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A favorite saying in Druya was; When a rooster crows in Druya, all four provinces hear it.
Druya had two railway lines, a small local line running from Dukst and the second one, which was a major line, was completed in the year 1935. It went through Varpaieve, Vilna, and Warsaw. About 4,000 souls resided in Druya in the year 1939. About 2,500 inhabitants were Jews and 1,500 inhabitants were Christians. There were eight synagogues. The Great Synagogue with its about 250 years of history, was famous throw the region since it had the largest and most beautiful ark in the entire Vilna district. The ark was topped with a Russian-Romanov style eagle which stood on top of the heads of two lions. The Synagogue had been built by Duke Sapehi as a gift to the Jewish population. At that time, he had also built a Catholic church. The second synagogue, which was called the Great Beth Midrash, stood opposite the Great Synagogue. There was a house of study on its premises, where there once had stood a yeshiva. In later years, the scholars and Mithnagdim used to pray there. The third synagogue was called the Hassidic Minyan. Those worshippers had their own Rabbi and they conducted themselves as Hassidim of Shneur-Zalman's sect, the (Lubavitsh) Chabad. The remaining synagogues were the Kapustzer Minyan (Hassidic), Kalman's Minyan (Mithnagdim), Ishe-Meir's Minyan (Mithnagdim), Zalman's Minyan, and on the other side of the small Zadruike river, a very small synagogue. Besides Heders, there was also a Talmud Torah for the poor children.
Among the well-known Jews in the shtetl was David the Cantor. He and his son were both accomplished musicians. Shmuel Moldin was famous as a prayer leader, while Getzl, the sexton, was well-known as a sermon giver. He would lead study groups in the Beth HaMidrash. He also had the first Jewish library in the shtetl and for a small fee he would lend his books out. The prayer leader in the Great Synagogue was Itze-Leib, the ritual Slaughterer.
The following organizations existed in Druya:
Author, folklorist and Zionist public official. Alter was born in Druya in 1870 and studied in the Volozhin Yeshiva. Later he moved to Odessa and was the secretary of HaChultz. Member of the center of the Russian Zionists. Editor of "HaOlam"(1909-1912),"Reshumot" and "Miyamim Rishonim". Published "'Ktavim Letoldot Chibat Zion Veyeshuv Eretz Yisrael", "The Book Of Tel Aviv" (1935), "Pinsker and his times", He also worked for different Hebrew periodicals. His Yiddish works appeared in Peretz's Yom-Tov Bletter (Holiday Pages), in Yid and in Friend. His two volumes on Jewish folklore were published in Hebrew and printed in Odessa and in Jerusalem in 1922. He also published a large collection of Jewish jokes (more then 1,400) in 1922. Three-volume anthology of Jewish humor, Sefer HaBdikha ve-HaKhidud [Book of Jokes and Wit]
He also edited the chapters of Modern Hebrew literature, folklore and geography of Eretz Israel in the Hebrew and German Encyclopedia "Eshkol". He died in Tel Aviv and his grave can be found near Bialik's grave, since they were intimate friends. A collection of his assays "Ktavim Nivcharim" was published in two volumes in Tel Aviv.
In 1905 was a member of the editorial committee of Hazman. Was the publisher of Hachaver a newspaper for the youth. He was very dedicated to the Hebrew language. During the First World War he settled in Moscow and translated some classical French and English literature to Hebrew. (Oscar Wild, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Viktor Hugo)
In Moscow he experienced some great tragedies, the Bolsheviks murdered His son and his son in law died at a young age. He returned to Riga were he died in 1920 of a heart attack. Books written by him;
'The writing of Y. B. Toviev- research topics of literature and language (Berlin, 1923)
Ozar hameshalim vehapitgamim (Odessa) The Hebrew origin in the jargon Jewish Names
two plays; Bimkom Drasha (Warsaw) and Hashorer Bebeito (Pietrekov)
The beloved Chaim Buzak wrote the school administration letter after letter, demanding that teachers would be rehired. Each word held a pained cry of Have pity and save the school! as if a mother, who is saving her only son, uttered the words. There were still no teachers. Weeks flew by and dispatches were sent out. Heartrending letters continued to be issued. Chaim Buzak threw aside his own matters. He traveled to Vilna's Central School Board, and demanded, I can't and won't go home without teachers! The school reopened. All was fine, but the rent still needed to be paid. The financial situation of the school was desperate. What could be done to improve it?
The members of the school administration and close friends of the school came together and raised a limited sum of money. During those years a livelihood in Druya became grievous and with much obstacles, so they managed this feat only with great toil and headaches. However, with the school in danger, would there have been any excuse not to give? They gave! But why did they give? It was not just to fulfill an obligation or to get notoriety. The newspapers didn't publish names and they didn't dream of recognition by the powers that be. They gave because of their love to the children!
This was the way that a small group of stubborn teachers and supporters worked, day in and day out. It is easy to mention twenty years of the past, but for these twenty years, there were all sorts of obstructions and complications. There was a constant effort made to survive the events, to struggle with problems as they come and not to break . . . not everyone could do this! Our school was honored by these sacrifices. Let us all therefore stretch out a hand, put our shoulders to the wheel, and help support the school in its difficult struggle to exist. Let us become partners to this sacred work of the Druya school officials!
Leib Entin relates the story of the Russian arrival, September of 1939:
The Russians came to Druya during the month of September of the year 1939. The Jews, as well as the Christians, greeted the Russians with joy, since they were fearful that the Germans would take control of the area. However, soon they were displeased with the system. The Soviets first ordered that stores would stay open and that merchandise could only be sold for the Polish zlotys. Afterwards, it was announced that only a hundred zlotys per person would be exchanged for one hundred Russian rubles. The remaining zlotys which people had plenty of, completely lost their value. Private enterprises died immediately. Later, the government ordered that co-ops and workmen's associations be set up. Everything belonged to the state. Some merchants were hired as managers and others as common laborers. Skilled craftsmen such as tailors, shoemakers, and carpenters were organized into cooperative workshops. The regime was made up of members of the local population. The former police chief was a Jew and his entire family was sent to Siberia as a punishment. Because of this sentence, the family survived and they now live in Israel. The Great Synagogue was turned into a flour warehouse and the Jewish Folkshule became a Russian school.In June of 1941 Germany attacked Russia. As the Germans arrived they established two ghettos in Druya. One was actually in the shtetl and it began at Leib Pukin's house at the bank of the Droike River. The second ghetto was beyond the cemetery. Unfortunately, we weren't able to gather more details here in Argentina, since very few escaped and survived the slaughter. All the rest were shot and all the Druya Jews were buried in one common grave. The slaughter took place on the second day of Tammuz 5702 (July 17, 1942). For more details read the Druya Yizkor book which was published in Israel.
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Smoking really does make you look older, a study of twins published Tuesday in the journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery found.
Researchers went to the Twins Day festival in Twinsburg, Ohio, which bills itself as the world's largest annual gathering of twins, and studied 79 sets of identical twins, at least one of whom had been smoking for at least five years longer than the other twin.
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The result?
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Even for pairs where both twins were smokers, the study found that the twin who had been smoking longer had noticeable signs of aging that the identical sibling did not have.
The reason?
Smoking limits the amount of oxygen that reaches the skin, the study's lead author, Dr. Bahman Guyuron, told Today.
"It is noteworthy that even among sets of twins where both are smokers, a difference in five years or more of smoking duration can cause visibly identifiable changes in facial aging," Dr. Guyuron wrote in the paper.


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Alabama Unified Certification Program (ALUCP)
The Alabama Unified Certification Program (ALUCP) is a certification process mandated by 49 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) paragraph 26.81(g). The preceding citation authorizes the Federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Programs' combined DBE Directory within the state of Alabama. The ALUCP's purpose is to ensure that a business' DBE certification is accepted at member agencies that receive United States Department of Transportation funds and have authorized Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Programs.
ALUCP certification allows a business the following enhancements to its contract opportunities:
- Listing in a centralized DBE directory viewable on the internet
- Receiving a Federal DBE Program certificate
- Bidding as a DBE at all participating state agencies for all DOT transportation modes which includes aviation, highways, port authority, and public transportation
ALUCP Members
- The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT)
- The Birmingham Airport Authority
- The Huntsville International Airport
- The Alabama State Port Authority
- The Wave Transit System
ALUCP Directory
The ALUCP is charged with the responsibility of certifying firms for the purpose of maintaining a database of certified DBEs for the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) grantees in the state of Alabama. This website provides a directory of DBE and Airport Concessionaire Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) companies that are certified to conduct business in the state of Alabama. Companies may be searched for by Federal NAICS Code(s), or the type of work that they perform.
ALUCP DBE Certification Process
It is no longer necessary to apply for DBE certification at more than one of the member agencies. If you desire to be certified as a DBE in Alabama all of the following member agencies process DBE applications; however, some applications should be submitted to particular agencies.
If your firm performs or intend to perform work in highway, street, or bridge planning, design, major construction or maintenance related goods and services please send your application to ALDOT regardless of your location in Alabama.
If your firm performs or intend to perform work primarily as an Airport Concessionaire Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) related goods and services and minor construction, please forward your application and supporting documentation to the Birmingham Airport Authority (BAA) or Huntsville Madison County Airport Authority(HMCAA).
If your firm performs or intend to perform work primarily in consultant, transit, or minor construction related goods and services, submit your DBE application to the agency identified in the paragraph below which is closest to you.
- DBE/ACDBE Uniform Certification Application
- DBE/ACDBE Personal Net Worth Statement
- DBE Application Tripwires
Alabama Department of Transportation
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program
1409 Coliseum Blvd, Suite G-101
Montgomery, AL 36110
Alabama State Port Authority
Environmental & Program Management
PO Box 1588
Mobile, AL 36633
251-441-9395 fax
Birmingham Airport Authority
5900 Airport Highway
Birmingham, AL 35212
205-599-0538 fax
Wave Transit System
110 Beauregard Street
Suite 104
Mobile, AL 36602
251-344-6600 Ext. 225
Huntsville Madison County Airport Authority
1000 Glenn Hearn Blvd.
Box 20008
Huntsville, AL 35824
256-258-1873 fax
Once your application and supporting documentation has been submitted a ALUCP member will then contact you to schedule an on-site interview. The interview will be conducted with yourself as the firm's owner(s) at your business. However, on-site interviews can be conducted at project sites on which your firm is presently working. Firms located outside of Alabama must first obtain DBE certification in their home-state. If your firm is certified in its home-state and applying for DBE certification in Alabama your on- site interview will be requested from your home-state.
Maintaining ALUCP Certification
Upon receiving DBE certification it is imperative that you send in all of the following documentation to the ALUCP agency which certified your firm to maintain certification on an annual basis.
- Personal Financial Statement with Instructions
- No Change Affidavit (signed & notarized)
- Previous year corporate taxes
- Business License(s) and permits (if applicable)
- Liability Insurance (if applicable)
For additional information regarding the ALUCP DBE Program please contact any ALUCP member listed above.
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Alabama Department of Transportation
The Alabama Department of Transportation, one of Alabama's largest state agencies, is responsible for 11,000 miles of roadway and over 5,700 bridges that make up Alabama's state, U.S. and interstate highway system. ALDOT employs over 4,700 workers in division and district offices positioned across Alabama and administrative offices in Montgomery.
ALDOT's mission is to provide a safe, efficient, environmentally-sound transportation system for all users, especially the taxpayers of Alabama. ALDOT also facilitates economic and social development and prosperity through the efficient movement of people and goods, and by facilitating intermodal connections within Alabama.
Learn more at www.dot.state.al.us.
Birmingham Airport Authority
The Birmingham Airport Authority (BAA) was established in June of 1986. Led by an eight-member board and overseen by President/CEO, Al Denson, BAA is responsible for the administration, operation, growth and development of Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, Alabama's largest airport serving the Greater Birmingham area and surrounding Southeastern cities. Offering more than 130 daily flights to over 56 cities throughout the United States, Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM) presently ranks in the country's top 75 airports in terms of passengers served annually.
Learn more about BAA at www.flybirmingham.com.
Port of Huntsville
The Port of Huntsville is an inland port facility that is comprised of three operating entities – Huntsville International Airport, International Intermodal Center, and Jetplex Industrial Park which provides a multi-modal transportation system to a diverse customer base and stimulates the economic development and growth of the Tennessee Valley Region. Huntsville International Airport serves an 18-county region, which encompasses 12 counties in North Alabama and six counties in south central Tennessee. Passenger service is provided by six commercial airlines with more than 80 passenger flights per day to 11 non-stop destinations. Over 1.2 million customers are served annually. The International Intermodal Center provides a single hub location that delivers world-class, multi-modal services and facilities. Nationwide rail service is provided by Norfolk Southern. Huntsville is the only airport in the state of Alabama to have scheduled international flights. Panalpina provides weekly scheduled flights between Huntsville and Europe, Mexico, Asia and South America. The Jetplex Industrial Park sits on approximately 4,000 acres and is home to nearly 30 major corporations, including Siemens VDO, The Boeing Company, Raytheon, International Diesel and others. The property in the Jetplex Industrial Park is especially attractive to businesses serving both domestic and international markets due to its proximity to Huntsville International Airport and the International Intermodal Center, as well as its location within Foreign Trade Zone No. 83.
Learn more at www.hsvairport.org.
Alabama State Port Authority
The Port of Mobile is currently ranked the 9th largest port in the nation in overall waterborne foreign trade by cargo volume. Located just 32 miles from the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the Port of Mobile handled more than 67 million tons of cargo in 2008. The Port of Mobile's full service, public seaport terminals are owned by the Alabama State Port Authority handling container, general cargo, dry and liquid bulk, frozen poultry, and oversized and heavy lift cargoes. Since 2000, the Alabama State Port Authority has invested over $600 million in port improvement programs. The Alabama State Port Authority's terminals are connected to two interstate systems (I-10 and I-65) and five Class I railroads- CSX, Canadian National, Burlington Northern Santa Fe (Alabama & Gulf Coat Railroad), Norfolk Southern and Kansas City Southern. The Port Authority is home to the C.G. Railway, which provides waterborne rail service every four days to Coatzacoalcos, Mexico (Vera Cruz Region). The Authority's terminals also connect to two interstate systems and to nearly 15,000 miles of inland and Intracoastal waterways providing shippers with low cost water access to ports along the Gulf of Mexico, the Tennessee, the Ohio, and Upper Mississippi river systems. The transportation assets coupled with a favorable labor market and community-state-federal support make the Port of Mobile one of the nation's fastest growing ports.
Learn more at www.asdd.com.
Wave Transit System
Transit Management of Mobile dba The Wave Transit System (The Wave) is the public transportation provider for the City of Mobile Alabama. It is the mission of The Wave "To excel in the provision of safe, reliable, cost-efficient and market-focused public transportation that supports the social, economic and environmental goals of the customers and community we serve". The Wave currently employs over 140 individuals.
The Wave provides public transportation service to approximately one million riders annually covering an average of 115,000 revenue miles. The Wave is composed of two (2) public transportation services; 1).Fixed Route and 2). Brokered transportation. The fixed route service consist of (14) fourteen routes operating Monday through Saturday from 5:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m.
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|Airport Blvd
|Highway 45
|Dauphin Street
|Broad Street
|Dauphin Island Parkway
|Highway 90/Tillmans Corner
|Cottage Hill/USA
|Schillinger/Airport Blvd Neighborhood Circulator
|Tillmans Corner Neighborhood Circulator
|Downtown Trolley
The Brokered Transportation service (also know as the Mobility Assistance Program- M.A.P.) is an on-demand service that allows eligible clients to make reservation to be picked up and taken to their various appointment. Hours of operation are the same as the Fixed Route service 5:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m.
Since 2007 The Wave has made great strides in transit enhancements to include:
- Design and painting of 16'x 40'mural for the GM&O Transportation Center
- Installation of thirty-four (34) new bus shelters
- Construction of a 25'x 6' bus shelter in Historic Downtown Mobile
- Purchase of eight (8) 29' Gillig buses and two (2) 35' Gillig buses.
- Automated Ticket Machine
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HMS Victory
The Battle of Copenhagen
Welcome to the Nelson Museum, the only museum dedicated solely to telling the story of our national hero, Lord Horatio Nelson and the times in which he lived.
'I am a Norfolk man and I glory in being so!'
(Nelson speaking at the 'Wrestler's Arms', Great Yarmouth)
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Oxfam Shop Walthamstow
Super second hand clothes at super saving prices - fast turnover and amazing bargains mean that regular visits will pay off! We may also have other goods for sale at bargain prices - call us to find out.
- 2-4 High Street, Walthamstow, E17 7LD
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Educators' fight for commonsense immigration reform kicks into high gear
NEA supporters are urged to change social media profile picture to stand in solidarity with Dreamers
WASHINGTON - June 06, 2013 -
Tens of thousands of educators are jumping into action this week to advocate on behalf of millions of new American immigrants, including millions of Dreamers. The NEA Week of Action aims to put pressure on the Senate as a bipartisan immigration bill makes its way to the floor for debate in the coming days. NEA is a vocal, unequivocal advocate of commonsense immigration reform. For far too long educators have witnessed the harmful impact the current immigration system has had on students, and families around the country.
"Schools are winding down but our fight for commonsense immigration reform is kicking into high gear," said NEA President Dennis Van Roekel. "With the passage of the landmark bipartisan bill out of a Senate committee, we have arrived at a critical point. Now is the time to make immigration reform a reality for these aspiring new Americans."
NEA is urging the public to stand with Dreamers by changing their profile picture on social media to one called "Dreamers Welcome." "Educators know Dreamers. They know their hopes and aspirations. And they are welcomed in our classrooms, schools and communities," said Van Roekel. "This simple act is a visible and powerful way to show we stand with millions of families who contribute daily to making our country a better nation." To obtain the image, please click here.
The week of action began in earnest over the weekend. In Austin, Texas, more than 100 parents, educators, and community members attended an immigration forum hosted by NEA's local affiliate. Organizers provided information to attendees about where immigration reform stands in Washington and what they can do to make sure legislation includes a path to citizenship for those affected. During the next few days, educators, friends, and immigration reform allies will speak up for new Americans and make their voices heard loud and clear. In addition to taking to social and digital media, they will join NEA partners' ongoing efforts, take to the streets and attend town-halls and rallies.
On Thursday and Friday, educators and supporters also will pick up the phone and call their Senators. "The Senate holds the key to making the American dream a reality for these aspiring new Americans," said Van Roekel. "We will not rest until the Senate passes a commonsense fix to our broken immigration system that puts our values first, creates a reasonable immigration process, and moves the country forward together—because that's what Americans want and aspiring citizens deserve."
"We urge our friends to join us this week and in the weeks to come to make sure Congress moves swiftly on immigration reform," said Van Roekel. "Our students and their families have lived in the shadows of society for way too long. The time is now for the Senate to take a bold step forward on behalf of millions of aspiring new Americans and help them reach the light at the end of the tunnel."
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On Thursday 14th November 2019, Bentley Belfast will host their first Luxury Christmas Market in the showroom, featuring New Flying Spur.
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Charles Hurst Bentley proudly celebrated 100 years of Bentley Motors with customers at CW1 House, the home of Bentley Motors.
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Bentley Motors has revealed the new EXP 12 Speed 6e Concept at the 2017 Geneva International Motor Show, sharing its ambition to define the electric luxury segment. For more information about this new concept contact us.
Bentley has revealed its fastest and most powerful production Bentley to date – the new Continental Supersports. The Supersports takes the phenomenal performance, handling and speed of the first generation to new levels. A supercar by design with bold body styling features; including carbon-fibre accents to front and rear and a large carbon-fibre rear spoiler.
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16oz package frozen broccoli
2 eggs
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup mayo
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Generously butter a 13"x9" baking dish. Cook broccoli according to package directions, drain, and cool until it is warm to the touch. Mix together cooked broccoli, eggs, cheese, and mayo. Pour mixture into prepared baking dish. Sprinkle crushed Ritz crackers over top until covered, and sprinkled melted butter on top of cracker.
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Fiona Apple: Idling No More
With feelings of despair behind her and indifferent about being judged, pop's mercurial chanteuse returns from a seven-year-hiatus with her most DIY album yet. Here, she reunites with "Criminal" director Mark Romanek exclusively for V.
With feelings of despair behind her and indifferent about being judged, pop's mercurial chanteuse returns from a seven-year-hiatus with her most DIY album yet. Here, she reunites with "Criminal" director Mark Romanek exclusively for V.
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At long last, she is back. And of the many reasons to celebrate Fiona Apple's return to the national stage this year, maybe the most remarkable is that—so far at least—it's been drama-free. Her March mini-tour, which began at South by Southwest and featured previews of three songs from her fourth album, released in June, was unmarred by sound issues, received almost unanimously positive press, and offered no visible signs of frustration, let alone any onstage meltdowns like the one that infamously occurred in New York in 2000. The only hitch? A nagging cold that Apple couldn't shake for part of the run and still was battling when I met up with her in a secluded corner of New York's Soho Grand Hotel.
"I think I did a really smart thing a few months ago," she says, explaining the tour's success. "I'm one of those people, one of the many, that has a drink before every show. I just don't know any different. And I really needed to learn how to not do that." So for a series of performances last year at the L.A. club Largo—where her frequent collaborator Jon Brion has a long- standing residency—playing in a comfort zone, with plenty of friends, Apple went off the preshow bottle, and discovered something in the process. "I thought that having a drink was what took the edge off or made me feel more confident, less self-conscious or whatever. But it turns out to be the other way around. And now I don't immediately react to myself or judge things that are going on. It doesn't even occur to me anymore. I think I've grown up in that way. I became less inhibited. I don't care as much about being judged."
Not caring about being judged is something that Apple has long preached and also practiced, but with only mixed results. For the legions of fans who from 1996 on have connected with her unsettling, confessional lyrics, her quirky onstage style, and her unwillingness to edit herself—famously proclaiming from the podium at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards that "this world is bullshit"—she did have detractors, who saw her as a churlish, temperamental brat. There was a time when Apple would actively avoid reading any press, but that too has changed—which is notable, considering that in the seven years since her last release, Extraordinary Machine, the opinion megaphones have exploded and the devouring of celebrities has only increased. "For a long time, I was just too afraid to read stuff," she admits. "Like, I would turn on my computer and I would see my face some place, and it was very uncomfortable, and it would make me go, 'Oh my God, I have to get rid of my laptop.' And I started to make this whole plan in my head! But then I thought, that's just really no way to live. I don't want to be doing this because I'm afraid. Like what can they really say about me that they haven't said before?"
What they've been saying of late has been nearly all good, including an especially warm embrace from the indie-rock community, a world far more pervasive and influential than when Apple was last on the scene. An especially eloquent appreciation of the singer, published in the spring on Pitchfork.com, even had Apple contemplating a thank-you note. Still, leave it to Fiona to cite a snarky reaction to her new album's title, The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do, which of course brings to mind the 84-word poem that titles her second release, 1999's When the Pawn…"I read something calling it 'ridiculous,'" she recalls. "'Ridiculous' was the word! And I went, 'Oh great, welcome back, yeah.'"
Let's coin a new term: "reverse sabbatical." It's when someone hibernates for seven years and then finally reemerges to release a new album and go on tour. Fiona is learning to master it. The last time I interviewed her, in 2005, six years had just passed between her second and third releases, a break made longer by her decision to rerecord Extraordinary Machine and a subsequent standoff with Epic Records over its release. This time it was a seven-year wait, extended by a year beyond her prior hiatus because although Apple had finished The Idler Wheel… in 2010, she waited on a change in regime at the label to insure there would be a "team in place" that supported the album. Six or seven years is an inconceivable gap for any 21st-century artist interested in sustaining what might be considered a viable and visible "career." And there's the rub. "I don't think I have a goal," she asserts. "I don't think that I've ever had much career ambition. I just want to be happy with my life. I just wanna be proud of the way that I live my life, and I don't want to make myself sick, you know?" And did the suits at Epic ever hound her for new product during those seven years? "No, they don't care," she says, frank as ever, "because they don't look at me as someone who's gonna make a lot of money. So they just forget about me." She says she's loved those occasions on which she's had "assignments," which tend to expedite her creative process, but adds that "with no one to push me along, nature just takes its course. And the garden gets overgrown, and then I deal with it."
So the long inactive stretch may have been necessary to simply live life and create new music, or to "fill up the tank again," as Apple puts it. One listen to the songs on The Idler Wheel… will tell you it wasn't always a walk in the park. Fiona has created her most moving album to date by cutting closer to the emotional bone than ever—and for this artist, that's saying something. Tales of anguished breakups buttress others about unrequited, obsessive love. "You let me down," she sings on the bluesy "Periphery," "I got bored trying to figure you out." Her spitfire vocal over tom-toms on "Left Alone" declares "I don't cry when I'm sad anymore"; on the numbed, heartbreaking "Valentine" she's a resigned "tulip in a cup"; and in the record's most primal moment, on "Regret," Apple fairly screams, "I ran out of white doves' feathers/To soak up the hot piss that comes from your mouth/Every time you address me." Tough stuff, and she says that it all comes from very specific relationships. "These are songs that I needed to write, they are my diary, disguised in, for lack of a better word, poetry," she explains, though she is loathe to name names. "Mainly I wouldn't want to reveal that kind of stuff because I want people to be able to apply their own lives to the songs."
But things aren't as bad with her exes as the record might suggest. "I talk about this with my shrink a lot," Apple confesses. "I have this weird thing where I'm friends with my ex-boyfriends, and I really care about them. I care about their lives with their girlfriends. I feel like maybe an annoying mother or something." Among these exes are illusionist David Blaine, in whose office/apartment Apple crashes when in New York, filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson, who started to make a video for Apple's new song "Hot Knife" before having to work on a movie, and most notably writer Jonathan Ames, the subject of one of the album's sweeter tracks, "Jonathan." Drawn to Ames's transgressive, überpersonal work, Fiona actually sought him out to date in the mid-aughts, an especially tough period for the singer. "I was really going through a terrible, terrible time around the time that I met him," she admits. "It was like the first time in my life that I felt actually maybe suicidal. Not that I was gonna kill myself, I never felt like that. But that I could let myself die, you know, that slow suicide. I don't know how, but just give up." Although they've been apart for "a while" now, she says, "I thought, That guy does deserve a song, 'cause he did kind of save my life. Just by being so kind. He was just simply so kind to me."
Forever marching to her own drummer, Fiona is one now as well. Part of what makes The Idler Wheel… so stunning is the utter simplicity of its arrangements: most tracks feature little more than that powerful, smoky voice, piano, and a collection of found sounds as percussion, all devised and played by Apple and her coproducer, drummer Charley Drayton. "I knew that I wanted to make a record that didn't have anything unnecessary in it and that used things around me that were available," she recalls. "I just really wanted to make exactly what I wanted to make, to have it be really stark, just basically piano and percussion." In addition to actual drums and timpani, the album features banging on cups and pans, footsteps in sand, the squishing of a popcorn bag, and stomping on the hood of Apple's brother's truck. "The credits are gonna be very interesting," she says, "Charley's written them down. He kept all of the notes, and he would write down, like, 'truck stomper' or 'dance partner.' I have a credit that's gonna be 'thigh slapper!' I can't even remember which song it's on, but I'm like doing something on my thighs."
In the lead single from the record, "Every Single Night," Fiona engages in a daily "battle with my brain," and indeed she can be a lovely mass of contradictions. The woman who bares her soul in song has no interest, for instance, in sharing the minutiae of her life on Twitter, although she likes "seeing what someone else had for breakfast." While on some fronts she still seems beset by insecurities, she confidently says, "I can write a hit. I know how that shit works." But maybe the most telling lyric is in the hook of the album's brightest track. "We can do anything we want," Apple sings. And she is proof of it. Her fourth album in sixteen years, The Idler Wheel… is the most DIY work of her career, released on her own timetable and packed with pain, loss, desperation, a tinge of hope, and the unmitigated authenticity that so many love about her. "My manager, Andy [Slater], tells me that too," she says. "He says, 'People like you because you're real.' But—and I'm not trying to be modest or anything—am I really that much more authentic? Is it really that bad out there?" On a mainstream pop level, I assure her, it is. Which brings us back to that '97 VMA speech. The part of her remarks not as often remembered are the words "Go with yourself." Fiona Apple goes with herself. And as for her 2012 comeback—which continues this summer with an extended tour—so far, so good. "It's great when I notice, Hey! That didn't bother me so much! I'm doing better now," she says. "Because I feel like I can handle things. Now I know it's gonna be okay."


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Which States Are Winning and Losing On Taxes?
IRS Data has now become interactive and fun. Travis H Brown, author of 'How Money Walks' shows Simon Constable his new touch screen application which charts the effects of income tax on population growth and revenue in all fifty states. Photo: AP
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I know that you would say is roughly my age and ate them to put this last one ... and is this not for profit so what is is this people sign ok I've I've done my knee you know twenty thirty years of public service all go live in Florida but keep in mind we're looking at it adjusted gross income if you're going or state ten forty tax returns ... the price of work may be much lower in Florida ... than in New York because of differences in state tax regimes that sickly Pursell income taxes so if you look at ... the rest of the country goes from green to red when you select the sunshine State ... the Red States show ... the states that are contributing their income ... to the Sunshine State over ninety five ... billion dollars I am I am noticing that you've got a set of cold up ... all the more mobile ensure that medical the mess so that you saying that that's not so much a part of it ... well we know there are many reasons why someone may move past that ... not everyday that would lead to the to look for jobs and economic opportunity the service that would Texas but to your point about summed up in climate ... there in nine states than the zero price on war no Pursell income tax ... they collectively as a group like Washington state ... with a much colder climate do very well in states like South Dakota in the middle the country also no income tax doing very well in Texas for the big one that we do we have a listen we get we go back to that one ... now what one other things to go have resulted ... from New York people come from California ... for a lot of job so I can see how that would work for a few in the media business and you know aam it aam in the media business that this here ... in York ... and then the stale ... bread out ... and you know that the reason a row of publishing ... ventures ... in you know in the big TV networks in Texas so how much did it does tax will remove people if if you remember the business you gotta be an ally to what you gotta be in York City ... I'm kind of plants and really what the cities were found on the new league games of trading in New York City arguably had that and still has some advantages in me in financial services ... but America is changing were looking at the swing of over forty three million Americans taking a move like this ... generally speaking going from a high tax regime to a low tax regime nerf ... him fleeing high tax states like L a in Chicago New York in those states in flocking to almost anywhere taxes and four but was still the best legacy issues of as industries that are concentrated in one of trade futures dipped probably gonna be doing that injured in Chicago we have bloggers and Columbia Canada talk show business or they're ... so bright red beret ... I've that last one from the biz been trying to ... get people to move to tax us and and saying that actually help the site had been sexes looks out ... well over six billion dollars ... has come in from California to Texas is that because of him campaigning though and I were looking at the long term he added some ... of that was well before him probably will continue well after his administration ... but we know from long-term patterns here ... that trends are persistent in chronic unlikely to accelerate when some states like California continued to raise their burden on income while Texas is lowering ... the days that is out Olivia's to slow lonely owe income tax I'm and I'm and people will come you don't even if appetizer decided that it is that sort of way of saying that this was certainly saying that if you can eliminate it drag begins production in earnings that you should expect more production and earnings in your state ... that's why states in the middle the country that don't have a coastline or mountain range like Tennessee are doing very well in this analysis methods zero income tax that is the redneck gained from having no taxes is ... if if everybody in this on this map in every state have zero income tax ... it wasn't picked up and I love all the way what would happen ... well we get out of tax and production earnings you should expect more work ... the numbers that you see from the past ... five years in this economy from Texas ... are undeniably the numbers we'd like to see for the rest of America silly it is somewhat true that if we want to follow what has worked in Texas ... in part we should be looking at a flatter simpler fairer tax hit ... by Kiran much ... 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CHELMSFORD, Mass., May 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Magellan Biosciences, an emerging leader in clinical-diagnostics markets worldwide, will feature automated systems and assays designed to streamline microbiology testing and improve health outcomes for patients at the 108th meeting of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). Magellan subsidiaries, TREK Diagnostic Systems and Dynex Technologies, will share booth 743 at the exhibition, which runs Monday through Wednesday, June 2-4, 2008, at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. TREK scientists are also presenting a number of technical posters during the conference.
TREK will highlight its new Sensititre(R) Gram positive all-in-one dry, microbroth dilution plates -- the only MIC plates cleared by the FDA for D-Test and Cefoxitin screening, Daptomycin and Vancomycin confirmation, as well as numerous other antimicrobics. The D-Test detects inducible resistance to Clindamycin -- a drug commonly used for treating community-acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), particularly in pediatric populations. The Cefoxitin Screen procedure is the most-sensitive test available to detect low-level Methicillin and Oxacillin (MRSA) resistance. In addition, TREK will demonstrate its new Vizion(TM) System*, which adds easy-to-read digital imaging capability to the company's Sensititre(R) Automated Susceptibility and Identification Testing System. Vizion is the only system that enables users to save and store digital images of susceptibility results for consultations, quality control, and training. The Sensititre/Vizion system enables easy and accurate antimicrobial-resistance detection of all organism groups, including fastidious isolates, such as Haemophilus, Streptococcus, Mycobacteria, and yeast. The award-winning VersaTREK(R) Automated Microbial Detection System will also be on view.
Dynex will feature its much-heralded DS2(R) automated two-plate ELISA processing system, which provides full walk-away capability to busy microbiology labs. Reliable, cost-effective, and easy to use and maintain, the DS2 packs full automation power in the smallest footprint available. The system quickly and easily processes two 96-well microplates and up to 12 different assays simultaneously and features the most user-friendly control system available, chain of custody, and instrument diagnostics.
"MRSA is a growing concern in healthcare," said Magellan President and CEO, Robert J. Rosenthal, Ph.D. "Managers of microbiology labs are looking for integrated systems that streamline testing, take the guesswork out of identifying often difficult-to-read results, reduce errors from manual methods, and provide faster turnaround times at a lower cost per result. TREK's Sensititre System delivers, testing for the widest range of resistant organisms in one platform." Regarding the Dynex DS2, Dr. Rosenthal remarked, "Doctors rely on fast, accurate, and reliable results from diagnostic tests to make good treatment decisions. Today, there's a critical shortage of qualified laboratory personnel, and most hospital-based microbiology labs have neither the space nor throughput requirements to justify large-scale automated systems. That's why Dynex designed the easy-to-use DS2 system, which delivers sample-in/results-out automation of virtually any ELISA microplate assay."
About Magellan Biosciences (http://www.magellanbio.com)
Magellan serves the worldwide clinical-diagnostics market with rapid point-of-care analyzers and automated systems for hospital-based labs and near-patient testing. Scientists use the company's discovery systems and sensors for cutting-edge research to develop a new understanding of health and illness -- from disease pathology to biomarker identification. Magellan designs all its systems, sensors, and consumables to deliver better, more-reliable results. And better results help drive improved health outcomes: earlier, more-accurate diagnoses; breakthroughs that can lead to novel treatments, new cures -- innovations to enhance life. A privately held company, Magellan serves customers through wholly owned subsidiaries: ESA Biosciences, Dynex Technologies, and TREK Diagnostic Systems.
About TREK Diagnostic Systems (http://www.trekds.com)
A Magellan Biosciences company and leader in automated systems and consumables for microbiology-based diagnostic testing, TREK serves the clinical, pharmaceutical, and veterinary markets. TREK's VersaTREK(R) Automated Microbial Detection System and Sensititre(R) Automated Susceptibility and Identification Testing System, are designed to provide cost-effective improvements in workflow efficiencies, ergonomics, and results performance.
About Dynex Technologies (http://www.dynextechnologies.com)
A Magellan Biosciences company, Dynex Technologies is the innovator in automated and semi-automated technologies for microplate analysis. From walk-away ELISA processing stations like its powerful, two-plate DS2 for low-throughput labs to the renowned four-plate DSX -- Dynex designs each of its products to meet the rigorous demands of scientists in clinical, biomedical, and pharmaceutical-development applications.
*Pending FDA clearance. Not yet for sale in the US.
|SOURCE Magellan Biosciences
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polynomial, mathematical expression which is a finite sum, each term being a constant times a product of one or more variables raised to powers. With only one variable the general form of a polynomial is a 0 x n + a 1 x n −1+ a 2 x n −2+…+ a n −1 x + a n where n is a positive integer and a 0, a 1, a 2, … , a n are any numbers. An example of a polynomial in one variable is 11 x 4−3 x 3+7 x 2+ x −8. The degree of a polynomial in one variable is the highest power of the variable appearing with a nonzero coefficient; in the example given above, the degree is 4.
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WASHINGTON -- Federal investigators have charged 530 people for allegedly defrauding more than 73,000 desperate homeowners around the country who fell behind on mortgage payments, leaving them vulnerable to con artists offering to help them avoid foreclosure.
At a news conference discussing the results of a yearlong probe, Attorney General Eric Holder and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan estimated the homeowners lost more than $1 billion in the fraud schemes.
According to court records in the 285 criminal cases brought in the investigation, the struggling homeowners would pay substantial fees with promises that so-called investors would purchase the victims' mortgages. Other homeowners paid hefty fees in exchange for what turned out to be false promises that more favorable mortgage terms would be negotiated on their behalf.


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Tim McGraw comes back to life for Brothers of the Sun tour.
Taylor Swift books a gig with her namesake, James Taylor.
Toby Keith's fried bologna sandwich wins over a food critic.
Jimmy Wayne sings for foster kids and pushes for more legislation.
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UN Decade of Action for Road Safety in Crete
Inauguration of a sculpture dedicated to the UN and the Decade of Action for Road Safety in Chania, Crete
On Sunday 20 November 2011, the world day of remembrance of victims of road accidents, a memorial sculpture dedicated to the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011-2020) was unveiled at the Park "Christos Polentas" in Chania, Crete.
The sculpture represents an olive-tree growing on the wild rocks of Crete, with five roots symbolizing the permanent members of UN Security Council, five branches representing the world's continents and one hundred ninety-three leaves representing the number of UN member States.
The ceremony was organized by the regional Vice-Governor of Chania Mr. Apostolos Voulgarakis, the mayor of Platania Mr. Malandrakis and the President of the Association for Support and Solidarity to Families of victims of road traffic accidents Mr. Stavros Polentas.
The ceremony included a memorial service for victims of road crashes as well as a speech by the representative of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Mr. Michalis Adamantiadis, who also unveiled the memorial sculpture of the UN and raised the UN flag. Mr. Adamantiadis thanked Mr. Polentas for his initiatives with the Park and the memorial sculpture for the UN Decade, highlighted the global scale of road traffic casualties which reach 1.3 million annually and added: "Road safety is the responsibility of each and every one of us. We all have to drive responsibly and carefully and abide by traffic rules. Authorities, agencies and citizens must join forces to tackle this huge problem. Let us honour those who have lost their lives on the world's roads by acting to save the lives of others".
The by the regional Vice-Governor of Chania Mr. Apostolos Voulgarakis stressed that road traffic safety is a major public health issue and stated "I hope this monument will inspire a new collective consciousness regarding the management and review of all those factors and practices that prove fatal for Greek drivers.
"Representatives of police and military authorities were also present, as well as local government, representatives of the Parliament, local and national media, automobile and motor bicycle Associations, first aid agencies, hospitals, schools, members of the families of the victims and as many as 1,000 other participants from Chania and other parts of Crete.
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Bomb Squad Investigating Suspicious Package at Home of Rush Limbaugh (UPDATED)
The bomb squad has been called in to investigate a suspicious package at Rush Limbaugh's home in Palm Beach, Florida.
UPDATE: According to WPBF 25 News reporter Ari Hait, the package was nothing more than a business opportunity, which sounds incredibly shady though not threatening. Are the illuminati involved? Probably.
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The investigation of numerous international banks accused of rigging the London interbank offer rate (LIBOR) looks set to claim another quarry as Royal Bank of Scotland will reportedly be fined about 150 million pounds ($233 million).
Barclays was already fined $450 million on Wednesday by U.S. and U.K. authorities for its role in the scheme, and its CEO, Bob Diamond, said he did not intend to step down as one British lawmaker called for criminal charges against the bank's executives.
Reuters reported Friday that RBS was to pay the hefty fine for its part in market manipulation activities similar to those of Barclays. More banks are expected to follow as action continues. AdvisorOne reported Thursday that it was among more than a dozen banks being investigated by regulators; so are Citigroup, UBS, ICAP, Lloyds Banking Group and Deutsche Bank.
In addition, Britain's Financial Services Authority (FSA) announced it had settled with four banks—Barclays, RBS, HSBC and Lloyds—on the basis of evidence that they missold products to protect small businesses against a rise in interest rates—just the latest misselling case amid a string of such instances, the latest of which was a loan insurance debacle that is likely to result in banks paying upwards of 9 billion pounds for their misdeeds. In the current case, the FSA said that from 2001 to the present, banks sold around 28,000 interest rate protection products to customers.
Barclays said in the report that it was continuing to cooperate with investigators; the case is likely to drag on for months and attorneys have said that compensation could amount to hundreds of millions of pounds. Lloyds said that its cost would not be material.
Prime Minister David Cameron has said that Diamond and other bank executives had some "big questions to answer" about the rigging that occurred in 2005 to 2009. "People have to take responsibility for the actions and show how they're going to be accountable," Cameron was quoted saying in a Bloomberg report. He spoke from Brussels and added, "It's very important that goes all the way to the top of the organization."
In a letter Thursday to Andrew Tyrie, who chairs Parliament's cross-party Treasury Committee, Diamond admitted that the bank had engaged in "inappropriate behavior" and agreed to appear before a group of U.K. lawmakers to explain "what we have done and are doing to put things right." He wrote, "I appreciate that the nature of the settlements disclosed yesterday raises many questions, and I welcome the opportunity to provide answers." He also said at an analysts' meeting on Thursday that he did not intend to step down.
Diamond has already become something of a lightning rod for negative public opinion after both shareholders and lawmakers reacted to his pay package of 12 million pounds for 2011. He also failed to endear himself to politicians after telling a parliamentary committee last year that it was time for bankers to stop apologizing.
Although many analysts and investors expect Diamond to emerge relatively unscathed, such a fate is by no means certain as lawmakers and others call for his resignation. Matthew Oakeshott, a Liberal Democrat sitting in Parliament's upper House of Lords, was among them. Paul Myners, also in the House of Lords for the opposition Labour Party, went farther and said that Barclays executives should face criminal charges.
Britain also said that the Serious Fraud Office was being brought into the matter; that office confirmed that the squad was in discussions with the FSA regulator over the case.
"One of the reasons London is a major international financial center is because of the perceived emphasis on trust and integrity in the London market," Simon Culhane, chief executive of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI), said in the report. He added, "This scandal can only serve to damage London's reputation."


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PhD Innovation Program Student Designs Device to Prevent Hospital Infections
By Anna Fiorentino
March 2013 • CoolStuff
Engineering PhD Innovation Program candidate Steve Reinitz '09 Th'09 has successfully created medical devices again and again, from a nostril sizer to mend an infant's cleft lip or palate to a low-cost external fixation tool that stabilizes bone and soft tissue. Now, the Holekamp Family Innovation Fellow has particularly high hopes that his latest contraption, an Inline Intravenous Fluid Sterilizer designed to prevent certain types of hospital acquired infections, will someday pop up on every IV line, in every hospital in the world.
Reinitz's Inline IV Fluid Sterilizer renders contaminated fluids sterile in less than six seconds through the use of ultraviolet light and a specially designed flow pattern. Mounted on an IV pole, the apparatus contains an ultraviolet light source and a cartridge to direct fluid around the source in an optimized pattern. This prevents fluid-borne bacterial infections caused by contaminated IV lines, which has proven to be the most lethal source of hospital infections, killing approximately 6,000 in the United States each year.
Reinitz and his team, Kathryn Boucher '09 Th'09 and Renee Cottle '07 Th'09, first thought up the Inline IV Fluid Sterilizer in 2008 during a BE-level Engineering Design Methodology course. He and Boucher later partnered with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center's Dr. Corey Burchman to incorporate a company around the device. The trio is currently developing the Inline IV Fluid Sterilizer, proven effective in bench-top testing with a patent pending, through the Barris Incubator Program, which draws on the expertise of Tuck School of Business and Dartmouth engineering faculty and graduate entrepreneurs.
"At the start of our Engineering Design Methodology project, Dr. Burchman came to our team with the problem of IV line contamination and we originally set out with the goal of preventing these infections, but after interviewing anesthesiologists and nurses and after observing operating room procedures, we determined that there were too many opportunities for contamination and any existing attempt to prevent contamination was highly dependent upon physician compliance," says Reinitz. "Instead, we took the approach of assuming contamination was inevitable and set our goal at preventing contaminated fluid from entering the patient."
Course instructors Assistant Professor Doug Van Citters and Myron Tribus Professor of Engineering Innovation John Collier were influential in the creation of the device, and the team's faculty advisor, Assistant Professor Karl Griswold, helped validate the design. All of the hard work also landed Reinitz and his team the 2009 Thayer School of Engineering Corporate Collaboration Council Engineering Design Prize.
"There is a lot of work to be done before our device reaches FDA approval and is ready for market, but we are actively working to raise capital to push through this development and testing," says Reinitz. "We as a team truly believe that we have the potential to save thousands of lives with our device, and that is our personal motivation to keep working on this project."comments powered by Disqus


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Set of 6 files: three loop-ready short beep sounds suitable to be looped while a game score counter is counting or totalizing points plus three pre-looped 1 second versions of the single shots.
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The single shots are intended to be looped by customers in order to fit their needs. I have received suggestions from clients telling me that would be great to offer pre-looped versions so I have included three versions of one second in length for general purposes. It is impossible for me the author to guess how long the full looped versions must be since each project has its own requirements and characteristics. I.e., in games, counting varies from round to round. Please, contact me if you need further assistance.


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There have been Nook Tablet deals before, but they've often meant signing up for a subscription. Until midnight on Friday, however, you can get a Nook Tablet for $199, no strings attached.
Head over to eBay, use the promo code CNOOKDEAL, and you're done. That makes the Nook the same prices as the Kindle Fire. While we don't like the Nook quite as much as the Fire, it's a good deal, and the fact that the it's insanely easy to root may well swing it, if you're so inclined. [eBay via CNET]