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This is a collection of baby names from Arabia or Arabian names along with their meanings. Arabia is a geographic area rather than a country. The names in use in this area have now spread over the world as the population grows and travels. Countries where second and third generation emigrants have become part of the social fabric, adopt many of these names and they are in common usage in both Eastern and Western countries. Sometimes referred to as Muslim baby names this is not quite accurate although many of the baby names are used by those of the Muslim faith. These popular baby names are for boy or male names, for girls names see the menu listing at the top of the page.
Arabic boys name meaning patient.


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Wrong Technique
The description and image in this page are not from this technique. They instead match with a technique of the same game called "Erupting Dust Sand" (噴塵砂, Funjinsa) The "Grudge Sand Cloud Tear" is a similar technique that creates a rising sand arm of Shukaku instead, similar to Grudge Sand Cloud Rend.
Am I allowed to proceed with the changes? Kyoraku08 (talk) 10:30, July 4, 2013 (UTC)
- Please, change the description in this article to match the actual technique. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 13:06, July 4, 2013 (UTC)

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Doocy's claim that "I believe those records have all been released" ignores McCain's delay of release of most recent medical records
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Discussing on Fox & Friends whether Sen. John McCain is "fit enough to be the next commander in chief," radio host Mike Papantonio said, "[W]e ought to have the right to know about what's the status of the cancer that he had -- he developed two times, malignant melanoma." Steve Doocy replied, "That is true. All right. And I believe those records have all been released." However, while McCain released his full medical records in 1999, he has yet to release his recent medical records, which his campaign reportedly says it will do "sometime in May" after reportedly having "pledged to release [his cancer] test results before the end of April."
On the April 24 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, during a discussion of an April 22 Los Angeles Times article headlined "John McCain gets tax-free disability pension," Mike Papantonio, co-host of Air America's Ring of Fire, stated of McCain, "[W]e ought to have the right to know about what's the status of the cancer that he had -- he developed two times, malignant melanoma." Co-host Steve Doocy responded, "That is true. All right. And I believe those records have all been released." However, as numerous media outlets have reported, while McCain -- who had melanomas removed in 1993 and 2000 -- released his full medical records in December 1999, he has yet to release his recent medical records, and, indeed, the campaign reportedly now says "they're going to release his medical records ... sometime in May," after reportedly having "pledged to release [his cancer] test results before the end of April."
On the April 18 edition of CNN's The Situation Room, political correspondent Dana Bash reported:
BASH: It was about a month ago, maybe more that John McCain was actually coming from a doctor's appointment, and he said that he would release his medical records right about now. And then immediately, his campaign said, well, you know, it might, you know, be a couple of days later.
The McCain campaign told us a couple weeks ago that they're actually not going to release his medical records until next month, sometime in May. The reason they give, Wolf, is because they say they're trying to line up all of his doctors because they insist they want his doctors to be at a press conference available to answer reporters' questions about McCain's health. Of course, you remember he had skin cancer eight years ago and obviously he would be, if elected, the oldest president. So they understand his health is a big issue.
But, you know, it's going to be May before we get any kind of -- or any kind of medical records from him. They did release a lot of records back in 1999, the first time he ran for president.
From the April 24 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends:
DOOCY: Questions are being raised by the L.A. Times over the fact that John McCain is getting disability pension payments for the injuries he received while he was a prisoner of war. Joining us once again, Media Research Center's Brent Bozell and syndicated radio talk-show host Mike Papantonio.
Brent, according to the L.A. Times, it talks about how John McCain is getting 50-some-odd thousand dollars a year military disability pension. Of course, he was ejected from -- you know, he was shot out of the sky, broke his arms, they tortured him for five years, and now they're saying --
L. BRENT BOZELL III (Media Research Center president): Details.
DOOCY: -- well, if he is disabled, technically in the eyes of the government, he couldn't possibly be fit to be the commander in chief.
BOZELL: No, and neither was Franklin Delano Roosevelt. You know, this is not a cheap-shot article; this is just a stupid article -- on two points. First, they say that, that because he's disabled, he's not fit to be president. In the very next sentence, the very same source says that because he hiked in the Grand Canyon, he's not eligible to get the benefits. You know, it's one or the other. Either you are or you're not unfit. And here's the funny thing: The source for the story, Robert Schriebman -- do you know what medical qualifications he has, according to the L.A. Times?
NAPOLITANO: He's a lawyer.
BOZELL: Do you know how they cite him? He's a tax adviser.
NAPOLITANO: You know, Mike, the article may be stupid, but do we have a right to know exactly what the disability is?
PAPANTONIO: Look, when America's biggest, most successful corporations hire their CEO to lead their companies, they don't start looking at a 72-year-old that has a history of serious health problems. They hire CEOs at the peak of their physical and mental capabilities, and that peak is not during the golden years -- that peak is between 45 to 60. Now, granted, FDR had a disability; JFK had a disability.
CARLSON: Right.
PAPANTONIO: Some people think -- some people think George Bush has a learning disability. He -- so --
CARLSON: Oh. That's a cheap shot too. Mike --
DOOCY: Mike, you should be ashamed of yourself for that.
PAPANTONIO: But you can't say --
DOOCY: This is not your radio show.
PAPANTONIO: -- you can't say that that's the issue. OK? Here's the issue --
CARLSON: Well, come on. They're trying to create an obvious battle here, because they're saying that John McCain is basically too old for the job, but at the same time they're saying that he hikes the Grand Canyon and he's -- and everyone else on the campaign trail says that he outpaces them. So which one is it?
PAPANTONIO: Well, I mean, here it is. Here's a man who's already approaching the life expectancy according to actuarial tables. He's already approaching the life expectancy of an American male, which is 75 years old. This is his first term in office. We have -- we ought to have the right to know about what's the status of the cancer that he had -- he developed two times, malignant melanoma.
DOOCY: That is true. All right. And I believe those records have all been released. All right, Brent and Mike, we thank you very much.
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George Jones Movie
After reading George Jones' biography 'I Lived To Tell It All,' I suspected that one day it would make it's way to the big screen.
A story like no other I've read in Country Music, Jones' movie will be an instant hit with scenes and stories that some people couldn't even imagine. This is one drama that needs no enhancement or creative story writers to fill in the blank. If it's anything like the book, expect dark stories, dangerous friends, near-fatal tragedies, and stories of hope, faith, and recovery.
In a press release, Nancy Jones says that George Jones actually had a hand in the development of the film: "Over the years we have been approached to make George's life into a feature film, but it was not until Dennis Baxter became involved that we were confident the story could be told accurately. George and I started working with Dennis six years ago in crafting the life-long story. Knowing George had input in this film and that it will be told the way he wanted it told, I feel we are in good hands to collaborate with 28 Entertainment as we move forward with production."
Nancy Jones will Executive Produce and consult on the project. Baxter worked closely with Nancy and George on the story before George passed away on April 26th in Nashville at the age of 81.


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Parental custody
The Senate voted 17-12, with all Democrats opposed, to impose new rules on when a divorced parent can move.
Current law allows a custodial parent to move up to 100 miles without permission of the former spouse. SB 1072 would require the parent to provide notice to the former spouse for any move, no matter how many — or few — additional miles away that would place the child, and give the other parent a chance to object and potentially trigger a court hearing.
Sen. Nancy Barto, R-Phoenix, agreed to language which says that notice is necessary only when there will be "material changes of circumstances affecting the best interests of the child."
And the measure says any move of less than 2 miles is presumed not to affect those interests, though there are exceptions.
The House now takes up the measure.
Arizona coins
The state took another step Monday to allow privately minted gold and silver coins to be considered legal tender in Arizona.
Nothing in SB 1439 would require private merchants to accept these coins. But proponents told members of the House Committee on Financial Institutions that this would provide a necessary backup if the value of U.S. currency became so inflated as to be useless.
Utah has adopted similar legislation. The measure, which already has been approved by the Senate, now goes to the full House.
Photo radar
A Senate panel voted 5-2 Monday to require permission of the state Department of Transportation for a city to install or maintain photo enforcement on any state highway.
HB 2469 would not affect radar and red light cameras on city streets. But Sen. Chester Crandell, R-Heber, said the state has a legitimate interest in what happens on the roads it maintains.
The legislation would require cities to show there is a specific traffic problem where a camera is proposed as well as follow-up to show that the installation actually improved safety.
The vote by the Committee on Government and Environment sends the bill, which already has been approved by the House, to the full Senate.
Guns in schools
On a party-line vote the Senate on Monday agreed to let at least some school boards decide if they want employees to be armed on campus.
The measure applies only to schools of fewer than 600 students that are at least 20 miles and 30 minutes away from the closest law enforcement facilities.
Sen. Rich Crandall, R-Mesa, said these are the schools that are most at risk of not having immediate access to an armed police officer in the case of an armed intruder.
Democrats have generally opposed allowing anyone other than a trained police officer to have a gun on campus. SB 1325 requires whomever is designated to have certain training and mandates that person either carry the weapon concealed or keep it in a secure storage locker.
The bill now goes to the House.
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826LA Adult Writing Seminar Series: Freelance
Thursday, February 4, 2010 from 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM (PST)
Event Details
Join us for a panel discussion featuring some of the best hired hands in the business. Four freelance writers will share stories and advice about writing for various publications including newspapers and magazines. They will discuss their inspirations, how to turn an idea into a story, and how to get hired.
Joshuah Bearman is a former editor and writer at the LA Weekly. He has written for Harpers, McSweeneys, Wired, Rolling Stone, and contributes to This American Life.
Claire Hoffman works as a freelance writer for a number of national magazines, including Rolling Stone, GQ, and the New Yorker. Claire is also an Assistant Professor of Journalism at the University of California, Riverside. Before going freelance, Claire worked for Condé Nast Portfolio and the Los Angeles Times, where she covered everything from Hollywood and polygamist Mormons to the adult entertainment industry. Claire has two masters degrees—one in religious studies from the University of Chicago Divinity School and another from the Columbia School of Journalism. Before coming to California, Claire worked as an intern and a freelance reporter for the New York Times.
Neal Pollack is the author of several acclaimed books of fiction and nonfiction, including the bestselling memoir Alternadad and the satirical cult classic The Neal Pollack Anthology Of American Literature, originally published by McSweeneys. His freelance writing has appeared in Vanity Fair, GQ, Men's Journal, Maxim, Details, Slate.com, Salon.com, and many other publications. His next book, STRETCH: The Unlikely Making Of A Yoga Dude, will be published in August by Harper Perennial. He lives about ten miles away from here, with his wife and son.
Joel Stein grew up in Edison, N.J., went to Stanford and then worked for Martha Stewart for a year. After a year of fact-checking at various important publications (okay, Readers Digest Books and TV Guide), he got hired as a sports editor at Time Out New York, where they paid him to write sentences. He felt like the luckiest boy in the world. Two years later he lucked into a job as a staff writer for Time magazine, where over seven and a half years he wrote a dozen cover stories on subjects such as Michael Jordan, Las Vegas, the Internet bubble and — it being Time and he being a warm body in the office — low-carb diets. After teaching a class in humor writing at Princeton, he moved to L.A. at the beginning of 2005 to write a column for the Los Angeles Times and work as a sitcom writer. In addition to working for the failed show Crumbs, he has already had two failed pilots at ABC and hopes to expand into failed pilots at other networks. He still contributes to Time and whatever magazines allow him to. He just sold a book proposal to Grand Central about learning how to be a man.
Moderated by Zach Frechette, Editor in Chief of GOOD.
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1714 W. Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles,
Thursday, February 4, 2010 from 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM (PST)
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Our services are structured around the understanding that great leaps in learning can happen with one-on-one attention, and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success.
With this in mind, we provide drop-in tutoring, after-school workshops, in-schools tutoring, help for English language learners, and assistance with student publications.
All of our programs are challenging and enjoyable, and ultimately strengthen each student's power to express ideas effectively, creatively, confidently, and in his or her individual voice.


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A quiet, down-home hamlet warmly recalls its past as it enjoys the present.
It's 6 p.m. in Occidental, a small Sonoma County town 60 miles north of San Francisco. At the Union Hotel, families sit around large tables covered with red-and-white-checked tablecloths. They eat bowls of minestrone served from communal pots.
"People come here because of the magic of the family style dining," says Margie Gonnella. "Like our minestrone soup, it's always warm, friendly."
In a five-block town, it seems unlikely that this Italian restaurant could be so packed. But since the Union is Occidental's oldest existing business (circa 1879), nearly everyone in Sonoma County has had time to develop a taste for its bruschetta, roast chicken, and homemade ravioli.
More recently, visitors from afar have found their way into the wood-paneled dining room. Occidental has progressed from a tiny hamlet people stumbled upon to a weekend destination with a luxurious inn, a Japanese-inspired spa, and several good restaurants. While the essential character of many wine country towns has changed, Occidental still charms visitors with its old-school ways. But remember: Occidental is small. Travelers in search of a relaxing, quiet weekend getaway may find that it's just the place they've been looking for.
Occidental is on the saddle between two redwood-studded hills. The Bohemian Highway, which wends its way through farmland and lush forest from Monte Rio to Freestone, runs through town.
Locals consider their cluster of Victorians lining Main Street a village. It probably would be familiar to Dutch Bill Howard, a sailor who started a squatters' camp here in 1876. The best way to explore the town and its history is with a copy of Amie Hill's chatty Walking Tour of Occidental, available at nearly any shop. While guiding you past antique buildings, like the 125-year-old steepled Community Church, Hill describes the town's surprisingly entertaining past.
"Writing this book was irresistible," says Hill, who in the late 1960s was one of Rolling Stone's first women feature writers and has lived in Occidental since 1978. "Occidental has more interesting stories per square foot than any other town of its size. The fact that the post office has been in 13 different locations will tell you something."
A few shops on and near Main Street hint at some of that history. Selling crystals, herbs, and handmade soaps, they seem not to have grown up since the town was popular among hippies in the 1960s. Other stores also offer unusual finds. Kids love Leapin' Lizards Fun Store with its mix of toys, from tiddledywinks to glow-in-the-dark Dracula fangs. Forget Me Not features those quality curios you wish you would find in your grandmother's attic. Howard's Café, an old-fashioned restaurant with bohemian influences, is a good place to go for a half-pound burger or tofu sandwich.
A mile from town, the Western Hills Rare Plant Nursery offers some of the most exotic flora in the United States. The region's Mediterranean climate allows this unusual plant collection to flourish. Marshall Olbrich and Lester Hawkins were pioneers in taking advantage of these conditions when they landscaped their country home with as many species from places like Chile and Australia as would grow. In the early 1970s, they created an adjoining nursery. Today, the original garden thrives and attracts horticulturists from all over the world. Maggie Wych, who inherited the property, says, "People come here asking for the most esoteric plant, and we just might have it."
Only 31/2 miles away in the even tinier town of Freestone is another garden paradise. At the Wishing Well Nursery, forget-me-nots carpet a rose garden, fuchsias are available in 100 varieties, chickens roam free, and statues adorn the garden. Don't miss the 8-foot goddesses designed by architect Bernard Maybeck.
In one of the dozen old Western buildings that front the Bohemian Highway in Freestone, Osmosis offers the only Japanese enzyme bath in the United States. For this heat treatment, you lie in a bath of finely milled cedar, rice bran, and more than 600 naturally derived plant enzymes. The mixture looks like a healthy breakfast cereal, feels like damp sawdust, and radiates heat. Imagine lying in a compost pile that smells wonderful.
Rather than leaving you feeling faint and sluggish, an enzyme bath both relaxes and energizes you. Follow your treatment with a massage or some quiet time in the new meditation garden, due to open in August.
Osmosis recommends that you visit the spa on a full stomach. Across the street at Wild Flour Bread, owner Jed Wallach sells hand-kneaded bread baked in a wood-fire brick oven. Appliances are not allowed inside this renovated barn. "It's good, honest bread made by people who love what they do," Wallach says. Sweet tooths will love the sticky bun bread.
After a leisurely day, the best place to bed down is the Inn at Occidental. The elegant, comfortable Victorian is Occidental's oldest surviving home. Owner Jack Bullard knows how to spoil guests with fireplaces, spa tubs, and the world's best homemade granola. He has a well developed talent for decorating and has mixed fabulous color, family heirlooms, Americana, and exotic antiques to create rooms that guests request year after year. The rooms in the main house are named after the antiques collections they house. The Tiffany Room, for example, has a collection of Tiffany silver. A newer addition made to look like a barn features themed rooms. In the Safari Room, for example, you sleep under mosquito netting next to a mural of Africa's Serengeti Plain.
Check in by 5 p.m. for the wine and cheese hour. A lively gathering takes over the front room, where a 65-piece collection of green majolica hangs on apricot-colored walls. Unless he's out hunting for more antiques or doing some research for a guidebook, Jack will be there. He'll treat you like a long-lost friend and gladly load you up with books and maps pointing you to the many activities available near Occidental. Among them are winetasting, hiking, and horseback riding. And Napa's only 45 minutes away. But Jack won't mind if you choose to spend a quiet day in Occidental instead.
By 6 p.m., it's time to walk down the hill for the family style Italian fare at the Union Hotel. The scent of roasting garlic and the hum of a cowboy tune on the jukebox lead the way. If you've yet to realize you're in a friendly, relaxing town, you will with your first mouthful of lovingly made minestrone.
Photography by Sean Arbabi
This article was first published in July 2001. Some facts may have aged gracelessly. Please call ahead to verify information.


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Depression a 'powerful' risk factor for heart disease in young women
06/19/2014 11:33amYoung women are twice as likely to suffer a heart attack or die of heart disease if they suffer from depression, a new study suggests.
Is bedtime procrastination ruining your health? New research says yes
06/19/2014 12:12pmScientists are finally studying why people stay up so late watching TV or perusing Facebook instead of going to bed. This phenomenon is dubbed "bedtime procrastination" and can be harmful to your health.
Martha Stewart comes to Utah
06/19/2014 5:30pmArts and crafts guru Martha Stewart will be in Salt Lake Thursday evening.
Are small traumas affecting your success?
06/19/2014 7:32pmSmall traumas are seemingly insignificant events that result in a negative belief that can plague us throughout our lives. Learn how to identify your small traumas and repair the negative beliefs that they produce.


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Beautiful tall orange flowers in the angle of morning sun, growing wild just off a quiet road.
I love this idea of a personal seal. This one is on a poem on the wall of a restaurant.
I sold enough art journal prompt cards to place a larger printing order and have decreased the prices on all quantities. Customers are sending super duper positive feedback, and I do a happy dance with each order! And I found the post office with the friendliest service.
Our friends introduced us to a little Chinese restaurant a half hour away, and we've visited like 4 weekends in a row and get our Ma Po Tofu fix. At lunch, a couple pushed their shopping cart right into the restaurant without even a blink.
Mid-July, I resumed working out. A three year hiatus is difficult to spell {I originally typed "hiaitus"}. Working out is something I have to motivate myself to do. I work out. I put the minutes on a little spreadsheet on my phone. I take out the index card dividers I've set up with dates, the set of little rubber stamps and the black ink pad and simply stamp the number of minutes for that date. At the end of the week I add up the number of minutes and the number of workouts. Some blood test results were pretty bad, and I haven't been feeling great. So it is time.
We bought an elliptical machine a decade ago. The whole role model thing is amazing, because my daughters started doing the elliptical each evening. I work out while they are in school, and watch Boardwalk Empire, The Dog Whisperer, or Storytellers with Jason Mraz or Springsteen.
These little coin envelopes are so cute that I cannot stop painting them. I enclose them with the art journal prompt card orders, but I've painted about 1000x more envelopes than I need.
The Daily Paper Prompts are going strong. Prompt #37 was Block Letters. You can post your responses in the new Daily Yellow Facebook group. We're having a good time.
The view from my daughter's classroom window.
This road just a few minutes from our house reminds me that we don't live exactly in "the city" or "the country" but in between.
In about a week, Hanna and I will start to share the words we're putting in our swapped stitched journals. This is a peek inside the journal I made for Hanna, with stitched painted papers, scrapbook papers, fabric, etc.
The kids are back in school so the rhythm of the days has completely shifted. It's a long commute back and forth, and I've been listening to audiobooks (via audible subscription) when in the car solo. I listened to Bordain's Kitchen Confidential and now Hamilton's Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef, another chef-memoir of sorts. It really improves the driving experience!
In Issue #2 of Less and Jane's Put it on Paper Zine, you'll find my article, "Creative Experimentation" along with a few pages of ideas for creative experiments.


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I'm done now :)
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I'm done now :)
Okay I did a clean install and updated to the newest beta version. Still getting this every time I try to load the game:
Coincidentally, the other game I'm playing since I updated versions is working fine so far.
I really have no idea where that comes from. It's particularly weird since the first two turns went by ok. Best you can do is contact cryptic's support (i.e. Vic the developer) and I'm sure he can sort it out in no time.
What happens if you click on continue?
Easy - just sent Vic my savegame file.
Just an update, Vic got back to me and were trying to troubleshoot it now. Quick response, I'm impressed!
Man, turn 3 had better be good, cause the waitin'... :P
My prediction - everyone demands tribute, nothing happens.
All sorted. Sorry for the delay guys.
Aren't we still waiting for TimaA anyway?
Don't think so, we should be good to go.
Turn processed. File uploaded.
F**k, 6 turns without the Bazaar is loooong. Whoever you are, that was mean.
Can only be one of the 2 who've been regent. And that is one annoying event.
It wasn't me, I had a fucking bid in too!
Also, is anyone else getting a crash when mousing over Infernus' second legion? I'll send a report to Vic.
Well, I've just signed my death warrant... and I really need to re-read the rules about combat because I did NOT expect THAT to happen. WTF?
Hi Easy, could you confirm you got my ingame message as I'm not sure if I'm sending them properly.
No I didn't get anything. I imagine it should appear in the turn log? Nothing there.
Yep they appear in the turn log. And as soon as I work out how to reply, I'll upload my turn.
1.07e update?


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Nicole Richie Fashion's Night Out LA Interview (Video)
Video: Nicole Richie Celebrates Fashion's Night Out With Fellow Stylish Stars Rachel Bilson and Lauren Conrad!
Fashion's Night Out brought out a ton of stars yesterday! Nicole Richie led the events in LA, along with celeb style favorites Rachel Bilson and Lauren Conrad, and we were there to chat with all three of the girls to hear their thoughts on the new trends and what they're excited to buy this season. Get a peek at our interviews in today's PopSugar Rush.


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The Best Hopes to Break Out in 2014
8 Jan 2014 // 9:14 PM
This year is already looking like it'll be filled with great music releases and new artists destined to push the boundaries of their respective genres.
Flint Eastwood - "Glitches" (video)
14 Mar 2016 // 5:42 AM
Detroit's Flint Eastwood is an entity thriving on evolution, both in the sonic and visual realms.
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Detroit hip-hop duo Passalacqua releases incendiary short film, The Baptism, in anticipation of forthcoming album.


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The Four Agreements.. A Good Read Before the New Year
I love New Year's Eve because it gives everyone the chance at a new beginning..
You can leave 2013 behind and start 2014 with a fresh mindset.. new goals, new dreams, new motivation!
I am a fan of The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz and thought they would be nice to pass on to you as you enter into this new year or 2014..
The Four Agreements
1. Be impeccable with your word
2. Don't take anything personally.
3. Don't make assumptions
4. Always do your best


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Absence of veteran defenseman Orpik showing for Penguins
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — The Penguins are playing without (their) conscience.
The New York Islanders have noticed.
"He's strong, he's physical, he's very good in his own end, and he's tough to take it to the net against," Islanders right winger Brad Boyes said of Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik. "With him out of the lineup, it does help us."
Orpik could help the Penguins take a vice-like grip on their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series — they lead, 2-1 — if he plays in Game 4 on Tuesday night.
He was not available for comment Monday after joining teammates for an optional practice at Nassau Coliseum. He had not practiced since Thursday.
Orpik would not have said anything about his undisclosed lower-body injury anyway. Players have been instructed not to talk about injuries as part of the club's new playoff policy.
Orpik, the Penguins' longest-tenured player, has played under four coaches during his nine full seasons, and his preference for honesty has, at one point, irritated every one of those men.
He calls things like he sees them, especially when things are not going well. Hence the 'Conscience' moniker bestowed upon him by members of the media.
So when Orpik, as he has this postseason, chooses to say nothing about an injury that has prevented him from playing in five consecutive games dating to the regular season ... well, that is perhaps the best example of a Penguins player going all-in for this Stanley Cup chase.
To win the chase for the Cup without Orpik for an extended stretch seems unrealistic, though.
He remains the Penguins' one irreplaceable defenseman.
Coach Dan Bylsma did not say that exactly on Monday, but his words about Orpik pointed out what the Penguins have missed in Games 1, 2 and 3.
"His ability to play against other teams' good players in a shutdown role," Bylsma said, noting a majority of Orpik's 22 minutes per game were played against opponents' top forwards.
The sight of skilled Islanders forwards — most notably right winger Kyle Okposo — driving to the net with success over the past two games has left an impression on more than just Bylsma.
"It's definitely been to our advantage to try to do that," Boyes said, noting that only defenseman Doug Murray has proven an imposing obstacle for the Penguins.
Orpik would change the dynamic, Boyes said.
"It's very hard to keep him off to the side with an arm or something," Boyes said.
Already in this series, Bylsma has soured on Deryk Engelland and Simon Despres as replacements for Orpik. Engelland was yanked from the lineup after Game 2, and Despres played only about a minute in the third period and overtime in Game 3.
If Orpik is not ready for Game 4, Bylsma's choices would be between Engelland, Despres and Robert Bortuzzo, who has played in only four games dating to March 1.
The Penguins would prefer to check with their conscience, because Orpik would make everybody on the blueline look a lot better — especially around the blue paint of an increasingly crowded goal crease.
"He brings a little bit of a calming presence, but he brings that intensity, too," defenseman Paul Martin said. "There just aren't a lot of guys like him anymore."


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Kizzy's 12 Days of Kizzmas – Day 2
Kizzy's Krazy hubby Clarence got her a special gift for the second day of Kizzmas.
Kizzy's Krazy hubby Clarence got her a special gift for the second day of Kizzmas.
Kizzy is in the Kristmas Spirit. She has her 12 Days of Kizzmas to share with us.
NASA has discovered a new planet they have called Kepler. Kizzy called us this morning to run down a list of who we should send to that new planet.
As you may know, when Kizzy wants to watch TV see heads to Walmart's Electronics Department. Last night she was thrilled to see her man, Trace Adkins, hosting the American Country Awards.
Kizzy heard about the WWII bomb found in Germany and fears it could be like the bomb Clarence leaves.
The CMA Country Christmas special was on TV last night and Kizzy was watching. Everything was fine until Vince Gill showed up with Miss Piggy. Then, it got real good.
WBKR's Kizzy told you about her relatives all coming over for Thanksgiving. Well, she has found out there's more.
WBKR's Kizzy kalled today to tell us snow is not in her favorite forecasts.
Kizzy's company left early and she and Clarence had to devour the remaining Thanksgiving Dinner. And, there were consequences.
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In a newspaper headline I even find to s o s, in the form of its gerund.
The negative present is voinu and the gerund in Do is voite.
He writes omneis at length, and quidquid, and his gerund is most inconformable.
Its preterit is saiguitta and its gerund in Do is saiguitte.
The gerund is n, nte, naqu xite, or nacatte 'since it is not.'
He writes Omneis at length, and quicquid, and his gerund is most inconformable.
That is, should the possessive case of a noun or pronoun always be used with the gerund to indicate the active agent?
The gerund is like the participle in form, and like a noun in use.
gerund: "She heard that sobbing of litanies, or the thundering of organs."
For the gerundive as the equivalent of the gerund, see 339, 1.
1510s, from Late Latin gerundium, from Old Latin gerundum "to be carried out," gerundive of gerere "to bear, carry" (see gest). In Latin, a verbal noun used for all cases of the infinitive but the nominative; applied in English to verbal nouns in -ing.


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Any website that encourages composers to publish artists who they think their music sounds like is greatly increasing the composer's risk exposure. If an attorney believes you have infringed on song "x" and you have publicly listed that tune or that artist on a website as something that you actually agree your track sounds like, you might as well just start writing a big check.
I don't think even the best copyright lawyer in the world could base a case simply on having a tag in a track's page. Especially when there are for example, if we're talking action cues, probably tens of thousands of them in various libraries, many with the ubiquitous string ostinatos and zillion mile wide hits etc… On the other hand, if you wrote a description like, "this sounds just like Inception," and went out of your way to make the track nearly musically identical minus a few notes, down to the tempo and key, you'd have a problem. Everyone remembers Vanilla Ice vs. Queen…
Maybe I'm completely off here – and I totally understand Envato not wanting to allow composer sound-alike tags if it's covering its bases, esp. on an international level. Some consistency would be nice though.
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Other sites encourage sound-alikes and they also encourage you to add similar artists and songs in the keywords and description. Why is that not allowed here? Instead of proceeding like a lion, Audio Jungle is going the way of dodo bird, it seems.
What's interesting is that it's not consistent. I had a tag removed from a recent item for that very reason, but there is a whole page of items (some very recent, and almost all with sales) with this tag. Do a search for the last name of a famous Hollywood epic/action composer (guess who) and you'll see what I mean.
I don't get why it's a problem. It would help content creators find the style of music they need more easily.
I'm a little bit concerned about the "chord progression" clause in these rules. I am assuming it only applies to more complex harmonies that might be intrinsic to a particular song, and not common pop/rock progressions. Or possibly when the work in question has chords that are broken into very specific arpeggios. Otherwise, broadly construed, this rule would eliminate 90% of the material on AJ
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Sergei – just listened to a little and it sounds nice! You might just find that sales will happen for you more consistently because you're in a specific category with less upload traffic – which means you'll stay on the first 1-3 pages for a longer period of time. Your music will also be come up in searches quicker in the 'haystack' of tracks if it lives in the lesser populated categories.
Being a good guitar player will also help, should you step outside the blues realm. Guitar is IN. Especially in advertising music. I too, wish I had better guitar skills… (i.e. ANY guitar skills )
I'm sure it's because they're no longer active – I have no idea who I've followed and there is no way to go through your list and selectively choose who to unfollow. You're good (as long as it's not a Videohive author or something, because then you may have lost a "client" either way!)
Edit: I guess there's the slidebar at the top, but I never find myself going through that anyway…


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By Willie Krischke – August 18, 2009
I saw Greg Mottola's name on this film and thought "Superbad" — raunchy, goofy, pretty funny in parts, but light as a feather and desperate to please. So I was not ready for the depths of melancholy that float just under the comedy in "Adventureland" — and frequently rise to the top.
Jesse Eisenberg is a recent college grad with big plans involving Europe and grad school at Columbia. But his dad loses his job, the money dries up, and he finds himself trying to find a job with "Renaissance Studies" on his resume. He ends up at a second-rate amusement park, surrounded by a bunch of losers, led by veteran loser Bill Hader and the always-odd Kristen Wiig.
The losers include Martin Starr, playing a (somewhat) grownup version of his "Freaks & Geeks" character. Starr was comedic gold in that series, and it's fun to see him given more to do here than grow hair and endure insults, as he did in "Knocked Up." Also working at the park is the smoldering Kristen Stewart. Now I know I'm supposed to hate Kristen Stewart, because she was in "Twilight," and I'm contractually obligated to hate that movie. But she really steals the show here. She brings a lot of depth to a good-looking twentysomething who's trying hard to believe, against all evidence, that her life is not going to be one asshole boyfriend and dead-end job after another.
Of course Eisenberg falls for her, and of course he needs to save her. She needs to be saved by a nice guy. And "Adventureland" ought to feel trite, but Stewart really taps into something here. By the end, I'm pretty convinced that there are beautiful girls out there struggling with despair, needing to be rescued by nice guys like Eisenberg. Maybe I'm a sucker. Go figure.


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BNZ gives popular Canterbury Future Hub a physical presence
From today Cantabrians will have a full onsite specialist team assisting them through each facet of the earthquake recovery process. The BNZ Future Hub, on the corner of Cashel Street and Fitzgerald Avenue, brings together BNZ residential banking specialists, CERA's Residential Advisory Service, insurance experts from IAG, Aon and the EQC, independent legal professionals, chartered accountants and a property firm.
BNZ has been operating this unique advisory service by phone and video-conferencing since August but has extended the service to include onsite presence.
BNZ Director Retail Andy Symons says the BNZ Future Hub is a place for everyone, BNZ customer or not, to meet with a specialist team which can help them navigate their way through the often complex processes associated with rebuilding their lives.
"The BNZ Future Hub has been designed to provide practical help and provide Cantabrians with information and support to make the important financial decisions they face, enabling them to get a feeling of control back in their lives," he says.
"We've helped many Cantabrians already, and feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. We realised that we could help even more people by giving the service a physical home where people can visit to access the array of help available in one place at the same time."
Mr Symons says that since August the Future Hub team has helped more than 1500 Cantabrians to embark on the next stage of their lives.
"The team has assisted with EQC settlement issues affecting mortgages, getting repairs underway during the insurance settlement process, finding alternative accommodation while repairs are undertaken, negotiating with insurers, increasing understanding of EQC settlements and payout protocols, and helped with white, green and red zone issues.
"A family waited for three years in an earthquake-damaged home with no roof. Fed up, they wanted to know if they should take a cash settlement from their insurer and just move on. The BNZ Future Hub team gave the customers clarity and got them underway for the repairs without affecting their claim.
"A Port Hills family's house was under the threat of boulders falling and they had been living in temporary accommodation for two years. The Future Hub helped the family purchase a new home and move in while they were waiting for their insurance to be sorted," says Mr Symons.
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Columnist Jack Anderson, Washington's most persistent sensationalist, thrives on contention. His column, Washington Merry-Go-Round, gives his audience frequent scoops, but many of his fellow newsmen regard as frivolous his uneven mixture of muckraking and kiss-and-tell gossip. Last week, however, Anderson was basking in more serious attention, after his Merry-Go-Round grabbed off something of a brass ring. In four columns, he disclosed private policy discussions of the Washington Security Action Group, composed of experts from the National Security Council, State Department and Pentagon, concerning Administration action in the India-Pakistan war (see THE NATION)....
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Again, it all depends. If you get a used vehicle with high miles and find a salvage M3, the conversion and cost of the car may be significantly cheaper than buying a new/used M3. Plus, you can mod exhaust, cams, intake, suspension without the cost of the original M3 parts. And, at the end, it's your own Frankenstein, your baby. I can understand it. It maybe more cost effective as well.
And there's always the attachment factor some people have with their cars. And a non-M3 with at least equivalent if not more performance than M3 with stealth in the hands of someone who can drive it would be cool... Just like the M3 RE E46 Wagon.
I've been toying to buy an Evo VIII from the first year of production with high miles at a total bargain. Learn to drive it with courses and then have some fun with it making it into a beast with a Tomei 2.3L motor, 6sp Mtisu tranny and MR shocks, as well as some turbo magic from AMS.
You'd have to do all the work yourself for the project to be cheaper, pretty much no matter what you bought the donor cars for.
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Home Opener Sunday
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LAWRENCEVILLE—20 games. Six weekends. One championship.
The Rider University softball team opens Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play on Sunday, March 30 at 1:00 p.m. against Saint Peter's University at Herb and Joan Young Field with one goal in mind. Advance to the six-team MAAC championship May 7-10.
All of the practice, preseason workouts and non-conference games come down to these six weekends over the course of late March to early May.
And that journey begins Sunday.
Rider is led by junior Amanda Irving (Westminster, Md./Westminster) who enters play with a .333 batting average and she leads the team in hits (17), doubles (8) and RBI (7).
In the circle, Rider is led by freshman Megan Ailand (Burlingame, Calif./Burlingame who has a 2.10 earned run average in five appearances.
Saint Peter's, which opens at Iona on Saturday, comes into the weekend 4-16.
This is the second year in a row that Saint Peter's and Rider have met to open conference play. Last season, the Peacocks won 4-1 in the opener before the Broncs took the nightcap 11-2, behind three hits each from Dana Sensi and Emily Cottrell and four RBI from Gina McCool.
Rider and Saint Peter's split two MAAC Games in 2012 with the Broncs winning the opener behind a no-hitter from Rachael Matreale.
In 2011, Rider and Saint Peter's met in Jersey City with the teams splitting the MAAC doubleheader. The Peahens won the opener 2-1 with the Broncs rebounding in the nightcap 6-0.
Rider swept Saint Peter's to open conference play in 2010 and overall the Broncs have won 29 of the 50 games in the series.
With the addition of Monmouth University and Quinnipiac University, the MAAC schedule has bumped up to 20 games with the top six teams advancing to the conference playoffs, hosted by Fairfield University.
Rider last qualified for the four-team MAAC playoffs in 2006.
Last season, the Broncs finished tied for sixth in the MAAC with the conference race coming down to the final weekend.
The MAAC series is the first two games of a 10-game home stand for Rider with the Broncs hosting Princeton on April 1, Lehigh April 2, Siena on April 5 and Quinnipiac on April 6. All of the dates are doubleheaders with the games against Princeton Facility and Staff Appreciation Day. The weekday games begin at 3:00 p.m. and the weekend MAAC series begin at 1:00 p.m.
Rider's complete schedule is on-line at GoBroncs.com and all home events will have LiveStats available on game day via links on the schedule page.
Join the Broncs on Sunday for the home opener and witness the first two steps on the 20 game journey to the MAAC championships.


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Shawnee County District Court Chief Judge Nancy Parrish sentenced Manis to life in prison with parole eligibility after 25 years. Manis will be credited with nearly 14 months of incarceration since he was arrested in September 2011.
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WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton and her running mate Tim Kaine react to the DNC email leak in previously unaired footage from 60 Minutes. Watch Hillary In the video below when she refuses to answer a direct question whether an effort by the DNC to favor one candidate over another would be improper. Hillary Clinton refuses to answer the question.
As a result of the email leaks Debbie Wasserman Schultz announced Sunday she is stepping down as the Democrat party leader. The Democratic convention starts tomorrow and we expect to see some fireworks on the convention floor.
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On Sept. 20, CNBC hosted a so-called "town hall" meeting on its network about President Barack Obama and how his administration is dealing with business issues. Obama took some criticism from participants and observers said the president was playing defense. However, CNBC's "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer had a different take on the made-for-television event. According to Cramer, Obama's appearance was a net-positive for the stock market.
"Do you know why this market went up and stayed up today, with the Dow voting 146 points, S&P rising one-and-a-half percent?" Cramer said on his Sept. 20 broadcast. "Because today during the fantastic CNBC-hosted town hall with El Presidente, we got the ultimate confirmation that we are seeing a new and improved more pro-business President Obama! And that's change the market can believe in."
Cramer had earlier in the day pronounced the town hall a "win" for Obama and the stock market, but he backtracked somewhat by saying it wasn't what Obama said. Instead, he explained it was what Obama didn't say.
"All right, Obama didn't cause this rally, but he allowed it to happen," Cramer said. "In the past, the class-warrior Obama would have stopped this move in its tracks. The new happy-warrior Obama - well, let's just say he has learned how to get out of the market's way. Yet I know for a fact that many of you don't want to believe yourselves and lots of people shorted the stock market ahead of the town hall. They were betting that Obama would send the market down like he has for so long. Wrong."
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Matt Flynn may have been the most intriguing free agent quarterback not named Peyton Manning on the market this offseason. The Seattle Seahawks reeled him in with a three-year, $26 million deal, though they didn't promise Flynn the job Tarvaris Jackson held in 2011.
And now, it would seem, there's no guarantee Flynn won't end up third on the depth chart.
Coming out of their rookie minicamp, Seahawks brass is so impressed with third-round pick Russell Wilson that he's now officially made the QB job a three-'Hawk race.
"He's showed us enough, he's in the competition," head coach Pete Carroll said of Wilson on Sunday at the three-day camp's conclusion.
"That's an amazing load that we threw on him. But he handled it like he's been here. So that was a great first sign, just about his willingness to prepare and his ability to hold onto the information.
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Once the sound system started working again, the gathering hit yet another pitfall.
Incongruously, the sound system in the restaurant serenades diners with classical music.
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Chairman of the company's Australia-based office – Hanlong Mining – Peter Mansell telephoned his counterpart at iron ore explorer Sundance yesterday, following the revelation that several key Hanlong executives are being investigated for alleged insider trading.
"Overnight I did receive confirmation from the chairman Peter Mansell, who's obviously not involved in the allegations that have been made," Sundance chairman
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission alleges that Hanlong Mining Investment company staff illegally purchased contracts for difference before the announcement of takeover offers at a premium to the market price of the shares.
Sundance chief executive Giulio Casello is expected to meet Sichuan Hanlong's Kang Huan Jun either tomorrow or early next week as speculation intensifies that a deal may soon happen.
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Mr Xiao's accounts and assets have been frozen by ASIC.
There is no suggestion that the funds lent to the directors were used to purchase shares illegally.
The company's profits in the 2010 calendar year amounted to $7,706,102.
Mr Xiao was granted leave by the courts to travel to Hong Kong to collect a residency permit and was due back in Australia yesterday.
Calls to his Sydney residence went unanswered and officials from the corporate regulator were unable to confirm whether he had returned to the country as planned by late yesterday.
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Speaking of the draft, Paul DePodesta checks in with his first overview of how the Padres go about setting their draft priorities. This is pretty basic stuff ("we have scouts and crosscheckers…") but it's still good information. And DePodesta says that more details will be posted soon.
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Education Management (EDMC) — which runs Le Cordon Bleu North America and Colorado Technical University, among other schools — disclosed in its most recent SEC filings that it also has received inquiries from 12 state attorneys general. The quarterly update noted…
"The inquiries focus on the Company's practices relating to the recruitment of students, graduate placement statistics, graduate certification and licensing results, and student lending activities, among other matters."
ITT Educational Services (ESI) disclosed it was under investigation by several states' attorneys general. These civil investigative demands…
"…(contained) broad requests for information and the production of documents related to the Company's students and the Company's practices, including marketing and advertising, recruitment, financial aid, academic advising, career services, admissions, programs, licensure exam pass rates, accreditation, student retention, graduation rates and job placement rates, as well as many other aspects of the Company's business."
The Securities and Exchange Commission also subpoenaed records from ITT earlier last year.
More examples of wide and deep scrutiny could be cited, but the point is made — a wide swath of the industry is under a legal microscope no company wants to be under.
For-Profit Schools Lose in Court of Public Opinion, Too
As if their budding legal woes weren't enough, companies like ITT Tech, Strayer, Education Management, Corinthian Colleges and Apollo Education might be facing an even tougher battle when it comes to the perception that would-be students now have of them.
Recent graduates of some of these schools have found their "degrees" and certifications don't hold much — if any — clout in the real world, and doesn't make their recipients anywhere near as marketable as billed.
For example, in August of last year, Career Education Corp. (CECO) paid $10 million to settle claims made in New York that its schools there "told prospective students that between 55% and 80% of students found jobs after completing programs, though only 24% to 64% of students found real work."
And last week, ex-employees of privately held for-profit Harris School of Business and parent Premier Education Group — defended by whistleblower laws — claimed the school knowingly misleads students about the value of its programs, and accepts students who likely won't benefit from the credential they'll receive.
Case in point: One of the students in its pharmacy technician program was a former felon, which almost always prevents them from holding a pharmacy-tech position.
Margie Donaldson, a 38-year-old Detroit native who left a good-paying job as a warehouse worker with Chrysler, is now $75,000 in debt and unable to find a job in her chosen field despite receiving a criminal justice degree from ITT Tech. Problem? Her degree is not regionally accredited; the credits won't even transfer to a school that is accredited. That's five years down the drain.
Her experience is becoming a common one, and a commonly highlighted one.
The list of highly publicized ethical concerns could go on. In fact, these three scenarios don't even begin to scratch the surface of the black eye the industry has received of late.
Consumers are finally starting to realize that the for-profit school industry is "selling the dream" more than providing a marketable education.
Bottom Line
Most companies can withstand the occasional potshot now and again. Most companies can't, however, withstand a full-on assault from several government agencies while also fending off weak demand stemming from stunningly bad publicity. It's the proverbial beginning of the end for the for-profit schools unless they can do something miraculous, and fast … like actually help someone get a job they wouldn't have otherwise gotten on their own without crushing them with debt.
That miracle isn't out of the question, but it's a long shot at this point.
See, with rare exception, the industry has been developed from the ground up as a machine to siphon federally supplied financial aid without a care for providing students a worthy credential. For perspective, in 2009, for-profit schools only spent about $2,050 per student on actual instruction, while the average nonprofit public school spent $7,239 on instruction per student.
No wonder a degree or a certification at a for-profit institution costs significantly more than it would at a comparable community college, not to mention well more than a four-year bachelor's degree at a fully accredited school. Even more alarming is that approximately two-thirds of for-profit schools' students accept federally support student loans, vs. half (or less) of students at nonprofit schools accepting such student aid.
Yes, the for-profit education industry thrives on government-backed loans. Switching gears — and switching the mentality — will be a tall task, to say the least.
And just for the record…
While Strayer might have blown estimates away and while STRA stock might have soared on the news, investors should bear in mind that those expectations were ridiculously low. The adjusted $1.32 per share that Strayer earned last quarter might have topped estimates, but it was also 10% less than the year-ago bottom line of $1.47 per share. Revenue for Q4 still fell 13% too, and enrollment for the current term was lower by 14%.
That's hardly a reason to celebrate, and it might well be the shape of things to come for all of these schools for a long while.
As of this writing, James Brumley did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.


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Optoma HD7100 Projector Review
- Overall excellent color
- Especially good color "out of the box" without any fuss
- Excellent black levels and very good shadow detail
- Rich colors, notably in dark areas and very impressive
- Menus – this new menu look for Optoma is one I really enjoyed navigating
- Two component video inputs
- Pretty bright – not the brightest, but did well on my large screen including sports, Discovery HD with more ambient room lighting
- A 3 year warranty – great!
- Construction looks and feels solid
- Variable lens shift (vertical and horizontal)
- By far, the least expensive Darkchip3 DLP projector available
- RS-232 should work for updating firmware, a real plus with HD-DVD and Blu-Ray players hitting the market, who knows what minor incompatibilities will spring up?
- Remote has limited range
- Could use more range on lens shift (but glad to have lens shift at all!)
- Zoom range and a slightly longer throw zoom would allow more people to shelf mount
- Noisy, in Low power mode the fan is a little noisier than average or than we'd like, but acceptable to most. In Bight mode it's pretty noisy (like many)
- Would have liked to see a 2nd DVI or HDMI digital input – this is more of a wish list thing than a shortcoming.
Typical Performance
- Noise levels in Eco Mode (a little quieter would have been better, but it should be acceptable
- Lamp Life – Optoma does not offer different numbers for Full and Eco mode. 2000 hours (claimed) is average for full power, estimated by Optoma to be 3000 hours in low power That's about as typical as home theater projectors get!
- Manual – just not enough explanation and and a couple of minor typos. Strong on hooking things up, weaker on explaining the many nice controls. No mention at all of the whole ISF Day and Night settings for calibrators (unless I totally missed it). Strange!
- Only one digital input – very typical
The competition for the HD7100
Not a whole lot in its price range. There is the Samsung 710 projector, which we haven't reviewed yet, which is supposed to be one fo the best Darkchip2 projectors, and in the same general price range. The InFocus IN76 is less money, but again Darkchip2. The HD7100 is a big winner over the IN76 in my book, for the extra $500+. BenQ offers the PE8720 which is a $5000+ range Darkchip 3 DLP projector (which I own). I believe my BenQ still offers a slightly sharper image, likely by virtue of its lens – and it also has more zoom range, etc. In most other areas they appear pretty even, each with minor strengths and weaknesses compared to the other.
Sony's HS-51A is now a lot less expensive, and is LCD powered for those bothered by rainbows, but the Sony is relatively dim, and although a very good LCD projector, also has some minor issues. There are also a number of Darkchip2 powered DLP's spanning the range from under $2000 like the BenQ PE7700 or Optoma's own HD72, up to $5000+ featuring projectors from Marantz, DWIN and other premium brands. Yamaha also has its more expensive LCD projector which we would like to review, but it too, is far more expensive. The Optoma HD7100, again, sells for under $3500, making it the bargain of darkchip3 DLP's out there.
Congrats to Optoma, for another in a consistant string of excellent home theater projectors. I can't wait to get my hands on the far more expensive 1080p resolution HD81 scheduled for this summer! If it even performs only as well as the HD7100 plus offers the higher resolution, it will be truly impressive.
To summarize – if I had a $3500 or less budget for a home theater projector, and if the Optoma HD7100 is compatible with my theater room (placement wise), it would absolutely be my first choice of all the projectors I have reviewed!
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About "On Second Thought" by Robsoul
On Second Thought
Design by Robsoul
Looks great on white, lemon or red.
Close ups on my profile/blogs as well.
Execution and placement on this one pull a $5 from me
Super original front/back idea $5
and now i cant do this...
I wouldn't worry about it, ilya yas, there will be plenty of shoefiti subs, just go ahead and submit yours.
Amazing work!
great illo!!
good one!
potential print alert. 5
i like this!
this is very niceee !!!
buahahahaha oh man 5$
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XxSLIPxX, high heels are very gang related... ha, no, that's all urban legend stuff. But I understand your concern.
Thanks everyone.
Winner winner chicken dinner
I really like it :) $5
i love the foreground/background presentation, but unfortuntely i think the whole shoes on the wire idea is really overdone. looks killer on red though!
this is AWESOME Rob. so pretty.
I like the illustration and color, but I've just seen a similar concept in the critique section, also very good.
Very good idea, and great realization!
can you vote all my t-shirt please :) ?
This is really good! I like it on white best.
great score, man - congrats. my fave of the competition so far
my favorite!
beautiful illustration..love it
so sorry I missed this one bru.
great score BTW, and congrats on being leader on the score board, so far.
Somehow I scored this a 1!!!! I'm SOOO SORRY! Powerscore FAIL! :'( So good. Glad it got the score it deserved.
Alex is bound to take me down, Rocksie, that guy is too talented... what am I talking about, there are a ton of way too talented mofos on this site. Score means nothing though.


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Temple 15, Rider 8
College Baseball
Temple University 15, Rider University 8
WILSON, NC—The good news is that even though there is still another week left in February, the Rider baseball team found green grass to play on.
"The good news is that we were outside and were able to play," said Rider head coach Barry Davis, the 2013 MAAC Coach of the Year.
The bad news is that the Broncs lost the 2014 season opener to Temple Saturday at Historic Fleming Stadium, home of the N.C. Baseball Museum and the Wilson Tobs of the Coastal Plain Summer Collegiate League.
Rider freshman Nick Kagel (Lawrenceville, NJ/Lawrence) had three hits and three RBI in his collegiate debut. "Kagel swung the bat well and drove in a couple runs," Davis said. "He did his part to keep us in the game."
Kagel was a First Team All-CVC and All-Area selection last year, while batting .500 at Lawrence High, where he set the school record for RBI.
Rider junior Justin Thomas (Richboro, PA/Council Rock South) and senior Ken Kremer (Hershey, PA/Hershey) each had two of Rider's 12 hits and sophomore James Locklear (Hamilton, NJ/Steinert) had two RBI.
"We swung the bats," Davis said. "Offensively I think we're going to be pretty good."
Rider freshman Mike Diorio (Middletown, NJ/Middletown South) was the second of four Rider pitchers and pitched two and two-thirds innings in his collegiate debut. "I thought Diorio threw pretty good for his first time out," Davis said. "He got us out of a jam."
Rider junior Nick Richter (Fox River Grove, Ill./Cary-Grove) also made his Rider debut and doubled and scored a run.
Rider scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning on a double by Kagel to cut the lead to 10-6.
After the Owls took a 7-3 lead in the top of the third the Broncs came back with a run in the bottom of the inning on an RBI single by Kagel.
A two-run single by Locklear following an RBI single by junior Mike Parsons (Liverpool, NY) in the second inning cut the Temple lead to 5-3.
"We got ourselves back in the game (5-3, 10-6)," Davis said, "but every time we scored, they scored. We couldn't get back into the game because we couldn't stop them from scoring."
Temple jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the top of the first inning off of junior Kurt Sowa (Bensalem, PA/Fr. Judge), all five runs scored with two outs.
An All-East selection last year, Sowa pitched two and a third innings, allowing four walks while striking out four. "He threw over 40 pitches in the first inning and he could have easily been out of it with no runs," Davis said.
Rider junior Chris Wirth-Kenyon (Lawrenceville, NJ/Pennington) pitched two innings in his Rider debut and allowed one run.
It was the first meeting between Rider and Temple since the Broncs beat the Owls 10-8 in 2009. Rider and Temple have now met 59 times since the series began in 1946, with Rider winning 32.
"If we can come back tomorrow and win and we're back to square one," Davis said.
Rider plays Temple again Sunday at 1:30pm.


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Recently, the anti-Second Amendment group, The Brady campaign to Prevent gun Violence, came out with another of their "scorecards" where they rank states according to how bad or good gun laws there are -- according to their anti-gun reckoning, of course. Upon its release, the MSM warmed up its anti-gun machine and began touting this "scorecard" as if it were gospel. Headlines blared how "good" a state was because it restricted guns or how "bad" it was if it ranked as a state with fewer restrictions on guns according to Brady. Of course, all this assumes straight out that this Brady organization "scorecard" is the correct view of guns, as if they are correct in their assessment. And their assessment is that guns are bad. Period.
I will feature two of those stories to show the point, here. One is from the Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio. The second is a story from the News-Times, Danbury, Connecticut. The first laments that its state ranks "low," in scores and the other happily touts that its state is "third-best."
The Ohio paper gives a headline with a dire warning that "Ohio scores low in gun-control study." We find the Columbus Dispatch leads with the news that Ohio scored only "13 points out of a possible 100" on the Brady scale. The paper laments that, "Ohio is not doing enough to protect its citizens against gun violence, according to an annual scorecard released Thursday by backers of the Brady gun-control law."
They also quote a gun-control advocate about the supposedly disappointing score.
Toby Hoover of the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence said Ohio has not passed key laws on mandatory background checks on all gun purchases and bulk purchases of handguns.
To their credit they give time to the pro-gun folks, but the headline and lead paragraph certainly informs the reader where they lean. With a headline that claims the Ohio score is "low" and the front half of the story filled with the anti-gun position, we get the drift.
And, that is the better story of the two.
The next one from the News-Times doesn't even give a single line to the other side of the issue.
With a sunny headline that proudly proclaims that, "State's gun laws ranked third-best in nation," the News-Times fills us in on all the good tidings of anti-Second Amendment info.
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence ranks Connecticut in third place among states with the toughest gun laws in the nation.
But, the paper feels slighted despite Connecticut's wonderful "rating" by noting that the Brady folks didn't take into account their newest, gun grabbing state law.
And while the Constitution State achieved 54 points out of a possible 100, a statewide organization says the Brady scorecard fails to give Connecticut credit for having a law no other state has to confiscate guns.
"Connecticut has a unique law on its books, a law that several other states are now considering," said Lisa Labella, co-executive director of Connecticut Against Gun Violence in Trumbull.
"The law allows police to apply for warrants to seize guns from the possession of people who pose a threat to themselves or others."
This long piece ends with this stern warning by Kaitlin Lesnick, a spokesman for Mayor Bill Finch of Bridgeport, CT.
"According to the Brady scorecard, Connecticut is doing well, but there is room for improvement. Strengthening neighborhood policing will help to control illegal guns."
Of course, in neither story are the words "Second Amendment" or "Constitution" to be found. As in every anti-gun story, the fact that we are talking about a Constitutional right is nowhere to be seen. It just isn't a concern that the issue happens to be an American first principle, one upon which the entire country was built.
These two stories were not alone, of course. There were many just like it across the country as news rooms scrambled to give all the exposure to the Brady group as they could to help advance their agenda.


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