text:
Coaches Moving Van | Scoreboard | Standings | Coaching Records | Stadium Project | Team Pages
NPC game of the Week- South Iredell 7-0 at Lake Norman 6-3
Posted 16 December 2016 - 11:59 AM
Posted 16 December 2016 - 09:50 PM
Posted 17 December 2016 - 12:56 AM
Posted 17 December 2016 - 01:25 PM
I wish I could had made this game. I didn't think SI would win this game. But good win for them. Better team than I thought.
It really was a great game. South opened up a sizable lead early... 10-12 pts or something like that... and Lake Norman would cut it down. Then South would answer and open it back up. That happened multiple times throughout the game. Finally Lake Norman erased a double digit deficit in the 4th qtr to actually take a lead. Then South responded and then held on for the win. It really was a great game. JV Guys game and Varsitu girls game were all 1 point games as well I believe
Posted 17 December 2016 - 03:07 PM
Posted 17 December 2016 - 03:35 PM
Posted 17 December 2016 - 03:43 PM
One of the Best games I have seen and One of the best basketball Atmospheres I have seen in a while.
South Iredell Dominated scoring 24 pts in the first period compared to LKN 14 pts. In the 4th lkn scored 30 n SI scored 23 but SI had a better 2/3 period then lkn in pts. SI dominated in every aspect, SI rebounded, they played good defense. They had a few sweet Drunks/Slam.
LKN taken way to many 3's which didnt fall, they couldnt rebound and their defense isnt that great leaving some wide open drunk/slam for the Vikings but LKN got HOT in the 4th making it a tied game but Every time LKN got within 5-9 points in the game SI would open it back up. The referees in the Boys game were pretty good and make some good call but If u ask about the girls game dont ask
LKN is still in the hunt and still a good team but SI proved to me that their 8-0 record isnt no Fluke and They are legit and I give them by respect and I will say RN they will be #1 in my standings and 2nd place is wide opened with 4-5 teams with 2-1 conference records.
Posted 17 December 2016 - 04:33 PM
Posted 18 December 2016 - 12:46 PM
I'm planning on going to the Christmas tournament. At least I will be off that day that is if nothing comes up with my schedule. I know there will be some good games.
That's SI vs West Forsyth game at North Forsyth should be a epic game
Posted 19 December 2016 - 01:51 PM
Posted 19 December 2016 - 04:46 PM
Again, SI needs to play someone first....Lake Norman is weak at best this year. Hope SI keeps winning though...their school needs basketball to be relevant once again.
Posted 20 December 2016 - 12:49 PM
Again, SI needs to play someone first....Lake Norman is weak at best this year. Hope SI keeps winning though...their school needs basketball to be relevant once again.
I wouldn't say LKN is "weak". Not having a post game has just made them inconsistent. First year in quite a while they haven't had a big guy down low to feed the ball to


text:
Country's Luke Bryan and neo-soul star John Legend will join Imagine Dragons, OneRepublic and R&B singer Jason Derulo as just some of the performers set to take the stage at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards.
Bryan, 37, is already a top finalist, earning the highest number of nods this year for any country artist with six. The rock group Imagine Dragons, hot off the success of hits "Demons" and "Radioactive," is a finalist in a record 12 categories, including two nods for top rock song.
The group OneRepublic is a finalist in the Top Duo/Group and Top Digital Song category for its hit "Counting Stars."
Five finalists were announced live on Good Morning America Wednesday by Derulo. The awards honor music across 40 categories.
The show airs live on Sunday, May 18, from the The MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
RELATED: See Who's Up for Billboard Music Awards (Hint: Luke Bryan May Have a Banner Night!)

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.
Marquette Residence in Québec, Canada by naturehumaine architecture et design
June 3rd, 2016 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: naturehumaine architecture et design
The project is located in the Rosemont-Petite-Patrie facing the backyard of Papineau Street, a busy commercial street in Montreal. The project consists of 6 housing units each boasting a private access. Forward, the project is characterized by its simple volume, uniformly coated with a brown brick. For their variable dimensions and offset openings instill dynamism to the front. Street side, 3 parking spaces are covered by a large terrace. To maximize the contribution of light on the first floor, it was found detached from the facade and the glass walkways with railings. Expanded metal coating covers the exterior structure of the terrace. Copper, the steel cladding covering the lower levels reminds the tone of windows that give rhythm the project.
Related posts:
H&E Housing in Paris by ADE Architects
Haeundae Udong Hyundai I' Park in Busan, South Korea by Studio Daniel Libeskind
Beaty Biodiversity Centre in Vancouver, Canada by Patkau Architects
Category: Residential


text:
FREE Gucci Flora Glorious Mandarin Fragrance Sample!
Hurry up and request a FREE sample of Gucci's Glorious Mandarin fragrance from the Gucci Flora collection!!
Click on the green button below or the picture above ► Like their Facbeook page ► On the "Flora Fragrance" tab, fill out the form with your details (make sure you select Canada in the drop-down menu).
While supplies last.
PS: Thanks Samples Beauty for this awesome sample :)


text:
Among the Machines / Sound Full
This publication documents Among the Machines and Sound Full: two large-scale exhibitions produced by the Dunedin Public Art Gallery and each curated by a guest academic curator working in collaboration with Gallery curator Aaron Kreisler.
Each exhibition featured works by artists from New Zealand and Australia and this publication presents a sumptuous array of photographs of all the installations in both.
With essays by Sue Ballard, Caleb Kelly and Aaron Kriesler.
Including works by:
- Sound Full
- Vicky Browne
- Philip Dadson
- Robin Fox
- Marco Fusinato
- Michael Graeve
- Brent Grayburn
- David Haines and Joyce Hinterding
- Eugene Hansen, Jenny Gilliam and Dr Kron
- Michael Morley
- Kusum Normoyle
- Thembi Soddell
- Torben Tilly and Robin Watkins
- Among the Machines
- Douglas Bagnall
- Aaron and Hannah Beehre
- Stella Brennan
- Ruth Buchanan
- Daniel Crooks
- Hayden Fowler
- Jae Hoon Lee
- Susan Norrie
- Fiona Pardington
- Nathan Pohio
- Ann Shelton
- Bronwyn Holloway-Smith
- Ronnie van Hout
Photographs in full colour
140 pages
Free shipping in New Zealand


text: I was just going to suggest this very same thing with a little twist; to drink water whenever you feel thirsty and have a bottle available. I have them in the car, at home and at work. Even by my bed as when and if I'm tempted, it's there without me getting up! If you prefer it cold, use ice cubes! - by SUNSET09


text:
St Andrews: British Open, golf's oldest major has always been more special than the other tournaments, returns to the home of the sport - St Andrews in Scotland. It will also be Jack Nicklaus' final British Open. The golden bear was honoured with a bank note bearing his name by the Royal Bank of Scotland. It made him just the third living person whose figure appears on a British bank note. Happy hunting ground The 18-time major winner lifted two of his British Open titles at St Andrews. "I felt St Andrews, being the special place that it's been in my life, to end my career here is probably the most appropriate place to do so," Nicklaus said. Nicklaus is a favourite to make the cut, but world number one Tiger Woods is the favourite to win. His Open win in 2000 came with a score of 19 under par, which gave him an eight shot win. This year he won the Masters and finished second at the US Open. "Well I think I understand the lines. I understand where to play it, what to do out there, and now it's just a matter of doing it," said Woods. Woods's tally stands at just half of that of Nicklaus at nine majors, but that is no reason to count out the others.
Topics : Golf
Get the latest India vs Sri Lanka 2017 news, check India vs Sri Lanka 2017 schedule and live score. Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter for more India vs Sri Lanka 2017 updates. You can also download the NDTV Cricket app for Android or iOS
Show Comments


text:
Welfare Reform. The Big Debate. Join us to consider the imminent changes to welfare benefits , for discussion on the impact to service users and how to provide continued support.
Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author.While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server.
The Big Debate
Join us to consider the imminent changes to welfare benefits, for discussion on the impact to service users and how to provide continued support.
Hear from the DWP, JCP and Local Authority on PIP, Universal Credit, and replacement schemes for Housing and Council Tax benefits
17th January 2013
17th January 1.30 – 5.00pm, Shrewsbury Town Football Club, SY2 6ST
Pan Disability Network
The scale of change is huge.
This is the biggest reform of social security for over 60 years.
Every area of the benefit system is set to change as £18 billion is to be cut from the welfare bill by 2014.
And a further £10 billion to come…
Housing costs and
Transfer from Incapacity Benefit to ESA
Local Housing Allowance
More stringent rules
Changes to
Working tax credits
linking LHA rates to the Consumer Price Index
2013 to 2017
Transition arrangements for existing claimants


text:
Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych remained defiant in the face of apparent defeat yesterday, pressing a legal effort to overturn results showing he lost Ukraine's recent presidential...
KIEV, Ukraine — Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych remained defiant in the face of apparent defeat yesterday, pressing a legal effort to overturn results showing he lost Ukraine's recent presidential election and rejecting opposition demands that he leave office in line with an early December parliamentary vote of no confidence.
Yanukovych yielded some ground, however, by saying he would remain on vacation as a candidate rather than attempt to resume his prime-ministerial duties.
Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, the unofficial winner of Sunday's balloting with 52 percent of the vote to Yanukovych's 44 percent, had called on his supporters to blockade the main government building to keep out the prime minister after he said he would lead a Cabinet meeting there yesterday.
Most Read Stories
- Everett's bikini baristas head to federal court to argue for freedom of exposure
- A Washington syrah was named second best wine in the world
- Anthony Bourdain's 'Parts Unknown' came to Seattle: What did you think of the episode?
- Parents, adult son believed dead in Sammamish murder-suicide
- Trump: NFL should suspend Oakland Raiders' Marshawn Lynch
Members of Yushchenko's camp have said they expect him to be inaugurated in mid-January. Yushchenko has sought to have an interim government run the country until then.
Thousands of Yushchenko backers had encircled the Cabinet building yesterday morning, allowing employees to pass but declaring their intent to keep Yanukovych out.
"If a person doesn't understand he has to leave, someone has to show him," said Onysya Dubchak, 45.
"I'm here because I don't want my country to be on sale during these final days," said student Dima Borshchuk, 18, expressing the fear of many Yushchenko supporters that the government might attempt to transfer state assets to cronies before Yushchenko takes power.
It was unclear whether Cabinet ministers would have been allowed into the building. They met elsewhere, but Yanukovych did not join them.
Yesterday evening, Yanukovych said he was challenging the vote results before the Central Election Commission and the Supreme Court. The court, citing fraud, invalidated a Nov. 21 presidential runoff that Yanukovych narrowly won by official count. Yanukovych has called that ruling illegal.
"I want to prove that law, justice and conscience are on our side," Yanukovych said. "The truth of history is with us. The main thing for us today is to protect our choice, Ukraine's choice, in the Central Election Commission and the Supreme Court using all legal means."
The Central Election Commission, however, has already turned down some of Yanukovych's appeals. Its head, Yaroslav Davydovych, indicated that the panel was unlikely to rule in favor of Yanukovych in the rest.
"These legal challenges are an attempt to draw the commission out of its impartial stand and into politics. And that is impossible," Davydovych said.
Yanukovych also repeated his belief that parliament's decision in early December removing him from his post had failed to meet legal requirements.
"I disagreed with the parliament's decision, because procedure was violated and the law of Ukraine was violated," he said. "Now when they say that I have to resign, I say, 'Continue your illegal actions.' I will not resign, on principle. I know why they insist on me leaving now: because they are afraid, back then and now."
Yanukovych declined to say why he had not attended the Cabinet meeting. "It's up to you to draw the conclusions," he told reporters. "I'm not obliged to report to you about where I was or was not at any given moment."
Instead of stepping down from the prime minister's post after the parliamentary vote, Yanukovych took vacation to campaign. Yanukovych backed away yesterday from his assertion Tuesday that he would resume work.
"I'm now a candidate," he said. "I took a vacation according to this status in the law. I'll be in this status until the procedure is over."
Yushchenko said yesterday that his bloc in parliament had agreed before the election campaign to back Yulia Tymoshenko, the firebrand leader of an allied bloc, for prime minister.
Tymoshenko played a key role in the demonstrations against the Nov. 21 vote results. She is also an economist and former deputy prime minister.
The prime minister, however, must be approved by a parliamentary majority. Tymoshenko's bloc holds only 20 seats, while Yushchenko's holds about 100. Whoever is to become prime minister would need additional support in the 450-seat legislature.


text:
Puddle the Naughtiest Puppy: Rainforest Hide and Seek: Book 4
Format: Paperback Author: Hayley Daze
Free Click & Collect
Check availability in your local store
Free Delivery Available
- Free Standard over £20
- Standard delivery £2.99
- Next working day £4.99
Product Information
When Puddle the Puppy comes to play, magic is never far away! Puddle is a naughty puppy who loves to go on magical adventures with his friends Ruby and Harry. He only has to jump into a puddle for the magic to begin. Ruby and Harry are amazed when Puddle whisks them away to a huge rainforest. But somebody is causing trouble, and for once it's not Puddle! Things keep going missing and Puddle and th
Stress-Free Returns
Subject to exceptions, we are happy to exchange or refund your purchase within 28 days of delivery. You can return items by post or to one of our stores.Go to full returns information
Together Rewards
5 points for every pound you spend
Rewards Points PLUS Great Prices - YES! We're proud to give even more back to you and reward all Together Rewards Card members with 5 points for every £1 spent, along with exclusive offers, bonus points promotions, member exclusive gifts and more! Interested? Order a card with your purchase and once you've registered and linked your Card, you'll receive 50 FREE points (worth 50p) and you'll receive Reward Vouchers every 3 months to spend on anything you like in-store and online! Click here to find out how to get your Together Card.


text:
Pathfinder: City of Secrets #1 (Preview)
in Comic Previews Comment
- Story by
- Jim Zub
- Art by
- Leandro Oliveira
- Colors by
- Ross A. Campbell
- Letters by
- Marshall Dillon
- Cover by
- Carlos Gomez and Genzoman
- Publisher
- Dynamite Entertainment
The Pathfinder heroes head to the city of Magnimar, and danger isn't far behind. As the wizard Ezren seeks an audience with the Pathfinder Society, his adventuring allies explore the city's ancient magic, well-hidden secrets, and deep political divides. The dangers and opportunities of the big city could bring the adventurers closer together–or tear them apart! This issue marks the start of a new adventure series and is the perfect jumping on point for new readers. Come aboard and see why Pathfinder is the world's best-selling fantasy roleplaying game. Each issue of this exciting new series also includes an exclusive Pathfinder Roleplaying Game encounter and a bonus playable tactical map/art poster, bound in with each issue!


text:
A revelatory examination of how the wildfirelike spread of new forms of social interaction enabled by technology is changing the way humans form groups and exist within them, with profound long-term economic and social effects-for good and for ill
A handful of kite hobbyists scattered around the world find each other online and collaborate on the most radical improvement in kite design in decades. A midwestern professor of Middle Eastern history starts a blog after 9/11 that becomes essential reading for journalists covering the Iraq war. Activists use the Internet and e-mail to bring offensive comments made by Trent Lott and Don Imus to a wide public and hound them from their positions. A few people find that a world-class online encyclopedia created entirely by volunteers and open for editing by anyone, a wiki, is not an impractical idea. Jihadi groups trade inspiration and instruction and showcase terrorist atrocities to the world, entirely online. A wide group of unrelated people swarms to a Web site about the theft of a cell phone and ultimately goads the New York City police to take action, leading to the culprit's arrest.
With accelerating velocity, our age's new technologies of social networking are evolving, and evolving us, into new groups doing new things in new ways, and old and new groups alike doing the old things better and more easily. You don't have to have a MySpace page to know that the times they are a changin'. Hierarchical structures that exist to manage the work of groups are seeing their raisons d'être swiftly eroded by the rising technological tide. Business models are being destroyed, transformed, born at dizzying speeds, and the larger social impact is profound.
One of the culture's wisest observers of the transformational power of the new forms of tech-enabled social interaction is Clay Shirky, and Here Comes Everybody is his marvelous reckoning with the ramifications of all this on what we do and who we are. Like Lawrence Lessig on the effect of new technology on regimes of cultural creation, Shirky's assessment of the impact of new technology on the nature and use of groups is marvelously broad minded, lucid, and penetrating; it integrates the views of a number of other thinkers across a broad range of disciplines with his own pioneering work to provide a holistic framework for understanding the opportunities and the threats to the existing order that these new, spontaneous networks of social interaction represent. Wikinomics, yes, but also wikigovernment, wikiculture, wikievery imaginable interest group, including the far from savory. A revolution in social organization has commenced, and Clay Shirky is its brilliant chronicler.
Ever since Stewart Brand identified computer technology a revolutionary new tool of social change in the 1960s, pundits have sought to chart the evolving cyber-landscape and its dramatic, often unpredictable effects on society and culture. In Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organization, Clay Shirky examines recent innovations that enhance, transform, and sometimes even harm networking and group dynamics. Ranging from the distant technological past -- the organization of railroads and the birth of institutional hierarchies -- to the eve-of-publication present (Twitter, one of his prime suspects, was only born during the composition of his study), Shirky builds a strong and exhilarating case for a true sea change in how people now relate to each other and pool their efforts. Anecdotal yet closely reasoned, the book maps how spontaneous assemblies -- from Flickr photo-sharing groups to Wikipedia's collaborations -- are capable of achieving their goals in ways more efficient and egalitarian than provided by old institutions. Without minimizing the potential for pain in the process ( It s not a revolution if nobody loses ), Shirky reaffirms his oft-quoted belief that the Internet runs on love and makes the case that this primal emotion lies at the center of many new Internet phenomena, which are otherwise unexplainable. The author overlooks some developments supportive of his arguments (MUDs, geocaching, and [email protected] all come to mind); moreover, he focuses exclusively on the use of these tools by ordinary citizens. But what happens when the cops or a dictator embraces Twitter? On this, Shirky is lamentably silent. Perhaps he feels the very revolution he so knowledgably limns will self-correctingly deal with such outcomes. --Paul DiFilippo


text:
MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] With producers of Slovakia, this movie of 2013 has been brilliantly directed by Erik Baláz. You can watch The Wolf Mountains online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2013.
Rating: 5 by 15 users./
Runtime: 48 minutes
Erik Baláz, Russell Boulter, Jozef Fiala, Marián Geisberg and Karol Kaliský.
48-minute film (full movie) directed by Erik Baláz.
The original audio of The Wolf Mountains has dialogues in Dolby Digital, it was produced in Slovakia.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2013.
Screenplay written by Erik Baláz.
Gabriel Lipták, Karol Kaliský and Jozef Fiala.
Erik Baláz and Jozef Fiala.
This film was produced and / or financed by Aevis Foundation, Ministerstvo zivotného prostredia Slovenskej republiky (Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic), Arolla Film and Lesoochranárske zoskupenie VLK (WOLF Forest Protection Movement).
Composed by Anton Popovic.
Arolla Film.
Without commercial breaks, the full movie The Wolf Mountains has a duration of 48 minutes; the official trailer can be watched in streaming on the Internet. You can watch this full movie free in EnglishDolby Digital in movie TV channels, renting the DVD or with VoD services (Video On Demand player, Hulu) and PPV (Pay Per View, Netflix).
See the page of this full movie, The Wolf Mountains in FULLTV Movies.


text:
Over the course of deploying Exchange 2010 at clients, numerous discussions have occurred on the topic of securely deploying Outlook Anywhere externally. Many security teams are concerned that anyone with an ID and Password could install Outlook on a non-secure machine and connect to OA. Unfortunately RSA doesn't provide a two factor authentication add-on for […]7,747 views
This provides early adopters of the new application with a basic protection option in advance of support planned for the next release of the NetWorker Module for Microsoft Applications The new option is made available via a small NetWorker plug-in and an EMC Technical Note, and is supplemented by step-by-step backup and recovery instructions in […]4,665 views
Below you'll find a few useful links to automating the installation of prerequisites and rollups for Exchange 2010. There are a couple different flavors. I encourage you to try them out for yourselves and let me know which one you like better and why. Ucblogs.net: Automated prerequisite installation via PowerShell for Exchange Server 2010 on […]3,729 views
While recently attending TEC2010 in Los Angeles, I was asked what do I think of deploying Exchange 2010 using JBOD and why do I need to use network attached storage? After discussing the topic in length with both attendees and presenters it became clear that there was a misunderstanding of what JBOD means for Exchange […]4,841 views


text:
Use Angular, TypeScript or JavaScript to build truly native mobile apps
Deliver Awesome UI with the most complete toolboxes for .NET, Web and Mobile development
Automate UI, load and performance testing for web, desktop and mobile
Rapidly develop, manage and deploy business apps, delivered as SaaS in the cloud
Build, protect and deploy apps across any platform and mobile device
Automate decision processes with a no-code business rules engine
A complete cloud platform for an app or your entire digital business
Deploy automated machine learning to accurately predict machine failures with technology optimized for Industrial IoT.
Optimize data integration with high-performance connectivity
Connect to any cloud or on-premises data source using a standard interface
Build engaging multi-channel web and digital experiences with intuitive web content management
February 18, 2016
Debugging ABL Code
Being More Productive with Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge
Adding Databases and Application Servers to your Developer Studio Environment
February 5, 2016
OpenEdge Tip: Throwing an Error Object from the AppServer to an ABL Client
December 30, 2015
Loading data definitions and table contents into a Progress OpenEdge multi-tenant database
Creating tenants, domains, and users in a Progress OpenEdge multi-tenant database
December 14, 2015
Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2 for Corticon .NET Web Services on IIS 8.5
November 30, 2015
Using DataDirect Cloud for SQL Testing
September 28, 2015
Using the Progress DataDirect Cloud OData API to perform CRUD operations
September 14, 2015
Accessing REST services from a Progress OpenEdge ABL application
August 25, 2015
Customizing the user experience for your Rollbase application
Exposing Rollbase application data to a hybrid mobile app created using the Telerik® Platform
Deploying and distributing Rollbase applications
August 14, 2015
Grouping multiple data sources into a single OData endpoint with Progress DataDirect Cloud
July 28, 2015
Configuring Sugar CRM as a data source using Progress DataDirect Cloud
July 22, 2015
DataDirect Connect for ODBC (Windows) Installation Tutorial
June 23, 2015
Progress DataDirect for ODBC for MongoDB Driver Release 8: Tutorial
June 19, 2015
Using Corticon Business Rules in a Progress OpenEdge application
June 9, 2015
Corticon Nested Ruleflows
Corticon Ruleflow Branching
Copyright © 2017 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates.
All Rights Reserved.
Progress, Telerik, and certain product names used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of Progress Software Corporation and/or one of its subsidiaries or affiliates in the U.S. and/or other countries. See Trademarks for appropriate markings.


text:
Midnight Street Racing Trailer (2002)
"FAST! FORBIDDEN! FURIOUS!" 28 May 2002 90 mins
Get ready for some of the most exciting illegal street racing you've ever seen! Join us as we document the true street-racing lifestyle and follow some of the top import and domestic cars on the Los Angeles Streets. We hooked up with the racers of these cars and watched them illegally dragging on city streets while evading the cops and racing to glory! We also went to the Fuji Raceway in Japan to get in insider's look at the latest in technology racing equipment and to see some badass import racing! In addition you'll get to look at some of the hottest cars on the streets when we visit a car show packed with some of the tightest highly-modified street cars on the road.
Watch the official Midnight Street Racing 2002 trailer in HD below or find more Midnight Street Racing videos on Vidimovie.


text:
SRH Productions INC (Supporting Radical Habits) Southern California based action sports lifestyle company is both proud and pleased to announce that they have signed MMA "Smokin Joey Villasenor. Joey will be fighting on Showtime's Pay Per View STRIKEFORCE this Friday night in San Jose. Villasenor comes into this fight with an impressive 23 wins and only 5 losses with 10 (T)KO's, 10 submissions and 3 decisions. This is the second fight that SRH has sponsored "Smokin and the third fight that SRH has been involved with the John Madrid group that is out of Albuquerque New Mexico. CEO Ryan White said "We are excited to be involved with Joey once again, as he was successful in his last fight against David Loiseau and we are looking forward to having a long relationship with this up and coming fighter.
SRH Productions INC will also be sponsoring from the Team Voodoo Camp, Carter "The Beast Williams. Carter has been a part of the SRH family over the years as a boxer and a K-1 Fighter. He has held the titles of 2001 National Amateur Super Heavyweight Muaythai Champion, 2001 WKA North American Champion, 2002 "King of the Gladiators I where he won a Bronze Metal, an 2003 K-1 Las Vegas Champion. Now taking a shot at MMA, Williams comes into this fight with a 3 win and 1 loss record. His opponent Paul "The Headhunter Buentello steps into the ring with a 22 win and 9 loss record. The fights start at 7:00 PM PST/10:00 PM EST on Pay Per View.


text:
Creating, enhancing and managing custom applications is a major business process within the enterprise. IT executives are starting to introduce more robust metrics to manage this business process in a more professional way. Whether you want to measure the productivity of your development teams, measure the structural quality of your business-critical systems, or prevent software risk from leading to major outages or data corruption, a software analysis and measurement system is becoming de rigueur.
In essence, measurement provides you with analytics and visibility to support better judgment and decision making (See " The economic impact of ADM quality and productivity measurement"). Whether it is about your teams, suppliers, or software assets, shooting in the dark is no longer an option, but wounding the wrong guy or the wrong app is even worse. Software analysis and measurement platforms analyze application source code and software architecture to determine technical risk, complexity, resiliency, changeability and technical debt. These platforms drive improvements on two fronts: team productivity and software quality and risk.
On productivity, some execs have jumped at the -- always appealing -- simplicity of counting lines of code, but that just doesn't work as highly productive teams, through smart reuse and elegant engineering, produce fewer lines of code. While bad developers can be very good at producing tons of linear code to appease the gods of line counting. Today, the good news is that a new standard by the Object Management Group (OMG) for computable Function Points has been a real game changer, boosting the adoption of function points to measure productivity.
On software quality and risk, tool vendors and open source communities provide viable solutions for checking code quality -- such as syntax, readability, good practices and such, but the rub here is that the exact same piece of code can be safe or highly dangerous, depending on the context in which it operates. Checking the quality of the code within a file without any architectural context will never tell you if a critical system is secure, rock solid, efficient or easy to change. "System-level" analysis capabilities allow deep understanding of what the code "does" when dealing with others components and tech layers.
Since this is an area that's still new to most technology executives, I thought it valuable to provide some hints as to what they should be looking for. Below are key requirements for building or buying an enterprise-grade software measurement engine, followed by some advice on implementing it successfully in large IT organizations.
A software analysis platform must:
Meaningful Analytics: Software analytics must be business relevant. A cyclomatic complexity of 3.74 combined with Halstead or McCabe's metrics may be intellectually stimulating, but quite difficult for IT executives to act upon. Software analytics that speak for themselves (Resilience, Security, Efficiency, and Maintainability) have been recently standardized by the Consortium for IT Software Quality (CISQ), an organization founded by the Software Engineering Institute of the Carnegie Mellon University http://www.sei.cmu.edu , and the OMG http://www.omg.org. Any measurement system intending to deliver actionable metrics should adopt them.
Additionally, the ability to benchmark metrics against industry is important. It is more meaningful for an exec to hear that the Robustness rating of his business-critical app has dipped to a score of 2.0 while his industry peers are benchmarked at 3.2, than to look at a score without any valid reference or context. If you don't know where you are, a map is useless.
The ability to enhance productivity analytics with quality metrics is also extremely valuable. For instance, being able to see that your Bangalore team is producing 1000 more function points a month than the same size team in Vietnam at roughly the same level of structural quality provides a balanced scorecard for continuously improving IT performance.
Accuracy: The accuracy of a measurement system is the degree of closeness of measurements of a quantity to that quantity's actual value. I've heard senior IT execs repeatedly state that their code quality initiatives have not produced the expected results: "Code quality dashboards are all green and great, but my systems are still poor and getting worse..." That's again because the aggregation of code quality scores at a unit-program level does not reflect the true health of the application. The hard-to-hear truth is that developers may all produce high quality code locally, while inadvertently concocting systems that are doomed to fail for structural reasons. Dr. Richard Soley, the CEO of OMG and a well-known pioneer in business software architecture wrote, "Basic Unit Level errors account for 92% of the total errors in the source code. These code level issues eventually count for only 10% of the defects in production. On the other hand, bad software engineering practices at System Level account for only 8% of total defects, but consume over half the effort spent on fixing problems, and eventually lead to 90% of the serious reliability, security, and efficiency issues in production" ("How to Deliver Resilient, Secure, Efficient, and Easily Changed IT ...")
Accurate assessment requires system-level analysis, a natural complement to code quality analysis yet an entirely different analytical process. This is a basic distinction known to software engineers and even elaborated in the Wikipedia entry for "Software Quality" with numerous academic references.
Precision: Precision of a measurement system defines the degree to which repeated measurements under unchanged conditions show the same results. Precision over time is absolutely crucial in software. There may not seem to be much difference between a score of 3.5 and 3.4 out of 4. But a trend of a 0.1 decline per quarter in structural quality on a system managed by a multi-million dollar development team is actually quite significant. Especially if the SLAs with ADM suppliers are based on these scores. Precision depends on the degree of understanding of the code analyzed and on the inclusion of an assessment of the interfaces between various technology layers within system.
High-Resolution: Analytical "resolution" can be defined as the smallest change in the underlying analysis that will produce a response in the measurement. In software, the notion of resolution is fundamental because a market-facing app that handles ultra-sensitive data may score well in "security", yet still have, buried deep in its substrata, a couple little glitches that can lead to dramatic consequences, and kill your job. The measurement model must be sensitive enough to react to the introduction of such critical violations.
In software engineering, a measurement engine has to be considered as valid if it is accurate, precise, and performs high resolution analysis. It's relatively easy to get a "rough" measure of a system through basic syntactic analysis, and such approach may actually be acceptable at the portfolio level, where a macro-analysis can give an "idea" of the situation. However, when you have to make a judgment call on team performance or about protecting the business against software failure, it's black and white. It's all about being right or wrong, or to find or not to find (the glitch). There is no room for approximation.
Scalability: Scaling a software measurement practice across large IT organizations requires analysis of all the common tech silos...J2EE, .NET, Web technologies, COBOL, et. al., as well as TP monitors, database structures and languages, and package customization languages like ABAP. Code analyzers are a good starting point to analyze one file at a time. The story becomes more complex when tying together multiple versions of software frameworks. For example, a regular Java - Oracle application may actually involve JDK 1.4 & 5.0, JSP, Struts, STXX, EJB, JDO0, WSDL, Spring, Hibernate, Oracle 8, 9.x, 10g and 10g R2. All of which may run in parallel within one organization and require subtle analysis adjustments to ensure measures stay accurate. Further, new versions are constantly deployed and ongoing maintenance of the analyzers is a must to avoid obsolescence. Ensuring the code analyzers keep up is a third of the battle. Architecture analysis of transactions across the system needs to also be maintained. All these languages use different syntaxes, grammars and technical concepts, and their corresponding analyzers require internal modifications to be able to connect the dots to track system-level transactions. The evolution of each language analyzer you rely on must be in synch with your architecture analysis capabilities.
Another obvious aspect to scalability is the ability to analyze the monster applications that run the business. The software analysis must be able to handle a 4-5 million line of code application without blowing up.
Finally, a large part of the TCO of a measurement system stems from the work to implement and run it. From the collection of the code and data structures to the analytics in your hands, the platform should offer a mechanism to collect and manage all the "materials" to be analyzed, automate integrity pre-checks, the analysis itself, and the quality control of the results. Lack of automation will lead to wasted recurring maintenance and operations costs due to excessive manual tasks.
Credibility: Introducing measurement is not an easy task in any organization. Headwinds and pushback will arise. They could come from an app owner who doesn't like the idea of putting his "creation" under the microscope, from a supplier which may contest the scores, or from anyone who may prefer to stay in his or her comfort zone. To ease the acceptance, analytics must have industry-based credibility and it's useful to rely on indisputable institutions. The most advanced body of software quality standards is the CISQ, http://it-cisq.org/, founded by SEI and OMG. OMG is well known for having standardized the broadly accepted CORBA or UML, and the CISQ is today supported by many large corporations, global IT services providers, and numerous experts in software process improvement. CISQ is driving standardization efforts, and has published software engineering rules and a measurement model, working at the code and system levels. Promoting a "CISQ compliant measurement system" will raise the credibility of any measurement initiative.
Deployment and Operations: The last, but not least, vital aspect of executing a measurement program is whether it is correctly deployed and run. For the app analysis itself, the best practice is to create a centralized analysis center, managed by technically competent engineers. It is recommended to assign dedicated resources close to project teams that educate and promote the analytics produced - turning them into business value.
Once the measurement service is set up, you must decide who should own and promote it. Tech leads will often favor the bottom up approach. Management consultants and Lean gurus will assure you it can't be done other than top down. Common sense and field experience tell me it should be owned by the management or by a neutral third party, as it is often seen in other engineering disciplines such as aerospace, healthcare, and construction with the notion of IV&V. It is also matter of opinion and management style. In this humble CEO's opinion, self-assessment by the worker is just one more utopian idea developed by Karl Marx in his 'Das Kommunistische Manifest' opus. If you worry about creating conflict within your organization, a good approach is to equip the developers with the best code analysis tools working at the source file level – there are some decent, cheap open source tools for that – while making them aware that the whole app will be analyzed and measured, right after the build phase, providing them good feedback on structural and architectural quality. Then, reward high-performers. In our experience it's always the most respected teams who have the highest quality scores once measurement is introduced. Ideally, a "VP of ADM Analytics" should be appointed to lead the charge, and a positive internal communication targeting apps scoring high in structural quality will create positive momentum. And, always keep in mind that the net value delivered by measurement is directly proportional to the amount of pushback.
Finally, if you don't want to run your own software analysis and measurement engine and create this new function, you can go to the cloud. "Software Analytics as a Service", delivered in managed services mode, is being offered by a growing number of global system integrators and consulting firms. This approach provides all the required enforcement of security and compliance controls; with faster time to value.
This is it. During a recent interview on CBS that struck me, Charlie Rose asked to Bill Gates what the "one thing" was he learned in his entire entrepreneurial and philanthropic life. After a brief pause, Gates said: "Measurement… I believe it is crucial to be able to measure how we are doing things. The places we've done well are where we've really been able to see what's going on". (CBS This Morning. Bill Gates on Technology and Philanthropy. Feb 18, 2013.)
Vincent Delaroche is the founder of CAST.
Views: 1709


text:
Search PRDN
Like Us On Facebook
Local Weather
Our Sponsors
4 Responses to Jobs/Work/Employment
Statistics Canada is hiring staff in Lund and Savary Island for the 2016 Census
Apply now!
TTY (a telecommunications device for people who are deaf): 1-866-753-7083
Statistique Canada embauche du personnel à Lund et à Savary Island pour le Recensement de 2016
Postulez maintenant!
ATS (un appareil de télécommunications pour personnes sourdes) : 1-866-753-7083
TELUS is looking for a number of customer focused individuals to join our Customer Solutions Delivery team in Powell River
We are seeking passionate and enthusiastic people who are excited about technology and have an unparalleled customer service excellence. The successful candidates will perform various installation and repair functions related to telecomm products and services for residential and business customers.
I heard you are looking for a cleaner. I have experience and love to clean. If you would like to see my resume I'd like to bring it in. Where abouts would I go to do that.
Thank you,
Sarah Holding
Inclusion Powell River I seeking a FAMILY CARE PROVIDER. For more information, please visit our Careers page on our public website http://www.inclusionpr.ca.


text:
Auto FTP Manager
Visit Publisher Site
Get Auto FTP Manager Hosting
Auto FTP Manager is a powerful FTP client. Schedule FTP transfers to happen automatically. Create Automated Transfer rules to handle even the most complex transfer task with a single click. Everything is intuitive and extremely easy to use. Auto FTP Manager is the perfect FTP client.Visit publisher site: Auto FTP Manager
Listing Details
- Version:
- 5.17
- Filed in:
Scripts / Tools & Utilities / FTP
- Submitted on:
- Last Updated:
- Mar 12, 2011
- Publisher:
- DeskShare Other listings by this publisher
License & Pricing Information
- License Type:
- Free Trial
- Price:
- Additional Info:
- Only allows 1 scheduled profile
User ReviewsBe the first to review this listing!
Not yet reviewed by any member.... You can be the FIRST one to write a review for Auto FTP Manager


text:
You would be able to label me a liar if I said I wasn't a St. John's Red Storm homer. Not only that, I have always been a fan of Steve Lavin at his other unrealistic expectations filled coaching gig and while with ESPN. I need to get that out of the way as this may come off as an apologetic rant on Lavin's behalf (which it is).
It is already well-documented, but it is still worth pointing out that in Lavin's first year with the Johnnies, he did something Norm Roberts could not: take a group of guys who were at best mediocre in the Big East and lead them to the NCAA Tournament. The easy knock would be to say that Lavin did it with Roberts' players, but the obvious rebuttal would be the ineptness they must have been coached with–proof is under Roberts' record while with the Red Storm.
The second Lavin-led season should be marked as a wash. The Red Storm coach battled cancer, was barely with the team and was a team composed almost exclusively of new players. The team in which Lavin led to the big dance have all graduated, leaving only freshmen and underused talent at interim coach, Mike Dunlap's disposal.
Granted, that second season also had Moe Harkless — a player who would soon be selected in the draft lottery. Even with him, it was not enough to make the Johnnies Big East power-players. To be fair to Lavin though, he was not there to see his or the team's overall development.
Last season was also mildly disappointing, with another team full of freshmen, an off-again on-again headcase in D'Angelo Harrison and the death of Lavin's father. This version of the Red Storm showed flashes of brilliance, but that brilliance was also equaled by the team's ability to lose to some teams in which they were heavily favored.
St. John's has some real hope for the 2013-14 season. This will be the first Lavin team to have more than one productive player returning to the lineup as well as another great group of Lavin recruited freshmen. Even I, an unapologetic lover of all things Lavin related, know that his fourth season is going to be held to high-standards.
The Johnnies' presumed starting rotation for the upcoming season is filled with former top-tier recruits, potential conference players of the year and a couple of guys who will inevitably end up playing in the NBA.
For those of you who have been quick to jump off the Lavin bandwagon, I say good riddance. As for everyone else, the 2013-14 version of the Johnnies will likely end up being the team we envisioned when Lavin took over just a few years ago.
Joe is a Senior Writer for Rant Sports who usually avoids writing about the Johnnies for his fear of homerism showing all too much (first step to solving homerism is admitting you are one). Follow him on Twitter @JosephNardone


text:
Call Centres (Industrial Report) - UK - November 2010
Industrial market reports from MBD industrial (a recognised authority in these markets) have added a new dimension to the breadth of research offered by Mintel. These industrial titles complement Mintel's existing consumer range, covering sectors such as building and engineering, and now featuring new business and professional/office sectors. This data is fully analysed and forecasts amended to reflect the forces affecting the market and industry. Market sizes, major players, key trends and forecasts are included in every report, providing you with a concise insight into each sector, facilitating your decision-making and allowing you to plan a successful future.
This is achieved through:
- working to a fully documented quality management system
- conducting high-quality, reliable market research
- identifying the reasons behind the trends
- testing and analysing the results
- exploring the critical success factors
- focusing on pragmatic analyses and advice
- organising the information clearly and logically in a concise report
The reports have been segmented into four main sections:
- Build - Adhesives, Civil Engineering, Thermal Insulation ...
- Engineering - Aerospace, Process Plant, Valves ...
- Business - Electronic Components, Gas, Food & Drink Packaging ...
- Professional/Office - Architects, Freight Forwarding, Quantity Surveyors
By providing these reports online, access is available from around the globe. Through Mintel's website, information is available at your fingertips within seconds.
The reports help you to:
- identify opportunities
- meet customer demands
- react to developments as they occur
- foresee market changes
- streamline your strategy
- evaluate your performance
- develop your budgets
What you get
What's included
- Consumer Attitudes and Behaviour
- Market data
- Competitive analysis
- Risks and Opportunities
- What's Next
- Market Trends
This market report provides in-depth analysis and insight supported by a range of data. At the same time, introductory and top-level content is provided to give you an overview of the issues covered.
Mintel provides a range of market information, frequently through the category level, including market size and forecasting, complete with market drivers that illustrate the forces that shape a category or market.
Mintel's proprietary consumer research provides our analysts with the attitudinal and behavioral data used to provide valuable insight to topical issues.
Mintel provides overviews of the top brands and manufacturers, and uses consumer research to explore attitudes and reactions to brands, as well as insight into what will resonate with consumers.
Market reports provide appendices of data to support the research and insight produced. Our tables of data are easily manipulated and downloadable to support your research needs and covers factors from consumer attitudes to market forecasts.
* This is a sample representation of the report layout and does not reflect the research included in this report.
Why buy from us?
Our reports will provide you with market data, consumer research and competitive intelligence to succeed in your market.
Instant Access
Buy now and you'll have instant access to the information you need to make the right decisions.
Find out what's next in the markets that matter to you: where opportunities lie and what challenges you will face.
A business Superbrand, Mintel is a source you can trust. We have been defining and refining the Market Intelligence mix since 1972.
Table of contents
1. Executive Summary
2. Introduction
- 2.1 Definitions
- 2.2 Methodology
- 2.3 Abbreviations
- 2.4 Market Positioning
- 2.4.1 Development of Market Position
- 2.5 UK Economy
- 2.6 Market Factors
- 2.1 Definitions
3. Market Size And Trends
- 3.2 Market Size
- Table 1: Number of Call Centres in the UK, 2006-2010
- Table 2: Number of Agent Places in Call Centres in the UK, 2006-2010
- Diagram 1: Comparison of Development of Call Centres and Agent Positions, 2006-2010
- Diagram 1: Comparison of Development of Call Centres and Agent Positions, 2006-2010
- 3.3 Market Segmentation
- 3.3.1 By Market Sector
- Table 3: Segmentation of Call Centre Agent Places, by Market Sector, 2006-2010
- 3.3.2 By Function
- Diagram 2: Segmentation of Call Centre Use, by Agent Activity, 2010
- 3.4 Market Trends
- 3.4.1 Outsourcing
- Table 4: Number of Agent Places in Outsourced Call Centres in the UK, 2006-2010
- 3.4.2 Multimedia Centres
- Table 5: Penetration of Internet and Telecommunications Technology in the UK, 2002 and 2010
- 3.4.3 Employment Issues
- 3.4.4 Software
- 3.5 Regionality
- Table 6: Location of Call Centres in the UK, 2010
4. Industry Structure
- 4.2 Industry Development
- Table 7: Analysis of the Changes in the Structure of the Call Centre Industry, 2005-2009
- 4.3 Structure by Employment
- Table 8: Analysis of the Employment Structure of the Call Centre Industry, 2008 and 2009
- 4.4 Structure by Turnover
- Table 9: Analysis of the Financial Structure of the Call Centre Industry, 2008 and 2009
- 4.5 Company Profiles
- 4.5.1 Callcredit Marketing Solution (formerly known as Broadsystem)
- Table 10: Financial Analysis of Callcredit Marketing Solutions, 2005-2009
- Table 11: Key Financial Ratios for Callcredit Marketing Solutions, 2005-2009
- 4.5.2 Club 24
- Table 12: Financial Analysis of Club 24, 2006-2010
- Table 13: Key Financial Ratios for Club 24, 2006-2010
- 4.5.3 ClientLogic (UK)
- Table 14: Financial Analysis of ClientLogic (UK), 2004-2008
- Table 15: Key Financial Ratios for ClientLogic (UK), 2004-2008
- 4.5.4 Inkfish Call Centres
- Table 16: Financial Analysis of Inkfish Call Centres, 2005-2009
- Table 17: Key Financial Ratios for Inkfish Call Centres, 2005-2009
- 4.5.5 KC Contact Centres
- Table 18: Financial Analysis of KC Contact Centres, 2005-2009
- Table 19: Key Financial Ratios for KC Contact Centres, 2005-2009
- Table 20: Financial Analysis of LBM Direct Marketing, 2005-2009
- Table 21: Key Financial Ratios for LBM Direct Marketing, 2005-2009
- 4.5.7 MM Teleperformance
- Table 22: Financial Analysis of MM Teleperformance, 2005-2009
- Table 23: Key Financial Ratios for MM Teleperformance, 2005-2009
- 4.5.8 Telecom Service Centres
- Table 24: Financial Analysis of Telecom Service Centres, 2005-2009
- Table 25: Key Financial Ratios for Telecom Service Centres, 2005-2009
- 4.5.9 Response (Building Rewarding Relationship)
- Table 26: Financial Analysis of Response (Building Rewarding Relationships), 2005-2009
- Table 27: Key Financial Ratios for Response (Building Rewarding Relationships), 2005-2009
- Table 28: Financial Analysis of SITEL UK, 2004-2008
- Table 29: Key Financial Ratios for SITEL UK, 2004-2008
5. Forecast
- 5.2 Market Size
- Table 30: Forecast Number of Call Centres in the UK, 2011-2015
- Table 31: Forecast Number of Agent Places in Call Centres in the UK, 2011-2015
- Table 32: Forecast Number of Agent Places in Outsourced Call Centres in the UK, 2011-2015
- 5.3 Industry
6. Further Sources & Contacts
- 6.1 Trade Associations
- 6.2 Trade Magazines
- 6.3 Trade Exhibitions
- 6.1 Trade Associations
Companies Covered
To learn more about the companies covered in this report please contact us.


text:
Winning bumper and hurdler Passage Vendome was expected to make a winning debut over fences at Tramore a couple of weeks ago despite an absence since October but he weakened quickly and pulled up after looking to have every chance. There could have been something amiss so it would be no surprise to see him bounce back. He had Nearest The Pin behind over hurdles at Bellewstown in August but, though the latter has been running well against stiff opposition over fences, he's difficult to win with. STEPS TO FREEDOM was in front of him when they finished behind Sizing Italy here last month and Jessica Harrington's charge has since run very well on the Flat and over hurdles. His overall form gives him the edge and he will love the fast conditions. Saint Gervais won two bumpers and the same number over timber though he may need further than this over the bigger obstacles.
Between Me And You (IRE) 25-1 (11-12) Led after 2nd, headed 8th, weakened 4 out, pulled up after 3 out, in a race won by Sizing Symphony (11-12) at Tipperary 2m 4f beg chs gf in Jul, 11 ran.
Blue Vic (IRE) 8-1 (11-9) Rear of mid-division, ridden and no extra after 3 out, weakened, behind when pulled up before last, in a race won by Abolitionist (11-7) at Sligo 2m 4f hcp hdl 80-95 gd in Jul, 14 ran.
Greenbelt Star 25-1 (11-6) Tracked leaders, 6th and ridden after 3 out, no impression from next, mid-division when hampered and unseated rider at last, in a race won by Kalellshan (11-5) at Galway 2m hcp hdl 8Evens23 gd in Jul '12, 20 ran.
Nearest The Pin (IRE) 11-4 (11-12) Always prominent, led from 4th, ridden 3 out, ridden and strongly pressed from last, headed entering straight, kept on same pace final furlong, 2nd of 10, 7l behind Darwins Fox (11-12) at Galway 2m 1f beg chs sft.
Passage Vendome (FR) 13-8fav (11-12) Mid-division, progress into close 3rd 3 out, soon lost position on inner, eased and pulled up before 2 out, in a race won by Why But Why (11-6) at Tramore 2m beg chs gd, 13 ran.
Run With The Wind (IRE) 20-1 (11-12) Towards rear and mistake 1st, soon rear of mid-division well off the pace, no extra 4 out, mistake and unseated rider last, in a race won by Esporao (11-12) at Clonmel 2m beg chase in Jun, 14 ran.
Saint Gervais (IRE) 7-2fav (11-12) Soon mid-division, closer in 5th before straight, no impression and kept on same pace from 2 out, 5th of 15, 13l behind Black Benny (11-12) at Roscommon 2m 5f beg chs gf.
Sonic Beat (IRE) 40-1 (11-9) Held up towards rear, headway and left 5th 5 out, mistake 3 out and weakened, 7th of 10, 36l behind Ancient Days (11-12) at Tramore 2m 6f beg chs gd.
Steps To Freedom (IRE) 2-1fav (11-9) Held up towards rear early, 5th halfway, headway into 4th 3 out, pushed along into 2nd 2 out, soon ridden, kept on same pace from before last, 2nd of 7, 3/4l behind Silk Hall (11-0) at Tipperary 2m hdl Grd 3 (1) gf in Jul.
Ted Dolly (IRE) 33-1 (11-6) Waited with, moderate 9th before 2 out, ridden into 5th last, kept on without threatening, 3rd of 20, 7l behind Aladdins Cave (10-13) at Galway 2m hcp hdl 8Evens23 gd in Jul.
Choisir Fin (IRE) 33-1 (11-12) Soon towards rear, behind when pulled up before 2 out, in a race won by Dale Street (11-12) at Limerick 2m 4f mdn hdl gf in Jul, 18 ran.
Love Rory (IRE) 10-1 (10-12) Soon tracked leaders, 8th before 3 out, soon no extra, tailed off, 7th of 15, 44l behind Sizing Australia (11-12) at Punchestown 3m crs cntry chs (5yo+) hvy in Apr.
Musawama (IRE) 20-1 (11-9) Off pace in last, 12th 4 out, good headway after next, ridden in 4th 2 out, kept on same pace from last, 4th of 13, 15l behind Why But Why (11-6) at Tramore 2m beg chs gd.
Old Pride (IRE) 10-1 (11-4) Rear of mid-division, dropped behind 4 out, kept on without threatening, 6th of 13, 37l behind Why But Why (11-6) at Tramore 2m beg chs gd.
Thegondolier (IRE) 12-1 (11-4) Prominent, dropped to 5th after 3 out, no impression from before next, kept on, 3rd of 9, 9l behind King High (10-10) at Tramore 2m hcp hdl gd.
Rockshandy (IRE) 14-1 (10-8) Tracked leaders and led 3rd, headed before halfway where 4th and no extra after 4 out, weakened, tailed off, 12th of 15, well behind Green Thirty Two (10-7) at Ballinrobe 2m 4f hcp hdl 80-116 gf.


text:
7 guests
3 bedrooms
7 beds
3 baths
7 guests
3 bedrooms
7 beds
3 baths
We offer you in a beautifull , typically marrocan riad, 3 rooms .we are located in the medina at 15 minutes from the famous " Place jama el fna" in the quarter of Riad laarouss. Two rooms with bath are in the charming patio with 4 orange trees.
The space
we offer you in a beautifull , typically marrocan riad, 3 rooms .we are located in the medina at 15 minutes fronm the famous " Place jama el fna" in the lovely quarter of Riad laarouss. Two rooms with bath are in the charming patio with 4 old orange trees.
Guest access
free wi-fi, kitchen , terrasse,
Interaction with guests
we will be there to welcome you and give you all the informations , you might need .
Pets allowed
Wheelchair accessible
Extra people $22 / night after 6 guests
Cleaning Fee $11
Weekly Discount: 3%
Always communicate through Airbnb
To protect your payment, never transfer money or communicate outside of the Airbnb website or app.
Sleeping arrangements
Bedroom 1
1 queen bed, 1 single bed
Bedroom 2
1 queen bed
Bedroom 3
1 queen bed, 1 single bed
Common spaces
1 sofa bed, 1 couch
House Rules
You must also acknowledge
Cat(s) live in the house
Safety features
Fire extinguisher
2 nights minimum stay
82 Reviews
Check In
I was traveling with my wife and two daughters (ages 2 and 14), and this was our first stop in Morocco. We were excited about Marrakech in general, and we were very enthusiastic about staying in a riad in the medina. There were a lot of good things about this listing. Veronique was a kind, gentle, and informative host. She helped us get our bearings in the medina and gave us some good recommendations about where to go and what to do (and not do). The place was nice enough - definitely worth the price. The rooftop area is amazing and we had a great time up there in the evenings. The rest of the riad was spotty, but it's important to remember that we visited during Ramadan and Veronique was in the process of doing some substantial work. Some areas (like the bathroom) were tastefully remodeled, but other areas were unfinished, under repair, or unfurnished. The pictures are probably nicer than the actual place (when we were there, at least). It was not as good as some of the other similarly-priced airbnbs we stayed in while in Morocco. Still, we left quite satisfied with our stay here because Veronique was so nice and the location was great.
Probably the best Airbnb Experience I have ever had. Veronique's home is located in a excellent area for the traveler that is seeking a unique experience. She's without a doubt the best host I've ever had and I can't recommend staying her enough. I'm planning on going back!
We felt very comfortable with Veronique and her household and she made us feel so welcome in her house. We ate breakfast together most days and she would give us suggestions or help with bookings. She really just likes to meet new people! The apartment is spacious and very clean by Marrakech standards. The WiFi is spotty and unreliable, but it's ok for some quick email checking (not so great for my sister's work Sykpe meeting). There is no way to lock the room door from the outside-- you can lock it when you are within, but not when you are leaving. This made me a little uncomfortable, since we had passports and computers to leave, but it seems to be common in Morocco to have such locks. By and large we did not feel unsafe. The apartment is in a very convenient location in the Medina and is not more than a 15-20 minute walk anywhere we wanted to go. I recommend the free app "Marrakech Riad Travel Guide" -- it uses the GPS in your smartphone (which does not rely on cellular or WiFi) and overlays it onto a map of Marrakech. This was invaluable to us as we navigated the Medina and the Souks.
I had a great time staying at Veronique's place. Khalid was a very kind man and helped us with out arrival from the airport to the riad. He also made us breakfast in the morning! The room was clean, charming and relaxing. The open space was shared amongst Khalid and another guest who was super kind and helped us get acquainted with the city. At night we relaxed on the rooftop and watched the stars before we slept. The place is in the middle of the medina, super busy, but its central location allowed us to easily walk through the medina and see all the main attractions. big thanks !!
We loved staying with Veronique! She assisted us by sending a taxi to meet us at the airport and was gracious in everything. Her home and it's location were perfect!!! Her house is in the thick of everything. Veronique also assisted us with things we were interested in purchasing and really went out of her way for us. She is just an incredibly lovely person. Stay at Veronique's home -- it will be a high point of her travels.
Veronique was such a lovely host-- we showed up with no real plans and ready for anything, and she was a wealth of knowledge and information about Marrakech. Our trip was very much enhanced by Veronique's guidance-- I feel we are indebted to her for her kindness and generosity! She also let us take over the kitchen for a cooking class she helped arrange with a local who helped us buy the ingredients in the market and helped us cook. The riad itself is very charming (for instance there are 2 house turtles that roam about), and the location is right in the thick of the Medina so there is no shortage of crazy high-energy Marrakech available to soak in. There is a market for basic food and water as well as decent restaurants serving both modern and traditional fair within only 5min walk. Since the rooms are on the ground floor, the space is very cool even when it was unseasonably hot outside. Plenty of warm water and no issues at all. I felt it was a comfortable place to stay for 4 nights.
Veronique was an amazing host! She gave perfect directions to the Riad prior to arrival and pointed us to some amazing restaurants during our stay. She even offered my group of three the use of the second bedroom, which was very nice. Everything was true to images and it was a pleasant stay. You have to go to the terrace! The only thing I would let people know, is if you have issues with cats (being around them in your space, smelling them, etc)...this might not be ideal for you. We are all cat lovers but if someone isn't, I could see this being a big downside.
Languages: Deutsch, English, Français, Italiano
Response rate: 100%
Response time: within an hour
The neighborhood
Similar listings
Explore other options in and around Marrakesh
More places to stay in Marrakesh:


text:
Irelia Build Guide by Fovv
Not Updated For Current Season
This guide has not yet been updated for the current season. Please keep this in mind while reading. You can see the most recently updated guides on the browse guides page.
Thank You!
Your votes and comments encourage our guide authors to continue
creating helpful guides for the League of Legends community.
Irelia Build
Ability Sequence
Not Updated For Current Season
The masteries shown here are not yet updated for the current season, the guide author needs to set up the new masteries. As such, they will be different than the masteries you see in-game.
Many people consider Irelia a Hybrid carry. This may have been true before they switched Irelia's ultimate to physical damage instead of magic Damage.
Great amount of damage
Stun when low health (lower than enemy)
Amazing Lane sustainability
Decently Tanky late game
Low damage output early game
Mana issues "early" game.
Squishy early game
All in all, Irelia should be played as a farming champion (yes that may get boring) early game and an assassin/off-tank late game. She should always be played in the solo lane top.
Runes - Why I chose them
I go armor penetration to get the full benefit out of my auto-attacks, bladesurge and ultimate.
I prefer straight armor/magic resist runes for the extra defense early game and late game
And of course armor penetration quints.
You may like to use Attack damage per level (or straight attack damage) but I find armor pen to increase my damage output more since her spells aren't the best of scaling off AD.
Other options include:
Seals: Mp5 (useless late game)
Attack Damage
Or w/e else works for you.
Glyphs: Cool-down reduction. Useful since you don't have any from masteries/items although blue could easily solve this.
Ability Power (if you prefer hybrid Irelia)
Quints: I highly recommend Armor penetration quints as these are the best option but.... Health quints for survivability
I prefer 9/21 getting armor penetration and then moving down the the last one in defense. You could go 21 in offense but the survivability that defense masteries provide allows you to stay in a fight longer and do more overall damage.
The part that every probably came here for xD
Mercury's Treads Great CC reduction allow you to continue in fights with little trouble. Ninja Tabi is also a good choice if they are AD heavy.
Trinity Force This is probably the best item for Irelia. Bonus attack damage after using a skill, movement speed, health, mana, attack damage etc. What's not to love.
The Bloodthirster This is great because it adds tons of AD to your skills/auto-attacks and also allows you to heal even more with lifesteal. I recommend farming this everytime you die to get it to its full potential.
A substitute for this item would be Zeke's Harbinger, give great lifesteal and attack speed.
Situational Items
Now after this you have to consider the enemy team. Do they have a AD carry that's just dominating you? then i would suggest Thornmail
Are you having trouble with CC even after your passive and your merc treads?
Banshee's Veil
If the teams are balanced then I would probably recommend Banshee's Veil and Randuin's Omen, which is almost the core build, but as these items can vary, they did not make it into the core build
Sixth Item
In the build I have Infinity Edge as the last item because this is what I almost always get as my last item.
If they have an entire team stacking Armor then Last Whisper is the way to go.
Zeke's Harbinger Would also be a great choice if you feel that a little more life steal would make you invincible
And finally Guardian Angel I recommend this item in situations where you can either: A.) Rush in and easily kill the carry(carries) within a couple of seconds or B.) You have a relatively high damage team and not having an infinity edge/Stark's Fervor wouldn't matter.
Items that may seem good but really aren't:
Hextech Gunblade
WHAT?!?! "But Irelia has skills that scale off both AP and AD. This would be the perfect item for her!"
The reason for not getting that is because only one of your skills actually does magic damage, and the scaling on AP isn't really that great. So spell vamp is almost completely useless and the AP also not really useful. Yes it would benefit Irelia but infinity edge would be way more useful
Guinsoo's Rageblade
This item isn't entirely bad. The AP would help "slightly" and the attack speed is nice. But overall there are other item choices that are much better.
Again, AP isn't that great on irelia making this item pretty useless. And Trinity force is way better.
Summoner Spells
As you can see I prefer Irelia with Exhaust and Flash just because both of these provide offensive and defensive cool downs that can save your @$$ or help get that kill.
Other good ones include:
Ghost Useful for catching an opponent or running away
Ignite Useful for finishing an opponent off
Cleanse Stunned? No problem
Surge Faster attacks and stronger E/Ult (ignite/exhaust would be better)
Heal Critical moments where you just need a little more health
Probably the most important part of the guide. Yes you can buy the best items, have the best runes and even have the best skill sequence yet still fail horribly.
Early Game
Early Game is slightly boring for Irelia if in the solo lane(which you should always try to take). You pretty much just sit back and farm Creeps, using Q if needed to avoid harassment and auto-attacking to restore health using your W's passive. If paired with a partner, still to farm, but save your mana for bladesurging and stunning.
This starts around the time you get sheen/merc treads. Now you are not invincible, but you deal significantly more damage because this is when you have your ult. Now you should be harassing more often, using your ult to heal if needed and trying to kill that pesky champion in top lane. If top is empty go gank! Irelia is great at ganking with an instant teleport and then a slow right on top of that. Pair that with exhaust and you my friend are ready to hunt some champions.
Late Game
Late Game starts around the 15-25 minute mark regardless of what you have. This is when a couple of towers are down and you are starting to fight as a group. You should usually try to hide in a bush and wait for your tank to initiate, but don't be afraid to initiate yourself if you see a squishy over extended. Irelia can take some damage if you pop your ult on as many champions as possible.
What to do in Team fights or solo fights
When 1v1ing a champion, try to harass if possible. Bladesurge, pop Hiten Style
and then use Equilibrium Strike and walk away. Don't be afraid to just keep auto-attacking you think you can win the fight.Don't forget about Equilibrium Strike and its stun. Sometimes it's better to save it for when they have more health, because this can easily turn around a fight. And ALWAYS save your ultimate to finish them off. Usually most champions forget about your ult and stay thinking they can kill you. Little do they know that you can heal 1/4-1/2 your health and deal a great amount of damage at the same time!
If being focus'd try stun whoever has more health, pop Bladesurge and auto-attack to heal. And don't forget about your ult! use it when they attack you to ensure you can get it off and heal properly.
If not being focus'd, Bladesurge their carry and just have fun killing them. Use your ult and Bladesurge To hunt down any1 who tries to get away.
Please leave any advice/questions in the comment section below! I'd be more than happy to revise my build if I find it a good suggestion, or to help make things more clear.


text:
An aide to Graham told The Hill Friday afternoon he would sign onto the Moran letter.
Advocates of the treaty say it's an important tool to keep weapons away from terrorists, and that not including civilian arms would gut the treaty. They also argue that any Second Amendment concerns are invalid, because the Constitution would trump international law anyway.
NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre told the U.N. conference negotiating the treaty that 58 senators had signed onto letters against it, referring to 2011 letters from Moran and Sen. Jon TesterJonathan (Jon) TesterAnother perfect storm: Why we must act before flood insurance runs dry Democrats scramble to contain Franken fallout GOP campaign committees call on Democrats to return Franken donations MORE (D-Mont.). Moran is now circulating a new letter to be released next week.
McCain has not said whether he will also be on the letter, but he told The Hill he would be opposed to any treaty that restricted the Second Amendment.
The Obama administration did not include civilian arms on a list of red lines it had for the treaty, but it did vow to oppose "restrictions on civilian possession or trade of firearms otherwise permitted by law or protected by the U.S. Constitution."


text:
Ernst & Young Jobs Dec 2016
Ernst & Young Jobs Dec 2016: Ernst & Young is seeking for hard working, self motivated, professionals, determined, dynamic and well disciplined staff for different vacant positions such as following.Kindly read carefully and apply in appropriate vacancies accordingly.
Senior Associate HR Job Purpose: The incumbent will be responsible for all HR related operations within the Assurance Department and provide support to HR business partners, guidelines to staff and ensure the compliance of HR matters related to Assurance.
Duties and Responsibilities: Specifically, the incumbent holding this position will be responsible for:
• Work closely with all the trainees after their induction.
• Manage the onboarding of all employees in coordination with the HR business partners.
• Deal with all the assurance staff members regarding their day to day operations.
• Ensure the timely completion and submission of time sheets.
• Obtain timely feedback from employees at a stipulated time in coordination with HR.
• Work with the counsellors in conducting effective counselling sessions and assist HR in preparing Performance Improvement Plans when required.
• Plan & oversee PMDP including goal planning, feedbacks, MYR and YER in coordination with HR.
• Monitor employee compliance with PMDP process, follow up with non-compliant employees.
• Share the Performance issues with the respective and HR Leader
• Support employee competency/skills development by planning relevant training programs.
• Encourage staff to take responsibility of their own development and feedback process.
• Ensure the compliance of surveys and other activities.
• Regularly monitor the qualification update and provide information to HR on a timely basis.
• Identify learning needs of each staff on group or rank basis to be communicated to HR for the development of training programs.
• Ensure that the individual member of the team is in compliance with firm or legal regulations.
Experience: Atleast 1 year of relevant experience in an HR Generalist role.
Qualification: MBA/BBA (HR) or any other qualification with a concentration in HR from a reputable University including IBA, IoBM, SZABIST.
• Proficiency in English is a MUST (spoken and written)
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of individuals
• Sound knowledge of all HR procedures
• Ability to handle multiple priorities;
• Research and analytical skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office
• Time Management.
• Willingness to assume additional responsibility
• Ability to take initiative.
• Ability to work under pressure. Apply
Manager Recruitment Job Purpose
The incumbent will be responsible for attracting candidates and matching the job profile to the positions available in the Assurance Department. The role requires gaining a better understanding of the recruitment needs and requirements, identifying resourcing channels and ensuring the smooth induction of new staff.
Duties and Responsibilities
Specifically, the incumbent holding this position will be responsible for:
• Determine and forecast recruitment needs.
• Conduct campus recruitment drives and deliver presentations about EY in various institutions to create awareness and attract prospective candidates.
• Identify job vacancies and determine the best recruitment approach for them.
• Research and map market for potential candidates
• Select/Create a job description for all the department vacancies and provide them to HR for posting.
• Establish controls to manage candidate information, applications and referrals to be provided to HR on a timely manner.
• Manage the bulk hiring during busy periods.
• Conduct screening interviews for all positions, including trainees in coordination with HR and the concerned partners.
• Report all offers & close of the Job to HR business Partner r on monthly basis.
Experience: Minimum 2 years of relevant experience.
Qualification: MBA/BBA (HR) or any other qualification with a concentration in HR from a reputable University including IBA, IoBM, SZABIST. A certification or a course in Psychometric Testing is mandatory. A professional certification in HR will be an added advantage.
• Proficiency in English is a MUST (spoken and written).
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of individuals.
• Sound knowledge of all HR procedures.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities.
• Research and analytical skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office.
• Time Management. Apply


text:
The sun is the center of and the largest object in our solar system. It contains more than 99% of the total mass of our solar system. It is 1,390,000 km in diameter and has a mass of 1.989e30 kg. The temperature of the sun is 5800K on the surface and 15,600,000K at the core. It is made up mostly of hydrogen and helium.
Table of Contents
Solar Deities
To the Greeks, the Sun represented the God Helios. To the ancient Romans, the God Sol. In ancient Egypt, Ra. In Japan it is the Goddess Amaterasu and the Norse Goddess is Sunna or Sol. The Aztec Sun God is Tonatiuh. Many other deities have been closely associated with the Sun.
Other Associated Dieties
Aditi, Ah Kinchil, Apollo, Aten, Brighid, Dhatara, Frey, Itzamna, Lucifer, Mithra, Mystere, Nitten, Paiva, Savitar
Astrologically the sun represents the Self or the ego and rules the life force. It is symbolized by the unbroken circle that is the soul with a dot in the center to represent the spark of life. The sun also involves creative enterprises that are a projection of the person, from art and business to having children and parenthood (especially fatherhood). In female charts the sun is often thought to represent the men in their lives, particularly husbands. It also rules the fun side of life from sport and recreation to holidays and social events. The poet Marcus Manilius in his epic, 8000-verse poem, Astronomica, described the Sun, or Sol, as benign and favorable.
The sun is the ruler of the 5th house and the planetary ruler of the zodiac sign Leo.
The Sun is associated with Sunday. Dante Alighieri associated the Sun with the liberal art of geometry.
According to ancient cosmology, the Sun (and other planets) traveled around the Earth. The portion of the sky (or arc) that the sun travels in every year, rising and setting in a slightly different place each day, is therefore in reality a reflection of the Earth's own orbit around the Sun. This arc is larger the further north or south from the equator the latitude is, giving a more extreme difference in day and night and in the seasons during the year. The sun travels through the twelve signs of the zodiac on its annual journey, spending about a month in each. The Sun's position on a person's birthday therefore determines what is usually called his or her "star" sign, this makes sense, because the sun itself is a star.
In Chinese astrology, the Sun represents Yang, the active, assertive masculine life principle. In Indian astrology, the Sun is called Surya and represents the soul, kingship, highly placed persons, father.
Sun Signs
The Sun is the most important "planet" in astrology when it comes to determining a person's inner makeup. The Sun represents the Self. As the sun appears to travel through the arc of the sky, it gives the appearance of moving through the 12 signs of the zodiac, spending about a month in each. The Sun's position on the date of someone's birth determines their Sun Sign, also called zodiac or star sign. This is believed to have a great bearing on the person's overall personality makeup.
The sun is associated with the heart, circulatory system, the spinal cord and the thymus gland.
Metal Gold
Plants/herbs Plants that resemble the sun in shape or color, that open during the day and close at night, that follow the sun's movements during the day, any plant that leaves one feeling warm and relaxed and medicinal plants that affect the heart, including: Acacia, angelica, Archangel, Poppy, ash, Birch, bistort, Black-Eyed Susan, Broom, Burnet, Butterbur, Buttercup bush, Calamus, calendula, Catechu, Cedar, Celandine, Centaury, chamomile, cinnamon, Citron, Everlasting, eyebright, Frangipani, Globeflower, Graveyard tree, Helen's flower, Heliotrope, Hibiscus, Hops, Laurel, Lovage, Marigold, Marsh mallow, mistletoe, Mock orange, orange, Peony, Pimpernel, Poinciana, Potentilla, cinqufoil, Pot marigold, rosemary, Rue, Saffron, Sneezeweed, st-john-s-wort, Sunflower, Tormentil, Viper's bugloss, Walnut, Wartweed, Yauhtli
Animals Lion, Sparrowhawk, Griffin
Colors Orange, amber, gold, yellow
Magick Protection, prosperity, wealth
You can Print this page for your Book of Shadows
Do you have a question or something to add?


text:
Scarlets 16-14 Glasgow, RaboDirect Pro12
Scarlets edge out Glasgow
ESPNscrum Staff
January 7, 2012
Rhys Priestland kicked three penalties and a conversion against Glasgow
© Getty Images
A Gareth Davies try and 11 points from Rhys Priestland were just enough for the Scarlets as they registered their third consecutive RaboDirect Pro12 win at Parc y Scarlets with a 16-14 victory over Glasgow.
The home side were well below par against an under-strength Glasgow, who earned a losing bonus point for their efforts.
The Scarlets fielded 11 changes from their 10-6 win at the Dragons. They included an impressive backline boasting internationals George North, Sean Lamont, Jonathan Davies and Scott Williams. They also picked Ben Morgan at No.8 in his first game since deciding to opt for England rather than Wales.
Glasgow arrived with a weakened team minus the likes of Ali Kellock, Richie Gray and John Barclay. But despite that the Scarlets were hit by an early try. A Scarlets line-out went awry close to their line and prop Moray Low pounced for the score.
Outside-halves Priestland and Ruaridh Jackson swapped penalties, but after kicking his Jackson had to be helped off with a hamstring injury. Priestland's second penalty on 16 minutes cut Glasgow's early lead to 8-6.
And as Glasgow went off side Priestland kicked a third on 24 minutes as the Scarlets went into the lead for the first time. Glasgow suffered two setbacks in the space of a minute when flanker Rob Harley (punch) and No. 8 Ryan Wilson (professional foul) found themselves yellow-carded by referee Dudley Phillips.
And down to 13 men Glasgow conceded a converted try deep into injury-time with scrum-half Gareth Davies nipping over to give the home side a 16-8 interval lead. Glasgow showed much more urgency after the break and earned a penalty kicked by Scott Wight on 44 minutes.
The Scarlets needed a change and brought on the experience of Stephen Jones on to steady the ship and he made an impact as both Jonathan Davies and North made surges towards the Glasgow line. But a second try proved elusive as Glasgow cut the deficit to just a point with a second Wight penalty on 70 minutes.
The Scarlets pressured the Glasgow line and thought they had a try but the referee disallowed it for a knock-on leaving the home side pointless in the second half.
© ESPN Sports Media Ltd.
Communication error please reload the page.


text:
"Masterful. . . . Logevall presents a vivid and tragic portrait of the elements of U.S. decision-making on Vietnam from the beginning of the Kennedy administration through the announcement of the American ground war in July 1965.
In the process he reveals a troubling picture of top officials in both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations persisting in efforts to boost the fortunes of sucessive governments of South Vietnam, even while they acknowledged that their chances for success were remote.
In addition, he places the decision-making squarely in the international context."Robert D. Schulzinger, author of A Time for War: The United States and Vietnam, 1941-1975
"Stunning in its research and highly sophisticated in its analysis, Choosing War is far and away the best study we have of Lyndon Johnson's escalation of the conflict in Vietnam."George C. Herring
In this fine book, Fredrick Logevall offers the first detailed examination of why diplomacy failed to head off the Vietnam War. Grounding himself in documentary research and other sources from several countries, Logevall comes closer than anyone ever has to explaining what happened. His clear writing and deep analysis may well change our understanding of Vietnam as a quagmire."John Prados, author of The Hidden History of the Vietnam War
"A rising star among a new generation of historians, Fredrik Logevall has written the most important Vietnam book in years. By explaining the international context of that tragic conflict, Choosing War provides startling answers to the question, Why did the war happen? Controversial yet fair, this account challenges the reader to think through John F. Kennedy's and Lydon B. Johnson's individual responsibility for Vietnam. The effect is compelling, unforgettable history."Timothy Naftali, co-author of "One Hell of a Gamble:" Khrushchev, Castro, and Kennedy, 1958-1964
His account of the diplomatic context in which President Lyndon B. Johnson decided to send American troops to fight in Vietnam is thorough and nuanced, and expressed with admirable clarity....[Argues] that the decision to "Americanize" the war in Vietnam, taken in what Logevall calls "The Long 1964" (mid-1963 to early 1965), was an error as clearly avoidable as it was tragic. The New York Times Book Review


text:
On Tuesday, Nov. 4th, Inglewood voters will decide a number of important races at the local and state levels. Do you know who and what you will vote for?
Here are my picks for candidates either seeking office or re-election:
Mayor James Butts. There is so much to say about Mayor Butts. He has my endorsement because of his positive vision and ability to carry it out. In the three years that he has been Mayor of Inglewood, the city has seen an historic drop in crime, the highest increase in new development and planned projects, and a council that is actually united.
The reopening of the "Fabulous" Forum, multi-billion dollar Hollywood Park Tomorrow, the proposed Crenshaw/LAX light rail, hundreds of new jobs and the proposed Market Street Revitalization are just a few of the sweeping changes that have come or begun on Mayor Butts' watch.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters has been a fighter from Day One—championing such causes as fair wages, equal access to credit, healthcare, women's rights and much more. Whenever there is a cry for justice, she is the "go-to" leader representing Inglewood in Washington. Waters helped Mayor Butts secure millions of dollars to sound-insulate homes for residents of Inglewood.
Sixty-Second Assembly Candidate Autumn Burke is a rising star. If you talk to Autumn, it is evident that she really cares about this community and wants to make life better for everyone. She wants to bring more jobs, business opportunities and better schools to the area. She is a smart visionary who runs a clean, respectful campaign.
West Basin Metropolitan Water District Board Member Gloria Gray is a long-time friend of Inglewood and Inglewood Today. A local leader who has served on the Inglewood School Board, Gray is seeking re-election on the WBMWD Board of Directors. Gloria is one of the hardest working, civic minded leaders in our community, and a woman of integrity.
Board of Equalization Chair Jerome Horton has served as a state-elected official since leaving the Inglewood City Council. But he has always remained close to the pulse of our city. His commitment to help more people of color succeed in their own businesses is evident by the many job and business fairs that he has brought to Inglewood.
Of course, there are many other choices on the ballot, including races for governor, attorney general, and county sheriff, as well as state propositions. If you have not studied your voter pamphlet, please take the time to understand what you are voting for, and please take the time to vote.


text:
Coming to Shreveport for Geek'd Con, Here Are Places to Eat
Chances are, picking out a place to go eat while you're at Geek'd Con is the last thing on your mind. Whataburger, Chick-fil-A and IHOP are great places for you to go pick up your usual. However Geek'd Con weekend isn't meant for you to sit back and do the usual. Here is a list of restaurants in Shreveport, that are as unique as the Cosplay Characters you'll be seeing at Geek'd Con.
Flying Pig- Because the South speaks BBQ. Try the brisket, it's the perfect delicious fuel to keep you going all weekend long. The pulled pork over cheese grits is spectacular! If you like hearty meals, this is the perfect stop for you!
Evi's Schnitzel Haus- You can get the traditional German schnitzel that would make any German grandma proud. May I recommend the Jaeger Schnitzel? A deep fried magnificent piece of pork, with mashed potatoes and superb gravy and mushrooms slathered over it. You'll have one of the best meals in Shreveport under ten dollars. You may want to take off that cosplay outfit and switch into some sweats or loosen up that belt before sitting down!
Franks Pizza Napoletana- Yeah you've had some pizza in your time, however Franks Pizza has a fan base for a reason. Brick oven's take the win! Try the Fig & Pig, no I'm not talking about my ex, it's a one of a kind pizza that's for sure. The Yukon Cornelius is also a fan favorite. Keep in mind it's NOT Chicago style pizza, this is brick oven pizza that will have you coming back to Shreveport besides Geek'd Con of course!
Marilynn's Place- This old gas station turned restaurant is a magnificent place locals gather. The ambiance is unique and the food is Cajun heaven! The best of the South and North when it comes to getting your Cajun fix! If you're a Po Boy fan, this is your new favorite restaurant.
Noble Savage- Although it's considered a bar, Noble Savage couldn't keep their chef a secret for long. Locals love the bar food, and many folks show up and order the Chef's nightly special with no questions asked. You'll have to wait until 6:00 p.m. to step in and experience the unique bar food, but the wait will be worth it.