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Swiss, Premium, Performance Cycling
BMC is Swiss, very Swiss. But what does that mean?
This small Alpine European country bordered by no less than 5 others, has been crafted by the mountains. Mountains have influenced the birth of its independence and the evolution of its people and culture, to create a highly diverse yet very diplomatic landscape. Mountains are unavoidable in Switzerland, and for a bicycle manufacturer like BMC they provide the canvas for our dreams. They challenge us with their terrain, providing the perfect playground to inspire innovation.
We don't see our mountains as barriers but as hurdles, and we search daily for the best ways to overcome them – with pride, precision and quality engineering.
pre•mi•um \ prē-mē-əm \
'A high value or a value in excess of that normally or usually expected' this is exactly what BMC strives to deliver. We invest heavily in research and development and the constant evolution of our own engineering techniques and technology to deliver premium products.
Differentiated by Quality
To achieve an excessive value in terms of quality, design, specifications and the level of production we keep a lot of what we do absolute top secret. The entire production process, from the inception of a new bike, through to its design, prototyping, testing, iterating and all the way to the final product, happens in our Impec Advanced R&D lab in Grenchen, Switzerland. This commitment to controlling the process ensures that just like our bikes, we have a competitive, high-performance edge over our competition.
Designed by Bike Geeks, Built by Machines,
Pushed to the limits by the World's Fastest Athletes
The devil hides himself in the details; for an athlete at the very pinnacle of his sport, there are very few things that can impact their performance. Technology, in terms of equipment, is undoubtedly the biggest differentiating factor and greater than the margins of physiological improvement. At BMC, we have been listening to and observing riders for years – whether professional or recreational. Cadel Evans, Taylor Phinney, Thor Hushovd, Ralf Näf, Julien Absalon, Corrine Abraham - we have used the world's top athletes over the years to test our bikes. They are an intrinsic step in the research, development and production process, riding our prototypes and giving us feedback as we go along.
The History
BMC was born in Switzerland in 1994 and raised surrounded by the watch-making industry of Grenchen, Canton Solothurn. The relationship to performance cycling began when BMC began supplying the Swiss professional road racing team Phonak whose then patron was Andy Rihs, owner of international hearing company of the same name. Andy Rihs took over BMC in 2000 with the vision of building a carbon production facility to produce the 'Porsche of race bikes', and so he did. This factory has changed how the company approaches bike manufacturing and it has evolved into the Impec Advanced R&D Lab. Precision engineering and an innovative approach to research and development are BMC's pride and no other cycling manufacturer has so many tools at its disposal under one roof.
BMC is the premium, Swiss, cycling performance manufacturer. Established in 1994, the company employs up to 200 people worldwide. It is headquartered in Grenchen, Switzerland where it also has its very own carbon production and R&D facility the Impec Advanced R&D Lab. BMC's bikes are ridden by the world's top athletes including Tour de France winner 2011 Cadel Evans and the 2014 World XCO champion - Julien Absalon.


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GoSTEM finishes a busy Fall with 3 special STEM events at its partner schools
Dec 1, 2016 | Atlanta, GA
Latino STEM Education Day at Meadowcreek High School
On Saturday November 12th, 2016, GoSTEM, in partnership with the Meadowcreek High School Academy of Science, Technology, and Engineering hosted for the fifth time the Latino STEM Education Day at Meadowcreek HS. Students and families had the opportunity to attend bilingual workshops, in Spanish and English, on college access and financial aid. In addition, the event offered a variety of hands-on STEM activities and learning stations for the entire family facilitated by faculty, students, and staff both from Georgia Tech and Meadowcreek High School. Some of those activities included learning about the properties of materials at different temperatures, building towers, the use of 3D printing to build models, and robotics demonstrations. The attendees also had an opportunity to visit an exhibitors' area where representatives from community organizations shared information about their services, programs, and resources. It was a day full of fun and learning about college and STEM!
Aerospace Engineering Guest Speaker at GoSTEM's Pathways to College Program, Lilburn Middle School
On Wednesday November 9th, 2016, the GoSTEM's Pathways to College students at Lilburn Middle School, enjoyed a special visit to their after school program by Dr. Claudio Di Leo, Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech. Prof. Di Leo introduced students to the world of Aerospace Engineering and engaged them in a fun and educational activity that involved building and testing balsa gliders. The activity culminated with a team competition that surprised the winners with 3D-printed trophies made by Georgia Tech students at the Aero Maker Space at Georgia Tech.
1st Annual Mustang Learning Conference at Nesbit Elementary School
On Monday October 10th, 2016, GoSTEM's Faculty Advisory Board member, Dr. Julián Rímoli, Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech, was invited as the keynote speaker for the 1st Annual Mustang Learning Conference at one of the GoSTEM's partner schools, Nesbit Elementary. Prof. Rímoli delighted an audience of 120 teachers with an inspirational keynote lecture focused on bridging the STEM educational gap for Latino students in Georgia.
By: Analía E. Rao, MSW, LCSW
Educational Outreach Manager, GoSTEM

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Ghana's current hottest music duo R2bees is set to release the much awaited album on the 29th of March to meet with the Easter celebrations, a close source has said.
This will be the duo's second album since embarking on the journey to music greatness. A close source to the R2bees family reveals the much awaited album is called Refuse to be Broke (Da Revolution II).
You would recall that the album launch was postponed to effect a change of name. GhanaWeb can confirm that the strong>Refuse to be Broke (Da Revolution II) album has a packed collection hits from a variety of genres and is definitely an improvement of the R2bees we know.
A leaked cover from of the album shows the image of Paedae and Mugeez in the form of a black and white painting with verifiable originality.
Manager of the duo have confirmed to GhanaWeb in an interview that the album will be launched on March 29th, but is yet to reveal the location and schedule of events.


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Manlift launches the first Rental App in the Middle Eastern and Southeastern market
The Manlift Rental App is now available on Google Play and App Store. Easily choose your rental machine, no matter when and where you are.
Manlift is introducing the first app for Powered Access Rental in the Middle East and India Markets.
The region's largest specialist in the area of working safely and efficiently at heights, Manlift has developed the Rental App to make ordering equipment even easier for its customers.
David King, Managing Director of Manlift Group, said: "This new online platform provides our customers with a digital tool to simplify their way of interacting with us.
"We are committed to delivering the best customer experience, which now includes the Rental App. We have created a self-service rental experience that is information-rich and is mobile and user-friendly to our customers, who will increasingly operate in a more digital way."
The Rental App is a breakthrough technology product, because it enables customers to browse and place an order at any time and from anywhere using an app on their smartphones."
Users can explore Manlift's entire rental fleet and gain immediate insight into the availability of a diverse range of booms, scissors and spider lifts. For every machine, there is a list of technical questions that help the app user to ensure that they are selecting the correct access platform for the task at hand. On completion of this process, one click will place an order for delivery – and puts the user in touch with Manlift's rental experts, if they have any further questions.
The Rental App is part of the company's digital strategy to enhance customer connectivity and engage in new markets. The app's user-friendly interface also includes live-chat functionality for additional customer support. Ultimately, the app will enhance job-site productivity and the customer experience.
Check out how it works!
The Rental App is available in Android as well as iOS, and can be downloaded from Google Play and iOS App Store.


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The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party formally placed ex-security tsar Zhou Yongkang under investigation for "serious disciplinary violations" on July 29, coinciding with International Tiger Day.
Zhou is the biggest catch so far in President Xi Jinping's campaign against corruption, which he has said is aimed at both the biggest and smallest officials or "tigers" and "flies."
Three other officials linked with Zhou's case are also being investigated for corruption: Jiang Jemin, Wang Yongchun, and Li Dongsheng. And Zhou's son, Zhou Bin, has reportedly been arrested for operating an illegal business.
Zhou Yongkang rose to power on the coattails of former Party chief, Jiang Zemin, as did fallen politician Bo Xilai. President Xi's so-called anti-corruption campaign is widely viewed as a struggle for power against Jiang Zemin's faction because corruption is so pervasive throughout the Party.
Zhou's name is currently trending on Sina Weibo after being heavily censored in the lead-up to the investigation. One blogger wrote: "For the imperial court to pick today to whack a tiger is very meaningful indeed!" according to the Wall Street Journal.
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My wife and I were pretty happy with how quickly we had transitioned our newborn son to sleeping in his own room/crib. As a result, we weren't prepared for the detrimental effect it would have on our sleep when we recently decided to make a 2-week road trip to visit friends and family — with him sleeping in a pack-and-play in the same room during the trip. After two weeks of sleep deprivation, and the ride home seeming even longer than usual because of it, I was thrilled when Marriott chat came through with a nice room upgrade over the weekend.
When we were a couple of hours from reaching our drive time limit on Friday, I was happy to find the TownePlace Suites Quantico/Stafford had a room for just 10,000 Marriott points (versus the normal room rate of $118 + tax).
A few minutes after booking, I pulled up the Marriott app curious if I could make any special requests via the app. I was hoping for a slightly larger room; while the standard room is a studio, I saw that the hotel also had 1-bedroom suites. I thought that a separate bedroom would enable us to set things up in a way so as not to wake each other up repeatedly and get slightly better sleep.
The app gave me the option to check in and choose my room. I was pretty sure that as a Marriott Gold member, I wouldn't see a meaningful upgrade over the standard room I'd picked (and Greg has previously written about this topic – See: Marriott Mobile Check In: Does it help or hurt upgrade chances?). However, I also I saw that there was an option to "Chat with us". I clicked through to start a chat.
I'll be honest, I didn't expect someone to respond — and if they did, I figured I'd be getting a Marriott rep in a call center who would add a note to my reservation at best. To my surprise, I got a pretty quick response affirming that they would be happy to arrange a larger room.
Upon arrival, I gave my name at the desk. Niecey, the friendly check-in agent, said that they were expecting me. She informed me that she had upgraded us to a 2-bedroom suite! I didn't actually ask if she was the agent with whom I had chatted, but I got the impression that she was the person who had responded to the chat. While the hotel itself shows a little wear, the 2-bedroom suite was exactly what we needed. We ended up being able to trade off sleeping in a bedroom alone with the door closed, allowing us to each get some uninterrupted sleep. That was awesome.
We even had plenty of room to eat dinner. TownePlace Suites is an extended-stay brand, so I knew we would have a kitchette, but I didn't know we would end up using it. We had picked up takeout, not anticipating what turned into a need for an immediate bath for Baby Rey. Having an oven to heat up our food and a roll of paper towels (since I forgot to grab extra napkins) turned the TownePlace Suites into a great decision.
Bottom line
Will Marriott chat get you an awesome upgrade every time? I'm sure it probably won't. Did it help that I was staying at an extended stay property in a place that isn't a major tourist destination? I'm sure it did.
On the other hand, I'm equally willing to bet that it gave me a better chance at an upgrade than mobile check-in. I further wonder if chatting in the early afternoon or late evening might give you a better shot at an available discretionary upgrade. For instance, by chatting a couple of hours before I got there, maybe I scored an upgrade that someone else would have taken when they arrived before me. I have no way of knowing that's true, but it's probably worth a shot.


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What Are Per Diem Tax Tables?
If your employer requires you to travel during the year on business trips, it's likely you incur expenses for your food and lodging. These expenses are the responsibility of your employer; when you receive a reimbursement allowance for these charges, the IRS excludes it from your taxable wages. However, if the reimbursement exceeds the per diem allowance that the IRS allows for the expense, the excess may be taxable to you.
Employer Accountable Plans
The IRS per diem tax tables are only relevant if your employer has an "accountable plan" for providing employees with reimbursements or allowances for business travel expenses. This is because all allowances paid under a non-accountable plan are taxable to the employee, regardless of the amount. An accountable plan requires that your employer only reimburse you for expenses you would be eligible to deduct as a job-related expense, and that you return excess reimbursements to your employer and provide an adequate accounting of each expense. When an accountable plan is in place, your employer will not include the reimbursements on your W-2, provided each expense doesn't exceed the allowable amount in the IRS per diem tables.
Federal Per Diem
The federal government publishes an annual per diem table that it uses for employees' lodging and food expense reimbursements when they travel on government business. However, private employers must use the same per diem rates when not electing the alternative high-low tables. The tables provide the maximum daily rate you can reimburse an employee for lodging, meals and incidental expenses in order to exclude it from the employee's W-2. The federal per diem rates vary by location, since the government recognizes that the cost of meals and hotels in one city may not reflect the average cost in another city. In 2011, for example, the maximum tax-free lodging reimbursement you can receive for stays in Little Rock, Arkansas hotels is $88 per day; whereas, in New York City, the maximum rate can be as high as $340.
High-Low Rates
As an alternative to using the federal per diem rates, the IRS allows you to use the high-low rate tables for an employee. However, once an employer chooses which per diem table to use for a specific employee, it must continue to use that method for the entire year. Employers generally choose the high-low method to reduce their record-keeping burden, since employees don't report every expense they incur. These tables fix one standard rate for all daily expenses in either a high- or low-cost location category. In contrast, the federal per diem rates apply to each expense in specific cities.
Additional Travel Expenses
The per diem tables cover just your hotel bill, food purchases and some incidental expenses. However, in most cases, traveling for business includes additional transportation expenses. If you purchase a train or airline ticket, or use a personal vehicle for business travel, your employer can reimburse you for the cost without reducing the available per diem rate available or having to report the amount on your W-2.
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Located in Niche Domain Discussion, started by mrcurly, May 12, 2014
Drop this one.
@sharastar Thanks I'll try Grit Brokerage first before considering dropping
VR2 (dot) xyz is redirecting to google. who owns it?
Hi Guys
I just presented myself in the holo thread, and thought I'll do the same here.
I am a new domainer who in the last two years has build up a large portefolio of VR, AR, and HOLO domains. I would like to loose some of them for a decent wholesale price.
Are any of you guys interested?
Have a great domaining day.
Best regards from Tradeco
Looking for a new home
VR Bureau .com
Welcome to the VR thread Tradeco!
The only way anyone will know whether they might want to buy them is for you to list what you have.
(Ps. Please prepare yourself for a possible let down. It is rare that a new domainer will be lucky enough/wise enough to have registered many good quality names at the start of their domaining career. My fingers are crossed for you that you did.)
You will get faster response at the right thread for selling domains:
VR // Speed I think it's got some use cases.
I think companies are starting to look out for VR domain names:
I just sold VR Healthy (.com)
Looks like its gone to a company that its a perfect fit for
Congrats! 😁
@NextGen Brand Congrats!!! Tell some more about the sale! Outbound?
V/R//G/A/M/E in org
I can't say too much about this sale but it was an inbound.
I did however just sell the following domain name:
VR [email protected]#k (.com)
Hopefully you can work out what this domain is
Bought it just over a month ago for $12. Sold for $250 via GoDaddy make offer.
Was gonna let it drop next year as didn't really like this one.
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@NextGen Brand this man is going to be a millionaire from the adult vr category one day😅 .. Am waiting to see how vr lesbian turns out for you!!
I wonder if WankzVR. com is going to use that since WankVr dot com redirects there.. Anyway, such a fun word to say..
Purchased VirtualRealityVideo(.)com
VRbracelet dot com.
If you have any interest in VR, it's worth a listen to this two hour+ video. John Carmack knows everything about Virtual Reality.
Like me, John sees more potential with VR than AR.
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ASUS ROG G752VY G-Sync Not working !Hello, i own ROG G752VY which has GTX980M 4 GB VGA , a week ago i had a strange blue vertical line in my screen which already had a very bad backlighting and a dead pixel , so i decided to buy a new compatible screen , i have read a lot before buying about the G-Sync option would not work unless i flash an EDID to white list the monitor , also i knew that the monitor by default is 60 HZ but when it's white-listed it will overclock to 75HZ to support G-Sync , when i plugged the new screen there was no G-Sync option available in Nvidia control panel , also the Max refresh rate was 60 HZ, so now i don't know what to do next to enable the G-Sync option on more time . here is the old monitor and the new monitor details : Old original LG Monitor model : lp173WF4-SPF1 New Monitor : B173HAN01.0 any help would be appreciated . Thanks


text: Tribeca: Barbra Streisand Reflects on Acting Career, Directing Struggles 6:29 PM PDT 4/29/2017 by Joe Lynch, Billboard FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Getty Images Why she loves to direct herself: "There's less people to argue with." On Saturday evening in Manhattan, Barbra Streisand sat down with director Robert Rodriguez during Tribeca Film Festival 2017. Anyone confused as to why the stage/screen/singing icon was paired with the gore-loving director had that mystery cleared up less than one minute into the into the Tribeca Talks: Storytellers event by the Machete director himself. "A lot of you are probably wondering why I'm here," said Rodriguez to the crowd. Apparently, his Streisand fandom dates back to his boyhood, growing up in a 10-child household in San Antonio, Texas. "In our household, there was no bigger star than Barbra Streisand," he explained to a crowd that needed no converting. "My mom loved to talk to her 10 children about two things: God and Barbra Streisand." During the course of 70 minutes (which included a Q&A section at the end) Streisand and Rodriguez talked about her legendary filmography, her pioneering work as a female director and why you can't bring up walls in her presence. Here are a few highlights. Shutting down the stories about her fighting with Funny Girl director William Wyler "I learned to despise the media [working on that movie]. Every time I had a suggestion [on set] it was put in the paper like we were fighting." Why? "Opinions weren't popular in the '60s with women." In real life, she said she got along quite well with "Willy Wyler," recalling that he would run dailies by her and that they kept in touch until his death. The director she did have issues with "That was tough," she recalled of working with director Frank Pierson on the 1976 remake of A Star Is Born. "I was, in a sense, blackmailed into having that director," she said, explaining that Pierson used his script as leverage to get into the director's chair. Career priorities "I would say I'm an actress first, only because I started singing because I couldn't get a job as an actress, and I started directing because I couldn't be heard as an actress." Yentl backlash While Yentl received praise in many quarters, Streisand said she tends to forget good reviews and focuses on the negative ones instead. Looking back on it now, she admitted, "[The criticism] must have hurt me more than I thought, because I didn't want to direct for years after that." Her early career idol "Johnny Mathis. He was so beautiful, those dark eyes … And he seemed like he was in pain a bit. I'm always drawn to pain." Why she loves directing herself "There's less people to argue with." On female directors "I love when I see a woman's name on a movie, and I pray it's good." On fear and he who must not be named Streisand: "Fear is an engine to create." Rodriguez: "That's great – you turn fear into an engine, not a wall." Streisand: "Don't mention a wall to me." This article originally appeared on Billboard.com. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Joe Lynch, Billboard firstname.lastname@example.com @thr


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Four guys in Edinburgh now run a site aimed entirely at the US. Even the UK section of the site appears under "International". What have they learnt? The following is a guest post by Nigel Eccles, co-founder and CEO of Hubdub, the prediction trading game.
Many start-ups in the UK face the challenge that their major market is the US. While Hubdub is based in Edinburgh, 75% of our users reside in the US. That was a deliberate marketing decision and here are our top tips on how to better compete there.
1. Decide on your target market and focus
Very early on in the development process we decided that the US would be our target market. The US represented a much larger market and is home turf to our main competitors. Winning there was strategically important for us. Before launch we considered launching in US and UK simultaneously but quickly realised that running two sites would significantly increase our costs without any clear strategic benefit.
2. Launch at a tech conference
We launched at DEMO in January. It was expensive ($18,500) but worth it. We got a huge amount of exposure and also probably pulled forward our launch date by two months (which stopped us from developing a bunch of features our users would never have used). While DEMO was good for us, TechCrunch 50 is probably better tailored to web start-ups and also happens to be free.
3. Use a PR agency for the launch
There is quite a lot of debate about whether or not web start-ups should use a PR agency. If you are a UK company trying to launch at a US tech conference, then the decision is a no brainer. You need a PR agency. There will be 50-80 other companies out there all screaming for attention. No matter how great your product is you need a way to get to key journalists and bloggers.
4. Build a US based board of advisors
Look at the advisory board of US based start-ups in the same industry (but obviously not competitors) and work out who could add value. Use your network to get to those people and start building a relationship.
5. Always write in US English
Dates, spelling and phrases – UK readers are generally used to reading both UK and US English. Many US readers aren't so don't make understanding your product harder for them. Also US English will be better for your SEO.
6. Travel stateside regularly
Pack out an agenda of who you want to meet. Work UK hours in the morning and US hours in the evening. Sleep on the flight home.
7. Ask fellow entrepreneurs for help
Nearly every successful entrepreneur I have met is happy to help entrepreneurs starting out. Work out who can help and use your network to get to them. Go direct if you can't network to them. Make sure that you are asking for something that they can easily help with (e.g. making an intro, quick piece of advice etc), explain who you are and concisely ask for help. At least 80% of the time you will get it.
8. Use web tools to track your industry and competitors
Use Google Alerts and Summize RSS Feeds on your product name and your competitor names to track what people are writing about your industry. Get involved in that discussion.
9. Build a virtual team from your US user base
Apart from you, no one will be more passionate about your product than your top users. If you need someone to evangelize your product then look to hire from your US user base.
10. Start the US visa process early
Skype and Last.fm show that UK based start-ups can compete with US competitors and win, however geography still matters (I know start-ups in Seattle that feel their location is a handicap). Most UK based entrepreneurs want to stay in the UK and help build the start-up community here, but if geography is becoming a serious issue then move to the US, successfully sell to AOL for $850 million and then invest in some UK start-ups.


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"In the end, we will conserve only what we love," ecologist Baba Dioum told an international conservation group in 1968. "We will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught."
Forty-one years after that speech, Dioum's oft-quoted sentiment resonates with environmental educators, including those at Marin Headlands Institute, who teach more than 20,000 visitors a year to understand, to love and to conserve this particular coastal paradise. For the past two years, the institute has boldly added climate science to its curriculum and is offering assistance to teachers bold enough to teach it. On June 20-21, a professional development workshop will be offered free to middle school teachers (grades six through eight), with a focus on climate science in the classroom.
With such scorching controversy surrounding that particular branch of science right now, I couldn't help but wonder whether anyone at the Headlands had been burned for teaching climate science. Talking with education director Melissa Meiris, I learn that it's the schoolteachers themselves, not the institute staff, who take the heat from parents.
"If a teacher who brings a class selects climate science from the menu of topics, then we teach it," explains Meiris. "If they choose it, they generally have buy-in from the parents, although educators occasionally do have a student who wants to debate. But we're careful to avoid setting up situations that encourage debate. We talk about the carbon cycle, the weather, the greenhouse effect."
Sticking with the science has been the norm since the institute was founded in 1977, but the most important part of reaching and teaching kids and adults over the years is simple: immersion in a gloriously unspoiled landscape.
"Where we have to begin," explains Meiris, "is to provide people experiences with nature. I don't think people care about or take action about things unless they have a personal experience with them." The results, according to Meiris, are multiple "a-ha" moments. "Those moments happen where a child is sitting on the hillside writing in a journal and feeling really inspired because they just learned that this place is a national park and it belongs to all of us. Or when a teacher goes back to school and starts a recycling program."
Teachers participating in the Marin Headlands Institute's free program this month will spend two days and one overnight stay at the Headlands while they work on climate curriculum with their peers. Teacher registration deadline is Wednesday, June 1. For more information, contact program coordinator Amy Osborne. email@example.com. 415.332.5771, ext. 14.


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When Paul Ryan introduced himself to the electorate at the Republican National Convention last week one thing was missing: A jocular Secret Service nickname. But Marc Ambinder filled in that gap, reporting in GQ on Tuesday that the candidate's chosen monicker is Bowhunter, after his favorite sport of bowhunting. His wife Janna is going with Buttercup. As Ambinder points out, Ryan's pick is unique because he's going with a hobby rather than something that kind of describes himself or his background (Obama's is Renegade, George W. Bush's was Trailblazer and Romney's is Javelin, after the muscle car his father's company once made). But Ryan's not the only one to choose a name apparently based on his interests. Former secretary of state James Baker went with Fencing Master, and Gerald Ford's press secretary, Ron Nessen was known as Clam Chowder.
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Ram Truck is pleased to announce that the popular Ram 1500 Outdoorsman will be back again in 2013. Available on the new model will be many of the great features that avid hunters and fisherman have enjoyed on previous models—features that include a standard towing upgrade, a rugged exterior appearance, and, of course, the brand-exclusive RamBox® storage system.
Never a company to rest on its laurels, Ram upped the ante with the 2013 edition by achieving best-in-class fuel efficiency for V-8 trucks. Thanks to the addition of several first-in-segment technologies, such as the TorqueFlite 8 eight-speed automatic transmission (optional) and refined aerodynamics, the improvements in efficiency come at NO COST to overall power.
Check out some of the other great features to look forward to on the new 2013 Ram 1500 Outdoorsman. Then check out RamTrucks.com to locate your closest dealer.
- 5.7-liter HEMI® V8 engine with a six-speed automatic transmission or the all-new 8-speed TorqueFlite 8 (Late Availability), 395 horsepower, 407 lbs/ft torque
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- Available in a choice of two cab sizes (Quad and Crew) and two bed lengths (5 ft. 7 in. and 6 ft. 4 in.)
- Standard 17-inch cast aluminum wheels and puncture-resistant 10-ply "LT" tires; on/off-road tread pattern provides traction on all highway and trail surfaces
- Full-sized spare providing more security and functionality than restricted-use spare in the event of a flat
- Tow hooks for retrieving disabled or immobile vehicles, clearing trails
- Higher front air dam and single rear exhaust for higher off-road obstacle clearance
- Mud/ slush mats protect front and rear carpets from dirt and moisture
- 32-gallon fuel tank for extended operating range
- Premium cloth front seats with a choice of buckets or a 40/20/40 split bench
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14 Secrets of the Devil Baby
The first monster viral video of 2014 has landed and it stars the most frightening baby on the planet: Devil Baby. The video, which depicts an animatronic Devil Baby scaring the wits out of unsuspecting New Yorkers has, after just a few days, well over 25 million views. The tale of how the small digital agency Thinkmodo created the viral sensation, which is really an ad for the new 20th Century Fox film Devil's Due, is now well known. However, how the special effects team actually created the prank is not — until now. Above we have an exclusive video from the special effects team that built Devil Baby and what follows are some little known fun facts about the animatronic nightmare's creation. (The original Devil Baby video is below.)
It took four weeks to build Devil Baby and its stroller. Thinkmodo estimated that was about 200 hours.
It was a robot: Inside the Devil Baby's fiberglass body were 11 servo motors.
The realistic-looking skin was made of silicon.
Devil Baby's hair came from a goat and each strand was individually punched into the "skin" on the skull.
The "sweat" came courtesy of "KY Jelly"
An airbrush artist created the disturbingly visible veins on Devil Baby's skin.
The stroller motors were actually from two Dewalt electric drills. Max speed? 2mph.
Devil Baby had a bad habit of projectile vomiting. That vomit was made of water, a thickening agent, and food coloring.
It took four puppeteers to operate Devil Baby.
Puppeteers used R/C model airplane controls for the baby and stroller.
Devil Baby's cries and other sounds came courtesy of an iPod connected to a transmitter that sent signals to the speakers hidden in the stroller.
It wasn't all smooth sailing in Devil Baby world.
Initially, the projectile vomit projected too far and actually hit one of the cameramen.
The drive belt on Devil Baby's stroller broke when it hit a deep pothole.
They shot the video during the now infamous "Polar Vortex." It go so cold that the motors controlling Devil Baby's eyes froze and it couldn't blink until they blasted it with a hair drier.
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Lil Kim has become a mother to a baby girl.
The 38-year-old rapper's assistant, Noel Perez, confirmed that she gave birth to a daughter named Royal Reign on June 9. She is the first child for Lil Kim, whose real name is Kim Jones.
Her rep told E! News that Royal was born at 9.58am at Hackensack University Medical Centre in New Jersey. She weighed 6lbs, 5oz and measured 19.5 inches long.
Lil Kim, who released a track called Haterz in April, announced her pregnancy in February, as she continued to perform live.
Rapper Mr Papers, who is said to be in a long-term relationship with Lil Kim, revealed in an interview shortly afterwards that he is the father.


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^ whew! Sexy, sexy, Drew!! Nice choice.
I have to admit, though, if I were into women, I would totally turn for Adele! she just gets more beautiful every time I see her
umm celebrity crush.... the rock, john cena, shemar moore, dylan and cole sprouse, danielle radcliffe, brad paisley, keith urban, mike fisher, thats all the famous good looking guys that i can think of at 6 am in the morning
Hunter Hayes,Easton Corbin,Luke Bryan,Joe Don Rooney,Jesse McCartney,Ace Young,Lee DeWyze,Phillip Phillips,Joe Jonas,Drake Bell From The Nickelodeon Show Drake & Josh,Kendall Schmidt & Logan Henderson From Big Time Rush,Jesse Metcalfe,Rob Pattinson,Kellan Lutz,Josh Hutcherson,Channing Tatum,Matthew McConaughey,Ryan Gosling,Ryan Reynolds,Chad Michale Murray,Freddie Prinze,Jr,Daren Karasoff,Cory Monteith,Chord Overstreet,Zac Efron,Mike Fisher,Nascar Drivers Trevor Bayne & Jeff Gordon,Shane Harper & Jason Dolley From The Disney Channel Show Good Luck Charlie,Ricky Ullman From The 2004-2006 Disney Channel Show Phil Of The Future,Sterling Knight From The Disney Channel Original Movie Starstruck & Sketch Comedy Show So Random,Nick Roux From The Disney Channel Original Movie Lemonade Mouth & The ABC Family Show Jane By Design,Drew Steeley,Jean-Luc Bilodeau From The Disney Channel Original Movie 16 Wishes & The ABC Family Show Baby Daddy & Kenton Duty From The Disney Channel Show Shake It Up!
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I know this is really, really strange, but I have a crush on Phil Collins.
Well, not so much his looks, but like, when I watch his interviews, I can't stop, y'know?
I will never understand why women think channing tatum is attractive. I dont see it. I guess hes not my taste. Lol.
I have many celebrity crushes but I'm gonna say Bradley Cooper.....
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The clever people at UK Oak Doors have put together instructions for how to build your very own Boo's door from Monsters Inc.!
You'll find the instructions below – it's really simple and will look seriously impressive once it's done!
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This is one of the greatest recipes that we have found this year. This Gratin is not overly rich like a typical potato hot dish or casserole but the spices make it unique. It sings in your mouth! We used our Dry Farm Tomatoes and Yukon potatoes. Once again 101cookbooks.com gave us this great recipe.
Spiced Tomato Gratin Recipe
I don't bother to peel the potatoes, but you can if you like. You're going to want to use a mandoline, if you have one, to slice the potatoes. If not, you can use a knife, it just takes a bit longer.
1 teaspoon whole cumin seeds
2 teaspoons curry powder
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
6 cups thinly sliced yellow onions (about 2 pounds / 32 oz / 910 g)
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 1/4 pounds / 20 ounces / 570 g Yukon Gold potatoes
1/2 cup / 120 ml heavy cream
2 pounds / 32 oz / 910 g ripe tomatoes
a small handful of basil leaves, slivered
sea salt and freshly ground pepper
Preheat the oven to 350F / 180C with a rack in the top third.
Combine the spices in a small bowl and set aside.
You can get a jump start on the onions while you slice the potatoes and tomatoes. Heat half of the olive oil, 2 tablespoons, in your largest skillet or dutch oven over high heat. When hot, stir in the onions along with a few pinches of salt. Cook for a few minutes, stirring often, until the onions soften up – 4-5 minutes. Turn the heat down to medium and stir in the butter. Stirring regularly, cook another 10 – 15 minutes at this temperature, or until the onions just begin to caramelize a bit. Dial the heat back a shade more, and cook until the onions are deeply golden, this might take another 20 minutes. A minute before the onions are finished cooking stir in the spice mixture. Remove the pan from heat and set aside the onions.
In the meantime, use a mandoline to slice the potatoes into 1/8-inch thick rounds. Place in a medium bowl along with the cream, 1 teaspoon of salt, and bit of pepper. Toss well, and set aside.
Use a knife to cut the tomatoes into 1/4-inch thick slices. Arrange across a large plate and sprinkle with another teaspoon of salt and some pepper.
Smear half the caramelized onions across the bottom of a 10×10 inch (or equivalent) gratin or baking dish. Take half of the potatoes and half of the tomatoes and arrange on top of the onion layer (see photo). Drizzle with a couple tablespoons of cream from the potatoes and a tablespoon of olive oil. Season the layer with a pinch of salt and half the basil.
Scatter the remaining onions across the potatoes and tomatoes already in the pan. Then arrange another layer of tomatoes and potatoes on top. This will be the top of your gratin, so do your best to make it look nice. Pour the remaining cream, from the potatoes, and last tablespoon of olive oil across the top. Season with another pinch of salt and the remaining basil. Gently press down on the vegetables so the cream comes up through the layers of vegetables evenly.
Cover tightly with aluminum foil and bake for 2 hours, or until the potatoes are completely tender throughout. Increase the oven to 450F / 230C, carefully uncover the gratin, and cook another 30 minutes, or until the top takes on a nice golden color.
Serves 10 as a side.
Recipe inspired by the Tomato Potato Gratin in Sunday Suppers at Lucques by Suzanne Goin, Knopf 2005.


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In today's business world, it simply isn't enough to follow the traditional advertising routes and expect to get great results. Traditional marketing certainly has its place and time, but almost every demographic you will be targeting will be expecting authentic, more personalized branding that you can't get through traditional means.
The most enduring change in marketing is the emotional connection. If you can give your consumer base a genuine feeling of belonging and connection with your brand, you will have a lifelong customer.
Today's article is going to teach you the value of emotion and how you can leverage it with custom, branded merchandise and content.
Why Emotional Connections Are Essential
More traditional advertising methods rely on simplistic tactics like visual cues and logic to communicate why Brand X is better than Brand Y. There is nothing inherently wrong with this, but there are hard limits to how far that kind of advertising can take you.
Think about these three companies:
- Monsanto
- Apple
- Chipotle
Just reading each name probably evoked a powerful set of emotions, didn't it? Some were probably positive, and there may have been some negative emotions as well. Either way, you felt a strong, emotional response to each company, and it's because of how they are branded.
Emotional connections are able to reach far beyond the rational part of the human brain, which means that careful branding can tap into a consumer's subconscious and create a deep, personal link. When a brand can develop a distinct persona that resonates with its target audience, it can grow at an exponential rate.
How to Create Personal, Branded Content
The best way to create this type of content is to start with your brand story. Where did your brand originate from? What problem or experience triggered that idea that evolved into your business? What demographic do you bring value to? Identify all the special ins and outs that make your brand you. From there, you can begin to craft your brand's persona. If you aren't sure how to do this, Anthem Branding can help.
You can then use this brand persona as a springboard into creating custom merchandise and unique promotional products that will engage your consumer base.
People shop with brands that they believe reflect the best version of who they are or who they want to be. This means you need to have your finger on the pulse of your target audience in order to create thoughtful, custom merchandise that will speak to them and evoke those feelings that lead to brand loyalty.
Related: Custom Merchandise: The Secret Sauce to Brand Loyalty
Here are three simple steps to creating those bonds:
- Your branding should use "real" words and a vocabulary that resonates with your consumers. For example, don't use trendy slang if your core customer base is retirees; use intelligent, vivacious words instead. Use the demographic of your target audience and the ethos of your brand's story to guide your language choice.
- Be fearless with your mission statement. Whatever your brand story is, be sure its ethos shines through everything you do. Being passionate and authentic to that story will help build strong and lasting connections with people who align with that same mission.
- Create something exciting. Keep your customers engaged and excited about what your brand is doing, and create an experience around the unique brand you've created.
The easiest way to start connecting with your audience on an emotional level is to offer authentic, custom merchandise that appeals to their lifestyle.
It's okay to be trendy, especially if that's appealing to your target audience, but you have to make sure you are offering high-quality merchandise that makes your consumers feel like they are part of something unique and special. Inviting your customers to feel like they're part of your brand and "in the club" will create a deep, emotional bond that surpasses any rational thought and keeps them coming back for more.
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Our care for our pets doesn't end if we die before them. In fact, that's probably the time when they would need the most help.
Maybe now we just assume someone will take care of our dogs and cats if they outlive us, but we really shouldn't leave it to chance. Friends and relatives may promise today, but when the time comes, they could lack the time, money or interest to give an orphan pet a home.
That's a frightening possibility. Our pets grow older with us, and what's true for people is also true for them: the most care is usually needed later in life. Instead, some pets whose people have died are unceremoniously taken to shelters or euthanized.
Earlier this month a New York Times feature called "The New Old Age" dealt with "The Pet Problem" -- the issue of assuring good care for pets who have outlived their people.
The 76-year old woman in the story worked with her lawyer to set up a "pet trust" for her three cats. It assures that if they outlive her, "they will be taken to a retirement community at the North Shore Animal League America, where they will live out their days, paid for by money set aside for them."
Such pet trusts specify a "guardian" who will carry out the owner's wishes, including what kind of food and how the pet should live, the story says. (Naturally, funds or property must be set aside to pay for the care.)
Not all states permit pet trusts. even though they're considered preferable to wills for assuring pet care. "Instructions . . . are not legally enforceable in a will," according to the lawyer who worked with the woman in this story. "Without a separate agreement, the state may decide the pet's fate because a judge can make changes to wills."
Another approach
If right now you can only hope your beloved pet would be taken care of in case s/he outlives you, you should do much more and better than merely hope.
Published last year, a book for caring pet owners tells you how to assure your pet(s) will be OK if you've moved on to . . . whatever you believe follows life. Written by two lawyers who work in estate planning, the book is Who Will Care When You're Not There? Estate Planning for Pet Owners.
Authors Robert E. Kass and Elizabeth A. Carrie, who practice law at the same Detroit firm, wrote this book for animal owners who have good intentions but who also have qualms about how to protect their pets. Although it's a legal guide, the book includes full-color illustrations and inspirational quotes – and you'd hardly find them in your family attorney's office.
According to the book's promotional materials, the Humane Society of the US
estimates "4-6million pets are euthanized from shelters each year, many of
which are due to failure of the deceased pet owner to make proper provisions in
his or her estate plan."
And "proper" means not ambiguous. Merely leaving word to "take care of
the cat," for instance, could mean different things to different people,
depending on their feelings about the cat and the deceased, and the amount of
money left for the purpose.
Published by Carob Tree Press, LLC, Who Will Care When You're Not There sells
for $24.95. ISBN: 978-0-615-44340-9.
Please give some thought and do some planning for what will happen to your pet(s) in case you're incapacitated, unexpectedly absent or dealing with an emergency, as well as at your death.


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Our favorite fashionable Aussie, Nadia a.k.a Foxyman, has launched her new site Discount with friend, Cami. Nadia was featured in hearty a while back and makes amazing clothing. Plus, she's got a big boner for Danzig and we like that. "The blog will be whatever the hell it turns out to be," the ladies say on their first post. "Mostly a mutual stomping ground for the two of us to give anyone interested a bit of an insight into who we are, how shit inspires us and as an outlet for ideas and thoughts on any given topic."
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The all-in-one monoblock packer designed for ready-made bags.
With the Citadel, bags are stacked in a magazine and fed into a rotary index table where they are opened, loaded with wipes, liquid filled, sealed and discharged.
The Citadel is made to service the jumbo rolls (J Series), standard wet wipes in flexible packs and refill markets (R Series).


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On July 29th 2018, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II celebrated theHoly Qurobo at the conclusion of the 54th Annual Convention held in Tampa, USA.
Their Eminences Archbishops Mor Dionysius John Kawak, Patriarchal Vicar for the Eastern USA, Mor Clemis Eugene Kaplan, Patriarchal Vicar for the Western USA, Mor Dioscorus Benjamin Atas, Patriarchal Vicar in Sweden, Mor Justinos Boulos Safar, Patriarchal Vicar in Zahleh and Bekaa, and Mor Maurice Amsih, Archbishop of Al-Jazeerah, assisted His Holiness during the Holy Qurobo. The clergy from both Archdioceses who participated in the convention were also present in the Holy Qurobo.
In his sermon, His Holiness spoke about the theme of the convention: "Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead" (Philippians 3: 13). His Holiness stressed that faith guides the believers from sin to repentance and from spiritual death to everlasting life. He said that the goal of every Christian should be one: to know God, to participate in His passion and to believe in His life-giving resurrection. Christ should be a priority in our lives and all our deeds should spring from our faith. He also spoke about humility which is the core of Christianity.
At the end of the Holy Qurobo, His Holiness blessed the faithful and wished them success in their lives.
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Ok, I'm back onto presentation patterns work this morning and I'm drafting out my chapter on "Graceful Shutdown." I don't have the Fowleresque one line pithy description down yet, but let's try "gives the user and background services a chance to clean up remaining work before a screen or the entire application itself is closed."
Think about your IDE tool of choice. You've probably got one open right now. If you make some code changes in a couple class files then accidentally trigger off the exit application command, what happens? Hopefully your IDE throws up a dialog that says "Unsaved changes," tells you what code files have those unsaved changes, and gives you the user a choice to either save those files before closing or cancel the application shutdown to allow you to continue working. It's an obvious technique for creating a user experience that doesn't suck. Now, it's our turn and we need to build this into our systems to keep users from forming a mob and hunting us down because the big whiners accidentally lost hours of work.
What are the Challenges?
- Intercepting the screen closing and window closing events. All the UI technologies that I'm aware of expose some sort of "Closing" event on windows, screens, or tab items that allow you to cancel the closing. One way or another you need to intercept this event, but if the "can the screen/application close" logic is any way, shape, or form complicated, I want to move that logic to a non view code element that is easy to put under a test harness.
- What elements of the application have outstanding work or need a chance to gracefully clean up after themselves before pulling the plug on the application? This is a piece of cake in a one screen application but much more difficult in applications that show and hide various screens through the lifecycle of the application.
- Avoiding the need to hard code the communication between the closing event handler and the elements of the application that need to take part in shutting down the application.
- How do you locate these elements or maybe how do these elements register themselves as being interested in shutdown? This is a piece of cake in an application that has a static configuration of screens or services and rarely changes, but what about systems that need to be extensible or applications that create, show, hide, and teardown screens quite frequently?
- Registering the listeners of the "can close / perform shutdown" message in a way that does not lead to memory leaks from dangling event references
- Registering the listeners of the "can close / perform shutdown" message in a way that doesn't create a lot of repetitive busy work for developers
- Finding a way to communicate
- Giving the user usable feedback about what is happening. The simplest thing to do is just to say "You have unsaved work" in a dialog box, but what if your users need more contextual information than that? How about a message that reflects exactly what is outstanding? That leads to a different pattern and a little more complexity than just asking if anyone in the system is busy.
Anything else? I will follow up with links to actual content tonight. If there is anything *you* want to see or something that is bothering you or something you did that you like, comments are very welcome.
Quick Note
I'm getting some criticism about my book from folks that are more interested in User Interface Design (look and feel) and folks primarily interested in user experience. It's really this simple, the book just isn't about those topics. I'm strictly concerned with the underpinnings of a user interface behind the scenes. Right now, that topic isn't well understood or documented and I've got a niche to fill. You, Mr. Designer, make the best possible vision for how the UI is going to look, behave, feel, and flow and I'll worry about how to make your vision possible, testable, and maintainable. It simply takes more than one skillset to make an app.


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Nov. 21, 2013
By: Lou Somogyi Blue & Gold Illustrated
Handling success can often be one of the greater challenges in the athletic arena. The euphoria that comes with an extraordinary victory, upset or seminal moment many times is followed by the infamous letdown.
Notre Dame's football program has served as such an example when you review some of its most memorable or emotion-laden moments the past 100 years.
In 1928, the heavy underdog Irish were implored by head coach Knute Rockne to "Win One For The Gipper" against Army, which had an 11-game winning streak and whipped Notre Dame 18-0 a year earlier. Responding to Rockne's talk, the Irish proceeded to earn a 12-6 upset victory that has become a part of Americana.
Guess what happened the following week? The Irish lost at home 27-7 to Carnegie Tech, and then finished with a 27-14 loss to USC.
Notre Dame's dramatic 18-13 comeback victory at unbeaten Ohio State in 1935 was voted in 1969 as the greatest college football game in the sport's centennial year (1869-1969).
The week after the win in Columbus, the unbeaten Irish were stunned at home by a struggling Northwestern team.
In 1957, the year after losing 40-0 at home to Oklahoma, the reeling and 19-point underdog Irish snapped the Sooners' NCAA-record 47-game winning streak, 7-0, in Norman no less.
Sure enough, the next week Notre Dame lost at home to Iowa.
In its most recent No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown, the second-ranked Irish posted a thrilling 31-24 win against the mighty Florida State Seminoles. A week later, the 10-0 Notre Dame juggernaut lost at home to a Boston College team it had destroyed 54-7 a year earlier.
Epic wins during the course of the season can easily disintegrate into a vale of tears in ensuing weeks. Fortunately, exceptions also exist, and no more so for the Fighting Irish football program than in November 1913.
On Nov. 1, 1913, Notre Dame's colossal 35-13 victory over Army, highlighted by the passing exploits of Charles "Gus" Dorais, the receiving artistry of Rockne and the running by the likes of Ray Eichenlaub and Joe Pliska to balance the unveiled and advanced aerial arsenal, signaled to college football the potential rise of a new power.
Notre Dame was the nouveau riche, and now the question would be how it would handle its newfound football fame with three more arduous road tests that same month.
All the more reason why the achievements in November 1913 might still rank as Notre Dame's most amazing football month ever.
Because Notre Dame was not granted league affiliation with the esteemed Western Conference (now the Big 10), first-year head coach/athletics director Jesse Harper had no choice in 1913 but to assemble a national schedule in an effort to make a name for the program.
Four games had to be played from Nov. 1-27, all on the road. Such ambition likely would be mocked as suicidal today.
By Saturday evening of their seminal victory at Army, the Notre Dame players were headed by train to Buffalo, N.Y., spent Sunday at Niagara Falls and didn't return back to campus until Monday.
Once there, they attended classes and had only two days of practice before having to travel 520 railroad miles to State College, Pa., to play the Penn State Nittany Lions, another first-time foe that had been 16-0-1 the previous two years and crushed first-year Western Conference member Ohio State on the road in 1912, 37-0, while out-scoring its foes 285-6.
The formula for a letdown was ideal: Notre Dame was coming off the hangover of the colossal triumph at Army, it had to go right back for a long road trip with little practice time, and a hungry Penn State team that had tasted its own success over the years was primed to take them down.
Avoiding the tailor-made letdown, Notre Dame squeezed out a 14-7 victory in Happy Valley. The first "Catholics" score came on an 80-yard, three-play drive that saw Dorais connect with Pliska for a 40-yard gain, followed by Dorais running around end for 35 yards and then Rockne catching a five-yard touchdown pass from Dorais.
In the third quarter, Eichenlaub provided Notre Dame a two-touchdown cushion. Penn State did cut the score to 14-7 later in the third quarter on a pass play — which had become popular at other schools as well by then — but head coach Jesse Harper's Notre Dame team staved off an upset and held on to its seven-point lead in the fourth quarter.
Notre Dame was scheduled to meet in-state Wabash College the following week. The two schools had played a home-and-home series in recent seasons, with Notre Dame cruising to a 41-6 victory at home a year earlier. However, heavy snowfall in November 1913 led Wabash to cancel the game, which Notre Dame found to be a blessing.
Wrote Frank Maggio in his 2007 book Notre Dame And The Game That Changed Football: "The snow and the cancellation were taken by the Notre Dame coaches with some relief. They knew Wabash would not have been up to giving them a competitive game, and the extra week would give Notre Dame time to recover from the bruising, physical battles the team had just gone through against Army and Penn State.
"The extra week also gave them time to recuperate and prepare for their upcoming 1,500-mile trip southwest to play Christian Brothers in St. Louis and the University of Texas in Austin. Harper gave his tired team five days off."
During his six seasons as Notre Dame's head coach from 1975-80, Dan Devine would note that the most underrated of his 53 victories were his first two. His Irish career opened with a 17-3 victory on Monday night at Boston College. After not getting back home to campus until Tuesday afternoon, the Irish still had to play at Purdue that Saturday, and earned a 17-0 victory. Such scheduling not been tried since then by Notre Dame — and likely won't ever again in the future.
Two conquests within one week against quality foes, both on the road, were also achieved in Nov. 1913, after the Wabash cancellation.
Harper had agreed to play Christian Brothers in St. Louis on Saturday, Nov. 22, and then travel directly to Austin, Texas for a season-ending Thanksgiving Day showdown with the Longhorns on Nov. 27. Christian Brothers had not lost in two seasons, while Texas would be on a 12-game winning streak by the time Notre Dame came to town.
The chances for a letdown still remained, especially after an injury, although not debilitating, to Dorais during a Nov. 18 practice, or four days before the Christian Brothers contest.
At St. Louis, a 400-mile trip by rails, Harper chose to rest his starters early against Christian Brothers, partly to conserve some energy for the Texas finale, and also in an effort to protect Dorais from getting re-injured. Intense rain made the field a quagmire, and Christian Brothers scored on a 25-yard fumble return to take a 7-0-halftime lead.
With the starters inserted in full, Notre Dame tied the game in the third quarter on an Eichenlaub run, and then in the fourth quarter Dorais returned a punt for a 60-yard score and added a 25-yard scoring jaunt in the 20-7 victory. It was another conquest that had to be earned more through grit than finesse, even though Notre Dame's passing attack was receiving the majority of publicity.
Another 840 railroad miles later, Notre Dame arrived in Austin to confront a 7-0 Texas team that in the previous two weeks defeated archrival Oklahoma 14-6 and crushed Kansas A&M (now known as Kansas State) 46-0, leading their fans to claim how the Longhorns "have the best team ever produced in the southwest," according to Maggio.
Not leaving anything to chance, Harper had Notre Dame take its own water supply to Austin. Similar to the game at St. Louis, several days of rain had made the Texas field muddy and slow, but once again Dorais could not be stopped.
The quarterback who would become Notre Dame's first consensus All-American demonstrated his versatility by kicking three field goals (in seven attempts) — a feat that would not be duplicated by an Irish kicker until 58 years later by Bob Thomas. Notre Dame's three touchdowns in its 29-7 victory came on a 15-yard run by Dorais, a short run by Eichenlaub and a Rupe Mills interception return right in the shadow of Texas' goal line.
Notre Dame had plenty to be thankful when it capped its 7-0 season. It had set a standard of national scheduling, proven that it can compete with the finest across the land and created a future template of football for itself.
Harper's Notre Dame Express with Captain Rockne spent more than a week in railroad cars in November 1913 while covering 5,000-plus miles.
A little more than a decade later, head coach Rockne's Notre Dame teams would become even more famous for their travel, leading sportswriters to refer to his teams in the 1920s as the "Ramblers."
The tradition actually began 100 years ago in 1913 — as did so many other elements that have made Notre Dame one of the most famous brands in American athletics history.
While the 4-0 November 1913 might have been the most important and impressive single calendar month in Notre Dame football annals, there are at least five others worth mentioning when combining relevance, impact, record and competition. Chronologically, they include:
November 1929
At least two factors made this 5-0 stretch special. First, it clinched head coach Knute Rockne's second consensus national title. Second, none of those five victories came at home. The Irish traveled the entire season while Notre Dame Stadium was under construction.
The stretch began Nov. 2 with a 26-6 victory at Georgia Tech — a team that had defeated Notre Dame 13-0 the previous season. The ensuing two victories were played at Chicago's Soldier Field, 19-7 versus Drake (Nov. 9) and 13-12 against USC Nov. 16), another team that had defeated Notre Dame a year earlier (27-14).
Furthermore, the game versus the Trojans was played before a listed audience of 112,912, an astronomical number even today, but especially 84 years ago.
Finally, the month closed with a 26-6 victory at Northwestern (Nov. 23) and the national-title-clinching 7-0 win in Yankee Stadium against Army (Nov. 30).
November 1943
No. 1-ranked Notre Dame vanquished three straight Top-10 ranked teams in as many weeks: No. 3 Army at Yankee Stadium on Nov. 6 (26-0), at No. 8 Northwestern on Nov. 13 (25-6) and then a pro-like World War II team and No. 2 Iowa Pre-Flight on Nov. 20 (14-13) in the school's first-ever No. 1 vs. No. 2 battle.
Furthermore, head coach Frank Leahy's Irish achieved this triple play with sophomore quarterback John Lujack, who had to replace Heisman Trophy winner Angelo Bertelli when he was called to begin officer's training on Nov. 1 for World War II.
The Irish did lose the season finale to another pro wartime team, Great Lakes (19-14), on a "Hail Mary" pass in the closing seconds, but because they defeated the teams that finished Nos. 2-3-4-8-11-13, they still finished the year No. 1, the first of Leahy's four consensus national titles.
October 1964
Under first-year head coach Ara Parseghian, Notre Dame's renaissance from a 2-7 record the year prior — and 34-45 mark from 1956-63 — reached a crescendo with a 5-0 record in October that elevated them at the end of the month to No. 1 in the polls for the first time in 10 years.
In consecutive weeks from Oct. 3 through Oct. 31, Notre Dame defeated Purdue (34-15), Air Force (34-7), UCLA (24-0), Stanford (28-6) and Navy (40-0) — the year after the Boilermakers, Cardinal (known as the Indians back then) and Midshipmen, still with Heisman Trophy winner and quarterback Roger Staubach, had all beaten Notre Dame.
The Irish make the front cover of Sports Illustrated in October, and a month later Parseghian even was on Time magazine's cover.
October 1988
Similar to the 1964 resurgence, this October had Notre Dame also finishing 5-0 — and reaching No. 1 right at the end of the month after a prolonged slump. The Irish had been 43-36-1 the previous seven years, losing a minimum of four games each time and finishing under .500 twice.
From Oct. 1-29, Notre Dame defeated five straight foes, highlighted by the memorable 31-30 victory at home versus No. 1 Miami (31-30), considered one of the greatest games in school history. Head coach Lou Holtz's team defeated Stanford (42-14) and Pitt (30-20) before Miami, and Air Force (41-13) and Navy (22-7) afterwards.
November 2012
In keeping with the 24-year (1964, 1988 and 2012), once-in-a-generation resurgence themes, this was another memorable November with a 4-0 mark, although none came against ranked teams. It capped a "where did that come from?" 12-0 regular season and a No. 1 ranking after having recorded a 32-31 ledger the previous five years, losing a minimum of five games each time.
From Nov. 3-24, Notre Dame first rallied from a 20-6 fourth-quarter deficit against Pitt to post a 29-26 triple-overtime victory in which it almost appeared that divine intervention had occurred. While the ensuing 21-6 and 38-0 victories against Boston College and Wake Forest were ho-hum affairs, Notre Dame climbed to No. 1 for the first time in 19 years, ending the longest drought in the program's history.
The month was capped with a hard fought 22-13 victory at archrival USC — a traditional House of Horrors for past Irish teams — to earn the right to play in the BCS Championship. It felt like the magic had truly returned for the first time in decades.


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- The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume s1-29, Issue 2, 1 Mar 1949, p. 219 - 227
Report on the Presence of Japanese B Encephalitis Neutralizing Antibody among Filipinos and Certain Philippine Animals 1
- 1. Neutralization tests on 21 Filipino civilians for Japanese B encephalitis showed 7 with positive indices or 33.3 per cent.
- 2. Fourteen of the 17 Japanese prisoners of war whose sera were tested gave positive indices or 82 per cent. These indices were higher than those in the Filipino group.
- 3. Fourteen of 29 cattle gave positive indices or 45 per cent; 21 of 23 horses or 91 per cent; 10 of 11 carabaos or 90 per cent and 2 of 8 goats or 25 per cent gave positive neutralization indices.
- 4. Serial specimens from 13 patients suspicious for Japanese B encephalitis virus infection were obtained and tested. Five of these serial specimens showed a tenfold or greater increase of neutralizing antibodies.
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A few weeks ago an email with various titles but the same content about the "Official Braai Contract" or "Braai Rules" was doing the rounds. It had the same general theme as a video that was recorded at my flat a few years ago by Neels van Jaarsveld and Francois van Coke. This email then also featured on SA Blog of the year, 2Oceansvibe, and a week later, the video also featured there.
On Thursday this week, the Portfolio Travel Blog published this article about Braai4Heritage, after an interview with me. What is more, the "Braai rules" mentioned above, were also posted in the Travel Blog last year. But that in itself is not so funny. What is really funny, is the response that one guy wrote to the Travel Blog regarding those rules, inserting his own comments into the original text. Here it is:
When a man volunteers to do the BRAAI the following chain of events are put into motion:
- The woman buys the food with the MAN'S money.
- The woman makes the salad, prepares the vegetables, and makes dessert – what the hell are vegetables and dessert doing at a braai?
- The woman prepares the meat for cooking, places it on a tray along with the necessary cooking utensils and sauces, and takes it to the man who is lounging beside the grill – beer in hand. –Nonsense. It's well known that the Braaimaster always prepares his own meat.
- The woman remains outside the compulsory three meter exclusion zone where the exuberance of testosterone and other manly bonding activities can take place without the interference of the woman – Fires are dangerous and can hurt you.
- Here comes the important part: THE MAN PLACES THE MEAT ON THE GRILL and expertly monitors the transfer of energy from the combustive fuel to the meat.
- More routine…. The woman
goes inside to organize the plates and cutlerynags about the length of time it is taking to deliver perfection.
- The woman comes out to tell the man that the meat is looking great.. He thanks her and asks if she will bring another beer while he flips the meat – another untruth. The Braai #2 gets the beer for the Braaimaster
- Important again: THE MAN TAKES THE MEAT OFF THE GRILL AND HANDS IT TO
THE WOMAN. Braai #2
- More routine… The woman prepares the plates, salad, bread, utensils, napkins, sauces, and brings them to the table. – RUBBISH!
- After eating, the woman clears the table and does the dishes. – Finally, the woman justifies her existence!
- And most important of all: Everyone PRAISES the MAN and THANKS HIM for his cooking efforts. While there may be hundreds of little Indians dying on the battlefield, it can only be the CHIEF who gets the praise – it is the way it is.


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The nomination form can be downloaded below or by contacting Ruth Dunn, the district's communications director, at firstname.lastname@example.com or 952-707-2020.
All nominees will be recognized at a reception in their honor at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 14, at the Campus Cup café in Diamondhead Education Center. The award presentation ceremony will take place at the Board of Education meeting at 6:30 p.m. that evening, also at Diamondhead.
For more information about the award and to view past recipients, visit www.isd191.org/parents/volunteer-information/coskran-volunteer-award.


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