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The Pub / Re: Looking for a NHC 2012 roommate« on: May 20, 2012, 05:33:52 PM »
Awesome. I'll see you there. I'll be the guy with a beer in my hand
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Two that were on the list that I would like to do someday.
Go to the GABF.
Go to Yakima at the time of the harvest.
I trust Alton Brown for any recipe I have never made before. He has never steered me wrong.
I am going to rebrew the beers that got passed on to the second round, taste them against the original beer and send the one that tastes better.
Are you saying that you can submit a beer from a different batch in the second round after you've read the comments?
Well, it's May 4th and first round results are not yet posted. Looks like Chicago is still processing. (whatever that means)
At least shipping to comps might be a bit cheaper.
I hope they do find a way to save the post office. I really can't imagine this country without it's postal system.
Paul
I've heard that Sierra Nevada changed their bottles from screw off caps to pry off caps just so theycould switch to O2 absorbing caps. Those guys know their sh*t.
I thought it was a new plastic that had 1/20th of the O2 getting in over time. There was a little said about it in the 2009 keynote at the NHC, and a graph. You can download it here, it is a little big.
I got the base recipe from "How to Cook Everything" by Mark Bittman. This is a handy volume on just about everything. I don't agree with everything in the book but it is useful. Then there's google for extra tips.
First (directed at an earlier post T made), I will not allow anyone to even waste my time signing up for the taste exam unless they have passed the entrance exam.
So, why would I take the entrance exam if I don't know if there's going to be an available tasting exam? I only see two tasting exams scheduled in my state in the next 18 months. Both only seat 12 people, and are already filled.
Are they going to expand the size of these now that it's tasting-only, instead of essays as well? Otherwise, it doesn't seem like there's an advantage to having the online exam.
I agree with Narvin. I don't see a reason to bother taking the entrance exam if the results will expire before you can get into a tasting exam. At the very least, your results should carry until the BJCP can provide the next level of testing, even if that's 18 months+ out. |
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The International Convention Centre (abbreviated to ICC) is a major conference venue in central Birmingham, England. The centre includes Symphony Hall and it faces Centenary Square. The building has another entrance leading to the canals of Birmingham. The Convention Quarter area, which includes Brindleyplace, is located directly opposite the building on the other side of the canal. It is part of the NEC group. The building was designed by Percy Thomas Partnership and Renton Howard Wood Levin. The foundation stone was laid by Jacques Delors as a start of another 4 years and 5 months of construction. In all, over 1,500 workers helped construct the building. Over 60,000 cubic metres of concrete were used. The site was opened on June 12, 1991 by Queen Elizabeth II. Funds of £49.
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Hyatt Regency Birmingham in Birmingham
+1-800-230-4134
2 Bridge St., Birmingham, B12JZ United Kingdom (GBR) (Convention Center)
Hyatt Regency Birmingham is a modern, luxury hotel in the centre of Birmingham, within walking distance of Broad Street and Brindley Place, the city’s vibrant nightlife district. Hyatt is one of the few hotels in Birmingham that combines a central location for business and leisure with a full complement of amenities. From spacious guestrooms to the exclusive Presidential Suite, our hotel in Birmingham offers an ample range of luxury rooms and suites, all commanding breathtaking views of the city or the Canal.
Attractions
: Hyatt Regency Birmingham is located in the heart of the City and is linked by bridge link to the International Convention Centre (ICC).A Few steps from the hotel you will find the Bullring & Mailbox Shopping Centres, Brindley place & the famous Broad Street where an array of restaurants are situ
~0.02 Miles from International Convention Centre (ICC)
The Crowne Plaza Birmingham City Centre in Birmingham
+1-800-997-5148
Central Sq. Holliday St., Birmingham, B11HH United Kingdom (GBR)
~0.15 Miles from International Convention Centre (ICC)
Jurys Inn Birmingham in Birmingham
+1-800-997-5149
245 Broad St., Birmingham, B12HQ United Kingdom (GBR) (Downtown-City Center)
Jurys Inn Birmingham is a newly refurbished contemporary hotel situated in Birmingham City Centre on Broad Street. The hotel is just a few minutes walk from the National Indoor Arena (NIA), International Convention Centre (ICC), Symphony Hall and the Bullring Shopping Centre. The hotel is also less than 10 minutes walk from New Street, Moor Street and Snow Hill train stations and less than 20 minutes by car or train to the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) and Birmingham Airport.
Attractions
: Sea Life Centre,ICC,NIA,Brindley Place,Mail Box Shopping centre, Bullring Shopping Centre
~0.15 Miles from International Convention Centre (ICC)
Copthorne Hotel Birmingham in Birmingham
+1-800-230-4134
Paradise Circus, Birmingham, B33HJ United Kingdom (GBR) (Downtown-City Center)
The Copthorne Hotel Birmingham overlooks Centenary Square and provides convenient access to Birmingham city centre and the National Exhibition Centre. Guests will appreciate the warm welcome.
Attractions
: National Indoor Arena, National Exhibition Centre, International Convention Centre, Sea Life Centre, Cadbury World, Millennium Point, The Symphony Hall, The Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham Botanical Gardens.
~0.21 Miles from International Convention Centre (ICC)
Ramada Birmingham in Birmingham
+1-800-997-5148
160 Wharfside St., Birmingham, B11RL United Kingdom (GBR)
~0.22 Miles from International Convention Centre (ICC)
Hilton Garden Inn Birmingham Brindley Place in Birmingham
+1-800-997-5149
1 Brunswick Sq., Birmingham, B12HW United Kingdom (GBR) (Downtown-City Center)
The Hilton Garden Inn Birmingham is situated in the prestigious Brindleyplace canal area just off Broad Street within minute of the National Inddor Arena (NIA), International Convention Centre (ICC),Symphony Hall and the shopping centres of the Bull Ring and Jewellery Quarter. The hotel boasts 238 evolution rooms which feature complimentary wired and wireless internet, secure printing within the on site business centre.
Attractions
: Cadbury WorldSealife CentreBotanical GardensBull Ring shopping centreMailboxNational Indoor ArenaSymphony HallInternational Convention CentreJewellery QuarterNational Exhibition centre
Website
~0.25 Miles from International Convention Centre (ICC)
Hampton by Hilton Birmingham Broad Street in Birmingham
+1-800-230-4134
300 Broad St., Birmingham, B151SU United Kingdom (GBR) (Downtown-City Center)
Welcome to our Hampton by Hilton® Birmingham Broad Street hotel. Ideally located in the heart of the UK's second city center, this hotel offers on-site car parking and is just a short walk from the International Convention Center and the National Indoor Arena. Situated in one of the busiest areas in the city, we offer proximity to many corporate offices such as Deutsche Bank, Kraft Foods and BBC. We're also close to many tourist attractions including the Jewelry Quarter and Museum, Cadbury World, Millennium Point, Botanical Gardens and Sealife Center.
Attractions
: International convention centre (ICC), National Exhibtion centre (NEC), Sea life centre, Museums and art galleries, Bullring SHopping Centre
~0.32 Miles from International Convention Centre (ICC)
Holiday Inn Express Birmingham City in Birmingham
+1-800-997-5148
65 Lionel St., Birmingham, B31JE United Kingdom (GBR) (Downtown-City Center)
Our hotel has 120 bedrooms made up of a mixture of twin (2 single beds) double (double bed with sofa) and accessible rooms (for wheelchair users. All rooms have tea and coffee making facilities. All rooms have a TV with channels 1 - 5 sky sports and local radio channels. All rates include continental breakfast with two hot items. We also have 2 meeting rooms available for hire. The costs are £200.00 full day. This includes three sets of teas and coffees during the day, bottles of still and sparkling water, mints and biscuits.
Attractions
: Local attractions include bullring shopping centre which is approximately 10 minutes walk away. Broad Street which is the main street for clubs and bars is also a 10 minute walk away. The museum and art gallery are also located a short walk away. There are also attractions like Cadbury World and the
~0.35 Miles from International Convention Centre (ICC)
Comfort Inn Birmingham in Birmingham
+1-800-997-5149
Station St., Birmingham, B54DY United Kingdom (GBR) (Downtown-City Center)
Located in the heart of Birmingham just a stone’s throw from New Street Station and the Bullring Shopping Centre, The Comfort Inn Birmingham is ideal for both business and leisure travelers. This charming Victorian building with its original pull cage lift offers 40 ensuite bedrooms all equipped with tea/coffee making facilities, TV, Desk and lamp, and Wi-Fi.After a long day of work or shopping, guests can enjoy a drink at the hotel’s Station Bar open 11am -11pm, located on the premises.The hotel offers a full english breakfast which is cooked to order.
Attractions
: Bullring shopping centre, New Street Train station, Theatres, ICC and NIA,Bars and Shops with city centre
Website
~0.42 Miles from International Convention Centre (ICC)
Radisson Blu Hotel Birmingham in Birmingham
+1-800-230-4134
12 Holloway Circus, Birmingham, B11BT United Kingdom (GBR) (Downtown-City Center)
Welcome to Birmingham. 9 mile journey to Birmingham International Airport offering excellent connections to all world wide locations. The hotel offers valet parking to the local NCP directly behind the hotel, subject to availability.
Attractions
: The ICCThe NECThe NIABirmingham HippodromeCadburys WorldBirmingham Airport
~0.43 Miles from International Convention Centre (ICC)
Ramada Encore Birmingham City Centre in Bimingham
+1-800-997-5148
Ernest St. / Holloway Head, Bimingham, B11NS United Kingdom (GBR)
~0.44 Miles from International Convention Centre (ICC)
Hotel Du Vin Birmingham in Birmingham
+1-800-997-5149
25 Church St., Birmingham, B32NR United Kingdom (GBR)
~0.45 Miles from International Convention Centre (ICC)
Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre in Birmingham
+1-800-230-4134
Smallbrook, Birmingham, B54EW United Kingdom (GBR) (Downtown-City Center)
Welcome 630 people in Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre's 14 modern meeting rooms.
Attractions
: Jewellery Quarter (1.0MI)Warwick Castle (26.0MI)Cadbury World (7.0MI)Drayton Manor (18.0MI)Birmingham National Exhibition Centre (8.0MI)Bull Ring (0.0MI)International Convention Centre (0.2MI)National Indoor Arena (0.2MI)Birmingham Symphony Hall (0.2MI)Stratford U
~0.46 Miles from International Convention Centre (ICC)
Ibis Birmingham City Centre in Birmingham
+1-800-997-5148
Ladywell Walk, Birmingham, B54ST United Kingdom (GBR)
Ibis Birmingham City Centre hotel is a budget hotel located in central Birmingham. Your hotel booking puts you close to the Chinese Quarter and the Arcadian Centre. The hotel has 159 contemporary guest rooms, all with air conditioning, satellite TV and internet access. The Chilli Bar serves snacks and light meals 24 hours a day, while the bar is a the perfect spot for a nightcap. The hotel is a 3 minute walk from Birmingham New Street station, and the 5 meeting rooms can welcome up to 120.
Attractions
: BULLRING SHOPPING CENTRE, SEALIFE CENTRE, CADBURY WORLD, CHINATOWN, ICC, NEC, NIA
~0.56 Miles from International Convention Centre (ICC)
Hotel La Tour in Birmingham
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Albert St., Birmingham, B55JE United Kingdom (GBR)
~0.95 Miles from International Convention Centre (ICC)
The Paragon Hotel Birmingham in Birmingham
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145 Alcester St., Birmingham, B120PJ United Kingdom (GBR) (Suburban)
The is one of the largest and best conference venues in Birmingham.
Attractions
: City Centre, Cadburys World, Drayton Manor, Bullring
~1.12 Miles from International Convention Centre (ICC)
Quality Hotel Birmingham in Birmingham
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166 Hagley Rd., Birmingham, b169nz United Kingdom (GBR)
The landscaped gardens of the Quality Hotel Birmingham will provide you with some tranquility within the hustle and bustle of Birmingham. The hotel is in a perfect location if you are heading for Birmingham International Airport or the NEC.When you stay at the Quality Hotel Birmingham, you can enjoy a meal at our Pavilion Restaurant or choose from an array of cocktails in the Terrace Bar. All of our hotel rooms include free satellite television and you can park at the hotel free of charge. Room service is also available.
Attractions
: Jewellery Quarter1.2m / 2.0km NEAlexander Sports Stadium3.7m / 6.0km NBelfry Golf Club9.9m / 16.0km ENational Indoor Arena0.6m / 1.0km NBirmingham City Center0.9m / 1.5km SBarber Institution0.6m / 1.0km WIronbridge24.9m / 40.0km NWCotswolds17.4m / 28.0km SNational Exhibition
~1.36 Miles from International Convention Centre (ICC)
Crowne Plaza Birmingham City in Birmingham
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Central Sq., Birmingham, B11HH United Kingdom (GBR)
~1.39 Miles from International Convention Centre (ICC)
Ibis Birmingham Bordesley Circus in Birmingham
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1 Bordesley Park Rd., Birmingham, B100PD United Kingdom (GBR) (Downtown-City Center)
Attractions
: birmingham city centre, sea life centre and calbury walk
~1.56 Miles from International Convention Centre (ICC)
Clarion Collection Birmingham in Birmingham
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263 Hagley Rd., Birmingham, B169NA United Kingdom (GBR) (Suburban)
The Clarion Collection Birmingham is a newly refurbished 4-star hotel located less than two miles from Birmingham City Centre and Edgbaston Cricket Ground, and within easy reach of a host of exciting attractions. Ideal for both the business and leisure traveller, guests can take advantage of the Clarion Collection Birmingham’s extensive facilities and the services of the hotel’s experienced team, who are always happy to help.Guests of the Clarion CollectionBirmingham will enjoy dining in the Headingly restaurant, which specialises in grill cuisine.
Attractions
: Bullring Shopping Centre3.3m / 5.3km EInternational Convention Ctr1.5m / 2.4km EAlexandra Theatre2.4m / 3.9km EBirmingham Museum1.8m / 2.9km EMerry Hill Shopping Centre7.0m / 11.3km WNational Indoor Arena2.1m / 3.4km EBirmingham Repertory Theatre2.0m / 3.2km EEdgbaston Cricket G
~1.58 Miles from International Convention Centre (ICC)
Campanile Hotel in Birmingham
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Chester St., Birmingham, B64be United Kingdom (GBR) (Downtown-City Center)
Located just outside Birmingham City Centre, 111 bedroom Campanile Hotel is perfect for business and leisure guests. Offering free Wi-Fi and free Car Parking, this hotel is ideal for peace and quiet after a long day. We offer 5 meeting rooms with great package to suit budget and requirements, with space up to 200. The hotel has recently undergone a refurbishment between January - March 2013.
Attractions
: Birmingham City Centre, Cadburys World, SeaLife Centre, ThinkTank Museum, Drayton Manor
~1.58 Miles from International Convention Centre (ICC)
Hampton by Hilton Birmingham Star City in Birmingham
+1-800-230-4134
Cuckoo Rd. Heartlands Pkwy., Birmingham, B75SB United Kingdom (GBR)
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~2.66 Miles from International Convention Centre (ICC)
Park Inn by Radisson Birmingham West M5 J1 in West Bromwich
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Birmingham Rd. M5 Jct 1, West Bromwich, B706TU United Kingdom (GBR)
~3.81 Miles from International Convention Centre (ICC)
Ramada Birmingham Oldbury in Oldbury Birmingham
+1-800-997-5149
Wolverhampton Rd., Oldbury Birmingham, B694RJ United Kingdom (GBR)
The warmest of welcomes awaits you at the Ramada Birmingham Oldbury Hotel and Conference Centre, a stylish Oldbury Hotel in Dudley where top quality facilities and luxury accommodation in Oldbury are combined with the very best in customer service so that you can start relaxing from the very moment you arrive.Bathed in a palette of luxurious golds and yellows, this stunning property is one of the finest hotels in Dudley Birmingham evoking subtle images of the East, accentuating the richness of its inspired design while adding a unique visual appeal to all public areas.
Attractions
: Cadbury Worldsea life centreBirnmingham Bullring
~4.13 Miles from International Convention Centre (ICC)
Bridge House Hotel in Acocks Green
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49 Sherbourne Rd., Acocks Green, B276DX United Kingdom (GBR) (Suburban)
A Family run hotel in the south of Birmingham with easy access to both NEC and Birmingham Airport. Next to Acocks Green station with convenient access to New Street station from London-Liverpool-Manchester-Edinburgh. Easy access from motorways M1 and M6. All Bedrooms are En Suite with Tea/Coffee making facilities,TV and a Hair Dryer. Close to Birmingham city centre and International Airport,NEC,Edgbaston Cricket Ground,Cadbury World, Birmingham and Aston Villa Football Clubs, Bull Ring Shopping Centre,Jewellery Quarter and Touchwood shopping centre in Solihull.
Attractions
: NECNIAICCRicoh ArenaCadbury worldNational sea life CentreBotanical Gardens
~4.25 Miles from International Convention Centre (ICC)
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"Will return to this Hotel."Reviewed by a Hotels.com guest on Jun 25, 2012
There is a lot of construction around this area. The hotel was nice and we like the closeness to the areas we wanted to visit while in Hangzhou. It is close to a very nice mall where you can shop as well as eat. It's within walking distance to West Lake as well. We will use this hotel again.
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"Good service and location of hotel"Reviewed by Victoria VN of "Singapore" on Oct 28, 2011
The hotel is conveniently located in downtown area of Hangzhou..u can easily find restaurants and convenient store nearby. Besides, it just took 15-20min to Xihu lake by cab ;one of Hangzhou's famous tourist attractions. It only cost us RMB15-17. They also have English-speaking staff who's very helpful...it's especially very helpful to us as we don't speak mandarin well. I would definitely love to stay there again anytime I drop by Hangzhou..
"no complaints"Reviewed by a Hotels.com guest on Sep 12, 2011
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"Enjoyed stay at Zhejiang International Hotel"Reviewed by Eugene A of "Singapore" on Apr 20, 2011
I stayed 2 nights at this hotel. Arriving late at past midnight, the hotel was dim and only had 1 staff mending the counter. The procedures for check in was slow as the staff had to copy all the information for every guest (I booked 2 rooms for 4 adults). They could have photocopied the passport and do the paperwork after the guests leave the counter. Hotel room is very new and well maintained. I ordered room service and the food arrived after about 30 minutes. The food was ok. There was no complimentary bottled water in the room though and only a tap that provides drinking water. The breakfast spread (not included in the hotel rate) is somewhat limited and not the best. The staff at the concierge were extremely helpful though, giving tips and guide on where to visit and what to see and which route to take for first time Hangzhou visitors like me, who didn't do much research before hand. Location wise, it is located in downtown but away from Xihu, the main tourist attraction. It is walking distance from the shopping malls (the bigger dept store being YingTai).
""Reviewed by grace C of "Houston, Texas" on May 14, 2010
It is clean and well maintained facility. Fitness center is adequate. Services is good. Location is convenient to access to major shopping malls. But rate is high without including breakfast by booking through Hotel.com
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Situated in Preston, Legacy Preston International Hotel is close to Miller Park, Avenham Park, and Harris Museum and Art Gallery. Also nearby are Museum of Lancashire and Deepdale.
Hotel Features.
This Preston hotel offers a coffee shop/café and a bar/lounge. A complimentary breakfast is available. Additional amenities include 24-hour room service, a safe deposit box at the front desk, and self parking. Onsite parking is complimentary.
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Amenities in air-conditioned guestrooms at Legacy Preston International Hotel include safes and coffee/tea makers. Televisions are equipped with satellite.
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"Reasonable only"
Very noisy room from the main road belowGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Very difficult to locate"
The hotel itself was nice and service was good. Finding the hotel is almost impossible due to one way streets, and general lack of signage. I spent 90 minutes looking for the hotel and during that time was never more than 1 mile form it. You can not see the sign for the hotel from anywhereGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"No frills"
LOcation of hotel good. Nothing within the hotel to convince me to go back. Poor, cold, bar area, No entertainment facilities within hotel, just basic, no frills, business accomadation.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"A short stay at the Legacy Preston International"
The hotel looks nice; it is clean and well-maintained. On our visit the staff were friendly and helpful. On the downside, the breakfast room is in the basement and though its very clean and pleasant, there is a musty smell that suggests damp. My biggest complaint though, would be that the bed was very hard and uncomfortable. This meant that I did not […] sleep well for the two nights I was there and on the 250 mile journey home, I was very tired. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
Overall my stay was ok. The only thing I would say let the hotel down was the terrible food in the resteraunt. I paid 20.00 for what tasted like a microwave chilli and a tinned sticky toffee pudding. I think for people who stay in your hotel will be workers and after a day at work you would like nice food .Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"ordinary"
Not particularly cheap. Food bland and expensive. Staff friendly and reasonably helpful, though. Overall, very disappointed and will stay elsewhere next time.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Ok. Functional but nothing exciting."
Clean. Good location for town centre but difficult to drive to because on a one way system. Sat nav doesn't take you there! Room warm. No air-con and window wouldn't open. Breakfast average. Plenty of parking.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Hotel With No Personality"
The hotel was fine, however bothe the staff and the hotel has no personaslity!Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Good, clean hotel"
I stayed for 3 nights. Nice, clean room with all basic equipment you need, including free WiFi. Spacious shower room with tub. I was pleased with the stay itself, but I cannot say much about other things and services the hotel offers, since I didn't use any. I had a late dinner at the hotel's lounge "restaurant" on a saturday evening, I was the only […] customer there at the time which made me a little suspicious. The food was quite ok and eatable, but nothing I would count on on any fancier occasions. |
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In Cairns’s Cairns North, the Tropical Queenslander Hotel Cairns offers good value accommodation. Cairns Convention Centre, William Walter Mason Bridge and Cazaly's Stadium are within a 10-minute drive away, and the property provides free parking.The Tropical Queenslander Hotel Cairns offers a convenient 24-hour reception as well as an outdoor pool, a safe and a dry cleaning service. The apartment complex also offers laundry facilities, a laundry service and luggage storage. The apartment complex also offers guests the added convenience of a wireless internet connection.Each design apartment at the Tropical Queenslander Hotel Cairns is equipped with a TV, cable / satellite channels and complimentary toiletries. All apartments are air conditioned and equipped with a kitchenette, a private bathroom and tea and coffee making facilities. Also available are a hair dryer, a refrigerator and a telephone.The Tropical Queenslander Hotel Cairns has an on-site restaurant, convenient for guests wishing to dine in. Alternatively, there is a great range of international restaurants just a short walk away. The apartment complex also includes a comfortable lounge bar, perfect for a pre-dinner glass of wine.The Tropical Queenslander Hotel Cairns is less than 10 minutes' drive from Cairns Airport (CNS). An airport shuttle operates from the apartment complex.
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For a couple from Calgary, standing on Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island initially felt like a world away from home.
But it didn’t take long for that to change.
The breathtaking Georgia Strait is only steps away from Bob and Jane White’s new backyard in a nearby community called Qualicum Landing.
“I actually didn’t think there was a view like that in Canada,” says Jane, a retired school teacher.
Qualicum Landing is a 62-residence community stretched across 6.4 hectares of waterfront just north of Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island.
After living in Calgary for the past 35 years, the Whites sold their city residence and made the gated luxury beach community their permanent home.
The Whites learned about the B.C. retreat while reading the Calgary Herald, with one visit to the resort cinching their interest in a long-term stay.
“It’s gorgeous,” says Jane about the walk-on waterfront, which has about 450 feet of shoreline. “The sunsets and sunrises are absolutely spectacular.”
With Qualicum Landing being the only multi-family development in the area, the scenic beach has an exclusive feeling, says Lynn Robison, sales director for Qualicum Landing.
She’s also a resident at the property.
“Once you get on that beach, you’re virtually by yourself,” she says, adding that many residents beachcomb and return with an assortment of interesting treasures. “You can walk for miles and miles.”
Another appeal is the community’s low-density layout, says Robison.
“It allows you to have your own home,” she says. “You’re not looking into your neighbour’s patio when you’re trying to barbecue.”
Residences range in size from 1,070 to 2,000 square feet. The smallest unit includes two bedrooms and the largest has three bedrooms and a den.
Pricces start at $399,000.
“We finish them to luxury home standards,” says Robison. Features include the buyer’s choice of two designer colour schemes, a heritage-style front door made of solid wood, and imported, hand-laid tile in the entranceway and bathrooms.
They also include Shaker-style cabinets, stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, designer series plumbing fixtures, crown moulding in the great room, and a heated single-car garage.
The Whites bought a three-bedroom, Cape Cod-themed residence with 12-foot ceilings. “Every square inch is cleverly designed,” says Jane, adding it includes large, “unbelievable” windows.
“The whole back end is all windows, which just brings the outside in,” she says.
The Whites are just one example of the wave of interest in Qualicum Landing coming from Calgary residents, says Robinson.
“Calgary has been really good to us,” she says, adding that about 40 per cent of owners come from Alberta.
Young retirees and those looking for a vacation home as an investment are flocking to Qualicum Landing, says Robison.
Many of those who use their residence as a vacation home earn money by including it in the development’s rental program.
“There is high demand for rentals in Qualicum Landing,” says Robison. However, more than 50 per cent make the property their permanent residence, she says.
Part of what draws residents to the community are the number of amenities on Vancouver Island, including four provincial parks and six golf courses, says Robison.
The area also includes opportunities to dip into a town, with Comox Valley and Nanaimo within a 40-minute drive of the resort.
While there is much to do and see in the area outside of Qualicum Landing, the community, itself, isn’t short on things to enjoy.
They include an outdoor heated pool and hot tub surrounded by 0.4 hectares of green space.
There’s also a clubhouse with a fitness facility, owner’s lounge and billiard’s room. A sport court for basketball and tennis is planned for completion this fall, says Robison.
Construction is in progress on the 49th unit at Qualicum Landing. There are 13 residences left to sell at the development.
For more information, visit qualicumlanding.com
IN SHORT
Qualicum Beach is a small town about 12 kilometres north of Parksville, on the east side of Vancouver Island.
The area is known as a fisherman’s paradise, with waters populated by halibut and salmon. Qualicum is an anglicized take on the First Nations Salish word “squal-li,” which translates to “where the dog salmon run.”
Away from the beach, the region is known for its assortment of golf courses, mountain biking and hiking.
The vision for a gated beach community on Vancouver Island was driven by David Steele and Pat Delesalle, who are managing partners at Qualicum Landing.
Delesalle is a shareholder in the Queen Charlotte fishing lodge.
Steele has more than 17 years of experience in real estate development, directing sales for more than 85 projects in Canada and the United States. |
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Bruce Rose and his wife Rosemary consider themselves giving people. Their foundation, Carrington Charitable, last year raised $500,000 on the golf course. The beneficiary of the proceeds, the Veterans Airlift Command, arranges transportation by private jet for severely wounded veterans and their families.
Rose sometimes donates flight time on the planes owned and operated by his many real estate companies under the Carrington hedge fund umbrella. On occasion, the commercial-certified pilot will fly the mission himself.
And then there was the time when the Extreme Home Makeover television show approached Carrington with an opportunity to “do the right thing.” On the show, a disadvantaged, disabled couple in the Midwest was living in a home whose mortgage was serviced by Carrington Mortgage Services. The producers asked if Carrington could help at all — a discount on the mortgage payment, perhaps some construction service (Rose also operates White Van property preservation) — even though the mortgage was current at the time of filming.
For Rose it was a no-brainer. Carrington bought the mortgage out of the trust using company funds and donated the note to the couple. There is even a 15-second clip of a Carrington associate dramatically tearing up the mortgage for the cameras.
“The interesting thing about it though, was we weren’t named anywhere in the show,” said Bruce Rose, reflecting on the moment in a rare media interview. “There was no reference to Carrington, there was no advertising and we didn’t ask for any credit. And when I had the chance to play the clip again for a town hall meeting internally, the message I gave to the troops was that you always do the right thing, even when nobody’s watching,” he added.
“And everybody gets it — we didn’t tear up that mortgage because we were doing it for the credit or for the advertising or to get Carrington’s name out there,” he said. “We did it because it was the right thing to do, it felt good and it helped out a family that really deserved the help. That’s the way the company is run — that’s the philosophy we’ve always approached everything with.”
It’s a side of Carrington not many people know.
Rose gets enough comfort out of it. He has no trouble sleeping at night. He has no regrets. He’s comfortable with his place in the world, and can balance the pros and cons life throws at him. In all, he’s a very likeable person.
Yet his company can rub some people the wrong way, even when it is operating for the right reasons. For this, Rose never apologizes, never backs down and has come out on top, nearly each and every time. Rose, for his part, will tell you it comes down to the business practices that underpin Carrington.
“Our company has done everything that it can do for the best benefit of the borrower-investor longer term. Where we think it’s somewhere between ironic and amusing, is while we were working as hard as possible to keep borrowers in the houses and keep the assets cash flowing, right outside our doors and right outside my home we were being picketed by the ACORNs and the NACAs of the world, and then simultaneously in the press we were crucified by Declaration, Magnetar and analysts like Amherst for not foreclosing fast enough.”
Magnetar is the now-infamous Chicago-based hedge fund accused of manipulating collateralized debt obligations. Investors filed suit in April in an effort to claw back some losses. Declaration Management & Research remains in business as a Securities and Exchange Commission registered investment adviser managing approximately $10 billion in institutional assets. Austin, Texas-based Amherst Securities operates as a broker-dealer in residential mortgage-backed securities, agency securities and select fixed-income investments, and the company’s research team is among the most influential in the mortgage industry.
“We could kind of take the middle of the road and say ‘Well if we’re irritating everybody, we must be doing a good job.’ But what I think was the most gratifying from my perspective is then a few years later when the noise died down, we watched ACORN shoot itself in the head, it became evident that NACA was nothing more than a shakedown for fees from us, as was ACORN originally.”
Neighborhood activist the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, filed for bankruptcy at the end of 2010 in the wake of videos showing employees recommending immoral borrower behavior. Its final office closed in May 2012. The Neighborhood Assistance Corp. of America still provides housing counseling services but has been criticized for allegedly trying to strong-arm mortgage bankers into reworking lower-income mortgages.
If there is a winner to any of these contentious and sensitive issues, that person is Bruce Rose.
INVESTORS AND TROUBLE
Earlier this year, things came to a very Carrington-esque conclusion. The hedge fund and American Home Mortgage Servicing, now known as Homeward Residential, agreed to settle a three-year dispute over how REO tied to a subprime mortgage bond was managed. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Rose said the common misperception outside of Carrington was that there was one central lawsuit between Carrington and American Home over servicing practices. There was more than one suit, he said, but the original case involved Carrington suing Homeward Residential.
Carrington was the plaintiff, and not the defendant, in the initial lawsuit filed in March 2009 — a misunderstanding for some who believe it was the other way around. Carrington had negotiated a provision embedded in its pooling and servicing agreements called the “rights of the CE holder.” This is in reference to the investor that holds most of the riskiest credit enhancement tranche, or so-called “residual class.”
This CE rights provision allowed Carrington to control the foreclosure and REO disposition process on every loan it purchased from any of the originators. Rose maintains nothing was conducted behind-the-scenes. The rights of the CE classholder were fully disclosed in the investment prospectus, in the PSA and, Rose said, discussed widely with investors that bought into Carrington’s issuance in the primary market.
When American Home Mortgage Servicing acquired Option One Mortgage in April 2008, the Dallas-Fort Worth-based servicer acquired rights to service loans in Carrington-led securitizations. Option One had been flawlessly following Carrington instructions for the life of the securitization, Carrington alleges in the lawsuit. The lawsuit resulted when AHMSI allegedly neglected to maintain the CE holder’s rights, according to filings with the Connecticut Superior Court. Rose said he felt he had little choice but to go to court.
“In order to protect our investors, our bond holders and our invested capital, we took the dispute to the courts,” Rose said.
“American Home (now Homeward) responded with a lawsuit against me personally,” Rose claims.
The second lawsuit, which alleged racketeering, was filed by American Home in early 2009 and announced in the press but was quickly withdrawn in May 2009, according to court documents. It received media coverage by journalists who labeled the dispute an example of “tranche warfare.”
“I think what generally got blown out of proportion was that this was a simple contract dispute between Carrington as plaintiff and American Home as defendant,” Rose said. “We didn’t spend five seconds responding to American Home’s lawsuit back to us. It was dismissed and it’s gone.”
Rose describes the whole event as a triumph, and a simple contract dispute that got blown out of proportion. Carrington’s internal operations and leadership, meanwhile, remain big fans of both the people and work at Homeward Residential, Rose said. Rose’s firms still provide real estate services for Homeward, both as a vendor and a counterparty. But the American Home dispute was not the only time business relationships have landed Rose and Carrington in court.
“With respect to investor complaints, I have one investor that represents slightly less than 10 basis points of our overall invested capital … that claimed that he had special rights to withdraw capital at a point in time when he didn’t,” Rose said. He declined to identify the investor.
“That particular lawsuit, the only one that’s arisen from the investor side, is proceeding nicely in our favor. And I’m not going to say that I don’t care, but it’s not something that I spend a lot of time thinking about,” Rose said. If this conversation were happening on Twitter, one half-imagines Rose would end it with the hashtag #winning.
Rose estimates there have been probably 100 to 200 borrower lawsuits against Carrington, none of which have resulted in any significant action or settlement with Carrington, he said. Most of the suits were inherited from defunct subprime lender New Century Financial that Carrington now services for other investors.
There’s also former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray’s now-dismissed lawsuit against Carrington for alleged noncompliance with a consent decree involving now-defunct subprime lender New Century. In May 2007, Carrington paid $188 million to buy New Century’s servicing rights. Cordray, meanwhile, moved into the director position at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and his replacement, Mike DeWine, dismissed the suit.
“That covered something less than 7% of the total number of loans that we serviced in the state of Ohio,” Rose said. “The state AG that filed that lawsuit was voted out of office. His successor came into office, and within a short couple of months, dismissed the lawsuit, no action, nothing required out of Carrington. We’re now proud to serve the people of Ohio with real estate, lending and property services.”
GENERATING RETURNS
The stated goal for Carrington’s invested capital is to generate a return based on the ability to manage mortgage credit risk. And mortgage credit risk is nowhere more evident than in the lowest classes of the security, typically the first to absorb any credit losses. So Carrington intentionally created and retained as much of the credit risk as it could, and structured its securitizations to make sure that Carrington can control mortgage credit risk as much as possible.
It’s all part of the plan. “By the way, I think it’s important to note that while we were the first to create a provision known as the “rights of the CE holder,” that’s more or less become standard in any of the residential securitizations that’s taken place post-apocalypse here,” Rose said.
“We expect to see it built into virtually every non-agency securitization that comes out in the future,” he adds. “The guy who creates the risk and who retains it on balance sheet is ultimately going to want to retain the ability to control it — that we started demonstrating as early as 2004.”
That same control of credit risk by a single classholder, analysts at Amherst had argued, may give a servicer differing incentives to behave, which may in turn prove counterproductive to investors. Rose argues this is nonsense. Consider that each class in the security represents an undivided interest in the entire pool of loans, Rose begins. “Even though we bought and retained the credit risk that was at the bottom of the securitization, we owned a vertical slice of every loan throughout the entire trust,” he said.
“So it’s not that we put the riskier loans down at the bottom and we sold the safer loans at the top. Think of it this way: You put all the loans in a giant bucket and you mix them around until they’re kind of homogenous and they don’t really have any individual identity,” Rose explains. What Carrington ends up doing is selling pieces out of that bucket where all the loans are mixed together and the most important part about that is an investor, at various levels, participates in kind of the weighted average performance of all the loans. This happens all the way across the spectrum, except that the investor can choose how safe he wants his investment to be.
So by choosing the top level at AAA, the probability that an investor will incur credit risk is very remote. But by choosing the bottom noninvestment grade, the investor is going to receive the maximum impact of any credit. At least, this is what Carrington claims. And there is no shortage of investors as a result.
“Where certain classes of investors and analysts got it wrong, is they viewed the obligation of the servicer and the trustee to protect duration, the length of time that each of these notes were outstanding,” Rose argues.
Rose makes the case that his structured deals are typically more credit-enhanced, have more subordination, and more excess cash flow available to the more senior bondholders than most of what is still out there in nonagency mortgage securities land. But this is not by a substantial margin, and certainly not enough to attract suitcases full of cash to go to operational expenses.
“I think the edge that we had is when we bought loans, we were known as an extraordinarily difficult investor. We had a very intense diligence protocol. We bought virtually zero-exception loans in an environment that was based in exception-based lending. I guess we could say we bought the best of the production that was out there, but given that effectively that the entire market failed, there’s a little consolation in that,” Rose said. “Self-evident, we’re still here and our deals are still outstanding when just about everybody else is wiped out.”
THE AMERICAN DREAM — TO RENT
Carrington is betting on REO-to-rentals, big time. Privately-funded mortgage originations cratered in 2007 and 2008, but not before the easy liquidity of the nation’s housing boom gave a lot opportunities to a lot of people to buy houses. Directionally, the effort to lend more freely was aligned with both social policy and with where the government wanted to be — the American Dream of homeownership.
Homeownership rates in the U.S. peaked at 68% to 69% during 2006. Rose estimates that these rates will revert back to something that looks like the mean trend over time, and may overcorrect in the short term. “I know that the popular notion is that housing ownership probably descends down to 62% to 63%, we actually think it could get low as 59% to 60% over time. But it’s not a bad thing,” he said.
“We gave an opportunity for a whole class of people to buy houses — that was a good thing,” he said without a hint of regret. “The fact that some of them couldn’t perform isn’t necessarily their fault, isn’t necessarily the Street’s fault. The reliance on housing price appreciation to drive the whole equation effectively became the bubble that burst. Let’s get over it and move on.”
Moving on, a significant portion of those homeowners now make up the foreclosures coming onto the market (or soon-to-be on the market). And these now former homeowners are going to need a solid roof above their head, even if they can’t afford to buy or access available financing. Which seems to mean an increased demand for rentals; and, perhaps even, skyrocketing demand.
Carrington talks REO-to-rentals today, as it did back in 2009, when I first started at HousingWire. For all I know, the company talked about it even before that time. But the recent taboo of discussing renting to former boom-time homeowners is now the cocktail party chatter du jour. Carrington was there when it put those people into homes, and it will be there when they now need to rent, too.
And it’s in the rental market where Rose believes Carrington will likely encounter some additional friction on the road ahead of it.
“Virtually every high net-worth or single investor out there wants to buy a house and rent it out,” Rose said. “And the market is seeing a lot of the private equity types, a lot of distressed real estate money flooding toward this asset.”
Carrington, however, has some trepidation regarding the way the market is moving with these developments in mind.
“What we’re particularly concerned about is the trend of the larger investors to go out and buy courthouse-step sales, force the eviction of a borrower when they’re not a licensed servicer and trying to attack this trade with capital, as opposed to infrastructure and system,” Rose warned. “So I think there’s going to be some blowups. I think there’s going to be some mistakes. We’re trying to stay out of the fray. We’re not looking to take this public. We’re not looking for the get-rich quick. We’re not going to flip houses. We don’t consider this a two- or three-year investment. This is an ultra-long term hold. “
What Rose calls “the worst thing that this market will see” is if a bunch of the fast money rushes in and then flips the houses. This could lead to a double bounce on the bottom.
“The competition for assets in certain markets has already caused us to depart those markets. Where the investor perception is, ‘Gee it got really cheap so it must be distressed so I should buy it there,’ all of a sudden we’re seeing properties that are selling at 110% to 120% of list,” Rose said.
Carrington is currently operating rentals in 30-plus states — in 70 or so cities, Rose said. When determining how to treat an asset, Carrington uses a net present value equation on each individual asset that includes the forward curve projecting housing price (for sale) versus the net cash flow (for rentals).
If that calculation generates a positive return versus selling the house today, Carrington keeps the house. If it generates a negative return, the house gets sold.
However, in 2010, Carrington revised its internal housing price index. Upon revision, the company noticed many of the houses Carrington held as rentals would start to reach a negative NPV in a year or so.
“Our goal originally in 2007-2008, was to ride out until the recovery in the housing market, which we thought was going start to show some signs of relief sometime third or fourth quarter of 2010. Okay, guess what? I was wrong, but I don’t think I was the only one who was. “
“We sold occupied, well-maintained retail-priced houses, as opposed to selling through an REO agent that got a price for a vacant, boarded-up house,” Rose adds. “So ultimately between the value enhancement by having the house occupied and maintained, plus the cash flow from the net rental, delivered better overall proceeds to the trust, as opposed to just marking it down and selling it out.”
Rose estimates his company processed approximately 15,000 houses for Fannie Mae’s tenant-in-place program beginning in February, 2010, and it continues to work on the program with Fannie today as well. Carrington itself burned through 3,500 to 4,000 houses held in private securitizations it serviced. Carrington is also operating a tenant-in-place program for two major unnamed financial institutions, as well as participating in a joint venture with Oaktree Capital in Los Angeles to deploy an initial investment of nearly $500 million into the REO rental market.
So, one can disagree with the tactics of Rose, Carrington, and its vast array of subsidiaries (15 different companies operate under the Carrington umbrella, at last count). It’s not hard, after all, to have a quibble with one of the few institutions that banked during the boom, survived the bust and is continuing to push ahead during what so far has been an amazingly unsettling recovery. But Rose feels his business model has been vindicated, despite the criticism some loft his way.
“I think what’s important to note, that yeah, there’s criticism from consumer activist groups, there’s some criticism from the realty firms and so forth,” Rose said. “But we disagree.”
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In HTML, the <input> element has several variations and can be used to provide a submit button as well as a check box or text box. In ASP.NET, each possible instance of the <input> element is mapped to a specific class. All input classes derive from the HtmlInputControl class. HtmlInputControl is the abstract class that defines the common programming interface for all input controls. The class inherits from HtmlControl and simply adds three custom properties—Name, Type, and Value—to the inherited interface.
The Name property returns the name assigned to the control. In ASP.NET, this property is peculiar because, although it’s marked as read/write, it actually works as a read-only property. The get accessor returns the control’s UniqueID property, while the set accessor is just void. As a result, whatever value Web developer assigns to the property, either programmatically or declaratively, is just ignored and no exception or compile error is ever thrown.
The Type property mirrors the type attribute of the HTML input elements. The property is read-only. Finally, the Value property is read/write and represents the content of the input field.
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Under the Radar: How to Pass a Drug Test for Marijuana
If you smoke weed and you need to know how to pass a drug test, I can tell you from personal experience that not only is it possible, it’s actually surprisingly easy.
On the other hand, that doesn’t mean there’s a Magic Pill out there, either. If you have your heart set on a miracle cure that doesn’t require any effort on your part, then keep looking (and good luck).
But if you have your act together enough to follow some simple, step-by-step instructions, then keep reading because you’re half-way there…
Of course smokers don’t pass bad information back and forth to each other on purpose. But think about it – if things like Certo, cranberry juice, niacin, vinegar, etc. actually worked, it would be well-known to pot smokers and shyster companies wouldn’t be able to sell millions of dollars worth of their detox products every year.
A lot of the home remedy gossip you hear about is based on tactics that actually worked to a certain degree in the very early days of drug testing. But drug testing labs have been on to these tactics for many years.
Marijuana detox products have a hit and miss track record, to put it mildly. And it’s no wonder, because detox kits don’t actually cleanse marijuana from your system at all.
This has got to be one of the biggest advertising frauds in history. It doesn’t matter how many expensive herbal remedies you take, or how many fancy drinks you chug down – they will never cleanse anything except your wallet. In my book I explain why it’s literally impossible anyway.
Detox products don’t have 300-500% money-back guarantees because they work so great. They come with guarantees like that because the companies who sell them know it will convince you to buy their product.
But good luck with getting them to pay up on those huge guarantees when you fail. It almost never happens, because they know you’re not likely to raise a stink and advertise to the world that you smoke pot. And unfortunately, they’re usually right.
Drinking lots of water will help you test negative for THC pretty easily, actually. For most smokers that’s not the hard part. But what good does it do you to test negative for drugs if the lab can tell that you diluted?? You end up failing anyway.
Most smokers think that drinking lots of water, cranberry juice or whatever for days/weeks/months before their drug test will help them pass. Because that’s what EVERYONE tells you to do, right? Unfortunately, ‘everyone’ is flat out wrong.
This belief is the biggest misconception there is about dilution, hands down. In “Under the Radar” you’ll learn why it’s not only false, but it can actually cause you to fail your urine drug test.
When it comes to diluting for a drug test, the ONLY water that matters is what you drink on the actual day of your test. So you can save yourself a lot of grief by waiting to dilute until it really matters.
What Is the ONE Method Guaranteed to Help You Pass Your Drug Test?
I apologize, but that’s actually a trick question. The fact is there’s absolutely nothing on this planet guaranteed to work 100% of the time for 100% of smokers. And anyone who tells you otherwise is flat out LYING to you – there’s no other way to put it.
So if you’re looking for a Magic Pill, that’s not a promise I can make. It wouldn’t be right, no matter how many charlatans are willing to sell their souls by promising you the moon.
HOWEVER — there’s one thing I can tell you with an absolutely, completely clear conscience. And that is, if you’re a frequent user, your only chance of passing a urine drug test is with plain old, simple dilution – AS LONG AS IT’S DONE CORRECTLY.
Even though I know for a fact that the only way to pass a urine test is with dilution, even I would never tell someone that they’re 100% guaranteed to pass with it. There are just too many variables involved – we all have different metabolisms, and I don’t have any control over how closely you would follow my instructions.
But I CAN promise you this: the step-by-step dilution method in “Under the Radar” is the closest you’re ever going to come to an iron-clad guarantee.
Hoping and Praying is NOT an Effective Method for Passing a Drug Test
If you’re only a light smoker then a so-called ‘detox’ drink might actually work for you under certain circumstances. Even
though they don’t actually detox anything, they DO work on the principle of dilution so they’re not totally worthless.
But for people who toke on a regular basis, detox drinks are a huge gamble – and one that you’ll probably lose…
“Under the Radar” takes all the guesswork out of how to prepare for your urine drug test. You’ll learn:
- exactly how to dilute and how to hide your dilution, down to the last detail.
- how to handle a wide variety of circumstances (because we all face different kinds of drug testing situations).
- exactly what goes on behind the scenes at the lab, both before and after you drop, so that you won’t be left hanging wondering what’s going on and whether it’s something you need to worry about or not.
If you’re feeling totally stressed out with worry over whether or not you’ll be able to pass a drug test, I guarantee you’ll feel MUCH BETTER after reading “Under the Radar“. You’ll understand exactly how drug tests work, you’ll realize that they can be beat, and you’ll have a solid, actionable plan for doing it.
Who Am I, and Why Should You Listen to Me?
There’s a ton of BS on the Internet about how to pass a drug test and you don’t know me from a bar of soap. So really, there’s no good reason why you should listen to me. The only thing I can tell you is that I’m a REAL person who has to take drug tests just like you do.
This is information I needed to learn for myself when I took my first drug test a few years back. It worked so well that friends wanted me to share my ‘recipe’ with them, and eventually things just kind of took on a life of their own…
I sincerely want to help you pass your drug test, which is why I have a totally open money-back guarantee. But at the end of the day, you’re going to have to decide for yourself whether or not you think I’m full of crap.
Capitalist Pig or Mother Theresa? You Decide.
Some people think I’m a schmuck because I don’t give my e-book away for free. Others, who have actually bought it and read it, think I’m practically a saint for writing something like this in the first place. You can’t please everyone.
The information in my ebook is basically the same as what you’ll find on my website, but in a very excruciatingly detailed step-by-step format that covers every situation you can think of. Because one thing I’ve learned FOR SURE about how to pass a drug test is that there isn’t an easy, one-size-fits-all solution that works exactly the same for everyone.
I spent countless hours doing the research for this e-book, not to mention the hours and hours I spent writing it. I continually do ongoing research to keep the information up to date, not to mention the time I spend answering emails every day. If I divided the hours I spend on this website by the amount of money I make from it on a monthly basis, I’m working for a hell of a lot less than minimum wage.
So if it bothers you that I actually charge a small price for this information, then you can bite me. But if you’re serious about passing your drug test, I’ll probably turn out to be the best friend you ever had. I sincerely believe this is the best information about passing drug tests that you’re going to find anywhere. Period.
My “No-Explanation-Needed” 1-Year Guarantee
If you read the information in my e-book and you think I’m full of it, just send me an email and I’ll give you a full refund anytime within the next 12 months – simple as that. You don’t even have to give a reason.
If you take my refund offer seriously, then you just might save yourself a lot of grief later on. You’ve literally got nothing to lose by just reading it, and a LOT to gain.
And, just FYI: any merchant who accepts credit cards (as I do) MUST honor their stated guarantee policy, or they risk losing the privilege of being able to take credit cards. My website has been online since March of 2007, and frankly I’m not about to risk throwing it all away by trying to scam someone out of a lousy 17 bucks!
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4) The order process is AUTOMATED. Computer programs handle the whole thing, and computers do screw up every once in a while. If you run into a problem with receiving your e-book, don’t panic. Just use the Contact form here on my website, and send me an email explaining what the problem is. I’ll get back to you asap and get it straightened out.
That’s it for the fine print, but one more thing… How to pass a drug test is a personal decision that shouldn’t be taken lightly. Whatever you decide to do to try to pass your drug test, I sincerely wish you good luck, I really, truly do.
P.S. My NO QUESTIONS ASKED MONEY-BACK-GUARANTEE means you don’t have a thing to lose if you want to find out for yourself if this information is the Real Deal. I’ll let you read it, and you can be the judge. |
This step by step woodworking project is about how to build a porch swing. Building a simple porch swing bench is a nice weekend project, that will bright up your porch and create a beautiful leisure area. There are so many designs and plans you could choose from, that we recommend you to take a look on the alternatives, before starting the actual construction of the bench.
When building the porch swing bench, you have two options. On one hand, you could hang the bench directly to the porch ceiling beams, while on the other hand, you could build a sturdy A-frame and hang the bench to it. Irrespective of your choice, we recommend you to check out the first part of the woodworking project HERE, as to learn how to make the A-frame for the porch swing.
Building the bench is not difficult, but there are still a few things that you should take into account, if you want to prevent costly mistakes and other issues. First of all, you should buy the best quality materials you could afford. Redwood, cedar or pine are great choices, as the bench will be exposed to moisture and sunlight. Always align the components at both ends and add glue to the joints, in order to get a rigid structure.
Building a porch swing
- A - 2 pieces of 2×3 lumber – 60″ long, 4 pieces – 17″ long FRAME
- B - 2 pieces of 2×3 lumber – 13 1/4″ long, 2 pieces – 11 1/2″ long SUPPORTS
- C - 2 pieces of 2×3 lumber – 23 1/2″ long ARM RESTS
- D - 7 pieces of 1×3 – 60″ long SLATS
- E - 2 pieces of 2×3 lumber – 22 1/2″ long, 1 piece – 60″ long, 1 piece of 2×6 – 55″ long FRAME
- F - 10 pieces of 1×3 lumber – 14″ long SLATS
-: How to build an a-frame swing
- Part 2: How to build a porch swing
How to build a porch swing
The first step of the woodworking project is to build the of the bench. As you can notice in the image, you need to use 2×3 lumber, several 2 1/2″ galvanized screws and waterproof glue. Drill pilot hole trough the frame and insert the screws, after checking if the corners are right-angled. Offset the studs placed on both ends by about 1 1/2″, otherwise you won’t be able to install the armrest supports.
Next, you need to attach the armrest supports on both ends of the frame. As you can see in the plane, we recommend you to cut the ends of the supports at about 7 degrees, as to give your bench a dynamic appearance. Drill pilot holes trough the supports and insert 2 1/2″ galvanized screws into the frame of the porch swing bench.
Building the backrest of the bench is not as complicated as it might seem at first glance. First of all, you need to assemble the frame of the backrest, by using 2×3 and 2×6 lumber (5″ wide). Cut both ends of the components at 45º, in order to get a professional result. Drill pilot holes, add waterproof glue and insert 2 1/2″ galvanized screws.
Next, you need to fit the slats between the top and bottom components and lock them into place with 1 1/4″ pocket hole screws. Use a good jig to drill two pocket holes at both ends of the slats. Make sure you place the slats equally spaced, by placing a wooden block between them.
In order to tilt the backrest and to create a rigid joint with the seat frame, we recommend you to pay attention to the instructions. Use a 2×4 slats between the backrest and the frame, making sure you cut it at 7º longitudinally. Align all the components at both ends, drill pilot holes, add waterproof glue and insert the 4″ galvanized screws into the frame, every 6″.
Attach 1×3 slats to the seat frame, leaving between them about 1/4″. It is essential to cut out small notches at both ends of the slats, otherwise they will not fit around the armrest supports. Pre-drill the lumber before inserting the 1 1/4″ screws into the seat frame.
Of of the last steps of the project is to build the armrests and to attach them to the supports. As you can see in the free plans, we recommend you to round the corners of the armrests and to smooth the edges with a router and a 1/4 bit. Cut the back of the armrest at 7º, as to fit into place properly. Drill pilot holes, countersink them, add glue and insert 2 1/2″ screws into the supports.
Use heavy-duty eye screws and rope when hanging the porch bench to the A-frame. Make sure you create rigid joints and you level everything with attention, if you want to prevent potential accidents in the future.
Last but not least, you should take care of the finishing touches..
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FSP 3000 platform to play key role in demonstrating network capabilities at SC09
NORCROSS, Ga., and MARTINSRIED/MUNICH, Germany, Nov. 12 -- ADVA Optical Networking is helping the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) push the bounds of modern networking capabilities with a unique demonstration at SC09, the 22nd annual Supercomputing Conference, taking place Nov. 14-20 in Portland, Ore.
NASA's High End Computing (HEC) program will use ADVA Optical Networking's FSP 3000 platform as a key component to extend its testbed of advanced hardware and software technologies to the show floor of SC09. This testbed is currently installed within NASA's Research and Development (R&D) network, linking the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) facility at Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., and the NASA Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS) located at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
The testbed enables real-world testing of potential solutions for data access, movement and management throughout NASA's wide-area environment. Utilizing 40Gbit/s technologies, the testbed includes experimental wire-speed tests, traditional file transfer applications, emerging file transfer applications, file systems and more.
The HEC program delivers computing, storage and networking services to NASA's aeronautics, exploration, science and space missions. These geographically dispersed operations ingest and generate a vast amount of data, requiring NASA to remain vigilant in its efforts to obtain extremely fast, high-end networking services such as those enabled by ADVA Optical Networking's scalable Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) technology.
Demonstrations such as NASA's SC09 event could set the stage for the eventual development of a fully capable 40-100Gbit/s research network. With a collaborative networking environment, NASA scientists would be better equipped to store, share and analyze the massive volumes of data their work requires. One example to be highlighted at SC09 is the climate simulations work based at the NCCS, where scientists are collecting meteorological data from around the globe to develop highly accurate predictions about the Earth's climate. Assimilating satellite and remote sensory data from multiple locations, these scientists often spend large amounts of time managing remote copies of data and moving data throughout the wide area. But as the testbed yields advanced networking developments, these NASA experts could soon spend more time focusing on their mission and less time tackling the day-to-day tasks of data management.
"We're excited to be part of this significant NASA demonstration at SCO9," said Stephan Rettenberger, vice president of marketing for ADVA Optical Networking. "This is a unique opportunity to exhibit our own capabilities as NASA puts its testbed on display. The critical work conducted by NASA scientists is paving the way to our future. We're pleased that ADVA Optical Networking's high speed optical transmission technology is contributing to those important efforts."
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By Jennifer M. Latzke
Farmers from five states came together at the 2012 Sunflower Showcase Aug. 21 in Ulysses, Kan. Hosted by Kansas State University and the High Plains National Sunflower Association, the event offered producers the opportunity to tour fields in the Ulysses area and swap information on the successful production and management of the crop.
The morning plot tours, led by Ron Meyer of Colorado State University and Calvin Trostle of Texas A&M University, took the group around to several sunflower fields in a couple of southwestern Kansas counties.
At an irrigated field south of Ulysses, the tour saw an example of the 678 Triumph short stature sunflower hybrid. Short stature hybrids tolerate windy conditions better, which is handy for the High Plains.
Grant County Ag and Natural Resources Extension Agent Joe Leibbrandt explained the farmer prefers a sunflower-wheat rotation because both crops handle stress better, especially on an irrigation well that's pumping 600 gallons per minute.
Trostle showed the visitors an example of a sunflower head moth and emphasized growers must eradicate this yield-stealing pest.
"I say the sunflower head moth is the boll weevil of sunflowers," Trostle said. "They're different, of course, but we must eradicate them like we did with the boll weevil in cotton country." The time to spray for head moths is when they're seen in the field.
"The threshold for spraying is traditionally if you see one to two moths for every five heads," Trostle said. However, if a farmer sees them flying in the evenings when he checks fields, it's a sign that he should spray, and Texas AgriLife Extension researchers in Amarillo have re-worded their guidelines to reflect that, Trostle explained.
However, producers must plan ahead for their spraying needs, and that means talking to their crop dusting pilots to have the right chemicals on hand when they're needed, Trostle added. And be sure that your pilot is applying the right chemical at the right rate with the plane, Trostle said.
In this particular field the tour saw some unevenness, likely the result of two rows of a planter calibrated at a different depth than the others. Meyer said seeding depth and the presence of moisture at planting are all important for emergence. "The ideal seeding rate is two inches, and this was seeded at 2.5 inches because of drought," he said. "Research has shown that seeding at 4 inches reduces stands by 30 percent. So, if you have to plant into dry conditions, bump up that seeding rate by 20 percent." Even better is to pre-irrigate the field before planting, which prevents crusting in the field that can affect emergence, he added. And, smaller seeds, whether they're oilseeds or confectionary, always get better stands because it takes less moisture to start the germination process.
In another field, farther south, the tour saw sunflowers planted in wheat stubble. Leibbrandt said this farmer uses sunflowers not so much for yields as it is to improve his soils. "He makes at least 1,500 pounds, but he's not pre-watering here," he said. Instead, the field got about .80 inches right at planting in rainfall, and once the flowers get to a decent stage of growth, he'll water the field.
Sunflower's water efficiency is well known among producers and researchers, and in this time of lowering aquifer levels up and down the High Plains that is beneficial, Meyer and Trostle explained.
"We can find roots at up to six feet deep, sunflowers will pick up moisture and fertilizer other crops can't get to," Meyer said. "Flowers take seven inches of moisture to get to seed production, compared to wheat that has to have five inches to get to production." At 400 gallons per minute on poorer wells, there's trouble for corn if it doesn't rain. "Farmers can take half of a field, and concentrate their irrigation there," he added.
Fortunately for today's farmers, we now have equipment that allows us to better no-till plant sunflowers into wheat stubble, Meyer added. "We can till less, save that water and wind erosion, and capture snow in winter," he said. "And, that's money in the bank to you guys."
After lunch, John Sandbakken, executive director of the National Sunflower Association, updated producers on the state of the industry. With a rising trend in eliminating trans fats in diets, sunflower oil is rising in popularity. Sunflower oil has stability and shelf life of other products, but also has an acceptable flavor to the palette, Sandbakken said. NSA President Tom Young, Onida, S.D., followed with an update on the association's activities on behalf of producers.
Jennifer M. Latzke can be reached at 620-227-1807 or [email protected].
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Concerns About Ill-Treatment in Military Court Hearings for 14
(Washington, DC) - A prominent rights activist who was active in Bahrain's pro-democracy street protests appeared before a special military court on May 8, 2011, bearing visible signs of ill-treatment and perhaps torture, Human Rights Watch said today.
The activist, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, was one of 14 defendants, most active with opposition political movements, charged with attempting to "topple the regime forcibly in collaboration with a terrorist organization working for a foreign country." His wife and daughter spoke with him briefly after the court session, the first time they had been allowed to see him since he was arrested and badly beaten on April 9. They observed multiple facial injuries, and he told them he had four fractures on the left side of his face, including one in his jaw that had required four hours of corrective surgery.
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Human Rights Watch has documented the routine use of torture by Bahraini security officials during similar interrogations in political and security-related cases.
The National Safety Lower Court postponed resuming the trial until May 12 to allow defense lawyers to meet with their clients, and in some cases to appoint their own lawyers. The case was brought by the military prosecutor, and a military judge presides over the sessions. Bahrain's police and military have operated under martial law, termed a "state of national safety," since March 15.
The 13 defendants who appeared before the special court with al-Khawaja are Abd al-Wahab Hussain, Ebrahim Sharif, Hassan Mushaima, Abd al-Jalil al-Singace, Mohammed Habib al-Saffaf (al-Moqdad), Saeed Mirza Ahmed, Abd al-Jalil al-Moqdad, Abd a-Hadi Abdullah Mahdi Hassan, Al-Hurr Yusif Mohammed, Abdullah Isa al-Mahroos, Salah al-Khawaja, Mohammed Hassan Jawad, and Mohammed Ali Ismael.
Seven others being tried in abstentia in the same case are Akeel Ahmad al-Mafudh, Ali Hassan Abdullah, Abd al-Ghani al-Khanjar, Saeed Abd al-Nabi Shihab, Abd al-Rauf al-Shayeb, Abbas al-Umran, and Ali Hassan Mushaima. Several are in hiding, presumably in Bahrain, while others have been living abroad.
Prior to the May 8 court session, Bahrain's military public prosecutor, Col. Yusif Rashid Feleyfel, had formed an investigative committee composed of several public prosecutors who questioned the 14 suspects, the state-run Bahrain News Agency (BNA) announced.
Prosecutors have accused the defendants of a variety of national security crimes under Bahrain's 1976 Penal Code and the 2006 Counterterrorism Law. These alleged crimes include "organizing and managing a terrorist group for the overthrow and the change of the country's constitution and the royal rule," "seeking and correspond[ing] with a terrorist organization abroad working for a foreign country to conduct heinous acts" against Bahrain, funding a foreign terrorist organization, insulting the army, "broadcasting false news and rumors" that threatened public security, inciting sectarianism, and organizing and participating in rallies without having obtained the necessary permits.
"Some of these charges, like insulting the army, should not be crimes at all, and it looks like at least in Abdulhadi-al-Khawaja's case the authorities have tried to beat a confession out of him rather than come up with evidence to support these charges," Stork said.
According to information provided to Human Rights Watch, the 14 detainees appeared in court dressed in loose grey prison garb that covered their arms and legs. Most were unshaven and several had lost considerable weight - in the case of National Democratic Action Society leader Ebrahim Sharif, approximately 15 kilograms, according to a tweet posted by his family. Human Rights Watch earlier received unconfirmed reports that authorities had hospitalized Sharif, who has a history of heart problems, prior to the court session.
Other detainees, including Hassan Mushaima of the Al-Haq movement and Abd al-Wahab Hussein of the Wa'fa Society, had noticeable limps. Sources told Human Rights Watch that when the defendants asked to speak about the abuse they allegedly experienced in detention, security forces forcibly removed them from court.
According to several accounts provided to Human Rights Watch, several detainees did not have families present at the May 8 court hearing because the families had not been informed of the session. Government officials claimed that appropriate notice regarding the trial had been given in local newspapers. Human Rights Watch learned from another source that Sharif was unaware of the charges that had been brought against him until he appeared in court.
Maryam al-Khawaja, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja's daughter, told Human Rights Watch on May 9 that her mother, Khadija al-Mousawi, and sister, Zainab al-Khawaja, met with him for about 10 minutes after the initial hearing. Al-Khawaja told his wife and daughter about the facial fractures. They also said they observed stitches above his left eye, and that he had difficulty eating and smiling because of his serious facial injuries, Maryam al-Khawaja told Human Rights Watch.
She said her father had gone on a hunger strike to protest his ill-treatment and his lack of access to a lawyer. She also said that he told his wife and daughter that he had been tortured, but could not describe details because the family meetings took place in the presence of security guards.
Human Rights Watch had previously received credible reports that al-Khawaja had been admitted to Bahrain Defense Force hospital for six days for treatment of injuries, including to his jaw and head. One person who claimed to have seen him said he was at that point unrecognizable as a result of apparent beatings in detention.
On May 8 authorities rejected claims that any detainees had been tortured. BNA reported that government sources maintained that information "received from the Military Hospital and the Salmaniya Medical Complex, the largest hospitals in the country, [show] that neither hospital has admitted or treated any of the detainees." The news agency said that "rumors about the admissions and hospitalization were untrue and were fabricated, politically-motivated news."
Human Rights Watch expressed serious concern about al-Khawaja's condition and those of others at risk of torture or ill-treatment in light of recent documented cases of individuals who died in custody under suspicious circumstances. One of four such cases documented by Human Rights Watch in April was that of Ali Isa Ibrahim Saqer, 34, whose body showed signs of severe physical abuse when Human Rights Watch viewed his remains.
Bahrain is a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which prohibits "torture or... cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment." The prohibition on torture is absolute and non-derogable, which means that authorities may not torture even in circumstances of national emergency. Bahrain has also ratified the Convention against Torture, which prohibits torture and other ill-treatment under all circumstances, prohibits the use of statements made as a result of torture as evidence in legal proceedings, and requires the prosecution of those responsible for torture.
Human Rights Watch called on Bahrain to suspend further prosecution of civilians in special military courts, allow them full access to lawyers, family members, and necessary medical care, and set up an impartial commission to look into serious allegations of torture. Human Rights Watch opposes the creation and use of special courts or the use of military courts to try national security crimes.
Human Rights Watch also repeated its call for the United Nations Human Rights Council to address the violent suppression of protests and subsequent arbitrary detentions and torture or ill-treatment in custody of detainees in Bahrain by convening a "thematic" special session on civil protests in the region.
"Ordinary courts are perfectly capable of effectively prosecuting serious crimes, including terrorist offenses," Stork said. "Apparently Bahrain is not interested in justice but in punishing those involved in anti-government street protests." |
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[6] The UN Mine Action Coordination Centre South Lebanon (MACC SL) has estimated that Israel fired cluster munitions containing as many as 4 million submunitions into 36.6 square kilometers of Lebanon, including 4.3 square kilometers of urban areas and 4.7 square kilometers of olive groves, hitting 916 separate strike sites. MACC SL, May 2007 Report of the Mine Action Coordination Center South Lebanon, June 5, 2007, p. 1, (accessed July 17, 2007); United Nations Development Programme, CBU Contamination by Land Use, current as of November 29, 2006. MACC SL, "War 2006: 916 Cluster Bombs Strikes Map as at June 20, 2007," (accessed July 17, 2007).
[7] "Israel's Response to Accusations of Targeting Civilian Sights [sic] in Lebanon During the 'Second Lebanon War'," document contained in e-mail communication from Gil Haskel, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to Human Rights Watch, May 8, 2007 in response to a Human Rights Watch letter to Defense Minister Amir Peretz sent January 8, 2007.
[8] MACC SL, South Lebanon Cluster Bomb Info Sheet as at November 4, 2006, (accessed March 18, 2007). As of June 5, 2007, MACC SL's contractors, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) engineers, and the Lebanese Armed Forces had cleared and destroyed more than 118,700 dud submunitions. MACC SL, May 2007 Report of the MineActionCoordinationCenterSouth Lebanon.
[9] UN Mine Action Coordination Centre South Lebanon, Casualties (Civilian and Demining) in South Lebanon from 14 Aug 06 - 20 June 07,(accessed July 16, 2007).
[12].
[13] Human Rights Watch has published a separate report on Hezbollah rocket attacks on Israel in violation of the humanitarian law prohibitions against deliberate and indiscriminate attacks against civilians and civilian objects, titled Civilians under Assault: Hezbollah's Rocket Attacks on Israel during the 2006 War.
[14] International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Commentary on the Additional Protocols of 8 June 1977 to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 (Geneva: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1987) pp. 681-82.
[16] See Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I) of 8 June 1977, 1125 U.N.T.S. 3, entered into force December 7, 1978, article 58(a).
[17] International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Customary International Humanitarian Law (Cambridge: CambridgeUniversity Press, 2005) p. 76.
[18].
[21] See Amnesty International, Deliberate Destruction or "Collateral Damage"?: Israeli Atacks on Civilian Infrastructure (London: Amnesty International, August 2006); InfoProCenter for Economic Information, Economic Impact of the July 06 War and Steps Towards Recovery (Beirut: InfoPro, 2006); American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Research Institute, Eyewitness Lebanon July-August 2006: An International Law Inquiry (Washington, DC: ADC-RI, June 2007). |
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg is absolutely right to call upon President Barack Obama and his opponent Mitt Romney to do more than sympathize with the families and friends of the 12 people who were shot and killed by a clearly crazed shooter in Aurora, Colorado last week. More than 50, an estimated 40 percent of guns sold in the Unite States.
President Obama is being unfairly hectored by Mitt Romney and by much of the media for rejecting the idea that government is evil. The president defended the role of government, the thought isn't as well-articulated as it could have been, isn't it true? Without the government building infrastructure -- the roads, bridges and tunnels -- without the government providing security -- police and army -- to keep us safe, without the government providing other basic services such as public education, hospitals, etc., could anything of consequence for a great society be accomplished? Aren't we proud of the fact that each generation builds on the successes of the prior generation? The president was not diminishing the individual successes of citizens. He was pointing out what we all know to be true -- that even the most successful and brilliant among us have had help along the way. The help of other individuals including teachers who taught and inspired them, friends who helped and comforted them, cops and firefighters who protected them. Government, if it does its job, provides that which an individual cannot provide alone in building our civilization and society.
Our election process is disintegrating with these petty attacks being engaged in by both Democrats and Republicans and they should stop. This election should be fought on the basis of what each candidate offers on the important issues confronting us, e.g., jobs, the solvency of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, improving education, providing medical care for all of our citizens, reducing the nation's deficit, providing for an annual federal balanced budget, dealing with foreign affairs, preventing wars and acts of terrorism, and a host of other key issues. Both candidates have to address these issues and tell us how they would handle them if they were to win.
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Isn't it outrageous that the adult leaders of Boy Scouts of America recently reaffirmed their policy of discriminating against children whose sexual orientation is homosexual, as well as employees, including Scoutmasters, whose sexual orientation is homosexual? Shouldn't decisions on being able to serve in the Boy Scouts as a Scout, Scoutmaster or employee be made on the basis of the conduct of the individual? Girl Scouts, I believe, have no such ban. If a Boy Scout or Scoutmaster engages in inappropriate conduct in carrying out his duties to the organization, including sexual conduct, kick him out. Whether the sexual conduct is heterosexual or homosexual is immaterial.
We no longer have a drafted army where the young men of this country can learn to live cooperatively with one another and respect one another. The next best place to do that is in the volunteer Scout movement, which attracts millions of young people. If the Boy Scouts officials say to their young charges, by excluding boys who are gay, they are to be avoided and condemned because of their sexual orientation, they are contributing to the problem of bullying against homosexual youths. If the Boy Scout leaders refuse to change their policy, every city and state where Boy Scouts are provided any special privileges by government should immediately end them.
How wonderful it would be if fair and like-minded people supporting the Scout movement created an alternative to the existing bigoted organization.
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Conservatives are being forced to take sides: They can either stand with promoters of inflammatory tracts -- like the Heritage Foundation and their hack Jason Richwine -- or they can stand with Americans in both parties who are working to fix our broken immigration system.
Mexico is already ahead of us in developing the border-zone infrastructure needed for bi-national trade and prosperity. Why aren't we matching these efforts?
Any contract that has at its essence an invalid clause is in and of itself invalid. So to me, every marriage is invalid as long as two adults are barred from marriage. It is an immoral clause, and a moral cause.
Immigrants contribute to, not take, from our economy. Economic data conclusively shows that immigrants boost our nation fiscally and add to our labor force.
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Immigration has always involved hardship, but unfortunately I never fully came to grips with that reality until it became part of my own reality. Ours was supposed to be an open-and-shut case: a fiancée visa. Our timing, however, was admittedly unhelpful: right after 9/11.
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What words, what story can I offer to refute the losses and, in the same moment, celebrate the indomitable spirits of people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS?
Only the story I really know. My own. My brother, Patrick, died of complications of HIV in 1988 in Abilene, Texas, one of the top three most conservative cities in America (LA Times). There was no real treatment then, just AZT. There was no real protection under the law to defend his health insurance or to provide disability payments. His employer fired him. He lost all of his assets and our family brought him home to die. We were blessed by the care of an extraordinary physician, Dr. Hirsch and his team of nurses at Hendricks Hospital. They treated Patrick with great respect and did their best, but in those days, most people with AIDS did not last long. Patrick died in less than a year.
His move back home was a catalytic event in our family made even more combustable by the fact that we desperately tried to keep Patrick's entire life in a dark closet of our own making. My mother and father wrestled with their fundamentalist and evangelical beliefs that seemed to condemn him even while they could not. My mother never fully reconciled the depth of her love for him and her understanding of the good person he was with what the Church said about him. Sadly, our attempts to hide his diagnosis meant that we also hid him and ourselves, cutting ourselves off from support that we all needed. In many ways, Patrick became a prisoner in chains that we fashioned out of fear.
Soon after he died, breast cancer killed my mother. I continue to believe that her unresolved grief really killed her and cancer was just the vehicle. Soon after she died, her mother died. In the South we sometimes say, "she gave up the ghost" and I think the expression fits in this case. She gave up the ghost that haunted us all -- the specter of our own internalized homophobia and AIDS phobia. My grandmother didn't know how to cope with her feelings of loss and the deeply held beliefs about sexuality that had been engrained in her. So, she exited as well. Her attending physician said complications of pneumonia killed her. I think she just could not breathe the air anymore. It was too thick with the cloud of shame and blame dispensed by our religious authorities and swallowed by us without question.
During the time that our family was struggling with the domino effect of these our losses, my children were watching. My son knew he was gay. And, being a really smart kid, he realized that there was no healthy place for him to reside with us. So, he exited as well.
Quit school. Moved out of Abilene. Joined the National Coming Out Day office as a volunteer (then in Santa Fe, New Mexico), learned how to live with integrity about his sexuality, went to college and got a job. He had some really rocky times, yet he held tight to the boundary that he set about the crazy-making religious orientation of our family.
He insisted that we really look at what the Bible says about homosexuality and not just blindly accept what our church said was true. Eventually he finished his Masters in Divinity at Episcopal Divinity School and wrote a book entitled "Uncommon Hope" and has founded a church by the same name in San Francisco. Perhaps you have guessed that his ministry is all about helping people in churches and communities eliminate stigma that separates us from one another.
Over time, all of our family has evolved in our understanding of what AIDS is and is not. And, thankfully, we evolved in our understanding of love and grace. Things are a bit smoother for all of us now.
We had to find ways to be spiritually healthy. I like to think that we were, in no small part, inspired by the courage of my brother. The part of the story that I did not reveal early in this posting was that my brother was outrageously honest about who he was and his sexual orientation. When we tried our best to push him into the closet, he kicked it open and came out tap dancing. He never made excuses to any of us for being gay, in fact, he told us that we needed to stop making excuses because he had known he was gay since he was five. He also believed that God made him that way and, perhaps even more important, he believed that even if God did not make him gay, God loved him and chose him beyond any choices, predispositions or behaviors.
He had this really queer and wonderful theology that informs us all even now -- he understood that what animates each of us is both unique to each of us and absolutely the same -- a spiritual DNA that cannot be destroyed by us no matter how hard we try, a gift of life that resides beyond our cellular configurations and beyond labels and stigma -- the ones we put on ourselves and the ones others put on us.
Patrick imparted a gift to all of us by refusing to give up the gift he knew had been given to him by a Greater Power than any of us can grasp. On World AIDS Day 2011, I want to honor him and thank him for being everything he was -- proud, living out loud and full of grace. It is because of him that the rest of us have a chance to get it right.
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I'm remember Falwell interviewed in 1983, smugly claiming that AIDS was god's judgment. This was in San Francisco channel. Outraged. I called and wrote the station. "This is not a moral matter, this is a medical matter. This man knows absolutely nothing about either. Why is he here?"
These days, only Fundelibangelistas parrot nonsense about AIDS being god's punishment. The less unhinged call it God's judgment for sexual immorality. Normal, decent people understand it is a disease. There are no rewards or punishments, only consequences. Reality has informed their compassion. Religion moved from ignorance to grace-- mostly.
Let's look at a bigger picture. There has been a 1700 year jihad by religion against our right to exist and live our lives as full members of society. All based upon some badly mistranslated and misapplied passages that have give a very thin veneer of respectability to otherwise hugely damaging, vicious, wholly unwarranted prejudice.
One need only read the comments here to see how ignorance, stupidty, hate, fear, moral myopia, and wholly imaginary superiority are displayed as honorable in God's name. These antigays will even tell us they love us.
A great many believers and their churches have moved in the direction from religious ignorance to grace. My questions are:
1) when will the rest of the churches admit to their ignorance and move to grace?
2) when those that have done so already start insisting that the others do NOT represent Christianity?
Story: in her 20s my best friend for a time worked in an industry full of gay men, she really enjoyed their company and saw them as no different to any other person. Fast forward 15 years and she's become a born again Christian and has become terribly homophobic with her circle of friends shrunk to only those 'who share her faith'. We remain good friends because we shared so much of our youth together and have that firm foundation for our friendship but it's sad to see how her religion has made her LESS tolerant and always fearful and suspicious because she's had it drilled into her that the 'devil comes in very seductive guises'.
Rather than helping to find a solution for the unchecked spread of AIDS world wide, the RCC turned a blind eye to the problem, and in fact, made it much worse with their out-dated, hate-filled, fear-mongering dogma.
The church falls down on its obligation to help save lives, because they act like you can't talk about certain things. Why not encourage breast cancer screenings in the churchs' women's group, prostate and men's issues with the mens group, healthy eating options (food is the only thing the church doesn't scream is a burn in hell sin, does anyone see the correlation between that and obesity??), and why not anonymous testing held right there at the church by an outside group?? You have a captive audience, that listens to the person in the pulpit, seems to me that that peron has a bigger moral obligation to protect people he/she sees every week as opposed to filling their heads with hateful vitriol that won't get any of them into their heavens.
I wouldn't call your brother's theology queer, it's a central theme in almost all religions if a person can get past the dogma. What is an oddity is the interpretation of Christ's message by fundamentalist bigots, it's difficult to comprehend the irrational fear and hate.
"Deny yourself, pick up your cross, and follow ME"
"Do what ever you want, just put 10% onto the collection plate.
Are you Flesh of the Carnal world OR are you Spirit that has no sex, sexual relationsips, wants or desires, emotions, sense pleasure. Groups and Chruches do not take you there. Take yourself.
Pickup your cross just don't ask me to carry it for you.
I think it's quite possible for our actions to be guided by spirit as we embrace the 'carnal' world with all of its beauty and ugliness. It's preferable to an attempt to transcend it completely in my view, an unattainable goal and perhaps pointless in this incarnation, 20 years of meditation brought me to this conclusion. We will detach down the road, there's really no choice.
Simon of Cyrene, you're not.
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I'm calling BULLSPIT on this nonsense.
We've already gathered enough scientific evidence to know what this blogger relates anecdotally: gender attraction typically manifests way before puberty - often as young as 4 or 5 - as it did with the blogger's late brother.
Only someone who has their head planted firmly in the sand would be in denial of what science has discoverd by observation: Homosexuality ls no more perverse and no more of a moral issue than being left-handed. Sociological studies show that it is a constant 5-10% in various populations across time and space. It's just part of the normal human condition - like being a ginger.
Of course, it wasn't all that long ago that ignorant christians thought that being left-handed or being a ginger or having a skin discoloration was some sort of mark of moral turpitude. Idiot dependence on their flawed and ancient text tends to knock off quite a few IQ points.
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Kasser has over 20 years of teaching experience in community and school-based physical activity programs involving individuals with diverse abilities. She has presented on both national and international levels in the area of inclusive physical activity. Kasser has also developed many community-based exercise programs for adults with chronic conditions and disabilities, including the Individualized Exercise for Active Lifestyles (IDEAL) program, which has served more than 75 adults with multiple sclerosis since 1998.
In 2012 she received the Outstanding Faculty Award from the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Vermont. Kasser also received the 2001 Outstanding Educator Award from the Vermont Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance and the 2000 Kroepsch-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Vermont.
Kasser resides in Jericho, Vermont, where she enjoys hiking, kayaking, and backpacking in her free time.
Rebecca K. Lytle, PhD, is a professor in the department of kinesiology at California State University at Chico, where she teaches courses in adapted physical education and motor development. Lytle has been teaching in higher education since 1992. She also taught as an adapted physical education teacher in the public schools from 1988-1996, and was a school consultant from 2000-2002.
Lytle has published numerous articles for refereed journals and coauthored three books and six book chapters on adapted physical activity. She has presented at the state, national, and international levels and has served as consultant or coordinator for several community-based physical activity and motor skill assessment programs for both children and adults.
She is a member of the International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance (ICHPER-SD); Council for Exceptional Children (CEC); International Federation of Adapted Physical Activity (IFAPA); National Consortium for Physical Education and Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities (NCPERID); Adapted Physical Activity Council (APAC); Northern California Adapted Physical Education Consortium (NCAPEC); American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD); California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (CAHPERD); and California Teachers Association (CTA). Lytle also serves as chair of the National Adapted Physical Activity Council of AAHPERD and chair of the California State Council on Adapted Physical Education.
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Marshall Grinds out 70-67 Win over Morehead State
The Thundering Herd (4-3) defeated the Eagles (4-3) for the 12th time over the last 14 meetings and the 11th consecutive time at home. The longtime series of the two schools, just a short distance away along I-64, now favors the Herd, 50-44.
Tinnon made 5-of-10 attempts from the field and two free throws to score 12 points. He also added season-high 16 rebounds, including six on the offensive end. As a team, Marshall outrebounded MSU 53-46. It was the most rebounds for the Herd since recording 55 three seasons ago against VMI (12/19/10).
“It’s a really good win,” said head coach Tom Herrion. “I’m thrilled with this win. I love grinders. Those are the types of games you get a lot better in.”
The rebounding total, especially the 24 offensive boards, helped Marshall overcome shooting 33.3 percent from the field. MSU did not fare much better shooting 36.6 percent.
“We had good looks we didn’t knock down in the first half,” Herrion said, whose team was 9-of-34 in the first half. “But I’m proud of the way we hung our hat tonight on defense. I really feel good about tonight, walking out later on tonight out of my office, that you can win when you defend and rebound.”
It took some time for the Herd to find its shooting stroke as it made just three of its first 21 attempts from the field. Marshall trailed for the most of the first half and faced its largest deficit of seven (21-14) after a layup by Chad Posthumus at the 6:21 mark.
However, Marshall scored the next 10 points of the game and held a 24-21 lead before heading into halftime ahead 24-23.
Marshall never trailed in the second half, but never comfortably pulled away either, leading anywhere from two to eight points.
What hurt Marshall throughout the game, ended up benefitting the team in the end, free throw shooting. The Herd made 28-of-44 attempts (63.6 percent), including 12-of-13 by junior guard D.D. Scarver, who drained 10-of-10 in the final 1:17 of the game as the Eagles fouled to retain possession.
“I knew he would make them,” Herrion said of Scarver. “You execute, get the ball into the guy you think is hot in that situation. We know they are going to trap or foul most likely.”
Scarver finished with a game-high 17 points. He was joined in double-figures by Nigel Spikes and DeAndre Kane. Spikes finished with 13 points on 4-of-6 shooting from the field and nine rebounds. Kane had 13 points, eight rebounds and seven assists.
Morehead State was led by Jarrett Stokes who finished with 14 points and five rebounds. Milton Chavis, who entered the game as the Eagles’ leading scorer, had 11 points, but was just 4-of-14 from the field.
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Truth be told, I am probably writing this as much for my benefit as yours, because my mind is filled with a hodgepodge of thoughts and feelings flittering around like fireflies on a warm summer evening. Maybe writing some of them down will clarify them in my own mind, too.
When I do get to finally hold you in my arms, this little blue marble that we share with 7 billion other people will have once more started its annual tour around the sun, just as it has for the past 4 billion years or so. You'll be just on the edge of this magical, mysterious journey that we call life. As I've made this annual trek 70 times already, I'd like to reflect on a couple of things that might eventually make sense to you.
How might I describe life on this blue planet right now? Charles Dickens, a writer you'll meet in a few years, described it was describing a world two centuries ago, a world filled with wars, revolutions, natural disasters, stupendous discoveries and breathtaking achievements in art and music. Thinkers referred to it as "The Age of Reason," although at times there seemed to be little evidence of reason.
In some ways, not much has changed since then - simply repeating old themes with variations. Shortly before you were born, a hurricane inflicted major damage not far from where you live. Just after you were born, a psychotic young man massacred an innocent group of children, again not far from where you live. Perhaps the wise man who remarked "The only thing constant in this world is change" had it right after all.
But I think not. I believe there are some eternal truths and enduring constants, and I'd like to touch on just two of them. Right at the top of the list is love.
You were conceived and brought into this world as an act of love - a love announced and pronounced by your parents not so long ago. You are a product of that love, and their love will be a constant throughout your life. A parent's love is unconditional, no reservations, love regardless of anything you say or do.
But love is not just a warm, fuzzy feeling; it is a choice we make constantly and sometimes with our hearts in our throats. Sometimes love is uncharted territory, and deep in our heart we recognize that pain often accompanies love. Allowing others to love you can be threatening. As you grow older and choose to love others, you will find that some of them may betray you or move away or die. Grieving is the price we pay for loving and being loved.
But it is a price worth paying.
I want to congratulate you on your timing. Being born on the day after your daddy's birthday means you'll get to celebrate together, but still have your own unique day. Being born this Christmas season is also special. When I woke up early this morning, I glanced out my bathroom window and saw the dark night sky canopied with stars, and I saw the remnants of the first snow of winter reflecting that starlight. I imagine the sky wasn't all that different 20 centuries ago when another baby was born in a manger in a far-away country. That infant gifted and graced us with His presence, and our world has never been the same. A part of His legacy is the second eternal truth I'd like to focus on: the gift of hope.
To me, babies are a universal sign of hope, that muscular virtue that reassures us that no matter how dark and dismal and despairing life may sometimes seem, things can always get better. Persisting in hope is often a matter of focus. A wise person once said, "You can despair because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses."
That hope was made visible this last Sunday when you were baptized during Mass on Holy Family Sunday - again, great timing! - and you officially joined the Catholic Christian family. That is a glorious day and a reason to celebrate in itself.
You have entered this world with advantages that would be the envy of many other babies. One of the main ones is a built-in support network: aunts and uncles and cousins and parents and grandparents and even great-grandparents. You haven't met many of them yet, but we all have one thing in common: We've got your back, Victoria. Relax and enjoy the ride.
Love,
Grandpa
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The Great Big Hyper-V Survey of 2012 Has Launched
Oct 1st
Posted by Hans Vredevoort in Hans Vredevoort
You then, we knew just 2 things about Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V and System Center 2012 was still pre-release. But now, both are generally available, and we want to learn about:
- Have you learned about these new technologies?
- Do you already use them?
- Are you planning on using them?
- How do you plan to use them?
Once again, this is a completely independent survey, run by 3 MVPs (me, Aidan Finn, and Damian Flynn), and Microsoft has had no input or involvement. They might help us promote it – because we do know that our findings were read by them and some of the information was a surprise for them.
The goal of the survey is to learn. We’re all bloggers and speakers and we want to deal with what’s relevant. You’re interested in seeing what other people are doing. We all want to learn from each other and we learned a lot last year.
This is a perfect time to speak – if Windows vNext development is like that of Windows Server 2012, then they’ll be spending the next 10-12 months talking, learning, etc. And the same might happen post-SP1 for System Center 2012.
So we ask you to:
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The survey will close on December 1st 2012
Understanding my social capital is quite fun to do
May 12th
Posted by Hans Vredevoort in Hans Vredevoort
Those who follow me know that I am fairly active on Twitter and this blog. I decided to focus my blog very strictly around Microsoft Virtualization, Hyper-V, System Center, HP Server, Storage, Cluster and Cloud. On the other hand there is very little news about my personal life. Well maybe just the occasional exception to this rule. If I want to share something I use Facebook, but admittedly I use that sparingly. I also closed down my FourSquare account as I couldn’t think of a valid reason to use it, at least not for what I want to use social media for. There is one opportunity to get to know me a little better: the recent video interview with me by Carsten Rachfahl. We are also planning an interview with the entire Hyper-V.nu team by the way.
A few blogs back I introduced a site called the Archivist which saves and analyzes tweets. It then visualizes them in pretty graphic representations.
We are blogging to share knowledge and grow the Hyper-V community and that’s why I want to measure my influence by different counters. Of course the number of followers is one of the first counters I look at every day. It’s good to keep on seeing a steady growth and the magic number 1000 is approaching rapidly.
A relatively simple one is Twittercounter.com to just see some quick growth statistics. It predicts I will grow to 1015 followers in 15 days and 1800 in 172 days for instance.
One that I used right from the start is wefollow.com although their updates are very irregular. The idea is that you enter a number of keywords that describe your profile and wefollow.com calculates both your rank in number of Most followers for every keyword as well as Most Influential.
There’s also an easy way to check why your follower count goes down every now and then. If I have been very overenthusiastic, I lose 5 to 10 followers although they are mostly the ones who did not understand what Hyper-V was anyway. To check this I navigate to which can also show me all tweeps that I follow, but don’t follow back. So I can try and do something about it like “Hey! Please Follow me, I want to send you a DM”
Hyper-V and VMware Twitter Feed Analyzed using the Archivist
Apr 28th
Posted by Hans Vredevoort in Hans Vredevoort
During an entertaining #mvpchat today, someone mentioned a Twitter statistics site called the Archivist. It is very easy to use and the graphics are very attractive. Just enter a keyword or hashtag. You can save up to three archives. Initially saved archives are private, but you can make them public too. I have not found a way to share my public archives yet.
TweetCloud showing my pre-occupations
Sep 28th
Posted by Hans Vredevoort in Hans Vredevoort
Twitter Usernames of the Microsoft Virtualization world
Nov 4th
Posted by Hans Vredevoort in Hans Vredevoort
Twitter increasingly becomes a valuable source of information in the business world. Here are a number of twitter usernames you can follow if you are interested in Microsoft Virtualization.
Microsoft Virtualization Team: virtualization
Kenon Owens, TPM for Integrated Virtualization at MS: MS_Int_Virt
Robert Bakker, Dutch Product Manager Virtualization: robakk
Hans Vredevoort, Dutch Hyper-V User Group blogger: hvredevoort en hyperv_r2
Twitter tags: #hyperv_r2, #virtualization, #hyperv, #systemcenter, #scvmm
If you are looking for a great Twitter application with a better overview and search capabilities: |
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My wife Glade had the first art opening at her shop-within-a-shop Paper Party this past weekend. The show, called “Nature Club,” is a collection of paintings of cacti, produce, and whales by local cartoonist Melinda Tracy Boyce.
Each piece is a beautiful watercolor with great details. Here are some of my faves:
Cactus Club.
Whale Sandwich.
Crystal Cactus.
Check out this detail shot of that one (which is the largest at 22.25×30″):
Detail of Crystal Cactus.
You can see a full image list with prices and online purchasing buttons here.
Pat Aulisio has started a podcast where he talks to his friends. Although everyone who’s been on his show so far is involved in comics, the podcasts have mainly been about movies and tv shows and other things.
Photo from Pat’s announcement on his tumblr (Pat’s yawning on the right).
Yesterday he posted his episode with me, click here to check it out. We talked about a bunch of stuff, including:
Marfa Lights by Erica Lambertson Philippe (2011).
A photo from a performance I did with Lanneau White back in January of 2007 (I’m in a Miizzzard costume). Click here to see more images from a few of my performances.
My favorite Philip K Dick book (and therefore one of my favorite all-time sf books). Cover art by Peter Gudynas.
This past week was South by Southwest in Austin. One thing that Glade (I remade her website for her birthday, check it out) and I always like to do is go to Flatstock.
VGKids poster for Flatstock 33.
Flatstock is a convention of concert poster artists put on in various cities by the American Poster Institute. There are always tons of dope screenprints there. We always seek out the art prints and buy a few of those. My favorite this year were a group of screenprinters from Ypsilanti, Michigan called VGKids.
Another VGKids poster and stickers. I’m not sure who did this artwork – maybe it’s collaborative?
They also do prints for other people. Check out this two-color Tom Neely print they did:!
I know that I keep talking about this Glade and Mark comic, and it’s coming, I swear y’all, but other things just keep coming up that are time sensitive, like STAPLE! and now SXSW. Also, I have some other comics that I haven’t posted here that are even older, so I may post those first. We’ll see. So, please ignore my empty promises and I’ll stop making them.
Anyway, for the sixth year in a row, the Awthum Empire, producers of fringe, DIY and avant garde culture in Austin and beyond, is putting on their one-day music festival, Awthum Fetht. And, just like last year, I drew a flyer for it:
Also, if you’re a band interested in a flyer or other artwork, please feel free to contact me.
Hey yawl, the Gold County Paper Mill and Glademade had a blast at STAPLE! last weekend, thanks to everyone who hung out and bought stuff!
Zoom out shot of the table (I was able to get everything in the image except for the second Glademade card rack). Glade’s face is like “why are you d00dz hiding?”
We met a ton of kewl people and got to hang out with kewl people we’ve met at past STAPLE!s (that plural spelling of STAPLE! is straight from the style guide, I swear).
Now everyone is showing their faces. From left to right: Michael Miles, David Fullen, Glade Hensel.
Some highlights:
I hope to see you all again (and more people!) at STAPLE! 2012. Also, if you’re wondering, I’ll start posting the eight-page Glade and Mark comic on Friday. Click here for additional photos and GCPM-centric commentary):
This print’s for sale. I’m gonna try out one of these fancy Paypal buttons:
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Now think about your computer. You can dose it with antivirus software to make it resistant to infection, but if a virus or worm manages to slip through, you have no recourse but to wipe your hard drive clean and start over. Or do you?
Christopher Kruegel, associate professor of computer science at UC Santa Barbara and a member of the campus's Computer Security Group, has developed a new security software that can identify and neutralize viruses after they've infected a user's machine, even if that virus has no known signatures.
"Antivirus software companies focus on the end host and try to prevent malware from infecting your computer in the first place," explained Kruegel. "They have a lot of tools sitting on the host that scan files for these signatures or that try to identify programs that behave in a surprising fashion and then they block them. But the numbers show that they are not very effective."
Kruegel and his colleagues, Giovanni Vigna, professor of computer science at UCSB, and Engin Kirda, professor of computer science at Institute Eurecom in France, have taken a different approach, particularly with bots and botnets. Rather than coming between a computer and the virus, their security software comes between the infected computer and the malicious master server that has taken control of it. "The virus sitting on the machine doesn't have a negative impact," said Kruegel. "But it becomes hugely problematic when it begins to talk to that remote infrastructure and responds to commands."
They have formed a company, LastLine, Inc. as in "last line of defense" to develop the software that interferes with the communication between the infected computer and the command and control infrastructure that wants it to act in some nefarious manner such as stealing bank account numbers and other data, or sending spam mail to a designated group of e-mail addresses. The software works alongside existing antivirus programs and firewalls.
Antivirus software is ineffective, Kruegel explained, because the cyber-criminals create new versions of their binaries so quickly that the software companies have difficulty keeping up with them. "There are mutation engines that take a program and create many different versions so they always look different. But it's the same program," he said. "With LastLine, we give up on trying to defend the machine. But once the machine is compromised, we block the connection between the malware and its command and control server. It cannot receive commands, and it cannot send out information."
By blocking the master servers, cyber-criminals are forced to construct command and control structures elsewhere, which is far more difficult than mutating a piece of malware, Kruegel noted.
Malware can make it onto a user's computer in many ways, but the most common is a drive-by download, which happens while the user is surfing the Internet. "You go to Web sites that are malicious and they send some script that exploits your browser by downloading the malware," said Kruegel. "It can also happen through e-mail and file-sharing sites where you download a program."
Recently, Kruegel was recognized for his accomplishments in Internet security, particularly in developing software that shuts down botnets. In the current issue of Technology Review, a publication of M.I.T., Kruegel is named to the magazine's TR35, a list published annually that recognizes 35 outstanding innovators under the age of 35. The award covers a wide range of fields, including biotechnology, materials, computer hardware, energy, transportation, and the Internet. |
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Matt,
Watching porn is not the problem. Teaching people that there’s something wrong with people who watch porn is the problem.
I guess there will be a lot of gorillas in hell.
LOL love this comment.
This is one family’s experience, and it is here to help others who might benefit from hearing their story..
Pornography of course is still something many argue over to this day- I don’t think we are taking a stand either way on this issue. We are not advocating that people look at porn. We are not advocating that people indulge themselves at every opportunity. We are simply sharing the story of a family that has come to realize that the guilt and shame fueled a problematic behavior.
Perhaps we need to define what we mean by pornography because sometimes religions will lump all pornography into one category when there is a wide range from violent porn to bestiality to soft porn etc.
Your comment seems to disapprove of our efforts to bring to light an important issue that many face upon leaving the church. I think this is an important discussion to have and it is often difficult to bring into the open because it is treated as taboo. The individuals in the the video are brave to come out and openly discuss these things. They have touched on the role that guilt and shame has played in their relationship and this is another important thing to take into consideration when people condemn masturbation and pornography- they often do not realize that the guilt and sexual repression can be the source of the compulsive behavior in the first place. Over and over again I have heard exmormons say that the compulsive behavior of viewing pornography leaves when they stop punishing themselves and feeling guilty for being a normal human being. If you think this message should be hidden and kept from individuals who are still beating themselves up over this issue, I would have to strongly disagree with you.
On another note, I believe the Mormon church does much good- and I hope to hold on to the good that it teaches. I refuse to call everything the church stands for “evil” or “bad”. I do believe however, that the psychological implications of the Mormon belief system are damaging to one’s self identity. The good values taught in the Mormon church do not outweigh losing yourself to a group identity. I say keep the good and throw out the bad.
I hope this clarifies the purpose of what we are doing here on this website and particularly with these videos you have commented on.
I hope you had a chance to watch both of the videos and that you will be back to watch the final two on this subject next Saturday..
Thank you so much for sharing your story here Ruben! I’m glad you are alive to tell your story!
Same with the employees at Pixar and Apple!.
Greg I hope things work out for your son. I’m glad these videos spoke to you, and I hope they continue to help others in the future!
Hey Mark!
Very good question. I think many people can have a difficult time moving away from certain habits – and I’m not talking about masturbation and pornography here- I’m talking about habitual thoughts and indoctrination. I read a comment one time from an Ex Jehovah’s Witness and they mentioned that they “knew” they were condemned to hell. It was sad to read the comment from someone who felt so sure about things that they could not love themselves even after separating from the group. I think sexuality can be a difficult thing to “switch on” when you have suppressed it for long periods. I listened to a podcast recently which spoke about women in the Mormon faith (or others) who are unable to “switch on” after marriage. The sexual repression affects them so completely that they no longer have the ability to have a healthy sex life. My only advice is to accept yourself for who you are and not look at yourself as broken. I know that is probably easier said then done..
Our message is more about the damage that comes from the cycle of guilt and depression that follows from the constant condemnation of porn- not that porn is good. I personally think that the very word “porn” is used without a proper definition as well. Some forms of pornography are harmful to those that produce it and I would never condone such a thing. But more importantly, exmormons do not have a unified belief. Many will hold a vastly different opinion on this subject of pornography. But that is not the only thing addressed in these videos. The topic of masturbation is discussed. This is basically a conversation that is desperately needed, and we certainly don’t claim to have the final answer on such matters. We do believe that it is important to discuss these things because people have literally died over the self hatred that can be caused by such things. The topic is taboo- and yet it effects so many. We are here to help others and share the other side of the story. I sincerely hope you can respect.
Thanks Lang! The Bodie’s definitely deserve a round of applause for being in these videos!! agree, leaving the church is not a solution to all problems by any means. Counseling could be a great step for instance. But for some people, leaving the church helped immensely. For some people it didn’t. This site is to give hope to those who leave, and provide understanding for those who too often judge or condemn ExMormons. The judgments and condemnation only cause pain and loneliness. It makes for a difficult transition out of the church to a healthy and balanced life..
Thanks for sharing.
Their reason for leaving was doctrinal, it didn’t have to do with this issue. This was just a positive side effect of reevaluating their morals after leaving the church.!
Thanks so much for your comment! I’m glad these videos are helping so many people..
Khaled on the main stage was tremendous, Raghu Dixit was top stuff as well. Looking forward to Robert Plant in the rain. Ken and Sue.———————– |
You will have to forgive me for not giving you a tutorial today, but I'm sending you on a little trip instead. Ohdeedoh (the coolest site ever!!!) asked me if they could do a little interview/feature about my blog. I didn't have to think too long about that one! YES!!! You'll find the post right HERE. If you've never visited ohdeedoh, go check it out. You'll fall in love.
On another note, Friday and Saturday was our big event where we introduced our hair accessories. It was a crazy busy weekend. It went well and I had SO much fun meeting some of you. That was really the best part.
Loopdeelou is now officially online AND we are doing a giveaway to introduce it to all of you. Three lucky winners will win a headband of their choice. Just leave a comment. You can leave an extra comment if you are a follower, to increase your chances of winning. Winners will be announced on Friday.
PLUS, we're offering free shipping to all of you for a week. Just tell us in the comment of your order that you roar.
Our site isn't completely done, but if you wouldn't mind taking a peek, I'd love to get some of your feedback.
Do you need to see every head band modeled or is a simple, clear picture enough?
Does the site seem easy to use?
Any suggestions?
We will be adding the hard headbands soon, but I just couldn't wait to share it all with you!!!
Thank you all for your support and kind comments. It means a lot to me. Have a great day. Thanks for stopping by!
The first to leave a comment...does that increase my chances of winning a fabulous headband!?! LOL
This is my other comment since I'm a follower...double the chance of winning, gotta love that!
I love the headbands - so cute! It would be fun to win one. The website looks great, can't wait to see the hard headbands.
My second comment - I'm a follower!
I wear headbands all the time! And would love to win one!
kjp37 at homtmail.com
And...my second comment becuase I am a follower!
kjp37 at homtmail.com
I love the headbands! I think my favorite is the "Spring has Sprung". So cute!
Ooooh, the "Back in Black" one is gorgeous! Really like that one! Well done! :)
Very pretty headbands, I just got my haircut so I'll be needing some of these!
The site feels a little bit dark to me. And perhaps you could use labels to sort the headbands into color, those with feathers, those with leather etc.? It would let people search for what they want quicker :) Just a suggestion!
Thanks for the chance to win!
and I'm a follower from way back :)
Ooo totally excited! These are beautiful!
And a second for being a follower! :)
I'm now a follower! kapfife at gmail dot com
What cute headbands! kapfife at gmail dot com
I love them too! Thanks for the tickets on Saturday and it was great to meet you!!
Mandi
I have been a fan of your work since Zoe came sporting one at church months ago. Leca directed me to your blog and I check it daily for your fun, creative ideas.
I love the headbands. They are creative and quirky. I am constantly amazed by your creative flair and I hope this is a great success!
LOVE the headbands! I bought several from you guys on Friday and have been wearing them ever since! They are perfect!! Thanks so much for the great designs!!
I have always been a follower. I love the graphics of your loopdelou logo. Great head bands, I have many of them.
Cute headbands (I "met" you with Sabra at the Women Expo--you sent her tickets and we came to say hi)! I'd love to win one!
I think you don't need them all modeled. I think it helps people visualize though, but at the same time, that is a LOT of work for you guys!
I follow your blog, as well.
All of those headband are so cute, I especially like the Leather leaf Rosette.
Oh I LOVE!!!!
and yep, I'm a follower:)
I like the mustard bloom or the Look at Kelly one, but they are all cute.
And I follow!
Great headbands!
I would love one!
I'm a follower!
The headbands are darling! Can't wait for the hard ones - the other slip off my head to easily!
I follow - of course!
Not trying to sneek in an extra entry - I just wanted to say that I always love it when it is modeled better. Even when I shop online I am more likely to buy something if I saw it on a model and liked it. Such cute stuff ladies!
I love the head bands! Best part is they are for me, momma's need some frosting and sprinkles too!!
I am a follower too! Love this Blog!
Nice work, ladies!!!
Would love a headband. :)
I'm a follower!
Ooo! I hope I win! Love the headbands!
I'm a follower too!
These are very cute!
Looking good! I don't think you need every headband modelled, just the couple at the top give the general idea of scale etc. Congratulations!
sugareaterATgmailDOTcom
i'm following on google reader!
sugareaterATgmailDOTcom
Your headbands are very, very cute! I would have to fight my daughter so I could wear them.
I'd love to win one of your oh so cute headbands!
and although I already "followed" your blog, I am happy to be an offical follower if it doubles my chances!
Beautiful headbands! This is my first time on this site, and I have to say I am in love!
Now I'm becoming a follower to double my chances of winning!
I'd lOVE to be the recipient of one of your cool headbands!!!!
Donna
[email protected]
Love the headbands!
I am also a follower. (FYI - I love your playroom!)
I would LOVE to win a cute headband!
ashleyfsaunders at gmail dot com
I'm also a follower! :)
Visiting from Making the World Cuter party and I love ur blog! I just started sewing, and you have so many great ideas - So I became a follower!
- Christin
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Good luck with your new business. I've recently started my own and it is slow going, but since I'm also a busy mom of two, slow is probably best :)
second- as I am a blog follower (should be posting on I roared soon) as I recently went tshirt/ freezer stencil crazy ;)
Oooh I hope I win one of your fantastic headbands. They are lovely.
So many beautiful headbands. There are several that I would love to have. I think the website is very easy to use. I would like to see more of them modeled, but it's nice to be able to see the whole headband. Great job!
love your headbands! thanks for the chance to win onE!
Oh my goodness! Everyday girl almost made me want to cry it was so cute!
and I'm a follower!
Umm, free headbands? cute cute headbands??
let me think....yes please! :)
I follow you!!
I LOVE to follow you :) -Marie
and for the comment... Good luck on your new business venture!!
Great interview over at Ohdeedoh! I love keeping up with your blog. AND I gave you a blog award! Stop by to check it out.
LOVE THE HEADBANDS!! I would love to win one.
Very cute! I love the Mustard Bloom. I think it is always great to see action shots, but the headbands are very lovely! Can't wait to see the hard ones!
Amy
[email protected]
I want one!
I'm a follower!
Pick me! Those headbands are amazing!
[email protected]
I am a follower!
[email protected]
Just found your blog.
The headbands are so cute!
pick me! Pick me!
[email protected]
I am loving your blog! I am so glad you were featured on Ohdeedoh. Look forward to reading more posts and thanks for the chance to win!
Really cute headbands! I'll look forward to checking out the hard ones. I think I have to vote for each headband being modeled though :)
I am also a follower!
So I wish I would have known about this before the show because then I totally would have said hi, but as it was your booth was pretty packed when I walked by so I just snuck in and grabbed a card so I could see more online. Everything you do is awesome, I love your stuff and the blog and have added you to my reader!
Very cute headbands!
Hope I'll still get in the giveaway! Thanks
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Enabling the HTML5 parser in Firefox 3.6.
When Firefox 3.6 was released in January, it had a HTML5 parser included but which wasn’t on by default. This simple post told you how to enable it. It seems to have been quite popular throughout the year which is odd since it’s up to version 3.6.13 by now and is enabled by default and the method described is no longer relevant.
Fading issue with repeating background transparent image in Internet Explorer
Quite a long winded title but it needs to be. Internet Explorer has problems rendering a transparent image that is repeated, if the image in question has the dimensions of 1×1. Understandably popular as it’s a bizarre issue.
The confusion surrounding HTML5
This is an article I wrote for the online version of PC Pro which talks about how the term HTML5 has caused a lot of confusion due to its misuse by some big name companies. It also attempts to address them. I hope it succeeded.
Shadowbox and Internet Explorer 8
Shadow box (a popular and powerful lightbox by Michael J. I. Jackson) used to cause a JavaScript error in Internet Explorer 8. This post explained how to fix it. Probably irrelevant these days.
Accessing data records from Excel and CSV files in VB.NET
This post explained how to access and read data from both Excel and CSV files in VB.NET. I had come across the issue at work and decided to pull all the information I learnt together.
Adventures with @font-face
The @font-face is a CSS rule that was given a new lease of life with CSS3. This post attempted to provide a simple tutorial on how to go about using it to embed fonts into your web page.
Twitter Tools 2.0 and WordPress 2.8.6
At the time Twitter Tools and WordPress 2.8.6 didn’t get on and there were authentication errors galore. This was one solution to this problem which worked for me. Irrelevant now though as WordPress is on 3.0.2 and Twitter Tools is on 2.4.
Grid Focus HTML5 WordPress theme
I had been using the Grid Focus WordPress theme for a while on this site and decided to convert it to valid HTML5. On doing this I released it (with original developer Derek Punsalan’s permission) as a download from this site.
Generating a relative path in C#
I had come across an issue at work where I needed to find a relative path between one absolute directory and another in C# and was unable to find a native library that provided the functionality. A Google search turned up some useful code and I reposted it.
Introducing HTML5 – book review
Back in September I read and reviewed Introducing HTML5 by Bruce Lawson and Remy Sharp and posted it here.
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Cases heard before Judge John Agostini on Tuesday, March 8.
Michael A. Lizotte,.
Cases heard before Judge John Agostini on Wednesday, March 9.
Lionel Spencer,.
Douglas G Guinan, 52, of Lanesborough entered not guilty pleas for charges resulting in an October 23, 2010 car accident on South Street in Pittsfield that killed 25-year-old Michael Ashline and caused serious injured to a 22-year-old woman.
Guinan was charged with motor vehicle homicide while under the influence of alcohol and operating to endanger as well as operating under the influence of alcohol and operating to endanger causing serious bodily injury.
Guinan was released on personal recognizance on the condition that he not drive during the pendency of the case.
Karriem Martin, 33, of Valley Stream, N.Y. pled not guilty for single counts of trafficking in cocaine and conspiracy to violate drug laws.
He was released on $15,000 cash or $150,000 surety bail.
The charges stem from a motor vehicle stop in Pittsfield on January 4, 2011.
Jay J. Solarz, 38, of Dalton pleaded guilty to single counts of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of marijuana.
The charges stem from the execution of a search warrant of 140 Dalton Division Road on November 4, 2008. Solarz was ordered to serve one year at the Berkshire County House of Correction for the cocaine charge and the marijuana charge was placed on file.
Jerald H. Sullivan, 54, of Pittsfield pled not guilty to one count of rape.
Sullivan was charged with an alleged sexual assault on a 69-year-old woman in Pittsfield on January 21, 2011. He will be held at the Berkshire County House of Correction on $20,000 bail.
Cases heard before Judge John Agostini on Thursday, March 10.
Fred Lee Holt Jr. pleaded guilty to four counts of rape and abuse of a child: no force.
Holt had sexual relations with a girl who is now 17 years-old between December 15, 2008 and April 15, 2009. He was sentenced to serve five to seven years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction.
Jamel L. Robinson pleaded guilty to single counts of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, possession of ecstacy with intent to distribute, possession of Pilva and two counts of drug violation within a school zone.
Judge Agostini ordered that he serve concurrent 1 day sentences at the Berkshire County House of Correction on the drug charges. He was given concurrent two year house of correction sentences, to be served on and after the first sentence, on the charges of drug violation in a school zone.
The charges originated from a motor vehicle accident on Main Street in Great Barrington on May 25, 2010.
Cases heard before Judge John Agostini on Friday, March 11.
Mark Hamilton, 25, of Otis pleaded guilty to single counts of breaking into a depository, conspiracy to wit: breaking into a depository, breaking and entering in the daytime with intent to commit a felony, conspiracy to wit: breaking and entering in the daytime with intent to commit a felony, larceny from a building and conspiracy to wit: larceny from a building.
Hamilton was placed on probation for one year on the condition that Hamilton refrain from using drugs and undergo testing and counseling. The charges stem from a break-in at Santo's Italian Restaurant in Otis on February 23, 2010..
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1. Ice cold stone
Gillis Brothers and their Hard-Driving Bluegrass Band
Label:Hay Holler
Format:A
Country:USRelease #:HHH 302
Release Date:1992
BU Date:199211
2. Idle time
Nashville Bluegrass Band
Release #:0232
Release Date:1986
BU Date:198612
3. If I could order Christmas
Easter Brothers
Release #:LGS 5052
Release Date:
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4. If Jesus came to your house
Pine Mountain & Bryant Wilson
Release #:C 500
Release Date:
BU Date:
5. If that ain't bluegrass
J. Max McKee & the McKee Family
Release #:07512
Release Date:
BU Date:
6. If your looking for a way to heaven
Laceys
Label:Music City
Format:A
Country:USFLRelease #:1570 92 6
Release Date:1993
BU Date:199405
7. IIIrd Tyme Out
IIIrd Tyme Out
Release #:REB 1691
Release Date:1991
BU Date:
8. Ill wind
Wolford Mountain Boys
Release #:342598
Release Date:1998
BU Date:
9. In concert
5 for the Gospel
Label:Hay Holler
Format:A
Country:USRelease #:HHH 1002
Release Date:199-?
BU Date:
10. In concert
Hot Rize
Label:Flying Fish
Format:A
Country:USCORelease #:FF 315
Release Date:1984
BU Date:198501
11. In concert : live in Holland
Sullivan Family
Release #:No #
Release Date:1997
BU Date:
12. In concert, 1964
Blue Sky Boys
Release #:0236
Release Date:1989
BU Date:
13. In full color
Karl Shiflett & the Big Country Show
Release #:REB-CS 1772
Release Date:20010130
BU Date:200106
14. In His image
David Coffey
Label:MasterShield
Format:A
Country:USRelease #:No #
Release Date:200-?
BU Date:
15. In memory
Hart Brothers
Label:Old Homestead
Format:A
Country:USOHRelease #:OHCS 80085
Release Date:1987
BU Date:198807
16. In memory
Molly O'Day & Lynn Davis & the Cumberland Mountain Folks
Label:Old Homestead
Format:A
Country:USRelease #:OHCS 196
Release Date:
BU Date:
17. In memory
Stoneycreek (West Virginia)
Release #:?
Release Date:
BU Date:
18. In memory of Jimmie Rodgers
Roy Harper
Label:Old Homestead
Format:A
Country:USRelease #:OHCS 80109
Release Date:1993
BU Date:
19. In person
Stanley Brothers
Release #:HT 275
Release Date:
BU Date:
20. In pursuit of happiness
Scott Vestal
Label:Scott Vestal
Format:A
Country:USNCRelease #:No #
Release Date:1993
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The overhaul also cuts funding for Medicare Advantage plans, which are privately run versions of the government's Medicare program for the elderly and disabled. That could pressure profits for companies like Humana Inc., for which Medicare Advantage plans make up a large concentration of its business.
Other health insurers saw their stock drop Wednesday. Humana's stock sank 7.5 percent, or $5.75, to $70.41 per share. Shares of UnitedHealth Group Inc., the nation's largest insurer, dropped 3.5 percent, or $1.99, to $54.40. Aetna Inc. fell 3.6 percent, or $1.61, to $42.95.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index, meanwhile, was down about 2 percent.
Cigna Corp.'s stock dropped only 21 cents, to $53.12. Analysts see Cigna as being less vulnerable to reform, since it has a broader business portfolio than most of its competitors. That includes a growing international business.
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For you, it might be Kurt Cobain. Or Gene Autry. Or Jimi Hendrix.
For me, it’s Woody Guthrie.
While I could look at most of the instruments on display at the new “Guitars: Roundups to Rockers” exhibition
at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art (through Aug. 4) with cool detachment—admiring the workmanship,
acknowledging influential designs, and imagining what went into their gashes and chips—it was Guthrie’s Martin
000-18 acoustic guitar, among the more than 100 guitars on display, that stopped me.
I didn’t need an iPod and ear buds to hear “Pastures of Plenty” or “The Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done” or “The Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd.” Those songs were playing on their own in my mind’s jukebox as the inanimate guitar rested on its stand. For an exhibition such as this, what’s on display is only a part of the experience. You bring the rest with you.
If you’ve ever been to Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, you know the feeling. Even if you’ve never plucked a string and don’t know a fingerboard from a whammy bar, you carry with you a staggering number of guitar tunes, most loaded with some kind of association.
Esthetic objectivity may have nothing to do with it. The sight of, say, Buddy Holly’s Gibson acoustic
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At the Eiteljorg show—drawn from both museums and the private collections of Jim Irsay, Vince Gill and others—you don’t need to rely entirely on your memory. To fully enjoy the experience—and to make it last three times as long—it’s best to pick up a programmed iPad on the way in that allows you to listen to music at just about every display. That means your look at Garcia’s guitar is enhanced with a “Truckin’” recording from Deer Creek Music Center. And Duane Allman’s Gibson SG slide guitar (loaned by Graham Nash) has “Statesboro Blues” as its soundtrack.
Less storied instruments are available for hands-on play. Quickie lessons are provided at select times. And don’t be
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“Guitars” isn’t an arbitrary addition to the Eiteljorg. The exhibition makes a strong case for the development of the guitar in the American West, not only for its country/cowboy roots but in such innovators as Charlie Christian, an Oklahoman who is credited as the first to use the electric guitar as a lead instrument in jazz bands. But the museum doesn’t push too hard in trying to find connections. And it shouldn’t have to. This exhibition speaks—musically—for itself.
My only disappointment? There wasn’t a mirror at the back of the Woody Guthrie case so that I could see the other side of the instrument where Guthrie had carved “This machine kills Fascists.”•
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04 December 2006 00:00 [Source: ICB Americas]
The newly formed Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemical Producers Association's first annual conference will debate the hottest topics facing the Middle East
LATER THIS month, petrochemical producers, traders and logistics operators will meet in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates for the first annual forum of the newly created Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemical Producers Association (GPCA). The meeting, to be attended by 400 delegates, will take its place in the annual calendar alongside North America's NPRA conference in March, Asia's APIC event in May, Europe's EPCA meeting in September, and Latin America's APLA event in November.
Abdullah Bin Zaid Al Hagbani, secretary general of GPCA, which was formed earlier this year, comments, "The outlook for our industry has never been stronger, particularly when one focuses on massive liquidity in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region combined with the obvious commercial advantages of hydrocarbon production." But, he adds, "We need to address a number of important issues in order to improve our market position and further strengthen our reputation as one of the world's most important regions for both petrochemical production and consumption."
Al Hagbani expects the new forum, taking place on December 16-17, will prove an excellent platform from which to analyze the issues. A strong lineup of speakers will offer their expertise and views on these issues, which surround feedstocks, the continued rapid buildup of investment in the region, the need to enhance logistics and infrastructure to cope with burgeoning export volumes, and the encouragement of downstream user industries in Middle East countries.
Speakers and session chairmen do not come just from local companies, such as SABIC, Saudi Aramco, Equate and Qapco, but global operators, such as ExxonMobil Chemicals, Shell Chemicals and Borealis, many of which have long-established partnerships in the Middle East. They will also be addressing environmental, health and safety issues, and technology and research topics.
The GPCA was conceived in 2004 by its founding members (see GPCA Founder Companies) who wanted to form a dedicated and nonprofit association serving members with a variety of data, technical assistance and resources. The organization was officially launched on March 1, 2006 in Dubai, with the stated aim to "be the regional voice of the Gulf's petrochemicals and chemical industry in noncommercial activities, and to serve as the regional platform for information exchange." It will identify and facilitate common interests of its members and "assure the harmonious and sustainable growth of the sector in the region."
The GPCA chairman, SABIC's Mohamed Al-Mady, says, "The petrochemical industry in the Gulf region broke new ground with the launch of GPCA. With the formation of the GPCA, I see the dawn of a new era of cooperation among our members, associated vendors, government bodies and our customers."
The creation of a petrochemical association for the Middle East Gulf states is long overdue. But now also seems an appropriate time to set one up, as investment in the region is booming, and the leading players are all becoming actors on the global chemicals stage.
SABIC has set the lead, with its acquisitions in Europe, first of DSM's petrochemicals operations in the Netherlands and Germany, and now those of Huntsman in the UK (formerly ICI assets).
But there are other examples emerging, notably the Petrochemical Industries Co. and Dow Chemical deal to create two joint ventures: MEGlobal, for global production and marketing of monoethylene glycol (MEG), and Equipolymer, for purified terephthalic acid/polyethylene tephthalate (PTA/PET) in Europe.
Others will no doubt follow, as Middle East companies achieve added scale through their investments. Although not part of GPCA, Iran's National Petrochemical Co. is also showing signs of emerging as an international player, with a failed bid for Basell being followed with agreements with Venezuela and China.
Middle East executives have been in regular attendance as delegates, and in some cases, speakers, at the established regional petrochemical meetings such as EPCA and NPRA. But now they will have their own forum in which to discuss issues that are particularly pertinent to the region, building on from the previous biannual Marichem meetings that used to serve in this role.
Notable issues facing the region are feedstock availability and pricing, current constraints on project execution, logistics and infrastructure availability, and the development of downstream industries in the Gulf countries. Improvement in this area is necessary to boost domestic demand and create much-needed jobs in these countries. Funding of projects seems to be of little issue as there is huge liquidity in the region's banking and capital markets, so much so that there is currently a move in Saudi Arabia to publicly list many of the current projects, with initial public offerings attracting plenty of interest.
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GPCA FOUNDER COMPANIES
SABIC, Saudi Arabia
Equate Petrochemical Co., Kuwait
Petrochemical Industries Co. (PIC), Kuwait
National Petrochemical Industrialization Co. (Tasnee), Saudi Arabia
Qatar Petrochemicals Co. (Qapco), Qatar
Gulf Petrochemical Industries Co. (GPIC), Bahrain
Borouge, Abu Dhabi
Qatar Vinyl Co. (QVC), Qatar
GPCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Hamad Al-Terkait, president and CEO, Equate (GPCA vice chairman)
Saad Al-Shuwaib, chairman and managing director, PIC
Moayyed Al-Qurtas, vice chairman and deputy CEO, Tasnee
Hamad Al-Mohannadi, vice chairman and general manager, Qapco
Abdulrahman Al Jawahery, general manager, GPIC
Hubert Puchner, chief executive, Borouge
Hamad Rashed Al-Naimi, general manager, QVC
Mohamed Al-Mady, vice chairman and CEO, SABIC (GPCA chairman)
THE ROLE of GPCA
Represent the common interests of the Gulf region's petrochemicals and chemicals industry
Compile, share and exchange resources, knowledge, opinions and experience
Assist and encourage new scientific research and studies
Promote human resource development
Organize industrial conferences, seminars and exhibitions
Act as an industry spokesperson
Issue reports and analytical market studies
Promote understanding of the industry's contribution to economic, environmental and social progress
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28 December 2012 13:31 [Source: ICIS news]
By Janos Gal
LONDON (ICIS)--The 2013 outlook of the European styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) market is very uncertain as tyre sales look set to continue falling next year driven by poor car and replacement tyre demand.
About two-thirds of SBR output is used by the tyre industry.
The monthly contract price of 1500 grade SBR in December was at €1,980-2,050/tonne ($add conversion) free delivered (FD) northwest Europe (NWE), while 1723 grade was at €1,880-1,920/tonne ($2,507- 2,560/tonne) FD NWE. The price of 1783 grade was at €1,830-1,870/tonne FD NWE.
The last time SBR prices were so low was in February 2011, and further price drops are likely during the first quarter of 2013, sources said.
SBR 1500 grade spot prices are at €1,750-1,850/tonne FD NWE, while 1723 and 1783 are at €1,700-1,750/tonne FD NWE, the lowest since December 2010.
Because feedstock costs are relentlessly high and there is no sign of relief, SBR producers will have to face some tough choices next year. They will either have to cut operating rates to balance supply with demand if sales do not pick up, or shut down for maintenances, sources said.
Right now, very few sources think that demand would pick up during January as downstream demand is poor. The consensus is that the first half of 2013 will probably bring no real improvement, and even a potential recovery in the third quarter will be short lived as during the fourth quarter demand traditionally slips as plants destock and shut down for the Christmas and New Year holiday period.
A major SBR manufacturer said that there is no reason for SBR demand to increase during the first half, looking at forecasts about car and tyre sales.
In its latest report, the Germany-based Centre of Automotive Management forecast that car sales in Europe will continue a decline which began in the aftermath of the eurozone debt crisis and the international banking crisis back in 2008-2009.
Major tyre manufacturers in Europe have also painted a gloomy picture about 2013. Because fuel prices are high and people drive less they need fewer tyres, which all mean that European demand will be unlikely to pick up in the near term.
The situation is somewhat better in emerging countries where the burgeoning middle-classes can afford to buy cars, supporting tyre demand.
However, with shrinking incomes and growing debts, the main concern of European consumers is to pay their debts off and increase their savings in case things get worse, and this has a massive impact on sales of cars and replacement tyres.
And with budget cuts, falling central expenditure and the end of many government incentives such as scrap car schemes that helped car and tyre sales, the industry has been left to its own devices to deal with the situation.
During the first nine months of 2012 exports from the EU were booming, up 45% from the same period in 2011, which helped EU producers sell surplus material outside Europe. However, because European feedstock butadiene (BD) and SBR prices are now higher than in major markets in Asia, the arbitrage window between the two continents is closed.
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After the somewhat scattered and unfocused last Wallace and Gromit episode, the gang from Telltale are back with a much tighter, more enjoyable adventure, Muzzled. The episode starts with dogs running amok through the town after a recent storm destroyed the animal shelter. Wallace, characteristically, is taking no notice of this as he tries to finish his latest invention, an ice cream truck that can create any flavor. When a passing philanthropist arrives with plans to host a massive Fundraise-a-Fair to build a new animal shelter, Gromit begins to uncover a darker motive behind it all.
It's kind of easy to see where this one is going from the instant the philanthropist arrives. It's even easy to predict several of the beats of the story but there are some twists and turns along the way. The ending, in particular, comes completely out of the blue, but once it starts, it really seems inevitable and perfectly in line with the wacky science and adventure of the Wallace and Gromit franchise.
Perhaps the best thing about this episode is the way that all the puzzles are actually based on the story. From the opening problems with the dogs and the ice cream truck to the final showdown with the villain, the puzzles throughout episode are built around story elements and progress logically from one to the next. In fact, the whole last act requires the player to apply earlier solutions to new problems. It's all very clever and coherent and works to make this one of the more satisfying episodes in Telltale's catalog.
The puzzles are also fairly logical this time around. In several cases, we were able to look a few moves ahead and anticipate the solutions to later puzzles. I could tell pretty much right away where the dogs were and I knew without a doubt not only that I was going to have to break the ride but also how I was going to do it. None of this really detracted from the overall satisfaction of putting the solutions into practice, and there were still a few puzzles that required some leaps of logic.
On the other hand, there's not much overt humor in this episode. While it doesn't detract from the interest of the story and the challenge of the puzzles, there's just not as much to laugh at here as there was in previous episodes. Even the small throwaway jokes are missing here. Sure, there are moments with the Major and with the dogs that are amusing and the movies of Muzzle's life are worth a chuckle, but the real focus is on the tension as Gromit tries to uncover what's going on at the fair.
The goods news is that there's are fewer characters jammed into the same sequences here, which gives them all a bit more room to breathe than in the last episode. The acting on the frightened dog is particularly great. Though it's a one-note kind of character, the animators and directors who were in charge of this character just nailed it. Muzzle isn't quite as interesting as he needs to be given his importance in the story, but the events themselves are often appealing enough to carry you past his thin characterization.
I still feel like the developers are missing out on some of the potential of having Wallace and Gromit interacting with each other a bit more. When they're working together at the beginning and end of the episode, it works really well. But the entire middle act is just Gromit wandering around by himself. He has some good bits with the supporting characters but we still miss Wallace.
As before, the visuals and audio are completely faithful to the animated source material. Wallace's seeming obliviousness and Gromit's weary eye rolls are perfectly captured here, as are their voice performances. The other characters have their moments, but the Major and the twitchy dog steal the show among the secondary characters. The fair is nicely realized with lots of interactive areas and fun animations.
This episode scores big for me in terms of relating all the puzzle elements to one cohesive story rather than simply throwing out arbitrary challenges that are only meant to serve as obstacles. Here the puzzles all mean something within the overall context of the story. The flip side is that this episode is a bit light on humor..
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Portland, Connecticut
June 7, 2006
From journal Fredericksburg Va- Americas Most Historic City
by jhearl
Fredericksburg, Virginia
December 14, 2004
There is a self-guided tour that provides a lot of the history and archaeology of the place - not just colonial, but Civil War too. This was the site of an encampment by the northern troops, and the location of one of the pontoon bridges during the Battle of Fredericksburg. You can walk down the old ferry road to visit the site of the pontoon bridge and view Fredericksburg across the river much as the Civil War soldiers and George Washington would have seen it. It's hard to imagine that, in the 1700s, this now placid river was filled with sailing ships bringing in goods from Europe and shipping out tobacco. Standing on the bank, one can try to look through Washington's boyhood eyes and think about the possibility of throwing a rock all the way across as he did (I couldn't!).
There's also a very nice garden here with plants that would have been grown in Washington's time. If you want to learn some things about the boy who became a legend, this is a great place to visit. If you have kids, they can run off a lot of energy here too! There are a couple of short, easy hiking trails, and if you're lucky, quite a lot of wildlife to see (especially birds). There are picnic tables too if you want to bring your lunch.
From journal Ferry Farm
by nilgun
, Virginia, Turkey
July 13, 2003
George Washington lived in the Ferry Farm from the age of six to twenty. He inherited Ferry Farm from his father when he was 11. On Christmas Eve of 1740 the "home house" as George Washington would call Ferry Farm burned and his father build a new one. Although he lived most of his formative years in Ferry Farm after his half elder brother Lawrence died George Washington inherited Mount Vernon, then called Little Hunting Creek, and resided there while keeping his mother in charge of Ferry Farm. Finally, after buying his mother a house in Fredericksburg, he sold Ferry Farm in 1774.
Our visit started with visiting the exhibition center situated in visitors center, and then followed by taking a self-guided tour. There was not much to see in the grounds, except couple of closed buildings and excavation sites. While we were visiting there was no excavation, but we were told that there was going to be an excavation that Wednesday. We followed the steps to the Rappahannock River , which also played an important role in Civil War. Artillery of the Union Army was situated at the slopes and a few yards farther was where Union Army built a pontoon bridge in the Battle of Fredericksburg and the Second Battle of Fredericksburg.
When we visited, I guess due to the rains, the river was muddy, people were canoeing in groups and a Ferry was having a cruise on the river. Another story about Washington was that he was able to throw stones to the other side of the river. I challenged my husband to throw a stone to the other side of the river; a challenge many civil war soldiers took upon without success. I learned that the civil war was the cause of demise of the Ferry Farm house. First, it was used as headquarters to the Union Army, later it was dismantled and used as a source of fire.
Admission is $3 for adults, $ 1.50 for kids. We looked for cherry trees hoping there may be offsprings of that very famous tree, but no luck.
From journal America's Most Historic Town: Fredericksburg |
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Common Food Additives
Food additives are substances that are intentionally added to foods either directly or indirectly during processing with the following purposes:
- To maintain or improve the nutritional quality of a food item.
- To maintain the products quality and freshness.
- To aide in the processing of the food.
- To make food more appealing.
The processing of foods can often reduce its nutritional value; therefore many manufactures enrich or fortify their finished food product.
- To enrich- replace vitamins and mineral lost in the processing of a food product.
- To fortify-add nutrients that may be lacking in the diet.
Here is a list of common nutrients added to processed foods.
- Beta Carotene
- Iodine
- Tocopherols (Vitamin E)
- Niacinamide
- Riboflavin
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin C
Preservatives or antimicrobials prevent food spoilage from bacteria, molds, fungi and yeast. They also maintain the quality and freshness of a product by extending its shelf life and protecting the natural coloring and flavors. Here is a list of common preservatives added to processed foods.
- BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole)-antioxidant
- BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene)-antioxidant
- Butylparaben - preservative
- Calcium propionate – preservative
- EDTA (ethylene-diaminetetra-acetic acid) – antioxidant
- Heptylparaben – preservative
- Lactic acid – preservative
- Methylparaben – preservative
- Potassium propionate – preservative
- Sodium benzoate – preservative
- Sodium nitrate – preservative
- Sodium propionate – preservative
- TBHQ (tertiary butyl hydroquinone) – antioxidant
- Tocopherols (vitamin E) – antioxidant
- Vitamin C – antioxidant and preservative
Different types of additives aide in the processing and preparation of foods in different ways.
Emulsifiers help to evenly distribute the particles of one liquid into another, improving the consistency or texture and the products stability in fluctuating temperatures.
Stabilizers are thickening texturizers that impart body and improve the overall “mouth feel” of a product.
Leavening agents affect the cooking results of baked goods, particularly the texture and volume of the finished product.
pH control agents change or maintain the alkalinity or acidity of a product.
Humectants cause moisture retention.
Maturing and bleaching agents or dough conditioners, accelerate the aging process and improve the quality of the end product.
Anticaking agents prevent the lumping or clumping of powdered or crystalline substances.
Common additives in this category are:
- Acetic Acid – pH control
- Acetone peroxide – maturing and bleaching agent, dough conditioner
- Ammonium alginate – pH control
- Arabingalactan – stabilizer and thickening
- Calcium bromated – maturing and bleaching agent, dough conditioner
- Calcium phosphate – leavening agent
- Carob Bean Gum – stabilizer and thickening
- Cellulose – stabilizer and thickening
- Diglycerides – emulsifier
- Glycerine – humectants
- Guar Gum - stabilizer and thickening
- Gum Arabic - stabilizer and thickening
- Hydrogen peroxide – maturing and bleaching agent, dough conditioner
- Iron-ammonium Citrate – anticaking agent
- Lactic Acid – pH control
- Locust Bean Gum – stabilizer and thickening
- Mannitol – anticaking, stabilizer and thickening
- Modified Food Starch – stabilizer and thickening
- Phosphoric Acid – pH control
- Polysorbates – emulsifier
- Potassium Bromate – maturing and bleaching agent, dough conditioner
- Propylene Glycol – stabilizer, thickening agent
- Silicon Dioxide – anticaking
- Sodium Citrate – pH control
- Sodium Stearyl Fumarate – maturing and bleaching agent, dough conditioner
- Sorbitan Monostearate – emulsifier
- Tartaric Acid – pH control
- Tragacanth Gum – stabilizer, thickening
To make foods more appealing manufacturers use flavor enhancers to magnify or modify the original taste or aroma of food; flavoring to restore or intensify the natural flavor of foods lost in processing; colors to make foods look more appetizing; and sweeteners to make the taste and aroma more pleasing. Here is a list of common additives:
- Annatto Extract – color
- Canthaxanthin – color
- Dextrose – sweetener
- Disodium Guanylate – flavor enhancer
- Dried Algae Meal – color
- FD &C Colors
- Blue No 1
- Red No 2
- Red No 40
- Yellow No 5
- Grape Skin Extract – color
- Invert Sugar – sweetener
- Iron Oxide – color
- Mannitol – sweetener
- Saffron – color
- Riboflavin – color
- Tagetes (Aztec Marigold) – color
- Titanium Dioxide – color
- Ultramarine Blue – color
- Vanilla - flavor |
Before I knew what I said I said KILLER CUT
― Raymond Cummings, Friday, 2 March 2012 22:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sleep on your back, and ash in your shoes, and always use the old sense of the word.
― simulation and similac (Hurting 2), Friday, 2 March 2012 23:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Raymond Cummings, Saturday, 3 March 2012 04:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
182. "She and he laid the stems down flat in the middle of a field"
― Despite all my cheek, I am still just a freak on a leash (bernard snowy), Saturday, 3 March 2012 06:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh Dallas, you shine with an evil lightHow'd you turn a billion steersInto buildings made of mirrors?
― how's life, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 15:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
183. Every line of "I Remember Me" is amazing, but the ending to the story never fails to absolutely devastate me:
He bought a little land with the money from the settlementAnd he even bought the truck that had hit him that dayHe touched the part where the metal was bent.And if you were there you would hear him say.
I remember her and I remember himI remember them and I remember then..I'm just rememberin' I'm just rememberin'
― Walter Galt, Thursday, 3 May 2012 14:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
184. My horse's legs look like four brown shotguns
― Walter Galt, Thursday, 3 May 2012 14:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
185. Girl in a special economic zoneGirl in a special economic zoneClosed sign swinging in the window of a liquor store
― how's life, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 09:56 (6 months ago) Permalink
186. How can I love you(how can I love yoooouuu)If you won't(if you won't)Lie down?(LAH DOWN!)
― how's life, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 10:44 (6 months ago) Permalink
187. Chanting more and of rumors of more
― how's life, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 11:56 (6 months ago) Permalink
188. Punks in the beerliiiiight/Toulouse-Lautrec!
― how's life, Friday, 2 November 2012 18:05 (6 months ago) Permalink
― Duke, Friday, 2 November 2012 20:33 (6 months ago) Permalink
190. If it ever gets really really badIf it ever gets really really badAnd let's not kid ourselves:It gets really really bad
― xanthanguar (cwkiii), Friday, 2 November 2012 20:38 (6 months ago) Permalink
191. (or 189a.)
― Perfect Chicken Forever (Merdeyeux), Friday, 2 November 2012 20:45 (6 months ago) Permalink |
"Your Favorite Thing" sounds like "Friday I'm in Love", but sucks much more.
― Poliopolice, Friday, 11 May 2012 21:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
thanks!
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 11 May 2012 21:47 (1 year (11 months ago) Permalink
He played at Shepherds Bush Empire last night - the whole album of Copper Blue (I couldn't go).
― She Got the Shakes, Saturday, 2 June 2012 23:33 (11 months ago) Permalink
interview
i think j. wurster is his drummer now; not sure about bass
― mookieproof, Saturday, 2 June 2012 23:37 (11 months ago) Permalink
Been saying it for years: Sugar >>>>>>>>>>> Husker
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 3 June 2012 01:43 (11 months ago) Permalink
Nice try
― buzza, Sunday, 3 June 2012 01:47 (11 months ago) Permalink
Alfred … OTM?
― Brony! Broni! Broné! (Phil D.), Sunday, 3 June 2012 01:48 (11 months ago) Permalink
no
― it looks like something rupert the bear would wear (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 3 June 2012 01:51 (11 months (11 months ago) Permalink
Grant hart >>>>sugarI like sugar but let's get real
― buzza, Sunday, 3 June 2012 01:53 (11 months (11 months ago) Permalink
I don't doubt Hart could have created as many good records as Mould did between 1989 and 1994.
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 3 June 2012 01:54 (11 months ago) Permalink
I love the first Sugar album and EP, but Grant's first two solo albums are every bit their equal, minus the polish, maybe, but great nonetheless.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 3 June 2012 01:55 (11 months (11 months ago) Permalink
Any band that doesn't have a David barbe song >>any band that does
― buzza, Sunday, 3 June 2012 01:56 (11 months ago) Permalink
Only Barbe song is part of their studio album catalog!
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 3 June 2012 01:57 (11 months ago) Permalink
*only one
Yes and it almost negates the entire catalog!!!
― buzza, Sunday, 3 June 2012 02:03 (11 months ago) Permalink
Album one, track one ftw:
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 3 June 2012 02:04 (11 months (11 months (11 months ago) Permalink
Listening to MBV was a kick in the ass, I reckon.
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 3 June 2012 13:42 (11 months ago) Permalink
6music have been playing loads of Sugar lately, I had been wondering why. Loved Copper Blue, I'm quite tempted to dig it out again actually.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 3 June 2012 14:40 (11 months ago) Permalink
Irony is that MBV and the Pixies were explicitly borrowing from Husker Du. So Mould turns around and borrows explicitly from them!
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 3 June 2012 16:32 (11 months ago) Permalink
Excellent stuff:
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 July 2012 15:49 (9 months (9 months ago) Permalink
Copper Blue is a top ten all-time record for me.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 July 2012 15:56 (9 months ago) Permalink
I listened to the Copper Blue reissue on Spotify and it sounds terrific. Really want to pick up the vinyl.
― Marco YOLO (Phil D.), Monday, 30 July 2012 15:59 (9 months (9 months ago) Permalink
poor Matthew Sweet!
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 July 2012 16:07 (9 months (9 months ago) Permalink
Do any of these reissues have Bob Mould's song "Can't Fight It" from No Alternative? What a great song.
― Marco YOLO (Phil D.), Monday, 30 July 2012 16:19 (9 months ago) Permalink
LOVE these remasters. Got the download from Merge on the weekend, and am anxiously awaiting the albums with all the bonus stuff.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 30 July 2012 16:42 (9 months (9 months (9 months ago) Permalink
here i shall reiterate my request for scrawl to reunite
nevertheless, u tarfumes were mad
― mookieproof, Friday, 3 August 2012 03:36 (9 months (9 months ago) Permalink
OH MANPeej and Scrawl? Together? So dreamy.
― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Friday, 3 August 2012 20:00 (9 months ago) Permalink |
gunman enters the picture, and things go desperately wrong. Written by Anonymous
`Can I touch it?' asks Barbara Stanwyck's cattle queen, presumably referring to Marshal Barry Sullivan's gun. `It might go off in your face', replies the Marshal. In this brief interchange lies the implicit heart of Sam Fuller's somewhat surreal and operatic western, `Forty Guns'. Fans of more mainstream western movies moseying in from great but chaste works like `My Darling Clementine' or more contemporary cheroot-grinders like `Silverado' will find their expectations seriously challenged.
`Forty Guns' gets your attention immediately with a thunderous opening-credit ride-by. Ms. Stanwyck is astride a pure white stallion leading her Forty `guns' in a column of twos, like a female Custer on her way to a last stand that only she might be able to imagine. As the riders flow, without breaking stride, around a buckboard carrying the three Bonnell brothers, of whom Barry Sullivan's Griff is the eldest, each bro registers the proceedings with a facial expression consistent with his age and experience. It is, perhaps, with the exception of the previously-quoted sequence, the best moment in the film. The dust having settled, much of it on the Bonnells, 164 hooves fading into silence, the brothers repair to a nearby town for a rollicking bath. Thus it begins. Eventually it ends. You may or may not be quite sure what happened in between. But this is not necessarily a bad thing.
In terms of fundamental style, `Forty Guns' is really a 50's TV western jumped up the big board, complete with that genre's trademark, clothes-make-the-hombre ambience. The 50's TV western was a highly stylized form in which anyone having the correct attire could be a cowboy, even Gene Barry, who plays the middle Bonnell brother. Mr. Barry went on to a successful TV career, launched by the series `Bat Masterson', in which his undeniable urbanity percolated up through his character for several seasons, forcing out a Masterson who was rather too smirky, and overburdened by savoir faire. (The real Bat, born in rural Kansas, was a colleague of Wyatt Earp, and cut from the trans-outlaw cloth. He had polish, compared to many contemporaries, but was not a fop). A form as stylized and libidinously constrained as the 50's TV western then falls into the hands of Samuel Fuller, one of Hollywood's most intense and emotional directors; a man who would have shoved a submarine through a soda straw if he had felt the cinematic need. In the case of `Forty Guns', the result is a movie that struggles to proceed, straining in one direction while constantly implying that it would love to go in any number of others, like a big dog on a short leash. But it is this quality that gives the film much of its cult appeal. I'd be hard pressed to call it a good film, although many would. But it is absolutely interesting.
`Forty Guns' should probably not be anyone's first Western (It's really film noir, podnuh). Said person might not ever want to see another. Still, it's worthy of appreciation, if for no other reason than for what it tried to be. Westerns of the 60's and 70's (of which I remain a die-hard fan) often did service by examining sensitive social issues, mainly racism, buffering them with the remove of a century or so. Why not a western that attempts, in its own unusual way, to examine sexuality? Post-feminist womanhood will not be thrilled with the somewhat perfunctory, testosterone-uber-alles ending. But, given the rather startling preceding scene, the ending is entirely consistent with the film's innate strangeness, and its apparent message: love may be over-rated and should probably be avoided whenever possible. I can honestly say that I have never seen anything quite like `Forty Guns', at least under a Stetson, though certainly under a snap-brim fedora. `Johnny Guitar' is in the same angst-arama zone but it's a girl-fight. In `Forty Guns', Barbara Stanwyck, though certainly a presence, is more the May Pole around which the boys gyrate, or on which they hang. The only films I can recall hitting me in quite the same way were some 60's products of the Kuchar Brothers (George and/or Mike). Kuchar films were works of droll, satirical, goofiness that happened to have assumed cinematic form (try keeping a straight face while just reading a list of their titles). `Forty Guns' felt much the same at times but was, apparently, being serious.
`Forty Guns' might stand up quite well to a remake, now that most audiences and studio suits have accepted that sex exists; preserve the stylistic essence of the original but let it be as tumescent as it needs to be. There is actually nothing wrong with the fundamental plot, which I won't reveal so you can project your own understanding. It simply lacks a certain level of on-screen flow. Story elements sort of roil in and out of view in this nearly over-full cauldron. But they're all in the same film, which helps. `Forty Guns' has a slightly messed-with feel to me and may not be entirely what the late Mr. Fuller had in mind. But, unfortunately, we probably won't be seeing a director's cut. The song, `High-riding Lady with a Whip', should certainly be preserved in any remake. It's a piece of music that is as hilariously strange as the rest of the film; one that seems to take itself entirely seriously while making you wonder, `Can this really be happening?'
Don't get off the Sam Fuller train at this outlying station. Fuller's the real deal, an artist who wielded a very distinct brush. Reboard and move on to the `The Steel Helmet', his gritty Korean War drama. If this one works for you, consider hanging out in Fullerville for a while. Anyone who appreciates film should become familiar with his work. And, if you thought the device of looking at one's target through the bore of a gun originated with the James Bond films, `Forty Guns' will set you straight, right down to the lands and grooves. |
One Britain's great science fiction comedies, "Red Dwarf" is one of the United Kingdom's finest television exports. This is due to the fact that alot of the comedy, through the characters, satirizes British stereotypes (slobs, snobs, neurotics) and makes its own commentary on the bleakness and absurdity that is human life.
The format, which has become considerably more flexible in recent years, started thus. Set in space, some two or hundred years or so in the future, on an enormous mining ship called Red Dwarf, working class slob Dave Lister (Craig Charles) finds himself placed "in stasis"(frozen in time) as punishment for illegally hoarding a cat on board the ship. Awakened by the ship's senile computer Holly (Norman Lovett), Lister is shocked to discover he's been in stasis for three million years and the rest of the crew have been killed by a freak accident.
Asides from the now-senile computer, Lister's only company is a vain, narcissistic lifeform who evolved from his cat (Danny John-Jules) and a hologram of Arnold Rimmer (Chris Barrie), his bossy and officious superior.
This was the set up for the first two series of Red Dwarf. The format changed in series three when Holly swapped sexes and became Hattie Hayridge, and the crew recruited Kryten (Robert Llewllyn), an eager-to-please mechanoid with an overactive guilt chip. In series six, Red Dwarf and its computer were abandoned, and the crew were forced to survive in modified shuttlecraft Starbug.
Chris Barrie left as Rimmer in series seven and was replaced, courtesy of an alternate universe storyline, by Kochanski (Chloe Annett), the love of Lister's life. The ship, complete with resurrected crew, returned for series eight and saw the adventurers, along with a back-from-the-dead Rimmer, thrown in the ship's brig for their adventures in the previous series.
In the first two series with a minimum main cast, the much-despised grey sets lent an appropriately barren, lonely backdrop to the very character based comedy. Most of this consisted of intimate comic banter between Lister and Rimmer, occasionally livened up by the Cat's hilariously self-obsessed prescence or an off-the-cuff joke from the laconic Holly.
Seasons three to five broadened the scope of the series, making it more experimental with different science fiction concepts. The added prescence of Kryten helped this, his 'groinal socket', susceptibility to the whims of a sometimes deranged Rimmer and increased attempts to break his restrictive programming brought new comic dimensions to the series.
Series six and seven reverse the comedy-science fiction ratio of the series in that the former now takes a back seat to the latter. In other words the comedy of the series accentuates the main science fiction based plots. The comedy emphasis was restored for series eight, although, much like series seven, this element was alot weaker than before.
The series benefitted from alot of strong characterisation. Craig Charles embodies carefree slob Lister, while Chris Barrie turns in a wonderfully uptight performance as the hopelessly neurotic Rimmer. Dancer Danny John Jules brings alot of colourful charm to the Cat, while Norman Lovett is wonderfully sardonic as Holly, whose almost apathetic stupidity allows for alot of comic misunderstandings. After being replaced by Hattie Hayridge for a few seasons, Lovett returned in series seven.
Robert Llewellyn, his entire head covered in a prosthetic mask, has some fine moments in a character that is very much a comic take on the android "Data" from "Star Trek:TNG". Chloe Annett is wonderfully superficial as Kochanski, but is attractive enough to make plausible Lister's attraction to her.
Series eight was helped considerably by the return of Mac MacDonald as Red Dwarf's hapless Captain. During the two-part episode "Pete" he is subjected to a series of increasingly hilarious indignations, prompting a wonderfully humiliated performance from MacDonald.
Time will tell whether or not the series will return, but the series remains one of the definitive comic staples of British television. |
Dawn of the Dead
I'm not sure I can recall witnessing an opening sequence quite like the one I saw in Zack Snyder's remake of the classic horror film 'Dawn of the Dead.' Besides being rather lengthy (it's over ten minutes before we see the opening credits), it has a bizarre creepiness about it. There's something about the cinematography employed to show us 'the beginning of the end' that I really liked: that extra long image of the little girl skating away, the skyview of Sarah Polly's car as she rides home from her shift as a nurse, the picture of perfect serenity, and those intimate scenes we see of her and her husband 'the day before.' It all makes it more tragic, when, quite unexpectedly, morning comes, and with it, the end of all that is sane. The pure chaos of the scenario, an outbreak of a dangerous break of a virus that turns those infected into ghouls, comes so suddenly that it grips us by the throat.
This is one hell of a horror movie. Even for someone as jaded as myself, who has become totally jaded to any real horror thrills, I was taken aback by how uncomfortable the movie made me feel. Our heroes, holed up at the now abandoned local mall, join small groups of survivors and find themselves fighting each other as well as the zombies when the plague starts creeping ever close to bringing them all to the brink of annihilation. The zombies have an easy-to-spot weakness: one shot to the head takes them out, but they're extremely fast, and a single bite from them leads to hopeless infection and mindlessness. Although some of the story makes little sense (for instance, if the zombies can only transmit the virus by bite and the heroes are in a mall, couldn't they don the heaviest attire imaginable rather than skimpy t-shirts?), there are lots of great twists and snappy dialogue along with the required creep-outs, gore, and slaughter.
And there's some surprisingly great humor. Easily the most memorable of the light-hearted, break-the-nerves moments is when our heroes are situated atop a roof and challenge a local gun shop owner to take out look-alike zombie celebrities, which he does with ease. It's a much needed laugh to relieve the audience of a lot of built-up jitters.
Overall, this is a remake that actually works. The characters, for all their strength and weaknesses, are decently fleshed out for a horror movie. There a few unexpected surprises that even the most attentive viewer will take pleasure in. And the action moves along at a clean, fast pace. The few holes that exist in the plot and the somewhat unsatisfying conclusion are the only real problem areas, but these are to be expected in the genre. Overall, I definitely recommend it, even to the squeamish. It's messy fun for everyone. And make sure you stay until AFTER the credits roll. You'll be glad you did.
Grade: A- |
MSNBC host Keith Olbermann was suspended indefinitely Friday after Politico revealed he violated NBC ethics policy by donating money to Democratic candidates in this week's elections.
His suspension is without pay. His donations were the maximum donations permitted - $2400 apiece. Olbermann is a well-recognized face for MSNBC and has "tripled MSNBC's ratings at 8 p.m.," according to Politico. The host of Countdown with Keith Olbermann has been called "the pre-eminent liberal voice on American television" by the New York Times.
The three Democratic candidates who received Olbermann's donations were Arizona representatives Raul Grijalva and Gabrielle Giffords, who both won seats; and Kentucky Senate candidate Jack Conway, who lost to Rand Paul.
NBC News' policy prevents employees from donating or participating in political campaigns or groups as it "may create the appearance of a conflict of interest," Politico noted.
In response to Politico's fact-finding, MSNBC president Phil Griffin is quoted as saying: “I became aware of Keith's political contributions late last night. Mindful of NBC News policy and standards, I have suspended him indefinitely without pay."
Olbermann admitted to the donations, but explained he didn't raise money for any of the candidates:
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Objective or Partisan?
Yahoo News reported that Olbermann "is a partisan host and expresses opinions on a nightly basis" and "NBC has previously noted differences between what MSNBC hosts and their NBC News colleagues can do." At the Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert rallies last month, NBC News employees were forbidden from participating, but MSNBC hosts were allowed, for example.
However, given Olbermann's suspension, Politico and other news organizations have noted that in 2006 NBC had no problem with its employee Joe Scarborough (also now a Politico columnist) donating money to a 2006 campaign because "Joe hosts an opinion program and is not a news reporter." Talking Points Memo has also found that MSNBC contributor Pat Buchanan donated $2,250 to Republican candidates from 2005-2008, years during which Buchanan worked for MSNBC. Buchanan and Scarborough are both conservative commentators. Neither has been suspended.
MSNBC describes Olbermann's program as a "unique newscast that counts down the day’s top stories with Keith’s particular wit and style," therefore Olbermann's opinion would naturally be included. Is there a double standard? We've written to MSNBC to ask and will update with any response.
Salon offered speculation for why Olbermann was promptly put on suspension.
StinkyJournalism wrote in September when the Center for Responsive Politics reported 235 self-identified journalists contributed to political organizations.
Ethics Cases
The UK Guardian reported the story, noting that "US journalistic ethics are extremely strict, barring media employees from donating to political parties or any other political involvement that might cause a conflict of interest."
But, unlike the UK whose Press Complaints Commission can require print news organizations to deal with ethics complaints and abide by established ethics guidelines, the U.S.'s oft-cited code, the Society of Professional Journalists' code of ethics, isn't mandatorily followed by U.S. journalists. Also, the SPJ cannot penalize or hold any journalists (including its members) to the code's principles.
Reporters have been fired and suspended from various news organizations this year as news organizations seek to define the line between providing objective reporting and personal opinions. National Public Radio fired Juan Williams last month after he revealed his personal feelings about seeing Muslims in airports on air at Fox News. Some argued that Williams was fired because NPR couldn't reconcile his dual role as its news analyst and Fox News commentator.
The Washington Post's Dave Weigel resigned in late June after his private e-mails sent to the JournoList were published. In the e-mails, Weigel wrote his opinions about conservatives, the beat he wrote about for the Post.
In July, CNN fired senior editor for Middle Eastern affairs, Octavia Nasr, after she tweeted her respects for the recently deceased Hezbollah leader Sayeed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah.
Also in July, four Arkansas reporters were fired from NBC-affiliate KARK-TV because of two video spoofs they made off-the-clock mocking their jobs.
Just this month, two reporters were fired from Alaska CBS-affiliate KTVA after accidentally leaving a recording on a political spokesperson's voicemail. In the recording, they discussed the chance of finding a "child molester" at Senate candidate Joe Miller's rally.
CNN fired Rick Sanchez after he criticized Comedy Central's Jon Stewart and made controversial comments about media figures |
Zuckerberg: No Facebook app for iPad because it's not mobile
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Argue whether the iPad is mobile or not all you want, but the iPad needs a Facebook app regardless. Does Safari let me upload photos? No. Do I care about links to applications that don't work on mobile Safari? No. Should I have to tap on account names twice to get to their page? No. Should tagging a user in a post always work? Yes.
I can keep going.
Not mobile.... WoW
Stupid move on facebooks part...
Rene, You're blaming the wrong person. Why doesn't IOS for the IPad allow websites to access photo pikcer. You should be blaming Steve Jobs .. but of course he's your GOD, so you wouldn't.
Steve Jobs gave you a big lecture about how Ipad's are better than Netbooks yet it can't do a simple function like that.
@Jerry
This isn't an Apple lacks functionality debate this time, it's a Facebook being lazy and arguing a point that doesn't exist debate. Netbooks will run native web browsers and file systems, so your argument isn't really fair to begin with. I'm not saying that because I worship steve jobs either, i'm saying that because facebook IS lazy. look at their iPhone updates, they're minimal, buggy, lack features etc.. they always have. that's their scapegoat, and they'll use it as long as they can. Heck, even their internet website has constant vulnerabilities that they have to patch or fix. The iPhone update just released was garbage and minimal. And from what i hear, the android update or app wasn't great either
An iPad is not a netbook, it is not meant to be a netbook (in my opinion, I think netbooks are a waste of time, if an iPad does what you need, get that or a playbook or android tablet - if it doesn't, get an actual laptop, you'll be happier in the long run). But the iPad DOES do what most people want it to do in a smaller form factor. Yes, there are still bridges to gap. For Apple to have 95% of the marketshare for tablets, that's tremendous. But I will agree some functionality needs to be added to make the overall experience better.
Yet another reason why I use Twitter but not Facebook. Zuckerberg obviously just doesn't get it.
@jerry: do you mean "why doesn't Safari on iOS support file uploading?" It already has the ability to copy photos to the device, as well as a website to store images in a local database.
I would love to Safari in iOS to support local storage uploading via HTML's file upload feature, but not for a site to simply access whatever it wants from my camera roll and albums.
Start a team to spam Zuck's wall with complaints and arguments? Haha
Facebook's not mobile - damn it! Does that mean that I can't use it on my mac anymore or my work laptop or desktop. Life's just not worth living any more... MEH!
Not to debate whether iPad is mobile or not, but if they choose to focus on HTML5 for cross platform tablet form factor isn't that better? A more uniform experience across hardware and OS
Sounds like Zuckerberg & Steve Jobs are still at war with facebook & Ping haha
They're trying to work out a way to rip off all your data first before they release a Faceplant App for tablets.
It seems like the people over at Facebook are going to be getting a lot of mail about this... iPad not mobile? Well, I say fooey!!
If the iPad is so great for browsing the web then why do you need an app at all? What's wrong with the full website?
Obviously Zuckerberg is an idiot. They hold a hugely publicized PC in what looks like a high school classroom with an overhead projector. All to announce they are releasing practically nothing. Steve Jobs is probably laughing at FB. What a joke!!
He meant mobile in the sense of smartphone size mobile. He did say he considered the ipad a computer which is what many ipad owners have been trying to say.
But is it even relevant to the whole issue of whether ipad needs an app? No. Even the iphone app bumped up to universal mode would be a start.
ZUckerberg is a tool. I agree with this blog entry - why does everyone else get it yet he doesn't.
Why is mobile such a key anyway - doesn't he want people to use his service? Is it all about check-ins now, or do they actually have other services available via facebook... (remember photos, status updates etc?)
I enjoy facebook but get tired real fast with all the BS on it... now its just political crying and arguing. Having a leader with such lack of vision makes me think I'm spending time on the wrong social service.
Zuckerberg needs to pull his head out of his ass and actually get something out to his customers that works properly. Of course though he doesn't see the Facebook users as his customers, he sees his advertisers as his customers, and those guys aren't that fussed about an iPad app.
Facebook is overloaded with crap, its a different kinda crap than myspace, but its crap nonetheless.
@Joe exactly what I was thinking! Ha
How many people viewed or read the announcements? Judging by some responses, not a lot.
Did Zuck say its not mobile? Yes. Is that what was meant? No. He was specifically speaking on mobile phone platforms today. Was calling it not mobile an error? Perhaps. But, he calls it a "computer" because it wasn't what he was there to talk on today. He said that, killed the topic and carried on. Like any good keynote speaker would when avoiding a question.
As for the setting being a college library lookalike, it was meant to look like that for the setting of the announcement. Why look "homey" when you're talking mobility?
As for whomever stated lack of iPhone functionality and abilities and last to update... Are you kidding me?! Where do you think they test everything first on mobile phone platform? It's sure as hell not BlackBerry. Know how I know? I'm newly reformed from there. There is lack of support and functionality. FB Places is available on iPhone, until today's Android inclusion, exclusively. I get more FB updates, in 2 months, more then I did on BB in 2 years! Don't believe me? Grab a friends BB and try using FB app. You'll be above thankful for what we have!
He does not understand it because he is a 20-year old billionaire .. what he does understand is what makes him a 20-year old billionaire.
Lastly, anyone wanting to mention iOS platform as "mobile", (ie. iPhone AND iPad)... Grab your new Apple TV and go mobile.
FAIL
i don't want an ipad (well unless someone give me one free) i don't have macs just an ipod. i don't evne have an iphone but i'm so sick of these guys getting into these stupid semantic battles and mudslinging pissing contests. it hurts the users and accomplishes nothing. and i'm at starbucks right now and theres a guy with an ipad behind me. so someone thinks it's mobile. by the way i'm typing this on my laptop and it's fricken mobile too.
Billionaire... yes.
Genius... when?? who??
Yes..why do you need an app for facebook when browsing the web is so great on the ipad?? Why not just utilize the actual web site??
@Allyson
Lazy people dont become billionaires. Just sayin'
Or is it the fact that the ipad just doesnt provide a complete web browsing experience? And facebook should create an alternative for apple?
Complain all you want, but he still makes more than all of us combined, and we are using HIS service...
So facebook should spend money developing an app so you can upload pictures and video from a device without a camera? If that is your must-have use case vs the mobile site, then you are the one that doesn't get it.
It seems iPad is behind the curve in some things, and way ahead in others. Facebook needs a iPad app. They are missing out.
The photo upload part of the Facebook site uses Flash, so no photo uploading with Safari on iOS.
This is actually more an iOS limitation then it is a Facebook enforced issue. I can link of at least two other mobile OSes that allow facebook photo and video uploads from the photo and video viewers themselves. You don't need to go to the facebook site or load the facebook app to be able to upload them.
The iPhone app and mobile versions of the website (m.facebook.com and touch.facebook.com) are all missing functionality of the main website. The reason why they exist is because they are designed for the small screen of a cell phone. iPad's screen is big enough to display the full website with no problem. I think that is what Mark said when he meant that iPad is not mobile. To create an iPad app that would support all features of the website would be a huge duplication of effort and it makes perfect sense to me why Facebook refuses to do it. Instead, they should just tweak the full website to work flawlessly on the iPad. Since iPad does not support uploading photos via the browser, there should be a separate iPad app just for that purpose.
Not mobile?? What my 3G iPad is not mobile? Lol this is what happens when you have kids running a business. Good move suckerburg.
Ok I can see all the idiot fanboys are crying and putting the blame on FaceBook when clearly they should ask Apple why Safari isn't a REAL browser.
iPad is NOT mobile. I dont care if you have a 3G version of it. Mobile means a device such as iPhone or Nokia N97 or Droid , where it was built primary as a CELL PHONE unit.
Mobile doesn't mean PORTABLE that can tap into wifi or 3G networks.
If that'd be the case then a PSP , DS , kindle and even the MyFordTouch on a 2011 Ford Edge would all be mobile and should have their own apps.
Get a grip people. Facebook is making a valid point that they're not making a mobile app for iPad. However Im willing to bet that within the next 6 months or so , they will release a tablet version ;)
Back to your geek caves ! :twisted: :lol:
The part I don't get is why any of you actually care. How many of you actually use Facebook? If I hadn't gotten suckered into Farmville, I'd never look at it. It comes nowhere near the scope of Twitter. Even from a Mac or PC on the web it's totally inconsistent. I can look at my pc on the web and my FB app on my iPhone and see two completely different sets of status updates. WTF?!
Time to say "ok, fine, so Facebook won't do an iPad version...let's just call it like it is and stop using FB. Period."
Alli my dear ,
There are more Facebook users out there than iPad & iPhone users combines. Fact.
It could be the other way around where people would say why would I need an iPad.
Let's face it , even tho FB has its minor bugs , it's still a very popular and useful network to keep in touch with friends and family.
Show me one app, website or device that's PERFECT !
;)
My desktop isn't mobile either.
and your desktop doesnt have a FB app.
your point cano!? :roll:
Zuckerberg had to make a deal with the devil to get where he is. I understand that he started Facebook. I understand he's a billionaire. But he has shown multiple times that he is incompetent at running a business. Facebook has been caught multiple times giving away (selling?) users private information. The iPhone app is horrible and riddled with bugs.
The FB app for the iPhone already exists (buggy). Why not make an iPad version? Why not expand your user base even more? Why stare at an opportunity, and not take advantage?
Facebook SUCKS! Never liked it rarely use it. I log on maybe 4 times a year.
People, Facebook is a website! iPad has a 1024X768 screen resolution and is capable of displaying websites without a need to create a special app. The apps are created for mobile phones that have smaller screen. Mark meant that iPad is not a mobile PHONE.
Raphael, good on you mate! Agreed 100% ! :)
@Joe McG
Making an iPad app will cost time and money, and expand Facebook's user base approximately 0%. The intersection of iPad owners, Facebook users, and non-smartphone owners is too small to count, much less any impact on FB's user base. They have stared at that opportunity, and have concluded (thus far) the benefit is not worth the cost.
But, you know, Facebook has a plethora of open APIs. If you see an opportunity Facebook does not, build your own Facebook iPad client, and cash in.
sounds like a flaw in the OS, not in facebook.
this is funny... didn't he, in an interview earlier this year, say that an ipad version was in production? if it wasn't him, SOMEBODY from facebook said it... doesn't matter to me though, the "friendly for facebook" app does the job fairly well
Youre so cool! I dont suppose Ive read something like this before. So good to seek out someone with some authentic ideas on this subject. realy thanks for starting this up. this web site is something that's needed on the web, somebody with a little originality. helpful job for bringing something new to the internet!
What a pathetic excuse. I think it is time for young master zuckerberg to listen to the grownups for once and do as he is told!
Fact is, people like the badge notifications you get on the iPhone. It's exactly the same OS and the iPhone on the iPad, so how can they say it's not mobile? The Facebook website doesn't work on iPad, like it doesn't work on the android tablets too. You are limited with the touchscreen, because of moving things around like setting new display pictures. I agree with the guys above who say Facebook are lazy sons of bitches. Few are Steve Jobs worshippers, we just know that his way is probably best at the moment.
Because he is arrogant.
Bitch
Something to consider is that Facebook is a non-versioned release system...which means if they want to release a new version, it just works.
Having a mobile version-controlled app means that there could be a lot of inconsistency & error messages in the experience for those who haven't upgraded their app since the Facebook un-versioned web experience was updated.
I think we'll see a lot more of this in the future, and Apple will figure out how to make it work in everyone's favor...hopefully.
it works fine with me
Try reinstall, without opening it, change the device family.plist as usual
Then install the tweak then respiring
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I think that having this Navigator is going to be great. Being in the Fire and Rescue for the past 10 years, this will give me the better ability to have great directions to be able to get to my location and give my driver better location to where to go. I am looking forward to getting this service wether I get the chance to win or not. Great job by all involved. Thanks
I will be touring grad schools this summer. Would love to have it for that! See! TiPb and TeleNav can help with my college career!
I would love to use it when I go to New York City.
Contests are great, but not quite geek enough for this one
Rarely use facebook so a post about a phone blog Wouldnt be bueno, but Didn't notice option#2(darn reading while driving.)....With this app I wouldn't have to also use maps while driving to Cleveland Ohio from Florida
Going on a trip to Canada!
I would travel to TN with the family. Good times.
I dont have facebook or tweeter account but all the same nothing wrong in trying. Hope i can be picked for a change.
What? No love for Verizon iPhone users? Telenav has an app for that too - which I have... it's better than TomTom, but not as good as a Garmin Nuvi :)
I'll use it to take a road trip across the country!
On a nice long vacation
I like road trips (and both facebook pages). Gimme gimme please. kthanx.
I want to get Telenav to take me away from where I am,,,, anywhere else.
headed to Cali in August! Take me there!!!
How I'm gonna use it is to get me to different job interviews in ares I dont know how to travel through. Since im on the job hunt. It would be priceless to me....
I would see if it would take me geocaching...
Road trip to Sturgis!
I am planning a trip to see Hearst Castle and this would really help me get there!!
I'm planning on using this to help me not get lost.
We spent over 1.5 hours trying to find an iHOP in new jersey.
This thing would of helped :(
Oh well. It would get great use.
Thanks for the great site.
I am currently planning trips from Cincinnati to Florida for the final two Space Shuttle Launches. Then afterward, this summer I am going to be travelling out west to Wyoming and on to Oregon, then south through Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah to do a lot of photography before heading home. I think Telenav would be an excellent addition to my journeys!
I'd love to use it anywhere. I get lost in the closet if the light are off.
Use it on road trips this summer! - best part is it entertains my daughters in the car.
I would love to use TeleNav to help me brave the drive from here to Washington, DC and help me maneuver through that traffic nightmare!
I would love to use telenav to find my way around college, which I'm starting next fall!
Oklahoma State!
Going to NYC!
Thanks Jalan this is really great fbdceaek.re: Maps can you send specifics where it is not updated on your phone but is updated on your PND?re: routing what do you mean by web based web planning and saving routes? I'm assuming that you've tried our online preplanning and My Favorites?re: traffic we've got coverage in most of the major metropolitan areas where our customers live/work and where there tends to be the most traffic. Are there specific cities where you don't feel the coverage is adequate? This fbdceaek is always helpful. Also one of the key differences between our traffic rerouting and most PNDs is that it is specific for your route vs. just providing a traffic summary of the area around you. It's proactive and specific to traffic along your route. Many of our customers see this as a big benefit.re: feature updates this is a valid point and we're always working on ensuring that customers are quickly made aware of new version updates. What version of our service are you currently using? I can make sure you have the latest that is available for that device.Thanks again for all of your fbdceaek on this topic as well as others.
Mike, congratulations! That is the cerorct answer. Please send me ([email protected]) your phone model, carrier and number and we'll set you up with your one-year subscription.
I'm from small town North Dakota and I go to St. Louis 3 times a year to see in laws and friends, gonna make it soooooooo much easier to get around!!
Just "liked" Telenav. Already have "liked" TiPB for a long time! Going to Maui and would love to have Telenav on board! I'm a GPS addict, but my wife wouldn't go for $10 a month right now.
Boston!
I live in Alaska, Yes, Alaska and when traveling on our rural roads thrhugot out alaska and Canada the roads are rarely marked. You could be in the next town before really knowing if you are heading in the right direction, and most often than not you have taken the wrong road. Not to mention if you go to one of our bigger cities like anchorage or fairbanks where the signage is also horrific you could be going the wrong direction in no time, which makes it all worse when I am in all senses of the phrase directionally & navigtionally challenged!! Then when my 3 little angles realized our long ride to Anchorage or Fairbanks is about to get longer than it already is they just HAVE to mention that mommy is lost AGAIN!! or you should have turned when I said mom! which is my 16 year olds favorite phrase to say after we get back on track.Thanks for the chance to try and get the telenav.DEM
I am moving to Los Angeles soon and I have no idea where I am going!!
I travel a great deal for work in emergency management. Not having to rent a GPS with the car will help!
I need to win because I get utrned around very easily and your app is great. I am planning a trip this summer and this app will help me get where I want to go without getting lost.
I would love for Telenav to take me somewhere far far away from the evil clutches of my Sith boss. I will even take a vacation to the ice planet Hoth! GET ME OUTTA HERE!
Im goona use it to find me some cool geocache locations in ONTARIO!!
I am going to use it to get home because I am so bad with directions!
To the moon
I will use it to take me anywhere and everywhere!!!!
Liked both!! Would use this to drive us all over the SE and Midwest for my husband's cycling races! Great giveaway!
I will use the App to help me navigate the streets of Detroit! and possibly to stalk Eminem! Just Kidding Marshall! :) Buck
I live in Boston and although I've been living here for about three years now, I still get lost whenever and wherever I am! I will use the App to find my way around the city... and not getting lost on my way home!
my son is in a soccer team and we travel from city to city on weekends to play this will be great
I'm traveling to the West Coast...I'm going to LA & Las Vegas in a couple of months & this would really be handy.
THANKS!!
I want to take my wife to the midwest and south to tour Major League Baseball Stadiums - Would love to use app to not only help us navigate and to assist with great places to stay and eat. Love road food.
Use it on a 50th birthday trip to San Antonio.
I will use TeleNav to find my way to ATV trails in Kentucky! ATV trails are a tad bit tricky to find when your traveling in the middle of no where with no where to stop and ask for directions!
Since my wife takes our GPS unit all the time and I'm stuck with Google Maps. This would be FANTASTIC!!
Lost!? Lost is my middle name! I have a road nabrey that no matter how often I drive down it I almost always go the wrong way on it there is never a good time or place to turn around on it so I end up miles and mile out of my way. This is just one example I have many, many stories of being lost. This GPS would be awesome (especially since I have a 15 year old daughter who is following in my footsteps when it comes to directionally challenged.)
I'll be using TeleNav to take the ( then ) wife and I to the airport for our honeymoon :)
I'd be lucky to get a copy of Telenav. Working in production means i spend a tonnof time on the road and a quality GPS app could be a lifesaver taking me all across the cities I travel to!!!
I plan to use Telenav to explore Wisconsin via motorcycle this summer. This would be a great tool.
I would use this app to take me everywhere. I just came from Android to iPhone and I must say that I miss Google Navigator. I actually got lost yesterday haha.
I actually have just received my drivers permit and I need to start learning the roads.. This app would be quite helpful to have. :)
I will also be going to a rural part of Georgia over the summer to see my father and no one knows the way...last time it took us (my family) quite a few hours to find the house out in the middle of no where.
Thank you for allowing me to toss my name in. :)
-Brian
Will be driving from Florida to California next month, I would love to use TeleNav. Thanks!
Driving around everyday just gets me lost in this crazy city...I so need this.
im not trying to sound like a kiss ass or anything but i have difficulty getting around town... i came from the big city of los angeles... and moved out here to the country side of orlando florida a year ago and i have no idea where to get anywhere here.... not used to living out here... definitly couldnt get anywhere with the verizon iphone cuz i would always b hanging up to use the maps app...this is everyday for me because i have to constantly call my friends and have them stay on the line while i use the maps app...(gets very frustrating with really bad turn by turn directions) but this would actually help me alot in getting around the city of orlando.... i would love to use teleNav on my GSM iphone 4...
I have been unemployed for 10 months and I would use AT&T Navigator on my iPhone 4 to find employers I could interview with Nationwide and locally here in dallas to make sure I am never late for my interviews because I would get lost:. This would help me GET THE JOB!!
Thanks
Oh man this would be so awesome for my amazing 180 mile commute :/
I have and love my iPhone, but navigation stinks on it. I have to keep my Droid so I can use Google maps navigation. I travel all over north TX doing pre purchase inspections and have to use nav to get around. I would love to try the telenav navigation.
I plan on using the TeleNav App to help me find my way around Toronto Canada for my wife's friend's wedding. I've never visited Toronto, and want to be able to find all of the great attractions.
Navigation on iPhone sucks. Period. And driving in and out of freeways, interstates and city streets ain't easy with very little guidance. How about showing some love, Telenav+TiPb? :)
Really would love this for appraising new home subdivisions since my Garmin is out of date.
I would use Telenav to drive to visit my parents, my children, and my other relatives - none of whom live within a thousand miles of me.
I agree also, Telenav just doesn't make sense when the rest of the GPS MARKET is not charging you a mlnohty fee. Consider how you also have to have a data plan to also use Telenav and if you don't have any service in your area you'd be screwed. Telenav just needs to get with the program and start offering map packages and charge SEPERATELY for online services like traffic and other things of that nature.Biggest complaint is how this came as the default GPS program for Tmobile HD2 users if they wanna use one what is compatible with NaviPanel. I had to flash my rom to a different version so I could use CoPilot (which I then discovered was TOTAL CRAP ALSO UGH!!!!). So at the moment I'm just living with it. Eventually I'll just go for TomTom or Garmin XT or iGo or NaviGon because as you can see you got way better choices to go for ..
Telenav will take me to Florida, which is 1,120 miles away to see my mom and grandmother!! I am actually going to drive down in the summer. This would help tons!!! I currently live in Delaware!! I'm also driving to georgia in a few months for my family member's Marine core graduation, as well as Virginia to visit other family. Lots of traveling! :) I would be very grateful!!
I love Telenav. I loved it with Sprint, and I love it more as a iPhone app. My travels in Texas are much easier with Telenav.
I would use Telenav on my iPhone to find warmer weather in the southern states. I would have a better handle on traffic delays in Chicago and construction.
I would use TeleNav to go soooo many places. First - I'd use it to find a car dealership to buy a new car. Then I'd take that new car on a trip across the country for me and my new wife. I'd use it to take us to Arizona, where my grandparents lived and are buried - I've never been to their graves. Then perhaps - on to LA to see the stars!
Big fan of TiPb n iPhone. I regularly use gps apps for my travelling, but wished I had a better one than MapQuest or waze.
Would love to have ATT navigator. I can go
places :)
I would use it to make trips back and forth from college in Idaho to visit my family in Mississippi!!
The B. Stands for Burns btw!
Telenav will take me safely to the East Coast on my upcoming vacation!
After receiving the subscription from you guys, i'd use it as my guide to California to visit the Apple Headquarters and possibly see Steve Jobs himself :P in my dreams...
I plan to see if I can really jet ski from Japan to China like Google Maps says. I'll use TeleNav to guide me! :P
I would use TeleNav to take my mother and sister on our first family vacation in years.
I would use TeleNav to replace our old, WAY out of date and bulky TomTom on a trip back home to Washington D.C. I haven't been there since before I joined the Air Force 28 years ago. Now that I'm retired...I have the time to go. Thanks!
I love the app, but I wish it was a tad bit smarter. Couldn't find "Allen Road" from my contacts or manual entry, but it knew "Allen Rd" just fine.
I could use telenav to tale me to Florida next week for a music festival! Telenav would have fun.
I need TeleNav to take me some place warm. Miami would work. This Michigan winter just won't quit.
I've been dying to try out telenav, but I just can't shell out the money for it.
This summer, I'm flying down to Fort Hood with a buddy in the army. He put his car in storage down there before he shipped out to Afghanistan. We're driving the car to Louisiana to see a friend, then driving it back up to Maryland. It'll be my first huge road trip, and I'm kinda dreading it. A quality GPS unit would make all the difference!
I will use this to travel this summer as I am a photographer and it will help me get to some of the harder places to find to photograph.
I'll let it take me anywhere as long as it doesnt direct me into a lake!
I will use it for traveling with the family, fishing trips, and work!
My Garmin just bit the dust. I'd use TeleNav as a replacement while traveling for business.
I would use it mostly around town, but I have a long road trip from Chicago to Sarasota in June that I would love to use it on.
Thanks!
Need it mostly for my kids! They have absolutely NO sense of direction!
ROAD TRIP!!!! this will help with not getting lost on road trips!!! and finding gas stations before we have no gas on said road trips.
I plan on using Telenav to get me around town. I am in college and am trying to learn the roads so having something like TeleNav would be amazing. I have tried the free trial and it was amazing but I just couldn't afford it. I used it to get home over Christmas break and even when I made a wrong turn it quickly corrected the route and got me back on my way. I also used it in a recent trip to Disney, so basically it would be used to keep me from getting lost while I adjust to a new city.
I've "liked" TiPb on facebook for a long time already! If I won, I'd use it to guide me to my friend's house in New Mexico. My friend has been sick for a long time, and I haven't been able to get down theor to visit him.
I would love to have this I am a traveling salesman and don't really like the navigon app for driving. And this would give me a solid chance to try this service out after already spending 50 bucks on nav apps that just don't do what I need them to do.
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We are going to Maui. This would be great.
I'll use telenav to find Waldo.
I would use Telenav to get to almost anyplace in this big city of Dallas. I've lived here for 8 years and still get lost.
My wife and I are taking a couple of trips this summer, one to the Smokies, and one to the Cascades. I intend to use Telenav for these!
I'll use it to help me get to Origins this year in Ohio.
I'm going to use Telenav to navigate through Southern California...it's where I live and despite living here my entire life I still get lost :)
I am a truck driver and I would use the Navagation from AT&T for locating my pick up and drop off spots. Telenav and AT&T are both excellent companies, together they will have the best navigation service there is!
Moving to San Diego soon, and will need to know how to find my way around town.
I'm going to use it to help me get to my family vacation hotel in Siesta Key, Fl
I will use TeleNav to shuttle my son to his many soccer games this summer. I love the TeleNav web interface!
i do a lot of biking and this would come in handy. i also, tour with my band and we all have bad senses of direction!!!
in fact, i just got lost while typing this message.
I'm going to use telenav to help me relocate to a new state for my first job after I graduate college next month!
I am going to use TeleNav while traveling across the US with my family! Can't wait to get going and can't wait to win!!
I would use it for my vacation to fl in June. Taking new son to Disney!
Road Trip with kids! Last year we drove from Baltimore to Tallahassee and Sarasota FL for spring break. This year we plan to go north! Better navigation would be awesome!
After having driven 3,000 miles across the US getting here safely thanks to my Sprint Android phone using Google Nav and Sprint Navigation(Telenav) I switched to AT&T and the iPhone, now I find myself lacking any decent navigation, 3,000 miles from home in a place I don't understand =[
I would use telenav to get me to Deal's Gap. I ride a motorcycle and every year I take leave from my job in the military and travel to some of the best riding in the country. My iphone is my music player and telenav would turn it into my GPS as well. Two years ago I had a crappy Samsung that had the ATT navigator free. It was awesome to be able to use the app to go on the trip but not worth staying on the Samsung. Now that I have the best phone out there, I'd use the telenav app to get where I need to go.
I would use Telnav to find new places to photograph!
I'm about 30 minutes south of Los Angeles in Long Beach. Having TeleNav would give me another good reason to explore L.A.
I would use TeleNav to take me somewhere warmer that I could relax! Thanks for the great promotion and the great reading here at TiPb. You all rock.
I'm gonna use it to go to Disney Land this fall with my fam. Also heading up to MI for a wedding and NC to see some friends!
Drive to California...
I would use TeleNav to help me navigate through this crazy Atlanta traffic. HELP! Thanks TIPB!
I would use it when I am stuck in traffic and need an alternate route. Also when I am traveling to see family.
I would use TeleNav to take me to across the country on my dream trip to Disneyland!
i would use telenav when i drive to MA from NY this summer!
I would use it to show my Android friends how lame their GPS is.
Maybe we could find our way around Baltimore/DC in July when we visit our daughter at Ft Meade
i'm gonna drive to the keys, please guide my way!
I'm retired now, so I've got plenty of time to drive all over. I don't want to get lost!
I would really love to use TeleNav to take me to all 30 MLB ballparks this summer!
I'll use telenav to get to my friends graduation. I'm in California and he's graduating at the airforce academy I. Colorado. Road trip!
I would drive to see each of my family members across the country this summer, which would be great! Maryland, Florida, Ohio, Nevada, and Georgia! Winning this would make it much easier!
I just got an email stating that I won! Yay!
I won too @nicole
Telenav will take me to little grass valley reservoir, CA
HAH! What a fun contest Christina Anyways, just like enreyove before me, I'd love this why!?Hubby has a GPS in his cell phone and it's the best thing Ever! And, I don't get to use it nearly enough; if I'm lucky a couple times a month. Usually during errands on the weekend, when I don't need it at all. But, just to feel good we let us talk our way around town.As a not-at-home-school family we're going to parks, museums, coops, field trips on a daily basis throughout the state with new destinations every other day or so. IF I had this on my cellphone I wouldn't get lost the average 3-4 times a week, stuck in traffic for hours, or waste anymore precious gas. My littlest one just said Mama, you get lost many times every single day Today, we tried to go to an amusement park and I had google maps printed out; but that did NOT work, because just like noted above they're not always wrong. In my experience, I've banned mapquest about 3 years ago, because they were notoriously wrong. Also, as forgetful as I am I always fail to map out and print return directions. Believe me, I've lost much gas, sanity and time, simply because the return trip due to multiple highway exits/entrances, one-way streets, and multiple-lanes-that-I-can't-turn-because-I-didn't-see-the-street-coming-and-I'm-in-the-wrong-lane roads always get me off track.I'm always driving in circles. I've even mastered the quickest, hopefully safest, K-turn on the tightest roads and U-turns on the big ones. As for traffic jams: 7 miles from New Haven, we have the states worse highway bottleneck which can clog up traffic for hours for a 5-15 min. drive. When we took separate cars: Daddy, 1 daughter and me in one; Hubby & 2 other daughters in another, we were coming home from Newport, RI which should've been a 1.5 hour drive; took use close to 3.5 hours, but hubby got to navigate his detour and was home in less than 2 hours. We obviously lost him, and missed his exit; but even when he called by cell; we couldn't guarantee we'd know how to get home.In New Haven and NYC (which we visit ~ 2 times a month), we need detours for traffic jams and alternative routes to find parking. One convenient time, we parked and had the GPS lead our way by foot to the museum and restaurant of choice. Oh what I would do to have this luxury every single day. Add the fact that I have a bad memory and always seem to recall the wrong landmarks I can never stray off one-set of directions. So, a detour is my worse enemy. Especially because the signs never seem to get me to where I needed to go. We had so much road construction in New Haven this summer, and 3 of my girls' camps were in the center of the city oh, how I dreaded those days!Last, we leave SO much earlier than necessary to compensate for my driving, just to make things on time. For all the reasons above, we didn't have the best reputation for being on time much, even allotting what I thought more than enough time in the first place.Geez my 9 yo is reading over my shoulder and sighing Mama you can write forever about this topic . So, I might as well stop now. If I don't win, just seeing how much time, energy, gas money I wasted these past 3 months it may be an investment I have to make hopefully not Fortunately, my girls have mastered car games, and can read and write incredibly-neat in a car well, as you can see we're in it ALL the time |
Apple reportedly orders 10 million iPad mini’s ready for fourth quarter release
Apple has reportedly placed orders for around 10 million iPad mini tablets according to The Wall Street Journal. The information on the huge order quantity number comes from various Apple supply chain vendors in the Asia region who claim to have received orders specifically for the iPad mini..
Apple already owns the majority of the tablet space with the current iPad but there is definitely a small chunk of that market looking for a slightly smaller or cheaper tablet; especially if it comes with all the features of the current iPad. For some buyers, the current entry price point for an iPad of around $500 is a little too high, for others it is the 9.7-inch size which puts them off. If Apple addresses both of these issues with the iPad mini then it could well be game over for everyone else.
The rumor mill has certainly gone a little quiet regarding the iPad mini over the past few weeks however we expect that to start building again very soon. We have already heard that the iPad mini is in mass production from another source and we expect it to be formally announced sometime this month.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
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If the iPad Mini is in full production, shouldn't there be a lot of leaks by now? I mean, they are producing 10 million of them. That is a big production line. Look at the huge number of iPhone leaks.
There are leaks. You're not looking good enough.
But, I didn't have to look for iPhone leaks. When this stuff hits the web, you don't have to look for it, it is on many sites. I've seen all the previous info.
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I know it's Apple, but if all the rumors are true with non-retina, ~8", 4:3 aspect, etc, I'm still surprised at those numbers. I'm wondering if they are planning a cut-throat price to go head to head with Amazon and Google?
Should be interesting. After all I never saw the appeal in the original iPad and look what they did with that.
I'd love to see this @ $199-$249 but I don't see it. I personally think it'll be $349. That is unless it has no retina, limited memory (8gb/16gb), & the A4 processor.
I would love to see it at that price point also but, it would not fit into the iPod Touch pricing. It doesn’t seem logical to price an iPad Mini for less than the entry point of an iPod Touch. But… it is NOT Apple’s style to release a stripped down version of any product just to bring the price down. It will be a dark day for Apple to do something like that.
The new iPod Touch starts at $299 with 32GB and the iPhone's display. If this has 8GB at the entry level, and a non-retina display, it can have the A5 internals and I think it could be $249. It could even start at $279. I am pretty sure Apple has used $...79 prices before. Anyway, if what has been on the web is true, this is supposed to be a thin and light device. I don't know if they can get the GPU power and the requisite battery required to drive a Retina display that size in a really thin and light form factor. Apple has a priority in maintaining battery life and touch performance.
When was the last time you saw Apple put out a budget device like that? Apple is the premium brand and there is no way they're changing that now. This thing is going to be $350 at the very least, probably $399.
Apple charges a rather consistent margin over the cost of components. ~25% to ~%40. Usually, they are at the lower end of the spectrum for the cheaper products and at the higher end for, well, the iPhone. If the components are similar to the ones being rumoured, then $399 would be well over 100% mark up. That is not going to happen. The most likely price will be $299. But, I personally hope for $249.
You mean it's not like apple to charge aggressive prices. Apple only sells it products at full retail markup. Other companies offer more bang for the buck because they don't charge the margins that Apple does. Not saying it hasn't been good for them, but the only Apple product I'll buy is the phone which is discounted by the carriers. The laptops and iPads are over priced and over hyped.
You may consider the products over priced and over hyped, but I like that they have built the long term stability of the company into the price of the product. I also appreciate that warranty work is usually easy to get and they are sometimes generous with it. There are some trade offs for the price.
There is absolutely no way it is going to be in the $200 range. The best you can hope for is that it'll be in the mid-$300 range but I think we're looking at a $399 product.
No retina = FAIL
Why, because everyone with 1/2 a brain knows vr 1.2 6 months from now will have retina and won't buy it.
GPU resources at that resolution would be prohibitive to battery life and heat. It can't happen until the processing power is ready. At Retina resolution (same as iPad 3), you are looking at 3 to 4 times the number of pixels as the iPhone 5. Something would have to give. The trade off is going to be thin and light for lower resolution.
good
After all I never saw the appeal in the original iPad
veri nice good |
Cellular/LTE iPad mini and iPad 4 now available at carrier and retail stores in the U.S. [Updated]
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It's amazing how slow their 3G is.
my co-worker's half-sister made $19188 past month. she works on the internet and bought a $322200 home. All she did was get lucky and work up the advice leaked on this site ~~ bing30,com ~~
Guess that means that if she were whole she would have nailed-down 38,376!! Woo hoo,
Why aren't these spammers blocked?
Amen to that!
Actually, Verizon tweeted about it an hour ago.
Been to Apple Store and they are only taking in store pickups there for the LTE mini. Went to 2 VZW stores and neither had any in stock but can order them. Now I'm outside of bestbuy waiting to see if they have any..
Wow. "iPas Mini"?
Could you at least proof-read the headlines? I mean, the typos in the body are just so horribly abundant that I guess I shouldn't be surprised that they show up in the headlines, but still. It's like a 30-point font. How could you not notice that and fix it?
If only this site had an actual Editor. Oh, wait. They do, and he makes more typos than anyone else.
Best buy didn't have any either. I even tried calling local sprint and AT&T stores. No carrier stores have them, best buy doesn't nor does Apple Store. I was planning on returning my wifi model today and getting a LTE model but it looks like that may not happen. It's possible the delivery trucks may arrive after noon so ill check back.
There is always wifi hotspot for that.
The Apple Store at Montgomery Mall in Bethesda, MD (right outside of D.C.) has not received any. So disappointed!
The Apple Store at Montgomery Mall in Bethesda, MD (right outside of D.C.) has not received any. So disappointed!
I can't get to my local AT&T store until lunch, so I went online and ordered one just in case I can't pick one up locally. The AT&T website is saying a delivery time of 7-14 days, but if that's the only way I can get the $100 discount I'll wait.
I just bought one of the 16GB LTE ones on Apple.com for in-store pickup bec I was afraid there would be too long of a wait and it's a gift for my MIL for bday/xmas and we'll be with her next week. It says IN STOCK in all the stores surrounding us here so hopefully it really is. Otherwise I might have to change it to a store near her.
I just ordered mine from website for in-store pick up. Didn't want to risk being out of stock.
The Verizon Store in Reston, VA had a line outside of it...but once we got in they told us they didn't have any in stock, they could only order it.
Went by my local AT&T store. No iPad Mini in stock, so went ahead and ordered one so I could get the $100 discount. Also got activation fee waived on our corporate discount! Stated delivery in 7-14 days, but I'm hoping for something much quicker.
-- Went to local Apple Store, was surprised to see a line. They said they had the 64GB AT&T mini model in stock, and sent me to the line (No. 3 in line). Went inside, nope, didn't have it. "Sorry about the mixup." They did have the Verizon and Sprint models, but didn't want those.
-- Went to two local AT&T stores, "Nope, no minis. Won't have any for another week." I asked if they'd sold out already, they said, "No, haven't received any."
-- Local Best Buys (two of the them) also, none in stock, not sure when they're coming. So no luck here between 9:30 and 11:30 this morning. After all that running around, I remembered why I enjoy shopping on the internet so much more than going to a store. :) (I know, I should have called first.)
None in Miami either, called 3 AT&T stores and 2 Apple stores and nothing... FAIL
no one going to beleive this....
I'm in San Antonio and I've looked all over town today and found nothing, nada, zip.
I have one on order and got my shipping notification today (originally I was to get it 11-21) but shipping says 11-23 and FedEx says 11-26. What a boondoggle this is turning out to be!
I swapped my 3rd gen iPad LTE 16GB for a 4th gen iPad LTE 32GB today!
Got mine yesterday (ipad4 lte)
Why are they so much! I was hoping for a subsidized price but instead they are over $100 more. Think I'll stick with my wifi only model and use hotspot since I always have my phone with me anyway. Sorry Sprint so sale here. |
Rush Limbaugh loves iMore!
Today on his talk show Rush Limbaugh was asked to name some of his favorite tech sites, and guess which site he named first? You're absolutely right, our very own iMore! Here's the excerpt from Limbaugh's blog:.
Thank you! For the complete transcript, check out the link below.
Source: Rush Limbaugh
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Was just about to make a forum thread on this. Heard it today while at work.
i don't think that is an endorsement you want lol
Explain please.
Because Rush is disliked by many people. Some would consider his endorsement to be a negative.
Personally, I think Rush is a nut, but I don't know much about him. Recognition from a high-profile figure like that is always very cool though, and him mentioning the site can only help the community grow, in my opinion.
Grow the community with fringe, right wing ditto heads? That will be great for imore. / sarc
I can't disagree, but more people means more revenue, which means more contests and giveaways and cool stuff!
We can only hope there isn't a huge influx of Rush Followers, but judging from a lot of these comments, a lot of them are already here. I'll try to keep looking on the bright side though haha.
Im usually a lurker. Have been for about two years now but this app makes it crazy NOT to post. But with all that said i may not agree with Rush on his political views but atleast he has good taste in tech
You are right about the app. I am posting more than ever.
You'd be surprised how many of us have been here for quite some time, and how much better we get along if we aren't calling each other names. /notatallsarc
If you like Rush so much why don't you listen to his show?
You're kidding,right?!
And a shout out to The Beard as well, our Mobile Nations community is hitting it big with people, awesome! Let's make it bigger, let's make it everyone's go to hub for all things tech!
thats awesome how a genius like that got some of his inspiration from a awesome website just imagine what if that was steve jobs if he never had known about imore then he wouldnt have inspirition that lead to apple which led to pixar which lead to other people inventions. so imagine if rush limbaugh gets his inspiration from he what if someone else get his inspiration from rush who known maybe that person can be the next steve jobs
Things I can't:
1. Even
HAHA! +1
You are *PROUD* to be mentioned by Rush Limbaugh? Time to find a new web site...
More listeners than any other talk radio show in the country. What's not to be proud of?
I'm sorry, I didn't know that the entire Internet required any of its denizens to be liberal progressives. I must have missed that memo when I applied....
"Oh no, the owner of this site likes someone who's political views I don't agree with. Time to hate them!"
The owner of this site apparently has no idea who Limbaugh even is, only that he has a lot of mindless drones listening to him.
This is not a liberal-conservative thing. The man is an insensitive racist. Not exactly role-model material.
It just seems to me that any company that would be proud to be associated with someone as divisive as he is might want to reconsider their position if they don't want to risk alienating a portion of their customers.
A portion is going to be alienated regardless of position. Rush just tells it like it is, and liberals can't stand it.
If making crap up, falsifying information and spinning people into hysterics is telling it like it is - please shut that garbage off.
So true, while publicity is always good, Rush Limbaugh is a racist, far far right wing propagandist. Interesting to see there are so many people here that are fans or are duped by his BS.
Please link directly to a reliable source that supports this claim.
>>>The man is an insensitive racist.
Liberal meme. You sound like "other cell phone platform" zealots who come here having never touched Apple products just to tell us how wrong we are for finding Apple products actually meet our needs quite well.
Me thinks you don't know what a meme is.
Rush Limbaugh is a pill popping, polarizing, blabbering bag of shit. Fact. Not exactly someone who you want an endorsement from.
I'm fully cognizant of what a meme is. And you are equally guilty of perpetuating a false one with your profane tirade.
Lol little sensitive in defending Rush I see. Funny.
Funny is you. Not really. Bigotry is unbecoming.
There are plenty of good people out there is this world to listen to, pretending a vile racist like Limbaugh isn't one, only makes me question those that still support him.
Why must you inject racism into discourse when you don't hear what you want? Seems to be a pretty common denominator for a lot of people. Assume racism regardless of context and loudly force that opinion on others huh?
Right - Im a bigot because I cant stand a bigot. And sorry -throwing a hissy fit because someone is insulting your favorite show is silly. Relax - you can still be in his fan club with his secret code ring. LOL... and iMore mad you a modertaor? ROFL!
Edit: BTW, Olan Mills called - they want their avatar back. =p
It's pretty obvious where the sensitivities lie with your aggressive language and tone. Sounds like you might be getting ready to hurt some people. Maybe we should have you checked out? It is for the good of the collective if you get a psyche eval.
"Insensitive racist"? Ha! Rush is not racist; insensitive or otherwise.
Only in bizzaro world..
With the Progressive Liberal Socialist Left it sure is A Bizzaro World you live in. But hey never said I had the corner on Crazy and you all just prove it.
Sad part is for as much as he drives you all nuts he will be laughing all the way to the Bank. That's the part that truly screws up their minds.
Oh BTW have a nice life.:-)
Please link directly to a reliable source that supports this claim.
(edited to clarify request was directed at redbeard)
Whether you agree politically or not, being mentioned by Rush can only make more traffic for imore. I personally want to see the site grow, don't you? I mean, I personally think the huffington post is crap, but I would be happy if they were asked about a tech site they loved and imore was the first one mentioned.
I love Rush and I love iMore! Two of my favorites coming together! He's always been a huge Apple fan and its great to know his favorite site is mine too.
Pretty cool I believe. Yeah Rush isn't necessarily but I listen to the guy all the time and he is pretty big and this is good I believe.
Just to head off childish political squabbles before they happen: I live in Canada. I don't get American radio. Frankly, Amercian politics are opaque to me. We have like 8 parties, a non-elected senate, and Quebec makes Canada seem sane by comparison.
Not everything is political (shocking, I know). If someone loves a certain sports team, brand of ice-cream, or the Avengers more than the JLA, that can exist outside their political beliefs. Dessert and comic books, like iMore, are inclusive and for everyone.
One thing I am really happy about: If we're arguing over radio show hosts, we've fixed so many other problems that we should consider ourselves really, really lucky.
(Kind of like when we argue about the word "pasta" being allowed on menus in Quebec!)
Well said.
That said, you should still be aware that Rush Limbaugh is a profoundly divisive and polarizing figure. This isn't merely arguing over a radio host: Limbaugh is widely considered on both left and right to have set the agenda for the conservative movement, and a great many people believe that he is a major figure in shaping the political discourse in America. It's really a bigger deal than you seem to think. I'm not saying you should be ungracious when a celebrity or public figure endorses the site; acknowledging such praise is a fine thing and does you credit. However, you should be aware if the guy you're thanking is someone reviled by many and considered a racist and sexist and bigoted ass. I merely bring this to your attention so you understand the context of the objections you see here.
Thanking someone indicates nothing more or less than that we were raised manners.
Ironically, something that Rush does NOT have. Typically, anyway.
Thanking him directly is mannerable. Thanking him publicly and advertising his endorsement is closer to bragging and second-cousin to reciprocation.
It should be no surprise that this reaction would follow - especially considering, as the commenter said, what a divisive figure Mr. Limbaugh is.
Either way, congrats on what I assume was national recognition.
We do this with every major media outlet that mentions or features us, from CNN to NPR to G4. (I think Howard Stern once? Might have been Android Central?)
It would worry me if we started to try and judge the relative merits of large scale media properties. Blanket policies kind of protect everyone involved. No agendas that way (other than thanking people for promoting us.)
I don't think you've got an agenda. I just think the response was predictable - especially since CNN is a collective of journalists while Limbaugh is kind of a one man show.
There is an added level of ...separation between his methods and that of certain other journalistic entities. That may sound like Partisan-man talking but I think it's more like pointing out the difference between a newspaper and a tabloid.
And as a semi-public figure, its a good thing to stay on his good side. Say something he disagrees with, and the next thing you know he'll be equating you with Hitler.
You posting about Rush Limbaugh may not be politically motivated, but If you don't know that Rush Limbaugh is political I don't know what to say. It's not a brand of ice cream or a movie. He's by definition a political talk show host. You're not responsible for the stuff he says but he's political.
How many Canadian political commentators do you know well? :)
Fair point, which applies to my comment, as well.
Who cares if people like him or not? Not everyone likes everyone but it's still cool that he mentioned iMore.com as a site he enjoys reading.
This is true. IMore is a popular site And this is a good indication that Mobile Nations has managed to do things well enough to get this kind of main stream recognition.
For that, I congratulate the team.
Congratulations.
Rush's endorsement doesn't help...
Hey, free press is good press. Congrats Rene
And iMore crew. Apparently the iMore app cuts off comments with the "and" sign in them.
Wow!0, Congrats!. That's cool to be acknowledge for great work.
Lol, I hate Rush Limbaugh for a variety of reasons, but would you just look at all the comments on this post? Clearly he has been good for iMore business. And that is never a bad thing. Lol
Excellent Rene. I am very happy for you and the entire staff the makes iMore run with you as the Captain of the ship. CONGRATS!
Gross.
"Rush Limbaugh loves iMore!"
...and who doesn't? :-D
I know, right?!
Nice PR.
Rush is finally right about something!
See -- this, people! This!
If you don't like the guy, at least now there's something you can agree on!
The most listen to radio talk show in the US endorsed iMore...that's awesome. Left or Right we all love iMore!!
I feel sorry for the Communists, Anarchists, Democrats and Socialists that are getting upset because of this post.
You people are acting like Rene was happy that Charles Manson endorsed iMore.
Rush Limbaugh is like any other radio host that is right on some things, wrong on others. Either way, iMore gets a more diverse audience.
Get a life, Leftists.
+1
+ 1,000,000
Spoken like a true ditto head!
You are a great example of our failing education system.
+infinity
You mean the failing education system that is run by Orthodox Christians, Hardline Republicans, Right-Wingers, and Libertarians?
...oh wait, sorry, THAT failing education system you speak of is run by Communists, Leftists, Socialists, and the rest of the Rainbow coalition that you can see festering at every college campus.
Leave it to a reich winger to trivialize a college education simply because higher education does not teach about intelligent design in physics class. LOL! There's a reason you clowns are fading away. Get smacked in the presidential election - lose house and senate seats. And the funniest thing of all - the clowns who lead your party think they lost because they arent fringe enough and should be more conservative?!?! WTF. Good luck winning any election going forward.
Lets take away the votes of the people not on government support Nd see who actually won.
Because someone doesn't hold the same political and social belief system as you has nothing to do with the education system. Unless you mean this person failed to be indoctrinated in the progressive education system. So apparently someone else's beliefs weren't forced hard enough on people for you? Spoken like a true Fascist.
What a douche. I'd tell you to stop participating in the destruction of this country by pitting American against American, but then...nah, shut up.
Yes, democrats belong in the same category as anarchists and communists. Step slowly away from the talk radio.
Its not his political views that are the most offensive thing about him, right-wingers deserve a say as much as anyone. Its that he is basically a self-parody at this point, with an act designed to incite hate and fear in his listeners. He acts like what he's doing is for some greater good to the country, but all he's really trying to do is amass a loyal army of semi-paranoid and insecure people who need to hear his reassuring voice interspersed with advertisements every day.
That's OK too, but its when people take this form of political entertainment seriously, and actually believe that the president is a nazi or wants to kill your grandmother, it becomes a problem.
I usually hang out on Android Central but stopped in after checking out Crackberry and the launch of the Z10 today. No iphone but tons of Apple gear. I may have to stop in more often now that I know Rush is a fan! He was using Apple gear when most of us thought Apple was a fruit company like Forrest did.
Are you kidding... they would be ok with Charles Manson endorsing imore...
Lol you're actually right. The average Leftist would be happier with a serial killer endorsing iMore than any right-wing talk host, which goes to show you the depravity of Cultural Marxism.
LOL says lots about Rush that people would rather see an endorsement by a serial killer than him. You right wing nazi's would be happy too.
LOL! Conservatives can barely spell Marxist much less tell you why calling every democrat a marxist is complete silliness. I see you repeatedly calling people sociliasts, marxists and facists. Which is it? Cant be all of them.
But wait! According to what I learned from rush they are all the same thing! I didn't attend a university because they are for elite liberal Marxist fascists, so all my facts come from radio.
I bet Rush'll be amused when he reads all the vitriol from the leftist posters who've obviously never listened to him and just go by what they've heard about him on MSNBC. Hilarious!
Congrats to Rene and iMore for the recognition. 20 million people just heard about your site!
I don't need to listen to more than a few minutes of old Sen. McCarthy tapes to know what a moron he was and how dangerous he was to this country. But then again, I have a high IQ.
Yikes. You'd learn something from the man if you actually listened, because he was quite right.
Rush is a lot of things. Right isnt one of them.
Thats like me spewing that Rachel Maddow is right - would you accept that? At least she has a college education and isnt a druggy.
Oh great. Let's see if maybe we can get Sarah Palin or Ann Coulter on board... Crazies come in three, right?
It would be ironic since Ann Coulter once referred to Canada as America Jr. Would you like her support too Rene?
And the left wing sociopaths are out in force at the very mention of Rush Limbaugh. The histrionics & panic that are created at the drop of a hat when Rush's name comes up are always comical.
Looks like you're suffering from projection..
Pretty sad..
Exactly...can liberals even afford Apple products :) :) :)
They mostly buy them to look rich and hip in front of other Liberals.
Just another thing that Rush told the truth about.
Rush loves Apple - where else would he go for great information!
I love Rush. He is a very bright man and should be admired by all.
Sincerely,
Gary Jones, Grand Dragon of the KKK.
Ladies and gentlemen, your average Leftist, so devoid of creativity and morality that he could only think to name himself after a mentally-ill pornstar.
As for the KKK, they hate Rush. Rush is a sellout to them.
As opposed to naming yourself a city? Yes - you truly are a creative person aintcha. Sorry - tried to make it sound all stupid and folksy like Palin - did you understand? LOL
Wow, had me going there Jenna. Was convinced you were the recently deceased Democrat Senator Robert Byrd, Grand Kleagle of the KKK.
(edited for clarity)
Rush, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, etc. all have it wrong-- it's not a about right/left wing. A bird needs two wings to fly. Our nations focus should always be about the well-being of all its citizens (racists included).
I don't like the guy personally; but the again I don't like anyone that lumps people together based on pre-determined prejudices based on color, social standing or economic backgrounds. But I can still appreciate the fact that a site I love and frequent has gotten national recognition from a show that has such a following as his.
So rock on iMore!!!
"Polarizing" is correct, but that's to be expected and is 100% fine. Political philosophies are just inherently that way, and it's the push/pull of them is what we need. I'd be more concerned if one viewpoint completely took over and ruled for an extended period of time. The time of the lefties will pass and the righties will come back, and vice versa. It's the natural biorythym we all love.
That said, the guy is FAR from racist and labeling him as such is completely evil. while I'm sure many actually believe it to be the case (and why wouldn't they, we have a steady diet of people treating it as fact), but others would say it simply to demonize the guy. Politically right to the core? Absolutely. Racist? You got to be kidding.
Worst blogpost in the history of iMore. Just what imore needs: more irrational zealots. Well there's always Tuaw, The Unofficial Apple Weblog.
The irrational zealots are already here it seems, looking at the degenerates who are getting upset at Rene for simply thanking somebody for more readers.
LOL Because if Rene received props from Rachel Maddow you wouldnt be on here spewing right wing, nazi hate speech. Whoops - too late.
Oh Lord people, give me a break. Who really cares? Does Rush liking the site make it anymore less of a great site? A celebrity likes the site, good for the imore team. If you stopped visiting a website because Rush or any other celebrity said they liked it (and have no affliation with it) then you are an idiot.
You are surprised? People on the left claim the title of tolerance but are anything but when you disagree with their viewpoint. Several posts here show that and everyone but the left knows it. It's a tech site people. Limbaugh has given away more Apple gear that most of you own. What have you done?
Gotta go watch zero dark thirty on my ipad 4!
America! FUCK YEAH!!
And how many responses from THE LEFT do NOT "show that"?
Do those factor into your conclusion or are you as intolerant as the finger you're pointing?
I am a lot of things but intolerant is not one of them. Just pointing out the facts. Look at which posts call names, etc. And nobody on the left reigns them in. We can agree to disagree. I would have no problem watching Rachel Maddow in fact, my college aged daughter likes to watch her. I would have no problem with anyone endorsing imore. I can think for myself.
And who has reined in the Rush supporters who have gone too far? How many of the more moderates posts were by "The Left" but got no credit from you or those like you, as being equally representative of the other side?
Hell, I acknowledged one of Rene's points with regard to my own comments and those like mine. But that doesn't stop your side from painting us all with the same brush, without similarly judging your own side.
I mean, really, how many conservative extremists in this conversation have YOU "rein[ed] in"?
I may not have agreed with the other side's point of view, but I stand behind the WAY that I disagreed with them.
If anything is wrong with discussions like this, it's not THAT we disagree but HOW we express that disagreement.
Hopefully, we can agree on that.
I do not really have a side. Help me out. If you really think the name calling etc on this article have been even close to equal you have made my point. Almost all the name calling on this blog has been one sided. I saw one post calling Sandra Fluke a whore. All post should be moderate so why should moderate posts from the left be applauded? Because they are rare? A first year law school graduate from Georgetown averages $165,000 a year. She can buy her own birth control. Now that she is earning and getting hit with taxes, let's see if she changes her tune. I make a very good living and do not expect the government to do anything for me except protect us from invasion and to stay out of my way- not too much to ask for the amount my wife and I pay to the federal treasury.
But no, I did not condone Rush calling her slut or any name calling period. Where is the left when people call Sarah Palin the "c" word or make fun of her special needs son? Yeah crickets! As the father of two daughters, it turned my stomach.
Leftists are a depraved bunch that wouldn't let a Christian dial 9/11 for them if they were bleeding out on the street. They're more intolerant than the people they demonize.
LOL How come when anyone calls a right wing nazi out on being a bigot - the first thing they say is they are intolerant? Yes yes - I am intolerant of bigots. Which makes me a bigot against bigots.
Holy sh!t. Look at this masterpiece of hyperbole.
I'm a republican, and I'll continue to read iMore in spite of Limbaugh's endorsement
You must be an actual conservative and not a neo-con monkey like we've seen post. Good for you sir. Please try and restore some sense to your party. They have been hijacked.
Excellent, politics aside it's awesome to be endorsed by one of the largest names in radio...
That being said, I love Rush, good for you Rene!
Who's Rush Limbaugh?
Congrats on the Z10 Kevin! Almost checked it out at ATT today but had a dental appointment...ouch...
Thanks!! Go check it out tomorrow.
He's a shill that works for the powers that be to pit Americans like the froth-mouthed Leftists against the equally obedient Right-Wing to form a neverending, destabilizing battle between the two, while the top brass gets away with murder and theft of every country in the world.
It's like Fox News: which is controlled-opposition to CNN.
Kevin,
You dont know who Rush is because you dont have the decisive, hate filled political rhetoric we have here in the states where right wingers put gun reticals up over other politicians districts and call for second amendment solutions to things or think only certain types of rapes are legitimate rapes.
You should thank your lucky stars Canada politics isnt like the states.
Rush is RIGHT!
Rush is Reich!
Fixed.
Wow you don't sound biased whatsoever...both ends of the spectrum are full of nut jobs.
Thanks RUSH now I know about imore -- never heard of it before -- aloha imore!
Good grief. With so many advertisers dropping their ad spend from Rush's show (even BP of poisoning-the-Gulf fame!), for you to be proud of this is insane....
Wow, you're proud of some odd things Rene.
I don't see Rene putting ads on Limbaugh's show, do you?
No matter what you think about Limbaugh, iMore just got more readers from that mention, and Rene probably will see the stats show an uptake in readership, which is a good thing for anybody who frequents this site.
The fact that you guys can't see this and just say "oh good" shows that you're as crazed as the other side you hate.
No, I don't see that, which is why I didn't say that.
For Rene to be proud to be mentioned by Limbaugh, who has driven off advertisers who don't want to be associated with his baseless attacks and lies speaks volumes about the man.
But I guess you think Sandra Fluke had it coming?
You were implying that Rene was putting himself in a bad spot since nobody wants to be seen advertising with Rush, which is entirely different from what Rene was trying to do, which is thank Rush for the boost in readership.
Oh and I just looked up this Sandra Fluke you were talking about since I had no idea what you meant and no, my tax dollars aren't going towards subsidizing women's birth control, so yeah, she is a degenerate for even suggesting that. If some little whore wants to get laid for free, she better think twice and get a job to pay for it. The state should be supporting women if they become good mothers to healthy, intelligent children, not supporting women who think they have a right to an unlimited supply of pills and condoms for their mindless one-night stands.
And your rant is enough for me to see why Rush is your hero.
Good day.
Never listened to Rush in my life. Nice rebuttal by the way. You really showed me, lol.
"lol". Oh dear.
You don't really deserve a rebuttal. Misogynists usually don't.
Again, good day.
There's a difference between a misogynist and a realist. Nobody has the right to birth control.
Despite that same birth control medicine having actual medicinal value outside of birth control. You do realize women take birth control p;ills for things other than birth control right? LOL Do you even know any women ffs?
Dude, get educated. Are you telling me it is OK for you to have your Viagra covered by medical insurance so that pathetic thing you call "the little fireman" gets a chubby, yet birth control isn't? Stop before you right......better yet, go away. You can't be that stupid.
Most of these comments are impenetrable to me -- probably like me rattling off a bunch of Canadian controversies to you. (Pastagate? Mr. TPS?)
I'm proud of iMore. Everything else is baggage people brought here, and has nothing to do with me or this site.
I appreciate everyone who reads, listens, or watches us. I appreciate your time and attention. I value it more than anything else. If all you have in common is your enthusiasm for Apple's products, that's enough for me. Every other belief and viewpoint is your business. I don't think anyone wants me or us to start arbitration on that. :)
We link back to every major media mention of the site. I don't recall it ever being problematic until now. But if we hadn't done it, and someone noticed, and made a stink about it, wouldn't that be equally problematic? Wouldn't that be called out as biased, or an agenda, or whatever else people get accused of?
I thank everyone for their feedback, I just really don't know what to do about the incredible extremism of it :-/
I'm just gonna crack open a Stella and watch some Corner Gas and call it a day!
Stella Artois is from Belgium :)
I know that, I just don't have anything else in the fridge!
Just ignore it, really. Nothing you can say will ease the minds of those who have always had an agenda. I just hope this thread is a lesson to the apolitical types who think they should be choosing one of the "sides" fed to them by the media.
Rush is the man!
Closer to two men actually
Congrats! Heard it today.
It's a shame he is such a polarizing figure. At least he had good taste in tech sites. :-)
This.
Whoops! I posted a comment before reading everything I needed to. My mistake; hopefully it won't occur again.
I'm Australian so, like Rene, this guy is only a name to me and I don't care about the controversies (frankly, half of what comes out of America, left or right, sounds nutty to most of the rest of the world). But hey, I heartily agree with him! iMore is one of 3 or 4 tech sites I frequent and because of their judicious reporting the only one I really trust. If a rumour is not on iMore I'm confident it's just hot air - the smelly kind. Congratulations Rene and the iMore team.
I love iMore as much as the next guy, but I have absolutely no use for Mount Rushmore. He is the biggest P...Of...S in the world. Congrats to Rene and staff being mentioned on a national radio show; this should help with traffic. Too bad the show means little to people in the US unless they like to hear someone's child-like agenda, day, after day, day after day.
Don't listen to all the negativity Rene, there is a lot of ignorance out there. The fact is Rush has the most listened to talk show in America and has had for years. Usually averages over 14 million listeners per week. Now maybe you will get the number 2 most listened to talk show in America to mention iMore, that would be Sean Hannity. Keep up the good work!
Rene I hope you see now just a little bit the craziness that comes with anything about American politics. Rush is no more radical than leftist commentators who have advocated for the assassination of political leaders they don't agree with. It might be a good idea to check on these facts before you post news like this again. Note I'm not saying don't post it. Just be aware of the ridiculous outcry to follow.
Look at it this way. Apple, like most all tech companies by the way, is a very leftist leaning organization. It is by matter of their location in states like California (Commifornia you might say) that these companies align themselves this way. But if a large portion of Apple's customer base knew that a lying, racist adulterer like Al Gore was on Apple's board, you can guarantee they'd not be Apple customers. Now Al Gore can be all those things if he wishes. Such is the price freedom commands. But Apple would take a financial hit if it was widely known. Lucky for them few people pay attention to the makeup of corporate boards.
See how easy it is?
No diss to Rene to iMore. But for those who DO know about Limbaugh but don't expect him to divide a geek nation like this, take another look.
Sure, there are extreme people on both sides but let's keep in-mind what it is that people are reacting to. The man makes outrageous comments for the ratings and exposure. Whatever his political leanings, he is too close to a shock jock for those familiar with him to act like this is proof of liberal, left, or Lucille Ball's "intolerance."
That's too close to a pet peeve of mine - when people blame the person who is hitting back instead of the one who started the fight.
It's too bad that iMore is in the middle of it, but this should blow over soon. Plenty of iMore users will never click on this discussion. Good for them.
Yeah, His Right! Imore is a Good and Techie Website to Go! Go for Imore!
That endorsement is not even worthy of an article.
And why not? He's an avid Apple user. I'd think he would know his stuff.
Oh, or is it because you don't agree with him politically? How astute.
Yeah, some celebrity endorsements are best left to just those who heard them. I mean, I wouldn't go flaunting that Kim Jong Un is a fan of my work.
Can I just say I found this site by Rush Lumbaugh's endorsement? Never heard of it before and now I'm interested. I even bookmarked it today.
You're welcome.
Welcome to iMore... be sure to check out the iMore forums too.
+2 Farmdreads! To call Rush a pig is an insult to pigs. So congrats Rene, even swine love iMore! Is there any endorsement you WON'T lap up? How about if Bashar Hafez al-Assad said iMore was the bomb? Who cares if he's killing countless people? He loves iMore! Whoop!
Rene - Congratulations on the shout-out. That's awesome!
If it's not iMore, it's not iMore!!!
I'm not sure he's the kinda guy you wanna be proud of...
Can't believe I'm actually saying this, but Rush Limbaugh mentioning iMore is a huge step forward in the advertising department. Probably brought so much traffic to this website.
I'm not a Rush fan, but those are all the sites that I get my apple news everyday.
I was listening to him while in the car today, I was going to call in and tell him iMore was #1 also.
Thanks to Rush, I went to your great site, bookmarked and downloaded this app for my iPod Touch. Great review for the iPad Mini I will purchase in the near future. Thanks!
If you're going to have someone blow your horn, it might as well be the biggest blowhard out there.
I may not agree with him, but its good promo for iMore.
OMG, we can do better than Rush, please!!! We want intelligent people to endorse iMore. lol
If you want to be associated with sexist, racist claptrap then go ahead and really promote it. Imore is bigger and better than this ignoramus to really care if he likes you or not. |
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The six-piece sushi appetizer changes daily. Balance the surf nibbles with juicy Kobe beef baby burgers. The summertime must-have salad: oven-roasted beets topped with broiled goat cheese croutons, roasted walnuts, orange slices and shaved fennel drizzled with citron-olive oil vinaigrette. Lucrezia Cafe Lucrezia transforms a tiny Victorian house into a lovely trattoria, serving delicious Northern Italian cuisine in a cozy dining room or alfresco.Named for a renaissance femme fatale, Lucrezia is a knockout in the fine dining category, serving an impressively wide menu for a restaurant that seats 40 people. The intimate setting is warm and inviting and matches the service. Seasonal specials can be found on the chalkboard near the tiny bar, a prime spot while waiting for a table to open. Lucrezia is known for super tender roasted lamb shank, as well as pastas, grilled meats and seafood dishes. Meals begin with warm sliced bread and olive oil, which is so popular it’s sold next door at Good to Go by Lucrezia, an even tinier house. The food tastes as good as it looks and utilizes seasonal ingredients like spring peas, which explode in your mouth. Red Cup Cafe and Deli Small-town goodness is a main ingredient in this downtown historic building, once home to a hardware store.Some of the original details remain—like a multi-drawer cabinet-counter, corner water pump and beaded-board ceiling that resembles a giant red-and-white quilt.Owned by Chrissie Jackson, Red Cup is Chesterton's hub of daytime social life. Locals gather to share news over fresh-brewed coffee, homemade coffee cake, scones and biscotti. Red Cup's relaxed crunchy granola atmosphere makes it easy to extend morning coffee into a lunch of one of the sandwich, quiche, soup and salad selections posted on the blackboard. Or take your meal to go for a picnic at the woodsy and beach spots just 5 miles north at Lake Michigan and the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Everything is made on the spot and worth the slight wait time. For a real indulgence, get the peach crumble coffee cake.ShoreLine Brewery and Restaurant This microbrewery raises the culinary bar with an upscale and inventive menu that complements its handcrafted brews.The entire brewery operation is on-site and serves as part of the decor: A high wall of windows in the main bar and dining area lets patrons look in on the operation. Seating is comfortable and spacious, with substantial wood dining tables topped with butcher paper, maintaining a brewpub atmosphere. But the menu is not your typical pub grub. The brewery serves high-end entrees such as mahi mahi risotto, chicken breast in a mushroom-brandy cream sauce and slow-cooked lamb shank covered in oatmeal stout beer demiglace. The menu also includes simpler steak and pasta dishes, along with a roster of sandwiches, homemade soups and good-looking salads. A chalkboard on the wall lists a half-dozen beer offerings, including Singing Sands oatmeal stout, Curse the Goat dopplebock, a light blueberry ale called Stella Blue, and Beltaine Scottish ale, a two-time winner in an international beer competition. Stop 50 Wood Fired Pizzeria
Open seasonally, this neighborhood pizzeria specializes in Naples-style wood-oven pizza using fresh ingredients.Stop 50 Pizza has managed to transform a former convenience store into a destination restaurant near the shores of Lake Michigan. The warm and inviting atmosphere complements the blazing wood-fired brick oven you can view while your pie bakes. The imaginative menu makes for tough decisions with options like Parmigiano-Reggiano with red onion, pistachios and rosemary; wild mushroom; and prosciutto with pistachios, mozzarella and rosemary. The thin pizzas are small (12 inches); plan to order one per person. Specialties also include fresh salads, tasty appetizers like firecrackers (goat cheese baked in a spicy tomato dipping sauce, served with roasted bread sticks), local beers, selected wines, cappuccino and delicious house-made gelato.This family-friendly spot is open daily from Memorial Day to Labor Day, weekends only in spring and fall. Closed December through February.
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Julie at The Intrepid Thread asked me to put together a bundle for her shop, and I couldn't resist! Putting together fabrics is my favorite part! I've really been drawn to purple lately, so here is the bundle I came up with, the Cool Breeze bundle! You can find it as a fat quarter bundle and a half yard bundle!
Cool Breeze Bundle @ The Intrepid Thread!, a photo by jenib320 on Flickr.
We've got a Cool Breeze Fat Quarter Bundle to give away to one of you!
To enter: Just leave a comment!
For a second entry, head on over to Julie's shop, then come back here and leave another comment with your favorite item or bundle! :)
International entries are welcome! Make sure your email address is viewable in your profile or you include it in your comment. Giveaway will be open until Monday at 5pm CST. Winner will be chosen with random.org.
Good luck & Happy Friday!
**Giveaway is now closed!**
I love Intrepid Thread! And your bundle is gorgeous!
What a beautiful fabric bundle!
My favorite right now is the woodlands bundle in blue!
As for my favorite item, I'd have to go with the teeny mushrooms in A Walk in the Woods. So adorable!
I'm loving the Poetica. Love the Seafoam in that. Yum.
Oh my ... am in love with the bundle! We just moved into a new house and am thinking about doing our bedroom in purple ... So the bundle will get used for sure!
Wow what gorgeous fabric!! Love it! Thanks.
Thanks for doing this. Intrepid Thread has the best website now. Love the large pictures.
Love the purples in there! Great bundle
Purple is my fav color. . and this bundle is lovely!
loving purple these days too!! beautiful bundle!
thanks for sharing!!
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Love the Flea Market Fancy :-)
Great bundle. I think I need help in grouping. Contrast is the hard part for me.
Does it count I just got some FMF from Julie? I la la lovely it! Another line that I'm loving is the pezzy prints. . YUM. Thanks for the giveaway my dear.
Love the purples and aquas together! My new favorite combination at the moment!
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Love it
Happy birthday again! great bundle choices!
So Pretty! I love it all, but especially Poetica Serenade.
I love most of the things in Julie's shop, i'm an avid shopper there :)
I have always loved purple. When I was a little girl, my room had purple carpet!
The Cool Breeze bundle is beautiful.
this would be a perfect housewarming gift for one of my good friends!! [email protected]
Beautiful bundle, cute Bunny and gotta love a girl that celebrates her birthday all week! Happy Birthday!
Cabana blooms it awesome!!
great bundle! i always struggle to add purples to the stash but your stack looks great together.
And im really loving the Summerlove collection. Julies Summerlove in Blue Crush is perfect!
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These fabrics are gorgeous. Happy Brithday, mine is next Wednesday!
i just love that woodland tales bundle in blue.
I love the purples in this bundle! Thanks for the giveaway!
the intrepid thread is new to me - yeah!! I love the cream to curry yellow bundle - so sweet!
thanks again!
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and over at Intrepid Thread it's a toss up between Lucy's Crab Shack and Peak Hour!
I love the color pallette. I'm not usually attracted to purple combos.
This is a lovely grouping!
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I've been drooling over this fabric for a while now. I just made a big purchase but I really want this still.
What a beautiful bundle!!
Cosmos or Poetica are my favorite.
I don't know which is my fave! I like A Walk in the Woods and Fruit Slice best at this moment. That will change in an hour :)
I love this site. I really like the Summersville designs, which you don't see anywhere else and several of the soon to be released lines. I need to shop.
Happy Birthday! Thanks for the chance to win this great bundle!
That bundle is so pretty! Thanks for the chance! :)
Nice work! I think cool breeze is a perfect name for this :) Thanks for the chance to win!
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My favorite bundle in the shop is Fruit Slice! Love the bright colors!
This bundle is beautiful, purple is my favorite color!
I'm torn between the Fruit Slice bundle and the Impressions bundle in her shop. Thanks again for the chance!
This is such a pretty bundle! Thanks for the chance to win :)
Oh my your bundle you put together is gorgeous..PURPLE is my fav! [email protected]
And I am loving flea market fancy. I am really hoping to talk the hubby into letting me buy some soon!! lol
Love the Cool Breeze colors - they are my very favorite! Have a great rest of your birthday week.
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What a gorgeous bundle!
What a wonderful fabric collection..I see your large star tutorial in those colors, now I will dream about it.Great giveaway! Thanks Jeni!
I love her new cabana collection!
I think my favorite bundle from intrepid thread is the Maya bundle, I love all of the primary colors :)
Thanks again,
ellen
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I LOVE this bundle - it is one of my favorite faberic bundles I have seen in a while. Thank you for pulling it together (and for the chance to win it!).
Gorgeous bundle Jeni! Thanks for the chance to win :)
My favourite is the Poetica - sweet melody!
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OMG! I LOVE those colors together. Happy birthday to you, mine is next week and I am treating myself to some more fabric :-)
wowzers! that is an amazing bundle of color--I love it!
I need more fabric! I've been destashing but hoarding is so much more fun.
The Poetica complete collection at Intrepid Threads really caught my eye! I also really like the Impressions blue and teal bundle.
So much fabric, so little time!
OH, the new Flock line is very difficult to resist!!
Amazing fabrics...I like the purples with the aquas. Great choices!
Cosmos 1/2 yard bundle in Vermillion, that's what I would get, if I had that much money. Wait, how much was it?
I never would have thought to pair purple with aqua, but it is lovely! Thanks for a chance at some of this yummy fabric!
MGM
love it
I want those yellows in the cream to curry bundle
Thanks for the chance to win:) I am loving purples and teals lately, too:)
If I had to choose one bundle from Intrepid Threads it would be Cream to Curry.
thanks for the chance!
I am also in love with the "Hello Pligrim" fabrics:) They are so Spring like and vibrant!!!
my purples are severely lacking - and this is a beautiful bundle!
Beautiful bundle. It needs to become a quilt draped on a porch swing.
I really love the 2nd print in this stack...off to find its name :)
-annabelle
Love the colors! Thanks for the chance to win!
Figures...I really liked the Sommersville Town in Coal by Lucie Summers...and it's out of stock...for now only, I hope.
Woodland Tails in Green half yard bundle really caught my eye! I think I'd pick that or any one of the charm packs as my favorite item.
MGM
What a beautiful bundle! Thank you for the chance to win.
Great bundle, I love the cool colors!
I love the bundle you've put together. Thanks for a chance to win.
LOVE the bundle you put together. I'm really into blues and purples right now. Throw in some lime green and I'm a happy camper.
I love The Intrepid Thread shop. Cosmos is my favourite line at the moment. Must get some!!!
My favorite line at Julie's shop is the Summerville in the section 'coming soon'. Such lovely colors and designs!
i'm really digging the maya fat quarter bundle from julie's shop!
I'm loving the Summerlove fat quarter bundle! All those pale blues and oranges are so pretty!
Just beautiful! Thanks for the chance to win!
I Love Intrepid Thread they have such high quality fabric I ordered the Poetica fat quarter bundle earlier this month and was very excited how beautiful the fabric was when it arrived, cant wait to use it! I will defiantly be buying more and would absolutely love to win this fabulous bundle you have put together using the fabric lines they carry! [email protected]
hanks for the giveaway! And Happy Birthday.
Favorite fabric collection is A Walk In The Woods by Aneela Hoey for Moda.
You know, I'm not a big fan of purple but lately I'm drawn to deep shades of plum
I love The Intrepid Thread. Cabana Blooms is my favorite new line in the shop.
I love the tangerine bundle
I am loving the Pezzy Prints right now!
Thanks for another great giveaway Jeni. I hope you have had a wonderful birthday week and that you have been spoiled like you are spoiling us!
Cool Breeze looks wonderful!
I love the special attention Julie gives you, even when she was on vacation she tried to help me out.
Love the giveaway!
This is a dreamy bundle - oh! would I love to win it!! Thanks for the chance!!
Cabana Blooms - Paisley in Grey really caught my eye. It's so pretty!
Cool Breezeeee makes me feel fine! Exploring all the Jasmine in my Minnnnnnd. LOVE. XOXO.
Is there a bad bundle?? I love them all like they are my kids! Don't make me choose...but I have to say I can't wait for Nightshade to come out! :)
How cute!!
Beautiful! I would love to win this. : )
Poetica - Serenade in Daylight is the name it, lovely print. And i'm also loving Cocoon - Large Butterfly in Stone, Large Floral in Stone,Butterfly in Bamboo, Damask in Hyacinth, Cocoon in Lead all coming in April......and Lucy's Crab Shack is just the cutest with text prints and plaids love them.
thank you both :)
-annabelle
I really love this Poetica print that julie has in her shop,
I just ordered a few pink FQs and this wouold fit right in :-)
Oooh, and I love the Summerlove bundle. Such gorgeous colors!
Gorgeous bundle! I would love to add it to my stash!
Oooooo. That's a VERY beautiful bundle. Happy Birthday/week! It's my birthday week too :)
I just bought a ton of Riley Blake Peak Hour from Julie, I have been waiting for it to come out since I heard about it in November. Love it, it will be perfect for my boys' big boy bed quilts.
I love the purples! This bundle is so aptly named and beautiful! Thank you for the chance to win.
My favorite bundle would be Cosmos in azure. I love that collection!
Purple is on my radar right now - beautiful.
What a beautiful bundle! Thanks for a chance to win! :)
Fantastic colors! Thank you for a chance to win.
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Your bundle is beautiful - you have a real gift for creating color combos! Thanks for the chance to win and Happy Birthday!!
Thi si an absolutely gorgeous bundle! Love it! Thanks so much for a chance to win!
Thank yo for chance to win.
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I love in the coming soon section the Santa clause is coming to town.
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I just found the Peak Hours - Ads fabric. It is just adorable - classified ad for trucks and vehicles - perfect for a little boy quilt!!!
The Intrepid Thread is one of my favorite places to shop. Bundles are my weakness and she's got a lot of great ones. My other favorite (besides yours) would be Summerlove -In Blue Crush. :)
I've been to Julie's shop ( don't know if that was very wise, I ended up rather greedy LOL)
I esp. love the new line 'vintage modern', fantastic colors and designs.
Have a great weekend,
My favorite in Julie's shop is the Flock complete fat quarter collection!
Great picks! Love these cool, bright colors!
I like the Impressions - Fat Quarter Bundle in Blue and Teal. Very cool colors! :)
I love the poetica bundle! thanks for the chance!
I have a purple lovin' daughter, this could be the start of a new quilt for her.
Love this bundle!! So pretty :)
I love your blog, thanks for sharing the giveaway!
I love the Maya & Fruit Slice bundles :)
I'm loving the Summerlove - Half Yard Bundle In Blue Crush by Pat Bravo.
I love the Poetica bundle in Seafoam Symphony also! Love these aqua/purple bundles! Thanks for a chance to win!
What a gorgeous bundle you have put together! So lovely!
What a great bundle! I love all shades of purple.
VISITED JULIE! MY FAVORITE BUNDLE IS "A WALK IN THE WOODS"! THANK YOU FOR SHARING A GREAT GIVEAWAY!
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Love the colors!
I LOVE the poetica in seafoam symphony bundle! I just love anything by Pat Bravo.
SWEET SWEET GIVEAWAY!
THANK YOU FOR A CHANCE TO WIN!
HAPPY STITCHING!
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Love this bundle and LOVE Julie's shop! I'm so glad she opened up.
You've picked some great purples. I'd love to find a project for them. Kathie l in Allentown
I love the new Flock fabric. I recently made a quilt with his Pear Tree line and loved the fabrics. Kathie L I Allentown
My stash is particularly lacking purple- which is strange, since it is my favorite color! What a great bundle!
I love The Intrepid Thread. This bundle is gorgeous! Thank you for the chance to win.
I love the purples in the collection!
My favorite fabric is the Power Pop Confetti in Freesia! So spring!
Wow Jeni, you put together such a beautiful bundle! Thanks for the great giveaway!
Greetings from Switzerland
Beautiful color palette! Thanks for the giveaway!
You put together a really beautiful bundle. Today was my first visit to The Intrepid Thread and I'm hooked!
Gorgeous bundle, they would definitely enhance my stash :) Great giveaway!
Love the fabrics, and love this shop. Great customer service!
I LOVE your site!
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I like the "peak hour" line~ I would get some of that!
Happy birthday week! As I was organizing my fabric this week, I thought, "Gee, I have very little purple." :)
Thanks for the great giveaway.
I love the new Kate Spain line, Good Fortune.
Love this fabric and would love to win this bundle!
Steffany
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Love the fabrics, and love this shop. Great customer service!
Pretty purples! I don't have much of that color in my stash, this would be perfect to add.
What fantastic choices! Like Spring mist
Happy birthday week, and happy friday too! Cute bundle :)
I'm loving the Summerlove bundle over at the Intrepid Thread.
My favorite bundle in the shop would be the fruit slice, I think.
So many lovely bundles at the Intrepid Thread, so difficult to choose. My current favourites are the yellow FQ bundle From Cream to Curry and the Poetica FQ bundle in Seafoam Symphony, but that might change next time I am shopping! The customer service from Julie is excellent, I cannot recommend her store highly enough!
Love those colors!!!
I really like the Alpine Wonderland
I wouldn't have thought to put the purple and teal together - but this stack is gorgeous!
Thanks for the great giveaway and happy birthday!
I like the peak hour line!!! perfect for my boys :)
Wow!! thank you, This is a beautiful bundle you have put together for us....stunning!!
Pick me!
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I think I'll pick Summer Love. It's just that they are all wonderful....
Nice. I need more purple fabrics. My purple stash is looking pathetic!
Your purples speak to me, birthday girl!
I LOVE Peak Hour - Ads in Grey. I just placed an order with Julie and I didn't know this fabric was available. Guess I will have to place another order...bummer! :)
Thanks for another great giveaway!
The Cool Breeze FQ bundle inspired by you is my fave bundle. Now I sound like a suck-up! :P
I'm looking forward to getting some of Lu Summer's new fabric - Summersville
Ooh, yum. My stash is low on purple, so I'd love to win this! Happy birthday!!
Love the "feathers"!
OMG that is a lovely bundle. I am really digging the turquoise /mint colour at the moment and purple is great with it.
This bundle is too peaceful and serene.
I really LOVE this patterns and color combinations. Maybe i´ll be lucky today???
Thank you!!
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I love the Desert Daydreams bundle!
I love purple! Thank you giveaway! greetings from Hungary!
I love woodlands bundle. very ,very nice.
That's a really beautiful collection of fabrics!
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What a great bundle; love that Poetica in there; thanks for chance! Happy B'day too! (marshudson at comcast dot net)
I have really been crushing on Fruit Slice by Khristian A. Howell lately...so that is my favorite bundle.
I love the name for this pretty bundle. Very fitting.
I've made several orders from Intrepid Thread (and wish I could order a lot more). I'm loving Poetica, A Walk in the Woods, and FMF right now. Thanks (marshudson at comcast dot net)
I really like Summer Love.
Purple is one of my favorite colours :)
Happy birthday to you!!!! Lovely fabrics!!!
My stash is very thin on purples so this bundle would be a great addition! Thanks for the chance to win.
My favourite bundle might be the Cream to Curry yellow bundles. I love yellow, but seem never to buy much of it.
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I'm really liking "Summerlove" in Julie's shop ;)
You know I think your bundle is my favourite, either that or Verona - Main in Grey.
love that bundle! and my little girl looks super cute in purple!
I like lots of things at The Intrepid Thread but today my favorite is the Fruit Slice bundle. Gorgeous!
Oh golly gee, I hope I am lucky today, I haven't won anything in forever and this is one fine looking giveaway. thanks
love the lucy's crab shack collection
What a great combination: You and Julie. I love your sense of color and Julie is my favorite favorite fabric lady. Beautiful bundle with some of my favorite colors. Thank you! |
Has anyone noticed that government wastes water the same way it wastes money? Governments generally spend more than they collect and drain more water than what can be replaced by rain. Because of this waste, we need to correct misconceptions and keep informed about the Savannah River Basin.
The Floridian aquifer in the Savannah/Beaufort area is not connected to the Savannah River Basin. It has nothing to do with the flow rate within the Savannah River Basin. The problem is the removal of excess water by the cities that is then replaced by seawater.
The Savannah Harbor is a large excavated bathtub of salt water with high tides each day. This monster flow is the reason for saltwater intrusion and will be accentuated if it is dug deeper. Increased releases from the dams cannot affect it. Can you imagine the outflow from Lake Thurmond pushing the high tide back? This bathtub of saline is also the primary reason for low oxygenation in the harbor and is complicated by waste water releases upstream.
The waters of the Savannah River can only handle a certain amount of waste.
Georgia industry produces 98 percent of this discharge and the economic influence of those companies has prevented any decrease of the waste. This accumulation of waste, not water volume, is the primary reason for poor oxygenation.
Before reservoirs were established, the environment and its fish and wildlife survived severe droughts. Government agencies downstream have no scientific proof that intermittent changes in downstream flow affect creatures and environment. All they ever say is “maybe it will.” This is what obstructs most changes in dam releases.
The primary obstacle to the migration of the short-nosed sturgeon is the dam and canal at Augusta. It diverts most of the water to be used for water supply and power generation. This power generation is privately owned and sold on the grid for profit. The remaining part of the river water is diverted over the shoals (rocks) so, even without a drought, the sturgeon can barely swim upstream.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is the only group that can legally control the flows of the river. But its efforts are hamstrung by 50-year-old rules and regulations. Some policies can be affected and changed by using the “chain of command.” To my knowledge, no one in the corps has ever attempted to permanently modify these rules even though most acknowledge the inefficiency and damage.
Congressmen Paul Broun (Ga.) and Jeff Duncan (S.C.) requested an environmental assessment by the Corps that took 10 months to complete. This will permanently change the drought-management plan by decreasing the outflow during drought level 2 and 3. It doesn’t help anything now but at least they are trying. I understand that recently U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson (Ga.) has suggested that maybe we need to “rewrite the Federal Water Control Manual.” Maybe we can get our Upstate U.S. senators to pitch in as well.
I don’t know if anyone else has noticed, but over the past year there has been a small, limited amount of improvement in the economy of the nation. It is my opinion that this is a result of Congress and the president not doing anything. They have been staying out of our lives while they fought among themselves for their careers.
This supports my suggestion that we need a board of directors for the Savannah River Basin working with the corps and not influenced by Congress. The basin is like a huge corporation with many divisions. It could be funded by a portion of the funds from power generation since all of this money is now sent to the U.S. Treasury.
It gets frustrating not seeing any improvement or changes in management over the last 15 years. Maybe we can influence or elect some leaders who will help us deal with antiquated rules and control by a government that doesn’t seem to care. Meantime, let’s appreciate our beautiful area of the world and work to keep it that way. |
WASHINGTON, D.C. —.
Brennan, a 25-year CIA veteran, is expected to be hit with questions about torture and administration leaks of secret information. Graham's demands on the Libya raid could stall the nomination..."
Other Senate Republicans, including the No. 2 GOP lawmaker, John Cornyn of Texas, new member Ted Cruz of Texas and Mississippi's Roger Wicker, signaled took out a full-page ad in The Washington Post highlighting their opposition to Hagel, and Gregory T. Angelo, interim executive director of the gay rights group, said the gay and lesbian grassroots organization is considering other steps in a campaign against Hagel's nomination.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., who does not have a vote on the nomination, called Hagel the "wrong man" for the job and complained that "his inflammatory statements about Israel are well outside the mainstream."
In an interview with the Lincoln (Neb.), D-Nev., Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.,."
maddogmac writes:
I agree with Sen. Graham and hope all our representatives from SC will side with him. Also, why has the Fast & Furious gun selling to the drug lords in Mexico been hushed up? Don't give in to the illegal president again under any circumstances.
Thank you Sen. Graham.
Calcal (Inactive) writes:
What has this man done for any of the citizens in SC except talk while spit oozes out the corners of his mouth. A sickening site, all for the betterment of himself. When the time comes, that he announces his retirement and finally comes out of the closet will be a better day for all.....
Bornhere writes:
More sore loser sctivity
maddogmac writes:
Joe, you are welcome, sorry I had to be the one to tell you about the illegal president but now you know from an expert.
p18bone writes:
Why are people here picking and choosing what is investigated and not. If you want to put things on the table, put everything. You wanted the president birth certificate then college transcripts etc... Nothing is wrong with wanting to know but some of you are ridiculous. So our gov just don't have oversight right? Anyone can come here and be president right? You need to look at more than Fox News, Rush, Donald and right wing propaganda. Surely America is not as stupid as you portray us to be. There is a whole other world out there just walk to the edge of the woods and look. And keep in mind, we as the USA have never had a President Rep or Dem that did not love this country and wanted the best for it. Be nice if you wanted the same. Thanking you in advance.
ivasmile writes:
Darn, there is a person in the Anderson area who has some sense. As much as he has made SC look like a state of idiots, I don't how anyone could support him or any of his ideas. Heck, he might join our friend at the Heritage Foundation with any luck! The pay is alot better and he was have a perfect platform for his unnotable comments.
mountainman writes:
I would like to take this oppertunity to thank Sen. Graham and all our government officials for the $50 per week increase I will see taken from me each paycheck. I am so happy to be supporting all the baby machines and illegals with my hard earned money. I am especially thankful for my help toward all the pork added to each piece of legislation they pass. It is great to live and work in the "Land of the Free" and be taxed for such good reasons. Thanks to all Rep. and Dem. you all need to be voted out.
vansphoto writes:
I agree, CalCal, Miss Graham should come on out of the closet and see if the "haters" still luv him.
mountainman writes:
Whatever it takes for the Joeblows like you. Please just enjoy.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. () – A third-party firm hired to audit southwest Fort Wayne water utility Aqua Indiana released its Phase II findings. In it, they call for Aqua Indiana to create a new master plan to address service challenges and safety concerns by October 1, 2013.
In a letter sent to Aqua Indiana President Tom Bruns, Jim Atterholt, chairman of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, says one of the chief concerns raised in the audit is water protection issues for Aboite Township area customers.
“While collecting information for the report, the auditor found there to be a potential fire protection risk. This is unacceptable and poses a concern for our agency,” Atterholt says.
Bruns says July’s peak water usage by customers amid the summer drought, which forced Aqua Indiana to hook up to Fort Wayne City Utilities, is the reason for the fire protection issues. He says that under normal circumstances, fire protection concerns would not have been raised.
“Under normal circumstances, that area would have been served by us off of our lines and would not have had a fire protection issue. It was only when they were connected to the city through a single eight inch line that there was some question about whether there would have been adequate fire protection had a fire insisted,” Burns says.
The report does say that Aqua Indiana properly responded to service and safety concerns during the drought by following on industry practices to hook up to the city. Where Aqua failed, according to the report, was in the long term or master planning that covers future infrastructure needs.
In mid-November, the City of Fort Wayne and members of 20 neighborhood associations announced and supported the move to condemn Aqua Indiana and attempt to take it over. The city made an identical move in the early 2000s with Aqua Indiana on the north side of Fort Wayne. A five-year court battle resulted in the City of Fort Wayne buying and taking over the utility.
Ted Nitza, program manager for City Utilities, says the findings in Phase II support the city’s move to condemn and take over Aqua Indiana.
“This phase two recommendations from the IURC that again documents that Aqua Indiana has failed to plan adequately for the future was no surprise to City Utilities, and again part of the reason why it's necessary to take more aggressive steps of moving forward with condemnation,” Nitza says.
He says the troubled utility has had plenty of time to either correct their issues or come to some sort of agreement on a cooperative effort with Fort Wayne City Utilities to provide water to some 12,000 customers in Aboite Township.
“They've had a number of opportunities a number of times over the past years and have invested significant amounts of money resulting in rate increases for those customers out in those areas and they've proven to be ineffective,” Nitza says.
Nitza does say there is still some room for joining forces to provide southwest customers with water but says the city will still move forward with condemnation.
Bruns says he hopes they can work out a deal.
“We'll be doing the master plan with an eye towards future growth and serving customers in that area. We'd like to figure out a way, if there is a way, to work with the city rather than going the condemnation route,” he says.
The city must present an ordinance to Fort Wayne City Council for condemnation of the utility. That must be approved. Then, the city will make a final purchase offer to Aqua Indiana. If no sale can be agreed upon, the case will be taken |
One of the most anticipated specialty releases of the summer, Lisa Cholodenko's "The Kids are All Right," more than lived up to its promise this weekend, by far scoring the best specialty debut of 2010. According to estimates provided by Rentrak earlier this afternoon, the critically acclaimed "Kids" grossed a massive $504,888 from just 7 theaters in 5 markets (New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Chicago and San Francisco), averaging a quite staggering $72,127.
This more than suggests coming weeks of aggressive expansion from the Focus Features acquisition could bring "Kids" a final gross that far exceeds expectations for summer specialty fare. It's also likely to give summer 2010 its second major crossover hit after last month's "Cyrus" (which continued to excel this weekend, as noted a bit later on in this story).
"Kids"'s numbers mark the best per-theater-average of any film released in 2010 ("The Ghost Writer" was the previous topper with just under $45,000 per theater), and the best of any film since last December's "Up In The Air" (which averaged $78,763 from 15 theaters). More over, it's an atypically high number for a summer release. If the number stands, it will be the highest per-theater-average ever recorded for a specialty film released in the summer months, and one of the 30 best per-theater-averages ever recorded. Comparably, 2006 summer breakout (and fellow Sundance pick up) "Little Miss Sunshine" averaged $52,999 from 7 screens in 2006 (en route to a $59,891,099 total).
"Kids," as many people discovered this weekend, critical acclaim mixed with this early suggestion of box office appeal has certainly made "Kids" one of the year's first bonafide Oscar contenders.
It was actually quite the weekend all around. Hollywood saw excellent numbers from debuts "Despicable Me" and "Predators", while two other specialty debuts could have easily found themselves this column's top story had "Kids" not been around to steal their thunder.
Debuting on an aggressive 110 screens (one of the widest foreign film openings in some time), Music Box Films released Daniel Alfredson's "The Girl Who Played With Fire," the second film adapted from the popular book series. Released just 4 months afters its intensely successful predecessor "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo," "Fire" (which has already grossed over $50 million overseas) took in a strong $965,488, averaging $8,777. That's very close to the $9,868 average "Tattoo" found on 34 screens back in March, and more impressive considering the much more substantial screen count.
"If we were to compare these two opening weekends using the same theaters or same zones, 'The Girl Who Played With Fire' actually exceeded significantly the screen average of the first installment of the Stieg Larsson trilogy," Music Box films said in a statement.
Of the 110 screens, 87 are in the United States, while the remainder are in Canada, where Alliance is releasing the film. The final film in the trilogy, 'The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest' opens on October 15, 2010. "Dragon Tattoo"'s total now stands at $9,318,187 in the U.S. only.
Much more truly "indie" festival circuit favorite "Winnebago Man" also had much to celebrate this weekend. Released by Kino International, Ben Steinbauer's doc grossed $20,168 from 2 New York City screens, including a fantastic $17,368 that came from Landmark's Sunshine, where Jack Rebney, the subject of the doc, alighted from an actual Winnebago parked in front of the theatre to regale several sold out screenings.
Gary Palmucci, Kino Lorber VP of Theater Distribution, commented that Kino is "very happy with this opening weekend figure but I think it's important to note that both of these were atypical engagements. With major media exposure for the film still unfolding - including a recent People Magazine piece and Rebney's appearance next week on the Jay Leno show - ahead of its upcoming expansion to LA, SF, Philadelphia and Boston, we believe the real success story of 'Winnebago Man' is still a work in progress."
Meanwhile, two holdovers crossed the $2 million mark this weekend, a rarity considering one is foreign-language, and the other is a documentary.
In its fourth weekend, Luca Guadagnino's critical darling "I Am Love" went from 82 to 110 screens and grossed a very strong $550,000, averaging roughly $5,000 per screen and taking its total to $2,050,051 with much more to come. The film, which richly details the refined world of a wealthy Italian family (led by Tilda Swinton, who learned to speak Italian for the role), is quickly becoming a significant success story for distributor Magnolia Pictures.
IFC Films, meanwhile, expanded Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg's doc "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work" to 115 screens in its fifth weekend, resulting in a $276,000 gross and a new total of $2,022,000. "Rivers" chronicles the private dramas of iconic comedian Joan Rivers and becomes only the fourth documentary of the year to cross the $2 million mark (after "Oceans," "Babies" and "Exit Through The Gift Shop," the first two of which had semi-wide debuts to benefit from).
Another doc - Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington's Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning doc "Restrepo" - went from 10 to 25 screens and grossed $101,692 for distributor National Geographic. That gave the film a decent average of $4,068 and a cume of $273,564, giving it a good shot of joining the $1 million club as it continues to expand.
After crossing the $2 million mark earlier in the week, Debra Granik's Sundance prize winner "Winter's Bone" had a great fifth weekend. The film, which follows a young woman living in the Ozark Mountains played by Jennifer Lawrence, went from 83 to 106 screens and grossed a strong $506,900. That gave the Roadside Attractions release a $4,782 average and took its total to a stellar $2,562,859.
Taylor Hackford's critically panned Helen Mirren-starrer "Love Ranch" fell off sharply in its second weekend. The long-delayed film went from 11 to 8 screens and found a unspectacular gross of $18,341, averaging just $2,293. The $25 million budgeted film was released by E1 Entertainment, which primarily distributes movies in Canada, with a reported advertising budget of less than $1 million. Its total now stands at $110,057.
Much better news came care of Fox Searchlight's "Cyrus." A significant expansion into the mainstream for brothers Mark and Jay Duplass - whose previous work includes ultra low budget films "The Puffy Chair" and "Baghead" - "Cyrus" expanded from 77 to 200 screens in its fourth weekend and managed a quite impressive gross of $1,375,000, averaging $6,875 and landing it in the overall top ten alongside films playing on 10, 20 or even 50 times the screens. The $7 million budgeted "Cyrus"'s total now stands at $3,521,075 as Searchlight continues to expand it.
Sony Classics' recent films Alain Resnais's "Wild Grass" Jan Kounen's "Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky" each expanded in their third and fifth weekends. "Grass" went from 6 to 17 screens and grossed $45,055, averaging $2,650 and taking its total to $170,420. "Coco," meanwhile, went from 43 to 47 screens and grossed $126,010 taking its total to a strong $775,106.
Finally, SPC also saw its long-running "The Secret in Their Eyes" and "Please Give" hit the $5.9 million and $3.6 million marks, respectively. In their 13th and 11th weekends, the films are still impressively pulling in $1,000+ per-theater-averages on 100+ screens...
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peterindie | July 11, 2010 7:19 AM
By the way: “The Girl Who Played With Fire” only opened in 85 theaters in US.
Music Box Films has nothing with this film's Canada distribution; Alliance is releasing this film in Canada. Still, Music Box Films is reporting this film's North America box office result ($965,488 opening from 110 screens).
PS: I am not sure about this, but I heard that $9,318,187 gross for “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” is US only; please correct me if I am wrong. (Maybe it is because “The Girl Who Played With Fire” opened in US and Canada at the same day, but “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” didn't.)
peterindie | July 11, 2010 5:48 AM
Great to see that “The Kids are All Right" will become another Sundance movie that become hugely profitable.
On the other hand, Annette Bening's another movie "Mother and Child" has finally crossed $1 million mark at box office. Still, I think even Sony Picures Classics is surprised to see that "Mother and Child" would gross less than its video-oriented dump "Chloe". |
What CIOs Want In Their SuccessorsAre you an aspiring CIO? Listen to what these leading CIOs say it will take for you to reach that coveted position.
I recently participated in a panel session at Interop Mumbai in which four leading Indian CIOs discussed the attributes they're looking for in a successor. In preparation for that session, I talked with four CIOs in the U.S. about the same subject. Here's what they say they're looking for in their top people.
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Multidimensional leaders. "They may be brilliant technologists, but without the business engagement and leadership skills, they will not make it to the higher level," says Dave Bent, CIO of United Stationers, who advises would-be CIOs to gain experience in a variety of business and IT roles.
Jerry Johnson, CIO of Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, a research lab under the auspices of the Department of Energy, puts the emphasis on breadth of IT experience: software development, infrastructure, operations, architecture, project management. "Consequently, I encourage -- but don't force -- lateral movement within the organization," he says.
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Customer-focused product and brand champions. By "customer," we're not talking about the company's IT users. We're talking about the people who buy your company's products. Do you meet and talk with them on a regular basis? Do you know them?
Customer skills are particularly important for CIOs at technology companies, where the CIO often doubles as a dog-food-eating product spokesman. But a customer orientation is critical for all CIOs, says Kent Kushar, CIO of E. & J. Gallo Winery, who's as comfortable at wine-tasting events discussing vintages and palate taste zones (I've seen him in action) as he is at board meetings explaining analytics and supply chain management.
The best CIOs consider themselves retailers and bankers and manufacturers first, technologists second. (But don't underestimate the value of being a first-class, well-rounded technologist.)
Players. The best CIOs get to know, on both a professional and personal level, the senior line execs responsible for delivering their companies' core business results. "They ask them how things really work, how decisions get made," says InformationWeek's Secret CIO, who works for a $1 billion-plus company. "They figure out the results those execs are accountable for and, most important, how the execs' performance is measured."
Bent wants CIO candidates to have had exposure at the board level. "The CIO has to have the same broad leadership characteristics as any other C-level position -- listening, communicating, as well as leading," he says. Rajesh Uppal, CIO of Indian carmaker Maruti Suzuki, says tomorrow's IT leaders must "empathize with and understand their users and then come back and offer some value."
Battle-tested warriors. CIO candidates must show demonstrable wins on projects, IT and otherwise. "The best indicator of success is success," Kushar says. Our Secret CIO relates the time he asked one of his direct reports to improve customer satisfaction with the company's phone system. "She established call-handling benchmarks. She interviewed VPs and LOB managers to understand how they measured customer satisfaction. She learned about call centers. She talked with customers. She put a technology project in place as well, and when process changes were completed, she demonstrated, using the same metrics, that satisfaction levels had increased significantly."
Self-starters and go-getters. Arun Gupta, CIO of Indian pharmaceutical company Cipla, is looking to add 35 IT specialists to the 17 people now in the company's core IT group, among them a chief information security officer and SAP lead. "Are they going to put their neck on the block, irrespective of whether I agree or disagree?" Gupta says.
V. Subramaniam, Asia-Pacific CIO of Otis Elevator, says he wants people with "fire in the belly and fire in the eyes." He also emphasizes "the discipline of the execution. They have to make things happen, without excuses.". |
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National Health Information Exchange: Why The Delay?
Hurricane Sandy took many lives and caused billions of dollars in damage. But so does a healthcare system that still refuses to embrace interoperability.. >>
When Mr. Suarez, suffering from congestive heart failure, is discharged from a hospital to a nursing home, the nursing home staff can make any number of life-threatening mistakes if they don't have the necessary details on his medications, allergies, diet restrictions, and cognitive abilities. Multiply that potentially lethal situation by all of the hospital discharges nationwide each year, and you have the makings of a perfect storm.
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So given the urgency, what are we waiting for?."
Among the political issues to contend with is a contingent of Congressional naysayers who would like to dismantle Meaningful Use, one of the most important measures to promote widespread EHR adoption. Obviously, we can't exchange healthcare data nationwide if providers don't have that data in an electronic system.
MU Stage 2 is slowly moving providers further down the path toward interoperability. It's being accomplished by insisting that at least 10% of patient data be transmitted "down the line" during any kind of transition from one care setting to another. It's a small step, but nevertheless a place to start.
Blumenthal also placed a great deal of emphasis on putting technical standards in place so that providers can share information more easily. ONC has made major strides in this arena, and more is to come.
A public-private consortium is putting in place a system that should provide interoperability among disparate EHR systems and HIEs. If it's successful, it will provide plug-and-play connectivity between EHRs and HIEs and between HIEs. This initiative would drastically cut the expense of interfaces and would let more than half of the U.S population and their healthcare providers access health data shared among multiple states and systems.
Healtheway, the new private-sector entity that operates the eHealth Exchange (successor to the Nationwide Health Information Network), has partnered with a consortium of states, EHR vendors, and HIE vendors to implement standards that will make it easier to exchange health information.
Despite this progress, there's at least one issue no one wants to touch: the individual patient identifier code.
I've spoken to several CIOs at large healthcare systems who have spent serious money creating master patient indexes that try to figure out if, for example, John Miller and John J. Miller are the same patient. All that work could be eliminated if each patient entering the U.S. healthcare system had the equivalent of a social security number. But whenever that proposal comes up on the national scene, we hear critics shout socialism for fear that such a numbering system brings us one step closer to a government-run healthcare system.
The sad truth about Hurricane Sandy is that the heroism seen during and after the storm in some cases quickly devolved into self-absorption as commuters fought over scarce gasoline and other essentials. Let's hope the nation's healthcare policy-makers and IT stakeholders don't succumb to the same kind of small-minded bick.) |
In the state of Washington, it costs 200 dollars to establish a Limited Liability Corporation. All the documents are online and there is no shortage of tutorials on the process. It’s a whole lot easier to get a job because it’s real easy for one corporation to hire (and fire) another corporation. Taxes are simple.
Everyone’s liability is limited and transactions are conducted under a uniform commercial code. And there are no incentives for people doing what they are not good at and every incentive for people to do what they enjoy most.
A corporation is fictitious.
A corporation exists in the form of a bits and bytes simulating a folder of papers in a virtual file cabinet. A corporation gets to deduct all of their expenses from their taxes. A corporation has a credit score, it can borrow money, and even have a bankruptcy just like a person. A corporation can donate unlimited amounts of money to a political candidate. Corporation garner social respect. Laws favor corporation. In fact, the cards are stacked in favor of the corporation over the employee; unless, of course, you are both.
It’s all in the Management….of knowledge assets.
All of the business theories are written to apply within the construct of the corporation. Corporate accounting provides a host of clever ways to manage assets. You can depreciate assets, you can inflate or deflate “intangibles” as needed for whatever valuation purpose. You don’t need to show anyone your accounting either (unless you are a public corporation). American corporations don’t even need to hire American employees, or any employees for that matter. Outsourcing goes to other corporations.
Land, Labor, and Capital
Corporations allocate Land Labor and Capital – well, that’s the theory anyway. Land is underwater in a real estate bubble. Labor is tragically unemployable or under employed or outsourced to the political slave markets. Capital is being consumed by the “interest” monster conjured into existence from the debt. Uuhhmmm….So how’s that workin’ for ya’ll??
So why not become a corporation??
Social Media is able to perform almost all of the functions that a corporation would normally do internally. The “Last Mile of Social Media” is when local communities organize themselves on, say, Facebook. High integrity is rewarded and low integrity is punished. Now you can reliably find other corporations to do your accounting, Human Resources, Marketing, and content design and distribution.
If you need to actually produce something “solid”, well there will always be a corporation willing to do that too. All of these things are only a keystroke away. So why isn’t everyone a corporation?
No, seriously……
We teach our kids to be good employees, not to become good corporations. How do we expect social priorities to compete with Wall Street Priorities?
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Kids & Adult Aggressive
Aggressive Skates Overview
When it comes to grinding rails, hitting half pipes and launching jumps, the right pair of skates makes all the difference. A good pair of aggressive skates will give you the proper support you need for your tricks and turns, the protection you need for your feet and the comfort you want to be able to skate all day. Don’t get held back by the wrong equipment, here are a few things to look for when purchasing a pair of skates for aggressive skating.
Skate Types
There are three main types of shells when it comes to skates for aggressive skating. First there are soft shell skates. These shell are made from softer materials that will give you support while still allowing for comfort and flexibility. But these shells do not offer the maximum support so if you plan on launching bigger jumps, you may want to look into the next type of aggressive skate shell, the hard shell. Hard shell skates are more traditional and have been around longer than most other types of skate shells. Hard shells on agressive skates are typically made from some sort of plastic and tend to be stiffer, but more supportive than soft shells. Finally, there are also skates that use skeletal shells, which is sort of a combination of soft shells and hard shells. They use a hard exoskeleton with a soft boot inside that make them lighter weight while still having great maneuverability and protection. Some skeletal shells allow you to use your own shoes inside them for a customizable option.
Wheels and Bearings
Wheels and bearings are also very important components of your skates. Wheels on aggressive skates are smaller to allow for better maneuverability, and tend to be harder so they can endure the beating that comes with grinding rails and launching jumps. The two wheels on the outside of your skates are the standard wheels you actually roll on, while the two inside wheels are called anti-rocker wheels that are there to help you grind and land jumps. You will also need to make sure your bearings on your skates are going to be durable as well. Although bearings are usually thought of when it comes to speed, they need to be considered when it comes to making sure that they will not pop their seals while doing tricks. If the standard bearings that come with your skates do not seem to be holding up very well, trying looking for bearings made from titanium that will hold up better.
Aggressive skates are specifically made for tricks and jumps, it is highly suggested that if you do not intend to do these things with your skates that you look into a different type of skate. These skates are durable, easy to maneuver and have no brakes, allowing you to give them a beating in the park and keep coming back for more.
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Ruth Gladwin
Born In: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Born: June 29th, 1919
Passed in: Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passed on: September 3rd, 2012
Ruth Caroline Gladwin-93,of Evergreen Home for Special Care, and formerly of Kentville and Dartmouth, passed away peacefully at Evergreen on Monday, September 3,2012 after a short illness. The former Ruth Mitchell, she was born in St.John's,NL on June 29,1919, the youngest of eight children of the late George and Susannah (Bragg) Mitchell. A true Newfoundlander, she “moved to Canada” in 1944 and was married that year to Wynyard Robert “Joe” Gladwin. She and Joe lived in Woodlawn until they moved to Kentville in 1968. In Dartmouth she was active in organizations at Woodlawn United Church. She was well-known for her baking skills, especially bread and rolls, pies and “Nana's chocolate cake.” She was an accomplished knitter, making countless mittens, socks and sweaters for family and friends. She enjoyed crossword puzzles and cryptoquotes and cups of tea. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She is survived by her loving husband of 68 years, Wynyard Robert “Joe” Gladwin, Evergreen Home for Special Care, Kentville; one daughter, Jane (Hugh) Townsend, Dartmouth; one son, Gerry (Jose Van Kippersluis) Gladwin, Greenfield, Kings County; five grandchildren, Gavin Townsend, Vancouver; Charlotte (Fayeque) Townsend-Rahman, Toronto; Graham (Patti Hackett) Townsend, Cole Harbour; Kaesy (Amanda Sin) Gladwin, Collingwood, Ont.; and Stefan (Shannon Tully) Gladwin, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory; five great-grandchildren, Claire and Anna Townsend, Cole Harbour; Isla Townsend-Rahman, Toronto; Orin and Greta Gladwin, Whitehorse; nieces and nephews, Ruth Boutilier, Dartmouth; Bob Annett, Cole Harbour; Sheldon Mitchell, Martin's Brook, Lunenburg County; Jill Mitchell, St. John's, NL; and Phyllis Ronayne, St. John's, NL; and two sisters-in-law, Shannon Gladwin, Eastern Passage, and Cynthia Mitchell, St. John's, NL. She was predeceased by three sisters, Violet Annett, Dartmouth; and May and Bertha Mitchell, St. John's, NL; and four brothers, William, Max, George and Robert Mitchell, St. John's, NL. The family would like to thank all of the staff at Evergreen for their excellent and compassionate care during Ruth's stay. No visitation and a private memorial service for family and friends will be held at a later date. Donations in her memory may be made to Valley Regional Hospital Foundation or the Kings County branch of VON, or a charity of choice. Arrangements have been entrusted to White Family Funeral Home, 100 Cornwallis Street,Kentville. An on-line guest book may be signed by visiting:. |
Archive for October, 2010
Brunello Faucet by La Toscana
Posted by Michelle in Bathroom Faucets on October 27th, 2010
BRUNELLO
slim
slender
poised
Brunello is simple in its elegance, yet rich in its eloquence.
LA TOSCANA
airy
artsy
accessible
Italian!
La Toscana – Tuscany in Italian, with Florence as its capital – is the birthplace of the Renaissance. La Toscana's wonderful styles and flourishing designs create the Italian bathroom style and Brunello is a proud member of this group. I love the squares and straights in this style and chose to feature it for its strength of character.
Available in brushed nickel and chrome finishes, Brunello family includes the 3 hole or single handle lavatory faucet, tub filler, and thermostatic shower. A wonderful product with a wonderful Italian legacy. See La Toscana for yourself!
Iron Beds by Claudio Rayes
Purchasing a bed is a special experience, and it isn't just about mattresses. When entering a room with a Claudio Rayes bed, attention is riveted to the stately frame mastering the bedroom. All other furnishings and complements seem secondary to the sound statement of iron handiwork.
Each bed is designed in Italy and made in Buenos Aires under the direction of master blacksmith, Giuseppe Masera. Claudio Rayes beds are manufactured with care and passion and are considered a prized possession by their lucky owners. Painted, gilded, finished with the same attention as through the firing process, each bed is truly a creation of dreams.
Visit the Claudio Rayes showroom in High Point, NC for a firsthand glimpse!
Empire Bathroom Vanities – For every space and wall
Posted by Michelle in Bathroom Vanities on October 24th, 2010
For the room
you use quite much
Empire wows
with designs as such
Filling the space
with striking decor
Empire flavors your
home with more…
For Empire Industries, it's all about bathroom furniture and their complements. Contemporary, traditional, hand painted, hand carved and specialty vanities go perfectly with matching mirrors, countertops, sinks and accessories. Wading in their numerous styles and fishing out the furniture that best suits you, is both fun and satisfying.
For more than thirty years, Empire Industries have perfected their line – manufacturing quality bathroom vanities for the discerning homeowner. Is it your turn to discover Empire?
Vitraform – Glass Basins
Posted by Michelle in Sinks & Vessels on October 19th, 2010
Otherwise unfair to describe
Its beauty so distinct
If not for potential adoption
by those who need more than a sink
Vitraform glass basins allude to forms and fantasy, capturing the imagination and passion of homeowners and designers for the past decade. From black to clear and 10 colors in between, Vitraform also offers engraving options, a polished or frosted finish, and round or oval shapes. Even the functional hardware is decorative with Vitraform and is available in standard or specialty finishes.
It is not everyday that one chooses that special bathroom fixture and their unique pedestal sinks make a statement by showcasing absolute beauty. Mouth blown glass pedestal sinks emerge as a strong centerpiece in the bathroom. Vitraform sets the stage for lavish looks of luxury.
Trina Turk Residential – Pillows
Posted by Michelle in Furniture, Home Decor on October 17th, 2010
Plant them at your side
Bold and proud
An accent that brags "I'm just plain pretty".
Trina Turk, well-known for her spirited and popular clothing line, designs residential products that blow the California breeze straight through your home. The soft down embroidered pillows covered in bold bright colors mix and match for a kaleidoscope of beauty to dress up your best seat. Trina Turk boutiques are located in California, New York and Florida and offer a unique shopping experience in a modern decor. View all Trina's products here.
Native Trails – Bathroom Collection
Posted by Michelle in Bathroom Vanities, Bathtubs, Sinks & Vessels on October 13th, 2010
It isn't just
about copper
or wood
and nature
It isn't just
about making
your home
a designer's dream
It isn't just about
expressing your earthy
tones and finding
the perfect complement
It's about them
giving you their all
to cultivate materials
for a vibrant, living environment.
NATIVE TRAILS
Native Trails – a wholesome choice for your bath. I like to choose green. I like to choose beauty. I like to choose value. I like to choose quality. I like the unique, the simple, the articulate. I like products with personality.
Native Trails is the best choice for such likes. Tubs, sinks, bathroom vanities and accessories become alive with handcrafted beauty and distinctive character. Combining the founder's love for nature and copper, an appreciation for their artisans and talents,and a goal to surpass customers' expectations – it is easy to understand how Native Trails has become a household name in homes worldwide.
Veris Faucets by Grohe
Posted by Michelle in Bathroom Faucets on October 10th, 2010
Go the way
of the water
Roam the streets
of your heart
Own a part of
the timeless
Hear the song
of your art
Enjoy GROHE!
Grohe has been capturing and releasing water in the best flow possible for over 70 years. Their award winning designs and commitment to only the highest quality, have earned them a name of distinction around the world.
I am Very sure that Veris is one collection you will adore.
The sleek, sensual and inspiring design of the Veris colleciton, is a perfect blend and a perfect fit. With a ribbon-like spout blending into a cylindrical body, and the neat lozenge-like single lever or 2 handle faucet, the Veris sparks the imagination and fortifies the bathroom. Not the typical straight edge, Veris still captures love and life in its unique minimalist design.
Truth and Chatter – Fall Reflections
Posted by Michelle in Truth and Chatter on October 6th, 2010
Sometimes falls are a blessing in disguise. I don't mean the Niagara Falls type. I mean the getting into a funk type. You fall. You feel eeiwy. Ugh. Gross. Down. Below down. And then you get up and turn the page.
So how was that a blessing?
Because you needed the break. Duh.
When you are in that low state – less productive, less sociable, less love-able, just not your usual self – you are experiencing the other side of day. And to grow, one needs Night And Day. The new you stands straighter, tries harder, risks more, and gains new insights about life and relationships. Sometimes we need to crouch low for a while.
Is Fall a good time for that? No saying. The best time for falls are when you trip, or had enough, or got sick. Stuff like that. We don't appreciate them when they happen – but it's not a bad thing, I dare say.
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V (Tuesday nights, 9pm, ABC)
By Silvia Moreno-Garcia
V‘s ratings continue to drop, but that’s not stopping the producers from ending the show on a cliffhanger. The V Files has an interview with executive producer Steve Pearlman. He says that in the finale, viewers will get to see “the Full Monty – The whole lizard”. Will it be to little, too late?
Jane Badler is still promoting the show in Europe and seems to be having a ball doing it. This time, she was in France. If you speak French, I recommend you check out several of the interviews making the rounds. This one is a TV interview where she talks about her music career. In this one, she discusses the show, and reveals that her character will try to break free and regain her throne. She also reveals that Lisa finds her in the ship’s dungeon and they become allies.
Laura Vandervoort talked about her relationship with Tyler. She is now “going through her fertility phase, and is of age” and she has to “control urges.” Her instinctual desire to mate, then kill her mate, seems to cause some friction in the relationship. Frankly, I wish she’d eat the guy.
Some previews of the next episode show Tyler is going to become a pilot for the aliens. *Puke* I’m not the only person who hates this character, by the way. There are entire threads at IMDB dedicated to Tyler-bashing. Someone even proposes a solution: “Erica tells Tyler the truth, then he cries and pouts, then breaks it off with Lisa, and runs away from home to go live with his dad. End of the Tyler character. Then Joshua and Lisa fall in love and together, they fight the evil of Anna.”
Can someone hire that person as a writer?
Supernatural (Friday nights, 9pm, CW)
By Paula R. Stiles
So far, this week, in the previews for next week, we’ve got the CW preview and a clip showing Sam beating an obnoxious cop half to death after the cop stops him and Samuel. The preview (like the synopsis) had already clued us in that this would be a Sam-heavy episode with Sambot flashbacks, and I’m rather glad they’re getting this out of the way sooner than later. Plus, the spider aspect is intriguing. You can do lots of creep and body horror with spiders on a low budget..
Also, I know some fans get all hot and bothered over Sambot beating people up, but I’ve never bought Jared Padalecki as a violent person. Ever. Yes, I know he’s huge in person. Yes, I’m sure he gets angry at times, just like anybody else, and I’m sure that could be intimidating in person. But he doesn’t project menace on screen, not even when he tries. And I don’t think I’m the only one who gets this disconnect watching him – just look at how approvingly some fans see scenes where Sam goes off on someone, yet the fandom almost universally freaks out whenever Dean punches somebody’s lights out. This is because Jensen Ackles can project serious menace when he wants to. He’s scary. Some actors have that quality. Most don’t.
Still, I’m holding out the same hopes for this Friday as for last Friday, since “Like a Virgin” turned out okay and Dean seems not likely to get shoved into the shotgun seat of the plot any time, soon. In fact, the synopsis indicates that the main story conflict is Dean finding out about what Sambot did, rather than just Sam remembering it (though the CW preview is more about Sam paying for Sambot’s sins).
Movin’ on to casting, the role of Samuel Colt has been filled. He’ll be played by Georgia native, Sam Hennings. Supposedly, this fictional version of Colt will be rode hard and put away wet. Well, I’d think so, considering the real Samuel Colt died the year after the episode is set (on my birthday, no less).
Also, Katie Walder has been tweeting about getting a guest/possibly recurring role as Fate. Since she’s filming now, this appears to be 6.18, since Jim Beaver tweeted on the 5th that they had just started filming it (Guess that means Bobby is also in it). She describes her character as “very uptight“.
The title for 6.19 is out. It’s “Mommy Dearest“. It would be fun if the regular actor for the Mother of All turned out to be Samantha Smith, because that would be completely twisted, but I’m not holding my breath. Maybe the title refers to Ellen.
The synopsis for the dreaded meta episode (6.15) is now up:
‘Supernatural’ and they are actors named ‘Jensen Ackles’ and ‘Jared Padalecki’. The brothers are confused when Castiel appears to be a tweet-happy actor named ‘Misha Collins’ and Sam is married to Ruby (Genevieve Cortese). Charles Beeson directed the episode written by Ben Edlund (##615).”
I am intrigued at how and why the brothers and Balthazar ended up on the same side, enough to get labeled Castiel’s “allies” and get an angelic hitman on their collective trail. The rest of it sounds stupid, to be honest, and I’m really not lovin’ the backdoor attempt to get Ruby back. Oy. But we’ll see. I suspect it may end up like Edlund’s fairy entry – half-hilarious/half-idiotic.
Speaking of writers, Adam Glass gave a somewhat spoilery interview this past week. He went into a fair bit of detail on how he’s been approaching the show. I couldn’t help thinking that his mentioning that he had previously only worked on procedural/non-serial shows, coupled with his talking about writing Sambot giving the writers a chance to write the character however they want and Dean being there to give writers a chance to get in touch with their Inner Smartass, showed up a rather large problem with his episodes – they are…well…very episodic. The continuity is screwed up, the characterization all over the place. Pretty much what you would expect from a writer who has little experience writing for a serialized show. What I don’t get is why the showrunners haven’t stepped in to smooth out those rough edges and hand the man the show bible to read, already.
The latest CW schedule is up through April 1. We’re getting up through 6.16 (“…And Then There Were None”) on March 4 and then repeats after that through the 1st. So, we won’t be seeing the western episode until April. In other news, because Smallville is getting a two-hour series finale on May 13, Supernatural will be preempted that week and end its season with a two-hour finale on May 20, instead.
Finally, we move on to ratings. As everyone and their mother knows now, the show came back with a new episode, a week late, and the ratings were surprisingly solid (though the repeat ratings for 6.11 on Wednesday were kinda “meh” with 1.02 million and a 0.4 demo in adults). “Like a Virgin” got 2.25 million, a 1.0 in adults, and (wait for it) a 1.3 in women. In contrast, Nikita got below 2.4 million, a 0.9 in adults and a 1.0 in women. Even The Vampire Diaries only got 3.2 million and a 1.5 in adults, which is rather low for it.
And Fringe, after all that boasting that Supernatural would not make a dent…well, it did. Or maybe it was a bad moon rising. Or something. Anyhoo, Fringe dropped to a 1.6 rating in adults and below 4.3 million viewers. It if remains steady, it could be okay (still hard to tell), but it will probably keep dropping. And there is also the issue that Lie to Me went out well in its last two weeks with ratings above a 2. I’m thinking they will both be gone after this season (though I would like to see Lie to Me come back). At any rate, Supernatural is doing better than expected, and better than most on the network (90210 got under 1.7 million and Gossip Girl positively tanked with 1.5 million. Both got a 0.8 in adults) which is always a good thing when going into renewal season.
We’ll be back next week with more spoilers. Stay tuned and check out our reviews of V and Supernatural.
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LOL, ain’t that the truth. Enough is enough is enough already- even Sam’s previous arc as the chosen one wasn’t in every single freaking episode. Of course, as relieved as I am that we might finally be moving away from Sambot, the prospect of replacing that with weekly angsting over Sam’s soul/wall/guilt/memories is enough to make me equally queasy. The showrunners seem enthralled with seeing Sam as the woobiest,most tormented, victimized special snowflake in the entire universe- the one who needs to be handled with kid gloves and worried over incessantly. They might call that Sam “heroic”- I just call him “high maintenance.”
(And you’re so right about Jensen projecting that dangerous quality. Those scenes between Dean and Alastair still give me chills. And if I were Roy and Walt, I’d have moved to South America. )
I’ve pretty much resigned myself to next week’s episode being an hour long homage to badass Sambot. Yay. But spoilers for the other upcoming episodes sound intruiging so maybe the pace and plot will pick up after that. Glad to see that we were right about the Atropos/Fate thing- I’m really curious what that’ll be all about.
And keeping my fingers crossed that the ratings continue to hold. As annoyed as I’ve been with parts of this season, I’m not ready to say goodbye to the show yet! |
BERKELEY -- A developer has proposed an upscale 355-unit apartment project downtown with views of the Golden Gate Bridge, community rooms with Wi-Fi, a fitness center and rooftop gardens.
HSR Berkeley Investments, managed by Los Angeles-based Hill Street Realty, is calling the $200 million project The Residences at Berkeley Plaza.
The developer already bought the buildings for the project bordered by Shattuck Avenue, Kittredge Street, Harold Way and Allston Way for $20 million. If approved the project would be the first of three 180-foot buildings allowed downtown under the 2010 voter-approved Measure R.
The Shattuck Hotel, also on that block, is separately owned and not part of the project.
Despite its promise to rejuvenate downtown, the project has sparked concerns. Preservationists question plans to demolish historic structures adjacent to the Shattuck Hotel to make way for the apartments, particularly the old Hinks department store building which now contains the Shattuck Cinemas. Developers plan to close the movie theater.
Steven Finacom, Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association board member, said the facade of the cinema building should be protected.
"There are these big beautiful windows all along Kittredge and around the corner onto Harold Way," which were painted over by the theater, he said.
Preservationists also question the project's impact on nearby historic buildings.
The concerns don't dampen
"No one's saying that there won't be some kind of impact," Rhoades said. "There will be an environmental impact report to work out."
Environmental Impact Reports mandate community input and can require project revisions.
Berkeley Planning Director Eric Angstadt estimates the revision and approval process could take two years.
"They've told us what they want to do and now we'll say what they can do," he said.
While he welcomes the project's high environmental standards and plans for open space, Councilman Jesse Arreguin, who represents downtown, said he has shared concerns with developers about the need for family housing.
"One of the issues I had raised with developers is if we want a broader mix of people living in the building, you've got to have larger units, multiple bedrooms," Arreguin said. "We need a downtown for everyone, not just people who make six figures."
As mandated by city statutes, 10 percent of the apartments will be available to very low-income earners. Arreguin said he'd like more affordable units, but Rhoades noted that 35 units constitute as many apartments as some stand-alone affordable projects.
The project calls for a 12,000-square-foot plaza with cafe seating on the ground floor, lush landscaping and public art. The plaza will be accessible to hotel patrons and will be "open to the public generally speaking," Rhoades said.
New apartment dwellers will infuse downtown with vitality and fill city coffers with tax dollars, Rhoades said. In addition to about 700 new tenants the project would bring to downtown, the city recently approved two other apartment buildings downtown, totaling about 300 units. |
In California, and to a lesser extent in many states, the problem of overcrowded community colleges and public universities is getting worse. To address this problem, many institutions are choosing to offer online programs, and students are enrolling. While online degree programs can help solve this crisis, there are program delivery, retention and degree-completion challenges posed by this type of learning that must be addressed if we are to serve students well.
A survey published this month by the League for Innovation in the Community College and the Campus Computing Project reports that community colleges are seeing increased enrollment in every major type of program, especially online programs.
The survey author reports that while colleges are hiring new faculty to serve this growing population, they are reducing the number of positions for academic counselors and others who help students, especially as they expand online offerings. He questioned the online expansion without the accompanying academic support.
I question it, too. Online degree programs offer solutions to overcrowded physical classrooms, and they provide a lower-cost, convenient alternative for students who want a college education but can’t attend a residential institution for any number of reasons.
However, launching an online degree program is not as simple as hiring adjunct professors and teaching courses that have been used in a physical campus setting. To do it right, you need a good learning management system, faculty who are experienced and effective online teachers, training and instructional design support, IT support and online tutors.
Of equal importance is an enhanced level of student support, especially help with financing a college education and with navigating the complex bureaucracy that we call higher education.
One way an institution can help students through this maze of financial aid forms, bursar office policies, registration deadlines, and graduation requirements is by utilizing success coaches.
Success coaches can be employed by the institution, independent contractors, or can be employees of retention service providers. Often these coaches are former K-12 educators or are career higher education professionals; some even possess executive, fitness, or health coach certification. Regardless of their background, they have a common interest in education and student success and have been trained as student service generalists who understand admissions, financial aid, registration, bursar policies, and academic support resources.
Arguably, the primary role of a coach is to provide support and direction through goal setting, organizational and time-management skill development, staying on task, problem resolution, and developing college survival skills. However, they also know enough about higher education and institutional policy to point students in the right direction for additional support.
Yes, success coaches do add expense and an additional layer of personnel to the institutional organizational chart. But if an institution expects to support students, grow enrollment and live up to a promise of being learner-centered, the provision of a success coach as a single point of contact is very important. That is because students demand, deserve, and expect to not get the run-around.
Students don’t want to have to contact four different offices to obtain answers on how to switch courses or resolve a student billing question. They appreciate the ability to contact one person who knows their background and challenges and can point them toward the correct institutional resource. In fact, if an institution can avoid the run-around and provide a better student experience it can be the difference in retaining students, ensuring that they ultimately accomplish their educational objectives and earn a degree.
One might suggest that higher education has flourished nicely for centuries without success coaches, so why do we need them now? I would submit that we are in a different time, with more first-generation and other non-traditional students entering our institutions than ever before. These students need support, but in this economy, they are not always getting it. And while success coaches can help and are helping on-campus students, I believe they are even more critical when employed in online programs.
At Tiffin University, we began using success coaches with our at-risk students on campus in the fall of 2007. In the fall of 2008, we took our best practices for on campus learning and applied them to online learning, when we created Ivy Bridge College of Tiffin University , an online associate degree program that offers students mentoring and support and transferability to most four-year colleges and universities.
Whether a student lives in Maine or Oregon, he or she has a success coach to help them make the transition from high school to college, and to keep them on track toward that associate degree and transfer to a four-year college or university.
Success coaches add cost to educating the online learner, but that cost is more than recouped in improved student experience, retention and degree completion. In our first year offering the Ivy Bridge College associate degree program, we have seen more than two-thirds of our students persist from the fall to spring semester, traditionally the most challenging for students. This is a persistence rate that would make many community colleges envious.
Higher education’s commitment to access for all who want to earn a college degree is being tested by the economy. I believe we will pass this test because we will find and implement innovative solutions that not only expand access, but also increase success through retention and degree completion.
If we are going to turn to online learning to solve the crisis of crowded classrooms, it is my firm belief that we must provide a heightened level of student support to ensure that these students will be successful. The provision of mentoring, encouragement and support through success coaching is an excellent way to address that need.
Otherwise, we’re setting many students up for failure.
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Northwestern will hold its annual Pro Day on Tuesday, March 5, and while it won’t be the most anticipated Pro Day in the country, it’s certainly an important day for NU’s NFL Draft hopefuls — none of whom were invited to the NFL Combine.
Despite having the winningest class in NU history, the class of 2013 isn’t high on NFL Draft talent. It’s an even lighter talent pool than last year’s “winningest class in NU history,” which produced just two players who were drafted — Jeremy Ebert of New England and Drake Dunsmore of Tampa Bay. Al Netter also earned a spot on the San Francisco practice squad, and Jordan Mabin did the same in Baltimore before he was cut.
This year, NU has seven players participating in Pro Day — DT Brian Arnfelt, CB Quinn Evans, WR Demetrius Fields, K Steve Flaherty, LB David Nwabuisi, OT Pat Ward and DE Quentin Williams — but as of now, none of them have particularly high NFL Draft stock. Evans, Flaherty and Arnfelt aren’t even listed on ESPN’s NFL Draft player list, and the top ranked player — Brian Mulroe as the No. 31 OG — isn’t even pursuing the draft.
CBS has just Mulroe, Nwabuisi and Ward listed, with Mulroe as the No. 25 OG, Nwabuisi as the No. 36 OLB and Ward as the No. 45 OT. So if any of these players have hope of getting drafted, they must perform well at Pro Day in order to get noticed. That doesn’t happen often, but such was the case for Jeremy Ebert last year.
Ebert wasn’t invited to the NFL Combine, but he ran a 4.38 40-yard dash, which was good enough to help him get drafted in the sixth round by the Patriots. Right now, the national scouting services aren’t projecting there to be any Eberts in this year’s class. Tuesday will be the first and final chance for these NU grads to prove them wrong.
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Step 1: Examine Remote Control Components
Note: The remote control used for this Instructable is a Blade MLP4DSM.
There are 4 channels which are used for flying:
Throttle (Up/Down in the air)
Elevator (Forward/Backward while flying)
Aileron (Left/Right while flying)
Rudder (Rotate Clockwise/Counter-clockwise while flying)
The two joysticks are connected to potentiometers which adjust the voltage of the circuit to which each are connected from the DC power source through to an Atmega88PA micro-controller.
The micro-controller measures the input voltages and converts them to digital PCM values which are sent to a transmitter chip which uses the Spektrum DSM2 protocol to communicate with the RC Helicopter.
Layman's Explanation:
(Note: this explanation is not 100% accurate but may be a helpful way to visualize and understand what is going on).
The batteries act as the both the source and the destination for the water (electricity) flowing through the pipes (circuit). The potentiometers connected to the joysticks on the front of the remote control act as gates which alter the level (voltage) of water flowing through the pipes. For example, when the throttle joystick is in the lowest position, where the rotor blades are normally off, the gate is entirely closes so no water is flowing throw the pipes and the voltage is zero. When the the throttle is in the highest position the gate is completely open and the water and voltage are likewise at their highest level.
If the pipes passed through a wheel on the way to their destination and that wheel turned the helicopter rotor blades, it might make sense that more water flowing through (high voltage) would turn the wheel and therefore rotor blades faster, allowing the helicopter to fly higher.
Now of course the joysticks and circuit we are talking about is on the remote control, not the helicopter, so we need a few extra steps.
In this imaginary example, the micro-controller measures the water level in the pipe as it flows past. This number represents the voltage and therefore the joystick position. The number is converted into a digital format and passed on to the transmitter, along with the number which correspond to all of the other joystick positions. The transmitter broadcasts these numbers to the helicopter. Finally the receiver in the helicopter talks to its own micro-controller which converts the digital values into the appropriate physical settings for the rotor blades and servos.
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Step 3: Connect Control Board to Logic Analyzer
For this Instructable first a Tektronix 1241 Logic Analyzer was used, then a Saleae Logic which allowed us to precisely measure the frequency with which frames of data were sent (22ms) including the format, quantity, and content of characters in each byte of its serial protocol (8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit), as well as its rate (133000 baud). Each frame contains 14 bytes which can be conveniently represented in hex notation.
Note: The baud rate quite critical. The closest standard baud to our target supported by most if not all serial devices (including the USB-to-Serial device we require) is 115200. This was too far out from our transmitter and during initial experimentation attempts at communication failed. It became necessary to select a USB-to-Serial device whose chipset permitted the setting of an arbitrary baud rate. For the final version we settled on a model which included a FTDI chipset (specifically the FT232 USB-Serial (UART) IC, see Glossary for details).
Attached to this step are example log files captured with the "Logic" software application freely available from Saleae. In the first file the throttle is completely in the down position, in the second file the throttle is completely in the up position.
More specific directions and discussion regards how to use a logic analyzer are beyond the scope of this document.
Layman's Explanation:
(Note: this explanation is not 100% accurate but may be a helpful way to visualize and understand what is going on)
In our earlier analogy, we stated that the water pressure and level as it flowed through pipes was akin to the voltage level of the electrical current flowing through our circuit, being altered by the "gates" of the joysticks being raised and lowered. As we learned by using the oscilloscope however, the signal sent between the micro-controller and the transmitter chip is digital, not analog. This effectively means that any time we take a measurement the water pipe will either be full, or empty at any given point, never in between. By alternating between these two extremes, binary numbers are being sent.
Another way to think about this is to imagine two people at either end of the pipe, a sender and a receiver. In this case the sender is the micro-controller (because it knows the value of the numbers to be sent) and the receiver is the transmitter chip. Attempting to send information by flooding and draining the pipes would be very slow, so instead they are using a flashlight to communicate in a form of morse code.
Every so often, the receiver will peek into the pipe and at the same moment the sender will either turn on the flashlight to indicate a one, or leave it off to indicate a zero. Each time this happens a single bit is communicated. This will happen rapidly eight times in a row, forming a byte. If every bit was a letter in a word, the work would be the byte. The logic analyzer further tells us that there are fourteen bytes or "words" in each sentence spoken by the micro-controller to the transmitter chip, and each sentence contains all of the joystick settings for each motion direction the remote control is capable of setting. The complete sentence gets constantly repeated approximately 45 times per second (once every 22ms) as long as the remote control is powered on.
The baud rate mentioned above as being critical would be the predetermined timing the sender and received would have agreed upon for sending flashes of light. In other words if the sender is going to send a flash once every five seconds but the receiver was only looking once every ten seconds, the receiver would only be there to witness half of the signals, and after the first view would record each of the subsequent bits in the wrong positions within the words they are recording. When we say the baud rate is 133000 what that actually means is there are up to 133,000 individual flashes happening every single second!
Step 4: Desolder Transmitter from Control Board
Had this not been the case we might have instead used the analog outputs of an Arduino to simulate the voltage levels normally indicated by the potentiometers.
As the transmitter chip was actually a separate circuit board (see photo) and there was enough clearance on the pins connecting the two for us to clip in, we might have been able to record and analyze all of the data being sent to it from the micro-controller without any physically modifications. However we eventually would want to be able to simulate these messages ourselves, which would require powering the transmitter board. If the power switch of the remote control was on then the micro-controller would also be sending data, which would conflict with the data we were generating. If we left the power switch off the transmitter board would also be off, preventing it from sending any data to the helicopter. We considered that we would be able to power the transmitter circuit from the USB-to-Serial cable, however we were not certain that the electricity applied at this point would not also flow back to the micro-controller.
Therefore we decided to desolder the transmitter chip from the remote control entirely as that was the only component we required for certain for our project.
Step.
Step 6: Test Flying RC Heliocopter from Command Console
In this example video the Radio Controlled Helicopter is first operated via the original remote control, then after switches on the prototype board are flipped, the command to "fly forward" is issued by the Puzzlebox Brainstorms software operating in console mode. Note there is a delay before the helicopter takes off during which time the sync between transmitter and helicopter is re-established.
Available console commands include the following:
Neutral: Use this command to establish initial sync with helicopter
python Helicopter_Control.py --command=neutral
Hover: Hover the helicopter in the air
python Helicopter_Control.py --command=hover
Fly Forward: Fly the helicopter forward, low to the ground so as to easily land
python Helicopter_Control.py --command=fly_forward
Read: Read data frames from the remote control and output them directly to the console
python Helicopter_Control.py --command=read
Step.
Step.
Step 9: Glossary, Link Index, and Credits
Ampere (amps)
Analog
Arduino
Atmega88PA
Baud
Binary
Bit
Blade mCX2 (Helicopter)
Blade MLP4DSM (Remote Control)
Brain-Computer Interface (BCI)
Byte
Digital
Electroencephalography
Emotiv EPOC
FTDI - Future Technology Devices International
Hackerspace
LEGO Mindstorms
Logic Analyzer
Morse Code
Neuron
NeuroSky MindSet
Noisebridge
Oscilloscope
PCM
Potentiometer
Puzzlebox Brainstorms
Python
Radio Controlled Helicopter
Saleae Logic
Serial
Spektrum DSM2
Voltage (volts)
Thanks
A special thanks to the following who helped contribute to this project:
Noisebridge Hackerspace
Miloh Alexander
Jake Walters
Tony Roberts
Paul Tonkin
Greg Smith
Chris Helly.
In other words, if you ever play sports such as basketball, while on the court taking foul shots one after another, you have to block the noise and distraction of people around you in order to focus on making the shots. In that moment, if you were doing well, you would tend to measure a high level of focus. If on the other hand you were shooting poorly because of someone shouting or the sun in your eyes, then you would tend to measure low focus.
Its the same if you are watching a boring television show (low focus) versus your favourite movie (high focus).
If you are trying to write a paper for class and you're not making any progress, you would tend to measure low focus, but if you knew everything you wanted to say and were typing it out as fast as your fingers would let you, you would tend to measure with high focus.
We use those high-focus-tendencies to make the helicopter fly. Whether you happen to be playing basketball, watching a movie, or writing a paper at the time you are wearing the headset doesn't affect the software - only how focused or engaged you are at the time.
I am waiting for your reply, Puzzle box synapse will work for radio frequency mind wave, else shall I buy mindband, Mindset is not possible because it is outdated manufacturing.....
Thanking you,
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M.Hariram Chandar
Chandru
But with some EEG paste and more electrodes, we can make this go
Forward, Backward, LAnd, Right, Left
I think we have to amplify the signal and decode it with a formula and program it
I think im gonna do this :)
Teaching yourself to control your brainwaves is actually quite simple and intuitive, at least for this application. All you have to do is focus your mind and maintain concentration. You can focus or concentrate on anything - doing math problems inside your head or naming every street and intersection between your home and school or office, that sort of thing.
If you wanted to perform more complex control there are methods to do that using Brain-Computer Interface, but they use different parts of the brain, such as the sensorimotor or visual cortex, requiring more electrodes with different placement on the head. Attention / Relaxation measurements are a great start with the equipment currently available at the consumer-grade level however.
We used a MindSet for this project but there is support for the $99 USD MindWave in the SVN for Puzzlebox Synapse.
Also it would be a bit of a pain to carry around a laptop when ever you want to fly it. Have you any ideas for a case design and making the whole thing smaller so you can have nothing but an electrode on your head and a little box in your pocket?
Regards the laptop question, it should be possible to port the code to run from an Arduino or similar embedded device.
-Hope that makes sense.
One suggestion would be to set the voltage levels of the joystick potentiometers manually using an Arduino or similar. In theory that should work with any type of remote control which has variable throttle and steering. |
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It's no secret: A diet rich in fruits and vegetables can play a key role in preventing chronic diseases and improving health.
As Americans strive to lead healthier lifestyles, different eating trends become more popular. The raw food diet is an example of one such trend.
What is the raw food diet? Is it just another fad diet or can it really be beneficial to your health?
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What Is the Raw Food Diet?
Although there are different versions of the raw food diet, they all have one thing in common: Foods can't be heated above 118° F.
Uncooked vegan foods make up most of the diet. These include:
Food processing is limited to blenders and dehydrators. Sometimes a process called fermentation is used to add flavor to food. In this process, yeast or bacteria is added to foods high in sugars and carbohydrates.
Although rare, when animal products are included they are eaten raw.
Why Go Raw?
Through the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, various doctors used raw foods as a form of alternative medicine to treat diseases. In 1986, Harvey and Marilyn Diamond published Fit for Life, a book promoting this idea. Since then, the raw food diet has gained popularity..
Are There Health Benefits to Eating Raw Food?
There's very little research on the raw food diet. Many health aspects of the raw food diet have come from conclusions drawn from research on vegetarian and vegan diets. (Vegan diets omit all animal products including meat, poultry, fish, eggs and dairy.)
Due to strict preparation guidelines, raw food dieters are less likely to eat meals outside of the home. This may mean that they eat less sodium and saturated fat.
Here's what the preliminary research on the raw food diet has found:
More research is needed to draw solid conclusions.
Are There Drawbacks?
Followers of the raw food diet are at risk for several nutrient deficiencies.
Protein
Preliminary studies have shown a significantly lower intake of protein among raw food dieters than the what is recommended for vegetarian adults (0.6 g/kg compared with 1.1 g/kg). To date, no recommendations for protein exist for the raw food diet.
Energy
The raw food diet meets approximately 73% of calorie needs required for adults. There are more underweight individuals in the raw food population than in the average population. In addition to decreased caloric intake, women experienced decreased or missed menstrual periods when starting the raw food diet.
Omega-3 fatty acids
No research has been done to look at levels of omega-3's among people who follow this diet. However, vegan diets often do not meet the requirements for omega-3 fatty acids. Sources include fish, eggs, flaxseed, walnuts, canola oil, olive oil and flax oil. People on the raw food diet may need to take supplements.
Vitamins and minerals
The raw food diet is often lacking many of the vitamins and minerals found in food from animal sources. These include B12, iron and vitamin D.
Lack of vitamin B12 in the raw food diet has been linked to higher levels of homocysteine, a risk factor for heart and blood vessel disease. Supplements are recommended.
Iron
Non-heme iron (from plants) is harder for the body to absorb than heme iron (from animals). However, many food preparation techniques used in the raw food diet may actually increase iron absorption from plant sources. Examples include soaking and sprouting beans, nuts, seeds and other legumes. Pairing vitamin C with plant sources of iron also aids absorption.
Vitamin D
The Institutes of Medicine recently increased recommendations for vitamin D. Vitamin D is found in some food sources such as eggs, fatty fish (salmon), liver and eggs. Some vitamin D is also found in fortified milks and juices, which are not included in the raw food diet because they are processed foods. If raw meat products are consumed, the recommendation for vitamin D intake is more likely to be met. Supplementation may be necessary.
Other nutrients
Zinc and calcium are commonly deficient in the raw food diet.
What About Food Safety?
Heat kills disease-causing microbes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Heating food to an internal temperature above 160° F, for even a few seconds, is enough to kill parasites, viruses or bacteria, except for Clostridium bacteria."
The foods most likely to be contaminated are raw animal foods, such as raw milk, eggs and meat. Recent outbreaks of foodborne illness have also been traced to raw fruits and vegetables. People especially at risk for foodborne illness include young children, pregnant women and the elderly.
Other Considerations
Preparing food without heat requires time, planning and special equipment. Not everyone may be able or willing to put in the time and effort this strict diet requires.
Certain nutrients are actually absorbed better when treated with heat. Lycopene, a carotenoid found in tomatoes, is absorbed more efficiently when cooked. Raw egg whites contain a compound called avidin, which decreases the absorption of biotin.
The Bottom Line.
Alexandra Kuznetsov, B.S. is a Dietetic Intern at Brigham and Women's Hospital. She graduated with a B.S. in Nutrition and Dietetics from New York University. |
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Published: Thursday, January 20, 2005
"It is precisely at times like this that human rights concerns cannot be set aside because the dangers are so great," Geoffrey Robinson
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UCLA Today Staff. This article first appeared in the UCLA Today.
UCLA alumnus Eugene Kim and his wife, Faye Wachs, were scuba diving in Thailand when the Indian Ocean tsunami sucked them 130 feet under the dark, swirling waters. Somehow, the Santa Monica couple survived and went on to help injured victims on the devastated Thai island where they were vacationing.
"It was one of the few times in your life when you're absolutely dependent on the forces of nature," said Kim, a transportation consultant, recounting the ordeal Jan. 13 at the School of Public Affairs, where he earned a Ph.D. in urban planning in 2000. "It was like a bomb going off, and we somehow survived it. It's very hard to understand."
The tsunami has been described as the first ever natural disaster on a global scale, given its international death toll. Yet what made it truly horrific was the utter lack of disaster preparedness in the worst hit areas, Geoff Robinson, associate professor of Southeast Asian history, noted at another Jan. 13 campus symposium, "The Tsunami and Its Aftermath: Aid, Economics, Politics and Culture," organized by the International Institute.
Helicoptors land on a debris-strewn beach.
The Indonesian province of Aceh had no humanitarian networks, logistics or infrastructure, and had been closed to journalists because the Indonesian military has been conducting a brutal counterinsurgency campaign against separatist rebels there, Robinson said. As a result, while horrific reports of the tsunami poured in from tourist rich Thailand and Sri Lanka, precious little was initially known about Aceh's devastation, even though two thirds of the 110,229 deaths reported there were of women and children.
"The United States has stood by and supported the [Indonesian] military as it has committed some of the most egregious violations of human rights," said Robinson, adding that U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell recently remarked that those concerns ought to be set aside to allow Indonesian troops to help Aceh's victims.
"It is precisely at times like this that human rights concerns cannot be set aside because the dangers are so great," Robinson added, explaining that the Indonesian military has curtailed the movement of foreign relief groups in Aceh, ostensibly to continue its crackdown on rebels.
"Predictably now there is also talk of restoring U.S. Indonesian military ties," which had been cut off after the Indonesian military had been found to be killing civilians in East Timor in 1999. Humanitarian relief alone is insufficient to heal Aceh's wounds, Robinson said, because "if the problem is man made, solutions, too, must be political."
The symposium was the first of a series of forums that the International Institute, with the Asia Institute taking the lead, plans to present in the aftermath of this global disaster. A Web site has also been launched to help the UCLA community understand the short and long term impacts of the disaster. Visit it at.
Among the most pressing concerns for survivors, especially children, is the state of their mental health, which almost always takes a back seat to relief efforts, said Alina Dorian of the School of Public Health. One way to reduce mental stress in children is to get them back into school, normalizing their routine, but "unfortunately in some places teachers were killed," according to Alan Steinberg, associate director of the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress at UCLA.
While funds have been pouring into relief agencies, many felt the need to do something else. The UCLA Medical Center's Spiritual Care Department held a memorial service in remembrance of the tsunami's victims on Jan. 14 in the NPH Auditorium.
"We've all been bombarded by the images of devastation and destruction," said the Rev. Sandra Yarlott, director of the department. "To see all these deaths "it's just difficult to comprehend. It's important to have a time to take all this into a healing space."
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Huh. I thought for sure I had left a comment on this someplace on this blog in the last year: before I go hunting through the PL or the Acta Sanctorum, let me know if the following sounds familiar. The beginning of a Latin passion of Sts Alban and Amphibalus begins with the narrator claiming that have discovered the story recorded (?? is this right?) on a crumbling ancient wall: check Bob Stein's book, since I learned about this in one of his classes. If I remember this correctly, it's perfect for your work. Of course, if you want to play with dinosaur bones, there's the bit at the end of Des Granz Geantz about the bones of giants evidencing the history Gogmagog tells Brutus. Neither of these points need to be main points of discussion in your essay, but each merits at least a rich footnote.
Ah. Wasn't that hard to find:
Cives quondam Verolamii, ob elationem cordis sui declarandam qualiter passus sit beatissimus Albanus in muris suæ civitatis sculptum reliquerunt: quam scripturam, longo post tempore, in muris eorum, jam ruinosis & ad ruinam inclinatis, inveni: vidique mœnia præ vetustate jam labi, infra quorum ambitum [Col. 0149D] B. Albanus graves in corpore pertulit cruciatus.
From Acta Sanctorum, "Albani, Amphibali & Sociorum anno DXC Anglice scripta. Interpr. Guilielmo monacho Albanensi," Jun IV. You may also wish to look at this, "Saints Alban and Amphibalus in the Works of Matthew Paris: Dublin, Trinity College MS 177," Florence McCulloch, in Speculum, Vol. 56, No. 4 (Oct., 1981), pp. 761-785..
I am at the beginning of sketching out something similar - but with a different approach and different exempla. I shall definitely have a look at your reading list. Here are some of the names on mine: Michael Shanks, Christopher Tilley, Daniel Miller and Ian Hodder..
the work of giants comes to mind....I can't think off the top of my head anyway of an actual reference to Pictish petroglyphs in medieval writers....ogam, yes, runes, yes. I would think though seriously that the OE poem The Ruin would be right up there for this. |
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Business in the body parts of persons with albinism (PWA) is increasingly becoming a cross border trade.
The founder and CEO of Under The Same Sun (UTSS), Peter Ash, told a press conference here yesterday that he has reasons to believe that an unidentified three-year old boy with albinism transported on a flight bound for Burkina Faso without any travel documents was a case of human trafficking.
He alleged that three men travelling with the boy were of African origin with French accent and were on transit from Tanzania heading to Ouagadougou.
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He went on to say that the child was with three men who looked suspicious and were flying to Burkina Faso via Nairobi, Kenya. The child was said to be travelling with them on the flight to the West African country.
When asked by reporters how he got the information of the alleged kidnapped boy reached him, Ash said that UTSS office had received an email from one Dr Pius Kamau who witnessed the incident in Kenya. Dr Kamau is a Kenyan-American national who was at the airport on 18th April 2012 when the alleged incident took place. The reporter of this article has obtained the following extract from the email sent to Ash.
“I write to tell you about my recent experience at the Nairobi airport which has left me devastated, confused and uncertain about what to do with the hope that you perhaps can look into this and if possible save a life.
I saw a three year old African albino in the company of three really disagreeable men who were arguing with the airline attendant about the child's lack of a passport on April 18th at about noon. They had come from Tanzania and were headed to Ouagadougou, in Burkina Faso. Eventually they were allowed to fly off with the child. Even though I wondered about the whole scene I did nothing and not sure I could have done anything. However, since last week I have been unable to think of much else other than the fate of the little albino boy, a likely sacrifice in witchcraft. I had heard of it before but seeing that child's innocent face and the three men's almost palpable sense of evil has brought it into focus for me. This is sadly on going in certain parts of Africa and is something I feel must be rooted out if we are to save albino children like the one I saw from unnecessary cruelty and inhumanity. I am not sure if there is anything you can do from that end and if you think I can help find this boy.
I am unable to forget this poor child's face. I was in Africa to continue to build a network of women scientists to come to the US for their PhD training and was on my way to Makerere College when I witnessed the incident I recount above. Many thanks. Dr. Pius Kamau”.
Ash said UTSS Headquarters in Canada has documentation of the killings from West Africa, South Africa and East Africa and that atrocities, discrimination and stigma against PWA is not a Tanzanian issue, but an African problem. “The killings of PWA, grave robberies and physical attacks that have been occurring in Tanzania have also been taking place in other countries of Africa and the world at large.”
Two weeks ago, the UTSS CEO contacted the airline concerned, Canadian High Commission in Kenya, The UN and several other agencies with the information in the hope of tracing the child with albinism. Hitherto, there has not been a single word from airline.
He wondered how a child of that age can travel without a passport, without a mother or without proper identification through an airport. “All the governments can point fingers at each other and everyone can try washing their hands that it is not their problem.
But who cares for the child, for his well being? Is he still alive? Is he dead? Have his body parts already been sold or is he being kept captive somewhere? What if that was your son?” Ash asks.
“I am a Canadian, as soon as I heard this information I couldn’t sleep, I kept emailing and phoning all night to find the whereabouts of the child. There is a tremendous lack of concern,” Ash told the press.
He called on the East African media to hold accountable the airline who he said have a CCTV footage at the airport, passenger manifest and flight attendants which could help in tracing the child.
Ash says he is sure there is a cross border activity and urged the Tanzanian Police, Interpol and Kenyan Police to work together on the issue. |
Celebrated vocalist Kasaloo Kyanga, who featured for several bands in Tanzania, died in Dar es Salaam yesterday.
The sad news began circulating across the city and beyond early yesterday morning as veteran musician Kikumbi Mwanza Mpango Mwema or popularly known as King Kiki confirmed of tragic death.
Kyanga, whose twin brother Kyanga Songa died about five years ago, dominated the music scenes in Tanzania and across the borders for more than a decade since 1980.
Kiki said Kasaloo died at Mwananyamala Hospital and his funeral arrangement is still in the process.
"I just have received telephone messages from close friends of Kasaloo, John Kitime, Abdul Salvador 'Father Kidevu' and others from his family confirming of his death," said Kiki.
Kitime and Salvador used to perform together with the late Kasaloo at the Iringa-based Tancut Almasi Orchestra music band in the 80s.
Kasaloo and his late brother Kyanga took a centre stage during the Tancut band’s performance when fans were treated with the famous 'Fimbo Lugoda' and 'Kinyekinye kisonzo tisa kumi Mangala' styles.
Kasaloo, who used to have first class metallic voice, arrived from the Democratic Republic of Congo (then Zaire) in 1980 and Orchestra Matimila Band under the late Remmy Ongala was his first band to work with.
He took the music world by storm for his famous compositions entitled 'Almasi', 'Bishada', 'Natoa Onyo', 'Usia' and many others.
Kasaloo had combined well with another Congolese musician Skassy Kasambula to send fans wild everywhere they staged a show.
Kasaloo, Kasambula and the late Semhando crossed over to Tomatoma as Kasaloo composed master hit, 'Mwanaidi'.
He was later absorbed by Orchestra Marquis Original where he joined his brother Songa in one of the most effective vocal combinations.
Kasaloo and Songa had their prominence and popularity hit the roof of music world as they came out with remarkable compositions such as 'Karubandika', 'Sofia', 'Clara', 'Hasira Hasara', 'Ni Wewe Pekee' and many others that won them accolades from the music fraternity across the world.
As it has been the case of musicians all over the world, the vocalist duo parted ways with Marquis to open their base in Iringa with the Tancut Almasi band.
'Masafa Marefu', 'Pili Wangu', 'Tutasele', 'Kiwele' and 'Jane Butinini' (wife of Kasaloo) were some of the hits that raised their status even further in the music world.
Butinini used to be a netball star who happened to be the sister of former Railways Football team from Morogoro,Duncan Butinini.
The sports desk of The Guardian has been deeply shocked by the passage of the musician and wishes his soul to rest in eternal peace. |
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
New York, NY – When it comes to food and beverage packaging, consumers are most likely to pay more for value-added features that relate to freshness and sustainability. This is the latest finding from a global study conducted by Ipsos InnoQuest..
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Vancouver, B.C. – It is that time of the year again and retailers are all wondering how they will fair in the 2012 holiday shopping season. In this fourth annual Holiday Shopping Study, Ipsos Reid investigates British Columbians’ attitudes toward holiday shopping and their specific holiday shopping behaviours, including those items shoppers are jotting down on their shopping and wish lists.
Friday, November 16, 2012
Vancouver, B.C. — Living close to the U.S. border provides many British Columbians with ample opportunities for cross-border shopping. According to a recent study by Ipsos Reid conducted in the fall of 2012, two-thirds of British Columbians (66%) have gone shopping across the U.S. border within the past year.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
New York, NY – To help clients win in market, Ipsos InnoQuest has developed a new Innovation Performance Framework that identifies nine drivers critical to innovation success. By using the Innovation Performance Framework as a guide, marketers will be able to focus – and control –the factors most likely to impact the success of their innovations..
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
New York, NY –To help marketers better gauge the success potential of their latest innovations, Ipsos InnoQuest, the innovation and forecasting experts at Ipsos, has developed a new Archetype IQ System for classifying consumer packaged goods innovations into 12 Archetype profiles....
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Vancouver, BC – Retailers' activities in helping to preserve and protect the environment are visibly still very relevant to British Columbians. According to a recent study by Ipsos Reid conducted in the spring of 2012, a large majority (71%) say that retailers' actions are either very or somewhat important in deciding where to shop. The importance placed on this aspect of a retailer's performance has remained high each time it has been tested (67% in 2011; 72% in 2010; and 74% in 2009)..
Monday, March 19, 2012
Paris, France - Ipsos is further specializing its marketing research services. To address the challenges clients face in today’s global marketplace, the research firm has just launched Ipsos InnoQuest, a new global practice of Ipsos Marketing which will focus exclusively on providing innovation and forecasting solutions to clients. Lauren Demar will serve as Global CEO for Ipsos InnoQuest.
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Vancouver, BC – An Ipsos Reid survey in British Columbia, conducted on behalf of ICBC, shows that most vehicle buyers are not readily thinking of “safety” when making a vehicle purchase decision. Instead, “price” and “fuel efficiency” are of greater top-of-mind consideration..
Monday, December 12, 2011
New York, NY – Nearly half of Americans (45%) say that quality is the factor that most influences their car-buying decision, according to a new telephone survey of over 1,000 U.S. adults conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs on behalf of CarMax. Among those who had purchased a car, 45% select quality as having the most impact on their decision, an increase of 8% since 2010. While quality was also the top factor last year, it was selected by less than four in ten (37%)..
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
Vancouver, BC — In its third annual Holiday Shopping Study, Ipsos Reid investigates holiday shopping behaviours, including which latest technology products British Columbians are jotting down on their holiday shopping and wish lists..
Thursday, October 06, 2011
Synovate was acquired by Ipsos in October 2011. The research discussed in this press release was conducted prior to the acquisition, using Synovate’s research policies and methodologies.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
New York, NY – The top benefits parents want their children to receive from eating healthy foods relate to heart health, reduced risk of disease, brain development and immunity. This is the latest finding from a global study conducted by Ipsos Marketing, Consumer Goods.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Toronto, ON – Eight in ten (80%) residents of Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax agree that they feel like they’re being ‘cheated by companies that appear to be selling ice cream when they’re not’, according to a new Ipsos Reid poll conducted on behalf of the Dairy Farmers of Canada.
New York, NY - While the majority of global consumers still perceive store brands to be the same as or better than national brands, a one year trend analysis indicates that their positive perceptions toward store brands may be starting to decline slightly. This is the latest finding from a study conducted by Ipsos Marketing, Consumer Goods.
Monday, May 30, 2011.
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
New York, NY – PayPal is helping to drive sales for most merchants who offer the payment service, according to a new Ipsos Public Affairs poll conducted on behalf of PayPal. Among online merchants who are able to track their sales say sales have increased an average of 18 percent since adding PayPal’s Express Checkout service. Eight in ten (83 percent) merchants have noticed a bump in sales, while just 17 percent say they haven’t noticed an increase..
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Toronto, ON – Canadians don’t know when they’ve been had, as eight in ten (78%) admit they don’t know how to tell if they’ve purchased a counterfeit item, according to a new Ipsos Reid poll conducted on behalf of Microsoft. Just two in ten (22%) say they know how to tell if they’ve purchased such an item. Men (25%) are more likely than women (18%) to say they know how to spot a fake, as are younger adults (30%) when compared to middle-aged (22%) or older (14%) Canadians. Most (68%) Canadians recognize that the counterfeit-goods market is a billion-dollar industry worldwide.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Montreal, QC – Newly released research conducted by Ipsos Reid on behalf of McDonalds Canada reveals that a large majority of Canadians are daily coffee consumers, drinking the beverage both at home and the workplace or school, as well as regularly in cafés and restaurants.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
New York, NY – Four in five adults (79%) believe that being able to charge their devices wirelessly would make their lives easier, according to a new Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of Duracell, a leading manufacturer of high-performance alkaline batteries. The survey shows that women are even more enthusiastic about charging their devices wirelessly than are men, as 82% of women agree – including 49% who completely agree – compared to 76% of men.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Toronto, ON – As Canada slowly works its way out of the recession, Canadians who own or lease vehicles are starting to think about their trade-in possibilities. A new Ipsos Reid poll, conducted on behalf of Canadian Black Book, has found that almost half (49%) ‘agree’ (20% strongly/29% somewhat) that they would like to get a new vehicle and one in ten (13%) ‘agree’ (3% strongly/9% somewhat) that they are planning to trade their vehicle before the end of this year. Canadians have shown their patience during the recession as four in ten (43%) Canadians, overall, ‘agree’ (16% strongly/28% somewhat) that the state of the economy has forced them to hold on to their current vehicle longer than they would like.
Monday, November 01, 2010
Toronto, ON – As the holiday season slowly approaches, Canadians are beginning to think about gift giving and receiving but fewer than half say they actually enjoy buying gifts for family and friends according to a new poll conducted by Ipsos Reid on behalf of Future Shop. Two in five (44%) Canadians say they ‘sometimes like the process of buying gifts, but sometimes it can be difficult and stressful’ while 9% ‘hardly ever enjoy buying gifts for family or friends’ as it is usually difficult and stressful.
Friday, October 29, 2010
New York, N.Y. – Over one in three (37%) online shoppers are planning to shop on Black Friday, according to a new Ipsos Public Affairs telephone survey conducted on behalf of Offers.com..
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Toronto, ON – The introduction of the Harmonized Sales Tax has been widely unpopular throughout the province and has affected the cost of a range of goods and services. One such issue has been whether the price of a resale home that has been previously occupied, as opposed to a newly constructed home, has been affected by the HST. When asked whether the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) apply to the purchase price of a resale home, over half (56%) of Ontarians said ‘yes’ according to a new poll conducted by Ipsos Reid on behalf of the Ontario Real Estate Association. An equal of proportion of men and women (56%) think the HST applies to the purchase price of a resale home. The majority (55%) of Ontarians between the ages of 18-34 as well as 35-54 agree, as do almost six in ten (59%) of those 55 and over. Seven in ten (71%) of residents in Northern Ontario say ‘yes’ too, as do 59% of those in the South West and East, 54% in the Greater Toronto Area and just half (51%) of those in Central Ontario. Ontarians with kids are more likely to believe the HST applies to the purchase price of a resale home compared to 56% of those without kids in their household.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Toronto, ON – A new Ipsos Reid study of accessories purchases in Canada shows that on items such as sunglasses, wallets, watches and jewelry, the spending habits of Canadians varies by product, gender and season. In particular, the Ipsos Reid Canadian Accessories Tracker shows some very defined differences between the ways and the amounts men and women spend in this segment., September 30, 2010
New York, NY – Thinking about factors that influence their car-buying decision, Americans are most likely to say quality has the greatest impact, according to a new telephone survey of over 1,000 U.S. adults conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs on behalf of CarMax.
More than a third of Americans who have purchased a vehicle say quality has the greatest influence on their car-buying decision (37%), followed by price (28%) and safety (22%). Americans are far less likely to say environmental factors (6%) or resale value (4%) is the main influence on their vehicle purchase..
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
New York, NY – Consumer interest in food and beverages that offer better digestive health, increased energy, weight loss, and healthy blood sugar levels is greater than or similar to interest in vitamins and supplements that provide the same health and wellness benefits. This is the latest finding from a global study conducted by Ipsos Marketing, Consumer Goods..”
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Chicago, IL – How can non-grocery retail marketers create meal ideas and inspire shoppers in their aisles? Donna Wydra, Senior Vice President with Ipsos Marketing’s U.S. shopper insight practice will be probing that topic at the 10th annual IIR Shopper Insights in Action Conference, being held July 11-14 in Chicago. Wydra will be co-presenting with Liz Mohr, Shopper Insights and Analytics Director at ConAgra Foods. The presentation will examine consumer attitudes and behaviors and help inform the shopper marketing decisions of non-grocery retailers.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Vancouver, BC – Ipsos Reid's 2010 Excellence in Retailing Study conducted jointly with Shelfspace – The Association for Retail Entrepreneurs, reveals that a retailer's customer service goes a long way to win over potential customers in BC.
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
New York, NY – Consumers from around the world feel strongly that store brands are the same as, or better than, national brands at providing a variety of benefits. This is the latest finding from a study conducted by Ipsos Marketing, Consumer Goods.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Vancouver, BC – Results from Ipsos Reid's 2010 Retailers and the Environment Study reveals that fewer British Columbians view a retailer's environmental actions as a key factor in choosing where they shop compared to two years ago.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Vancouver, BC – 'Tis the season for opening wallets for gifts, entertainment, travel, and celebrations, but will shoppers' spending change during the holiday given the current state of economy? To find out, Ipsos Reid launched a new study to examine the purchase behaviour of adult British Columbians when it comes to shopping during the 2009 holiday season.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
New York, NY - Value is a top priority when purchasing consumer packaged goods products, according to findings from a study conducted by Ipsos Marketing, Consumer Goods. When asked what thoughts crossed their minds when making decisions to purchase food, household and personal products on their most recent grocery shopping trip, almost two-thirds (64%) of global consumers indicated value for the money.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
New York, NY - A recent study conducted by Ipsos Marketing, Consumer Goods shows that while global consumers do not find the consumer packaged goods sector to be particularly innovative, there is high demand for new food, household and personal products in the market.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
New York, NY – A new study conducted by Ipsos Marketing, Consumer Goods indicates that global consumers have readjusted their priorities regarding food products. Fresher ingredients. Increased health benefits. More environmentally friendly packaging. These are the top priorities global consumers are placing on food companies.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
New York, NY – Consumers around the world are more wary of trying new consumer goods products when they sense the economy is slowing down. This is the finding of a recent Ipsos Marketing, Consumer Goods study on global consumer attitudes and behavior that covered 18 countries around the world. In fact, more than half of global consumers shy away from new grocery, personal and household products during an economic downturn..
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
New York, NY – While car buyers regard price as a top consideration, roughly a quarter (23%) say that their worst mistake when purchasing a car was overpaying for a new car that quickly depreciated in value, according to a new survey of over 1,000 U.S. adults conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs on behalf of CarMax.
Monday, December 08, 2008
Toronto, ON – According to a new Ipsos Reid poll conducted on behalf of Wal-Mart Canada, nearly one-half of Canadians intend to do more of their Christmas shopping at Wal-Mart this year than last. More specifically, 43% intend to shop more at Wal-Mart this Christmas than last year, while two in ten (20%) intend to shop at Wal-Mart about the same amount this year as they did last year..
Monday, September 15, 2008
Toronto, ON – A new Ipsos Reid poll conducted on behalf of National PR/GE reveals that nearly three in ten Canadians (28%) consider themselves to be laundry “experts” – they know exactly how much water and soap to use and can remove every stain on their family's clothing..
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Calgary, AB - The supply, price, and environmental costs of electricity are increasingly important issues across Canada. Consumers can become more energy efficient and potentially reduce costs by using Smart Meters, which track how much and when electricity is used in their homes. As part of a new study, Energy and the Internet, Ipsos Reid investigated Canadians’ awareness and interest in Smart Meter technology.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Toronto, ON – It appears that there are few limits as to how online Canadians like to enjoy their computer games. A new poll conducted by Ipsos Reid on behalf of Microsoft has found that one in five Canadian men (17%) has played a computer game in the nude. A smaller percentage of women (9%) have done the same.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Toronto, ON – It appears that Ontarians are not ready to compromise when it comes to their ice cream. According to a new poll conducted by Ipsos Reid on behalf of the Dairy Farmers of Ontario, nine in ten (88%) Ontarians say that it’s important (59% “very important”/29% “somewhat important”) that the ice cream they buy from the dairy freezer is “real ice cream made from milk and not a frozen dessert made from vegetable oils”. As well, nearly all Ontarians (96%) say that they prefer to serve real ice cream to their children, rather than a frozen dessert made from vegetable oils..
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Toronto, ON – A new Ipsos Reid poll conducted on behalf of Hewlett Packard finds that no matter the size of their small or medium-sized business, a majority (59%) of SMB owners say that branding their business is a ‘priority’ (28% very high/31% somewhat high). In fact, just two in ten (18%) say it’s ‘not a priority at all’, while one quarter (23%) would say it’s ‘not much of a priority’. Furthermore, two thirds (66%) agree (27% strongly/39% somewhat) that developing and then marketing that brand is a priority for their business.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
The Topline results for this poll are now available for download..
Friday, February 23, 2007
Toronto, On – Nearly all Canadians (96%) say they would likely try to save energy if it “just involved simple changes in their day-to-day household activities”, according to a new Ipsos Reid survey conducted on behalf of Tide Coldwater Detergent. But many Canadians don’t realise the significant household energy savings they can gain by washing their clothes in cold water rather than warm water: most (68%) estimate that they could save less than 75% of household energy used per load by using cold water over warm.
Friday, November 03, 2006
Toronto, ON – A new Ipsos Reid survey conducted on behalf of LG Electronics Canada asked Canadians about their attitudes towards cell phones.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Toronto, ON - Canadian Tire Financial Services will soon be offering new financial services and products in two test markets--Calgary, Alberta and Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. A new Ipsos Reid survey of adult residents of Calgary and Kitchener-Waterloo adults finds that residents think it's important that Canadians are not limited to just traditional banks (89% in Calgary and 90% in Kitchener-Waterloo). Moreover, most would be interested in obtaining financial services and products at an institution other than a traditional bank (63% in Calgary and 69% in Kitchener-Waterloo).
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
New York, NY – To help consumer products manufacturers make better decisions about which products to include in their product lineups, Ipsos Insight has introduced Line Evolution™, a proprietary line optimization solution that takes into account consumer need states, retail space limitations, and the reality of stock outages.
Monday, July 31, 2006
Toronto, ON - According to a new survey conducted by Ipsos Reid on behalf of SC Johnson, strong majorities of Canadians like a clean home and a clean shower, but they certainly would like to be able to spend less time cleaning and would appreciate any help they can get in making their chores easier.
Friday, July 21, 2006
New York, NY— Leading survey-based market research firm Ipsos Insight today unveiled its new InnoTrack tool, which measures how well a new product has performed in the market—domestic or global—versus expectations. Unlike syndicated services, InnoTrack sheds light on why products perform the way they do by identifying consumer motivations and deterrents to trial and repeat., May 15, 2006
New York, NY — Leading survey-based market research firm Ipsos today unveiled its new Product Precision™ product testing system, which features data-driven direction and consulting for developing successful new products, enhancing existing products, and making smart decisions about cost reductions. Product Precision addresses business issues that arise throughout the product lifecycle, using test designs tailored to the client’s specific business objectives, whether measuring the success of a new product, improving product performance, assessing reformulation risk, or reducing costs.
Thursday, October 06, 2005
New York, NY — Ipsos Insight, the flagship marketing research division of Ipsos in the U.S., announced that David Nemiah has joined the company’s consumer products research division as Vice President, Global Equity & Branding.
Friday, June 17, 2005
New York, NY — Ipsos-Insight, the flagship marketing research division of Ipsos in the U.S., announced that Becki Meyer has joined the company’s Consumer Products Division as Vice President in its Cincinnati office. Meyer will lead the Ipsos-Insight teams providing strategic marketing research support and consulting to leading packaged goods clients.
Monday, January 17, 2005
Vancouver, BC — An Ipsos-Reid survey conducted on behalf of Coast Capital Savings shows that Canadians 19–55 are heavy financial transactors, making 43.3 transactions per month, on average. Chequing account holders in this age group currently pay $21.50 per month, on average, in service fees on their main chequing account. A large minority (40%) feel that the fees charged on their main chequing account are unfair. |
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EḴTĪĀRĀT (choices, elections), a term used in Islamic divination and astrology in at least four principle meanings:
1. It refers to hemerologies in which each of the thirty days of a month, either synodic or conventional (e.g., the Persian hemerology), is characterized as being good (saʿd) or bad (naḥs) for undertaking specified activities. 2. The goodness or badness of the time for activities depends on the lunar station (manzel al-qamar) occupied by the moon. 3. The goodness or badness of the time for activities depends on the zodiacal sign occupied by the moon. 4. The type of astrology usually denominated catarchic (ḥokm al-nojūm) is often associated with the word eḵtīārāt; in Islamic astrology, following a Sasanian precedent, this is confounded with interrogations (masāʾel).
1. The earliest hemerologies are those of Mesopotamia, in which each day of each month is usually given a religious significance as well as a number of activities to be undertaken or avoided (Labat, 1939). There also exists a far simpler form in which each day in each month is either favorable or unfavorable, or is associated with a single activity (Labat, 1943; for further Mesopotamian sources see Reiner, pp. 111-12). A Persian hemerology that may be related to this Mesopotamian tradition is found in the Andarz ī Ādurbād īMahraspandān (secs. 119-48, I, pp. 58-71, tr. in Zaehner, pp. 101-10). In this text the thirty days of a Persian month are identified by their associated deities, and one or two activities are advised to be engaged in or avoided on each. Perhaps related to a Persian tradition, though not to the Andarz of Ādurbād, is the Mandaean hemerology in chapter 8 of The Book of the Zodiac (Drower, pp. 88-92). This is a combination of three sources, excerpted for each of the thirty days of a month, and listing activities to be undertaken or avoided and prognostications for one who becomes ill and for one who is born on that day. Close to this is a Greek text published in Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum Graecorum (XI/1, pp. 134-44; this text cites Melampus, for whom see the lunarium conflated from Melampus and another “Egyptian” book in VIII/4, pp. 105-07).
Reflecting to some extent the contents of the Andarz of Ādurbād is an Arabic bookattributed to Imam Jaʿfar al-Ṣādeq (see Sezgin, GAS VII, pp. 323-24, 373). It is also very close in content to the chapter of the Mandaean Book of the Zodiac referred to above; but in addition contains parts of the associations of the thirty days of the month with stories from the Old Testament found in many similar Byzantine hemerologies (Catalogus III, pp. 32-39, X, pp. 121-26, ascribed to David and Solomon, 196-200, 243-47, XI/2, pp. 157-62). The Mandaean and the Byzantine hemerologies along with Jaʿfar al-Ṣādeq’s Ketāb all share a common source.
Also attributed to Jaʿfar al-Ṣādeq are the short hemerologies which, like the second Mesopotamian text (Labat, 1943), do little more than indicate that the day is favorable or unfavorable (see, e.g., Ruska,II, pp. 35-36; for similar works in Syriac and Greek, see Budge, II, pp. 557-59; CCAG 8/4, pp. 102-04). Ebied and Young (p. 296, n. 3) mention a long hemerology in Arabic attributed to Daniel, Salmān the Persian, and Jaʿfar al-Ṣādeq, which, they say, has a number of features reflecting Zoroastrian concepts. They state that they are preparing an edition; it seems not yet to have appeared.
2. The second type of elections originated in India, where it is the basic form of their science of catarchic astrology (muhūrtaśāstra); there the operative variable is the nakṣatra in which the moon is located (Pingree, Jyotiḥśāstra,chap. 6, pp. 101-09). In Sasanian Persia there seems to have been an adaptation of this methodology in which the nakṣatras were given Persian names (for these names, see Henning, esp. pp. 242-46). Later, they were identified with the Arabic manāzel al-qamar; and there exists in the Ketāb al-bāreʿfī aḥkām al-nojūm of ʿAlī b. Abi’l-Rejāl (Sezgin, GAS VII, pp. 186-87), a chapter (21 of book 7) in which for each manzel (station) occupied by the moon are given the elections according to the Indians, to Dorotheus (in part concocted from the fifth book of his work), and to the Persians, as well as the fates of male and female natives and a description of the manzel’s image for use in astral magic; there is a Byzantine translation of this astrological text (Catalogus IX/1, pp. 141-56). Such a text also appears in the Ḡāyat at al-ḥakīm ascribed to Abū Maslama Majrīṭī (ed. H. Ritter, Leipzig, 1933, bk. 1, chap. 4, pp. 14-26; Byzantine texts are found in Catalogus V/3, pp. 90-93, VIII/1, pp. 218-19).
3. The judgement that it is or it is not propitious to begin a specified activity when the moon is in a designated zodiacal sign occurs first in Akkadian texts of the Seleucid period (Reiner, pp.108-11). The principal Greek source of such teachings was the astrological poem of Dorotheus of Sidon (bk. 5 passim), which had been translated into Pahlavi in the third century, and from that language was translated into Arabic by ʿOmar b. Farroḵān Ṭabarī (Dorothei Sidonii Carmen Astrologicum, ed. D. Pingree, Leipzig, 1976) and, at least in part, by Māšāʾ-Allāh (D. Pingree, “Māshāʾallāh”). Other elements of this form of elections are found in the Apotelesmatica of Hephaestio of Thebes (ed. D. Pingree, Leipzig, 1973, bk. 3, chap. 5, pp. 240-51; cf. also Catalogus V/3, pp. 94-96). Hephaestio was read by Theophilus (Ṯawfīl b. Ṯūmā) of Edessa, and introduced by him to Māšāʾ-Allāh (both were at the ʿAbbasid court during the last half of the 8th century). From these Greek sources—Dorotheus and Hephaestio—, as filtered through Māšāʾ-Allāh, elections based on the zodiacal sign occupied by the moon became an integral part of astrology as practiced in the Islamic world. Thus, for example, Naṣīr-al-Dīn Ṭūsī came to write in Persian an Eḵtīārāt masīr al-qamar, otherwise known as the Eḵtīārāt-e qamar fī borūj-e eṯnay ʿašar (Storey, II, pp. 54-55).
4.ñāna), in which the judgment concerning an activity was based on the horoscope of the moment at which the question was posed to the astrologer. Both Indian muhūrtaśāstra and praśnajñāna were transmitted to Persia during the Sasanian era, and there blended with the Pahlavi translations of Dorotheus and Vettius Valens into an ambiguous science of elections, which was partly catarchic, partly interrogational. To the subject normally addressed by the Greek astrologers, the Indians added military astrology, by which kings and generals may be advised. To the subjects addressed by both Greek and Indian astrologers, the Persians added political astrology, by which both the governors and their potential or actual rivals may be advised (this dangerous aspect of astrology had long been banned in the Roman empire; see Cramer).
The Pahlavi books on elections are now all lost, but we know of them through the Greek works of Theophilus of Edessa, the Arabic translations of Dorotheus and Valens (Wālīs), the writings attributed to Zoroaster and to Bozorgmehr (q.v.), and the Arabic works of a number of astrologers of Persian background who wrote in the late eighth and ninth centuries, notably Māšāʾ-Allāh, ʿOmar b. Farroḵān Ṭabarī, and Sahl b. Bešr (Ketāb al-eḵtīārāt ʿala’l-boyūt al-eṯnay ʿašar). Based on this early Arabic tradition are several treatises written in Persian. None of them has yet been published or studied, so that little more can be done here than to name them. The earliest is a Ketāb-e eḵtīārāt composed at the order of Sultan Sanjar Saljūqī (r. 511-52/1117-57; Storey, II, p. 46). In the first decade of the thirteenth century Faḵr-al-Dīn Moḥammad b. ʿOmar Rāzī (d. 606/1209) composed a Ketāb al-eḵtīārāt al-ʿalāʾīya fi’l-eḵtīārātal-samāʾīya for Sultan ʿAlāʾ-al-Dīn Moḥammad Ḵᵛārazmšāh (r. 596-617/1200-20). Rāzī himself later translated this into Arabic (Storey, II, p. 49). And on either 20 Rajab 663/8 May 1265 or 9 Jomādā I 670/13 December 1271 Naṣīr-al-Dīn Ṭūsī completed, at Marāḡa, a Persian translation of and commentary on the Ketāb al-ṯamara of pseudo-Ptolemy; he had undertaken this work at the request of Bahāʾ-al-Dīn Moḥammad Joveynī (Storey, II, pp. 36-37).
See also ASTROLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; DIVINATION.
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(David Pingree)
Originally Published: December 15, 1998
Last Updated: December 9, 2011
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The tax deduction scheme takes effect for donations of money on or after 15 Feb 2007 (i.e. Budget 2007).
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This partnership between Asheesh Dewan, owner of the outstanding.
Ananda's executive chef is Sunil Ghai, who has been working in the Jaipur restaurants for eight years, and is known for an impressive understanding of Indian cooking and remarkable finesse with spicing; prior to Ananda’s opening, Sunil spent several months working in Benares, and, together with Atul, has developed a highly innovative and contemporary menu.
Don’t come to Ananda expecting standard samosas and chicken tikka – instead be prepared for culinary treats that challenge the broadest perceptions of Indian cooking. A vegetable korma might feature fragrant apricots and sage, seared scallops might come spice-crusted on polenta and coconut, lamb shanks might be slow cooked in Kashmiri chilli and pine extract.
A great way to sample four dishes in one is to order Ananda’s thaali, available as a vegetarian choice or with meat and seafood. This selection of four complimentary dishes, served with rice and excellent naan, showcases the breadth of skill in the kitchen, and is a knockout dish. Interestingly, each menu contains a wine list, which is a useful idea, although it would be more user-friendly to see the food up front, and the wine list at the back.
This Dublin restaurants got a good choice of wines, by both the glass and bottle, most of which are accessibly priced. Cobra and Tiger beers are available too, although not on the menu.
The creative vision in the kitchen has been carried through to the glamorous dining room, which has taken the best of Indian design and given it a stylish contemporary twist. Flock fabric chairs in jewel colours sit beneath organically shaped lamps that seem to float like giant jellyfish.
Alcoves are trimmed with subtle dark woodcarvings, evoking the palaces of Rajasthan; bright canvasses of rural scenes reference the colourful southern provinces; richly coloured walls evoke the vibrant saris that dot India’s streetscapes. All these elements have been perfectly tied together on a pale striped carpet to create a stylish, comfortable and highly distinctive dining room.
The purity of flavours, the wonderfully presented dishes, the smart service and the beautiful dining room make Ananda appealing on so many levels.
For the quality of cooking on offer, it offers surprisingly good value too.
* Also at: Jaipur Dalkey, Co.Dublin; Jaipur Malahide, Co.Dublin; Jaipur Dublin 2; Jaipur Ongar & Chakra by Jaipur, Greystones.
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If the myths are to be believed, Ireland is Europe’s funny bone. Over the past few decades, the island has sent comedians into the world like lemmings over a cliff. In 2013, one city is laying claim to the title of Ireland’s comedy capital. They’re joking, right?
The Irish comedian Andrew Maxwell is on his way to visit Derry-Londonderry and he has a confession to make: “Of all the cities in Ireland, this is probably the most of a mystery to me.”
Up until recently, he wouldn’t have been alone. If you cornered most comedians and pressed them about the world’s comedy capitals, they would have trotted out the big-hitters: Edinburgh, London, New York, and Montreal. Dublin maybe. Even Kilkenny, thanks to the Cat Laughs festival, might make the cut with real connoisseurs.
But in 2013, Derry-Londonderry is edging its way onto that list.
Derry-Londonderry has attracted the cream of Ireland’s comedy crop to its stages. Comedian Jimmy Carr (a self-confessed “Plastic Paddy”, Carr holds an Irish passport) returns to the city this February, while Wicklow-born Dara Ó Briain and Perrier Comedy Award-winning Dubliner David O’Doherty have also had the crowds enjoying a good laugh in the past.
Should the gig go wrong, should the sound of wheezing laughter be replaced with the “dong” of lead balloons falling, it’s the promoter who pays. And right now, in Derry-Londonderry, promoter Eavan King is the Queen of Comedy. In an interview with Culture Northern Ireland, King moved the spotlight onto what has become a comedy institution in the city: Masons…
“It's a great venue; intimate, with a friendly crowd who are there to have fun, not to heckle or find fault. Once you get the venue right everything else falls into place, including having bigger names eager to play to the local crowds.”
If Masons is the grass roots of giggles in the city, The Playhouse is Carnegie Hall. And here’s the kicker about comedy in Derry-Londonderry: on one stage, a star is being born; on another, an established comic holds hundreds in the palm of his hand.
The latter stage is generally The Playhouse.
Comedy festivals are like a bag of assorted sweets. Mostly what you’ll get is something sweet and satisfying. From time to time, you’ll end up with that orange liqueur and an aftertaste that just won’t go away.
When The Playhouse established the Big Tickle Comedy Festival, they wanted all their sweets to leave a good taste.
As a Big Tickle organiser and part of The Playhouse furniture, Aine McCarron is one of those people you’d see in a “Dream Jobs” article. She explains the buzz (and possibly the relief) when a festival act really delivers: “There’s something very exciting about watching a comedian work with an audience in such an intimate environment as The Playhouse. The comedian can always create a great dialogue and repertoire with his or her audience.”
From the apparent success of Big Tickle, it would seem the acts are hitting the mark with satisfying regularity:
“The festival has gone from strength to strength since it first started in 2004. You can tell it’s grabbed the imagination because the buzz builds weeks before it begins in September. Sure, we all need a laugh,” says McCarron.
Don’t we just.
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"George Nash is the dean and the leading light of historians of the American conservative movement. No one knows more about American conservatism’s past, and in Reappraising the Right he shares that knowledge with us, and also his wisdom about where conservatism can go from here."— MICHAEL BARONE, coauthor of The Almanac of American Politics
"A tour de force. Exhaustively researched and brilliantly written, Reappraising the Right further solidifies Nash’s sterling reputation as America’s premier intellectual historian of conservatism. No student of American political philosophy and politics should be without this sequel to Nash’s landmark work The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945. The two constitute the bookends, the alpha and omega, to understanding conservatism in America."— CHARLES W. DUNN, Regent University, editor of The Future of Conservatism
"George Nash, the preeminent historian of American conservatism, brings to this far-reaching work a vast and unsurpassed knowledge of the political and intellectual revolution that occurred in postwar America with the rise of the Right. There are many books on conservatism, but this is one that needs to be read both by those unfamiliar with the story and by political insiders."— DONALD T. CRITCHLOW, Saint Louis University, author of Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism
"When George Nash speaks, conservatives listen—especially when he reassures us in this splendid and perceptive book that we have a future as well as a past."— LEE EDWARDS, Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought, the Heritage Foundation
"Scholars and laymen alike will profit from these pieces. They are a joy to read and fine specimens of the historians craft. . . Reappraising the Right is worth purchasing for the chapters on Jewish conservatives alone, and historians of 20th century intellectual thought will find much to value in this book."— History News Network
"This new book may provide the single most lucid analysis available of the varieties of American conservatism and their common convictions, mutual opponents, and underlying antagonisms. . . . It persuasively argues that to persevere today, conservatives must learn in changed circumstances how to preserve its sources and navigate its crosscurrents. . . . A graceful and incisive exploration of the history of conservatism in America."— The Weekly Standard
“[Nash] has impeccable scholarly credentials . . . [and] brings to the current subject a historian’s perspective and an unwaveringly irenic temper. . . . Nash’s interest in things conservative is so catholic and comprehensive that very little of what needs to be said about modern conservatism is left out.”— First Things
“Even for those who are familiar with his subject, there is much in these essays that is new and insight¬ful. . . . Whether talk¬ing about conservative think tanks, the influence of the Southern Agrarian Richard Weaver, the ambivalences of Whittaker Chambers, William F. Buckley Jr.’s writing habits, or the career of Herbert Hoover, Nash is usually enlightening.”— The American Conservative
“Nash’s pellucid prose ensures that scholars and laymen alike will profit from these pieces. They are a joy to read and fine specimens of the historian’s craft. . . . Nash is a genteel and charming writer, fair-minded, and a meticulous researcher.”— History News Network
“Masterful . . . Eloquently and engaging¬ly, [Nash] unveils the story of one of this nation’s most important intellectual and political movements of the 20th century—the conservative move¬ment. . . . Nash’s book gives the best and most complete history of American religious conservatism anywhere.”— Citizen
“An intriguing look at the right end of the political spectrum, highly intriguing reading.”— Midwest Book Review
"Those readaing Nash's collection of essays and addresses will gaingreater leverage in evaluating much of the recent writings that foretell conservatism's imminent doom"— Springer
Interview with George H. Nash, author of
Reappraising the Right
Dr. Nash, why did you decide to publish this book?
For two reasons: to contribute to the scholarly understanding of American conservatism And because the time is ripe.
What do you mean, “the time is ripe”?
As i was preparing this volume for publication, the president of the United States and his entourage were engaged in a noisy, public argument with a fellow named Rush Limbaugh, a man considered by many to be the most influential spokesman for American conservatism at this time. Meanwhile many on the political left are gleefully claiming that conservatism in the United States is in terminal disarray. They say it is brain-dead. A few on the right seem half-inclined to agree. Here and there intramural squabbles are breaking out among conservatives as they try to regroup after last year’s election. So 2009 seems like a highly appropriate time for conservatives especially—and others, too—to pause and take stock of this once-dominant political and intellectual movement. That is where I come in.
How so?
I am a professional historian and student of American conservatism. I have researched, written, and lectured about this subject since the 1970s, beginning with my doctoral dissertation at Harvard University. My first book, the conservative intellectual movement in America since 1945, was published in 1976 and is still in print (in updated form). So I bring to this much disputed subject something few people have: historical perspective.
But isn’t conservatism passé now? Wasn’t it just repudiated at the polls?
Well, we shall see. One of the themes of my new book is that in the past few decades American conservatism has grown in intellectual sophistication and political heft to become a competitive and powerful presence in our public life. Along the way it has built an elaborate infrastructure of media and think tanks that shows few signs of withering away. Come what may in the long run, it appears to me as a historian that in the short run—the next five or ten years—conservatives will be important participants in our national conversation.
It sounds like you are telling conservatives to take courage.
Yes, you could say that. I also believe that the current season of soul searching on the right is a good moment for conservatives to take a “refresher course,” reexamine their roots, and deepen their self-understanding. My book can help them do this.
I have looked at the table of contents of your book. You seem to write mainly about intellectuals, including some I have never heard of. Why?
Because--contrary to popular stereotype—the conservative coalition that developed in the past two generations has been motivated not so much by “special interests” as by ideas. The Conservative movement as we know it today exemplifies the truth of Mazzini’s remark: “ideas rule the world and its events.” Or as conservatives like to say (borrowing from a book title by Richard m. Weaver): “ideas have consequences.”
Are you saying that conservative politicians like Ronald Reagan were not so important?
Not at all. But conservatism in America has always been more than just a tune played by republican politicos. Before Reagan, before newt Gingrich, before Sarah Palin and other conservative icons, there were the writers, philosophers, economists, historians, and literary giants who articulated what conservatives believed and should believe. People like William f. Buckley Jr., Russell Kirk, and Friedrich Hayek—all of whom i appraise in my new volume. These brilliant individuals laid the intellectual foundations and supplied the “idea power” which conservative activists exploited in the public arena during “the age of Reagan.” Reagan, by the way, was an avid man of ideas himself—something of an intellectual, really, as you will discover in my chapter on him in my book.
You seem to take a special interest in Herbert Hoover—not exactly a conservative favorite these days. Why?
I have written a comprehensive, three-volume, scholarly biography of Hoover, one of the most accomplished and elusive figures in our country’s history—a man who saved more lives (in his humanitarian work) than any other person who has ever lived. But more importantly for the theme of my book, Hoover was once a hero of conservatives; today he is generally rejected by those who identify with the American right. Yet there is much in Hoover’s record and political philosophy which should appeal to today’s conservatives if they will get past what they think they know about him and become more adequately acquainted with his career.
You also devote a lengthy section of your book to conservatism in the American Jewish community. This seems unusual, since most Jewish voters are politically liberal.
That is true, but in my research i have discovered and documented a notable contribution by jewish writers to the evolution of modern American conservatism. I think my chapters on this relatively neglected subject will surprise many readers. It underscores one of the themes of my volume: that conservatism is not and has never been monolithic. It is a river with many tributaries.
What would you like a reader to take away, finally, from your
New book?
I would like readers of all persuasions to come away with a better understanding of American conservatism and therefore a better understanding of our times. I would like conservatives to acquire in the process a deeper and firmer knowledge of their intellectual foundations. |
Pillar of Defense Live Blog: Day Seven
Pillar of Defense Live Blog: Day Seven
02:00 The Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepted two rockets that were fired towards the city of Ashdod. No one was hurt.
01:35 An IAF airstrike hit the building housing AFP's Gaza City office. The IDF Spokesperson confirmed the hit, explaining the building was attacked because it housed a Hamas military intelligence operations room. No AFP reporters were hurt.
01:15 The IDF continued to strike dozens of terrorist infrastructures in Gaza, including tunnels that are used to smuggle weapons and tunnels through which fuel is transferred to terrorists.
00:10 Four rockets fired by Gaza-based terrorists exploded near a community in the Eshkol Regional Council. There were no reports of physical injuries.
23:54 Dozens of residents of Ashdod demonstrated against the anticipated ceasefire in Gaza. “Enough, erase Hamas," shouted the demonstrators, who waved Israeli flags.
23:22 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a statement to the press shortly before meeting Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu one on one and said, "America’s commitment to Israel’s security is rock solid and unwavering.”
23:06 United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton landed in Israel Tuesday night. Clinton will meet with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
22:50 Spontaneous protests came together in southern Israel on Tuesday night against a ceasefire with Hamas. One of the protests is being held in Kiryat Malachi next to a building where three Israelis were killed by a rocket last week.
22:34 Hamas leaders stated Tuesday night that there is no ceasefire deal with Israel and no agreements have been reached. Earlier in the day Hamas announced that a ceasefire would be in effect by Wednesday.
22:20 Heavy IAF strikes hit a government building in Gaza.
22:08 Half of the over 100 IDF strikes in Gaza Tuesday were aimed at terrorist cells engaged in firing rockets at Israel. An estimated 20 terrorists were killed over the course of the day.
21:54 The IDF has hit more than 50 terror targets in Gaza in the past two hours. IAF planes have hit a total of more than 1,500 targets since Operation Pillar of Defense began last week.
21:40 The Israeli civilian killed Tuesday in an attack in the Eshkol region near Gaza has been identified as Alayaan Salem al-Nabari.
21:15 The IDF hit more than 20 targets in Gaza over the past hour.
20:58 A civilian was killed in a mortar shell attack from Gaza on Tuesday evening. A second civilian was seriously wounded.
20:38 The IDF hit Islamic Jihad terror sites in Gaza on Tuesday evening. One strike killed Yusef Shaluf, who was responsible for rocket fire on Eilat several months ago.
20:18 The Magen David Adom first response service has treated 112 rocket attack victims Tuesday. One was seriously wounded, 29 were lightly wounded, and 82 suffered shock.
20:16 The IDF reservist killed Tuesday evening has been identified as Yosef Fartuk of Emanuel.
19:54 An IDF reservist badly wounded in a rocket attack Tuesday evening has died of his wounds.
19:47 Four more rockets hit the city of Be'er Sheva. The rockets hit open spaces and did not cause injury.
19:43 The Iron Dome system shot down three rockets fired at Be'er Sheva. A fourth rocket hit the city but did not cause injury.
19:23 Code Red siren warns of incoming rockets in Be'er Sheva and surrounding towns.
19:12 Government sources say that, contrary to reports from Egypt, Israel has not agreed to a ceasefire.
18:56 The government is distributing mattresses and blankets to those living in bomb shelters in southern Israel. A total of more than 2,000 mattresses will be given out.
18:40 Hamas has identified two of those killed in IAF strikes in Gaza as cameramen with Hamas's Al-Aqsa TV. A total of 20 people were killed in Gaza Tuesday, not including six shot and killed by Hamas.
18:29 One woman was lightly wounded in the attack on Rishon L'Tzion.
18:17 The rocket fired at Rishon L'Tzion directly hit a six-story building, causing extensive damage. It is not yet clear if there are casualties.
18:12 A rocket fired from Gaza hit the city of Rishon L'Tzion in central Israel.
18:06 The IAF hit two terrorist cells in northern Gaza. One was hit while inside a weapons storage facility.
17:52 One person was seriously wounded in a rocket attack on Ashkelon. Two others were lightly wounded.
17:43 The Iron Dome system has shot down two rockets that were fired at the city of Ashdod.
17:28 Code Red siren warnings of incoming rockets in Ashkelon and surrounding communities.
17:27 Sources in Israel and Egypt say Israel and Hamas will reach a ceasefire by Tuesday night.
16:52 Hamas has called on civilians in northern Gaza to ignore a warning from the IDF to evacuate.
16:37 PA media report 6 killed in IAF strikes on two vehicles in Gaza City.
16:31 IAF planes hit two vehicles carrying weapons in Gaza City on Tuesday afternoon. The strikes set off the explosives within the vehicles, causing secondary blasts.
16:20 Three people were wounded in Ashdod by a direct rocket strike on a local home. The victims were taken to Kaplan hospital in light condition.
16:18 The IAF has dropped pamphlets over Gaza City warning residents to evacuate to the city center immediately for their own. |
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Solubility Equilibria—in Honor of Heinz Gamsjäger
Monatshefte für Chemie/Chemical Monthly
Vol 134, No. 5, pp. 619–790, 2003
To honor Professor Heinz Gamsjäger, chairman of the IUPAC Subcommittee on Solubility and Equilibrium Data (SSED), on the occasion of his seventieth birthday, Monatshefte für Chemie/Chemical Monthly published a special issue on “Solubility Equilibria,” edited by Erich Königsberger. The authors of the contributions to this special issue have served for many years on the IUPAC Commission on Solubility Data (now SSED) and edited and contributed to numerous volumes of the IUPAC-NIST Solubility Data Series (SDS).
In the preface to the special issue, Mark Salomon, editor in chief of SDS, gives an overview of Heinz Gamsjäger’s scientific career from 1956, when he was awarded an M.Sc. degree (Dipl.-Ing. Technical Chemistry) by the Technical University Graz, until the present as an emeritus professor of physical chemistry at the University of Leoben, Austria, and chairman of SSED.
Gamsjäger was never one to rest; he was a visiting professor at many foreign universities, and in 1981 he was also an advisor to the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship for Research in Japan. He has served on the editorial board of Monatshefte für Chemie/Chemical Monthly since 1998, and on the editorial board of the IUPAC-NIST Solubility Data Series since 1994. Gamsjäger has also been a major driving force in the IUPAC Solubility Data Project since 1990 serving as Secretary of IUPAC Commission V.8 on Solubility Data from 1994 to 2000, and as Chairman of SSED from 2001 to the present. In his capacity as a member of IUPAC Commission and SSED, Gamsjäger has provided guidance, kind criticism, and friendship to his colleagues on SSED and has been instrumental in coordinating the efforts of over 100 distinguished scientists worldwide who are active in the work of SSED.
The papers published in this special issue of Monatshefte represent contributions from Professor Gamsjäger’s close friends and colleagues on SSED. The scope and creativity of these contributions are a tribute to his influence and interaction with his colleagues. The scientific topics cover a variety of solubility phenomena, including general aspects of gas-liquid solubilities (P. G. T. Fogg), gas-liquid and liquid-liquid solubilities of chloromethanes in water (H. L. Clever), and mutual water-hydrocarbon solubilities (A. Maczynski et al.). Solid-liquid solubility studies include double salt formation in ternary transition metal-alkali metal halide systems (Chr. Balarew and S. Tepavitcharova), solubilities in ternary aqueous systems involving Cu(II) (L. V. Chernykh et al.) and magnesium salts (F. Bousmina et al.), the crystallisation and phase stability of calcium sulfate based salts (D. Freyer and W. Voigt), and a new evaluation of the solubility constants of the three calcium carbonate polymorphs (A. De Visscher and J. Vanderdeelen). Other reviews deal with solubilities in mixed solvents of silver halides (W. E. Waghorne) and alkali metal fluorides (G. Senanayake and G. Hefter) and with solubility phenomena in ternary water-salt systems under sub- and supercritical conditions (V. Valyashko and M. Urusova). Solid-liquid solubilities also extend to lanthanide chlorides in molten alkali metal chlorides (M. Gaune-Escard and L. Rycerz), environmental aspects of Pb(II) arsenate stabilities (M. C. F. Magalhães and M. C. M. Silva), and an application of solubility measurements to medicine (G. Sadovska et al.). |
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I'm not a great one for history. I'm not a great one for the whole 'spa experience' thing. And I baulked at the £12 admission. But my fiancee wanted to have a look round and we'd got a discount ticket as part of the city bus tour. Having done the tour, I would have gladly handed over double the admission for the enormous privilege of viewing what the curators of this truly marvelous exhibit have thus far unearthed. The experience was immeasurably beyond my expectations. We spent an absorbing three hours looking around the fabulously presented ancient Roman baths. Technical wizardry allows you to see the ruins as they really were, projected right onto the remains as they are now; complete with spectral, be-toga'd Romans wandering about the place taking the waters. The museum side of things is like none I've been to before and recorded tour guides are available pitched at brainy history-fanatical adults, less demanding but keen to know adults, and children alike. A revelatory visit, and one which I have already recommended to friends and family, and await a return visit myself, with eager anticipation. An absolute joy! Go there now, and don't forget to taste the sulphurous waters themselves on the way out through the Pump House!
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Walking around the city of Bath is a pleasure for the sight. The only World Heritage city in the UK, the architecture and the beautiful surroundings are one of a kind. And if architecture is what you're craving, don't miss the Royal Crescent or (more importantly) the Abbey. Lose yourself in the awe of its Perpendicular Gothic style and bathe in the colored light of the impressive stained-glass windows. If you're lucky, you can attend the choir's rehearsal. Heavenly music for a heavenly place (and I'm agnostic).
Nearby you will find the Roman Baths. Worth a visit, one of the best museums I've ever seen. But if bathing is what you want, then go to the Spa. A bit too expensive for the amount of services you can get, but you'll gain access to the impressive rooftop pool. Be sure to go at night and enjoy the breathtaking views of Bath, the illuminated Abbey, the moon shining upon you and the cold rain falling on your head while your body stays comfortably warm in the water.
If you're up for it, you can catch a bus to Stonehenge near the Abbey and Puteney Bridge (check that out as well). Now, as much as I'm fascinated by the history and the mistery behind this Neolithic monument, the visit there is not pleasant. The place is cold and chilly and the only thing to do is walk around the stones at a distance while listening to an audio-guide. What makes this visit particularly unenjoyable is the fact that such an important monument is placed right next to a couple of roads. The brochure promises that plans are being made to divert the road and solve the problem. I really hope they do, for the sake of future visitors. After grabbing a hot chocolate from the coffee shop, the bus takes you back to good ol' Bath in an hour. Enjoy the beautiful views of the countryside in the meantime.
Get lost in the streets of Bath, admire the century-old buildings around you and have a cup of tea inside St Michael's church while the organist is rehearsing. This lovely little city will leave an impression on you that time won't be able to fade.
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One of the city's oldest restaurants enthusiastically recommended by the owner of the guesthouse we stayed at. What a treat! A beautiful Georgian townhouse with a wonderful ambience. The food is modern British and delicious. All the food is freshly prepared and locally sourced and the waiting staff are gracious and knowledgeable. They told us all the best places to visit and where we could buy some of the cheeses from their magnificent cheese board.
We loved this special place.
16 George Street, Bath, BA1 2EN
01225 425 242
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There's plenty to keep you occupied on a day trip to Bath. You might well take in a visit to the Assembly Rooms and its Museum of Costume. But if your visit coincides with certain Sunday afternoons, you have the opportunity be the most atmospheric dance venue in England. The next dances are on 13th September and 11th October.
The Assembly Rooms, Bennett Street, Bath
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All Six Teams are Represented in the 2012 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
INDIANAPOLIS -- All six Ivy League teams will be represented by a combined 26 wrestlers in the 2012 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, which will take place on March 15-17 in the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.
Cornell, which has placed second in the past two NCAA Championships, matched its program-record with nine wrestlers going to Nationals, previously accomplished four times (1964, 2005, 2009 and 2011). The Big Red is coming off winning its sixth-straight EIWA Championship.
Big Red senior Frank Perrelli (125), sophomores Nick Arujau (133), Mike Nevinger (141), Chris Villalonga (149) and Marshall Peppelman (165), junior Kyle Dake (157) and seniors Steve Bosak (184) and Cam Simaz (197) clinched berths to Nationals during the EIWA Championships on March 4-5. Senior Maciej Jochym (285) earned an at-large bid after placing fifth in the EIWAs. Simaz and Dake both earned the top seeds at their respective weight classes.
Five Quakers will compete in the tournament in senior Bryan Ortenzio (133), senior Zack Kemmerer (141), freshman Steve Robertson (149), senior Erich Smith (184) and junior Micah Burak (197).
Harvard will be sending four qualifiers to Nationals for the first time since 2007. Senior Corey Jantzen (149) and juniors Walter Peppelman (157) and Steven Keith (133) placed in the EIWA Championships to qualify. They will be joined by freshman James Fox (197), who earned an at-large bid.
Columbia sent three to the NCAAs in juniors Steve Santos (149) and Jake O'Hara (157), as well as senior Kevin Lester (285). For Lester, it marks his second-straight bid to the Tournament.
Princeton saw junior Garrett Frey finish second in the EIWA Championships at 125 and senior Daniel Kolodzik place fourth at 157 to earn trips to St. Louis. Sophomore Adam Krop defaulted out of the EIWAs due to injury but earned an at-large bid to Nationals thanks to his 30 wins this season
Brown senior Dave Foxen became the EIWA's first unseeded winner at 174 since 1963 to qualify for Nationals. He will be joined there by freshman Ophir Bernstein, who placed fourth at 184. |
MOUNT PLEASANT – A total of eight former Iowa Wesleyan College football coaches and players are playing key roles for teams playing in college football bowl games this holiday season.
The Burlington Hawk Eye newspaper will be profiling all eight former Tiger players and coaches in a series of articles in the newspaper over the bowl season. Four former players and four former coaches are on the staffs of teams playing in NCAA Division I bowl games being played now through Jan. 7.
Those competing in bowls, along with their affiliation with IWC, the schools they are currently with and the bowl game their teams will be participating in:
Mike Fanoga — Outside linebackers coach at Wyoming. Fanoga was an assistant coach for four years at IWC from 1990-93. Wyoming is playing in the New Mexico Bowl against Fresno State Saturday, Dec. 19 at 2:30 p.m. on ESPN. Hawk Eye story at.
Doug Elisaia — Director of strength and conditioning at Utah. Elisaia played for the Tigers from 1991-95 as a defensive lineman and is a 1996 graduate of IWC. Utah is playing in the Poinsettia Bowl against California at 7 p.m. on Dec 23 on ESPN.
Marc Hill — Director of strength and conditioning at Kentucky. Hill played at Wesleyan as a linebacker from 1990-93 and is a 1994 graduate of IWC. He also is a native of Mount Pleasant and a graduate of Mount Pleasant Community High School. Kentucky is playing Clemson in the Music City Bowl at 7 p.m. on Dec. 27 on ESPN.
Bill Bedenbaugh — Offensive line coach at Arizona. Bedenbaugh played for the Tigers from 1991-94 and is a 1995 graduate of Iowa Wesleyan. Arizona is playing Nebraska in the Holiday Bowl at 7 p.m. on Dec. 30 on ESPN. Hawk Eye story at.
Dana Holgorsen — Offensive coordinator at Houston. Holgorsen played for IWC from 1990-92 and is a 1993 graduate of IWC. He also is a native of Mount Pleasant and a graduate of Mount Pleasant Community High School. Houston is playing Air Force in the Armed Forces Bowl at 11 a.m. on Dec. 31 on ESPN. Hawk Eye story at.
Pat Poore — Quarterbacks coach at Northern Illinois. Poore was a coach at Iowa Wesleyan from 1992-94, serving as an assistant in 1992-93 and as head coach for one year in 1994, when he compiled an 8-3 record. Northern Illinois is playing South Florida in the International Bowl at 11 a.m. on Jan. 2 on ESPN2.
Mike Leach — Head coach at Texas Tech. Leach was an assistant coach for three years at Wesleyan from 1989-91. Texas Tech is playing Michigan State in the Alamo Bowl at 8 p.m. on Jan. 2 on ESPN.
Sal Sunseri — Linebackers coach at Alabama. Sunseri was an assistant coach for one year with the Tigers in 1993. Alabama is playing Texas in the BCS Championship Game at 7 p.m. on Jan. 7 on ABC. |
MOUNT PLEASANT – Iowa Wesleyan College played well for spurts but was done in by a lack of offense against Grand View University in losing women’s and men’s soccer matches to the Vikings Wednesday afternoon at East Lake Park.
The Tiger women fought hard but succumbed to Grand View 3-0 in the first match of the Midwest Collegiate Conference doubleheader. The IWC men then played well for a half before the nationally ranked Vikings rolled to a 7-0 win to complete the sweep.
Grand View scored twice in the first half of the women’s match and then added its final goal just over a minute into the second half. The Tigers played even on the scoreboard the rest of the way as Cara Arnold (Jr.-Stillman Valley, Ill.) made five of her six saves in the second half, but were able to generate just one shot in the match.
Mackenzie McAdaragh, Meghan McCoy and Emily Hays all scored goals for the visitors, who owned a 21-1 advantage in shots. IWC dropped to 1-13-1 overall (0-6 MCC), while Grand View improved to 5-7-1 overall, 4-2 in conference play.
The men’s match saw the Tigers play to a draw for 30 minutes against a GVU team ranked 20th in the most recent NAIA Top 25 Coaches’ Poll. Wesleyan still trailed just 1-0 after 60 minutes of play, but the Vikings would dominate the rest of the match, scoring six goals the rest of the way, including three in a span of 4 1/2 minutes.
Grand View played with the wind in the first half and got its first goal from Noah Acosta at the 30:25 mark. The score would remain that way until halftime and into the second half, but IWC was unable to take advantage of the wind in the final 45 minutes.
The Tigers were unable to get off a shot in the second half. The Vikings eventually broke through with their second goal coming in the 61st minute from Noel Medina. GVU added two more goals in the next 4:29, and tallied three more times after that to win going away.
Troy Osborne (Jr.-Sydney, Australia) made five saves in goal for the Tigers, who dropped to 2-10-1 overall, 0-5-1 in the MCC. Grand View improved to 12-1 overall, 5-1 in conference.
Iowa Wesleyan’s soccer teams will be home again on Saturday to face Ashford University in a pair of conference matches at East Lake Park. The men’s match will be played first and begin at 1 p.m., with the women’s match to follow at 3 p.m.
Women's GVU 3 IWC 0
Men's #20 GVU 7 IWC 0 |
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