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twintangibles is an Anglo/Italian research-led business advisory firm that helps organisations identify and create value and opportunities from the application of social and collaborative technologies, and through the understanding of the behaviours that underpin their use.
Our commissioned and self initiated research means that we can provide advice and guidance to organisations from an informed position, helping them to comprehend, adjust, grow and thrive in what could otherwise be a confusing and challenging business landscape.
The origins of twintangibles are found in a series of Social Media collaborative research projects which brought together the founders of the company Daniela Castrataro and Tim Wright and which led to the company being founded in 2010.
Tim Wright, Director and Co-Founder
Tim has worked as a consultant, practitioner and senior manager with a number of global commercial organisations including Egon Zehnder International and McKinsey & Co. For five years he was part of the executive management team of ITI Scotland – a £500M innovation programme based around a highly collaborative open innovation crowdsourcing model. A graduate of both Durham University and Robert Gordons Universtity has an MBA with Distinction from the ULSM, and is a past winner of the Ashridge/Guardian MBA Essay of the Year. Tim is a speaker and commentator at many events and includes the OECD amongst the organisations that have sought his insight. He is a member of the External Advisory Board of ULSM.
Daniela Castrataro, Director and Co-Founder
After a Masters level degree in Translation and Languages for International Communication, Daniela worked as an Evaluation and Research Manager at the Intellectual Assets Centre (Scotland), gaining a lot of useful insight into Scottish business landscape as well as a strong practical knowledge in intangibles and how to exploit them to generate business value. Daniela has a Master in E-learning and occasionally works as an e-tutor for the Italian University of Tuscia. She is the Italian ambassador for the European Crowdfunding Network. | <urn:uuid:5ffe0969-db4e-40ca-ba2b-6eeb636cff07> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://twintangibles.co.uk/who-we-are/ | 2013-05-25T06:40:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705575935/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115935-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952213 | 407 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Sept. 16, 1925 - July 5, 2011
Blanche H. Palmer of Milton-Freewater passed away July 5, 2011, at Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla at the age of 85 years. Memorial services will be Saturday, July 23, 2011, at 4 p.m. at the Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home in Milton-Freewater with Pastor Roland Shanks of the First Baptist Church officiating. There will be a gathering for family and friends at Kelly's Restaurant and Lounge immediately following the memorial service. Memorial contributions may be made to the Providence St. Mary Regional Cancer Center/Special Needs or the Ray Lane Memorial Baseball Fund c/o DeSales High School or through the funeral home.
Blanche was born Sept. 16, 1925, in Wheatland, Wyo., the daughter of James and Emma E. Jensen Palmer. When she was about 6 years old, her parents divorced. Her mother later married Carl Meek and he became her father. Blanche came to Oregon with her parents and five siblings in 1937. They settled briefly in Hubbard, Ore., but soon moved to Wallowa, Ore. She graduated from high school in Wallowa in 1943. She moved to Milton-Freewater that summer. Blanche worked for Bick's Caf for a time before going to business college in Portland. After completing her education, she went to work at Hanford for the U.S. government. She worked there until the mid-1950s. She then moved back to Portland, where she worked for Armour Meat Company. Blanche later went to work as an executive secretary to Dr. Woods.
She also worked as a cashier at Jubitz and also at a shoe store in the evenings. She used her extra money to help siblings, parents and later nieces and nephews. Blanche moved back to Milton-Freewater in 1979 to care for her father. She worked for St. Mary Medical Center during this time. In 1981 she went to work for Key (Equipment) Technology. She retired from Key in about 1998. Blanche disliked inactivity, so she went to work for the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin running the switchboard. She retired for the second time when she was 80 years old. She also taught night school for Blue Mountain Community College. Blanche taught business courses to many women; this was the love of her life.
She is survived by a daughter, Muriel VanHousen of Seattle; four sisters, Alda Postlewait of Walla Walla, Anna Miller of Portland, Vesta Poteete and Ellen Faber, both of Milton-Freewater; nieces and nephews including, Jason and Michael Postlewait, Denise Mills and Theresa Thompson and countless friends. | <urn:uuid:8105f635-bf25-4eda-9530-78c4d53ce9a8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://union-bulletin.com/news/2011/jul/20/blanche-palmer/ | 2013-05-25T06:27:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705575935/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115935-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977736 | 573 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Jeanette Steele joined the Union-Tribune in 2001 after reporting for newspapers up and down the West Coast. She covered the Marine Corps for two years and was an embedded reporter with the Marines in Afghanistan. Steele later wrote about San Diego city politics, neighborhoods and downtown redevelopment. Returning to the military beat, she now covers the Navy and veterans issues. In 18 years as a reporter, Steele has flown in F/A-18 Hornets, a biplane, C-130s, MH-60 Seahawks and weathered four trap landings on aircraft carriers – all without losing her lunch. She is a graduate of Princeton University. | <urn:uuid:adf0f42f-4def-462f-9ff0-b41f8a243ed5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://web.utsandiego.com/staff/jeanette-steele/contact/ | 2013-05-25T06:47:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705575935/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115935-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970747 | 126 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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I am looking for plugin to sort posts by alphabetic orders. Sort: A-Z Z-A Newest Oldest and option to view per page like in stake exchange websites Per Page: 20 40 60 All if not exists, can i ... | <urn:uuid:b6418a71-b76e-4514-a09b-fcfb1185f9e3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/sort+plugin-recommendation | 2013-05-25T06:41:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705575935/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115935-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.882873 | 137 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Titanium Backup ★ root
5,000,000 - 10,000,000 downloads
- Backup/restore/freeze/clear data/uninstall apps
- Scheduled tasks
- Backup one-by-one or in batches
- Only one copy per app in the free version
- Can't sync to Dropbox in the free version
Bear in mind that this app is for root users only. It won't work if you haven’t got superuser access. Once that’s solved, you’ll be ready to use probably the most complete backup app on the market. Let's zoom in on its features.
Here you’ll find a list of the apps installed on your Android and at a glance you’ll see if you already have any backups. There's a colored key that shows all user apps (white), system apps (red) and mixed (green) whose data will be synchronized. From there you can copy, freeze, uninstall, clear data, launch the app, and in case there's already a backup of the app, restore or delete the copy. You can perform all of this one-by-one or in predefined batches. You’ll find them by clicking on "menu" and "batches". This way you can backup "all the user apps" or "backup new versions" or "backup new apps & new versions", for example. You can set the batches whichever way you want with the "filters" option.
Since backing up manually every time can be tedious, Titanium Backup Root includes a scheduled task feature. You can set the filters or predefined batches you want the app to backup automatically. In the free version, you’re only allowed two scheduled tasks per week.
As you can see, the app is fairly simple and the only difficulty is getting the hang of the colored key to know what you need to backup and what you don’t. Remember there's no need to back up system apps since the new ROM will include them, or Google sync apps such as calendar or contacts.
This is the free version of Titanium Backup Root. Unlike the paid version, this one just allows you to make one copy of each app. That means you won't be able to save copies of different versions of the same app. Likewise, you won't be able to schedule more than two tasks per week. The paid version (€4.99) hasn't got these restrictions and what's more, it includes automatic app re-installing with Hypershell and synchronization with Dropbox.
Titanium Backup Root was developed by Titanium Track, a mobile app developer focused on security apps that has enjoyed remarkable success thanks to Titanium Backup and Titanium Media Sync, the only two apps it has launched on market.
Titanium Backup Root is the ultimate tool to backup/restore apps and data if you're a root user. A must-have if you're about to upgrade or change ROM.
☆Over 9.5 million users, 30+ languages.
☆PRO Key is available on Play Store!
☆Voted #1 TOP ROOT APP on Twitter.
☆Problem? See titaniumtrack.com/kb
☆Scroll down for more info & DEMO VIDEOS ;-)
☆ ☆ ☆
Titanium Backup is the most powerful backup tool on Android, and then some.
You can backup, restore, freeze (with Pro) your apps + data + Market links. This includes all protected apps & system apps, plus external data on your SD card. You can do 0-click batch & scheduled backups. Backups will operate without closing any apps (with Pro). You can move any app (or app data) to/from the SD card. You can browse any app's data and even query the Market to see detailed information about the app.
Also see the paid PRO key which adds EVEN MORE awesome features such as:
[✔] 0-click batch restores
[✔] Keep multiple backups per app
[✔] Backup/restore SMS,MMS,calls,bookmarks,Wi-Fi AP as XML
[✔] Multi-user app data
[✔] Apps freezer
[✔] Sync to/from Dropbox (manual/scheduled)
[✔] Sync to/from Box (manual/scheduled)
[✔] Sync to/from Google Drive (manual/scheduled)
[✔] TB Web Server: download/upload your backups as a single ZIP on your computer
[✔] Convert user apps <=> system apps
[✔] Integrate system app updates into ROM
[✔] Market Doctor (relink apps to Market)
[✔] "Destroy all Market links" feature
[✔] Hypershell speed
[✔] Backup apps without closing them!
[✔] Create your own update.zip containing apps+data!
[✔] Restore individual apps+data from non-root ADB backups!
[✔] Restore individual apps+data from CWM backups!
[✔] Restore individual apps+data from TWRP backups!
[✔] Market "auto updating" manager
[✔] Dalvik cache cleaner
[✔] Integrate Dalvik cache system elements into ROM
[✔] Unlimited schedules
[✔] Load/Save a Filter and use it in Widgets/Schedules
[✔] Change the device's Android ID, restore it from a backup or after a factory reset
[✔] Protect backup against deletion
[✔] Send backup (to e-mail/cloud) and import it in 1 click
[✔] Backup→Verify→Un-install an app in one shot
[✔] Freeze/defrost/launch apps in a single click
[✔] CSV export any app DB (e-mail or Google Docs)
[✔] Convert app data to/from fast WAL format
[✔] WAY MORE!
Check out this in-depth review of TB PRO:
And check out the new TB PRO demo video:
More info on permissions:
• "Internet" is used to access Market,Dropbox,ChangeLog.
• "Accounts" is used to access Market.
• We recommend to avoid "modified" TB versions because they can cause various problems down the road.
Recently changed in this version:
• Improved Market link backup/restore/detach: better support for recent versions of Play Store app.
• Improved UI layout (icon dimensions and other minor things) on Full HD devices (eg: Samsung Galaxy S4, HTC One).
• Fixed hang when restoring externally stored apps on a device with no SD card.
• Fixed failure to restore Wi-Fi networks from XML on some devices (eg: HTC One).
• Updated translations.
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Backs up and restores perfectly. Moderately easy to understand.
Really helped to backup/uninstall system apps.
This app is no joke. It does exactly what it says. If you are rooted and don't want a custom ROM... this is the best way to remove bloatware and unwanted system apps.
Never installed any app after restoring the is. All I do is install this and restore other apps in seconds. Thanks a million guys for making such wonderful app.
Works flawlessly, easly to use and very fast response for support. One of the few apps worth paying for.
I use to change ROMs on my tab as new ones arrive at xda.This app helps me to save my valuables without being lost.thanks dev | <urn:uuid:ebe827e5-14ea-4051-a1ff-59dad56a90e9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.appszoom.com/android_applications/tools/titanium-backup-root_bmkh.html | 2013-05-25T06:48:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705575935/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115935-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.870452 | 1,637 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
The Beaufort Male Voice Choir originally formed in 1897, are still going strong today with over sixty singers from all over Gwent.
They have performed in many prestigious venues all around the world, and are one of the most famous choirs in Wales.
The Beaufort Male Choir, one of the oldest in Wales , was founded at the end of the eighteenth century. Today’s choir was reformed after the Second World War in 1947 and this year we are celebrating sixty years of successful music making.
Though times and circumstances have changed, we, like our predecessors still aspire to the highest ideals of male voice singing. However, whereas they placed great emphasis on competition in Eisteddfodau with significant success, we for the past forty years have concentrated exclusively on concert work This allows us greater musical freedom and affords us the opportunity of performing in the principal concert halls through the UK and Europe .
One of the most noticeable changes in perspective has occurred in recent years with the introduction of an international dimension. For in those years the choir has undertaken tours to Germany , Malta , France , Holland and the Republic of Ireland . In addition, the choir has played host to choirs from Germany , Holland , the USA and Japan .
Among the highlights in recent years was the accolade of singing before heads of state at Kensington Palace and also before His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Annual Concert 2009 with RHYDIAN. Also concerts at Oxford / Westminster Grand Chapel
Under the musical direction of Craig James the choir has a much varied repertoire ranging from Welsh and English Hymns, spirituals and modern ballads as well as the more traditional male voice works. 2011 Annual concert featured Haylie Westerner. | <urn:uuid:9606d809-95e1-43cd-bcf5-1fbbf458eb31> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.beaufortmalechoir.com/ | 2013-05-25T06:12:55Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705575935/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115935-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951417 | 349 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
MENTOR, OH – U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown today joined Fred Hochberg, chairman of the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank to host an exports forum at the STERIS Corporation in Mentor. Brown and Hochberg’s forum included industry and government experts who provided more than 100 Ohio business leaders and owners with the detailed knowledge they need to maximize their export opportunities and increase sales.
“It’s simple. Exports help create more jobs in Ohio,” Brown said. “An aggressive American export strategy is key to our recovery, and will produce both short and long-term benefits in Ohio and throughout the country. That’s why strengthening efforts to connect small businesses with opportunities to sell their products and services abroad is so important—and that’s exactly what today’s forum is designed to do. I stand ready to help Ohio’s companies grow their exports and add jobs, and encourage small business owners to contact my office for more information on the federal resources available to them.”
“Global Access for Small Business is not just a brand, it’s a mindset for us at Ex-Im Bank,” explained Chairman Hochberg. “It is the Bank’s top priority to dramatically increase the number of small businesses exporting goods and services to support the U.S. economy and create more jobs. We want to secure financial support for these businesses so they can sell to more countries and expand sales into existing ones.”
At today’s forum, which will run until 12:30 PM, leaders from Northeast Ohio companies including Rad-Con and Superior Holdings, LLC will moderate a panel discussion on how they successfully grew their businesses through increased exports. Officials from the Lake County Port Authority, the Ohio Department of Development, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Small Business Administration, and the Office of Trade Programs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture will also conduct a panel on how the federal government, in combination with state offices, can help small business owners expand their export opportunities.
As Chairman of the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and a member of the Senate Manufacturing Caucus, Brown has introduced a package of key legislative proposals aimed at bolstering the competiveness of U.S. manufacturers and boosting domestic manufacturing. He also serves as a member of the President’s Export Council, working to advance the National Export Initiative (NEI) and reach President Barack Obama’s goal of doubling exports over the next five years. Since 2009, Brown's office has held more than two dozen small business forums, helping to connect more than 2,500 Ohioans to federal resources that help small businesses.
Fred Hochberg has served as President and Chairman of the Ex-Im Bank since May 2009. Under his leadership, in FY2010 the Ex-Im Bank approved more authorizations to support U.S. exporters than any year in its history. This included $24.5 billion in export financing, which supported $34.4 billion worth of exports and 227,000 American jobs at more than 3,300 U.S. companies. Of these authorizations, more than $5 billion was for small businesses—a record for the Bank.
The Ex-Im Bank is an independent federal agency that helps create and maintain U.S. jobs by filling gaps in private export financing at no cost to American taxpayers. The Bank provides a variety of financing mechanisms, including working capital guarantees, export-credit insurance and financing to help foreign buyers purchase U.S. goods and services. By charging fees and interest on all loan-related transactions, Ex-Im Bank is self-sustaining and is able to cover all operation costs and potential losses while also producing revenue. | <urn:uuid:2ae890ab-e968-4b45-85ac-40cf54f06707> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/sen-brown-ex-im-bank-chairman-join-more-than-100-ohio-small-business-leaders-at-exports-forum-mentor | 2013-05-25T06:41:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705575935/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115935-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95677 | 782 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Advantages A very different car to be seen in, great fun to drive on country roads, full of character!!
Disadvantages Expensive to fuel, noisy engine at times,
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So the verdict is in, I have decided to sell my Lexus GS 300 (mainly because my other half keeps banging on about the cost of running it!) In order to help sell, and because the car was broken into and vandalised (literally slashed most of the seats) I went about searching for an all leather interior upgrade, as mine was an odd two tone black and red cloth.After much searching online and on ebay I found a breakers yard in Enfield, London called 0800 SPARES I think, absolutely brilliant! It was an hours drive down to them form Leicester, but it was worth it! The interior is immaculate and I will be fitting it asap, cant wait! I was like a kid in a candy shop- "oooh and i'll have that radiator, and that trim pack, and those carpet mats, and that mirror glass " you get the picture.
They have loads of old and new stripped out cars all racked in parts, like every man secretly wants his garage to be like!I know that once the interior is in, and the new radiator and other bits are in, I might not want to sell it!!
I shall post pics when its minted up!LexusApple - Japanese cars and Macs, my calling in life.
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Looking for a Way to Get your Business Noticed? Sponsor a Madison Parks Special Event. Throughout the year, Madison Parks hosts events that reach thousands of people. From Ride the Drive, to Madison Parks Hayrides, to special Family Fun Days at Goodman Pool, there is an opportunity perfect for your business. To discuss your unique business sponsorship ideas, please call (608) 266-4711. | <urn:uuid:b2ecbb66-4d70-479d-808b-5220cb1a2474> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.cityofmadison.com/parks/partner/sponsor.cfm | 2013-05-25T06:32:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705575935/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115935-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.895176 | 79 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Rev. Harold Travis
Grief Support Group
GriefShare is a special weekly seminar and support group for people who are grieving the death of someone close to them.
!!GRIEF SHARE IS NOT MEETING AT THIS TIME!! If you have questions, please contact Rev. Harold Travis at 832-240-4905
It’s a place to be around people who understand what you are feeling. At GriefShare, you’ll learn valuable information about recovering from your grief and renewing your hope for the future. GriefShare will meet on Sundays at 4pm in Elrod 311. Childcare is available for those who need it.
Rev. Harold Travis, 832-240-4905
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Chien Mi Wong, a master's student at the University of Hong Kong, spent ten weeks interning at Bloomberg News in Singapore over the summer break.
Here is her account of the experience:
“As I entered Bloomberg’s chic office at 8 am sharp on my first day, I couldn’t help but feel excited. I was looking forward to being surrounded by a wall of screens (four, to be precise) and equipped with my own snazzy Bloomberg keyboard.
“The news interns had to undergo a week of training, from learning how to use the basic functions on the Bloomberg terminal to grasping the writing style. I was amazed at the wealth of information available to Bloomberg reporters and how comprehensive the training program is.
“In the second week, I was assigned to the Emerging Markets Government Bonds/FX beat, where I had the chance to contribute to articles called currency wraps. On a day-to-day basis, I had to call strategists or economists for quotes about the outlook of Asian currencies for the day or the week.
“Also, I had the opportunity to work on other beats, including Real Estate, Technology and Economy, all of which were equally as interesting.
“I co-wrote a story on the cost of living in Singapore and Hong Kong. Singapore’s Cost of Living Overtakes Hong Kong for The First Time, Mercer Says made Top Asia News on the Bloomberg terminal, Bloomberg Businessweek and television.
“Another of my stories on Singapore’s suburban property, Singapore Developers Plan More Suburban Space as Demand Rises, made Top Asia News and Businessweek as well. This was more challenging as I was flying solo. I pitched the story to my editor after doing lots of research and attending conferences. Then I reached out to respective parties, interviewed them and churned out the end result, which was a truly gratifying experience.
“One of the challenges I faced whilst working at Bloomberg was pitching enterprise stories, especially when you’re still trying to adapt to a new environment and market. At Bloomberg, it is important for one to look out for market-moving stories that matter to clients who use the Bloomberg terminal.
“What I enjoyed most about the experience was attending conferences and meeting people from all sorts of industries. I got the opportunity to sit and conduct 1-to-1 interviews with CEOs from various companies, producing stories that are called “Bloomberg Exclusives”.
“I thrive in fast-paced environments. So being able to break news under deadline pressure is an exhilarating experience.
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It’s been a good holiday season at Crested Butte Mountain Resort (CBMR), where skier visits and room nights are up over last year. It’s not a silver bullet—January isn’t vying to outpace other winter months—but it’s up over last year, and that brings some extra enthusiasm to the beginning of the New Year.
According to Erica Reiter, CBMR public relations and communications manager, room nights from December 24 through 31 were up 4 percent in skier visits and .5 percent in room nights compared to the same time last year. Comparing the whole holiday season to last year, CBMR was up 7 percent in skier visits and skier visits in January are expected to be up 15 percent over last year. “From what I’ve heard around town, January is up for many of the reservation businesses, which is definitely true for us up here at the resort. January is always a really tough month in the ski industry; after the holiday break and before President’s Weekend, but we are bucking the trend and are definitely excited about it. That’s not to say that numbers are huge, but it is a big improvement for us as a community,” Reiter said. She added that the additional bookings at the resort include leisure group business like ski clubs and church groups, as well as the holiday break pushing into January. And of course, the snow doesn’t hurt. That’s a boon during a season where the resort has added a few new offerings to its lineup, including a new Scarpa Skitrab Demo Center for uphill skiing and a giant air bag at the base of the tubing hill. The demo center opened last week, giving locals and visitors alike the chance to try out lightweight touring gear. Skinning up the mountain in the early hours of the morning or after work has been growing in popularity as a way to get in some exercise and take a few turns in a more controlled environment than the backcountry. The new demo center is part of efforts by CBMR to formalize their uphill program. An uphill pass has been required since the winter of 2009-2010, but under some proposed changes skiers without a downhill pass would pay a nominal seasonal fee, dog-friendly and dog-free routes would be established, and a possible all-day uphill trail could be created. That’s all pending approval from the Forest Service but once enacted, CBMR would become the first resort to formalize its uphill skiing program. Community support for uphill skiing was a big motivating factor. “The enthusiasm in the community is one of the main reasons, and a lot of us are doing it up here,” said Reiter. “We are a very active community, and I’m not saying that other communities aren’t active, but Crested Butte does kind of take that to the next level.” Reiter added that the resort wants to make it a safer and more enjoyable experience for uphill skiers by letting skiers know where to expect dogs and keeping skiers away from groomers and avalanche control work. Adding the demo center makes it possible for resort guests to give a try, too. It’s with that in mind that lightweight gear has been selected for the center. “It’s definitely more of a touring setup, pretty lightweight so not a backcountry setup. But any guests wanting to try uphill skiing are not from 9,000 feet,” Reiter said. Lightweight gear will set them up for a better experience. The demo rental comes with skis, poles, skins, boots and bindings, and according to Reiter it’s some of Scarpa’s best technology. The partnership with Scarpa was made possible by the Boulder company’s enthusiasm for the project, with both CEO Kim Miller and local Scarpa representative Kirk Haskell were on hand for the kick-off. Now that it’s up and running, the demo center will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day and have early morning hours on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 6 to 9 a.m. After hosting a series of three meetings to solicit input and ideas from the public, CBMR submitted a management plan to the Forest Service this week on Monday, January 7. Reiter expects the Forest Service to take a week or two to get back to the resort. The air bag has also brought a new enthusiasm to the mountain, where it’s been used primarily for tubing (although Aaron Blunck did put it to use during a fundraiser to raise money for his training—collecting almost $5,000). “It’s been really good. People have been having a ton of fun,” Reiter said, adding that the resort is hoping to make the air bag available for skiing and snowboarding now that the holiday rush is coming to a close. | <urn:uuid:efba2aa2-4050-4119-9f65-c4409a850449> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.crestedbuttenews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4654&Itemid=40 | 2013-05-25T06:13:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705575935/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115935-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971406 | 1,027 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
There has been no change at the top of the FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking, with USA still leading the way ahead of Germany and world champions Japan. Sweden have moved up to fourth place following victories over Scotland and Canada and Brazil’s drop to fifth as a result of defeats by Japan, USA and Canada in the past three months.
The surprise package is Belgium, who beat the much higher ranked Iceland 1-0 and have climbed three places to 30th. For their part, Iceland have had to cede their place in the top 15 to Korea Republic, who at 15th have achieved their highest-ever ranking.
The results of 62 international matches, the majority of them qualification matches for confederation championships, have been taken into account in compiling the current edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking. Six teams (Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, Venezuela, Guyana and Bolivia) have been inactive for over 18 months and are therefore no longer ranked. However, Senegal have re-entered the ranking, which brings the total number of teams to 129.
We eagerly anticipate the next edition of the ranking, which will take into account numerous warm-up matches as well as the 26 games being played at the Olympic Football Tournament in London.
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"NUNNINGTON, a parish in the wapentake of Rysdale, North Riding county York, 6 miles S.E. of Helmsley, 2 N. of Hovingham, and 2 E. of Oswaldkirk. York is its post town. The village, which is small, is situated in the fertile vale of the river Rye, and on the high road between Kirby-Moorside and York. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture. The higher grounds command extensive views of Ryedale and the adjacent country. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment under an Enclosure Act in 1776. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of York, value £284. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is a stone structure with a square tower, containing three bells. The church was rebuilt in 1678 by Ronald Grahme, at which time the same gentleman founded a hospital and school, with an annuity of £20, which has since been increased. There is a charity of about £9 per annum. A Sunday-school is held at the school-room. The Wesleyans have a place of worship. There is an ancient building at the E. end of the village, formerly the residence of Viscount Preston, but now converted into a farm-house. William Rutson, Esq., is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The celebrated ram show of Mr. T. Stamper is held on the first Friday in August." | <urn:uuid:4be482bc-0272-4375-8185-da62b92ff0f5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Nunnington/Nunnington68.html | 2013-05-25T06:34:06Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705575935/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115935-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976245 | 316 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Female impersonation need say nothing about sexual identity, but it has for a long time been almost an institutionalized aspect of gay male culture.
Homoeroticism is a prominent presence in neoclassicism, an artistic movement noted for its masculine style, its appreciation of male beauty, and its privileging of ancient Greece and Rome as civilizations to be emulated.
Independent films that aggressively assert homosexual identity and queer culture, the New Queer Cinema can be seen as the culmination of several developments in American cinema.
Fears and misconceptions about transgendered and intersexed athletes abound.
Renowned photographer, teacher, critic, editor, and curator, Minor White created some of the most interesting photographs of male nudes of the second half of the twentieth century, but did not exhibit them for fear of scandal.
Given the historic stigma around making, circulating, and possessing overtly homoerotic images, the visual arts have been especially important for providing a socially sanctioned arena for depicting the naked male body and suggesting homoerotic desire.
The first international fashion superstar, Halston dressed and befriended some of America's most glamorous women.
Gay, lesbian, and bisexual film directors have been a vital creative presence in cinema since the medium's inception over one hundred years ago.
Congratulations to actress-director Jodie Foster, who on January 13, 2013 received the Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement award at the Foreign Press Association's Golden Globes Awards show. Foster used the occasion to announce an evolution in her career and also to discuss her personal life, her famous love of privacy, and the complexities of coming out.
As Diane Anderson-Minshall observes in The Advocate, "The speech began a bit like a light-hearted comic interlude but was actually a serious and thoughtful combination of a coming out speech and a retirement goodbye."
After joking about her famous reluctance to discuss her personal life and coming out as . . . "single," Foster talks seriously about the nuances of coming out and her need for privacy. In doing so, she obliquely acknowledges the criticism she has received from some activists for her reticence.
"I hope you're not disappointed that there won't be a big coming-out speech tonight, because I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago back in the stone age in those very quaint days when a fragile young girl would open up to trusted friends and family, and co-workers and then gradually, proudly to everyone who knew her, to everyone she actually met."
Like many celebrities who come out these days, Foster emphasized that she has not spent her life in the closet, that in fact in "real life" she has been out for a very long time. The point seems to be that she made a decision to separate her personal life and her professional life, choosing to be out in real life but not in her professional life.
"But now," she continued, "apparently I'm told that every celebrity is expected to honor the details of their private life with a press conference, a fragrance, and a prime-time reality show. You guys might be surprised, but I am not Honey Boo Boo child. No, I'm sorry that's just not me, never was, and it never will be. . . . But seriously, if you had been a public figure from the time that you were a toddler. If you had to fight for a life that felt real and honest and normal against all odds, then maybe then you too would value privacy above all else--privacy. . . . I have given everything up there from the time I was 3 years old. That's reality show enough, don't you think?"
She went on to acknowledge Cydney Bernard, her former partner with whom she co-parents two sons: "There is no way I could ever stand here without acknowledging one of the deepest loves of my life, my heroic co-parent, my ex-partner in love but righteous soul sister in life, my confessor, chief buddy, consigliere, [and] most beloved BFF of 20 years, Cydney Bernard. Thank you Cyd."
She added, "I am so proud of our modern family, our amazing sons Charlie and Kit, who are my reason to breathe and to evolve, my blood and soul. And boys in case you didn't know it, this song, all of this, this song is for you."
She also paid tribute to her 84-year-old mother, Evelyn Almond, who suffers from dementia.
She concluded by hinting that her career as an actress may be over, but "from now on I may be holding a different talking stick... maybe it won't open on 3,000 screens, maybe it'll be so quiet and delicate that only dogs can hear it whistle, but it will be my writing on the wall: Jodie Foster was here. I still am. And I want to be seen, to be understood deeply, and to be not so very lonely."
While her speech was first interpreted to mean that she was retiring, she clarified later in an interview with Seth Abramovitch of the Hollywood Reporter that she meant to indicate only that her career was evolving and that she may spend more time directing.
Michelangelo Signorile reacted to Foster's "coming out" in the Huffington Post by saying, "if she'd done it 20 years ago, 10 years ago, even five years ago, it would have had a much greater impact."
Reacting to the implicit criticism in her speech of activists who pressure celebrities to come out, Signorile added, "I don't care if people like Jodie Foster are bitter or annoyed at activists. It's the job of activists to challenge people and, yes, to annoy people. What I care about is that the repressive and suffocating gay closet not be seen as a good place even if it is still the only safe choice for many. The only reason that millions are still in the closet is that society forces them there under threat of punishment. But things get easier for all those millions of closeted individuals when Hollywood celebrities and media figures come out. And more and more, it appears that it's becoming their responsibility, as privileged members of society, to do so."
Less seriously but nevertheless pointedly, Hamilton Nolan at Gawker pointed out the absurdity of a celebrity asking for privacy from the stage of the Golden Globes: "The quickest way to privacy is silence. And that is the one thing no Golden Globes acceptance speech has ever achieved."
Although her homosexuality had been an open secret in Hollywood for years, Foster first spoke publicly about her relationship with Bernard in December 2007, at Hollywood Reporter's "Women in Entertainment" event, after accepting the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award, which recognized her prominence in the film industry. Then she paid tribute to her partner of fifteen years, "my beautiful Cydney who sticks with me through the rotten and the bliss."
However, in May 2008 it was reported that Foster and Bernard had ended their relationship.
Foster has been a major contributor to The Trevor Project, a telephone counseling service for glbtq young people founded by Foster's close friend, the late Randy Stone, who served as executive producer of the Foster-directed film Little Man Tate in 1991.
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The Paris Flea Market Flush Mount will transform the look of your home thanks to a blush finish and wrought iron construction. Add warmth to your home; order yours now.
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Rabobank is the most popular bank in the Netherlands and Rabobank internetbankieren is the most reliable service of the bank. You can arrange your own banking with internet whenever and wherever you want. Here you can get service summary of Rabobank and its areal review.
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More new restaurants open at Sky Harbor
PHOENIX -- Passengers now have more choices of where to eat at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.
Hungry travelers going through Terminal Four this holiday season can get a taste of some of the Valley's best restaurants.
"Whether you're in the mood for Chelsea's Kitchen or Cartel Coffee Lab, some of our local favorites are Barrio Café or your maybe you're looking for some of the more national tastes like NYPD Pizza, you can find that all in Terminal Four now," said Sky Harbor Spokeswoman Deborah Ostreicher. "And that's just half of what we're getting in there so far."
Ostreicher said passengers are happy with the local eateries, but others want restaurants that they know.
"We also have those national brands. Sometimes you really have that taste for McDonalds, so we're going to have that too," she said.
Sky Harbor is also offering a gift-wrapping service in Terminal Four.
Ostreicher said the gift wrap and the new restaurants are all part of customer service at, what she said, is America's friendliest airport.
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012 | 2 a.m.
When gas prices were so high not that long ago, President Barack Obama got a lot of flak. It was all his fault and he was blamed.
Well, now that gasoline prices have fallen nearly 40 cents in the past few weeks, shouldn’t he get the credit and the glory? It doesn’t work that way.
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Movie Gallery, Hollywood Video Brands Up For Auction
Judge Douglas O. Tice Jr. of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Monday approved the debtor's motion to authorize its sale procedures for an auction of these brands and their associated intellectual property rights to be handled by advisory firm Streambank LLC on Nov. 9.
In his order, Judge Tice additionally scheduled a hearing...
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Dr. Ashley Montagu, anthropologist and educator, focused on human bio-social evolution and maintained throughout his long career that cultural phenomena are not genetically predetermined. He committed himself to popularizing the findings of modern science in the hopes of improving civil society and the quality of life.
In his groundbreaking book, “Touching: The Human Significance of the Skin”, he brought awareness to the Western World of how the sense of touch was so neglected, and at the same time how critical the sense of touch is for human development. Additionally, he devotes special attention to the relation of the skin and touching to mental and physical health and the discovery of the immunological functions of the skin.
Dr. Montagu states, “The language of the senses, in which all of us can be socialized, are capable of enlarging our appreciation and of deepening our understanding of each other and the world in which we live. Chief among these languages is touching. The communications we transmit through touch constitute the most powerful means of establishing human relationships, the foundation of experience.”
In more than 50 books published for both an academic and general readership, Montagu broadened understanding of human social evolution. His topics ranged from human aggression and the use of profanity to infant nurturing, the importance of touch for the developing baby, the importance of early contact, mother and baby interaction and the nature of human love.
“To be tender, loving, and caring, human beings must be tenderly loved and cared for in their earliest years, from the moment they are born. Held in the arms of their mothers, caressed, cuddled, and comforted.”
- Dr. Ashley Montagu
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The Fallen Angel
|Genre(s)||Comedy , School Life , Smut , Yaoi ,|
|Author||chitose piyoko 2000 released.|
A collection of short stories:
1) You're The Closest to Me -
Minato and Ozumi are best friends and neighbors. But lately Ozumi has started feeling restless when Minato isn't around. Then a Ozumi meets a handsome older man who likes him...
2) You're th
Collection of oneshots that largely revolve around the Hadano brothers.
1) Sudden Love
2) Us From Now On -
Younger brother Hadano Takeru from chapter one is dating fellow student Isehara. But Isehara has a secret that involves Takeru's older brother Hikaru.
3) Sudden Appearance -
Kousaka sensei and Hikaru get freaky on the beach.
4) Infinite Sensation Supplement -
Masamichi is the personal doctor of the Setoyama family and must obey Tadasuki the young head of the family. But when Tadasuki wants his young cousin Asuma to be "prepared for love", Masamichi finds the task may be more than he can handle.
4a) People of the Hadano Household (2 page extra) -
Youngest Hadano brother, Kaoru, attempts to introduce readers to the mysterious eldest Hadano brother, Satoru.
5) One Day, An Angel Flutters Down -
Gifted at almost everything, Komadori still hasn't recovered from his failure of capturing a girl's heart due to his inability to express feelings. Ren, a gorgeous actor, helps him to learn the language of love.
- Attractive Fascinante
From Attractive Fascinante: 1-4) A high-schooler, Asakura Shinobu, is a new illustrator and his cousin, Kouki, is living with him and loves him. The editor, Watase Riku, and the novelist, Shirakura Yuushi, are both extremely interested in Shinobu�s body. Shinobu admires Riku very much. When Riku asked Shinobu to use his body to satisfy Shirakura sensei, will he agree to it? How would Kouki save Shinobu from the attacks by the two perverted men? Who will Shinobu give his first time to?
5) Jungle and Naked...and Me?- Young artiste Haruma is injured and lost in the jungle when he is rescued by a mysterious man. Though they can't communicate with words, Haru finds himself touched by the man's unfailing kindness.
Matsushiro Atsuya is from a very wealthy family. In order to prevent his childhood friend Kyousuke from moving away, Kyousuke was appointed his servant. However, now they're in high school and Atsuya may be falling for Kyousuke, but it make be a onesided love.
1) The Princess is Mine- So the rumors are true - Himemiya does have sex with boys. After seeing it first hand, what will Takayuki do? Obviously taking a shower is the correct answer, especially when you are not alone.
2) Love Science- Hikari is shocked when chemistry sensei Touchi confesses to him. He turns him down flat, but Touchi doesn't give up so easily. With robots and strange inventions to help him out, will the stalker/sensei get his guy?
3) Love is the Best Present from You- Student council president Sayuki has been watching soccer player Shinozuka for the past two years. Now high school is almost over, and Shinozuka hits Sayuki in the head with a soccer ball. Accidentally. Probably.
4) Rules of First Love- Nishinaga is a student with some behavioral problems, and he always seems to get himself into a bad situation. Unfortunately, this last time, it wasn't only fists that were flying, and Nishinaga wound up being a non-con uke. But can Suzuka Sensei save him? Is it possible to have a second first time?
5) The Princess Is Always Mine- We see our bois, Himemiya and Takayuki, still together and still in love.
1) AV Boys
College student Kouta needs to make money fast! His family borrowed alot of money and ran off, leaving him with the debt. When his senpai Sonomura gets him a job as a gay AV actor, Kouta decides to only work until his debts are paid. But the money is really good, and working with Sonomura is getting more and more comfortable...
2) My Love Castle
Masaomi's father has gone on vacation with his lover and left Masaomi to manage his love hotel, something he has no experience at. With handsome manager Tsushima helping out with his "hands on" approach, things will be fine. Right?
3) I Love You More Than I Can Imagine!!
Keizou's family owns a liquor store and one day during a delivery he picks up a beautiful young student. Keizou's never been interested in guys before, but something about the high school boy sparks his imagination and now he can't get him out of his head! Will Keizou get a chance to make his dreams a reality?
4) The One Who Loves You Deeply
Sex shop owner Miyatsuki knows there's something familiar about the beautiful young man who comes looking for a job. But the harder he tries to place Jyunta, the more it slips away from him, and each day is one closer to Jyunta taking on customers, an idea which bothers Miyatsuki alot.
5) Me and My Beloved Sensei
Nagaoka has his dream job, being an assistant to his favorite mangaka, Chigaya Senri. But Chigaya seems to be a bit of a recluse and unusual - incorporating running and weight lifting into the daily lessons. But who is really doing the teaching? And why does a mangaka own a black bondage suit?
6) The Courage I Get From Loving You?
Isawa thought visiting the hot spring would be boring, but beautiful (underage) part-time worker Shitsuki catches his eye, and Isawa finds himself unable to resist the lure of the innocent student.
7) Love Trial
Kousuke has spent three years in an unrequited love for his friend Sonokawa Yukihi. Without the courage to confess, Kousuke is afraid that they'll graduate without Yukihi ever knowing his feelings. But a class trip stay with aggressive upperclassmen, revealing clothing, and huddling in small spaces may make it impossible for Kousuke to keep his cool!
8) Love Trial - After That-
A beautiful sunny day brings out the beast in Kousuke.
1) Yearning for You
Kizaki sees Jinka Senpai having sex with another male student. Now Kizaki can't get Jinka Senpai off his mind. Will Jinka Senpai be upset at Kizaki's voyuerism? Will our bois come to an understanding? You'll just have to wait and see...
2) You're My Only Shinin' Star
Aoba Motoyuki is a starving model. World renowned jewelry designer, Tateyama Souji, needs a model for his new, expensive line of jewelry. Will Aoba's beauty finally be recognized? When did Aoba's family jewels get so expensive?
3) The Secret Relations
Hirose and Yuuto are classmates. Yuuto has a one-sided love for Hirose or at least, he thinks it is one-sided. Stress, worry, and too many crepes cause Yuuto to have to be rushed to the hospital where Hirose may find new ways to cure Yuuto's illness.
4) Let's go with Love
Tatsuhiro has always taken care of his younger brother Mitsuhiro. But now that they're older and living together, Tatsuhiro's feelings are more than brotherly...
5) Happy Incident
Watase is surprised when beautiful student Tsujidou confesses to him. Though they start going out, their relationship isn't physical. Will clueless Watase and shy Tsujidou figure out what to do?
6) Please Love Me More
Jinka is getting ready to graduate, and his younger lover Kizaki is feeling insecure. Will a shower make everything better?
1-4) Top model Asagi has a tooth ache, but after meeting the single dentist, Yui, it's not just his tooth that aches. But Yui is not interested in a relationship and just wants Asagi to go away. Can Asagi convince Yui that there is more to life than work? Can dental chairs really be used that way?
5) Holding onto Love
Hiroyuki is always being compared to his older brother, Kouichi, and he always loses. Even Hiroyuki's crush, Kei sempai confesses to Kouichi. Will Hiroyuki fight for the one he loves?
6) Only You Can
When his younger cousin Touya moves in, bored Masayasu decides to have some fun with the strait-laced student. But what starts as a joke becomes much more serious.
1-4) Asagami was kidnapped and found himself on board a yacht when he woke up. The one who appeared in front of him was his kouhai, once a beautiful and gentle angel, Fubuki. “Senpai never came to look for me after graduation. So I want to make you mine even if I have to do it by force.†After saying that, Fubuki did everything he could. He’s so obsessed with Asagami and even put aphrodisiacs into his food. Will Asagami give in?
5) How to Raise a Boy
Super elite secretary Sagaya has a clumsy side to him, and when he accidentally bumps into Haruna he feels guilty that the boy is fired. Taking the boy in is the least he can do, but his feelings for his adorable houseguest are getting more complicated by the second...
6) I Am Loved
When his teacher/lover breaks up with him and gets transferred to another school, Takase doesn't give up, and secretly transfers too. Handsome student Tanoue is interested in Takase, but will he be able to capture Takase's heart away from sensei?
From Liquid Passion:
1) The Strongest Love Magic
Takamichi is in love with his best friend, Tokiharu. One day, Takamichi gets drunk and rapes Tokiharu, thinking that it's just a dream. But was it really a dream?
2) The Strongest Make Love
A perverted biology teacher catches Takamichi and Tokiharu having sex in the school and use this to threaten Tokiharu. Will Takamichi be able to save his dearest Tokiharu in time?
3) The Strongest Love Couple
Tokiharu becomes the home tutor for Takamichi. Guiding him math wearing ONLY an apron, how will Takamichi score?
4) I Will Keep Living For Your Sake!
Tatemina was involved in a car accident while trying to save a boy. To wake the boy up from his coma, Tatemina has to fulfill his wish, that is, to be together with Hatsune. Will his wish come true?
5) Love Under The Darkness (Koi wa yami no shita de)
He can never forget Akane, even though he'd been firmly rejected when they graduated high school. No one's heard from him since but then a letter from Akane containing a map comes for Takamoto...
From Attractive Fascinante:
Hinata was corrupted by his stepfather and felt that he had lost the right to love his childhood friend, Tatsuya. He left home and became an escort to support himself. A pretty Shinto priest, Clayle, appeared and gave him the spear of the light’s fragment. Rele, knight of the sun shrine, appeared suddenly and told Hinata that he’d obey and protect the owner of the fragment. Clayle was imprisoned before they could find out more. What will happen from here?
In the series:
V.1 - Chijoku no Kusabikehen
V.2 - Kanketsuhen
1-2) The Boys of Dreaming
Yasaka Takanori is secretly in love with his classmate, Akikawa Seiji, for five years already and yet he dare not confess to him. His roommate, Tomori Mioki, in turn likes Takanori. Takanori is in shocked after seeing Akikawa messing around with the chemistry sensei. At the same time, Mioki confesses to him. What should he do now? Will he accept Mioki or confess to Akikawa?
3) A Holy Knight Gets Off
Beautiful school director Shiraizumi Touka is someone to be admired and treasured from afar, at least that's what student Tokura has always thought. Then suddenly sleazy Sasamori-sensei who always plays around announces his intentions toward the director. Can Tokura stand back and watch his beloved idol be taken by another, or snatch happiness for himself?
4) The Servant of the Starry Skies
Scholarship student Hanamura Ousuke has always worked harder than everyone else to be the best; so why does school president's son Tatemiya Soushi beat him so easily? Now Hanamura has to cater to Soushi's every whim, and he's furious! Until he discovers Soushi has a tantalizing weakness, but how should he use it against the young master?
5) The Sudden Lover
When Orihara wakes up naked in bed next to Miyagi, and no memory of the night before, he suspects the worst. And he's right! He's had a crush on Miyagi since school started, so now that they're lovers he should be happy, right? But dating someone who doesn't even kiss you is a bit strange...
6) The Boys of Dreaming extra
From Attractive Fascinante:
Takatsuki thought that Suou sensei was the only one who was compatible with a top student like him. Takatsuki refused to accept Suou’s rejection and insisted staying over at his house to be his slave. However, Suou asked him to leave because Takatsuki couldn’t strike a balance between schoolwork and doing his slavery duties. What should he do to get Suou to look at him?
1) The Strongest Love Magic Takamichi is in love with his best friend, Tokiharu. One day, Takamichi gets drunk and rapes Tokiharu, thinking that it's just a dream. But was it really a dream? 2) The Strongest Make Love A perverted biology teacher catches Takamichi and Tokiharu having sex in the school and use this to threaten Tokiharu. Will Takamichi be able to save his dearest Tokiharu in time? 3) The Strongest Love Couple Tokiharu becomes the home tutor for Takamichi. Guiding him math wearing ONLY an apron, how will Takamichi score? 4) I Will Keep Living For Your Sake! Tatemina was involved in a car accident while trying to save a boy. To wake the boy up from his coma, Tatemina has to fulfill his wish, that is, to be together with Hatsune. Will his wish come true? 5) Love Under The Darkness (Koi wa yami no shita de) He can never forget Akane, even though he'd been firmly rejected when they graduated high school. No one's heard from him since but then a letter from Akane containing a map comes for Takamoto...
The older brother's company is at the verge of bankruptcy. The only way to prevent bankrupts is to depend on his younger step-brother's support. And the stepbrother is intent on getting his revenge on his older brother's bullying in childhood. but is this really revenge?
Matsushiro Atsuya is from a very wealthy family. In order to prevent his childhood friend Kyousuke from moving away, Kyousuke was appointed his servant. However, now they're in high school and Atsuya may be falling for Kyousuke, but it may be a onesided love.
Pairing: Hijikata x Okita
"If you pick the flowers that grow underneath the edge of this cliff, you can be together with the person you like." Because of this recent news, Sougo helped to pick the flowers for Kondo... or for himself? And is the news real or just a superstition? Does he need the flowers for Hijikata to confess?
C1 and 2, we'll see our lovely Matsuoka taking care of his cute roommate, Oono. C3 and 4, what does Natsu want from the twins? How does he intend to cleanse the melancholy from the younger twin's heart? Please note that C3 is quite sadistic. Get some tips on the 101 ways of doing it on the dentist chair from Kiyomura sensei and his patient, Takamiya in C5. And finally, learn about the right ways of using a bottle and positioning in C6.
1-2. Tsukiyo no Fushigi
5. An Appointment Only For You
|Nov 29, 2011|
1) Fevered Glance or Heated Look (Netsu Shisen)
High school playboy Tsuji can't understand why his best friend Mitsuse turns down girl after girl. When Mitsuse admits to having a crush on a male classmate, Tsuji is floored. Will he ever be able to look at his friend the same way again?
2) Piercing the Heart With a Kiss
Continuation of one.
3) XY - Let's Go to the Festival (XY~Omatsuri de ikou)
Extra of the story XY. Takaya loves chocolate bananas and his friend Nagisa, so combining them...
4) Shy Us (Uchiki na Bokura)
A perverted teacher preys on his junior high students, but is he really the one controlling things?
5) That's Why We Fall in Love (Dakara Bokura wa Koi wo Suru)
The perverted sensei from "Shy Us" is back, but he's not touching the one person he should be.
6-8) The Town in Which Good Children Live (Yoiko no Sumu Machi)
A perverted shopkeeper deals with a shoplifter, a selfish dog owner, and a thief in his own unique ways.
Katsutaka and Kazuomi are seniors with a secret hobby: they love watching a pair of younger boys making love. Katsutaka and Kazuomi have fallen completely in love with Yuki and Kaede, and vow to capture them once they enter high school. That awaited day has finally arrived, but will the two seniors be able to reach their goal? And are Kaede and Yuki really who the seniors imagined them to be?
In the all boy's High School, Jinnan Gakuen, there's a group called Junk! Boys who help people with love problems and situations. No one knows who they are, and thus their identity remains a mystery throughout the school. But Fujino Tomoya met two upperclassmen, the straightforward and sociable Kajimoto Takato, and the mysterious though friendly Sakuma Tsukasa. However, somehow he got dragged into these two second year's 'side job', and became the new member of the famous Junk! Boys team.
IKE's first book.
Collection of short stories
1) Koiyami Archive
A cool college student whose personality is bad loves a high-achieving student looking like a nerd. The cool one is kind to the nerd one but he turns so cold as soon as the nerd confesses his love to him...
2) Ater School Special Plan
The hero's best friend suddenly annouces his family will move, kisses him and waits for his answer. The hero intends to refuse but...
3) Love Prisoner battle Line
Twin brothers. The elder one has guarded the youngest in their childhood, so he becomes strong to repay him, but now the elder one fears him. Add to the mix the elder's homosexual friend
4) Love Prisoner battle Line - Odd Situation
Sequel of the above. The elder one comes to fondle his twin. But the friend aims at him too...
5) Radical Report
A journalist interviews a young CEO of high-tech company. Before the interview, he entertained antipathy toward the CEO but after actually meeting him, he finds out that the CEO is unexpectedly a nice guy...
6) Dental Sentimental
A son of a dentist says he loves his childhood friend, but the hero suspects the friend loves only his well-arranged teeth...
7) Next Door Idol
The hero's friend who is an idol and has worked as an actor from childhood is very selfish and always annoys him. A girl classmate treats the hero very kindly and it puts the idol in a bad humor.
Story 1 - If There's Love, There's No Problem
Nishimura, tired of the way that people treat him because of his accent, devises a plan for a new him. What that plan didn't account for however, was the nuisance homeroom teacher, Ishikawa-sensei.
Story 2 - Only Under The Sun
Hoshino Ryouji, a high school baseball player finds himself to be in a year long low, with his interest in baseball waning but what could the reason be? Could it actually be because of his older brother?
Story 3 - Let's Talk Till We're Sick Of It
Takeuchi is the most popular guy in school and for some reason can't seem to draw his eyes away from the strange and small, food-loving Iida.
Story 4 - After The Talking
In this chapter we join the doting Takeuchi and cute Iida again to see how they fare now that they are finally together. As happy as Takeuchi is, it seems all is not going well as he hoped when Iida starts to avoid him.
[Continuation of Denkou Sekka Boys]
Kodaka Natsui, a naturally beautiful young boy, and a drop-dead gorgeous rich kid named Ritsu Yasaka both work as models.
One day, their agency requires both boys to attend an overnight retreat. Kodaka decides he want
Chapter 1-2 & Extra: Kaji's woken up from his nap hearing popular Tsunoda sensei getting hot and heavy with another guy! But it's his partner, the plain Aritou sensei that Kaji can't stop thinking about. Kaji's eyes are being opened as he finds that the n
Because the way people have a high interest in "sex," a sex school was formed in order to fulfill the students' desires and help them become more advanced in their skills.
One of the story lines....
Ion, in order to help pay off the debts in his family, has enrolled in the school, hoping to gain knowledge and sell out his body in the future to gain money. But Ion gains more than just "knowledge" in the sex industry, and he starts to fall for his Instructor Asagi...but love is strictly banned from the school...
1) Kisu Kara Hajimete- Super popular high school student Nishimura Jun has a beautiful face, a great body and women lining up to have sex with him! So why is Jun still a virgin? The romantic Jun wants nothing more that a sweet and pure love. Hiding his vi
â??I want to satisfy my heart and bodyâ?¦!â?
What does it mean to become a pair of lovers? Confessing love, having sex, does that alone make you lovers? When did the feeling of falling in love become a greedy luxury?
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State of Maine ChampionshipFor entry application click here:
Only 46 days until Maine's premier golf event kicks off...the 22nd playing of the State of Maine Championship. We will be returning to Sugarloaf GC once again this summer. I have attached the application for your convenience. I am happy to report that EZ-GO/Five Star Golf Cars & Utility Vehicles will be returning as presenting sponsor. Cleveland Golf will be returning as a supporting sponsor and Bushnell will also be in attendance as a sponsor.
The event has grown in popularity over the years and we certainly appreciate your support of the event. Please let your friends know about the event and we certainly would appreciate anything you can do for us to help promote the event.
The golf course is in really good condition and we are looking forward to putting on a first class event for you.
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Most of Natal was built on dunes. Visiting the Parque das Dunas gives a good idea of how Natal was before the Portuguese arrived in 1500.
The photos above were taken from Avenida Roberto Freire, distant about 200 meters (about 320 ft) from the shoreline. These 200 meters would be easily walked on a leveled terrain, but the inclination makes the distance look longer.
Notice that the inclination may be advantageous for some business. Some restaurants in Natal situated at Avenida Roberto Freire afford an excellent view of the sea.
Likewise, some hotels in Natal may afford a sea view, even if not located by the sea. In the photo above, to the left, the visible building is of Soleil Hotel; in the photo to the right, the building with a blue square (a water reservoir) on top is Vip Flat; notice that they are located near the sea, but rooms may or may not have a sea view, depending on the floor. We classified these hotels as "near the sea" in the Ponta Negra hotels section.
The photo to the left shows the Blue Marlin Flat. It's the same building which appears far in the background, near the sea, of the first photo at the top.
Hopefuly, this photo shows that the hills near the sea are even more sloped, and how being really close to the beach can make a difference.
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While new students are engaged in their orientation session, parents and family members are also invited to attend Parent and Family Orientation during the summer.
Parent and Family Orientation is a time for you to learn about NCCU and how to support your student's success during the college experience. Orientation activities are designed to provide family members with the resources needed to support their new Eagle. Family members are an important part of student success, and with an appropriate support system, you can help your new Eagle soar to new heights!
Expect to attend information sessions with representatives from offices such as the Student Rights and Responsibilities, University Police, Student Health and Counseling, the NCCU Parents and Family Association, and more.
All incoming students must attend one of the following orientation sessions:
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- 1 ball store-bought pizza dough, any brand
- 1/2 cup duck sauce or plum sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 package shredded provolone or Monterey Jack cheese (2 cups)
- 1/2 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 rounded tablespoon peanut butter
- 2 teaspoons hot sauce
- 2 teaspoons grill seasoning (such as Montreal Steak Seasoning)
- 4 chicken breast cutlets (1/2 pound)
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar or cider vinegar
- 1/4 English (seedless) cucumber, peeled and cut into matchsticks
- 4 scallions, chopped
- 1 cup bean spouts (a couple of handfuls)
- A palmful of cilantro leaves, chopped
- 1/4 cup peanuts (2 ounces), chopped
Pre-heat the oven to 425°F.
Form the pizza crust on a pizza pan or cookie sheet. Top with the duck or plum sauce – spread it around like you would pizza sauce. Sprinkle the pizza with some crushed red pepper flakes, then top with cheese and peppers. Bake until golden and bubbly, 15-17 minutes.
Pre-heat a grill pan over medium-high heat. Combine the vegetable oil, soy sauce and peanut butter with the hot sauce and grill seasoning. Use the microwave to loosen up the peanut butter if it is too cold to blend into the sauce – 10 seconds ought to do it. Add the chicken and coat evenly with the mixture. Let stand 10 minutes, then grill the chicken cutlets for 2-3 minutes on each side, until firm. Slice the chicken into very thin strips.
While the chicken cooks, mix the honey and vinegar and add the cucumber. Turn to coat evenly.
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PM for federal crime agency to fight terror
Sagar Kulkarni in Bagdogra | May 17, 2008 18:32 IST
In the backdrop of Jaipur serial blasts, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh [Images] on Saturday advocated the need for creation of a Federal Crime Agency, a proposal which has failed to materialise because of "reluctance" of states to "surrender" powers.
Dr Singh said the terror incidents should not become an issue of politicking and parties like Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party should put their minds together to see how the problem can be addressed.
On the Jaipur blasts, he refused to blame the intelligence agencies, saying terrorists "can surprise us" and that is the "reality".
Responding to questions at a press conference in Bagdogra, Dr Singh said creation of a Federal Crime Agency was the need of the hour as terrorism and several white-collar crimes have inter-state aspects.
He, however, said this proposal could not be implemented as there is "reluctance" on part of states to "surrender their powers."
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FROM THE RENO EVENING GAZETTE, NOV. 16, 1898: Yesterday, Judge Cheney tendered to the governor his resignation as judge of the second judicial district, effective Nov. 25. This will enable his successor, who in all probability will be Judge Carter, who has been elected to succeed him, to try to complete his business. In other news, S.J. Hodgkinson leaves tonight on a tour of the state in his capacity as Grand Chancellor of the Noble Order of Knights of Pythias. | <urn:uuid:f611ec30-cb22-495e-bdf4-5b442af8bee1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.rgj.com/proart/20121116/liv/311160010/from-reno-evening-gazette-nov-16-1898-?odyssey=nav%7Chead&pagerestricted=1 | 2013-05-25T06:42:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705575935/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115935-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973797 | 113 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Steamboat Springs The Steamboat Springs High School baseball team snapped a 15-game losing streak on Tuesday night when they topped Battle Mountain in a 17-9 contest in Minturn.
The Sailors got off to a fast start, scoring six runs in the first inning. Starting pitcher Tyler Fosdick also set the tone on the mound by shutting out the Huskies in the first frame. He would pitch until the fourth inning, when reliever Cory Beck came in for the save.
"We started out swinging the bats and things went our way," Sailors coach Sean Hicks said. "It just goes to show you that when your bats are hot the game can be a lot of fun."
Ryan Marsden's two-run homer seemed to spark the Steamboat offense in the early part of the game. Infielder Jordan Gunderson went 4-for-6 at the plate with four RBI and teammate Preston Stanfill was 3-for-6 with one RBI. Steamboat had 19 hits in the game as a team the most this season.
The Huskies had beaten the Sailors 11-0 earlier in the month and Steamboat had come into Tuesday's game with a 0-15 mark.
"We thought because we beat this team before and they didn't have a win that we could step out on the field and beat them," Huskies skipper Colin Faherty said. "A team with two wins isn't going to step on the field and beat anybody. You've got to come out and play baseball and be sharp. We just weren't."
That much was apparent from the start. The Huskies committed six errors in the first two innings and nine in all as Steamboat raced out to an 8-0 lead. Junior Martinez and Nathan Simon got Battle Mountain its first two runs when they walked and were advanced around the bases by numerous wild pitches.
The Huskies got some two-out magic with RBI doubles from Jordan Bender and Ryan Schnell as well as a run scoring single from Fran Saucedo, who went 2-for-2.
Leading 8-5 after two innings, Steamboat scored three in the third and two in the fourth to extend its lead to 13-5. The Huskies got two in the fourth, courtesy of the first of two triples from shortstop Eugene Trujillo.
The Huskies were able to force the game to go the full seven innings, but could score just one run each in the sixth and seventh innings.
With the loss, the Huskies fell to 1-11 in league play and 2-16 overall. Steamboat is now 1-15 and 1-11 in league play.
The two teams are expected to meet next week in a pigtail game. The time and location of that game still has not been determined.
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Striving Artists Theatre Company
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As a nonprofit organization, SAC relies heavily on donations. SAC has now been producing theatre, film and music for 5 years! To acknowledge this, we're asking our friends and fans to consider donating $5 to help us continue to bring great artistic works to New England.
Please consider making a donation of $5 to celebrate our 5 years of work.
Alternatively, if you donate $25 ($5 for each of the 5 years we've been producing), we will send you a thank you gift of our NEW BOOK, SAC Scripts 2006-2011, a professionally published book containing over 200 pages of original writing from our first 5 years of work, photos from our productions and films, and even some new scenes and monologues never before performed!
If you donate at the $50 level ($10 for each of the 5 years we've been producing), we will send you the BOOK, an 11x17 POSTER with images from every project we've produced since 2006, a MAGNET with our fifth anniversary logo, and a personalized thank you from Striving Artists.
We can't do what we do without your help, and your encouragement and enthusiasm is what continues to make our efforts so rewarding. Please follow the links to our secure PayPal account to make your donation.
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Delegation: The Forgotten Management Tool
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Should anyone need an excuse to travel to Naples, we can offer the perfect one: Go there to explore Metro Napoli’s Art Stations. (That’s subway or tube stations for the rest of us.) The Art Stations program has been going on for some time with artists, designers and architects, including, Alessandro Mendini, Anish Kapoor, Gae Aulenti Jannis Kounellis, Karim Rashid, Michelangelo Pistoletto and Sol LeWitt contributing.
What drew our attention is the 13th Art Station of the Naples Metro system, the Toledo Metro Station, that opened finally after many delays in September 2012, during the European Week of Sustainable Mobility. It was designed by the Spanish firm of architect Oscar Tusquets Blanca.
The station is on Via Toledo (Via Roma), one of the main shopping streets in Naples. A second entrance to the Toledo Station will open in February 2013 in the Spanish Quarter, Quartieri Spagnoli. Oscar Blanca also designed the public squares above the two metro entrances.
The Toledo station is one of the deepest in the line at 50 meters, and it is themed around water and light. The art of the station, curated by art critic and former Venice Biennale director, Achille Bonito Oliva, includes two mosaics by the South African artist, William Kentridge, as well as Light Panels Robert Wilson and works by Francesco Clemente, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Shirin Nehsat and Oliviero Toscani.
We especially love the deep, blue, sparkling crater that connects the ground level with the great lobby 38 meters below. No wonder that The Daily Telegraph included the Toledo Station on its Europe’s Most Impressive Underground Railway Stations list. - Tuija Seipell
The Cool Hunter Pop-up boutique series starts this month in Melbourne, Australia continues in Sydney in December, and in 2013 we will be setting up temporary boutiques in New York and London.
THE COOL HOUSE at Rokeby Studios, Melbourne - 29 Nov - 2 Dec
THE COOL HOUSE at Pacific Bondi Beach, Sydney - 7 Dec - 16 Dec
Introducing the irresistible mix: The exclusive Penthouse display suite at Pacific Bondi Beach in Sydney, the coolest and newest photography studio Rokeby in Melbourne, a group of select exclusive feature sponsors and the design-savvy audience of The Cool Hunter, combined with an unexpected, limited-time designer product shopping experience.
In Sydney: Catching the wave of the temporary boutique phenomenon, The Cool Hunter (TCH) will refit the Pacific Bondi Beach Penthouse Suite for an unprecedented and unforgettable 10-day (including 2 weekends) event where potential buyers can not only view the suite but buy any and all of the furnishings, accessories and artwork.
In Melbourne: Rockeby studios becomes the setting for a 4 day designer shopping experience featuring the latest in home and housewares, designer accessories and unique products for the discerning home.
For the guests, shopping at THE COOL HOUSE at Pacific Bondi Beach penthouse and at Rokeby Studios will be unlike any other shopping experience – a striking break from the mind-numbing sameness of stores and malls around the world.
Whenever wood is used beautifully, we pay attention. Kengo Kuma-designed 15-room hotel, and especially the attached fruit market in the town of Yusuhara, in the Takaoka District of Kochi, Japan, is a project worth admiring.
We love the skilful, minimalist use of traditional methods, materials and symbolism in the creation of the market space that appears both ancient and completely modern at the same time – a uniquely Japanese skill, it seems.
The cool, thatched façade pays tribute to the town’s ancient tradition of providing travellers who took the main arterial Yusuhara route rest spaces called “Chad Do” that also functioned as venues for cultural exchange and interaction.
As always with this type of design, our eyes are drawn to everything that is NOT there, which allows us to see what IS there even more clearly. No clutter, no visual noise. Contemporary minimalism at its finest. - Tuija Seipell.
Never thought we’d say we love an abandoned quarry. But through a massive six-year restoration, replanting and re-imagining process, the Quarry Garden in Shanghai Botanical Garden, in the Songjiang District, in Shanghai, China, has become not just a thing of beauty and wonder but a successful travel attraction. An abandoned quarry has indeed been turned into something beautiful.
The Quarry Garden has also earned the American Society of Landscape Architecture 2012 Honor Award.
We love the tranquility and eerie otherworldliness that comes from the ongoing process of a destroyed natural environment returning back to nature but in a completely new, transformed guise. We are left to contemplate both the scars and the forgiveness of nature. - Tuija Seipell
What a cool ride so far!
The Cool Hunter was born seven years ago. I never thought it would lead to what we have today.
It started as a newspaper column and, surprisingly, grew quickly into a globally syndicated column.
When TCH went online, the number of subscribers and readers it drew immediately was astounding. There was clearly a pent-up need for the type of material we were featuring.
Our enthusiastic readers were not just regular people, but editors and reporters from all other media, as well as brand managers, marketing executives, CEOs, designers – professionals whose job it is to know about, and create, innovative ideas, cool products, exceptional communications, fantastic events.
Over the years, well-known brands started contacting us for help and ideas with advertising and marketing.
Our daily exposure to literally hundreds of brands, designers, architects, artists, ideas, design images and PR material has given us not just a super-solid view of what is out there and what stands out, but also access to the best talent in the world.
Of course, most of what we see is not remarkable. Which is why we knew there was yet another niche, and we established ACCESS agency to meet those needs, to help brands stand out from the mediocre, boring sameness.
Mini Pram and Supermarket Trolleys
Since those times, we have worked with great brands, from Swarovski, Evian and Gucci to Nike, Sephora and Mattel.
We do not always showcase all of ACCESS’s work here, but we wanted to show you some of the fun ideas we’ve created for the many Mini offices that have contacted us over the years.
It has truly been a cool ride so far! - Bill Tikos
Mini Rickshaw Tourist Bikes in Athens
Mini Indoor Drive-In Cinema to launch the Mini Countryman in Italy
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We love the way Bangkok University has been branding itself as a Creative University during the past few years. One method they have chosen to do this is to re-imagine and re-allocate the space so that the students will want to spend time on the campus, not just studying but enjoying themselves.
As before the university retained Bangkok’s Supermachine Studio, led by Pitupong (Jack) Chaowakul, to create the Student Lounge (formerly allocated for teachers) at the Rangsit Campus, located north of Bangkok.
The new configuration for the lounge was completed in March and includes about 1,000 square meters (about 10,764 square feet) combined on the ground floor and mezzanine.
The ground floor area is designed as a flexible hang-out space that can be reconfigured for studying alone or in groups, resting, meetings and so on, using the porous, mobile “ribs” as walls.
The mezzanine level is a fun and games zone. It includes a pink polka-dotted Karaoke hut, teetering off the “cliff” and about to fall off onto the reading cave below. Students sitting on the massive modular sofa in the reading cave can clearly see their fellow students performing in the Karaoke hut.
The game zone includes a huge pool table with mobile holes, a giant dart board where no-one can miss the bulls-eye, a music rehearsal room that is like a little house with one wall hinging open, plus a gossip corner and a Kungfu zone.
Many of the components in the space are meant for the students to change and reconfigure, including the 400- bottle chandelier and the gigantic panda that could be painted in the future to resemble other characters, animals or creatures.
Inside the 6,5-meter high panda is the spiral staircase connecting the ground floor and mezzanine. Students enter the staircase from the backside and exit from the back of the head. The mouth of the panda is a window.
The columns dotting the ground floor are currently white, but the students are expected to paint or decorate them as well. In addition to Pitupong Chaowakul, the design team included Suchart Ouypornchaisakul, Nuntawat Tassanasangsoon, Wattikon Kosolkit, Santi Sarasuphab and Supanna Chanpensri. - Tuija Seipell
The Capsule Lamp has captured our imagination. The intriguingly interactive lighting fixture gleans its idea from the plastic toy capsules of vending machines.
Initially, the Capsule was designed by Hong Kong-based Design Systems Ltd for the Actif children’s wear brand, but it has now taken on a life of its own giving tinkerers and creatives another reason to customize and make it their own.
The main structure of the ceiling pendant is made of stained oak, and either without the capsules, or with just the empty capsules, it looks rather coolly Scandinavian.
But the fun starts when you attach the little plastic capsules – in any combination and quantity you like with all sorts of little treasures in them.
While the fixture comes with a set number of toys, we can envision hiding our own little personal items in the capsules. Or customizing each fixture for each room, with specific themed contents for the capsules? Flowers for one room, office supplies for another, jewelry for the next, sewing items and buttons for yet another. And what about an office or any other work place where team members get to decorate their own fixture above their work areas?
We think we’ll just keep the Capsules for ourselves and never let kids near it. - Tuija Seipell
It is time to save inflatables from death by boredom, and elevate them to must-have designer experiences! We are talking about enhancing the way adults enjoy playing in the water, although even kids will find a designer inflatable quite a refreshing experience!
What if a designer hotel or resort had amazing, on-brand inflatables in the pool, or on the beach, available for guests to enjoy, take pictures of, share with their networks?
We are looking for architectural, playful, cool, imaginative, never-before-seen designer ideas for inflatables. Show us what you can do. Show us how far we can take this unexplored water experience and we'll manufacture them.
An entire new water surprise waiting for guests - what can we do to WOW them?
Please send us your design ideas including 3d renderings by the end of May, 2012.
What we are looking for specifically is an inflatable for one or two people. We are in search for the best design idea for a practical but awesomely cool water accessory that will make you want one as soon as you see it floating in a pool or on the beach.
The inflatable must fit into the vibe and atmosphere of a five-star resort – we are looking for something super-cool, sculptural, desirable.
The winning design, if and when manufactured, will earn the designer a royalty from each sale of the inflatable.
The design competition is open to all designers, industrial designers, graphic designers, illustrators, architects etc -
Even those who are afraid of flying might enjoy the experience of piloting a Boeing 737 at the simmINN Flight Simulation Center in Stuttgart, Germany.
The reason for our confidence is two-fold. One: The aircraft does not leave the ground as the full-size replica of Boeing 737 with its Learjet 45x cockpit are firmly indoors. Two: The outside of the plane looks so cool that you will forget your phobias and just want to hop in and fly!
Frankfurt-based architect Boris Banozic is responsible for the concept, interior and graphic design of this center that is open to the general public. Yes, you, too can book a two-hour flight, piloted by Captain You and no crew! Now, if only an airline company picked up this concept as their head-office design, then we would be really impressed. - Tuija Seipell
FieldCandy tents do not give you camouflage protection in the natural setting, nor do they help you blend in with the rest of the crowd at the campsite. FieldCandy tents are designed to stand out.
When we saw the first images of these limited-edition designer tents with their cool flysheets, we had to really stop and think. Is it true that no-one else has manufactured these types of tents for sale before? We have seen individual pieces displayed as art, but we had not seen anything quite like this.
It was one of those moments when you think: Why have all tents always looked pretty much the same? We customise everything else, why not tents? And even more remarkably: Why have we been satisfied with those boring, standard tent colours for so long?
So, through a two-year development process, Jersey, UK-based FieldCandy has created what we did not know we needed. Until now. They selected a group of 20 or so artists and designers – photographers, graphic designers, illustrators, branding and advertising designers – to create designs that were then transferred to the ultra-light, waterproof flysheet that covers the two-person tent.
They now offer more than 40 different designs by 18 artists. The designs are grouped in several collections. In The Legend Collection, for example, includes Terry Pastor’s black design with psychedelic guns and Philip Gatward’s blue and yellow parrots on a grey hued background.
On the FieldCandy website, a counter next to each design indicates how many of that design are still left. Each tent comes with a label that shows the edition number and the design name. Prices range from $430 for the black FieldCandy signature tent to over $1,000. FieldCandy ships around the world The tents are available exclusively through the website. - Tuija Seipell | <urn:uuid:dca53c58-9383-4726-a799-ccf06179f059> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thecoolhunter.net/design/2/ | 2013-05-25T06:33:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705575935/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115935-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946348 | 3,098 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
Office of Audit
STATISTICAL PROFILE OF ALLEGED POLITICAL INTERVENTION BY TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE 2004 ELECTION SEASON
Issued on May 12, 2009
Highlights of Report Number: 2009-10-080 to the Internal Revenue Service Commissioner for the Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division.
IMPACT ON TAXPAYERS
The objective of the 2004 Political Activities Compliance Initiative (hereafter referred to as the Initiative) was to promote compliance with the prohibition against political campaign intervention by reviewing allegations and initiating examinations of political intervention by tax‑exempt organizations on an expedited basis. As part of the 2004 Initiative, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has completed 107 of 110 examinations and issued letters to the majority of examined tax‑exempt organizations warning them of the consequences of future prohibited political activity. However, closing letters sent to tax‑exempt organizations did not always state whether the IRS determined the prohibition against political intervention had been violated, which can be confusing for tax‑exempt organizations.
WHY TIGTA DID THE AUDIT
The overall objective of this review was to provide nationwide statistical information for the 2004 Initiative and determine how the Exempt Organizations function addressed political activity noncompliance. This audit was requested by the United States Senate Committee on Finance and was conducted as part of the TIGTA Fiscal Year 2009 Annual Audit Plan under the major management challenge of Tax Compliance Initiatives.
WHAT TIGTA FOUND
Examinations most often were initiated after referrals were received from sources external to the IRS and were almost evenly distributed between churches and charities. The examinations mainly concerned tax‑exempt organizations that had allegedly been involved in a single instance of potentially prohibited political intervention and involved issues/campaigns at the national level slightly more than at the State and local level. In addition, examinations involved a wide array of issues, such as distribution of printed and electronic information, as well as verbal statements and direct political contributions.
The majority of the examinations resulted in closing letters issued by the IRS to the tax‑exempt organizations, warning them of the consequences of future prohibited political activity. The IRS revoked the tax‑exempt status of six organizations as a result of examining the organizations for political campaign intervention. We determined that the facts and circumstances of the cases that involved an organization whose tax‑exempt status was revoked were clearly different from those of organizations that received only a warning.
However, TIGTA found that the IRS had overstated the number of examinations with substantiated prohibited political activity that it reported to stakeholders. TIGTA’s review of the case files showed that the IRS incorrectly recorded the results of 14 examinations as violating the prohibition on political intervention when no violations had occurred, due to confusion over how to classify case results on the inventory system.
In addition to incorrectly reporting examination results, TIGTA identified 15 closing letters that did not appropriately state whether the IRS determined that the prohibition against political intervention had been violated, which can be confusing to tax-exempt organizations that spend resources on a lengthy examination. This occurred due to a lack of guidance to ensure that closing letters clearly state whether prohibited political activities occurred.
WHAT TIGTA RECOMMENDED
TIGTA recommended that the Director, Exempt Organizations, create and issue guidance to ensure that 1) IRS examiners are guided on the use of the correct disposal code when political intervention is not substantiated and 2) closing letters to tax-exempt organizations clearly state whether a prohibited political activity violation was substantiated.
In response to the report, the IRS stated it had created and issued guidance, including sample closing letters, as part of its Initiative training materials. In addition, the Initiative Team Leader reviews all closing letters before they are issued to ensure they clearly state whether a prohibited political activity violation occurred. The Initiative Team Leader also provides the correct disposal code to be used by the examiner.
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Costs of War Other Ways Defense Budgets Could be Spent
Some dated figures about how money that the government spends on defense could be used for other pursuits.
THE TRILLION DOLLAR RAT HOLE
Since 1958 the U.S. Government has spent over a trillion dollars on war budgets, not including the hundreds of billions for war-connected space flights, veterans' benefits, interest to the bankers on money borrowed for previous wars, etc.
A trillion dollars is a thousand billion, or a million million. It's quite a bit of money. And it's all gone, with not much to show for it except mutilated people and a lot of graves--a trillion dollars dropped down into a giant rat hole.
But just suppose that trillion had been spent for life instead of death, for people instead of profits. What would a thousand billion dollars have bought us?
$450 billion Could supply a new $15,000 home or apartment for half the families in the U.S.
5 billion Could build 2 new $30 million hospitals for each of the 16 biggest cities in the U.S., a $20 million hospital for each of 100 smaller cities, a $2 million clinic for 1,000 different small towns.
20 billion Could be given to cancer research.
10 billion Could be spent to cure 5 or 6 other major diseases.
20 billion Could end the pollution in the Great Lakes.
10 billion Could freshen up every river and stream on the continent.
20 billion Could be used to plant a billion trees along highways, in cities, towns, and in the countryside.
20 billion Could build 1,000 new colleges at $20 million apiece.
80 billion Could fund 4,000,000 new scholarships a year at $2,000 per student.
10 billion Could build 10,000 youth centers at $1 million each.
10 billion Could revive the buffalo herds in the West and grow more grass in order to double the cattle herds and lower the price of milk and beef.
10 billion Could make a dozen oases in the Sahara Desert.
50 billion Could supply 50 million farm families in South America and Asia with gasoline-driven tractors.
$285 billion For defense and other expenses.
--Based on material by Vince Copeland
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It looks like the world economy is on the verge of slipping back into recession. Deadlock in the United States Congress is pushing the world’s largest economy towards the so-called fiscal cliff. The Eurozone remains unstable. Asia is showing mixed results with some economies surging while others are falling behind. Latin America is stagnating and Africa is a mess. Perfect time to sit back and drink a beer, right? A number of people seem to think so as reflected in surging global alcohol in 2012.
For those who haven’t been following, the alcohol industry has been one of the more exciting sectors in the last few years. Several big mergers have arose, while at the same time a series of highly popular and also profitable micro-brews have come to challenge and steal market share from the mega-brewers. Inbev has become the largest beer brewer in the world, following its 2008 purchase of Anheuser-Busch InBev NV (NYSE:BUD) (EBR:ABI), SABMiller plc (PINK:SBMRY) (LON:SAB) comes in at number two, while Heineken N.V. (PINK:HINKY) (AMS:HEIA) and Carlsberg A/S (CPH:CARL-A) (CPH:CARL-B) round out the top four. Together the top four brewers produce nearly half of all beer brewed in the world. Heineken N.V. (PINK:HINKY) (AMS:HEIA) has recently launched a series of acquisitions in Asia, while the other major brewers continue to evaluate their options.
Globally, a group of mass produced beers from the major brewers dominate the market. Asahi Super Dry, a premium Japanese beer, accounted for 11.3 billion barrels of beer sold in 2011, largely in Asia. Heineken N.V. (PINK:HINKY) (AMS:HEIA) is also among the most popular beers in the region and accounts for 26 million barrels of beer sold. Bud Light and Budweiser are both the number two and number three most sold beers in the world respectively, accounting for some 84 million barrels sold. The most popular beer in the world, however, is “Snow” beer, a Chinese brand mostly sold in China. It accounted some 52 million barrels in beer sold in 2011.
There are nearly 1,700 beer brewers in the United States alone and the numbers are growing as micro-brewers are becoming increasingly popular. Total revenues for beer sold tops 500 billion dollars and this does not even include liquor and wine sales. The retail value of wine sales in the United States alone topped 30 billion dollars in 2010. While the U.S. market is massive, it has been growing at a slow rate in recent years and some analysts believe that the market is fully tapped. Still, many analysts believe that the global alcohol sales market will post strong growth in years to come even as sales in the United States, Europe, and Japan seem to be leveling off.
Asia and other emerging markets are now seen as the markets of tomorrow. As nations rise up out of poverty they tend to drink more. The World Health Organization supports this view. The WHO has found that alcohol sales have been declining in developed countries, however it has been rising in developing countries at a rapid pace. Alcohol has long been a luxury enjoyed largely by middle class and above, especially in emerging markets. As people are lifted out of poverty, they tend to spend more and more money on alcohol.
Accordingly, most of the growth in the global alcohol industry has come from emerging countries, especially in Asia. The WHO finds that alcohol consumption per capita in Asia still lags behind Europe and North America. Yet sales are increasing rapidly in the region, in line with strong economic growth and a regional increase in discretionary income. Euromonitor found that alcohol sales grew by an average of 8% from 2003 to 2008. Singapore, Thailand, and China are all expected to see a strong growth in sales as alcohol consumption per head is expected to rise in the years to come.
China is now the largest consumer of beer, consuming over 28 billion liters of beer per year. The United States comes in at second, consuming nearly 24 billion liters of per year. Russia, Mexico, Brazil, Poland, and South Africa all come in the top ten, meaning that developing countries now make up more than half of the top ten beer consuming countries. Also, Japan comes in at number 5, which along with China, makes Asia one of the largest consumer regions in the world. Meanwhile India’s 15 billion dollar beer industry has been growing at an astonishing 15%.
Add in a huge population consisting of billions of people and Asia offers the best source of growth for major alcohol companies, especially as sales are leveling off in North America and Europe with their markets fully tapped and intense competition for dollars. Many emerging Asian markets feature a mix of local-owned companies that largely focus on selling cheap booze, and international brands which tend to focus on and dominate premium markets.
So long as the global economy remains on track through 2013, the alcohol industry should continue to boom, especially with strong growth coming from emerging markets in Asia and elsewhere. Interestingly alcohol sales tend to be recession proof in developed markets, as people usually do not modify their drinking habits even in the face of declining income. Whether or not this trend will prove true for developing markets where consumers have less disposable income remains to be seen. | <urn:uuid:533f84e1-ab28-4314-951b-e65dfe2d352e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.valuewalk.com/2012/12/alcohol-sales-soar-worldwide-in-2012/ | 2013-05-25T06:47:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705575935/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115935-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956755 | 1,136 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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KSHS Teacher eNews
Issue 74, May 2013
Summer Social Studies Academy - In June and July, the Kansas Department of Education is offering two-day workshops that present a classroom focus on advancing instruction for the Kansas College and Career Ready Standards. The workshops will emphasize hands-on activities, collaboration, and cross content-area integration. More information and registration forms are available online.
Archaeology and the Common Core Workshop - July 24 - 26, with optional fieldwork July 27 - 28. Discover how Project Archaeology fosters an understanding of past and present cultures. Participants will investigate a slave cabin at Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest Plantation in Virginia with data from an actual excavation. Enrollment limited to 25 people. Application deadline is July 1. Workshop will be held at Cox Communications Heritage Education Center, Topeka.
Summer Youth Volunteers Needed - The Kansas Historical Society is looking for students age 13 to 18 to volunteer with projects and programs this summer. This group will also serve as an advisory council to help plan future programs. Interested students can contact Joy Brennan at 785-272-8681, ext. 415 or email@example.com.
Kansas Archeology Training Program Field School: June 1-16 - The presumed location of Billy Dixon’s trading post south of Hays has been selected for investigation in 2013. Participants will work alongside professional and avocational archeologists as they excavate several dugouts and process artifacts in a lab. More information and registration packets are available at kshs.org/14622.
Free Professional Development Sessions - The Historical Society offers in-service training for K-12 teachers that can help them adopt and integrate the new standards for history, government, and social studies; Common Core ELA standards; and social, emotional, and character development standards. Participants will receive samples of the standards-based educational materials developed by the Historical Society's Education Division. Contact Curriculum Specialist Marcia Fox at 785-272-8681, ext. 416 or firstname.lastname@example.org.
Schedule Kansas Territorial Characters Performance - Students can participate in a 1850s territorial town hall political meeting at Constitution Hall State Historic Site. The Lecompton Reenactors will portray some of the notable people from the Bleeding Kansas era as they passionately discuss the pros and cons of the slavery issue. The group can also perform on-site at schools within one hour drive of Lecomption. Schedule a presentation for 2013-14 classes at 785-887-6520 or email@example.com.
Reserve Traveling Resource Trunks - A unique and educational way to share the rich heritage of Kansas, the trunks contain many high-quality reproductions of historical artifacts and primary source documents and photographs. Reserve online for 2013-14 classes or call 785-272-8681, ext. 419.
Mini-Grant Application Deadline May 12 - The Kansas Council for the Social Studies classroom mini-grant is designed to improve social studies instruction by providing financial assistance to classroom teachers. More information and application form available online.
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War of words as Valencia “scandal” boils
29 June, 2010
Jun.29 (GMM) A new war of words is threatening to break out between former sparring partners Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso.
Alonso was furious after Sunday’s European grand prix, when Hamilton overtook the safety car but still managed to finish second after serving a drive-through penalty.
“Even a child knows you cannot overtake the safety car, especially after an accident as serious as Webber’s,” the Spaniard fumed, according to the El Pais newspaper.
His 2007 McLaren teammate Hamilton, however, accused Alonso of “sour grapes”, suggesting his bad mood was made worse by being overtaken by the Sauber of Japanese rookie Kamui Kobayashi.
“It’s just sour grapes,” Briton Hamilton is quoted by the Sun newspaper. “It is very unlike him to be overtaken by a Sauber so he must have been completely in another world.”
Alonso, accusing the governing body of manipulating the race, and Ferrari are furious at the delayed decision to meekly penalise Hamilton, saying the outcome threatens the sport’s credibility.
But Hamilton said: “The FIA are doing an incredible job because they are allowing us to race this year. “I don’t understand why I affected his race so much.
“Everyone has a right to their opinions. He must just be disappointed with his own result but I didn’t do anything to him,” added the 2008 world champion.
Lotus technical boss Mike Gascoyne also defended the FIA. “I think it is just one of those things,” he is quoted by PA Sport. “(Race director) Charlie (Whiting) is trying to do the job as he sees it, calls it as he sees it, and he has as difficult a job as anyone.”
Hamilton should have been disqualified claims disgraced former Renault boss Flavio Briatore, who after re-appearing in the Monaco paddock last month, was seen on the grid prior to the Valencia street race.
Although conspiring to fix the 2008 Singapore grand prix by asking Nelson Piquet to crash deliberately, Briatore agrees with Ferrari and Alonso that Hamilton’s drive-through penalty for overtaking the safety car was too mild.
“The rules aren’t precise,” he is quoted as telling Italy’s Sky Sport 24. “You can’t have a penalty for Hamilton after 20 laps, it should be (after) 2 or 3,” said the 60-year-old. “Passing the safety car is more like a black flag penalty. Hamilton is lucky; everything he does turns out well.”
And as for the travails of his protege Alonso’s current team Ferrari, the Italian said: “What is Ferrari missing? Speed; they are not on the level of Red Bull and McLaren.”
Meanwhile Joan Villadelprat has warned Alonso to put a lid on his overt criticisms of F1′s governing body.
Spaniard Villadelprat, bidding to bring his Le Mans team Epsilon Euskadi onto the F1 grid next year, was referring to Alonso’s accusation that a mild penalty for Lewis Hamilton in Valencia last week amounted to FIA manipulation.
In his column for the El Pais newspaper, he said countryman Alonso might be excused for mouthing off in the immediate aftermath of the race, but should now quieten his attack or risk official sanctions.
“I think Alonso was heated and just out of the car,” he said. “I can understand their anger because Ferrari thought this race was a turning point in their championship. I also believe the stewards failed to react as they should. But I cannot say that Lewis Hamilton deserved a more severe penalty because it happened exactly as is in the regulations.”
He explained, “But the reaction should have been much faster — (the stewards’ decision) took about 14 laps! I suppose they waited so long because they were analysing it before giving a verdict. In any case, Fernando needs to be very careful about what he says, because these types of attacks are of no benefit and could even cost a penalty. But even more, it’s because I don’t think he really believes the stewards acted intentionally for Hamilton and against his own interest.”
“I know that in times like these it is difficult to keep your head and your tongue cool, but Alonso needs to concentrate on his work, on getting his car on pole position and on stemming the difference that still separates Ferrari from Red Bull and McLaren,” added Villadelprat. | <urn:uuid:f80998c7-2026-48e1-9630-c2948ec8ee2e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.yallaf1.com/2010/06/29/war-of-words-as-valencia-scandal-boils/ | 2013-05-25T06:26:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705575935/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115935-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977555 | 1,012 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Al Di Meola Delivers A Blazing Set At The Knitting Factory (Los Angeles)
Al DiMeola and a new World Sinfonia group brought their intriguing fusion of rhythmic and electronic flair to the Knitting Factory October 8th. Their strong Latin jazz and buoyant world melodies were blended extremely well with a heavier electronic jazz/rock feeling which brought standing ovations from the audience several times during both well-attended shows. Di Meola’s compositional control over his fusion band resulted in a satisfying mixture of pre-composed structures of varying complexity, raw improvisational energy and beautiful melodic appeal.
Playing songs from both critically acclaimed Telarc recordings, THE GRAND PASSION and his most recent, FLESH ON FLESH, the handsome guitar virtuoso dazzled patrons with his skill and techniques for transforming the original melodies and strict rhythmic structure of Astor Piazzolla’s “Fugata” into a fresh and memorable theme by using heavily inflicted syncopation and unpredictable harmonies, meter and timbre. However, it was such original songs as “Zona Desparata” “Flesh on Flesh,” and “Saffire Soleil” that set the images of Di Meola’s blazing guitar brilliance in our memories. It was pure emotion satisfying, sensual, complex and joyful.
As one of the world’s most accomplished and imaginative “sonic engineers” in contemporary fusion, Al Di Meola made use of numerous types of guitars. Their gleaming beauty only added to the visual excitement as he absorbed and returned the intense but loving energy the audience was giving off. Mario Parmisano’s acoustic piano synths produced a bright, electronic timbre that sounded great in this particular room and Alejandro Herrera, the newest member of the group, held down the rhythm logic on electric bass. From the changes that would stop on a dime to the lyrical beauty of Alejandro Santos’ flute floating in the air, to Ernie Adams’ excellent drumming and Gumbi Ortiz's percussive genius, each member was so purely complimentary that each of their musical sentences were punctuated at just the right harmonious moments and completed with the stylistic plurality that only Al Di Meola can deliver.
Among the many stellar moments during the concert was Di Meola’s rhythmic duet with percussionist Gumbi Ortiz. Al Di Meola developed this high-energy improvisation with the looseness and rhythmic dancing quality of electronic jazz while Ortiz added fiery Latin conga beats and thunder from his seat box. Together, they produced some great adventurous heat that brought on a robust round of applause.
Al Di Meola is more varied in artistic scope and musical technique than the Al Di Meola who revolutionized and was the epitome of electronic rock/jazz fusion of previous decades. He is more soulful, his arrangements more tasteful and orchestral but at the same time, still appealing when he injects a heavy dose of rock into the world mix. He continues to erode the distinction between the genres with this excellent fusion ensemble. You'd be highly disappointed if you missed his exciting performance. Stay in touch with Al Di Meola and World Sinfonia at www.telarc.com | <urn:uuid:36b07f66-5b55-491d-8fac-c19d81112a26> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www2.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=1701 | 2013-05-25T06:28:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705575935/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115935-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947686 | 686 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Bobbie G. Paull-Forney, Nurse Health Educator, started her career with Via Christi Regional Medical Center in 1998 as an exercise specialist in the hospital-owned Health & Fitness Center. Prior to that, she received her Bachelor of Arts in Exercise Science from Wichita State University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Friends University.
In 1999 she accepted an offer from the Prevention & Health Center (later renamed Solutions For Life) to be a health educator. To broaden her scope of skills and patient care responsibilities, Bobbie continued teaching at Solutions For Life while she went back to school at Hesston College and received her Associate of Science-Nursing degree in 2003. As a registered nurse, she worked briefly as a staff nurse before returning to her chosen profession as a nurse health educator in wellness and weight management at Solutions For Life in 2003.
A key aspect of the Solutions For Life programs that helped Bobbie choose her career is the use of outcomes data to guide behavioral and medical patient care decisions at SFL. She enjoys managing and analyzing data as a means of supporting the team in providing excellent patient care and outcomes. Bobbie is currently enrolled in the Master of Public Health program at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita.
"I desire to reach the public through health education and promotion. Solutions for Life provides an opportunity to teach a special population of people how to improve their quality of life and how to prevent chronic diseases through data-driven behavior modification. I have a passion for my career because of past personal issues surrounding food. I believe there is hope for every person to overcome their personal challenges surrounding body weight and eating issues. Solutions for Life provides valuable behavioral modification tools that assist individuals on their journey to overcoming these challenges."
Dena Marten, Nurse Health Educator, joined the Solutions For Life team in 1998. Prior to working for Via Christi, she received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing with a Psychology minor from Fort Hays State University and her Master of Education in Counseling from Wichita State University She worked as an inpatient and outpatient nurse in medical, surgical and oncology units before she redirected her career to Behavioral Health, where she coordinated and delivered stress management programs in the hospital and throughout the community.
Dena began work as a nurse health educator with the HMR Program for Medical Weight ManagementTM and in 2002 further developed her knowledge and skills for the Surgical Weight Management Program. For both programs she provides nursing assessments and care coordination, and she teaches classes.
"I have the best of all worlds. As a health educator, I enjoy helping patients learn and practice the tools that will help them manage their health long term, and as a nurse, I'm privileged to see the improvements in patients' health as they practice these skills. I am also fortunate to be surrounded by a wonderful team of professionals, who make working at Solutions for Life a pleasure."
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Author: E.B. White
Publisher: Harper Collins, 1952
Summary in a Sentence: Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.
My Thoughts:Ah, where do I start? This book was a life-shaping force in the early years of my life. So many memories flooded back to me as I re-read it for the first time in almost 20 years. I actually re-read the exact copy I first opened in fourth grade, and was tickled to see all the underlined words that I looked up for vocabulary activities at school. All I can say is that if you've somehow gotten this far in life without reading this book, fix it. Now.
The Marriage Plot
Author: Jeffrey Eugenides
Publisher: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2011
Summary in a Sentence: English major Madeleine Hanna must choose between two suitors while working on her senior thesis on the marriage plot that lies at the heart of the greatest English novels.
My Thoughts:The Marriage Plot is a coming-of-age tale, a travel narrative, and a story of dealing with mental illness, with some literary criticism and 80s pop-culture references thrown in for good measure. Most of all, it's an enjoyable, readable, character-driven, multi-layered novel that will satisfy those looking for a good story as well as those who want to read a little deeper. Recommended for fans of literary fiction, Jonathan Franzen in particular. For an in-depth review, check out Things Mean a Lot.
Mornings in Jenin
Author: Susan Abulhawa
Publisher: Bloomsbury, 2010
Summary in a Sentence: Four generations of a Palestinian family struggle to survive during more than sixty years of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, finding themselves on both sides of the fighting.
My Thoughts:I started this book knowing embarrassingly little about the history of Palestine and Israel. At first, I was a little intimidated, especially when I opened the book to see a diagram of characters to keep them straight. Nevertheless, Nancy Pearl suggested it, and Nancy Pearl is my rockstar librarian hero, so I left any doubts in the dust and read on. It was an intense, sometimes hard to read novel that planted a seed of curiosity about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict within me. I definitely want to read more on the subject, preferably non-fiction next time for balance.Check out Aarti's review over at BookLust.
Friday Night Lights
Author: H.G. Bissinger
Publisher: Addison-Wesley, 1990
Summary in a Sentence: Follows the 1988 season of the Permian Panthers, a high school football team in Odessa, Texas, exploring the lives of the players and the impact of the championship team on the small town.
My Thoughts:Bissinger is a genius. Why, you may ask? Because, dear readers, I have absolutely no interest in football whatsoever. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Despite this severe lack of interest, I couldn't stop reading this book! To say it is a book about a high school football team is very misleading; it is so much more. It also deals with economic diversity, race, and tradition. For example, Permian High, one of the main high schools in Odessa, TX, and the focus of Bissinger's work, was integrated just 8 years before the book was written in 1990. Bissinger's book is a character study of the citizens of Odessa, as well as a commentary on the history and interpersonal relations of this small town. | <urn:uuid:2ef92f17-4a66-4df4-81b7-e7d56a352a83> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://bookshelfmonstrosity.blogspot.com/2012/03/my-reading-life-spiders-austenites.html?showComment=1332008720696 | 2013-06-19T19:35:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709101476/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125821-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953985 | 775 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
What made you passionate about video games?
It goes all the way back to childhood. Like many in the late 80s – early 90s, I was excited about computers and programming, so I learned Basic when I was 8 years old and started programming games. My dad was a computer enthusiast in Moscow, and I had plenty of time with ZX Spectrum, Russian exotic computers like Orion-128K and ES-1841, and then PCs. I spent an unhealthy amount of time playing games that are classic now. Eagle’s Nest, Elite, Dangerous Dave, Commander Keen as well as early Sim City, Transport Tycoon, and X-Com UFO games were the most damaging for my school studies. I was programming in machine code and assembly language by 6th grade and wrote a few games in Pascal and assembler by the time I finished the school, and by then I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life making games and nothing else. So I was making games or helping others make games ever since.
How did you enter the video game industry?
I studied computer graphics in Moscow State University and got my first job as 3D graphics programmer at one of the first Russian game development studios. I met other G5 co-founders at that company and eventually we quit to found G5. We focused on mobile and casual games from the beginning. We got to make some mobile games for EA, Disney, and Sony before investing in G5’s original games. In 2006, we listed G5 in Stockholm, Sweden, and G5 became the first and remains the only publisher originating from Russia that is publicly listed on an exchange. IPO allowed us to focus on our own games and I came up with the ideas for Supermarket Mania and Virtual City, and both games eventually made us millions of dollars on iOS and Android. We quickly understood the potential of casual games on smartphones and tablets and started scaling this business and publishing games from other developers. Now we are happy to work with some of the best studios like Artogon, Floodlight, Vogat, Orchid Games, Fenomen, Artifex Mundi, Hipsoft, Frogwares, Awem, and many others: in total, more than 60 developers. Our developer relations and publishing team can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org.
Can you tell us more about G5 Entertainment? What skills have been helpful in your current position?
G5 Entertainment is a publisher of casual and free-to-play games on smartphones and tablets: iOS and Android. We focus on smartphones and tablets, and we are very good at it. Casual games that we have published make several times more money from mobile platforms than they ever did on PC portals. We also have more than a hundred people in our internal development studio in Ukraine, and we develop and publish our own games. Our first free-to-play game Virtual City Playground became worldwide success, and we are bringing more free-to-play and social games to the market soon. Overall, we have published over 200 game apps for iOS and Android and we release at least one new game a week. Being a developer ourselves, we understand what’s most important for the developers we work with. What they want is great revenue share terms, transparency, and maximization of sales of their games across all mobile platforms and over time. And this is what we offer. We bring their games to global market, help with localizations, platform adaptation advice and technology, if needed.
We make sure that every single game we release is cross-promoted and well-exposed to the users during its whole lifecycle. And the lifecycle of G5 games is really long: our first iOS games, launched in 2009, still make tens of thousands dollars every month, more than 3.5 years after initial release.
This is why releasing your mobile games with the right publisher like G5 is very important: your game will not be lost among hundreds of thousands of apps and will immediately reach large audience of our loyal users.
For years, your game will generate steady revenue stream and will be cross-promoted and easily discoverable by users because it is in G5’s portfolio. We will also take care of updating your game and bringing it to new app stores and platforms. Unlike the oversaturated PC market, the market of smartphones and tablets is growing. You will not see your sales go to zero like you have come to expect from PC portals in recent years.
Some publishers only focus on casual games for iPad, but it’s wrong to ignore the rest of the market, which includes iPhone and, of course, Android devices. In the long term, analysts expect iOS to hold only about 20 percent of the market, so bringing your games to Android is very important. And G5 achieved outstanding success in monetizing casual games on Android! We started in July 2011, and we are making millions with only 20 Android games released so far (with many more coming out before the end of the year). In terms of the number of downloads, we are some 50 times ahead of our nearest competitor in casual games on Android stores. We are basically the best partner to bring casual games to Android.
What difficulties did G5 Entertainment face when creating Virtual City Playground?
Virtual City Playground (VCP) is our first free-to-play game which has been downloaded millions of times and made us millions of dollars in only a few months after the release. We have created VCP based on our casual downloadable game Virtual City. This was a casual city simulation game, which made no money on PC portals, because there’s not much money left on PC portals really; they are dying their slow, painful death. However, the original Virtual City made us over $1M on iPhone and iPad in a matter of months! Virtual City Playground was quite the same game: same content, same game mechanics. However, we changed the monetization model from “try before you buy” to “free-to-play with virtual goods”. And suddenly this “new old” game started making millions of dollars, and much faster than the original casual game. Developing a free-to-play game from a casual game was not straightforward, but we came up with a 5-stage process, which helps convert pretty much any casual game into a free-to-play game. This is really a great opportunity for casual game developers out there, to take their best franchise and convert it to free-to-play format, if they can do it right. I explained our approach in my speech in Singapore this year and I will also speak about it in Seattle in July. We are looking for developers willing to take their casual game bestsellers the same route and convert to free-to-play. We have 50 million users and we can help you bring your game to the market in front of this audience. We also help with financing and legal advice, and provide great revenue share terms.
What opportunities have you seen in the mobile market for developers?
Whatever a game can make on PC portals in revenue, with G5 it can make several times more on mobile platforms. In a couple of years, virtually everyone is going to have a touch-based smartphone in their pocket or a tablet in their hands capable of running casual games.
The smartphone and tablet market is truly a mass market, reaching all kinds of people around the world, not limited to the familiar PC portal demographics of 50+ US-based females who want to play spooky mansion games over and over again. So if you want creative freedom and you want to make a lot of money from your games, you should be going to mobile and talking to us.
Here is a great example: our game Special Enquiry Detail, developed by Floodlight Games, which was only moderately successful on PC portals, became a true hit game with mobile audience, first on iOS, then on Android, making it to the Top 10 Grossing charts on iPhone, iPad and Android phones. This is one of many examples, which proves the point that developers should not consider PC as the main source of revenue anymore. The wise strategy is to start developing games for mobile first, and then port them to PC for incremental revenue. Make the first step towards mobile markets: port and publish your PC casual game with G5. See for yourself that making hundreds of thousands and even millions of dollars from a great casual game converted to mobile is a reality. G5 has multiple casual games that sold well over $1M on mobile platforms. Then make a second step and develop for mobile from the beginning, or better yet convert your best casual game franchise to free-to-play format to ensure your competitive position in the future that is mobile.
We see that some developers don’t quite get this new reality and lose their chance to get independence and the recognition they deserve. They stick to their old ways because of inertia. They need to understand that casual games space is no longer a place where PC portals rule. Today, if you do things right, you can go to mobile platforms, and make a lot of money there, and then dictate PC portals to your conditions.
In a year, PC portals are going to be starving for content, while sales per game on PC will continue to deteriorate.
This is going to be a painfully slow death for PC-centric companies who used to be the leaders of the market. On mobile, they don’t have any advantages compared to publishers like G5. In fact, G5 generates higher revenue per game, maximizes revenue from the game across many mobile platforms and stores, and provides better revenue share terms.
Why do you think the social factor has become so important?
I would say that it’s the free-to-play (F2P) model that became important. Our Virtual City Playground game does not have many social elements (yet), but still makes a lot of money. Using a F2P model removes the ceiling on how much a player can spend within a game. If your casual game is $6.99, that’s as much as one can spend on it. If a F2P game is engaging and balanced in the right way, some people may spend $0.99, some $4.99, but some would spend $20, $50, or several hundreds of dollars. Adding social elements is great to improve engagement, which makes people spend more time and money in the game. For developers, I would recommend converting their casual games to a F2P monetization model first, and then add social elements. We are ready to share our recipe and knowledge with developers.
What new technology do you think has been most beneficial to the industry? Why?
Obviously touch screens and wireless Internet – these are two technologies that reinvented casual gaming. Players can download their casual games anywhere using wireless Internet, and they can enjoy the simplicity of using the touch screen to control the game. Smartphones and tablets will make casual games available to virtually everyone in the world. iOS and Android are the two most important platforms to be on today.
What predictions do you have for the mobile market?
It’s best to rely on analysts when it comes to predicting the market. Analysis say that by 2020 there will be 10 billion connected mobile devices. My guess is most of them will have touch screens. This makes it the biggest videogame platform ever, and it’s going to be perfect for casual games.
The market is predicted to be worth $25 billion by 2015 already.
If you are a developer of casual games and you are not going mobile – you are losing the opportunity of your lifetime. If you are going to mobile platforms, make sure you pay attention to Android. Analysts say that iOS is only going to hold some 20 percent of the smartphone market; there will be a lot of space for Android and possibly other mobile platforms as well.
What new projects can we look forward to from G5 Entertainment?
We are releasing a new game a week. We already have over 50 games in the pipeline for 2012, and we are focusing on two areas: casual games and free-to-play games. Games in our portfolio and games we are working on include some of the best quality hidden object adventure games, strategy and puzzle games, and such bestselling franchises as Build-a-lot series. The company has been growing by leaps and bounds in the past three years and we are not slowing down. If you are a developer and you want to take your next game to mobile, talk to our licensing team at email@example.com or stop by our Platinum Sponsor table at Casual Connect in Seattle.Interview with Vlad Suglobov, G5 Entertainment, | <urn:uuid:55c247f1-77b7-4b86-a9b6-b57402f7c711> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://casualconnect.org/news/interview-with-vlad-suglobov-g5-entertainment/ | 2013-06-19T19:41:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709101476/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125821-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96422 | 2,626 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
A department store with variety and affordable prices.. In Short Dillard's is known for affordable items, as opposed to exclusive brands. Staples include DKNY, Tommy Hilfiger, Dana Buchman, BCBG and Kenneth Cole. Dedicated shoppers can occasionally find Charles David boots or Kate Spade bags at cheaper prices than at other department stores. The chain also offers items for kitchen, bed and bath, as well as a full-service travel agency.
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Clouds gather in carrier spending slowdown
Uncertainty in the overall economy has led large North American telecom carriers to grow increasingly conservative in their spending, a phenomenon that, according to some industry analysts, has intensified in recent weeks. As tension swells, equipment providers can only wonder when conditions will improve, but a pair of analyst assessments this morning provides scant hope for a quick recovery.
“Our discussions with carriers and vendors appear to indicate that we've taken another notch down in demand over the recent weeks,” Mark Sue, managing director of RBC Capital Markets, wrote in a research note this morning. “This cycle may last 12 months, if not longer.”
Though Tier 1 and Tier 2 carriers appear to be maintaining their near-term capex plans for now, Sue wrote, “The urgency may no longer be there, and we're already picking up signals of deal push-outs.”
Though consumer electronics purchases around the holidays may help stimulate the sector, the near-term environment could likely cause inventory backups for equipment vendors and heat up price competition in the wireless infrastructure space, Sue wrote.
Sue’s prognosis is particularly dour for Alcatel-Lucent -- which he predicted “will remain challenged for some time,” with weak cash flow likely extending to at least next year’s second half -- and for Nortel Networks, of whose recent move to try to sell its metro Ethernet and optical division Sue wrote, “The timing likely couldn't have been any worse.” In addition to macroeconomic forces, a deteriorating market for CDMA wireless gear is likely to impede both vendors, he wrote.
Morgan Keegan analyst Simon Leopold echoed many of Sue’s sentiments in his own note this morning.
“While our checks indicate that carriers have maintained budgets and project plans, they have become increasingly nervous,” Leopold wrote. “[Third-quarter] spending could be a bit light, and in [the fourth quarter], we expect less than seasonal sequential improvement in North American spending, with cable TV exposure as our preferred sub-sector.”
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The U.S. Forest Service says it will form a committee to advise the U.S. agriculture secretary how to implement a new planning rule that is set to be finalized this winter.
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Our local news did a special report today about certain shows that have become staples on some cable channels - mentioning that the cable channels cannot find anything to replace them with that works. And that ratings for the shows often do better than the competition on the main networks.
One of the shows was Law & Order on TNT which has been a staple show on their lineup for several years now. They also mentioned Golden Girls on Lifetime, Law & Order: SVU on USA, crime dramas like Matlock, Perry Mason and the like on Hallmark, and I Love Lucy on TV Land.
They said L&O and GG on their networks were the two longest though. They said both shows do exceptionally well to be on cable. And they have very high viewerships in older viewers according to the report.
As I have said before I think the worst thing that soaps ever did was to turn their backs on their older viewers. Older viewers were the staple audiences of soaps for years and years. They were loyal and I know like me it was from the older viewers (in particular my grandparents) that I learned to watch soaps. For a long time CBS seemed to be the only network interested in the older viewers in daytime, but I think even in the last year or so they have given up on them.
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Martial Arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat. They may be studied for various reasons including combat skills, fitness, self-defense, sport, self-cultivation/meditation, mental discipline, character development and building self-confidence, or any combination of the above. There is a great diversity and abundance of martial arts but, broadly speaking, martial arts share a common goal: to defeat a person physically or to defend oneself from physical threat.
Includes various Martial Arts techniques and fighting styles. Very few characters should be categorized directly under Martial Arts. Whenever possible, characters should be categorized under the sub-category of the martial arts form(s) that they are most proficient in. Some characters are proficient in more than one style. The only exception to this should be if a character's fighting style is unknown or unidentifiable (such as Green Arrow), or in the case of Batman, a character is an expert in so many different martial arts styles that cataloging them all is practically impossible.
Note: Expertise in Martial Arts implies proficiency in Hand-to-Hand Combat (Basic) and Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced). This category and all sub-categories should be used in place of the lesser fighting forms, not in addition to.
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Literally translated: water-liking. The opposite of hydrophobic.
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About a year ago Bob McWhirter and I were talking about TorqueBox and the subject of transactions came up. Bob and team are doing a great job of exposing the enterprise capabilities that Java developers take for granted to the Ruby community, so once they'd added messaging I think transactions were the next obvious step. Since I was looking for an opportunity to improve my Ruby skills and Bob was looking to add transactions, I think it was definitely a Casablanca moment.
We scoped out the requirements for transactions, both short term and long, using JBossTS within JBossAS. Short term was pretty simple: just adding the ability to start and end transactions, with the assumption that the underlying components written in Java, such as a messaging system, would use any transaction context associated with the thread to "do the right thing" as far as transactional resources are concerned. So really this is no more than adding a Ruby client interface to something like UserTransaction in the JTA. Useful, but limiting. That work was done and should hopefully be coming to a TorqueBox release near you soon.
Longer term we want to give the Ruby developer full access to a toolkit to write transactional applications from the ground up. That means writing transactions objects and participants, not just being able to start or stop transactions. And because the Ruby community isn't as tied to the legacy of XA, we don't need to mandate XAResources, top-level transactions only or two-phase commit. Now this is where it really gets interesting. I'm hoping to use a lot of the underlying ArjunaCore implementation (and possibly the STM implementation too, which reminds me that I need to finish the blog entries around that soon). I want to provide something that is incredibly simple and yet also incredibly powerful if you want to really get into the details.
I like the way that the TorqueBox team have architected their system and I like the opportunities that it and Ruby in general provides. Transaction support should be something that fits into that ethos and I think that having a relatively clean slate, which we don't really have with Java, is a good thing. It's almost back to the old days when we were writing Arjuna in C++, which at that time hadn't even been released officially! Happy days ahead! | <urn:uuid:4994364f-9b18-4643-97f9-555922a8caef> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://jbossts.blogspot.com/2011/03/transactions-and-torquebox.html | 2013-06-19T19:55:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709101476/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125821-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978177 | 476 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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College of the Canyons student allegedly tries to videotape boy in restroom
L.A. County sheriff’s detectives were asking for the public’s help Friday in identifying other possible victims of a man who allegedly tried to videotape a 12-year-old boy in a College of the Canyons restroom.
Daniel Donovan, 32, of Canyon Country was detained by security guards Monday after the boy saw Donovan trying to videotape the boy, police said.
The boy ran out of the restroom and immediately reported the incident to campus security.
Santa Clarita deputies recovered child pornography from Donovan’s vehicle parked on campus.
Donovan was arrested and charged with two counts of disorderly conduct in a public restroom and one count of possession of child pornogrpahy.
Donovan, a student at the college, was booked at the Santa Clarita Valley sheriff’s station. He was being held in lieu of $45,000 bail.
Detectives can be reached at (866) 247-5877.
-- Richard Winton
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Mann has a new favorite
Highlands Ranch (Colo.) Valor Christian star Michael Mann made a verbal commitment to Arizona State early on in his recruitment. However, a new school leads for the defensive end's services. More inside.
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SAMSSA – Sudbury Area Mining Supply and Service Association
SAMSSA will represent the interests of the largest concentration of expertise in mining supply/products and services from within the most recognized center of excellence worldwide.
“Provide the most innovative and highest quality mining supply/products/services for domestic and worldwide markets.”
- Maximize sales opportunities domestically and globally
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On Oct. 23 the first 47, 500DWT bulk carrier unit “You Hao 1” of Shanghai Friendship Shipping., LTD. was successfully named and delivered at CIC Changxing shipyard’s No.1 outfitting quay of. The vessel was built by China Shipping Industry Jiangsu (CICJS).
The ceremony was hosted by Mr. Wang Yiling, the Executive Director of CICJS. The Secretary of the Party Committee of China Shipping Industry (CIC) Zhang Yibing extended welcome address, while Mr. Dong Wenxue, the Chairman of the Board of Shanghai Friendship Shipping., LTD. addressed the present on behalf of the owner.
Mr. Zhang Yibing, Mr. Zhou Liming, Mr. Wang Yundan, the Chairman of the Board of Shanghai Electric Power Co.,Ltd., GM of Shanghai Electric Power Co., Ltd. Liu Guangchi, Deputy GM of China Shipping Development Co., Ltd Tan Weixin, GM of China Shipping Bulker Qiu Guoxuan, the Secretary of CPC Branch of Shipping Finance Co., Ltd. Sun Xiaobin, and Mr. Dong Wenxue jointly cut the ribbon at the naming and delivery ceremony for the new ship. Mr. Wang Yundan named the new ship and conducted the ceremonial breaking of the champagne bottle.
Mr. Wang Yiling and GM of Shanghai Friendship Shipping., LTD. and Mr. Meng Xianyao exchanged delivery certificates.
The principal particulars of You Hao1:
Length overall: 199.99 m
Breadth moulded: 32.26 m
Depth moulded: 16.2m
The service speed: 13 knots
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The county of Los Angeles and city of Santa Monica are in need of volunteers for the 2013 Los Angeles County and Santa Monica Homeless counts, taking place Jan. 29 — 31.
On Wednesday, Jan 30, registered volunteers will meet at the Santa Monica Civic Center East Auditorium at 10:30 p.m. and help until 2:30 a.m. Interested participants can RSVP online at http://www.smgov.net/homelessness or contact Joanna Rodriguez at (310) 458-8701.
In 2012, the city of Santa Monica found that the homeless population increased slightly compared to the time period between 2009 and 2011, according to the 2012 Santa Monica Homeless Count Findings report presented by the Human Services Division.
Every two years, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development mandates a count of the homeless population for “all communities that receive federal funds for homelessness programs,” according to the city of Santa Monica’s website. The city’s volunteers use the count to track yearly changes and evaluate the success of local efforts to reduce homelessness in Santa Monica.
The Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count is the nation’s largest count of homeless individuals and families, covering almost 4,000 square miles. To volunteer for the county’s count, go to http://www.theycountwillyou.org, or for more information, call (213) 225-8411. | <urn:uuid:934d3184-8b4d-4efa-8034-25f8da0825fb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://smdp.com/brief-homeless-people-count/116353 | 2013-06-19T19:35:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709101476/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125821-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.868361 | 294 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Tower with a Twist: Very Top-Heavy Vancouver Skyscraper
This is what creative design is all about: taking a familiar typology and turning (or twisting) it around … not merely to show off something new and unique, but to critically respond and adapt to conditions of site and context.
BIG is a Danish firm with a sizable vision for this new 500-foot structure, in collaboration with local architect James Cheng, which will be the fourth largest skyscraper in Vancouver when completed.
Set atop a mixed-use podium, the main tower portion seems to have a sizable section carved out of it, a physical void placed in visual deference to adjacent thoroughfares, sunlight access and lines of sight, while creating the effect of near structural impossibility from key angles of view.
The plinth portion below carefully considers the needs of pedestrians and feel of the building on the street, while the form and outline of the building above is planned with careful respect for the surrounding skyline.
“The Beach and Howe tower is a contemporary descendant of the Flatiron Building in New York City – reclaiming the lost spaces for living as the tower escapes the noise and traffic at its base,” says Bjarke Ingels, founding partner of BIG. “In the tradition of Flatiron, Beach and Howe’s architecture is not the result of formal excess or architectural idiosyncrasies, but rather a child of its circumstances: the trisected site and the concerns for neighboring buildings and park spaces.” | <urn:uuid:da100cee-a8ee-488f-babf-41011cb73873> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://weburbanist.com/2012/04/23/tower-with-a-twist-very-top-heavy-vancouver-skyscraper/ | 2013-06-19T19:56:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709101476/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125821-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922733 | 309 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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4126 - Airport Way S.
Seattle, WA 98108
Where do I start?
Contact our office via phone, fax, or email.
All of this information is available on our Contact Us page. You may also stop in and visit our showroom located at: 4126 - Airport Way South in Seattle.
As a quicker alternative, you may fill out a small form available on our Free Estimate page.
Normally, we will contact you within 24 hours using your preferred contact method. From there, we will set up an appointment to come and look at your project.
Our company will actually climb up onto your roof to get accurate measurements so that we may give you the best price possible.
We also like to be on the roof to ensure that we have evaluated everything including the chimney, skylights, flashings, pipes, etc.
The only exception to this is a roof that is too steep to walk on.
Be wary of contractors that only do "ground measurements".
Next, we will write up your free no-obligation proposal.
We prefer to present this to you in person. This way we can educate and advise you about the different products available, as well as what would best suit your particular needs.
We are NOT a high-pressure-sales company.
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They often have "special pricing" or other similar "offerings" only if you sign up today.
Our company gives you our best price up front.
We prefer to consider ourselves "educators" about the process, products and especially our company; and why choosing A Better Roofing Company is the best choice you can make for protecting you and your home.
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Three Peak Solitaire
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DescriptionChallenging, addictive, and fun - just a few words that capture the game of Three Peaks Solitaire. This race against the clock card-game will have you strategizing and scheming to win the round.
The perfect game for your iPad or iPhone, Three Peaks Solitaire will help you pass the time when standing in line, riding the bus or subway, or just help you keep boredom away.
Three Peaks Solitaire is a twist on solitaire that challenges you to clear the peaks of cards before running out of time. With each subsequent round, the time gets shorter and the rush to clear the peaks gets faster.
This latest game from Iversoft Solution features:
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Connect with Game Center and share your results on the Leaderboard
The in-game tutorial lets you quickly learn the basics of this new approach to solitaire. Soon enough you’ll be racing through the peaks and getting faster and faster.
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Shortly after the musical wakeup call to the crew at 2:46 this morning – Tina Turner's "The Best" for Commander Jeff Ashby from his wife, Paige – the shuttle crew focused its attention on the rendezvous and docking procedures that will culminate with the orbiter docking to a port on the U.S. Destiny Lab of the station.
The Terminal Initiation burn preceding the final approach is planned for 8:04 a.m. and occurs with the two spacecraft 50,000 feet apart. That is followed by a series of four small correction burns, which set the stage for Ashby's taking manual control of Atlantis' thruster jets as he looks out the overhead and rear windows of the flight deck. He will fly Atlantis to a point 600 feet below the station, then begin a quarter circle alignment of the orbiter's docking system and Destiny, which will place the shuttle about 300 feet in front of the station.
Assisting with the rendezvous using lasers and computers are the remaining shuttle crewmembers, including Pilot Pam Melroy and Mission Specialists Dave Wolf, Sandy Magnus, Piers Sellers and Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin.
Awaiting the arrival of Atlantis are the three station crewmembers – Commander Valery Korzun, NASA ISS Science Officer Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Sergei Treschev – in their 126th day in space.
Thursday will see the installation of the station's newest component – the Starboard 1 (S1) Truss – and shortly thereafter, the first of three planned spacewalks will begin by Wolf and Sellers to connect power, data and fluid lines between S1 and the station.
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Fully Furnished Studio Apartment For Rent In Al Waleed Paradise
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Fully furnished, studio apartment for rent in Al Waleed Paradise - Jumeirah Lake Towers. Type: N, Area: 502 sq ft with Lake and Sheikh zayed Road view.
Al Waleed Paradise Residential Tower was built on a piece of land (R-1) found in the middle of the Project of the Tower of Al Jumeirah Lakes, you'll be near to all big amenities in front of sea you can view it clearly, one side of the Tower is in front of Sheikh Zayed Road and the unique Al Jumeirah Palm Island, the harbor Projects and the Jumeirah Beach Residence whereas the other side you can see Al Jumeirah lakes and Al Jumeirah Islands. | <urn:uuid:72c9284b-1820-4fb1-9a9a-188a2b057598> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.bayut.com/uae_dubai_apartments/al_waleed_paradise_fully_furnished_studio_apartment_for_rent_in_al_waleed_paradise-851431.html | 2013-06-19T20:03:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709101476/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125821-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.891664 | 184 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
4:46 pm, Monday, December 3, 2012 -- The Longhorns became available after Northern Illinois earned the final bid into the BCS, ending Oklahoma's hopes for an at-large spot.
The 8-4 Longhorns will come limping into the bowl game with a two-game losing streak after losses to TCU and Kansas State to finish the season.
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Its fate will be decided today.
Mayra Beltran, Houston Chronicle
The group has suffered a financial and emotional blow from alleged insider theft.
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Irvington: Romantic Getaway
© by Mary Burnham
Say yes to something you usually say no to
Small and simple, the black signs with sharp white lettering carried a power of suggestion too strong to deny. It pushes us through the front door of our cozy two-story cottage and up a short flight of stairs at the Hope & Glory Inn.
Very nice. The king sized bed is piled with seven (I counted them) plush pillows and a down comforter.
Bill pops open a bottle of Meteor Bright Red (great with chocolate), purchased at the White Fences Vineyard that afternoon. He pours two glasses and draws the curtain across the bedroom's French doors.
We'd hoped for a sexy getaway, something to spice up the winter routine, and found it at the Hope & Glory Inn, a converted 1890 schoolhouse in Irvington on Virginia's Northern Neck.
Guests will find magical bubble baths in the outdoor bath tub, bicycles to borrow for a ride through the vineyard, and sunset cruises on Carter's Creek. They'll also find lots of privacy and discretion.
There are seven delightfully romantic rooms upstairs, and seven cottages in the English gardens, abloom in season with heirloom roses, old-fashioned hollyhocks and walls of lavender wisteria. For real privacy, there are seven more cottages at the White Fences Vineyard, all with gas fireplaces and full kitchens.
The whimsical cottage style décor of chintz cushions and folk art throughout is comfortable and unpretentious, despite the glowing accolades from top travel mags.
The innkeepers, Dudley and Peggy Patteson, have a lot to do with that. Welcoming, warm and genuine, they've set the stage for romance. And they always have something very special planned for Valentine's Day.
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At CWS we provide an extensive range of reliable, highly specified reverse osmosis filter systems. Reverse Osmosis Systems are used most commonly to purify drinking water. It does this by removing salts and other impurities to result in improved colours, better taste and improved properties of the water.
Reverse Osmosis systems employ a mixture of conventional cartridges and cross flow membranes with 3 to 5 filter cartridges combinations. Reverse Osmosis (RO) uses a semi permeable membrane. This semi permeable membrane allows the fluid that is being purified to pass through the membrane. As it does this, it rejects the contaminants that remain. It utilises a technology known as cross flow.
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Our wonderful trailer-which cost $306 for steel and free mobile-home axlesis ready t
Store-bought fenders can be purchased for $75-$100. These home-built fenders are made from
Extra height allows a deck. Purling is used for the seat, which can be utilized as a viewi
Swing-out ramps are a nice touch. They cant be lost or forgotten. Made of purling li
Sleepy lifts and swings the ramp.
Here the ramps are tucked in place. They are attached to each other with a chain that keep
Diamond plate looks nice but doesnt offer much traction. This is the anti-slip finis
Tightening the M&R Products tie-downs. These are attached with M&Rs D-rings at each
Side panels on the tire rack are made of Coroplast, a cheap, durable item from sign or pla
The new Superwinch SA3500. Not wanting to have the Superwinch pilfered, a receiver hitch m
Tongue weight is very important to the enjoyment of pulling a trailer. This type of traile
In Part 1 we covered building the basic frame of a budget race car trailer. It was fitted with 6,000-pound mobile home axles. They are plentiful throughout most of the country, some to the point of being free if you want to crawl under a mobile home to get them. Our trailer has runners rather than a solid floor, which makes changing oil on the car easy. The target was $300 for the basics. I went $6 over budget on the steel, and I was given the mobile home axles. This month Ill finish the details and add some nice touches such as a winch. So lets finish it up.
Building the Fenders
Before rolling down the road, your trailer needs fenders. Arguing with the gorilla in the car behind you about a rock mark in his windshield is seldom any fun. You can buy a pair of fenders for about $75 to $100. However, I made mine from a section of leftover purling. My fenders cover behind and over the tires but not in front. The front is the part of the fender that always seems to bend back into the tire anyway.
Cut the blanks 74 inches long. Notch out 5-½ inches by the width of the flange in each side flange. This allows a smooth bend. Center these notches 16 inches from the rear of the blank. After bending, trim a piece of scrap to fit the curve and weld in place. The Millermatic 185 wire-feed machine welds the thin parts just like it does the thicker oneseasily. Use a piece of 1-½-inch angle to cap off the front. Double this and you have a nice pair of fenders. It only cost a little work. One-inch square tubing is used for mounting. This spaces the fender out properly from the frame.
The Tire Rack
Tire racks vary according to need. On this trailer, the side frames are built from 11-gauge 1-½-inch square tubing. It was going to be made from one-inch material but the steel company shipped more 1-½-inch and less of the one-inch. The crossbars are one-inch square. The larger size for the sides makes it more stable for only a slight cost difference, and I recommend this configuration. The height of the side frames is 72 inches off the trailer surface. The front side tube is vertical. The rear downtube is angled back. The width at the top is 18 inches while at the bottom the spacing is 32 inches. Bars across the top provide a base for a deck. A length of purling was added across this area for the seat. This is a good place to watch the races.
The taper of the sides lets you cut side covers from a single sheet of 4x8-foot material. I have used Coroplast material for this purpose before. This is a plastic that appears not unlike corrugated cardboard when viewed from the edge. It is light, strong and cheap. It trims to shape with a knife. Best of all, a four- by eight-foot sheet is less than $10 at plastic and sign supply shops. Attach it with self-drilling, self-tapping screws. Be sure to use washers. This panel makes a good place to display sponsor names and car numbers. The crossbars for holding the tires are 28 inches below the top crossbars. This should let you put in any size you might ever needexcept some Sprint car tiresso check your tires for fit. The mounts for holding the holding rod are welded in to match the tire sizes used. It is best to put a tire in the rack and check for position before welding it.
Tie It Down
It seems silly to have to say tie it down, yet there have been more than a few Street Stocks driven on the trailer, put in park and towed home. This is not a good practice.
Virgil Brown at M&R Products is a source of constant education. In the past, I have tied a car down at the front and rear, thinking that was OK. Brown pointed out that a four-point tie-down system should be employed. According to Brown, if the trailer jackknifes or is involved in some emergency maneuver, one corner of the car can rise up when only two points are used. With this weight shift, the trailer will dip and something bad is going to happen. You may not have a choice as to what it might be.
With that knowledge in mind, I selected four six-foot axle tie-downs from the M&R catalog. The front two will go over the lower A-frames. Four D-rings are needed to attach these tie-downs. M&R also offers wheel bonnets, which are a good option, because they dont require reaching so far under the car to attach.
At the end of the trailer are two ramps for loading made from leftover purling. Each ramp is made as follows: Cut two pieces of purling at 33 inches and weld together like the trailer runners. On one end, weld a piece of 1-½-inch angle. This one is attached with the point out, somewhat like a very dull axe.
At the trailer end of the ramp, weld a piece of the same angle with the flange out and on top. Drill or torch two holes in this. Lay the ramp in place and drill corresponding holes in the channel, only larger. The slack is necessary due to the variable down-angle of the ramp. Weld ½x1-½-inch bolts into the ramp holes. These are the hooks that keep the ramp in place.
There is an alternative way to mount the ramps. On this trailer, they swing out and stay attached to the trailer. First, drill the outer hole all the way through both flanges of the channel. Now a seven-inch piece of all-thread rod can be put through the ramp and the channel. Presto, the ramp is permanently attached to the trailer. Lift the ramp and swing it in. Swing it out and it drops in place. When both ramps are in, a short chain holds the ramps together at the center. Notice in the photos there is a T-shaped bar at the center rear of the trailer. This is a rest for the ramps when tucked.
A Good Winch for a Long Pull
The money saved on the trailer was enough to afford one item I decided I couldnt live without: a winch. Yes, this is an extra, but too many times there has been extra damage done to either the trailer or the car when a wrecker driver has to hurry to get the car loaded. Tiny clutches dont like trailer loading either.
I selected a Superwinch Model S3500. It is not the largest winch they make, but it isnt the smallest, either. If your winch is too small, it can give you a false sense of security. It can load the car when all four tires are round and black. For those times when one wheel points somewhat south of the direction of travel, you need a real winch.
According to Scott Davis of Superwinch, each layer of cable on the winch spool decreases the power by 10 percent. Use only as much cable as you need. Cut off and save the rest to replace a worn and frayed cable later. A nice touch is the 30-foot cable on the control switch. I can winch the car on and steer it at the same time, all by myself.
My new trailer will have to spend many of its nights outside. Since the Superwinch could be surreptitiously removed in the dark, thought was given to protecting it. A tube matching that of a trailer hitch receiver mount was welded to the trailer and a Superwinch receiver-mount kit was employed. The winch bolts to a plate attached to a tube. This, in turn, slides into a receiver-type trailer hitch. This type of mount will fit receiver-hitch mountings on many vehicles. Removing a pin allows easy detachment of the Superwinch, so it can be stored inside and even used elsewhere.
Lights and Wiring
As stated in Part 1, high, forward-mounted lights are my preference. They are mounted near the top of the tire rack. A simple light kit from the local auto supply does the job. But there is more wiring to be done.
The electric brakes need a wire, as does the winch. To operate the electric trailer brakes, it will be necessary to buy a controller. The hand-operated style will be cheaper. One that hooks into the tow vehicles hydraulic brakes is automatic and convenient, but more expensive. The choice of how much to spend is up to you.
I welded in a battery box at the front of the trailer. Since a wire must be run for the brakes, you might as well run two. One of these will attach to the positive battery post of the tow vehicle. It will then attach to the positive post of the trailer battery. This way the trailer battery will always be charged. The winch, of course, runs off the trailer battery even if the trailer is not attached to a vehicle. This battery can run the winch or be a spare for the race car.
The battery box was fabricated from a 10-inch piece of purling and some 1-½-inch angle. It was welded toward the front and low enough so as not to stick up above the trailer runners.
Having finished this project and used the Millermatic 185 for every part of it, I am impressed. In view of the price not being that much more than my old 110-volt unit and the aggravation associated with having a small welder, this should be part of every racers garage equipment. The Millermatic cable with the welding gun is long enough to reach to the other side of the trailer while building it, which means no more moving the welder from side to side when working on a bulky project. Millermatic recently replaced the 185 with the Millermatic 210, a 200-amp model. The pricing is about the same with even better performance.
Virgil Browns sage advice to tie the car down at all four corners was great. I have used M&R Products belts and nets in our race cars for years and have been very pleased with its intelligent service. The Superwinch is just that. Its portability makes it useable in so many ways and places. It is a first-class piece.
When loading your trailer make sure the car is placed so the tongue weight is at least 400 or more pounds. More is better if it doesnt make your headlights aim for oncoming eyeballs. Two bathroom scales can be used for weighing the tongue. Lay a 2x4 board across them to spread the load, then add the two together.
It is never a bad idea to weld an identification number somewhere out of sight. In the past, this practice aided in the return of a borrowed trailer. Good luck with your project. I hope this helps you save a few dollars that you can spend on your race car.
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ESA Technology Transfer Programme
Since 1991 when ESA started its Technology Transfer Programme there have been more than 160 spin-offs; technology originally developed for space adventures is now improving daily life on Earth.
The programme has also created or saved some 2500 European jobs, and generated €24 million in cumulative turnover by the end of 2002 for European space companies and €300 million for the non-space industries involved. Plus 30 new companies have been created.
ESA Technology Programme
Without the availability of suitable technology, the successful exploration and exploitation of outer space would not be impossible.
The eventual success or failure of a space mission may ultimately be decided by the performance of one piece of technology – an antenna for telecommunications, a radar to observe the Earth, or special lenses for a space telescope. Each individual component is crucial.
To have a technology ready when a satellite flies, Technology Research and Development (TRD) must start years in advance. The scale of this activity can be judged by the fact that, each year, ESA manages TRD contracts worth around €250 million.
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Tesla: Master of Lightning DVD
Scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla is often remembered as more of an eccentric cult figure than a serious scientist, and many of his acheivements are still attributed to the likes of Thomas Edison and Guglielmo Marconi. But through autobiographical and scientific writings, rare photos, and re-creations, we learn how Tesla's surprising inventions show why he was actually an electrical engineering genius.
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141 Swan Street
So many of you have heard about how I have been raving about the food, the cafés, and the coffee back in Melbourne. Hence I dedicate this post to Demitri's Feast, one of the finest in Melbourne, and also voted the best brekkie/brunch spot in 2010. Demitri's Feast serves up amazing food, mostly influenced by its Greek owner, and the produce used are free range and organic. I have only been to DM once, just before I said goodbye to Melbourne for the year, and I was blown away by how inventive the menu was, and how hard it was for me to just pick on one dish (I wanted to order everything on the menu!) In any case, DM definitely lived up to its hype, but definitely check it out on a weekday instead, as the wait for a seat over the weekend can be quite a toughie.
European style thick hot chocolate
As you can tell from the spread, the presentation is pretty damn amazing and it looks totally mouthwatering! I will definitely recommend the french toast, because the toast is moist, and the orange honey syrup goes seamlessly well with the thick greek yoghurt. Also, the coffee that is being served at DM is excellent. Looking at it just makes me crave for soy cappuccino back in Melbourne! Well I would have gladly gave this place a 10 out of 10, but I think it will be great to see if they are able to play around with the menu once in awhile to introduce some dishes that uses local seasonal produce. Having said that, it is definitely a MUST GO in Melbourne! | <urn:uuid:107927d3-8a44-422e-91c7-96f206bdb070> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.gastronomeal.com/2010/11/melbournes-finest.html | 2013-06-19T19:36:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709101476/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125821-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9742 | 332 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Today’s coupon is for a free combination burrito.
As usual, you can print it out or display it on your mobile device. One coupon per person or per car per visit. The coupon is valid today (January 27) only.
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In order to appeal to iPhone, Android and other smartphone users, Virgin America has eliminated Flash from its new website.
Virgin America is likely trying not to get in the middle of the holy war that’s going on between Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Adobe, but it wants to reach as many people as possible in as many formats. If you count the iPod Touch, there are now more than 70 million iPhone OS users and you can’t just ignore these potential customers. It’s not just the iPhone, as we haven’t Flash work well on any major smartphone platform. Virgin America will use HTML5 elements in the future to deliver richer elements to its website.
“I don’t want to cater to one hardware or one software platform one way to another, and Flash eliminates iPhone users,” said Virgin America CIO Ravi Simhambhatla, in an interview with The Register. “This is going to be the year of mobile [for Virgin].”
This move could point to a larger overall trend because smartphone users are a coveted demographic. Apple doesn’t seem like it will budge on having it on the iPhone because it would create a vast rival for the App Store and iTunes with all the free Flash games and videos on the Internet. Flash also can lead to some performance and battery problems, particularly on smartphones.
But let’s not start Flash’s funeral yet because it is still a much-needed part of the web and it is great for things like Picnik and delivering video. Adobe also is working hard at bringing Flash to Android, Symbian, webOS, BlackBerry and other major mobile platforms. If Adobe can get this to work properly, it will have a larger overall mobile installed base than the iPhone. This could potentially put a ton of pressure on Apple because if consumers get used to Flash on mobiles, they will demand it in the iPhone 7G or whatever. | <urn:uuid:eaa8aaaf-4ff3-48eb-b8a2-2786316ca212> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.intomobile.com/2010/03/03/virgin-america-ditches-flash-to-target-iphone-smartphones/ | 2013-06-19T19:56:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709101476/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125821-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923431 | 400 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Photo cutline: University Professional and Continuing Education Association regional award winners and university faculty members, from left, include: Lynda Spire, assistant dean of continuing education; Bettie Minshall, program coordinator and award recipient; Socorro Herrera, professor of elementary education and director of the College of Education's Center for Intercultural and Multilingual Advocacy; Sue C. Maes, dean of continuing education; Rosemary Boggs, program coordinator and award recipient; Mary Wood, director of K-State's English language program; and Debbie Mercer, dean of the College of Education.
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Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012
Award-winning work: University receives five regional continuing education awards
MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University programs and staff have received five regional awards from the University Professional and Continuing Education Association.
The awards were presented at the association's central region conference, hosted by Kansas State University, Sept. 24-26, in Kansas City, Mo. Recipients include:
* Bettie Minshall, the Division of Continuing Education's program coordinator for the College of Agriculture, College of Architecture, Planning and Design, and College of Veterinary Medicine, received the association's John L. Christopher Outstanding Leadership Award. Minshall has been a member of the University Professional and Continuing Education Association since 2001, serving in many leadership roles, including co-chair of the central region. She provides coordination and facilitation for the delivery of three noncredit programs, approximately 300 credit courses each fiscal year, seven degree programs and six certificate programs for the colleges at K-State.
* Rosemary Boggs, also a program coordinator for the university's Division of Continuing Education, received the Professional Continuing Educator Award. Boggs is a member of the University Professional and Continuing Education Association and coordinates distance education programming for the College of Education, including nine graduate programs or endorsements and many special courses in the education field. She has presented at technology and online learning events, including at the Teaching, Learning and Technology Showcase; Axio Conference; the university's faculty teaching retreat; and the National Academic Advising Association conference.
* The Academic Chairpersons Conference received the association's Mature Noncredit Program Award. This national conference is approaching its 30th year and allows academic chairs, administrators and faculty from all areas of higher education to share successful, innovative ideas and strategies. It is one of the longest-running conferences coordinated by the Division of Continuing Education and plays a large role in helping department chairs enhance their leadership skills, learn to navigate the politics of higher education institutions and network with others who serve in similar roles.
* The Go Teacher program received the Innovative Noncredit Program Award. The award is given to a newly launched noncredit program that demonstrates program success and deals with social, diversity or educational issues. Go Teacher lets teachers from Ecuador complete Kansas State University's intensive English Language Program through the office of international programs and the Teaching English as a Second Language program through the College of Education. Ecuadorean teachers then bring their expertise to their country as they teach English to students in their own classrooms.
* The Reading Specialist Endorsement program, offered through the College of Education, received the Innovative Credit Program Award. This 18-credit online program was developed with the support of the Division of Continuing Education's internal grant funding program and helps meet the demand for highly qualified reading specialists as school districts emphasize reading instruction to meet educational requirements. The program is accredited by the Kansas State Department of Education and the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education.
"Kansas State University continues to excel in both exemplary professional staff and programs in the field of continuing education," said Sue C. Maes, dean of continuing education. "These five regional awards are a testimony to the high quality of distance and professional education developed at the university."
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One of the greatest gifts a parent can give to a child is a healthy and confident smile.
Although an orthodontist can enhance a smile at any age, there is an optimal time to begin treatment. The optimal time will vary for each child. Sometimes it is best to wait until all the permanent teeth have erupted. Other times, delaying the correction of certain orthodontic problems may require more complicated and expensive treatment in the future. This is why Dr. Gerald, Dr. Mary, and the American Association of Orthodontists recommend an initial orthodontic evaluation at age 7.
Why age 7? Typically by age 7, the first adult molars and front incisors have erupted, which establishes the bite. An early evaluation allows Dr. Gerald and Dr. Mary to identify potential areas of concern—such as jaw problems, harmful oral habits, and future crowding of erupting permanent teeth—in a timely fashion.
Benefits of Preventive Orthodontic Treatment
- Correct and guide the growth of your child's jaw to minimize jaw discrepancies
- Prevent problems with erupting teeth that could lead to tooth and gum damage
- Regulate the width of the upper and lower arches
- Create more space for crowded teeth
- Avoid the need for permanent tooth extractions later in life
- Reduce the risk of trauma to protruding front teeth
- Correct thumb-sucking and help improve minor speech problems
- Improve self-esteem during the impressionable years of childhood
Signs Your Child May Need To See An Orthodontist
- Early or late loss of baby teeth
- Difficulty chewing or biting food
- Mouth breathing
- Finger or thumb sucking
- Crowded, misplaced, or blocked teeth
- Jaws that pop or make sounds when opening and closing
- Teeth that come together abnormally, or do not come together at all
- Jaws and teeth that are not proportionate to the rest of the face
- Crowded front teeth around age seven or eight
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Originally Posted by jeaniem
It's very simple, either chocolate or vanilla protein powder (1 scoop) Then I'll either use Khalua or another flavour SF Da Vinci or Torani Syrup or unsweetened almond milk. Not too much, maybe 1/4 cup? Then a 1/4 - 1/2 tsp extract, a bunch of ice cubes and 1 tsp Glucomannan
, this is key to making it CREAMY! :)
I have a Vitamix so it takes a couple of minutes to make it a smooth and creamy soft serve consistency. The trick is to not add too much liquid or else it ends up as a protein shake rather than soft serve.
If I'm feeling really decadent, I'll mix a tbsp of cocoa, a dash of salt, vanilla and chocolate extract into 2 tbsp of melted coconut oil. Mix it all together and pour it over the ice cream allowing some to harden and swirl the rest in. That way you get big and little chunks of chocolate in your ice cream. :) | <urn:uuid:fbc20a10-9176-4599-8c82-4586fcad8288> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/lowcarb-recipe-help-suggestions/796799-coffee-extract-print.html | 2013-06-19T20:10:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709101476/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125821-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.903575 | 215 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Mammoth High School will lose several long-standing teachers after this semester. Jim Barnes, the independent study teacher, Deidre Buchholz, a longtime math teacher, Ross McGlothlin, an economics teacher, and Kevin Worden, a drama teacher, will not be coming back to the high school in the fall. Another longtime teacher, special resources teacher Jennifer Wilson, left the school earlier this year and will also not return.
“It is always a challenge when you lose great teachers,” said the district’s superintendent Rich Boccia.
“It will be impossible to fill the shoes of Barnes and Buchholz. We will begin advertising for these positions early next week.”
Boccia said the positions left behind by McGlothlin and Wilson “will be absorbed under the current staffing ratio.”
Wilson left for another life in Texas in late winter and McGlothlin, who has been teaching overseas for three years, recently notified the school he would not be returning.
Buchholz, out on maternity leave, also recently announced she would not return and Barnes is moving on to go to nursing school.
Kevin Worden, the longtime theatre teacher who has been under probation for an incident earlier this semester where he allowed a student to take home a prop gun to clean, was placed on administrative leave for the rest of the year. He is not expected to come back after a final hearing this week, despite a letter-writing campaign by his many community and student supporters.
Boccia said personnel confidentiality rules did not allow him to comment on Worden’s case, except to say, “The visual and performing arts continue to be a priority in our schools and we will work within the current budget constraints to continue to offer programming.” | <urn:uuid:fdb7f81b-9cb4-4ada-8376-15032c6d9f9b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mammothtimes.com/content/mammoth-high-lose-five-longtime-teachers?quicktabs_2=2 | 2013-06-19T19:35:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709101476/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125821-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94567 | 403 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
New to the board and looking on advice on my first purchase. I have 110 and 220 at the house so power is not a factor except for portability. Cost is not a factor as I would rather spend more now than wish I had later.
I will be doing projects around the house for fun. I dont even know how to weld but when I went to have a gokart frame made for my daughter everyone was charging around $65 an hour and said it would take 6-8 hours. Did not take me long to figure out I would be better off buying a welder and learning to mig weld.
Am I better off with a 175 vs a 135 for hobby and home use. Would a 135 even be able to weld a kart frame. Im looking at 1x.083 square tubing for most of the frame. Of course this is just my first project other than alot of practice before I start the frame. What about making a trailer. I know alot has to do with the steel thickness and cost is not an issue so wich one would I be better off with?
Anyone ever bought the 135 and which they had the 175? Why???
Any opinions are greatly appreciated
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Thread: Miller 135 or 175
05-31-2006, 11:22 AM #1bradw Guest
Miller 135 or 175
05-31-2006, 12:58 PM #2
Search on the Hobart Weldtalk board,
Just do a search on something like: which welder mig
I have read dozens of the posts there and they go on forever with good advice, and the overall consensus if you have 220v and the cash is to buy the tapped (versus an infinte control) mig like the Lincoln SP175T (sold under various badges at Lowes (ProMig 175), Home Depot) or other similar Miller, Hobart, HTP machine, the exception would be if you need to put the welder in the vehicle and often take it to a buddy's house who only has 110v . I am sure someone will offer an alternate point of view, but that is start.
05-31-2006, 02:00 PM #3
Do the search...and have some snacks nearby. It will take a while.
I wish I had started out with the 175. I got a 135 to start with in the MIG dept. Portability for sure, but very sensitive to power input. If you don't need the portability, go 175. If you have the budget, and portability IS a major concern, maybe a Passport would be better. It has the best of both worlds as does the DVI. The DVI is less portable, but would offer a better duty cycle than the 175 and Passport. Some have done it, but I would never build a trailer with a 135 class machine. That is just pushing them too hard. They can handle the tube easily. For a 135, 1/8 for MIG and 3/16 for flux core are about the maximums. An experienced weldor can squeeze a little more out of them, but not that much.Don
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05-31-2006, 02:57 PM #4Junior Member
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I started out just as you are and not so long ago. I bought a 135(red brand) the play at projects. Then I got the gas bottle to do shielded work for the better quality. Then I sold the whole thing to my brother and bought a MM210. I don't expect to outgrow this one right away. The 135 didn't have the power to penetrate on some of my little projects. I also picked up a small stick welder (Craftsman) that comes in real handy some times. It's 110 volts and very portable.
You are allowed to have more then one welder. You will also need an oxy/acet torch set and maybe later a plasma cutter, 3/8" minimum, and auto darkening welding shield... There's no end to the list. Start saving.
Then I fell into blacksmithing...
Have a good time!
06-01-2006, 12:43 AM #5Senior Member
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You would probably find that the 135 would do most everything you've told us so far. It's those mid-size things you aren't thinking about right now that'll make you wish you'd gotten the 240V model. It doesn't cost much more and is WAY more welder.
Portability = borrowability, too.
Check this one out: http://www.toolking.com/productinfo.aspx?productid=5632
They come in and out of stock all the time, so give them a call.
06-01-2006, 09:28 AM #6Senior Member
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I have a MM135 and with .023 wire and C25 it does quite a good job and I'm not sorry I bought it. It exceeded my expectations for a 110 volt machine with a 20% duty cycle. If cost and portability is not an issue, then get yourself a MM210 and don't look back. You will be able to complete your first project which will lead to more challenging future projects and you will not be limited by equipment capacity. I can stick whatever my MM135 can't handle, but a MM210 is in my budget for next month.
06-30-2006, 12:56 AM #7Member
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I found myself in a similar situation a few years back, I needed some repair work done on my RV - stress cracks on the bumper where the tool box mounted, and my spare tire support. I've always wanted to learn to weld and the cost of buying a welder versus having it done was close enough to make it a DIY project. After much reading (cost & power not really a factor) and sole searching (what additional home projects was I likely to do) the 135 became the logical choice. I took a couple of classes at the local welding supply store, bought scrap from the local metal supply store and had fun "arcing and sparking" practicing welds.
As I'm sure you have gathered from reading the various posts here, the first welder purchase starts you down the slippery slope of "Tim the Tool Man Taylor". As a home/hobbyist welder - I work more with the thinner metals, and I wanted to do some Aluminium projects. My second welder was a Dynasty 200DX, now I could do stick for thicker stock if needed, TIG for my sheet metal projects, and aluminum. Now that I had multiprocess capability, an adjustable Auto-Darkening helment was needed. You are now building stuff - you need to be able to drill fairly precise holes - throw in a drill press. If you are doing TIG welding you need a grinding wheel dedicated to tungsten, and you don't want to be changing grinding wheels - add a second grinder. The chop saw and angle cutoff grinder worked fine when chopping small stock with straight cuts. The next addition to the tool chest was a Spectrum 375 plasma cutter, which required an upgrade to a 25 gal compressor that could maintain CFM requirements.
My point being - you need to decide if it is a one shot deal or the start of something bigger. The latest addition to my shop is a CNC X-Y plasma cutting table, with plans to buy the Z-axis upgrade in the near future.
06-30-2006, 04:21 PM #8Senior Member
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If you have access to 220, I'd definatly go that route, or a 110/220 capable machine. I have a Passport that runs on 110 or 220 and does all I need and then some. It's also very easy on my electrical system, stores easily in my VERY packed and cramped 1 car garage, and is easily transported in my VW car. If portability isn't an issue a DVI would be great and give the option of eventually adding a spool gun if wanted. I wish I could talk the boss into getting one for work, it'd be ideal for use in our shop which has 20amp 110 circuits throughout, but only a few 220's. | <urn:uuid:cbd007d3-821b-40c1-b906-913641444085> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.millerwelds.com/resources/communities/mboard/showthread.php?264-Miller-135-or-175&mode=hybrid | 2013-06-19T20:11:13Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709101476/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125821-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961272 | 1,784 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (left) and Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd talk with reporters after a Sept. 18 meeting with Bush administration officials about a plan to rescue financial firms.
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (left) and Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd talk with reporters after a Sept. 18 meeting with Bush administration officials about a plan to rescue financial firms. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Bush administration officials want Congress to approve a $700 billion aid package for Wall Street, and they want it to happen within days. Democrats say they're willing to help shore up the financial markets, but they want a bill that includes relief for homeowners and taxpayers as well.
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson went from one Sunday TV talk show to another trying to explain why a deficit-ridden nation should go hundreds of billions of dollars deeper in debt — all to cover the bad bets made by some of the nation's wealthiest private firms.
Paulson's argument was simple: Things could get far worse should the U.S. not ride to the rescue.
"I have every confidence that Congress will go along with this ... that doesn't mean everyone in Congress will agree, it doesn't mean there won't be a healthy debate. But I am highly confident that we will get the authorities we need this week," he said on CBS' Face the Nation.
Rep. Frank Wants Economic Boost
Paulson said he not only wants congressional approval to be quick; he wants it clean — not to be loaded up with items he didn't request. Barney Frank, the Massachusetts Democrat who chairs the House Financial Services Committee, followed Paulson on CBS:
"Secretary Paulson and I have a lot of agreement, but we have a difference on what's clean," Frank said. "We don't think that trying to stimulate the economy given the 6-plus-percent unemployment — let's not forget other problems as we focus on this one — I don't think that dirties up the bill."
Frank wants the bill to limit executives' compensation at the financial firms getting bailed out. He also wants a special tax on those making over $1 million a year to help offset the cost of the bailout.
Another leading Democrat, New York Sen. Charles Schumer, seemed to throw cold water on Frank's wish list during an appearance on Fox News Sunday.
"We will not Christmas-tree this bill," Schumer said. "The times are too urgent. Everyone has their own desires and needs. It's going to have to wait."
But then Schumer pulled out his own wish list for a bailout bill.
"When I and others have talked to Secretary Paulson, he has said he is open to changes, and I would call changes necessary in three areas. I call them THO: taxpayers — they have to come first; homeowners — we have to do something about the mortgage crisis, not just foreclosures but the price of housing, which is affecting everyone on Main Street; and oversight — we need some accountability here."
'The Mother Of All Bailouts'
And it wasn't just Democrats saying Congress should take a closer look at what's in the bailout.
"This is the mother of all bailouts, and we don't see the end in it yet," said Richard Shelby of Alabama, the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee. He told CBS that he expected the bailout would actually cost more than $1 trillion.
"We don't know the endgame in this, and I'll tell you, what bothers me about this is that I believe that the chairman of the Fed and the Treasury secretary, Paulson, with all due respect to them, they've been staggering from crisis to crisis, and they haven't even said today that this will end the crisis."
Other congressional Republicans are closing ranks with the Bush administration. House Minority Leader John Boehner told ABC's This Week it's time Congress rose above partisan politics, even on the eve of a fiercely fought election:
"We don't need 535 members of Congress adding their best idea to this bill," Boehner said. "We need to keep it clean, simple, move it through the House and Senate, and get it on the president's desk."
Jon Kyl of Arizona, the Senate's No. 2 Republican, told Fox he's optimistic the bailout plan will move through Congress in time for lawmakers' planned adjournment.
"I think the chances are better than 50-50 that we'll get it done by the end of the week, and hopefully it won't be bogged down with too many extraneous and costly provisions," Kyl said.
That was before House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) issued a defiant statement Sunday night. "We will not simply hand over a $700 billion blank check to Wall Street and hope for a better outcome," she said. | <urn:uuid:4b93bc27-d057-426d-b941-6c47db842596> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94876608 | 2013-06-19T19:57:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709101476/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125821-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968384 | 1,000 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
My mom developed iritis as a child. It's unknown how she developed this as it is very uncommon for children.
But iritis isn't what caused her to go blind. She was able to see perfectly fine with glasses and medication throughout her adolescence and into young adulthood. She excelled in art through high school and continued on to college, graduating with a fine arts degree.
Emily Fragoso, right, with her mom, Sally Marlephansakul, and sister, Leslie Marlephansakul, in London.
COURTESY OF EMILY FRAGOSO
What caused her blindness was the slow development of glaucoma over the years. Due to the slow process of this disease, she went blind in stages over the course of my life.
In the 1980s, she was considered legally blind. At this point, she was still able to see large print and read with the assistance of magnifiers or other visual tools. The 1990s was a period of literal darkness. This is when she was not able to see anything except for lights and shadows.
I am not sure when I recognized that my mom was blind, but I can tell you how I described her being blind when I was a child: A bug had flown in her eye, made a home, and if it decided to fly away, she might be able to see again.
I really believed every word of that story, and at the same time I never thought my mom was at all different from other mothers. She read books to me and my sister, played board games, taught us how to ride bikes when my dad's more aggressive approach failed, walked us to and from school, prepared all of our meals and snacks, and taught us how to sew and make crafts when we were bored.
I grew up reading recipes, trying to learn Braille for myself after seeing interesting volumes arrive in the mail, hearing speaking clocks announce the time periodically at our house, and describing people in movies or people we met to give her the lowdown on what someone looked like. Looking back, none of these things ever made me feel as if my mom had a disability. She was just my mom.
Years ago, I served on a board for a local blindness center. I met a man who had been blind since birth and who became a lawyer on a dare. He retired after practicing law for over 30 years. I have learned from seeing many examples of blind individuals that I would never know they were blind from their actions.
This is true about my mom as well. She was a stay-at-home mom for a number of years, went back to school, continues to work as a rehabilitation counselor and teacher, and helped me with my math homework over the course of my lifetime.
I am certainly not saying that being blind is easy. But I am saying that it does not need to be the end of the world.
The word disability often has a negative connotation that can scare people. It can scare people from making the most of what they do have.
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OTTAWA — The government's budget implementation bill received little — if any — opposition from witnesses who testified before various Senate committees over the past month, but senators reviewing the sweeping bill said Tuesday that there are aspects of the legislation that need changes.
Those technical issues won't be enough to hold up passage of the bill before the end of the month.
Bill C-38 will sail through the Senate next week as the opposition Liberals said Tuesday they weren't planning to delay passage of the omnibus legislation any longer.
"We have not delayed any of these bills, and we won't," said Senator James Cowan, the Liberal leader in the Senate. "We're not filibustering, we're not delaying anything."
The Senate will sit next week, even as the House of Commons rises for its summer break by week's end. Senators have conducted a month-long examination of the 425-page omnibus legislation and reported the results Tuesday.
Meanwhile, another type of examination received little uptake from MPs: a quiz offered by Green Party Leader Elizabeth May on the contents of the bill had just one taker — independent MP Bruce Hyer, who earned a perfect score — but not one Tory MP showed up to take the 15-minute multiple-choice, open-book quiz.
Any MP who earned a passing grade — three out of five — would get a tree planted in the location of their choice.
"If nobody comes that will mean Stephen Harper told them they're not allowed to come take this quiz," May said Tuesday in an empty room in Parliament's Centre Block, sitting next to a stack of unopened quizzes, a copy of the bill and some untouched pitchers of water.
"If you're given your talking points and you're content to live with yourself to rely on talking points instead of reading the legislation yourself, then that be on your head."
Bill C-38 would raise the eligibility age for old age security, reform the employment insurance system, overhaul environmental protection and fisheries laws, and expedite natural resource development approvals.
The bill also creates a new bilateral agreement with the United States for cross-border maritime enforcement, which a Senate committee heard Tuesday won't infringe on the sovereignty of either nation. C-38 also makes changes to the skilled workers program for new immigrants, including how much they are paid.
Changes to banking rules and the Fisheries Act also are contained in the legislation.
"There's a lot of stuff there that has nothing to do with the budget," Cowan said.
The government has defended its legislation repeatedly, saying the measures in the 400-page-plus bill are what the country needs to stay afloat in a tough global economy.
The bill's contents were the subject of a number of technical questions from senators on Tuesday, as a parade of Senate committee heads testified before their colleagues about the results of a month-long pre-study of the bill.
The technical issues senators identified couldn't be changed on Tuesday because the Senate finance committee doesn't yet have the bill before it. Rather, senators said Tuesday that some wording in C-38 should be flagged to be clarified by affected departments — such as wording related to changes to the Fisheries Act related to aboriginal fishing rights and protected species.
"There's an issue (with wording)," Conservative Senator David Angus told the finance committee. "It's important that this be clarified."
Changes to the Fisheries Act have drawn scorn from four former fisheries ministers, but Liberal Senator Grant Mitchell told the finance committee that their concerns were aired during hearings on C-38 at the Senate's natural resources committee.
But Angus and the parade of senators who testified before the Senate's finance committee used the common refrain: Even opponents to C-38 felt the changes were needed to systems — such as the skilled workers program and maritime law enforcement — that aren't working to everyone's satisfaction.
"By and large, we were ready for arduous hearings and opposition. Even those opposed approved (of) the way forward," Angus said.
The Senate took the past month to conduct a pre-study on the bill, preparing itself for the 425-page omnibus legislation once it passed the Commons. The pre-study was a condition set by the Liberals for allowing the government to push the bill through the Senate without procedural tactics to delay it from becoming law.
Bill C-38 passed the Commons Monday night by a vote of 157-135 and received first reading in the Senate shortly after the vote. Second reading in the Senate is Wednesday. | <urn:uuid:7804a476-01f5-45b3-bbf4-5e53311848c0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/letters/news/Budget+bill+pass+Senate+next+week/6806646/story.html | 2013-06-19T19:57:59Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709101476/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125821-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968101 | 918 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
With Asian infrastructure meeting rising local demands, global companies must reexamine the old model of having supply chain decisions made in the East made by leaders in the West.
Procurement leaders from around the world discuss the strategic shift toward global, center-led procurement and the impact of this evolution on the requirements for the chief procurement officer (CPO) role.
A look at the supply chain function, which is becoming a more influential and multifaceted role in multinational corporations across a wide range of industries and geographies.
Survival in the global market depends on efficient management of the supply chain.
This article looks at the skills and experience required for today’s operational excellence leaders. | <urn:uuid:21a7d98b-7154-4171-a060-84a9a33e285a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.spencerstuart.com/research/supply | 2013-06-19T19:36:56Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709101476/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125821-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.914246 | 142 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
With its 2013 signing day class wrapped up, Miami has a host of other issues still in front of it. Most immediately, it will have to find a new running backs coach if Terry Richardson leaves.
According to multiple reports, Richardson has taken the same position with the Jacksonville Jaguars. There, he will join Jedd Fisch, the 'Canes offensive coordinator who is now with the Jags in the same capacity.
Beyond the field, the Hurricanes have to do deal with an ongoing NCAA investigation that was suspended by the NCAA while it conducted an external review of its information gathering procedures in the case.
The NCAA announced Wednesday that the external review is complete and the organization expects to get a full report by the end of next week.
Julie Roe Lach, the NCAA’s vice president of enforcement, approved a $20,000-$25,000 payment to the attorney of former Miami booster and convicted felon Nevin Shapiro to obtain information pertaining to the NCAA investigation.
Shapiro is the whistleblower who said he provided countless impermissible benefits to Miami players and recruits. As a result, the athletics program is NCAA under investigation.
Sources told CBSSports.com that Lach approved payments to Maria Elena Perez, Shapiro’s attorney, in return for information the NCAA would not have been able to gather otherwise.
Perez said there was nothing amiss about what the NCAA asked of her.
“There is nothing wrong,” she said.
ESPN.com reported that the NCAA general counsel Donald Remy and Roe Lach approved of using Elena Perez, although NCAA president Mark Emmert said that the request to use Shapiro’s attorney never reach Remy’s desk. | <urn:uuid:43d14d4b-e509-42ae-b46c-b4beac6a27e1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2013-02-07/miami-hurricanes-lose-running-backs-coach-ncaa-investigation | 2013-06-19T19:57:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709101476/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125821-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952704 | 349 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
A new water line is to be installed at the Price Canyon Recreation Site by the BLM. The site has been without water for nearly two years and while a newer water tank is in place the dilapidated water line has made water delivery impossible.
"We're having the Vernal crew put the new line in, so the site should have drinking water shortly," said Wayne Ladington, the assistant field manager at the BLM Utah Price field office.
Options for the line including it's possible repair were considered, but according to Ladington it was impractical because the repairs would be stronger than the line itself.
"The line was over 20 years old and we've been working through the process of replacing it for over two years now," said Ladington.
The access road to the campsite should not be effected during construction, but there will be some inconvenience for those who wish to use the site. And although the site will not be expanded, the BLM will re-institute hulling water to it.
On average Ladington said that water is hulled up just once a year despite the heavy usage of the site because the tank can hold a good amount of water.
"We'll just appreciate the public's understanding while construction is underway," said Landinton.
The BLM manages more land (256 million acres) than any other federal agency.
This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 western states, including Alaska. The bureau, with a budget of about $1 billion, also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.
The Bureau accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production, and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources on public lands. | <urn:uuid:128eb63c-1da8-4966-af30-82411a8fa8bf> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sunadvocate.com/print.php?tier=1&article_id=16182 | 2013-06-19T19:56:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709101476/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125821-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964662 | 400 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted, but I’ll have a Manta review and my exclusive interview with the Creative Director of Hollywood: Rip Ride Rockit up soon. On my way back from Florida, I also stopped at Wild Adventures in Valdosta, Georgia. It was a great trip and I’ve got some really cool content to put up. For now, here’s a picture of Manta’s dive to the water. Stay tuned! | <urn:uuid:f9be31fe-2730-46dd-8a0b-e745619798e0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thecoastercritic.com/2009/05/back-from-orlando.html?feedsort=more | 2013-06-19T19:49:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709101476/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125821-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934612 | 105 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Dreaming Up a New T-Shirt
This being our 20th anniversary and all, I thought we should try to come up with a new t-shirt. I had a meeting with a local artist/friend and we knocked around a few ideas. I'm pretty excited to see what he comes up with. His name is Frank Samuelson and he's done some very cool work. Check it out!
BTW, we will be phasing out the Flaming T's, so if you think you might want one, you should drop by the TDA store.
Friday, March 06, 2009
Embroidered Drew Carey Art
You've watched our pal Drew Carey on his many shows and you've sung along with him on our Squeeze Machine album. Now you can enjoy his presence in embroidery art courtesy of artist Sarah Horton. As part of an art show consisting solely of embroidered work, she created the piece seen here, "Lucky In Love." Her site is full of art where crafts meet pop culture.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Now & Then Portraiture
Artist Bobby Neel Adams has taken an intriguing, albeit creepy, approach to portraiture in his series Age Maps. As shown here and on his site, he uses portraits from yesteryear and matches them with current day portraits.
In a similar technique, his series Family Tree combines portraits of family members; Father & Son, Mother & Daughter, etc.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Loch Ness Horror
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Spoofs of Hope
A gallery of Shepard Fairey's Obama "Hope" Posters spoofs popped online recently. A personal favorite is the portrait of Bob Hope, included here. Admittedly, the quality varies drastically, but it's interesting to see how iconic one street-artist-come-designer's work has become. If you're unfamiliar with Fairey's work, hop over to Obey Giant.
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Found Fan Art
As previously mentioned on TDA's Wall of Wheeze, today is the First Annual Drawing Day. In honor of the event, the team here wandered around the largest art community online, DeviantArt and found two great pieces of TDA fan art. Both focus on our old pal Hamsterman from the No Strings Attached album.
The first is an inspired cartoon drawing by artist A J.
The second is a moodier interpretation by Graham S. McGuire.
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Saturday's One Million Drawings
The latest community popping up is a group trying to unite artists and aficionados for one day "to create enough drawings to make some noise worldwide for the sake of art." Their goal is for 1 million pieces to be created and uploaded on the web this coming Saturday, June 7th. This First-Annual event gives participants a chance to relax and recapture childhood freedom.
If you decide to draw anything related to the TDA universe, be sure to share it here in the comments!
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Justin Bieber's brawl with a photog over the weekend isn't going to just disappear ... TMZ has learned the case WILL be referred to the L.A. County D.A. for possible criminal prosecution.
We're told cops have already decided to refer the case to prosecutors, even though the investigation is far from complete. They have requested to interview the Biebs, but he's in Norway now. It's pretty typical for police to refer high-profile cases to prosecutors.
TMZ broke the story ... Bieber's a suspect for allegedly committing criminal battery against a photog in Calabasas Sunday afternoon. The photog called 911 after the scuffle, but by the time cops arrived, the singer had split.
The pap was taken to a nearby hospital in an ambulance. He then filed a police report naming Bieber as the culprit.
If Bieber is charged and convicted, he'd face 6 months in jail. But the photog faces an even worse fate -- having to tell people Justin Bieber kicked his ass. | <urn:uuid:04723d5d-4f59-4d74-b76d-70623c274047> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.tmz.com/2012/05/29/justin-bieber-battery-paparazzo-prosecutors/ | 2013-06-19T19:57:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709101476/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125821-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980402 | 208 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Rachel Maddow reports on the kill-the-homos “minister” Bradlee Dean, who lurks behind Target and Best Buy’s favored Minnesota political leaders, Tom Emmer and Michele Bachmann.
This, children, is what I like to call “becoming a parody of oneself.” [h/t Aravosis
I love watching Rachel do this. In this clip, she and Joe Sestak discuss the weird, disturbed comments from Congressman Ike Skelton (Conservadem-MO), Chairman of
The compromise isn’t great, but it’s a step in the right direction, and I feel more comfortable with it with Patrick Murphy leading the way.
Rachel Maddow followed up Thursday night on the George Rekers/NARTH sex scandal. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Among
On MSNBC tonight, Rachel Maddow reports on Prof. George Alan Rekers’ gay escort scandal. Rekers is co-founder of the “ex-gay” think-tank NARTH and of the | <urn:uuid:070ab59c-4a17-4779-b02e-08ce9885dd47> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.truthwinsout.org/tag/rachel-maddow/page/4/ | 2013-06-19T19:48:56Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709101476/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125821-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.853349 | 234 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
A rigorous green certification system is recognizing the next phase of eco design, which its founders describe as "the world's greenest buildings."
Founded by Jason F. McLennan in 2009 through the Cascadia Green Building Council, the Living Building Challenge (LBC) is a green ratings system for design and construction that judges a building based on its actual performance, not just its projected performance at the design stage.
To date, it has recognized six buildings for their green credentials. Only three have been successful in meeting all its stringent requirements and consequently fully certified as "living."
"These are the world's greenest buildings," says McLennan. "It is a huge leap forward from conventional green construction. These buildings will never get an energy or water bill again."
Projects must be in operation for a minimum of 12 months before they become eligible to participate in the challenge and they can only achieve "living" status after fulfilling requirements in the categories of site, water, energy, health, materials, equity and beauty.
"It takes about 14-16 months to go through the certification process and we are a rigorous process so there are not that many buildings fully certified," says McLennan.
Read more: The greenest buildings of 2011
He adds: "The ones that are (certified) are game changers because they become more than a building. They create a whole community of changed people around them."
The International Living Future Institute, a non-profit that was created to take over running the LBC since its inception, hopes its guidelines will change current green construction philosophy and become as powerful as eco-building ratings system Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED as it is better known. But unlike LBC, LEED does not certify new buildings based on measurements of their actual performance.
McLennan says: "You'd be surprised no green standards actually go and check if the project is fulfilling what they had planned to do. We knew in reality buildings typically don't perform the way they are intended so we wanted to rectify this and base our challenge on reality." | <urn:uuid:2074e217-105c-4eef-ac59-cf774807988b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wcvb.com/news/national/-World-s-greenest-buildings-get-seal-of-approval/-/9848944/15187406/-/mc0pqo/-/index.html | 2013-06-19T19:37:37Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709101476/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125821-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973224 | 431 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Streetscape Improvement Project Starting
“The contractor will begin work on Main Street and Madison simultaneously. This will result in a new street from Main Street to Richardson Avenue. All of the work on Madison Street is expected to be completed by the summer of 2011. Construction on all phases will include new curbing and patterned sidewalks, replacing deteriorating ones, providing a uniform downtown area as well as improving pedestrian safety.”
Riccio says their main goal is to attract more pedestrian traffic to the central business district, which is a critical element in economic development. To that end, the plans call for new benches and bike racks and better lighting using energy-saving LED lamps. State and federal grants are paying most of the cost. | <urn:uuid:bac2b13d-8c75-47e9-a01b-9beb27c042b0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wnpv1440.com/news/politics/3263-streetscape-improvement-project-starting?fontstyle=f-larger | 2013-06-19T20:04:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709101476/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125821-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948306 | 148 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Get your college career off to the right start! Enroll in Dual Enrollment and earn college credit while still in high school.
High school students can jump start their college career with the Dual Enrollment program at Alabama Southern. Dual Enrollment allows qualified students the opportunity to receive both high school credit and college credit through Alabama Southern.
Dual Enrollment students gain early exposure to the college learning environment and positive reinforcement of learning skills. Students who complete the program can enter college at the sophmore level after high school graduation.
Admission requirements for Dual Enrollment program: - Students must meet the admission requirements of Alabama Southern. - Students must have a B average in completed high school courses. - Students must be in grade 10, 11 or 12. - Students must have appropriate scores on the ACT or the ASSET placement test. - Students must have written approval from your school's counselor, principal and the local superintendent of education. - There must be a signed agreement between Alabama Southern and the school system.
Dual Enrollment is restricted to qualified students in Alabama public and/ or regionally accredited high schools who have signed an agreement with Alabama Southern. Criteria for student eligibility are developed by each individual school system and may be more restrictive than the minimum criteria listed above. For more information contact your school's counselor. | <urn:uuid:c6c27f7d-4680-461c-8ca1-02f5fafb127d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.writerssymposium.org/?DivisionID=2365&DepartmentID=2959 | 2013-06-19T20:04:00Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709101476/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125821-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958095 | 264 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Yorkville Art Walk
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Panel of seven images from recent Yorkville Art Walks
October, 2010 Overview
The October Art Walk is promising to be a well rounded event, with the full complement of eight galleries participating. This walk is an great way to kick off a long weekend!
The participating galleries are:
• GC Bespoke - Giani Tariello & Camal Pirbhai, "Tied Back"
• Hollander York Gallery - Meghan Hildebrand Exhibition
• Ingram Gallery - Anna Yuschuk, "Oscillations"
• Kinsman Robinson Galleries - Norval Morrisseau, "2010 Retrospective"
• Lane Gallery - Fall Exhibition
• Leonardo Galleries - Hagop Hagopian, “My Tangible Links
• Liss Gallery - Todd White Exhibition
• Odon Wagner Gallery - Zhang He, New Paintings
Hollander York Announcement
Hollander York Gallery is pleased to announce that it is now operating as a division of Mayberry Fine Art, one of Canada’s premier art galleries. Mayberry Fine Art are dealers in both historical and contemporary Canadian works of art. For over 30 years Mayberry Fine Art have been helping their clients from across the country build significant collections of art. This exciting change will see Hollander York add many new artists and new services over the fall season.
You are welcome to check this web page up to October 7th for any last minute changes.
October 2010, Featured Artist/Image
||Kinsman Robinson Galleries
||Norval Morrisseau (1932-2007)
||"Kateri, Lily Of The Mohawks", 1969
Acrylic on wood panel, 48 x 32 inches
||"Norval Morrisseau: 2010 Retrospective"
||October 16 - November 20, 2010
Opening preview during the Art Walk
|Artist present for walk
||In spirit only.
Effective August, 2010, we are using the original, simplified layout with one featured image from an artist who will be present for the current month's Art Walk. To see more images from other participating galleries and learn about current exhibitions or receptions visit their web sites via the Gallery Links near the bottom of this page.
A highly informative monthly tour takes place in the Yorkville Art Gallery district, giving newcomers and regular attendees a focused overview of the Yorkville art scene. This informal, free tour begins by gathering at the Rotunda (lower level) in the Hazelton Lanes Mall, opposite Browns’ Shoe Store. The attendees split into two or three smaller groups which visit selected area galleries during the evening. Each small group is led by a tour guide who is familiar with art appreciation and the Yorkville art scene. Some of the galleries may have featured artists present for the tour. A wide range of Contemporary or Historical Canadian and International works of art are available for viewing. At the end of the evening attendees may join the group for coffee at a local area café. The Artsgroup hopes you will consider this event for your calendar.
If this is your first time attending, you will find the monthly Yorkville Art Walk an ideal opportunity to view and consider a wide range of quality originals from exceptional artists. Guests will see a broad range of styles and media with something for everyone. If you want to get some fresh air and meet the artists join us for the walk. This is a great opportunity to meet many outstanding artists, discover Yorkville’s art galleries and find that perfect piece you have been looking for!
Location, Parking & Itinerary Information
The Art Walk starts at the Hazelton Lanes Mall, 87 Avenue Rd., Toronto, Ontario
Meet on the lower level, opposite Brown’s Shoe Store in the open seating area, at the bottom of the staircase to the 2nd floor. (See Itinerary below for the detailed schedule.)
Free parking is available in the Hazelton Lanes underground parking lot. Enter from the 'Whole Foods' parking entrance at 87 Avenue Rd.
Please note that a new “validation” procedure came into place in August, 2010, which requires visitors to get their original parking ticket validated before exiting the parking lot.
Date: 1st Thursday of each month, except January
6:00 p.m. Gather and meet tour guides. Select one of the tour groups to join for the evening. (Usually 2 - 3 groups.)
6:30 p.m. Leave to tour selected galleries. Tour starts at 6:30 sharp!
8:00 p.m. Tour ends
You are welcome to join us for coffee or tea afterwards at a local café, if you can. (The Coffee Mill - 99 Yorkville Ave. The staff are very co-operative in supplying separate bills.)
Gallery Website Links
The galleries that participate on a regular basis are listed below. However, not all these galleries participate in every Art Walk. Other area galleries also participate on an occasional basis. Just click on a gallery name to visit the gallery's web site.
1. GCBespoke Gallery
2. Hollander York Gallery
3. Ingram Gallery
4. Kinsman Robinson Galleries
5. Lane Gallery
6. Leonardo Galleries
7. Liss Gallery
8. Odon Wagner Gallery
Art Walk Contact Information
Organized by: “Artsgroup”. Co-ordinator: Marg King
If you require further details please call Marg at (647) 5 8 8 - 1 1 4 4 or
send an email to Paul Ferri (web site sponsor) at Info@YorkvilleNews.ca.
Please forward this page to others who you feel who would appreciate receiving this announcement. If you would like to receive your own monthly reminder about the Art Walk please send an email to Info@YorkvilleNews.ca with the email's Subject as "Art Walk".
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March 18th, 2010, 11:15 PM
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The Committee was informed of the wide diversity of relevant training activities in which WHO, through its Division of Drug Management and Policies, had been involved. These activities include the following:
• Individual training in drug regulatory agencies in more advanced countries.
• Regional training seminar on the technical assessment of dossiers for marketing authorization, organized by the German Foundation for International Development (DSE).
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The Royal Wedding went off without a hitch yesterday and (sadly) I watched it live. I guess I had to, I have been reporting on it, talking about it and knew it'd break records or have some huge newsworthy stuff about it within seconds of it happening so here we are. Livestream has reported it broke a record for the most concurrent viewers on Livestream.
The livestream of William and Kate (now Catherine?) topped 300, 000 concurrent viewers at 6 am on Friday morning. CEO Max Haot had expected "at least 2 million" unique viewers by the time the broadcast was done. Livestream had various partners for it's coverage; Associated Press, UK Press Association, CBS and Entertainment Tonight.
Akamai has also announced that the wedding broke broader live streaming records also, a representative for Akamai reports that "concurrent live streams of Royal Wedding on Akamai surpassed the 1.6M peak set by World Cup in June of 2010."
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I recognize whether, when, and which rules to follow or to break in order to meet the particular needs of your book and its readers.
I was one of the workshop speakers at the 2004 national convention of the American Society for Indexing, whose journal, chapters, members, and annual conferences have provided continuing education opportunities for indexers for over 30 years.
I've served as Co-President and Secretary-Treasurer of the Pacific Northwest chapter of the American Society for Indexing.
I read and have contributed to KeyWords, the American Society of Indexer's newsletter. I also subscribe to the journal of the Society of Indexers, an international organization providing a wealth of indexing research, education, and history for over 40 years.
In 1999 I founded and manage the IndexPeers email listserv where more than 340 professional indexers critique each other's work in order to increase their skills.
I am a member of the Order of the Kohlrabi (2003) for significant volunteer service to ASI in the advancement of indexers and indexing.
In March 2005, I served as one of seven national Wilson Award judges for ASI to honor excellence in indexing for indexes published in 2004.
In May 2008, I was honored with the Hines Award for continuous dedication and exceptional service to the American Society for Indexing, the highest award ASI offers.
Before deciding to index seriously, I had alphabetized my spices for many years (which shows that I am organized, orderly, meticulous by nature, and perhaps even just a little fussyexcellent qualities to find in your indexer).
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