text:
Please post event listings at www.fosters.com/calendar. Send longer articles/photos to email@example.com.
DOVER — The Parish of the Assumption will host a homemade turkey dinner at St. Charles Church Hall, 577 Central Ave., on Saturday, January 12, from 4-6 p.m. The menu includes roast turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, squash, corn, peas, onions, gravy, rolls, cranberry sauce, beverage and dessert. Adults, $9; seniors, $8; children 5 to 12, $5; children under 5, free. Takeout meals are available for $9, and the Church Hall is handicapped accessible. This dinner is open to the public.
EXETER -- Seacoast Eat Local Winter Farmers' Market, Saturday, Jan. 12, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Exeter High School, 1 Blue Hawk Drive, Exeter; Mmeats, cheeses, milk, eggs, vegetables, fish & shrimp, prepared foods, baked goods, honey & more. Info: www.seacoasteatlocal.org.
FARMINGTON — Breakfast is hot, ready and waiting for you on Saturday, Jan. 12 between the hours of 7 and 10 a.m. at the Clarence L. Perkins American Legion Hall, 526 Main Street, Farmington. So come hungry and enjoy pancakes, eggs, English muffins, home-fries, sausages and beverages for the cost of only $5.00 for adults. By making the effort this Saturday you have given us the financial support needed so we may continue to assist our veterans present and past.
SOMERSWORTH — The public is invited to a breakfast buffet on Sunday, January 13 from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at St Martin's Church Hall on the corner of West High and Maple Streets in Somersworth.
The menu consists of scrambled and fried eggs, plain and blueberry pancakes, French toast, sausage, ham, bacon, home fries, toast, beans, juice and hot beverage. You can't beat the price at only $6.00; for children aged 7-15 is $2.50 and for children under 7, is free. These breakfasts will be held monthly on the second Sunday thru April 2013. The Parish Hall is a handicapped accessible facility via the elevator located in the vestibule.
DOVER -- St. George Soup Kitchen, Wednesday, Jan. 16, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., St. George Church (Behind Janeto's Market), 15 Chapel St., Mechanic St. Entrance, Dover; A nourishing meal for our neighbors in need. Free. Phyllis Howard, 603-740-4287, firstname.lastname@example.com.
ELIOT — A turkey supper will be held Saturday January 19, from 4 p.m. until Sold out at the Eliot United Methodist Church, 238 Harold L. Dow Highway Eliot, Maine.
The meal features roast turkey with all the fixings and assorted pies for dessert. The meal is served family style. Tickets are available at the door or call 439-6593 to have tickets held. Cost is $9.00 adults and seniors, $3.00 for children 5-12, under age 5 free.
Take out available from 3:30 — 4:00 only cost for take out $8.00.
LEE -- Ham & Beans Church Supper, Saturday, Jan. 19, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Lee Church Congregational, 17 Mast Road, Lee; Join us for a homecooked meal and good fellowship. $8/$5 Tickets at the door. Church Office, 603-659-2861, email@example.com, leechurch.org.
MADBURY — The Union Congregational Church of Madbury will sponsor a Ham and Bean Supper on Saturday, January 19, at the Madbury Town Hall, located at 20 Town Hall Road in Madbury. The supper will be held from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and the menu will feature ham, baked beans, cole slaw, potato salad, hot dogs, rolls, brown bread, corn bread, our famous salad bar, homemade pies, and beverages. The cost for the supper is $8 for adults, $4 for children, and $20 for families. All are welcome!


text:
Salvation Army honors volunteers
The Salvation Army will honor its volunteers at noon Wednesday at the nonprofit's headquarters, Third Avenue at Grove Street in Hendersonville. A special feature of the meeting is naming the gymnasium in honor of Jim and Cosy Marshall.
James Marshall Jr. was a life member of The Salvation Army Advisory Board. He and his wife were generous supporters of the organization.
Local Commander Christopher Thornhill said, "Volunteers are the backbone of our organization as we reach out to serve the people of our community. Our volunteers serve in our food pantry, family store, visiting local institutions, serving as bell ringers and in many other ways."
Call 828-693-4181 for more information.
Lunch & Learn at the Free Clinics
The Free Clinics will host a Lunch & Learn on "The Affordable Care Act and Its Implications for Our Most Vulnerable Citizens," led by Executive Director Judith Long, from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday at 841 Case St. Hendersonville. Bring your lunch for an educational session and discussion. Space is limited. Reservations required. Call 828-697-8422 or email firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
Hicks joins Salon@southside
Mickee Hicks has joined Salon@southside as a stylist. The salon is located next to Harris Teeter off Spartenburg Highway in suite 50, Hendersonville.
Hicks comes with many years of experience in the salon business, having worked in Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Carmel and Monterrey as well as 11 years with Nexxus color as an educator in California.
For more about Hicks and the salon, visit firstname.lastname@example.com or call for new-client deals at 828-692-8400.
The Clear Creek Elementary School Improvement Team meets at 3:30 p.m. Monday in the conference room, 737 N. Clear Creek Road.
Flat Rock Park and Recreation Foundation meets at 5:30 p.m. Monday at Highland Golf Clubhouse, 48 Highland Golf Drive.
Henderson County Board of Public Education meets at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the Administrative Offices boardroom, 414 Fourth Ave. West.
Brevard City Council meets at 7 p.m. Monday in City Council Chambers.
WNC Brain Tumor Support Group will meet from 6:15-8 p.m. Thursday at MAHEC Biltmore, 121 Hendersonville Road, Asheville. Info: 828-691-2559.
An arts and crafts bazaar will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 23 the Athletics and Activity Center, 708 S. Grove St., Hendersonville. Everyone welcome. Info: 828-697-4884.
The Henderson County Toy Run begins at 10 a.m. Nov. 23 at Fletcher Community Park, off Howard Gap Road in Fletcher. Lunch is provided with donations of a $10 toy or $10 donation. Info: 828-674-1928.
An East Henderson and West Henderson alumni football game will be held at 5 p.m. Nov. 23 at East Henderson High, Hendersonville. Tickets: $10. Children 6 and under are admitted free.
The Bill's Creek Community Center turkey supper begins at 4 p.m. Nov. 23 at the center in Lake Lure. Plates: $10 adults; $5 children 4-12. Info: 828-625-5517.
Community Briefs: Nov. 6
Salvation Army honors volunteers

subset: commoncrawl


text:
"Only 14% of advisors have a plan for the future structure of their firm."
The stark comment from Eliza De Pardo kicked of an afternoon workshop on human capital management at TDAI's 2013 Elite Advisor Summit in Palm Beach, Fla., on Wednesday afternoon.
De Pardo (left), who presented with Dan Inveen, her partner at research and consulting firm FA Insight, relied heavily on statistics from the "2012 FA Insight Study of Advisory Firms: Growth by Design."
"Why is growth important, and why do advisors want to grow their business?" De Pardo rhetorically asked. "They have some pretty personal reasons for doing so."
The study found that motivation for growth industrywide is high at the moment, with advisors citing the desire to fully serve client needs as the top reason.
"We found it surprising that it came before 'increasing the returns to shareholders,'" she noted. "Cost savings and efficiency gains were then mentioned. The ability to attract and retain top talent was next, and solutions for succession planning rounded out the answers."
The actual advantages of solid growth are widespread, and often center on the aforementioned human capital advantages, De Pardo added. They include:
- Providing a career path for individuals at the firm
- Reducing dependency on key individuals
- Firms can justify charging a premium for their services versus their competitors
However, unmanaged growth can be detrimental for many of the same reasons.
"It can actually make providing a career path more difficult, and it can make relying on a key individual more pronounced," she argued. "Why? You're adding more complexity to the firm, and you have to now think about how each employee fits in."
Management often can't keep up with the pace of growth, and neither can technology. Because it often leads to more work and more stress for employees, it gets harder to attract and retain top talent.
"It can result in decreased profitability, productivity and ultimately lower client satisfaction," she said.
A common challenge to transitioning from "a practice to a business" is that the firm outgrows the skill level of the founder.
"When revenue hits between $500,000 and $600,000, it's time to bring in a junior associate. When revenue hits between $1.5 million and $3.5 million, it is time to bring in a dedicated management team to run the firm."
De Pardo concluded by noting that firms that are successful at achieving "breakthrough growth have a documented plan for organizational design, and everything they do, from hiring to how an employee fits into the firm to succession planning, all comport to the plan."
Check out A Defense Against Unwelcome Growth: 2012 Advisor Growth by Design on AdvisorOne.


text:
Sign in below for a faster checkout.
The D3S paintball marker has been design to be user friendly and extremely reliable. It has been tested in various scenarios and stressed to the max. No matter what we put it through, it continues to operate with supreme consistency. Step up your game without breaking the bank with the D3FY D3S Paintball Marker.This D3FY paintball marker has been designed to perform at a high-end level without a high-end price tag. The D3S is made of an aluminum construction with a polyvinyl chloride outer body shell (Rhyno Skin) body cover. The Marker features our F2 Bolt engine, which incorporates the spool-bolt and regulator in one piece allowing for low operating pressures between 150 and 160 psi. The D3S marker was designed with two things in mind, optimum performance at affordable pricing.This slick contour profile on/off ASA rises the airflow from your tank to the regulator without the use of fittings and hoses. It????s smooth beveled knob gives the player a reliable grip for an effortless transition from on to off.The Micro SQ board is designed to be user friendly and easy to operate. It has a small square design (SQ) allowing for a 9 volt battery to fit perfectly in the trigger frame. It gives you 4 modes to choose from; semi auto, PSP Ramp, Full Auto, and 3 shot burst.The F2 Bolt engine unique design integrates both the bolt and pressure regulator into a single functioning system. Allowing the marker to operate between 150 and 160 psiThe Anti-Chop Red Optics System (ACROS) is a break beam laser omitting optic. The ACROS eyes is designed to prevent paintballs from chopping in the chamber giving the player one less thing to worry about.This stealthy aerodynamic low profile feed neck keeps your hopper/loader grounded and secure.The Rhyno skin sly tough body cover is made of a high strength Poly(Vinyl Chloride) blend material, allowing it to have a thin shell without compromising its strength.The Direct Drive System Solenoid/Valve directs air to the F2 Bolt engine allowing for a smooth and low operating pressure. Specific air ports were placed to reduce the amount of air needed to release the paintballs from the barrel without compromising it????s efficiency. Thus giving you more time on the field and less time off.
© 2015 ActionVillage. All Rights Reserved. Built with Volusion. Designed by Brand Labs.


text:
sbdki avait besoin d'un nouveau design de logo et a lancé un concours sur 99designs.
Un gagnant a été sélectionné de 15 designs proposés par 7 designers freelance.
We are two deejays starting mixing together from now on and we need a logo. It must be fresh, it must be colorfull and it must be visible on every flyer with two, three logos on the left & right of the paper. We MUST see it. Please check the long description.
Desired Color Scheme:
Pink & Black. White.
Accepted File Formats:
.psd, ai, vector.
Our names are Big & Slim. And we are two deejays from France, starting a new adventure together in party, remixing, and producing.
So we need a logo. Both of us have chosen an animal to be representated by. One of us is a squirrel, and the other one is a panda. What we would like to be honest is something like the toilet panel you can find in some restaurants. Here is an exemple... well, a look alike panel:
The squirrel must be in pink colour with a black colour background and the panda must be in black colour with a pink colour background.
The squirrel must have a vynil in his hands and the panda must have a headphone on his ears.
The "Big & Slim" text would be great outside of the logo... like a border of the logo itself with big writen in big... fading to little for the "slim".
Well, that's all. I'm here for any feedback and review as soon as possible.
Savoir comment fonctionne un concours de design ou en savoir plus sur nos services de design de logo.


text:
1) Script Title: Drop Down/Overlapping Content Script
2) Script URL (on DD): http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...lapcontent.htm
3) Describe problem: I have implemented this script successfully before, and love it for drop downs in nav menus. However, this installation has me banging my head.
Script is installed here: http://ltlacornaustralia.com.au/about.php. Mouseover the "Trail cameras" or "Other products" links.
At first, my dropdowns were offset far to the right. I moved the hidden content divs outside of the main container div, right before the body tag, and that fixed this. However, the submenu links are now no longer clickable - moving your mouse off of the main anchor link causes the submenu content to disappear, no matter what I try.
I have tried applying various z-index entries to the CSS (and killing z-index altogether). I have tried changing the delay for hidedivmouseout (I want the div to auto hide), to no avail... I even tried setting hidedivmouseout to false, but that still doesn't seem to help.
Can anyone help? Thanks a million!


text:
Reducing Tube Union - 1/8 - 1/16 - Stainless Steel - Part #: SUR-2-1-S6
: In stock
: Tube Fittings
Regular price
Have a Question?
Be the first to ask a question about this.
See product specifications below. Please call us at 251-544-8500 and ask for the S-LOK sales team if you would like any additional information about this product or related products. We also offer these products in metric sizes and exotic materials. Please call for availability.
We ship directly within the United States only.
Our rates are automatically generated by USPS based on the customer address and weight and size of the package. USPS offers the following shipping options:
United States:
- First Class Mail
- First Class Package
- Parcel Select Ground
- Priority Mail
- Priority Mail Express
Shipping times are calculated once the order has been fulfilled, NOT once the order has been placed.
Any questions or inquiries, please contact email@example.com


text:
I have always, always been hesitant to try a new restaurant since I have been on the gluten-free diet. I am afraid of getting sick. At first, I didn't seem to react all that badly, but now, it is horrible. I won't gross you out with the details, just know that it is not pretty or fun. So I usually stick with chain restaurants (yes, they get boring, but when you have to follow a strict diet, what do you do?) and those who have gluten-free menus. I have ventured out to other restaurants and do so much more often now that I have been gluten-free for over 3 years. I feel more comfortable expressing my needs and reading the reactions of the employees (servers, managers & chefs/cooks) that I am trying to educate.
Last year when I was in Atlanta over Spring Break, my sister took my Mother & I to a wonderful place called Aqua Terra Bistro in Buford, Georgia. I was nervous, I didn't see anything on the web site about a gluten-free menu. I asked to speak with the manager upon sitting down and for some reason I started my questions/statements with "I have Celiac Disease and have to follow a gluten-free diet….". I never start out saying I have Celiac because most people look at me like they have no clue what I am talking about or like I have 2 heads. Well, much to my surprise, she informed me that the chef's wife also had Celiac disease! WOW! They would indeed be able to accommodate me. We had a fabulous meal.
Fast forward to this Spring Break. Back in Atlanta, back to Aqua Terra. I could not pass up going back and dining at this amazing restaurant. This time I spoke with Robin, I believe she is the bartender or possibly the manager. She also has Celiac and went over the menu with me, asking what I was thinking of having. Robin has been gluten-free for a little over a year. I selected the following items for my meal:
Mixed field greens, Gorgonzola cheese, bacon, apples, walnuts, and red onions with a warm apple cider vinaigrette (minus the onions b/c they make me sick too)
(see my picture below…polenta is not in the pic)
Served over orecchiette pasta with fresh spinach and an exotic mushroom and truffle cream sauce (I asked them to sub the smoked gouda polenta for the pasta and they did, willingly)
With fresh strawberries
I can't even begin to express how amazing this meal was. The salad is one of the best I have ever had and I eat a lot of salads. Wonderful flavors that all compliment one another so nicely. The polenta was to-die-for! The smoked gouda flavor really made this dish. I love polenta plain, but this flavor brought it to a whole new level. The scallops were done perfectly and the spinach with exotic mushrooms & truffle cream sauce left me speechless. I wanted to clean my plate, but had to save room for the dessert. The creme brulee was amazing. Creamy and decadent. Perfect.
I give this restaurant 5 stars and all my thumbs up. Really, if you ever get the chance to eat there, GO! You won't be sorry!
My Mom & I:
Filed under: Family, Gluten-Free, Gluten-free Eateries |


text:
|A very old, 1820 or 1840, English hand made, beaded needlepoint bell pull. Hangs beside the marble fireplace in my Ladies Parlor.
|Hand made needlepoint bell pull made by Mrs. Stark. From the Gentlemen's parlor.
|Beaded English needle point bell pull hangs in dining room.
|This is one of the many needle point bell pulls that I have made. This one is signed and daded and hangs in the blue guest room on the second floor.
|Early antique, 1820-1840- English hand made beaded needlepoint bell bull, Ladies parlor.
Some homes had elaborate bell systems. All sizes of bells with different tones to mark which room the servant was being called to, was needed . Some systems had numbered bells and the number was connected to a certain room. Some systems were marked with a name such as,"parlor."Two types of metal. iron and copper were used in the making of the bells so each bell could make a certain sound. Each servant had to learn the different sounds and what room they applied to. The bells were usually located in the kitchen where most of the servants would be, until needed. A wire pulley system went through the walls and when the bell pull was pulledy, a bell would ring.A small hammer was required to hit the bell to make it sound. My kitchen at, My Old Historic House, has 6 bells, each mounted on a single coil steel spring and attached to a pulley and leaver,that is hooked to a wire that went through the walls from the kitchen to the rooms were the bell pulls hang.
Beginning in and around the 1850's, most fine homes in America had a bell system and used bell pulls. Mary Lincoln had the first bell pulls at the White House. Records show that she bought a number of bell pulls on one of her many shopping trips to New York. Antique tapestry , needlepoint and fine stitched cloth bell pulls have been around for centuries. Through out history, they were created out of rich fabrics and professional woven and hand needle pointed. Most of the bell pulls we find today were made by the home owners, who took great pride in there workmanship. They were a flattering display of wealth. They ranged in all shapes ,sizes and color.
Servants were expected not only to be efficient,biddable and unseen, but they were to be available and ready to serve at an instance's notice, when the bell was rang. And a modern bell system inspired this type of service.
|Part of the original call bells hanging in my kitchen.
With Missouri, where , My Old Historic House is located, being a slave state, Elgin, the builder of my home, had slaves. I know this to be a fact ,as I have found, Mrs. Elgins's first husbands, last will and testament. He gave his wife, upon his death, 25 slaves and $125,00.00 and 125 acres of land. This was a very wealthy lady of 1860. When Elgin added onto the house, he no doubt added the servants bell system. And the bells remain today. They no longer work as the wires in the walls have since broken or deteriorated. I pull the bell pulls all the time and no servant appears. I guess the reason being, I seem to be the only servant at, My Old Historic House.
Today the bell pull has been replaced with an electric call button. People who still have servants only need to push a button. Through the years at ,My Old Historic House, these changes have been made as well. Under the dining room table on the floor is such an electric button, one only needs to step on it, to call for the servants. It is indeed in working order today, but, again when I ring it, no one comes, as I am the only servant at my house.
Bell Pulls have been used in interior design since they were first invented . I think they are quite handsome and add to almost any decor. They have been sold in antique shops for years and the really old, needlepoint ones, are quite collectable and can fetch a good price. In the 70's I was stricken with an illness and had to spend a great deal of time on my back. I took up needlepoint and needle pointed almost anything that would stand still. I have projects all over Missouri, where I did a lot of custom pieces for people and in return helped me earn a little much needed money. If one would figure the hourly wage it would probably come down to about .10 a hour.I did become quite good at it and fast. Latter I seemed to only want the really old needlepoint bell pulls ,so one by one, I sold off the ones I made. I have one I kept and it is included in this post, I pictured my initials and a date for you to see. The two bell pulls that I have that are my pride and joy are antique English needlepoint and contain bead work. I am crazy for any antique needlepoint items, but, if they have beads, I just flip right on out. I also have one that has a lot of history connected to it. It is not ancient, probably around 1920's or so. But it was made by the wife of a former Governor of Missouri, Mrs Lloyd Stark. He was Governor of Missouri in 1939. I bought this an an estate sale in 1974, and I have had it all theses years. The Governor and his wife are both from Louisiana,Mo. about 9 miles from here. That is the town where the famous Stark Nursery, the oldest and biggest in the world, is located. The Stark family sold there family home in in the 70's and moved to St.Louis.
|The Stark bell pull, Gentlemen's parlor.
|English beaded early needle point bell pull, Dining room.
|The beautiful hardware on the Stark bell pull.
|Hardware of the Eglish bell pull.
|Ladies parlor, English beaded needle point bell pull.
|Dining room bell pull.
These bell pulls are really hard to take pictures of. I have tried every angle and direction, but nothing seems to work. So they are the best I can do. I wish they were better because they really are very beautiful.
I have been having kinda trying times these past few weeks. The roof on, My Old Historic House, has been in need of attention. I found some one to do the work, they seem to know what they are doing, well, when they show up. I just hate people who start a project for you, get your deposit, work one day and go to the next job so they can get that deposit. What is wrong with people? Also I have a problem with the Mud Douber insects. I hate them. I don't know why the Lord every made them, what good could they do. Living on the Mississippi they build nests all over the outside of the house. I have spent the last week, up and down ladders cleaning them off. A nasty job.Besides all that, the river takes a tole on any thing painted here. Every year the porch floors, I have 5, have to be sanded and re- painted. Another hard and nasty job. I know it is not correct to do, but I am replacing the wood floors with plastic, as soon as I can rob a bank. Top it all off, business has been so bad since the US Gov. played games with the National debt thing and scared everybody to death.It is hard to run a house hold on SS.
Well-------not that I have ranted and raved, I would like to say, I'm sorry and invite you all to come anytime for a tour. I will leave the lights on and Sissy Dog will meet you with a jump and a kiss. I promise to be nice and not carry on so. I hope you are having a better day than I am.
|This picture is from an old English book and it shows a lady ringing for the servants, must have been a problem, as the men seem to be up set?


text:
I'm curisous whether OpenCL is a good way to write task-oriented parallel program. The spec says that OpenCL is designed for GPU, Cell and other kinds of heterogeneous multi-core platform. But I think that it is just a extended version of CUDA.
How do you think about it? Cat OpenCL replace the existant programming model like ALF of Cell, SPI platform, TBB ??


text:
High-quality parts and outstanding repairs are always an investment in the value of your Volkswagen – even if it already has its 4th birthday behind it. With Volkswagen Economy Packages, we offer you parts and fitting in Volkswagen quality – but up to 30% less expensive.*
*Compared with fitting Volkswagen Genuine Parts®.
* 4 years and 1 day.
Product information
Economy Parts offer tested quality at advantageous prices. They have been especially developed for vehicles from their 5th year onwards and are slightly adapted series-production parts. The Economy range comprises common wear parts like brake pads and discs, silencers, starter batteries, pollen filters, wiper blades and shock absorbers.
Your benefits
Product information
What is a perfect match for lower-priced parts? Low-price fitting, of course. That is why you can obtain Economy Parts from your Volkswagen Partner including labour costs at a particularly attractive all-inclusive price – as an Economy Package. Your price advantage: up to 30% compared with fitting Volkswagen Genuine Parts®.
Your benefits


text:
A leading veterans group, seeking to muscle any mention of military issues into the first presidential debate, published an online voter guide Tuesday listing five criteria on which service members past and present can judge the two candidates and ultimately cast their votes.
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, a nonpartisan and nonprofit group with more than 200,000 members, released "Vote Smart For Vets" on its website with hopes that its five stated benchmarks — along with some mathematical prodding — will prompt Republican candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama to tangle on topics that include the military suicide epidemic or the high veteran unemployment rate.
"Our goal is to obviously make progress on these issues but also just to get the candidates talking about them," said Paul Rieckhoff, chief executive officer and founder of IAVA. "We get a lot of pandering. We get a lot of pleasantries. We get a lot of ceremony. But let's get down to specifics.
"We're trying to force just a conversation of any kind (about veterans) when economic issues are front and center," added Rieckhoff, who served as a first lieutenant and infantry rifle platoon leader in Iraq during 2003 and 2004.
The five-point checklist drafted by the IAVA for veterans and vet-friendly voters "to evaluate your candidates' platforms" is placed in this order:
- Ensuring Iraq and Afghanistan veterans have the tools they need to succeed in the civilian work force;
- Ensuring every veteran has the right to the education benefits they have earned;
- Improving mental health programs in the military and VA to prevent further suicides among troops and veterans;
- Modernizing the claims process at the VA so that veterans have access to the benefits and resources they have earned;
- Improving VA healthcare facilities and claims processes for female veterans.
How have Romney and Obama fared — in the eyes of veterans — in their attention to or work on those five points?
"The reality is that neither one has been judged on them yet because these issues really haven't been a focal point in the campaign," Rieckhoff said. "You're not hearing about plans to lower veteran unemployment."
Related: NBC/WSJ poll: Obama holds lead over Romney in key battleground Ohio
Partly due to the lagging U.S. economy, joblessness has dogged thousands of men and women who have returned after serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. During 2011, the veteran unemployment rate was more than 12 percent — far above the national median. In August of this year, that number was 10.9 percent — still higher than the rest of the American work force.
"We view this as not just a social issue but an opportunity for investment. If you invest in these men and women coming home it's going to produce a tremendous return," Rieckhoff said. "This is might be the one thing Romney and Obama could agree about on the stage. But we've got to force the questions.
"Just one question about veterans during the debate makes everybody remember that we're out there," he added.
If either campaign needs more convincing that winning the military and veterans vote could tip the election, IAVA is armed with the sorts of stats that make pollsters drool.
More than 2.4 million veterans have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Three battleground states are packed with veterans: 60,000-plus in Ohio, and more than 150,000 in both Virginia and Florida. The organization also reports that 90 percent of new veterans are registered to vote, and many remain undecided.
In fact, according to a membership survey IAVA conducted last year, more than 40 the group's participants don't identify themselves as Republicans or Democrats.
"If you look at the broader military and veterans population, that's an incredibly influential voting bloc. And not only are they strong in numbers and not only are they registered to vote in a high percentage, they're also very influential," Rieckhoff said. "They have an opportunity to be force multipliers — not only influencing their families but influencing their communities.
"They're also incredibly nonpartisan," he added. "They're patriotic and pragmatic and they just want to see people who can get things done. They are much more dedicated to their country than they are their party. They are a political jump ball."
More content from NBCNews.com:
- Report: Homeland Security 'fusion' centers spy on citizens, produce 'shoddy' work
- VA weeks, months late paying student veterans
- A week later, search still on for 73-year-old accused of killing daughter-in-law
- Video: Like hurricanes, winter storms to get names too
- Cell phone video shows cop striking woman after Philadelphia parade
- State Dept: Missing American journalist Austin Tice believed held by Syria regime


text:
Earlier this year the Danish Dorte Mandrup Architects realised the extension of the Bordings Independent School close to the beautiful lakes of Østerbro in Copenhagen.
Here is what the architects explain:
The site and surroundings
The existing buildings of Bordings Independent School are beautifully situated by the lakes in Copenhagen. The main building is set back from the road, and the façade towards the lakes is primarily shaped by the new building, the gym and the gates toward the two courts of the school.
The school is situated between two urban structures, the traditional block-structure with 4-5 storey buildings and the close and intimate structure of the row houses "Kartoffelrækkerne".
The façade facing the lakes is characterized by the alternation between the block structure and the row house structure, the expression is diverse and green.
Architectural main-idea
The urban main idea is to create a building that expresses the transition between the larger scale of the block-structure and the smaller and more intimate scale of the row houses. Despite the site's location in the extension of the traditional block and to emphasize the transition to a smaller scale, the building is located as a separate element between the two scale steps.
Through a shift in the main volume of the façade, the building is cut away from the existing building, and thereby is perceived as a separated yet harmonious part of the façade as a whole.
The composition of the new building is sculptural as opposed to the surface composition of the block to enhance the depth in the transition from the street façade to the school courtyard behind.
The new building is formed to ensure a large degree of flexibility, so the use of the inner spaces can change over time.
The building consists of three elements: the imprint into the ground, the volume and the screen
The imprint
An area larger than the footprint of the building is excavated creating a courtyard-area below the existing courtyard. This opens the lower façade to the light, and creates an extra outer space in relation to the basement.
The Volume
The concrete slabs are carried by the facades parallel to the existing neighbouring building. This creates a maximum of flexibility without carrying pillars or dividing walls. Towards east and west the facades are fully glazed for a maximum of light transmission. The carrying facades are done in recycled bricks from the building that was demolished from the site. The tradition of the pupils being allowed to do an inscription in a brick is thereby carried on into the new building and the future of the school.
The Screen
The screen is done in perforated Corten Steel. It is folded around the corner and the new balcony to create a façade parallel to the façade of the existing gym. The difference between the façade line and the rectangle of the volume creates a depth in the façade that diffuses and brings warmth to the light before entering the building. The screen thus works as a sunscreen as well as a visual screen towards the street. Finally cuts in the screen frames specific views towards the lake.
The building is entered from the big excavated staircase towards east and from the two steel staircases towards east and west.
The Basement
The basement houses the music classes for amplified music, a small recording studio and storage. The music classroom can be opened through a large sliding door towards the outside space and the large staircase that can serve as seating for an audience on summer nights.
Ground Floor
The ground floor consists of one large room serving primarily as classroom for music classes for acoustical instruments and at the same time as a gathering hall for the daily gatherings and special events for the whole school. Toilet, wardrobe and storage are placed in a zone towards the existing neighbouring building.
First Floor
The first floor also consists of one room for the art and crafts classes. In the corner, and in open connection to the primary room, large sinks and steel tables are placed in a niche. The storage zone is again placed towards the existing neighbour.
Materials and construction
The house is built as a simple concrete structure with an outer brick façade in recycled bricks. The screen is done in perforated corten steel sheets. Both materials patinate beautifully and need no maintenance.
The facades are done in oil treated hardwood frames with outside mullions of painted aluminium.
The basements walls inside and out are done in on-site cast concrete. The upper staircases are done in painted steel. The floors are done in linoleum.


text:
SKU:15366Artist:Compatible Figures:N/ACompatible Software:DAZ Studio 4.12Install Types:
SKU:15366Artist:Compatible Figures:N/ACompatible Software:DAZ Studio 4.12Install Types:
- Daz Connect
- Install Manager
- Manual Install
- Daz Connect
- Install Manager
- Manual Install
This product is in these bundles
Jumping Action is an 24-pose motion cycle for the DAZ Horse 2 and includes 6 Genesis rider partial poses.
The sequential poses give you a variety of choices for portraying single horses, with or without riders, as well as for jumping herds and racing jockeys. The sequences are ideal for multiple comic book frames. And the cycle is suitable as basic animation key-frames.
The DAZ Horse 2 pose series features a series of horse action and drama for every equestrian adventure imaginable. All motion cycles are based on the stop-motion photography of Eadweard Muybridge.
This series includes basic action-cycles for Walking, Trotting, Cantering, Galloping, and Jumping horses. Each set is also designed to merge with others by transiting from certain key-frames. The horse can go from standing to walking to galloping (trotting and cantering) to jumping. It's a unique presentation of motion poses. There is a lot of latitude for customizing the poses and the combinations.
Jumping Action can be merged into a continuous galloping/jumping cycle. Also the barrier jumps and distance jumps can be merged.
Partial poses to seat riders on a zeroed horse are included for Genesis Basic Male and Female, Genesis V4 and M4, and Genesis V5 and M5. As partial poses they can seat your other Genesis poses on the horse.
See the "ReadMe-JumpingAction.txt" in the ReadMe's folder for more tips.
Horse textures are courtesy of CWRW.
What's Included and Features
- 24 Poses Each of Over a Barrier and Across a Chasm: (.DUF)
- Jump-00
- Jump-01_Gallop-13
- Jump-02
- Jump-03
- Jump-04
- Jump-05
- Jump-06
- Jump-07
- Jump-08
- Jump-09
- Jump-10
- Jump-11
- Jump-12
- Jump-13
- Jump-14
- Jump-15
- Jump-16
- Jump-17
- Jump-18
- JumpFar-08
- JumpFar-09
- JumpFar-10
- JumpFar-11
- JumpFar-12
- 6 Rider Poses for Genesis: (.DUF)
- GBF_Rider_Partial
- GBM_Rider_Partial
- GM4_Rider_Partial
- GM5_Rider_Partial
- GV4_Rider_Partial
- GV5_Rider_Partial
- This product includes:
- 1 DSON Core installer
- 24 Poses Each of Over a Barrier and Across a Chasm: (.DUF)


text:
Here are my first thoughts on a set of loose asset guidelines for all projects using Tamriel-Data. These are not meant as absolute rules but as points of orientation for everyone participating in the creation of models. For that reason, I'd like to hear our modellers and textures on this, in particular. Other than that, everyone is invited to comment and complement.
Tamriel Data - Asset Creation Recommendations
Use a similar lightness and saturation than comparable objects that already exist in the game.
The model with your texture should not look completely offstyle, when placed next to other things in the game environment. There are several levels on which this can be ensure, but using a similar lightness, saturation and contrast is a good first step and a possible least common denominator for the different projects.
Material consistency:
Have an eye on the inner logic of the universe. While the absense of material consistency is not necessarily noticed by the player and not necessarily a fault in itself, it's presence is likely going to be noticed and serve to increase immersion.
For example:
Use leathers or furs that can actually be derived from animals in the environment (like netch leather).
Use a certain color tint for iron, steel, silver, ebony, etc. matching its look everywhere else in the game.
Use a similar canvas backdrop for all textures consisting of a certain type of fabric.
Visual depth:
Aim for visual depth in the texture. The surface of the texture should feel plastic and present in the game environment. With visual depth you can often compensate a low texture resolution. Some means for achieving this effect:
Painting in shades or highlights
Adding dirt, rust, scratches or other grunge layers.
Increasing contrast
Applying sharpen filter
Applying a bump - effect
Photos VS handpainted:
Avoid using photoresources in an unmodified shape. On the opposite, avoid an overly hand-painted look. Use your common-sense.
Armors and Clothing:
Aim for a vivid design. Clothing and armor often feature things like little pockets, belts, necklaces, collars, straps or other appendages. They are often more saturated and contrasted than other objects in the game environment. Fantasy designs that wouldn't work in the real world (huge pauldrons) are not a problem, but encouraged where they serve to characterize the culture this piece of armor/clothing is from. Cloth pieces usually reveal foldings that are more pronounced than the fabric structure (there are exceptions from this, mainly with robes). If possible, each piece of clothing and armor should be combinable with each other and be wearable by tall and wide races without revealing major issues.
Architecture is one of the main means to characterize an ethnical group, like the members of a great house or the inhabitants of a hold in skyrim. When designing architecture, think about attributes and the general character of this group and how they could be expressed over the architecture. Don't let yourself be constrained by realism-considerations too much there, only keep it in mind to avoid destroying other peoples suspension of disbelief. When creating architecture you should also think about how you want your architecture to be used in settlements, what kinds of layout would be possible with the structures you make. The layout should underline the general characteristic of your set. If the architecture will be found in a particular ecologic environment, consider including resources found in the latter (like the palm thatch roofs on gold coast houses of P:C).
Furniture and other objects of use:
Here apply similar considerations than in the architecture section. If the object you make, belongs to a certain ethnical group, use an according shape language and material.
Plants, more than anything, should seamlessly fit into the environment they are placed in. They are preferably conceptualised together with other features of a planned environment and should follow its color pattern. What plants would be possible in this environment, where and how could they grow and what would they contribute?
No particular thoughts, except that I expect a creature to be at a certain minimum of quality, especially regarding its animation. Fantasy creatures and surreal designs are more valued than plain real world animals.
Common Asset Guidelines
Threads related to coordination in lore, border regions, objects, implementation, etc with Tamriel Rebuilt
Post Reply
3 posts • Page 1 of 1
I agree with everything being said here. For creatures in specific, I would add that besides general quality and an appreciation for the surreal, we should also strive towards internally consistent ecosystems.
Some time ago Kaziem at TR created a catalogue with all kinds of vanilla textures as reference for modders to help us making textures that fit into the gameworld. This should be especially helpful to find the right level of saturation and contrast for own textures.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxtf3P ... hscjg/view" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxtf3P ... hscjg/view" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Post Reply
3 posts • Page 1 of 1


text:
|Ford Kanzler
This goes to the heart of tech content development: An organization doesn't have to be SRI International, MIT, Gartner or The New York Times to discover and inform the world about valuable new information. In fact, being informative is at the core of effective content development. Having relevant data on which to base your story leads the way to content success.
As with any customer-focused content, it must connect with and enlighten readers. Integrating data points into content production applies traditional journalism practice to marketing communications and PR. The business benefits accrue from being viewed as a reliable and interesting source by your audience of customers and prospects.
What's exciting is that fresh facts may be buried in the company's stored data. What customer behavioral insights, or what use or investment trends may be unearthed and shared with your market to help demonstrate your brand's business awareness and expertise? Businesses are capturing nearly everything customers do in CRM databases. What revelations of interest to your market could be sifted from all that stuff? What facts are demonstrated that support your marketing objectives? That's where your research starts.
Media Interest Magnet
From a media relations perspective, having fresh data is a huge, credibility-boosting value. Relevant data on a topic of fairly broad interest to a market segment gives legs to a PR effort. Remember, creating a brand is about nurturing market perceptions, not just about pushing product features. Going beyond product promotion and demonstrating expertise as an industry source, armed with insightful data, is powerful PR. All the traditional and new media relations tactics may be applied when you've got significant data-based findings to share.
That means considering a news announcement, executive speaking opportunities, a report for the sales team to share with customers, posting to your newsroom and applying it to social media as blog content or shared online in forums as well as Twitter and Facebook—all part of integrating your communications.
I had a client whose heuristics-based software could clearly demonstrate when typically linear IT expansion plans (e.g. just adding more servers) would hit a wall and drive costs out of sight. We surveyed several hundred organizations around this topic and published findings demonstrating the need to think differently about IT investments and system growth. We got a ton of media response to the well-publicized report, as well as significant interest in my client's software. We had the numbers to back up our story. Digging up the info cost an hour's worth of searching the company's database. It was powerfully demonstrated PR ROI.
No Data? Create It
Social media platforms, if used effectively, can allow huge insight into market behavior, and not just for consumer brands. There is lots to learn from tapping into social data. A recent Forester Research report, "Uncovering the Value of Social Intelligence for B2B Companies," shows 26% of those surveyed spend less than $500 each month on listening technologies. Listening is key. Among the greatest challenges, according to Forester, are under-investment in listening (tools and team members), tracking too many topics and lack of focused application of what's learned. I'm advocating focused application here.
Beyond well-established tools like Survey Monkey, mining social media data can help brands understand their customers' beliefs and preferences as well as bolstering its outward-facing voice with data on percentages, growth trends and other factors important to buying decision-makers. Generate data by asking questions and/or listening to your community's discussions.
Investing in listening platforms such as TweetDeck, Buffer, SocialOomph, Outlook on Facebook, Booshaka, Polygraph and HootSuite can help make listening more cost- and time-effective. Sharing paid tool costs with other departments can make sense. The complexity of social media is increasing, so monitoring and listening tools are no longer just nice to have.
Ask the tool vendor how much training is required. Going with free tools is OK. When you get serious make an investment. You can't really benefit from social media data unless you have ways of capturing and analyzing it for further use as mentioned above. Once you're creating intelligence from internal or external data sources, you've got a golden opportunity to enhance and drive content development, with greatly increased informational value and perceived credibility across a range of media.
Ford Kanzler is principal of Marketing/PR Savvy in Redwood City, Calif., and author of Connecting the Mind and Voice of Business (available from Amazon and B&N). He can be reached at email@example.com.


text:
William Roland Corrin
Nov. 20, 1920-June 23, 2013
Pleasanton, California
Contact the submitter
William Roland Corrin passed away peacefully in his Pleasanton home on June 23, 2013; his family was with him. He was married for 59 years to Barbara, who passed away April 2012. He is survived by his sons Bill Corrin of Long Beach and Gary Corrin of Toronto and daughters Janet (Gary) Sears of Pleasanton and Lyn (Terry) Aaker of Long Beach, four grandchildren, and nieces and nephews. He was born and raised in Long Beach, CA, and enjoyed swimming and sailing as a youth. After attending Long Beach Jr. College, he served in WWII as an Army Air Corps B-24 bomber co-pilot in Europe, assigned to the ?Carpetbaggers?, a group that flew clandestine night missions. He worked for Granny Goose Foods for 35 years, working his way up to Director of Purchasing of all raw products. During that time the family lived in Niles, Salinas, and finally moved to Pleasanton in 1969. He was a charter member of the Salinas Valley Highlanders bagpipe band. He and Barbara enjoyed trips to Europe, Australia and the East Coast; many were with the Balloon Platoon. The Corrins were long-time members of Centerpointe Presbyterian Church, where they made lifelong friendships. Please join us for a Celebration of Life service at Centerpointe Church, 3410 Cornerstone Ct., Pleasanton, on August 1, 2013, at 10 a.m. with a reception immediately following. In lieu of flowers, the family has suggested donations be made to Hope Hospice.
Tags: veteran


text:
Outside St Mary Star of The sea Catholic church in La Jolla. Painted white as were the original traditional missions of 200years ago. Jesus pulling crucifix statue .
Known as "The Jewel", La Jolla offers one of the worlds top ten beaches. The scenic coast line, rocky cliffs, under water perserve, fantastic dining and shopping are all reasons to visit.


text:
There is one rule above all others in Foo. Don't be a wanker. Everything else is less important than this.
The following are the Guild Rules of Foo:
• You may not ever make official posts on behalf of the guild
• You must not be another active member of another guild or group. This means if you are in our guild, you should not be on another communications server, actively playing the same game with another guild, or hanging out with your own click or group externally. We aren't interested in part time members or people who aren't interested in fully integrating into the community. We don't mind if you are in a clan or guild for something that is completely unrelated to anything we do, so long as it doesn't ever cause a problem.
• Do not troll forums and communicate with the enemy relating to our PvP activities, you will get removed from the guild for it
• Don't be a wanker, (a player showing systemic problematic activity towards the operations of the guild, i.e. drama queen, douche-baggery)
• We PvP hard core and we correct issues and errors quickly and with a lack of sugar coating, get some thick skin when in PvP
Communication Rules
Communication rules are designed to prevent any issues that arise on the forums, in chat or on Discord/TS3. Members who violate these rules will not be removed from the guild but will be counseled. If problems still persist they will be reviewed for guild removal.
• You are expected to be on Discord and TS3 while in game, these are our MAIN source of communication; Discord/TS3 are mandatory for all guild/group events (if a situation where you can't be on happen, just keep the leadership informed)
• While there is an acceptable level of cursing and joking around that occurs on guild comms; excessive cursing or offensive language directed towards another member with MALICIOUS INTENT is not tolerated
• Spatial Chat: When conducting guild operations, a sign of discipline is a silent force punishing the enemy; No gloating in general chat, no pissing contests, just cold hard discipline. Members should utilize guild chat and/or Discord to communicate, not spatial when running raids or PvPing; Private/hate tells should be are to be ignored, killing them over and over is a much better way to prove a point. If a problem comes up that is guild worthy let a higher ranking officer handle the situation.


text: The black-headed python, sometimes called the tar-pot or black-headed rock snake, is one of Australia's more beautiful snakes. It has a glossy, jet-black head and neck, and its body has 70 to 100 dark bands which can be cream to red-brown in color. Black-headed pythons are not typically aggressive and often move away from disturbances, retreating to burrows or hiding when threatened. They're usually found in woodlands, open forests and grasslands. This snake is nocturnal during warm months, but may be more active during the day in cooler weather. Females lay an average of five to 10 eggs under logs, beneath roots or in burrows. They coil around their eggs to protect them and regulate their temperature during incubation. The eggs can take up to three months to hatch, and offspring take four to five years to reach sexual maturity. Did You Know? This snake uses its black head to thermo-regulate. Diet These pythons prey almost exclusively on reptiles, including venomous snakes, and appear to be immune to the venom of Australia's most toxic species. They will also occasionally eat birds and small mammals. Prey is constricted and then swallowed whole. Size Black-headed pythons can reach a length of more than 6 feet. Range These terrestrial snakes are found in the northern part of Australia, common from central Queensland to the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Population Status This species is not threatened. Predators The northern quoll and birds of prey feed on this python. They will also eat each other. Back to the Top


text:
Here's Doc. the Schnibble for this month. I was hoping for better colors but the light was not good enough. It is made with two charms of batiks and the background is yardage I had gotten at the Lancaster show, not knowing what I would go with it. I was hoping to use it in my bathroom for more color but I think it is going tobe too big for the spot.
Just had to get this shot of Penny on my log cabin quilt . Of course right on the hoop. She hadn't gotten in that chair since I have been home, until I put the quilt there.
Thought you should see what we had for two Sundays;s before graduation. Just beautiful. Funny part is as soon as the sun comes out it disappears rapidly.
Blogger doesn';t seem to want me to type up where the pictures about are so a little explanation. That is Sara my granddaughter that graduated from Collage in Greeley, Co. The other is the closest we got for the graduation and it was HOT. She had turned her robe in by the time we met up with her.
Then the picture of the log cabin quilt I took with me to quilt. I got most of the center done. Here I have a cat to get in the way or wants on my lap. Thought that was a good spot to spread it out for a picture.
Now the Schnibbly quilt "DOC" is for the quilt show that the Pink Pincushion has on the first of the month. I wasn;'t sure I would get it done but I had the pattern so that is all I have done since coming home about 10 days ago.
Had a wonderful time but was nice to get home. Penny was sure glad. Thanks for stopping.


text: Last week we explained how precipitation flows downstream. Keep in mind that as the snow in the Mid-Atlantic states begins to melt, trash that is on streets will be picked up with the water and flow downstream into the Chesapeake Bay. In Baltimore, a lot of that trash washes into a 10 acre urban wetland at Fort McHenry. A few times a year the Aquarium's Conservation Team (ACT!) takes on the task of cleaning up the trash and debris that collects in the wetland. And at each event they can count on one thing - finding lots and lots of polystyrene (better known as Styrofoam, which is a trademarked material). Everything from foam coffee cups to take-out containers to coolers find their way from city streets to the Chesapeake Bay, and unless someone cares enough to pick them up they will remain in the ecosystem indefinitely. Polystyrene is one of the most harmful types of debris out there, especially because it does not break down or decompose; the cup someone threw out the car window today could still be floating around in the oceans a million years from now. The good news is that we can all but eliminate the need to use polystyrene by making a few simple changes and exploring alternative materials: REDUCE your use of polystyrene by replacing it with reusable items, paper or biodegradable plastic. Reusable items are always best, but in some instances disposable plates and cups cannot be avoided. Paper goods will decompose in a landfill over time. Biodegradable "plastics" made from corn are becoming more widely available, and with this option you get the benefit of a sturdy plastic plate or cup and the piece of mind that comes with using a material that is so earth-friendly that it can be composted. REDUCE the need for restaurants to use polystyrene by bringing your own takeout container or asking for aluminum foil the next time you take leftovers home after dining out. If enough people ask for alternatives, the restaurant may get the hint to choose a more eco-friendly packing material. REUSE by investing in a personal travel mug. Coffee cups are one of the most common daily uses of polystyrene. Many coffee vendors now give discounts for folks who bring their own cups to refill, and in a home or office setting you can save because you no longer need to purchase cups to throw away. If you still need to use polystyrene check to see if it can be RECYCLED. Products are often packed and shipped in polystyrene, and this is something we may not be able to control when we purchase something. It's good to know that most forms of foam packing materials can be recycled. If you are packaging an item yourself, try alternatives like recycled newspaper or biodegradable corn-based packing peanuts. If you want to do more to help keep the Chesapeake Bay clean consider joining us for a debris clean-up event. The Aquarium's Conservation Team is currently recruiting community volunteers for the "spring cleaning" of the wetland at Fort McHenry in April. Visit aqua.org for more information. Tags: conservation-events, fort-mchenry, green-tips, polystyrene, recycling-styofoam, styrofoam Categories: Conservation, News Previous Post Next Post


text:
It's been just over a decade now since Pixar introduced us to the colorful world of CG features, giving us Toy Story, and with it, a taste for the visually compelling medium of CGI. Before we could ooh and ah over the technological leaps that refined the look of the lovable toys in Toy Story 2, we welcomed invasions of digital insects in Disney/Pixar's A Bug's Life and PDI/DreamWorks' Antz.
In 2001, these animation/technology powerhouses continued to hone their craft in Monsters, Inc., and Shrek. That same year, two newcomers to the field of CG animated features left their mark, as well: Square Pictures, with Final Fantasy, and DNA Productions, with Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. Considered independent studios, both were backed by a big name: Square, with its hugely popular computer game group, and DNA, with producer Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies. Still, these two films showed there was room for smaller teams to play alongside the "big hitters." In March 2002, Blue Sky Studios (subsequently bought by 20th Century Fox) entered the fray with Ice Age. And last year, Vanguard Animations released Valiant, though the movie failed to take off in the US—a rare occurrence for a 3D animated feature—despite its Disney distribution connection.
Until this year, semi-independent studios making their mark in the CG animated feature realm were the exception, not the rule. But in 2006, a revolution of sorts occurred. Indeed, audiences were entertained by the woodland creatures in PDI/DreamWorks' Over the Hedge, the vehicles with character in Disney/Pixar's Cars, the unwelcoming home in Sony Pictures Imageworks' Monster House, the animal "hunters" in Imageworks' Open Season, and the elaborate underground world of Aardman/DreamWorks' Flushed Away. Yet, the year began with an independent spirit, starting with the fractured fairy tale Hoodwinked from The Weinstein Company, and will end similarly, with the entertaining penguins of Happy Feet, from Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, and Animal Logic. Between those two titles were other independent releases—some more independent than others—including Ice Age 2 (Fox/Blue Sky), The Wild (Disney and CORE), The Magic Roundabout (The Weinstein Company), Barnyard (Nickelodeon and Paramount), The Ant Bully (DNA Productions, Legendary Pictures, and Playtone), and Everyone's Hero (IDT Entertainment, now part of Starz).
This poses the following question: Can a so-called independent CG animated feature compete for a slice of the box-office pie? And, does that pie taste just as good, or, in some instances, better, than what is offered by the animation studio giants? I believe the answer is yes—if the films are done well. Although Everyone's Hero (see "Painting a Picture,") did not require a complex technical achievement on par with the simulated water interactions in Aardman/DreamWorks' Flushed Away (see "Flushed with Success,"), the film makes up for that in its heartwarming story and unique nostalgic look. But, is that enough to fill theater seats? After all, Flushed Away also gets style points for maintaining the charming Aardman claymation look within CG. Eventually, we'll know how profitable each was in their endeavor. I, for one, am hoping that these independents will continue creating CG animated films, and that others follow in their footsteps. And in between those efforts, we can still be entertained by the animation giants who continue to innovate.


text:
We are a small friendly shop based in Dursley, Gloucestershire at the foot of the Cotswold Way and have been trading for over 10 years. We're a team of 6 passionate about all things cycle related!
We carry a number of the best brands on the market including Whyte, Saracen, Orange Mountain Bikes, Genesis, Merida, Ridgeback, Fit Bike Co, United, Madison Clothing, Park Tools, Burgtec, Hope and Renthal to name just a few.
We offer 0% Finance options, FREE standard delivery, a Customer Rewards loyalty scheme, a Click & Collect service and take Cyclescheme vouchers.
We specialise in hand build wheels having made hundreds over the years and our workshop headed by Jon (the co-owner) can cope with practically any job from RockShox Reverb servicing, custom bike builds to specialist work like frame facing.
Whether you visit us in store or order online we look forward to serving you. Happy riding!
Interest Free Finance
Hassle free returns
Click & Collect is FREE
Fast UK Shipping
25 Silver Street, Dursley, GL11 4NA
This is the short description
Season : 2019
Code : RBC6400
Weight : 20KG
The Ridgeback MX24 is a lightweight bike designed for 9 – 13 year olds and features a Suntour XCT 24 suspension fork for a smooth and comfortable ride.
The MX24 is perfectly proportioned to provide younger riders the best comfort and control whilst still enjoying their ride.
We've tried to give you as much information as possible but if there's something missing that you need to know, you can get in touch with us below.
Order before 14:00 for same-day dispatch
View our full delivery information
View our full Returns Policy
Our Click & Collect service offers all the benefits of shopping online combined with specialist personal retail experience in one of our stores. Simply order your items, select Click & Collect and pick up your item at a time that's convenient for you. Best of all the service is completely FREE!
1. Add your items to your basket
Use our website to browse our catalogue of products with stock availability. When you find the item you want simply add it to your basket like you usually would.
2. Checkout using Click & Collect
Scroll down and choose Click & Collect as your delivery method. Enter your postcode at the checkout to find your closest store.
3. Choose the store of your choice and collect your items
Choose a store of your liking, click continue and complete the rest of our standard checkout steps and you're ready to collect your item in store.
When can I collect my order?
For items in stock at the chosen collection store, we will normally have your item ready to collect within 1-2 working days.
For items which are at the warehouse your order will be ready to collect in the time indicated on the website; or if at another store approximately 3 working days – please call in advance if you are making a long journey, just in case!
How will I know when my order is ready?
For every order we will send you an e-mail to let you know when your order is ready to collect. If you've ordered a bike we will contact you once you have placed your order to arrange a collection time.
What do I need to collect my order?
Please bring with you your confirmation e-mail, a photo proof of ID (i.e. passport, driving licence), and proof of address.
We will hold your order in store for 10 days, if you have any problems with getting to the store to collect your order please feel free to contact the collection store and we will happily extend this time where possible.
Can Someone Else Collect My Order?
Please contact the store you have chosen to collect from in advance and we will do our best to accommodate any changes relating to collection.
How do I cancel/change my order?
If you wish to cancel your order or make any changes please contact the store directly, contact information can be found here. Please note, full refunds will be made via the original transaction made with our online team.
How do I return my order?
Our normal returns policy applies to all Click & Collect orders, for more information see our returns policy. You can also return directly to the store.
With Pre-Order, you can purchase the latest items added to our store in advance of them arriving with us.
You Pre-Order is prioritised (at no additional charge); meaning that, as soon as the product arrives with us, we can wrap it straight back up and get it sent out to you - it often never even hits the stock room shelves!
With Pre-Launch, the date when we expect to receive the product ourselves is still a little too hazy to be confident in accepting Pre-Orders.
So, instead, you can submit your email address against the item you are interested in and we will email you as soon as stock arrives on the system.
Estimated Delivery Dates are given on Pre-Order and Pre-Launch products. They are for indication purposes only and can change at any time without notice.
The dates we provide are based on indications given by our suppliers. Whenever we get updated information from our suppliers we will endeavour to update the Estimated Delivery Dates provided on product pages.
Thanks for choosing his item ...
Would you like to see the special offer we have for you?
No thanks, I'll check out now
25 Silver Street, , Dursley, GL11 4NA
Sign-up below and you'll received sale previews, exclusive offers, first-looks at the latest products & Personalised recommendations
My message Close


text:
RIO GRANDE, Ohio – In the realm of education – no matter what the level – STEM is all the rage. Such disciplines have proven timeless, and make the various STEM fields an excellent choice of study for college students.
At the University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College, the commitment to STEM is evident throughout its curriculum. High school students looking to pursue a degree in chemistry can even earn the Rio Grande Chemistry Academic Excellence Award, a four-year, full-tuition scholarship.
"The field of chemistry offers a wide range of career options after graduation, including immediate employment, graduate school, pharmacy school or medical school," said Dr. John Means, an assistant professor in the Rio Grande School of Sciences. "The chance to win a full-tuition scholarship to help a student launch into one of these career paths is a fantastic opportunity."
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the annual salary for a chemist ranges from $41,080 to $120,600 with a median salary of $71,770.
Rio's chemistry scholarship is open to any student enrolling for the fall of 2014 who plans to major in chemistry. Applications (available at rio.edu/chemistry) include a 200-word essay, letters of recommendation and high school transcripts. The deadline to apply is March 1.
The Chemistry Scholarship Committee reviews all applications and extends requests for interviews to finalists. First place is a four-year, full-tuition scholarship to major in Chemistry at Rio Grande. Second and third place earns a four-year, partial-tuition scholarship.
For more information about the University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College visit rio.edu or call 800-282-7201.


text:
Find a Caregiver
0 caregivers with Palliative Care experience found near Calico
Palliative care encompasses highly specialized care for individuals who have serious illnesses. The goal is to improve overall quality of life by providing relief from symptoms, reducing suffering, and easing the stress that results. Palliative care is provided by a team of doctors, nurses, social workers, and home health care providers to address every aspect of the disease. Palliative care is usually administered to individuals suffering from Alzheimer, Parkinson, kidney failure, COPD, or cancer. This type of care can involve everything from pain management to spiritual support for the patient family. Caregivers can help by organizing meals, medications, and transportation to doctor visits for appointments and frequent medical tests.
Search Results
Showing 0 of 0 caregivers found


text:
About 25 contractors got together on Monday at Kinsley's ShopRite in Brodheadsville for lunch and to talk shop.
It wasn't a seminar, but a site meeting to get everyone under contract to turn the old supermarket site on Route 209, which closed nine months ago and reopened nearby to a bigger location, into the new Dunkelberger's Sports Outfitter store scheduled for a May opening.
The store will complement the main one in Stroudsburg that opened in 1972 on 585 Main St. and is even larger than that one at 30,000 square feet. But Roy Horton, vice president of operations for Dunkelberger's, said there will be plenty of merchandise to fill the spacious store and plenty of parking with 200 spots for the heavy traffic area.
"Everything is coming along well. The township here is very good working along with us," said Horton, who said township building permit requirements "are in place" and now it's a matter of getting the permits approved for selling hunting gear. "We know it will create 50 jobs for residents. It's another destination and great for township revenue."
And great for satisfying the large amount of outdoorsmen because the site will include an archery range in the back, an area for guns, another for boots and shoes toward the back of the store and an area for apparel on the side. There also will be an area for selling hunting carts, an electric and gas powered hybrid that resembles a quad.
Merchandise already is on order, Horton said.
"It will draw a lot of customers. The area is growing," Horton said. "It's the size of a box store but people like that it's a privately owned outdoor retailer and not just one of the chain stores."
At the site meeting, electricians, carpenters and general contractors met with Horton and lead contractors Rick Farmer and Doug Belanger of Build-All in Stroudsburg and came away visibly pleased.
"As long as the contractors work together, we'll get it done," Farmer said. "It's nothing we can't handle."
Farmer's company recently completed the Dome off Route 33 in Sciota, a 56,000-square-foot facility that can accommodate youth soccer, field hockey and even softball as well as other indoor leagues.
Although Farmer said the work is not much different from what he is accustomed to, the feeling is a little unique as he comes from a family that enjoys hunting.
"This is exciting. It'll be a nice store," he said.
Horton said it's an eager customer base as people stop into the building regularly to ask when it will open and to see how work is progressing.
"From Brodheadsville to Jim Thorpe, people are excited to have an outdoors outfitter in the area," Horton said.
Outfitting the West End
About 25 contractors got together on Monday at Kinsley's ShopRite in Brodheadsville for lunch and to talk shop.


text:
Based off of Venetian tradition, Celtic faeries and goblin lore, The Labyrinth of Jareth Masquerade Ball opens up your mind to a world of fantasy and magic.
Designed in the Neo-Gothic style by renowned art deco architect Claud Beelman, the historic Park Plaza Hotel hosted indoor swimming events during the 1932 Summer Olympics and, unlike the landmarks surrounding it, managed to avoid getting torn down, keeping its "jazz age" grandeur. And for the 16th annual Labyrinth of Jareth Masquerade Ball, it is a place for creative people to get together and dazzle one another with their extravagant masks and costumes.
Upon walking in, I was immediately teleported into another realm; where steampunks show off their gadgets, nobles waltz in the ballrooms, and impish goblins harass the ever so graceful faeries. Being a newcomer to such an event, it's hard to not stand and stare in awe of everything going on around you.
While exploring the first floor I came across the Golden Room and the Bronze Room. The Golden Room is a bit quieter than the other ballrooms so if you're looking to chat it up with a knight or maybe a dark lord then look no further. Or maybe you would rather cut a rug with Peter Pan or Rufio? The DJ located in the Bronze Room will have your feet moving all night long. Both rooms lead to a courtyard known as the Water Temple where you are able to hear the sweet melodies of the enchanting faeries. Continuing up the ramp you will find the Goblin Encampments where the goblins are hard at work providing food (via food trucks) and various vendors are set up all around selling goods.
After tracking down my things because the zundri thought I should trade with the other patrons, I decided to have a look upstairs. Once reaching the top of the grand staircase a beautiful presentation by Firefly Path was on display showing their exquisite work.
The second floor holds two more ballrooms: the Royal Hall and the Clockwork Ballroom. Bands such as Alice lit up the Royal Hall creating more of a rock concert while the Clockwork Ballroom set a calming ambiance with musicians such as Sonya from Cosplay Piano.
As difficult as it is, you must move around or you'll miss out on some amazing attractions. Or at least that's how I felt. And I refused to miss anything about this incredibly captivating ball. You can't help but be pulled along with the other patrons and join in with their merriment. Because honestly, who doesn't like being an elf for a couple of nights a year?
Though the Labyrinth of Jareth Masquerade Ball has passed for the year. You can catch it next year for its 17th annual celebration. For more information go to: http://www.labyrinthmasquerade.com/


text:
Designed from scratch, built by hand. Our approach to design is collaborative and goal-oriented.
Read More
Our unique approach to logo design guarantees we will design a logo that fits your business perfectly.
Read More
All in one. Our integrated management tools make it easy to
manage every aspect of your website.
Read More
Collect payments directly from your website. We give you the tools to launch, manage, and monitor your online store.
Read More
Get the word out. We offer a variety of tools to help you reach potential customers and engage your audience.
Read More
In today's world, boosting your web presence means not only having a custom website, but rolling up your sleeves and digging into a little social media as well. Working the two in tandem is a subtle art. ..
We all know how quickly the web changes. What seems like a good idea today can turn obsolete before you know it. ..
It sure is a whole new world, isn't it? It seems like a short amount of time to have come such a long way from the dial-up days, and pages that looked like this: ..


text:
Just in time for your New Year's resolutions: Meet PumpUp, a personal iOS fitness coach
If you're committing to losing weight, exercise more or live more healthily in 2013, there are loads of smartphone apps and accessories that can help you achieve your fitness goals.
One that's launching today is PumpUp, an iOS app that aims to serve as a personal fitness coach, by catering work-outs to any individual user.
PumpUp, the Waterloo, Ontario-based mobile technology startup behind the application, was founded by Garrett Gottlieb and Phil Jacobson in May 2012, and is located in the University of Waterloo's startup incubator, the VeloCity Garage.
The company says 40% of new gym memberships are cancelled in less than a year, and that what people need most in order to get fitter is adequate guidance and motivation.
By asking a few simple questions about people's fitness goals, where they want to work out and what equipment they love to use, PumpUp automatically builds a custom workout programs for each user.
Says Jacobson, who serves as CEO of PumpUp:
"We're simplifying the experience by asking you what you want and taking care of the rest. Getting fit doesn't have to be tough; people just need to be shown what to do.
With PumpUp, that's exactly what we're doing."
The app itself is free of charge, but PumpUp's service costs $4.99 per month on an annual subscription, though you can try it free for the first 30 days. Also, to celebrate the launch, an annual subscription for PumpUp is only $2.99 per month until the end of January 2013.
Judging from its website, an Android version is on its way, too.
Top image credit: Thinkstock
Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links. While we only ever write about products we think deserve to be on the pages of our site, The Next Web may earn a small commission if you click through and buy the product in question. For more information, please see our ToS.
Read next: Meet Ms.Mac 2012: "The average female Mac user is pretty hot, if awkwardly dressed"
Corona coverage
Read our daily coverage on how the tech industry is responding to the coronavirus and subscribe to our weekly newsletter Coronavirus in Context.
For tips and tricks on working remotely, check out our Growth Quarters articles here or follow us on Twitter.


text:
will.i.am Talks New Album, Old School Inspiration and Gaining a Guardian Angel
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Will.i.am wants to be known as a maker - not just of music, but things, from cars to headphones.
The Black Eyed Peas frontman is computer chip-maker Intel's "director of creative innovation." He's also partnered with Coca-Cola to create a new brand of products from recycled bottles and cans, including headphones and clothes.
Not that the seven-time Grammy winner - who produces, writes, sings and raps - has lost his ear for hits. Three songs from his new album, "(hash)willpower" - featuring Justin Bieber, Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus - are now in the Billboard Hot 100. It's his fourth solo album but the first in six years and the first since the Peas became global megastars with hits like "Boom Boom Pow" and "I Gotta Feeling." As a solo artist, he has yet to match the Peas' success in album sales; his latest debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart this week with 29,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
But will.i.am is looking well beyond pop charts to measure future success. The 38-year-old Los Angeles native sat down with The Associated Press in a recording studio for a conversation that touched on topics ranging from the Notorious B.I.G. to his late grandmother.
AP: In one song on the new album, you quote a Notorious B.I.G. line about being on the cover of Fortune magazine. But you actually did it recently. Does that make you reflect on how far hip-hop has come?
will.i.am: The line is, 'Willy be flossing/Geeking on the cover of Fortune/Five double-oh sending flows to Martians.' The fact that I sent a song to Mars is like 'Whoaaaa!' And then being on the cover of Fortune magazine and Biggie Smalls saying that in a rhyme never having been on the cover of Fortune was just like 'Whoa!' Just 'whoa' moments. ... My music career had nothing to do with that. The cover of Fortune came from recent disciplines and sacrifices and dreams I've been having in the other part of my career. That's philanthropy, being an entrepreneur and thinking outside the box.
AP: Can you envision yourself doing that and not making music anymore?
will.i.am: I'll still make music. You've still got to promote the (stuff) you make. So I'll use my music to bring awareness to the things I make. ... It's the original use of music. It's just that the people making music never participated in the things that were sold around it. For example, before there was a music industry, people played music in speakeasies and juke joints. ... Music still sells alcohol in bars. ... And music sold radios and turntables and CD players. But the musicians never participated in that business. And if they dared sell anything outside of that circle of products, they were sellouts. ... Now, Dr. Dre has Beats. And his music and everything it stood for sells other products: headphones. ... So hopefully musicians get hip to the fact that we should be selling the things that we want to make. Making us makers. And our music sells the stuff that we bring to market.
AP: The Black Eyed Peas announced their hiatus two years ago. When did you start working on the album?
will.i.am: I started working on '(hash)willpower' for about two, two-and-a-half years. And when you're in a group like The Black Eyed Peas and you're successful, a lot of times the company that you're with wants you to do just that. And they don't see that you can be successful outside of that. So I had to do '(hash)willpower' all by myself - fund it, pay for it. ... There's a lot at stake. You don't succeed, you mess up your group. ... Very few people succeed outside their group when their group is successful. So it's been a hurdle.
AP: You dedicated the album to your late grandmother Sarah Ann Cain (who died last Thanksgiving). How did she influence you?
will.i.am: We're from the projects - East L.A. On welfare the majority of our lives. A lot of my friends are dead and in prison. Just like any urban person that comes from areas like I'm from. But my grandma was supergrandma. Ain't nobody mess with our family in my neighborhood because everybody loved my grandma. She was the one that prayed for everybody. ... We were one of the first families in the projects. And I moved them out. Music allowed me, helped me move my family out of the projects. ... If there was anybody who sculpted me, who molded me - my mind, my perspective, my heart: my grandma. ... She's not here anymore. But she's still here.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. Active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.


text:
Philly has a great RB corp w/ Westbrook, Buckhualter(sp.) and Hunt (who i think is out) and a GREAT QB in a healthy McNabb. A solid oline in both pass and run plus a solid TE in LJ Smith. There WR are the only ? on their O and they seem to be doing fine with out Kevin Curtis. If they get Reggie Brown back this week they about double the quality of WRs.
Their D is a great pressure D that will send any of the 11 guys at the QB on any down and distance. Trent Cole is highly underated and with Sheldon Brown and Asante Samuels at the corners they can afford to rush up to 6 or 7 men and be confident in their coverage. Ther biggest ? on D is at Safety where Dawkins is a liability in coverage and Sean Considine(if healthy) scares NOBODY.
Speacial Teams will have to be on their P's and Q's again this week, rookie Deshean Jackson is as advertised out of Oregon, both at return man and WR!
Our best chances this week... keep doing what we've been doing.
On defense-Pressure McNabb early and often. Also have to keep Westbrook as priority #1, both in the run and pass game. Philly has a tendency to get pass happy so we will all get that good look at McFadden this week... he could win/lose a new contract in this week alone!!! Lb's/Safeties are gonna get a work out as well, i expect alot form Troy and expect to see alot of Timmons to help cover smith/westbrook. When McNabb isnt dumping it down he is goin DEEP so Ryan Clark has to be ready to run. I'm hoping Ant Smith is active to lay the boom on someone early!! If we're not getting a pass rush or stuffing the run... expect another barn burner from Philly!
On offense- WIN T.O.P., convert 3rd downs and win the battles up front. Its that easy. It starts with the oline. If willie has room to run i love our chances to dominate this D. Ben will have to have his head on a swivel. Yes Philly is and attack style d, but if we can pick up the blitzes there is potential for HUGE plays. As good as Samules is, he is constantly looking in the back field. I expect him to be 1-on-1 with Homes and if Asante is looking in the back field... HOLMES IS GONE!! Im hoping to see us control the clock with a mix of runs with willie, screens and dumps to all of our backs and short passing to hines and Miller. We havent seen a RB screen all season and we have 3 backs that could be VERY DANGEROUS in the open field. The screen is the perfect antidote to Phillys pressure.
Im thinking if we play as we can play this match up is in our favor. I see a suprisingly low scoring game 24-16 STEELERS.
Good read.
I think its gonna be a good show. Plus its a 4.15 national game! Woohoo. Sucks being in Detroit.
Well that would suck but Having a New child would be more important.....Steelers guard Kendall Simmons is expecting his third child in a little more than a week. Celesta Simmons is due Sept. 29, the same day the Steelers play host to the Baltimore Ravens in a Monday night game at Heinz Field.
The only problem is, Celesta has been a week or two early with the couple's previous two children, which is making Simmons anxious heading into the game Sunday at Philadelphia.
Simmons said he will return home to Pittsburgh if Celesta goes into labor this weekend and is prepared to miss the game.
"I'm hoping it doesn't happen during the game or Saturday night," Simmons said. "But I have to be there for that. I can't pass up a situation like that."
Simmons is keeping coach Mike Tomlin updated on the situation, and he said Tomlin has given his blessing to return for the birth. But Tomlin apparently was one of the few in the Steelers' organization aware that Simmons might miss the game.
Offensive coordinator Bruce Arians did not know about it yesterday and neither did center Justin Hartwig nor reserve guard Darnell Stapleton.
Stapleton has been taking a few repetitions with the first team during practice this week, but no more than any other week, he said.
If Celesta makes it through this weekend, Simmons said she will be induced sometime next week before the Monday night game.
"I just pray she makes it through this weekend and everything goes well," he said.
^ I hope Simmons baby isn't born until after the game, but if she does go into labor, then by all means I hope he goes and gets to witness the birth of his child.
I think this will be a good game. I think it will be a close game, but I think Philly will get this one. Of course if I am wrong, it will be a most welcome surprise. Hope it is a good game with no injuries.
Proud fan of Dale Earnhardt Jr., Pittsburgh Steelers, Duke Bluedevils, and San Antonio Spurs.
Thanks Steelers086 for my awesome signature!!!
Thanks for the new avatar SteelerBee!
Like I have said many times this week.... There are NFC teams and there are winners.
DM can go ahead and be back to his old self because this is what it is, along with the rest of those sissy birds...
PHILADELPHIA -- If you think the Pittsburgh Steelers are a good team, a playoff-quality team, then the Eagles are in trouble against them Sunday afternoon at Lincoln Financial Field.
Under head coach Andy Reid, the Eagles have never beaten a playoff-bound AFC team. If you count the loss to New England in Super Bowl XXXIX among those losses, Reid is 0-13 against the cream of the AFC crop.
That's right 0-13.
The last time the Eagles beat an AFC team headed to the playoffs was 1997 when in quarterback Bobby Hoying's second NFL start, they beat the Steelers, 23-20, at Veterans Stadium. The Eagles finished 6-9-1 that season, but Pittsburgh was the AFC Central champs.
That following season, 1998, Ray Rhodes' last as the Eagles head coach, they lost, 41-16 to the even tual AFC West champion Denver Broncos, beginning a string of 14 consecutive losses to AFC playoff teams.
This week Pittsburgh, already 2-0, and the prohibitive favorite to win a watered-down AFC North, will attempt to extend that streak to 15 straight.
"That's a good team, with a real good defense," running back Brian Westbrook said. "They have a very active front seven (on defense), and they have (Troy) Polamalu in the secondary."
It doesn't help the Eagles cause that they are coming off a short work week, having played a tough emotional game, Monday night in Dallas.
Throw in the fact that Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlis berger is 13-2 in his career against any NFC team, and this does not bode well for the home team.
"They play fast," Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb said of the Steelers' defense, ranked fourth best in the league in the early going. "They play fast and that's al ways been their M.O. They have big nose guards, and everyone else is just quick. Their outside linebackers are quick. Their inside linebackers are quick. I think they play a scheme where they're not asking their cornerbacks to do much, just to stay in zones. Help out in the run game and be disruptive in the pass.
I think you get the jist of it.....We smoke um like an ACE baby....
i am going and i got Box Seats
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)


text:
"VP" Rand Paul and the Imaginary Romney/Paul Connection
Jack Hunter
The media speculation about some supposed cooperation between the Ron Paul campaign and Mitt Romney has gotten completely out of hand. Ron Paul is running for President of the United States. His son, Sen. Rand Paul, is supporting his father's run for President of the United States. That's all that's going on here. There is no secret "conspiracy." During a radio interview this morning in Chicago, Sen. Paul said:
"If there's a secret deal they're keeping it secret from me, I think that's mostly internet chatter and fun for people to speculate on…"
Speculative fun is exactly right. Sen. Paul explained his own views on the supposed Romney/Paul connection this morning, including his comments about being "honored" if he were to be considered as the GOP vice presidential nominee:
I think the story kind of got misrepresented, because you know when I was asked, every time I'm asked these kind of questions, these are hypothetical questions, I always say you know what? I still have my first choice in the race and that's Ron Paul. My first choice would be a Ron Paul presidency and my first choice for a position would be an unofficial adviser to a Ron Paul presidency…
But when they push and push and push, and say 'What about Romney? Would you do it?' I mentioned that it would be an honor, and what I meant by that is sort of like if you were nominated for an academy award, what's your response? You'd say "It's be an honor to be nominated' and so I think it would be silly for me not to say that if anybody considered me that I'd be honored by it, but I think it was somewhat overblown, it sort of fits into this sort of cabal that people write about…
That there's this big strategy between Ron Paul and Romney, really the Ron Paul strategy as far as I'm aware of it is to gather delegates and to try to win, and one of the unwritten stories really is that Ron Paul may have already won a couple of states but people haven't realized it because the delegates haven't been allotted in Iowa yet, and we still think there's an reasonable chance we can win Iowa we they count the delegates, we think there's a reasonable chance we can win Maine when they count the delegates, and this is sort of an unwritten story that's out there, and also why I don't like the story out there that somebody's trying to angle for some other position other than I'm just trying to help my dad at this point…


text:
Special Points Of Interest
Automatically: New Marital Settlement Agreements
- Creates Financial Affidavits
- Computes Child Support & Creates Child Support Guidelines Worksheets
- Creates Alimony & Maintenance Worksheets
- Creates ED Worksheets
- Creates Parenting Plans
- Creates Time Sharing Schedules
- Creates Attorney's Fees & Cost Documents
- Performs Equitable Distribution
- Computes Taxes (Federal, State, Self Employment, SS & Medicare)
- Creates Petitions
- Creates Settlement Proposals & Mediation Agreements
- Creates Final Judgments
- Creates IDO's
- Creates Pre-Trial Memos
- Performs Document Management
- Performs Witness Management
DPA In The CLOUD Available Now...Just what you wanted.
(For Mac & Windows)
Call 407-834-7720 / 800-355-4206
DPA is an essential software tool for Family Law Attorneys, Judges, Mediators, CPA's and Financial Planners to handle divorce, paternity cases and family planning with ease and accuracy. DPA, the automated and integrated family law case management system, will significantly increase the productivity of your firm and reduce stress levels while keeping your clients happy. DPA does your Child Support, Alimony & Tax calculations in minutes and your required forms at the click of a button. That's DPA.
DPA is customized for:
With DPA you will get a head start on your cases, easily achieving the accuracy and efficiency demanded in your Family Law Practice. DPA was designed by lawyers for lawyers. DPA is the most effective way to a more successful and modern firm. Your legal forms, case information and client files are in one location. DPA is continually updated for each state for accurate forms and calculations. DPA provides you with easy learning tools. We also provide free technical support (DPA Software) as part of your annual maintenance.
Commitment From Floridom, Inc.
Floridom is committed to enhancing the practice of Family Law by the creation of quality software products that allow professionals to provide more complete and precise analysis and presentations. We are committed to the support of the customer in the use of our products. Our customer service sets us apart from other software producers.
When you purchase DPA, or any companion software, we offer a 30 day money back guarantee. But, Floridom is sure you will be extremely happy when you see the results the software will bring to your practice.


text: Our characteristically dormant Sun has shown signs of awakening from it's year plus long slumber this week. Specifically, a new sunspot group has formed on the Earthward facing side, and is now rotating towards the limb. This is definitely part of the new solar cycle #24, as characterized by its reversed polarity. Thus far, this solar cycle has been off to a sputtering start, at best. All amateur scopes, be they hydrogen Alpha, Calcium K, or safely filtered white light are encouraged to watch as this monster sunspot rotates around this Sun's limb. The group already shows the envelopment of a fine dark umbra embedded in a pale penumbra, and will hopefully throw some looping prominences up through the chromosphere as it rotates from view. If you do not have optical means, you can still follow the action via SpaceWeather (the link above) or the Solar Heliocentric Observatories' (SOHO) website! Enjoy!


text:
Hi members, been on here a short while now and have decided to have an upper built. Unfortunately I live in the UK (Nanny State) where semi-autos are banned so mine will be classified here as a single shot, straight pull as are my 6mm WOA, 22PDK and my 6.8SPC..... I know....it's sad!
I have a Brownells barrel on order and it should be with me in 3-5 weeks.
Glad I found this forum as it's helped me a great deal deciding which parts to choose.
Jerry. UK.