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2017 CRM Statistics Show Why it's a Powerful Marketing Weapon Blog da Comunidade
MichaelLazar Marcações: statistics management cloud saas customer relationship adoption crm rates 3.045 Visualizações
While Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software has been around for several decades, the biggest game-changer in recent years has been the migration of this software to the cloud. Unlike the standalone desktop systems of the past, newer light-client CRMs...
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Want to Personalize our Infographics? Blog da Comunidade
DianeMorneau Marcações: enablement adoption 1.422 Visualizações
We are excited and honored to see how popular our infographics are. We welcome your ideas for topics of high interest to you. If you have one now, just comment this post with your suggestion! We recently received queries about getting access to our...
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A Playbook for DevOps Adoption
Vijaysanthi Marcações: workshop adoption devops enterprise sanjeev book playbook 2.332 Visualizações
What if you could have a 'playbook' that could guide you thru the complexities and nuances of adopting DevOps, at enterprise scale? Much like a sports team's playbook outlining its winning plays, my new book— 'The DevOps Adoption...Modificado em por Vijaysanthi
Use the IBM Adoption Framework with confidence Blog da Comunidade
DianeMorneau Marcações: social framework adoption 2.701 Visualizações
Heath McCarthy IBM WW Social Unit Architect Leader The IBM Adoption Framework is a model for defining a customer strategy and approach to social and collaboration adoption and activation. It's a means to formulate your plans and encapsulate...
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Introducing User Adoption Toolkit for Connections Cloud with Verse Blog da Comunidade
Cynthia_Oehmig Marcações: adoption apps social 1.608 Visualizações
Customers have told us for years how much they value the User Adoption Toolkit training offering from our partner, Knowledge Acclerators. Many have purchased toolkits for multiple products and in multiple languages. Now we're introducing the newest member of...Modificado em por Cynthia_Oehmig
A Shift Left story about a bank in South America Blog da Comunidade
Darrel Rader Marcações: story adoption ibmstory devops rational shift-left services-virtualization ibm 5.573 Visualizações
Another story to share ... from members of the IBM Rational Services team in South America. I thought that this was another great DevOps adoption story worth sharing. I've taken the names out to protect the customer's privacy. What...Modificado em por Darrel Rader
Seven Test Management Best Practices for improving Quality in DevOps Blog da Comunidade
Reedy Feggins Marcações: team practices ibmrational scrum bluemix software development rational-team-concert scaled-agile-framework ibminnovate agile_transformation agile-alm-study-grp cloud story process agile-planning #agile saas rational dad lean softlayer governance rtc enterprise agile-development agile ids agile-alm-template agile-safe alm enablement scaling how-to clm disciplined-agile-deliv... scale continuous-integration ibm agile-alm tip continuous-delivery ibmstory adoption testing devops ibmagile safe event 7 Comentários 12.027 Visualizações
In a recent post, see here , I summarized four of the key DevOps principles, namely: Automate as much of the deployment pipeline as feasible Develop and test against a production-like system Deploy frequently Continuously validate operational quality...Modificado em por Reedy Feggins
A DevOps Develop and Test Adoption Story worth Sharing ... Measurable Benefits Blog da Comunidade
Darrel Rader Marcações: rational-team-concert devops adoption clm dev-test story 7.928 Visualizações
The other day,some members of the IBM Rational Services team in India shared a story ... which I thought was a great DevOps adoption story worth sharing. I've taken the names out to protect the customer's privacy. What is this story...Modificado em por Darrel Rader
Do you have a DevOps Adoption story to tell??? Blog da Comunidade
Darrel Rader Marcações: story adoption tip ibmstory whiteboard community-tip how-to devops 8.825 Visualizações
Sharing user adoption stories is at the core of our DevOps community mission. Stories not only bring people together to learn from each other but they also help us improve our products and practices. If you have a DevOps adoption story to share, we'd...Modificado em por iron-man
Community feedback needed on DevOps adoption paths Blog da Comunidade
Darrel Rader Marcações: rational devops adoption 7.592 Visualizações
At a recent strategy session, our leadership team had a lively debate on the names we have chosen for our DevOps adoption paths and lean adoption model. We want to test a proposal with some accelerated feedback loops of our own. Our current DevOps messaging...Modificado em por iron-man
Transforming for DevOps—Part 1: Base principles for DevOps adoption
ZachJory Marcações: collaboration software-development devops deployment deploy strategy adoption 4.991 Visualizações
One of the most common questions I get when talking about DevOps to midsize and larger enterprises is, What does it mean for us to adopt DevOps? Of course there is the tool perspective, and a lot of (development) tool vendors and open source...
New Video from Dan Berg on Adopting a DevOps Approach with Cloud Blog da Comunidade
Darrel Rader Marcações: adoption devops bluemix jazzhub softlayer saas video cloud youtube dan-berg paas 5.210 Visualizações
I ran across this on Twitter this morning and thought it would be useful for anyone who are currently interested in adopting a DevOps approach with Cloud. Dan Berg ( @dancberg ) posted this easy to understand whiteboard video. If you don't...Modificado em por iron-man
Best practices for DevOps adoption
The concepts behind DevOps are not new, however the solutions are changing rapidly. How does an organization adopt DevOps without creating an environment for mutiny and resistance? With a large organization like IBM Systems and Technology Group (STG), which...Modificado em por ZachJory
Creating common development goals for IT mgrs & Agile teams Blog da Comunidade
ERT Marcações: skills governance software agile innovation continuous-delivery adoption it-symposium scaling event 6.032 Visualizações
Today, Agile practices are being adopted in virtually every industry to deliver softrware-driven innovation from mobile applications to safety-critical medical devices. Leveraging Agile provides organizations with a competitive edge, allowing these...Modificado em por iron-man
Five real-world innovators make cloud technology real
Kane Scarlett Marcações: testing performance security storage load_balancing mobile development_tools predictive_analytics analytics cloud_computing adoption 11.378 Visualizações
Join five innovators as they explain the real-world, production-level ways they use cloud technologies to meet their IT needs: Big Data, analytics, testing, and mobile security. (The "Explore" link takes you to a new feature -- a container where you can watch...
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Haven't We Been Here Before?
MartinPacker Marcações: vsam admf hiperspace sysplex parallel_sysplex adoption db2 hiperpools lsr hiperbatch mvpg zenterprise 7.148 Visualizações
Well, some of us have. Well before we announced zEnterprise I thought it would be rolled out and adopted in a similar manner to Parallel Sysplex (and to many other technologies - whether mainframe or otherwise). Reading zEnterprise Use Cases Start Rolling In I...
Adoption strategies for Social Software :: Blog :: Headshift Blog da Comunidade
SalvadorGallardo Marcações: social_business adoption strategy 2.611 Visualizações
" People promoting social software internally are like entrepreneurs launching a product into a messy world. There's no set paths that give you the best results. In time, as more organisations build a library of stories about how they became a...
10 Enterprise Social Networking Obstacles - The BrainYard - InformationWeek Blog da Comunidade
SalvadorGallardo Marcações: adoption failures social_business 2.397 Visualizações
Why wouldn't every organization flock to the vision of an agile, transparent, people-centered, and collaborative team? Let's count the reasons. Here is the URL for this bookmark: www.informationweek.com/thebrainyard/news/social_networking_private_platf...
Announcing Kudos Badges for IBM Connections! - Blog - Adam Brown - Collaboration Blueprint Blog da Comunidade
SalvadorGallardo Marcações: social_networking connections adoption social_business kudos awards 4.366 Visualizações
Kudos Badges for IBM Connections is a flexible gamification engine for IBM Connections. By providing achievements and rewards (Kudos Badges), rank and leaderboards (Kudos Rank), and missions (Kudos Missions), organisations can dramatically improve...
India and China lead social business adoption
jeffreylo Marcações: china india adoption social_business 3.847 Visualizações
If you are wondering which countries will experience the biggest social business growth in the next 24 months, look no further than the two Asian powerhouses: India and China. India (79%) and China (74%) lead in a big way in social business adoption. That is...
India and China lead mobile adoption
OK, so we know mobile is experiencing tremendous growth . But cultural and technical factors take countries on different parts of the adoption curve. How are different regions/countries adopting mobile and in what area? Well, among the BRIC, India and China...
Moving toward Mobile
There is no question we are in the middle of a mobile movement that is changing forever the way we consume and produce information. Globally, there are more mobile devices than there are computers. No wonder the #1 motivators for embracing mobile is that it is...
Why cloud? To let IT professionals do more with less
The benefits of cloud cannot be clearer. The top motivators for adopting cloud continue to evolve around the notion of doing more with less, with close to 60% of respondents citing flexibility and scalability as the top reasons to embrace cloud. IT...
The 5Ps of IT
ScottAmbler Marcações: spi agileadopt adoption 9.217 Visualizações
Just like there are 5Ps of marketing, there are also "5 Ps" of IT: People . People and the way they work together have a greater effect on the outcomes of a project than the processes they're following or the products (tools and technologies) that they're...
Large-Scale Agile Transformation and Adoption: Lessons Learned
ScottAmbler Marcações: scale agile adoption 7.349 Visualizações
At Agile 2009 in August Sue McKinney, VP of Development Transformation with IBM Software Group, was interviewed by DZone's Nitin Bharti about IBM's experiences adopting agile techniques. There are over 25,000 developers within IBM Software Group alone. ...


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|China Camp State
California State Parks,
Marin County
Camp State Park has an excellent network of trails, enabling
hikers to create a variety of loops. This hike can be shortened or lengthened,
and is routed along easy and moderate trails -- it is the medium option
of the park's three most popular loops. China Camp can feel rather sleepy
in autumn and winter, but summer draws loads of visitors for hiking, biking,
picnicking, and camping. Miwok Meadows Group Area is a popular (reservations
required) day use site for family gatherings and work parties. Back Ranch
Meadows Campground hosts 30 walk-in sites strewn throughout pretty woods.
The campground is an extremely popular destination in summer, but you
can often snag a site at the last minute on an autumn or early spring
weekday; in winter the place is mostly deserted. Before you start your
hike here, take a minute to discuss trail sharing etiquette with your
hiking partners. China Camp is an unusual bay area state park, with all
but two park trails open to hikers, equestrians, and cyclists (most state
parks prohibit bikes from narrow trails). You probably won't see many
horses, but cycling is popular here, and you'll likely cross path with
lots of bikes. The protocol for multi-use trails is that bikes yield to
hikers, and everyone steps aside for horses. However,
on China Camp's narrow trails, I find it simpler to step aside for the
bikes, particularly when riders are slogging uphill, where momentum is
important. In a group, the first hiker who spots a cyclist is advised
to call out "bike!" to the rest of the party, who should veer onto the
right edge of the trail. When hiking with several people, try to remain
single file rather than stretching across the trail. Use special caution
near the blind corners on the upper trails at China Camp -- down in the
flats cyclists expect heavy hiker use, but further afield they don't seem
as prepared for encounters.

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The U.S. flew two B-52 bombers over disputed territory in the East China Sea, rejecting an air defense restriction from China for islands that are also claimed by Japan. Judy Woodruff talks to Julian Barnes of The Wall Street Journal about increased volatility in the region. Continue reading
Talks between Iran, the U.S. and five other world powers failed to yield an interim agreement on Iran's nuclear program in exchange for easing of some sanctions. Margaret Warner reports on how those talks fell short of a deal and the continuing efforts to keep a future agreement alive. Continue reading
A Texas state bill supported by Republican lawmakers to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and require new standards for abortion providers was derailed by a marathon filibuster led by Fort Worth Democrat Wendy Davis. Gwen Ifill recaps the dramatic night in the Texas State Senate with Evan Smith of The Texas Tribune. Continue reading
Ray Suarez talks to James Fallows of the Atlantic and Ming Wan of George Mason University about China's new leadership may approach government oversight of Chinese print and digital media. Continue reading
G20 leaders took big steps toward reforming a "failed regulatory system" that helped create the global economic crisis, President Barack Obama said after the summit concluded in London Thursday. Continue reading


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Jerusalem (Mar. 1)
Eri Jabotinsky, son of the late Revisionist leader, arrived at the Palestine border yesterday and was immediately arrested and transferred to the "Feru jail," it was learned today.
Mr. Jabotinsky, who had been in Turkey for several months as special representative of the Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe, was deported last week by the Turkish authorities, following the refusal of the State Department to grant him a re-entry permit to the United States where his mother, wife and child reside. He is a Palestinian citizen.
(Ben Hecht, co-chairman of the American League for a Free Palestine, yesterday sent a protest to Lord Halifax, British Ambassador in Washington, and asked for urgent clarification. "I should like to know why my friend Eri has been whisked off to a British concentration camp, to be held incommunicado on some malarial sand pile over which the flag of Britain flies," he said in his letter.)


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Awesome Brush!This brush is amazing! It is perfect for buffing on Bare Minerals foundation, it gives a medium to light flawless coverage and it is great to use to buff on Faux Tan All Over Face Powder for a great summer glow. — 8 years, 4 months agojaxbchgrl | 2 reviews
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Radio: KTBL-AM (1050)
Probable pitchers: Isotopes RH Mike Parisi (1-1, 2.25) vs. Sounds RH Brian Baker (1-1, 6.27)
Promotion: More than 5,000 kids are expected for today's final School Day Matinee and Business Person's Special. Teachers and guardians are bringing groups of youngsters from 60 schools, inlcuding ones in Farmington, Las Vegas and Santa Fe. The kids get a sack lunch with each paid ticket.
… After today, there will be only two more weekday day games at Isotopes Park.
… The gates open at 10:30 a.m. today.
Sunday: The Isotopes fell to 11-4 at home with a 4-3 loss to Nashville. Albuquerque got nine hits but left 12 runners on base and had two thrown out at home.
Lead-off hitter Elian Herrera went 2-for-3 and extended his team-leading hitting streak to 12 games. Jeff Baisley also had two hits and walked once.
Nashville first baseman Sean Halton went 3-for-4 and drove in the game's first run with a double.
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The Look For Less: Tory Burch Simone Cardigan
Sometimes you need something as simple as a cardigan to polish off a look. This Tory Burch Simone Cardigan, $225, is streamlined and unique because of the gold logo buttons. Though any old cardigan won't do, paying over $100 for one seems wrong, especially when it's ideal to have a few for fashion emergencies.
To see the look for less,
This J.Crew Featherweight Merino V-neck Cardigan, $80, is the one for you. It's cozy, chocolate brown and even has gold buttons. True, they aren't as prominent as the Tory Burch ones, but sometimes less is more. Like the one above, this style has the ability to finish off a look with great sophistication and class.


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It might be cool to add more overhead walkways that are linked by teleporters or something, just so you aren't stuck walking on foot the whole way, but can still make a difference without vehicles.
my original plan was to have a completely separate set of teleporters from the walkway > beach cave ones, that would link to every cave in Forge World making a long alternate rout, that follows the rules of risk and reward, for anyone on foot. The risk being that it is a very claustrophobic rout that only has 2 ways you can go, forward and backward. making it prone to grenade spam and very close quarters tooth and nail fights. The reward being that it's a much quicker rout that offers total protection from any vehicle / long range attacks. Unfortunately I can't do this because I'll be over my limit for teleporters and unable to complete the last link. I can't shorten the cave rout either, because it will make the rout much to quick, and again, become a game breaker.
What I may end up doing is make all the current teleporters 2 way again but move the ones from the top of the bases to the far ends of each teams territory, thus extending the time it takes to make a round trip by that much.
Well I had something to show for once, but I just figured out that you need a Gold Membership to upload things to the File Share. Okay, I get the fact that being able to play on Matchmaking requires Gold, BUT WHY THE HELL DO I HAVE TO PAY TO UPLOAD SCREENSHOTS TO A WEBSITE? Yeah, it's their resources, but the resources are already in use and its not like giving Silver (recently Gold) members the ability to use the File Share would decrease profits or anything. Hell, you don't even pay for your default File Share spaces after you buy the game. This makes me very .
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After a mysterious geometric movement courses through Hemorrhage, the Spartans of the gulch find that although Blue Base is unscathed, underground rocks and Forerunner structures have pierced the surface, and Red Base has been moved beyond The Wall onto the hills! Now Spartans fight for victory in a wider, but more obstructive valley that provides cover for almost any solider, now dubbed Battle Gulch.
The description is all I can offer, but the map is currently setup to use aerial vehicles as well. It's still a WIP (needs more integration of some things), but I'll get it to a point that when I renew my XBL membership for March and April you all will see a much more complete form. Wish I had pics. We all know who to blame.
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NBA 2K17: The Winners and Losers from Free Agency
NBA 2K17: The Winners and Losers from Free Agency
Baseball has the "Hot Stove League." Soccer has the "Silly Season." The NFL is year-round, and now, the NBA's offseason is nearly as good as their regular season. From the moment the NBA Finals end, we as fans go straight into offseason mode starting with the NBA Draft. Once the dust settles and the Celtics make the last of their seemingly infinite picks, we dive straight into free agency. Last year gave us the DeAndre Jordan saga, and this year it's all about KD and that new TV money.
Teams are just about to be able to officially sign all these players agreeing to deals, so let's look at early returns.
Key Addition: Kevin Durant (2yrs/$54 million with a player option), Zaza Pachulia (1yr/$2.9mil), David West (1yr/vet minimum)
Key Losses: Harrison Barnes, Andrew Bogut, Festus Ezeli
Easily the most coveted free agent in this year's class, KD had his choice of attractive suitors. The Thunder, Spurs, Heat, Clippers, Celtics and Warriors all made strong pushes for KD, with the scoring phenom inking with last year's runners-up. Much of the blame for this year's Finals loss fell on swingman Harrison Barnes as he continuously chucked up brick after brick from long range. Insert KD into a lineup of a team that won a record 73 regular season games and the Warriors immediately become the front runner next year.
NBA 2K Impact: Pain for all who enter
Indiana Pacers
Key Additions: Jeff Teague (via trade from Atlanta), Al Jefferson (3yrs/~$30 million), Thad Young (via trade from Brooklyn)
Key Losses: Ian Mahinmi (Wizards), George Hill (Utah via trade), Solomon Hill
After bouncing back from a horrific injury, Paul George returned to his all-star form, but GM Larry Bird quickly realized if he wanted to make a run at Cleveland, he would need to surround PG13 with better talent. Insert Jeff Teague in place of the more off-ball George Hill, and the Pacers look to have a suitable running mate who can break defenders down off the dribble, something Hill struggled to do at times. Where Teague brings quickness, Al Jefferson brings power and low-post moves. He's not the force he once was during his early days in Charlotte, but Big Al can still give you a double-double if he fights off the injuries that have plagued his career thus far. If anything, he will be a good mentor to youngster Myles Turner who showed flashes last year of becoming a quality big.
NBA 2K Impact: I'm not sure how much better this team becomes in real life because the pieces are sort of a weird fit, but in 2K they should be more fun as Thad Young is always really solid. Teague has a tricky shot, but he's super dangerous off the bounce.
NBA Players in General
It's a great time to be an NBA free agent as teams are splashing some serious cash. With the salary cap increasing due to the lucrative new TV deal, NBA players are reaping the benefits and cashing in. Players like Jeremy Lin and Matthew Dellavedova are now being paid like high-end starters used to get paid, and this trend should only continue next season (please let's not have a lockout!).
Key Additions: Dwight Howard (3yrs/~$70mil), re-signed Kent Bazemore (4yrs/$70mil)
Key Losses: Al Horford (Celtics), Jeff Teague (Pacers-trade)
Two years ago the Hawks won an Eastern Conference-best 62 games with a balanced squad led by Teague, Al Hoford and Paul Milsap. The Hawks took a step backwards last year and in turn, handed the keys to the ship over to Dennis Schroder and signed the once likable and charismatic Dwight Howard. After reaching the Finals back in 2011, Howard has since helped get Stan Van Gundy fired, cried his way to and from LA, and clashed with James Harden ultimately helping to get Kevin McHale fired in Houston (although McHale and the Rockets organization should be at fault too). In the meantime, he's picked up serious injury issues robbing him of his explosion. All this seems to be forgotten as the hometown kid returns in what may be his last shot at redeeming his career. While Horford was no stranger to injuries, his reputation and hard working demeanor will be missed.
NBA 2K Impact: The Hawks also have two first-round wings and Malcom Delaney to welcome into the fold, but this team either get better or worse depending on how you play 2K. If you like pick and pop with Horford, this team got worse. If you like pick and roll/oop with Dwight, then the team got more enjoyable.
LA Lakers
Key Additions: Timofey Mozgov (4yrs/$64mil), Luol Deng (4yrs/$72mil), re-signed Jordan Clarkson (4yrs/$50 mil)
Key Losses: Kobe Bryant (retirement)
The post-Kobe era in Lakerland isn't off to the best start. After selecting Brandon Ingram second overall in this year's draft, the Lakers once again missed out on every high-profile free agent. Hometown kid DeMar Derozan stayed in the North (although both sides reportedly had limited interest), Hassan Whiteside stayed in South Beach, while KD visited the Clippers even if they would have had to move a lot around to sign him. This seems to be the trend as past attempts at players like Melo, Kevin Love, LaMarcus Aldridge, LeBron, etc. have all ended in failure. So what did the Buss family do? Went out and gave $16 million to Mozgov and $18 million a year to the veteran Deng -- all while using up enough cap space to essentially halt their chances of signing two players to max deals next season if their recruiting did end up working out. While Deng will be a good mentor to Ingram, and there are still some giants out West (Aldridge, Cousins, etc.), the Lakers haven't done much to improve upon last year's 17 wins. Perhaps with KD gone in OKC they will make a run at Russell Westbrook via trade (or wait until free agency), but given the recent track record the Lakers might screw that up as well.
NBA 2K Impact: Another tough one to judge because it's up to Brandon Ingram and how he plays in the game. Either way, Deng is easy to get comfortable with so he's a win for the video game Lakers.
Washington Wizards
Key Additions: Ian Mahinmi (4yrs/$64 mil), Andrew Nicholson (4yrs/$26mil), Trey Burke (trade w/Utah), re-signed Bradley Beal (5yrs/$128 mil)
Key Losses: Nene (Unsigned), Jared Dudley (Suns), All Hope for KD2DC
The Wizards went all-in on KD to DC. From clearing cap space and signing his former coach Scotty Brooks to hearing fans chant KD2DC in the Verizon Center, the Washington Wizards didn't even get a meeting with the Seat Pleasant, MD native. After re-signing often injured shooting guard Bradley Beal to a max contract, the Wizards scrambled and wound up giving Ian Mahinmi $16 million a year after the center posted a career-best 9 points, 7 rebounds and 1 block a game averages. Hardly the splash Wizards fans like myself hoped for as the team took a major step backwards missing the playoffs and ultimately firing Randy Wittman.
NBA 2K Impact: All things considered, I don't think much changes here for 2K players. Mahinmi or Gortat are sort of interchangeable in terms of what they bring on the court. The team maybe even drops back just a bit because Nene and Dudley leave the team with less shooting.
Key Additions: Derrick Rose (via trade w/ Bulls), Joakim Noah (4yrs/$72mil), Brandon Jennings (1yr/$5mil), Courtney Lee (4 yrs/$50mil), re-signed Lance Thomas (4yrs/~$5.1mil per year)
Key Losses: Arron Afflalo (Sacramento), Langston Galloway
Perhaps the most important person on the Knicks roster this year will be their athletic trainer. Rose, Noah and Jennings all arrive in The Big Apple with serious injury baggage. Derrick Rose, a former MVP, returned to a semblance of himself in the second half of last season once the double-vision (stemming from a training camp elbow by Noah) wore off. Considering what the Knicks had to give up for him, this move is a win-win, especially with Rose in a contract year and hungry to prove his naysayers wrong (the lure of a huge contract is extra motivation). Noah, the 2014 Defensive Player of the Year, has been a shell of himself the last two seasons due to age and injury concerns as well. At $18 mil a year, I have to question how much he has left in the tank. Effort and passion won't be lacking, but can he improve upon his putrid shooting last season? Lastly, adding the mercurial Jennings, coming off a torn Achilles himself, gives the Knicks depth at PG in case Rose should succumb to the injury bug again. At $5 million, Jennings is another well-calculated risk by Phil Jackson who is starting to gain the trust of Knicks fans as he guts the roster from top to bottom.
NBA 2K Impact: This team will be used by a ton of people next season. It's a wonderful video game team, no question. So while this version of the Knicks may really only be "good" for one season in real life before those Noah and Lee contracts start to look onerous, the Knicks will probably be the definition of "video game good" in NBA 2K17.


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Black Magic Full Body Deodorant Spray For Men 4oz
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An All Over Body Spray
A deodorant body spray with a lasting exotic fragrance that can be sprayed on chest, neck and arms.
Directions for Daily Use:
Hold can six inches away from chest and neck. Lightly spray for long-lasting scent.Not for under arms


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Concerto Grosso for string quartet and symphonic ensemble
Live recording
Moving Still
Last Ground for string quartet and ocean
Paul Hillier (baritone)
Kronos Quartet & Danish National Symphony Orchestra / DR, Thomas Dausgaard
(also available to download from $10.00)
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Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (b. 1932) is one of the leading Scandinavian composers, an outstanding and insistent voice from the generation born in the inter-war years.
This CD is the culmination of the composer's unique collaboration with the world-famous American Kronos Quartet, which has been commissioning specially tailored works from the Danish composer for over 20 years.
2008 is the Kronos Quartet's 35th anniversary year.
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What kind of woman impulsively buys 20 pairs of thongs in different colors at an expensive store, only to realize later that she doesn't really want them, and so buries the shopping bag in her closet — along with plenty of other purchases she has never used?
Or walks into Saks Fifth Avenue in New York for no particular reason, but feels overwhelmed by an urge to buy something and spends about $1,000 on a sweater and a pair of pants?
Well, Avis Cardella used to be that kind of a woman, and she tells us all about it in Spent: Memoirs of a Shopping Addict. She shopped, she writes, to define herself and to avoid unpleasant realities of her life, to fill a psychological emptiness.
It was, at times, quite a rush: "The store seemed to become vibrant, bathed in a cinematic glow. There was the elevated heart rate, sweaty palms, dizziness and general euphoric feeling. I felt I had been injected with helium and could rise to the ceiling if I wanted to."
But after a while she found herself in a "slow bleed" of dealing with crushing credit card payments. She missed a few rent payments and faced late fees. She sneaked through the lobby to avoid the building manager, even as she hid her troubles from her successful friends.
Eventually, she piled up enough credit card debt that she sought financial help and straightened out her life. She writes now as a survivor. (And yes, she still shops now and then, but without the physical sensations, regret or grief.)
She concedes that her story, set mostly in Manhattan in the 1990s, isn't as dramatic as others she has heard about. Yes, there's plenty of Sex and the City shopping, a window into high-end retail services most of us will never see. (Put it this way: She mentions getting handwritten notes and Christmas cards from salespeople.)
But her story, though heartfelt, doesn't have a lot of dramatic energy. The reader longs for Cardella to turn her life around, not only out of compassion, but to introduce a turning point. When she does, it's almost anticlimactic.


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Jim Ladd, who was let go by KLOS-FM in late October, has found a new home for his free-form radio show – Sirius XM Radio.
Starting in January, Ladd will host a daily nightly program on Deep Tracks, Channel 27. It will be the first time Ladd's show will be broadcast to a national audience. The exact time and start date is still to be announced.
"I am thrilled to bring the Jim Ladd free-form rock radio show to Sirius XM. By joining Sirius XM, I will be bringing my 'free-form' show nationwide," he said in a press release from Sirius XM Friday. "Traditional FM radio has turned its back on the very thing that made rock radio the magical experience it was intended to be. Sirius XM is kicking down the doors of the stagnant, pre-programmed fodder that passes for radio today by encouraging me to do my free-form show so we can all share this experience live as it happens.
"I will be playing everything I want, from Pink Floyd to Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, from the Doors to Moby Grape, freely and with no play lists. As I have always done throughout my career, I will be choosing all my own music, creating thematic sets, inviting the biggest stars in the world, many of whom I am proud to call my friends, to join me in the studio, and commenting on the world around us by using the most compelling music of our time.
"I'll also be taking phone calls from listeners all across American and instantly communicating with my audience through social media networks to help spread the word that true free-form rock radio is back and more powerful than ever."
In an earlier phone interview, Ladd said he felt blessed to have found this new opportunity so quickly after having been dismissed from KLOS. Ladd's agent was also in talks with KSWD/100.3 FM The Sound, but nothing materialized.
Ladd has spent decades on Los Angeles radio, most notably KMET-FM and KLOS-FM. He did a three-hour talk show on KFI/640 AM Nov. 5 and received calls from many rockers who phoned in to voice support for Ladd finding a new radio home.


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When the Great Correction Comes
Former oil and gas analyst Jan Lundberg says declining energy and climate ends globalization. It's time to launch the lifeboats of localization and sustainable energy. Why big government can't fix it — and why do we need big government at all? Lundberg sees an inevitable rebuild from his website culturechange.org.
Lundberg explains peak oil's implications with oil-industry and market-supply insight showing why "petrocollapse" is more likely to be in store than a smooth transition using less and less oil. Climate change urgency is discussed as well as recent grassroots initiatives to deal with the end of the corporate economy fueled by petroleum.
…the changed oil-industry role of Lundberg Survey is discussed, followed by explanation on the jive of "greener" highway construction. The origin of Jan Lundberg's work on culture change as an approach to activism is also discussed, followed by personal paths to living the future now, sustainable food security for Portland, Oregon, and more.
…Host Alex Smith says "I check the CultureChange.org website most every day… we have heard from Jan Lundberg that there are unstoppable changes for the better as well."
The show's music clip is "The Great Correction" by Eliza Gilkyson (from the album "Beautiful World").
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University of British Columbia Research Enterprises (UBC-RE) today announces a partnership with the International Danish entrepreneurship Academy, IDEA, and the official launch of the Flintbox application in Denmark, branded IDEA Bridge.
IDEA will become a channel partner for Flintbox in Denmark, offering the national implementation of the application - IDEA Bridge - to its membership in order to improve the Danish innovation sector and accelerate early stage technology transfer, research tools and new business concepts to commercial products and services. Flintbox currently has over 4,000 users in more than 100 countries, and more than 60 member organizations in Canada. The partnership between IDEA and UBC-RE is a milestone for Flintbox, marking the first channel partnership in Europe, and the first outside of North America.
The purpose of IDEA is to promote innovation and entrepreneurship among students and fully trained professionals from higher education, increasing growth and bridge building to the surrounding society, said Ivan Tyrsted, Head of Development for IDEA South, which will be in charge of the implementation. Flintbox provides the perfect fit, enabling us to offer IDEA Bridge to our 75 member organizations and companies in Denmark to promote their innovative research, exchange ideas and technologies, and connect with an international community.
"We are very pleased to partner with IDEA for the first launch of Flintbox in Europe," said Stephen Smith, Flintbox Project Director. "Denmark has a thriving research community, and IDEA's mandate to advance innovation and entrepreneurship is a perfect fit with our focus on promoting easy and open access to innovation across countries and continents."
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After a hiatus from steepster – as well as other things – I am BACK! I have been drinking teas all thru my hiatus but no new teas, really, because I wanted to make sure I logged them here. SO now that I am back…I have LOTS and LOTS to sample and log. Here is the first of many.
I really thought I already logged this one but apparently I didn't. It smells lovely. Creamy, sweet, lemony. After it infuses it fades away and smells more 'green'. The flavor is green and floral with hints of creaminess and lemon. The Marshmallow root is present and pleasant. The end sip lingers nicely.


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The Duchess of Cambridge planted an oak sapling to commemorate her visit to The Treehouse hospice in Ipswich today.
Fresh from making her maiden public speech, Kate shovelled in four mounds of earth with a spade before stepping back and admiring her work.
She was then handed flowers by children from the hospice, including wheelchair-bound Bethany Woods, 10.
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Blogs Liberty and Power An Attempt to Clarify a Bit of Madrid MadnessMar 15, 2004 12:31 pm
An Attempt to Clarify a Bit of Madrid Madness
Just a couple of brief comments on several of the many questions raised by Chris Sciabarra in "Madrid Madness," below.
1) The kind of "war" initiated in a Unilateralist, State mode, by Bush and his Neocon minions can only help gain more adherents for Al Qaeda. If you have not already done so, I would recommend reading Jonathan Schell's, The Unconquerable World in this regard.
Where was Woodrow Wilson into the kind of "nation-building" advocated by the Neocons? Those Neocons who have advocated following the Philippine model of the early 1900s such as Max Boot, are almost totally ignorant on the subject. One example: unlike Iraq, the Filipinos lacked weapons after the US was able to halt Japan sending 5,000 rifles etc., to the Insurgents. Some "Savage War!" The letters of American soldiers indicate much of the same shame as did the British soldiers cutting down with Gatling guns the Zulus armed with spears. I should think that would be the kind of contest that would satisfy the blood lust of the"Non-combs," excuse me, Neocons.
Wilson wanted a coalition of the "Have" powers to confront the challenge of the Bolshevik Revolution (see his 14 Points), and was not really into dismantling Colonialism although he did liberalize what we were doing in the PI a bit. As William Appleman Williams showed years ago, the so-called Isolationist opposition was composed of Unilateralist Imperialists such as H.C. Lodge (the real model for today's Neocons) and legitimate Anti-Interventionists such as William Borah.
How little is comprehended of this today is evident in Thomas Fleming's The Illusion of Victory: America in World War I where Borah is mentioned twice in a totally irrelevant way to this question. I still don't understand how the allegedly anti-interventionist Cato Institute could have made such a big deal of Fleming's book, hosting it and all of that, since it so badly missed the real issue.
In the 1920s and 1930s, the whole world understood that Borah was THE great American Anti-imperialist with respect to such areas of intervention as China, Nicaragua, Mexico and Cuba. A journalist described, for example, how a letter from Borah took him untouched through the turmoil of the Chinese Revolution. How far do you think you would get in the Iraqi countryside today with a letter from George Bush?
Borah was the ONLY American, due to his stands on Nicargua, Mexico and then Cuba in 1933, whose speeches were translated into Spanish and carried by radio throughout Latin America. Given how FDR was trying to undercut the revolution in Cuba, and then in Mexico, the Latins were not so stupid as to believe that the "Good Neighbor" blather of the Old FireChatter was anything more than Garbled Verbiage or Verbal Garbage!
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Nice points, William. When I refer to the Wilsonian "nation-builders," however, I do so in a general way: these are people who want "to make the world safe for democracy," by building geopolitical "democracies" upon shaky cultural foundations through the force of war. There is a lot of Hayekian epistemic hubris going on here, and it is not exclusive to Wilsonians or Trotskyites or any of the other forerunners of neoconservatism (including Lodge).
I think we do have a different perspective on the Fleming book, however, at least in terms of what I believe is a very real dynamic that Fleming traces between increasing domestic and foreign intervention that long predates the New Deal and World War II. (And on these points, I continue to recommend, highly, the Radosh-Rothbard book, A NEW HISTORY OF LEVIATHAN, which features Rothbard's essay on "War Collectivism in World War I.")
Either way, the neocons are bad news. There is nothing "neo" (new) about them, and, quite frankly, there is also little that is traditionally "conservative" about them.
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Good news from Down Under: Via its subsidiary Leighton, HOCHTIEF has scored successes worth more than EUR 413.2 million (AUD 564 million) in the Australian market. Thiess was awarded a transportation infrastructure contract in South East Queensland for roughly EUR 208.8 million (AUD 285 million). Under the contract, the Leighton company will build, among others, two stations and a 900-meter-long railway viaduct. With this project, HOCHTIEF makes a contribution to the regions sustainable and intelligent traffic concept: The new railway network will provide significant relief to the local highway from 2013. With the contract, HOCHTIEF (hochtief.com) also steps up its engagement in the area of mobility, one of the Groups strategic growth fields, on the fifth continent, too.
Moreover, Leighton sold two office buildings, which the company developed, in November: The HQ North Tower in Brisbane earned the company roughly EUR 136.3 million (AUD 186 million). The sustainably designed high-rise offers some 28,000 square meters of office space with ground floor retail. With a tower planned in the Ipswich CBD, Leighton Properties realized a record-breaking office transaction outside of Brisbane even before the start of the construction works: The new nine-story building was sold for a good EUR 68.1 million (AUD 93 million). Upon completion, the property will comprise more than 16,000 square meters of office space and is already pre-committed to the State Government for a term of 15 years.
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People overreact. Don't believe most of what you hear. I hear so much crap of " I wouldn't go with anything less than a . People Saying the .45ACP would just scare him off couldn't be more wrong. There is SO MUCH misinformation about bears vs guns. Again, 99% of all people who give advice have NEVER shot a bear with the caliber they claim wont work - if they did and the caliber supposedly doesn't work then they would be dead and not able to tell you, right? And if it worked then how could they say it doesn't? 99% of people have never shot a bear within a handgun so they are just talking.
Nor have I. But bears AREN'T invincble. They aren't armored tanks. If even a .22xBut i do know people who have. I know a couple guys who have taken down a bear in ONE SHOT with a .22 rifle.
In fact my co-worker, an older guy, once came across a bear and only had a .22
Rifle. He is a good shot being former military Colonel. Now he said he shot the bear in the back of the neck area and thr bear dropped - one shot one kill with a .22 rifle. Many others have killed a bear with a .22 so to say a .45ACP can't is just the whole American paranoia of needing the "biggest caliber".
Americans mostly like to over-hype calibers . They think anything less than a .44 magnum is worthless. Bull!! I've even read stories of people saying a 9mm, 40 or 45ACP isn't even capable of taking down a small mountain lion. Again, BULL!
.22's have killed bears. 9 mm have killed bears. A 45ACP has the power to. Is it the BEST choice? No, a high powered rifle or a 12 gauge is the best. But a 45ACP can work - but it's a risk since if you get a bad shot the bear will still be standing and charging at you. A 12 gauge can stop a bear in its tracks. But still 45ACP had the power.....shot placement is all that matters. You could take down a large bear with a .22 rifle in one shot if well placed. But if you miss then yeah...
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Now he is centre stage as the Canterbury earthquake recovery minister, but 33 years ago, singing "like Placido Domingo", Gerry Brownlee placed third in a Christchurch talent quest. VICKI ANDERSON reports.
As the Manetti Brothers, Gerry Brownlee and former schoolmate Richard Holden performed a unique mix of country and western and jazz cover songs around Christchurch bars from 1980 to 1986.
They might not have stormed the charts then but still talk about "releasing a Christmas album" one day.
"Gerry and I were part of a Marist social rugby team and we would burst into spontaneous song anywhere that suited us," Holden said.
"The name Manetti Brothers came from a good mate of ours, Andy Nixon, who thought we looked and sounded like a couple of corpulent Italian tenors."
One summer Saturday in 1980 the pair were having a few "late afternoon beers" at the old Bishopdale Tavern and found themselves watching a Star Search talent show.
Holden, who later became Brownlee's election campaign chairman, says they couldn't resist getting up on stage.
"We entered and butchered the beautiful song Danny Boy. We blamed the female band, telling the audience that we asked them to play in G minor and they chose to play in G string."
But the Star Search promoter saw potential. "He thought we were star material."
Brownlee, however, said his motivations were a little different.
"The movie 10 with Bo Derek had just come out and Lion Breweries had released a beer called 10. The prize was a dozen bottles of that, or maybe 10 dozen. Somewhat embarrassingly that was my motivation."
With rehearsal time under their belts, the Manetti Brothers entered the next round of heats belting out their favourite numbers - a version of Rio by Mike Nesmith of the Monkees, The Ink Spots' 1940 classic Whispering Grass, jazz standard All of Me and country and western classic (Ghost) Riders in the Sky.
"We managed to get into the final held at the Russley Hotel. It was packed that Thursday night . . . absolutely humming," Holden says. "We finished third. We were gutted."
The Manetti Brothers sought out the promoter who explained that it was about having the "whole package", not just singing ability.
One of the judges was Norm Withers, who later became deputy mayor of Christchurch.
"They were bloody good," Withers recalls. "They sounded like tenors, like Placido Domingo."
The winner was Nicki Green and second placegetter Kevin Houghton.
Despite their third placing, the promoter was impressed and enlisted the Manetti Brothers as MCs. Together with their keyboardist and musical director Mike Christmas, they performed at the Carlton, Waltham Arms, The Phoenix, The Russley, The Bishopdale and other Christchurch venues.
"In 1986 we appeared in a mayoral variety show at the Theatre Royal alongside Yolande Gibson, Jon Gadsby, Toni Williams and a number of other acts that would be familiar to Telethon watchers of that era," Holden said.
"Murray Wood was the musical director for that show. He did not know what to make of us when we appeared at rehearsals.
"Our act was certainly not politically correct, and a little off-colour here and there, but we got away with it. Sadly, Murray was killed in the CTV building collapse."
Holden said the act relied heavily on audience participation, and they loved hecklers.
"Gerry was great at handling hecklers. This whole experience obviously helped Gerry prepare for the cut and thrust of the debating chamber."
That's not to say politics was entirely absent from their repertoire.
For the Theatre Royal show, Brownlee and Holden rode onto the stage on a tandem bicycle.
"We were making the analogy of two bikes being welded together as being like the amalgamation of two local bodies which was happening at the time," Holden said.
"Hamish Hay and Margaret Murray, the amalgamated mayors, quite enjoyed that bit, especially the pedalling in opposite directions and getting nowhere.
"We finished to a sitting ovation."
This gig particularly stands out to Holden because it signalled "more or less the end" of the Manetti Brothers, although the duo later auditioned in front of Ray Columbus for a TV show.
"He subtly told us we were crap."
Brownlee describes the audition as a "cock-up" on Columbus's part.
"It was the most appalling thing. We went to the second floor of the now demolished TVNZ building to audition.
"Ray Columbus was there, very small he was. I had to look down to see him, and he said 'show us what you've got'. We only got a little way through our act and he said 'that's enough, you guys'.
"I'm not bitter about it but it was a cock-up in my opinion."
At primary school Brownlee was told he couldn't sing and that he was "tone deaf", but confesses he thinks that was because he was "petrified of the auditions".
Although he is happy with his political career, he might have taken a very different path.
"When I was younger things were very different. If you wanted to have a go at opera, there were no opportunities unless you were particularly good or had someone to mentor you."
Brownlee hasn't ruled out a Manetti Brothers reunion.
"We've done one or two little appearances since then. If it was the right thing, we'd probably do it again now. It was enormous fun."
These days Christmas is a company director and industrial chemist, Holden is a Christchurch-based certified financial planner and company director and, well, Brownlee is the Canterbury earthquake recovery minister.
"We have often talked about getting together for a show or maybe putting out a Christmas CD like Sir Paul Holmes did," Holden said.
Brownlee's hopeful, too. "One day we might get around to it."
For now, Brownlee's happy listening to jazz standards in his spare time, citing Michael Buble as a favourite artist, but when it comes to taking to the stage, he'll never say never.
"There's nothing better than live music in my opinion," Brownlee said.
"Maybe retirement plans might include becoming Christchurch's foremost wedding singer."
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March 26, 2008---Today the New York Times ran an article "exposing" a donation made in 2000 by the Vector Group, which owns Liggett, to the International Early Lung Cancer Action Program (I-ELCAP) screening study and insinuated that the research and researchers were tainted.
Sadly, this is far from the truth and another attempt to discredit I-ELCAP and lung cancer screening in general. Why else raise this now? The donation was made 8 years ago, was publicly reported and was an unrestricted gift that allowed for no control by the donor.
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USA Today Press Release 2000 (.pdf)
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LCA President and CEO, Laurie Fenton Ambrose responded to the NY Times reporter with a written letter (below). We will not let those who want to deny the lung cancer community the benefits they deserve defeat our efforts.
Weill Cornell Medical College has issued its statement on this matter. I-ELCAP researchers will be releasing their statement shortly.
Gardiner Harris
March 24, 2008
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Dear Gardiner,
Last week you asked me why we were concerned about a researcher taking money from tobacco companies for "giving an opinion" in a lawsuit involving screening and not concerned about tobacco money being used for independent research on screening.
Let me reiterate my response. There is an enormous difference.
Tobacco companies do not pay for testimony unless it would be advantageous to them. Tobacco companies have a long and sordid history of manipulating science and research, as well as scientists, researchers and doctors, to protect their interests. In this case, they got what they paid for. The testimony was not unbiased. The witness is highly critical of screening which is described as "reckless" and "may kill a lot more than lung cancer will".
The witness testified for and received payments from the three largest tobacco companies in a deposition in 2000 and in open court in 2003, during which time frame this same witness was receiving federal funding to design and run a $225,000,000 trial on the efficacy of CT screening. Testifying for either side in the lawsuit would be inappropriate. Testifying on behalf of big tobacco companies and receiving payment from big tobacco for doing so, is an outrageous abuse of the witness's federally financed position as arbiter in a screening trial whose outcome could be the determining factor in screening liability suits not just in the US but around the world.
The distinction between that activity and the Cornell Weill research gift is wonderfully clear. In 1997, Liggett publicly admitted they and all the tobacco companies had known but covered up that smoking caused lung cancer. The breaking of ranks and release of key documents led to the $250 billion Master Settlement Agreement that has funded, among many things, many cancer and disease research programs around the country. Are you questioning these tobacco funded research programs as well?
In 2000, Vector Ltd., whose holdings included Liggett, publicly announced a $2.4 million unrestricted gift for lung cancer screening research. This was openly discussed at meetings, advocated for by LCA's management and was widely reported in the media. It is my understanding that it was given to a foundation within Cornell Weill, the only consortia at that time doing early detection research, to help advance screening research at institutions around the world. And it was set up to prevent big tobacco from controlling or manipulating this research to their advantage. At this time, many in the public health field were calling for penalty payments from big tobacco in an attempt to right the human tragedy and social costs brought about by big tobacco's conduct.
Indeed, this has been LCA's long held position as reinforced as recently as 2005 when we filed our Amicus Brief before the US Court of Appeals asking that, in addition to the prevention and cessation remedies sought by the federal government and other public health interveners, that penalty payments to fund independent research for early detection and better treatments also be included as a remedy. LCA's long held position is that big tobacco's deceitful marketing and cover-up of tobacco's harms has lead directly to the underfunding of lung cancer research. Is seeking these and other penalty payments to advance research to help victims then wrong?
Lastly, I continue to be concerned that lost in these various questions and comments is any understanding of the public health epidemic upon us. Lung cancer is the most lethal of all cancers – killing more people than breast, prostate, colon, liver , kidney and melanoma cancers combined – 85% of which are current and former smokers – most of whom will die within a year of diagnosis because their cancers are found too late. We can help those at high risk for lung cancer today through the use of CT scans – and we stand proudly with those in the public health community who view lung cancer as a disease deserving of increased compassion and support.
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A woody area with ties to the past now has new life is returning to the sacred place. And one boy is doing his part to make sure history isn't forgotten. Less than six months ago, all you could see was a jumbled mess of fallen trees and debris.
You might never have known that John Chenoweth, who fought in the Revolutionary War, or his son, Eli, who fought in the War of 1812, have their final resting place there. Both their tombstones were in disarray.
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QUÉBEC, Nov. 20, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - "The government will make life easier for families. This budget will enable tax justice, essential to the proper functioning of our society, to be restored. Middle-class families who struggle to make ends meet will see their financial burden eased. Conversely, the State will require the more affluent among us to do more. In addition, the government will work within its means to help parents of young children—the families that build the future of the Québec nation on a daily basis," the Minister of Finance and the Economy, Nicolas Marceau, said in tabling the Québec government's 2013-2014 budget.
Reduction in the tax burden of millions of Quebecers
The Minister announced that the flat health tax is being eliminated and replaced by a progressive health contribution as of 2013.
"We have chosen to improve the situation of as many people as possible. Overall, 4.4 million Quebecers—over two-thirds of taxpayers—will pay less or be fully exempt in 2013. In addition, the new progressive health contribution will be based on individual income. From now on, each person will pay the health contribution according to his or her financial capacity," the Minister explained.
To offset the decrease in government revenue following the changes to the health contribution and further improve the sharing of the effort, the Minister announced that the tax rate on income over $100 000 will be increased by 1.75 percentage points.
"All revenue from the new health contribution and the increase in the tax rate on income over $100 000 will be deposited in the Fund to Finance Health and Social Services Institutions."
Cancellation of the increase in the price of heritage electricity
"Continuing in the vein of help for families, we are giving them relief from a substantial increase in electricity rates announced by the previous government. At term, the planned increase of 1 ¢/kWh over five years would have resulted in a 20% increase, or $408 a year, in the electricity bill for an average-sized house. This increase is being abolished," the Minister announced.
"Like many government rates, the price of heritage electricity will be tagged to inflation. After five years, this will represent savings of $288 a year for an average-sized house," the Minister explained.
Development of Québec children
The Minister pointed out that many Québec families do not have the financial resources necessary for their children to be able to take part in physical, artistic or cultural activities, activities through which young people stay healthy, discover their talents and develop.
He announced that the government will introduce, as of 2013, a refundable tax credit for physical, artistic and cultural activities for children and young people aged 5 to 16. The tax credit will reimburse 20% of eligible expenses, up to $500, for a maximum of $100 per child. It will be available to families with an income of up to $130 000.
The tax credit will be implemented gradually over five years, as of the 2013 taxation year. The sum of $35 million will be invested in this measure in 2017 and subsequent years.
"As of 2014, the cumulative effects of these three measures will enable a couple with two children and one income of $70 000 to save $334 a year. A couple with two children and one income of $35 000 will save $534. At term, these families will have saved $688 and $888, respectively," the Minister said.
One child, one space
"Many families still have problems finding daycare spaces for their children. Nearly 222 000 spaces have been created, but needs are estimated at 250 000 spaces. I am announcing that we will fund 28 000 new spaces at $7, which will fulfil these needs. We will finally be able to say with pride: one child, one space," the Minister proudly declared.
Opportunity for all
Many low-income families have trouble finding housing. The government will help these families by building 3 000 new affordable housing units.
An accessible university system
"Cancelling the increase in tuition fees enacted by the previous government and repealing the unacceptable provisions of Law 12 were the first two decisions made by our government," the Minister reminded everyone.
He mentioned that Premier Pauline Marois and her colleague the Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology, Pierre Duchesne, have invited all partners to a brainstorming session and summit, to be held in February 2013, on the issues surrounding universities.
Focusing on our culture
"Our government attaches great importance to Québec culture. I am especially pleased to announce that the budget of the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications will be raised by 2.1%. The culture budget will account for 1% of government program spending."
Retirement plans
In recent years, a number of retired workers went through tough times when their retirement plans were affected by the financial crisis. The crisis continues to put strong financial pressure on retirement plans. "The issue of retirement plans is being carefully studied by the panel of experts chaired by Alban D'Amours. As soon as we receive the committee's recommendations, we will take action—with all of the players concerned," the Minister stated.
He also mentioned that the government continues to consider improvements it could make to the basic public retirement plans.
The government will offer workers who do not have access to a retirement plan an additional means of saving for retirement, which will be voluntary. In the coming months, it will table a bill to establish voluntary retirement savings plans.
A government close to families
"These are actions that give Québec families a break and meet their needs, within our means. These are the first steps in laying the groundwork for strengthening solidarity, an important value of the Québec nation," the Minister concluded.
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One account of the Henry County Militia in the American Revolution was recorded by Judith Parks Hill who wrote a History of Henry County, Virginia recorded in 1925. She wrote "On March 11, 1781, Colonel Penn and his men marched from Beaver Creek in Henry County, crossed Rowland's Ford just below Fontaine, followed the old road, deep cuts now showing its location, up Marrowbone Valley crossing the creek west of where Ridgeway now stands, thence along the ridge two miles, then crossing Matrimony Creek half a mile to the state line, only one mile from the Marrowbone home of Old Rusty Hairston to the National Highway is now used for public road. From the line south is not known, however, they marched so rapidly they soon reached General Lord Cornwallis a few miles north of Greenboro, North Carolina and begin what became known as the Battle of Guilford Court House on March 25, 1781". General Green said our men would fight, get beat, rise, and fight again. This American defeat helped win the War for Independence as the casualties for the British forces represented 27 % of the British troops and the American losses amounted to only 6 % of the total forces engaged. Lord Cornwallis said "another victory such as this would ruin the British Army".
Thomas Smith made his Will January 10, 1797 (see Old Wills # 15, Rockingham County Archives North Carolina). In his Will, Thomas left his wife the Estate both real and personal during her natural life. He left Drury, his son 10 schillings. He left his daughters and granddaughters furniture and feather bedding and six negroes and their offspring as specified. He willed his daughter Elizabeth (wife of Sherod Mayes) one negro girl named Lettice during her natural life and after her death to be equally divided between her daughters. Thomas willed his grandson, Isaac, son of Zacheriah one negro man named Tom, he will his daughter Mary one negro slave named Oal,. He willed his daughter Phebe three slaves named Abram, Frank and Peter. Thomas appointed his son Drury Smith and his grandson Stephen Smith to be the Executors of his Estate. The will was witnesses by Drury Smith, John Moore and Umphrey Brooks.
It is interesting to note that beginning on page 58, Tennessee Supreme Court Report, September term, 1849 at Knoxville, Tennessee, we find the quite celebrated decision in the case of the five daughters of Mrs Sherod Mayes, daughter of Thomas Smith of Virginia. The Suit, "Satterfield versus Mayes et al", decided the distribution of the female descendants of slave named Lettice "loaned for life" by father Thomas Smith to his daughter Elizabeth Mayes. The case got into Court, when two of Elizabeth's daughters (Patsy & Nancy) died before their mother and Priscilla after her mother. The heirs of the daughters sued for their share of the slaves. The slaves were ordered sold and monies split among the heirs of the five girls.
Thomas Smith died 1798 and assumed buried in the Smith family cemetery near Lady Mary Road west of Price near the Virginia border in Rockingham County, North Carolina. Thomas and Elizabeth had the following children: 1. Drury Smith (1746-1822) married (1) Betsy Vaughn (2) Eleanor Grogan 2. Mary Smith (1748-1816) married John Journykin 3. Elizabeth Smith (1752-1846) married Sherod Mayes 4. Zacheriah Smith (1752-1796) married Frances Moore 5. Eleanor Smith (1755- ) 6. Phebe Smith (1761-1851 married (1) Littleberry Mayes (2) Alexander Joyce
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Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera will visit Okinawa next week to brief Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima on measures to reduce the heavy concentration of U.S. military bases in Japan, government sources said Friday.
Kishida and Onodera are expected to again seek Nakaima's approval to replace U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan with a planned airstrip in the Henoko district in Nago farther north on Okinawa Island.
The visit next Tuesday comes after the two ministers discussed the measures with their U.S. counterparts in Tokyo earlier this week during the "two-plus-two" security meeting.
The governor's approval is required to begin filling in land off Nago to build the replacement base's runways, which will extend offshore.
Onodera said at a news conference Friday that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has told ministers in charge of Okinawa affairs to visit the prefecture as frequently as possible to persuade residents to accept the replacement base.
Kishida, Onodera, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel agreed to move some MV-22 training flights outside Okinawa.


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Austin Children's Choir 2017-2018 Season
The Austin Children's Choir is a nonprofit organization that develops fresh voices, fosters a life-long love of music, encourages children to follow their passions and motivates them to set and achieve their goals. The result is a group of exceptional young people who come together to delight audiences with a musical repertoire drawing from various time periods and worldwide destinations.
The Austin Children's Choir accepts students ranging from 6-17 years old with musical backgrounds ranging from beginner to advanced.
New Collaborative Partnership with Chorus Austin!
The Austin Children's Choir is now a collaborative partner with Chorus Austin! This collaboration will include The Austin Children's Choir performing at the Chorus Austin's "On a Winter's Eve." The choir will perform a small set and also sing with Chorus Austin on a combined piece. Please visit the Chorus Austin website for more information about their 2017-2018 Season!
The Austin Children's Choir is Celebrating its' 31st Season!
This season, the Austin Children's Choir is celebrating its' 31st Season with an exciting performance schedule, social events for students, friends, and family, and a few surprises along the way! If you know a singer, ages 6-18, who is looking for an opportunity to perform, gain confidence in their musicianship, and work with musicians from across the Austin area, have them come for an audition and become a member of one of the oldest children's choirs in Austin, TX.


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LONDON (Jan. 31)
Two Jews sentenced to death by an Egyptian military court for "Zionist espionage" were hanged in Cairo early this morning. Their execution was announced to the public by the hoisting of a big black flag over the prison. The press and the public were barred from the hangings.
The two executed men were Dr. Moshe Marzouk, aged 29, and Shmuel Azzar, aged 26. They were among the 13 Jewish defendants tried in Cairo on charges of "sabotage and espionage" on behalf of Israel. Of the remainder, two received life sentences, four were given long prison terms and two were acquitted. Two others left Egypt before the mass arrests took place.
The London press, reporting the hangings, expressed surprise that the Egyptian Government had ignored "a considerable volume" of international appeals for clemency. It is understood that such appeals were made, among others, by the Governments of the United States and Britain whose diplomatic representatives in Cairo urged Egypt to adopt a humane attitude and do nothing which would exacerbate the Arab-Israel situation.
Israel Embassy circles here expressed appreciation today of the "sympathy and understanding" shown by many Britons for the two young Jews who were executed. The Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Zionist Federation of Great Britain issued statements condemning the Egyptian Government for the executions. Many members of the British Parliament personally cabled during the last few days to Egyptian Premier Col. Gamel Abdul Nasser appealing for commutation of the sentences.


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UK Online Seller Meetup: London 17th April
Last week at Internet Retailing Expo the latest UK Online Seller Meetup took place in Birmingham. It was the busiest Meetup I've attended so far with 80 odd people turning up.
For those down south there's good news because in April the Meetup group returns to London. On the 17th April it'll be back to the The Blue Anchor in Hammersmith with a 6.30pm start.
There are already 66 people with their names down to attend in London so it'll be pretty busy. Turning up early is advisable if you're driving and want to snag a prime parking space. It also saves being in the rush for the bar! Look forward to seeing you there if you can make it.
"It was the busiest Meetup I've attended so far with 80 odd people turning up."
Seems unfair Chris. Some of them were quite normal. ;o)
Date is not on the meetup website yet.


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We need to take Maharashtra and then Chattisgarh which is Important because it cuts of their 40% weapons boost and 20% food boost.Then we need to hit Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh cutting Croatia into 4 pieces and after the boost losses and when their alliances run out we attack Madhya Pradesh if we can afford it by an airstrike which is the only way and then it's all plain old simple bloodbath.
God bless the allegiance and God bless eIndia.
I guess letting eThai finish the job would have been easier as they have like 13 allies .... Now we will have to waste money on RWs, The RW in C'garh is going to cut off thailand and they might ne us
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Mark Cuban sees day when video screens will be as big as the court
The Rockets have installed a miniature version of the Cowboys Stadium jumbo video screen. The Rockets' version stretches roughly from foul line to foul line and has two smaller screens on each end.
Mark Cuban, who put a new large screen in American Airlines Center a couple of years ago, said the day is coming when screens will be as big as the court below.
"The problem before is they weighed too much," Cuban said. "Now, someday, we'll have a screen that covers the whole court. You can probably buy a JerryWorld screen for a third of what he paid for it now. That's just the nature of it, like a phone or a PC, they always drop in price."


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High notes, low theater
In 1997, former Dallas Observer staffer Kaylois Henry wrote a story examining a national phenomenon of African-American theater. Some North Texas and national black stage artists quoted in it took umbrage at the nickname that these brassy, superficial, but successful touring musicals have earned -- "the chitlin circuit." That phrase originally was applied to the rhythm-and-blues package shows that traveled the South during the first half of the century. It had been reapplied (and not derogatorily, at least not at first, from within the black community) to extravaganzas like Beauty Shop and Mama, I Want to Sing. Dallas native Shelly Garrett has become a wealthy impresario serving black audiences with these two kinds of loosely plotted, broadly acted revues -- the first, full of sexy dancers, ballsy divas, and sassy snap queens, the second featuring sweaty, belted testimonials to the transformational power of Jesus Christ.
One of the individuals quoted in the piece was Rudy Eastman, artistic director of Fort Worth's Jubilee Theatre. Eastman and his company are about to launch their 18th season, so they clearly must be doing something right, but he did express some concern that the theatrical diet of many African-American ticketbuyers consisted solely of the chitlin circuit menu. It's not possible for Eastman to have maintained a theater this long without having a businessman's instincts operating somewhere in his gray matter -- he restaged Jubilee's version of the so-called "Mama play" (those slain-in-the-spirit musicals) called God's Trombones to great success last year. And Jubilee's current show, Attitude, Girlfriend, Attitude, fits with somewhat more subtlety and class into the genre of Garrett's aforementioned Beauty Shop.
I saw one of the so-called "chitlin circuit" shows at Dallas Convention Center several years back -- Millie Jackson's Young Man, Older Woman. It was presented on a much bigger, gaudier scale and infused with radio-ready musical styles such as hip-hop and urban contemporary. Typical of Jackson's "black and blue" rap style, it was also more aggressively, explicitly sexual in its dialogue and choreography. The style of director-choreographer Eastman and his longtime collaborator, composer-instrumentalist Joe Rogers, seems to be that a wink is infinitely more alluring than a grope. Although Attitude, Girlfriend, Attitude features its moments of bawdiness, Eastman, Rogers, and the cast appropriate a more retro feel for the music and movement in this fast-paced show. Think Motown, Stax, and Chess rather than Def Jam, Death Row, and Interscope. Look no further than the sardonic choral commentaries of six red-jacketed, sunglasses-wearing male singers crooning and doo-wopping through the catfighting of four female friends to locate this revue's groove, which is buttermilk-smooth and ice-box-cool with the exception of a couple roof-raising spirituals.
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But even though Attitude, Girlfriend, Attitude is wittier and more discriminating than the blinding, sequined leers of a Young Man, Older Woman, it is structurally as unstable, as rickety as the national tours from which it seems to be taking tips. Joe Rogers and longtime Jubilee scribe diannetucker wrote this show based on an original, nonmusical script of hers called simply Girlfriends. The story concerns four women (Carolyn Hatcher, La'Trice D. Wilson, Sheran Goodspeed-Keyton, Victoria Morgan) who rush to the hospital bedside of a longtime friend (Nekki Griffin-Williams) after she is in a car wreck. The married invalid friend is an amnesiac and drifts in and out of consciousness, but her quartet of supporters discovers that there was another man injured in the car with her. A storm of speculation gathers over the recuperating woman's head as these friends transform into vultures picking her carcass for gossipy clues.
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Attitude, Girlfriend, Attitude is really just an excuse for some expert singing of often hilarious lyrics written by Joe Rogers, who provides live keyboard accompaniment. That's a good enough excuse for you to catch it -- if you're prepared to allow a lot of the spoken passages to drift up over your head and out of the theater, unanchored as they are to anything substantial this show might have to say about friendship, betrayal, and how our self-images are often based more on what we think our friends think of us, rather than their true opinions. Eastman, Rogers, and diannetucker step right up to the edge of these universal themes and then barely stick their big toes in. As enjoyable as the off-the-cuff cutting-up can be here, the episodic chunks of it fall to the floor with an echoing clamor at the play's close, a hand-holding session around the hospital bedside followed by a rousing affirmation called "Old Friends." Because the show just stops without warning after about two hours and 15 minutes, neither we nor the characters get cleansed of some of their more nefarious rumor-mongering, outright lies, and pleasure-taking in the misery of purported friends. We can't help but leave the theater unsatisfied and with a slightly sour aftertaste in our mouths. Jubilee Theatre ends the proceedings with a whimpering moral lesson that doesn't teach us anything.
Attitude, Girlfriend, Attitude has plenty of the title spirit to spare, and when the four lead actresses lift their exalted voices to the ceiling, you get an eargasmic sense of all the wonderful, poignant stuff their characters are protecting with the armor they wear in the world. Unfortunately, much of their dialogue feels like stopgap material between the tunes.
At press time, performances of the show were sold out through August 15, and the final extended weekend was selling briskly too, so maybe there are lessons of the "chitlin circuit" that theaters ignore at their peril. But wouldn't it be smashing if audiences got naughty kicks and a crafted, compelling story at the same performance?
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Priyanka says it was a learning experience for her. She told that in our lives with full comfort there are lot of things that we take for granted. "This village hasn't had electricity for 60 years. And now because of the greenathon they have solar lanterns," wrote Priyanka.
She was amazed by the welcoming attitude of these villagers. The actress also learnt to milk buffalo, which she says was not an easy task. She wrote, "I milked a buffalo. Yikes! Its hard dude. What if I hurt her. I was only scared of that."
The actress also had a bumpy ride on the camel cart. Talking further about her experience, Priyanka continued, "so I cooked a roti on a chulah in a hut and ate it with aloo sabzi that was made by the lady of the hut."
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My picks for entry level Upland repeaters would be the Ithaca 37, Mossberg 500,and of course, Remington's 870.
For entry level clay guns, the 870. Both the Mossberg and Ithaca, while sturdy enough run light enough that recoil is exascerbated. The Ithaca's bottom feed design is a tad slower on the range also.
However, hit the range and talk to people. A well spoken, polite rookie will get lots of advice and can try out a variety of shotguns. After that, you'll have a better idea of what you like.
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