text:
Horizon Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
Original Volume No. 1
Contents / Previous / Next / Main Tariff Index
Effective Date: 04/15/2002, Docket: GT02- 15-003, Status: Effective
Second Substitute Original Sheet No. 7A Second Substitute Original Sheet No. 7A : Effective
4/ The Negotiated Reservation Rate set forth above shall apply only to service provided to Shipper by Horizon under the FTS Agreement from the Eligible Receipt
Points to the Eligible Delivery Points set forth in footnotes 9 and 10 below, subject to all other applicable terms and conditions set forth herein, provided,
that if Horizon expands its capacity by a cumulative total of 100,000 Dth/d or more beyond the initial estimated design capacity of 380,000 Dth/d or extends its
system into the state of Wisconsin during the initial term of the FTS Agreement, Shipper shall have the right up to the in-service date of such expansion or
extension to elect to pay through the remaining term of the FTS Agreement the negotiated rates set forth above or Horizon's maximum recourse cost-of-service
recourse rates for firm transportation service, as set forth in the FERC Gas Tariff applicable to Horizon from time to time. Nothing herein shall limit
Shipper's rights to refunds if it is charged Horizon's recourse cost-of-service rates and those rates are in effect subject to refund.
5/ Eligible Transportation Quantity. The negotiated rates shall apply only to total aggregate deliveries on any day of a quantity up to the FTS Agreement MDQ, for
all quantities transported under the FTS Agreement and any associated capacity release replacement agreements. In the event that, on any day, Shipper segments
a portion of its capacity (whether a result of capacity release or otherwise), then with respect to such segmented capacity, Shipper shall pay on such day the
rate established hereunder, based on the receipt and delivery points; provided, for purposes of clarity, the total MDQ of the segmented capacity as to which
such rate is applied shall not be increased as a result of the segmentation; provided, further, that Shipper shall not segment its capacity in a manner which
causes the combined MDQ of overlapping segments to exceed Shipper's FTS Agreement MDQ in such overlapping segments. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by
Horizon, any quantities transported in excess of the Eligible Transportation Quantity shall be billed at all applicable maximum rates, charges, and surcharges
set forth in Horizon's FERC Gas Tariff.
6/ Authorized Overrun Service. Unless Horizon otherwise expressly agrees in writing, Authorized Overrun Service provided to Shipper under the FTS Agreement shall
be billed at the applicable maximum Authorized Overrun Rate set forth in Horizon's FERC Gas Tariff, as may be revised from time to time.
7/ Fuel Gas and Gas Lost and Unaccounted For. In addition to the negotiated rates, Shipper shall be charged for Fuel Gas and Gas Lost and Unaccounted For in
accordance with the applicable provisions of Horizon's FERC Gas Tariff, as may be revised from time to time; provided, that (i) in the event Horizon expands its
capacity at any time during the term of the FTS Agreement, then for any period when Shipper is paying Horizon the negotiated rate set out above, such rate shall
be reduced by an amount per Dth equal to Chicago Gas Daily Large Industrial midpoint index price times the post-expansion fuel rate minus 0.80% or (ii) in the
event Horizon extends its system during the term of the FTS Agreement, then for any period when Shipper is paying Horizon the negotiated rate set forth above,
such rate shall be reduced by an amount per Dth equal to Chicago Gas Daily Large Industrial midpoint index price times the post-extension fuel rate minus 1.4%.
However, in no event shall Shipper receive a rate reduction with respect to volumes transported to secondary points outside of the zone(s) containing the
Alliance/NGPL Joliet #1 Grundy receipt point and the Horizon/NGPL McHenry delivery point.
8/ Applicable Maximum Rates, Charges and Surcharges. Except as set forth herein, the Negotiated Monthly Reservation Rates shall be applicable at all times during
the Negotiated Rate Term. To the extent Shipper is paying a negotiated rate, Shipper shall not be liable for any rates, charges, surcharges, exit fees or costs
beyond the rates explicitly set forth herein, including any surcharges which are designated to recover the difference between the negotiated rate established
hereunder and Horizon's cost-of-service recourse rates, as in effect from time to time; provided Shipper shall pay, in addition to such rates, the ACA surcharge
and any successor thereto plus any future surcharges that are generally applied by interstate pipelines in the United States on a uniform basis.
9/ Eligible Receipt Points. The negotiated rates shall only apply to transportation service provided from the following receipt points:
Primary Receipt Points: Alliance/Horizon Joliet #1 Grundy, PIN No. 39800 (300,000 MDQ).
Secondary Receipt Points: The negotiated rates shall apply to service provided from all secondary receipt points (including future interconnects) located in
the zone(s) containing Alliance/Horizon Joliet #1 Grundy and Horizon/NGPL McHenry.


text:
Trapped in a Room – FAQs
What's your cancellation policy? We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded after purchase.
What happens if the Zombie touches me? Don't get touched by the crawling Zombie! If you get touched by the crawling zombie, you will be required to sit and no longer will be permitted to search for clues, but you can still participate verbally. The Zombie is chained to a wall and may not roam freely, but the chain is released another foot every five minutes so you better be quick at putting together the clues, solving the riddles and finding the key that will set you free, otherwise you will be Zombie bait.
How many cast members are in the show? The show is written to allow up to 10 people in the room at once. You may be in a show with other people you do not know. The entire cast is on the same team working together to escape and not get eaten.
How long will it take? This depends on how much smarter you are than a Zombie! If you do not find all the clues and solve the puzzles that unlock the door within 60 minutes, you will be eaten by a Zombie and we will have to remove your body from the room. Allow one and half hours for the entire performance for instruction time and a solution explanation.
Will I really get eaten if I don't escape? Cannibalism has been outlawed since 1804, so the Zombie is not legally permitted to eat you.
What should I bring with me? Your inner Sherlock Holmes and all the sleuthing skills you can muster! The answers to the clues, riddles and puzzles are all in the room. You will be using your ability to look for clues, figure out logic, communicate with the other performers and apply deductive reasoning to escape. Don't give up! Keep searching for clues. You are going to have to work fast!
Can I participate if I am pregnant? WE DO NOT RECOMMEND this show for women who are pregnant, or children under the age of 8 years old. INFANTS will not be allowed into the room, zombies don't like baby food.
Are mobile phones permitted? Cell phones are not allowed to be used in the room. The use of electronic devices or any outside tools are strictly prohibited and you will immediately be removed from the show if you attempt to use them.
What happens if I arrive late? The door to the room closes exactly at the time you signed up for. Please arrive 15 – 20 minutes early to make sure you are there before the room is locked. You will not be permitted into the room if you are late. THERE ARE NO REFUNDS.
How old do you have to be? You must be 14 years or older to participate without an adult. If you are under the age of 18 you must have an adult sign your waiver before taking part. Please let us know if you are looking to book a session for a younger-aged group (under 16s) so we can tailor the experience appropriately.

subset: commoncrawl


text: Hi, On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 12:56:57PM -0300, iuri de araujo sampaio wrote: > I would like to know if i have done everything properly on the server > and client machine. did you do "exportfs -a" or restart/reload nfs-kernel-server after editing /etc/exports? > i can ping between each machine. I believe the permission is denied > because both machines don´t have each other listed > at /etc/hosts /etc/hosts.allow /etc/hosts.deny > Is that possible? and how to add them properly? i tried to add them but > it doesn´t work either. yes, that is possible. if server and client can't resolv each others names mounting will be painfully slow, because nfsd tries to resolv the hostname. setting up an dnsd or editing /etc/hosts is not requiered but you should do it anyways. if you deny connects in /etc/hosts.deny you need to put something like this in /etc/hosts.allow logd,mountd,statd,portmap: 192.168.1.0/24 have a look at iptables -nv -L too, if it still doesn't work after that. greetings Peter Werner


text:
Alternative Title: MICUM
Learn about this topic in these articles:
French occupation of the Ruhr
...factories, and public services in the Ruhr and Rhineland ground to a halt. Poincaré steeled his will and dispatched French engineers and workers to revive the Rhine-Ruhr complex through the Inter-Allied Control Commission for Factories and Mines (MICUM) and a Franco-Belgian directorate for the railroads. The Allied Rhineland Commission (Britain dissenting) seized all executive,...


text:
Kai Ryssdal: There's no word as of yet exactly how many of those 30,000 jobs will be lost in BofA's hometown of Charlotte, N.C. Even after the financial crisis, Charlotte still called itself the second largest financial center in the country, after New York.
We sent Amy Scott down to Charlotte this morning to see how its taking the BofA news.
Amy Scott: As Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan spoke in New York today, the anxiety in Uptown Charlotte was palpable.
Vic Werany: Everything that happens in the bank in front of me impacts my business immediately.
Just outside Bank of America's offices, Vic Werany, also known as the "Chili Man," sells hotdogs. He says his business is down 40 to 50 percent in the last few years.
Werany: Anytime there's layoffs you've got fear, you've got people walking out the door. And anytime there's fear there's less chance people are going to come out and buy a hotdog or lunch anywhere. They're saving money, making turkey sandwiches. Or peanut butter and jelly.
And Werany isn't the only one at his house who's worried. His wife works at Bank of America, doing something to do with "risk" -- he's not sure exactly.
Werany: Everybody's on edge, everybody's wondering if they're gonna be part of the what, 30,000? That's harsh, man.
People have been on edge in Charlotte for years. Finance is one of the city's biggest industries. Hundreds of bank employees have been laid off since the financial crisis.
I first met hairdresser Yvonne Curtis almost three years ago -- when the other local bank, Wachovia, was on the brink. It was later bought by Wells Fargo. Back then Curtis was worried about her clients at Wachovia. She has several at BofA as well.
Yvonne Curtis: It's sort of fashionable to vilify bankers, but these are some of the finest people I've ever worked with, so I don't want them to lose their jobs.
But Curtis says things worked out better for Wachovia's employees than many people expected. Wells Fargo reassigned a lot of people. One of the survivors is Titus Sandy, who works in derivatives at Wells Fargo.
Titus Sandy: You find that people move from one bank to another. So when people have been laid off, it's a friend or a family member. So I think they're in it together at the end of the day.
He and his colleagues are watching Bank of America closely. They're keeping their eyes on Wells Fargo, too. It's also reportedly planning more layoffs.
In Charlotte, I'm Amy Scott for Marketplace.


text:
SLTF Consulting
Technology with Business Sense
Here are some example designs done at SLTF by Scott Rosenthal:
AM field strength meter with GPS and USB data
On-line water chlorine measurement system with
Modbus communications.
Intravascular blood gas monitor for continuous
patient monitoring.
On-line water turbidity measurement system.
pasteurization temperature profile monitor.
Handheld water chlorine measurement system.
About Us | What We Do | SSM | MiCOS | Search | Designs | Articles


text:
Saturday's season finale of Saturday Night Live was chock-full of gay-adjacent sketches, but none was quite as biting as a skit featuring host Ben Affleck as the leader of a camp to turn gay kids straight.
Blatantly riffing on the absurdity of the scientifically discredited "ex-gay" movement, Affleck's camp counselor fondly recalled how much he "loved" being gay, saying, "It just felt natural and right."
Until the Holy Spirit intervened, of course, and the counselor found himself in a "happy" straight marriage.
"Hetero is better, yo!" quips Affleck, before reciting the day's activities, including musical performances, a discussion about Ralph Macchio's lips in The Outsiders and a hot dog eating contest.
Watch Affleck, a longtime LGBT ally and supporter of marriage equality, lambaste the absurdity of "ex-gay" concept in the video below, via Mediaite.


text:
|Home > Artists > Adam Wedd and The Independents > Music >
Adam Wedd and The Independents (Music Tracks)
Home: Sussex UK
It has been said that you are far more likely to find Adam Wedd & The Independents busking to fans on the street than retreating to their dressing room to drink their way through the rider. This desire to maintain a unique relationship between their music and their fans is characterised by their distinctive fusion of meaningful & thought-provoking lyrics with catchy pop melodies.
Adam's unique approach to writing songs comes as a result of several years of honing his craft as a solo singer-songwriter. His lyrics display a well-developed understanding of the human condition, often appearing under the guise of childish optimism and naivety. After several years of success performing as a solo artist, with the high point being the use of his music in a short film premiered at the Covent Garden Odeon, it was time to establish a full-band line-up to take the project to the next level, and born of this was Adam Wedd & The Independents. Never detracting from the original arrangements written for voice and acoustic guitar, the full-band sound naturally suited the tracks, doing nothing but complementing the original musical ideas.
Since forming, the band has been in the studio creating new material. All the while, the project is gaining momentum with an increasing tally of headline slots, press coverage & radio airplay.
|Vocal Tracks (4) |
Music Genres For Adam Wedd and The Independents
Indie Rock | Pop |
|Tracks for This Artist
DIRECT URL: https://www.audiosparx.com/adamwedd
|ARTIST KEYWORDS: Adam Wedd and The Independents, Indie, Acoustic, Pop, Band, stock music, flash music, instrumental music, website music, royalty free background music, license music, royalty-free production music, production music, commercial stock music, stock music sound effects, cheap royalty free music, royalty-free songs, download music clips, download stock music


text:
Blog Archives
WORDLESS WEDNESDAYS: Winter Skyscapes!
MY CALENDAR FOR SUNDAY/DAY 202 – July 21, 2013: I was a bit under the weather yesterday, it was hot, sultry, humid and totally oppressive. So Renee and I slept late and stayed inside with the AC all day. OK, I did brush Renee with her magic fingers dog grooming brush that catches all the loose hair. If she could articulate the words … more, More, MORE … that's all I would have been hearing. I did turn on the TV in the afternoon and we both stretched out on our personal sofas for an afternoon nap. Golf broadcasts are a great nap inducer.
THE SUNDAY ORIGAMI CALENDAR CHALLENGE – which was the same as the Saturday page and it again sparked another protest demonstration.
Today's demonstration was sparked by the headline (MOSTLY BARK AND NO BITE!) which the Anti-dog Defamation Coalition deemed to be somewhat offensive.
They decided to put a little bite into their barks of protest and chewed the calendar page to pieces. That will teach you to mess with origami lovers and/or origami characters.
Thankfully, the Mensa Puzzle Calendar has a workable puzzle for today, and the weather calendar has the next four days listed for no sun and a lot of rain I think I'll spend the afternoon working the puzzle or taking a nap. What the heck! We could do both.
The year was 1968 and Judy Collins recorded a song by Joni Mitchell titled BOTH SIDES, NOW, and ever since I don't think anyone can study CLOUDS in the sky without recalling that song. That's what I thought of when I looked at the 30 DoC Inspiration Calendar and saw that the theme for the fifth day of creativity was CLOUDS. This photo looks at clouds from a slightly different perspective.
As a tribute to Joni and Judy I also whipped up this little word cloud using the lyrics of BOTH SIDES, NOW!
Side note: Judy Collins and I share a birth year, and I'm happy to say she's still going strong and sounding as great as ever. I manage to get up every morning and do something a little bit creative.
A couple of days ago my friend Becky posted a magnetic poem about cloud gazing. After reading it, I remembered a group of cloud photos I had taken about two weeks ago. I had quite a few birthdays coming up in August and September, so I decided to take a trip to my Target Store and replenish my card stock.
When I left the house the skies were bright blue with a few puff pillow clouds. And I jumped on the MetroBus going south for a quick ride. As we were going around Forest Park, I noticed the skies were getting cloudy. By the time I got off the bus, the skies looked like this …
The clouds actually looked liked they were pockmarked!
In my entire life I had never seen clouds that looked liked these.
They looked so ominous, I picked up my pace across the Target parking lot and rushed to the door.
And I just made it to the door of the store when raindrops began to splat the ground. And they were like the mother of all raindrops! Either that or someone was throwing water balloons down on us.
On the News Live At Five I discovered that my strange clouds were mamatus or "breast" clouds that formed under a layer of cumulonimbus thunderclouds which often indicates severe storms and tornadoes. The shower was rather brief and by the time I came out of the store the skies were blue again and the ground was almost dry.
Since the clouds looked like they had been lifted from some old master's painting, I knew I just had to share them with Becky. Enjoy, cloud gazing is free!
When I woke up this morning I had no idea what I was going to do for the 22nd day of creativity. Then I went outside and discovered that the first full day of summer had gone retro to become probably the best spring day we've had this years. The temps were refreshing and the skies were as cerulean as only a Saint Louis sky can be. So I decided to go trekking and be creative by looking at clouds from both sides through an eight-hour day. That means you're going to see a lot of photos today.
The first clouds were just wisps of moisture in the blue skies …
Then they started to whirl together …
And become rather cosmic looking …
That's when the started getting billowy …
But when the sun showed up behind the clouds …
I knew it was time for lunch …
The best ever tuna melt sub with peanut oil fried fries!!! Then back to the clouds . . .
where I started seeing things in them …
They also started ganging up …
And looking like they were ready to rip …
But I was back home by then listening to Judy Blue Eyes – Both Sides Now!
In my opinion, no one can sing like Judy Collins.


text:
Anaheim, California Sightseeing Tours & Cruises – Whale Watch Cruises
More info about Anaheim Activities: Average Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars , Based on 2 Reviews
A whale watch tour provides an excellent opportunity for both entertainment and education to complete your vacation. With tour options such as Davey's Locker Whale Watching, you will witness these magnificent creatures in their natural habitat, and you might even be lucky enough to witness other forms of unique marine life in the process. Plan a whale watch tour on your next trip to Anaheim, California!


text:
Enhance your posts with a click
Instant hashtags, emojis, images and CTAs - right where you do social
RiteForge detects your topic and automatically hashtags your post for maximum discovery and engagement.
Beautiful images
RiteForge automatically extracts images from pages you share or creates eye-catching visuals tailored for your post.
Integrated with your favorite tools
Use RiteForge without changing your workflow. Schedule via RiteForge, Buffer or Sendible. Get Enhance button in Twitter, Facebook, Buffer, Hootsuite, Sendible or Tweetdeck.
Need more?
Try other RiteKit products
Instant feedback on your hashtag choice, anywhere on the web
Automate your social posting with a vibrant and engaging feed
Add a Call-To-Action on links and track clicks and conversions


text:
2012 WPT Malta Day 1A: Casper Toft Leads Small Field
Perhaps it is fitting that a World Poker Tour (WPT) event in a tiny country had a tiny first day this weekend. Regardless of the numbers, though, it is still a World Poker Tour event and the winner still becomes a member of the Champions Club. That said, just 64 players paid the €3,000 + €300 to compete in the 2012 WPT Malta Main Event Day 1A Sunday. Just over half of them – 34 – moved on to tomorrow's Day 2, with Denmark's Casper Toft leading the survivors with 123,600 chips.
Should Toft take advantage of his chip stack and go on to cash in the tournament, it would be his first time making the money in a World Poker Tour event. His best live tournament cash came in January 2011 when he placed fourth in the €2,000 No-Limit Hold'em event at the European Poker Tour's (EPT) Deauville stop, a cash which earned him €40,600 ($55,258). Toft also has two cashes in EPT Main Events and two at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), though neither of those were in the Main Event.
Toft ascended to the chip lead thanks, in part, to an elimination at the end of the night. Toft opened the betting pre-flop with pocket 8's only to see Vladimir Geshkenbein shove the rest of his chips, about 15 big blinds worth, into the pot. Toft made the call, probably figuring he wasn't likely to be a huge favorite. He wasn't, as Geshkenbein held 9-T, both live overcards to Toft's pair. But neither of those overcards found a match and Geshkenbein was eliminated.
One of the oddest sights of the day was the appearance of Phil Hellmuth. The poker world is accustomed to seeing him make a fashionably late, grand entrance, but those are always at the WSOP Main Event. Plus, those occasions always see Hellmuth as the one dressed up, not someone else. But this time, at WPT Malta, a svelte Phil Hellmuth took his seat during level seven (of eight, mind you) and played like normal. Behind him, though, was one of the world's favorite crime fighters, the Amazing Spiderman. As it turned out, the man dressed up like the web slinger was the person who eliminated Phil Hellmuth from WPT Malta last year. It was at that tournament that Hellmuth had the bad luck to actually be bitten by a spider, hence the goofy costume.
Day 1B of WPT Malta is already underway at the Casino at Portomaso. The survivors from today will combine with the 34 from Sunday in tomorrow's Day 2.
2012 World Poker Tour Malta – Day 1A Chip Leaders
1. Casper Toft – 123,600
2. Andrea Dato – 106,300
3. Alfonso Amendola – 106,000
4. Koen Berendsen – 103,700
5. Kiryl Radzivonau – 94,800
6. Jonathan Roy – 94,100
7. Jens Schmieg – 93,500
8. Dominik Nitsche – 91,400
9. Jeffrey Rossiter – 82,400
10. Bastien Lebel – 82,200
Want the latest poker news in your twitter feed? Follow PokerNewsDaily on Twitter.


text:
She beamed. I have never seen someone walk down the aisle with such a glowing smile of confidence. Annette never looked back. She had looked forward to that moment her entire life. That moment she knew she was marrying the guy of her dreams. While Annette beamed as she walked arm in arm with her father down the aisle, Scott smiled with pride. I am not sure I have ever seen a groom so focused on his soon-to-be wife. Scott did not take his eyes off of Annette. It was beautiful!
Annette's confidence seemed to be a common thread throughout her wedding planning. She was in the middle of a career change, going back to school, and starting a new job- all while planning their wedding. Busy is an understatement- so when she had a free moment she put it to good use. Shortly after Scott proposed, a friend of hers told her about the Brides Against Breast Cancer gown sale. Annette looked at the website and found they were hosting a gown sale in Baltimore the next week. For those of you who are not familiar with the Brides Against Breast Cancer gown sale… it is basically a traveling bridal gown sale that "provides brides-to-be with an opportunity to find their dream gown (at an incredible savings) while making wishes and dreams come true for women and men who are losing their fight to breast cancer." The gowns are often donated by brides who have already worn the gowns or they are donated by designers and dress shops from around the world. Annette figured that attending the show would be a great opportunity to just get an idea of the dresses she could choose from. By herself, as confident as ever, she walked into the ballroom full of gowns… and found a group of volunteers (many cancer survivors) eager to help her find the dress of her dreams. And in fact she found the perfect one! The perfect one to show off her beauty on her wedding day and keep Scott's eyes mesmerized!
We were so excited to hear Annette's story of finding her dream gown while giving back to such a worthy cause! She inspired us and as a result we decided to give 10% of our sales from our online galleries to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. At our wedding photo reveal party with Annette and Scott, Annette informed us that she would likely be donating her dress back to Brides Against Breast Cancer! How admirable and inspiring! If you are a former bride and have your dress hanging in your closet and just don't know what to do with it… definitely check out this amazing organization.
Annette and Scott- we loved being a part of your wedding day! You two are so much fun to be around… I am not sure we will ever be a part of another wedding where the groom drops his pants… lol ;)… but Scott, you will always be our first! ;) It was great to see your group of friends again- and of course we have to say thanks to Katie and Frank for the incredible referral! It truly means the world to us when we know our past brides and grooms refer us to their friends! Annette and Scott- we wish you all of the happiness in the world… keep beaming and inspiring! :) Enjoy the photos and the slideshow!
Annette and Scott were married at the Hotel Monaco in Baltimore, MD. We LOVE the Hotel Monaco because of its beautiful architecture and swanky interior! Love it!
Annette's perfectly simple wedding dress she purchased at the Brides Against Breast Cancer gown sale.
We had a lot of fun with Annette's shoes- which also happened to work so nicely with the hotel room decor! ;)And here begins Annette's beam! She glowed in every way! Special thanks to the ladies at Scene 217 and Alexis for an incredible job on Annette's hair and makeup! She looked fabulous!
The beautiful flowers for the day were provided by Cheryl at Reidel's Florist. They were beautiful!
This ceremony was full of lots of laughs and good fun! ;) Annette and Scott have such an amazing sense of humor! After their reveal party my cheeks were sore from laughing so much! :) They are so much fun!Glamorous! Love it!
I secretly wish I had this big huge couch in my house! The second floor of the Hotel Monaco is full of real fun, super swanky furniture! Amazing! And the perfect compliment to the traditional feel of the marble staircase on the first floor of the original Baltimore & Ohio Railroad headquarters.
Don't miss the slideshow! Congratulations Annette and Scott!


text:
Device captures energy produced when AC runs normally. Frozen phase-change material within evaporator's upper chamber provides cool air while engine off.
AUBURN HILLS, MI – Stop/start systems are becoming popular, especially in hybrids and in Europe, as a way to conserve fuel when idling. But shutting down the engine often means turning off the air conditioning, which can cause discomfort quickly on a sweltering day. Delphi's solution is its new Cold Storage Evaporator, which goes into production next year and can keep the cabin cool up to two minutes while the engine is off, says Erich Becker, systems engineering manager for ...
Premium Content (PAID Subscription Required)
"Delphi's Tool to Keep Cool" is part of the paid WardsAuto Premium content. You must log in with Premium credentials in order to access this article. Premium paid subscribers also gain access to:
All of WardsAuto's reliable, in-depth industry reporting and analysis
Hundreds of downloadable data tables including:
• Global sales and production data by country
• U.S. model-line inventory data
• Engine and equipment installation rates
• WardsAuto's North America Plant by Platform forecast
• Product Cycle chart
• Interrelationships among major OEMs
• Medium- and heavy-duty truck volumes
• Historical data and much more!
For WardsAuto.com pricing and subscription information please contact
Lisa Williamson by email: firstname.lastname@example.com or phone: (248) 799-2642
Current subscribers, please login or CLICK for support information.


text:
Cobra Atom Radar Detector: Speeding Ticket Protection Made Even Better (And Tinier)
Cobra's iRadar has been one of the cooler things you can do with an iPhone for a while. It detects radar gun use from up to several miles away, and syncs the data with the data from other users. Now it's tinier and twice as effective.


text:
The lashing punishment handed to Shayma Jastaniah for flouting the driving ban has caused outrage among Saudis and expatriates living in the Kingdom.
Shayma, in her 30s, was found guilty of driving without permission and sentenced to 10 lashes on Tuesday, a day after Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah granted Saudi women the right to vote and run for municipality council positions and sit on the Shoura Council as full members.
Sources close to Shayma's family said she had appealed the sentence.
Muna AbuSulayman, social activist and United Nations goodwill ambassador, told Arab News the timing of the sentence is "catastrophic from a PR point of view," as it came so soon after the king's announcement.
She said the actual sentence was not commensurate with the offense committed.
AbuSulayman made a distinction between the granting of political participation rights for women and Shayma's punishment, adding it showcased the widely divergent society that Saudis live in.
"One of the reasons that judicial reforms were institutionalized a couple of years ago was to prevent such disastrous sentences from ever taking place. It is a shame that the reforms have not been implemented. But, I do hope that the government realizes that we have to work very hard to bring the judiciary branch of the government in line with the executive branch," she added.
Young Saudi women who spoke to Arab News expressed regret at Shayma's punishment.
"The novelty is the contradiction. My friends who are not Saudi felt sorry for my country on humanitarian grounds. Why are we discriminated against just for being women?" 24-year-old college student Lina Hejazi told Arab News.
"It feels as if we took 10 steps forward with the king's announcement and now we have taken 100 steps backward."
She felt sad that such a sentence came at a particular moment when Saudi Arabia had embraced change and was making history by giving more political rights to women.
"One day you read women are being empowered. The next day you find the same newspaper reporting a woman will be lashed for driving," Arwa Sulaiman, a 25-year-old political science student, told Arab News.
She added that change has to come from within and the prevalent mentality has to change.
"It is such a shame and embarrassment for me as a Saudi," said Sarah Basid, a 28-year-old Saudi businesswoman.
She said news of such incidents being broadcast around the globe mock the Saudi vision and the country's wisdom.
"The news about Shayma and what we did to Manal (Al-Sharif, a prominent campaigner for women driving) are leaving Saudi Arabia redundant in its claim to empower women," Basid added.
Nina Fernandes (name changed), a 32-year-old Italian woman living in Jeddah, told Arab News: "I appreciate the king's vision but this verdict leaves me disappointed and suffocates my hope for Saudi Arabia. I do not belong to this country but I want to tell Saudi women to fight for their rights and for future generations. After all history teaches us that change has to come from the people, it will not descend on us."
Post a comment [9]
By MARIAM NIHAL
[1] http://www.syndigate.info
[2] http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article508561.ece?service=print
[3] http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article508561.ece
[4] http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article508561.ece;title=Outrage%20over%20flogging%20sentence%20against%20woman%20driver
[5] http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article508561.ece
[6] http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article508561.ece&t=Outrage%20over%20flogging%20sentence%20against%20woman%20driver
[7] http://www.google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=edit&bkmk=http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article508561.ece&title=Outrage%20over%20flogging%20sentence%20against%20woman%20driver
[8] http://buzz.yahoo.com/article/pub/http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article508561.ece
[9] http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article508561.ece#commentForm
[10] http://arabnews.com/


text:
Tosca at WMC, Cardiff
Torture is a theme experienced all too literal in this grim revival of the Michael Blakemore production
Torture in Tosca is supposed to happen offstage, with the unfortunate Cavaradossi groaning out loud as minions of Rome's police chief Scarpia try to extract information in ways we can only imagine. But the curse of Welsh National Opera's latest revival of Michael Blakemore's 18-year-old production is that torture threatens the audience as well.
Heavy and lumbering, anchored in architecturally grandiose "authentic" sets that need every minute of the two intervals to shift, Blakemore's staging does not make the spirits soar. Yet its sins at least never penetrate the eardrums, unlike the sounds that tumbled from Tosca's mouth on press night. The Portuguese soprano Elisabete Matos sang the role of Puccini's stage diva with ugly amounts of hard steel in her voice: almost every note…


text:
Photo Galleries
Image 2 of 10
Uzbekistan: President Karimov and the executive branch dominate the legislature and judiciary, and the government severely represses all political opposition, freedoms of speech, and the press. The state exercises strict control over Islamic worship and suspected members of banned Muslim organizations and their relatives have been subjected to arrest, interrogation, and torture. Torture is reported to be endemic to the criminal justice system. Prisons suffer from severe overcrowding and shortages of food and medicine. The trafficking of women abroad for prostitution remains a serious problem. An aerial view of Muynak, Uzbekistan, next to the dried up Aral Sea is seen here on April 4.
Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP
Image 2 of 10
© The Christian Science Monitor. All Rights Reserved.


text:
U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for April 25
Apr 25, 2013, 00:01 ET
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO)
Profile America — Thursday, April 25th. Many automobile license plates proclaim glories of the issuing states; others spell out something dear to the drivers. Those plates and the basic ones handed out by motor vehicle departments are requirements to drive on public roads. New York was the first state to require license plates on motor vehicles on this date in 1901. At the time, there were just under 15,000 sputtering automobiles in the entire country, traveling over muddy, rudimentary roads without a license for the driver or the automobile. Now, there are nearly a quarter-billion cars, trucks, and buses rolling along the nation's sophisticated highway system and local roads, and over 210 million Americans have driver's licenses. You can find more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau, online at www.census.gov.
Sources: Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970, p. 716
Statistical Abstract of the United States 2012, t. 1114, 1096
Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotions of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on a monthly CD or on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Multimedia Gallery" by the "Newsroom" button).
SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau


text:
Today on the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast, hosts Jason Boog of GalleyCat and AgencySpy's Matt Van Hoven welcomed radio veteran Dean Olsher, who is promoting his book on crossword puzzles, "From Square One."
Olsher, who is also a journalism professor at NYU, spoke about the future of journalism as he sees it. "There are many things that I'm not going to mourn, and it's fine that anyone can have a radio show today," he said. "With my student, they've signed up for a master's degree in journalism from NYU and they're paying big money hoping for a traditional job, and those don't exist any more…The jobs that are going away now are not going to come back. It's a total paradigm shift."
"I'm sort of a medieval monk and I'm keeping ancient wisdom alive, having to do with professionalism and ethics in journalism," Olsher went on. "And I'm passing them along to this new generation and I'm hoping that they can bring about a renaissance somewhere down the line and they can figure out some way to pay for work as professional journalists."
The most important tool his students need to have in order to work in the field now: skepticism. "It has nothing to do with the technology," Olsher said.
Also discussed: MSNBC.com's acquisition of hyperlocal Web site EveryBlock.com, Martha Stewart and Olsher's study of crossword puzzles and the people who are addicted to them.
You can listen to all the past podcasts at BlogTalkRadio.com/mediabistro and call in at 646-929-0321.


text:
Mountain Sierra Rustic Bedding Set
4 Item(s)
4 Item(s)
A rustic bedding collection in a rich pallet of brown, sienna, deep gold, and a touch of turquoise. Our Wooded River Mountain Sierra Bedding Collection has a rustic masculine design that will transform your bedroom into a western-inspired mountain getaway. The Mountain Sierra Duvet Cover is a great place to start your collection. It features a soft 100% poly blend fabric, and is available is several different sizes. Surround your bedspread with matching pillows and shams that will complement your rugged lodge bedroom ensemble. The pillow shams feature an envelop design with a decorative copper button. The Casidy Tailored Bedskirt completes the ensemble giving your bedding a clean and finished look. Set off the duvet brilliantly with a subtle splash of autumn color. . Don't for get to add a matching complement to the collection, with the matching Cassidy and Mountain Sierra Euroshams and accent pillows. This new Wooded River Mountain Sierra Bedding Collection is made of a soft 100% poly blend and must be dry cleaned. Made in the USA.
Complete your Western style bedding with the coordinating window treatment and blanket throws. Or find plenty of other lodge, western, and southwestern bedding to choose from, here at Woodland Creek's, the real Log Furniture Place.


text:
Tagged: avia, navigation, style
trying to chage the style of the "arrow" and "hover" elements for the current and hover states in the main navigation. just want it to be 10px tall and a solid color. any help?
Hi viper92664,
Try adding the following CSS to your Quick CSS (located under the Styling Tab in the theme options) or the custom.css file in the css folder of your theme files:
.header_color .avia-menu-fx {
background-color: #333;
height: 10px;
#top .avia-arrow-wrap {
display: none;
.header_color .main_menu ul:first-child >li > ul, #top .header_color .avia_mega_div > .sub-menu {
border-top-color: #333;
Change the color code as needed.
The topic 'Rollover and Current Page highlight under tab' is closed to new replies.


text:
Archive for Thursday, March 23, 2006
Medicare Part D used to attempt scams
Senior Health Insurance Counseling of Kansas is warning of scam artists working in Kansas. They target people with Medicare and use the new prescription drug program Medicare Part D, as the conversation starter.
A scam targeting veterans is also being attempted. The scam involves callers who say they're working for the "Patient Care Group." They claim that VA recently changed procedures for dispensing prescriptions and ask for the veteran's credit card number, which is not true.
Veterans with questions about VA services should call the nearest VA Medicare Center or call (877) 222-8387.
Seniors should never given information over the phone such as bank account numbers, credit card numbers, social security numbers or Medicare numbers.
Those who think they have received a call from a scam artist are asked to call the Senior Health Insurance Counseling of Kansas at (800) 860-5260 or the Kansas Attorney General's office at (800) 432-2310.
Commenting has been disabled for this item.


text:
This product is no longer available.
You can try these similar gifts instead.
Pebble Grain Pen Cup
No more fumbling around the desk to find a pen or pencil. This cup will keep them all in one place and add a splash of sophistication to his workspace. Add an engraved sentiment for that special occasion.


text:
Texas Presbyterian Church Considering Split From PCUSA
A Texas congregation is considering a vote to break away from Presbyterian Church (USA) due to the denomination's growing acceptance of homosexuality.
The congregation of First Presbyterian Church of Longview will hold a vote on Sunday as to whether or not they will remain part of the PC(USA).
Pastor Jonathan Jehorek of First Presbyterian told local media that the vote was unprecedented and that he himself intended to relinquish his ordination in the PC(USA) effective next Monday.
"We have found ourselves to be Christians who see things very, very differently," said Jehorek to the Longview News-Journal.
"We have tried to see each other, not as doing battle with a warring sect; we are wrestling with brothers and sisters in the faith."
First Presbyterian's issue with the PC(USA) began when the 219th General Assembly of the denomination voted to allow regional bodies to ordain noncelibate homosexuals. In response to the General Assembly's decision, the body of elders who lead the Texas congregation voted 21 to 3 in favor of seeking dismissal from the PC(USA).
Churches across the country have sought and been granted dismissal from their respective presbyteries because of the General Assembly's decision. This number includes First Presbyterian Church of Colorado Springs, the largest Presbyterian congregation in Colorado.
Several PC(USA) churches came together in Orlando in January for a conference sponsored by the conservative group Fellowship of Presbyterians. The result of the "Orlando Covenanting Conference" was the creation of a new body known as the Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians (ECO).
If successful in breaking away from PC(USA), First Presbyterian of Longview hopes to join the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, a smaller and more conservative denomination.
First Presbyterian Church of Longview did not return a request for comment by press time.


text:
Artist description:
bored :P
Canvas Draw Created Dec 03, 2011 640 x 460px Unless noted Copyright 2011 lost-sheepyx.
We encourage you to submit a comment and let the artist know what you think of this drawing. Please log in or join to post a comment.
Post a comment
Lady Maryam Dec 03, 2011
you did that with the pen toool :D thats pretty x.x i wish i could draw that way
Page 1


text:
Photo Galleries
Image 3 of 18
A Belgian F-16 fighter jet lands after a mission in Libya at Araxos airport in Kato Ahaia, Greece. Belgium is currently taking part in 'Operation Odyssey Dawn.' Approximately 150 Belgian military personnel and several Belgian jets are involved in the operation to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya.
Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP
Image 3 of 18
© The Christian Science Monitor. All Rights Reserved.


text:
Is The Associate Degree Just For Appearances?
A Program Director And The ARRT Weigh In.
July 30, 2014
Here's What I Think
By Mark Adkins, M.S.ED., R.T.(R)(QM) Radiography Program Director St. Vincent Health/St. Joseph Hospital Indianapolis
The title of the article "Lifelong Learning Starts Now: The Associate Degree Requirement Boosts Core Radiography Training" (ASRT Scanner, February/March 2014) is very misleading. To suggest the associate degree—a requirement mandated by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists—will improve clinical training is, at best, unsupported by any empirical evidence and, at worst, blatantly false.
An academic degree will do nothing to advance core clinical practices. In its 2008 announcement, even the ARRT acknowledged that requiring an academic degree "is not based on unequivocal, empirical evidence linking professional competence and academic degrees or on the belief that nondegree-granting programs are in any way deficient." How, then, does requiring the associate degree boost core training?
The author makes an argument that competent clinical practice requires "a range of skills, from technical to social to cognitive" that are necessary to "manage the latest imaging equipment, interact successfully with coworkers, provide quality patient care and think critically in difficult situations." Yet nowhere does the author link these skills to the academic degree requirement and, indeed, concedes that these skills are acquired during clinical participation. Again, the associate degree does nothing to advance this core training.
The author goes on to argue that academic degrees "widen the student's knowledge base" so the student will "acquire broader quantitative skills, psychological insights, communication abilities and sociological understanding that can't be acquired through clinical training." Even if true, these broader insights are already acquired with the required general education component of the ASRT curriculum, which programs follow to maintain their accreditation. It is the completion of coursework—not attaining an academic degree—that advances these broader insights.
Do not misunderstand me. I'm not opposed to academic degrees and believe all imaging programs should establish pathways so their graduates can attain academic degrees, if desired or needed for promotion. I am personally very proud of my master's degree and acknowledge it has opened many doors professionally. But those doors represent career promotions not endeavored by most radiographers and other imaging professionals. That was my choice, and I made it without being forced to have an associate degree to enter the profession.
So then, what is the real value of mandating an academic degree? To put it bluntly: appearances! Requiring an academic degree makes us appear more professional to others outside our profession. It assuages our fragile self-image and promotes the illusion that we are more than what we are. To say anything else is disingenuous.
If we truly want to advance our profession in a significant and meaningful way, we should take a hard look at what we expect of radiography program graduates. The ARRT, as the "gatekeeper" into the profession, sets these expectations. My colleagues and I discussed this in Radiologic Technology (May/June 2013, "Image Quality and the Changing Culture in Medical Imaging," Page 521).
It is staggering to me that no more than (and likely fewer than) 13 out of 200 questions on the Registry's certification exam for radiography will cover what radiographers do many times every day: analyze radiographic images. Truthfully, no one really knows what the state of image analysis is in the radiography community. But it's not unreasonable to say most educational programs will teach only to the level of the certification exam. I fear that radiographers' ability to analyze and make corrections for poor image quality is generally lacking. I also fear it will only get worse as digital imaging becomes more commonplace, thus widening the communication gap between radiographers and radiologists. Requiring an academic degree does nothing to address this concern.
The ARRT can truly advance this profession by elevating the importance of image analysis on the certification exam. I contend that no less than one-fourth of the exam should be dedicated to evaluating radiographic images. Likewise, the ASRT can conduct or underwrite research to assess the level of image analysis nationally. Only then will we learn what is needed to truly advance this profession. It is time we moved past the illusion that we are more than what we are and start making us what we need to be. Perhaps then the academic degree will matter.
ARRT Responds
By Jerry B. Reid, PH.D., Executive Director, American Registry Of Radiologic Technologists
ARRT always welcomes discussions about our eligibility policies, and we appreciate the opportunity to respond to Mr. Adkins' comments.
The degree requirement—announced almost seven years ago—has been generating conversations since then. It has been met with a range of reactions, from being heralded by some as the most important advancement for the profession in years, to being rejected by others as either irrelevant for the profession or a meager effort at catching up with other professions.
What's so special about a degree, anyway? Will including more initials behind the holder's name or hanging another document on the wall really matter? When the question is posed in that manner, the answer is no. But it's not the framed diploma or the added initials that should be the focus. Rather, it is the knowledge gained from the coursework required to earn the degree that should be considered.
ARRT believes that the general education coursework required to earn the degree represents the value added by this requirement. The quantitative and communication skills-building and the understanding of human behavior—sociological and psychological—gained by students in degree programs are important in all aspects of health care. While it is possible for these areas of knowledge and skill to be learned outside of an academic degree program, structured educational coursework—with mastery documented by a degree awarded through an accredited academic institution—is generally recognized as the most efficient and effective way to achieve these ends.
So it is not the degree per se, but the mastery of knowledge and skills, which the degree attests to, that represents the true value. The degree has representational value because it signifies to all that one has achieved a level of competence that can serve as a foundation for current and future qualifications in the profession.


text:
Artist description:
they were going to be hugging when I started but I didn't want to draw arms... so it became this , uh it was just going to be a doodle but I colored it and stuff uh
Java Draw Created Aug 02, 2012 338 x 470px Unless noted Copyright 2012 buhrd.
We encourage you to submit a comment and let the artist know what you think of this drawing. Please log in or join to post a comment.
Post a comment
Nobody has commented on this drawing yet. Be the first!


text:
August 23, 2011 BY Aaron Hope
We've seen Nike Sportswear apply all manner of updates and tech-oriented additions to its classic running lineup, but the most detail oriented sneakerheads will remind the general population that the silhouette of almost all of these models has been altered slightly as construction methods have improved. An even smaller group, then, would be able to spot the subtle differences between the original Asics Gel Saga II from two decades ago when compared to the new models slated for release this Saturday, August 27th. Stores like Afew will only get six pairs of each OG Gel Saga II colorway and they've put together a short video depicting the shift in the model's vamp. Click through to see what's new and let us know if you're going to try and secure a pair of these.
Filed under: Asics Running Upcoming Sneakers
Tags: Afew Asics Gel Saga II


text:
|Re: Yet another signed copy
Subject: Re: Yet another signed copy
by Jlong on 2009/1/12 12:17:12
Unsurprisingly, the seller never responded to my questions (must have been really sick). The auction has ended and the item sold for $256.00. I highly doubt this item is legit. It is unfortunate that these fake signatures keep cropping up.


text:
Free Sample!
Download a sample of this course for FREE
- No obligation
- No hassle
Microsoft Word 2016: Part Three
Keep the learning going with the third course in our Microsoft Word 2016 series. This course is designed to help users who are familiar with Word's advanced features take their skills to the next level. Some lesson topics include:
This training package includes the following customizable components:
See for yourself with a sample!
Try Microsoft Word 2016: Part Three Courseware for FreeSee how you can save time & money with pre-written, customizable courses.
For every hour of training delivery it takes 40 hours of prep work to have quality training materials. A two-day training class of 7.5 hours per day can easily take 600 hours of work. Velsoft courseware means this work is done for you and delivered in MS Word format files so that you can make any changes you like; right down to taking our logo off and replacing it with yours. Velsoft courseware gives you the confidence of walking into your training session knowing you are prepared to give a great class.
With Velsoft courseware you receive:
If you are interested in any of our eLearning titles, we can provide you with access to a free demo. Our web-based SoftSkills courses are effective and affordable; allowing business professionals to learn interesting and practical information related to their jobs. Trying out this interactive and customizable eLearning course will demonstrate to you the quality of our product, and the advantages it will bring to your organizational training goals.Try for Free


text:
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — The Earthquakes had little margin for error Wednesday.
With at least seven regulars out of action and just 16 players dressed, the Quakes also had to contend with one of Major League Soccer's hottest teams.
But they still had a shot for a road point until the waning minutes when Chicago forward Chris Rolfe lined a game-winner past goalkeeper Jon Busch on the way to a 3-2 victory at Toyota Park.
Still, interim coach Mark Watson found plenty to like, despite playing in a difficult environment.
"I thought overall the performance was pretty good," he said. "We did a lot of good things for a game on the road against a good Chicago team. We created a lot of chances, but we had a few lapses of concentration in the back, and that is something you cannot do on the road and expect to get a result."
The Quakes (5-8-6, 21 points) suffered their fourth loss in their past six games. The streaking Fire (6-7-3) won their third straight and are unbeaten in six straight league games.
Earthquakes forward Alan Gordon exploited an early opening, scoring on a header on Chicago goalkeeper Paolo Tornaghi — making just his second start of the season — for a 1-0 lead in the 14th minute.
The lead lasted 20 minutes until Chicago midfielder Dilly Duka beat Busch for a 1-1 deadlock.
Chicago grabbed a 2-1 lead early in the second half after Duka lined a perfect feed on Patrick Nyarko's second goal of the season.
In the 72nd minute, the Earthquakes were back in the hunt thanks to an own goal to tie the game at 2-2.
But Rolfe collected the game-winner 12 minutes later with a shot from Busch's left for his first goal since mid-April.
Early Wednesday, the already-depleted Quakes lost another player when the MLS disciplinary committee suspended Shea Salinas for one game after he elbowed the Galaxy's Robbie Keane during Saturday's 3-2 victory.
The Quakes already were missing six regulars, including forwards Chris Wondolowski and Steven Lenhart and midfielder Marvin Chavez Star center back Victor Bernardez also is suspended on a team that has been disciplined more than any other in MLS this season.
Chicago coach Frank Klopas said the Fire prepared with Earthquakes personnel switches in mind.
"We knew the guys that were missing with the national teams, but obviously with Salinas being suspended we found out today," he said.
"Some of the personnel was different, but their approach to the game wasn't going to change."
saturday's game
Earthquakes (5-8-6) at New England (5-5-6), 4:30 p.m. CSNCA


text:
Nokia N93 review | Introduction
S ince time and day people make phone calls with Nokia, number one in mobile phones. Nokia as we know it today exists since 1967 and in this year they merged with Finnish Rubberworks and Finnish Cable Works. In 1981 the first mobile telephone networks, NMT, arose in the Scandinavian countries. Nokia produced at that time car phones for this network. It would take until 1987 before Nokia started to produce the first real portable mobile phone. Meanwhile, Nokia has grown to be one of the biggest mobile telephone producers in the world, with their own production in most of countries. Nowadays, Nokia's head office is located in Espoo, Finland. Nokia is well known for its production of durable, high-quality telephones and as such they could not resist releasing another top product on the market, at least: that's what Nokia said about the Nokia N93. We were able to test the device for some time and we will discuss the phone's functions in the following review.
Nokia N93 - Basis
Nokia N93 - Basis
The Nokia N93 is a true smart phone, whatever you can come up with, whether it's a WLAN internet connection, MP3 player, an agenda or camera, the Nokia N93 has it, better even: the device has two cameras. You can't overlook the first camera; it's easy to see that the lens comes from Carl Zeiss and that the camera has 3.2 Megapixels with 3x optical zoom. It's harder when it comes to the second camera for it is mounted just above the large screen. Handy if you just want to check your hair but I don't think this is what Nokia intended. It is possible however, to have an enjoyable video conversation with it. This might not be what you would do with the telephone in the first place, but a second camera is surely an option we will encounter more with mobile phones in the future.
Nokia N93 - Weight & Size
Nokia N93 - Weight & Size
The Nokia N93 is not a phone for the mass public, it is, however, a device with a lot of pleasant functions and everything has been provided standard. In the Nokia N93's packaging you will find a flash memory card, a wrist strap, cables for connecting it to USB or TV and a case. If we look at the weight of 188 grams and the size of 118 x 55.5 x 28 mm, it is one of the largest mobile phones on the market at the moment. Thus it's not easy to bring it along in your trouser's pockets or a blouse's breast pocket. This, I believe, is one of the Nokia N93's biggest disadvantages. Despite all the functions the device has, it's inconvenient always having to bring the phone in a special case or in a jacket with large pockets.


text:
Friend of Doug digs deep against SoccerCity
Mission Valley developers pour cash into San Diego State measure
Matt Potter 6 p.m., Nov. 21
ROSARITO BC (Frontera, 5/6/11) - Around 16 undocumented migrants were rescued by the Navy of Mexico in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Rosarito, then sank the boat in which they were traveling. Undocumented immigrants seeking to enter the United States, now more often by sea are often aboard fragile small boats. The Secretariat of the Navy of Mexico reported on Thursday through a statement that the boat of migrants apparently collided with a buoy and sunk. The release added migrants pointed out the smuggler who led them on the odyssey, was picked up by another ship and fled after the accident, leaving its passengers abandoned to their fate of floating in the ocean.
TIJUANA BC (Frontera, Luis Gerardo Andrade, 5/6/11) - With the intention to coordinate and not spoil evidence found at the scene of a crime, authorities gathered today at the central command of the Municipal police. The General Office of Justice of the State (PGJE) who carried out the training, was attended by members of all police agencies, as well as firefighters from Tijuana and Red Cross personnel. Fermín Gómez Gómez, Assistant Attorney against Organized Crime of the PGJE, reported that it is important to collect all the signs at the scene of the crime with the intention of solving all cases. Although there has been some negligence, often the authorities act correctly and this course is to strengthen coordination.
TIJUANA BC (Frontera, Laura Durán, 5/6/11) - In the span of an hour two men were found dead in different parts of the city. The first was found in the trunk of a car set on fire. The second was found between two mattresses in his home. The body of a man between 30 and 35 years was found in a vehicle that had been burned on a calles transversales del Río Tijuana, above Clínica 1 del Imss. Around 7:45 p.m. on Thursday, a vehicle was reported in flames. The vehicle, apparently a Honda Accord model 94 or 95, was consumed by the flames. The body of a man was found in the trunk before firefighters managed to extinguish it. Agents of colonia Arboledas de la delegación de Los Pinos agreed the man was between 30 and 35 years and suffered 60% burns. Witnesses pointed out that after setting fire to the car, the suspects fled in a white Ram pick-up truck. The second death was reported around 8:30 p.m. on calle Isla de Cedros en la colonia Santa Fe, de la delegación San Antonio de los Buenos. So far, it is unknown how he died. It is only known that he was found in his home in the middle of two mattresses.
TIJUANA BC (Frontera, Luis Gerardo Andrade, 5/6/11) - The most recent killings were of the common type, stated Fermín Gómez Gómez, PGJE Assistant Attorney against Organized Crime. He pointed out this was the case with the woman found inside the trunk of a car abandoned in a parking lot, near the San Ysidro entry. With regard to the person who was killed at the entrance of a hotel Pueblo Amigo, the Assistant Attorney noted that apparently it was a casino. He was killed by a single person. The victim has not been identified.


text:
With activists from across the nation headed to Washington for the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), which begins Thursday, conservatives from the Sunshine State will be on center stage.
Al Cardenas, a former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF), was named on Wednesday to head up the American Conservative Union (ACU), the group that hosts CPAC. Cardenas succeeds conservative icon David Keene who led the group for more than 25 years.
Cardenas, who had served as the ACUs treasurer was elected without opposition despite grumblings from some social conservatives who maintained he did not share their commitment to traditional values.
The American Conservative Union has a long and proud tradition of espousing and promoting the conservative goals of limited government and fiscal responsibility, and its my honor to do all I can to help further these worthy objectives, said Cardenas. I look forward to taking advantage of the new energies we see today in the conservative movement to make this storied organization even more influential in the future.
Al is a perfect leader for the ACU he grew up as a movement conservative, knows how to work with all the various component interests within the conservative coalition, and is highly respected by those who know him, said Keene, who had led the group since 1984. Given his character, qualifications, and record of leadership, I am confident that the ACU will continue to prosper and grow under his watch.
While 11 of the possible Republican presidential candidates will be speaking at CPAC, social conservatives have protested the event, including gay rights group GOProud.
Noting the recent centennial of the birth of President Ronald Reagan, Cardenas stressed values shared by most conservatives.
In this, the centennial of Ronald Reagans birth, the best way to honor him and his memory is to promote our conservative principles with the same vigor and relentless optimism that he used to successfully expand the conservative base, Cardenas said.
In addition to our commitment to fiscal responsibility and a strong national defense, it is imperative the ACU continue to champion the traditional values upheld by our Founding Fathers values that were so important to President Reagan.
Freshman Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Allen West, who spoke at last years CPAC meeting, will be offering the keynote address.
Congressman West epitomizes the core conservative values CPAC attendees treasure: a basic belief in human freedom, traditional values, and a love of country based on an appreciation of the nations founding documents, said Keene.
We at CPAC watched with excitement last year as one of our own, Congressman West, won one of the most important congressional races in the country and conveyed his conservative beliefs to Washington. His efforts on conservative issues important to his constituents and his thoughtful leadership among the newest members of the U.S. House make him the perfect keynote speaker for this years conference.
West will not be the only speaker from the Sunshine State. Fellow Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, who is a potential candidate to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012, will also be speaking to the conference on Saturday morning. Mack will be introduced by businessman Oliver Grace of Jupiter Island.
Javier Manjareres of the Shark Tank will be honored with CPACs Blogger of the Year award on Friday and Jerome Hudson of Florida State University will take part in a panel on student activism.
Reach Kevin Derby at firstname.lastname@example.com or at (850) 727-0859.


text:
CommentsBack to Article
Contribute your own thoughts, experience, questions, and knowledge for the benefit of all MedPage Today Healthcare Professionals and Expert Patients™.Post a comment
Dean Richards III
Were differences in treatment response to the radiation observed in the melatonin vs. placebo groups? Did the smokers have greater or lesser "protection" of their irradiated skin with the melatonin-containing cream?.
Dr. Dubrawsky
Impressive results.Still,I am waiting for an explanation re:The mechanism of action of melantonin in defense of skin cells from radiation damage..
jack tidwell, md
I searched for melatonin cream and decided not to get any because I have no clue what concentration was used in the study. So the article was too insufficient to be useful even as a trial on my part. I would hate to recommend a patient try something that won't work because the vendor decided to put only a miniscule amount of melatonin in the mixture, just enough to say it was melatonin cream..


text:
Study support
We are committed to providing professional development support to general staff. General staff may be eligible for support in the form of study leave and fee reimbursement.
In order to be eligible for study support:
- the course of study must be relevant to your role and included in your performance planning and review (PPR) plan
- the course must lead to an enhancement of your skills and provide benefit to the University
- you must have been employed with Deakin in a continuing or fixed term role for at least 12 months
- you must have achieved a rating of at least 'successful' in your most recent PPR review
Study support fee reimbursement is granted on a sliding scale at the discretion of the head of the organisational area up to a yearly maximum, subject to the area's available budget. Supervisors should refer to the Supervisor's Assessment Tool in the study support application form (PDF, 190.2KB) to determine the type and level of study support to be granted.
Guidelines for receiving study support (PDF, 126.1KB)
After completion of the unit, the employee must complete a Payment Voucher form. Then, a receipt for course fees paid or a HECS/HELP invoice must be submitted to Accounts Payable with a copy of the signed application form, results notification and an enrolment notice for the issuing of a payment voucher. NOTE: Study support reimbursement should not be claimed via TEMS.
A copy of this form must also be provided to the Human Resources Division for recording purposes. Should the Human Resources Division not receive a copy, study support will not be granted.
You should discuss your intention to apply for study support with your supervisor through the PPR process.


text:
Community News
City kids in Judo tournament
PL4S Judo
On a very cold December morning eleven of Manchester City's novice Judo players boarded the mini bus bound for Sutton leisure centre in St Helens.
The tournament, organised by British Judo, pitted the Manchester City team against competitors from four other premier league clubs; Liverpool, Everton, Wigan and Stoke City.
The representatives from Manchester City, all year 5 children from St Clemence primary school, were led by Raven Judo Kwai coach Bob Cheetham for their first foray into competitive judo.
All the children were awarded with medals for their hard work and effort. Lee Mannion, Manchester City's Premier League 4 Sport coordinator said "The whole day was a great success from our point of view; the kids had a great day, competed well and can't wait to take on other clubs in the future."


text:
Bottom Line
Product not yet reviewed by PCMag Editors.
A high-end digital camcorder with an 8.5-megapixel HD CMOS sensor, the Canon Vixia HF S200 ($899 list) sports a 35-millimeter equivalent, HD video lens with 10x optical zoom. Other features in this camcorder include a 3.5-inch LCD touch screen and simultaneous video recording and image capture through Dual Shot.
Similar Products
Design and Features
This shooter unsurprisingly takes on the minimalistic shape of modern camcorders and is available only in all-black. Its front end features the HD lens with a 2-channel speaker-and-mic combo lining its sides. There is no optical viewfinder here, but its touch screen stands in for several control features like Touch & Track. This allows users to choose focus through touch controls and track those subjects within the frame while automatically aligning shot settings. The touch screen hides two SD and SDHC memory card slots. Other ports include a standard midi jack, HDMI output and USB 2.0.
While recording lots of HD video, the Vixia HF S200 can automatically take advantage of two memory cards through Relay Recording. This allows the camcorder to switch over to a secondary SD card once the first is full of data. Canon's Digic DV 3 image processor supports both the HD lens and HD CMOS sensor in capturing color tones that are normally difficult to process at 24 megabits per second. The Dynamic SuperRange optical image stabilizer compensates for camera shake through the entire zoom range by pressing the "Powered IS" button on the LCD. Instant AF allows the Vixia HF S200's external sensor to work with the auto focus system for decreased focus times.
In addition to Smart Auto, which applies optimal settings automatically before firing the shutter, this shooter sports Canon's Genuine Face Detection. This allows tracking for up to 35 faces in the frame while nine detection frames can be displayed at once. The Vixia HF S200 can down-convert HD video to standard definition when uploading files to a PC while preserving the original's HD format. And because this camcorder supports Eye-Fi SD cards, users can upload their files to their PCs and services like YouTube wirelessly. The Vixia HF S200 also comes with a rechargeable lithium-ion battery.
More Digital Camcorder reviews:
Kodak Pixpro Orbit360 4K
GoPro Hero6 Black
Essential 360 Camera
DokiCam 360
Samsung Gear 360 (2017)


text:
HOLLYWOOD - Tinsel Town is the land where anything can happen and everything usually does.
I mean who in the civilized world would ever have even remotely imagined that an actor (i.e. Charlie Sheen) would quit a super cush job on Two and A Half Men that was paying him $1.8 million per week just to basically act as himself?
And who would have imagined that a woman who would rather dress up in camouflage hunting clothes including a camouflage jock strap and who loves to ambush moose from state-owned helicopters would actually even be thinking about running for president?
But this is America, land of the free and home of he brave, and the place where an NFL team (the Dallas Cowboys) can win a game 18-16 against the Washington Redskins without even scoring a single touchdown?
But as Vodka Vermicelli of iRumors pointed out, Charlie Sheen AKA "The Space Cadet" has since showed his old boss Chucky "Mr. Bagels" Lorre that he is having the last ha-ha (laugh).
"Showless" Sheen just settled with the group that did not let him return to his show for the lotteryesque figure of $25 million.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, Dems and GOPers, $25 mil. Goodness! $25 million will certainly buy lots and lots of beer, Scotch, top shelf call girls, pizzas, wine, Hostess Twinkies, tequila, and a few Lamborghini's.
Vermicelli recently spoke with Chuck Lorre and asked him how things were going with Sheen's replacement Ashton Kutcher. Lorre's eyes lit up as he said that Ashton is fantastic. He noted that Kutcher agreed to take a pay cut from $1.8 million to $800,000 per episode.
He went on to say that with Ashton the production company's weekly alcohol allowance has gone down from $3,000 to $75.
Lorre was asked if he has any special plans coming up for the show. He said that he has increased Berta the maid's role and that she will now actually be a live-in maid.
He said that Conchata Ferrell is thrilled beyond belief because she said that she really needs the money. Lorre said that he is planning on introducing a boyfriend for Berta.
His first choice was Arnold Schwarzenegger but he turned it down due to the fact that he is still dealing with the real life trauma of his mattress frolocking with his ex-maid Mildred Baena.
Lorre said that his second choice was Gary "The Space Alien" Busey. Lorre divulged that he called him up and told him to show up at Malibu Beach for shooting but Busey somehow got turned around and ended up down in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Busey said he realized something was wrong when he woke up on a plaza bench from a nap and saw a man wearing a sombrero, a serape, and huaraches asking him if he wanted to marry his seester.
Lorre says that Kutcher did approach him about getting his wife Demi Moore a part in the show. They first thought about her being his girlfriend but they both realized that she was much too old to play his girlfriend. They then figured that she could be Jake's physical ed teacher but that didn't fly.
Lorre and Ashton finally decided that Demi, who is 16 years older than her husband Ashton, will play his character Walden Schmidt's mother, Esmeralda Schmidt. Demi reportedly was really not to happy about it but agreed since she needs the money.
In other news. Sarah Palin has apologized to Sean Hannity due to nine-year-old Piper Palin telling Mr. Hannity that he looks like a big old fat friggin Fred Flinstone.


text:
Atari filing addresses default of "financial covenants"
[UPDATE] SEC docs update shareholders, clarifies status of loan agreement with HSBC Bank.
We'll begin emailing you updates about %gameName%.
We'll begin emailing you updates about %gameName%.
Long-struggling game publisher Atari, Inc., the US publishing arm of the once significant Lyon, France-based publisher Infogrames, alerted the Securities and Exchange Commission this week that on January 18, the publisher had been notified by HSBC Bank USA that it was "in default of certain financial covenants for the quarter ending December 31, 2005."
The statement downplayed the significance of the default, saying the balance was a "nominal amount of letters of credit that have been cash-collateralized."
Contrary to previous coverage, the company is not in default of any loan, per se, but rather failed to meet certain financial benchmarks required of the publisher by HSBC.
Atari has been a fountain of bad news over the past year--it lost CEO Jim Caparro in June, 2005, after only seven months on the job; the same month, the company announced it was putting its Humongous Entertainment game studio on the block. It later sold the studio to parent Infogrames for $10 million. And Bonnell remains the company's CEO, a position he assumed after Caparro's departure.
On a positive note, the publisher has two high-profile games due in the first half of 2006: Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure is due in February, as is the online role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach.
Got a news tip or want to contact us directly? Email firstname.lastname@example.com Comments (0)


text:
GCC uses AT&T/UNIX assembly syntax which I really detest. Fortunately GCC has provided us with the '-masm=intel' switch to use Intel assembly syntax instead. The only problem that I have is to compile even the most simple inline assembly code when using the Intel assembly syntax. Does anyone has any experience with the Intel assembly syntax when compiling code with GCC?
For example, the following two code snippets do not compile:
Code:DWORD dwTest; main() { asm( ".intel_syntax noprefix;" ); asm( "mov ds:_dwTest, 0xDEADBEEF;" ); return 0; }Could someone enlighten me or tell me how I should interpret the Intel assembly syntax with GCC?Code:main() { DWORD dwTest; asm( ".intel_syntax noprefix;" ); asm( "mov eax, _dwTest;" ); return 0; }
Thanks for your time,


text:
This time I thought I'd offer a little hope to all the beleaguered parents who read Empowering Parents and wonder if the advice here will ever work for them.
Those of you who have read my other blogs know that my 9-year-old grandson, Coby, has never been nominated for "best behaved boy of the week" and I have never been nominated for "most likely to become a drill sergeant." Rather than a Tiger (Grand)Mom, I am more of a pushover parent.
Coby's great talent to date is testing limits.
My response has all-too-often been to move the limits:
"Well, just this once."
"If you'll do/stop doing [whatever behavior] then I guess it will be okay."
"I just bought you [toy A]; now you say you'd rather have [toy B]. I'll let you have them both if you want them enough to take care of them."
Understand that he and I each have our own definition of "take care." Mine is the usual, "make them last into the next century." Coby on the other hand uses the phrase like the Godfather: "I'm gonna take care of youse toys so you won"t ever run again!"
For him, taking such care extends to everything he has grown tired of playing with. Will a radio-controlled car survive a high-speed collision with a brick wall? How many times? Can he take apart a skateboard and still make it work? Does putting bean pods in the lawnmower oil pan decrease the need for so much oil? Needless to say, few things survive such attention.
Well, I have been reading the advice given on empowering parents and am trying to follow the suggestions that seem to fit our problems such as establishing firm limits. Our last shopping trip was educational. Coby wanted to go to the mall where there is a skateboard store, a pet store, a video game store, and a Radio Shack. I agreed to go but established that we would not take with us any means of making a purchase. This was to bolster my own resolve; Coby saw it as a minor inconvenience.
As we went from store to store he found something in each one that he wanted worse than anything else in the world. A set of fancy skateboard bearings, a pet mouse, a $60 video game rated "mature", a radio-controlled car. Each item became more desirable than the previous one and the pressure built steadily as thunderclouds gathered around his head and his lightening temper began to flash. I girded for the final battle, the one where I get a firm grip on his elbow and head for the door as his screams attract a large group of onlookers, most of them convinced I am a child abuser or worse!
Finally, the ultimate threat, "I am going to walk home." This threat is only used when we are 15 or more miles from home and it is getting dark. I told him that he was not walking home on the busiest streets of our town in the dark, PERIOD. Miraculously, we sat quietly for a few minutes (I would have been happy with that much of a change!) then he got up and said, "Come on, Grandma, let's go home." End of incident. Believe it or not, I had a pleasant companion on the way home.
He needed to test the limits once again to see if my newfound backbone continues to function. He is not yet sure that he can control his own urges and I am his Jiminy Cricket and his anchor. When he has butted his head against the rules as hard as he can and they don't give, then he feels insulated from some of his other scarier urges.
I hang my head to think that, through misguided kindness and fear of a confrontation, I have not been giving this amazing boy the thing he needs most: firm limits.
About Gigi
Parent Blogger "Gigi" has a PhD in physiology and taught entering nursing students for many years. She is the mother of four and is currently raising her 9-year-old grandson, Coby.


text:
Is a hands-free helmet-mounted communication device a useful or practical upgrade? To find out we attached the Scala Rider to a Scorpion EXO-400 helmet.
Communication is such a key factor of our lives today. We have cell phones within reach 24 hours a day, and we can instant message each other or access our email at a moment's notice with a Blackberry. So what about while we are riding?
Some may say talking takes away from the freedom that comes with being on a motorcycle, and others are skeptical about the safety of talking while riding. How about we ponder the freedom you get by riding your motorcycle without worrying about missing that important call? Or what about not having to find a safe spot to pull off the road every time you need to make a call to get directions?
The Scala Rider is a Bluetooth communications unit that links wirelessly to a cell phone. It consists of a helmet-mounted receiver and rechargeable battery, a microphone and a speaker.
I attached the unit onto my Scorpion EXO-400 Helmet with very little trouble. The clamp secured the main unit to my helmet well, without damaging it in any way. The microphone easily bends into position and the placement was
Attaching the main portion of the Scala Rider to the helmet was a cinch, with the clamp fastening down without damage to the helmet. The flexible microphone is easy to bend into the right position.
achieved without difficulty, provided you pay attention when first attaching the main unit.
The installation of the speaker into the helmet was a little more difficult, as this was not covered in the instructions. With some common sense on my side, however, everything came together relatively easy once I began installing the unit. My helmet has an empty spot in the foam where my ear fits in, so logically I placed it in there. The speaker comes with the rough side of Velcro on the back, and it took some work to find a spot where the Velcro would stick, but eventually I managed to get the speaker securely attached in a well-placed area.
Linking the phone and the Scala Rider together is a breeze once the unit is in place. I started out with an LG C1500 phone, which does not have a voice dialing feature but would answer a call with the touch of a button. We tried the second unit out on a Motorola V551 phone, which features voice dialing, and we were able to get it to recognize a name about 25% of the time.
A tap of the button on the Scala controller either initiates a call or answers an incoming call. Once connected to a call I was able to hear the other person clearly, and they claim to have heard me just fine. Up/down buttons on the unit sets
Finding a place to fit the ear speaker was easy on the Scorpion, but proved more problematic on helmets that did not have a clearly defined area for the ear.
the loudness of the incoming call, and the volume is automatically adjusted for road noise, so I never had to struggle to hear the other person even when speeds picked up.
With the hands-free wireless features, I never found myself distracted from the road during the limited amount of time I spent on the phone while riding. The built-in rechargeable battery has a claimed 4-7 hours of talk time, and I could go nearly a week without adding fresh juice to the lithium-ion battery.
After getting the first unit set up and working, it was time to connect the second, so I quickly set out to hook up the Scala Rider onto my wife's HJC CS-12 Look Helmet. This task was complicated by the fact that the padding is glued into the HJC helmet instead of snapped in like my Scorpion, so I had to peel away part of the padding from the helmet to allow the unit to slip into place. The speaker placement was a little problematic because it was far less clear as to where the ear was placed on this particular helmet. The foam didn't have a clear spot for the ear placement, so I had to attach the speaker to a general area. This proved to be annoying as the speaker rubbed on the ear slightly. The Scala Rider setup was fraught with similar problems when attaching to an Icon Mainframe Hooligan Helmet.
The most glaring flaw of the Scala rider design is the lack of direct unit-to-unit communication. Seeing as how the most practical application of the design would be to keep in contact with a rider partner or group, it was a hassle to have to dial a call out.
While riding tandem, my wife and I immediately noticed a few flaws that jumped right out at us. First was the missing feature of direct communicating from unit to unit, so we had to call each other's cell phones to be able to talk while riding. In contrast, Motorola's $179 universal Bluetooth helmet kit can be used from pilot to passenger without the need of a phone.
In addition, we were bothered by some kind of interference between the two units. If we kept our distance, say on two separate bikes, things seemed to be okay and we could hear each other. When riding tandem, however, communications were frequently interrupted. Also, on more than one occasion the head unit would disconnect from my cell phone altogether. In those extreme instances, my phone would be connected to the call but the sound was not making it to or from the headpiece.
Today's technological world relies so much on communication, and the Scala Rider allows you to be on the open road without missing that important call. Its easy use (as long as you know which button does what) and has clear sound,
Overall the Scala Rider is a great idea, but it could benefit from some more refinement. For communication between riders in a large group, a radio-based system would be a better fit.
which makes it a great choice with just a few features missing.
If you ride with other people and want to communicate with them, I don't believe this is the ideal device for you. The hassle of making a phone call stops many potential conversations before they start. For group rides, a radio-based system makes more sense.
Instead, the Scala Rider makes more sense for a person who rides alone and simply wants to make and receive calls. We hope Cardo Systems' next model of the Scala Rider will include a feature to better converse with other riders or passengers, and preferably without making a phone call.
Let us know what you think about this article in the MCUSA Forum. Click Here


text:
10 questions for Luke Hellebronth
You've just released your debut album Stand Up. Where does the inspiration for the title track come from?
It's out of this journey we've been on with Worship Central for the last year based on 2 Chronicles 20 when King Jehoshaphat and his people are facing this vast army approaching and facing death in this desperate situation. They do the right thing and they get on their knees and pray before God and say we don't know what to do but our eyes will be fixed on you.
We have this confidence in God as our mighty fortress. God is with us and for us. The bridge says 'our faith is in you, the battle is yours' and again there's this boldness of standing firm on this truth and these promises of God.
Most readers will be pleased to hear about these biblical themes. But some Christians claim there isn't enough biblical truth in modern day worship songs. How do you respond to that?
There will always be criticism. It's what we can learn from that criticism when there's truth in it. I would definitely say its important for us to be singing songs of truth that have the Word of God breathed in it and we're singing the Word of God pure and simple.
And would you agree not all worship songs do that?
Yeah, I think there are songs that have different roles. I don't think every song has to be taken from a particular scripture or feel like its theologically heavy. God is asking us to worship with our mind, our heart, our soul and our spirit. So I think we need songs of real meat and truth that are theologically anchored but we also need simple love songs that connect more easily with our emotions. We need the whole spectrum.
One song that a lot of people have been talking about from your album is Miracle of Grace. How did it come about?
I wrote it with Aaron Keyes. We had breakfast together then we had an hour and a half to write and that song came out. When we were recording it in the studio it was really organic. Ben hit record and it just kind of happened so that was a sweet moment. It connects with people because it's simple and stripped back.
What has the response to Stand Up been like from friends outside of the Christian faith?
A lot of my non-Christian friends have been really supportive. It's great for people outside of the church environment to see that the Church cares about the praises of God and we're serious about making good quality music and we're not lagging behind creatively. It's out there and we're unapologetic about it. We've got something to say and we believe what's in the Word of God.
The dream was that these songs would get out beyond the four corners of the church.
Your song Spirit Break Out has been recorded by Kim Walker Smith of Jesus Culture and even features in the trailer for upcoming Hollywood blockbuster 'Noah'. What's your reaction to that?
It's just a God thing. It's amazing to see what God is doing with that song around the world. We never write for these songs to travel around the world and hearing about Noah is crazy. It's mental to get your head around it.
This lady in our church was dying of cancer and that song was ministering to her as she was dying. I sung that at her funeral and it was such an emotional occasion and so powerful that God was using that song in that moment for her. That's just as powerful if not more powerful for me as it being on a Hollywood blockbuster. You never know what God is going to do. If people are saying this song puts into words what I want to express then that is brilliant.
I was surprised to hear your background is in jazz guitar. That's a very different style to most modern worship music, including your album. Why is that?
My musical expression changed from jazz and improvisation to songwriting. It's become all about the song, the emotive lyric and captivating melody. I love jazz and still listen to it but I love the song and the dynamic of giving people something to sing. I fell in love with that as I started to lead worship and the power of a lyric. I love the pop song and that feel. Great hooks and simple melodies. And I love classical music but this is where I feel the expression is landing at the moment with these songs.
When you don't feel like singing to God or writing songs, what do you do to get inspired?
I love travelling, I love great food. Spending time with my wife. Going to parks, enjoying creation. Watching a great movie. I love life, getting out there and hanging out with friends. I've just got into making seriously good coffee. I'm passionate about life.
What are your favourite three albums of 2013?
I love One Republic. Ryan Tedder is an unbelievable songwriter. Their record Native has been huge for me. I'm loving Imagine Dragons. Phil Wickham's record is amazing. I could go on…
You're part of Worship Central, which is a movement as opposed to a band. Do you think there's a responsibility for you to bring in songs from those outside of your team that typically write for Worship Central records?
Yeah, that's something we're talking about at the moment. We've been putting these albums out there because it started out of our church. In some respects musically and from a songwriting point of view it's still at that place.
But on our website we've had songs from Tom Read who is the Worship Central guy in Hong Kong and we're starting to get songs in from New Zealand and South Africa. So I don't think it will be long before we start seeing these global songs.
When you're putting songs out there for the global church to sing I think there's a question of quality. We go through such a rigorous process with our songs, chucking them past theologians and really crafting a melody and a lyric so it's also a case of getting all those pieces together, but yes I think that will come.


text:
Dec 31, 2008 Phil Blackwell Uncategorized
For the Hamilton ice hockey team, the chance to appear in last week's King of the Coliseum Tournament at State Fair Coliseum turned into an opportunity to build some confidence before resuming Division II East play.
And by the time it was done, the Emerald Knights nearly had that crown, denied only in the drama of a penalty shoot-out with host Solvay after the teams played to a 3-3 tie.
It all got underway last Monday afternoon with a wild affair against Ontario Bay where the Emerald Knights used a big second period to take command in a 10-6 victory over the Storm.
Neither defense had much success in the first period as Ontario Bay inched in front, 4-3. But the Emerald Knights would settle down and, in the next 15 minutes, blitz the Storm for five goals as it took an 8-5 lead, which would hold up.
Both B.J. Drozynski and Tyler White earned three-goal hat tricks, with Drozynski adding an assist. James Smith put in two goals and two assists, and Blaine Holcomb proved quite helpful with four assists.
Adam Jackowski and Kinnon Nolan-Finkel each had one goal and two assists, with Dylan May joining Drozynski with one assist. Hamilton out-shot Ontario Bay 45-22, though Joe Ryan kept the Storm close with four goals and one assist.
The final would be against Solvay, who needed a dramatic three-goal rally in the third period just to get past Westmoreland 7-6 in the other half of the opening round.
Trailing 1-0 after one period, Hamilton got rolling with three goals in the second period as Jackowski scored twice and Holcomb also found the net. May and Joe Santoro joined Holcomb in the assist column.
However, the Bearcats' Tim Burgess built a hat trick by the end of that period to tie it, 3-3, and they would stay even through the third period and two overtime sessions. Both Rush (37 saves) and Solvay goalie Ryan Bonk (44 saves) had outstanding efforts.
So it came down to a shoot-out. Solvay converted twice, and Hamilton got just one goal, allowing the Bearcats to prevail.
With a record of 2-4-2, Hamilton resumes league play Tuesday night at Starr Rink, hosting Whitesboro.
Nov 24, 2017 0
Nov 24, 2017 0
Nov 23, 2017 0
Nov 23, 2017 0
Nov 02, 2016
Jan 08, 2013
Feb 04, 2011
Jan 07, 2010
Jun 03, 2011
Nov 23, 2017
Nov 22, 2017


text:
After spending many hours searching the web, trying to find the most efficient way to use Spring, JPA and Hibenate for several of our projects, we concluded to a configuration that we think is versatile, simple yet powerful and easy to comprehend. The tutorial explains basic concepts of a multi-tier J2EE application and how they are presented and configured using Spring, JPA and Hibernate. Service and Data Access layers are also discussed.
Check the tutorial by visiting the following link:
JavaCodeGeeks : JBoss 4.2.x - 4.3 Spring 3 JPA Hibernate Tutorial


text:
I don't need anything from these. I just want good trade bait. So which want would be good to buy?
Machina Mayhem Structure Deck
2 packs of Hidden Arsenal 4 and 1 Extreme Victory
1 pack of Hidden Arsenal 4, 1 Pack of Extreme Victory and 1 pack of Storm of Ragnarok?
Which pack/deck should i buy? Help!
Let's talk about the various starter decks and structure decks that are available.
Post Reply
4 posts • Page 1 of 1
- shadowdragon
- Secret Rare Duelist
- Posts: 724
- Joined: Fri Apr 22, 2011 4:24 pm
Re: Which pack/deck should i buy? Help!
save the money and buy the pod tin in aug
- Rare Duelist
- Posts: 50
- Joined: Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:56 pm
Re: Which pack/deck should i buy? Help!
definately a tin and a few booster packs those are great traders
Be nice to nerds they'll be your boss someday....
- Evilfaic
- Ultimate Rare Duelist
- Posts: 1563
- Joined: Sun Jul 24, 2011 6:05 pm
- Location: The Cotton Alley
- Contact:
Re: Which pack/deck should i buy? Help!
Yeah, wait 'till August, then buy the Wind-Up Zenmaister Tin.
(Formerly DFB)
if (Post.Year < 2015) Post.Ignore();
if (Post.Year < 2015) Post.Ignore();
LewieGee wrote:I, for one, think the guy with the shrek avatar on yugioh card guide forums for com is right
Post Reply
4 posts • Page 1 of 1
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest