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Connie here. I missed the boat that last week in December when everyone was posting 2009/2019 side-by-sides, but the other night I was bouncing our two-year-old on an exercise ball at 3 am with Billie Eilish's "Ocean Eyes" on repeat and found myself Google searching for a blog Alex kept in his early twenties, first as an apprentice and then as he set out to open his own pottery. It's a gem.A little context if you're a new subscriber—today East Fork is a 70-person team working out of 30,000 square feet in Asheville, North Carolina (this article paints a pretty accurate picture). But 10 years ago, Alex was staring out at a muddy, neglected tobacco field, through...
Clouds, chalk, pale hydrangeas on a rainy day. A cool, airy, grayish white.
Lake pebbles, wet concrete, slate. A medium, clean, classic blue-gray.
Mushrooms, coffee with cream, cowboy hats. A warm, round, pale brown.
A deep, cold, clear body of water.
Periwinkles, powder blue butterflies, clear summer mornings. A dreamy, milky, atmospheric blue.
Grass, matcha, baby beech leaves. A fresh, grounding, vegetal green.
Keep it classic. These three year-round neutrals work in almost every interior.
Teal and Coral are perfect complements on the color wheel. The Eggshell keeps them humble.
Eggshell is the bright, full moon. Night Swim, a deep, cold, clear body of water. Morel a sandy path along the perimeter.
All the green grass, blue sky, puffy cloud, summertime vibes right here.
We make our plate with a slight upward lip for spill-proof serving and easy stacking.
Cake Plate
a piece of tres leches cake,
a few cookies,
a thick slice of buttered sourdough
Side Plate
a turkey sandwich,
a bánh mì,
a slice of lasagna,
tacos al pastor
Dinner Plate
kebabs with rice,
coq au vin over potatoes,
a burger and fries,
a whole 9" round cake
The bowls in this series are wide slung, have a trimmed foot, and nestle nicely within each other.
(to the brim)
Breakfast Bowl
granola with yogurt,
Everyday Bowl
spaghetti alla puttanesca,
daal and rice,
a garden salad,
hummus for a party
Weeknight Serving Bowl
a whole roasted and sliced chicken,
a bag of lemons,
tortilla chips
The bowls in this series of have steeper sides, rounded bottoms, and flat feet.
Bitty Bowl
tea bags,
dipping sauce,
Ice Cream Bowl
two scoops of mint chip,
a carton of figs,
a kitchen sponge
Soup Bowl
butternut squash soup,
lucky charms with milk,
Popcorn Bowl
potato chips,
fully loaded ramen,
pancake batter,
a big green salad for one
Mixing Bowl
bread dough,
birthday cake batter,
one dozen apples,
party-size orzo salad
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The New Yorker's Adam Gopnik has written an excellent retrospective on Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth, in recognition of the iconic book's fiftieth anniversary.
The article is a must-read for anyone, young or old, who looks back fondly on their travels with Milo to the punny world of the Lands Beyond.
Gopnik writes:
Our cult of decade anniversaries-the tenth of 9/11, the twentieth of "Nevermind"-are for the most part mere accidents of our fingers: because we've got five on each hand, we count things out in tens and hundreds. And yet the fifty-year birthday of a good children's book marks a real passage, since it means that the book hasn't been passed just from parent to child but from parent to child and on to child again. A book that has crossed that three-generation barrier has a good chance at permanence. So to note the fiftieth birthday of the closest thing that American literature has to an "Alice in Wonderland" of its own, Norton Juster's "The Phantom Tollbooth"-with illustrations, by Jules Feiffer, that are as perfectly matched to Juster's text as Tenniel's were to Carroll's-is to mark an anniversary that matters.
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She's a lot like me. A little cautious, a tad fearful. Prefers to set her own pace. Doesn't take criticism awfully well. But determined, so determined.
Last year, she really tried it but took a spill. And that was it. Her confidence was grazed, never mind her knees. She decided she didn't want any more of it. The wheels went back on. We didn't push it.
A year later, things are different. After all, just look at the glee in her big brother's eyes as he crazy speeds up and down the driveway, purposefully weaving this way and that, doing tricks? Taking spills but getting back on. She wants some of that action.
If I were the only parent, she may have never learned this. I'm the mother than cannot watch as they struggle to gain balance, take off and then wobble. With my breath catching in my throat, I put on an eager, supportive face but my insides are jelly, my nerves are screaming, waiting for the inevitable swerve and crash, tears and wails, grazes and bruises and hopefully, really hopefully, nothing worse. I'm terrified but I'm still cheering her on.
Fortunately, there's him. Cool as a cucumber. Instructive. Determined and patient. Under his steady eye and hand, she really works at this, confidence building like a three-layer cake. And something clicks. She gets it. And she's off, a little wobbly at first but she's off. Self-propelled, balanced. Proud. The pedals turn, kinetically building energy, speed and conviction.
As she practices, her balance becomes stronger. The thrill of the ride shines in her eyes. "Wooohooo," as she picks up speed. If she wasn't wearing a helmet, the wind would be buffeting her hair, locks streaming out behind her like the dust Road Runner leaves in his wake.
I'm still terrified, of course. It's the mother in me. But so proud of her hard work and grateful for his steady determination.
Of course, there will be spills, grazes and tears. But she will deal with them and get back on. She will learn when to switch into a higher gear, to look out for bumps in the road, to enjoy coasting, and when to apply the brakes.
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Live Musical Entertainmernt Nightly, Flora-Bama
Live music at the Flora-Bama Lounge & Oyster Bar on Perdido Key is featured every day at this popular road-house on the Alabama/Florida line. The Flora-Bama Lounge and OysterBar is a beachfront establishment, beach bar, and Gulf Coast cultural landmark, touted as being America's "Last Great Roadhouse". The Flora-Bama takes its name from its location on the Florida-Alabama state line.
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Tony Scott was interested in directing Gears of War movie
Director Tony Scott, who committed suicide on Sunday, was in talks to direct the Gears of War movie, according to former New Line Cinema producer Jeff Katz.
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Report - New Line hires Ryan Engle to pen Rampage film
The Hollywood Reported has word that New Line Cinema's hired on Ryan Engle as the scriptwriter for its film adaptation of arcade classic, Rampage. John Rickard of Final Destination and A Nightmare on Elm Street fame is still slated to produce. Eagle's previous credits include a rewrite of A Killing on Carnival Row, and the […]
New Mortal Kombat game and film in 2013
A new Mortal Kombat movie by the director of the recent web series is on the way – alongside a new game.
Report - Heavy Rain movie rights auctioned
Looks like a Heavy Rain movie may come to fruition in the near future, if a report over on Dealine is to be believed.
New Line filed movie option for Heavy Rain a few years back
New Line Cinema, those that brought you Lord of the Rings, has optioned Heavy Rain for a film.


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Yahoo has been working on a secret mobile search engine in hopes of partnering with Apple and becoming its default search engine, according to a report.
Both Yahoo's chief executive Marissa Mayer and senior vice president of mobile and emerging products, Adam Cahan, have been spearheading the effort, according to the Re/Code. Apple's devices use the Safari browser and Google is the default search engine, but they can be changed to either Yahoo or Bing.
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But Yahoo wants more than just being an alternative, it wants to be Apple's search engine partner and will be wooing Apple with a knockout presentation, unnamed sources told the Re/Code. That presentation to Apple executives hasn't happened yet but Mayer already is friendly with Apple's design chief Jony Ive, so it seems likely it will happen.
"This is the aim of the whole effort here, to grab the pole position in iOS search," an unnamed source working on the effort told the Re/Code. "It will take more than pretty pictures, though, to convince Apple to give up Google, given its focus on consumer experience being top-notch. But Marissa wants it very badly."
Apple's relationship with Yahoo has been a positive one, but the Cupertino, Calif. company has beeing seeing Google as a threat rather than a partner. A move to push the search giant off of its iOS may be what Apple really wants. However, Google also pays Apple about $1 billion a year, and Google is so popular with consumers that it's now a verb. Yahoo doesn't have the name recognition or the technology yet, so it has a rough road ahead -- unless it can win over Apple with a truly fabulous presentation and mobile search engine.


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Animal Planet Advances to the Starting Gate for Season Two of Docu-Drama JOCKEYS
- Go Go Luckey Wins Seven Episode Order for This Summer -
SILVER SPRING, Md., MARCH 19 -- Animal Planet announces the return of JOCKEYS, the network's popular docu-drama that introduced viewers to the high-stakes world of horse racing. The freshman season, which crossed the finish line March 13, brought Animal Planet viewers into the lives of seven jockeys who raced at the pristine Santa Anita Race Track during a renowned 30-day Oak Tree Meet.
On the hooves of the successful first season, which brought in more than 9.2 million unique viewers (P2+), Animal Planet boasts a second season order of seven hour-long episodes set to premiere late this summer.
"It's our goal in the second season to bring viewers even deeper into the exciting, challenging and complex lives of the jockeys," says Marjorie Kaplan, President and General Manager of Animal Planet. "Hour-long episodes give us a broader palette to do so and to create a richer experience of the whole world of racing, horses and the track."
For the sophomore season, the network, in conjunction with entertainment production house Go Go Luckey, brings back six of the jockeys previously featured and introduces viewers to two new jockeys who are at the height of their careers.
New Jockeys:
Garrett Gomez - Top-ranked jockey Garrett Gomez is at the height of his career at 38, having outperformed all jockeys throughout the nation to earn him the coveted "Jockey of the Year" title this year. Gomez knows he's good, and his ferocity for victory shows through each race.
Corey Nakatani - Previously injured Corey Nakatani is among Santa Anita's best competitors, known for being fiery and unpredictable. At 38, he boasts seven Breeders' Cup victories.
Returning Jockeys:
Chantal Sutherland - At 33, Canadian jockey star Chantal Sutherland is a woman who's dominating the tracks. And, because she's dating fellow jockey Mike Smith, it puts her in direct competition with the man she loves.
Mike Smith - Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith is a living legend and a fan favorite. At 48, his fierce riding style and stringent pre-race ritual has earned him a shaman-like reputation among fellow jockeys. He leads all current riders in terms of wins from Breeders' Cup victories and continues to be a threat to fellow jocks.
Kayla Stra - Fresh-faced 24-year-old Kayla Stra was racing gold in her native land of Australia, but she struggled to make a name for herself in her first season at Santa Anita. Only time will tell how far she can take her career in the US.
Alex Solis - Alex Solis bounced back after a broken back injury nearly took his life. At 47, he's been to the winner's circle more than 4,000 times, and it's a possibility that he'll be inducted into the Jockey Hall of Fame this year.
Joe Talamo - Nineteen-year-old Joe Talamo may be young, but he already has taken the racing world by storm earning nearly $4 million in purse money in one racing season. In 2009 alone, he's had more than 250 starts (mounts) and currently is ranked #11 in terms of purse winnings.
Aaron Gryder - Aaron Gryder is credited with more than 3,000 career wins and is motivated to support his family. At 38, he's ridden in two Breeders' Cups and holds leading rider titles at major tracks including Aquaduct, Churchill Downs, Hollywood Park and Arlington Park.
*Jockey Jon Court departs in the first episode of season two as he makes his way to the racetrack in Kentucky.
"The addition of Gomez and Nakatani will round out a class of jockeys whose professional and personal stories will pull viewers further into the enticing world of horse racing," says Jason Carey, executive producer at Animal Planet. "We hope that viewers will not only connect with the intense love of competition apparent in these athletes, but also appreciate the relationships the jockeys share with each other and with the horses they partner with in every thrilling victory."
This season, viewers also can expect to see more of professional handicapper (gambler) Jimmy the Hat and West Coast Regional Manager of the Jockeys' Guild Darrell Haire.
The first season of JOCKEYS will be available for $19.95 at discoverystore.com and select retailers starting June 30.
Jason Carey is executive producer for Animal Planet on JOCKEYS. Liz Bronstein, Tina Gazzerro and Gary Auerbach are executive producers for Go Go Luckey.
Animal Planet Media (APM), a multi-media business unit of Discovery Communications, is the world's only entertainment brand that immerses viewers in the full range of life in the animal kingdom with rich, deep content via multiple platforms and offers animal lovers and pet owners access to a centralized online, television and mobile community for immersive, engaging, high-quality entertainment, information and enrichment. APM consists of the Animal Planet television network, available in more than 95 million homes in the US; online assets www.animalplanet.com, the ultimate online destination for all things animal; the 24/7 broadband channel, Animal Planet Beyond; Petfinder.com, the #1 pet-related Web property globally that facilitates pet adoption; and other media platforms including a robust Video-on-Demand (VOD) service; mobile content; and merchandising extensions.


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Highlights: Raptors, Shorebirds, Songbirds, Upland Birds, Waterbirds, Waterfowl
Access: Open sunrise - sunset. Access free of charge.
Directions: From Lewiston, US 95/12 E ~8 mi; stay on US 95 (do not exit to US 12); L (N) at mp 303 toward visitor center; immediately R (E) down the hill 0.5 mi to T intersection; L (N) and cross rail tracks; keep R and park at picnic area in 0.2 mi; if Visitor Center is closed, back entrance to Spalding Picnic Area can be accessed: L (N) off US 95 at mp 302.8 onto paved rd that descends 0.5 mi along creek to picnic area.
If Visitor Center is closed, there is a back entrance to picnic area; Turn L (n) off US 95 at mp 302.8 onto paved road that descends 0.5 mi along creek to picnic area.
Description: ~150 species have been found at the picnic area. California Quail are common. During the spring, Varied Thrush are seen. In the shrubs and trees along the railroad tracks, creek, and river, look for Black-headed Grosbeak, Bullock's Oriole, and Cordilleran Flycatcher during summer. During the winter, waterfowl along the river, as well as various raptors (Barn, Long-eared, Great Horned, and Northern Saw-whet Owls and Bald Eagle) can be found. Look closely and you might find a Brown Creeper or a Bohemian Waxwing.
More Information: NPS (208) 843-2261Lewiston Chamber of Commerce 1-800-473-3543 www.nps.gov/nepe
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From Shanghai before and during the Second World War to U.S.?occupied Tokyo, and, finally, to the Middle East in the early 1970s, Ian Buruma?s masterful new novel about the intoxicating power of collective fantasy follows three star-struck men driven to extraordinary acts by their devotion to the same legendary woman. A beautiful Japanese girl born in Manchuria, Yamaguchi Yoshiko is known as Ri Koran in Japan, Li Xianglan in China, and Shirley Yamaguchi in the U.S.?and her past is a closely guarded secret. In Buruma?s reimagining of the life of Yamaguchi Yoshiko, a Japanese girl torn between patriotism for her parents? homeland, worldly ambition, and sympathy for the Chinese, she will reflect almost exactly the twists and turns in the history of modern Japan. The China Lover is both luminously written and imbued with the insights and erudition that have made Ian Buruma one of the most respected writers on modern Asia.
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Virtualization deployed for improved data center uptime
Virtualization is a technology usually associated with saving space or disaster recovery. But for some organizations, the most pressing reason to deploy it is to ensure data center uptime.
If your plans for server virtualization are focused on cash savings, you aren't alone. However, take a look down the road, and you may see benefits that extend well beyond savings in hardware and operational costs -- you may see improved uptime.
The primary factor leading organizations to deploy server virtualization is reduced costs (operational and capital) as well as improved server resource utilization. "However, some organizations do deploy server virtualization primarily for improved business continuance and as an enabler for disaster recovery," said Mark Bowker, an analyst at The Enterprise Strategy Group Inc. in Milford, Mass.
"The bottom line is that most organizations implement server virtualization for other reasons besides high availability, but it is a welcome benefit that they were unable to obtain in the physical world."
The cost benefits from virtualization can be fairly apparent. When the Florida Department of Education saw that it was time to replace servers three years ago, bureau chief Ted Duncan believed that virtualization had matured to the point where it could help the department save money on hardware. The department virtualized about 30% of its applications, moving the virtualized workload from 60 servers to only six with the help of VMware Inc.'s Infrastructure 3 Enterprise. "We didn't want to spend the kind of money it would have cost us to replace single servers. There was a cost associated with the VMware software, but we did save in that we spent much less on hardware," Duncan said.
However, the education department also found uptime benefits. First, Duncan's team was able to buy all new hardware, which proved more reliable than the aged servers that had been suffering numerous failures. Then, virtualization allowed the department to revamp its disaster recovery strategy by moving virtual machine images to remote servers without worrying about hardware dependencies, which Duncan called "the icing on the cake." In addition, the ability to manage just six servers is "reminiscent of the old mainframe days," in that he doesn't have to monitor 60 independent systems, and it's easier to deploy new applications.
Virtualization allows managers to package in a single file whatever is running within a particular virtual machine, said Laura DiDio, a research fellow at Yankee Group Research Inc. in Boston. "You are encapsulating or isolating applications into virtual containers that you can actually move from one physical server to another. These containers are easy to replicate and make moves and changes," DiDio said.
She added that virtualization does more than support disaster recovery -- it also reduces planned downtime because of fast backups and application testing and deployment, all of which could require scheduled downtime.
We didn't want to spend the kind of money it would have cost us to replace single servers.
Ted Duncan, bureau chief, Florida Department of Education
Bowker added, "The portable nature of virtual machines enables the manual or, ideally, the automated movement of virtual machines between physical servers with zero to limited downtime. If the physical server fails, the virtual machine [and applications] experience a minimal service interruption, or in many cases no application interruption at all."
However, virtualization works only if it's carefully planned out. "A lot of times, people make mistakes because they thought it was easy to put together, but they haven't had enough training," DiDio said. "They make the mistake of not knowing what is on their network, what's working and what isn't. You don't want to take a tired old server and just re-provision it." She advises managers to make sure they buy "rock solid" servers from vendors they can rely on because each physical server will be supporting more applications.
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Power View in Excel 2013 and Power View in SharePoint Server both provide an interactive data exploration, visualization, and presentation experience for all skill levels. Pull your data together in tables, matrices, maps, and a variety of charts in an interactive view that brings your data to life. Many of the features now in Power View in Excel 2013 were in Power View in SharePoint 2010, and new features have been added to both.
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Power View in Excel 2013: New features
Power View in Excel 2013 has all the new features in the next section, Power View in Excel 2013 and SharePoint Server: New features. It also has the following features, which Power View in SharePoint doesn't have.
Power View sheets can connect to different data models in one workbook
In Excel 2013, every workbook can contain an internal Data Model that you can modify in Excel, in Power Pivot, and even in a Power View sheet in Excel. A workbook can contain only one internal Data Model, and you can base a Power View sheet on the Data Model in that workbook or on an external data source. A single Excel workbook can contain multiple Power View sheets, and each of the sheets can be based on a different data model.
Each Power View sheet has its own charts, tables, and other visualizations. You can copy and paste a chart or other visualization from one sheet to another, but only if both sheets are based on the same data model.
Modify the internal Data Model without leaving the Power View sheet
Now that you can create Power View sheets and an internal Data Model in an Excel 2013 workbook, if you base your Power View sheet on the internal Data Model, you can make some changes to the Data Model while you're in the Power View sheet. For example:
From the Field List in Power View in Excel, you can create relationships between different tables in the workbook.
If the Data Model in Excel has calculated fields, you can create key performance indicators (KPIs) based on those fields and add them to your Power View report.
Power View in Excel Services and Excel for the web, and in Office 365
When you create Power View sheets in Excel, you can view and interact with them on-premises in Excel Services, and in Office 365. You can only edit Power View sheets in Excel 2013 on a client computer.
In Office 365, you view Power View sheets with Excel for the web Data Center, part of SharePoint Online, rather than with Excel Services.
More about Power View in Excel in SharePoint Server or SharePoint Online in Office 365.
Power View sheets can't be viewed on OneDrive.
If you save an Excel workbook with Power View sheets to a Power Pivot Gallery, the Power View sheets in the workbook won't be displayed in the Gallery, but they are still in the file. You'll see them when you open the workbook.
Read about Software requirements for business intelligence (SharePoint 2013).
When you publish Excel workbooks with Power View sheets to Power BI. Power BI saves the Power View sheets in your workbook as a Power BI report. Sign up for a free Power BI account.
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Pie charts
Pie charts are simple or sophisticated in Power View. You can make a pie chart that drills down when you double-click a slice, or a pie chart that shows sub-slices within the larger color slices. You can cross-filter a pie chart with another chart. Say you click a bar in a bar chart. The part of the pie chart that applies to that bar is highlighted, and the rest of the pie is grayed.
More about Pie charts in Power View.
Maps in Power View use Bing map tiles, so you can zoom and pan as you would with any other Bing map. Locations and fields are dots on the map: The bigger the value, the bigger the dot. When you add a multi-value series, you get pie charts on the map.
More about Maps in Power View.
Key performance indicators (KPIs)
You can add key performance indicators (KPIs) to your Power View report to show progress toward goals if the data model your Power View report is based on has them.
More about Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in Power Pivot.
If your data model has a hierarchy, you can use it in Power View. For example, the data model could have a hierarchy called Location, consisting of the fields Continent > Country/Region > State/Province > City. In Power View you can add each field one at a time to the design surface, or you can add Location and get all the fields in the hierarchy at once.
If your data model doesn't have a hierarchy, you can create one in Power View, too. You can put fields in any order in a hierarchy.
You can also use hierarchies from SQL Server Analysis Services tabular models.
Drill up and drill down
Add drill up/drill down to a chart or matrix in Power View so it shows just one level at a time. Report readers drill down for details or drill up for summary data.
When a matrix has multiple fields in the rows or columns, you can set it to show levels, and that collapses the matrix to show only the top, or outermost, level. You double-click one value in that level to expand to show the values under that one in the hierarchy. You click the up arrow to drill back up.
Bar, column, and pie charts work the same way. If a chart has multiple fields in the Axis box, you set it to show levels and you see only one level at a time, starting with the top level. The up arrow in the corner takes you back up to the previous level.
Note: Drilling down on either a chart or matrix acts as a filter on that object. In the Filter pane, you see that it filters the values in the object as you drill down, and removes the filter as you drill back up.
More about drilling up and down in a Power View chart or matrix.
Format reports with styles, themes, and text resizing
Power View has new report themes. When you change the theme, the new theme applies to all the Power View views in the report or sheets in the workbook.
Power View for SharePoint Server 2010 featured eight basic accent themes that controlled chart colors.
Power View in Excel 2013 and in SharePoint Server features 39 additional themes with more varied chart palettes as well as fonts and background colors.
You can also change the text size for all of your report elements.
Backgrounds and background images
You can set the background of each view from white to black, with a number of gradient options. On darker backgrounds the text changes from black to white so it stands out better.
You can also add background images to each sheet or view. Browse to an image file on your local machine or elsewhere and apply it as the background image for a sheet or view. You can then set it to fit, stretch, tile, or be centered, and set its transparency from 0% (invisible) to 100% (not at all transparent). The workbook or report stores a copy of the image.
You can combine background and image for a variety of effects.
Read more about using images in Power View.
Add a hyperlink to a text box in a sheet or view. If a field in your data model contains a hyperlink, add the field to the sheet or view. It can link to any Internet or email address
In Power View in Excel and in edit mode for a Power View report in SharePoint, you follow the hyperlink by clicking it while holding down the Ctrl key.
You just click the link for an Excel workbook in Excel Services or Office 365, or for a Power View in SharePoint report in reading and full-screen modes.
You can print Power View sheets in Excel and views in SharePoint. In both cases, what you print is what you see on the sheet or view when you send it to the printer. If the sheet or view contains a region with a scroll bar, the printed page contains the part of the region that is visible on the screen. If a sheet or view contains a region with tiles, then whichever tile is selected is the one that prints.
Support for right-to-left languages
Power View in both Excel and SharePoint now supports right-to-left languages.
Power View in SharePoint has options to set the default direction for new views and the direction for a specific existing view. Unless you change it, the direction is the same as the direction for SharePoint.
Power View in Excel takes the setting for default direction from Excel. You can change those settings. In Excel, go to File > Options > Advanced and look for Default direction. In the same dialog box you can also change the direction for a specific sheet, without changing the default direction.
More about right-to-left language support in Excel and Office 2013.
Power View changes how it handles integers
In Power View, to convert a table to a chart at least one data column needs to be aggregated.
By default, Power View for SharePoint 2010 aggregated decimal numbers, but treated integers as categories rather than aggregating them. A data model designer either in Power Pivot or in SQL Server Data Tools could set defaults for integers, but this was the default behavior.
In Power View in Excel 2013 and in SharePoint Server, Power View aggregates both decimal numbers and integers by default. A data model designer can still specify other default behavior, but that is the default.
More about numeric and non-numeric fields in Power View.
Power View backward- and forward-compatibility
Power View RDLX files in SharePoint are backward compatible, meaning that if you saved a Power View file in with the SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services add-in, you can open and save it in Power View in SharePoint 2010 or SharePoint 2013 with the SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP 1) Reporting Services add-in. The reverse isn't true: You can't open a newer-version Power View RDLX file in a version of SharePoint with an older SQL Server Reporting Services add-in.
Power View and data models
Power View and SQL Server Analysis Services data models are forward- and backward-compatible with each other:
You can base a Power View file in SharePoint 2010 with the SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services add-in on an Excel 2013 data model or on a SQL Server 2012 SP 1 Analysis Services tabular model, and vice versa. However, some features such as hierarchies and KPIs are only available if you base a Power View report in SharePoint Server with the SQL Server 2012 SP 1 Reporting Services add-in on an Excel 2013 data model or on a SQL Server 2012 SP 1 Analysis Services tabular model.
Power View and Excel Services
Power View and Excel Services are backward- but not forward- compatible:
SharePoint 2013 is backward-compatible with Excel 2010 Power Pivot workbooks. If you upload an Excel 2010 Power Pivot workbook to SharePoint 2013, you can open it in Excel Services and also base a Power View report on it.
SharePoint 2010 is not forward-compatible with Excel 2013 workbook Data Models. If you upload an Excel 2013 workbook with a Data Model to SharePoint 2010, it may not work properly in Excel Services and you can't base a Power View report on it.
More about upgrading Power Pivot data models from a previous version.
Power View in SharePoint Server
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You can use Power View in SharePoint Server to interactively explore data and create dynamic visualizations from Analysis Services Multidimensional models.
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"We're touching the opening of spring training, and you know how I am about spring-training distractions. That's never a good thing. Never a good productive thing for everyone to be watching the door. From the first day on, I want everyone pulling from the same rope. … We asked for their bottom line, and obviously we underestimated on what the market is for him because we thought we were competitive with what the rumors were out there. With what we got back [Friday afternoon], unless Johnny sees this as a great opportunity for him, enjoys a chance to win in a great city, it's an unrealistic number [that] we got back from them. … If circumstances change in the next 24 hours, I certainly will be willing to revisit it. Jermaine Dye cashed in big time for something like this, taking less money to win a championship, and maybe Johnny wants to do the same. … It's the nature of the beast, but this has gone on long enough. We have a have a pretty good club as is. Would Johnny Damon add to it? He's proven that. He was icing on the cake as far as we're concerned. … If there is a silver lining here, from beginning to end, Scott and I had some pretty good dialogue. At the end of the day, it wasn't a meeting of the minds, but it may lay the groundwork for future deals.''
Kenny: "the delicate part is what is a player's value to team x vs. team y and in city x vs. city y. Some of it is real, some is manufactured.


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The White House has tapped quite a winner to lead debt/fiscal cliff negotiations on behalf of President Obama. Drum roll please.....Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. More from the Wall Street Journal:
The White House has tapped the Treasury secretary as its lead negotiator in deficit-reduction talks with Congress, giving Mr. Geithner about a month to help cut a deal before $500 billion in tax increases and spending cuts begin in January—and before his long-planned departure from the administration.
It is a sharp change in role for the 51-year-old, who has been preoccupied largely with the U.S. financial crisis, banking policy and Europe's debt crisis in the past four years.
So what does Geithner's four year record look like? Let's take a look. First, we'll start with Geithner's $42,000 tax dodge, or should I say, "Turbo Tax Tim."
The US senate finance committee has voted for a tax evader to become Treasury secretary. He is likely to be confirmed by a vote on the senate floor soon.
Be in no doubt that is what Tim Geithner is. I'm not sure what is more amazing about this case: the virtually free pass he has been given by the media, the toothless opposition of the Republicans or the magnitude of Obama's first betrayal of his ideals.
In 2006 the Internal Revenue Service discovered that Geithner had not paid he had failed to pay taxes in 2003 and 2004 because he had incorrectly believed they were deducted at source by the IMF, where he had moved after serving the treasury in the Clinton administration. He duly paid about $17,230 in back taxes and interest.
After he was selected to lead the treasury in November, it was discovered as part of his vetting that he owed a further $25,970 for 2001 and 2002 as well. That was the point Obama should have dropped Geithner, instead he has championed him as the only man fit for this major job in dire times.
It is just possible that Geithner, as he claimed, made an honest mistake. But he has yet to provide a proper explanation of why when the IRS told him he was due for 2003 and 2004 he did not then realize that he owed taxes in the two earlier years. At his confirmation hearing, none of the senators asked the question forcefully. Geithner blamed the first mistake on the $30 Turbo Tax software programme he used to file his returns himself, and the second on his accountant.
Under Geithner, we've seen the National Debt climb to $16,000,000,000,000+.
The United States credit rating was downgraded for the first time under Geithner's leadership.
Standard & Poor's announced Friday night that it has downgraded the U.S. credit rating for the first time, dealing a symbolic blow to the world's economic superpower in what was a sharply worded critique of the American political system.
Lowering the nation's rating to one notch below AAA, the credit rating company said "political brinkmanship" in the debate over the debt had made the U.S. government's ability to manage its finances "less stable, less effective and less predictable." It said the bipartisan agreement reached this week to find at least $2.1 trillion in budget savings "fell short" of what was necessary to tame the nation's debt over time and predicted that leaders would not be likely to achieve more savings in the future.
And how could we forget the ongoing European debt crisis Geithner has failed to slow down.
The biggest threat to the U.S. economy is Europe, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Wednesday.
"The economic recession in Europe is hurting economic growth around the world, and the ongoing financial stress is causing a general tightening of financial conditions, exacerbating the global slowdown," Geithner said in testimony before the House Financial Services Committee.
Geithner's testimony comes as part of his role as chief of a regulatory group called the Financial Stability Oversight Council.
But the European debt crisis remains a substantial threat to U.S. and worldwide growth, according to the Treasury chief.
"A severe crisis in Europe would necessarily have very substantial, adverse effects on the United States," Geithner said.
Conclusion? The guy who bailed on his taxes wants job creators to pay more taxes and the guy who failed to prevent the fiscal cliff, is now in charge of stopping it on behalf of the White House.


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Despite playing a man down for nearly 20 minutes, FC Dallas defeated the Houston Dynamo 1-0 off a Ugo Ihemelu goal to earn its first win of the season and its first-ever win at Houston's Robertson Stadium on Wednesday night.
Houston went with an identical starting lineup to the one they used on the weekend, but Dallas head coach Schellas Hyndman made two major changes to his side, handing goalkeeper Kevin Hartman his second MLS start for the club and placing rookie Zach Loyd at right back. Heath Pearce moved up to midfield, and Atiba Harris replaced forward Jeff Cunningham, who was left out after suffering a minor injury in practice yesterday.
The moves paid early dividends for FCD. Hartman made a smart play in the seventh minute to come off his line and clear a ball headed for Dynamo forward Luis Landín. The veteran stopper made his biggest save in the 10th minute, stopping a Dominic Oduro shot from close range on a breakaway.
FCD's best two chances in the first half came less than a minute apart. In the 17th minute, Daniel Hernandez ripped a free kick directly at Pat Onstad, but the pace on the shot forced Onstad to punch the ball out. Moments later, Harris blasted another shot from distance, but Onstad again punched the effort wide.
In the 37th minute, the Dynamo suffered what looked to be another major injury blow. Defender Eddie Robinson jumped to clear a header, but as he landed, his right knee seemed to lock, and he instantly went down in pain. Houston replaced Robinson with Ryan Cochrane. It was the fifth time in seven games the Dynamo had to make a substitution due to injury in the first half.
Both teams struggled offensively for the first two-thirds of the match, but the game opened up as the teams wore down. In the 65th minute, a turnover by FCD defender Ihemelu led to a quick Houston counter. Landín found midfielder Brad Davis open ten yards from goal, but as Davis moved the ball to his preferred left foot, Pearce made a terrific block on Davis' effort.
FCD were reduced to 10 men in the 72nd minute after defender Benitez was judged to have elbowed Landín. Houston, however, was unable to capitalize on the advantage, and Dallas made it pay minutes later by taking the lead off a set piece. Dax McCarty sent in a free kick to the far post, and Brek Shea sent the ball back across the goal to Ihemelu, who headed in the game-winner.
Houston had a couple of late chances to equalize, but the Dallas defense held tight. With the 1-0 victory, Dallas also won El Capitán, the replica cannon awarded to the winner of the team's regular season series, for the second time since the inception of the rivalry. It is the first time Dallas has won the season series against Houston; its other El Capitán victory came on a tiebreaker after the teams played to three ties during the season.
FC Dallas (1-1-4) vs. Houston Dynamo (3-3-1)
May 05, 2010 -- Robertson Stadium, Houston TX
Scoring Summary:
FCD -- Ugo Ihemelu 1 (Dax McCarty 2, Brek Shea 1)
FC Dallas -- Kevin Hartman, Heath Pearce, Ugo Ihemelu, George John, Jair Benitez, Atiba Harris, Daniel Hernandez, Zach Loyd (Eric Avila 48+, Anthony Wallace 75), Dax McCarty, Brek Shea (Jason Yeisley 89), David Ferreira.
Substitutes Not Used: Josh Lambo, Eric Alexander, Jeff Cunningham, Bruno Guarda.
Houston Dynamo -- Pat Onstad, Andrew Hainault (Richard Mulrooney 79), Bobby Boswell, Eddie Robinson (Ryan Cochrane 39), Mike Chabala, Brian Mullan, Lovel Palmer, Brad Davis, Corey Ashe (Danny Cruz 74), Luis Angel Landin, Dominic Oduro.
Substitutes Not Used: Tally Hall, Sammy Appiah, Adrian Serioux, Craig Waibel.
Misconduct Summary:
FCD -- Daniel Hernandez (caution; Reckless Foul) 45
HOU -- Andrew Hainault (caution; Dissent) 50
FCD -- Jair Benitez (ejection; Violent Conduct) 73
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez
Referee's Assistants: Corey Rockwell; Ian Anderson
4th official: Jasen Anno
Attendance: 13,231
Weather: Clear-and-88-degrees
All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial


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A roadside stand in South Sudan selling soap; an internet start-up in Gaza; a tofu processing plant in Indonesia: The global economy is connected by complex and dynamic markets. Mercy Corps believes in harnessing this inherent power to provide better opportunities for the world's poor and vulnerable, half of whom live on less than $2/day.
Local communities themselves have the ability to drive this change and no two situations are alike. For this reason, we take a holistic, locally-led approach, working with communities, their systems and structures to build businesses, increase income and improve employment opportunities. Even in the most fragile and informal markets, we focus on intentional, market-based solutions, ones which can succeed and expand long after we've left.
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Mercy Corps promotes safe, decent and equitable income opportunities for individuals around the world.
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Mercy Corp's market-driven approach to crisis response leverages the capacities of non-aid actors in local and global economic systems and gives crisis-affected individuals the ability to drive their own decisions and secure their own lives and livelihoods.
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Forty-two percent of the world is under the age of 25; Mercy Corps tailors employment programming to the unique needs of male and female youth.
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In Darjeeling, deep in the foothills of the Himalayas, and in Assam, nourished by a tropical river basin, the world's most favored teas are hand-planted, plucked and processed.
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About an hour's drive from the capital of Jakarta, Ribiyanto, a 37-year-old small business owner, is going about his daily task of making tempeh. The product, which is derived from fermented soybean, is a staple in the Indonesian diet.
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Mercy Corps' innovative efforts to save valuable mangroves in Myanmar has won a big accolade.
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Earlier this summer I spent three weeks in Kenya with Mercy Corps colleagues who are implementing an ambitious program called "Yes Youth Can!" (YYC).
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South Sudan Country Director Mathieu Rouquette met these two little girls in the market in Bentiu, Unity State, when they peeked their heads into a camera shop that recently received a Mercy Corps business grant.
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Jewish World Review Oct. 11, 1999/1 Mar-Cheshvan, 5760
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http://www.jewishworldreview.com -- INTELLECTUAL HONESTY compels me to confess that it is becoming more and more difficult to defend George W. Bush from a conservative viewpoint.
A month or so ago, I suggested in a column that Bush assume de facto leadership of the Republican Party, and use his bully pulpit to urge the congressional majority to strictly adhere to its self-imposed spending caps.
Well, last week, Bush did begin advising his Republican colleagues in Congress. But instead of applauding them for diligently trying to stay within the spending caps, he excoriated them for "balancing the budget on the backs of the poor."
The Republicans proposed to dole out the funds due the working poor under the Earned Income Tax Credit in 12 monthly payments (most of which would run into next fiscal year) instead of paying it in a lump sum this fiscal year. This would have produced $8.7 billion in savings.
House Majority Whip Tom Delay, in a heated response to Bush's comments, said that the recipients of the funds "won't lose a dime."
Instead of downplaying his remarks when Republicans took exception to them, Bush escalated his attacks on his party. Tuesday, he castigated the right for disdaining government; being obsessed with economic issues; ignoring the poor; and painting "an image of America slouching toward Gomorrah." This is hardly the rhetoric of a believing conservative. It's almost as if he were inviting social conservatives to join Pat on his Reform odyssey.
It is inconceivable that Bush is unaware that the right wing of the Republican Party is already exceedingly skeptical about his conservatism. Grass-roots conservatives have expressed their distrust of W. well before his salvos at Congress.
Has Bush become so smug with his seemingly prohibitive lead in fundraising and in the polls that he feels he not only doesn't have to placate the right, but can intentionally alienate them?
But why would he want to alienate the right unless he is not one of them?
I can think of one reason, and it's not encouraging. Perhaps he is employing the Clintonian trick of triangulation -- distancing himself from both Democrats and conservative Republicans for his own political advantage. That would be quite an act of disloyalty, considering the widespread congressional support for his candidacy.
It may be that Bush is playing no games at all, but merely beginning to reveal his true ideological makeup. Recently, he unveiled his education plan, which, because of its potential for leading to national testing standards, has conservatives very distressed.
The tenor of Bush's assaults on the congressional majority and the right are even more disturbing. Why on earth would a Republican, much less the foremost Republican leader in the nation, adopt Bill Clinton's destructive and polarizing terminology of class warfare?
Why would he give aid and comfort to those who have fraudulently tried to portray Republicans as heartless and uncaring? Will he talk about draconian Medicare cuts next?
As the de facto Republican leader, Bush should be rehabilitating Republicans -- defending them against these outrageously defamatory characterizations.
I was willing to give Bush the benefit of the doubt and assume he was trying to better market conservatism when he coined his "compassionate conservative" slogan. But now I can't help but wonder whether his critics were correct in insisting, rather, that he was apologizing for traditional conservatism.
Either Bush is not very conservative or is trying to pander to the moderate swing vote -- either of which is troubling.
Establishment Republicans have long preached that conservatives are too hard-edged to win elections, that they ought to soften their image and veer to the center to make themselves more electable. Conservatives reject that notion with every fiber of their being, and Ronald Reagan soundly disproved it.
Principled policy positions define conservatives. If you retreat from those positions -- even just rhetorically for electoral expedience -- you forfeit your political soul. Political conservatism isn't just standing for the Constitution, limited government and ordered liberty. It is being truthful about your convictions, even if it is politically damaging.
Either Bush is taking the conservative base of the GOP
for granted or he is willing to write them off. If he
continues to do so with such apparent arrogance, the
complexion of this race could change in a
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Evolutionary researchers presented another landmark study claiming that chimpanzee hands are more advanced than human hands.
But why are some scientists certain that climate change is so dangerous?
Well, water was found on Mars, actually. But with water present can life be far behind?
Creation biologists don't find the existence of living fossils so mysterious.
Recent studies indicate that the abortion rate may be declining for babies diagnosed before birth with Down syndrome.
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Gene Simmons on '4th and Loud,' the Redskins Name Controversy and Donald Sterling
The latest stars to grace AMC aren't dramatic anti-heroes like Don Draper or Walter White. Instead, it's KISS bassist Gene Simmons and guitarist Paul Stanley. The two rockers star in the network's new reality series "4th and Loud," which follows the trials and tribulations of the Arena Football League's newest expansion team, the L.A. Kiss.
Simmons and Stanley are co-owners and like everything that exists in the KISS world, they're trying to take the band's iconic brand into uncharted territory. And while it would be easy to imagine a show that follows B-level football players running around in KISS makeup, it's not that at all. Simmons and Stanley strut their swaggering selves around, but "4th and Loud" is more about football hopefuls trying to make it at the professional level, even if the NFL doesn't want them.
Unlike the KISS philosophy, which seeks to brand the band as wide and far as possible (after all, they have their own line of condoms and caskets), the players aren't in it for the money – they love the sport and are holding on to the dreams of their youth before choosing different career paths. Speakeasy recently talked with Simmons about "4th and Loud," the ups and downs of life as a football team owner, the Washington Redskins name controversy, and Donald Sterling.
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ABSECON, N.J., April 7 (UPI) -- Two Good Samaritans and a New Jersey state trooper are being credited with acting quickly to save four people whose car overturned in a retention pond.
The car's driver, 19-year-old Army Reservist Bryan Marticorena, had lost control while driving along Route 30 in Absecon, N.J., about 5 p.m. Friday and crashed into the pond.
"As soon as we hit the water the car was just done," Marticorena said. "It just filled up with water quick."
Luis and Debra Roselli of Gibbsboro, N.J., and Trooper Jaime Ablett sprung into action when they saw the vehicle go into the water, WCAU-TV, Philadelphia, reported.
While Marticorena, his 21-year-old sister, Carmen Valdivieso, and his two friends, James Taylor, 22, and John Taylor, 19, were trapped.
"When the water settled, I saw four tires sticking up out of the water," said Luis Roselli, who swam to the car along with Ablett.
"People were grabbing me for dear life."
"They were shivering and their skin color was blue," Ablett said.
Roselli used a knife to cut the seat belt holding Valdivieso and he and Ablett pulled her to land.
Roselli said one of the other two victims was unconscious when they brought him to land.
"That's when I called for my wife for CPR," he said.
"I ran over and gave him CPR," Debra Roselli said. "He started gasping and he was awake."
All four victims were taken to a hospital where they were treated for non-life threatening injuries.
Marticorena expressed his gratitude to the three heroes.
"Thank you for everything," he said. "I just appreciate everything. It was really like a miracle."


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Ravens can point. It's scary how clever birds can be. People keep sending me this paper so I thought I'd link to it here so that people know I've seen it and stop bothering me (I actually don't mind being bothered, especially if it's about interesting things like this, please don't stop). Abstract below.
Around the age of one year, human children start to use gestures to coordinate attention towards a social partner and an object of mutual interest. These referential gestures have been suggested as the foundation to engage in language, and have so far only been observed in great apes. Virtually nothing is known about comparable skills in non-primate species. Here we record thirty-eight social interactions between seven raven (Corvus corax) dyads in the Northern Alps, Austria during three consecutive field seasons. All observed behaviours included the showing and/or offering of non-edible items (for example, moss, twigs) to recipients, leading to frequent orientation of receivers to the object and the signallers and subsequent affiliative interactions. We report evidence that the use of declarative gestures is not restricted to the primate lineage and that these gestures may function as 'testing-signals' to evaluate the interest of a potential partner or to strengthen an already existing bond.
If you're interested in reading about referencial gestures in humans and chipanzees and why these things are relevant to the evolution of language you should read Michael's post here.


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The introduction of "Ass Cam" poses the question of whether "you've ever wondered what goes on behind your back." From there, you can decide whether the two asscamtrepreneurs accurately predicted that they "look dumb :D"
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It's Cafe Makeup's turn to have some fun with the Hourglass Ambient Blushes ($35 each). I've been playing with four of the shades—Hourglass Radiant Magenta, Mood Exposure, Luminous Flush, and Diffused Heat. These blushes are available at Net-A-Porter, Barneys New York, and Sephora.
These soft shimmery blushes are gorgeous in their pans. The swirls of luminous highlighter and color look absolutely gorgeous, and it's sort of fun to swirl a brush on these and find out the actual color that they give. Above are Radiant Magenta, Mood Exposure, Luminous Flush. Below is Diffused Heat.
Because of their swirling pattern, no two blushes will be the same–even if their actual name is the same. Below are two different Radiant Magenta's, and you can see that their swirl pattern is completely different.
I've found that applying these to properly moisturized skin topped with a luminous foundation gives a gorgeous look. Although some have reported short lasting power, I didn't find that to be the case with my skin and the colors that I tried. However, I did notice that one has to go slowly with these and build. Specifically, when applying you might find that your brush is giving you very light pigmentation with these blushes. Then suddenly you add an extra layer and—voila!–maybe too much? Then I had to powder down a bit. So I find that it is best to use a light hand and layer, holding back a bit from a heavy, over-confident amount that can become a bit too bright.
Of the six shades that are in the current release, I think that I might have been happy with three total. I adore Hourglass Mood Exposure for natural, softly shimmered look.
I am also very glad to have Hourglass Radiant Magenta. I love this softly bright pink color, and cool pinks can be so flattering.
Of the remaining two, I could have gotten by with either Luminous Flush or Diffused Heat. Luminous Flush is pictured below.
Diffused Heat looks very different in the pan, but applies in the same color family.
Swatches of all four shades, taken in the light day sun with flash:
My son's friend, Yoojin, dropped by to play with some of the Cafe Makeup vault one recent afternoon. I must admit, we had fun. Here, Yoojin is wearing Hourglass Mood Exposure on cheeks, a very light dab of Estee Lauder Sculpting Lipstick in Intense Nude, and the Narsissist Palette (still available at Sephora, Nordstrom, as well as at Saks). You can see that Hourglass Mood Exposure can give a very natural, subtle, sophisticated look.
One more, where you can see her cheek becomes a bit illuminated due to the subtle glow of the Hourglass Ambient blush:
Overall, I've been using and loving these blushes. Hourglass has captured some very pretty colors together with a touch of glow that is really very well done.
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Rick Scott says Charlie Crist let college tuition increase up to 15 percent every year
Education spending is a weapon of choice for both sides of the battle lines in this year's Florida gubernatorial election. This time around, Gov. Rick Scott is again lobbing an incendiary charge at his presumptive Democratic challenger.
"Charlie Crist allowed college tuition to increase up to 15 percent every year," Scott's political committee Let's Get to Work said in a statewide campaign ad, which launched June 2, 2014. It then goes on to say Scott repealed the increase.
This attack is worded a bit differently from a claim we checked a couple months ago and found Mostly False. Let's check the report card on this one again.
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Scott for Florida told us the commercial refers to the 2009 plan to set tuition rates for Florida universities.
Before Crist took office in 2007, the state Legislature set undergraduate rates with no cap on how much the price could go up. The university system's Board of Governors set graduate and out-of-state rates, capped at 15 percent. That system changed later that year, when the Legislature let the largest state research universities raise rates up 15 percent per year.
Crist opposed raising tuition in 2007, and vetoed a 5 percent increase set by lawmakers. He reversed himself later that year, and the 5 percent hike took effect.
The Legislature's increase was 6 percent in 2008, with the state's five largest universities getting additional tuition bumps. Crist signed that year's budget without challenging the changes.
But in 2009, the Legislature approved a new plan that allowed the Board of Governors to raise undergraduate tuition rates past whatever the Legislature approved. As long as the total increase didn't exceed 15 percent per year, they were allowed to do this until tuition reached the national average, which was $8,893 in 2012-13. Crist advocated for this plan, and signed off on it when the Legislature approved it. That's the basis of the ad's attack.
At the time, universities argued the system needed to raise tuition to pay for scholarships, keep top professors and compete with other states. (Florida was 45th in tuition costs in 2011, and 43rd by 2013.) The need only increased after the Legislature starting slashing post-secondary education funding following the Great Recession, some university officials argued.
How did the process work? Stick with us here. It's a little complicated, because under tuition differential rules, both the Legislature and the Board of Governors had a role in raising tuition.
The Legislature set its base tuition increase each year (it would go up by the rate of inflation if no budget action was taken). Then individual universities would ask the Board of Governors for another increase, called tuition differential. Those two numbers, the base increase and the differential, couldn't add up to more than 15 percent. It can be less, but has been 15 percent a few times -- notably when both Crist and Scott were governor.
The governor could veto the Legislature's increase, but not the Board of Governors increase. He appoints the Board's members, but has no official say in their decisions.
Here's how the tuition increases played out under both Crist and Scott:
Legislative increase
Board of Governors increase
2007 (Crist)
5 percent
5 percent
2008 (Crist)
6 percent
6 percent
2009 (Crist)*
8 percent
7 percent
15 percent
2010 (Crist)
8 percent
7 percent
15 percent
2011 (Scott)
8 percent
7 percent
15 percent
2012 (Scott)
0 percent
Varied by university
Varied by university
2013 (Scott)
3 percent (vetoed)
0 percent
1.7 percent (indexed to inflation)
* Tuition differential law takes effect
Scott definitely used his veto power to stop the Legislature in 2013, but it was his influence on the Board of Governors that kept last year's hike so low. The governor may not be able to veto the board, but he certainly can express an opinion to its members, which he did.
Now that we've gone through all this for purposes of fact-checking the ad, you can forget about it for future tuition increases: The entire tuition differential process was scrapped by the Legislature during the 2014 session as part of a bill allowing children of illegal immigrants to qualify for in-state tuition. Now automatic tuition increases are gone, even for inflation; the Legislature can vote for one, and only the University of Florida and Florida State can lobby the Board for a differential increase, up to a maximum of 6 percent.
Our ruling
Scott for Florida's new ad about education costs said, "Charlie Crist allowed college tuition to increase up to 15 percent every year."
Tuition did go up 15 percent in 2009 and 2010. But the ad downplays the fact that tuition increased 5 and 6 percent the two years prior to that. (It also neglects to mention it went up 15 percent under Gov. Scott one year, as well.)
We should also note that Crist wasn't the only actor here. The Legislature approved increases, as did the state Board of Governors.
Still, tuition did go up each year, and as high as 15 percent for two years. We rate the statement Mostly True.


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Kevin is perfectly content to do it one year at a time. There's no urgency whatsoever. If we are presented with a multiyear deal, he's fine with it either way. We're all pretty confident that Kevin is going to remain an outstanding player. He is not the kind of guy that is going to be antsy if he has to do a one-year contract.Youkilis, who earned $3 million last season while hitting .312 and leading the team in slugging percentage and RBI, is currently eligible for free agency after the 2010 season.
We have no idea what the Red Sox would be offering or what Yook might like, but inking him to a 4/40-48 deal (covering his age 30-34 seasons) might make sense now. Anything more and I'd be inclined to wait -- see if his 2008 production is the real deal going forward -- and deal with this in the winter of 2010-11.


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The 7 new deadly sins of social media
Think you know the dos and don'ts? Guess again.
Two years ago, I wrote the original 7 Deadly Sins of Social Media. While many of those offenses continue to hold true, the landscape has changed considerably, and with it, our knowledge of each platform. Every good social strategy evolves with its audience (and brand!), so here are seven new sins social media managers struggle with now—and how to reset your course.
Just because something happens doesn't mean you have to take advantage of it for your brand. There's a difference between being clever and being annoying, and forcing the royal baby into your content schedule for the sake of a post is spammy, not clever. An example? The summer's weirdest trend: Hot Dogs, or Legs? Brands that sell hot dogs jumped in, and that made sense because, well, they sell hot dogs. Brands selling outdoor gear, on the other hand? A less clear connection that looks like a desperate plea for engagement. The saying that any content is good content is false. Keep it grounded in your brand's footprint.
The worst community management offense is arguably what I call "hit and run." Different from the neglect I called out in 2011, abandonment happens when a post has been made by the brand, but then the brand drops re-engagement completely.
Social media is a vehicle for conversation, and if you fail to keep one going, you'll also fail to be top of mind when consumers are offline. It's all about creating positive feelings that will be a reference point for your brand when someone in the aisle reaches to pick up your product.
I've been fascinated with Facebook's EdgeRank since it first surfaced. However, now brands post photos simply because they have a longer hang time in the news feed, not because they're part of a tight content strategy. Stop the word searches and games, and post things that will inspire people.
Similarly, don't ask people to vote on posts with likes or comments unless you plan to do something with those insights (like tailoring your content). How will that word search post of yours deepen consumer relationships? It won't, so don't.
Another offense committed regularly by social media managers? Forgetting to study the terms of service on each platform. Did you know that you can't use Instagram photos in advertisements without consent? That you can't ask Facebook users to share a post as part of a contest entry? Each platform is getting more stringent, and will suspend you if you're not following their rules. Know what you're doing so that all of your projects run smoothly.
Identifying a passion point for your audience is a powerful tool, but beating it to death ruins the point. Have followers who love football? Give them content that validates that passion in a myriad of ways. Simply switching the team you mention in the same post template won't do it. Get creative with your content.
The Internet should inspire and influence the branded content you create. If you run out of steam, do more research about what your fans connect to. Remember to keep it on brand, or else you risk our first new sin.
It's the feedback that content designers are too familiar with: make our logo bigger. However, plastering logos on every piece of content doesn't emphasize your trendsetting social brand; it makes you look like a personified advertisement. There's a time and a place for your logo to go on content (e. g., if you post to a third party site where others will share directly from there, not you).
What about adding your logo to half of an image on your Instagram feed? Not going to work. As a consumer, I don't want to feel like I'll be spamming my friends by sharing your content. Let the cool factor lead here. Giving your audience a way to look smart to theirs requires subtlety, but rewards you.
Each platform has different strengths and weaknesses. Twitter is the go-to for second-screen activity, and Facebook allows for the most data capturing when you run a sweepstakes. Instagram video and Vine video have different qualities. Failing to use each platform uniquely to create a harmonized social strategy will bore your audience and cause them switch loyalties.
Don't cross-post the same thing every time; look at how you can make the most impact. Run competitive audits to see what utilities you can provide on each of your platforms that will change the way your brand's industry interacts. Sure, it requires more work, but nothing worth having ever comes easily.
A version of this article first appeared on Social Media Today.
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Meetings take place roughly every two weeks, starting from about 7:30pm on a Wednesday evening. The time, date and venue are announced on the mailing list roughly 3-5 days before the event, and a list of likely attendees is posted, allowing you to judge the size, interest and overall scariness of the proposed meeting.
WolvesLUG is often described as a "social" LUG, with great emphasis placed on eating, drinking and merrymaking together. The atmosphere is generally informal and friendly. Subjects of conversation range from non-technical small-talk to in-depth technical/development-related discussions (some topics being completely bizarre!), with formal talks/presentations every so often when we can overcome apathy (which is rare).
As an informal rule, the proportion of conversation that is about Open Source/technical topics tends to increase as the evening draws on as people mention subjects that people find interesting. These occasionally lead up to a large round-table informal discussion/debate about some topical subject that can go on into the small hours of the morning.


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Flora Wine Glasses by Asta Glass, Set of Two
Asta Glass creates these handmade and sandblasted Flora Wine Glasses. Flora's sweet, ready-to-kiss face is permanently etched onto the glass. Each of her earrings is a colorful bouquet of Czech glass flowers.
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Kathryn Gooding, designer and owner of Asta Glass, had always enjoyed a good martini, but couldn't find enough interesting glasses from which to drink them.
Sensing a need, she left behind a career in finance, founded Asta Glass, and became its designer, manufacturer, chief bottle and glass washer (really!), salesperson and accountant. With no formal art training, she relied instead on her sources of inspiration. She taught herself the method of sandblasting designs onto glasses and wasn't satisfied until each glass met her meticulous standards.
Now using both sides of her brain, Kathryn happily works on new designs and shapes inspired by the Bay Area's beauty and the ideas that pour into it from around the world. Together with a small group of local craftspeople and artisans, she still manufactures, sells and keeps the books at her studio near San Francisco, and makes a fine martini for herself, her husband, and whoever drops by at the end of the day. Asta Glass maintains its original vow of providing an interesting and fun product at a very good price, and we try our best to bring you great service with the utmost civility. We like to think that somewhere, we've made someone's day, every day.


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Goodbye, friends
All good things must come to an end. Anna and I, after much discussion and thinking, have decided that Bike Skirt is one such thing. We have LOVED doing this, but feel our time is over.
Why? A million reasons, but mainly we feel that the bike blog world has grown so much in the last few years that there are now plenty of strong women out there, riding bikes and telling their stories. After 3+ years, we don't have much more to add to the discussion and more enjoy hearing what other bloggers have to say. Also, these days we prefer to just ride, and not worry so much about taking photos or waxing poetically about potholes (It doesn't help that we were each others favorite riding partners, and our distance means that riding is just not as blog-worthy!).
Thank you so much for all of your support and love. I can say with all honesty that when we first starting riding, it was this community that helped us keep going – helping to figure out what to wear in rain, heat and cold; decide which pedals to chose; which bike(s) to consider; how to commute over a mountain; how to handle being girls in a boys club…I could go on. You people were our biggest cheerleaders and, more often than not, more supportive than people in our backyard (luckily, that has changed and both Bham and NOLA have thriving cycling community!). We can't thank you enough.
Don't fret, Anna and I will still be riding. We may not see you here, but we will see you on the roads. Anna will attempt to blog more at the Bici Cooperative site, so if you're really curious about what they have going on in the 'ham, check it out.
For a complete list of ladies bike blogs, check out Let's Go Ride A Bike (who I feel like are our bike blog sisters!)'s list. Those ladies did the work for us. We will be reading and cheering everyone on in their journeys!
Bike Love!