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Software download disclaimer
This software end user license agreement ('this agreement') is a legal and binding agreement between you (either an individual or entity) and Speech Processing Solutions GmbH, with its principal office at Gutheil-Schoder-Gasse 10-12, 1100 Vienna, Austria and its subsidiary companies (individually and collectively 'SPS'). This agreement gives you the right to use certain software (the 'software') including user documentation in electronic form which may have been provided separately or together with a SPS or Philips product (the 'Device') or a PC. By downloading, installing or otherwise using the software, you accept and agree to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this agreement. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, do not download, install or otherwise use the software. If you acquired the software in tangible media e.g. CD without the opportunity to review this license and do not accept these terms, you may receive a full refund of the amount, if any, that you paid for the software if you return the software unused with proof of payment within 30 days from the date of purchase.
1. Grant of License. This Agreement grants you a non-exclusive, nontransferable, non-sub licensable license to install and use, on the Device or a PC, as applicable, one (1) copy of the specified version of the software in object code format as set out in the user documentation solely for your personal use. The software is 'in use' when it is loaded into the temporary or permanent memory (i.e. RAM, hard disk, etc.) of the PC or the Device.
2. Ownership. The software is licensed and not sold to you. This Agreement grants you only the right to use the software, but you do not acquire any rights, express or implied, in the software other than those specified in this Agreement. Philips and its licensors retain all right, title, and interest in and to the software, including all patents, copyrights, trade secrets, and other intellectual property rights incorporated therein. The software is protected by copyright laws, international treaty provisions, and other intellectual property laws. Therefore, other than as expressly set forth herein, you may not copy the software without prior written authorization of SPS, except that you may make one (1) copy of the software for your back-up purposes only. You may not copy any printed materials accompanying the software, nor print more than one (1) copy of any user documentation provided in electronic form, except that you may make one (1) copy of such printed materials for your back-up purposes only.
3. License Restrictions. Except as provided otherwise herein, you shall not rent, lease, sublicense, sell, assign, loan, or otherwise transfer the software. You shall not, and you shall not permit any third party, to reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the software, except to the extent that applicable law expressly prohibits the foregoing restriction. You may not remove or destroy any product identification, copyright notices, or other proprietary markings or restrictions from the software. All titles, trademarks, and copyright and restricted rights notices shall be reproduced on your back up copy of the software. You may not modify or adapt the software, merge the software into another program or create derivative works based upon the software.
4. Termination of certain functionality. The software may contain components of certain licensed software including software licensed from Microsoft Corporation ('Microsoft') which implements Microsoft's digital rights management technology for Windows Media. Content providers are using the digital rights management technology for Windows Media ('WM-DRM') to protect the integrity of their content ('Secure Content') so that their intellectual property, including copyright, in such content is not misappropriated. Your Device may also use WM-DRM software to transfer or play Secure Content ('WM-DRM software'). If the security of such WM-DRM software is compromised, Microsoft may revoke (either on its own or upon the request of the owners of Secure Content ('Secure Content Owners')) the WM-DRM software's right to acquire new licenses to copy, store, transfer, display and/or play Secure Content. Revocation does not alter the WM-DRM software's ability to play unprotected content. A list of revoked WM-DRM software is sent to your PC and/or your Device whenever you download a license for Secure Content. Microsoft may, in conjunction with such license, also download revocation lists onto your Device on behalf of Secure Content Owners, which may disable your Device's ability to copy, store, display, transfer, and/or play Secure Content. Secure Content Owners may also require you to upgrade some of the WM-DRM components distributed with this software ('WM-DRM Upgrades') before accessing their content. When you attempt to play Secure Content, WM-DRM software built by Microsoft will notify you that a WM-DRM Upgrade is required and then ask for your consent before the WM-DRM Upgrade is downloaded. WM-DRM software built by SPS may do the same. If you decline the upgrade, you will not be able to access Secure Content that requires the WM-DRM Upgrade; however, you will still be able to access unprotected content and Secure Content that does not require the upgrade. WM-DRM features that access the Internet, such as acquiring new licenses and/or performing a required WM-DRM Upgrade, can be switched off. When these features are switched off, you will still be able to play Secure Content if you have a valid license for such content already stored on your Device. However, you will not be able to use certain of the WM-DRM software features that require Internet access such as the ability to download content that requires the WM-DRM Upgrade. All title and intellectual property rights in and to the Secure Content is the property of the respective Secure Content owners and may be protected by applicable copyright or other intellectual property laws and treaties. This Agreement grants you no rights to use such Secure Content. To summarize, if the software contains Microsoft WM-DRM components – Secure Content you desire to download, copy, store, display, transfer, and/or play is protected by the Microsoft WM-DRM components of the software. Microsoft, Secure Content Owners, or Secure Content distributors may deny you access, or restrict your access, to Secure Content even after you have paid for, and/or obtained, it. Neither your consent nor the consent or approval of SPS is necessary for any of them to deny, withhold or otherwise restrict your access to Secure Content. SPS does not guaranty that you will be able to download, copy, store, display, transfer, and/or play Secure Content.
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6. Termination. This Agreement shall be effective upon installation or first use of the software and shall terminate (i) at the discretion of SPS, due to your failure to comply with any term of this Agreement; or (ii) upon destruction of all copies of the software and related materials provided to you by SPS hereunder. SPS' rights and your obligations shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
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9. Limited software Warranty. SPS provides the software 'as is' and without any warranty except that the software will perform substantially in accordance with the documentation accompanying the software for a period of one year after your first download, installation or use of the software, whichever occurs first. SPS' entire liability and your exclusive remedy for breach of this warranty shall be, at SPS' option, either (i) return of the price paid by you for the software (if any); or (b) repair or replacement of the software that does not meet the warranty set forth herein and that is returned to SPS with a copy of your receipt. This limited warranty shall be void if failure of the software has resulted from any accident, abuse, misuse or wrongful application. Any replacement software will be warranted for the remainder of the original warranty period or thirty (30) days, whichever is longer. This limited warranty shall not apply to you if the software was provided to you free of charge on an evaluation only basis.
10. No other warranties. Except as set forth above, Philips and its licensors do not warrant that the software will operate error free or uninterrupted, or will meet your requirements. You assume all responsibilities for selection of the software to achieve your intended results, and for the installation of, use of, and results obtained from the software. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Philips and its licensors disclaim all warranties and conditions, whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and accuracy or completeness of results with respect to the software and the accompanying materials. There is no warranty against infringement. Philips does not warrant that you will be able to download, copy, store, display, transfer, and/or play secure content.
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Andrea Mitchell and NBC's Truth Squad examine claims made by each candidate at the third and final debate of the 2012 presidential election in Boca, Raton, Fla.
NBC News takes a deep dive into the statements made by President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in their third and final debate of the 2012 election cycle.
We take a look at two topics and put their comments to the test.
During the debate, Romney said, "We don't want another Iraq, we don't want another Afghanistan. That's not the right course for us."
But four years ago – during another debate in Boca Raton – NBC's Tim Russert, the moderator, asked whether the war in Iraq was worth "the cost in blood and treasure we have spent?"
Romney responded: "It was the right decision to go into Iraq. I supported it at the time. I support it now."
The president and Mitt Romney debate the best strategy for keeping the military strong.
Obama also argued that Romney, as recently as two weeks ago, said the administration should have kept troops in Iraq. "This is just a few weeks ago, you indicated that we should still have troops in Iraq," said the president.
"No I didn't," Romney responded. "I'm sorry."
"It was in your speech," Obama shot back.
"I indicated that you failed to put in place a Status of Forces agreement at the end of the conflict that existed," Romney said.
But both men were shading their past positions.
The president was referring to an Oct. 8, 2012, speech that Romney gave criticizing the "abrupt" withdrawal of all American troops from Iraq, but the Republican didn't explicitly say the U.S. should have more troops there.
Romney is right that the administration tried and failed to get an agreement that would have allowed a small force of U.S. troops to remain for several years.
But there is some truth in what the president said -- over the last year, Romney has said he would have left between 10,000 and 30,000 troops in Iraq to transition to Iraqi security forces taking over.
'Apology tour'
During the debate, Romney pulled out one of his most frequent attack lines against the president, charging that Obama went on an "apology tour," criticizing U.S. actions when he visited other countries early in his presidency.
"And then the president began what I've called an 'apology tour' of going to -- to various nations in the Middle East and -- and criticizing America," Romney said. "I think they looked at that and saw weakness."
The president says credibility is what's important in dealing with world affairs.
Obama responded, "Nothing Gov. Romney just said is true, starting with this notion of me apologizing, that has been the biggest whopper that's been told in the course of this campaign and every fact checker and every reporter who has looked at it governor, has said this is not true."
This charge is so central to Romney campaign that the governor even titled his own book, "No Apology."
So is Romney right about this?
The president pushed back hard, insisting that he never used the word "apologize" when explaining that he thought the U.S. had made some mistakes in dealing with the world.
But this is open to interpretation. Romney points to several examples, including when the president said, in Strasbourg , France, in 2009 that, "America has shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive."
Romney claims that shows weakness, which is harmful to U.S. positioning in the world.

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The Best Drinks We Drank in January
Best of Drinks
The best stuff we've sipped lately.
January wasn't a huge boozing month for the Serious Eats crew; quite a few of us were down with the flu. But there were still some good teas and milkshakes to be had, plus fresh sugarcane and kumquat juice in Saigon (yes, we're jealous of Erin Zimmer's journey.)
Check out the slideshow for our Drinks editor's new favorite local cocktail bar, plus other highlights in beer and beyond »
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Make a Dog Out of Snow
My Heart Melts at This Snow Dog Creation
My Heart Melts at This Snow Dog Creation
I can't say enough great things about Planet Dog — not only does it have adorably awesome pet gear, it has a whole foundation to help working dogs, too. What's more, company staffers shared this crafty canine creation on their Facebook fan page and, while we're short on the white stuff in most of CA, next time I make it up to Tahoe, I'm ready to re-create it. Get inspired and get started on this slideshow now.
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Overnight I was trying to think of another way to demonstrate the power of one of Photoshop CS5's most talked about new features. You may have seen it demonstrated at a Photoshop World video out on Youtube. I think I've come up with a different way to show just how powerful a tool is coming our way. Take a look at today's dual images. They're both the same panorama, shot on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina or southern Virginia. I did some finishing on the top image, boosting the color saturation of each color (Red, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, and Magenta), but that's not the story here today. Look at the vertical size of each image. Which one makes the more dramatic pano is a matter of taste, but the freedom to use more of your shots is amazing. Are the two images representative of the "same" panorama? As close as possible. I took the thinner image (we'll refer to it as "image one") and copied it over onto the thicker image ("image two"). I did the initial alignment by lowering the Opacity of image one to about 45% and, using the Move Tool (V), matched up the sunlit hill just right of center in the background. Then I inversed the colors of image one (CTRL I) and changed the Blend Mode to Difference. That way, whenever pixels matched, the result was black. Next I used Free Transform (CTRL T) to nudge image one into an overlapping scale of image two. Are they matched? I'd said about 98%. There were a few cracks of light showing through the black, but it was darn close. Image one was the best that could be gotten using Photoshop CS4. The Crop (C) was at the absolute top and bottom of what could be cut out of the blended panorama. In fact, I've been known to squeeze a sliver of empty space into the image and use the Clone Stamp Tool (S) to fudge in the very top and bottom. Here's a "real world" example of what Adobe has in store for us with CS5. I don't think "rocket scientists" or "brain surgeons" have anything over the folks at Adobe. They keep doing hard to believe stuff. To find out more about the details of this matchup, hit the "read more".
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Dual LVDS Receiver
Packaging information
|Package | Pins
|Operating temperature range (°C)
|I (-40 to 85)
|Package qty | Carrier:
- Meets or Exceeds the Requirements of ANSI EIA/TIA-644 Standard for Signaling Rates(1) up to 400 Mbps
- Operates With a Single 3.3-V Supply
- -2-V to 4.4-V Common-Mode Input Voltage Range
- Differential Input Thresholds <50 mV With 50 mV of Hysteresis Over Entire Common-
Mode Input Voltage Range
- Integrated 110- Line Termination Resistors Offered With the LVDT Series
- Propagation Delay Times 4 ns (typ)
- Active Fail Safe Assures a High-Level Output With No Input
- Bus-Pin ESD Protection Exceeds 15 kVHBM
- Inputs Remain High-Impedance on Power Down
- Recommended Maximum Parallel Rate of 200 M-Transfer/s
- Available in Small-Outline Package With 1,27-mm Terminal Pitch
- Pin-Compatible With the AM26LS32, MC3486, or µA9637
(1) Signaling rate, 1/t, where t is the minimum unit interval and is expressed in the units bit/s (bits per second).
This family of differential line receivers offers improved performance and features that implement the electrical characteristics of low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS). LVDS is defined in the TIA/EIA-644 standard. This improved performance represents the second generation of receiver products for this standard, providing a better overall solution for the cabled environment. This generation of products is an extension to TI's overall product portfolio and is not necessarily a replacement for older LVDS receivers.
Improved features include an input common-mode voltage range 2 V wider than the minimum required by the standard. This will allow longer cable lengths by tripling the allowable ground noise tolerance to 3 V between a driver and receiver. TI has additionally introduced an even wider input common-mode voltage range of -4 to 5 V in their SN65LVDS/T33 and SN65LVDS/T34.
Precise control of the differential input voltage thresholds now allows for inclusion of 50 mV of input voltage hysteresis to improve noise rejection on slowly changing input signals. The input thresholds are still no more than ±50 mV over the full input common-mode voltage range.
The high-speed switching of LVDS signals almost always necessitates the use of a line impedance matching resistor at the receiving-end of the cable or transmission media. The SN65LVDT series of receivers eliminates this external resistor by integrating it with the receiver. The non-terminated SN65LVDS series is also available for multidrop or other termination circuits.
The receivers can withstand ±15-kV human-body model (HBM) and ±600 V-machine model (MM) electrostatic discharges to the receiver input pins with respect to ground without damage. This provides reliability in cabled and other connections where potentially damaging noise is always a threat.
The receivers also include a (patent pending) fail-safe circuit that will provide a high-level output within 600 ns after loss of the input signal. The most common causes of signal loss are disconnected cables, shorted lines, or powered-down transmitters. This prevents noise from being received as valid data under these fault conditions. This feature may also be used for wired-OR bus signaling.
The intended application of these devices and signaling technique is for point-to-point baseband data transmission over controlled impedance media of approximately 100 . The transmission media may be printed-circuit board traces, backplanes, or cables. The ultimate rate and distance of data transfer is dependent upon the attenuation characteristics of the media and the noise coupling to the environment.
The SN65LVDS32B, SN65LVDT32B, SN65LVDS3486B, SN65LVDT3486B, SN65LVDS9637B, and SN65LVDT9637B are characterized for operation from -40°C to 85°C.
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|Package qty | Carrier
Custom reel may be available
|Qty | Price (USD)
|1ku | $3.27


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-The newest official build of Chimera is 0.2.8. +The newest official build of Chimera is 0.3.0.
-Download Chimera 0.2.8
+Download Chimera 0.3
You can also grab the latest nightly build here:
- -ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/chimera/nightly/latest-trunk/ + +ftp://komodo.mozilla.org/pub/chimera/nightly/latest-trunk/Nightly builds are not official. They are an up-to-the-day snapshot of current development.
-What's New (0.2.7 -> 0.2.8) +What's New (0.3)
-Autocomplete has been implemented in the URL bar. +The smooth text implementation now relies on new 10.1.5 features. It is now +only 5% slower than the unsmoothed text, and about 30% faster than the smooth +text feature in 0.2.8. You'll find that most operations (typing in text fields, +resizing of windows, scrolling) are now much faster as well.
-The Go menu has been implemented, so that you can now go back and forward multiple steps. +The build is much smaller because of a change in build process. This makes +page loads a bit faster.
-Bookmarks menus (in the menu bar and personal toolbar) now have icons. +You can now edit bookmarks.
-Downloads can still only be initiated using Option+Click or the context menu, but they -will now at least show progress. -
-The status bar now has a security indicator. -
-Prefs panels are starting to trickle in. -
-Plugins have gotten some tweaks and fixes. -
-The Toggle Sidebar button crasher (from customizing the toolbar) has now been fixed. -
-What's New (0.2.6 -> 0.2.7) -You can now drag the page proxy icon from the URL bar to -the personal toolbar or to the bookmarks in the drawer. -
-The proxy icon can be dragged to the tab strip (as can bookmarks from the drawer) to -create new tabs. -
-You can now reorder your bookmarks using drag and drop in the drawer. -
-The key bindings for back and forward have been changed from arrows to the bracket -keys. -
-The bug with not being able to type in forms on your home page has been fixed. -
-What's New (0.2.5 -> 0.2.6) -
-Proxy settings specified in your System Preferences are now honored by Chimera. -For those of you waiting on proxy support, here it is! :) -
-Chimera now supports the importing of bookmarks. You can import bookmarks from -Mozilla, Netscape, Internet Explorer, or Omniweb. -
-View source has been implemented. -
-What's New (0.2.4 -> 0.2.5) -
-Plugin support has been greatly improved. Crashes when scrolling pages with Flash have -been fixed. This build is generally much more stable with plugins than 0.2.4. Plugins -will now stay inside the window and not paint on your toolbars and status bar. -
-The ability to choose your renderer has been fully implemented. From the View menu, -you can select "Smooth Text" to use Quartz anti-aliasing. If you turn this option off, -you will be using Quickdraw un-antialiased text. International users can turn off -the Quartz anti-aliasing to view non-Roman characters. This can also be used as a good -debugging tool to find out whether performance or rendering problems are specific to our -Quartz rendering implementation. -
-Menulist popups will now position themselves properly when the page is scrolled. -
-You can now drag and drop links from a page onto Gecko windows to load the URL in that -window. -
-What's New (0.2.3 -> 0.2.4) -
-Plugins plugins plugins! Quicktime seems to work rather well, but Flash still has several -crashers. Pages with Flash *will* be unstable in this build. Do not replace 0.2.3 with -this build unless you like living on the edge. :) -
-- Gamma correction has been returned (hopefully) to the 0.2.1 level. -
-- Font defaults have been tweaked a fair bit to hopefully provide a better default browsing -experience than 0.2.3. -
-- Popups now position themselves better. (I won't go so far as to say "properly", but they're -better.) -
-- Textareas now have an Aqua appearance (this was left out of 0.2.3). -
-What's New (0.2.2 -> 0.2.3) -
-Chimera 0.2.2 was compiled with correct ATSUI (ATSUI with kerning and ligatures -enabled). Yes, we have that working, but as you saw, it slows things down substantially. -Chimera 0.2.3 returns to the fast ATSUI as the default. This pref will eventually be -exposed in Advanced preferences (along with the ability to use Quickdraw as well). -
-The gamma correction regression present in 0.2.2 has been fixed in 0.2.3. -
-The form controls are now Aqua. This includes button, checkboxes, radio buttons, textfields, -listboxes and menulists. Most importantly menulists now function! :) -
-Some more crash fixes also made it into 0.2.3. -
-Enjoy! -Dave -(email@example.com) -
What's New (0.2.1 -> 0.2.2) -
-Chimera can now open URLs sent to it from other apps, so you can -now make Chimera your default browser and not have it sit there -looking stupid when you tell it to load something. ;) -
-Text Zoom has been implemented, so you can now increase and decrease -the font size used in a Web page. -
-Chimera now obeys the new minimum font size pref, ensuring that -Quartz-rendered fonts don't fall below the typical anti-aliasing cutoff -point. -Quartz rendering has been improved. In addition to being speedier, -it now has fixes for printing and for text spacing. -
-Chimera now has a bookmarks toolbar. Like the Mozilla Classic personal -toolbar, Chimera's toolbar can wrap to multiple rows and supports pages -and folders. -
-Bookmarks management has been improved. You can now specify where you -want to create a new bookmark. You can now create new folders. -The sidebar tree widget has been enhanced to support more keyboard -navigation (left/right arrows to open/close, return to launch, -delete key to delete, etc.). -
-Bookmark groups have been fully implemented. When adding a bookmark -with multiple tabs open, you have the option of bookmarking all the -tabs as a single group. Use this feature to load bundles of pages in a single -click! -
-Background tab loading will now work. Background tabs will now refresh -properly if left unattended. -
+Many crash fixes. :) This build is much more stable than 0.2.8. -
Building Chimera
-Chimera has complete build instructions on mozilla's Web pages (under -the code name ChimChim). You can find those instructions -here. -Be aware that the downloadable build listed above contains numerous -patches to Mozilla that have not yet been accepted, so any builds that -you do will not be as stable or as performant as the downloadable -build above. -
-If you have questions about building, use the chimera mailing list or hop on to #mozilla, and someone can help you out.


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After the release of former fifth-round draft pick Austen Lane earlier on Thursday, the Jacksonville Jaguars added a pair of players to their roster including another punter.
Jacksonville signed punter Ken Parrish and cornerback Lionel Smith after releasing Lane and defensive back Trey Wilson.
Parrish has spent time with the San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets and Atlanta Falcons since entering the league in 2008 but hasn't punted in an NFL game. With last year's third-round pick Bryan Anger entrenched as the Jaguars starter, Parrish is likely just a camp leg for Jacksonville.
Smith spent time last season with the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys after being undrafted out of Texas A&M.


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B2b Direct Mail 3d, Lim. Edit.:kaleidoscope by Suigeneris Barcelona
Suigeneris Barcelona Spotlights The Kaleidoscope B2b Direct Mail 3d, Lim. Edit
Suigeneris Barcelona, the architect of the displayed work Award Winning Kaleidoscope B2B Direct Mail 3D, lim. edit. explicates, A small metaphor of the lamps DRESSLIGHT Fashion Lamps (new concept that fuses light with fashion, to result in a product unique reflection of the personality owner) made with the same materials that lamps are made (covered on the outside for 50 unique designs of fabrics and stuffed with minimal parts of materials are also used in making them: chopped glass, skin, tulle, beads) Designed exclusively hand-craft in an limited edition. A gift that will allow a select high-level target selected from our bbdd of professional and act as opinion leaders among which are architects and decorators..
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Branching out: Rockefeller Center tree will be used for Stamford homes
Rockefeller Center's Christmas spruce will be used in Stamford Habitat for Humanity project
NEW YORK -- For a change, the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree got to be a gift rather than a beacon of the holiday.
This particular tree, a nearly 80-foot Norway spruce, was born in Easton 70 years ago and will be reborn as part of a Habitat for Humanity eight-unit condominium on West Main Street in Stamford.
Iveth Bowie, of Stamford, was at Rockefeller Center on Friday to watch the tree being milled for her future home.
"It's like Christmas continues shining in my house. It's so beautiful that this has a place in my house," Bowie said.
Passers-by stopped to watch the tree being cut to pieces by a milling machine. Some said they loved the smell of the sawdust that drifted among snowflakes in the frigid air. Tree scraps were given out to people who wanted to have a piece of the statuesque spruce that stood at Rockefeller Center.
"I'm going to paint this all different colors," Bowie's 7-year-old daughter, Sarah, said as she held a piece of the tree.
"She's giving out pieces of wood to people and getting more media coverage than me," Bowie joked.
Ken Paul, board chairman of Habitat for Humanity for Coastal Fairfield County, said the agency was excited by the opportunity to extend its mission into Stamford.
"If you really want to address affordable housing, you have to expand. We've done 150 houses in Bridgeport. We're working in Stamford, and we eventually hope to get into Norwalk," Paul said.
Paul was joined at Friday's event by Bob Stephen, chairman of Community Bridgebuilders in Stamford. Stephen said his agency provides funding and volunteers, while Habitat for Humanity handles administration and onsite supervision.
Torsilieri Inc., of Far Hills, N.J., broke down the tree, which was estimated to weigh nine tons and was taken down by crane Thursday night. The branches were removed and carted off to make wood chips for nature trails. All that remained was the trunk, which was cut into sections before being split into planks.
Bowie said she was pleased to take another step closer to the creation of her future home.
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This morning, I was not in the mood for any of my typical breakfasts. Eggs and toast – bleh, savory oatmeal – too hot, a protein smoothie – not filling enough, a greek yogurt bowl – lame… I wanted something new and exciting! But still satisfying, delicious, and healthy.
I peered in the fridge. No inspiration. I opened up the freezer, dug around, and saw my abandoned almond flour. I had tried to pancakes with it before, but they were too eggy and covered in second degree burns. It was time to try it again.Perfect paleo pancakes with caramelized banana compote – for one!
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These pancakes came out perfectly! They are fluffy and lightly sweet with a hint of vanilla. They are very low carb, high protein & fat, paleo, and sugar & dairy free! I had a scrambled egg + an egg white on the side as well 🙂
Recipe: Serves 1
1/3 cup almond flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
2 tsp almond milk
1 egg
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
~6 drops liquid NuNaturals stevia (or to taste)
dash cinnamon
dash salt
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1 ripe banana
tsp coconut oil
tbsp real or sugar free maple syrup + plus extra for drizzling
Directions – Place a pan on the stove with 1 tsp of coconut oil. In a bowl, mash a banana with some maple syrup and spoon into the pan. Cook on medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until the banana is caramelized.
Meanwhile, combine all of the pancake ingredients in a bowl (I recommend in that order) and mix well. Place a non stick pan on the stove on medium heat (mine was on 3.5 out of 8). Pour 1/3 of the batter into the pan. Let the bubbles rise to the top. Once the bubbles start to disappear, flip the pancake with a spatula. It should be light brown on the other side. Let cook for an additional minute or two. Remove pancake and place onto a heating plate and repeat with the rest of the batter. Plate the pancakes and top with the caramelized banana and additional maple syrup.
Almond flour * by subbing almond flour for regular flour, you are getting more healthy fats and less carbs in your cookies. These are monounsaturated fats, which raise HDL (good cholesterol) levels and lower LDL (bad cholesterol) levels! Almonds also have fiber, manganese, vitamin E (another antioxidant), tryptophan, copper, B2 and phosphorous!
Banana * A good source of fiber and potassium.
Eggs * the yolk is where all the nutrients are! It contains tryptophan, selenium, iodine, B vitamins, and phosphorous, many of which are necessary for optimal metabolism. The egg white has 6 grams of complete protein!
Coconut oil * coconut gets a bad rap because of its saturated fat content, but its fatty acids are mainly medium-chain triglycerides, not long-chain. The long-chain triglycerides are bad for our cholesterol levels, but coconut has been shown to improve cholesterol levels. Animal studies suggest that medium-chain triglycerides can increase metabolism. It is great to cook with because it is stable at high temperatures!
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Well done, Marty. One more to break Roy's record.
Avs won tonight, but Roy was in Montreal watching the man he beat in the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals tie his record for most regular season wins by a goaltender.
That 2001 Cup reference really makes this season seem like a downer.
-Last place
-Tony Granato
-Sakic and backs
-Sakic and snowblowers
-Roy's record erased
-Tyler Arnason: First Line Center
-Tony Granato
Brodeur goes for win #552 against the Blackhawks on Tuesday night in New Jersey. Try to watch it - this record isn't going to be broken for awhile.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
551 - A Depressing List
Posted by Geoff Rosenthal at 1:01 AM [Permalink]
4 comments:
- Jibblescribbits said...
I disagree. With the shootout win counting as a "real" win... goaltending records are going to be inflated, and the new crop of goalies are going to get more wins than their counterparts.
- March 15, 2009 at 1:27 PM
- J. Scott Moore said...
While it is a depressing list, it still made me laugh. Not much else we can do this season.
- March 15, 2009 at 5:29 PM
- Test said...
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- March 16, 2009 at 5:47 PM
- Jaye said...
i agree with jib here, Roy is the last of the 'true' winningest goaltenders in history
- March 18, 2009 at 1:53 PM
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NEW YORK, July 8, 2011 – The New York Rangers Youth Hockey Camp returns for the 7th year this summer, providing children with top-level hockey instruction with a focus on team participation and personal development. The camp consists of three multi-day sessions in Tarrytown, NY, and a newly developed program in Bridgeport, CT.
The schedule is as follows:
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July 11-15 Fantasy Camp at MSG Training Center Tarrytown, NY
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Aug 1-5 Satellite Camp at Floyd Hall Arena Little Falls, NJ
Aug 15-19 Satellite Camp at Wonderland of Ice Bridgeport, CT
Through New York Rangers Youth Hockey Camp, youth players 7-15 years old will have the opportunity to learn from the top instructors in the tri-state area, including members of the Rangers Coaching and Training Staff, as well as Rangers great Adam Graves who will return to assist with skills development for all campers. The children will also be visited by a selection of Rangers current top players and alumni throughout the program. In 2010, New York Rangers Brandon Prust, Brian Boyle, and Sean Avery made special appearances.
"It's a privilege to be able to provide young hockey players with this caliber of professional training. Our hockey school emphasizes a complete NHL level development program both on and off the ice," said Rangers legend Adam Graves, a key participant in running the camp through his role in Rangers Hockey and Business Operation.
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Without boring you with a bunch of resumes, we've brought some hard-core
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Alicia Keys Releases 'Girl on Fire' Single Art, Possible Remix With Nicki Minaj
Alicia Keys released the album art for 'Girl on Fire,' and now she's treating fans to the artwork for the single of the same name. Not only that, but VEVO may have spilled a surprise about the track — namely, a feature from none other than Nicki Minaj on a remix!
In the cover for the 'Girl on Fire' single, Keys rocks short, light brown hair and she absolutely owns it. Of course, it helps that Keys is naturally stunning — she could shave her head, wear a clown wig or rock blonde pigtails and still look absolutely gorgeous. It is physically impossible for this woman to look bad, because her bone structure and eyes are just so beautiful.
She wears a gold sparkly top or dress (it's hard to tell since the photo only shows Keys from the shoulders up) with delicate chain necklaces, diamond earrings and a golden lighting scheme. She has smoky eye makeup with smoldering black liner and she looks off to the side, showcasing her pretty profile. Keys looks like the perfect combination of feminine and fierce, evoking both Halle Berry and Grace Jones simultaneously.
Meanwhile, our pals at Oh No They Didn't snagged a screenshot of a VEVO search for the Harajuku Barbie, and it turned up an interesting result: "'Girl on Fire (Inferno Version)' featuring Nicki Minaj." We can't wait to hear this!
Keys' 'Girl on Fire' single will be available on iTunes this Tuesday, Sept. 4, and Keys will perform the song at the MTV Video Music Awards this Thursday, Sept. 6. The full 'Girl on Fire' album will hit shelves on Nov. 27, just in time to be a stocking stuffer — in addition to a surefire hit.
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Even though it was more than 30 years ago, I still have vivid memories of living in New York City during its financial crisis of the '70s. I still can see images of graffiti-covered subway cars, the high crime and urban blight.
Even though it was more than 30 years ago, I still have vivid memories of living in New York City during its financial crisis of the '70s. I still can see images of graffiti-covered subway cars, the high crime and urban blight.
My first impression of conflicts in the world around us at that time was watching a news report on a black and white television about some convoy that had been attacked by guerrillas (probably some place in Africa or Southeast Asia). Puzzled, I asked my father why gorillas (the simian kind) would do that. I also recall sitting in my parents' car waiting to fill up at the local gas station.
But most of all I remember sensing the anxiety of my family about the turbulence going on around us in our city and to a lesser extent, in the world.
Now, based on the events of the past two weeks, that anxiety has returned. However, instead of sensing it viscerally through my parents, I now feel its full force.
I make no pretensions of being an economist but until recently I would have said that, "Yes, we're in for some challenging times, but we'll get through this."
I still believe we'll pass through this recession, but the impact and damage will be severe.
When I talk to friends about the deteriorating economic situation, there is shock at its rapidity.There is also tremendous anger.
The frustration from my contemporaries who have young families or who are just married, stems from how on paper we have done all of the safe and sensible financial planning steps you're supposed to do.
We have mortgages we can afford, we are not saddled by major debt, and we started to save and invest for our kids' college tuition and our retirement.
Granted, this is certainly an enviable position compared to millions of other Americans who face immediate, crushing financial hard times, but we are angry because we are still faced with uncertainty, despite following the advice of expert financial advisers and doing the "safe" things.
The stress comes because we felt like we were on a stable financial tract not only for ourselves but also for our children. We save, we cut expenses, and we invest conservatively in our 401(k)s so our kids can also have the same opportunities as we did.
Most of us in Gen-X already expect to work until we physically no longer can and that any kind of financial cushion for retirement is our responsibility.
We already know that decades of hard work are ahead of us, along with some responsible financial planning. But given the recession and a financial market in turmoil, even this no longer seems doable.
Lately, one of the things that chafes me is when financial analysts and advisers say this is all part of the boom and bust cycle of the market and how if you're lucky to be young, you stand a good chance of recovering losses and eventually starting to once again grow your nest egg.
To me, statements such as these are like missing the million-dollar question on a game show and getting the complete Tupperware set as a consolation prize.
One of the real tragedies is the people who are retired, or, like our parents who are starting to retire and face the prospect that their retirement money, which they worked hard for decades to build up, will probably not be enough.
I used to think, based on my experience, that nothing propels a person into adulthood like becoming a parent. I still think this is true, but I would add to this the moment when you realize that even with hard work, being responsible, and diligent planning there are forces beyond your control that can, and will, turn everything completely upside down.
Sure, we will get through this period. I just hope I can temper the accompanying stress and anxiety that my own kids may experience viscerally like I did three decades ago.
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You know those small things that make you realise you might just be doing too many things at once? Like when you accidentally leave a perishable item on the kitchen counter for 2 hours on a hot summer's day. Or when you cook quinoa, completely forget about it for about 40 minutes and end up with blackened mess and a house that smells like - well, burnt quinoa? Yes, I've had a few of those subtle hints in the past weeks reminding me to slow down and focus on one thing at a time.
Simple meals is where its at when life gets busy. I am loving bean and grain salads at the moment and there seems to be just endless flavour options available. This adzuki bean and millet salad with kale and carrot is one of them. I've made a similar dish with brown rice instead of millet and broccoli instead of carrot. Really, the choices are endless and no matter what, you'll end up with a healthy, fulfilling meal. One note about beans, however. I cannot recommend using raw beans enough. Sure, they are a little bit more work than canned beans but really have superior flavour and texture. I don't like beans that are too mushy and that's what canned beans tend to be. If you cook beans from raw you can regulate the tenderness and end up with a nicer texture.
Adzuki Beans with Millet and Kale*
(serves 2-4)
200g raw adzuki beans, soaked in water overnight
100g millet, cooked
4-5 kale stems
1 large carrot, grated
4 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted
4 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon tamari or Bragg's all seasoning
freshly ground black pepper
* This is delicious served on its own or with some roasted pumpkin!
1. Drain the soaked beans and rinse well. Cook the beans in fresh water until tender, about 30-40 minutes.
2. Combine the beans, millet, grated carrot, sesame seeds and kale in a large bowl. Whisk together the dressing ingredients and toss into the salad. Season with freshly ground black pepper.


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oh well...
oh well...
It's good to be back!
That's a fair deal.
If we wouldn't pay that? Wow.
**** happens. We're still in better shape at corner than we have been in years past. Ike, Cortez, Gay, Brown will be fine. Obviously a corner in the draft early is still a possibility. We do need a starter for the future when Ike leaves, but for this season we should be fine.
Yeyyy were F'd
Makes me mad. 3 years to develop. Starts 1 year. And then he leaves.
We would've been in much better shape with Lewis and Cortez long term.
Gay and Brown are nothing more than slot/nickel guys....
Ike has a year or 2 left... i'd rather have cut Ike, and had Lewis locked up to a bargain rate for a young starting corner.
It's good to be back!
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Birgu, also known as Vittoriosa, is a town situated on a peninsula in Malta's natural harbour. Throughout Maltese history, Birgu can easily claim to have been the Island's former maritime capital. Birgu is located in the southern part of Malta forming part of the Three Cities which is a collective description of the three fortified cities of Birgu, Cospicua and Senglea.
Of the Three Cities, Birgu is the oldest and takes primacy over the others as it stands on one of the first inhabited sites in the Grand Harbour.
Birgu played a key role in Maltese history, and its importance peaked during the Order of the Knights' period. It achieved resounding fame during the Great Siege, which marked the Order's first significant land victory in its five hundred years of existence. It was on this occasion that Birgu earned its name Vittoriosa meaning victorious.
During the Second World War, Birgu, like the other places on the harbour, was submitted to unceasing air attacks. Destruction was widespread with more than 60% of its buildings were wiped out. Churches, palaces and houses lay in ruins after the devastating attacks.
Now Birgu is a tourist attraction with lots of history to discover and one of the most famous Yacht Marinas in Europe. The historic Vittoriosa Waterfront contains the former Palace of the General of the Galleys and the Order of St John's treasury. The area was refurbished in the early 2000s, and both buildings are used for other activities: the former is now a casino, while the latter is home to the Malta Maritime Museum. A second museum, the Vittoriosa 1565 Museum, is also located in the own and is dedicated to the siege and the battle in 1565.
This year the Birgufest will once again host locals and visitors alike, for another edition of the candle lit magical evening, together with a variety of traditional music, choirs, local and foreign bands. For the young at heart, concerts by renowned local bands will rock the main square of Birgu on Friday and while on Saturday the people of all ages can relax to a concert of mixed music including jazz.
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Royals win 4-2 against Athletics behind a gem from James Shields
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - James Shields pitched eight sharp innings for his first win in nearly a month, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Oakland Athletics 4-2 on Sunday.
Shields (10-6) retired his first 15 batters before Josh Reddick hit a leadoff homer in the sixth. Alberto Callaspo then had a one-out single before Sam Fuld lined into an double play.
The 32-year-old Shields (10-6) allowed two runs and four hits. He walked none for the fifth time this season.
Billy Butler and Omar Infante had three hits apiece for Kansas City.
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This Football Badger is another variation for my mascot quilts. Use your team colors to show your team spirit.
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Monumental heels
Above: The architecture of Carlo Scarpa.
Monumenta is the perfect moniker for these shoes! A stunning design offers a sculptural take on the classic stacked heel. Their elegance draws inspiration from the Venetian Carlo Scarpa, a major figure of 20th century architecture but also a sensitive artist and brilliant designer. Recognized for his ingenuity in seamlessly integrating ultra-modern creations in classical and heritage settings, he deftly wields the layers of history.
Right: Ankle boot in black velvet.
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GREENSBORO, Ga. — Golf holes the size of pizzas. Soccer balls on the back nine. A mulligan on every hole.
These are some of the measures — some would say gimmicks — that golf courses across the country have experimented with to stop people from quitting the game.
Golf has always reveled in its standards and rich tradition. But increasingly a victim of its own image and hidebound ways, golf has lost five million players in the last decade, according to the National Golf Foundation, with 20 percent of the existing 25 million golfers apt to quit in the next few years.
People under 35 have especially spurned the game, saying it takes too long to play, is too difficult to learn and has too many tiresome rules.
Many of golf's leaders are so convinced the sport is in danger of following the baby boomer generation into the grave that an internal rebellion has led to alternative forms of golf with new equipment, new rules and radical changes to courses. The goal is to alter the game's reputation in order to recruit lapsed golfers and a younger demographic.
"We've got to stop scaring people away from golf by telling them that there is only one way to play the game and it includes these specific guidelines," said Ted Bishop, the president of the P.G.A. of America, who also owns a large Indiana golf complex. "We've got to offer more forms of golf for people to try. We have to do something to get them into the fold, and then maybe they'll have this idea it's supposed to be fun."
Among the unconventional types of golf is an entry-level version in which the holes are 15 inches wide, about four times the width of a standard hole.
A 15-inch-hole event was held here at the Reynolds Plantation resort on Monday. It featured the top professional golfers Sergio García and Justin Rose, the defending United States Open champion.
"A 15-inch hole could help junior golfers, beginning golfers and older golfers score better, play faster and like golf more," said Mr. García, who shot a six-under-par 30 for nine holes in the exhibition.
Mr. Rose said he was planning to use an expanded hole to reintroduce the game to his 5-year-old son, who rejected the game recently after he had tired of failing at it.
"Lately, I've been having a hard time getting him to pick up a club," Mr. Rose said.
Another alternative is foot golf, in which players kick a soccer ball from the tee to an oversize hole, counting their kicks. Other changes relax the rules and allow do-over shots, or mulligans, once a hole; teeing up the ball for each shot; and throwing a ball out of a sand bunker once or twice a round.
Still other advocates of change have focused on adapting to the busy schedules of parents and families. In recent years, golf courses have encouraged people to think of golf in six-hole or nine-hole increments. Soon, about 30 golf courses across the country will become test cases for a system of punch-in-punch-out time clocks that assess a fee by the minutes spent playing or practicing rather than by 18- or 9-hole rounds.
The initiatives are being driven by disparate entities within the game, including the venerable P.G.A. of America, which represents more than 27,000 golf professionals. The organization has created an eclectic, 10-person task force to foster nontraditional pathways to golf. The task force has some golf insiders, but it also includes Arlen Kantarian, who led American tennis's successful effort to reverse a decline in participation, and the Olympic ski champion Bode Miller, whose sport was revived by better equipment and cultural changes that tempered skiing's reputation for stodgy elitism.
"Little League baseball is an example of how to introduce someone to a game with different equipment than the sophisticated players use," Mr. Kantarian said. "We should also be thinking about unconventional golf on school fields or backyards. That might be the best way for kids and beginners to learn anyway."
Mr. Miller said he wanted to lift the rules governing the use of juiced golf clubs or golf balls.
"A nonconforming club or ball does not corrupt the game," Mr. Miller said. "Not if it encourages people to try a very intimidating game. That will be beneficial to golf for 50 years."
Golf still ranks among the nation's top 10 recreational sports activities, and given its traditions, it is no surprise that not everyone agrees with the burgeoning alternative movement.
"I don't want to rig the game and cheapen it," said Curtis Strange, a two-time United States Open champion and an analyst for ESPN. "I don't like any of that stuff. And it's not going to happen either. It's all talk."
Now pros and hackers alike are under the same umbrella regarding rules of the game and equipment. Proponents of unconventional golf are proposing two games — or 10 or 20. That is something the United States Golf Association, golf's governing body, has long avoided.
"We think the charm of the game is a single set of rules," said Thomas J. O'Toole Jr., the U.S.G.A. president. "But we applaud strategic thinking that brings people to golf. We shouldn't be narrow-minded."
Mr. O'Toole said alternative ideas were "not golf as we know it," but he said he believed they were a way for people "to embrace the game so they would ultimately come play golf."
Some golf insiders, like Mark King, the chief executive of
TaylorMade-Adidas Golf, have lost patience with the glacial pace of change. Mr. King's company created a website, HackGolf.org, to generate ideas about how to make golf more fun for everyone.
"We needed to spark a revolution, and right now we have 1,500 legitimate ideas — everything from 'Serve free beer' to practical things that will actually work," said Mr. King, who is also on the P.G.A. task force. "The next step will be to prototype real-world experiments and see what happens."
An enthusiastic supporter of the 15-inch hole, Mr. King installed oversize holes at a country club near his company's Southern California headquarters and found that they reduced the length of an 18-hole round to three and a half hours, about an hour less than typical. Most golfers saw a 10-stroke improvement in their scores.
In the next month, TaylorMade-Adidas Golf will subsidize the installation of 15-inch holes at about 100 golf courses so the results can be assessed. (A special hole-cutting device costs about $250.) The bigger holes might be especially appropriate for corporate and charity golf outings, which often attract novice golfers.
"No one is trying to drive away the many millions of people who play traditional golf," Mr. King said. "But what harm is there in offering an alternative? In five years I bet that 90 percent of golf facilities are having events with the 15-inch hole."
The former L.P.G.A. star Dottie Pepper, one of two women on the P.G.A. task force, said she hoped that the coming changes would soften golf's image enough that it would be more inclusive of women, who are also quitting the game.
"Women feel isolated on the golf course, so we have to encourage them to make it a group thing," Ms. Pepper said. "Build a social experience. That's what men do."
The budding rebellion also includes changes to gear and equipment. Polara, a nonconforming golf ball engineered to neither slice nor hook, was introduced in 2011 and is sold in 800 retail locations nationwide and online, according to the company's founder, Dave Felker. The company also helped create the United States Recreational Golf Association, whose rules and ethos represented what Mr. Felker called "regular golfers," as opposed to those who play competitively.
Some purists may worry that the peaceful, fundamental golf experience will be replaced by hordes in tank tops feverishly speeding around the links, throwing the ball from hole to hole and booting soccer balls through the bunkers.
"That's the kind of mentality that has held the sport back for 20 years," said Mr. Bishop, the P.G.A. of America president. "I went to a golf club's 125th anniversary dinner not long ago, and the overwhelming majority of the people in the room were over 55. We should be asking, 'On that club's 150th anniversary, who's going to attend?' "


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The issue of genetically modified foods (GMO) is quietly and not so quietly being waged and debated in America as Americans are increasingly concerned about the safety of our food supply since it's no secret that Big Food and Big Pharm have succeeded in the concentration all food and medicinal powers into the hands of a few multi-national corporations that are in cahoots with the government.
Many have dubbed these schemes "Frankenfood" because increasingly, our food supply is being genetically engineered in a laboratory. More horrifying, food production can now be genetically engineered to create sterility and disease.
The government's fascination with having the raw and absolute power to genetically engineer and modify our once safe food supply is entirely rooted in the explosive growth of government power. But it's not just the concentration of power in DC that threatens Americans, its DC's commitment to a fully integrated global government ruled by the UN that is so alarming. For many power mad bureaucrats funded by the elites, their core ideology is solidly anchored in the rantings of the Hitlerian Thomas Malthus (1766-1834). Malthus put forth the idea that the planet has finite resources and could only comfortably support 1-2 billion people at most without massive planetary destruction. Consequently, humanity is viewed as a dangerous weed that must be controlled and substantially eradicated by whatever means necessary. With over 6 billion folks currently occupying the planet and rapidly barreling toward 7 billion, the issue of Nazi style population control is being funded by governments who now have far more gentler methods of vaporizing unwanted humanity than the draconian measures employed by Hitler, Stalin, Mao and gang.
The modern eugenics movement is a Malthusian offshoot. In the circles of politicians, powerful moneyed folks, bureaucrats and the elites, they are consumed with Malthusian ideology. John Holdren, a latter day Malthusian and one of Obama's czars has advocated for forced sterilization, abortion and population control. Holdren's book, A Planetary Regime, echoes his ideological commitment to a global governing body that controls all aspects of life. Holdren said:
Indeed, it has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could be sustained under the existing Constitution… Adding a sterilant to drinking water or staple foods is a suggestion that seems to horrify people…NO SHIT!! Holdren goes on to attack human reproductive choices and his chilling agenda strips away anything that even remotely resembles subtlety in his ruthless advocacy of a totalitarian global government:
Individual rights must be balanced against the power of the government to control human reproduction….yet neither the Declaration of Independence nor the Constitution mentions a right to reproduce…
Perhaps those agencies combined with UNEP and the United Nations Populations agencies – might eventually be developed into a Planetary Regime – sort of an international superagency for population, resources and environment. Such a comprehensive Planetary Regime could control the development, administration and distribution of all natural resources……The Regime might also be a logical agency for control all international trade…and including all food on the international market.
The Planetary Regime might be given responsibility for determining optimum population for the world.
Furthermore, none of these draconian schemes could be hatched without government funding. No business in a free market world would ever make the decision to invest in people killing technology and science simply because they would be restricted by the allocation of precious capital into something that consumers want and will voluntarily pay for. For sure, consumers would never voluntarily choose to ingest anything that will make them sterile or diseased or dead. But with the deadly marriage of big government and big business, a shadow government is in operation and federal agencies like the FDA and others shield the truth from the American people while actively promoting and funding horrors not witnessed since the Nazi's ruled Europe.
What are these NWO Nazis up to? Many suspect that they plan to exterminate a significant chunk of humanity and that they have indeed prepared to guarantee their own survival by creating a seed vault in the Arctic.
"Doomsday Seed Vault" in the Arctic -Bill Gates, Rockefeller and the GMO giants know something we don't
No project is more interesting at the moment than a curious project in one of the world's most remote spots, Svalbard. Bill Gates is investing millions in a seed bank on the Barents Sea near the Arctic Ocean, some 1,100 kilometers from the North Pole. Svalbard is a barren piece of rock claimed by Norway and ceded in 1925 by international treaty (see map).Here's what the mysterious underground seed vault looks like:
On this God-forsaken island Bill Gates is investing tens of his millions along with the Rockefeller Foundation, Monsanto Corporation, Syngenta Foundation and the Government of Norway, among others, in what is called the 'doomsday seed bank.' Officially the project is named the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, part of the Svalbard island group.
Here's Svalbard on the map:
This stuff is so utterly mindboggling that if one read it in a science fiction novel one would conclude that the plot was so off the wall whacky as to lack any credibility whatsoever. However, what isn't even believable in the genre of science fiction is being vigorously but quietly implemented. But not only are these weird and seemingly incomprehensible shenanigans actually occurring, they are occurring beyond the radar of humanity, public knowledge, media disclosure and scrutiny.
You gotta wonder about this mysterious "Doomsday Seed Vault" buried deep within the Arctic. What precisely are they planning for? Obviously, they are planning for a "post catastrophe or post second Holocaust" world and perhaps not even one born of a natural disaster but one carried out with deliberate intent. Humans can voluntarily reject a lot of things but they cannot reject ingesting water and food or they will die.
Giving the government, its mad scientists and corporatist lackeys monopolistic control over the world's food supply is a recipe for human disaster. The probability of the occurrence of a single event or series of events that substantially reduces human population is magnified exponentially when one understands the ideological roots of the Malthusian enthusiasts and their vast and unaccountable powers.
The health hazards of genetically modified are huge and growing.
Potential Health Hazards of Genetically Engineered Foods
This is happening in spite of the risk because of what F. William Engdahl revealed in his powerfully important, well documented book titled "Seeds of Destruction: The Hidden Agenda of Genetic Manipulation." It's the diabolical story of how Washington and four Anglo-American agribusiness giants plan world domination by patenting animal and vegetable life forms to gain worldwide control of our food supply, make it all genetically engineered, and use it as a weapon to reward friends and punish enemies.
Today, consumers eat these foods daily without knowing the potential health risks. In 2003, Jeffrey Smith explained them in his book titled "Seeds of Deception." He revealed that efforts to inform the public have been quashed, reliable science has been buried, and consider what happened to two distinguished scientists – UC Berkeley's Ignacio Chapela and former Scotland Rowett Research Institute researcher and world's leading lectins and plant genetic modification expert, Arpad Pusztai. They were vilified, hounded, and threatened for their research, and in the case of Pusztai, fired from his job for doing it.....
GMOs also pose other health risks.
When a transgene functions in a new cell, it may produce different proteins than the ones intended. They may be harmful, but there's no way to know without scientific testing. Even if the protein is exactly the same, there are still problems. Consider corn varieties engineered to produce a pesticidal protein called Bt-toxin. Farmers use it in spray form, and companies falsely claim it's harmless to humans. In fact, people exposed to the spray develop allergic-type symptoms, mice ingesting Bt had powerful immune responses and abnormal and excessive cell growth, and a growing number of human and livestock illnesses are linked to Bt crops.Recently, it's been documented and proven that GMO food cause sterility in men because of a combination of GMO seeds and toxicity arising from chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
GMO Technology, Glyphosate Toxicity Leaving Men Sterile
Meanwhile, most of the entire US food supply is produced from GMO seed and is also drenched in chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Furthermore, commercially produced meat and dairy products in the US are saturated with growth hormones, antibiotics and other chemical additives.
Even something as simple as breads supposedly made from wheat are not safe.
The Government-Industrial Food Complex Wheat
I would argue that what we are being sold today in the form of whole grain bread, raisin bagels, blueberry muffins, pizza, ciabatta, bruschetta, and so on is not the same grain our grandparents grew up on. It's not even close.
…The gluten proteins in modern wheat, for instance, differ from the gluten proteins found in wheat as recently as 1960. This likely explains why the incidence of celiac disease, the devastating intestinal condition caused by gluten, has quadrupled in the past 40 years. Furthermore, a whole range of inflammatory diseases, from rheumatoid arthritis to inflammatory bowel disease, are also on the rise. Humans haven't changed — but the wheat we consume has changed considerably.
The Heart Scan Blog is the blog of Dr. Davis, where he often discusses wheat as the modern opiate that, instead of making us high, makes us hungry.
Americans need to educate themselves and each other and they need to do it in big enough numbers to reject Big Food and its poisonous and deadly products.


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Best read of Tuesday morning is an LA Times story about a high-tech new high school in Riverside that has just been completed -- but won't have any students because of budget cuts.
This isn't as strange as it seems. Local school districts have quite a bit of freedom, if they can get voters to go along, to build new campuses and buildings by passing bond issues. But in California's system, funding for school operations is centralized, with the decisions on school funding made in Sacramento. So such a situation -- with the locals building schools that the state doesn't provide enough money to operate -- shouldn't surprise us.


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Back in February we covered the launch of the ATI X1900XTX. In that article it was noted that the X1900 line had the same features as the X1800XT. Features such as SM 3.0, AVIVO, Adaptive Anti-Aliasing, High Quality Anisotropic Filtering and CrossFire, while adding Fetch 4 and Shadow Map Acceleration. Today ATI is announcing their update to the X1900XTX, the X1950XTX. ATI is not lacking anywhere on features so this time around they haven't added anything significant to the architecture of the GPU.
So why exactly are they launching a new video card today? The big news this time around is in the memory, the X1950XTX is the first video card to support GDDR4!! Operating at an effective speed of 2GHz this memory is the definition of fast, especially when you consider the memory modern AMD and Intel processors access is just now passing 1GHz!
So what does GDDR4 bring to the table other than a higher number than GDDR3? For ATI's implementation, it's quite a lot faster at 2GHz versus 1.55GHz for the X1950XTX and X1900XTX respectively. It also requires less power to operate even though it is running much faster due to a smaller manufacturing process. So while the GPU features and speed stay the same, the memory gets a huge kick in the pants and as you'll see, makes the X1950XTX a significant refresh.
Also new for the X1950XT is a much welcomed new cooling solution. While some were able to tolerate the excessive noise produced by the previous cooler during startup, I don't think that it will be missed by anyone. The new cooling system is absolutely great and is just what the enthusiast ordered. While NVIDIA's 7900 GTX was the previous benchmark on how to properly cool a modern GPU, ATI's latest offering supplants it by not only running quietly, but also exhausting the heat out of the back of the case.
Finally, the X1950XT is a HDCP compliant part which is the next generation of digital rights management. HDCP is important because it is used in HD-DVD and Blue-ray, so those of you who want to enjoy HD content on your PC will need a video card with the HDCP license. For more information about HDCP check out the white papers here.
Looking at ATI's slide of the new features on the X1950XTX it looks like we have everything covered as not too much has changed this time around.
Now that we've introduced you to the new X1950 let's take it apart and see what's new.
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This is me! This is where my stable home is and I actually used to take photos like this before, but after a while you just get tired and stop taking photos of the place where you live 'cause you're seeing it everyday haha
I realized walking for nearly two hours that places can remain always the same, but when a person changes, it's like even the place changes, and so the angles of the photos you take do. It's not about the view, it's just about the eyes.. once I lived for 4 months in Berlin, with lots of big buildings all around me, seeing a peacefull scenario like this was good and relaxing at the beginnig, but after a while it started to get weird (?). Don't get me wrong, I like nature so much and I still can't live without taking a walk alone in the green!
Aaaaanyway, let's just take a moment to think about how perfect clouds are.. seriously, I want to hug them..
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