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E-mail Newsletters That Customers Actually ReadCarmine Gallo
I recently received an e-mail that had me riveted from start to finish. It contained a true story about two men aboard US Airways flight 1549—the one that crash-landed into the Hudson River. Both passengers had regularly backed up their critical computer data. One did this by transferring info from his hard drive to a second computer, but he had taken both laptops on the plane. The other passenger had used an online backup service called Mozy (owned by EMC). I read their stories in the monthly Mozy newsletter, which I chose to receive when I signed up for Mozy myself. It's full of fun, interesting, and valuable stories and tips.
During a recent interview, Dave Robinson, Mozy's vice-president of marketing, explained how any business owner can make an e-mail newsletter more compelling. I also spoke with Janine Popick, chief executive of VerticalResponse, an e-mail and direct marketing provider for small businesses. Here's their advice on how to get customers to read your e-mail newsletters.
Offer Expert Advice
Robinson has been involved in e-marketing for 10 years. His key observation: Unless you have something relevant to say, don't say it. "If it's not interesting to our customers, we're wasting their time," he says.
Everyone is an expert in something, Popick says. Share your knowledge with others in a "how to" column or "five easy steps to [fill in the blank]." Keep your tips short, sweet, and instructive.
Stay True to Customer Expectations
"Be specific regarding the frequency of your newsletter and the value you will provide," says Popick. Then, "Make good on your promise." Some retail customers sign up for frequent discounts every few days. Customers of a publishing company might expect only one newsletter a month. People who sign up for a popular newsletter from sales expert Jeffrey Gitomer expect a content-driven missive every Tuesday.
Once a customer opts in to a newsletter, it shows up in their in-box until they choose to unsubscribe. So content you may think is great can quickly become intrusive if it's not relevant to your customers. Mozy's marketing staff decided they could develop interesting content for customers at least once a month, and that increasing the frequency ran the risk of diluting the content.
Use Customers to Tell Stories
Popick and Robinson agree there is no better way to sell your product than to use customers to illustrate your story. "Online backup is about as unsexy a product as you sell," says Robinson. "The last thing we want to do is tell a story with a bunch of boring copy and bullet points. The best way to tell our story is through real people and their anecdotes." Popick advises entrepreneurs to use a healthy mix of images and text in their newsletters, since many e-mail clients will strip out the images and leave only words. She also likes newsletters that provide YouTube links to relevant customer stories or news events. If customers are talking about your company on Facebook or Twitter, use the newsletter to link to those discussions.
Deliver Great Content and the Money Will Follow
A Mozy e-mail newsletter has very little promotional copy. "We want people to read our newsletters and look forward to them," says Robinson. If it's all about the company—give us more money—it turns people off." But after the April newsletter that shared the story of the two men aboard flight 1549, the number of customers converting from Mozy's free service to its paid one jumped 107%.


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SOLD!!! But in good hands. I'm looking forward to seeing it around
Still not sure if I should do this but if it goes to a good home so be it.
Just got it out of storage yesterday and I'm using it as my daily again. Interior still smells like mothballs I'll fix that.
But anyway, 1988 Scirocco 16v, engine is bone stock, just turned 168k miles. If you ever had any doubt that a CIS-E fueled 1.8 couldn't run like a Swiss watch I'd have you come take a look see.
Front end consists of some smoked Euro E30 smileys and I think the reason why I love it so much is because it kind of reminds me of the Euro Mk3 Capri. Especially with the Kamei grille spoiler. That's a Zender grille by the way. Of course there are many other Euro goodies, bumpers, rear valence (so you don't have those darn holes left from removing the US bumpers), turns, mirrors (yes, no annoying "objects in mirror...script"), front plate holder,...
Body is straight, original paint, so there is some wear there, all glass is original! Even the windshield so that has a little clouding in the corners and some pitting. Doesn't bother me because having a VW/Audi stamped windshield to me is priceless.
Interior is clean, original, seats are nice, dash has 2 cracks. I swear I almost died when the first crack appeared a few winters ago. This is a very low optioned 16v (I wanted it that way) so it has no sunroof, manual windows, no MFA. Does have A/C and power steering.
Cost has never been an object when it came to replacing a part. It shows. You can drive this Scirocco and then go drive any other and feel the difference. To me, this one is perfect.
But I won't bore you with text, here are some recent pictures :
I've always considered this car as a resto-mod. So anything and everything is period correct. From the Momo Benetton Formula 1 racing wheel to the Centra Type 11's. Hammond window louvers are not pictured but included!
Car is sitting on H&R coilovers for amazing handling and what I consider perfect ride height.
Everything on this car is new. Engine accessories, suspension, brakes, interior. You name it!
But it must have cons you ask? Well, the passenger front fender isn't original to the car. The previous owner had it pained and the paint is flaking on the plastic 16v kit. I haven't gotten it repainted because I was going to wait and do the whole car.
There you have it, in about a nutshell.
Asking price? I'm not hurting for money and wouldn't be disappointed if it didn't sell.
So $5,995 OBO

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Anguilla Wedding Destination Guide
Anguilla, British West Indies - the island that is 'tranquility, wrapped in blue' - chosen by visionaries as the destination of choice for luxurious, five-star resorts; and by all visitors for the pervasive quality found in each level of accommodations.
Anguilla's couples seeking a special, romantic getaway find a small island, gifted with 33 of the best beaches in the Caribbean - some say the world!
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Volume 116 of the series Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology pp 49-76
Iridoviruses Infecting Terrestrial Isopods and Nematodes
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Iridoviruses of terrestrial isopods (IIV) were first described in detail in 1980 (Federici 1980; Cole and Morris 1980) although the distinct purple to blue iridescent coloration produced in infected individuals had been noticed by many individuals long before. The iridovirus isolated from the pillbug, Armadillidium vulgare was designated type 31 and that from the sowbug, Porcellio dilatatus, type 32 (Federici 1980), although it was suggested that they were in fact the same virus. Cole and Morris (1980) characterized the iridoviruses from A. vulgare and Porcellio scaber and determined that they were indeed identical in structural appearance, in biochemical properties, and serologically. This same iridovirus was subsequently discovered to infect the mermithid nematode Thaumamermis cosgrovei which is a parasite of the aforementioned isopods (Poinar et al. 1980). Although an iridovirus had been reported replicating in another crustacean, the freshwater daphnid Simocephalus expinosus (Federici and Hazard 1975), the Iridoviridae had never before been observed in the phylum Nematoda.
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Following the release of her first single Phoenix, soulful British songstress Laura Doggett is causing quite a stir. The beautiful slow-burner boasts production work from none other than Sohn (who she will join on a couple of U.K. dates in the fall). Built atop a jittery electronic drum loop, Phoenix isn't quite like anything else we've heard this year. Doggett has just unveiled much-buzzed London producer William Arcane's remix of the song, which you can stream below.
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Joe Duffy (Chair), is president and creative director of Joe Duffy Design in Minneapolis. His
work— which has received numerous awards from leading national and international design forums — includes brand and corporate identity development, literature, and packaging design for such clients
as Ralph Lauren, Porsche, Timex, Lee Jeans, Coca-Cola, and Black & Decker. He chaired the AIGA
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Crabby Bagels RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
Because I have a preschooler and new baby at home, sandwiches are a lunchtime staple. When my husband and I get tired of the peanut butter and jelly our daughter favors, we make this "grown-up" fare shared by a dear lady at church. The onion flavor from the bagels complements the crabmeat nicely. -Connie Faulkner, Moxee, Washington
- 1 can (6 ounces) crabmeat, drained, flaked and cartilage removed
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1/4 cup finely chopped celery
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 3/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 onion bagels, split
- 1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 4 lettuce leaves
- In a bowl, combine the first six ingredients. Toast bagels; spread with cream cheese. On the bottom of each bagel, place a lettuce leaf and 1/4 cup of crab mixture. Replace tops. Yield: 4 servings.
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24-year-old accused of arson
Police charged a 24-year-old man with first-degree felony arson early Friday after a fire at 400 White Street, according to jail records and Key West Fire Marshal Danny Blanco. There were no injuries.
Firefighters and police responded at 10 p.m. Thursday to Ela Padilla's home at 400 White St., Blanco said.
They quickly quelled a small pile of clothes that was on fire. The building was not damaged.
Padilla denied starting the fire, saying he came home to find the blaze, Blanco said, adding that he couldn't comment further as he was not involved with the police investigation.
Padilla was booked into the Monroe County Detention Center on Stock Island, where he remained Friday in lieu of $25,000 bail.
63 Cubans returned to island nation
The Coast Guard cutter Margaret Norvell returned 63 Cubans to their island nation Wednesday at Bahia de Cabañas.
They were stopped in five different cases between Sept. 25 and 29.
Aircrews with the U.S. Customs Border and Protection and Coast Guard Air Station Miami agencies spotted several overloaded, unseaworthy boats in the Florida Straits and directed Coast Guard cutters to stop them.
The migrants were later transferred to the cutter Margaret Norvell to be taken back to Cuba.
Once aboard a Coast Guard cutter all migrants receive food, water, shelter, and basic medical attention.
"Our main concern is the safety of life at sea," said Capt. Mark Fedor of the 7th Coast Guard District. "When migrants put their lives in the hands of smugglers, or take to the sea aboard unseaworthy vessels, they put their lives at grave risk."
Homeowners federation meets
The Island of Key Largo Federation of Homeowner Associations will meet at 7 p.m. Oct. 9 at the Key Largo library, in the Tradewinds Shopping Plaza, Mile Marker 101.4.
Guest speakers will be County Administrator Roman Gastesi and Kevin Madok, senior director of strategic planning.
Their presentation is titled "Parity of Funding for Key Largo Wastewater" and will cover taxes: how they are collected, how they're split up among districts, what they can be used for and more, including "Mayfield" tax money.
Free fresh-baked cookies and beverages offered; the public is encouraged to attend.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan men's basketball team will hold an open practice from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Friday (Oct. 31) at Crisler Arena. The event is open to the public and free of charge. The doors to Crisler Arena will open at 3:30 p.m. immediately following the conclusion of the women's basketball team practice.
The Maize and Blue will face Michigan Tech Saturday, Nov. 8, at 2 p.m., before facing the Fayetteville Patriots Friday, Nov. 14, as part of the National Basketball Developmental League's "Going Back to School" schedule. Tipoff against Fayetteville is schedule for a 7 p.m.
U-M opens the regular season against Oakland on Friday, Nov. 21, at 7 p.m.
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|Oklahoma Baptist Invite
Fri, Feb 14 - Sat, Feb 15
|Shawnee, Okla.
Game Time...The Northwestern College softball team will make its season debut this weekend at the Oklahoma Baptist University Valentine's Festival in Shawnee, Okla. All of the games will be played at the Lady Bison Softball Field. Northwestern will play a total of four games over the two-day classic, beginning with a match-up against #24 Friends (Kan.) at noon on Friday, Feb. 14. They will then play #15 Oklahoma Baptist at 4pm on Friday, followed by games against Bacone (12pm) and Bethany 2pm on Saturday, Feb. 15. Follow the live stats for the OBU game at this link: Live Stats!
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All-Time...Northwestern is 6-0 all-time against Bethany, including a 2-1 win over the 23rd-ranked Swedes last season. The Red Raiders are 2-0 all-time against Friends, last playing in 2000. They are 0-2 all-time against Oklahoma Baptist, losing 1-0 last year at this tournament. This will be the first ever match-up against Bacone.
Scouting Reports...
#23 Friends...Ranked 23rd in the NAIA softball preseason poll, Friends is coming off a 2013 season where they ran the table in the KCAC with an 18-0 record. They also won the postseason tournament and qualified for the NAIA Softball National Championship where they finished with a 43-8 overall record.
Tony Segovia returns for his 10th season as the Falcons head coach. The five-time KCAC coach of the year lost seven all-conference players off last year's squad, including the conference pitcher and player of the year. Five starters return for the Falcons.
Two sophomores, Courtney Kifer and Christina Downs, both earned first team all-conference honors in 2013 and were preseason all-KCAC selections this year. Kifer hit .391 with 38 stolen bases while Downs hit .414 with three home runs and 30 RBIs last year. Blaire Taylor is the top returning pitcher, going 4-4 with a 4.96 ERA.
#15 Oklahoma Baptist...The Bison are ranked 15th in the NAIA softball preseason poll, its highest ranking since the 2011 season. They finished tied with Rogers State for fourth in the Sooner Athletic Conference with a 11-13 record, 33-23 overall.
Pam Fink returns for 22nd season as the OBU head coach and she returns two pitchers and seven players off last year squad. Fink has 489 wins over the course of her career.
Last season, the Bison hit a school record 62 home runs and 49 of those return this season, led by first team all-conference infielder Kenna Self. The senior hit .403 with 13 home runs and 46 RBIs. Senior catcher Dara Gray hit .336 with 12 home runs and sophomore Kasey Maddox, a first team all-conference pick last season, hit .351 with seven home runs. Noelle McDowell (15-9, 3.69 ERA) and Hannah Wilbur (11-7, 3.82 ERA) are the top pitchers returning.
Bacone...The Warriors are 0-2 this season, dropping a doubleheader to MidAmerica Christian (Okla.) earlier this week, 10-9 and 8-5.
Devin Cross returns for her second season as the Warriors' head coach and returns five starters and one pitcher off a 2013 team that finished third in the Red River Athletic Conference at a 16-7-1 record, 22-24 overall.
Senior Tarah Moutray is the top hitter returning for Bacone, batting .436 with 12 home runs and 55 RBIs and earning all-conference honors. She was also the newcomer of the year. Senior Lucy Walter hit .362 with four home runs and is the also the top pitcher returning, going 10-11 with a 4.82 ERA. She earned first team all-league honors. Senior Kelli Costello, also a first team all-conference pick, hit .376 with 18 RBIs in 2013.
Bethany...The Swedes finished second in the KCAC last year with a 14-4 record and lost to regular and postseason champion Friends in the conference final. Bethany qualified for its second straight NAIA softball championship where they lost two straight and finished 31-18 overall.
Janice Esses returns for her 13th season with the Swedes and returns five starters and one pitcher off last year's squad. Esses has won over 300 games during her career and is two-time KCAC coach of the year.
Senior Kelli Traffas, a three-year starter and all-conference player, returns as the top hitter for the Swedes. Traffas hit .356 with nine home runs and 39 RBIs last season and was a preseason all-KCAC pick. Junior Camille McIver earned first team all-conference honors after hitting .389. She also was the team's second pitcher, posting a 10-5 record with a 3.07 ERA. Sophomore Ashley Montoya (.291, 6 HR) and sophomore Jordan Blakesley (.317, 4 HR) are the other top returners.
Northwestern News and Notes...The Red Raiders finished the 2013 season tied with Midland for third in the GPAC with a 13-7 record and entered the eight-team conference championship as the third seed. They defeated Nebraska Wesleyan in the first round but lost its next two games to Morningside and Midland, ending their season with a 26-22 overall record. Chris Nachtigall, who begins his third season as the Red Raiders head coach, returns seven position players, his top two pitchers and a total of 11 letterwinners off last years squad. Northwestern was picked to finish fourth in the GPAC preseason poll.
Northwestern returns its top two pitchers from the 2013 season in seniors Keely Bracelin and Katie Vande Voort. Both players are in their fourth season starting for the Red Raiders and rank among the program's top 10 in several pitching statistical categories. Bracelin earned second team all-conference honors after posting an 11-13 record and 2.75 ERA, fifth best in the league. She was fourth in the GPAC with 133 strikeouts and led the conference in batting average against (.200). Bracelin, a three-time all-conference selection, is 36-26 with a 2.63 ERA over the course of her career. She ranks 14th all-time with 14 shutouts and fifth in career strikeouts (272). VandeVoort, a two-time all-GPAC selection, led the team with a 14-9 record, posting a 3.60 ERA in 2013. She recorded 71 strikeouts and just 40 walks in 138 innings pitched. VandeVoort, the 2012 GPAC pitcher of the year, is 35-23 with a 3.29 career earned run average. Sophomore Kayla Foresman (1.0, 2.21 ERA) and freshman Morgan Means will also see time in the circle. Northwestern posted a 3.09 team ERA and gave up 3.8 runs per game in 2013.
Offensively, Northwestern averaged 5.2 runs per game and hit .284 as a team in 2013. Three seniors return to the line-up, including first team all-conference infielders Lindsey Remien and Alex Price. Remien posted a team-leading .343 batting average with six home runs and 30 RBIs. The senior has a .294 career average and is outstanding defensively at first base. Price, who also earned all-conference honors in 2011, hit .302 with 12 extrabase hits and a team-high 38 RBIs. One of the top defensive shortstops in the GPAC, Price has a career fielding percentage of .954. Jordan Biehle is the third senior returning to the line-up and has started the last two years under Coach Nachtigall. Biehle hit .275 with 21 runs and 11 RBIs last season. Juniors Jillian Kleinhesselink and Kara Nonnemacher are both two-year starters and return for their third season for NWC. Kleinhesselink, a first team all-GPAC pick last year, hit .331 with six home runs and 24 RBIs. She broke the school record and led the GPAC with 40 stolen bases last year. Nonnemacher, an all-GPAC pick in 2012, returns in the outfield and hit .274 with 26 runs and 15 RBIs in 2013. Another junior, Kourtni Robinson, a transfer from Des Moines Area Community College, will also contribute this year. Sophomores Clare Ipema, Laura Hurley and Allison Herbert all return after playing significant roles last year. Ipema starts in centerfield and hit .271 with 33 runs scored and 25 stolen bases last year. Hurley was the team's starting third baseman and hit .303 with three home runs and 35 RBIs. Herbert also started in the outfield and hit .257 with 17 runs scored last year.
Up Next...Northwestern will have two weeks off before going to play in the week long Tucson Invitational on March 3-7.
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I have about 3k rounds through my G34 and I really like it a lot. Shoots great, feels good in the hand, reliable, easy to maintain, etc. I swapped the stock sights for a set of truglo night sights. I would get Meps next time.
There are only two things i dont like about it. (1) it looks ugly. (2) it's ever so slightly more complicated to field strip than a SIG or a P99.
The trigger pull on a Glock is a little different than those common on other guns. Some people like it, some don't. I am starting to get used to the SA pull on a P99 and I think I like that better. That being said, the G34 is a lighter pull than other Glocks, which helps.
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Re: st: RE: Your opinion on income groups and inflation
Andrea Bennett <email@example.com>
Re: st: RE: Your opinion on income groups and inflation
Mon, 9 Jun 2008 08:47:20 +0200
Many thanks for your additional view on this! So, there are two things to do a) think about a plausible reason why or why not dummies should be used (vice versa for the categorical case) and b) test the assumption validity with tests such as Richard Williams has promoted.
Many thanks, this has helped me a lot in getting a feel for the relevant questions/right approach to these kind of variables!
kind regards,
On Jun 9, 2008, at 3:13 AM, Austin Nichols wrote:
I strongly disagree with Martin Weiss, SamL, and Branko milanovic who
claim that an ordered categorical explanatory variable can be included
as a sensible regressor without justification. Creating dummies *is*
justifiable; you are merely computing conditional means. Including
income (or "trust") as a single explanatory variable when income (or
"trust") is measured as an ordered categorical explanatory variable
requires a strong assumption that the effect is linear in the index of
categories. The dummy variable approach requires no such assumption.
As Richard Williams quite rightly points out, you can -test- whether
the effect is linear in the index, or whether groups of individual
dummies all have the same effect. One useful way is to create dummies
that correspond to more interpretable groups, like above the median,
more than twice the median, less than half the median, etc. so you can
see directly from the regression output where deviations from
linearity occur... graphs are also helpful for this purpose.
On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 4:14 AM, Andrea Bennett <email@example.com> wrote:
Many thanks for this revealing illustration of tests! I will
clearly look
into this...
Kind regards,
On Jun 7, 2008, at 9:58 PM, Richard Williams wrote:
At 02:42 PM 6/7/2008, email@example.com wrote:
Ch. 9 of Long & Freese's book (see especially pp. 421-422) shows
how to
On income groups (intervals), I would not use dummies because you have
information about income _levels_ which would be otherwise lost. An
interval of 300 to 400, is not the same thing as an income interval of
1200 to
3600. Since you do not have information about distribution of income
test whether treating an ordinal variable as interval loses information.
Basically, you run an unconstrained model where the ordinal variable is
broken up into dummies, and then run a constrained model where you treat the
ordinal variable as continuous. If the difference is not significant, then
treating the var as continuous is ok. I imagine you can tweak this a bit,
e.g. assigning midpoints or whatever to the categories of the variable.
For info on the book, see
Here is an example:
sysuse auto
reg price rep78
est store constrained
xi: reg price i.rep78
est store unconstrained
lrtest constrained unconstrained
The output from the last part is
. lrtest constrained unconstrained
Likelihood-ratio test LR chi2(3) =
(Assumption: constrained nested in unconstrained) Prob > chi2 =
This is kind of a crummy example because the N is so small and the
relationship so weak; but in any event the test says it is ok to treat rep78
as continuous.
You can also set it up as a Wald test, which may be handy in situations
where a LR test is inappropriate. If the X variable has k categories, then
include X and k-2 of the dummies computed from X, and then test the dummies.
tab1 rep78, gen(rep)
reg price rep78 rep3 rep4 rep5
test rep3 rep4 rep5
The last command gives
. test rep3 rep4 rep5
( 1) rep3 = 0
( 2) rep4 = 0
( 3) rep5 = 0
Prob > F = 0.8160
This sort of thing is also useful if, say, your X variable is continuous
(e.g. education) but you suspect its effects are not strictly linear (a year
of college has a different effect than a year of grade school).
Now, if the N is large, you may well find that the dummy variable approach
always comes out ahead. At that point, you may wish to consider substantive
significance (just how much do the effects differ from straight linearity?)
or consider some other criteria for assessing significance that are less
affected by sample size, e.g. a BIC test. There is a lot to be said for
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The FontFont year in 2013
In anticipation of the new year ahead we took a quick look back at the year that was.
Our 2013 went a little something like this:
- Five new staff members came onboard, reaching a combined total of 1271 years in life (and font) experience.
- 50% of us favored the humble bicycle as the preferred method of transport, and of the remaining few, 26% opted for public transport with the rest split evenly between foot and car.
- We clocked up 50000+ work air-miles, traveling across three continents, exploring 12 cities. We shared, watched, listened and learnt a thousand things or two at 12 different conferences and our fonts now support up to 170 languages.
- We created three microsites and five print specimens with altogether 10 different pantone colours in total.
- 580 tweets were typed and we hit the 26846 followers mark.
- Four new designers joined the family, seven new typeface designs enriched our library, bringing our tally to 171 designers, 399 families and 2588 fonts in total.
To all our designers and friends, thank you for your creativity, support and mutual love for type.
2013 was a great year.
Here is to an even better one for 2014.
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Download our inspiring 52-paged lookback at the highlights of the FontFont year in 2011 (PDF, 9 MB) or browse on Issuu.
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Almost two years after FontFont became the first type manufacturer to release webfonts in the .woff format, the Web FontFont Library has grown into a Library of 3500 fonts. Compatible with more than 96% of all browsers, including Mobile Safari, webfonts are here to stay. Hundreds of websites currently use the popular FF DIN, FF Dax, FF Meta, FF Tisa, as well as many other FontFonts, to set themselves apart with beautiful design.
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In 2011, we also improved the magical FontFonter service. With the help of FontFonter.com users can test-drive a large selection of Web FontFonts on any HTML site. To date, 42 sans serif and 22 serif families are available to preview in various combinations.
Subsetter.com, our online FontFont optimizer, which debuted in July, also gained a lot of popularity. Using Subsetter, FontFonts can be individually rebuilt, both in terms of file size as well as aesthetics. For instance: When you want to use oldstyle figures instead of tabular figures or do not need any language support, you can remove unnecessary characters and reduce the size of the webfont by up to 90%. When several weights are being used, small font files can dramatically lessen the burden of high traffic and speed up the load of the website.
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Our website FontFont.com, relaunched in April, was awarded, not only with the approval of our customers, but also by the jury of the iF Communication Design Awards (further information will follow soon).
Our founder, Erik Spiekermann, was honored with his home country's highest distinction in the field of design, the Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany, for his lifetime achievement.
The Museum of Modern Art in New York acquired 23 digital typefaces for its Architecture and Design Collection. Among them FF DIN, FF Meta, FF Blur and FF Beowolf.
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Our technical experts have performed splendidly once again in 2011: The entire library is now available in OpenType; the most popular FontFonts are available also in Office and, of course, in Web formats. In order to achieve a clearer structure, we split our library in three tiers, which takes into consideration diverse technical and conceptual needs and provides a better perspective to the FontFont Library.
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"He's gonna make good eatin'," Garcia says of the dead animal, which weighs about 40 pounds.
The 3,000-acre ranch, in McMullen County, has been in the family of Lloyd Stewart's wife, Susan, since the mid-1900s. Stewart and his hunting and wildlife manager, Craig Oakes, began noticing wild hogs on the land in the 1980s, and the animals have become more of a problem every year. In 2002, Stewart began selling hog-hunting leases, charging $150 to $200 for a daylong hunt and $300 for weekends. But wild hogs have become so common around the state that it's getting hard to attract hunters. "Deer hunters tell us they have a lot of hogs at home," Oakes says, "so they don't want to pay to come shoot them here." The exception is trophy boars, defined as any wild pig with tusks longer than three inches. These bring around $700 for a weekend hunt.
"Most of the hogs that are killed here are killed by hunters, people who will eat them," Stewart says. He'll fly over the ranch to try to count the hogs, but unlike some landowners who are overrun, he has yet to shoot them from the air. "We're not that mad at 'em yet," Oakes chuckles. "I hate to kill something and not use it."
Many hunters prefer working with dogs. Two types of dogs are used in the hunt. Bay dogs—usually curs such as the Rhodesian Ridgeback, black-mouth cur or Catahoula or scent hounds such as the foxhound or Plott Hound—sniff out and pursue the animals. A hog will attempt to flee, but if cornered or wounded will likely attack, battering the bay dogs with its snout or goring them with its tusks. (Some hunters outfit their dogs in Kevlar vests.) But if the dog gets right up in the hog's face while barking sharply, it can hold the hog "at bay." Once the bay dogs spring into action, catch dogs—typically bulldogs or pit bulls—are released. Catch dogs grab the bayed pig, usually at the base of the ear, and wrestle it to the ground, holding it until the hunter arrives to finish it off.
Dogs show off their wild-hog skills at bayings, also known as bay trials, which are held most weekends in rural towns across Texas. A wild hog is released in a large pen and one or two dogs attempt to bay it, while spectators cheer. Trophies are awarded in numerous categories; gambling takes the form of paying to "sponsor" a particular dog and then splitting the pot with cosponsors if it wins. Occasionally bayings serve as fund-raisers for community members in need.
Ervin Callaway holds a baying on the third weekend of every month. His pen is down a rutted dirt road off U.S. Route 59 between the east Texas towns of Lufkin and Nacogdoches, and he's been doing this for 12 years. His son Mike is one of the judges.
"Here's how it works," Mike says as a redheaded preteenager preps a red dog. "The dog has two minutes in the pen with a hog and starts with a perfect score of 10. We count off any distractions, a tenth of a point for each. If a dog controls the hog completely with his herding instincts, and stares him down, it's a perfect bay. If a dog catches a pig, it's disqualified—we don't want any of our dogs or hogs tore up."
"Hog out," someone shouts, and a black and white hog (its tusks removed) emerges from a chute as two barking dogs are released to charge it. When it tries to move away, a young man uses a plywood shield to funnel it toward the dogs. They stop less than a foot away from the hog and make eye contact, barking until the animal shoots between them toward the other side of the pen. As the dogs close back in, the hog swerves hard into a fence, then bounces off. The smaller dog grabs its tail but is spun around until it lets go. The pig runs into a wallow and sits there. The yellow dog bays and barks, but from maybe three feet away, too far to be effective, and then it loses concentration and backs off. The pig exits through the chute. Neither dog scores well.


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The district has six (6) elementary schools, two (2) middle schools, a junior high school, a high school and an early education program. Additionally, district staff are employed at an administrative office building and a maintenance, transportation and food services building. The addresses and phone numbers for each location are provided below.
Jerome F. Melvin Administrative Office Building 5355 West Taft RoadNorth Syracuse, NY 13212-2796Main Phone: 315/218-2100Fax: 315/218-2185
Maintenance-Transportation-Food Service Complex5520 East Taft RoadNorth Syracuse, NY 13212-2373Fax for Maintenance and Operations and Food Service Offices: 315/218-2183Fax for Transportation Office: 315/218-2184
Allen Road Elementary School (Grades K-4)803 Allen RoadNorth Syracuse, NY 13212-1900Main Phone: 315/218-2300
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Roxboro Road Elementary School (Grades K-4)200 Bernard Street Mattydale, NY 13211-1496Main Phone: 315/218-2700
Smith Road Elementary School (Grades K-4)5959 Smith RoadNorth Syracuse, NY 13212-2499Main Phone: 315/218-2800
Gillette Road Middle School (Grades 5-7)6150 South Bay RoadCicero, NY 13039-9310Main Phone: 315/218-3000
Roxboro Road Middle School (Grades 5-7)300 Bernard StreetMattydale, NY 13211-1495Main Phone: 315/218-3300
North Syracuse Junior High School (Grades 8-9)5353 West Taft RoadNorth Syracuse, NY 13212-2799Main Phone: 315/218-3600
Cicero-North Syracuse High School (Grades 10-12)6002 Route 31Cicero, NY 13039-8891Main Phone: 315/218-4100
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Return of the omnishambles – this time over defence cuts
The government's competence on Defence was already questionable (considering they don't know basic details about countries we're sending troops to), but today we're back in full omnishambles territory.
This morning the Telegraph said that:
The Prime Minister has moved to reassure Armed Forces chiefs by pledging that the Treasury will increase defence spending above inflation from 2015, even as it cuts other Whitehall departments' budgets.
But the Defence Secretary later told Sky News:
"I think what the Prime Minister was referring to was the pledge that was made – which Treasury ministers have repeated – that the equipment plan, the part of the defence budget which funds equipment, will rise by 1 per cent a year in real-terms after 2015. I don't expect to be exempt."
The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing – and the government can't blame the Lib Dems for this one, as there are no Lib Dem ministers in the Defence team. Labour's Shadow Defence Minister Kevan Jones said this morning:
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Minimum compression for supercharger
whats the minimum requirements for a supercharge to work properly?
like the compression the piston types and can types. Im just kinda of curious.
Well I dont know the minimum, but I do know that you can run gasoline on like 6:1, hell it should light just fine if it wasnt even compressed.
Can't run cast pistons, your just asking for trouble there. Either hypereutetic(however spelt) or forged. It is also better to run a cam with more duration on a supercharged motor so the blower is able to push air/fuel into the cylinder sooner. Typical compression is around 7.5-8.5:1 on blown motors.
Other than that simple answer, what exactly do you want to know?
I would guess stock or slightly above would be fine for a blower. You don't want high compression with a blown or bottle fed engine without some major bottom end mods, or you will literally have a blown engine with a very ugly hole in the block. Stock bottom ends aren't up to the task of the combined pressure of high compression and bottle or blower.
Are you talking a street car? Pump gas? Alcohol? Nitro? This all makes a difference.
I will assume a pump gas engine, If that is the case it will also depend on engine size and blower size.
I would not run lower than 7.5:1 and depending on the type of blower probably no more than 9:1.
If you run 7.5:1 you will have a little less botom end, than say 8.5:1 but, you will be able to run more boost and "should" be able to make more power up top. It is a balancing act and you have to decide what you are looking for.
I am running 8.47:1 in my 388ci SBC with an 8-71 on it. I have seen 10lbs of boost so far and not problems at all. It has an incredable amount of torque and bottom end.
You can run very low compression with a forced induction engine, but it is really not recommended for street use. Anything below 8:1 and you get into hard starting and the engine being a real dog off boost. For full race engines the 6:1 would be a viable option since it will allow more boost without detonation and consequently more power.
Another thing to consider is cam selection when talking about CR. If you try to run a larger cam with forced induction the low end power will suffer even more. My turbo engine is 8.5:1 static compression ratio, but the dynamic is 6.6:1. The engine starts and runs good as is, but I think if compression was much lower it would have problems starting. It was also very hard to get the idle and cranking fuel table set properly. With a carb, it would probably be worse about starting. Just something to keep in mind.....
I would have to agree with turbo-s10. I have never heard of running more duration is better on a blower, infact this is a perfect example of bigger is not always better. A typical street blower cam usually is around 230 to 250 dur @ .050 and somewhere around 112-114 center lobe . I have tried a few larger duration cams with blowers and they didnt work well for street use.
I was thinking more along the lines of 280s 290s adv. dur. going up from the 250s or 260s you see in stock factory cams.
id stick with between 8.5:1 and 9:1 especially with a non intercooled roots blower.
(with a setup like turbo s10 on the other hand, you could get away with 7:1 with high flowing heads and an intercooler to really take advantage of that enormous turbocharger.. how does 28 pounds of boost strike you chris?)
Yep, If the S-10 chassis proves itself in the 9 second range and for some stupid reason I want an 8 second street truck I might try to stretch the legs of the big snail one day. With good heads and a cooler it should make 30psi for around 1000HP or more.......problem is that it would probably split my oem block in half. I think I can get to the 9's within a year on the parts I have(plus cooler and a possible head upgrade). Below is a link of a syclone that runs 27psi on a Vortec V6 for 10 second quarter mile times on street rubber after 200 mile drives to the track. One interesting note is that he is doing it with composite gaskets and no orings.......a real testament to efi tuning. One of his buddys is a developer on the VEMS(Versatile Engine Managment Systems) Group that designed the board I am running. BTW, VEMS is the new name of what used to be called Megasquirt AVR group. The group is now running the v3 genboard that is the most powerful diy-efi board designed to date and is alot nicer than many of the aftermarket units.
DUDE no way, ive been messing arround the megasquirt AVR page and the guys seem to work 15 mutes drive away from me, how do i get in contact with some of them, i would really like to talk to someone in person about the VEMS... i still need an efi setup for my stack injection.. arent they from denmark??? by the look of it they are from DTU about 6 miles from me...
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Some of them are in Denmark and some elsewhere. They do all the development over the web as far as I know. I will email you the instructions for getting on the developers chat line. I am on there alot lately trying to learn. Right now, we are trying to get one of the hotrod $2004 challenge cars up and running for the race this weekend. He has to load it to the trailer tonight and it has not cranked yet......everyone is busy.
BTW, if you dont get the email, send me an email and I will reply with instructions......dont want to flood the channel by posting it here.
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I had an issue recently with my SSAS 2008 performance counters - they were all showing up as 0. I could see them listed in Performance Monitor, but none of them worked. The counters for my SSAS 2005 instance worked fine, but the 2008 ones did not.
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Jaskin will likely start his pro career with Peoria next season but I'd say he's got a snowball's chance in hell of playing the whole season with the Blues. Maybe a few games as a call-up but even then, there would likely have to be a lot of injuries to key people and he would have to be VERY impressive to get the call over some others.
He's having a good season like I thought he would (big difference between being a 17-18 yr old in a pro men's league and a 19 yr old in a league primarily of 16-19 yr olds) but let's not overdo it with the Jaskin hype just yet.
I agree as many people have put up crazy numbers in junior, yet it didn't translate to the pro game. Remember Kyle Reeves? 89 goals in the WHL? Nope? Ha ha. Big jump from College, Europe, and Juniors to the pro minor level and big jump from pro minors to NHL.
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The TUC is today (Monday) going to the American Embassy to raise concerns about the way that several American states have introduced anti-union laws as a reaction to the global economic crisis.
At a meeting with Ambassador Louis B Susman at the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber will hand over a letter signed by UK union general secretaries, calling on him to raise the issue with Barack Obama, the Governors of Wisconsin and Ohio, and any other states planning to curb the ability of unions to represent their members.
In recent months Wisconsin, and more recently Ohio, have passed laws removing collective bargaining rights from public sector unions, essentially allowing the state authorities to impose pay settlements and changes to pensions and other terms and conditions, with the unions powerless to do anything about it.
The TUC letter acknowledges the pressure that public spending has come under around the world, but says that public sector workers did nothing to cause the global economic slowdown and need their wages to keep pace with rising living costs, not kept down to keep the state wage bill low.
TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: 'The right of unions to bargain collectively with employers to negotiate wages and other benefits on behalf of their members is a fundamental one, and unions in America have quite understandably been protesting loudly about the changes being imposed in Wisconsin.
'Cleaners, teachers, librarians and other public sector workers across America did nothing to cause the global economic crisis, and the actions of a number of states to cut unions out of wage negotiations and impose pay settlements is entirely unjustified.
'At a time when living costs are soaring, workers need their wages to keep pace with inflation, not just to maintain a decent standard of living for their families but also to help the economies of the world recover from the global recession.'
The text of the letter reads:
Dear Ambassador
This letter records the solidarity of British workers and their unions with our sisters and brothers in Wisconsin and many other US states, who are fighting to preserve their right to collective bargaining.
The right to bargain collectively with your employer is a fundamental human right, recognised by the International Labour Organisation and the United Nations. We welcome the support shown by Amnesty International (including the US and UK branches) for this principle, which is under sustained political attack in Wisconsin and beyond.
The TUC and British trade unions would strongly urge you to convey our concerns about what is happening in the USA to the President, and to the Governor of Wisconsin and any other Governor who is attempting to take away workers' rights to bargain collectively.
We understand that public budgets are under pressure in the USA - as they are in the UK - as a result of the global economic crisis. But attacking collective bargaining is exactly the wrong thing to do in response.
The workers who depend most on collective bargaining for decent living standards did not cause the crisis, and should not have to pay for it.
But the declining wages and the increasing inequality which has resulted from the steady erosion of collective bargaining, especially in the USA but across the developed world, certainly did play a part in causing the global economic crisis.
To escape from that crisis, working people, their families and their communities, will need better living standards, not worse, and more equal societies, not less.
Collective bargaining is far and away the best way to improve workers' living standards, so as well as being a fundamental human right, it is vital to the economic wellbeing of countries like the USA and the UK.
I hope you will share our commitment to defending the right to bargain collectively. As Vice President Joe Biden told the AFLCIO on 17 March, 'We absolutely, positively need collective bargaining.'
Yours sincerely,
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I think I'm also going to start a twitter, as if enough people read this thing for that announcement to be necessary.
Anyway, Shimer's spring break is coming up and my apartment is throwing a luau to kick it off.
Sweet? You bet.
Nothing says 35 degree spring break like Hawaiian shirts and bamboo floors. The IS2 midterm is due first though--it's one of the only classes here that has a midterm and final, but, given the nature of the course it seems somewhat necessary to make sure everybody is on board through a method more formal than simply asking "do you understand?"
It's only four questions, though. Four intense questions, and one extra credit. I have about half done. It's good stuff. To give an example of the kind of work, question one is, (from memory), as follows:
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Steamboat Springs There is no need to waste a good thing. That's why We're Not Clowns and friends are resurrecting the play "A Juggler's Dream," which will run today, Saturday and next weekend.
The original Christmas play was written for Strings in the Mountains' Moguls For Mozart event last year. We're Not Clowns juggler Scott Parker, who wrote most of the script, explained the group worked so hard on the production it didn't seem logical to put the show on once last year and forget about it.
So they are doing it again, this time at the 7th Street Playhouse. If people enjoy it, "A Juggler's Dream" could become a bit of a local tradition.
"We might make this a yearly holiday event," Parker said.
The script was slightly modified from its original production, with the addition of some multimedia elements. But for the most part, it's the same plot.
The story is about a young girl, played by Gina Schopp, who sees a We're Not Clowns show and wants to get juggling pins for Christmas. Her mom, Toulon O'Connor, is against it, fearing that pursuing such a trade would lead her daughter into the dark arts.
The girl then has a dream where she is visited by each of the We're Not Clowns jugglers Parker, Andy Pratt and Kelly Anzalone.
"We wanted to incorporate many different Christmas stories," Parker said of the plot.
For legal reasons, they didn't want to follow stories such as "A Christmas Carol" and "The Nutcracker" too closely. In fact, as an interactive element between the performers and the audience, people are encouraged to yell out when copyright laws could be infringed.
"That's just a good way to incorporate the audience," Parker said.
It's part of the humor that surrounds the entire production, which almost can go without saying when you get this group on stage together. These are some of the same people involved with "Cabaret" and Ski Town Productions shows.
But parents shouldn't worry. The show is good, clean fun.
"It's geared for kids," Pratt said. "But there are plenty of jokes for adults."
Along with following a few classic Christmas stories, there is some great juggling, including a glow-in-the-dark routine.
"A Jugglers Dream" runs today, Saturday and next Friday and Saturday at the 7th Street Playhouse. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m. for the Friday and Saturday night shows. There will be Saturday matinee shows, in which doors open at 3:30 p.m.


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a list of grievances of this club (no offence) but these are some things that i think could be better:
1) i don't think that this statement: "4-if you join the club and stop searching for shinies and dont have one at least what the F*k are you doin in the club?" is a little harsh. some people may lose interest, and that's their loss, you don't have to cuss at them.
2) all of the member levels are sorta... mleh... i don't know. they don't work for me. it's fine having a few people in power, but after that i think that everybody should be on an equal level.
3) there seems to be too much stress on maintaining order and reporting infractions (from my experience, club members are all respectful to eachother and if members are disrespectful, they are normally told so politely by anybody who feels like something wrong's happened)
4) if the member levels do continue to exist, the "member on testing" seems wrong to me because it may discourage people from joining.
5) your sig format is too big. many of us are close to the edge of the character limit and i suggest having a sig format similar to this:
member of the ~>{*Shiny Hunters Club}<~
(the sprite should be a shiney that the member either owns, or if they don't own one, one that they're hunting for. and no repeats, there are 150 that we're hunting for so it really shouldn't be a problem)
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A colleague has asked me the following question:
Suppose a surgeon performs a number of surgical procedures using a new
technique. He/she records the operating time for each operation. How
would the data be analysed so as to determine the number of procedures
performed before the operating time stabilises?
I haven't come across a problem quite like this before, but it seems to
me that it's a question that might arise, for example, when evaluating
the implementation of new industrial or manufacturing processes.
I have an idea about how I would approach this analysis, but first I'd
like to have a look at what others may have done.
Searching the literature is difficult though if you don't know what the
problem is called.
Does anyone recognise this problem or something analogous to it and can
you give me a name I can search on or point me to a few relevant papers.
I can back-track though the literature from there.
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Christmas is that hamlet small,
That offered haven to them all
That Judean night,
There came a light
To mend man's plight.
Christmas is that manger worn
Wherein the Son of God lay born
For you and me
So patiently
'Mid poverty.
Christmas is that shining star
That summoned magi from afar
Adore this King
Gifts to Him bring
While angels sing.
Christmas is that warming glow
That in man's heart begins to grow
Till we're full of
That gift of Love
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"Falling is the best part." ~ FDR Foster, "This Means War"
You may either fall for this light-hearted romantic comedy or think that it falls short of expectations.
Directed by McG, the movie is a love triangle and an undercover spy story that revolves around 2 CIA partners and life-long best friends FDR Foster (Chris Pine) and Tuck Henson (Tom Hardy), who have set their eyes on Lauren Scott (Reese Witherspoon), and they enter a war of love, trying to tug at her heartstrings. Ambitious career woman Lauren, finds herself torn between the suave American, blue-eyed FDR and the sweet, British gentleman Tuck, and to decide on the right man, she dates the gentlemen simultaneously. From having fun at a paintball shooting arena with Tuck, to an extravagant gift painting of Lauren's favorite artist from FDR, your funny bone will be tickled and the hearts of girls will melt as the agents display their caring and also tough side while they take out the bad guys. However, power in authorities and privacy are breached as the agents make use of CIA resources to spy on each others' advances towards Lauren.
Rated PG-13, this movie may seem to be a simple action and romantic comedy but the underlying values portrayed made me sit up straight in my chair.
Supposedly as best buddies, FDR and Tuck made a gentlemen's agreement that,
1. They will definitely not let this rivalry for Lauren's heart; get in the way of their friendship.
2. No physical contact with Lauren until she has made up her mind.
3. No spying on each other and to have trust in their friendship.
But this agreement was forgone when one could not bear the intense curiosity while the other is out with Lauren, and both stepped in by planting bugs, and deploying surveillance teams, claiming that the situation called for a red alert. Does this mean that all that "I've got your back covered" and "I'll take a bullet for you" talk gets thrown out of the window the moment a woman comes into the picture? It's equivalent to saying that you can't even trust your best friend. Well, at least where a woman is concerned… And where does this leave us? In a constant state of wariness and fear.
On the other hand, there's also the breach of privacy and the misuse of authority. With power comes responsibility. These two men, unlike when out on a CIA assigned mission, acted like insecure teenagers due to the lack of trust in each other. To satisfy their curiosity, they crossed boundaries by invading Lauren's privacy without her knowledge. Isn't it a wonder that they weren't kicked out of CIA after violation of protocol?
Sure, Lauren had to go on dates with the guys to know them better and to help in her decision-making. However, when her close friend, Trish (Chelsea Handler), suggested that Lauren sleeps with them and the best in bed should be her ultimate choice, it got me worrying about the impact it may have on teens. Comparing the open culture in America to Singapore's conservative but fast-learning society, teens may start to think and eventually consider that having sex is part of dating and it can help to decide whether the person is right for you. With voyeuristic undertones injected for humor, I also cringe at the thought that teens may actually start creating a mental list of what-to-do and what-to-say on a date, another worrisome thought when I think about my future dating prospects…
To top it all, as Lauren frets over which guy to pick, FDR and Tuck can be seen punching each other's faces in. And after releasing their anger in this physical combat, slight tension is released and they worked together to save Lauren from the evil clutches of the nemesis. The question I want to raise is whether it is necessary to beat the life out of each other to release tension? Isn't it a subtle implication that violence can be a solution? Action sure seems to speak louder than words since the agents could only have a decent conversation after the fight.
Although it was neither a nail-biting nor heart-gripping movie that will have you on the edge of your chair, nonetheless, "This Means War" makes as good frothy entertainment for those on a date and can even help one get over the stress and worries of a day if, you take everything on the surface.


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People who suffer from sleep disorders are being told the key to a good night's rest is just a mouse click away.
A world first study has been launched in Sydney giving patients access to traditional treatment methods online to help a staggering 7 million Australians affected.
Nothing is better than having a good kip and nothing is worse than not being able to, as insomnia sufferer Kylie Henman explains.
"Hours of not being able to fall asleep, tossing and turning in your bed, getting frustrated."
Kylie Henman's insomnia dominated her life.
"I couldn't hold down a job, I'd get irritable for almost no reason, I was paranoid in the end," Henman said.
Kylie sought treatment but a new study run by the Black Dog Institute is bringing help over the internet.
In a world first, Australian volunteers are being asked to test an online app that could be the cure.
Professor Helen Christensen from The Black Dog Institute says the aim of the trial is to see whether depression risk can be reduced in the community by tackling insomnia.
Now you can log on and seek treatment for insomnia in the comfort of your own lounge room.
Participants enter their sleep patterns in an online diary. The app then calculates when they should go to bed, get up, how to re-arrange their bedroom, and even what not to eat and drink.
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The Inner Voice
As I am getting older, what I realize is how extraordinary our everyday life is.
It is so full of experiences that I choose and don't choose.
I know that life is finite for a fact and so I am able to put into it what makes me happy as much as is possible knowing that it is all impermanent.
What makes us happy? Is it determined by our society, ourselves, our important people, our enemies?
Life is too short to believe that everything is written in stone and that changes are no good.
We have to be flexible to live a full life and be open to ourselves as much as the outside world.
We may have limited choices at times in our life, but we can choose how we view the experiences.
We can think that our lives are horrific in bad times and become paralyzed in fear or we can choose to think that this is terrible, but it will be over someday.
The actual structure to life lets us know that there are forces that control how life and death works.
We all are babies first and then eventually grow old.
The weather and the seasons are out of our control, and I can see new little buds getting ready to pop up really soon. The fact that there is order in how the animals give birth and the trees grow from seeds shows us that there is a plan for us to participate in.
We can truly feel amazed when we realize that air is provided and food and clothes are available to sustain us.
With our awareness we can really make wise choices that will bring us closer to our desired notions of what life should be like, and also we can have the comfort that we are part of a big picture of our world.


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- Kurama, the Nine-Tails.
- Kurama!!, volume 60 of the manga.
- Kurama!!, chapter 570 of the manga.
- Kurama, episode 328 of the anime.
- Any of the members of the Kurama clan or its kekkei genkai.


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so everyone in my town just HATES wrx's. its pretty much a group of tegs (gsr's and a couple of type r's) and 1.8t's.
they were talking MAJOR sh1t about how their cars run 12's and 13's.
so they all challenged me to a race. Each one of them lined up, and each one of them lost. Went from a dig with the 1.8t, and two gsr's (intake headers exhaust and other unmentioned mods) got 4 cars off the launch and they never pulled back. the two gsr's tho were spinning tires from the launch and missed the shift a few times. One gsr with just an exhaust raced from 3 honks, and the wrx took him pretty easily by a few cars from 20 - 90. the other gsr with major mods who was spinning like crazy from a dig went from a 15mhp roll. wrx was out of boost and he was right in his vtec range so he jumped 2 cars. wrx was pulling him back by 3rd but he shut down. if we had raced from any other speed it wouldn't have been the same result.
the reason for all of this owneage was a new accessport... its been doing its job and boost has been at 14.7 psi in 3rd, 14.2 in second and 13.2 in first. Car feels all around great and was even able to beat a type r from a roll hands down. now just to wait for the exhaust components again...


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Tony-Nominee Roscoe Lee Browne Dies at 81
Roscoe�Lee�Browne�- who�received a�Tony�nomination for his work in August Wilson's Two�Trains Running�-�passed�away�on�April 11 in Los Angeles at the age of 81, according to the Associated Press.
Browne, who was born on May 2nd, 1925 in Woodbury, NJ, made his Broadway debut in 1960's The Cool World.� He had also been featured in the inaugural season of the New York Shakespeare Festival, in which he performed in Julius Caesar.� He also appeared on Broadway in General Seeger, Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright, The Ballad of the Sad Cafe, Danton's Death, A Hand is on the Gate, and the Gershwin-scored 1983 musical My One and Only, in which he played Rt. Rev. J.D. Montgomery.� He received a Tony nomination for his work as Holloway in 1992's Two Trains Running.�
Before becoming an actor, he had taught literature and French at Lincoln University, and was an award-winning track star.� As an actor, he was noted for his "rich voice and dignified bearing."
Film and TV work included "Will and Grace," "Law and Order," "The Shield," Babe: Pig in the City�and�Babe,�Judas Kiss, The Mambo Kings, "Falcon Crest," "The Cosby Show"�(for which�he won an Emmy�Award),�"Soap," "All in the Family," and many more.


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Man Ordered to Remove Cross or Lose Job
A British electrician who works at a public housing complex could lose his job for displaying a small cross inside his company van.
"I expect to be sacked but I have no fear of man, just a fear of God," said Colin Atkinson, a 64-year-old electrician in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. "I am on trial for my faith."
His trouble started when his bosses at the Wakefield and District Housing complex received an anonymous complaint about the cross. The religious symbol is eight inches tall and is displayed inside Atkinson's company van.
"It's a scandal that we live in a Christian nation and yet Christians are not allowed to practice their religion," he told The Daily Mail.
Atkinson said he received a letter from his boss explaining that employees were required to remain "neutral" on matters of religion.
However, Muslim and Hindu workers are allowed to display symbols of their faith – including wearing headscarves and turbans.
"It's one rule for Christians and another rule for followers of any other religion," former Home Office minister Ann Widdecombe told The Daily Mail.
Atkinson refused an order to remove the cross and lost an appeal. Now, Atkinson is accused of failing to comply with company rules and refusing a reasonable management request. He pointed out that his boss is allowed to display a poster of communist revolutionary leader Che Guevara in his office.
Gillian Pickersgill, the WDH executive director said the issue is not about religion.
"It's simply about employees not displaying personal items in company vehicles, " she said.
Atkinson's stand has earned praise from the Archbishop of Canterbury.
"If Muslims and Sikhs can display symbols of their faiths, such as wearing headscarves and turbans, then surely Christians should be allowed to display a cross," Lord Carey said. "I salute Mr. Atkinson for his bravery and all Christians who quietly stand up for their faith. It's outrageous that anyone cannot display a small palm cross. This is political correctness gone mad once more."


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The next surge in growth may be delayed if tough economic times continue, but over time the rise in births, producing a generation slightly larger than the boomers, will add to the work force, boost consumer spending and generate new entrepreneurial businesses. And even with 100 million more people, the United States will be only one-sixth as crowded as Germany is today.
Immigration will continue to be a major force in U.S. life. The United Nations estimates that two million people a year will move from poorer to developed nations over the next 40 years, and more than half of those will come to the United States, the world's preferred destination for educated, skilled migrants. In 2000, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, an association of 30 democratic, free-market countries, the United States was home to 12.5 million skilled immigrants, equaling the combined total for Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and Japan.
If recent trends continue, immigrants will play a leading role in our future economy. Between 1990 and 2005, immigrants started one out of four venture-backed public companies. Large American firms are also increasingly led by people with roots in foreign countries, including 15 of the Fortune 100 CEOs in 2007.
For all these reasons, the United States of 2050 will look different from that of today: whites will no longer be in the majority. The U.S. minority population, currently 30 percent, is expected to exceed 50 percent before 2050. No other advanced, populous country will see such diversity.
In fact, most of America's net population growth will be among its minorities, as well as in a growing mixed-race population. Latino and Asian populations are expected to nearly triple, and the children of immigrants will become more prominent. Today in the United States, 25 percent of children under age 5 are Hispanic; by 2050, that percentage will be almost 40 percent.
Growth places the United States in a radically different position from that of Russia, Japan and Europe. Russia's low birth and high mortality rates suggest its overall population will drop by 30 percent by 2050, to less than a third of the United States'. No wonder Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has spoken of "the serious threat of turning into a decaying nation." While China's population will continue to grow for a while, it may begin to experience decline as early as 2035, first in work force and then in actual population, mostly because of the government's one-child mandate, instituted in 1979 and still in effect. By 2050, 31 percent of China's population will be older than 60. More than 41 percent of Japanese will be that old.
Political prognosticators say China and India pose the greatest challenges to American predominance. But China, like Russia, lacks the basic environmental protections, reliable legal structures, favorable demographics and social resilience of the United States. India, for its part, still has an overwhelmingly impoverished population and suffers from ethnic, religious and regional divisions. The vast majority of the Indian population remains semiliterate and lives in poor rural villages. The United States still produces far more engineers per capita than India or China.
Suburbia will continue to be a mainstay of American life. Despite criticisms that suburbs are culturally barren and energy-inefficient, most U.S. metropolitan population growth has taken place in suburbia, confounding oft-repeated predictions of its decline.


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- The patient initially did not respond well to IVIG and Solu-Medrol, but did transiently increase his platelet count after platelet transfusion on day 11 (see next graph).
- Imuran added on day 19 caused a significant increase in his count, allowing him to be discharged from the hospital.
- He relapsed on day 31, received Vincristine, and had an excellent response.