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Pipi's Pasture: Showing off your creativity
This afternoon, as it snowed, I counted 16 robins sitting in one of the big poplar trees in the front yard next to Pipi's Pasture. The robins had their feathers fluffed out and their heads tucked down into their bodies. Perhaps they were hoping that it would quit snowing so they could get on with whatever it is robins do in early spring.
Although Moffat County residents are grateful for the moisture, we, too, are looking forward to warm weather so we can get outdoors to do our spring work. So what to do with this rainy/snowy down time — if you're not lambing or calving? Moffat County Fair coordinator Carol Haskins has a suggestion.
She says if you enjoy competing in the open class pavilion competition during the Moffat County Fair, take some time now to think about which of your favorite projects you might enter in the 2014 fair. Perhaps it might be a painting or photograph, scrapbook pages, a short story or poem you've written, a masterpiece made from Legos, needlework or a wide variety of other projects. Decide what you'd like to tackle and then sit down and work on it as you watch the snow come down.
Volunteers and the staff at the Moffat County Extension Office have been busy updating the fair book, which will be out about mid-June. In the meantime, if you have questions, call the office at 970-824-9180.
This week's column highlights some of the new contests and awards in open class judging. First of all, participants may decide to enter "Gift Paks." This contest, within the foods division, invites people to make ready-to-give gifts that are packed in baskets or other containers. There are three areas of foods for the baskets: jams, preserves, butters, marmalades and/or conserves; an assortment of breads, cakes and/or cupcakes; and an assortment of candy, cookies and/or pastry varieties. There is a limit on what can be included within each area. The fair book will have details.
The Gift Paks will be judged on presentation, variety, creativity and the foods judged as to taste. Participants will be asked to take separate samples of the foods for tasting so that the Paks do not have to be opened. The Paks can be entered later on in the Crumb 'n Get It bake sale if desired.
As previously reported in this column, a Rag Contest also will be held with pavilion open judging. Participants will enter a dishcloth, washcloth or dust cloth made from various materials.
In photography, participants can enter "This Is Moffat County" with photos taken in Moffat County and the locations of the photos identified. Entrants in this class will have the opportunity to highlight their photos at the Moffat County Tourism Office at Centennial Mall after the fair. Also added are "Proud to be an American" (with a brief narrative accompanying these photos depicting the theme) and "Weird Things in Nature."
Incentive awards, donated by local businesses, have been added in most sections, and Wilton Awards will be given in the foods division. In addition, Judge's Choice Awards will be presented. Each judge will select an entry that he or she would most like to take home (a favorite). Then the fairgoers will choose, out of all of the Judge's Choice Awards, a People's Choice winner.
So decide what you might like to enter during this year's fair and get started on it now, before the weather turns warm and there's lots of outside work to do.


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Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed into law five bills related to education this week.
One item contained in the 160 pages of HB 7029 that is getting a lot of buzz is intended to open parent choices by allowing students to cross district boundaries "to any public school, including charter schools, that has not reached capacity in the district" .
To manage the process, each district must adopt what's called "a controlled open enrollment plan".
Of course, the law is a lot more detailed than those key phrases, and folks in the Department of Education in Tallahassee are now busy putting together guidelines as to what exactly that means and how districts can comply.
What is capacity? What about schools, that are filled by lottery, including Palm Beach County's very popular Suncoast High or Dreyfoos School of the Arts?
"No one should rush to judgment until the state releases the technical information," said Pete Licata, head of the district's choice department.
That technical information is expected to be out in a month or so.
Some things we do know:
The law doesn't kick in until the 2017-18 school year.
The Palm Beach County School District counted 34 schools filled to capacity or beyond on the 11th day of the school year. (see chart)
Nine more schools in the county are at 95 percent capacity or more. (see below)
A handful of students already cross into the district from beyond its boundaries – most are the children of school district employees, some have been placed in county schools under special circumstances, such as for their safety.
Here's a list of schools that were at or beyond capacity on the 11th day of this school year as reported by the district:
Nine other schools count 95 to 98 percent of their capacity filled, in order from least to most full: Watson B. Duncan Middle, Morikami Park Elem., North Grade Elem., Pine Jog Elem., Bak Middle SOA, Cholee Lake Elem., Everglades Elem., Park Vista High, Liberty Park Elem.
AP reports the law also adds to state law performance-funding formulas for colleges and universities; allows private schools to join the Florida High School Athletic Association or other organizations on a sport-by-sport basis; and gives charter schools that serve lower-income students or those with disabilities a bigger slice of construction funding doled out by the state.

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Danyull is a 22 year old rapper/producer/mixer/whatever-er from North Las Vegas with a large discography.
His main projects are on his Bandcamp but he has a multitude of projects and singles on his Soundcloud. He also released a project with Inspiring Thoughts from the TFY under the monicker "EQ". It is aptly titled "I Don't Care" which reflects his internal struggle of not caring about his rap career but being a self-proclaimed perfectionist as an artist.
His latest solo project "Cathartic" is a quick 10 minute EP consisting of 8 songs full of hard hitting rhymes, in-your-face beats, and transitions that make you feel as though the songs were over just as they began.
He also released a 3-song EP with the other two members of the TFY, Warlock and Caliber420, titled "5-3" because of the time period in which it was made. All of the beats, songs, and recordings were done in one night, starting at 5 PM till 3 AM. You can find it on Danyull's Soundcloud.
He is currently working on his next project which he expects to drop sometime in the fall. Be on the lookout, it's pretty wild.
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Kite currently offers two styles of apparel printing: DTG (or Direct-To-Garment), and sublimation (all-over print).
With DTG (direct-to-garment), you can choose any base garment colour, and the design is printed directly onto the garment using a special inkjet printer (a bit like the one you have at home, but for fabric).
👍 Great for: complex designs, precise logo placement, unlimited colours
🙅♀ Not so good for: Block colour on black (as the ink can look a little grainy. If you're looking for super sharp, you'll want screen printing or heat transfer vinyl).
For sublimation products, the design is first printed onto special transfer paper. Then, the blank (white) product is 'sandwiched' between two sheets, and the design is applied to the whole piece using heat and pressure.
👍 Great for: patterns, gradients, designs incorporating white
🙅♂ Not so good for: designs requiring precise placement, dark colours (these may look faded on white, and there can be creasing in the design) sharp lines (these may blur as the ink is absorbed by the fabric).
Learn more about the various apparel printing methods on the market here on the Kite Blog: The not-so-complex world of t-shirt printing


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Touch Screens have become the foundation of modern smartphone user interaction. In this tutorial, you will learn how to be notified when the user interacts with the touch screen, and how to use touch events in a practical manner.
The iOS SDK provides a vast library of controls to help get you started on building your user interface without having to deal with individual touches. Sometimes these controls may not implement the functionality you are looking for and you may need to process touch events yourself.
Using the UIKit framework you can gain access to touch events in two classes, UIView, and UIViewController, both of which subclass, UIResponder which implements touch events.
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Awesome! You're interested in registering for a spiritual tour with Laura Giles and Rainbow Serpent Adventures. I want you to have the most spectacular time. Preparation is key! Please read the following articles so that you know what to expect:
Top Twelve Survival Tips for Touring With Strangers
What to Expect on a Sacred Travel Journey
What to Expect on a Spiritual Intensive
Thirteen Signs That You're Having a Spiritual Awakening
Still with me? Fabulous! I don't "screen" people for suitability for the tour. I trust that whomever is supposed to be here is who shows up. Let's chat beforehand so that I can answer any questions or concerns that you have to make sure that this is the right trip for you. Trust your gut. This is a very special type of adventure. It's not right for everyone, but wildly spectacular when there's a good fit.
Please be aware that my role is to:
- facilitate any issues that arise between you and other travelers or you and/or the tour providers
- assist with the release or integration of any emotional or energetic changes that arise
- if time permits, offer group exercises or educational opportunities to enhance your experience (such as dream groups, past life regression, breath work sessions, etc)
- create a way for trip members to talk beforehand and after the fact. You will make memories that last far beyond the trip. Only those who shared it with you can truly understand. These connections are invaluable.
- assist in the event of an emergency (such as medical problem, criminal activity, lost or stolen passport, etc)
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Try This: A Low-Tech Holiday
Perhaps more than any other season, the holidays are profuse with picturesque moments and sparkling social engagements. Everything seems to glimmer with specialness, perhaps mostly because of its rarity.
As we unearth the sequestered glitz and rare rituals, it's no wonder we crave ways to capture it all. We frame our moments in smartphone pictures and share our celebrations on social media to herald the seasonal cheer, as if subconsciously recognizing that the hoopla won't last for long. We want to preserve it—we want to solidify the significance of the simple magic.
It's human nature to compile and refine souvenirs of ephemeral moments. We're born memory-collectors. Diary-keeping first became popular during the Renaissance as a way to record personal events and opinions, but the earliest known journals date back as far as the second century. Even before photography grew commonplace in the early 1900s, many people scrapbooked calling cards and other physical mementos.
In today's smartphone-savvy world, the process is easier than ever. To document our holiday festivities, we need only Instagram our tinsel-topped trees, share shots of our seasonal shindigs on Facebook, or Tweet that funny thing that Grandma said at Hanukkah Seder. Whether digital or physical, via methods advanced or ancient, our compiled memorabilia form our unofficial autobiographies. They're our proof of existence and our comforting safeguards against the perpetual passage of time.
Today the public posting routines is so standard and instantaneous that it's hardly a conscious decision; instead, it's an automatic impulse. There's a sense that important events aren't saved to our memories unless garnered in gigabytes in the memories of our phones. Our mobile devices are less like tools and more like extra appendages, perpetually in our pockets or hands, always turned on.
According to a Gallup poll, 81% of us keep our phones nearby during almost all waking hours. But when we give our phones a seat at the family holiday feast, we dampen the emotional depth of the communal celebration.
The holidays are intended as a cherished time of coming together: joining in revelry, gathering around sacred rituals, and laughing, lounging, and luxuriating with loved ones. As tempting as it is to tune out Uncle Abe's long-winded stories, or to take a breather from the chaos of full house, when you use technology for a 'break' it prevents making the genuine connections (good, bad or indifferent) that comprise the fabric of family relationships.
So how can we stop our smartphones from interfering with our live experiences? How can we use them as they should be used — as tools, rather than unrestrained extra limbs? How can we savor and preserve the short-lived holiday magic without letting the screen time cut it shorter?
Snap now, post later: We can still take the pictures of the precious occasions, but refrain from posting them immediately online or even sorting through them in the moment. Instead, as soon as we finish snapping the shots, put phones away. This way, we don't miss out on in-person engagement as we divert our attention towards captioning, cropping, and filtering. The delay also allows the memories to settle more deeply into our minds and hearts before we reflect and refine them in publishable forms.
Immobilize the mobile devices: Let's leave the phones out of our hands. Leave them off the table. Leave them farther than our pockets, even. When we're out of the house, we might zip them up tightly in inner pouches of our purses; when we're at home, we might put them face-down on faraway counters or even close them in drawers so we can't reach for them on automatic impulse. When we want them, they're inconvenient enough to add intention and awareness to what might otherwise be nonstop, knee-jerk habit.
Ban browsing: As we admire the digitally documented versions of other people's festivities, we're more likely to cave to envy or insecurity, losing touch with the specialness of our own experiences. If we pick a specific time of day for scrolling through our various social media feeds — perhaps for a quick half-hour alone in the afternoon — we can otherwise focus on being fully present in our personal celebrations, not admiring those shared by and between outsiders.
Lay down limits: Some of us might abstain from cellphone and social media use for the first two hours of the morning to start the day with a clean slate, while others might choose to steer clear in the two hours before bed. We might settle on specific phone-free hours within our families, agreeing to leave our devices at home for particular outings or events. We might even plan to stay offline altogether for a day or two — and make a public pronouncement of that decision to hold ourselves accountable.
By setting clear-cut boundaries, we make the space in our everyday routines for a few purely low-tech moments – a luxury as simply special as the holidays themselves.
p.s. Another way to be present this season? Step away from the hustle.


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Bloomberg Recognizes National Bow Tie Day
Bloomberg editor-at-large and host of Bloomberg Surveillance Tom Keene is a bow tie devotee. On August 28, which was National Bow Tie Day 2014, he invited Michael Alter, CEO of The Tie Bar, on to his show to explain why this type of neckwear is gaining so much traction.
While some of the other show guests weren't as excited, Keene and Alter shared some great reasons why to love the neckwear and its holiday:
- Sales have doubled in the past few years.
- Famous men like Winston Churchill, Manolo Blahnik, and Karl Lagerfeld wear them.
- There's been a shift to more formal menswear, and bow ties help gents stand out.
- The price point of quality ties has come down so that one can now purchase one for $15 – $25 that rivals one bought at a high end department store.
- One can mix their neckwear up meaning that they don't have to wear one every day.
- Wearing ties help give people confidence when they leave home and go to work.
- Coming out of the 2007/2008 global recession, a lot of people are searching for work, and more formal wear helps them stand out well in interviews.
- Although some prominent men aren't wearing any neckwear during some occasions, they do wear something around their neck most of the time.
Related: 10 Ways to Celebrate National Bow Tie Day
Keene asks about mistakes, and Alter suggests that people think that they can tie their own with their first one. Thus, he suggests a pretied option. I respectfully disagree; one should tie their own.
Alter and Keene agree that a major mistake many men make is that they wear their ties too wide sometimes with the back blades wider than the front ones. I must admit that is a mistake I sometimes make, and I'm trying to rectify that.
Oh yeah, here's Keene's LinkedIn post he mentioned during the segment… Patience Is Required: Tying a Bowtie
It is nice to see mainstream media recognition of a wonderful sartorial statement.
Here are some fun tweets from that day:
Happy National Bow Tie Day! Here's how @tomkeene is celebrating: http://t.co/NgmYLPtKDI pic.twitter.com/Vv4ztBfrMg
— tom keene (@tomkeene) August 28, 2014
CEO Michael Alter on @BloombergTV this morning to celebrate #NationalBowTieDay pic.twitter.com/3EY1bpJDi4
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Top QB/RB Stack - Andrew Luck/Frank Gore vs ChargersSan Diego has only allowed 5 TDs (1 rush) while picking off opposing QBs 3 times. However, Alex Smith and Blake Bortles completed 66% of their 98 attempts for 692 yards. Only the Raiders and Steelers have allowed more passing yards. Their run defense has not been great either, despite a league low 22 attempts against. The Chiefs and Jaguars rushed for 104 yards (4.7 ypc) and caught 23 passes out of the backfield for another 185. Luck and Gore could easily hook up for a red zone TD like they did in Week 2.
Top QB/RB/WR Stack - Eli Manning/Shane Vereen/Odell Beckham vs RedskinsThe Redskins got torched by Big Ben in week 1 for 300 yards and 3 TDs. Dak Prescott, the Cowboys rookie QB, followed that up with 292 yards of his own, despite not throwing a TD. WRs have gained 418 yards on just 28 receptions, Manning and Beckham could hook up early and often, before setting up Vereen for a big 2nd half, spelling Rashad Jennings (thumb) and killing the clock. No NFC team has seen opposing RBs get more carries than Washington, who has allowed four rushing TD.
Top QB/RB/TE Stack - Ben Roethlisberger/DeAngelo Williams/Jesse James @ EaglesPhilly has faced the Browns (Robert Griffin) and Bears (Jay Cutler/Brian Hoyer), not exactly two great offenses. Their defense is not THAT good and could be exploited by the Steelers offense in week 3. Big Ben has thrown 3 TDs in each of Pittsburgh's first two game, including against a much better Bengals defense. Even when Roethlisberger goes 19 for 37, he throws for 259 yards and 3 scores. Williams is going to be fed the ball one last time (58 carries), in his last game before the return of Le'Veon Bell. Roethlisberger completed two TDs to his TEs last week, with James and Xavier Gimble catching touchdowns. James is one of the cheapest TEs around and only needs to catch one touchdown to prove valuable. He has seen 12 targets this year.
Top QB/WR Stack- Ryan Tannehill/Jarvis Landry vs BrownsThe Browns got torched by Carson Wentz in week 1, making his NFL debut and Mike Wallace caught two touchdowns last week. Tannehill is looking to repeat what Wentz and Joe Flacco did with 20+ completions and two scores. He is coming off a 32-45 for 389 against the Patriots. Landry has caught 17 of his 23 targets for 196 but failed to catch a TD. Expect that to change on Sunday.
Top QB/WR/WR Stack - Tannehill/Landry/DeVante Parker vs BrownsParker exploded for 106 yards on 8 catches last week, and the Browns have allowed opposing WR2 to catch 3 touchdowns (Nelson Agholor/Wallace). Cleveland has allowed more than 14 yards per reception to wide receivers.
Top QB/WR/TE Stack - Roethlisberger/Antonio Brown/James @ EaglesWho doesn't want Antonio Brown in their lineup?! Brown will bounce back in a big way after catching just 4 of his 11 targets for 39 yards. There is no stopping the Steelers offense!
Top QB/TE Stack - Joe Flacco/Dennis Pitta @ JaguarsFlacco and Pitta connected on 9 completions and 102 yards against the Browns. The Ravens offense is set up to connect on big plays and things are clicking early on. The Jaguars have done a good job limiting opposing TE but Antonio Gate did catch a TD last week. What Jacksonville can not do is prevent QBs from completing passes in the end zone for touchdowns. The money you will have left over will allow you to pay for some superstars.
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we all have little things that remind us of home. i rarely see the red berries that grow all around my parent's house since i've moved away. but just seeing them simply placed on their table this past weekend was a joy and a comfort. likewise, every year my parents have a giant bowl of mixed nuts, in the shells, that we crack open (usually with lobster shell crackers) and munch. it's a tradition that i haven't encountered elsewhere. it's one of those things that's so common at our house that i've never given it much thought, but it's such a fun way to snack that it usually brings people into a conversation at our kitchen bar. actually, i think of it as more of a social activity in our house. anyway, small comforts, but that's what i enjoy about this time of year.
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i think my favorite expression is "bananas!" i blame rachel zoe and gwen stefani. speaking of bananas, did you hear the big news in travel fashion this month? {sadly no, a law banning pyjama pants in airports has not been passed, despite my letters to international airport authorities.} banana republic has redesigned the uniforms of virgin america's flight attendants and pilots. virgin, how do i love thee? let me count the ways.
in order to drum up excitement for the redesign, banana republic put its designers into teams for a design challenge à la project runway, with virgin execs choosing the winning looks and virgin teammates weighing in. the final looks, described as "utility chic", mirror the airline's branding and cabin aesthetic.
the new uniforms take flight next month, just in time for the airline's fifth anniversary. but wait! there's more! like what you see on your crew? for a limited time, variations of some items will be available in banana republic stores and on virgin america flights. it might not be high fashion, but it's definitely 35,000-ft high fashion.
virgin isn't the only airline marrying fashion with function; toronto-based porter airlines' flight crew sport uniforms designed by pink tartan, while korean air flight attendants sport gianfranco ferre.
trip styler tip: flying through san francisco? be sure to fly out of SFO's terminal 2, home to virgin america and american airlines. it not only has a yoga room and a kiehl's, but also hip and healthy food choices like the plant cafe organic, pinkberry and cat cora, where on my last trip a virgin pilot serenaded travelers on a baby grand piano. it also has a wine bar if that's your version of yoga...
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Empower your students to solve medical mysteries. Whether discovering new cancer treatments or teaching healthy lifestyle choices to their communities, today's biomedical science professionals are tackling big challenges to make the world a better place.
Through a sequence of courses that includes Human Body Systems and Biomedical Innovation, PLTW Biomedical Science students in grades 9-12 are taking on these same challenges – and they're doing it before they even graduate from high school.
Working with the same tools used by professionals in hospitals and labs, PLTW Biomedical Science students step into the roles of medical investigators, surgeons, microbiologists, geneticists, and biomedical engineers. They explore realistic situations like investigating the death of a fictional person and analyzing prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease.
The program's collaborative, hands-on explorations inspire students to discover the diversity of biomedical science careers and empower them to develop the knowledge and skills to make their life-changing ideas a reality. A few ways PLTW Biomedical Science students are applying their learning to make a difference:
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Everything about Skopelos is beautiful but the one thing that will truly remain unforgettable is the beaches.
The amazing blue of the sea, the green pine trees that in many occasions touch the water and the surrounding scenery evoke the senses in a most memorable way.
I could just suggest to you to drive in a straight line in any directions and as soon as you reach the sea you will have found the beach of your dreams. In the list below however I will present 5+2 of my favourite beaches of Skopelos – and of all the world. I truly hope that you are able to visit and enjoy each and every one of them.
Kastani Beach
Kastani beach is easily accessible by car and has comfortable parking. This sandy beach with its beautiful clear water has a starring role in the movie Mamma Mia. It is a place of impeccable beauty with the pine trees winding-up almost in the water. It is very organized with all necessary amenities.
Milia Beach
Milia is one of the most popular beaches of Skopelos. Located a kilometer away from Panormos this large, sandy beach has a spectacular view towards the little island of Dasia. A row of rock formations naturally divides the beach in half. The left side attracts most visitors since it has a beach bar, sun loungers and umbrellas whereas the right side is quieter.
When it is windy the sea gets quite rough so it is not recommended for families with small kids.
The beach is easily accessed by car or bus, parking is easy and there is a taverna for those who would like to have lunch or dinner
Stafilos Beach
Stafilos is a beautiful beach only 4km away from Skopelos town. It is a beautiful bay surrounded with pine trees. The beach is sandy and the water is a mesmerizing green-blue. Stafilos beach is a well-organized beach with sunbeds and umbrellas and a beach bar. Lifeguard services are also available. Bear in mind that access to the beach includes a steep downhill and steps after you get there by bus.
because it's well protected from north wind, make it very popular !
Velanio Beach
Velanio is an amazing pebble beach which is accessible on foot from Stafilos beach. Swimming at Velanio is an experience in itself. The water is deep blue and the only thing in sight is the beach and the side of the hill full of pine trees. It's a large beach which is divided by a large rock formation. The beach beyond the rocks is the official nudist beach of the island.
Agios Ioannis at Kastri
Do you want to feel like you are in the middle of the Aegean Sea? Do you want to visit the place where Dona Sheridan finally married her true love? Would you like to sing at the top of your lungs "The winner takes it all" by Abba and not be misunderstood? Then you must visit Agios Ioannis at Kastri, the small church on the top of a steep rock, at the northeast side of Skopelos Island. Not much should be said. If you visit Skopelos you MUST visit Ag Ioannis.
This is Mamma Mia's most famous landscape. They call it "Meteora" of the sea. On top is a very beautiful, tiny church.
Make sure you have your camera ready to take many selfies with spectacular backdrop views and be the envy of friends and family that could not join you on this holiday!
Adrina Beaches
And Last but not least, my favorite beach I have ever been! Adrina beach(es)
The Andrines are a truly unique experience on their own! Two well-organized beaches located just below the Adrina Beach Hotel and the Adrina Resort & Spa. There are also many little coves in the same row with crystal blue waters and lush greenery dipping into the sea.


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Rosanna Ceravolo Design
When looking for larger pieces of furniture, I usually lean toward plain, basic pieces, working on the assumption that something so big should not be the statement piece in a room. After catching a glimpse of this incredible credenza from Rosanna Ceravolo Design, a Melbourne-based design studio founded in 2011, I've decided to change my tune: why shouldn't your dressers, cabinets and credenzas be the showstoppers like this one? Each is custom designed by Rosanna, who attributes her attention to texture, materials and form to her background studying architecture. A gorgeous piece of furniture like this is a work of art, and as this simple styling shows, you'd need very little else to complete the look. To find out more about Rosanna Ceravolo's designs and inquire about specific pieces, you can visit her website here. —Kate


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Safety is an issue of utmost importance. With a common goal to improve health and safety performance, CSI members are working tirelessly to improve this, not only for their own employees but also for contractors and suppliers.
The CSI has delivered on its promises to develop a common reporting protocol for employee safety. It has also delivered safety programs to educate contractors and drivers – which are identified as key areas of concern – to improve safety and particularly to reduce the number of fatalities. The ultimate mission of the CSI and its members is to completely eliminate fatalities.
"Lost time incident frequency rate" in the diagram refers to the number of employee lost time injuries in hours per 1,000,000 manhours of directly employed full-time employee.
"Fatality rate" in the diagram is calculated based on total number of fatalities in all activities (cement, aggregates, ready-mix, etc.) per 10,000 directly employed full-time employees.
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The CSI guidelines for measuring and reporting safety were published for the first time in 2005. Before that, the data collected covers only cement activities instead of all different types of activities of member companies, i.e. aggregates, readymix, etc. Hence, only data from 2005 onwards are presented here to provide a comparable basis.
With fluctuation in the early years, a mild decreasing trend is noted in fatalities of companies' own full-time employees and contractors from 2008. However, fatalities of third parties increased during the same period. Even after taking into account the factor of better and wider scope of reporting, the situation still warrants more efforts to improve companies' performance in the area.
Going forward
There is still a long way to go, but the first step is to ensure that, within the next 10 years, the average safety performance of CSI members will, as a minimum, match that achieved by the leading industrial sectors.
To achieve this, the CSI is enhancing members' efforts by collecting and sharing information on incidents, focusing on sharing and discussing good safety practices on critical activities, to address the root causes of fatal accidents and their ultimate prevention.
The CSI is partnering with the Global Road Safety Partnership, which operates in 30 countries, bringing governments, businesses and civil society organizations together to help tackle the man-made, global road accident crisis, particularly in emerging regions. This partnership will assist in tackling road safety fatalities, a major cause of fatalities in the cement industry.The CSI is strengthening and expanding its network of country level workgroups with its members to address safety issues at the local level. So far, local initiatives are operating in India, China, Brazil, Egypt, Mexico and Thailand.The focus of the CSI's work in the past has been on safety, with good reasons. Nevertheless, a healthy work force goes hand-in-hand with safe operating practices. The CSI has therefore embarked on a scoping exercise to identify how a coordinated approach to health issues could bring added value to members and to the cement sector as a whole.


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USDA Graphics -- Yea or Nay?
This is the new nutritional "myplate" design from the USDA. It replaces the "food pyramid." The total for creating it was reported to be $2 million. Do we like it? Was Milton Glazer busy? No one at the USDA thought of YouTube contest? Bravo's Top Graphic Designer?
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Freedom Debt Relief, LLC offers debt settlement services. Their website states that they've settled over $6 billion in debt, but there aren't any documents to back-up this claim. If you check out Freedom Debt Relief, LLC with the San Francisco Better Business Bureau you will find the company has a shocking number of complaints — […]
Yes Financial Services LLC is a Florida based small business loan company that just opened up their services nationwide. Yes Financial Services LLC was created by Edward Bruce Fay and Jerry Brauser. About Edward Fay: Edward Fay runs the day to day operations at Yes Financial Services ensuring clients get a top level of customer […]
CurrencyFair is the world's largest peer to peer marketplace that offers a unique approach to its customers for transferring money internationally. Unlike other money transfer services, CurrencyFair lets you exchange your currency with other customers of the company. This is a unique, transparent, and fully automatic approach to exchanging currencies. CurrencyFair lets you exchange between 18 different available currencies. After you have exchanged your currency on the marketplace, you'll have to pay a small flat fee of €3 to send out the money to any bank account of your choice. The money usually takes 1-2 days to arrive but for some currencies, it can take up to 4-5 days.
Western Union is the world's oldest and largest money transfer service that holds a distinguished place in the industry. It is widely recognized and well reputed for its global availability, fast transferring speed, and the host of options offered to consumers. The company has over 500,000 Agent locations worldwide in more than 200 countries. It lets you send money in more than 130 currencies, and offers a variety of choices for pay-in and pay-out methods. The company's fees are generally higher but it offers great speed and convenience in return.
Ria Money Transfer is operating since 1987 and is one of the largest money transfer companies in the world. It offers a simple, fast, and convenient money transfer service along with a host of other financial services such as bill payments, mobile top-ups, currency exchange, and check cashing. They have wide availability and a fast money transfer service. Although the company's exchange rate is not the best in the market, it does offer good value in return in the form of convenience, speed, and ease.
Lending Club is the nation's largest peer to peer loan provider and has been in business since 2007. The company offers up to $300,000 as term loans and in lines of credit with flexible repayment terms, ranging from one to five years. The company has one of the most competitive interest rates in the industry; however, only individuals with a good credit score can attain the best APR from Lending Club. The interest rate ranges from 5.99% to 35.89% depending on your credit score. Many new and small businesses won't qualify for a loan from the Lending Club due to their stricter requirements.
Fundation is a relatively new company in the business loan providing industry. The company offers up to $150,000 as working capital loans and up to 500,000 as business expansion loans. The company has an APR ranging from 7.99% to 25%, and it claims that 85% of its customers qualify for an APR of under 20%. Fundation charges an origination fee of up to 3% on your loan, and there are no other hidden or extra charges apart from the origination fee. The company's services are available nationwide.
OnDeck has been in the small business loans industry since 2007 and has issued over $5 billion in loans to businesses of diverse industries across Canada, Australia, and the United States. The application process is very simple and easy and can be processed online or over the phone. The funds' availability is also quick and takes up to a maximum of 3 days. The company offers several types of loans for small businesses and is best stuited for businesses looking for a quick cash flow at a higher interest rate.


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Bill Richardson, Cocks, and Racism
Evidently Bill Richardson finally thought it was a good idea to take a side on cockfighting, something he avoided in the past because, you know, it's SO defensible. But now that Richardson wants to be called el presidente...
Source: AP/Yahoo!
Cockfighting appears to be on its last legs in New Mexico, one of only two states where it is legal. And the reason might have something to do with the race for the White House.But the money quote comes from Jack Cairnes, "a former Washington state lawmaker who moved to New Mexico 18 months ago to raise and fight his roosters."
Gov. Bill Richardson, a Democrat running for president, has come out strongly in favor of a ban on cockfighting. Legislation to outlaw the bloodsport has come up from time to time in New Mexico, but until recently, Richardson refused to take sides.
Arguing before a legislative committee Monday in Santa Fe, Cairnes said a ban is being promoted by a "small group of extremists traveling from state to state interfering with rural life." He said it was a rural-versus-urban issue that "borders on being a racist issue" because many cockfighters are Hispanic.Borders on being racist because many cockfighters are Hispanic???
I suppose that would be akin to the utterly racist position of being against serial murder because most serial murderers are white?
Of course, this is the same faulty logic that is used to label those of us who fight illegal immigration as racists.
But I have a confession to make. Reading his jackass statement gave me a momentary desire to get gaffed up myself and go a couple of rounds in the ring with Mr. Cairnes.
I am such a bad girl.
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Guide to Basic Survival Skills
Honestly, one of the most important things you can ever learn in your life are basic survival skills. You may feel as though you will never need to use them, but to be honest, you also never know when you may find yourself in a situation where you do need these skills!
In this article I want to take a little look at the most basic of the skills and give you some survival tips to get you started. I won't go into incredible amounts of depth, but hopefully it should give you a push in the right direction so you know the exact things you should be learning about.
Water is Essential to Your Survival
Did you know that you can only survive up to three days without water? It may seem like a lot, but it really isn't. The longer you go without water, the more difficult it is to function. Therefore, when it comes to survival, getting water as soon as possible should be a top priority.
Tip #1: Learn How to Purify Water
One of the most basic skills you can learn is knowing that you need to keep a selection of supplies ready just in case the worst happens. This also includes ways in which you can purify the water around you in order to make it drinkable. If you can do this, then half of the battle is already over.
Tip #2: Learn How to Construct Protective Shelter
You may think food comes next, but it doesn't. In fact, you can actually survive for around three weeks without a significant food intake. Instead, your next job is to find shelter. Without shelter, you will die from exposure to the elements.
Shelter will Aid Your Survival
When you are learning survival skills, it is essential that you learn how to create a shelter and where the best places are to construct this shelter. If you can learn this and also how to purify water then you will have already extended your chances of surviving by at least a few weeks.
Tip #3: Learn How to Build a Fire
Next on the list is fire, after all, this is going to provide you with warmth in the cold, which is ultimately going to stop the on-set of hypothermia and related side effects. Remember, you do not need to be in an incredibly cold location in order to suffer from this potentially fatal condition.
It just needs to be colder outside than your core body temperature, and since you are likely to be eating less and thus getting less energy your body is not going to have the required mechanisms to warm you back up, which could lead to death rather quickly. Learn how to build a fire and you will thrive in even difficult situations.
Obviously, fire does more than just keeping you warm. Fire is also an important element in cooking and preparing your meals. Also if you are in an outdoor environment with wild animals around then fire can also give you protection for these wild creatures.
Tip #4: Learn How to Gather or Hunt Food
Next, you are going to need to look into how to source food. In fact, research for this should take place for a long time in advance. You are going to need to learn how to hunt, how to identify the foods that you can eat in the natural environment etc. This is without a doubt one of the most essential survival skills as the food is going to provide you with the energy that you need to survive.
Tip #5: Prepare by Learning Outdoor Survival Skills
Finally, you are going to need to learn a number of skills suitable for the outdoors.
For example:
- How to track wildlife,
- How to navigate yourself through new areas,
- How to use a compass.
Sure, it may seem like a little bit 'over kill' to learn this stuff well in advance, but trust me, these things, as with anything on the list, could really mean the difference between life and death.
As I mentioned at the start, this is just a brief guide on the most essential survival skills. I do hope that you carry out slightly more research on each of the aspects to give you the best possible chances. Remember, you may think you may never encounter an emergency situation, but honestly, it is better to be safe than sorry!
Survival Skills Resources:
- Family Survival Course
- Sold Out After Crisis
- EMP Survival Guide


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UPTON — Ouch.
The St. Bernard's football team had been sitting pretty at 4-0 entering Saturday's big Dual Valley road tilt at Nipmuc Regional.
The Warriors, fueled by dominating play on the line of scrimmage, sent St. Bernard's home licking its wounds with its first loss after an impressive, one-sided 24-0 victory.
"We took it to Nipmuc pretty good last year at our place," St. Bernard's coach Tom Bingham said. "Hats off to them, I feel like they remembered that, they prepared for that and they certainly came here on a mission today. We certainly didn't play well, we certainly didn't get off the bus and we certainly weren't prepared. But that absolutely, positively takes nothing away from Nipmuc. They had a great plan, they played physical, they were relentless, they were well coached, and they are a very good football team."
Nipmuc, which has allowed only 41 points in five games, improved to 4-1 overall and 2-0 in the conference. St. Bernard's dipped to 4-1 and 0-1.
"They are a very good team and very well coached," Nipmuc coach Shawn Hill said. "They were at Gillette last year, so I could not possibly be more proud of them. The players win games, and they won the game. I'm so proud of them."
The first half couldn't have gone any worse for the Bernardians.
St. Bernard's offense fumbled once, threw an interception, turned the ball over on downs twice and had to punt on its five first-half possessions. All those miscues equaled zero points on the scoreboard.
For the game, St. Bernard's turned the ball over three times.
Meanwhile, the hungry Warriors played physical football, controlled the line of scrimmage and took the fight right to the Bernardians.
After Parker Bigelow opened the game with an interception on the first play from scrimmage, the Bernardians couldn't come away with any points and turned the ball over on downs on an incomplete pass on fourth down by Bigelow (14 carries, 32 yards).
Nipmuc struck fast for the game's first points. Running back Pat Donelan (4 carries, 82 yards, TD) burst around the left end, turned on the burners and outran the St. Bernard's secondary en route to a 71-yard touchdown run, putting the Warriors on top 7-0 with 6:32 left in the first quarter.
St. Bernard's continued to scuffle, and Nipmuc cashed in on St. Bernard's first turnover of the game — a fumble at the Bernardian 30.
Nipmuc churned out a 10-play drive to produce points, as quarterback Ryan Richards called his own number on a keeper and ran into the end zone from 8 yards out, giving the hosts a 14-0 lead with 51 seconds left in the first quarter.
"Our body language was not good," Bingham said. "It was a very humbling experience. They physically beat us up and I'm not sure when the last time that happened (was). They physically beat us up."
St. Bernard's punted on its next possession, and later got a drive going — fueled by James Xarras' 47-yard run — but Bigelow was picked off at the Warrior 1 by Zach Hunter.
Xarras — one of the top rushers in Central Mass. — only touched the ball four times in the first half for 51 yards.
The second half didn't get much better.
Xarras got going briefly to open the third quarter with bursts of 11 and 18 yards, respectively, but on fourth down from the Warrior 13, Bigelow's pass fell incomplete and St. Bernard's turned the ball over on downs once again.
Xarras was the lone bright spot for St. Bernard's with 113 yards on 14 carries.
Nipmuc continued to hit St. Bernard's with the pass from Richards and on the ground. When the drive stalled, kicker Ben Evans gave Nipmuc a 17-0 lead by booting home a 21-yard field goal midway through the quarter.
St. Bernard's defense got two sacks by Dan Kozma and Riley Brown on Nipmuc's next possession, but more disaster struck when Evan Benham's fake punt was snuffed out at the Bernardian 20.
Two plays later, the Warriors led 24-0 after Mike Manning rumbled in from 15 yards out.
St. Bernard's final possession of the game ended with an interception by Mitchell Crossman.
"There are many lessons to be learned off a loss like this," Bingham said. "It's very fair the old adage, 'You're never as good as your best or as bad as your worst. You're somewhere in between.' We've struggled with finding ourselves, but it's Week 5, so it's OK."
St. Bernard's next hosts Blackstone-Millville at 7 p.m. Friday.
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There are a lot of smart marketers out there. Very few of them, however, have graduated with Academic Honors from an Ivy League school with a degree in Neuroscience!
Marketing expert and coach Ryan Levesque has. The cool thing about Ryan, though, is that you don't have to be an Ivy League grad to understand, and profit from, what he has to say.
His books, articles and emails are written in a relaxed, very easy-to-read (and understand) style and are stuffed with marketing and psychological insights that most experts in the marketing world aren't talking about.
While Ryan's created 34 information and software products, perhaps he's most well-known in marketing circles for his SurveyFunnel™ software that combines his understanding of how the brain works with online surveys to provide a unique product to help marketers boost conversion rates.
He shares his insights about surveys, neuroscience and more in this interview…
Most people probably think of surveys as a way to do research and collect data, not as a tool to improve conversion rates. How'd you first discover the power of surveys to boost conversions?
I actually discovered it in my Rocket Memory™ business, a business in which my team and I teach people memory improvement techniques through a series of courses designed to help people improve their memory.
It's a business that leverages my academic background in neuroscience… I actually studied and taught neuroscience at the Ivy League level at Brown University.
In that business, when I tried to expand the traffic, I struggled. And the reason why is BECAUSE all the traffic available in that market is around keywords like "improved memory," "how to improve memory," and "memory improvement."
The CHALLENGE is that the people searching on the keyword "improve memory," for example, range from the 18-year-old college kid all the way through the 65-year-old man concerned about mental decline and everything in between.
What I found was that when I was trying to build a landing page or a sales funnel sequence that appealed to the market generically, the market didn't respond to a one-size-fits-all answer.
BUT when I started asking people, "Well listen, I understand that different people have different reasons for wanting to improve their memory and that the solution for you will depend on what situation that you might be in. So if you take a moment to tell me a little bit more about who you are, what you're looking for, what your challenges are, and what you situation is, not only can I put you in touch with the best-match solution for your product, for your situation, but I can also customize the information for you."
When I took that approach, going from a one-size-fits-all answer to that more survey-focused approach, I was able to take my cost per opt-in from $12.89 to under $5.
And I was able to INCREASE my opt-in rate from about 5% to about 13%, simply by taking that one approach.
So that was the first major step that opened up the power for using surveys in an opt-in process unlike anything that I had really seen before. And NOW that's what I do all day, every day in all the markets that I'm in, which is about 25 markets right now as we speak.
Markets ranging from golf instruction, tennis instruction, basketball instruction to dog training, business funding and markets like weight loss and fitness. So the early underpinnings were discovered in my own business, in this case, the memory business, rocketmemory.com
It makes sense that when you can use a survey to customize the experience/message your prospects get, it'll boost conversion rates. Is there more going on there though? Can you go a little deeper into the psychology behind what makes surveys so powerful in improving conversions?
One of the things that make surveys so powerful is, at least the way I use them, is the power of something called "micro-commitments."
Typically when you're online, a very typical lead acquisition process is one that we're all familiar with, which would be the squeeze page. The squeeze page typically will ask for someone's name and email, or at least their email, as the first commitment that someone will ask of you when you are first introduced to their business.
NOW the problem with that is that asking someone to provide their name and email is ACTUALLY a pretty big step for them to take. It's a step that, in some ways, is threatening to the brain. And the reason why is because of these small but existent fears that exist around giving someone your private contact information.
If I give someone my email information on a squeeze page, the thought that goes through my mind—maybe not on a conscious level but unconsciously—is "What are they going to do with this?… Do I trust this person?… Are they just going to sell my email to a list?… Should I just put a fake email address in there?… I don't want them to know my name… What if they are just going to use that information to get at my personal data?"
ALL these little things go on initially with that first point of contact. So essentially, what's happening is you are eliciting the fight-or-flight response in a prospect's brain when you ask for that name and email first.
In other words, you're eliciting that fear response in the limbic system of your prospect's brain.
(You've probably gathered by now that, as someone with a background in neuroscience, a lot of my marketing is geared around or based on the neuroscience of what's going on in the consumer's brain when they're interacting with or involved in your sales funnel.)
So when you ask for a name and email, it elicits that fight-or-flight response in your prospect's limbic system of their brain. They have two natural, possible reactions.
Obviously the fight is the antagonistic response, something like, "Should I even give this information," and the flight response, in the context of a website, is just to hit the back button and leave.
So the question IS… how do you acquire a lead, how do you get a prospect into your system, into your lead flow, into your sale's funnel, without eliciting that fight-or-flight response in their brain?
One way to do that is by using the power of micro-commitments. Micro-commitments are commitments that are so small that they do not elicit that fight-or-flight response in your prospect's brain.
The way surveys are connected to micro-commitments and the way micro-commitments are connected to "hacking" that limbic system is as follows…
Instead of asking someone for their name or email as the first step (the first point of contact with them on a landing page)… you ask a small, non-threatening, multiple-choice survey question as that first step, so you can bypass that fight-or-flight response. And you build what I describe as "action taking momentum" and get the wheels moving for that prospect to eventually get to a point where they feel much more comfortable providing their name and email address to you.
So the net result is, if you ask a few strategically placed multiple-choice survey questions BEFORE that name and email, then you can actually have HIGHER email opt in rates in some cases even though you're asking your prospect to take more steps before they reach that email opt-in point.
So to go back to your original question, "is there something neurologically going on when you are presenting your prospect with a survey," the answer absolutely, unequivocally is YES!
And what I just walked through as far as "hacking" the limbic system (hacking that fight-or-flight response) is one such example of what's happening in your prospect's brain when they're going through this process of using a survey or interacting with a survey in your lead acquisition process.
That's a great explanation of why using survey questions to get micro-commitments can lead to higher conversion rates. And it requires using surveys in a way a lot of people probably haven't considered before. Can you describe the types of questions people should be strategically asking in surveys to get those micro-commitments and lead their prospects toward the ultimate conversion goal?
I like to typically start with a "softball" question. An easy, multiple-choice question designed to build action-taking momentum, one that's EASY to answer and requires almost no thought.
My classic example (which I use in many markets, where appropriate) is: "Are you a man or a woman?"
Now, what's important is to give the REASON for asking the question. E.g., "the reason why I ask is because men and women suffer from different weight loss challenges" (in a weight loss market).
The questions are designed to tell you information about the prospect that allows you to offer more customized, tailored information to the prospect in a way that's similar to a doctor asking you questions about the symptoms you're having. The doctor is trying to get enough information to prescribe the appropriate treatment. You're essentially doing the same thing with the questions you're asking from a strategic standpoint.
When it comes to using surveys in the marketing funnel, is it the commitment of taking the survey or the ability to deliver customized, tailored information that has the biggest impact on conversion rate? For example, have you ever done a split test where you use a survey that ultimately leads everyone who takes it to the exact same landing page vs. customized landing pages? I'm curious if simply having someone go through the act of taking the survey is enough to boost conversion rates.
You bring up a good point. There's something in psychology known as The Forer Effect. Also known as the Barnum Effect. It's basically what happens when someone reads their daily horoscope or a fortune cookie:
EVEN though the information is highly generalized… BECAUSE it's positioned as being squarely related to THEM, people have a tendency to BELIEVE the information—and find ways to justify/interpret the information as being TRUE to them.
Now, that being said… While the FORER effect can be VERY powerful in the context we're talking about (yes, I've done and tested what you suggest, and YES, it IS more effective than NOT doing any survey at all)…
When the information they get AFTER the survey IS, in fact, customized/tailored to them, 10 times out of 10 it will boost SALES conversions for me. Little difference on the opt-in side of things. But it CAN have a tremendous difference on the sales conversion side of things.
I made this discovery initially by mistake. We were accidentally sending all survey responses in one market to the SAME post-survey video sales letter, even though we had created variants for each bucket.
When we fixed the mistake and started sending people to their appropriate post-survey video, response immediately jumped by 23% (on average) without any further optimization.
For more conversion boosting psychological insights from Ryan, check out his Copywriting Activity Guide that he's made available to Crazy Egg readers that includes his "5 Psychological Forces to Boost Your Conversion Rates and Improve Your Copywriting!"


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Forty Years at Berklee: Steve Lipman
After 40 years of distinguished service to Berklee, assistant vice president of student affairs Steve Lipman retires this month. Working under the college's three presidents over the course of four decades, Lipman has labored tirelessly to bring the best musicians to the college and to raise Berklee's profile domestically and internationally.
Lipman began his long association with the college in 1966 when he enrolled as a music education major. After his graduation in 1969, Lipman had been working as a public school music teacher for a year and a half when Berklee founder Lawrence Berk phoned him.
Lipman recalls, "Larry Berk called me and said, 'I think you need to come in. Berklee is on an upwardly mobile path. Our enrollment is going to mushroom. It's going to be a world-class institution, and I think you'd want to be along for the ride.'" Lipman joined the staff in 1970 to assist the dean of students creating schedules for faculty and students. Simultaneously he was a part-time faculty member teaching harmony, ear training, and ensembles. Lipman later helped Berklee set up an admissions office to handle the increasing number of applications beginning to flow in.
For years Lipman processed applications and sent out acceptance letters to prospective students. "It was a long and exciting period of identifying great talent and watching that talent blossom and grow," he says. In the course of his work, Lipman sent acceptance letters to such notable alumni as Kevin Eubanks, Melissa Etheridge, Juan Luis Guerra, Branford Marsalis, and Steve Vai, to name just a few.
Lipman was also instrumental in launching the Berklee Alumni Representative (BAR) program that organized visits by alumni representatives to high schools and conferences. In conjunction with Gary Burton and Larry Monroe, Lipman launched the Berklee International Network of music schools (BIN) in various countries. Lipman also helped to promote awareness of Berklee by connecting the college with the Grammy in the Schools Program and by establishing a summer concert series on Martha's Vineyard called Vineyard Vibes.
Lipman has seen many changes take place over the 45 years since he was a student. "Today, Berklee students are interested in student clubs, of which there are probably 50 or 60," he says. "There's a student government, a student newspaper, and two student-run record labels. There's also a full complement of academic offerings. There is a far more collegial environment at Berklee today than when I was a student."
Being in the middle of explosive growth at Berklee was professionally fulfilling for Lipman. "I was enormously fortunate," he says. "This is an example of being at the right place at the right time. It has been a very rewarding career. I found it easy to be passionate every single day."
Lipman decided to stay active in the music business after his retirement from Berklee and created a successful music school admissions consulting business named Inside Music Schools, where he uses his 40 years of experience in the field to guide aspiring music students onto the right track to start their professional music career.
Read the complete interview with Steve Lipman on the Berklee Today website.


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.hack//Link Delayed
Namco Bandai makes up for the month extra wait with a demo and some sweet bonuses.
The January/February game season just got a bit less ridiculous. This week's Famitsu has a report on .hack//Link. While the focus of the report is on a steamy bath scene featuring one of the characters, for those who are blind to anime chicks in towels, the bigger news is a delay for the game. Previously planned for February release, this latest .hack title will now arrive on March 4.
It's not all bad news, though. Famitsu also confirms the availability of a demo. When? Today! The demo will hit PSN, the .hack official site, and Famitsu.com some time tonight. After undergoing a tutorial under the instruction of Kaito, you'll get to play three areas of free adventure with one of two partner characters. Data from the demo will carry over to the retail build.
Also detailed in the Famitsu article are some sweet bonuses that no .hack fan will want to be without. All versions of .hack//Link will include a .hack Digest DVD. This details the story of the .hack series in digest form, covering.hack//, .hack//G.U., and the four anime series.
Make sure you have space on your DVD shelf, as pre-orderers can look forward to a second DVD. Ever wondered what would happen if .hack//G.U. main character Haseo teamed up with Tales of Graces main character Aspel? You'll get a chance to find out with the .hack//Link Special DVD. Content of the DVD is being kept under wraps at present.
Why a tie-up between these two particular characters? Both are voiced by the same voice actor.
While everyone who pre-orders will get the bonus DVD, and everyone who buys will get the digest DVD, Namco Bandai also has something truly special in the works for those who love their .hack and are willing to show it with their yen. A special made-to-order limited box will be released opposite the game's standard edition. This includes a copy of the game, the digest DVD, a special Blu-ray disc, and two art books. The Blu-ray is titled .hack//re-birth Disc. It includes one episode of each of the four anime series, and two campaign OVAs, all in HD. Also included on the disc is a new recording of two "legendary radio programs." Pricing for the box is set at ¥10,479, a ways up from the standard version's ¥6,279.
You're going to have to wait a bit longer to immerse yourself in .hack again, but it looks like there'll be a whole lot to the experience. In the meanwhile, check PSN later today for the demo.
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The Big Picture
While the world awaits the authorisation of Congress for a possible US-led air attack on Syrian military assets, we might all do well to ponder what benefits, if any, can be expected from such a dramatic venture into the unknown.
What purpose does a limited, surgical strike on Syrian regime targets achieve and will it be of any lasting value?
Is this a temporary stay of execution, the precursor to a much larger and more concerted effort sometime later on?
Can the present path upon which Syria seems destined to travel ever become a detour towards peace, a return to some semblance of national normality?
Are the still somewhat hesitant steps being taken to counteract the further use of these chemical nerve agents sufficient for the task ahead?
What will we learn from this episode in our history? And have we discovered anything to our advantage in other such episodes, of which there have been so very many?
Is it a case of what cannot be cured must be endured or are we missing some vital lesson here, too focused on events and personalities to see the big picture?
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by MairaS on February 28, 2010
in General Information about Football
Football or a game that is also known as soccer is very famous across the world and more than hundred countries play this game. The game of football is played between two teams with each player is having eleven players. Some players play the role of defenders, some plays as mid-fielder or winger and two or three of them plays as goal getter or striker whose responsibility is to score. This tactic of arranging players in a ground is known as a formation. Let us look at some of the very popular football formations that are used in the modern day games.
The most common football formation is 4-4-2 formation in which four players play as defender, four players play as mid-fielder or winger and other two of them play forward as a striker and eleventh player is a goal-keeper.
Another common formation is 4-5-1 formation in which, four player plays as defender, five players play as winger and one plays forward to score the goal.
Third football formation type is 4-3-3 combination in which three players play forward game as scorer, three plays play to pass the ball as winger and four players make a defending wall at the back-court.
Another football formation of 4-3-1-2 is also known as diamond formation. In this style of formation, four players defend the opposite scorers; three of them play as wingers, one of them plays between wingers and strikers to create opportunities and two of them plays forward to convert the opportunities in to goals.
Today's Best Midfielders in Soccer
by MairaS on February 28, 2010
in General Information about Football
The football is a team game that is played between two teams including eleven players a side. Out of these eleven players, some plays the game as defenders, some plays as attackers and some players play it as midfielder. The midfielder's role is considered to be the strongest as it is the link between defenders and attackers. Let us look at world's best midfielders in football during 2005-2010.
1. Cristiano Ronaldo: With his all-round dribbling, shooting and tackling abilities, Cristiano Ronaldo is considered to be one of the best midfielders in the world and he has the good capability of converting the scoring opportunities into the goal.
2. Ronaldinho: A Brazilian with the brilliant all-round skills is also considered to be one of the best mid-fielders in the world today. He can pass the ball to any corner of the ground with his sheer skills.
3. Lionell Messi: A player who won FIFA's best player of the year award in 2009 is currently world's best midfielder who has skills to score goals from the long ranges and he can also pass the ball to all the corner of the ground.
4. Frank Lampard: The Englishman has always helped the England to win the games with his sheer skills and footwork. He has also converted lots of opportunities into the goal for England.


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Asus took the time today to gloat a bit over the number of products that it offers with USB 3.0 support. The company has more devices than most firms have do and is tooting its own horn.
Asus points out that it was first with a USB 3.0 mainboard and it offers notebooks and netbook sporting USB 3.0 as well. Asus also touts its unique PCI Express x4 PLX bridge chip designed for better USB 3.0 performance without compromise.
Asus CEO Jerry Shen said, "We are the first in the world to introduce USB 3.0 through our notebooks, namely the multimedia N Series. We're also the first to win USB-IF certification, achieved on our P6X58D premium motherboard. We believe that USB 3.0 has a pivotal role to play in delivering the ultimate experience to a new generation of multimedia-savvy users. With USB 3.0, everyone can enjoy fast data backup and ultra-speedy file sharing."
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Never bring a UX Portfolio to an interview
A UX portfolio shows the candidate is a thief and the interviewer opens a legal claim against them for viewing confidential information.
The request for UX portfolios are what happens when graphic designers end up in charge of a UX department. In graphics, most things get published in the public domain so it's completely fine to see a portfolio of their work. But in UX the wireframes contain critical business information regarding 'How it Works' and that belongs to the client, forever. It's what the clients are paying for in UX, revealing it to a third party is a breach of contract which opens an unlimited liability for everyone involved.
The only times UX examples are without risk is if they are student projects that have not been sold to a company. Even websites that are in the public domain are under copyright and showing the concepts and structures open a liability.
Requests to see a portfolio in job adverts are also a legal risk as they appear to encourage people to breach contracts and NDA's, this then opens a risk to the advertiser.
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The Ferrari 400i was never officially imported into the US market, but quite a few have found their way over to these shores, as evidenced by the 5 for sale currently via hemmings from $16k project to $48k all original pie-in-the sky example. Buying a 400i will get you into the exclusive Ferrari V12 owners club and total 400/400i production is less than 2000 cars.
The 400i is powered by a Ferrari V12 that was based on the legendary Ferrari 365 Daytona's engine - but with some additional enhancements from the decade or so of development. The 4.8 liter fuel injected V12 makes 315 horsepower and sounds great doing so.
Although they did make 5-speed equipped 400s, the vast majority are equipped with a GM sourced 3-speed slushbox saying less about Ferrari's engineering team and more about the interests of the uber wealthy who purchased these cars when new. Lets face it, most folks who can afford a new Ferrari are more interested in clipping stock portfolio apexes than curbed ones...a shame really, but if you think the hand-me-down depreciated classics today are bad, just wait 20 years - not a manual transmission in sight and enough bad electronica to make an instant rave.
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Archive for March, 2013
Teams work together to accomplish goals and make good things happen for each other. Think of all the examples of teams that you have in your lives—teams of family members, work buds, school buds, friends, fellow Americans. Hopefully you choose carefully who you allow on your team. Your teammates can make you or break you—depending on whether they are just "on the team" or "teammates".
Here are a few thoughts from an article by Joe Ehrmann comparing being on a team vs. being a teammate:
- Being on a team benefits your personal goals and ambitions. Being a teammate benefits the goals and ambitions of your team and teammates.
- Being on the team can make you a bystander. Teammates intervene in the lives and actions of their teammates.
- Being on the team involves personal effort. Being a teammate involves the efforts of every player.
- Being on the team means doing what is asked of you. Being a teammate is doing whatever is needed for the team to succeed.
- Sometimes players on a team like one another; teammates respect one another.
- Sometimes players on a team bond together because of a shared background or compatible personalities; teammates bond together because they recognize every player is needed to accomplish the goal of the team.
- Sometimes players on a team are energized by emotions; teammates energize one another out of commitment.


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DAB update: Kiss to be removed from local DAB in most of Devon
The local DAB multiplex operator Now Digital has confirmed that the broadcaster no longer wants to be carried on the local DAB multiplex; it is however now widely available on the national Digital One DAB multiplex in Devon.
According to the request, Kiss will be removed on 30th October 2014. Affected listeners will need to reset their presets to the version carried on Digital One.
The version of Kiss on the Exeter, Torbay and North Devon local DAB service is in stereo, the Digital One version is only in 80kbps mono. The operator of Kiss, Bauer Media is part of a consortium bidding for the licence to operate a second national commercial DAB multiplex, which could create sufficient capacity to launch the service in stereo in the future.
Kiss is also carried on the local DAB multiplex serving Plymouth. This is unaffected by the above change affecting the rest of Devon.


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Click here for this week's specials at Backcountry
Backcountry on Amazon is a store selling ski gear, snowboard gear, jackets, winter sports items, water sports items, camping gear, shoes, and more. Click the blue link above to check out what deals and promotions they are currently offering in winter and water sporting items. At the moment, they do have a Save 20% Off of Select Items promotion.
Feedback History
Backcountry has earned about 120,000 positive feedback ratings, with a current 94% positive overall score. Backcountry is also rated as a #1 Best Seller in many of the categories that they sell on Amazon. This basically means that they offer both a competitive price, as well as a history of customer satisfaction in those categories.
Backcountry mainly sells ski gear, snowboard gear, jackets, camping gear, winter sports items, water sports items, shoes, and more. They sell name brands like TDF Snowboard, RVCA, Under Armour, Craghoppers, Sherpani, Fi'zi:k, Eureka Down Range, LIJA, Altamount, Catelli, Volcom, ALPS, Bogner, XCEL, Billabong, Saga, Helly Hanson, ThirtyTwo, Salomon, Norrona, Quicksilver, Dakine, Neff, DC, Cappel, Mountain Hardware, Diamondback, Campagnolo, SRM, La Sportiva, and others.
This is one of those Amazon stores to visit when you want the retail experience. If you've been to a ski or board shop lately, or even any sports store in general, you should be familiar with the brands and styles that they carry.
Items like Roxy SNOW Junior's Torah Bright Crystalized Snow Jacket, Sorel Women's Joan Of Arctic Boot, Rossignol Men's Experience 100 TI All Mountain Ski, DC Men's Focus Snowboard, etc.
Backcountry sells brand new merchandise, and does offer a 100% Authentic guarantee, as well as a 100% money back guarantee.
When you sell name brand sporting goods and clothing, etc., especially at a discount, a popular question is always going to be if the items are authentic, fake, or knock-offs. To answer that question…
Let's take a close look at their recent feedback history. Amazon buyers have a really good way of weeding out the good sellers from the bad. If an item even SLIGHTLY looks like it might be a counterfeit or knock-off, they will leave you bad feedback. And any and all flaws will usually be reflected in a seller's feedback. With that being said, over the past 12 months, Backcountry has received about 15,000 positive feedback ratings, compared to just 4% negative feedback comments. With that sort of lop-sided ratio, it definitely appears as though Backcountry is an honestly run business, selling authentic merchandise.
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All items are guaranteed to be 100% authentic, and come with all the manufacturer paper work, in their original authentic boxes as provided by the manufacturers.
What I like or don't like
Their storefront is very organized. You have a product menu on the left side with all of the brand categories available, as well as top menu with store categories. So you just find your desired category, and go from there. Once you get into a listing page, you get a left hand menu with all of the brands available. So this store is very easy to navigate.
Another thing I appreciate is their attention to detail in their listings. Each listing has multiple clear and large pictures, so you can clearly see what is included in the listing. Their descriptions go into a lot of detail, and provide all the specifications that you might be looking for like the model they work for, size, color, etc. The quality of their listings is about as good as it gets on Amazon. You get all sorts of pictures, sizes, weights, package contents, etc.
Their attention to detail, and their excellent feedback really makes you feel secure in shopping from this Amazon store. As does their 30-day hassle free returns policy. No need to email back for a return authorization, or deal with with annoying emails back and forth. You just click on return, and send it back. And having a month to do so is quite convenient.
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So many thought it would be another staged situation like a press conference with friends and family or two interviews with a strict time limit.
Here it would only be golf reporters, who would be scared to ask questions and anything remotely revealing would be put down with "that's private" or "I've answered that already."
But that's not what happened at today's news conference at Augusta National.
The golf reporters brought it and Tiger, as much as we could have possibly imagined, stepped up to the plate.
Unlike his televised prepared statement in February that he got ripped for, he was as human as we've ever seen. And he was willing to get to the facts, only really dodging exactly what type of rehab he was in.
He admitted to having a busted up lip and a sore neck the night of the accident. He admitted to using Vicodin for pain for previously undisclosed Achilles injuries and Ambien around the time his father was dying.
He actually used words of contrition similar to his February news conference, but this time he looked reporters in the eyes and constructed his own sentences.
For the golf reporters, his connection to Dr. Anthony Galea, is not a shut door, even though Woods insisted that the doctor that is being investigated for potentially providing athletes with performancing enhancing drugs was only giving him platement rich plasma therapy.
But for the gossip reporters, there's not a lot left after this press conference that can push Tiger any lower than where he is now.
It took this long because Tiger said he needed this time and maybe he did.
If he once again becomes the best golfer in the world again, the public relations gurus who said that this time lapse was killing Woods' potential to recover as a corporate spokesman will be silenced.
If he doesn't return to his form, it's not the time he took to apologize that will make him less popular, it will be his lack of wins. (You can see more of the news conference and recap here.)
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