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Steinberg UR28M USB 2.0 Audio Interface with DSP FX
All-in-one USB 2.0 audio interface with striking clarity, DSP-powered console features, and 3x stereo monitor control.
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Stiil have mine, but the preamps stoped working. Clean sound, better than focusrite, pres was dry sounding (in a good analog way) DI was great for guitars and bass! If you work carefully, you can get really good sonics, almost on par with apogee ensemble or Duet.
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All-in-one USB 2.0 audio interface with striking clarity, DSP-powered console features, and 3x stereo monitor control.
An elegant audio interface sitting beautifully on your studio desk, the Steinberg UR28M offers two TRS inputs, six TRS outputs and two Neutrik combo inputs that come with first-class D-Pre mic preamps and 48 volt phantom power, pad switches for mic signal attenuation and high-impedance input that permits you to plug your guitar directly into the interface. The two-track input is an additional option for monitoring reference sources. The console features a practical master volume knob alongside DIM, Mono, and Mute monitor level controls while the onboard dspMixFx technology provides DSP-powered, latency-free monitoring with effects together with any DAWs including Cubase.
Designed for easy access to controls and connectors, the UR28M's console comes with a single prominent output volume knob for individually controlling the levels of one of three stereo output pairs or the levels of six outputs simultaneously. You can also select between three monitoring mixes set up in the dspMixFx mixer or Cubase which is routed to the selected outputs. Several smaller rotary knobs to control signal levels of inputs 1 and 2 and the levels of the two headphone outputs. while further dedicated switches for inputs 1 and 2 allow you to employ 48-volt phantom power, 26dB signal attenuation and connecting high-impedance instruments. Other controls include the Dim button for attenuating all line output signals by 20dB, the Mono button and the Mute button for muting the selected output signal. Four-segment LED meterings for the inputs and the output are also available on the UR28M console.
The rear panel provides two TRS line inputs and two Neutrik combo TRS/XLR mic/line inputs alongside six analog balanced TRS outputs plus a coaxial S/PDIF input and output connector. Also included is a 1/8 inch stereo input jack for connecting to a portable audio player or other devices as a reference source.
The UR28M is a top-notch recording system with plenty of inputs and outputs to connect to microphones, instruments, studio monitors and headphones. There's a USB connector to hook up to either your Mac or PC that lets you record and mix your productions with the included Cubase AI workstation or other audio software.
Best setups for your gear
The UR28M is a top-notch recording system with plenty of inputs and outputs to connect to microphones, instruments, studio monitors and headphones. There's a USB connector to hook up to either your Mac or PC that lets you record and mix your productions with the included Cubase AI workstation or other audio software.
Cubase AI 6 included
Cubase AI 6 is a lean Cubase version tailored to record your music without additional bells and whistles. Based on the same core technologies as Steinberg's highly acclaimed Cubase 6 advanced music production system, Cubase AI 6 offers a comprehensive feature set for composing, recording, editing and mixing. Run it with the UR824 and Cubase AI 6 provides a full system solution for recording music in studio quality, used by many musicians and producers around the world.
Award-winning 32-bit floating-point Steinberg Audio Engine
Cubase AI 6 uses the same professional audio and mixing engine as Cubase 6. With a resolution of up to 24-bit and 96 kHz, as well as 32-bit floating point internal processing, Cubase AI 6 delivers fantastic sound quality even to the home studio.
Up to 32 simultaneous audio tracks with 24-bit/96kHz and 48 MIDI tracks
Cubase AI 6 is ready even for demanding songwriting and production projects. Offering up to 32 audio tracks, up to 48 MIDI tracks to control external instruments, as well as up to 16 instrument tracks and 8 slots in the VST Instrument rack to control virtual instruments, Cubase AI 6 has enough power to suit the needs of discerning musicians and records as many as 16 audio channels simultaneously.
Superb audio and MIDI editing
The easy-to-use Key, Score and Drum Editors included in Cubase AI 6 help in getting the job done quickly without blocking the creative process when writing or producing a song. Cubase AI 6 also includes support for Steinberg's realtime audio time-stretching and pitchshifting technology called "AudioWarp", allowing audio files to be played at a tempo or in a key different from the original file without any offline processing. AudioWarp also supports ACID files, making it compatible to hundreds of loop and sound libraries available. Cubase AI 6's powerful audio editing functions include a state-of-the-art transient detection, which is particularly useful for slicing and manipulating drum or percussion loops.
Complete suite of 26 audio VST effect processors
Cubase AI 6 not only features powerful recording and editing tools, it also includes a complete set of great-sounding VST3 effects plug-ins covering a wide range of types, including EQ, filter, dynamics, modulation, reverb and delay.
HALion Sonic SE with more than 180 production-ready sounds
The included HALion Sonic SE workstation instrument features 180 ready-to-play instrument sounds and full GM compatibility which makes a great starting point for any composition. Instruments include pianos, basses, drums, synths, brass, strings, and many more.
VST Mixer with up to 4 Inserts and Sends per channel
The mixer section in Cubase AI 6 offers everything musicians need to create professional-quality mixes with sample-accurate timing and full plug-in latency compensation across the entire signal-path. With up to four insert effect slots and four effect sends and returns as well as 8 group channels, this powerful virtual mixer offers a lot of flexibility. The 4-band fully parametric EQ features exact control of any signals frequency-response. Every knob or function can be automated. In addition to the included plug-ins and instruments, Cubase AI 6 is compatible with hundreds of additional virtual instruments and effects available for the VST platform today.
Cross-platform x86 / x64 for Windows and Mac OS X
Cubase AI 6 is available both for Windows 7 and Mac OS X 10.6 (Intel only) and is delivered on both platforms as 32-bit as well as native 64-bit application.
Why URS Series?
Excellent sound, swift workflow
The UR series offers recording and production solutions for ambitious musicians and professional engineers alike. Connections required for studios such as word clock, S/PDIF and ADAT plus a range of Neutrik combo connectors on the UR824 (#H77574) and routable TRS I/O on the UR28M are at hand. Also on board are EQ and compression tools in the form of the Sweet Spot Morphing Channel Strips on each channel, not to forget the REV-X plug-in that provides quality reverb for modifying the intricacy of a sonic space. The UR824's eight line outputs offer full support for surround productions up to 7.1, while the UR28M allows for up to 5.1 surround with its six line outputs.
Crisp, crystal-clear sound
The audio quality of the UR interfaces is absolutely stunning due to its state-of-the art convertors and studio-grade preamps. The UR824 (#H77574 features eight of the latest generation of Yamaha microphone D-Pre preamps while the UR28M comes with two D-Pres. Each discrete Class-A analog mic preamp utilizes an advanced Inverted Darlington circuit design and boasts a -26 dB Pad selector as well as 48 volt phantom power. The result is a sumptuously smooth and richly detailed sound normally only attained by preamps costing many times more; the outstanding sound of these mic pres obviate the need for all but the rarest vintage preamps.
Just as important as the preamps are, of course, the converters behind them. The UR824 includes first-rate A/D and D/A converters that offer absolutely crystal-clear sound that portrays the sound with astonishing precision and clarity.
Cubase or not Cubase
To unleash the full potential of each UR interface, you needn't employ Cubase as the DAW of choice, but there are undoubtedly certain benefits that remain unrevealed to non-Cubase users. That's why a streamlined version of the award-winning Cubase music production system is included with both the UR824 (H77574) and UR28M.
Combining the UR series with Cubase offers advantages such as full integration into the Cubase user interface for a smooth workflow. But there are plenty of reasons to take a closer look at the UR824 (#H77574) and UR28M no matter what DAW you're on. Included are ASIO and CoreAudio drivers for full compatibility with any DAW application using either of these driver standards. The dspMixFx DSP mixer runs on Mac and PC and handles all aspects of DSP, routing, monitor mixing in one easy-to-navigate interface.
- 24-bit/96-kHz USB 2.0 audio interface
- Analog 4 in and 6 out plus stereo input for reference source
- S/PDIF coaxial I/O
- D-Pre Class-A discrete mic preamps supporting +48V
- Latency-free DSP-powered monitoring with one REV-X reverb and four Channel Strips with any DAW by using the latest dspMixFx technology
- Native VST 3 plug-ins of REV-X and Sweet Spot Morphing Channel Strip additionally included
- Digitally controlled monitor level control with DIM, Mono, and Mute fed by a 3x3 monitoring matrix
- 2 separate headphone buses with individual outputs
- Cubase AI 6 music production software included
- Cross-platform compatibility for Mac OS X and Windows
- Best setups for your gear
- The UR28M represents a top-notch recording system with plenty of inputs and outputs to connect to microphones, instruments, studio monitors and headphones. There's a USB connector to hook up to either your Mac or PC that lets you record and mix your productions with the included Cubase AI workstation or other audio software.


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- For the boss in Toxic Pools in the the 8-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball, see here.
Scorpius is the first boss that appears in the 16-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball. It resides in the first and lowest level of the Veg-O-Fortress, Toxic Caves.
Scorpius is a gigantic and orange colored robotic scorpion, with Robotnik's face as its head. It has four mechanic legs and a large tail that drips droplets of green liquid. Once Sonic collects the three Chaos Emeralds within Toxic Cave, the room to Scorpius opens and Sonic can battle against it.
Scorpius has an extensible tail, which it can use as a shield and to drip poisonous liquid from the tip. Sonic must jump into the gap between the tail and the body in order to attack the body from within; if he succeeds, he will bounce repeatedly within Scorpius and cause significant damage, unless he slips out of the gap, and must therefore reenter it again. After a huge amount of hits, the tail will break off and Sonic can attack Scorpius' body directly, with four hits being needed to destroy Scorpius. There is also an alternate method of destroying Scorpius by hitting the four targets above the ceiling, which will cause a pile of rocks to fall down and damage the Scorpius. The player has to bounce on the tail in order to reach all four targets.
During the first part of the battle, the player can also use the Sewer Warp below the platform (where Scorpius is standing on) to warp above the Scorpius. If Sonic falls to the bottom of the boss room, he will be shot back up, so he cannot leave the room until Scorpius is defeated. The shooter, however, disappears once Scorpius's tail is destroyed, and since the minecart is no longer there, Sonic will fall all the way back to the beginning of the level.
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
In Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Scorpius (that is called as Boss Scorpion) appeared in the episode "Attack on the Pinball Fortress". Even though the design of it is drastically different, it features two television screens on its eyes, where Robotnik is able to see and control the action. Despite the Boss Scorpion being sustainable kind, Sonic is able to defeat him by spinning around and making the Boss Scorpion shoot terrain crack open, causing it to fall down the lava pool.
Archie Sonic The Hedgehog
Pre-Super Genesis Wave
The Scorpius also made a small appearance in the Archie Comics' Sonic the Hedgehog #6. Its appearance is similar from games with the exception of having six legs instead of four. Scorpius reprises its role from Sonic Spinball, where it attacks Sonic, but is easily dispatched along with his ally, Rexxon.
Post-Super Genesis Wave
A replica of Scorpius was used by NICOLE in a training exercise for the Freedom Fighters. It attacked Sally and Sonic. Sonic taunts the robot about how it keeps missing with it's blasts, the robot is soon destroyed by a cannon made by Rotor and Tails.
- The tail of Scorpius is able to get glitched, if the player passes over above the robot at the same time, when tail's turning animation happens. This can cause Scorpius having two headed tail.
External links
- Scorpius at Mobius Encyclopaedia, the Archie Sonic wiki.
|Sonic | Tails | Dr. Robotnik | Animals (Flicky, Cucky, Locky, Wocky) | Sally* | Bunny* | Rotor* | Muttski* | Hip and Hop
|Toxic Caves/Toxic Pools | Lava Powerhouse | The Machine | The Showdown/Final Showdown | Bonus Stages (16-bit, 8-bit)
|Magma Worm | Cluckbird | Rexxon | Ferron | Buster | Krondor | Scratch* | Clucker | Crawl | Buzz Bomber
|Scorpius/Toxic Pools Boss | Roboiler | Veg-O Machine | Robotnik's Ship/Final Showdown Boss
|Balloon | Bonus Gate | Bumper | Capsule | Chaos Emerald | Item Box (1-Up, Continue Monitor) | Drain Bumper | Drop Target | Flipper | High-speed warp tube | Minecart | Mount Mobius | Planet Mobius | Ring | Sewer Warp | Sonic the Hedgehog Boom | Spin Jump | Spring Catapult | Super Spin Dash | Veg-O-Fortress
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PETA: Not so much a fan of those who wear animals! The animal rights organization's new public enemy(ies) number one are none other than the sisters Olsen. Mary-Kate and Ashley are so downright heinous in the eyes of Ingrid Newkirk et.al. that they've inspired an entire website devoted to lambasting the girls, who have been renamed the "Trollsen Twins". Or, more specifically, "Hairy-Kate and Trashley". (Who says PETA has no sense of humor?) There's lots of fun to be had with the Trollsens on the site, on which we spent the better portion of an hour this morning. Our adventures in bloody dolls and other family-friendly fare, after the jump.
The fun begins with a wacky video which uses an old episode of Full House intercut with some new PETA-tastic content to show Hairy-Kate and Trashley as evil fur-wearers, even as seemingly innocent children. Yes, Bob Saget is in it!
Next, "Dress Up The Trollsens." The point of this game is to clothe your haggard virtual dolls: Your only choices are fur! And the fur's still alive. Make sure you have the volume turned up, so you can hear the garments go drip drip drip. Brilliant! For reals.
PETA even makes petition-signing fun! It's so easy to write to your favorite pro-ana fur-wearers. The Olsens' clothing line, "The Row", is referred to as "Death Row". Don't know about you, but we'll sign anything that doesn't involve having to find an envelope and a stamp to send it in.
Don't forget about merchandising! Nothing says Yuletide glee quite like a bloody "Trollsen Twins" tank. Perfect for everyone on your holiday shopping list, really.
Ooh! Free downloads! Revel in this downright terrifying Trollsen twin banner for the website of your choosing.
Meet the Trollsen Twins [PETA]
Twin Targets [NYP]
PETA Launches Trollsens Website [Sassybella]


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If you're itching for a new Jay-Z record, you can go and brush your shoulders — er, copy of "The Blueprint" — off, for now anyway.
Hov told CNN he won't be heading back into the recording booth anytime soon.
He's too smitten with fatherhood, now that he's become a proud parent with wife Beyoncé to daughter Blue Ivy.
"I thought I'd be really motivated with all the things that are happening and all the change — you know, the child in my life now — to get back in the studio. But I find that I'm really just motivated to just be with her," he told CNN.
"I just wanna enjoy those moments for a bit and I'm sure that feeling of music will come back to me," he added to MTV News.
"It's fantastic. It's amazing. It's just a real surreal thing," he said.
The MC also recently said he agrees with President Barack Obama's recent announcement of his support for gay marriage — an announcement that could prove a watershed moment for hip-hop, which historically is less than gay-friendly.
"I've always thought of it as something that was still holding the country back," Jay-Z told CNN of the fact that gay marriage isn't legal throughout the U.S. "It's discrimination plain and simple."


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Language is important to Canadian singer-songwriter Old Man Luedecke
Canada's Old Man Luedecke, who is actually a pretty youthful guy, brings his literate, banjo-driven songs to The Ark on Tuesday.
"I am a prisoner for my appreciation for language; language that moves me is language that is unusual," he says. "I feel like it's an important thing I can contribute to songwriting.
"(My) songs are about a variety of topics, a meditation on art and ambition is present in a lot of what I do. Art and whether there is spiritual success without worldly success, that's at the heart of 'Tender Is The Night,'" Luedecke adds.
He says the origin of his stage name is fairly ordinary.
"I put the name on my first gig poster and it stuck," he explains. "In a way, the name gives me the space to be the performer I need to."
Old Man Luedecke plays at The Ark, 316 S. Main St., Tuesday, Sept. 10 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15. Details at www.theark.org or 734-761-1800.


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We have covered this story before: Microsoft made a special SKU of Surface (Intel processor powered) for China, replacing Windows 8 Pro with Windows 8, but pre-loaded with permanently licensed Office 2013 Home & Student. To many, not necessarily Chinese, this version is even more desirable than the stock Surface Pro. However, according Panos Panay, the leader of the Surface team at Microsoft, such region-specific SKU won't happen anywhere else, unless strong enough consumer interest is shown.
Panos said this when interviewed by Chinese Microsoft-centric news site WPDang. What he said, when translated back, is this:
"The Chinese market has been a priority ever since the designing stage of Surface computers. After the launch of Surface RT in China, we got plenty of feedback from consumers here, saying they love how Surface RT comes with Office 2013 Home & Student (RT). If that is what they want, Microsoft delivers. Yes, just China. There won't be customized Surfaces for any other region according to our current plans. This is because the Chinese consumers have demonstrated definite and strong demand for [permanently licensed Office suite]. Actually you could forward the message to WPCentral: if the readers there show strong enough demand for region-specific SKUs, Microsoft will certainly consider."
It's a bit weird having the message passed to us. But anyway, it's better than nothing. Panos didn't specify in what format or which thread our readers should say their desires out loud though. Apparently he visits WPCentral often. So, just feel free to make your wishes known either in the comment field below, and make sure he won't miss the mounting comment count.
Microsoft just announced that Surface RT and Pro will be released to a series of new countries in the April - June window that includes Mexico, Korea, Germany, France, and Australia. Some of this market expansion is the result of consumer input and Microsoft might still have enough time to develop software-customized new SKUs for the new markets as well if the consumer demand is evident.
For a not quite related side note, Panos showed something never revealed before during the interview: a second prototype of the Touch Cover.
Originally Microsoft made the Touch Cover a gloss sheet, which probably looks cooler than its final shape. But after some tense typing sessions, the prototype was soon sticky with sweat. Then the team made the second version as shown in the picture above: entirely matted material, feeling fluffy on both sides. The sweaty hand problem was gone for a while, but soon came back in the form of a sweat-and-dirt-caked Touch Cover. On the third try they made what we have right now: the thinnest keyboard ever, with washable material on the business side, and matted on the back. We certainly appreciate the attention Microsoft poured into design of details, even more so if the Touch Cover could come in more sturdy build.
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Ashley Tisdale Volunteers for "Get on the Bus" Campaign
On July 14, 2009,"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" traveled to Green County, Missouri to tell the eight members of the Hampton family � all living in a cramped one-bedroom, one-bath cottage, 792 sq. ft. total � that they'll have a new home in seven days. The original family of four doubled in size not long ago after a fateful phone call from a social services agency. Chris and Niki Hampton were told they had just one hour to decide if they would take in their four nieces and nephews or let them go to foster care.
Ashley Tisdale will be the celebrity volunteer for this build.
Chris and Niki didn't hesitate to open their hearts and home to young Gage, Kira, Lexi and Jacob, who now range in age from two to eight years old. Squeezing out the space for them, together with eleven-year-old son Dakota and eight-year-old daughter Hannah, has been the real challenge. Currently the three boys share one set of bunk beds in the dining room, and the three girls share another set of bunks in what used to be a utility closet. Since the cottage has no closets, plastic storage bins are stacked floor-to-ceiling in every room. Dinner is served assembly line-style, and everyone sits on the floor except for the youngest children in booster seats.
What the family lacks in comfort and space, they more than make up for in love. The children are incredibly close � literally and figuratively � and Chris and Niki look forward to the day when they move beyond full legal custody of their nieces and nephews to become their adoptive parents. Chris, a land surveyor, basketball and football coach, and president of the Missouri Family Rodeo Association (MFRA), and Niki, a saleswoman and MFRA secretary, also have rescued six horses that live on their five-acre farm along with three dogs.
The Hampton family will go on a Disney Cruise vacation while the "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" team, local builder Millstone Home, workers and volunteers transform their home. The design team for this episode will feature team leader Ty Pennington and designers Michael Moloney and Paige Hemmis. The location address is: The Hampton Family 10043 West Farm Road #94, Green County, MO 65604
Ashley Tisdale has quickly become one of Hollywood's brightest talents. She starred opposite Zac Efron in the original movie musical, "High School Musical." The film premiered in January 2006 and was the highest rated telecast in Disney Channel history. Ashley made music history by being the first female artist to ever debut with two songs simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 chart ("Bop To The Top" and "What I've Been Looking For," both from the RIAA triple-platinum certified "High School Musical" soundtrack). "High School Musical 2" premiered as the most-watched cable telecast of all time. "High School Musical 3: Senior Year's" theatrical release opened at #1 in the box office with over a quarter of a billion dollars in sales. Ashley recently won a MTV Movie Award for "Breakthrough Performance: Female" for her performance in "High School Musical 3: Senior Year."
Ashley will next be seen in the feature film "Aliens in the Attic." This year she is slated to start shooting a starring role in the feature "Teen Witch." She also executive produced and starred in the feature "Picture This," which aired on ABC family to a #1 telecast rating. She gained worldwide notoriety by playing Maddie, a hotel candy counter clerk and baby-sitter of devious twin boys who live in The Tipton Hotel on the Disney Channel #1 hit series, "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody."
Ashley's sophomore album, "Guilty Pleasure," will be released on July 28th. Her debut album, "Headstrong," has sold over a million copies worldwide.
"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" is produced by Endemol USA, a division of Endemol Holding. It is executive-produced by Anthony Dominici. David Goldberg is Chairman, Endemol North America.


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About five weeks ago I started seeing something on my bush beans. I was expecting them and knew what to look for.
Those pretty yellow bumps are the eggs of a Mexican bean beetle. The adults, which I don't have any of my own pictures of, resemble ladybugs. They are related, but the bean beetle has more of an orangey color and small spots in horizontal bands.
When the eggs hatch you can find the larvae feeding on the underside of leaves. They're yellowish as well and are covered with spines.
The adults and larvae feeding on the leaves of the bean plants can obviously do a lot of damage. What I find interesting is that they appear to like some varieties of beans more than others. In this picture there are three rows of beans. From left to right they are Black Valentine, Jacob's Cattle Gasless and Lina Cisco's Birdsegg.
Notice anything? It looks like the beetles don't especially care for the Black Valentine compared to the other two. They're also more or less leaving my white kidney and pole lima beans alone.
So how does one control them in an organic garden? At first I was doing the simplest approach—removing and destroying the eggs and adults whenever I found them. But given the number of bean plants I have and the fact that I can't get to the garden every day that approach wasn't going to do much.
Here's one of the advantages of having a plot in a community garden. I and several other gardeners on the committee were charged with monitoring our bean plants and reported when the first eggs were spotted. Whoever was in charge of such things then ordered some predatory wasps that, being really, really pricey are out of the range of most home kitchen gardeners. The timing of the wasps' release is very important so they are shipped overnight just before they emerge.
A little mesh bag is hung inside the bean plants (I moved this one out for a picture) so the wasps don't have to go far. They're very tiny and I haven't seen any. The wasps lay their eggs in the bean beetle larvae where they hatch, feed on the beetle thus killing it, pupate and then emerge to start the cycle all over again on more larvae. These little buggers are gruesomely effective. This is the third year I've been growing beans here and the first time the beetles have been noticeable. The wasps have been used in the past and other gardeners report that they worked very well in knocking back the beetles for several years. My plants are forming beans that should mature and be harvestable. With some luck next year's crop won't have to suffer this kind of infestation.
Using the wasps to treat for the beetles is an example of a biological control. Do you employ biological controls in your garden?


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Today we saw how the NASCAR Hall of Fame served as a meeting place for a Planned Parenthood rally. What if it was a different kind of rally?
For Sweden asked for clarification and our own Travis O. was quick with a reply.
Planned Parenthood Is Holding A Rally Outside The NASCAR Hall Of Fame
How many stages are in this rally? When is the first gravel stage? Will Joe Biden be a driver or a co-driver? We need more information Travis.
Travis dutifully replied.
It's a 3 day rally, almost all tarmac. Armin Schwarz somehow won the first special stage in a 2001 Skoda Octavia WRC. There is only one gravel stage, and it's at Dale Jr.'s house/driveway car graveyard. Think that's on Thursday.
Joe Biden was competing, but his Firebird was disqualified after the first stage because they found empty Coors Light tall boys in the passenger seat... and because he wasn't an official entrant.
We're not sure Travis has all of his facts right. What do you think a political stage rally would look like?
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NCER explores the roles of policy, planning and science in
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Previous NCERs established a forum for individuals
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Happy Halloween all! We didn't have many Trick-or-Treaters, just 15 (not counting Heidi and Chloe! lol)
Chloe had made plans to go out with friends on her own, but they fell through and so Heidi took her out. The neighborhood was very quiet, but we met a few more neighbors and saw little Izze from across the street, who was dressed up as a ballet cheerleader. lol
Chloe carved pumpkins with her friends yesterday and she did a fantastic job as you can see here. The girls decorated the front of the house with Steve (the big dummy) and Tim (the little one).
Chloe is dressed as an exclamation point- it was Holly's idea.
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In order to gain strength and be able to properly recover from your workouts it's important that you provide your body with enough of the right fuel as you build muscle. Although, there are a lot of supplements to consider for good health and strength, some are more important than others.
The Benefits of Protein
There is no question that the best supplement for muscle growth is a protein supplement. These usually come in powder form and can be mixed with water or added to a smoothie or other beverage. High quality whey protein is many times thought as being the best protein supplement as it aids in the recovery from a stressful work out. It also can present necessary muscle building amino acids that can not be obtained from the body alone.
Being easy to digest, whey protein can help you in building new muscle mass. Even though you'll often find the price of the high quality supplements are more costly than others, taking them can help ensure that your body is getting the best protein.
Using Creatine for Muscle Building
You will not get far in the supplement aisle without running into creatine. When selecting the best supplement for muscle growth you'll likely want to add this natural acid to your regime. It's been shown to help build muscle mass at a much higher rate than a diet can by itself. And, you can purchase creatine in either pill form, as a powder or liquid.
While the body can produce creatine it doesn't have the ability to do so in high enough amounts to build muscle mass.
Reasons to Use Amino Acids
Amino acids are the particular ingredients found in the best supplements for muscle growth that can support the building of more muscle.
Some effective ones are – glutamine, l-arginine and l-lysine found often in muscle building supplements that can be very effective when used. When picking a supplement which has numerous ingredients, look for one that offers all three of these for the best results.
To build muscle it's important to have the synthesis of protein in which amino acids bring. And, when used these amino acids can help promote more effective workouts as it can assist with the protection of your muscles and lessen the likelihood of injury. L-Arginine is also known for increasing levels of human growth hormone in the body, stimulating muscle growth.
The best supplement for muscle growth should present protection to the muscles during workouts, help muscle mass to grow ordinarily and support the body's natural responses to the stress of strength training. You may need a mixture of a few different supplements to get the best results.
Remember that the best way to build muscle safely is to choose natural supplements that don't have side effects or other dangers.
Most importantly, it pays to stay away from the temptation of steroid use as it will only lead to long term negative impacts on your body.


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Wednesday Evenings, preparation begins at 6:30pm.
Cushions, benches, and mats are provided; you are welcome to bring your own. We begin with chanting, then have two 25-minute silent mediation sessions with a short walking meditation in between the sessions.
Our ritual follows the Soto Zen tradition. We do not teach the Dharma, although we sometimes share a story from Buddhist teaching, or recommend books to each other or to newcomers.
Unusual for UUs, it is our practice to start exactly on time, and we encourage arrival well before the sitting begins at 7pm.
Held in Theodore Parker room.
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I need to know solutions for the question above. There are cases, when we need post meta information outside the loop. Let's say, I'm developing theme that will display ads from certain vendor on that page (everywhere on that particular page) based on post meta information. Because, I've bilingual blog and I will use different vendor for each language (for CTR reason).
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What is Airodump-ng and Aireplay-ng?
If you are familiar in wireless hacking then I believe that these both tools are your best friends.
For the one who are still new in hacking, Airodump-ng is wireless packet capture, simple but very powerfull. It will capture raw 802.11 frames. Airodump-ng writes out a text file about the details of all access points and clients seen.
Aireplay-ng is a tool for injecting packet into a wireless network to generate traffic.
I will not explain how to use these tools in here, but how to install it in Ubuntu Lucidlynx.
If you are still using the previous Ubuntu version, you still can apply the same methods.
Can I install using 'apt-get install' command in LucidLynx terminal?
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2009 Is Here ~ Happy New Year!
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Here on the West Coast, we're finally winding down to the final hours of 2008…
Even though we're behind most of the world where 2009 is already underway, I actually appreciate having the extra time to reflect on 2008 and to be able make my final post of the year.
A lot has happened this year, both positive and negative, which has resulted in a time of my life that I will never forget.
I've learned many things about life (both personally and professionally) – a lot of them the hard way – that will greatly affect the way I move forward.
In retrospective, this experience has taught me a ton about how to proceed with my own business as well.
As we step into the new year, it's traditional for many of us to make a new year's resolution, so that we can make goals that we'll strive to achieve.
Since my business direction will result in my traveling internationally for over 50% of 2009, my new year resolution is to not lose touch with my friends, colleagues, partners, clients and the countless relationships we've worked so hard to build.
In 2008, I spent pretty much every weekend on the road, either speaking at seminars around the country or doing the same in other countries, while building teams and companies at the same time.
As a matter of fact, I can count the number of weekends I was actually at home with one hand.
In 2009, my focus will shift to working on building a lot of the same teams and momentum in other countries by starting new businesses, growing existing ones and organizing more of my own live events.
I've seen and witnessed the tremendous value live events have brought to attendees, and I want to be able to capture more of that by expanding my brand to as many parts of the world as I can.
With that said, I know it's going to be a challenge keeping and maintaining my current online relationships, not to mention building new ones.
That's why I want to upkeep my level of networking accomplished through attending live events in 2008 by increasing my presence online through the power of social media sites and social networking.
Yes, I'm talking about the popular social media portals like Twitter, Facebook, MySpace,YouTube, and the latest one to hit the scene which I predict is gonna be HUGE in 2009…Google Friend Connect!
Social media is going to be my primary way of communicating with my friends and partners in 2009, and I'd definitely like to connect with you on there as well :)
So please, connect with me… chat with me… interact with me…
Take a look at all my favorite social media sites and feel free to join and connect with me in any or all of them!
I'd definitely like to be able to communicate all my news, updates and announcements with you as quickly and easily as possible…


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Florida linebacker Jelani Jenkins is expected to be cleared to play in Saturday's game against LSU, UF coach Will Muschamp said Wednesday.
"Jelani Jenkins should be able to play," Muschamp said on the SEC coaches' teleconference. "He should be cleared. After looking at him the last two days in non-contact (drills), he'll be able to go. How much depends on how much he progresses between now and Saturday."
Jenkins missed the Tennessee and Kentucky games after fracturing his right thumb in the first half of the Texas A&M game. Jenkins had the pin removed from his thumb last week and returned to practice Monday in a non-contact role.
Jenkins will practice and play with a cast on his hand. Muschamp said he does not expect the outside linebacker to be limited in what he does.
"He'll be able to play in all situations. He's not limited right now," Muschamp said. "If he can play, he can play. That means on first down or third down. As we move forward, that's how we see it."
Also on the injury front, two players who missed the UK game — Venice High graduatre Trey Burton (back spasms) and defensive end Dominique Easley (knee) — will play Saturday, Muschamp said. Defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd, who dinged his shoulder in the UK game, also is 100 percent, Muschamp added.
Cornerback Cody Riggs (fractured foot) and offensive tackle Matt Patchan (strained pectoral muscle) will miss Saturday's game. Muschamp said he is hopeful Patchan will return next week. He has yet to play this season due to his injury.
Jenkins' return could be a big boost for the defense Saturday. The redshirt junior is one of the Gators' most experienced defenders and a team leader.
Jenkins and senior middle linebacker Jon Bostic have been playing side-by-side for the past two-plus seasons. Bostic said he's glad Jenkins is back.
"That helps out pretty much in every way," Bostic said. "He's one of the guys I've played next to since I've been here. We have that chemistry. Getting the calls out, sometimes in the past couple weeks I've been making sure the linebackers have been on their things.
"Now, with him coming back, we can kind of split the defense up where I'm going with the defensive line, he's going with the secondary making sure everybody's on the same page."
While Jenkins was out, sophomore Michael Taylor and true freshman Antonio Morrison shared playing time at weakside linebacker and played well, defensive coordinator Dan Quinn said.
But Jenkins brings other dimensions to the defense, Quinn said.
"Jelani is going to add a lot of value for us," Quinn said. "One, from an experience standpoint. Two, from a guy who can matchup (one-on-one in pass coverage) and he's a good blitzer. We're excited to have him back."
Jenkins cleared to play, Burton healthy and ready
Florida linebacker Jelani Jenkins is expected to be cleared to play in Saturday's game against LSU, UF coach Will Muschamp said Wednesday.


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BULOMARER, Somalia, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama revealed Sunday U.S. combat aircraft flew in support of the failed French effort to free a captured French spy in Somalia.
In a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, Obama said U.S. forces "provided limited technical support to the French forces in that operation, but took no direct part in the assault on the compound where it was believed the French citizen was being held hostage."
"United States combat aircraft briefly entered Somali airspace to support the rescue operation, if needed," the U.S. president said. "These aircraft did not employ weapons during the operation.
"I directed U.S. forces to support this rescue operation in furtherance of U.S. national security interests, and pursuant to my constitutional authority to conduct U.S. foreign relations and as commander in chief and chief executive."
Obama cited his authority "consistent with the War Powers Resolution," and said his notice to the speaker was part of his effort to keep Congress apprised of U.S. military actions.
French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said al-Shabaab's militant response with heavy weapons during the Friday attempt to rescue French secret service agent Denis Allex came as a surprise.
Two French soldiers and 17 insurgents died in the effort to free Allex, Euronews.net reported Sunday.
"We underestimated that," he said.
Le Drian said Allex was killed by his captors. Al-Shabaab said the hostage was alive, but had been moved to a new location and his fate would be decided within the next two days.
Allex has been held in what France said was inhumane conditions since his capture in Mogadishu in July 2009.
A French soldier was killed in the rescue mission, but his body was left behind after two attempts to retrieve the remains failed, a resident said.
A second soldier also died in the mission, Euronews.net reported, though the insurgents said he was wounded and was now "in the custody of the mujahideen," CNN reported.
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By size it's no BP or Exxon Valdez spill, each of which dumped millions of gallons of oil, but the 42,000-gallon spill in the Yellowstone River still worries locals, state officials and environmentalists over potential long-term effects on property and wildlife.
For one, while the amount spilled is tiny compared to the other disasters, the most heavily impacted area is also compact — a relatively narrow, 30-mile stretch along the longest undammed river in the U.S.
And while Yellowstone National Park is not threatened because it's upriver by about 110 miles, the stretch polluted by the severed Exxon Mobil pipeline is a fly fishing and birdwatching haven.
Key to the situation is that the river is at flood stage. Fast water doesn't allow the oil to settle in the middle of the river and instead pushes it through faster, which is a good thing.
The river's flowing at more than 30,000 cubic feet per second, Bob Gibson, spokesman for the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission, told msnbc.com. That's about 220,000 gallons a second.
But that also creates a problem: Oil pools in some shallow areas and settles in others on flooded riverbanks and property as the river recedes, leaving what Gibson calls "bathtub rings" around trees.
"The high water is both a blessing and a curse," he said.
No oiled birds or dead fish have been found, but the bigger question is whether the spill will have a long-term impact.
Montana Audubon — a nonprofit that specializes in wildlife conservation, especially birds — fears for the health of the American white pelican, a top-of-the-food chain species that dines on critters in the river.
"We may get lucky with the short-term effects" because birds weren't using their normal river habitat due to the high water, said Darcie Vallant, director of the Audubon Conservation Education Center in Billings, which is just 10 miles from the spill.
"But the concern is long-term effects," especially with the pelicans, she added.
Montana had some 7,000 breeding pairs in 2010, and that was a decline from the previous year, she said.
The high water has also made it impossible to assess what's happening to that ecosystem.
"There's a lot of stuff that lives below the surface that we can't see yet," said Gibson.
"We can't get to a large piece of the river due to the flooding," he added. It will probably take several weeks just to get a jet boat on the river because cottonwood trees and other floating debris make it too dangerous for now, he said.
Gibson doesn't expect to see dead fish floating along the river, and he doubts fishing will be put on hold. But he does worry about the oil reducing the numbers of "all the little things that fish eat."
Fish species there include sauger, bass, catfish, goldeye, trout and, farther downstream, native pallid sturgeon.
Bruce Farling, head of Trout Unlimited's Montana chapter, fears surging floodwater could push into back channels full of fish eggs and recently hatched fish.
"If we get a bunch of oil in some of these backwater areas, these are precisely where these small fish rear," he said.
Montana State University researchers will be among those monitoring the river, but it could take months before they have a sense of the recovery's pace.
"In the weeks and months ahead, we will be looking for any unusual changes in the river's natural environment and any impacts on the species of fish we would expect to find at this time of year," said MSU ecology professor Al Zale. "Some species or ages of fish may be more susceptible to this type of pollution than others."
As for property owners, Yellowstone County Commissioner John Ostlund told the Billings Gazette that "every landowner along the river from Laurel to Coulson will have some issues."
"Between Billings and Laurel, any place there's backwater, that oil floats on the top, so it's migrating to the sides and it's stuck on any land where the water level is dropping," he added.
Cathy Williams, who raises livestock, wheat, alfalfa and hay with her husband near Laurel, said high water washed oil across much of their 800 acres.
"It was the night the river peaked, so the river water was flooded all over the place, and that brought oil all over both ranches," she said. "All of our grasslands ... have just thick, black crude stuck to all the grass, trees, low lands."
Williams said their spring wheat crop and alfalfa are both in need of irrigation, but farmers in the area were advised not to take water from the river for the time being. Drinking supplies also are in limbo, she said.
"We get all our drinking water from our wells and for our animals," Williams said. "All the groundwater, I assume, is probably contaminated. We just don't know."


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The mutual fund industry has reacted with speed and fury to an SEC proposal to tighten regulation of money market funds.
Paul Schott Stevens, president of the fund industry group the Investment Company Institute, said in a statement released Tuesday that the proposed new regulations could cause "enormous" harm to investors and the economy.
The SEC is polishing off regulatory changes to increase capital requirements for fund companies, limit customers' ability to withdraw all their funds immediately and allow funds' net asset value to float (rather than maintain a fixed dollar value). Agency staff will soon submit the proposed changes to the SEC's five commissioners, three of whom must give their approval in order to advance the proposal to a public comment stage.
Fidelity Investments, the largest manager of money market assets, has already sent a report to the SEC urging a retreat from the changes, and Federated Investors' president and CEO J. Christopher Donohue is quoted in The Wall Street Journal saying of the SEC proposal: "The generosity of giving you the choice of which way to die is really not much of a choice."
ICI's Stevens (left) spelled out the regulatory "hat trick," as he called it, of changes he said would "harm investors, damage financing for businesses and state and local governments, and jeopardize a still-fragile economic recovery." Moving to a floating NAV and preventing investors from withdrawing all their assets at once — the proposal calls for a wait of 30 days before investors could redeem the final 5% of their funds — would diminish money market funds' utility as cash management tools, he said.
"Compliance with redemption freezes will impose hundreds of millions of dollars in added costs on investors, funds, and financial intermediaries and impair features — like check writing, debit-card access, and sweep accounts — that investors demand," he added. And he said the imposition of bank-like capital requirements, in combination with the other changes, would impose costs that will drive fund sponsors out of the industry, reducing competition.
But regulators worried about the threat of systemic risk to the economy, including the dangers of a bank-run-style wave of redemptions, defend the proposals. SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro is quoted in the Journal saying "the taxpayer simply can't be on the hook for failure, and the tools to ameliorate a run that existed in 2008 when Reserve broke the buck don't exist anymore."
Ben Bernanke, in his testimony before the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday, commented vaguely on the need for further regulation:
"There has been progress made both by banks and by money market mutual funds in reducing exposures and improving hedging but again I don't want this to be interpreted as a complacent statement. I think that if there is a major problem in Europe, the risk aversion, the volatility, the uncertainty –all of those things would have a powerful impact on our financial system," Bernanke said.
The ICI's Stevens said increased regulatory requirements the SEC imposed in January of 2010–boosting credit quality, liquidity, and transparency, while shortening the maturity of portfolio holdings–have already proved their worth. He said that amid the European debt crisis and U.S. debt ceiling turmoil of last summer, "about 10 percent of prime funds' assets were redeemed from June to August — some $170 billion — with nary a hiccup in the money market. U.S. money market funds met the redemptions, maintained liquidity well in excess of the new standards put into place in 2010, and saw no change in the mark-to-market value of their portfolios."
While the fund companies anxiously await the commissioners' vote on whether to consider the proposals, stock market investors have already rendered their negative judgment. Shares of Federated Investors (FII) were down more than 4% in midday trading, and shares of Charles Schwab (SCHW) were down over 2%.


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Are you one I talk to about changing username/moniker? Is it possible?
Hey, can you add "Africa" to the Missions/CUF poll that I posted?
Never heard of them.
Since we're about the same age, and a couple of my roommates at BYU went on their missions to Japan, I thought I ask if you knew Alan Harper of Malta, ID, or Greg Martin of mlm fame. Alan was/is a great guy, and Greg was fun to play golf with.
I'm starting to see why many folks enjoy this board more than Utefans.net; it's growing on me. Webmonkey's personal feuds are bringing Utefans.net down.
What is the Speak Easy? What is discussed there? What is the matriculation process?
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"I imagine that they do stand a chance of a reasonable showing at Lok Sabha polls... I won't be surprised if they got a quite few seats in Lok Sabha polls," Sen said on the sidelines of the Jaipur Literature Festival, which got underway today.
Asserting that the party had broken the ice by bringing in a new style of politics in the country, Sen said, "AAP has shown that it can win an election without appealing to caste and communal divisions. It has also shown thatit is able to raise serious issues of governance...that is a major achievement."
"They also have to find out how to govern, what their qualities should be, the policies catering to the very 'aam aadmi', the very ordinary people rather than the relatively better off who have a greater voice in the electoral and political context," he said.
In his keynote address at JLF this morning, Sen had said that AAP had set a good example for Indian democracy.
"They (AAP) have a long way to go, but the ice has been broken and the dire need to witness some administrative reforms can't be denied," Sen had said.
Sen said AAP had set an example of how grassroots problems could be rightly raised as electoral issues.
"Democracy is an important part of our country, we have to put it to apt use. The power of democracy has been skilfully used by AAP," he said.
The Nobel-laureate economistsaid that the need for the government was to introspect on certain issues.
"Do subsidies waste economic resources What is 'fiscal responsibility' of any government Will subsidising diesel, electricity, food and offering low-cost cooking gas help the country grow both democratically and economically We really need to think deeply on these," he said.
He called for smarter use of available resources to help build a healthy environment which would sustain growth.
Sen also referred to the recent Supreme Court judgement criminalising homosexuality and said, "The apex court 'reversed a reversal' and made a strictly private behaviour, a public crime. Is it democratic"
The seventh edition of the five-day festival is set to host another Nobel laureate, Harold Varmus.
The line-up of speakers for the 175 sessions spread over the six venues at the historic Diggi Palace here includes, among others, Jhumpa Lahiri, Jim Crace, Jonathan Franzen, Shashi Thraoor, Irrfan Khan and Javed Akhtar.


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PROPOSED Child Protection Improvement Act — Update
ACA's background check bill that would finally close the loop hole in state laws that bar youth-serving organizations in thirty-seven states from having access to background checks from the FBI's database was not passed in 2012. However, significant progress was made by securing bi-partisan support in both the House of Representatives and the Senate! (In 2011, the bill was passed by the House by an overwhelming 412-4 vote.) After reintroduction in the 113th Congress, we anticipate swift movement through both Houses. We will keep camps and other youth-serving organizations posted as to when to contact your legislators to ask for their support. Visitwww.ACAcamps.org/publicpolicy/cbc for updates.
Health Insurance and Your Camp — Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Impact
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (HCERA) were signed into law in 2009 and 2010 respectively. Included in these new "health care reform" laws was a mandate on certain large employers to provide health insurance to their employees beginning in 2014 (or pay a penalty of $2,000 per employee). The law requires employers with fifty or more "full-time employees or full-time equivalents" to provide health insurance to employees that meet minimal coverage requirements. The calendar year of 2013 is important as it is the time that employers are required to track information about their employees, which will then be used to determine if they meet the requirement as a large employer. In preparation for this tracking, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has just released new proposed rules to help employers determine if they are included in the mandate (https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2012-31269.pdf). For camps with seasonal operations, the law excludes employers whose workforce exceeds fifty full-time employees for 120 days or fewer during a calendar year if the employees in excess of fifty who were employed during that period of no more than 120 days were seasonal workers. As each organization is different, it is important that you determine now if you will be required to meet the mandate. For additional information, visit (www.ACAcamps.org/publicpolicy/health-care-laws/health-insurance)
American Taxpayer Relief Act Impact on Small Business
When the American Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA) was signed into law by President Obama on January 2, 2013 it included a number of extensions of small businesses tax incentives that could be utilized by camps. The tax incentives include:
- Section 179 Deduction. Permits small businesses to deduct the cost of certain new and used property placed in service for the year rather than depreciate those costs over time. The new law extends the maximum deduction to $500,000 for the 2012 and 2013 tax years for companies with under $2 million in qualifying capital expenditures.
- Bonus Depreciation. Enables small businesses to recover the costs of qualified new equipment faster than the ordinary schedule by permitting the depreciation of 50 percent of the cost in the first year. The provision was set to expire at the end of 2012, but has been extended through the end of 2013 (and 2014 for certain types of property).
- Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Extends through 2013 the tax credits for employers who hire military veterans or individuals from underserved communities that have faced barriers to employment.
For more information on how ATRA might impact your small business, visit the Small Business Administration at www.sba.gov/community/blogs/official-sba-news-and-views/open-business/small-business-tax-incentives-fiscal-cliff.
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act — Update
In December 2012, the Federal Trade Commission expanded the rules concerning the requirements for Web sites that are directed at children. While the majority of camp Web sites most likely are not included in the law, the new rules expand the definitions, so it is important that your camp assess applicability to your Web site. For the details, visitwww.ACAcamps.org/publicpolicy/childrens-online-privacy-protection.
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Cote D Azur Travel Guide
Cote d'Azur Travel Guide
Globally associated with glamour, celebrities, a vibrant nightlife and stunning beaches, the Cote d'Azur is a sun-drenched paradise which never ceases to captivate the touristic imagination.
The Cote d'Azur is renowned as the playground of the rich, famous and beautiful and apart from the natural delights of its beaches and rolling hills it boasts splendid shopping, restaurants and nightlife as well as some wonderful art galleries and museums.
The resort towns of Cannes and St Tropez are synonymous with the French high-life and never go out of fashion, and the city of Nice is charming and full of pretty parks and gardens as well as opportunities for historical sightseeing. Marseille, just beyond the French Riviera, is a vibrant port city rapidly transforming into a centre for culture and entertainment. In between, the Cote d'Azur has some picturesque medieval villages to investigate and a pleasantly sleepy countryside which often goes unexplored by the throngs who visit its beaches and resorts.
Best time to visit Cote d'Azur
The French Riviera has a Mediterranean climate with hot summers and mild winters. Summer is the peak tourist season in the Cote d'Azur and the beaches can get extremely crowded at this time. Traffic congestion can also be a hindrance to getting around in the busy summer months and during the famous festivals, like the Cannes Film Festival. In fact, many prefer to avoid the summer months, when the coastline can get a bit full, but those travelling to the Cote d'Azur to enjoy the stunning beaches will find that summer is the best time to visit. Read more on the Cote d'Azur's Climate and Weather.
What to see in Cote d'Azur
-Go celebrity-spotting in glamorous Cannes.
-Visit the hillside village of Gassin for a taste of provincial Cote d'Azur.
-While away the time in a seafront cafe in St Tropez.
-Stroll along the shop-studded promenade of La Croisette.
What to do in Cote d'Azur
-Bask on one of the many famous beaches of the Cote d'Azur.
-Shop for traditional crafts in the medieval village of Biot.
-Take a boat trip to the islands of St Honorat and St Marguerite.
-Hike up to the botanical gardens in the dramatically situated village of Eze.
Getting there
Nice Côte d'Azur Airport is situated four miles (6km) west of the city. Buses leave regularly from the airport for hundreds of destinations all along the Cote d'Azur. Flights to Nice Côte d'Azur Airport come from destinations all over Europe and it is a popular and pleasant airport. Get more information on Nice Côte d'Azur Airport.
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-The Cannes Film Festival was inaugurated in the 1930s in reaction to the interference of the fascist Italian and German governments in the selection of movies for the Venice film festival.
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I've also tried to use bindwood in the past.
What I would like to do is merge all bookmarks and passwords into some solution that actually works either with tools available under Ubuntu, or with a browser-based tool (addon/plugin/extension) which works between between google-chrome/chromium, and firefox.
It would be ideal if there was an ability to send and store passwords encrypted (if not on my own server). Whatever the method, I need the ability to have import from existing sources. (It doesn't have to be pretty, just repeatable.)
It's possible that some things I've ruled out are now workable (e.g., xmarks broke for me at one point because I hit their bookmark limit for the server/account, and bindwood, firefox sync were firefox only).


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Yelich enjoys unique first stolen base
PITTSBURGH -- It wasn't exactly Rickey Henderson-like, but Christian Yelich isn't complaining.
In the second inning of the Marlins' 4-3 loss to the Pirates on Tuesday, Yelich was credited with his first MLB stolen base. The swipe came in his 14th big league game, and it wasn't exactly conventional.
Actually, Yelich was almost picked off by lefty Jeff Locke, who threw over to first as the Marlins rookie dashed to second. First baseman Garrett Jones, who throws left-handed, tried to nab Yelich, but his errant toss struck second-base umpire Gary Cederstrom square in the back.
The throw was going to be off the mark, as shortstop Jordy Mercer was moving off the bag to retrieve the ball that never reached him.
Yelich heard a grunt from behind him, unaware of what happened. He also saw the Pirates middle infielders put their gloves over their faces because they were laughing.
In the box score, it goes down as a stolen base.
"It's going to be funny to remember my first stolen base," Yelich said. "I can say, 'The guy smoked the umpire with the throw.' It happens."
Although Yelich is leading off for the Marlins, and he has good speed, he isn't a prototypical stolen-base threat. He's more of a pure hitter who is selective and has the ability to draw walks.
Before being promoted from Double-A Jacksonville, Yelich had five steals in the Minors this season.
He's dealt with some injuries this year, and swiping bases wasn't his priority. Yelich had attempted about four steals since being called up, but on each occasion, the ball was either fouled off or put into play.
Even if the throw didn't peg Cederstrom, Yelich still had a chance to be safe at second.
"You never know on those," the rookie said. "I got a pretty good jump and put the pressure on them to make a good play, and they didn't. That happens. It doesn't happen often, but it did happen."


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How To Obtain An Increase In Income
Would you like to obtain a raise in your salary? If you are a salesperson working on commission, would you like to have an increase in your earnings? Certainly any person in his normal mind would say, "yes," to both of those questions. It is possible for you to obtain a raise in your salary, or if you are on a commission basis, an increase in your earnings, if you will learn a very simple principle was I choose to call the habit of going the second mile.
First, let me define what I mean by the habit of going the second mile. It means rendering more service than what is it usually expected and rendering that extra service in a spirit of joy or in a spirit of positiveness.
Fortunately, we are dealing with a basic law. A law which is as tangible as gravity, electricity or chemistry. This law deals with the mental processes, and it responds to our thoughts as tangibly as the soil causes the seeds to germinate, to grow, and in time, rendering a harvest.
Not in the spirit of criticism, but in the spirit of analysis, it seems that the majority of the people in the world are in the habit of rendering barely the amount of service which is necessary to meet the minimum requirements in order to receive their paychecks. A few people in the world have developed the habit of rendering more service than what is expected of them. They appropriate the law of increasing returns. They sow generously, therefore, they reap generously.
There are a number of reasons why it pays to develop this wonderful habit of going the second mile. I would like to enumerate a few of them. Rendering this additional service, more service than that which is usually expected, brings one to the favorable attention of those who can provide opportunities for a promotion. Needless to say, it is necessary for us to come to the favorable attention of those who are in a position to do us a favor or provide us additional opportunities. So, the one way for us to come to the favorable attention of those who can help us is to go the extra mile in service.
For example, recently a friend of mine was telling me that he was quite favorably impressed by an outstanding young man who waited on him when he went into one of the larger service stations to buy a tank full of gasoline. This young man fill the tank, check the air in the tires, check the oil, then he went around and cleaned all of the glass on the car. Instead of giving it just a lick and a promise, he did a very thorough job in every part of his service. He seemed to have great joy in giving that extra attention. He did all of this in a wonderful spirit of helpfulness.
When my friend offered him a generous tip he refused to accept it, saying it was his pleasure to do this, that he enjoyed it very much. My friend told me that he was so deeply impressed with this young man that since that time he drops four or five miles out of his way to go into this particular service station to have his car serviced.
In other words, the attitude on the part of this young man working in the service station came to the attention of my friend, and he became a loyal customer because of the practicing of this principle. He has told the service station owner of this, so, the young man has come to the favorable attention of his employer who has the power of rewarding him.
Another advantage of practicing this principle of going the extra mile is that it tends to permit one to become indispensable in many different relationships. This enables one to command more than an average compensation. In other words, it is one of the few legitimate reasons why any individual can ask his employer for a raise in salary.
Another advantage of going the extra mile is that it protects one against the loss of employment and places them in a position to choose his own particular position in life and the conditions under which he will work. He can also expect new promotional opportunities.
It enables one to profit by the law contrast. The majority of people do not practice the habit of going the extra mile to try to get more than that to which they are entitled.
Making the extra mile principle part of one's habitual expression for all humanity leads to the development of a positive attitude, and habitually rendering more service than that which is usually expected, tends to change our basic habit patterns from a negative to a positive and, of course, one of the most desirable traits in the world is a positive mental attitude.
Practicing the habit of going the second mile, or rendering more service than that which is usually expected, tends to develop a keen alert imagination as it is a habit which keeps one continuously seeking new and more effective, efficient ways of rendering useful service. In other words, it creates a continuous challenge to find new ways of rendering a service because it switches ones focal point of attention from the "I" consciousness to the "YOU" consciousness.
It develops the important factor of personal initiative, without which no one may obtain any position above mediocrity, without which no one may acquire economic freedom.
Personal initiative is the most outstanding trait of a typical successful American citizen. It definitely serves to develop self-reliance. It serves also to build the confidence of others on one's integrity and ability. It needs one in breaking the destructive habit of procrastination, which is among the more common causes of failure in all walks of life.
It develops definiteness of purpose, without which no one can hope for success. It makes easier the mastery and the application of the mastermind principle through which personal power is attained. The mastermind principle is a system by which two or more individuals form a friendly alliance to work together toward a definite major purpose.
We get our cue to the soundness of the principle of going the extra mile from observing some of nature's ways. For example, nature goes second mile by producing enough of everything for her needs, together with an overage for emergencies and waste. Fruit on the trees, frogs in the pond, blooms from which the fruit is grown, fish in the seas.
Nature produces enough to ensure perpetuation of all species of every living thing and allowing for emergencies of every sort. Nature has arranged for all of her creatures to be adequately compensated by paying in advance for all they do in carrying out her plans. Bees are compensated with honey for their service pollenizing the flowers, but they have to perform service to get the honey and it must be performed in advance.
Nature compensates the farmer after he has done his part in planting and tending his crops. It pays the farmer by yielding not only the original seeds he plants, but an over plus.
Throughout the universe, everything has been so arranged that nature's budget is balanced. Everything has its opposite, equivalent in something else. Positive and negative in every unit of energy. Day and night. Hot and cold. Success and failure.
Sweet and sour. Man and woman. Everywhere and in everything one may see the law of action and reaction in operation. The pendulum swings back the same distance that it swings forward. The same is true in human relationships and in the rendering of personal service as in all other things.
Put this down as an established fact. If you neglect to apply the principle of going the second mile you will never become personally successful and he will never become financially independent. This is borne out by the fact that all successful people follow this habit as an established part of their daily routine, in all their human relationships.
Test any successful person by this rule and you will be convinced. Observe any person who is not a success and you will be convinced.
One must render as much as he is being paid for in order to hold his job or to maintain his source of income, whatever it may be. One has the privilege of always rendering and over plus as a means of accumulating a reserve credit of goodwill, as a means of gaining higher pay and a better position. If no such over-plus is rendered, one has not a single argument in his favor by asking for a better position or increased pay.
Think this over for yourself and you will have the real answer to why it pays to render more service and better service than you are being paid for.
Every position provides one with an opportunity to apply this principle. This very freedom of opportunity is the major benefit of the great American system of free enterprise which has made this the richest in the freest nation on earth. It was to preserve this principle of free enterprise based upon the privilege of individual self- determination that our wars have been waged at such great expense.
If you are a person who says, "I am not paid to do this or that, therefore, I will not do it," you are writing yourself an insurance policy against success. If you are a person who renders more service and better service than you are paid for and render it in a willing, positive mental attitude, then you are writing yourself an insurance policy against failure.
This basic rule of success has never failed to work and it never will. Lastly, remember that the personal attitude is the factor that determines, more than all else, the time that lapses between delivery of the service and the payoff.
I like the formula suggested by the great Napoleon Hill, which he calls the Q.Q.M.A. Formula. This means the quality of service rendered, plus quantity of service rendered, plus mental attitude in which it is rendered, determines the compensation one shall receive and the place one may occupy in the world.
The very famous, Knott's Berry Farm, near Buena Park, California is a wonderful example of the extra mile principle in action. We are all familiar with the story of how Mr. and Mrs. Knott, approximately 45 years ago, opened up a little roadside Berry stand and that by rendering additional services, more than that which was usually expected, the customers began to come in droves, so to speak, and they continued to increase week after week, until now Knott's Berry Farm has become an institution. They have continued to seek new avenues of increasing the amount of service, which they can render to their customers, in the form of good food and entertainment. They entertain you lavishly when your primary purpose of coming to their place is to eat a good chicken dinner. In just a relatively short while, they have grown from a roadside Berry stand to a multi-million dollar business.
Another famous example of this principle is the great Edwin C. Barnes, who rode into the hometown in which Thomas A. Edison lived, on a freight car just like a hobo. He walked into Mr. Edison's office and announced he had come to be Edison's partner. He started as custodian and he did such a wonderful job, even as a custodian, that he came to the favorable attention of Mr. Edison and went from one position to another until finally he became the partner of Thomas A. Edison.
Even the great Napoleon Hill served Andrew Carnegie for 20 years without direct compensation in organizing his great philosophy of individual achievement. His compensation has already amounted to the privilege of occupying a high place in the world and made many of his books bestsellers throughout the world. I highly recommend his books, "Think and Grow Rich," and "Master Key to Riches," to you. They have meant a great deal to me.
This idea, or principle, of rendering more service than that which is usually expected is closely associated with the idea of directing our attention toward something in particular and setting a definite goal. It also is an integral part of the development and functioning of the mastermind principle, the power which makes it possible for us to secure all the missing ingredients which are necessary for our success. It also ties in, very definitely, with the principle of self-discipline and the will power, as well as the principle of personal initiative and applied faith.
So, to be certain of securing a raise in salary, or an increase in income through commissions, switch your focal point of attention from, "How little can I do and still draw my paycheck and be satisfactory to my employer," to "How can I do more and get more efficient service, so I will become indispensable and valuable to my employer."Actually, the employer is not the one who pays your salary, you are. You pay your own salary. It doesn't cost your employer a penny to pay your salary, provided he is paying you what you're worth.
So, the only honest way that any employee can ask for a raise is after he has gone the second mile in quality and quantity of service, to the point where he is literally earning and producing more than his present income would indicate. Then, after he has produced this additional wealth, by rendering this extra quality and quantity of service, he is entitled to be compensated, financially, in the form of a raise in income.
Any honest employer will respond to this great principle automatically and will be happy to compensate accordingly, every employee who has rendered a greater quality and a greater quantity of service habitually than that which is usually expected.
So may I challenge you to analyze your own situation and to ask yourself continually, "Am I just going the first mile or am I going the second mile in my relationship with my position and my employer?"
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