text:
Unfair! Too cruel!
ADDED: Remember back in 2007, when Rush Limbaugh asked if the nation was ready to watch a woman age the way a President ages in office? From the archive (members-only link):
Ha. It was Drudge back then.We are a culture that is obsessed with looking good and perfection because it's seen, we see, that those are the people having a good time. Those are the people that have fame. Those are the people that have wealth. Those are the people that seem to have success. So, people out there trying to emulate it, and I saw this picture on Drudge yesterday of Mrs. Clinton taken in New Hampshire. It's not a very flattering picture...
I think Pamela Anderson would have a better shot at getting elected president of this country [than Margaret Thatcher]....I challenge Limbaugh to substitute "Sarah Palin" for "Pamela Anderson" in your old riff about America's obsession with good looks and see where that takes you.


text:
UnNews:Testicle molester on the loose
This article is part of UnNews, your source for up-to-the-microsecond misinformation.
28 December 2011
WRINKLYVILLE, Scrotopia -- Local authorties of the tricounty area report that a testicle molester is on the loose, molesting testicles left and right. Center, too, for those among us who have three of them.
Reports of a testicle molester came pouring in this week as many citizens, mostly male, reported having their testicles molested. The testicle molester has been described by his victims as a middle-aged Caucasian male with scruffy facial hair and is usually seen wearing a colourful sweater vest, crotchless jeans, an eye patch and a rubber hat that looks like the head of a penis.
In an ironic twist, victims say countless self-defense kicks in the crotch have no effect on the nutty molester, leading many to speculate that he has no testicles of his own. Detectives theorize that he could be a war veteran who lost most of his genitalia in battle, while criminal psychologists believe that his own lack of testes could be the root cause of his obsessive testicle molesting. Still others suggest he's a BSDM fetisher who actually receives pleasure from kicks in the crotch.
The mayor has issued a statement saying that all men in the area should clasp their crotches tightly at all times when going out in public in order to prevent testicular molestation.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
WEBSTER — An 18-year-old driver faces charges in the Thursday night crash that claimed the life of an 87-year-old Webster man, Deputy Police Chief Rodney Budrow said today.
Frank Lewandowski of 77 Worcester Road was pronounced dead at Harrington Healthcare at Hubbard, police said in a statement.
The two-car accident occurred about 6:30 p.m. at Gore Road (Route 16) and Rawson Road, just past Indian Ranch.
Sydney Latour of 55 Upper Gore Road was cited for failing to stop at a stop sign, negligent driving and motor vehicle homicide, Deputy Chief Budrow said.
Ms. Latour, who was driving a 2006 Acura, was transported to UMass Memorial Medical Center — University Campus in Worcester, said Timothy J. Connolly, spokesman for Worcester District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. A UMass spokesman said she was treated and released Thursday night.
Mr. Lewandowski was driving a 2010 Toyota Yaris. There were no passengers in either car.
Officials said the intersection has been the site of many accidents over the years.
The investigation is being conducted by Officer James Young, Jr. and members of the Central Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council. Both cars are at the police station waiting to be examined, the deputy chief said.
No one answered the phone today at the Lewandowski residence.
Ms. Latour is a graduate of Marianapolis Preparatory School in Thompson. In January, she became the seventh girl in school history to reach 1,000 points in varsity basketball, the school said in a press release at the time.
Contact Brian Lee at firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
Cancer: I Will Punch You in the Feelings
Update: Surgery *is* happening today at 2:20pm PST. Thankfully I can get it over with. Think happy thoughts of kittens & rainbows.
Hello all. I want to begin with a heartfelt expression of gratitude and amazement at your outpouring of support, shared cancer stories, and advice. I have been stunned by how "not alone" I have felt as a result of sharing my story. I figured I'd get a couple of messages from close friends or an "oh yes, I had that ten years ago" story or two, but the magnitude of your kindness has humbled me greatly. I've had a few hundred contacts and messages, which is astounding. Thank you!
To the few people who have contacted me saying that it's horrible/shameful/shocking/icky that I'm telling people that I have cancer of the lady parts, you can go die in a ditch. I am genetically female. I have lady parts, including a cervix. Saying I have cervical cancer is no more horrible/shameful/shocking/icky than saying I have liver cancer or skin cancer. If you can't deal with the fact that ladies have lady parts, perhaps you should reexamine your own prejudices and shame. And really–please do absorb all of that awful karma you just self-inflicted by criticizing and trying to shame someone with a disease. Just soooooooak it up.
My surgery was scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday the 13th in the afternoon (2:20pm PST). However, some complicating symptoms have arisen and the surgery may be delayed until Monday the 17th at 2:30pm PST. I won't know until tomorrow morning whether I'm on for surgery or not. I will update here, on Twitter, and on Facebook when I do know.
More updates:
- Whenever surgery happens, I am still planning on live-Tweeting it out (and feeding it into Facebook) as long as my hands can stay steady enough to type on my phone. You can follow along on Twitter with the #SarahVsCancer hashtag that I've been using.
- My doctors have said that this cancer is "an aggressive little bastard." I have also been called that, from time to time. I think I'm aggresive-r (yes, that's a word) so I will win this little tête-à-tête.
- I was offered the opportunity to watch the surgery live on a monitor. I declined.
- I've had inquiries about exactly what I'm having done. Without going into too much detail, I'm having a LEEP procedure to remove the cancer. If body part or surgery stuff grosses you out, don't click on that link. I'm lucky that we caught the cancer early enough that we can use this procedure instead of a more invasive one.
- And finally, check out LetsFCancer.com. The image below came from them. They're using social media as a way to raise awareness about cancer among young people. I like their approach. Be aware, get all of your tests and screenings, and remind those you love.


text:
Locum GP - Newcastle upon Tyne
4 days left
- Recruiter
- Austin Dean Recruitment
- Location
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Salary
- Up to £120 per hour
- Posted
- 22 Oct 2019
- Closes
- 22 Nov 2019
- Industry
- NHS, Out of Hours
Austin Dean Recruitment provides Locum and Permanent staffing solutions to the NHS and Private Sectors. We can offer you an exciting and varied range of locum work within NHS General Practices nationally, for large and small practices, corporates, primary care and walk in centres, GP out of hours work, Forensic, Military, and Occupational health sessions.
Our Five Star Service includes:
* Reap the rewards - Our aim is to find you the best paying GP jobs nationally, depending on the shifts, our doctors earn up to £120 per hour.
* SDP - Same day payments available, just send your signed timesheet and you will be paid instantly!
* Diary Management - Our Recruitment Consultants work with you to accommodate your work/life balance.
* Advance Shifts - with exclusive contracts awarded to us, we are able to provide you with plenty of shifts in advance.
* Short / Long Term roles - We can provide you with ad hoc shifts, or long term positions, just let us know your preference and we will work with you in partnership.
All our registered doctors are fully compliant, thus they are all are now reaping the rewards of full diary management. Take advantage of our five star offer and send your CV below.
Austin Dean Recruitment: 020 3489 6070
Apply for Locum GP - Newcastle upon Tyne
Already uploaded your CV? Sign in to apply instantly


text:
IMTS is all about the many aspects of manufacturing from a technology standpoint, so it's only natural that a lot of the major CAM vendors were represented on the exhibition floor.
During the course of IMTS 2016 we visited and talked with several CAM vendors on what they specifically were showing at the event, as well as their take on the CAM industry in general.
Almost without exception, every CAM vendor we spoke with talked of faster rates for increased efficiency/productivity, greater levels of automation with less operator intervention required, better integration with CAD, ability to handle a broader range of machines, tools, and materials, new roughing and finishing strategies, and so on. Some touted cloud-based capabilities and the ability to exploit the benefits of model-based design. Admittedly, though, with fancy new wrappers, some of the CAM tools were basically repackaged with aging technology more than a decade old underlying a new user interface. However, there were some notable exceptions, and these really stood out from the pack as CAM innovations.
What follows are the results of some of the conversations we had while looking for the latest and greatest in CAM software and what was truly new.
At IMTS 2016 Autodesk ushered in its new 2017 CAM products for many advanced manufacturing applications ranging from CNC mill- and lathe-programming to complex mold and die manufacturing that combine the legacy in CAM software from Delcam with Autodesk's 3D design and manufacturing software.


text:
Provides waterproofing, vapor barrier, and crack isolation for thin-bed tile and stone installations. Made of premium CPE.
Shower pan liner with superior performance. Guaranteed for the life of the installation. Made of premium CPE.
Reduces floor-to-floor impact noise on hard surface flooring like tile and hardwood. Made of premium CPE.
Protects thin-set tile from cracking by relieving the stress caused by horizontal movement. Made of premium CPE.
Waterproofing and crack isolation for exterior applications of ceramic or stone tile. Made of premium CPE.
Noble's thinnest waterproofing membrane for thin-bed tile and stone installations.
Economical option for waterproofing shower walls. Better performance than liquid membrane systems. Made of PVC.
Lower cost option for crack isolation for ceramic or stone tile. Made of PVC. RESIDENTIAL APPLICATIONS ONLY.


text:
Interested in Language
Which one is correct:
1. A house surrounded by green.
2. A house surrounded by greenery.
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.
Depending on the context, both might be correct.
"A house surrounded by green" might be correct in the context of a house set among green fields or forests [perhaps at some distance from the house], whereas "a house surrounded by greenery" is a house surrounded by bushes or trees, or anything else with green leaves. "Greenery" implies something cultivated for decoration.
I'm not a teacher of English, but I have spoken it for (almost) all of my life....
"My parents live in a small cottage in the countryside. It's surrounded by green and it's got a well-kept garden"
So both 'green' and 'greenery' are possible here but with a difference in meaning?
I can't imagine ever saying a house was surrounded by green.
Maybe if I was talking about a painting.


text:
BALTIMORE – Just a week after earning top-three finishes at the America East Pre-Conference Meet, including a top finish for the men, the UMBC cross country teams continue their early season schedule with a trip to Annapolis, Md. for the Navy Invitational/Salty Dog Invitational Saturday morning. Both races are scheduled for an 11:00 a.m. start at the U.S.N.A Golf Club.
The men's team took first place at the conference meet behind America East Male Performer of the Week Eric Schuler (Columbia, Md./Reservoir), who took top individual honors in Vestal, N.Y. Schuler's time of 25:33.1 is the second-fastest ever recorded in the 13-year Division history of the course. This marked the first time that Schuler won a collegiate race and the second time he led the Retrievers across the line in his career.
UMBC also picked up top-five finishes from sophomores Redatu Semeon (Waldorf, Md./Thomas Stone) and Hassan Omar (Frederick, Md./Thomas Johnson) who placed second and fourth, respectively.
For the women, sophomore Nicole Dawson (Jessup, Md./Hammond) paced the Retrievers in the season-opener, after scoring in each of the team's meets as a freshman. Dawson placed 11th overall in the 6k race as the Retrievers finished third in the standings.
Freshman Sarah Zielinski (Boonsboro, Md./Boonsboro) earned a top-15 finish, taking 13th overall, and senior captain Cody Mezebish (Westminster, Md./South River) crossed the line in 15th.


text:
Mayor's Office
Mayor Chris Beutler today presented the Mayor's Award of Excellence for June to a team from StarTran - bus operators Colin Clark and Toni Kent. The monthly award recognizes City employees who consistently provide exemplary service and work that demonstrates personal commitment to the City. The award was presented at the beginning of today's City Council meeting. Clark has worked for the City since 2005 and Kent since 2007. Bus operator Dennis Newman nominated them in the category of customer relations for their assistance to a passenger.
Kent was dropping off the last of her passengers downtown when a man approached the bus and asked about going to a destination on "O" Street. Kent told the man that she was out of service, but another bus would arriving in 30 minutes. The man then began to weep and explained that he had just received word that his mother was about to pass away at the nursing home. He had no other transportation and feared the next bus might not get him there in time. Kent had already decided to take the man in her personal vehicle when she saw Clark in his vehicle across the street. She radioed him and explained the situation. Clark agreed to take the man to the nursing home to see his mother.
Newman writes, "I suspect that the man will long remember the kindness of these two dedicated City employees. In my opinion, they are deserving of the Mayor's Award of Excellence, and it makes me proud to know that I work side by side with such great people."
The other categories in which employees can be nominated are productivity, loss prevention, safety and valor. Consideration also may be given to nominations that demonstrate self-initiated accomplishments or those completed outside of the nominee's job description. All City employees are eligible for the Mayor's Award of Excellence except for elected and appointed officials. Individuals or teams can be nominated by supervisors, peers, subordinates and the general public. Nomination forms are available on the City Web site at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: personnel) or from department heads, employee bulletin boards or the Personnel Department, which oversees the awards program.
All nominations are reviewed by the Mayor's Award of Excellence Committee, which includes a representative with each union and a non-union representative appointed by the Mayor. Award winners receive a $100 U.S. savings bond, a day off with pay and a plaque. Monthly winners are eligible to receive the annual award, which comes with a $500 U.S. savings bond, two days off with pay and a plaque.


text:
Breast-feeding can be used as a method of
birth control, called the lactational amenorrhea
method (LAM). But three conditions must be met to ensure its
When these conditions are met, LAM has been shown to be about 98%
effective.1 But many doctors recommend that you
also use another method of birth control.
After 6 months, even if
you are breast-feeding exclusively and your period has not returned, you must
use an additional form of birth control if you do not want to get pregnant. You
can get pregnant before your first period. This is
because you
ovulate, then have your period.
At any
point during breast-feeding, use a reliable method of birth control if you do
not want to get pregnant. Many methods are safe to use while you are
breast-feeding, although some are more reliable than others. Options
Fertility awareness is not recommended
for birth control during breast-feeding. This method is less reliable and
harder to manage than other forms of birth control, especially with the
sporadic ovulation that may occur while you are breast-feeding.
For more information, see the topic Birth Control.
CitationsKennedy KI, Trussel J (2007). Postpartum contraception and lactation. In RA Hatcher et al., eds., Contraceptive Technology, 19th ed., pp. 403–431. New York: Ardent Media.
Next Section:
Previous Section:
Last Revised:
May 3, 2012
Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:
Sarah Marshall, MD - Family Medicine & Femi Olatunbosun, MB, FRCSC - Obstetrics and Gynecology
This information does not replace the advice of a doctor. Healthwise, Incorporated disclaims any warranty or liability for your use of this information. Your use of this information means that you agree to the Terms of Use. How this information was developed to help you make better health decisions.
To learn more visit Healthwise.org
© 1995-2012 Healthwise, Incorporated. Healthwise, Healthwise for every health decision, and the Healthwise logo are trademarks of Healthwise, Incorporated.


text:
Defending champions Russia wrapped up a 5-0 thrashing of China on Sunday to book a Fed Cup semi-final against Italy in a repeat of the 2007 final after the Italians dispatched France in Orleans.
The Russians have dominated the tournament in recent years and on current form look set for their fifth title in the past six years after Anna Chakvetadze motored past Yan Zi 6-1, 6-2 for the decisive third point before debutant teen Alisa Kleibanova crushed Sun Tian-Tian 6-1, 6-1.
Star pair Elena Dementieva, the Beijing Olympic champion, and Svetlana Kuznetsova completed the whitewash with a 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 doubles success over Yan and Sun.
Chinese skipper Zhang Qi strove to lift a depleted squad — missing the injured Zheng Jie as well as Li Na — but was unable to prevent Russia repeating their 5-0 romp in the countries' only previous meeting in 2002.
Italy, meanwhile, reached their third semi-final in four years after Flavia Pennetta obliterated Alize Cornet 6-2, 6-2.
France, champions in 2003, slumped to their third opening round loss since 2005 after Pennetta saw off former Wimbledon and Australian Open champion Amelie Mauresmo on Saturday in a bad-tempered three-setter.
The Czech Republic also moved into the semis for the first time in 12 years after beating fellow five-time champions Spain 4-1.
Petra Kvitova saw off Nuria Llagostera 6-4, 7-5 and Lucie Safarova moved past Carla Suarez 6-4, 6-3 after the teams had ended the first day all square.
The Czechs can now look forward to a home encounter with the US, who defeated Argentina 3-2.
The US, playing without the superstar Williams sisters, also got a key contribution from a teenager, as 17-year-old Melanie Oudin shrugged off a 30-minute rain delay and rallied from a set down to defeat Argentina's Betina Jozami 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 and force a deciding doubles match in Surprise, Arizona.
Julie Ditty and Liezel Huber then cruised to a 6-2, 6-3 triumph over Gisela Dulko and Jozami.
Earlier on Sunday, Dulko defeated US veteran Jill Craybas, 6-1, 6-3, to give the Argentinians a 2-1 advantage.
The match was the second, which was claimed by Dulko, who defeated Oudin on Saturday — when Craybas defeated Jozami.
Former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic gave Serbia an unassailable lead over Japan to send Serbia into the World Group play-offs for the first time following a 6-3, 6-2 win over veteran Ai Sugiyama before Ana Ivanovic beat Ayumi Morita 6-1, 6-2.
Japan won the dead rubber doubles to make the final result 4-1 for Serbia, which had taken control on Saturday, when French Open champion and world No. 8 Ivanovic showed glimpses of her form last year to defeat Sugiyama 6-4, 6-4, before Jankovic destroyed 18-year-old Morita 6-1, 6-0.
Slovakia, Germany and Ukraine also won their World Group II ties.
Top-seeded Fernando Gonzalez of Chile defeated Argentina's Jose Acasuso 6-1, 6-3 on Sunday to claim his fourth Movistar Open title.
After a smooth first set for Gonzalez, fourth-seeded Acasuso upped the tempo in the second.
With the scores level at 3-3, defending champion Gonzalez broke Acasuso's serve and then took advantage of a double fault by the Argentine to move ahead 5-3. Gonzalez then held his serve to win the match.
Top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won his third ATP title on Sunday with a 6-4, 7-6 triumph over fellow Frenchman Jeremy Chardy in a thrilling SA Tennis Open final.


text:
CAREERS AT KETTLE FOODS At Kettle Foods we are an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity in our workforce, and are committed to affirmative action. We encourage minorities, women, veterans and persons with disabilities to apply. Kettle Foods is a smoke-free and drug-free work environment. We're always looking for motivated people with a good sense of humor to join the Kettle Foods team. We're especially interested in people who share our commitment to the environment, our passion for quality and our desire to give back to the communities in which we live and work.
To view our current job openings please visit the Diamond Foods Career Page.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
AGENCIES AND RECRUITERS Kettle Foods does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies or recruiters. Please do not submit or present your candidates through any means (email, fax, phone, mail, verbal referral or any other means) to Kettle Foods or any employee of Kettle Foods. Kettle Foods will only pay a fee for candidates submitted from an agency/recruiter with a current signed agreement with Kettle Foods, and only when submitted for a specific personnel requisition. Any candidate(s) presented to Kettle Foods without an agreement in place and for a specific requisition are considered separate from the agency/recruiter and will be considered without any financial obligation to the agency/recruiter.
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS Kettle Foods is proud to offer competitive compensation packages. Our excellent benefits represent the belief that there is more to a quality work life than job responsibilities and a salary. Our benefits provide a foundation for the well being of our employees and their families.


text:
Foundation 3 Documentation
Everything you need to know to build for the future.
Getting Started
Whether you are using Scss or CSS, we've made it easy to start a project so that you can help take over the world one responsive site at a time.
Foundation is developed in Sass, which is powerful CSS pre-processor that helps you write cleaner, more organized, CSS that you can more easily maintain over time without the typical headaches of vanilla CSS. On top of our minimal styling, we've written powerful Javascript plugins that will make useful interactions easier to implement across screen sizes.
What comes with Foundation?
We've got you covered when it comes to useful features and we've made it easy to take out what you don't need. Here's what you'll get when you create a project using our Gem or the default CSS version:
The Grid
- Our grid works on almost any device and has support for nesting, source ordering, offsets and device presentation. It almost makes creating layouts too easy!
- Our type is based on a golden ratio modular scale that creates meaningful relationships for the copy on the page. It's easily updated using Scss or our CSS customizer.
- Buttons are a core interactive element of the Web. We've included styles for creating simple marketing CTAs to complex application toolbars.
- People have to get around. Navigation styles in Foundation include a complex top bar that supports 3-level dropdown navigation for simple bars, sidebars and subnav pills.
- Built with the Foundation Grid, you can create simple or complicated forms quickly and easily— validation states, custom select, radio buttons and more.
UI Elements
- We've also included lots of useful elements like visibility classes (to hide or show things based on screen size or orientation), labels, alerts, tooltips, panels and a lot more.
- Whether it's entire pages or simple tabbed content, Foundation's tabs get the job done. Not only stylish, but interactive out of the box.
- A powerful image or content slider that works responsively and includes tons of useful options, such as timers, paddles, bullet thumbs and more.
- You can easily call modals without writing any JS, even spawn subsequent modals cleanly on the same page. Reveal works across devices.
- Show off your images in style with our easy to use gallery plugin. It's built with simple unordered lists that can be styled to your hearts content.
- A flexible sticky navigation that knows where you are on the page. You just tell it what to recognize and set it off.
- This plugin lets you give users a tour of your site our app. Joyride is easy to customize using CSS or our Scss variables.
How is a project structured?
We follow common patterns for directory structure that are logical and easily maintained. Below is an explanation of each file you'll get when you create a project using our gem or download via our customizer.
- Includes
foundation.min.cssso you can choose which to use. We've also included
app.cssthat you can use for custom styles that will sit on top of the Foundation core as overrides.
- All of our plugins and the necessary Javascript to make Foundation work properly. The most important file here is
app.js, which is used to initialize the various plugins that you might want to use. All JS is initiated by default.
- This directory includes all the images needed for Foundation, which actually aren't many. The only images included by default are used for Orbit. If you don't use Orbit, you may get rid of them.
- A sample structure for page content, giving you something to use as a basic structural template for the rest of the pages in your project.
- A way to tell the world about the people that worked on the sites you build, giving them kudos they deserve.
- Give instructions to web robots so search engines know what to do when they crawl your site for content.
Using the Gem? You'll see a couple extra pieces in your project upon creation. These are:
- sass/
- Your main style folder is named sass/ and contains
app.scss, which imports Foundation (or the parts you want). Your custom styles go below the
@imports. You can see the compiled CSS in your stylesheets directory after you manually compile or watch. This directory also includes
_settings.scss, which is used to control variables that help easily style Foundation.
- config.rb
- This file is used by Compass to compile your project. Here you can control the output style of your CSS, the structure of your directories and other useful settings.
HTML Page Markup
Our markup structure is straight forward and gives you the flexibility you need to create to your hearts desires. Here's an example page that includes the basics:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<!-- paulirish.com/2008/conditional-stylesheets-vs-css-hacks-answer-neither/ -->
<!--[if IE 8]> <html class="no-js lt-ie9" lang="en"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if gt IE 8]><!--> <html class="no-js" lang="en"> <!--<![endif]-->
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<!-- Set the viewport width to device width for mobile -->
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
<title>Page Title</title>
<!-- Included CSS Files, use foundation.css if you do not want minified code -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="stylesheets/foundation.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="stylesheets/app.css">
<!-- Custom Modernizr for Foundation -->
<script src="javascripts/foundation/modernizr.foundation.js"></script>
<!-- Page Layout HTML here -->
<!-- Latest version of jQuery -->
<script src="javascripts/jquery.js"></script>
<!-- Included JS Files (Unminified) -->
<!-- [JS Files] -->
<!-- We include all the unminified JS as well. Uncomment to use them instead -->
<!-- Included JS Files (Minified) -->
<script src="javascripts/foundation.min.js"></script>
<!-- Initialize JS Plugins -->
<script src="javascripts/app.js"></script>
Doctype & Head
- We use the HTML doctype declaration to tell the browser what to expect. From there we've used a technique by Paul Irish that attaches classes to the HTML for IE. After that, we set the character set to UTF-8.
- Meta Viewport tag
- This is used to make sure smaller devices use the device width as the viewport width.
- Title Tag
- This one is pretty self-explanatory. You're setting the name of the current page with this value.
CSS & Modernizr
- The default CSS download includes everything you need to get going, including necessary styles and our custom Modernizr script.
- We include
foundation.css. The difference here is whether or not you want minified code or not (link whichever you want, but not both). You'll also notice
app.css, which can be used for your own Foundation overrides.
- Modernizr
- We use this to give us the HTML5 Shiv, touch classes and JS media queries that help us control Foundation.
- Our JS is linked up right before the closing body tag and includes all necessary plugins and initializers to hit the ground running.
- jQuery
- We stay as close as possible to the latest version of jQuery at all times. jQuery needs to be included before any Foundation JS.
- Foundation JS
- We include
foundation.min.jsby default, which includes all the available plugins. If you want to customize, we have every individual plugin commented for you to quickly pick and choose.
Using the Gem? you'll have slightly different markup:
- You'll only see
app.csssince we @import foundation at the top and it compiles above our custom CSS.
- You'll see that we include each plugin separately so that you can easily remove what you don't need.
Get going!
Now that you understand the gist of what Foundation is and how it works, it's time to start a project! We've got two different ways for you to build projects with Foundation, a Compass Gem using Scss or a with plain CSS.Installing the Gem Quickstart with CSS
Grab the copy of Foundation best for you, whether that's Scss or CSS, everything or just bits and pieces.


text:
In the weeks leading up to the Emmys on Aug. 29, PopcornBiz will be sizing up the nominees in the 10 biggest categories. It would not be wise to use this for wagering.
Martin Short, "Damages"
Still so strange to see Martin Short without that perpetual goofy grin on his face. But Short is showing we have to take his serious seriously on his first regular drama series. The nomination only confirms it. That should be enough for now. Odds of winning: 9 to 1.
John Slattery, "Mad Men"
While the world focuses the show's dysfunctional center in Jon Hamm, it's the equally-dapper Slattery who frequently steals the scenes with his politically incorrect barbs thrown out with unyielding confidence. But he won't be leaving his Emmy table. That's okay, because they serve cocktails there. Odds of winning: 6 to 1.
Andre Braugher, "Men of a Certain Age"
The Academy gives the thumbs up to Braugher's transition from tough-talking life on the streets to Ray Romano's TNT show about dealing with middle age -- even though only 10 episodes of the series actually aired. Odds of winning: 5 to 1.
Aaron Paul, "Breaking Bad"
Paul is as much of the center of this show as his tv dad Bryan Cranston. While impressive, his performances are not going to be enough to overcome the grand "Lost" exit. Odds of winning: 4 to 1.
Terry O'Quinn, "Lost"
With the Academy likely to give a big wet kiss to "Lost" after it's triumphant run, O'Quinn was due with his captivating exit season. It's a coin-toss between O'Quinn and his unblinking co-star Emerson. Odds of winning: 3 to 1.
Michael Emerson, "Lost"
What better way to pay tribute to "Lost" than a final nod to the show's mysterious, twisted center? There is none. We will hear that measured monotone once again -- this time from the awards podium. Maybe he can explain the "Lost" ending from there.
Odds of winning: 2 to 1.


text:
Jisc's Telephony Purchasing Service incorporates two significant benefits:
Jisc members who have connectivity to the Janet network can take advantage of the significant cost reductions associated with retiring ISDN lines and using Janet connectivity to route their telephone calls.
The DPS rules were changed in 2015; one of the biggest changes is the removal of the Simplified Notice process and the associated two week timeframe. This means that Jisc members can start the procurement process, and depending on the equipment/service being purchased, a procurement can be completed in less than four weeks.
For how long does the service run?
The service was set up initially to run for 2 years, from 4 Jan 2016 to 3 Jan 2018, with options to extend if required. The service has been extended to run until 3 Jan 2020.
How to purchase telephony products and services
Depending on your requirements, there 3 ways to procure:
1) Larger/complex purchases: if you have complex requirements e.g. requiring connectivity, etc. you should issue an Invitation to Tender (ITT) outlining your requirements and invite suppliers to respond. Jisc has created an ITT template which customers can chose to use. It can be adapted to suit your own requirements.
2) Smaller purchases: those wishing to make smaller purchases e.g. handsets or mobile phones can do so by requesting simple quotes. Jisc has created a simplified ITT template which customers can chose to use for obtaining quotes.
3) Quick quote: if you provide us with a description of your requirements, we can obtain quotes quickly from the suppliers participating in the Telephony Purchasing Service. This method doesn't provide any of the protection provided when using the buyers' ITT templates at 1 and 2 above.
In order to be accepted onto the Telephony Purchasing Service, each supplier satisfied a list of elements listed in the Prequalification Questionaire for the service. The list of elements can be found at this link.
For all purchasing methods, it's important that you let us know whether you've made a purchase and if so, which supplier you've chosen. That way we can notify suppliers of the outcome – feedback is always useful and ensures that they'll respond promptly to future requests for quotes/tenders. We'll also need to know the value of the purchase/contract to ensure OJEU compliance – we need to report the values to them.
We have a few invitations to tender (ITT) for the Telephony Purchasing Service (TPS) that can be shared with our members. Requirements' examples include the purchasing of a phone system along with SIP connectivity. Another example is for purchasing SIP connectivity only. These are available on request - email to email@example.com
Case studies
New telephony system for Easton and Otley merged college
Leeds College of Building
Pembrokeshire College
In the last 2 years over 45 Jisc members have purchased in excess of £4m worth of telephony services and equipment through the Telephony Purchasing Service, we estimate that so far they've saved in excess of £1m.
For more information on the Telephony Purchasing Service, please email email@example.com


text:
IEEE Standards Association has announced a workshop addressing the full revision of IEEE 1547™ "Standard for Interconnecting Distributed Resources with Electric Power Systems." Public utility commissions, utilities, manufacturers and independent power producers worldwide are invited Dec. 3-5, 2013, to the Hyatt Regency New Brunswick, New Jersey, to help shape the direction of the revised standard.
A meeting for the IEEE P1547.1a™ "Standard Conformance Test Procedures for Equipment Interconnecting Distributed Resources with Electric Power Systems Amendment" Working Group (WG) will be held on Thursday, the last day of the event.
After more than 10 years of successful use in the field (and the grassroots development of new interconnection lessons learned and engineering practices in the real world of implementation), IEEE 1547 today is ready for a comprehensive refresh. This workshop will initiate the process of developing the next version of IEEE 1547. Developing a project authorization request (PAR) is the first step toward launching a formal IEEE standard-development project. Once such a request is approved, a working group develops a draft standard that then goes through a series of ballots.
The IEEE process is a proven and time tested approach to producing standards that expand global markets, contribute to interoperability and innovation and accelerate the pace of technical evolution. Certainly, these dynamics are evident in the story of the ever-growing IEEE 1547 family of standards.
IEEE P1547.1a™ will also be holding its first working group meeting on Thursday, Dec.5.
Questions to be discussed include:
- Currently IEEE 1547 is used for interconnection for 10MVA or below. Should transmission level voltages be included in IEEE 1547?
- Should there be an upper limit? If yes, what should it be?
- What changes are needed to allow for high penetration of distributed resources?
- Do we need to expand and include more requirements for islanding (microgrids, etc.) in IEEE 1547?
- Should we expand 1547 to include communication interface requirements and protocols?
- Would it be more efficient to include with revisions to 1547 -- 1547.1 (testing) requirements all in one document?


text:
U.S. share of cloud computing likely to drop after NSA revelations
When the German version of the FBI needs to share sensitive information these days, it types it up and has it hand-delivered.
This time last year, it would have trusted in the security of email. But last year was before Edward Snowden and the public revelations of the scope of the National Security Agency's PRISM electronic intelligence-gathering program. After Snowden, or post-PRISM, is a new digital world.
"We're now carrying our information to our allies on foot," said Peter Henzler, the vice president of the Bundeskriminalamt, known as the BKA. He was speaking recently at a German Interior Ministry panel on the country's digital future. The focus of the panel was how to counter U.S. surveillance measures and what it will take for Germans to be safe again on the Web. "We're no longer using the open Internet."
The message is clear: The United States no longer can be trusted not to spy on any and every facet of German life and policy. Henzler's concerns might sound extreme, but he was hardly alone on his panel, and the worries appear to be an accurate reflection of the wider German, and even European, concern about the reach of the NSA's surveillance program.
Hardly a week passes here without some new revelation about the dastardly depths to which the American spy program invaded German privacy, or at least a new way in which to react to the scandal.
A week ago, for instance, the news broke that the United States had tapped the cellphone of Gerhard Schroeder when he was the German chancellor from 1998 to 2005. Given that it's been four months since news broke that the same American surveillance program was tapping the cellphone of the current chancellor, Angela Merkel, and had been tapping her phone for several years before she was chancellor, the revelation could hardly have been surprising. Merkel, after all, was seen as an American ally. Schroeder, who sharply criticized U.S. intentions and efforts in Iraq and was visibly uncomfortable in the presence of then-President George W. Bush, was seen as something less than an American booster.
But there are many more examples, beyond the news stories: Thirty-two percent of Germans tell pollsters they've either left or reduced their time on Facebook for fear of spying. German television ads note the peace of mind and freedom that come with email that doesn't leave European servers. Providers very publicly say that they now encrypt all email. Anti-surveillance NSA protests are common in Berlin.
Such thoughts aren't limited to Germany. A $900 million French deal with the United Arab Emirates for two new intelligence satellites appears to be in doubt after the buyers noticed U.S. components in the French satellites that they feared could compromise their data.
Florian Glatzner, a policy officer with the German Federal Consumer Protection Agency, said they were fielding a lot of consumer questions about how to ensure that their communications and data were safe from the electronic spying of the NSA.
"A lot of the trust in the big Internet companies is gone," he said. "And most of the big Internet companies were based in the United States."
Thomas Kremer, a data privacy board member for Deutsche Telekom, the German phone giant, recently noted that "Regardless of what one thinks of Edward Snowden, he created an awareness for Internet security and we should be grateful for that."
Experts note that there may be no better place to find the effect this distrust is having on the United States than in the emerging cloud computing market. Before Europe met Snowden, there was little doubt that it was moving fast to an American-dominated cloud computing future.
The biggest players in the market were U.S. companies. The best products were generally accepted to be American products. There were some folks insisting that a European cloud, governed by European privacy laws, was needed to protect European communications and data. But they were ignored, or cast as tin hat loonies.
But that was before Germans and French and Brazilians and on and on learned that the NSA – in the name of counterterrorism – peeked at essentially any and all communications and data that crossed its path.
The American dream of total cloud domination might just be drifting away now. The predictions, at least, see signs of that: By 2016, U.S. companies are expected to miss out on $21 billion to $35 billion in new contracts that they'd been expected to collect, according to some estimates.
German cloud companies are posting better-than-expected earnings. There have been signs that some U.S. tech companies might be suffering. Network equipment maker Cisco, for instance, noted government issues when it predicted a revenue drop for the current quarter.
The new reality is simply that data that passes through the United States isn't safe.
"A year ago, a German cloud was a bad idea," said Daniel Castro, a senior analyst for the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation in Washington. "German business didn't want a German product to help them in a global market, they wanted the best product. Today, even if businesses still believe a German cloud is a bad idea, they're accepting it as a necessary idea."
There's even a new initiative, "German Cloud," backed by a variety of German tech companies. The motto is "My company data stays in Germany." The group offers a German Cloud stamp of approval to imply safe data.
Castro noted that this is a bad time for the American brand to lose luster. The market is growing, rapidly. Castro is looking for hard evidence that confirms his earlier predictions that the international market share of U.S. cloud providers should fall by 5 percent this year, and up to 20 percent by 2016, because of the spying allegations.
"The reaction we're seeing from the administration appears to be that they're hoping these concerns will blow over," he said. "They're not blowing over. We see long-term problems because once a consumer picks a provider, they tend to stay with that provider."
The news could be even worse for American companies. Castro put together his predictions before the news reached the current level. The recent Interior Ministry panel showed just how paranoid Germany has become. Reinhold Achatz, the head of technology and innovation at the German steel giant ThyssenKrupp, noted that "whoever can read data is also likely to be able to change data."
"For example, they could switch off a power station," he said. "So from my point of view, it wouldn't be surprising if someone came up with the idea of switching off Germany. I'm serious about that."
Christian Stoecker, editor of Spiegel Online, the Web version of Germany's most prestigious newsmagazine, was taken quite seriously when he noted: "Before Snowden, I did not know that the NSA intercepts hardware shipped to European telecommunications companies by U.S. manufacturers and swaps the BIOS to make the equipment usable for NSA purposes." BIOS is the basic operating system that starts up a PC.
It seems a paranoid thought, though no more so than the story his magazine broke about Merkel's cellphone being bugged. His magazine, after all, was one of the news organizations to which Snowden leaked the documents.
"The NSA practically turned the Internet into a weapons system," Stoecker said. "If we want to change things, we have to enter into disarmament talks."
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere summed up the fears of Germans, asking "whether the Internet can be made secure again or whether this is an illusion."
But there was less to wonder about in his conclusion: "We are dealing with a crisis of confidence."


text:
On display at Maker Faire 2009, Interactivation is a whimsical, slightly non-sensical cross between a six-way collaborative music machine and a Tesla coil, producing improvised sounds and scientific trickery from the same machine.
Interactivation was created by a group called Lightning Temple, who want to use sound vibrations to promote holistic healing or something like that. Great. But it's the tech I'm more interested in.
The music component of Interactivation works by running each of the six stations through a sequencing program on a laptop. Each station has an array arcade-y buttons connected to a circuit board that triggers audio samples and/or loops, which wash over each other in a lovely mess of sonic slop. To keep everything sounding cohesive, the loops fire in time with the selected time signature, so all the samples are in rhythm.
The Tesla Coil wasn't up and running during the day, so it's uncertain to what extent it functions. But I'm not sure I'd want to be noodling with sitar loops anywhere near Interactivation when it is working. [Lightning Temple]


text:
ACE Primo (15-Year-Old Lyricist) - Go [Unsigned Hype]
"Young 15 Year Old Lyricist ACE Primo spittin like he a vet. Follow ACE Primo on twitter @aceprimo for updates on his upcoming mixtape "Next Generation" or visit www.aceprimo.com"
Please click the "Report" button below if the video on this page is not working properly.
Comments will only be displayed by verified emails. No Spamming or Racism.


text:
Store By Alphabet (N) for Nacattire, Naccme, Nacdl, Nacdonline, Nace.net, Nacel and more. Click a store below to show for all coupons with this store. Get discounts with coupon and promo codes for thousands of online stores with 123promocode.com.
Join thousands of smart shoppers. Get the best coupons delivered directly to your inbox.
Plus get free shipping and site-wide offers from your favorite stores & brands.
Find free online coupon codes for popular stores like:


text:
Hello there!
I have device - IR-diode flashing 2 times per minute. I need just count that blinks with my Palm's IR-port. I have tryed Ir-Monitor program. It works, fine. But I need to write my own program to count that IR-diode activity. Sorry, for bad English BTW I have Sony Clie SJ-20 with PalmOS 4 on it.
Please, give as much sources as you can - I'm a newbie in Palm Programming.


text:
Suits Finale Postmortem: What's Next for Mike and Louis?
Sep 17, 2013 11:00 PM EDT
[WARNING: The following story contains spoilers about the midseason finale of Suits. Read at your own risk.]Where in the world is Mike's Harvard file? Not in Sheila's wall of cabinets.On Tuesday's midseason finale of Suits, yet another person le… Read more


text:
National Review Conflates 'Wise Latina' With Buddhist, Or Something
Hey, here is the new cover of The National Review, depicting "Wise Latina" Sonia Sotomayor as... Asian, for some reason.
Dear internet: to say something or someone is "racist" is not saying "it or he or she would like to round up every Hispanic person and shoot them" or "it or he or she is just as bad at Hitler." But it reliably enrages at least one dumb commenter every time we suggest that a white person did or said or drew something racist. So hey, we will just keep it up! All the weird resentments are just floating to the surface, these days! If everyone is so mad at the Political Correctness for not allowing them to mock a Puerto Rican woman with pinatas and sombreros then they will surely appreciate it if we just give up on the friendly polite euphemisms and say "oh hey that is racist."
But is this racist? Sure, probably. Who knows what the fuck is going on here, besides the magazine equivalent of a group of children acting out to get a rise out of grown-ups.


text:
CHICAGO, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler said he berated and shoved left tackle J'Marcuss Webb during Thursday's game in Green Bay because he cares about the game.
Cutler, who was seen shouting at Webb and shoving him on the sidelines after being sacked during the second quarter of the 23-10 loss to the Packers, said he confronted the other player due to his desire to win, USA Today reported Friday.
"I care about this. This isn't just a hobby for me. I'm not doing this for my health," he said. "I'm trying to win football games, trying to get first downs. When we're not doing the little things the right way consistently, I'm going to say something. If they want a quarterback that doesn't care, they need to get somebody else."
Cutler was sacked seven times during the game, which also saw the quarterback throw four interceptions.


text:
The Carolina Community Farm and Garden is a successful student-run model based on permaculture, leadership, development and business practices supported by Sustainable Carolina and the Green Quad. The growing success is contributed to the energy, vision and work of our students and support of our many partners. We aim to take students as dependent consumers and transform them into responsible producers by expanding their knowledge of sustainable agriculture practices, thereby improving their self-sufficiency and resiliency in a changing world. Our diverse and expanding selection of crops has been selected for the local environment and market. Some crops are produced for personal use, educational/research purposes or for select markets. A portion of every harvest is committed to support students in need at the Gamecock Pantry.
Address: 1216 Wheat Street, Green Quad Learning Center Columbia, SC 29208
County: Richland
Contact Person: Allison Mason; Michael Koman
Phone: 803-777-QUAD
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
Despite all the dice, moving tattoos and twisting cards, Reed McClintock's loyalty will forever remain with coins. His Knuckle Buster series embodied Reed's philosophy that magicians shouldn?t just do coin tricks, but rather should perform what looks like real coin magic. The elegant and fluid style of the work in Coin Patriot raises the bar even higher still as Reed strives to elevate his coin work to the realm of moving art. If you have ever wanted to handle more than four coins (say, up to twenty), then this is the DVD for you. Coin Patriot not only shares the work that has earned Reed a reputation as one of magic's most skilled and innovative coin workers, but also reveals his growing mastery in the art coin magic.
Resolution 1777 - This is an absolutely stunning seven-coin production. A half-dollar is produced and vanished twice, then changed into a British penny. The penny splits into two half-dollars. The final reproduction of the penny is followed by a magical explosion of half-dollars. This is an all-natural, barehanded and beautiful gasp-getter.
Flying Colors - Using the coins from the end of "Resolution 1777" Reed places three of the half-dollars off to the side. The British penny and remaining half-dollars travel one at a time from the left hand to the right, and the hands never touch. The British penny travels back to the left hand and then vanishes, only to appear under the three half-dollars placed aside at the beginning. The errant penny is then placed in the trouser pocket, only to travel back to the hand. All coins are placed in one hand with the British penny on top. Both hands are closed and the British penny travels to the opposite hand. This is followed by a visual shocker that will not be revealed here. You will have to see it to disbelieve it.
United We Stand - Performance Only. If you have to ask for an explanation, you don't really want to know.
Uncle Sam Wants You - An extremely beautiful, jaw-dropping 13-coin production that's done barehanded, so you never have to go to your pockets. It's a mini "Miser's Dream", which ends with all 13 coins forming a fun picture of an arrow pointing toward the audience.
Freedom Flight - Feel like screaming, "Not another Three-Fly!" Well don't, because you're about to discover a Three-Fly like none you've ever seen before. It's a presentation Curtis Kam calls "the next evolution" of the Three-Fly effect. Back in the days of Bobo, coins traveled from hand to hand invisibly. Jonathan Townsend started a revolution by causing the coins to travel invisibly, but in plain sight. Now Reed offers the evolution of the revolution: The coins are in plain sight, but so is their traveling from one hand to another. Really. Your spectators will swear that they actually saw coins disintegrate on one side, and re-materialize on the other. Although the transfer of coins is completely camouflaged, each transfer is done more slowly than the one before it. The spectator never feels that he missed something, or was looking at the wrong hand. With "Freedom Flight" Reed gives the old coins across new wings that really let this Three-Fly soar.
American Dream -This is a pure coin masterpiece! Once the effect is begun, there is no going to the pockets, no loads, and no steals. You will be amazed by Reed's twenty-coin production that ends in one of the finest final displays in magic. A series of three four-coin productions is followed by a mind-blowing eight-coin production. As the coins are laid on the table, an American flag takes shape. This is a total must-see!
Do you own this product? Write a review.


text:
Burlington, Vt.- UMBC senior midfielder Kadeem Dacres (Rosedale, N.Y./Mercer County CC) headed home the game-winning goal with 12 seconds to play in regulation time as the visiting Retrievers rallied for a dramatic 2-1 victory at Vermont's Virtue Field.
The eighth-ranked Retrievers won in Burlington for the first time since 2004 and improved to 11-1-1 overall and 2-0-1 in America East play. Vermont (7-3-3, 1-2-0) lost for the first time at home (5-1-1) in 2013.
UMBC drew a foul 30 yards from the goal with 25 seconds remaining in the half. Junior midfielder Mamadou Kansaye (Baltimore, Md./McDonogh) took the kick and sent a low drive deep into the box. Dacres just got in front of Vermont goalkeeper Conor Leland and skimmed it off his head and into the net.
The goal was Dacres' sixth of the season, surpassing the five he put up a year ago, his first in a UMBC uniform.
The Retrievers improved to 4-0-0 on the road in 2013 and are now unbeaten in their last eight road contests (6-0-2), tying an all-time school record.
The victory was also UMBC's third when allowing the game's first goal. They defeated Navy, 3-2, in double overtime and Hartford, 2-1, before today's rally.
"It's the sign of the character and confidence of this group that they don't get fazed when they get behind," head coach Pete Caringi, Jr. said. "It's a huge win for us against a very good team at a place that we have struggled historically."
After a scoreless first half, Vermont struck less than three minutes into the second frame. A loose ball at midfield was played up to Charlie DeFeo, who broke in on a two-on-one with freshman striker Brian Wright. Wright didn't get the initial shot off, but recovered and chipped a shot into an open net for his sixth score of the season.
But UMBC took over the play and knotted the score in the 59th minute. After a Retriever corner kick, the ball pinballed around in the box, until Retriever junior back Jordan Becker (Pocomoke, Md./Pocomoke) put a volley into the net from seven yards out.
The goal was the second of the season for Becker and the fourth of his career.
UMBC outshot their hosts, 7-3, in the second half and 11-8 for the contest.
Each team had a pair of good chances in the first 45 minutes. The Retrievers' opportunities occurred in the span of a minute at the midpoint of the half. Kansaye took a 25-yard free kick, which Leland dove to knock away from the near right post. Then, senior forward Pete Caringi III (Perry Hall, Md./Calvert Hall) had a shot from the top of the box, but the ball went wide of the same post.
Vermont countered moments later when Noah Johnson struck a drive from 20 yards out and UMBC goalkeeper Phil Saunders (Perry Hall, Md./Perry Hall) answered with an acrobatic diving stop at the near right post. The Retriever netminder also punched away a DeFeo short range header later in the half after one of Vermont's five first half corners.
Saunders finished with two saves, but did not have to make any in the final 45 minutes. Leland finished with four saves for the Catamounts.
UMBC returns home on Saturday, Oct. 19 when they host first-place New Hampshire. Kick-off time is set for 7:00 p.m.


text:
Visa – Entry to and residence in Switzerland
Various regulations apply for entering Switzerland. A basic distinction is made between citizens of EU and EFTA countries and those of other countries. The State Secretariat for Migration is the responsible authority in Switzerland.
Information/reminders for entering the Schengen area can be useful if you are planning to visit Switzerland, expecting a visitor from abroad, or wish to invite someone from abroad. You will find information about entering into Switzerland (requirements, short-stay calculator, visa obligation, etc.) on the webpage of the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM).
SEM – Do I require a visa?" with "Information sheet for entry to the Schengen Area/Visa Procedure" and "Declaration of Sponsorship"
State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) webpage – Entry to Switzerland
European Commission webpage – List of travel documents (on the right under « Info »)
Third-country nationals, regardless of their visa obligation status, can use the short-stay calculator to calculate the number of days available for short stays of no more than 90 days in any 180-days period within the Schengen Area.
State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) webpage – Calculation of short-term stays / short-stay calculator
Introduction of the Visa Information System (VIS)
On 11 October 2011 the Schengen member states introduced the Visa Information System (VIS), which records the biometric data of the visa applicant (digital photograph and 10 fingerprints)
All Swiss representations already are connected to VIS. The capture of fingerprints is gradually introduced to the Swiss representations.
State Secretariat for Migration: "Introduction of the Visa Information System (VIS)"
Useful Links
State Secretariat for Migration – Entry
State Secretariat for Migration – Residence
State Secretariat for Migration – Labour/Work permits
ch.ch – "Living in Switzerland as a Foreign National"
ch.ch – "Moving to Switzerland: What do I need to know?"


text:
CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — Below are some of the stocks making significant moves in Thursday's U.S. trading:
Boyd Gaming Corp. shares BYD, +0.73% were up 6.7%. Late Wednesday, the company revealed plans to buy Peninsula Gaming LLC in a $1.45 billion deal that will expanding its reach in the Midwest and South. Boyd said the deal to acquire the privately held casino operator is expected to close by the end of this year. More on Boyd Gaming's planned purchase of Peninsula Gaming.
Ctrip.com CTRP was up almost 9%, the best performer on the Nasdaq 100 after it posted a sharp rise in first quarter revenue.
Shares of newspaper publisher and broadcaster Media General Inc. MEG, -2.91% rallied 40% after Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK.B, -0.18% BRK.A, -0.21% signed a deal to buy 63 of the company's newspapers for $142 million. The flagship Tampa Tribune isn't included in the transaction.
U.S.-listed shares of Pansoft Co. Ltd. PSOF rallied 23% after the China-based software provider for the oil and gas industry said it agreed to be taken private at a cash price of $4.15 a share. The buyer is Timesway Group Ltd., controlled by Chairman Hugh Wang and CEO Guoqiang Lin.
Sears Holdings Corp. shares SHLD, +0.24% jumped more than 12%. The company swung to a profit for the first quarter ended April 28 on a boost from shedding some real estate, part of slimming-down process that the retailer signaled Thursday it intends to continue as it revealed plans to trim its ownership stake in Sears Canada (SCC). Read more about Sears' plans, on MarketWatch
TransWorld Entertainment Corp. shares TWMC, +0.38% added 18% after the specialty retailer of DVDs, CDs and video games reported first-quarter results showing it swinging to a profit as costs decreased.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. shares WMT, -0.33%, part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, traded up 5.4% after the retail giant reported better-than-expected first-quarter results. See full story.
Advance Auto Parts Inc. AAP, -1.29% tumbled 15% after it warned of a "meaningful slowdown" in April sales. The company also took down its 2012 growth forecast for same-store sales. Shares of rivals AutoZone AZO, -1.61% and O'Reilly Automotive ORLY, -1.06% also fell, down by 5.7% and 6.4%, respectively.
Dendreon Corp. shares DNDN shed 8% following news that the Securities and Exchange Commission has launched a formal investigation into the biotech company. In a recent regulatory filing, Dendreon said that it believes the probe is related to certain shareholder suits and complaints that allege Dendreon misled investors about the commercial prospects of Provenge, its lead product, as well as the financial state of the company.
Dollar Tree Inc. shares DLTR, -2.13% fell 5%. The deep discounter posted results for the first quarter than came in better than expected but cautioned on second-quarter results.
GameStop Corp. shares GME, +0.00% gave up 8.3%, retreating after the videogame retailer issued a disappointing earnings forecast for the second quarter of fiscal 2012. See full story.
MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. shares WFR surrendered 18% as investors reacted to word that Mark Murphy has resigned as chief financial officer. He will be replaced by Brian Wuebbels, who has been the company's general manager for balance of systems products.
PulteGroup Inc. PHM, -0.41% fell 6.2%, as pessimism persisted about housing demand in the U.S. even in the wake of data showing a faster pickup in housing starts for April.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. shares RRGB, +2.21% gave up 11.4% after the restaurant operator said guest numbers declined during the first quarter.


text:
Donor Bill of Rights
of Ethics
Recognized as one of the nation's finest public liberal arts
and sciences colleges, Sonoma State University is experiencing
a time of extraordinary growth and change.
In recent years, SSU has truly come into its own.
All over campus you can feel the spirit of an energized academic
institution that educates more than 8,000 students each year,
and sustains more than 5,300 jobs in the region. Sonoma State
graduates earn $528 million annually, and the University's impact
on the regional economy exceeds $383 million.
Partnerships with the local wine industry, local school districts,
and high-tech companies are representative of the inter-dependence
between the University and its community. Numerous regional and
national programs have been developed at SSU, and education
models such as the innovative nurse practitioner distance delivery
program, have improved the quality of life of countless individuals
who would otherwise not be served.
Sonoma State thrives today because of its students,
1,500 dedicated faculty and staff, over 51,000 alumni, and friends
who support the University's role as a community partner and premier
education institution. More than four decades of excellence has
established strong ties between SSU and the community, and
in that short span of time, a strong tradition of support has emerged.
Sonoma State relies on the generous support of alumni
and friends to sustain its academic programs and to share in
its visions for the future. Your gift will
help us provide the resources we need to ensure the finest quality
of education for our students and the opportunity to keep the energy
alive with new and innovative programs, talented faculty and staff,
and state-of-the-art facilities.
Please take a look at the many ways
you can give to SSU and how your support makes this
University what is it today.
Sonoma State University
University Advancement
1801 E Cotati Avenue, Stevenson Hall Room 1054, Rohnert Park,
Phone: 707.664.2712 · Fax: 707.664.2952
email: firstname.lastname@example.com
website problems: firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
Boulder startup Kapost raises $5.6M, TechStars grad plans to hire 40 people in 18 months
TechStars alumnus Kapost settled in a pretty nice niche when it pivoted from offering a software to assist publishers in managing content and workflow to offering a content marketing platform for large brands that have gravitated toward more online publishing.
Not even five years after its inception, the Boulder-based Kapost counted more than 100 clients — primarily firms with $50 million-plus in revenue — raised nearly $3 million in funding, doubled its annual revenue and turned a profit.
As a means to continue that momentum, Kapost landed additional growth capital.
The company on Thursday announced it raised $5.6 million from new investors Lead Edge Capital and Floodgate with participation from existing investor High Country Venture.
The money will allow Kapost to bolster its product offerings and ramp up its staffing. The 20-employee firm plans to hire 15 more people by the end of the year and another 25 next year, said Mike Lewis, Kapost's co-founder and president.
"This is a popular space and we're already the industry leader in this space," Lewis said. "As this space is heating up, we just want to further grow our position as the leader."
Within the past year, Kapost has increased its client roster by 50 percent and serves firms such as AT&T, General Mills, Oracle, Lenovo and Intel.
Kapost aims to assist firms such as these that are increasingly developing more online content — from blog posts and white papers to e-books and YouTube videos — and have bulked up their in-house marketing departments accordingly. Managing that workflow could be difficult, Lewis said.
"As you scale to five, 10, 20 people, it gets unwieldy," he said.
Kapost's software consists of a dashboard for users to view activity and manage workflow across various publishing and social media avenues and features such as a calendar, analytics and style sheets.
Kapost's platform — which can be test-driven on Kapost's website — is supplemented by a search function to dig deep into the slew of content being developed.


text:
I have been pretty busy the last few months and haven't posted well, anything. I have been updating the sidebar with my workout info and occasionally with my dinner for that night. Blogging has been put on hold to make way for volunteering in the kids classes, being Room Mom for my daughter, working out and spending more time with my family amongst other things.
I have quite a few "What The Hell" posts in my head (even 1 WTF post too) and I DO want to share some of the things we've been up to lately.....I just need to find the time. I've even vowed to take more pictures and start participating in You Capture more often (I got a new camera lens for Christmas!) but I still can't figure out when to do that.


text:
Frame-by-Frame Goal Photo Galleries:
Painter | Dickson | McGillivray
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The Harvard field hockey team scored three goals in the first five minutes of the second half to pull away to a 4-1 win against Penn Saturday afternoon at Jordan Field.
Carly Dickson led the Crimson (3-3, 1-1 Ivy League) to its first Ivy League win with a goal and an assist, while Noel Painter, Mariah Pewarski and Bridget McGillivray also scored. Cynthia Tassopoulos made six saves, including four in the second half to keep Penn from getting back into the game.
Despite a significant possession advantage, Harvard could not build on a first-half lead after Painter's early goal. That changed quickly in the second half. Dickson gave the Crimson a 2-0 lead when she converted a penalty stroke just 74 seconds after the break, after shots by Georgia McGillivray and Rachael Rosenfeld pressured Penn into an infraction in front of its own goal.
Pewarski scored barely a minute later, banging in her first collegiate goal after Dickson took the ball down low and centered. The fourth goal came at the 39:55 mark. Following a penalty corner, Georgia McGillivray fired the ball from the left side of the circle toward the right post, where younger sister Bridget was there to tip it in.
Julie Tahan got the Quakers (1-6, 1-1) on the board when she scored on a penalty stroke with less than 16 minutes to go. Kieran Sweeney registered eight saves for Penn. Harvard held a 23-15 shots advantage, while Penn owned a 9-8 edge in corners.
The Crimson outshot the Quakers by a 12-3 total before halftime and took the lead in the 15th minute, thanks to a pair of rookies. Caitlyn Rea carried the ball up the right side, getting clear by deking around a defender as she crossed midfield. As she approached the circle, she ripped a hard ball into the middle. Painter was waiting to redirect it past Sweeney.


text:
Is Boehner walking away -- again -- as House votes today on "Plan B"… But after the White House's concessions on taxes and Social Security, doesn't Boehner owe the White House a counteroffer?... Or is the White House pouting?... Obama promises post-Newtown proposals by January… NRA's LaPierre to appear on "Meet" this Sunday… And more Benghazi fallout.
*** Is Boehner walking away -- again? In July 2011, at the height of the White House-GOP talks over the debt-ceiling debate, House Speaker John Boehner walked away from the negotiations. His side argued that President Obama and his team moved the goalposts; others have pointed out that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor told Boehner that he and the GOP caucus couldn't support any more counteroffers. But the bottom line is that Boehner walked away from the grand-bargain talks, and the White House let him walk. Now history seems to be repeating itself. After Boehner compromised last Friday to raise tax rates on income above $1 million, and after Obama compromised even further by raising his income threshold to $400,000 and putting Social Security cuts on the table, Boehner and House Republicans retreated to focus on "Plan B" -- a one-sided effort to raise rates above $1 million that Democrats NOW adamantly oppose. The House vote on the measure will take place today. "Tomorrow, the House will pass legislation to make permanent tax relief for nearly every American, 99.81% of the American people," Boehner said yesterday. "And then the president will have a decision to make: He can call on Senate Democrats to pass that bill, or he can be responsible for the largest tax increase in history."
House Speaker John Boehner is pushing for support for his "Plan B" bill, which would raise taxes only on Americans making more than $1 million a year. Meanwhile, a bipartisan budget deal could mean higher Medicare premiums for seniors making more than $85,000 a year. NBC's Chuck Todd reports.
*** Does Boehner owe the White House a response? So House Republicans -- for a third-straight day -- are focused on passing legislation that will never become law. They argue they have to do something, however, so the Senate can send a response; they are very aware that what they pass today will NOT be the law but a framework for a fallback. But it's uncertain that Plan B is going to get enough Republican votes to clear the House today. Consequently, per NBC's Frank Thorp, House GOP leaders will vote on a separate measure today to restore the automatic defense cuts in the sequester and cut an additional $200 billion in spending as a way to get more GOP support. Yet such a move will only further alienate Democrats and the Obama White House. Here's the reality of the situation: It's Boehner's turn to offer a counterproposal. Boehner compromised on the $1 million level, and Obama compromised even further by raising his threshold to $400,000 and putting Social Security ("chained CPI) on the table. But then talks stopped?
Joshua Roberts / Reuters
House Speaker John Boehner walks from a meeting with House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Capitol Hill in Washington December 19, 2012.
*** Or is the White House pouting? The White House is telegraphing the fact that it wants to keep negotiating, but Republicans claim that's purely for show and that behind the scenes the White House has refused to reach out since Boehner announced his Plan B. The big reason Boehner walked away to focus on Plan B -- the White House's refusal to lower their revenue target from $1.2 trillion. Supposedly, if the White House got closer to $1 trillion (even $1.1 trillion) and included 1-to-1 spending cuts BEFORE counting interest, Boehner would agree. Folks, if they are really thisclose and not thatfaraway, then it does seem silly they can't bridge this gap. Still, one has to be realistic and put themselves in Boehner's shoes and ask just what is the political upside for him to cut a deal? It's actually not that evident.
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough asks the Morning Joe panel why after all the sacrifices on behalf of President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner can't the bases compromise on a deal to avert the fiscal cliff.
*** Will Obama and Boehner see each other today? As we wrote yesterday, there is so much speculation over the motives of Plan B. Is it to gain more leverage over the White House? To kill the grand bargain? Or to make a point to House Republicans -- if Plan B doesn't pass -- that they don't have a better option than Obama's last counteroffer. Whatever the rationale, the optics for Boehner don't look good. Still, there's a chance that the House speaker and Obama see each other today. (One potential opportunity could be when both men pay their respects to the late Sen. Daniel Inouye on Capitol Hill today.) But if they don't see each other today? Well, brace yourselves for going over the cliff.
House Speaker John Boehner is now spending a third day working to pass his Plan B bill, which has zero chance of becoming a law and zero chance of becoming party of any final budget deal. The Daily Rundown's Chuck Todd reports.
*** Obama promises post-Newtown proposals by next month: Besides the debate over the fiscal cliff, the other big story out there is Obama's announcement yesterday that he has created a task force in the wake of the tragic Newtown shootings. And the president promised this wouldn't be your ordinary slow-walking commission. "That's why I've asked the vice president to lead an effort that includes members of my cabinet and outside organizations to come up with a set of concrete proposals no later than January -- proposals that I then intend to push without delay. This is not some Washington commission. This is not something where folks are going to be studying the issue for six months and publishing a report that gets read and then pushed aside. This is a team that has a very specific task, to pull together real reforms right now."
*** LaPierre to appear on "Meet": Speaking of Newtown, NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre is set to appear on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday. This appearance will come after the NRA's scheduled press conference for tomorrow.
*** More Benghazi fallout: Lastly, two of Hillary Clinton's deputies are testifying on Capitol Hill today -- before the Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs committees -- regarding the new independent report on the Benghazi attack. Clinton IS NOT appearing due to illness and a concussion she sustained. However, as NBC's Andrea Mitchell has reported, Clinton is expected to testify on Benghazi next month, although that testimony is dependent on the congressional schedule. Meanwhile, NBC's Catherine Chomiak has noted that four State Department officials resigned or were relieved of their duties in the wake of that Benghazi report. Heads had to roll.
Click here to sign up for First Read emails.
Text FIRST to 622639, to sign up for First Read alerts to your mobile phone.
Check us out on Facebook and also on Twitter. Follow us @chucktodd, @mmurraypolitics, @DomenicoNBC, @brookebrower


text:
Jigsaw puzzles from 1 to 99 pieces make the perfect size for beginner puzzlers. For a child's first puzzle, consider a peg puzzle, which has helpful pegs on the pieces for easy gripping.
Use the filters to the left or simply scroll down to begin viewing all pages.
Copyright © 2008-2019, Puzzle Warehouse, All rights reserved.
Puzzle Warehouse recycles everything it can to save the environment and to keep costs and prices low.
We are Hiring! Please fill out the employment form or send your resume to email@example.com.


text:
Chris Barrett
Ashlee Raubach & Caitlin Wilson
Tobi Fairley & House Beautiful
Morgan Harrison Home
Mi Casa Revista
La Samanna Villas
Morgan Harrison Home
Have a happy weekend everyone!! 🙂
Love turquoise? Visit my shopping blog Everything Turquoise…updated several times throughout the day! Check out Decor by Color for even more color-themed shopping!


text:
Mulberry Jam Recipe
Mulberries look similar to blackberries, but they taste totally different. They are a combination of sweet, tart and peppery flavors. They are native to India, Pakistan and Iran. I believe the leaves are used to cultivate silkworms.
Lulu's dad, who is from India, loves mulberries. I think they remind him of his childhood. We always catch him red-handed when he sneaks out to the garden to pick mulberries. Mulberries are very difficult to pick without their leaking a little bit of juice. His white shirt and hands get stained with the juice of the berries and he comes back to the house with a grin on his face.
The darker they are, the better they taste. Daddy gathered a bunch of the fruit but the girls ate a lot of them and left me about a quart. No ripe mulberries were left on the tree. But what was left was more than enough to make some jam for breakfast. I made the jam so that we could enjoy mulberries during the fall and winter, but I have a feeling they won't make it that far!
Yields: 8 cups4 cups fresh mulberries
5 cups granulated sugar
1 (3-ounce) pouch liquid pectin
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Place the mulberries and sugar in a pot. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat to medium-low and cook for 10-15 minutes. The content should be syrupy. Add pectin. Bring the mixture back to a boil for about 1 minute. Stir continuously. Remove from the stove. Add the vanilla extract. Set aside.
Fill a large pot of water and bring to just under a boil. Place the Mason jars, lid, heat-proof funnel and tongs in the pot and let it boil for 10 minutes. Be sure to read the instructions that come with your Mason jars. They'll give you exact time and techniques.
If necessary, skim any foam that develops on the top of the jam before pouring into the jars.
Remove the jars from the water and fill with mulberry jam, leaving about 1/4-inch of head space or whatever your canning directions say. Carefully place the lid on the jar. Tighten the collar around each jar. Bring your large pot of water to a boil and place all the sealed jars in it for 10 minutes.
Remove the jars from the water. If the top of the lid still pops, the vacuum didn't form and you'll need to consume the jam in the next couple of weeks, storing it in the refrigerator. Otherwise you can store it in your pantry for up to a year.
To insure good sterilization of the product, I stack a dozen magnets together to create a stick and use it as a gripper to place the lids on the jars without touching them. Just make sure the magnets are clean!
When you bring the jam back to a rolling boil for the second time, your candy thermometer should read 220°F.
Another test to see if the jam is done is to place a drop it on a cold plate. After it cools down (2 minutes), if you tilt the plate and it stays in place, it's time to put into the jars.
The jam will taste better if you let the sealed jar sit for at least a week before opening.Published By: on August 13, 2009.


text:
We're sure you already heard, but B.o.B is playing Center Stage in Atlanta, GA this Saturday at 9 PM (doors are at 7 PM). Come out to the show if you can get a ticket.
If you can't make it, then tune in online: http://www.myspace.com/mslive.
Drama is hosting the show and Playboy Tre is opening. A few friends may show up too...well...you should probably just tune in!


text:
I Am Grateful That Thorns Have Roses: 11 Reasons to Remember Thankfulness
There's an old saying that if you've forgotten the language of gratitude, you'll never be on speaking terms with happiness. It turns out this isn't just a fluffy idea. Several studies have shown depression to be inversely correlated to gratitude. It seems that the more grateful a person is, the less depressed they are....
[Read the full article by Ocean Robbins]
"If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough."
—Meister Eckhart
"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not;
remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."
"Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you,
and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude."
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart,
it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude."
—A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
"We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives."
—John F. Kennedy
"Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy;
they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."
—Marcel Proust
"You pray in your distress and in your need;
would that you might pray also in the fullness of your joy
and in your days of abundance."
—Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others."
—Marcus Tullius Cicero
"If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude,
then animals are better off than a lot of humans."
—James Herriot
"Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings,
turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings."
—William Arthur Ward
"Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses."
—Alphonse Karr
- There's an old saying that if you've forgotten the language of gratitude, you'll never be on speaking terms with happiness. It turns out this isn't just a fluffy idea.
The more grateful you are, the happier. Want to know your gratitude score? Take the test
The YES! guide to gifts that are thoughtful, fun, and creative, plus tips for a healthy, sustainable holiday season.


text:
Is Nasty Nubbin a good nick name? Couple of discoveries at the start of the show: James' beat boxing skills, and Nnekay has bars! Are the wonder twins good at these respective skills? Jury is out. Next up- Miranda is running for New York Governor?! That's right Cynthia Nixon best known as Miranda from Sex In The City is running for Governor of New York. Let's unpack it! Nnekay gives a boots on the grown account of the National School Walkout at her job. James and Nnekay are both in awe and look forward to the March For Our Lives coming up. In James' korner- he is so excited to share the information he learned from Brene Brown's book Daring Greatly- which covers tactics on overcoming shame through debunking myths on being vulnerable and a few takeaways to live your life fully. In Nnekay's korner- she addresses the package bombs that have been terrorizing Texas Capital, Austin. Why they haven't been in the news media, who they are effecting, how the victims and suspect have been portrayed, and what it means to actually be a domestic terrorist. Don't forget to tune in to Maximum Fun Shows during April 2nd when MaxFunDrive kicks off!!
Watch the Black Panther Red Carpet Coverage with co-host James:
Minority Korner Store: https://teespring.com/minority-korner-t-shirt#pid=369&cid=6513&sid=front
Twitter: @minoritykorner
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Like Us On Facebook: Minority Korner


text:
v040587 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 44 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
This logo must be a disney lookalike bee in combination with the swedish colours. It´s up to you if this colours is on the bee or beside on an object. The file must be in vectorised eps and jpg. No text in the logo! Those who do a nice text have a bigger chanse to win! The main text is: Svenska Addisonföreningen
Exept from the white background, how would your logo look like on a black background?
Desired Color Scheme:
Blue, yellow, black, white...
Desired Style:
bee in eps, jpg
The bee shall be happy. You can put the swedish colours in a flag or something around the bee or at the bee himself. The logo will be for the swedish addison association so if you can combinate it with a kidney would it be cool, or in other case something that makes you think of hospital. The logo´ll be mainlogo for the site and for printing on clothes, keycains and so on.. think of that. I would be happy if you can do it in colours and in black/white. You can take your inspiration from here: http://www.logodesignworks.com/masc…es-bee.htm Addisons disease is an unusual disease that only 50 of one million gets. The file must be in vectorised eps and jpg. No text in the logo! Those who do a nice text beside the bee have a bigger chanse to win! The main text--> Svenska Addisonföreningen
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


text:
Eight steps to better refrigeration energy management
"A refrigeration system maintains setpoint temperature on the hottest day of the year," Marcus Wilcox, president, Cascade Energy, Portland, Ore., says. "But every other day it runs at partial load and not optimally. Just because a system holds temperature and runs smoothly doesn't mean it's running efficiently."
Systems can be made more efficient, but that effort must persist over time, Wilcox adds. "Entropy is everywhere. That applies to systems and the people charged with running them. Staff changes are made. New people are trained to run production but don't have benefit of the energy-management program that ran six months ago."
For many companies, energy may be their largest controllable expense, and for some, refrigeration can be one-half to two-thirds of energy costs. Cascade Energy, while active in several areas, has a longtime focus on refrigeration best practices. The company says it learned its craft over the course of 20 years' work with ammonia and industrial refrigeration. It says it has applied energyefficiency programs to nearly 600 systems, and in the last several years to 200 to 250 systems, primarily in food distribution and public refrigerated warehouses.
Opportunities to reduce energy use in refrigeration systems range from capital projects to improved operations and maintenance practices. "But a company can't expect to sustain and improve energy performance without designated leadership, clear goals, accountability, measurable results, and a continuous improvement philosophy," Wilcox says.
Cascade Energy's "Industrial Refrigeration: A Best Practices Guide" is considered by many to be the last word on the subject. Elements of a successful energy management program discussed in the guide include the following:
Gain upper management support—Besides providing clear goals and resources, management must convey that the energy program is real, a long-term effort, and that staff will be empowered and accountable.
"This executive audience is interested in saving money, of course, but also the competitiveness aspect, in that in a cost-sensitive market efficiency positions you to pursue newly profitable business," Wilcox says. "Many companies want consumers to know they are energy conscious. Stockholders, corporate boards, and other influential groups want to see progress in sustainability and carbon footprint. This is a way to demonstrate that."
Assign an energy champion—The energy champion establishes accountability, understands the project's technical and financial aspects, and manages and motivates staff. There may be a champion for each technical system or department in the plant. The champion meets regularly with the team established to pursue stated goals.
"Our experience has been that even the most enthused operator doesn't have the influence that leads to decisions to support real change," Wilcox says. "We need to engage with engineers as well as operators in the engine room, but to drive real change you need executive support."
Establish and track key performance indicators—Establishing energy-focused key-performance indicators (KPIs) allows a facility to track and benchmark performance of individual energy-related upgrades as well as for comprehensive energy management. KPIs ensure a facility sustains and improves upon advancements.
Industrial-refrigeration KPIs should provide quick, clear feedback on system performance that can be interpreted with minimal effort. KPIs that require burdensome data collection or complex processing will likely be abandoned over time. Effective KPIs allow a facility to develop a dashboard of system performance. With refrigeration systems, this often requires normalizing data, such as refrigeration energy, in relation to variables that strongly affect its use, such as production or outdoor ambient conditions.
Refrigeration system power (kW), system load (TR), power versus load (kW/TR), energy per unit production (kWh/lb), and energy per unit cold storage volume (kWk/cu ft) are just a few of the KPIs that can be used with an industrial refrigeration system.
Adopt a continuous improvement philosophy—One-time efforts to tune equipment and operating strategies can produce significant energy savings immediately. While this is a good starting point, these savings often erode over time when adequate procedures, measurements, and roles aren't part of a continuous improvement program. Significant energy savings are achieved only by finding new opportunities, measuring KPIs and evaluating and increasing goals each year.
"There's plenty of low-hanging fruit in industrial refrigeration. It uses a lot of energy. And so there are big opportunities for savings," Wilcox says. "It's a pyramid in that some things, like changing setpoints, cost almost nothing; others cost a little more, like fixing valves; and then capital upgrades that may involve significant investment. Doing the no-cost and low-cost stuff, given executive support, can deliver 10% to 15% energy savings. With capital projects involved, savings could amount to 30% to 40%."
Participate in training—Training plant staff whose actions affect energy use is critical to success. Upper management, engineering staffs, operators, and maintenance staff all have different viewpoints but must share a common understanding of what is to be achieved.
"In larger corporations, for example, the operators' world is in the engine room, which is very far away from the front office," Wilcox says. "A yawning chasm exists between those operating the system, those paying the bills, and executives responsible for overall company profitability. The challenge is educating people in a common language across that broad spectrum."
Reduce the cost of energy—Many utilities offer reduced rates when a facility agrees to an interruptible power-service option. Some utilities offer energy management software and training. This service can help you understand and manage factors that affect energy costs, such as time-of-day rate changes, peak-demand changes, and power-factor penalties. Be sure to find out whether alternate rate schedules are available from your existing utility provider.
"The first thing to do is set the baseline and KPIs. Set up a monitoring system and put in 2 years of utility bills. Monitor consumption on a real-time basis and see how energy usage changes as you make changes," Wilcox says. "An engine room dashboard normalized for ambient conditions and production can track consumption day-to-day and do management reports that compare locations and aggregate across facilities. Besides getting a handle on actual costs, you can see who the leaders are and who needs additional training."
Conduct proper cost and savings accounting—How project costs and savings are accounted for can help or hinder the results of an energy management program. To ensure success, incentive must be provided to those responsible for making improvements and meeting goals.
Document and replicate successes—Make sure the lessons learned as part of a successful energy management program can live on as plant operations and staff evolve and change. Companies with multiple facilities need to spread wealth—knowledge, best practices, and success stories—gained from site-to-site and department to- department. Although processes, system, equipment, and people are unique at each facility, dissemination of best practices is a great way to drive savings.
At end of day, energy efficiency must be managed for continuous improvement and not be just a one-time event, Wilcox says. "We've had clients who felt tracking and continuous improvement wasn't necessary—that the savings would endure nevertheless. At the end of the day it's about diligence and consistency. Without continuous processes, the progress they made just fades away."
This is part of the Control Engineering December 2011 Industrial Energy Management supplement.


text:
Bathroom-Full Reveal
28 comments:
- Bonnie@Creative Decorating said...
Looking just awesome! Love everything you have done in there. I was amazed when I read the shower curtain post!
- 20.5.11
- Karen@StrictlySimpleStyle said...
I really like the way you threw the fun element, the shower curtain, in with the elegant look of the room. A job well done-hope you relaxed in a nice bubble bath after all the work was done.
- 20.5.11
- Kati @ Obscured Flair- said...
great job!!!!
- 20.5.11
- Ashley Eiban said...
Wow! The room looks great! I love the coral add ins!!
- 20.5.11
- 20.5.11
- Becca said...
It looks awesome! Are the flowers real? If not, where did you get them and is that water in the vase or something else? Thanks!!
- 20.5.11
- Rust-Oleum said...
Wow, your bathroom is a true masterpiece. Great job! Thank you for using Rust-Oleum to transform your mirror. Have a great weekend!
- Rust-Oleum Scott
- 20.5.11
- J'Anns Boutique said...
Love it! beautiful reno.
A Girl's Next Best Friend
- 20.5.11
- Mrs. DeVore said...
Thank you all so much! Those flowers are actually fake but they look so real! I got them at homegoods not too long ago. They came just like they are with the fake "water" in there. It's maybe resin or something? It really looks like water in real life.
- 20.5.11
- A Lived in Home said...
I love it!! I featured your shower curtain project on my blog today! Check it out!
- 20.5.11
- Sarah @ Hennessey House said...
ok, wow. it's truly stunning. i love the gold, dark smoky gray + coral combo. i think it would look EVEN more spectacular if you painted the wooden cabinet white. :)
- 20.5.11
- Mrs. DeVore said...
Sarah, you read my mind! That's actually up next on my list of things to do! and replace the hardware-just need more hours in the day!! :)
- 20.5.11
- Becolorful said...
Major swoon. You didn't miss a beat. So many things to say.
1. love the drama of the deep colored walls
2. love the pop of crisp white - the light fixture is over-the-top fabulous
3. crazy about the addition of that gorgeous coral color and in three different places.
4. Loved all the tie ins to the coral reference... the piece of coral and the coral on the soap dispenser.
5. The glam of the gold was the perfect final touch and again in three places.
Design perfection. I'm amazed.
- 20.5.11
- penelopejoseph said...
beautiful! I love the framed fans!
- 20.5.11
- DomesticJenny said...
- 20.5.11
- Amanda said...
loverly!! just loverly! So what black did you use? did it take a lot of coats?
Its awesome girl!
- 20.5.11
- Amanda said...
i loooove everything about the room! and i'm so inspired by your use fo coral without it looking too "beachy". it's still modern and fresh. love love love it.
- 20.5.11
- Raven the Lady Bird said...
I LOVE it!!!
- 20.5.11
- Courtney {a thoughtful place} said...
It's fantastic. I love the gold mirror against the dark walls . . and the coral stripes are just fantastic. Well done!
- 20.5.11
- jandjhome said...
I love it! Your color choices are perfect. Have you thought of painting the vanity? May add even more drama. You have amazing vision. Wee done.
- 21.5.11
- Tiffany @ {Living Savvy} said...
Mrs. Devore.... it is amazing! I am so happy I found your blog {via censational girls BOTB series} I will be following and very excited to see more! Please stop by my blog... I think we have very similar writing and design styles!
Tiffany @ {living savvy}
- 23.5.11
- Sarah said...
Absolutely beautiful! So much drama in one bathroom, I love it!
- 23.5.11
- Rachel said...
this looks AMAZING...i've always loved the idea of painting a room black, or really dark. I think it gives it SUCH drama. the gold mirrior however, MAKES it in my opinion ;)
- 23.5.11
- Cassie Stocker said...
It really does look great! It makes me want to brave a bold color like that!!
- 24.5.11
- SHERRY HART said...
It's wonderful! I love it and the stripe shower curtain is the best!
- 13.6.11
- Alecia Fellows said...
This bathroom is sooooo awesome!!!! I love everything about it even the flowers. I've been thinking about black walls but didn't know which walls I would paint black. Now I have it, the bathroom!!!! Thank you for showing this. I am totally inspired to take a chance on black walls.
- 18.7.12
- Bethany DeVore said...
Lovely! Where did you get that amazing white light fixture?!
- 10.1.14
- Bethany DeVore said...
Thank you! It was actually a thrift store find, you might be able to find something similar on ebay or Etsy.
- 11.1.14