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Seed funding is the money required by start-up companies to either begin operations or to fund the production of the item or items the company plans to sell. This round of funding is usually the first that the business uses and it allows investors to get in on the ground floor. In some cases, seed funding may be provided by friends or family or by the business-owners themselves, but outside help is generally required for a new business to survive. Venture capitalists, who provide funding in return for ownership shares in the company, and banks and other financial institutions, which provide business loans, are other methods of early financing.
Many people only become aware of a company after it has already established itself on the market and is selling products to consumers. They may not be aware of the early stages in the life of that company, which include the search for viable funding just to get the business off the ground. The initial capital that a business uses to find its footing is known as seed funding, and very few entrepreneurs can make a dent in the business world without it.
Capital that helps a company or business venture get underway is known as seed funding because the money provided acts as the seed from which the company can grow. This round of funding may actually help with start-up costs like hiring employees or buying or renting a place of business. In some cases, the company may have already completed these operational necessities, but needs funding to manufacture, distribute, and market the products at the core of its business.
Many entrepreneurs look to close relations to provide the seed funding they require. When the funding required can't be provided by friends and family, new business-owners can turn to venture capitalists. These investors will provide funding, but they generally require some sort of equity stake in the company in return. Entrepreneurs must be prepared to yield a little control of their business if they use this funding option.
Banks and other lenders may also provide seed funding through loans which cater specifically to small businesses and other start-up enterprises. These lenders will often require the business-owners to provide them details of their plans so that they can decide if the loan is a worthy investment on their part. The lenders then provide the funding with the expectation that the business-owners will pay back the loan at an interest rate determined at the onset of the agreement.
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Medway Kiosk
Medway Kiosk allows patients to 'self-check-in' by entering a combination of patient number, appointment reference, name and date of birth, at an appropriately-sited touch-screen display, installed into a robust kiosk.
The display units also have barcode scanning capabilities, so patients can start the check-in process by presenting their appointment letter to the kiosk. They will then need to confirm their identity via a number of client-defined screens. If a patient is trying to check in at the wrong building or department, they are informed.
The system is intuitive and guides the user through the check-in process. There is no ambiguity over where on the screen the user has to touch, the text is easy to read, buttons are large enough to see clearly and navigation options are straightforward.
Medway Kiosk allows a Trust to configure content and how it is presented to the patient when accessing the kiosk. The welcome screen can be amended to include the Trust logo, and other patient questions can be configured to be collected or removed as required by the Trust, such as the patient's phone number, ethnic group, email address plus the ability to record patient consent to be contacted by email/text.
Customising the kiosk is easy – an 'Admin mode' enables a Trust to tailor the look and feel, and what data is captured and when, thus allowing the kiosk to be tailored to suit individual Trust identity and policy without the need for development intervention.
- Streamlines patient registration
- Minimises waiting times and congestion
- Major cost savings
- Staff time management
- Improved data accuracy
- Reduces errors in misidentification of patients
- Fully integrated within Medway outpatient module
- Trust configurability
- No requirement to link to third-party suppliers for updates via HL7 messages

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Husky Freshmen Compete on Third Day of USA Track Championships
June 21, 2003
NOTE: Story updated Saturday, June 21 at 11:15 p.m.
PALO ALTO, Calif. - Husky freshmen Brynne Steward and Mike Sayenko, and assistant coach Kelly MacDonald represented Washington in action Saturday at the USA Track and Field Championships, hosted by Stanford University. The four-day meet, which determines the U.S. squad for the 2003 World Championships in Paris, concludes Sunday.
Sayenko, in his first year at Washington after graduating from Bellevue's Sammamish High School, was the Huskies' top finisher Saturday, placing fifth in the finals of the junior men's 10,000 meters. The freshman's time of 30 minutes, 49.70 seconds was less than a minute behind that of winner Brett Gotcher of Stanford, who finished in 29:55.63.
A terrific prep runner, Sayenko redshirted his freshman season at Washington to preserve a year of eligiblity.
'Since Mike was redshirting this season, he hasn't really had the chance to go out and race competitively at a high level,' said first-year head coach Greg Metcalf. 'Given that fact, I thought he was terrific tonight, earning a top-five finish in what turned out to be a pretty good junior field.'
Joining Sayenko on the track Saturday was Husky teammate Steward, who established herself in 2003 as one of the Pac-10's top freshman hurdlers. Steward ran the 100-meter hurdles in 14.61 seconds Saturday to place fifth in the first of two preliminary heats in USA Junior National Championships competition.
The Sylmar, Calif., native just missed the last of nine qualifying spots in Sunday's final, which went to Texas-San Antonio freshman Rianne DuPree, who finished in 14.55 seconds.
Steward boasts a top hurdles mark of 14.05 seconds in 2003, clocked in a dual meet with Washington State at Husky Stadium in May. That time equaled the fifth-fastest mark ever by a UW woman, and qualified Steward for Pac-10, NCAA, and U.S. junior competition.
'When you see Brynne run, it's hard to believe that she's only a freshman,' said Metcalf, who in his first year at the helm of the Washington program guided the UW women to their best NCAA Championships performance in 15 years. 'She's clocking times that we're not used to seeing from people her age, and while a lot of the credit for that should go to our terrific hurdles coach, Dion Miller, much is reflective of the amount of work Brynne has put in. If she continues to work hard and improve at the rate she has this season, she can play a big role in raising the profile of our entire sprints/hurdles program.'
Miller wasn't the only UW coach working overtime Saturday, as fellow UW assistant Kelly MacDonald -- who in addition to mentoring the Huskies' outstanding distance corps also competes professionally for Asics -- battled the nation's best in the finals of the women's steeplechase.
The nation's 11th-ranked steeplechase competitor in 2003, MacDonald placed 14th in the event Saturday, crossing the line in 10:43.79. The University of Toledo's Brianna Shook, who bypassed last weekend's NCAA Championships, upset national collegiate champ Kassi Anderson of BYU and 2003 American leader Lisa Aguilera of Arizona State to capture her first-ever U.S. title, finishing in 9:44.71. Anderson was second in 9:47.17, with NIKE's Lisa Nye third in 9:49.14 and Aguilera fourth in 9:59.30.
A former teammate of Aguilera's at Arizona State, MacDonald completed her first year as a UW assistant in 2003 after graduating from ASU last spring with three Pac-10 titles and five All-America certificates. MacDonald, an Oregon native, was the seventh-place finisher in the steeplechase at the 2002 USA outdoor meet.
With three exciting days of competition behind them, the Huskies have just one competitor entering the fray Sunday, as former UW great Matt Phillips competes in the finals of the men's pole vault.
For complete start lists, event schedules and results from the 2003 USA Senior and Junior Track and Field Championships, visit www.usatf.org.
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Not all cars come with full bumper to bumper coverage for insurance and warranties. The good thing is that you can get this added for a price. The main question is what are the costs that you may have to pay? This simply depends on the make, model and year of the vehicle. The older the vehicle the more it will cost you for a warranty however the older the vehicle the less it will cost you for insurance.
I know, it sounds like you cannot win. Well, I always say you can save the most money by walking but who can afford to walk in today's world. Walking could cost you even more money if you can't get to work on-time. Yep, this doesn't always work for most and now we can basically use a calculator to judge what is the most affordable. Public transportation is the cheapest in terms of taking a bus but may not be the safest way to conveniently get around.
Can you notice that there are always ups and downs for most of these instances involving getting from one place to the next? We know this all too well and may never change as long as people are wanting to get to point a to point b without using a straight line no matter what Texas buy here pay here dealer they want to purchase from. Some even want to get to the straight line in an expensive Lamborghini and some just want to get in their Honda Accord.
No matter which one proves to be the best or most exotic. We look and want to have people enjoy their life in the easiest happiest way possible. So spending more at a car dealership to impress yourself or the opposite sex may get you a few cool points but may also costs you a couple points in your bank account.
Let me tell you it has cost me thousands of dollars and I would never wish any hardship on anyone that is only purchasing a debt burden to yet only impress their friends or love ones. The pain and agony is not worth the benefit in the long run. Besides most people know you well, also they know if you're are just doing something to impress or just doing it for self gratification.
We hope that you will do it from the love from within and stay within the boundaries of your finances so that way you can live happy and peaceful going forward.


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The GPH-NDF peace panels on Day 2 of the talks in Oslo, Norway on August 23, 2016. The reciprocal working groups on socio-economic reforms, political-constitutional reforms, end of hostilities and disposition of forces, JASIG/releases and ceasefire are meeting simultaneously on Days 3 and 4. Closing rites of the first round of formal peace talks will be held on August 26. Photo by Edwin Espejo / OPAPP | Read story
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CSS expressions no longer supported for the Internet zone
Starting with Internet Explorer 11, CSS expressions are no longer enabled for webpages loaded in the Internet zone. CSS expressions are supported for pages loaded in other zones (such as the intranet zone) when pages are rendered in IE7 standards mode or IE5 quirks mode.
For recent versions of Internet Explorer, CSS expressions (also called dynamic properties) are deprecated and work only in IE7 standards mode or IE5 quirks mode. (CSS expressions were deprecated in Internet Explorer 8.)
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HyperLux Technology - Maximize LED Driver Utilization and the Light Output by up to 4 Times
The patented HyperLux Technology maximizes the LED driver's performance in a two or more channel lighting devices including, lamps, fixtures, and luminaires. Imagine a standard multicolor lighting luminaire with R, G, B, and W LED strings, each able to consume 100W of power. In existing multichannel/multicolor LED driving schemes with a 100W LED driver there are limitations on how much power can be pumped through each LED string. Each LED string has to be limited to a certain power level so combined power through all LED strings a time don't exceed 100W, for e.g., a 25W limit for each LED string as illustrated below.
In this case, the 100% utilization of the LED driver is only when each LED string is carrying 25W simultaneously. In all other cases, the LED driver utilization drops significantly. Moreover, the maximum output lumens possible from each LED string is always going to be limited by not how much power LED string can carry but how much limit is set for that string given the limited power of the LED driver.
In below example. even when each LED string can carry 100W, the standard driving scheme can pass a maximum of 25W, thus limiting the lumens equivalent to 25W.
This problem is solved very innovatively with the HyperLux technology. A specific software algorithm runs in a controller (MeshTek Module or a MeshTek Lighting Controller) that drives R, G, B, and W or any multichannel LED strings with its maximum power carrying capacity. In the illustrated example, entire 100W can be passed on to each LED string or a combination of LED strings from a limited 100W LED driver. Therefore, the LED driver utilization is 100%, furthermore, the maximum lumens output from each string is equal to its highest possible.
Benefits of the HyperLux Technology
- High LED driver utilization leading to a lower system cost as multiple drivers or a high power LED driver is not required.
- Maximum light output for millions of color combinations, up to 4 times in case of a 4-channel LED driving scheme compared to standard LED driving scheme.
- Significant reduction of no. of luminaires or LED drivers to achieve similar brightness for each of million color combination possible.
- Significant cost savings in space utilization, installation, and maintenance of a lighting device.


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They could hardly stand to wait for Christmas morning so we let them open each others gifts on Christmas eve. They were both so thankful and grateful for their gifts and they were both so proud of what they chose. Whats amazing is they both got each other 4 gifts and spent exactly 12.04$! They also chose very similar things for each other. Love these two boys!!!!
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(Host) The Legislature's Joint Fiscal Committee has approved a plan to reduce the new state budget by roughly 28 million dollars.
The cuts are needed because of a recent downward revision of state revenues for the 2010 fiscal year.
Most of the reductions are achieved by using surplus money from last year and by transferring federal stimulus funds to state programs.
The package includes a 7.4 million dollar reduction in state labor costs but it doesn't specify how to reach that target.
It will be up to the Douglas Administration and the Vermont State Employees Association to agree on a plan – otherwise the Administration says as many as 250 additional state employees could lose their jobs next month.
During the 2009 fiscal year, lawmakers were forced to implement several rounds of budget cuts. Governor Jim Douglas says it's too soon to tell if more cuts will be needed in the coming months:
(Douglas) "The state economists who met with the Emergency Board at this table about a month ago said that most of the risk is still on the down side. Even when the economy begins to pick up, it takes a while for state revenues to recover…I think we're going to see unemployment continue to rise for nearly another year and state revenues lagging those indicators. So I think it's possible that we might not have seen the bottom."
(Host) The budget reduction package also transfers almost 2 million dollars in adult education expenses from the General Fund over to the Education Fund.
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It appears that the endorsement of Sean Hannity has come on the heels of more Christine O'Donnell lies. It is a shame when a big name pundit can't even name what bills Mike Castle has or has not voted for:
Speaking of Sean Hannity, he is one of the prominent talk-show hosts who (inadvertently, I'm certain) has incorrectly described Castle's voting record. Last night Hannity said "Mike Castle voted for Obamacare, TARP, cap and tax, the establishment wants him. What can we interpret from that?" Actually, Castle voted against Obamacare.
It was the same with Rush Limbaugh:
Along the same lines, Rush Limbaugh said yesterday that Castle voted for the stimulus. In fact, Castle voted against the 2009 stimulus bill, which is what people understand "the stimulus" to mean. Castle did vote for 2008 stimulus legislation in 2008. However, as Jim Geraghty points out, that bill passed by a vote of 81-16, with the votes of solid conservatives like Richard Burr, John Thune, David Vitter, Jim Bunning. Mitch McConnell, Sam Brownback, Saxby Chambliss, and Orrin Hatch.
Sarah Palin was fed the same line of bull as Hannity and Limbaugh.
"Let me go ahead and endorse Christine O'Donnell because, Sean, she's the conservative in the race," Palin said. "She is against Obama's cap-and-tax scheme, she is against Obamacare, she is for the free market principles that need to get plugged in to put our economy back on the right track."
Again, Castle did not vote for Obamacare.
Does Sarah Palin do her homework? Obviously not. As we know, Chrstine O'Donnell and her henchman, Yates Walker have a penchant for lying to out-of-staters (in-staters too) about her record and about Mike Castle's record when she thinks that she can get away with it.
Yates Walker:
According to Politico.com, Yates casually floated the rumor that Castle, who is married, had a gay affair. Castle vigorously denied the affair. It's not the only bizarre charge lodged in the primary, which will be decided Tuesday.
Walker's explanation, to the (Wilmington, Del.) News Journal, as to why he brought up the affair:
Walker, who said in an interview that he left the campaign last month on good terms, said he had no evidence supporting the rumor. He said he had not discussed the video with the O'Donnell staff.
"We're happy to attack him whenever we can," Walker said.
The Xavier Newswire also has this story on Walker, noting his military background and a rape charge, for which he was acquitted.
Here's the item the Enquirer ran on that in April, 2007
A Xavier University senior has been found not guilty of sexually molesting two female freshmen. Hamilton County prosecutors had alleged Michael Walker, 28, of Norwood, invited them to his off-campus house for a party in October, where he gave them so much alcohol they passed out. One woke up the next morning naked, unable to remember what happened, said Assistant Hamilton County Prosecutor Seth Tieger. The other woman also did not remember what happened but didn't suspect anything was wrong and went to the movies with Walker. During the date, Walker attacked her again, Tieger said. Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Fred Cartolano found Walker not guilty during a trial last week on two charges of rape and a charge of sexual battery. Cartolano tossed out two other charges of rape – one relating to each victim – saying there was not enough evidence to go forward.
Dan Gaffney's Interview with Christine O'Donnell:
"I was the 2008 endorsed Candidate against Joe Biden and I won 2 counties."
Christine lost all 3 counties in Delaware. Obviously, Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Michelle Malkin, Tammy Bruce, etc. would never let the truth get in the way of endorsing a "conservative" republican.
I think that Dan Calabrese from North Star National Blog sums it up the best:
I suppose it's widely known that I like and respect Sarah Palin. I think highly of her record governing Alaska. I think she's made a huge and positive impact endorsing candidates around the country this year. And I certainly don't share the unhinged notions about her that afflict one of my friends and colleagues.
But why the hell did Palin endorse Christine O'Donnell yesterday in the Delaware Senate primary?
I haven't agreed with all of Palin's endorsements to date. John McCain in Arizona, I understood because a) she's personally loyal to him; b) J.D. Hayworth is a moron; and c) on the issues that matter most, spending and national security, McCain is better than Hayworth, whether "true conservatives" like it or not.
I wasn't crazy about the endorsement of Rand Paul in Kentucky, but that's mainly because of Paul's moonbat father, and the fact that the kid sounds an awful lot like him. But given the choices in Kentucky this year, it's probably fair to say Paul is now the most palatable choice.
But Christine O'Donnell?
OK, I get it that Palin prefers to endorse the more conservative candidate, and O'Donnell certainly espouses positions that are more conservative than the voting record of her primary opponent, U.S. Rep. Mike Castle. I get it that Palin likes to support women – yeah, the Mama Grizzlies. Fine by me.
And I understand that Palin is tight with Sean Hannity, who has a tendency to put Christine O'Donnell on the air either as a guest host (why, I have no idea, because she's terrible) or as a panelist.
So the surface reasons make sense.
But has Palin listened to this interview? Is Palin aware of O'Donnell's abysmal handling of her own campaign finances? Has she heard O'Donnell blather on about the people in her bushes? Has she seen the polls that say O'Donnell is an almost certain loser in the general election if she gets through the primary?
Here's what's most ironic about this: You know all the critics of Palin who wrongly say she's stupid, unbalanced and unskilled at governing? You know how they say without any justification that she's just in it for her personal glory and ambition? Those criticisms of Palin are complete and utter garbage.
But if you leveled them at Christine O'Donnell, you'd be right on the mark.
O'Donnell has no qualifications for the job she's seeking. She practically runs for office in lieu of anything more substantive to do with her life. She is a professional conservative activist, and I don't mean that as a compliment. She's a media talking head, and not even a good one, and she doesn't demonstrate the slightest clue about how to be an effective senator in the unlikely – no, impossible – event that she is elected.
As for Palin, well, nobody's perfect. I am still a fan, but endorsing Christine O'Donnell was a mistake. As many things as are wrong with Mike Castle, he's the only Republican who has a chance to turn Joe Biden's old Senate seat red in Delaware, and Palin has just made that a much more challenging proposition.
In a year when the GOP has a chance to take control of the Senate, but will truly need to win just about every competitive race to do it, there's no margin for error to nominate an empty suit who mouths the platitudes of a "true conservative" but is the walking embodiment of "lights on, nobody home."
If not for Palin, I don't think serious reformers would be rising up as they are all across the country. Her impact this year has been huge and good. It would be a shame if the GOP fell just short of the Super Bowl because, just as it was getting into range to kick the winning field goal, Palin threw an interception and rescued the Democrats from themselves.
Have all of these endorsers done their homework? I think not. Shame on Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Michelle Malkin, Tammy Bruce, Independence Hall Tea Party, and Tea Party express for endorsing a PROVEN LIAR!


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Rockies keeping a close eye on Ian Stewart in Triple-A
CLEVELAND — Dexter Fowler isn't the only would-be Rockies regular who's finding himself in Triple-A these days.
Ian Stewart has spent most of the season at Colorado Springs, but Rockies manager Jim Tracy went out of his way during his pregame presser to let the media know that the front office hasn't forgotten about him.
"Doing his thing … doing his thing," said Tracy, when asked what Stewart was doing with the Sky Sox. "I get daily updates. I just talked to him on the phone the other day. He's obviously doing some damage at the Triple A level."
"When we get to the point where everyone is comfortable that we've done everything we possibly can and given him every opportunity to re-instill all the confidence in himself that we want him to have, then obviously we'll move forward.
"But to just say he's down there playing and nobody is noticing or there hasn't been any communication would be completely false. Danny (O'Dowd) has talked to him, I've talked to him. … There have been a number of conversations with him to make sure he's well aware of the fact that we're watching each and every move he makes. We're well in tune to what it is that Ian Stewart is up to."
Stewart is hitting .291 with 12 home runs and 30 RBIs in 117 at-bats.
A footnote from Tracy's presser: Catcher Jose Morales underwent surgery on his broken right thumb, but could play again this season. He has been placed on the 60-day disabled list. Said Tracy: "I'm not sitting here today saying it's season-ending. As a matter of fact, after talking to Dougie (trainer Keith Dugger), I don't think it is."


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A life of controversy: Joey Barton factfile
1982: Born Huyton, Merseyside, September 2.
2003: April - Makes Manchester City debut in a 2-0 defeat at Bolton.
2004: February - Sent off at half-time in an FA Cup tie at Tottenham with his team 3-0 down. City go on to win 4-3.
April - Storms out of Eastlands before kick-off after being dropped from the side to face Southampton.
July - Criticised by manager Kevin Keegan for causing a mass brawl in a pre-season friendly at Doncaster.
December - Stubs lit cigar in the eye of young team-mate Jamie Tandy during City's Christmas party. Fined six weeks' wages by the club. Forced to pay four weeks' salary - approximately £60,000 - immediately, with a further two weeks suspended for a year. Tandy later sued Barton, winning…


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EcoCompass audit was approved
Today the European Junior Championships 2018 -event had the audit for EcoCompass certification and passed it.
– This is a big day for the project, says Kirsi Yrjölä, who has been the responsible person for the environmental matters during the EJC-project. EcoCompass includes 10 criteria which the event in question commits itself to comply with. The event is also audited and a certificate is granted.
EcoCompass is based both on the respective Nordic environmental management systems and international standards on environmental management. EcoCompass supports the environmental work. One of the big positive environmental impact in EJC2018 has been the use of tap water. All competitors will have their own, uniquely for EJC2018 designed water bottle, which they can personalize by writing their name on it and fill it up.
– We are so happy and proud of this, continues Yrjölä, when the auditor Marika Nyyssönen asked the first feelings right after the Certification was granted today.
More information about the 10 criteria of EcoCompass can be found here: EcoCompass criterias.


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Coastal Guard security exercise held along Bengal-Odisha coastline
Kolkata: Indian Coast Guard conducted a two-day security exercise along the coastal waters of West Bengal and Odisha to ensure preparedness against any sea-borne terror strike similar to the 2008 Mumbai attack, an offical said on Friday.
"'SagarKavach' was carried out to primarily assess the present security arrangements, to re-validate the standard operating procedures and to strengthen the security mechanism to face the threats from anti-national elements," said K.R. Nautiyal, commander of North East Coastal Guard region.
Along with the coast guard regional headquarters in the city and district coast guard headquarters at Haldia in West Bengal and Paradip in Odisha, the Indian Navy, the Border Security Force and coastal police and Fisheries Departments of the two states participated in the joint exercise that began on Thursday.
"A host of coastal security assets comprising four naval ships, one naval aircraft, 13 coast guard ships and hovercrafts, boats of coastal police, customs, BSF and CISF were deployed to carry out comprehensive surveillance of the coastal waters of West Bengal and Odisha," a statement said.
The participating units were divided into two groups – one for simulating an attack on the coasts and the other for defending it, said a Coast Guard officer.
"Seamless co-ordination between the stakeholders was given major emphasis during the exercise," the officer added.


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Dell array has nice surprise: VMware snapshot manager
New EqualLogic iSCSI storage array packs three times the amount of disk as Dell's previous high-end SAN. The array also includes Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware Edition, for automated replication and failover in VMware environments.
Dell today unveiled an EqualLogic PS Series storage array that packs three times the amount of disk as its previous highest-capacity array. The PS5500E array includes a VMware Auto-Snapshot Manager, but lacks features that are becoming common on iSCSI and Fibre Channel SANs, such as drive spin-down, data deduplication, solid state drives and support for 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE).
Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware Edition joins the Auto-Snapshot Manager/Microsoft Edition that EqualLogic brought out last year before being acquired by Dell. These Auto-Snapshot products (both are included on the array) place a software agent on the physical server, and provide visibility into the snapshot schedule and backup job status associated with applications through the server interface. EqualLogic's snapshots will allow granular recovery of single files, volumes or guest machines.
This feature appears to be a pleasant surprise to customers, who said they'd been briefed about the roadmap for EqualLogic disk arrays over the last few years but didn't know Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware was coming. "I see us using this immediately, if not sooner," said Jack Valko, senior director of IT operations for Whitepages.com.
Whitepages.com uses Symantec Corp.'s NetBackup to back up virtual machines, but is running an older version of the software that can't recover individual files and guests. "What appeals to me about doing this through EqualLogic," Valko said, "is that I already have all the pieces in place today – the hardware, the software with all the features licensed, and one management console."
The PS5500E array – codenamed "Sumo"— scales from 24 TB to 48 TB and supports 1 TB SATA disks. The PS5500E can serve as secondary storage and a replication target for disaster recovery, according to John Joseph, Dell/EqualLogic VP of marketing. The PS5500E will also allow channel partners to provide customers a target for hosted backup or disaster recovery services, he said. The array is available immediately for a starting list price of $78,000.
"It's probably been in the works two years," said David Stevens, storage manager for Carnegie-Mellon University, who said he was briefed on it "quite a while ago." He said he's contemplating adding the array to his backup environment, which uses direct attached storage (DAS) for disk caching on an Atempo TimeNavigator media server.
Stevens was also considering taking advantage of Dell/EqualLogic's recently announced partnership with Vizioncore for chargeback and monitoring of virtual machine storage on the EqualLogic SAN. "iSCSI arrays don't have all the intelligence that has been built into Fibre Channel that reporting tools like to focus on," he said. Stevens is also evaluating Akorri's cross-domain reporting tool.
10GigE, dedupe, solid state on roadmap
At least one EqualLogic customer says 10 GbE is high on his wish list, especially for the larger array. "When my admin saw the PS5500, his first question was, 'Does it have 10 Gig?'" Valko said. "It's probably going to need it, especially if you have all 48 drives spinning." A Dell spokesperson emailed SearchStorage.com that customers can "expect news on 10 GbE support across all EqualLogic products in 2009." Valko says he'd also like to see solid-state drives, which EMC already offers in storage systems.
Stevens said he's still waiting for multi-site replication with the arrays, which currently support two-way replication. "We have a campus in the Middle East we'd like to replicate to the Pittsburgh data center and to a local location in Qatar," he said.
Other popular technologies, such as drive spin-down and data deduplication, are nowhere to be found in this release, but Joseph said they are all on the Dell array roadmap. "Date and details are forthcoming" on SSDs, spin-down and dedupe, he said.


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You had butt one job to do, you depraved simeon: somehow lucky enough to apply supple amounts of sunscreen to women with the kind of curves and bodacious bosoms that surely sent a lot of the audience's blood rushing to funny places, this thirsty bro couldn't control himself. This is what it looks like when you let too much of the wrong head do all the thinking. Let's just say he got what was coming to him. Submitted by: (via Funny Local News) Tagged: FAIL , Awkward , model , slapping , sunscreen , Video , swimsuit Share on Facebook
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Abell's century allows Somerset edge past Sussex by 10 runs
Somerset 237 (Abell 106) beat
Sussex 227 (Groenewald 3-30) by 10 runs
Royal London One-Day Cup, South Group, Taunton
Tom Abell scored a very special century where the second highest score in the game was 39 as Somerset held their nerve to register a 10-run victory over Sussex in the South Group of the Royal London One-Day Cup in Taunton.
Somerset won the toss and elected to bat in a game they hoped would see them move to the top of the group.
The hosts got off to a poor start losing the experience of both Mahela Jayawardene (3) and Peter Trego (0) early, falling to Jofra Archer (5-42), in the third over. Archer, who made his first class debut earlier this month, was the pick of the bowlers taking his maiden one-day five-wicket haul.
Abell's 106 off 117 balls was the highlight of the Somerset innings, enabling the hosts to reach a total of 237 before losing their final wicket in the 49th over.
Sussex's reply began poorly with the removal of Philip Salt (0) leaving the hosts one for one, Tim Groenewald (3-30) taking a string of wickets before some resilience in the form of a 61-run partnership between Ajmal Shazhad (39) and Jofra Archer (35).
At 175 for nine Sussex looked to be well beaten by the hosts, but a fightback by Danny Briggs (23 not out) and particularly Will Beer (33 not out) brought Sussex within touching distance, only for them to fall just 11 runs short of their victory target.
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In the Garden, a Patient Kitty
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Sorry I haven't visited in so long...ridiculously busy these days. I love that our cats sit in the window with mice in their mouth almost every day! We don't seem to see many dead birds (thankfully) because I think they know to steer clear of the place! Love the little lion in all cats!ReplyDelete
Too funny! Rocks have been a delicacy around here too for a while... Thankfully we seem to have grown out of that stage. Finally!ReplyDelete
Oh gosh. Did you ever see The Spiderwick Chronicles? We're big fans of the books at our house. But in the movie, there's a hobgoblin that eats birds - it's kind of hilarious. As soon as I read this post I thought of him. (:ReplyDelete
I know that word-verification makes it difficult to comment, and that, due to moderation, your comments seem to vanish into thin air once you've hit "submit," but your comments will appear after approval (really!) I read every comment and love hearing from you (truly!)


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Equal reporting of refugee costs pushes Germany, Finland to top of donor list
Chaos reigns when it comes to the reporting of aid spent on caring for refugees in donor countries to the OECD DAC. Some countries report little or nothing as aid, while others milk the system for all it is worth. If all donors reported domestic refugee aid costs in the same way, what would the European donor map look like? Development Today has run the numbers; the result is a very different donor map.Read more >>
Sweden looking for new NGOs to channel humanitarian funds
With the departure of MSF and political signals of more funding in 2017, Sida plans to add NGOs to its list of "strategic humanitarian partners."Read more >>
Terminates Danish NGO agreements, cuts funding to GEF and Global Fund
The Danish government sees the aid budget as a toolkit for preventing the arrival of refugees. Private aid expands, but many agreements are terminated.Read more >>
NOK 1.5b at stake. Norway optimistic after DRC forest tour
While other donors remain reluctant to put money on the table, Norway strives for the "perfect mix between pushing and pulling" in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Read more >>


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Find out how an American hybrid bicycle compares to British rivals with our Evans Cycles Fuji Absolute 2.0 review and Practical Caravan's expert verdict
If you drive every day, it can be very relaxing to arrive on the caravan site, park up, pitch up, and then get around for the rest of the holiday by bicycle! It's the best way to feel the wind in your hair, the sun on your arms and go home fitter than when you arrived.
In many rural holiday destinations it's faster to get to the beach, or the village, by bike. As long as you have a good 0S map or local knowledge, it's fun taking shortcuts on bridleways and trails across the countryside. When you get to a river or stream, the chances are there will be a footbridge you can use. And if your bike is light enough, you can even lift it over stiles. When you arrive, there are no parking problems or charges for bicycles.
But which are the best bikes for caravan holidays? We think that what most people need is a hybrid bike that's robust enough to use on hilltop trails and smooth enough for road use as well. So we've been testing a brilliant selection of bicycles that you can use on and off-road. We tried the Islabikes Bein 29, the Ridgeback Vanteo, Fuji Absolute 2.0, B'Twin Triban 500 Fiat Bar, Claud Butler Urban 200 and four more. All the bikes we tested range from £260 for the B'Twin Triban 500 Flat Bar to a penny less than £500 for the Ridgeback Vanteo and the Islabikes Beinn 29.
We favoured bikes with flat handlebars with good grip, an upright position in the saddle (like a mountain bike), and 700c or 29 inch wheels (like a road racing bike), so they can go any distance easily. We were more impressed by bikes that were comfortable to ride and easy to use than by high performance cycles. We needed fairly lightweight hybrids to avoid overloading our car and caravan outfit, and also because they're easier to manoeuvre.
Although we said that performance was less important, we did take note of the gearing and braking, tyres and saddle comfort. Given that we're not all the same height, it's also crucial that each bike should be capable of adjustments, so that riding position is optimal.
In this review we'll focus on the Fuji Absolute 2.0, which costs a relatively modest £360 and weighs 12.3kg.
Fuji is an American brand with a huge variety of bikes, all exclusively available through Evans Cycles. This Absolute 2.0 is towards the bottom of the range and, as we went to press, Evans had substantially reduced that £360 recommended retail price (it's worth noting that most of the bikes on test are available for less than their RRP, so shop around).
Despite its relatively lowly outlook, the Fuji Absolute 2.0 model comes with some pretty good kit, particularly the Shimano Altus gearset with 24 available gears. There's also a handy flick-down bike stand for parking up. Against that, the rear U-brake is rather old-fashioned and not especially effective. Overall, it's a reliable enough bike to ride, although the general experience is turgid without being redeemed by super levels of comfort.
It's not a bad bike, just a little bland.
Technical specs
|24 gears
|Shimano Altus gearset
|Rear U-brake
|Flick-down bike stand
One of the cheaper bikes in our test, the Fuji Absolute 2.0 offers a good specification and excellent gears. We're less happy with the brakes, though. In short 'it will do' but it's not the most comfortable or nimble of bikes, so we're awarding it a three-star rating.
- Cheaper than rivals
- Has a bike stand
- Good kit levels
- Shimano Aitus gearset
- Old-fashioned rear U-brake
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The pregnancy prank isn't new, but this girl had no idea her scheme would backfire and blow up in her face the way it did. Get ready to step onto a roller coaster of emotion, because things are about to get incredibly uncomfortable. As much as you might want to escape the awkwardness, ride this one out until the end. The payoff is worth it.
Source: viralbrothers
And that my friends, is how acting is done.


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This recipe comes from our friend Kacy. It makes a huge batch, but it's so good that it goes quick, quick!
- 1 (8-quart) box powdered milk
- 1 (11-ounce) jar Coffeemate (about 3 cups)
- 1 pound powdered sugar
- 1 pound Nesquik (about 3 1/4 cups)
- Combine all ingredients together in a big, sealable container.
Note: Use about 1/3 cup cocoa mix per 1 cup hot water. It mixes best if you stir the water into the cocoa, instead of vice versa.
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In England, the Muslims purchased another vacant church. The Methodist Jersey community - a small island off the coast of the UK - sold temple for 425 thousand pounds sterling. According to the leader of the Muslim community Safar Jamali, which is quoted by the BBC, representatives of other religious communities welcomed the deal.
Recall that earlier the British Catholics Kobridzha (Staffordshire) sold the church of St. Peter's for 80,000 pounds to the local community of Muslims. As the faithful explained, the temple, which was built in the 30's is almost empty, so it was decided to sell. Methodist Church "Aquilla" in Jersey is also empty, and the local Muslims initially rented it from the owner to read namaz. After the purchase, as in the case of Saint Peter's Church, Muslims are being converted Methodist Church into a mosque.
Second time in a relatively short period of time (in my opinion) British media reported about the sale of the Christian churches in England to Muslims. The second time I am happy to welcome the decision of British Christians - both Catholics and Methodist, they entrusted the fate of the house of worship to Muslims, although among the potential buyers of the temple were representatives of various religious communities, as well as commercial companies. However, British Christians choose the name of Islam, realizing, apparently, that it is Islam is the future of present-day Europe, waived its Christian roots.
Indeed, a Holy place is never empty. Therefore, with all the arrogance of Islamophobic propaganda, heated in Western society by neoliberal and representatives of right-wing parties, calling for a "European values" (the perfect chimera, a quaint cocktail of sweeping freedoms and total bans) the myth of Muslim - barbarians - Muslims enslavers of European continent gradually fading away. While European sages in Strasbourg and Brussels, declared priority of freedom of the minority over the majority highest achievement of the human civilization, and want to make this self-destructive status-quo was maintained in the future, pious, moral, patient and tolerant Muslims are buying (not grab) depopulated and abandoned churches, and, in general, continue and complete successfully spread the truth about Islam among those who do not wish to become part of the Western infernal society creatures without sex, without nationality, without religious, necessary only for the consumption of pleasures. The number of converted Muslims among Europeans is growing every day, so that in light of the current news we can talk about the birth of the new European civilization, which will gradually, slowly and gently replace the fading European postmodern civilization.
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Written by Steve McClure
on Thursday, 24 August 2017.
For sixty years, St. Rose of Lima Catholic Academy has been working small miracles in a low-income, predominantly Latino neighborhood of southwest Denver. Operating within a limited budget, the school has given children, many of whom society has labeled as 'disadvantaged' or 'at-risk,' the opportunity to discover their God-given potential, develop a deep love for learning, and a desire to achieve excellence as scholars and as young men and women of upstanding moral character.
When Jeannie Courchene became principal of St. Rose of Lima in 1999, the school was in physical disrepair and in dire need of renovations. Mrs. Courchene and the pastor began the long road to "cleaning up" the school, while also brainstorming ways to attract more students. They developed a marketing brochure that proclaimed, "We've turned old lumber into computer tables, cardboard boxes into window shades, and hundreds of at-risk children into high school graduates. It's our modest attempt to follow a man who turned a few loaves and fishes into a meal for thousands." These words capture the vibrant purpose and achievement of the students, parents, teachers, and leadership embodied by this Catholic elementary school.Within eight years of Mrs. Courchene at the helm, enrollment had exceeded two-hundred for the first time in twenty years. Through her efforts to build relationships in the community and establish a development board to help stabilize enrollment and put the school in a more viable financial position, St. Rose of Lima was able to make many necessary improvements and become a model of educational excellence.
Because of their success, especially in serving the Latino community, St. Rose of Lima was featured in the University of Notre Dame's 2009 publication, To Nurture the Soul of a Nation: Latino Families, Catholic Schools, and Educational Opportunity. Seven years later, we revisited St. Rose to interview several members of the extraordinary team of people, without whom the school's transformation would have never been possible.
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Written by Manny Fernandez
on Wednesday, 23 August 2017.
Every school has a story to tell.
Throughout the six-year history of the Latino Enrollment Institute (LEI), we have seen Catholic school principals from all over the country come to the LEI in the hopes of transforming their schools, and in essence, change their school's story. Some schools are near closing and desperately need to increase enrollment quickly. Other schools already have a large Latino population and simply want to start serving them better. And still schools see their neighborhoods, their country, and the Church changing and want to be proactive in making sure their school is ready for this inevitable change.
When Shaileen Riginos of St. Anne Catholic School in Rock Hill, South Carolina, applied to the LEI in the summer of 2015, she asked herself, "What do I want our school story to be?" Their enrollment was healthy, their finances were in order, and parents were happy with the direction of the school. But one major area gnawed at her. Despite the fact that St. Anne's parish was 28% Latino, there were very few Latinos enrolled in the school. With the cost of tuition, attracting low-income families was proving to be difficult.
Written by Manny Fernandez
on Monday, 08 May 2017.
John Staud, Executive Director for the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) at the University of Notre Dame, likes to tell a story about the moment he knew that a great number of Latinos could be found anywhere in the Unites States, and that they would be the future of the Catholic Church. About a decade ago, he was at a rest stop in Lima, Ohio. Lima is a small, old German farming town in the middle of rural Ohio. At this rest stop, to John's astonishment, were signs in both English and Spanish. It was his "aha" moment, and ACE would never be the same.
Fast forward to the present, and the Latino Enrollment Institute (LEI) is now in its sixth year. Having served almost 200 schools from 41 states, the LEI has proven there is a need to focus on Latino enrollment in Catholic schools not only in states like California, Texas, and Florida, but throughout the entire nation.
Written by Steve McClure
on Friday, 18 November 2016.
Twelve years ago, it took a miracle to keep the doors of Mt. Carmel-Holy Rosary School in East Harlem open. But the school's providential reprieve from its impending closure was far from the end of the journey. Granted a second chance, Principal Suzanne Kaszynski, at the time in only her second year at the helm, realized that she and her staff would need to radically transform Mt. Carmel-Holy Rosary School from the inside out.
Recognizing that what her classrooms lacked was joy, she decided to incorporate a passion of her own into the school and to build programs around it. By establishing a culture of success, implementing a whole host of extra-curricular activities, reaching out to the surrounding Latino community, and with the help of the Partnership for Inner City Education, Mt. Carmel-Holy Rosary started to gain much greater visibility both within New York City and beyond.
Today, Suzanne serves as a mentor principal for the Latino Enrollment Institute, helping other Catholic school leaders find their niche and transform the culture of their schools. Watch her whole story below.
Written by Steve McClure
on Thursday, 01 September 2016.
Know your audience. This age-old wisdom for public speaking is something we've all probably heard at one point or another. It often serves as a guiding principle for any successful marketing campaign and similarly has profound implications for developing an effective Latino recruitment strategy.
When Joana Camacho became principal of Sacred Heart Catholic School in Oklahoma City, she inherited a school that had just experienced a significant drop in enrollment, with no signs of that turning around any time soon. At the same time, the weekend Masses at Sacred Heart Parish were extremely well attended, in large part by Latino families with young children. Despite her efforts to reach out to this population, through a combination of open houses, traditional advertising techniques, and even speaking at some of the Spanish Masses, it wasn't until she began to understand what Latino parents really wanted for their children that she was able to convey the most effective message.
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Happy Spring, friends! (I'm going to keep typing that until you get sick of reading it. Sorry, not sorry. I hope you're as excited as I am about the start of this new season.) Today is a super fun day on IBC because I've teamed up with five blogging friends for a #SpringDessertHop! Each of us is sharing a festive dessert recipe that's perfect for spring and Easter. After you're finished reading about my dessert, be sure to check out all of the dessert recipes linked up at the bottom of this post. You won't want to miss these beautiful and delicious ideas.
For my spring dessert idea, I couldn't settle on one treat. So, I decided to combine six sweets into one to create these colorful and fun Easter Dessert Kabobs!
I've put together all of your Easter favorites in one incredible dessert. There are Peeps bunnies and chicks, carrot cake truffles, Rice Krispies Treats, peanut butter eggs, and homemade coconut cupcakes! And, because I couldn't resist, I assembled all of this sweetness in the order of the rainbow. What more could you ask for in a dessert, right?
As you can see, this collection of desserts mixes a few store-bought favorites with homemade goodies. You may have already seen my posts for the Carrot Cake Truffles and The Ultimate Coconut Cupcakes. I wanted to get those recipes on IBC so you were ready to go. Once you whip them up, the rest of the treats come together pretty quickly.
Of course, you can assemble these Easter Dessert Kabobs with any items you'd like. I love the addition of a few homemade desserts, but if time is tight, just purchase your favorite Easter confections at the grocery store.
I also wanted to create a rainbow of colors in these kabobs so that meant giving a few of the treats a colorful update.
To create the Easter Egg Hunt Rice Krispies Treats, I purchased pre-made Rice Krispies Treat Squares and cut them in half. I then dipped the tops into melted green candy melts. Before the candy set, I added three jelly beans and sprinkled some green wafer shred sprinkles on top. (I bought the green wafer shred sprinkles at Walmart, but I also saw them at Jo-Ann Fabrics and Crafts.)
For the blue in my rainbow, I melted blue candy melts and poured them into a piping bag. I then drizzled the melted candy on mini peanut butter eggs in a crosshatch pattern. For a little sparkle, I sprinkled them with blue sugar crystals.
Peanut butter eggs are a favorite of mine, so I thought this was a fun way to dress them up.
The Peeps marshmallow bunnies and chicks (which are available in a variety of colors) were ready to go out of the box. My only recommendation: Cut them apart with a sharp knife. Pulling them apart can cause them to rip or become misshapen.
With all of my individual desserts prepared, I simply added them, one by one onto a wood skewer. (You can find the wood skewers I used HERE.) Everything goes onto the skewers pretty easily. Just take your time with the chocolate covered treats to prevent cracking.
And that's it. Your Easter Dessert Kabobs are ready to enjoy and impress your guests.
These do take some time to prepare and assemble, but I think the end result speaks for itself. To save time, you could prepare a few of the items (peanut butter eggs, cupcakes, and carrot cake truffles) a day or two in advance.
I've included a recipe below to guide you through a few of the steps and to provide you with a grocery list if needed. You'll have to do a bit of math depending on how many kabobs you make, but I hope the recipe assists you in the process.
Makes as many as you would like
Here's what you will need:
Egg Hunt Rice Krispies Treats:
Rice Krispies Treats
Green candy melts
Green wafer shred sprinkles
Jelly beans
Blue Crosshatched Peanut Butter Eggs:
Mini peanut butter eggs
Blue candy melts
Blue sugar crystals
Peeps pink marshmallow bunnies
Peeps yellow marshmallow chicks
Carrot cake truffles (recipe here)
Mini coconut cupcakes (recipe here)
Wood skewers
To make the Egg Hunt Rice Krispies Treats:
In a microwave-safe bowl, melt the green candy melts by microwaving them at 30-second intervals, stirring after each, until melted. If using store-bought Rice Krispies Treats, cut them in half. Dip the top half of the treat into the melted candy melts. Shake off any access. Top with three jelly beans then immediately sprinkle with green wafer shred sprinkles.
To make the Blue Crosshatched Peanut Butter Eggs:
In a microwave-safe bowl, melt the blue candy melts by microwaving them at 30-second intervals, stirring after each, until melted. Add the melted blue candy melts to a piping bag. Cut a small tip off the bag and drizzle the melted candy on the mini peanut butter eggs in a crosshatch pattern. Immediately sprinkle with blue sugar crystals.
Carrot Cake Truffles: Find the full recipe here.
The Ultimate Coconut Cupcakes: Find the full recipe here.
With all of your individual desserts ready or prepared, position them in color order onto a wood skewer.Print
I hope you enjoy eating and making these fun dessert kabobs as much I did. I was thrilled with how they turned out.
Now you can enjoy all of the flavors of Easter that you love in one dessert.
Also, if you're looking for an Easter cocktail, then you're going to love my Cottontail Martini.
It's a delicious and festive take on a classic coconut martini complete with marshmallow tail! You can get the recipe HERE.
For even more spring and Easter dessert inspiration, be sure to visit all of the links below to see what five of my fellow blogger have created as part of our #SpringDessertHop. You are going to love the beautiful and delicious ideas created by these talented ladies.
Bunny Butt Cake – Julie Blanner
The Very Best Carrot Cake – Freutcake
Carrot Scone with Cream Cheese Glaze – The Effortless Chic
Pastel S'mores Pizza – Paper & Stitch
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Julie Blanner at
These are adorable! The Easter egg hunt krispy treats are so.stinking.cute. Love everything about these kabobs.
Michael Wurm, Jr. at
You are too kind, friend. Thank you so much for your sweet comment. 🙂
xo Michael
patti @ pandoras' box at
Cute idea…and I think i will make something like this for the Easter dinner table! BUT, where did you find this sale of skewer?
Michael Wurm, Jr. at
Thanks! I found mine at the grocery store, but you can also get them here: http://amzn.to/2mqiqOF
xo Michael
Leah at
These really are so fun Michael! An Easter party on every stick.
Ellen T at
Love this idea. Since I'm not a fan of jelly beans, I would substitute Cadbury Eggs or Hershey Eggs for them. Can't wait to try the carrot cake truffles too.
I enjoy your blog, though this is my first time commenting.
Joan at
These are fabulous ideas and recipes!!! They look yummy too!
Jen Pinkston at
Easter has literally never looked so sweet and delicious! These are adorable!
Elle at
So Springy!! And delicious!! I'm thinking about making these with the grands.
Michael Wurm, Jr. at
Thank you!!!
xo Michael
JulieD at
This is so genius…I can't get over it!
Michael Wurm, Jr. at
Julie!!! Thank you, friend. 🙂 Miss you!
xo Michael
Julia Sandvoss at
These look adorable! And yummy! So cute that I am sharing on our page too!
Patricia at
Michael, my thighs! Why do when you can overdo? How on earth do you stay so slim? That's just sin on a stick… but may look into carrot cake truffles. Sigh. I have plenty of "will power", it's "won't power" I'm lacking.
Terrell at
This is beyond adorable! I'm so using this for my Easter table!! Thank you for ALL of your ideas!! LOVE THEM!
rhonda leach at
…you are absolutely brilliant!!! 🙂
Julie at
O.M.G how very creative and cute are these! Yes will make for giving to friends! You are the best!! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!
Michael Wurm, Jr. at
I love them too! Enjoy!!
xo Michael
Gaelle at
I am, unfortunately, quite sure that I cannot find all the necessary ingredients where I live in Alsace region (East of France – Europe) but the idea is great, I will do something as similar as I can with the local ingredients! Thank you so much for sharing your ideas.
Michael Wurm, Jr. at
That's the great part about these – you can use the idea to create something special based on what's available in your area or your personal favorite treats.
xo Michael
- Adorable Bunny Butt Cake - an Easy Easter Dessert Recipe
- Sugar Rush: A Pastel S'more Pizza Recipe for Spring / Easter (with Edible Flowers) - Paper and Stitch
- Carrot, Orange + White Chocolate Chip Scones with Cream Cheese Glaze - The Effortless Chic - A lifestyle blog bringing easy ideas for every day style to you, every day of the week!
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Benefit(s): If the alchemist drinks an extract of the divination school while under the effects of a cognatogen, his effective caster level temporarily increases by 2. In addition, while under the effects of a cognatogen, the alchemist may use augury once as a spell-like ability (caster level equal to his alchemist level). At 10th level, he can use divination instead.
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There's to be no under-estimating Marine this Saturday as Macclesfield get their cup bid under way.
Macc have been drawn at home to the Evo-Stik Premier Division high flyers – a tie that gives the Silkmen the opportunity to put their league concerns aside for an afternoon.
But boss Steve King says that those expecting a cakewalk for the off-colour Silkmen are in for a surprise.
"I'm looking forward to the cup match," he said after his side played out their sixth straight league game without a win while Marine were suffering their first loss in the league this season.
"The game is a good distraction, the FA Cup is something special – and getting to the next round is worth £12,500, which is decent money for any club.
"I'm going to watch Marine against Witton Albion on Tuesday night, and I know they're not going to be a pushover.
"Don't forget Marine are in the same league as FC United, and they gave us a really good game in pre-season.
"Being the underdog, they'll come here with no fear – we'll have to make sure we're at our best."
King will be allowed to field his loan players in the cup match, although centre-back Kieran Charnock remains sidelined with an Achilles injury, and isn't expected back in action for at least a fortnight.
The Macc manager admits he's pleased with the chances his side are making and that a switch to a narrower midfield four seems to be working, allowing his full-backs to press on.
"We changed things to allow us to utilise Ryan Jackson and Craig Braham-Barratt better," he added. "There's more of an onus on them and we want to use their strengths more. Both are quick and powerful and they're a great attacking weapon.
"We're dominating games and we've got a lot of goals coming from Barnesy (Matthew Barnes-Homer) but we're not really scoring enough from set-pieces and from the others around the team, even though we're creating chances week in, week out.
"By the law of averages someone is going to get a good hiding sooner or later."


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Since 2008, Ciclic is a partner of the call for projects organized during the Annecy International Animation Film Market (MIFA).
Call for projects for short films
9 short film projects received a prize from Ciclic since the beginning of our partnership. The Ciclic Prize is a €35,000 grant minimum offered by the Centre-Val de Loire Region. Ciclic receives the winners during a residency in Vendôme for the animation or filming stages.
The winners are: Le Môme Tintouin by Loïc Malo (France - 2008), Planet Z by Momoko Seto (Japan - 2009), Le Banquet de la concubine by Hefang Wei (China - 2010), Tempête sur anorak by Paul Cabon (France - 2011), Beach Flags by Sarah Saïdan (Iran - 2012), Yùl et le serpent by Gabriel Harel (France - 2013), Alphonse s'égare by Jean-Luc Gréco & Catherine Buffat (France - 2014), Vent de fête by Marjolaine Perreten (Switzerland - 2015) and Carpelle by Tibor Banoczki & Sarolta Szabo (Hungary - 2016)
Call for projects for TV series and specials
Since 2014, Ciclic awards prizes for TV projects. The prize is a €25,000 grant for development support. Ciclic receives the winners during a 2-month development residency (storyboard, animation, making of the pilot, graphic research, scale models, etc.).
The winners are: Une semaine de Ferme l'Oeil by Claire Sichez, Maï N'Guyen and Claire Paoletti (France - 2014), Weekend ? by Eloïc Gimenez (France - 2015), Vanille by Guillaume Lorin (France - 2015) and Planthéon by Thomas Pons (France - 2016)
Call for projects for Animation du monde
In 2015, CITIA asked Ciclic to become a partner of a new call for projects called "Animation du Monde" (World Animation), aiming at spotlighting territories with limited animation production capacities. The partners (Folimage and Ciclic) chose the preschool series project called Muzi & Kuku and directed by Tim & Candice Argall. The creators were awarded with a 1-month residency for graphic development (Folimage, Valence, February 2016) and a 1-month residency for development (Ciclic Animation, Vendôme, May 2016). Tim and Candice pitched their project in Annecy in June 2016 and presented their new pilot. A co-production contract was signed between Bugbox Animation (Johannesburg) and Folimage Studio (Valence). It is the first animation co-production project between South Africa and France.
Following the success of Animation du Monde, it became in 2016 a category on its own within the Mifa Pitches. Ciclic will receive the director (with or without a member of his/her team) for one month in order to work on the development of his/her project (short film or series).
The winners are: Muzi & Kuku by Tim & Candice Argall (South Africa - 2015), Dog Days by Tato Kotetishvili (Georgia - 2016), Fairy Wheels by Clea Mallinson (South Africa - 2016), Riga's Lilac by Lizete Murovska (Latvia - 2016)


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Wednesday, October 7, 2009
First of all, if Metro stopped screwing up, they'd be able to forget about crisis management communications and save us some dough. Maybe the money could go toward the budget gap.
But we digress.
The first confirmed product under the consultants was displayed here.
Yesterday, came another, bigger blunder--at least we think so.
Just as people were settling into work after some major Red Line delays caused by A PART THAT "BECAME DISASSEMBLED" FROM A TRAIN, what does Metro do?
They issue a press release about how they've spent $20,000 on two "T3" pimped out Segway-looking tricycles for the Metro Transit Police, and they may buy even more!
The release was accompanied by an unintentionally funny video.
Now, maybe these suped up Big Wheels will end crime as we know it on Metro. We're not experts, but to put this news out so soon after a major meltdown looks ... well, dumb--and completely disconnected from the riders' experience.
Next time there's a category III suckstorm, we suggest a press release about how Metro is planning to keep parts from falling off trains and delaying thousands. Or how they'll stop buses from hitting people. Or how they'll keep trains from colliding.
But it doesn't end here.
Late yesterday evening, Metro issued a press release about "a fatal pedestrian accident."
In the release is the following sentence:
"Service Operations Managers are continuing to convey the importance of pedestrian awareness to more than 2,400 Metrobus operators on the street and 950 bus maintenance personnel."
Pedestrian awareness.
So it has come to this: People who drive a bus for a living need a friendly reminder not to hit people on the street.
Seriously, what good is that going to do? Isn't pedestrian awareness something most of us behind a wheel automatically have without need for "reinforcements" and "conversations?"
Is that the best they could do to reassure an increasingly leery public? Obviously, there's something more fundamental, more systemic afoot at Metro, and more reminders probably aren't going to help.
Well done consultants!
If Metro is this dumb with a "little" money, what are they going to do with (if they get) a lot of money?
Other items:
Pedestrian accident ends in fatality (WaPo)
Medical Center plan revealed (GGW)
10 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Allegedly (!!!) an officer already wrecked one of those T3s and spent time in the hospital because of it. Perhaps Metro needs to hire more consultants to the consultants who advise on the training programs. So, that's 20,000 for one T3, not two (anymore).
- October 7, 2009 at 9:37 AM
- Anonymous said...
Can we riders sue to get our money back under a third party beneficiary theory?
- October 7, 2009 at 9:38 AM
- Anonymous said...
lo-speed chase anyone?
- October 7, 2009 at 10:32 AM
- Anonymous said...
A-MEN! This is the kind of stuff you get when the foxes guard the henhouse. Though to compare WMATA to foxes is demeaning to foxes.
- October 7, 2009 at 11:07 AM
- Anonymous said...
"Take for us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes." Take from us the Metro foxes that would endanger the lives of employees and customers, and who would collect money from those who are at risk of injury. WMATA doesn't need to add to the jumper death toll through its negligence.
- October 7, 2009 at 11:27 AM
- Anonymous said...
Here's a thought - why didn't Metro buy their cops bicycles? Gosh, they do all the things that the stupid T3 does (and can go a lot more places, have lower maintenance costs, and don't need to be 'eased' off of a curb), and costs a hell of a lot less. My guess is that Metro thought their bus drivers might run the cops over. That or they were worried that the cops might actually have to get into shape.
- October 7, 2009 at 11:30 AM
- Anonymous said...
I am a permanent pedestrian. I guarantee you people in cars are just a bad avoiding pedestrians as the bus drivers. I just wish everyone would stop flipping me the finger when they try to run me down while in a crosswalk with the cross light going. And firing Cato isn't going to help this mess. Fire all of his directors and supervisors first. It is obvious this problem is not only at the top level - it is pervalent throughout the entire mentality of the employee-system. They just don't care to do a good job and they don't care about the consequences either.
- October 7, 2009 at 12:18 PM
- Anonymous said...
How about they put those consultants to use in letting people know what is going on during delays.
- October 7, 2009 at 12:33 PM
- Anonymous said...
Regarding the poll at the top about whether or not one is considering abandoning Metro and driving instead, please include option(s) for people like me who don't own a car. It irks me when the PA system announcers say "Thank you for choosing Metro." I don't own a car -- riding Metro not really a choice.
- October 7, 2009 at 4:26 PM
- Let's get Metro Fixed said...
Can't change the poll, but your point is well taken.
- October 7, 2009 at 4:43 PM


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Azure Information Protection – Manual and Automatic File Classification
In our previous blog posts, we discussed securing users and securing devices, but documents are often sent or stored outside the organization and so a solution also needs to be available to protect your data no matter where it might be.
Azure Information Protection provides this security by integrating a number of tools, including Microsoft's Rights Management, to tag documents and emails with the necessary security.
How do I protect documents and emails?
In the past, the process to protect documents and emails could be complicated or difficult, but with the new Azure Information Protection plugin it is a very simple process. The plugin is available for all Microsoft Office products and also integrates with Windows Explorer. Once installed, a new menu bar will appear in your Office products. To protect a document or email. Simply select the proper sensitivity and the associated security policies will be applied. If one of the
Once installed, a new menu bar will appear in your Office products. To protect a document or email. Simply select the proper sensitivity and the associated security policies will be applied. If one of the built-in policies is not appropriate, administrators can easily create their own custom policies and make them available to the plugin.
Is this only a manual process or can data be protected automatically?
Automatic classification is absolutely available and is a feature of EMS E5. In this model, the security policies remain the same but the policies are then linked to keyword searches or content matches, such as social security numbers or credit card numbers. The system will then automatically scan data in SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, and other cloud and on-premises systems and classify documents based on the search results. In addition, if you have the Azure Information Protection plugin, it will scan any documents you are working on and classify them as needed automatically.
When I protect a document or email, what does that mean?
When you create a security policy to protect documents, you can select a number of different policies to restrict access and the redistribution of data. There are many options but some of the most common include:
- Block printing or re-saving to alternate location
- Block the copy command
- Block forwarding and replying to an email
- Restrict viewing and editing of the data
What types of files can I protect with Azure?
The list of file types that can be protected by Azure Information Protection continues to grow. Currently, the main file types are any Microsoft Office files, image files, and Adobe PDFs. For more information, here is a list of the updated file types.
Now that we have our data protected, in our next blog we will review tools that are available in Azure Information Protection to track the data and ensure that the right people are accessing the data and that the security is being properly enforced.


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For a small town, Burke is a big deal in the world of outdoor recreation.
Not only is this Northeast Kingdom community home to Burke Mountain Resort, it's also where you'll find Burke Mountain Academy, a world-renowned school for ski racing, and Kingdom Trails, an extensive trail system popular for mountain biking, fat biking, and Nordic skiing.
I lived in this area 20 years ago while working as a young reporter for a local newspaper. Kingdom Trails was just getting off the ground and Burke Mountain was nearly two decades from breaking ground on its slopeside hotel.
I returned to Burke last month for my first overnight visit since 1996. While a few things have changed over the years, Burke is a ski town that remains true to its roots.
Burke Mountain Resort
While Burke Mountain attracts skiers and snowboarders from as far as Boston and Hartford, it mostly feels like a locals mountain (which is what makes it all the more appealing). With 36 trails, 14 glades, three terrain parks, and four lifts, the mountain offers terrain for beginners, intermediate, and advanced skiers. Located east of the Green Mountain Range, Burke is a monadnock that stands at an elevation of 3,267 feet.
The ski area recently opened a 116-room Burke Hotel & Conference Center, complete with two restaurants, a coffee shop, retail store, arcade, fitness center, and year-round outdoor heated pool and hot tub.
Located just steps from the Mid-Burke Express lift, the mid-mountain hotel offers guests a true ski-in/ski-out experience on one of the most scenic mountains in Vermont.
With one, two, and three-bedroom suites available, guests can enjoy comfort, amenities, and beauty at every turn. Hotel windows face ski trails or the dramatic view of Willoughby Gap to the north, giving guests a true sense of place. Rooms are a stone's throw from the Magic Carpet learning area for kids and the high-speed Mid-Burke Express, which gets skiers to the top of the mountain in minutes.
Mountain History and Ski Racing
To fully appreciate Burke and its unmistakable sense of place, look no further than the mountain's history.
The ski area, which first opened in the winter of 1955-56, has been through more than its fair share of tough times, cycling through several ownerships, challenging weather conditions, and even bankruptcies (one that I covered as a reporter in 1995). A recent EB-5 scandal put the resort in receivership, and it's expected to be sold after this ski season to a new owner.
Still, time and time again, this is a mountain community that knows how to survive.
Part of what makes Burke Mountain special is the world-renowned Burke Mountain Academy. Established in 1970 as the first ski academy of its kind in the United States, Burke Mountain Academy has produced numerous national team members and Olympians over the years, including 2016 World Cup Winner and 2014 Olympic slalom gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin.
Burke Mountain recently reached an agreement to become an Official U.S. Ski Team Development Site, the first of its kind in the country. The designation means that members of the United States Ski Team will train and hold elite skiing competitions at Burke Mountain.
Off-Mountain Dining and Activities
The new hotel now means that a visit to Burke no longer requires that you go off-mountain for lodging, food, or shopping. But the small village of East Burke along Route 114 and nearby Darling Hill Road are worth exploring. A general store, restaurant, and shops can be found in the village. A few miles up on Darling Hill Road is where visitors can access Kingdom Trails for fat biking, as well as fat bike rentals.
The Northeast Kingdom Country Store
Originally built in the mid-1800s, the two-story Northeast Kingdom Country Store is part deli, part gift shop, part wine cellar. Shop for maple syrup, antiques, pottery, and gifts or sit down for lunch and enjoy tasty waffles, sandwiches, or pizza. The best part? Breakfast is served all day (466 Route 114, East Burke; 802-626-4611; www.nekcountrystore.com).
Burke Publick House
Just in back of the country store is the Burke Publick House (one called "The Pub Outback"). Enjoy wings, nachos, salads, burgers, chicken sandwiches, fish and chips, sirloin tips, pork chops, and more (482 Route 114, East Burke; 802-626-1188).
The Wildflower Inn in Lyndonville
Jim and Mary O'Reilly have been welcoming guests to The Wildflower Inn for more than 30 years. Surrounded by 300 acres in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, the inn offers 24 rooms and suites in one of the most scenic settings in Vermont. The Wildflower Inn also serves as the hub for Kingdom Trails. After a day on the trails, head over to Juniper's restaurant at the inn, which serves up steaks, salads, burgers, pasta, and more. (2059 Darling Hill Road, Lyndonville; 802-626-8310; www.wildflowerinn.com).
Fat Biking, Snowshoeing or Nordic Skiing on Kingdom Trails
Kingdom Trails can be enjoyed year round. About 25 miles of singletrack fat biking trails are open on the east side of Darling Hill Road as well as a portion of the west side. Summertime mountain biking favorites such as Pines, Ridge to Rim, and Riverwood can also be enjoyed in the winter. The Village Sports Shop Trailside shop on Darling Hill Road (next to the Wildflower Inn) and East Burke Sports on Route 114 offer fat bike rentals (802-626-0737; http://kingdomtrails.org).
Scenic Drive: Darling Hill Road
This scenic route between Lyndonville and East Burke is one of the prettiest roads I've ever seen. Here you'll enjoy views of Burke Mountain, Mount Pisgah, Mount Hor, Lake Willoughby, and Kirby Mountain. The best part? It takes you straight to Kingdom Trails.
**If You Go to Burke: From Interstate 91, take Exit 23 to Route 5 and travel north for five miles to Route 114 to the village of East Burke. Just north of East Burke is the Burke Mountain access road.
For more information about Burke Mountain, visit www.skiburke.com.
You can read more about the new Burke hotel in my article on Ski Vermont's All Mountain Mamas blog.


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Fes City Tour With Local Guide
This morning after breakfast in your riad, you will start your Fes city tour sightseeing tour of the city with a local guide. Who will give you more information about the city and its attractions. You will visit the Medina (old city) while walking on foot.You will visit the Bouanania and the Attarine Medersas constructed in the early 14th century by the Merinides, the Karaouine Mosque (The ancient educational centre of Islamic learning), and the Nejjarine Marble Fountain. You will have a break for lunch at a typical Moroccan restaurant. Continuing on your visit, you will view the decorated gate of Bab Boujeloud, the medieval tanneries, the Royal Palace .Then visit of the Souks (local markets) where merchants and craftsmen sell their hand-made jewellery, leather goods, copperware and pottery. After the visit, you will be returned to your riad.
About what is included and excluded from this tour package:
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- +Private Transportation: comfortable 4×4 vehicle air-conditioned/ Mini-bus for large groups + Fuel.
- +Professional and well-experienced Driver Speaking English or a Driver+ a personal guide.
- +Stops whenever it is possible for photos, shopping, toilets…
Price doesn't Include:
- –Admission fee: All entrances fees to all sites and monuments on tour.
- –All meals: Can be taken in good local restaurants along the way.
- –Beverages and drinks.
- –Tipping Driver/Guides
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Superior Essex announces that it will be featured on Manufacturing Marvels, a special segment of The Gerri Willis Report that airs on the Fox Business Network on Tuesday September 3rd at approximately 9:30-9:44PM EST.
Produced by award winning producers Bob and Jerry May and narrated by nationally acclaimed voice talent John Criswell, the 2-minute Manufacturing Marvel® production spotlights American manufacturers in a multitude of industries. This special segment will showcase how telecommunications cable is made by featuring the Superior Essex Advanced Fiber Communications manufacturing plant located in Brownwood, Texas.
After visiting the plant in August, Marvel Product Group, LLC (MPG) captured the innovative technologies used to create high-quality telecommunications cable products for both indoor and outdoor applications. Product lines for the Brownwood facility include premises optical fiber and copper cables and Outside Plant (OSP) cables.
After the air date on September 3rd, the video segment will be on ce.superioressex.com and the Superior Essex YouTube Channel for continued viewing.
Superior Essex Communications LP
Matt Wheeler, Director of Marketing
About Superior Essex
Superior Essex Inc. manufactures a broad portfolio of wire and cable products and accessories primarily serving communications, magnet wire/winding wire, energy, wireless, and related distribution markets. It is a leading manufacturer and supplier of copper/fiber optic communications wire and cable products used to interconnect outdoor and in-building data networks. It is also a global leading manufacturer and distributor of magnet wire/winding wire products for use in motors, transformers, generators and electrical controls. Superior Essex also offers distributed antenna systems (DAS) cables and accessories that increase wireless coverage and network capacity, and low/medium voltage, energy cable products that service the Commercial, Industrial, and Utility markets. SuperiorEssex.com
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DENVER, CO--(Marketwired - May 2, 2013) - MusclePharm Corporation (
From 1987 to 1998, Estalella enjoyed a storybook career at Office Depot where he established many of the company's retail markets, along with its nationwide distribution center network, and helped grow it into a $9 billion dollar company. Moving quickly up the management ranks at Office Depot, he began as an assistant store manager in Miami, Florida before becoming a District Manager in 1989 and Special Projects Manager in 1990. By 1992 he was a Regional Vice President and responsible for 120 stores with sales in excess of $1 billion. In 1996 he was named Vice President of Logistics and Distribution and ultimately Senior Vice President of Warehouse Operations in 1997, where he was responsible for total warehouse operations, order fulfillment and delivery, and had oversight of 3,500 associates in 20 locations having total volume in excess of $2.4 billion.
From 1998 to 2005, Estalella was President and owner of Allied Project Management, Inc., a consulting business specializing in retail, e-commerce, operations, warehousing and distribution. The majority of his clients were Fortune 1000 companies.
And most recently, since 2005, Estalella was Senior Vice President of Operations at Arbonne International, a skin care and wellness products company, where he was responsible for all global manufacturing, supply chain, transportation, fulfillment and warehouse functions, facilities management and North American customer service. While at Arbonne, he was able to reduce inventory levels by over 40% while improving fulfillment fill rates to over 99% and order accuracy to 99.7%. His oversight and strategies resulted in millions of dollars of both cost savings and profit improvement for Arbonne.
Commenting on the announcement, Mr. Estalella stated, "I view MusclePharm as an exceptional opportunity to join a company with an outstanding brand that is already experiencing extraordinary growth in a highly fragmented multi-billion market. Whereas revenue growth has been the major focus for management since inception, I believe there is a quite a bit of opportunity to immediately improve the operating side of the business. I am anxious to work with Brad and the entire MusclePharm team to build a world class organization."
John Bluher, Executive Vice President and co-Chairman of MusclePharm, stated, "Richard's immense experience in managing operations of fast growing businesses makes him both a perfect, and timely addition to the MusclePharm team. I look forward to continuing to serve as MusclePharm's co-Chairman as well as its interface with capital market professionals."
Brad Pyatt, MusclePharm's Founder & CEO, commented, "Given my background as a former NFL player, I would characterize Richard as an enormous, game-changing free agent addition to the MusclePharm team. He has proven to be an exceptional executive manager at both Office Depot and Arbonne International at a time when each were experiencing extraordinary growth. I believe adding Richard greatly reduces execution risk and enhances our ability to scale the Company. I am excited to work closely with him in pursuit of our goal of building MusclePharm into the global leader in sports nutritional products."
MusclePharm is a healthy lifestyle company that develops and manufactures nutritional supplements which address active lifestyles, including muscle building, weight loss and maintaining general fitness through a daily nutritional supplement regimen. The products are formulated through a six-stage research process using the expertise of leading nutritional scientists. MusclePharm's products are sold to consumers in more than 90 countries and available in over 10,500 U.S. retail outlets, including Dick's Sporting Goods, GNC, Vitamin Shoppe and Vitamin World. MusclePharm products also are sold through more than 100 online channels globally, including bodybuilding.com, amazon.com and vitacost.com. MusclePharm also owns FitMiss™ (http://fitmiss.com/), a branded line of fitness supplements which is designed, dosed and formulated specifically for women with active lifestyles. For more information, please visit http://musclepharm.com/.
This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Statements that are not a description of historical facts constitute forward-looking statements and may often, but not always, be identified by the use of such words as "expects", "anticipates", "intends", "estimates", "plans", "potential", "possible", "probable", "believes", "seeks", "may", "will", "should", "could" or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Actual results may differ materially from those set forth in this release due to the risks and uncertainties inherent in the Company's business. More detailed information about the Company and the risk factors that may affect the realization of forward-looking statements is set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, the Company's Quarter Reports on Form 10-Q and other filings submitted by the Company to the SEC, copies of which may be obtained from the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement and the Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update this release to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof.


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What OS is better for my computer?
So im trying to decide whether keeping my mac at snow leopard or upgrading would be the best solution for my old Macbook 4,4 4GB ram. With a bootcamp of WinXP. Is it worth the upgrade? Or is there nothing worth it in lion?