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To celebrate the Albuquerque sky no longer looking like a scene from Twilight, I decided to go for a walk today. Along my route Downtown, I saw some great examples of industrial decor. Here are a few:
Dragon Artist Flies Again
Thanks, person whose signature I can't make out
It was back at the end of June that a mystery artist created a 50+ foot NeverEnding Story-esque beast on the plastic wrap that masks the Anasazi building's lower parts. It was beautiful, but I pass the intersection everyday. The piece stayed up so long that I got used to it. I don't really know when it got washed away, but only looked up one afternoon and it was gone.
A replacement dragon appeared on Monday morning. This one is green! It's not as long, but still impressive in size. It's also lumpier. (That's not really an insult to a dragon.) What I like about these pieces is their fuzziness, their ambiguity. The creatures could be from any mythology. They could be Asian, Eastern European, fictional or whatever. At first glance, I thought the dragon rider was wearing a sombrero. But it could be one of those old-timey jungle explorer hats. Or maybe a fantasy hat of the world from which the dragon hails.
The green behemoth has lips. Or does it? It definitely has teeth. Or maybe it's just that brush-like stuff whales have. One thing's for sure, it looks drowsy. I feel you, sleepy dragon. I'm glad we can commiserate as I walk to work each morning.
Amazing New Graffiti at Sixth and Central
Possible portrait of Falkor the Luck Dragon
The penny-farthing picture, bearing the phrase "park your car," that was beautifying the SE corner of Sixth and Central, is gone. This is sad because I loved it so. It was a cheerful, lovely image blip on an otherwise blighted eyesore. It was painted on the tan (read "worst color ever") plasticy wrap which currently encircles the Anasazi building, presumably to keep it from falling completely apart while someone does something to it.
The only good news I have (and it's quite good) is that after the penny-farthing got disappeared, the artist/s returned and put up a new piece. It is a dragon more than 50 feet long, with a big smiling face that greeted me on the walk to work this morning. It is awesome. It's even worth a trip out into this hot-
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Huge, stinky piles of garbage in alleys today
WTF Albuquerque?
Walking to work today, I noticed a pile of trash outside of its dumpster. Then another, and another. Most of the errant piles o' crap were in the alley that runs East/West between Central and Gold. But the mother load, the oops-
The smell is like, well, like a waist-high pile of garbage that's out of its plastic bags and lying in the June sun.
What is going on here?! Who did this? HOW? And, who is going to clean it up?
We now have an answer to at least one of these pressing questions. Two intrepid workers from the city are shoveling up the mess right now. Thanks to these two nameless heroes who apparently drew the short straws in today's messy event.
Downtown street art offers a penny farthing for your thoughts
This old-timey bicycle / car commentary is the latest tattoo on the Anasazi Building.
Downtown Action Team's Promotional Video for Downtown Albuquerque
The Downtown Action Team and Travel Guide New Mexico have teamed up to produce a video promoting downtown Albuquerque as a tourist destination. Nice job, DAT! It's slick and professional. I only wonder at the decision to gloss over Downtown's nightlife, mentioned only in passing, when it was responsible for the lion's share of Downtown revitalization. At any rate, it's a nice video and Brian Morris could have a future in television.


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June 19. 8000 block Germantown Ave. Complainant states she left her Diamondback Century bike in shared common area accessible to tenants only and when she returned her bike was gone.
June 19. 8400 block Germantown Ave. General manager states that an unknown person opened their safe which has an electronic combination lock and stole a bag of money.
June 21. Germantown Ave. and Bells Mill Road. Complainant states he parked his 2006 Toyota Rav 4 at 6:20 a.m. and returned at 6:55 a.m. An unknown person had broken the passenger side window and stolen a global positioning system and a wallet containing credit cards. Credit card was used at 7:37 a.m..
June 21. 7600 block Crittenden Street. Complainant states she came home to find front sliding window had been forced open. Living room and two upstairs bedrooms had been ransacked. One latent print was found.
June 22. 7700 block Crittenden Street. Complainant states that three black males came into store and stole eight various iPhone cases. First male wearing a green shirt with black pants, second and third males both wearing blue shirts with tan pants.
Summary – Five crimes for week: two burglaries, two thefts and one retail theft.
Town Watch.
If you have been the victim of a crime and would like information, service or support, call Northwest Victims Service, 6301 Germantown Ave., Second Floor, Suite One, 2151-438-4410. The service is free.

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It's one of the key truths of the consumer electronics biz: Prices will drop like a rock soon after you buy your new toy. Oh, there are exceptions, like the iPad and iPhone, but you know the drill — buy it today, see a lower price in a month. Amazingly there is a pricey camera, the 16.2-megapixel Nikon D7000, that's currently defying the laws of CE gravity—if you can even find one. Let's see why.
Features and Design
The Nikon D7000 doesn't look radically different than many other mid-range, all-black DSLRs on the market, such as the 18-megapixel Canon EOS 60D ($999 body only). With the 18-105mm kit lens, the Nikon has a no-nonsense vibe that says "I'm a serious camera." Don't even think of casually carrying it around. The D7000 measures 5.2 x 4.1 x 3 (WHD, in inches) and weighs 1.5 pounds without a battery, card or lens. Hefty and serious indeed.
Looking closely at the D7000, you get an inkling of its capabilities, but nothing that quite gives away its position as the hottest DSLR on the market. It has the usual Nikon red accent on the grip and a few judiciously-placed logos and icons. Drill down a bit and some of the finer points appear, such as a second LCD readout on the top, and a 3-inch 921K-pixel LCD on the rear. But the real enhancements are internal, as we'll soon see.
Like any DSLR, the key feature on the front of the D7000 is the lens mount. In this case, it's a Nikon F bayonet-type, and all functions are possible with AF Nikkor glass. As always, you can spend a small fortune on lenses, but the 5.8x kit lens (18-105mm, 27-157.5mm 35mm equivalent) with built-in Vibration Reduction is a good start. Also up front are an AF Assist lamp and buttons for Function, depth-of-field preview and lens release. There's a three-pinhole mono mic, so if you want stereo sound for your videos, get ready to spend some extra cash on an aftermarket mic. You can connect one with the handy mic input in one of the side compartments. The pistol grip is solid, and there's a jog wheel right below the shutter button and power switch.
On the top is the main mode dial, which sits on a perplexing control called a Release-Mode Dial. With it, you change your frame rate (most commonly) such as single frame, continuous low speed (1 to 5 fps) or continuous high speed (6 fps). Access to this dial is good, but in order to turn it, you have to press a nearby locking button at the same time. This seems very convoluted for such a basic and important control. In contrast, Canon cameras have a drive button you simply press to make this adjustment. That said, after some initial fumbling, we made adjustments using the left index and middle fingers. The same dial also gives you access to the self-timer, quiet shutter release option, using a remote control and "Mup" for Mirror up. The main mode dial has the usual options: Auto, Auto flash off, Program AE, Shutter- and Aperture-Priority as well as full Manual. Scene is typical as you can choose specific shooting situations (portrait, landscape and so on, 19 options total). There are also two settings (U1, U2) to save your favorite configurations.
Next to the stacked dials are the flash, hot shoe and control panel LCD, one of the key features separating entry-levels DSLRs from "enthusiast" models (500 clams more is another huge point of difference, but that's another story). This readout lets you check your settings without having to put the camera in front of your face, and is very handy for shooting on the fly. Next to the shutter are buttons to change metering type and exposure compensation.
The rear has a very good and bright viewfinder with 100-percent field of view and 0.95x magnification (by comparison, the Canon EOS 60D is 96-percent coverage with 0.95x magnification). A diopter control lets you fine-tune it for your eyesight. Below the VF is very good LCD screen rated 921K pixels. The 60D has an articulating 3-inch screen with more dots (1.04 million total), so Canon wins that round.
Surrounding the screen are the usual array of buttons for white balance, ISO and so on, with another jog wheel on the top right to move through menu options and a controller with center OK button. Since this is 2011, there's a red video dot in middle of the Live View lever—simply pull it to the right, the mirror raises up, press the dot and you can shoot HD video (1920 x 1080 at 24 fps MOV files). There's a six-pinhole speaker nearby. This is hardly the 1080p at 60 fps of the recently reviewed Panasonic SDT750, but it's home video nonetheless (more in the performance section).
On the right side is a compartment for two SDHC/SDXC cards. You can put stills on one, video the other if that rings your bell, or just use a single card. The D7000 is the first camera we're aware of that uses the Ultra High Speed system (UHS-1) for faster read and write speeds. The left side has a compartment with A/V, USB and mini-HDMI outs. A second has inputs for mics and GPS. Near the lens mount is an AF/Manual switch, as well as bracket and flash-open keys.
The bottom of this Made-In-Thailand DSLR has the battery compartment, metal tripod mount, and the contact cover for an optional battery pack. As with lenses, you can spend thousands if you want to trick out your camera. Hold off for a while, since the D7000 is far from cheap to begin with.
What's in the box
The D700 includes kit includes both the body and 18-105mm VR lens, if you decide on that option. You'll also get EN-EL15 rechargeable Li-ion battery rated up to 850 shots per CIPA, charger, eyepiece cap, rubber eyecup, USB and A/V cables, strap, LCD monitor cover, body cap, accessory shoe cover and ViewNX 2 software on CD-ROM. For good measure, Nikon includes a 328-page user's manual for light reading.
Since this camera is one of the first that's UHS-1 compatible, which allows for up to 45 Mbps read speeds, we popped in a new 16GB SanDisk Extreme Pro SDHC card and hit the streets.


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For residential service in city of Oak Grove, ACE provides two levels of service which include weekly collection for garbage and every other week recycling service.You may also contact us at any time to request the removal of a large and bulky item, an EZ Bag, or a construction dumpster.
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With Simple Sort recycling, all the recyclable material is placed into one recycling cart (grey lid) that is collected every other week. ACE provides curbside automated collection service using special trucks with an automated arm that lifts the recycling cart and empties it into the truck. Please have recycle container at the street by 6:30 a.m. on collection day to ensure collection.
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When Nick (Ice Cube, Barbershop) falls for single mother Suzanne (Nia Long, Big Momma's House), he initially doesn't have to worry about what her kids think of him because she just wants to "be friends." Undeterred by this statement- or his buddies, who dog him for loitering in the stalking-friend zone, Nick keeps hanging around. So when Suzanne finds herself in a jam and needs someone to escort her kids to meet her in Vancouver for New Year's Eve, Nick gladly opens the door for opportunity. It could be the best way to win her heart or the biggest mistake of his life. With more that one destination on his mind, Nick embarks on a road trip he'll never forget.
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A tsunami of .9 meters (3 feet) has been measured in the Solomon Islands after a strong earthquake in the South Pacific.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the tsunami was measured in Lata in the easternmost Solomon Islands. The region hasn't reported any immediate damage.
The tsunami warning after the 8.0 earthquake was issued for the Solomons, Vanuatu, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu, New Caledonia, Kosrae, Fiji, Kiribati, Wallis and Futuna. A tsunami watch is in effect for American Samoa, Australia, New Zealand and eastern Indonesia.
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The cost of lasik surgery depends on three factors:
- Whether you have one or both eyes done at the same time
- The type of lasik procedure your surgeon performs and the amount of correction
- What city or state you are located in
There are many goods and services we purchase in the United States where there is one price that covers the entire fifty states. Lasik surgery is not one of those services. Surgeons in California will most likely have higher office rental rates than a surgeon in, say, Cheyenne, Wyoming. The technology and the skills required are the same, but their underlying fixed costs differ greatly. This is why you will find that you can get two different prices just by changing the location of your surgery.
You might see ads for surgeries "starting at" just $499 per eye. This is not an all-inclusive price – which is something you definitely want to get from your eye surgeon. You want all pre-surgery and follow-up surgical visits covered in your quote. The add-ons to the $499 price will most likely increase your total cost well beyond an all-inclusive price, so you will want to examine very closely what these promotional prices cover.
Lasik surgery procedures "average" about $2000 per eye, more in some areas of the country, less in others. If you have a very mild correction, your cost will be less than if you have a greater correction or there are other eye conditions that make your procedure more difficult or require advanced techniques to execute your surgery.
If you have one eye done at a time, which many people elect to do, your surgery will cost more per eye. This is because the cost of the surgical room and staff are about the same whether you do one eye or two and your surgeon needs to cover these costs twice – once for each eye.
And, just as with most services you buy, some surgeons just can charge more than other surgeons. It doesn't necessarily mean that one is better than the other, it is just a case of what the market "will bear".
Most insurance policies do not cover lasik surgery as it is considered elective surgery. However, some company policies do cover all or part of this surgery and you should check with your employer. Health savings accounts can be used for lasik surgery if you participate in one of these plans. Lastly, your surgeon will most likely participate in a medical financing program where you can finance the cost of your surgery over time to make it fit into your monthly household budget.
Price is just one of the many factors your should consider when choosing a surgeon and surgical facility. Experience and success rate are two very important qualifications that are more important than the cost. After all, these are your eyes and you want to get the very best care for them.


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February 14, 2014
This past week several men and women put in performances of their careers @Sochi2014. Americans Sage Kostenburg and Jamie Anderson put in fine final runs to take gold in men's and women's snowboard slopestyle, respectively. The Japanese nineteen-year-old Yuzura Hanyu skated a world-record short program on his way to take gold in men's singles. The speedskating men and women of the Netherlands dominated the ice, picking up all kinds of golds, silvers, and bronzes. And a previously unknown #RussianPoliceChoir has been enjoying its fifteen minutes of well-earned fame for its enthusiastic cover of Daft Punk's "Get Lucky."
Likely, there are many more career performances still to come in Russia during the latest installment of the Winter Games. In the meantime, here are your CEO tweets of the week:
1. The latest in lunch hour efficiecy … soon you'll be able to order a chili cheese burrito and gordita supreme with one tap of the index, two taps of the thumb.
Everyone who said we'd stop seeing groundbreaking mobile innovation was wrong. You'll soon be able to order Taco Bell on your iPhone.
— Aaron Levie (@levie) February 14, 2014
Everyone who said we'd stop seeing groundbreaking mobile innovation was wrong. You'll soon be able to order Taco Bell on your iPhone.
2. Martha Stewart (who, true story, once shared her sandwich and salad with me on an Amtrak train between New York and Philadelphia) blasted the following while in California at the first annual Makers Conference, which gathered "prominent leaders and innovators from corporations, not-for-profits, and government organizations committed to women's and working family issues."
Only 14per cent of companies have a woman CEO we have institutional and individual mindsets against women
— Martha Stewart (@MarthaStewart) February 11, 2014
Only 14per cent of companies have a woman CEO we have institutional and individual mindsets against women
3. Ex-Big-swinging banker Sallie Krawcheck (who has two recent Bloomberg TV interviews worth watching, one on Barbie appearing in nothing but her bathing suit in the latest Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, and another on the lack of women on Wall Street) tips her cap to a New York Times blog, which tried to answer the following question: If women are, in general, better hedge fund investors, then why are there so few women working at hedge funds? (According to the Times, "This is a strange market inefficiency. It would be like discovering that tall people were vastly underrepresented in the N.B.A.")
Evaluating the Dearth of Female Hedge Fund Managers @nytimes http://t.co/ED38G87od9
— Sallie Krawcheck (@SallieKrawcheck) February 12, 2014
Evaluating the Dearth of Female Hedge Fund Managers @nytimes http://t.co/ED38G87od9
4. Anand's advice can actually improve your work emails. (Although, unlike Anand, I wouldn't be too quick to use the word thrice even once.)
Notice how the word 'Actually' is overused till it's meaningless? Not just Indians.US TV anchor used it thrice in 1 sentence!Exile the word!
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) February 14, 2014
Notice how the word 'Actually' is overused till it's meaningless? Not just Indians.US TV anchor used it thrice in 1 sentence!Exile the word!
5. On Abe's day of birth, Apple's CEO invokes the words of the most revered POTUS of all time.
Remembering Lincoln today and his dedication to the proposition that all men are created equal. We are still seeking to fullfill his dream.
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) February 12, 2014
Remembering Lincoln today and his dedication to the proposition that all men are created equal. We are still seeking to fullfill his dream.
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In the era before the Europeans arrived in North America, the inhabitants collected the sap from the sugar maple (Acer saccaharum; also known as the rock maple), which flowed strongly in the late winter, in the weeks just before spring.The sugar maple's sap sugar content (two to three percent) is much higher than other deciduos trees. Prior to about 1800, cuts were made in a tree, three or four grouped together. This was called a "box." Under it, a wood chip was placed in a horizontal cut. Sap ran out across the chip and was collected in a hollowed-out log or trough. This technique would eventually kill the tree. Beginning around 1800, taps, or hollow wooden dowels, were placed in holes drilled into the trunk, and a bucket caught the dripping sap. Later, iron hangers were pounded into the trunk and used to hold the buckets. This bucket comes from that era: note the distinctive eyelet for the hanger. By the mid-1800s, tin buckets became available. They were lighter, and were more consistently waterproof; the taps were then made of tin and later steel. They served until the 1960s, when tubing was introduced, eliminating the need for buckets amoung many sugaring houses. Other sugarers continued to use buckets to collect sap.
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To blantantly steal someone or something from another person.
by Karsten July 16, 2003
In the movie Friday the character D Bo stole everybodys stuff. So now it is used in the same way, for instance - Dang boy that kid just D Bo ed your watch.
by Murda 1 October 09, 2005
-noun Dead Ball Out. In slow pitch softball when the maximum allowance of team homeruns has been met, any further homeruns will count as an out. Any homeruns exceeding the limit will be declared a dead ball out, or DBO, by the umpire. Frequently, DBO offenders can be quoted as saying "Screw the team, I'm going deep."
Swing lost the state championship for his team because he hit a game ending DBO with the tying run on third base.
by Andruzzi November 06, 2007
(v.) to steal, to pilfer, to aquire without the expressed consent of the owner through rough tactics
by Shipp December 03, 2003
DBO a bulk mutha fucka.
DBO means to take it away from to use force to get what u want.
DBO means to take it away from to use force to get what u want.
by slaung March 27, 2005
Taking something away without asking without even hinting like your gunna do something. like taking someones spot in line or taking food from them.
1) yo this homo d boed my seat on the bus!
by Azyea December 20, 2006
nasty ass gangsta with weird eyes stealin all yo shiz when yo trying to chill wit yo cronies on the front porch
I was trying to chill with my cronies and D-BO came by and stole the gold chain I tried to hide, he D-BOed and rode away on the D-BO bicycle.
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Chicago, IL – The St. Louis Cardinals activated first baseman Matt Adams from the 15-day disabled list prior to Tuesday's game against the Chicago Cubs.
Adams has not played since April 21 due to a strained right oblique. The rookie had gotten off to an excellent start prior to the injury, batting .542 (13-for-24) with three home runs and eight RBI in just eight games.
The Cardinals had already cleared space on the 25-man roster for Adams after optioning infielder Jermaine Curtis to Triple-A Memphis following Sunday's 10-1 win at Milwaukee.


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Luxury multitasking formulation imparts silky hydration to the delicate eye area.
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- Reapply at least every 2 hours.
- Children under 6 months: Ask a doctor.
Sun Protection Measures. Spending time in the sun increases your risk of skin cancer and early skin aging. To decrease this risk, regularly use a sunscreen with a Broad Spectrum SPF value of 15 or higher and other protection measures including:
- Limit time in the sun, especially from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
- Wear long-sleeved shirts, pants, hats, and sunglasses.
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Protect this product from excessive heat and direct sun. Store at room temperature 59-86ºF/15-30ºC.
Photodynamic Therapy eye
Apply to clean dry eye area each morning. Ophthalmologist approved for use on upper eye lid, under eye area and crow's feet regions of the eye. Follow with cosmetics if desired. Store at room temperature 59-86°F / 15-30°C.
- Ingredients
Photodynamic Therapy anti-aging lotion with spf 30
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Active Ingredients
Avobenzone 3.0%
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Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspoly- mer, Anacyclus Pyrethrum Root Extract, Arnica Montana Flower Extract, Aqua (Water), Benzylidene Dimethoxydimethylindanone, Butyloctyl Salicylate, Butylparaben, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Camellia Oleifera (Green Tea) Leaf Extract, Camellia Sinensis (White Tea) Leaf Extract, Carbomer, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract, Cyclohexasiloxane, Cyclopentasiloxane, Diazolidinyl Urea, Diso- dium EDTA, Ethylparaben, Glycerin, Glyceryl Stearate SE, Lentinula Edodes (Shiitake Mushroom) Extract, Methyl Methacrylate/ Glycol Dimethacrylate Crosspolymer, Methyl- paraben, Morinda Citrifolia Extract, Phenoxy- ethanol, Polysorbate 20, Propylparaben, Punica Granatum (Pomegranate) Fruit Ex- tract, Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sorbitan Oleate, Stearic Acid, Tocopherol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Tricalcium Phosphate, Triethanolamine, Ubiquinone, Yeast Amino Acids
Photodynamic Therapy eye
Aqua (Water), Cyclopentasiloxane, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Yeast Amino Acids, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Polysilicone-11, Aminobutyric Acid, Barium Sulfate, Cetyl Alcohol, Stearic Acid, Propanediol, Euglena Gracilis Extract, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Tricalcium Phosphate, Dimethicone, Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Steareth-20, Tocopheryl Acetate, Cyclohexasiloxane, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Centella Asiatica Extract, Sorbitan Laurate, Caffeine, Xanthan Gum, Morinda Citrifolia Extract, Zizyphus Jujuba Seed Extract, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Acetyl Dipeptide-1 Cetyl Ester, Phytoecdysteroids, Glaucium Flavum Leaf Extract, Disodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben, Ethylparaben, Propylparaben, Butylparaben, Diazolidinyl Urea
- Warnings
Photodynamic Therapy anti-aging lotion with spf 30
Protect this product from excessive heat and direct sun. Store at room temperature 59-86ºF/15-30ºC.
For external use only. Do not use on damaged or broken skin. When using this product keep out of eyes. Rinse with water to remove. Stop use and ask a doctor if rash occurs. Keep out of reach of children. If product is swallowed, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away.
Photodynamic Therapy eye
For external use only. Do not get into eyes. If irritation occurs, discontinue use. Keep out of reach of children.
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Skunk said:Does anyone know of a good blackjack simulator that is free?
I recently purchased the KO Trainer software and it is so full of bugs that I don't trust the results. It is good at training but its simulation is completely junk. I contacted the software vendor directly and I contacted the KO website and never received a reply. So I definitely do not recommend this software!
I've looked at the demo versions of SAGE and Casino Verite but the full versions are rather pricey for someone who is only casually interested. I'd have to play 100s of hours of Ace-5 at $5 to ever earn enough to pay for testing software so it isn't really worth it. I'm already out the money for a few books and not to mention the $ it cost me to get basic strategy down!
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I thought that I could learn BS and at least break even in Biloxi last week. I found out in a hurry that I was wrong. I am still using the tutorials and now realize how important experience is.
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COSTA MESA — Signs outside the Rags to Riches store run by reality TV "mogul" Dave Hester have been defaced.
Black letters across the red and white consignment store's sign read "davehesterfraud.com," and a sign announcing the store's move to Orange was pasted over with a sign reading "Newport con gallery has moved. For more information, go to davehesterfraud.com."
The website urges people not to do business with the TV star.
Hester, who stars on A&E's "Storage Wars," ran the thrift store at 1941 Newport Blvd. until about a month ago, when the business moved to Orange.
Reached at his location in Orange, Hester said he was unaware of the defaced signs but was not going to take them down, saying it was up to the discretion of the next owner.
The move to Orange was because of "personal matters," he said.
Brad Meadows, who works at a home-finding service near the Costa Mesa location, was surprised by the move.
"It was a popular place," Meadows said, adding that Hester's large lot was often so full customers would park outside his workplace.
On Wednesday, a customer looking for the store came by to check out merchandise.
"I just looked up the address and came to see a piano they had," Kamran Meshkani said.
A surf shop is set to open up in the Costa Mesa location around Christmas time, according to Ron Voekestein who is working on the remodeling of the building.
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247pro needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 39 designs submitted by 13 freelance designers.
We connect homeowners and qualified contractors. Homeowners go to our site (247pro.com), put in the work they need to do (e.g. remodel kitchen, replace roof, etc). We will match their projects to up to 4 qualified and licensed contractors servicing the area. There is no charge or obligation to the homeowners. Homeowner may also even get project insurance up to a certain amount from us to make sure they are satisfied with the contractor's work.
For contractors, we provide a bundled service. With monthly subscription, we can create and host website for their contracting companies. And then forward homeowner project leads to them with some extra cost. Contractors will also get free project listing of public work. Additional optional services to contractors include directory listings and promotional ads in our site.
We are based on California and target to service small to medium local licensed contractors.
We have a working site "http://www.247pro.com" now and looking forward to upgrade the site with new look and features.
The target audience for the website are homeowners or business owners who are looking for qualified contractors for their residential/commercial projects.
We would like to focus locally on California only for the next 12-18 months.
Existing logo at http://www.247pro.com.
The existing logo is a circle, resembling a clock with 2 hands shaking in the middle, representing agreement to a mutual contract. But it lacks and color and the shape of the shaking hands make it look like a dating site! The new logo should put more focus on home remodel or contruction.
The main color/theme of the logo should be orange (like the Home Depot orange) and secondary color should be a darker green. We have also created a web home page contest at 99designs at the same time. Designers can reference back to website design to make the logo more in synch with the design.
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Tais Suicide — Today's SuicideGirl
Meet Tais – a 22-year-old hair stylist and make up artist who gets hot over being drugged. She confesses she once stole 'a disc at age 7′. Sounds like someone's due for a long deserved spanking.
Name: Tais Suicide
Age: 22
Occupation: Hairstyle and make up artist.
Body mods: 4 piercings.
Heroes: Jesus.
Gets me hot: Being drugged.
Favorite position: Missionary (Ed. note – somehow we doubt that)
Fantasy: With two men.
Drug Use: Up the nose.
SuicideGirls is a community that celebrates alternative beauty and alternative culture from all over the world. Since 2001, tens of thousands of models have submitted millions of photos to their website hoping to become SuicideGirls.


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Navigating the Mindfield: A Guide to Separating Science from Pseudoscience in Mental Health
Scott O. Lilienfeld, John Ruscio, Steven Jay Lynn
Prometheus Books, 2008 - Psychology - 634 pages
Can self-help recordings containing subliminal messages improve your self-esteem or memory? Is hypnotic age-regression therapy a valid way of rediscovering lost childhood memories? Does Thought Field Therapy effectively treat anxiety by manipulating energy fields?
A dizzying array of popular psychology books, articles, and promotion campaigns tout these and other alleged remedies for psychological problems. Faced with this confusion, consumers of mental health services need guidelines for finding effective therapy. This useful book brings together accessible, nontechnical articles by leading scientific researchers and clinicians to help answer such critical questions concerning mental health care as: How should I select a therapist? How can I tell the difference between scientifically valid and questionable psychotherapy? Can I trust the diagnosis I have received?
If you or someone you know is seeking therapy, this excellent reference book will provide needed guidance for navigating the mental health maze.
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BTLVentures necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 118 diseños de 32 diseñadores freelance.
This project is to design the logo and color scheme for BTL Ventures LLC.
This project involves picking a 4 or 5 color palette to be used in the later creation of the BTL Ventures Website and Print materials, and then designing a logo around those colors.
BTL Ventures
BTL Ventures is the company I formed to be the parent company of a couple projects I'm working on. All of these projects are web/software related startups. In addition, I plan to get into seed financing in the near future.
I'm looking for a logo and color scheme that is professional, clean, but also web 2.0ish if that makes any sense. I want it to be lively, fun, with clean lines, and some sort of icon / graphic either built into the lettering or beside.
The brand is 'BTL Ventures' .
I think that our website will be white background based. Feel free to be creative with the logos and color, but think about a color scheme that would work well for web projects and presentation.
When submitting each entry, please include only 1 logo and 1 color palette with each submission. If you want to do multiple logos, or multiple color schemes, please do a different combination in each submission. Please put the logo in the center, and the color palette in color blocks in one of the corners. Please label the colors with hex or rgb codes.
We'll probably do another project to do print materials (bus card/stationary) and website design, but if you want to show examples in those settings I wont mind.
At the end of the project, I would like to have an illustrator or photoshop file, in vector form, to use elsewhere. I'd like to have a greyscale version and a color version inside the design documents, and I'd also like you to generate jpg or png output files from those design docs.
- Color Scheme / Palette for future projects. Please include RGB or Hex codes for the colors.
- One Color Scheme / Logo version per entry. Include the color as blocks on the far side of the submission and the logo in the center.
- Logo that works with the brand 'BTL Ventures'
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The First Printed Math Books
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They have lots of pictures, but are still somewhat boring (and have lots of boxes!)... basically all of my old posters followed the same design, with the same background and color scheme, etc.
I tried something completely new, hoping to draw a crowd.This is superb:
I have to say that it did work as intended – I had a lot of people stop by my poster and say something along the lines of, "Your poster caught my attention from across the room – it's so pretty I had to know what it was about!" Yay for results. :)
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Lexus Mega Shop Responsive Opencart Theme
Lexus MegaShop is a Responsive Opencart Template suitable for any kind of Hightech Products, Mobile, Computer, Fashion shop and all kinds of marketplace business that needs a feature rich and beautiful presence online.
Lexus MegaShop is built on pavo framework version 2.0 and bootstrap version 3.0 to make fully responsive theme that works perfect on all kind of resolutions as well for mobile, tablet, desktop having medium and large screen. With powered by the framework the theme support you many great tools to customize theme via using Live Theme Editor, Auto loading custom css files support you creating unlimited of theme profiles without code very easy and simple.
The Opencart Template included three skin colors, great Slideshow Module having many Animation JQuery Effect, Google Fonts, Power Megamneu Module having great design Make Mega Column Tool and many other nice modules.
New Chrismas Skin
Explore BackEnd Demo
- BackEnd
- User: demo
- Pass: demo
Explore Via Docs Guide
Explore Via Video Guides Powered by Pavo Framework 2
Flexible Layouts – Modules
- Compatible with Opencart 1.5.4, Opencart 1.5.5, Opencart 1.5.6, Opencart 18.104.22.168, Opencart 2.1.xOpencart 184.108.40.206, 184.108.40.206
- Support Wide Screen 1170px, 980px
- Built-in Pavo Framework Version 2.0 and Bootstrap 3.0
- No Hacking Core Opencart Codes
- HTML5 and CSS3 Support
- Full Responsive Theme
- Google Fonts
- [NEW] Integrated Mega Menu Module With Lightweight Megamenu Editor Tool
- Integrated Blog Module
- Integrated Pav SlideShow Module
- Valid XHTML and CSS markup
- Eeasy control theme such as skin changer, font-changer, modules – position via Control Panel Module
- Easy Use and Easy Customize As great for customwork
- Support Add Custom Javascript, Css, Change Background
- [NEW]Improved Awesome Font
- Support Multiple Layout – Position, Allow drag and drop modules
- [New] Off Canvas Menu and SideBars Support , Display Very nice on Handhelds and Easy to customize
- [New] Support Multiple Zoom types: Basic Zoom, Inner Zoom, Lens Zoom, Gallery Slider Zoom, Basic Gallery Zoom
- [New] Quick Popup Zoom Image In Product Listing
- [New] Support Display Sale Label for Listing Products and Product Detail, In Module Carousel?
- [New] Support Less Development
- [New] Live Theme Edtior to create unlimited Theme Skins Without Coding
- [New] Support Adding Custom Css and JS Code In Theme Control Module
- [New] Support Css Compression to improve Site performence
- [New] Easy install datasample, theme, modules on existed store
- [New] Support Multiple Language And RTL Language
What are included?
Quickstart Installation Package
This Package packed All Modules, Templates, Userguide, DataSameple. By using this package, you will get site having same as the demo did
PSD Sources
All our templates are delivered with source Adobe .PSD files.
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You can get All of Template, Modules, Plugins? which we uses for the demo.
Support Ways
- Email Support: [email protected]
Change logs
- 20 September 2016 upgrade new version for opencart 220.127.116.11
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- 26 November 2015 upgrade new version for opencart 2.1
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- 09 Jan 2014: create new version for opencart 184.108.40.206
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KVM: Linux Virtualization That's Halfway There
Jan 30, 2013 5:00 AM PT
Are you looking for a reliable virtualization package to run multiple virtual machines that handle unmodified Linux or Windows images? Then look no further than your existing Linux configuration. It already has the underpinnings to support Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM).
You need look no further than your distro's package repository to install KVM. This package is a full virtualization solution for Linux on x86 hardware. It includes virtualization extensions (Intel VT or AMD-V) and a loadable kernel module, kvm.ko. This is the core virtualization infrastructure along with a processor-specific module, kvm-intel.ko or kvm-amd.ko.
You will probably need to also install a modified QEMU configured for your distro -- but again, if your distro is new enough to include KVM, it should also have a matched QEMU package. Depending on your Linux distro, the actual package name for the built-in virtualization software will be different. In my case, the package is called "Qemu-KVM."
KVM is a tad bit more troublesome to get working initially. I found it to be more of a hassle than setting up VMware or VirtualBox -- but once you have KVM working, it works fairly well.
Rocky Start
I installed KVM on computers running LinuxMint 14 and Ubuntu 12.10 and had similar trouble on both. Neither configuration worked out of the box without some fiddling on my part.
In both cases, I had to install from each distro's software centers the AQEMU package. This is a Qt4 graphical interface used to manage QEMU and KVM virtual machines. It has a user-friendly interface for setting up the majority of QEMU and KVM options.
On the Ubuntu computer, the QEMU-KVM package was preinstalled. On the Linux Mint computer, the packages were waiting for installation in the Mint repository. The AQEMU settings were balky in both cases, but both accepted the options I entered after some trial and error.
Once the settings were fixed in AQEMU, the interface worked from the menu to create a new Virtual Machine or start an existing one in Ubuntu, but in Mint AQEMU failed to start. That left me with the command line interface (CLI) from within a terminal window.
Black Box Boogie
Another disheartening point is actually starting the VM environment. Only AQEMU shows up in the application menu. You must open a terminal box and issue the appropriate commands -- unless, of course, your system actually lets you use the qt4 GUI in AQEMU.
Virtual Machines by design run in their own isolated environment. Whether it's an application window from running AQEMU or terminal box from the CLI, either way the KVM infrastructure gives each virtual machine its own private virtualized hardware. This includes a network card, disk, graphics adapter, etc.
Like playing in a sandbox, KVM runs whatever OS you load in its own isolated world within the host computer's own operating system. The virtual machine will share available system memory with host OS, depending on the amount of total installed RAM (Random Access Memory) on the host computer. You can adjust the memory usage settings in AQEMU's configuration options.
Getting Started
Starting it is as simple as pressing the familiar "play" icon in the tool bar. Either way, the KVM process will access the directed ISO location and begin to load it into its own window on the desktop.
Starting the virtual machine process from the terminal window is a bit less convenient. You can check the KVM home page for more detailed documentation. Or for more information on using the KVM command, type "kvm --help" or "man kvm."
CLI Kick Start
Essentially, using the terminal box method, you start KVM and add the location of the ISO file you want loaded. The settings can become slightly complicated. What worked for me was this simple command string:
[] kvm /dev/cdrom
Two other options, depending on your computer's configuration and the location of the ISO file, can set the amount of memory to assign the virtual machine. Try or modify these command strings:
[] kvm -m 512 -hda disk.img -cdrom linux.iso -boot d -smp 2
[] kvm -m 512 -hda disk.img -boot c -smp 2
The first command starts KVM with 512 MB memory, using the file "disk.img" in the current directory as the first hard drive, the file "linux.iso" in the current directory as the CD-ROM, booting from the CD-ROM disc and providing two processors to the virtual machine.
The second command (use one or the other) starts KVM with the same memory allocation from the same file name, but the ISO file is located on the hard drive.
Running It
Unless you store the ISO files you regularly use on the host computer's hard drive, starting the VM process takes from three-to-five minutes. Obviously, optical drives transfer data much more slowly than do hard drives or network connections.
If you have waited for a live session of a Linux distro to load from a CD or a DVD, expect the process to take a few minutes longer when going into the virtual machine.
Once the guest OS is up and running, it performs reasonably well in the KVM virtual environment. I had no trouble using any of the OS functions under the guest mode. I also felt little or no operational difference in the performance of the host OS. Credit for that, I admit, may be largely due to the ample supply of RAM that both host computers have available.
What You Need
While the KVN infrastructure is built into the Linux OS, you need a modern version of the Linux kernel to use this virtual machine. KVM requires machine extensions. The kernel component of KVM is included in mainline Linux as of version 2.6.20.
You can check for these extensions by running the command ". egrep '^flags.*(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo" in the terminal on a recent Linux kernel. If the command returns any output, your CPU has support.
Even if your Linux distro has the stuff inside, your hardware configuration might not be cooperating. Intel VT or AMD-V support could be disabled by default in your computer's BIOS. So check your BIOS for an appropriate setting to make sure that your CPU is configured to support the Linux hypervisor or HVM.
Bottom Line
Some motherboard manufacturers disable HVM in the BIOS and do not provide a switch for you to enable it manually. In that case, KVM will not work. Your only option is to try one of the other virtual machine products available.
However, if your computer supports KVM and you succeed in getting it configured properly, you can put virtualization to good use. KVM could be easier to configure, though. This is an area that the Linux community needs to address. Nothing gives Linux a black eye more easily than a built-in product that fails to deliver out of the box.


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View all the MLS listings for 1, 2 and 3 bedrooms single-family condos, apartments, lofts penthouses, properties and real estate for sale in the Central Abbotsford area of Abbotsford, BC. You can browse through other areas or dwellings by clicking the menu above. Call Mindy Mcpherson today at 604-826-1000 to view any of these listings.
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I'm going to be running a BW game that is an attack-defend scenario. I'm wondering what the CP ratio should be between the attacking and defending teams.
My thought is that that it should be the golden ratio (rounded, 8 attacker CPs for every 5 defender CPs) because the ratio works for most everything.
But yeah, I want to know what you all think.
EDIT: And the suggestion part is that such CP ratios should be assed in the rulebook.


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Apple's New iPad Still in Short Supply
Apple remains supply-constrained on its new iPad, and will remain so for at least part of the current quarter, Apple executives said Tuesday.
"The new iPad is on fire, and we're selling them as fast as we can make them," Apple chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer said during a Tuesday conference call with analysts.
Apple reported net income of $11.6 billion for the first calendar quarter, an increase of 93.3 percent over the prior year. The company's revenue increased by 59 percent to $39.2 billion.
The quarter was Apple's first opportunity to begin selling its new iPad, which launched on March 16. Apple said customers responded strongly, snapping up a total of 11.8 million iPads during the quarter, including the new model, which represented a 151 percent year-over-year increase.
Apple sold 35.1 million iPhones in the quarter, 4 million Macs, and 7.7 million iPods.
Still, it was the new iPad that analysts wanted to hear about. Unfortunately, Apple didn't provide the total sales for the new iPad and the iPad 2, otherwise known as the "mix". But Apple chief executive Tim Cook noted that the new iPads 2 remained supply-constrained for the few weeks of the quarter that it shipped, and it also remained so.
However, Cook said that Apple's strategy of reducing the price of the iPad 2 also "unlocked some education demand," as well as the "more price-sensitive consumer". Apple executives highlighted the San Diego school district, which committed to buying thousands of iPads to distribute to its elementary school kids.
Cook also devoted time to slamming convertible tablets made by Asus and other competitors, claiming that combining a MacBook and an iPad, for example, would be like converging a toaster and a refrigerator.
Still, Oppenheimer said, Apple expects a sequential decline next quarter because of Apple's impressive first-quarter results. Oppenheimer chalked it up to five factors: an increase in iPhone channel inventory, which will need to be worked through; "fabulous iPhone S execution," especially in China; strong iPad sales; a decrease in the price of the entry-level iPad 2; and a stronger U.S. dollar.
Sales in China, which included the first shipments of the iPhone 4S, topped $7.9 billion, tripling sales from the same period last year. The new iPad still hasn't shipped in mainland China, Cook said, although it's available in Hong Kong.
"We had the mother of all Januarys," Cook said, with the pent-up Chinese demand for the iPhone 4S as well as satisfying the domestic backlog for the phone. About 125 million people have signed up for the related iCloud service, executives said.
Apple's Mac OS X 10.8 "Mountain Lion" will ship in late summer, Apple executives said.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 26, 2012) – The No. 58 ETSU men's tennis team opens up the spring season on Friday, when it travels to Lexington, Ky. to take on No. 22 Tulsa as part of the ITA Kickoff Weekend at 3 p.m.
Joining the Bucs and Golden Hurricane will be No. 57 North Carolina State and host school No. 7 Kentucky. NC State and Kentucky square off Friday at noon, with the winner advancing to the championship match to take on the victor between ETSU and Tulsa on Saturday at 1 p.m. The remaining two teams play in the consolation match at 10 a.m.
Ultimately, the winner of this weekends' four-team event advances to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships Round of 16, set to take place on the campus of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va.
The five-time defending Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament champions boast three seniors, two juniors, two sophomores and four freshmen for the 2011-12 season, including the 2009-10 Atlantic Sun Player of the Year, Sander Gille (Kuringen, Belgium). Gille enjoyed a successful fall season, going 6-3 overall on his way to winning the consolation title at the UVA Ranked Plus One Invitational and advancing to the Round of 16 at the USTA/ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships. Last year, Gille finished with a 16-12 overall record, but won eight-consecutive matches to close out the season – including a 1-6, 6-2, 7-6 NCAA Tournament win over Notre Dame's Stephen Havens.
ETSU also returns each of its overall wins leaders from last year in juniors Jesus Bandres (Caracas, Venezuela) and Juan Ramirez (Asuncion, Paraguay). Both Bandres and Ramirez won 21 matches in 2010-11, with Bandres going 21-14 and Ramirez 21-10. Combined, Bandres and Ramirez went 15-1 in Atlantic Sun play, as Bandres was selected First Team All-Conference and Ramirez was named to the A-Sun All-Tournament Team.
Tulsa (0-3) began its season on Jan. 13 against then-No. 14 California, losing to the Golden Bears 4-3. The Golden Hurricane then proceeded to drop its following two contests to then-No. 6 Stanford, 4-3, and then-No. 20 North Carolina, 5-2. All three losses came at Tulsa's Case Tennis Center.
The latest ITA men's singles rankings have Tulsa's Ashley Watling and Grant Ive ranked No. 83 and No. 88, respectively.
Live stats will be available throughout the weekend courtesy of UKathletics.com. A live blog will also be available during each of Kentucky's matches.
For more information on ETSU tennis, please visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the tennis links.


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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - After a spectacular America's Cup regatta capped by home-team Oracle's thrilling comeback victory, there should be little question about the event returning to San Francisco.
Yet the Cup has many critics in this famously liberal city, and they had plenty to say as controversies dogged the event in the long run-up to the exciting final series. It's far from certain that Oracle boss Larry Ellison - who, as the Cup holder, has the right to choose the venue - will be able to reach an agreement with the city for the next Cup, which is likely to take place four years from now.
Some local officials and political activists have objected from the beginning to city support for what critics deride as a rich man's yacht race. While most of the direct costs were born by the America's Cup Event Authority or recouped as part of complicated deals on infrastructure improvements, the city agreed to spend $20 million on policing, facilities and other services. City officials planned to raise the money from private donors but have so far come up about $4 million short.
"We would love to come back to San Francisco," Ellison said at a news conference Wednesday.
"San Francisco's a great place. This has been a spectacular regatta. But we're going to sit down and talk with the officials in San Francisco and see if it's going to be possible to come back."
For the city, the economic benefits in the form of increased tourism, temporary jobs and the payoff from the images of San Francisco that formed a perfect backdrop for TV coverage are hard to calculate and have not yet been tallied.
Still, the Cup was not the boon to local businesses that officials had predicted. With only three challenger teams rather than the 12 to 15 once anticipated, the summer-long preliminary matches were interesting mainly for the wrong reasons - including a fatal accident and a cheating scandal - and crowds were far smaller than expected. Until the dramatic finale, local merchants complained that they hadn't seen much additional business.
Even after the finals began on September 7, San Francisco Supervisor John Avalos quipped that there were "more California seals than people" taking in the action along the waterfront.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, who was instrumental in negotiating the Cup deal when he was mayor, rejected the idea that the event had not been worth it for the city.
Newsom said the Cup's economic benefits would come in "well north" of the $480 million in economic activity generated by the most recent Super Bowl. He said it would be substantially more the next time around.
"All that heartache, all the lessons learned, all that's banked now," Newsom told Reuters. "We're uniquely positioned to take it to a whole 'nother level. Then the economic benefits are extraordinary."
If organizers change the boat design rules to lower entry costs and attract more challengers, as they have pledged to do, all agree that the economic benefits for the host city would be greater.
Yet plenty of political and practical challenges remain. A new cruise ship terminal built by the city was the primary onshore venue for the event, housing a media center for some 550 journalists along with shops, restaurants, a concert arena and docking areas for officials boats and visiting mega-yachts.
Whether the city could make other arrangements for cruise ships so Ellison could use the terminal during a subsequent regatta is expected to be subject to negotiations. Another pair of piers that housed two of the challenger teams is set to become the home of a new arena for the NBA's Golden State Warriors basketball team - a franchise that Ellison, ironically, tried and failed to buy three years ago.
Newsom said finding locations wouldn't be a problem. "This is a huge waterfront," he said. "There'll be plenty of options if they choose to stay."
Ellison alluded Wednesday to lessons he had learned from the often-contentious 2010 negotiations with the city, which ended with one major part of an initial agreement - a deal in which Ellison would have renovated crumbling piers in exchange for development rights - being scrapped. Many local political leaders feared the city was giving too much away.
Ellison said he and the city had unrealistic expectations when they signed "very, very complex development deals," with neither anticipating how difficult it would be to obtain federal and state development permits along the waterfront, or how costly it would be to repair city piers.
"There are so many different government agencies having to approve the development of the piers, and getting all of that done in a very short period of time was probably an overly ambitious ask on our part and very difficult for the government of San Francisco to actually deliver," he said.
Ellison insisted that he did not take the criticism directed his way by Cup opponents personally. Yet the city has long had a love-hate relationship with its billionaires, and local crowds appeared to be cheering for New Zealand until Oracle mounted its epic comeback from an 8-1 deficit to keep the trophy.
"My hope is that Larry Ellison will give the good people of San Diego the opportunity to subsidize his race the next time," quipped Aaron Peskin, a former supervisor and an influential Democratic power broker - though he conceded that he enjoyed the races.
Ellison certainly has plenty of choices. He joked at the press conference about racing around Lanai, the Hawaiian island that he purchased almost in its entirety last year. San Diego has hosted the Cup in the past, and for decades the races were run in Newport, Rhode Island, which unsuccessfully offered Ellison a sweet deal for this year's Cup.
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The Important Role of Ready Made Garments to Bangladesh's Export Earnings
Bangladesh's export earnings are mostly determined by the export of readymade garments (RMG) to North American and European countries with 75% of total export earning coming from this sector. Quite understandably, the economic crisis in those countries unnerves us.
Fortunately, the clothing sector has remained more or less unscathed by the global crisis even as the trepidation among the entrepreneurs, policy makers and economists is still very high. During the last fiscal year (2007-08), the overall growth of the export of RMG was 16.16% which increased to 23.48% between July 08 and January 09 of the current fiscal year.
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A version of the mobile app for iPhones(itunes.apple.com) is available from iTunes for $3.99, and those with Android devices(play.google.com) can download the app from the Google Play Store for the same cost. That modest fee will be used to keep the Shots app updated with any vaccine information changes or technological improvements.
If you'd rather access the same information from your laptop, STFM's Shots Online for PCs(www.immunizationed.org) offers the same reliable information.
Finally, here's a heads-up: Later this spring, the AAFP plans to release a mobile app that features the immunization schedules for children, adolescents and adults and is designed for use by family physicians and their practice teams.
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Equitrekking "Wyoming" Equitrekking host Darley Newman begins at UXU Ranch for scenic and challenging riding on surefooted horses in the Shoshone National Forest. Darley and ranch owner Tuff ride by the majestic hoodoos and to high elevations for views of colorful canyons, glaciers and mountaintops. Darley explores the wildlife and geology of Yellowstone National Park on foot, before heading to the Cody rodeo. D
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Lidia's Italy In America "New York: New York Pizza" Lidia shows viewers a typical New York pizza and then pays a visit to Eataly, where Sal at the cheese counter shows viewers how to make fresh mozzarella. Lidia makes traditional Italian Pizza Margherita from scratch, a Sausage and Spinach Calzone, and is joined in the kitchen by Grandma, who performs the official taste test. D
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Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen "Retro Desserts" Bridget uncovers the secrets to perfect Banana Pudding. Then, Adam reveals his top picks for finemesh strainers. And finally, Erin updates a lost recipe and shows Chris how to make the ultimate Chiffon Cake. D
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Mexico -- One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless "Eat Like A Local In Los Cabos" Ever travel to a tourist mecca and wonder what the locals eat? Rick does. So he joins his pal Hugo to find the best Mexican food in Los Cabos. Their first stop is at the municipal market in San Jose del Cabo for a quick mid-morning meal of sopes and beef soup. D
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Caprial and John's Kitchen: Cooking for Family and Friends "Chocolate Alchemy" Caprial visits one of the only organic chocolate producers in the country and comes home with chocolate-infused ideas for connoisseurs. Smokey Black Bean Soup with Chocolate; Chocolate Truffle Tart with Chocolate Nib Crust. D
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Rick Steves' Europe "Athens and Side Trips" Rick tours the must-sees of ancient Athens, then takes the fast-paced pulse of the modern city. On side trips, he visits the ruins of the mystical oracle at Delphi and takes a fast boat to the traffic-free island of Hydra.G
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Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish "El Rescate" In Mexico, Raquel and Angela come to the aid of someone with a surprising connection to don Fernando.G
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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Let's Take A (look at) Holiday!
And how better to approach that than with a look at some illustrations from Holiday magazine?
So let's start with this great, classic 1953 watercolour piece by John Pike.
From what I've seen, relatively few 1950's illustrators worked in watercolour. In fact, when I see a really obvious watercolour technique in a 50's illustration, I immediately look for John Pike's signature. That's what I did when I first saw the ad below: assumed it must be by Pike.
But then I spotted this signature which reads, I think, "Wegner"(?)
Not a name I've come across before... but clearly an accomplished watercolourist. And then I found a second ad in this series.
You know, technique aside, I really love the audacity of these ads. The credit must surely go to the AD who designed the series. Just the idea of sticking a giant animal's face in the foreground (and choosing not particularly attractive or cuddly animals) was a daring move that makes these ads jump out and grab the viewer.
And the torn paper motif, sort of clichéd after many years of overuse, would have still been a novel design element back in 1960, I think. These are fun ads... and I like 'em!
My John Pike Flickr set.
My Wegner Flickr set.
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Having grown up 45 minutes North of the Adirondacks along the Canadian border John Pike and Frederic Remington were the two artists talked about most.(Remington's Museum was only 30 minutes away!)ReplyDelete
I've always enjoyed watercolor, it was the first color medium I ever used. To this day I refer to Charles Hawthorne's book Hawthorne on Painting as a constant reminder of how to see.
Wegner has a great look to his stuff too. I especially like that Pigeon piece...reminds me of Hitchcock's THE BIRDS!
I like that Hitchcock reference, Shane - you're right - it IS kinda freaky having a big pigeon eyeball staring you in the face!ReplyDelete
I've alsways heard watercolour is the toughest medium... very unforgiving... so I've generally shied away from it. And now that I work exclusively in Painter its kind of a moot point - but man, I respect well-done watercolour - and all three of these pieces look great to me. :-)
- Anonymous3:16 AM
The torn paper effect is similar to trompe l'oil -- rare in illustration, and not rendered too realistic here. These are bold designs, but probably were too odd to be successful, particularly as you note, with the use of strange animals. But they are great!ReplyDelete


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Norah in Vancouver
Last year was a hot one for Vancouver filming. While the Twilight Nation eagerly awaits word about Breaking Dawn's shooting location, other smaller projects are kicking off the new year here. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are coming home to film I'm With Cancer next month and right now, already rolling, Kat Dennings is in town working on Mike Goldbach's Daydream Nation co-starring Josh Lucas (who replaced Scott Speedman) and Andie McDowell. Norah!
F-cking LOVE Kat Dennings. Kat Dennings is a badass. After Daydream Nation, Kat goes straight into Thor, directed by Kenneth Branagh. It's a nice balance – small movies, big movies, and a steadily building career.
Am told Kat is lovely. A joy to work with. And a significant improvement on Hayden Panettiere who was originally tapped for the part. Heh.
Kat will be in Vancouver around 3 weeks.
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The Rockets could close their eyes and see Chris Bosh in a Houston uniform.
Daryl Morey could begin plotting his next move, including matching Chandler Parsons' offer sheet.
Kevin McHale could start drawing plays to put Bosh in pick-and-pop plays with James Harden and high-low passes with Dwight Howard.
Then in a stunning turn of events, Bosh was as out of sight as last week's photoshop of Carmelo Anthony over the Toyota Center front door.
With the news that LeBron James had chosen to leave the Heat and return to Cleveland and amid ongoing talks with Bosh and his agent, the Rockets moved in to swipe the power forward of their dreams from the Heat. They even attached a first-round pick to Jeremy Lin and agreed to send them to the Lakers, purging Lin's contract from the roster just as they had agreed to ship out Omer Asik's.
Then Bosh turned around and headed back to Miami, taking a five-year $118 million max offer worth roughly $33 million more than the Rockets could offer over four seasons.
With that, the Rockets had swung for the fences and had warning track power.
Worse, once Anthony picks his destination – a choice certain to not be Houston – the Rockets could be faced with trying to make up for their failed effort to land one of the summer's top free agents with major rebuilding to do, especially if they opt against matching the three-year, $46 million offer to keep Parsons.
That was clearly a possibility. The Rockets were determined to keep Parsons if they had landed Bosh, believing it would be worth taking on the contract and the luxury tax penalties they'd have to pay to put together one of the league's most complete starting fives.
Instead, the Rockets could believe it will be better to sign another free agent to a more manageable contract, let Parsons go and begin the work on filling out a dramatically diminished rotation.
The Rockets on Friday had been in contact with the agents for Trevor Ariza and Luol Deng, speaking to Deng's agent during the day even before Bosh's decision on Friday in case they missed on Bosh and had to use some of their cap room on someone else. As with Parsons, Deng and Ariza ideally play small forward indicating the Rockets might be ready to move on.
Paul Pierce has shown serious interest and would likely not be as costly as Ariza or especially Deng, but it was unclear if his interest was in joining a contender that the Rockets were thought to be putting together with Bosh.
Each was expected to make decisions quickly, with Ariza considering a return to Washington and Deng also considering the Heat among others. The Rockets could try to sign a free agent and then match the offer sheet to keep Parsons, using their Bird right to keep him.
If the Rockets match the offer for Parsons before signing anyone, his contract would fill the Rockets cap room and end the pursuits of most other free agents.
Yet for all the disappointment of Friday's developments, if the Rockets keep Parsons, they would return the starting five from last season's 54-win team and have several tools to rebuild the bench.
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They would also have the same issues that caught up to them last season, and would be competing in an already stacked Western Conference in which the Spurs kept everyone and the Trail Blazers, Clippers and Mavericks have improved.
Having missed on all three of their primary targets and their backup plan the Rockets were reduced to having considerable and costly work to do just to tread water.
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Where the hell do you live? I have never owned a gun, never had any call to use one (not counting the army) and have never had a crime perpetrated against my person--and I'm over 60 years old.gyre wrote:I have actively used a weapon to protect myself six or seven times.
I only pointed it at someone twice and had it at the ready a few others.
The most successful times are when the access to a gun alone is enough.
I can't begin to estimate the number of crimes and threats that have been avoided by the awareness of criminals that I am able to defend myself.
(This doesn't count the times I have had my house broken into, or my car, but none of those could have been prevented by me owning a gun. They probably would have stollen my gun had I had one.)


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FoundLove ties into themes of documentary Occupy Love [pictured].
Victoria-based transmedia agency One Net Labs is working on digital media promotion for documentary Occupy Love, and has started a free photo sharing mobile app to build on the film's themes.
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Velcrow Ripper's film is about the Occupy Wall Street protests and the Arab Spring. The film was supported by a crowdfunding campaign.
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MINNEAPOLIS – November 28, 2012 – Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP) today announced that Jim Cracchiolo, chairman and chief executive officer, is scheduled to speak about the company's business and strategy at the Goldman Sachs Financial Services Conference in New York City on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at approximately 11:00 a.m. (ET).
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