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At a conference of CIOs that I attended this morning in Lisbon, all of our group were reflective and emotionally affected by the news of Jobs' death – many heartfelt words were spoken from the stage, as they have been on stages, social networks, phone calls, and conversations all over the world today. And as we all mourned, many of us were literally holding Steve in our hands as we communicated via iPads, iPhones, Keynote, and Macs.
Steve leaves a vast and extraordinary legacy and I will let the more eloquent pay tribute. But I will make a prediction and I will express a hope.
I believe that we will look back at the 2002-2011 period as a golden age of technology – driven by Jobs at his most visionary. All of the promise of digital was finally being delivered in a way that was truly powerful, simple, and matched to human beings. I predict that we won't see such an outpouring again for decades.
But I hope that I am wrong. My hope is that Steve inspires all of us in the technology business to stop creating confusing, poorly-designed, slow, complex, ugly, maddening products that weigh down rather than lift up the work and souls of people. My hope is that Apple's next ten years are more insanely great than its last and that its competitors are inspired to keep or exceed the pace. My hope is that Steve's lessons will bring about a better world.
To the Apple and Jobs families, Forrester sends its best thoughts.
Steve Jobs
Comment from Michael Doyle on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 12:23
Nicely done and captures the spirit of how to think about Steve's legacy going forward.
analog and digital
Comment from muki regunathan (not verified) on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 12:38
Hi George
Insanly simple thoughts. Well said. There are many products around the world which are designed by ego rather than by heart. Steve designed everything with a combination of simplicity and great user experience and that's why we love Apple products.
Companies must learn to simplify things and this is a best way to connect the humans who are analog with digital emotions.
Steve Jobs
Comment from Marcelo Costa on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 12:53
Well said. I'm sure Steve Jobs has inspired a new generation of visionaries.
I also think Steve Job's legacy will be his ability to dream and to encourage others to be creative.
Steve Jobs Legacy
Comment from Max Pucher on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 03:04
George, great reflection on Steve Jobs, a man who I have always admired. There is a lot to be learned from his legacy.
It is mostly a lesson in visionary leadership beyond the drag of bean counters and market analysts. Go to YouTube and watch Steve Ballmer publicly ridicule price and function of the iPhone and iPad and you'll see the huge difference. One is a manager, the other a leader. Also Steve Jobs' tantrums and outbursts are equally legendary, for me in a very positive sense. His life was also shaped by his illness and he pushed towards his visions not only despite but quite likely 'because'. From my own experience I can report that seeing death in the eye is a fantastic simplifier. So many things become irrelevant that others are bogged down with.
But simplicity is not achieved by keeping things simple or by reducing them to cost or ROI considerations. The complexity of simplicity is sometimes staggering as I tried to explain in one of my recent blog posts. Simplicity is only achieved by a focus on human aspects. Desirability is not about numbers, features and marketshare and that should be an important lesson to Forrester's market analytics. Adoption is about human interaction. Steve understood the social network aspects of his user community much better than Mark Zuckerberg. Steve was a prophet of technical deliverance and a saviour by excellence.
Let me add that I don't think that the golden days of innovation are over. We are mostly faced with a lot of scepticism and cynicsm towards political and financial institutions and yes, also towards technology. While Apple is a large vendor, Steve's innovations where mostly improvements on other people's ideas and he excelled in bringing them to life hoilistically. It is not the iPhone as such but the iPhone/iTunes/Appstore developer to consumer social network that is the grand innovation. Apple has used and acquired many ideas from others and gave them a platform. He gave a 100.000 mobile developers a platform too.
In corporate IT these steps towards the future are yet to be taken. I find however the same scepticism and cynicism in CIO's and market analysts of corporate IT that we can hear in Steve Ballmer's assessment of the iPhone or iPad. Maybe that ought to be a lesson as well.
Thanks George, Max J. Pucher
Chief Architect ISIS Papyrus Software
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Comment from Brian Hayashi on Sat, 10/08/2011 - 13:00
When asked about Steve Jobs' legacy, many will point towards Jobs' demand for simplicity and accountability. I disagree. I think Jobs will be remembered for his uncanny ability to turn defeat into victory, on his terms, without regard for irrelevant opinions or the passing of time.
Back in the early 80s, the conventional wisdom was that Steve Jobs was just a hack who got lucky, and the Apple II was just a hobbyist computer that would inevitably give way to Apple's Lisa Computer project, sure to be The Next Big Thing. To make way for smarter and more talented people who were coming in from places like XEROX PARC, Steve Jobs was booted from the Lisa launch team in 1982. Instead of settling for the role of company spokesperson, as some called for, Jobs agitated to take control of a less-popular project from Jef Raskin and ended up becoming the driving force behind turning that skunkworks effort into the Macintosh.
Later, Jobs was excoriated for not licensing the original Macintosh OS to clones. People pointed to Microsoft and said that Jobs lost market share and by extension, the PC market opportunity, by failing to license the OS to emerging companies like Compaq and Dell when such an opportunity was possible. When he was booted from Apple, he went on to form NeXT. Years later, when Jobs retook the helm of Apple, the NeXT kernel ultimately replaced Apple's engineering efforts during his absence.
The vast majority of the Internet community has derided any kind of pay wall for any kind of content. Jobs disagreed. He spent literally years negotiating with Denver-based MPEG-LA for the IP that would enable iTunes. Stockholders complained that it was a waste of time and money, and the little press that followed Jobs' dealings were quick to connect the proposed device to the failure of the Newton scant years before. Even today, people cling to the notion that paywalls will never work, conveniently ignoring what Jobs has done.
Jobs could have launched the iPad almost two years before it actually launched. Rather than rush the product to market, as other tablet clones have done, Jobs took control of the supply chain, creating sourcing agreements and taking control of dozens of points in the manufacturing process that effectively closed the door on competitors. This was an extension of the price/performance industrial process that enabled near-monopolistic returns on first the iPod, then the iPhone.
The amazing thing about the iPad? The Jobs project that broke the proverbial camel's back in 1985, the irresponsible idea that got Jobs fired, was for an obviously outlandish device that would "...put all the computer's insides behind the screen," a device dubbed the "FlatMac". Or, the iPad, twenty years earlier.
So when it comes to Jobs' legacy, I'll always think of the slogan coined by TBWA\Chiat\Day: "Think different."
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Comment from John Richard Bell (not verified) on Sun, 10/09/2011 - 10:33
I like the fact that you concluded your tribute with a view to the future. In our reflective sadness, few of us considered what Steve Jobs might have accomplished in the next twenty years. I am convinced that he will inspire many others to lead the way.
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We are really shocked at the news of Steve Jobs. He was the pioneer of the modern world which is standing on the Information Technology. The world has lost a very valuable person. We will never forget him.
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well correct me if im wrong...but strut is the full assembly on the front end. but the dampers in the front are still called SHOCKS.
The E46 has Macpherson strut assemblies up front and separate shocks and coil springs in the rear. While the Macpherson assembly can technically be described as an "assembly that houses a shock absorber inside a strut housing with a coil spring seated on it", that's what a Macpherson "strut" is. In automotive applications, we basically just refer to them at "struts" to differentiate from "shocks", which are just the damper without a housing that holds a coil spring around it.
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as far the caster goes...what the dealer recommended from their experience is to do a $1300 repair on the front shocks and mounts to see if that adjusts the caster since thats what they know from experience causes the caster to be off.
I can't comment on that without knowing what this $1300 repair is.
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they advised me they are not sure but i would need to do section at a time to narrow it down. so its not a sure thing that replacing these front end parts would fix the problem for sure.
Understood. But if your caster is far out of spec, a good mechanic should usually be able to tell what the issue is without having to replace parts.
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they are telling me there is no mushrooming on the strut tower but possibly there is damage to the shock mounts and shocks themselves from a impact of some sort from their past experience.
This is where I get confused. Either there's damage, or there isn't. The strut mounts are cylindrical pieces of aluminum. If there is deformation from an impact, it should be visible.
Here's a picture of one (I've taken this from the ECS tuning website)
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See how you should be able to tell if that's bent just by looking at it?
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so im not gonna just throw money into something even the dealer is not sure of
I agree. I think maybe explaining the issue to a good indie shop may put you in a better position where they can actually look the car over well and tell you what needs to be replaced without throwing parts at the car and hoping they fix the issue.
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....to explain whats going on, the car will a) vibrate at speeds above 60,
This is most likely a balance issue or bent wheel as mentioned above. It sounds like the car had an impact, so a bent wheel is quite plausible.
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b) steering wheel has about half inch of play.
This could be due to a lot of things, including: worn front end components (ball joints, tie rods, etc), worn steering guibo, or possibly even the steering rack. Seeing as you replaced the control arms and bushings, that limits the components that could be responsible.
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c) occasionally alignment will pull towards left unless steering is cocked towards 1oclock position on a straight road and when braking. all the work i did on the front end is mentioned in my first post. so thanks for all your replies
If it's ONLY when braking, then you probably have an issue with brakes. But I suspect that if your caster issue is fixed, the car will not pull anymore. Right now, if the caster is uneven between sides, it could cause the car to pull. It could be the brakes, or even RTAB's. But First things first and get the caster issue sorted out. The vibration still sounds like a balance issue to me (bent wheel, or wheel out of balance).
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a luxury form of camping which includes expensive equipment, high-class facilities, luxury food and drink, etc
'An Englishman's home is his castle but thanks to a new form of luxury camping people in Shropshire could soon be swopping their turrets for tent pegs. The latest holiday craze glamping … is coming to the county and will see campers decking out their tents with chairs, tables, china plates and even stoves with chimney pipes.'Shropshire Star 15th May 2010
'And these days, wherever there's a stage and some grass, there are glampers … glamping – is a modern phenomenon which has transformed the outdoor festival scene. Gone are the endless rows of identical canvas triangles, and in their places have come yurts, tipis, podpads and outdoor hotel rooms.'Herald, Eire 18th May 2010
If for you, as for me, a nice glass of wine, a good meal, a hot shower or bath, and a comfortable bed are essential components of a successful holiday, then camping may be way down on your list of potential holiday plans. However it's the 21st century, so out with the leaky tents, smelly and over-subscribed toilet blocks, carry mats and sleeping bags, and in with the best china, duvets, spa facilities, and power for your hairdryer or games console – welcome to the world of glamping, a heady mix of glamour and the great outdoors.
in the last three or four years or so, there's been a shift in public perception of what camping
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The new term glamping is a lexical response to the fact that, in the last three or four years or so, there's been a shift in public perception of what camping is all about. There was a time when campers prided themselves on 'getting back to nature' and living the simple life, sleeping under the stars with just the basics for cooking and washing. These days, however, it seems that camping has taken on a whole new look – something like fresh air accompanied by all the luxuries one could expect at a four-star hotel. Proponents of this luxurious approach to camping, coined glampers, have forgone sodden sleeping bags on knobbly groundsheets, in favour of soft mattresses, quilts and cushions. Their canvas residences are often heated, and include such luxuries as sheepskin rugs, blow-up sofas and tea light chandeliers. Alongside them sit muslin-strewn gazebos incorporating high-tech outdoor cooking gear and chilled champagne boxes.
The concept of glamping, also sometimes referred to as boutique camping, has also had a big impact on outdoor music festivals. Formerly the preserve of young people on a budget, a growing number of older and wealthier punters are now turning up at events like Glastonbury, to occupy ready-made canvas mansions equipped with all their creature comforts. High-end glampers can even pay for welly-cleaning services and cocktail waiters!
Signature glamping residences are not the classic bell or frame tents of the last century, but modern tepees and yurts – large, Asian-style round tents, often incorporating a fire or heat source in the centre. Other options popular with glampers include podpads and ecopods. Podpads are small wooden huts just big enough to house a couple of beds, usually carpeted and with interior lighting and lockable doors. Ecopods are bigger, cabin-style residences, built of sustainable materials and incorporating eco-friendly cooking, heating and sanitary facilities.
The word glamping is a blend of camping with the adjective glamorous, i.e. the notion of glamorous camping. The word first appeared about five years ago, and the concept is thought primarily to be a British invention – possibly spawned by an increasing guilt over carbon footprints among the middle classes. They were becoming less quick to take to the skies and more predisposed to using their cash for a luxurious take on a traditional leisure activity. Glamping's popularity has also been nurtured by one or two high-profile aficionados, such as model Kate Moss and actress Sienna Miller.
As well as the nouns glamping for the activity and glamper for someone who engages in it, there's also some evidence for a verb glamp, and a related phrasal verb glamp up (with participle adjective glamped-up) which, on the model of do up, dress up, etc, means something like 'make camping facilities more luxurious'.
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Target: The Italian Government
Goal: End the cruel mistreatment of migrant workers in Italy's agricultural regions.
Italy is severely exploiting migrant workers for cheap labor in annual orange and tomato harvests. The workers come from throughout Africa and Asia to work temporary jobs, earning less than $5 an hour, often working more than 14 hours a day. The living conditions for the workers are less than adequate, with sometimes more than 30 workers confined to a one floor house. Demand that the cruel mistreatment of migrant farmers is examined, the unlivable wages raised and living conditions improved.
Many of the tomatoes harvested by migrant workers are being exported overseas for sale in cans, pizzas and other processed foods. Additionally, it was recently revealed that Coca Cola bought oranges from the crops harvested by the migrant workers in Italy. The soft drink giant should be held responsible for supporting the terrible conditions the migrant workers endure. Workers have reported that they take any job they can get, for any pay, due to the fact that many migrants are working in Italy without appropriate paperwork. The approximate number of illegal immigrants in Italy is 500,000. Many seek seasonal harvesting jobs and accept any wages offered, knowing that if they do not accept, there are thousands of other workers who will take the job.
The Italian government needs to re-look the unjust working and living conditions migrant workers face. We must provide fair wages to all who work in agriculture, a difficult job that is significant for millions of people's survival. Sign this petition and end the exploitation of migrant workers in Italy.
Dear Italian Government,
I would like to express my concern for the thousands of migrant workers being mistreated in Italy. Thousands of immigrants come from throughout Africa and Asia to work in the annual orange and tomato harvests. These workers are receiving less than $5 an hour, for sometimes more than 14 hours of work a day. There are approximately 500,000 illegal immigrants working in Italy, enduring unlivable wages and unhealthy conditions. It is time to act now and end the exploitation of migrant workers. We must provide fair wages to all who work in agriculture, a difficult job that is significant for millions of people's survival.
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Welcome and have a nice time here on Audiojungle. Good luck for the future!
Thanks a lot you guys! I uploaded my first track last night. How long does it usually take to go through the screening? And once it's up can updates be made to it? Thanks again! Having fun getting to know the site. Cheers!
Hi Pedro and welcome. The review time apparently depends on the moment and item. Right now the last things I uploaded took around 2.5 days to get reviewed but I've also had 24hour reviews so you get an idea…
Once they're approved you can change some details such as the description, bpm and others but changing the files, tags or title need a new review. I don't know how long that one takes but I assume it'll be quick.
Good luck!
Hi Pedrocostamusic!
Welcome! Sounds like you have a fantastic start to your "Royalty-Free" business and I look forward to hearing your work! The screening process generally takes no more than 1-2 business days. In reply to your question about exclusivity, I have found that the most successful (make the most $$) composers are the ones that focus on uploading exclusive content. I am pretty new and still learning the best ways to go to market with these tracks, but judging by what the "top authors" are doing, I'd say this is your safest bet! Again, welcome and best of luck to you!
Thanks Ruben and AGK. I've gone exclusive and waiting on my first upload. Finished another one today, do you think this would work ok for AJ? http://soundcloud.com/pedrocostamusic/head-over-heels
Definitely, you nailed it! A happy tune with ukulele, claps, whistle… seems to be what works better in AJ. Sounds great.
Yeah, it is not easy. The blockbusters here are the happy ukulele songs with claps, but there are very much of them here. Your seems perfect here, but you have to advertise it somehow to get in focus. It helps if you put the songs AJ link on your website, facebook, youtube…etc.
Thanks guys! So there is a self promotion element involved this then. So maybe setting up a different artist/company name with a separate website just for royalty-free would be a good idea?
Sure, including some really free stuff besides the AJ links. Let google find you! At first, most "small producers" are looking for free music to their videos.
Welcome to the jungle Pedro. Your track would definitely work on AJ Best of luck and here's to wishing you many many sales.


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So, in the spirit of honesty, I want to share that we have struggled today. Or at least, I have struggled. I've written previously about visit backlash, the period following a visit with the biological family in which the adoptive family deals with the fallout, but it's something we haven't personally experienced in a long while. Until today.
We had a visit this weekend that stirred up some things in Ashley. She's processing, and, unfortunately for me, a big part of that processing has involved distancing herself from me. Ouch.
I understand that visit backlash is part of the process. I know that it's temporary and it's something you walk through with your child. We've gotten through it before, and we will get through it this time. But that doesn't mean it's easy.
Open adoption isn't about easy. I've been lucky; as an adoptive parent I've found that it has had many benefits for me. But that isn't why I do it. I do it because it benefits my child. It may be hard to see it in this moment, but I know that it does. What's happening now isn't about me. She's making sense of things. She's finding her way. And though she may seem to be pushing me away, she actually needs me, and my commitment to this process, now more than ever.


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Treehugger has this cool post (and pics) about the recently passed tax credits under President Obama's stimulus bill.
Finally, just check out the US EPA/DOE's EnergyStar website for various links on federal tax credits for energy efficiency.


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October 7th, 2011
Great news for the living dead! Tomorrow, October 8th is World Zombie Day. A day for flesh-eating devotees to get together, rub decaying limbs and discuss some gnawing issues.
Things like… skin care, flavoring the homeless and whether or not it's permissible for a famished zombie to eat a post coital corpse after a necrophiliac has had its way with the body. Short answer? Bon appétit!
What about werewolves, vampires and mummies, you ask? Phuck 'em, let 'em get their own day.
[Join the conversation about ... World Zombie Day.]
Participants in the 2010 New Jersey Zombie Walk in Asbury Park. It's currently a Guinness World Record for — you guessed it — the most participants in a zombie walk. Until this year!
I like the zombies being us. Zombies are the blue-collar monsters.
George A. Romero, writer/director, Night of the Living Dead
We always thought Freddie Krueger was a blue-collar monster. Dude had only one sweater and it was hideous.
noun. 1. metal walking aid. 2. slang term for a zombie in AMC's excellent TV series The Walking Dead. 3. Texas ranger.
Before agreeing to direct the music video for Michael Jackson's "Thriller," director John Landis insisted that the zombie background dancers work with a choreographer for two weeks, a demand that was unprecedented at the time.
Our Favorite Zombies
|The Zombies (band)
|1960s English rock band most famous for their hits "She's Not There," and "Time of the Season." By the way, ladies, "it's the time of the season for loving."
|The Zombie (cocktail)
|A classic Tiki drink from the 1950s made with pineapple juice, grapefruit juice, brandy, three kinds of rum and… "I can't feel my face!"
|Sheri Moon Zombie (babe)
|Actress and wife to rocker/film director Rob Zombie. The scariest thing about her? Rob has yet to put her in a nude scene.
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|By the 90s Irish rock band the Cranberries. A little ditty about a few militant Catholics and protestants not sharing the love.
|Zombieland (movie)
|A must-see whether you dig the horror genre or not. Hilarious and action-packed. Pass the Twinkies!
Are we dressing up like zombies tomorrow? Hell no, we have lives, but we may blast some of their tunes and suck down a few of their namesake cocktails.
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Beautiful villa, built in 1905, located in one of the best "noble" areas of Graz.
Villa has land 1600 square meters. The price of the villa with this plot area is 1,800,000 euros. But you can also buy a part of the site area of 590 square meters. m. with the price of 1.2 million euros.
If the future owner will acquire a villa with a plot of 590 square meters. m., then the rest of the area construction company will build a house for 9 apartments. This home will be close to the villa, but will not close views from the windows.
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Profits of £6.6m (£3.3m) from a 53 per cent rise in sales to £31.9m were four times those of two years ago and almost double those for the whole of last year. The jump in profits, which also saw earnings per share rise 42 per cent to 15.5p and the half-time dividend increase 23 per cent to 1.6p, partly reflects the company's strong operational gearing. With high fixed overheads any small increase in sales falls through to a proportionately bigger rise in profits.
But it also stems from a widening of the customer base, both by acquisitions and organically, through a concentration on industrial areas outside the core and still depressed construction industry.
Although less important than at the beginning of the recession when construction customers accounted for nearly all rental contracts signed, the industry is still important and the half-year's profits rise was achieved despite almost no benefit from price rises.
Peter Lewis, chairman,believes flat prices help Ashtead because they hit struggling competitors harder. Many companies, without the benefit of Ashtead's indulgent shareholders to fund expansion, are still in severe difficulties.
That has helped Ashtead increase its market share of the small-ticket non-operated equipment market to about 9 per cent compared with only 4 per cent at the start of the recession. Ashtead measures its progress by comparing the revenues on any piece of equipment with its original cost to give an indication of the time in which plant pays for itself.
At the low point of the slump revenues were running at an average of 0.49 of cost, implying a two-year payback, at which level profits are possible but not exciting returns. In the first half that ratio improved to 0.67, at which level operating margins approached 20 per cent.
At the height of the last construction boom, the ratio was 0.76, a payback of 16 months, and margins were an enviable 30 per cent. Even without rising prices, Mr Lewis believes that sort of return could be achievable soon.
As well as its core plant hire business in Britain, Ashtead has small, profitable businesses in the southern states of the US, and the oil industry, which because of the high-technology nature of its plant offers even higher margins than the rest of the business. For the year to next April, profits are expected to rise to £12.5m, giving earnings per share of 29.8p, a 43 per cent increase. The shares closed unchanged at 422p.
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Scott Rumsey is in his 19th season on Head Coach Jim Parady's staff at Marist. He will once again serve as associate head coach and defensive coordinator. Rumsey is in his 12th season as associate head coach, and this is his 16th as the Red Foxes' defensive coordinator.
Rumsey will coach the team's safeties in the 2016 season, a duty he previously held from 2008-09. He also coached linebackers from 2001-07, 2011-13, and in 2015. He served as defensive line coach from 1998-2000 as well as the 2010 and 2014 seasons. In his time as defensive coordinator, Rumsey has coached 72 all-conference selections, and has been the position coach for 25 all-conference honorees.
During this time, the Marist defense has earned national recognition. In the 2014 season, free safety Zach Adler led the FCS in interceptions per game. Adler was named Honorable Mention All-America by the Associated Press and was one of three Red Foxes – along with linebacker Paul Sakowski and defensive end Demetrius Williams – who earned First Team All-PFL honors. The Red Foxes ranked second in the league in scoring defense and total defense.
Rumsey was instrumental in the continued development of Terrence Fede, who became the first NFL draft choice in program history in 2014. Fede set the program's single-season and career record for sacks. He is set to enter his third season with the Miami Dolphins in 2016.
In Marist's PFL championship season of 2013, the Red Foxes recorded home shutouts against Valparaiso and Stetson, marking the first time since 2002 that the team recorded two shutouts in a season.
In 2012, Marist finished first in the FCS ranks in Red Zone Defense. The Red Foxes allowed the opposition to score on just 23 of its 40 trips (57.5 percent) inside the Marist 20-yard line. Marist also ranked among that national leaders in turnover ratio, going plus-9 in turnovers over 11 games last season.
The Marist defense was one of the best in the FCS ranks in 2011. The Red Foxes finished sixth in the FCS and first in the PFL by allowing an average of just 285.64 yards per game. Linebacker Ryan Cronan was a First Team All-PFL selection who led the team in tackles, and signed a contract to play professionally in Germany in the summer of 2012.
In 2009, the Marist defense was ranked 10th in the country in total defense and tied for 12th in scoring defense. The Red Foxes also recorded their first shutout in four years in a 24-0 victory over Valparaiso on Oct. 31. Nine Marist defensive players earned PFL honors.
Rumsey oversaw a change in the team's defensive philosophy heading into the 2008 season, as the Red Foxes changed from a 3-4 to a predominantly 3-3-5 look which they still utilize. Safety Rory Foley emerged as a star, setting a single-season school record with seven interceptions - a total which placed him third in the FCS ranks.
Rumsey's association with the Red Foxes football program dates back further than his coaching days. He starred as a defensive lineman at Marist and helped begin the building process of a winning program. As a rookie, Rumsey saw the Red Foxes win just two games, but by the time he graduated, he had led Marist to the top of the ACFC. In 1990, Rumsey, a two-time all-conference defensive tackle, helped the Red Foxes to a 7-2-1 overall record, and the first conference title in program history and an ACFC crown. The .750 winning percentage that season is still the best in program history.
Rumsey began his coaching career in 1991 as the defensive coordinator at Valley Central High School, before moving into the college coaching ranks at Bates College. He spent four seasons at Bates, coaching with former Marist coach Rick Pardy. During his stint at Bates, Rumsey coached both the linebackers and defensive line, before returning to the Poughkeepsie campus for the 1998 season.
Rumsey earned his Bachelor's in communications from Marist College in 1991 and a Master's in Public Administration in the spring of 2006. He and his wife, Casey, along with their daughters Kalie, Caden and Codi, currently reside in Montgomery, N.Y.


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Subaru WRX Forum (http://www.wrxtuners.com/forums/)
- NorCal WRX Forum (http://www.wrxtuners.com/forums/f78/)
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Sacramento - Down Town Auto Showcase 8/22
I got invited to a downtown Sacramento party at the L Street LOFTS. This is a party for the automotive community in celebration of Hot August Nights.The event is on Thursday, August 22 for a special cocktail party.
From the invite "Join us at the LOFTS, 1818 L Street, Sacramento, CA between 6:30PM to 8:00PM for beverages, hors d'oeuvres, and great company. Preferred parking is available on both the street and within the Lofts secured parking garage, so please bring your ride to fro the mini automotive showcase."
If you wish to get on the guest list let me know and I will add you.
Email me at [email]email@example.com[/email] and how many are coming so I can get you on the guest list.
I have done one of these before and it if fun to chat and check out down town Sacramento from the pent house suite.
Event is FREE
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Before I was CG, a co-worker/"friend" told me several times "You really should get a Brazillian (blow out)" when I was going through my hair anxiety. This is after I had repeatedly said I hate my hair straight and would never do a Brazillian.
Same person also told me later that the repeated blowouts have destroyed her curls. WTH?!?
I stopped talking to her about my hair. Duh.


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You probably know that you can add your favorite photos and unique text to any of our photo cards, but did you know that you can take the big "P" (personalization) a step further? You can reinvent any photo card to fit any occasion by simply changing or completely removing the existing sample text. Instead of a photo, experiment with adding illustrations or clip art, a recipe, a children's drawing or a cherished memento. If you own a small business, try creating a card that features your product or services to mail as an advertisement or a thank you. You can even invent your own unique holiday and invite everyone to celebrate with you. The possibilities are endless as long as you own the copyright to the image (your unique creation) or the image is copyright free and it can be scanned.
- Scan your image and save it onto your computer. Be sure to save it as a JPEG.Select a photo card that you'd like to personalize.
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Below are a few cards I recently retrofitted. They're both photo birth announcements. The first is a giant, hand stitched, joyful, spring Sasquatch (6′ x 3′) that I made for a friend's little boy's room. I photographed it because it was too large to scan and uploaded it to make a freelance business card. The second is one of my digital illustrations I uploaded instead of a photograph to make a wee tea party invitation for my fellow Tiny Talkers.


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Central City manager resigns
John Scarffe, Central City
City Manager Allan Lanning submitted a letter of resignation to the City of Central City Council during its regular meeting on Tuesday, February 18, in the City Hall. His last day will be February 28.
His resignation required a flurry of Council activity. He filed a separate agreement and the Mayor signed it. The signature was ratified and the Council approved it. The City also agreed to sign a contract with consultant Ron Miller to conduct the search for a new city manager. The contract will cost $13,500 plus expenses. The mayor and City Council will constitute the search committee, and the list of finalists will be provided to the public. Mayor Ron Engels said each member of the Council will sit down and tell them what they want in a manager. Miller will then do the initial screening and bring a short list to the committee. The committee will narrow the list to four or five candidates and bring them in for an interview. They will meet with the staff and the public. The process will take four to six months and they will discuss finding an interim replacement. They will begin discussions with staff members Friday, February 21.


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I have been listening to a shit-ass ton of metal lately thanks to my friend Ben and thanks to feeling some kind of helplessly depressed as I watched my girlfriend purchase her plane ticket to move back to Ohio after living with her and sleeping next to her for a long time. I dropped her off at the airport; I shook. Here is a list of shit I really like in no real order. I'm going to link to songs via Spotify. Hopefully you have Spotify.
Weedeater - This band is sludgy as fuck and has some song titles that make me feel itchy like the end of this summer does. Favorites include "God Luck and Good Speed" from their self-titled album and "Turkey Warlock" from the album Jason the Dragon.
Neurosis - They are playing in Portland next Saturday and I'm going to be somewhere in the crowd trying to get my ears to just fucking bleed already. In particular, I've been listening to the albums The Eye of Every Storm and Given to Rising. Good shit. Very musical and sad but angry. Their Wikipedia entry says that some critic has described them as "atmospheric hardcore," but I would maybe pull the hardcore tag. I would maybe say "wandering spacecore." I'll always be the first to pull the hardcore tag.
Burzum - The album Det som engang var has been blowing my mind. Fucking destroys all your nice feelings but also has some interesting melodies that make you want to just kind of get off your ass and do something important that involves a bill you can't neglect or someone will come and get you. The music reminds you that there is always someone who is ready to come and get you. The dude from this band, Varg Vikernes a.k.a. Count Grishnackh, was in the band Mayhem. He burned down a shit ton of churches and murdered one of the other dudes in Mayhem by stabbing him. He finished a 16-year prison sentence in 2009. Burzum is his solo project. For more on crazy Norwegian black metal, watch the film Until the Light Takes Us.
Earth - Okay, this isn't really metal. Or maybe it is. Earth shares some of the qualities of these other bands that really make me like the music. I highly recommend The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull. This music is like pre-metal or something. Heavy, ambient, drugged-out stuff. About as soporific as anything approaching metal can be, but that isn't a bad thing here.
Wolves in the Throne Room - I stumbled across this band last month. Pacific Northwest black metal. This is what happens when vegans from Olympia listen to way too much Darkthrone. This duo has a moldy sound to them that conjures the misty violence of the PacNW. Let's not forget this place is the home to some of the craftiest serial killers in American history. If you listen close, you can hear them breathing a little of that same musty air as Bundy or the Green River Killer. In particular, I'm fond of Diadem of 12 Stars.
Electric Wizard - This band sounds like a contemporary reimagining of early Pentagram (not as obvious as maybe Witchcraft) but you can also hear early Sabbath in the vocals if you listen close enough. But take away any and all clarity to the vocals. There are new ways to make hell noises in the 2000s. All fair and expected since we have new hells or at least updated hells. Electric Wizard makes some very dense, tuned-down metal that has at least some kind of nod to their predecessors. Listen to the albums Dopethrone and Black Masses.
Dead Meadow - Psychedelia + heaviness are pretty much where I am at right now. Dead Meadow is not by any means traditional "metal," but they still manage to bring the brutality in measured doses. I'm pretty sure the drummer has a shitty little drum kit and manages to make awesome sounds come out of it. I saw them this spring and I remember him looking like a Montessori pre-school escapee. If you can't get into Dead Meadow, then I pretty much don't want to talk to you. Listen to "Ain't Got Nothing (To Go Wrong)" or "Greensky Greenlake."
Mastodon - Every album I've listened to by this band has crushed. I have been listening to them since I was doing my undergrad, and I am excited to get my hands on their new album The Hunter. The newly released single, "Curl of the Burl," is interesting. It's a shift from the face melters on some of their past albums in favor of some drive-y QOTSA or Kyuss-style riffs. I don't want to say "accessible," but maybe. The new album art will probably give me nightmares at some point. I just bought tickets to see them in Portland in November. All I want to do is go to metal shows and blow kisses at junkies.
Zoroaster - This band played with Weedeater in like May or something. I remember thinking that it was still winter because summer & Portland are two things that feel weird thinking about together. It felt like we were in some kind of backwardsness where water just kept falling to torture us. When I think about what winter is like, it makes sense that she would leave me and this city, I guess. Okay. Zoroaster's vocals have a shit-ton of reverb which makes them feel like a demon priest reciting John Berryman. Listen for yourself.
Sleep - The album Sleep's Holy Mountain is kind of a holy grail. This is something I didn't really know until last year because I'm really fucking slow at keeping up with holy grails. This album will wake you up. I like to listen to it on my way to work in the morning and pretend I'm not going to a corporate job in a high rise in the city. I like to pretend I'm off to die fighting Yeti just like my forefathers and this is album is a document of my Yeti-fighting failures. But ultimately I just park my car and buy shitty coffee and slide up the building's ass in a suppository that looks like an elevator over and over.
I just need this shit right now, I guess. Leave suggestions in the comments, if you want.


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Hi guys I thought this cool community could be much cooler if we knew how some of guys (and girls) look.
I don't if you will go with this but I'll go ahead and start.
Here are 2 of my pics with my best friend at a custom party .
(I'm the guys with the black hat and the sunglasses)
Sure I will post some pics up, maybe my sexyness will get me more sales…
In the office not working…
Enjoying some nixon jibfest on the big screen
How canadians dance
First time on the behemoth at canadas wonderland, absolutely funtime!
And here is me!
Lol Awesome pictures guys Thanks for sharing
And here is me!
Awesome xD!
And here is me!
"shhhh im snarfing my finger"
Don't have any recent photos, this is from Novemberish. Also, as I scrolled down to Katro, I was diggin' for gold.
That's me in Cancún, México Apr 2009
I love the idea of seeing people's face Make it less impersonal.
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[Note: This post has been updated (1) as of 3:47 PM Eastern on 15 Mar. See below.]
Here is Guardian classical music critic Tom Service extolling the music for the new superhero flick, Watchmen:
The music? Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries". It's an association of image, story, and score nicked straight from Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now, when Robert "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" Duvall as Colonel Kilgore (geddit?) leads his flight of death-giving helicopters to destroy a Viet Cong village, blaring the Wagner from on-board speakers.
For once — or rather, for twice, now that it's happened again in Watchmen — this is an intelligent and accurate fusion of movie and music. Wagner's Valkyries are angels of death in their original operatic context (the opening of act three of Die Walküre)[!], scouring the world for warriors to kill[!]. What Wagner's music captures so brilliantly is the Valkyrie's [sic] bloodlust and love of killing[!]....
Did we mention that Tom Service is the classical music critic for the Guardian?
Oh. So we did.
Update (3:47 PM Eastern on 15 Mar): If anyone was wondering why we didn't respond to the nonsensical defense of Mr. Service and his above linked article posted in the article's comments section by one Andrew Dickson, Mr. Service's editor at the Guardian, it's because Mr. Dickson has seen fit to put us on the Guardian's "moderated" list which means any comments we make must first be approved by the editorial staff before being published. Consequently, we, for reasons which should be obvious, have refused to waste our time commenting further in the comments section of that article under that condition, and have so informed Mr. Dickson in just those words in our last submitted comment to the comments section which comment was, of course, never published.
So much for free and open discussion.


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James Van Drasek (Jim), C.P.M., System Director of Materials Management & Real Estate for HealthEast Care System. Jim is responsible for Purchasing, Inventory Management, logistics, Sterile Processing, vendor contracting, Real Estate operations, and system-wide non-salary expense reduction efforts (Value Analysis Program). Graduate of the University of Minnesota; Lean Bronzed certified and trained in Six Sigma. Over 36 years of experience in health care materials management with HealthEast Care System. Began employment with St. John's Hospital in 1980 prior to the merger creating HealthEast Care System. Past Chair of VHA/Novation's National Materials Management Council, past member of VHA/Novation's Information Leadership and Orthopedic Leadership Councils. Currently a member of MedAssets/Vizient Spend Management Board and Council of Supply Chain Executives.


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Fox Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino Presents DAVE ATTELL, 4/4
Comix At Foxwoods will host the multitalented actor, writer and comedian, Dave Attell, for a one-night-only performance on Friday, April 4 at 9 p.m. Tickets are currently on sale and can be purchased in advance for $30, $40 and $50. This show is for mature audiences only.
Tickets are available online at www.comixatfoxwoods.com; by calling the Foxwoods Box Office at 800-200-2882; or in person at the Comix, Fox Theater or Grand Theater Box Offices. Please contact the Comix Comedy Club at 860-312-5050 for additional information or with questions regarding group sales or private parties.
Named one of the "25 Funniest People in America" by Entertainment Weekly, Attell's caustic wit and rapid fire delivery have gained him the reputation of both a fan favorite and a "comic's comic." The New York native has spent decades on stage working his way up through the club scene and onto the road, developing a huge following among fans and industry members alike. He is currently the creator and host of Showtime's Dave's Old Porn, which has featured Whitney Cummings, Chelsea Handler, Adam Carolla and Daniel Tosh. He recently wrapped shooting his new special and late night comedy series, both for Comedy Central.
Attell appeared in Chris Rock's cult film, "Pootie Tang," and has made many late night appearances on such shows as The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Howard Stern Show and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Other credits include Fox's Arrested Development, NBC's Ed and Comedy Central's Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn. He also had his own half-hour stand-up special, Comedy Central Presents Dave Attell, while his hit series,Insomniac with Dave Attell, ran for four seasons on the network.
Join Comix At Foxwoods for upcoming shows including: Brian Posehn (Feb 20-22, Comix); Todd Barry (Feb 27-Mar 1, Comix); Mike Birbiglia (Mar 1, Fox Theater); Iliza Shlesinger (Mar 6-8, Comix); Jamie Foxx (Mar 8, Grand Theater); Jeff Ross (Mar 8, Fox Theater); Brendon Walsh (Mar 14-15, Comix); Paul Reiser (Mar 15, Fox Theater); Alonzo Bodden (Mar 20-22, Comix); Mick Foley (Mar 23, Comix); Lenny Clarke (Mar 27-29, Comix); Jay Mohr (Mar 29, Fox Theater); Bill Engvall (Apr 12, Grand Theater) and The truTV Impractical Jokers Tour featuring The Tenderloins (May 10, Fox Theater).


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WASHINGTON – President Bush spent 15 minutes on the phone with Iraq's prime minister Monday to assure him the United States is not pulling out of that country any time soon, nor forcing a deadline for Baghdad to rein in the daily attacks claiming scores of Iraqi civilians each week.
But as he told FOX News' Bill O'Reilly in an exclusive interview, Bush did prod Nouri al-Maliki to take some substantive action to control the sectarian violence between Shiites and Sunni Muslims.
"I said, you know, 'We expect you to make tough political decisions to move forward.' And he assured me he would continue to make tough political decisions," Bush said.
Bush called al-Maliki Monday to discuss the rumors about timetables and expiration dates, and the two agreed that false claims are "inspiring terrorists," White House spokesman Tony Snow said. However, the president did not express a sense of urgency with al-Maliki who told Bush that the rumors may undercut confidence in his government and the ability to work effectively in fighting terror.
"He knows he has got to provide the security necessary for this country to move forward," Bush told FOX News.
The president dismissed the notion of a partition, in which Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds would be geographically split with oil revenues paying the costs of running three separate autonomous regions.
"I don't think that's the right way to go. I think that'll increase sectarian violence. I think that'll make it more dangerous and so does Prime Minister Maliki," Bush said. "Federalism is one thing, in other words, giving a pass between regional government and central government. But dividing and basically saying, 'There will be three autonomous regions,' will create not only a situation where Sunnis and Sunni nations and Sunni radicals will be competing against Shia radicals but the Kurds will then create problems for Turkey and Syria. And you have got a bigger mess than we have at this point in time, which I believe is gonna be solved."
He added that one of the tough decisions to be made by the government is what to do with oil revenues.
"I happen to believe the oil belongs to the people and to the extent that they understand that, it'll help unify the country," Bush said.
Recent polling shows that as much as 60 percent of Americans are now against the war in Iraq; and some prominent Republicans, including Sen. John Warner, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, have suggested a change of course is needed if the Iraqi government can't restore order in the next two or three months.
Bush said American opposition to the Iraq war is growing because they want the U.S. to win, but are being peppered with pessimism about the coalition forces' ability to stop the violence. The president acknowledged that October has been a particularly bloody month for U.S. troops, but said success can't be determined by a yardstick that measures zero violence.
"Hardly any society would be able to meet that," Bush said.
Instead, the goal is to have "an Iraq that can defend itself, sustain itself, govern itself, and is an ally in the War on Terror. And that, that goal is achievable, with a combination of both tough security measures by the U.S. coalition and Iraqi forces, and a political process that recognizes that 15 million people want a unity government," Bush said.
Bush said Americans want to know that the military on the ground is flexible enough to meet an insurgent enemy that uses irregular war tactics. He added that Americans are also a humane people that can't stand to see innocent lives spent in the crossfire.
"This is what Usama bin Laden and (Ayman al-) Zawahiri had plainly stated, that 'it's just a matter of time before America loses her nerve and leaves,'" Bush said.
Bush said efforts to undermine the war effort by claiming America can't win is illogical and ignores the stakes. He said failure is not an option.
"It is conceivable that within decades, the Middle East will be a place where moderate governments have been toppled; extremists and radicals will have gained control of all resources; and then [they] use that to create a blackmail situation against the West and Iran will have a nuclear weapon, to complicate the mix," Bush said.
"And 20 or 30 years from now, if that were to be the case, people would look back and say, 'What happened to them? How come they couldn't see the threat of a generation of Americans that are dealing with something much more violent than we are seeing today?'"
While the president leaves it to his generals in Iraq to determine events on the ground, half a world away, he is entrusting would-be allies to make sure North Korea is kept in check.
Bush told FOX News that the Chinese are already inspecting cargo in and out of North Korea, as is their mandate since the United Nations Security Council unanimously imposed sanctions this weekend. The president waved aside suggestions from some Chinese officials that they might not enforce the U.N.'s arms embargo on North Korea.
The president said Beijing "understands the consequences of an arms race in the Far East," and that he wasn't counting on the reported words of a few officials in China who suggested they won't enforce the sanctions.
The government in China understands the stakes of North Korea having a nuclear weapon, Bush said. "They are worried about nuclear weapons on the Korean peninsula. They are deeply concerned about countries in the neighborhood deciding to arm up in order to protect themselves against North Korea."
U.S. Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte confirmed Monday that North Korea did in fact detonate a nuclear device on Oct. 9.
"Analysis of air samples collected on October 11, 2006 detected radioactive debris which confirms that North Korea conducted an underground nuclear explosion in the vicinity of P'unggye," read a written statement.
The samples detected an explosion yield of less than a kiloton, which is the equivalent of the force produced by 1,000 tons of TNT. The bomb on Hiroshima at the end of World War II is estimated to have been around 12 to 15 kilotons.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is headed to the region on Tuesday to meet with Chinese officials and others about coordinating the sanctions against the regime without making worse the situation for average civilians in North Korea. She said she will discuss "how to design a practical architecture for detecting and screening for such dangerous materials."
The secretary also suggested that Pyongyang may never be swayed from its nuclear ambitions.
"We have spent the time and the effort in building that coalition of states that can actually provide the right combination to either induce North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program or, if necessary, to deal with the fact that it will not give up its program, and to punish that behavior," she said.
Bush rejected calls by individuals who call for holding one-on-one talks with North Korea, saying that type of diplomacy had been tried before but failed to reach a resolution.
"They didn't honor the agreement. And so, I decided that since that didn't work, we ought to try another way forward in order to solve this problem peacefully, and that is to have China at the table, and … get South Korea at the table, and Japan at the table and Russia at the table. My idea is real simple on this. More leaders saying the same thing to North Korea makes it more likely we'll be able to solve this issue peacefully," Bush said.
Bush said China and the U.S. share the same goal in keeping North Korea nuclear-free, and the two nations along with France and Russia are also bent on making sure Iran doesn't get nuclear weapons.
"I actually would give them more credit than you are, from my perspective," Bush told O'Reilly. "I had a good talk with Vladimir Putin the other day about the Iranian issue, and he knows full well that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Those weapons can fly west, or they could fly north. And he is fully aware of the threat of a nuclear Iran."
Bush wouldn't say flat out whether he thinks North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, who has never spoken to Bush, is insane, but said he should know that "there is better way forward for his country."
"I am deeply concerned about the starvation inside of North Korea. I am worried about concentration camps inside of North Korea. I am worried about the human condition inside North Korea," he said.CountryWatch: Iraq


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Bill Clinton Offers Obama a Surplus of Ideas: Michael KinsleyMichael Kinsley
Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) -- It is easy to imagine President Barack Obama's delight upon hearing that former President Bill Clinton was writing a book of analysis and solutions for all of our current problems.
Since leaving office, Clinton has been surprisingly good in following the maxim about what you should do if you can't say something nice. (He was even pretty good about it during the George W. Bush era.) Clinton does take a bit too much pleasure in reminding us that "in my administration we had four surplus budgets" -- so much pleasure that he repeats the point in the book at least nine times, by my count. But who can blame him for that? About Obama, Clinton is tact itself, saying only that he disagrees with the incumbent's policy on nuclear power. (Obama is for. Clinton is agin.) Oh, and he thinks the administration's mortgage refinancing policy could be simpler.
Clinton's book is called "Back to Work: Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy." In it, he settles once and for all the question of which of our most recent Ivy-educated presidents is the biggest policy wonk. It's George W. Only kidding. The prize clearly goes to Clinton, whose riveting discussion of the various options for repatriation of income earned by American companies in foreign countries (characteristically, he has a third-way solution that should appeal to reasonable people on both sides of this vexing issue) could drive millions to say, "Where's the remote? I wonder if President Obama is on Anderson Cooper."
A Shiv
So if you're looking for gossip, stick to the recent Republican offerings (Rumsfeld, Rice, Cheney). Here there is only policy. The one shiv I detected is inserted into the tender flesh of Vice President Joe Biden. It's short and easy to miss. "Vice President Biden -- whose speeches provided much of the same information and made many of the same arguments mine did." This totally superfluous aside, in a chapter on the 2010 campaign, can only be a veiled reference to Biden's withdrawal from the 1988 presidential race after Maureen Dowd of the New York Times noted the similarity between his stump speech and a speech given by British Labour Party head Neil Kinnock. This episode is largely forgotten. Or it was until Clinton reminded us of it. Maybe it's true that the Clintons are angling for a job switch between Biden and Hillary, although Bill specifically denies it in the book, and I don't see how this helps in any event. "I'm always glad to be in Joe Biden's company," Clinton writes. Maybe not this week.
Actually, if you're looking for a tour of the economic landscape -- debt, trade, mortgages, taxes, banks, bailouts, Social Security, Medicare and (have I mentioned?) four years of government surpluses under President Bill Clinton -- you could do a lot worse than reading this book. Clinton is a good teacher, an excellent explainer of complex subjects. And he tells it pretty straight.
His solutions, though, are something else. They tend to be small-bore (some of them a big bore, too, yuk yuk) and suspiciously win-win. We can reform health care in ways that improve care and save money, too. We can increase foreign aid in a way that will please both liberals and "well-intentioned" conservatives. And so on. For example, what should we do about the Tricare health insurance program for veterans? Easy: "We could switch to a sliding scale based on income ... as long as we do it without putting more burdens on veterans returning from combat with bleak job prospects or disability conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder and other wounds sustained in service to our nation." Next problem? "Now let's look at Social Security. Is it broke? Technically, no, but there is a cash flow problem."
Clinton's Weakness
Even the best-intentioned conservatives may smirk at Clinton's weakness for a tax credit. Has he ever seen one he didn't like? Immediately after a high-minded discussion of how "Democrats and Republicans should work together to amend the corporate tax laws ... by broadening the tax base through the elimination and tightening of credits and deductions," Clinton writes: "I think we should keep the research and development incentive and increase it." Needless to say, "It will more than pay for itself." I incent. You deduct. He has loopholes.
Post-presidency, Clinton may be spending too much time hanging with CEOs. That may explain his apparent fascination with the repatriation of foreign profits. He would permit U.S. corporations to bring profits earned overseas back to the U.S. with no tax at all, provided they spend the money on creating "new jobs" in the U.S. (To be fair, President Obama also proposes trading favors for new jobs. Defining a "new job" and enforcing the distinction will itself create many new jobs.) Companies that don't want to play can pay a 15 percent or 20 percent tax instead, "with the money going to seed an infrastructure bank." I don't know what an infrastructure bank is exactly (although I can guess), but it sounds like self-parody.
Elsewhere, if I read him right, Clinton seems to be advocating evasion or outright violation of our solemn commitments under the treaty creating the World Trade Organization. "Do we seriously think our competitors wouldn't find a way" to weasel out of these obligations? If that's his attitude, why did he sign the agreement creating the WTO in 1994?
In a chapter titled "Why We Need Government," Clinton has an excellent list of what he believes are the purposes of government, starting with national security and ending (fearlessly) with tax collection. No. 2 and No. 3 are helping the poor (or those who would be poor if we didn't help) and guaranteeing opportunity for all. Then No. 4 is "economic development," which includes tax breaks and subsidies to certain people and institutions, and incentives for certain kinds of behavior that Clinton is so fond of. It seems to me that government is very good at No. 2 and No. 3, and lousy at No. 4. It should stick to what it's good at.
But never mind all that. Did you know that the Clinton administration ran four years of budget surpluses?
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Rob Ford statement on dropping out of Toronto mayoral race
The scandal-plagued mayor dropped his bid for a second term at the helm of Canada's largest city after being hospitalized with an abdominal tumor on Wednesday.
The scandal-plagued mayor dropped his bid for a second term at the helm of Canada's largest city after being hospitalized with an abdominal tumor on Wednesday.
With short film, Gazonto, Canadian filmmaker and activist John Greyson reimagines Toronto as Gaza being bombed by Israel during the ongoing Gaza conflict.
National watchdog organization Democracy Watch has filed a complaint with the Toronto Integrity Commissioner about inside lobbying by Rob Ford and Doug Ford on behalf of companies with ties to their family company.
The latest chapter in the ongoing shameful political drama starring Toronto Mayor Rob Ford offers a glimpse into Canada's broken democracy.
Toronto Police announced Thursday morning they have the infamous video showing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine. Enough! Time for Ford to go!
by: CAW & Ryerson University | Press Release: TORONTO, June 25, 2013 – Older immigrant workers who have been laid off are falling through the cracks of Canada's employment system, with many of them ending up in temporary jobs with few benefits, finds a new study
By: Maytree Foundation | Press Release: TORONTO, June 19, 2013 – At an awards ceremony on Wednesday evening, DiverseCity onBoard recognized Blue Hills Child and Family Centre, the City of Markham, and William Osler Health System for embracing diversity in board governance and making it
The Toronto Star reports that the emails and telephone records in Rob Ford's office, which may reveal information about the mayor's crack cocaine scandal, are disappearing. They were ordered destroyed this week.


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Three things to get you ready for tonight's show featuring "the tightest man-machine unit going now that LCD Soundsystem are dead."
1. This new video is fantastic (unless you have an aversion to escalators)
It features guest vocalist Gary Numan and was made in collaboration with The Creators Project, a global initiative dedicated to supporting tech-savvy artists. The project includes an online community, a content creation studio, and a global event series, and unites "a vast collection of artists, designers, musicians, and filmmakers who are using technology to push the bounds of creative expression." I'd say they're pushing the use of an escalator in this video.
2. You've probably heard this band.
In a commercial that features NBA player Steve Nash, "Saturday Night Live" cast member Seth Meyers, USA women's national team goalkeeper Hope Solo, and a bunch of hipsters playing EA Sports' new "FIFA 2012" soccer video game. The song is "Ice Cream" from the band's new album, Gloss Drop.
3. Don't fret the loss of Tyondai Braxton.
The former bandmate left during the early recording of Gloss Drop, and after the band's debut album received rave reviews — in large part because of Braxton's vocals. The remaining band members — John Stanier, guitarists Ian Williams and Dave Konopka — stopped playing old songs for a bit, but according to a recent interview with OC Weekly, they've found their way back into the set.
"We played Mirrored so much, we were more excited about Gloss Drop," Konopka told the alt weekly. "We've worked in some old songs since, since it's not really fair to leave them out entirely. You don't want to spend two hours boring the shit out of everybody."
Tickets are still available for tonight's show, starting at $16.


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A&P Tropical Fish - Long Beach, CA [Cherry and Anaheim]
A&P Tropical Fish - Long Beach, CA
Hi all!
Just thought I'd share this little gem of a ghetto aquarium shop. Not the best neighborhood, no, and not the nicest aesthetics, but they have a WONDERFUL selection of saltwater fish, freshwater fish, live rock, driftwood, water treatments, etc.....literally ANYTHING you need. A lot of their products are 15% - 20% lower than large corporations, and frequently. :bounce:
And unlike large corporations, they're hobby is fish keeping and they know what they're talking about. Extremely helpful.
Cash payment yields a decent discount.
Check the Yelp! page below:
Thanks for the head's up!!
Do they have shrimp? The one in the link is
in Long Beach, can you show me the one in
I don't think there's one in Anaheim. (Cherry and Anaheim) are the main big intersection.
Yea, I found out after reading the Yelp Reviews. xD
I've been the a few times. They have healthy fish, and at a good price.
But they don't have that many plants. A good store to definitely check
out is age of aquarium on willow and cherry in long beach. They have a large selection
of plants. Fish are a bit high on price.
i've scored some great quality CRS there. they do usually waive tax if you pay cash. it is a very hit or miss store when it comes to fauna, and the flora is much to be desired.
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For Halloween, what could be more bewitching than the names of witches? And the good thing is that they're not all hideously ugly with warts and moles and hair on their chinny-chin-chins. And they're not all totally evil either. In addition to the traditionally witchy witches, pop culture has brought us some who are nice and funny and even beautiful—think Charlize Theron, Julia Roberts, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kim Novak. Here's a mix of possible witch-inspired names for your Halloween baby.
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In the sixties sitcom Bewitched, Tabitha is the young half-witch daughter of Samantha (whose own name shot to popularity as a result of the show). Tabitha, which has its own quirky charm, reached its peak a decade later, but just might make a comeback after being chosen for one of their twin daughters by Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick.
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Green Gold
The medical world started endorsing olive oil as an HDL-cholesterollowering
mono-saturated fat (similar to canola oil extracted from
the rapeseed plant). Not only do studies show that it lowers
hypertension and fights certain types of cancers, but it
also reduces bad cholesterol and its vegetable mucilage
aids in digestion and stomach disorders (including flatulence,
heartburn, and constipation). Olive oil also contains vitamin
E, an antioxidant which combats free radicals that damage
body cells and tissues.
Francis had this to say about olive oil in Beyond Health
oil is almost unique among oils in that it can be consumed
in the crude form without refining. This has the effect
of conserving all its vitamins, essential fatty acids, and
other nutrients. Because it contains all these nutrients,
including powerful antioxidants, real extra virgin olive
oil is beneficial to health and protects us from damage
by free radical oxidation. Cell membranes contain fatty
acids that are highly susceptible to free radical damage.
This damage produces lipid peroxides that can kill the cell.
Real olive oil contains polyphenols, vitamin E, and other
natural antioxidants that prevent this damage. Numerous
studies show that olive oil reduces cholesterol, lowers
blood pressure, inhibits platelet aggregation, and lowers
the incidence of breast cancer. Because it is so rich in
antioxidants, olive oil appears to dramatically reduce the
oxidation of LDL cholesterol, thereby preventing heart disease.
These same antioxidants also add to the stability, shelf
life, and flavor of the oil." ©1998, Beyond Health
Toniolo of New York University Medical Center says in Nutrition
Action Healthletter "Southern Italy and Greece
have a lower risk of breast cancer than other parts of Europe."
more information...
Olive Oil Source: information, newsletter, supplies,
presses, olive oil
· International
Olive Oil Council
· The
New Olio Festival
· California
Olive Oil Council home page
· Oliveoil.org
· European
Olive Oil Medical Information Library
sales break down to 10% in restaurants, 30% through retail,
and 60% direct. From Sacramento to SoHo, Bariani "oilophiles"
order by the case. About 10% is exported to Japan but it
is a slightly different kind which they refer to as "green,"
some is exported to Germany and yes, la mama uses it in
Since the production is guaranteed sold from year to year
due to an increasing demand, the Barianis are now faced
with the reality of capitalism. Forced to expand, their
greatest challenge is to preserve quality. There is no doubt
that the Barianis have found green gold. Other projects
in their scope are vinegar production and planting some
grapes. They have also tinkered with cured olives. Then
again, for their next enterprise they could pour some in
tiny flasks and make a necklace pendant or a brooch. Plans
for Enrico and Sebastian? Go-Cart racing.
Suggested retail price for the oil is $4.25/250 ml, $8.00/500
ml, and $15/liter.
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Hawks' special bunch reaches Atlantic Region championship
WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. — IUP's Scooter Renkin played on a basketball team that made it to the national championship game and racked up 33 wins when he was a sophomore.
He is a senior now, and he has never seen anything like this IUP team.
This IUP team can't measure up to that 2009-10 team in terms of talent. This team won't dazzle anyone with its athletic ability. This team doesn't have players that can bring the house down with thunderous dunks or buckle a defender's knees with a crossover dribble.
This IUP team, though, dazzles with its desire.
Now, this IUP team has the chance to measure up to the best in school history after beating Slippery Rock, 53-50, in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region tournament semifinals Sunday evening and setting up a matchup with West Liberty in the championship game at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
"I've never been a part of a team like this," Renkin said. "This team has so much heart and passion, and these guys don't want to lose, and they find a way to win. That's the way it's been all year. They scrap and claw and try to find a way. And so many guys on this team lead. This is just a special, special group."
The Crimson Hawks improved to 26-5 with their sixth straight win, and they are getting a shot at a second championship after claiming the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference title last weekend. They are getting that shot because they beat Slippery Rock for the third time in four games this season and for the second time in a span of eight days.
"They're a really connected group," seventh-year IUP coach Joe Lombardi said. "Sometimes you just have to control what you can control, and this team has done that. You can't control the officials' calls, and sometimes you can't control how the other teams play — sometimes they play great and you can't control that. They focus on what we can control, and they've kind of stayed that course and had a strong mindset with that. They're mentally tough, and their work ethic has been tremendous for six months. They've worked out on their own without us pushing them into the gym more than any team I've had. They have a way of overcoming their weaknesses, and that's a great trait in any athletic competition."
IUP pulled out a third win over Slippery Rock the same way it did twice this season.
"Defense," senior center Danny Ayebo said. "Defense is our staple. We don't get anywhere without defense. That's our identity. We feel like we're a great defensive team, and that's what has taken us to where we are."
"We knew the first one to 50 would probably win," Lombardi said. "We didn't need a clock, just keep playing until someone hit 50. There wasn't going to be a lot of scoring, and we won it with defense. That's who we are."
IUP held Slippery Rock under 30 percent shooting for the third time this season in another grind-it-out game between the two PSAC rivals. IUP won the first meeting, 55-49; lost the second, 70-69; and won the third, 52-46.
"You almost find it hard believe it can be the same thing again," Lombardi said. "You can't write a script, but you know you've got to make plays down the stretch, make stops down the stretch. And if this team has done anything, it's done that. And this team has a tremendous amount of resiliency. They just don't fold. They keep going and believe in each other. Some of it is great leadership, five seniors who are all the way in and really committed to each other, and sometimes you can catch magic in a bottle a little bit and win close games if you have that type of DNA."
Marcel Souberbielle, a 6-foot-7 junior forward, led the defensive charge, playing a key role in holding Slippery Rock's best player, Devin Taylor, a 6-6 senior forward and all-region selection, to nine points and five rebounds.
Taylor, who entered the game averaging 14.7 points and 10.1 rebounds per game, had 27 points and 15 boards in the Rock's quarterfinal win over Winston-Salem State on Saturday. He wasn't a factor against IUP, which attacked him with Souberbielle and double-teams when he got the ball in the low post.
"I was just focused on trying to stop him," Souberbielle said. "I knew my teammates would help me. We played them three times before so we all know each other. We know what each other's running, the strengths and weaknesses. I was just trying to do the best I could, and today I was fortunate enough to contain him."
It was Souberbielle who put up Taylor-like numbers, scoring 15 points and grabbing 13 rebounds for his first double-double since his freshman season and second of his career. The native of Uruguay made 6 of 11 shots, including 3 of 5 from 3-point range, played all but two of the 40 minutes and matched his career high for rebounds. He had 16 points and eight boards in Saturday's win over East Stroudsburg, giving him 31 points and 21 rebounds in two NCAA tournament games.
"That's as good and well-rounded performance anyone has had for us all year," Lombardi said. "Talk about someone putting together a complete game on both ends of the court. He played a terrific game, and that individual effort on his part is as good as any player we had put forth all year long.
"That's the thing about this team: Different guys really take the lead and perform well and just pick up other guys when those guys aren't playing as well."
Souberbielle stepped up on a night when Mathis Keita and Scooter Renkin, two of IUP's leading scorers, struggled to make shots. Anthony Wells finished with 14 points, Renkin scored 11, and Keita and Wells combined for nine assists without committing a turnover. Keita also had three steals.
In the key stretch, when the season was on the line, it seemed everyone stepped up. With the score tied at 38 going into the last six minutes, Keita, 0-for-7 from the field to that point, took a feed from Wells and buried a 3-pointer for his only points of the game. Josh Wiegand followed with a short jumper that made it 43-38.
"That was really the difference in the game," Slippery Rock coach Kevin Reynolds said. "We couldn't get back in it. That separation, that 40-second split, was the biggest segment of the game."
Those two buckets started an 11-2 run that put IUP in control. Renkin followed with a drive for a basket, and Wells hit two free throws before driving for a bucket to give the Hawks an eight-point lead, 49-41, with only 1:01 left.
But the game wasn't over. Slippery Rock reeled off nine quick points during a stretch in which Renkin missed one of two free throws, Wells made two and IUP committed two turnovers, making the score 52-50 with 16.7 seconds left. Renkin had a chance to seal the game with 12.7 remaining, but he again made only one free throw, leaving the margin at three and giving the Rock a last chance to tie the game.
IUP, however, played stifling defense at the 3-point arc, and the only shot Slippery Rock could get off, a harmless 2-pointer, came after the horn sounded.
"This is special," Renkin said. "We fly around and play with so much heart, it's scary. That last possession, we were flying around and just clawing to get the win. Unbelievable."
If IUP can pull off another win, that might be truly unbelievable. The Hawks play West Liberty, 32-1, the No. 1-ranked team in the nation and two-time defending regional champion, on its home court. West Liberty is 76-1 in its last 77 home games, and the Hilltoppers lead the nation in scoring at 103.7 points per game. They beat Fairmont State in Sunday's second semifinal, 100-77.


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Greg Lynn's Recycled Toy Furniture
Architect Greg Lynn, a pioneer of blobby organic shaped structures, has won the Venice Architecture Biennale's golden lion award for best installation project. His choice of materials is quite interesting though – all the furniture is made of recycled children's toys. Lynn's pieces include four different tables, a bench, storage wall, coat rack and cylindrical shoe rack. What a great way to reuse something that would most likely end up in a landfill, or waste away in a second hand store.
Lynn explains:
my father worked for a corporation which produced blister packages', says lynn, 'plastics were the future and I was surrounded by it. now, almost half century later petrolium-based commodities are becoming new luxury items. I have two kids and they consume toys. I recycle their unused toys into 'bricks' to create furniture and usable objects.
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After splitting a pair of road games to start the 2013 season, Canisius returns to Buffalo to face UMass Lowell in its home opener. Kickoff at the Demske Sports Complex is set for 1 p.m.
• The Griffs got off to a good start to the 2013 season thanks to the program's best comeback in 16 years.
• Canisius fell behind 2-0 at Bucknell but two Alex De Carolis' goals forced overtime and Asani Samuels finished off the victory with a tally in overtime.
• It marked the first time that Canisius rallied from down two goals in a game to earn a victory since Oct. 24, 1997 when the Griffs also fought back from a 2-0 deficit to win in overtime, 3-2, against Marist.
• The 3-2 overtime win against Bucknell also gave Canisius some rare early-season momentum.
• The Griffs' rally marked the team's first season-opening victory since a 1-0 victory at Maine during the 2003 season.
• The teams' three goals are also the most in the Griffs' first game of the season since also scoring three goals against Western Michigan in 2000.
• After splitting its first two games of the season, Canisius placed sixth in the first NSCAA North Atlantic poll of the season.
• The Griffs earned the regional ranking for the first time in school history during the 2012 campaign and reached as high as second in the poll.
• UMass Lowell, in its first year at the Division I level, is playing the Griffs for the first time in series history.
• UMass Lowell lost their first two games of the season, falling on the road to Stetson, 1-0 in overtime, and Florida Atlantic, 3-1.
• Homero Morais has scored the lone Riverhawks goal on the season.
• Christopher Maierle has played every second in net so far, posting a 1.99 goals against average and .556 save percentage.
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Men's Soccer Hosts UMass Lowell in Home Opener
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text: M-Audio Studiophile AV40 Desktop Speaker System Review Michael Kwan November 23, 2007 Reviews 2 Comments 0 Flares Twitter 0 Facebook 0 Google+ 0 Pin It Share 0 Reddit 0 Email -- 0 Flares × Prev1 of 3NextUse your ← → (arrow) keys to browse If you're looking for a set of bargain speakers to use with your budget-minded computer, you might as well start looking elsewhere. The price tag on the M-Audio Studiophile AV 40 Desktop Speaker System is not for the faint of heart. Carrying an MSRP of $200, the AV40 system is far from being the cheapest on the block, but you also have to consider what kind of market M-Audio is targeting with this product. The AV 40 carries the company's "Studiophile" moniker, meaning that they feel right at home within the confines of a music studio where they are "favored by top producers, recording engineers and musicians around the world." After spending a few days with these speakers, I can definitely see where the AV40's get their pedigree. About the M-Audio Studiophile AV 40 Desktop Speaker System There's a reason why these speakers look so familiar. The AV40 speaker system is the bigger brother to the M-Audio Studiophile AV20 Portable Desktop Speaker System that I reviewed last month. As their names imply, the AV20 came with a pair of 10-watt speakers for a total output of 20 watts, whereas the AV 40 comes with a pair of 20-watt speakers for a total output of -- you guessed it -- 40 watts. There is also the Studiophile AV 30. You can probably guess where that fits into the picture. Although the M-Audio Studiophile AV 40 is perfectly compatible with your computer or portable audio player, the stereo mini jack, RCA and TRS inputs make them work with just about any audio situation assuming you don't need surround sound. These are a stereo (2-channel) audio system, not a 5.1 or 7.1. They're definitely built for two channel audio purists or that budding DJ friend with his mixer and turntables. On the official feature sheet, you'll find the following: 4" polypropylene-coated woofers: tight, accurate bass 3/4" ferrofluid-cooled silk dome tweeters: clear, smooth highs OptImage III tweeter wave guides: precision imaging for balanced stereo field 20-watt-per-channel amplifier with Class A/B architecture: professional design and fidelity magnetic shielding: perfect for multimedia and video work Just like the Studiophile AV20, each speaker in the Studiophile AV40 comes with two separate drivers. The large 4-inch woofer handles all of your low-end sound, whereas the 3/4-inch tweeter handles the high-end. The net result is, pardon the pun, music to your ears. Prev1 of 3NextUse your ← → (arrow) keys to browse Dylan Shackelton I'm getting kinda tired of seeing reviews of monitors, by people who are using them for reasons other than what they are intended. A studio monitor is designed for use in a recording and mixing studio setting. Unlike typical speakers which are designed to aesthetically reproduce sound, studio monitors are designed to accurately reproduce sound. These are designed to have a flat sound for mixing audio. Not to sound good while playing games and watching TV. The quarter inch inputs are TS not TRS. TS stands for tip sleeve, they are for sending a mono signal. TRS stands for tip ring sleeve, which are for stereo. There are two TS inputs allowing for the right and left master channels to be put in separately. The foam pads that come with them are to sit under your monitors, absorbing vibrations that would otherwise transfer into your desk or your floor. These vibrations generate false low frequencies, which makes it impossible to really hear your mix. Please, if you know nothing about recording and mixing audio. Do not review products that are for recording and mixing audio. Stephen Fung If you're going to be right, at least get the purpose of TRS correct. It is not for just "stereo" and it's actually a bonus that these speakers support it. And they are TRS as specified by M-Audio for these speakers... http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/StudiophileAV40.html So combined with the true purpose of TRS (not for just stereo although that is ONE of the things the connection type can do) then at an entry level price, these give quite a bit of bang for the buck. As for those pads, honestly, you might as just well toss wood under them. They are so thin they serve no purpose but to prevent the bases from scratching because there are no feet. If you want to decouple them from a surface, as stated specifically in the review, better products (or methods) exist for that and quite often, people using monitors for mixing will employ them. Finally, these are a great value, and if someone wants to use them for MORE THAN just studio monitoring, then it's great that a review like this exists. Because it covered everything else that an audio engineer would not cover. Having a set of these myself, I enjoy them the same whether listening to music or scoring a video project. Your point of view, although valid, is narrow, and if followed, would prevent everyone else BUT someone that is ONLY mixing music, from potentially buying them to enjoy. Then you'd not only be doing a disservice to those that would have enjoyed them, but to M-Audio because you just eliminated all their potential customers for a product that clearly is so much more versatile than just being "studio monitors". And that would be unfortunate.


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Benefit for young adult sacroma patients. 7k race & 1.5 mile walk at the Rockford Aviator's Stadium. The route starts at the Aviators stadium and winds through the paths behind the Northeast Family YMCA, through the Sportscore Two soccer fields, around the Indoor Sports Center, circles Wedgebury Stadium through the tunnel and into the Rockford Aviators Stadium with the final sprint down the third base sideline and across Home Plate! -- Cool Silent Auction, Music, Food and Fun! All to enrich the lives of young adult sarcoma patients. Happiness Matters!
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