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Finance Cloud Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Trends, Analysis, Growth, and Forecast 2017 - 2025
With the soaring need for effective customer management, the global market for finance cloud is expected to progress at a significant pace over the coming years. The growing popularity of cloud is leading to the increasing deployment of applications via the cloud platform, which in turn is stoking the growth of the global market. On the flip side, the growing concerns about conformity with regulations and lack of protection of intellectual property rights are inhibiting the growth of the market. Besides this, the high threat of cybercrimes and inconvenience in disaster recovery are keeping the market from realizing its full potential.
The high deployment cost of finance cloud makes it affordable only for large enterprises. However, as small and medium enterprises focus towards raising their games, the adoption of these models is estimated to gain traction in the near future. Moreover, market players are aiming at developing finance cloud models for SMEs, owing to the increasing pool of startups across the globe. Apart from this, key companies operating in the market are banking on technological advancements and product innovation to rise to the fore.
On the basis of services, the global finance cloud market can be segmented into professional services and managed services. The professional services segment will account for a substantial share in the market during the forecast period. Organizations worldwide are focusing towards offering specialized services to attain greater customer experience with better and faster operational efficiency and support.
Cloud finance refers to an accounting software that caters to the needs of small, medium, and large scale businesses. Cloud finance increases data accuracy, enables sharing of workflows, and streamlines approval procedures, thereby enhancing the overall efficiency of the business enterprise.
Usage of finance cloud enables users to gain access to software applications remotely through the Internet or other networks. With the installation of finance cloud software, one is free from the necessity of installing and maintaining software on desktops, and is ensured that the data is safe. It is also possible to acquire visibility in the organization, apart from getting real-time reporting through finance cloud.
The finance cloud market report analyzes key market factors such as drivers and restraints, growth opportunities, and trends. The report also conveys information about market size, value chain analysis, market projections, supply and demand dynamics, and technological developments, among others. The major market players are analyzed wherein their share, business strategies, and product portfolios are discussed.
High levels of flexibility, accuracy, improved collaboration, easier global delivery, lower total cost of ownership, and multitasking capacity offered by finance cloud are some of the key factors driving the growth of the global finance cloud market.
Unlike traditional finance systems, finance cloud does not require high maintenance as the cloud provider furnishes the backups, the system gets updated automatically, and no further installations are necessary. With finance cloud, there is no need of additional servers, patches, databases, failover, and upgrades. Furthermore, the installation of finance cloud ensures that there is no need of new hardware, expensive equipment, and licenses when a company grows, cutting down unnecessary costs and raising the demand for finance cloud. The aforementioned myriad of advantages offered by finance cloud are sure to boost the growth of the finance cloud market.
On the other hand, high initial installation charges, coupled with inadequate skilled personnel, are some of the major challenges faced by the market for finance cloud.
The customer management segment is likely to enhance market growth in terms of application. The professional services segment is also slated to witness immense growth in the finance cloud market, accounting for a major share during the forecast period.
Based on geography, the global finance cloud market can be segmented into Europe, Asia Pacific, North America, the Middle East and Africa, and Latin America. North America is projected to register impressive growth in the global market for finance cloud. Factors such as significant reduction in CapEx spending, expansive Internet penetration, booming IT sector, and growth of a stable economy are responsible for North America's prominence.
Asia Pacific is slated to manifest increased demand for finance cloud over the forecast period due to the high rate of adoption of finance cloud by large as well as small businesses. Moreover, growing inclination of several end users towards innovation and infrastructural development will boost the Asia Pacific market.
The major companies operating in the finance cloud market include Amazon, International Business Machines (IBM), Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), Salesforce.com, Oracle, Capgemini, and Google. The leading companies have been continuously working on penetrating newer markets and providing impeccable customer service in order to gain more profit. Therefore, the competition between the market players is likely to intensify over the coming years.
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Better news on home sales and improved prospects for job growth sent stocks higher on Wall Street Thursday.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 135 points, nearly making up its 140-point loss from the day before. The S&P 500 edged back into the black for 2011, with just one more day of trading left in the year.
The four-week average of unemployment claims fell to a three-and-a-half-year low, an indication that hiring could pick up. Also, the number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes in November rose more than 7 percent to the highest level in a year and a half, according to the National Association of Realtors.
Quincy Krosby, Prudential Financial's market strategist, said the reports were encouraging signals for the economy going in to 2012.
"The correlation between jobs and housing has been crystal-clear this year," Krosby said. "Parts of the country where jobs are more plentiful are the ones where the housing market has held up."
Krosby said the correlation has become more pronounced after the real estate bust, when lenders became reluctant to even consider customers for a mortgage unless they held jobs. She said it's a noticeable trend in many cities nationwide.
For instance, Boston's 1.1 percent drop in home prices since last year was one of the lowest among metro areas tracked by S&P/Case-Shiller index. The city's unemployment rate is 6.2 percent, much lower than the national average of 8.6 percent.
The positive housing news sent the stocks of home builders sharply higher. Masco Corp. soared 8.4 percent, the most in the S&P 500. PulteGroup Inc. rose 6 percent and Lennar Corp. gained 4.6 percent.
The Dow closed at 12,287.04, a gain of 135.63 points, or 1.1 percent. For the year, the Dow is up 709 points, or 6 percent.
The S&P 500 rose 13.38 points, or 1.07 percent, to 1,263.02. That's just 5 points above where the index started the year.
The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite rose 23.76 points, or 0.92 percent, to 2,613.74. The index if down 39 points for the year.
Trading was very light as investors get ready to close the books on 2011. Markets will be closed Monday in observance of New Year's Day, which falls on Sunday.
Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was 2 billion shares, less than half of its recent average. Gaining stocks led losing ones four-to-one.
The euro fell to its lowest level against the dollar in more than a year and its lowest against the Japanese yen in a decade. The euro went as low as $1.28 versus the dollar, its weakest since September 2010.
Investors continued to be worried that Italy's 10-year borrowing rate remains uncomfortably close to 7 percent, a level that economists consider unsustainable.
In other corporate news:
*Chesapeake Midstream Partners rose 5 percent after the natural gas systems operator agreed to acquire Chesapeake Energy Corp.'s pipeline business.
*Hill International Inc. rose 3 percent after the construction management company was awarded a $3.3 million contract to build a new stadium in Iraq.
*Sears Holdings Corp. fell 1 percent as investors worried over the fate of the retailer, two days after it said it was closing over 100 U.S. stores.

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It Won't Stop…
my mind, that is. It's as if God took His stir stick and stirred my mind as fast as He could. It just keeps swirling and very little is settling back down to the bottom.
Do you know how many colors there are in a pasture on the High Plains this time of year?
Can I do a disservice to certain loved ones by doing a service to 0ther loved ones? Do I have to pick?
Can my spiritual life get any deeper? Is there a place to finally say, "Ah, this is it." ?
How can it be so hot in the sun and so cold in the shade on the same day?
Will I ever have the answers to all my questions, or when I finally meet God face to face will it just not matter any more?
Why does my husband love me so much?
Can my couch get any uglier?
Do I have to remember the bad stuff too?
See what I mean? I can't even blog well as a topic just won't settle.
I've been on the road for over a week now. Just arrived home today. I only have ≈8 loads of laundry to do. Although I've posted some, I haven't been able to keep up with all my bloggy friends. I look forward to catching up with all the missed posts, and sitting in my recliner with my Bible and my dachshund with the velvety ears.
This month has been far from what was planned. And much can still happen. I am still asking for prayer for some very dear loved ones, and for me that I am able to serve where needed, able to hear the Spirit clearly about what I am to do.
One great thing I learned on the the road among many deeply inspiring things is that I can play in my art journal while driving (my husband driving that is)! You may have seen a portion of this. The rest I finished yesterday.
The text by the tree reads, "How many rings will I have when they chop me down? Or maybe I'll just fall over and rot over many years & feed dainty funguses." (Yes, I know it should be fungi.) What do the tree and the girl have in common? Why nothing. They just randomly ended up on the same page. Or perhaps I am the girl, and I am the tree.
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Hey everyone….
I know I haven't been taking enough photos of myself. But that's all changing, In fact this Wednesday and Thursday – that's right THIS week : ) – I'll be taking quite a lot of shots. Good ones I hope.
And they will be different. I frankly hated most of my previous shots. They didn't capture my personality. Well, I'm putting it right out there now so all the world can see. It'll capture it.
Some will be fun. On a motorcycle. Dancing, jumping (I get like that) and others will be sexy. Classy sexy though. I'm not interested in being risqué or dirty. No thanks.
Instead, I'll be focusing more on being a positive role model to women. Such as my daughter. And the baby granddaughter I will have in my life come July of this year.
Body image.
Sure that's part of it as well. I want to promote positive body image for women everywhere and of every age. We can, at 60 or beyond, rock the teeny-weeny bikini (which I will be doing) and look amazing in the slinky dress. Jeans and t-shirts will also be part of it, as will at least one business suit.
I've worked hard to stay in shape and I'm thankful that I've been blessed with good genes and the love of fitness. You need that second one most of all. No matter how slim all your family members are, if you eat junk food and never exercise it's not going to be good for you or look good on you.
Looking forward to it.
Yea, it's been too long. A year and a half without good, planned photos is too much. That won't happen again. Ever. I'll be a walking-talking photo opportunity and I'll be sharing both stills and videos with all of you here who follow me.
You'll see me succeed.
No doubt. I'm here for the long haul. Still working hard. Still believing. Never backing down.
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RCC's Patsy Jackson to Participate in Community Leadership Development
River Cities Courier is pleased to announce that Patsy Jackson will be participating in the upcoming 8-week Community Leadership Program, sponsored by the Ashland Alliance. Since 1979, the Community Leadership Development (CLD) program has been growing leaders in our community. The development program consists of eight weeks, meeting once a week covering topics which include […]
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Ken Bento shares a list of helpful tips that business owners can employ to control costs.
RCC Among Businesses to Welcome New Dealership to Ashland
RCC's own Joe Coleman was among dozens of local residents and businessmen to welcome Bill Cole to Ashland this past Thursday. The West Virginia native cut the ribbon for the new Bill Cole Automall that will be located on Winchester Avenue. "In my family alone, we have three Hondas and one Nissan," said Joe Coleman […]
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The trip to Las Vegas for the MCAA Annual Conference was a success! Joe Coleman and Darrell Barber met with several key vendors critical to the daily operation and made numerous new contacts with other same day courier companies from Chicago, to Los Angeles, to Atlanta. The keynote speaker, Mark Moses, was impressive and shared […]
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June 5, 2011 – The day began quite early, considering I had spent the previous night partying with my fellow junior high staff. After the previous day's Sports Day and welcome party (which involved so much drinking), I actually felt surprisingly good. My trapezius muscles ached significantly more than my head, making me wonder if perhaps ramen did have magical hangover-preventing properties after all. In any case, it was ironic to be feeling the effects of high jumping, but not alcohol.
Yamazaki-san arrived bright and early at 8:30 to pick me up, and we headed out. The weather had completely changed from the previous night, and it was now nothing but clear skies and sunshine. While this made for beautiful conditions, I was a little worried about getting sunburned, as I tend to do. When we set out, Yamazaki gave me a canned iced coffee drink, the likes of which I had seen all over Japan, in vending machines and convenience stores. I must admit, the combination of coffee, milk, and sugar was pretty damn delicious, and just what I needed at that moment.
The drive from Bikuni to Yobetsu (余別) was about 30 minutes, and Yamazaki and I talked the whole way there, laughing about my recent exploits with the other JHS teachers. After such a late night, Yamazaki was expecting me to be feeling pretty worn out, as I suppose anyone would, but miraculously I defied expectations. The L-Train just keeps on rolling. (Note to self: remember to edit out that horrible "L-Train" line. It makes you sound like a moron.)
The Undoukai (運動会) at Yobetsu ES was particularly fascinating because the entire school had only four students. Going in, I was wondering how one does a Sports Day with only four kids. As it turns out, the Sports Days in Japan aren't just for the kids; they are events for the local community as a whole. As I had already seen at Bikuni ES and JHS, the participation of attending family members was a big part of the festivities. At Yobetsu I saw an extreme example of how the show must go on, even when you only have four students.
In attendance at the Yobetsu Undoukai were students from nearby Nozuka ES (which actually has only 3 students), a few junior high students that I had just seen at their event the previous day, several older residents of Yobetsu, and a large group of college students from a university in Sapporo who had come to help out with the event. I also encountered the Mayor of Shakotan, Matsui-san, again. At first I couldn't remember where I knew him from, but Yamazaki-san helped me out by saying "the mayor" whilst I was shaking his hand. A usual, he was super friendly.
The games played at the Yobetsu Undoukai seemed to be the most fun of all. One of the first games they played, involved one person catapulting a ball off a see-saw-type lever, and the second person catching the ball in a basket. I think the traditional way to do it was to actually wear a large basket, strapped to one's back, and try to catch the ball that way, but only the elementary school students went to the effort to do it that way. It was quite entertaining.
The day's activities also included race with obstacles on the track and a 3-legged race, each of which I took part in. (I had been offered coffee, but with so many games to play, I barely drank any.) Like the other Sports Days, Yobetsu utilized prerecorded music to the utmost effect, creating a fanciful atmosphere for physical fitness fun and frivolity. My favorite musical selections were music from the anime series Lupin III, and an instrumental Michael Jackson medley.
Prizes are actually awarded for every game that you participate in at a Sports Day, with 1st place winners receiving different prizes than 2nd place, 2nd place different prizes than 3rd place, and so on. For each of the few games I took part in, I too received some swag to take home with me.
At around 10:30, Yamazaki and I thanked the school principal and left. We had to get yet another Sports Day at Hizuka ES. On our way out, we crossed paths with some other Shakotan education people who were apparently attending both events too, but in the reverse order.
The Hizuka Undoukai was already in full swing when we arrived. Hizuka is an area that boasts spectacular views of seaside cliffs. The school and playfield are set atop a hill in the middle of this, and the view is amazing. The natural spender, combined with the amazing weather, made for an unreal setting that felt like it was out of a movie or something.
Hizuka ES, while it had more students that Yobetsu, actually only had nine kids. When I first arrived they were just starting to perform a choreographed dance number to an AKB48 song. (At Hizuka, most of the music played seemed to be AKB48 tunes, actually.)
One especially funny event they had was the Pantori race (パン取り). "Pan" is Japanese for bread. Basically, a bread or pastry treat is suspended by a fishing rod, and the student has to take the bread using only his mouth. The fact that the bread is packaged in a plastic wrapper really influences how the kids go about taking the bread, sometimes making things easier, but sometimes complicating matters. At Hizuka, a swift breeze was making difficult for some of the kids to catch the bread in their mouths, and it was pretty hilarious to watch them follow the swinging treat with their mouths gaping open like a fish.
Near the end of the event, the students formed a marching band and played the theme from "Mission: Impossible" for everyone. T his was interesting to me for a couple reasons, one of which was that I had never seen a band consisting of only elementary school kids; that alone was impressive to me. Additional, some of the instruments they played were new to me. They had different variations of portable keyboards that I had never seen before. It was quite a treat.
At noon, the Hizuka Undoukai concluded. Between the two Sports Days I had amassed quite a haul of free stuff. The spoils included two five-packs of instant ramen, Jingisukan sauce, katsuobushi , pasta, mayonnaise , a 2-liter bottle of Aquarius (soft drink), and a tea pot. I had actually broken the tea pot that I had at my apartment, so that prize was especially fortuitous.
Upon leaving Hizuka ES, Yamazaki-san invited me to a Yakiniku (焼き肉) party at his house that evening. (Yakiniku essentially means "roasted meat", so barbecue is actually the most appropriate translation, I think.) I, of course, gladly accepted the offer. Then, just about the time when I was deciding what to do with the rest of my day, Yamazaki-san proposed hitting the onsen (温泉 – hot spring) our way home. This idea too, I also approved.
This was just the second time I had been to the onsen. Yamazaki had also brought me the first time, along with his family. While at the onsen, I do what I normally do in Japan; imitate what others do and try to look natural. Socially, the experience is much like entering a big sauna or locker room, where men and women are separate and everyone's walking around naked. You carry just a small towel around with you and use it to modestly cover your junk as move from pool to pool.
An important distinction between the Japanese bath (風呂) and western bathing is that the bathtub itself is not the place to actually wash. One washes their body outside of the tub or spring, and the hot water is essentially just there for soaking and relaxation. Considering that my muscles were aching and I was still feeling residual hangover effects, the onsen was especially pleasant this time.
After getting our money's worth of soaking, Yamazaki-san and I had lunch right there at the onsen building. Since we were going to be doing yakiniku later, we opted for something light, choosing zarusoba, cold soba noodles. While we were eating, I asked Yamazaki about the name "zarusoba", thinking that maybe "zaru" meant "cold". As he explained, the name comes from the fact that the soba noodles sit on top of a draining basket formed by a bamboo sieve. The sieve itself is called a "zaru". I suddenly made the connection with the race at Bikuni ES's Sports Day that involved dragging a mesh disk with a basketball on top. It was called "zaruhiki" (笊引き), essentially meaning "sieve pull". (As I have also learned, "zaru" can be used as a term to describe a person who can drink a lot without getting drunk. I suppose this is because liquid just passes right through them.)
As we were driving back to my apartment, Yamazaki-san noticed that a historic building in Shakotan was open for the season. It was an old house, about 100m or so from my apartment, which apparently had been the home of a fisherman boss. We stopped in to take and look, and to say 'hi' to the nice ladies who were operating the place.
The inside of the house was beautiful, exactly what I think of when I imagine a traditional Japanese home. Walking from room to room, admiring the shogi doors and tatami mat rooms in the sparsely lit building, I was reminded of the ninja video game Tenchu. (Of course, I kept that to myself to avoid embarrassment.) There were also several large prints on display, beautiful color photos of the natural spender here in Shakotan. Yamazaki-san made conversation with the ladies who were working there and I did my best to keep up with conversation. Basically, I was only able to say where I was from, when I arrived, and the fact that I'm still working on speaking Japanese.
After the historic site, we went straight on to Yamazaki's house for Yakiniku (焼き肉 – barbeque). Yoshimura-sensei (whom I knew from the Junior High) was already there, along with his wife and two daughters. Conveniently, Yamazaki-san and Yoshimura-sensei both have kids of the same ages, so the kids can play while the parents hang out. I think that the families have become very close this way.
Yoshimura- sensei I obviously knew from school, but I recognized his wife from somewhere, and I mistakenly thought it must be from school too. An awkward conversation ensued where I asked if she was a teacher too and she said 'no', that she was a teacher's wife, and due to my lack of understanding Japanese, this exchange was repeated like three times before I understood. Then I was told that she worked the corner market where I bought all my vegetables. Finally, the mystery had been solved.
The spread at Yakiniku was pretty amazing. The first thing that caught my eye was three whole squids, which Yoshimura-sensei just tossed on the grill, without any preparation, or even marinating. There was a variety of meat, including not just standard beef and chicken, but also cartilage, intestines, and lamb. In Hokkaido, mutton or lamb is often called Jingisukan (ジンギスカン), literally meaning "Genghis Khan". There were also veggies being grilled, like onion, red bell peppers, and a green onion-like plant native to Hokkaido that they called "Ainu negi" (アイヌねぎ), or "Ainu onion". And, of course, there was able beer to be drank.
As it was just starting to get dark, Takano-sensei, the Yamazaki children's piano teacher, also joined the shindig. I'm proud to say that throughout the whole barbeque Japanese was spoken, and I did a pretty good job of following along and contributing to conversation. It helped that much of the conversation was about me; everyone was trying to keep me included. We also talked a lot about vegetables and sports, and the different preferences that are common in the US and Japan.
The bugs were really pretty bad, with mosquitoes incessantly attacking any exposed skin. It was oddly nostalgic for me, as it made me think of Iowa. Everyone was pretty well prepared with bug repellent incense burning, as well as applying and reapplying a kind of pleasantly scented bug spray. Still, despite my best efforts, my ankles wound up riddled with itchy bug bites.
When it was quite late, everyone cleaned up the yard in the dark and retired inside Yamazaki's house. We hung around and drank tea in the living room/kitchen area, which was nice for me, because I felt like I had been drinking beer to excess all weekend long. Chikaru, Yamazaki's son, invited me to play video games, so we played a little Smash Bros and Wii Sports before everyone called it a night.
In the end, the Yoshimuras graciously drove me back to my apartment, and I was home by 10:30. I had ended up having an even busier weekend that I was anticipating, but luckily I was given the following Monday off to recover. As it would turn out, there wouldn't be a weekend in June where I didn't have something Shakotan-related to attend, and I would end up being quite busy indeed.


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Carrie from Hudson
"Thanks for everything!! I had to have a root canal, and my past dental experiences were not good. You were professional, compassionate, and my experience was pain free. Everyone was so pleasant and nice, and explained everything to me. If I ever need another root canal (and I hope I don't!) I would definitely come back to you!!"
Sheila from St. Croix Falls
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Barney from Hudson
"Thank you so very much for the professional procedure performed on my #21 tooth. I had absolutely no pain during the procedure and minimal pain after. Dr. Allen Lepinski and his assistant were very courteous, kind, and caring during the procedure and I was very comfortable during the procedure. Thank you also for the courtesy call later to see how I was doing. I've never had anyone do that for me before. Also your receptionist staff was very comforting to my girlfriend while I was away. Thank you again, all of you, for my one and a half hour stay - it actually was very enjoyable!!!"
Steve from New Richmond
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Cindy from Hudson
"I wanted to thank you for the wonderful care you provided me during my root canal. You showed a sincere compassion throughout my time in your office. I knew I was in the best of hands. You all deserve more than a thank you. I will definitely refer others to your office, you are awesome."
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Cris from Baldwin
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Mark from Oakdale
" I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to Dr. Fravel and every other member of the staff that I encountered yesterday when I came in for an emergency root canal. As you can imagine, I was feeling anxious at the thought of having the procedure - but those fears were put at ease from the moment I walked into your office. Dr. Fravel - you clearly are very proficient at what you do, but your extra time spent making sure I was pain free and thoroughly explaining the procedure leads me to call you an expert. Thank you for your care and making my time in the chair as comfortable and efficient as possible. As I type this, I am pain free - which is an early Christmas gift that I am very thankful for. My two daughters thank you, too, since Mommy is in a much better mood. :) I hope each of you have a very blessed holiday and you can be sure that I will recommend your office to any others that are in need of your services."
Katy from Prescott
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text: All aboard for landmark projectWednesday, May 08 - 2013 V.Ships Leisure has been chosen as the official ship management services partner for a historic new project. The Blue Star Line's Titanic II is scheduled to be launched from its construction base in China in 2016, before her maiden passenger voyage retracing its original journey from Southampton, UK to New York, USA. And Blue Star Line Chairman, Professor Clive Palmer (pictured right) is delighted to announce the appointment of the passenger shipping arm of V.Group. He said: "I would like to welcome V.Ships Leisure to the team and look forward to working closely with them on this landmark project. "Titanic II will be a regular feature on the transatlantic route between the UK and USA. This magnificent vessel is being constructed in memory of the heroic people who served on the first ship, as well as the passengers who sadly shared their fate. "We also want to recognise the artists and artisans whose skill, creativity and dexterity has never been fully recognised because of the ship's limited service." V.Group's Group Director, Technical, Andrea Zito (pictured left), said: "We are very pleased to be part of the team that will re-create this iconic ship in a project which will combine our current know-how with our heritage from the time Vlasov created the first Sitmar Line and then Sitmar Cruises."


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Riverside Police Department
Salary and Benefits Police Officer
- Academy pay is $4,717 per month
- Police Officer, starting step 1 salary $5,425
- Police Officer, ending step 7 salary $6,924
- Lateral police officer salary determined by experience, training and education.
- 4 day work week, 10 hours a day
- The City offers seven health insurance plans and three dental plans and contributes up to $1,232 per month for employee and dependent coverage.
- 100 % paid California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)
- Retirement 3% at 50 years old.
- Uniforms and Equipment supplied by the department
- 10% additional pay for Intermediate POST Certificate Pay
- 15% additional pay for Advanced POST Certificate Pay
- 3% additional pay for Motor Officers
- 3% additional pay for Bilingual Officers
- 3% additional pay for Metro Officers (full time SWAT)
- 1.5% additional pay for Collateral Metro Officers (SWAT, Snipers, and Hostage Negotiations
- Shift Differential / 5 years of service Swing Shift $288 / Graveyard $384
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It might be tempting when you are in the middle of mosquito season or when your house starts seeing an increase in ants visiting daily, to run to the store and buy an insecticide to spray around the house - an easy fix.
However, a new meta analysis out of Harvard University, looked at over 16 studies from the past 20 years and found that children exposed to indoor insecticides had an elevated risk of developing blood cancers- which include leukemia and lymphoma. How elevated a risk? They found children exposed to any indoor insecticides were 43 - 47 percent more likely to have leukemia or lymphoma. Interestingly, outdoor insecticides were not linked to the cancers.
Considering leukemia and lymphoma are among the most common childhood cancers in the United States this newest publication really begs to be brought to the attention of parents everywhere.
Non-Toxic Munchkin spoke to senior researcher Chensheng (Alex) Lu, an associate professor of environmental exposure biology at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston and lead author of the publication.
According to Dr Chensheng (Alex) Lu, "...a general rule of thumb is that children with younger ages are more susceptible to toxic chemicals than older children because of their developing of metabolism of those chemicals."
In fact, this is the case with all chemical exposures- not just insecticides. Because children are smaller in size than adults, because they are still in development (especially young children and fetuses) and because children still cannot break down chemicals as efficiently as grownups, any chemical exposure will have a bigger impact on them than on any adult- the main reason it makes sense to limit all chemical exposure to young children and developing fetuses.
Simply put, children spend more time indoors. If you use insecticides indoors, you can expose your children when they are playing, eating and sleeping. Even if children are not playing on treated areas, these chemicals can migrate to the house dust, and be inhaled when breathing or touched by kids throughout the day. Without the help of the elements (wind, rain etc) insecticides used indoors stick around for longer.
Exposure can not only occur indoors at home, but most schools commonly use insecticides in and around the school buildings; a large source of frequent exposure to young children.
Insecticides are meant to kill living beings (namely the insect you are trying to get rid of) - it makes sense that chronic use could affect children. In fact, according to Beyond Pesticides, 16 out of the 30 most commonly used pesticides are already linked to cancer. This Not for profit even has a database of published studies that link pesticides to numerous serious ailments, beyond cancer.
Dr. Lu's recommendations for anyone considering using insecticides indoors? " I would say not using pesticides in the environment where children spend a great deal of time playing, sleeping or studying is the best way".
Luckily there are more natural alternatives you can try to minimize any bug problem you encounter at home
- Remove sources of attraction. Keep your kitchen clean. Wash countertops, floors, and cabinets with equal parts vinegar and water. Wash dishes after use and keep garbage cans closed tightly
- Use natural ant repellents. Figure out the entry point of the ants and spray white vinegar or pour a line of cream of tartar: ants will will not cross over these barriers. A cinnamon stick, coffee grinds, chili pepper, paprika, cloves, or dried peppermint leaves near the openings are also said to repel ants (I have not used these)
- Planting mint around the foundation of the house will also keep ants away (we have mint planted all over the front of our house!)
- Use essential oils like peppermint oil or tea tree oils. Simply wipe some essential oil on the trail or entry point. Make sure you buy pure essential oils not synthetic variety
- For that extra 'oomph" you can make your own non-toxic ant repellent spray- so so easy! Mix 50% water with 50% white vinegar and add 20-30 drops of peppermint or tea tree oil and spray!
- Remove sources of attraction. Keep your kitchen clean. Wash countertops, floors, and cabinets with equal parts vinegar and water. Move stoves and refrigerators and scrub on , around and bellow them. Wash dishes after use and keep garbage cans closed tightly.
- Avoid moisture hot spots Look for leaky or sweating pipes that may be adding to the roach problem. Check the bathtub and/or shower and look for leaking ceramic tile or fiberglass panels that result in water seeping behind the wall. Check sink overflow cavities and drains; roaches will also live in these areas.
- If you have pets: Store all food, including pet food, in tightly sealed, roach-proof containers. Don't leave bowls of pet food on the floor overnight.
- Seal small openings that are pathways into your home. Repair cracks and crevices in basement walls and floors, cover drains, seal wholes around plumbing.
- Extreme temperatures will kill cockroaches. You can kill roaches in small areas or appliances, furniture by letting them sit outside (below 20-degrees F) during extreme winter conditions for several days or by placing the item in the freezer compartment for several hours.
- Traps: sticky traps are a good start
Beyond Pesticides also has a great database that allows you to choose a pest and learn about the best management practices to avoid the use of toxic pesticides


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How to get Bérénice Bejo's pretty pink eyeshadow at Cannes (VIDEO)
The stars have been wowing me at Cannes this past weekend. Everyone's been looking so great that I don't know who has come out to be my favorite so far. There's a lot of great fashion on the Cannes red carpet but the surprising thing that actually caught my eye recently was The Artist actress Bérénice Bejo's subtle and pretty-in-pink eye shadow at a recent movie premiere. She looked fresh and perfectly made up for summer, so I just knew I had to go investigate on how to get her gorgeous look.
Read more ¿Qué más? 5 Hottest hair tips from Cannes Film Festival's Latino hair stylist to the stars!
At the premiere of Lawless, the part Argentine actress embraced the warm weather with her just-back-from-the-beach looking hair to her flowered dress, but it's really her light makeup that makes the Argentine actress stand out. Her soft pink eye shadoware such a nice change from the usual drama that we see on the red carpet that I am seriously craving her look from top to bottom.
The video below actually gives a pretty good tutorial of how to rock the pink eye shadow look. The best tip I learned was to always apply some primer to the eyes to keep the shadow from creasing. It's something that I've heard before but I always forget to do. But now I'm extra inspired to make sure my look stays on all day. I can't wait to try it out for myself, especially since pink in particular makes brown eyes stand out. Check it out!
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Although still in its infant development stage, this type of database has the potential to forever change how society is monitored---technology on this level would do more damage to the Constitution and personal freedoms than any political party could muster. Combining a database like this with law enforcement along with surveillance cameras would give government an unprecedented power to watch over the lives of its citizens.
Any future 'mark of the beast' that the Revelator John prophesied about long ago, will almost certainly include some sort of bio-metric integration.
--On this topic: Much of the world is ditching the metalic strip on credit purchases in favor of RFID technology. Can you see a world in 10 years using a combination of RFID and Biometric technology for everyday purchases? It seemed like science fiction 50 years ago, but today it doesn't seem so far fetched.
Biometric Database of All Adult Americans Hidden in Immigration Reform
Buried in the more than 800 pages of the bipartisan legislation (.pdf) is language mandating the creation of the innocuously-named "photo tool," a massive federal database administered by the Department of Homeland Security and containing names, ages, Social Security numbers and photographs of everyone in the country with a driver's license or other state-issued photo ID.
Employers would be obliged to look up every new hire in the database to verify that they match their photo.
This piece of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act is aimed at curbing employment of undocumented immigrants. But privacy advocates fear the inevitable mission creep, ending with the proof of self being required at polling places, to rent a house, buy a gun, open a bank account, acquire credit, board a plane or even attend a sporting event or log on the internet. Think of it as a government version of Foursquare, with Big Brother cataloging every check-in.
"It starts to change the relationship between the citizen and state, you do have to get permission to do things," said Chris Calabrese, a congressional lobbyist with the American Civil Liberties Union. "More fundamentally, it could be the start of keeping a record of all things."
For now, the legislation allows the database to be used solely for employment purposes. But historically such limitations don't last. The Social Security card, for example, was created to track your government retirement benefits. Now you need it to purchase health insurance.
"The Social Security number itself, it's pretty ubiquitous in your life," Calabrese said.
David Bier, an analyst with the Competitive Enterprise Institute, agrees with the ACLU's fears.
"The most worrying aspect is that this creates a principle of permission basically to do certain activities and it can be used to restrict activities," he said. "It's like a national ID system without the card."
For the moment, the debate in the Senate Judiciary Committee is focused on the parameters of legalization for unauthorized immigrants, a border fence and legal immigration in the future.
The committee is scheduled to resume debate on the package Tuesday.


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DESPITE the smog and heavy traffic, Beijing has made it into the top 10 of the world's most global cities for the first time.
The Chinese capital was ranked number eight in the biennial Global Cities Index (GCI), published by global management consulting firm AT Kearney, jumping from number 14 in previous years.
The improved performance was attributed to an increase in the number of Fortune 500 companies, international schools, broadband subscribers and museums.
And Buenos Aires becomes the first Latin American city to join the top 20, based on the strength of its human capital and cultural scene.
Dublin dropped one in the rankings, from 44, which it has held since 2008, to 45.
New York and London remain the world's most global cities, while select emerging-market cities strengthened their ability to challenge global leaders in the next 10 to 20 years.
The GCI examines a comprehensive list of 84 cities on every continent, measuring how globally engaged they are across 26 metrics in five dimensions: business activity, human capital, information exchange, cultural experience and political engagement.
The 2014 edition of the GCI also includes the Emerging Cities Outlook (ECO), a forward-looking measurement of emerging cities with the potential to improve their global standing in the next few decades.
Jakarta, Manila, Addis Ababa, Sao Paulo and New Delhi are the top five in this category.
Consistent with previous editions of the GCI, New York, London, Paris and Tokyo lead the ranking.
Among the top 20 cities, seven are in the Asia Pacific region, seven are in Europe and six are in the Americas.
Cairo is the leading city in Africa, remaining in the top 50 despite Egypt's political and economic turbulence.
Since the GCI was launched in 2008, just 23 cities have occupied the top 20 positions. The next 20 positions (from 21 through 40) have been filled by 28 different cities, and 33 cities have cycled through positions 41 through 60.
Prominence Istanbul posted the largest jump, from 37th to 28th, as Turkey's commercial capital recovers its prominence as a centre of political, business and cultural activity at the crossroads of Europe and Asia.
Meanwhile, Boston and Zurich fell the most, dropping six positions from 15th to 21st and from 25th to 31st respectively. While much of Boston's decline is attributable to a change in the metric that assesses the richness and quality of its culinary offering, the Index said the level of political engagement and its music and theatre scene have also failed to keep up with those of other cities.


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I am so gay. I mean REALLY gay.
I love the Tony Awards. They are my porn. I look forward to them every year, so I always wait anxiously for the nominations to be announced.
Wait no more, fellow theater-buffs, because the nominations are after the jump!! The ceremony is June 15th on CBS, hosted by Whoopi Goldberg. So get on your dancin' shoes and check out the list!


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Rav Ovadia: Raising the Pride of Sephardic Jews.
Rav Ovadia Yosef will be remembered as the man who raised the Jewish and ethnic and religious pride of Sehardic Jews to an irreversible level of dignity in Israeli society.
I say this as a fellow traveler of the Jerusalem Black Panthers in the early 1970's, as a social worker in the late 1970's and early 1980's, and as a reporter in Israel since 1987.
There was a time when Sephardim walked with a feeling of rejection and discrimination in Israeli society.
A leader with the stature of Rav Ovadia addressed that phenomenon. t.
The Sephardic self image in Israel is now one of pride
Rav Ovadia played a crucial role in that process.
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Those who have read my work know I have a couple policies from which I never waiver.
One, I don't recognize shootouts, be they victorious or in defeat, in my final score so I'm sticking with a 3-3 tie against Tampa last night. Deal with it.
The game is a tie and no matter how many Mardi Gras beads and how much ticker tape the NHL wants toss at the finale.
So obviously I'm flumoxed by how ridiculous Martin St. Louis's goal was in the shootout last night. Not only did he stop but he actually moved backwards! The game should have ended in a 3-3 tie.
My second policy is I do my best to not talk about officials, much less blame them. Bawling about officialdom smacks of small-time, as well as sour grapes, and generally no matter how bad they are you probably had chances to overcome their awful calls.
But good god were they awful last night. From Pavel Kubina's gutless elbow to the back of Dave Bolland's head, to a blatant cross-check on Chris Campoli in OT, to the Picasso-like absurdist call on Niklas Hjalmarsson in the final minute, I'm quite aggrieved. Would the Hawks have gotten an OT winner in the first minute? I don't know that, but I would have liked the chance. Certainly with our own PP chance our odds would have upped.
In the end, the Hawks again didn't have a good first period, but they were pretty flawless in the last 40. But again, it didn't quite net two points. With no game until Sunday, the chasing horde of sludge is probably going to catch up to the Hawks by the time they hit the ice again. But they'll have games in hand, and now the pitter patter of little moccasins is ringing louder and louder in Detroit's ears. Things in the rear-view mirror are closer than they appear.
Other notes:
-Against a team that has a defense with all the speed of a tortoise in reverse, Coach Q decided to sit his fastest and most straight-line player in Viktor Stalberg. Sense and The Mustache once again fail to agree on a meeting place.
-After Bolland's injury, Michael Frolik took over at center, which we all thought was the plan when he was acquired. He certainly didn't look out of place there, and won his fair share of draws. Any way we can see more of this?
-Whenever I have doubts about where the Hawks can go, I remember that Jonathan Toews is a Hawk, and we can go as far as he decides we will. He's that good.
-Actually, in his few shifts John Scott was hardly a detriment. I'll begin building the bomb shelter now.
-That was Hammer's best game of the year.
-Sometimes great players beat you, as Steven Stamkos did on the first goal and then the attention that must be paid to him did for the second. Corey Crawford's stoning of him in the second changed the game. That's what good goalies do.
The next four points are vital, and the Hawks should think all of them are what's required.
Sam Fels is the proprietor of The Committed Indian, an unofficial program for the Blackhawks. You may have seen him hocking the magazine outside the United Center at Gate 3. The program is also available for purchase online. Fels is a lifelong 'Hawks fan and he also writes for Second City Hockey .


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Scheduled Maintenance: Campus Data Network, Mission Center
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012 - 20:00 to Wednesday, December 5, 2012 - 02:00
ITS Networking will migrate the building IDF to the new redundant Cisco NGMAN routers.
The will be performed floor-by-floor beginning on the 6th floor and working down to the 1st. During the maintenance to each floor, there will be no network connectivity. If you have concerns about this maintenance work and its impact on your business operations, or experience service interruptions outside the announced period, please contact the UCSF IT Service Desk at 415-514-4100.
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About this Update:
1. What are you disclosing in this six-month update?
As part of our ongoing journey to be a credible and effective partner in the important fight against obesity, we are sharing the sixth update to our financial report of our health and well-being related scientific research and partnerships. This update includes financial support from Jan. 1, 2010 through Dec. 31, 2018. This six-month update includes the following:
- $812,400 in health and well-being related partnership activities.
- $254,100 in health and well-being related research activities.
- Our updated total investment in well-being related scientific research, partnership and health professional activities is $146.7 million for the reporting period from Jan. 1, 2010 to Dec. 31, 2018.
We will continue to disclose, at six month intervals, all relevant funding of well-being related research, partnerships and health professionals and scientific experts that meet the criteria identified in the transparency website.
2. Why are there fewer disclosures reported during this 6-month reporting period?
If you've been following these reports, you'll note that we continue to have fewer investments to disclose. This is due in part to the application of new guiding principles that we began to implement in early 2016. The new principles define how we will provide financial support for well-being related scientific research and partnerships. While our previous support of well-being related research produced scientifically valid results, we recognized an opportunity to avoid some of the questions that result when we are the sole provider of funding.
The new guiding principles serve as our roadmap for well-being scientific research and partnerships. While they do not replace our transparency reporting, we expect there will continue to be fewer activities in the future to report.
3. Does this mean that you will no longer need to report funding of well-being scientific research and third party engagement on your transparency website?
No, we will continue to provide regular updates on our funding of well-being scientific research and partnerships that meet the inclusion criteria outlined in the Transparency disclosure. We are evaluating all future investments in health and well-being related programs and research to ensure that any financial support provided is in accordance with our Guiding Principles.
4. How do the new guiding principles apply to funding for well-being scientific research and third party engagement?
The new guiding principles serve as our roadmap for well-being scientific research and partnerships. They define our engagement and ensure that our intentions are sufficiently clear and transparent. All future well-being related partnerships will be evaluated against the new guidelines.
5. Why do you still have some items in your disclosure list that are incongruent with the new guiding principles?
The application of these new guidelines across our organization began in 2016 and is ongoing. There may be items on the disclosure list that occurred prior to the implementation of our guiding principles. Those items are disclosed, as part of our ongoing commitment to disclosure at regular intervals, all funding of well-being scientific research and partnerships from Jan. 1, 2010 to Dec. 31, 2018 that meet our inclusion criteria on this website. This website is updated twice yearly.
6. Why do you continue to support research at all?
The Coca-Cola Company is long-time supporter of education and we believe it is imperative to support the work of universities in ongoing scientific inquiry related to our beverages, ingredients and people's health. However, we are evolving our approach to funding well-being scientific research and partnerships. In early 2016, we began to implement a set of new guiding principles to better define how our Company will provide financial support of well-being scientific research and partnerships. Under these new guidelines the Company will not provide, either directly or through a third party (such as a trade association), all of the funding for well-being scientific research. We will instead provide financial support for such research only if a non-Coca-Cola entity funds at least 50% of the cost.
For more information please visit, Guiding Principles
General Questions about Transparency
1. What is the purpose of this website?
This website is critical for The Coca-Cola Company to transparently share its financial support of well-being scientific research, partnerships and health professional and scientific experts from Jan. 1, 2010- Dec. 31, 2018. While we have always been open about such funding, this website makes the information easily accessible and searchable. This site is updated every six months.
2. Why are you releasing this information?
We understand people have questions about our support of well-being related scientific research, partnerships and health professionals and scientific experts. We are committed to, and are delivering on, the actions highlighted in Muhtar Kent's August 20th, 2015 Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal. This website aims to provide clarity and transparency. We update this site twice yearly.
3. What does the word "partnership" mean in this list?
For purposes of this list, we use the term 'partnership' in reference to our relationships with U.S.-based organizations that have received funding from Coca-Cola North America (CCNA), or The Coca-Cola Company's U.S. corporate headquarters to support health and well-being programs and communications activities conducted from Jan. 1, 2010 to Dec. 31, 2018.
4. Why did you develop guiding principles for research and partnership?
We developed new guidelines to help us evaluate and define our support of well-being scientific research and third-party engagement. While our previous support produced scientifically valid research results, we recognized an opportunity to avoid some of the questions that result when we are the sole funder.
For more information, please click here.
5. When you publish your funding efforts on your website, what assurance do we have that the list is complete?
We have made a good-faith effort to disclose all funding that meets the inclusion criteria. If we have omitted something that meets those criteria, we will disclose it in one of our future updates, which we plan to provide twice yearly.
6. Why does Coca-Cola fund health and medical organizations? Will you stop funding these organizations going forward?
We provided funding to support such organizations through The Coca-Cola Foundation, The Coca-Cola Company and Coca-Cola North America because they create, execute and promote health and wellness advocacy programs that helped to strengthen local communities. We also provided funding to organizations that are focused on raising awareness and providing education to people about how to practice healthy, active lifestyles.
In early 2016, we began to implement a new set of guiding principles that better define how our Company will provide financial support of well-being scientific research and third-party engagement. Please click here for more information.
7. Do you expect the organizations that received financial support from Coca-Cola to endorse your products?
No. Funding is provided on an unconditional basis to support the mission and goals of the organization.


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ANOTHER ladies' night, not by choice.
After midnight on a rainy night last week in
"This is so typical, like all nights, 10 out of 10," said Kate Andrew, a senior from Albemarle, N.C. The experience has grown tiresome: they slip on tight-fitting tops, hair sculpted, makeup just so, all for the benefit of one another, Ms. Andrew said, "because there are no guys."
In terms of academic advancement, this is hardly the worst news for women — hoist a mug for female achievement. And certainly, women are primarily in college not because they are looking for men, but because they want to earn a degree.
But surrounded by so many other successful women, they often find it harder than expected to find a date on a Friday night.Continue reading the main story
"My parents think there is something wrong with me because I don't have a boyfriend, and I don't hang out with a lot of guys," said Ms. Andrew, who had a large circle of male friends in high school.
Needless to say, this puts guys in a position to play the field, and tends to mean that even the ones willing to make a commitment come with storied romantic histories. Rachel Sasser, a senior history major at the table, said that before she and her boyfriend started dating, he had "hooked up with a least five of my friends in my sorority — that I know of."
These sorts of romantic complications are hardly confined to North Carolina, an academically rigorous school where most students spend more time studying than socializing. The gender imbalance is also pronounced at some private colleges, such as
The gender gap is not universal. The
Leaving aside complaints about "affirmative action for boys," less attention has been focused on the social ramifications.
Thanks to simple laws of supply and demand, it is often the women who must assert themselves romantically or be left alone on
"I was talking to a friend at a bar, and this girl just came up out of nowhere, grabbed him by the wrist, spun him around and took him out to the dance floor and started grinding," said
Students interviewed here said they believed their mating rituals reflected those of college students anywhere. But many of them — men and women alike — said that the lopsided population tends to skew behavior.
"A lot of my friends will meet someone and go home for the night and just hope for the best the next morning," Ms. Lynch said. "They'll text them and say: 'I had a great time. Want to hang out next week?' And they don't respond."
Even worse, "Girls feel pressured to do more than they're comfortable with, to lock it down," Ms. Lynch said.
As for a man's cheating, "that's a thing that girls let slide, because you have to," said Emily Kennard, a junior at North Carolina. "If you don't let it slide, you don't have a boyfriend." (Ms. Kennard, however, said that she does not personally tolerate cheating).
Faculty members and administrators are well aware of the situation. Stephen M. Farmer, North Carolina's director of admissions, said that the university has a high female presence in part because it does not have an engineering school, which at most schools tend to be heavily male. Also, he said, more young men than women in the state opt to enter the military or the work force directly out of high school.
And the university feels obligated to admit the most qualified applicants, regardless of gender, Mr. Farmer said. "I wouldn't want any young woman here to think that there's somebody we'd rather have here than her," he said.
The phenomenon has also been an area of academic inquiry, formally and informally. "On college campuses where there are far more women than men, men have all the power to control the intensity of sexual and romantic relationships," Kathleen A. Bogle, a sociologist at La Salle University in
"Women do not want to get left out in the cold, so they are competing for men on men's terms," she wrote. "This results in more casual hook-up encounters that do not end up leading to more serious romantic relationships. Since college women say they generally want 'something more' than just a casual hook-up, women end up losing out."
W. Keith Campbell, a
Women on gender-imbalanced campuses are paying a social price for success and, to a degree, are being victimized by men precisely because they have outperformed them, Professor Campbell said. In this way, some colleges mirror
"If a guy is not getting what he wants, he can quickly and abruptly go to the next one, because there are so many of us," said Katie Deray, a senior at the University of Georgia, who said that it is common to see six provocatively clad women hovering around one or two guys at a party or a bar.
Since that is not her style, Ms. Deray said, she has still not had a long-term relationship in college. As a fashion merchandising major, she said, she can only hope the odds improve when she graduates and moves to New York.
At colleges in big cities, women do have more options. "By my sophomore year, I just had the feeling that there is nobody in this school that I could date," said Ashley Crisostomo, a senior at
But in a classic college town, the social life is usually limited to fraternity parties, local bars or coffeehouses. And college men — not usually known for their debonair ways — can be particularly unmannerly when the numbers are in their favor.
"A lot of guys know that they can go out and put minimal effort into their appearance and not treat girls to drinks or flatter them, and girls will still flirt with them," said Felicite Fallon, a senior at
Several male students acknowledged that the math skewed pleasantly in their favor. "You don't have to work that hard," said Matt Garofalo, a senior at North Carolina. "You meet a girl at a late-night restaurant, she's texting you the next day."
But it's not as if the imbalance leads to ceaseless bed-hopping, said Austin Ivey, who graduated from North Carolina last year but was hanging out in a bar near campus last week. "Guys tend to overshoot themselves and find a really beautiful girlfriend they couldn't date otherwise, but can, thanks to the ratio," he said.
Mr. Ivey himself said that his own college relationship lasted three years. "She didn't think she would meet another guy, I didn't think I would meet another girl as attractive as her," he said.
Several male students from female-heavy schools took pains to note that they were not thrilled with the status quo.
"It's awesome being a guy," admitted Garret
Indeed, there are a fair number of Mr. Lonelyhearts on campus. "Even though there's this huge imbalance between the sexes, it still doesn't change the fact of guys sitting around, bemoaning their single status," said Patrick Hooper, a Georgia senior. "It's the same as high school, but the women are even more enchanting and beautiful."
And perhaps still elusive. Many women eagerly hit the library on Saturday night. And most would prefer to go out with friends, rather than date a campus brute.
But still. "It causes girls to overanalyze everything —
The loneliness can be made all the more bitter by the knowledge that it wasn't always this way.
"My roommate's parents met here," said Janitra Venkatesan, a student at North Carolina. "She has this nice little picture of them in their Carolina sweatshirts. Must be nice."
An article last Sunday about dating on campuses where women outnumber men misattributed a quotation. It was Janitra Venkatesan, a student at the University of North Carolina not Mitali Dayal, another student there who said: "My roommate's parents met here. She has this nice little picture of them in their Carolina sweatshirts. Must be nice."


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Are We Ready for Reality after the Brussels Terror Attacks?
Are progressives going to murder our children with their political correctness?
Brutal as that sounds, that's a serious question we must all be asking ourselves after the terror attacks in Brussels. Everyone knows such events could easily happen here (where our population dwarfs Belgium's and therefore opens us to a far greater catastrophe numerically) and yet our progressive and liberal friends -- even and especially the moral narcissists running for the Democratic presidential nomination -- refuse to name radical Islam as the perpetrator of the attacks.
Let alone Islam itself, the true culprit.
Meanwhile, the current president is in Havana, posing in front of a mural of Che Guevara (a man who put his own friends in front of firing squads. Doesn't Obama know? I'm afraid he does) and agreeing with Raul Castro that America has an income inequality problem. Doesn't Obama know that the great "revolutionary" Fidel is a billionaire? How's that for income inequality in a horribly impoverished country? I have been to Cuba, and except for the elites, every single citizen is in misery and being watched by the secret police. But enough about Obama in Cuba. Back to real life.
We live in a culture where someone threw a punch at a Donald Trump rally -- not remotely the mayhem at your average British soccer match -- and our media goes into a dither. Then they warn us about Islamophobia -- a junk term, if there ever was one -- in the wake of mass murder in the name of Allah.
Something wrong? Of course. Something is very wrong. Western civilization is on a suicide run and we all get to watch.
Well, I suggest we stop watching and do something about it.
First of all, that requires facing reality. As I mentioned, it's not radical Islam but Islam itself that is the problem. Throughout the world, young Muslim children are being taught from holy books to separate humanity between Dar al Islam (the House of Islam) and Dar al Harb (the House of War). That indoctrination seems to have worked. Those of us in the West apparently do live in Dar al Harb, as recent events demonstrate too clearly.


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Natural Food Sources Significant For Improving Male Health
Food serves to be the base of your physical and mental health. This is not something new that recent advances in medical sciences have revealed. This is something known by people of ancient times as well. That is why kings and emperors of ancient empires had dedicated staff that took care of their diet and nutrition in order to keep them in best of physical and mental health.
However, recent advances in medical sciences have served greatly in resurfacing the food ingredients that can prove greatly beneficial to human health in general, and male health and vitality in particular. Given below is a list of foods deemed helpful in maintaining superb male health and vigor, as revealed by Leslie Bonci, MPH, and RD, working as a nutritional consultant and advisor to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Lean Red Meat
Contrary to what majority of people believe, red meat serves as a good source of energy and strength for men. According to Bonci, beef and pork meat is protein filled with only fraction greater fats than a chicken breast. Additionally, red meat also serves as a rich source of leucine, an amino acid helpful for building muscles.
Tart Cherries
Bonci shares an unlikely secret of building huge muscle mass that happens to be Tart Cherries. Most of the people are lured to these for their exciting taste and catchy look, but she reveals that cherry juice helps you gain some real muscle mass as well. Most importantly, without any unwanted side effects.
To the delight of many people, chocolate also holds great potentials of being male health friendly food, subject to consuming the right kind of it. Studies reveal "flavanols" present in dark chocolate have the potential to diminish the levels of bad cholesterol in one's body, and count for improved blood circulation which keeps the levels of blood pressure in control as well. Males with poor blood flow are the ones highly prone to sexual dysfunction and such foods can be a source of great help. However, too much of chocolate can also account for unwanted weight gain as well.
Shellfish and other type of sea food is critically important for male health because these are high sources of zinc which is quite significant for heart health, muscles, and male reproductive system as well. Zinc deficiency has been linked with poor sperm quality to the extent of male infertility. For those, who are not much encouraged by the idea of sea foods, seeds and nuts could be the best alternative containing enough zinc.
Avocado, for sure is high in fat, but you would be relieved to know that it only contains the "good fat" or "monounsaturated fat". It helps greatly in replacing saturated fat also referred as "trans fats", thus reducing the levels of "bad cholesterol" or LDL in your bloodstream. Similarly, nuts and olive oil are also rich in good fat.
Fatty Fish
Salmon, halibut, and other fatty fish also serve to be excellent source of healthy fat. They are enriched with a special type of fat referred as omega-3 fatty acids. It is helpful in protecting people from heart diseases, some types of cancers, as well as arthritis. Research suggests that adding two servings of fatty fish in your diet every week can improve your immunity against heart diseases significantly.
Bananas serve to be a rich source of potassium, which happens to be of significant importance in muscle contraction and improved bone health. One of its functions is to control blood pressure as well.
Though there are plenty of other food items that can help males improve their physical and mental health, but these few hold great potentials for male health as well. Anyone can look to gain significant health improvements using these few food sources.


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Afghanistan less safe than projected
The situation for Swedish troops in Afghanistan might not be as safe as the military has previously admitted, according a Swedish newspaper investigation. While politicians at home are talking about a stabilization of the situation, troops in the country come under attack more often than ever.
Since May this year Swedish troops have been involved in at least 30 serious battles and 15 bomb attacks have been directed against Swedish troops in northern Afghanistan, writes Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.
According to the newspaper, officials at the Swedish Armed Forces are trying to keep information about the increasingly volatile situation from the public, referring to "every bullet fired" as "political dynamite."
Sweden's involvement in Afghanistan was a hot topic in this year's election campaign. The Red-Green opposition vowed to withdraw all troops by 2013, however Prime Minister, Fredrik Reinfeldt, is likely to propose an extension of the military mission when the issue is up for parliamentary debate in November.
The situation for Swedish troops is so serious, according to the newspaper, that troops have been forced to ask for air support from American troops on several occasions. So far no Swedish soldiers have been killed but a few Afghani soldiers fighting alongside the Swedes have died.
The battles have also affected civilians in the area and in late September one child was killed and 29 civilians injured when a suicide bomber attacked a Swedish-Finnish column near Mazar-e-Sharif.
One reason for the increase in attacks on Swedish troops is that the military has changed their strategy according to Gustav Fahl, the commander of Swedish troops in Afghanistan. Swedish troops together with Afghan military are now actively going into Taliban strongholds in the area.
"We can't just leave people who live under Taliban control. We have to try to change the development there as well. If we don't go into those areas they are like cancer, the problems continue to grow," Fahl said adding that most other areas are relatively safe.
"Of course we are affected but it is still manageable within the unit. The will to continue our mission is still good and it is helped by the fact that we see good results."


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Published at Saturday, April 13th, 2019 - 12:25:40 PM. Storage Cabinet. By Pascala Courtois.
Practically, metal storage cabinets are used mainly for commercial use, as they are cheap and durable. When you need industrial storage cabinets, you want something which is easy to source and can be delivered instantly. These days most of these cabinet manufacturers are easy to locate and they provide instant delivery.
You should not be misled by the word industrial; these metal industrial steel cabinets can also be used at home to provide additional storage space. Most homes have a basement or storeroom and these cabinets are extremely handy to have around. They are very strong due to the reinforced construction and steel we don't need telling is a very durable product. Steel unlike wood is not prone to insect attacks and will keep the damp out, thereby ensuring that your things remain safe, dry and mould free.
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