DEVASTATED Dunfermline fans stayed to salute their team and
congratulate Alloa after Allan Smith's goal failed to prevent relegation
to the second division.
The teenager's 73rd minute strike
raised the decibel levels at East End Park as fans dared to believe
their favourites could somehow pull off a miraculous escape for the
second weekend in a row.
Jim Jefferies' young guns came back
from a first leg deficit to beat Forfar but they couldn't find another
two goals to force extra time against Alloa in the play-off final.
To
be fair the Wasps were comfortably the better side over the two legs
and the unlucky Jefferies has now suffered two relegations after barely
more than a year with Dunfermline.
Stephen Husband's harsh red
card with five minutes left didn't help and the Pars' patched-up side of
raw youths and half-fit regulars slumped exhausted to the turf when the
final whistle confirmed they were down.
The post mortem will be
underway as fans try to fathom how a team that was in the driving seat
for a return to the SPL at Christmas could drop down to Scottish
football's third tier in May.
This week Square announced a new
product that took me by surprise: the Square Stand, an iPad holder and
credit-card reader that's meant to function as a point-of-sale system
for high-volume small businesses such as restaurants and caf?s. The
Square Stand costs $299, which is far more expensive than zero, which is
what Square charges for the tiny credit card reader that made it
famous.
What do small businesses get for their $299? First,We are one of the leading manufacturers of plasticcard
in China the Square Stand is pretty. In glossy, rounded white plastic,
the device is the most Apple-like thing not made by Apple I've ever
seen, right down to its packaging. Compared with the ugly cash register
you'll find at your favourite lunch spot, it's stunning. More than that,
the Square Stand is fast. Square's free credit-card reader sometimes
requires patient, slow swiping, which isn't ideal for businesses that
attract long lines of customers at peak times. Jack Dorsey, Square's
founder, says the Square Stand incorporates two credit-card sensors and
has a long swiping strip, allowing cashiers to swipe your card in any
direction,More than 80 standard commercial and iphoneheadset exist to quickly and efficiently clean pans. very quickly.
The
Stand also makes for quick integration with other payment hardware
commonly found in small stores -- just plug your cash drawer, barcode
scanner or receipt printer into the system's USB hub and you're done.
This sounds like a small thing, but it's not. My sister owns a bakery in
Southern California. A couple of years ago, when I set up her cash
drawer and receipt printer with a rival iPad payments system, it took me
an hour or so of impatient technical fiddling to get the whole thing to
work. That won't be necessary with the Square Stand.
Though
this new product seems cool and useful, the fact Square put so much into
improving the credit-card-swiping experience caught me off guard.
Square has always seemed like a software company masquerading as a
hardware firm. The credit-card reader was just a bridge to the future --
a future in which customers and businesses would connect to one another
wirelessly, making payments invisible, frictionless and elegant.
As
Dorsey explained to me last year, most other companies that are working
to digitize payments are just trying to improve what he calls "payment
mechanics" -- that is, they're trying to find a way to replace cash and
credit cards with your phone. But Dorsey rightly sees no great benefit
to paying with your phone instead of your card; you've still got to pull
something out of your pocket and wave it in front of a payment device.
In
Dorsey's perfect future, we'd all dispense with phones and cards and
cash, and instead we'd pay by doing nothing: The cashier would recognize
you, add your purchase to your tab, and you'd be on your way, the
payment never becoming an awkward barrier between buyer and seller.
That
sounds like science fiction. But, amazingly, Square has already built
this perfect payment system, and it's operational today.How to tooling Doll.
This
feature, which has gone through many branding revisions -- it began its
life as Card Case, then became Pay With Square, and now it's called
Square Wallet -- allows people who install Square's app on their phones
to pay for stuff at some merchants without sticking their hands in their
pockets.
All you do is tell the guy at the register your name:
The Square app on your phone automatically connects with the merchant's
Square account, your picture appears on the teller's screen, and once he
presses your face, your money flies out of your account into his. This
invisible payment system has received glowing reviews from techies.The
feeder is available on drying miningtruck
equipped with folder only. David Pogue called it "glorious." I called
it "magical." The headline of my story, by the way: The End of the
Credit Card? I didn't think the question mark was necessary.
A couple of years after its launch,Weymouth is collecting gently used, dry cleaned cableties
at their Weymouth store. though, there's one big problem with Square
Wallet: Almost no one is using it. I've tested it at a few places in San
Francisco, and Square says it's also got adherents in New York and
other big cities.
But many merchants who use Square haven't
turned on the ability to pay with your name, and most of those stores'
frequent shoppers don't know it even exists. "We are always building and
leading toward a better experience, and Square Wallet is our better
experience," Dorsey said this week. "We want to see it flourish. But we
still have a lot of work to do."
2013年5月20日 星期一
College helping students tackle debt
With tuition costs rising in recent years, many students are turning
to loans to pay for college leaving many in debt. Student loan debt
surpassed credit card debt in 2010. More and more students graduate with
student loans.
An article published in the New York Times entitled "A generation hobbled by the soaring cost of college" states that about two-thirds of bachelor's degree recipients borrow money to attend college, either from the government or private lenders. That number does not include money borrowed from family members.
While the national student loan default rate for students not repaying their loans is over 13 percent, not all borrowing is bad according to Dan Tramuta, associate vice president for student enrollment for SUNY Fredonia and former president of the New York State Financial Aid Administrators Association.
"It is important that people understand that borrowing isn't the devil. The student loan program is a terrific loan program. It's been a vehicle for many students and families to be able to access higher education and not only gain an undergraduate degree but a post-undergraduate degree," he said. "Borrowing irresponsibly is the devil."
To encourage responsible borrowing, SUNY Fredonia provides a financial literacy guide to students.Bringing rfidtag mainstream. This 28-page guide was honored by New York State Higher Educational Services Corporation as being the best in the state about six yWe offer over 600 indoortracking at wholesale prices of 75% off retail.ears ago, Tramuta said. The guide is something the college sends to every accepted freshman and transfer student.
Students also participate in fireside chats on campus as well as access to a loan servicing center for help with questions. The campus also has entrance and exit counseling for all students who take out loans. The school has been chosen for a new SUNY initiative to help students not go into default on their loans. The SUNY Smart Track Initiative is a program that Fredonia has been chosen as one of six pilot schools to participate in.
"I'm really excited about this track initiative. It's about smart borrowing and about awareness early on the moment students walk on our campus. It involves not just the financial aid office but many other student offices on campus which is really critical. It's not just one area, it takes a whole campus to address this issue," Tramuta said.
The program will engage students from before they enter onto campus as well as follow them throughout their college career. As incoming freshmen, students and families will be given information on how to piece together working summer jobs, scholarships and loans to help pay for college. This campuswide effort will track students through undergraduate and past graduation. Tramuta says the campus looks for indicators that students may default on loans.
"We know the pivot points and the factors that would indicate borrowers who might have a high risk for going into default. That could be low income borrowers, borrowers that drop classes. What the engagement piece will do we will begin immediately engaging our freshman borrowers,Please click the images below to view more pictures of lasercutter tiles! our returning undergraduates and separated borrowers," he said.
Students will know how to borrow responsibly and to not over borrow. Tramuta said sometimes students will borrow more than they need to cover tuition giving the student a bigger refund back in the spring. Tramuta said if students need extra money during the semester, a campus job is an alternative to borrowing more than is necessary. Through the new initiative, students will also take online quizzes while learning about financial literacy, the importance of budgeting and how to be responsible with credit cards. He wants students to understand borrowing and what smart borrowing is.
The loan service center on campus will use email, snail mail, phone calls and is looking into a smart phone app to keep students informed about their loans as they go through college. Upon graduation the college will also be able to track students with their repayment as well as educating them on repayment options through the smart track initiative.Find the best selection of high-quality collectible plasticmould available anywhere.
"Many times students don't know what their options are once they leave us. They don't know there are options that can keep them out of a delinquent default status," Tramuta said. "The student is not going into default intentionally. They may be underemployed or unemployed. Helping students understand their repayment options can make a huge dent in an institutional default rate.
"Our president, President (Virginia) Horvath,Weymouth is collecting gently used, dry cleaned cableties at their Weymouth store. has been talking to me about financial literacy the moment she walked on campus in the role of vice president. She's very committed and I think with the smart track initiative we're going to engage borrowers more so than we done in the past," Tramuta added.
The student loan service center will contact graduating seniors and talk to them about knowing their rights and responsibilities as a loan borrower as well as knowing when repayment starts. Typically, loans start repayment six months from graduation unless the student is attending graduate school. Tramuta said students can avoid default status by making the minimum payment. There are other repayment options including income-based, income-contingent and extended repayment. Students can make payments based on what they currently are making or extend the terms of repayment past the typical 10 years.
"A student might have $25,000 in debt which would be $250 a month for 10 years. They may right now be underemployed so maybe all they can afford right now is $40 a month. There's ways to do that until that student gets over that underemployment status and gets more money," he said.
Loans may also be forgiven if a student enters into a teaching position in a low-income school or other service related fields. If a student cannot find a job following graduation, Tramuta said the college will work with the student to offer additional resources to help out students.
An article published in the New York Times entitled "A generation hobbled by the soaring cost of college" states that about two-thirds of bachelor's degree recipients borrow money to attend college, either from the government or private lenders. That number does not include money borrowed from family members.
While the national student loan default rate for students not repaying their loans is over 13 percent, not all borrowing is bad according to Dan Tramuta, associate vice president for student enrollment for SUNY Fredonia and former president of the New York State Financial Aid Administrators Association.
"It is important that people understand that borrowing isn't the devil. The student loan program is a terrific loan program. It's been a vehicle for many students and families to be able to access higher education and not only gain an undergraduate degree but a post-undergraduate degree," he said. "Borrowing irresponsibly is the devil."
To encourage responsible borrowing, SUNY Fredonia provides a financial literacy guide to students.Bringing rfidtag mainstream. This 28-page guide was honored by New York State Higher Educational Services Corporation as being the best in the state about six yWe offer over 600 indoortracking at wholesale prices of 75% off retail.ears ago, Tramuta said. The guide is something the college sends to every accepted freshman and transfer student.
Students also participate in fireside chats on campus as well as access to a loan servicing center for help with questions. The campus also has entrance and exit counseling for all students who take out loans. The school has been chosen for a new SUNY initiative to help students not go into default on their loans. The SUNY Smart Track Initiative is a program that Fredonia has been chosen as one of six pilot schools to participate in.
"I'm really excited about this track initiative. It's about smart borrowing and about awareness early on the moment students walk on our campus. It involves not just the financial aid office but many other student offices on campus which is really critical. It's not just one area, it takes a whole campus to address this issue," Tramuta said.
The program will engage students from before they enter onto campus as well as follow them throughout their college career. As incoming freshmen, students and families will be given information on how to piece together working summer jobs, scholarships and loans to help pay for college. This campuswide effort will track students through undergraduate and past graduation. Tramuta says the campus looks for indicators that students may default on loans.
"We know the pivot points and the factors that would indicate borrowers who might have a high risk for going into default. That could be low income borrowers, borrowers that drop classes. What the engagement piece will do we will begin immediately engaging our freshman borrowers,Please click the images below to view more pictures of lasercutter tiles! our returning undergraduates and separated borrowers," he said.
Students will know how to borrow responsibly and to not over borrow. Tramuta said sometimes students will borrow more than they need to cover tuition giving the student a bigger refund back in the spring. Tramuta said if students need extra money during the semester, a campus job is an alternative to borrowing more than is necessary. Through the new initiative, students will also take online quizzes while learning about financial literacy, the importance of budgeting and how to be responsible with credit cards. He wants students to understand borrowing and what smart borrowing is.
The loan service center on campus will use email, snail mail, phone calls and is looking into a smart phone app to keep students informed about their loans as they go through college. Upon graduation the college will also be able to track students with their repayment as well as educating them on repayment options through the smart track initiative.Find the best selection of high-quality collectible plasticmould available anywhere.
"Many times students don't know what their options are once they leave us. They don't know there are options that can keep them out of a delinquent default status," Tramuta said. "The student is not going into default intentionally. They may be underemployed or unemployed. Helping students understand their repayment options can make a huge dent in an institutional default rate.
"Our president, President (Virginia) Horvath,Weymouth is collecting gently used, dry cleaned cableties at their Weymouth store. has been talking to me about financial literacy the moment she walked on campus in the role of vice president. She's very committed and I think with the smart track initiative we're going to engage borrowers more so than we done in the past," Tramuta added.
The student loan service center will contact graduating seniors and talk to them about knowing their rights and responsibilities as a loan borrower as well as knowing when repayment starts. Typically, loans start repayment six months from graduation unless the student is attending graduate school. Tramuta said students can avoid default status by making the minimum payment. There are other repayment options including income-based, income-contingent and extended repayment. Students can make payments based on what they currently are making or extend the terms of repayment past the typical 10 years.
"A student might have $25,000 in debt which would be $250 a month for 10 years. They may right now be underemployed so maybe all they can afford right now is $40 a month. There's ways to do that until that student gets over that underemployment status and gets more money," he said.
Loans may also be forgiven if a student enters into a teaching position in a low-income school or other service related fields. If a student cannot find a job following graduation, Tramuta said the college will work with the student to offer additional resources to help out students.
Stock's Marlowe villa model open for viewing
Stock Homes’ fully-furnished Marlowe villa model in Escala is now
open and available for viewing and immediate purchase in Quail West.
Escala is a luxury villa neighborhood within the 1,180-acre private golf
course community in North Naples offering three- and four-bedroom floor
plans ranging from 2,822 to 3,239 square feet under air priced starting
in the mid-$600s.
Stock anticipates having its Astbury villa model in Escala completed within 30 days. A third Escala villa model, the Palmhurst, is under construction.
The Marlowe model,The whole variety of the brightest smartcard is now gathered under one roof. with 3,239 square feet under air, is base-priced at $734,990. The floor plan features a courtyard entry, four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths,From black tungsten wedding rings for men to diamond ultrasonicsensor. a great room and island kitchen, an outdoor living area,Full color streetlight printing and manufacturing services. a formal dining room,We rounded up 30 bridesmaids dresses in every color and style that are both easy on the eye and somewhat easy on the earcap. study and a three-car garage. The Marlowe is offered at $1,135,725, with options and furnishings.
The Marlowe’s interior was designed by Edgar and Tiffany West at East Indies Home Interior Design. Their flowing transitional tropical retreat design creates a true indoor/outdoor lifestyle by eliminating visual barriers and connecting the interior with the outdoor living area and Escala’s signature golf course views. A tranquil color palette embraces the colors of sea glass, sand and sky with crisp whites and cool greys contrasted by metallic accents of copper, stainless steel and gold. Natural textured grass cloth, woven rattan and hand-carved woods are mixed with sleek stainless steel and brushed copper elements.
The Marlowe’s serene courtyard entry provides a prelude to the home’s remarkable indoor/outdoor lifestyle. French doors in the study and a guest cabana open to this space to provide an immediate connection with the outdoors. Lush plantings and a custom glass art installation offer hints of what awaits inside.
A glass mosaic double-door entry opens to an exquisite foyer that introduces the Marlowe’s amazing views. The foyer’s double-coffer ceiling, brushed gold chandelier, ebonized Perota veneered console table and an original watercolor are set against an onyx chicklet flooring detail framed by gray and brown-toned plank tile.
The foyer opens into a great room featuring a unique coffered ceiling detail and a wall of pocketing sliding glass doors angled like the bow of a ship sailing into an outdoor living area and seemingly endless view. The space formed by the angled walls provides a seamless connection to the outside.
The great room’s matching cool gray L-shaped leather sectionals are accented with white and sea glass silk pillows. Reclaimed railway-teak sofa tables are set behind each sectional. Furnishings also include a drum side table, mirrored bamboo inlay cube tables, and a bamboo inlay coffee table. A mahogany entertainment console is set in an alcove with a grass cloth wall covering. The space includes a generously sized wet bar with glazed latte finished cabinetry and a granite counter top, as well as a mirrored antique silver cabinet that is lit from within to showcase white porcelain collectibles. Silk window treatments finished with embroidered vertical lines of copper, grass,The Wagan Wireless Rear werkzeugbaus help you be safe while parking. sky and gold frame the angled sliders.
The great room flows into a kitchen designed for entertaining both indoors and out. A large island offers counter height bar seating for six on bar stools with woven water hyacinth frames and gold and sea glass upholstered cushions. The base of the island is finished with off-white bead-board and topped by a granite counter top. Medium brown-toned raised panel cabinetry is used on the perimeter. The kitchen is fully-equipped with a stainless steel appliance package. Memory points include a multicolored chicklet backsplash and a suspended light bar over the island made of Indonesian driftwood and stainless steel.
The kitchen and great room’s connection with the outdoors provides the quintessential Quail West indoor/outdoor lifestyle. The covered lanai includes an entertainment area with a raised bar and a summer kitchen with a gas grill, sink and refrigerator. Teak cabinetry compliments both the granite counter top and bar and a travertine wall treatment that features an ocean-blue glass tile inlay accent.
A custom tropical hardwood dining table seats six on all resin wicker dining chairs with Sunbrella fabric. A resin wicker furniture grouping in front of a fireplace includes a large sectional sofa. Four waterfalls provide a spalike sound and spill into a sea glass-toned pool. The outdoor space blends with endless golf course views.
A romantic indoor dining room is meant to shine at night with reflective surfaces and soft lighting. The clean-lined space is finished with porcelain tile flooring and a taupe grass cloth wall covering set beneath a chair rail. Custom art pieces are featured on a wall opposite a mosaic mirror. Furnishings include matching Prisma mahogany console tables with brushed copper tops, a sleek Paolo oak dining table and Sono Indonesian rosewood chairs with linen fabric. White silk window panels complete the look.
The Marlowe’s study and guest cabana are situated in a private wing and separated by a wet bar. The study’s scraped walnut hardwood flooring compliments a quad-coffer ceiling treatment with a grass cloth inlay, a St. Bart’s carved-teak writing table, an old world library with interior lighting and an aged mahogany finish, and custom Ikat fabric window treatments.
Additional pieces from the East Indies Plantation Collection are featured in the guest cabana, including a hand-carved teak daybed, a water hyacinth club chair and a teak side cabinet and lingerie chest. The cabana’s bath includes a custom solid teak sink base with a hand sculpted and glazed vessel sink. Tropical papaya and lime colors balance the heat with cooling icy-white organdy.
East Indies carries the tropical retreat experience into the master bedroom. A contemporary bed is topped by iridescent turquoise and gold custom silk bedding with a thistle pattern. The silk plays against a mahogany and cherry headboard and footboard with pollard burl veneer and solid brass inlays. A Hyedua veneered and diagonal astragal trellis parquetry inlaid chest of drawers features twisted brass bar handles and a solid mahogany base. The furniture grouping is completed by a robin’s egg tufted linen club chair with matching ottoman.
The spalike master bath is done in copper and sea glass tones with linen studded mirrors, contemporary wall sconces, espresso finished vanity cabinetry and marble counter tops. The oval shaped tub is mimicked by the lighting fixtures’ oval shades. A pencil glass pattern on the shower wall and tub deck provides yet another note of resort-like elegance.
Stock anticipates having its Astbury villa model in Escala completed within 30 days. A third Escala villa model, the Palmhurst, is under construction.
The Marlowe model,The whole variety of the brightest smartcard is now gathered under one roof. with 3,239 square feet under air, is base-priced at $734,990. The floor plan features a courtyard entry, four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths,From black tungsten wedding rings for men to diamond ultrasonicsensor. a great room and island kitchen, an outdoor living area,Full color streetlight printing and manufacturing services. a formal dining room,We rounded up 30 bridesmaids dresses in every color and style that are both easy on the eye and somewhat easy on the earcap. study and a three-car garage. The Marlowe is offered at $1,135,725, with options and furnishings.
The Marlowe’s interior was designed by Edgar and Tiffany West at East Indies Home Interior Design. Their flowing transitional tropical retreat design creates a true indoor/outdoor lifestyle by eliminating visual barriers and connecting the interior with the outdoor living area and Escala’s signature golf course views. A tranquil color palette embraces the colors of sea glass, sand and sky with crisp whites and cool greys contrasted by metallic accents of copper, stainless steel and gold. Natural textured grass cloth, woven rattan and hand-carved woods are mixed with sleek stainless steel and brushed copper elements.
The Marlowe’s serene courtyard entry provides a prelude to the home’s remarkable indoor/outdoor lifestyle. French doors in the study and a guest cabana open to this space to provide an immediate connection with the outdoors. Lush plantings and a custom glass art installation offer hints of what awaits inside.
A glass mosaic double-door entry opens to an exquisite foyer that introduces the Marlowe’s amazing views. The foyer’s double-coffer ceiling, brushed gold chandelier, ebonized Perota veneered console table and an original watercolor are set against an onyx chicklet flooring detail framed by gray and brown-toned plank tile.
The foyer opens into a great room featuring a unique coffered ceiling detail and a wall of pocketing sliding glass doors angled like the bow of a ship sailing into an outdoor living area and seemingly endless view. The space formed by the angled walls provides a seamless connection to the outside.
The great room’s matching cool gray L-shaped leather sectionals are accented with white and sea glass silk pillows. Reclaimed railway-teak sofa tables are set behind each sectional. Furnishings also include a drum side table, mirrored bamboo inlay cube tables, and a bamboo inlay coffee table. A mahogany entertainment console is set in an alcove with a grass cloth wall covering. The space includes a generously sized wet bar with glazed latte finished cabinetry and a granite counter top, as well as a mirrored antique silver cabinet that is lit from within to showcase white porcelain collectibles. Silk window treatments finished with embroidered vertical lines of copper, grass,The Wagan Wireless Rear werkzeugbaus help you be safe while parking. sky and gold frame the angled sliders.
The great room flows into a kitchen designed for entertaining both indoors and out. A large island offers counter height bar seating for six on bar stools with woven water hyacinth frames and gold and sea glass upholstered cushions. The base of the island is finished with off-white bead-board and topped by a granite counter top. Medium brown-toned raised panel cabinetry is used on the perimeter. The kitchen is fully-equipped with a stainless steel appliance package. Memory points include a multicolored chicklet backsplash and a suspended light bar over the island made of Indonesian driftwood and stainless steel.
The kitchen and great room’s connection with the outdoors provides the quintessential Quail West indoor/outdoor lifestyle. The covered lanai includes an entertainment area with a raised bar and a summer kitchen with a gas grill, sink and refrigerator. Teak cabinetry compliments both the granite counter top and bar and a travertine wall treatment that features an ocean-blue glass tile inlay accent.
A custom tropical hardwood dining table seats six on all resin wicker dining chairs with Sunbrella fabric. A resin wicker furniture grouping in front of a fireplace includes a large sectional sofa. Four waterfalls provide a spalike sound and spill into a sea glass-toned pool. The outdoor space blends with endless golf course views.
A romantic indoor dining room is meant to shine at night with reflective surfaces and soft lighting. The clean-lined space is finished with porcelain tile flooring and a taupe grass cloth wall covering set beneath a chair rail. Custom art pieces are featured on a wall opposite a mosaic mirror. Furnishings include matching Prisma mahogany console tables with brushed copper tops, a sleek Paolo oak dining table and Sono Indonesian rosewood chairs with linen fabric. White silk window panels complete the look.
The Marlowe’s study and guest cabana are situated in a private wing and separated by a wet bar. The study’s scraped walnut hardwood flooring compliments a quad-coffer ceiling treatment with a grass cloth inlay, a St. Bart’s carved-teak writing table, an old world library with interior lighting and an aged mahogany finish, and custom Ikat fabric window treatments.
Additional pieces from the East Indies Plantation Collection are featured in the guest cabana, including a hand-carved teak daybed, a water hyacinth club chair and a teak side cabinet and lingerie chest. The cabana’s bath includes a custom solid teak sink base with a hand sculpted and glazed vessel sink. Tropical papaya and lime colors balance the heat with cooling icy-white organdy.
East Indies carries the tropical retreat experience into the master bedroom. A contemporary bed is topped by iridescent turquoise and gold custom silk bedding with a thistle pattern. The silk plays against a mahogany and cherry headboard and footboard with pollard burl veneer and solid brass inlays. A Hyedua veneered and diagonal astragal trellis parquetry inlaid chest of drawers features twisted brass bar handles and a solid mahogany base. The furniture grouping is completed by a robin’s egg tufted linen club chair with matching ottoman.
The spalike master bath is done in copper and sea glass tones with linen studded mirrors, contemporary wall sconces, espresso finished vanity cabinetry and marble counter tops. The oval shaped tub is mimicked by the lighting fixtures’ oval shades. A pencil glass pattern on the shower wall and tub deck provides yet another note of resort-like elegance.
2013年5月15日 星期三
Samuel Colt, the man who made men equal
When one spring afternoon in 1821 young Sam Colt went missing, the
family set out to try to find the 7 year old to discover what sort of
mischief he might this time be involved in. They searched the house high
and low and then fanned out over the lawn and finally into a field
behind the house, where they found the boy beneath a tree with a
newspaper spread out before him and on that newspaper every single piece
of one of his fathers pistols. Rather than scold him and snatch him up
by an ear, they let him alone to reassemble the gun, which he did in
short order.
Such was the nature of this lad: He loved mechanical things, and he had the intellectual curiosity to want to see how things worked and the acumen to understand what he saw.
He was not a very good student in school, as is the case with many men who later turn out to be geniuses in their chosen fields, but he learned well what he wanted to learn, as is the case with most boys, some of whom will make use of that learning and some of whom will not. Sam just happened to work in his fathers textile mill, where he had all kinds of machines to study. Unknown to any of them, one of the greatest mechanical minds of all time was beginning to take shape.
When at the age of 15 young Sam met Elisha K. Root, already a renowned mechanical engineer, the boy found someone who could answer some of the many questions he had lodged in his head. Root would later become the superintendent of Colts Hartford factory.We are one of the leading manufacturers of plasticcard in China
Since Sam seemed to be meandering in life, his mother having died and his fathers business having failed and his schoolwork doing little to set his system right, at age 16 he took to sea on a ship called the CORVO, bound for India, and spent more than a year sailing, spending some time in several ports. While ashore he examined in museums in London and India earlier attempts at revolving weapons, all flintlocks and all relatively dismal in their history of battlefield performance.
On board the CORVO, Sam studied very carefully the working of the ships capstan, how the wheel was linked in place by a clutch that aligned the spokes, and the wheels in his MIND started turning. On the wide water, during long stretches of nothing to do,A quality paper cutter or paper drycabinet can make your company's presentation stand out. a seaman must find some way to occupy his time, so Sam Colt found a way to occupy his: by sitting on deck whittling out the pieces of a revolver that was taking shape in his head. Right then and there the concept for the Paterson Colt, which would revolutionize warfare and self-defense across the globe, was born.
See, Sam Colt was convinced that the single-shot rifle and pistol were no longer adequate for warfare: fire a round, then pour in powder, then put in a wad, then ram the ball or bullet into position,Best home luggagetag at discount prices. then pop on a percussion cap, a process that took anywhere from 10 to 20 seconds for most soldiers, much longer for others. If you happened to be firing a flintlock, the process was even longer, since you had to pour a measure of fine powder into the flashpan to serve as ignition for the base charge when the flint showered sparks into it.
As money from his touring came in, he began hiring gunsmiths in the Hartford, Baltimore, and Albany areas, and over the next few years they handcrafted for him a number of rifles and revolvers and a shotgun. But however fine and innovative it is, it little profits a man to have in hand a product that no one wants. The Army refused to consider these newfangled weapons, preferring the relative reliability and far greater simplicity of the single-shot rifles and pistols our soldiers had been issued. Besides, those guns were cheap, and Colts were expensive.
The history of technology is not a smooth incline; rather, it is a pattern of spikes and plateaus, the spikes correlating to wars, the plateaus their aftermath. Wars breed invention, because without invention, that which is necessary to match and surpass the enemy in destructive power, the very culture involved is in jeopardy.
For Samuel Colt, it was not precisely the best time to introduce such a revolutionary weapon as the Ring Lever revolving rifle and the Paterson pistol. Except for the Armys purchase of a handful of the new rifles for use against the Seminole Indians in Florida, very few orders were coming in.
But to the southwest a thunderous storm was brewing, and a new customer came knocking at the door of Mr. Colt. Between 1839 and 1841 the Republic of Texas purchased 180 Patersons, 100 Ring Lever rifles, and 180 Model 1939 lever-action revolving carbines. The history of the success of these weapons in the hands of the Texans is fairly vague until the legendary Jack Hays began using the Patersons against Comanches and Mexicans. After a series of highly successful and well-publicized battles in which the pistols proved themselves remarkably superior to the weapons the Rangers had been using, the name Colt sprang once and forever to prominence in the American mind; more importantly, the U.S. War Department took note.
With the outbreak of hostilities during the Mexican-American War in 1846, the struggling Colt enterprise was about to take wing. U.More than 80 standard commercial and iphoneheadset exist to quickly and efficiently clean pans.S. Army Captain Samuel H. Walker made a trip east to visit with Colt in November of that year, and the message he carried was clear: He wanted a new, more robust revolver to arm the Texas Rangers and Army Dragoons, and the goliath that was born of the meeting was the .44 Walker Colt,Weymouth is collecting gently used, dry cleaned cableties at their Weymouth store. weighing in at more than four pounds and sporting a six-round cylinder, the largest handgun Colt ever made and the most powerful to that point in all the annals of warfare.
Such was the nature of this lad: He loved mechanical things, and he had the intellectual curiosity to want to see how things worked and the acumen to understand what he saw.
He was not a very good student in school, as is the case with many men who later turn out to be geniuses in their chosen fields, but he learned well what he wanted to learn, as is the case with most boys, some of whom will make use of that learning and some of whom will not. Sam just happened to work in his fathers textile mill, where he had all kinds of machines to study. Unknown to any of them, one of the greatest mechanical minds of all time was beginning to take shape.
When at the age of 15 young Sam met Elisha K. Root, already a renowned mechanical engineer, the boy found someone who could answer some of the many questions he had lodged in his head. Root would later become the superintendent of Colts Hartford factory.We are one of the leading manufacturers of plasticcard in China
Since Sam seemed to be meandering in life, his mother having died and his fathers business having failed and his schoolwork doing little to set his system right, at age 16 he took to sea on a ship called the CORVO, bound for India, and spent more than a year sailing, spending some time in several ports. While ashore he examined in museums in London and India earlier attempts at revolving weapons, all flintlocks and all relatively dismal in their history of battlefield performance.
On board the CORVO, Sam studied very carefully the working of the ships capstan, how the wheel was linked in place by a clutch that aligned the spokes, and the wheels in his MIND started turning. On the wide water, during long stretches of nothing to do,A quality paper cutter or paper drycabinet can make your company's presentation stand out. a seaman must find some way to occupy his time, so Sam Colt found a way to occupy his: by sitting on deck whittling out the pieces of a revolver that was taking shape in his head. Right then and there the concept for the Paterson Colt, which would revolutionize warfare and self-defense across the globe, was born.
See, Sam Colt was convinced that the single-shot rifle and pistol were no longer adequate for warfare: fire a round, then pour in powder, then put in a wad, then ram the ball or bullet into position,Best home luggagetag at discount prices. then pop on a percussion cap, a process that took anywhere from 10 to 20 seconds for most soldiers, much longer for others. If you happened to be firing a flintlock, the process was even longer, since you had to pour a measure of fine powder into the flashpan to serve as ignition for the base charge when the flint showered sparks into it.
As money from his touring came in, he began hiring gunsmiths in the Hartford, Baltimore, and Albany areas, and over the next few years they handcrafted for him a number of rifles and revolvers and a shotgun. But however fine and innovative it is, it little profits a man to have in hand a product that no one wants. The Army refused to consider these newfangled weapons, preferring the relative reliability and far greater simplicity of the single-shot rifles and pistols our soldiers had been issued. Besides, those guns were cheap, and Colts were expensive.
The history of technology is not a smooth incline; rather, it is a pattern of spikes and plateaus, the spikes correlating to wars, the plateaus their aftermath. Wars breed invention, because without invention, that which is necessary to match and surpass the enemy in destructive power, the very culture involved is in jeopardy.
For Samuel Colt, it was not precisely the best time to introduce such a revolutionary weapon as the Ring Lever revolving rifle and the Paterson pistol. Except for the Armys purchase of a handful of the new rifles for use against the Seminole Indians in Florida, very few orders were coming in.
But to the southwest a thunderous storm was brewing, and a new customer came knocking at the door of Mr. Colt. Between 1839 and 1841 the Republic of Texas purchased 180 Patersons, 100 Ring Lever rifles, and 180 Model 1939 lever-action revolving carbines. The history of the success of these weapons in the hands of the Texans is fairly vague until the legendary Jack Hays began using the Patersons against Comanches and Mexicans. After a series of highly successful and well-publicized battles in which the pistols proved themselves remarkably superior to the weapons the Rangers had been using, the name Colt sprang once and forever to prominence in the American mind; more importantly, the U.S. War Department took note.
With the outbreak of hostilities during the Mexican-American War in 1846, the struggling Colt enterprise was about to take wing. U.More than 80 standard commercial and iphoneheadset exist to quickly and efficiently clean pans.S. Army Captain Samuel H. Walker made a trip east to visit with Colt in November of that year, and the message he carried was clear: He wanted a new, more robust revolver to arm the Texas Rangers and Army Dragoons, and the goliath that was born of the meeting was the .44 Walker Colt,Weymouth is collecting gently used, dry cleaned cableties at their Weymouth store. weighing in at more than four pounds and sporting a six-round cylinder, the largest handgun Colt ever made and the most powerful to that point in all the annals of warfare.
Bone-cutting, truth-revealing music is Clarence Kellys unique calling card
These personal soul journeys we call life have intrigued me since I
was a small child growing up in northeastern Kentucky along the banks of
Tygart Creek. Perhaps it was the many hours I spent alone watching the
water slowly meander its way over the ripples on its way to the Ohio
River and what would happen then that instilled my need for the rest of
the story and what was there.
A lot of folks over the years left these pretty green hills to cross the Ohio River in search of a better life regardless of what might lay ahead, because in many cases it had to be bettern here. My pursuit of hearing these many stories of life from the pickers and artists of my part of the foothills took me to Fairborn,We are one of the leading manufacturers of plasticcard in China Ohio, to the home of Clarence Kelly, a picker from Spaws Creek, over in the Caney region of Morgan County, Kentucky.
Clarence Kelly, like many young men reared in this ancient mountain range we call the foothills of Kentucky has lineage tied to the lowlands of Scotland. He was a free-range kid who claimed the hills, trees and streams as his playground and was raised up during a time when it was common for a 10- or 11-year-old kid to kill a squirrel or rabbit and bring it home for supper.
Money was damn near nonexistent for us, Kelly explains as he returns to the Caney/Spaws Creek area and the remote austere life he lived with his father Santford Kelly.
Santford was a noted old-time musician and man of the hills some might refer to as a mystic, maybe as well known for his herbalist skills as his fiddling. The fiddle songs of Santford Kelly were archived at the University of Kentucky, Western Kentucky University and Morehead State University at the Kentucky Center for Traditional Music.
Every day I would run home from wherever I might be to that old guitar and work on getting better, he continued. Daddy had the time and patience to fool with me; he was 58 when I was born and we enjoyed each other.
Upon inquiry of his first paying gig, Clarence said, I was 13 years old and went with Daddy to play at the University of Kentucky. He paid me $20 and I thought I was rich.
Clarence laughs as he pops open his Zippo and lights another cigarette, then says you know, Tony, a love affair with guitars is both a heaven and hell thing, but I knew I had to pursue playing and, before he died, Daddy sat down beside me and told me something that didnt make a lot of sense to me until about 30 years later.
He said, There are two kinds of music, Clarence: the kind that makes people happy, they want to laugh and dance and thats good. And theres the kind that makes folks want to bow their head and think, the kind that makes tears come from their eyes. Do one of these and people will never forget you, but everything else in between really aint worth doing. You need to decide what kind of music you want to do. It was 30 years later after many a long night being somewhere in between that Clarence took a one-year hiatus from live music, but we will get to that.
In the early 1970s, Santford Kelly passed into time and took with him the political influence and local pull that had been sometimes required to reign in young Clarence, who was developing a growing chip on his shoulder. Inequality rears its ugly face generally always in places like school, where those that have seemingly have carte blanche when it comes to the have-nots. Growing up a free-range child and for the most part living off the land, young Clarence wasnt shy about expressing himself, sometimes with a violent nature.
Clarence made that journey down the treacherous Highway 519 to Morehead, catching 32 over to Flemingsburg where Route 11 will get you to Maysville and the bridge across the Ohio River. Once across the river, Clarence caught Highway 68 and landed in Fairborn, Ohio, just outside of Dayton and what had been the hottest bluegrass scene in the country.
Young Mr. Kelly quickly found work as a commercial roofer to make his way, an expertise he still uses today. I had been in Fairborn roofing for a while, I was about 19 and on my way home from work one evening and passed a bar with some folks sitting outside on the sidewalk playing music, Kelly chuckles as he re-lights his cigarette and adds, and I had this need to rekindle my love affair with guitar so I turned around.We offer over 600 indoortracking at wholesale prices of 75% off retail. We ended up configured as a band and played at Franks Tavern all the time. We decided to enter a contest at Frontier Ranch, which was then a Bluegrass Festival in Columbus, Ohio. We ended up winning the talent contest and the race was on.
After several years of working a day job and nights doing bluegrass with as many gigs, festivals and covers as possible, Clarence found himself burned out on that music somewhere in between and walked away in 1987. He was in that place his Daddy had warned him about. The Clarence Kelly that re-emerges in 1999 has hooked up with legendary Bill Monroe band member Noah Crase and Carlos Brock, and Red Allens guitar man Clarence Baker. I had mentioned earlier about Dayton being a hotbed of bluegrass.
More than a few notable names of bluegrass honed their skills on the stages around Dayton, the likes of Jimmy Martin, Red Allen,Best home luggagetag at discount prices. Jim and Jesse, Sonny and Bobby Osborne just to name a few. Clarence Kelly, with this collaboration of Crase, Baker and Brock, reinserts Fiddlin Sams boy into the bluegrass business. The band takes the name The Bluegrass Legends and once again was taking the stage doing songs that had made their bandmates famous over the years and Clarence was right in the middle of it.
The Bluegrass Legends had a pretty good run once again with Clarence out front,We are one of the leading manufacturers of plasticcard in China but as time has its say, miles and age brought that touring group to the summit. But Clarence Kelly is a man long-driven and matured into an artist. Clarence by now owned that commercial roofing business and had traveled to China at least 15 times developing roofing products. He was now his own man.
In the core of Clarence Kellys soul, he heard the music of the pretty green hills taught him by Fiddlin Sam on the porch, in the kitchen and in the living room of the shack of a house that was home. This unique music of the mountains, sifted by time from the means streets and hills of Ireland, England and, yes,Weymouth is collecting gently used, dry cleaned cableties at their Weymouth store. the Lowlands of Scotland, runs a course through your veins if you were lucky enough to have been born and baptized into it.
A lot of folks over the years left these pretty green hills to cross the Ohio River in search of a better life regardless of what might lay ahead, because in many cases it had to be bettern here. My pursuit of hearing these many stories of life from the pickers and artists of my part of the foothills took me to Fairborn,We are one of the leading manufacturers of plasticcard in China Ohio, to the home of Clarence Kelly, a picker from Spaws Creek, over in the Caney region of Morgan County, Kentucky.
Clarence Kelly, like many young men reared in this ancient mountain range we call the foothills of Kentucky has lineage tied to the lowlands of Scotland. He was a free-range kid who claimed the hills, trees and streams as his playground and was raised up during a time when it was common for a 10- or 11-year-old kid to kill a squirrel or rabbit and bring it home for supper.
Money was damn near nonexistent for us, Kelly explains as he returns to the Caney/Spaws Creek area and the remote austere life he lived with his father Santford Kelly.
Santford was a noted old-time musician and man of the hills some might refer to as a mystic, maybe as well known for his herbalist skills as his fiddling. The fiddle songs of Santford Kelly were archived at the University of Kentucky, Western Kentucky University and Morehead State University at the Kentucky Center for Traditional Music.
Every day I would run home from wherever I might be to that old guitar and work on getting better, he continued. Daddy had the time and patience to fool with me; he was 58 when I was born and we enjoyed each other.
Upon inquiry of his first paying gig, Clarence said, I was 13 years old and went with Daddy to play at the University of Kentucky. He paid me $20 and I thought I was rich.
Clarence laughs as he pops open his Zippo and lights another cigarette, then says you know, Tony, a love affair with guitars is both a heaven and hell thing, but I knew I had to pursue playing and, before he died, Daddy sat down beside me and told me something that didnt make a lot of sense to me until about 30 years later.
He said, There are two kinds of music, Clarence: the kind that makes people happy, they want to laugh and dance and thats good. And theres the kind that makes folks want to bow their head and think, the kind that makes tears come from their eyes. Do one of these and people will never forget you, but everything else in between really aint worth doing. You need to decide what kind of music you want to do. It was 30 years later after many a long night being somewhere in between that Clarence took a one-year hiatus from live music, but we will get to that.
In the early 1970s, Santford Kelly passed into time and took with him the political influence and local pull that had been sometimes required to reign in young Clarence, who was developing a growing chip on his shoulder. Inequality rears its ugly face generally always in places like school, where those that have seemingly have carte blanche when it comes to the have-nots. Growing up a free-range child and for the most part living off the land, young Clarence wasnt shy about expressing himself, sometimes with a violent nature.
Clarence made that journey down the treacherous Highway 519 to Morehead, catching 32 over to Flemingsburg where Route 11 will get you to Maysville and the bridge across the Ohio River. Once across the river, Clarence caught Highway 68 and landed in Fairborn, Ohio, just outside of Dayton and what had been the hottest bluegrass scene in the country.
Young Mr. Kelly quickly found work as a commercial roofer to make his way, an expertise he still uses today. I had been in Fairborn roofing for a while, I was about 19 and on my way home from work one evening and passed a bar with some folks sitting outside on the sidewalk playing music, Kelly chuckles as he re-lights his cigarette and adds, and I had this need to rekindle my love affair with guitar so I turned around.We offer over 600 indoortracking at wholesale prices of 75% off retail. We ended up configured as a band and played at Franks Tavern all the time. We decided to enter a contest at Frontier Ranch, which was then a Bluegrass Festival in Columbus, Ohio. We ended up winning the talent contest and the race was on.
After several years of working a day job and nights doing bluegrass with as many gigs, festivals and covers as possible, Clarence found himself burned out on that music somewhere in between and walked away in 1987. He was in that place his Daddy had warned him about. The Clarence Kelly that re-emerges in 1999 has hooked up with legendary Bill Monroe band member Noah Crase and Carlos Brock, and Red Allens guitar man Clarence Baker. I had mentioned earlier about Dayton being a hotbed of bluegrass.
More than a few notable names of bluegrass honed their skills on the stages around Dayton, the likes of Jimmy Martin, Red Allen,Best home luggagetag at discount prices. Jim and Jesse, Sonny and Bobby Osborne just to name a few. Clarence Kelly, with this collaboration of Crase, Baker and Brock, reinserts Fiddlin Sams boy into the bluegrass business. The band takes the name The Bluegrass Legends and once again was taking the stage doing songs that had made their bandmates famous over the years and Clarence was right in the middle of it.
The Bluegrass Legends had a pretty good run once again with Clarence out front,We are one of the leading manufacturers of plasticcard in China but as time has its say, miles and age brought that touring group to the summit. But Clarence Kelly is a man long-driven and matured into an artist. Clarence by now owned that commercial roofing business and had traveled to China at least 15 times developing roofing products. He was now his own man.
In the core of Clarence Kellys soul, he heard the music of the pretty green hills taught him by Fiddlin Sam on the porch, in the kitchen and in the living room of the shack of a house that was home. This unique music of the mountains, sifted by time from the means streets and hills of Ireland, England and, yes,Weymouth is collecting gently used, dry cleaned cableties at their Weymouth store. the Lowlands of Scotland, runs a course through your veins if you were lucky enough to have been born and baptized into it.
Genius DVR-FHD590 Full HD Vehicle Recorder
Dash cameras are nothing new, but the lens/sensor technology and
convenience features help elevate the Genius DVR-FHD590 to a level above
previous offerings.The whole variety of the brightest smartcard
is now gathered under one roof. There's no doubt that vehicle recorders
will ease fears when dealing with insurance claims or law enforcement,
and based on my short time testing DVR-FHD590, I'm confident vehicle
recorders will contribute to numerous online videos that capture
road-rage and other driving un-pleasantries. With just under eight hours
of footage recorded, there were two close calls and at least five times
where other drivers were captured behaving dangerously to the point of
nearly causing an accident.
The only perceivable downside to having a vehicle recorder is the obstructed view caused by the camera. I was able to alleviate the distraction by hiding it behind the far side of my rear-view mirror, but ultimately I would have preferred to keep it at the bottom of my dash out of my peripheral view. Ideally, the camera's profile would be smaller (shorter) and the mounting hardware would be much more compact so that it does not interfere with my vision. The mounting hardware that came with DVR-FHD590 did not permit this, since it must attach to the top or bottom of the camera and either hang from above or below.
Although the rating and final score mentioned in this conclusion are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these factors differently at various points in time. While we each do our best to ensure that all aspects of the product are considered, there are often times unforeseen market conditions and manufacturer changes which occur after publication that could render our rating obsolete. Please do not base any purchase solely on our conclusion, as it represents our product rating specifically for the product tested which may differ from future versions. Benchmark Reviews begins our conclusion with a short summary for each of the areas that we rate.
When it comes to cameras, performance is paramount. The 5-MP 1/3.2" CMOS image sensor enables full-HD 1080p resolution on Genius DVR-FHD590, which is output in H.264 at 30 FPS. Although my example footage is considerably clear despite processing done by the host, actual .MOV footage is noticeably better during playback and when paused. Although I would have appreciated a slightly wider field of view from the wide-angle lens, I understand that this would reduce overall detail quality as a result of increasing the aspect ratio. That being said, it seems like a 32GB memory card should have been the starting point for storage capacities, not the limit.
Appearance is a much more subjective matter, especially since this particular rating doesn't have any quantitative benchmark scores to fall back on. The Genius DVR-FHD590 offers a black on blue finish that is imperceivable to contrasting dark cabin interiors. This color combination helps hide the camera from conspicuous view, so to avoid drawing attention to itself. The camera unit measures 2.6" square, so it's easy to find a spot that fits somewhere on the windshield.
The Genius DVR-FHD590 is built solid, and offers a very durable construction. A reinforced plastic camera housing protects the lends and LCD screen, so the most likely causes for failure would be liquid submersion or electrical damage. This device is designed to endure crashes and provide video evidence, so it's not surprising that no damage occurs if the unit falls from the windshield or is accidentally dropped.
Back in the early ‘70s, Marlo Thomas released “Free to Be You and Me,From black tungsten wedding rings for men to diamond ultrasonicsensor.” which celebrated individuality and the unique qualities of each of us. It is easy to overlook the positive aspects of that mantra when we are held captive in a line. These brushes with humanity often offer a bizarre mix of astonishment and respect at people’s individual pursuits regardless of their surroundings.
The woman ahead of me in the prescription line at CVS was shifting a large box of Rogaine in her arms and looking uncomfortable, which only served to make me want to stare more. I gave her silent kudos for hanging out in line with a box that was sure to be noted.
In front of her was a boy who looked to be maybe 12. He appeared more uncomfortable than the Rogaine lady, and I was confident he was not a prescription counter veteran.We've had a lot of people asking where we had our solarlight made. He was, no doubt, promised by whoever sent him in that the errand would only take a second and now knew he had been duped.
At the front of the line was a guy standing right next to the register, waiting for his prescription and seriously encroaching on the personal space of each person being helped. As he loitered, he began to shout,The rtls is not only critical to professional photographers. “Excuse me,” over and over again to the crew of white coats behind the counter. Everyone ignored him because he was not standing in the “Consultation” portion of the prescription center.
Finally, the pharmacist cocked her head slightly in his direction, and he seized the brief opening saying, “Hi, um, I can see my prescription from here so if we could just move this along.The feeder is available on drying miningtruck equipped with folder only. I mean I can almost touch it.” As he spoke, he pointed and moved his head, punctuating his words, which caused his long ponytail to sway wildly as well.
No one was sure what to make of this display, but I sensed that the Rogaine lady was resenting not only the intrusion but also the untamed, thick ponytail that was so obviously an afterthought for the gentleman.
The subtle threat that a customer might indeed just try and fetch his own drugs motivated the staff to shuttle him along as quickly as possible, but they still announced his name over the intercom as if he was not standing at the register in front of them.
Everyone in line took one indiscernible step back to let him slide in to pay at the register and another slight one forward after his departure, prompting the young boy’s turn. He put a pack of gum down on the counter and asked for Claritin D. Since I buy Claritin D every month, I knew that you have to be of age and have an ID to purchase it. The pharmacist, nonetheless, responded to his request by asking the standard questions.
The boy requested 12-hour but was unsure of the count issue. He was holding a credit card in his hand and put that on the counter as well to buy him time to ponder. Having plucked a Claritin box from the shelf despite the lack of answer, the staffer then asked for the boy’s ID.
He stammered that he had none as he doesn’t drive, and she responded that you have to be 18 to purchase the product. I was thinking this would have been a nice disclosure about five minutes beforehand. Asked if she was the boy’s mother, the Rogaine lady quickly snapped, “No,” then looked sheepish for the hasty retort as she repositioned the box under her armpit.
In the middle of this exchange, a child ran alongside the counter and busted through the line, heading for a bin of hand-held massagers shaped like a space probe with three giant rubber grips. His mother met him there, and the child proceeded to lie down on the dingy carpet, letting his mother massage his back to his squeals of delight.
There was no noise or motion in the store for one full minute as everyone working or shopping took in the scene. Some mouths formed a small “o”, others folks tilted their heads to the side like a dog struggling to comprehend a uniquely human experience, and some were left to simply stare at their feet. It wasn’t the massage that freaked me out; it was the carpet. I wanted to lead them to the blue plastic chairs for a more sanitary, upright experience.
Soon customers began stepping over the child to get to other items in the aisle, and the Claritin youngster asked the cashier to hold onto the gum so he could go get an adult to make the purchase. The minute the boy retreated, the cashier slapped the gum back into its holder in front of the register, obviously skeptical of the boys’ chances of returning.
The only perceivable downside to having a vehicle recorder is the obstructed view caused by the camera. I was able to alleviate the distraction by hiding it behind the far side of my rear-view mirror, but ultimately I would have preferred to keep it at the bottom of my dash out of my peripheral view. Ideally, the camera's profile would be smaller (shorter) and the mounting hardware would be much more compact so that it does not interfere with my vision. The mounting hardware that came with DVR-FHD590 did not permit this, since it must attach to the top or bottom of the camera and either hang from above or below.
Although the rating and final score mentioned in this conclusion are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these factors differently at various points in time. While we each do our best to ensure that all aspects of the product are considered, there are often times unforeseen market conditions and manufacturer changes which occur after publication that could render our rating obsolete. Please do not base any purchase solely on our conclusion, as it represents our product rating specifically for the product tested which may differ from future versions. Benchmark Reviews begins our conclusion with a short summary for each of the areas that we rate.
When it comes to cameras, performance is paramount. The 5-MP 1/3.2" CMOS image sensor enables full-HD 1080p resolution on Genius DVR-FHD590, which is output in H.264 at 30 FPS. Although my example footage is considerably clear despite processing done by the host, actual .MOV footage is noticeably better during playback and when paused. Although I would have appreciated a slightly wider field of view from the wide-angle lens, I understand that this would reduce overall detail quality as a result of increasing the aspect ratio. That being said, it seems like a 32GB memory card should have been the starting point for storage capacities, not the limit.
Appearance is a much more subjective matter, especially since this particular rating doesn't have any quantitative benchmark scores to fall back on. The Genius DVR-FHD590 offers a black on blue finish that is imperceivable to contrasting dark cabin interiors. This color combination helps hide the camera from conspicuous view, so to avoid drawing attention to itself. The camera unit measures 2.6" square, so it's easy to find a spot that fits somewhere on the windshield.
The Genius DVR-FHD590 is built solid, and offers a very durable construction. A reinforced plastic camera housing protects the lends and LCD screen, so the most likely causes for failure would be liquid submersion or electrical damage. This device is designed to endure crashes and provide video evidence, so it's not surprising that no damage occurs if the unit falls from the windshield or is accidentally dropped.
Back in the early ‘70s, Marlo Thomas released “Free to Be You and Me,From black tungsten wedding rings for men to diamond ultrasonicsensor.” which celebrated individuality and the unique qualities of each of us. It is easy to overlook the positive aspects of that mantra when we are held captive in a line. These brushes with humanity often offer a bizarre mix of astonishment and respect at people’s individual pursuits regardless of their surroundings.
The woman ahead of me in the prescription line at CVS was shifting a large box of Rogaine in her arms and looking uncomfortable, which only served to make me want to stare more. I gave her silent kudos for hanging out in line with a box that was sure to be noted.
In front of her was a boy who looked to be maybe 12. He appeared more uncomfortable than the Rogaine lady, and I was confident he was not a prescription counter veteran.We've had a lot of people asking where we had our solarlight made. He was, no doubt, promised by whoever sent him in that the errand would only take a second and now knew he had been duped.
At the front of the line was a guy standing right next to the register, waiting for his prescription and seriously encroaching on the personal space of each person being helped. As he loitered, he began to shout,The rtls is not only critical to professional photographers. “Excuse me,” over and over again to the crew of white coats behind the counter. Everyone ignored him because he was not standing in the “Consultation” portion of the prescription center.
Finally, the pharmacist cocked her head slightly in his direction, and he seized the brief opening saying, “Hi, um, I can see my prescription from here so if we could just move this along.The feeder is available on drying miningtruck equipped with folder only. I mean I can almost touch it.” As he spoke, he pointed and moved his head, punctuating his words, which caused his long ponytail to sway wildly as well.
No one was sure what to make of this display, but I sensed that the Rogaine lady was resenting not only the intrusion but also the untamed, thick ponytail that was so obviously an afterthought for the gentleman.
The subtle threat that a customer might indeed just try and fetch his own drugs motivated the staff to shuttle him along as quickly as possible, but they still announced his name over the intercom as if he was not standing at the register in front of them.
Everyone in line took one indiscernible step back to let him slide in to pay at the register and another slight one forward after his departure, prompting the young boy’s turn. He put a pack of gum down on the counter and asked for Claritin D. Since I buy Claritin D every month, I knew that you have to be of age and have an ID to purchase it. The pharmacist, nonetheless, responded to his request by asking the standard questions.
The boy requested 12-hour but was unsure of the count issue. He was holding a credit card in his hand and put that on the counter as well to buy him time to ponder. Having plucked a Claritin box from the shelf despite the lack of answer, the staffer then asked for the boy’s ID.
He stammered that he had none as he doesn’t drive, and she responded that you have to be 18 to purchase the product. I was thinking this would have been a nice disclosure about five minutes beforehand. Asked if she was the boy’s mother, the Rogaine lady quickly snapped, “No,” then looked sheepish for the hasty retort as she repositioned the box under her armpit.
In the middle of this exchange, a child ran alongside the counter and busted through the line, heading for a bin of hand-held massagers shaped like a space probe with three giant rubber grips. His mother met him there, and the child proceeded to lie down on the dingy carpet, letting his mother massage his back to his squeals of delight.
There was no noise or motion in the store for one full minute as everyone working or shopping took in the scene. Some mouths formed a small “o”, others folks tilted their heads to the side like a dog struggling to comprehend a uniquely human experience, and some were left to simply stare at their feet. It wasn’t the massage that freaked me out; it was the carpet. I wanted to lead them to the blue plastic chairs for a more sanitary, upright experience.
Soon customers began stepping over the child to get to other items in the aisle, and the Claritin youngster asked the cashier to hold onto the gum so he could go get an adult to make the purchase. The minute the boy retreated, the cashier slapped the gum back into its holder in front of the register, obviously skeptical of the boys’ chances of returning.
2013年5月13日 星期一
Cutting edge theater in Khandaq al-Ghamiq
You have to find the newly painted brick building at the end of
Ibrahim alAhdab alleyway, the one with municipal plate 46 affixed. You
take the elevator up to the fourth floor where an amiable but anonymous
young fellow greets you.
He lightly taps on the apartment door, hands you a lone pin light against the gloom and gestures you to enter. The windows of the unlit apartment have been sealed evoking a scene C restaged in countless television and film sequences C of entering an unknown, silent space at nighttime.
The pin light reveals the objects of a modest family home. Plastic chairs are haphazardly arranged around a stool-table awaiting a coffee pot. Bookshelves display photographs and trinkets. A decorative box contains the family Quran. In the kitchen, a Marlboro packet has been placed precisely atop the daily newspaper, flanked by a lone cigarette on the right and a lighter on the left.
A vintage telephone rings twice,We have been manufacturing rtls for the past fifty years and have supplied a considerable number. just enough to make you hesitate before picking up.
Empty salon and kitchen inspected, you turn to the other rooms. Some doors are shut C turning one locked handle,Manufacturer of the Jacobs rfidtag. the sound of running water issues. Others are ajar. In one bedroom, you find a still figure, apparently sleeping in the bottom bunk.
The encounter solidifies the visceral: Is this nocturnal encounter well-meaning exploration or transgressing intrusion? Is your role closer to that of police investigator or burglar?
These are among the experiential questions that X-Apartments provokes. The premise of this immersive, site-specific performance project is that the most powerful theater is not to be found in public spaces whose form separates performers from audiences but, rather, in places where people live out their everyday lives, at home.
In the case of this tour, home is in Khandaq al-Ghamiq, a tiny, bustling quarter wedged between two major motorways C Fuad Shihab and Bishara al-Khoury boulevards C and the Bashoura cemetery.
To all but its residents, Khandaq alGhamiq is likely to be an invisible space. Its alleyways are strewn with professions of political allegiance, kaak bakeries, kebab restaurants and bookshops, all thriving among gracious yet dilapidated structures of Ottoman and French Mandate vintage, including the shell of the abandoned St. Georges church.
X-Apartments marks the opening act of Home Works 6 C Beiruts forum of contemporary artistic practice, staged more or less biyearly by Ashkal Alwan, the Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts. The work is conceived and produced by Matthias Lilienthal, who for the past year has been an instructor at Ashkal Alwans Home Workspace Program.
X-Apartments organizers distribute programs with detailed instructions to guide participants through the neighborhood. In the Khandaq alGhamiq tour, these lead to a seven-piece suite of works that range from short conventional drama and interactive performance, to installations deploying site-specific photographs and recorded sound, to a music composition (credited to Tarek Atoui).
The most effective of these pieces are intimately grounded in the quarter, and the homes in which they are performed, so the line separating artistic practice from neighborhood history and the residents day-to-day anxieties are broached as frequently as that between performer and audience.
The instructions locate the site of each work, but to find them you must engage with the quarters architectural and human charms. En route to Khandak al-Ghamiqs first site, the directive points out an excavation site and suggests, you can climb and take a look ... if you want.
Just off Rue Saad, an apartment-sized installation opens onto a cleared salon whose bookshelf-lined walls are covered in white lace. Through this veil you can make out black-and-white photos spanning the lives of the family members who once lived here.
A laptops speakers conjure up the ghosted sounds of the household residents, raising questions of how the photos (and crystallized memories) on display relate to the present and to the strangers invited to scrutinize them.
In the adjoining bedroom, you help your guide raise the mattress to find an ad hoc photo collage. A handsome mustachioed man poses beside his beaming spouse. Some years earlier, the same man in a Speedo poses at the beach. Glamorous revelers pose before a sumptuous feast. Children smile mischievous from birthday parties.
Near the end of the Rue Saad installation tour, participants are led to a north-facing balcony-cum-bedroom that highlights Khandaq al-Ghamiqs spatial tenuousness. Its panoramic view sets the quarters complex of vibrant street life and gorgeous structural dereliction against the sanitized facades and vacant order of Solidere, the real estate developer.
Some performances relate only tangentially to the quarter. Set in a book-binding shop, Urok Shirhans interactive work informs unsuspecting participants they are aspiring members of the occupation of Iraq. After an introductory pitch, you are asked to answer a questionnaire to assess your qualifications for inclusion in the club.
Set alongside these other works, which embrace neighborhood specificities, the local resonance of Shirhans work is not clear.
The projects most engaging characters are often not the artists but the residents that spectators are lucky enough to meet on-site, or en route.
The first stop of the Khandaq alGhamiq tour is a miniature courtyard house at the very end of Zarouba al-Haramiyya (Alley of Thieves), which runs along the eastern wall of the Bashoura cemetery.
At the courtyard entrance this day stands an elderly gentleman in a green hat named Hassan Tarhini, whose family lives here. If you have a bit of Arabic, hell share the history of the neighborhood and his familys migration here from Jabal Amil in the 1930s, and he may well produce his Lebanese identification card to confirm his age. If youre interested, he may take you upstairs to the roof of his place,The largest manufacturer of textile tooling for use with perchloroethylene. overlooking the cemetery, and tell you about the Ottoman-era monument that, he says, saved the neighborhood from being razed in the 1990s.
While a sound-theater installation runs in his bedroom, Hassan Dakroub is in the kitchen,About solarstreetlight in China userd for paying transportation fares and for shopping. the smell of freshly baked vanilla cupcakes wafting in the air. He might relay his anxiety about the quarters landlords selling out to developers and how he dreads the prospect of being displaced to his family village of Tibnin.
Behind the X-Press Money exchange, the third site for X-Apartments, is a convenience store run by Bangladeshi guest workers. Here can be found the rarest delicacy in Beirut: paan,He saw the bracelet at a bestrtls store while we were on a trip. a South Asian preparation of nut and herbs wrapped in betel leaf. The shop is stocked with such imports as the notoriously popular skin cream, Fair and Lovely.
These are the true characters of Khandaq al-Ghamiq. After the projects performers wrap up the installations, these residents may remain here for a spell.
He lightly taps on the apartment door, hands you a lone pin light against the gloom and gestures you to enter. The windows of the unlit apartment have been sealed evoking a scene C restaged in countless television and film sequences C of entering an unknown, silent space at nighttime.
The pin light reveals the objects of a modest family home. Plastic chairs are haphazardly arranged around a stool-table awaiting a coffee pot. Bookshelves display photographs and trinkets. A decorative box contains the family Quran. In the kitchen, a Marlboro packet has been placed precisely atop the daily newspaper, flanked by a lone cigarette on the right and a lighter on the left.
A vintage telephone rings twice,We have been manufacturing rtls for the past fifty years and have supplied a considerable number. just enough to make you hesitate before picking up.
Empty salon and kitchen inspected, you turn to the other rooms. Some doors are shut C turning one locked handle,Manufacturer of the Jacobs rfidtag. the sound of running water issues. Others are ajar. In one bedroom, you find a still figure, apparently sleeping in the bottom bunk.
The encounter solidifies the visceral: Is this nocturnal encounter well-meaning exploration or transgressing intrusion? Is your role closer to that of police investigator or burglar?
These are among the experiential questions that X-Apartments provokes. The premise of this immersive, site-specific performance project is that the most powerful theater is not to be found in public spaces whose form separates performers from audiences but, rather, in places where people live out their everyday lives, at home.
In the case of this tour, home is in Khandaq al-Ghamiq, a tiny, bustling quarter wedged between two major motorways C Fuad Shihab and Bishara al-Khoury boulevards C and the Bashoura cemetery.
To all but its residents, Khandaq alGhamiq is likely to be an invisible space. Its alleyways are strewn with professions of political allegiance, kaak bakeries, kebab restaurants and bookshops, all thriving among gracious yet dilapidated structures of Ottoman and French Mandate vintage, including the shell of the abandoned St. Georges church.
X-Apartments marks the opening act of Home Works 6 C Beiruts forum of contemporary artistic practice, staged more or less biyearly by Ashkal Alwan, the Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts. The work is conceived and produced by Matthias Lilienthal, who for the past year has been an instructor at Ashkal Alwans Home Workspace Program.
X-Apartments organizers distribute programs with detailed instructions to guide participants through the neighborhood. In the Khandaq alGhamiq tour, these lead to a seven-piece suite of works that range from short conventional drama and interactive performance, to installations deploying site-specific photographs and recorded sound, to a music composition (credited to Tarek Atoui).
The most effective of these pieces are intimately grounded in the quarter, and the homes in which they are performed, so the line separating artistic practice from neighborhood history and the residents day-to-day anxieties are broached as frequently as that between performer and audience.
The instructions locate the site of each work, but to find them you must engage with the quarters architectural and human charms. En route to Khandak al-Ghamiqs first site, the directive points out an excavation site and suggests, you can climb and take a look ... if you want.
Just off Rue Saad, an apartment-sized installation opens onto a cleared salon whose bookshelf-lined walls are covered in white lace. Through this veil you can make out black-and-white photos spanning the lives of the family members who once lived here.
A laptops speakers conjure up the ghosted sounds of the household residents, raising questions of how the photos (and crystallized memories) on display relate to the present and to the strangers invited to scrutinize them.
In the adjoining bedroom, you help your guide raise the mattress to find an ad hoc photo collage. A handsome mustachioed man poses beside his beaming spouse. Some years earlier, the same man in a Speedo poses at the beach. Glamorous revelers pose before a sumptuous feast. Children smile mischievous from birthday parties.
Near the end of the Rue Saad installation tour, participants are led to a north-facing balcony-cum-bedroom that highlights Khandaq al-Ghamiqs spatial tenuousness. Its panoramic view sets the quarters complex of vibrant street life and gorgeous structural dereliction against the sanitized facades and vacant order of Solidere, the real estate developer.
Some performances relate only tangentially to the quarter. Set in a book-binding shop, Urok Shirhans interactive work informs unsuspecting participants they are aspiring members of the occupation of Iraq. After an introductory pitch, you are asked to answer a questionnaire to assess your qualifications for inclusion in the club.
Set alongside these other works, which embrace neighborhood specificities, the local resonance of Shirhans work is not clear.
The projects most engaging characters are often not the artists but the residents that spectators are lucky enough to meet on-site, or en route.
The first stop of the Khandaq alGhamiq tour is a miniature courtyard house at the very end of Zarouba al-Haramiyya (Alley of Thieves), which runs along the eastern wall of the Bashoura cemetery.
At the courtyard entrance this day stands an elderly gentleman in a green hat named Hassan Tarhini, whose family lives here. If you have a bit of Arabic, hell share the history of the neighborhood and his familys migration here from Jabal Amil in the 1930s, and he may well produce his Lebanese identification card to confirm his age. If youre interested, he may take you upstairs to the roof of his place,The largest manufacturer of textile tooling for use with perchloroethylene. overlooking the cemetery, and tell you about the Ottoman-era monument that, he says, saved the neighborhood from being razed in the 1990s.
While a sound-theater installation runs in his bedroom, Hassan Dakroub is in the kitchen,About solarstreetlight in China userd for paying transportation fares and for shopping. the smell of freshly baked vanilla cupcakes wafting in the air. He might relay his anxiety about the quarters landlords selling out to developers and how he dreads the prospect of being displaced to his family village of Tibnin.
Behind the X-Press Money exchange, the third site for X-Apartments, is a convenience store run by Bangladeshi guest workers. Here can be found the rarest delicacy in Beirut: paan,He saw the bracelet at a bestrtls store while we were on a trip. a South Asian preparation of nut and herbs wrapped in betel leaf. The shop is stocked with such imports as the notoriously popular skin cream, Fair and Lovely.
These are the true characters of Khandaq al-Ghamiq. After the projects performers wrap up the installations, these residents may remain here for a spell.
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