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Fourth time's the charm?!
Nick Viall, star of two seasons of "The Bachelorette" and this season of "Bachelor in Paradise", has been revealed as the new Bachelor.
The news was announced live on tonight's "After Paradise", by hosts Michelle Collins and Sean Lowe, and Nick was on hand to sound off on his new journey.
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"I'm very excited," he confessed, but still, "I'm more nervous."
After weeks of speculation that the next bachelor would either be Luke Pell or Chase McNary, this reveal comes as quite the shock for fans of the franchise, who are used to Bachelors being picked from the last season of "The Bachelorette." Nick made it to the final two of both Andi Dorfman and Kaitlyn Bristowe's seasons, and then went on to show up in this season of "Bachelor in Paradise."
While this seemingly came out of the blue, Viall has known for a while. "I don't know if anything really prepares you for it," Viall said of the nerves and emotions he was feeling ahead of the official announcement. But still, he insists he's prepared. "Honestly, I think I'm definitely ready for it. I'm very excited. I've had an interesting journey throughout this process."
One thing you're probably wondering: What the heck happens with Jen, a.k.a. the woman he's dating on Bachelor in Paradise? "Obviously we don't end up together," he revealed, but you'll have to tune in to the finale next week to find out how it ends.
So, what's he looking for in a woman? "I've always liked confidence," he said. "Someone who makes me a better person and challenges me."
Bachelor in Paradise's Biggest Scandals Ever: Affairs, Texts and One Bad Chad
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Monday, September 26, 2011
Now Playing: Beautifully Falling Apart
Posted by Rot at 9:07 AM
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3 comments:
- ScottT said...
These guys are SOOO good. Is this new?
- September 26, 2011 at 4:19 PM
- Rot said...
I think this album came out in July.
But they have some older stuff that is AMAZING.
- September 26, 2011 at 7:13 PM
- Marrow said...
Dang Rot.
Look through your posts labelled youtube.com
Click on any one of them. I can almost guarantee you that underneath the view-count there will be a little bit of text saying "As Seen On: PUMPKINROT.COM: What's Brewing"
You must get some SERIOUS traffic.
- September 27, 2011 at 5:33 AM
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L is for Letter from grandma.
This 1944 letter was among the ephemera that I scanned last year while visiting with mother. It was written by my grandmother Blanche Barker Piggott and addressed to her mother-in-laws; my great-grandmother.
This letter is precious to me because she talks about mom when she was just a wee one. Of course this is one letter that mom kept for herself.
Bloomington, Idaho
January 25, 1944
Dear Folks,
How is everyone down your way?
I have been going to write ever since
Xmas and thank you for the parcel
but haven't been able to do it.
After the kids got over the whooping
cough they all had the flu. They are
all well right now and I hope they
stay that way until the rest of the
Joyce is surely fat. I made her some
pajamas and she looks as wide as
she does high. Just like a little
round ball. She practically runs
all day from one room to the other.
The kids surely enjoy her now.
They play with her and spoil her
more every day.
Madsen likes his job fine. He
gets a raise the first of the month
and another one the first of March.
I am glad he has been home.
I don't believe I could have
managed without him the last
month. I have had a congested
gall bladder and it has been
plenty hard to get around and
take care of things. I have felt
better today than I have for a
The kids have been very good to
help me. They wash dishes and sweep
floors and dust when they are home
from school.
Matt goes to work at nine o'clock
and gets home between 5 and 6
Do you hear from David often?
We received a letter a few days
Is Oliver working or did he get
a job when he went back.
Do you see Mrs. Hart very often
or have they moved to another
I never hear any news here
in town, at least until it is old
Matt is in Paris all day and I
never leave the place
Do you still like Ogden or would
you just as soon be back in Bear
Lake. It is warmer here now than
it was about a week ago. I some-
times wish we had your bath-
room up here. It would come
in plenty handy right now.
It is getting late so will close
with love to you all
Check out Gould's Family History Through the Alphabet Challenge for more stories about the letter L.
Leslie Ann


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No. 3 seed Winthrop will play in the VisitMyrtleBeach.com Big South Women's Basketball Championship game for the first time since 1996 after posting a hard-fought 65-59 victory over the two-time defending tournament champion, No. 2 seed Liberty, in Saturday evening's semifinal clash at The HTC Center. Now 23-8, Winthrop will face No. 1 seed High Point (22-9) in the championship game Sunday at 5 p.m. on ESPN3. The Panthers notched a 73-69 victory over No. 4 seed Campbell in Saturday evening's first semifinal tilt. This is the first time in tournament history that neither Liberty nor Radford will appear in the championship game. Liberty, which had defeated the Eagles during both regular-season matchups, falls to 20-11. The Lady Flames, who failed to advance to the Big South Championship title game for the first time since 2007, will now hope for their second WNIT bid in program history. The WNIT field will be announced on March 17. Trailing by nine points with 4:10 remaining, Liberty reeled off seven of the game's next eight points. Mickayla Sanders' spinning hoop in the paint with 47.1 seconds left made it a one-possession game at 59-56. Winthrop then made all six of its free throw attempts the rest of the way, sealing its first-ever tournament victory over Liberty in six tries. Big South Player of the Year Dequesha McClanahan paced the victors with 15 points, while freshman Erica Williams posted her 10th double-double (14 points, 10 rebounds) of the season. Tiffany Charles came off the bench for a season-high 12 points and four of her team's 11 steals. The Eagles' Schaquilla Nunn became Winthrop's career blocked shots leader with her lone rejection of the night. The sophomore has already rejected 171 shots in two seasons. Liberty freshman Mickayla Sanders topped all players with 19 points, and added a career-high eight rebounds. Ashley Rininger's 16th double-double of the year consisted of 16 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. She also dished out a career-high four assists and blocked three shots. Katelyn Adams added nine points for the Lady Flames, while Sadalia Ellis distributed a game-high five assists. Winthrop finished the game at 40 percent (22-of-55) from the field, as compared with 36.5 percent (23-of-63) for the Lady Flames. Liberty shot just 29.2 percent from three-point range, but broke the program single-season record with seven made triples. The Lady Flames have now connected on 175 three-pointers this season. The nation's No. 1-ranked team for rebound margin, Liberty won the battle of the boards, 45-32, and scored 32 bench points to Winthrop's 13. The Eagles tied the Big South Championship record for fewest turnovers with seven and got to the free throw line more than twice as often as the Lady Flames (23-10). Winthrop made 16 of its 23 charity tosses for 69.6 percent. Winthrop missed its first nine field goal attempts of the evening, but was able to take a 5-4 lead on its first connection, a Taylor Calvert triple from the top of the key at the 14:51 mark. Rininger scored four points during Liberty's ensuing 7-0 run, including a baseline jumper at 13:05 which lifted the Lady Flames to an 11-5 lead. Samiya Wright capped off a 6-0 Winthrop burst with a triple from the left wing, putting the Eagles back in front, 17-16, 8:38 before halftime. Liberty briefly reclaimed the advantage on Tesh Hanson's layup 13 seconds later, before Winthrop fashioned a 13-2 run. McClanahan scored the surge's last five points, including a pull-up jumper in transition at 2:39 which gave the Eagles a double-digit lead at 30-20. The Lady Flames battled back to within six (32-26) before Winthrop took a 34-26 cushion into the intermission. After starting 1-of-13 from the field, Winthrop made 13 of its last 22 field goal attempts to close the opening half, shooting 40 percent (14-of-35) for the period. Meanwhile, Liberty made 34.4 percent (11-of-32) of its first-half field goal tries. The Lady Flames owned a 24-18 rebounding edge prior to halftime, but Winthrop scored 18 points in the paint to Liberty's 10. Rininger tallied six points of a 9-0 Liberty run early in the second half. The redshirt sophomore's pair of free throws with 12:42 left gave the Lady Flames a short-lived 41-40 edge. Winthrop scored on its next two trips to the offensive end, thanks to hoops from Calvert and Williams, and went ahead for good. Liberty made only two field goals over the next eight minutes, during which time the Eagles' lead expanded to nine. Williams' old-fashioned three-point play at the 4:10 mark put gold-clad Winthrop on top, 58-49, with just 4:10 left.
Quotes: Winthrop Head Coach Kevin Cook: "First off I would like to say what a tough program, what a great program Liberty is and what a class coach Mr. Green is. He is a good man and a good coach. They gave us a very, very tough ball game." "This game was about our players. This game of basketball is about the players. I am very proud of their efforts tonight. They followed the game-plan to a tee. We will be ready and we will show up tomorrow night." "It is a one-game series. We played two one-game series to get to this point and you have to win one game. It is for all the marbles and it is going to be a heck of a ball game."
Liberty Head Coach Carey Green: "First of all, we would like to congratulate Winthrop and wish them the best as they go into the championship game. It was one of those hard-fought games and just a few plays separated the two teams." "I am proud of the effort that my team put forth. It just comes down to we have to make some shots. They shot a higher percentage from the field, they shot a higher percentage from three point range and they got to the free throw line much more than we did. We were just a little too inconsistent with our shooting and again, we would like to wish them the very best as they go into the championship game."


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Marc Caputo / MiamiHerald.com:
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Discussion: The Caucus, Washington Monthly and Advocate
Lizette Alvarez / The Caucus: Romney Aide Says Campaign Lost Florida
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: Final Shoe Drops
Marc Caputo / Naked Politics:
Why Obama wins Florida — Though votes are still being tallied, President Obama is all but assured a victory in Florida because the lion's share of the outstanding ballots come from Democratic-heavy counties. — Obama leads Republican Mitt Romney by 55,825 votes — or 49.9 percent to 49.24 …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Orlando Sentinel, Outside the Beltway and Riptide 2.0
Kathleen Haughney / Orlando Sentinel: Florida, still counting votes, winds up not counting in 2012 presidential election
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: Romney Campaign Concedes Defeat In Florida
Kyle Munzenrieder / Riptide 2.0: Mitt Romney Campaign Basically Concedes Florida
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney adviser concedes Florida vote to Obama
Romney adviser concedes Florida vote to Obama
Discussion: Ballot Box and New York Magazine
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box: Florida Democratic Party calls for voting reform
Joshua Green / Business Week:
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Discussion: The Atlantic Online
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online: Congressional Republicans: Meet the President Who Suddenly Has the Upper Hand
Manu Raju / Politico:
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Discussion: Washington Monthly, CNN, The Hill and LifeNews.com
Ted Barrett / CNN: Despite election losses, GOP Sen. Cornyn poised for promotion
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LaTourette: Tea party response to Romney loss is 'crap'
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The Case of the Missing White Voters
The Case of the Missing White Voters
Discussion: The PJ Tatler, ABCNEWS, National Review and American Spectator
Rick Moran / The PJ Tatler: Was 2012 the Last Stand of the White Voter?
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Yuval Levin / National Review: The Election and the Right
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
The GOP's Hispanic Nightmare
The GOP's Hispanic Nightmare
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review: Immigration & Delusion
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: Conservative Reaction To Election '12, Part III: No "Centrist" Renewal Project In Sight
First Read:
First Thoughts: Back to work — Back to work... Questions for the Obama White House and congressional Republicans in the upcoming "fiscal cliff" negotiations... Soul-searching time for the GOP... Lessons learned from the '12 election: Florida's I-4 Corridor isn't really a swing area anymore …
Michael Isikoff / Open Channel:
Karl Rove's election nightmare: Super PAC's spending was nearly for naught
Karl Rove's election nightmare: Super PAC's spending was nearly for naught
Discussion: Crooks and Liars, The Atlantic Online, msnbc.com and Sunlight Foundation …
David Neiwert / Crooks and Liars: For Whom the Bell Polls: Karl Rove's Jig is Up
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online: Voter Suppression Backfires
Anupama Narayanswamy / Sunlight Foundation …: More than two-thirds of outside spending backed losing candidates
Lindsay Young / Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group:
Outside spenders' return on investment
Outside spenders' return on investment
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Donovan Slack / Politico: Axe: Conservative donors should ask for refunds
Rachel Weiner / Election 2012: National Rifle Association shut out on Election Day
David Edwards / The Raw Story: Rove super PAC gets 1 percent return on $103 million in ads
Grace Wyler / Business Insider: David Axelrod Thinks Karl Rove's Donors Should Ask For Their Money Back
New York Times:
Little to Show for Cash Flood by Big Donors
Little to Show for Cash Flood by Big Donors
Discussion: BillMoyers.com, Hit & Run, New York Magazine, Progressive Change … and OpenSecrets.org
John Light / BillMoyers.com: Money Talks — Does America Listen?
Jacob Sullum / Hit & Run: Can We Stop Talking About 'Buying' Elections Now?
Jason Wallace / CBS Las Vegas:
Vegas Employer: Obama Won, So I Fired 22 Employees — LAS VEGAS (CBS Las Vegas) — A Las Vegas business owner with 114 employees fired 22 workers today, apparently as a direct result of President Obama's re-election. — "David" (he asked to remain anonymous for obvious reasons) …
Discussion: The Raw Story, Human Events, Wonkette, BuzzFeed, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, Balloon Juice, Wake up America and Gawker
David Edwards / The Raw Story: Las Vegas business owner fires 22 'mostly Hispanic' employees over Obama win
John Hayward / Human Events: FORWARD! TO MASS LAYOFFS!
Rebecca Schoenkopf / Wonkette: Hero Boss Fires 22 Employees, For America And Patriotism
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: Las Vegas Business Owner Forced To Fire 22 Employees After Obama's Win Because Of Costs Associated With Obamacare...
Erika Johnsen / Hot Air: Onward, ObamaCare — ObamaCare is no longer merely looming …
Susan Duclos / Wake up America: Vegas Employer Fires 22 Employees Citing 'Survival' And Election 'Consequences'
Hamilton Nolan / Gawker: So, Did Rich CEOs Lay Everyone Off When Obama Was Elected?
Barbara Starr / CNN:
FIRST ON CNN: Iranian jets fire on U.S. drone — Two Iranian Su-25 fighter jets fired on an unarmed U.S. Air Force Predator drone in the Persian Gulf on November 1, the Pentagon disclosed on Thursday. — The incident, reported first by CNN, raised fresh concerns within the Obama administration …
Discussion: The Mental Recession, Guardian, Wired, Wake up America, Mediaite, Weasel Zippers, Atlas Shrugs and The Agonist
Rusty Weiss / The Mental Recession: Report: Did the Obama Administration Withhold Information on an Iranian Attack on a US Drone?
Tom McCarthy / Guardian: Iranian fighter jets fired on US drone, Pentagon confirms
Spencer Ackerman / Wired: 4 More Drones! Robot Attacks Are on Deck for Obama's Next Term
Noah Rothman / Mediaite: BREAKING: Iranian Jets Fire On U.S. Drone... Last Week
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: Iranian Fighter Jets Attempt To Shoot Down U.S. Drone In International Airspace . . . On November 1st...
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs: Four More Years! Iranian Warplanes Attack Unarmed U.S. Drone last week
Steve Hynd / The Agonist: How dare Iran!!!1one!
Fox News:
Iran fired at unarmed US drone, Pentagon says
Iran fired at unarmed US drone, Pentagon says
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Cheston Catalano / Alan Colmes' Liberaland: Iran Fires At Unarmed U.S. Drone
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard: Iran Attack on U.S. Drone Not Revealed Until After Election Because of 'Classified' Mission
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Jon Stewart Gleefully Rips Into Fox News Election Coverage: 'Avalanche On Bullsh*t Mountain' — Jon Stewart recapped all the big news from last night's election, but saved his harshest criticisms for Fox News, Karl Rove, and in particular, five fateful minutes of the network in near-pandemonium …
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Dan Hodges / Business Insider: Fox News Is Killing The Republican Party
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Rove's On-Air Rebuttal of Fox's Ohio Vote Call Raises Questions About His Role
Rove's On-Air Rebuttal of Fox's Ohio Vote Call Raises Questions About His Role
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter: When Karl Rove criticized Fox News' decision desk for calling Ohio …
Erick Erickson / RedState:
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Discussion: The Other McCain and The Lonely Conservative
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Conservative Reaction To Election '12, Part II: More, Not Less, Ideology, Please
Conservative Reaction To Election '12, Part II: More, Not Less, Ideology, Please
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Romneyworld reckoning begins
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Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs: Wingnuts Who Predicted Doom for America Now Saying 'We Can Survive 4 More Years of Obama'
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Robert Stein / Connecting.the.Dots: Karl Rove's Consumer Fraud?
John Hinderaker / Power Line: The Meaning of Yesterday's Defeat
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
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Discussion: A plain blog about politics, Donklephant and CNET
Jonathan Bernstein / A plain blog about politics: Do Democrats Have a Structural Electoral College Advantage Now?
Justin Gardner / Donklephant: Electoral Math Looks Grim For Republicans In 2016 & Beyond
First Read:
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Nikki Schwab / Washington Examiner: Romney staffers get cut off
Julian Walker / Virginian-Pilot:
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Discussion: Ballot Box, Politico, Taylor Marsh, Election 2012 and Hotline On Call
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box: Warner likely to stay in Senate with McAuliffe making second Virginia governor run
Alexander Burns / Politico: McAuliffe says he's running for governor with Warner's 'green light'
Dan Snierson / Inside TV:
Vice President Joe Biden to guest on 'Parks and Recreation' — EXCLUSIVE VIDEO — Next week's episode of Parks and Recreation is going to have a VIP: the VP. — Joe Biden — yes, the very guy who was re-elected Vice President of the United States less than 24 hours ago …
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Tierney Bricker / E! Online: NEWS/Vice President Joe Biden to Guest Star on Parks and Recreation
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill: Biden to cameo on 'Parks and Recreation'
Taylor Bigler / The Daily Caller: Joe Biden took time out of his busy schedule to film a 'Parks and Recreation' cameo [VIDEO]
Benjamin R. Freed / DCist: Joe Biden to Appear on Parks and Recreation
Andrew Belonsky / Towleroad News #gay: Joe Biden To Appear On Next Week's 'Parks And Recreation'
Kay Steiger / The Raw Story: Biden to appear on NBC's 'Parks and Recreation'
Mallory Ortberg / Gawker: Vice President Joe Biden Is Coming to 'Parks and Recreation'
Bill Carter / New York Times:
No Method Acting: On Sitcom, Biden Plays Biden
No Method Acting: On Sitcom, Biden Plays Biden
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Business Insider, Washington Examiner, Weekly Standard and NewsBusters.org
Christina Austin / Business Insider: Joe Biden Makes A Top Secret Cameo On 'Parks And Recreation'
Jenny Rogers / Washington Examiner: Biden to appear on 'Parks and Rec,' fulfilling Leslie Knope fantasy
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard: Biden to Appear on Sitcom 'Parks and Recreation'
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org: Biden to Appear on NBC's 'Parks and Recreation'
Terrence Dopp / Political Capital:
Obama's Congrats Caller: Christie — President Barack Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie look at storm damage along the coast of New Jersey from Marine One, on Oct. 31, 2012. — Chris Christie, who last year dashed many Republicans' hopes by turning down pleas to challenge President Barack Obama …
Discussion: The Hill, New York Magazine and Wonkette
Rebecca Schoenkopf / Wonkette: Unchastened Chris Christie Continues To Make Sweet Gay Love To Barack Obama
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Conservative Reaction To Election '12, Part I: Despair Not Denial — By and large, I've been surprised by the relative docility with which conservative voices have accepted their defeat on Tuesday. Once the deal went down, there was relatively little talk about "voter fraud" or stolen elections.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice, BuzzFeed, Hullabaloo, BREITBART.COM, Maggie's Farm and 24Ahead
Rick Moran / The Moderate Voice: Can the GOP Win Without the Crazies?
Rebecca Berg / BuzzFeed: Republicans Prepare For Soul-Searching After Senate Rout
Digby / Hullabaloo: Is this a liberal country or has it just not *totally* lost its sense of decency?
Mike Flynn / BREITBART.COM: GOP REAPS ITS SURRENDER OF POP CULTURE
24Ahead: After Romney defeat, John Hinderaker smears and turns his back on tens of millions of Americans (Powerline)
Jay Nordlinger / National Review:
Bitterfest 2012 — Four years ago, at just this time …
Bitterfest 2012 — Four years ago, at just this time …
Discussion: Power Line and Balloon Juice
Scott Johnson / Power Line: Dr. Nordlinger is in the house
Glen Johnson / Boston Globe:
Mitt Romney planned Boston Harbor fireworks show that was scotched by election loss — Mitt Romney had planned to celebrate his election as the nation's 45th president with an eight-minute fireworks display over Boston Harbor. — The same company that does some of the illuminations …
Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, The Hill and Towleroad News #gay
Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog: ROMNEY'S PLANNED FIRST ACT AS VICTOR: TO BE A REALLY DICKISH NEIGHBOR
Andrew Belonsky / Towleroad News #gay: Mitt Romney, The Saddest Man In The World
Marc Ambinder / GQ:
How the Secret Service Said Goodbye to Mitt Romney — At some point, early Wednesday morning, when Gov. Mitt Romney and family were tucked into bed, a quiet call went out on the radio channel used by his Secret Service agents: "Javelin, Jockey details, all posts, discontinue."
Discussion: Politicker
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Giffords confronts her shooter in court: 'Done thinking about you' — Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and her husband confronted the man who nearly took her life at an emotional court session on Thursday in Arizona. — Giffords's husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly …
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Gabrielle Giffords / This Just In:
'Gabby would trade her own life to bring back any one of those you savagely murdered'
'Gabby would trade her own life to bring back any one of those you savagely murdered'
Discussion: New York Times, Gothamist, Towleroad News #gay and CNN
Fernanda Santos / New York Times: Gunman in Giffords Shooting Sentenced to 6 Life Terms
Jen Chung / Gothamist: Jared Loughner Gets Life In Prison For Mass Killings, Attempted Assassination Of Rep. Giffords
Andrew Belonsky / Towleroad News #gay: 7 Life Sentences For Arizona Shooter Jared Loughner
Mark Hansel / Cincinnati.com:
Race tied after candidate's wife doesn't vote — Robert McDonald learned the hard way that every vote counts. — McDonald, who is known to most people as Bobby, finished in a dead heat Tuesday with Olivia Ballou for the sixth and final seat on the Walton City Council.
Dan Amira / New York Magazine:
Democrat-Boycotting Libertarian Eric Dondero on Whether He Would Let a Democrat Drown — Republicans around the country are responding to President Obama's reelection in a variety of ways — among them: anger, depression, finger-pointing. But nobody had the same reaction as Eric Dondero …
Discussion: Wonkette, Libertarian Republican, The Daily Beast and Gawker
Rebecca Schoenkopf / Wonkette: Wingnut Mad, Not Giving 'Suspected Democrats' The Pleasure Of His Doubtless Wonderful Company
Eric Dondero / Libertarian Republican: The end of liberty in America: Only course of action now is to fight back, electoral politics not working
Justin Green / The Daily Beast: Eric Dondero is Pissed Off!
Mallory Ortberg / Gawker: America's Only Rude Libertarian Wants Democrats to 'F**k Off and Die'
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Exclusive: Clinton leads in Iowa '16 - poll — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would start out as a dominant favorite in the 2016 Iowa caucuses if she chooses to run for president, a new survey from Public Policy Polling finds. — The PPP poll, which was shared exclusively with POLITICO …
Discussion: The Argo Journal and LifeNews.com
Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com: Mike Huckabee Leads GOP for 2016 in Iowa, Hillary for Dems


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When it comes to soundbars, Bose has been biding its time, mulling over what its rivals have produced and looking for the right technology to enter a rapidly growing sector of the home cinema and audio market. However, if it wasn't for tech specifically designed for the company's VideoWave TV, neither the Lifestyle 135 or CineMate 1 SR systems would exist.
It was only when the US company devised its PhaseGuide sound radiator technology that it felt confident enough to build a speaker with a small enough footprint to happily sit underneath a flatscreen telly. It allows, when combined with Bose's proprietary TrueSpace digital processing circuitry, a simple array of drivers (in this case, five - one left, one right and three in the centre) to produce a room-filling arc of sound that apes a far wider soundscape than a single speaker seems capable of.
It is this speaker, and an accompanying wireless small-form subwoofer, that forms the meat in the Lifestyle 135 and CineMate 1 SR sandwiches. The former comes with a media console that can be fed from six separate sources (four through HDMI) and the company's own Unify platform, essentially controlling external kit through the one Bose remote. The latter is made up from the speaker, sub and a dedicated remote.
Both sets are acoustically identical, but have different connectivity. The CineMate 1 SR is fed directly, with audio sockets in a recessed panel on the rear, while the Lifestyle 135 has just one lead running from the console to the bar, while all the switching is done in the set-top unit.
Perhaps, though, the most fascinating aspect of both systems lies within the, er, lie of the speaker. It has two positions: one where the front-face of the grille faces outwards, for when it is mounted on a wall underneath a flatscreen panel; the other with the face pointing upwards, for laying the bar on an AV stand or table.
In the second instance, the sound projects upwards, but still fills the room with an eerily similar soundstage. In our listen test, it was nigh-on impossible to tell the difference regardless of its orientation.
And the best bit is that the bar has an automatic correction function for each position, called FlexMount, so you don't have to worry about recalibrating it. All you have to do is run the ADAPTiQ audio calibration feature initially and Bob's your uncle, Fanny's your... snigger... "He said Fanny!"... Snort...
Of course, neither the Lifestyle 135 or CineMate 1 SR systems are intended to replace Bose's existing home cinema setups, but for a one box solution (two, if you count the wireless sub) it provides a mighty front stage, with more than decent spacing both left and right. There's plenty of bark too, as we discovered in our brief taste test using clips of Up on Blu-ray and How to Train your Dragon running from a laptop.
And The Head and the Heart's Rivers and Roads, one of our favourite listening tests when using an iPhone through a dock (320kbps), was as crisply delivered as a parcel on a snowy Christmas morning.
The Lifestyle 135 System weighs in at £2,400, while the console-free CineMate 1 SR System will set you back £1,300. Both are out now, and we recommend that you book a listen at a Bose store near you.
Are you willing to pay a bit more for quality? Or is price the most important factor in your buying decisions? Let us know in the comments below...
- Bose Lifestyle 135 and CineMate 1 SR soundbar systems launched


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By nearly every measure, Dan Radakovich led Clemson to one of the best athletic years in school history in 2015-16. With a Fall semester featuring berths in the national championship games in both football and men's soccer and Spring ACC championships in men's golf and baseball, the Tigers recorded their highest finish in the Learfield Director's Cup in a decade. In the classroom, 78 student-athletes earned degrees and while competing for national titles, both football and men's soccer recorded record GPAs. Clemson's Graduation Success Rate and Academic Progress Rate continue to be among the nation's best as football, men's basketball and women's golf were recognized among the top 10 percent nationally in APR, with football earning the distinction for the sixth-consecutive year.
Named the 13th director of athletics in Clemson history on Dec. 1, 2012, Radakovich has continuously led the Tiger athletic department to high achievements both on the field and in the classroom while developing significant upgrades in finance and facilities. Following the 2014-15 academic year, Radakovich was named a finalist for the SportsBusiness Journal Athletics Director of the Year Award. Since his arrival in December 2013, the athletic department has received approvals for $176 million in facility improvements and increased spending on direct student-athlete development programs including nutrition, mental health and professional development by $2.4 million.
His department has increased overall revenue from $69 million in fiscal year 2014 to a budgeted $99.7 million in FY17.
In 2014-15, Clemson student-athletes posted the highest athletic department GPA in school history with a 3.02 cumulative average in the Fall semester, and its NCAA's Graduation Success Rate of 91 percent ranked third nationally among public institutions. Three programs were recognized by the NCAA for having top 10 percent APR marks, including football earning the honor for the fifth-consecutive year. The football program recorded its fourth-consecutive 10-win season and Clemson earned NCAA Tournament appearances in men's and women's soccer, men's and women's tennis, track and field, baseball, rowing and men's golf. Additionally, the school won Atlantic Coast Conference titles in men's soccer, women's indoor track and women's outdoor track. Radakovich came to Clemson with a wealth of experience after serving in significant athletic administrative roles at Miami (Fla.), Long Beach State, South Carolina and Louisiana State, in addition to athletic directorships at American University and Georgia Tech. His administrative career spans over 26 years. College football entered a new era in 2014 with the College Football Playoff, and he was at the forefront. He was one of 13 people, including one of only five FBS directors of athletics, to be named to the committee. In 2012, he was named by NCAA President Mark Emmert as one of 10 directors of athletics to a new advisory commission charged with making recommendations for the future of NCAA rules and policies.
In his first full year as director of athletics in 2013-14, Clemson had a strong all-around performance on the field and in the classroom. Clemson was one of just three programs nationally to win at least 11 football games, 23 men's basketball games and 36 baseball games over the course of the academic year. Each of the Tiger sport programs exceeded the NCAA baseline standards for Academic Progress Rate, and six programs posted perfect 1000 single-year scores, including men's and women's cross country, diving, women's soccer, women's tennis and volleyball.
Radakovich came to Clemson from Georgia Tech, where he served with distinction for six years (2006-12). Just Clemson's fifth director of athletics since 1940, he replaced Terry Don Phillips, who retired after over 10 years directing the program. During his career at Georgia Tech, it had 51 teams advance to either NCAA Tourney play or bowl games in his six years. That includes five sports (football, women's basketball, softball, women's tennis, men's golf) that made the postseason every year. The baseball program missed just once. A total of 11 different sports programs finished in the top 25 of at least one major poll 27 times. That includes a National Championship women's tennis program in 2007, just its second team title in history. There were 14 ACC titles celebrated in addition to nine regular-season conference or division titles.
The football program played in a bowl game each year he was at Georgia Tech, including the 2010 Orange Bowl, the program's first BCS-level bowl appearance since the 1967 Orange Bowl. On an individual basis, the program had 51 first-team All-Americans in 10 sports, 30 academic All-Americans, two national coach-of-the-year selections and two national player-of-the-year selections. The program had 13 ACC Coach-of-the-Year and 13 ACC Player-of-the-Year choices as well.
The construction of new facilities or upgrades to existing ones was a focus of Radakovich's tenure with the Yellow Jacket program. The John & Mary Brock Football Practice Facility, which opened in 2011, and McCamish Pavilion, which opened for basketball in 2012, are two of the top facilities of their kind in college athletics. Radakovich also initiated the Athletic Director's Initiative Fund, beginning in 2006, which raised cash and pledges of more than $12 million.
The Aliquippa, Pa., native was first made aware of Tiger athletics through the basketball exploits of Butch Zatezalo, who was from the same town. Zatezalo was a three-time All-ACC Tiger whose legendary 25-point scoring nights received a lot of attention in Pennsylvania in the 1960s when Radakovich was a youth.
Prior to his tenure at Georgia Tech, Radakovich worked as a senior associate athletic director at Louisiana State from 2001-06. He had many responsibilities that dealt with the football program and worked closely with then Head Coach Nick Saban, including the year (2003) the Tigers won the National Championship.
He became a director of athletics for the first time at American University in Washington, D.C. in 2000. Between 1994 and 2000, Radakovich served as chief financial officer at South Carolina. During that time, he worked with current Clemson football administrators Woody McCorvey and Brad Scott. He gained experience on the West Coast from 1989-94, when he was a senior associate athletic director at Long Beach State. He got his start in administration at Miami (Fla.) in 1983 as the athletic business manager.
Radakovich is a 1980 graduate of Indiana (Pa.), where he earned a bachelor's degree in finance. He was also a football letterman and student coach with the Crimson Hawk program. He was enshrined into the Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame in 2008 and was recognized as a distinguished alumnus from Indiana (Pa.) in 2009. He earned his master's degree in business administration from Miami (Fla.) in 1982.


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As a child I used to wonder so much as to why these adults keep having so much coffee and tea through the day. Now I know that's because there is nothing much to look forward to on a normal day at work! :( There are some days when as soon as I get up in the morning, I think today I will make myself a nice cup of tea/coffee at work and have, and very much look forward to that part of the day! Yes, Really! Do you guys do that too?
And then, there is that best part of starting the week ends, Saturday mornings, when it is very quiet and you feel like you have all the time in the world, when you can sit and enjoy that steaming hot cup of tea!
How nice would it be to have that steaming hot cup of coffee with a nice moist cake? I keep looking for nice coffee cake recipes, sponge, crumb etc., So far I have liked my Orange cake the best, and I found this Mollie ketzen's cardamom coffee cake recipe. As soon as I saw that, I knew I had to try it, I did this week end, although I altered the recipe a little bit according to my taste buds and the cake turned out really moist and tasty. And as the original recipe says, it did taste much much better after it was completely cooled down.
Here is my recipe for you guys to try:
1/2 lbs unsalted butter, softened.
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 cups standard white flour
2 tst baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tbsp cardamom powder
1 cup full fat yogurt
2 tbsp vegetable oil
And to make a nut mixture, you will need:
less than 1/4 cup brown sugar
few finely chopped walnuts
little less than 1/4 cup finely chopped sweetened crystallized ginger.
1/2 tbsp cinnamon powder
I used Masti crystallized ginger for this, as is it tasted yum! :) The addition of ginger gave a very nice flavor to the cake, along with the heavenly cinnamon, cardamom combination, Yes, HEAVENLY!
Preheat oven to 350 degree fh. Grease an 8 inch loaf pan (This is what I used and it gave me a HUGE cake!) In a large bowl, beat butter and brown sugar well and add eggs, beating well after the addition of each egg. I loved the color of the mixture at this stage, a nice blush color and I couldn't help myself from clicking a picture.
Mix the vanilla essence to it, Then in a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, salt and cardamom powder.
Add the flour mixture to the egg butter mixture, part by part, alternation with sour cream and mixing well after each addition. Mix well.
Mix the brown sugar, ginger, cinnamon and walnuts for the nut mixture in a separate bowl.
Now transfer approximately 1/3 of the batter to the greased loaf pan and cover it with half of the nut mixture, Add another 1/3 of the batter to it and cover again with the rest of the nut mixture, Cover with the rest of the batter, smooth it and bake for 60-65 mins or until a knife inserted comes out clean.
Now this is a little bit longer than some other cakes, so I have to admit I was a bit skeptical, but it was alright.
It tasted the best next day with a cup of my favorite apple lemon tea!
So which cake do you like to have best with coffee? Please share.
Sending this recipe to Bake Fest event hosted by Sumee and Vardhini.


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ElectroNomicon Signs Deal With Retrospect Records
Today, Aug. 24th 09, ElectroNomicon has announced a deal with RETROSPECT RECORDS. After performing @ The ROCKLAHOMA FESTIVAL of 09 the band was approached by RETROSPECT RECORDS and were offered a deal the band couldn't refuse.
Electronomicon is very happy with their contract. They will soon be releasing details on the release date of "IN THE BEGINNING", a dvd/cd set . You will be able to purchase this very creative piece of work @ http://www.retrospectrecords.com YES, the dvd/cd is finished/packaged and ready for the market.
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IBM's cloud computing-based business analytics and optimization strategic IP insight platform (SIIP) can enable organizations to quickly mine and use information in scientific literature and patents by bringing together much of the world's body of patent information in one place and applying advanced analytics. For example, it can automatically use image analysis and enhanced optical recognition of chemical images and symbols to extract information from patents and literature upon publication. This is a task that otherwise takes weeks and months to complete manually, but can be done rapidly by using this new technology.
Life sciences, chemical and consumer goods companies are under intense pressure to enhance the performance of their research and development programs and use intellectual property more effectively. In these industries, profits are driven by unique product offerings or identifying new market opportunities. Finding and correlating the latest scientific research and patent information is critical in identifying new market opportunities. This requires sorting, cataloging and analyzing mountains of information. It is labor-intensive, costly and often misses critical information that could be used for innovation.
"In the competitive R&D environment, it's critical to respond quickly to changes in the patent landscape and quickly analyze data," said John Kinney, Ph.D., fellow, DuPont. "IBM SIIP is a very powerful tool for allowing us to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of our different research programs and to help focus our resources on the most promising areas."
Using the IBM SmartCloud, deep analytics tools are applied against patent documents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, European Patent Office and World Intellectual Property Organization and the public domain portion of scientific abstracts from the U.S. National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE database to expose valuable insights about the competitive landscape. IBM SIIP can be used to help identify new market opportunities and potential collaboration partners. The solution also enhances the ability to manage and monetize Intellectual Property portfolios, and helps companies pursue stronger, higher quality patents.
Originally developed by IBM researchers and used to support the company's patent and intellectual property strategy, SIIP has been used by hundreds of intellectual property experts across IBM for intellectual property management and licensing. In addition, many of the world's top life sciences companies are using SIIP across their research and development and intellectual property divisions for its special capability to extract biological and chemical information from patents.
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Until recently, chemical data stored in patents was not available in a format accessible to computers. IBM's SIIP technology can read and understand molecular structures drawn in chemical compound form – a key differentiator from existing patent search tools. Automated curation makes important data rapidly searchable and helps researchers visualize chemical compounds in ways that were not possible before.
For example, it can extract molecules and chemical information from patents, abstracts and publications within 24 hours of their publication, allowing for near real-time access to information. The system has extracted more than 200 million chemical instances from more than 30 million patents and scientific abstracts and articles from around the globe.
The IBM SmartCloud enables powerful high-speed analytics in the cloud, allowing sharing across multiple organizations, something especially important as cross-company collaboration grows among research and development organizations. The IBM SmartCloud also makes massive amounts of data updated and available in near real-time. Using an interactive Web browser, a new user can begin performing advanced analytics within minutes.
"IBM SIIP was designed to help transform the innovation process across a range of industries by making it feasible to look at all the information that exists today and all the research that has already been carried out," said Chris Moore, partner and vice president, global business analytics and optimization leader, IBM Global Business Services. "It provides a new approach to finding and correlating critical information through the combination of underlying data, deep analytics, delivery via the cloud as well as customized services to help research and development organizations fundamentally change their business.
IBM Global Business Services also announced today related consulting and business transformation services for clients using SIIP.
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Micro-Star International (MSI) has launched the N450GTS Cyclone series of graphics cards, which are equipped with a Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 GPU core. With MSI's exclusive Cyclone thermal design and a 9cm PWM fan, the airflow of the model is enhanced by 50% and temperature can be reduced by 17 degrees compared to the reference design for the card.
Using MSI's exclusive overclocking software, Afterburner, users can also adjust the GPU voltage and increase the overclocking rate significantly. The company also offers all-solid capacitors in the series to give users high stability and a long product lifespan. The card is also supported by Nvidia's PhysX & 3DVision technologies for an enhanced visual experience.
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Norwich school board OKs increase of superintendent's salary to $160,000
Norwich - The Norwich public school superintendent will receive a raise for the first time in five years starting July 1, bringing the position to $160,000 a year, in line with others in the region, including smaller school districts, Board of Education Chairwoman Yvette Jacaruso said.
The school board late Tuesday approved a performance evaluation and a 17 percent raise for Superintendent Abby Dolliver.
Dolliver became superintendent in 2010 after former Norwich Superintendent Pamela Aubin accepted the position in Montville. Aubin's salary of $136,409 was frozen for three years. Dolliver did not receive a raise during her first two years, and Jacaruso said the city's school principal salaries were approaching those of the district's top administrator. Principal salaries in Norwich this year ranged from $119,000 to $129,500.
"It was a unanimous vote," Jacaruso said Wednesday. "They just wanted to show that the position is worth it. We felt that after five years of no salary increase, this was the time."
Jacaruso said she gathered information on salaries of several surrounding towns along with their school enrollment before conducting Dolliver's evaluation. Norwich has a school population of 5,397 students. In Montville, Aubin earned $158,000 last year with 2,756 students. The Colchester superintendent earned $148,000 with 3,135 students, and the Griswold superintendent earned $151,000 in a district with 1,859 students.
New London Superintendent Nicholas Fischer earns $151,470 in a district with about 3,000 students, and Ledyard Superintendent Michael Graner, $155,522 with nearly 1,000 students.
Dolliver on Wednesday thanked the board for its support and said the district's communication with city officials and with Norwich Free Academy has been very strong, a plus for the district.
Dolliver's raise was accompanied by a highly favorable written evaluation unanimously approved by the board Tuesday following an executive session to review Dolliver's performance. The written report by Jacaruso praised Dolliver for her communication skills, organization and for keeping the board informed of all issues, good and bad.
"During a recent difficult personnel issue, she kept the board members informed throughout the process," Jacaruso wrote, referring to the February decision to place former Thames River Academy Principal Edward Derr on paid administrative leave. Derr later resigned after a state-funded program audit of TRA was highly critical of all levels of school operations.
The board asked Dolliver to continue to work to improve student achievement, to develop a plan to hire minorities in the school system and to continue to focus on early childhood programs.
Jacaruso said Wednesday that this has been a difficult school year, with six union contracts to negotiate, the troubles at Thames River Academy and major school reforms enacted by the state.
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Toffee Coffee Cake
Total TimePrep: 15 min. Bake: 30 min. + cooling
Makes12-16 servings
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 chocolate English toffee candy bars (1.4 ounces each), chopped
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans
- In a mixing bowl, blend butter, sugars and flour; set aside 1/2 cup. To the remaining butter mixture, add buttermilk, egg, baking soda and vanilla; mix well. Pour into a greased and floured 13x9-in. baking pan. Combine chopped candy and pecans with the reserved butter mixture; sprinkle over coffee cake. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
Nutrition Facts1 piece: 247 calories, 10g fat (5g saturated fat), 33mg cholesterol, 186mg sodium, 37g carbohydrate (25g sugars, 1g fiber), 3g protein.
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Oct 1, 2013
I prepared this recipe for the first time and it was a real hit at our coffee break on 9/29/13! Again, I've tweaked this recipe to fit my tastes! What I did was use 3/4 cup EACH of white and brown sugar! I've tweaked the amount of the sugars in other TOH recipes as well so that I can use EQUAL amounts of sugar and conserve on my supply of brown sugar! I also used 3/4 cup HEATH BITS instead of the English toffee candy bars! I set aside 1 cup of crumb mixture instead of 1/2 cup so that there would be more substantial amount of topping for cake. I also baked cake for 40 to 45 minutes! There have been times which I've had to do this to insure a fully baked cake! I'd used another TOH recipe quite some time back and had baked it exactly as the recipe stated and it was underdone and gooey! That taught me to adjust the baking time accordingly! This way I wouldn't be faced with an underdone gooey, gloppy cake! I also added 1 tsp. salt along with the balance of the butter mixture and soured a cup of 2% reduced-fat milk with 1 Tbsp. cider vinegar as a substitute for buttermilk. The recipe came out great! Thank you, Edie Despain, for this delicious cake recipe!
Dec 3, 2012
I had two problems with this recipe. First, it didn't look good with the huge craters sunk into it. Second, the taste was pretty average, almost boring. I used 4.2 oz of heath toffee pieces.
Mar 8, 2012
I found this recipe in the Taste of Home magazine several years ago and have been making this ever since. My family is crazy of this cake. I use 6 bars instead of 3 but it's wonderful either way. I also cook it for 26 min instead of 30 because my oven runs a bit hot. I've had many people ask me for this recipe. Goes over great at our church for morning coffee and breakfast.


text: gongzhen 1 / - Dec 21, 2010 #1Hi AllI would appreciate if you could make any comment on my SOP.Please either give me some advice or help check my SOP.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Statement of PurposeThe curiosity and abstract thinking are the most fascinate drivers that encourage me to choose Computer Science as my career objectives and the motivation to pursue the graduate program in Computer Science at the San Jose State University.My major is in environmental science with minor computer science during my undergraduate studies at [City Name] University of Science & Technology. It has brought me into the fascinating realm of engineering and provided me preliminary knowledge about computer science. After accessing the field of computer science, I found computing and its applications have always fascinated me. For this reason, I think it deserves me my whole life to learn and research.In 2004 summer vocation after my sophomore year, I had chance to join an academic program about computer science minor that was open to top students who were interested in other majors each department. I spent most of my time attending a number of lectures and seminars in campus and acquired a comprehensive knowledge of computer hardware and operation system. These courses included Discrete Mathematics, C language programming and Operation System. The highly dedicated teachers taught me various concepts involved in the field of computer science. For deepening my fundamental and improving my programming skills, I had read lots of books in this field. C++ Primer and Data Structures in C++ were my favorite books. I spent a long time on figuring out all kinds of data structure and algorithms. After learning C ++, I was immediately fascinated by its broad applicability and started to apply it for solving some real-life problems. My final project in C++ class was to design a library management information system with my classmates. We did all the work together, from requirement analysis, algorithm analysis, and user-interface design to the final presentation. I obtained some hands-on experiences and knowledge from these courses although they could not cover all required courses of computer science.During my last year of studies at university, I accepted an internship in [Company Name] Branch Software developing and research center for two months. I worked for data analysis group and maintenance with on-site trading platform. In this period, I accepted the training in the area of distributed system, data mining, and optimization. After graduating from university, in 2007 I worked for [Company Name] as a data analysis operator. My main responsibilities are maintenance system, software implementation, and troubleshooting. I acquired skills how to manage database software and implementation, which endowed me with string sensitivity to changes and progress in computer science, particularly to problems that arise out of routine work. I am known among my colleagues for my ability to ask the right questions at the right further training. Also, I found I need to learn deeply and comprehensively if I want to start my career in data mining and analysis. I am glad to say that my competence at independent research will serve me well as I try to put my ideas into practice.In 2010 year, I enrolled into Butte College for learning computer science. The reason that I study here was I wanted to improve my background in computer science before applying for graduate program formally. In 2010 spring semester, I took four courses, they are Assembly Language, Programming in C++, Programming and Algorithms (in Java), Web Development and Programming. Proudly I was the only one to come up with an 'A' grade for all classes. In my spare time, I joined Computer Science Club as a member and helped other students programming. In 2011 spring semester, I will take data structure and algorithms from Open University in Chico State University.If enrolled by San Jose State University, I plan to continue my scientific career in the field of networking and data mining. Department of Computer science at San Jose State University has excellent professors in which I can fully realize my scientific interests. Therefore, I truly feel that the most natural way to justify my passion is to pursue a Master Degree in Computer Science. I would regard my admission to San Jose State University not only a great honor but also as a great responsibilities and an obligation to work hard.Sincerely


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Well, whether China's trade numbers bother you depends on who you are, I suppose. If you live in a country that lives in fear of cheap Chinese imports, you have nothing to worry about. Three reasons:
1. Surpluses Don't Last Forever. China's currency is now at less than 6.42 to the dollar, a new high for the RMB. Exports are strong, but as the currency's value rises, those products become more expensive. Strong trade numbers also bolster the arguments of folks in the government here arguing for continued revaluation, who can say "The export sector is sufficiently resilient to withstand the shock."
2. The Value Added Reality Check. This is a recycled, but very important topic. Trade numbers are based on country of origin, using prices that do not include where inputs come from or where profits go to. A new report from the San Francisco Fed (h/t Business Insider) has some great (2010) numbers on this:
A full 88.5% of US consumer spending is spent on goods and services made in the US, while China gets only 2.7% of American consumer dollars.
Even when you buy Chinese, 55 cents of every dollar goes to services produced in the U.S.
That first sentence surprised me the most. It has nothing to do with added value, but it does destroy the commonly held belief that everything these days used by Americans is made in China. I've never really thought about that before, but if I would have guessed, I'm sure my answer would have been substantially higher than 2.7%.
The second part of the quote contains the value added number. I like the simple "55 cents of every dollar" figure, which is easy for anyone to understand.
One last interesting data point. The SF Fed found that there was only one sector where Chinese manufacturers' share of US consumption exceeded that of US parties: shoes and clothing. For everything else, the "Made in USA" share was higher.
3. The Demand Side in the US. When domestic demand increases, so do purchases of imported products. The US economy doesn't look so hot at the moment, and since the US government no longer takes the advice of sane economists, there is zero chance for any significant public stimulus. So aggregate demand looks like it will drop. (I think the same analysis generally holds true for the EU, which is also sickly these days and going down the austerity road.)
The extent to which a drop in aggregate demand will translate to lower China imports to the US (or EU) is complicated. Remember that some of the lower-end manufactured products are cheap, and retail outlets like Wal-Mart and Target in the US that sell those products tend to be attractive during economic downturns.
All this being said, the usual disclaimers apply on the political front. Particularly in the US, which is undergoing some incredibly funky political infighting, China remains an attractive bogeyman, especially when it comes to trade, which is often linked to jobs. Short-term numbers can and will be used by folks looking to foment outrage from a frustrated and unemployed public.


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DWTS Season 13 Cast Rumors – Chaz Bono again??
Thanks to PureDWTS reader Maddy for this new tweet she saw. I'm not sure what to make of it right now? Could it indeed be Chaz Bono is going to dance this Season like we questioned a couple of weeks ago? Note: Lisa Stanley is an entertainment Reporter for a morning show on K-Earth 101 Radio.
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Remote troubleshooting
Applies to:
What kind of battery should I use for my remote?
- You can use either a CR2032 or a DL2032 battery
What would cause my remote to suddenly stop controlling my iPhone® or iPod®?
- Make sure the iPhone® or iPod® is firmly seated in the dock
- The remote battery may need to be replaced. Replace with a CR2032 or DL2032 battery


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What is software licensing?
Software licences tell people how the rights holder (usually the author) wants the software to be used and what freedoms or restrictions it has. Without a licence, many uses of the software may be prohibited.
Free Software licenses are licenses that give permission for a user to obtain four important freedoms; the freedom to use, modify, share and improve software. Copyleft licenses are Free Software licences that allow the four fundamental freedoms under the condition that those freedoms remain intact in further distribution of the software or derivative works.
The GNU GPL is the most famous Free Software copyleft license and is used by a large percentage of Free Software projects. It has many useful features, like ensuring the four freedoms and providing a limited warranty and disclaimer of liability clause to protect developers releasing their work to the public.
There are many Free Software licenses, some without any copyleft effect. Some of these are compatible with the GNU GPL, some have special provisions that enable compatibility, some are incompatible.
If people use the same licence or at least compatible licences then projects can exchange code freely. We encourage everyone to use the GNU GPL for all software.


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vorgz necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 250 diseños de 70 diseñadores freelance.
Galesong Group
We are a diversified company with businesses in automotive, real estate, mining, telecommunication and others. We have been expanding rapidly in the last few years and outgrown our original logo. We are a respectable company with good reputation in our area. We are still expanding so the logo has to be adaptable to different businesses we own. The idea is for the same logo to be used across all our businesses.
Our target audience is very wide since we work across many industries but the most important thing to consider is that we have to convey a sense of stability, trustworthiness, and innovation to them.
The logo has to be original. A simple looking logo is preferred. Do not want a logo which is a play on the name. Need a universal corporate logo that can be used across all industries.
We want these colors: Red, Yellow, Green and Black or Blue.
So a total of 4 colors (pick either black or blue). the colors does not have to appear in equal proportions as long as they're part of the logo.
The logo has to be scalable to a smaller size.
No: copying other designs, cartoons, animals, anything cheesy/cute
I'll be actively watching the competition and giving feedback. I'll also guarantee the project once i have a few designs come in. THANK YOU in advance for your hard work.
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Friday, November 18, 2011
I always expected that we would see a very convincing rally out of the October yearly cycle low. I thought it even possible that we would test the 200 day moving average. Most bear markets do rally out of the initial leg down and test the 200 day moving average.
Recently the S&P made two attempts to close and hold above the 200 day moving average. They both failed. That was a loudly ringing warning bell.
As a matter fact every index, except the utilities, is now trading below its declining 200 day moving average, and that includes all the major European and Asian markets.
At the moment my concern is that the market is now moving into the timing band for a major daily cycle low (due in the next 5 to 10 days). The current daily cycle is left translated (topped in less than 20 days). That is relevant because most of the time left translated cycles move below their prior cycle bottom. The last cycle low occurred in October at 1075.
Now I'm not suggesting that the stock market is going to crash below 1075 in the next 5 to 7 days. However the S&P has broken below the 1220 support zone. When support was broken in July it led to a seven-day 17% crash.
I don't know if breaking of support this time will lead to another climax selling event or not. I do know that the market is now in the timing band for some serious selling. And, this is beginning to look like a counter trend rally in a bear market that is in the process of topping. If that's true then we are in the period of time when the next leg down should begin.
Confirming this is the fact that the dollar index has rallied back above its 200 day moving average and completed an intermediate cycle bottom. The dollar index is currently on only the third week of this new intermediate cycle. Those cycles tend to run about 20 weeks, so there is potentially many more weeks of upside left before the dollar moves down into another significant correction, which presumably would drive the next bear market rally in stocks.
The safest position at this time is to be in cash, and that's exactly what I did with the model portfolio yesterday morning.
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Your original prognostication a few weeks back was correct. The failed attempt at the 200sdma was inevitable. Which was exactly what I was anticipating.ReplyDelete
so is the dollar no longer teetering on the abyss ?ReplyDelete
So far it's holding up. A new intermediate cycle has begun. We'll have to see whether the dollar can make new highs or whether it breaks back below the Oct. 27th low. Which ever happens first will determine whether the rally out of the three year cycle low is still intact or whether Ben has irreparably trashed the dollar.ReplyDelete
thanks for your clarification and much appreciated.
i have absolutely no problem with analysts laying out alternative scenarios. The issue is though that with in a short space of time you have set out two pretty contradictory outcomes. I can pretty much guarantee that one of the scenarios that you set out will broadly happen. This puts you in the position of being able to subsequently claim prescience whatever happens......not for one minute saying that you would do that but there are plenty of unscrupulous analysts who would.
Market peaked 3 weeks ago. it will be heading south at its own pace as per its time table. Weekly momentum faltered this week. The back of the rally is broken. Gold/oil, etc. likely to be dragged down along with the major indices.ReplyDelete


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EA Shuts Down Social Media Games Without Refunding Money
from the lessons-about-always-online dept
Fresh off their victorious repeat of "Worst Company In America" Consumerist award, which the company brass explained away by reminding us how killer-awesome they are, Electronic Arts is now taking steps to mend the wounds with their customers. And by mending the wounds I mean taking down more games on social media sites in which those customers have spent real-world money for in-game currency, without any promise for refunds. So it's less mending wounds and a little more tossing salt on them, I suppose. Per EA's blog:
Today we are informing players of the difficult decision to retire some of our Facebook games: The Sims Social, SimCity Social and Pet Society. For players who have enjoyed our games, we will be making a special offer to introduce you to a PopCap game. You're a valued fan and we want to make sure you get a smooth transition to PopCap. More details about that offer will appear in-game soon.Yup, those of you who bought currency for game X can either enjoy an offer for game Y, or else you can always have fun by pounding a bunch of sand. Now, it is true that game shutdowns were always a possibility, and perhaps even an inevitability, when it came to social media gaming, but there's a better response to be had from EA than offering store credit on games that the customer may not want at all, especially for a company in such dire need of even a dash of good PR. Still, there's a larger lesson to be learned here, and that lesson is you should run screaming from always-online requirements with every opportunity to do so. Per the original PC World article:
If you have no interest in Facebook gaming, these closures may not seem so tragic. But keep in mind that the push toward online-only games doesn't stop with Facebook or with massive multiplayer games that have always been susceptible to shutdowns. EA's SimCity requires a server connection, which has caused all sorts of problems with the game's launch. The same was true for Activision's Diablo III. What happens when the publishers of these games don't feel like keeping them up and running anymore?What happens? Let me refer you to the aforementioned pounding of sand. There are some types of games where this is more understandable than others. Games that rely primarily on social constructs and multiplayer come with an understanding that they can't go on in perpetuity. But when the primary game mechanic is not social and the company still requires a connection? Well, that's just holding you and your money hostage, friends. And with the rumors of always-online console requirements, gamers need to be aware that it might not be a game their purchasing with their hard-earned money. They may only be buying borrowed time.
Filed Under: customer harm, drm
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