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The Spanish Civil War: History, Memory, Representation
Venue: Temple of Peace
Location: Cardiff, United Kingdom
|Event Date/Time: Feb 09, 2008
|End Date/Time: Feb 10, 2009
|Abstract Submission Date: Nov 30, 2007
An International Interdisciplinary Conference
Date: 9th-10th February, 2008
Venue: Temple of Peace, Cardiff.
"The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth." - George Orwell
¡§History¡Kis a Spanish battlefield.¡¨ ¡V Giles Tremlett
Seventy years ago Spain was engulfed in a long and bloody civil war, pre-empting a struggle which would in a few years erupt across Europe and the rest of the world. In the decades since the Spanish conflict has been endlessly discussed and written about, and represented in countless literary, cinematic and visual works of art.
The Spanish government declared 2006 the Year of Historical Memory and submitted a ¡§law of historical memory¡¨ to the country¡¦s Congress for ratification. For the first time the mass killings committed by General Francisco Franco¡¦s fascist regime (1939-1975) are going to be legally exposed as ¡§unjust¡¨, hopefully leading to some form of reparation for the victims and their families. As expected, this law has caused protests from right-wing conservative groups who see the proposed law as an effort at historical revisionism. They believe that victims from both the Nationalists and the Republications should have equal claim to reparation. Ironically, the Law of Historical Memory has been castigated by the political descendents of Franco as ¡¥Orwellian¡¦. So what exactly, if any, should the position of the Spanish Civil War be in the collective memory of the country, the continent and the world?
This international, interdisciplinary conference organised by the Welsh Centre for International Affairs seeks to examine representations of the War, and how they have helped create the image of the War we have today. The conference will analyse the often complex relationships between history and memory, compare the differences between the various ¡¥lies¡¦ and ¡¥truths¡¦ that have been articulated about the war and try to establish what version of history we should remember.
This event will also showcase the Wise and Foolish Dreamers Exhibition [organised by the WCIA] and other cultural events designed to preserve the memory of the Spanish Civil War.
Proposals are invited from any relevant discipline and any theoretical framework.
Possible topics might include:
"« The Cultural History of the War
"« The War in Literature
"« The War on the Screen
"« Women in the War
"« Ideologies of the War
"« The War in Spain Today
"« Fighting Fascism Today
"« Wales and the Spanish Civil War
Prospective speakers are invited to submit proposals of approximately 500 words along with a short CV by the 30th of November, 2007 to the conference organizers at: email@example.com
Notable publisher of books about the Spanish Civil War, Warren & Pell have provisionally agreed to publish proceedings of the conference.


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BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government Tuesday condemned a U.S. helicopter assault inside Syria over the weekend as Damascus shut down an American school and cultural center in reaction to the raid.
As the Iraqi government voiced displeasure over the American assault, the Cabinet also approved changes to a proposed U.S.-Iraq security agreement that would allow U.S. forces to stay in Iraq through the end of 2011.
The raid on Syria highlighted the tense relations between Iraq and its neighbors Iran and Syria, which vehemently oppose any long-term American presence in Iraq and want Baghdad to reject the agreement.
The changes recommended by the Cabinet include a demand to inspect U.S. military shipments into Iraq and the right to determine alone, without American involvement, whether any U.S. soldier suspected of committing a crime was off duty and should therefore stand trial in Iraqi court, according to Environment Minister Narmin Othman.


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The Blurb (From Goodreads):
From the award-winning author of The Summer Bride comes the first in a charming new historical romance series where marriages of convenience turn into true love matches.
Major Calbourne Rutherford returns to England on the trail of an assassin, only to find he's become Lord Ashendon, with the responsibility for vast estates and dependent relatives. Cal can command the toughest of men, but his wild half-sisters are quite another matter. They might just be his undoing.
When he discovers that Miss Emmaline Westwood, the girls' former teacher, guides them with ease, Cal offers her a marriage of convenience. But strong-minded and independent Emm is neither as compliant nor as proper as he expected, and Cal finds himself most inconveniently seduced by his convenient wife.
Emm knows they didn't marry for love, yet beneath her husband's austere facade, she catches glimpses of a man who takes her breath away. As pride, duty and passion clash, will these two stubborn hearts find more than they ever dreamed of?
My Thoughts:
A light-hearted Regency romance by Australian author Anne Gracie, Marry In Haste is the story of a British soldier-turned-spy who unexpectedly finds himself hampered with a title, a vast estate, numerous aged retainers and a handful of wilful half-sisters who never do what they are told. Floundering helplessly, he turns to their former school teacher for help. But Miss Emmaline Westwood has her own dreams, and turning governess is not one of them. Life has other plans for her, however, and soon the mismatched couple are marrying for convenience's sake, much to the disapproval of his irascible Aunt Agatha, who must always have the last word.
Anne Gracie's Regency romances are always a delight, filled with vivid likeable characters, laugh-out-loud situations, and sparkling dialogue.
You might also enjoy my interview with Anne Gracie which you can read here.
Are you also an Anne Gracie fan? Please leave a comment, I love to read your thoughts.
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Neogames now classic role-playing game now in a new suit!
This is a new edition, completely refreshed and modernized. Among the news are for example; new PC generation that are a lot more stream lined, new system for professions, the skill system are developed with the possibility of specializing, combat and damage systems are updated (same as NeoTech Offensiv), the cybertechnology is upgraded with more realistic and detailed descriptions, cyberspace are re-made, the time line is more developed with mor intricate intrigues and interesting persons, extended equipment lists, more on crime and police forces. And a lot more. NeoTech 2 is backwards compatible with NeoTech (1).
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Look to the Past to Predict 2016
Every year, about this time, a plethora of predictions pertaining to what's to come in the new year are spouted forth by numerous industry luminaries and agency heads. Here's ours.
For the most part, the predictions that are best positioned to play themselves out are the ones that are based upon unfolding trends and experiential observation. That is to say, if you pay attention to what has happened in the past, and how it is impacting innovation and performance today, you stand a better chance of identifying what is going to impact the future.
Several of us here at Ethology have been a part of the digital marketing industry even before it was recognized as an industry. The nascent "information superhighway" was nothing more than a gravel road compared to the dynamic cultural force that the Internet is today. In 1999, when I was fortunate enough to be a part of the founding team of a startup digital agency, we weren't even sure how to categorize our company. We began as a search engine performance company, then became a search positioning company and ultimately settled on being a search marketing company.
Regardless of the nomenclature, our purpose (and the value proposition of most digital agencies at the time) was to enable our client's products and services to be found by customers searching through the dominant search engines of the world (AltaVista being the most dominant with more than half of all daily search traffic, and an impressive ability to index more than 20 million pages). Popular taglines of agencies at the time included: "Search. Get Found." and "We're For Finding."
As this fledgling channel eventually became a bona fide medium, we realized that we needed to revise our value proposition. With the advent of social media, it became important to convey to our clients that we enable brands to be in front of desired audiences, no matter where the audience is online. This shift at the end of the 2000s placed an emphasis on effective social media campaigns and the ability to generate engaging social content. It was no longer just about keywords and search results. Now it mattered where your brand was present within online networks and destinations. Because of this, digital agencies began adding content specialists and content strategy teams as in-house services.
Fast-forward to today's marketplace, and it has become exponentially more challenging to connect with customers. A great deal of this tribulation stems from the fact that individuals today do not want to be perceived as "customers." They are individuals looking for experiences — not sales pitches. Because of this, the most effective agencies are ones that are able to create genuine experiences that resonate with individuals and leave lasting impressions.
This novel strategy is currently being implemented for one of our clients, Farmers Insurance. Through in-depth research and advanced customer journey mapping, our team of content strategists is routinely integrating robust visual storytelling elements for Farmers Insurance into their online presence. Not only is this dramatically increasing engagement and recall, it has also resulted in almost 50 percent more conversions through our online campaigns. Great performance … but what's next?
Throwing my prognostication hat into the ring, I am confident that effective strategies within the following three digital marketing disciplines will have the greatest impact upon audience influence and consumer behavior in 2016.
1. Mobile
Mobile matters — but not in the way it was first approached by our industry. Unless a brand is actively selling its products online on a daily basis, it is going to be more important to ensure that its website is mobile-friendly than to spend money developing and marketing a stand-alone app. (The recent notification from Google that mobile-friendly websites are assigned higher marks within their algorithm substantiates this fact.) Mobile should not be viewed as a separate channel. Rather, all elements of your marketing mix — from your website to your company's Facebook page — need to be easily accessed on all mobile devices.
2. Social
Social media will continue to capture more and more paid media dollars as the three main players (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) roll out additional monetization schemes to sell directly to your customers. However, the driving force within social media will be user-generated content (UGC). Across the Internet, UGC is already capturing significant audience attention. This year, we should see this trend accelerate with new UGC offerings from the three big players, and new platforms from innovative startups. Social media offerings that allow individuals to host channels and publish pages will provide huge opportunities to promote free content surrounding brands to highly engaged audiences.
3. User Experience
The most probable-to-play-out forecast — based upon unfolding trends and experiential observation — is that the coming year will be all about creating unique experiences through personalized messaging and shared events. Evolving technologies have enabled Ethology to target optimized content for prospective customers across the right mix of channels in a manner that is both timely and highly relevant. Now, as we embark on this new year, we are already integrating customized customer experience elements into many of our engagements. The future is no longer just about eyeballs — it's more about hearts and minds. And creating experiences that touch both.
2016 Is the Year of the Customer Experience
Winning brands in 2016 will be the ones that focus on achieving customer loyalty through personalized customer satisfaction. Exposure is no longer enough — today's consumers care about experiences. Be sure that your marketing efforts are not stuck in the past.
Ethology's goal is to optimize every part of the digital experience to drive measurable results. Our team can help you create a customer experience that drives the right traffic to the right places, maximizing conversions and impacting your bottom line.
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Michelle Obama Hilariously Breaks Down Why Melania Trump's Inauguration Gift Exchange Appeared So Awkward
The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
We've all been there: a long layover between flights usually means a stop at the airport bar. But the mundane travel routine went very wrong for Blac Chyna in Austin yesterday, when model and Rob Kardashian's new bae was arrested for "causing a disturbance" at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on Friday evening.
Blac, whose real name is Angela Renee White, was put in cuffs just before takeoff. While officials did not provide specifics on what kind of disturbance she caused, they said it forced them to remove her from the plane. She was charged with public intoxication and possession of a controlled substance of "one gram or more but less than four grams," according to a statement from the Austin Police Department.
The timing of the arrest is very interesting: Blac and Rob's relationship has dominated headlines this week, and rumor has it they are shopping around their own reality show — a fact that Rob's famous family is not too happy about.
Chyna has been on the outs with the Kardashian family ever since her messy breakup with Tyga, with whom she has a 3-year-old son. The "Rack City" rapper broke up with the former stripper, who was besties with Kim Kardashian, in 2014 to shack up with her sister Kylie Jenner. They went public with their relationship just minutes after Kylie's 18th birthday last August.
Recap all the drama around this unusual couple with BET Breaks below:
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The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
"When my teacher asks me a question thinking I'm not paying attention, but I get it right."


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On Air Now
Heart Breakfast with Ed & Gemma 6am - 10am
Ed and Rachel organised a special early-morning Christmas party in the Heart office for listeners in the Six O'Clock Lot. There was music, food, Twister and even a game of Pass the Parcel.
The Heart Angels laid on a feast and some classic party games for our lovely listeners, who, as you might imagine being in the 6 o'clock lot, were full of beans considering it was 6am!
The Christmas party got underway with a fun round of Twister, featuring some interesting positions... Rachel provided live commentary on Heart Breakfast!
Our Six O'Clock lot really know how to party. When Ed next caught up with them, they were living it up school-disco style with their own Conga line...
A few of the Six O'Clock Lot came across the office photocopier and couldn't resist having a play...
Sadly, all good things have to come to an end, and the same was true of the Six O'Clock Lot Christmas Party. As 7am drew near, it was time to wrap the party up and wish everyone a Merry Christmas!
A huge thanks to everyone who attended our Six O'Clock Lot Christmas Party. You can see all the photos taken by the Heart Angels in our gallery, and remember, if you're not yet a member of the Six O'Clock Lot, make sure you're listening to Ed and Rachel every weekday from 6am to get your number!


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Odor Ratings System Estimates Setbacks
University of Minnesota researchers have developed an odor ratings system called Odor From Feedlots Setback Estimation Tool (OFFSET). The system estimates the setback distance from animal production sites by determining the site's estimated odor emissions.
All odor sources at the site are identified. OFFSET selects the odor emission number on a per-square-foot basis, determines the total surface area of a barn or manure storage unit, credits any odor-control technology and then calculates the total odor emission factors for each source.
OFFSET includes: - A database generated from emissions measurements at 260 animal buildings and manure storage units from 1997 to 1999;
- An air dispersion model, and
- Average weather data for Minnesota from 1984 to 1992.
First, the total odor emission factor is determined for a production site. Buildings and manure storage units are considered, along with species, housing types and sizes, manure storage types and sizes and odor control technologies used at the site.
The OFFSET database is then used to assign an odor emission number for the barns and manure storage. Hog barns with deep pits, pull plug or scraper systems and natural or mechanical ventilation are assigned a 23. Open front barns with concrete lots get an 8. Hoop barns get a 2, and farrowing barns with flush systems and mechanical ventilation get a 10.
Manure storage is also assigned an odor emission number (OEN). Earthen storage basins are a 20, first cell lagoons a 4, and second cell lagoons a 1. Settling tanks are a 50 OEN.
In addition, odor-control factors are assigned numbers. Biofilters on building fans are a 0.1. Geotextile covers and 2 in. of straw covering manure are a 0.5. If no odor control technology is used, a value of 1 must be assigned to the odor source.
Those numbers are then plugged back into Table 12. The emission area is simply the physical size of the buildings and/or manure storage units.
Finally, the odor emission factor is calculated by multiplying the values in columns B, C and D and dividing by 10,000. The values in column E are added up to obtain the total odor emission for that site.
The total odor emission factor (sum of column E) is then plotted on the horizontal axis of Figure 1. The vertical axis is the distance in miles. Based on the odor annoyance percentage desired, the setback distance is determined.
OFFSET defines an annoyance-free odor level as an odor intensity of 2 on a 0 to 5 scale. Odor intensity 2 is a faint odor that an average person might detect if attention is called to the odor but would not annoy the person. Odor intensity 3 would be readily detected and probably regarded as a nuisance.
Figure 1 shows a family of odor annoyance-free curves. The curves represent odor annoyance-free time for the prevailing wind direction from the site from mid-April to mid-October. They are based on meteorological data and the U.S. Department of Agriculture/Environmental Protection Agency-INPUFF2 air dispersion model. For example, 99% annoyance-free means 99% of the time, at the indicated distance from the site, people are not expected to receive an odor above an intensity rating of 2. The remaining 1% of the time, seven hours/month, individuals may smell odors higher than odor intensity 2.
Researchers: Larry Jacobson and David Schmidt, University of Minnesota. Phone Jacobson or Schmidt at (612) 625-9733 or e-mail Jacobson at email@example.com.
Hydrogen Sulfide Emission Levels Studied
National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) research shows producers often exceed the 1999 Minnesota statute for hydrogen sulfide (H2S) emissions when agitating and pumping out manure pits.
Until new feedlot regulations were implemented in October, the H2S emissions standard allowed producers to exceed the 30 parts per billion (ppb) - a 30-minute average - of H2S threshold once in any five-day period or the 50 ppb threshold once a year. Under current regulations, Minnesota producers are allowed to request a 21-day exemption during manure handling.
The researchers monitored ambient air H2S levels downwind from facilities on six farms of varying size in Iowa, Illinois and Minnesota.
The MDA Scientific Chemcassette Single Point Monitors (SPM) were located at 50-ft. and 100-ft. intervals downwind from the manure pits during agitation and pumping of manure. Each monitoring station included two SPMs, one with 1 to 90 ppb-H2S range and the other with 50 to 1,500 ppb-H2S range.
Researchers recorded temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction to track the role of weather conditions on transport of H subscript 2S downwind from barns.
Figure 2 shows the H2S concentrations during agitation and pump out at 50, 100 and 200 ft. downwind from manure pits. On average, most H2S concentrations dropped or were below 30 ppb at 100 ft. and beyond. Peak H2S concentrations at 50 ft. were measured an average of 3.2 hours after the start of agitation and ranged from 0 to 8 hours. The maximum total number of 30-minute average measurements greater than 30 ppb averaged five times and ranged from three to nine times.
Researchers point to key findings in this study, including: peak H subscript 2S concentrations during agitation and manure removal are not sustained at high levels for extended periods of time; peak ambient H2S concentrations measured are not considered harmful and H2S concentrations drop significantly when agitation is finished.
Researchers: Carrie Tengman, NPPC. Phone Tengman at (515) 294-9604 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Pit Additives Reduce Hydrogen
University of Minnesota researchers conducted research on reducing hydrogen sulfide (H2S) emissions by adding chemicals before manure pit agitation and pumping. They found that hydrogen peroxide is the most cost effective of seven chemicals for reducing H2S emissions.
First, researchers identified seven chemicals that can reduce H2S emissions. Calcium hydroxide, ferric chloride, ferrous chloride, ferrous sulfate, hydrogen peroxide, potassium permanganate and sodium chlorite were identified in bench-top experiments.
Dosage curves to reduce H2S emissions from 20% to 90% were developed for each chemical. From these curves, the researchers determined the amount and cost of chemical needed to reduce 50% of emissions. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and potassium permanganate (KMnO4) appeared to be the most cost-effective chemicals. Cost/cubic meter of manure was $0.074 for H2O2 and $0.062 for KMnO4.
Next, the researchers conducted a lab test of H2O2 and KMnO4 by testing the chemicals in manure-filled columns. In half of the columns, chemical addition and testing of H2S emissions started six minutes before agitation began. In the other half of the columns, chemical addition, testing of H2S emissions and agitation began simultaneously.
Researchers found no statistical difference in concentrations when air sampling began, so the data was pooled. Table 13 lists the mean H2S concentrations for the period 10 to 20 minutes after chemical addition. With KMnO4, H2S concentrations decreased as planned. But with H2O2, there was no statistical difference between the 30% and 90% reduction, indicating less H2O2 was needed to reduce emissions than was used in the lab trial.
Finally, researchers conducted a field trial in two identical 41-ft. by 200-ft. deep-pitted finishing barns. One barn was used as a control, the other to test the effect of H2O2 on H2S emissions. A concrete wall divided the pit under each barn.
Researchers used a single treatment of 110 gal. 30% H2O2 with the goal of a 70% reduction in H2S emissions. Total treatment cost was $1,100 or about $1/pig.
In the first compartment, 55 gal. of the H2O2 was poured into the pump out port and allowed to mix into the manure during agitation. H2S concentrations were 240 parts per million (ppm) at 30 minutes, 25 ppm after 70 minutes, and 3 ppm after 90 minutes.
In the second compartment, 55 gal. of the H2O2 was divided into half. One-half was evenly distributed on the manure surface by pouring it through the slots and the other half was poured into the pump out port and agitated into the manure. H2S concentrations were 100 ppm after three minutes, 28 ppm after seven minutes, 11 ppm after 15 minutes, and less than 1 ppm after 30 minutes.
H2S concentrations from the control barn (agitated without chemical addition) remained at 250 ppm throughout the two-hour sampling period. The maximum concentration the instruments can read is 250 ppm.
Researchers: Dick Nicolai, David Schmidt and Larry Jacobson, University of Minnesota. Phone Jacobson or Schmidt at (612) 625-9733 or e-mail email@example.com or schmi071 @umn.edu.


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Hello Travelers:
Welcome to Welge Travel Report's guide to the best of Raleigh, Durham & Chapel Hill. WTR's Raleigh, Durham & Chapel Hill map shows you the location of the North Carolina Museum of Art and the JC Raulston Arboretum.
WTR's Carlota Cuisine describes the signature dish at Mateo Bar de Tapas and what to order at Nana's .
Raleigh, Durham & Chapel Hill
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Getting around Raleigh, Durham & Chapel Hill
Public transportation for Raleigh, Durham & Chapel Hill
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People Watching Raleigh, Durham & Chapel Hill
Our Francois Flaneur say the best PW in Raleigh is at City Plaza and in Durham check out the Brightleaf District. In Chapel Hill head for Franklin Street.
Dining in Raleigh, Durham & Chapel Hill
In Raleigh our Carlota Cuisine says head for Beasley's Chicken and Honey - L & D: Daily, 237 S Wilmington St, 919-322-0127
Fried chicken and great sides, full bar and a small interesting wine list.
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Happy Day 1892
An email from my Mom reminded me I meant to share this picture I retouched in Photoshop class last summer.
Happy Day was Grandfather's first cousin. The info is from the back of the picture in Grandpa's handwriting. I kept the charming old photographer's card, and added a leather frame scanned from the cover of the album. Click on the small pictures to go to the full-size image and download it. (On a Mac, just click on it & drag it to your desktop.)
from her email: " If you do a google search on "TOWER HILL CEMETERY, BRIMFIELD
you will find an interesting article about the Hubbard House. That
is the original Hubbard homestead which I once visited with my Dad.
The house had 3' wide boards hand hewn on the walls! Yes, New
England must have once had big trees!
I remember my Dad talking about visiting the farm in
summertime. He mourned having no brothers and sisters but played
with his cousins Harriet Day and Gladys Day Deland in the summers
when they visited together at Brimfield. Dad grew up in Chicago."
Isn't she a beautiful little girl. And those interesting ringed eyes. Of course I had no idea of what colors her hair or eyes were. From the photo not blond or black or dark brown. So I used light brown hair like mine was as a girl, before I started working outside and it decided to be blond. And for those ringed eyes, they could be light blue or hazel. I've seen a picture of someone with ringed hazel eyes, & I had a cat who had blue ringed eyes. So I used light blue like Grandpa's and my eyes. Well, brighter than ours.
There're a lot of blending modes used to get the metallic and pearlescent effects on the headband and beads. And just getting rid of all the mold spots took a lot of doing. It was a fun project, but very time consuming.


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Laundry Room Styling Tips
Let's be honest, who truly enjoys doing laundry, right?!
However, don't despair... because I have a solution to help you
with your laundry day blues.
Style your laundry room as you would any other room in your home;
The prettier, the better! When a room is beautifully styled it makes walking into it a lot
more enjoyable (YES, even the laundry room).
Follow the easy tips below to make your laundry room a space you'll feel happy to step into.
1. Use glass vessels, containers, and baskets to beautifully store and display laundry
2. Hang a pretty sign to identify your space.
3. Use large wicker baskets to store folded laundry (only use plastic laundry baskets for hauling dirty to the laundry room).
4. Set out dryer sheets on a tray for a scented aroma each time you walk past.
5. Adding some decorative touches in your preferred style softens the space and creates a fluid extension of your homes overall decor.
6. And....a little music playing in the background will set the mood and transform your laundry duties from a dreaded chore into a cheerful task.
Here's a little recap gallery of my laundry room styling
Happy Laundry day!
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I have a T410 laptop that runs well, but it has Vista Home Basic on it.
I purchased a [supposedly] good Windows 7 Pro COA for a Lenovo on eBay.
How can I use that COA to install Win 7 ?
There is nothing on the laptop that I need to save so a clean fresh install is OK.


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Sridevi's last release English Vinglish is definitely the best come back by any actor ever in the history of Bollywood. It was her first time with debutant director Gauri Shinde, who did full justice to the actor, and the film. It isn't surprising that a year after that Sridevi hasn't given the nod for any other film. Now we hear that the powerful duo will team up once again.
Over a period of time the very shy and confident Sridevi has conquered her inhibitions and has gradually come out of her shell. How much so, was evident when on Friday at the trailer launch of Amole Gupte's Hawaa Hawaai. For the first time she confidently spoke without a pre-prepared speech. The actor who at one time couldn't speak two lines in public to save her life is today so confident enough to do an impromptu speech.
This new confidence that Sridevi has found in herself has apparently come after doing her comeback film English Vinglish. Gauri and Sri are very close friends and confidantes. In fact Amole Gupte approached Sridevi through Gauri Shinde to attend the Hawaa Hawaaitrailer release. According to sources Sridevi and Shinde are now planning a second project together. Says the source, "It would be another social comedy about the Indian middle class woman. But it won't be a sequel to English Vinglish." Something to look forward to, for sure
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A gay man went to heaven. Saint Peter was waiting for him at the Pearly Gates. After reviewing his records, Saint Peter decided to let him in. "Follow me," he said, opening the gate and walking in.
While walking, Saint Peter's keys accidentally fell on the ground. Unaware, he bent over to pick up the keys. That was something the gay man just couldn't resist, so he jumped on him and did his thing. Saint Peter was furious. "If you do that again, you'll go straight to hell! But follow me, we're almost there."
After some more walking, Peter dropped his keys again, and again, the gay man jumped on him. Saint Peter was even more furious than before, but decided to give the gay guy one last chance.
Again they start walking and for the third time Peter drops his keys, so he bends over and picks them up. The gay guy, having no self-control, jumps on him. Peter is now fed up and sends the gay guy straight to hell.
A few weeks later, Saint Peter goes down to hell for his routine inspection, but this time something is wrong: it's freezing, there is no fire or lava, and in one corner, he finds the devil lying under a stack of blankets freezing his butt off.
"Why is it so goddamn cold down here?" Pete asks.
"Well you just try bending down for firewood!" the devil replied.
A guy went out hunting. He had all the gear, the jacket, the boots and the double-barreled shotgun. As he was climbing over a fence, he dropped the gun and it went off, shooting him right through the penis. Obviously, he had to see a doctor.
When he woke up from surgery, he found that the doctor had done a marvelous job repairing it. As he got ready to go home, the doctor gave him a business card.
"This is my brother's card. I'll make an appointment for you to see him."
The guy says, "Is your brother a doctor?"
"No," Doc replies, "he plays the flute. He'll show you where to put your fingers so you don't piss in your eye."
More Sexy Jokes
A gay man went to heaven. Saint Peter was waiting for him at the Pearly Gates. After reviewing his records, Saint Peter decided to let him in. "Follow me," he said, opening the gate and walking in.
A happily married man, one night, asked his wife to have sex "doggy style."
"No!" she said, aghast.
Throughout their long relationship, he would periodically ask her to have sex "doggy style."
She always emphatically said "No!"
Finally, on the man's deathbed, he asked his wife why she refused his simple request to have sex on her hands and knees.
"Hands and knees?" she said, "I thought you meant in the front yard!"
A guy goes to see the doctor, because he's been a little too well endowed, shall we say. In fact, it's 25 inches long. Can't get any women to have sex with him. Anyway, the doctor says there's nothing he can do medically, but sends him to see a witch that he thinks might be able to help. Witch takes a look at the problem and tells him to go to a particular pond, deep in the forest, and talk to a frog that lives there.
"Ask the frog to marry you and each time the frog says no, you'll be 5 inches shorter."
Worth a try, he thinks, and off he dashes into the forest, as anyone in this sort of joke would. Finds the pond and sees the frog on the other side, sitting on a log.
"Will you marry me?" he calls to the frog.
Frog looks at him, disinterested at best, and calls back, "No."
Guy looks down, sure enough, he's 5 inches shorter. Hey, this is great, he thinks-let's try that again.
"Will you marry me?" he asks the frog.
Frog rolls his eyes, and shouts back again, "No!"
Twitch-the guy's down to 15 inches. Well that's still a bit excessive, he thinks. Down another 5 would be perfect.
So he calls across again, "Will you marry me?"
Frog yells back, "Look - how many times do I have to tell you? No. No. NO!"


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Fans of ambitious television might want to take a look at Stephen Hawking's Universe (Sunday) on Discovery – a new three-part series which promises us nothing less than "the story of everything there ever was".
Hawking introduces himself here as "a physicist, cosmologist and something of a dreamer". Perhaps unexpectedly, it was the third of these that predominated during last night's first episode. Most of the voice-over was provided by Benedict Cumberbatch (who also played Hawking in the 2004 BBC biopic of the scientist), but the words were Hawking's own – which is what made the result so surprising and, at times, plain weird.
The theme for the first episode was aliens, a subject Hawking considers "entirely rational" for science to tackle. After all, as he reminded us with the help of some whizz-bang graphics, the universe really is remarkably big. Surely some things somewhere must be alive apart from us.
If a planet has water, it could even be that evolution there has followed a similar pattern to ours, with its life-forms acquiring such handy attributes as eyes, mouths and legs. To prove it, the ever-resourceful graphics team then served up scenes in which some yellow flying thingies attacked some grey hippo thingies with mouths like colossal foxgloves.
But what if there's no water? Again, this was no problem for either Hawking or the graphics team. In worlds where "liquid nitrogen laps frozen shores" sheep-like silicon-based thingies could be shivering in the wind. Or, on gaseous planets, airborne jellyfish gas-based thingies might live by eating lightning.
By now, it was getting difficult to ignore just how many "could"s, "might"s, and cosmic-sized "if"s were going into the professor's thesis. Yet, as it turned out, the programme was barely clearing its throat. So, what on earth is Hawking up to here?
One possibility, I suppose, is that he believes it all – in which case, a TV reviewer should probably shut up. Nonetheless, it was hard to rid yourself of a feeling that he was either taking the mickey or taking the money. Certainly, Discovery must have been delighted that his ideas were such undeniable fun and made for such great visuals – not least when he moved on to his next big if, about how some aliens could have evolved enormous brainpower and decided to colonise the cosmos. "If the universe is full of intelligent, space-faring aliens," Hawking informed us, "I imagine they might exist in massive ships like this…" (Cue a scene similar to the opening of Star Wars.) Not only that, but "it might be possible" for these aliens "to collect the energy of an entire star" using millions of space mirrors. This, in turn, "might make it possible to warp the very fabric of space" and "create a wormhole that enables them to travel huge distances in the blink of an eye". No wonder that, after all his excited speculation, Hawking was forced to end on a sombre note. "Let's just hope," he warned, "that if aliens do find us, they'll come in peace."
Meanwhile, back on planet earth, ITV is offering a more traditional Sunday-night series. The Seasons with Alan Titchmarsh (Sunday) works pretty much as you'd expect. (For one thing, it's a four-parter.) In yesterday's episode, about spring, we duly saw the British countryside at its most beautiful and heard Titchmarsh at his most lyrical. "Spring," he told us, "is a feeling in the pit of your stomach. You can smell it too: a sweetness on the breeze that's all its own." And with that, we were off to watch some of Britain's cutest animals emerging from winter.
Like many a Sunday-night show before it, this one is also fiercely nationalistic. At one point, Titchmarsh spared a thought for those poor folk in the tropics who never get to see a bluebell wood. Everybody he met agreed they'd never want to live anywhere but Britain.
Still, if the series is unlikely to win any awards for originality – or for anything else – there's no denying that it's perfect at what it does. Every shot (except possibly one of Titchmarsh in an ill-advised floppy hat and mac) is successfully seductive. Compared to that in other Sunday-night Brit-fests, the music is almost restrained – and occasionally even stops altogether so we can hear the sounds of nature. Few presenters have Titchmarsh's lightness of touch in conveying the "passion" now required of all documentary presenters.
Nor is the programme wholly froth. Last night's episode mixed in bits of poetry, history, mythology and just enough science to remind us all over again how miraculous spring is. You might even argue, in fact, that it created a greater sense of wonder – and with rather less effort – than Stephen Hawking on aliens.


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Plastics and polymers are among the most innovative and amazing inventions of the 20th century. They have become key materials, not just to build our homes and offices, but also to manufacture an increasing number of products that bring essential benefits to our everyday lives. Just think about modern day health care and the essential lifesaving role which plastics play – from syringes, gloves and blood bags to prosthetics, heart valves and artificial joints.
Many of these products need to be flexible and soft in order to withstand physical stress without breaking and to take on different shape and forms depending on their specific application. This is particularly true for Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), where a range of different plasticisers (US: plasticizers) transform the properties of PVC to create a whole new world of flexible and durable applications. Over 90% of all plasticisers produced in Europe are used in PVC applications.
PVC is the most widely used polymer in building and construction applications. Over 75% of applications have a long life-span (10 to 20 years and beyond), making PVC a perfect material to be used in buildings all across the world. In Europe alone, 60% of its annual production is used in this sector, which includes a considerable amount of flexible PVC.
Many everyday products such as electrical cables, luggage, sports equipment, footwear, tablecloths, stationery, roofing membranes, flooring, wallcovering and automotive applications, are made with flexible PVC. In addition, some plasticisers (US: plasticizers) are used in applications such as coatings, rubber products, adhesives and sealants.


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Tale of Two Keiths; Keith Albee (and sis) Still Need You
Plans again have been green lighted for a mixed use high rise that preserves only the RKO Keith's lobby, although the auditorium is not beyond restoration. It's 85th anniversary was Christmas Day. (See Flushing RKO at end of gallery. The entire structure was once a landmark, but became involved in a political debacle leaving only a portion of the structure protected.) It's again on the countdown for demolition, but the condo project appears to have fund raising issues, so it still sits and decays.
Fortunately, Huntington's Keith has stayed in operation and donations such as $700,000 roof kept the elements from destroying this "temple of amusement" from the past.
As you move through the gallery, pictures illustrate proposed "before/after" renderings of the Keith Albee (Huntington) interior, and the gallery shifts to examples of still needed restoration areas, such as the dressing rooms and electrical board.
Finally, the gallery displays spacious photos of the theater and flashes back to the festivities of the "gala" as we follow "flapper" pin-up model Bunny Bombshell and other guests through the Great Gatsby era celebrating the Keith Albee's opening ... and pointing potential donors to wonders that come from restorations yet to come.
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So the first summer movies are hitting the big screens, the trees and flowers are blooming and Old Town is coming to life after a long winter. It seems like summer is upon us. So it must be time for Bike Night. Yep, that's right, Bike Night is back for another season of Wednesday night cruiser fun. Bring your fat tire, or your daily ride and meet us on May 27th, at 6:30 PM at Roosevelt Park.
We'll be hitting the pavement and having some fun, too. Any questions? Just post them here.
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May 24
2 Sam. 11, Acts 7:29-60
2 Sam. 12, 1 Cor. 7
2 Samuel 11
David had many wives, but not because of love, or even lust. Wives were often the means of sealing treaties and covenants between families and nations. And, though Biblical injunctions forbade Israelite kings to multiply wives to themselves, David made alliances with powerful Israelite families and Gentile kings by marrying their daughters, thus making the house of David "one flesh" with theirs. In a world where most people lived in arranged marriages, this may not have been as bad as we now think. Remember, Esther actually wanted to become part of the kings harem. Yet, it is certain that terrible heart ache and life-long sorrow were the lot of many women in such situations. Even David does not seem to "love" his wives.
The harem was an important status symbol in the ancient near east, and part of David's reason for having one must have been to look important to the other kings around him. Part of it, too, must have been due to pride, and copying the ideas and life-styles of the pagans around him.
Chapter 11 finds David comfortably settled in Jerusalem. He is wealthy, successful, beloved of his people, and his land is more at peace than it has ever been. With things going smoothly, David has time to think about pleasant distractions, and he happens to see one bathing on a roof-top. Her name is Bath-sheba. Now genuine lust rises up in David's heart. Notice, also that Bath-sheba willingly comes to David, and even gets word of her pregnancy to him, probably expecting him to do something about it. So, David and Bath-sheba are both equally guilty in this sin. If she were not already married, David would have simply married her and made her chief of the harem. Her marriage complicated matters, and both probably thought their single act of adultery would end the matter. But pregnancy ensued, leading to murder, as David falls into the trap of using his position and power for his own pleasure and purpose rather than the will of God and the good of the people.
Technically, the death of Uriah may be construed as the price of war. Units, and individual soldiers, are often marched into certain death as sacrifices and feints to draw the enemies's attention away from the general's real intention. But David's intent is clearly to have Uriah killed, and his intent is fulfilled.
2 Samuel 12
How typical of human beings that we are so well endowed with insight to see the sins of others, but miss our own. How typical of our sense of righteous indignation that we are ever ready to punish the sins of others, yet completely excuse our own. David, too shares these abilities. When confronted with the fictional man with many sheep (wives) who steals the single, beloved sheep (wife) of another, David swears to kill the thief. Yet David has stolen a beloved wife, and caused the death of her husband. Is he not doubly guilty? And are not his crimes real and actual rather than fictional and illustrative? All of this is made clear to David in the words of Nathan, "Thou art the man." How many time could it be said of us, "Thou art the man?"
One of the consequences of David's multiple marriages is conflict between his multiple families. While jealousy and strife occur in all families, David's peculiar circumstances seem to multiply them. Hatred, incest, and murder reveal a very unhappy life for his wives, which they pass on to their children. This internal strife seems to stay with the house of David for generations.
May 25
2 Sam. 13:1-22, Acts 8:1-25
2 Sam 13:23-39, 1 Cor 8
Commentary, 2 Samuel 13
This sordid tale of rape, incest, and murder needs very little commentary
Absalom, Tamar, and Amnon are children of David but Amnon has a different mother. Amnon is infatuated with Tamar, his half-sister. One day he rapes her, but she tells no-one but Absalom, who takes her into his own home to care for her. It takes two years, but Absalom finally finds a way to get Amnon away from his father. With that accomplished, Absalom kills Amnon and flees to his mother's home town place for three years.
May 26
2 Sam. 14 Acts 8:26-40
2 Sam. 15, 1 Cor. 9
2 Samuel 14
Joab is the leader of David's army, the same person we met in 2 Samuel 3. He knows David's heart is toward Absalom and blind to Absalom's faults. Tall and handsome, and the king's favourite son, Absalom wants to be king, but he is not first in line for the throne.
Why does Joab help Absalom return to Jerusalem? Is it compassion for David? Does he believe Absalom did right to kill his sister's rapist? Is he lotting against David? A woman in Tekoah is noted for wisdom and Joab persuades her to help convince David to receive Absalom again. During their conversation, David realises the similarity between his situation and the one described by the woman. He also knows she has been sent there by Joab. The result is David's order to, "Bring the man Absalom again."
Absalom's outer beauty hides an inner ugliness. He wants to be king, but too many contenders are in line before him. Therefore, he plans to take the throne by force. Burning Joab's field is but one step in a treacherous journey of deceit and death, but it probably convinces Joab that Absalom cannot be trusted with the throne.
2 Samuel 15
Gathering a formidable force of chariots and foot soldiers around him, Absalom forms the habit of going to the gates of Jerusalem when people come to bring their cases to David for judgment. Absalom assures the people that their causes are just, but cannot expect justice because the king has not assigned judges to hear them. Absalom is saying David is neglecting his duties as king, therefore no one can expect justice in his court. Absalom finishes this by saying, "Oh that I were made a judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice." Absalom's point is that if he were king, he would assure the peoples' cases would be heard, and they would receive justice.
This has the desired effect. It causes people to doubt David. It causes unrest in the land. It causes people to desire a new king, a king whose name is Absalom. After a time in Hebron, organising the opposition, Absalom is ready to attack his father and take the throne by force. The chapter ends with David fleeing, and Absalom entering Jerusalem uncontested.
May 27
2 Sam. 16, Acts 9:1-23
2 Sam. 17, 1 Cor. 10
2 Samuel 16 and 17
Leaving Jerusalem, David and encounters Zilba, the servant of Mephibosheth. Zilba deceives David saying Mephibosheth believes he will be installed King of all Israel. Mephibosheth, of course, is completely loyal to David. Even if he were not, he has no army, and no way to withstand the forces of Absalom. So Absalom enters the city of Jerusalem unopposed and proceeds to desecrate everything, including David's wives and concubines. This does nor endear him to the people.
Absalom's rebellion is brief. Soon he meets his father's Army, on the east side of the Jordan in Gilead. Absalom suffers a major defeat and dies in the battle. King David is plunged into deep despair and grief, which casts a pall of sorrow of the entire army.
May 28
2 Sam 18, Acts 9:23-43
2 Sam 19, 1 Cor. 11
2 Samuel 18 and 19
Soldiers who should have been given a hero's reward, receive nothing. Men who should be rejoicing over a great victory, steal away as though they were cowards running from battle. Why? Because David mourns for his son Absalom.
Joab rightly confronts the king. His loyal soldiers fought and died in that battle. Their sacrifices saved the lives of the King and his family. They even saved the kingdom. Yet David mourns for his enemy and ignores his friends. Joab even says David would have been happier if Absalom had lived and the rest of them had died. "Now therefore arise, go forth and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the Lord if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now."
David realises the truth of Joab's words. He quickly returns to the task of uniting Israel again. But jealousy, pride, and greed will not allow the growing rift between North and South to heal. It is a rift that will eventually permanently divide the people.
May 29
2 Sam 20, Acts 12
1 Cor 13
Saul was of the tribe of Benjamin, and some Benjamites still view David as a usurper and an illegitimate king. Sheba is a loud voice among such people. "We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse," he cried, "every man to his tents O Israel."
Here we are beginning to see the northern tribes forming their own identity under the name of Israel. They see Judah as a separate nation having her own king. Following Sheba's call, vast numbers of the men of Israel leave David and unite under Sheba. The people of Judah remain with David, but the kingdom is seriously divided.
David knows Sheba intends to take the crown and become king of all the tribes. By this time David, in an attempt to unite Judah and Israel, has appointed Amasa leader of the army, replacing Joab. Amasa had been the leader of Absalom's army. Whether out of anger, revenge, or fear that Amasa would join Sheba and destroy the kingdom of David, Joab kills Amasa. Finally, Sheba's head is cast over the wall of the city in which he sought refuge. Chapter 20 ends with Israel and Judah together again in a very fragile union with Joab as the head of all the army.
May 30
2 Sam. 21, Acts 13
2 Sam. 22, 1 Cor 14
2 Samuel 21
Chapter 21 is part of an appendix to the books of Samuel. They record or further explain events that happened during David's reign. Verses1-14 are about the Gibeonites. According to God's directives, Israel could make treaties with people who did not dwell within the borders of Canaan. The Gibeonites were from Canaan, but knew they could not stand against Israel, so they pretended to be from a far country to make a peace treaty with Israel (Josh. 9:15-27). The covenant with Gibeon was not a sin. It was made in good faith by Israel. It could be argued that deception on the part of the Gibeonites would nullify the treaty, but God seems to have required Israel to honour it. When the treaty was broken by Saul, it became, in God's eyes, equal to any breach of the law of God between Israelites. The same penalties were required, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. God demands His people to be honest, and to keep their word. What implications does this have for Christian marriage, parenting, family life, church membership, worship attendance, and congregational life? What does it say about political and international treaties, and how careful we should be about entering such agreements?
Versus 15 through 17 record a battle in which David grew so weary his soldiers thought he was wounded and dying. David may even having been wounded in this battle. The result is a decision among all his men that David will not be allowed to go into the actual battle again. The chapter closes with the record of more battles with Philistine giants, slain by David and the Hebrew Army.
2 Samuel 22 is a song of deliverance written by the poet king of Israel, David. He has much to be thankful for. In spite of his own unworthiness and sin, God had has used him mightily to establish Israel in relative peace and freedom. Her problems are primarily from within, not without. You will recognise many lines from the Psalms in this song. It was probably written late in David's life, and it seems to show a realisation that God could have used any shepherd boy, or girl, or any person of any age or station to accomplish his will. It was only by grace that He elected and used David.


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When I first read this book, when I was about the age of the heroine, I reached the last page and almost cried that it was over – my first experience of such a thing, and it was so strong it has stayed with me. The Silver Crown, by Robert O'Brien, was written in 1973 and is set in America. Ellen receives a mysterious silver crown for her tenth birthday, but finds it brings her into terrible danger. She heads across country with her new friend Otto and his crow Richard to try to escape, only to find herself at the heart of the mystery. The house I have chosen is the house where Otto lives with the woman he thinks is his mother: it is hidden in the woods and is Ellen's first really safe bolthole since the start of her journey.
"In the middle of Mrs. Fitzpatrick's house there was one big cluttered, comfortable rectangular chamber that served as kitchen, dining and living room combined. Her wood stove was the biggest object in it… It was made of velvet black cast iron; it had six round stovelids as big as pies, and an oven big enough to hold a grown man (if properly folded); it stood on six shiny legs and was studded with gleaming nickel-plated knobs and spring-wire handles to regulate the draughts and open and close the doors. Its firebox had a glass window, so you could see the glowing logs inside. Out over the whole thing curved a great metal hood, with wide shelves to put things on to keep them warm, and above that, like a single huge organ stop, rose the stove-pipe, curving majestically up and into the chimney.
The smells that came out of it were just as beautiful: the smell of cloves and ham, of roasting sweet potatoes, of fresh bread, and piercing through all of these, of a sweet cake baking.
At the stove end of the room, near a window, stood a plain wooden trestle table with benches along the side and a chair at the end.
The other end of the room was lined with bookshelves, and books stood on them all the way to the ceiling. There were blue books, brown books, green ones and black ones, but most notably they were all old books, except for a few on an end of the one of the lower shelves. These were children's books that Otto had acquired one way or another.
At this end of the room there was an old but comfortable sofa, several wooden chairs, a window seat with potted flowers growing on it and a cushion to sit on, and a big, rather ugly new armchair. At one end of the sofa stood a lamp table with a pretty, old-fashioned kerosene lamp on it. The mate of this lamp, which had a flowery white shade, stood on the dining table. A third hung from the ceiling. As evening fell and dinner-time came, Mrs. Fitzpatrick lit all three of these with a match. They gave off a pleasant, warm yellow light, much nicer than electric bulbs."
Like Rivendell, this is a house that Ellen must leave to carry on on her quest, and we don't return to it for the rest of the book – why could he not have written a sequel??


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Aidonia claimed that Vybz Kartel and Mavado only soared to the top of the dancehall pyramid because of their highly publicised 'Gaza vs Gully' feud, highlighting that dancehall thrives on negativity. He also said he had hits on the same rhythms Vybz Kartel and Mavado were feuding on, however, those hits were overshadowed by the 'Gaza' and 'Gully' conflict.
"For years dem sey the two baddest lyricists is Aidiona and Kartel, so if yuh call him name yuh haffi call my name. Every year Aidonia always inna dancehall music, a people a try mek it look different … a just the clash mek the whole thing different. If it wasn't for the clash, things would have been different, people love negative and dancehall build pon da thing deh. They shun Aidonia glory and push up some other thing," Aidonia said in the interview.
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However, fans of Vybz Kartel quickly took to Facebook and YouTube to share their own views on Aidonia's career, as many were not so pleased with the artiste.
"Lawd God, what a man lie. You coulda bad like Kartel? A mek some comment fi try boost the career weh a guh down the toilet. A come bout man nuh make song weh big like Jockey. Eva go pon YouTube and search for Go Go Whine? Or Summer Time? And the list goes on. How can you be as great as Kartel when Kartel deh a jail from Sept 2011 till now and him a drop more song than you who deh a road? How many hits you have since 2014? Don't worry I will wait," one viewer said.
Another posted, "You need fi calm yuh self Aidonia … yuh bad, yes…but straight up, yuh thing nuh up there like Kartel. Yuh not even have a tune weh pass seven million views on YouTube. Kartel summer tune have 31 million views and still counting. Go hold a chair yute."
One notable critic Pinkweightloss1, even sought to offer some career advice to Aidonia, in the process comparing his versatility to that of Vybz Kartel's.
"It's not all about metaphors, people have to love what you're saying. Kartel sometimes make people laugh with his word play, Aidonia doesn't do that. Secondly, Kartel has more clarity than Aidonia in his songs. Thirdly, Kartel more versatile. How many poverty type songs does Aidonia have that people can say that they feel the struggle this man went through? How many cultural songs doesm he have? How about party songs and trendy topics? If he does you can probably count it on one hand. Aidonia needs to recognise that the one bag of gun and gangsta lyrics and gyal songs with a few weed songs in-between can't carry you through your entire career in this day and age in dancehall," the user said.
Aidonia and Vybz Kartel exited the Bounty Killer-led Alliance in 2007. Prior to that, Aidonia also had split his former manager, Skatta Burrell.


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KLE Society was established more than 90 years ago in the year 1916 by seven dedicated Teachers (aptly called as Saptarishis) and three Patrons, which has transformed the educational backward region of Northern Karnataka into a fertile land of education. Presently, KLE Society is successfully running more than 205 institutions in the field of Health care (Medical, Dental, Pharmacy, Ayurved, Physiotherapy, Nursing Science), Information Technology, Law and many more conventional and non-conventional disciplines.
The KLE University was established on 13th April, 2006 as per the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Notification No.F.9-19/2000-U-R(A) dated 13th April, 2006, under the recommendation of University Grants Commission.
The University shall be conducting KLE University All India Entrance Test - 2015 ( KLEU - AIET - 2015 ) for admission to various Under-Graduate Courses viz. MBBS, BDS, BPT, BAMS., B.Sc. Nursing, Post Certificate B.Sc. Nursing & B.Pharm and Post-Graduate Courses viz, MPT, MD Ayurveda, M.Sc. Nursing & M.Pharm, in the respective constituent units of the University viz, J.N. Medical College, V.K. Institute of Dental Sciences, Institute of Physiotherapy, Sri. B.M.K. Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Institute of Nursing Sciences, Belgaum, and Colleges of Pharmacy at Belgaum, Hubli and Bangalore for the academic year 2015-16.
Common Eligibility Requirements for admission to MBBS/BDS: Only those candidates who would satisfy or are likely to satisfy the relevant eligibility requirements for admission to a course will be considered eligible to appear for the KLEU All India Entrance Test (KLEU- AIET – 2015) & subsequently for admission to that course. Age: The candidate shall complete 17 years of age on or before the 31st December 2014. Qualifications: For MBBS: As prescribed by the Medical Council of India. For BDS: As prescribed by the Dental Council of India. Note: For candidates seeking admission to MBBS course, the candidate should have scored minimum 60% marks in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken together in the qualifying examination. i.e. XIIth /PUC II/ 10+2/ HSC / equivalent examination. The candidate should also have scored 50% marks in English language in the qualifying exam. Candidates who are likely to appear or who have appeared for qualifying examination i.e., PUC II/10+2/HSC or equivalent but whose results have not been declared will also be considered eligible to appear for KLEU-AIET-2015, provided they have offered the above mentioned subjects at the said examination. The candidates who have passed the qualifying examination (XIIth / PUC-II / 10+2/ HSC / B.Sc.- Degree / first year of three year degree course as specified by Medical Council of India to be considered as eligibility for appearing in entrance test) earlier than 2013 are not eligible for applying to KLEU-AIET-2015 for seeking admission to MBBS course.
DD for Rs. 2,000/- payable at Belgaum drawn on any Nationalized Bank in favour of Registrar KLE University, Belgaum.
The KLEU-AIET-2015 will be conducted between 2.00 to 5.00 PM on Saturday, 9th May 2015 The KLEU-AIET-2015 will be conducted between 2.00 to 5.00 PM on Saturday, 4th May 2013. The application forms and further details will be availabe on University website www.kleuniversity.edu.in
Printout of the application form along with DD for Rs. 2,000/- payable at Belgaum drawn on any Nationalized Bank in favour of Registrar KLE University, Belgaum. has to be sent by post / courier or submitted in person to The Registrar's office, KLE University, Nehru Nagar, Belgaum - 590010
Calendar of Events for Entrance Test (KLEU- AIET-2015)
|Date of Notification
|10th February 2015
|Date of availability of Application Forms on the University Website
|Monday, 23rd February 2015
|Last date for On-line submission
|Thursday, 30th April 2015
|Last date for receipt of printed Online submitted applicaiton form / acknowledgemet must be reach to the university office by registrered post/ speed post / courier on or before
|Tuesday, 5th May 2015
Availability of Hall Tickets(TAT Card):To be downloaded from KLE University website
|Wednesday, 6th May 2015
Examination Centre For
|Belagavi, Bengaluru, Pune, Mumbai, New-Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Panjim, Chandigarh, Bhopal, Vijaywada, and Kottayam
|Date & Time of Entrance Test
|Saturday, the 9th MAY 2015, from 2.00 PM to 5.00PM
|Provisional date of declaration of results
|Monday, the 25th May 2015
|Counseling Dates
|Will be announced later
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October 12th, 2009 | Category: HDR, Photo Blog, Places
View from my living room window. I used a technique called HDR for this photo. Short for High Dynamic Range, this technique allow a greater dynamic range of luminances between the lightest and darkest areas of an image than standard digital imaging techniques or photographic methods. This wider dynamic range allows HDR images to represent more accurately the wide range of intensity levels found in real scenes ranging from direct sunlight to faint starlight. Sounds complicated, but this software does it all for you. You just need to take multiple shots of the scene in different exposures. A sturdy tripod is needed for good results. Read more about HDR here.
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November 21st, 2009
Just amazing!! You are very talented!!! Can't wait to see more!
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March 15th, 2010
very cool
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I m Swiss from a Turkish family too. One of my Turkish friend made me know your blog. I find it amazing, as for it's way of being constructed, your so amazing recipes and your beautiful pictures you are inserted into your blog
Does Cafe Fernando exists for real, so that we could try your delicious meals on our next travel to Istanbul the magnificent? I love being in Turkey, I love Turkish food.
Wish you a lot of success! You are very talented!
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I recently came back from the Marketing SHERPA conference in Miami, Florida. I would recommend the conference to anyone who wants to train in email fundraising, non profit marketing, landing page optimization, etc. It's full of actionable data and healthy networking for email fundraising.
Some of the top take away's that were presented at the conference include a seminar by Flint McLaughlin, Director of Marketing Experiments on landing page optimization. In his session he conveyed the following:
Top 3 questions to ask yourself when building or improving any landing page are:
- Where am I?
- What am I supposed to do?
- Why should I do it?
Getting clear answers to those questions will help you improve your landing pages, whether you are in non profit fundraising, marketing or a commercial business. In addition, here are four other questions you should ask yourself, in order to construct the most effective landing pages:
- Why should my ideal prospect purchase from me rather than any of my competitors?
- How can I streamline all the elements in my sales path?
- How can I counter any psychological resistance to the sale with extra incentives?
- How can I correct any elements which cause concern in my sale path?
McLaughlin's session also centered are the concept of value contributors (VC) versus value inhibitors (VI). This is a golden-nugget summary of his complete training course on the same topic. The basic goal to optimization of any landing page is to have your value contributors outweigh your value inhibitors. An example is the photo here.
More specifically, value contributors include factors like your value proposition and your incentives. Value inhibitors include user friction caused by over lengthy or unwieldy forms and fundamental anxiety toward the sale. VCs increase conversions. VIs reduce them.
Since people come to landing pages for various reasons, so your offer should be clearly presented, and your form questions minimized to those only absolutely necessary, while including incentives to outweigh any anxiety someone feels toward the sale. Too many form fields can cause friction (concern that it will take too long to complete), and overly invasive questions can cause tension (Why do they need this data?, What are they going to do with it? Why do they want my annual income?), which leads to abandonment. Keep your forms streamlined to the core essentials.
Some final thoughts: Site Visitors can often be thinking…
"Is this legit?" Some effective ways to make them feel more confident is by offering helpful information to reassure them…let them know how long you have been established in business, or what credible institutes endorse your company (Better Business Bureau).
"Is it secure?" Be sure to offer a safe and secure purchasing environment for your customers. Your customers want to know that any information they provide you is uncompromised. Mitigate against anxiety by over-compensating in this part of your landing page…subscribe to and include HackerSafe or Verisign logos, etc. to assuage any concerns about safety.
For more in depth training on the subject of optimizing landing pages for non profit fund raising, look for material by Flint McGlaughlin, Director of MECLABS, Director of Enterprise Research at the University of Cambridge, and the Pastor of The Beaches Vineyard Fellowship. http://www.flintmcglaughlin.com


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Harvard Law Alumni respond to President's Education Initiative for African Americans
Innovative collaboration responds to President Obama's Initiative on educational excellence for African Americans
Harvard Law School Alumni – Hill Harper, Raye Mitchell and Lisa Jones Johnson – launch the M.B.A. Series(TM) Mentoring and Training Program to support African American youth
On Wednesday, July 26, 2012 President Obama signed an Executive Order to improve outcomes and advance educational opportunities for African Americans. The Initiative aims to ensure that all African American students receive an education that fully prepares them for high school graduation, college completion, and productive careers.
Oakland, CA (BlackNews.com) — In keeping with the President's initiative, three Harvard Law School alumni launched The M.B.A. Series(TM) – a new collaborative mentoring and training program to support African American youth. The M.B.A. Series (M.B.A. stands for Motivated Brilliant Achievers) is a multi-platform series that provides youth, ages 8 to 18+, with leading edge, inspirational and motivational advice and counsel bolstered with specific hard skills and technical skills development in leadership. Please visit www.TheMBASeries.org and www.facebook.com/TheMBASeries to learn more about the project, join the mailing list, or volunteer.
The M.B.A. Series is a collaborative effort of three Harvard Law School alumni and their respective non-profit foundations: Hill Harper, actor and NY Times best-selling author, and CEO and founder of MANifest Your Destiny; Raye Mitchell, published author, entertainment attorney and Chief Social Entrepreneur and founder of The New Reality Foundation and its G.U.R.L.S. Rock Global Leadership Training Program for girls and girls of color; and Lisa Jones Johnson, author, highly accomplished Entertainment Industry Executive, CEO of the NextGen Media Group, former USC Law School Adjunct Professor, and founder of The Micro Learning Centers of America, Inc., which has launched a unique approach to elementary education targeting African American boys K-5.
The M.B.A. Series is intended to go beyond motivational speeches and writings to develop a platform based on preparing youth of color to be competent, highly-skilled, and competitive global leaders and leaders of change. The project seeks to build on the groundbreaking and highly acclaimed works of author Hill Harper in his literary offerings Letter to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny and Letters to a Young Sister: Define Your Destiny.
The program exists to close the "access gap" for African American youth, allowing them to gain access to inside tips, high-level skills develop¬ment, mentor advice, and success strategies to enable them to grow ahead of the curve and develop as global leaders. The project is intended to move the next generation of leaders from inspirational-based messages to skill-based engagement.
Raye Mitchell, CEO and founder of The G.U.R.L.S. Rock Global Leadership Program, commented, "I am thrilled to support President Obama's vision by working with Hill Harper and Lisa Jones Johnson to raise the bar in how we engage our youth of color, and to provide an intellectually rigorous, interesting and success-driven interactive learning program."
About the new Reality Foundation, Inc. and G.U.R.L.S. Rock Global Leadership Program:
The G.U.R.L.S. Rock Global Leadership Program is a leadership-training initiative of The New Reality Foundation, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. As a Certified Social Impact Enterprise(TM), the G.U.R.L.S. Global Rock leadership model is diverse and inclusive, and is involved in closing the leadership-training gap for girls and girls of color by providing skills training to be SocialPreneures(TM), the initiators of solving the challenges in their lives, and local and global communities. To learn more about G.U.R.L.S. Rock, please visit www.GurlsRock.org and www.fb.com/GurlsRockPower.
About Hill Harper's Manifest Your Destiny:
Manifest Your Destiny Foundation, is a non-profit youth organization established by Ivy League actor Hill Harper. Despite his many accolades and awards, or maybe because of them, Hill Harper made a commitment to work in service of our youth to pass along the lessons he learned and to provide a foundation for young men and women to use as a launching pad to success. Manifest Your Destiny provides underserved youth a path to empowerment and educational excellence through academic programming, college access skills, and personal development. For more details, visit www.ManifestYourDestiny.org
About the MicroLearning Centers of America:
The MicroLearning Centers of America (MLC) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to innovative educational alternatives designed to create leaders of the future for this country and the world. The academic centers are a hybrid between a charter school and a home school, and combine the individualized focus of a home school with the best of traditional classroom teaching to provide an academically enriched environment where children have no limits on how far they can excel. MLC has created an innovative program, which is a hybrid between a home school and a charter school and is designed to provide a concrete solution to the crisis in education faced by many of our young men and boys. For more details, visit www.MicroLearningFoundation.org


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Yesterday, I started a joint blogging effort with my affiliate, BLaST IU 17 and talked about PLAY and how entrepreneurs who harness their abilities to PLAY when thinking through issues excel in the world of innovation. PLAY is more than an individual philosophy to live by. PLAY can change nations. In fact, we can learn from countries that seem to avoid PLAY. In this video, Steve Keil talks about how Bulgaria could rise about their "lowest in every measure" standing, by adopting a mentality of PLAY. But of course, in my vision, Music and the Arts are CRITICAL components of PLAY, as Steve points out as well.
Here's a word about Steve (taken from Ted.com).
Steve Keil is an entrepreneur whose passion is to create companies in which people are inspired to make their mark with their ideas and imagination. He believes that business leaders are responsible for creating such an environment, by including social and environmental objectives in their personal and business ethics. He has taught at the American College, written for various publications, and currently teaches at the University of Sofia.
He says: "I don't like plastic bottles."
"We all need to play more and honor that inner child we have locked in the closets of our psyches."Integral Options Cafe
In schools, PLAY includes the Arts, Music, recess, class activities, assessments, discovery learning, thinking skills, and more. PLAY should not be thought of as frivolous fun with little meaning. PLAY opens the mind, frees us to consider new possibilities and helps us build positive "thinking habits." Have you ever felt overwhelmed while playing? Have you ever felt hopeless while playing? Have you every felt boxed-in while playing? My guess is the answer to all of those questions is... NO. However, those feelings easily creep into our daily work. We allow ourselves to loose momentum in our work when we start to experience overwhelmed, boxed in and hopeless feelings.
Enjoy this amazing TED video and .... this just out....I will be speaking at the BLaST IU17 hosted TEDx event this October. I am very excited!