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Discovered in Time: treasures from early Wales
Discovered in Time: treasures from early Wales
Here are seventy iconic objects; together they trace the story of a people and of the land we now call Wales. The range sweeps from the teeth of a Neanderthal child to a magnificent mount with the arms of Owain Glyn Dŵr. Each object is beautifully illustrated and comes with a detailed description of its significance, what it teaches us and the part it plays in history.
This handsome volume also reveals the fascinating process by which historians and archaeologists take the thousands of different objects in a national collection and, from them, build the narrative that is our national – and personal – story.
With over a hundred colour illustrations, including imaginative reconstruction drawings and a map showing where each object was found.
...a handsome paperback packed with page after page of close-up photography with expert commentaries on each of the objects...
Salon, Society of Antiquaries


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TAGUIG BRANCH – 250/hour
Acacia Estates, Taguig City
Afpovai Phase 1, Taguig City
Afpovai, Fort Bonifacio.
Arturo Santos St., Mangga Isle
Bay Breeze Executive Village, Taguig City
BCDA, Taguig City
BGC, Taguig City
BMI Apartment, Makati City
Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City
Bonifacio Heights Condominium, Taguig City
Brgy. Calzada, Taguig City
Brgy. Ibayo Tipas, Taguig City
Brgy. Pembo, Makati City
Brgy. Pinagkaisahan, Makati City
Brgy. Rizal, Makati City
Brgy. South Cembo, Makati City
Brgy. SouthSide, Taguig City
Brgy. Sta Ana, Taguig City
Brgy. Sta. Ana, Taguig City
Brgy. Tabakalera, Pateros
Brgy. Tipas, Taguig City
Brgy. Tuktukan, Taguig City
Brgy. Ususan, Taguig City
Camella Azadia Subdivision, Taguig City
Camella Azadia, Taguig City
Camella Greenville Subdivision, Taguig City
Camella Pacific, Taguig City
Cedar Crest, Taguig City
Comembo, Makati City
Cypress Towers, Taguig City
Diego Silang Village, Taguig City
East Rembo, Makati City
Fairways Towers, Taguig City
Fifth Avenue Place, Taguig City
Forbes Wood Heights, Taguig City
Forbes Wood Parklane, Taguig City
Forbestown, Taguig City
Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City
Fort Palm Springs Condo, Taguig City
Fort Victoria, Taguig City
Ivory Wood, Taguig City
Lakeview Manors, Taguig City
Mahogany Place 1, Taguig City
Mahogany Place 2, Taguig City
Mahogany Place 3, Taguig City
Mahogany Place II, Taguig City
Mahogany Place III, Taguig City
Mahogany Place, Taguig City
Makati Homes, Makati City
Maple Place, Taguig City
McKinley Hill, Taguig City
McKinley, Taguig City
My Grand Hampton, Taguig City
One Mckinley Place, Taguig City
One Serendra West Tower Building, Taguig City
One Serendra West Tower, Taguig City
One Serendra, Taguig City
Pacific Residences, Taguig City
Pinagsama Village Phase 2,
Ridgewood Towers, Makati City
Ridgewood Towers, Taguig City
Rosewood Pointe, Taguig City
Royal Palm Residences, Taguig City
St. Michael Subd, Taguig City
Taguig City
Taguig City,
The Birchwood, Taguig City
The Fort, Taguig
The Infinity Condominium, Taguig City
Tres Palmas Condominium, Taguig City
Trion Tower1, Taguig City
Tuscany, Taguig City
Two Serendra Aston Tower, Taguig City
Two Serendra, Taguig City
Upper Bicutan, Taguig City
Verawood Residences, Taguig City
Verawood, Taguig City
Vista De Lago Condominium, Taguig City
Vista De Lago, Taguig City
QUEZON CITY – Near – 3pm to 7pm, 250/hr; 7pm onwards 300/hr
205 Santolan by Rockwell, QC
700 Building, QC
Alta Vista Village, QC
Andrea North, QC
Anro Bldg., QC
Anthorium Town Homes, QC
Anti-Cybercrime Group, QC
ARA Town Homes, QC
Area 1 UP Campus, QC
Atherton Place Codo, QC
Atherton Place, QC
Aurora 700 Building, QC
Azur Living Apmt., QC
Balay Sa Molave Bldg., QC
Balbros Apartelle, QC
Balete @ Kamias, QC
Bayo Condotel and Suites, QC
Braganza Condominium, QC
Brgy. Amihan, QC
Brgy. Bungad, QC
Brgy. Central, QC
Brgy. Damayan, QC
Brgy. Damayang Lagi, QC
Brgy. Del Monte, QC
Brgy. Diliman, QC
Brgy. E. Rodriguez, QC
Brgy. Horseshoe, QC
Brgy. Immaculate Conception, QC
Brgy. Kalusugan, QC
Brgy. Kamias, QC
Brgy. Kamuning, QC
Brgy. Kaunlaran, QC
Brgy. Kristong Hari, QC
Brgy. Krus na Ligas, QC
Brgy. Laging Handa, QC
Brgy. Loyola Heights, QC
Brgy. Malaya, QC
Brgy. Mariana, QC
Brgy. Mariblo, QC
Brgy. Nayong Kanluran, QC
Brgy. Obrero, QC
Brgy. Old Capitol Site, QC
Brgy. Paligsahan, QC
Brgy. Paltok, QC
Brgy. Pinagkaisahan, QC
Brgy. Pinyahan, QC
Brgy. Quirino 2A, QC
Brgy. Quirino 2-B, QC
Brgy. Quirino 2C, QC
Brgy. Quirino 2-C, QC
Brgy. Quirino, QC
Brgy. Roxas District, QC
Brgy. Sacred Heart, QC
Brgy. San Vicente, QC
Brgy. Sikatuna, QC
Brgy. Silangan, QC
Brgy. Socorro, QC
Brgy. South Triangle, QC
Brgy. Sto. Domingo, QC
Brgy. Tatalon, QC
Brgy. Teachers Village, QC
Brgy. Teacher's Village, QC
Brgy. UP Campus, QC
Brgy. UP Village, QC
Brgy. Valencia, QC
Brgy. West Kamias, QC
Brgy. West Triangle, QC
Brightplace Condo, QC
Builtmore Tower 1, QC
Bunker Hills St. Rolling Hills Subd., QC
Burgundy Plaza, QC
Camacho Residences, QC
Camp Karingal, QC
Capitol Medical Center, QC
Casa Rafael Condo, QC
Cathedral Heights Townhomes, QC
Catherdral Heights, QC
Centennial Townhomes, QC
Centro Plaza Bldg., QC
Commonwealth, QC
Condotel, QC
Cosmopolitan Town House, QC
CRM Bldg., QC
Crystal Mansion, QC
Del Monte, QC
Delicia Bldg., QC
Delsa Mansion, QC
Delta Bldg., QC
Dental Clinic, QC
Doña Crispina Condominium, QC
Donya Segunda Bldg., QC
Dordorsato Apmt., QC
Dordosato Apmt., QC
Dorothy Townhomes, QC
Dreamhouse Bldg., QC
Dunville Townhomes, QC
Eagle Court Condominium, QC
Eagle Star Condo, QC
East Wind Residences, QC
Eastwind Residences, QC
El Jardin Del Presidente 2, QC
Embassy Garden Homes, QC
Esteban Abada St., QC
Fernadina Suites, QC
Fil Garcia Tower, QC
Francesca Towers, QC
Future Point Plaza 1, QC
Future Point Plaza 2, QC
Future Point Plaza 3, QC
Future Point Plaza, QC
Galleria Townhomes, QC
Garcia Bldg., QC
Garden Grove, QC
Garden Island Condoville, QC
Gateway 9 Townhomes, QC
Gilmore Heights Condo, QC
Gilmore Place Condominium, QC
Gilmore, QC
Gleenwood St., QC
Grand Monaco Bldg., QC
Grass Residence, QC
Great Eastern Hotel, QC
Greenhaven Park Homes, QC
Greenhaven Townhomes, QC
Greenhills Garden Square, QC
Haeinsa Condotel, QC
Happy House Hotel, QC
Hardin ng Rosas, QC
Heroes Hills, QC
HGL Building, QC
Hi Top Supermarket, QC
Horseshoe Court, QC
Horseshoe Village, QC
Hotel Mariposa, QC
Hotel Rembrandt., QC
Ivory Villa, QC
J. Rosa Condominium, QC
Jenkinsen Tower, QC
JNS Mansion, QC
Jose Bldg., QC
Juan Luna St., QC
JV Managers Tower, QC
Kalayaan Ave., QC
Kalayaan Plaza, QC
Kamias Road, East Kamais
Kathleen Place 3, QC
Katipunan, QC
K-Square Bldg., QC
Le Maison Town Homes, QC
Leighton Place, QC
Level Residence, QC
Liberty Place, QC
Loyola Bella Vista, QC
Loyola Heights Condominium, QC
M. Place Condo, QC
Madison 101 Hotel, QC
Magnolia Residences, QC
Mahattan Garden City Park View, QC
Main Horseshoe Drive, QC
Manere Bldg. 1, QC
Manere Bldg. 2, QC
Manere Bldg., QC
Manere Buliding, QC
Manhattan Parkview Residences, QC
Manhattan Parkview Villas, QC
Manhattan Parkway Residences, QC
Mariposa Budget Hotel, QC
Mariposa Villas, QC
Maritime Group Division, Quezon City
Matatag Townhoese, QC
Maya Residences, QC
Mayaman Town Homes, QC
Meals Café, QC
Merchant Square Condo., QC
Merchant Square Condominium, QC
Metro Apartelle, QC
Minnesotta Mansion, QC
Miranila Townhouse, QC
MMS Bldg., QC
Molave Suites, QC
Montgomery Place., QC
Montgomery Subd., QC
MRL Bldg., QC
MRL Tower, QC
Narra Heights Condominium, QC
Narra Heights, QC
National Irrigation Administration, QC
New Manila Rolling Hills Subd., QC
New Manila, QC
New York Mansions, QC
Norde Bldg., QC
Nordstrum Residence, QC
Old Sunrise Bldg., QC
One Beatriz Condominium, QC
One Burgendy Plaza, QC
One Burgundy Plaza, QC
One Capiz Residence, QC
One Castilla Place, QC
One liberty,
One Madrinan Suite, QC
Oracle Condo, QC
Oracle Hotel and Residences, QC
Oracle Hotel, QC
P. Florentino Suites, QC
Pacific Century Tower, QC
Palosabis St., QC
Panay Ave., QC
Parkwook Villa, QC
Pearl Mansion, QC
Phil-Am Homes, QC
Philcoa, QC
Pinecrest Condominium, QC
PM Apmt., QC
Ponderosa Compound, QC
Ponderoza Townhomes, QC
President Tower, QC
Prince David Condo, QC
Prince Jun Condo, QC
Princeton Residences, QC
Project 2, QC
Project 3, QC
Project 7, QC
PYP Mansion 2, QC
PYP Mansion, QC
Qubiertos Restaurant, QC
Quezon City Hall, QC
Quirino 2B, QC
Rasver Bldg., QC
Regina Mezzanine, QC
Rembrandt Hotel, QC
Residencia de Regina, QC
Rexxons Arcade, QC
Rizalina Bldg. 2 Annex, QC
Rosemont Tower, QC
Roxas District, QC
S and F Condo, QC
San Jose Building, QC
San Square Bldg., QC
Scout Area, QC
Sequoia Hotel, QC
Shell Station, QC
Sikatuna Bliss, QC
SJB Town Villa, QC
Sofia Tower, QC
South Filmore, QC
South Insula, QC
South Vill Garden Town House, QC
St. John Condo, QC
St. Peter St., QC
Star Express Apartelle, QC
Stellar Place (DMCI Homes), QC
Stonehouse Hotel, QC
Sulu Riviera Hotel, QC
Summit Hotel Magnolia, QC
Sunrise Hills Home, QC
Sunrise Home, QC
Symphony Tower, QC
Teachers Village, QC
Tempus Place, QC
The Amaryllis Condominium, QC
The Capital Towers, QC
The Regalia Park Towers, QC
Theresa Tower, QC
Timog Ave., QC
Torre Venezia, QC
Torres Bldg., QC
Trafalgar Manor, QC
Trafalgar Place, QC
Tune Hotel, QC
Union Square Condo, QC
University Hotel, QC
UP Bliss, QC
UP Campus Diliman, QC
UP Campus, QC
UP Hotel, QC
UP Village, QC
Uptown Estate, QC
V. Luna Hospital, QC
V.Luna General Hospital (AFP Medical Center), QC
Valencia Hills Condo, QC
Varsity Hills, QC
Victoria Executive Mansion, QC
Victoria Station, QC
Victoria Tower, QC
Villa Anica Town House, QC
Villa Carolina Townhomes, QC
Villa Espanya, QC
Villa Olivia Town Homes, QC
Villa Ortigas 2, QC
Village A St. UP, QC
Villia Valencia Town Homes, QC
VS1 Bldg., QC
Wedgewood Estate, QC
West Triangle Homes 1, QC
White House Condominium, QC
Wilvic Townhomes, QC
Wilvon Townhomes, QC
Winland Tower Residences, QC
Woodland Town Homes, QC
Woodside Homes, QC
Xandland Place Condominium, QC
Xanland Place, QC
Xavier Hills Condominium, QC
Xavier Hills Condominum, QC
Xavierville 1 Phase 1, QC
Xavierville 1, QC
Xavierville 2, QC
Xavierville 3, QC
Xavierville Ave., QC
Xavierville Phase 2, QC
Xavierville Royal Condo, QC
Xavierville Square, QC
Xavierville Subd. Phase 2, QC
Xavierville, QC
QUEZON CITY – Far – 3pm to 7pm, 300/hr; 7pm onwards 350/hr minimum 1.5 hours
3rd West Crame, San Juan
AEK Bldg., QC
Aguinaldo Suites, QC
Alleyville Townhouse, San Juan
Alpha Village Capitol Hills, QC
Annapolis St., San Juan
Annapolis St., San juan City
Araneta Subdivision, QC
Avida Towers New Manila, QC
Bago Bantay, QC
Bagong Buhay, QC
Bagumbuhay, QC
Bahay Karidad Compound, QC
Balintawak, QC
Banawe, QC
Banlat Road, QC
Barcelona Apmt, QC
Batis, San Juan
Bell Mansion Condo, QC
Berkeley Residence, QC
BLC Pagasa Bliss, QC
Bldg. 150., San Juan
Bonifacio Village, QC
Brgy. Apolonio Samson, QC
Brgy. Bago Bantay, QC
Brgy. Bagong Buhay, QC
Brgy. Bagong Lipunan Ng Crame, QC
Brgy. Bagong Pag-Asa, QC
Brgy. Bagumbuhay, QC
Brgy. Culiat, QC
Brgy. Don Manuel, QC
Brgy. Dona Imelda, QC
Brgy. Dona Josefa, QC
Brgy. Ermitanyo, San Juan
Brgy. Lourdes, QC
Brgy. Maharlika, QC
Brgy. Manresa, QC
Brgy. Marilag, QC
Brgy. North Greenhills, San Juan
Brgy. Onse, San Juan
Brgy. Pasadena, San Juan
Brgy. Pasadena, San Juan City
Brgy. Pasandena, San Juan
Brgy. Ramon Magsaysay, QC
Brgy. Salapan, San Juan
Brgy. San Antonio, QC
Brgy. San Isidro, QC
Brgy. San Martin De Porres, QC
Brgy. San Pedro, San Juan
Brgy. San Roque, QC
Brgy. Santol, QC
Brgy. Sta. Lucia, San Juan
Brgy. Sto. Cristo, QC
Brgy. Talayan, QC
Brgy. Tandang Sora, QC
Brgy. VASRA, QC
Brgy. West Crame San Juan, San Juan
Calderon Condominium, QC
Camp Aguinaldo, QC
Camp Crame, QC
Camp Emilio Aguinaldo, QC
Camp. Aguinaldo, QC
Carmel 1 Subd., QC
Carmel V Subd., QC
Casa Barcelona Condo, San Juan
Century Compound, QC
Cinco Hermanos Subd., Marikina City
Citi Plaza 3, QC
Congressional Ave., QC
Corazon Bill Subd., QC
Corazon Village, QC
Cortijos Condo, San Juan
Cristobal Apmt., San Juan
Cubao, QC
Del Monte Ave., QC
Diamond St, QC
Dr. Montano Ramos General Hospital, QC
East Tierra Pura, QC
EDSA Grand Residences, QC
Elan Suites, San Juan
Ellan Condo, San Juan
Emerald Court Bldg., QC
Emerald Tower, QC
Escalades Condominium, QC
Eusebio Townhouse, QC
Frisco, QC
FZI Bldg., QC
Gen. Hizon St., QC
Gloria 1 Subd., QC
Goldenland Tower, San Juan
Goldland Place, San Juan
Grace Village, QC
Greenhills Elan Hotel Modern, San Juan
Greenhills Elan Hotel, San Juan
Greenhills, San Juan
H & L Bldg., QC
Hilda Village, QC
Hura Homes, QC
Icon Hotel North EDSA, QC
Interville Culiat, QC
Interville Subd., QC
Isang Pag Asa Apmt., QC
Ivy Town Homes, San Juan
Jade Place Condo, QC
Jade St., QC
Jem 9 Subd., QC
Joyce Apartelle, San Juan
JP Rizal Suites, QC
La Mirada Town House, San Juan
La Solera Bldg., QC
Landcom Village 2 Mindanao Ave., QC
Las Villas Del Cielo Townhomes, QC
LIG Condo, QC
Limquico Compound, QC
LPL Tower, San Juan
Ma. Elena St., QC
Madison Place Condominium, QC
Manhattan Townhomes, QC
Masambong, QC
MBE Apmt., QC
Mercedez 1 Condo, San Juan
Meridien Condominium, QC
Metro Heights Subd., QC
Mezza Residences, QC
Mia Village, QC
Microtel Technohub, QC
Midland Park Manor 2, San Juan
Miranila Homes, QC
Munos, QC
Murphy, QC
New Yellow Hat Construction 487, QC
North Greenhills, San Juan
Northridge Mansion Penthouse, QC
Old Balara, QC
One Carmela Place, QC
One Cumbio Bldg., QC
Pael Compound, QC
Pagasa Bliss, QC
Pag-Asa Bliss, QC
Peaceful Lane St., QC
Pilarville Subd., QC
Pillarville Subd., QC
Pleasant View Subd., QC
Prince John Condo, QC
Project 4, Brgy. Marilag
Project 4, QC
Project 6, QC
Prudent Lane Extn.(prulex) Sanville Subd., QC
QC Ville, QC
Recidencia De Monette 2, QC
Reymar Subd., QC
Road 8, QC
Road One, QC
Roosevelt Ave., QC
Rosalia Compound, QC
Rosalia Village 2, QC
Rosalia Village, QC
Royal View Mansion, San Juan
Sagana Homes, QC
San Francisco Del Monte, QC
San Miguel Village, QC
San Pedro Compound 1, QC
San. Francisco Del Monte, QC
Sanville Subd., QC
Sapphire Town Homes, QC
Sky Hotel, QC
SM Blue Residences, QC
SM North EDSA, QC
South Greenpark Village, QC
St. Claire Bldg., QC
St. Dominic 4, QC
Sta. Mesa Heights Subd., QC
Sta. Mesa Hieghts La loma, QC
Sta. Mesa, Manila
Strata Suite, San Juan
Sun Residences, QC
Sun Ville, QC
Sunshine Apartment, QC
Suntrust Aurora Garden, San Juan City
Sunville Subd., QC
Talayan Village, QC
Teresa Village, QC
The Pad Residences, QC
Theresa Village, QC
Tierrebella Subd., QC
UERM Hospital, QC
Varsa Village, QC
Verde De Pasadena, San Juan
Veritas Village, QC
Veterans Village, Project 7
Veterans Village, QC
Victoria Subd. Mindanao Ave., QC
Villa Frenze Subd., QC
Villa Solidad Town Homes, QC
Violago Homes Phase III, QC
Visayas Ave. cor Congressional Ave., QC
Visayas Ave., QC
Vista Hotel, QC
Welcome Rotonda, QC
Westwood Condo, San Juan
White House Bldg., QC
White House Bldg., San Juan
Willson St., San Juan
Zytek Village, QC
QUEZON CITY – Extremely Far – 350/hr minimum 2 hours
#157 Katiupunan Ave., QC
A-8 Bldg., Manila
Acropolis Libis, QC
Acropolis Subd., QC
Acropolis, QC
Alpha Village, QC
Annie's Place Bldg., Manila
Asamba Compound, QC
Ayala Heights Village, QC
Ayala Heights, QC
Ayala Hillside Estates, QC
Balic-balic, Manila
BF Homes, QC
Biac Na Bato St., QC
Bianca Bldg., QC
Blue Ridge A, QC
Blue Ridge B, QC
Brgy. 465, Sampaloc
Brgy. 532, Manila
Brgy. 555, Manila
Brgy. Bahay Toro,
Brgy. Bahay Toro, QC
Brgy. Batasan Hills, QC
Brgy. Blue Ridge, QC
Brgy. Commonwealth, QC
Brgy. Dona Aurora, QC
Brgy. Holy Spirit, QC
Brgy. Libis, QC
Brgy. Little Baguio, San Juan City
Brgy. Masambong, QC
Brgy. Matandang Balara, QC
Brgy. Old Balara, QC
Brgy. Pag-Ibig sa Nayon, QC
Brgy. Pansol, QC
Brgy. Pasong Tamo, QC
Brgy. Payatas, QC
Brgy. Salvacion, QC
Brgy. San Isidro Labrador, QC
Brgy. San Jose, QC
Brgy. Sangandaan, QC
Brgy. Sauyo, QC
Brgy. Sta. Teresita, QC
Brgy. Sto. Nino, Marikina City
Brgy. Sto. Nino, QC
Brgy. Talipapa, QC
Brgy. White Plains, QC
Calle Victoria, QC
Capitol Estate 2 Commonwealth, QC
Capitol Hills Golf Subd., QC
Capitol Hills, QC
Carmel 2 Subd., QC
Celebrity Place, QC
Charbel Executive Village Mindanao Ave., QC
Cherry Orchard Suites, QC
Cleofas Compound, QC
Congressional Apartelle, QC
Crissant Condo, QC
Crown Galleria Bldg., Manila
Crystal Clear Bldg. (Apartel Type), QC
Damar Village, QC
Del Nasia Vill 3, QC
Delta Village, QC
District 4, QC
DMCI Sorrel Residences, Manila
Don Antonio Heights, QC
Don AtonIo Heights, QC
Don Doroteo St., QC
Don Enrique Heights, QC
Don Jose Heights Commonwealth, QC
Don Quijote St., Manila
Don Raymundo St., QC
Don. Jose Suvdivision, QC
Dona Carmen Subd., QC
Dorotea Road, QC
East Greenhills, San Juan
Eastwood Excelsior Condominium, QC
Eastwood La Fayette, QC
Eastwood Le Grand, QC
Eastwood Park Residences, QC
Eastwood Parkview, QC
El Pueblo Condo Mitel, QC
El Pueblo One Condo, QC
El Pueblo One Condominium Kingspoint Subd., QC
Elegant Townhouse, QC
Emilia Apmt.s, Manila
Espana Tower, Manila
Espanya Blvd cor Blumentritt, Manila
Espanya Grand Residence, Manila
Fanny Tatings, QC
Filinvest Homes 1, QC
Filinvest Homes 2, QC
Francesca Royale Condominium, QC
Galas, QC
Gem 5 Subd., QC
Gladiola Mall Garden Ville, Manila
Gloria 4 Subd., QC
Goldkey Subd., QC
Golf Hills Terraces, QC
Goodwill Homes 2, QC
Greenhills East Village, San Juan
Greenview Executive Village, QC
Greenville Subd., QC
Hayaville Subd., QC
Interville 2, QC
Jem 5 Subd., QC
Kaingin 2, QC
Kimco Village, QC
Kingspoint Grand Villas, QC
La Loma, QC
La Trinidad Village, QC
La Vista Subd., QC
La Vista, QC
Laloma, QC
Lara Compound, QC
Lavista Village, QC
Linden Place, QC
LJP Suites, QC
Loreto Condo, Manila
Lot 6 Block 2, QC
Lourdes Building, Manila
Loyola Grand Villas, QC
Luzviminda Village, QC
Magnolia Place Condo, QC
Maries Village, QC
Marvex Legacy Homes, QC
Mayon Galleria Bldg., QC
Mayon, Manila
Metroville 3 Subdivision, QC
Miranila Homes Congressional Ave., QC
Montville Place Sauyo, QC
Montville Place, QC
MRV Bldg., QC
Napocor Village, QC
Nelsonville Village, QC
New Intramuros Village, QC
Nia Village NAPOCOR Village, QC
NIA Village, QC
North Belton, QC
North Susana Executive Village, QC
North Susana Executve Village., New Intramuros Village
North Susana Subd., QC
Northpoint Town Homes, QC
Olympic Heights, QC
Otero Building, QC
Pacific Grand Tower 2, Manila
Pael Estate Subd., QC
Pangilinan CPD, QC
Philand Subd., QC
Philand Village, QC
Pleasantville Subd., QC
Pres. Quezon St. cor Hon. B. Soliven, QC
Project 8 Congressional Village, QC
Project 8 GSIS Village, QC
Project 8 Joseph Village, QC
Project 8 Mendoza Village, QC
Project 8 Ofelia Village, QC
Project 8 Paradise Village, QC
Project 8 Toro Hills Subd., QC
Project 8, Brgy. Bahay Toro
Project 8, QC
Pugad Lawin Villas Northpoint Townhomes, QC
Pugad Lawin Villas Villa Del Monte, QC
Pugad Lawin Villas, QC
Quirino Highway, QC
RA Tulip Building, QC
Richland Subd., QC
Richmonde Hotel Eastwood, QC
Richville Place Condo, Manila
Romarosa Town Homes, QC
Saint Charbel Village Mindanao Ave. Phase 2, QC
Saint Ignatius Village, QC
Sampaloc, Manila
San Agustine Villa, QC
San Pedro 9, QC
Sherwood Heights Subd., QC
Silbina Village, QC
Sofia Bellevue, QC
Spazio Bernardo West Villas, QC
St. Ignatius Village, QC
St. Ignatius, QC
Sugartown Subd., QC
Sunny Side Heights, QC
Tandang Sora,
The Castle Bldg., Manila
The Manors Celebrity Place, QC
Tierra Pura Subd., QC
Tivoli Greens, QC
Town And Country Gardenville Congressional, QC
Triple A Bldg., QC
Vililia Vill, QC
Villa Amor Uno Subd., QC
Villa Beatriz, QC
Villa Corina Subd., QC
Villa Matilde Subd., QC
Violago Homes Phase 1, QC
Violago Homes, QC
Vista Real Executive Village, QC
VS4 Condominium, QC
West Wing Residences, QC
Zuzuarregi St., QC
QUEZON CITY – NOT Covered – No Service at the moment
Aldea Verde Filinvest 2, QC
Baesa, QC
Bali Oasis Condo, Marikina City
Barron's Place, San Juan
Brgy. Addition Hills, San Juan
Brgy. Baesa, QC
Brgy. Bagong Barrio, Caloocan City
Brgy. Bagumbayan, QC
Brgy. Fairview, QC
Brgy. Grace Park, Caloocan City
Brgy. Greater Lagro, QC
Brgy. Kabayanan, San Juan
Brgy. Sta. Mesa, Manila
Brgy. Sta. Quiteria, Caloocan City
Camarin, Caloocan
Corinthians Garden, QC
Dela Costa Homes, Marikina
East Fairview, QC
Eastwood, QC
Fairmont Subd., QC
Fairview, QC
Filinvest 2, QC
Fini Homes, Valenzuela
Floravista Condo, QC
Fortune Manor, QC
Gem Subd., QC
Grand Eastwood Palazzo, QC
Industrial Valley Subd., Marikina
Ivory Court, QC
Jordan Valle, QC
Kingdom 1 Subd., QC
Kingspoint Subd., QC
Mapayapa Village 2, QC
Mariposa Budget Hotel, Marikina
Microtel Eastwood, QC
North Fairview, QC
North View 1, QC
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|What is the structure that makes up every living thing?
|What was Anton van Leeuwenhoek one of the first to see in the 1600s?
|Tiny living organisms in pond water.
|What did a thin slice of cork seem like to Robert Hooke when he observed it through a microscope?
|To him, it seemed like thousands of tiny, empty chambers.
|What did the German botanist Matthias Schleiden conclude?
|All plants are made up of cells.
|What did the German biologist Theodor Schwann conclude?
|All animals are made up of cells.
|How did Rudolph Virchow summarize his years of work?
|He proposed that all cells come from existing cells, completing the cell theory.
|What are the three concepts that make up the cell theory?
|1.) All living things are composed of cells. 2.) Cells are teh basic units of structure and function in living things. 3.) New cells are produced from existing cells.
|Why are electron microscopes capable of revealing details much smaller than those seen through light microscopes?
|The wavelengths of electrons are much shorter than those of light.
|What's true about prokaryotes?
|They grow and reproduce.
|Are all eukaryotes large, multicellular organisms?
|No, some of them live solitary lives as unicellular organisms.
|Organisms whose cells lack nuclei, such as bacteria.
|Organisms whose cells contain nuclei, such as plants, animals, fungi, and protists
|What is an organelle?
|Little organs in a cell.
|What do animal cells contain?
|ER (endoplasmic reticulum) and mitochondria
|What do plant cells contain?
|ER (endoplasmic reticulum), cell wall, and chloroplast.
|What is the function of the nucleus?
|Controls most cell processes and contains the hereditary info of DNA
|What important molecules does the nucleus contain?
|DNA proteins
|The granular material visible within the nucleus is called?
|What does chromatin consist of?
|DNA bound to protein
|What are chromosomes?
|Contain genetic info that is passed from one generation of cells to the next.
|Most nuclei contain a small, dense region known as the?
|What occurs in the nucleolus?
|Assembly of ribosomes begins.
|What is the nuclear envelope?
|Allows material to move into and out of the nucleus.
|What are ribosomes?
|Small particles of RNA and protein found throughout the cytoplasm.
|What is the difference between rough ER and smooth ER?
|Rough ER is when ribosomes are found on the surface and smooth ER is when there are no ribosomes on the surface.
|Using the cell as a factory analogy, describe the role of the Golgi apparatus in the cell.
|Modifies, sorts, and packages proteins and other materials from the endoplasmic reticulum.
|What is true about lysosomes?
|They contain enzymes that help synthesize lipids, they break down organelles that have outlived their usefulness, and contain enzymes that break down lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins.
|What are vacuoles?
|Store materials such as water, salts, proteins, and carbohydrates.
|What is the role of the central vacuole in plants?
|It makes it possible for plants to support heavy structures such as leaves and flowers.
|How does the contractile vacuole in a paramecium help maintain homeostasis?
|It pumps excess water out of the cell.
|True or false? Both chloroplasts and mitochondria are enclosed by two membranes.
|Chloroplasts and mitochondria contain their own genetic information in the form of?
|Small DNA molecules.
|What are mitochondria?
|Organelles that convert chemical energy stored in food into compounds that are more convenient for the cell to use.
|Are mitochondria found in plant cells, animal cells, or both?
|Where are chloroplasts found?
|In plants.
|Biologist Lynn Margulis has suggested that mitochondria and chloroplasts are descendants of what kind of organisms?
|Independent microorganisms.
|What is the cytoskeleton?
|Network of protein filaments that helps the cell to maintain its shape. It's also involved in movement.
|Threadlike structures made of a protein called actin - it maintains cell shape, help build cilia and flagella, form centrioles in cell division.
|Hollow structures made up of proteins known as tubulins - support the cell, help cells move.
|What are the functions of the cell membrane?
|Regulates what enters and leaves the cell and also provides protection and support.
|The core of nearly all cell membranes is a double-layered sheet called a(n)?
|Lipid Bilayer
|What is the difference in the function of the proteins, and the carbohydrates attached to a cell membrane?
|Proteins form channels and pumps that help to move material across the cell membrane. Carbohydrates allows individual cells to identify one another.
|In what organisms are cell walls found?
|Many organisms such as plants, algae, fungi, and many prokaryotes.
|True or false? The cell wall lies inside the cell membrane.
|What is the main function of the cell wall?
|Provides support and protection for the cell.
|What are plant cell walls mostly made of?
|What is the concentration of a solution?
|Mass of solute in a given volume of solution OR mass/volume
|What is diffusion?
|When particles tend to move from an area where they are more concentrated to an area whee they are less concentrated.
|What is meant when a system has reached equilibrium?
|When the concentration of the solute is the same throughout a system.
|What does it mean that biological membranes are selectively permeable?
|It means other substances can pass across them and others cant.
|What is osmosis?
|Diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane.
|When will water stop moving across a membrane?
|When equilibrium has reached.
|What does it mean when the solution is above strength in solute?
|A solution is hypertonic
|What does it mean when the solutions are teh same strength?
|Two solutions are isotonic.
|What does it mean when the solution is below strength in solute?
|A solution is hypotonic.
|What happens during the process of facilitated diffusion?
|When cell membrane channels are helping diffusion of glucose across membrane.
|What is the role of protein channels in the cell membrane?
|To allow glucose to pass through them.
|True or false? Facilitated diffusion does not require the cell to use energy.
|The energy-requiring proces that moves material across a cell membrane against concentration difference is called?
|Active transport
|True or false? Active transport always requires transport proteins during the process.
|Process of taking material into the cell by means of infoldings, or pockets, of the cell membrane.
|During this, extensions of cytoplasm surround a particle and package it within a food vacuole.
|The membrane of the vacuole surrounding the material fuses with the cell membrane, forcing the contents out of the cell.
|During endocytosis, what happens to the pocket in the cell membrane when it breaks loose from the membrane?
|It breaks loose from the outer portion of the cell membrane and forma a vacuole within the cytoplasm.
|A single celled organism is also called an?
|Unicellular organism.
|What's true about cell specialization?
|Specialized cells perform particular functions within the organism, and the human body contains many different cell types.
|What are four levels of organization in a multicellular organism?
|Individual cells, tissues, organs, then organ systems.
|What is a tissue?
|Group of similar cells that perform a particular function.
|What are the four main types of tissue in most animals?
|Muscle, epithelial, nervous, and connective tissue
|Groups of tissues that work together to perform a specific function are called?
|What kinds of tissues can be found within a muscle in your body?
|The nervous tissues and connective tissues.
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Name: Sudan Liberation Movement/Army - Abdel Wahid (SLM-AW/SLA-AW)
Area of Operation: Darfur
Political Affiliation: Member of the Sudan Revolutionary Forces (SRF).
Report from the Sudan Human Security Baseline Assessment (HSBA) , 6 September 2011:
Sudan Liberation Army-Abdul Wahid (SLA-AW)
The SLA was formed in 2001 by an alliance of Fur and Zaghawa. From the start, the two had markedly different agendas. The Fur leaders of the SLA supported the democratic, decentralized 'New Sudan' advocated by the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and envisaged their rebellion as being essentially anti-government. Most Zaghawa wanted to organize not against the government, but against the Arab militias with whom they were in competition in North Darfur, including over the lucrative camel trade.
By the end of 2002 tensions were running deep. In mid-2004 the Zaghawa attacked the Fur heartland, Jebel Marra. Since then, and especially since the signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) in 2006, the movement has split into a dozen factions, largely along tribal lines. All attempts to reunite it have failed.
Abdul Wahid Mohamed al Nur, the original chairman of the SLA, is a Khartoum- educated law graduate who since the beginning of the insurgency has spent more time outside Darfur than inside. Increasingly contested by his own commanders because of his self-exile from Darfur and erratic, micromanaging style of leadership, Abdul Wahid settled in Paris when the Abuja peace talks that produced the DPA ended in 2006. His refusal to join post-Abuja peace talks in Qatar slowly eroded his French support. His failure to support his commanders in the field and his refusal to meet several high-level Sudanese visitors—including prominent members of his own tribe—damaged his reputation and credibility among many of his early supporters.
Abdul Wahid remained in Paris until the end of 2010, when he moved to Nairobi and began shuttling between there and Kampala. Although his departure from Paris was depicted as a move to engage SLA commanders in consultations to reorganize the movement, it was in reality a move designed to pre-empt the humiliation of expulsion. The French government had decided it would not renew his residency and officials said privately he would not be permitted back into the country if he attempted to return.
Abdul Wahid's poor leadership and long absence from the field encouraged splits and desertions, even among his closest collaborators, and led to factional fighting in and around Jebel Marra early in 2010. He has denied the claims of Fur elders and formerly loyal commanders that he ordered not only the killing of dissidents, but also attacks in July 2010 against a rival faction that supported the Doha peace process in two camps for the displaced in South Darfur—Kalma and Hamidiya.
In February 2011 Abdul Wahid announced seven new appointments to the new Supreme Leadership Council and Revolutionary Leadership Council, the last in a line of appointments to bodies that have never been empowered. The only appointment with any weight in Darfur was that of the Meidop commander Suleiman Marajan, named chairman of the Revolutionary Leadership Council.
In February 2011 a JEM delegation led by Bechara Suliman travelled to Nairobi to attempt to meet Abdul Wahid and urge cooperation. Dissent among SLA-AW senior members is persistent, as is discussion about modifying the leadership and structure of the movement. But dissenters have been unable to rally sufficient support from within the movement; the absence of a viable alternative figure to Abdul Wahid has also hampered the movement's ability to change.
Areas of control/activity
SLA-AW's military presence centres on Jebel Marra, the massif straddling North, West, and South Darfur. His control of Jebel Marra has been weakening, however, since factional fighting erupted within the movement in January 2010. In defeating breakaway commanders, Abdul Wahid loyalists enlisted the support of government- backed Arab militias with which they had already negotiated local non-aggression agreements. (One source claims that Abdul Wahid paid the militia of the Nuwaiba tribe more than USD 1.5 million.) The ability of SLA-AW to mount a military offensive is limited by its isolation in Jebel Marra, its deep divisions, and its lack of leadership and logistical capacity. Its divisions have damaged its ability even to defend Jebel Marra.
The inter-factional fighting was followed by a government offensive against Jebel Marra that continues, with different degrees of intensity, to this day, targeting most recently the forces of SLA-AW's Mohamed Abdel Salam 'Terrada'. In March 2010 an attack on the western side of the mountain was contained only thanks to support from JEM. In October 2010 the offensive shifted to the eastern side of the mountain, targeting Abdul Wahid's longtime headquarters in Suni under the guise of opening roads closed by rebel activity. Fur civilians claimed that air attacks destroyed villages in the area. A government denial of access to rebel-controlled areas made it impossible both to verify the extent of the deaths and displacement in Jebel Marra and to aid the victims of the offensive.
Today, control of the area of eastern Jebel Marra has slipped from Abdul Wahid's hands, but the upper reaches of the Jebel in West Darfur remains with SLA-AW overall military leader, Abdelgadir Abdelrahman Ibrahim 'Gaddura'. SLA-Mother, led by Abu al Gasim Imam al Haj, a DPA signatory, has entered into coordination with SLA-AW.
Although SLA-AW has little armed presence outside Jebel Marra and Abdul Wahid is losing support among the masses of displaced Fur—his key constituency—he is still an iconic figure for many of the displaced in camps in Darfur and Chad.
Sources of financing/support
The SLA was initially supported by the SPLA and Eritrea. Today, however, SLA-AW has little foreign backing outside of Uganda and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement. It solicits contributions from Fur in the diaspora and the displaced camps (through a tireless stream of videos, tapes, and telephone calls from Abdul Wahid in Paris) and obtains ammunition from two main sources—government soldiers and 'janjaweed'—and, more recently, JEM. There are persistent reports that Abdul Wahid, who opened an office in Tel Aviv in 2008, receives a monthly stipend from Israel.
SLA-AW has refused to participate in any peace talks, anywhere, since rejecting the DPA in 2006. However, African Union (AU)/UN mediator Djibril Bassole? managed to build a close relationship with Abdul Wahid. As a result, Abdul Wahid has been far less publicly critical of the Doha peace process's latest outcomes.
In March 2011, after a meeting in Kampala between Abdul Wahid and AU/UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) boss Ibrahim Gambari, UNAMID officials, speaking privately, expressed the hope that Abdul Wahid might 'soon' arrive in Doha. Discussions on Abdul Wahid's joining some form of peace process continue with the Qataris, Bassole?, and Gambari. Abdul Wahid has recently said that he agrees in principle with the framework document issued by the All Darfur Stakeholders' Conference in Doha on 31 May.
Al Jazeera English | South Sudan hosts Darfur rebels - 22 Oct 2007
The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) has hosted talks in Juba, Sudan's southern capital, between rebel Darfur factions hoping to find consensus between the groups.
Al Jazeera English | Heart of Darfur: Rebels' Story - 14 July 2007
Al Jazeera's Mohamed Vall meets the young men fighting against the Sudanese government in Darfur.
Al Jazeera English | Heart of Darfur exclusive rebel leader interview - 13 Aug 2007
Mohamed Vall speaks to Commander Gaddoura, leader of the local Abdul Wahid group, a faction of the Sudan Liberation Army, about his continuing fight against the Sudanese government.
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The term "HTML5" has been widely used to describe both HTML5 and a subset of technologies that compliment the scripting language. Most notably, JavaScript and CSS3 will be used along with HTML5 to create dynamic applications. New HTML5 elements include a video tag for displaying video content, and an audio tag for--you guessed it--playing audio content. These elements are destined to replace the object tag that was previously used to display multimedia content.
HTML is the backbone of the web, and HTML5 will continue that role--and if Microsoft has anything to do with it, it will also play a large role in the development of Windows 8 applications. We'll take a look the HTML5 specification and talk about how developers can ensure that their ASP.NET apps are HTML5 compliant.


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Michael Langford's Dunkin Bend rallied three-wide turning for home before opening up to a length and a quarter score in the Grade 3, $100,000 Sapling Stakes as Miss Behaviour trounced her rivals in the $100,000 Sorority Stakes, drawing away to an impressive 8 ¼ length score before a 15,726 Sunday crowd at Monmouth Park.
Trained by Steve Asmussen, Dunkin Bend covered the six furlongs over a fast main track in 1:11 4/5, and paid $4 and $2.40 as the favorite in the field of four 2-year-old colts. Pacesetter Yes I'm Lucky completed the $7.80 exacta and paid $2.60 to place. Run for Logistics, who had trouble shortly after the start, checked in third with Foileen fourth.
"I saw two horses going to the front so I settled him just off of that," said winning jockey Ricardo Santana Jr. "He relaxed very nice and made a good move around the turn. We were a little wide, but when I asked him he kicked on and held well."
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A daughter of Jump Start from the Successful Appeal mare Successful Romance, the Pennsylvania-bred Miss Behaviour is a perfect two-for-two, having broken her maiden at Parx on July 22. She has earned $87,000 for owners Cal MacWilliam and Neil Teitelbaum.
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The course, Programming for Everybody, taught by Charles Severance (on the Coursera platform and at Dr. Chuck Online), introduces participants to Python programming and provides them with the tools to turn around and teach those concepts themselves — or simply to continue their own training in programming. All of the materials for the course are provided to students under a Creative Commons license via the Open Michigan site, including syllabus, lecture videos, software and the course textbook, Python for Informatics, authored by Severance himself.
"Teaching Programming for Everybody as a MOOC lets me interact with students in high school, college, and adults who want to come back to school and learn technology," Severance said in a prepared statement. "One of my concerns with [open] materials is that potential faculty adopters around the world often think of them as somehow 'not as good.' I want to use the MOOC to give teachers who experience the MOOC a reason to make use of the open materials in their own classes."
The course launched about two weeks ago and has since seen registrations upward of 26,000 students.
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I buy pastured eggs for their rich yellow yolks and firm shells, but if you're anything like me, you might also wonder how much of the package promises are true and how much is exaggeration. I was thrilled to have the opportunity to travel with a small FreshDirect team to visit Westfield Egg Farms, the producers of Nature's Yoke eggs….


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Star Wars fans can breath a collective sigh of relief, Walt Disney Studios has reportedly tapped J.J. Abrams to direct the next "Star Wars" film for the studio. Disney purchased the lucrative franchise from George Lucas for 40 billion dollars in 2012.
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Abrams, the director of "Mission: Impossible III," and the recent "Star Trek" reboot, is considered by many to be this generations Spielberg. Abrams' production company Bad Robot is a Hollywood heavyweight, turning out event movies like "Cloverfield" and "Super 8."
In November, Abrams told Entertainment Weekly that while the original "Star Wars" and its special effects "blew my mind," he, declined an offer to helm the first post-Lucas "Star Wars" film. Why? Abrams already has a relationship with Paramount Studios who he will deliver the upcoming "Star Trek: Into Darkness" for on May 18, 2013. Hollywood insiders say if Abrams has signed a deal with Disney it may significantly complicate his relationship with Paramount.
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The new head of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy has been reportedly meeting with several directors including Zack Synder and Ben Affleck to direct the upcoming "Star Wars" film, already slated for a 2015 release.
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Abrams, also the co-creator of the popular television franchises, "Alias," "Lost," and "Fringe" is a long-time fan of the "Star Wars" franchise, he told Hollywood Life the film "is one of my favorite movies of all time."
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In Mobile Video Ads, Good Things Must Come in Small Packages
Aug 20, 2013 5:00 AM PT
When the expected surge in mobile video advertising arrives, it's not just consumers who will have adjustments to make.
Rather, marketers will also have to make some changes to accommodate the growth in this up-and-coming format.
Short and Sweet
In this new world, the motto will be "short and sweet" -- as in 15 seconds, said Anthony Iacovone, founder and CEO of AdTheorent.
"Ads longer than 15 seconds should be choice-based -- that is, able to be skipped by the consumer," Iacovone told CRM Buyer.
Within this narrow window, can ads get creative, though? Heck, yes, marketers say -- indeed there is ample evidence of that already.
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Creative teams need to "think outside the TV box and take advantage of the interactivity that mobile provides to enhance the consumer experience," Iacovone advises, for example.
Interactive and mobile are already ingrained habits among mobile users thanks to such projects as Coke's interactive "CHOK" campaign in Hong Kong, through which the company ran a television ad in which a bottle cap was "flipped" at the viewer, who would use his or her smartphone to catch the cap. The name for this gesture -- flipping up the phone to catch the cap -- came be called CHOK, and users who caught the right bottle caps would win prizes.
Aimed at teenagers, the ad not only helped to stem a decline in television watching among teens, but it also stepped up their fondness for the Coca-Cola brand.
Simpler campaigns that to hope step up their appeal can think in terms of innovative content that relates to the mobile video ad format, such as Netflix-only content, Craig Palli, chief strategy officer of Fiksu, told CRM Buyer.
"As content options grow, I think advertisers will have increasingly interesting ways to develop smart, engaging ad content," Palli said. "I would not be surprised to see leaders like Facebook who have defined new ad formats to play an increasing role in helping define content to ensure personalized, engaging consumer options."
An Enjoyable Experience
Consider too what the consumer wants from these ads, especially if he or she is a fan of the brand, Adam Lasky, global social media coordinator at Spreadshirt, told CRM Buyer.
People are looking for connection, story and visuals from ads. Sometimes they don't want to buy a product but still enjoy watching a behind-the-scenes video, getting in tune with new designing techniques through the ad or seeing funny commentary.
In short, the video ad must, above all else, be entertaining and not necessarily geared to making a sale.
"This is an interesting time for us from a brand perspective, since we are moving more towards telling stories through our products and designs," Lasky said.
The challenge will be keeping these videos short, especially as mobile video becomes more ubiquitous and platforms such as Facebook open up new vistas for marketers.
Finding What Works
Video is destined to play a bigger and bigger role in both online and mobile advertising, which means creating a rich, immersive experience that tells a story, Edward Boches, professor of advertising at Boston University, told CRM Buyer.
Squeezing all of that into a 15-second format will be difficult for marketers tempted to let loose their creative impulse.
"Right now the best online video is longer format; executions such as 'Dumb Ways to Die' or Evian's 'Baby and Me' are sought out for viewing and sharing despite being ads," Boches explained. "We'll probably see a lot of :30s cut to :15s or perhaps Vine-like quick content."
Who knows: It's possible that consumers and marketers will decide that these longer versions are more desirable -- especially if broadband pricing somehow accommodates the format.
"What always happens when a new medium comes along, social or mobile, is that the industry ports its old ways of doing things and creating content to a new medium and screen," Boches concluded. "Then eventually it figures out what actually works. Often it's not the old model."


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Microsoft gives Ballmer a reason to dance againMay 30, 2013: 12:34 PM ET
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Paul R. La Monica. Other than Time Warner, the parent of CNNMoney, Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie, La Monica does not own positions in any individual stocks.
Windows 8 and the Surface tablet haven't exactly set the world on fire. Microsoft's new Xbox One game console hasn't gotten fantastic reviews either. And a lot more people Google themselves than Bing it.
But don't tell that to Wall Street. Shares of Microsoft (MSFT) are up more than 30% this year and are trading at their highest price since late 2007. It's enough to make CEO Steve Ballmer start dancing like a maniac again.
Why is Microsoft a hot stock all of a sudden? Amazingly enough, investors appreciate the fact that it's a somewhat boring and predictable company. It's mature. The company is the San Antonio Spurs of tech.(Does that make Ballmer Tim Duncan or Gregg Popovich?)
And there's nothing wrong with that. Being steady and dependable has worked wonders for IBM (IBM) for decades.
Microsoft's sales are expected to increase 8% in its next fiscal year, which ends in June 2014. And profits are forecast to rise nearly 11%. That's not phenomenal growth but it is definitely respectable, especially for a firm that is nearing its 40th anniversary and whose main business -- selling software for personal computers -- is in decline.
Related: Hedge fund takes $2 billion stake in Microsoft
Then there's the dividend. Even though long-term bond rates are starting to climb (bond bubble bursting at last, anyone?), Microsoft is still a great stock for income-hungry investors with a dividend that yields 2.7%.
Microsoft, to its credit, also has heard some of the criticism of Windows 8 and is responding pretty quickly to the complaints. It doesn't seem like Windows 8 is destined to be another Vista-like disaster.
Microsoft unveiled some changes to Windows 8 Thursday. Corporate VP Antoine Leblond wrote in a blog post that Windows 8.1 will feature more personalization tools, redesigned and improved apps and better navigation options, including the return of the iconic Start button that many Windows users sorely missed.
Related: Can Kinect finally deliver for gamers?
Still, Microsoft's turnaround in the eyes of investors is stunning. Less than four months ago, I wrote a column about how Microsoft was lagging the market.
I referred Microsoft to as an "air ball" of a tech stock and the Seattle Not-So SuperSonics. Both hoops references were due to the fact that Ballmer was part of a group trying to buy the NBA's Sacramento Kings and move them to the Emerald City. The NBA wound up blocking the deal. Ironically, the Kings were sold to another group led by the founder of another software company, Tibco (TIBX), that plans to keep the Kings in Sacramento.
And only seven months ago, I wrote a column about how some Microsoft shareholders were openly wondering if it was time for Ballmer to get the boot.
Gary Bradshaw, a portfolio manager with Hodges Capital Management in Dallas who owns the stock, was one of the investors I spoke to in October about Ballmer. Back then, he said the company was "stuck in the mud."
I caught up with Bradshaw today and he said the biggest thing that has changed in the past few months is that investors finally appreciate the dividend. He said Microsoft is benefiting from the fact that investors are flocking to "safer" stocks in general. He noted that Microsoft is now viewed like a classic blue chip along the lines of General Electric (GE), Procter & Gamble (PG) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).
Related: At long last, Microsoft has an Apple-beating vision
Bradshaw added that investors also think that Microsoft is finally taking mobile seriously. Even though it may not be a legitimate threat to Apple (AAPL) or Google (GOOG) just yet in the world of tablets and smartphones, investors are more confident about Microsoft's potential with these devices. Microsoft has a partnership with Nokia (NOK) for smartphones running on the Windows Phone operating system.
It doesn't hurt either that the stock continues to trade at a relatively low valuation of just 11 times fiscal 2014 earnings estimates.
So Microsoft may never be the most innovative company in technology. But investors probably won't mind as long as the company remains cheap and keeps spitting out that steady dividend.
With $74.5 billion of cash on hand, that shouldn't be a problem.


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Robert J. Samuelson: Tax cut math (again)
Let's review again the math of Mitt Romney's proposed tax cuts to show why – contrary to the rhetoric from President Obama's campaign – they do not amount to a $5 trillion tax cut for the rich. We all understand that campaigns involve self-serving exaggerations, simplifications and partial truths. But if politics is to retain any integrity, a line must be drawn at statements and innuendoes that are demonstrably false.
That's happened here. The Obama campaign has distorted the results of a study by the Tax Policy Center, a nonpartisan research group, and created a fictitious $5 trillion tax cut. Some news organizations have embraced the distortion. The TPC should issue a statement saying its results have been twisted, leaving no doubt. News organizations that bought into the fabrication should retract their previous reporting. Topping the list is NBC News, which is in the awkward position of having one its broadcasts inserted in an Obama TV spot.
Let me emphasize that my criticism of Obama's campaign is not an endorsement of Romney's tax plan, many of whose features I oppose. Among other items, I dislike his proposals (a) to continue taxing "capital income" (dividends and capital gains) at lower rates than labor income; (b) to abolish taxes on capital income for taxpayers with incomes less than $200,000; (c) to eliminate the estate tax. Ditching these proposals might make it possible to achieve a simpler income tax system with a top rate of 30 percent.
The Tax Policy Center report concluded that Romney can't cut tax rates 20 percent while raising the same amount of tax revenue and not increasing taxes on the middle class. Something would have to give, the TPC said, because Romney has put too many loopholes for the rich off-limits. But even if the TPC is broadly correct – as I think it is – it does not follow that Romney plans a $5 trillion tax cut for the rich.
The $5 trillion figure never appears in the report. Rather, the report estimates the cost of Romney's plan for 2015. Altogether in 2015, his proposed rate cuts would reduce tax revenues by $456 billion, the TPC reckons. Multiplying that by 10, and assuming some inflation and economic growth, gives a roughly $5 trillion estimate for a decade.
Here's why this isn't a $5 trillion cut for the rich. Start with the $456 billion in 2015. Only $360 billion of that reflects reductions in individual tax rates. The rest involves the corporate tax and isn't analyzed by the TPC. The study assumes – perhaps implausibly – that any lost revenues from lower corporate rates would be offset by fewer corporate tax breaks. Over a decade, that's slightly more than $1 trillion of the $5 trillion off the table.
It's true that most individual rate reductions would go to wealthier taxpayers, because the wealthy pay most federal taxes. (In 2012, the 4 percent of taxpayers with incomes exceeding $200,000 paid nearly 45 percent of federal taxes, the TPC says.) Still, Romney's proposed rate cuts also benefit those with incomes of $200,000 or less; that's one dividing line between upper-middle class and wealthy. The TPC estimates that these rate cuts are worth $109 billion for 2015. Over a decade, that's slightly more than another $1 trillion not going to the rich.
The remaining rate cuts for the wealthy equal about 60 percent of the $5 trillion over a decade, or $3 trillion. Romney contends that closing existing tax breaks would recoup lost revenues. Not so, says the TPC. There aren't enough. Still, the TPC estimates that two-thirds of the lost revenues might be offset by fewer tax breaks. If so, this eliminates another $2 trillion over a decade available for tax cuts for the rich.
The remaining $1 trillion is still a lot of money, and Romney can be harshly criticized for making more promises than he can keep. Which ones would he break? In the first debate, he was emphatic. He wouldn't propose any tax cut that increased the deficit or the middle class's tax burden. One way to keep these pledges is to pare back rate cuts for the rich or attack some tax preferences put off-limits by Romney. Then, the net tax cut for the rich would be zero.
The TPC never claimed to find a $5 trillion giveaway to the rich. News organizations peddling this line have unwittingly enlisted in the Obama campaign.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Free agent center Chris Kaman has agreed to a two-year deal with the Portland Trail Blazers.
A person with knowledge of the negotiations confirmed the agreement, which cannot be formally announced until new contracts are finalized next Thursday. The deal, worth a reported $9.8 million, was first reported Thursday night by Yahoo! Sports.
Kaman confirmed the deal with a post on his official Twitter account.
"Portland is a great fit for me, it's a team that has done great things and has a lot of talent! Can't wait to get started in #RipCity," he posted.
The burley 7-foot center has averaged 11.7 points, 7.9 rebounds and 1.4 blocks over an 11-year NBA career. He is expected to back up Robin Lopez with the Blazers.
He spent last season with the Los Angeles Lakers, averaging 10.4 points and 5.9 rebounds, but was limited to a career-low 18.7 minutes in 39 games. He struggled late in the season with injuries.
Kaman was the sixth overall pick in the 2003 draft by the Los Angeles Clippers. The Michigan native, who played at Central Michigan, was an All-Star with the Clippers in 2010, averaging a career-high 18.5 points and 9.3 rebounds, before he was traded to New Orleans the next season.
He played for the Dallas Mavericks in 2012-13 before signing a one-year deal with the Lakers. The Blazers will be his fifth team.
Portland went 54-28 last season, advancing to the Western Conference semifinals before losing to eventual NBA champion San Antonio.


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As a designer, I love objects but ironically, I have very few.
Even before I became a designer, I already loved objects. All throughout my childhood I have been collecting model cars, planes, figurines… I've always been interested by their shape and their function. I wanted to know how it was made or what was inside and ultimately ended up unmaking all the components. The problem was often that once I understood what I wanted to know, I would lose interest for that object until I found a new one. Today I know how things are made. My design education as well as my passion push me to understand all the making processes. It's still a game like when I was a kid. The only difference is that now I can distinct a good product from a bad product and make the right purchase.
I moved to London three and half years ago. Because of the nature of my work I travel a lot, also London is a city where it takes time to set up so I moved a lot. Being constantly on the move forces you to minimize your possessions. I love to travel light and fast with just what I need.
My passion for good products plus my constant movement merged to shape my everyday life. Some people call me a minimalist, but I prefer the word essentialist. I do not try to live with as little as possible just for the sake of it, instead I try to buy and use only what I need. Living a minimalist life could lead to privation and compromise, that's why I prefer the term essentialist. Because essential comes from essence which is the substance, the basic. The basic to live your everyday life but also the basic to make you happy. If you love reading, if it is essential to you, you should not sacrifice your passion for the sake of not having books.
It is in human nature to always want more. However rich we are, we will be satisfied but for a short period of time only. Like when I was kid, once we've appreciated a new product, we lose interest and need a new toy. Not because we want to but because we can and get told so.
The world is loaded with products, we have all but we always want more. We want more because we see more. We are constantly targeted by new, new car, new phone, new TV… But do we really need it?
I try to incorporate essentialism principles not only to my everyday life but also to the creation process. Design should be out of time and essential. But, as in your everyday life, if a product is too minimal, it's going to look cold and spiritless. That's the job of the designer, to find that right balance between form and function, and give that little something to the product.
Reducing possessions and more intelligent purchase are essential to control our consumption and be more sustainable.
To do so I set up a couple of rules, when I see an interesting product I always ask myself:
- Do I really need it?
- Am I going to use it more than once?
- Is it going to last long?
- If you buy this item then you need to get rid of something you haven't used in the last year.
So next time you go to the shop and feel tempted by that crazy jumper or that super phone, ask yourself these questions.
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John Corbett has been cast as the lead of the NCIS: LA spin-off pilot, TVGuide.com has learned.
This second spin-off in the franchise will follow a team of mobile agents as they solve crimes across the country. The potential series will be introduced as a backdoor pilot on an episode of NCIS: LA titled "Red" later this season.
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Corbett will play Roy Quaid, a former NCIS Special Agent who was forced to retire from active service and now works as an analyst. Although he's no longer an active agent, Quaid is the most experienced investigator on his Red Team.
Corbett, who played fan favorite Aidan on Sex and the City, recurs on NBC's Parenthood.


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Derby manager Nigel Clough says his club have not received an offer from Liverpool for teenage midfielder Will Hughes.
It has been reported this week that the Reds are close to signing the 18-year-old, speculating that bids of £6million and £10million have been lodged for the England Under-21 international.
Hughes certainly caught the eye last season as he established himself in the Derby first team, with Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and even Barcelona sending scouts to Pride Park to watch the Rams academy product.
But Clough insists no offer has been made by Liverpool, or any club, for Hughes and he expects the talented youngster to still be his player when the transfer window closes on September 2.
''There's obviously speculation about Will Hughes flying around but we have had no bids or contact from anyone. Nothing has changed,'' former Liverpool striker Clough told reporters ahead of Derby's Sky Bet Championship trip to Yeovil on Saturday.
''I cannot predict what is going to happen but I do not see it changing. I think it will be pretty much as we are when the window closes, unless there is somebody sitting there with an awful lot of money burning a hole in their pocket.
''If somebody comes in through the front door and makes an official enquiry or bid, we will have to react to it. But we are not in a situation where we have to do anything, which is lovely.''
When asked about the £6million figure reported on Wednesday, Clough laughed and then said: ''Nobody knows what we want or what the fee is going to be because we have not got a specific valuation in mind.
''Would it be more than £6million? Yes, I think it is fair to say that. We just think it is going to be a very, very substantial figure to tempt him away.''
Hughes has long been regarded as one of the brightest emerging talents in English football. He made his Championship debut for Derby at the age of 16 and made 38 appearances last season, including 36 starts. He would have played more games but for a groin injury that kept him out for two months.
The teenager has started the Rams' three league matches this season and played for England Under-21s against Scotland last week and impressed once again.


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Back in April I had the chance to attend The Great Cloth Diaper Change in Toronto, helping to create a Guinness World Record of the most cloth diapers ever changed simultaneously.
While at the event I saw another mom wearing her baby in a carrier that looked like the one I was interested in buying myself; we struck up a conversation and in the end I realized I was talking to Katie of Little Miss Kate Designs.
Loving any chance I can get to support a work at home mom, I mentioned that if she'd ever like me to do a review or giveaway of her handmade products I would be happy to do so.
So a few weeks ago she sent me one of her Reversible Drool-Proof bibs – an awesome score for this mama of a very drooly, teething baby!
From the moment I opened the package, it was love at first sight (and yes, I do get that excited over bibs 😉 ).
Here's the thing – I've tried many different styles and sizes of bibs, and rarely liked any of them beyond the occasional cuteness.
If they're not labeled as waterproof, they mainly seem to be useless as the drool just soaks right through; if they are waterproof, they're plasticky or vinyl-ey and all around uncomfortable. I've also found those waterproof bibs tend to degrade fairly quickly after not many washings.
And the velcro – so not helpful beyond the newborn stage! Out of the many bibs I own almost all use a velcro closure – the only one I've ever had with a snap was my favorite and I used it as often as possible until she grew out of it. Not only can she pull velcro off way too easily, but the more you wash it the more it collects little pieces and fuzzies and essentially loses its stickiness, so if she's not pulling it off it's falling off on its own.
Thus, I've come to believe all bibs should be made with snaps.
That's not really the point of this review, but Little Miss Kate certainly does fulfill that requirement! Bean made several attempts to pull it off (not because it was bothering her, but because it was something she could pull on) and she couldn't do it.
Not only that – but the bib is gorgeously soft – and waterproof! It's made out of 100% pre-washed cotton flannel and the waterproof layer is hidden, so no icky vinyl-ey, stiff feeling bib – something I honestly feel is quite important when teething or spit-uppy babies often wear bibs for most of their waking hours! Bean has managed to soak this bib in drool more than once, and her clothes still stay dry.
As far as cuteness goes, well, that goes without saying, right? These are adorable and reversible – so you get two patterns in one. If you're like me (and I'm kind of a dork this way) you like to match baby's bib to baby's outfit when you can – somebody in this family has to be fashionable, right? With these bibs it's doubly possible to do that. 🙂
The bib is quite large – it essentially covers the entire front area of my 9 month old, handy for just about anything a baby could decide to splash on it. I'm guessing it wouldn't be the best for a newborn, but it won't take long to grow into and it will last a long while.
After washing and drying it was slightly on the fuzzier side than it had been, which I gather is normal with felt the first couple times you wash flannel. It certainly wasn't something that bothered me.
All in all, I highly recommend this handmade reversible drool-proof bib from Little Miss Kate Designs.
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Q&A: Audi of America CMO Scott Keogh Talks with Media Post about Market, New A3, Competition, Etc.
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Media Post recently had an interesting conversation with Audi of America chief marketing officer Scott Keogh and has published that conversation online. Keogh, a planned guest at this month's Truth in 24 II Screening as Part of the Carlisle Import Auto Show in PA, is not only Audi's head of marketing. He also oversees product planning for North America. This always makes Scott a very interesting person to talk to about the state of Audi's North American business.
The conversation covers a number of interesting topics, from the state of the business and shortage of high demand product to launch details about the new A3 sedan. Keogh also summarizes his thoughts on the competition with a humorous line on which the piece closes so make sure not to miss it.
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Opinion: L.A. Charter Schools Earn Straight-As
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools president Nina Rees on a new study that shows charter school students outperform their peers. Photo credit: Getty Images.
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The Road So Far
This post contains mild spoilers of the level of short episode descriptions/titles, as well as wild speculation.
The countdown has begun. Starting next week, we have four episodes remaining. I can't believe we're this far along already, that the season is almost over. It feels like it just started.
I had a need to kind of coalesce the season, condense it into its essence. I intended to rewatch the whole season again before I wrote this, but of course it's not summer so I didn't have time. So instead of doing a one-line recap of each episode, I'll explore the season's main parts.
In many ways, this has been Dean's season. When the show was conceived, Sam was the focus, the hero, but immediately the brothers became intertwined and inseparable (in a metaphysical rather than physical sense). When a guy gets dragged from hell by an angel, though, he tends to become the center of attention.
Poor Dean has really struggled this year, and he still can't catch a break. Being selected by the angels seemed to indicate he was special, but Dean just felt like a tool for dicks...until he found out he was the first seal and therefore is destined to be the one to stop Lucifer from rising. Just a little pressure there.
In the meantime, he's struggled with finding out that his mother was not only a hunter, but the reason Sam got marked, she got killed, and they wound up on the path they did. Sam's marking has led to his use of this suspicious demon power. Dean still doesn't know the extent of Sam's secrets, and it's tearing him apart. If he can't save his brother, how can he save the world?
Sam may not have the heavy storyline this year, but it's not like it's light, either. With Dean gone, he turned to what he knew and what he had in order to keep hunting and to try to track and kill Lilith to punish her for taking his brother. He hasn't adjusted all that well to being in charge and then having that taken from him. He also sees himself as his brother's protector--maybe he truly believes Dean was damaged in hell and left something behind, but I think he's trying to justify his need to run things now, or at least to not be run by Dean, as well as trying to do for Dean what Dean has done for him for so long.
Certainly, once we got past all the hints of what he's chosen to do and found out what he was really doing (i.e., drinking demon blood to turbo-boost his demon-fed powers to better defeat his enemy), his storyline expanded.
The Angels
The whole angel thing delights me to no end, because it fits my own logic. If there is a God, he made humanity in his image, and we're inquisitive children. God also made angels, and angels are rebellious teenagers (ref. fall of Lucifer). So that makes God a parent, and any of us who have or are parents know that we're not infallible. So God's not infallible.
So why wouldn't angels make mistakes, too? They can crave something they can't have and make bad decisions and question themselves and their father. Faith doesn't have to be about God. In fact, it usually isn't, or if it is, God's mostly a filter. Faith and belief are about ourselves and each other, and in that context, the angels in Supernatural aren't that different from humans except for the PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWERS (but no iiiiitty bitty living space).
Essentially, the humans and the angels are fighting the same internal battles as well as the same external one, with often oppositional methods.
The Big Plan
Seasons 1 and 2 had the same Big Bad: the Yellow-Eyed Demon, later known to be Azazel. Season 3's Big Bad wasn't known for much of the (truncated) season, but when Lilith appeared, she was truly scary. So it's been interesting that she remains TBB in season 4 without showing up for 18 weeks. Of course, Alistair was a pretty good fill-in, if only for his effect on Dean.
It's still a bit fuzzy whether Azazel/YED and Lilith were after the same thing, if he worked for her, or if she just took over the plan once he was gone. Said plan is to break 66 of the 600 or so seals that exist to keep Lucifer imprisoned, which, once broken, will allow him to roam free and bring hell to earth.
The first seal was for a righteous man to spill blood in hell. Alistair explained that John was to be the righteous man, but he held strong. That's got to be devastating to Dean, but John had at least one thing, maybe two, that Dean didn't have. One is his sons. A father who would go to hell to save his son's life has a sphere of love that will give him strength. The other is experience and knowledge. I think he probably knew the scripture or lore that described the breaking of the first seal, and knew if he gave in, he was condemning his sons to the same fate he suffered. That's powerful motivation, even for 100 years.
The Future
We've got three parties that seem to know the future. The Prophet Chuck, who saw something really bad but is being prevented from telling Dean and Sam what it was. I'm latching on to the nuances in Chuck's writing of his visions. His interpretations of events aren't always what happens.
Zachariah, a powerful angel, seems to know what Chuck saw, so he has some prescience, too. How firm the future is, how unchangeable, is one of the big questions of the season, stemming from Dean's trip back to his parents' younger days. My interpretation of Zachariah's hold on Chuck is that it is fluid, and he believes the boys expectations will affect outcomes in a negative way, so he doesn't want them to expect what's coming.
And finally, high level demons like Lilith apparently can see or sense the future, too, because she claims to know she won't survive the war. Not news to Sam, who is of course bound and determined to take her out, even if he goes with her. But how much does she see? Can she only see what pertains to her? Again, fluidity seems to be a factor, because she offered to stop her quest, which would mean the war would cease and she wouldn't die, presumably.
Is it me, or is there an awful lot to happen and be answered in just four episodes? Next week we meet the third Winchester brother (and apparently never see him again, so that's why I think he's the "person close to the Winchesters" who is going to die). Then we learn about the man Castiel is possessing. Neither of those premises seems to lend itself too well to progressing the main storyarc, but then, I didn't think the meta episode would when I first heard about it, or the Prius-driving, latte-sipping Dean episode, either, and both did a great job of doing so.
The final two episodes are just starting to be talked about, and I haven't been seeking info. But they're called "When the Levee Breaks" and "Lucifer Rising," which inspires all kinds of fear. And questions:
1. Is Lucifer going to make it to earth?
2. If he does, will season 5 be about putting him back?
3. If he doesn't, what will happen in season 5? (Killer robots, supposedly.)
4. Are Sam and Dean going to take the final step that makes them mortal enemies?
5. If so, will season 5 be about them being apart?
6. If so, is Kripke insane, or just ensuring we'll hate the show by the end of season 5 so no one will try to tempt him to come back for a season 6?
Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on your personal viewpoint, we'll know many of these answers in five short weeks.
Your turn. What details did I leave out that are particularly important? Where do you think we're going? Are you excited, sad, apprehensive, or all of the above? Sound off in the comments! First-time commenters especially encouraged!


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