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Stocks finished the week with a whimper, all the major indexes declining in a shortened session ahead of the Fourth of July holiday. The market's closed tomorrow, and so is The Motley Fool Take, which will return on Monday, sunburned and sick to its stomach after eating too many hot dogs, but ready to take on the rest of the summer.
In today's Motley Fool Take:
- WorldCom Shareholders Get Relief
- Quote of Note
- Wait and See on EMC
- Cash In On Credit Month
- Cooking Out the Foolish Way
- Discussion Board of the Day: Recipes/Cooking
- Quick Takes: Siebel Systems, Apple Computer, Boston Scientific
- And Finally...
WorldCom Shareholders Get Relief
The meek may inherit the earth, but the complainers are going to have to settle for $250 million. Of course, that's substantially more than they had yesterday.
Under a settlement forged by the Securities and Exchange Commission, common equity shareholders of WorldCom will receive $250 million in stock when the company emerges from bankruptcy. The SEC said that the agreement would allow the victims of the massive fraud committed at WorldCom to participate in the potential upside of the reorganized company, to be called MCI.
This may or may not be palatable to the folks who have formed the various stockholder groups and organized various lawsuits, protests, and boycotts. One group suggested that the reorganization plan be "50% debt reduction, where the bondholders would get 50% ownership of the new company and the current stockholders would be given 50% equity in the new firm." This same group complained that the bondholders have completely dominated the bankruptcy committees.
Right. You see, that's how bankruptcyworks. Ask the former shareholders at Kmart
The settlement amount is nowhere near what the stockholder group requested. It also remains to be seen just how the shares are allocated, since the fraud and damages took place over the course of years. As such, we will have to see whether they accept the settlement levels or press for more. But as the plan is offered now, old WorldCom shareholders will have defied the odds. After all, in almost every bankruptcy, the equity shareholders get nothing.
Now, it would be nice if the SEC sent some of the settlement money over to the shareholders of AT&T
Quote of Note
"Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so." -- Bertrand Russell, 1872 - 1970), British philosopher, mathematician, and writer
Wait and See on EMC
Network storage giant EMC
With a market cap of $24 billion, EMC is already No. 1 in data storage hardware. Nonetheless, the company has faced stiff competition from Network Appliance
Meanwhile, BMC, though an established business software maker boasting $1.3 billion in trailing 12-month sales and 40% free cash flow margins last quarter, struggled in the storage software market, and exited the space in March. With corporate CTOs and CIOs favoring "safe" big-name software vendors, even BMC can't compete with more established vendors EMC, IBM
Investors scrounging the computer technology trash heap for companies with attractive valuations and prospects might be tempted by EMC. However, at 33 times -- gulp -- trailing free cash flow and with a negative return on invested capital the last two years, EMC is priced for the dizzy growth of years past.
Even when business capital spending resumes -- and it will -- it will have to do so at astonishing rates to justify the risk inherent in EMC's current valuation. Higher margins from its software business, if well managed, could juice the benefits of any revenue increase, but at current prices the stock must be viewed as a speculation. (Do you agree? Our Community considers the BMC deal and all things EMC on our nifty discussion board.)
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Cooking Out the Foolish Way
All set for your Fourth of July cookout? Your family and friends are on the way. The cooler's stocked. You've warned your nephew to steer well clear of lit firecrackers. This time. But if you haven't had a chance to check out your holiday spread, look out: It's been invaded by an army of -- no, not ants -- ticker symbols!
Can you imagine a better way to celebrate this joyous slice of Americana than by approaching this year's cookout from a stock lover's perspective? OK, you probably can. But humor me. It's a holiday!
Fire up the grill and what have you got? Some Oscar Mayer hot dogs? That's Kraft
If you're cooking for vegetarians don't worry, Gardenburger (OTC: GBUR) trades publicly, and if you're going with Morningstar Farms veggie burgers and wieners, both hail from the Kellogg
Of course, it wouldn't be a cookout without the condiments. We all know about Heinz
And when it's time to wash it all down, Coke
So what are you waiting for? Dig in and eat. The ticker symbols are getting cold.
Discussion Board of the Day: Recipes/Cooking
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Quick Takes
Siebel Systems
Because of the costs associated with launching a new device, Boston Scientific
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I don't know about you, but my emotions are usually the first to respond to a situation, and the last to catch on to what is actually true. That's why it's best not to let them lead.
Modern society would argue that point loudly, thanks to the very successful efforts of the psychology movement in the last sixty to seventy years, which convinced almost everyone that in order to find truth and meaning in this world we needed to look deep inside ourselves. Consequently, individual experiences and emotions and perspectives were elevated to new heights, and even Christian thinking took on a Self-tinged, relativistic hue. Life is deeper and richer because of our emotions, and it seems only natural to follow where those powerful tides pull us, right?
But a long time ago a wise man told me that doing the right thing depends on choosing to do it, regardless of how you feel. Let reason and faith inform your will, and let will bend in surrender to God, and the emotions will trail along behind until they gradually fall in line. (Unfortunately, he neglected to mention how fiercely said emotions would make themselves known….or what a battle it would be to consistently choose what is right against the tide of feeling….and how wearing a mask to show the right things on the outside is not the same thing as truly choosing…but that is another story altogether.) He was correct at the root of it all. You have to know what voices to listen to, know what can lead you well, if you want a good outcome. The Wise King agrees that "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding." (Proverbs 9:10) It's reverence and knowledge of God that lead us to wisdom.
My feelings about a thing do not determine whether it is right or wrong…or even if it is real. My feelings are not the best informant on the value of something, or the wisdom or health of a decision. Feelings are just one more faculty of being, given by the Creator so I could have relationship with Him and with the people around me. Feelings are an important part of who He made me to be, but like every other part, need to be re-shaped day by day by His Spirit living in me. I know that things never end well when unchecked emotions are leading the way. No matter what I am feeling, I find that choosing to give thanks reminds me where to look– which direction I am heading– as if gratitude were a compass on this Faith-journey. .And it's always remarkable how when you are lost in a sea of emotions, it is trusting God and accepting what He gives you that brings clarity to thinking, and orders your world. A sister-mentor reminds "No one receives the peace of God without giving thanks to God." (Ann VosKamp)
The patterns of this world might call for us to follow our hearts, no matter in what winding ways they lead. But Jesus is calling us to take up our cross and follow Him, and His is the narrow way that leads us straight Home.
"Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 4:6-7)
I'll praise You.
Even when I have no song,
I'll praise You.
Even when it's hard to find the words–
Louder then I'll sing Your praise…
And my heart burns only for You–
You are all, You are all I want,
And my soul waits only for You;
And I will sing till the morning has come."
(Even When It Hurts, Hillsong United)

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Another Early Spring Brings Back Memories of 2012
The decorative, cosmetic splashes of snow in your yard are in grave peril. Snap a photo soon, because another warm front is coming. This winter, when in doubt, predict a warm front. Odds are you'll be right.
Then again, data shows February was the 18th month/row of warmer than average temperatures, according to the Minnesota DNR. NOAA reports that meteorological winter was the 8th warmest on record.
Nationwide there were 3,146 record highs and 27 record lows last month. Chicago had no snow on the ground in January and February. Spring is in full bloom south of a line from Kansas City to Indianapolis and Pittsburgh.
Yes, odds favor an early ice-out and at the rate we're going we may see flowers blooming within a month, much like we saw in 2012.
Today and Friday will be cooler than average but a weekend thaw is on tap. ECMWF (European) guidance hints at 60F Sunday & Monday. Another warm front surges north late next week and T-storms may pop up 1 week from today.
It's hard not to cheer on these amazing early springs - until you realize the planet is running a low-grade fever.
Relatively Quiet Thursday. After recent episodes of severe weather from the Mid South and Ohio Valley to the East Coast and widespread flooding for California and the western USA it's nice to have a (brief) breather today. Showers and T-storms push across Florida as a cooler bubble of high pressure pushes into the southeastern USA. More heavy rain and snow spreads into the Pacific Northwest; another surge of heavy rain forecast to reach northern California by Saturday night. 84-hour NAM forecast: NOAA and Tropicaltidbits.com.
18 Straight Warm Months. The Minnesota DNR puts our warm streak into perspective: "Minnesota is in the grips of a historic warm streak, now standing at 18 months in many locations, including the Twin Cities. February 2017 started off relatively tame, with the usual flip-flopping between warm and cold conditions for the first nine days. The 10th, however, kicked off a 2-week spell of significantly warm weather, including a six-day run between the 17th and 22nd that broke numerous records. In the Twin Cities, daily temperatures were above averages on 23 of 28 days, and the average monthly temperature has now been above the 1981-2010 normal for 18 months in a row. As a month, February 2017 was among the warmest on record across the state. It ranked in the top-10 at Duluth, the Twin Cities, Rochester, and St. Cloud--where it was 3rd warmest since 1895. The Twin Cities have not recorded average monthly temperatures that were below 1981-2010 normals since August 2015. This is the longest above-average monthly temperature streak of any kind on record in the Twin Cities, though it is worth noting that the "normals" refresh every 10 years, and procedures for calculating them have changed over time. As of this writing, only five months out of the last 33 (back to June 2014) have been below normal in the Twin Cities. The second longest streak on record was 16 months, from June 2011 through September 12..."
Early Bird Special: Spring Pops Up Super-Early in Much of U.S. Here's an update from AP: "Spring has sprung early — potentially record early — in much of the United States, bringing celebrations of shorts weather mixed with unease about a climate gone askew. Crocuses, tulips and other plants are popping up earlier than usual from Arizona to New Jersey and down to Florida. Washington is dotted with premature pink blossoming trees. Grackles, red-winged blackbirds and woodpeckers are just plain early birds this year. The unseasonably warm weather has the natural world getting ahead of — even defying — the calendar, scientists said Tuesday. In cities like Indianapolis, Pittsburgh and Columbus, Ohio, spring has arrived about a month earlier than the 30-year average and about 20 days earlier than in 2012, which was the earliest spring on record..."
Spring Has Sprung for Much of America. Here's the latest update from The USA National Phenology Network: "How do you know when spring has begun? Is it the appearance of the first tiny leaves on the trees, or the first crocus plants peeping through the snow? The Spring Leaf Index is a synthetic measure of these early season events in plants, based on recent temperature conditions. This model allows us to track the progression of spring onset across the country. The map at right shows locations that have reached the requirements for the Spring Leaf Index model (based on NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis temperature products). Learn more about the Extended Spring Indices and the data products available. USA-NPN also produces a suite of Accumulated Growing Degree Day map products..."
Midwestern Regional Climate Center: "Mild Winter" for Much of the USA. The MRCC has an "Accumulated Winter Season Severity Index", which agrees with the Minnesota DNR's "Winter Misery Index". It wasn't much of a winter. Details: "Winter seasons have significant societal impacts across all sectors ranging from direct human health and mortality to commerce, transportation, and education. The question "How severe was this winter?" does not have a simple answer. At the very least, the severity of a winter is related to the intensity and persistence of cold weather, the frequency and amount of snow, and the amount and persistence of snow on the ground. The Accumulated Winter Season Severity Index (AWSSI) was developed to objectively quantify and describe the relative severity of the winter season."
Warm Days in February Might Be Here to Stay. Not every February, but most Februarys. Here's a snippet from a Boston Globe article: "...All this unusual weather begs the question: Is this climate change? The answer is: Sort of. No one single event is climate change, but the odds of these occurrences can increase as a result of it. It's like loading the dice. As the climate continues to change, our weather will throw us more surprises. No one can say if another February warmth outbreak is going to occur in 2018 or 2019, but we do know the odds of such winter warm spells are going to continue to grow. The climate models forecast more extreme swings in our weather within the general warming pattern. It's really no surprise that we are seeing all-time monthly records for February or severe weather. Since February temperatures are on the rise and have been for over a hundred years, it stands to reason that recordbreaking warm days are in our future..."
Graphic credit: NOAA. "Snow cover across North America has been diminishing during March and April for the past 30 years."
As Chilly As It's Going to Get Next 2 Weeks. A higher sun angle melted yesterday's inch of slush fairly quickly; just a few piles of white remaining in the metro. Snow will be a distant memory by Sunday, when temperatures may surge above 60 F. in the Twin Cities metro, cooling off into the 40s next week. 15-day MSP Meteogram: WeatherBell.
A Dominant Pacific Influence. A few sneezes of Canadian air will brush the northern USA in coming weeks, but the models still keep a predominately zonal, west-to-east wind flow aloft, pumping a steady supply of relatively mild Pacific air across the USA. 2 weeks out I could see more 50s in Minnesota, if the GFS forecast of 500 mb (18,000 foot) winds above verifies.
More of the Same For Most of USA. NOAA CPC is out with a revised outlook for March temperatures, and much of the nation is expected to trend warmer than average, with the greatest potential for warm anomalies over the southern Plains. Only the Pacific Northwest is forecast to be colder than average.
Life-Saving Tornado Technology Getting Stuck in Congress. Today's Doppler radars take several minutes at multiple scan levels to stitch together a 3-D composite of the atmosphere, allowing meteorologists to see areas of violent rotation. "Phased-array" radars create an instantaneous, 3-D snapshot of what's happening. KTUL.com in Tulsa, Oklahoma has a timely story; here's an excerpt: "...There's new technology at the National Severe Storms Lab in Norman that has shown the ability to allow extra minutes of lead time. Precious minutes that could be part of the solution. It's something we've never seen before. Tornadoes on radar in their earliest stages of formation. "Phased array radars have been around for a long time," says Kurt Hondl, a researcher at N.O.A.A. "Primarily for use by the military, the simplest way to think about it are your ears as a phased array system. If you close your eyes and somebody walks around the room, you can still tell where the voice is coming from." "It would be lifesaving," Weir says. "It would be immensely valuable, especially with the schools that lost so many children here..."
Phased-Array Radar Could Improve Tornado Prediction Times. IEEE Spectrum has a good backgrounder piece on the benefits of phased-array; the U.S. Navy has been using it to track missiles - it only makes sense to see a trickle-down from military to the consumer sector: "...A phased-array radar can capture the scene much more quickly. This type of radar system features a fixed, flat antenna composed of thousands of transceiver elements sending and receiving pulses at the same time. The relative delays between the pulses shape the direction of the beam radiating from the array. This electronically steered beam can scan the whole sky in less than a minute. Forecasters would also be able to instantly redirect it to focus on specific areas. "It gives forecasters information almost like a movie, as opposed to taking snapshots of the atmosphere," says Doug Forsyth, who leads radar research at the NSSL. U.S. Navy ships have used phased-array radars for decades to detect missile threats. In fact, since 2003, the NSSL has been testing an antenna donated by the Navy. A group of National Weather Service forecasters are invited to participate in the trials, which include yearly mock tests on real tornado data..."
Photo credit: Mobile, phased-array Doppler radar scanning a supercell in Kansas during VORTEX-2 on June 9, 2009. Coutesy: University of Oklahoma, Norman.
The GOES-R satellite, still in test mode, has the ability to do rapid scan extremely high resolution images of a focused small area every 30 seconds. Such imagery can't see everything inside storm cells and supercells, but the change in cloud top configuration, cloud top temperature, visible gust fronts out ahead of the storm, and the satellite's superior lightning detection will provide far more rapid data on changes in storm development than can be supplied by the network of NWS Dopplers, which take about six minutes to complete a complete set of scans of many different altitudes within a storm to determine a more complete picture of its structure. As I've written, the U.S. still lags in our global weather models in many respects compared to the European Center and the British Met Office. When it comes to the study of severe local convection, though, we are unquestionably the world leader. We have to be. Our tornado frequency, due to our geography, is incomparably higher than that of any other continent..."In this next year, it's remote data from space which may well be the most important new tool for researchers.
Have We Underestimated the West's Super-Floods? This winter is redefining wet for California and the entire west coast of the USA, but it pales in comparison to previous deluges. Here's an excerpt from High Country News: "...In California, too, super-floods may be more common than previously thought. United States Geological Survey hydrologist Michael Dettinger and UC Berkeley paleoclimatologist B. Lynn Ingram have studied the paleo-flood record across a broad swath of California and discovered that such floods happen at least every 200 years, and maybe more frequently. The last one was in 1862. Thousands of people died, towns were submerged and the state's economy was devastated, yet it was nowhere near the worst: One flood in the 1600s was at least twice as big..."
new study on cumulative hazards in Earth's Future, a journal of the American Geophysical Union..."Global climate change is being felt in many coastal communities of the United States, not always in the form of big weather disasters but as a drip, drip, drip of nuisance flooding. According to researchers at the University of California, Irvine, rising sea levels will cause these smaller events to become increasingly frequent in the future, and the cumulative effect will become comparable to extreme events such as Hurricane Katrina or Superstorm Sandy. "Catastrophic storms get a lot of media attention and are studied, but we wanted to know more about the non-extreme events," said Amir AghaKouchak, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of California Irvine (UCI) and co-author of a
Photo credit: FEMA. "The effects of climate change are being felt now in American cities. With the steady rise in sea level over the past few decades, events such as an especially strong tide can result in flooding in coastal regions, a new study finds."
Humans Are Responsible for 84 Percent of Wildfires in the U.S. Atlas Obscura has details: "In the past decades, the number of wildfires in the U.S. has spiraled upwards, as has the cost of fighting them: In recent years, by the end of the fire season, the Forest Service has usually exhausted its budget. According to a new paper, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, one factor contributing to the increasing impact of wildfire is how often humans ignite them. The team of researchers found that, from 1992 to 2012, people were responsible for starting 84 percent of wildfires and that, in most of the U.S., it's more common from humans to start wildfires than for lightning to ignite them, as they report in the new paper..."
Map credit: "This map shows where human-ignited wildfires dominate." Balch, et al. "Human-started wildfires expand the fire niche across the United States." PNAS, 2017. DOI:10.1073
Humans Are Igniting the Vast Majority of Wildfires in the U.S. Pacific Standard has the results of new research: "...Looking at 1.5 million records of wildfires with a known cause that took place between 1992 and 2012, the researchers found that humans started 84 percent of the fires over the 20-year period and tripled the length of the fire season. Lightning-ignited fires were most likely during the summer months, and during the spring, winter, and fall, human-induced blazes were 35 times more likely than lightning-started ones. People started plenty of summertime blazes as well; in fact, more human-ignited fires were started on July 4th than any other day of the year. But the outsize role people play in sparking wildfires doesn't preclude climate change from blame..."
This Real-Time Pollution Map Will Enlighten You On Your City's Air Quality. Yahoo News has the story: "...The map delivers real-time information on air pollution along with hourly forecasts and helpful weather-related health and fitness recommendations. Its data is drawn from "official air quality sensors" placed across cities that monitor airborne particles and combined with information on wind, weather and traffic conditions. By simply searching a location, users will be shown a color-coded map of the pollution level in the surrounding area. They'll also receive useful information such as carbon monoxide and ozone levels, weather forecast updates, and heath, sports and child care-related suggestions..."
Trump Order Will Aim To Roll Back a Clean Water Rule. Is this to protect farmers and fossil fuel interests at the expense of consumers, or does agriculture and industry have a legitimate gripe? The New York Times reports: "President Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday aimed at rolling back one of former President Barack Obama's major environmental regulations, a clean water rule known as Waters of the United States. But on its own, Mr. Trump's order will have almost no legal effect on the sweeping rule, which was imposed in 2015, according to two people familiar with the White House plans. An advance copy of the order was viewed by The New York Times on Monday. The order will essentially give Mr. Trump a megaphone to direct his new Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Scott Pruitt, to begin the lengthy and complicated legal process required to rewrite the rule — a process that could take longer than Mr. Trump's first term, legal experts said..."
Photo credit: " Credit Jonathan Ernst/Reuters.
Trump to Put Obama Water Pollution Rule on Chopping Block. A case of over-regulation; federal over-reach? Here's more perspective from Bloomberg: "...In imposing the Waters of the U.S. rule, the Obama administration's EPA aimed to resolve decades of uncertainty over what waterways were subject to federal regulation and oversight. In 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court fractured over the question of whether strictly navigable waters are subject to the Clean Water Act, or if the jurisdiction goes further. Developers said later guidance from the EPA only injected more confusion into permitting processes. Obama's Waters of the U.S. rule was opposed by dozens of states and an assortment of business and agriculture groups, which complained it did nothing to clear up the murkiness and took an overly expansive view of the law..."
Minnesota To See First Hybrid Wind-Solar Project. North American Windpower has the story: "GE Renewable Energy has been selected to supply equipment for what it says will be the first commercial integrated solar-wind hybrid power generation project in the U.S. The 4.6 MW, community-based project will be situated in Red Lake Falls, Minn. Developed by Juhl Energy, the project will use two 2.3-116 wind turbines from GE's onshore wind business and 1 MW of solar conversion equipment from GE's current business. GE expects the project to enter commercial operations in August. GE will also provide its Wind Integrated Solar Energy technology platform, developed through the company's global research center. The platform will integrate the solar panels through the wind turbine's converter directly. According to GE, the hybrid design will enable the project to produce power when it is most needed: Basically, the solar provides summer peak energy, and the wind provides winter peak energy..."
A Texas Tornado for America's Power Players. Cleaner, cheaper renewable power is disrupting America's energy business - here's an excerpt from Bloomberg Gadfly: "...Renewable energy has a particularly pernicious effect on wholesale power prices because of the way they are set. As you might expect, the last source of generation to be switched on in order to meet demand is the most expensive one. Back in the day, this so-called "merit order" generally ran like this: nuclear first, then coal, then maybe some natural gas, and finally, if there was a sudden surge of demand, a "peaker-plant" burning gas or even oil. Renewables mess with this because, once built, their fuel is generally free. So, as long as the wind is blowing or the sun is shining, they will run first, displacing higher-cost sources of power. This tends to depress the whole market, as that last kilowatt-hour of supply needed to meet demand comes from a lower-cost source (this is also why cheap natural gas has savaged demand for coal)..."
Graphic credit: "Note: Share of electricity output by major energy source, trailing 12-month averages."
Conversion to Natural Gas Brings New Life to Aging Coal Plants. Midwest Energy News reports: "It used to be that a train of coal arrived every day at the Joliet coal plant 40 miles southwest of Chicago. Forty-seven conveyor belts fed the coal into units on either side of the Des Plaines River. And workers busily transferred the coal from the train and maintained the system. Today there are no more coal trains. But Joliet is not among the scores of coal plants that have closed in recent years. Instead, it burns natural gas. A number of coal plants nationwide have converted to natural gas, a move that uses much of the same infrastructure but involves different economics, less pollution and fewer workers. Unlike the coal plant which ran nearly around the clock, the Joliet plant, owned by NRG, now fires up and down more frequently depending on demand and profitability..."
The Mobile Solar Boom is Just Beginning. Solar can pull people out of energy poverty faster/cheaper/cleaner. A principal in the company Lumos explains at TheHill: "...Lumos brings affordable, accessible, and reliable solar energy to off-grid homes. By partnering with mobile operators, Lumos allows customers to pay for their electricity with existing mobile phone accounts. I believe that this is the solution for the billion people who are living with a mobile phone and without reliable electricity. For only 50 US cents a day, customers can power lights, a fan, a tv, mobile chargers, and small appliances all at the same time. For decades, these off-grid communities have been underserved. With Lumos and mobile operators working together, students are able to do homework at night, entrepreneurs can keep stores open after dark, health clinics and religious centers can further their mission, and billions of people are able to connect to one another with cellphones they previously couldn't reliably charge..."
SpaceX Plans to Send 2 Tourists Around Moon in 2018. Serenaded by Pink Floyd as they travel around the dark side of the moon? Sign me up (and have someone else pay for it). The New York Times reports: "SpaceX, the ambitious rocket company headed by Elon Musk, wants to send a couple of tourists around the moon and back to Earth before the end of next year. If they manage that feat, the passengers would be the first humans to venture that far into space in more than 40 years. Mr. Musk made the announcement on Monday in a telephone news conference. He said two private individuals approached the company to see if SpaceX would be willing to send them on a weeklong cruise, which would fly past the surface of the moon — but not land — and continue outward before gravity turned the spacecraft around and brought it back to Earth for a landing..."
Image credit: " Credit SpaceX.
Minnesota: 3rd Best State in the USA? I beg to differ, but U.S. News has Massachusetts and New Hampshire ahead of the Land of 10,000 Lakes: "...In addition to its harsh winters, the state is known for its many bodies of water, which eventually flow into the Hudson Bay, the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. The headwaters of the Mississippi River start in northern Lake Itasca, where loons serenade at sunset. The Dakota fittingly named the land "Minisota," meaning sky-tinted water. The state's nickname as the Land of 10,000 Lakes is an understatement – the state actually boasts 11,842. Minnesota's population is expected to reach 6 million by 2032. The state's demographics will likely shift over the next couple of decades, moving toward an older and more diverse population. Minnesota's 65 and older population, demographers say, will outnumber people 17 and younger for the first time in 2035. Additionally, Minnesota's nonwhite and/or Latino population is expected to rise to 25 percent, up 11 percent from 2005..."
Didn't Quite Work Out That Way. Here is what the Farmer's Almanac was predicting for January through March of 2017.
.8" snow fell yesterday at Twin Cities International Airport.
37 F. maximum temperature yesterday.
34 F. average high on March 1.
27 F. high temperature in the cities on March 1, 2016.
March 2, 1913: A record low of 24 degrees below zero is set at the St. Cloud Regional Airport.
TODAY: Clouds, few flurries, cooler than average. Winds: NW 8-13. High: 32
THURSDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy, feels like winter. Low: 14
FRIDAY: More sun, less wind. Still chilly. Winds: S 8-13. High: 34
SATURDAY: Patchy clouds, milder breeze. Winds: SE 10-20. Wake-up: 25. High: 48
SUNDAY: Welcome to April. Partly sunny. Winds: SW 8-13. Wake-up: 38. High: near 60
MONDAY: Still balmy, passing T-shower? Winds: S 15-25. Wake-up: 49. High: 62
TUESDAY: Gusty and cooler. Sprinkles/flurries. Winds: NW 10-20. Wake-up: 36. High: 42
WEDNESDAY: Plenty of sun, winds ease up. Winds: E 5-10. Wake-up: 26. High: 44
Climate Stories....
Yale Climate Opinion Maps. A majority of Americans acknowledge the climate is changing; a smaller percentage link warming to human activities, as reported by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication: "This version of the Yale Climate Opinion Maps is based on data through the year 2016. Public opinion about global warming is an important influence on decision making about policies to reduce global warming or prepare for the impacts, but American opinions vary widely depending on where people live. So why would we rely on just one national number to understand public responses to climate change at the state and local levels? Public opinion polling is generally done at the national level, because local level polling is very costly and time intensive. Our team of scientists, however, has developed a geographic and statistical model to downscale national public opinion results to the state, congressional district, and county levels. We can now estimate public opinion across the country and a rich picture of the diversity of Americans' beliefs, attitudes, and policy support is revealed. For instance, nationally, 70% of Americans think global warming is happening..."
Massive Permafrost Thaw Documented in Canada, Portends Huge Carbon Release. Details via InsideClimate News: "Huge slabs of Arctic permafrost in northwest Canada are slumping and disintegrating, sending large amounts of carbon-rich mud and silt into streams and rivers. A new study that analyzed nearly a half-million square miles in northwest Canada found that this permafrost decay is affecting 52,000 square miles of that vast stretch of earth—an expanse the size of Alabama. According to researchers with the Northwest Territories Geological Survey, the permafrost collapse is intensifying and causing landslides into rivers and lakes that can choke off life downstream, all the way to where the rivers discharge into the Pacific Ocean..."
File photo credit: "Melting permafrost is altering the landscape in northern Canada on a grand scale." Credit: Wikimedia.
The Scientific Community is Facing an Existential Crisis. New Republic explains why: "...Most scientists are uncomfortable talking politics because their work needs to be perceived as objective rather than partisan. But ever since America elected a president who's made scientifically inaccurate statements on everything from vaccines to climate change, more and more scientists are stepping into the spotlight to stand up for their profession. That includes Holt, who announced Wednesday that AAAS would partner with the March for Science, an Earth Day rally with the primary goal of preserving and promoting evidence-based policymaking. In a conversation with the New Republic, Holt—who is also a former U.S. Congressman—talked about the unprecedented level of political anxiety among American scientists, and how those scientists should navigate these murky waters..."
"Shell Knew": Oil Giant's 1991 Film Warned of Climate Change Danger. Details, and a link to a 2:40 video overview, courtesy of The Guardian: "The oil giant Shell issued a stark warning of the catastrophic risks of climate change more than a quarter of century ago in a prescient 1991 film that has been rediscovered. However, since then the company has invested heavily in highly polluting oil reserves and helped lobby against climate action, leading to accusations that Shell knew the grave risks of global warming but did not act accordingly. Shell's 28-minute film, called Climate of Concern, was made for public viewing, particularly in schools and universities. It warned of extreme weather, floods, famines and climate refugees as fossil fuel burning warmed the world. The serious warning was "endorsed by a uniquely broad consensus of scientists in their report to the United Nations at the end of 1990", the film noted..."
Image credit: What Shell knew about climate change in 1991
"A Sense of Despair" : The Mental Health Cost of Unchecked Climate Change. CBS News reports; here are 2 excerpts from an eye-opening story: "...Climate change is taking an obvious physical toll on earth: from depleted farmland to the rise of toxic pollution to the degradation of long-stable ecosystems to the disappearance of biodiversity and endangered species. But looking beyond the physical, experts are also trying to sound the alarm about the quieter, more insidious effects of climate change: namely, that global warming is threatening the emotional health of humans worldwide. "We see a sense of despair that sets in as inevitably Mother Nature, who we think of as our nurturing force, tells us we're not going to be able to survive the conditions she's set for us," Dr. Lise Van Susteran, a practicing psychiatrist and expert on the dangers of climate change on mental health, told CBS News...The researchers found that just one standard-deviation shift in heat or rainfall increases the risk of a riot, civil war or ethnic conflict by an average of about 14 percent. A similarly sized uptick in heat or rain triggers a 4 percent increase in person-on-person violence like rape, murder and assault..."
6 Words That Could Go Extinct Because of Climate Change. Outside Magazine reports: Lift Line. Noun: The queue of skiers and snowboarders waiting to board a chairlift for a ride up the mountain at a winter resort. This winter, ski resorts have seen record-breaking storms and crowds. So climate threats must be a Cascadian hoax, right? No. Though colder and warmer winters are determined mainly by fickle jet streams, global warming has contributed to an increased number of "End of Days" storms over the past half-century. The average global temperature has risen 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit since 1880: warmer weather means more moisture in the air, which means more intense precipitation events. At lower elevations, another two-degree temperature increase has the potential to turn all that fresh powder into floods and landslides. And you may have noticed this winter that the season is getting shorter. While there might be a few epic days in the middle of winter, there's less time on either end of winter..."
Photo credit: "Many glacier tips are attached to an unmoving sliver of ice called an "icefoot." Photo: Oskari Porkka/iStock.
With Climate Change California is Likely to See More Extreme Flooding. NPR has the story; here's a clip that caught my eye: "...But this shouldn't be a surprise, says Noah Diffenbaugh, a climate scientist at Stanford University. "It's actually exactly what has been predicted by scientists for at least 30 years," he says. He says California is likely to see more extreme flooding with climate change. And the reason is pretty simple. If it's warmer, storms produce more rain instead of snow. But that's not what California's water system was built to do when it was designed a century ago. It was built, in large part, around the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada. The state's flood system can handle that slow melt, but not a huge amount of rain all at once, Diffenbaugh says..." (File image credit: ESA).
What is Wrong With a Carbon Tax? The author of a Scientific American Op-Ed (who happens to be an economist) argues for a cap and dividend approach, instead of tax and dividend: "...The upshot is that a carbon tax is not only a nonstarter in terms of good political optics, but also in terms of good economics, ethics and science. That said, while the CLC should ditch the tax, the public dividend component of their plan is worth keeping. As they convincingly argue, the dividend is a brilliant way to overcome political resistance to a carbon fee by giving every American with a social security number an immediate economic stake in the program. For example, the CLC estimates that at their suggested $40/ton level, "a family of four would receive approximately $2000 in carbon dividend payments in their first year." As with social security, payouts would go to rich and poor alike, thus generating sufficient popularity to protect the program against shifting political winds..." (File image: Star Tribune).
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LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Shares in U.K. soccer club Newcastle United slumped as much as 9% on Friday after the last bidder for the club said it's no longer interested.
Investment vehicle Belgravia on Friday said it no longer intends to make an offer to buy Newcastle (NCU) after being unable to agree on price or transaction structure.
Earlier this month, a consortium led by hedge fund Polygon Global Opportunities Master Fund also pulled out of the bidding.
In midmorning trading, Newcastle United shares dropped 7.9% to 64.50 pence, valuing the club at around 87 million pounds ($171 million).
The news capped a downbeat week for the club, which lost 5-1 in tournament play to Birmingham City (BMC), which plays in a lower division.
But for U.K. soccer clubs in the top division in general, fortunes have got better this week, after the Premiership inked a 625 million-pound, three-year deal for television rights outside of Britain.
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The Fourth Friday of every month gathers bellydance artists from around LA, as well as special guests, for an evening of diverse bellydance styles all exploring a theme for creative inspiration. This is where artists can push, get feedback, try out new ideas, see what works as well as what may not~ all in a supportive environment meant to foster creativity and expression.
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Our events are all ages, although we do not censor the music.
It's an animal world out there, and this month we are taking our inspiration from the animal kingdom. Artists are encouraged to interpret this theme however they are inspired, but it will be a wild evening for sure!
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Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by solo_voyager, Mar 27, 2013.
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Have to find a bios mod for that exact motherboard, however it should be basically the same process.
Can't you turn UEFI off on the motherboard?
you will likely get better responses posting in the right section of the forum in this case BIOS section....
a quick search brings this up.... not sure how you could have missed this while you were doing a search....? or did you not do one
also some stickies... in the BIOS section....
I am activated Windose 7 Ultimate with standard method by means of authentication for online Microsoft.
BIOS for motherboard ASUS P8H61-M LX2 with SLIC 2.1.
Thanks folks for responding to my question.
For the record, I am looking at this as a two stage process.
The 1st stage is the UEFI BIOS mod.
The second stage is the activation of Windows 7 as an OEM product.
In the BIOS Mod section there is plenty of info about making the mod.
I do not find much that makes sense about the actual activation of the OEM OS.
The quote in the OP above begins at point 3 because 1 & 2 were about modding the "old style" BIOS, which is not my question here. My question here is only about the activation of Win7 after the UEFI BIOS has been modded.
Per cocachris89's answer, I assume that once I mod the UEFI BIOS and install it, the actual activation of Win7 can be done in the same manner as was done for the old style BIOS.
Is that correct?
yes activation method is the same once SLIC 2.1 is added to your BIOS.


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Altamira Technologies said Tuesday it has hired former Unisys executive Rod Fontecilla as chief technology officer.
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At Unisys, Fontecilla built and led the global IT giant's data analytics practice. Altamira says his career also includes leadership over programs involving application modernization, cloud computing development and migration, and cybersecurity.
His career prior to Unisys includes 15 years at Booz Allen Hamilton.
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The former owner of South Place Hotel, an 80-bed boutique in London, has now submitted planning permission for a new site in Southwark to be developed into a 275-bed hotel.
Frogmore, the UK-based real estate investment manager, has been given a £14.4m loan from OakNorth to acquire the new site on Ufford Street, adjacent to the LeSoCo College.
The developer, which was first founded in 1995, currently owns assets such as The Notting Hill Gate Estate, Stratford Shopping Centre and Weston House in Holborn.
In 2012 Frogmore developed South Place Hotel, the 80-bed boutique hotel with restaurant, brasserie and private dining facilities which is let to D&D Restaurants.
Earlier this year in April, South Place Hotel was sold to Chinese investors.
Frogmore's new site in Southwark is a 10 minute walk from both Waterloo and Southwark and in close proximity to popular attractions.
Whilst there are a number of hotel projects and schemes currently under construction in Southwark – Hilton's Hampton, Marriott's Autograph, and Park Plaza's Art'otel – the area still has one of the lowest levels of hotel bedroom supply amongst key Central London boroughs.
Commenting on the deal, Jo Allen, chief executive of Frogmore, said: "Southwark has been experiencing a shortage in hotel room supply for several years. In Kensington and Chelsea, there are three times as many hotel rooms. In Westminster, there are more than seven times. Our hope is that we can secure planning permission to build a hotel here and help fill this gap with a new 275 bedroom hotel on the site.
"It was a pleasure working with OakNorth on this deal – we're no strangers to securing debt finance for large-scale projects, but this experience was one of the simplest and most stress-free transactions we've concluded."


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Manikandan, 18 Jun 2008K850 is way better than N95 when it comes to camera!!!K850i is better than N95 in camera ? How childish! Go to this site, http://www.zeiss.com/photo ,open Nokia phones and Sony Camera then compare yourself and then write review, which is better!
Carl Zeiss rocks. No matter when this TAG is in your camera, your camera is far better than any model. As simple as that.
all SE model till K850i look like same. Same screen size, almost. Hopeless user interface structure. who are saying it has better camera, go and check your eyes. go into dark and check photo quality, oh god! hopeless and worst. Xenon flash! for what? no use. yesterday after using full volume while playing songs in metro, people ran away bcz of its terrible non stereo sound. and they acted like they found dumpster. I gonna replace it with N series now.
sniper supra, 18 Jun 2008Actually I'm planning to buy one on december or february next year (that makes my K850i one ye... moreFinally you decided to go with Nokia.
i cbb with xperia anymore.
i dno what phone im gna get next, maybe n96.
i want something with vga resolution though. im just going to hang on and wait
Allan, 18 Jun 2008Sniper. If you buy the c905 at least you will now know how nice it is to have wi fi and a buil... moreActually I'm planning to buy one on december or february next year (that makes my K850i one year old)
I'll just have to deal with the sliding issue then (I just hate it when you pop out that upper portion ughh... it's not suppose to be like a retractable knife or sumthin..)
But the C905 is nice, when it's unslided
Personally, i'm waiting for the samsung i900 omnia to hit the stores, so i can check it out to see exactly what it's like.
Don't buy any new phone right away sniper unless it's on a contract, because prices always drop.
Sniper. If you buy the c905 at least you will now know how nice it is to have wi fi and a built in gps receiver.
It looks like it only holds 2gb.
I thought the C905 is suppose to be bigger. Optical illusion?
My Story is totally opposite to nicks and my needs are different to nick
I dont like Nokia anymore, i find to Plain to Boring and to slow and to heavy in terms of weight, i agree they have features but there to 'Lame'
iv owned like LOADSS of Nokia Phones in the past, starting from the famous 3310
i had:
N-Gage Original
i was close to getting the Original N95 and N95 8GB becuase i liked but them...but as soon as was about to get N95-1 N95 8GB released..so i thought forget it! then i was going to get N95 8GB, then N82 came!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
im like NOKIA arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
now N96 has come....so gave up!
the ones i owned had alot of problems ..the latest phone which had problems and which forced me out of Nokia was 6233, i hated that phone...to many problems to list lol
didnt like any of them, its just my Taste my taste is SE! I just Love SE's vibe and everything!!!!!
SE Rules, my first SE phone was W850i i still use it sometimes, its been through so much as in water sand thrown on tarmac and everything like that...still works like NEW!
SE is my Company!!
cr duo, 17 Jun 2008jus tturn to the newer pages and you will see that k850 has "purple fringing" problems that ot... moreTo be honest, it's called the "reddish colour" in some sites.
If you look closely at the lens of the K850i, you will notice that around it isn't black - it's kinda red- jet black.
I don't know, but maybe it's related to it.
jus tturn to the newer pages and you will see that k850 has "purple fringing" problems that other phones such as n95,d900 k800 n82 doesnt have
the link below shows some picture samples please browse to see...
here it is again btw...
I have nothing against k850
but if you visit this link...this is proof that k850 has problems in imaging dept...
yeah i just want a handset that doesnt mess me about, just gets the job done. the n95 gives me every single connectivity option possible saving my parents money and me a good telling off lol
the n95 just lets me listen to music without any hassle, just plug in and go, and top notch quality.
i get a 5mpx camera, great images quickly and effeciently.
i get a top video recorder
i get a games machine at my fingertips with totally online play and everything.
then theres a samrtphone to mess around with in my spare time.
its just great.
n95, you are a legend
Shail, 17 Jun 2008Look when mass follow one company. All are not stupid. Their is something good about that prod... moreIt's the all-in-one thing that 8 out of 10 people crave, coz generally people are human and tends to human nature to garner more, harness more. But not all people vow to that kind of idea.
And that is the reason why Nokia had it at 40%, but that 40% means nothing if preferences are to be measured.
Anonymous, 01 Jan 1970I truly agree with you nick. Nokia phones has all that we want. In previous era we acted like changing handsets in 1 month and buying new. But now we need something stable like Nokia N95. I remember I lost too much money while changing handsets from 2000. Now need something which really satisfy me. SE can't give that. Simple. And the people who are talking about C903 or Xperia, let those handset come to market first then we will talk. Currently what options you have? Look at those. And ya finally who didn't purchase N95 8GB due to money issue, and now trying to prove K850i is better than N95 then slap yourself.
And if you want to end the competition go and buy HTC shift, cost is 1350 pound.
Anonymous, 01 Jan 1970Look when mass follow one company. All are not stupid. Their is something good about that product or the company. I am not saying Nokia is 100% perfect. But overall if you look at the quality of mobile devices then you will understand it. I use only Sony Vaio in laptop but I use handsets of Nokia only. Its as simple as that. Generally People follow quality and feedback of others. Not the race. No doubt out of 10,2 are just follower of crowd but 8 are among those who understand "what is quality and what is Nokia" Because of this only ,today Nokia has 40% of market share in the world.
In todays market place Nokia has 40% share. And rest brands are playing in 60%. You can understand the strength of Nokia now.
Nokia brand is listed as the 5th most valuable global brand in Interbrand/BusinessWeek's Best Global Brands list of 2007 (1st non-US company). As of 2007, it is the number one brand in Asia and Europe, the 23rd most admirable company worldwide in Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies list of 2008 (tied with Exxon Mobil; 2nd in Network Communications, 5th non-US company),and is the world's 119th largest company in Fortune Global 500 list of 2007, up from 131 of the previous year.AMR Research ranks Nokia's global supply chain number one in the world.


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- liamformediaAsked on July 04, 2013 at 09:34 AM
I'm creating a photo competition, and for some reason the no. 9 box hasn't formatted to the left, but has dropped below image 8 on the right hand side. This has in turn moved the further text fields onto a new line.
Please could you have a look and see where I'm going wrong?
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Hello Liam,
Unfortunately I can't see your screenshot for some reason. But I checked your Maxim Eyes form and it seems not to follow an ordered pattern of alignment.
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Mustangs In Crisis – Western Horseman Magazine Please take the time to read the recent article by Ben Masters and published in Western Horseman Magazine, titled, "Mustangs In Crisis". Article Excerpts: "For decades the ...Continue Reading
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I don't take lightly that I brought four children out of their country, out of their culture, out of their language and everything familiar. We were assured by our lawyer, who is close friends with the director of social services, that there were no families in their home country who could take on and provide for four children.
What would have been *best for them* is what is best for all of us, our own intact biological family. But that was not a possibility for them. There's pain, loss, hurt... So we did the best we could for them and brought them into our own family and hope and pray they sense their *place* with us. I pray for them often and out loud that they will know how much they are loved by us!
I was sharing the familiar story of Joseph with my two teenagers earlier in the week. Sold into slavery by his brothers, there had to have been a world of hurt for him. How could he have seen God's purposes in allowing such a thing? Then later, unjustly accused and thrown into prison, could nothing go right? But that trip to jail ended up bringing him before Pharoah himself, ended up being the catalyst to great power and riches. How could he have known? That trip to Egypt via slavery ended up being the catalyst to save his family, and in saving his family, saving a nation, a nation that would bring forth Messiah! What lessons we learn from Joseph! 1) We are NO ONE's victim! Our Sovereign God is in control and we can TRUST Him! 2) God can bring GOOD out of every situation! Even when what has happened is NOT good, God can turn it to bring good.
Someday I'll be able to share with our younger four children (as our *common language* improves and as they grow older) that God brought them into our family and that God brought them to the United States. They were not victims of all that brought them here. God was in control and there every step of the way as their story was being written. He was and is weaving it together into something beautiful and with purpose...
And we ourselves, the *receiving family*, through our own hard times...God is bringing about something beautiful as He weaves us ALL together through good times and bad, pain and joy.
As we put our trust in God, He does not fail us. He does not leave us alone to fend for ourselves. He does not waste our pain, He weaves it together into a Masterpiece that only He could design.
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." ~Romans 8:28


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Prince George's County is well on its way to meeting the goal for improving the quality of stormwater management practices and Soltesz is honored to be the engineer delivering those acres. Twenty-four sites and 108 Best Management Practices (BMP) have been certified to treat 354 impervious acres!
Soltesz was honored to host the 2017 Holiday Art Contest at Loiederman Middle School. supporting the community and the arts through our annual holiday art competition.
The Waldorf Soltesz staff enjoyed some quality time with each other before the holidays with our Holiday Luncheon.
Jim Soltesz attended the Committee for Montgomery's Annual Legislative Breakfast, where elected officials, government and business representatives, and community leaders throughout Montgomery County and the State of Maryland were in attendance.
Together Soltesz is making an impact on some of the most important issues facing our communities. We donated $4,000 in total to Three Oaks Center, Angel's Watch Regional Shelter, Community Ministry of Prince George's County, and The Dwelling Place this quarter. The money we have contributed is saving lives and bringing hope to people in need. It's something we can all be proud to support.
Soltesz held its Annual Toys for Tots Holiday Luncheon, supporting the companywide priority to give back to the community.
Soltesz conducted a companywide Stormwater Management Summit, where staff was lectured on the newest innovations in water quality in this rapidly expanding industry. The session featured one of the nation's most renowned experts in the field, Neil Weinstein, President of Low Impact Development, a nationally known non-profit company.
In preparation of the upcoming colder weather and to give a great big thank you to our employees, Soltesz happily handed out winter coats to our staff sporting the firm's logo!
The Soltesz Lanham office came together for a Thanksgiving celebration.
As part of our commitment to PEPCO, Soltesz is providing Civil Design and Surveying services for the installation of two new underground 230kV transmission feeders in Ward 1 of the District of Columbia, an endeavor totaling 1.3 miles.


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music without drugs
ok, to start, i want to distant myself from any pretense that might occur in the next paragraph. I'm not trying to sound cool. If at any point you suspect ulterior motives of me, please point it out and make fun of me. I used to wear a backwards red cap in year 7 because I wanted to be Fred Durst. Use that.
Now to my actual query. I was just having a conversation at the pub with a good friend. We've in the past and/or present, done things to alter our state of consciousness. As a result we've become massive cliches. Our music collection vouches for this.
I think we were talking about space ritual when it passed our minds that some people might listen to hawkwind sober. and perplexed we were. That got us onto pondering the vast amount of music we liked commonly associated with drugs. Stoner metal. Drum n bass. Krautrock. You get the picture. Or do you...
so basically, if you're a person that likes drug music but doesn't do drugs, in a non imposing way, please enlighten me as to what it is you connect with it. I can totally see your point, I love the idiot but i've never done heroin.
Escapism homey, simple as that.
I dont do drugs at all but I listen to loads of what you would consider 'drug music'.
I love hip-hop more than most things but my lifestyle doesnt relate to it much.
is it the nudge-nudge wink-wink?
Maybe it's the idea of the music, and in turn you, being "informed" by something "else". Chances are a LOT of people can't personally relate to experiences spouted on records but still dig 'em. Listening to the Velvets or MC5 when I was 15 didn't mean I had already or was planning on ingesting something (ultimately the inevitable happened, but I also dug soul too so that held no water), but I just knew this music wasn't Paul Revere & The Raiders or The Monkees. Also there's a lot of lame "drug music", that's why there'll always be soul or something else...
Happy Songs For Happy People is amazing on acid
that is all.
86% of all music is made while on drugs.
98% of music sounds better on drugs. FACTthis'd this
I have never done any drug of any form, barring booze
And I have lasted many a drum 'n' bass night, a 7 hour dance tent marathon and several 'doom' gigs. I still get it. I think.
It's probably a bit harder than it is for some people to last the duration I suspect, but it's worth it to not spout the levels of bullshit some of my coke doing ex-friends did...
Taking drugs to make music to take drugs too
I kind of think that if music isn't worth listening to if not on drugs or in an altered state, it's probably not very good music. From my experience, drugs can make even the most mediocre music sound amazing.
This will be difficult to say without sounding wanky, but great music can have amazing effects (emotionally, physically etc) in it's own right and for me, many of the perceived drug genres can do that whether you're on drugs or not. That's not really an anti-drug spiel, although I don't do them now, but I don't feel my relationship to, or appreciation of, music that sounds great on drugs unless it wasn't that great in the first place. And I don't think that is true of whole genres.
I don't do any drugs
A guy I used to be friends with would often try to belittle me when talking about various types of music because I "didn't really understand them" as I'd never taken pills etc. I realised quite quickly that he is pretty lame :)
I stopped smoking ... (what do people even call it nowadays?... shit...)
... WEED, years and years ago, and I don't miss it at all apart from for accompanying a couple of activities – listening to music is on of them.
I love music when I'm sober, but I used to have such a good time smoking a joint lying on my bed with big headphones on and listening to things. Think I'm going to start baking hash cakes or something.


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This is Buffy. Buffy is a cat/squirrel/mouse hybrid who escaped from a Johns Hopkins laboratory and assimilated into a litter of kittens I took in from my backyard in Baltimore four years ago. THIS IS ALL TRUE. She even squeaks like a mouse.
So today Glade released new coupons on Coupons.com that are even better than the ones in the newspaper: $3.50/1 instead of $3.00/1. Also it had been reported that Carmex Moisture Plus lip balm was on sale for $1.50 or less, and a coupon printed out for some people last week from the magic coupon machine taking $1.50 off the purchase price, making them free! So I took the fiance's card (since the Glade deal is limit one per card and I had already done it yesterday), and did the deal.
Alas I did not get another $3/2 CVS coupon for the Glade, but it's still a pretty good deal even without it being a moneymaker this time. But it turned out the Carmex was on sale for $1.19, making it a moneymaker after CVS coupon!
Bought 3 Glade Sense & Spray, 0.43 oz Starter Kits, $5.00 each, regularly $11.49 each
Spend $12.00, Receive $4.00 Extra Bucks when you Purchase Select Glade or Oust Products, Limit 1
Used 3 $3.50/1 Glade Sense & Spray Starter Kit (Coupons.com)
Paid $4.50, Received $4.00 Extra Bucks
Final Price: $0.50 ($0.17 each) for 3
Bought 1 Carmex Moisture Plus lip balm, $1.19, regularly $3.39
Used 1 $1.50/1 CVS coupon from the magic coupon machine (printed last week - save those coupons!)
Final Price: $0.31 overage!
$37.86 Shelf Price
-21.67 Discounts
-12.00 Coupons
= 4.19 Total cost out of pocket
- 4.00 Extra Bucks received
= 0.19 (99.5% savings!)
What I actually paid: $4.19 - $4.19 Extra Bucks (one rounded down 5 cents) + $0.97 tax - $0.97 paid with gift card received yesterday = $0 paid out of pocket. Walked away with $5 Extra Bucks and remaining balance of $6.38 left on gift card.


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Discussion in 'The Clubhouse Bar' started by getofmeland, Jun 11, 2007.
OMG what a load of crap probably the worse Simpsons episode EVER!!!
Have they lost it??
The simpsons started getting crap ever since Futurama came along and explained to the world what funny really is. Then Fox dropped the wrong programme.
The man hit the naily firmly on the head!
I am of the EXACT same opinion to Mite.
I have never liked Futurama. I did watch a few episodes, It was ok, but it comes nowhere near The Simpsons, imo.
the simpsons is still funny and still can have it moments but there just runin out of ideas it's just to old ( that said ill probably cry when the take my favourite 4 fingered family off the air). and that note fox should of kept futurama that was funny stuff
I have to say i saw the 400th episode last week and i was bitterly dissapointed. all this hype about it and it turned out to be an awful episode that didnt ahve an ending, had nothing to do with the occasion and did not have one funny joke let alone in context.
the past few series of the simpons have been in decline and the latest series is a far cry from the episodes of old.
I find now id rather watch most other adult cartoons like south park of futurama than the simpons which a few years ago would not have been the case.
South Park now has such an early edge over The Simpsons. I hated the early series, still do, but they got to about series 4 they started to introduce bucket loads of cutting satire.
From about series 8 onwards this has reached a point that The Simpsons can no longer touch. Groening seems to utilise plenty of celebrities and current issues, but doesn't really mock them.
Part of the problem comes from The Simpsons being seen as a childrens' cartoon, but unless he has the courage to break away from this image then the show is going to carry on going downhill very rapidly.
It all started going wrong after that god awful n'sync episode regarding the overuse of celebs and lack of jokes. Compared to South Park mocking Michael Jackson a couple of seasons ago, it was nothing more then a marketing excercise for the crappy boy band. Yet another thing that wrong in society we can blame Timberlake for.
And to hear Matt Groening saying in an interview just a few days ago,
"We do not see an end for The Simpsons any time soon." i of course am paraphrasing, but it was along those lines. :wall:
cant beat the originals!
Oh, you can. The first 2 or 3 series were also shite. The best years were between seasons 3-10
this simpsons should have been dropped before the 300th episde. it just isnt clever anymore and ive given up watching it.
T'is being brought back, Comedy Central have bought a series from Groening's production company, supposedly up for broadcast at the end of this year.
It should have been renamed the Homer Simpson Show long ago.
Futurama took away the zing of the simpsons..its been in decline for a long time, and whats worse is that matt groening has been contracted to produce another 15 years worth of simpsons episodes. He's running out of jokes now, imagine how corny they'll be in a f ew years.
20 years has been a pretty good run but we have Peter Griffin now
As good as Peter may be, Philip J. Fry still rules the roost as far as i'm concerned.
No competition!
I still love the Simpsons...What was pretty cool was here in the States they turned 12 7/11's into Kwik E Marts...there is one in my area and it was awesome
Yeah they did that here in Oklahoma as well. Very cool.
I want me a Homer Simpson spin off!
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- any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- the female of this bird, as distinguished from the male, or gander.
- the flesh of a goose, used as food.
- a silly or foolish person; simpleton.
- Slang. a poke between the buttocks to startle.
- Informal. anything that energizes, strengthens, or the like: to give the economy a badly needed goose.
- a tailor's smoothing iron with a curved handle.
- an obsolete board game played with dice and counters in which a player whose cast falls in a square containing the picture of a goose is allowed to advance double the number of his or her throw.
- Slang. to poke (a person) between the buttocks to startle.
- Informal.
- to prod or urge to action or an emotional reaction: The promise of time off may goose the workers and increase profits.
- to strengthen or improve (often followed by up): Let's goose up the stew with some wine.
- to increase; raise (often followed by up): to goose up government loans in weak industries.
- to give a spurt of fuel to (a motor) to increase speed.
- cook someone's goose, Informal. to ruin someone's hopes, plans, chances, etc.: His goose was cooked when they found the stolen gems in his pocket.
Origin of goose
- any of various web-footed long-necked birds of the family Anatidae: order Anseriformes. They are typically larger and less aquatic than ducks and are gregarious and migratorySee also brent goose, barnacle goose, greylag, snow goose Related adjective: anserine
- the female of such a bird, as opposed to the male (gander)
- informal a silly person
- plural gooses a pressing iron with a long curving handle, used esp by tailors
- the flesh of the goose, used as food
- all his geese are swans he constantly exaggerates the importance of a person or thing
- cook someone's goose informal
- to spoil someone's plans
- to bring about someone's ruin, downfall, etc
- kill the goose that lays the golden eggs to sacrifice future benefits for the sake of momentary present needsSee also golden goose
Word Origin for goose
- (tr) to prod (a person) playfully in the behind
- a playful prod in the behind
Word Origin for goose
"jab in the rear," c.1880, from goose (n.), possibly from resemblance of the upturned thumb to a goose's beak. Related: Goosed; goosing. In 19c. theatrical slang, to be goosed meant "to be hissed" (by 1818).
"a large waterfowl proverbially noted, I know not why, for foolishness" [Johnson], Old English gos, from Proto-Germanic *gans- "goose" (cf. Old Frisian gos, Old Norse gas, Old High German gans, German Gans "goose"), from PIE *ghans- (cf. Sanskrit hamsah (masc.), hansi (fem.), "goose, swan;" Greek khen; Latin anser; Polish gęś "goose;" Lithuanian zasis "goose;" Old Irish geiss "swan"), probably imitative of its honking.
Spanish ganso "goose" is from a Germanic source. Loss of "n" sound is normal before "s." Plural form geese is an example of i-mutation.
Meaning "simpleton" is from 1540s. To cook one's goose first attested 1845, of unknown origin; attempts to connect it to Swedish history and Greek fables have been unconvincing. Goose egg "zero" first attested 1866 in baseball slang. The goose that laid the golden egg is from Aesop.
cook someone's goose
Ruin someone, upset someone's plans. For example, He thinks he'll get away with stealing my idea, but I'm going to cook his goose. The origin of this phrase has been lost, but there are numerous fanciful theories; one concerns a besieged town that displayed a goose to show it had enough food, causing the attackers to set it on fire. The first recorded use of this colloquial phrase was in 1851.
In addition to the idioms beginning with goose
- goose egg
- goose pimples
also see:
- cook someone's goose
- gone coon (goose)
- kill the goose that laid the golden eggs
- sauce for the goose
- wild goose chase


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BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 21, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SEP Software Corp., a leader in backup and disaster recovery software, is pleased to announce its partnership with EsyWorld in Brazil. EsyWorld, a provider of IT management security solutions, will be working closely with SEP to distribute their flagship backup and disaster recovery product, SEP sesam, to the Brazilian corporate market.
"We are thrilled to expand our presence to the South American markets through our partnership with EsyWorld," said Tim Wagner, President of SEP Software Corp. "EsyWorld excels in working with several large IT clients who would greatly benefit from our backup solution," added Wagner.
"We saw a great need for a reliable and secure backup solution for a number of our clients," said Luis Rogério Moraes, CEO of EsyWorld. "Once we saw the SEP product line and learned of its functionality, we did not want to miss out on this partnership opportunity. Our ecosystem consists of 3,200 partners and we are excited to have SEP join us," Moraes continued. "Resellers who are interested in SEP sesam will receive all the training and support required, both from EsyWorld and SEP Software Corp., so they can act accordingly with clients."
With this announcement, EsyWorld adds to its portfolio a wide range of products designed to meet the needs of complex, heterogeneous IT environments. SEP sesam can be implemented into company infrastructures of any size and ensures compatibility with major architectures.
SEP and EsyWorld are scheduled to co-sponsor the SAP Forum in Brazil February 11-14, 2014. To register, click here https://forumbrasil2014.sapevents.com/
About EsyWorld
EsyWorld has specialized in the distribution of security solutions for over 14 years. Through quality partnerships with industry-leading companies, EsyWorld delivers solutions throughout Brazil geared toward the current needs of the corporate and domestic markets. Always following the evolution of technology in Brazil and worldwide, EsyWorld is able to provide customers with the most advanced security solutions today. For more information, visit www.esy.com.br.
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SEP Software Corp. has been delivering the widest range of backup and disaster recovery products for enterprise-level customers since 1996. With thousands of installations worldwide, SEP has developed the fastest and most reliable data backup solution available today. Its flagship product, SEP sesam, is ideal for businesses of all sizes and has proven its value to thousands of organizations across the globe. SEP sesam has delivered unsurpassed performance to numerous industries including retail, education, healthcare and government organizations worldwide. Thousands of customers spanning six continents rely on SEP sesam to attain their data protection strategies on a daily basis. For more information, visit www.sepusa.com
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Creating felt wearable art is far more than just creating something beautiful to wear. It has the ability to transform people, start conversations for the wearers and make the wearer reflect their unique personality and feel amazing. After I first met felt and fiber arts as an organic farm volunteer on Vermont Grand View sheep farm and B&B, I knew this art was going to be a big part of my future.
After I completed my year of farming, I faced a huge cross road in my life regarding my profession. I could go back into my former career in Public Relations and Marketing which was very enjoyable and successful. Or, I could do what I loved most. I could do that one thing that I was so crazed and excited about, it literally kept me up at night. But, could I make a living off of this passion? Could I live the life of an artist, spending endless hours on art pieces that I had no idea people would even buy!?
Over a few months, as I contemplated my path, there were many influential people who offered me their wisdom and encouragement. I spoke with a local fiber artist at the Boise Capitol Saturday Market who had sold her woven shawls for decades. Perplexed about my life direction, I asked her, "Is it worth it to do what you do and can I do it?" She replied "You will never know if you can do it until you try. Just do your best and it will sell."
I took her advice and let me dreams take flight.
In July 2013, I committed to 6 months of selling my felt art. I drafted a business plan and set goals. If I met my goals by the New Year, I would continue my career in felting. If not, I was sure it'd be a great learning experience and I could do something else.
I was juried into the Boise Capital City Public Market in Idaho, one of the best Farmers Markets in the country hosting many accomplished local artists and farmers every Saturday along 6 blocks of downtown Boise. Thousands come to the market including locals and tourists. As I set up my first booth, EVER, of felt art, I was so proud of my collection of (maybe) 20 scarves and a few vests and blouses. The reactions from my booth visitors was overwhelming. Over 95% of those visiting my booth had never seen felt art before. They were in complete disbelief when I told them that this was all created without sewing, using the most ancient textile method of rubbing wool together with your hands, soap and water. My first day, I made several sales! I was beyond elated.
The months at market went on. I experienced 100 degree weather in the peak of summer and mounds of snow with 20 degree weather in winter. Surprisingly, wool sells better in 100 degrees than 20 degrees. Go figure.
I participated in other Boise art shows including Boise Art in the Park and out of town shows in Seattle, Washington and Sun Valley, Idaho. I met thousands of amazing people who have inspired and supported my work and fueled my passion for creating. Words cannot express my gratitude for each person I have met along the way and all of the life lessons I have gained. In the end, what gives me the most meaning and drive for creating are my customers.
Creating felt wearable art is far more than just creating something beautiful to wear. It has the ability to transform people, start conversations for the wearers and make the wearer reflect their unique personality and feel amazing. Many buy my work to celebrate important milestones in life such as overcoming cancer or losing weight. Most who buys my work have a special reason for buying it, as I have a special reason for creating it.
The New Year came and I exceeded my business goals. I continue my felt journey.
This year, I will continue selling my work at the local market in Boise and will also expand my audience in various corners of the United States. Stay tuned for details.


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Historic Home & Garden Tour September 15
Eleven historic homes and gardens will be on display September 15, 2018 from noon until 5 PM as the Delphi Preservation Society hosts the Delphi Historic Home Tour. Pictued at left is "The Brick" located at Monroe and Union Streets was built in 1858 and was featured on the cover of 99 Historic Homes of Indiana. Tour it and ten other Delphi historic homes by trolley or by car. Tours all begin at the Delphi Opera House where you can get your tickets, wristbands, and maps of the tour route. Tickets are $20 on the day of the tour, but you can buy in advance at 15% off. Got a group of 10 or more? Check out our group tour rate of $15 per ticket when you buy a minimum of 10 tickets.
You can also pre-order a gourmet lunch-in-a-box topped with an original, suitable for framing, watercolor painting by Rena Brouwer! Order your box lunch and painting here. Lunches will be available at the Opera House Gallery at 11:30 PM.
You can make a day of it by having dinner at one Delphi's fine restaurants and taking in a concert at the Delphi Opera House. Jazz N This with Linda Hicks begins at 7:30 PM.


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We as a country which had experienced terror knows the pain of terror. A recent bomb blasts and a shoot out by a freak youth killed over 90 persons. Those who killed in the Utoeya island are all youth. The initial news was that about 7 persons died and several injured in the twin blasts near prime minister's office in Oslo, the capital of Norway. In a few hours, another shocking news came on a man shooting the youth from Labour Party Youth Camp and the youth had very little option of escape routs. Investigations revealed that the man who was responsible is not an Al-Qaeda or any terrorist organization but a Norwegian who expressed his views against muslims, especially those of the immigrants in the country. Why kill these youth? The Labour party seem to support immigrants in the region. Some observes note that this might be the beginning of unrest in Europe. A country like Norway which has never seen terrorism is utterly shocked.
I watched the memorial service for the departed live on CNN, which gave an emotional moment.Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg addressed hundreds of mourners gathered at Oslo Cathedral. He mentioned it was a national tragedy and the youth were known to many including himself. The Norwegian King Harald and Queen Sonja also attended the service and were found weeping during the service. I have not seen many of our leaders seen weeping in tragedies though they make brave speeches condemning the terror. The country responding to the terror with a mass and an attempt in wiping the grief is something worth mentioning. The memorial was labelled "Mass of Grief and Hope". My previous blog on Mumbai blasts talked about our failing hope. Now, it is time that we developed hope and also faced terror with new preparedness. The terror
has become an international phenomenon.
In the era of globalization and mobility, we all need to live accommodating each other, accepting multicultural nature of the world, adjusting among the different races. Otherwise, the world we live will be a grave yard and cannot be a peaceful one. Let us all make this world a paradise to live happily and peacefully. We pray for all the innocent who lost their lives and the families who lost their near and dear ones.


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A free club for children in school years 4-6 who have completed Code Club (Beginners) and wish to further develop their coding skills.
Term 1 classes will meet Wednesdays on 21 March, 28 March, 4 April and 11 April from 4.00 - 5.00pm.
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Membership of the Code Club (Continuers) is governed by these terms and conditions. By accepting membership to the Code Club (Continuers) you agree to comply with the following terms and conditions. These terms and conditions are subject to change without notice.
Members of the Code Club (Continuers) must be between school years 4 – 6 in 2018.
Members of Code Club (Continuers) must have completed Code Club (Beginners).
Children must be signed in and out by a parent/guardian at each meeting.
Children must be collected within 10 minutes of class finishing time.
Children are expected to attend the full term's course. The Library should be informed when your child is unable to attend.
- You must be a Library member to attend. Library membership is free and you can join up at any branch.
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Towards the first call for proposals: the Programme launches partner search and project ideas tool
Want to promote a project idea? Looking to cooperate with other organizations that are interested in such topics as business and SMEs development, innovation and technological transfer, fight against poverty and environmental sustainability?
Join now our online Mediterranean community in order to share your project idea and find partners.
With the first call for proposals expected to be launched by the end of the year, preparation is key to success. Therefore, we invite you to use this useful tool which will help you to form Euro-Mediterranean partnerships and develop quality projects.
Go to the partner search and project ideas tool
Please note that the project ideas displayed have not been assessed in any way by the ENI CBC Med Programme. This tool facilitates potential partners to get in touch as well as project preparation.
About the first call for proposals
According to the decisions taken by the Joint Monitoring Committee during its first meeting (Cagliari, 9 and 10 March 2016), the first call for proposals of the ENI CBC Med Programme will be launched by the end of the year provided that the Financing Agreements the European Commission and Mediterranean Partner Countries are signed.
The call will address standard projects and be open to the 4 thematic objectives and 11 priorities of the Programme. Allocated budget is €84,6 million.
Please click here to read the ENI CBC Med Joint Operational Programme adopted by the European Commission on 17 December 2015.


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Portland State University and Eastern Oregon University are leading an effort, along with their community partners, to create an Urban-Rural Ambassador Program, a two-week, six-credit residential summer institute for undergraduate students to explore urban and rural connections in Oregon, and to develop the collaborative skills to work across Oregon's urban-rural divide. For more information see the program flyer (PDF).
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Project DetailsStatus: Active Projects
Start Year: April 2018 - ongoing
Region: Statewide
Location: Portland and LaGrande
Project Manager: Doug Decker
Conveners: Stephen Percy, Dean of the College of Urban and Public Affairs, Portland State University and Nathan Lowe, Dean of Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Eastern Oregon University
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A Youth Camp
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Since the release of the first iPhone in 2007, the iPhone era of innovation has exploded from an updated version of the iPod to a technological revolution. Since day one Apple has always strived to be bigger and better, always a step ahead of the competition in everything they fixed their eyes on. With eight models of the iPhone under their belt, Apple is now ready to introduce what most have deemed the most anticipated Apple smartphone ever, the iPhone 6.
The Internet has been in an uproar since the iPhone 5 hit the stores with rumors, speculations, and outright lies in regards to the next step in the iPhone evolution. Talks of applications, features, designs, as well as other products coming out to compliment the new device has sweep the vial media. One of the biggest features stated to be available with the iPhone 6 is a larger screen which most believe this is so Apple can better compete with the Samsung Galaxy. With the arrival of a larger screen critics believe the iPhone 6 will hurt the sale of the iPad mini, but many do not think Apple is breaking a sweat it this regards.
Other features talked about with the iPhone 6 is a rounded edge, as well as a curved glass display, although there have been slightly different talks in terms of the display. Bloomberg noted in December of 2013 that Apple was working on two different versions of the phone, both sporting the large curved screens. While The Wall Street Journal, in January of this year said that Apple would not be using a curved display in its devices. Either way this newest model to the Apple dynasty will cement the iPhone era of innovation for years to come.
Besides the display it is also expected to include a thinner, bezel-free design, the famous Touch ID fingerprint sensor debuted in the 5S, a faster A8 processor, and an upgraded camera with optical image stabilization. The device is also expected to debut with Apple's latest iOS 8 mobile operating systems, which most are hoping it will feature enhancements to Siri, iCloud, and to Maps making the iPhone 6 a major power player in what can possible forever be known as the era of the iPhone.
Tim Cook, Apple's CEO stated in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, that apple is working on some 'really great' products to becoming out soon. And while the world anxiously awaits the arrival of these great products designers have started coming up with their own version of the most anticipated smartphone of the year. In addition to that it is also being said that the phone will feature the new Healthbook app and that Apple is negotiating with carriers to increase the price of the iPhone 6 by an extra $100.
Hopefully, all our questions will be answered when the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC14) arrive, which is slated for, June 2 – 6 in San Francisco, CA. Alongside the introduction of the iPhone 6, many are hoping to hear the release date of the iOS8 and its newest features, including an introduction of Mac apps to the iPhone as well as the talks that iTunes Radio becoming a stand alone app.
Will the lines be around the corner, only time will tell, but with the buzz going around over the iPhone 6 the wait seems to be well worth it. A new design, promising features, and of course a hefty price tag, most still believe sold out signs are imminent, where others may be hoping the phone will fall flat. No matter what side the crowd will end up on, the iPhone 6 is undoubtedly the phone that will either silicify the iPhone era of innovation or bring down the Apple Empire.
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Lincoln Electric Holdings has acquired Vizient® Manufacturing Solutions, headquartered and operating in Bettendorf, Iowa, with further operations in Brazil.
"We are excited to welcome Vizient into our growing automation portfolio," said Christopher L. Mapes, Chairman, President and CEO.
"Their system design capabilities not only complement our current offering, but their focus on quality and customer service aligns with our values at Lincoln Electric. Vizient will also help diversify our end market exposure and broaden growth opportunities globally."
Vizient is a privately held robotic integrator specialized in custom engineered tooling and automated arc welding systems for general and heavy fabrication applications. Annual sales are approximately $40 million.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.