Looking for names for the first two reels, the third tune is Millbrae but I can't seem to find the others. …From an RTÉ broadcast during 2018 Willy Week.
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# Posted by CreadurMawnOrganig 4 months ago .
I agree with CMO's identification above, and I thought I had sent an almost identical post here last night from my mobile phone - must have screwed it up somehow.
Thanks Creadur and Kenny! I had pegged #2 as similar to something called John Watt Henry's on Henrick Norbeck's ABC site, and this shows up as an alternative name for An Ugly Customer on thesession.org (although there is another John Watt Henry's reel and a strathspey to boot).


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Washington - James E. Rogan, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), will talk about emerging issues at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office before the San Jose Chamber of Commerce, including his plans for the agency and its restructuring. Opening remarks and introduction at 8:00 a.m. by Jim Cunneen, President and CEO of the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce. Rogan will speak at 8:15 a.m. followed by a question and answer period at 8:30 a.m.
Rogan will give remarks at the announcement of the 30th class of inventors to be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Rogan will speak about the inventors and their place in history. He will also talk about USPTO's 200 years in promoting innovation, as the agency marks its bicentennial anniversary this year.


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Ready-to-Pop Jessica Simpson Throws Baby Shower
By Gillian Mohney March 19, 2012
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Jessica Simpson prepped for the demanding role of mom by celebrating with a baby shower this weekend. According to People Magazine, the party was organized by celebrity event planner Mindy Weiss and attended by famous moms such as Jessica Alba and Simpson's sister, Ashlee Simpson.
Donning a flowing blue dress for the occasion and sky-high platforms, Simpson was described by one eyewitness as "looking very pretty and happy." A Simpson pal told People Magazine she is "so excited to be a mom. She can't wait to meet her baby girl."
This month the 31-year-old singer and judge on "The Fashion Star" revealed to Elle Magazine that she's worried about how much her daughter will take after her fiancé, Eric Johnson.
"I swear, I will croak if she asks me for a pair of Nikes instead of Christian Louboutins," she told Elle. "Eric is so athletic. We're going to have this athletic girl and I won't even be able to take her shopping."
While Simpson and Johnson have remained mum on the baby's name, InTouch reported last week that the pair had decided on the name Maxwell or "Maxi" for short. According to the magazine, Maxwell is Eric's middle name, and his grandmother's maiden name.

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Mathias Lykke Hansen (born June 22, 1984) is a Danish former professional football player.

External links
Vejle Boldklub profile
Danish national team profile

Living people
1984 births
Danish men's footballers
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A new study released from AllAreaCodes.com, says that Virginia is the 8th most targeted state for phone scams during tax season.
With 2,148 Federal Trade Commission complaints per 100,000 people, scam callers are hitting up Virginian's phone-lines more than many know.
The study dove even deeper and found that Fairfax County (Centreville) was the No. 1 most targeted county in America!
The top ten states on the list were: Nevada, Colorado, D.C., Arizona, Oregon, New Jersey, Connecticut, Virginia, Maryland and Florida.
Phone scams increase by 20% in March and April as compared to January so consumers should be on alert, according to an analysis of the report.
The IRS never calls to demand immediate payments, will not ask for credit or debit card numbers over the phone, and will not threaten with the police or lawsuits.
If any call you receive is a scam, the IRS urges those people to call them directly at (800)-829-1040.
Virginia ranks 49th with some of the lowest break-ins of any state in U.S.


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Observers may spend days, weeks, or months aboard commercial fishing and receiving vessels. The work is intense, and conditions can be uncomfortable. Preparing observers for safe deployments requires an active partnership among NOAA Fisheries (including our Office of Law Enforcement and General Counsel), observers, observer provider companies, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the fishing industry.
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I'm not sure if I've ever mentioned it here before, but I have a deep love of India. I studied there and have worked there, and the country never ceases to dazzle the senses with its vibrant culture and color at every turn.
I love the cuisine, too. Especially the spices. And of course one of the most notable spices in Indian cuisine is turmeric. Turmeric is one of the central ingredients in curry. And it has also become well known for its many health benefits. These benefits are typically traced back to curcumin, which is the active ingredient of turmeric (and gives curry its characteristically yellow color).
I've written quite a few RHCs about this wonderful spice, which is fast becoming one of my desert-island supplements — and here's just one more reason why: A recent study showed that curcumin extract can help treat symptoms of major depression. And another study found curcumin extract worked as well as Prozac.
The problem with curcumin pills is that the bioavailability can be low. So while I do recommend curcumin supplements, I also recommend cooking with turmeric (powder and the essential oil you get from the spice make for better absorption). There's a company that is currently working on patenting a branded curcumin ingredient with better bioavailabilty, but it's not available to the public yet. When it is—and when I review the science behind it—I'll get back to you.
In the meantime, what I can tell you now is that the medicinal value of curcumin (and turmeric) is tremendous. Which is why it's been used in traditional Indian Ayurvedic medicine for thousands of years. And in the past several years, over 7,000 studies have been performed on this spice, with overwhelmingly positive results.
And this latest research on depression is just one of the benefits research has uncovered.
This new study found that curcumin extract worked quite well across the board in terms of alleviating symptoms of depression (including anxiety). But it also seemed to work well in "atypical depression," which regular antidepressants generally don't do a great job treating.
The researchers think curcumin worked for this form of depression because it's associated with inflammation in the brain. And alleviating inflammation is one of the hallmark benefits of turmeric and curcumin.
These studies used 500 mg of curcumin twice per day in supplement form. But don't forget to stock your pantry with turmeric too. You can find it in most grocery stores, but I recommend checking gourmet shops or specialty spice stores for the best quality.
I've talked many times before about the benefits of getting plenty of quality sleep. And now there's another one to add to the list: Getting more sleep reduces junk food cravings.
A recent study, published in this month's issue of the journal Appetite found that when sleep-deprived, overweight adults got an average of 96 (now that's specific…) extra minutes of sleep a night, it reduced their cravings for sweet and salty junk food by 62 percent. And their overall appetite decreased by 14 percent.
I've written about this before: Being awake when you should be sleeping comes at a serious metabolic cost. It takes more energy just to stay awake. And many times, people compensate for this by, you guessed it—eating.
Yes, losing weight is harder for some people than for others. Some people have inherited a genetic tendency to gain weight easily. I have the obesity gene myself, and grew up as an overweight child — so I know of which I speak.
But you can beat this genetic tendency with good diet and exercise habits, and other things that are entirely under your control. Like getting enough sleep.


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## Core concepts

- **Breakpoints are the building blocks of responsive design.** Use them to control when your layout can be adapted at a particular viewport or device size.

- **Use media queries to architect your CSS by breakpoint.** Media queries are a feature of CSS that allow you to conditionally apply styles based on a set of browser and operating system parameters. We most commonly use `min-width` in our media queries.

- **Mobile first, responsive design is the goal.** Bootstrap's CSS aims to apply the bare minimum of styles to make a layout work at the smallest breakpoint, and then layers on styles to adjust that design for larger devices. This optimizes your CSS, improves rendering time, and provides a great experience for your visitors.

## Available breakpoints

Bootstrap includes six default breakpoints, sometimes referred to as _grid tiers_, for building responsively. These breakpoints can be customized if you're using our source Sass files.

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Each breakpoint size was chosen to be a multiple of 12 and to be representative of a subset of common device sizes and viewport dimensions. They don't specifically target every use case or device, but the provide ranges provide a strong and consistent foundation to build on for any nearly device.

These breakpoints are customizable via Sass—you'll find them in a Sass map in our `_variables.scss` stylesheet.

{{< scss-docs name="grid-breakpoints" file="scss/_variables.scss" >}}

For more information and examples on how to modify our Sass maps and variables, please refer to [the Sass section of the Grid documentation]({{< docsref "/layout/grid#sass" >}}).

## Media queries

Since Bootstrap is developed to be mobile first, we use a handful of [media queries](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Media_Queries/Using_media_queries) to create sensible breakpoints for our layouts and interfaces. These breakpoints are mostly based on minimum viewport widths and allow us to scale up elements as the viewport changes.

### Min-width

Bootstrap primarily uses the following media query ranges—or breakpoints—in our source Sass files for our layout, grid system, and components.

{{< highlight scss >}}
// Source mixins

// No media query necessary for xs breakpoint as it's effectively `@media (min-width: 0) { ... }`
@include media-breakpoint-up(sm) { ... }
@include media-breakpoint-up(md) { ... }
@include media-breakpoint-up(lg) { ... }
@include media-breakpoint-up(xl) { ... }
@include media-breakpoint-up(xxl) { ... }

// Usage

// Example: Hide starting at `min-width: 0`, and then show at the `sm` breakpoint
.custom-class {
  display: none;
}
@include media-breakpoint-up(sm) {
  .custom-class {
    display: block;
  }
}
{{< /highlight >}}

These Sass mixins translate in our compiled CSS using the values declared in our Sass variables. For example:

{{< highlight scss >}}
// X-Small devices (portrait phones, less than 576px)
// No media query for `xs` since this is the default in Bootstrap

// Small devices (landscape phones, 576px and up)
@media (min-width: 576px) { ... }

// Medium devices (tablets, 768px and up)
@media (min-width: 768px) { ... }

// Large devices (desktops, 992px and up)
@media (min-width: 992px) { ... }

// X-Large devices (large desktops, 1200px and up)
@media (min-width: 1200px) { ... }

// XX-Large devices (larger desktops, 1400px and up)
@media (min-width: 1400px) { ... }
{{< /highlight >}}

### Max-width

We occasionally use media queries that go in the other direction (the given screen size *or smaller*):

{{< highlight scss >}}
@include media-breakpoint-down(xs) { ... }
@include media-breakpoint-down(sm) { ... }
@include media-breakpoint-down(md) { ... }
@include media-breakpoint-down(lg) { ... }
@include media-breakpoint-down(xl) { ... }
// No media query necessary for xxl breakpoint as it has no upper bound on its width

// Example: Style from medium breakpoint and down
@include media-breakpoint-down(md) {
  .custom-class {
    display: block;
  }
}
{{< /highlight >}}

These mixins take those declared breakpoints, subtract `.02px` from them, and use them as our `max-width` values. For example:

{{< highlight scss >}}
// X-Small devices (portrait phones, less than 576px)
@media (max-width: 575.98px) { ... }

// Small devices (landscape phones, less than 768px)
@media (max-width: 767.98px) { ... }

// Medium devices (tablets, less than 992px)
@media (max-width: 991.98px) { ... }

// Large devices (desktops, less than 1200px)
@media (max-width: 1199.98px) { ... }

// X-Large devices (large desktops, less than 1400px)
@media (max-width: 1399.98px) { ... }

// XX-Large devices (larger desktops)
// No media query since the xxl breakpoint has no upper bound on its width
{{< /highlight >}}

{{< callout warning >}}
{{< partial "callout-info-mediaqueries-breakpoints.md" >}}
{{< /callout >}}

### Single breakpoint

There are also media queries and mixins for targeting a single segment of screen sizes using the minimum and maximum breakpoint widths.

{{< highlight scss >}}
@include media-breakpoint-only(xs) { ... }
@include media-breakpoint-only(sm) { ... }
@include media-breakpoint-only(md) { ... }
@include media-breakpoint-only(lg) { ... }
@include media-breakpoint-only(xl) { ... }
@include media-breakpoint-only(xxl) { ... }
{{< /highlight >}}

Similarly, media queries may span multiple breakpoint widths:

{{< highlight scss >}}
// Example
// Apply styles starting from medium devices and up to extra large devices
@media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1199.98px) { ... }
{{< /highlight >}}

### Between breakpoints

The Sass mixin for targeting the same screen size range would be:

{{< highlight scss >}}
@include media-breakpoint-between(md, xl) { ... }
{{< /highlight >}}


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CARLSBAD, Calif.--March 17, 2006--Patriot Scientific Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: PTSC - News), an intellectual property licensing company, today announced that the U.S. District Court of Northern California has stayed the declaratory judgment actions recently filed in that court against the TPL Group, a global intellectual property management company, and Patriot Scientific, et al, by major Japanese manufacturers. Further proceedings in the California actions were stayed pending outcome of TPL's earlier-filed action against those same companies in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Texas. This clears the way for the Texas court -- sometimes referred to as the "rocket docket" for its expeditious rulings in patent infringement cases -- to now take the lead in judging TPL's broad-based intellectual property claims for infringement of three of the 10 patents in the Moore Microprocessor Patent(TM) (MMP) Portfolio that is jointly owned by the TPL Group and Patriot Scientific.
"This ruling puts a halt to procedural maneuvering by the Matsushita, Panasonic, JVC, Toshiba, and NEC entities," said Dan Leckrone, chairman of the TPL Group. Leckrone noted that the Fujitsu entities -- who were also defendants in the Texas action -- have recently purchased a license under the MMP Portfolio, and have been dismissed from the Texas and California actions.
The validity of TPL's views regarding the scope of the MMP Portfolio has gained substantial momentum since marquee chip makers Intel and AMD purchased MMP licenses last year. Since the beginning of 2006, Hewlett-Packard, Casio Computer and Fujitsu have purchased MMP system licenses. TPL believes that the intellectual property protected by the MMP Portfolio is used in a wide variety of end-user products including personal computers, servers, workstations, home theater systems, digital TVs, video games, DVD Recorders/Players, mobile handsets and automotive electronics.
"The TPL Group continues to have our complete confidence as they proceed with their highly effective, exclusive management of our valuable jointly owned patent portfolio," stated David Pohl, chairman and CEO of Patriot Scientific.
The patent portfolio, marketed as the Moore Microprocessor Patent(TM) Portfolio, contains intellectual property that is jointly owned by publicly held Patriot Scientific Corporation and the privately held TPL Group. The portfolio encompasses seven U.S. patents as well as their European and Japanese counterparts. Both TPL and Patriot assert that their jointly owned patents protect techniques used in designing microprocessors, microcontrollers, Digital Signal Processor (DSPs), embedded processors and System-on-Chip (SoC) implementations. The MMP Portfolio is exclusively managed by Alliacense, a TPL Group enterprise.
Patriot Scientific (PTSC.OB) has emerged as an effective and dynamic intellectual property licensing Company, developing and marketing innovative and proprietary semiconductor technologies. The company's portfolio of proprietary designs encompasses fundamental microprocessor technology, as well as pending patents designed to protect Patriot's proprietary technology. Detailed information about Patriot Scientific can be found on the website www.ptsc.com. Copies of Patriot Scientific press releases, current price quotes, stock charts and other valuable information for investors may be found at www.hawkassociates.com and www.americanmicrocaps.com. An investment profile on Patriot Scientific may be found at www.hawkassociates.com/patriot/profile.htm.
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Morì nel 1980 in una sciagura aerea.

Carriera
Con la  ha disputato i Giochi olimpici di Helsinki 1952 e due edizioni dei Campionati europei (1951, 1955)

Note

Collegamenti esterni

Morti per incidente aereo


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The corruption of Noynoy Aquino
The numbers coming out of the news in recent weeks, about a scam supposedly pulled off by businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles, are appalling, to say the least.
She supposedly mooched ten billion pesos off the government coffers and enriched herself and her family. We're now hearing of her 22-year-old daughter having, in her name, a flat in a posh high-rise in Los Angeles, amounting to 80 million dollars. There's the ill-informed posts on Instagram flaunting her family's possessions. And that's apart from her kin holding other properties in California amounting to 400 million pesos.
And then there are the more sordid details of the scam. She supposedly set up dummy NGOs, who would approach legislators and ask them to support their projects, mostly set in rural areas, to help farmers improve their yield. The legislators - some from the Senate, some from the House of Representatives - would approve, and fund the projects from their Priority Development Assistance Fund, a portion of a legislator's budget dedicated to funding projects in their respective locales.
We call the PDAF, of course, as "pork barrel". Due to some magic - a lack of transparent liquidation, among other things - this fund has become a sort of cash cow for politicians. Overpriced projects mean funds end up in the pockets of those elected, as well as their cronies. Political dynasties spring up in part because of the "guaranteed" amount of money that they can get through the PDAF. But of course you would take advantage of it. It's in your budget, and nobody really looks into these things, and you spent so much on posters and jingles and cheap candy, so you're entitled to recoup your investment and then some, right?
The pork barrel scam is just another layer of atrocity. Once the legislators sign off the funding, the dummy NGO proceeds to take almost everything. The project never takes place. After some token operating expenses and a bunch of bribes here and there, the rest of the fund is split evenly between the legislator and Napoles, who has been portrayed as a savvy government operator with many connections and much access. This has been going on for roughly a decade, and this has not been exposed until now.
What makes this layer of atrocity much more appalling is the timing. We are halfway through Noynoy Aquino's term - a term where corruption is supposedly stamped out, a term where a cultural change happens deep within the government, where its men and women cease to work for themselves, but rather, for the country as a whole. Sure, Noynoy may not have had anything to do with the scam, but he's in office for three of the ten years this scheme has been going on. If he's really stamping corruption out, he should have at least pushed for transparency when it comes to pork barrel. Or maybe scrap it altogether. Or, well, since he loves doing these things, he should've named and shamed everybody involved during one of his speeches.
But no. There was an eerie silence on the matter in his most recent SONA. Amidst the celebration and the affirmation and the naming and the shaming, he didn't say a shred about the pork barrel scam, which was dominating the headlines (and public consciousness) at the time - and when he was expected to say something, anything, even if it's just his usual "tuwid na daan" rhetoric, he did nothing.
In the days that followed, it was his spokespeople who did the talking. When administration allies were connected to the affair - notably agriculture secretary Proceso Alcala, whose department has jurisdiction over the supposed projects the dummy NGOs are working on - they were congenial. "May paliwanag po si Secretary Alcala," Edwin Lacierda told journalists. Three days later, his deputy, Abigail Valte, dared militant lawmakers to explain why they called for the abolition of pork barrel and yet availed of them in the first place.
Noynoy only broke his silence on the matter last week. Pressed by reporters who, I assumed, didn't have much questions left about the new boat the Philippine Navy had acquired, Noynoy pretty much brushed aside all the revelations about the pork barrel scam. "I-contrast mo 'yung pinalulusot noong araw versus 'yung nakalusot ngayon," he said. "Compare mo sa fertilizer scam, gaano kalaki ang diperensiya? And 'yung fertilizer scam is the tip of the iceberg, marami pang iba."
You can say that he's right. The president that preceded him was particularly rocked with corruption scandals. Gloria Arroyo faced allegations of fraudulent elections, a bad national broadband deal, and this, a fertilizer fund scam, which alleged that Jocjoc Bolante, who worked as agriculture undersecretary, diverted over 700 million pesos in funds allocated for buying fertilizer, and sent it instead to Arroyo's 2004 campaign funds.
Arroyo, of course, took advantage of a loophole in the 1987 Constitution barring any elected president to run for a second term. But she wasn't elected to the highest office in the land - she was installed in 2001 as an uprising kicked Joseph Estrada out of power for the same reasons - so, she reasoned, she can run again in 2004, because the country needs her, and this, despite a promise that she wouldn't run for the sake of national unity. She, of course, won that election, but her victory was marred by allegations of widespread election fraud - the Hello Garci tape, her stilted delivery of "I am sorry," the melodramatic Filipino's tendency to blame the death of film actor and presidential candidate Fernando Poe Jr. to being heartbroken after his defeat.
So, yeah, perhaps that is worse. Even if 728 million pesos is spare change compared to ten billion pesos - sure, if you consider that the former was a one-time transaction and the latter was spread across ten years, you can argue the other way around - but still, even if 728 million pesos is spare change, it all went to one person, and it all was used to further that one person's ambitions and interests. Gloria did win the election, and her next six years in the top job was still marred with charges of corruption and instability.
That's precisely why we (well, you) elected Noynoy Aquino to the top job. He promised to stamp out corruption. Like everybody else, really. But he said he's the best guy for the job, thanks in no small part to his family name and some good timing. "Kung walang corrupt, walang mahirap," he said during his campaign, and now, three years later, we are supposedly reaping the rewards of his anti-corruption drive - a drive that is still beset by anomalies in several government agencies, not to mention this recent pork barrel scam.
If Noynoy is really serious about ending corruption once and for all, then he should have addressed, from day one, the biggest causes of corruption. It's not just the people elected to govern and legislate. It's human nature for people to bring in their most trusted to help them out; it just looks terrible in politics because, you know, connections mean favors, and all that. It's streamlining systems. It's trimming the fat. It's eliminating the things that tempt those in power to get more power for themselves.
And we all know how pork barrel is one of those temptations. It's always been that way. I was growing up, a kid impervious to the news (except perhaps for the graphics and the grandiose music and the whooshing sounds my television makes when a clip starts playing) and pork barrel is a hot topic. Throughout the years there have been many calls for its abolition, or its revision, or at the very least, more transparency in how it's spent. Instead, the government increased the PDAF for legislators - and, if some are to be believed, it was even used as a political tool, to reward those loyal and to punish those who dissent.
Is the lack of action on pork barrel really as easy as "corrupt politicians don't want to cut their source of money"? Could it be that pork barrel has been used as a come on for people to join politics? How do you, after all, attract the best people, those who have made a name for themselves in the private sector, for example, to go to government and work for a much smaller wage and a much larger footprint? I know I am sounding like a cynical conspiracy theorist, those "no-good" people who have nothing to do but run around and scream that we are doomed, but we are still lacking in people who serve the country just because they love the country. I myself cannot see that - and I say this objectively - I myself cannot see that in our elected leaders today, in their allies and in their opponents, no matter what their campaign slogans say.
I mean, if it really was for the love of country, then why are we still here? Why are we still asking our leaders to open up their books? Why are we still asking them to be more forthcoming with us when it comes to running the country? Why are we still dealing with scandal after scandal, with people being crucified, with people downplaying their involvement, with people saving the asses of those they hold dear, and leaving those they don't care about out to dry? Yes, politics really is about power, and power corrupts and all that, but why are we still out of the equation in everything that they do?
And after downplaying this pork barrel scam, saying it's nothing compared to another scam that happened years ago, and is still ghastly, and has grave consequences, and is still not being fully pursued in courts, why do we still trust Noynoy to be the guy who will stamp out corruption once and for all? Why, because of his family name? Because of the few, inconclusive results that we've seen? Because he says he's doing something? Because really, if he is, we shouldn't be having this discussion at this point in time. We should have been long past it. We should have seen a ruthless cull of those perceived corrupt. We should have seen the sources of corruption minimized, if not removed completely. Instead, we're seeing the guy who fashions himself as the savior of these islands dilly-dally, perhaps with a variety show or two, unfolding in the evening news, painting one side as bad and the other as good - not unlike his predecessor.
It would be convenient for me to ask for our definition of corruption to be changed. All these years we call someone corrupt if that person took money allocated for one thing and use it for another, usually personal, thing. And there's nothing wrong with that. But someone is also corrupt when he turns a blind eye on such allegations. Someone is also corrupt when he goes lengths to protect his friends who face such allegations. Someone is also corrupt when he takes any opportunity to put himself in a better position than he was before, never mind the fact that he may not be the best guy for the job. The "kami naman!" attitude we've seen time and time again.
Earlier this year, I said that Noynoy Aquino is abetting corruption with his failure to support the Freedom of Information bill, a piece of legislature that would promote greater transparency. I always thought that was me being unusually nice on the president. Now, I would like to apologize to you for using almost two thousand words so I could justify to myself why I am going one step further, that I am not doing this just because I do not trust the top guy, but because he himself has shown it, in his words and actions, in the past three years.
Noynoy Aquino is a corrupt president.
Noynoy Aquino is as corrupt as his predecessor.
Noynoy Aquino is no better than the people he vowed to be different from, the people he's always demonized.
And I haven't mentioned his personal "pork barrel", his 400 billion peso lump sum fund.


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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced a series of new products and service offerings on Monday at its Keynote event held on its Cupertino campus in California. Apple shares gained 1.5% leading into its event. Notably, Apple announced its new Apple Card, Apple News+, and Apple TV+. Apple Card is a credit card that is built into the Apple Pay app on users' iPhones, allowing them to digitally send transactions without fees and less interest on top of stronger security. Apple News+ and AppleTV+ are both subscription-based services that offer customers a variety of content. AppleNews+ includes publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Bon Appétit, GQ, National Geographic, Sports Illustrated, and Time. AppleTV+ allows viewers to watch media content from HBO, SHOWTIME, and Starz.
Cronos Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CRON) reported its fourth quarter financial results before market open on Tuesday and reported weaker than expected results. Shares edged lower by as much as 7.4% leading into Wednesday's opening bell after the cannabis-based Company reported that losses widened year-over-year. For the fourth quarter, Cronos reported an earnings loss of CAD 11.8 Million, or CAD 6 cents per share on revenues of CAD 5.6 Million. Analysts expected earnings loss of CAD 1 cents on revenues of CAD 10.4 Million. Despite the increase in net losses, Cronos reported that net revenues grew by 284% year-over-year primarily due to the legal cannabis market in Canada. Additionally, Cronos saw an increase in growth within its medical client base and growth in its cannabis oil revenues.
Carnival Corporation (NYSE: CCL) reported its first quarter financial results during Tuesday's pre-market hours and beat estimates. Despite the quarterly beat, Carnival provided a weaker guidance, which sent shares lower by 9.2% throughout the day. For the first quarter, Carnival reported earnings of USD 49 cents per share on revenues of USD 4.67 Billion. Analysts projected earnings of USD 44 cents on revenues of USD 4.31 Billion. As for the next quarter, Carnival expects earnings between USD 56 cents to USD 60 cents per share, representing a USD 8 cents decline year-over-year. For the full year, Carnival expects earnings in the range of USD 4.35 to USD 4.55 per share. Analysts are projecting second-quarter earnings of USD 72 per share and full-year earnings of USD 4.76 per share.
WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (NYSE: WCG) shares skyrocketed by 12.8% on Wednesday after the Company reached an agreement to be acquired by Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC). Centene will acquire Wellcare in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at approximately USD 17.3 Billion or USD 305.39 per share. The combined company will serve a total of 22 million members across the U.S. The acquisition is expected to have estimated pro forma 2019 revenues of approximately USD 97 Billion and USD 5 Billion in EBITDA. Centene and WellCare expect the transaction to close in the first half of 2020.
Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) announced its fourth quarter financial results during extended trading hours on Thursday and surpassed estimates, sending shares 15.6% higher on Friday morning. For the fourth quarter, Lululemon reported earnings of USD 1.85 per share on revenues of USD 1.17 Billion. Analysts projected earnings of USD 1.74 per share on revenues of USD 1.15 Billion. Comparable sales rose by 16%, which fell in-line with estimates. For fiscal 2019, Lululemon expects revenues in the range of USD 740 Million to USD 750 Million, increasing in low-double digits year-over-year. The Company also expects diluted earnings of USD 0.68 to USD 0.70 per share.


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"""
    Grid Tool is a class that represents
    everything needed for a tool to run on a galaxy grid

    Author James Boocock
"""

import os
import sys
import logging

from elementtree import ElementTree

log = logging.getLogger(__name__)

def str2bool(v):
  return v.lower() in ("yes", "true", "t", "1")

class InputDatatype(object):
    """ Class that encapsulates every individual input object and contains
        all the information that is needed for the clustering interface """

    def __init__(self, elem, app):
        self.app = app
        self.splitter= None
        self.merger = None
        self.format = ""
        self.output_name = ""
        self.extra_output_files=False
        self.parse(elem)

    def parse(self, elem):
        self.format=elem.get("format")
        if not self.format:
            raise Exception, "Mising format tag in datatype tag"
        self.splitter=elem.get("splitter")
        if not self.splitter:
            raise Exception, "Missing splitter tag in datatype tag"
        self.merger=elem.get("merger")
        if not self.merger:
            raise Exception, "Missing merger tag in datatype tag"
        self.output_name=elem.get("output_name")
        if not self.output_name:
            raise Exception, "Missing output name tag in datatype tag"
        log.debug(self.output_name)
        self.extra_output_files= (elem.get("extra_output_files"))
        if self.extra_output_files:
            self.extra_output_files=str2bool(self.extra_output_files)
        else:
            self.extra_output_files=False
        log.debug(self.extra_output_files)

    def has_extra_file(self):
        return self.extra_output_files

    def get_merger(self):
        return self.merger
    def get_splitter(self):
        return self.splitter
    def get_format(self):
        return self.format
    def get_output_name(self):
        return self.output_name

class GridTool(object):

    def __init__(self,elem,app):
        self.app = app
        self.id = ''
        self.paths={}
        #THINK ABOUT A BETTER WAY TO DO MERGING AND SPLITTING#
        self.input_datatypes = []
        self.parse(elem)

    def is_parralel(self):
        if len(self.input_datatypes) > 0:
            return True
        else:
            return False
    def parse(self, elem):
        """ Parse GridTool parametrs"""
        self.id = elem.get("id")
        if not id:
            raise Exception, "Missing value tag in tool element"
        paths=elem.find("paths")
        if paths:
            self.parse_paths(paths)
        input_datatypes = elem.find("input_datatypes")
        if  input_datatypes:
            self.parse_datatypes(input_datatypes)

    def parse_paths(self,paths):
        for _, path in enumerate(paths):
            source = path.get("src")
            if not source:
                raise Exception, "Missing src tag in path element"
            dest = path.get("dest")
            if not dest:
                raise Exception, "Missing dest tag in path element"
            self.paths[source] = dest

    def parse_datatypes(self, input_datatypes):
        for _, datatype in enumerate(input_datatypes):
            input_dt = InputDatatype(datatype,self.app)
            self.input_datatypes.append(input_dt)

    def get_splitters_by_format(self):
        splitters  = {}
        for input_dt in self.input_datatypes:
            splitters[input_dt.get_format()]= input_dt.get_splitter()
        return splitters
    def get_mergers_by_format(self):
        mergers = {}
        for input_dt in self.input_datatypes:
            mergers[input_dt.get_format()] = input_dt.get_merger()
        return mergers
    def get_output_names_by_merger(self):
        outputs = {}
        for input_dt in self.input_datatypes:
            outputs[input_dt.get_output_name()] = input_dt.get_merger()
        return outputs
    def get_splitting_types_by_name(self):
        return ['Base Pair','Simple']

    #Check whether the output file has an extra files folder that requires downloading
    def get_extra_folders(self):
        outputs = {}
        for input_dt in self.input_datatypes:
            outputs[input_dt.get_output_name()] = input_dt.has_extra_file()
        return outputs

    def get_paths(self):
        return self.paths


The Brutish Museum started as a foray into larger format work. Because my sculpture evolves during its creation, I need to work with a framework that can be adapted. This box, 5' x 9', containing 45 smaller boxes, gave me the structured freedom I was looking for. I began by painting it like a chessboard with black objects in the white boxes and vice versa. This, however, was much too busy, so I started to tone it down radically, taking things out of boxes rather than putting them in. Themes evolved: birds, strange creatures, dancing girls, distracted mothers of pod children. I make an appearance in the very middle as a blinkered goat person, confirming the astrological notion of Aries wanting to be at the centre of the action.
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If you want to know about Katie Angel's real phone number and also look for Katie Angel's email and fanmail address then, you are at the correct place! We are going to give you the contact information of Katie Angel like her phone number, email address, and Fanmail address details.
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Katie Angel is well-known on both YouTube and Instagram, and she is from San Diego in the state of California in the United States. She has more than 14 million followers on her self-titled YouTube channel, where she shares beauty advice, challenges, and pranks with her audience. She is highly recognized for her channel. Katie OnTheRoad is the name of her second YouTube channel, which is where she uploads videos of her family and her travels.
She is a singer as well, and her discography includes songs with titles like "Me Da Igual," "Se Acabó," and "Rompe la Pista." Katie Angel's birthday is October 7th, and she was born in San Diego, which is located in the state of California in the United States. She will be 28 years old this year. Katie Angel has amassed more than 8.7 million followers on Instagram by publishing engaging content there, including both still photographs and short videos.
Despite the fact that it would appear that the Venezuelan YouTuber and performer Katherine Angel Correia Andrade, better known in the world of internet personalities as Katie Angel, would be a great ally of the short video platform TikTok, due to the fact that she has almost 10 million followers who disappear after watching her videos, TikTok has banned her from using the platform. On the other hand, it would seem that the connection that you have with this application on this social network is not at all positive.
It was through his Instagram stories that the influencer based in the United States expressed his dissatisfaction with TikTok because the new opinion had been blocked for an infraction of the rules of application, which means that the Venezuelan is unable to share content. This was the reason for his dissatisfaction.
Katie Angel's goal in the short videos she uploads to TikTok is to sadly find out that her profile has been disabled so that she can no longer submit new material. As the user's access to the account has not been restricted, and they are able to see any material that has been published in the past, the influencer was penalized directly in the form of having their publishing rights suspended.
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It was at the beginning of the month of May when the subscription television service HBO Max announced that the influencer and Mexican singer Ana Emilia would debut as the conductor of her new reality show called Challenge Influencer. The show is scheduled to make its debut on this platform on the 12th of May in the following year.
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She is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 56 kilograms. She wears a size 9.5 shoe (US). Her hair is a dark brown color, and her eyes are a bright blue color.
Name: Katie Angel
Date of Birth: 7 October 1992
Place of Birth: San Diego, California, United States
Occupation: Singer
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BMW M-car demand running hot
Aussies are forming long wait lists for the new BMW M2 and first BMW M3 Touring as M3 CS debuts
Speaking to carsales at the launch of the new BMW 7 Series, BMW Australia's head of product and market planning, Brendan Michel, said: "I think if a customer walked in now on an M3 Touring the very earliest delivery would be probably Q4 [2023] or even Q1 next year. Similar timeframe for M2."
This frenzy is despite the new M models still being some months away from launch (and the first M3 wagon costing almost $180K), with Aussie customers clamouring to secure what will be two of the final non-electrified models released by BMW's M brand.
BMW M3 Touring
It's a similar story with gearbox choice in the M2, with a higher proportion of buyers opting to select their own gears.
"This year from what we're currently seeing you're looking at about a 30 per cent [manual] take rate," said Michel. "So slightly higher than the previous generation and that could be around the news… that this could very well be the last manual transmission on offer."
Manual take-up in the previous generation M2 was around 20 per cent, which was itself a much higher figure than for the M3 and M4, where it's typically five per cent or less.
Wagons have been a tough sell in recent times – even for BMW Australia, which didn't homologate the latest five-door 5 Series – but according to product and pricing manager Howard Lam there has been pent-up demand for an M3 Touring for quite some time.
"Customers have been asking for an M3 Touring for years," he said.
"I've been with BMW for 15 years and I remember at least for the last five, six or seven years there has been strong interest from customers who have been screaming for a performance wagon.
"You see it on forums, on blogs and we get it from customer events as well, so it's good that head office has listened."
Nevertheless, Australia almost missed out, with Michel revealing that in initial discussions the M3 Touring was destined for left-hand drive markets only.
"I remember when we first got wind of this probably three years ago that they were going to develop the M3 Touring, they got the green light but left-hand drive only and we're like 'oh my god that's most unfortunate'.
"But then 12 months later they reached out to myself, my counterpart in Japan and also the UK and we all put up our hands as naturally you'd expect and we committed to enough volume.
"It's not just Australia but the whole world. There's a lot of markets with a high take-up for the M3 Touring. From initial reports it might have been something we could have brought out a little bit earlier in the lifecycle, but there's some very passionate M people in Munich that did a lot of work behind the scenes to get this off the ground."
The new BMW M2 and first M3 Touring are scheduled to launch in Australia in late April, so stay tuned for our first full local reviews.
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About the same time in 1984 when the video game industry was crashing in the west, a computer scientist named Alexey Pajitnov was busy playing with his first computer at the Soviet Academy of Sciences in Moscow... and wound up creating one of the most classic - and addictive - games ever.
The Guardian has a great story about Tetris on the occasion of its twenty-fifth anniversary. Among the highlights: how Pajitnov came up with the concept, the tale of how this communist-era game became a capitalist's dream product, and how Tetris has inspired everything from architecture to conspiracy theories.
As a Reuters article clearly points out, there is a huge amount of violence in today's video games and Tetris is the opposite.


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how did this not turn up here yet?
Here's one my fiance did...simple yet terrifying.
Ku_No_Ichi: Do some Whig jokes now!
Millard Fillmore FTW! OK, maybe not, but still..
Too much fun to stop. Thread will go on forever.
/Literate LOL Presidents? What I have done?
Proud to be posting, here.
//sry if repeat, made a few hrs ago, but imageshack wuz running slow.
/ ok 2nd to last.
So very late, so Q&D, and someone else already got the image.
Also, thejoyofpi, justinthebull and Prof_Moriarity all deserve cookies.
//Legendary thread, great job all!
Yozz Home freyzzzz! Eyzz Emooee. Adzzz Meh!!!
bcgrote: Hows bout Millard Fillmore, makin' Cali a state!
/am i too late for the party?
That's the last of 'em.
grats on the graduation... whoever it was!
// Gotta go see Pirates.
I can keep this thread alive by m'self. No worries.
/maybe I'm crossing too many memes?
WAY late to the party. Clicky for bigger.
Score another one for the Whig contingent.
Grant servin Lee at Apomaticks!
o snap voting now enabled.
plz delete previous if thats cool kthxbye.
/Lewinsky jokes = teh old.
I'm not gonna lie--I'd hit it.
Much smaller file. Mods, please delete previous, as usual.


Home HAUL makeup artist; makeup kit the makeup show Get Ready for The Makeup Show Orlando this Weekend!
Get Ready for The Makeup Show Orlando this Weekend!
I'm super excited for another Makeup Show! This weekend, I will be returning to my home town to attend The Makeup Show Orlando. They've got some really great additions this year that I'm excited to share with you. Check it out!
This will be my second year attending the show. I will say, compared to other Makeup Shows, I like the Intimate feel in the Orlando setting. It's not quite as crowded so you have an easier time shopping and attending classes.
I'm so excited to see keynote speakers including my friends Eugenia Weston and Renny Vasquez. They are amazing, inspiring artists, you have to go see them!
This year, the show is featuring the Peepshow Creep Show for the first time, a really exciting makeup battle going on in the competition area. I'm a sucker for gore and FX, can't wait!
Also new is the Pro Resource Area - bring your business cards and portfolios for an amazing opportunity to network and get advice on your career.
Where I'll Be - Come Say Hi!
This year I will be attending the Blogger Preview on Friday night, I can't wait to share with you the awesome goodies featured! I will also be at the show Saturday morning through about lunchtime to shop, reconnect with my favorite brands and meet my viewers. Please if you see me stop me to say hi so I can get a hug and a picture! That's one of my favorite parts about the show is getting to finally see all of my YouTube/Blog family in person. I promise, I won't bite, so say hi!
Let me know if you're coming in the comments below!


Napoleon Dynamite Night | Hey, Girlfriend!
During this season of festive holiday parties, my husband and I went to a Napoleon Dynamite movie night at our friends' home.
We didn't discuss any details in advance, other than what to drink and what time to be there. My husband and I decided to get into the spirit by dressing up. He did his best to look like Kip and I modeled myself after Trisha.
I told the Uber driver "we don't normally look like this." He looked at me, like "okay." Jon (my husband) wasn't fazed, he was as deadpan as could be!
Thankfully, when we got to their house, we could see our friends were up for fun. This sign was next to their front door.
Jon wore Charles Nelson Reilly style glasses. I combed his hair down and he sported an Izod shirt buttoned up to his neck, with suit pants and top siders. I thought he was hilarious!
I wore shoulder pads under a chunky sweater and cinched my waste with a wide belt. I accented my eyes with blue eyeliner and blue mascara. My hair was styled with "baby bangs" and a side pony tail.
Our friends dressed like Deb and Rex Kwon Do. They were dead ringers!
They surprised us with this meal! It looks as unappetizing as it did in the movie, but looks are deceiving!
Then we saw the movie; quoted as many lines, out loud, as we could; and laughed until we cried.
Love it!!! Wonder who your friends were. 😉 You are so much fun, Melissa!
You and Mark are so much fun! You are excellent entertainers and I love your "party spirit"! What a memorable night!
This would make the best birthday party theme for a high schooler, too!!
It would be a great birthday party theme!
Dang. You have skills. Vote for Pedro! ND is one of the most socially redeeming movies ever. Should be required viewing in Jr. High. Now get off my property, Rico!
Susie, You said it so well! What a great idea you have for required viewing in Junior High!!
Some people find the movie offensive (my advice is that they watch it over and over until they see what you and I see). They feel hurt for Napoleon. It never occurred to me to feel bad for him until a friend told me she deeply empathized for Napoleon. I had a female Napoleon in my life when I was a kid.
I had some Napoleon in me, too. The painful memory of Jr. High School dances strikes a Napoleon chord in me!
Melissa, NO PHOTOS!!!! I was dying to see you and Jon all dressed up like your favorite characters. I doubt my imagination is as good as the real deal. I kept reading and scrolling only to get to the bottom of your very funny post without a great pic to laugh with!!! Sounds like a wonderfuly creative evening with your friends. I want friends like that!!!! 😍 Love You!!!
No one felt that the photos were flattering enough! What should we expect, we were dressed like nerds?!
I think Napoleon Dynamite should be a requirement for every girlfriend and guyfriend to see, don't you?! I also feel like that about Nacho Libre (or Nacho, as we call it).
We went to a Mexican restaurant yesterday and I asked the Mexican waiter if we could have some more of "the Lord's Cheeps", he didn't know what to say at first, then he started cracking up!
So in our family, we speak fluent Napoleon and Nacho.


If you are a Game Lover then you must be aware of the factor that Wire Mouse slow down the productivity speed that's why most of the gamers use best Wireless Mouses to play their favorite games. Whether you are a gamer or office worker, it does not matter, because you can use a wireless mouse to increase your productivity. So, we are here to help you in deciding for the right mouse for you, by providing Best Wireless Mouse Reviews. So you can choose your mice easily because there are hundreds of wireless mice available, but you should choose the one which perfectly suits your needs.
There are many types of the mouse such as Wireless mouse, Bluetooth mouse, and Wired mouse etcetera. A mouse has a wide range of shapes designed for different purposes, and one of them is grip comfort. But this guide will help you to find functional and reliable mice that will save your time, money and space.
You will really be surprised to know that how badly an outdated Keyboard or Mouse can decrease your performance, so if you are using an old/outdated mouse than its time to change it because your productivity is what you can't lose at any cost. Best Wireless Mouse is a great way to upgrade your peripherals. Make sure to choose the good Mouse because picking up a wrong mouse can lower your productivity level instead of increasing it.
It won't be wrong if I say its a traveler mouse, because you can take it anywhere. It is, in fact, clear from the name of this mouse "MX Anywhere 2". You can take this best wireless mouse anywhere while traveling because of the lightweight and small size of Logitech MX Anywhere 2 but if you got large hands then maybe this mouse create trouble for you. Because it is not the best wireless mouse for large hands.
The Logitech MX Anywhere 2 is the ideal traveling mouse because of the size and battery timing. You can easily fit it in the side pocket of your laptop bag. It may connect with up to three distinct devices with 2.4GHZ wireless technologies or use Bluetooth.
This mouse is well-known for having rapid setup and extremely long battery timing. It is capable of extraordinarily rapid charging; only 4 minutes charging is enough for a whole day. It can be one of the good wireless mouses.
You must be looking for a Setup Guide of Logitech MX Anywhere 2, which is really tricky to some extent. But you can get full step by step guide that is available on this page.
Logitech's MX Master is a powerful mouse indeed. The MX Master connects via Bluetooth or USB port and it can be connected with three devices at a time. A rechargeable battery can last for up to 40 days and it has a built-in rechargeable battery. Plus, you can also use it while it's charging.
Logitech MX Master is pricey but this beautiful best wireless mouse is worth buying because of its features. I like this mouse because it's comfortable to use over long periods of time.
If you have ever experienced wrist pain after using your mouse for an extended period of time then it's time to go for an Anker Vertical Ergonomic Optical mouse. It has the weird ergonomic design but it's designed for comfy use and I can definitely say that it is comfortable. At first look, you might think of it awkward around your hand and wrist but once you cover it in your hand you'll feel it the comfortable and best wireless optical mouse.
This best wireless mouse for office use combines a handshake grip with easy access buttons. Its shape is made to fit the human hand perfectly. This Anchor wireless vertical mouse encourages healthy neutral handshake wrist and arm positions for smoother movements and lessens the overall strain on your wrists.
It's important to note that this mouse is specifically designed for right-handed users as it is the most comfortable computer mouse. At the current time there's not a left-handed mouse version but maybe in future, they'll make a left-handed one as well. Also keep in mind that this is not a gaming mouse, it's a productivity mouse and one of the good wireless mouses. The best wireless mouse for office use has about a three month of battery life when using the mouse on average between eight to twelve hours a day.
"Magic Mouse 2" is an updated version of the previous Magic Mouse.
The Magic Mouse 2 is an entirely new kind of mouse. The Magic Mouse 2 has no buttons and endless fashion charm. It's an incredibly precise point-and-click Mouse and at the same time, it has a top shelf that has one big multi-touch sensor which allows you to do more than any best wireless mouse ever has done before.
Magic Mouse 2 works more like a normal mouse, you drag and click just like you do today but you can click anywhere, the entire surface is a button. Magic Mouse 2 takes scrolling to a whole new level, run your finger vertically to scroll up or down a document or webpage. It actually captures the rate of your scroll and continues with the momentum of your action. You can also scroll left or right by moving your finger horizontally.
Best Wireless Mouse Made for multi-tasking.
More like the MX Master, the Triathlon M720 can pair with up to three devices by using Bluetooth. Logitech M720 Triathlon is a full-size mouse which is really an economic right-handed only best wireless mouse. The weight is a little bit on the heavy side for a wireless mouse, also probably a little bit too large for small handed people. However, it is the best wireless mouse for big hands.
You can work freely through several computers just by pressing the switching button on the side. I can see this best wireless mouse being the ideal tool for people who multi-task on a couple of different computers.
It's powered by a single double A battery. According to Logitech, it will last for two years. It is comfortable and has a complete set of features that really fits your needs if you're using more than one computer at a time. If you're looking for a best non-gaming wireless mouse you won't be disappointed by the Logitech M720 Triathlon.
This mouse is making 2018 feel like the brand new 1991.
When you first take a look at Mx Ergo circle you're going to notice that it's actually quite a large overall mouse design. It's specifically designed so you can rest your entire palm on it and it's accommodating to all different hand sizes, small to large. You can say it as the best wireless mouse for large hands.
It's only a right-handed design if you are left-handed then this is not for you. The bottom of the MX Ergo is a magnetic base plate which allows you to tilt the mouse 20 degrees to the right side.
It's certainly worth trying out for the first time especially if you're going to do any kind of general computing stuff with this best wireless mouse and you don't want to move your wrist around too much for any kind of medical specific reasons.
This Mouse is extremely quiet and it also has a plus point for you that you will not listen to the tick tick of your mice buttons. The design of this mouse is simple and clean with good battery life. It's an office mouse but too expensive as an office mouse.
The Logitech M330 is an average office mouse with a single standout feature which admittedly functions very well. Its silent clicks may be enough to some click-fatigued users, but unless you're genuinely bothered by the noise your mouse makes, you don't need to use Silent Plus.
PS: Logitech M330 Silent Plus isn't ambidextrous. It's been designed for right-hand use only. If you're a leftie, you're out of luck.
It is cheap! It's cheerful! It lasts forever!
Bluetooth mouse comes with an ambidextrous design which means you can use your mouse with your left or right hand, it's comfortable either way.
Just pair the Microsoft Bluetooth Mobile Mouse wirelessly to your laptop or tablet with the latest Bluetooth Smart technology to instantly connect without wires or dongles and start using it. You can use this mouse for up to twelve months with just a single battery, and to make things better you can fully trust it.
TYPE: There are mainly three types of Mouse.
Gaming: These mice are designed and built for gamers. These Mice includes super-accurate sensors, a massive array of extra function buttons and the ability to create complex macros.
Portable: Portable mice are best to have on your work desktop because they are small, lightweight and may even have some cool features like retractable cables.
Ergonomic: These mice are specifically built for those seeking the most comfortable experience when it comes to point and click. Because these are the most comfortable computer mouse. These mice are especially for those who suffer from repetitive strain injury and more.
SIZE: The most important factor in choosing a mouse is Size. Size matters person to person. While choosing your Mice, you should keep the size in your mind because if you got small hands and mouse size is big then you can face troubles because of the size.
PRICE: If you are reading this article then its most likely that currently, you are using a Basic Mice which is the best match of $10 or less but when it comes to gaming or if you are using your system for more than 8 hours then you would need an advanced mouse which is having cool features such as accurate sensors.
CABLES: Wire or Wireless? This is the decision which you have to make. There are many varieties of wire mouses too but if you want to free your USB port or you don't like the wires then go for the best Wireless mouse but Wireless mice are more expensive than wire mouses. You should always buy the best wireless computer mice.
MOUSE SHAPE: Mice comes in a wide range of varieties, every mice shape purpose is different. some are designed for the better grip. However, some are designed for those people who put for long hours on the computer and need maximum battery life.
Ambidextrous mice can be used by anyone. This is especially for school labs and workplaces where left handed and right handed people may be using the same mouse.
On the other hand, Ergonomic Mice comes in a wide different shape and are built for comfort. Some of them come with thumb rest and others come with the slightly curved shape that matches with the natural movements of your hand.
EXTRA BUTTONS: Some mice have extra buttons (mostly for multiplayer online gamers). Other buttons could be located around the mice that unlock further capabilities without having to reach for the keyboard.
Do you have a favorite mouse which you will buy over and over again, for as long as it stays on the industry? Tell us which is the best wireless mouse and why it stands out of the remainder.


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import javax.ejb.CreateException;
import javax.ejb.EntityBean;
import javax.ejb.RemoveException;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.dcm4che.data.Dataset;
import org.dcm4che.data.PersonName;
import org.dcm4che.dict.Tags;
import org.dcm4chex.archive.ejb.interfaces.SeriesLocal;

/**
 * @author gunter.zeilinger@tiani.com
 * @version Revision $Date: 2009-05-07 21:37:32 +0800 (周四, 07 5月 2009) $
 * @since 01.04.2005
 *
 * @ejb.bean name="SeriesRequest" type="CMP" view-type="local"
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        return null;
    }

    private static String toUpperCase(String s) {
        return s != null ? s.toUpperCase() : null;
    }

    public void ejbPostCreate(Dataset ds, SeriesLocal series)
            throws CreateException {
        setSeries(series);
        log.info("Created " + prompt());
    }

    public void ejbRemove() throws RemoveException {
        log.info("Deleting " + prompt());
    }

    /**
     * Auto-generated Primary Key
     *
     * @ejb.interface-method
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    public abstract void setPk(Long pk);

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    public abstract void setStudyIuid(String uid);

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    public abstract void setRequestedProcedureId(String id);

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    public abstract void setSpsId(String no);

    /**
     * @ejb.persistence column-name="req_service"
     */
    public abstract String getRequestingService();

    public abstract void setRequestingService(String service);

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    public abstract void setRequestingPhysician(String name);

    /**
     * @ejb.persistence column-name="req_phys_i_name"
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    public abstract String getRequestingPhysicianIdeographicName();
    public abstract void setRequestingPhysicianIdeographicName(String name);

    /**
     * @ejb.persistence column-name="req_phys_p_name"
     */
    public abstract String getRequestingPhysicianPhoneticName();
    public abstract void setRequestingPhysicianPhoneticName(String name);

    /**
     * @ejb.relation name="series-request-attributes"
     *               role-name="request-attributes-of-series"
     *               cascade-delete="yes"
     * @jboss.relation fk-column="series_fk" related-pk-field="pk"
     */
    public abstract void setSeries(SeriesLocal series);

    /**
     * @ejb.interface-method
     */
    public abstract SeriesLocal getSeries();

    private String prompt() {
        return "SeriesRequestAttribute[pk=" + getPk()
                + ", rpid=" + getRequestedProcedureId()
                + ", spsid=" + getSpsId()
                + ", service=" + getRequestingService()
                + ", phys=" + getRequestingPhysician()
                + ", series->" + getSeries() + "]";
    }

}


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This cardigan comes in a soft, luxurious blend of silk and cotton that feels divine against the skin. In gorgeous stripes, it is the perfect layering piece to complete any look.
Concealed placket with shell buttons.
Neat tubular trims with split hem.


The true biography of Shakespeare - and the only one we really need to care about - is in the plays. Sir Frank Kermode, Britain's most distinguished literary critic, has been thinking about them all his life. This book is a distillation of that lifetime's thinking. The great English tragedies were all written in the first decade of the seventeenth century. They are often in language that is difficult to us, and must have been hard even for contemporaries. How and why did Shakespeare's language develop as it did? Kermode argues that the resources of English underwent major change around 1600. The originality of Kermodes's writing, and the intelligence of his discussion, make this book a landmark.


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Start happening too! It's time to go round and round...
Blog, blog, blog...
Dad's Perspective
the arcadoodle - Adele's blog
Props and Drops - Gear Reviews
The Good Dr. Seuss
The Places We Will Go
Australia-- Northern Territory, Uluru Rock
Laos and Langkawi, Malaysia
Our Baby Turns 9!!
Adele's 9th Birthday was on December 1st. We did all sorts of travel machinations to be on a tropical island for her birthday, we arrived at midnight the night before. It was a wonderful day! We were able to scare up some balloons and a beautiful birthday cake, her inbox was filled with birthday greetings from all her friends and family and she got exactly what she asked for: a few "cultural" gifts. Please see photo for her modeling one of her gifts. I have to say, I was brought to tears by the sheer joy she expressed in her simple, but meaningful gifts. Unlike other birthdays, it was VERY light given where we are and how little we can carry with us. We love you so much Adele!!
Vince the Rock Star
Starting in Turkey and lasting throughout Asia, Vince has been living the life of a Rock Star. He can't go anywhere without the paparazzi and the people demanding his attention. In most of the countries it has been the men who all want to speak to him, they yell "hey baby" to get his attention then try to tweak his cheeks. He's has been asked be to photographed with school boys and security guards in Jordan, all of our guides in Vietnam wanted their pics taken with him and he (as well as Adele) were given copious amounts of candy in Turkey and Jordan.
His stardom peaked at the Cham Museum in Danang where there was a group of young school girls having lunch. As he walked into the courtyard they giggled and pointed at him. He kindly blessed them with a "sing chao" then proceeded into the museum. Upon exiting the museum the excitement level grew such that the girls were squealing and they actually gave him a standing ovation--he doing nothing on his part besides being Vincent, to deserve it. He casually waved his hand over his back as if to say, this star thing is so exhausting, but here's a small acknowledgment from me.
The final straw, in my opinion of course, is when Vince was told by our guide in Laos, at the Cave of Buddas, upon picking his "fortune number" that he will get everything in life that he wants. There were other positive future predictions, but this is the only one that stuck Now imagine walking through the night markets in Laos and Vince saying "I want this or that" followed by "I get everything I want, right mom?" No, son you do not.
Let's hope Australia already has their fill of blond boys and he can return to being just Vincent.
Hoi An-My Son, Vietnam
I arrived in Danang not knowing what to expect. I'd heard about this area from my dad. This is where the US Army had a huge base and where the famous China Beach is. I took some photos especially for dad of the old bunkers (still there) and of China Beach which is now a huge tourist destination filled with high rise hotels and casinos.
We visited My Son which are ancient ruins of the Cham group which ruled most of Vietnam for quite some time. Due to a bad marriage match, the king eventually lost most of the Cham's land. The Cham were matriarchal, which meant amongst other things, that the king had to go live with his wife's family and follow her lead, even into the great hereafter. She died at a young age and due to custom the king was killed and sent off with her into her burial chambers, losing both his life and his kingdom--fascinating!
Hoi An is a UNESCO World Heritage site due to it's perfectly preserved french colonial town site. It's very charming, but really tailors solely to the tourist. Here is where you can also get custom clothes made for a song.
We had Adele an Ao Dais, a traditional Vietnamese costume. It's gloriously festooned with dragons and gold stitching to match t
Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Vietnam is overwhelming, it assaults you with it's beauty, it's smells, it's trash, it's poverty and above all it's kind and friendly people who all want to say hello (xin chao). We spend our first day in Saigon sick, something we caught in-flight or more likely at the Kuala Lumpur airport. Steve and I are bed ridden while Adele manages to feed and get her and her brother to bed--she's growing up so fast. The kids take turns over the next couple of days getting sick themselves.
In between all this, we see the sights. We take an amazing boat tour down the Mekong River out in the Mekong Delta and learn much about Vietnam it's history and it's religion (predominantly ancestor worship, btw). Our driver worked for the US Army and was sent to "re-education" camp for a year and banned from living in his home town of Saigon for 10 years. He was grateful to the Americans and had the kindest heart bearing grudges towards no one.
Our tour operator had a similar story of tragedy and triumph. He is the son of a Vietnamese mother and the former head of Special Ops for the US Army. After his father was KIA he and his young brother were shipped off to the US where it thought they would be safe from recrimination and his mother had no idea where he was for 15 years. They found each other on the web, he moved back to Vietnam and took over her business. Amazing story!
Kruger National Park was such an amazing experience!! For many weeks we put off planning this trip as we were overwhelmed by the myriad of high end safari options and really unwilling to pay the cost of entry. Finally, Steve dedicated a day to figuring it out and the net net was beyond perfect. We stayed in the park first at a main camp then at a "bush camp" in self-catering cottage along with 15 other cottages, both run by KNP and both highly preferable and economical.
We did 2 drives a day in our own car on our own schedule and saw pretty much every animal one can hope for-- except for lions. Fortunately we'd seen quite a few of them in Schotia and Addo Elephant Park Speaking of elephants, at night we heard the mighty elephants fighting, talking, moving, birthing--truly awe inspiring. During the day we spent countless hours just watching them and wondering just what they were thinking. We saw a baby shortly after it's birth and watched the whole clan help out: one guarding the area, another standing next to the mom as she tried to help her little one take it's first steps and the rest surrounding this whole priceless scene.
We had what I would say is a little more excitement that I care to admit when one night we lost electricity. Mind you, I'm happy to be out in the bush when I know there is an electric fence keeping the wild things out--this fence goes out right along with the lights. On top of that there is only a screen door keeping us in and them out! Not a happy mama. Steve was downright giddy with the excitement of it all, but not me. We were given a couple of candles and some sage advice "watch out for the snakes" from our highly competent (NOT) ranger.
I have to say, and I've heard many repeat the same words, Africa casts its spell on you and you really want to return time and time again. The people are warm and generous, the landscape stunning and the animal life is mind-blowing. We will be back!
Safari at Schotia Private Reserve
Cheetahs, Crocs and Addo Elephant Park