text: It's Been A While, but Progress Made May 3, 2019 11:22:23 GMT -5 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by Jeff Troy on May 3, 2019 11:22:23 GMT -5 Hi, Buds,I began my 6th (or maybe 7th) rebuild of my GT in 2014, when after 645,000 miles, the valve seats on the heads were so worn that I couldn't keep the engine running.I pulled and flipped the body to clean up the few trouble spots that had popped up since the previous restoration in 2000, and also built a new bottom end for a 1776 street engine. I did, however, retain all the top end parts that were still in great shape.I was less than a week away from driving the car again when I slipped on the ice behind my house and ended up with a shattered hip and subsequent replacement. I'm sure you know that crawling around inside a GT with an injury is completely impossible, so my car has sat unfinished since March of 2015.Since then, the hip has healed nicely, but I've been busy with RC airplane commitments and running around on tour again with Chubby Checker for a couple of years. Right now, I'm playing bass with a local 12-piece swing band, which is kind of a stretch for a rock & roller, but still lots of fun and a good bunch of people with far less attitude issues.With good weather returning to the Northeast, I started preparing to get back to work on the car, which is still only a week or so away from road-ready. I've attached a pic of the 1776 engine, already installed with all the accessories hooked up. All the car needs is a reinstall of the T-top and seats, along a new set of windshield/gull/rear window gaskets and a good cleanup after four years in the garage.Good to be back, old buds, and I'll try to keep you posted as time allows.


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In the year 1978 the co-chairman of Sony decided that it would suit him well to be able to hear his favourite operas as he travelled on his transpacific plane journeys, and so, the Sony Walkman was born. For decades it not only dominated the portable music market but was the only option for anyone who wished to enjoy their music on the move. The Sony Walkman has changed a lot from the original cassette player, but to say it still dominates the market would be very far from the truth. The launch of the iPod and a variety of other MP3 players from leading technology providers has pushed Sony further and further from the limelight. Their only hope now seems to be to try something drastic and, as such, they have launched the Sony X series; straight into the feeding ground of the market-dominating iPod Touch. A stroke of genius or another failed attempt to add to the pile of Sony Walkman flops? To discover that we'll need to find out exactly what the new series of Walkman offers.
The Sony Walkman X series boasts a 3 inch OLED touch screen, Wi-Fi internet access and digital noise cancelling. On first glance the new Walkman looks as attractive as you'd expect from a modern MP3 player. Its appearance is not so design focused as the iPod but comes across as having a more serious audio image. The screen size is smaller than the iPod Touch's 3.5 inches but that shouldn't put you off as the images are far crisper and more vibrant than its rival. The device gives the impression of being solidly built, complete with a unique glaze on the sides to please your fingertips as you hold it, and perhaps even save it dropping with over-exuberant touch screen action.
There are two models in the X series, one 16GB in size (costing £209) and one boasting an impressive 32GB (though costing a rather hefty £279), suitable for those with a larger than average music collection. The 16GB offering to the series would be able to store up to 4,000 songs or 60 hours of video. Double these figures for the 32GB model and you're talking about an impressive amount of music.
An OLED (or Organic Light Emitting Diode) screen thrashes the closest rival out of the water in terms of picture clarity, providing an excellent platform for watching videos or studying pictures. Although the touch screen is generally responsive it is a little basic in comparison to the Touch's, occasionally missing contact or taking longer to respond. The screen is also prone to smudging which could lead to prolonged periods of rubbing it on your jeans before showing it off. Fortunately not every action needs to utilise the touch screen. An assortment of hardware buttons on the top of the X series enables you to play, pause or skip with ease without endlessly removing the device from your pocket.
Possibly the pièce de résistance of the new Walkman is in the way that it plays music (what you'd expect from an MP3 player really!). Sony has added a new feature in their attempt to smite the giant Apple; that of in-built digital noise cancelling software. Pressing the switch on the right-hand side of the Walkman instantly provides a dulling of external noise even greater than that of the included headphones – that already do a reasonable job of cutting out the clatter. Unfortunately the noise cancelling is only compatible with the headphones that Sony does provide, so if you're looking to use your own you won't be able to enjoy this funky feature.
With Wi-Fi built into the X series, a web browser and a YouTube client you'll be able to while away the hours browsing in whatever way you wish. The only barrier you may encounter is that of the somewhat frustrating keyboard. The headache of actually entering the required text might put you off struggling to search for that YouTube video that you so desperately desire to see. If you can get through the frustration you will probably be impressed with the fast-loading list of hits returned by your search.

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It's that time of year again when Bridport goes a bit crazy for hats.
This is the 8th Hat Festival and promises to be another exciting event in the town featuring handmade hats, obsure hats, posh hats, caps, boaters and bonnets.
You can try your hand at millinery by attending one of the courses in the town or you can get yourself involved with the children and make your own wacky hats and fascinators. A couple of years ago, Megan made this incredible aquarium hat out of net and fabrics from Livingstone Textiles and assembled them on an upside down lampshade.
Bridport is absolutely buzzing on Hat Festival day as hundreds of people turn out in their creations and parade the streets . We have a wide range of fabrics that can be used to make a hat, cap or bonnet from scratch. You could try making a sparkly creation from sequin fabrics and embellishing with shiny ribbons and trims or how about something in glamourous velvet to mark the occasion, trimmed in stunning black ravens feathers that we are now selling as a trim. Easily sewn in place along the bound edge, your project could be a prizewinning showstopper. We have hessian as well that you could fix up into a crazy scarecrow hat with some fabric flowers sewn into place or how about adding some decorations to a traditional straw boater? Bridport is home to the nations oldest butchers and with a string of hand sewn sausages made from our brown felt and placed on the hat, worn together with a striped apron and you'll look surely look the part. Lets not forget the recent visit by the circus to Bridport town, you could make a fabulous clowns hat. Anyone remember the visit to Livingstone Textiles by the clown last summer? My goodness, what a funny fellow he was coming booming up the stairs with his giant shoes and megaphone! We also recently hosted the first Bridport Folk Festival and the town came alive to the sounds of the morris dancers, many of whom wear really striking hats to dance in.
Credit to Dorsetbays photography for this lovely shot of Fetus Derriman, a morris team from Weymouth sporting colourfully decorated hats at a recent event.
Don't forget, we also stock many widths of round hat elastic to hold everything in place while you enjoy the day. Pop in the shop at the bottom of the Waitrose car park, Bridport to purchase.


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There is a hidden gem that lies here in LaGrange and Troup County. For the retired population in the community who think that there is nothing left for them to do, that is simply not the case. The Active Life Center here in Troup County is an organization dedicated to bettering the lives of the senior population. While they host ...Read More »
Monthly Archives: July 2017
Warrants Issued After Motorcycle Flees Drug House
LaGrange Police are looking for a Troup County man after he allegedly fled a suspected drug house on a motorcycle and led them on a high speed chase. Police were unable to catch him after he fled around some street barriers, but they were later able to identify him and issue multiple warrants for his arrest. Wednesday night about 9:40 ...Read More »
Wild Leap Announces Hiring Plans
LaGrange, Georgia – Wild Leap Brew Co. has announced their hiring plans for their brewery operations in LaGrange. "We are excited to announce our partnership with Malone Staffing for our talent selection and placement," said Anthony Rodriguez, co-founder and CEO of Wild leap Brew Co. Applicants who are interested in joining the Wild Leap team are directed to visit www.malonejobs.com ...Read More »
Community Calendar
• August 1st: Lunch and Learn Series! Join the Troup County Master Gardeners on a Free Horicultural Adventure on August 1 with Fall Vegetable Gardening. Every first Tuesday of every month. Bring your own lunch, 12 – 1 pm at the LaGrange Memorial Library, 115 Alford Street, LaGrange. For more information call 706-8827784. • August 21st: The WellStar West Georgia ...Read More »
Health Department Restaurant Inspections Report
Inspections Report McDonalds – Hogansville – 1829 E Main ST. Hogansville GA. Current Score: 96, Previous Score: 97. Health inspector Comments: Wet wipinjg cloths must be returned to sanitizer between uses, cannot be left on counter to wipe again. New Violation. Need employee must wash hands signs in both bathrooms, ServSafe certificate needs to be displayed, inspection report should be ...Read More »
Young Woman Jailed for Taking Candy from a Child
Tommy Murphy Staff Writer LaGrange Police have arrested a young female on a felony charge after she allegedly, and quite literally, stole candy from a child. The alleged incident occurred Wednesday evening, shortly after 6:30 p.m., when officers with the LaGrange Police Department responded to Habersham Drive in reference to a theft. Officers arrived and met with the complainant, the ...Read More »
County Commissioners Discuss Possible Changes to the Sign Ordinance
The County Commissioners are moving right along as the summer comes to as close and schools prepare to welcome all of our children back into their halls. The County has moved through the budget for the year and has all but finished squaring things away with the closing of the correctional institute. They have turned their eyes towards various other ...Read More »
Lions Club Hosts their Annual Golf Tournament and Raffle Fund Raiser
There are many civic clubs here in the LaGrange/Troup County community. These are clubs that are dedicated to raising funds to put back towards the community as a whole. One of these storied clubs is the Lions Club here in LaGrange. Recently, the Lions Club held their annual golf tournament and raffle to raise funds for their various charitable causes ...Read More »
Man Jailed for Reporting Fraudulent Domestic Incident
A local man is back behind bars after he allegedly harassed his former girlfriend and made up a story attempting to get her in trouble. Tuesday night about 10:27 p.m., officers with the La-Grange Police Department responded to the 1100 block of Whitesville Street in reference to reports of a domestic disturbance. Officers arrived and spoke to the complainant, Eric ...Read More »
Man Claims Wife Started It
Police have arrested a man for allegedly striking his wife and throwing her down outside their LaGrange apartment. The man claimed she started the incident, but witness testimony and physical injuries seem to indicate that he certainly won the fight. Tuesday night about 9 p.m., officers with the LaGrange Police Department responded to the Oak Grove Apartments on Mitchell Avenue ...Read More »


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Applied for discover at discover site, got this as a counter offer with a 300 credit line and a 69 af. Im a rebuilder and I am looking for something to replace my first premier card, so I didnt mind. Plus, next best thing to having a discover card and with a year or so of good payment history, might be good enough for an actual Discover. Was able to call and cancel my First Premier card, so happy, that thing had a 79.9%apr, this will be much better, and hopefully HSBC will be a little less stingy with clis.. Any experience with this card?
you wont get any cli. you should also apply for capital one and maybe store cards... macys, GEMB backed cards, Gap, banana, ikea, old navy, dillards, etc.
you need at least 3 open accounts, but don't expect this hsbc discover to go anywhere, they are currently on a cli FREEZE
Are they still offering this card if you don't qualify for a discover card when you apply? I have heard some bad things about this card but at the same time for those of us rebuilding it is a nice consolations and thus not a complete waste of a credit inquiry. I really want the Motiva Discover card, and a Amex Zync!
Im definatly in the middle of the rebuilding stage. I went to the Discover website and did not receive a denial from denial, just an instant approval from HSBC Direct Rewards Platinum Discover and it asked me if I wanted to accept the annual fee. I have really wanted a discover card, so even if this is the next best thing, I will take it, knowing that in a year or so I can try again and hopefully get a Discover card. But Im just happy to have the discover logo for now ;-).. I have quite the credit card portfolio, just over the past 4 months and most are from GEMB, I have noticed that once GEMB starts loving on u, they dont stop! LOL I have the following, I messed my credit up from college 6 years ago and next year the last of my baddies will fall off all of the rest of my credit reports.
I had a first premier card, but the interest was 79.9% Yikes, and when I got all the other cards I decided to cancel it, they would not lower the apr or give me an increase, so bye bye..
Capital One, started at 300, increased to 500 in just 2 months in the credit steps program (I luv cap 1) 0% apr for a year, will get auto increases every 90 days
05/2010 JcPenney Instant in store approval 200 credit line
06/2010 Walmart 1200 couldnt believe it, they gave me 1200 highest credit line I have and my fav store, so perfect;-)
06/2010 Chevron/Texaco Approved instantly online 350 , also GEMB
07/2010 Direct Rewards Platinum Discover 300 AF 69 HSBC
08/2010 Best Buy RewardZone 100 (Toy Limit but nice percentage for rewards if no cli in a year, will cancel) HSBC
08/2010 Paypal Buyer Credit 500 GEMB, still even after inquires, they still love me.. hehe
So at this point I am at a credit freeze, obviously I am very lucky to get theese, well, HSBC could keep the Best buy 100 cl, but I will take it in hopes it will grow in 12 months. I just dont see how Walmart can give me 1200 but Hsbc only gives me 100? lol The last of my baddies fall off next year, so I will focus on clis with these and see what is worth keeping in 6-12 months. Im hoping to add a few more prime, at least a capital one, discover or something like that within a year and I will drop both HSBC cards for the trade.
Much luck all and hope you are doing well in the credit game..
That`s AWESOME!
I have been looking to change my portfolio a bit. I just got approved the terms were 21.99% and a $69 AF
This now gives me:
C-1 Secured Mastercard ... $250 limit... I am adding $25 every payday so it should be 300 by the end of the month
Orchard Mastercard.... $300 limit
En route: HSBC Discover.
Wanting to do: Add a secured VISA from either BofA or US Bank`s Skypass and close the Orchard to give a nice round out of MC, Visa, and Disc.
You will tend to see lower limits when you're stacking up your initial accounts and starting over. This is normal. No one likes to be the big limit first when someone is reentering the credit arena. Let them grow a little bit before you go pulling the trigger again. 12 months should be good to purge all of your inquiries and build payment history with each of them. Try to not favor 1 over another as they will all need usage to report and build your score. Try to rotate through 1/2 of them every other month and let <10% of the CL report each month of usage and you will gain the most benefit from your efforts. Even though you will see your score start rising you will need to resist the urge to apply for something new every couple of months.
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That`s AWESOME!
I have been looking to change my portfolio a bit. I just got approved the terms were 21.99% and a $69 AF
UPDATE: Recieved card today, so it only took a week total from approval to having the card. Downside - the usual HSBC/Orchard no frills $300 limit
Since were are near the last friday of the month, which seems to be the day Orchard/HSBC likes to use for reporting purposes, I went ahead and paid the account down to $1 to avoid any chance of encountering the standard non reporting by this brand if the balance is 0, and to not take any additional hits points wise for having a new account AND over 30% when it does hit.


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A long-standing puzzle in quantum complexity theory is to understand the power of the class MIP* of multiprover interactive proofs with shared entanglement. This question is closely related to the study of entanglement through non-local games, which dates back to the pioneering work of Bell. In this work we show that MIP* contains NEEXP (non-deterministic doubly-exponential time), exponentially improving the prior lower bound NEXP of due to Ito and Vidick. Our result shows that shared entanglement exponentially increases the power of these proof systems, as the class MIP of multiprover interactive proofs without shared entanglement is known to be equal to NEXP.
TCS+, a series of online seminars in theoretical computer science, will solve all your worries. The seminars are run using Google Hangouts. The speaker and slides are broadcast live, as well as recorded and made available online. Anyone can watch the live broadcast, or even join the live audience and participate. The goal is to make engaging talks accessible to the widest possible audience, thereby ensuring a carbon-free dissemination of ideas across the globe.


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Retirement no longer has the same meaning it did a decade ago. We're living longer and are in better health thanks to medical advances. We're generally financially well off too and have access to resources retirees before us never had. One of these resources is the internet. It has revolutionised the way we live our lives and as we've moved into retirement, it continues to have an impact.
The internet has opened up avenues for us to explore, providing us a way of socialising with others seek our mew information. No longer are we dependent on the radio, TV or newspaper – the internet is changing our retirement.
8 Ways the Internet Can Change Your Retirement
There are eight main ways in which your retirement has been impacted upon by the internet. They are:
- Online shopping – we can order anything from anywhere and have it delivered right to our door. This brings independence back for those of us who are unable to get around the supermarket due to age or illness.
- Online courses – learning something new never stops and we can take courses on any subject online. This helps with keeping up to date with new ideas, plus letting us learn more easily about the things we are passionate about.
- Staying connected – loneliness is common in retirement, as we lose touch with friends and workmates. As our family gets older and lives their own life, it's easy to lose touch. The internet provides us ways to chat, such as Skype, social media and emails.
- Plan ahead – we are able to make decisions about what we're going to do before leaving home. Information about things such as which shops to visit, which restaurant to patronise and even where to take a holiday are at our fingertips.
- Free information at our fingertips – never before has our age group had access to so much free information. The internet is an endless source of knowledge and something we can our too also.
- Saving money – using the internet lets us find the best deals, check our bank balances and even make decisions about our financial security from home.
- Convenience – the internet has made things much easier to obtain. We can now choose if we want to go and do something ourselves or have it done on our behalf. Ordering groceries can be done online, giving you the time to do something else.
Inspiration – boredom should not be something faced by retirees. The internet can offer us unlimited examples of opportunities from teaching, volunteering and even online hobby sharing.
How has the internet changed your retirement? Do you feel that it has had a positive or negative impact on your retirement? Let us know, we'd love to hear your thoughts.


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IAN GUTHRIE spinning as part of BUILDING BLOCKS with SAFETY SCISSORS (live), TWERK (live) and ALGORITHM at the Mockingbird (560 King West), Friday (October 26). $15. Rating: NNNNN
Toronto's Ian Guthrie likes to push the definition of a party.
He's been a force in the background of the techno scene for most of the 90s, starting with his involvement as a promoter and organizer of the legendary Trancendance parties, then the One-Offs series and the Fukhouse parties at Industry, and now Building Blocks.
At Trancendance nights, the walls were often covered with plastic, the lights minimal and calculated to disorient, and the soundtrack was provided by some of the most challenging electronic musicians of the time.
They captured the attention of the first generation to become disillusioned with the rave scene and set the standard for deep techno parties.
"What we're concentrating on right now are the mid-sized events. We're not trying to draw large crowds," says Guthrie. "We're going for the slightly older crowd who are interested in quality deep techno and tech house.
"It's a club night but with more deep music and a more knowledgeable crowd than would normally come out to a typical club night."
Although he initially made his name putting together parties, Guthrie has gradually been appearing more and more as a DJ.
"There were enough people who I really respect who play what you would call intelligent techno, and there were enough people who I respect playing hard-as-nails techno, but there weren't many people playing deep, good music that was also danceable. I realized that maybe there was room for someone who played funky, dance-floor techno."


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I'm in Boston and I am unimpressed with the doom, gloom and death. I expected more to justify the economic damage brought on by unconstitutional shut downs. Damage that will ripple through a generation, causing more suffering and illness that COVID ever could.
Here we were told on a loop for weeks that metro Boston would be the next Italy... it never happened.
And we didn't shelter in place. Masks weren't dictated until the end of April, well after deaths were on a decline. We still ate out, went shopping battling crowds and huge lines.
We were duped. Flu cases and deaths disappeared as COVID spiked. And then the COVID decline mysteriously followed the typical end of the flu season. This years flu season was a pandemic never declared, misrepresented as a novel virus. Don't believe me? CDC's own data says so. This year's flu season was .2% away from pandemic levels just before COVID hit. This year's flu also saw the most deaths of children aged 0-5 since the CDC began tracking the flu ~20 years ago.
Regardless, let's assume the narrative is true. Data shows that SARS-CoV-2 spreads primarily in households. We knew that well before the lockdowns came. Yet government more or less forced everyone to stay home for ~10 weeks.
Looks like a scam. Smells like a scam. Must be a ____.
Or maybe somehow experts and officials are unbelievably inept. All of them. Somehow.
It's either outright criminal at worst, or criminal negligence at best.
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text: A Performance Budgeting Implementation Model for Islamic Republic of Iran's Government Jafar Babajani استاددانشکده حسابداری علامه طباطبائی author Behrooz Khodarahmi دانشجوی دکتری دانشگاه علامه طباطائی author text article 2014 per Designing the optimum process of shifting traditional input oriented budgeting toward modern output based budgeting systems; defined as performance budgeting, require a special focus on infrastructural, legal and managerial capacities.The vital success factor of implementing performance budgeting is accessing evolutionary managerial skills to coordinating suitable transition from a budgeting system to another one, so the recognition and extraction of key factors of an successful strategic evolutionary management according to adaptive research in best practice countries, could be an illustrator of such an important path. Investigating the shifting trends of OECDs countries budgeting practices shows a clear sequential steps in implementing performance budgeting.In this research, the success performance budgeting indexes in questionary based format gather the experts opinion after a studding the performance budgeting conceptual frameworks of the selected countries successfully implement this view and the appraisal of the reaching consensus about the asked indexes has been done according to the statistical tests.Finally this research shows that the applied paradigm of performance budgeting in IRAN in not suitable, and present a feasible model of implementing such a view in Islamic Republic of Iran. Empirical Studies in Financial Accounting Allameh Tabataba'i University 1735-1138 11 v. 41 no. 2014 1 36 http://qjma.atu.ac.ir/article_1103_d6f9b4271610981d95f15445c0e2cbfb.pdf Earnings Management and the Effect of Earnings Quality on Future Profitability of the Tehran Stock Exchange Bankrupt Firms Ahmad Ahmadpoor استاد دانشکده حسابداری مازندران author asoomeh hahsavari دانشکده حسابداری مازندران author text article 2014 per This study investigates how management Authority of bankrupt firms performs in reporting future profitability and earnings quality effect in Tehran Stock Exchange during 1385-1390. Discretionary accrual is considered as measure of earnings management. Also in this study, it is investigated the effect of accounting-based earnings attributes on future profitability separately: accruals quality, earnings persistence, earnings predictability, and earnings smoothness. The results of estimating unbalanced panel data technique for 55 firms subjected to bankruptcy of Altman's model show that the Bankrupt companies tend to be opportunistic earnings management. We also find that earnings management performs better than earnings quality in predicting future profitability. Empirical Studies in Financial Accounting Allameh Tabataba'i University 1735-1138 11 v. 41 no. 2014 37 58 http://qjma.atu.ac.ir/article_1104_1e061a9833e0c6ecd7b8cfd6ffdb15c0.pdf Life cycle Theory Test in the Dividend Policies of Companies in Tehran Stock Exchange Hossein Etemadi دانشیار دانشگاه تربیت مدرس author Ali Asghar Anvari rostami اتاد دانشگاه تربیت مدرس author Vahid Ahmadian کارشناس ارشد حسابداری دانشگاه تربیت مدرس author text article 2014 per Abstract: The main objective of this study is to investigate the effect of the life cycle of the company's on dividend policy of the company which is accepted on the Tehran Stock Exchange. In this study, the ratio of dividends to the earnings per share and dividends to the company size are considered as the dependent variables and life cycle of the company is considered as independent variable. At first a statistical sample is separated by using variables, sales growth, age, and capital expenditure of the company's growth, maturity and decline then hypotheses of the study have been tested by using ANOVA and LSD tests. Analyses of 435 years - the company during the years 1386 to 1390 show that the company's dividend policy at different stages of the life cycle (growth, maturity and decline) differ. The results indicate that the average ratio of dividends to market value of equity of the sample firm's growth, maturity and decline vary. Accordingly, it is recommended to financial analysts to concern life cycle as a key factor when evaluating the current and future performance and financial structure of the company. for doing accurate analysis of financial condition and anticipated interest payments decisions, it is better to determine the company's life cycle. Empirical Studies in Financial Accounting Allameh Tabataba'i University 1735-1138 11 v. 41 no. 2014 59 81 http://qjma.atu.ac.ir/article_1105_2ff4fda4c1650b6228c014d3cc3270ab.pdf The Impact of Intellectual Capital on Financial Performance of Companies Listed in TSE Gholamhossein Asadi استادیار دانشگاه شهید بهشتی author Mariya Yokhneh Alghiaee کارشناس ارشد حسابداری دانشگاه شهید بهشتی author text article 2014 per A great change and shift from financial resources to knowledge is being experienced nowadays. Physical and financial assets are essential but not enough to reach organizational goals, instead, knowledge, technological settings, good customer relations, information systems,... those constitute organization's Intellectual Capital, are known as key success factors in information era. It's believed that intellectual capital, including human capital and structural capital, has important and growing role in firm's performance and affects on it's financial achievements. This paper examines the effect of intellectual capital and it's components on firm's financial performance. The essential data are taken from 1383 -1388 fiscal years' annual reports of publicly traded firms listed on the Tehran stock exchange and 816 firm-years are studied. Results of hypotheses testing show that, VAIC has positive effect on the four financial performance indicators. Between VAIC components, capital employed efficiency has the most effect on firms' financial performance. Empirical Studies in Financial Accounting Allameh Tabataba'i University 1735-1138 11 v. 41 no. 2014 83 103 http://qjma.atu.ac.ir/article_1106_6da5c991f67d3e7a9b8ae8c6211aa3fe.pdf The Relationship between Cash Flow Sensitivity of Investment with Level of Capital Expenditure M Mahdi Sadidi استادیار حسابداری دانشگاه علامه طباطبائی author Ahmad Mohamadi Saniani کارشناس ارشد حسابداری دانشگاه علامه طباطبائی author text article 2014 per The goal of this paper is to study of Relationship between cash flow sensitivity of investment with capital expenditure..the sample has been divided into two parts, over investment and under investment companies with using measure of investment mean and shown that the cash flow sensitivity of investment in over investment companies is greater than under investment companies .also Positive relationship have been shown between market to book ratio and capital expenditure. Also by using multiple measure (ratio of dividend, size and KZ index) representative of financial constraints, we understand that positive relationship is exist between cash flow sensitivity of investment with dividend ratio and size and negative relationship is exist between cash flow sensitivity of investment and KZ index. Empirical Studies in Financial Accounting Allameh Tabataba'i University 1735-1138 11 v. 41 no. 2014 105 129 http://qjma.atu.ac.ir/article_1107_baac0b8eac11afc1359101279eb2e98b.pdf The Relation between Changes in Audit Opinion and Financial Reporting Delay Zahra Hajiha دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد تهران شرق author Mojtaba Fathi Moghadam کارشناس ارشد دانشگاه آزاد واحد علوم تحقیقات author text article 2014 per Timeliness is an important qualitative characteristic of financial information. The timeliness of information means that information should be provided to users in the shortest time and the fast way possible. The time between the end of the financial year and the date of financial reporting is shorter, usefulness of audited annual financial statements of firms' increases.The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the change (improvement or progress) in the auditor's opinion and the financial reporting delay. The correlation and regression methods were used to analyze the data. The population consisted of 165 firms listed in Tehran Stock Exchange during the period 2004 to 2012. Results of tests done on the hypothesis indicate that there is a significant relationship between change (improvement or progress) in the auditor's opinion with delays to financial reporting, however, our research control variables including costs of lawsuits, revising auditing or accounting standards, duality of board chair and management and leverage, do not have any significant relationship with financial reporting delay. Empirical Studies in Financial Accounting Allameh Tabataba'i University 1735-1138 11 v. 41 no. 2014 131 156 http://qjma.atu.ac.ir/article_1108_685d10d2ae71f6dba1317085e14c8872.pdf The Relationship between Audit Rotation and Conservative Earnings Reporting in Companies Listed in TSE Esfandiyar Malekian دانشگاه مازندران author Farazandeh Abdipoor دانشگاه مازندران author text article 2014 per Studies regarding of auditor rotation due to the effects on auditor independence and audit quality, is very important. Auditor independence affects auditor – client relationship and finally will be useful to audit quality and earning conservatism. The present research examines the relation between audit firm rotation and earnings conservatism. In this research for conservative representation of the profit before tax is applied. By examining 63 companies listed in Tehran Stock Exchange during the period 1384-1389 and using multiple linear regression analysis, The results indicated a direct and significant relation between audit firm rotation and reporting earnings Conservative Companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange. The findings of this study revealed that by audit firm rotation increases conservatism in reported earnings The companies listed in Tehran Stock Exchange. Empirical Studies in Financial Accounting Allameh Tabataba'i University 1735-1138 11 v. 41 no. 2014 157 173 http://qjma.atu.ac.ir/article_1110_3f9169e29eb1a473f2b5b1c9873f4566.pdf


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I love the colour magenta and there is a lot of it in the stores right now, from fabulously sky high stilettos and damask dresses from Marks and Spencer, to a bejewelled suede clutch bag at Dune.
It reminded me of all the pretty pink items I have in my store.
The coin purse below is made from a lovely thick linen fabric.
The clutch bag below is made from an Indian sari that I collected on my travels in India. The sari has touches of green in it so I decided to make the lining green to match!
The fabric for the handbag below was bought on a trip to Istanbul. It's made from a stunning ikat fabric, where the design is dyed onto the threads before they are woven.
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I'm a Celebrity… I WANT TO GO HOME !
I'm a Celebrity…. I want to go home ! Is what Heidi Pratt is telling everyone! We found out that the "Celebrity" and her "Celebrity husband" Spencer Pratt were rushed to a hospital where she was diagnosed as having a gastric ulcer…
She and the hubby spent a day and a night in a dark room with only water, beans and rice to eat. Poor little Celebrities…
NBC's Executive VP of Alternative Programming, told Ryan Seacrest about holding Heidi and Spencer in isolation as punishment, adding, "…They are now going to be examined, and their value system utterly deconstructed …These people really are going to bare their souls…
One of the cast members said their treatment was punishment for leaving the show and compared it to being held at Guantanamo Bay.
One of the cast members said that NBC executives tried to convince Heidi to stay on the set rather than take ambulance to a hospital for treatment. We have also heard that several more of the cast also wants to quit. But get this, their passports have been taken away and they are being kept under guard!
We also heard that Spencer has fired his lawyer, who wanted them to stay on the show, and is now has plant to sue NBC.
Heidi Pratt was tortured by NBC to the point she was "convulsively throwing up" — that's what some people on the set of "I'm a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!" are saying.
Heidi and Spencer really want out of the show permanently but, they have signed a contract with NBC…
I'm sorry but I just really have trouble feeling sorry for these people… They were all fired up to go on this trip because they are recognized as Celebrities. Now, look at the predicament they are in! I wonder if they will have trouble continuing to find "Celebrity's" willing to volunteer.
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They AGREED to spend the night in the room after having already walked off the show 4 times previously. They wanted back in, so they were told they could come back on and compete if they stayed in the shack. They refused to participate in any challenges (except one where she tried to eat a worm or something), and they refuse to help with any chores around camp. She's constantly spraying something in her hair (brains, I think) and talking about how they can't possibly go this long without sex. Everyone else in the competetion has manned up and is doing their part. The longer they stay, the more they get personally and also for their charity. I hope Mr & Mrs Wannafuckalot stay wherever the hell they are and out of the jungle. They give ME an ulcer!!
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On this Thankful Thursday, I am grateful for the gifts that the Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell brings to my life. Dr. Campbell is currently the Director of Religion at the Chautauqua Institution in New York State. She is formerly executive director of the US office of the World Council of Churches and former general secretary of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA. She holds ordination in both the American Baptist Churches and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ.) She encouraged me greatly in the writing and editing of, Christian Civility in an Uncivil World. She has shown remarkable leadership in her role as chaplain at the Chautauqua Institution. She has demonstrated such an understanding and acceptance of people of different faith traditions. Because of her influence my religious and spiritual boundaries have been broadened and deepened. She has brought religious leaders into my life that I would have never heard any place else. She encourages young ministers and reinforces experienced ones. When our visits to Chautauqua have coincided with the annual ecumenical communion service, I have hardly been able to contain my joy at such a moving, meaningful service. She has gathered a devoted staff around her. She is a player on the world stage, but when she is in her role at Chautauqua, her humanity and her humility shine through. She is the author of, Living into Hope: A call to Spiritual Action for Such a Time as This. In 2010 she received the Walter Cronkite Faith and Freedom Award. Her daughter, Jane, is the first woman elected mayor of Cleveland. On this Thankful Thursday, I am thankful for the gifts that Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell brings to my life.
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From what I remember there was no SST-60 at nationals few years ago, that would touch that rig…..he was so much faster that it was never a contest.
From what I remember there was no SST-60 at nationals few years ago, that would touch that rig…..he was so much faster that it was never a contest.
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any where to see video of those races. Is the transom 12" in this boat? I hope my 90 will be close to the power of that 1/2 merc
Apparently, you're not looking for a boat to race?
John Woods and I ate corn at DePue, 1966..and laughed like hellbecausw he told me to be sure and chew my corn...Well, 43 years later I never eat corn without telling evryone who will list to be sure to chew your corn...
Of course, I can't remember what TV show I was watching last night...couple of pretty women....OH, I remember, "Are you Smarter that Fifth Grader?"
that is correct jacob
I hang out with a crowd full of 21' Allisons, an 18' Mirage, and a few other fast hulls. At 14' and 75mph it is quite a task to keep up when the playing starts. And it always does. Just changing to a SST60 hull with my 90 would put me to 85mph. This with some T&T and seat time could possiably see 90mph. But at any rate at 85 I would be further up the pecking order than I am now. I have NO interest in going bigger with the engine. I like being the underdog. No way to loose. If I was fast with a 200 who would care? Right now, too even hang with these guys, and whip a few of them is awsome. The SST60 hull would step me up quite a few spots
Running around strapped into a capsule boat with no divers or experienced help nearby is a good way to drown yourself. Especially if you think you're going to run an SST-60 hull over 90mph, which it should easy do all strung out on a long straight run.
I ran this one for ten years. Cross the lake alone, ect..... flipped three diff times. tore up three boats.
the guys are right, i run the boat in my avatar to 75mph, had it 6 years, only ever hung it up twice, that was december just gone, i was only doing around 30mph, was rough came to the turn bouy and the wind picked it up as i went over a small wave/roller... and i still didnt feel scared even when it happened again the next lap.
so i also now have an F3/SST60.. and yeh taking that out the first time not even going fast or that.. being strapped in and all yeh your on your own! they're defintely not the sort of boat you just take cruising with your mate!
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Sepal (Deciduous Brewing Company)
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Brewery's Note: "Our interpretation of a 4.2%abv Australian dry hopped, table Brett Grisette. Primarily fermented with Brettanomyces Bruxellensis, heavily dry hopped for the style, then spiked at bottling with our house bacterial culture for a little tartness and bottle evolution./ "Sepals typically function as protection for the flowering bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom. We hope you enjoy our protector in these early days.""
The beer pours out like white grapefruit juice –pulp and all. It is chalky yellow with some lime green tinges. A huge head of eggshell-white, slightly soapy bubbles forms an elegant chapeau above the beer and then dwindles down to a quarter fingers-width. The head leaves thin, drizzly strands of lacing along with slick, thinner sheeting. The beer's body is a cloud of obscuring particulate and opacity, leaving the beer looking remarkably like fruit juice. I like the look of this sucker. On the nose, the beer smells like tropical juice. It is reminiscent of Prairie's Funky Gold Amarillo and Mosaic, but with more of a musk to the bottom of the scent that dips dankly towards earth and a touch of cheese rind. It has something reminiscent of Deciduous's Cumulation Dry-hopped Gose. Pink grapefruit juice is steeped with some scallions and weed, with a lingering kiss of sweaty gym socks and rotting pineapple (not in a bad way, though it is very funky and on the verge of off-putting). There is a touch of pool water, but it is not as dominant as I've found in other hoppy bretts/wilds. On the tongue, the beer is light and crisp, beginning and ending with soft citric tartness reminiscent of concentrated OJ, this mixes with earthy chalk, tropical fruit juice sweetness, and is fringed with herbal bitters that give way to touches of pine and citrus bitters, as well as funky sweet cheese with a touch of brine. There is weed and scallions mixing among fresh grapefruit juice, perhaps with a touch of funky pineapple juice, and a touch too much cheese/earthy dankness. It tastes superb, and more so of delicious hoppy beer than fruit juice, as far as the spectrum of hoppy wilds goes. In the mouth, the beer is light and effervescent with a cool and crisp snap. The finish is dry with a very, very gentle astringency that lets you know the hops were there more so than some of the other hoppy wilds, yet still with a lovely balance of fruit juice smoothness to it. The drinkability is massive, especially with the dry finish, though the funky earth/cheese does hold this back from being "crushable juice." Overall, this is delicious, complex, and a superb step for Deciduous' bottling program. The cheese/earth is a touch too much for my taste, but I still thoroughly enjoyed drinking this, and would again in a heartbeat. This is close to Prairie and Wicked Weed's offerings, Dorothy, too. Hops and funk has long been prophesied as the next "Big thing in Craft Beer," and Deciduous is adding an earthy touch to that game with Sepal, which I am completely game for. Well done Deciduous folks. More of these, please!


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12. Peabody Opera: L'Enfant et les sortileges (The Child and The Spells) by Maurice Ravel
(dancing math homework: every child's nightmare)
It's a shame that Ravel only wrote two operas. His imagination was probably too unique and too strange for the world's most expensive artform. But that does not change the fact that Ravel's forty-five minute opera is one of the very greatest ever written - a masterpiece of pure imagination, so different from any other opera that it would probably require its own genre if it were staged more than once a blue moon.
This opera could frankly work as either an acid trip and an absinthe burlesque. It should be impossible to describe the plot as incomprehensible without being unclear, but that's precisely what the plot is: An obnoxious boy breaks various objects in his room, and the objects in the room come to life, as well as his homework, and furniture. His room then turns into a garden with various animals and plants whom the child has tortured. They all gang up to attack him, but wind up attacking each other. However, when the animals see the boy bandage a squirrel, they realize that he is not a monster, and help him return home.
On it's face, the plot is bizarre. As a modern allegory for growing up, the terrors of childhood, how we mature, and how one learns compassion and love, it is extraordinary. It also helps that Ravel writes one of the all-time great scores - almost like a vaudeville variety show in which he finds a perfect musical nuance for everything from dancing sofas to a Wedgewood Teapot. Ravel's great models for the score was Gershwin and Victor Herbert, which gives the score a distinctive jazz tint which is handled with an imagination which often eludes other French composers of the era who constructed whole careers around creating a classical/jazz fusion. But there is equal time given to passages that seemed ripped from the pages of Wagner, Verdi, Debussy, Stravinsky, Bellini Bel Canto, Gregorian Chant, Chinese Folk Music, Dixieland Jazz, Tchaikovsky Ballets, and an unmistakeable reference to Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony - all processed through the unique Ravel tint that deftly navigates a middle ground between parody and tribute (except the Wagner..).
When I saw this at the Peabody Opera Theater back in March, I was both elated and saddened. It was a first-class performance of an all-too rarely performed masterpiece that should enchant anyone who'd ever heard it. But I could only lament the fact that I probably won't hear this opera live for another thirty years. It is an all too sad fact that the classical works of true imagination which would probably impress music lovers best are the ones least likely to be performed. Once a music lover hears Verdi or Wagner, they pretty much know what to expect in every Grand Opera. Fortunately, Grand Opera is only one (overperformed) substrata of the opera world. Unfortunately, few people outside the world of opera know that. So when they have the chance to see something different, they'll think it's like any other opera they've ever seen. Furthermore, opera companies do themselves no favors in the long term by putting the same twenty operas on over and over again. If the opera world wants to entice a new audience, they have to find new repertoire.
Here are twenty-five operas (in no particular order and not counting L'Enfant et les Sortileges) that I would venture a guess would turn upside down every preconception you ever had about opera. This is not a list of the best operas, just a list of atypical once and a twitter length description about what makes it atypical:
1. Cunning Little Vixen by Leos Janacek
2. The Damnation of Faust by Hector Berlioz
3. Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin (yes, it's an opera)
4. Wozzeck by Alban Berg
5. Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi
6. The Nightingale by Igor Stravinsky
7. Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten
8. Duke Bluebeard's Castle by Bela Bartok
9. The Threepenny Opera by Kurt Weill
10. Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini
11. Showboat by Jerome Kern (opera houses are the only places that perform it anymore)
12. Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky (original version only)
13. The Abduction from the Seraglio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
14. Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District by Dimitri Shostakovich
15. The Love for Three Oranges by Sergei Prokofiev
16. Einstein on the Beach by Philip Glass
17. Erwartung by Arnold Schoenberg
18. West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein (Yes, that's an opera too)
19. Nixon in China by John Adams
20. Sweeney Todd (So's most Sondheim)
21. Saint Francis of Assisi by Olivier Messiaen
22. The Dialogue of the Carmelites by Francis Poulenc
23. Le Grande Macabre by Gyorgy Ligeti
24. Der junge Lord by Hans Werner Henze
25. Ainadamar by Osvaldo Golijov
11. Big Love Series Finale
If I do anything longer than a short post, I'll probably never finish it. I've been putting off a long Big Love post since I began these '800 Words' things, but a post about my thoughts on Big Love could easily go upward of 4,000 words. In some ways, it's the riskiest show HBO has ever done (at least since I started watching). This is the only HBO show which tries to enter the minds of the people who would view the network itself as a sin. And unlike Bill Maher or HBO's political films, this is a work that takes truly enormous pains to demonstrate why Americans who view the world differently from us believe what they do. Big Love was not a perfect show - it presented us with an alternate universe populated by a byzantine network of religious cults and century-old blood feuds, in which prophecy and revelation was not a matter for bygone eras but an utmost concern of the present. There were times (even a whole season) when there were too many characters to follow and not nearly enough time to explore them. But at its best, this was a TV show of extraordinary power. On the one hand, it had the intimate and human concerns of characters that are exactly like people we know, even as they are extremely different. On the other, the show had all the power of a biblical epic - culminating in a final episode which is either a simple summation of the show's story, or the summation of a new (fourth?) testament. Like The Sopranos finale, it all depends on what you believe happened.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
800 Words: 35 Favorite 'Cultural Stuffs' in 2011. #'s 12 & 11
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Recovery from a traumatic birth
Birth trauma that leads to PTSD can affect happiness, self-confidence, security and parent-baby bonding. Effective, fast treatment from a qualified Birth Trauma therapist– often in one or two sessions- can permanently change traumatic birth memories into normal memories, giving freedom from flashbacks and nightmares and other symptoms of PTSD. The treatment is suitable for mothers, fathers, birth companions, midwives and doctors.
What is 'birth trauma'?
Most of us associate the word trauma with a devastating, life-changing event that shapes the way we feel, think and react forever after. It is a word that we often associate with severe and obvious physical or psychological damage.
Women are often encouraged after a difficult birth to feel grateful that they have a live, healthy baby and that they themselves are more or less in good physical shape. That is often seen as a 'successful outcome'.
What is not always thought about is the emotional impact on mothers and fathers of a birth that -whilst it has resulted in a physically intact mother and baby, and which might seem on paper to have been 'normal'- is so far from their hopes and expectations that it has had devastating, lasting effects. It doesn't have to have been a 'clinically' traumatic experience as by definition, 'experience' is a unique event felt by the person having it. What might feel normal and acceptable for one woman can be horrifying and devastating for another. Many mothers and fathers can suffer in silence from undiagnosed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for many years after the birth.
Why should birth trauma be treated?
The shock of a traumatic birth can affect on-going happiness, confidence, self-esteem, relationships, parenting and bonding. It leaves women at greater risk of postnatal depression (anxiety and postnatal depression are not the same as PTSD, but can be a result of untreated PTSD). Unfortunately they are too often treated as the same thing, with talking therapies, CBT or medication. Women themselves may think that they just have to 'get on with it' and that feeling this way is something that will resolve with time. For some mothers, time will lessen the bad memories, but for others, whether they are aware or not, the traumatic memories can affect every area of their lives, giving them less enjoyment of life than there might have been. For some parents, the effects have much deeper impact, sometimes to the point of not having another longed-for child for fear of another bad experience.
Many hospitals will offer a 'debriefing' meeting after a difficult birth, where the facts are gone through and any questions answered. This can be very useful in helping parents to understand what happened during the birth and perhaps why it might have happened, but what debriefing doesn't do is address the emotional impact – shock, fear, vulnerability, failure, helplessness, whatever the feelings are, which can still be stuck in the brain and the sufferer will still be reacting to them every day.
Sometimes talking about what happened can make things worse, as the parents have not only to return to the place where the trauma happened, but to relive the event all over again during the discussion.
The subconscious is powerful, with most of our decisions affected by previous memory, even when we are not aware of it; having PTSD means that we react to any similar situation as though the trauma is still happening, as our brains pattern-match all the time, where any place or situation might trigger thoughts of the birth. For instance, if a mother was terrified during her birth that her baby was not going to survive, she may become a hyper-vigilant parent, unable to relax and constantly watching out for situations that might harm her baby. Other women will find it impossible to return to the hospital where the trauma happened, or even go past it, as the memories are vivid, and the brain will be signalling danger. This constant vigilance and feeling of danger, along with flashbacks and nightmares is exhausting, miserable and draining and it is not surprising that depression happens and quality of life is less.
What is the best way to resolve birth trauma?
As we finally awaken to the realisation that birth PTSD needs specialist attention, there are different methods available to treat it, with different degrees of success. Traditional talking therapies and support can help, and sometimes medication, but there is a more effective way. Birth trauma therapy, where the negative emotions of trauma memory are turned into a normal memory, is a powerful, fast (most often one or two treatments are enough) deeply relaxing and effective treatment, allowing the sufferer release from the constant reminders of their trauma and able to move on. It is not a 'temporary fix', where the bad memories will return; once the emotional trauma is resolved, it is permanent.
Birth Trauma Resolution therapy is based on Human Givens, and is accredited by the Royal College of Midwives; a qualified, certified practitioner will have a solid grounding in how to help.
This therapy can also be used for women suffering from tocophobia (fear of giving birth), or the pain and sadness of miscarriage. Quite often fathers and birth companions need treatment too, as although they haven't given birth themselves, they have suffered trauma from watching someone they love go through an intense and difficult experience.


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What are government scientists allowed to say? In Canada, many are feeling "gagged" when it comes to discussing their findings – hampered by funding cuts and the increasing need for all public enquires to be media managed. They have felt delayed or prevented from talking directly to journalists. Meanwhile, in the US, last October's government shutdown, coupled with funding cuts, has seriously impacted upon US Federal Government scientists' right to free speech.
Science writer and former physicist Mark Frary writes that, according to the Canadian pressure group Democracy Watch:
'There are few issues more fundamental to democracy than the ability of the public to access scientific information produced by government scientists – information that their tax dollars have paid for. We as a society cannot make informed choices about critical issues if we are not fully informed about the facts.'
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Playboy model, 28, marries '65yo Egyptian Billionaire' and expects her first child
A PLAYBOY model who starred in Calvin Harris' and Justin Bieber's video is all set to bring a billionaire's child in the world, who is almost four decades older than her.
Xenia Deli, 28, is married to an Egyptian billionaire businessman who is 37 older than her.
Ossama Fathi Rabah Al-Sharif, 65, is the father to whom the brunette fell pregnant to – she shared her baby bump in a photograph online.
The model shared the photograph to her 830K followers on Instagram, in which she can be seen wearing a yellow top and holding her stomach – giving mommy vibes all over the place. The upload has received more than 94K likes and 2K comments, the photograph that was captioned as 'blessed.'
Both of them tied the knot on the popular Greek Island of Santorini 2-years ago in an expensive wedding that costed about 1 million dollars – where they also spent their honeymoon.
After few days they went to Switzerland to meet the newly wed bride's parents who are almost as old as her husband.
'It's the feeling when u wake up and realize that u are the happiest women in the world! And it's only because of you,' she said next to photos of them holding hands as she wore a huge diamond ring.
'My love, my mentor, my friend!!! Congratulations I love you.'
Xenia, a famous carrier model who appeared in many top fashion magazines, has never felt ashamed of the age difference and even responded directly to her online critics several times.
'Who you are to judge the life I live? I'm not perfect and I don't have to be! Before you start pointing fingers, make sure your hands are clean,' she said to one.
Mr. Rabah is a Muslim who of Palestinian roots but Xenia is practicing Eastern Orthodox faith, which remains the same after her wedding.


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Using UEFI without Secure Boot
I want to use UEFI *without* Secure Boot.
I've read the HP document "HP PCs - Secure Boot (Windows 10)"
It tells you how to disable Secure Boot to use Legacy BIOS. It does not tell you how to disable Secure Boot and still use UEFI. It implies that you have to use Legacy BIOS if you disable Secure Boot.
Just disabling "Secure Boot" in BIOS did not work. Rebooting goes back to Secure Boot on.
I want to use UEFI without Secure Boot. How do I do it?
I am aware of the security implications.
Thank you.
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Welcome to the forum.
I am not an HP employee.
Please tell the forum what you are trying to do.
The UEFI BIOS included with your PC is always on.
Disabling Secure Boot and enabling Legacy Boot does not disable the UEFI BIOS.
You are disabling embedded HP security keys when you disable Secure Boot and enable Legacy Boot. You can do this and then install new hardware or a different operating system.
Then you can create new keys based on the new hardware or new operating system. Now you can enable Secure Boot.
Your PC will boot with the new security keys and new hardware/OS.
Thank you for the help. It is appreciated. I apologize for taking so long to respond.
I took some time to understand UEFI better. It can be confusing. Reading some of your responses to others helped. I see why my post was not good.
I do have some questions still.
1) When you disable Secure Boot, is it only off for that next session, or does it stay off until you enable it again? I think it stays off but I want to confirm this.
2) You told someone not to modify UEFI settings unless you've previously disabled Secure Boot. Is that just for boot-related settings, or for changing any setting?
3) How do new keys get created after you add hardware? Does it happen automatically when you enable Secure Boot again, or do I have to take other actions? HP's Secure Boot page doesn't say.
Thank you so much for your time.
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If you're looking for a new camera and you want something fresh and innovative from Samsung, hold onto your horses. The new NX20 has been leaked online and the picture looks good. I always wonder whether picture leaks like this have indeed been properly leaked, or whether they were pushed online by someone in house.
At any rate the camera looks good and apparently it will be able to offer Wi-Fi connectivity in the equation as well. If you love sharing your photos online, whether that be with friends, family or the world at large, you'll be able to do it more easily when you use the Samsung NX20.
The inbuilt Wi-Fi means you won't have to connect it to your computer to share those pictures of your dog or cat anymore. You can just upload them direct from the camera. I suppose this means you've got to know exactly how the thing works so you don't upload them accidentally if you want to keep them to yourself.
There is little else to say about this new beast from Samsung as yet. They're not releasing any details of when the camera itself will hit the market, nor are they revealing the price. But they've certainly managed to generate some excitement over the product so if you're looking for a new camera that packs just a little bit more into its design, this could be the best time to ensure you practice a little patience.


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In the top half of the image, Helen [Elena] sits near the altar in the temple of Vesta (567-9). To her left, Aeneas stands ready to charge at her, but Venus stands at his shoulder and shows him that the war is not the fault of Helen but of the gods. In each of the four corners a god is represented: in the lower left, Neptune shakes the walls and foundations of the city (610-2); in the lower right, Juno calls to a ship of Greek soldiers (612-4); in the upper right, Pallas Athena stands inside a storm cloud with light radiating from her (615-6); in the top left, the hand of Zeus shoots fire, apparently a visual representation of the courage which he gives the Greeks (617-8). To the right of Helen, a tower falls; to the left of Venus, Trojans jump from a flaming tower. (Katy Purington)
Woodcut illustration from the "Strasbourg Vergil," edited by Sebastian Brant: Publii Virgilii Maronis Opera cum quinque vulgatis commentariis expolitissimisque figuris atque imaginibus nuper per Sebastianum Brant superadditis (Strasbourg: Johannis Grieninger, 1502), fol. 176r, executed by an anonymous engraver under the direction of Brant.
Sebastian Brant (1458–1521) was a humanist scholar of many competencies. Trained in classics and law at the University of Basel, Brant later lectured in jurisprudence there and practiced law in his native city of Strasbourg. While his satirical poem Das Narrenschiff won him considerable standing as a writer, his role in the transmission of Virgil to the Renaissance was at least as important. In 1502 he and Strasbourg printer Johannes Grüninger produced a major edition of Virgil's works, along with Donatus' Life and the commentaries of Servius, Landino, and Calderini, with more than two hundred woodcut illustrations. (Annabel Patterson)
Werner Suerbaum, Handbuch der illustrierten Vergil-Ausgaben, 1502–1840 (Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 2008) VP 1502, no. 71.
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My concerns relate to the way people seem to think they're being independent free thinkers by refusing to accept the word of the White House. Free thought, however, doesn't mean jumping on any crazy idea proposed by some outsider, nor simply taking the official line and believing the opposite. Free thought should, in my estimation, require people to actually think. To sift through the evidence just a little and consider the likelihood of varying claims.
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I attended Confest over the summer, which is not always the most science-friendly environment. Someone gave a workshop claiming that global warming was a hoax (relying on the usual bunch of fraudulent websites). I'd had a very bad night beforehand, and rather than arguing effectively I stormed out accusing him of lying.
After calming down I gave some thought to how I could make something good come out of the event, and settled on running my own workshop. Rather than tackling the deniers directly I decided to call it "Science versus Conspiracy" and talk about the problems with a lot of conspiracy theories in general, using global warming deniers as just one example.
I'm certainly not trying to argue that all conspiracy theories are false. Watergate was a conspiracy theory once. There's no reason to be surprised that people in power will sometimes abuse their positions, and try to hide the fact that they've done so. However, many conspiracy theories, particularly those about science, rely on people acting in ways that involve ridiculous amounts of effort or risk for little reward.
In the workshop I started with the idea that NASA faked the Moon landings. Now most people probably don't believe this simply because it sounds too ridiculous. However, I've met quite a few people (yes mostly at Confest) who do believe it, or get a bit of thrill from at least entertaining the idea. I like this example, because when you think for a moment about the difficulties of pulling off such a fake it quickly becomes clear it would have been a whole lot easier just to go ahead and land some men on the moon and bring them back.
One of the first questions worth asking about conspiracies is how many people would need to be in on the act to make them work. The Moon landings is a great example. One of the profiles in the book is of David Cooke, who helped collect the transmissions from the Moon landing and broadcast them to the world. Cooke was based at Parkes, but there were actually about 25 highly skilled scientists and engineers working on picking up the signal, far from the 3 hapless Aussies and a stressed out Yank presented in the film. So how did this work? Were they all in on the conspiracy, or all so incompetent that not only did they not notice the signal was being broadcast from a Hollywood backlot, but NASA didn't even need to worry about them noticing? Parkes was just one of about a dozen sites at which the transmission either was collected, or might have been if timing had been different.
Then there are the geologists who have examined the moon rocks*, the engineers who built the rockets and (in some cases) examined the re-entry vehicle or were in other ways vitally involved. It's not just that any conspiracy theory relies on none of these people ever having an attack of conscience, or deciding they could make a lot of money from spilling the beans, or even just getting drunk one night and telling all. It's that for NASA to go ahead would require them to have had a pretty high degree of confidence that this would happen. People don't work that way.
Ok so that's an easy one. I mean it's not like hundreds of millions of people believe it or… ok well let's move on anyway.
So back to Osama. There seem to be three theories here. 1) He's been dead for years. 2) The Americans captured him rather than killing him and 3) He's not dead at all.
As far as I can see Exhibit A for claim 1) is a video from Benazir Bhutto saying he was dead some time before she herself was killed. I have no idea why Bhutto may have been lying or misled, but it's hardly compelling. After all not only do we have several audio tapes from Bin Laden, or an imitator, indicating he may well have been alive up until early this year, but we have to ask whose interests it served to pretend he hadn't died if he did. It's particularly hard to imagine why Bush, knowing his enemy was dead, would want to pretend he was alive just so Obama could claim the credit down the track.
#2 is probably the most credible, but it's a pretty low bar. Taking someone like Bin Laden alive has to be a lot harder than killing him, even if that was your aim (which seems unclear). So the idea depends on the Americans succeeding in capturing him against the odds, deciding the consequences of him talking on the stand were worse than the extra points they would win from trying him publicly, and also being able to keep everyone involved from shooting their mouth off. Ever. None of those are impossible, but three unlikely things piled on top of each other strains credibility.
Finally we have the theory it's all a big hoax. They killed someone else and decided to pretend it was him. Sure, because having Bin Laden turn up in a few months time right as rain and sending videos to the world won't do Obama's re-election chances any harm at all.
In a direct sense the Moon Landings conspiracy doesn't matter much. The people who actually need to be studying Moon rocks and planning future missions know it's rubbish. Perhaps if enough people believe Bin Laden is down at the 7-11 with Elvis it might hurt Obama's reelection chances, but I'm not too worried about that one either.
My problem is, if you don't bother applying some thought to these before you update your facebook status, how carefully are you thinking about the conspiracies that matter? On the one hand you could believe that tens of thousands of scientists are deliberately faking their data to trick the world into imposing carbon taxes, or on the other hand you could decide a few superannuated shock jocks and corporate shills might be lying to you. Hey, if you're not bothered about really thinking about which might be more likely, it's all a matter of preference.
* I've interviewed at least one geologist who has studied moon rocks. He says it's actually not that hard to get access, provided your research won't use much of the supply and has a reasonable case for scientific usefulness.
Update: Perhaps I didn't make clear that I can well accept smaller scale conspiracies regarding Bin Laden's death. It would not surprise me at all if the original claims that he was armed and using is wife as a human shield were a deliberate lie cooked up by the White House and Pentagon, rather than the fog of war in action. However, the fact that these myths fell apart so fast demonstrates just how hard it would be to keep a much more significant lie, that Bin Laden hadn't been killed at all, quiet.


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