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On 19 th May the annual International Day - a day for Charity - took place for the first time at the Milano Innovation District (MIND). |
The event was both an opportunity for fun and socialising with families, but also served to raise money for worthy charities. |
work and express their solidarity for those less fortunate. |
In addition to building on the community of NRDC-ITA, the International Day also raised money for the worthy charity AIAS Busto Arsizio ONLUS “A. Tosi”. This was made possible with the help of over 50 generous sponsors, the multinational staff and the other attending guests. AIAS is a Neurological and Psychiatric rehab... |
In order to celebrate this special day, two limited edition commemorative postcards were issued, along with a dedicated special postmark. This was made possible due to collaboration with Poste Italiane, the national Postal Service. |
The International Day is the day we celebrate the multinational soul of our Headquarters – as it is the diversity that makes us stronger - and it represents a way to thank local institutions and communities for their support to our servicemen and women. |
In Calgary, Alberta, police have an unusual case on their hands literally. As we pick up the story, a man has paid less than $1 at auction for a piece of used carry-on luggage, only to find it was still packed ... with cocaine. Street value: $180,000. The shaken buyer quickly turned in the item and its contents, one ... |
A headline noticed in Tuesday's Straits Times, the leading daily newspaper in Singapore: "One in four Malaysians is overweight from overeating." |
2. Wheaton College, Wheaton, Ill. |
3. US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. |
4. US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
5. US Coast Guard Academy, New London, Conn. |
7. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. |
8. US Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. |
9. Centenary College, Shreveport, La. |
10. Haverford College, Haverford, Pa. |
Author of “The Domain Game” discusses challenges, rewards of writing book. |
One of the added perks of attending last week’s GeoDomain Expo in Chicago was seeing David Kesmodel. Kesmodel is a Wall Street Journal writer who took time off last year to write “The Domain Game”, a book about the domain industry and many of its participants. |
I talked to Kesmodel many times while he did research for the book and met him face-to-face in Austin last year. But now the book has been released and the positive press is flowing. I asked Kesmodel about the challenges he faced writing the book and what he learned from the adventure. I was surprised to hear about som... |
“The Domain Game” is available in paperback, hard cover, and Kindle at Amazon. Amazon is now offering discounts off the cover price. |
Domain Name Wire: Why did you decide to write The Domain Game? |
Kesmodel: I was intrigued by the risk takers and independent thinkers in the domain market and thought I’d enjoy telling their stories. I also believed there was a good opportunity to explain how this little-understood market evolved. No one had really written a detailed account of who domain investors are and how doma... |
Domain Name Wire: Domainers can be secretive. What sort of challenges did you encounter getting people to talk? Was there any pushback? |
Kesmodel: There was definitely pushback. A number of people simply said they weren’t interested in participating. And in some cases, they talked others into not participating. Some people didn’t want others in the industry to know they spent much time on domains and to get any sense of their investment strategies. Some... |
I had to be aggressive at times in order to get people to talk. One tactic was to explain to a domainer that I planned to write about him or her regardless of whether he/she was willing to be interviewed. I explained that it is almost always in the best interest of a subject of an article or book to participate so they... |
Domain Name Wire: What do you feel was the most fascinating information you uncovered? |
Kesmodel: The most fascinating part to me was writing about people who had been failures in certain ways–say, in school or in relationships or in another career they’d tried–but who showed remarkable foresight and business smarts when it came to domains. I was also fascinated by how important the drop game was to domai... |
Domain Name Wire: After writing this book, did you decide to jump into the domain industry yourself? |
Kesmodel: Not really. I bought a few domains and am still mulling whether to invest in more. But unlike many domainers, I’m not much of a risk-taker. I’ve also been extremely busy with my work and family. In general, I get more enjoyment out of being an observer of business trends, and writing about them, than particip... |
Domain Name Wire: If you had to go back to the beginning and write your book again, what would you have done differently? |
Kesmodel: First of all, I would have given myself more time. I was pushed to write the book in six months by a publisher. I managed to basically make that deadline–I did get a two-week extension–but I think I could have done a better job with a full year. Along those lines, if I got to do this over again, I would spend... |
I also would have spent more time in the book explaining how people flip domains. There are some good examples in there, but I would have liked to have extensively profiled someone who makes a lot of money from trading domains like a short-term stock trader. I also would like to have had more how-to elements at the end... |
Finally, I would have made more efforts to meet domain investors in person to try to allay their fears about doing interviews. It can be difficult to put people at ease by phone or e-mail. I did meet many of the domainers in the book, and that really helped, but a few more trips to domain conferences and other face-to-... |
Amazon is now offering discounts off the cover price of “The Domain Game” in the following formats: paperback, hard cover, and Kindle. |
It doesn't matter that Chip Kelly is down, that the current tough times at UCLA followed the one-year struggle with the San Francisco 49ers and the dismissal by the Philadelphia Eagles. |
What matters to Erik Spoelstra is that Kelly still is a muse, a winner in terms of coaching creativity and philosophy. |
That had Spoelstra at UCLA this summer, again learning from a mentor whose unique approach helped fuel the Miami Heat to a pair of championships with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. |
And it had Spoelstra, when discussing former assistant and current New York Knicks coach David Fizdale last week noting, "he had a big influence on our offense" only to make sure to tack on, "Chip Kelly, too." |
It was in the 2011 offseason, after Kelly's Oregon Ducks had lost in the national championship game to Auburn and after Spoelstra's Big Three Heat had lost to the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals, that the two met back in Spoelstra's home state, a discussion centering on how Kelly's spread offense at Oregon could tra... |
Much was made of that meeting and an ensuing one that summer in Eugene, of how the two Heat titles that followed the following two seasons were a product of the pace-and-space revelations. |
But after injecting Kelly again into his basketball discourse last week, Spoelstra emphasized that the nearly decade-long relationship has transcended Xs and Os. |
"Chip, when I met with him those years, just helped me as a basketball coach to think differently," Spoelstra said on the Heat's practice court at AmericanAirlines Arena. |
"The way he thinks. The way he approaches his teams. And he just had a great effect on me as a young coach, thinking differently, thinking how to maximize your strengths better for your team. All of it was more philosophical than schematic." |
Still, with pace-and-space -- the NBA's version of the spread offense -- having taken hold this season more than ever, the Heat have proven more than up to speed. In the wake of their 120-111 victory Saturday over the Portland Trail Blazers, their highest-scoring game of the season, the Heat find themselves in the top ... |
While Spoelstra has remained in one place through it all amid his relationship with Kelly and is now in his 11th season as Heat coach, Kelly found early success with the Eagles before his demise there with one game left in the 2015 season. There then was a 2-14 run with the 49ers in 2016. And after brief work as a broa... |
No matter, not to Spoelstra. Coaching brilliance, and a brilliant coaching mind, transcends individual games or seasons. |
"I went and saw him this summer. I went and visited him," Spoelstra said, often otherwise reticent to discuss such offseason meetings. "For me, every couple of years I like to check in with Chip. I just think he's a brilliant, unique thinker. |
"And it has nothing to do with trying to compare the two sports. It's more about his process of thoughts that I find very interesting." |
Over the years, several of Spoelstra's coaching confidants have experienced the type of turbulence that the Heat and Pat Riley had provided insulation from, including Butch Jones at Tennessee, where Spoelstra also had translated football best practices into NBA approaches. |
But in Kelly he said he sensed renewal. |
"He's doing what he loves," said Spoelstra, whose team completes a four-game homestand Monday night against the Sacramento Kings, having won three of their last four games. "He's been in some situations like Philly where it was unfortunate timing. But, actually, I think he's invigorated by the challenge he has right no... |
What Are the Benefits of Using Proviron? |
Why Am I Gaining Weight on Armour Thyroid? |
Why Does Nortriptyline Make You Gain Weight? |
Synthroid is a synthetic version of a naturally occurring thyroid hormone. It is used medically to treat hypothyroidism and users have taken it to manage obesity or lose weight in bodybuilding. Patients with certain pre-existing conditions should not take Synthroid as its use can lead to a number of detrimental side ef... |
Synthroid (levothyroxine sodium) is a pharmaceutically produced synthetic version of the naturally occurring thyroid hormone thyroxine. |
According to the pharmaceutical information website drugs.com, Synthroid use is indicated for patients of all ages (including children and infants) with low natural levels of thyroid hormone (hypothyroidism) caused by thyroid malfunction or atrophy, injury or damage to the pituitary gland or hypothalamus, surgery, radi... |
In healthy patients, thyroxine acts to stimulate and regulate the metabolism of fats, carbohydrates and vitamins. It affects protein synthesis, and interacts with human growth hormone to regulate bone growth. Almost every cell in the body is affected by thyroid hormones; because of this, patients with a deficiency of t... |
According to the drug information site rxlist.com, late onset thyroxine deficiency in adults can produce mildly detrimental metabolic effects that include fatigue, depression, poor muscle tone, brittle nails and hair, weight gain and dry skin. A chronic deficiency can result in severe metabolic defects that lead to hai... |
Bodybuilding.com reports that many bodybuilders use thyroid hormones to burn excess body fat during the late stages of contest preparation, and the author goes so far as to call thyroid hormones an “almost unmissable aid in contest preparation.” High dosages of Synthroid will enable users to burn off calories and fat, ... |
However, medicinenet.com reports that Synthroid is not approved for use in treating obesity or for managing weight or promoting weight loss. Their site further recommends users against using Synthroid for any of those purposes, and warns against combining Synthroid with any diet or other weight loss medication or suppl... |
Synthroid can aggravate certain pre-existing conditions and is not recommended for use by any individual who has recently suffered a heart attack, who has coronary artery disease, clotting problems, osteoporosis or impaired pituitary or adrenal function. |
Additionally, patients taking anticoagulants, blood thinners, cholesterol medications, amphetamines, asthma medicine or diabetics taking insulin should consult a physician before using Synthroid, as these drugs will affect its activity. |
Patients receiving Synthroid for hypothyroidism receive dosages partly adjusted by age and body weight. For instance, an adult less than 50 weighing 150 lbs. might take 100 to 125 mcg of Synthroid daily. |
Users seeking to lose weight or manage obesity with Synthroid can overdose and may experience life-threatening symptoms that include coma, heart failure, low blood sugar and fever. These symptoms will present anywhere from 6 hours to 11 days after taking improper dosages of Synthroid. |
Drugs.com reports that Synthroid has caused allergic reactions that range from hives, itching, flushing and swelling of the face and mouth to chest pain and labored breathing. Patients have reported experiencing side effects that include edema (swelling of legs and ankles), clumsiness, coldness, lethargy, menstrual dys... |
Long-term use of Synthroid can deplete bone mass and possibly cause osteoporosis. |
Since 2005, James Rutter has worked as a freelance journalist for print and Internet publications, including the “News of Delaware County,” “Main Line Times” and Broad Street Review. As a former chemist, college professor and competitive weightlifter, he writes about science, education and exercise. Rutter earned a B.A... |
What Does Fast Metabolism Mean? |
Did you hear that Tricare dental coverage for active duty families and Guard and Reserve members and their families is changing next year? And it's a good thing. |
If you've been around the block you'll remember that back in 2012 dental coverage changed from United Concordia to Metlife. It might have been kind of a pain for you, because some dentists who had accepted United Concordia's version did not accept Metlife's version, so you might have had to change dentists. But the who... |
Now Tricare is saying "bye-bye" to Metlife and switching back to United Concordia for active duty families as well as Guard and Reservists and their families. The contract was up for rebidding, and Metlife lost. They also lost a protest over the decision. Now United Concordia is working on taking the thing over. |
So what's the deal with the new plan? Here's what you need to know. |
1. Your dental coverage is about to get better. Score! Your dental coverage is going to increase under the new contract. Remember when things got better when it switched to Metlife? Things are getting better under the United Concordia switch back, too. Clear-cut details are still emerging, and when those are available ... |
But for now I can tell you that, according to contract documents that I read so that you don't have to, a few things are increasing. For example, your maximum annual benefit per enrolled user is expanding from $1,300 to $1,500 per year. That little $200 bump should make life just a little easier on people who regularly... |
3. The coverage change isn't happening right this second. The new contract is set to go into full swing on May 1, 2017. That's almost a year from now, so you have plenty of time to learn to remember that the contractor you call for help when they incorrectly bill you for something is about to change. |
Oct 2 (Reuters) - U.S. stock futures pointed to a lower open on Tuesday after anti-euro comments from an Italian lawmaker reignited investor worries over a euro zone breakup and relief from a reworked NAFTA deal faded. |
Italy would enjoy more favorable economic conditions outside of the euro zone, said Claudio Borghi, a eurosceptic who chairs the budget committee of the lower house of parliament. |
Borghi later clarified but his comments pushed Italy’s bond yields to multi-year highs, sparked a selloff in Italian banks that also pressured euro zone banks. |
Big U.S. banks were trading lower premarket but in low volumes. |
At 6:47 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis were down 85 points, or 0.32 percent. S&P 500 e-minis were down 7.75 points, or 0.26 percent and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were down 31 points, or 0.4 percent. |
The comments tempered optimism from Monday, when the Dow and the S&P 500 kicked off fourth quarter on an upbeat note after a last-minute deal to salvage NAFTA as a trilateral pact helped ease trade worries. |
Among early losers were chipmakers, with Intel, Micron, Advanced Micro Devices down between 0.9 percent and 1.4 percent. |
U.S. Steel Corp fell 2.15 percent after Deutsche Bank downgraded the stock on concerns around free cash flow generation and operational inconsistencies. |
U.S. auto sales numbers for September, due later in the day, will likely show an increase to 16.90 million vehicles from August’s 16.72 million vehicles. |
New York—Cramer-Krasselt plays up Birds Eye’s fresh positioning in a $20 million launch campaign for the client’s Hearty Spoonfuls line of frozen soups. |
A television spot that broke last week depicts skeptical far mers who are concerned that putting their vegetables in a canned soup will compromise their quality. The ads go on to ex plain that Birds Eye soups are found in freezers. “Too good for soup” is the tag. |
The approach is meant to dispel consumers’ preconceived ideas about soup, said Betsy Brown, svp and associate director of account management at the Milwaukee shop. |
Birds Eye is expected to spend $20 million on advertising and promotion for Hearty Spoonfuls. Initial spending will go to TV and promotions. Print executions are expected to break in the first quarter of 2003 in women’s, health/fitness, parenting and beauty magazines. |
The individual-ser ving, microwavable soups use a quick-flash-freeze pro cess that can be completed in as little as 90 minutes from the time the vegetables are picked, which ensures concentrated flavors, brighter colors and better texture, said Mike Curtan, the Green Bay, Wis., client’s business director. |
“We’ll provide consumers with a new sensory soup experience,” he said. |
Police have received no reports of anyone “brandishing a firearm at random individuals”, despite social media reports. |
A police spokesman said online comments have spread about incidents which supposedly took place at Cedar Hill, Warwick and Snorkel Park in Dockyard. |
Anyone with information that can help police should call 295-0011. |
A 38-year-old man was arrested in Londonderry this morning by detectives from the PSNI's Serious Crime Branch investigating the attempted murder of police at Ballyarnett Village in October 2014. |
The man was arrested on suspicion of possession of explosives with intent to endanger life. |
The man was later released after questioning and a report will be forwarded to the PPS. |
Critics and audiences alike are raving about the horror movie It, saying that it is one of the most terrifying movies in recent times. |
Since the film opened in cinemas last week, it has scared its way to the top of the box office, both in the United States and in Singapore. |
Which are some of the other truly scary horror movies out there? The Straits Times takes a look. |
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