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ACUSON X300 Ultrasound System, Premium Edition
Performance meets accessibility.
The ACUSON X300™ PE platform addresses a broad range of solutions including - general imaging, shared service, OB/GYN, comprehensive cardiology, urology, endocrinology, emergency medicine and many other specialized applications. Below is a list of advanced technologies and options available:
- Dynamic TCE™ Tissue Contrast Enhancement technology
- Clarify™ vascular enhancement (VE) technology
- SieClear™ multi-view spatial compounding
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- syngo® Auto OB measurements
- Advanced cardiology quantification applications
- One-button LVO contrast
- TEE and 3D TEE using syngo® fourSight™ TEE View
- ACUSON AcuNav™ catheter for Intracardiac Echocardiography
- syngo® Arterial Health Package*
- CartoSound Communications for use with the ACUSON AcuNav catheter
- Cadence™ contrast agent imaging technology**
- Live bi-plane prostate imaging
- Customizable physician summary report package
- Specialized reporting packages for Endocrinology, Follicle Assessment, OB/GYN, Vascular, Cardiology, Emergency Medicine and more
- Battery operation
- Barcode reader
The Plus Option is a specialized hardware option which doubles the system channel count to expand performance and increase dynamic range, while improving image quality and increasing diagnostic confidence.
Superior clinical performance. The ACUSON X300 PE is a robust system created to handle a wide variety of clinical applications with unmatched versatility and accessibility to the latest Siemens pioneering technologies.
Achieve unparalleled efficiency. Designed for your comfort and flexibility, the ACUSON X300 PE and its ErgoDynamic™ imaging system design make this system easy to maneuver and easy to use in any care environment. It provides features and tools that move you quickly through your exams from beginning to end.
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- Flexible archiving options to CD/DVD, USB or to DICOM-enabled networks
- Barcode reader, patient search function or DICOM worklist for easy and accurate data entry
- User-definable physician summary utility supports on-system report generation including customizable letterhead, patient data, images, comments, recommendations and signature line
- Battery option for immediate access to imaging
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* This feature should be utilized according to the ASE Consensus Statement "Use of Carotid Ultrasound to Identify Subclinical Vascular Disease and Evaluate Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Consensus Statement from the American Society of Echocardiography Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Task Force, Endorsed by the Society for Vascular Medicine."
**At the time of publication, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared ultrasound contrast agents only for use in LVO. Check current regulations for the country in which you are using this system for contrast agent clearance.


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The title of his rally address was: Disarming the Powers of Darkness: The Spirit Gate.
Dave Benoit founded Glory Ministries in 1984. Since that time he's been communicating biblical messages on the dangers of rock music and the occult.
Dave began by quoting Revelation 12:12 and explained that the reason we see the intensity increasing in the supernatural is because Satan knows he has but a short time.
Recognizing this, David described some of the 7 spirits that Satan uses to wreak havoc on this world. They include:
--The spirit of fear
--The vile spirit
--The spirit of bondage
--The spirit of unfaithfulness
--The psychic spirit
--The lying spirit
--The spirit of anti-Christ
Dave backed up discussion of these spirits with interesting facts and statistics showing how these spirits are indicative of the soon return of Christ.
More Information:
To obtain a copy of the entire VCY rally featuring Dave Benoit in audio or video form, write or call:
VCY America
3434 W. Kilbourn Ave.
Milwaukee, WI. 53208

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Synopsis: Our choir sings the 3 stichera from the Triodion for the Publican & Pharisee (and an infant occasionally provides a little commentary!) The refrains are intoned by an 8 year old child. We do this often, for those children who want to learn to sing. We are learing to use our new Zoom recorder.
More music is HERE
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Madness Vs. NoCanDo Rap Battle Pt. 1 [Grind Time West]
Promo battle that went down in LA as part of Grind Time's West Coast Division. Scribble Jam champ and West Coast battle veteran NoCanDo takes on 3-Time Lounge Battles champ Madness from Orlando
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It's the Real Estate Crash That I Warned You About (again)
I've issued several warnings late last year warning of the real estate bubble peaking and popping. I feel I'm especially qualified to do such since I quite accurately called the bubble burst of 2007 - namely housing (look here and here), homebuilders (look here), commercial real estate (look here and here and here and here and there) and banks (Bear Stearns and Lehman, among many others). Well, exactly ten years later, guest what?
When It Comes Time To Show and Prove, Equity Markets May Drop Hard
The markets have gotten euphoric since the Trump election, apparently because someone believed what he was selling. Take a look at the broad market jump (powered greatly by the bank jump), and even more unbelievably the bank index jump.
So, Brexit Is Now Almost Official. Is There Still Risk in Czexit, Pexit, Frexit Through EU referendum CONTAGION?
Note: All downloadable legacy content is for subscribers only. We currently have a sale for $11 per month for basic access. Professional subscribers are now evevated to have direct access to either myself or my analytical staff. We have some very exciting projects in store as we transform our business into the "Netflix" of knowledge, intelligence and analysis.
BREXIT is now official (almost), and it will be very expensive for Britain. Now, the question that so many fail to ask, "How expensive will it be for the EU?" Here are some more questions:
The Fed Raises Rates While Still Baby Feeding the MBS Market With Billions in Monthly Purchases
The Fed has raised rates, officially making real what was mere signaling of the end of its expansionary era... Or is it? You see, from a practical perspective, QE is still in full effect. The US housing market, particularly in large coastal cities is on fire. Commercial and residential rents are rising considerably faster than earnings and incomes. Why is that? Wel...
Trump Calls Obama's Policies On Russia Weak, But It Appears That Russia Cannot Agree
Donald Trump's recent Tweet discusses how Russia has gotten stronger at the behest of President Obama.
For eight years Russia "ran over" President Obama, got stronger and stronger, picked-off Crimea and added missiles. Weak! @foxandfriends— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 7, 2017
Let's take an empirical look at that claim.
Italy Approves 1.2% of GDP to Save It's Troubled Banks... Again! Exactly As We Warned Last Year
I've been warning about Italy's troubled banks since 2010, and last year I pushed two very detailed reports about what was essentially Italy's Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers. Italy is a mess and the IMF and EC have been too optimistic regarding its prospects for 7 years (not just lately), see Lies, Damn Lies, and Sovereign Truths: Why the Euro is Destined to Collapse! Fast foward to today and Bloomberg reports: Italy Approves $21 Billion Fund to Shore Up Its Troubled Banks
Italy's parliament approved a law to plow as much as 20 billion euros ($21 billion) into Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA and other troubled lenders as part of the nation's efforts to revamp its banking industry.
Fitch Has Effectively Downgraded The Trump Administration, Albeit Too Late As Usual
After my many, many warnings about Donald Trump and his administration (I'll list those a little later)... It's official, Fitch has actually warned that the Trump administration is detrimental to sovereign ratings around the world. Keep in mind that we are in this world.
Will Japan's Declaration of Bitcoin as Legal Tender Accelerate Cryptocurrency Mainstream Adoption?
It's being reported by Sputnik News and other sources that Japan has declared Bitcoin to be legal tender. Unfortunately, I have not been able to quickly confirm this through Japanese sources. The use of BTC as legal tender in one of the world's leading economies is a big plus for Bitcoin, and likely to lead to a much more rapid pace of adoption. Volume is strong on increasing price.
Revisiting the Breakdown of the Macro Drivers Behind Bitcoin's Price Spike, Exactly As I Foretold 30 Day Ago
One month ago I walked through the macro influences behind Bitcoin's price pop and drop in "The Macro Truth About The Big Bitcoin Pop and Drop: The Mainstream Media Doesn't Have A Clue". Well, we're close to the peak again at $1,157.77 per coin, and the macro scene still holds a lot of explanation....
Is It Time to Short America?, Part 2: Crony Capitalism Leads to Socioeconomic Stratification - the Rich Get Richer!
Continuing the conversation of whether it's time to short America, we investigate the administration's plans for protectionism and a tax holiday for corporate capital repatriation. The first question that needs to be asked is, "Who benefits from this, and why do they want it done?"


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The NASCAR races scheduled for next July at Chicagoland Speedway are to be held at night. The installation of a multimillion-dollar lighting plant at the 1.52-mile Joliet track has begun, track president Matt Alexander said Tuesday.
The NASCAR races scheduled for next July at Chicagoland Speedway are to be held at night. The installation of a multimillion-dollar lighting plant at the 1.52-mile Joliet track has begun, track president Matt Alexander said Tuesday. "Nighttime events have that big-event feel," Alexander said. "This has to do with delivering the best experience to our fans." The aura surrounding night racing, combined with cooler temperatures on a July evening, could create more fans. This year's combined two-weekend NASCAR-IRL ticket package didn't sell out beforehand, the first time it didn't do so since the track opened in 2001. The track has 75,000 seats. In 2008, the Busch Series race is slated for the evening of Friday, July 11, with the Sprint Cup race the following night. Television also factors into the change. Chicagoland's USG Sheetrock 400 is the last of six races carried in a package by TNT, which was involved with the negotiations to move the races to the evening. It will give TNT two night races, the other the Pepsi 400 at Daytona. Alexander said adding lights to the track had always been under consideration, but not until International Speedway Corp. bought the 62.5 percent of the track owned by Indianapolis Motor Speedway and founders of Route 66 Raceway was the capital available. "Not including the gridding, it'll cost between $7 million and $10 million for the track itself," Alexander said. "For the parking lots, we'll be bringing in generators on a temporary basis." Permitting with the city of Joliet has already been completed. Testing of the lighting system is expected by next June at the latest, Alexander said. There's an added benefit for the track beyond simply running at night. So far, while it has rained on a qualifying day, no race has been adversely affected by rain. The potential for a rainout has always been there, but with lights, a delayed race could be run well into the night. Lights also allow the Indy Racing League, which is to run its season-ending race in the afternoon of Sunday, Sept. 7, to finish the race that evening if necessary rather than come back the following day. Chicagoland Speedway becomes the 10th NASCAR-affiliated track to add lights. Others include Daytona International Speedway, Texas Motor Speedway and Bristol Motor Speedway. More racing news is at www.dailysouthtown.com/sports.


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The Red Door from Jake Kotze on Vimeo.This is the Jeffrey Combs video made for Radio8Ball.
I called it The Red Door the title of an 'ancient' lost Sync Whole post that was never completed but posted below as some background to the ideas that helped form the video.
Might update this post with stills and extra comments over the week.
Peace In = Peace Out
For more context: C-Ing Red, The Red I of the Blue One, Heal The World, Make It a Better Place, Pots and Pans.
This is the wall hanging of a red door at the Yoga studio I practice in.
Ewam McGregor gets a red dot drilled into his forehead in "Shallow Grave". McGregor and Spacey merge with each other and the goat.
The Red Eye or Bindi that highlights the Ajna StarG8, another red door..
The Christ Consciousness which arises from the dead/sleep and awakens is the flowering One Rose.
The red theme being used all over American Beauty as roses, blood and the iconic red door.
Haley Joel Osment (a Tin Man in A.I) meets Bruce Willis (a Tin Man in Surrogates) as Ghost or SpiriT for the first time inside this Church's red doors.
Mel Gibson opens a red door atop his apartment building in Conspiracy Theory. The WTC pillars are seen directly above him and the Red Door..
Most Neon Open signs WE/ME pass have the words Open in red, surrounded by blue.
Spots are red and waves are blue
From Twitter:
Kevin Spacey. Awareness of Space or 'Space Consciousness' as opposed to form or object bias is symptomatic of Awakening.
Spacey Consciousness, also Cosmic Consciousness or realization of the primary Essence of every moment.
Here is the actual viewing of the video on Radio8Ball with Jeffrey Combs.
Radio8Ball - Jeffrey Combs pt.1 from the archiver on Vimeo.He doesn't seem to resonate with it.
It's a fascinating process of learning what the stars themselves think of these.
Radio8Ball - Jeffrey Combs pt. 2 from the archiver on Vimeo.
This was the second try at this kind of experiment, see Rae Dawn Chong's for the first.
I think if we keep this up, the feedback, like on a microphone, will get very trippy.


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i got stuck while comparing 2 strings. The requirement is as below:
str1 = "My name is Arvind"
str2 = "His name is Goel"
now i would like to print something like this : (Its comparing what has been changed in these strings)
"My His name is Arvind Goel"
i have used [I] and [B] here to show deleted and added characters respectively. i have used this here just for differentiating added and deleted characters. actual scenerio will be something different.
Output should have added characters in BOLD and deleted characters in Italics and rest characters as simple.
i really could not start with that how to proceed here.
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When Taylor Swift was 22, she was "single and happy and carefree and confused and didn't care."
"And I'm still kind of that way," the now 23-year-old says in the April issue of Vanity Fair, albeit "dealing with a little bit of a chaotic media circus right now, but that'll die down in a few weeks when people realize there's nothing left to talk about."
Or will it? With Swift being known just as much for what appears to be a penchant for serial monogamy as she is for her platinum-selling hits, what does she have to say for herself?
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Taylor Swift's double-take: No. 1 on the pop and country charts
First off, when it comes to her most recent beau, Harry Styles, Swift gave a friend license to dish on her behalf, according to the magazine.
The unnamed friend claims that the One Direction singer was after Swift for a year, he "wore her down," they "got really close"...and then he was photographed making out with another girl. (A rep for Styles told the mag this was "undeniably false.")
Then, according to Swift's pal, Styles wanted to get back together, but she didn't really trust him. They briefly started up again, but then stopped--in time for the Grammys, where Swift widely appeared to be mocking Styles' English accent during her show-opening performance of "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together."
One Direction named worst band of the year, again
"I'm sick of the tabloids saying I obsess over guys," Swift said. "Why would you obsess over guys? They don't like it."
Vanity Fair reports that she did buy a house in Hyannis Port (which has since been sold to someone else), not far from Conor Kennedy's family home, but not because of her brief romance with the high school senior.
"People say that about me, that I apparently buy houses near every boy I like--that's a thing that I apparently do," Swift said. "If I like you I will apparently buy up the real-estate market just to freak you out so you leave me. Like that makes sense, like that's something you should do."
Listen to "I Knew You Were Trouble"--the goat remix
She also said, talking about how some of the media choose to interpret her music (which, she has admitted on many occasions, is almost always about boys, if not necessarily breakups): "Everybody in these tabloidy gossipy blogs, they think they have you pegged, like 'Taylor's boy-crazy'...For a female to write about her feelings, and then be portrayed as some clingy, insane, desperate girlfriend in need of making you marry her and have kids with her...that's taking it and turning it and twisting it into something that is frankly a little sexiest."
Like her music, however, Swift's storied love life is having a crossover moment, going from mere tabloid fodder to mainstream entertainment. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler certainly felt Swift's relationship track record to be culturally relevant enough to merit a jab at the Golden Globes, where Swift lost to Adele for best song from a motion picture.
Taylor Swift says her exes are free to write songs about her
"I was just sort of like, Oh well, you know, I can laugh at myself," Swift, who was supposedly in the bathroom when it was going on, said of the hosts' riff on whether or not she should go after Michael J. Fox's son or indulge in some "me" time.
"But what it ended up adding to was this whole kind of everyone jumping on the bandwagon of 'Taylor dates too much'--which, you know, if you want some big revelation, since 2010 I have dated exactly two people."
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by Pam Rogow
Raised in four countries, Ronit Treatman knew early on that Ashkenazi, the dominant Jewish branch (Eastern European) in the U.S., was not the only cultural stream of Judaism to tap into. Now living in Germantown, Ronit, 45, is the publisher and food editor of the Philadelphia-based Jewish Voice, an online-only publication that attracts about 10,000 hits a month and has an international following, mostly among 18-35 year olds. (Visit blog.pjvoice.com) "We attract citizen journalists," she explained. It's a full-time and fully unpaid job that she loves.
Twice this month, Ronit will be in Chestnut Hill to present High Holiday foods from Sephardic communities. On Thursdays, Aug 15 and Aug 22, 3 to 6 p.m., at the Chestnut Hill branch of the Co-op, 8424 Germantown Ave., she and Weavers Way Executive Chef Bonnie Shuman will offer samples of foods that people can create at home or order from the Co-op for the High Holidays.
Born in Israel to a diplomat father of Bukharian parentage (from Central Asian countries like Uzbekistan and Tajikistan), Ronit spent several years in Ethiopia and then moved with her parents and two siblings to Venezuela for 12 years. Her mother's family were Polish Jews.
In 1973, at age 18, she returned to Israel to volunteer to fight in the war of 1973, although it was not required of her. She saw combat for two years, then enrolled at Hebrew University, leaning toward international business.
Her family had remained in Venezuela while conditions there deteriorated, "even before (Hugo) Chavez came to power. It is one of those countries where the President can suspend habeus corpus and the basic rights otherwise guaranteed in their Constitution … "
Pursuing a business opportunity, her father came to the U.S., and Ronit followed, enrolling at the University of Pennsylvania. At a campus Hillel (Jewish fraternal organization) party for Hebrew speakers, she met her future husband, Howard Treatman. Life unfolds: She gave up her plan to move back to Israel. She and Howard today have three children, now 18, 15 and 12.
Ronit is also the president of the Jewish Voice. "We put the 'non' in nonprofit, have volunteer writers and are almost completely funded by donations from readers," she explained. The publication has about 5,000 visitors per month, plus active Facebook and Twitter accounts. It was founded by mathematician Dan Loeb in 2006.
"The Jewish Exponent is affiliated with the Jewish Federation. Five years ago, it had a right-wing editor," she said. "Now they are very balanced, and the differences between us are less."
Ronit also supported her husband's campaign for City Council two years ago. Howard, a real estate developer, is also a former president of the Germantown Jewish Center. "There was no overlap between how my husband practiced Judaism and how we did. My family [of origin] wasn't religious. It's different in Venezuela; there was no Hebrew School. We were secular, but here I realized that I needed what Jewish institutions offered to support me.
"In Venezuela, it was insular. Almost all the synagogues were Orthodox, and the only divide was Sephardic (of Spanish, Portuguese or Mediterranean origin) and Ashkenazi. 50, 50. There was more diversity than in Philadelphia, however. There were Jewish sports, special stores and less intermarriage, which was thought to be incredibly shameful, not just a stain on the newlywed but the family."
A stay-at-home mom for many years, Ronit felt early on that she was ill-equipped to teach her children about Judaism. "I began to develop creative ways to share the rich traditions of Jewish life. My girls and son all learned Talmud. No girl learned Talmud before in my family. Now I feel badly for Jewish kids who don't have this.
"So I started a 'Hands-on Jewish Holiday' project where we made olive oil, for example. I found an organic olive farmer in California, and I had to convince him not to worry about the 'standards' of the olives we wanted because we wouldn't be heating it. We had the olives flown in, and we pressed them. When the kids realized how much work it was just to make a tablespoon of olive oil that we could burn, suddenly the 'miracle of the eight days of Hanukah' made more sense." That the oil in the story lasted long enough to sustain the Jews (Maccabees) hidden in caves and at a critical moment in the fight against Greek Hellenism is the crux of the story.
Among Ronit's friends was one who raised Nubian goats and loaned several so that she could teach about Shavuout, a harvest holiday that also celebrates the anniversary that God gave the Torah to the Jews at Mt. Sinai. "There were no cows in biblical times," she explained. About 150 people showed up for the event, which was held at the Germantown Jewish Center nursery school.
Ronit also led older students to build a biblical oven with cinder blocks. "Then we brought in wheat berries, so we could grind its flowers. We experienced the hard work of being a biblical Jew." She laughs at the memory. "The surliest of the teenagers, without being asked, helped with fire. He learned to use the chimney and natural wood charcoal. Of course, what did they burn back then? Goat poop."
Encouraged by her son, Ronit started HandsonJewishholidays.com several years ago. "I'm surprised about who goes to it," said Ronit. "Jewish families with young kids, looking for stimulating ways to learn about holidays. Even homeschoolers. And inter-married couples … and African Americans, too. There is no accounting for who is speaking Hebrew."
One day, her friend Dan Loeb asked Ronit to write about the many varieties of charoset for the Jewish Voice. "Charoset is the fruit and nut paste that may or may not have cinnamon, honey and other ingredients. After a year, they invited me at the Jewish Voice to be the food editor … and later, publisher."
Her own family tends to eat Mediterranean style, largely vegetables and fruits. More than cooking, she likes the research, learning where foods came from. "Jews have been so diverse, living all over the world. It's so cool to explore the different traditions … more than Ashkenazi … and bring in new flavors and ingredients. I love to try a restaurant to find out how the pros do things … And we even have vegetarians who also want to honor traditions. In my synagogue, for example, they make a yam shank for Passover.
"There is a need for 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' because there is a breakdown of community. People don't have anyone to tell you how to do (ancient traditions) anymore. I am blessed that I have the opportunity to give something good to other people. If I can send out a little spark of light, the love of these traditions, that's meaningful to me."
More information about the Weavers Way food sample events at 215-866-9150 or www.weaversway.coop.


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A brown vehicle, surprisingly tasteful in its wildly gothic external decor, stops at a light. Amid the various brownish skulls and headstones adorning the SUV-ish car, I spot a sign saying "Thank You For Your Patience During Our Remodel," and the active rear window wiper has been fashioned into a waving hand. Inspired by two comely girls waiting on the corner, the driver rolls down his passenger window, and out blares "Break on Through" by The Doors. Accompanying the song is a lip-synching monkey puppet, singing to the girls, who squeal and delight in this spontaneity.
This is an example of shit that happens in Portland every day, and why I adore it.


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Movie reviews
Updated 10-19-2011 at 02:09 AM by Artur
FXGuide podcast had an interview with Gareth Edwards, director of indie film Monsters. I've never heard of it till someone at work had a chance to see the screening and have Q&A with the director afterward. Sounded so impressive that I had to see it myself.
Impressive part is that not only it was scripted, directed and filmed by one person but all visual effects are done my the same guy. Not to mention it's a great story and beautifully filmed but having everything from 3D to comp done by a single person is truly inspiring.
Anyway, watch the movie and listen to the podcast. Amazing story.


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Twenty years before Halo: Combat Evolved the war between humanity and the Covenant was a much more strategic affair, as proven in Ensemble Studios' swan song, Halo Wars.
Halo Wars takes the familiar setting of the first-person shooter series Halo and translates into a console-based real-time strategy game, in which players build up and army, gather resources, and participate in large-scale battles for the future of humanity.
Of course, having played through the Halo trilogy, we know how things turned out, just as we know the fate of most developers who attempt to translate the often complicated real-time strategy genre to the console. Was Ensemble Studios successful in their taste, or did they go out with a whimper instead of a bang?
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-After shooting through scores of Covenant and Flood soldiers in three Halo first-person shooters, the United Nations Space Command's story rewinds a few decades in Halo Wars. The game grants you command of both the human UNSC forces and their archenemy, the theocratic alliance of the Covenant. Halo Wars offers quality cinematic presentation and a simple control scheme that makes the game easy to pick up and play, but the limited amount of units, short campaign, and dearth of multiplayer modes make it ultimately feel stripped. Halo Wars is a fun playthrough for casual real-time strategy and Halo fans, but there's not enough depth to win over hardcore strategy buffs.
Now, for those of you who are fans of First Person Shooters, but don't know a power generator from a plasma grenade – don't panic. Halo Wars is quite rookie friendly, and it features very comprehensive tutorials that go so far as teaching you what a cursor is. Handy! After ten or fifteen minutes you can learn all there is to know about busting Covenant chops and setting up pimping command bases – this can be both a good thing, and a bad thing.
...deciding what to build and where is the bulk of the strategic experience. Upgrading your base will net you a maximum of seven building sites, but a single base simply won't provide enough space to support a well-rounded army. It's a simple system, designed to make fielding an army as painless as possible. But Halo Wars' design suffers a bit from the fact that it is designed to be a more casual experience. If you understand rock-paper-scissors, you understand the combat: Vehicles beat infantry, infantry beat aircraft, and aircraft beat vehicles.
Like the Halo FPS games, the Halo Wars campaign is all about quick bursts of fun strung together, and that means missions with carefully defined objectives. For many PC RTS players, the draw to the genre is the ability to step into the shoes of a powerful general with every little bit of the situation at his or her command. But there aren't that many ways to complete the missions in Halo Wars. There wasn't a point where the game really took off the training wheels and said, "There's the enemy – go get him however you see fit."
So the story is good, the controls are great, it does right by the Halo license, what's left? How about the A.I.? Is it challenging? Unfortunately, this is one arena in which Halo Wars stumbles a bit. It's not that the game is too easy or too hard. The problem is, it's both. It's either too easy or too hard. It's never in-between, where I feel like I'm truly evenly matched with the A.I. It never once surprised me or made me think, which is a bummer. I may always have multiplayer, but I would love an A.I. match that felt even.
It's odd, being a long-time fan of both strategy games and Ensemble Studios, to love the single-player experience of a game they made, but feel so flat about the multiplayer sessions. Halo Wars is a fun ride, an action strategy game that delivers on everything but, perhaps, where it needs to deliver most to succeed: multiplayer gaming.
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Megan Fox just made an announcement without saying anything at all.
Multiple sources confirm to E! News that the 29-year-old is pregnant with her third child. Monday evening, the actress stepped out on the red carpet for CinemaCon dressed in a form-fitting Versace minidress which showed a baby bump. Megan's rep had no comment on the pregnancy speculation.
Along with costar Will Arnett, Fox was on-hand at the event for the press day for "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows" in Las Vegas.
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In August of 2015, Fox filed for divorce from Brian Austin Green, her husband of five years, citing "irreconcilable differences."
The two actors have two children together, sons Noah Green and Bodhi Green.
However, despite the divorce news, it appears the two have been spending plenty of time together as of late. In fact, both were seen on multiple family outings around Los Angeles with and without their two kids. Per court documents, their divorce is still pending.
Back in 2014, Fox opened up to Men's Health about her marriage to the former "Beverly Hills, 90210" star.
"You can't live in a fantasyland and think that everything's going to be perfect all the time. You will go through phases where you're just not getting along. You're not communicating well. That's going to happen, and it's going to feel impossible to you sometimes. It might not even make sense to you sometimes. Arguments are normal," she explained.
"You have to be patient and sit through that and remember that this is a part of human communication and interaction...Brian is my soul mate. I happen to believe that. He's definitely meant to be the father of my children. That makes it easier for me to work through things, because I always see the spiritual side of things. I look at the end game."


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That is really just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to weddings in Las Vegas, Splash Magazines Worldwide has put together a list of some of the more unique experiences that are available to you on that special day.
Terrazza di Sogno, or The Terrace of Dreams, at Bellagio could be the perfect setting for any couple to get married. Perched against The Fountains of Bellagio, recently named the country's number one landmark by Trip Advisor, and surrounded by Tuscan flora, couples can share their first kiss as husband and wife as more than 1,200 fountains soar. If you want the perfect wedding photo, you will be hard-pressed to find a more stunning backdrop.
There's no better way to celebrate the red-hot passion of love than to proclaim undying devotion at dusk in front of a roaring Volcano at The Mirage. Those looking for a more picturesque scene can take advantage of the Volcano's stillness during the day and exchange vows in a serene and intimate tropical setting amidst cool, blue lagoons and a cascading waterfall.
Lovebirds with a penchant to live dangerously will delight in getting hitched among sharks at Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay. With 15 species of sharks serving as witnesses, the tunnel through the exhibition is a perennial favorite for underwater weddings. Those preferring a more extravagant oceanic setting will delight in the new Seascape Ballroom offering a stunning view of the aquatic life with its floor-to-ceiling windows. Both options ensure the attendance of magnificent marine animals for the vows as well as memories to last a lifetime.
If you are truly adventurous and want a wedding like none other, how about having the thrill of saying "I Do" at 67 mph on The Roller Coaster at New York-New York. After exchanging vows in the coaster train with the couple's guests seated behind, The Roller Coaster whisks the newlyweds and wedding party off to a new beginning through the glamour of New York-New York's skyline. With this unique ceremony, couples get to instantly increase the wedding excitement as The Roller Coaster soars along the famous "heartline" twist that simulates a jet fighter's barrel roll.
If a couple's idea of romance harkens to the days of black and white film and the ambiance of the 1940s, the Hollywood Glamour wedding package at The Forever Grand Wedding Chapel at MGM Grand is the perfect choice. The package includes classic hair styling and makeup application in the renowned Cristophe Salon, an elegantly designed, all-white bouquet and matching groom's boutonniere, beautiful keepsakes and the Hollywood Glamour Photography Package. The special photography package completes the wedding experience by providing the bride and groom with their choice of 24 images taken throughout the ceremony and during a professional photo session with vintage-style, dramatic lighting resembling the couple's favorite 1940's movies.
Couples are never too old to play dress up at Canterbury Wedding Chapel. Excalibur's medieval style cathedral offers themed weddings, including an assortment of costumes such as king and queen, prince and princess or knight and lady. All of the costumes are similar to the authentic dress of the sixteenth century and are accessorized with tiaras, crowns and swords. Plus, the wedding party, family and friends are encouraged to participate in the fun and dress as the royal court. Finally, a Merlin-like minister officiates the ceremony in a signature, mystical tone of voice.
You can even get married with a Titanic them. At Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition at Luxor, a recreation of Titanic's Grand Staircase offers a timeless location for wedding ceremonies. This Titanic wedding experience includes a tour of Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, special souvenir items, a bottle of White Star champagne with two flutes and additional amenities for a wedding to remember.
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- Limo Transportation from and to McCarranAirport
- Executive Suite Lounge Check-in
- One Bottle of Veuve Clicquot
- Delectable Chocolate Covered Strawberries
- 50 minute Couples Massage at Spa Bellagio
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My third "Pic(k) of the week" season is now coming to an end! Yes another year is just about over and done...
Technologically for me it has been "the year of resolution"; not the resolutions we tend to make New Years eve, but the "pixel resolution" ones. It all started early 2012 when I picked up an iPhone 4S with an 8 megapixel camera and more importantly with its great high resolution "Retina" display.
When the Nikon D800 was announced early February, I was one of the first to place an order online. This 36 million pixel mega-monster has proved to be extremely useful with almost all clients loving the extra resolution!
Next was a new iPad; showing off your best work on one of these 2048 by 1536 pixel retina displays, is jaw-dropping.
Whenever I was on the road, my 3 year old Macbook wasn't able to keep up with the huge 36 million D800 files. A 15inch Retina Macbook with a SSD (Solid State Drive) was the way forward.
My last digital purchase mid December had nothing to do with bumping up resolution but all with reducing the camera size... Over the years, I've been on the look-out for a smaller camera body to take with me on my world travels. The answer is the FujiFilm X-E1 camera with the 18-55 lens. Even though I have not been able to fully explore the capabilities of this CMOS mirror-less, it seems to exceed all expectations!
The image above made at the Meydan horse racing centre, was one of the first coming out of my brand-new Sexy-1 (non-official nickname for X-E1).
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FujiFilm X-E1 with 18-55 lens
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RAW development in Lightroom 4.3
Black and White in Lightroom 4.3
Even though this will not be a replacement for my full frame D800, the much smaller size, is a joy to travel with. End of the year I plan on spending a week in my home country Belgium where I should be able to give the X-E1 a good workout.
Just like the " 50 days with the D800 "post earlier this year, I will give you my thoughts on the new baby from Japan!
Remember, " January 1st is the first blank page of a 365 page book, write a good one"!
Happy 2013 and see you on the other side!
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Solution providers and channel executives from throughout the industry gathered for the 2012 CRN Annual Report Card awards, held August 21 at the XChange 2012 conference in Dallas, Texas.
The 27th edition of the ARC gathered over 3,600 solution provider responses to rank 83 channel programs across 23 technology categories in three areas: product innovation, support and partnership, as well as an overall category winner. Here's a look at this year's award ceremony and at who came out on top.


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TSF's excited for Loup, the tennis clothing line that got a write-up over at DailyCandy this week (and that usually means a kiss of life — is that the antonym? — for anything trying to make it big with the ladies these days). Flashback: TSF's Nick McCarvel chatted with Loup owner Danielle Ribner back in September.
Almost in bloom: The spring/summer goods currently on pre-order, but we'll remind you in a week or two when everything is actually for sale. (Keeping our fingers crossed that the branded canvas totes will eventually be produced for public consumption!)
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Jacquelyn Atchley isn't bitter. At least not anymore.
But the 73-year-old retired Oklahoma resident certainly has the right to be angry. She lost $180,000 – all of her retirement savings – in a Ponzi scheme. A fellow Oklahoman, Brian McKye, defrauded 80 investors, many of them elderly, out of about $6 million, said Irving Faught, administrator of the Oklahoma Securities Commission.
McKye promised investors they could earn guaranteed returns of 6.5 percent to 20 percent by investing in notes backed by high-interest payday loans. But no such investment notes existed, Faught said. Instead, McKye used the money he took from investors to pay his personal and business expenses and some limited returns to investors to keep his scheme going.
"It's hard to believe people would do this kind of thing," said Atchley, who now has to get by with Social Security payments for her and her husband.
"It's very difficult at times," she said. "It's scary to know I'll be down to just my Social Security if something happens to him. But I have a lot of faith everything will work out."
More than 7 million older Americans – one out of every five citizens over the age of 65 – have been victimized by a financial swindle, the Investment Protection Trust found in a survey it conducted two years ago.
Financial exploitation targeting seniors is a major and growing problem, says Don Blandin, president and chief executive of IPT, a nonprofit organization devoted to investor education.
In a recent poll of 756 state securities regulators, financial planners, health care professionals, social workers, adult protective services, law enforcement officials, elder law attorneys, and academics, IPT found that the top three financial exploitation problems identified by experts were: theft or diversion of funds or property by family members, followed by caregivers, and then financial scams perpetrated by strangers.
"This is really a scary thing and so widespread," Faught said. "I've been shocked by consumer fraud in general, but I'm just very, very shocked by what happens to our seniors."
Despite the increase in financial exploitation of seniors, Blandin said he is encouraged by the collaborative, community-based efforts across the country between regulators, doctors, nurses and law enforcement officials. IPT's Elder Investment Fraud and Financial Exploitation Prevention Program has trained more than 3,000 medical professionals to look for signs that a senior is being financially abused.
Here are some of the red flags the trainers are pointing out, Blandin said:
• Social isolation. Con artists look for seniors who seem lonely. Their desperation for companionship often makes them an easy target for financial exploitation.
• A change in a senior's ability to perform many daily living activities such as cooking, cleaning or paying bills. Again, a swindler or family member will take notice and use the inability of a senior to care for himself as a way to gain access to his finances.
• Concerns about a caregiver. A senior may complain that she gave the caregiver $50 for groceries that shouldn't have cost more than $20 and didn't get change back.
• Loss of a spouse. Blandin said schemers search obituaries looking for vulnerable widows or widowers to exploit.
• The senior becomes financially responsible for an adult child who appears to be a bum. As an example, you might hear the person say, "I gave Tommy or Linda a check for their education." However, you know Tommy or Linda is not using the money for school.
• The senior complains that the son he gave his power of attorney to won't tell him what's going on with his finances. "It's a red flag if you hear the senior say when I ask about my money the person says, 'It's too complicated, you really don't want to know,'" Blandin noted.
What experts are striving for, Blandin and Faught said, is prevention as well as prosecution.
In April, the man who exploited Atchley was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for securities fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. McKye was ordered to pay back the millions he stole. But it's unlikely victims will get anything.
"Nobody can do anything about it now," Atchley said. "It's done. It's over. That's it."
I'm so sorry for what happened to Atchley, but we can – all of us – do more by watching, listening and acting quickly to prevent other seniors from losing their hard-earned savings.
Family members and caregivers often financially abuse their elders.


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PVD Production Platform for Semiconductor & Magnetic Storage
Deposition of Ultra-thin Metallic and Insulating Films down to a Thickness of one Nanometer and below and Stacks of such Films with very Precise Material Thickness and High Uniformity Specifications
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES is a renowned manufacturer of advanced thin-film deposition equipment for MRAM, thin-film head, sensor and other semiconductor applications. It is the trusted partner in the respective industry and extends its leadership in the thin-film deposition technology for semiconductor applications.
SINGULUS has already established and qualified the second generation of the TIMARIS PVD Cluster Tool platform in the market and is offering a complete portfolio of process modules for different applications.
As of today, more than ten process modules are available to configure a TIMARIS system according to customer needs. These modules include the Multi-Target-Module (MTM), Oxidation-Process-Module (OPM), Pre-Clean- Module (PCM), Combi-Process-Module (CPM), Four-Target-Module (FTM) and Static-Deposition- Module (SDM) as well as the Rotating-Substrate- Module (RSM). The RSM is the core module of the ROTARIS platform, our sputtering system for special R&D applications.
The TIMARIS PVD modules (MTM, FTM, SDM and RSM) incorporate the full scope of sputtering techniques as: DC magnetron sputtering, pulsed DC magnetron sputtering and RF magnetron sputtering as well as combinations of these modes are selectable by recipe.


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Based strictly on its pricing and specs, there's very little about the 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 to get excited about.
The 7-inch tablet will debut on July 7 for $199. Preorders start June 25. While $199 is the going acceptable rate for 7-inch tablets these days, from particularly a specs perspective, this one fails to match key 7-inch tablets from last year.
With the Galaxy Tab 3, $199 nets you a paltry 8GB of storage and a tablet screen with an unfortunately low 1,024x600-pixel resolution. That's a few hundred thousand pixels behind the Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HD, which each also start at 16GB of storage for $199.
Thankfully, Samsung has infused the Galaxy Tab 3 with plenty of other features, including a 64GB-compatible microSD card slot and an IR blaster you can use to control your TV and other entertainment-centric devices in your living room. The Tab 3 will also make use of Samsung's kind-of-successful streaming video aggregator, Watch On, first seen on the Note 8.
The Tab 3 will ship with a Marvell PXA 986 1.2GHz CPU, 1GB of RAM, Android 4.2, a 3-megapixel rear camera, and a 1.3-megapixel front camera. The tablet will ship in a Wi-Fi-only model in the U.S. (sorry, U.S. phablet fans; all both of you).
I'm more than a bit disappointed by the Tab 3's screen resolution and initial storage amount. While microSD is a nice compromise, it won't help my eyes see things more clearly. At this point, 7-inch tablets with screen resolutions lower than 1,280x800 pixels stick out to me like a sore thumb, and with rumors of a 1,920x1,080-pixel Nexus 7 coming in July, that pain may soon be ratcheted up a notch.
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In this article, you'll learn:
When to use a credit note
What information a credit note should include
The easiest way to issue a credit note
How to register credit notes in your accounting
If you're familiar with the invoicing process, you've more than likely heard of a credit note. It's possible you've issued one or been on the receiving end of a credit note. But it can be slightly confusing when it comes to knowing when and how to issue a credit note.
Credit notes are typically connected to an invoice and allow complete or partial cancellation of a sale. Because there are strict laws around deleting invoices in many countries, a credit note is also important in the case that an invoice needs to be 'deleted'.
The sales process can involve a number of different documents, from quotes to invoices, delivery notes to reminders, and in some cases, credit notes.
As mentioned above, a credit note is used in situations where an invoice needs to be cancelled. This provides a legally acceptable way to keep the record of the sale in your accounts while clearly indicating that the order was cancelled and a specified amount of funds were returned.
However, a credit note can also be issued in the case that there is a change to an order - meaning that the invoice must be edited and re-issued. This can occur if there is a mistake in the order or if there is an error on the invoice.
In addition, if a customer wishes to amend their order, for example to reduce or increase the quantity of a product, or remove one (or several) products altogether, this would change the total of the invoice.
This change to the invoice typically requires it to be re-issued. Since a completed invoice should never be deleted, a credit note can be issued to effectively remove the amount from your finances (cancel it out).
Credit notes follow a general outline, much like quotes and invoices. While invoices have a strict format and set of requirements to ensure they are legally binding, quotes have a less-strict structure and required information.
Credit notes that also include VAT have a clear set of requirements for what should be clearly stated. Essentially, a VAT credit note should reflect the details of the VAT invoice - specifically, why it is being issued, the total amount to be credited and the amount before VAT as well as the invoice number of the original invoice and the date.
An issued credit note is generally directly linked to an invoice, but there are situations in which a stand-alone credit note can be issued, which can be applied to an invoice at a later time, or can be applied to a different income source.
Creating a credit note with the necessary details doesn't need to complicated. Invoicing & accounting software provides a ready-made template that allows you to generate a credit note directly from an existing invoice.
This automatically links the credit note to the invoice and transfers the information from the original invoice to the credit note template. It can then be edited, if necessary - for example, if it is only a partial credit note, certain lines can be removed and amounts adjusted.
The credit note will then receive its own unique number in your invoicing sequence, allowing you to manage your records effectively and without gaps in your invoice numbers.
When it comes to the financial records of your business, managing credit notes is fairly straightforward. Depending on at what point in the sales process the credit note is issued determines how it is handled in traditional double-entry bookkeeping methods.
For example, a credit note issued before an invoice is paid (for example, correcting a mistake) is debited the specified amount under 'Revenue' and credited under 'Accounts Receivable' for the particular customer, effectively crediting their account with your business to apply to future orders.
However, if goods are returned and a refund is provided, the credit note issued would simply be recorded under 'Revenue', and 'Accounts Receivable'.These entries adjust the amount of revenue recorded in your accounts.
If you're working with online invoicing & accounting software, the bookkeeping is built-in, meaning that as soon as you create a credit note it's automatically linked to the original invoice, that the balances are updated.
In summary
Editing, cancelling, or refunding an invoice can be a pain. But credit notes can be simple to issue and ensure that they contain the correct information regarding your invoice. Online invoicing software makes this possible by providing templates for credit notes and automatically linking them to the corresponding invoice.
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Friday, November 30, 2012
Another Sentimental Treasure Bites the Dust
electric frying pan three years ago.
This may seem like a silly thing to be upset about, after all, a double boiler is easily replaced. But this was not an ordinary double boiler. This item has been with me since I left my parents' house at the tender age of 18, with nothing to my name but some clothes and an old car.
I had rented a small, unfurnished house, and my grandparents, who had little or nothing as well, set about helping me get started with "adult life." They scoured garage sales and auctions, and before I knew it, I was set up with a bed, a washing machine, my grandparents' old silver kitchen table, and my great-grandparents' old couch and chair. I made a purchase for myself as well - a color TV, from a garage sale, for $2. What they didn't tell me was that it had only ONE color - green. But I digress. I also had a kitchen full of various gadgets. I saw the double boiler and had no idea what it was, so I stored it in the back of the cupboard with the hand-held potato masher and other mystery items, and went on with my life.
Eventually though I discovered my "culinary side" and I used the double boiler frequently. I often thought how well-made things used to be, that I could have a second-hand double boiler for 35 years and it was still awesome. I loved that thing - it had a smaller than typical footprint, and had a deep well, perfect for dipping candies at Christmas. And it reminded me of my grandma, and how she lovingly took what little she had herself and put together a functional kitchen for me. I can honestly say I never used it without thinking of her.
And, it was during just such an acitivity (dipping candies at Christmas time) that it met it's demise. The large, hardened glob of almond bark in the bottom of the pan was driving me crazy, so I picked up the Murder Weapon -
- and attempted to stab the glob in half for faster melting. Unfortunatly, the sharp blade went through the bottom of the upper pan -
- and managed to even pierce the bottom of the lower pan as well.
Is that "Taps" I hear?
I'm going to keep that knife in mind if I ever have an intruder in my home.
And now, I can't bear to throw it out, although it's completely nonfunctional for it's intended job. I'll need to find a way to repurpose it. Perhaps they'd make the perfect pots for kitchen herbs - they already have drain holes. :)
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I'm so sorry for your loss :-) I was thinking about a planter for a nice flowering plant or something - you can think of your grandmother every time it blooms.ReplyDelete
My mother had a double boiler as well. She would use it to make oatmeal in the morning, as it stays creamy and no lumps. That way, it could be served over a coarse of time and still be fresh and tasty. I do not know what became of it. They were made of aluminum and at that very thin so heat could be conducted quickly. I would check with amazon or ebay as I am sure you will be able to find a replacement.ReplyDelete
I am extremely sorry for your loss! I think there is nothing gonna be stayed for ever. Anyway, I was so worried with my boiler but I had to get boiler replacement eventually. I loved your all above pics which made your whole story great. God Bless You and Happy New Year!ReplyDelete
Karen - I wanted you to know that I nominated your for a "Liebster Blog" award. Here is the link: http://www.abbieandeveline.com/2013/01/11/a-dearest-honor/ReplyDelete
Karen, I have this double boiler's sister. (I think. The one I have is about 6 3/4" in diameter at the bottom, and the smaller top pan is about 5" wide. It is 6 3/4" high without the lid and about 9" high with the lid.) It is not a family heirloom and has been sitting in my lower cupboard gathering just since I got it in a box of stuff at an auction. Would you like it? I know it wouldn't be the same as the one in your photo but you could make new memories with the one I have. Let me know if you'd like it.ReplyDeleteReplies
Nancy, how sweet of you to offer it to me! I'm making friends with the new double boiler, tho, getting along okay with it. I'm going to plant herbs in the old one next spring. But it was very nice of you to offer, and much appreciated. I swear, genealogy bloggers are the nicest people there are. :)Delete
Karen, I'm laughing so hard right now! Isn't it funny how attached we can grow to these little things in our lives? I can relate to your story so well. Just last week I had to acknowledge that I can no longer use a beloved stainless steel espresso stovetop coffee pot. I bought it 31 years ago in Venice, Italy, and it has been my trusty companion all this time, bringing back memories of that trip and creating even more as I shared many a cappuccino with family and friends. The rubber gasket has worn away after all these years. I don't know whether it's replaceable, but I can't let go of the coffee pot. (Besides, I think it knows too much about me.)ReplyDelete
I agree that your double boiler would have a great new life as a planter and would bring you much joy.


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Without legislative action, the U.S. Postal Service will most likely default by the end of September, according to a press release issued Tuesday. The agency lacks the funding to meet a Congressionally mandated $5.5 billion payment to pre-fund Postal Service retiree health benefits.
The Postal Service is in a crisis today because it operates within a restrictive business model and has limited flexibility to respond to a changing marketplace, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe told the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Tuesday. We need the ability to operate more as a business does. This applies to the way we provide products and services, allocate resources, configure our retail, delivery and mail processing networks and manage our workforce.
The Postal Service has blamed the current economic climate and the increased use of electronic communication for a significant drop in the amount of First Class and Standard mail that the agency handles, a trend that is predicted to continue indefinitely. Over the past four years, the agency has cut costs by about $12 billion and let go about 110,000 employees. In order to meet profitability in its current state, the Postal Service must make an additional $20 billion in cuts by 2015: This means large-scale lay-offs, post office closings and a major reduction in services.
Without legislative change this year, the Postal Service faces default, as available liquidity at the end of this month will be insufficient to meet our financial obligations. Even our unavoidable default on the required $5.5 billion RHB pre-payment and the suspension of our employer contribution to the defined benefit portion of the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) will not stave off financial disaster, Donahoe said. After reimbursing the Department of Labor (DOL) $1.3 billion for workers compensation payments in October 2011, we will have liquidity equal to approximately one weeks operating expenses.* Foregoing the RHB pre-payment this year, without fundamental changes in the funding schedule, will likely only forestall insolvency until this time next year.
The Postal Service says it is not looking for a bailout, but legislation that will ease its operational burdens. Among the legislative action on the failing agencys wish list: an amendment that would change the way its $5.5 billion in annual retirement health benefits is handled; a return of $6.9 billion in Federal Employees Retirement System overpayments; the authority to change the agencys healthcare system to make it independent of the Federal system; and the authority to set its own delivery schedule, product policy and new-hire practices.
The size of the Postal Service workforce must also be addressed to meet the 2015 goal. In order to return to profitability, the Postal Service will have to to reduce its career workforce by about another 220,000, but it is unable to do so under the terms of existing collective bargain agreements. To ease workforce reductions, the Postal Service is asking Congress to allow it to use Reduction-in-Force (RIF) provisions currently applicable to Federal competitive service employees for positions held by bargaining unit employees.
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DTP Connectivity Project Committers Meeting Minutes: January 15, 2007
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- Project goals/themes for Europa
- Elevate provisional API to platform status
- Improve unit test coverage
- Improve documentation
- Ensure all API are documented
- Add general documentation (e.g. best practices, examples, etc.)
- Revise any API that are awkward or inadequate (based on extender feedback)
- Database recognition extension
- DSE content extension mechanism for SQL model elements
- Support adopter migration from WTP RDB to DTP
- Ensure feature compatibility
- Provide technical assistance
- Integrate CP framework into ODA runtime
- Improve "generic" feature set
- Expand generic DDL generation support to include SPs, UDFs, etc.
- Document contributor process
- Define defect prioritization
- Defects with patches attached
- Defects related to release goals
- Other defects as time allows
- Define best practices for defect logging
- Define defect prioritization
- Elevate provisional API to platform status
- Project schedule
- Project plan must be submitted to PMC by Feb. 16.
- DTP became part of Europa "train" as of M4 (Dec 21). Next milestone: M5, Feb. 16.
- See Europa milestones for more details (note, DTP is a +1 dependency)
- Platform versions
- Should develop against Eclipse 3.2 "stack" using JDK 1.4
- Will test against Europa stack
- See PMC/Lead meeting minutes for Jan. 15
- Europa requirements
- See PMC/Lead meeting minutes for Jan. 15
- See Europa project wiki for more details
Action Items
- Team: Comment on project goals
- Team: Input for project plan due by Jan 31. (feature requests, bug fixes, etc.)
- Rob Cernich
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- Larry Dunnel
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1967 Plymouth Satellite - Natural Born Machine
Keith Taylor's 1966 Plymouth Satellite Shows The Lineage Of The '67 GTX
Take a look at Keith Taylor's sharp Plymouth two-door hardtop. If you're like most people, at first glance you mistake it for a GTX. Then, on second look, you check out the fender badging and realize that this Rapid Transit car is a '66. The GTX didn't come out until 1967.
Your next thought, seeing the 15x7-inch Weld wheels, is that if this isn't a GTX, it must be a professionally-modified street machine, and that's why it looks so hot. You'd be half right. On closer inspection, you realize that the car looks so hot because it is a Satellite. Modifications are few and far between. Keith Taylor's '66 looks so sharp because it's mostly stock! That's what we call a natural born street machine. Nobody did it better than Mopar.
It would be hard to imagine a cleaner looking two-door hardtop. It's a great canvas for a street machine, mild or wild. Keith chose the mild route. On the outside, you see the aluminum rims, which really stand out against the Bright Red factory stock paint. Inside, the bucket seats, console, and floor-mounted shifter for the 4-speed are also 100 percent stock. Satellites got these upgrades over the basic Belvedere.
Under the hood is the 325 horse 383 four barrel, which at the start of the model year was the highest performance V8 available in this B-Body. (The first street Hemi came a little later in the model year.) Keith modified the 383 with a slightly bigger Chrysler hydraulic cam, just enough to make a rumble through the Flowmaster dual mufflers. He also popped on a set of Edelbrock valve covers and an Edelbrock low restriction air cleaner, and voil, the Franklin, Ohio, Mopar enthusiast had a street machine. With very few modifications, this Satellite looks so hot that people mistake it for either a GTX or a street machine that really grabs your attention.


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Revision as of 21:06, 2 April 2020
|Alabama Wiki Topics
|Beginning Research
|Record Types
|Alabama Background
|Local Research Resources
Online Resources[edit | edit source]
- Alabama Church and Synagogue Records Collection Database Index to the collection.
- Alabama Episcopal Church Records. 1830's to 1970's. Index.
Alabama Churches General Information[edit | edit source]
Church records and the information they provide vary greatly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age; dates of baptism, christening or birth; marriage information, such as the bride's maiden name and the names of both sets of parents; death or burial date; admissions; and removals. Records may include names of other relatives who were witnesses or members of the congregation. The members of some churches were predominately of one nationality or ethnic group. Church records are important for Alabama family research because civil authorities in Alabama did not begin registering vital statistics until after 1908.
Roman Catholic church records for Mobile date from about 1700. In the 1800s, the largest religious groups in Alabama were the Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian churches.[1][2]
To find information about churches up to 1870, such as when the churches were founded, names of ministers and early members, and associated cemeteries, see:
- Daughters of the American Revolution (Alabama). Some Early Alabama Churches (Established Before 1870). Birmingham, Alabama: Parchment Press, 1973. FHL book 976.1 K2d, film 1026262 item 8
The Family History Library has a few church records for Alabama, but most remain with the local churches. Also search for local (city and county) church records in the FamilySearch Catalog. Some denominations have collected their records into central repositories. You can write to the following addresses to learn where records of a particular denomination are located.
Baptist[edit | edit source]
Special Collection, Samford University Library
Samford University
Harwell Goodwin Davis Library
800 Lakeshore Dr.
Birmingham, AL 35229-0001
Phone: (205)726-2748
See Alabama Archives and Libraries. The Samford University Library Website has an inventory of their records and contains many different Alabama denominations in their collection besides Baptist. Also included are microfilmed records of the American Missionary Association, a interdenominational missionary society devoted to abolitionist principles beginning in 1846.
For histories of the Baptist Church, see:
- Holcombe, Hosea. A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Alabama. 1840. Reprint, Bessemer, Alabama: West Jefferson County Historical Society, 1974. FHL book 976.1 K21h This history of the Baptist Church to 1840 is indexed.
- Flynt, F. Wayne. Alabama Baptists: Southern Baptists in the Heart of Dixie. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1998.
- Bledsoe, W.C. History of the Liberty (East) Baptist Association of Alabama. Atlanta, Ga.: Constitution Job Office, 1886. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
- Riley, B.F. A Memorial History of the Baptists of Alabama: Being an Account of the Struggles and Achievements of the Denomination from 1808 to 1923. Philadelphia: The Judson Press, 1923. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
An 1899 directory of Baptist ministers lists biographical details about many ministers born or serving in the state: [3]
- The Ministerial Directory of the Baptist Churches in the United States of America. Oxford, Ohio: Ministerial Directory Co., 1899. Digital version at Google Books.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)[edit | edit source]
Early church records, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for Alabama Wards and Branches can be found on film and are located at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The film numbers, for each ward, can be located through the FamilySearch Catalog or by referring to Jaussi, Laureen R., and Gloria D. Chaston. Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers. 2 vols. Provo, Utah: Genealogy Tree, 1982. FHL book 979.2258 A3j; fiche 6031507. These volumes contain the film numbers for many (but not all) membership and temple record films.
Episcopal[edit | edit source]
|Deacons Made
|Priests Ordained
|Churches Consecrated
A list of the Episcopal congregations in Alabama before 1939 is:
- Inventory of the Church Archives of Alabama: Protestant Episcopal Church. Birmingham, Alabama: Alabama Historical Records Survey Project, 1939. FHL book 976.1 K2h; film 897366 item 3; digital version at FamilySearch Books. This gives the location of each church with a brief history and describes the types and years of records that existed for each congregation in 1939.
For a history, consult:
- Whitaker, Walter C. History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Alabama 1763-1891. Birmingham, Ala.: Roberts & Son, 1898. Digital version at FamilySearch Books - free.
Methodist[edit | edit source]
Houghton Memorial Library
Huntingdon College
1500 E. Fairview Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36106-2148
Phone: (334) 833-4421
Fax: (334) 263-4465
E-mail: email@example.com
Charles Andrew Rush Library
Birmingham-Southern College
900 Arkadelphia Road
P.O. Box 549020
Birmingham, AL 35254-9990
Phone: (205) 226-4740
Fax: (205) 226-4743
Histories of the Methodist Church in Alabama include:
- Lazenby, Marion Elias, History of Methodism in Alabama and West Florida. N.p., 1960. FHL book 976.1 K2L. This book includes a list of deceased ministers and a name and subject index.
- West, Anson. A History of Methodism in Alabama. Nashville, Tenn.: Pub. House, Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1893. Digital version at FamilySearch Books - free.
Presbyterian[edit | edit source]
Presbyterian Historical Society
425 Lombard Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
Phone: (215) 627-1852
Fax: (215) 627-0509
Early Presbyteries (with years organized): Alabama Presbytery (1821), Elyton Presbytery (1831), Birmingham Presbytery (1896), Talladega Presbytery (1836), Springville Presbytery (1880), Robert Donnell Presbytery (1890), The New Hope Presbytery(1838), and The McGready Presbytery (1840/1).[5]
Histories of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church include:
- Hall, James H.B. "The History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Alabama Prior to 1826," Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Vol. 4 (1904):365-394. Digital version at Internet Archive - free. Identifies minute books available for early Presbyteries. The early Presbyteries did not keep records of baptisms, marriages, and burials.
Roman Catholic[edit | edit source]
Diocese of Birmingham
2121 3rd Ave.
P.O. Box 12047
North Birmingham, AL 35202-2047
Phone: (205) 838-8322
The diocese includes the counties of: Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert, Coosa, Cullman , DeKalb, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hale, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, Morgan, Perry, Pickens, Randolph, Shelby, Sumter, St. Clair, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker and Winston.[6]
Archdiocese of Mobile Archives
14 S. Franklin St.
Mobile, AL 36602
Phone: (251) 415-3850
The Archdiocese includes the counties of: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Dallas, Elmore, Escambia, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Russell, Washington and Wilcox.[6]
For further information about local church records, please refer to county or city pages.
The Drouin Collection
Early U.S. French Catholic Church Records, 1695-1954 Ancestry ($). This database only contains the French Catholic parish records from the United States in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New York, and Pennsylvania. It is the U.S. part of the U.S. and French-Canadian Drouin Collection. For more details see The Drouin Collection: Six databases
The types of records include baptisms, marriages, and burials as well as confirmations, dispensations, censuses, statements of readmission to the church, and so on. They are written mainly in French, as well as English, Latin, and Italian.
State of Alabama
Dept. of Archives and History
624 Washington Ave.
Montgomery, AL 36130-3601
Collection includes:
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Mobile, Alabama)
- Family Records, 1700-1860
- Scattered issues of Mobile and Birmingham Catholic newspapers in originals
- Local Catholic cemetery gravestone transcriptions and funeral home records
- Items pertaining to Catholic education in Alabama (yearbooks, students and faculty lists), scattered localities and dates.
Some of the records of this diocese are available on microfilms at the Family History Library.
Alabama church records are listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:
Websites[edit | edit source]
- http://www.genealogy.com/5_grnwd.html
- http://www.accessgenealogy.com/church/alabama.htm
- http://www.censusfinder.com/alabama.htm
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Sydney E. Ahlstrom, A Religious History of the American People (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1972). FHL book 973 K2ah.
- ↑ Association of Religion Data Archives)
- ↑ Davis points out that not all ministers participated, see: Robert S. Davis, "Some Baptist Ministers of South Carolina at the Turn of the Century," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 32, No. 1 (Winter 2004):13-22. FHL Book 975.7 B2sc v. 32
- ↑ R.H. Cobbs and W.C. Whitaker, "Statistics of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Alabama," Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Vol. 2 (1898):83-89. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
- ↑ James H.B. Hall, "The History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Alabama Prior to 1826," Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Vol. 4 (1904):392-394. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Map of the Roman Catholic Dioceses in the United States of America, Office of Catholic Schools Diocese of Columbus, accessed 3 Nov 2010.


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February 28, 2018, 12:24 amLarry Nance Jr.PF, Cleveland Cavaliers
Larry Nance Jr. rebounded from some early foul trouble to notch 10 points, 10 rebounds and a block in 26 minutes against the Nets on Tuesday.
Nance picked up two fouls in the first four minutes but kept it in check for the rest of the evening and continued his strong Cavs tenure. He's definitely a viable pickup if you need rebounds and defensive stats on strong percentages, so it's worth checking your waiver wire if Nance fits the bill.
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June 4, 2020, 2:00 pmLeBron JamesSF, Los Angeles Lakers
The Board of Governors has approved the NBA's 22-team format to restart the 2019-20 season.
The vote was 29-1. It was widely expected that the format would get the go-ahead, even though more than one team didn't fully support the proposed plan, and the NBA has at least settled on what the season will look like once it's able to resume. They have also set the draft lottery for August 25 and the draft for October 15. The biggest hurdles remain anything that has to do with COVID-19, and to this point the league has yet to say anything about those challenges, but there is plenty of forward momentum these days.
Source: Adrian Wojnarowski on Twitter
June 3, 2020, 9:23 pmEnes KanterC, Boston Celtics
Sean Deveney reported that "multiple agents say not all players are on board with an NBA return".
One agent said, "Most of the guys are excited, fired up, they want to get back out there. Those are 95 percent of the conversations I have had". There are players that feel the money is not worth putting themselves and their families at risk. Enes Kanter weighed in on the topic, saying "there are some other team's players out there, that they don't want to play. They're like, 'It's just a game. I'm not going to risk my life". It is likely that the high-profile players will still play, but it looks like some role players may not be willing to take the risk to join their team when the NBA season resumes.
Source: Heavy.com
June 3, 2020, 4:39 pmDerrick RosePG, Detroit Pistons
The Pistons announced that they plan to reopen team facilities on Thursday, allowing voluntary individual workouts while following all the social-distancing guidelines.
Although the Pistons' season is likely over as they are not one of the 22 teams that will continue to play if the Board of Governors vote to ratify the plan on Thursday, this will allow players to stay in shape for the 2020-21 season which is expected to start in December.
Source: James Edwards III
June 3, 2020, 11:41 amZion WilliamsonPF, New Orleans Pelicans
Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting that the Pelicans, Blazers, Suns, Kings, Spurs and Wizards will be the six non-playoff teams resuming action when the NBA restarts.
This makes complete sense, as they're the only non-playoff teams that can sniff the postseason. Woj backs up an earlier Shams Charania report about a potential play-in tournament for the final playoff spot in each Conference as well. If the ninth seed trails the eighth seed by more than four games when the league's truncated regular season wraps up, the eighth seed makes the playoffs. If the deficit is under four games, however, the two teams will compete in a play-in tournament that is double-elimination for the eighth seed and single-elimination for the ninth.
Source: Adrian Wojnarowski on Twitter
June 3, 2020, 11:36 amLeBron JamesSF, Los Angeles Lakers
Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting that the NBA will have an eight-game regular season for the purposes of playoff seeding upon its return while Shams Charania reports that there will be a play-in tournament for the eighth seed.
This applies to the NBA coming back with 22 teams, as the league's bottom eight are well out of playoff contention and bringing them to Orlando would only negatively affect the league's pursuit for player safety. As for the play-in tournament, Charania describes it as such: "If the ninth seed is more than four games behind the eighth seed, the eighth seed earns the playoff spot; if the ninth seed is four or fewer games behind, then the eighth and ninth seed will enter a play-in tournament that is double-elimination for the eighth seed and single-elimination for ninth." Expect another announcement about the league's format in the coming days.
Source: Adrian Wojnarowski on Twitter
June 2, 2020, 10:02 pmCorey BrewerSF, Sacramento Kings
Corey Brewer, a veteran of eight different NBA teams, is still hoping to sign another contract before he calls it a career.
Brewer, 34, seems to think he has enough in the tank for one final stint in the NBA. "We had some talks with a few teams, but nothing really happened. My agent is still working on it, so we'll see," Brewer said. "I feel like I can still help a team and I feel like I have a few good years left. But you never know, man." Brewer has not suited up for an NBA team this season and, with a waning jump shot and increased age, his chances of securing another pact in the NBA are pretty unlikely.
Source: HoopsHype
June 2, 2020, 9:47 pmDeMarcus CousinsC, Los Angeles Lakers
Kings broadcaster Grant Napear stepped down from his position with the Kings on Tuesday after he said 'All Lives Matter..Every Single One!' when asked about his thoughts on the Black Lives Matter movement during a Twitter interaction with former Kings center DeMarcus Cousins.
This is the first domino to fall in American professional sports in relation to the Black Lives Matter movement, even if it's a relatively insignificant one. Napear said of himself and the interaction, "I'm not as educated on BLM as I thought I was. I had no idea that when I said 'All Lives Matter' that it was counter to what BLM was trying to get across," he said. "I'm in pain. I'm 60 years old and I still have a lot to learn." The Kings will evidently have to find a new play-by-play man for their radio broadcasts to accompany Doug Christie when games resume.
Source: TMZ
June 2, 2020, 8:45 pmJohn WallPG, Washington Wizards
John Wall, who has long been rumored to have absolutely zero chance of returning to the court even if the current season is resumed, said in a conference call last week that he feels "110 percent."
Wall and the Wizards both maintain that he will not return to action this season, regardless of the outcome of the vote on Thursday by the NBA Board of Governors. This is good news, obviously, for the team as they set their sights on next season. As of late, trade rumors have been swirling around the franchise's two top assets: Wall and All Star guard Bradley Beal. Moving forward, there is a high possibility that the Wizards will decide between the two, as Beal's contract will expire after next season. Which player will the Wizards keep? Who will they trade, or will they trade them both? They are hoping to have some time to evaluate how the pair plays in tandem early next season, as Wall has missed significant time with a torn left Achilles he suffered during the 2018-19 season. But it may be too late to negotiate an extension with Beal at that point, so they will have to play their cards with extreme care.
Source: The Athletic
June 2, 2020, 8:27 pmBradley BealSG, Washington Wizards
Wes Unseld, a Hall of Famer and Washington Bullets legend, passed away on Tuesday due to complications with pneumonia and other illnesses. He was 74 years old.
An outstanding rebounder, Unseld is also one of only two players to ever be awarded Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player in the same season in 1968-69. He guided the Bullets to the NBA Finals four times, winning once in 1978, a series where Unseld took home MVP honors. Hornets' GM and former teammate Mitch Kupchak said of Unseld, "As a teammate, he was tough, dependable and competitive to no end." Unseld was a fearless competitor and highly respected across the league during his 13 seasons with the Bullets franchise. Former Knicks center and fellow Hall of Famer Willis Reed recently recalled their battles against one another, "He was most consciously a rebounder — he could shoot, but he didn't emphasize that part of his game — and felt that if he did his job right, by getting the defensive rebound and making the quick outlet pass, they would score quickly." Unseld was undoubtedly a pioneer for the game of basketball and means a great deal to the city of Washington D.C.
Source: Rick Bonnell on Twitter
June 2, 2020, 7:58 pmLeBron JamesSF, Los Angeles Lakers
ESPN's Adrian Wojanrowski is reporting that Adam Silver and the NBA Board of Governors, who are planning to vote Thursday on how to continue the season, would like the NBA Finals to conclude no later than October 12.
With July 31 being the widely-reported restart date and the league tentatively planning to start 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 season by Christmas Day of this year, it would make sense to crown a league champion as early as possible. The meeting with the NBA Board of Governors on Thursday will (finally) bring some clarity to the rest of the NBA season, as they will hold a vote to decide how to proceed. NBA fans have been waiting since the middle of March for some resolutions. This week will provide them.
Source: Adrian Wojnarowski on Twitter


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- Mass modification of D-meson in hot hadronic matter (2003)
- We evaluate the in-medium D and -meson masses in hot hadronic matter induced by interactions with the light hadron sector described in a chiral SU(3) model. The e ective Lagrangian approach is generalized to SU(4) to include charmed mesons. We find that the D-mass drops substantially at finite temperatures and densities, which open the channels of the decay of the charmonium states ( 2, c, J/ ) to D pairs in the thermal medium. The e ects of vacuum polarisations from the baryon sector on the medium modification of the D-meson mass relative to those obtained in the mean field approximation are investigated. The results of the present work are compared to calculations based on the QCD sum-rule approach, the quark-meson coupling model, chiral perturbation theory, as well as to studies of quarkonium dissociation using heavy quark potential from lattice QCD.
- In-medium vector meson masses in a chiral SU(3) model (2003)
- A significant drop of the vector meson masses in nuclear matter is observed in a chiral SU(3) model due to the e ects of the baryon Dirac sea. This is taken into account through the summation of baryonic tadpole diagrams in the relativistic Hartree approximation. The appreciable decrease of the in-medium vector meson masses is due to the vacuum polarisation e ects from the nucleon sector and is not observed in the mean field approximation.