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Mark Hazzard is a former West Point student and ground-pounder in several Vietnam tours. He's a master tactician and combatant, knowing the theory behind modern combat as well as wielding the practical experience to put it to use. He uses his skills as a mercenary, a gun for hire, but has something of a conscience and does not work for just any client - though sometimes his allies force the issue.
This has led to him having a falling out with some of his closest friends, though it has also cemented his reputation as a man of honor in the mercenary world, a trait that has gotten him a lot of curious work despite having been branded a contract breaker. Nonetheless, Mark and his allies continue to fight the good fight, doing so for fun and profit. They are the following men and women of action:
Mark Hazzard: a freelance mercenary, Mark Hazzard is a West Point student with years of combat experience, from his time in Vietnam to his stint as the leader of his own shop. Highly principled, he's made many, many enemies over the years. Availability:
Mark's Shop:
Louis 'Treetop' Barrington: this somewhat shady man was a Huey pilot doing covert op troop insertions / extractions during Vietnam, but resorted to taking any job from the highest bidder afterwards - until Mark Hazzard helped him to see the light. Availability:
Doc: a South Vietnamese army field medic, the Doc doubled as gun-toting infantry woman, one who fought tooth and nail to save her patients. After her nation was defeated, she took up mercenary work in order to protect others from her country's fate. Availability:
Lincoln 'Stryker' Griffin: a former Navy SEAL, Lincoln performed dirty tricks and shadow ops for the 'puzzle palace' during the Vietnam War. Using his skills as a professional mercenary afterwards, he fought wars world-wide for the highest bidder. Availability:
Sgt. Major Peel: a soldier who found himself in mercenary work after the Vietnam War, the Sergeant Major was approached by Mark Hazzard, who hired him to help teach local insurgents to fight against the evil regimes that they lived under. Availability:
Priestess: a runaway saved from a life of debauchery by Mark Hazzard when she was fourteen, the girl that became the Priestess developed into first a martial artist, and later a martial arts instructor, that often helped her savior out. Availability:
Ritter: his time in the Air Force having left him well-versed in aerial combat, Ritter decided to use that experience for personal gain after leaving the service. A highly paid mercenary pilot, Ritter could readily pick and choose his clients. Availability:
Rossi, Mal: one of Mark Hazzard's oldest and bestest pals, Mal is a New Zealander who, after leaving his nation's army, couldn't deal with 'regular' life. He descended into alcoholism and lecherism, but was saved by Mark - who gave him direction! Availability:
A Villain Or Two:
Henri 'Frenchie' Graymalkin: the leader of an international crime syndicate, Henri manages his operation from the United States. Involved in all manner of shady deeds, his work has been interrupted many times over the years by Mark Hazzard. Availability:
Father Kevin Eugene Johnson: having grown up in war-torn Ireland to become a Catholic priest, Kevin has seen his fair share of conflict. Mind you, membership in the Cestus Dei, a rogue order of Vatican priests, causes him to see plenty more! Availability:
Mark Hazzard: Merc Text File Archive:
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Mark Hazzard: Merc Issue Guides:
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There was a great sense of anticipation and excitement in the air as the Show Jumping competition of the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games got underway in Normandy, France, last week; not unlike what the buzz will be in Las Vegas next April for the 2015 Longines FEI World Cup Final!
Great Britain, one of the Gold Medal favorites with a team comprising Olympic and European Champions, had a major setback before the competition even began as Ben Maher had to withdraw Jane Clark's Cella due to a small overreach injury before heading to France. Belgium then withdrew Jos Lansink's mount Ensor de Litrange before the first horse inspection.
Team U.S.A. was also favored for a spot on the podium after a very successful summer on the European circuit which included victories in Nations' Cups at Hickstead and Dublin as well as a second-place finish at Aachen. The team comprised Olympic veterans Beezie Madden and McLain Ward, as well as veteran Kent Farrington and youngster Lucy Davis who were both making their WEG debuts.
A total of 153 horse-and-rider combinations started the first leg of competition with 35 nations in the Team competition and 54 countries having riders in the Individual competition. The opening leg was a speed class and Ireland's young superstar Bertram Allen (only 19!) had a fantastic round on Molly Malone V, his Dublin Grand Prix winner, which proved unbeatable. Patrice Delaveau of France finished second on Orient Express HDC, while Belgium's Gregory Wathelet and Conrad de Hus finished third just ahead of 2013 World Cup winner Beezie Madden and Cortes C. Germany's Daniel Deusser and his 2014 World Cup winner Cornet d'Amour finished 7th. After the first round, France led the Team standings with Sweden second and the US third.
For the next round of Team competition, the course was nothing short of breathtaking in its design, and it also proved influential in the standings. Some felt that perhaps the horses may have been distracted by the artistic jumps which included a Viking ship, a giant hand that held brushes like Normandy's famed impressionist painters, a gun with a knot tied in its barrel, and a medieval fortress, to name a few; but it was a masterpiece to look at!
Only 20 of the 144 starters managed to cross the finish line fault-free, and only two teams managed to have no penalties added to their overnight score, including the Dutch Team who rose from fifth place to the top of the leaderboard, and Brazil, who jumped up from 12th place to fifth, which earned them a spot in the top-ten team finale.
Super performances by Team U.S.A., specifically clears from McLain Ward on Rothchild and Beezie Madden with Cortes C, moved the US into second, and Madden into second individually. Germany, the WEG 2010 Gold Medalists, moved into third after clears from both Marcus Ehning on Cornado NRW and Daniel Deusser on Cornet D'Amour. Host nation France dropped to fourth, but their star Patrice Delaveau and Orient Express HDC jumped into the individual lead. Sweden's Rolf-Goran Bengtsson and Casall Ask stood third, while Germany's Deusser and Dutch rider Jeroen Dubbeldam with Zenith SFN rounded out the top five.
The pressure in the final round of the Team competition was intense, especially for France who desperately wanted a win on home soil. Penelope Leprevost, a member of the French team said it best, describing entering the arena as being "like entering a boiling cauldron."
In the end it was The Netherlands who captured Team Gold on a score of 12.83. This was their second championship title, having won at WEG 2006 in Aachen. The Gold Medal team included Maikel van der Vleuten on VDK Group Verdi TN N.O.P., Jur Vrieling on VDL Bubalu, Dubbeldam on Zenith SFN, and Gerco Schroder on his Olympic mount Glock's London N.O.P. Both Dubbeldam and Schroder had been members on the Gold Medal team in Aachen.
France re-claimed their Silver Medal from WEG 2010 in Kentucky with a score of 14.08, edging out the US who took Bronze with 16.72. As the second-to-last rider to go, Beezie Madden had all the pressure knowing she had to go clear to clinch the Bronze. She demonstrated why she is regarded as one of the world's best by producing one of only ten clears in the competition, which secured the US a spot on the podium and propelled her to the top of the standings in the Individual competition. Sweden's Bengtsson held second, while Denmark's Soren Pedersen and Tailormade Esperanza De Rebel S moved into third. Overnight leader Delaveau of France dropped a rail and three spots to end the day in fourth.
With the weight of the team competition off their shoulders, the riders focused on the individual medals as the top 29 in the standings competed in a two-round competition hoping to earn one of just four spots in the Final. Madden and Ward were among the top contenders and they advanced with 19 other riders to the second round. In the end, just 3/10th of a penalty kept Ward from joining Madden in the Top Four, as the two-time Olympic team Gold Medalist and 2006 WEG team Silver Medalist wound up fifth.
The home crowd went wild with the news that Delaveau, who grew up only 40km away, not only made it through but actually led the rankings. Sweden's Bengtsson and The Netherlands' Dubbeldam joined him and Madden for the final battle for Gold.
The final round at WEG is different from all other competitions in that the top four riders ride not only their own horses, but each other's horses as well. The format is controversial, but it's truly exciting to watch the world's top riders compete over a world-class course with only minutes to prepare on horses which they have never ridden!
Dubbeldam's rides on all four horses was pure harmony. As the only rider to produce four clear rounds he secured his second Gold Medal of the Games and became the first Dutch rider to win the Individual World Championship. It was disappointment for Delaveau who was achingly close to Gold and who had to settle for Silver after receiving one time penalty in the third round on Casall Ask. Madden secured the Bronze medal with a total of 12 faults, her second WEG individual medal after having won Silver in 2006.
Madden's amazing mount, Cortes C, owned by Abigail Wexner, earned the 'Best Horse' title as he was the only horse to produce clear rounds with all four riders. In addition, he jumped four clears out of five rounds in the earlier competitions.
The thrilling finale to WEG gives us good insight into the excitement we can expect next April at the 2015 Longines FEI World Cup Final in Las Vegas. Don't miss your chance to watch the sport's absolute best horses and riders go head-to-head in Las Vegas next April; be sure to order your tickets today!


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Slow-forward 17 years and the much better label Masters of Cinema have this week granted Jackie Chan fans ("Chans"?) the film in all its boozy glory on blu-ray. It's still a treat in HD – a reminder of how artistically-minded Chan was even in his filmy infancy, choreographing his balletic batterings with an editor's mindset – no coverage, no reverse angles, just the pieces needed. Hitchcock would storyboard his visions months ahead for pinpoint accuracy, but Chan's fights – while no less specific in his much-concussed noggin – were dreamt up primarily on set upon eyeing up what props had bothered to chuck around or through late night chats in the bar with Woo-Ping. Yet all would still have been meticulously worked out before the cameras rolled – no shit-covered walls here.
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Sara is the current Queen of Sabasa and daughter of the previous Sabasa King. She is also a descendant of Sphinx. Her country is suffering because Sara is prioritising sex over actually ruling Sabasa. Rumours also tell that she murdered her father to usurp the throne, but no one can say for sure.
When Luka arrives at Sabasa Castle, the supposed guards try to make him pay a fee. He can either pay 100G or knock them down. Either way, a citizen approaches Luka and explains the situation to him. He tells Luka that Sara took claimed the throne after her father died and discharged most of the veteran soldiers, replacing them with thugs. Changing the military by this degree made what was once recognised as the most powerful military force in the world, into one of the worst. The thugs would do absolutely nothing to guard the city if it is ever attacked. Or they might, but they wouldn't stand a chance. Luka can then talk with Sara, but she asks him to "pull down your pants" instead.
After taking note of how Sara is acting, Luka starts investigating into it. The citizens point him in the direction of the Assassin Leader's house, a group who have served the Royal family for generations. In there, they find a map of the Oasis of Blessings. Luka and his companions head there to find the Assassin Leader, Salaan. She knows why Sara is acting like this, but doesn't know how to return her sanity. Luka discovers that Sara is one of the descendants of Sphinx, a Yoma, who has lived for thousands of years.
Luka ventures into the Pyramid in the hopes of finding Sphinx but encounters many monsters along the way. Sphinx explains to Luka that the process cannot be reversed, but accelerating it would yield the same result. She gives Luka a phial of her blood and tells him to have Sara drink it. They ask Sara to drink it, but she refuses to. Believing that Luka wants to fight her, Sara reveals her succubus form. She attacks the party but fails to beat them. Luka then forces her to drink it. After this, her sanity returns, but one of her new soldiers bursts into the room and reports that Luddite Village was attacked by three succubi. Sabasa, being a part of the military alliance against Grandeur, has a responsibility to provide assistance to San Ilia. She quickly equips her armour and sword. She then heads to Luddite Village, alongside Luka and his companions.
When they arrive, the village has already been mostly drained dry by the three succubi, Lilith and Astaroth are just finishing the job. Morrigan and Lilith leave, but Astaroth decides to test Luka in combat to see how he performs (seem familiar?). Luka wins the fight, but Astaroth didn't want to kill Luka so she didn't fight at her full power. Sara decides to accompany Luka on his adventure and abdicates from the throne. She believes that she shouldn't be Queen, after all she did to the country, despite the citizens being prepared to give her another chance.
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"The princess of Sabasa, whose lewd personality has been drawn out by Astaroth. In addition to the power of a Succubus, she also awoke the Sphinx's blood that still ran through her veins.
Her human memory has all remained, but her thoughts and desires have become confused due to the sudden drastic increase in power. Overcome by her own desires, she has turned into an incredibly dangerous monster. At the mere sight of a man, the desire to drain him dry takes over her human thoughts."
- Attack-Normal Attack, One Enemy
- Aero-Magical Attack, One Enemy, Wind Attribute
- Tail Drain-Pleasure Attack, One Enemy
- Mother Goddess Handjob (M)-Pleasure Attack, Target: Luka
- Mother Goddess Handjob (F)-Pleasure Attack, Target: Female
- Isis' Lovemaking-Pleasure Attack, Target: Luka, Trance 75%
- Hellish Blowjob-Pleasure Attack, Target: Luka
- Push Down-Bind, Target: Luka, One Turn Break
- New Succubus Vagina-Rape
- Penis Choking Vagina-Rape
- Finisher Grind-Rape
Being in her Succubus form, Sara is highly resistant, but not entirely immune, to wind-based attacks. She should be relatively easy to beat due to her weak defences but high damage output. Take advantage of that weakness by using evasion and damage reduction skills to absorb her damage. Outside of that, just use Earth-based attacks and she shouldn't take more than three-six turns before she goes down. If you have any skills which are effective against Yoma or Succubi, use those too.
Like all bosses, if you still struggle to beat her try to acquire better gear or increase your level before trying to fight her again.
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Battle Fuck
Sara does not count towards the Battle Fucker Ribbon despite sharing the mechanics.
When you first try and approach Sara and ask for her help, she ignores Luka and asks him to take his dick out. If he agrees, they Battle Fuck. She does 600-800 damage. If Luka wins, he gets a bad end and dies.
After completing Sabasa Problem, you can reattempt BF with her at any time from the small magic circle in Hades.


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The Anonymous DDOS: A Tool of Last Resort?
The Anonymous group appears to be most effective when launching a distributed denial of service attack, even though that doesn't appear to be its preferred strategy.
Analyst group Imperva issued a report on Monday that breaks down a 2011 attack by the group, which the New York Times reported was a coordinated attack on the Vatican over several days.
According to the report, the Anonymous group - as per the name, a collection of anonymous users - was made up of of ten to fifteen core hackers, with "genuine hacking experience and are quite savvy," according to Imperva. The remainder were a large group of a few dozen to a few hundred volunteers, Imperva said.
The attack, according to Imperva, followed three stages over the course of about 25 days. During the first 18 days, the group drummed up support, posting YouTube videos and soliciting support via the group's Twitter accounts. During the second phase, lasting four days or so, the core of the group sniffed around, using hacking tools to search for and try to exploit vulnerabilities in the applications used by the site, said to be an e-commerce site used by the Vatican to promote World Youth Day. Tools used included the Havij scanner and Acunetix, a Web vulnerability scanner.
But the DDOS attack, which often attracts headlines because of its ability to "take down" or overload a Web site due to repeated access, was not the first choice of the Anonymous group. Instead, Anonymous usually prefers to penetrate a network and release data, such as the emails and other data released by Wikileaks on Monday. Neither Wikileaks nor Statfor officially blamed Anonymous, but Stratfor acknowledged a hacking attempt by Anonymous in December.
"Eventually, the attackers tried to penetrate web applications with "off-the-shelf" attack tools," Imperva wrote. "After failing to find such vulnerabilities, they had fallen back to the option of launching a DDoS attack against the website. The application attack phase lasted about three days."
Interestingly, Imperva said that it had never detected a case where Anonymous used malware as a weapon, and that it generally avoided "spear phishing" targeted emails to entice a user to hand over a password. Those attacks are not in keeping with the rapid attacks used by Anonymous, the report said.
How should site operators defend themselves? First, they need to ensure the security of their own applications, Imperva wrote. Second, because of the public nature of the "recruitment" phase, monitoring social media can provide a heads-up on an upcoming attack. Finally, Imperva recommended careful monitoring of any security alerts that a site's security devices may generate, as well as using IP reputation to identify and block known bad IP ranges.
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FMN Reaffirms Its Commitment To UI Food Research Centre
The take-off of the Flour Mills Food Research Centre at the University of Ibadan (UI) received a major boost with the presentation of an additional N30 million by Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc (FMN) to UI recently by FMN's Group Managing Director Mr. Paul Gbededo.
The donation was made during the visit of a delegation of UI officials to FMN's new corporate head office at 1 Golden Penny Place, Wharf Road, Apapa, Lagos.
With the new donation, FMN has now committed a total sum of N60 million to the establishment of the Flour Mills Food Research Centre, having made an initial grant of N30 million to UI last year.
The UI delegation was led by the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics), Prof. Idowu Olayinka included Professor Charles Aworh, a Professor of Food Technology and Dr. Rahman Akinoso, the Acting Head of the Department of Food Technology.
The UI-FMN partnership is part of on-going efforts at transforming the Department of Food Technology, UI, into a world-class centre of excellence in food research. Under the partnership, the FMN grant will be used for the procurement of equipment and running of the Food Research Centre during the first three years; UI will provide a building which will house the laboratories for pilot plant studies and research in food product development, lecture theatres, classrooms, seminar rooms and other facilities for teaching and research.
During the visit, Professor Olayinka said that Flour Mills Food Research Centre would engage in the training of students in food science and technology, food research and consultancy. The centre will also provide a modern food pilot plant for scaling up research in food product development and providing hands-on pilot plant experiences for food science and technology students.
This he said was a critical requirement for a fit-for-purpose training for the food industry with the students receiving better training and acquiring the necessary skills for self employment or a successful career in the food industry.
In his speech, Professor Aworh said that Research at the centre would extend to: promoting food security and enhancing small farmers' income through value added processing of lesser-known and under-utilized indigenous Nigerian crops; upgrading traditional food processing technologies and promoting culturally acceptable and affordable traditional foods.
He added that it would also include development using extrusion cooking, solar drying and other techniques of novel, low-cost, nutritious and safe foods, including noodles and other pasta products, complementary foods and snacks, for alleviating malnutrition in children; improving baking qualities of composite flour from wheat and other cereals, roots and tubers and other starchy food crops grown in Nigeria will also be added.
The Group Managing Director, Mr. Paul Gbededo who received the delegation in the company of Alhaji Olalekan Saliu, the Company Secretary/Director of Flour Mills, said that FMN was delighted to partner with UI in the food research initiative which would help to seek meaningful solutions to post-harvest losses in major crops grown in Nigeria and assist sustainability in food production.
Mr. Gbededo made a presentation on the FMN's agro-allied business strategy, potentials, linkage with its core food business and group synergies. He disclosed that FMN Group had invested over N220 billion in its agro-allied businesses which extend to large scale cultivation of sugar cane, cassava, corn, soybeans and oil palm in addition to expansion of animal feed production in different parts of the country.
The GMD explained that these backward integration programmes and initiatives which align with Federal Government's Agriculture Transformation Agenda, would help to strengthen and protect the supply chain of FMN Group's core food business. He said that as FMN seeks economic opportunities in agriculture and creates value for its stakeholders, it continues to give attention to education, research, social and environmental responsibilities. In addition, FMN's investments and efforts would create new jobs, increase agricultural output and contribute to food sufficiency and security in Nigeria against the background of growing population, urbanization and industrialization.
Professor Idowu Olayinka, The Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics) (2nd L) Receiving The Cheque For The Second Tranch Of N30 Million For The Flour Mills Food Research Centre At University Of Ibadan From Mr. Paul Gbededo, Group Managing Director, Flour Mills Of Nigeria Plc(2nd R)...........With Them Are Alhaji Olalekan Saliu, Company Secretary/Director, FMN Plc (R) And Professor Charles Aworh, Professor Of Food Technology (L) During The Delegations Courtesy Visit To Golden Penny House, Apapa Recently


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NASA's Dawn spacecraft has snapped the best images to date of the dwarf planet Ceres, bringing mysterious fuzzy features spotted on the icy little world's surface into sharper focus.
The latest images were snapped on Feb. 12, when Dawn was 52,000 miles away from Ceres and closing in fast -- it's scheduled to enter orbit on March 6. The new images have a resolution of 4.9 miles per pixel, and these unprecedented views are revealing a surprisingly cratered surface.
Ceres is the largest member of the asteroid belt, the ring of rocky debris between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Asteroids are the leftover building blocks of the planets -- floating fossils that could teach scientists much about the young solar system.
Among these space rocks, Ceres possesses a special combination of traits that make it ideal for study, said Carol Raymond, Dawn's deputy principal investigator and a geophysicist at Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
"The really neat thing about Ceres is that it's kind of straddling a lot of boundaries between ... the rockier asteroids in the inner part of the asteroid belt, and the wetter asteroids in the outer part of the belt," Raymond said.
That's because the rockier asteroids are closer to the sun and have lost the water they once had, while the more distant asteroids are beyond the solar system's "snow line," and cold enough to hang on to their frozen water.
In its key position, this dwarf planet has extremely cold spots and not-so-cold areas. Beneath the thin surface layer that varies with the day-night cycle, Ceres is roughly minus-100 degrees Fahrenheit around the equator and minus-225 degrees Fahrenheit around the poles. So at the chilly poles, Ceres may have some features similar to outer-belt asteroids; and its slightly-warmer equator might showcase features that look more like those of inner-belt objects.
"I really think we're going to learn a tremendous amount," Raymond said. "Ceres is just such a unique object that by studying it, there will be implications for many other types of bodies."
Many expected that Ceres, thought to be full of water, would have a smooth, icy surface (particularly around the midriff). That's because ice on a roughed-up surface tends to relax over time. But these new images contradict that theory.
"The whole surface appears to be cratered. It doesn't appear to have a very smooth surface like might have been expected," Raymond said. "All in all, it's just looking really interesting."
This could mean that there's a lot more rock mixed in, keeping the surface from smoothing out over time -- though it's unclear how the rock might have gotten there. It could have been brought by debris smashing into Ceres, or by convection as ice moving through its layers pushed rock upward.
Ceres is one of a few "water worlds" in our own solar system, such as Europa and Enceladus, that may have held a subsurface ocean in the past (and in some cases, may still be hiding one beneath an icy shell). Such worlds have the potential to be habitable for microbial life.
The dwarf planet is actually Dawn's second target; the first was Vesta, the second-most-massive asteroid in the belt and another giant building block from the solar system's early history. These two bodies have ended up looking very different: Vesta is lumpy and dry, while Ceres is spherical and wet. Their divergent life histories could shed light on the solar system's evolution.
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BC: Citations Civilwar.com/weapons 6/1/10
FC: New Weaponry By John Broking
1: What did these things do for the civil war? weapons made more things more bloody and it made the war go by faster then it would of if they were only using swords to kill the people.
2: describe how weapons were used in the war. Weapons were used in the war to kill the other people they were fighting
3: The Spencer Rifle Colt Navy Revolver Gatling Gun
4: Who benefited for the north winning the civil war? The slaves because the north won so didnt have to work for the south ever again.
5: Who didn't benefit from the north winning the civil war? The south because they lost so now they dont get to have slaves to do the work for them.
6: What would happen if we didnt have weapons in the civil war? It would be bad because the war would never get over.
7: Would Life in the civil war be different if there wasnt any weapons? It would be way different because there wouldn't be as much killing and it would take a lot longer to end.
8: Is there still weapons in the world today why or why not? Yes because if there wasnt weapons we couldnt do a lot of stuff we can do today.


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These Parisian slippers based on the old menswear design are hand-made with expertise in the finest Italian leathers. Their reinforced insoles let you walk in perfect comfort. Furthermore, their elegant and sleek design will bring an effortlessly chic touch to all of your outfits in any circumstance.
- Exterior sole made of recycled rubber, 100% waterproof
- External heel of 1.4cm/0.55inches, internal heel of 1.1cm/0.43inches (2 layers made of natural latex, and Sanitized©anti-bacterial insole)
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Our favorite, all time best seller model. With its zebra print pony hair and its Klein blue piping, it represents perfectly all of the components of the Chatelles slippers: cool and modern but chic and elegant, at the latest trend but also timeless. The shoe that you just have to have.
Chatelles slippers were created in order to stand up against the dictatorship of high heels and the banality of ballerinas. For this, the Parisian brand has chosen to reinvent the classic slipper with the idea of creating an extremely comfortable and feminine shoe, accomplishing an outstanding fashionable piece that allows women to make a statement even if they are wearing flat shoes.


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It's never too early to start teasing 2016 Super Bowl ads. Actually, it is absurdly early, which makes it the perfect time for Newcastle Brown Ale to do just that.
The brew, which has mocked conventional Super Bowl ads for the past two years, on Wednesday released the first video of what it promised to be a "year-long tease." Because as Newcastle says, the game is coming "in just 52 short weeks."
This year's Super Bowl campaign by Droga5 was highlighted by a "crowdfunded" Super Bowl ad that crammed 37 brands into a single TV ad that aired only in Palm Springs, Calif. Despite the lack of a national ad, Newcastle's pre-game teasers ranked tenth for earned views at 5,477,756, according to data from iSpot.tv. That put the brew ahead of some brands that aired national Super Bowl spots, such as McDonald's and Toyota.


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Sex Toy Vendor Tom Nardone: 'Weird Job But Someone's Got To Do It'
"Trying to separate out the junk from the nice," says sex toy vendor/pioneer Tom Nardone (above), the king of this palace. "It's a weird job, but someone's got to do it."
Nardone never intended to get into the sex toy business, but he ended up transforming it. He first founded ShopInPrivate.com in 1998, an e-commerce site for all the things that a person may blush to buy in person. Then in 2008 he acquired Vibrators.com, which sells around 100,000 vibrators a year. But his real innovation came in 2009, when Nardone -- a former test engineer for a helicopter company -- founded the Vibrator Institute and developed specialized equipment to measure a vibrator's properties.
While other sex toy sellers advertised their wares with a manufacturer's description or personal reviews, Nardone wanted to provide a more objective, standardized way to help customers choose their most intimate of accessories. "As a retailer, Tom is kind of on the front lines," says California Exotic Novelties spokeswoman Desiree Duffy. "He knows what women and couples want."
Nardone's company uses a sound pressure meter to calculate each vibrator's volume, and an accelerometers to determine the intensity of its pulse. He then translates the results into customer-friendly labels: sound on a spectrum from "whisper" to "thundering," vibration on a scale from "gentle" to "unrelenting."
More:Sex Toy Testing: Can You Actually Turn It Into A Career?Sex toy makers have responded. Inspired by Nardone's research, California Exotic Novelties, one of the country's largest sex toy manufacturers, came out with a "Jumpin' Gyrator," with a deeper and more rumbling vibration. It sold so well that the company's expanding it into an entire line.
Pickin' Up Good Vibrations
Few household appliances are advancing at the rate of the vibrator. Just 15 years ago, most Americans would buy their erotic accessories behind the tinted windows of an adult specialty store. Most vibrators had little science, or sense of female anatomy, behind them, and were often sold with a porn star on the package, to better seduce the usually male buyer.
More:How To Make $39,000 A Year By Testing Sex Toys At HomeBut in the last decade, designer manufacturers and boutique sellers, many female-owned, have helped the vibrator shed its stigma, and given birth to an industry of innovation. Rubber has given way to silicon, and wall plugs to microchips. California Exotic Novelties is currently investing heavily in toys chargeable by USB.
"Everything you see in the non-sex toy world," says Anne Semans, who's worked for sex toy seller Babeland for 10 years, "will eventually find its way to a sex toy."
Nardone never set out to be part of this movement. His business is privacy, not sex. But after years of retail experience, he says that he wants the customer to get what she wants, and will go to great lengths to do it. Nardone is already braving the next frontier: the personal lubricant.
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Europe prompts updates to guidance on mosquito control for passenger aircraft worldwide
Under the auspices of WHO/Europe and within the framework of the International Health Regulations (IHR), 14 experts have for the first time identified and agreed criteria for standard procedures for the elimination of insects from passenger aircraft (disinsection). At the gathering in Frankfurt, Germany on 1 September 2017, the group initiated preparatory work for the development of global standard procedures on mosquito control that will upgrade and extend to passenger aircraft those currently established for cargo flights.
Entomologists, chemical experts, specialists in public and occupational health, and aviation experts answered the call from aircraft operators to provide guidance. They also recommended that further discussion focus on ensuring the effectiveness of procedures and on selecting substances for mosquito control that are licensed across regions. The meeting was also an opportunity to address identified gaps in existing guidance on procedures implemented in European countries.
Prevent, prepare for and respond to public health risks associated with travel through the IHR
The increasing volume of passengers and goods travelling across the globe means increasing risks for public health due to more opportunities for diseases to spread. The IHR include provisions that outline obligations and recommendations for countries to prevent, prepare for and respond to public health risks associated with traffic at the so-called "points of entry" (i.e. airports, ports and ground crossings).
The development of new measures for passenger aircraft to prevent the spread of mosquito-borne diseases – such as malaria, Zika or chikungunya – requires globally agreed procedures. The IHR emphasize that measures to respond to public health threats and emergencies should not interfere with travel and trade beyond what is strictly necessary, and such procedures need to be quick to implement to ensure minimal interference with air traffic.


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It is spring and nature is awakening. Every year, I marvel at this floral miracle, at the explosion of colours, sounds, perfumes. My mind associates with it ideas like youth, optimism, rebirth, courage… Courage? Courage to experiment, perhaps? Definitely. Let's try this approach with two composers, one form the 19th century and one from today. One from Vienna and one from London. Franz Schubert (1797-1828) and Thomas Adès (born 1971). 200 years separate the two composers; both have written a beautiful piano quintet. These two pieces are related, not only by the fact that Adès has recorded both on an album, but most of all by their daring juggling with notes, colours and forms.
Tradition! Revolution!
While Schubert's Piano Quintet in A "Trout" Op. 114, D. 667 is written in five movements, Adès' Piano Quintet has only one movement albeit divided in three sections. While both quintets respect the traditional sonata form, Adès adds new elements that characterize his piece as a 20th century composition. "The themes of the Quintet are recognizably tonal, and are closely related to one another in their melodic contours. […] These simple building-blocks are the starting-points for rich and intricate processes of transformation. The long exposition is full of subtle metrical juxtapositions, with the piano and string quartet often playing in different time-signatures simultaneously", it says in a note by Faber Music, the publisher of the score.
Adès uses harsh contrasts, they remind me of patches of the ice in a field where the first flowers are popping up, expressed through the melodic phrasing. Grey-white elements contrasting with floral ones in warm colours. The ample use of pizzicato* (strings) and staccato* notes for the piano – water droplets! Melting ice? Bubbling water fountains? A trout jumping out of the water? You choose!
A trout in multiple variations
Schubert's piece was no less special if we consider the musical conventions at the beginning of the 19th century. He wrote his quintet in 1819 for piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass. The inclusion of a double bass is unusual. Schubert thus freed the cello of its traditional bass part and assigns a melodic tenor function to it. Furthermore the fact that the piece has a specific theme – the "Trout" theme from his famous song "Die Forelle" Op. 32 D. 550 – distinguished it from other chamber music works of that time. While unexpected harmonies are a hallmark of Schubert's chamber music, they were perceived as quite eccentric at his time.
Some of Schubert's variations of the original song have almost nothing in common with the basic melody of the song while others come very close to the actual song, e.g. in the fourth movement. Schubert's joyful "Trout" theme alludes to the swift movements of the fish to escape capture. It also makes me think of a spring dance to greet the first tips of green, the warming sunrise, it exudes relief that the harshest time of the year is over and that a more benevolent future lies ahead. It is way more lyrical than Adès' piece, but Adès piece is intellectually more subtle.
Experimental music? Obviously. Beautiful music? Oh yes! But listen for yourself, first to Adès' piece, recorded by the Arditti Quartet and Adès himself, than to Schubert's quintet, recorded by the Ensemble Villa Musica and Leonard Hokanson for instance. Spring, definitely!
© Charles Thibo
P. S. Wianne Kampen, reader of a post on Schubert's song "Die Forelle", drew my attention to an interesting lecture on Schubert's quintet. Thank you!


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A biography is a history of a person's life. In a biography you may find the individual's birth, marriage, and death information and the names of his or her parents, children, or other family members. Biographies often include photographs, family traditions and stories, clues to an ancestor's place of origin, places where he or she has lived, church affiliation, professional accomplishments, military service, and activities within the community. The information must be used carefully since there may be some inaccuracies.
A large collection of published biographies for New Hampshire is at the New Hampshire Historical Society and the Family History Library.
New Hampshire Historical Society. New Hampshire Notables Card File. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. (Family History Library films 1570255-62.) This file is an index to biographical sketches of people who were born in New Hampshire or spent a large portion of their lives there. It also indexes a collection of obituaries and brief biographies found in New Hampshire newspapers. There are about 30,000 cards, which contain full names, places and dates of birth, and titles of the source. Cards are being continually added to the file.
New Hampshire Notables: Presenting Biographical Sketches of Men and Women Who Helped Shape the Character of the Granite State. Concord, N. H., the Concord Press, 1955. This source contains detailed biographical sketches of men and women who have helped shape the character of New Hampshire. It includes portraits and an index. Similar volumes were published in 1919, 1932, and 1986. The persons involved are listed in the New Hampshire Notables Card File listed above. See their On-line Catalog and type in New Hampshire Notables. You will then see the book call numbers.
Following are some of the biographical encyclopedias that list persons who lived in New Hampshire. These books are indexed in the New Hampshire Notables Card File mentioned above.
Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens of the State of New Hampshire. American Series of Popular Biographies. New Hampshire Edition. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historical Publishing, 1902. (Family History Library film 1697374.)
Metcalf, Henry Harrison. One Thousand New Hampshire Notables. Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Printing, 1919. (Family History Library film 1697374 item9.) This large volume contains brief biographical sketches of New Hampshire men and women who have been prominent in public, professional, business, educational, fraternal or benevolent work. It includes portraits and an index.
Metcalf, Henry Harrison. New Hampshire Women. Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Publishing, 1895. This source is a collection of portraits and biographical sketches of women, both residents and daughters of residents, who are worthy representatives of their sex.
Moses, George H. New Hampshire Men. Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Printing, 1893. (Family History Library ( film 1033785 item 10.) This work is a collection of biographical sketches, with portraits, of residents and sons of residents who have become known in commercial, professional and political life.
Pillsbury, Hobart. New Hampshire: Resources, Attractions, and Its People: A History. 5 vols. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1927. (Family History Library book 974.2 H2p; volume 5, film 1550085.) Volume 5 contains biographical information, portraits, and an index.
Sketches of Successful New Hampshire Men. Manchester, New Hampshire: John B. Clarke, 1882. (Family History Library film 1000197 item 4.) Includes extensive biographies and genealogies, portraits, and an index.
The Surname Search of the FamilySearch Catalog will lead you to biographies and published family histories on specific surnames. Using the term "New Hampshire" in the Keyword Search will help limit the extent of the search to families in New Hampshire.
The Family History Library has many collected biographies and local county histories with biographical sketches of residents. These can be found in the FamilySearch Catalog Locality Search under:
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The French film JOYEUX NOEL must be seen.
Twenty groups cosponsored an OK.City showing.
Here are photos from he Reception following the film.
(Find the Peace House photos) – – – Batch
"John T. Walters" wrote:
Dear fellow Department of Peace friends. The pictures of the presentation of JOYEUX NOEL at Oklahoma City University's Business School Auditorium, Sunday, December 2nd, 2007, are ready for your viewing pleasure at:
The first picture includes "GI Rights Lawyer" James M. Branum, while others show Lydia Polley, Sadie Mast, Dennis Watson and Batch. I had to leave early, but was thrilled at the fantastic turnout for the film. The theater was almost SRO.


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Confidentiality is an important part of the Student Health Services program. Information is shared only after considering the student's need for privacy, others' "need to know," and applicable law. As a student becomes older, the student takes greater responsibility in deciding what information is shared and what information is not shared. The parent/sponsor is kept informed regarding a student's serious health concerns through the Student Health Services. Often a member of the professional staff will contact the family regarding student health concerns, and students are encouraged to communicate with their families.
At times, sensitive issues arise which a student may feel unable to discuss with his/her family. These might include issues of sexuality, birth control, pregnancy, and/or sexually-transmitted diseases. In such situations, and in order to provide timely information and treatment, the student's request for confidentiality will be respected. The student will be encouraged to understand the parent's/sponsor's concern for him/her, and support will be offered to aid the student in developing the ability to discuss sensitive issues with the parent/sponsor. It is also important that parents/sponsors develop and maintain open communications about these issues with their children. Parents/sponsors who feel that they are unable to discuss sensitive issues with their children are encouraged to contact Student Health Services.
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While many How To Find A Tax Lawyer in Alberton recognize the importance of having a secretary and an accountant at their disposal, few realize the equally significant need of having a personal tax attorney.
A tax attorney is an attorney with specialized skills or expertise in taxation laws. Although he can also represent clients regarding other aspects of the law, a tax attorney will be especially helpful when it comes to resolving tax problems and issues. A tax attorney generally has advanced training and education in taxation law to distinguish him from other lawyers.
There are basically two ways for tax attorneys to provide aid to you or your business:
Tax Planning – Tax attorneys are like financial managers in the sense that they manage your financial affairs to ensure that you will not encounter any tax difficulties in the future. Tax lawyers will guide you in every step and steer you to the right path when your finances are beginning to wave a red flag at the SARS.
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If you are hiring tax attorneys to handle your tax case, you may not need to pay any of his fees at all if you win your case. The IRS will be responsible for it instead. Your tax attorney may also opt to have a percentage of your tax savings.
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During tax "season" you'll see plenty of commercials on television for a tax attorney or six. Though they make claims to remove the stress of your tax situation, you still might wonder if they're legitimate, and if their claims in the ads are for real.
If you know that you really need a professional who knows how to deal with your specific situation and help and advise you on your tax issues, hire one. A lot of people try and get back on track on their own, without even fully understanding their own taxes or the system. This is when hiring a professional would be a smart idea.
They are often ex-IRS tax attorneys or other qualified tax professionals who know everything about filing taxes and all of the options for catching up with back owed taxes. They know better than anyone, except the Internal Revenue Service, on how to correctly file with itemized deductions or even include any deductions you might have missed. They can also help you get your back owed debt back on schedule to not compromise your financial future.
Dealing with the IRS can be a tough job, and your sanity and reputation hang in the balance. Most taxpayers probably do not know all the rules and formulas that are applicable in each situation. While many cases involve simple issues that can be easily resolved, many escalate into stressful and overwhelming financial nightmares. Your tax attorney will understand how to approach the IRS and communicate with them for you. And perhaps, and this is hardly ever the case, the IRS made a mistake then failed to accurately correct it.
A tax attorney is most often hired by individuals or businesses with tax problems such as audits, back taxes, bank levies, wage garnishments, and even property liens and seizures. Once you have that knowledgeable tax attorney in your corner, the IRS will seem less threatening and a lot easier to work with. In many cases, they can also put a halt to wage garnishments or property liens and they might also get the SARS to forgive and eliminate any penalties and interest tacked onto the taxes you previously owed. So even if you just owe back taxes and can't afford to pay the bill in full, your new friend, the tax attorney, will be able to work out a payment plan with the IRS. Just remember to stick with it to avoid further issues.
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Tax attorneys can help you in many different ways. They can help you defend your rights when you are having a controversy in regard to your taxes. An example of this would be filing our taxes and then having the internal revenue service tell you that you have done something wrong. At this time, you would have to hire your legal help to help you get tax debt relief and remove any liens against your property or penalties that have been added to what you owe.
Before hiring anyone, simply set up an appointment to talk about your current situation. You can find out more information in a half hour sitting then you probably can I researching this information yourself. At the end of the meeting, you will have a good idea as to whether or not you will need legal services. At that point, you can pay to retain the lawyer or try to handle everything yourself.
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A corporate tax attorney provides services to the corporations on behalf of tax resolution issues. Corporate tax or as it is sometimes called corporation tax is a tax placed on the profits made by companies or associations. It is a tax that is calculated based on the value of the corporation's profits. This tax is made compulsory by the federal government as well as some state governments. The federal corporate tax is more noteworthy that he state corporation tax. Most companies usually hire a corporate tax attorney before an Internal Revenue Service's (SARS) audit. Owners of small companies usually believe they can manage with just an auditor but this is not wise. It is wise for any size corporation to employ a corporate tax attorney.
Employing a corporate tax attorney is a good way to ensure the growth and continued success of your business. They will take care of the legal aspects required when preparing your taxes and will be there to bail you if needs be. They can also offer services outside of helping with tax problems. They can be employed full time to deal with all the legal matters of the business or just prior to tax time right before your SARS audit. They can give you advice that will benefit you and how much taxes you pay by advising you about ways to improve and reorganize your business.
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Water Stocks - IBM Unveils Global Innovation Outlook on Water
Unprecedented Opportunity Exists to Tap Technology and Collaborative Approaches for Intelligent Water Management
ARMONK, NY - IBM (NYSE:IBM) On March 16th revealed the findings from its Global Innovation Outlook (GIO) on Water -- a series of brainstorming sessions around the world, that brought together hundreds of the world's leading water management experts—scientists, academics, businesses and governments—to share knowledge and discuss strategies for improving the efficiency of the world's water systems. The sessions revealed that society and business are facing some complex challenges when it comes to understanding and managing water resources on this planet. A lack of viable and actionable data was identified as a key inhibitor to effective water management.
xSimilarly, a new IBM study underscored a growing gap within businesses and organizations around acknowledging water issues and managing increasingly complex water processes. A majority of companies ranked water management as a top priority, but lacked necessary processes and systems for administration and control. For example, 77 percent of those surveyed felt that water management was extremely critical to their businesses, but 51 percent lacked formal guidelines for implementation. In addition, 63 percent of executives lacked access to integrated water management systems and decision support systems.
"Regardless of industry or geography, smarter water management is an issue faced by every business and government on the planet," said Sharon Nunes, Vice President for Big Green Innovations at IBM. "Without sufficient insight into near- and long-term factors affecting your water supply and usage -- complex issues such as access, quality, cost and re-use -- you increasingly run the risk of failure."
Key GIO Water Findings:
· You cannot manage what you cannot measure. Water is poorly understood and widely mismanaged. More data is needed to fully understand how water is used by industry, agriculture, and individuals. Water use must be monitored and metered to locate inefficiencies. And both the data and the analyses that result should be shared between governments, academics, and industry.
· Water is an integral part of nearly every other system on the planet, including commerce, food, and energy production. Water is used to make everything from electricity to automobiles. As such, the complex interactions between these systems must be modeled and better understood in order to inform political and economic decisions.
· Despite being the most valuable natural resource on the planet, water is often free or very cheap, unlike food or energy. This leads to waste and misuse. But there are viable models that combine human rights to water and pricing structures that would reduce waste.
· Not all data on water is expensive to collect. In fact, much of it already exists, in bits and pieces, all over the world. It just needs to be collected, coordinated and shared.
· An example of a successful collaboration that promotes the useful collection of data across public and private sectors is the SmartBay Galway project in Ireland. The project will collect streams of real-time data on water quality, sea and coastal conditions, chemical content, and provide more support to local industries and the maritime environment and economy of Ireland.
· Technology will play an important role in supplying water to the billions of future urban dwellers. Smart infrastructure -- including real-time metering, pipe sensors and automatic repair -- will provide solutions to address urbanization.
"Any water management strategy of any company should be based on detailed knowledge of both its own water use, as well the local water situation. The strategy should be driven by both a need to maximize water efficiency, reduce the energy used to manage water and minimize costs within the company, as well as a desire to reach local sustainable water management targets." – Neil C. Hawkins, Vice President Sustainability, The Dow Chemical Company.
"Governments, industry and society need to work together to start to address these systems – water, energy and agriculture – in a more strategic and integrated way. We need to use a broader perspective." – Joppe Cramwinckel, Sustainable Development Lead at Royal Dutch Shell.
"Together with IBM, The Nature Conservancy is developing computer tools that will enable companies to gain a better understanding of the environmental and social consequences of their water use. By fostering sustainable water management practices, companies and municipalities will be able to make better decisions to the benefit of both local communities and nature."
– Brian Richterb, Director of The Nature Conservancy's Global Freshwater Team.
"You can't manage what you can't measure. We need all kinds of data collection, including real-time, because it is a lack of credible, available and viable data that is holding us back." – Doug Miell, Water Resource Management Expert, Miell Consulting.
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Benetis, Vytenis
Ohadi, Michael
Smela, Elisabeth
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To deal with increasing heat fluxes in electronic devices and sensors, innovative new thermal management systems are needed. Proper cooling is essential to increasing reliability, operating speeds, and signal-to-noise ratio. This can be achieved only with precise spatial and temporal temperature control. In addition, miniaturization of electric circuits in sensors and detectors limits the size of the associated cooling systems, thereby posing an added challenge. An innovative answer to the problem is to employ an electrohydrodynamic (EHD) pumping mechanism to remove heat from precise locations in a strictly controlled fashion. This can potentially be achieved by micro-cooling loops with micro-EHD pumps. Such pumps are easily manufactured using conventional microfabrication batch technologies. The present work investigates ion drag pumping for applications in reliable and cost effective EHD micropumps for spot cooling. The study examines the development, fabrication, and operation of micropumps under static and dynamic conditions. An optimization study is performed using the experimental data from the micropump prototype tests, and a numerical model is built using finite element methods. Many factors were involved in the optimization of the micropump design. A thorough analysis was performed of the major performance-controlling variables: electrode and inter-electrode pair spacing, electrode thickness and shape, and flow channel height. Electrode spacing was varied from 10 µm to 200 µm and channel heights from 50 µm to 500 µm. Also, degradation of the electrodes under the influence of an intense electric field was addressed. This design factor, though important in the reliability of EHD micropumps, has received little attention in the scientific and industrial applications literature. Experimental tests were conducted with prototype micropumps using the electronic liquid HFE7100 (3M®). Flow rates of up to 15 ml/min under 15 mW power consumption and static pumping heads up to 750 Pa were achieved. Such performance values are acceptable for some electronic cooling applications, where small but precise temperature gradients are required.


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SAP releases new supply chain management software system
With its latest enhancements, SAP is hoping to provide a migration path for current customers and a viable alternative for new customers, particularly in the midmarket.
SAP this week previewed the next release of its supply chain management (SCM) application, a move that should help it catch up with niche SCM vendors, according to one analyst.
"We are providing visible enhancements in all areas -- especially industry-specific enhancements and new business processes to our customers -- designed to fit their [need] to generate immediate return on investment," said Stefan Theis, vice president of solution management for SCM with SAP.
SAP SCM will be generally available in the middle of this year, Theis said, but a couple of dozen select customers have already begun deploying it.
Its supply network collaboration (SNC) features include enhanced capabilities for outsourced manufacturing to improve supply network inventory and work-order collaboration; functionality to allow suppliers to create Web-based invoices; and enhanced vendor-managed inventory capabilities using a new menu approach for various levels of detail.
"In this globalized world, collaboration is a centerpiece into bringing visibility into supply chain activities," Theis said.
That's a feature SAP must have if it's going to compete with "best of breeds," said John Fontanella, vice president of research with Boston-based AMR Research.
"That's a component that's absolutely necessary," Fontanella said. "They recognize the need to go outside the four walls of the enterprise to connect with suppliers. On the supplier side, there is a lot of emphasis on that. They're acknowledging the need for a network not just within the company but the entire trading community."
The ability to electronically coordinate with suppliers can offer big savings over manually reconciling invoices, he added.
Enhanced labor management functionality will also help to maximize the productivity of the warehouse workforce with new reporting features, according to SAP, and enhanced planning can help optimize capacity utilization and timely delivery.
Service enablement
The release continues SAP's efforts to service-enable its platform, and customers will be able to take a modular approach to deployments, Theis said.
"The customer has the alternative to implement the complete set, but he can also implement pieces," he said. "Wealth management, collaboration -- they are available as separate standalone applications. We are offering customers the flexibility to have more focused implementations with smaller systems so they aren't so dependent on the planning piece."
That's a key step for SAP as it moves down market to smaller organizations, according to Fontanella.
"Think of it as a much, much more modular architecture where you can introduce new functionality without having to tightly integrate it," he said. "Not to say it's easy, but it's simplified by the business process platform and the NetWeaver concept."
In addition, vertical enhancements introduce industry-specific templates that make deployment easier, depending on how differentiated or intricate an organization's processes are.
"In some cases, I've heard they weren't nearly complete enough," Fontanella said. "But overall, it starts you at a much higher level."
The enhancements should prove compelling for companies that have already committed to SAP, but also to smaller organizations considering it.
"With what SAP is going to be rolling out over the next two to four years, it's going to appeal to both current customers who want a migration path -- many want a technology vision and SAP is giving it to them -- and on other side, as SAP moves down market with All in One," Fontanella said. "It helps on both sides. We're not going to see a whole lot of $100 million SAP implementations. That market is pretty well saturated."


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I remember Advent Calendars from my childhood, and over the years I shared them with my own kids, Emily and Peter. We would look forward to opening a window and revealing a picture, and sometimes a verse, relating to Christmas. (It seemed we only had windows. Friends have remembered chocolates or small gifts behind the windows.)
Previous years I have posted Roman windows, doors, gates, angels, fountains, modern churches and stairs. This year I have chosen "Horses in Rome" as a theme for the 24 days before Christmas. Each day through December 24th you can come to this blog and see a photo I have taken of different horses in Rome.
The first day of Advent this year is November 30th. Because it is not part of the 24 days before Christmas, I have chosen horses in Rome that you cannot see right because they are behind scaffolding and a curtain for the restoration of Trevi Fountain.
Horses of Trevi Fountain


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Amazon will create 100,000 full-time jobs in the United States with full benefits over the next 18 months, the tech giant announced in a statement Thursday.
The company says the positions are for workers across the country and across all skill and experience levels. Most of the positions will be at fulfillment centers, including new ones under construction in California, Florida, New Jersey and Texas.
"Innovation is one of our guiding principles at Amazon, and it's created hundreds of thousands of American jobs," said Amazon founder and CEO
Amazon has quickly ramped up its workforce over the last few years, as it pushes to open up more fulfillment centers to get packages out to its customers more quickly. In 2011, Amazon had 30,000 employees. At the end of last year, it employed 180,000 people.
As part of the hiring spree, Amazon says it will also hire an additional 25,000 veterans and military spouses over the next five years. Amazon says it plans to train 10,000 active duty service members, veterans and military spouses in cloud computing.
The topic of new jobs in the U.S. has become a popular one as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office. Last week, Alibaba Group Executive Chairman Jack Ma met with Trump, saying Alibaba will create 1 million jobs in the U.S. by allowing small businesses to sell goods to Chinese and Asian consumers through the tech giant's platform.
Donald Trump: 'Great meeting' with Alibaba's Jack Ma
Last month, Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son met with the president-elect, pledging to add 50,000 U.S. jobs and pump $50 billion into the economy.
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Tour Overview
10.00 Pick up from Sunny Beach resort (9.45 – Ravda, St. Vlas, Nessebar);
10.15 Meeting of the jeeps at Kosharitza checkpoint, 20 min travel through the scenic mountain roads. Short break at a picturesque ridge, trip planning and safety measures; Off – road section of the TV tower, direction Kozichino village along the mountain ridge – about 40 min. Visit the beekeeper in Kozichino, honey products tasting. Drive down by a mountain road to a hunting camp for rest and air rifle shooting; Off – road drive and emotional river crossing – 20 min.
13.00 Lunch in a local restaurant (cucumber + cabbage salad, chicken steak + potato garnish; dessert – seasonal fruits; drinks: brandy, wine (red, white), beer, soft drinks and mineral water. Short break in the village of Alexandrovo.
15:30 Back to Sunny Beach resort.
41 EUR per adult, 24 EUR per child till 12 years
Book this trip online or call our representative in the area for any further information: Vladimir, mobile: +359 (89) 8468612 (only for Burgas and Sunny Beach area)


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About Mark Hickman
Mark Hickman grew up knowing he was destined to be a builder. From a very young age, he loved assembling Lego's™. Mark went on to attend Indiana State University majoring in Construction Management. He began working for Mr. Tim Thompson in the summer of 1996.
Mark, along with a business partner, purchased the company from Tim Thompson and continued to work closely on new construction and remodeling projects in Hinsdale, IL and other western suburbs. Mark then established Mark Hickman Homes in 2011.
In addition to his executive responsibilities, Mark's role keeps him in direct daily contact with each project and customer.
Mark has received national and local notoriety. He has been featured in The Chicago Tribune, The Suburban Life, and The Hinsdalean. His homes have also been featured in Traditional Home Magazine (twice) and Better Homes and Gardens as well as several Hinsdale house tours including the Hinsdale Cooks! Kitchen Walk and the AAUW Scholarship Home Tour.


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Project Location
Dallas, TX
SHW Group Inc.
Case Study: Burleson Elementary
Classroom flexibility is a 21st-century necessity. NanaWall Systems provides a range of effective solutions for the design of new classroom space, adding flexibility while increasing interior visibility, safety and security. NanaWall operable glass walls also synchronize with the problem-based curriculum revolution taking place in today's schools, while also diminish costs for added facilities and classrooms.
The architecture team at SHW Group employed NanaWall systems for the new elementary schools built in the Burelson, Texas ,school district. Simply by unfolding the durable, acoustically performing SL45 glass walls, two classrooms share a multipurpose room.
"The multiuse space needed great visibility and flexibility, with good acoustic separation," says Konrad Judd, AIA, lead designer at the SHW Group in Dallas. "The NanaWall maximized the view and flexibility of the space when open or closed."
In the past, multipurpose rooms were often designed as separate classrooms – and sometimes located in a different part of school or with a "garage door" type of overhead partition. The SHW Group designed the Burleson flex rooms to mesh with teaching methods that promote active participation, self-direction, and interest group clusters.
Creating Educational FlexSpace
Once the common wall is removed between classrooms, teachers and students have access to flex spaces. To do this, SHW Group used a V shape to cuts into the traditional rectangular space of the existing rooms. By making three rooms out of the space normally utilized for two rooms, SHW decreased the costs.
The firm favors the NanaWall products over other options and brands. "It is a very elegant and simple system that is safe and easy for teachers and students to use," says Judd.


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Show the Real Value of Your University Degree!
The special time of university graduations ended not so long time ago and here we go, we have a bunch of fresh grads on the job market again. Employers are maybe ready for an increased interest from young job hunters, but ain't no creating jobs for this purpose. And unfortunately summer time is not the best timing for job hunting at all, as many organizations slow down and their employees leave for annual vacations. So...good time to speak about the real value behind you university degree.
We have already talked about that. They tell you: 'Do the degree, it will open you many doors!' Well I don't know which doors it will open for you, but it will certainly not get you the job. In order to get the job, you need to have clear, what is the real value behind your degree and why this should make you the perfect candidate for this and that vacancy.
Let's start with the word 'value'. What is actually a value? The term has several meanings – financial, mathematical, ethical... In this case, I would like to speak about the value which is pointing at a significance of something.
To be more specific, during your studies you definitely learned something (regardless of the quality of your institute). Similarly to those who already work and learn 'on the job' and 'outside their job', you also adhered certain knowledge and skills 'on the degree' and 'outside the degree.'
Starting with 'on the degree' knowledge, its content is pretty much determined by your particular degree and by the quality of your degree. For example, if you studied math, you have a good knowledge of math field. But that knowledge may not be the same as of your former classmate from high school who went to study the same topic elsewhere.
The quality of your degree can be dependent on a variety of factors: the frequency of your classes, the quality of your library, the amount of home works, the diversity of field work, interesting visiting professors…And all of these if presented well in front of an employer, show the real value behind your degree.
Here, only you are responsible for making yourself and all the others aware of how these factors add value to your degree and why is it you then, whom they should prefer to other candidates. So don't forget to be enthusiastic about your own story ;).
Skills are a bit more complex, but they are important for you, especially because employers are very much worried about skills of fresh graduates. Here you have to spend some time with yourself and simply write down on a piece of paper, what kind of skills have you adhered on your degree.
When doing this exercise, try to be very specific. Let's say, your professors asked you to present on a regular basis on your progress with thesis work. What kind of skills have you developed there? Skill to keep up with deadlines, probably time management, skill of being organized and presentation skills of course. And here you go, we have already a list of skills adding on value to your degree.
Now speaking about 'outside the degree' area, here you can really distinguish yourself from other candidates with similar curriculum as yours. Perhaps you did some extracurricular activities, like being a leader of Student Union. You learned how to develop complex agenda, worked on some interesting causes and developed skill of both, being a good team member and being a determined student leader. Such experience has a tremendous value for an employer and will help you to step out of the crowd of freshly graduated peers.
It is pretty simple. Remember, your degree should show the employer that you are worth their interest. It's a piece of cake once you become aware of how your degree enriched your value on the job market ;-).


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How to Create Your XML Site Map
You can create a sitemaps file in various ways. Google provides the Sitemap Generator program, which you can install on your web server; it's a Python script, so if you don't know what that means and don't have a geek who does, consider creating the file another way.
If you're the proud owner of a large, sophisticated, database-driven site, it's probably a job for your programmers; they should create a script that automatically builds the XML sitemap.
What if you own a small site, though, and have limited technical skills? No problem: Plenty of free and low-cost sitemap-creation tools are available.
Note that many of the tools call themselves Google sitemap creators, because Google was the first search engine to use sitemaps. All you need, however, is the basic Google XML sitemap format for all the other search engines, so if it creates a "Google" sitemap, it will work fine.
Some of these programs run on your computer, some require installing on your web server, and some are services run from another website. You can find a large list of these sitemap generators here:
A favorite sitemap generator for small sites is XML-Sitemaps.com. You simply enter your domain name into a web page, and it spiders your site, creating the sitemap as it goes, up to 500 pages. If your site is bigger, you can get the service to install a script on your web server for $20 (assuming that your server can run PHP scripts).
Sitemap files can be as large as 10MB and contain as many as 50,000 URLs. If you need to exceed either limit, you must create multiple sitemap files and a sitemap index file that refers to the individual sitemap files. Your XML Sitemaps can also be compressed in the .gz file format so that they transfer more quickly to the search engine.