers (e.g. tokens) and storing the original data on a central server in encrypted form. By centralizing sensitive data, tokenization helps to thwart hackers and minimize the scope of compliance audits such as PCI. Additionally, Crypto Complete 2.20 offers faster encryption for backups while eliminating the need for intermediate save files.
Let's fast-forward to June; Linoma released GoAnywhere Services 1.3.0. Version 1.3.0 adds enhanced security features with IP Filtering, Syslog feeds and additional Trigger actions, along with other updates and usability options. GoAnywhere Services is a secure file server that provides internal and external trading partners with a secure connection to your system for exchanging files within a fully managed and audited solution.
Also in June, Linoma released a new version of GoAnywhere Director. GoAnywhere Director 3.2.0 provides a connector for sending data using the AS2 version 1.2 standards. This includes support for multiple file attachments within a single AS2 message, synchronous MDN receipts and message integrity verification. AS2 messages can be sent over an SSL tunnel, making it a secure option for the transfer of sensitive data. Version 3.2.0 also includes Syslog server integration, advanced scheduling options, enhanced server certificate handling and FTP checksum validation options. GoAnywhere Director is a managed file transfer solution for the enterprise.
If you need any additional information about any of our product releases or if you need a solution and aren't sure what is the best product for your circumstance, give us a call. If we don't have the product your business needs, we can point you in the right direction.
It has been a great start to 2010 and we would like to say thanks to all of our clients for their continued support.


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NIce...but is it available in .308?
RJF KMP-DI Direct Impingement
Price per Unit (piece): $1,085.00
Available for order NOW!!!
The RJF KMP-DI is a Direct Impingement gun, offered with the idea of you receiving a full featured Rifle from the start with the utmost reliability and our rock solid lifetime warranty! Carrier and internals are all Mil-Spec and the Bolt is fully MPI. The upper and lower receiver is forged from 7075-T6 aluminum, equipped with a either a 1:7 or a 1:9 Twist rate M4 profile chrome lined barrel and your choice of Magpul furniture colors. The gun ships with the Magpul CTR, MOE pistol grip and MOE forend, one Magpul MagLevel PMAG included. Suppressor ready with our RJF suppressor flash hider and MBUS rear site included.
Very nice looking weapon. Are you thinking of a 7.62 x39 chambering?
Right now , 5.56 only . We're discussing a .308 .
Will you sell stripped lowers?


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The Red Xs
Original post made by Roger G. Novesky, Portola Valley: Portola Valley Ranch, on Apr 30, 2007
"In wilderness is the preservation of the World" *
Henry David Thoreau
First, let me state that I have donated to the New Portola Valley Center. I donated because I have enjoyed for 26 years using the acreage to exercise my dog. I have enjoyed the serenity of my early morning and evening walks among the Redwoods. I have enjoyed "talking" for 7 years to a large hawk each morning that perches on the highest of Redwood trees.
I applaud the PV Design group protecting and preserving the Redwood groves. I mourned the loss of the six flowering trees that shaded the entrances to the art studios, but understand that their loss could not have been spared because of the newly located baseball field.
This week I observed each morning the death process of three 50 – 100 year old walnut trees. I have walked among these trees all these years enjoying their beauty and shade. When the tennis courts were removed and the heavy equipment moved in, I still had hopes that these trees would be allowed to live. Noting that the graders were working around them and they lacked the demeaning red "X" I felt that somebody was still considering their fate. On the other hand, I thought, given that National Arbor Day is this week, the council or whoever was the judge was delaying their execution to the following week. I reviewed the site plan and they appeared outside of the building footprint…out side the structure lines drawn on the pavement and grass. Yesterday, I noticed two of the three trees had been branded with the red "X", but one remained untouched. I had hopes that this last tree could be saved as a reminder of the others that were lost. Today, as I left the Center the tree service trucks were arriving and that evening I returned to see that my worst fears were realized…all three stately walnut trees were gone piled together awaiting removal…on National Arbor Day.
There have been times when I feel the only "green" attitude that exists among the deciding individual(s) is represented by the shade of the evergreen on the banner depicting the New Center fund raising status and the green wall that surrounds and protects/hides the executions from the Portola Valley residents.
Will anybody miss these trees? Are we, the residents of Portola Valley too busy to notice /care what is occurring behind these fences? Do we place more value on a walkway, flower garden or parking area? What was the reason for destroying all of these trees? Why couldn't we design around all or some of these trees?
Perhaps when we flaunt the use of "photovoltaic arrays" and sacrifice trees of this vintage we are losing sight of the important values in our lives. It is puzzling to me, given the high level of intelligence/expertise in this community and of our consultants that we were not able to protect some of these trees. Of all the years I have walked among them their beauty and health this spring has never been better. Perhaps in their own special way they were pleading for their life this spring, but nobody noticed…listened.
"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn" *
John Muir (1838-1914)
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Roger G. Novesky
Portola Valley, CA
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a resident of Portola Valley: Woodside Highlands
on May 2, 2007 at 11:36 am
As a member of the Portola Valley Town Council, I share Roger Novesky's regret that the three old walnut trees on the Town Center campus have been lost. However, the arborist for the Town Center project reported that the walnut trees were rotten inside, to the point that the contractor on the Town Center project was concerned that they were a hazard to the construction crews. The architects are going to try to use the beautiful wood from the walnut trees in the interior of the Town Hall or Library.
It bears noting that these were not native walnuts but rather introduced orchard trees related to the old walnut grove that can still be seen just west of the parcel. When the parcel was originally sold to the school district in the 1940s, a large number of orchard trees were removed. The three that remained were apparently left because they sat between two use areas. They were a modest echo of the former orchard rows.
The design team has worked throughout this project to protect and preserve all the trees we could. Some non-native trees were removed because they were very old and likely to fail soon, e.g. the large pines and poplars. Others were taken down because they were right in the middle of area needed for another use, or because they had grown in a planter box above grade which was to be removed. We particularly tried to preserve native trees. We have saved a significant majority of the desirable trees and will be replacing a large number of trees with new stock. And we are even preserving the trunks of some of the removed trees for interior columns and play structures in the playground.
We are truly sorry about the loss of the walnut trees. But we are also proud of how "green" the remainder of the project is turning out to be, and how sustainably we are accomplishing this project.
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Has anyone been following the new features in this game? I was just curious if anyone was excited about the release of this game. I think the reason i can live with buying madden from year to year is i never have high expectations, and just enjoy it for entertainment purposes. It seems that people complain too much about it, and don't take it at face value: it's a game.
But I digress. I personally am very excited by connected careers, as i greatly enjoy doing a superstar, but after a few seasons get tired of it and switch to franchise, then get tired of that, and switch back. This allows you to stay in one "league" if you will, and hop in and out of modes within the same league. This honestly is perfect for me, so i am extremely excited for the mode. A lot of people are upset about it, but was curious if there are any madden fans or players that would jump in the convo. Also, i played the NCAA demo and they finally fixed the passing trajectories and the intercepting jumping 20 feet linebackers, and the corners jumping routes without turning around. This is going to be the same in Madden, so i am excited for that. Also, it seems like scouting and free agency will be much more like the game Head Coach, which is very exciting.
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New Zealand's major radio and TV broadcasters today confirmed the launch of the Online Media Standards Authority, a new industry funded, self-regulatory body to oversee online news and current affairs content standards.
The authority was created following talks between TVNZ, Sky/Prime, MediaWorks TV, Maori Television, Radio New Zealand, The Radio Network and MediaWorks Radio.
They began after the Law Commission published a paper called 'The News Media meets New Media' in December 2011.
The chairwoman of the new authority, Clare Bradley, said the commission identified a regulatory gap in the oversight of news and current affairs content solely published online.
The new authority aims to provide an industry led, cost-effective and consumer-friendly solution.
It will publish a code of standards and provide a free complaints process overseen by a committee.
The committee will be chaired by retired Court of Appeal Judge Sir Bruce Robertson and will include four public members and three broadcasting industry representatives.
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From left are UTSA President Ricardo Romo, College of Business
Dean Lynda de la Vina, Marta Sahagun (wife of Fox), Former
Mexico President Vicente Fox and and U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar
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Vicente Fox highlights leadership, trade, reform
By Wendy Frost
Director of Communications, College of Business
(April 11, 2009)--Following the visit to Mexico by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Mexican President Vicente Fox recently visited UTSA to present the keynote address at the Future Leaders Conference sponsored by the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI) and the UTSA College of Business.
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During his luncheon address to a crowd of more than 300 students, business leaders and elected officials, Fox discussed trade, leadership and immigration reform.
"The relationship between the United States and Mexico is complex and diverse," said Fox, who was accompanied by his wife Marta Sahagún. "We are friends, neighbors and partners who worked together to build a future of understanding, economic growth and a better life for our citizens through NAFTA."
Fox said that NAFTA was successful for Mexico. He noted that per capita income increased from $3,500 to $8,500 under the agreement. He also promoted his vision that the United States, Mexico and Canada should expand on their current trade agreements and develop a more cohesive relationship similar to the European Union.
"I believe that leaders are created in every single human being," said Fox. "The challenge is building leaders with ethics... leaders with moral values. The leadership of this great nation should go back to exercising compassionate leadership. I am optimistic that the new leadership in this nation provides a new hope for change between the United States and Mexico."
Fox was president of Mexico from 2000 to 2006. His presidency addressed the issues of trade relations with the United States, the drug trade, governmental corruption and calming civil unrest.
"The call of action is in the hands of our leaders now," he concluded in his speech. "I am not for open borders, but for an orderly immigration process. If we were wise enough, we would have solved the border issue by now."
CHLI is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization based in Washington, D.C., that promotes the advancement of the diverse U.S. Hispanic community in the public, private and nonprofit sectors as well as in the international community.
The UTSA College of Business is one of the 40 largest business schools in the nation with more than 6,000 students and 37 graduate and undergraduate business programs. Accredited by AACSB International, the college is dedicated to raising its academic profile to become one of the best business schools recognized for developing "Knowledge for a New World."


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How to Be the Ultimate Gentleman: BBQ, Longman & Eagle

How to eat, drink and dress like the ultimate gentleman you are.

If there's one place in the world we'd love to live out the rest of our days in a bourbon haze, it would be the Longman & Eagle restaurant and inn in Chicago. They have over 50 different bottles of bourbon on site, make some of the most incredible dishes (we're a sucker for the Crab Stuffed Tempura Fried Squash Blossom) and have the hippest rooms you can slouch off to if, god forbid, you imbibe to your limit. They also have a knack for pop-up shops. On Saturdays they have a sausage shop that serves up everything from cheddar bratwurst to lamb sausage and on Sunday they dole out some of the most decadent doughnuts we've ever tasted. Word to the wise: get there early on Sunday; their doughnuts sell out fast.
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Bourbon not your forte? Find a couple of friends to go in on Bunnahabhain's 40-year-old single malt, which was actually lost in the distillery! "Ian MacMillan, Master Distiller, stumbled upon the 'Turney' casks, which were filled with the precious Bunnahabhain malt over 40 years ago by eminent Glasgow wine merchants J.G. Turney, renowned for upholding the highest standard of quality," explained Burn Stewart Distillers. "The journey of the discovery of Bunnahabhain 40 YO is one of timeless passion and dedication which has gone into each and every bottle of this truly exceptional whisky." There was only enough to produce 750 bottles, so it comes with a hefty price tag of $3,340, but those who've had a chance to test the single malt will swear that it's worth it.
While fall fashion is getting into the swing of things, we're keeping our purchases to a minimum, which means we'll need a new wallet to keep all of our savings in. We love this vintage-inspired bill flap wallet by Jack Spade. Its embossed anchor leather exterior is subtle and its inner lining screened with vintage tattoo flash artwork is effortlessly unique and not flashy. Get your own on jackspade.com for $85.
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Barbeque season may be coming to an end, but we still have Labor Day weekend to look forward to for our last hurrah. Barbeque expert Adam Perry Lang's Serious Barbecue is a must-read for anyone who wants to go out with a big bang this season. "Serious Barbecue is packed with straightforward, original recipes that include step-by-step seasoning instructions, readily available ingredients, and gorgeous color photographs," explains Lang's site. "Adept at slow-cooked, smoke-perfumed Southern barbecue and charred, juicy, direct-grilled meats alike, Perry Lang offers clear instructions for both classic (Beef Brisket, Hot Wings) and new (Charred Thin Asian Pork Chops; Short Ribs with Fleur de Sel) preparations." Get a copy on amazon.com.
While we're not ones for bringing our work home with us, sometimes it just needs to be done. We've just discovered the greatest app for iPad users on the go: Parallels, which opens your Windows and Mac applications remotely as if they were an iPad app. If you're working between applications or files, you'll be able to have multiple apps open on your tablet, copy and paste between apps and make changes in the application too. The app is free, though the subscription will run you $80 a year. Download on the app store now.


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Joachim said
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text: I posted earlier but can't seem to find it anywhere - so here goes again. I just bought an '04 Yukon XL. It seems to ride okay but has an error message on the DIC that the Autoride needs servicing. The shocks and air compressor look fine and all the fuses are good. However, I have not yet heard the air compressor start up and run. Any ideas on what could be wrong? I also noticed that the heater won't switch back and forth between the floor and mid outlets. It was stuck on the floor initially but now it stuck on the mid outlets. Do you think this is the flapper valve motor or the control itself? I also need to buy an owner's manual. Any ideas where I can get one? Thanks everyone. Wes


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Assuming that leaving the gun out on a dresser etc. won't allow it to be accessed by other persons, it's all good but a nice litle gun valut isn't a bad choice. The gun does not have to be cleared unless you want to be so, but the more you empty and load, the more you're going to "damage" the bullets by inducing more projectile setback where the bullet itself gets pushed back further and further into the casing when loading multiple times and firing cartridges with "X" amount of setf back can cause and over pressure issue.
the P238 can be pocket carried, but due to it's cocked and locked nature, the hammer channel can become a dust trap and needs to be checked oftern to ensure taht pocket lint will not obstruct the hammer from making contact with the firing pin.
I have a pocket holster from Del Fatti that I've used on occasion but my primary method when carrying the 238 was one of two IWB holsters.
Check out Mika, K&D Leather, UBG, HBE, and Mitch Rosen for pocket holsters. My IWBs were made by HBE and Desibens.


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Savor the Fine Flavors of the World's Best Premium Gourmet Coffees
The world's finest coffee beans come from prime growing regions at high altitudes where Arabica coffee plants thrive in the cooler temperatures. The sensitive plants must be cared for properly and then the coffee cherry must be harvested at peak ripeness, then the processing and roasting must follow exacting standards, then shipped to you quickly.
Then you must store the coffee properly and brew it properly - then you are ready to enjoy the best coffee beans in the world in the perfect cup of coffee.
It all starts with the coffee beans, and the following are the very best coffee beans in the world, respected for their overall gourmet qualities including body, aroma, acidity, sweetness/bitterness, and aftertaste. Here are the world's most respected coffee beans.
Old Brown Java Coffee is ranked among the world's best coffee for its unique taste. It is an aged and monsooned coffee that is grown in East Java on the fine old colonial estates along with Old Government Coffee and Old Java Coffee. When the coffee beans are monsooned they are left out to be exposed to the warm and wet winds during the monsoon season. This gives the green coffee beans (beans that have been milled though not roasted) a distinct color and mutes their acidity while creating a deep quality to the flavor.
Tanzania Peaberry Coffee - Peaberry coffee beans come from coffee cherry that contain one whole bean rather than the much more common two half-beans, and the result is a more concentrated flavor. This fine gourmet coffee is cultivated on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro and also Mt. Meru in Tanzania, home to some of the best coffee in the world. Offering a medium body and a pleasant acidity with tones of fruit, expect a very rich coffee with notes of black currant and chocolate followed by a long-lasting and distinctly sweet aftertaste. To enhance the sweetness of the aroma try a medium roast Tanzania Peaberry, which also reveals suggestions of coconut and pineapple. In the tradition of the region the overall flavor quality also reveals wine notes and creates a velvety sensation on the palate.
Ethiopian Yirgacheffe Coffee - This is a wonderfully sweet flavored coffee with fine tastes and aromas reflecting one of the world's premier coffee growing regions around six thousand feet above sea level in Ethiopia. Known for its delicious fragrance and spice notes, Ethiopian Yirgacheffe has a light to medium body and is a wet processed coffee. The acidity is vibrant and bright, and floral notes infuse the aroma. Chocolate comes through in the finish along with nutty qualities that rank Yirgacheffee among the best coffee in the world. Try a medium roast to accentuate the brightness and delicacy of this gourmet coffee, or a medium-dark roast for a sweeter taste.
Sulawesi Toraja Coffee - Cultivated in the Sulawesi highlands this gourmet coffee has an expansive taste and a wonderful multi-dimensional quality with a good body and exceptional balance. Enjoy the fruit notes as well as tones of chocolate in the taste, and the bright acidity along with a rustic sweet quality making this one of the best coffees on Earth! Try a dark roast to appreciate this fine coffee's deep and brooding quality that ranks it among the finest coffee in the world.
Hawaii Kona Coffee - This is a gourmet coffee grown in the United States, which is quite rare. The unique Kona Coffee Belt growing region is located on the fertile volcanic slopes on the island of Hawai'i at elevations from about two thousand to three thousand feet above sea level. Kona coffee beans provide a delicate and light cup of coffee, very well-balanced and with a distinct complexity in both its taste and aroma. The body of the coffee is medium and the acidity is quite bright. Wine tones and spice enhance the experience, as does the aromatic finish. Enjoy the best of Kona coffee at the annual Kona Coffee Cultural Festival or anytime you are on the Big Island you can take a Kona Coffee Farm Tour. Other gourmet Hawaiian coffees are now being grown in Puna, Hamakua, Hilo and Kau.
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Ethiopian Harrar Coffee - This spicy gourmet coffee has a full body and is one of the finest of all African coffees. There are three main varieties of Ethiopian Harrar including the Longberry which is the biggest of the region's coffee beans, the Shortberry which are slightly smaller coffee beans, and the Mocha Harrar which comes from the relatively rare peaberry coffee beans. Ethiopian Harrars are known for their fruit and floral qualities in the fine acidity, winey flavors, and a pungent and heady aroma. Enlivening this gourmet coffee are spice notes including compote, cinnamon and cardamom. Ethiopian Harrar's also tend to have a long-lasting finish that lingers deliciously on the palate.
Costa Rica Coffees - Among the best coffee in the world are several Costa Rica coffees including the highly respected San Marcos de Tarrazu Coffee that is grown in the interior region of the country where the fertile mountain soils create a complex coffee with delightful aromatics that cause these gourmet beans to be ranked among the best coffee in the world. Also respected is the Costa Rica Monte Crisol with its delightful sweetness and crispness in the acidity along with blueberry tones and buttery qualities in the aftertaste. If you want to enjoy the fullness of the coffee's fruity and vibrant qualities then try a Medium-Dark Roast. A very robust coffee from Costa Rica is Costa Rica Alajuela Coffee.
Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee - Cultivated in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica at elevations between three thousand and fifty-five hundred feet above sea level, this premium gourmet coffee is wet processed creating a wonderful sweet, refined quality that is creamy on the palate - many aficionados claim this is the single best coffee in all the world. The taste of Jamaica Blue Mountain is complex and the body is typically quite full. Along with the silky mouthfeel the coffee offers a delightfully vibrant acidity and the coffee almost totally lacks bitterness. Look for the floral tones in the bold aroma along with herbal notes. Of particular gourmet quality are the peaberry coffee beans of Jamaica's Blue Mountain region, and these are often sought out for the finest espresso blends.
Brazil Cerrado Coffee – With a mild acidity and good body, this coffee soothes the palate. The balance is excellent and the taste reveals tones of caramel, particularly in the light-roast Brazil Cerrado, and notes of chocolate revealed in the darker roasts. Cerrado is cultivated more than 800 feet above sea level and considered by many to be among the world's best coffees. Another premium gourmet Brazil Coffee is the famed Brazil Bourbon Santos Coffee.
Java Arabica Coffee - This is a distinctly heavy-bodied coffee with a medium level of acidity and herb notes in the lingering finish. Enjoy this gourmet coffee's earthy taste with a clean and yet thick character. Java Arabica is wet processed and is cultivated on Java Island in Indonesia at about 1,400 meters above sea level. The aftertaste exhibits notes of smoke and spice with overall sweetness that makes this coffee respected by many as the best coffee in the world, or at least in the top ten. Smooth on the palate, the finest of the Java Arabica crops are cultivated on five old coffee states that were originally established by the Dutch government in the 1700s.
Sumatra Lintong Coffee - Respected for its delicious sweetness and earthy qualities as well as the complexity of its aroma, Sumatra Lintong typically has a medium body and mild acidity. It is cultivated in north central Sumatra in the Lake Toba area in the Lintong region. This may be one of the less heralded top gourmet coffees in the world, coming from one of the world's best coffee growing regions for fine Arabica coffee.
Mocha Java Coffee - This traditional blend combines the respected Indonesian Java Arabica coffee with Arabian (Yemen) Mocha coffee. The smooth and bright qualities of the Java are a perfect complement to the intense Mocha coffee which may be quite wild in its nature. When combined the two coffees create the perfect balance which is why this is the world's oldest and more esteemed blend widely considered to be the best coffee blend in the world. Read more about how these two coffees came together by chance in the hulls of the old sailing ships in the World's Best History of Coffee.
Guatemala Antigua Coffee - With a full body and notes of spice this coffee resembles other gourmet coffees of Guatemala and offers the finest in mouthfeel with a velvety richness. If you want to accentuate this coffee's smoky qualities then try a Dark Roast. Guatemala Antigua coffee is cultivated between four and five thousand feet above sea level and includes the Strictly Hard Bean grade coffee beans which are some of the finest Arabica varietal beans, mostly of the Catuai (Coffea arabica var. catuai), Caturra (Coffea arabica var. caturra) or Bourbon (Coffea arabica var. bourbon) varietals, all creating a distinctly fine Guatemala coffee that is ranked among the best coffees in the world and the pride of the Americas.
Kenya AA Coffee - Last but not least, Kenya AA is cultivated at more than six thousand feet above sea level. This highest grade of Kenya coffee (determined by coffee bean size and quality - see Kenya Coffee Grading) is known for its good body and richness of flavor along with a delightful acidity with notes of citrus and berry. Most lists of the world's best coffees will put Kenya AA at least in the top five. Highlights include the floral tones that exude from the aroma and carry into the aftertaste.
These are more coffees that may be ranked among the world's best. Some would say that India coffee including Monsooned Mysore Coffee belongs on the short list of the finest world gourmet coffees, while others would want to add some particular Papua New Guinea coffees such as New Guinea Sigri Coffee. For more great coffees see The Best Coffee In the World.
Thank You for Visiting Kona Coffee Roasting and reading about the very Best Coffee In the World! Enjoy Your Premium Gourmet Coffee!
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Dordt College has been named an honor roll member by the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. By being selected for the Honor Roll, Dordt is recognized by the highest levels of the federal government for a commitment to service and civic engagement on campus, in the community, and throughout the nation.
Dordt College's distinctive approach to education recognizes that learning must lead to service, and that service enhances learning. The strength and vitality of volunteer service programs at Dordt is primarily driven by students' own personal commitment to a life of Christian service. While the benefits of the volunteer project to recipients are key, these programs also provide students with a rich learning experience in planning, organizing, and leading, as well as other skills.
About 60 percent of Dordt students are actively involved in volunteering activities. And approximately one in 10 students are engaged in community-based service learning and practicum experiences as part of their required course work.
Three of the largest volunteer activities at Dordt are PLIA (Putting Love Into Action), AMOR (A Mission OutReach), and COP (Community Outreach Program). These opportunities give students a chance to create change and be a blessing in their immediate communities, throughout the United States, and across the world.
Students find many additional ways to make a difference. Some are involved in prison ministry, mentoring at ATLAS (a local Christ-centered ministry), tutoring students in area elementary school, and even serving as HopeLine coaches for the Dawson McAllister radio program.