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SIM2 Offers Creative Way To Express Your Love This Valentine's Day
Description: New from SIM2, the M.150 is the convergence of light, beauty and technology. This system brings together the concept of entertainment and interior design by painting your home with light. SIM2, known worldwide for its best-in-class, Italian-made luxury home cinema projectors, continues to lead the way with the M.150—a creative way to express yourself by offering a bold approach ambiance, digital imagery display with the added benefit of leading-edge home entertainment. For the most discerning sweethearts, SIM2 is the answer for luxury projection solutions.
Price: $28,000.00 Visit the Website
Description: The ZENBOOK™ uses a precision-crafted design measuring only 3mm at the front and 9mm at the rear. The form features razor thin edges and a curved center section, which is both practical and attractive – while accommodating the powerful computing components within, this design also looks totally unique. It embodies beauty and strength in complete balance and harmony. Exclusive ASUS Super Hybrid Engine II with instant on enables 2-second resume of the notebook from sleep, with up to two weeks of standby time with open files and other pending data kept safe in memory. Plus, automatic data backup when the battery reaches 5% charge further helps secure your work. ASUS ZENBOOK™ keeps energy saving front and center with a dedicated Battery Saving Mode, which conserves power whenever possible to increase battery life by as much as 25%. You're also always in the know when it comes to the battery thanks to ASUS PowerWiz, a utility that shows exactly how much charge is left per application – web browsing, movie watching. ASUS ZENBOOK™ combines power, efficiency, smooth usage and user empowerment, all on in one sleek package.
Price: $1,099.00 Visit the Website
Toshiba Portege R830
Description: Featuring a reinforced case,spill-resistant keyboard, and advanced AirFlow cooling, the Toshiba Portege R830 keeps you comfortable and your data safe while on-the-go. And the superb home theater capabilities - HD LED-backlit display and immersive surround sound - let you enjoy yourself along the way. Windows 7 Home Premium offers the best entertainment experience on your PC, making the things you do every day easier. With fewer clicks, faster searching, easier browsing, and simpler ways to connect, there's less between you and what you want to do. Windows 7 is designed to improve the performance of your PC, so it's faster, more secure, and more reliable. PCs with Windows 7 simply work the way you want them to work.
Price: $1,049.00 Visit the Website
HP Folio 13
Description: Slim, eye-catching, lightweight—the HP Folio 13 has many of the key qualities that define an ultraportable PC. But what you won't find in most is the ample selection of ports the Folio offers, including an Ethernet jack and a full-sized HDMI port, the two of which rarely appear together on an ultrabook. Other ports include USB 3.0 that gives you data transfer and download times 10 times faster than USB 2.0, and the convenience of a combo headphone/microphone port. The Folio is HP's inital entry in the ultrabook market, and looks-wise it makes a solid first impression. Its elegant, brushed metal lid and smooth metal surfaces extend seamlessly to the keyboard deck and palm rest, while a soft, rubbery finish on the underside makes for a comfortable grip for carrying in one hand. That's pretty easy to do too, thanks to the Folio's slim profile of 0.7 inches and 3.3 pounds. Overall system performance gets a big lift from a 128 GB solid state drive, which far outperforms standard hard-drive technology by giving you lightning-fast bootup, shut down, and sleep-resume times. On the entertainment front, the Folio comes with room-filling Dolby Advanced Audio that pumps up the built-in speakers with crisp and immersive surround sound. Elsewhere, battery life gives you up to nine hours* away from the outlet, and a full-sized, well-spaced keyboard makes for a comfortable typing experience. It's also backlit to keep you going long after the lights are out.
Price: $949.00 Visit the Website
Toshiba Portege
Description: Want an ultraportable laptop that's going to be able to go with you no matter where you're headed? Take a look at the Toshiba Portege R835-P83. At a little more than an inch thick and only 3.2 pounds, it's slim and light enough for you to take anywhere. And because Toshiba knows that things happen when you're out on the go, it's a got a tough magnesium alloy case and a spill-resistant keyboard. So when the inevitable happens, you'll be ready. The advanced AirFlow cooling system means you can go for hours on end without having to worry about overheating, and the huge 640 GB hard drive gives you enough room to store all your files, photos, videos, music, and more. The built-in DVD player will keep you entertained when you're out and about, and the Intel i5 Core processor gives you the power to edit large photos or speed through big spreadsheets when you need to. Small and light, but powerful—that's what you get with the Toshiba Portege R835-P83.
Price: $799.00 Visit the Website
Magellan EXplorist 710 Handheld GPS Navigator
Description: The eXplorist 710 handheld GPS has been designed to be the ultimate outdoor navigation device, whether users are on the trails, in the mountains, or off shore. It features a sharp 3-inch touch screen, a 3.2 mega-pixel camera with auto-focus, microphone and speaker, which allow adventure enthusiasts to navigate to outdoor destinations worldwide, record geo-referenced images, videos, voice notes, and share their experiences online. The addition of Navionics' highly detailed marine and lake charts will enable boaters and fishermen to rely on the eXplorist 710 as their primary navigation device while on the water, and expands our catalog of premium digital maps that can help eXplorist 710 users navigate to just about anywhere on the planet.
Price: $549.99 Visit the Website
Toshiba Mini NB505 Notebook
Description: Toshiba's newest colorful, stylish and budget-friendly netbook packs power into a chic and ultraportable design for easy on-the-go computing. Weighing less than 3 pounds, the slim design comes in bright colors including, Blue, Lime Green, Orange, Turquoise, Brown and Black for an affordable price. Because life doesn't just happen when you're standing still, Toshiba netbooks are ready wherever and whenever you are. They offer up to an eight-hour battery life rating so you can sail by power outlets.
Price: $299.99 Visit the Website
Beats By Dr. Dre Studio High-Definition Headphones
Description: Hear what the recording artists hear—and listen to it like they do—with these Beats by Dr. Dre high-definition studio headphones. They combine extra-large speaker drivers and a high-power digital amplifier to deliver a great combination of super-deep bass, smooth undistorted highs, and crystal-clear vocals. Add in spacious earcups with extra room for comfort, and these headphones are sure to give you listening pleasure like never before.
Price: $299.95 Visit the Website
Toshiba SLV411U TV/DVD Combo
Description: Perfect for living room, bedrooms, kids' rooms, kitchens and the home office, the Toshiba SLV411 TV/DVD Combo series comes in a variety of sizes (19, 24 and 32 inches) to help you work around tighter spaces and cut down on cable clutter with a DVD player built right into the TV. They provide excellent HD viewing, outstanding sound and renowned Toshiba innovation at an affordable price. Whatever you're watching, you're in for some very satisfying entertainment.
Price: $250.00 to $550.00 Visit the Website
Westinghouse 24" LD-2480
Description: The brand new 24" LD-2480 LED HDTV is the ideal space-saving all-in-one TV/computer monitor. The set is only 1" thick at its visible edge and weighs an ultra-light 6 lbs with stand. The display features 1920 x 1080 resolution, 16x9 aspect ratio and has 2 HDMI, 1 Component and 1 VGA input. The 24" LD-2480 uses 10% less energy than a 60 watt light bulb and has earned the Energy Star. The LD-2480 is available now at Target for $249.99.
Price: $249.00 Visit the Website
Tely Labs TelyHD
Description: For a romantic long-distance Valentine's Day dinner from one living room to another, the telyHD webcam can turn any HDTV into a Skype enabled TV. To ensure the best virtual date, it is WiFi ready with a HD camera and has noise canceling microphones. Users can also send and receive video mail or share photos with friends and family who have a telyHD.
Price: $249.00 to $249.99 Visit the Website
EmWave2 Mobile Stress Relief Technology
Description: The emWave2 is a handheld interactive device that provides a discreet and effective solution for reducing stress anytime, anywhere. It's small enough to fit in a purse or pocket and conveniently helps the user balance emotions and increase performance. A new feature with the newly released emWave2 is the ability interface the device with a Mac or PC and see detailed tracking and feedback through a software application. Using the emWave2 is easy: the operator simply holds it in their hand with their thumb placed on the sensor button. The emWave2 then takes a pulse reading and instantly develops a breathing sequence based on heart rhythms and emotions. The emWave technology converts the pulse reading into real-time displays of coherence levels through colorful lights and/or audio cues. The emWave2 helps the operator align breathing and heart rhythms and, through changing one's emotional focus, it shows the user how to change their physiology. HeartMath's stress relieving products help people to not only identify stress triggers, but more importantly they help consumers learn how to deploy highly focused, specialized techniques designed to release stress and anxiety.
Price: $229.00 to $230.00 Visit the Website
Samsung Focus S Windows Phone
Description: The Samsung Focus S builds on the success of the award-winning and highest selling Windows Phone in the U.S., the Samsung Focus. Featuring a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display, 1.4 GHz processor, 4G-capable speeds and a thin profile at 8.55 millimeters. It includes front facing 1.3 megapixel and a rear facing 8-megapixel camera. Windows Phone Windows Phone and mobile accessories help you stay in touch with people who matter most.
Price: $199.99 Visit the Website
Description: Dropcam Echo is your eyes and ears, in your home: See and hear what's happening while you travel or work, no matter where you are. Simple Setup: Dropcam Echo sets up in a snap. No technical skill required, just plug it in and it simply works. Use the wireless network you already have: Connect the Dropcam Echo to your Wi-Fi network. You can also use a wired connection with the included ethernet cable. Dropcam Echo works with all types of consumer routers. Receive automatic alerts to all activity while you're away: Dropcam Echo automatically detects motion and sound, making it easy to monitor your home or business while you're away. If noise or motion is detected you receive an email or iPhone push notification immediately - so you won't miss anything important. Complete monitoring on the Web or on your iPhone/Android: A complete video and audio feed from your Dropcam Echo is at your fingertips, no matter where you are, traveling or working. Just login to your Dropcam account to instantly see and hear your live stream. You can also watch your Dropcam on your iPhone or on your Android device.
Price: $199.00 to $279.00 Visit the Website
Jawbone JAMBOX Bluetooth Speaker
Description: The Jawbone JAMBOX delivers rich hi-fi audio in a compact, portable wireless speaker that's just under six inches long. And it's loud. With an output capacity of 85 decibels (most rock concerts reach 120), JAMBOX fills even the largest rooms. Unlike other portable speakers, JAMBOX is powered by a pair of proprietary, highly sophisticated acoustic drivers, unmatched in their ability to produce extreme high (tweeter) and low (woofer) frequencies from a single, ultra-small dome speaker. They work in concert with an innovative moving-wall, passive bass radiator and airtight enclosure to deliver shimmering highs and thumping lows that you can literally feel. It's the biggest sound you can hold in the palm of your hand.
Price: $199.00 Visit the Website
Knomo Lola Laptop Tote Bag
Description: The Lola tote is a stylish pebbled-leather bag with a zippered top and button snaps on either side that let it expand to hold everything you need. It includes a built-in padded protective sleeve that holds standard laptops up to 15 inches. Inside, there's a pouch and a zippered pocket to help keep things organized, while outside a front cellphone pouch and zippered pocket provide added security and convenience for your belongings. Made of soft tumbled leather Detailed with gold-colored hardware Exterior zip-around pouch with organizer slip-pockets Comfortable 8.5-inch shoulder straps for easy carrying Zip-closure, large main pocket, interior zipper pocket, and four small pouches
Price: $169.00 Visit the Website
Looxcie 2 - Share Life As You Live It
Description: Looxcie 2 – The wearable video cam and Bluetooth headset provides users the ability to capture POV video handsfree and share instantly to their favorite social network or email making holiday memories easier to share on the spot. The recent addition of accessories and streaming allows users to record from almost any surface and stream live feeds in real time to those who matter most.
Price: $149.99 to $179.99 Visit the Website
JOOS Orange: The Best-performing Solar Charger Under The Sun
Description: JOOS Orange – Multiple times more efficient than other personal solar chargers, JOOS Orange keeps multiple people connected in any situation by delivering enough power to charge up to 3 smartphones, GPS devices, personal gaming systems or even an iPad to keep you connected wherever you roam. It's tough: super durable and waterproof, it reliably delivers power where and when you need it, including sunny, rainy, cloudy, foggy conditions.
Price: $149.00 Visit the Website
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Description: How about something that lets you be a true master of the universe, -- well at least of your computer. Nuance's Dragon NaturallySpeaking lets you control virtually every aspect of your computer by speaking. Dragon lets you SPEAK to write emails, draft memos, etc —. Most people speak over 120 words per minute, but type less than 40. Dragon turns speech into three times faster than most people type. You can see more information at http://www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/products/default.asp
Price: $99.99 Visit the Website
Mini Boombox
Description: Bring great sound wherever you go this Valentine's Day with the Logitech Mini Boombox. The compact speaker wirelessly connects with tablets, smartphones and other Bluetooth-enabled devices, and a 10-hour rechargeable battery makes travel a breeze. It will enhance the tunes for a romantic night with your sweetie using its specially designed acoustic chamber to provide enhanced bass. Available in a vibrant red and sexy black, this Mini Boombox can help you set the perfect mood with your romantic Valentine's Day playlist.
Price: $99.99 Visit the Website
ZBoost ZForce Cell Phone Signal Booster For The Car Only $99.
Description: Description: Frustrated with dropped or missed calls in the car? Stay connected while traveling around town or cross country. The zBoost zForce retails for $99 at Amazon or other leading retailers. The zForce is a dual band cradle unit that captures the signal outside of the car and amplifies it on the inside for a stronger "hands-free" signal reducing dropped calls and slow data. The new zForce provides consumers with a cost-effective solution for increasing their cell phone signal in their cars and allowing them to stay connected to family, friends and work on the go. The zForce works with 800 MHz and 1900MHz phones which covers most carriers and is easy to install and includes a bi-directional amplifier unit housed in a sturdy, lightweight cradle for hands-free operation, 12V cigarette power adaptor and external magnetic mount antenna with 15 ft cable. Benefits include: • Reduces dropped calls and dead zones • "Hands-free" operations • Extends cell phone range • Improves signal strength for voice and data • Works with most phones/carriers (except Nextel/iDEN or 4G) • Extends cell phone battery life • Features built-in port for charging, auto-shut off when your vehicle is not in use and adjustable arms to fit most any phone The zBoost line allows consumers to take full advantage of data, voice and Internet services on their iPhones(TM), iPads(TM), connected devices and smartphones.
Price: $99.00 Visit the Website
HTC Radar 4G For T-Mobile
Description: The HTC Radar offers a premium design and is crafted from a single piece of polished metal. Keeping people at the center with Threads and Live Tiles, the HTC Radar intuitively lets you get real-time close with your social network. You can always capture life's memorable moments with the HTC Radar's great, lively camera. Windows Phone and mobile accessories help you stay in touch with people who matter most.
Price: $99.00 Visit the Website
Gigaset C590 Cordless Phone
Description: Gigaset C590 The Gigaset C590 digital cordless phone is more than just a phone, it's the ultra-modern, ergonomically, and eco-friendly future of DECT 6.0 calling. Crystal clear sound, courtesy of High Sound Performance™ technology, coupled with a large, color display, expanded phonebook capability, room monitoring feature (use as a baby monitor, or use as a security monitor to call your mobile phone if it detects noise in your home), and ringer animation display make the C590 family a must for anyone looking for a robust, yet stylish phone for the home technology. Offers longer physical range, security coding technology and enhanced battery life, and the Red Dot Design Award-winning Gigaset C590 is the perfect blend of quality, comfort, design and functionality. Award winning design also includes: Illuminated keypad with 5-way navigation key Sleek, ergonomic keypad in high quality material Caller ID name and number Full duplex handsfree speaking Automatic handset registration with advanced security coding Directory with up to 150 contacts per handset Anonymous call silencing Birthday reminder Alarm clock with snooze function Selectable color and ringtone for phonebook VIP group Live call recording Digital clock or color picture as screensaver Ability to customize phone design with Skinit.
Price: $79.99 Visit the Website
Eye-Fi Mobile X2
Description: Eye-Fi Mobile X2 wireless memory card allows you to automatically transfer and back-up pictures from your digital camera to your smartphone, tablet, or laptop. The memory card works with the camera you already have and over 2000 camera models. It can work with your Wi-Fi network or create its own, so you pictures are offloaded and you never have to mess with cords again. With Endless Memory Mode, you'll also never run out of space on your camera again.
Price: $79.99 Visit the Website
Mophie Juice Pack
Description: mophie juice pack is a light-weight and ultra-thin external rechargeable battery case best known for virtually doubling the battery life of the iPhone on one charge. The juice pack delivers twice the power in a sleek case, providing users easy access to all features to enhance the iPhone experience. The highly condensed lithium polymer battery delivers an incredible amount of juice in one small form factor. Find more information and products at www.mophie.com.
Price: $79.95 to $99.95 Visit the Website
European Sun Sniper Camera Straps
Description: Called "the next generation of camera straps", Sun Sniper offers state-of-the-art technology that provides comfort, convenience and security for all passionate photographers and are recommended by both physicians and award-winning photographers Unique features include: -Ergonomic "sling" design that reduces strain on the neck, shoulder and back and limits unwanted movement -Distribution of the weight of the camera evenly along a padded shoulder strap that rests diagonally across the chest with the camera hanging conveniently at the user's side - Stainless steel ball bearing connector allows for a complete, full range of motion, enabling photographers to quickly and conveniently bring their camera into shooting position -Nylon strap with reinforced steel anti-theft wire, eliminates risk of tearing and provides security from would-be thieves -Shock absorber eliminates jarring and damage to camera that may result from jumping, running or climbing -Universally fits all cameras -Sun Sniper Pro available for MSRP $88 and Sun Sniper Compact available for MSRP $62 at www.sunsniperusa.com and select retailers nationwide
Price: $62.00 to $88.00 Visit the Website
Roku 2 Is The Smallest, Easiest To Operate, And Most Inexpensive Streaming Media Player.
Description: Roku 2 is the smallest, easiest to operate, and most inexpensive streaming media player. Starting at just $59.99, your family can access over 350 channels (including Hulu Plus, Amazon Prime and Netflix). Beyond movies and TV shows, Roku is also great for music (Pandora), picture slideshows (Facebook), news content, recipes and NOW, causal gaming like Angry Birds, Pac-Man and Texas Hold'em! Available in three models – the Roku 2 HD, Roku 2 XD and Roku 2 XS.
Price: $59.99 to $99.99 Visit the Website
Ergonomic Solutions By RTA Products
Description: The new The Sharper Image® and 2COOL® ergonomic laptop stand and stylish workspace collections from RTA Products feature sleek, modern silhouettes that will revolutionize your daily grind. Ensuring that users enjoy their devices for hours without compromising on comfort or style, the newest ergonomic solutions from The Sharper Image and 2COOL provide a variety of features like built-in keyboards/touch pads and USB ports to increase productivity, built-in speakers to help users "tune out," and built-in fans to keep laptops and tablets cooler than cool. Such ergonomic solutions include, for example: 2COOL 2C-SK11H2 Trendy Laptop Stand (http://www.rtaproducts.com/products/2c-sk11h2.htm) The Sharper Image® RTA-SIS07HA Laptop Stand (http://www.rtaproducts.com/products/rta-sis07ha.htm) Visit http://www.rtaproducts.com to learn more about the extensive lines of ergonomic solutions RTA Products offers!
Price: $50.00 to $100.00 Visit the Website
Samsung Focus Flash
Description: Designed to hit the market packed with value, Samsung Focus Flash's 3.7-inch Super AMOLED screen will both fit in pockets and be light on pocketbooks with the full power of Windows Phone 7.5 inside. As fast and lightweight as it is compact, it runs a 1.4 GHz processor and a 5-megapixel camera plus a front facing camera. Windows Phone and mobile accessories help you stay in touch with people who matter most.
Price: $49.99 Visit the Website
Mophie Workbook For IPad 2
Description: The mophie workbook for the iPad 2 is a protective smart case, which doubles as a stand with infinite viewing angles. Its pass-through design ensures full access to all your ports, controls and cameras. The workbook also includes four interchangeable straps that allow you to pick the color that best matches your style. The workbook offers complete protection front to back, but the low-profile structure only adds minimal thickness to the iPad. Magnetic integration automatically wakes your iPad when opened and puts it to sleep when closed. Find out more by going to the website at www.mophie.com.
Price: $49.95 Visit the Website
CyberLink PowerDVD 12 - World's First 3D Blu-Ray Universal Media Player
Description: CyberLink's PowerDVD 12 is the first universal media player with the ability to convert 2D Blu-ray to 3D Blu-ray. The software up-scales any content to high quality HD, allows you to wirelessly connect all of their mobile devices to enable easy content streaming, storing and sharing- regardless of OS, gives you universal control for social media content such as YouTube, Facebook and Flickr, and provides the best unified experience for managing all content in one easy to view library. PowerDVD 12 will give you full control of their entertainment experience. PowerDVD is sold at retail outlets like Frys, Amazon and CompUSA. It can also be purchased at the online store: http://www.cyberlink.com/store/powerdvd/buy_en_US.html?affid=2581_947_291_16385_0_ENU&utm_source=CLST_TopBanner&utm_medium=CLST_TopBanner_16385_powerdvd&utm_campaign=CL_Store
Price: $49.95 to $99.95 Visit the Website
PC Tools Spyware Doctor With AntiVirus
Description: PC Tools Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus delivers powerfully simple protection against dangerous viruses and spyware. Along with antivirus and antispyware guards, new Scam Alerts keep you safe from the latest cybercrime schemes created to exploit breaking news, hot entertainment topics, or whatever else cybercriminals have ripped from the headlines. Built on award-winning technology, yet made straightforward for everyday use, it's the powerful, easy, and fast way to defend your important personal information against viruses and spyware.
Price: $39.99 Visit the Website
Victorinox Swiss Army Slim USB
Description: Victorinox Swiss Army has developed the ultimate product to survive in a modern-day world—the Slim USB ($39.99 and up). This device not only protects a user's songs, love notes and near-and-dear pictures with password protected software, it keeps the user looking stylish and sleek in a variety of color and storage options. The slim USB is available in 4, 8, 16, 32 and 64 GB.
Price: $39.95 to $209.99 Visit the Website
DBLogic Earbuds
Description: The ONLY earbuds on the market that actually protect against hearing damage while providing listeners with a high end audio experience thanks to the company's patented Sound Pressure Level Limiting technology. In addition to the health benefits, dbLogic earphones are stylish, comfortable and affordable. They also feature a number of "fits" guaranteeing that the earbuds stay put while exercising. Available in a variety of vibrant colors to compliment iPods, phone cases or fashion sense for a personal touch and kick-starting that healthy resolution.
Price: $34.95 Visit the Website
Mophie Juice Pack Plus, Air And Powerstation
Description: Give the gift that keeps on giving by gifting a mophie product from its newly announced (RED) line. Available for purchase now, the leader in portable power solutions will be offering each of the company's flagship products—juice pack plus ($99.95) and air ($79.95) for the iPhone 4/4S and the juice pack universal external battery collection ($34.95-$79.95)—to benefit (RED), with five percent of all profits going to the Global Fund.
Price: $34.95 to $99.95 Visit the Website
Description: Lightscoop is an inexpensive ($29.95), clever attachment that transforms the awful light from your pop-up flash into pro-quality light. By redirecting the light from the pop-up flash to a ceiling or wall, Lightscoop creates a broad, natural light that eliminates unattractive shadows and red-eye, minimizes reflections off shiny surfaces, and also lights a group of people evenly, so those farthest from the camera are not lost in darkness. The result is soft, flattering, natural light — and photos that capture a scene the way you see it. You get pro-quality light with a lightweight, inexpensive, easy to use device. And your photos turn out GREAT every time. All the photos on our website are from our customers who are using Lightscoop. www.lightscoop.com
Price: $29.95 Visit the Website
TuneUp Utilities 2012
Description: TuneUp Utilities 2012 is the latest installment of the award-winning series of PC optimization software from TuneUp. The software is available for users of Windows 7, XP and Vista. TuneUp Utilities is designed to keep PCs running smoothly, extend their lifecycles and provide users with a noticeable boost in speed and performance. The software gives users a dual performance boost with the new TuneUp Economy Mode and the enhanced TuneUp Program Deactivator. With a single click, TuneUp Economy Mode extends the battery life of notebooks, netbooks and tablet PCs by up to 30 percent compared to Windows 7's energy-saving mode, as well as reduces desktop PC energy consumption. At the same time, the TuneUp Program Deactivator allows users to select infrequently used programs to hibernate in order to conserve system resources, freeing up working memory and improving start-up times.
Price: $29.95 to $49.95 Visit the Website
Native Union Handset For Cell Phones
Description: These handsets have been manufactured with high quality speakers and microphones and can be used with all mobile phones when fitted with the correct adaptor (sold separately) and when fitted with a USB adaptor (sold separately) can be used for VOIP computer telephone calls (Skype, Google Talk...). Native Union handsets also come in a Bluetooth-enabled device which lets you pair and answer calls on two different Bluetooth devices. These handsets protect cell phone users from 96% of the harmful effects of cell phone radiation.
Price: $29.90 to $199.90 Visit the Website
Wet Cell Phone Emergency Kit
Description: DRY-ALL's unique drying technology will dry wet cell phones of any type. If you have ever had a wet phone or other wet electronic item, DRY-ALL has a product to dry it out. DRY-ALLs one of a kind drying technology was originally invented by Major Edward J. Hawkins a United States veteran prior to WWII. DRY-ALL was used in WWII to protect sensitive military equipment during overseas shipment. It was later used by NASA. DRY-ALL is the most effective reliable way to dry any wet cell phone or smart phone.
Price: $19.99 Visit the Website
StreetSafe - Personal Security Service For Smart Phones
Description: StreetSafe, a new mobile personal security system that utilizes your smart phone's GPS technology, allows you to instantly connect to help before a situation turns into an emergency. A subscription-based service, StreetSafe combines wireless networks with GPS technology to instantly pin-point the subscriber's phone within three meters, even if they are inside a moving vehicle. StreetSafe offers two primary features: • Silent Alarm (Red Button): If an emergency arises and you cannot communicate your location and situation to 911, you can discretely trigger a silent alarm, and emergency help will immediately be dispatched to your exact location. • Walk With Me™ (Green Button): In a threatening situation, you can connect instantly with a trained Safety Advisor, who will recommend the best course of action and stay on the phone with you until you arrive safely at your destination. StreetSafe provides peace of mind for less than forty cents a day. Show a loved one you care by giving them the gift of safety.
Price: $19.99 to $149.99 Visit the Website
ChargeAll - Universal Cell Phone Charger For All Your Devices
Description: Has your cell phone died when you needed it most? Thousands of people everyday are saying "My Cell Phone Died." ChargeAll is a universal cell phone charger that works with thousands of devices; literally everything from the Apple iPhone and Blackberry to Amazon Kindle and Nintendo DS. ChargeAll is perfect for the home, office, restaurant, bar, coffee shop, or hotel. Learn more at BuyChargeAll.com
Price: $19.95 to $39.95 Visit the Website
Jelly Belly Scented IPhone4 And IPad2 Cases
Description: Indulge in ESI's newest product line-- Jelly Belly® Cases for the iPhone 4/3G/3GS, iPod touch, and now available for the iPad2. Celebrate Valentine's Day by giving that special someone the Very Cherry flavor iPad2 or iPhone case infused with the actual scent of Jelly Belly's famous cherry flavor. The cases are scented to smell like the five most popular Jelly Belly® Jelly Bean flavors including Strawberry Cheesecake and Berry Blue. This Valentine's Day, give your loved one the Very Cherry Flavor that can last the entire year.
Price: $15.00 to $20.00 Visit the Website
The Earbud Shuffle: Sanity Returns To Tangled Wires In Messy Desk Drawers
Description: The earbud shuffle: Sanity returns to tangled wires in messy desk drawers Houston TX – May 4, 2011 – Inventress, Ms. Julie Barkley, has come up with an interesting use for her Earbud Yo-Yo. In the office, it seems whenever a desk drawer is opened and closed, the earbud shuffle takes place; everything stashed inside is in disarray. Pens, paperclips, rubber bands cause headset wires to get enmeshed in knots and annoying little tangles that take great patience to straighten out. "One nagging flaw that frustrated me about my own iPod: the headset was always in a knot when I retrieved it from the office desk drawer. But now, my Earbud Yo-Yo brings sanity and order to my workstation, to junk filled drawers, helping many iPod users. Attach one to your iPod wires and suddenly the earbuds that were always a jumbled mess are now ready to use every time, no matter where they are stored," notes Inventress Barkley. The simple-to-use Earbud Yo-Yo cord organizer: * Fits anywhere storing wires easily and safely * Saves time by preventing knots * Helps customize cord lengths * Winds up earbuds with microphones * Never gets lost – locks right on to the cord Available for under $11.00 www.earbudyoyo.com/products.php
Price: $10.99 to $16.99 Visit the Website
G Data Mobile Security
Description: G Data MobileSecurity protects Android users against the increasing number of malware threats embedded in apps, sent via TXT / SMS / email links, and a host of malicious links while surfing the web from any Android-based device. G Data's app includes an easy-to-follow authorization monitor showing which apps are allowed to initiate calls, send text messages, or access the Internet. Such functions are often turned on without the user's knowledge to steal passwords, personal and confidential information, such as messages, emails, and contacts.
Price: $9.99 Visit the Website
Personalized Blurb Notebooks For Valentine's Day
Description: With Blurb, you can easily create a personalized notebook using your own photos, such as photos from Instagram and Facebook, as well as your personal drawings or illustrations. You can brighten up to-do lists, meeting notes or personal journals with photos of their favorite people, places or things. Blurb notebooks go above and beyond the typical gift by adding a personal touch, truly making the most meaningful Valentine's Day presents for men and women alike.
Price: $6.95 Visit the Website
HandStand For IPad
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Rand Paul Filibuster was Succesful on its Own Terms.
Howdy! I have been meaning to blog about Ron and Rand Paul for sometime now.
On Ron I wanted to go into his "offensive" twitter comment about serial kil…ah…er…SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, as well as the RonPaul.com controversy. I wrote a post about the first one but it lead me down a different path that involved writing nine, yes, NINE, other posts. And on the trademark dispute I barely even got started before those other projects consumed my time. Now these are stale issues and it may not even be worth posting on them, though I will be looking for an opportunity to do so, either with new developments that arise in those cases, or separate issues that I can cleverly tie into. We'll see. Continue reading

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Judge Sean Lane approved the merger between Fort Worth-based American Airlines and US Airways Wednesday afternoon, but declined to approve a proposed $20 million severance package to AA executive Tom Horton.
The approval is an important milestone for American, which filed for Chapter 11 in November 2011 after having long resisted using the bankruptcy process to cut labor and other costs. The merger still needs approval from Department of Justice antitrust regulators and US Airways shareholders. It is expected to close by the fall.
Lane hinted early in the afternoon that he was not in favor of the severance package that he later said would "muddy the water" and "add multiple layers of additional review." For now, the judge declined to approve the package and said the timing of it seemed to violate prohibitions in the bankruptcy law.
The latest news from around North Texas.
Lane said he would provide a written explanation of his decision, in greater detail, as soon as possible.
Earlier in the day, attorneys seemed surprised by the judge's opposition and at least one said if the judge rejects any part of the deal, the entire merger could be off.
Lane said he supported the merger in general but suggested the bonus plan for Horton, who has agreed to step down within a year of the completed merger, and other top employees, violates bankruptcy law and instead should be part of the airline's reorganization plan to be submitted later.
"I'm not trying to pile onto Mr. Horton, but it's an intellectual issue," Lane said. "If I pass it now, the argument is it's a done deal."
Lane didn't object to the actual severance payment but agreed with the trustee that the timing of it seemed to violate prohibitions in the bankruptcy law.
"I am bound by the way Congress drafted the statute," Lane said, adding that he was worried about setting a bad precedent that lawyers in future cases will try to capitalize upon. "There are many, many smart lawyers out there," Lane added. "It's not hard to imagine."
An attorney for the debtors, Stephen Karotkin, argued in favor of the severance and said the payments would come later from the assets of the combined airline -- not from the bankrupt company today.
"You can't cherrypick this agreement," Karotkin told the judge in a heated discussion. "You can either approve it or not."
Jack Butler, an attorney for creditors, also argued the severance plan should be approved.
"It is highly unfortunate the payments to Mr. Horton are being deemed or put in a bucket and called 'severance,'" Butler said. "They're actually much more than that."
"Severance is a part of it," Butler said. "It's not the majority of it."
The U.S. trustee, which represents the interests of taxpayers, had filed an objection to the severance payment.
Susan Golden, an attorney for the U.S. Trustee, argued bankruptcy laws prohibit giving such severance payments.
The law was written, Golden said, "to prohibit the enrichment of top-level executives over the interests of the other constituencies, particularly their employees."
Earlier, Karotkin said a merger has "overwhelming support."
"Today at this hearing is a watershed event," Karotkin said. "The business reasons for the merger are compelling."
He also noted that nobody involved in the bankruptcy has objected to the payment.
The combined airline would be based in Fort Worth and will have 6,700 daily flights and annual revenue of roughly $40 billion. The new American Airlines will fly slightly more passengers than United, the current No. 1. It will be run by Doug Parker, the CEO of US Airways Group Inc., who began pursuing a merger shortly after American entered bankruptcy protection.
Separately, Lane approved a motion to extend American's exclusive period for filing a reorganization plan until May 29, the last such extension allowed under law. There is then a 60-day waiting period for creditors to object to the plan before Lane can sign off on American's emergency from bankruptcy protection.
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Quote from: Aeolus on April 23, 2012, 12:36:26 PMAny Metroidvania worth its weight should do you.Oh, a very good idea! I've played a number of Metroid games over the years, but not all of them. I shall go hunting!
Any Metroidvania worth its weight should do you.
It is very much bad anime: the movie: the director's cut: the game-like?. Skip like the plague.
* Omikron: The Nomad Soul (I am the only person that liked this).
Mesh, I freaking love you. That is an amazing list.I've played everything on your 'Exploration-themed gameplay' part of the list, but all the rest (aside from Vampire the Masquerade, Treasure Adventure Game and Gothic), I haven't played. Most I hadn't even heard of. Some of them look amazing.Going to go find somewhere I can get Might and Magic VI, Ultimate Underworld, Realms of Haunting, and that weird Finnish indie game. They stood out for me above the rest.Thanks!
I intend to load the PDFs on a tablet and try sometime though.
Many modern Action-Adventure games focus on exploration in a decent way. It's just infortunate that RPGs fell off the wagon there for a while.
But now with the popularity of Xenoblade and FFXIII-2, it seems that developers are starting to get a clue again. Maybe we'll even see the return of the world map (shock!)


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Hi All,
Just wondering how you would explain the differences between "big" and "great" ?!
Im thinking : Big is more so for the physical - That is a big building.
whereas great is more so used in a less literal sense - The Opera House is a great building ( in that it is impressive )...
What are your thoughts?
If I were you, I'd check out their meanings, first. The adjective great has more than 10 meanings (click here). It can even co-occur with big; e.g., It's a great big building, meaning it's larger in size than the other big buildings around it.


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During the Attitude Era, there was one tag team that stood above the rest. One team that had more charisma than all the other teams put together. One tag team that could get 15,000 fans a night to loudly yell "S*CK IT!" Comprised of two midcarders, the New Age Outlaws went on to become a hot drawing act and one of the key soldiers in the war between WWE and WCW. Now, for the first time ever, both members of the New Age Outlaws Bad Ass Billy Gunn and the Road Dogg sat down for a remarkable shoot interview that covers one of the most exciting periods in wrestling history.
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Hilariously entertaining, both Gunn and Road Dogg go above and beyond when it comes to being a great interview as this shoot has one great story after another! You'll hear about Owen Hart, Shawn Michaels, Sean Waltman, Steve Austin, the Rock, Stephanie McMahon, Vince McMahon, Jeff Jarrett, Vince Russo and all the big shows that the Outlaws were a part of! This DVD is now available in the New Release section.


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Friday, April 22, 2011
A Cardinal Grand Cross Summer Solstice and Triple Eclipse Season: Here We Go Again
Flooding in southeastern Saskatchewan.
- Gemini New Moon: June 1, 2011 at 4:03 p.m. Central, partial solar eclipse at 11 degrees
- Sagittarius Full Moon: June 15, 2011 at 3:14 p.m., total lunar eclipse at 24 degrees
- Cancer New Moon: July 1, 2011 at 3:54 a.m., partial solar eclipse at 9 degrees
Cardinal Grand Cross Summer 2011
We're heading into very similar astro conditions as last spring/summer with a Cardinal Grand Cross forming by the June 21 Summer Solstice and the entry of the Sun into Cancer.
It feels like deja vu. Or rather it feels as if we never left the conditions of the Summer of 2010. Ontario, Canada was turned into a "you aren't in Canada right now" official police state as it hosted the G8 and G20 meetings last summer for the initial ingress of Uranus into Aries. The tone and agenda were set at that time for the series of Uranus in Aries - Pluto in Capricorn squares running through 2015.
Currently, we have widespread flooding in the Canadian prairie provinces, just like last spring. Roads are closed and washed out. Homes are flooded. I don't remember my home area ever flooding, and now it has been under water two years in a row. Many farmers were unable to seed crops last year due to excessive moisture, and the same problem two years in a row is devastating. Many farmers who were able to plant last year saw their crops drowned out later. In addition to the obvious hit to food production and farmers' incomes, there were many offshoot problems, including honeybees starving to death because there were no flowers to sustain themselves with. Honeybees starving to death in addition to the mass deaths due to colony collapse disorder. Very, very unpleasant. A harbinger.
Last year on April 20, the Deepwater Horizon exploded, leading to the ongoing nightmare of oil, Corexit and synthetic oil-eating micro-organims that has laid waste to the ecosystem of the Gulf of Mexico and caused tens of thousands (more?) of people to become sick. Some are dead. People are dying of bacterial infections down there or just dropping dead with no satisfactory cause. Many have flesh-dissolving rashes. Respiratory problems. Pain. Nausea. Diarrhea. Tremors. Exhaustion. Their organs are compromised. Cleanup workers are going blind from exposure to the toxins. Three-year-old children have chemical toxicity and kidney stones. People have been poisoned and infiltrated with organisms the human body has never experienced before.
Peoples lives, livelihoods, ways of life have been wiped out. Florida Oil Spill Law remains the best site for ongoing coverage of the Gulf.
But the world media has moved on.
Time has become compressed as we're psychologically and physically rocked by multi-layered global crisis events being set off like dominoes. Does it really feel as if an entire year has passed since the Gulf disaster? As the fabric of our energetic existence on this planet is screwed with by those who erroneously believe they hold dominion over God, things have gotten very, very bizarre.
This April, we have another (in my mind pre-planned) End Times scenario going on with the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. The earthquake/tsunami/nuclear crises were triggered just as Uranus slid out of Pisces and into Aries, moving into cardinal square formation with Pluto in Capricorn. Uranium square plutonium. The latest news I've seen on timeline indicates a best case scenario of nine months until they can contain the radioactive emissions. Food, milk and water are now contaminated with radioactivity. It's hard to say how far it will reach, but my guess is, after nine months or more of continued spewing radioactivity, there won't be many areas on this globe completely spared. The Northern hemisphere will be widely affected, at the very least.
We can expect the Summer of 2011 to be a continuation on the theme - another tension-filled and unpredictable summer with many things coming unglued both personally and on the world stage. The mind-boggling shitstorms we're dealing with on this planet continue to sink in at the same time as new ones are unleashed.
The ballgame continues to shift. The cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn) relate to the points in the year when the seasons change. We're in the midst of a period of time (2010-2015 most intensively) when all four seasons change at once - and then again, and again, and again. This hasn't really let up from last summer's cardinal action, and it increases stress levels. The next steps on the global agenda are unfolding, and people are striving to find survival territory - both physical and soul-level - in their own lives.
As upheaval-weary as the human population is at this point, we've only just begun. New directions are being forced on multiple fronts with new community leaders coming to the forefront out of sheer necessity as the global agenda steamrolls ahead.
Mercury will enter Cancer June 16 and kick off a two-month Cardinal Grand Cross. This is two oppositions forming four squares among the initiatory, leadership-oriented cardinal signs. It is kept strong as Mercury, the Sun, Venus and then Mars in Cancer trigger the Cardinal Grand Cross configuration into late August opposite Pluto in Capricorn with Uranus in Aries opposite Saturn in Libra. Saturn in Libra stations direct June 12 at 10 degrees.
Squares (90 degrees) and oppositions (180 degrees) are considered challenging aspects requiring a great deal of energy, focus and dedication to successfully navigate. In the cardinal signs, these aspects are forcing us to make our moves under tense and pressure-filled conditions. Let's be clear: we're taking the directions that are being spurred and stepping into newly opened leadership positions with humanity under various levels of duress. Anyone who doesn't acknowledge this fact is not fully aware of the situation on this planet.
This summer, things are even tighter than last. There is even less room for error or for denial. Last summer, the configuration was actually a cardinal t-square with the fourth leg of Saturn in late Virgo making it an energetic Grand Cross. It was a Grand Cross by orb (degree), but it was not a Cardinal Grand Cross because Saturn was in a mutable sign.
This summer, Saturn's in Libra, and we've got the full-on real deal.
In addition, Uranus will be highly potent, pulling into a retrograde station July 9at 4 degrees Aries. As it stations, Uranus will be within a degree of its first exact square to Pluto in Capricorn at 5 degrees Capricorn within the Cardinal Grand Cross formation. This is some lightning-hot intensity ahead of the first exact Uranus-Pluto square June 23, 2012. Next spring/summer, Saturn will be in late Libra, out of orb of the Cardinal Grand Cross.
If people were able to resist or deny the grand-scale movements and global upheaval initiated (and forced) during the cardinal t-square summer of 2010, that will change this summer, the Cardinal Grand Cross summer of 2011.
Sagittarius North Node: Our Real History Isn't in the History Books
With the North Node transiting Sagittarius, there will be renewed optimism and expansion in our lives betwixt and between the horror. It's when we're pushed to our breaking points and beyond that the power of our inherent wisdom, passed along through generations enduring historical horror after historical horror, proves its real mettle. Here, we draw strength from the real history on this planet - our history, the people's history. The grace and wisdom we've gleaned through our cultural heritage moves through us, lives in us, guiding us and connecting us across cultural lines, hand-to-hand, heart-to-heart. This is the truth of the human condition on this planet - for those who know and live it.
The versions of truth being portrayed on this planet - even the supposed alternative versions - are not even close to the real story. The magic we hold has never been captured by their history books. What we know could never be contained there.
What the history-keepers (predominantly men) of the world think matters is not what I think matters. My version of an important historical event or trend, what's important to me personally, wouldn't be big or sexy or monied or deadly enough to enter their record books.
There are those who think they have the story all wrapped up. We know differently.
The women of the world have the missing half of the puzzle inside them.
As Jupiter enters Taurus June 4 and becomes the dispositor of the North Node, we draw on the wisdom of simplicity, goodness in basics, groundedness, reserve, and one of the most important aspects of humanity's continuation on Planet Earth - endurance. Like the bull, we persevere. We dig in. And we really don't get too excited about much of anything - even a two-month Cardinal Grand Cross within triple eclipse season.
Triple Eclipse Season
The Cardinal Grand Cross at the northern hemisphere's Summer Solstice this June is sandwiched in a triple eclipse season, which includes a total lunar eclipse at 24 degrees Sagittarius conjunct the North Node.
We're not going to be able to hold standard positions in the same old fort this summer. Everything is on the move. The cardinal points are triggered all at once, and there's no damming ourselves up against the force of what needs to move. Things are not as they were, and we come to understand more fully what that means.
Eclipses usually produce a between-spaces, unglued energy, resulting in big emotional back-drop changes and sometimes involving shattering events. The timing of global socio-political events is often tied to these points. Eclipses happen every six or so months and are basically New and Full Moons that involve a more exact alignment than usual of the Sun, Earth and Moon and are considered more potent than standard New and Full Moons because of it. There are usually two - a Full Moon eclipse and a New Moon eclipse - though three is not all that rare. The last triple eclipse season we had was July/August 2009.
From June 21, 2009: Two New Moons in Cancer and Eclipse Season, All Wrapped Up in a Plutonic Bow
This summer we have three eclipses (Gemini New Moon, Sagittarius Full Moon, Cancer New Moon) in combination with the two-month Cardinal Grand Cross, shaking our foundations and spurring movement that much more.
The Gemini New Moon partial solar eclipse June 1 happens trine stationing Saturn in Libra. With the South Node also in Gemini, the era of much too much information, constant contact, milli-second attention spans and instantaneous, multi-front communication is coming to a close. Though now a part of many lives to some degree, social networking has reached its peak. The fevered pitch has broken, and the din dulls now to a manageable hum. Society starts to wean itself from its constant connection addiction, moving into the Sagittarius North Node of direct experience in the world, real, meaningful conversation, and the type of guiding wisdom and intuition that doesn't really have to say a word.
We started into electromagnetic detox and a detox of the mental environment as the North Node entered Sagittarius March 3. This New Moon eclipse influenced by the South Node steps it up a few notches, moving us out of the social backdrop where people, en masse, are constantly, ridiculously glued to internet/cable/cell/Blackberry/Facebook/Twitter/iPod, etc. The high adrenalin communication junkie vibe becomes passe. The collection of as many friends and feeds and sites and followers and perspectives as is humanly possible goes on the wane.
With a trine to Saturn in Libra, the communication channels we do receive necessarily become streamlined - quality over quantity. We'll be looking for more substantial information and connection over entertaining fluff. More serious, adult fare than the perpetually high school-ish chitter chatter that has become omnipresent over the last decade. The stylish, stylish yet unsatisfyingly superficial perspectives being churned out and sold on internet, in magazines and on television will no longer be cutting the mustard. It will become harder to propagandize and put one over on an increasingly media and politics-savvy public with the North Node carving out a track in Sagittarius. The same old ploys and diversions no longer work - though there are some big blind spots and pitfalls associated. I've been writing about this theme for a while, but things should shift dramatically after this eclipse.
The Full Moon total lunar eclipse June 15 happens at 24 degrees Sagittarius conjunct the Sagittarius North Node. This is another strongly symbolic time for the unfolding of current overseas war agendas. Following the guidance of our inherent wisdom, especially the old school wisdom of female kin, keeps us on track during a time when, with the Sun conjunct Mercury in Gemini conjunct the South Node, the propaganda will be flying fast and furious, spurring the next chapter of "war on foreign terrorists." We have to listen beyond the words to hear the truth. Expect directional and philosophical shifts both personally and globally as the grand-scale global power shift and shuffling of the cast of characters continues.
The New Moon partial solar eclipse July 1 at 9 degrees Cancer happens just one degree off the "Haiti Earthquake" Full Moon partial lunar eclipse (10 degrees Cancer) on December 31, 2009. This is one of those prime symbolic times, so seismic activity would not be a surprise. Don't blame Mother Nature if it should occur.
The New Moon Cancer eclipse happens on Cancer Sun nation Canada's birthday - July 1, and we can expect this nation to rise to new prominence in the furthering of the current global agenda. Its merger with the Cancer Sun nation to the south is a done deal, and it is acting as an arm of the U.S. miltary in Afghanistan and Libya. This includes the escalation of Canada's role in the attacks against Libya with Canadian General Charles Bouchard being appointed head of the NATO campaign. Four hundred thirty five Canadian personnel are currently involved. Canada still has a sort of benign, "peacekeeper" image on the world stage, but my guess is that will hold out about as long as Obama's Hope Train did.
The Cancer New Moon eclipse happens three days prior to the birthday of the Cancer Sun nation to the south (Independence Day), and this is a nation whose fundamental understanding of itself is in the process of shattering. The United States' ego (Sun) has taken multiple hits - though it's still running on bravado in a lot of cases. Like those CEOs who saw that the jig was up but kept flying around making bad deals on the private jet. A new global role for the United States continues to emerge as the financial string-pullers shuffle the deck. The U.S. economy is still being artificially propped up. It's running on fumes, postponing the full brunt of the 2008 orchestrated economic collapse that began as Pluto entered Capricorn.
The Summer of 2010 also involved eclipses along the Cancer/Capricorn polarity - the third of three sets of eclipses on that polarity. From those eclipses:
Post-Eclipse Emotional Backdrop Transformations and What the Crab Can No Longer Deny
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- Anonymous said...
With regard to...
"women of the world have the missing half of the puzzle inside them..."
Indeed they do, and this one is tirelessly speaking out: A must see video:
- April 23, 2011 at 12:29 AM
- Anonymous said...
I apologize that the above U Tube link does not work, apparently You Tube has "scrubbed" or censored it!
It was Dr. Helen Cadicott speaking in Montreal at length on the deadly danger of the "fallout" from Japan.
Her website is "still" up, and she minces no words about this huge cover-up.
Her website: www.helencaldicott.com
- April 23, 2011 at 9:00 PM
- Deb said...
Willow, hope you're OK out there with the floods. Our town becomes flooded all too often (even after delicate showers sometimes) due to our poor infrastructure and the fact that our ick-foundation is built on a marsh (I know, we're not planning on staying here forever-- we rent). Nor'Easters screw us, naturally. But I don't even want to begin to imagine the aftermath of a hurricane here thanks to all those cardboard "luxury" condos continuing to sprout up all over the place, doing away with whatever protection from storms we once had...
Sigh. Greed and corruption are ugly.
Take good care of yourself and be safe!
(And right on about shifting from shallow-talk to real-talk. I'm with you.)
- April 23, 2011 at 11:48 PM
- Willow said...
Thanks for the re-link, Anon. I saw Helen speaking about it on an FB link, and it's highly pertinent.
Deb, I'm fine where I am, but I'm worried about more massive crop failures. Honeybees starving! And then people do. :-(
- April 24, 2011 at 10:34 AM
- libramoon said...
Canada Election 2011 - Who to Vote for!
- April 24, 2011 at 8:25 PM
- freeforall said...
Thanks Willow, awesome analysis. We're in for a ride this summer! It is a concern about the floods and food. I forsee this creating a big problem that will become very evident this winter. A lot of people growing their own fruit and veggies this summer, even in containers, to supplement their household needs.
Not happy about the honeybees! Also concerned about the radiation from Japan. "...no effect on human health." Yeah, right! The Establishment thinks we're stupid, but people are waking up.
- April 24, 2011 at 10:48 PM
- nelliep said...
Libramoon: It was my understanding this blog was non-political - was I wrong?
- April 26, 2011 at 9:11 AM
- Anon and Ever said...
Yes it is an orchestrated economical crisis that continues in Europe...
All this is due to the basic mechanism at the core of the capitalistic economy, the Financial level...
- May 25, 2011 at 4:15 AM
- Anonymous said...
nelliep said...
Libramoon: It was my understanding this blog was non-political - was I wrong?
I say EVERYTHING is political!
- June 21, 2011 at 11:28 PM
- D said...
As it says at the top of the website home page: Current transits and astro-journalism, blending astrology and the socio-political scene on the planet...
great info, thanks
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Among recent enforcement actions, the SEC fined Rajat Gupta $13.9 million for illegally tipping Raj Rajaratnam with inside information.
Also, Barclays and four former traders have been assessed a combined $487.9 million in fines and penalties by the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for their role in the alleged manipulation of energy markets, and the SEC stepped in with an emergency asset freeze and charges against an unregistered money manager and his companies in Texas for engaging in an illegal foreign currency exchange trading scheme.
Gupta to Pay $13.9 Million for Illegal Tipping
The SEC announced that it has obtained a $13.9 million penalty against Rajat Gupta, who, as a former Goldman Sachs board member, illegally passed inside information to former hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam. The agency also said that Gupta is permanently barred from serving as an officer or director of a public company.
Gupta had passed along confidential information about Berkshire Hathaway's $5 billion investment in Goldman Sachs, as well as nonpublic details about Goldman's financial results for the second and fourth quarters of 2008, to Rajaratnam. The latter was penalized a record $92.8 million penalty for insider trading after making use of inside information.
In a parallel criminal case, Gupta was convicted in June 2012 of one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and three counts of securities fraud. He was sentenced to two years in prison followed by a year of supervised release, and also subject to a criminal fine of $5 million.
Barclays, Four Former Traders Fined in Energy Price Manipulation
FERC has announced that Barclays and four former traders must pay fines and penalties of a total of $487.9 million after they allegedly manipulated energy markets in the western U.S. from November 2006 to December 2008. The traders made transactions in fixed-price products, often at a loss, according to the agency, so that they could move an index to benefit the bank's other bets on swaps.
Barclays is to pay $435 million in penalties; Scott Connelly, former head of its North American power-trading desk, must pay $15 million, and former Barclays traders Daniel Brin, Karen Levine and Ryan Smith have each been fined $1 million. The $453 million in civil penalties must be paid to the U.S. Treasury within 30 days, according to the order from FERC, and the bank must also fork out $34.9 million in profits, to be distributed to programs that help low-income homeowners pay energy bills in California, Arizona, Oregon and Washington. The Barclays fine is higher than the 290 million pounds ($438 million) it was assessed for its role in manipulating the London interbank offered rate (LIBOR). Barclays plans to contest the fine, with Barclays spokesman Marc Hazelton saying in a statement, "We believe that our trading was legitimate and in compliance with applicable law. We intend to vigorously defend this matter."
Hazelton added that the bank regards the fine as without basis, and the FERC order to be a "one-sided document, and does not reflect a balanced and full description of the facts or the applicable legal standard."
The agency, on the other hand, described the evidence as "demonstrate[ing] that the intentional amassing of the positions and trading to influence price were not based on normal supply and demand fundamentals, but rather on the intent to effect a scheme to manipulate the physical markets in order to benefit the financial swaps."
Connelly has said that the size of the penalty poses a hardship to his personal financial situation, but the agency said that it, "while severe, is well short of what the statute allows," and said that his participation in the "serious scheme to manipulate the nation's wholesale power markets warrants the imposition of significant penalties."
SEC Freezes Assets of Unregistered Money Manager in Forex Scheme
The SEC has obtained an emergency asset freeze order against Kevin White, an unregistered money manager, and his companies KGW Capital, Revelation Forex, and RFF, which is the general partner of Revelation Forex, in Plano, Texas, and has charged them with defrauding investors in a foreign currency exchange trading scheme.
According to the agency, White and his companies used websites, press releases and presentations to prospective investors that represented Revelation Forex as a $1 billion hedge fund with a sophisticated low-risk forex trading strategy that had achieved total returns of more than 393% since its January 2009 inception, and had earned a compound annual rate of return of more than 36%.
Instead, the fund actually got no investor funds, and did not begin to engage in forex trading, until September of 2011. Since then, it has incurred realized trading losses of more than $550,000 plus approximately $1.4 million in unrealized losses through May 31.
Meanwhile, White, who also misrepresented his own background and experience, raised more than $7.1 million from investors on the basis of his marketing materials, and has used more than $1.7 million of investor money to pay personal expenses, finance expensive trips, and fund other unrelated and undisclosed businesses and investments.
White's claims of a "25-year Wall Street career" were false, as were his claims about his education. In reality, he actually spent only six years as a licensed securities professional in Houston before being barred by the New York Stock Exchange two decades ago.
The SEC has named two of White's companies, a propane business and a business called KGW Real Estate, as relief defendants to seek disgorgement of investor funds. The agency is seeking disgorgement of ill-gotten gains with prejudgment interest and financial penalties, as well as preliminary and permanent injunctions.
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Initiative Petitions Up for Debate in Mo.
JEFFERSON CITY- Several initiative petitions have been approved by the secretary of state for circulation in Missouri. This is the first step in becoming an official ballot issue in November of 2014.
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The secretary of state approved a petition initiative Wednesday that would repeal the nonpartisan court plan in the Missouri Supreme Court and Appeals Courts that was passed last November.
If the plan is repealed, judges will be elected in partisan elections, with political parties nominating candidates prior to the election.
The initiative would also reduce the terms for Supreme Court and Appellate Court judges from 12 years to nine years.
Another initiative which was approved for circulation in January by former Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, would raise the state's minimum wage from $7.35 per hour to anywhere from $8.40 to $9.25 per hour.
If approved, the initiative could increase state income and sales tax revenue by an estimated $34.6 million per year.
Columbia employees say the hike in minimum wage is necessary to maintain the standard of living in Missouri.
"I think it's important for Missouri to raise the minimum wage because there's a lot of families that simply can't live off of this minimum wage," said Sparky's Ice Cream employee Delia Rainey. "It's unrealistic and people who work food service jobs work really hard and are deserving of more than just that."
The Living Wage Calculator, put together by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), lists the living wage for Boone County at $7.65, 30 cents above the current wage.
Once the petitons are approved, the petitioner circulates it around the state, where any registered voter can sign.
From there, the petitioner will deliver it to the secretary of state, no less than six months before the election. The secretary of state sends it to the attorney general to review the legal content of the petition and write the petition language.
The secretary then delivers the petitions to local election authorities to verify the signatures of those in favor of the petition.
Finally, the secretary of state will determine if the petition has enough valid signatures. If he does, it is then placed on the ballot for the November 4, 2014 election.
The deadline to submit petitions to the secretary of state is May 4, 2014.


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By Tylar Greene
Harriet Tubman spent her childhood as a slave working on farms near and within what is now Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. As a young adult she was a timber laborer on the north side of the Blackwater River. She traveled throughout the refuge area to visit family. She helped with muskrat trapping, which is still a way of life on Marylands Eastern Shore.
Blackwater Refuge is celebrating the history and life of Tubman, the AfricanAmerican abolitionist and humanitarian who escaped slavery at age 27 and whose heroic actions helped at least 70 other slaves reach freedom via the Underground Railroad.
Through its vast habitats of wetlands, waterways, swamps and upland forests, the refuge is working with local, state and federal partners to commemorate the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad. In March 2013 precisely 100 years after Tubmans death ground was broken at the Maryland Park Services Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park. A few weeks later, President Obama established the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument, which encompasses some refuge land.
We see this partnership with the National Park Service, Maryland Park Service, the Harriet Tubman Organization, Dorchester County Tourism and others as a winwin opportunity, says refuge manager Suzanne Baird. The National Monument designation provides another layer of protection for refuge habitats, gives the [U.S. Fish and Wildlife] Service an opportunity to highlight the importance of these habitats to the conservation of the historic and cultural resources, and will provide an opportunity to have people visit a national wildlife refuge who may not normally come.
Now a place for migratory birds, the refuge was once part of the landscape where Tubman was born and raised. Much of the landscape has sustained the character it had during the 1800s.
The Greenbriar, Kentuck and Russell swamps and the tidal marshes at the refuge are typical of Marylands coastal plain and, while they exhibit more open water than they did 150 years ago, their essence is largely unchanged.
The mixed hardwood and pine forests have undergone constant harvest and regrowth since the European settlement, but the current woodland habitats represent the forested communities that sustained the economy during Tubmans life. The refuge manages the woodlands using silvicultural practices similar to those used in her time. The refuge also maintains much of the agricultural landscape that Tubman grew up in. But today, instead of tobacco, the major crops are corn and wheat, and mechanized equipment rather than hand labor is used.
Tubmans early experiences in the refuge area helped her develop a familiarity with and understanding of the natural landscape she drew on during her escapes.
The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park visitor center, which is scheduled to open in summer or fall 2015, will serve as a hub for visitor activities. It will be connected physically and culturally to the refuge visitor center through programming, multiuse trails and roads. The refuge visitor centers interpretive exhibits are being updated to incorporate Tubman into their storytelling. The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument is also working with partners to accommodate visitors.
It is definitely a park site in progress, and in the coming years services will be added in cooperation with Marylands planned Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park, says Cherie Butler, the superintendent of the national monument. This national monument exemplifies a new model for park units. There is cooperative management from the beginning.
So, soon visitors will be able to enjoy more than what meets the eye both ecologically and culturally at Blackwater Refuge.
Tylar Greene is a public affairs specialist in the Northeast Region office in Hadley, MA.
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Alumni Beatdown: Two 73 Year Old CFL Legends Start Duking It Out!
"Two 73-year old former CFL players, Joe Kapp (former B.C. Lions' and Minnesota Vikings quarterback, actor, Cal head coach and B.C. GM) and Angelo Mosca (former Hamilton Tiger-Cats' defensive tackle and professional wrestler) got into a fight. They exchanged cane blows, punches, bull rush moves and more at the CFL Alumni Legends Luncheon in Vancouver on Friday, Nov. 25, just two days before the Grey Cup." Posted By http://www.PersistMuzik.com
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Poland's Czajka Wastewater Treatment Works is currently being constructed on the riverbank of the Vistula River in Warsaw. After its completion, it will treat 80 percent of the Polish capital's effluents and ensure that no more untreated sewage reaches the vegetation and wildlife along the Vistula.
Current estimates show that 30 percent of effluents have been flowing directly into the Vistula River, one of the longest and most important rivers in Poland. Warsaw is close to the environmentally fragile Baltic Sea and the Carpathian Mountains, home to the largest European population of brown bears.
Very much like the United States, Europe is challenged by the effort to upgrade its infrastructure. For example, in Poland more than 1,000 wastewater treatment plants must be built or upgraded to meet European standards taking effect in 2015. Warsaw, Poland's largest city, is planning many upgrades, including a two-year project to provide added sewer capacity and decrease overflows.
The development plan includes a collector, now under construction, that leads to the plant. Because of this project's size, it has been divided into three phases. The first is 3.5 miles of pipe jacking on the east side of the Vistula. The second is a 4,600-foot jack along the west bank. These pipelines will meet in the third section, the river crossing.
Centrifugally cast fiberglass reinforced polymer mortar (CCFRPM) pipe is being used for all three phases. They are the largest CCFRPM pipes made to date. Phases one and three will use 118-inch outside diameter (OD) pipes. The river crossing has two parallel 63-inch diameter lines installed in a 15-foot diameter concrete tunnel.
The group of contractors, Hydrobudowa 9, PRG Metro and KWG (all belonging to the PBG Group) completed the first pipeline section, which includes nearly a mile of jacking with two Herrenknecht microtunneling machines. Closeness to the river causes high groundwater with the typical water table just below the surface.
The contractor made quick work of one of the project's major challenges, helped by the smooth and precise outer surface of the centrifugally cast fiberglass pipe. The original plan included a 2,800-foot section to be jacked from both ends and meet in the middle. However, because they were using CCFRPM pipe, the plan could be changed to jacking from one side only.
The separator processed 76 tons of soil per hour to keep up with the tunneling that averaged nine feet per hour. There was a cycle time of 40 to 60 minutes between pipes to allow for disassembly and reassembly of electric cables, slurry pipes, and hydraulic hoses. This allowed for an average of 10 pipes to be installed daily. The rapid production made it possible to install the first section of pipe weeks ahead of schedule.
The contractor followed the project plan even though the friction forces were so low, and installed an intermediate jacking station (IJS) every 328 feet, but only the last was used. The longest single drive involved two shifts working 24 hours per day and seven days a week. After it was completed, the intermediate stations were replaced by CCFRPM manholes and the IJS were reused elsewhere on the project.
Trenchless technology was specified for two challenges: the river crossing and because the pipeline route runs beneath a six-lane road. This is where a single drive of nearly 3,000 feet set a new record for the longest single drive on the project. Several impressive jacking runs included in the project set a global record for the longest fiberglass pipe jacking installation of 118-inch pipe.
Labor savings made it possible to use the CCFRPM pipe, which was not the low priced pipe for the project. For example, soil extraction was reduced by 30 percent because of the high strength, thin-walled product that has a smaller OD for the same inner diameter. Lighter construction equipment was required and its smaller size was a better fit for the tight space. Fast assembly, long service life, and low maintenance requirements were all part of the cost analysis.


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Labor of Love
By Dave Arnold
I don't know of any school employee who doesn't love children. This heartfelt emotion is not a government standard or requirement for work at a school district. It is simply a bonus to students and parents that most educators bring to school every day.
For example, a fourth grade teacher at my elementary school in Brownstown, Illinois, is a treasure. She was described in our local newspaper, The Vandalia Leader Union, as having "a heart as big as all outdoors."
What Casie Bowman did for some of the school's needy students was colossal and grand and sincere.
The story began in 2012 when Casie noticed how anxious many students were as they stood in the cafeteria line. After some inquires, Casie learned that school lunch was the only hot meal that many students were enjoying on a daily basis. She dug some more and found out that many of their parents worked evenings and weekends. As is the case for many of our nation's children, Casie found out that many of them were home alone fending for themselves.
This would not do. Casie decided to approach local churches to raise money for food and snacks that students could carry home and easily prepare without safety problems. She then bought some backpacks and was able to get a local store to donate even more.
Casie received permission from school administrators and rallied teachers to help divide the food and place it in the backpacks. The "foodpacks" were aimed at students who qualified for free or reduced lunches and who received permission from their parents.
Casie's program became an instant success and started growing. But that created funding concerns. Casie then spread the word to more churches for help. Every time it looked like she was going to fall short, money miraculously came in.
It remains unproven whether the extra nutrition has made a difference in students' grades, but I can attest that the foodpacks have motivated some students to not miss school.
When one student was sick with the flu, her prime concern was that she wouldn't get her foodpack for the weekend. When Casie got word of the little girl's worries she personally delivered a backpack to the girl's residence. If that isn't showing love for a student then I certainly don't know what is.
As last summer approached, Casie once again showed that her love for children doesn't end at the school doors. She spoke with local churches and got one of them to deliver foodpacks to the students' homes each week during summer.
I'm certain most schools have teachers and education support professionals (ESPs) as loving and caring as Casie Bowman. That is why America's schools are so successful. Our educators care about the whole child, their physical and emotional as well as academic needs. We educate the whole person.
Creating foodpacks is not in Casie's job description. Rules and regulations is not what motivates her and the countless others working in out nation's schools. It is the children. We want them to succeed in whatever life's path they choose after graduation. Fortunately, educators like Casie are on the job to help insure that they do.
(Dave Arnold, a member of the Illinois Education Association, is a custodian at Brownstown Elementary School in southern Illinois. He can be contacted at email@example.com.)
The views expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NEA or its affiliates.
Dave's View has been discontinued following the retirement of its author, Dave Arnold. Even though new columns will not be posted, we encourage you to review past columns.


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Let's perform a little thought experiment: you're a mad scientist, and have developed a lightning-powered system to re-animate dead car brands. They all said you were crazy at the institute, but you'll show them! So, which dead car brand are you going to send your hunchback'd assistant to dig up?
There's a whole bunch to choose from here: Pontiac, Saab, Humber, Sunbeam, Wanderer, Saturn, Diamler, Stutz, Studebaker, Rambler — we could go on and on. Try and think about which ones could actually still be viable. For example, I suspect that Saab would have a much better shot coming back to the US than, say, Mercer, because one people generally remember fairly well, and the other has a good reputation among the residents of graveyards.
So! Who's it going to be?


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HTC One Price and Availability Details Leak Out
More details on HTC's next smartphone — the rumored HTC One — are leaking out, including pricing and availability.
According to HTC Source, the new phone will be released as the HTC M7 in Europe on March 8, 2013. The site also claims that the phone will make its U.S. debut on March 22 under the HTC One moniker.
U.S. pricing for the HTC One is rumored to be $199 with a 2-year contract for a 32GB device and $299 for a 64 GB device. This is in line with the price for Apple's iPhone 5 and is comparable to other flagship smartphones. HTC Source says the phone will make its way to AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint in the U.S..
In Europe, the phone is rumored to have a price of €649.99, or $880 U.S. dollars.
The HTC One is expected to be the company's next big flaghship phone. It's rumored specs include a 5-inch 1080p display, a quad-core processor and a 13-megapixel camera.
HTC will be holding an event in New York on Tuesday. Mashable will be at the event and we'll bring you the news as we have it.
What do you think of the latest HTC One rumors? Let us know in the comments.
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Citizen's Library
Welcome to the Citizen's Library. This section of our Website is devoted to statutes, ordinances, and by-laws that particularly affect the County of Dukes County. The links below will take you to those specific items that you may wish to read or even download.
The Charter is the actual County Charter that the citizens of the County of Dukes County voted for overwhelmingly in 1992. This is the only county that has adopted the County Manager form of government authorized by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the model for this form of government can be found in M.G.L. c.34A, Sections 15, 16, 18 & 20. For a quick link, click here.
The Administrative Code is the written document that spells out in great detail how the County shall be constituted and the authority and responsibilities of each department. This was adopted in 2000.
The Personnel By-law sets forth how the County shall deal with the employees of the County, and was first adopted in 1996.


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New England scores seven ARPA-E awards
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September 29, 2011
The U.S. Department of Energy revealed 60 new research projects in 25 states today as recipients of $156 million in Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) funding. Of those 60, seven stem from universities and organizations in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
The ARPA-E project recipients all focus on developing clean technology and advancing alternative energy in the U.S.
To date, ARPA-E has accounted for $521.7 million in funding awards to 180 projects in 12 program areas. Today's announcement of the new projects also includes the addition of five new program areas:
- PETRO (Plants Engineered to Replace Oil), accounting for $36 million
- REACT (Rare Earth Alternatives in Critical Technologies), making up $31.6 million
- HEATS (High Energy Advanced Thermal Storage), taking $37.3 million
- GENI (Green Electricity Network Integration), making up $36.4 million
- Solar ADEPT (Solar Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology)
accounting for $14.7 million of the total ARPA-E awards this year.
The New England recipients of ARPA-E funding include:
Under the REACT program
• Dartmouth, Hanover, N.H. – $397.433, for the development of bulk nanocrystalline manganese-aluminum alloys with improved magnetic properties [Ian Baker].


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16 great indie developers have banded together to take a large piece of the show floor and overwhelm you with 20 games (including Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack and Guacamelee!).
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