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Choosing a new garage door is a big decision. For many homeowners, a brand-new door is a considerable financial investment, and it's important that it will both complement the style of your home and stay secure for years to come. Garage doors now come in more colours and materials than ever, but there are two options that remain the most popular; wood and metal. Both materials have unique benefits when it comes to your garage and home, so we'll list a few to help you decide the best door for your requirements.
Metal doors
1 – Durability
A steel garage door is going to offer exceptional durability over a long period of time, without being too sensitive to scratches, bumps and knocks. Aluminium doors are slightly more prone to denting, but neither metal is going to warp or buckle, making maintenance a breeze.
2 – Minimal maintenance
In fact, metal doors are generally quite easy to maintain. You won't need to worry about sanding them smooth, or preparing them for bad weather with fresh paints, coatings or sealants like you would a wooden door. The only attention they should need is an occasional clean with gentle detergent, and a fresh coat of paint if they get scuffed.
3 – Budget-friendly
Neither steel nor aluminium can offer exactly the same warmth and luxury as a wooden garage door, but if you're happy with a more modern look, your wallet might thank you. Many people find that metal doors are a better option for their budget, and can easily find an attractive design to blend with their home amongst our wide range of colours and styles.
Wooden doors
1 – Luxury
Natural timber lends a certain elegance to any home, and matching a new garage door to the other wood on the outside of your home (for example, your front door, window frames or fascia) creates a luxurious, cohesive aesthetic. We've found many of our customers choose to upgrade to a wooden garage door to add both curb appeal and value to their home.
2 – Variety
You might think that metal or plastic doors offer the greatest range of colours and styles, but that is simply not the case. At Wessex Garage Doors, we have a wide selection of wood tones and grains to blend into any style of home, which are available in numerous kinds of door. Whether you want a sectional garage door with beautiful Georgian panels or a minimalist up-and-over door with decorative windows, we can help.
3 – Warmth
We're not just talking about the visual appeal of the wood. Wooden doors are naturally more insulative than metal varieties (although you can add insulation to certain styles), making them cosier for households that use their garage for more than just storage. Even if your garage doesn't double-up as a gym / office / play room, if it's attached to your home then a wooden door can help you reduce the amount of heat lost through it.
Are you beginning to feel like it's time your home had a new garage door? Whether you need help choosing the best material for your requirements, or would like to ask a question about professional installation, we're here to help. Simply call our friendly team on 0800 161 3733, or send us a message via our contact page and we will get back to you as soon as possible.


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Purchase A Pre-Owned Piano That Is In Good Shape
Posted on: 30 December 2018
A piano is a beautiful instrument that can be used to play lighthearted melodies, somber tones that are rich and abrupt, or classic showtunes that remind you of your days as a performer in high school plays. Because pianos can be costly, depending upon the model and materials that were used to construct the instrument, research pre-owned pianos and look for a deal that you are not willing to pass up on.
Decide What Type Of Piano To Purchase
If you have not received formal training to play a piano and are going to be taking lessons, maybe you would like to start out with a classic upright piano. An upright model is a fairly standard piano style and this type of piano would make a great addition to your recreation space or living room. Because an upright piano has a straight backing, you can move this type of piano against a wall if you are short on space.
If you are a seasoned piano player and would really like to hone your skills by practicing on a larger model that is a little bit "showy," then maybe a baby grand or a grand piano would suit you. These styles are majestic in appearance and are noted for a top piece that is suspended behind the keyboard.
When the top is lifted up, the sounds that are produced are emitted through the opening, providing a player and audience with sounds that envelop the room where the music is being played.
Choose A Material And Look Over Each Model
After choosing the style that you prefer, you need to decide upon the material that the casing is constructed of. A spruce or basewood casing, for instance, could be scratched up or dull in appearance if a previous owner was negligent with their piano.
Heavy usage of a piano could also result in piano keys becoming stuck or lacking a shiny coating. If you choose to purchase a high quality piano, ebony and ivory strips will adorn its keys. The keys will need to be inspected to ensure that none of the strips are coming loose.
Be prepared to scrutinize each piano in entirety and ask respective owners about the frequency that an instrument was played, the last time that a piano was tuned, any problems that were encountered during the course of an ownership, and proof of how much was paid when an instrument was brand new. Ask to play each piano for a few minutes so that you can listen to the sounds that are produced by pressing the keys.
If you are worried about buying a piano from a stranger who has listed their instrument in a local paper, then reach out to music teachers or instrument shop owners to inquire about pre-owned pianos that they are interested in selling.Share

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Off 'Illuminate.'
Shawn Mendes performs his lead Illuminate single "Treat You Better" on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
The 18-year-old also sat down for a moment to chat about the last several hectic years, selling out Madison Square Garden, his freshly-inked tattoo and of course the new LP.
Watch the performance above and the interview below (golf claps for Mendes for not mentioning anything about Ellen being older than him, he has a tendency to do that):
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A Mid Term Review of Darwin Initiative project 11-022 Identifying sites of global biodiversity conservation importance for the Fiji BSAP was conducted by ECTF with a field visit to Fiji over the period of 11-22 February 2005. The MTR was conducted in parallel to ex-post evaluation of two closed Darwin Projects in Fiji. Project 11-022 was implemented by Birdlife International in conjunction with local partners the University of the South Pacific, Department of Environment and the National Trust for the Fiji Islands. These local stakeholders were represented on the Project Steering Committee. The project was selected for review to assess the effectiveness of the IBA process in supporting the objectives of the CBD and to review issues of project management identified through the standard Darwin reporting cycle.
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Take a step back and smile as The Great Barrier Reef takes your breath away. With stunning coral reefs, colourful marine life and a rainbow of blue water as far as the eye can see, it's a once in a lifetime experience not to be missed.
A wonderful day awaits as you are transported on the historic Kuranda Scenic Rail to Kuranda. Rainforestation, set in 40 hectares of lush gardens, is your next stop.
Arrive Cairns airport, transfer to Hotel.
Hotel standard check-in time 1400PM. Today at own leisure.
Cairns, considered the gateway to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, is a city in tropical North Queensland. Its Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park tells the stories of indigenous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with music and dance. Cairns Esplanade, lined in bars and restaurants, has a saltwater swimming lagoon. Northwest of the city, Daintree National Park spans mountainous rainforest, gorges and beaches.
Classic Kuranda Experience ( tour code CKB ) | Depart Daily at 8.00am or early for Hotel pick up | Return 5.30pm
Join Tropic Wings, the longest established coach operator in Cairns, for a full day adventure to Kuranda, located in World Heritage Rainforest. Your experience includes a visit to the award-winning Rainforestation Nature Park, where you can take a tour on a historic World War II Army Duck, as well as cuddle a koala and feed a kangaroo in the Koala & Wildlife Park. Visit the Pamagirri Aboriginal Experience including boomerang and spear throwing and traditional Aboriginal dances, and enjoy a sumptuous buffet lunch. You will enjoy the Kuranda Scenic Railway and the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway as part of your transfers.
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Our Cairns reef day tour allows you to enjoy the beauty of Green Island, part of the Great Barrier Reef with a full day reef tour departing from Cairns. Choose to snorkel, dive, stay dry or view the spectacular underwater reefs in our semi submarine or glass bottom boat, or simply laze on the white sandy beach. These are only a few of the many reef and island activities available at Green Island. Our friendly crew will help you to organise your activities to make the most of your time on Green Island. Green Island, a Marine National Park is a beautiful coral cay on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Green Island boasts unique rainforests, surrounded by white sandy beaches and magnificent coral reefs and abundant marine life.
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The QUIT Caucus
The "Quit Iraq" Caucus
Such a grand title for an article, yes? Ralph Peters of the NY Post says it very well.
EVEN as our troops make serious progress against al-Qaeda-in-Iraq and other extremists, Congress – including Republican members – is sending the terrorists a message: "Don't lose heart, we'll save you!" Iraq's a mess. Got it. The Bush administration has made so many mistakes I stopped counting a year ago. But we've finally got a general in Baghdad – Dave Petraeus – who's doing things right. Iraqi politicians are still disgracing themselves, but our troops are killing America's enemies – with the help of our former enemies.
Al-Qaeda-in-Iraq is suffering a humiliating defeat, as fellow Sunni Muslims turn against the fanatics and help them find the martyrdom they advertise. Yet for purely political reasons – next year's elections – cowards on Capitol Hill are spurning the courage of our troops on the ground.
The frantic political gamesmanship in Congress would nauseate a ghoul. Pols desperate for any cover and concealment they can get have dragged the Iraq Study Group plan from the grave.
Masterminded by former Secretary of State Jim "Have Your Hugged Your Saudi Prince Today?" Baker, the report is a blueprint for a return to yesteryear's dictator-smooching policy (which helped create al Qaeda – thanks, Jimbo!).
That Baker report reminds me of cheap horror films where the zombies just keep coming back – except that zombies retain a measure of integrity.
But if Republicans are rushing to desert our troops and spit on the graves of heroes, the Democratic Party at least has been consistent – they've supported our enemies from the start, undercutting our troops and refusing to explain in detail what happens if we flee Iraq.
So I'll tell you what happens: massacres. And while I have nothing against Shia militiamen and Sunni insurgents killing each other 24/7, the overwhelming number of victims will be innocent women, children and the elderly.
Why anyone with any kind of intelligence levels are listening to a group of people whose approval ratings is HALF of GWB's is a odious concept.
BlandlyUrbane of DeMediacratic Nation has some things to say as well.
Perhaps bringing up the laws which are being violated by the "Quit Iraq" caucus is in order.
In posts here, and here, we find the following:
Expulsion, Censure, Reprimand, and Fine: Legislative Discipline in the House of Representatives
The House of Representatives is expressly authorized within the United States Constitution (Article I, Section 5, clause 2) to discipline or "punish" its own Members. This authority of the institution of the House to discipline a Member for "disorderly Behaviour" is in addition to any criminal or civil liability that a Member of the House may incur for particular misconduct, and is a device or procedure designed not so much as merely a punishment of the individual Member, but rather ultimately as a measure to protect the institutional integrity of the House of Representatives, its proceedings and its reputation.
Congressional discipline of a Member by the House of Representatives is done by the House itself, without the necessity of Senate concurrence, and may take several forms. The most common forms of discipline in the House are now "expulsion," "censure," or "reprimand," although the House may also discipline its Members in others ways, including fine or monetary restitution, loss of seniority, and suspension or loss of certain privileges. In addition to such sanctions imposed by the full House of Representatives, the standing committee in the House dealing with ethics and official conduct matters, the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, is authorized by House Rules to issue a formal Committee reproach in the form of a "Letter of Reproval" for misconduct which does not rise to the level of consideration or sanction by the entire House of Representatives. Additionally, such Committee has also expressed its disapproval of conduct in informal letters and communications to Members.
The House may generally discipline its Members for violations of statutory law, including crimes; for violations of internal congressional rules; or for any conduct which the House of Representatives finds has reflected discredit upon the institution. Thus, each House of Congress has disciplined its own Members for conduct which has not necessarily violated any specific rule or law, but which was found to breach its privileges, demonstrate contempt for the institution, or which was found to discredit the House or Senate. When the most severe sanction of expulsion has been employed in the House, however, the conduct has historically involved either disloyalty to the United States Government, or the violation of a criminal law involving the abuse of one's official position, such as bribery.
United States Code
Section 2382. Misprision of treason
Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States and having knowledge of the commission of any treason against them, conceals and does not, as soon as may be, disclose and make known the same to the President or to some judge of the United States, or to the governor or to some judge or justice of a particular State, is guilty of misprision of treason and shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than seven years, or both.
Section 2388. Activities affecting armed forces during war
(a) Whoever, when the United States is at war, willfully makes or conveys false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States or to promote the success of its enemies; or Whoever, when the United States is at war, willfully causes or attempts to cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty, in the military or naval forces of the United States, or willfully obstructs the recruiting or enlistment service of the United States, to the injury of the service or the United States, or attempts to do so – Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
(b) If two or more persons conspire to violate subsection (a) of this section and one or more such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each of the parties to such conspiracy shall be punished as provided in said subsection (a).
(c) Whoever harbors or conceals any person who he knows, or has reasonable grounds to believe or suspect, has committed, or is about to commit, an offense under this section, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
(d) This section shall apply within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, and on the high seas, as well as within the United States.
Madame Traitor Pelosi has also violated The Logan Act:
Did Nancy Pelosi Violate the Logan Act?
Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen to apply himself, or his agent, to any foreign government, or the agents thereof, for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from such government or any of its agents or subjects.
That is the complete text of the Logan Act, passed by the U.S. Congress on January 30, 1799, and in force to this day.
Did Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (and others) violate that act during a much-publicized, self-authorized trip to Syria?
The answer, like the law itself, is simple and straightforward: Yes.
Nancy Pelosi qualifies as "any citizen of the United States," with no exemption as Speaker of the House.
Nancy Pelosi acted "without authority of the United States," which, in matters of foreign policy, resides solely and exclusively in the executive branch of the U.S. Government, meaning the President of the United States and his designees. The President of the United States specifically disapproved of the Pelosi trip to Syria, asked her not to go and criticized her thereafter.
Nancy Pelosi directly commenced "correspondence or intercourse" with officers and agents of a foreign government.
Nancy Pelosi, by her own statements, intended and attempted to influence the "measures or conduct" of that foreign government. Those measures and that conduct directly relate to disputes or controversies with the United States (and its allies).
That the measures and conduct of Syria are among the worst of nations is of considerable concern from the standpoint of U.S. foreign policy, but is irrelevant from the standpoint of the Logan Act, which does not grade the behavior of countries or delineate among them for the purposes of its strictures.
That Speaker Pelosi says she said nothing on her trip that differs from the positions of the President is also irrelevant, from the standpoint of the law, and either woefully ignorant or ignorant and spiteful, from the standpoint of international relations.
The current policy of the U.S., as made by the executive branch, is to isolate Syria. That may be right; it may be wrong; it may not even matter. It is not, however, anywhere within Speaker Pelosi's prerogative to tangibly interfere or even interpose herself by meeting directly with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the purposes of any "diplomacy."
Pelosi's defenders make much of the fact that she is Speaker of the House of Representatives and only behind the Vice President in order of succession to the Presidency. That may get heads nodding on television talk shows, but falls with a thud against the words of the U.S. Supreme Court, recognizing the "exclusive power of the President as the sole organ of the federal government in the field of international relations" or "the decision of the executive is conclusive."
(Contrary to the mistaken assertions of some, presidential succession is not specified in the Constitution, but in statutory law made by Congress, subject to change, as it has changed in the past. No Speaker has ever succeeded to the Presidency. Even if one ever does, that will never make the legislative branch the executive branch or allow anyone in the legislative branch to adventure past the separation of powers that is one of the cornerstones of our government.)
It is far more pertinent to ask another question regarding Pelosi's role as Speaker of the House. What does it say to this country that she openly violates a law made by the very legislative body of which she is the putative leader? If she disagrees with the law, for any reason, it is her job to try to change it, not to violate it, no matter how much she may disagree with the foreign policy positions of a duly-elected President.
The Logan Act may be old and no one ever before prosecuted for violating it. But it is neither ill-founded nor archaic, particularly in a time of world unrest and significant domestic tension regarding U.S. policy toward that unrest. The law does not preclude all legislators' discussions with foreign leaders, such as fact-finding, but only those which have the unauthorized intent to influence those leaders.
As recently as September 2006, the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House issued a memo to all members and officers that cautioned against activities that implicate the Logan Act, albeit intended as a warning to outgoing members. Similarly, in February 2006, the Congressional Research Service prepared a survey of the Logan Act for Congress. While neither document is particularly respectful of the law, there should at least be no one in Congress claiming not to understand it (including Speaker Pelosi's Republican fellow travelers).
There is no question that many Americans and many in Congress disagree strenuously with foreign policy positions of the Bush Administration. Any and all, including Speaker Pelosi, may say so, loudly and often, in Congress, in the public square. But none of us, including Speaker Pelosi, has the right to conduct any foreign policy, without specific authorization of the President.
Now, Speaker Pelosi and Congressman Tom Lantos, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, are openly discussing a diplomatic trip to "dialogue" with Iran. In the Byzantine world of foreign relations, that's like trying to dismantle a nuke wearing only a head scarf for protection.
The Washington Post called Speaker Pelosi's mission to Syria "foolish." Vice President Cheney called it "bad behavior." We call it felony
The Retreat Caucus Didn't Learn The Last Time
Bush: Will he stay the course as others run? "America good! Al Qaeda bad!" – A trader in the Qatana bazaar, Ramadi, Iraq
Rich Lowry…NY Post
THIS is a sentiment that the Iraqi trader felt safe to utter as a visiting U.S. gen eral passed by, according to John Burns of The New York Times, only after a furtive glance "up and down the narrow refuse-strewn street to check who might be listening." In a microcosm, this is the reason why we're finally making progress against al Qaeda in Iraq: The protection afforded by American combat power has made it possible for Iraqis in Sunni areas to turn against the terror group.
In a global struggle against Islamic extremism, it is an incontestably welcome development that ordinary Sunnis in the Arab heartland are spurning al Qaeda. The extremist group has been on a campaign of savagery in Iraq that has discredited its own cause. The grassroots revolt against it means that it is within our reach to deny al Qaeda its most important current geopolitical objective, which is plunging Iraq into a bloody chaos in which it can thrive.
But a group of Republican senators have picked precisely this moment to call for deconstructing the troop surge that has begun to give us the upper hand against al Qaeda. They thus reveal a key dishonesty in the debate over the war: Everyone professes to want to fight al Qaeda in Iraq – as opposed to policing the sectarian war – but the number of politicians willing to support the means to that end is ever-dwindling.
Useless Pelosi and Loser Reid
The UNPOPULAR Leaders Reid and Pelosi…
…fear success in the War In Iraq.
This week, Democrats on Capitol Hill are expected to present several different bills meant to undermine the war in Iraq. I fear that it will be difficult for Americans to discern the facts, as members on the Hill (including some Republicans) will revisit past failures and lament unfortunate losses rather than undertake a serious critique of the new counterinsurgency strategy.
Why? Because for some members of Congress, there is a growing fear that Gen. David Petraeus just might have a winning strategy in Iraq.
So sad to be them, eh?
Iraqnophobia is such a lethal psychosis.
Fruit Loop Pelosi Asserting Her Nothingness
Pelosi Asserts Her Authority
I saw that headline from the Washington Compost and about spewed my coffee all over my keyboard.
The article describes how she and Dingbat (Dingell) were at odds over a few issues and how the Dingbat pretty much shunned the new and all powerful SoH.
Powerful? At what? Getting nothing done? Hell. I can do that!
Some "powerful majority they have, eh? The WORSE CONgress in our Nation's history is nothing to brag about and to assert power over when it was that same authority that accomplished one item. Morons.
But if Pelosi has succeeded in uniting her party during her initial months as speaker, she and the rest of the leadership have yet to convince the nation that the Democrats can govern.
Pelosi, of California, has succeeded in getting all of her opening agenda through the House. But few of the initiatives have made it to the president, and only one has become law: an increase in the minimum wage.
Again, some majority. This Democratic Party led CONgress has an approval rating much less than GWB and Cheney. That says quite a bit right there.
This Explains That!
Wow. Remember when the SoH Pelosi went to Syria and misrepresented Israel as well as the United States? Remember that? We were all wondering what the motivation was and we thought and read and wrote amongst ourselves to the tune that she must be in bed with the Iranian puppet state of Syria. Well, it appears that this was true after all. Imagine that.
Fox News: Dick Morris
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has disclosed that she holds stock valued at up to $15,000 in Alcatel-Lucent (formerly Alcatel SA), a company with extensive investments in Iran and Sudan – nations that sponsor terrorism.
The disclosure of Pelosi's holdings comes at the same time that legislation is making its way through the California legislature barring state pension fund managers from investing in companies, like Alcatel-Lucent, that do business with "terror-friendly" nations.
According to Divestterror.org, a citizens group pushing a South Africa-style disinvestment program to discourage companies from doing business in terror countries, Alcatel-Lucent's investments in terror countries are so extensive that it is included on the organization's "dirty dozen" list of offending companies. The organization estimates that the company has invested upwards of $300 million in terror sponsoring nations during the past five years.
According to Divestterror.org, Alcatel is aiding Iran's terrorist activities by providing state controlled companies with data transmission and switching network capabilities. "These contracts have reportedly included the provision of hardware, software, technologies, and training to Iranian companies." It is also installing an undersea telecommunications cable in Iran.
Prior to his overthrow, Alcatel carried out major fiber optic products for dictator Saddam Hussein in Iraq, despite U.S. government warnings to the French company that the project could advance Iraqi military capabilities.
Alcatel is currently "involved in similar telecommunications projects ranging from upgrading networks to the installation underwater fiber optic cables" in Sudan and Libya.
Criticizing Alcatel, former House Armed Services Committee Chairman and current GOP presidential contender Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) expressed his worry over Alcatel's activities in a letter to President Bush. In it, he wrote, "I am concerned about potential transfers of technology or sensitive information to other countries with which Alcatel has business dealings, which have included Burma, China, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria."
Florida has passed, and its governor, Charlie Crist, has signed legislation to state pension funds to sell their equities in companies that do business with Iran, Syria, Sudan, or North Korea. Similar legislation has passed in Louisiana and is making its way through state legislatures in New York, New Jersey, Ohio and California. Missouri's state treasurer Sarah Steelman has implemented a disinvestment strategy administratively.
For the Speaker of the House to own stock in such a company is a particular outrage. She should immediately sell her stock and call on all other members of Congress who hold stock in the company to do likewise.
Only if we send a signal to these companies that their associations with Iran and other terrorist states comes at a huge price can we dissuade them from continued involvement. But if there is a massive selloff of their stock, company executives will feel the pinch in their salaries and bonuses.
Iran is in serious economic trouble. Yesterday, it announced that it would have to ration gasoline – this in a nation with the second largest proven oil reserves. But it can't get at its oil resources without massive foreign investment. As a result, government revenues from the energy industry have dropped from $55 billion in 2006 to a projected $44 billion in 2007. In a nation where 70 percent of the labor force is employed by the government, the costs in social instability of budget cuts militated by declining energy revenues could be formidable.
Under such pressure, Iran may well have to curb its nuclear ambitions or face the prospect of overthrow by an enraged population.
Mrs. Pelosi: Do your part!
Poor "Progressive" Bloggers!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! This all too funny!
The poor "progressives" (translation: socialists) are whining about accountability and here we are with the lamest CONgress in history and the LOWEST approval ratings of CONgress in history and who are the "majority"? Democrats.
Account for that, moron!
Here Come The Losers…Again!
The Two Muppeteers, Reid and Pelosi, are at it again. I guess they firmly desire to further their plunge into obscurity and place their names in The Book of All Time Losers. What are their approval ratings now? And why do they cater to the Vocal Minority on a continual basis? Your answer(s) are as good as my own. I just know that the two largest losers in the history of the United Stataes CONgress will introduce further loser mentality in the hopes to raise themselves above the primordial ooze in which they are drowning in at the moment.
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Pelosi, Reid to announce new push to end Iraq war
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) are expected tomorrow to announce a new coordinated effort to force votes in July to end the Iraq war, according to Democratic insiders.
Reid has already publicly declared that Senate Democrats will offer four Iraq-related amendments to the upcoming 2008 Defense authorization bill, including a proposal by Reid and Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) to set a firm timetable to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq by next spring.
Pelosi is planning to announce that the House will also vote on a bill setting a new withdrawal timetable of April 1, 2008, although the details of the proposal were still up in the air at press time, according to Democratic sources. The House will consider this proposal as a freestanding bill, said the sources.
Pelosi is also planning to force a vote on a proposal by Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, to repeal the 2002 use-of-force resolution for Iraq. This "deauthorization" proposal may be offered as an amendment to the 2008 Defense spending bill, which the House is scheduled to take up following the week-long July 4th recess.
In addition, House Democrats will push proposals to prohibit the creation of permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq, as well as a "readiness" initiative similar to that authored by Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.). The Webb proposal would limit deployments of U.S. soldiers and marines in Iraq by requiring the Pentagon to keep military units from being sent back to Iraq until they have been stateside as long as they were in the combat zone.
Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), chairman of the powerful Defense subcommittee on the House Appropriations Committee and a leader of the anti-war movement, is planning to offer his own new measures as part of the Defense spending bill.
Pelosi has been quietly meeting with various factions within the Democratic Caucus this week on the Iraq initiative, including Blue Dog conservatives skittish about being seen as anti-military, and the Out of Iraq Caucus, whose members have pushed hard for an end to the U.S. military involvement in Iraq.
Both Pelosi and Reid have come to the conclusion that President Bush's plan for a "surge" in the number of U.S. troops inside Iraq, has failed and that Democrats, despite losing their showdown with Bush and the Republicans over the recent Iraq supplemental funding bill, must continue to force votes to end the war. Gen. David Petraeus is supposed to report back to Congress in September on the state of the "surge," but Democrats have decided not to wait for his report.
"The surge is a failure, it isn't working," said a Democratic aide familiar with the new initiative. "We just can't leave American soldiers out there dying and not do anything."
Reps. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.), Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), the leaders of the Out of Iraq Caucus attended a meeting with Pelosi, other Democratic leaders and the Blue Dog lawmakers today.
After the meeting, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Democratic leaders "are working to build a consensus" within the Caucus on the Iraq proposals, but promised votes all next month on the issue. Hoyer said no date had been scheduled at this time for any of these votes, although the Defense spending bill is set to reach the House floor in mid-July.
And Reid…
Pelosi Believes In Murder
This yet another card of a character that has not graduated from the school of the sane.
From One News Now:
Republican presidential candidate Sam Brownback is denouncing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for implying that God supports embryo-destructive research.
House Democrats recently celebrated passage of a bill that would expand federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research (ESCR). On the House floor, Speaker Pelosi (D-California) described research on embryonic stem cells as "a gift from God" and "biblical in its power to cure."
"You destroy life to get these embryonic stem cells," the presidential hopeful notes. "It's like she avoids that portion of the discussion; and on top of that, we've just had even another breakthrough where they've been able to reprogram skin cells to act like embryonic stem cells …. we don't have to destroy human life."
Exactly so, Sir!
Pelosi has called on President Bush to reconsider his plan to veto the measure, saying that "with his cruel veto pen" last year, the president "dashed the hopes of many for the healing potential of stem-cell research."
Pelosi is a moron. Pelosi is a murderer. Perhaps she should be euthanized?
From a commenter at the site:
Nancy Pelosi continually demonstrates that she has a huge mouth and an infinitesimal brain. She is constantly backing out-of-date ideas and erroneous concepts that tear at the very fabric of American life. Sam Brownback readily recognized, as did many of us, the false concepts that Pelosi espoused. Stem-cell research has accomplished much – but not thru the use of embryos! So why is she pushing ESCR? To waste more taxpayer money on the wealthy big PHARMA!
What gives Speaker Pelosi the right to use our tax money to visit other nations and governments? That's what we have a State Dept. for! "Speaker of the House" does not mean "I speak for the nation" but Pelosi thinks she has free rein.
Ethics and Democrats
The two don't mesh. Behold:
Ethics and the Clintons
We have brought to your attention in previous posts the ill gotten gains of the Clintons and the Pelosis via the InfoUSA scandal both here and here. We have also brought to your attention the Double Standards of the Clintons here, and elsewhere.
Now, we would like you to ponder this revelation. Hillary has enlisted the dubious character of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa as she courts the Hispanic vote. She has also enlisted the dubious character of Alcee Hastings to lend the "special talents" of such an individual.
In this revelation previously mentioned, one should be asking, "What the hell?". I, for one, would like to know just what is going on in Nevada. Rory Reid, Harry Reid's son, runs Clinton's western efforts. It seems that the Pelosis and the Clintons and the Reids are all in bed with each other; no pun intended.
We have the Clintons on the payroll of InfoUSA. We have the Pelosi's son on the payroll of InfoUSA. We have the son of the Reids running Hillary's western ops. We have Rory Reid heavily involved with the mob and Nevada gambling establishments and we have Harry Reid involved with mob connections, connected to land fraud and schemes in Nevada.
And these people dare and have the audacity to preach to law-abiding citizens about ethics, honesty, integrity and reform? Spare me the insidious and duplicitous double standards of the American Democratic Party.
Especially when it comes to Hillary White Water Travelgate Rodham not-Rodham Clinton.
pelosi and Ethics? WHAT?
Thursday, June 07, 2007 11:43 PM
The NYSlimes does try sometimes with their token "sane"(?) ones?
Just as House Democrats' fervid promises of ethics reform are running out of steam [Running out of steam? When did it start?] comes the bribery indictment of one of their own, William Jefferson, the Louisiana representative accused of stashing $90,000 in marked bills in his home freezer. Surely the image of Mr. Jefferson allegedly using the Congressional dining room to transact quid-pro-quo corruption schemes is the strongest possible wake-up call for foot-dragging [Foot dragging? How about sittiing on their butts NOT doing ANYTHING about it?] members to face up to the need for aggressive ethics enforcement. The existing ethics committee produced cobwebs, not early-warning alerts, as recent scandals were launching several lawmakers, staffers and lobbyists on prison careers. [Has he resigned yet? Are there voices of OUTRAGE for him to step down and do the honorable thing? No? Why not?]
The timing could not be better for Speaker Nancy Pelosi to offer Congress and its doubting constituents the strongest possible proposal for the creation of an independent office to oversee ethics enforcement. [Sorry to disappoint you, but nancy pelosi is chief crook…remember American Samoa "minimum wage quagmire? And her son on the payrolll of InfoUSA with NO experience to boot?] A bipartisan task force has been studying this campaign promise, and the speaker is reportedly ready to sign off on some sort of an oversight panel of respected outsiders. [Yeah. Right. Sure. UHHUH.] Details are thus far scarce. [Scarce? You mean, non-existent, right?] But if Congress wants to repair its tattered reputation, it is crucial to resist cosmetic change. For any independent panel to be convincing it must be given the power to investigate corruption allegations and make recommendations to the ethics committee for forceful action. [Excuse me. "We The People" DEMAND that "They The Crooks and Ignorers of We The People" step down so we can start all over again. WE want OUR country back!]
Such a panel could render a double service by credibly shooting down frivolous charges and by bracing the House in its duty to police wayward members. [Who defines "frivilous charges"?] The alternative is for Congress to continue to sit there in encrusted apathy, relying on criminal prosecutors and the news media to surprise it with fresh embarrassments about its members abusing the people's business. [You mean like, do their friggin' jobs? Surely you jest!]


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Editor's note: CNN Contributor Bob Greene is a best-selling author whose 25 books include "Late Edition: A Love Story" and the novel "All Summer Long." He appears on "CNN Newsroom" Sundays during the 5 p.m. ET hour. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Bob Greene.
(CNN) – CNN Contributor Bob Greene looks past the conventions to the mudslinging about to get underway in earnest. He says that this could be the dirtiest political season in memory.
[1:01] "With politics having become more of a spectator sport than ever, what is the real harm in its having devolved into an only slightly more refined version of mud wrestling? The harm is that it's a tough shift to go from mud wrestler to statesman once the votes are counted."
[2:22] "A willingness to use any means to win an election will inevitably in the end produce a president. But then the president will have to lead a nation that has turned darkly cynical about the entire process."
See all of Bob Greene's columns at CNN Opinion
Ref- You hit it dead center. There is no common ground in politics. Its sad to say but true. Everyone wants to be on the winning team and come up with the craziest reasons why their group is better. Dem or Rep it doesn't matter right now, our country is screwed because we are devided.
Great points! This is exactly how I'm feeling. I don't understand how my friends can be so divided on the direction of the country and so partial to their party, but face to face we find ourselves mostly on common ground when it comes to real issues. This isn't a game. The country is really in trouble and we're taking sides like we're rooting for our favorite sports team.


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Tunç Tezel
Location of Photo:
near Bolu, Turkey
Date/Time of photo:
3rd December 2007
For the main shot showing both objects, I used a 100-400 mm lens at 400 mm f/8, with a Canon EOS 5D camera at ISO 1600 and an exposure of 4 minutes, piggybacked on a Meade 8" LX10 SCT. Then I composed two pictures of both objects separately taken with the 8" SCT. For NGC253, it was an exposure of 1 hour at ISO 800. For NGC288, it was a shorter 10-minute exposure at ISO 1600.
NGC253 is a bright, large spiral galaxy lying about in the faint constellation Sculptor. It is the brightest galaxy in the Sculptor with the magnitude of 7.1; with the distance of 10 million light years. NGC288, on the other hand, lies only 27000 light years away, in the halo of Milky Way. It is a magnitude fainter than NGC253: 8.1. The pair is separated 1 3/4 degrees of sky. They are visible in the same binocular field (about as wide as this picture) but most telescopes are not able to fit them in the same field. South Galactic Pole (SGP) lies less than a degree soutwest of NGC288, close to the lower right corner of this picture.
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Saturday, 26 September 2009
Enjoy Your Day!!
I've used Cored'inations paper and a Cuttlebug folder with a light sanding together with DCWV Retro prints paper.
The image is " Bunny Bathtime" from A Passion for Stamps which you can find in my sidebar.
I have used this stamp lots of times for baby cards but I thought it could also be used for birthday cards/Get Well cards etc.
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Thursday, 24 September 2009
The paper is Boutique by Jesse Edwards.
The main image is "Morning Glory" from my range - A Passion for Stamps which you can find in the sidebar and I've coloured it with Promarkers.I've added a little flocking powder to the centre of the flower and decoupaged the buds.
The butterfly stamp is "monarch" by Stampendous.
The rich dark brown scallop at the base was sent to me by Tara and is self adhesive.I love the detail on it!
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Wednesday, 23 September 2009
Tara's Cards!!
These gorgeous cards certainly brought a big smile to my face when I saw them!!
I never cease to be amazed at what Tara comes up with!! Aren't they just fantastic?
She has used my "Bunny in the bath" stamp from A Passion for Stamps to create two wonderful baby cards using babygro shaped templates and they do look great!
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Monday, 21 September 2009
Until now the "Jonny" and "Andrea" stamps were only available as a set but I have now got them available to buy separately for £4.95 each.
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Good morning.
I've actually never entered either of these challenges before but over the weekend I've seen some beautiful cards for both on my blog hopping expedition.
Papertake Weekly Challenge want a card based on the theme "faking it" and Secret Crafter want "one for the girls".
I've made a really girly card with "Jenny in bed" from my Passion for Stamps collection which you can find in the sidebar.Because the clours of Promarkers I've used are so bold I wanted to leave some white showing on the card.
The "fakes" are the Martha Stewart doily border punch(fake lace) and the pearl buttons on Jenny's PJ's.
The little butterfly has been covered with flocking powder.
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Saturday, 19 September 2009
Jonny and Andrea at Christmas
I got some gorgeous Basic Grey papers today from Martine and couldn't wait to use them for the Basic Grey challenge.The requirements are the use of Basic Grey paper and embossing.I have used the sketch from Sketch Saturday.
It fits in with the Allsorts challenge where they want "snowflakes in September".
I have used "Andrea" and "Jonny" from my own stamp range A Passion for Stamps and coloured them with Promarkers.This time I've added leggings and a couple of bracelets along with a scarf to the Andrea stamp for a change..
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Thursday, 17 September 2009
Jenny in Bed
This card was made to combine two challenges....Sketch Saturday and a Passion for Promarkers where the challenge this week is to use any colours plus polka dots.
I tried to make this on as bright and cheerful as possible for a Get Well card so I chose papers from Kate Knight's Wild Blossom collection by Dovecraft.
The stamp is "Jenny in Bed" from my own collection A Passion for Stamps, coloured with Promarkers.
I've used an Xcut flower punch and added a touch of glitter to the petals.
The heart border punch is from Dovecrafts and I layered it over green paper to show it off!
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Wednesday, 16 September 2009
I've used the "Orchid" stamp from my newly released A Passion for Stamps range and you can find the details in my sidebar.
I coloured it with Promarkers and used Glossy accents to highlight the stripe on the plant pot.
The papers are Core d'inations (Cuttlebugged) and Jesse Edwards Boutique. The beautiful turquoise flower and the pin were sent to me by Tara and the gems are from my stash.
I've used the Martha Stewart doily border punch on the corners of the image again as I love the lacy effect.
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Saturday, 12 September 2009
Tara's card
This time Tara has made a beautiful card with my "Kitten at Wall" stamp fromA Passion for Stamps and isn't it just gorgeous?
I think the beauty is in the detail...the little paw prints in the flowers and the way she has stamped the ribbon etc.Poor Tara is not too well at the moment so it is a surprise that she was able to make this at all.
The card has now pride of place on my mantlepiece as she sent it to me ..
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Tara's card
Well this one just left me wondering if I should ever make another card.......isn't it gorgeous? This time Tara has used my "Morning Glory" stamp and made a better card with it than I ever could.
I'd never have thought of using black for the flower but it looks great - the petals look like velvet.
This looks great and I'm so chuffed at what she has come up with this time again!!
Those Nesties are fantastic,too and show off the image so well.
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New intelligent high-beam LED Array Adaptive High Beam System
Experts of Toyota developed a system of intelligent high-beam LED Array Adaptive High Beam System, which adapts to the mode of driving a car, does not blind oncoming cars and pedestrians on the roadside lights. The first models with new headlights will appear in 2015. In light headlamps there are LEDs, which mounted in several rows. The "brain" of the new system is the Toyota electronic control unit, which works in conjunction with the established in the top of the windscreen camera and steering. If necessary, the electronics can change the direction of the luminous flux of certain diodes to illuminate a turn or avoid blinding oncoming traffic.


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Dalrymple writes that the modernists were adept at claiming that their architecture was both
- a logical development to and æsthetic successor of classical Greek architecture; and
- utterly new and unprecedented
The latter, he points out, was nearer the mark. They created buildings that,
not only in theory but in practice, were incompatible with all that had gone before, and intentionally so. Any one of their buildings could, and often did, lay waste a townscape, with devastating consequences. What had previously been a source of pride for inhabitants became a source of impotent despair.
Le Corbusier's books
are littered with references to the Parthenon and other great monuments of architectural genius: but how anybody can see anything in common between the Parthenon and the Unité d'habitation (an appellation that surely by itself ought to tell us everything we need to know about Corbusier), other than that both are the product of human labour, defeats me.


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Volvo Sailing Dealer Tour
The Volvo Sailing Dealer Tour was an initiative developed and activated by Into the Blue during 2012, on behalf of our client Volvo Car UK. The purpose of the tour was to take sailing to a wider audience including Volvo customers and dealer contacts as well as schools and sailing clubs.
Within the three months between April – June the tour visited 51 destinations across the UK, with 2 events held per day which included an event hosted by a Team Volvo sailor at a school or sailing club during the day and a second event at a dealership or sailing club in the evening. Within the three months the tour impacted over 8,000 people and facilitated the development and launch of the Volvo RYA Sail for Gold Game which supported the education of the UK public about Olympic Sailing.
Volvo Olympic Hospitality, Weymouth
Into the Blue organised and hosted 14 days of hospitality for Volvo Cars UK in in Weymouth during the Olympics. Guests included dealers, corporate and fleet clients, VCUK personnel as well as Volvo Global personnel. The hospitality days comprised transfer to the Olympic sailing venue in Weymouth, a VIP 'flight' on Weymouth Tower, viewing of the Olympic sailing aboard the luxury motor yacht Rum Jungle, hosted by double Gold Medal winner Sarah Ayton OBE, and Team Volvo Paralympic sailor Helena Lucas.
"I just wanted to thank you so much for a fantastic weekend in Weymouth. What could top that atmosphere, that weather and two Olympic golds!!"
- Karin Bäcklund Head of Global Sponsorship, Volvo
"The U.K. team did a great job planning and executing the activities surrounding the Olympic sailing event. A terrific example of maximizing every bit of return possible from your investment in the U.K. sailing team. Personally, Stacey and I really enjoyed the weekend. Great company, great organization and great result"
- Doug Speck, Senior Vice President Marketing Sales and Customer Service at Volvo
"The Volvo Dealer Tour evening was a fantastic success with 74 of my guests attending .I really must offer a sincere thank you to Sarah Ayton who was outstanding throughout the event. Arriving at the dealership around noon she was hugely enthusiastic about our event from the start. Her appearance at Truro School was a success and I am sure the elite sailors took real inspiration from her. Then it was on to Radio Cornwall"
- Nick Jones - Dealer Principal, Truro Motor Company
"Many thanks for your input into yesterday's presentation with Helena Lucas. It was a huge success & she represented an inspiration & charismatic sportswoman with huge commitment and courage. It was a real privilege to have this opportunity to many thanks to Volvo"
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Baroque style brocade wedding dress with a plunging illusion neckline, exposed top boning and a sheer back bodice with matching cap sleeve straps. The neckline and waist are embellished with delicately beaded tonal lace applique and double covered button closure. The voluminous circular skirt finishes with a chapel length train.
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Background noise in our environment is something we tend to ignore. Environments with loud background noise have a significant impact on the hearing impaired, and those with auditory sensitivity, and also affect our entire population. It is time to pay attention to the sound levels in our surroundings, and recognize how it affects our health. Exposure to high sound levels cannot be ignored. You cannot get used to them – hearing harm will happen! High sound levels are linked to many physical health issues. These levels also contribute to stress, and can permanently affect hearing over time.
The lessersound app is designed to do three things:
AWARENESS – Create awareness to sound levels in your environment.
EDUCATION – Educate you on the risks of the sound levels you are experiencing.
ASSISTANCE – Assist you in finding locations with sound levels that meet your needs.
Every sound reading a user submits is stored in a database. This database is accessible to all users, so users can learn about the sound level of an environment before they are in it, or search for an environment with a sound level most comfortable to them.
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|Milk of Magnesia
|Dabbing of the cotton ball.
|This is what a thick layer looks like.
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Toni Tralala says
We have opposite skin types! Mine is so dry that I can draw on my skin with a finger nail. :)) This is why I always have lotion with me!
I'm glad that this is working out for you though. Use an astringent every afternoon! It's meant for oily skin. 🙂
She Likes To Pretend says
I've tried it because of reviews I've read. I have really oily skin too. It's shiny after like half an hour and it doesn't look good. But anyway, I thought it worked ok, but I just swiped it on with my fingers, probably a bad idea. I'm gonna try the cotton ball technique 🙂 Thanks for the tip.
My-My says
You know, I was recommended this when the Monistat Chaffing gel broke me out like the grand canyon! but I was just so terrified, I didn't even bother. but maybe I'll try it now.
Karen says
My younger sister is like you – she has really oily skin on her face. My skin is just sensitive….so I don't have an issue with having to blot my face etc. I'll have to let my sister know about this – I have heard of Milk of Magnesia but like you said, I thought it was to drink to lessen the acidity of the stomach. Cool – I just did a quick search and saw that it could be used as deoderant. Sounds like good stuff LOL
Btw, since you have oily skin, do you happen to know if there are any good blemish/pimple stuff that worked for you? The only thing Jenn said worked amazingly for her was AcneFree treatment, which I cannot get in Canada (she picked it up in the States)…and I have this huge stubborn zit on my face now :S I've been slapping on tea tree oil but not much happening…thanks in advance Babe.
Adriana says
Witch Hazel works great on pimples…
Pop Champagne says
this is intersting! I got oily skin too that needs blotting after about 4 hours. where did you get this?? I don't think I've seen this in my drugstore before
Maddalena says
very useful 😀
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Awesome! Thank you for sharing! =)
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German - digital CHARLIE (2-9y)
Charlie is a sewing pattern for a lined, knitted shirt with lapel collar that makes it possible to create different looks combining the used fabrics in a different way. The pattern offers a short and long sleeved version.
- Sewing level: beginner. Here you can read more about the sewing levels.
- What you get when you buy this digital pattern (without seam allowance):
- sizes: 92 (2y) -134 (9y)
- a digital print-at-home step by step phototutorial
- a digital -print per size- A4 pattern to print-cut-paste at home
(18 pages)
- a digital -print per size- large sized pattern to print at a printshop (880mm/841mm)
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Americans' financial anxiety is causing them to miss investment opportunities, forgo higher returns in favor low risk/low yields vehicles and not follow through on necessary financial planning.
These are among the findings of a new survey from Hartford Funds. The research is based on a survey of 130 advisors regarding client investment behaviors in the current economy.
"While it's no surprise that consumers are anxious about the economy, advisors are facing the challenge of not only managing clients' investments, but also managing the emotions and fears that influence their decisions," says John Diehl, senior vice president at Hartford Funds. "While there are a number of factors to consider, the survey findings underscore the need for both advisors and clients to recognize and evolve certain behaviors in order to effectively pursue their financial goals."
Key findings from the survey include:
- Anxiety is adversely impacting client investment decisions: Most advisors (57 percent) believe clients have allowed their anxiety to adversely impact their investment decisions. This behavior is one of the top two concerns shared by advisors today. Market volatility was the most-cited issue that is keeping advisors up at night, followed closely by client anxiety about saving and investing.
- Consumers place higher value on investment certainty than returns: More than three-quarters (76 percent) of advisors noted that their clients are prioritizing investment certainty over the potential for higher returns. Despite this sentiment, 37 percent of advisors expect their clients' risk tolerance to increase over the next 12 months, while only 17 percent expect clients to become more risk averse. Nearly half (46 percent) of advisors surveyed expect risk tolerance to remain the same.
Interestingly, this trend of shifting risk aversion follows advisors' own patterns. Thirty-seven percent of advisors reported their personal investment profile has become less conservative over the past 12 months. Only 10 percent have become more conservative, with the remaining 53 percent keeping a steadfast risk profile.
- Advisors are seeking alternatives to fixed income amid rising interest rates: Two-thirds (66 percent) of advisors surveyed indicated that the potential of rising interest rates has led them away from recommending fixed-income vehicles to their clients. The remaining 34 percent of advisors, who indicated they were not moving their clients out of fixed income, saw various benefits to sticking with their fixed-income strategy.
Forty-one percent of those respondents attribute their decision to still seeing opportunities in the bond market. Thirty-two percent believe that no other vehicles provide the same income and security; and 23 percent remain confident in the long-term performance potential of fixed-income products. Only 4 percent indicated a lack of client confidence in the equity market as their motivation for their commitment to fixed income.
- Equity Value Funds and corporate bond products provide greater clarity for clients: Ninety percent of advisors polled indicated that emerging market funds caused the greatest anxiety among clients. Sixty-five percent of advisors said international bond funds are also a cause for client anxiety.


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Job Title: Veterinarian (Female)
Locations: Lagos and Ibadan - Oyo
Job Description
- Perform general procedures, surgery, and dentistry
- Build rapport with clients by gathering information and listening to, and empathizing with, their concerns
- Evaluate and treat different categories of Pets
- Provide preventative medical, clinical, and surgical care
- Stay current on new medical information and changes in veterinary medicine
- Perform all common surgeries, including use of all standard medical instruments, equipment, and anesthesia protocols.
- B.Sc./HND qualification.
- To be successful in this role the candidate will be able to work with strict deadlines and enjoy contributing to a professional working environment.
- Successful applicant should have a minimum of one post youth service experience in a similar role.
17th September, 2018.
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The Legend of Zelda is great. And if somebody compared your game to Zelda, then you'd be pretty happy, no? No?
While he is a Zelda fan, Darksiders II Creative Director Joe Madureira apparently doesn't want his game, with its dungeon-based gameplay, compared to Zelda. That's understandable, I guess—he wants Darksiders to have its own identity.
Though, if everyone comes up to you and says your romantic interest looks like a supermodel, you should be happy!
"I'll be curious to see who we're compared to this time, but the only game we want to be compared to is the original Darksiders," Madureira told Official Nintendo Magazine. "We want people to say it's like the first one but 10 times bigger and better."
Don't compare Darksiders 2 to Zelda - Creative Director [ONM]


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All of our pet portraits including these lovely yellow Labrador paintings are hand-painted using premium Winsor & Newton oils onto a high quality duck cotton canvas. Oils do take a while to dry and as we pride ourselves on painting you high quality portraits that you will be proud to display and that will stand the test of time we will not rush on the quality of your portrait. We therefore ask that you allow between 4 – 6 weeks from commissioning your portrait to receiving it. If you are ordering a dog portrait as a gift for a special occasion and are on a tight timeframe we can send you personalised gift vouchers.
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The Strange Situation - Mary Ainsworth (1978)
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The aim is to measure attachment types, between a mother and her child.
She used a structured, overt observation but a lab experiment, therefore controls all extraneous variables.
She used a sample of 100 middle class American infants, aged 12-18 months, and their mothers.
1) Mother and baby enter the room. Secure base.
2) Mother allows baby to explore, not interacting with them. Secure base.
3) The stranger enters, stays quiet, but then starts talking to the mother. He/she then apporaches the baby, and the mother quietly leaves. Stranger anxiety and seperation anxiety.
4) The stranger tries to interract with the baby for 3 minutes maximum, or less if the baby is distressed. Stranger anxiety.
5) The mother comes and comforts the baby, settles them down, and then leaves again. Reunion behaviour and seperation anxiety.
6) The stranger then leaves. Seperation…
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Every month, I co-host an entrepreneur dinner in NYC with Michael Fishman, and when we go around the table introducing each other, Michael and I always ask people to brag about themselves.
It's funny — people LOVE bragging about themselves, but it's not socially acceptable. So when you make it socially acceptable, you discover the most amazing things about people.
So today, I want to know: What's one thing you're incredibly proud of? It could be paying off your debt, or working out, or even getting over a social phobia to talk to someone at a bar.
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E-ssentials 4 | 2016
USA: The District of Columbia bans the use of TCEP and TDCPP in products
The District of Columbia published an Act, "Carcinogenic Flame Retardant Prohibition Amendment Act of 2016" that prohibits the manufacture, sell, offer for sale or distribution of any products containing 2 chlorinated flame retardants.
USA: Washington State reported heavy metals in children's jewellery
The US Washington State Department of Ecology found cadmium, lead and five other toxic metals in children's jeweler and the results showed surprisingly high levels of toxic metals in jewellery sold as an accessory with an article of clothing.
USA: CPSC approved federal mandatory standard for Portable Hook-on Chairs
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission approved a new federal mandatory standard which is intended to improve the safety of portable hook-on chairs and prevent deaths and injuries to young children.
USA: California published regulations for exposures to bisphenol A (BPA)
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment published two notices for BPA compliance on 17 March 2016 for public comment. Proposition 65 warning requirement for BPA will come into force on 11 May 2016.
Technical guidance on Pentachlorophenol (PCP)
What is pentachloropheno? In this article, we discuss the potential health hazard and various countries' maximum limit and related legislations.


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Ascott Centre for Excellence (ACE) is the global hospitality training centre of The Ascott Limited and a Continuing Education and Training (CET) centre approved by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) specialising in training for the Hotel and Accommodation Services Sector.
The twin objectives of ACE are:
The Ascott Limited is the world's largest international serviced residence owner-operator with more than 26,000 operating serviced residence units in key cities of Asia Pacific, Europe and the Gulf region, as well as about 12,000 units which are under development, making a total of 38,000 units. The company operates three brands – Ascott, Somerset and Citadines. Its portfolio spans 89 cities in 25 countries, 21 of which are new cities in Ascott's portfolio where its serviced residences are being developed. Ascott's properties can be found in cities including London, Paris, Brussels, Berlin and Barcelona in Europe; Singapore, Bangkok, Hanoi, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong in Asia; Melbourne and Perth in Australia, Bangalore and Chennai in India as well as Dubai, Doha and Manama in the Gulf region.
Ascott's parent company, CapitaLand is one of Asia's largest real estate companies headquartered and listed in Singapore. The company leverages its significant asset base, design and development capabilities, active capital management strategies, extensive market network and operational capabilities to develop high-quality real estate products and services. Its diversified global real estate portfolio includes integrated developments, shopping malls, serviced residences, offices and homes. Its two core markets are Singapore and China while Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam have been identified as new growth markets. The company also has one of the largest real estate fund management businesses with assets located in Asia.
CapitaLand's listed real estate investment trusts are Ascott Residence Trust, CapitaCommercial Trust, CapitaMall Trust, CapitaMalls Malaysia Trust and CapitaRetail China Trust.
Established in October 2010, Next U® is the executive education subsidiary of NTUC LearningHub, one of Singapore's leading continuing education provider. With over hundreds of courses from 25 best-in-class global and local partners, covering topics spanning productivity, innovation, service excellence, infocomm technology (ICT), soft skills and advanced professional skills
To arm students with latest and high-end productivity skills, Next U® works with the globally recognised Information Technology (IT) partners and leading tertiary institutions such as Adobe, Autodesk, Apple, Cisco, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, PMI and SMU to offer the latest course syllabus.
An initiative conceptualized in 2006 and incorporated in October 2010, Project Dignity has evolved to become the Singapore's first full-fledged hawker training and food court management school.
Project Dignity's programmes are conducted in a functional food court, allowing the studentsto gain real-time experience, have hands-on learning opportunities and benefit from thedynamic working environment.
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An AGM-88 HARM missile loaded aboard an F/A-18C
|Air-to-surface anti-radiation missile
|Place of origin
|United States
|Service history
|In service
|Used by
|U.S. and others
|Gulf War, Kosovo War, Iraq War, 2011 military intervention in Libya
|Production history
|Texas Instruments
|Texas Instruments, then Raytheon Corporation
|Unit cost
US$870,000 for AGM-88E[2]
|355 kilograms (783 lb)
|4.1 metres (13 ft)
|254 millimetres (10.0 in)
|WDU-21/B blast-fragmentation in a WAU-7/B warhead section, and later WDU-37/B blast-fragmentation warhead.
|Warhead weight
|66 kilograms (146 lb)
|FMU-111/B laser proximity fuze
|Thiokol SR113-TC-1 dual-thrust rocket engine
|1.1 metres (3.6 ft)
|Solid fuel
|150 kilometres; 92 miles (80 nmi)[3]
|2,280 km/h (1,420 mph)
|Passive radar homing with home-on-jam, GPS/INS and millimeter wave active radar homing in E variant.[4] 500-20,000 MHz for AGM-88C
|F/A-18, F-4G, F-16, Tornado IDS, F-35 and others
The AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) is a tactical, air-to-surface missile designed to home in on electronic transmissions coming from surface-to-air radar systems. It was originally developed by Texas Instruments as a replacement for the AGM-45 Shrike and AGM-78 Standard ARM system. Production was later taken over by Raytheon Corporation when it purchased the defense production business of Texas Instruments.
The AGM-88 can detect, attack and destroy a radar antenna or transmitter with minimal aircrew input. The proportional guidance system that homes in on enemy radar emissions has a fixed antenna and seeker head in the missile's nose. A smokeless, solid-propellant, booster-sustainer rocket motor propels the missile at speeds over Mach 2. HARM, a U.S. Navy-led program, was initially integrated onto the A-6E, A-7 and F/A-18 and later onto the EA-6B. RDT&E for use on the F-14 was begun, but not completed. The USAF introduced HARM on the F-4G Wild Weasel and later on specialized F-16s equipped with the HARM Targeting System (HTS).
The HARM missile was approved for full production in March 1983, obtained initial operating capability (IOC) on the A-7E Corsair II in late 1983 and then deployed in late 1985 with VA-46 aboard the aircraft carrier USS America. In 1986 the first successful firing of the HARM from an EA-6B was performed by VAQ-131. It was soon used in combat—in March 1986 against a Libyan SA-5 site in the Gulf of Sidra, and then Operation Eldorado Canyon in April. HARM was used extensively by the United States Navy and the United States Air Force for Operation Desert Storm during the Gulf War of 1991.
During the Gulf War, the HARM was involved in a friendly fire incident when the pilot of an F-4G Wild Weasel escorting a B-52 bomber mistook the latter's tail gun radar for an Iraqi AAA site. (This was after the tail gunner of the B-52 had targeted the F-4G, mistaking it for an Iraqi MiG.) The F-4 pilot launched the missile and then saw that the target was the B-52, which was hit. It survived with shrapnel damage to the tail and no casualties. The B-52 was subsequently renamed In HARM's Way.[5]
"Magnum" is spoken over the radio to announce the launch of an AGM-88.[6] During the Gulf War, if an aircraft was illuminated by enemy radar a bogus "Magnum" call on the radio was often enough to convince the operators to power down.[7] This technique would also be employed in Serbia during air operations in 1999.
In 2013 President Obama offered the AGM-88 to Israel for the first time.[8]
The newest upgrade, the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM), features the latest software, enhanced capabilities intended to counter radar shutdown and passive radar using an additional active millimeter wave seeker. It was released in November 2010 and is a joint venture by the US Department of Defense and the Italian Ministry of Defense and is produced by Alliant Techsystems.
In November 2005, the Italian Ministry of Defense and the US Department of Defense signed a Memorandum of Agreement on the joint development of the AGM-88E AARGM missile. Italy was providing $20 million of developmental funding as well as several millions worth of material, equipment and related services. The Italian Air Force was expected to procure up to 250 missiles for its Tornado ECR aircraft. Thus flight test program was set to integrate the AARGM onto Tornado ECR's weapon system.
The Navy demonstrated the AARGM's capability during Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) in spring 2012 with live firing of 12 missiles. Aircrew and maintenance training with live missiles was completed in June.
The Navy authorized Full-Rate Production (FRP) of the AARGM in August 2012, with 72 missiles for the Navy and nine for the Italian Air Force to be delivered in 2013. A U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet squadron will be the first forward-deployed unit with the AGM-88E.[9]
In September 2013, ATK delivered the 100th AARGM to the U.S. Navy. The AGM-88E program is on schedule and on budget, with Full Operational Capability (FOC) planned for September 2014.[10] The AGM-88E was designed to improve the effectiveness of legacy HARM variants against fixed and relocatable radar and communications sites, particularly those that would shut down to throw off anti-radiation missiles, by attaching a new seeker to the existing Mach 2-capable rocket motor and warhead section, adding a passive anti-radiation homing receiver, satellite and inertial navigation system, a millimeter wave radar for terminal guidance, and the ability to beam up images of the target via a satellite link just seconds before impact.[11]
It will be initially integrated onto the F/A-18C/D, F/A-18E/F, EA-18G, and Tornado ECR aircraft and later on the F-35.[12]
The Navy's FY 2016 budget included funding for an extended range AARGM-ER that utilizes the existing guidance system and warhead of the AGM-88E with a solid integrated rocket-ramjet for double the range. Development funding will last to 2020.[13]
On September 2016, Orbital ATK has lifted the veil on its extended-range variant of the AGM-88E or AARGM-ER, which incorporates a redesigned control section and 11.5 in.-dia. rocket motor for twice the range and internal carriage on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. [14]
In September 2015, the AGM-88E successfully hit a mobile ship target in a live-fire test, demonstrating the missile's ability to use anti-radiation homing and millimeter wave radar to detect, identify, locate, and engage moving targets.[15]
Although the U.S. chose the Orbital ATK-produced AGM-88E, Raytheon created their own version of the AARGM called the AGM-88F HARM Control Section Modification (HCSM) that incorporates similar upgrade features, which could allow the company to offer their missile for export.[16]
Current operators
- Australia: AGM-88E variant ordered; to be used on EA-18G Growlers.[17]
- Egypt
- Germany[18]
- Greece
- Israel
- Italy: AGM-88E variant.
- Kuwait
- South Korea : Their 134 KF-16 can launch AGM-88. ROKAF has 140 ~ 150 AGM-88. But because they don't have even a single HTS at all, their AGM-88 can be launched by only 2 modes such as LOR, HAS.
- Pakistan
- Saudi Arabia
- Spain[18]
- Taiwan
- Morocco
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- United States:
See also
- Anti-radiation missile
- DRDO Anti-Radiation Missile
- Chinese LD-10
- List of missiles
- Notes
- ↑ "AGM-88 HARM (high-speed antiradiation missile) - Smart Weapons". Fas.org. Archived from the original on 10 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
- ↑ AGM-88E AARGM / Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile, HDAM
- ↑ Raytheon Company: Miniature Air Launched Decoy (MALD)
- ↑ AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile | NAVAIR - U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command - Navy and Marine Corps Aviation Research, Development, Acquisition, Test and Eva... Archived April 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Lake, Jon (2004). B-52 Stratofortress Units in Operation Desert Storm (1 ed.). Oxford: Osprey. pp. 47–48. ISBN 1-84176-751-4.
- ↑ "Operational Brevity Words And Terminology". Fas.org. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
- ↑ Lambeth, Benjamin (2000). The Transformation of American Air Power. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-8014-3816-5.
- ↑ "Israel seeks $5B in U.S. loans to buy arms."
- ↑ Navy Approves Full Rate Production for New Anti-Radiation Missile Archived April 30, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. - Strategicdefenseintelligence.com, August 30, 2012
- ↑ ATK Delivers 100th Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) to U.S. Navy - PRNewswire.com, 17 September 2013
- ↑ US Navy extends Orbital ATK AGM-88E production - Flightglobal.com, 25 March 2016
- ↑ "ATK Awarded $55 Million Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Low Rate Initial Production...". Reuters. 2009-01-21. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
- ↑ F-35Cs Cut Back As U.S. Navy Invests In Standoff Weapons - Aviationweek.com, 3 February 2015
- ↑ http://aviationweek.com/awindefense/orbital-atk-reveals-new-double-range-aargm
- ↑ U.S. Navy tests upgraded missile - Upi.com, 23 September 2015
- ↑ Raytheon's HCSM anti-radiation missile upgrade completes key test - Flightglobal.com, 26 October 2015
- ↑ "AGM-88E AARGM Missile: No Place To Hide Down There". Defense Industry Daily. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
- 1 2 "Spain buying HARMs for use on EF-18". Defense Daily. 25 May 1990. Retrieved 8 August 2015 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Harpoon Databases: AGM-88 HARM". Harpoon Da tabases. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
- Bibliography
- Bonds, Ray and David Miller. "AGM-88 HARM". Illustrated Directory of Modern American Weapons. Zenith Imprint, 2002. ISBN 0-7603-1346-6.
External links
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to AGM-88 HARM.
- AGM-88 data sheet (PDF format) from Raytheon
- Information on AGM-88 HARM from FAS
- AGM-88 HARM information by Globalsecurity.org
- [email protected]
- AGM-88 HARM by Carlo Kopp


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The 2018 QuadSport Z50 is the entry level four-stroke ATV that's ideal for riders starting in the sport. With an emphasis on safety and adult control, this Quad features a throttle limiter to control engine output,a tether switch to remotely shut off the ignition, and a keyed main switch that prevents unauthorised use. Adjustable hand controls, an automatic transmission, full floorboards, and a low seat height make sure that beginning riders (age 6 and older) will enjoy active convenience and control. To sum it up, the QuadSport Z50 is packed with quality, safety and style making it the perfect choice for younger adventurers.


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From Populations to Species: Genome Evolution and Its Modelling
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- Lecturer: Laurent Guéguen, Fellow, SCAS. Associate Professor, Laboratory of Biometry and Evolutionary Biology, Université Claude Bernard - Lyon 1
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Research in genome evolution focuses on two different scales, either inter-species or intra-species. Each scale has its own discipline, phylogeny and population genetics, each with its own specific models and methods. However, both disciplines have a similar aim, understanding how life has evolved until the present time. Until now, data was distinctly built for each discipline, and researches were mostly separate. But this distinction disappears as more and more genomes are sequenced. I will try to expose how each discipline has to make its own specific simplifications from the same biological process to answer its own questions, and how methods emerge to fill the gap between inter-species and intra-species research.


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92-year-old Ben Hodges grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, but when he graduated high school there was really only one option to pursue ... his country had been brutally attacked months earlier at Pearl Harbor by the Japanese.
Between 1941-1945, 11.5 million American men were drafted into the United States Armed Forces to answer the call to face down the greatest threat the world had ever seen. Hodges was one of those men, eventually being stationed in Italy.
"I was the nose gunner on a B-24 bomber," Hodges, now a resident of Discovery's Conservatory at Keller Town Center in Texas. "We were stationed in Italy, but we were bombing all across Europe during the war. We had some pretty tough times, but I did make it back. The pilot I went over there with didn't make it back."
For the uninitiated, the Consolidated B-24 Liberator remains to this day the most-produced American military aircraft ever. Striking from Italy, the US rained hellfire down on the Allies' enemies with .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns in addition to the aircraft's payload of 1,000-pound Azon guided bombs.
But for all of the harrowing escapes that Hodges and his fellow soldiers endured; for all the times he thought he might never get back to the ground safely, much less back to his home in Tennessee, he realized much later on what true fear was when his beloved wife began the fight of her life against cancer.
"My wife was sick for about two years before I moved down here. She had cancer and she had back problems," Hodges remembers with distinct emotional clarity. "When she passed, I lived by myself for about 1-1/2 years. I didn't like that. I can't cook and all that, and I really stopped enjoying my life."
Hodges had lived in Memphis for more than 50 years. After he got out of the service following the culmination of World War II, he had gone to college at Mississippi State University, graduated, and worked briefly for a firm that built trailers before finding a home with Memphis' municipal natural gas company.
Working with natural gas in his hometown became Hodges' career, and he and his wife raised two children - a son and a daughter - as life carried on.
With no family left in Tennessee, Hodges finally began listening to his daughter, a resident of nearby Southlake, Texas, when she initiated talks with him about moving to the Lone Star State, specifically to the Conservatory at Keller Town Center.
It was pretty much a big adjustment, you're scaling way down. It's a lot different, but it's not bad because you have a lot of people and great food," Hodges, who is about to celebrate his one-year anniversary as a resident, says. "There's people from just about every state in the Union, so there's lots of friends and people you can talk to, and there's always something to do."
"I love that I don't have any major bills to worry about and I always have a place to eat. I used to play golf all the time in Memphis, and I'm planning on getting back out there when the weather cools off."
At age 92, Hodges is one of the only links enthusiasts around with a legitimate chance to shoot his age on any given 18 holes.
Family and freedom have always been mainstays in Hodges' life, and he's pleased to be able to enjoy both of them while calling Keller home.
"My daughter lives about two miles from where I live and I can go see her anytime I want," Hodges says. "You can do anything you want to just like at your home, go out, even get a job if you want, although that's not something I'm currently in the market for!"
Hodges doesn't let his advancing age have the slightest effect on how he lives his life. He uses the Conservatory's robust exercise area on a near-daily basis and heads for the gaming rooms when he needs to liven things up.
"A lot of people play cards, and I play a little bit, but my game is pool. I've made a good friend here from South Dakota, and we play pool a lot. It's a great way to relax and talk to other people, get to know them and learn about their lives."
And perhaps best of all for a man who thought his life had ended the day his wife passed away, there's the feeling of home and family, with his children, and two granddaughters - both students at Texas A&M University - able to visit any time they like.


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At Madison Family Dental, we look forward to meeting the dental needs of your entire family. We provide a full range of services such as routine cleanings, general consultation, x-rays, dental sealants, and extractions to our young dental patients. Our hope is to provide your child with positive dental experiences and a lifetime free from preventable oral disease. We realize that all children are unique and we strive to provide the best pediatric dentistry possible for your child. Our gentle and comforting care is one of the many reasons we were voted Madison, WI Area's 2017 "Most Loved Pediatric Dentist" by Hula Frog. Learn more!
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BETA TESTERS: thank you for all your feedback thus far! If you'd like to be added to TestFlight or Android beta join the team here https://rogertalk.com/beta -- Hey Product Hunters, we're super excited to be here today. Thank you Jeremy! Roger is a product that @blixt and I originally hacked on a weekend back when we were still working at Spotify NYC. The idea came when I ran into a pole while texting a friend in Sweden. At that moment it felt like there should be a better way than texting and phone calls to stay in touch with the people I don't see everyday, especially those who live in different timezones. So we made a simple walkie-talkie style app, shared it with a few friends, and quickly realized how much nicer it was to actually talk to and hear our favorite people. Today, we're a team of 4 engineers and designers with the goal of helping people talk more often. We've re-imagined the voice communication experience to be simpler, faster, and more personal. We use Roger everyday with our friends and family all over the world, and we invite you to give it a try! - The Roger Team
@ricardovice Hey! How does this compare to Tribe that was posted to Product Hunt last week
@bentossell @ricardovice Tribe is quite a cool product which I think comes from a similar place and hence shares some ideas. That said, we wanted Roger to stick to voice as what we really wanted was to create ongoing spontaneous conversations, as opposed to pictures/videos which we feel are often curated and require preparation.
@ricardovice Nice... so what is the major use-case here? Essentially sending audio-notes rather than calling/texting? People to voice thoughts?
@bentossell @ricardovice I use it primarily to have ongoing conversations with friends 5+ timezones away. I'm originally from Portugal, and have lived in Spain, Finland, Sweden and the US. As such, I don't get many opportunities to talk much with my close friends, not to mention my mom... Roger has been magical in the sense that I started having this moments where I felt like I was conversations with someone standing next to me throughout the day. Like the next best thing to teleportation :)
@ricardovice I just tried it now...the app's UI/UX feels great! Congrats on this launch.
Very clean design. Well done, @ricardovice and team. There seem to be a more voice-based apps surfacing lately. Unmute and another unreleased app come to mind. Why is that? P.S. Chat with me at http://rogertalk.com/rrhoover
@rrhoover I think voice communication is hard to crack. Phone calls are dying, but then messaging lacks nuance, so it's not surprising to see several teams of smart people reimagine the experience. It's no easy task though. As for ourselves, our goal has been to helps people talk more often, starting to ourselves, and that's what the product is about. Creating an experience that leads to spontaneous casual conversation with the people you already want to talk with, but otherwise have a hard time doing so.
I've been a user for a few months and Roger has completely changed how I communicate with my friends and family. It brings the best of texts and calls together: the simplicity and async nature of texts and the warmth and depth of calls. Highly recommended! Ping me at http://rogertalk.com/clement
Congrats on the launch and good luck! I'm http://rogertalk.com/jeremylv in case you want to chat.
@jeremylv and i am at https://rogertalk.com/sriram :)
Hey guys, I'm the iOS developer @ Roger. Super excited about the launch, I'm here to answer any questions/chat about communication in general! https://rogertalk.com/shreyas
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"Well, I'm a bit confused. Am I officially accepted? Or is there still some formal admissions process we haven't gone through yet?"
"Nope," she said, "You're in!"
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The way she talked, it was all a done deal. There were no comments like, "If you decide to attend...." She seemed to think that I was definitely going. Why else would I apply, after all?
Weird! Exciting, but weird.
She made it sound very hard, too. Scary words like Dissertation came up.... although I'd have a project option, if preferred, or a research option. (Me, I'm more of a project sort of girl.) Also, since each course is only 8 weeks long, your first homework assignment is due the first class! (Meaning we're expected to start working even before we start attending classes.)
It's all a bit overwhelming and confusing right now -- but it seems I'm in! I can start in March.
Now I just have to decide if I want to actually do this thing.