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Unlike the old kind, replete with dingy food court and shabby Sears, Instagram doesn't have any problems generating "foot traffic," given the 800 million people actively scrolling through its portal every month. In May, the company took the next logical step, quietly enabling a feature for users to add credit or debit cards. Soon, Insta-crowds may not have to leave the platform at all to make a purchase.
Salesforce.com says 5 percent of digital retail traffic now flows through social channels. ViSenze, a visual search company, found that, of people who use social media, one in three makes a purchase every month through a platform such as Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest or Snapchat. At companies like Belmiraz, which mostly sellto young buyers, the numbers are far higher. Kheloufi says 90 percent of her company's revenue flows through Instagram, where she connects with 119,000 followers.
Not surprisingly, digital platforms that cater to aspiring e-commerce titans like her are hustling to tweak their products for iPhone-only use. Tictail , the do-it-yourself marketplace where Kheloufi's Belmiraz sells her wares, overhauled its platform recently to allow vendors to post directly to Instagram's Story forum. It also lets retailers add text "stickers" and links that make it easier for shoppers to click through to purchase or figure out their shipping costs. When Tictail rolled out a feature allowing sellers to directly post video product listings, the platform promptly saw engagement on those items almost quadruple, according to Chief Executive Officer Carl Rivera.
"It's very Snapchatty," he explains.
Tictail made the shift toward handheld retailing after noticing that mobile purchases had jumped from being 40 percent of its transactions to 70 percent in the span of 18 months. Rivera figured that if shoppers were switching to smartphones so fast, sellers would quickly follow. The transformation, he says, has everything to do with how mobile tech enables visuals to dominate internet retail.
"What it really is is a shift in what the main input type is," he says. "If you sit in front of a computer, it's easy to enter text and really difficult to enter photos and videos. With a phone, it's the opposite."
Shopify, which hosts digital stores for some 600,000 merchants, has made similar moves, launching its deep integration with Instagram in October. Half of Shopify's clients are actively using a mobile app it built exclusively for merchants. Over the past year, the shopping site has seen a three-fold increase in retailers who do business entirely by phone, according to Lynsey Thornton, vice president of user experience.
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Serum anti-protease activity was performed and calculated by Vasudeva and Chakrabarti (2004) :
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Fishes were randomly divided into four groups (control, group A, group B and group C) in triplicate each with 12 fishes ( n =12 fishes/group) and were fed with experimental diet for 15days. They were challenged with heat killed A. hydrophila (1×10 6 cells/fish) through intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection. Then, they were fed with the same doses of diet for 7, 14, 21 and 28days. Total number of fish used in this assay is 144. After the end of every seven days, blood was collected from the fish for assaying specific immunological parameter. Simultaneously, the post-immunized fish spleen of all experimental groups was isolated for histological studies.
The fishes were bled at regular intervals of 7days post immunization to 28days. Antibody was produced against heat killed A. hydrophila , which were detected using an indirect ELISA according to Binuramesh et al. (2005) .
Plaque forming cell assay was carried out by the method of Binuramesh et al., 2005 , Binuramesh et al., 2006 . Six fishes per group were injected i.p. with 0.1ml of 5% SRBC after 28days of confinement for evaluating the effect of confinement in all experimental diet groups and control.
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After a CES week during which the Android world was all a-twitter over a device that wasn't even revealed at the show, the previously hyperactive Galaxy S IV rumour mill has quieted down, mostly. It's likely to only be a momentary respite, however, as the device is heavily tipped to be released at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month.
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Perhaps the biggest news on the most hotly anticipated Android device so far in 2013 is that an ostensible screenshot of mobile benchmarking results has been published by a Japanese-language blog ), which points out that the 1.8GHz CPU speed matches up with Samsung's Exynos 5 Octa eight-core SoC. (More on the Octa later.)
Given the source, it's important to remember that this should be taken with many grains of salt - even the inclusion of the point about the Exynos 5 Octa could easily be read as a little too circumstantially convenient. (Like Manti Te'o confessing to Lance Armstrong on Oprah or something.)
Still, I can't deny that the pairing of Samsung's two biggest headline grabbing topics makes sense. We'll see what happens (probably) at MWC at the end of February. _______________________________________________
Speaking of the Exynos 5 Octa, Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs is unsurprisingly not a fan, according to a report from Unwired View . Essentially, he told reporters in China yesterday, Samsung is just covering for the fact that the four high-performance Cortex-A15 cores drain a ton of power by jamming four slower but less demanding Cortex-A7s into the SoC alongside them, and attempting to reap a publicity windfall by boasting about their eight-core processor.
While Jacobs is correct in noting that all eight of the Octa's cores won't operate at the same time, I'm not sure why he's saying this means the SoC is going to suck. OK, so it's not a "true" eight-core SoC, but the idea of using the low-power cores for light work and switching to the A15s for more serious tasks still makes sense, and could well back up Samsung's claims of improved battery life and better performance. Seems like fairly ineffectual spin to me. _______________________________________________
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A nice insight into the factor on the top of this table at work comes from considering the case of a system having the same number of equations as variables. This system will have a solution, and the solution will be unique, if and only if it reduces to an echelon form system where every variable leads its row, which will happen if and only if the associated homogeneous system has a unique solution. Thus, the question of uniqueness of solution is especially interesting when the system has the same number of equations as variables.
A square matrix is if it is the matrix of coefficients of a homogeneous system with a unique solution. It is otherwise, that is, if it is the matrix of coefficients of a homogeneous system with infinitely many solutions.
The systems from Example 3.3 , Example 3.5 , and Example 3.9 each have an associated homogeneous system with a unique solution. Thus these matrices are nonsingular.
The Chemistry problem from Example 3.6 is a homogeneous system with more than one solution so its matrix is singular.
The first of these matrices is nonsingular while the second is singular
because the first of these homogeneous systems has a unique solution while the second has infinitely many solutions.
We have made the distinction in the definition because a system (with the same number of equations as variables) behaves in one of two ways, depending on whether its matrix of coefficients is nonsingular or singular. A system where the matrix of coefficients is nonsingular has a unique solution for any constants on the right side: for instance, Gauss' method shows that this system
has the unique solution and . On the other hand, a system where the matrix of coefficients is singular never has a unique solution— it has either no solutions or else has infinitely many, as with these.
Thus, "singular" can be thought of as connoting "troublesome", or at least "not ideal".
The above table has two factors. We have already considered the factor along the top: we can tell which column a given linear system goes in solely by considering the system's left-hand side— the constants on the right-hand side play no role in this factor. The table's other factor, determining whether a particular solution exists, is tougher. Consider these two
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I'm not a joiner. With the notable exception of Little League and Boy Scouts — after all, a kid needs someone to smoke and slobber over Playboy centerfolds with — I've had no affiliation with a group of any kind.
But I want to talk about George — a neighbor, a loner, but a joiner on just one day every year, July 4, Independence Day. George had no friends and spoke to no one. However, he did once mumble that he'd pay neighborhood kids 10 cents a wagonload to haul the old bricks from the razed old jail house at Front and Westmoreland Streets to his yard. It was the only "conversation" I ever heard or overheard. I participated in that drayage work until I got tired.
George lived behind my house on Howard Street in Kensington in the 1950s, about eight doors down diagonally across a checkerboard of concrete backyards. An alleyway bisected these boxed-in squares, creating an easement between the back walls of Waterloo and Howard Street homes, just wide enough to drive a bike through, if a rider was willing to risk scraped knuckles or bruised knees. I traveled this alley a lot and left more flesh on the wooden fences and lightposts than most, as I usually fled through at night to escape meddling, well-intentioned neighbors who wanted to warn me that smoking would stunt my growth or how the cops weren't kidding this time about the new curfew I was violating.
One night as I was ripping through, the alley lit up like a prison break, completely blowing my cover. It was George. I didn't know him well then, but I'd occasionally heard his old gramophone grinding out John Philip Souza marches and always the national anthem on holidays. The scratchy old albums would pop and spit off the brick back walls that lined the alley like gunfire echoing around a cornered gang in a rocky canyon. We kids had no clue as to why it was being blasted at us; adults would shake their heads and turn up the radio so they could hear the ballgame…just old George, their shrugs would say.
Well, one night old George pulled out the big guns: orchestral explosions from Beethoven and Tchaikovsky accompanied by occasional flourishes from his bugle, which still had a mucous-colored tassel hanging from its tarnished brass bell. Creeping along the fence line low enough to fill the shadows, I made my way towards the blinding light and the bleating horn that raised the hair on my arms as I drew closer to the noise.
Squatting, unmistakably, in unseen dogshit outside George's yard, I caught a glimpse of the man through a crack in the rotting boards.
Resplendent in a black cutaway, his breast emblazoned with brass buttons, George stood under the lights conducting Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, his sword cutting a silver arc through the fulsome notes and the warm summer night. Atop his head was a black hat that might have been stolen from the British Admiralty but for the ostrich plume. A filigreed golden scabbard shone at his side hanging from a wide, white patent leather belt. He was magnificent, terrifying, triumphant. He wasn't just "old George."
The next morning, July 4, around the corner from George's house on Waterloo, Little Mickey was jerking his motorcycle and sidecar, one hard pull at a time, out of his garage up onto Westmoreland Street. His bad right leg — dead leg, peg leg, call it what you will — was just strong enough to provide a balance point for a quick pivot off the good left leg. Short, scrawny and seemingly held together by leather and hair pomade, Mickey might have been 50, or a really beat-up 40. Nobody knew or cared. He lived alone and didn't much give a shit about anything. I asked him what he knew of George.
"The Loonie? What's to know? Friggin' loonie. It's those goofy friggin' uniforms, know what I mean?"
I did.
As a kid, national holidays in my neighborhood might have been scripted by Boys Life or Look magazine editors. Parades led by local priests, prominent merchants and ruddy-faced politicians in starched white shirts poured through the streets like floodwaters. Fife and drum corps, high school marching bands, Mummers and the rare palomino-mounted television or radio personality like Sally Starr or Chief Halftown tramped for miles behind gaudy banners and staccato drum rolls.
Men and boys would salute the flag as it passed, usually held aloft by a sweating Eagle Scout in white cloth gloves with two sore arms who might have been second-guessing his decision to accept the honor. Kids like me, too young to stand still, usually skipped along or rode their bikes beside the uniformed stream as it wound through the streets toward a churchyard tomb or a local cemetery. There, the white rifles, responding to barked commands, would take wing from shoulders, snap skyward and fire in unison, spilling brass bullet casings to the sidewalk with a sound like chimes, barely heard beneath the still-echoing thunder of the volley. Man, I loved these holidays.
But not nearly as much as did George. An early riser anyway, but on Independence Day, George heard reveille in the sun's first light and rose with the anticipatory impatience of a poor kid on Christmas morning. The only question was which George would be the first to tour the parade grounds returning every salute (derisive or otherwise) with a crisp flick of his own right hand.
Back then, Independence Day was more about the flag our fathers had fought for than about how to maximize a three-day weekend. Demobilized American Legion members wore caps festooned with branch, rank and battlefield pins that didn't seem anachronistic or absurd (as they now do) cocked jauntily atop 80 year-old heads. Inside every uniform was a pride that filled it out and made it fit, even on sick, skinny survivors of the South Pacific battles or those weakened in spirit by having seen too much Nazi cruelty. And inside many of those uniforms was George.
He began that day as a Boy Scout Troop leader, a Smokey the Bear campaign hat pulled tightly down onto his high, domed bald head with a leather chin strap, cinched under a strong, closely-shaved jaw. Green khaki shorts, matching knee-high socks and large brown brogans that looked out of place duckwalking down Waterloo Street. Later that morning he'd change into U.S. Army infantry garb, the woven wool uniform tailored too tightly around his bulging middle and the unpressed trousers looking a little sloppy, an inch and a half too short above the same scuffed shoes.
George the sailor appeared in mid-afternoon; his cap as white as Clorox could make it, the dark blue uniform (he never wore the summer whites as best as I can remember) hiding what the Army's tailoring only unattractively revealed. Along the sleeves were the chevrons of the "lifer," a man who'd made the Navy and the distant, deep blue sea his home.
Finally, George would don the Marine dress uniform that every little brother in Kensington wished his older sibling would one day wear home for the holidays (or soon leave home to acquire.) And while I don't recall an Air Force identity, no one would have denied George his pilot's license or his wings.
George may have had actual military experience in WWII, but if so, he was a far different man at that time than the one we grew up thinking was just a guy who loved costumes, particularly military garb, which I'm convinced he wore as part of his personal operetta.
Those uniforms probably were purchased in a surplus store, as there was a very large one in the neighborhood, called Johnson's Salvage. It burned down in a raging blaze one weekend morning when I was about 13.
Personally, I always thought George had probably been a shell-shock victim receiving a disability pension, as I never knew him to work, nor do I think he could have. The strange thing is that George the loner became the consummate joiner every July 4, looking for a way to overcome his loneliness. He was harmless, a lovable lunatic, and insofar as he became the embodiment of "E Pluribus Unum" with his patriotic pretenses, he was a "good soldier."
Shawn Hart, a Mt. Airy resident and former Local associate editor (unofficial title, "scapegoat"), calls this piece "my recollection of a lost era when anomalies like George could remain a big part of a community's culture without being engaged as a participant in anything that might be called 'meaningful.'"


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Whether it's winter, summer, spring or fall, Whistler is a city that has it all. People come from all over the world to ski on Whistler/Blackcomb and take in the awe inspiring views, while their adrenaline is pumping on a ski run or hike. Whistler has everything from skiing, snowboarding, dog sledding, zip lining, hiking, mountain biking, swimming, golfing and river rafting; it's impossible to get bored in this city. If you're not into high energy action and want to visit Whistler for the view and the vibe, there are plenty of art galleries, restaurants, cafés, spas and shops to keep you occupied. The city is quite compact, making it easy to get from one neighborhood to another.
Village If you're looking for action, Whistler Village is the place to go. It's the city's main hub where restaurants, shops, hotels, art galleries and cafes run rampant. If you're in the mood for retail therapy, you will find stores like Lululemon Athletica, Gap, The Olympic Store and many independent art, clothing and sports stores to take care of all your retail needs. Many hotels offer ski in/ski out access for their guests, which makes a day on the hill that much easier. Some of the hotels you will find in Whistler Village are The Four Seasons Resort Whistler , The Fairmont Chateau Whistler and The Crystal Lodge. If you're looking for a night out at a restaurant or bar, head over to The Mix, Araxi (which has been featured on Gordon Ramsey's Hell's Kitchen) or The Brewhouse for something a little more low key. There's also a movie theatre for those rainy days, along with Expressions Art Gallery where you can paint pottery, make jewelry and various other crafts.
Upper Village The Upper Village is where the skiing and hiking action is at. Head up the gondola and ski down the slopes of Whistler Blackcomb Mountain and enjoy the snow beneath your feet and wind in your hair. If you get a little peckish mid-ski, the Roundhouse Lodge and the Wildflower Restaurant are within ski pole's reach. When it's time to catch some sleep the Westin Resort & Spa offers luxurious rooms and top of the line amenities. Summer in Whistler is always a treat; the warm weather and lush green foliage set the perfect scene for a round of golf at The Fairmont Chateau Whistler Golf Club.
Village North Village North is only a stone's throw away from Whistler Village, but offers visitors a slower paced environment with all of the convenience of home: movie stores, a grocery store, cafés and banking. Whistler Mountain and Blackcomb gondolas are also only a short walk away, which makes skiing an easy option.
Tapley's Farm/Nesters Just a 3km drive from Whistler Village and you're in an area where golfing, hiking/walking trails and lakes are at your fingertips. When hunger hits, visitors have the convenience of a grocery store and many restaurants to choose from in this area. The Beetroot Café is a local favorite for its fresh healthy food and rich coffee. British Columbia is known for having some of the World's finest salmon and that's because there are many rivers for these fish to call home. The rocky river beds are perfect for white water rafting and Whistler River Adventures are great guides for a day on the water.
Alpine Meadows/Nicklaus North If you're into cross country skiing or nature tours, Alpine Meadows is the right place to be. The scenic paths and mountain fresh air will delight any outdoor fanatic. When the snow has melted, offers golfers idyllic greens with mountain views. Take a day out on the mountain up a notch and go on an adventure with Powder Mountain Catskiing - it's unlike anything you have done before. During the summer months there are plenty of outdoor activities to do and Whistler Nature Tours Ltd can point you in the right direction.
Whistler Creekside Whistler Creekside was the original access to Whistler Mountain in 1966. Today, skiers can still access the Mountain using the Creekside Gondola. Creekside provides visitors with an alternative to Whistler Village and has everything you need - a grocery store, banks, cafés, restaurants, skiing, rental apartments, hotels and a liquor store. The Beaches at Alta Lake give people the perfect blanket of sun, sand and water to spend a warm summer day. Cool off in the fresh water with a kayake, or just yourself. If staying in Whistler Village isn't your thing and you would prefer something a little more low key, Whistler Creek Ridge is another great option to spend the night and get some rest. Raven's Nest Mountain Deli is a local hidden gem, so make sure to check it out for some great eats.
Function Junction Drive South of Whistler Village for 10 short minutes and you will find yourself amongst local art galleries, antique shops, second hand stores and design studios. This area is further away from the main hustle and bustle of Whistler, but certainly does not disappoint as you might just find that perfect Whistler souvenir to take back home.
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Comm. Berka contacted Constable, Stanley Jenkins, also of Pct. 3, and together it was determined that in 2002, the Commissioners Court had adopted a 35 mph speed limit, unless otherwise notified, for all our County roads.
"It is of great concern that our children and pets are in danger of a driver of a vehicle not being able to avoid them if they ran into the roadway or if the vehicle topped a hill and was unable to maneuver around an oncoming vehicle," said Comm. Berka.
Head-on collisions result in death and very serious injury mainly because the combined speed of the two vehicles magnifies the impact. For example, if two cars are traveling towards each other at only 35 mph, a head-on collision will have a force of 70 mph. As you might imagine, there is a big difference between striking an object at 35 mph and striking one at 70 mph.
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The ukulele has seen a surge in popularity, according to a music shop owner.
Matt Lawless and his business partner Steve Helm opened The Uke Store in Batley – a shop dealing solely in the four-stringed instrument.
Mr Lawless said they spotted a gap in the market after they noticed more schools teaching children to play the ukulele.
"There is a specialist store in Surrey but nothing up in the north," he said.
"The ukulele has replaced the violin or recorder as it is easy to pick up and play.
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Do you think you might have carpal tunnel syndrome? If you have diabetes, your assumption is more likely to be correct, because carpal tunnel syndrome is fifteen times more common in people with diabetes than in the general population.
Experts used to think that you got carpal tunnel syndrome simply from too much computer keyboarding, but that idea is fairly discredited these days.
Instead, carpal tunnel is primarily associated with medical conditions such as diabetes, osteoarthritis, hypothyroidism, and rheumatoid arthritis; it's also linked to obesity, smoking, alcohol abuse, and mental stress, as well as genetic factors.
Carpal tunnel syndrome is called an entrapment neuropathy because the median nerve is entrapped and compressed in the carpal tunnel.
The carpal tunnel is a narrow, rigid tunnel at the base of the hand, made from an arched roof of ligament that tops a U-shaped cluster of eight bones. The median nerve runs from the forearm through the tunnel and into the hand, in company with some tendons. If the tendons become thickened or other swelling makes the tunnel too narrow, pressure is put on the median nerve at the wrist.
Because the median nerve controls sensations and movement on the palm side of the thumb and first three fingers, that pressure can cause pain, weakness, or numbness in the hand and wrist, and sometimes up the arm as well. It's akin to the mechanism that makes your leg go to sleep after you've sat for awhile in a position that puts pressure on your leg nerves.
The exact cause of the swelling usually isn't known. Women are three times more susceptible to carpal tunnel syndrome than men are, because their carpal tunnel is often narrower in the first place. Carpal tunnel syndrome is associated with temporary swelling due to fluid retention during pregnancy. Diabetes also plays a big role. Carpal tunnel syndrome has been reported in up to twenty percent of people with diabetes.
Conversely, diabetes is more likely in people with carpal tunnel syndrome. In one study, researchers found that people who had been diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome were 36 percent more likely to later be diagnosed with diabetes, regardless of other diabetes risk factors.
The diabetes link is possibly due to the fact that when blood glucose levels are high, the proteins in the tendons of the carpal tunnel become glycosylated; that is, glucose attaches to the tendon proteins, inflaming them and forming a sort of biological superglue that makes the tendons less able to slide freely. If you're susceptible to carpal tunnel syndrome because of diabetes or other conditions, the condition may be brought out or exacerbated by repeated forceful flexing of your hands and wrists.
So how do you know if you have carpal tunnel? Often you'll feel a "pins and needles" tingling. You may have a burning feeling or a loss of sensation in the areas of the hand that are served by the median nerve, so that you feel as if your hand has gone to sleep. You may also experience pain going up into your forearm, and sometimes your grip might be weaker. You may be awakened by the pain at night, especially if you sleep with your wrists bent, because the condition can be aggravated by curling or flexing your wrist.
There are a number of tests that you or your doctor may conduct to diagnose carpal tunnel syndrome. A simple at-home assessment is called the "flick" test: you're likely to have carpal tunnel if, when your symptoms are worse, you shake and jiggle your hands as if you were shaking a thermometer. Your doctor may try to elicit a diagnostic response called Tinels' sign by tapping on top of your median nerve on the palm side of your wrist.
The test is positive for carpal tunnel syndrome if it produces a tingling or shocklike sensation, but it doesn't always work. Another diagnostic tool is Phalen's test, in which you rest your elbows on a table, then let your wrists dangle so your hands are pointing down with your palms pressed together in the prayer position.
If your fingers tingle or feel numb within a minute, that's a sign of carpal tunnel syndrome. Your doctor can also look for weakness or atrophy in your hand muscles, but once that's happened it's a little late in the game, so you should try to get help before it occurs.
Diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome in people with diabetes is sometimes complicated by the fact that they have tingling, prickling, or numbness due to underlying peripheral neuropathy that's unrelated to carpal tunnel syndrome.
Doctors can sometimes differentiate between the two by doing a nerve conduction study. To perform a nerve conduction study, electrodes are fastened to your hand and wrist, from which small electric shocks are sent through the nerves in the fingers, wrist, and forearm. The speed of the signal is then measured. Healthy nerves can conduct electricity at 120 miles per hour, but carpal tunnel damage slows things down. Often in diabetic patients, however, these tests don't work that well; consequently, your doctor will need to take all your circumstances into consideration in making his diagnosis.
Once you've been diagnosed, what can you do to make it better? Resting your affected hand and wrist is helpful, as is wearing a splint that prevents your wrist from flexing and extending, especially at night. You might be given a short course of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like aspirin or Tylenol. If they don't work, you can try injections of cortisone (steroids) into your wrist to reduce swelling. Injections are variably effective: they're most successful in mild to moderate cases that result from a flare-up, and often they don't help for longer than a month.
Some studies show that vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) supplements, a hundred milligrams a day, may ease the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome. A dose of 500 milligrams of inositol twice daily has also been recommended. Acupuncture and chiropractic care have helped some people, though their effectiveness hasn't been proven in formal trials. Yoga has also been shown to reduce pain and improve grip strength.
If none of those measures work and your symptoms have lasted longer than six months, you may consider surgery. Carpal tunnel release is among the most common surgical procedures in the United States. The surgery creates more space for your median nerve by cutting the ligament that forms the roof of the carpal tunnel, thus relieving pressure on the nerve. It's generally done using local anesthesia and doesn't require an overnight hospital stay. Although it's not a surefire fix, it often relieves symptoms right off the bat, and eighty to ninety percent of people who've undergone the surgery are still doing fine even six months later.
If you leave your carpal tunnel syndrome untreated, you may end up with atrophied thumb muscles or other unpleasant consequences of nerve damage. Whether or not you consider your carpal tunnel symptoms to be just annoying or downright disabling, it's important to get yourself to the doctor and have yourself checked out if you suspect carpal tunnel syndrome.


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Chalupy [1] is city in Pomeranian Voivodship in Poland.
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The sea resort is not quite big, so you can easily walk on foot or rent a bike. As it is situated on the Hel Peninsula its not easy to get lost.
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The big, wide, clean beach on Baltic-side, the pine-woods in the sand-dunes outside of town... A trip to the residential areas of nearby Jastarnia.
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Various Water-Sports (inexpensive) Sightseeing plane flights out of Wladyslawowo or Jastarnia. Get naked - go to the nudist beach (between Chałupy and Kuznica). Head for entrance 24 and the areas around it. You can access entry 23 off of ul. Bosmanska in Chałupy and continue along the beach, or take the track through the woods until you come to the sign for entry 24). If you are travelling by bicycle from the Władysławowo side, continue through the village and around 700-800 metres after Hotel 77, there is a sharp corner in the cycle path and a monument (crucifix). Directly opposite this, there is an opening in the woods and a well trodden path over the train line and directly to entrance 24.
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|"Amroth" by Olga Kukhtenkova
|Biographical Information
|King of Lórien
|Sindarin and Silvan Elvish
|S.A. 3434 - T.A. 1981 (1988 years)
Bay of Belfalas
|Nimrodel (betrothed)
|Physical Description
|Images of Amroth
[edit] History
Amroth was the son of Amdír, the Sindarin King of Lórien. He lead a force of Galadhrim to the aid of Elrond during the War of the Elves and Sauron, only to be driven back by the forces of Mordor in S.A. 1697.[1] After his father's death in S.A. 3434 in the Battle of Dagorlad, he became King of Lórien. He lived for a long time in peace in the manner of the Silvan Elves, because of his love for Nimrodel.
Nimrodel however hated the elves who came from the West, Sindar and Noldor, and the wars they brought to Middle-earth. After many debates, Nimrodel said to Amroth that she would marry him if he took her to a land of peace. Such a land no longer existed in Middle-earth, but Amroth spoke about the Havens in the South such as Edhellond, and the way to the Ancient West.
Together, they began a journey to the south. They went to Gondor in the days of Eärnil II, but then they were separated. Amroth went to the Havens alone and there he found a few Elves who wanted to sail to the West. But they wouldn't wait for Nimrodel.
Finally, because of the great love that Amroth bore towards her, they waited, living on their ship till the end of the autumn. One night, they faced a great storm that led their ship to unknown seas. The ship finally found its way to Tol Eressëa and was never to be seen in Middle-earth again. But Amroth, in the dawn, when he realized that the ship was far away, leapt into the sea and fought against the waves, and by the Bay of Belfalas, he drowned.[2]
The hill near which he drowned was named Dol Amroth to honor him; the Elvish settlement became a Mannish realm as the last Elves of that land departed for the West.[3]
[edit] Etymology
Amroth translates to "up-climber" which makes sense as in some versions of the legendarium he was the inventor of the talan or flet.
The name Amroth is originally from a Silvan Elvish dialect.[4]
[edit] Other Versions
In earlier versions of the legendarium, Amroth was briefly Galadriel and Celeborn's son, brother to Celebrían. In this version of the legendarium, he lived in Eregion and fled with Galadriel and Celebrían after the revolt of the Gwaith-i-Mírdain encouraged by Sauron between S.A. 1350 and 1400. He led an attack on Sauron's forces and fought with the host of Dúrin in about S.A. 1697. Later, Galadriel left the Lórinand to Amroth when she went to dwell by the sea.
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|Amdírd. S.A. 3434
|AMROTHd. T.A. 1981
fl. T.A. 1981
[edit] See also
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn", "Concerning Galadriel and Celeborn"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F, "The Languages and Peoples of the Third Age"


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Religion Hall entrance gets facelift
The main entrance to Liberty University's B.R. Lakin School of Religion is being renovated, with added columns and steps to create a Jeffersonian-style façade similar to the nearby Arthur S. DeMoss Learning Center.
The project coincides with construction of the new Towns-Alumni Ministry Training Center, an expansion of the School of Religion that will feature a spacious 750-seat lecture hall with optimal sound and lighting features.
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The Klune-V Extreme Underdrive Goliath is a strong two-speed gearbox (direct and 2.71:1 reduction) that bolts in between the transmission and transfer case. The Goliath allows a fullsize HD truck to crawl at tractor speed. The underdrive is now available for a variety of vehicles and will fit GM, Ford, and Dodge HD fullsizes, including 23-, 31-, 32-, 24-, 29- and 34-spline applications. The unit can also be used as an adapter between one make of trans and a different transfer case.
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Adventure Door Mirror Mount Kits
Warrior Products offers two mirror mount kits that fit all the company's Adventure Tube Doors. The mirror kits also mount to any other aftermarket tube door with a 11/4-inch tube diameter. The kits allows for permanently mounted mirrors on the doors. Two styles are available: one that doesn't come with mirrors but that will accept any '97-'02 TJ Wrangler mirror, and a complete system with mirrors.
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Steel JK bumpers
OR-Fab has created a series of bumpers for the Jeep JK. The Stubby design features a 2-inch-diameter, 0.120-wall steel tube grill-guard and an integrated winch mount. The bumper is also available for use with offset winches and in a nonwinch mount design that includes holes for the factory driving lights. The bumpers are made from 3/16-inch steel plate and utilize reinforced 3/4-inch D-ring mounts and 1/4-inch steel mounting brackets. All OR-Fab Jeep JK bumpers now feature square-cut, boxed-in ends that increase strength, and come with D-rings.
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Excalibur 300M U-Joints
300M U-joints for Dana 30, 44, and 60 front axles and GM 8.5 front axles are now available from JT's Parts & Accessories and from Nitro Gear & Axle. The U-joints are precision-machined from 300M billet material, are fitted with full-circle clips, and don't use needle bearings. They are built with a heat treating process and use a surface-hardened trunnion to prevent galling.
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PIAA's proven HID Shock Lamp line now includes 4- and 6-inch versions of the popular lights. With internal ballast, impact-resistant housing, and a multisurface reflector, the Shock Lamps are great for long-range driving and off-road visibility.
The 6-inch version utilizes a hard, clearcoated, unbreakable polycarbonate lens, while the 4-inch model uses a hardened glass lens. The long-range HID is fitted with a 35-watt HID bulb.
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Wrangler Suspension Lift
The versatile 31/2-inch lift suspension system from Rough Country is engineered to improve off-road performance without compromising highway ride quality. The kit includes both front and rear coil spring, and everything needed to lift the JK with proper steering and suspension geometry. The system also includes new N2.0 shocks with self-adjusting velocity-sensitive valving.
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Chevy & Ford Valve Covers
Chevy and Ford owners can now upgrade their valve covers for less with Summit Racing Equipment's die-cast logo valve covers. Available in black or hot orange, the standard small- and big-block Chevy valve covers include the Bow Tie emblem and lettering, while the Chevy 383 valve covers carry the "383 Stroker" logo. The small Ford valve covers feature a finned design; the Ford 347 valve covers come in polished, black, or blue and have a "347 C.I. Stroker" logo.
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Tough Taco Bumper
The Baja Taco front bumper was designed for high-speed runs through the desert and leisurely cruises exploring the mountains and backcountry. The aggressively styled tubular headlight hoops act as brushguards to protect the Toyota Tacoma's front corners when chasing through the heavy brush. Additional steel side plates provide similar protection from hazards closer to the ground.
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GM/Chevy Stainless Steel Exhaust
Flowmaster's stainless steel exhaust systems for the '07-'10 GM current generation of Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra trucks are durable and efficient. The Cat-Back exhaust systems are easy to install on trucks equipped with 5.3L V8 engines in all wheelbase configurations except for standard cab, longbed. Manufactured using durable 409S stainless steel, they feature a Super 50 Series single in/dual out muffler that exits through dual 21/2-inch mandrel bent tailpipes.
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Chalk: it's not just for blackboards.
On a stretch of asphalt in Sarasota's downtown, dozens of artists from around the world are sketching, rubbing and painting chalk on the pavement. For hours they work, creating mind-bending images of whimsical cats, Renaissance beauties and surreal 3D images of spooky teddy bears. They're here for the fifth annual Sarasota Chalk Festival, which is free and runs through Nov. 6.
Kurt Wenner, a former NASA space illustrator who studied classical art in Italy, is something of a rock star in pavement art circles because he invented 3D chalk art in the mid-1980s.
On Wednesday, he sat on the ground with a dozen other artists, talking about chalk technique, shading and hue. Wenner has a masterpiece at the festival; he and other artists worked on it feverishly Wednesday morning.
"This particular piece has a bit of a different geometry, in the sense that we've set the viewpoint up pretty high here at fifteen and a half feet," he said. "And there's going to be a second layer of art, suspended over the first layer of art, horizontally, and gives the appearance of a much, much larger drawing."
Nearing completion, the sprawling mural looked to be a sepia-toned renaissance piece, with delicate women's faces and fantastical animals, yet with a circus feel.
The theme of this year's festival is Circus City USA - a nod to the city's heritage as the headquarters for the Ringling Bros. Circus.
The world's top street artists from Italy, Brazil and Japan were drawn to the festival to create these temporary works of art on the pavement. While the artists do use traditional-looking cylindrical pieces of chalk, many also mix the chalk with water and use paintbrushes to apply it to the asphalt.
Some pieces are classical, like Wenner's. Others are whimsical, like the one by artist Bryan Moon of eight cats dressed as Wild West characters.
"It's really quite hard work," said Moon, who spent nearly 40 hours on his 30-foot-long kitty masterpiece.
Other works are mind-bending, surreal 3D images of futuristic robots and mechanical parts.
Denise Kowal, the founder of the Sarasota Chalk Festival, said that many of the artists also work on traditional canvas and it's a treat for people to see them actually in action, "painting" on the ground.
"Artists always spend their time inside the gallery and this is so awesome because the public really gets to be there and see the whole creative process and what goes in it from beginning to end," she said.
There are a number of pavement artists visiting the Florida festival from Italy, a country where street art is popular. In the 16th century, Italians who painted the Madonna and other images from inside cathedrals in chalk on the streets were known as Madonnari.
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Cultural Diversity
"emmanuel ""nolax""" N. Montemar 2/3/2008 12:36:46 AMvery beautiful portrait here, Janessa! I like the effects here too! #845486
Raquel J. Ruiz 2/3/2008 12:40:11 AMVery Nice Image here, love everything about this capture, the color the backround the setting (Everything!) Job well done #5435716
Janessa L. Taber-Webb 2/3/2008 12:40:20 AMThank you Nolax. That means a lot coming from a photographer like yourself. Your very talented! :) #5435717
Janessa L. Taber-Webb 2/3/2008 12:40:57 AMThank you Raquel!!!!! I'm off to look at your gallery now! #5435719
Brett Dolsen 2/3/2008 12:52:00 AMGreat monthly theme entry and wonderfull portrait Janessa!!I particularly like the back drop you chose.
Dominick M. Dimacale 2/3/2008 1:06:23 AMLovely portrait here, Janessa.
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Lisa J. Boulden 2/3/2008 7:30:54 AMLovely portrait!
Susana Ms Heide 2/4/2008 8:22:54 AMOMGOSH, I just absolutely LOVE this portrait!!!Your simple yet striking background is perfect for their outfits! You've created a treasure for these girls! #5441630
john dunne 3/24/2008 2:42:40 PMThis is stunning. Super composition #5690204
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 3/24/2008 8:11:23 PMCongratulations on your win!!! This is darling Janessa! Great expressions and details! #5692299
Elida Gutierrez 3/24/2008 9:10:53 PMCongratulations!!!
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Laurence Saliba 3/24/2008 10:38:47 PMFantastic, congratulations on your win, Janessa!!!! #5692989
Evy Johansen 3/24/2008 10:40:21 PMBig congratulations on your wonderful win, Janessa! #5692996
Susana Ms Heide 3/25/2008 10:56:21 PMMany CONGRATS Janessa on your recognition!!!! This is a GORGEOUS WINNER!!! #5699175
Dominick M. Dimacale 3/27/2008 5:41:48 AMCongratulations Janessa on your win.
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Colette M. Metcalf 3/27/2008 12:54:03 PMCongratulations!!!! #5706674
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Fifty years after "The Feminine Mystique" identified the depression and stir-craziness of suburban housewives, another rallying cry for women has come along. It was written by Sheryl Sandberg, a mother of two who works outside the home. She addresses 21st-century issues that never entered Betty Friedan's wildest dreams, and she is a walking advertisement for women's empowerment. As a former vice president of Google who is now chief operating officer of Facebook, she writes about how women can best rise to the top in the corporate world.
"Lean In" is a terrible title for her book. It's as weakly euphemistic as "reach out," the touchy-feely synonym for "ask" that sounds urgent only when belted out by the Four Tops. "Lean In" also signals an effort at branding from a woman whose proselytizing is ready for a campaign trail. And it's too dainty to convey what Sandberg really means: Stand up. Step forward. Speak out. Be smart and strong, and don't torpedo your own efforts in the workplace. That's the assertiveness for which "Lean In" is a landmark manifesto.
Writing this book was gutsy, especially for someone who was prophetic about how it would be received. "Everyone loves a fight — and they really love a catfight," she writes. "The media will report endlessly about women attacking other women, which distracts from the real issues. When arguments turn into 'she said/she said,' we all lose." The pre-publication flap over "Lean In" fits those specifications exactly.
Should some of Sandberg's most outraged critics care to know what her book actually says, it's an expansion on some of her public statements. She has used a TED talk, a Barnard College commencement speech and a 2011 appearance at Harvard Business School to sound an alarm. At Harvard, she bluntly told the audience, "If current trends continue, 15 years from today about one-third of the women in this audience will be working full time, and almost all of you will be working for the guy you are sitting next to."
"Lean In" offers many examples of how women undercut their career potential. In a book that is sometimes personal but should have been much more so, Sandberg describes her way of handling that Facebook job offer: She was willing to accept whatever terms its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, proposed, until her brother-in-law told her that no man would ever take the first deal.
Sandberg has led such a charmed professional life that Zuckerberg did not allow her to refuse him; he made a better offer. And her extremely accommodating husband, Dave Goldberg, gave up his job in Los Angeles so that his wife could further her career in Menlo Park. He then became a chief executive in Portland, Ore., before moving the company headquarters to the Bay Area to be close to Sandberg and fully to share parental responsibility for their children.
How applicable is Sandberg's life in the stratosphere to those of working women on earth? More so than her book's naysayers expected. She identifies a passivity in women that, for instance, makes them reluctant to boast about their own achievements but happy to praise one another's. She advises against waiting for a mentor, "the professional equivalent of waiting for Prince Charming," and excoriates the way mentoring is misunderstood.
"We need to stop telling them, 'Get a mentor and you will excel,' " she says of less experienced women. "Instead we need to tell them, 'Excel and you will get a mentor.' "
It would be easier to benefit from Sandberg's advice if she made herself fully known to her readers. But at the personal level, "Lean In" is a mass of contradictions. She describes herself as fearful and tearful, "the kid who got picked last in gym" and the one who had her "most likely to succeed" title yanked out of her yearbook, thinking it would make her unpopular. She describes moments of knee-rattling self-doubt.
But there is a Sandberg who isn't so meek. And she is seen here only fleetingly. Yes, she admits, as a kid she used to make her younger siblings listen to her speeches and then scream, "Right!" in conclusion. There's a Sandberg who wields great authority over large numbers of employees, who risks being overbearing at meetings, who has "a tendency to get impatient about unresolved situations" and who runs a tight ship. But what exactly does this chief operating officer do? She says little about her Facebook role and makes only a glancing, barbed reference to Sergey Brin and Larry Page, the Google founders.
But "Lean In" will be an influential book. It will open the eyes of women who grew up thinking that feminism was ancient history, who recoil at the word but walk heedlessly through the doors it opened. And it will encourage those women to persevere in their professional lives, even if Sandberg's domestic and career balance sounds like something out of a fairy tale.
Most women do not have Sandberg's choices. But the most important choice she made with "Lean In" was deciding to write it. Although its author lives a life of great privilege, "Lean In" treats speaking out as the greatest luxury of all.
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Record-high calf prices don't necessarily mean record-high profits in the beef business. Scott Brown, University of Missouri livestock economist, said rising feed costs will cut into cattle profits.
"Cattle producers should hope for a big corn acreage this spring, with rain in June and July. Also, hope for continued recovery in the general economy," Brown told Dallas County, Mo., cattle producers. "As more people get jobs, that creates more demand for beef."
To show the difficulty for an economist to predict prices, Brown reminded listeners of 2012. "Remember, as late as May last year, USDA was predicting corn prices at $4.60 per bushel. Recently corn was at $7.40 per bushel."
A drought-reduced corn yield and high corn prices in 2012 make it difficult for cattle feeders to make money.
In 2013, just hope for that big corn crop, Brown said. That could mean corn prices drop toward $4 a bushel. And not rise to around $8 per bushel.
Cow numbers continue to decline and that means fewer calves going to market. A short calf supply and continued demand means a strong beef outlook.
"The best I can do is to say corn prices will be somewhere between $4 and $10," Brown told herd owners. "I'm being a good economist and saying 'It depends.'" Weather will be the big variable.
"There's not a beef supply problem," Brown said. Beef demand has continued surprisingly strong, although U.S. consumers have cut back on eating beef. Export demand remains strong.
Other variability factors are continued economic growth and a climb in jobs. While recovery and job growth aren't vigorous, they are growing.
Washington will play a part. There is growing uncertainty on how legislators will handle the debt ceiling. If they close the government, that could lead to a downturn, which could lead to lower beef demand.
"Growth is good for us," Brown said. "If there is income growth, this time next year there will be big smiles on your faces."
Herd owners who produce what consumers want will come out ahead, Brown said. Consumers show growing demand for quality beef while quality supplies remain short.
"Produce for quality steaks, not just hamburger," Brown said. "High choice and prime grades are in demand. Look at that as an opportunity.
"As you rebuild your herds, aim not just for numbers but for quality. Premiums paid for quality beef continue to grow.
"Technology for adding better genetics is available. If you follow the research from MU Thompson Farm, you see that prime beef comes from adding better genetics. Thirty percent of their calves grade prime. That is not coming from feeding longer. With high corn prices, you can't feed longer. Genetics can help produce calves that grade prime."
U.S. producers have the technology, but beef producers in other countries, such as Brazil and Russia, are putting great effort into improving cattle through artificial insemination. They use the technology.
"Don't just look for good bulls, but the best genetics," Brown said. "Don't just chase the prime quality grades. Look at all of the traits to improve your cow herd. That's one way to distinguish yourself down the road."
In his wrap-up, Brown said, "There's great opportunity ahead. Just hope we have a great corn crop this year."


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Iv'e known Heidi for over 20 years and since I met her shes been wanting to find her biological mother (she was adopted), yesterday she met with a search angle that shes been in contact with for a couple years and Heidi now knows where her Bio lives, and phone number. this lady wrote a short book about 100 pages or so telling her lifes story and in it it explains her life and why she gave her up for adoption. Heidi has been worried about opening up a can of worms so shes been afraid to pursue this endeavor for quite some time, she didnt want to get people upset with her or have a hostile meeting but it turns out that the person who gave birth to her has never had a problem ever with Heidi getting in contact with her
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There have been complaints of the iPhone 4 experiencing audio problems when connected to AT&T's 3G microcell. Specifically, the incoming sound will skip, making it nearly impossible to understand the person you're talking to. There does not appear to be a relation to signal strength and the skipping does not affect outgoing audio. It also only seems to only be a problem with the iPhone 4.
I have owned a microcell for a few weeks now and have experienced this issue on multiple occasions. It has only occurred in one spot of my house - at my desk. Once I move, the call clears up and I can hear everything fine. Not once has this skipping resulted in a dropped call.
What about you? Have you noticed skipping audio when using an iPhone 4 on your AT&T microcell? What about another device?
Video demonstrating the problem after the break!
[AT&T forums - thanks Allen for the tip!]


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Jdizzle wrote:Shocking! A public forum to openly share opinions...yea right! Talk about hidden agendas! How much do Switch have to pay you to allow there posts
tautologies wrote:Jdizzle wrote:Shocking! A public forum to openly share opinions...yea right! Talk about hidden agendas! How much do Switch have to pay you to allow there posts
You can criticize this forum for a lot, but man am I glad those stupid posts are deleted. Here is why:
They do not contribute.
Yes there is a lot of "pimping" on this forum, but most of the Switch posts are only distracting. If they had been contributing in the same way that kite-designer Bill was in a thread, then no problem, but most of them are in form of
someone asking for advice between two specific kites..not switch, and then a switch rider comes in " think out of the box and switch".."I have switched will you?" etc. etc...coming up with the same regurgitated stuff that most new brands have been through as if it was new. Build by riders for riders...etc.
The point is that if you contribute to the forum constructively then I am sure Toby will let the posts stay. If they are advertisements just to fill your teamrider quota as per the team rider policy at Switch then it might be deleted.
Totally gay behaviour! I wouldn't be seen dead dangling under my kite like thatDr_Rosen wrote:I recommend deleting this post immediately !!
But then again, that would probably be to discriminate Gay behaviour
Actually I think you underestimate the usersJdizzle wrote: Snip...
Dude, over 90% of the posts I see on here are what you describe as 'not contributing'. Why discriminate? People are always harping on about how good their kites are...
Contributing to what exactly anyway? This forum is only a bit of entertainment for people, who cares? You?
I do agree with you mate, it is pretty shameless plugging! But this forum is full of it! Take Epic for example, I used to get so sick of their posts...but to be fair Dimitri has toned it down a lot recently!tautologies wrote:Well, no I am not particularly impacted by the posts, I just think when it is a company policy that users have to contribute it can wrong.
Look at your posting history. You participate in a lot of different topics, you seem pretty interested in kiting, and to me have a profile I would describe as contributing.
If you look at the profile of a lot of the switch posters..they are pretty new. they only post really aggressively about Switch and buying it as if they were personally selling the kites....and it may seem that the only reason they are on this forum is to fulfill their posting quote set forth by Switch corporate policies. I mean I really do not know, but it seems that might be a reason.
Fair play, maybe Switch should donate?Toby wrote:you are using this forum for free, right?
you are using splocs.com for free, no?
you have the free iphone app?
well, why is all of this free? Because there are companies supporting the forum and websites.
If no one supports, no free content.
The majority of the companies are happy to support sites like this, and they also get their support.
But there are also companies (businesses) who use the forum and don't support at all.
Now that would you call a fair business, wouldn't you? Advertising on here for a worldwide operating company is really low priced...any mag is WAY more expensive!
I rather would say shame on those companies! I am doing a full time job here, and need to eat too...does any of those non supporting companies give you a free kite? I guess not....you have to buy it...


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Brad Zeimer reported on Tuesday afternoon that highly regarded Canucks goaltending prospect and Twitter superstar Eddie Läck, inactive since November while dealing with hip flexor issues, has undergone a surgical procedure on his injured hip and will miss the rest of this season.
Goalie Eddie Lack out six months after hip surgery. #Canucks
— Brad Ziemer (@BradZiemer) January 29, 2013
The Canucks re-signed Eddie Läck this past summer, the lanky Swedish netminder was a restricted free-agent at the time, to an interesting contract. The two year pact stipulated that Läck would be on a two-way deal for this season, which his deal morphing into a one-way deal the following year. Obviously the idea was that Läck would play another full season in the AHL, following the familiar player development route taken by Cory Schneider, before being entrusted as Vancouver's backup goalie for the 2013-14 season.
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Based on his blogging, his interviews and his personality on Twitter, Eddie Läck seems like a pretty awesome guy and we wish him all the best in his rehabiliation. A twenty-five year old goaltender who appears to be on the cusp of NHL readiness, Eddie Läck has pretty much been the best goaltender at the AHL level for the past two seasons. That Vancouver found an undrafted prospect of Läck's quality was a major coup for Mike Gillis, and Lack's outlook projects him as a sound bet to become a capable NHL backup going forward, or maybe even an average NHL starter.
It's a tough break for Eddie Läck to lose pretty close to an entire season of development as a result of his hip flexor and the surgery he's opted for in an effort to fix the issue, especially considering he was close to debuting in "the show." Luckily for the Canucks, it doesn't appear that they'll have to deviate too much from their development plan for "The Stork" in the wake of Tuesday's injury news. While his current contract becomes a one-way deal at the end of this season, by my reading of the previous CBA he'll still be waiver exempt(*) in the (now likely) event that Vancouver decides to assign him to whichever AHL affiliate they're in cahoots with next fall.
(*) Because he signed his ELC three years ago at the age of 22, has yet to play 60 NHL games, he remains waiver exempt according to article 13.4 of the previous collective bargaining agreement. That presumes that waiver exemption rules under the new collective bargaining agreement – which is still being finalized – remain more or less unchanged (with the exception of the elimination of re-entry waivers, of course) from the previous agreement.
So the Canucks will still be able to send Eddie Läck to the AHL without risking losing him on waivers next fall (probably to Garth Snow and the waiver loving Islanders). That course of action may well prove necessary because, for all we know, the Canucks will still have Roberto Luongo on their roster to start the 2013-14 season…


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