text:
Zoo Atlanta discount for National Hispanic Heritage Month
September is National Hispanic Heritage Month and Zoo Atlanta has discounted tickets. Fiesta de la Familia is Sunday, Sept. 26, from 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Live entertainment, special activities and Spanish-translated keeper talks are among the highlights. Tickets are discounted to $15 for adults and $10 for children. The discount cannot can be combined with any other offers or discounts. Remember that Fulton County residents can also get free zoo passes from the public library.
Free museum admissions, Free Georgia Aquarium admission, Free state parks admission: A couple of weeks ago, I alerted you to several free activities taking place this weekend. Here's a reminder…
Ahoy, mates! I just love the way that sounds. I like the sound of this deal, too — kids 12 and under will be admitted free at the Georgia Aquarium Sept. 24-Sept. 26 if they come dressed in their favorite pirate costumes. It's in honor of Talk Like A Pirate Day, and if you're wondering what that is, here's the Aquarium's description of activities: Lads and lasses can join in on all sorts of arrrgh-some activities including arts & crafts with pirate hats and eye patches, a navigation station, a walk the plank dive show and more! Aye aye mates!
Here are two more Aquarium discounts:
I've already told you about the Me and Mommy Georgia Aquarium tickets. With it, an adult ticket is $25 and comes with free admission for up to four children ages 5 and under, and a free parking pass. The deal is good through Nov. 12, but can only be used Monday through Friday. They also can only be purchased online.
Here's another Aquarium deal: General admission tickets are $15 through Nov. 12. Unlike the Me and Mommy tickets, these can be used any day. Tickets must be purchased online and the same ticket price is applicable for seniors, general admission and children.
Free admission on Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day
I took advantage of this deal last year and will undoubtedly do the same this year as well. On Sept. 25, tickets to more than 1,000 museums nationwide are free on Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day. You complete an online form and in return get admission free for up to two people. It includes many museums in Georgia, including the Center for Puppetry Arts, the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in Macon, the Marietta Museum of History and many more — both locally and throughout the state.
Free state parks admission
All state parks in Georgia are also free on Sept. 25 to celebrate National Public Lands Day and National Hunting and Fishing Day. Admission and parking are free at all state parks and state historic sites.
BOGO at Six Flags
Fast rides scare me enough. I'm not sure how I could handle other spooky activities at Six Flags over Georgia during Fright Fest. Alas, many are more courageous. If that's you, this is the deal for you. To kick off Fright Fest 2010, the park has partnered with the American Red Cross for "Give Blood, Get Thrills," blood drive. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 1, guests who donate blood will receive a buy one, get one free coupon valid during select days in October. To sign up, go to www.redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code: 6flags.
Follow me on Twitter @atlbargains or on Facebook at AJC Atlanta Bargain Hunter
September 23rd, 2010
7:15 pm
please alert me for any good deal
September 23rd, 2010
10:02 pm
They're still CHARGING people to go to 6 Flags??? They should be paying people to go to that dump.
September 26th, 2010
8:20 am
The deals are great on this site, but how about Rana's look, try some makeup and a lacefront wig for publicity please. Just Sayin
September 27th, 2010
10:36 am
@Judy…..stop hating the look is called natural.
September 28th, 2010
8:57 am
I went to the Aquarium on Sunday using the $15 ticket price. It was a great savings as the cost is typically $27 for an adult. I do suggest getting the tickets.
@ Judy….Let Rena be herself and not make rude comments toward her look. I respect a person who can be comfortable in their own skin rather be some made up person. Good Look Rena!


text:
Patsy Takemoto Mink Education Award, Western University
Listed 2 years ago
Attention: this position might have been expired or removed by the publisher!
Scholarship Details
|Home My Scholarships
|Scholarship Name:
|Patsy Takemoto Mink Education Award
|Short Description:
|Award opportunity to assist low-income women with children who are pursuing education or training.
|Long Description:
In 2012, the Foundation will offer five Education Support Awards of up to $2000 each to assist low-income women with children who are pursuing education or training. Education Support Awards may be used for direct school expenses or for living expenses while you are enrolled in an educational program.
|Scholarship Criteria:
|Number of Scholarships:
|Apply URL:
|Scholarship Amount:
|Application Start Date:
|Application End Date:
|Applicable Programs:
|All Programs
|Other Information:
|To apply for this award, please visit the website for an application. The Foundation will contact awardees only.
View or Apply
Related Positions

subset: commoncrawl


text: A wall behind was used to ride onto the phone box. He then starts the move from stationary on the phone box facing towards the camera and then spins and hucks from there! A boy came up to him after and asked, 'are you the guy off the computer?' Danny MacAskill in action in Edinburgh, photographed by Robin Kitchin and found on Pinkbike.


text:
Next, you'll be asked to connect with Twitter. Rest assured, we will never send a tweet from your account
without your permission.
We will send you an email with an invite soon.
Northeast blizzard eases; snowplows revved up for the big dig-out http://t.co/U5Lv8LfL
Photos: Northeast digs out from a blizzard
New York, still Sandy-stricken, prepares for #blizzard
Major blizzard moving into Northeast; record snowfall predicted
See what's Trending Now for @latimes
Follow @latimes on Twitter


text:
Mar. 17, 2014 12:26 pm
This Ad.com civic hacker is renovating a Baltimore vacant [PHOTOS]
Shea Frederick is known to Baltimore's civic hackers as the developer who built BaltimoreVacants.org, a website that catalogs the city's 16,000 vacant properties. Now he's rehabbing his own vacant house.
Mar. 12, 2014 10:15 am
Baltimore one of 4 U.S. cities with 'decoded law' from OpenGov Foundation
Baltimore is one of four cities in the U.S. with a "decoded" law code -- one that's been broken down from a long PDF document and into easy-to-read, XML-formatted subsections.
Mar. 7, 2014 4:35 pm
Listen to testimony in favor of state Open Data Policy [AUDIO]
As Technical.ly Baltimore reported in January, the Open Data Policy is being pushed by Sen. Bill Ferguson from Baltimore. If the Open Data Policy is voted into law, Ferguson said it will be Maryland's "first formalized step towards an open data regime."
Mar. 6, 2014 8:15 am
Goucher College to host civic hackathon in April [EVENT]
The hackathon, organized by the college's graduate programs department, is looking for projects that include, but aren't limited to, "apps, videos, websites, games [and] plans."
Mar. 3, 2014 8:15 am
Comment on the City Charter with updated BaltimoreCode.org
The digital version of Baltimore's City Charter, BaltimoreCode.org, launched last summer. Now an updated version allows readers to leave comments underneath each section of all 31 articles of the law code.
Feb. 26, 2014 1:40 pm
What's next for the City of Baltimore's hackathon bid?
As of this month, just two groups submitted bids to be considered for the planning of three city-sponsored hackathons, according to bid results released by the Board of Estimates.
Feb. 25, 2014 8:30 am
Open data startup HDScores crowdfunding its way to a mobile app
Crowdfunding of the Week is a regular series highlighting the technology, creative and innovation crowdfunding campaigns in Baltimore that might be worth your support.
Feb. 20, 2014 8:15 am
City of Baltimore launches real-time map of 311 calls [MAP]
The Mayor's Office of Information Technology has "soft-launched" a map displaying 311 service calls in real-time. City CTO Chris Tonjes said, "This is a work in progress and some things are a bit buggy."
Feb. 14, 2014 10:15 am
State software should be able to produce open data: Bill Ferguson
Different departments collect and maintain data using different software, which means it's difficult to collate state government data in an efficient and comprehensible manner.
Feb. 4, 2014 9:15 am
Public Information Act reform bill introduced in General Assembly
"The bill would create a compliance board similar to the body that adjudicates disputes over the state's Open Meetings Act. It would have the power to overrule state agencies or local governments when they deny access to information or charge unreasonable fees."


text:
Posts categorized "NFL"
So this is how Bills fans stay entertained.by Ryan Fantozzi
The Buffalo Bills are one of those teams in the NFL that a lot of people probably just brush aside. Yea the team has some very talen...Read More »
What We've Learned From The NFL (Wildcard Weekend Playoff Preview)by Cade
My first thought... Another NFL regular season is in the books. The playoffs start this weekend and there aren't too many overwh...Read More »
Destiny Controlledby Nick Vitrano
All right. Here we go. The final push. There are several big games this weekend in the NFL with playoff implications. You've ...Read More »
What We've Learned From The NFL (Week 15 Autopsy)by Cade
What We've Learned From The NFL (Week 15 Autopsy) My first thought... How the mighty have fallen! After Denver lost the first gam...Read More »
Justin Tucker's 61 yarder just about puts him in Nate Pool territory.by Jon Henseler
Detroit! What a game last night. Justin Tucker just struttin' his ass out from HIS OWN 49 yard line, right on the Lions logo and de...Read More »
What We've Learned From The NFL (Week 14 Autopsy)by Cade
What We've Learned From The NFL (Week 14 Autopsy) My first thought... As we near the end of the 2013 regular season, the playoff p...Read More »
St. Nick are you out there?by Jason Miller
So after I get done with the show this morning, I am asking myself one question. Would St. Nick bring Aaron Rodgers back so my team...Read More »
WATCH: Ron Burgundy Interviews Peyton Manningby Storm Avery
Ron Burgundy asked Peyton some hard hitting questions in this interview.Read More »


text:
Calling A Plan A Map / ON design partners
Posted in 2. Small House - (51 sqm - 200 sqm),Cabin / Hut,Exotic Idea,Green & Sustainable House,Harmony With The Context,Hill House,House's Shape,Japanese House,Steel House,Terrace / Deck,Ventilation,Views,WoodenMarch 1, 20133 comments
A group of 22 independent huts, many on light metal stilts, form a deconstructed home in Calling a Plan a Map by ON design partners. Located south of Tokyo, the house floor plan is viewed as a map that can be added to, or modified, over time. A permanent two-story structure houses the kitchen and living room, all the other parts can be moved, rearranged like furniture in a room…
Read more


text:
Welcome back for another edition of News and Views. Today, we asked the question: Who will be the next Falcons' scout to dare step foot in Blacksburg, Va.?
♦ News: Colossal draft bust Jimmy Williams is suspended for a year by the NFL for using some kind of drug.
♦ Why should you care: Because Williams now resides in Falcons' lore as one of their great day-one draft disasters, along with (you might want to cover your eyes for this): Aundray Bruce, Marcus Cotton, Steve Broussard, Mike Pritchard, Bruce Pickens, Tony Smith, Devin Bush, Nathan Davis, Michael Booker, Reggie Kelly, Bryan Scott … OK, that's all I can do without falling over. But there is good news. The Falcons will never draft another Hokie! (we can only hope)
♦ Views: It's scary to think about it, but at one time in 2006 the Falcons had five Virginia Tech players on their roster: Williams, Michael Vick, cornerback DeAngelo Hall, guard Matt Lehr and quarterback Bryan Randall. As it turns out, Randall — who's now playing in the Canadian Football League — might go through his career with the least amount of baggage. Williams was the "Flounder" of the secondary: fat, lazy and stupid. He was released by a bad Falcons team, then signed and released by a bad 49ers team. To think: The Falcons (who had traded their 2006 first round pick) actually were thrilled to get Williams with the fifth pick of the second round. Rich McKay and Jim Mora gushed about him. They should have known better. Williams was a projected top-15 pick until his stock plummeted at the combine after bad workouts. The other VaTech alums to pass through Flowery Branch: Vick (from franchise savior to disaster); Hall (overpaid, overrated, selfish, lazy, Jim Mora's best friend); Lehr (played for five teams in eight seasons, was suspended for steroids when he was a Falcon and last year was linked to a federal steroid investigation in Texas; Randall (just loving life as a Winnipeg Blue Bomber). Thomas Dimitroff can go a long way toward ensuring his longevity if he never looks at another Hokie.
♦ News: Thrashers sign goalie Kari Lehtonen to a one-year qualifying offer ($3 million) because they couldn't trade him and they weren't going to give him a multi-year deal.
♦ Why should you care: Because it means Lehtonen, after being offered to any NHL team team in trade, will end up competing for the starting goalie job. That seems strange. Also, for as much focus as there has been on keeping Ilya Kovalchuk in the fold — and justifiably so – the biggest key to any hockey's team's record is goaltending.
♦ Views: Here's the problem: General manager Don Waddell (with Ondrej Pavelec and Johan Hedberg already under contract) went to the draft prepared to trade Lehtonen. Maybe even wanting to trade Lehtonen. But with Marty Biron, Nikolai Khabibulin and others available in free agency, the trade market for goalies was unusually dry. "I talked to a couple of teams but I realized on draft day that things would pretty much be status quo," Waddell said. He then added: "Actually, this could be a good issue. We'll have good competition between three guys competing for jobs." Not necessarily. Competition is good. But when a team has an unsettled situation at goalie and it doesn't know who the starter is going to be, that's not good. There are reasons the Thrashers made Lehtonen available. While he has undeniable talent, he is often injured, is maturing slower than hoped or expected and nobody is ever quite sure where his head is at. But goalies are a strange lot. Sometimes they mature late — very late. Dominik Hasek? He was waived and available in the expansion draft before he turned into the world's best goalie in Buffalo in his late 20s and early 30s. Lehtonen is 25. The Thrashers are still waiting.
July 16th, 2009
11:40 am
It was a bit disappointing to hear Rich McKay and Jim Mora, Jr., talk about what a "steal" Jimmy Williams was when they got him. They acted as if the rest of the world didn't know about Williams' horrible workouts and his plummeting stock.
As it turned out, to no surprise of long-time fans who remember most of the other names Jeff listed, they were wrong – and the rest of the league was right.
July 16th, 2009
12:14 pm
I think the Falcons will do a better "review" now before making these draft picks. Soooo much money wasted on these players, it's disgusting. Thank Goodness for TD who actually spends time researching these players. And after the Vick saga, maybe more into their personal lives as well.
Great signing for Kari..now just make Kovy a Thrasher for life.
July 16th, 2009
12:28 pm
Good and timely column, Jeff!
Makes one wonder if it's not time for the Falcons (and every other sports team) to start giving out tests on integrity and thinking that's the most important thing.
Character matters. A lot! More than talent!
Used to be talent could be measured as if it was more important because it was presumed good character existed equally. Today, character has diminished. We accord athletes special status before they reach teenage years.
We need to start acting like sports isn't important until a kid reaches 18, then becomes slightly important until he reaches 21. Then it finally becomes important to a degree.
That way, kids play sports because they are fun. College kids play sports to earn a degree. Professionals play sports as a career, when it finally becomes important, but not more important than other professions that actually contribute more to the evolution of mankind.
Yeah, I know, the laughter is loud. But, why is that? It really used to be that way, and people who wrote such words were not laughed at. Used to be that adults didn't go stupid at kids' games because they were for kids to have fun. Used to be a college scholarship was considered more an academic pursuit than a sports endeavor.
People who lived before us, who wouldn't laugh at such a statement, would cry rather than laugh that such a philosophy would be laughable today. I just wonder how bad things must actually get before the laughter stops and we start feeling ashamed of ourselves!
July 16th, 2009
12:32 pm
Jeff, yeah, it didn't take long at all for everyone – other than perhaps McKay and Mora, Jr. – to realize Williams was not going to cut it at corner.
July 16th, 2009
12:35 pm
And Jeff, I submit that someone making fun of the VT mass murder shooting is a point where a blog post simply should be removed, and if you choose to remove it as I hope you do, please remove this one as it's served its purpose.
July 16th, 2009
12:36 pm
meh, he was a second round bust even if they traded up, it's more disapointing that Deangelo Hall wasn't more consistant with less of a tude. That was just one of the other miserable moves like ditching Chris Draft for Ed Hartwell who was just horrid.
July 16th, 2009
12:37 pm
If anything with Williams he has himself to blame for sucking, he had talent and his attitude and lifestyle choices were so poor he's now smoked himself out of the league. Essentially it's an enherent problem with a lot of Athletes from Blacksburg.
July 16th, 2009
12:39 pm
Man, those VT players have some problems. I just hope the ones who are there this year
kick Bama's arse at the dome.
War Eagle
July 16th, 2009
12:43 pm
Hey, Jeff, OMG, someone else besides ME finally acknowledges the Vick hokie buddy system! I wish u could go back and read my comments about this very thing. I am the one who has been begging the Falcons to draft more SEC players than ACC….My goodness, even our Razorback D End, is better than them hokies……well, maybe…, but, great article Jeff…
Go Falcons, Dawgs, Braves!!!!!!!
July 16th, 2009
1:04 pm
Is it just me or has Virginia Tech become the new Florida State when it comes to thug football players who waste their talent. Year in and year out, it's the most overrated college program. Their teams aren't as good as advertised, and the draft picks they send to the NFL almost always flop in the NFL.
Could the Thrashers really not trade Lehtonen because there were no takers, or were they asking too much and nobody was willing to pay the price? They'll start the season with 3 goalies now, but when the trade deadline comes and teams start getting ready to overpay for players, Lehtonen will surely go then. Also, surely at least one goalie around the league will get injured and force a team to add depth to the position, so Lehtonen could be gone then. The demand for goalies will go back up, and the Thrashers still have a surplus so Kari will be traded sooner or later.
July 16th, 2009
1:12 pm
Well, if not Virginia Tech. How about Georgia??? LOL
July 16th, 2009
1:15 pm
Nice piece, Jeff. Do you think that one of the reasons Blank went with a player evaluation guy to be his GM is his own personal and painful knowledge of this record?
July 16th, 2009
1:16 pm
Who can forget the "borderline trained assasin" Darrien Connor?
July 16th, 2009
1:19 pm
July 16th, 2009
1:24 pm
Wasn't Gerald Tinker a first rounder back in the Van Brocklin days? Total waste of money.
July 16th, 2009
1:27 pm
You're right about never drafting another Hokie… it would have been awful last year to have ended up w/ a rookie wide receiver like Eddie Royal or corner back like Brandon Flowers. I sure hope the Falcons aren't dumb enough to draft hardnosed defenders like Daryl Tapp or Xavier Adibi either.
What is clear is that you aren't interested in doing any research into former Hokies that are outstanding on and off the field as that might actually involve some genuine, original thinking on your part. Instead, you can continue to recycle the same old material about the same three guys (Vick, D-Hall, J. Williams) as if they just left Blacksburg yesterday.
July 16th, 2009
1:28 pm
I've been saying for about the last seven years to keep away from Virgina Tech players they run the campus there and fell a sence of entitlement in the real world.I believe Coach Beamer is a lot like Coach Donnan meaning he has no control of his players and it is a good thing he's in th ACC and not the SEC because he would be run out of town at most Universitys in the SEC.
July 16th, 2009
1:35 pm
Help me remember…wasn't it Williams that at his first day of training camp made and int and did the Deion dance as he ran it back? I remember going to Flowery Branch and thinking that guy is huge for a db. To bad he didn't have the desire.
July 16th, 2009
1:35 pm
Aundray Bruce was the Chris Washburn of the Falcons. I also thought drafting a one-eyed left tackle was a strange move, poor ol' Bob.
July 16th, 2009
1:35 pm
It is not the school they went to but the failure of the Rich Mckay system to measure Character. I have heard Mckay say they drafted "high character" guys only to lose them to "low character" acts.
July 16th, 2009
1:44 pm
Jeff, the steve broussard pick was one of the worst memories of my falcon life. Why? Because Rodney Hampton was still on the board. I will never forget that day as me and some of my friends were gathered watching the draft. When it came time for the falcons pick we were all jumping up and down high fiving because we just knew the falcons were going to take Hampton. And when the commish said the name steve broussard I literally fell in the floor face in hands with an overwhelming feeling of disgust. Hampton went on to become the giants all time leading rusher when he retired and steve broussard…. well you know.
July 16th, 2009
1:46 pm
jeff i realize its easy to bash mckay & mora and they deserve it for falcon futility, but these days the main reason for most of the falcon's woes , as a franchise, was rankin smith. his unwillingness to spend money, to give real authority to a general manager, and to hire a coach and stick with him thru thick and thin brought on 35 yrs of flailing around from one (5 yr-remember those)re-building plan to the next one. the man was a robber barron, turning a 6 million dollar investment into 550 million only because he was in a club (nfl) with some very smart ppl and thru no merit of his own. his family should get down on their knees and thank God for donald sterling because his existence is the only thing that keeps rankin smith from being considered the worst owner in the history of well owners. thank God for arthur blank
July 16th, 2009
1:47 pm
Yes, as a UVA alum, I fully agree with your comments about Virginia Tech.
Of course, as a University of California alum, I was also down on that loser John Elway.
July 16th, 2009
1:49 pm
Let's not forget T J Duckett. He did some good things here in the dvd but he never lived up to the first round pick status. He looked like Tarzan but played more like Jane. I am not sure it made a lot of sense to take a rb in the 1st when you just invested money in the off season to one in Dunn.
July 16th, 2009
1:51 pm
yeah…its a "hokie" problem…..sure….and when will the AJC be actually reporting on the obvious domestic abuse problems with so many members of this team? What's that all about? Don't you care Jeff? Turner, Ojinnaka, and former Falcon Boley….hmmm….what's with that?
Operators are still standing by! Please 2 tickets/2 jerseys for just the low low price of $199!! Please, how much more do you want? Free food? Free parking? OK…its been dropped to 2 tickets/2 caps for $99 if you'll just make sure the home opener is sold out! Geez, why won't you people support the Falcons???
July 16th, 2009
1:55 pm
Schultzie – Jim Mora Jr. likes men
July 16th, 2009
2:13 pm
Operators are still standing by! Please 2 tickets/2 #7 jerseys for just the low low price of $199!! Please, how much more do you want? Free food? Free parking? OK…its been dropped to 2 tickets/2 caps for $99 if you'll just make sure the home opener is sold out! Geez, why won't you people support the Falcons???
July 16th, 2009
2:18 pm
BILL – Tinker was a second round pick, and he was a bad pick. Bruce was a bust, but scouting and his college suggested he was a viable player. Thus, Bruce was a not a bad pick; he just didn't develop as a player. Gerald Tinker, aka Gerald "The Stinker" Tinker, was picked without evaluating his football skills, and it was a disaster. Tinker was a bad pick.
July 16th, 2009
2:31 pm
Falcons Operator: Please go away!! We want fans…not morons.
July 16th, 2009
2:35 pm
And all those other players you mentioned, did in fact get mention and discussed in the AJC. Typical MV7 fan!
July 16th, 2009
2:36 pm
One of you guys want to buy me a drink?
July 16th, 2009
2:38 pm
Jeff – Thanks for the reply but you completely missed my point. By dismissing all VT players you are thowing out the baby with the bath water. I agree that VT had a run of disappointing character guys but if you'll notice, that run actually came to an end when Marcus Vick was kicked off the team. VT has taken a much, much tougher stance in the past 3 years. For example, Zach Luckett got a DUI right before the season started last year and he was kicked off the team for the entire year even though he was going to be a starting WR on a team w/ zero depth at that position. He is being allowed back on the team this year with a one strike policy. How many UGA (or Florida or Tennesse) players have been suspended for the entire year for a DUI????
Its easy to pot shot VT and Beamer but the facts are that those players and situations are in the past, in many cases several years in the past. If the Falcons want to avoid VT players at all costs that is certainly their right, I just feel its tremendously short sighted.
July 16th, 2009
2:41 pm
Schultz good article other than being that surprised Hampton wasn't picked by the Falcons. IMO plenty of UGA fans were glad to see him in NY.
July 16th, 2009
2:43 pm
VT and Beamer maybe getting tougher but is that because of value or all the press the Vick brothers have generated combined with going to BCS bowls. Beamer better be careful he could end up in Bowden's place without the titles.
July 16th, 2009
3:14 pm
Hey Rachel Ray. How bout I buy you pork chops if you agree to stop screaming at me on the TV? Oh, and you can never ever fake laugh again.
July 16th, 2009
3:18 pm
Don't you dare forget Joe Profit. My favorite though has to be Bruce Pickens, number 3 overall a CB out of Nebraska – back in those days the Big 8 threw maybe 10 passes all year and we are picking Nebraska cornerbacks – surreal experience being a Falcon fan. It is like living in Bizzaro World.
July 16th, 2009
3:30 pm
Interesting article. It isn't fair to attack one school because of three athletes even though the investments made in them were very high. It doesn't mean ATL should stay away from them on draft day. If you see a guy at your pick of need who is available and can make a difference you take him if everything checks out.
Would you stop buying fruit because every once in a while there is a rotten apple or orange in your batch? Had Matt Ryan been a Hokie instead of an "eagle" at BCollege would you have passed on him too? You can't judge everybody in the pot based on a select few. It's funny we don't hear about VT players on other teams across the league being busts….I wonder why that is?
July 16th, 2009
3:33 pm
3. Andrea Bruce 4. Steve Broussard 5. Bruce Pickens 6. Joe Profit
But the two worst picks ever……….Reggie Sutton in the late rounds and you say whats the big deal…..he was headed to jail for drugs. And #1, (drum roll) Jammi German, round 3 ahead of Hines Ward
July 16th, 2009
3:37 pm
I don't think that it's fair to have Mike Pritchard, Reggie Kelly, and Bryan Scott on that list. Kelly was a great blocking TE that helped the Falcons and Bengals to pretty good running games. Scott was a pretty good SS until he hurt his shoulder and lost the ability to be physical, but he's still a starter in the NFL (Bills). Pritch was good in June Jones' Run and Shoot.
July 16th, 2009
3:44 pm
I hope Kevin McCadam doesn't come across this article
July 16th, 2009
3:48 pm
Falcons Worst Draft Picks revision a: 1. Jammi German 2. Reggie Sutton 3. Andrea Bruce 4. Bubba Bean 5. Tony Smith 6. Devin Bush 7. Bruce Pickens 8. Joe Profit 9. Michael Booker 10a. Marcus Cotton 10b. Steve Broussard
Does not include Gerald Tinker, Gold Medal winner. He was a sprinter not a football player, not his fault.
July 16th, 2009
4:12 pm
ahhahahahahaha, I love VA tech, Bruce Smith, QUALITY, every other athlete, LOSERS> ahhaahhaha, beautiful.
Texas Ranger, I forgot about Jammi German, classic. I don't know though, Bruce and Pickens we're HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 16th, 2009
4:12 pm
Your crazy if you think Mike Vick was a bust. The Falcons are the bust for turning there backs on him.
July 16th, 2009
4:21 pm
Bank Walker "Does not include Gerald Tinker, Gold Medal winner. He was a sprinter not a football player, not his fault."
Exactly… Tinker was not a bust; he was a "bad pick." The Smith Gang forgot to evaluate his football skills.
July 16th, 2009
5:29 pm
Are you kidding me? Character matters? Are you kidding me? And your owner brings someone like Derek V. Smith of ChoicePoint in as a minority investor!!! Two words: Fantasy Island!!!
July 16th, 2009
5:30 pm
Hey Miltondawg, dont get mad with me because he Falcons have only blogger fans that support them "spiritually", but definitely not 70,000 that support with their wallets!!
Again….operators are standing by…and falling asleep….you can get 2 jerseys with your 2 tickets for just $199!!! Any jersey at all!! Come on!! You have to order them, you know the Falcons 365 stores closed…both of them…apparently there are not as many Falcons fans as there where when it was decided to open those stores. oh well!!


text:
Sunday, 26 May 2013 11:14
***This week, another Ultimate Fighter superstar announces retirement but not before making one last grandstand challenge. An Olympic wrestler tears through the MMA world, Invicta FC makes a strong statement to defend its fighters against unwanted sexual advances, and a UFC fighter damages his penis! All this week on Inside MMA! ***
Inside MMA Live on AXS.TV report by Steve Te Tai
Originally aired LIVE Friday, May 24 at 9pm EST on AXS.TV
With your host Kenny Rice and co-host Bas Rutten.
Pettis Brothers LIVE
Anthony Pettis and younger brother Sergio join us on the big screen from the Roufus gym in Milwaukee. Anthony says his title shot against Jose Aldo means everything, as he's been waiting for a UFC title shot for a long time. He's as excited as ever, even if he had to drop a weight class, and doesn't care if it's in Rio, Las Vegas, anywhere is fine with him, he's ready to fight and be champ.
He honestly doesn't know what would happen if he beat Aldo to become champion as far as what he would do weight-wise, if that means staying at featherweight permanently, challenging the lightweight champ or what. He's only looking as far ahead as the Aldo fight and will decide what happens afterwards.
Aldo is one of those that don't have a lot of holes in their game, so coming up with a game plan is something he leaves to coach Duke Roufus, who did all his other fights so he leaves that up to him.
Sergio faces Jeff Curran on June 21 in Milwaukee for RFA 8 at flyweight on AXS.TV. He looked up to him for years, even as a kid, so it's weird that he's now fighting him. He takes this fight very seriously as this is for the Flyweight championship. Kenny laughs that every fighter in MMA he's watched as a kid, since he's so young. Bas adds that he knows he's getting old because Sergio was born a month after Bas began fighting MMA.
There is a third Pettis brother who is six years older than Anthony, and he runs the gym. It was a very competitive family with a lot of fighting going on all the time. They show a graphic pointing out that with Sergio undefeated in the first 7 fights of his young career, Anthony was also 7-0 since debuting in January of 2007.
Anthony describes his younger brother as one of those fighters who is good everywhere. Good wrestler, amazing striker, good jiu-jitsu. For his age his work ethic is crazy. He works very hard and isn't trying to love off the Pettis name or anything. Bas talks about the sports bar they own with Roufus called "Showtime" and the irony that Sergio isn't old enough to be in the war to watch UFC fights. Anthony says they have a contract that allows him to be in there but just can't drink.
Sergio tries to emulate his big brother's style of doing and trying anything in that cage with his wild kicks. He calls the cage his playground and Anthony does whatever he wants in there.
Anthony Pettis is the face of the new UFC video game from EA Sports, as his famous showtime kick on Ben Henderson is graphically re-created in slow-mo for the new promotional video.
Sergio started as a successful young Tae Kwon Doe fighter and once Anthony started, Sergio started kickboxing, jiu-jitsu, and wrestling as a junior to prepare for a MMA career.
Brett Atchley Banned!
All-female MMA group, Invicta FC, recently banned fight manager Brett Atchley from its events, based on accusations of improper sexual advances to female fighters including former clients of his. Atchley released a statement refuted these accusations and categorically denied the accusations and looked forward to an opportunity to clear his name.
Shannon Knapp (the Dixie Carter of MMA) also spoke with IMMA via phone and stated the "advances" came in the form of text messages, and email, and since some of the "misconduct" took place at their events, they will stand firm in their stance that Atchley will not be allowed at any future events.
UFC veteran Waylon Lowe is suing a Philadelphia Sex Shop for gel that allegedly damaged his penis.
They didn't give any more information other than that, it was just one of the news headline scrolls and I thought that simply awesome.
Friday Finishes
They show highlight clips from around the world:
--CFFC in Atlantic City, Derrick Kennington beat Jonathan Delbrugge with a jab uppercut combo for the finsh.
--RUFF 9 from China swa Liu Lianjie over Liu Pingyuan with a series of punches to the chin putting him out.
--New England Fights from Lewiston, ME saw Nick Spencher over Steve Sobel with a beautiful kick right to the chin which knocked Sobel out, and when he took the bump it seemed to wake him up again and he didn't seem to remember getting knocked out.
--U of MMA in Los Angeles saw Ryan Lilley (coached by Bas Rutten) over Hugo Lopez with a punch to the jaw.
Matt Serra retires
Earlier this week Serra announced his retirement due to various health issues and complications from a rib injury.
It's tough for him to say the "r" word, so he doesn't want to say "retired" so he says if there is a show within a year at MSG, he challenges Matt Hughes. He had complications from a rib digging into his clavicle which was causing blood clots and if things weren't addressed sooner, the clots could've gone to his heart or brain and his life would've been threatened. He is very thankful things are turning out the way it is because of that.
Kenny adds no one will be fighting in MSG within a year, so no need to worry about another Serra-Hughes fight.
MMA Supports Oklahoma
Primarily due to the strong connections to Oklahoma through the wrestling programs, many fighters were vocal in their support for the tornado victims this week including Randy Couture, Daniel Cormier, and Shane Roller, Cormier is actually raising funds for victims through his Twitter.
Prospect Watch: Henry Sejudo
When Olympic Gold medallist wrestler, Henry Sejudo, was on IMMA earlier this year and said he wanted to fight a lot, he was not exaggerating. Sejudo has had 4 MMA bouts since March, and finished all four opponents (Miguelito Marti, Anthony Sessions, Sean Henry Barnett, and Michael Poe) via TKO or submission.
Breakdown with Bas
Bas breaks down and describes Vitor Belfort's testosterone-fueled spinning back kick on Luke Rockhold with slo-mo, freeze frame, and graphics, which leads us to …
Ron Kruck with Dana White on TRT
Kenny describes one of the issues with TRT is sometimes the fighters aren't even aware they're facing someone with a TRT until after the fight, although Vitor's TRT was known in advance. Bas repeats his position that as long as a fighter's testosterone level on TRT is under 850, which is considered average, than he won't consider that cheating.
Dana tells Ron Kruck that he doesn't like TRT, but Vitor was tested during training and the week of the fight, and while the results haven't come back yet he is confident he will be within the levels allowed. What he doesn't like is how you can get all jacked up on TRT for training, and then come down during test week and test clean yet you still got all the benefits from the testosterone. He can honestly say that Vitor Belfort has not done that, and testosterone didn't throw that spinning back kick (no, it just made it look that much more awesome).
Kruck asks Dana if it's fair that a fighter like Vitor can receive a TRT exemption since he was suspended for PED use in the past. Dana says that is a fair question, but a question for the commission. Dana says the truth is the reason guys are even on TRT is because their bodies can't produce enough testosterone now because they used banned substances back in the day. He clarifies that some of his statements against TRT weren't meant for or targeting Vitor Belfort, like some said, he was addressing everybody. If you have to use TRT, maybe you're too old to fight or compete. He also points out that TRT is used in a lot of sports.
Dana also points out that Vitor is hardly the only fighter on TRT, but he gets singled out because he looks better than everyone else with his physique. Kruck questions that Vitor might be getting singled out more because he keeps fighting in Brazil where their "new" commission keeps giving him TRT exemptions. Dana defends them saying they're the same people who stopped the Gustaffson fight for a cut which he didn't like. They are not new and are a legitimate commission. Dana also adds Vitor isn't fighting in Brazil to get a TRT exemption, he's fighting in Brazil because he's such a huge draw in Brazil and the people there love him.
Kruck closes the piece pointing out that Keith Kizer told him that the commission met back in March and TRT exemptions were discussed but no changes were made to their current policy. No one at Zuffa has approaching them to change anything either. They're meeting next week, but marijuana as a banned substance will be the primary issue discussed. Only 6 fighters in Nevada history have every received a TRT exemption. He points out that no one on the UFC 160 card has applied for a TRT exemption.
They show a clip they found of Justin Saikaley grappling with his girlfriend in a jiu-jitsu gym, and as they were rolling he reaches out his hand under the ropes and someone hands him a foreign object out of her eyesight. Then the match continues and he has her locked up in a triangle, pulls her face closer to his and reveals to her that foreign object--an engagement ring.
Upcoming AXS TV shows
--May 31 Legacy FC
--June 7 Titan Fighting Championships (Bobby Lashley)
--June 21 RFA 8 (Sergio Pettis-Jeff Curran)
So like Bas always says, Godspeed and party on!
If you don't get AXS.TV or missed the show, you can watch a replay on Tuesdays at 1am or you can see extended video highlights. You can also follow Inside MMA on Twitter and Facebook.
Send us a news tip: email@example.com
Note to webmasters/reporters: When recapping news from this site or from our newsletters, please include a link to www.wrestlingobserver.com
For the most in-depth and detailed news and analysis on pro-wrestling and MMA, always turn to Wrestlingobserver.com/Figure Four Weekly Online, the #1 website of its kind on the Internet. Members receive online access to both the Wrestling Observer and Figure Four Weekly newsletters and growing archives, Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer three times per week, the popular Bryan and Vinny Show three times per week, additional radio shows including Figure Four Daily with Alvarez, Mike Coughlin's Five Star Radio, the Dr. Keith Lipinski Show, The Adam and Mike Big Audio Nightmare, Tough Talk and the Karl Stern Wrestling History Show, the infamous BOARD, and more! Members also have full access to the thousands of hours of audio in our radio show archives which date back to 2005. For your convenience, we offer secure online payments using your VISA, Mastercard, American Express, Discover card or PayPal account. Don't miss out on the fun, sign up now! Don't miss out on the fun, sign up now!
Want full access? QUICK AND EASY SIGN-UP, AS LOW AS $9.99 PER MONTH!


text:
Intel's wireless dreams
Are we witnessing the birth of the next big wireless vendor? Intel is branching out into the wireless industry in more ways than one, but the industry questions whether a company so focused on the processor can meet the strict demands of mobility.
Intel is certainly no stranger to the wireless industry. It made its mark in the Wi-Fi business with the introduction of the Centrino platform in 2003, but over the last five years it has been projecting itself beyond the wireless LAN world, traditionally the domain of computing and networking companies, into the well-tended pastures of mobile WANs.
Industry News
Briefing Room
Intel has embraced WiMAX as the technology that will extend the broadband connectivity of wired telecom to mobility. It's back in the mobile processor business after abandoning the XScale processor line in 2006, creating a new chipset called Atom targeted at low-cost notebook PCs and a new category of hand-helds called mobile Internet devices (MIDs). As in its previous mobile iterations, Intel is jumping into a market dominated by deeply entrenched wireless silicon vendors that consequently view Intel as an interloper a CPU giant unsatisfied with its unassailable dominance in the computing market, extending its reach into new and unfamiliar technologies beyond its core competency.
A few years ago that might have been true, said Siavash Alamouti, Intel fellow and chief technology officer of Intel's wireless group. With XScale, Intel clearly was going after the traditional mobile silicon market, an area where voice and maintaining mobile connectivity ruled and computing was little more than an afterthought. The landscape, however, has changed in the last two years.
The killer app is no longer any service that is provided by an operator, Alamouti said. The killer app is the World Wide Web.
The definitions of mobile data and the mobile Internet have changed. Instead of adding data connectivity and limited computing capabilities to traditional wireless handsets, the industry is evolving into one in which the traditional PC experience with its connection to the wireline Internet is being extended to the mobile device, Alamouti said. The distinction may be subtle, but it's an important one. Instead of making a phone smarter, Intel believes, the industry is moving toward making the computer mobile. There is evidence for that philosophical shift throughout the industry: Mobile browsers are rendering full Web pages rather than mobile-optimized sites; Linux-based open operating systems are gaining ground over proprietary handset operating systems; operators are shifting from a service model that emphasizes their own unique services to one that promises unfettered access to the established services of the Internet.
In this new mobile Internet environment, Intel is no longer the interloper it's the incumbent, Alamouti said. While XScale may have tried to play in the wireless silicon vendors' core competency, the Intel view of the mobile data world dictates that Qualcomm and TI are now playing in Intel's core competency: computing. Focusing on computing and the Internet proper brings in reams of established players not just chipset-makers, but PC manufacturers, multimedia gadget vendors and millions of application developers. The Motorolas, Nokias and Samsungs of the world made phones, and they made them well. The new mobile device isn't a phone, Alamouti said, it's a computer it may be small, it even may resemble a handset, but bottom line it's a computer.
Want to use this article? Click here for options!
© 2014 Penton Media Inc.
Learning Library
White Papers
Featured Content
of interest
The Latest
From the Blog
Join the Discussion
Get more out of Connected Planet by visiting our related resources below:
Connected Planet highlights the next generation of service providers, as well as how their customers use services in new ways.Subscribe Now


text:
The Lodi area will have a few special services and a concert to mark the new year. They include:
St. Anne's, Catholic Church, 215 W. Walnut St., Lodi: 5:30 p.m. Mass in English on Monday, 7:30 p.m. in Spanish. New Year's Day: 9 a.m. bilingual Mass.
You must login to view the full content on this page.
Or, use your facebook account:


text:
November 26, 2013
NVIDIA Shield 16 GB, $299.99
To the uninitiated, the NVIDIA Shield is a goofy gizmo that looks like the lovechild of an iPhone and an Xbox controller. However, in a capable set of hands, it's the most versatile handheld on the market, able to play old-school Nintendo games, full-blown Steam PC offerings, and even putting a tactile spin on Android games. Just don't confuse this with Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Coulson hates that.
Around the Web


text:
The Tampa Bay Rays lost to the Texas Rangers 5-4 Monday on a dispute strike called on Ben Zobrist to end the game.
The count was full as Joe Nathan was facing Zobrist with a man on first and two outs in the top of the ninth. Nathan threw a breaking ball that dipped down and appeared to tail out of the strike zone. Home plate umpire Marty Foster thought it was a strike and called out Zobrist to end the game.
Rays manager Joe Maddon couldn't believe the call. He came running out of the dugout to plead with Foster as the fireworks went off at the Ballpark in Arlington. He got in the umpire's face, but it was no use. Nathan was credited for his 300th career save, and all Maddon could do was vent after the game.


text:
Address Book is the calendaring application preinstalled on every Mac computer as part of Mac OS X. Mac OS X version 10.7 (also known as Lion) provides inbuilt support for connecting to Exchange servers. As a result if you are using Lion you are able to use the Oxford Nexus email, shared calendaring and address book facilities from your Mac via the inbuilt Mail, iCal, and Address Book applications.
So, Mac users who are running Lion can use Nexus contacts via Address Book on their Mac.
If you have already configured Mail or iCal to use Nexus the chances are that your Address Book application has already been set up for you to use with Nexus. That is because when you add an Exchange account to Mail or iCal the default behaviour is to also set up the other components that make up the suite of programs that can be used with Exchange at the same time. This can be seen in the Account Summary screen that you get, for example, when configuring Mail (note the "Also set up:" check boxes):
However, if you need to configure Address Book to connect to Nexus manually follow the instructions below.
1. Configuring Address Book to connect to Nexus
To configure Address Book to connect to Nexus, open the programme, either from the dock or by finding it in the Applications folder. If this is the first time you have opened Address Book, the Setup Assistant will start automatically.
Otherwise, you can add a new accounts by clicking on the
[Preferences] from the Address
Book menu, and then clicking the
Accounts button on the Accounts window that
Click the
+ at the bottom of the screen to start the process of adding a new
account. You will then be taken to a screen that is identical to the initial setup assistant. You
need to select
[Exchange] from the
Account type drop down menu. The
screen then prompts you for your
Full Name,
Email address and
Password. The Password you need to enter here is your Single Sign-On password.
Figure images/addressbook-welcome-1.png [First screen to add an account prompting for name, email address, and password after selecting Exchange account]
Once you have entered your details, click
Your computer will now try to connect to the Nexus server in order
to match up the details that you have supplied with a Nexus account and after a
moment you should see
a message that says 'Trying to log in to the Exchange 2007 server
"autodiscover.nexus.ox.ac.uk" failed. Make sure the email address and password
you entered are correct, then click Continue.'. Simultaneously, a new
User name field will appear indicated by with a white arrow
within a red circle. This is because your Nexus username is not the
same as your Nexus email address. Your username is your Single Sign-On username
(aka the Oxford Username) whilst your Nexus email address will usually be of the
form email@example.com. The setup assistant will supply the first part of your email address (in
this case
janet.mcknight) as its best guess in the new
User name
field. You will need to replace the contents of this new
User name field with your Single
Sign-On username (in this case
Figure images/addressbook-prompt-for-username-2.png [Second screen to add an account prompting for your Single Sign On username in addition to your full name, email address, and password]
Once you have entered your username details, click
Once you have supplied this information Address Book will be able to find all the details it needs from the Nexus AutoDiscovery server and the next screen you should see will be an Account Summary screen that confirms the account details. (If you've already set up Mail for Exchange, Address Book will skip the Account Summary screen and just create the account.)
When you click
Create, the account will be created on your Mac and you will be
returned to the Accounts screen where the details of the newly created account are displayed.
Figure images/addressbook-completed-account.png [Account screen showing details of newly created account]
You can now simply close this window using the red button in the top left window corner. The new account now appears in the left hand pane of Address Book.
You are now ready to use the Nexus contacts with Address Book. Lion's inbuilt support for Exchange means that you can also use Mail for your Nexus email and iCal for your Nexus calendaring.
2. Searching the Global Address List on Nexus
Most applications that are configured to talk to the Nexus Exchange server will search the Global Address List (GAL) in order to autocomplete or offer a list of matches when you type in part of a name to an address field. If you want to search the GAL to find out the full information held for a particular person then the easiest way to do that is via your Address Book application.
Open Address Book and select 'Exchange Global Address List' from the 'Directories' section in the left hand pane. (NB you will also see another section called 'Exchange', with an entry under it called 'Contacts'; this is not the GAL, this is your personal address book stored on the Nexus server.)
Figure images/addressbook-gal.png [Main Address Book window showing Nexus Global Address List selected]
To search within the GAL simply type the text you wish to search on into the search box in the top right hand corner of the Address Book window. As you type a list of possible matches will the appear underneath the search box on the right-hand pane of the Address Book window.
Figure images/addressbook-searching-gal.png [Main Address Book window showing a search of the Nexus Global Address List]
To see the full details for any of the possible matches simply double-click on the one you want to see:
Figure images/addressbook-selected-gal.png [Main Address Book window showing a match from a search of the Nexus Global Address List selected]
Subsequent searches can be performed by typing new text in the search box.
3. Using personal contact lists on Nexus
In the section on searching the GAL we mentioned that when you open Address Book and select your Nexus account from the list of groups in the left hand pane you will see not only the 'Exchange Global Address List' (under 'Directories') but also 'Contacts' under 'Exchange': this 'Contacts' list is your personal address book stored on the Nexus server.
You can create and manage personal contact lists on Nexus in exactly the same way that you have always created and managed your locally stored contact lists in Address Book. The only difference is that if you store your personal contact lists in Address Book on Nexus they will be available to you however you are accessing Nexus. For example, if you are away from your computer and are accessing Nexus via OWA (the web interface) you would still have access to the personal contact lists that you created in Address Book under your Nexus account.
To illustrate this the figure below shows that we have created a contact in Address Book, in this
case the contact is called
Test Contact:
Figure images/addressbook-test-contact.png [Address Book showing contact created in personal contact list within Nexus account]
This figure shows that when we now login to Nexus via OWA and select the Contacts view we can see the
newly created
Test Contact (shown here as Contact, Test) within the OWA
In summary, unless you specifically want a personal contact list to be only visible on your computer, it makes sense to store contacts on the Nexus server so that they are available to you however you are accessing Nexus.
4. Where next?
If you have any problems, in the first instance you should contact your local (College or Department) IT staff. If they cannot help then please contact the OUCS Help Centre for further assistance.


text: We thought she had said it before but she would only say it once but today when my mom was leaving and said "Bye-Bye Sarah" Sarah said "Buh-bye". My mom said bye again and Sarah said it again then they did it a third time so I'm sure it was deliberate! I guess that's Sarah's first real word!


text:
100% Secure Payment
Upcoming Events
For those of you who want to work on your squats and leg muscles the Pullum Jump stretch base allows you to combine the variable resistance offered by resistance bands to your training program.
The wide base 90cm x 55 cm will allow you to take up the stance that suits you then, push up with the resistance bands doing there best to keep you down. If you really are a sumo lifter simply ask for the base width of your choice.
The chequered steel plate base gives you excellent grip and as always with Pullum kit will stand the toughest of treatment.
Pullum Sports attempts to process all Internet orders on the next working day following receipt.
If all items are in stock and the funds are released we will ship them on the same day.
We use a mixture of Royal Mail and Courier delivery depending on the size and weight of the items ordered.
First class delivery is always used and in the majority of cases, delivery is attempted on the next working day. This is not however guaranteed (Royal Mail do make some Saturday deliveries our couriers do not).
All shipments will require a signature so if you have been out please check if a contact card has been pushed through your letterbox.
The price we charge for shipping includes an element to cover the packaging and also includes VAT.
Once we have dispatched an order we will change the order status to Completed.
Where we are missing an item from your order we will change the order status to Processing and send an e-mail to the supplied e-mail address of when we hope to complete your order.
If you are ordering a Pullum manufactured item we generally make to order. Our target is to manufacture and ship to you within 4 to 6 weeks of receipt. If it is a small item we will attempt to manufacture and ship much sooner.
If the payment details supplied were incomplete or did not match the Card address then your order status will be changed to Uncleared and an e-mail sent to you.
Customer Reviews
You are reviewing the product: Pullum Jump Stretch Base
You may also be interested in...


text:
These Wels catfish are not like their southern France human neighbors – they stand their ground, and take no crap. These are huge vicious predatory animals, reaching gargantuan sizes of up to thirteen feet in length and over four hundred pounds.
Here they are proving that they are not just bottom feeders by running up on the bank to snag pigeons feeding by the waters edge.
Makes you wounder if they could snatch a small child?


text:
My pal Anil on why he's a kottke.org micropatron.
Front page
About + contact
Site archives
Follow kottke.org on Twitter
Follow kottke.org on Tumblr
Like kottke.org on Facebook
Subscribe to the RSS feed
Ads by The Deck
And more at Amazon.com
More at We Work Remotely
Subscribe to Quarterly and get a real-life mailing from Jason every three months.
Hosting provided EngineHosting


text:
Start learning with our library of video tutorials taught by experts. Get started
Gives a working knowledge of CSS to web developers and coders who already have a firm grasp of XHTML/HTML and want to take their web sites to the next level.
Takes the student step-by-step through the process of using CSS positioning to create pages that have traditionally been laid out using HTML tables.
"I've been struggling with WordPress for weeks now. I signed up for your program and in one hour I learned exactly what I needed—and I UNDERSTAND it. It wasn't just done for me; I was taught what to do. Outstanding value!" —Robert C.
more from our members »


text:
Full size version is only available to registered users
Please Register as a New User or Login as Existing User to gain full access to all the photos on this site. Registration is quick and completely free.
Unregistered users can only view full size photos that have been added this month.
West coast of Hoy seen across the Pentland Firth from near Dunnet Head
© Rog Wilko, Feb 2012
Camera used: Panasonic DMC-FZ18


text:
Kaazing to Host HTML5 User Groups
Websocket specialist Kaazing hosting three user groups in an effort to improve HTML5 the developer community.
The Websocket specialists at Kaazing are hosting three open forum/development seminars on HTML5, the next iteration of the core markup language of the Web. The user groups are being held in hopes to foster an HTML5 developer community and expand the knowledge base of the those in attendance.
"Companies like Google, Microsoft, and Apple have all indicated that the future of the web is HTML5. By engaging developers through these open forums, Kaazing continues to secure its position within the development community as the global industry leader in HTML5 education," said Kaazing CEO Jonas Jacobi.
The first meetup is scheduled in London on May 19 at The Skills Matter Exchange. Peter Lubbers author of "HTML5 WebSocket and Communication" and co-author of "Pro HTML5 Programming" will discuss the history, application and evolution of HTML5, followed by a Q&A.
The SF HTML5 meetup takes place on May 28 in San Francisco will discuss HTML5 and other open Web standards CSS3 and Java. There are only 12 spots left for this meetup.
Finally, the New York Meet Up will be held on June 16 and will feature another overview by Lubbers. The meetup is limited to only 60 people. Register here.
Issue 168/2014
Buy this issue as a PDF
Tag Cloud
Mozilla Labs Shuts Down
Mozilla's product think tank sinks silently into history.
Internet Giants Launch Collaboration to Improve Open Source
TODO group will focus on open source tools in large-scale environments.
Fedora Announces New Partition Manager App
New tool will look like GParted but support a wider range of storage technologies.
Mozilla Releases a New Firefox
New public key pinning feature will help prevent man-in-the-middle attacks.
Tool Predicts Which Websites Will be Compromised
Carnegie Mellon researchers say 3 million pages could fall down the phishing hole in the next year.
SSH Key Management Guidelines
The US government rolls new best-practice rules for protecting SSH.
Knoppix 7.4 Released
Klaus Knopper announces the latest version of his iconic Live Linux system.
PHP Attack Puts WordPress and Drupal at Risk
All websites that use these popular CMS tools could be vulnerable to denial of service attacks if users don't install the updates.
Heartbleed Bleeds On
According to a report, many potential victims of the Heartbleed attack have patched their systems, but few have cleaned up the crime scene to protect themselves from the effects of a previous intrusion.
Drone Brain Goes Open Source
DARPA and NICTA release the code for the ultra-secure microkernel system used in aerial drones.


text:
Thelma's Kitchen
302 Auburn Ave. NE, Atlanta, GA 30303 |
Get Directions
Phone: (404) 688-5855
Specialty Dishes: Fried Chicken, Chicken-Fried Steak, Black-Eyed Peas
On FoodNation, Bobby thought the best way to describe Thelma's Kitchen in Atlanta is as ''a Southern comfort food cafeteria.'' The classic dishes include Fried Chicken and Chicken-Fried steak. Try them with a side of black-eyed peas, collard greens or even rutabaga.
See an error? Report This Listing
As Seen On
Southern Steamed QuailRecipe courtesy Nancy Thomas
- Cook Time:
- 55 min
Buttermilk BiscuitsRecipe courtesy Nancy Thomas
- Cook Time:
- 30 min
Blue-Cheese-Pear-Pecan SaladRecipe courtesy Nancy Thomas
- Cook Time:


text:
Filmmaker recalls 'miraculous' whales and dolphins at play
Sara Hine is a Getty Images contributor as well as the founder, CEO and Producer with Helifilms Australia. With her partner, Jerry Grayson (writer/director and helicopter film pilot), Sara has just completed their new IMAX film "The Earth Wins."
A Helifilms production, the film is an amazing look at the world from above, challenging viewers to consider whether we are damaging the planet – or themselves. It is the first Australian IMAX film in 10 years (it will be exhibited at Melbourne and Sydney IMAX theaters next year and throughout the USA and worldwide also in 2013), and also is the first IMAX film to be crowdfunded.
We asked Sara to talk about one of her favorite images available on gettyimages.com, and we were not surprised that, like the film itself, her response brings viewers closer to nature. Here's what she had to say:
"The final scene in our IMAX film, "The Earth Wins" is set to an evocative piece of music by Australian music sensation, The Temper Trap, who you may have seen performing live on their world tour this year?… The piece of music is called "Miracle" and the opening beats are the heart beats of one of the band member's newborn babies. The footage we chose to illustrate the music is also pretty miraculous! We'd been filming off the Cape of Good Hope, near Cape Town in South Africa for some TVcommercials, when my director, Jerry Grayson, spotted activity in the South Atlantic Ocean below us.
From 1,500 feet we were able to clearly make out three Southern Wright Whales basking in the cool southern waters of the South Atlantic Ocean. Not that unusual as we were filming during the whaling season, but what we saw next was quite incredible: A pod of bottlenose dolphins came to play with the massive whales.
As we were filming using our Cineflex gyrostabilised camera, we were able to stay high above the marine life, up at 1,500 ft, but still be full frame on the whales and dolphins – from that height there was no noise from the helicopter nor downdraft so we were able to film and observe their behaviour for over 40 minutes without disturbing them.
This unique footage showing miraculous behaviour has, to my knowledge, never before been captured on film. Are they playing, is this a mating ritual, do they return to the safeyy and purity of these waters every year? We need to ensure such rituals are allowed to take place for centuries to come.
Our film has a very strong environmental message, but the take home is that through the beauty of the images and power of the lyrics in the soundtrack, we want the audience to be inspired to preserve and conserve our planet, to think about alternative energy sources, to recycle, to protect mother earth, not just ourselves."
The Earth Wins – Trailer from Helifilms on Vimeo.
Editor's note: To see the video clips of the whales and dolphins, click here. Want to get involved? Learn more about the film and the funding here, but move quickly: Their Pozible campaign closes on November 18.


text:
Just Ask Children's: Speech
At what age is it normal for my child to start speaking? My child just started stuttering, are there things we should do or will this go away on its own? Pediatric experts from Children's Hospital Colorado are available today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to answer all your questions on children's speech development.
For more tips and information on hearing, speeches, and learning, visit the Children's Colorado website here.


text:
Beldani Restaurant
Kuwait Al Bida'a | P.O. Box 7306 | 22084 Salmiya | Kuwait
+965 222 531 00 | firstname.lastname@example.com
+965 222 531 00 | firstname.lastname@example.com
Best seafood
Seafood restaurant
Beldani Restaurant, overlooking the sparkling waters of the Arabian Gulf, offers an innovative take on Kuwait's seafood heritage with its signature barbecue of local fish and shellfish. The restaurant also benefits from an air-conditioned area inside and alfresco seating ideal for a relaxed conversation with family and friends and the feeling of getting back to nature.
Key Features
- Stunning sea views
- Seafood and local specialties
- Refreshing al-fresco seating
Mr. Mario Bassil
+ 965 222 53 100
Opening hours
Lunch : 12.30pm to 04.30pm
Dinner: 07.30pm to 11.30pm


text:
|New Videos - Best Videos - Hot! - Hits - Tags - Porn Pics - Sex Stories - Pornstars - Adult Forum - UPLOAD
|Sex video sponsored by Adult Amateur Clips (click here to download more of this porn): Adult Amateur Clips, real homemade amateur videos! Click here to check out our archive full of uncensored real amateur videos!
|Stunning beautiful blonde look like cameron diaz doing first audition for porn movie
|Display / write / close (14) comment(s) for this sex video.
Terms of service - Content removal - Upload Porn Videos - Tool to download flash videos - Advertising.Return to XNXX Free Porn Videos Homepage .


text:
THURSDAY, Dec. 9 (HealthDay News) -- The United States has
failed to reach almost every goal set for women's health, a new
report says.
Conducted by the National Women's Law Center and Oregon Health
Sciences University (OHSU), the report -- based largely on federal
objectives drawn from the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services' Healthy People 2010 agenda -- is the fifth in a 10-year
look at the status of women's health in this country. In this
latest analysis, a satisfactory rating was only handed out on three
of 26 measures of good health for women.
"If you look at the nation overall, the nation hasn't done that well," Dr. Michelle Berlin, vice chair of the report and associate director of the OHSU Center for Women's Health, said during a news conference on Wednesday.
The three goals that have been met throughout the country are
the number of women receiving mammograms, the number of women
getting screened for colorectal cancer and the number of women
going for annual dental visits, Berlin said.
Since 2000, there has been some progress in reducing deaths from
heart disease, stroke and breast and lung cancer. And, fewer women
are smoking, the report found.
However, more women are obese and more suffer from high blood
pressure and diabetes. Also, fewer women are getting Pap tests for
cervical cancer, and the incidence of Chlamydia and binge drinking
are on the increase, the report showed.
Berlin noted that these data also vary state-to-state, so that
although some goals have been met nationally, individual states may
be falling behind. "The range is pretty concerning," she said.
In fact, no state was given a overall satisfactory grade for
women's health and only two states, Vermont and Massachusetts, got
the next highest grade of "satisfactory minus." Thirty-seven states
received an unsatisfactory grade, and 12 were given an F.
States ranking at the bottom include Alabama, Arkansas,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and West Virginia.
In addition to health goals, the report looked at 68 federal
health policies. Medicaid coverage for breast and cervical cancer
treatment and participation in the Food Stamp Nutrition and
Education Program were the only of these goals that were met.
Nine states met a majority of the goals, with California,
Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York meeting the most. The four
states that met the fewest were Alabama, Idaho, Mississippi and
South Dakota, according to the report.
The hope is that provisions of the Affordable Care Act, signed
into law by President Barack Obama in March, will slowly improve
the grade nationally and within each state, the report said.
For example, four of the Medicaid eligibility and enrollment
goals will be met when new Medicaid eligibility rules take effect
in 2014. In addition, coverage of preventive services by private
insurers, such as Pap smears, mammograms and osteoporosis
screenings, have been met by mandating the coverage of such
services with no cost-sharing, which became effective in September,
the report noted.
Other findings in the report include:
Dr. Olveen Carrasquillo, chief of the division of general
internal medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of
Medicine, said he was "not surprised by the report."
"The reductions in the biggest killers of women, cardiovascular disease and some cancers, are probably the biggest victories we have had in health in the last 20 years," he said. "But clearly there are a ways to go."
Carrasquillo noted that it is not surprising to see diabetes
levels rising as obesity and lack of physical activity increase
among women. That also accounts for the increases in blood
pressure, he said.
The increase in binge drinking may just indicate that women are
catching up with men, Carrasquillo noted.
The new report, titled
Making the Grade on Women's Health: A National and
State-by-State Report Card, makes it critical that prevention and wellness programs continued to be funded under health care reform, he said.
More information
For more information on women's health, visit the
U.S. National
Women's Health Information Center.
Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
Latest News
Crouse Hospital Appoints Chief Information Officer
more >
MedEx Bedside Prescription Delivery Service
Free service offers convenience, patient education at discharge.more >
Weight Loss Surgery
Is it right for you? Attend a free information seminar held twice monthly.more >
Quality at Crouse
See how Crouse Hospital strives to provide the best in patient care.more >
Cheer Up That Special Someone
Say get well or welcome a new arrival with a gift purchased right at Crouse.
more >
Make an Online Donation Now
Your donation of any amount helps support Crouse services & programs in a meaningful way.more >
Shop Online Now
Say get well, thinking of you or welcome new baby with a unique gift from the Crouse Gift Shop.
© 2014 Crouse Hospital / 736 Irving Avenue / Syracuse, NY 13210 / 315-470-7111


text:
You're currently on:
No-Rinse Bathing Wipes
a great product. Review by ddibley
I have been using this product for a long time. It is really nice to have a product like this one and you feel so clean in between bathing in the tub or a shower. I have really bad days, so i still want to stay clean and feel clean. Thank you HDIS for all your great products you sell. (Posted on 11/19/12)
Great wipes Review by Dibley
I cannot always get in the shower and I want to feel clean. The no rinse wipes are great and I feel very clean after using them. It is so nice to have a product that can help you and make you feel good on those bad days. Thank you HDIS for all your great products. (Posted on 3/16/12)
clean feeling Review by nance
It is wonderful to actually get clean without water. I love feeling clean and these wipes work really well. (Posted on 12/2/11)
take a bath without water Review by Lorena
The No Rinse bathing wipes are very easy to use and do a wonderful job for anyone who wants to stay clean in between baths, or they would be very good for giving some a bed bath when getting into the tub is too much trouble. I highly recommend this product and I recommend warming them in the microwave for extra warmth that is very soothing. (Posted on 10/21/10)
Please add your own review
You're reviewing: No-Rinse Bathing Wipes
You may also be interested in the following product(s)
Comfort Bath Washcloths
Price From: $5.99


text:
Related Photo Galleries
23. > To fill the 15-inch gaps left by the quarter-panel relocation, Rich found a set of four-door '64 Fairlane quarter skins on eBay. Though the required filler panels could be hand-formed from ordinary sheet steel, Rich covets the factory look and says there's no better way to get nice wheel lip and inner fender results than to use factory metal. The long Vise-Grip C-clamps shown here make mockup and trimming easier.
© Hotrod.com
TEN: The Enthusiast Network
All rights reserved. HAWWBIIS29


text:
Two New York men were charged Wednesday afternoon in the beating of a man as he left a nightclub with a woman in late September, police announced Thursday.
According to police, the victim in the September 23 incident was leaving a nightclub with a female acquaintance he'd met that evening when approximately half-a-dozen men allegedly attacked the victim.
Police said the victim pulled a gun he had a legal permit to carry when he felt himself beginning to lose consciousness during the beating, and fired several times at the group, striking two men.
The two suspects who turned themselves into police were identified as Stephen Anthony Colangelo, 19, of Old Havestraw Rd. in Congers, and a Cedric Savinon, 23, of Stockton Rd. in Valley Cottage. Neither were either of the shooting victims in the alleged attack.
The gun used in the incident was not found at the scene and has not yet been recovered by authorities.
Other Arrests
Arthur Bates, 51, of Williams St., was charged early Thursday with possession of narcotics and illegal operation of a motor vehicle while under suspension.
Sam Guarino, 59, of Stonycreek in Dover Plains, NY, was charged Wednesday evening with possession of narcotics and sale of certain illegal drugs.
Dariusz Kotula, 35, of Canaan Ct. in Stratford, was charged Wednesday night with illegal operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, failure to insure a private motor vehicle and following too closely to a non-commercial vehicle.
Norman Lloyd, 27, of Culloden Rd., was charged Thursday morning with third-degree assault, violation and two counts risk of injury to a child (family).
Larry Shelly, 24, of Lawn Ave., was charged Wednesday morning with two counts violation of probation.
Tyrell Williams, 18, of Washington Blvd., was charged Thursday morning with second-degree robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, sixth-degree larceny, conspiracy to commit larceny and interfering with an officer/resisting.


text:
Four days of R&R gave me time nearly to finish Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming by Naomi Oreskes and Erick M. Conway. I was prompted to read it by this book review in the June 17 Economist and by some previous work I have done that required me to investigate documents contained in the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library, particularly as they related to US tobacco farmers.
I will confess that I came to tobacco research with a pretty open attitude regarding consumer sovereignty. I assumed (this was around 2004) that everyone who smoked understood that they were elevating their risk for lung and other cancers and cardio-vascular disease; that they had evaluated the trade offs and had made a fully-informed, rational decision to smoke. One study, done before the link between second hand smoke and negative health outcomes among "innocent bystanders" had been established, found that most of smoking's costs fell on the smoker, that smokers imposed few costs on non-smokers, mainly because smokers tended to die old enough to be on the downside of their productive output, but young enough to pay into things like Social Security, but not collect from them. I'm embarrassed to say that as an economist, I found a certain efficient beauty in this. However, as a person with mild allergic reactions to cigarette smoke, I wasn't convinced that all the externalities were adequately internalized.
It didn't take long to recognize how naive I was. It seemed reasonable to assume that all smokers were fully informed about the contents and risks of the product they were consuming. The link to lung cancer had been pretty well established since the mid 1950's (see here and here, for example). Then I read David Kessler's book, A Question of Intent: A Great American Battle with a Deadly Industry . Imagine my shock (yes, really) when I discovered that tobacco manufacturers had lied about the risks of smoking, deliberately attempted to cast doubt on consistent scientific findings of those risks, added substances to cigarettes that were designed to increase nicotine delivery and thereby addiction, understood that they were marketing an addictive substance, and were deliberately attempting to recruit younger people to smoke.(For a good review of tobacco industry documents pertaining to marketing and pricing strategies, see this article.)
Issues of consumer sovereignty and "personal freedom" become more difficult when information provided by a manufacturer about the potential harms associated with consumption of a good is intentionally distorted or when the good is addictive. Marketing an addictive substance to youth (who are notoriously myopic when it comes to evaluating potential future (bad) states of the world) surely deserves a special place in hell, yes?
Talk about roads to serfdom.
The Oreskes and Conway book provides even more detail about the concerted efforts by tobacco companies to distort and obscure (in self-serving ways) information about health risks in order to maintain profits. Tobacco companies obscured risk primarily by exploiting the uncertainty inherent in population-based statistics when applied to individual outcomes. What do I mean by this? Let me give you a real world example.
Several years ago, a friend was diagnosed with cancer. His oncologist (at a leading medical center always at the top of the US News and World Report rankings) announced that my friend needed to know his "odds of survival." My friend, trained in biostatistics and epidemiology, interjected that there was virtually no individually relevant information in his "odds of survival" because the odds ratio is a population statistic. My friend was interested in whether or not he would be alive, say, one year from the time the conversation was taking place. He was not interested in how many out of 100 people with exactly the same type of cancer he had would be alive at the end of the year. He knew that his individual probability of survival was either zero or one (dead or alive). The population statistic told him nothing about his individual probability of survival.
The doc gave my friend very low (population) odds of survival. Eight years later, my friend is still disease free. You see the point? Population statistics do not perfectly predict anything about a single individual. Tobacco companies used this feature of population statistics to cast doubt on a causal link between smoking and lung cancer.
Practically speaking, risk that is elevated in combination with the lethality of most smoking-induced lung cancers represents the potential for significant individual harm. Most rational, risk-averse individuals, if given the correct information, would probably opt to avoid the elevation in risk. Correct estimates of the population odds can be very informative when making decisions about engaging in risky behavior prior to exposure.
Intentionally distorting information about risk seems like a road to worse than serfdom for those expected to make rational decisions based on the information.
Commercial exchange in transparent markets usually results in benefits to all parties. It is something every society should desire. However, tobacco is almost certainly an exception to this. I won't dispute Angus Deaton's point that smokers may well benefit in ways that offset (for them) their increased risk of a shorter life. I also agree that it is preferred, all else equal, that the individual be free to make such decisions. But, therein lies the rub, IMHO. The liberty of tobacco manufacturers, the liberty of smokers, and the liberty of people with asthma for whom tobacco smoke can be life threatening in more immediate ways than aggressive carcinomas all matter. There is almost certainly no way to assure unfettered, unprincipled liberty to all of these actors at all times.
Oreskes and Conway quote Isaiah Berlin: "Liberty for wolves means death to lambs." In their book, it's pretty clear that money and power directed by self-interest have worked overtime to confuse issues of risk and health with issues of freedom, liberty, and personal choice. Such efforts will almost assuredly give the "wolves" an advantage in any discussion about the merits of regulation. It's not unlike discussions about financial reform and regulation, consumer financial product protections, or corporate "free speech."
Liberty (or consumer sovereignty, which seems often to be the sole embodiment of liberty in some discourse) is not so straightforward. Am I free and sovereign if I'm acting on manipulated, distorted information provided by the manufacturer of a (harmful) good? Am I free and sovereign to impose costs on my neighbors, my community, and my nation by failing to purchase health insurance or by repealing health reform, and then expecting to be treated, at the expense of taxpayers or individuals who did purchase health insurance, when I show up at the emergency department? To what extent do ethical constraints restrict liberty and do such restrictions represent a loss of freedom or a gain? If individuals and corporations have a right to free political speech, do they also have ethical obligations or may they simply pursue single-minded, self-interested ends with little regard for the long-term consequences to the rest of us? What does profit represent? Is it a return to the ability to dupe amateurs or is it a return to the ability to provide expert information about a product and to help amateurs to identify the product that best fits their preferences, their budget constraint, and their long-term goals?
The last is the commercial exchange that I grew up with. It did not require regulation. We understood that we were the experts and that our expertise was why our customers were paying us a mark up above costs: not to dupe them, but to help them achieve that maximum of utility our economics textbooks extol.
The above are all questions that we as a society, as a nation, and as a discipline must start to ask and to answer (in more than the 25 word sound bites that play well at MSNBC and Fox news). Economics and economists understand better than most the impossibility of a Paretian liberal. We as a discipline must advance this dialogue in ways that move us ahead in resolving the necessary conflicts of a society that values individual freedom and choice, the social benefits of efficient allocations and prices, and some necessary, yet to be determined, level of collective well-being that enhances those same freedoms, choices, and efficiencies.


text:
2014 (Sophomore): Preseason 2014 Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Yearbook DI All-American … totaled 119 saves on a .504 save percentage with an 11.05 goals against average … played in 13 games, starting 12 … posted 10 or more saves in six games … recorded 10 saves at home vs. Marquette on March 29 … stopped a season-high 21 shots at No. 5 Virginia (Feb. 22), tied for the third-most single game saves in Division I in 2014 … earned BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll Recognition (Feb. 24) for his performance against the Cavaliers … accumulated 15 saves in back-to-back contests at Providence (March 15) and vs. Richmond (March 17) … named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (March 17) for his performance against the Friars … made 12 saves in back-to-back games vs. Manhattan (Feb. 8) and at Wagner (Feb. 18).
2013 (Freshman): Force between the posts for the Scarlet Knights in his initial season, starting 14 games in net … BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Year and First Team All-BIG EAST recipient … finished fourth nationally and first in the BIG EAST with 14.00 saves per game … ranked sixth in the country and first in the conference with a .596 save percentage … made a league-best 86 saves in conference play … recorded 196 saves in 2013, ranking sixth on RU's single-season list, despite missing a game due to injury … tallied 10 or more saves in all but three games he played in … totaled 20 or more saves on three occasions … named to BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll twice … posted career-high 25 saves against Providence (March 30), surrendering just 10 goals to earn BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll recognition … 25 saves vs. Friars rank tied for 11th on Rutgers' all-time list … scooped up a career-best five ground balls against Providence … made 20 or more stops in back-to-back games to close the season, first with 20 against Duke (April 20), then 21 against Georgetown (April 27).
Prior to Rutgers: US Lacrosse All-American in 2012 … standout goalie for Clarkstown South High School and head coach Adam Chagares, making 576 career saves as a three-year starter … earned all-league recognition three times for the Vikings from 2010-12 … made first team all-county as a junior and senior … twice named captain of Clarkstown South squad … played in the 2012 Champion All-American Showcase in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., prior to joining the Scarlet Knights … attended Nike's Blue Chip/Inside Lacrosse camp … also participated in football for Clarkstown South, playing varsity as a wide receiver and safety for two seasons … academic honor roll member all four years at Clarkstown South … son of Karen Alleyne.


text:
Stable and Transparent Superhydrophobic Nanoparticle Films
Ling, Xing Yi and Phang, In Yee and Vancso, G. Julius and Huskens, Jurriaan and Reinhoudt, David N. (2009) Stable and Transparent Superhydrophobic Nanoparticle Films. Langmuir, 25 (5). pp. 3260-3263. ISSN 0743-7463
Restricted to UT campus only: Request a copy
|A superhydrophobic surface with a static water contact angle (θw) > 150° was created by a simple "dip-coating" method of 60-nm SiO2 nanoparticles onto an amine-terminated (NH2) self-assembled monolayer (SAM) glass/silicon oxide substrate, followed by chemical vapor deposition of a fluorinated adsorbate. For comparison, a close-packed nanoparticle film, formed by convective assembly, gave θw ~120°. The stability of the superhydrophobic coating was enhanced by sintering of the nanoparticles in an O2 environment at high temperature (1100 °C). A sliding angle of <5° indicated the self-cleaning properties of the surface. The dip-coating method can be applied to glass substrates to prepare surfaces that are superhydrophobic and transparent.
|Item Type:
|© 2009 American Chemical Society
Science and Technology (TNW)
|Research Group:
|Link to this item:
|Official URL:
|Export this item as:
HTML Citation
Reference Manager
Show download statistics for this publication
Daily downloads in the past month
Monthly downloads in the past 12 months
Repository Staff Only: item control page
Metis ID: 259834


text:
Science Class
During Science we will be exploring the topics of Food Chains and Webs, Powders and Crystals, the Water Cycle, and Erosion.
To learn more about the topics and go to interactive activities about the topics click on the name of the unit below.
Additional information is also available for the topic below:


text:
The Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District (Port of Lake Charles) was created under Act 67 of the Louisiana Legislature of 1924. The District encompasses 203 square miles in Calcasieu Parish and accommodates 5 million tons of cargo annually at its public facilities; it owns and operates two marine terminals, the City Docks, Bulk Terminal No. 1, and also 2 industrial parks (Industrial Canal and Industrial Park East). The Port of Lake Charles is the 11th largest seaport in the U.S. The Ship Channel has a project depth of 40 feet and a bottom width of 400 feet. The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway intersects the Ship Channel 12 miles south of the City Docks.
In September, 2013 the Port of Lake Charles approved an operating agreement with LCCE for the handling and storage of methanol (Port OKs pact with Clean Energy). In addition, in November, 2013 the Port issued $40.5 million of revenue bonds to fund capital improvements, including new dock and other facilities that will be used by LCCE (Port Issues Revenue Bonds).


text:
How To Know When You've Found "The One"
How will you know when you've found "The One"? What's the difference between someone you really like and your soul mate? Here are some clues that you've found "The One":
· Unexplainable feeling. We always hear people say that you just know it when you've found the one. When you ask someone how they knew they were with their soul mate, they'll often respond that they can't quite explain it but they "just knew". You can't put your finger on it, but there's a feeling you get when you've hit the nail on the head. If you have to ask, you probably haven't found it yet.
· You get each other. If you and your partner just get each other, they could be the one. When you understand each other without having to work at it, you're definitely on to something. It's easy to be around someone who gets you and understands your personality without having to try too hard.
· It's easy. Some people in your life take a lot of effort to be around. Maybe you feel like you need to entertain them or work hard to make conversation. When you've found "The One", it's just easy. You can hang out and do anything and still have fun. Being together is effortless and enjoyable without either of you having to be "on".


text:
Flora Whitney Miller, granddaughter of Museum founder Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, with Edward Hopper in front of his painting Early Sunday Morning in 1961. The work is currently displayed on its original easel in Hopper Drawing.
Frances Mulhall Achilles Library, Archives, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Photograph by Brooks Elder


text:
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Throughout the month of October, Smash Burger is teaming up with the Susan G Komen Foundation to raise money to fight breast cancer. The Komen Foundation's Kristin Saurhoff says it's giving a portion of the proceeds from sales of a new raspberry milkshake to the cause.
Saurhoff tells us says that Smash Burger is giving 40 cents from each shake to the Komen Foundation with a minimum donation of 25 thousand dollars.
Also, if you go to Smash Burger in Kalamazoo on Saturday between noon and one PM, you can get a free sample of the new shake.


text:
Big First Half Sends Toledo Past Milwaukee Women
Dec. 8, 2012
TOLEDO, Ohio - It was a tale of two halves, as the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women's basketball team outplayed the University of Toledo in the second, but an early deficit and a season-high 24 turnovers were too much to overcome in an 83-59 loss Saturday afternoon at Savage Arena.
The Panthers (4-5) allowed the Rockets (7-1) to get off to a quick start, scoring 52 points in the first half in trailing from the start. The victory helped UT continue its home dominance, improving to 61-8 on its home court since the start of the 2008-09 campaign.
"It was two different Milwaukee teams - the team that stepped out on the floor the first half wasn't as focused as I would have liked them to be," UWM head coach Kyle Rechlicz said. "Whereas, the team that stepped out there the second half was prepared, ready to go and played with a lot of energy and heart. And that has to be us consistently. We go through spurts where we play really hard and then there are spurts where we are still trying to figure it out. Once we get to that level where we play exceptionally hard all the time, we are going to be a great team."
Junior Angela Rodriguez led the Panthers with 13 points as a trio finished in double-figures. Senior Sami Tucker finished with 11 points and seven rebounds while junior Emily Decorah added 10. Freshman Avyanna Young also chipped in five points and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.
Freshman Sydney Howard had six points and a pair of steals off the bench, with sophomore Macie Dorow finishing with three points, four rebounds, three assists and a steal.
Naama Shafir led four Rockets in double-figures with 19.
"Toledo is a great team," Rechlicz said. "They have experience and are very good defensively. With that combination, we told the team before the game that the plan was to not dribble the ball so much. And we dribbled a lot on the first half - and not so much in the second. The combination of turnovers and Toledo being able to hit the shots at the start put us in a big hole."
Milwaukee trailed by as many as 31 on the day, but never gave up and battled throughout the second half. It used its three-point shooting - finishing with seven makes after halftime and an 11-for-25 clip in the contest - to outscore Toledo, 34-31, after halftime.
"I think a lot of that came from our bench," Rechlicz said. "We had a few players step up and it was nice to see them come to play and play with that heart. Macie Dorow again, consistently is playing as hard as she can. Sydney (Howard) came off the bench and gave us some incredible minutes."
The Rockets did come out and take over early, building a comfortable 27-point lead at intermission at 52-25. Not only did they shoot 55.6 percent (20-for-36) in the period, but they did an impressive job on the defensive side as well. They limited UWM to 33.3 percent (7-for-21) from the floor and forced 15 turnovers which they turned into a 13-0 advantage in points off turnovers by the break.
In fact, the 52 points that Toledo scored marked the most UWM had allowed since giving up 56 to Dayton back in December of 2009.
After an even start, the Rockets scored eight in a row to go ahead, 14-5, but a three by Rodriguez snapped that. The Rockets then used a 14-2 run to open the gap, taking a 33-15 lead on a pair of free throws at the 8:19 mark. The Panthers had all kinds of trouble holding on to the ball, with the Rockets getting out on the fast break after getting steals on top.
It doesn't get any easier for the Panthers next, heading to the Chicago Tuesday to take on DePaul. The matinee against the Blue Demons is set for an early 12 p.m. start to accommodate Chicagoland Field Trip Day.


text: Comments on: The Atlantic: What happened to immigration reform? Back to the article » | November 22, 2013 | 12:00 am (www.theatlantic.com) A powerful, well-organized coalition did everything it could, with no results. Now advocates are preparing to shift from lobbying to revenge. Read the rest of this post on the original site » Web URL: http://washingtonexaminer.com/article/2539625 Share this article on Facebook or Twitter Print this article


text:
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
I quite enjoy the whole Controller thing as well from other MMOs. WoW seems to have totally ignored the idea, largely I think because it would either be hugely underpowered in PvP or just insanely annoying to fight against.
But it is definatly a fourth role that should be explored, The idea for anyone whos not come across it before is a class that doesn't heal, DPS or tank. Instead it is entirely focused on reducing damage dealt, buffing damage done and CCing. Typical abilities would be things like spells that make mobs miss, AOE shields, knock backs, movement buffs etc.
I remember one MMO where the controller class could do things like cast a spell at the party that would then make everyone it buffed fire a fireball at their target and they could also teleport other people. So like if someone was standing in a volcano they could pick them up and put them somewhere else. It was really quite fun.