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WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) Families all across the country are trying to figure out how the proposed tax reforms would affect them: Will they save, or suffer when it comes to paying taxes as parents?
A highly scrutinized piece of the tax reform plan is the child tax credit, designed to help parents keep their families afloat financially.
"Well there's no doubt, the families tell us it's expensive to raise kidsthey need help in doing that," Rep. Kevin Brady, R, Texas told Sinclair Broadcast Group Wednesday.
While it's unclear what will be included in the final Senate version, proposals for boosting the tax credit range anywhere from the current $1,000 each to $1,600 - and even $2,000 a year per child.
However, lower-earning families might not get all of those credits, if they don't happen to owe the government federal income taxes.
"Those who earn more are actually gonna be the beneficiaries of that provision not those that are lower income earners who need I the help the most," argued Rep. Linda Sanchez, D, Calif.
If this leaves some confused, they're not alone.
At a CNN Town Hall Tuesday night, a question from a single mother of four making $23,000 a year: "I take the lion's share of the financial responsibility, from driving a flatbed truck, running landscaping crews, anything I can do to bring money in.... How is this going to help other single moms if this goes through?"
Sen. Tim Scott, R, S.C. replied "when we did our analysis on the bill, a single mother with two kids making about $41,000 would see her taxes cut by about 75 percent."
Sen. Sanders, I, Vt. however, responded "I wish what Senator Scott said was reality. Unfortunately, it's not... when these guys are finished with cutting social security, Medicare, Medicaid... it's likely you and your kids will be in worse shape."
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Monday, December 20, 2010
RIP Steve Landesberg
Steve Landesberg, a comic actor who played the intellectual Det.
Arthur Dietrich in the long-running ABC sitcom "Barney Miller," has
died. He was believed to be 74.
Landesberg died early Monday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los
Angeles, said his agent, Jeff Leavitt. No cause was given.
"Barney Miller" starred Hal Linden in the title role as a New York
police captain managing his offbeat group of officers in a Greenwich
Village police station.
The show, which ran from 1975 to 1982, included Abe Vigoda as Det.
Phil Fish, Ron Glass as Det. Ron Harris and Max Gail as Det. Stanley
"Wojo" Wojohowicz.
Landesberg joined the cast in 1976 as Dietrich, whom a Times reviewer
once referred to as "infuriatingly cerebral."
"I'm not really much like Dietrich," he told the Washington Post in
1979. "He reads everything. Science, technology, economics. I have no
interest in that stuff.… I try to play him as a cop. Intellectual and
funny, but a good cop."
Landesberg said police officers "tell me they know guys like Dietrich
… most cops never fire their guns. That's why they like our show."
Landesberg was born in New York on Nov. 23, 1936, according to public
records. In the Washington Post profile, he wouldn't disclose his age.
"Let's just say I started late," he said. "It hurts you with casting
directors.… If you tell them your age — let's say you're middle-aged —
and they've never heard of you, they figure you're no good, or else
they would've heard of you already. I tell my friends not to tell
their ages."
Landesberg said he was quiet growing up. " And when I was in the
service I was quiet, but in the barracks I'd get crazy," he told the
Alameda (Calif.) Times-Star in 2003. "And then one day I took it
He started doing stand-up comedy in New York clubs in 1969, working on
the same stages as David Brenner and Jimmie Walker.
"Before that I worked in a lot of hotels, as an assistant credit
manager," he told the Detroit Free Press in 1997. "That's part clerk,
cop and manager. To check out scam artists and bad credit cards, that
was my early police training to train for playing a fictional cop."
Landesberg made his first appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring
Johnny Carson" in the early 1970s and became a familiar face on
Before "Barney Miller," he also appeared on "Dean Martin Presents the
Bobby Darin Amusement Co." in 1972 and "Paul Sand in Friends and
Lovers" in 1974-75.
He had guest roles on "The Golden Girls" in 1991 and "That '70s Show"
in 2007. His most recent film role was as pediatrician Dr. Rosenbaum
in the 2008 comedy "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," starring Jason Segel
and Kristen Bell.
Landesberg also did commercials, including one for a truck company in
1985. During filming he met his wife, Nancy, a producer who survives
him along with a daughter.
LANDESBERG, Steve
Born: 11/23/1936, New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Died: 12/20/2010, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Steve Landesberg's westerns - actor:
Sodbusters (TV) - 1974 (Gunther Schteuppin)
Black Bart (TV) - 1975 (Reb Jordan)
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EverettO needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 81 designs submitted by 26 freelance designers.
I am launching a new website for my Job Analysis company. We go into businesses and analyze job requirements to help in the resolution of various legal proceedings. Sounds boring, but it isn't!
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Check out the website for ideas too: http://www.jobanalysis.biz
I want a web 2.0 feel, something light and not too boring or professional. It needs to look great on white paper (unless you convince me otherwise!) since I will use it on letterhead too.
The tagline (by Career Concepts) is optional.
The use of symbols is also optional. The symbol we are currently using happened to be on the web template, and we liked the look of it.
Possible symbols to use could include anything industrial, but many symbols just look too solid and limiting. We analyze all sorts of jobs, so a clock, or gears, or a crane would be too specific. A symbol that is a little more unspecific (like we used) might be best. Or one that is more universal (hands, shaking hands, etc) might also work!
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In this paper, we obtain some results about the existence of solutions to the system
for defined in .
Published May 15, 2007.
Math Subject Classifications: 35J10.
Key Words: Elliptic systems; sub and super solutions; bifurcation method.
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Michelle shows how to take bland tofu and turn it into stir-fried deliciousness.
This restaurant is as warm and inviting as the dishes they make.
Mosey on out to this Tex Mex restaurant/saloon that doesn't leave out vegetarians.
Dapur is South Beach style with New York chique...and really good Asian food.
It's all about sharing at this healthy, Mediterranean inspired restaurant.
Michelle shows us how to make a mouth-watering patty melt.
Grease Burger Beer & Whiskey Bar
Nothing goes better with a burger than a fresh, craftsman beer.
At Ian's, the menu changes daily according to the fresh fish that's brought in.
For 14 years, his family-owned restaurant has been bringing the taste of Peru to Hialeah.
This little Coral Gables hideaway boasts some great quiche...Better not tell Michelle.
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Versatility and skills make Henry a special player for the Golden Eagles...dynamic, explosive playmaker who earned a spot on the OVC All-Newcomer squad in 2007...has been slowed somewhat by injuries each of the past two seasons...comes into his senior season much stronger...tremendous quickness...has become a team leader...listed as a tailback, his position is a hybrid as part runningback, part receiver...will also return punts...fastest player on the team...a true tailback out of high school, he is an excellent receiver...extremely tough for his size...elusive and slips tackles...pound-for-pound, the strongest player on the Golden Eagle roster...incredible instincts with the football in his hands...ranked second on the team in rushing as a freshman and led the team as a sophomore...third in rushing as a junior while playing in only eight games...has handled the complexities of his position like a seasoned veteran...late addition to the 2007 roster and a real find out of Florida prep ranks...type of player opponents must always watch...among current players, Henry ranks first in career rushing yards (802)...comes into 2010 with 2,756 all-purpose yards to rank in Tech's career Top 10...ranks second in career kick return yards with 1,288...all-conference candidate.
At Tech (In 2009): Injuries limited Henry as a junior, sidelining him for three games...rushed for 162 yards on 25 carries in eight games...caught 15 passes for 80 yards...finished with 622 all-purpose yards including 285 on 13 kick returns...had 98 all-purpose yards in season opener against Pikeville and 99 at Georgia...season-best was 179 all-purpose yards at Jacksonville State, including 122 on kick returns and season-best 63 rushing yards on seven carries..rushed for 50 yards on six tries against Murray State.
(In 2008): Henry led Tech in rushing and all-purpose yards as a sophomore...rushed for 433 yards and four touchdowns on 72 carries, averaging 6.0 yards per tote...averaged 28.1 yards per kick return to rank among national leaders...finished with 1,230 all-purpose yards...first 100-yard game of his career came on national TV against Southeast Missouri when he gained 113 yards on eight carries...reversing field, he went 63 yards for a touchdown, and that effort earned him the No. 1 spot on ESPN Sports Center's Top Plays for Friday, Sept. 12, 2008...finished the game with 164 all-purpose yards, including six catches for 51 yards...opened the year with 10 catches for 78 yards in victory over Gardner-Webb, one catch short of the school single-game record...finished with 171 all-purpose yards vs. the Bulldogs...had 86 yards on 10 tries against Central Methodist and 76 yards on five attempts vs. Austin Peay...had a 63-yard kick return against Murray State on Oct. 11, and the following week brought a kickoff back 87 yards for a TD against UT Martin (Oct. 16), the ninth-longest in school history...the next week (Oct. 25) his 78-yard TD catch at Austin Peay was the 10th longest pass play in school history...had season-best 177 all-purpose yards in that game against the Govs...ranked sixth in the OVC in receptions per game and eighth in receptions.
(In 2007): Had a huge impact on the squad in his freshman season, earning a spot on the league's All-Newcomer team...ranked second on the team in rushing yardage, averaging 10.9 yards per carry...had 19 rushes for 207 yards and one touchdown...ranked third on the team in catches with 20 receptions for 119 yards...returned two punts for 24 yards...averaged 26.4 yards in 21 kickoff returns, including one touchdown...ranked third in the OVC and 21st in the nation in kickoff return average...his long return of the year was a 67-yard jaunt down the sidelines at Auburn, setting up Tech's first-quarter field goal...third on the team in all-purpose yards, finishing with 904 yards, including 554 on kickoff returns...biggest game added up to 212 all-purpose yards against Tennessee State, including 98 rushing yards on just three carries with a long of 71 yards...had a 76-yard kick return for a touchdown in Tech's victory over Murray State...named the OVC co-Newcomer of the Week (Sept. 23) after his performance against the Racers.
HIGH SCHOOL: Ranked among the top recruits on the Florida Gulf Coast, Henry was a standout in both football and track & field at Southeast High School in Bradenton...after breaking onto the scene as the "Rookie of the Year" in his freshman season, Henry followed with a successful career for coach Paul Meachtle...named County Offensive Player of the Year, he was the team's leading rusher with 1,315 yards and 16 touchdowns as a senior...averaged 7.7 yards per carry...on the track, he set the school record of 10.3 seconds in the 100-meter dash and finished sixth in the Florida high school state meet.
PERSONAL: The son of Henry Sailes Jr, and Ruben and Winnie Williams...full name is Henry Lee Sailes...born February 1, 1989...majoring in interdisciplinary studies.


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This souvenir pillow from the small town of Cabri, Saskatchewan reads "Souvenir of Saskatchewan, Canada, 50 Years of Progress 1905-1955." The 50 years commemorate Saskatchewan's designation as a province independent of the Northwest Territories. As the growing middle class pursued travel in the late 19th century, souvenir pillows became popular trip mementos.
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Jake Owen Sings the Blues in Steamy New 'Alone With You' Video
Poor Jake Owen. He can't help it that beautiful women, especially drunk ones, throw themselves at him — but easy hookups are just not his style. In his new 'Alone With You' video, Owen speaks his mind and talks from the heart because the track he's been running on has got him singing the blues.
'Alone With You' is a sexy, dark video that takes place some time between Saturday night and Sunday morning and shows a softer, lonelier side of the 'Barefoot Blue Jean Night' singer.
When the clip opens, we see the singer asleep on his couch in front of the TV with his bulldog Merle, when a voice mail alert wakes him from his slumber. It's his girl — or should we say late-night friend — letting him know that she's coming over. From there, things get serious.
It seems that Mr. Owen is thinking things through. When the blonde bombshell arrives, his heart is saying no but his hands are saying "let's go," meaning things get pretty hot and steamy. The singer wants the girl to know he's more than a sex object, but she's like an addiction that he can't break. There are elements of anger — she only calls him when she's drunk and he can't handle it anymore — but romantic feelings are developing.
In the end, it seems there's no conclusion … and Jake Owen is left with his thoughts once again. "The line in the song 'But you kiss me when you're drunk' is so real, and the music video is true to the storyline of the song," Owen explains in a press release about the new video. "Basically, it's about not finding love … but comfort in someone's arms who really isn't the one for you and sometimes no one else knows about it but the two of you."
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NBA Playoff Preview - Miami vs, Chicago
The Miami Heat have been idle for a week, but they'll need to get back to business, starting Monday night when they take on the Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
The Heat swept the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round, while the Bulls took a decisive Game 7 against the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday night.
"We want to get back at it," said LeBron James, who reportedly will win his fourth MVP. "We're looking forward to Monday night's game."
While this matchup won't be confused with the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, the Heat and Bulls have built something of a rivalry this season.
The Bulls ended the Heat's 27-game winning streak, which was the second- longest in NBA history. After the setback, James bemoaned the pounding he took from the Bulls, especially two specific fouls, one from Kirk Hinrich and one from Taj Gibson.
"Those are not basketball plays and it's been happening all year," James said after the loss. "I've been able to keep my cool and try to tell Spo (head coach Erik Spoelstra), 'Let's not worry about it too much,' but it is getting to me a little bit."
James shook it off en route to another MVP, the best record in the league and a sweep in round one.
The Heat hope to have gotten healthier during their week away. Dwyane Wade didn't play in the series clincher on Saturday against Milwaukee with a bruised knee. He is expected to be ready.
The Bulls aren't really interested in hearing about injury problems.
On top of missing former MVP Derrick Rose, Hinrich didn't play in the final three games of the Nets series. Luol Deng missed the final two games. Both players' availability is unknown for Game 1.
"We've dealt with adversity all year. Our team has the belief that we can win every night," said Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau. "We've been short handed and guys have stepped up."
First among them has been Joakim Noah. Battling plantar fascitis, Noah has been a warrior this postseason and registered a double-double in the series finale.
"Before this series I did not know if I was going to be able to play," said Noah. "I could barely walk. To be in this situation now and win a Game 7 like this in front of my family in Brooklyn. I'll remember this for the rest of my life."
Now, Noah and the Bulls will be decided underdogs against the defending NBA Champions.
"That's our rivalry," said Chicago forward Taj Gibson. "Words can't express how bad we want to beat them."
BACKCOURT: A healthy Wade is vital for the Heat's success. By all accounts, he's ready to go in Game 1 and should be counted on for huge success. Mario Chalmers' scoring is down in the postseason, but you can always count on him to bury an important 3-pointer.
If Hinrich is good to go, the Bulls are complete. He was a battler in the Brooklyn series and the Bulls missed something with him out of the lineup. A healthy Deng means Jimmy Butler will go back to the two-guard spot. In Deng's absence, Butler played all 48 minutes in Games 6 and 7.
FRONTCOURT: James is clearly the best player in the world. His all-around game in unmatched. He was fantastic against the Bucks with averages of 24.5 ppg, 7.8 rpg and 6.8 apg. James is on another planet right now. Chris Bosh's scoring is down in the postseason and he has become a jump-shooter primarily. Udonis Haslem is in the role-player portion of his career.
No matter how much people hate him, Carlos Boozer is one tough pro. In the postseason, Boozer is averaging 17.4 ppg and 10.6 rpg. He's played the most minutes for a Bulls' team that has seen its top guys log a ton of minutes. Noah is a force, but Deng is key. If he can go, he'll be tasked with covering James. No one can stop James, but Deng is an All-Defensive player and can give it a better chance than most. His health is huge if the Bulls are going to have any remote chance.
BENCH: Miami's Ray Allen is the best player off the bench on either team. He is actually second on the Heat in playoff scoring and is shooting 46 percent from the 3-point line. Shane Battier is a glue guy for the Heat and plays the significant minutes in crunch time. Chris Anderson has been a major contributor for the Heat in the postseason, averaging 8.3 ppg.
If healthy, the Bulls bench is solid. Nate Robinson, Marco Belinelli, Gibson and Nazr Mohammed are all critical to Chicago's success. Problem is, most of them are logging heavy minutes because of the Bulls' injuries.
COACHING: Spoelstra has done such an understatedly brilliant job with the Heat. His decision to essentially abandon conventional positions in the name of playing his best five guys no matter where they play, transformed the Heat into the team they are now.
Thibodeau is just a genius. He won Coach of the Year, finished second the next year and should be a fixture atop the voting. Without Rose, Thibodeau has managed a group of hard-working, defense-first guys into a team no one wants to play. Every Bulls players bought into Thibodeau's system and they play harder than anyone in the NBA.
PREDICTION: The Bulls have been an amazing story in this postseason. They've overcome injury, illness and anything else the world can throw at them. Depleted as they were, the Bulls won a Game 7 on the road and showed the heart of a champion.
Problem is, Miami is waiting.
The Heat barely broke a sweat in knocking off the Bucks. Chicago is infinitely better than Milwaukee, but an undermanned Bulls team can't contend with the Heat.
If Deng and Hinrich are out, or ineffective, the Heat can count on more rest later in the week. If both play, the Bulls will give Miami a solid test.
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Architectural Technologist
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- Sector
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This Job is a permanent role based within Lincolnshire.
Team member
Practice Representative
SALARY SCALE Competitive - to be confirmed
Internal job co-ordination/monitoring
Close control of specific jobs
Developing team working
Measured surveys
Housing Association
Student Accommodation
Design and planning of buildings including new build and alterations/extensions to existing
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Total Stations—The Other Machine Control Sensor and More
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In the past decade, manufacturers have made tremendous strides in developing optical total stations specifically designed for the construction site. In the early 1990's the construction industry was slow to adopt total station technology. Manufacturers attempted to increase the adoption rate by offering lower priced, de-featured versions of the models they traditionally sold to surveyors. As their understanding of the industry's requirements increased; new models were introduced that better fit the contractor's needs for layout, asbuilt's, volume calculations and machine control applications. These instruments are highly specialized, yet very versatile, serving many purposes on the job site.
The most advanced models in this category are capable of machine control and share common characteristics. They are motorized, robotic total stations capable of one person or unmanned operation. They contain reflectorless Electronic Distance Meter (EDM) technology and may also contain imaging capabilities as well. They can be used for machine control as well as standard surveying tasks and also have the capability to perform surface scans.
When used for machine control applications these specialized instruments differ from standard surveying instruments is several significant ways. The standard surveying total station is designed to measure to static (non-moving) objects. Therefore, a slight time delay in the obtaining the angle and distance components of a measurement have no impact on the measured position. If the prism is held by a steady hand and properly plumbed the resultant position will be correct. This type of measurement mode is often referred to as "static" . However, measurements to moving objects present a completely different set of requirements. These measurements are referred to as being in the "dynamic operations mode" Depending on the . vector and velocity of the moving target, positioning errors will occur if the angles and distances are not captured simultaneously. To overcome this inherent error, manufacturers needed to develop total stations wherein the angle and distance information was synchronized or with very low latency. As the target (machine) was moving (dynamic), these instruments needed to have a very fast measurement update rate, so position information could be relayed to the machine in real-time. They must also possess very fast radios to relay the position data to the machines they are controlling or that latency will result in positioning errors as well. When all of these challenges were overcome the resultant instrument was capable of traditional surveying work and use as a machine control sensor. Total stations are capable of higher positioning accuracy than unaided GNSS (GPS) technology, especially in the vertical (elevation) component. This makes them a very good for fine and finish grade applications. Therefore, the first systems developed were made for motor graders and pavers. There are several excellent products in this group, including Trimble's SPS Universal Total Station, Leica's PowerTracker and Topcon's LPS-900. All are fast-tracking robotic total stations with synchronized angle and distance measurements and high update rates.
To give you an idea of how advanced these units are; I will provide some specifications. The angular accuracy of these units is as high as +/- one arc second. Distance measurements are accurate to +/- 1mm in static mode and +/- 5mm in tracking mode. Position update rates are very high at 20 times per second. Combining these capabilities, one manufacturer states they can track machines at up to 35 MPH.
The total stations instruments themselves are not the only advancements that make the systems construction site-applicable. The software on-board these instruments (or contained within their hand-held field controllers) has been specialized as well. The user interface and application software has been tailored to the needs of the job site. These are not the same application programs that are sold into the surveying market. Topcon, Leica and Trimble have all created contactor-friendly, construction application-specific, programs to support the workflows of construction projects. They have names like "Site Foreman", "Layout Manager", "Site Controller" and "Layout Master". Obviously, these were not named or developed with the land surveyor in mind. To improve the user interface; they all utilize color graphics and construction-centric terminology.
So now we have available very productive, accurate and powerful robotic total stations for construction layout, topo verification, as-built's, earthwork quantity determination, with reflectorless and scanning capabilities. And, oh-by-the-way- they are also machine control sensors.
The first total station used for machine control, that I am aware of, was the Spectra Precision (Geodimeter) Advanced Tracking Sensor (ATS). This was developed and introduced to the market in the mid 1990's. The first use was for tracking motor graders, as part of Spectra Precision's Blade Pro 3D system. Soon, third party integrators began including the sensor as part of their solution. I believe the first was Somero Enterprises, who used the ATS for their automated screed system. Since then, many motor grader and paving solution providers have integrated these advanced sensors. Leica, alone is providing sensors for several paving machine makers, including Gomaco, Miller Formless, Power Curbers and Wirtgen. Somero offers a new version the ATS (the Trimble SPS Universal Total Station) as part of its 3-D Profiler system. Another early use was for the guidance of tunnel boring machines.
Just as GNSS systems do today, these total stations provide real-time positioning information. That position data is compared to design positions and appropriate actions takes place via the machine control system. However, total stations do not require line-of-sight to the satellites. They can replace GNSS technology when machines are working under obstructions or even underground. Manufacturers have made it easy to switch between GPS and total station sensors for added flexibility. Total stations are, of course, constrained by the required line-of-sight between the total station and the target on the machine and their limited range can also become an issue. Some manufacturers have overcome this constraint by making it possible for multiple total stations to be "strung together" to allow for uninterrupted machine control operation over greater distances. Also keep in mind that vertical accuracies are higher with a total station than with un-aided GNSS systems. It is possible to augment or enhance GNSS positions with laser-based instruments but line-of-sight to the sky must be available and surface scanning capability would not be available.
Surface scanning is a common capability with this class of instrument. Once the instrument's position and orientation are established, operators define a scanning area and interval for measurements. Then the instrument automatically (and un-aided) makes the required shots needed to determine the shape and volume of the desired area. Applications include stockpile and borrow pit measurements to determine volumes and quantities. I am sure you can think of many other applications that could benefit while you step away for a cup of coffee, or tend to another job site chore.
These new instruments (and their controlling software) fill many needs on the job site and compliment GNSS technology in a wide range of applications. Some of the newer models even include spatial imaging capabilities. Add to this the many machine control applications and you will conclude that a total station is no longer "just a total station".
To sum up the applications and advantages: The more expensive the material you are laying down is, the more you can save by using technologies with a very accurate vertical component (think paving and fine grading). You can augment GPS with lasers to arrive there, but then line of sight to the satellites is non-negotiable. For an all-round, flexible workhorse, complementing GPS technology, the new generation of machine control-capable total stations is hard to beat.
Your investigation into these units may surprise you as to just how versatile and productive they are. And that can impact your bottom line.
Leica: www.leica-geosystems.us/en/ Machine-Control_4677.htm
Topcon: www.topconpositioning.com/ products/machine-control/3d/lps-900
Trimble: www.trimble.com/construction/heavy-and-highway/site-positioning-systems/Universal_Total_Stations. aspx?dtID=overview&
Paul Hahn has more than 30 years of experience, and has held senior management positions at Carl Zeiss, Nikon, Geotronics, Spectra Precision, and Trimble, and is now a consultant.
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Electroluver wrote:^^If you make an offer, be prepared to purchase it for that amount.
I know there are a lot of honest people on the web, but there are a lot of scammers too. One of my eBay customers claimed they didn't recieve the goods and were deceptive with Paypal. They even used the good name of Vintage Synth when they offered me a deal outside of eBay (make sure to read Paypal's terms of service)
Now, I've got a problem with a guy who claims it "wasn't as described," even though I'm using a 14mp camera close ups 360 degrees and blown up using imageshack. Give me a break! It's buyer's remorse and my time is precious.
95% of my customers are really satisfied with their purchases and I'm happy they're making music, be well. It's the 5% of scammers/remorse j**k which might lead to problems.
As a buyer, I've routinely met with success on Vintage Synth. If someone asks me for a Roland Juno 106 and it's only playing 5 voices, then that's the deal. Otherwise, they better wait until it's repaired.
When it goes on eBay, then I'm selling proper gear, nothing broken or "not as described."
That's my rant.
Virgil wrote:Got a question about Best Offer feature. You know, once in a while you see huge BIN price and that another button nearby. So, does anyone had luck talking down the price or do the sellers put it up for a show? I never used one, only seen that offers were rejected by a seller.
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Outside of Ebay, it's buyer beware, the only reason you can get a refund is for not receiving an item. If somebody sends you a tracking number and has it as backup the item is yours. As a seller, if you don't have a tracking number they automatically side with the buyer. A device paypal uses to get people to use Ebay. They're the same company after all. And if you paid personal for something you might as well have sent a cheque or cash.
That's why it's important to report bad sellers in forums.
Ebay is probably the safest place on the internet for buyers.treezyz wrote:best ebay advice is don't buy stuff on ebay, unless their is absolutely no other option for the item.
plikestechno wrote:But 99% of Best Offers are a joke and they only offers they'll accept are 90% or more of their BIN price.
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Kevin Pietersen has revealed the full extent of the injury that left him sidelined for three months, as the England batsman prepares to make his return to international cricket.
The 32-year-old had been out of action since March after his tour of New Zealand was curtailed after he developed severe bone bruising to his knee.
Pietersen's injury led him to miss the return Test and one-day series with New Zealand, while he has also been unable to compete in the ICC Champions Trophy, with England set to play the final of the competition on Sunday.
There had been fears Pietersen would not be fit in time to face Australia in the Ashes, which begins on July 10, but the former England captain made his return to competitive cricket with Surrey on Friday.
Pietersen is also part of the England squad to face the Kiwis in two T20 internationals at the Oval next week, although admits he feared at times that his recovery would have been even more long-term.
"It was really bad," Pietersen told talkSPORT about the moment he first encountered the problem.
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The prices for real estate are going up everywhere – but in high-end New York.
Real estate prices in major metropolitan areas popped this past year, with San Francisco, Miami and Chicago up 25%, 16%, and 11% respectively, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. Barron's colleague Jonathan Laing predicts a rise of 5% in the U.S. for the next two years.
One anomaly, in these across the board price increases, seems to be New York City. According to a recently released Brown Harris Stevens study, the average Manhattan apartment sales price declined by 2% in the fourth quarter of 2013, to $1,553,599, versus the same time last year. Inventory (existing properties for sale) is about 20% below levels last year, suggesting prices should be tight. They aren't.
The study points to an 18% drop for the average price for co-op apartments in the fourth quarter of 2013, a free-fall which dragged down the average for all housing. Co-ops are important because they make-up 60% of Manhattan's owned apartments. Condo sales, by comparison, make up only 32%of all sales, so the 15% sales price increase in condos, to $841,278, has a relatively less important impact.
The precipitous 18% fall for co-ops, now at $1,120,930 average, is slightly misleading, because the last quarter of 2012 was distorted by this year's capital gains tax increase, which prompted a lot of rich folks to shoe-horn their real estate purchases into the last days of 2012. Still, the median co-op price and the overall median apartment sale price both lost 1% this last year.
Hall Wilkie, president at Brown Harris Stevens, says that after a few years of increasing prices, buyers are again approaching expensively priced condos and co-ops with skepticism. "They are very concerned that the price is justifiable," Willkie says. "They just don't have the same confidence that prices will rise in the future." Real estate players privately tell us that the populist and still relatively-unknown new mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, is one reason they are holding back.
So who is buying? Dolly Lenz, one of the nation's top brokers, suggests that foreign purchasers, mostly from Asia, are driving a vast majority of the current activity in New York City. The reason co-op prices are down while condo prices are up, she says, is because co-ops generally restrict ownership to U.S. citizens, so wealthy foreigners have been diverted to the condo market.
Lenz is, for example, selling Tommy Hilfiger's domed penthouse in the Plaza Hotel, a condo on the market for $80 million. "So far, almost all the interest has come from Asian buyers," she says. With Americans cool to high-priced New York, and the foreign new wealth wanting a bit of Americana getting funneled into the less relevant condo market, the net effect is flat or slightly negative sales in the City.
Evidence elsewhere, giving credence to the idea foreigners are supporting the New York condo market, shows up in a recent report by global property consultancy Knight Frank. That study named New York City as the preferred destination for Chinese buyers, and to a somewhat lesser extent for Russians.
Ziel Feldman, founder of New York City-based real estate developer HFZ Capital Group, estimates the split between domestic and foreign buyers in New York City is something like 60/40. In particular, it's the explosion of wealth in China and Russia that has fueled interest in New York real estate, he says.
Therein an Emerging Market truth: The first thing the newly wealthy do – when living in countries where a stroke of the politician's pen can bring them down – is divert assets to a politically safe haven with a more predictable rule of law, where the first order of the day is to secure the family a bolt-hole.
Meanwhile, wealthy New Yorkers are themselves holding back, waiting to see what their political wild card – Mayor Bill de Blasio – has up his sleeve. If more wealth taxes are in the cards, expect New York's co-op prices in particular to drop faster and harder.


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Friuli-Venezia-Giulia also produces some of Italy's finest sweet white wines: Picolit and Verduzzo. Piccolit is a delicately sweet late-harvest wine reminiscent of acacia, honey, peach, and citrus fruits. Some air-dried examples can be much more concentrated, with date and fig flavors.
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Sweet News For Startups: PDC Launches Startup PDX:Challenge
Feb 14, 2013, 12:01 ET
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Portland Development Commission has a sweet deal to announce this Valentine's Day: the launch of Startup PDX:Challenge, Portland's search for the right match to join our growing entrepreneurial community. Applications open Thursday, February 14 for an international competition to select up to six startup businesses to receive a $10,000 working capital grant, a full year of rent-free office space in Portland's Produce Row, and free professional advice and services. For-profit startups in any industry are invited to apply.
Portland is deeply grounded in a sense of community and collaboration. It's no coincidence that in this city known for its bikes, brews and beauty, startups have grown and thrived – including three area firms which landed on the Forbes 2013 list of the Most Promising Companies just last week. Startup PDX:Challenge – the first of its kind on the West Coast – is Portland's next step in its creation of greater value and access for entrepreneurs, an innovative effort to help Portland-based entrepreneurs compete in the global economy.
Patrick Quinton, PDC Executive Director, said, "The Challenge is built on solid partnerships with the city's outstanding service providers and accelerator programs. We are building a bridge between dreams and reality for the winners of this competition."
Submissions are due April 4. Facts, FAQs and application are at www.startuppdxchallenge.com.
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They have us picking Keenan Allen
Russell Wilson was outstanding last season, and it only makes sense to continue to surround him with playmakers. Allen isn't going to test well in Indy and could easily fall into Pete Carroll's lap with this selection.
Info from NFL.COM on Allen
BOTTOM LINE A smooth outside pass-catcher, Allen has the height, speed and ability to win jump balls required of a number-one target in the NFL; the first-team All-Pac 12 pick in 2011 caught most of his 98 passes for 1,343 yards and 11 scores in 2011 from lefty quarterback Zach Maynard, who happens to be his half-brother. Maynard's play regressed in 2012, however, causing Allen's production to fall off his junior season. He still displayed all the same skills and talents he showcased during his uber-productive sophomore season, and he figures to go in the top 25 selections if his knee and ankle check out medically.


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Log-Growth Filtration and Frobenius Slope Filtration of $F$-Isocrystals at the Generic and Special Points
We study, locally on a curve of characteristic $p >0$, the relation between the log-growth filtration and the Frobenius slope filtration for $F$-isocrystals, which we will indicate as $\varphi$-$\nabla$-modules, both at the generic point and at the special point. We prove that a bounded $\varphi$-$\nabla$-module at the generic point is a direct sum of pure $\varphi$-$\nabla$-modules. By this splitting of Frobenius slope filtration for bounded modules we will introduce a filtration for $\varphi$-$\nabla$-modules (PBQ filtration). We solve our conjectures of comparison of the log-growth filtration and the Frobenius slope filtration at the special point for particular $\varphi$-$\nabla$-modules (HPBQ modules). Moreover we prove the analogous comparison conjecture for PBQ modules at the generic point. These comparison conjectures were stated in our previous work \cite{CT09}. Using PBQ filtrations for $\varphi$-$\nabla$-modules, we conclude that our conjecture of comparison of the log-growth filtration and the Frobenius slope filtration at the special point implies Dwork's conjecture, that is, the special log-growth polygon is above the generic log-growth polygon including the coincidence of both end points.
2010 Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary 12H25; Secondary 11S80.
Keywords and Phrases: $p$-adic differential equations, logarithmic growth, Frobenius slopes, Newton polygon.
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1. What is the difference between the "Holy Roman Empire" and the Roman Empire?
The Roman Empire (Imperium Romanorum - although the Romans themselves did not actually call their state by this name) was the continuation of the Roman Republic (509-27 BC); a hegemon still administered by the Senate (de jure) but run by increasingly centralised military dictators (de facto) whom modern historians refer to as "Emperors". At no point was this hegemon an official monarchy, although by the Third Century it had acquired all the characteristics of absolute monarchy bar primogeniture. This polity faded during the fourth and fifth centuries and - for reasons which are still fiercely debated by historians - officially ended in Western Europe in 476 and in the Eastern Mediterranean in 1453; although both empires had long ceased to be anything more than a vague ceremonial idea before these dates.
The Holy Roman Empire (Sacrum Imperium Romanorum or, after 1519, Heiliges Römisches Reich von Teutscher Nation; the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation) was a resuscitation of the ancient Roman Empire. During Mass on Christmas Day 800, Pope Leo III crowned an unsuspecting Charlemagne, King of the Franks and the strongest political leader in contemporary Europe, as the Imperator Romanorum or Roman Emperor. Historians disagree as to the Pope's reasons for this, citing the West's frosty relations with the surviving Roman Empire ("Byzantines") in the East, theological and ecclesiastical disputes between Rome and Constantinople, the Pope's need for Charlemagne's military protection while simultaneously asserting spiritual superiority over the secular, and the prestige offered by publicly associating Charlemagne with the nostalgia of the ancient Romans. This was the revival of the Roman Empire, but the term "Holy Roman Empire" did not exist until Charlemagne's great-grandson, Otto I, was crowned Sacrum Imperator Romanorum (Holy Roman Emperor) in 962. The Holy Roman Empire existed in a flux between the secular and spiritual, between sacerdotium et imperium - political terms relating to God's transubstantiative power in the temporal realm (as expressed by the Church, which itself claimed to both receive and dispense secular power through the fraudulent Donatio Constantini) and the ethereal (metaphysical) realm. As a consequence, relations between the Pope and the Emperor became increasingly frosty throughout the Middle Ages.
The Holy Roman Emperor, unlike the ancient Roman Emperors, was a de jure and de facto monarch, elected by the nine Imperial Electors of the Diet. As the Empire was nominally composed of semi-independent fiefdoms and kingdoms, one of the nine Electors (Princes, Prince-Bishops, and Kings) would be elected Emperor and ratified by the Reichstag or Imperial Aulic Council. The office of Emperor, while officially open to any of the nine Electors, increasingly became dominated by the powerful Hapsburg family of Austria. At the Reichstag of 1495, delegates restricted the absolute power of the Emperor by ending territorial expansion in the name of the Empire itself - much as Hadrian had done to the ancient Roman Empire - although territorial expansion could still be pursued by component states. The Reich (from the Latin regnum, or "reign") experienced a devastating civil war from 1618-1648, commonly referred to as the Thirty Years' War, a continental conflict in which some eight million Imperial citizens were killed. The 1648 Treaty of Westphalia ended the war by granting component states the right to pursue their own foreign policy without reference to the Emperor, and over the next hundred and fifty years, the Reich became increasingly ignored as individual monarchs accumulated territorial and commercial power, and Austria and Prussia fought on and off the battlefield during the "German Dualism" for control of the moribund Empire. When Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Imperial territories in 1806, the Empire's response was extremely individualist and, defeated on the battlefield, Emperor Franz Joseph I officially gave Charlemagne's sword to Napoleon and thereby dissolved the Empire in 1806, some 1,006 years after its foundation. The Hapsburgs continued to rule the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1806-1919, and in March 2011 the last heir to the Hapsburg throne (and thereby the last claimant to the Roman Empire), Otto von Hapsburg, died. The Imperial Regalia remain in Nuremberg and popular legend asserts that the Reichskrone, the Imperial crown first worn by Charlemagne and now in a museum case in Nuremberg, await the day when Europe is in need of a new Roman Emperor to defend us from our enemies.
3. Who was "Charles the Hammer," and why was he important?
Charles Martel (c.688-741), or Charles the Hammer, had been a majordomo under the Frankish Merovingian dynasty. Following the Frankish civil war between Prince Ragenfrid and Dagobert III, he became Regnum Francorum (King of the Franks) in 737; although he rejected a higher title of Consul Francorum offered by the Pope. From 718-732 he subjugated the neighbouring Saxons and Alemanni, winning a battle at the Teutoberg Forest where Emperor Augustus' 45,000 troops had been annihilated 709 years previously. At the Battle of Tours in 732, Charles Martel and Odo of Bordeaux defeated the forces of Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Emir of Cordoba, who was striking north into Europe from the Caliphate. The Battle of Tours effectively ceased Islamic permeation of Europe. It is worth noting that Charles' son, Pepin the Short, was crowned by Pope Stephen II as Patricius Romanorum, or Protector of the Romans; a precursor for the soon-to-appear "Holy Roman Emperor".
4. Explain what feudalism in Western Europe was.
Traditionally, historians and social scientists have identified feudalism as a social system which emerged following the gradual collapse of central government in the Roman Empire. Once Roman trade had ground to a halt (due to civil wars, marauders, and financial devastation), the provincia and colonia had to be become self-sufficient in terms of economics and defence; and as the situation deteriorated, the scale became increasingly local. Luckily, the crowded Roman cities had, by this time, largely emptied due to the impact of plague and refugees escaping obvious targets for the Germanics. So, small-scale, self-sufficient estates appeared who managed their own defence, agriculture, and administration - feudalism. These estates were gradually corralled into loose Kingdoms, but retained much of their own autonomy.
Under feudalism (so states this theory), the King legally owned all the land in the Kingdom, by dint of him having divine right and the loyalty of whatever semi-professional soldiers and mercenarieswho had survived the collapse of the Roman Empire and the Germanic invasions, and remained in rudimentary units. The King would lease this land to his nobles and knights (aristocrats consisting not of educated rhetoricians, but the most aggressive thugs who had slashed and backstabbed their way to the top of the social pile) in exchange for the nobles performing military service on behalf of the King, when required. These knights, in turn, would lease their land to the peasants who worked the fields and paid the taxes (in goods, not currency), in exchange for military protection from the knights against marauders and enemies. In a nutshell, feudalism was a simple hierarchy of social contracts whereby the man at the top protected those beneath you, on condition that they worked for him. It was very localised and operated on a small basis.
But in recent decades, medievalists have increasingly questioned to what extent - if any - this system differed at the conceptual level from the Roman Empire, or the primitive capitalism of the Renaissance, or indeed any form of hierarchical, stratified social structure (including ours). The scale is different - feudalism was very localised and consisted of many small, self-sufficient "manors" or estates, rather than a large-scale system of large aristocratic estates and trade between specialists who need each other to survive - but the basic concept of a rural, agrarian society built around a King-Aristocracy-Peasant social contract remained unchanged from the Roman Empire (or indeed, from the time of the Pharaohs) and only began to change, much later, as industrialisation in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries created new classes and reshuffled the social order. Like many historical concepts, feudalism is, at best, a dubious tool with which to chip away at the socio-economic vagueness surrounding the Early Middle Ages.
6. Discuss one of the major civilizations or tribes in Central and South America in the lecture, and contrast it with another major civilization or tribe from that area.
The Aztecs of Central Mexico were a remarkable civilisation. Indeed, estimates suggest that by the year 1350, Tenochtitlan was the largest city on Earth; a clean, neat, geometric city of grid-plan streets connected by canals and floating gardens. When the Spanish conquistadores arrived, Bernardo de Diaz famously described the city as "something from a dream". The Aztec polity was maintained through diplomatic and military subjugation of neighbouring societies, notably the Tabasco and Tlaxcala, who became subsidiaries to the Emperor in Tenochtitlan by sending tribute and slaves for sacrifice to the sun. While highly advanced in learning, architecture, and the military, the Aztecs pursued the same arrogant foreign policy as all imperial powers; hence when the Spaniards arrived in 1519, the Aztec state collapsed with extreme speed as its subjugated peoples rose up in revolt.
In contrast to the Aztecs, the Maya were a much more diplomatically astute civilisation who dissipated some three centuries before the Aztec state was unified. The Maya are perhaps most famous today for their three calendars. The Tzolk'in (a modern word, not used by the Ancient Mayans) was a 260-day calendar with origins possible in the timespan of human pregnancy, or possibly from calculations of 13 and 20; sacred numbers in Mayan mythology. The Ha'ab was exactly 365 days in length; the Mayans were possibly aware of the concept of leap years, but as the extra time only adds up significantly over centuries, it doesn't really matter. The Ancient Egyptians, for example, also used a calendar of exactly 365 days, which only required reshuffling every couple of centuries. The Tzolk'in and Ha'ab coincide with each other once every 52 years; thus giving rise to the "Long Count" calendar with which, thanks to foolish liberal New-Age conspiracy theories about 2012, we are all tiresomely familiar!
8. Write an essay about any aspect of the lecture.
Charlemagne inherited an extensive Frankish kingdom when he came to the throne, one that had been largely carved out through the military and diplomatic achievements of his grandfather and father, and the only realm in Europe which had official blessing from the Pope in Rome. Charlemagne's territorial extensions were mostly assimilations of the Burgindians who lived in what is now eastern France and western Germany, and pressing into Saxon territories in Central Europe. He also subdued northern Italy and the Low Countries. Much of his military ability stemmed from expanding the professional army of trained, full-time soldiers (first instituted by Charles Martel), in response to news of Viking raids around the coasts of the North Sea. This army, unlike contemporary warbands, could be mobilised at any time of the year and deployed to any part of the Kingdom, and its trained, disciplined men had a significant strategic and tactical advantage over much larger bands of amateur warriors and conscripted peasants. Equally as significant was his recognition that his Kingdom required a proper administrative apparatus to hold it all together. Using literate men educated at the monasteries, Charlemagne constructed the first proper civil service since the Romans, allowing him to levy taxes, raise troops, and facilitate trade. The peace and administrative organisation of Charlemagne's realm was perhaps most significant in allowing Western Europe's population to climb back up to its pre-fifth century levels, and by 800 the Frankish Kingdom had a bigger population than the Western Roman Empire in 400. This was largely due to Charlemagne's government and taxation enabling more efficient production and distribution of food. At the same time, historians point to Charlemagne's Christian realm as instrumental in forming a collective European identity, based on Christianity and contrasted against non-Christians, rather than a hotchpotch of local identities. He was an astonishingly significant leader - without his tax levying and creation of bureaucratic government, Europe would have taken much longer to emerge from the early Middle Ages.
9. What was the Carolingian Court?
The Carolingian Dynasty was a Frankish noble family which emerged in the seventh century AD. The name is a derivative of karolingi, a hybrid of medieval Latin and Old German meaning "descendant of Charles" (Charles Martel) - the name was applied retrospectively. In 751 the Carolingian Dynasty was officially acknowledged as superior to the Merovingian Dynasty when Charles Martel's son, Pepin the Short, was crowned Dux Francorum et Patricius Romanorum by the Pope. Arguably the most famous Carolingian was Charlemagne, and after his death and the division of the new Imperium Romanorum following the 818 Treaty of Verdun, the Carolingians were pushed out of political power in the Regnum Francorum (Kingdom of the Franks), Regnum Burgundinae (Kingdom of Burgundy), and the Regnum Teutoricum (Kingdom of the Germans; Holy Roman Empire from 962). In 1122 the last members of the Carolingian Court, Odo and Adelaide of Vermandois, died.


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A funeral for Grammy Award-winning singer Natalie Cole will be held Monday in Los Angeles.
A spokesperson for the family said Saturday that the service will be at West Angeles Church of God in Christ, where Cole was once a member. R&B star Chaka Khan is expected to sing at the funeral. In the 1990s, Cole was a member of West Angeles Church of God in Christ but left to join Mt. Moriah, where her son attended.
Gail Deadrick, Cole's longtime music director and conductor, coordinated the program for Monday's service. She said the day would focus on Cole's legacy, built over four decades.
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Cole will be buried next to her parents, sister and brother at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale.
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In Egypt, anti-military politician becomes victim of anti-coup mob
Stabbing of liberal spokesman Khaled Dawoud highlights shifting political sands and increasingly volatile situation
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian politician who has opposed the military crackdown that has killed or jailed hundreds of Islamist supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi was surprised to find himself under a violent attack when he accidentally drove through a pro-Morsi protest march in Cairo.
Khaled Dawoud, the spokesman for the liberal al-Dustour party, was pulled out of his car and stabbed after one of the protesters recognized him, shouted his name and accused him of being in favor of the clampdown on the Muslim Brotherhood. The 46-year-old politician couldn't escape because he was stuck in a traffic jam.
Friday's assault highlights the complexity of the political situation in Egypt, which has suffered from two and a half years of turmoil and chaos following the 2011 revolution that forced autocrat Hosni Mubarak from power. It also raised concerns that the Arab world's most populous nation is falling into a cycle of revenge attacks and random violence as the Brotherhood organization is frayed with its top leaders in prison or on the run.
"Those who resort to violence and killing fail to understand the lessons of history," Dawoud told The Associated Press from his hospital bed Saturday, where his left hand was wrapped in layers of bandages after his attackers tried to cut his wrist. His face bruised, Dawoud described how one man from the angry mob in the protest also stabbed him in his side, slightly missing his heart, twice.
Dawoud served as the main speaker for the National Salvation Front, the opposition grouping that had rallied against Morsi in the lead up to the massive protests against the Islamist leader that led to the military coup that toppled him on July 3.
But while he supported the military's intervention, Dawoud publicly opposed the decision to violently raze two pro-Morsi sit-in camps in Cairo, a move that killed more than 600 protesters and sparked nationwide clashes that left hundreds more dead.
He resigned in mid-August as NSF spokesman after the group praised the security agencies for their role in the violent dispersal of the camps.
Egypt's vice president at the time, Mohammed ElBaradei, and the founder of al-Dustour party, also resigned over the bloodshed.
Dawoud has continued to speak out in weekly columns in favor of reconciling with the Brotherhood and integrating them into Egypt's political road map, backing initiatives calling for it. He also makes regular TV appearances despite a backlash, with Islamists still threatening him on social media sites
"I was told several times … 'Whatever you do, your hands will always be covered in Muslim Brotherhood blood," he recalled. "It is a big sin in itself for them" that he backed removing Morsi.
He said Friday's attack will not change his stance.
"I still don't approve of resorting to arbitrary violence" against any political forces, he said. "We want the rule of law. Human blood is precious. This is why we did our revolution. We want Egyptians to live for the sake of the country, not to die for it."
The Brotherhood political arm, the Freedom and Justice party, condemned the attack, denouncing "all acts of violence, even against those who supported the military coup."
Dawoud rebuffed the condemnation, and questioned the peaceful nature of the pro-Morsi protests, adding that the attack against him was "a clear attempt to kill me."
A group of 10 young men started smashing the car's windows before one stabbed his left side with a 15-centimeter (6 inch) dagger.
"Another guy told me 'we will cut off your hands' and started sawing my left hand back and forth", Dawoud added.
A few bystanders came to his rescue, breaking up the mob and capturing the man with dagger.
"It was a miserable day. There was no ambulance and I had to walk for 10 minutes to the hospital," Dawoud said. "Every step I took I thought I was going to die. I was bleeding from everywhere."
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I already had Color Club's "Pink Flame" on my nails so I just rushed to test it and put the black shatter over it, sealed it with Seche Vite top coat, and I am loving it. Jon said "Why would you want your nails to look like that?!" LOL. Oh boys, they just don't understand haha.
***Note: Apply one coat, and apply it quick as it will start to crackle in a matter of seconds and let it dry then apply clear top coat.
Can't wait to post later about kkcenterhk.com, testing out some lashes and a hair piece! :)
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- Kristen said...
I love it! Can't wait to get some out here! In the meantime we just started gettin the sally hanson nail sticker things in and I love them! I'm all zebra'd up right now but I really want that lace one!
- February 8, 2011 at 12:48 AM
- for the love of beauty by lara said...
that looks super cool!! ^^
I need to check it out! :D
- February 8, 2011 at 1:05 AM
- Anonymous said...
Oh wow, this is one of the best shatter/crackles I've seen in a long time! Looks awesome on the pink. I didn't really like the colors in the collection, either. Most were dupe-able or not all that cute.
- February 8, 2011 at 3:40 AM
- ShimmerDreamz (Cassie) said...
It really is a great nail effect for lazy girls who can't be bothered with nail art pens!
I've the Barry M Nail effects polish and really like using it - in fact I plann to use it over a bright crimson for Valentine's day. I think it'll make quite a nice statement :)
- February 8, 2011 at 5:33 AM
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Wow, that looks awesome! I really wanna check it out now. :)
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- Jacquelyn said...
It looks so cool!! Wish I would've bought it in time from my Ulta.
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I love it! My mission is to try and find this nail polish this weekend. Ulta better have it or i'll have a fit, lol!
- February 8, 2011 at 5:15 PM
- TiffanysMakeupStory said...
Black Shatter is such an interesting product! Instant edgy kick up for your typical nail colors :)
- February 8, 2011 at 5:56 PM
- Shayamli Mehrotra said...
Oh my gosh; that looks so interesting. Where have you guys found Black Shatter?
- February 13, 2011 at 12:04 PM
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This is too cool! I was unaware of this product, and I love OPI! Thanks for sharing :)
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I remember that Cover Girl used to have polish just like this when I was in high school. I was hoping that someone would come out with this again!
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i really want the opi shatter but I can't find it :(
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I got the nailpolish off of Amazon :)
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