text:
ROY WILLIAMS PC (including Hansbrough & Ellington)
Opening remarks:
"Well, congratulations to Kansas. It's a great thrill to be able to play for the national championship, and they deserve it. Early in the game they were much more aggressive than we were. We sort of came out a little more casual than we'd like to. They hit us right between the eyes. We probably rushed things a little bit. They just kept hammering. But they were really something early in the game. And then we didn't play the way we wanted to early, to say the least. I guess it's a little like that story tale about the little engine that spent so much trying to get up the hill, it didn't have anything left when it got to the top.
"I was so proud of my team. We got it to four, but I don't think we ever got the ball when we got it to four. We had it to five one time, and Danny shot a three in front of our bench, went all the way in and came back out. I think Will Graves got the rebound. We lost it out of bounds. I couldn't have been prouder of my team at that point. We had a marvelous, marvelous run. But yet their dreams were bigger than this and it hurts a great deal now. The other coach, Bill's team, won the game. The other coach was the winner.
"But I love my kids. I love the road and journey they took me on, winning 36 games, the ACC regular season and the ACC tournament and the regional. This bunch did some great, great things. But we're extremely disappointed right now because we had a bigger dream. But, again, you have to congratulate Kansas. Wish them good luck because they were sensational for sure earlier. I'm sure Bill didn't love everything that happened after that. But it's a big-time loss and a big-time bitter feeling for us. Again, the other coach won. I wouldn't trade my kids for anybody's."
On this team's great chemistry:
"I think we're all lucky. I think Roy Williams is one of the luckiest guys in the world. But this team was really a special team. We had no issues. We no had problems. They were great kids. It was just a fun, fun group to coach. And in some ways, that makes it hurt even more because they are such good kids. I said this at the start of the season, some of you guys are a little more cynical and make fun of it, but there's not a one of you in here that wouldn't have grandchildren that couldn't say, How about watching my grandkids for the next six hours, and you'd feel awfully comfortable because they are that kind of kid. And that's what I want.
"As I said, the other coach won the game. I'm not being derogatory about Bill. I'll say Bill Self won the game. Don't try to paint things that aren't there. But I wouldn't trade teams because of the character our guys have. That's not a slight to Kansas. If you want to turn it into something that's not there, you have the right to do it, but I've got really good kids."
What did you tell the team when you down by so much in the first half?
"I guess the good news is I haven't had that many experiences like that. But I did tell them – I'm corny as all get out, guys. What we have here is every day - again, you can make fun of this if you wish - but what the doctors and scientists do that are trying to find a cure for cancer, they get hit right in the mouth every day because it's not there, but they keep going back to work to try to do it again the next day. And I'm so dadgum corny, I even used that with my team. I said, 'Hey, we don't want those guys to give up. You can't drop your head and say, 'Woe is me.' We've got to keep playing.'
"I know our guys did. I know that's probably melodramatic or overly dramatic or whatever you want to call it. But that is, that's life. It's not all roses all the time. But you have to continue trying to do the absolute best you can do. So during that timeout, that's what I challenged them. I said, 'We can't do anything about what's already gone on, but we can do something about the way we do it now and have some pride.' You know, I really did, guys, down 17 at the half, I still thought we had a great chance, that we would be there at the very end to win the game."
On what he said to the team in the locker room:
"I told them one of the most inadequate feelings as a coach is what to say at a moment like this that can help them, can remove any of the hurt, that can give them something to grab onto. So I congratulated them on a great year. I thanked them for a great year. I thanked them for being great student-athletes to coach. I apologized to them because some way, some how I didn't have our team ready to play as well as Bill did. That's not easy to say. But I did thank them for a great year."
Did playing in San Antonio feel different than playing in Raleigh and Charlotte?
"Well, of course, it did. You know, when you play in your state, you have more North Carolina fans. Also, the Alamodome is a lot bigger and there's a lot more people. You know, overall, but still the same thing: we're playing on a court still the same size. I don't think that's the reason why we lost."
On Kansas defending him:
"Yeah, they came after me with a lot of people. That's what every team's been doing, so... They did a particularly good job of it. I don't think I played the best. But, you know, they played real good defense."
Does you think maybe not winning it will affect your decision about coming back next year?
"I can't answer that right now."
What happened in the first half?
"That is the first time this North Carolina team panicked. It got to the point where they were just up big. We did a great job all year long of stepping up to the challenge. Tonight Kansas threw the biggest challenge at us that we have seen and it took too long for us to respond."
On Kansas:
"They are a big-time ball club. They have a tremendous amount of intensity and they matched everything we did."
On the loss:
"They were just real aggressive, and then we had open shots that we couldn't knock down. Other than that, we just didn't play very well."
On his future:
"[I'll] probably just talk to my parents, talk to my dad [and] talk to Coach and see what's best for me. Just use their advice and see what's best for me."
Any gut feeling?
"No gut feeling right now. I'm just still getting over this loss. No gut feelings right now."


text:
A Consumer is a person who purchases a product or avails a service for a consideration, either for his personal use or to earn his livelihood by means of self employment. The considerationmay be:
It also includes a beneficiary of such goods/services when such use is made with the approval of such person.
A person is not a consumer if he/she:
DOCA Twitter Handles
Total Visits : 7193934
Copyright © Department Of Consumer Affairs.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
|Thread Tools
|Display Modes
Happiness = better libido = more sex = more happiness...it's a nice little circle.
*edit* I would also like to add that Cajun and I spend about 90-95% of our free time together. I hate when he has to go out of town for work, which luckily is very rarely. I used to try to encourage him to do things on his own and I would try to do things on my own as I don't want to increase my slight co-dependency problems (part of my anxiety issues) but we still end up doing most things together.
Life is about the journey and not the destination,
so what better way to know life
than to wander all the roads and paths set before you.
Last edited by vandalin; 08-27-2009 at 07:10 PM.
That's all true. About the libido typically being better with happiness (as well as overall health). [Want really good sex? Eat well, exercise, stop smoking, and don't drink too much! -- in other words, get healthy.]
But there's also the fact that people who want to be happy very much prefer to be around other people who also want to be happy and who are happy (or at least willing to give it a try). It's much easier to be happy while around happy people. Being happy around miserable people is for saints!
"Love is always a matter of learning how to live in an unknown land."
"Love is always about learning the Nature of things."
-- Martín Prechtel
River's Blog
Did you ever know...
JRiver - did you ever know that you're my hero...you are everything I wish I could be Come on, you know the song!!
Thanks Mono
I feel schizo lately with this. I think overall I am getting better, though. I can imagine you must have difficulties as well. While you very much love and respect those in your life, I can imagine it is still a tough position with your ideals and such. Your love seems strong enough to transcend those ideals, but I still imagine it is tough. So much growth, so much growth. Good for you
Today I have no issues with our relationship or the people in it....none. This seems completely normal and comfortable to me. This was only possible because we both clearly identified what we needed to be healthy and true to ourselves. We trust each other and want a future together involving all our chosen family.
I think we are rare in some ways. We certainly are lucky considering our different natures and backgrounds. Our love is total. Without that, I wouldn't be here at all and we would be friends but not intimate friends.
Playing the Game of Life with Monopoly rules.
Monogamy might just be in my genes
Poly Events All Over
How to bring it up?
My husband and I have agreed to try something that falls probably somewhere in between swinging and polyamory - basically neither of us wants to have anonymous or casual encounters, but I don't think either of us intends to fall in love with anyone else either, although we haven't ruled out the possibility of this happening. We've talked and talked about it and discussed every possibility, and we've decided not to make any hard and fast rules except not to hurt each other, or at least to do our best not to.
We both live in the area in which we grew up, where everybody knows everybody and everyone's business. We also have 3 kids, and we really want to try to be as discreet as possible, especially having witnessed a few of our more open minded friends' reactions when we have discussed this with them, we dread to think what the reactions of the less open minded ones would be!
We've started going out more and meeting more people, and there are a few people who have become quite good friends recently who have shown an interest. However, these people are at least on the periphery of our social circle, and we're both finding it very hard to work out how to broach the subject and potentially have a relationship with these people without raising eyebrows. Does anyone have any advice to offer?
Polyamory is about loving, and you really can't control love--, to be sure that it stays at a constant level "somewhere between swinging (not about love) and polyamory (all about love)."
"Love is always a matter of learning how to live in an unknown land."
"Love is always about learning the Nature of things."
-- Martín Prechtel
River's Blog
This is not new to me. I am from a very different background from most of my poly friends and certainly from a different political/spiritual background than Redpepper. Would I be fair in saying that these friends would stand out in their physical appearance as well? Most of my poly friends would stand out in my old social circle and in fact would probably not blend well. It is almost two ends of a political and economical scale. Certainly priorities are different.
I have essentially lost most of my old "traditional" social circle. Luckily I don't feel "friendship" in the same way as Redpepper or I would probably be crushed.
There are two influences in any relationship structure:
Internal - those from within that require fundamental agreement between those involved, and
External - those that are exerted by family, friends, and society.
The question is:
"Is what you are looking for internally worth the affects it will have on you externally?"
For me it is 100 % worth it!!
I am an individual and can only speak for myself. You will have to find the answers for yourself in this.
Best of luck and welcome to the forums
Playing the Game of Life with Monopoly rules.
Monogamy might just be in my genes
Poly Events All Over
Well, I did say that we hadn't ruled out the possibility of falling in love, but I would also have thought that it's possible to love in different ways and with different intensities - the love I have for my closest friends for example is different to the love I have for my husband - I don't expect to ever love anyone in the way I love him.
However, the main difficulty we have is that there is almost no social circle outside of ours - the area we live in is like one big community which is lovely in some ways but very difficult if you intend to behave outside of society's norms, which from the response we have had so far, we would be - I just find it so hard to believe that when there is honesty and trust in a relationship whilst giving enough freedom to enjoy the company of others, it is regarded as almost as much of a taboo as cheating (comments I've had so far include 'well why did you bother getting married in the first place?' etc. and these are from the more open minded people we know!)
|coming out, coming out poly, communication, dating, disclosure, help sought, ldr, long distance love, new and confused, new to poly
|Thread Tools
|Display Modes
Linear Mode


text:
Setup Edimax USB wireless adaptor in Ubuntu
Linux and Ubuntu generally impresses me with the number of devices you can plug in and it just works. Installing the Edimax EW-7811UN was not one of those times. To be fair, I also had the same issue with an older model Linksys WUSB54GSC, but the form factor of the new Edimax was just too good to pass up (it bills itself as the worlds smallest wireless adaptor). No matter how hard I tried to keep the Linksys adaptor out of harms way, my kids have generally tried to find way to try to break it off in the USB slot. They take this mission very seriously although the Linksys adaptor has survived against all odds.
The nice part about the Edimax network adaptor is it does come with a set of drivers that compiles under linux but you have to download it from their web site. Actually it is based on the Realtek RTL8192C chipset so do not be surprised when you extract the driver package. Now on to the fun stuff.
Go into the directory where you extracted the drivers and build the modules:
make clean make
That should go ahead and build your modules. Next we just need to use insmod to install the module to make sure everything is working:
sudo insmod 8192cu.ko
If all went well, you should soon be able to see your wireless network and connect normally. If you are a glutton for punishment you can do this every time you start up your system to get net access going. Personally, I prefer it just to work every time I turn on the system and it just requires a few more steps:
sudo cp 8192cu.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/wireless sudo insmod 8192cu.ko sudo depmod -a
This will copy the newly compiled module into the kernel drivers directory and the depmod -a should add it to the module dependencies. I am thinking this will probably have to be done on every kernel upgrade until the hardware is automatically detected so I am keeping my driver's source around in case I need to recompile and reinstall the module.
Now to see what the kids try to break next….
Posted on December 28, 2010, in Linux, Ubuntu and tagged edimax, ew-7811un, Linux. Bookmark the permalink. 11 Comments.
Thanks for your article. Unfortunately it didn't work for me, I'm not sure what I am doing wrong. I'm running Linux Mint (debian) 64 bit.
After inputting your command I receive this message.
insmod: error inserting '8192cu.ko': -1 File exists
Is that familiar to you?
Thank you for any help you can give.
Me again.
I just tried on a Linux Mint (Ubuntu) 32bit version and it worked fine.
Must be something to do with the 64bit.
Thank you very much for this article.
Worked in ubuntu 10.10 32 bit 🙂
No joy with Cunchbang 10. Did however work perfectly with Ubuntu 10.04
make ARCH=i386 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/build M=/home/crunchbang/rtl8192CU_linux_v2.0.939.20100726 modules
make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
make: *** [modules] Error 2
hi i followed your procedure like a 100 times 2 days……..i am really frustrated now…….pls help…….it shows i am connected to router…..i get response when i ping to my dns……but i cannot open any website…….i get error "unable to resolve server's dns address"……..my device is ok i checked on windows 7…….i tried automatic dhcp, with address even manually……..i dont know whats wrong………pls help…..
Great guide – entertaining and useful at the same time. I'm using the same dongle in an htpc and the last piece of the puzzle was the autostart. Works like a dream now so thank you. My only question is: How exactly did your kids break the edimax??? The thing is tiny and barely sticks out of the usb slot!!


text:
Online Banking Login
In an effort to help you better protect your personal information, your Login ID and Password will be input on separate screens.
Login IDs will be input on the Mercantile Bank homepage, you will then be directed to a new page to input your password.
2017 Pillar Award
We were honored to receive the 2017 Pillar Award from the Women's Resource Center.
View Here
2017 Shred Days
2017 Shred Days Schedule beginning in April.
View Here
Loan Specials
Thinking about a new car or boat? How about a home renovation project? We've got some great loan specials, check them out here!
Home Equity Line of Credit
Consumer Loan
Stay Updated
Secure your online experience by updating your browser. Browsers are a key part of keeping your online financial experience and information safe.Test Your Browser
Community Impact Report
We're proud of the efforts of our team throughout the communities we serve. Take a look at an overview of our Community Impact Report.
View Here
Simplify your life and enjoy the convenience of having your bank account statements online and available to you at the click of a mouse.Read More
At Mercantile Bank, we take great care in safeguarding your personal and financial information. For this reason, we would like to remind you that we will never call or email you requesting this information. If you have any questions, please contact us at 1-800-453-8700.
Payroll Services
Do you need help making a business decision that really pays off? We have the payroll solutions for your business.Learn About Our Payroll Services
Travel Notification
Planning a trip ? Protect yourself when traveling abroad by notifying us of your plans.Learn About Our Travel Notifications
MyCard Debit Card
A card as unique as you. Customize your debit card with your favorite photo!Learn About MyCards


text:
Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.
Freedom's Sword (edition 2011)
by J. R. Tomlin
Work details
Freedom's Sword: A Novel of Scotland by J.R. Tomlin
No current Talk conversations about this book.
This is the little known story of Andrew de Moray, who led the Scots in a Northern uprising against King Edward I of England and his armies. His uncle was the Bishop of Elgin Cathedral and lent a helping sword, supplies, and arms to his people's cause. This is an engrossing book that I didn't want to put down and so managed to finish it in about two days.
[[J. R. Tomlin]] has been writing epic fantasy for a good while, but, from what I can tell, is recently making forays into historical fiction. [A Kingdom's Cost] was the first book written in the Black Douglas trilogy, and was an exciting, engrossing read. James Douglas' father sent him to France to keep him safe from England's King Edward I, aka Longshanks. Soon after his arrival in London, he witnesses and is profoundly affected by the execution of William Wallace, strengthening his resolve to take back Scotland from the English.
[Freedom's Sword] is the prequel to the story of James Douglas. Tomlin takes the reader back some years to the rise of William Wallace and the early days of Robert the Bruce. A little-known figure, Andrew de Moray, is knighted by Scotland's King John de Balliol, goes into a battle the Scots lose, and gets captured by the English. Typical teenager that he is, he is unable to keep quiet in the face of his captors. King Edward and his minions find nothing "precocious" in young Andrew's outspokenness, causing young Andrew to be taken to perhaps the worst dungeon in all of England. He escapes, returns to his home, and proceeds to show the occupying English exactly what he thinks of their "expansion plans." He escapes, returns home, brings hope and renewed resolve to his people, and the battle begins. I must stop here, or risk giving the away the ending to the non-English-history-expert readers.
[Freedom's Sword]'s storyline is orderly, cohesive, concise - there is no jumping back and forth in time as seems to be popular now. Tomlin seems to adhere to historical accuracy, and I appreciate the "Historical Notes" and citations included.
As in [A Kingdom's Cost], the characters in this story are developed very well. The reader easily learns the relevant backgrounds and understands the motivations of the main historical characters. In Andrew de Moray, the young knight is an impetuous, hotheaded youth who becomes, in a very short time, a deliberating, calculating war strategist who keeps his family life separate from his work.
Tomlin's skill is quite evident in the writing of [Freedom's Sword]. Vivid descriptions tell of the battles with sound and fury, of the surface features of the land seen from the eyes of the warrior, of the scents and sounds and sceneries of a young man's more innocent days. The story flows so seamlessly that I often lost track of chapter counts. Editing was thorough and as complete as I have seen in too long of a time.
It is definitely one I will read again.
I got this for free from Amazon.com. I don't know the accuracy of the history. The book not only brought out the experiences of the nobles but also the common people. There were comments on the English drive to conquer other people and the importance to the Scots to have their freedom. I read the book on my Kindle which made it easier for me to look up Medieval terms. There is a map of Scotland at the beginning but that is difficult to use with a Kindle. At the end of the book is a brief summary of the historical period, a list of historical characters, and the author's description of what were historical facts (and the source) and what was historical fiction in the book. I enjoy reading historical fiction and really appreciate it when authors include this information.
Freedom's Sword was really an exciting read. Though there was some word choice and grammatical errors which took me out of the story, it was overall a well-constructed, well-written, exciting book. For those who are into history,
action, and military fiction, you'll love it!
This book was provided free in exchange for a review.
Very interesting and absorbing book about Scottish History during the war with Longshanks of England. Shows the hopes and brutality of the times. Very well written and exciting book, a very good read.
References to this work on external resources.
Wikipedia in English
No descriptions found.
No library descriptions found.
LibraryThing Member Giveaway
J.R. Tomlin's book Freedom's Sword was available from LibraryThing Member Giveaway.
Amazon Kindle (0 editions)
Audible (0 editions)
CD Audiobook (0 editions)
Project Gutenberg (0 editions)
Google Books — Loading...
Popular covers


text:
by Dr. Richard Weiss
I have always believed that nothing short of a revolution and complete overthrow of the judiciary will ever amount to ANYTHING. Appeasement will work no better with the power moguls called "judges" in 21st century Amerika than it did with Stalin or the Germans 60 years ago. Only an atomic bomb solved THAT threat then. What do we have to use now?
The "smart bug" is the judiciary. The term "smart bug" is a term I borrowed from the recent science fiction movie, "Starship Troopers" to denote the leader of the alien bugs who had declared war on humanity. The "smart bug" bored holes in the skull of humans and then sucked out their brains to get smart and figure out how humans would react and behave.
In a like manner, the judiciary sucks out the personal liberties and life-force from the souls of citizens and then throws the corpses aside for fertilizer to grow their crop.
The judiciary has to GO, first and foremost! Then, the attorneys must go (maggots who feed off the glutinous effluent and waste products of the "smart bug)."
The lawyers and judiciary have covertly infiltrated the legislative branch of government and control and decide what laws are passed. This action by the federation of legislator-lawyers is in direct violation of the heretofore sacred principle of separation of powers. Even if a law is passed that the judiciary does not support, they are able to disregard these laws with impunity, the same kind of felonious violation that would incarcerate mortal men.
We live in a dictatorship with puppet heads of government. The people are deluded into thinking that they elect parties to represent their needs and elect representatives to speak for them. It is all meaningless, because there is NO government, other than the autocracy of the judiciary which is the supreme rule.
Just look at how arrogantly the judiciary (even one as lowly as a state circuit judge) was able to completely disregard the orders of the executive branch of the United States acting through its agency, the INS, in the case of the Cuban boy Elian Gonzalez kidnapped by his mother and stepfather.
The judiciary arrogantly defies international law (the Hague treaty) addressing illegal international kidnapping of children.
The courts here are OUT OF CONTROL AND TYRANNICAL. They have to be stopped. Rhetoric and talk of patriotism and constitutional rights are all commendable and even inspiring. But, we need to take effective action, and soon. Our children and indeed America depend on it. ....


text:
2008 was the safest year ever to be an American miner. The combined number of fatalities from all forms of mining was the lowest ever.
2007 (latest information available) also shows the lowest "all-injury" rate for miners on record by far.
Yet Ken Ward Jr.'s early-January contribution at the Charleston (WV) Gazette to the spate of final-month Bush-bashing pretended that this data doesn't exist. Instead he gave the impression of an opposite situation. Media outlets have been trying and failing to make this case since the Sago Mine Disaster of January 2006 (at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog), even while the safety stats have generally showed nearly continuous improvement.
You'll see that Ward also uses a headline that will leave those who recall Barack Obama's campaign promise to bankrupt new coal-powered plants shaking their heads in disbelief (bolds after headlines are mine):
Sago families look to Obama
Three years after fatal mine blast, reformers turn to new administration
Peggy Cohen's youngest son, Hunter, was only 2 years old when the Sago Mine blew up. Today, he still blows kisses whenever the family goes by his grandfather's grave.
Cohen's father, Fred Ware, was among the 12 miners killed in the Sago Mine disaster. The family still feels the loss three years later.
..... At the same time, Cohen says she worries about the safety of other miners, and holds out hope that a change in the White House might help more families from losing husbands, fathers and sons in the nation's coal mines.
"We cannot take mine safety lightly," Cohen said in an e-mail message. "There is still plenty of work which needs to be done to protect our miners. This is my hope for our new president and his staff."
Three years ago this morning, an explosion ripped through International Coal Group's Sago Mine, located outside Buckhannon in Upshur County.
Within hours, the national media had focused on 13 missing miners. Twelve of those workers died before rescuers could reach them 40 hours later. Only Randal McCloy Jr. survived.
..... In response, there's been a flurry of new laws, tougher regulations and demands for increased inspections and enforcement. Much progress has been made. Last year, for example, the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration for the first time completed all of its mandated quarterly inspections of underground coal mines nationwide.
Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., pushed for additional funding to replace MSHA inspection jobs that had been cut by Bush.
..... despite improvements, many critics say MSHA (Mine Safety and Health Administration) remains a troubled agency damaged by Bush administration budget cuts and efforts to replace tough enforcement with industry-friendly "compliance assistant" programs.
Ward's claims to blame are truly, truly lame.
Here is a chart that compares the mine-fatality record during the Clinton and Bush administrations (source data is here for coal and here for metal/nonmetal):
Clinton responsibility goes through 2001 because his last budget controlled what the MSHA could do that year. Similarly, Bush will still have responsibility for 2009.
In 2008, there were 29 coal-mining fatalities and 22 in all other mining (collectively referred to a "Metal/NonMetal"). The combined total of 51 is the lowest on record. This has occurred while total employment in all mining has increased almost 19% in the past five years.
Concentrating on coal, as that is the subject of Ward's report, here is more comprehensive info through 2007 (original page link; full-sized version is here):
The all injury rate in coal mining fell almost 30% from 2001 to 2007. There has been little if any let-up in inspection hours per mine. If there's an issue, it would appear to be the decline in 2007's inspection completion rate, which may be due to paperwork and other requirements imposed by the MINER Act of 2006 that became law in response to Sago.
This gets us back to Ward's most potentially substantive question: Which is better, so-called "tough enforcement" or "compliant-assistant" (I would suggest that they are really "continuous improvement") programs?
The improvements under Bush support the idea that it's the latter. This makes sense, unless you think that mine operators could give a rip about employee safety. If there are any such employers, I would suggest that today they are few and far between.
As an inspector, if you come in with the assumption that everyone would like to improve safety within reasonable resource constraints, you make constructive suggestions for improving things without getting adversarial about it -- unless you see clear signs of negligence. That seems to have worked quite well during the Bush Administration, despite Ken Ward's and Bob Byrd's bleatings.
The so-called "tough enforcement" approach tends to look for violations, no matter how petty, with the goal of maximizing fines and showing up supposedly exploitive employers, who are presumptively believed to be doing as little as they possibly can get away with to keep the workplace safe. This "gotcha" approach does little to improve safety except in situations where there are egregious violations.
If the Obama administration returns to the adversarial approach and ceases the constructive inspector-industry dialogue, I predict slower improvement in mine safety. The fact is, contrary to Ken Ward and Bob Byrd, Obama's MSHA will have a tough act to follow.
Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.


text:
Study: Android is half of all smartphone sales
NEW YORK (AP) – The market share for smartphones running Google's Android software doubled in the third quarter as more devices became available and Apple delayed release of a new iPhone, according to the research firm Gartner.
Android had more than half of the worldwide smartphone market in the third quarter, up from 25% a year ago. Nokia's Symbian system had 17%, down from 36 percent, and Research In Motion's BlackBerry devices dropped to 11%, compared with 15% a year ago.
Apple's iOS system, which runs the iPhone, also dropped — to 15%, compared with 17% a year ago. Apple typically releases new models over the summer, but the new iPhone didn't come out until after the third quarter ended.
Sales of the iPhone were expected to pick up in the holiday quarter with the Oct. 14 release of the iPhone 4S. Apple said it sold more than 4 million units of the new model in the first three days — meaning it was selling more than twice as fast as the previous model did when it launched last year.
Gartner said smartphone sales worldwide increased 42% to 115 million in the third quarter. More than 60 million of those phones were Android devices such as HTC's ThunderBolt and Samsung's Conquer 4G.
"Android benefited from more mass-market offerings, a weaker competitive environment and the lack of exciting new products on alternative operating systems such as Windows Phone 7 and RIM," said Roberta Cozza, principal research analyst at Gartner.
As some analysts have already estimated, Samsung became the No. 1 smartphone maker worldwide, largely because of its Galaxy devices running on Android. Gartner said Samsung sold 24 million smartphones in the quarter, compared with 17 million iPhones.
Posted | Updated


text:
San Diego County drivers can look to California DUI attorney Rick Mueller's free checkpoint location service here.
The Santee Sheriff's Station is staging a San Diego California DUI checkpoint Friday, July 12th
from 8:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. in the City of Santee at a secret location. If you know the San Diego California DUI checkpoint location, please email California DUI lawyer Rick Mueller @ email@example.com.
San Diego California DUI checkpoints are used by cops to identify offenders and get them off the
street, as well as educate the public on the dangers of drunkdriving, California dui lawyers are told.
California DUI attorney emphasizes vehicle volume, traffic, and weather permitting, all vehicles may be checked and drivers who are DUI, under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs will be arrested.
Their San Diego California DUI checkpoint goal is to raise funds and to send a clear message to those who are considering driving a motor vehicle after consuming alcohol and/or drugs. The public is encouraged to help keep roadways safe by calling 911 if they see a suspected impaired driver. Cash for San Diego California DUI checkpoints comes from the bottomless California Office of Traffic Safety.
Wonder if this California DUI checkpoint has anything to do with the high speed DUI chase and accident with 4 drinking teens and a seventeen year old driver going 100 mph who hit a light pole at Main Street in El Cajon?


text:
Ger-Czech Irregular Verbs
by: Ectaco-LingvoSoft • 0
All Android applications categories
by: Ectaco-LingvoSoft • 0
Irregular verbs are some of the most difficult parts of speech in any language, and if you come across them in a foreign language prepare to be shocked!
The cure? This German-Czech Talking Irregular Verbs application!
It shows the spelling and pronunciation of the three most important forms of irregular verbs: infinitive, past indefinite and past participial.
Each verb is fluently pronounced in over 32 languages (depending on the language combination you purchase).
Get this app and you will never have to dread coming across irregular verbs again.
Tags: ger tagalog , gerczech
Download Ger-Czech Irregular Verbs
$4.95 - V1.42m - 4M
Sorry ...
This app is no longer available.
Share this app


text:
Most people won't object to paying for most types of insurance: homeowners, health, life, auto, etc.
While most people see a need for long term care insurance, once they receive a quote and see how much it actually costs, they are immediately turned off.
But should the rate of long term care insurance be such a deterrent?
The scary reality is that there is an overwhelming likelihood that you and I will both need some sort of long term care in our lifetime.
How much of a chance? According to the U.S. Administration of Aging, over a 70% chance.
That means you have a greater chance of needing long term care than Shaquille O'neal has of making a free throw. How scary is that?
The purpose of this post is two-fold. First, to give you a sense of how much long term care may cost in the future. Secondly, to give some real life long term insurance quotes to help illustrate how much it may cost you.
How Much is Long Term Care?
That's the million dollar question. MetLife did a survey in 2009 of estimated long term care costs. Based on their findings the average annual cost of nursing home care is now $79,935 or $219 per day. That's up 3.3% from 2008. The average nursing home stay is about 2.5 years, which means you would need roughly $200,000 to pay those bills. That's a little more than your DirecTV bill, huh?
What if you had to pay the entire long term care cost of pocket? Would your retirement nest egg withstand such a huge blow? Medicaid may help, but that's only when everything is depleted. The clear solution is long term care insurance.
How expensive is Long Term Care Coverage?
Annually, it typically costs about as much as a cheap used car. According to the MetLife survey: in 2009, a 52-year-old federal employee could pay $1,524 annually for an LTC policy with a $200-per-day benefit for three years and a maximum lifetime benefit of about $200,000.
Does $1,500 or $1,800 or $2,100 annually (just to throw out a few numbers) sound expensive? These premiums are certainly inexpensive compared to the staggering bills you may face if the need for LTC enters your life. Yes, there is a chance that you may never need LTC coverage. However, with advances in medicine and healthcare, we may live much longer than we anticipate before we leave this world.
If you've ever had an experience where a loved one needed long term care then the cost is not an issue. A client of mine shared his story where long term care insurance saved his family from financial and emotional heartache.
More from GFC, Below
Elder Law Attorney's View
Suggesting how much long term care insurance one might need is tough because there are a lot of factors at work here. Much depends on the state you reside. Other factors include you current health, family medical history, and how much in investable assets you have. In addition to that, there are other variables to consider. The are four primary variables that must be considered when building an Long Term Care Insurance policy:
- daily benefit amount
- benefit period
- elimination period
- inflation protection
I decided to the seek the counsel of Tiffanny Sievers of S.I. Elder Law who advises her clients on elder issues. Here's what Tiffanny had to say:
I typically suggest people get at least a 5 year pay out because the look back period for transfers is moving to 5 years. Although right now it is 3 years, it is going to be moving to 5 years, very soon in Illinois.
How Much of a Daily Benefit Do You Recommend For a Long Term Care Insurance Policy?
In Southern Illinois Nursing Home expenses range from $90 a day to $180 a day. Therefore I would say that the daily benefit should be no less than $100 a day and probably better somewhere around $120 a day.
How Long of an Elimination Period?
I would say 90-100 day elimination period. The reason for this is because Medicare will usually pay for the first 100 days and you want to your long term care insurance to kick in right after Medicare runs out.
How Much of a Total Payout Should One Consider When Purchasing Long Term Care Insurance?
Of course, the best plan would have no limits but something reasonable would be $200,000-$250,000 maximum payout. Like a term certain annuity, a good idea might be to make sure that your plan will pay the maximium daily benefit for 5 years.
For the most part, if you have a decent long term care insurance policy, you will not have to worry about loosing all of your assets to assisted living and or the nursing home. I recomend to all of my clients that are under age 70 that they at least try to get some coverage. You have a greater chance of becoming disabled than actually dying.
As you can see, there are many considerations that go into purchasing a long term care insurance policy. Thanks to Tiffanny for sharing her expertise!
Long Term Insurance Quotes
Long term care insurance is available through most of the best insurance companies that offer life insurance. So I started with the most popular among the well known providers.
While the MetLife survey provided some good general info on the actual cost of Long Term Care Insurance, I decided to contact one of the leading providers and request an actual quote on a long term care insurance policy. The Long Term Insurance quotes I requested were for a 50, 55, and 60 year old, respectively- all assuming to be in excellent health with no benefit for a spouse. As the below chart indicates the three constants were daily benefit amount, benefit period, elimination period, and policy limit. Let's see what the results show:
|50 Year Old
|55 Year Old
|60 Year Old
|Risk Class
|LTC Benefit Amount
|$100 Daily
|$100 Daily
|$100 Daily
|Benefit Period
|3 Years
|3 Years
|3 Years
|Policy Limit
|Elimination Period
|90 Days
|90 Days
|90 Days
|Inflation Option
|5% Compound
|5% Compound
|5% Compound
|Stay At Home Benefit
|Total Annual Premium
Long Term Insurance Quote Findings
Based on the findings we can derive some interesting information. First, that the total price on the annual premium increases by 11% by waiting to age 55 instead of 50. Second, the percentage increase from 55 to 60 is 22%. Thirdly, by postponing from age 50 to 60, there is a 35.6% in premium. Many baby boomers always wonder what the potential increase in premium might be by waiting, this should give some insight.
Disclaimer: You should not base these numbers as a true representation of long term care insurance premiums. This is just to be used as an example and you should consult a qualified licensed professional to give you an accurate quote based on your situation.


text:
|Deviant Art
An Ancestors Promise
Pretty good story, really explains about Zecora's involvement in the events of "Tear of the Fallen Star", good sentence structured and as well as good rhyming dialogue with the Zebras that is mentioned in the story. Well done for creating such a wonderful sentences.
Good explanation with the ancient history with the "War of the 4 Tribes" and as how Zecora's ancestor, Chief Jumb Rafi, unified the Zebra tribes. Interesting to see what sparked the events to have him join the war at Equestria in hopes to unified every continent for peace. Sad how things didn't work out and how he wished to aid his friend that will exist long after his death.
Zebra's use of magic is pretty unique and original as how one doesn't need a unicorn's alicorn (the hallowed horn of the unicorn) to perform magical feats, or potions as the case may be. With Zecora's having prolonged use of meditation as a young foal would explained why, despite that she's arguably around the same age as Twilight, she have a great deal of wisdom and insight for such things.
Her journey to leave her home in order to travel to Equestria has helped explain her inner thoughts as she faced her trials without having comforts of friends and would be very bitter shouldn't StarBolt thank her as a friend.
After reading, its very touching how despite being in such a alien environment, she has found happiness with not only Star Bolt who visited her from time to time (to which it would explain why he appears in the other short story), but those who would be her new friends as they opened up to her.
Overall, very nice story that sets in the main universe of your story. I once again shall be looking forward to other small stories that takes place in the universe. Best regards
Thx ^^
I usually don't like writing about cannon characters because I always hear how people would argue that the character wouldn't act like that. Nevertheless, as exotic and challenging a character as Zecora is to write for, and the fact that I wrote her as Chief Rafi's ancestor really allowed me to enjoy writing this story. I used many points in her appearances on the show, in her story such as the numerous times that she was meditating when the others approached her, and I even used the way she rhymes weather they be short and simple or whether they use 4 key rhymes or 3 which is usually harder to match when allowing her to respond naturally to the situations and the actions around her. but all in all she is number Two of my favorite characters on the show and I love this story and even though it was a long one that I almost had to turn into a chapter story, it was still awesome and I really liked writing this one. I'm glad you liked this one and I'm looking forward to finishing the other short stories that I'm working on, the next chapter was finished earlier today so I'm only waiting for the proofreader to reply. I'm glad you like this story and even though this is the only comment on this story I received since it was finished, it is motivating me to finish the rest of what I got planed.
Yeah, It has surprised me as well that I'm the only so far to comment for a great side story such as this. I can imagine that readers are still busy from the Christmas Holidays.
Indeed you have done great job with the rhyming for having 3 or 4 keywords instead of the usual 2 that most people would have. Quite the challenge you did and I have to give you kudos for that.
What I like to know is how this story could potentially connect to your main story or side stories as how Chief Rafi has two grandson and how that Zecora's Chief was off to celebrate the birth of a new foal. Am i over-analyzing small details? Possibly, buts that the fun i used it to speculated what is to come from the next stories.
Anyhow nice work as per usual, with not only from you, but the entire crew as well that helps making this story as the best it can be.
I'm often going back and reading this one just because I liked this story and for the small detail I just took note that despite what actually plays a role in the story, things around the story its self will always continue whether they act with the story or not. I'm sure an elder was always called in to bless a new foal when one was born, and I would guess after one thousand years, Zecora probably isn't the only surviving member of chief Rafi's family, but she is the one specially chosen for this task. There is a difference between telling a story and being unrealistic. Plus I left it open for changes in the show who knows there could be an episode where a relative shows up, I hope not but that's not my choice. But readers are free to take it as they see it. And as you know from my other writing I tend to use a lot of hints and clues as to what comes next, it just makes it more fun for the readers.


text:
Amenable mortality is an indicator of healthcare quality.
Following up on their earlier work in comparing trends in deaths considered amenable to healthcare in industrialized countries, Drs Nolte and McKee recently published their report of a comparative analysis of trends and patterns of amenable mortality in the US and three other developed countries—France, Germany, and the United Kingdom—between 1999 and 2007.2
Their primary sources of data were the World Health Organization mortality database and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. France, Germany, and the United Kingdom were selected for comparison to the United States because:
- They are high-income countries;
- Provide universal access to care (but have different mechanisms for doing this);
- France has traditionally been lower end of the spectrum of amenable mortality rates, and the United Kingdom at the higher end; and
- These countries have similar population sizes.
- Amenable mortality was an important contributor to premature mortality in all four countries.
- Between 1999 and 2007, rates of amenable mortality fell in all countries but the rate of decline was lowest in the United States. In other words, the United States had the lowest rate of improvement.
- The relative lack of progress in the US was mainly due to circulatory conditions other than heart disease, i.e. cerebrovascular disease and hypertension.
- Relative lack of progress in the US was also seen in mortality rates due to surgical conditions and medical errors.
- Mortality from treatable cancers fell at a similar pace in all four countries.
Why Does the US Lag Behind Other High-Income Countries in Healthcare Quality Indicators?
The evidence points to access to care (or the lack of it)—far too many Americans don't receive the right (i.e. evidence-based) treatment for common chronic diseases (e.g. diabetes, hypertension, and asthma) and/or care that they can afford.3 This is regrettable. Americans who receive evidence-based care achieve outcomes similar to their European counterparts, e.g. in Minnesota.
Some people have suggested that different definitions, different methods of collecting data, and under-reporting are the main reasons why the US seems to always lag behind other countries in healthcare quality indicators. The literature does not support these suggestions.
Read the article by Nolte and McKee "In Amenable Mortality—Deaths Avoidable Through Health Care—Progress In The US Lags That Of Three European Countries."
- Rutstein D, Berenberg W, Chalmers T, Child C, Fishman A, Perrin E. Measuring the quality of medical care. N Engl J Med. 1976;294:582–8.
- Nolte E, McKee M. In Amenable Mortality—Deaths Avoidable Through Health Care—Progress In The US Lags That Of Three European Countries. Health Aff August 2012 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0851
- Desai M, Rachet B, Coleman M, McKee M. Two countries divided by a common language: health systems in the UK and USA. J R Soc Med. 2010;103:283–7.


text:
Roasted Beef Rib Eye & Root Vegetables
READY IN: 2hrs 30mins
Recipe by looneytunesfan
From the Beef Industry Council.
Top Review by Chef floWer
Hubby and Little Miss (DD) loved this recipe, I had to leave out the sweet potatoes and use carrots (it was all I had at home) but then kept to the recipe. I had a small rib eye (enough for Little Miss (DD) and Hubby, I don't eat red meat) so I cooked it at 180oC for 1 hour and 15 mins. It was so simple to put together. Thank you looneytunesfan
See Discussion:1 Review
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1814.36 g well-trimmed beef rib eye roast, small end
- 29.58 ml vegetable oil
- 3 medium baking potatoes, quartered
- 2 large sweet potatoes, halved, quartered
- 4 small onions, halved
- 29.58 ml minced fresh rosemary or 9.85 ml dried rosemary
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 4.92 ml salt
- 4.92 ml dry mustard
- 4.92 ml freshly cracked black pepper
Directions See How It's Made
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- Combine seasoning ingredients; press 1/2 onto beef roast. Combine remaining seasoning with oil in large bowl. Add vegetables; toss.
- Place roast, fat side up, on rack in shallow roasting pan. Insert ovenproof meat thermometer so tip is centered in thickest part of beef, not resting in fat. Do not add water or cover. Roast in 350°F oven 1 3/4 hours for medium rare; 2 hours for medium doneness. After 15 to 30 minutes, place vegetables on rack around roast; roast vegetables 1 1/2 hours or until tender.
- Remove roast when meat thermometer registers 135°F for medium rare; 150°F for medium. Tent with foil. Let stand 15 to 20 minutes. (Temperature will continue to rise about 10°F to reach 145°F for medium rare; 160°F for medium.) Carve roast. Serve with vegetables.


text:
See Tina Fey and Amy Poehler in the First 2014 Golden Globes Promo [VIDEO]
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are back!
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are back!
Scarlett Johansson delivered a career-best performance this year in Spike Jonze's 'Her' and it has a lot of critics talking about award consideration. But, there's one award Johansson won't be winning: The Golden Globe. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which manages the Golden Globes, has said that Johansson's performance is ineligible.
Madonna has been under fire from all sides lately and I don't know what to make of it. First, I heard that the Material Girl and the GAGA have been at odds over Lady Gaga's song "Born This Way" with Madonna basically saying that Lady Gaga ripped off her classic hit "Express Yourself"! Now apparently the "Virgin Mother" of Pop is having a TIFF with the "QUEEN" Elton John and comedian Ricky Gervais.
The 69th annual Golden Globes were awarded Sunday night, with a kinder, gentler Ricky Gervais at the helm.
The Golden Globe nominations have been revealed and some of our favorite pop stars have received nods.


text:
You might have assumed that Eric Cantona was taking things easy nowadays, starring in the odd French Film here, dressing up as a playing card there – whatever fills the day. But the truth may be far more sinister. Far from kicking back and enjoying his retirement from football, in fact, our Eric has actually been working on a dastardly plan to replace Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United.
"When I have the feeling that I am at my highest level [of acting] I will try to find something else exciting," parped Cantona this morning, curiously shunning the worlds of extreme ironing and unicycle hockey. "I want to do it in my own way, like an artist," he continued. "I want to create new things, play a kind of football that has never been played before."
None of which should be in any way linked to the fact Cantona hasn't bothered getting any of the relevant qualifications.
Of course, just about anything Eric says is guaranteed to be more exciting than the respective transfer sagas of Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Barry. The latest on those two, since you don't ask, is that the former has been photographed meeting with Real Madrid fitness coach Walter Di Salvo and the latter has had a comedy £20m price tag hooked onto his nose.
Speaking of silly valuations, Valencia accountants are still busily tacking noughts onto the end of David Villa's asking price following his smoothly taken hat-trick against Russia last night. Chelsea are so put out by the whole saga that they're going to just sign Samuel Eto'o instead.
Tottenham had been hoping to sign Eto'o too, but will now look to bolster their opponents' attack instead by snaffling Anton Ferdinand. If Juande Ramos acts fast he may even be able to snatch hold of Khalid Boularhrouz's leg before he boards a plane bound for Marseilles.
Elsewhere Sky Italia reckon Milan have already done a deal with Emmanuel Adebayor's agent; Arsène Wenger is too busy sweet-talking Werder Bremen midfielder Torsten Frings to notice; and Djibril Cisse wants 'Arry Redknapp to 'urry up and sign 'im.


text:
The blast took place near the convoy of National Peoples Party's candidate Dr Ibrahim Jatoi in Shikarpur who remained unhurt.
In another incident, three people were reported injured when a bomb exploded in Balochistan's Dera Murad Jamali region.
The blast took place near the convoy of an independent candidate for PB-32, Allah Dino, in the district's Kachchi Pul area.
Rescue teams had reached the site of the attack and started an operation.
Earlier on Tuesday, Pakistan Peoples Party, Muttahida Qaumi Movement and Awami National Party alleged that they were being compelled to boycott the May 11 elections.
Senator Shahi Syed of ANP, Rehman Malik of PPP and Dr Farooq Sattar of MQM addressed a joint press conference at MQM's 'Nine Zero' headquarters over the attacks targeting candidates and workers of the three parties.
During the press talk, Dr Sattar said world powers wanted to bring a government of rightwing parties in Pakistan just to ensure their safe exit from Afghanistan.
Protesters block National Highway over Abdul Fateh Magsi's killing
Moreover, supporters and relatives of Abdul Fateh Magsi, the slain candidate for PB-32 (Jhal Magsi), blocked the National Highway linking Sindh and Balochistan on Wednesday in order to protest his killing.
Long queues of vehicles were witnessed on the National Highway during the road's blockade. Later, however, protesters agreed to clear the highway following negotiations with the administration.


text:
Does Gangnam Style's PSY Have A Drinking Problem?
Korean YouTube sensation and pop star Psy, 35, has come clean about his drinking habits. He admitted that the only time he isn't drinking is when he's hungover.
Psy commented to Sunday Times Magazine, "If I'm happy, I'm drinking, if I'm sad, I'm drinking. If it's raining, I'm drinking, if it's sunny, I'm drinking. The only time I am not drinking is when I'm hungover."
His break-out hit "Gangnam Style" has racked up 1,717,798,929 YouTube views since it was released in June 2012, but his second song "Gentleman" didn't receive the same viral acclaim after stories of Psy's Anti-American rants became public.
We hope that Psy gets help for his alcohol addiction soon. Drinking that much all the time is definitely a sign that something is going on with him!


text:
African American
African American Resources
HPD's African American programs staff provide assistance to anyone interested in preserving Georgia's African American historic resources through presentations, site visits and Reflections. Reflections is a periodical featuring African American resources and stories from across Georgia. GAAHPN received a Leadership in History Award from the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) for Reflections.
Who to contact:
Melissa Jest, African American Programs Coordinator
firstname.lastname@example.com // Phone: 770-389-7870
External links


text:
Main Site - :: Why Won't God Heal Amputees? ::
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
Ok just curious how you guys react to someone saying 'I'll pray for you'IT used to be I would say 'Thank you for thinking of me'.But now i actually find it annoying.Its like I can't do anything tangible or worthwhile to help you out, but I'll pray to god for you.I actually will say in response 'don't bother'How about you guys?


text:
Air Force Academy, CO (SPX) Sep 19, 2011
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 19, 2011
Air Force Academy aeronautics researchers have finished the largest test of their Ocean Wave Energy Converter to date at the Offshore Technology Research Center in College Station, Texas.
The two weeks of testing proved the fundamental mechanics of the Academy's ocean wave energy converter on the largest scale to date.The Ocean Wave Energy Converter is the brainchild of Dr. Stefan Siegel, a researcher at the Academy's Aeronautics Department.
The project started in 2008 with a National Science Foundation grant to create the world's first free-floating, fully submerged wave energy converter that generates electrical power from deep ocean waves. Siegel and other Aeronautics researchers - Drs. Juergen Seidel and Casey Fagley and retired Col. Rob Fredell - accomplished this and tested it at a 1:300 developmental scale."
We are now at the 1:10 scale, which is the scale that off-shore industry consider when they test their devices, and really the last step before building a full-size ocean-going device," Siegel said. "The main goal is really to demonstrate how much power we can extract with wave energy and convert it to shaft power."
A research grant from the U.S. Department of Energy is designed to increase the converter's technology readiness level, or TRL, from Level 3 to Level 4. TRL is a one-to-nine scale measuring an invention's readiness to enter the market: Level 1 signifies a technology for which basic principles have been observed and reported, while Level 9 designates a mission-ready product that is ready for full-size, large-scale use. Level 4 signifies that a component of a system has been validated in a field environment.
To get the funding to further develop this technology, Siegel and the other researchers incorporated, forming the Atargis Energy Corporation. With the company and funding, the Atargis team got to business in the same manner as many other startups. They built parts of the current wave energy converter in Siegel's garage and tested components in a neighbor's swimming pool.
With the change to a larger scale, difficulties increased exponentially. One person could lift the 1:300 scale wave energy converter without any assistance, but the 1:10 scale model required 10 men to assemble and a 5-ton crane to transport.
"This is expected. Inherent in any new technology, not everything scales up linearly," Siegel said. "Suddenly the effort and design goes up drastically when you build something at a much larger scale. At the 1:10 scale, you are at the level where you need to carefully analyze every single part that's in there: you need to design it for strength, you need make sure we don't have too much twist or flex in your blades when they are in the water.
At this level already, we're seeing some of the full-scale design requirements hit us."Peripheral design issues slowed the testing and put the team's problem-solving skills to the test.
During the generator's first submerged test, the team discovered bubbles coming from one of the gear boxes. After removing the entire assembly from the water, Seidel discovered the gear box was half full of water when he opened it. The team applied additional silicon sealing to eliminate the leak.After the converter went back underwater, the team discovered additional leaks in the pylons, impacting the actuators that control the blades' pitch.
This forced a bit of on-the-fly reengineering: the Academy team huddled, examined the problem, goals and resources and came up with a solution in a matter of minutes. Rolling up their sleeves, they removed some of the electronics from the parts that would be below water level as a short-term fix, with the help of the research center staff.
Leak proofing had been tested on many parts in the design and construction phases prior to this testing, with attention given to balance buoyancy and weight. But in the long-term, the team admits that more attention will be applied to waterproofing turbine and electronics areas.
"This is by no means a deal-breaker. This is the part of testing that you don't normally hear about, but is quite normal in commissioning a new model in a facility like this," said Siegel.
"However, beyond the technical difficulties, we were able to run tests that confirm the wave generation capabilities of our wave energy converter, which is a crucial step in being able to cancel waves. We gathered detailed force and moment data for these runs, which will aid us in controlling a cluster of wave energy converters.
The data also lines up well with our previous results from the small scale tests and simulations, and make these 1:10 tests an important milestone in the development of this technology."
After the fixes, the converter went back underwater for more testing. The team went deeper than originally planned and, with some realignments, found success. They removed unwanted harmonics and prove the fundamental theory correct on the largest scale to date.
Siegel's team is not the first to try to conquer the engineering difficulties of harnessing energy from ocean waves. To date, survivability and efficiency have prevented other approaches to wave energy technology from being successful.
"Nothing has survived in the open ocean for more than six months at a time, and other design concepts out there right now are not efficient," he said.
The team has addressed the converter's survivability through several adaptations, the most important of which comes from designing the converter to be part of a free-floating submerged platform.
This places the converter away from the surface hazards created by major storms on the ocean's surface, which have killed other organizations' attempts to demonstrate competing wave energy technologies.
Efficiency boils down to how much electricity can be harnessed by each platform and how that translates to the price the consumer has to pay in their electric bill. Through feedback flow control, Siegel's converter constantly adjusts the two blades to their optimal angles, maximizing the amount of energy possible to turn the blades and generate electricity.
In previous tests at the Air Force Academy, the research team harnessed 99 percent of the power of a simulated ocean wave with the ocean wave converter and transfer that wave's force into electrical energy, effectively canceling out the wave in the process. Essentially, there's a wave going in, but no wave going out.
This is a significant step forward from the nearest comparable power source, wind turbines. Current wind turbine technology can only harness 59 percent of the power potential within its area of effect.
The center has one of the world's largest wave tank facilities, which will allow the test of a larger wave energy converter and eventually permit testing of three wave energy converters simultaneously.
After the tests, members of Atargis went to England for a wave energy conference. After the conference, the team returned to Colorado to analyze the data they obtained, determine the long-term fixes for the waterproofing issues and prepare for the next test. The Atargis team is scheduled to return to the Offshore Technology Research Center in early 2012 to test the use of multiple wave energy converters working at once.
Related Links
Powering The World in the 21st Century at Energy-Daily.com
Comment on this article via your Facebook, Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail login.
Saving electricity while playing
Erfurt, Germany (SPX) Sep 19, 2011
The federal government of Germany has decided to accelerate change in energy policy. But the transition will succeed only with the help of the consumers. They are called upon to use the energy from renewable resources in a more efficient fashion. A new online game shows how energy can be saved. Do I toast my bread rolls in the oven or over the toaster? Should I heat the water on the stove ... read more
|The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2011 - Space Media Network. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement


text:
You are browsing from: United States
Change Location:
You are browsing in: £ Pound Sterling (GBP)
Change Currency:
Need help? Call 0141 883 4794
In Stock
Next Day Delivery Order before 3pm
Everbuild Pinkgrip is a quick-curing adhesive that will stick just about anything on a building site that needs sticking!
The fantastic grabbing strength not only removes the need to pin under the workpiece to prevent slumping, but the revolutionary initial 'Direct Bond' also eliminates the need for double stick methods.


text: Make the sofa or sectional of your dreams in our showrooms! Just bring us your room measurements and we will help you make the perfect sectional to maximize your living environment. Beds Chairs/Chaises Dining Chairs Sofas/Sectionals At MJ Custom Furniture, we do one thing extraordinarily well – high quality custom made furniture, to your door, "in about a week." Create that dream home environment that will last a lifetime using the hundreds of styles and thousands of fabrics available as well our excellent design staff to assist you in your home or at our showroom.


text:
All Android applications categories
Curriculum Vitae brings you a lot of great information to help you make the best CV that you can. A curriculum vita, or CV for short, provides an overview of an applicant's experience and other qualifications. In some countries, a CV is typically the first item that a potential employer encounters regarding the job seeker and is typically used to screen applicants, often followed by an interview, when seeking employment.
You need the best possible CV in order to maximise your chances of getting a job interview. Learn how you can do just that with this FREE app.
Chapters include:
Resume vs. Curriculum Vitae
How to Create a Curriculum Vitae that Lands Interviews
How To Make Your Professional Curriculum Vitae (CV) Professional
What is a good Curriculum Vitae?
The Covering Letter
Curriculum Vitae Samples
What is curriculum vitae?
Vitae curriculum
UK CV Template
Types of Curriculum Vitae
and more
Curriculum Vitae app is full of great information and help for job seekers. It's free at the moment so download now!
Tags: free curriculum vitae app in uk
from 10 reviews
Download Curriculum Vitae
Free - V1.4 - 4M
Sorry ...
This app is no longer available.
Share this app


text:
All Roads Lead to Spain, Part II
2 July 1991 was the date that Part II of my Spanish Adventure started. In Part I one in a vibrant post-transition Seville, I played the role of a free-spirited young adult turned responsible hardworking wife and mother. In Part II, I would now play the role of hardworking single mother in one of Spain's most quintessentially "Mediterranean" seaside resorts, Javea, Alicante.
Javea, or Xàbia, which is the original name in Valenciano, is situated in the north of the province of Alicante, on the eastern-most point of the Mediterranean coast. The coastline of Javea, which lies just 90 km west to the island of Ibiza, is made up of four dramatic capes; Cabo de San Antonio, Cabo de la Nao, Cap Negre and Cap Martí. The Montgó Mountain shelters Javea from the harsher north winds, providing a microclimate that the World Health Organization named as one of the healthiest in the world. The flat central valley is made up of flat agricultural land dedicated to citrus and vineyards, crisscrossed by often dry rivers and streams. Javea, the Pearl of the Costa Blanca, is nothing short of paradise.
Since the 1970's Javea had become a popular retirement destination for affluent Northern European expatriates and a summer holiday destination for the equally affluent Madrileños, Basques and Valencianos. Javea was also famous for its colony of international artists and spiritual-seekers, apparently drawn to the magnetic pull of the Montgó massif. Javea is also where the famous Spanish painter Joaquin Sorolla produced some of his most famous pieces, and where the most lauded couturier of all times, Cristobal Balenciaga, retired to and lived out his final days. "What better place to raise my two young children?" I thought. And what a change from Seville!
Life in Suburbia Again
The most important change of all was having my family near me. My parents had retired in Javea two years earlier and they were now on hand to lend me their full support to help raise my children as a newly single mother. Although I was in an understandable funk after having ended my marriage, the joy of new motherhood and the house full of brothers and sisters visiting from abroad for the summer anesthetized the pain. Plus I had a whole new life to look forward to! My boys and I soon occupied one of the floors of the spectacular retirement villa that my parents had built overlooking the entire bay of Javea. Meanwhile I still had my home in Seville, which would take me two more years to sell, and my ex-husband would make frequent trips across the country to be with the boys. We had many neighbors from Valencia with children of similar ages who owned weekend and holiday homes in our urbanization and long lasting friendships were immediately struck between my boys and their "brothers from another mother", friendships that endure to this day.
Another important difference between my new destination and Seville was that Javea was a small town with a population of only 10,000 inhabitants in 1991 (although it would swell to over 100,000 in the summer months). And with no public transport to speak of, no shops near the urbanizations, why, it felt like American Suburbia but with lovelier views. And yes, you had to drive everywhere, which did not bother me in the least being the American that I was. In fact it was a minor price to pay for the big spaces, peace, quiet and privacy that living in a villa offered in exchange. What did not feel like Suburbia and felt downright Third World was the lack of telephone lines, though! They wouldn't come until three or four years later, along with paved roads. Javea at the time was certainly a mix of the developed and underdeveloped world.
That September my 5 year-old son Ruben started school in Javea. I was rather reluctant to send him to a public school, as they were not known for their particularly high standards in Seville. But Javea had no reputable Spanish private schools and I was certain that I did not want to enroll my son in the local private English college, which had proven to be a fly-by-night operation when my younger brother had attended. So after consulting with my friend Marilo (remember her?), who had since moved from Alicante to Javea, where she worked as a Special Education teacher in one of the local schools, I decided to enroll my son in the culturally diverse public school in Javea's Port District.
Remember that I mentioned in Part I that Valenciano was spoken in the Alicante province? Well, it was also the language the children were taught in at school. Apparently regional language defense, nationalism and political confrontation went hand in hand, something else that was very different from Seville. In fact, many parents from other regions of Spain were outspokenly opposed to Valenciano language education, but I chose not to make an issue of it and embraced adding a third language to my children's repertoire. With this open-minded attitude and the friendship that I already had with several of the teachers, I soon felt very welcome in our little school community. And with my good old American attitude of "If you don't like the way things are, change them", I quickly got involved in the Parents Associations, where I would remain for a full 11 years serving as Secretary, Vice-President and President.
Becoming a Business Woman and Pro Meditator
I started teaching again when I was asked by the directors of two of the local schools to launch an afterschool EFL program for the children, something my company had successfully done in many schools in Seville. The response was so overwhelming that I had to hire a second teacher and effectively went into business. Over a 13-year period I would go on to teach English to thousands of young javienses who to this day still call me "Teacher" on Facebook. The truth is that in those early days it took me no time to become part of the local landscape in Javea, and being the small town that it was at the time, everyone knew who I was, some getting more into my business than I would have preferred. Ah, small-town living!
Socially Javea was also very different from Seville, where very little home entertainment took place. Thanks again to Marilo and a new wave of cultural creatives flocking to Javea, I soon had a group of fun and enriching friends from Javea, other parts of Spain and other countries, most of with young children, that kept my social calendar very busy. Potluck dinners were celebrated every weekend at a different homes. Weekend excursions to the mountains and the beach with all the kiddies in tow were also a mainstay, and summer garden parties and barbecues were held weekly. There was a lovely sense of community and of a village raising a child, and in all languages. Indeed, culturally Javea was much more diverse than Seville.
There was also something about Javea that was more profound than Seville, perhaps due to the sheer beauty of the landscape, something that turns people inward in search of deeper meaning. I did mention that Javea was also a haven for spiritual seekers, didn't I? Since the early 70's Javea has been home to groups of Neo-Sannyasins with an Ibiza connection, Buddhists, Hindus, Shamanists, Psychics, Healers and Soothsayers. I soon began shopping the Javea spiritual market place and would finally settle on Tibetan Buddhism. I would take it quite far, becoming a very dedicated meditator and practitioner for 10 years, even founding the largest meditation center in Europe, The International Sakya Foundation, in the Sella Mountains in nearby Pedreguer. I had the privilege of becoming a heart disciple of His Holiness Sakya Trizin, who imparted many wise teachings and initiations upon me during the course of those ten years in various destinations all over the world.
As my children, friendships and spirituality grew, so did my business. I had opened my own learning center in Javea, adding specialties like French, German, Spanish, Computing, Accounting, Homework Tutoring, as well as Speech Pathology and Social Skills Training for ADHD / Asperger spectrum children. I also ran several International Student Exchange and Au-Pair programs berween Spain and America. I had acquired several offsite corporate clients in the area, including the Marriott Hotel in Denia. As the business grew, I moved to larger premises where I was able to extend the course offerings to Yoga, Tai Chi, Belly Dancing or Theatre, attempting a more integral teaching model. I began investigating Integral Theory and Spiral Dynamics, going to Workshops and Seminars in the U.K. and America, hoping to apply these new theories back home.
Finding Last Minute Love
Javea, and Spain in general, was undergoing another massive transformation, this time at the hand of the housing bubble. As more and more EU funds poured into Spain, Town Hall politicians and building developers began overhauling the landscape and lining their pockets. Between 1991 and 2004 Javea had tripled in size from a population of 10,000 to a population of 30,000, and the majority of the new residents were from other countries. Instead of integrating, the local society was becoming more and more fragmented as different groups and nationalities began to acquire critical mass. Economically, signs of a downward turn were already present by 2004, and business was starting to fail. Clients stopped paying, several corporate clients began going bust and I was working 12-hour days just to pay staff wages and overhead at the end of each month. I was barely home for my children and they spent more time with me at work than anywhere else. So in April 2004 I made the gut-wrenching decision to shut down my business and ship my belongings to Los Angeles, California. I was done with Spain and I was going to go back to America that summer for a fresh new start in the prosperous economy I had left behind, except love got in the way.
Yes, it sounds maudlin and trite, but I found the love of my life at the very last moment. In those 13 years of single motherhood, I had done my fair share of dating, but no one worth bringing home to my children. Enric had just moved from Barcelona, where he had lived all his life, on a job offer in Javea. In Barcelona he had been an interior designer for decades and had grown weary of the city and his personal life there, which included 2 daughters with 2 exes. When he was offered the position of Project Manager for a luxury villa building company in Javea, he accepted immediately. He was ready for a major change in his life. He quickly discovered that he needed to learn English to deal with the British clients, and someone recommended me.
I had a tough decision to make: the love of my life or an uncertain though promising future back in America? I chose the former and had my belongings shipped back from Los Angeles. Enric and I found a place together and my youngest son Adrian, who was 13 at the time, came to live with us. My eldest son Ruben had begun university in Madrid and would come on the holidays. And so my new life started and I had to reinvent myself professionally and personally once again, though still in Javea. Adjusting to a two-parent home was tricky for my young son, but he and Enric soon bonded and to this day they are the very best of friends. My eldest son eventually transferred from the Complutense University in Madrid to the Valencia Polytechnic University in nearby Gandia, so now he was home every weekend. I finally had a normal family life and Enric and I ultimately tied the knot, making our union official.
Javea Adventure 2.0
I carried on teaching English and Spanish privately and to corporate clients, as well as translating for American clients. One of those corporate clients approached me about a new independent local political party that they were going to launch, a party that would represent the diverse interest of Javea's international residents, and invited me to join. I had, after all, majored in Political Science and I was deeply concerned about the fragmentation I perceived in the local society. Plus, by then I had already obtained my Spanish nationality, so I was able to participate legitimately in electoral politics. I immediately got on board and got to work on the communications and party manifesto. The party went on to become the fourth most voted option in the 2007 elections, but we did not have enough seats to join the governing coalition and served out the term in the opposition. In 2010, I was recruited to launch yet another Independent party, this time made up of local Javienses and international residents combined. I was hired as campaign Manager and Press Officer, becoming the heart and soul of the new party, which would find electoral success in the 2011 elections and form part of the coalition that currently governs the municipality. By the time I abandoned politics in 2012, completely desillusioned by the evident "business-as-usual attitude" I had witnessed in both parties, I had become quite an ace at Social Media Marketing and Political Communication, so the next logical step was to study a Social Media Masters Degree at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. Going back to school, where I nurtured myself with a state-of-the-art education and the company of the brilliant and wonderful youths of this country has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life in Spain.
So I have rebranded and reinvented myself once more, now as an Interactive Digital Media + Social Media Strategist and Localization Copywriter, working locally and remotely with clients all over the world. My eldest son is now a movie producer in Hollywood and my youngest son is finishing his last year of University in Seville, where he and his father have been playing catch-up for the last 3 years. As many are aware, Spain is in the midst of a deep economic and moral recession, with the legitimacy of its political parties and institutions being called into question by the citizens, and with structural unemployment figure of 27%, 57% for youths. Even before the foreseeble crash and burn of the system, I had already engineered a plan for my children to get their degrees in Spanish universities – with several international exchange programs in between – and go to America (a "serious" country in my eye) to carry out their professional carreers. I can safely say that everything is going according to plans for the moment. Meanwhile, my parents continue to live comfortably on their American pension in Javea. Enric and I are also carrrying on in Javea for the present, where we have fallen in with a dynamic group of artist friends from all over the world that run a wonderful art gallery here. However, in the near future we may be ready for a move to a culturally richer and economically more vital urban setting anywhere in the world. Who knows if all roads in my life actually lead me to Spain or if the next one will lead me away from here, especially in light of the inescapable decline that the briefly "Great Nation of Spain" seems to be heading towards.
Georgina Rodriguez
Latest posts by Georgina Rodriguez (see all)
- All Roads Lead to Spain, Part II - July 20, 2013
- All Roads Lead to Spain, Part I - July 17, 2013


text:
Legal Rights of the Poor
This book is a must-read for anyone and everyone concerned with one of the most pressing problems that faces the world today: How best to fight and win the global war on poverty, the conditions of which still afflict a large part of humanity. The author is one of the major architects and a practitioner of what has become known as the sustainable livelihoods approach to development. In this book he makes a powerful and persuasive argument about the need to get at the roots of poverty in the structure of social inequality and change the relation of power relations between the haves and the have-nots. A key part of the solution, Singh argues, can be found in the legal empowerment of the poor.
—Henry Veltmeyer, Professor Emeritus, International
Development Studies, Saint Mary's University.
Sustainable Livelihoods
Building on the Wealth of the Poor
Dr. Naresh Singh's Sustainable Livelihoods is offering a solution that does not advocate any ideological change but works with and within any of the "isms". It is basically about working with small groups within any nation to develop whatever economic activity they are engaged in, that is marginally subsistent, into something more productive, viable and sustainable in the long run to both the group and the eco-system in which economic activity is based.
Yemen Summary Report
This publication authored by Naresh Singh ( 2014) is the outcome of the first ever multidimensional livelihoods assessment
Making the Law Work for Everyone
Naresh Singh was executive director of the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor which produced this publication.
Our Mission
Welcome to Sustainable-livelihoods.com, a site dedicated to the contributions to development by Dr. Naresh Singh. It is organised around the broad theme of sustainable livelihoods a field in which Dr. Singh became recognized over the years as a global leader. The journey through which his ideas on the subject evolved are outlined in a presentation he made to University of Guyana alumni association of Toronto in September 2003. Interested readers can also peruse his bio and curriculum vitae. Early in his work in this field he defined livelihoods as the activities, assets and entitlements through which people make their living, and he considered livelihoods as sustainable when they were economically effective, socially equitable, ecologically sound and resilient i.e. had the capacity to cope with and recover from shocks and stresses. This was derived from earlier work by Chambers and Conway.
About This Site
Dr. Singh's original contributions to the field include his pioneering work at the IISD resulting in operational approaches to linking policy, technology and adaptive strategies of poor people to making their livelihoods more sustainable. Later at UNDP he elaborated the assets approach to building more sustainable livelihoods for the poor by showing that when the design of poverty reduction strategies started with a focus on the assets of the poor rather than on their needs, the stage can better be set for, self-empowering processes and more meaningful partnerships. Starting with a needs analysis in the first step, as is the norm, is more likely to be dis-empowering and to reinforce dependency and donor - recipient relationships rather than partnerships. He led the team at UNDP which then elaborated a range of analytic tools and approaches to SL interventions including in governance, macro-micro linkages in economic investment, appropriate technology, gender equality, participatory approaches to assets analysis and self -empowerment etc. Many of these are summarized in his 2001 book: "Sustainable Livelihoods, Building on the wealth of the poor." with Kristin Helmore ; while his work on empowerment is described in his book (edited with Vangile Titi) on :Empowerment towards sustainable development." Zed Books 1995. This site provides reference to these and to his other books, reports and papers. Over time it is his intention to make this a one stop site where his students, colleagues, friends and all those interested in these ideas can find ready references.
While the many strands of his thoughts and ideas have origins in different contexts at different times, they were over time woven into a fabric revealing interesting patterns, which needed to be described so they can be shared but also tested to see if they offered theoretical insights into an approach that was so far empirical and practical. An approach designed from the reality of the livelihoods of poor people, in a manner in which they could become the agents of their own destinies with temporary support of outsiders such as non-governmental organizations, governments and donors, but without recourse at that time to either prevailing or defunct economic or other theories.
It requires little effort to see why such an approach would have had many detractors and opponents especially in formal theory driven development co-operation agencies whether bi-lateral or multilateral. Amazingly, there was much support as well! These agencies have correctly overtime come to the conclusion that micro-level participatory interventions are very useful but have very limited impacts on aggregate poverty.
Indeed that conclusion was very quickly apparent in the SL work as well, and this realization strengthened the need to incorporate processes for macro-micro linkages, and governance and technology interventions without which sustainable livelihoods were more likely to be equated with its antithesis of subsistence livelihoods which are likely to be both unsustainable and to keep people in poverty.
|All rights reserved - Naresh Singh ©
Share |


text:
Which Track Club ?
NASA north east
NASA mid atlantic
Which ones actually go to big boy tracks on the east coast from NC-NY
Which ones have the best prices? I am asking from experienced folks :)
I have done a few events with the SCCA Washington DC region (WDCR). Their events are fairly well run, but they tend to do Summit Point Shenandoah circuit, or maybe Summit Point Main. I have not seen them so farther afield to VIR or NJ Motorsport Park. I am already an SCCA member for auto-x, so it doesn't cost me anything to do trackdays with them, too.
I have done a few days with the Potomac chapter of the Audi Club. They run really good events. Usually they are two day events, and they like to go to VIR. Good quality t-shirts, Saturday night dinner with an auction of sponsor goods, on time, etc.
My brother does a lot of stuff through Trackdaze. I don't think there is any membership involved, they are just a good resource for events. They have events listed for VIR, Summit POint, NJMP, and Road Atlanta on their page right now.
I may stick with NCCBMWCCA, for now, until I get my feet wet. Literally, like yesterday pouring raining but a blast. Lol. Looking more into PCA chapter and depending on who has the more events for less cash SCCA or NASA.
For someone just starting with track driving, I'd advise sticking with BMWCCA and/or PCA. I think they have the best organization and program for getting drivers started. As you progress in the more advanced run groups, then start looking at NASA and SCCA, especially if you want to get into real racing. Both BMWCCA abd PCA have very good club racing programs but you are of course limited to what car make you can run.
If you just want to run on the track and have fun, then organizers like Trackdaze (I ran with them at VIR) and Chin may be good options.
I do strongly encourage starting with either BMWCCA or PCA to get a good education base.
Thanks for the advice, however I am not new to Auto x or Tracking. I should of mentioned that sorry :)
I am just new to BMWCCA and American tracking.
My experience lies in Snetterton/Donington Park/Nurburgring/SPA
If you have good experience and want to get into club racing, contact your local BMWCCA chapter and try to get enrolled in the next available Club Racing School. It's a good intro to racing and US tracking. If you just want to have cun and track your car, you will probably have to establish your experience/credentials at a couple of events with an instructor and should then be able to run in about any group. BMWCCA and PCA for education and learning, Chin, Trackdaze (and others, I'm sure) for just going our and having fun and getting some seat time.
Trackdaze seem pretty fluid and open to fun times rather than anytype of advancement. I have to tune into their channel a bit more ha :)
|All times are GMT -5. The time now is 03:47 PM.
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2017, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
(c) 1999 - VerticalScope Inc. All rights reserved.


text:
Krannert School of Management
Special Programs
Internship Programs
Internship opportunities are available to Krannert students during the fall, spring and summer sessions. An internship is an enhancement to classroom and academic programs that gives students an opportunity to gain practical experience in the world of work. A wide variety of companies sponsor internships in most undergraduate program areas. For additional information, contact:
Career Services Center
Krannert Building, Room 361
Graduate Study
The Krannert School offers graduate degree programs leading to the Master of Science in Industrial Administration (M.S.I.A.), Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), the Master of Science in Human Resource Management (M.S.H.R.M.) and the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.).
Highly qualified undergraduates who rank in the top five percent with a 3.70 GPA or higher may apply to participate in the Master of Business Administration degree program through the combined degree program. This program allows students to complete the bachelor's and master's degrees in five years. After pursuing undergraduate courses during the first three years, students fulfill the remaining undergraduate requirements by completing the M.B.A. program in the last two years. The M.B.A. is a unique, intensive two-year professional management program designed to prepare its graduates for major management responsibility.
For additional information about any of the Krannert graduate programs or the combined degree program, contact:
Brian Precious
Director of Admissions, Marketing, Recruiting and Entrepreneurial Outreach
MBA, MSHRM and MSIA Programs
Purdue University


text:
Darren Clarke and Lee Westwood celebrate against Jay Haas and Chris DiMarco during the afternoon foursomes at the 35th Ryder Cup Matches at the Oakland Hills Country Club on September, 18 2004. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
Europe Dominate Foursomes For Record Lead
Europe take a record 11-5 lead into the final-day singles after another sensational day at Oakland Hills which saw Europe take the second foursomes 3-1.
September 18, 2004
From the moment rookies Paul Casey and David Howell won their dramatic match on the 18th in the morning fourballs, the momentum was with the European Team and they charged into a record lead.
Twice before Europe have reached the 10 and a half point mark - in 1987 and 1997 - and both times Europe went on to win although both went all the way. Never before has a team made up more than a four point deficit and Europe are remain on course for their fourth win in the last five Ryder Cup Matches.
The Casey / Howell win in the morning was a huge blow for the US Team and from that point Europe was in the ascendancy. Darren Clarke and Lee Westwood led from the front in the afternoon, crushing the previously unbeaten partnership of Jay Haas and Chris DiMarco 5 and 4, equalling the week's biggest winning margin.
In the second match Phil Mickelson and David Toms, back in action after sitting out the morning session, appeared determined to prove a point against Miguel Angel Jimenez and Thomas Levet. The putts refused to drop for the European pair and the US duo emerged comfortable 4 and 3 winners.
But it was the last two matches on the course that held the greatest significance. Hal Sutton had put his big guns in the anchor match - Tiger Woods and David Love III - but they came up against the determined Irish pairing of Padraig Harrington and Paul McGinley. The Americans started well, two up after two, but they were the last holes they won as the Irish pair turned on the style and slowly reeled them in until they were one up at the turn.
Once ahead they pulled away, Harrington sealing victory with a five foot putt on the 15th for a 4 and 3 win and the Irish fans erupted. It was McGinley first win in The Ryder Cup and another crucial point for Europe.
That left the young European pairing of Luke Donald and Sergio Garcia out on the course in a tense match against Jim Furyk and Fred Funk. The Europeans won the first and never looked back, never falling behind but the Americans hung on doggedly, fighting back from three down with four to play and two down with two to play to take the match down the last.
But for a second successive session, a young English rookie rose to the challenge on the final green. The Americans were on in two and Donald, after a perfect drive from Garcia, played safely to the middle of the green. After both teams hit good long distance putts, Furyk held his nerve to make a four putting the pressure on Donald to make the three footer to win the match. He was up for the challenge and in the putt dropped to cap a wonderful session for the European cause.
- Team U.S.A. (9/19/04)
- Team Europe (9/19/04)
- McGinley & Harrington (9/18/04)
- Clarke, Garcia, Westwood, & Donald (9/18/04)
- Bernhard Langer - Afternoon (9/18/04)
- Hal Sutton - Afternoon (9/18/04)
- Toms & Mickelson (9/18/04)
- Chris DiMarco (9/18/04)
- Bernhard Langer (9/18/04)
- Hal Sutton (9/18/04)
- Casey & Howell (9/18/04)
- Stewart Cink (9/18/04)
- Garcia & Westwood (9/18/04)
- Haas & DiMarco (9/18/04)
- Chad Campbell (9/18/04)
- Colin Montgomerie (9/17/04)
- Chris Riley (9/18/04)
- Woods & Riley (9/18/04)
- Clarke & Poulter (9/18/04)
- Europe Secure Ryder Cup After Singles Success
- All the Drama from the Final Afternoon
- Europe Take Record Lead into Singles
- Langer's men set for singles showdown
Check out our exclusive video collection of the greatest moments in Ryder Cup history.
Today's Memorable Moment: September 1969- In a memorable display of sportsmanship, Jack Nicklaus concedes ... more
Everything you need to know about attending the Ryder Cup Matches is right here in the spectator guide.
Take a hole-by-hole tour of Oakland Hills Country Club, site of the 35th Ryder Cup Matches.
Nearly eighty years ago, English seed merchant and entrepreneur Samuel Ryder founded the Ryder Cup. Learn how it all began.