Make your own predictions on each of them here — last day to do so!
With the March Madness brackets fresh off the presses, which of the so-called experts has a bracket worth using for your office pool?
Here were our final bracket rankings from last year. We scored 32 pundits from ESPN, Yahoo, Sports Illustrated, and CBS Sports.
The following table ranks the pundits based on their average “Yield” of their 63 total picks. The Yield measures the average payout, using Vegas futures odds, had you placed $1 bets on each of the pundit’s selections. This approach fits well with March Madness, since it mimics bracket scoring systems that award extra points for predicting upsets. Hit Rate is simply the % of predictions that were correct. Given the large number of upsets last year, the rankings by Hit Rate and Yield turned out very different (each column is sortable):
Pundit Hit Rate Yield
Gregg Doyel, CBS 56% $1.26
Jerry Palm, CBS 60% $1.12
Seth Greenberg, ESPN 63% $1.09
Dick Vitale, ESPN 60% $1.07
Jeff Goodman, CBS 62% $1.06
Andy Glockner, SI 63% $1.06
John Gasaway, ESPN 65% $1.04
Joe Lunardi, ESPN 60% $1.04
Brad Evans, Yahoo 60% $1.03
Pete Gillen, SI 60% $1.03
Jeff Eisenberg, Yahoo 62% $1.02
Peter Tiernan, CBS 63% $1.01
Alaa Abdelnaby, CBS 59% $1.00
Wally Szczerbiak, CBS 62% $1.00
"Chalk" (higher seed) 62% $1.00
Mateen Cleaves, CBS 60% $0.99
Pete Thamel, CBS 60% $0.98
Gary Parrish, CBS 60% $0.97
Matt Norlander, CBS 54% $0.97
Jay Bilas, ESPN 60% $0.97
Barack Obama 60% $0.97
Dennis Dodd, CBS 48% $0.96
Vegas Favorites 60% $0.95
Greg Anthony, Yahoo 56% $0.92
Luke Winn, SI 56% $0.91
Dan Wetzel, Yahoo 60% $0.91
Stewart Mandel, SI 56% $0.90
Seth Davis, SI 52% $0.87
Pat Forde, Yahoo 54% $0.86
Jeff Borzello, CBS 52% $0.86
Kelli Anderson, SI 54% $0.85
Andy Katz, ESPN 51% $0.77
Michael Wilbon, ESPN 44% $0.75
Doug Gottlieb, CBS 51% $0.74
Colin Cowherd, ESPN 49% $0.68
Gregg Doyel of CBS had the highest yielding bracket, despite not picking Louisville to win it all, mostly because he was the only one of the 32 pundits to have Michigan in the Finals (a strong out-of-consensus pick). When ranked by Hit Rate, John Gasaway of ESPN turned in the best performance, hitting on 41 of his 63 picks.
The worst brackets belonged to Colin Cowherd, Michael Wilbon, Andy Katz, and Doug Gottlieb. Cowherd and Wilbon both got less than half their picks right, while all four of these pundits would have lost you more than 20% of your money had you bet on their picks.
Finally, here are the cumulative rankings for the pundits for whom we tracked brackets in both 2012 and 2013.
Pundit Hit Rate
(2012 & 13)
(2012 & 13)
Jeff Goodman, CBS 65% $1.13
Peter Tiernan, CBS 66% $1.12
Jay Bilas, ESPN 67% $1.10
Barack Obama 66% $1.10
Gregg Doyel, CBS 55% $1.09
Jerry Palm, CBS 61% $1.08
Joe Lunardi, ESPN 60% $1.00
Matt Norlander, CBS 56% $0.99
Dick Vitale, ESPN 59% $0.97
Jeff Borzello, CBS 57% $0.97
Andy Glockner, SI 60% $0.96
Gary Parrish, CBS 60% $0.95
Luke Winn, SI 58% $0.95
Brad Evans, Yahoo 57% $0.95
Dennis Dodd, CBS 51% $0.92
Dan Wetzel, Yahoo 61% $0.91
Stewart Mandel, SI 56% $0.88
Pat Forde, Yahoo 54% $0.88
Seth Davis, SI 53% $0.86
Colin Cowherd, ESPN 57% $0.85
Andy Katz, ESPN 54% $0.82
We’ll be back next week to recap bracket rankings for the opening weekend.
For those new to our site, PunditTracker levels the playing field by allowing users to compete with the ‘experts’. Head over to our March Madness section now and use the ‘Vote Now’ button to make your own Final Four picks.
We tracked 18 pundits who made predictions for all 24 categories of the 86th Annual Academy Awards. Here are the results:
[The second column is the # of predictions that turned out correct. The third column is the Yield, which measures the average payout, based on Vegas odds, had you bet $1 on each of the predictions. This gives pundits more credit for out-of-consensus calls, and a Yield above $1.00 means the pundit did better than the consensus view]
Pundit Hit Rate $1 Yield
Average 20/24 $1.08
Tom Shone, The Guardian 22/24 $1.28
Kyle Buchanan, Vulture 21/24 $1.23
Gregory Ellwood, HitFix 21/24 $1.23
Glenn Whipp, LA Times 21/24 $1.21
Thelma Adams, Yahoo 22/24 $1.16
Kristopher Tapley, HitFix 20/24 $1.16
Anne Thompson, Indiewire 21/24 $1.11
Scott Feinberg, Hollywood Reporter 19/24 $1.09
Clayton Davis, The Awards Circuit 19/24 $1.09
Steve Pond, TheWrap 19/24 $1.08
Vegas Favorites 21/24 $1.06
Mark Harris, Grantland 20/24 $1.03
Anthony Breznican, Entertainment Weekly 19/24 $0.99
Joel D Amos, Movie Fanatic 19/24 $0.99
Kevin Polowy, Yahoo 20/24 $0.99
Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times 20/24 $0.99
Pete Hammond, Deadline 17/24 $0.99
Peter Knegt, Indiewire 19/24 $0.96
Guy Lodge, HitFix 17/24 $0.82
The Best Oscar Pundit for 2014 was Tom Shone of The Guardian, who got 22 of 24 picks correct for a Yield of $1.28, helped by non-consensus picks such as ‘Helium’ for Live Action Short and ’20 Feet from Stardom’ for Documentary. Overall, the pundits did quite well this year, generating an average Yield of $1.08. It was a strong year for the favorites, with Vegas going 21/24 for a $1.06 Yield.
Here is how the pundits did by category. Not one picked Mr. Hublot for Animated Short (Get a Horse! was the consensus favorite).
Category Hit Rate
Best Picture 11/18
Best Actor 18/18
Best Actress 18/18
Best Supporting Actor 18/18
Best Supporting Actress 15/18
Best Director 18/18
Best Adapted Screenplay 18/18
Best Original Screenplay 10/18
Best Animated Feature 18/18
Best Foreign Language Film 15/18
Best Documentary Feature 14/18
Best Cinematography 18/18
Best Film Editing 7/18
Best Production Design 13/18
Best Costume Design 12/18
Best Original Song 18/18
Best Original Score 17/18
Best Sound Editing 18/18
Best Sound Mixing 18/18
Best Visual Effects 18/18
Best Makeup & Hairstyling 17/18
Best Live Action Short 9/18
Best Animated Short 0/18
Best Documentary Short 18/18
Finally, here is our scorecard of the pundits who have full predictions for at least two of the past three Oscars:
Pundit 2012 2013 2014 Average
Melena Ryzik, New York Times $1.36 $1.31 $1.34
Anthony Breznican, Entertainment Weekly $1.61 $0.99 $1.30
Anne Thompson, Indiewire $1.07 $1.45 $1.11 $1.21
Kris Tapley, HitFix $1.39 $1.08 $1.16 $1.21
Clayton Davis, The Awards Circuit $1.35 $1.12 $1.09 $1.19
Scott Feinberg, Hollywood Reporter $0.96 $1.48 $1.09 $1.18
Tom Shone, The Guardian $1.05 $1.28 $1.17
Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times $1.16 $0.96 $1.21 $1.11
Peter Knegt, Indiewire $1.37 $0.94 $0.96 $1.09
Vegas Favorites $1.10 $1.03 $1.06 $1.06
Pete Hammond, Deadline.com $1.22 $0.86 $0.99 $1.02
Kyle Buchanan, Vulture $1.01 $0.82 $1.23 $1.02
Steve Pond, TheWrap $1.14 $0.83 $1.08 $1.02
Joel D Amos, Movie Fanatic $1.02 $0.99 $1.01
Kevin Polowy, Yahoo $0.95 $0.84 $0.99 $0.93
Guy Lodge, HitFix $1.01 $0.93 $0.82 $0.92
Rotten Tomatoes $0.83 $1.01 $0.92
Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times $0.73 $0.89 $0.99 $0.87
Perhaps it’s too early to make predictions for the 2015 Oscars , but why not give it a shot? For those new to our site, PunditTracker levels the playing field by allowing users to compete with the ‘experts’. Head over to our Entertainment section and use the ‘Vote Now’ button to make your picks on next year’s Oscars as well as box office predictions for ‘Mr. Peabody & Sherman’, ‘Divergent’, and ‘Avengers 2′. You can also see a full breakdown of all the pundits’ picks here.
If we missed any Oscar pundits that you think we should have tracked, please let us know and we will add them to the list.
Here is how the 24 NFL game pickers we are tracking fared with their weekly picks this year, sorted best-to-worst by season Yield, along with their Super Bowl picks. As a reminder, Yield is the average payout had you bet $1 on each of the pundit’s picks at Moneyline odds. As a group, the ‘experts’ added no value this year, with a collective yield of $1.00.
Pundit Record Hit Rate $1 Yield Super Bowl Pick
Ron Jaworski, ESPN 181-84 68% $1.08 Broncos
Prediction Machine, CBS 182-83 69% $1.05 Seahawks
Mike Ditka, ESPN 169-96 64% $1.05 Broncos
Vegas Favorites 185-80 70% $1.05 Broncos
Dave Richard, CBS 177-88 67% $1.05 Seahawks
Seth Wickersham, ESPN 171-94 65% $1.04 Seahawks
Ryan Wilson, CBS 173-92 65% $1.04 Seahawks
Jamey Eisenberg, CBS 176-89 66% $1.03 Broncos
K.C. Joyner, ESPN 175-90 66% $1.03 Broncos
Keyshawn Johnson, ESPN 166-99 63% $1.02 Seahawks
Tom Jackson, ESPN 170-95 64% $1.01 Broncos
Chris Mortensen, ESPN 171-94 65% $1.01 Broncos
John Breech, CBS 172-93 65% $1.00 Seahawks
Mark Schlereth, ESPN 170-95 64% $1.00 Broncos
Will Brinson, CBS 165-100 62% $1.00 Broncos
Merril Hoge, ESPN 165-100 62% $0.99 Broncos
Adam Schefter, ESPN 170-95 64% $0.98 Broncos
Cris Carter, ESPN 170-95 64% $0.97 Seahawks
Pete Prisco, CBS 167-98 63% $0.97 Broncos
Josh Katzowitz, CBS 164-101 62% $0.96 Broncos
Eric Allen, ESPN 165-100 62% $0.96 Broncos
Mike Golic, ESPN 164-101 62% $0.96 Seahawks
Frank Schwab, Yahoo 161-98 62% $0.95 Jason La Canfora, CBS 154-111 58% $0.93 Seahawks
Average 64% $1.00
We will update the full weekly rankings (2011-13) after the Super Bowl. For those new to our site, PunditTracker levels the playing field by allowing users to compete with the ‘experts’. If you’d like to make your own Super Bowl pick — as well as several prop bets — head over to our Sports section and use the ‘Vote Now’ button to make your picks. As with the NFL ‘experts’, we will hold you accountable after the game!
The headlines for Apple’s earnings are focusing on the 51 million iPhones shipped, which fell shy of Wall Street’s consensus estimate of 55 million. For us at PunditTracker, the more interesting question is why — yet again — were the analyst’s estimates were so tightly clustered? As Fortune’s terrific spreadsheet shows, 19 of the 30 analysts predicted between 54 and 56 million iPhones. This range seems shockingly narrow for a consumer technology product, particularly given all the ‘proprietary channel checks’ being done. 29 of the 30 pundits were in a range between 52.0 and 58.5 million, which of course failed to capture the actual result. Only Andy Hargreaves of Pacific Crest came in below 52 million (his prediction was 50.93).
We discussed potential reasons for this errant clustering in a post last year.
We have recently recapped the awful performances of baseball and college football pundits — both groups whiffed entirely on either of the championship game participants. Did the NFL pundits do any better with their preseason predictions? We tracked 63 ‘experts’ from CBS, ESPN, NFL.com, and Sports Illustrated.
First, here were the aggregate picks for Conference and Super Bowl winners.
AFC NFC Super Bowl
Broncos: 31 Seahawks: 24 Seahawks: 16
Patriots: 11 49ers: 18 49ers: 14
Texans: 10 Falcons: 13 Broncos: 13
Bengals: 10 Packers: 7 Falcons: 7
Colts: 1 Saints: 1 Packers: 7
The group did quite well this season, with 49% of the pundits picking the Broncos to win the AFC (Vegas pegged their odds at 33%) and 38% selecting the Seahawks in the NFC (Vegas = 17%).
Now here are the individual selections. 13 of the 63 pundits picked both the Broncos and Seahawks to make the Super Bowl, including Jim Trotter of SI.com, who has been the best preseason prognosticator of the group since we started tracking them (he was one of two to predict the Harbaugh Bowl last year). Another 16 picked either the Broncos or Seahawks to win it all.
Pundit Network AFC NFC Super Bowl
Austin Murphy SI DEN SEA DEN
Ben Goessling ESPN DEN SEA DEN
Bill Barnwell ESPN DEN SEA SEA
Chris Burke SI DEN SEA SEA
Elliot Harrison NFL DEN SEA SEA
James Walker ESPN DEN SEA SEA
Jim Trotter SI DEN SEA DEN
Judy Battista NFL DEN SEA SEA
Nick Wagoner ESPN DEN SEA SEA
Pat Kirwan CBS DEN SEA DEN
Rich Cimini ESPN DEN SEA SEA
Rick Reilly ESPN DEN SEA DEN
Rob Demovsky ESPN DEN SEA DEN
Adam Schefter ESPN NE SEA SEA
Bill Simmons ESPN NE SEA SEA
Kimberly Jones NFL DEN SF DEN
Mike Wells ESPN DEN SF DEN
Ryan Wilson CBS NE SEA SEA
Todd Archer ESPN DEN SF DEN
Gil Brandt NFL CIN SEA SEA
Jason La Canfora CBS CIN SEA SEA
John Clayton ESPN DEN ATL DEN
Josh Katzowitz CBS DEN ATL DEN
KC Joyner ESPN DEN ATL DEN
Michael C. Wright ESPN HOU SEA SEA
Mike Sando ESPN HOU SEA SEA
Mike Silver NFL CIN SEA SEA
Scott Brown ESPN DEN NO DEN
Terry Blount ESPN HOU SEA SEA
Bucky Brooks NFL DEN SF SF
Ian Rapoport NFL DEN SF SF
Jeff Legwold ESPN DEN SF SF
Jeffri Chadiha ESPN DEN SF SF
Paul Kuharsky ESPN DEN SF SF
Peter King SI NE SEA NE
Phil Sheridan ESPN NE SEA NE
Ashley Fox ESPN DEN ATL ATL
David Fleming ESPN DEN GB GB
Jamison Hensley ESPN DEN ATL ATL
Jeff Darlington NFL DEN ATL ATL
John Keim ESPN DEN GB GB
Pat Yasinskas ESPN DEN ATL ATL
Adam Schein NFL HOU ATL ATL
Adam Teicher ESPN HOU SF HOU
Albert Breer NFL CIN SF SF
Ben Eagle SI HOU GB GB
Bill Williamson ESPN CIN SF SF
Dan Graziano ESPN HOU ATL ATL
Daniel Jeremiah NFL NE ATL NE
David Newton ESPN CIN SF SF
Don Banks SI CIN GB GB
Doug Farrar SI HOU GB GB
John Breech CBS CIN SF SF
Kevin Seifert ESPN HOU SF SF
Matt Williamson ESPN NE GB GB
Michael DiRocco ESPN NE SF SF
Mike Reiss ESPN NE SF SF
Mike Rodak ESPN NE SF SF
Pete Prisco CBS CIN ATL CIN
Seth Wickersham ESPN IND ATL ATL
Tania Ganguli ESPN HOU SF SF
Tom Mantzouranis SI CIN GB GB
Will Brinson CBS NE ATL NE
We will update the full preseason rankings (2009-13) after the Super Bowl. For those new to our site, PunditTracker levels the playing field by allowing users to compete with the ‘experts’. If you’d like to make your own Super Bowl pick — as well as several prop bets — head over to our Sports section and use the ‘Vote Now’ button to make your picks. As with the NFL ‘experts’, we will hold you accountable after the game!
We have been tracking the annual investment picks of the Barron’s Roundtable since 2002. After a remarkable run from 2002-10, during which the Roundtable trounced the S&P 500 for nine consecutive years, the last two years have been marked by underperformance:
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Roundtable Avg -5.7% 45.7% 20.9% 9.1% 22.2% 15.7% -21.4% 31.4% 17.8%
S&P 500 -24.5% 19.7% 8.0% 5.2% 10.3% 4.2% -36.0% 19.7% 9.8%
2011 2012 2002-12 CAGR
Roundtable Avg -4.9% 10.5% 11.4%
S&P 500 -1.1% 11.6% 0.8%
So would 2013 mark a reversion to the ‘good old days’ or would the stock-pickers struggle again? Let’s take a look at how their picks fared this past year:
Roundtable Member 2013 Return
Average Roundtable 21.2%
Meryl Witmer 60.9%
Oscar Schafer 37.7%
Mario Gabelli 34.7%
Brian Rogers 32.6%
S&P 500 28.2%
Abby Joseph Cohen 18.7%
Scott Black 10.8%
Felix Zulauf 0.0%
Fred Hickey -26.1%
The Roundtable underperformed again in 2013, posting a 21.2% return on average versus the 28.2% of the S&P. The group’s performance was dragged down by a few members, in particular Fred Hickey. Due largely to his big bet on gold, Hickey’s picks returned -26.1% on average. Felix Zulauf, the second best roundtable performer since 2002 (behind Marc Faber, who did not make picks this year), also had a tough year given his bet on emerging markets. Scott Black and Abby Joseph Cohen underperformed as well.
On a positive note, several members posted stellar years, notably Meryl Witmer who made three picks, all of which posted 49%+ returns. Oscar Schafer, Mario Gabelli, and Brian Rogers also outperformed the index.
For a full breakdown of all the pundit’s individual picks in 2013, click here.
Despite the sluggish performance in recent years, the group’s long-term record remains admirable. The Roundtable members have posted a 13.3% average CAGR since 2002 versus 1.5% for the S&P.
Here is how they have fared on an individual basis, relative to the corresponding S&P performance for the years in which they made picks:
Return S&P Outperformance
Total (2002-13, 12 years) 13.3% 1.5% 11.8%
Marc Faber (2002-12, 11 years) 22.8% 3.1% 19.7%
Felix Zulauf (2002-13, 12 years) 20.2% 1.5% 18.7%
Oscar Schafer (2002-13, 12 years) 16.0% 1.5% 14.5%
Meryl Witmer (2002-13, 12 years) 14.7% 1.5% 13.2%
Barton Biggs (2002-03, 2 years) 3.4% -4.9% 8.3%
Art Samberg (2002-08, 7 years) 4.2% -3.9% 8.1%
John Neff (2002-07, 6 years) 9.8% 2.8% 7.0%
Mario Gabelli (2002-13, 12 years) 8.2% 1.5% 6.7%
Scott Black (2002-13, 12 years) 5.4% 1.5% 3.9%
Brian Rogers (2012-13, 2 years) 22.9% 19.6% 3.3%
Abby Joseph Cohen (2002-03, 2005-13, 11 years) 4.2% 2.4% 1.8%
Fred Hickey (2005-13, 9 years) 4.0% 4.1% -0.1%
Archie MacAllaster (2002-11, 10 years) -1.9% -0.2% -1.7%
For a full breakdown of the Roundtable performance from 2012-13, click here.
For those new to our site, PunditTracker levels the playing field by allowing users to compete with the ‘experts’. If you’d like to make your own picks on year-end targets for the S&P, Gold, Bitcoin, Oil, Twitter, and more, head over to our Finance section and use the ‘Vote Now’ button to make your picks. As with the Roundtable pundits, we will hold you accountable at year end!
Let’s look at how the 57 NFL Pundits we are tracking fared with their preseason predictions for the division winners. First, here were their collective predictions:
NFC(E) NFC(N) NFC(S) NFC(W)
24: NYG 48: GB 46: ATL 29: SEA
16: WAS 06: CHI 09: NO 28: SF
16: DAL 02: MIN 02: TB 00: STL
01: PHI 01: DET 00: CAR 00: ARI
AFC(E) AFC(N) AFC(S) AFC(W)
57: NE 39: CIN 49: HOU 56: DEN
00: BUF 15: BAL 08: IND 01: KC
00: MIA 03: PIT 00: TEN 00: OAK
00: NYJ 00: CLE 00: JAC 00: SD
The pundits collectively whiffed on the NFL South, with only one pundit (Adam Schein) picking the Eagles in the NFC East and only eight picking the Colts in the AFC South.
Now here are the results on an individual basis, sorted by Yield (the average return had you bet $1 on each of the picks at Moneyline Odds).
Pundit AFC East AFC North AFC South AFC West NFC East NFC North NFC South NFC West Hit Rate Yield
Overall 57/57 39/57 8/57 56/57 1/57 48/57 0/57 29/57 4/8 $0.97
Ben Goessling NE CIN IND DEN WAS GB ATL SF 5/8 $1.35
Bill Williamson NE CIN IND DEN NYG GB ATL SF 5/8 $1.35
Peter King NE CIN IND DEN NYG GB ATL SF 5/8 $1.35
Albert Breer NE CIN IND DEN NYG GB ATL SF 5/8 $1.35
Kimberly Jones NE CIN IND DEN NYG GB ATL SF 5/8 $1.35
Colin Cowherd NE PIT IND DEN DAL GB NO SEA 5/8 $1.26
Adam Schein NE BAL HOU DEN PHI GB ATL SF 4/8 $1.22
John Clayton NE CIN HOU DEN WAS GB ATL SEA 5/8 $1.19
David Fleming NE CIN HOU DEN WAS GB ATL SEA 5/8 $1.19
KC Joyner NE CIN HOU DEN DAL GB ATL SEA 5/8 $1.19
Adam Schefter NE CIN HOU DEN DAL GB ATL SEA 5/8 $1.19
Rich Cimini NE CIN HOU DEN DAL GB ATL SEA 5/8 $1.19
Terry Blount NE CIN HOU DEN WAS GB NO SEA 5/8 $1.19
John Keim NE CIN HOU DEN WAS GB NO SEA 5/8 $1.19
Phil Sheridan NE CIN HOU DEN WAS GB ATL SEA 5/8 $1.19
Nick Wagoner NE CIN HOU DEN NYG GB ATL SEA 5/8 $1.19
Don Banks NE CIN HOU DEN DAL GB ATL SEA 5/8 $1.19
Ben Eagle NE CIN HOU DEN DAL GB ATL SEA 5/8 $1.19
Doug Farrar NE CIN HOU DEN WAS GB NO SEA 5/8 $1.19
Tom Mantzouranis NE CIN HOU DEN DAL GB ATL SEA 5/8 $1.19
Jim Trotter NE CIN HOU DEN WAS GB TB SEA 5/8 $1.19
Elliot Harrison NE CIN HOU DEN WAS GB ATL SEA 5/8 $1.19
Gil Brandt NE CIN IND DEN DAL DET ATL SF 4/8 $1.14
Austin Murphy NE CIN HOU DEN DAL CHI ATL SEA 4/8 $0.98
Bucky Brooks NE CIN HOU DEN DAL CHI ATL SEA 4/8 $0.98
Mike Silver NE CIN HOU DEN DAL CHI ATL SEA 4/8 $0.98
Bill Simmons NE CIN HOU DEN NYG CHI ATL SEA 4/8 $0.98
Mike Reiss NE BAL IND DEN NYG GB NO SF 4/8 $0.97
Jeffri Chadiha NE CIN HOU DEN WAS GB ATL SF 4/8 $0.90
Rick Reilly NE CIN HOU DEN NYG GB ATL SF 4/8 $0.90
Scott Brown NE CIN HOU DEN WAS GB NO SF 4/8 $0.90
Tania Ganguli NE CIN HOU DEN NYG GB ATL SF 4/8 $0.90
Mike Rodak NE CIN HOU DEN NYG GB NO SF 4/8 $0.90
Mike Wells NE CIN HOU DEN NYG GB ATL SF 4/8 $0.90
Dan Graziano NE CIN HOU DEN DAL GB ATL SF 4/8 $0.90
Michael C. Wright NE CIN HOU DEN DAL GB ATL SF 4/8 $0.90
Pat Yasinskas NE CIN HOU DEN NYG GB ATL SF 4/8 $0.90
Jeff Darlington NE CIN HOU DEN WAS GB ATL SF 4/8 $0.90
Judy Battista NE CIN HOU DEN NYG GB ATL SF 4/8 $0.90
Ashley Fox NE BAL HOU DEN WAS GB ATL SEA 4/8 $0.82
Mike Sando NE BAL HOU DEN NYG GB ATL SEA 4/8 $0.82
Matt Williamson NE BAL HOU DEN WAS GB NO SEA 4/8 $0.82
Jamison Hensley NE BAL HOU DEN NYG GB ATL SEA 4/8 $0.82
James Walker NE BAL HOU DEN NYG GB ATL SEA 4/8 $0.82
Rob Demovsky NE BAL HOU DEN NYG GB ATL SEA 4/8 $0.82
Chris Burke NE BAL HOU DEN NYG GB ATL SEA 4/8 $0.82
Daniel Jeremiah NE BAL HOU DEN DAL GB ATL SEA 4/8 $0.82
Adam Teicher NE CIN HOU DEN DAL CHI ATL SF 3/8 $0.69
David Newton NE CIN HOU DEN NYG MIN NO SF 3/8 $0.69
Ian Rapoport NE CIN HOU DEN DAL CHI ATL SF 3/8 $0.69
Bill Barnwell NE PIT HOU KC NYG GB TB SEA 3/8 $0.66
Kevin Seifert NE BAL HOU DEN NYG GB ATL SF 3/8 $0.52
Seth Wickersham NE BAL HOU DEN NYG GB ATL SF 3/8 $0.52
Michael DiRocco NE BAL HOU DEN WAS GB ATL SF 3/8 $0.52
Paul Kuharsky NE BAL HOU DEN NYG GB ATL SF 3/8 $0.52
Jeff Legwold NE BAL HOU DEN NYG GB ATL SF 3/8 $0.52
Todd Archer NE PIT HOU DEN WAS MIN ATL SF 2/8 $0.31
No pundit got more than 5 of the 8 divisions correct. Those with the best yields generally picked the Colts, as Vegas pegged their odds to win the AFC South at just 28% (Texans were the overwhelming favorite). The Eagles were given an 18% probability by Vegas, which makes it surprising that only Schein made that pick, while the Panthers were 15%.
To see what these pundits collectively picked for the conference winners and player awards, see our preseason recap post.
We have been recapping 2013 financial predictions over the past few weeks, and the message is clear: the finance pundits had a tough go of it this year. The prevailing sentiment heading into 2013 was caution, if not outright pessimism, which of course has not played out in the equity markets.
It wasn’t easy, but after sifting through all the prognostications, we have come up with four candidates for the Worst Financial Prediction of 2013. We’ll let you make the call on which is the worst through our voting widget below.
(1) Byron Wien: Gold will reach $1900/oz and S&P 500 will fall below 1300
As we discussed in a blog post earlier this month, Byron Wien of Blackstone had another woeful performance with his surprise predictions this year, going 1-for-10, bringing his total to 8-for-35 since we started tracking him in 2010.
Wien’s long gold/short S&P call could hardly have been more wrong, as the S&P is now trading above 1800 (up ~30%) while gold is hovering around $1200 (down ~30%).
(2) Gene Munster: Apple will release a television
Taken in isolation, this prediction from Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster was a perfectly reasonable one. Several other pundits we tracked predicted the same, and 48% of our users agreed that an Apple television was in the cards this year.
The reason that Munster’s prediction makes our Worst list is because he has made this prediction before…. again and again. In fact, starting in mid-2009 Munster has predicted an Apple television every six months or so and of course has been wrong each time. Lest you think we are exaggerating, here are the links to prove it: August 2009, March 2010, September 2010, June 2011, December 2011, May 2012, November 2012, March 2013, November 2013.
If Munster doesn’t win worst prediction this year, he may well be a candidate again next year as he has now pushed back his Apple television timeline to the first half of 2014. Regardless, he wins our first entry into the Broken Clock Hall of Fame.
(3) Harry Dent: Dow Jones Index will fall below 5000
Ever since his book The Great Crash Ahead was published in 2011, financial newsletter writer Harry Dent has been hitting the television circuits to sell his message of doom & gloom. His prediction that the S&P 500 would fall 30-50% in 2012 proved wildly wrong.
His prediction for 2013, that the Dow Jones would tumble below 5000, was equally bold and equally wrong. The Dow is at 16000 today. Could Dent simply be early? If so, we will be there to give him credit – we are still tracking his “Dow falls to 3000 by 2022” prediction on our site.
(4) Wall Street Analysts: S&P Price Targets
Here were the S&P forecasts of six bulge bracket firms at the start of each of the past three years.
Bank 2011 2012 2013
Average (Banks) 1378 1338 1543
UBS 1350 1325 1425
Barclays 1420 1330 1525
Credit Suisse 1250 1340 1550
Goldman Sachs 1450 1250 1575
JP Morgan 1400 1430 1580
Bank of America Merrill Lynch 1400 1350 1600
Actual 1258 1426 1818*
2011 2012 2013
Average Projected Rise 9.9% 6.4% 8.2%
Actual Rise 0.3% 13.4% 27.5%
The mean S&P estimate has been considerably off-target each year: by +960 basis points in 2011, -700 basis points in 2012, and a whopping -1930 basis points so far this year. Moreover, the clustering effect has been very pronounced, with five of the six analyst predictions each year falling within a 100 point range (1350-1450 in 2011, 1250-1350 in 2012, and 1500-1600 in 2013) – ranges which failed to capture the actual result in every instance. We discussed potential reasons for the errant clustering in a previous post. Regardless, given this performance, should we pay any attention to all the 2014 targets that are coming out lately?
Okay, those are the candidates – now it’s your turn to vote! We will reveal the “winner” on January 9.
Head over to our Finance section to make your own predictions for 2014 and see if you can crack our User Leaderboard. PunditTracker’s user voting platform aims to surface more “Nate Silvers” by allowing people like yourself to build your own public prediction track record. After all, with the financial ‘experts’ falling flat on their faces in 2013, shouldn’t they be replaced?
We will be adding plenty of new predictions as they come in over the next few weeks, so make sure to check back frequently. You can also see the profile pages for all the pundits discussed above, including a full breakdown of their predictions since we started tracking them.
We last checked in on how the NFL experts were doing with their game picks back in Week 11. Let’s see the updated rankings through Week 15, sorted by $1 Yield, which is the average payout had you bet $1 on each of the pundit’s picks at Moneyline odds.
Yield 12 13 14 15 Season Season Hit Rate
Average $0.88 $1.06 $1.12 $0.86 $0.99 63%
Ron Jaworski, ESPN $0.77 $1.20 $0.94 $1.06 $1.07 67%
Dave Richard, CBS $1.20 $1.20 $1.28 $1.29 $1.06 66%
Mike Ditka, ESPN $1.56 $0.86 $1.15 $1.00 $1.05 63%
K.C. Joyner, ESPN $0.72 $1.17 $1.58 $0.75 $1.04 66%
Keyshawn Johnson, ESPN $0.92 $0.66 $1.23 $0.89 $1.04 62%
Seth Wickersham, ESPN $0.96 $1.57 $1.22 $0.89 $1.03 64%
Vegas Favorites $0.86 $1.27 $1.26 $0.95 $1.02 68%
Jamey Eisenberg, CBS $0.93 $1.04 $1.20 $0.86 $1.01 65%
Ryan Wilson, CBS $1.00 $1.17 $1.10 $0.75 $1.01 63%
Tom Jackson, ESPN $0.51 $1.07 $0.98 $0.63 $1.00 62%
John Breech, CBS $0.90 $1.07 $1.06 $0.86 $0.99 64%
Chris Mortensen, ESPN $1.03 $1.00 $1.11 $0.96 $0.99 62%
Adam Schefter, ESPN $0.89 $1.39 $1.22 $1.09 $0.98 63%
Cris Carter, ESPN $0.89 $1.18 $1.31 $0.74 $0.97 64%
Merril Hoge, ESPN $0.92 $0.87 $1.19 $0.74 $0.97 62%
Will Brinson, CBS $0.98 $1.03 $0.89 $0.86 $0.97 61%
Pete Prisco, CBS $1.03 $1.24 $1.11 $0.74 $0.97 62%
Frank Schwab, Yahoo $0.76 $0.91 $1.45 $0.52 $0.96 62%
Mark Schlereth, ESPN $0.89 $1.03 $0.98 $0.86 $0.96 61%
Mike Golic, ESPN $0.62 $0.73 $1.04 $0.75 $0.95 61%
Josh Katzowitz, CBS $0.34 $1.05 $0.98 $0.85 $0.93 60%
Jason La Canfora, CBS $0.75 $0.75 $0.73 $1.03 $0.93 57%
Eric Allen, ESPN $0.89 $1.20 $0.94 $0.86 $0.91 60%
Ron Jaworski maintains his slight lead in the rankings while Eric Allen remains in last place. There have been several notable changes, however, including, Dave Richard leaping from the middle of the pack to #2 after posting the best record in three of the past four weeks (9-4, 12-4, 12-4, 12-4).
Mike Ditka (#3) continues to lead the group as far as pegging big upsets, as evidenced in Week 12 when he picked both Tampa Bay to beat Detroit (only pundit to do so) and Jacksonville to defeat Houston (one of two).
Les Carpenter has been removed from the rankings as his picks are no longer being logged by Yahoo. Carpenter had been in the second-to-last place this year and had an overall PunditTracker grade of C+ (picks tracked since 2011).
The group whiffed entirely on the Chargers/Broncos and Eagles/Vikings games last week. In aggregate, the experts have added no value this season, posting a collective yield of $0.99.
There is still time to make your own Week 16 picks and find yourself alongside the experts in our rankings. Head over to our NFL Section to do so.


text:
Latriea Thank you so much!im glad you like it!its a paper mache base and all the bright colours afterwards are bits of plasticine that i used to build up the facial features.then its just coated with another layer of paper mache!very simple and lightweight!i posted a full tutorial in the forums for people if you want to know more!
Kirtash80 Wow your mask is awesome!It looks identical to the original!I love it! What kind of materials did you use?I think the base is of newspaper but you painted it of a lot of colors after? Very awesome work!*-*

domain: artistic


Hello everyone, I have a question in regards to a Radeon 4870 x2 versus dual Radeon 5770s in crossfire. My current motherboard doesn't support crossfire but I do have two 5770s. My question is however, I plan on either buying a new motherboard to crossfire these or get a Radeon 4870 x2 as posted here http://www.ascendtech.us/itemdesc.asp?ic=VC2GATIHD4870X....
I need to upgrade from my processor eventually one day, I have a i5-750, so I was wondering which would be a better investment. Either go with the motherboard that leaves me with the LGA 1156 socket and crossfired 5770s, or keep my motherboard for now and only spend my money on the 4870 x2 if I want to upgrade my processor in the future. Any help would be appreciated.
More about :radeon 4870 versus dual radeon 5770 crossfire
Sorry, let me add my specs into here.
-Rosewell 800 watt PSU
-Intel i-5 750 2.66ghz overclocked to 3.34ghz
-Power Color Radeon 5770 Juniper XT model 1gb with 128 bit processing
-ASUS P7P55 LX Motherboard
-Corsair Vengeance 16 gb dual channel memory. 4 sticks of 4 gigabytes a piece.
It's a close call. I think the DX10 performance of the 4870 x2 is a bit better than 5770 xFire, but the 5770s will give you DX11 support and a few other improvements.
The best answer would actually go for a single card solution instead. That will allow you to upgrade your CPU later on and still carry over your GPU. The HD 6950 is a great card and will out-perform both. The GTX 560ti has some good OC versions that will be about the same as a stock 6950.
Your CPU will due you fine for a good while and the LGA 1156 is a dead socket so there's no upgrading your CPU alone. Mobo + CPU upgrade at the minimum.


text:
|Mon, December 11 2023, 17:55:54||[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4 ]|
|Subject: Re: Karpathos update|
Bored Pacianga (happy)
Next Thread |
Previous Thread |
Next Message |
Date Posted: Mon, September 10 2018, 19:18:36
In reply to: Kavafis 's message, "Karpathos update" on Mon, August 27 2018, 12:18:57
My girlfriend and I visited Karpathos in the first two weeks of July 2018. We rented a car and searched the island for beaches, being based in Ammoopi; there was no sign of nudity in all Amoopi beaches. Only a group of 4 topless italian girls, that were based in our hotel.
Exploring the island clockwise, we found two small secluded beaches were we practiced nudism, in google maps they are named "Tati Beach". From the road to the airport, you turn right after the 4 hairpin turns, following "Poseidon beach". After less than 1km you arrive at Damatria beach, a textile beach, then turn left and drive or walk 600m, until the road is usable by normal cars and the road enlarges allowing 3 cars to careful park. To the right there are some stairs and you can easily arrive to the beach. No shadow until late afternoon, and a splendid tourquoise sea. Walking beyond the first beach there is a second one. The maximum crowd was 3 couples in both beaches combined. It was a pity that there was a lot of garbage from previous sunbathers.
We also visited Diakoftis beach, but we don’t see any nudist, neither we explored to the left to the nude beach described by Kavafis.
We explored from Paradise beach to the south in direction of Kastello-Makrys Gyalos (Meneton Karpathou), and on the western side of the Peninsula we found 2 small cove beaches, a bit more than 2 km from the parking. We arrived there by car, and were the only sunbathers. Obviously nude.
Driving back from Diakoftis to Pounta, driving 2,5km from the parking, quite after the road makes a “S” we found a little bay with a little parking. We sunbathed there three times and found only nude sunbathers. Sometimes some people from the cars slowed down and parked to take a look; half of these stopped and were nudists. The beach was very windy.
We too visited Kato Lefkos, and confirmed everything that wrote Kavafis. We visited also the second beach and happily found only nudists, almost from Germany and Netherlands. I can add that the first beach can be accessed form some stairs that are in front of “Golden Sand” Taverna, than walking northward for 50m.
On the east coast we visited more beaches; we went to Kato Lakos and we were obliged to leave the car about 1km before the beaches, given the bad road. We only reached the easternmost beach and were the only people.
My favourite beach is Apella (or Appela or Appella). You can drive quite to the tavern or the parking closer to the beach, 2,4km down from the main road between Aperi and Spoa. The beach itself is always very crowded by textiles, that arrive with cars and boat trips from Pigadia, but walking beyond the promontory to the east, there is a splendid beach, with perfect privacy, inhabited only by nudists couples, almost half of them were from Italy. From the Taverna is a 700m walk through the textile beach and through some woods, but don’t think to wear only flip flops. There is also a short section equipped with a rope, but it’s well worth the walk.
We visited also Agios Nikolaos. You can reach the beaches from Spoa, 4,5km from the fork with the main road. The nude beach is 400 m from the car park. Leaving the parking and walking northward, you will pass a first textile beach with tavernas, then an easy passage through some houses will bring you to the second beach. The northern part of which was almost nude: a nude Italian family, some couples mixed nude-textiles, the four Italian girls of Amooppi being half nude, half topless. Walking further you will round the cliffs using a concrete path, and is possible to reach some “exclusive” spot, quite sufficient for a handful of people.
Finally, the favourite beach of my girlfriend is far in the north. Ii is called “Vananda or Vananta or Balaskas”. It’s just a 3 km drive from Diafani, to the north (you have to drive first 500m to the east, following the covered creek, than turn right), and we found fresh water, shadow, and a Taverna (officially opened but no one on sight to buy food ). We found about 20 people, all nudes: singles, families, couples.
[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]
|Re: Karpathos update||Andrea||Mon, September 10 2018, 19:30:52|
|Re: Karpathos update||geoff||Fri, October 06 2023, 9:51:30|
Forum timezone: GMT+1|
VF Version: 3.00b, ConfDB:
VoyForums(tm) is a Free Service from Voyager Info-Systems.
Copyright © 1998-2019 Voyager Info-Systems. All Rights Reserved.

domain: geography


text:
This article needs additional citations for verification. Incredible Entertainment Our 10 hotel and casino properties feature more entertainment options than anyone else in Las Vegas.
On March 2,the station changed its call letters to KYDZ and flipped to a children's radio format branded as Kydz Radiofocusing on teen pop and other songs oriented towards tweens. The format was low-rated, and the casio failed to register on Arbitron ratings. Retrieved from " https:
A running count of three is fine in a one-deck game, but this number means less when there are multiple decks since besting are more cards to factor that reduce your chances of winning.
Councilman Mark Leyes, who campaigned against a casino, lost the mayoral election to Dalton in November.
Cirque du Soleil weaves an aquatic tapestry of artistry, surrealism and theatrical romance in the timeless production, "O". After decades of television specials, worldwide tours and a critically acclaimed Broadway show, Copperfield continues to impress audiences with his unbelievable illusions and charming stories.
Discount poker chips, poker chip sets and poker supplies. From one of the worlds largest online brown seneca casino rooms, Party Poker now offers it's own popular backgammon room as well with Party Gammon. Backgammon While the game has had its share of changes over the centuries, Backgammon has a very long history, in fact - some say it's the worlds oldest game.
Not all online sportsbooks are good at every facet of sports betting, casino wagering, poker play and horse racing. On the shooter's first roll, the wager-- called a pass line bet-- is on whether he'll throw either 7 or 11 a win or 2, spory, or 12 a loss.
Add to mybook Remove from mybook Added to your travel collection! Search results are sorted by a combination of factors to give you a set of choices in response to your search criteria. Octobertraveled with family.
The Bimini operation also features blackjack, which is allowed only at casinos owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida.
- Колесников Андрей Николаевич к записи Gambling addiction australia
- Texas tea casino slot
- Turtle creek casino wisconsin
- Www valley view casino
- Highest payout casino in stlouis area
- Graduate certificate programs casino
- Slot casino bucks country penna lvania
- Table miountain casino
- New currus casino code
- Casino at marino
- Casino prince photo
- Fiesta resort casino reviews
- Robert fiorillo gambling indictment
- Free play slot machines bonus
- Gambling act 2005 fees
- Terrible/x27s hotel and casino las vegas
- Montreal casino show
- Casino echeck instant

domain: entertainment


text:
Only logged in customers who have purchased this product may leave a review.
The Verdant Rose Floral Tunic offers a simplicity design and yet has a toffee rose with an added touch of pure white leaflets. It’s stretchable flair adds more style on the tunic. A style with a combination of simplicity and floral look.
Made in Turkey
The 2-Piece Hoodie Sporty Suit is designed for its comfort and durability. Its premium quality is light and feels cool during any sports activity. The Black two-lined stripe bottom provides a stylish look with a hoodie that makes it extra perfect.
Made in Turkey, Inspired by Boutique Amal in Beirut, Lebanon
Fabric Description & Care:
50% Viscose, 25% Lycra, 25% Polyester
Wash with Hand
Do not Bleach
Do not tumble Dry

domain: design


text:
James Bond 26 Richard Madden reports continue to swirl
James Bond 25 hasn't even officially started filming yet, but attention is already focussed on what comes next. Daniel Craig and his team are taking so long to wrap his tenure as the British agent, it's no surprise many fans and media are more interested in his successor. Bond 25 was originally scheduled for this autumn but has been pushed back to February 2020. Meanwhile, one UK TV star made a shock announcement today about who will take over in Bond 26.
Way back in October, a leak claimed: "Richard Madden will be offered Daniel Craig role in next few days."
If that, in fact, happened, it was kept very quiet.
Last night, Madden triumphed at the National Television Awards, scooping Best Drama Performance. He bumped into Lorraine Kelly at the after-show party and she revealed some huge news on her ITV show this morning.
Firstly, Lorraine teased her viewers on the subject of whether there would be a second series of The Bodyguard and if Madden would reprise his role.
Bodyguard’s Richard Madden addresses Bond rumours
She said: “I can’t tell you. No, I cant. It shall remain mine,” but it didn’t take long for her to crack.
Lorraine added “It is going to come back. I think we can safely say Bodyguard is coming back. He’s definitely going to be there."
The popular host then dropped the bombshell: "And he’s definitely signed to be James Bond."
Surely she was joking? After all, the popular host is known for her naughty and playful sense of humour.
Much as fans would love it to be true, it is almost certainly a joke. It is hugely unlikely it would ever be revealed like that in a casual remark. Nor is there any sign that the filmmakers are at the point of publicly confirming who will take over from Daniel Craig.
Madden is used to the speculation by now, of course. After his victory at the NTAs, the Scottish star had to dodge the expected questions and not-so-subtle hints about James Bond at the official winners’ press conference.
Complimented on how smart his tuxedo was, one journalist even prodded that he looked “Very OO7” and fished for any hints about what he was doing next. Madden replied: “Next for me is going to be Rocket Man, the Elton John film. It’s going to be out in May.”
Asked about his dream role he added: “I still want to play Willy Loman in Death of Salesman on stage. Maybe when I’m in my sixties if I make it that long. We’ll see."
Then again, every good spy needs to know how to keep official secrets...

domain: celebrity


text:
This program will be webcast live from Seattle - click to view.
As demonstrated by the results of the AALL member survey, many librarians have questions or would like greater knowledge regarding copyright, especially as it intersects with risk management. Librarians are often tasked with putting together marketing materials - from a brochure to a bookmark, to the front page of a library or firm website. It is tempting to just go to the internet, find a good image and use it in whatever manner is desired. However, photographs and images on the internet are not necessarily free to be used at all, let alone to advertise a library's collection or a law firm's services. This session will educate librarians about the legal issues surrounding photographs and images generally, as well as those found on the internet specifically.
Takeaway 1: Participants will be able to identify at least three key factors used to determine if an image can be freely used in library marketing or other materials (including those used by firms in court or other litigation scenarios), or if copyright or other restrictions apply.
Takeaway 2: Participants will discover free web resources where they can obtain free images suitable for use in marketing and other materials.
Takeaway 3: Participants will be able to articulate to others why a particular image may or may not be free to use and where to look for more information, if needed.
Who should attend: Information professionals who create marketing materials or who encounter the use of photographs when performing their job duties
Track(s): Information Technology
Associate Dean for Library and Information Resources, California Western School of Law
E. Russell Tarleton
Russ Tarleton has assisted clients in the procurement and enforcement of patents, trademarks, and copyrights for over twenty years. He received a B.Sc. in Aeronautics (cum laude) from Utah State University (1982) and was awarded his J.D. by the University of Utah (1986). He received his Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington (1998).
Russ has represented individuals and companies involved in promoting works of artistic expression. This includes obtaining Copyright registration, licensing of rights in various media, and enforcing copyrights in the federal courts. Recently he argued before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld dismissal of a trademark case in his client’s favor. Before attending law school, Russ worked as a court reporter in federal and state court and as a technician with National Semiconductor maintaining microchip manufacturing equipment.
Russ is a member of the Utah State Bar (1992), the Washington State Bar (1987), and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
His professional memberships include the American Bar Association, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, and the Washington State Patent Law Association. He contributes to his community through volunteer work, including 5+ years as a Scoutmaster and Asst Scoutmaster, with Habitat for Humanity (Cambodia in 2010), and teaching at Cambodian Children’s Fund facilities in Phnom Penh (2011).

domain: library


We are a professional mining machinery manufacturer, the main equipment including: jaw crusher, cone crusher and other sandstone equipment;Ball mill, flotation machine, concentrator and other beneficiation equipment; Powder Grinding Plant, rotary dryer, briquette machine, mining, metallurgy and other related equipment. which can crush all kinds of metal and non-metallic ore, also can be dry grinding and wet grinding.If you are interested in our products or want to visit the nearby production site, you can click the button below to consult us.Welcome to our factory to test machine for free!Free Quotation
high energy ball mill high energy ball mill GT300 has a pair of symmetrical swing arms with high speed and large amplitude. It can grind, crush, mix and break the sample easily within a few seconds to several minutes by randomly bumping and rubbing the small ball or stainless steel bead to and fro in the sample grinding, up to 5 microns.
The Large Cryogenic Ball Mill model 6870, manufactured by Horiba Scientific, is capable of accommodating samples sizes ranging from 0.1 up to 50g. In addition, this type of mill is.
high energy ball milling machine . High Energy Ball Milling Machine India. ball mill india and ball grinder india Batch ball mill ceramic ball mill is mainly used for mixing, milling of the materials It works with less energy but produces high fineness product Ball Mill India This machine is a skeleton pattern ball mill with horizontal cylindrical turning gear
The Emax is an entirely new type of ball mill for high energy milling. The unique combination of high friction and impact results in extremely fine particles within a very.
GUI The PM 100 planetary ball mill is a benchtop unit designed to pulverize soft, fibrous and brittle materials. The mill develops extremely high centrifugal forces resulting in energy input that is up to 50% higher than in other planetary ball mills. It has a single grinding station for.
China factory saving energy ball mill ceramic batch ball mill dry grinding plant quotations from china,gold mineral processing grinding in china,china high capacity mobile impact crusher pf 1214,heavy equipment buy from china to oman,china factory saving energy ball mill ceramic batch ball mill.
High Energy Ball Mill Manufacturer In India. high energy ball mill suppliers india. cheap ball mill,ball mill price,ball mill for sale,high . ball mill price, is a professional manufacturer of grinding mills and stone crushers, such as gold mining equipment, Ball mill jaw crusher Armenia suppliers.
high energy ball mill high energy ball mill GT300 has a pair of symmetrical swing arms with high speed and large amplitude. It can grind, crush, mix and break the.
High Return Iron Ore Mining Ball Mill Grinding Efficiency / Ball Quality Mining Ball Mill manufacturers exporter buy High Return Iron Ore Factory high effiency grinding ball mill ball mill. Direct Factory price High efficiency Quality and gold ore mining industry grinding raw High Efficiency small ball mill for ceramic Home Calcium.
High Energy Ball Mill high energy ball mill It can grind, crush, mix and break the sample easily within a few seconds to several minutes by randomly bumping and rubbing.
High Energy Ball Mill Manufacturers China 4L High Energy Planetary Ball Mill Manufacturers Were one of the leading manufacturers and suppliers of 4L high energy planetary ball mill in China with the business principle of Customer is Superior Quality is Get Price And Support Online HIGH ENERGY BALL MILLING A PROMISING.
VQN ball mills may be referred to as shaker mills, mixer mills or highenergy ball mills. They can be used for both wet and dry grinding as well as to mix a variety of solids, suspended liquids and pastes. This unit is ideal for preparing small batches of your sample efficiently. Features
High Energy Planetary Ball Mill Pulverisette 5 Premium 1 The High Energy Planetary Ball Mill Pulverisette 5 PREMIUM with 2 working stations is the ideal mill for fast wet or dry grinding of larger sample quantities down to the nanometer range with the highest safety standards.
Energy saving mining ball mill is a key equipment in beneficiation is widely used in ore dressing production line such as Gold ore, Cooper ore, Magnetite ore, Antimony, Calcite, Kaolin, Mica, Clay, Bentonite etc Ferrou metal or Nonferrous metal materials.
High energy ball mill simoloyer simoloyer cm08 highenergy ball mill makes it possible to decrease the particle size of insmart systems high energy ball mill sag mill manufacturers emax high energy ball mill retsch the emax is an entirely new type of ball mill for high energy milling.
4L High Energy Planetary Ball Mill Heavy structure planetary ball mill All components are reinforced, The machine runs stable, low noise,long service life. More suitable for heavy grinding jars stainless.
5 x 7 ft Allis Chalmers Ball Mill GM299 Manufacturer AllisChalmers Configured for overflow discharge wet grinding with rubber liners Mill feed and discharge heads Bull Gear and pinion gear shaft and pulley inspected and NDT tested Provid. Direct Factory High Energy Ball Mill Manufactory
Highenergy ball milling is a ball milling process in which a powder mixture placed in a ball mill is subjected to highenergy collisions from the balls. Highenergy ball milling, also called mechanical alloying, can successfully produce fine, uniform dispersions of oxide particles in nickelbase super alloys that cannot be made by conventional
The High Energy Ball Mill Emax combines highfrequency impact intensive friction and controlled circular jar movements to a unique and highly effective size reduction mechanism The grinding jars have an oval shape and are mounted on two discs respectively which move the jars on a circular course without changing their orientation.
1.The transmission adopts largescale double row selfaligning roller bearing instead of sliding bearing, which is easy to start and saves energy up to 2030 2 Grinding ball mill adopts groovetype circular lining plate to increase contacting areas of iron balls and ores, which enhances grinding action and ore lifting capacity and decreases energy consumption.
Highenergy ball milling is a ball milling process in which a powder mixture placed in a ball mill is subjected to highenergy collisions from the balls Highenergy ball milling also called mechanical alloying can successfully produce fine uniform dispersions of oxide particles in nickelbase super alloys that cannot be made by conventional.


text: In the late twentieth century, numerous history museums abandoned the use of objects and created, instead, simulated environments that emphasized visitors’ experience and emotional engagement with the past in a manner known as ‘edutainment’. While these new museums were hailed as pedagogical institutions that encouraged diversity and critical thinking, not enough attention was given to their potential to become instruments of power, telling a one-dimensional narrative. This article is about the genesis of one such museum and its permanent exhibition: the Palmach Museum in Tel-Aviv, inaugurated in 2000, and devoted to the history of the eponymous Jewish paramilitary organization that was active between 1941–48. The museum was initiated by Labor movement-affiliated Palmach veterans and became an official museum of the Israeli Ministry of Defense. The museum depicts the history of the Palmach by means of scenery and film which together, by controlling visitors’ locomotion, constitute total experience.

domain: sociology


Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage, has disclosed why she has a special relationship with colleague-Wizkid
This follows Wizkid’s sharing of numerous pictures of Tiwa savage on his Instagram page which got Nigerians talking.
However, the Mavin Records queen, on her Instagram responded to questions on their relationship saying, “You already know how emotional I get so this is just making me teary.
“Forget music, you’ve been there for me even when you didn’t have to be.
“When I doubt myself, you call me ‘mama JamJam’ and put a smile on my face. My dear Ayo, mama JamJam loves you.”


text:
By Stuart Thomson
Telefónica’s Movistar+ platform has secured rights to the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League until the 2023-24 season.
The agreement gives Movistar+. broadcasting rights to the main European competitions both for residential customers and the HORECAS market of hotels, restaurants, cafés and public premises in Spain and Andorra.
Movistar+ also has rights to the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Youth League, along with the new UEFA Europa Conference League, developed from the Europa League.
Movistar+ will air matches in multiple HD windows while free-to-air channel #Vamos will provide background coverage and daily summaries.
Telefónica has separately struck a new deal with Orange España to provide the Champions League and Europa League, along with Spain’s first and second division domestic football from La Liga for the 2020-21 seasons, paying €300 million(US$337.26million) a season for the rights.
Executive president of Telefónica España, Emilio Gayo said: “This agreement with UEFA is an important step in Movistar’s strategy linked to the world of sport. Our Movistar+ platform continues to work after three decades to continue making football accessible in our country. A specialized team, the quality of everything surrounding the competition and differential production values are our hallmark. With Movistar, our client will always have the best sport and the latest technology to guarantee an added value entertainment experience, beyond the broadcasts”.
UEFA Events SA marketing director, Guy-Laurent Epstein said: “UEFA is delighted to be continuing the distribution of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Youth League in Spain with Telefónica, as well as the new European club competition, the UEFA Europa Conference League. This partnership ensures the competitions will continue to receive comprehensive exposure, through the delivery of innovative coverage to football fans in Spain.”

domain: news


text:
am going to taiwan package tour at 18 mar for abt 7 days,
check the yahoo weather n its says ranging from 14-20 ,
need to check with fellow snappers who has been to taiwan on wat to expect there?
is there anything to consider / look out there ?
eg , sd cards, clothes n food ..........
thank you very much for sharing

domain: travel


text:
The following are terms of a legal agreement between you and Jan van Es [design]. By accessing, browsing and/or using this web site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree, to be bound by these terms and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including export and re-export control laws and regulations. If you do not agree to these terms, do not use this web site.
Information may be changed or updated without notice. Jan van Es [design] may also make improvements and/or changes in the products and/or the programs described in this information at any time without notice.Jan van Es [design] may at any time revise these terms by updating this posting. By using this web site, you agree to be bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to determine the then current terms to which you are bound.
This Web site may contain proprietary notices and copyright information, the terms of which must be observed and followed. Please also see the page entitled "Copyright notice" for related information. This site and all content in this site may not be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, distributed, or used for the creation of derivative works without Jan van Es [design]'s prior written consent, except that Jan van Es [design] grants you non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited permission to access and display the Web pages within this site, solely on your computer, tablet pc or smart phone and for your personal, non-commercial use of this Web site. This permission is conditioned on your not modifying the content displayed on this site, your keeping intact all copyright, trademark, and other proprietary notices, and your acceptance of any terms, conditions, and notices accompanying the content or otherwise set forth in this site. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any software and other materials that are made available for downloading, access, or other use from this site with their own license terms, conditions, and notices will be governed by such terms, conditions, and notices.
Your failure to comply with the terms, conditions, and notices on this site will result in automatic termination of any rights granted to you, without prior notice, and you must immediately destroy all copies of downloaded materials in your possession or control. Except for the limited permission in the preceding paragraph, Jan van Es [design] does not grant you any express or implied rights or licenses under any patents, trademarks, copyrights, or other proprietary or intellectual property rights. You may not mirror any of the content from this site on another Web site or in any other media.
Jan van Es [design] assumes no responsibility regarding the accuracy of the information that is provided by Jan van Es [design] and use of such information is at the recipient's own risk. Information on this Web site may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Jan van Es [design] provides no assurances that any reported problems may be resolved with the use of any information that Jan van Es [design] provides. By furnishing information, Jan van Es [design] does not grant any licenses to any copyrights, patents or any other intellectual property rights.
Jan van Es [design] does not want to receive confidential or proprietary information from you through our Web site. Please note that any information or material sent unsolicited to Jan van Es [design] will be deemed NOT to be confidential. By sending Jan van Es [design] any information or material, you grant Jan van Es [design] an unrestricted, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, transmit and distribute those materials or information, and you also agree that Jan van Es [design] is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques that you send us for any purpose. However, we will not release your name or otherwise publicize the fact that you submitted materials or other information to us unless: (a) we obtain your permission to use your name; or (b) we first notify you that the materials or other information you submit to a particular part of this site will be published or otherwise used with your name on it; or (c) we are required to do so by law. You can learn more about Jan van Es [design] privacy practices on the Web.
This Web site may provide links or references to external Web sites and resources. Jan van Es [design] makes no representations, warranties, or other commitments whatsoever about any non-Jan van Es [design] Web sites or third-party resources that may be referenced, accessible from, or linked to any Jan van Es [design] site. A link to a non-Jan van Es [design] Web site does not mean that Jan van Es [design] endorses the content or use of such Web site or its owner. In addition, Jan van Es [design] is not a party to or responsible for any transactions you may enter into with third parties, even if you learn of such parties (or use a link to such parties) from a Jan van Es [design] site. Accordingly, you acknowledge and agree that Jan van Es [design] is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and is not responsible or liable for any content, services, products, or other materials on or available from those sites or resources.
When you access an external Web site, even one that may contain the Jan van Es [design]-logo, please understand that it is independent from Jan van Es [design], and that Jan van Es [design] does not control the content on that Web site. It is up to you to take precautions to protect yourself from viruses, worms, trojan horses, and other potentially destructive programs, and to protect your information as you deem appropriate.
Linking to this site
All links to this Web site must be approved in writing by Jan van Es [design], except that Jan van Es [design] consents to links in which the link and the pages that are activated by the link do not: (a) create frames around any page on this Web site or use other techniques that alter in any way the visual presentation or appearance of any content within this site; (b) misrepresent your relationship with Jan van Es [design]; (c) imply that Jan van Es [design] approves or endorses you, your Web site, or your service or product offerings; and (d) present false or misleading impressions about Jan van Es [design] or otherwise damage the goodwill associated with the Jan van Es [design] name. As a further condition to being permitted to link to this site, you agree that Jan van Es [design] may at any time, in its sole discretion, terminate permission to link to this Web site. In such event, you agree to immediately remove all links to this Web site.
Certain text in this Web site (like this text) may be made available in languages other than Dutch. Text may be translated by a person or solely by computer software with no human intervention or review. These translations are provided as a convenience to you, and Jan van Es [design] makes no representations or commitments regarding the accuracy or completeness of the translation, whether or not computer-generated or performed by a person. Please see the below Disclaimer of Warranty for additional conditions.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. ALL MATERIALS, INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, SOFTWARE, AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS," WITH NO WARRANTIES OR GUARANTEES WHATSOEVER. JAN VAN ES [DESIGN] EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, AND OTHER WARRANTIES, GUARANTEES, OR REPRESENTATIONS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. WITHOUT LIMITATION, JAN VAN ES [DESIGN] MAKES NO WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE THAT THIS WEB SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE.
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT IF YOU DOWNLOAD OR OTHERWISE OBTAIN MATERIALS, INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, SOFTWARE, PROGRAMS, OR SERVICES, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES THAT MAY RESULT, INCLUDING LOSS OF DATA OR DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT WILL JAN VAN ES [DESIGN] BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY TYPE WHATSOEVER RELATED TO OR ARISING FROM THIS WEB SITE OR ANY USE OF THIS WEB SITE, OR OF ANY SITE OR RESOURCE LINKED TO, REFERENCED, OR ACCESSED THROUGH THIS WEB SITE, OR FOR THE USE OR DOWNLOADING OF, OR ACCESS TO, ANY MATERIALS, INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOST SAVINGS OR LOSS OF PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA, EVEN IF JAN VAN ES [DESIGN] IS EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THIS EXCLUSION AND WAIVER OF LIABILITY APPLIES TO ALL CAUSES OF ACTION, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORIES.

domain: law


Moussa Dembele keen to stay at Celtic for four years despite Real Madrid interest
Moussa Dembele's agent claims the £40m-rated Celtic striker is in no rush to leave the Scottish champions, and could see out his four-year contract in Glasgow.
Dembele is in line for a France call-up after scoring 27 times for Celtic under Brendan Rodgers since arriving from Fulham last summer.
The French Under-21 player of the year was linked with a move to Chelsea in the January transfer window while Real Madrid and Bayern Munich have also been linked to the player over the past few weeks, but Dembele's representative Mamadi Fofana said the 20-year-old is enjoying his first season in Scotland.
"Moussa doesn't stress," said Fofana in the Daily Record. "He signed a four-year deal at Celtic and, in his head, he'll be at Celtic for those four years.
"If he has to leave, that will happen at the right time, but it's not in Moussa's head nor my head. In January, there was speculation, but there will always be speculation if he does well.
"Moussa remains cool. He's not affected. I am not even thinking of the future. I don't wake up in the morning thinking where Moussa will go in the summer. The future does not exist. The past has gone."
"It's about being a better player right now. The plan with Brendan and the club and Moussa is private, but I can say it will remain the same and it stays the same."


text:
A collection Texas blues, 16 songs cut during the mid-'60s, featuring Mance Lipscomb and a brace of lesser-known Texas bluesmen born between 1895 and 1907 and, thus, heirs and successors to the likes of Blind Lemon Jefferson and other renowned Texas bluesmen of the '20s and '30s. Strangely, the notes refer to this collection as representing the "heart's blood of [those] anonymous Texas bluesmen who labored by day and played by night," but Lipscomb, at least, is far from anonymous today, mostly thanks to Arhoolie Records' recordings. What is sad is that the rest of the players here are genuinely obscure, but were clearly the equals of Lipscomb or any of his even more celebrated peers from Texas. Babe Stovall (whose nimble-fingered six-minute-plus "Worried Blues" is a highlight of the album), Willie Menifee, Nathaniel "Bill" Barnes, T.J. Jackson, et. al all deserved better. The playing is mostly solo acoustic, although "Corrina, Corrina" gets a solo electric treatment, as a sort of fragmentary instrumental. Other familiar songs given fresh renditions include "Jay Bird Blues" and "Jack O' Diamonds." And just for the record, there's little "ruff" here except the wonderfully spontaneous singing -- the playing is as articulate and unself-consciously beautiful as any acoustic blues you'll ever hear.
Share this page
AllMusic Review by Bruce Eder


Available in Mossy Oak or Realtree, this hunting jacket is water resistant and features Blood ‘N Guts advanced repellency, and a drawcord adjustable hem and cuffs to keep out the wind and help create a tighter profile when bushwhacking.
- Omni-Shield™ Blood 'n Guts advanced repellency
- Zippered hand pockets
- Adjustable cuffs
- Drawcord at hem
- 100% Polyester


BEIJING - Ford Motor is adding 100 dealers in China this year, mostly in smaller cities in inland provinces, its Asia chief said.
The move, more aggressive than a previously announced scheme, will bring the number of Ford dealers in China to 340 by the end of the year, up from the original target of 310, Joe Hinrichs, president of Ford's Asia and Africa operations, told Reuters in a telephone interview.
Hinrichs, also chairman and CEO for Ford's China operations, expected the Detroit autommaker to report record sales in China this year, but he did not elaborate.
Ford operates a three-way car venture with Chongqing Changan Automobile Co and Mazda Motor. It also holds a 30 percent stake in Jiangling Motors Corp, a major Chinese light commercial vehicle maker.


text:
Three events occurring in rapid succession on October 7, 2016, stand out in Robby Mook’s memory.
The first came at about 3:30 pm. The Obama Administration issued a statement that publicly blamed Russia for hacking the Democratic National Committee and orchestrating the release of the thousands of emails roiling the Democratic Party, which, it said, were “intended to interfere with the US election process.” In the day’s crazy news cycle, that highly-unusual announcement never had a chance.
At 4 pm, The Washington Post unveiled the infamous Access Hollywood Tape, on which then-candidate Donald Trump was recorded boasting about his own sexual harassment of women. “When you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab ’em by the pussy. You can do anything.”
Within the hour, yet another media bomb dropped. Wikileaks released another trove of emails—the first 20,000 pages of 50,000 hacked emails stolen from the


text:
Sony Cyber-shot RX1R Preview
Note that this page covers the basics of the RX1R's design, but for a really detailed look at how the RX1R's operation and ergonomics, we'd recommend taking a look at our in-depth review of the physically-identical RX1, published earlier this year. Some of the images on this page show the RX1.
With its minimalist style, straight lines and rounded edges, the RX-1R follows the RX1 exactly, which itself followed the design philosophy of the Cyber-shot RX100 enthusiast compact camera (the new M2 version is also very similar in terms of layout). The camera's electronics are encased by a metal shell, and while there isn't really much of a hand grip to speak of, the grip and thumb rest areas are covered with a soft rubber material that feels comfortable in the hand.
Key control elements can be found in various places around the RX1R's body. There are dedicated flash release and playback buttons above the screen on the camera rear. To the right of the screen is a 4-way control dial with a central button used for confirming options. Above it you'll find the rear dial which lets you change shutter speed in M- and S-modes and program-shift in P mode.
The top plate houses the mode dial, shutter button and a dedicated exposure compensation dial on the far right edge. Aperture and minimum focus distance are controlled via rings on the lens while the focus mode can be set using the focus mode switch on the front.
Movie recording can be initiated from any shooting mode with the press of of the dedicated movie button, which has been placed at a 45 degree angle along the camera's right edge. If you find yourself catching it too readily, there's an option to only make it active when the mode dial is set to movie mode.
Overall, the camera has a very solid high quality look and feel to it. You have to decide for yourself if it feels like it's worth $2800, but if you hold the RX1R in your hands it is immediately obvious this is a premium product which is being targeted at a demanding clientele.
The RX1R's lens, which is designated as a Carl Zeiss Sonnar T*, features a leaf shutter for essentially silent operation (though you can engage a sound effect if you wish). This design means the camera can sync with flashes all the way up to its 1/2000th maximum shutter speed, as well as allowing the lens to reach closer to the front of the sensor.
The lens itself is a complex design including 8 elements in 7 groups, with 3 aspherical elements, including one 'advanced aspheric' element. It can focus down as close as 30cm from the imaging plane (24cm in front of the lens), in its native configuration. If you need to focus closer, a ring around the front of the lens can be rotated into a different position, shifting the focus group, allowing focus down to 20cm from the sensor plane.
Compared to Fujifilm X100S
The RX1R's most natural peer (forgetting the massive price difference for a moment) is Fujifilm's X100S, which offers an APS-C format 16MP X-TRANS sensor with phase-detection focus pixels, and a similar 35mm (equivalent) F2 lens as the RX1R.
|Rocks at Dawn by phucthang|
from The Rock
|Sarlat, France by poppyjk|
from Your City - Dinertime!
|Double Eagle by herbymel|
|Great White Egret vs Lizard by jose garcia|
from Strong - Weak
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this gorgeous aerial photo of the Martian landscape. And if you look really close, you can actually see the Mars Curiosity rover in the very middle.
The city of Laguna Beach, California has provided some clarification around the kinds of photography permits it offers.
Later this year, a VR180 camera will be Joining Yi's Halo and 360 VR cameras, which will offer stereo 3D capture, yet be as easy to use and compact as a 2D camera.
Caltech researchers have developed an 'optical phased array' chip that uses time delays instead of a lens to focus the incoming light.
Pricing and shipping have finally been revealed for two highly anticipated lenses from Sigma, announced in February.
These macro photos of clouds of paint billowing through clear water might look like high-quality CGI, but they're real photographs. And photographer Alberto Seveso told us how they were made.
Facebook is testing a feature that prevents people from saving, sharing, or even taking a screenshot of your profile picture.
We've reshot the Sony a9 in our studio. The short story: it's sharper! The long story... well you can read it all here.
The collection will be officially launched during the Europeana Transcribathon Campus Berlin 2017 crowdsourcing event which will be held on 22 and 23 June at the Berlin State Library.
Light gives us some insight into the preparations for the launch of the pre-order shipments of its much anticipated L16 multi-lens camera.
OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei has confirmed in a tweet that the second lens on the back of the OnePlus 5 uses a 1.6x optical zoom and that digital zoom is used to reach the claimed 2x zoom factor.
Fujifilm recently unveiled the second in its series of affordable cine lenses, the MK50-135mm T2.9. We got our hands on it for a couple days and took it for a spin.
Leica's first attempt at an M-series digital rangefinder was rough around the edges, but set a pattern for all of the cameras that came after it. In this week's Throwback Thursday article, Barney remembers the M8.
No stranger to extreme situations, legendary climber and filmmaker Jimmy Chin talks to Outside Magazine about his career, and the challenge of filming Alex Honnold's rope-free solo climb of El Capitain.
A company backed by Android co-founder Andy Rubin is attempting to make video conferencing less terrible.
Rangefinder magazine asked five professional portrait and wedding photographers about posting on Instagram; no surprise, they got five different answers.
This captivating stop motion film was created by stripping away one layer of wood at a time. It's hard to look away.
It will enable users to simulate the presence of the sun, moon and Milky Way and see how they interact with an area's topography.
Since its introduction in November last year Instagram's live streaming feature has been used by millions, but videos could not be archived for watching at a later stage. A new update has now added the capability.
CopyTrack's study also found that the second most-stolen image is a woman wearing painted jeans. That's apparently a thing.
Forget expensive lenses with fancy coatings and special lens elements – photographer Robin de Puy took these portraits using just a water drop for a lens.
Adobe reports a record quarterly revenue of $1.77 billion for the second quarter fiscal year 2017 ended June 2, 2017.
Zeiss says its new lens is particularly suited for portrait photography but also a good all-rounder and can be used in video applications.
We present to you the top photos from the Kennel Club's 2017 Dog Photographer of the Year photo contest – take a look at 10 of the award-winning puppers.
In case you were looking for any more inspiration to go fly one.
Following a couple of successful Kickstarter campaigns, Videre 35mm's creator has re-tooled the camera with sturdier components and a simpler user assembly process.
The two hour long video covers everything an aspiring drone pilot needs to know.
This is what happens when a Canon 17-85mm F4-5.6 lens meets 60,000 PSI of water pressure. Spoiler Alert: the water jet always wins.
Andrew Harnik discusses the challenges – and rewarding moments – of a career making images for the Associated Press in his native DC.
The VMic Pro, VMic Recorder and VMic microphones are targeted at DSLR users who want to record high-quality audio.

domain: hobby


The Beloit School District has delayed its decision on moving to a hybrid learning model. The decision comes after parents spoke out in favor of reopening for in-person education. According to the Beloit Daily News, the decision has been postponed until January 12th. The postponement passed by a 4-3 margin. The school board voted in July to have virtual and distance learning for the first quarter, but it was later extended to January 22nd. Under the proposed model, the district would be split into groups, with half coming in during the first half of the week, and the second half coming in the second half of the week, while Wednesday’s will remain “professional development days” Kids remaining in virtual learning would be allowed to watch the lessons at home. Some school board members said they were uncomfortable approving the model without metrics, such as staffing and positivity rates.


text:
If you haven't already planned a trip to Martinique, here are ten good reasons you should! Beautiful scenery and a laid-back vibe make this French island, also known as the Island of Flowers, a hidden gem among the Lesser Antilles.
Take advantage of the tropical climate in a part of the world where health standards are on par with those in France.
In addition to the rich Martinican culture that comes from a happy mix of African, South American, Indian, and European origins, here are ten good reasons to pack your bags for a memorable trip to Martinique:
1. Stunning Paradise Beaches
Martinique has some of the most beautiful beaches in the Caribbean. From white sand beaches to volcanic black sand beaches, there is something for everyone. Several beaches are located in secluded coves, which makes them ideal for romantic getaways.
Grande Anse des Salines, the most famous beach in Martinique, is a two-kilometre stretch of white sand and coconut trees. You can find volcanic black sand beaches on the island's north coast at Anse Couleuvre.
A trip to Martinique would not be complete without exploring the beaches of Anses d'Arlet, such as Grande Anse, Anse Dufour, Anse Noire, and Petite Anse. Strike a pose in front of the enchanting setting of Saint-Henri church in Anses-d'Arlet for a classic Martinique photo before you head home.
2. Pelee Volcano
Mount Pelee is a volcano that became notoriously famous as a result of its catastrophic eruption in 1902. It is the third deadliest volcano in the world. Within five minutes of the blast, 30,000 people in Saint-Pierre lost their lives. However, rest assured that this mountain is now safe and very popular with hikers and mountain climbers alike.
If you are physically fit, you can conquer this mountain by exploring one of the many hiking trails. The Aileron trail is the most popular, but it is also the most direct and intense! The mountains become covered in clouds from 10:00 am onwards, so start the climb as early as possible, around 6:30 am, to ensure you have a good view.
3. A Hiker's Paradise
There are over 180 kilometres of marked hiking trails on the island of Martinique, in addition to those on the Pelee volcano. As Martinique is home to a lush rainforest that covers almost two-thirds of the island, it's the place to be in the Caribbean for hiking, birdwatching, and enjoying the beauty of nature.
If you are looking for an easy half-day hike, choose the Circuit de la Caravelle and discover breathtaking scenery on your way. Caravelle Lighthouse, which has been standing since 1862, is one of the most beautiful vantage points on the circuit.
4. Martinique's “Ti' Punchs”
"Ti' Punch" comes from Creole, meaning little and punch. Some say it’s because drinking a “Ti’ Punch” can hit hard and feel like getting punched.
Caribbean culture is centred around this drink, which brings people together to chat, tell stories, and even fix problems.
Take the time to observe how Martinicans enjoy their iconic drink. The rum is gently stirred before drinking, then studied and observed in an attempt to unlock its secrets. Just before taking a sip, the drinker swirls the rum and drinks it in one gulp.
You can order a “Ti' Punch” in any of the island's bars and restaurants.
5. Rum Distilleries
Martinique is famous for its rum, and you can find many amazing rum distilleries on the island. A visit to one of these distilleries is a must-do activity on your trip. These distilleries offer guided tours and tastings where visitors can learn about how the rum is made and what makes it so famous.
6. The Colonial City of Saint-Pierre
The city of Saint-Pierre, formerly the capital of Martinique, was known as the "Paris of the Caribbean." It was once a beautiful and prosperous city until it was completely destroyed by the eruption of Mount Pelee in 1902. Today, Saint-Pierre is a charming town rich in history. Visitors can explore the ruins of the old town, visit the Franck Perret Museum, and learn more about these tragic events. In Saint-Pierre, you can also take a walk along the beach and enjoy the scenery.
7. Creole Food
Martinique is known for its delicious Creole cuisine. There are many restaurants on the island serving traditional dishes such as accras (fried fish cakes), "Ti nain morue," and poulet boucané (smoked chicken). While you’re there, try Martinique's national dish, called 'féroce,' a combination of avocado, cassava flour, and salt cod.
One of the most appealing features of the island of Martinique is its abundance of waterfalls. The most famous one is the Cascade de Didier, which can only be reached via a private road. Several other more easily accessible waterfalls are located around the island, such as Cascade Trois Bras, Cascade Couleuvre, Cascade de la Ravine Baron and Cascade de Bô la Rivié.
Visitors can find these waterfall trails on a map provided by the Office National des Forêts.
9. Scuba Diving and Snorkelling
No matter how much or how little experience you have under your fins, you'll find a dive site in Martinique that suits your needs. For scuba diving, local diving companies suggest you visit one of four main areas: 1) the North (black sandy bottom and wrecks), 2) around Anse d'Arlet (white sandy bottom), 3) the Bay of Diamant (natural vault near the Rocher au Diamant), 4) the South towards Sainte-Luce as well as Sainte-Anne (large coral plateaus).
For a more autonomous and budget activity, you can also bring a mask and snorkel in your luggage so you can go snorkelling for free! If you are looking for an incredible experience, you can even swim with giant turtles just a few meters from the beach at Anse Dufour.
10. Car Rental and Accommodation Options
Martinique offers a variety of accommodations for every budget! Whether you stay in a luxury hotel or rent a cozy flat on Airbnb, there are plenty of options to choose from. When choosing a place to stay, look carefully at the map to see where it is located and identify nearby attractions and points of interest. The island may look small, but it can take a few hours to drive around.
The island is best explored by renting a car. If you usually drive a car with an automatic transmission, you should be careful when booking a car since most models have manual transmissions. The roads are winding but well-maintained. The scenery will enchant you as you drive around the island.
When is the Best Time to Travel to Martinique?
The best time to visit Martinique is from December to April, when rainfall is scarce and temperatures are mild. Hotel rates are typically higher during this dry season because it is also the busiest travel season. You can, however, avoid the crowds and get reasonable prices by travelling during the low season, which runs from August to November.
Paradise on Earth Awaits You
You will find everything you're looking for in Martinique, whether you're looking for idyllic beaches, lush nature, or a historic colonial setting. The island offers a variety of activities that will appeal to all tastes and interests.
Talk to a soNomad agent about your travel insurance needs before you book your next trip to Martinique.
Travel insurance is a must if you plan to leave with peace of mind.


Date of Thesis
When designing for the serviceability of stadium structures, practicing engineers must choose from a variety of methods to model and analyze the effects of crowd-induced dynamic excitation. In one of these models, a dynamic force is applied to the structural model to simulate the effects of the crowd-induced force. In the other, an additional dynamic system is added to the structural model to simulate the properties of human. This study assesses the accuracy of both modeling methods to determine which model more accurately predicts a structure's response to crowd-induced dynamic excitation. To do this, a variety of excitations are imparted on a cantilevered structure, and the same excitations are applied to a computer model of the same structure. The response of the structure is evaluated according to both analysis methods to determine which method more accurately predicts the physical structure's response. These tests indicate that the model that simulates the properties of a human more accurately predicts the RMS accelerations for the majority of the excitation types, and more closely matches the frequency responses for the majority of the excitation types as well. From this, it is concluded that this model is the more accurate method.
human-structure interaction, structural dynamics, civil engineering, structural engineering, stadium structures
Honors Thesis (Bucknell Access Only)
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
Kelly A. Salyards
Todd, Eric Charles, "Human-Induced Dynamic Excitation: Model Evaluation and Application" (2017). Honors Theses. 389.


text:
1100 13th Street, NW, Suite 750Washington, DC 20005202.887.6400Customer Service: 800.544.0155
All Contents © 2020The Kiplinger Washington Editors
The best bets are in arcane areas such as commercial mortgage-backed securities, nonbank business lending and structured credit.
The prospects are good for corporate bonds, real estate investment trusts and utilities.
A new coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, is starting to make its way across the world. The outbreak began at the end of 2019 in Wuhan, China; it has killed several dozen people, infected thousands more and spread...
More Investing News »


text:
IRVING -- It doesn't look good for tight end Martellus Bennett (concussion) or safety Ken Hamlin (ankle) for Sunday. Bennett saw a specialist recently, passed a baseline test, but still isn't feeling good.
"That's a main concern," coach Wade Phillips said.
The Cowboys have used three tight end sets, Jason Witten, John Phillips and Bennett, at times this season. With Bennett out, the Cowboys have just two tight ends, but Phillips said guard/center Cory Procter could come in as a blocking fullback/tight end. Bennett's absence does limit the number of two-tight end sets the Cowboys employ.
Romo has completed 62.7 percent of his passes in two-tight end sets, tied for 18th in the league. He's tied for sixth with 22 first down plays. He's only attempted seven passes out of a three tight end set this year.
Hamlin, who has missed the last three games, has been replaced by Alan Ball. Ball has picked up six tackles and two pass breakups with Hamlin out.
Phillips said kicker Nick Folk was impressive at practice and made a 56-yarder at the end of the special teams period at Cowboys Stadium. He also said quarterback Tony Romo did the holding and Folk had no issues making all of his field goals.
On the year, the Cowboys are averaging 21.3 yards per kick return. Five different players have returned a kick. On the year, Felix Jones is tied for 29th in returns with a 21 yards per kick average. Jones averaged 21 yards a return last year.
In last Sunday's game at the Giants, Jones had a 42 yard return in the fourth quarter called back due to a holding call on Victor Butler.
"We're looking for better things on our kick returns," Phillips said. "Felix, he burst out of there this time, and I think he's getting a better feel for it. We like his chance to do that, he's the guy on the team that can really make that kind of play at that position."
The last two days, the Cowboys practiced indoors. Wednesday at Southlake Carroll High School and Thursday at Cowboys Stadium. The cold weather forced the team indoors. Phillips said he wanted his team to work in near perfect conditions to get ready for San Diego game on Sunday. He said the team might practice at Valley Ranch on Friday.


text:
I will open up this post with my official Goal which i believe to be a common goal among fish keepers. I began this in hopes of setting up a low maintenance tank for my parents, but i think it has changed a bit in my own mind and perhaps the fish keeping community could benefit from the discussion. I will appreciate anybody's input should they have any!
: to set up a freshwater
aquarium with absolutely minimum maintenance (how much and what kind of maintenance would qualify as minimum?) besides feeding fish while also maintaining high quality living conditions for aquatic inhabitants (20 or less nitrates possible goal? Additional measurable goals?)
40 breeder + 20 gallon sump (around 55 gallon system when full)
Bare bottom display with a few large pieces of lace rock as decoration.
2 brs reactors from the saltwater phase of the tank. One is filled with marine pure chunks (MP2C-C) while the other will be filled with 1/4 cup of carbon replaced monthly.
Use brs rox 2.0 carbon to help remove nasties from tap water top off and fish growth hormone (if it can do that last part… I couldn't find any for sure info on that. Any other recommendations of better media to use for that purpose?)
No heater (they are koi after all…). May affect tropical plant growth.
Installed proper grow light (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
) 9.5 inches over the water level in the sump which has 1 square foot of surface area to grow my plant of choice water lettuce. (Any evidence of better plant to use? I wanted to have a plant that can put on loads of biomass and use atmospheric co2 (no dosing co2!!) to help speed up growth to absorb all ammonia before it converts into nitrite or nitrate by the bacteria in the marine pure.)
Using seachem safe as dechlorinator for initial setup and top off water.
Tap water very hard and high ph.
Progress and updates thus far
During fishless cycle, nitrates rose out of readable levels (over 400) over a period of 3 weeks.
Added 3 water lettuce plants. They pulled out all remaining ammonia and dropped nitrates to around 80 in a couple of weeks. The plants quickly covered the majority of the area available. Currently on for 8 hours a day. However, they are getting slightly burnt leaves. They may benefit from being farther from the light source.
3 koi that were 2.5 inches long added. Should be tolerant of variable water quality and produce lots of waste to properly test the system. Plan to remove once they reach around 8 inches or once next spring rolls around (get them into a proper pond once i’m done with them!)
Feeding four times a day 1 heaping spoon full of discus
bio-gold (I had the small sinking pellet on hand, so I may as well use it!). Adds up to ½ teaspoon a day. I can try and get the weight later if anybody is interested.
Add capful of flourish every week to help maintain strong growth to maximize ammonia consumption. (this may be eliminated. especially if i would be attempting something like an algae scrubber, however i believe those would be higher maintenance than the setup i am attempting due to algae needing cleaned out more often than a larger plant like water lettuce.)
Nitrates do not raise over 80, but don't drop below 80 either.
In the first 4 weeks of having fish in the tank, i did a single one gallon water change to siphon out detritus in the plant growth tank/settling tank. I found out that there is also a lot of daphnia and an unidentified worm that seems to build tubes out of detritus that they live in. I doubt either can/will harm the koi.(but help on identifying the worms would be helpful!)
I intend to run the system until the plants can't keep up with the waste production. then i will know how much food a square foot of grow area can process. from there, it should be easily scaled up for bigger systems if the food input can be guessed.
new questions raised thus far in my experiment (i have no answers but may appreciate input on them)
If the nitrates were removed with a water change, would they raise again? Or would all ammonia be absorbed directly by the plants? infinite zero nitrate through direct ammonia absorption?
With this method, if the ammonia can be handled by the plants, should the biomedia be removed entirely to reduce the amount of ammonia turning into nitrates since plants prefer using ammonia and may not use it as readily once it is converted to nitrate?
How much surface area for growing will be required to keep the nutrients in check? When the system fails, what will be the main cause?
If set up correctly, could the tanks used for holding the plants be set up to function as settling tanks and produce as good water clarity as filter floss?
Would it be beneficial to set up three separate plant holding containers and have lights on each run 8 hours. When one turns off the next turns on to have plants at all phases of growth all day? Or do plants absorb ammonia all through the day and having the cycle set up like that be unnecessary?
In summary, my direct questions to you all are as follows.
How much and what kind of maintenance would qualify as minimum maintenance?
What would be realistic goals for water quality to try and aim for in a system like this?
Can carbon remove fish growth hormones from the water to prevent stunting?
Can anything remove fish growth hormones from the water to prevent stunting?
Any better plants to use to absorb nutrients?
Can anybody identify the worms on that terrible description?
I want to try and gain as much info during this process so that both I and the fish keeping community can learn. A fish keeping method like this could also help dramatically reduce water usage while maintaining water quality for the animals which would be especially useful for systems 180 gallons or larger (which is the direction I would like to take the experiment in the future if it passes the preliminary test now). Thanks in advance for the advice, criticisms and questions!

domain: agronomy


text:
We report on a controlled trial of a mixed amphetamine salts compound (Adderall, dextroamphetamine sulfate, dextro-, levoamphetamine sulfate, dextroamphetamine aspartate, levoamphetamine aspartate, and dextroamphetamine saccharate) in the treatment of adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
This was a 7-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study of Adderall in 27 well-characterized adults satisfying full DSM-IV criteria for ADHD of childhood onset and persistent symptoms into adulthood. Medication was titrated up to 30 mg twice a day. Outcome measures included the ADHD Rating Scale and the Clinical Global Impression Score. Comorbid psychiatric disorders were assessed to test for potential effects on treatment outcome.
Treatment with Adderall at an average oral dose of 54 mg (administered in 2 daily doses) was effective and well tolerated. Drug-specific improvement in ADHD symptoms was highly significant overall (42% decrease on the ADHD Rating Scale, P<.001), and sufficiently robust to be detectable in a parallel groups comparison restricted to the first 3 weeks of the protocol (P<.001). The percentage of subjects who improved (reduction in the ADHD rating scale of ≥30%) was significantly higher with Adderall treatment than with a placebo (70% vs 7%; P = .001).
Adderall was effective and well tolerated in the short-term treatment of adults with ADHD. More work is needed to evaluate the long-term effects of Adderall, or other amphetamine compounds, in the treatment of adults with ADHD.

domain: literature


text:
Short Changed: Pandemic puts squeeze on coin supply
(NBC News) America is running short on change.
Pandemic related shutdowns mean less cash is changing hands, and that hurts businesses that rely on coins.
The shortage has forced many businesses to adapt by insisting on exact change or payment with a credit or debit card.
Fortunately, the shortage is only temporary.
“We are working with the mint and working with the reserve banks to get that supply where it needs to be,” says Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
Read more: https://nbcnews.to/3jnXOAh


text:
Serves 4 people
Cooks in 30 minutes
Whole fish, such as redfish – approx. 300-400 g of fish per person
Nicolas Vahé French sea salt
Nicolas Vahé Pepper / lemon peel
Nicolas Vahé Spices / fish
1 lemon, organic
2 tbsp butter
Rinse the fish thoroughly under cold water and dry with kitchen roll. Sprinkle the fish with Nicolas Vahé sea salt and lemon pepper. Put a few slices of lemon and 2 tbsp of butter into the cavity of the fish. Stuff the fish with fresh herbs. Use a fish basket, meat pin or thread to keep the herbs inside the fish.
Cook the fish on a hot grill until the meat next to the backbone has turned white. You can test the meat by slipping a small knife into the back of the fish. Don’t move the fish around too much and let it cook for at least 5 minutes on each side before turning. This will prevent the skin from breaking. Turn the fish a couple of times, until the meat is tender. Remove the meat from the bones by slitting the skin from nape to tail along one side of the backbone. Don’t eat the skin if it is has become too charred.
Salt, French Sea
Pepper – Lemon Peel
Spices, Ginger, garlic & coriander
Hungry for more?
Serving 4 500 g extra fresh filet of cod 1 yellow tomato 100 gr. raspberries 1 small red onion 1 small piece of fresh ginger 1 handful fresh coriander leaves 6 tbsp. sherry vinegar 2 limes 1⁄2 red...
Serving 4 4 duck breast 4 oranges 1 tbsp. sugar 1 tbsp. sherry vinegar 20 cl. chicken broth 1 dl. yuzu syrup 1 tbsp. maizena French Sea salt Black pepper Preparation Wash the oranges, remove the...
Serving 4 4 chicken legs 3 cl. Olive oil with thyme 1 onion finely chopped 2 cloves of garlic finely chopped 12 cl. sherry vinegar 3 cl. tomato paste 25 cl. chicken broth 250 gr. mushrooms 1 peeled...

domain: food