text:
Credit Advice
Have a question? Have advice to share? The combined knowledge and experience of everyone in the Credit Karma community can help you. Enter your question or help others below to get started!
QuestionPosted in Credit Cards
Question By
0 People Helped
All Responses
364 People Helped
I dont really understand your question... But for me as a general rule, I dont want anyone but me to have control over my credit. I would remove myself from her card.
Reply to this Question
Write your response:
The Credit Advice pages of the Site may contain messages submitted by users over whom Credit Karma has no control. Credit Karma cannot guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of any such messages. Some users may post messages that are misleading, untrue or offensive. You must bear all risk associated with your use of the Credit Advice pages and should not rely on messages in making (or refraining from making) any specific financial or other decisions.


text:
USD/CHF (a 4 hour chart)
General overview
USD/CHF has formed a new "golden cross" and can be fixed inside the Ichimoku cloud, still the buy signal remains weak.
The current buy signal is not confirmed as Chinkou Span is below the price and the price is within the Ichimoku cloud. So now the goal of the upward movement is the first resistance level of 0.9410. Still we should go long only after the price leaving the Cloud.
If the price consolidates at the first target the upward movement will be continued to the second resistance level 0.9450.
Chinkou Span is below the price that is not proof the current buy signal and indicates a bearish sentiment of traders.
Bollinger bands show the beginning of the upward movement, the band slightly expanded and directed upwards.
MACD is in a positive zone, signaling upward movement.
Trading recommendations
The pair is likely to trade between 0.9300 and 0.9450 this week. If Franc consolidates above 0.9450, it will be strengthened in the short term, targeting to 0.9500.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
My Nonprofit Reviews
Review for Conservation Lands Foundation, Durango, CO, USA
As a small Central Oregon conservation organization, it's been a pleasure and honor to partner with the Conservation Lands Foundation. Support from the Conservation Lands Foundation enabled the Friends of the Oregon Badlands Wilderness aka "FOBBITS" to engage with a diverse group of community members in an effort to restore and enhance the recently designated Badlands Wilderness Trailhead System. Central Oregonians of all ages and backgrounds have developed a greater appreciation for our National Landscape Conservation System. Restoring and preserving this vast and beautiful trail system means future Oregonians will be able to enjoy the Badlands Wilderness for many generations to come. The National Conservation Systems Foundation commitment was essential in the success of the Badlands Trailhead System Enhancement Project and we are truly grateful for your support. Thank you for protecting our Nation's most beautiful and valuable landscapes.
More Feedback
I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
expanding the knowledge and rewards of land preservation from local grassroots organizations to the public at large.
What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
their ability to help instill a conservation ethic within all ages groups.
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
a diverse group of all ages and backgrounds, excited about learning more to help conserve our precious landscapes.
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
permanently protect millions of acres of Oregon's high desert.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every week
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?


text:
Sold for:
Start Free Trial
or Sign In to see what it's worth.
- Sold Date:
- Source: eBay
All items we sell are offered as is.The item has not been tested unless otherwise stated in the description. If the item does not function, you may return it within the allotted time per eBay's rules but you will be responsible for return shipping. Stated condition of items is based on cosmetic appearance only. Since all our items are antique, vintage, or aged in some manner, opinions regarding condition may differ. We understand that. If you feel the item was not as described cosmetically, please let us know and we will do our best to make good on the purchase. AMERICAN FLYER STANDARD CURVE STRAIGHT TRACK LOT 413856 MIXED LOT OF AMERICAN FLYER STANDARD GAUGE TRACK. INCLUDED IN THE LOT ARE 9 CURVE SECTIONS, 13 STRAIGHT SECTIONS, 7 SHORT LENGTH SECTIONS CURVE AND STRAIGHT. SOME TRACKS NEED TO BE CLEANED. SOME HAVE ETCHING. SOME HAVE ALUMINUM PAINT. SOLD AS IS PICTURED 413856 TB2 Thank you for your interest! MWINTERNETAUCTIONSONMAIN wants to provide the best possible buying experience on eBay. However we cannot do that without your help. Please read the following terms of our auction. If you are buying multiple items, let us know when you are finished so that we can send you a combined invoice otherwise eBay will automatically send you separate payment r equest for ... read more


text:
Teriyaki Meatballs with Orange Salsa
Perfectly sweet and spicy.
Taco Tuesday
Let everyone create their favorite taco and enjoy every bite
Sweet Teriyaki Beef
Skip takeout, rely on your rice cooker
Swedish Meatballs
Tasty comfort food made easy in your rice cooker.
Stir-Fried Beef with Snow Peas
Stir-fried to perfection.
Steak Pinwheels
Vary the fillings according to your taste. The possibilities are endless!
Spanish Rice
Awesome hamburger & rice dish.


text: Think of it as the street that links the houses on your block and all the destinations in town. This cable is used to connect all the hardware destinations on a Local Area Network (LAN). The RJ45 Cat 5e Patch Cable is perfect for use with 10/100 Base-T networks. Complete with RJ45 male-to-male connectors.


text:
TORONTO — Eight times, for little reason other than that is how he talks and for a little extra emphasis, Reggie Evans repeated some variation of the phrase.
Chris Bosh, you see, is not the most social person in the world.
"No disrespect to Chris, but Chris don't talk. He don't talk. He's like … he don't talk. He don't. He don't talk. I just said he don't talk. That's all I'm saying. He don't talk," Evans, the Toronto Raptors' gruff, fountain-of-truth power forward said Tuesday. "Would he talk on the court? Yeah, he talked on the court. But you're speaking of the locker room. He don't talk.
"I'm not knocking C.B. at all, period. I swear to God on that. It's just if you're going to talk about personality, C.B. don't talk. I'm not saying that's good. I'm not saying that's bad. I'm saying that's just him. He don't talk."
Bosh returns to Toronto with the Miami Heat on Wednesday, a member of the opposition for the first time since leaving the Raptors in the off-season. One thing has become very clear: There is no one player on the Raptors who has replaced Bosh's 22 to 24 points a night, his nine to 11 rebounds, his savvy and his reliable on-court performance. The Raptors, 15-40, have been abysmal this year.
But there is little doubting the composition of the dressing room, either. Even as the club lost 13 games in a row, questions about the collective mood of the team were brushed aside.
The upshot: Bosh was not a bad locker-room guy; he was not a unifier, though.
"There wasn't no personality [last year]. Chris wasn't the type of person like a Shaq, just brighten up the day," Evans said. "He's not like that, you know what I'm saying? Chris, he's different. He's a little different dude."
None of this is to say the fractious nature of last year's squad all falls on Bosh. Far from it. It was a club that had a first-time NBA head coach in Jay Triano and an unmotivated free-agent signing in Hedo Turkoglu.
Still, the team's chemistry was off, especially early in the season when a divide between the American-born players and the foreign-born players was confirmed. And Bosh was the leader of that team.
"Everybody's got everybody's phone number," Evans said of this year's team. "We can go out [with any player], no matter who you're with, no matter if you're from Spain, no matter if you're from Italy. Everybody's got everybody's number."
"[Bosh is] a down-to-earth guy," swingman Sonny Weems said. "Some people you talk to. Some people you don't. It's not like we hate each other or dislike each other. It's just one of those things.
"Hanging out doesn't go farther than [saying hello.]"
Evans laughed at the notion that Bosh spent much of his time in Toronto talking to his teammates before or after the game. Bosh was close with former teammate Jarrett Jack — Jack attended Bosh's daughter's birthday in Miami this year — and also, to a lesser extent, with Jose Calderon, who was his teammate for five years.
But most of Bosh's lasting friendships created during his time in Toronto were with business associates, not teammates. Meanwhile, as the Raptors continue to pile up the losses, at least some of their young players' personalities are blooming in the process.
"Everybody thinks they're cute on the team, but that's a part of us having fun with each other," Evans said. "Even though we're going through a lot of ups and downs from a basketball standpoint, we're still having fun with each other.
"[In terms of] personality, we're on a whole different level, comparing last year to this year."
• Email: email@example.com | Twitter: @ekoreen


text:
Save 10% on Gift Certificates
Customers come back year after year for our Amaryllis, and they often write to tell us which ones are their favorites. Let our customers' ratings steer you to some of their all-time favorite varieties.
Subscribe to enjoy gardening advice, email offers & more
Keep up with White Flower Farm on Social Media


text:
MARK AUSTIN THOMAS: The U.S. government has scrapped a plan to give foreign investors more influence over domestic airlines. This ends a 13-month struggle with labor unions and Congress. It's a setback for the Bush administration and has dimmed prospects for the so-called "Open Skies" treaty with the European Union. Its goal was to increase trans-Atlantic competition. More from Stephen Beard in London.
STEPHEN BEARD: The U.S. proposal had been designed to meet a key European demand.
What the EU was saying was this: if American carriers want freer access to European airspace, the U.S. must allow European airlines to get more heavily involved in the U.S.'s domestic market.
The plan would have given foreign investors more of a say in the marketing of airlines, flight schedules and types of aircraft operated within the U.S.
Now the Transport Secretary has withdrawn the plan, the outlook for Open Skies is cloudy says Kieran Daly of Air Transport Intelligence:
KIERAN DALY: The prospect of the European carriers gaining significant U.S. market access has now really closed down. Now there's not enough on the table for the Europeans to be able to move forward at all.
American opponents of the plan said that giving foreigners more control over U.S. aviation might weaken security and lead more American carriers to order their planes from Airbus not Boeing.
In London, this is Stephen Beard for Marketplace.


text:
& Reviews
" particularly
strong in the history of religions--check out...the Christian
Apocrypha, for example, or the Taoist tradition in China. There are dozens
of links for students of Islam, Hinduism, Judaism or Buddhism, but don't
miss the special sections on Psychology of Religion or Philosophy and
Theology... Fast and easy links to information on groups like Anabaptists
and Scientologists." [Forbes
Directory: Best of the Web].
This page was revised 16 November 2006
If you have an evaluation or
constructive criticism of this site that you would like to post here, please
notify the webmaster.
Copyright © 1997- 2006
by Mahlon H Smith
All rights reserved.
This Index was accessed by
2,250,000 users in its first 8 years on the WWW.
Visit since
February 2005 on our new Web Counter


text:
Laptops Are Not Loud Enough
What to do if you can't hear your music or movies on your laptop.Published Apr 21, 2006 by lobo235
Last updated on Jul 3, 2007
The speakers on laptop computers are usually not very loud. There are some laptops out there that have good speakers and can put out some good volume but most consumer laptops are lacking in this area. This doesn't mean that all hope is lost! There is still a way for you to increase the volume of your laptop a little more.
Popular media players have a feature that you may not know about that allows you to further adjust the volume of your media. No, we're not talking about the standard volume adjustment slider. We're talking about the graphic equalizer. A graphic equalizer is a group of sliders that allows you to adjust the level (gain) of multiple frequency groups (bands) of an audio signal. In other words, it allows you to adjust the volume for the bass frequencies (low sounds), treble frequencies (high sounds), and everything in between. Also, a graphic equalizer usually has a master slider that controls the master volume (or gain) of the audio signal.
So how does this graphic equalizer help you? Well, using the graphic equalizer you can amplify the sound signal of whatever media you are listening to whether it is a movie or sound file. So when your laptop's volume is cranked to the max and you still can't hear your movie / song, use the graphic equalizer to boost the volume further. Now, let's learn how to use the graphic equalizer for three of the most popular media players out there.
Windows Media Player
- To turn on the graphic equalizer in Windows Media Player, go to the "view" menu and choose "Enhancements" and then choose "Graphic Equalizer"
- Move each of the sliders up to boost the volume as in the image below:
- To turn on the graphic equalizer in iTunes click on the leftmost button in the bottom right of the application that looks like blue sliders. See the image below:
- Move the "Preamp" slider up to the desired level to boost the volume as seen in the image below:
- Click on the arrow underneath "Config" to expand the graphic equalizer. See the image below:
- Move the "Preamp" slider up to the desired level to boost the volume as seen in the image below:
Some audio codecs also come with their own gain controls. One such codec is AC3Filter. AC3Filter has a config tool that allows you to increase the gain for any audio it handles. You can also use AC3Filter's config tool to apply dynamic range control which will normalize the audio so the quiet parts are louder and the loud parts are quieter so you should be able to hear everything better on a laptop with wimpy speakers. These options vary depending on the codec; some have volume gain options and others do not.
Also, some sound cards may come with special software/drivers that allow you to further adjust volume and gain settings. Look at the documentation for your sound card or just dig around in the control panel or sound card software to see if you can find any such settings.
One thing to keep in mind is that these methods for increasing the volume on your laptop can distort the audio to a certain degree which may not be desirable for all of the audiophiles out there. Sometimes this is the only option for increasing the volume, however, so you may just have to live with the distortion if you want to hear your movie.
You have now mastered the graphic equalizer so you will never have to watch another DVD on your laptop and at the end wonder what the people were saying during the whole movie. Now pump up the volume on your laptop and spread the word that laptops are not loud enough but they can be helped.
10 comments for this article.Other great Computers articles on Netlobo.com:
How to Get a Cheap Laptop
Increased Productivity with Dual Monitors
Upgrade USB 1.1 to USB 2.0 on an Old Computer


text:
Animal Rescue
Falcon Animal Rescue is a non-profit organization dedicated to the rescue of abandoned, abused and injured animals whether large or small; rehabilitate them, have them vaccinated, spayed or neutered; and find them loving adoptive homes. Our team of tireless volunteers and donors believe that every animal deserves a chance.
We provide exceptional guidance in helping you to select the right pet for you and your family. Our Shelter Director knows each animal "personally" and will get to know you too! This way, we create the best fit for both the new owner and the animal. Our ultimate goal is to match the right animal with the right "forever family".
When adopting from us, space is created to save more homeless animals that are waiting to come into our shelter. Experience the joy of saving a life while gaining a loving companion!Happy endings are the reason we work so hard for our rescues! When we see a dog or cat find a wonderful home it makes us so happy we can hardly stand it! To watch the animal's journey from being no one's loved boy or girl to a cherished family member inspires us and keeps us doing this good work.


text:
Asked by:
Windows 7 USB stick doesn't show up on "My Computer", impossible to set drive letter
I've got a Lenovo Thinkpad X220 with Windows 7 Professional. Everything works fine, but when I connect my USB stick (flash disc USB) or a flash card it is not displayed in the my computer view. All devices work on other PCs even with Windows 7 running. And further i use two external USB hard discs that work and I tried it with another USB Stick, that worked, too. If i use the disk management view trying to assign a drive letter manually I get some weird error, that the snap in view is not actual. If I refresh I get the same message. I've formated the USB stick using NTFS but this does not work. The device manager states no problem and the USB stick is also listed under "printer and devices". Ideas anybody?
All replies
What is the error message when you try to assign a letter for this USB stick?
Try to delete the Upperfilters and Lowerfilters value for USB device:
1. Click the "Start" button, type "regedit" (without quotation marks) in the "Search" bar and then press "Enter".
2. Navigate to the following key:
3. Right click the {36FC9E60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000} entry, choose "Export", select "Desktop" in the "Save in" box and type "backup" (without quotation marks) in "File Name". Click "Save".
Please Note: The backup file is on the Desktop and named "backup.reg". We can simply restore the registry by double-clicking the "backup.reg" file.
4. Highlight this key ({36FC9E60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000} ), on the right pane, and then check if "Upperfilters" and "Lowerfilters" value are present. If so, please right click on the values and select "Delete" to remove them.
5. Restart the computer to check the issue.
What is the result?
Alex Zhao
Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
Hi Alex,
thanks for your reply. The error message is in german, it says that the action can not be completed becausethe view of the disk management snap-in is not actual. "Refresh the view using the refresh task. If the problem remains, close the disk management snap-in and restart the snap-in or the computer." Well I tried all of it, but nothing worked. Also your trick doesn't work. I've got only an upper filter entry and that one has no value. I deleted it, restarted the computer... Same error. The bad thing is, that the same error occurs with the flash disks I use in my camera. Is it possible that this has something to do with my SSD Harddrive?
I would suggest you check if this issue persists in Safe Mode.
From your description, it seems this is related to Windows 7 configuration, you could try to test with another user account to see what the result is.
If this issue persists, try to reinstall USB controller:
First, please disconnect all USB devices and then perform the following steps:
1. Click "Start", type "Device Manager" (without the quote) in the Search bar and press "Enter". Click Continue if necessary.
2. In Device Manager, double click to expand "Universal Serial Bus controllers", right click on the "Host Controller", click "Uninstall" and click "OK".
3. Repeat the step 2 to uninstall all items under "Universal Serial Bus controllers".
Then, restart your computer and Windows 7 will reinstall all USB controllers automatically.
Alex Zhao
Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
What is the result with another account?
Please check the following registry value:
Ensure the start value is 3.
Note: if you need modify registry value, please backup first.
Also, check if you have set any policies to disable removable device:
Open Group Policy, and then navigate to Administrative Templates, System, and Removable Storage Access.
Ensure them are not configured.
Alex Zhao
Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
- Edited by Cloud_TSModerator Wednesday, July 27, 2011 2:50 AM edit
Hi Alex,
first thanks a lot for your support. Now, the start value is 3 and as I write above, the system recognises the usb disc. The problem is, that it doesn't allow me to mount the file system on the stick. The computer is administrated by myself and I didn't change any policies. And as I mentioned, I don't have any problems connecting two USB-discs that have a hard drive inside, i.e. no flash disc. These are counted as removable storage... Therefore I don't think another user account will help (and as I don't have one, I really hope to avoid to create another account due to the disc space... etc.). Is it possible that the type of the file system on the usb stick makes the problem? It is a MBR partition with formatted with NTFS...
Hi Andreas,
As this issue also occurs to camera flash disk, if it is related to the file system, you could try to format USB to be another file system for test.
Meanwhile, if we cannot assign the drive letter via Windows interface, just try command line for test:
Open a Privileged Command Prompt.
At the DISKPART prompt, type:
list volume
Make note of the number of the simple volume whose drive letter you want to assign, change, or remove.
At the DISKPART prompt, type:
select volume n
Select the volume, where n is the volume's number, whose drive letter you want to assign, change, or remove.
At the DISKPART prompt, type one of the following:
assign letter=L
Where L is the drive letter you want to assign.
If this fails, please paste the error information literally, it would be helpful to analyze this issue.
Alex Zhao
Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
- Edited by Cloud_TSModerator Friday, July 29, 2011 2:13 AM edit
- Proposed as answer by ashnaboy Thursday, January 03, 2013 7:40 PM
Hi Alex,
it turns out, that the error only occurs using USB Sticks with flash storage, if i use sticks that are recogniced as usb mass storage device everything works fine.
I tried using diskpart. Using "list volume" I only see my main volumes. Using "list disk" I find the stick and can select it. I also find a partion on this stick, but no volume. THis seems to be the problem. Therefore I can not assign a drive letter. Any suggestions?
hi Alex Zhaozx, and thanks
diskpart worked for me, it is mounted now on the volume list, and shows healthy for status and shows the correct size but cant be formated.
by the way i think a virus caused this problem when used an infected flash, i guess.
i hope that its not damaged just for a virus.
- Edited by ashnaboy Thursday, January 03, 2013 7:49 PM
Hello Alex, all:
The symptoms that Mephistoo is seeing are exactly what I am seeing as well - the USB drives show up in Device Manager but no volumes appear to be mounted. I can't assign a drive letter in Disk Management, I get the same error that Mephistoo got. When working in DISKPART, the "ListVolume" command only shows my C drive and optical drive, there is no mention on the connected flash drive.
I checked Upperfilters and Lowerfilters. The start value is 3. Creating a second account with administrator privileges led to the same result.
This happens with multiple USB drives in all USB ports. These USB drives all work fine on other Windows 7 PCs.
Any suggestions on what to try next?
Perhaps another piece to the puzzle:
When I plug a USB flash drive in, the Device Manager pops up with both a "USB Mass Storage Device" in the USB section and and "Unknown Device" in the Other Devices section for each drive that's plugged in.
- Edited by TurbulentFlow Sunday, August 25, 2013 1:52 AM
Try running Microsoft Fixit from the link: http://support.microsoft.com/mats/hardware_device_problems
Also, the following links may be helpful:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817900 (the methods works with Windows 7 as well)
Balaji Kundalam
Thank you for your response.
The first link is to the Microsoft Fix It application. With a USB drive plugged in, the Fix It app was able to figure out that a device didn't have the proper drivers installed, but it was not able to install the proper drivers.
The second link appears to have the same "Fix it" app along with some additional troubleshooting steps. I was able to make the changes to the computer's power settings with no change in functionality.
The third link contains the same "Fix it" app and some general Windows Update suggestions that didn't fix the issue.
The fourth link contains troubleshooting steps that have already been outlined in this thread, then a link to the Fix It app.
The fifth link straight up downloads the Fix It app.
The sixth link pushes the Fix It app again, then suggests steps that have already been outlined in this thread.
I seem to be right where I started.


text:
Last August, Ray Greenstreet took a leave from a landscaping business in Highland, Md., to come to school in a converted split-level home in suburban West Chicago.
Nancy Mensinger left her bank teller`s cage in Bridgman, Mich., while Scott Miller quit his job at a retail greenhouse business in Tiffin, Ohio. All three have spent the last 10 1/2 months at the Du Page Horticultural School, learning with ``hands on`` the techniques and business of growing.


text:
Ivan Giovanettina, a scenic designer and prop supervisor who worked on ABC's daytime talk show The Chew, and who'd previously worked on Tyra Banks' talk show and CW reality show America's Next Top Model, was killed during an apparent robbery attempt in Brooklyn late Thursday. He was 41.
The New York Daily News reports that he "was seen by a witness running down a Bedford-Stuyvesant street after two men clad in dark clothing when one of them turned and fired, striking him in the stomach, a police source said." He was moving his car; DNAinfo reported that his roommates said he "had left behind his wallet and keys in the apartment." The New York Post reported that "police believe the motive was robbery, even though Gionvanettina's wallet, with $250 in it, was still at his apartment and his iPhone was found near his body."
Police have released surveillance video of the suspects.
ABC released a statement saying, "We are shocked and saddened to learn of Ivan Giovanettina's untimely death. He was a beloved member of our team and we extend our deepest sympathies to his family and friends."
His IMDB profile notes that he worked for Tyra Banks' show as an art director and America's Next Top Model as a set decorator.


text:
Clinique Simply - Videos
Check Price - Buy Now! Specifications Pictures Read Opinions Compare Similar Scents Introduced Same Year
Voting Results
Other Fragrances by Clinique
for Women
Similar Scents to Simply
Frargance Directory - Most Popular Brands
Copyright © 2017 PerfumeMaster.org. Powered by Perfume Master V.3.0
Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy


text:
- Artist: Billy Jones & the Pocket
- Genre: Rock
- Release Date: 9/16/2008
From Small-town, North Carolina comes the sophomore recording effort of songster Billy Jones, Time. On Time Jones continues to lean on the deep roots of the folk tradition that informed his debut album Without A Fight. Yet, here Jones introduces a considerably fuller sound, courtesy of his very capable backing band The Pocket. Despite a fuller sound, the production on Time remains fairly unaffected by engineering tweaks and touches. Jones strives for an organic sound on his records, and he has succeeded again here. There is a refreshing looseness to the band - not sloppiness or inconsistency, but a willingness to give the songs room to breath and move around a bit - much like a live show (after all Jones is a performer at heart, and this is his road band). If Without a Fight is an exploration of Main St. Landscapes and highway journeys, Time finds Jones exploring more of an interior landscape. In the bluesy opening track, "Back to Eden" Jones sings of "walking in and out of doorways/....building skyscrapers and paving sidewalks/ in her gentle mind." Buildings and nature are employed metaphorically throughout Time, as Jones muses on the passing of time and journeys that have become more psychological than physical. On the earthy, melancholy "Monday Manners" Jones sings: "Motionless I lay here contemplating the tide/I wonder if it's low out there/ With the sun still on the rise/ Seems like a good time to collect myself/ Maybe forget about the storm for a while." Again, the ebb and flow seems more to do with the matter of the mind than actual water. Despite his obvious awareness of time rolling by, Jones seems simultaneously concerned with maintaining connectivity to the past. (It should come as no surprise that Jones crafted and recorded these songs in the months/days leading up to the birth of his first son.) On Time, Jones flexes his versatility as a songwriter. In keeping with the theme of connectivity to the past, Jones channels a dependable catalogue of American musicians. He seems equal parts Arlo Guthrie and Sam Cooke, as much The Band as The Dead. Regardless of the genre (and Mr. Jones does some solid genre-bending), this album is still signature Billy Jones. The lyrics are thoughtful and relevant, and the vocal delivery rolls like a familiar old car down a winding country road - like the kind that Jones has been traveling for the past ten years: bringing his craft from town to town.
|Billy Jones & the Pocket
|CD Baby
|Release Date:
|Product Type:
|Item #:
|This product is a special order


text:
You would think that when people learn that you have two bouncing baby boys at home, they would be heaping on the praise and reminding you of the joy they must bring. Maybe it's because I'm closer to 50 than 40, it's more like "Oh goodness; how are you doing with that"?
The easier answer is YES, it is a blessing. Although the "what are you thinking" aspect may seem inappropriate; it is not without some level of accuracy. Let me just tear a page from the fairly typical day with the boys. Monday, I was pleasantly surprised when my wife and sons came to pick me up from work to take daddy to lunch. We went down the street to a restaurant that, being a bit before the lunch rush, was relatively quiet. That changed in a hurry. The boys have some pipes on them. I have no idea where that comes from; probably mom.
Anyway, a group of businessmen had the misfortune to be seated right behind us. The kids lunch came pretty quickly and I scurried to cut up their pizza and get their mouths occupied. Within a couple of minutes, the group of men abruptly got up and moved a few tables away. Like any proud papa, I took it personally and saw it as a sign of disapproval of my parenting skills. I turned to fire off my most evil glare at the foursome. It was only then did I realize that there was a piece of my son's pizza on the table right in front of where one of the gentlemen was sitting. I quickly spun back around and did my best slink.
Oh wait, there's more. My wife, who, at this point, is still unaware of the great pizza toss of 2011, dropped me back off back at the station and took the kids home. Within 30 minutes I get a call from the house from my wife asking "Hey, do you know that jar of BBQ dry rub that you like so much? You 'll need to restock". At first I thought it might be a grocery store honey-do call; I was wrong. She proceeds to describe the scene of the 2 year old taking the jar, opening it and carefully sprinkling it all across the kitchen floor. Then, enlisting the assistance of his partner in crime (the 1 year old), the two of them (on all fours) doing their best Hoover Vacuum impression and licking up the spice.
When asked what I thought she should do, and being somewhat handy in the kitchen and a comic, I replied "roll them in it then toss em in the oven on 425 degrees for 4 hours or until tender".
So there's a day in the life of a 40-something daddy! I also have a couple of teenage daughters who, be warned girls, will be the subject of several of these entries in the future as well


text:
Bush U-Turn After He "Conceded" Warming Reality; Conservative Upset with Bush Noted by ABC; Ashcroft Hit from Left; Rather Insisted He Was "Fair" to Ashcroft; ABC's "Secret" Reported by NBC
1) In noting how President Bush distanced himself from an EPA report, NBC used terminology which assumed the liberal environmental line is beyond dispute. Tom Brokaw referred to how Bush was "acknowledging" that global warming is caused by human pollution and David Gregory insisted the EPA had "conceded" that reality. Gregory pointed out how Bush had "received a lot of political flak from conservatives, mainly talk show host Rush Limbaugh, over yesterday's reports."
2) ABC's Good Morning America discovered what conservatives have been talking about for months: President Bush's slide to the left. Prompted by conservative upset with the report from Bush's EPA, Charles Gibson noted that "Bush yesterday caught some fierce fire...from the conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh." Claire Shipman proceeded to outline how "some conservatives are indeed wondering just who is in the White House? Is he a true conservative?" Plus, why the EPA report is wrong.
3) Another example of how the networks only consider liberal concerns to be newsworthy. Last Friday, Charles Gibson hit Attorney General John Ashcroft only from the left on the new FBI guidelines. Gibson worried: "Aren't these changes really ripe for abuse?" Gibson falsely claimed the rules allow any agent to read someone's e-mail and recalled the bad old days with "the enemies list in the Nixon days and the kind of eavesdropping that occurred with Doctor Martin Luther King."
4) On CNN's Larry King Live on Tuesday night Dan Rather refused to admit that he had irresponsibly hurled a reckless charge at John Ashcroft about protecting his personal security while not warning the public. Realizing his predicament, he noted: "When you're in a hole, you don't just keep digging." But Rather did as he tried to justify his false charge: "I thought then and believe now, it's a fair question." Rather also falsely claimed that he had never said Ashcroft tried to "sully up my reputation."
5) ABC's Peter Jennings told viewers Tuesday night that under an order from Attorney General John Ashcroft people coming to the U.S. from a "secret list" of countries "that the U.S. associates with terrorism" will be "registered and fingerprinted." How "secret" are they? Apparently just to ABC News since on the NBC Nightly News reporter Pete Williams listed them.
>>> "Jesus" bleeped. Watch and hear what ABC did not let its West Coast viewers of The View hear: Joy Behar thanking Jesus. The MRC home page now features a RealPlayer clip of Behar, on the May 23 edition of the ABC daytime show, exclaiming about her diet plan coming to an end: "Yes, and thank you, thank you Jesus, is all I have to say! Goodbye to that damn scale and this whole diet. I'm sick of it!" But for the West Coast feed of that show, as Behar complained on May 28, ABC bleeped out the name "Jesus."
Once again, it was how the Bush administration "acknowledged" and "conceded" that humans are causing global warming.
ABC, CBS and NBC all used that spin on Monday night in reporting how the Bush administration's EPA had issued a report adopting the most dire predictions of warming and linking it to human activity via fossil fuel-burning industry. On Tuesday, President Bush tried to distance himself from the report, but of the broadcast networks, only NBC mentioned it as David Gregory seemed to credit, or maybe it's better to say blamed, Rush Limbaugh for the reversal.
For a rundown of Monday night coverage, see the June 4 CyberAlert: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2002/cyb20020604.asp#1
(I can now confirm that CNN's NewsNight did not mention the global warming report on Monday night.)
Tom Brokaw set up the Tuesday NBC Nightly News follow up story: "Back in Washington tonight, this story. Yesterday the Bush administration appeared to be making a major change and acknowledging that global warming is caused by human pollution. Tonight, another U-turn in the other direction."
From the White House, David Gregory explained: "This is the second reversal in two days on global warming. Yesterday, as you say, for the first time the Bush administration, in a report to the United Nations, conceded that human beings, by releasing pollutants into the air, are largely to blame for global warming and its environmental consequences. Well today, the President dismissed that very report written by his own Environmental Protection Agency, saying quote: 'I read the report put out by the bureaucracy,' suggesting there's still some uncertainty on all of this..."
Instead of using the terms "acknowledging" and "conceded," if NBC did not accept the liberal environmentalist line as beyond dispute they could have used other terms. Look at the change in meaning by altering those words to: "Yesterday the Bush administration appeared to be making a major change and claiming that global warming is caused by human pollution." And, "the Bush administration, in a report to the United Nations, charged that human beings, by releasing pollutants into the air, are largely to blame for global warming."
Gregory proceeded to note that Bush also repeated his opposition to Kyoto, before Gregory credited or blamed Rush Limbaugh: "Now the President, of course, received a lot of political flak from conservatives, mainly talk show host Rush Limbaugh, over yesterday's reports so today, while White House aides were not interested in getting into the debate over what causes global warming, they did emphasize that the Bush approach is a voluntary one."
Bush's comments on Tuesday came during a brief Q & A with reporters as he toured the National Security Agency headquarters in Maryland. Asked about the EPA report, Bush noted how "I read the report put out by the bureaucracy," adding that "I do not support the Kyoto treaty" since "the Kyoto treaty would severely damage the United States economy, and I don't accept that."
One network has suddenly discovered what conservatives have been talking about for months: President Bush's slide to the left on several issues. Prompted by conservative upset with Bush's EPA adopting the liberal view that industry causes global warming, on ABC's Good Morning America on Tuesday co-host Charles Gibson noted that "President Bush yesterday caught some fierce fire...from the conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh" over his administration's new global warming stance.
Reporter Claire Shipman proceeded to outline how "some conservatives are indeed wondering just who is in the White House? Is he a true conservative? They're pointing to not just the global warming issue, but other presidential flip-flops recently."
Gibson set up the June 4 story observed by MRC analyst Jessica Anderson: "President Bush yesterday caught some fierce fire yesterday from the conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, who has 18 million listeners and was accusing the President yesterday of flip-flopping. Limbaugh specifically reacted after the White House said that global warming is indeed a problem and caused by humans. Here's what he said."
Shipman recited the subjects fueling conservative angst:
If conservatives are so concerned about Bush moving leftward and liberals think he's too conservative, then a balanced media would give time and weight to both perspectives. But of course they don't. On every issue cited by Shipman the media have concentrated totally or nearly so on liberal complaints while ignoring the conservative point of view.
The EPA report was just the latest example of that media bias. Even this story and the NBC piece by David Gregory who cited Limbaugh's criticism (see item #1 above), included not one syllable about the substantive case against the EPA policy made by conservatives even though both networks have relayed the substantive liberal criticism.
For the substantive conservative criticism of the EPA report, see a piece on TechCentralStation.com by Dr. Sallie Baliunas, an astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, whom Discover magazine honored as "one of America's outstanding women scientists." She asserted: "The 'Third formal national communication' to the U.N. Convention on Climate Change has created a field day for media and environmental activists to play havoc again with the actual science of climate."
An excerpt:
Panicky media hyperventilation starts with the correct observation that worldwide surface temperatures rose between 1 degree and 2 degrees Fahrenheit over the last 20th century. That modest rise falls within the year-to-year variability of temperature change. More than that, though, the pattern of surface warming doesn't match the air's increased greenhouse gas content from human activities. The strongest period of warming began in the late 19th Century and peaked around 1940. Next, the temperature decreased from 1940 until the late 1970s. Only then did a third trend producing a modest warming from the late 1970s to the present.
Since about 80% of the carbon dioxide from human activities was added to the air after 1940, the early 20th Century warming trend had to be largely natural. So the surface temperature record is hardly conclusive...."
What does that mean? All models forecast that the surface warming must follow from an unmistakable warming of the layer of air just above the surface. According to the precise and validated measurements, that bellwether layer of air shows no meaningful human-made global warming trend. Ergo, the surface warming recorded since the late 1970s cannot be caused by humans.
Science demands that ideas be tested. And the testing of the human-made global warming hypothesis fails to survive the test by the scientific method. Yet, the media and now the Bush administration, rather than relying on scientific evidence that global warming is not occurring, have decided to succumb to fears -- rejected by science -- of calamitous U.S.-wide ecological effects caused by human-made global warming....
END of Excerpt
For the piece in full:
An example of how despite the conservative criticism they acknowledge exits of Bush policies (see item #2 above), the networks only consider liberal concerns to be newsworthy. Just as Sam Donaldson did on Sunday, last Friday his ABC colleague Charles Gibson had also pounded at Attorney General John Ashcroft only from the left on the new FBI guidelines.
As recounted in the June 3 CyberAlert, Donaldson pressed Ashcroft only from the left in questioning him about the FBI's new operational guidelines, demanding he respond to charges the new rules will lead to the "trampling" of rights and to worshipers at Mosques being "intimidated." For details: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2002/cyb20020603.asp#1
Catching up with Ashcroft's appearance on the May 31 Good Morning America, Gibson conveyed only liberal arguments and did not once raise complaints that the new guidelines do not go far enough.
Gibson worried: "Aren't these changes really ripe for abuse?" He falsely claimed the rules allow any agent to read someone's e-mail and recalled how before the about-to-be-overruled guidelines were put in place we had "the enemies list in the Nixon days and the kind of eavesdropping that occurred with Doctor Martin Luther King."
Gibson introduced the May 31 segment: "Yesterday the Attorney General of the United States announced new investigatory guidelines for the FBI, guidelines that give the FBI much more muscle to spy on any American in the search for terrorists. It has some civil libertarians concerned. This morning's Washington Post writes: 'It is difficult to overstate the magnitude of these changes -- or their capacity for abuse.' I spoke with the Attorney General, John Ashcroft, a moment ago."
Gibson's advocacy questions:
-- "Mr. Attorney General, in changing the investigative guidelines for the FBI a lot of civil libertarians worry that you are now free to read my e-mail, to follow me to church, to look at what books I buy on Amazon or take out of the library. Aren't these changes really ripe for abuse?"
Ashcroft called that "a total mischaracterization" since all the new rules do is let FBI agents go to open meetings of hate group and to surf the Internet.
-- Gibson maintained his argument: "But then I, but I'm not certain why that is then an overstatement of the case. I mean, from what you just said, listening carefully to what you just said you could read my e-mail, follow me to church, and check what books I take out of the library."
Ashcroft had to explain the obvious to Gibson, that e-mail is not public and so no hurdles to that are being changed.
-- Gibson contended: "The old guidelines that were in effect came into being because there were abuses of the development of the enemies list in the Nixon days and the kind of eavesdropping that occurred with Doctor Martin Luther King. His tax records checked, people's tax records checked, that kind of thing. Doesn't this open, doesn't this open up the situation for that kind of thing again?"
-- Gibson's last question: "Mr. Attorney General how do you reassure Arab Americans who say this is aimed right smack at them?"
Larry King asked Dan Rather on Tuesday night about his insinuation, just before Memorial Day weekend, that Attorney General John Ashcroft started flying on private aircraft last summer because he had warnings about terrorist hijackings he decided to keep secret. Rather, however, refused to admit that he had irresponsibly hurled a reckless charge, conceding only that "I don't know what the story is" but, realizing his predicament, he noted: "When you're in a hole, you don't just keep digging."
But Rather did as he tried to justify his specious charge: "The point I was trying to make was a larger one that it's time for us to be asking tough questions." Rather insisted: "I thought then and believe now, it's a fair question."
But there's a big difference between a tough question and hurling a charge of such a serious breach of human caring as Rather did without a scintilla of evidence for his invective.
Below is the exchange on the June 4 Larry King Live on CNN followed by what Rather actually said on the May 22 and May 24 Imus in the Morning programs.
King opened a segment: "Now it's time to clear something up with Dan Rather. Our mutual friend Imus is involved here. You were on Imus' show."
In fact, this is what Rather stated on the May 24 Imus in the Morning: "It probably would be better for him to spend a little less time trying to, you know, sully up my reputation in some way, cover his own backside, and a little more time in let's get this thing straight."
The "him" was quite clearly John Ashcroft.
Back to King, he wondered: "What's the story?"
It doesn't help the country to have one of its most prominent TV journalists irresponsibly hurling baseless charges that could undermine the authority of the nation's chief law enforcement officer.
Now, for what Rather said on the May 22 and May 24 editions of Imus in the Morning.
Appearing by phone on the May 22 Imus radio show simulcast on MSNBC, Rather charged:
Later in that show NBC's Jim Miklaszewski had informed Imus that Ashcroft avoided commercial airlines in response to a threat on him personally.
In a follow up appearance on Friday, May 24, to answer complaints about his groundless charge, Rather repeated the underlying thrust of it: "Now, in other words, when the Attorney General heard a threat, it was decided that, immediately and expensively, he would be taken care of on a security front. Now, I'm okay with that. Now, what some people are asking, and this is what I reported on your program, and some of the people include the relatives of victims of September 11th. What they're asking is that, okay, then when there came threats about the American flying public, there were threats bubbling up all over the place, the public was not told about that and, therefore, could not make their own decisions about their security."
For a complete rundown of what Rather spewed on May 24: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2002/cyb20020528.asp#2
ABC's Peter Jennings told viewers Tuesday night that under an order from Attorney General John Ashcroft people coming to the U.S. from a "secret list" of countries "that the U.S. associates with terrorism" will be "registered and fingerprinted." But I know the names of the "secret" countries. How? By watching the NBC Nightly News on which Pete Williams listed them.
On the June 4 World News Tonight, Peter Jennings read this short item: "ABC News has learned that the Attorney General John Ashcroft is going to require that all people arriving in the U.S. from certain countries be registered and fingerprinted. The countries will be on a secret list of states that the U.S. associates with terrorism."
But those watching the NBC Nightly News learned the names of the countries ABC couldn't figure out. Pete Williams explained:
It seem that Jennings failed to "connect the dots." -- Brent Baker


text:
G20 pulls back over punitive global bank levy
Posted: 28 June 2010 | | No comments yet
Whilst leaders attending the G20 summit in Toronto have dropped the much-touted proposals for a global levy on banks.
Whilst leaders attending the G20 summit in Toronto agreed to cut national budget deficits and promote economic growth, the much-touted proposals for a global levy on banks have been dropped. Despite renewed pressure from certain European heads for a universal levy on banks to pay for the string of huge taxpayer bailouts, countries will instead be able to phase in the tough new international banking regulations at different times in accordance to their economies' needs.
Britain, France and Germany had argued the tax would curb the type of excessive financial risk-taking that pushed the global economy to the brink, and help build a nest egg for future crises. But the idea came up against fierce opposition from nations whose banking sectors survived the worst of the crisis intact.
There was little dissent on the question of whether banks should face tighter regulation to avoid a repeat of the global financial meltdown of two years ago. Even so, the G20's original aim of agreeing the new rules by November and having measures in force by the end of 2012 is being softened because different countries are at different stages of recovery from recession.
A draft communiqué listed five guiding principles for financial reform including the need to take into account the individual circumstances of each nation and the need to "level the playing field". "The G20 expresses support for the financial sector to make a fair and substantial contribution toward paying for any burdens associated with government interventions where they occur to repair the financial system for fund resolution," the draft said, while refusing to say how such contributions would be made.
A key plank of the reforms is revised "Basel III" measures from the committee of central bankers, including raising banks' capital and liquidity requirements. On Friday, the Bank of England called for an "extended transition" to any new international rules. And George Osborne used yesterday's talks at the G20 to push for a longer deadline. The position of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which followed a lower-than-expected levy on British banks in last week's emergency Budget, is seen as evidence that Mr Osborne is listening to representations from lenders. Although smaller than feared, the levy coming into force in January will raise £8bn in the first four years.


text:
Yes I did .. I flashed the 5.12.502.2 AT&T firmware and the when I rebooted it went to QHSUSB_DLOAD ...scared the crap out of me and then I saw you posted the Fix and it worked !!!
XDA Developers was founded by developers, for developers. It is now a valuable resource for people who want to make the most of their mobile devices, from customizing the look and feel to adding new functionality.
Are you a developer? | Terms of Service
Copyright © xda-developers. Hosted by Leaseweb


text:
Picture book
Picture book
A hair-raising, thrilling sled ride down a snowy hill tests Piggy's mettle in this amusing picture book. His parents don't want him to slide by himself, but he can't resist. Soon he whizzes past alligators in fetching Nordic sweaters and dodges a legion of penguins in silly hats toting a long pair of skis, narrowly avoiding one mishap after another. Over, under, around, or through, Piggy must make split-second decisions to safely reach Mom and Dad at the bottom of the hill.
Thank You!


text:
0 items ·
Check out
is back-ordered. We will ship it separately in 10 to 15 days.
Protect your most valued photographs, documents and artwork with a museum quality archival, acid free box. Metal corners for stacking strength. Acid-free board is buffered with calcium carbonate to help neutralize airborne pollutants. Drop front for easy access. 3" depth. Other sizes & colors also available.
Copyright © 2017 Capital Books and Wellness. Ecommerce Software by Shopify.


text:
The lights are on
The Digital Game Monetization Summit in San Francisco hosted a number of panels detailing opinions and analysis of the games industry. According to Greg Richardson, CEO of Rumble Entertainment, casual games may not be making as big of a dent in the industry as many think."Of the $50 billion that was spent worldwide last year on games, less than 10 percent was spent on casual content," he said. "The future lies in going into the larger part of the market, which is people that self-identify as gamers, and where the user acquisition and long-term value creation comes from making great games."Other experts went on to describe how they improved said long-term value, advertised their games, and spread the word via a "viral approach." For the full rundown, head over to gamesindustry.biz to learn more.


text:
(1) prohibited personnel practices, including reprisal for whistleblowing;
(2) whistleblower disclosures filed with OSC's Disclosure Unit;
(3) the Hatch Act and its application both to federal employees and to state and local employees; and
(4) the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA).
OSC also provides trainers for agencies to certify under OSC's 2302(c) Certification Program.
Additionally, OSC publishes a variety of materials on prohibited personnel practices, whistleblower disclosures and the Hatch Act. These publications can be printed from OSC's website.
Shirine Moazed is the Chief of Training and Outreach.


text:
Spoof Snippets
Showing snippets written by Christopher Gallo.
Show all snippets.
Showing page 1 (of 1 pages)
Statistics Show That 5 out of 5 People Will Die In Their Lifetime!
You read that right! Have all the sex you can, now, and eat tons of chocolate before you leave this Earth.
written by Christopher Gallo, 12 June 2008
Showing page 1 (of 1 pages)
Send To A Friend
Send this site to a friend!
RSS & Feeds
The Spoof is proud to present all its stories as RSS Feeds.
Mailing List
Get Spoof News in your email inbox!


text:
You know… (replay) Oblivion, yes or no?
View Single Post
April 2nd, 2008, 02:34
Originally Posted by
Anyone else give Oblivion a second chance?
I haven't looked at Oblivion in over a year and never finished the game, because it bored me to tears. But someone said that I must try the "Shivering Isles" expansion: It's not really a realm of madness, but at least it doesn't look like taken out of the LotR films. Finally, I gave in.
This means that I just bought the expansion and plan to run a heavily modded Oblivion after I'm finished with The Witcher. Let's see how far I will come this time
. I was told that I'd at least appreciate the original voices after experiencing some voice-acted fan mods. It should at least be interesting.
Keeper of the Watch
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Austria
Posts: 785
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
View Public Profile
Send a private message to Turjan
Find More Posts by Turjan


text:
About AMS Student Organizations & Activities
Students are encouraged to participate in student organizations and extracurricular activities on campus and in the community. The AMS Department is affiliated with several professional organizations that help prepare students for future employment and real-world work issues. The departmental activities are fun and vary in purpose, from relaxation to helping in the community.
American Institute of Architectural Students (AIAS)
WKU Student Chapter of the Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering (ATMAE)
Homecoming Picnic
Overnight Trips
Industrial Tours
Christmas Party
Annual Recognition of Senior Students
There are more reasons to join student organizations than not. Here are just a few.
- Learning more about your chosen field of study
- Scholarship opportunities
- Field trips
- Travel to national conferences
- Networking with fellow students and faculty
- Activity in student organizations enhances your resume
Note: documents in Portable Document Format (PDF) require Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or higher to view,
download Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Note: documents in Excel format (XLS) require Microsoft Viewer,
download excel.
Note: documents in Word format (DOC) require Microsoft Viewer,
download word.
Note: documents in Powerpoint format (PPT) require Microsoft Viewer,
download powerpoint.
Note: documents in Quicktime Movie format [MOV] require Apple Quicktime,
download quicktime.


text:
Program students must be citizens or Nationals of the United States or meet the residency requirements for federal financial assistance, be enrolled at the College or accepted for enrollment to the College, and meet one of the following eligibility criteria:
To discuss your eligibility and complete an application contact us at: firstname.lastname@example.com or 541-880-2289.
Students meet with an advisor three times each quarter throughout the school year. They are assigned to a primary advisor to determine their learning strengths and challenges and devise an Academic Success Plan outlining the most appropriate services TRiO and the College can provide.
If you are interested in a Peer Mentor to assist you and provide addition support contact Jene at 541-880-2289 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Learning disabilities should be documented with disability accommodations. For more information about this, go to www.klamathcc.edu/Students/Disability-Accomodations
No documentation of Veteran status is necessary when applying to the TRiO program.
No. As a Federal Program, TRiO can only serve a maximum of 140 students per year. Students should turn their applications in as early as possible in order to improve their chances of being accepted into the program.


text:
Photos: John Okafor Mr Ibu Buys New House In Lagos, Says Wife Is Pregnant
August 12, 2015 – Pictures: John Okafor Mr Ibu Buys New House In Lagos, Says Wife Is Pregnant
It is season of double blessing for comic Nollywood actor John Okafor popularly called Mr Ibu.
The actor who told fans is dazzling in God's goodness just acquired a multi million naira mansion like his colleagues.
He also told fans that his Cameroonian wife Stella Maris is heavy with his third child.
Mr Ibu's pregnant wife relaxing on couch
Mr Ibu didn't disclose the location of his new house in Lagos but it looks similar to mansion in Lekki Phase 1 area of Lagos.
See more photos of Mr Ibu's new house below
Congrats to him.


text:
SANTA CLARA — Coach Jim Harbaugh on Tuesday confirmed that All-Pro linebacker NaVorro Bowman suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament and several other key players got hurt as well against the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Championship Game.
Bowman hurt his left knee late in the 49ers 23-17 loss to the Seahawks on Sunday. He also injured his medial collateral ligament on a play near the Seahawks goal line.
Harbaugh said Bowman needs surgery to repair the ACL damage. However, that can't be performed for two to three weeks, or until doctors have a better feel for how the MCL is healing.
Harbaugh said he doesn't know yet whether Bowman will be ready for the start of the 2014 regular season.
"He's got grueling rehab ahead," Harbaugh said. "That is not the way that you would've foreseen his offseason to be after coming off what many have talked about, and deservedly so, as a defensive player of the year type of performance.
"Great year by NaVorro. But facts are stubborn things. That's what lies ahead of him. Now knowing what's inside of NaVorro Bowman, I have great faith in NaVorro Bowman to continue to be great."
On the bright side, injuries suffered by running back Frank Gore, left offensive tackle Joe Staley and left guard Mike Iupati aren't as serious.
Iupati broke his left fibula, but he won't need surgery. Harbaugh said Iupati's left leg will be in a cast for up to three weeks.
Gore suffered a broken right ring finger. Harbaugh said he isn't sure when the injury occurred and that he didn't know it had happened until after the game.
Staley played well against the Seahawks, Harbaugh said, despite the fact he suffered a compound dislocation of his right thumb in the first quarter.
Staley missed only one play and is expected back at full strength long before the season starts.
Cornerback Chris Culliver, who missed the entire season, with a knee injury sprinted on the practice fields Monday, Harbaugh said, and defensive tackle Ian Williams is making progress in his return from a broken ankle that he suffered against the Seahawks on Sept. 15.


text:
Newport resident and Holiday Train volunteer Emily White takes 'sentimental' ride
In 2002 Emily White and her husband Tom drove from their Newport home to Tinucci's Restaurant for a view of the passing Canadian Pacific Holiday Train.
It was the first year the Holiday Train, adorned with Christmas lights, traveled through the U.S. but there wasn't yet a south Washington County stop on the route.
So that year they just watched as the train passed through town.
"That was the last thing we did together," White recalled.
Within two days her husband had a massive heart attack and died.
Eleven years later, on the anniversary of her husband's death, White took a special ride on the rails. She was among local residents selected to travel a leg on the Holiday Train before its Cottage Grove stop last Tuesday.
"It was just kind of a sentimental thing for me," White said.
The following year, in 2003, White offered to volunteer for the first Holiday Train stop in Cottage Grove. White has served on the Holiday Train Committee ever since. She has been in charge of organizing volunteers but said she never really gave any thought to riding the train herself.
This year there were extra tickets so organizers drew names of committee members to decide who would ride the train. White was picked.
"My name is never drawn for anything," she said. "It was hard to believe."
White brought along her eldest "grand-nephew," who is 5, for the ride from Red Wing to Hastings. She said he enjoyed when the train was moving, but admitted to Santa aboard the train that it was "boring" when the festive train had to stop to allow freight trains to pass.
White said she enjoyed the ride through rural Goodhue and Dakota counties. It was not yet dark, so she could see open fields covered in a fresh snowfall.
"It was beautiful," she said.
White said she wants to continue volunteering with the Holiday Train Committee. The Holiday Train stop, which raises money for the Friends in Need Food Shelf in St. Paul Park, is a fun event for a great cause, she said.
"It's just a real meaningful thing for me," White said.


text:
Mahay day-to-day for banged-up Royals
Injuries hitting Kansas City
Another left-hander, John Bale, ended his injury rehabilitation assignment and is headed back to Arizona.
Meanwhile, outfielder David DeJesus returned to the lineup after missing five games because of a sore back. He was in center field and batting third against the Twins on Friday night.
"It's good to have his bat back in there," manager Trey Hillman said. "And leaving Mike [Aviles] in the leadoff spot just seemed to be the natural thing to do because he's been so successful, and it doesn't seem to affect David no matter where we hit him in the top three spots."
Aviles batted leadoff while DeJesus was out, and went 9-for-21 (.429) in the five games. DeJesus has batted first in 82 games, but Hillman had placed him No. 3 in seven previous games.
Outfielder Joey Gathright -- a leadoff batter on 20 occasions this season -- is on the disabled list with a right shoulder injury, and was to begin his rehab assignment with Triple-A Omaha on Friday night.
Mahay is suffering from plantar fasciitis, which is heel pain caused by inflammation of tissue supporting the arch of the foot. In Mahay's case, the pain affects his pushoff foot as he delivers a pitch.
"It's been bothering him for a while," Hillman said. "He just hasn't said anything."
Mahay, one of the Royals' top relievers this season with a 2.62 ERA, has been roughed up in two of his past three outings.
Bale started the season in the Royals' rotation, but has been on the disabled list since April 17 -- first with left shoulder fatigue and then with a left hand fracture.
He pitched for Omaha in his recent rehab assignment, appearing in seven games with a 0-2 record and an 8.22 ERA. He also pitched twice for Double-A Northwest Arkansas.
Bale said his hand is OK, and an MRI of his shoulder showed a "stress reaction" -- which he said is similar to a stone bruise. He had a cortisone shot, and the lefty is heading for the Royals' complex at Surprise, Ariz., to resume throwing in about three days.
"I'd like to be back in September and help the team out," Bale said.
His primary problem has been regaining velocity on his fastball, which he said was around 88 mph.
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


text:
Sometimes a follow-up article becomes necessary because of reactions and more questions arising from the previous ones like my article last Friday. As expected, the e-mailed questions centered on the deleted portion of last Friday's article regarding the validity of withholding payment of the COLA, AA and other forms of allowances being enjoyed by incumbent government employees when the salary standardization law became effective on July 1, 1989. Some GOCCs insist that these allowances are already included in the standardized salary and therefore should not be paid anymore after that date. They adamantly argue that the various Supreme Court rulings requiring continued payment of allowances do not refer to the COLA, AA etc. Likewise, the DBM circular (CCC 10), disauthorizing further payment of said allowances, which is flawed for lack of publication,has already been published on March 1,1999.So they strongly contend that the defect has been cured.
The Supreme Court however,in the case of PITC vs, COA (G.R. 132593, June 25,1999) already ruled on the effect of the publication of the circular. The SC said that such publication did not cure the defect as to make the circular retroactive to the time the abovementioned allowances were disallowed in audit. So the GOCC employees are still entitled to avail of these benefits from the time they were withheld or disallowed.
Besides, the DBM CCC 10 proviso, reiterated in the DBM Budget Circular 2001-03 dated November 12, 2001, declaring the COLA, AA and other allowances as already integrated in the standardized salary, and disallowing their further payment, is defective and unenforceable not only because of lack of publication but also because it is null and void for being contrary to the legislative intent of RA 6758.
In NTA vs. COA (G.R. 119385, Aug. 5,1999), the Supreme Court explicitly declared that only those allowances which are usually granted to officials and employees of the government to defray or reimburse the expenses incurred in the performance of their official functions shall be deemed integrated into the standardized salaries and shall not be paid anymore after RA 6758 . Payment of other allowances in the form of financial assistance, compensation or fringe benefits which do not require reimbursement, whether in cash or in kind, given to incumbent employees as of July 1,1989 shall continue to be authorized in addition to their standardized salaries.This is "gleanable" from the wordings of the second sentence of Section 12 RA 6758 setting forth the legislative intent not to diminish the pay and other benefits of incumbent employees as of July 1, 1989, Disallowing any such benefits, ( including the COLA, AA and other financial assistance which are undeniably in the nature of non-reimburseable expenses) is "against the spirit of the Statute and is inconsistent with the principle of equity which regards the spirit and not the letter of the law", ruled the SC.
The GOCCs concerned should therefore start shedding off their blinders.They have already caused a lot of hardships on their employees whose only visible means to tide them over during hard times are the financial assistance which is so meager compared to the perks and privileges of their top brass.
|* * *
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
Mahela Jayawardene scored an unbeaten 49 in his last Test innings as Sri Lanka took charge of the second and final match against Pakistan in Colombo on Saturday.
The hosts, who trailed by 12 runs on the first innings, put on a strong batting performance to move to 177-2 in their second innings by stumps on the third day at the Sinhalese Sports Club.
Jayawardene and his close friend and long-time teammate Kumar Sangakkara batted together for the last time in a Test match to put on 98 for the unbroken third wicket.
Jayawardene, who was warmly applauded to the crease by Pakistani fielders and some 4,000 home fans, played fluently to strike seven boundaries.
Left-handed Sangakkara was unbeaten on 54, with Sri Lanka 165 runs ahead with eight wickets in hand on a wearing pitch expected to assist spinners on the last two days.
Sri Lanka, who won the first Test in Galle by seven wickets, are hoping to sweep the short series to give Jayawardene, their former captain, a winning farewell.
Upul Tharanga made 45 in an opening stand of 54 with Kaushal Silva before both batsmen were dismissed by left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman in the post-lunch session.
Pakistan seamer Junaid Khan did not take the field in the second innings as he was taken to hospital and kept under observation after complaining of giddiness.
Junaid, who took five wickets in the first innings, had been hit on the helmet by a rising ball from Dhammika Prasad in the morning session.
Earlier, Pakistan's wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed smashed a maiden Test century and Sri Lanka's spinner Rangana Herath became the first left-arm bowler in history to take nine wickets in an innings.
Sarfraz hit a gutsy 103 as Pakistan carried their overnight score of 244-6 to 332 before they were all out at the stroke of lunch in reply to Sri Lanka's 320.


text:
Madame de Sade
ב Wyndham's Theatre
Against her mother's wishes, Renee remains vehemently devoted to her notorious aristocratic husband, the Marquis de Sade - imprisoned in the Bastille for his lurid and licentious behaviour. Starring Judi Dench, Mishima's MADAME DE SADE at the Wyndham's Theatre brings to life this fascinating story told by six remarkable women. Book to see this poetic masterpiece now!
הזמן כרטיסים
פרטי האירוע
הראה פרטים
Tuesday to Saturday 7.30pm
הצגה יומית
Matinees Wednesday, Saturday 2.30pm and Sunday 3pm
הזמנה מ
הזמנה עד
The theatre can be seen opposite the station.


text:
Here are today's top headlines from the Marketplace Morning Report and from around the web.
Apple founder Steve Jobs has announced he's resigning as CEO of the company. The 56-year-old has battled pancreatic cancer in the past.
We just learned that Warren Buffett's company Berkshire Hathaway is investing $5 billion into Bank of America, which has been losing stock market value.
The Labor Department reports 417,000 people filed for unemployment benefits last week -- higher than expected. More than 8,000 of those claims were from striking workers at Verizon. All told, about 14 million people are unemployed in the U.S.
But here is something that's dropping big time: the price of Gold. Gold fell 2.5 percent yesterday; It's currently selling for $1,729 an ounce.
Oil prices are up this morning at about $85 a barrel as fighting heats up in Libya. Rebel forces are reportedly offering a million-dollar reward for the capture of Muammar Gaddafi.
There's lots of anticipation of what Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke will say at a speech tomorrow from Jackson Hole, Wyoming. This time last year, Bernanke unveiled a massive bond-buying program to stimulate the economy...
Whole Foods will start offering wellness classes at some of its stores. Members can take courses in health and cooking and there are even movie screenings. The bad news: club membership costs about $750 a year. The good news: members will not have to change out of their yoga pants.
The headquarters of the National Air Traffic Controller's Association in Washington, D.C has an earthquake victim from Tuesday's 5.8 shaker. It was a piece of glass that was originally recovered from the control tower at the Seattle Tacoma Airport after a 6.8 magnitude quake struck there back in 2001. Most of the control tower's glass shattered during that quake, but not this little piece, which has been on display ever since. Well, at least until Tuesday, when it finally broke during the East Coast quake.


text: I'm thinking about getting a good, sharp zoom lens for my Nikon FE, but I really have no knowledge of them. Can someone recommend a good zoom in either the wide-to-short telephoto or normal-to-long telephoto range? It would mainly be used for snapshots...I have prime lenses for other purposes. I'd prefer nikon lenses, but would consider a 3rd party one as well. Thanks!


text:
Giant Oak Moderate Choice in Risen Star
Virginia Tarra Trust's Giant Oak, runner-up in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (gr. II) at Churchill Downs as a 2-year-old, was installed as the 3-1 favorite among 13 sophomores entered for the Feb. 7, $200,000 Risen Star Stakes (gr. III) at Fair Grounds.


text:
Simeon Rottier will soon be a small fish in a big pond -if a six-foot-six, 290-pound offensive lineman can ever be considered small. But heading into today's CFL Draft, he's definitely the top dog.
The third-year U of A Golden Bears all-star tackle was a first-team CIS All-Canadian is rated as the No. 1 draft-eligible player by the CFL's Amateur Scouting Bureau.
It's not a bad place to be in, considering he didn't even start playing football until after high school.
"First learning the game, that was pretty surreal and a good experience," he said. "Either you can play or you can't, and you find that out as you go along. For me, it was just something I always dreamed of doing."
Growing up in Westlock, Rottier was a basketball and volleyball player in high school, getting his first taste of the gridiron with the Edmonton Huskies. After winning back-to-back Canadian Junior Football League championships in 2004 and '05, Rottier joined the Bears. All along, he received tutelage from his second cousin and former Edmonton Eskimos lineman Tim Prinsen.
"He's been there the whole way and is a big support for me," said Rottier, who has gotten some helpful hints. "Just realizing that it's a business at that level and you treat it as such and be professional how you handle yourself on the field and off the field."
Rottier appeared in the 2009 East-West Shrine Game in January in Houston, Texas, where the top third-year talent in the country was showcased alongside NCAA players.
"I'm not holding my breath on the NFL or anything, but once I get into a pro career I've got to focus on making the team and everything," he said. "I'll definitely knock on those doors. If I did get a shot, then my window is maybe in the next three or four years, I imagine. It's all a new experience for me."
For now, it doesn't matter to Rottier whether he plays north or south of the border.
"If you get to play a sport you love for a career, then I'd go anywhere to play," he said.
If he ends up going first overall, that would mean Rottier would join the Hamilton Ticats, who finished with a league-low 3-15 last year and also own the third-overall draft pick. The Toronto Argonauts will pick second.
"If they take me first, that's pretty neat. I would feel really honoured that they would consider me to be part of their building block," said Rottier.
"I look forward to being able to compete and contribute wherever I go."
It's been a hectic month so far for Rottier, who tied the knot with his wife, Jennifer, and was able to get away from football for a while.
"It was nice to go on a honeymoon for a week and just relax. I got a few phone calls there (from teams) too, but it was still really nice to chill a little bit," he said. "Leading up to the wedding was sure a little bit stressful with exams and everything. I ended up writing an exam after my wedding. It was a little bit crazy, but my wife is really understanding and there for me and my family is really supportive. I haven't had much time to think about the draft yet and all of a sudden it's right here and just hit me right in the face."


text:
DigiGuard® UV 3250
Brand Family Overview
ACqua™ aqueous dispersions offer an environmentally-friendly metal protection alternative. Based on ionomers of ethylene copolymers, these coatings resist acids, solvents and corrosion.See more ACqua products.
A Benzophenone free matte UV coating where high performance, low odor, low gloss and fast cure response are desired on paper and paperboard substrates.
UV overprint varnish
Performance Attributes
This product is used in many applications including the following:
|Properties Imparted
|Overprint Varnish
|matte, UV coating
See more products recommended for Overprint Varnish.
Physical Properties
These physical properties are typical but should not be considered specifications.
|Viscous liquid
|Percent Non-Volatile
|99.0 - 100.0
Site of Manufacture (and Product Code)
Application Data
DigiGuard® UV 3250 should be evaluated in the laboratory using the actual ink system and substrate to ensure that leveling, intercoat adhesion gloss and other performance characteristics are acceptable. In general, UV coatings may not exhibit complete intercoat adhesion over some ink systems. A primer may be considered for use if this property needs to be improved.
Avoid contact with eyes, skin and clothing. Handle in accordance with good industrial hygiene and safety practice. Use personal protective equipment as required.


text: Go to a web site called www.campusI ( the I is a capital i). You can put in the name of a book or arthor or a word such as "Quilting" and it will pull up your request. If you click compare prices it will give you the cheapest price. Some of the books are used. I have ordered most all of my books from this site and have been very pleased. Must less than buying at a store!


text:
The Terri Schiavo case sparked national discussion about the right to die, the role of Congress and the responsibility of government to protect the disabled, the attorney who represented Florida Governor Jeb Bush during the case told University of Georgia law students Thursday.
Print-ready version
Send to a friend
Subscribe to the Banner-Herald
E-mail the Editor
Discuss in Forums
Kenneth Connor, an attorney with the law firm Wilkes & McHugh, spoke to about 50 students about the details of the case and said he was concerned that accepting "the premise that there is a life not worth living can have a profound and negative social effect."
Though people have a legal right to choose death in certain circumstances, he said, disabled patients without written orders about their care should have the same right to legal representation as a person in custody.
"Death row inmates like Ted Bundy receive more protection than Terri Schiavo. They are entitled to due process protection," he said, while Schiavo had neither a lawyer or a court-appointed guardian during the legal battle.
Connor represented Bush after the Florida governor overturned the court-ordered removal of Schiavo's feeding tube with "Terri's Law," which allowed him to issue a one-time stay to protect Schiavo or other disabled people when there is no living will and the family disagrees about treatment.
Terri's Law was declared unconstitutional by the Florida Supreme Court.
Though Schiavo's plight reached the Florida Supreme Court, Connor told UGA law students that courts never discussed the merits of the original case.
"They only reviewed the constitutionality of Terri's Law," he said.
Connor asked the students to consider how to define "a life not worth living" and questioned whether the inserting a feeding tube can be considered using "extraordinary circumstances" to keep someone alive.
The courts already have decided those issues, said Gary Gerrard, a Lexington attorney in the audience.
"The question is, 'Did the Florida courts get it right in the case of Terri Schiavo?' " he said.
Connor agreed, and said Schiavo's case was decided on oral evidence - currently allowed under Florida law - instead of the written documentation required in other types of cases. The Florida legislature could change that law at any time, he said.
Connor, father of a second-year UGA law student, spoke at the university at the request of the Federalist Society, an organization that encourages discussion about public policy and the law.
© 2017. All Rights Reserved. | Contact Us


text:
Give Now
We'll sample storms on sea and land, plus a featured release by the stormily named American baroque orchestra Tempesta di Mare.
Occasionally we like to ask people in the field of early music: "What are you listening to?" This hour, we're focusing on multi-instrumentalist Shira Kammen!
Let's take a quick look back in time. . . to the year 1170. . .and the birth of Sir Walter of the Bird-Field, and the death of a bear and an archbishop.


text:
Job Listing
Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)
|Job Location
|St. Louis, MO, USA
|Position Type
|Job Length
|Three to Six Month
|Work Experience
|Skill Requirements
|Other Required Skills
· Strong ODI development experience for both extraction and
· Experience with Extraction and Transforming data in to Essbase
and Oracle Hyperion Planning Plus
·Experience with Extraction and Transforming data to/from Oracle
Relational Database (RDBMS)
·Experience with Extraction and Transforming data to/from files
of various formats to include Excel, text, XML, and CSV.
·Knowledgeable of Extracting using web services
·Knowledgeable of ODI architecture and components, including
agents and repositories.
·Knowledgeable of extracting and importing design metadata
(repository) to/from development, quality acceptance, and
production environments
·Knowledge of Java and Java development a plus
·Read and understand complex PL/SQL and SQL
·Experience with ODI, version 11g preferred
·Provide fully documented work, instruction, and training to
peers as required
|Other Nice to Have Skills
- Present ideas assertively, aggressively and not be easily
- Be articulate, persuasive and organized in their presentation
- Carry themselves well in-group settings.
- Listen and promote open communication.
- Write meaningful, complex documents such as program
specifications and test plans. Documents should be clear,
concise, grammatically correct, and require minimal editing.
- Communicate effectively with peers, clients, and other
personnel. Effectively and accurately track progress and report
|Minimum Immigration Status
|H1B Visa
|Job Starting Date
|November 27, 2017
|Hourly: Depending On Experience
Job Description
The ideal candidate are responsible to :
- Assist in the design of the ETL (Extract Transform and Load) architecture, including agents, procedures, data mappings, data extractions, transformations, and validations.
- Define and document installation and configuration of ODI in various infrastructure environments (development, quality acceptance, and production)
- Assist infrastructure personnel in defining technical architecture that includes Oracle Hyperion Planning, Oracle Data Integrator, and Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE)
- Implement a variety of ODI procedures, scenarios for extracting and loading data in to and out of Hyperion Planning application
- Mentor development team members on designing and developing ETL solutions using ODI.
If you already have your ITjobs password, enter it below and your resume will be automatically forwarded to this job.
If you forgot your ITjobs Password, request it here:
If do not have an ITjobs password, click the button below to fill out a resume and submit it to the job.
We Appreciate your Comments!


text: ZSA ZSA is a precious 7-month-old female wire haired terrier available for adoption at Pets Fur People (formerly the Humane Society of East Texas) in Tyler. She loves everyone and loves other dogs and is well-behaved when she rides in the car. She weighs 10 pounds, has been spayed and is current on starting vaccinations including rabies. Zsa Zsa has been microchipped for identification purposes and when adopted will receive 30 days of pet health insurance. For additional information, call 903-597-2471 or check the Pets Fur People website, petsfurpeople.org.


text:
Skip to Content
by John Howser | Jul. 2, 2014, 11:32 AM
As the weather becomes even warmer and a long July 4 holiday weekend approaches, many outdoor cooking enthusiasts will pull their grills from winter hibernation.
Some will be sorry they did.
While most people use their grills to prepare delicious food without incident, according to the Tennessee Fire Incident Reporting System, the state has averaged 30 fire incidents involving open-fired grills per year for the past five years.
Media Inquiries:
John Howser, (615) 322-4747
External Story, myVU, myVU News grilling safety, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
There are lots of ways to keep up with Vanderbilt. Choose your preferred method:


text:
(NewsMax) – In the 2012 highest-grossing documentary, "2016: Obama's America," political commentator Dinesh D'Souza made some startling predictions about the second term of Barack Obama – and now he has released a fresh, eight-minute addition to the film revealing how the president plans to "take America down a notch."
D'Souza explains, "I have some good news and some bad news."
FAX BLAST SPECIAL: Impeach Obama NOW!
"The good news is that this week is Thanksgiving, and we have a lot to be thankful for in America. We are living in a nation that is truly exceptional, and we still enjoy freedoms unlike those found anywhere else in the world. The American dream is still the dream of millions across the globe."
"The bad news is that there are those within our country that seek to undermine this exceptionalism and "take us down a notch." What's worse is that one of those people happens to be the President of the United States."
"When I directed 2016: Obama's America over a year ago, I prayed that I would be wrong. The damage that I predicted Obama would do to our country could never be worth an "I told you so."
"Unfortunately, I wasn't wrong. Wielding a weaponized national debt and a disdain for our standing in the world, President Obama draws us nearer and nearer to the dystopia that I warned against in 2016."
In the 8-minute addition to "2016: Obama's America," D'Souza provides specific examples to strengthen his documentary's primary argument that President Barack Obama's world view is heavily influenced by the anti-colonial sentiments of his late father and revolves around two primary objectives – the global redistribution of wealth and the weakening of America on the world stage.
"This anti-colonialism shapes Obama's world view and helps us to predict what Obama is going to do," D'Souza asserts in the video. "It not only explains what he is doing, but it allows us to foretell and anticipate things that he is going to do."
D'Souza begins by exploring the increase of the nation's debt under Obama, which he describes as the president's seeming "indifference to the impact of the debt on American citizens."
Acknowledging that Obama's predecessor President George W. Bush was a "big spender," D'Souza points out that under the current administration, the nation's debt has doubled, increasing by "one trillion dollars a year" as we approach a national debt of $17 trillion.
"That's an awful burden to saddle our children and grandchildren [with], it's also drags the economy down and redistributes wealth away from America to the rest of the world," D'Souza said.
"Why? Because in the past much of our debt was owed to other Americans, but now a significant portion of our debt, about a third, is owed to foreigners," D'Souza said. "This is a transfer of hundreds of billions, in fact trillions of dollars out of the United States and to other countries. My theory about Obama was that he wanted and wants global redistribution and debt is a weapon of global redistribution."
D'Souza's second prediction is that "Obama wants to shrink the influence of American foreign policy."
To illustrate this point, the conservative scholar compares and contrasts the president's responses to the Libyan and Egyptian uprisings and how in both cases Obama's foreign policy strengthens America's enemies and emboldens its foes.
"When Obama supports the Muslim Brotherhood, he knows this is the oldest and most powerful radical organization of radical Islam in the world," D'Souza csaid. "And yet when the Muslim Brotherhood comes to power Obama doesn't seem perturbed in fact he seems kind of excited."
"When the military pushes out the Muslim Brotherhood. Obama seems flummoxed, he doesn't really know what to do," D'Souza added. "Suddenly you have guys who use to be allies with the United States – the Egyptian military, and what does Obama do, he cuts American aid to the military. . . It's almost like he's looking to take Egypt, which is a longtime ally, and make it into an enemy."
D'Souza then contrasts that with his reaction to a 2009 uprising in Iran where there were massive pro-democracy sentiment by Persians.
"Did Obama back the democracy movement [in Iran]? No he opposed it," D'Souza said. "He in fact said let's stay out, he said let's leave things and I quote him, 'to the supreme leader.'"
The protest was subsequently squashed by the Iranian government.
"There's a real double standard in Obama's treatment of Iran, where he opposed the democracy movement, and Egypt where he supported it," D'Souza said. "Now when an intelligent man does something that's contradictory it's not because he's a fool, it's because he's up to something else."
And what does D'Souza believe the president is up to?
"Iran is an adversary of the United States and Obama seems to have no interest in weakening our adversaries, while he does seem to have an interest in weakening our allies," D'Souza concluded.


text:
Cap 'N' Cork Homebrew Supply is a retail store providing equipment, ingredients and technical support for the home brewer and hobbyist.
Cap 'N' Cork offers a full line of wine, beermaking, soda making and kegging supplies. Product lines that can be found at the store include, Winexpert, RJ Spagnols, Brewers Best, Muntons, Briess, Weyermann, White Labs and Wyeast. Everyone at the shop brews and makes their own beer and wine and are ready to help you make the best product you have ever drank!
Established in 1985, Cap 'N' Cork has since come under new ownership! The new owner, Andy Moore, has been part of Cap 'N' Cork family since 2003. Andy is a BJCP Certified Beer Judge, has taken beer courses at The Siebel Institute of Technology and has brewed commercially at several local brew pubs. This Michigan home brewing company has since grown and has acquired a new space at 16776 21 Mile Road, Macomb and is now open. This renovated new space offers more quality ingredients for the home brewer and also a classroom for Cap 'N' Cork guest brew-master speakers from all over the country.
Cap 'N' Cork provides some of the finest wine kits and beer kits for the home brewer. Every kit has been tested and come with complete instructions and materials to make the finest homebrew possible. Visit our online Beer Store for the best beer and wine kits in Michigan.


text:
Raza Microelectronics, maker of processors used in communication devices, announced that it will be acquired by NetLogic Microsystems, provider of memory for data packets, for $183.4 million in stock. Investors in Raza's parent company RMI may receive an additional $6.5 million and 2.5 million shares in NetLogic based on the company's performance in the next year, reports VentureWire.
Based in Cupertino, Calif., public RMI has provided chips to Cisco Systems, Aruba Networks, Alcatel-Lucent, Sun Microsystems and IBM. The deal is expected to expand NetLogic's product portfolio and enhance products it already offers.


text:
I Listen to Heavy Metal
Personal Stories, Advice, and Support 287 People
Passionate Lover of Heavy Metal!What got me started with heavy metal is that I was very angry with a lot of things. It helped me express my anger. I started out with several groups but my favorite is Korn. In fact, I am listening to Right Now by Korn. It expresses true anger in it...
compulsion2 22-25, F 5 Responses 1 Sep 20, 2009
No, my music choice isn't a phase,lol. Everyone's always so surprised when I tell them my favorite bands/songs. Honestly, I find metal and all its categories to be beautiful, in a way. If that makes sense.
YoungAndAwkward 18-21, F 2 Responses 2 Jul 14, 2014
Dirty Deeds On A Friday Night Led Me Down The Allegedly Dark And Dangerous Path.I was 12 years old, living in the US, and had just seen a television show the previous weekend about Mafia informants on a news program. I was fascinated by the black lines placed over their faces to protect their identity. This began my fascination with Mob movies. That next...
adrift4life 41-45, M 1 Response 1 Apr 17, 2012
Thanks to Thrasher...I started getting interested in metal music when I was around ten years old. But I really had no way to be exposed to it. I first heard about Lamb Of God out of my Thrasher magazine I got for Christmas. Along with that, I got a 20 dollar gift card for Target. I happened to be...
BNIx3 18-21, F 2 Responses 1 Sep 19, 2009
Heavy Metal Is Life To Me.I could not imagine a day that goes by without listening to a single heavy metal song. The lyrics and messages that are expressed though heart pounding guitar riffs, double beats and screaming vocals could never be out done in my book. Heavy Metal made me smarter, indepedent, and...
Talktome93 18-21, M 3 Responses 3 Oct 7, 2012
ProgressionI began listening to emo bands such as MCR, TBS, and Hawthorne Heights. Then I started liking screamo bands such as Underoath and Drop Dead Gorgeous. Soon enough it became a mix between metal and screamo, and then screaming was replaced with growling and my taste in...
ihaveep 18-21, F 2 Responses 1 Aug 23, 2009
Stokedwell tomorrows the day,i will be going to the mayhem fest and cant wait to get there. this will be my 15th time seeing Slayer since 1984 and i cant wait. there will be tones of great bands there many i have seen in the past and others i have never seen. i need this show so bad...
Ok... I'm 14 and I have grown up listening toheavy metal, I find it funny when my teachers ask me what music I grew up listening to and they are shocked when I list bands like: Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Zombie, Metallica, Avenged Sevenfold. And many more, they just look at me thinking I'm lying... It's rather funny.. :/
TheOutcastedPurdyGirl 16-17, F 2 Responses 3 Jul 29, 2014
Is it stupid that, after what happened in Parislast night, I am nervous to go to Wembley Arena tonight?
Christuner666 31-35, M 0 Nov 14, 2015
Metalicai started listening to metal when i was in 7th grade and that lead me to black metal and being in a band
poisongirl 18-21, F 1 Response 1 Jan 3, 2008
Da Soundive like the sound it really gets me pumped and hype.I like to scream and its the perfect type to scream too.
Metallicai started listening to heavy metal when i was in 7th grade which lead to me liking black metal too
poisongirl 18-21, F 2 Responses 2 Jan 3, 2008
Metal Storyi have been listening to metal since i was born. i am 13 and have already been to 9 heavy metal concerts. whenever i go to a concert it makes me feel welcome unlike school were everyone likes rap. the thing about metal is people dont care how you look they just care about how...
gwarmachine666 13-15, M 3 Responses 1 Aug 28, 2009
It is my vicarious screamfor all I refuse to feel. With my Disney smile and church dress, you'd never know.
syntheticrhyme 46-50, F 1 Response 2 Mar 28, 2015
Intro & NodHey All, I've been listening to metal since a friend of mine from church loaned me a tape that was supposed to have a sermon on it. It had maybe 5 minutes of the sermon, and then Metalica's And Justice for all for the rest. I'm a total metal...
phantomecho 31-35, M 3 Responses 2 May 3, 2008
Born and Raised Headbanging Machine Hahahasince i was young i was blessed with an aunt who listen to Metallica, Iron Maiden and obv the gods.. Pantera woo haha (along with other genres)... and been ever since and not planning on changing :P but i found my fav band at the age of 11 and their are KoRn!! with meaningful...
AutumnChild 18-21, F 3 Responses 2 Sep 19, 2009
Young HeadbangerI've been a Heavy Metal fan since I was very young, like 5 or 6. My only brother was a teenager back in the 80s, and he exposed me to all the great metal bands pf the day: Metallica, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Slayer etc. And as younger siblings do, I looked up to...
loribeth78 31-35, F 2 Responses 1 Oct 11, 2009