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Ducati have honoured Troy Bayliss, their most successful champion to date, by releasing the 1098R Bayliss LE (Limited Edition).
Bayliss is unique for Ducati, in that he has won the WSB championship 3 times for the marque, on three different models namely 998R, 999R, and 1098R.
Technically this model is the same as the already high spec 1098R.
Only 500 examples of the LE will be built, each with a numbered plaque on the triple clamp.
The price has not yet been released, but you can expect to pay hansomely for such a special machine.
If you are planning to buy one, please ride it, even if it's just at the odd track day, don't put it in a glass case next to the bar...


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Access To Electronic Resources
Video Presentation
- World Wide Access: Accessible Web Design
- Meet the Speakers in the Videotape -- World Wide Access: Accessible Web Design
The development of sophisticated multi-media electronic and World Wide Web resources has extended the reach of computers. Increasingly, however, these resources are not fully accessible to people with some types of disabilities. For example, screen reader software with a speech synthesizer used by a student who is blind cannot interpret tables, graphics, or video clips.
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Some people cannot see graphics because of a visual impairment or cannot hear audio because of a hearing impairment. Some have difficulty when screens are unorganized, inconsistent, and cluttered and when descriptions and instructions are unclear. These difficulties may occur because they have learning disabilities, speak English as a second language, or are younger than the average user. Other people use older equipment, have slow connections or modems that limit their access to multimedia features.
As more information is delivered using computer and network technologies, schools and businesses play an increasingly important role in ensuring access to electronic information resources for all potential interns and employees.
When evaluating the accessibility of electronic resources, remember to consider online catalogs; career and cooperative education resources; electronic indexes and full text resources such as encyclopedias, available through stand-alone stations or networked terminals; and Internet resources on the World Wide Web.
Accessibility should also be considered when purchasing new electronic resources for your career services office. Ask the vendor if the product has been tested for accessibility and, specifically, if the product is compatible with screen reading software. Develop a policy that electronic products in your office be reviewed for accessibility before purchase.
Electronic resources designed or developed in-house, such as career services and cooperative education Web pages, online catalogs, and local digital library projects, should be developed with universal access as a goal. Accessibility guidelines should be incorporated into Web page standards.
Then, as a backup, make it a priority to buy and develop accessible resources. Be prepared to assist people with electronic resources that they cannot access independently.
Universal Design Principles
In making electronic resources accessible, principles of universal design should be employed. In general, "universal design" means to design products and services that can be used by people with a wide range of characteristics, abilities, and disabilities. Following universal design principles in designing your electronic resources can help ensure that all students and employees will be able to independently utilize them, regardless of their disabilities or the limitations of their equipment and software. For additional guidelines consult The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Contact information can be found in the Computing Resources section of this notebook.
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Typically, organizations design their electronic services for the average user. Universal design means that you design them for people with a broad range of abilities and disabilities. The Trace Research and Development Center has defined universal design as: "The design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design."
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Universal design principles can be applied to both facilities and tools. They are especially appropriate to consider when designing electronic resources, including online catalogs, educational software, and electronic reference sources in CD-ROM or other formats, or on the Internet. Adapted from a listing by the Trace Center, here are some general guidelines to consider in designing an electronic resource.
- Design the resource so that it can be used by anyone. Provide the same means of use for all users -- identical when possible; equivalent when not. Avoid segregating or stigmatizing any potential users.
- The resource should be flexible in the ways that it can be used, accommodating a wide range of individual preferences and abilities. Provide choice in methods of use, for example, accommodate both right- and left-handed access.
- The design should be simple, allowing the resource to be used with minimal training. The resource should be easy to understand, regardless of the user's age, experience, knowledge, language skills, or current level of concentration.
- Information should be provided redundantly. The variety of formats included should accommodate people with visual, hearing, and other impairments. Use several different modes (e.g., pictures, text) to provide essential information. Make the resource compatible with current adaptive computer technologies.
- Design the resource so that minimal physical effort is required to operate it.
Accessible Web Design
In this section we'll apply universal design principles to a common activity in schools and businesses today, designing Web pages. The World Wide Web has rapidly become the most popular Internet resource, combining hypertext and multimedia to provide a huge network of educational, governmental, and commercial resources. Many career services offices and businesses now maintain their own Web sites. Perhaps yours is one of them. Yet, because of the multimedia nature of the medium, many Internet surfers cannot access some materials available on the World Wide Web.
In the video presentation, World Wide Access, individuals with disabilities share access problems and solutions. At the end of the video, design features for making Web pages accessible are listed. These recommendations are covered in the handout titled World Wide Access: Accessible Web Design. Watch the videotape and review the publication.
General Page Design
Let's consider the principles described in the videotape. If you have not created a Web page before, you may be confused by some of the technical jargon used. If so, don't be discouraged. Focus on the basic principles and pass the information in the handout on to staff, partnering employers, and administrators responsible for Web page development at your institution and in your community. We'll start out with principles related to general page design.
The first principle to remember is to maintain a simple, consistent page layout throughout your site. Much of the power and appeal of the Web comes from the fact that it presents information in a variety of formats while also organizing that information through hypertext links. Designing a well organized site with a consistent design makes it easier for visitors to find the information they need. Following this guideline will especially assist people with learning disabilities who have difficulty following disorganized presentations.
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Think about the physical effort needed to use your site. Remember that small buttons marking links can be difficult targets for visitors with mobility impairments that result in restricted hand movements. Larger buttons make it easier for all visitors to select the links on your page. Along with a consistent page layout, it is important to keep backgrounds simple and make sure there is enough contrast.
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People with low vision or color blindness, or those using black and white monitors may have difficulty reading information at sites with busy backgrounds and dark colors. Many background images and colors obscure text and make reading difficult. Make sure that there is enough contrast between your text and the background of the page. Choose background, text, and link colors carefully, and always test your site with both black and white and color monitors. Following this guideline will aid visitors with low vision and those with learning disabilities who may find busy backgrounds and moving features from page to page confusing.
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Visitors who use screen reading software can adjust their software to read only the links on a page. For this reason, links should provide enough information when read out of context. For example, never use "click here" as a link, or next to a graphic used as a link. Make links descriptive enough so that they are understood out of context.
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Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the standardized code used to create Web sites. The code works with tags that tell a Web browser where to find and how to display your information. HTML was designed to be a universal format outside the bounds of proprietary software and computer languages. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) specifies what is standard HTML with the intent of maintaining a language compatible with many platforms and browsers.
The universal format of the World Wide Web meets the equitable and flexible principles of universal design. However, many people like to add new and non-standard features to add flash to their Web pages. This obstructs the original purpose of a world-wide standard and the open communication that it allows and encourages.
Using standard HTML tags will ensure that your content can be accessed by all browsers used by visitors to your site. Avoid tags, such as
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Notify your users that you are concerned about accessibility by including a statement about accessibility on your page. Encourage site visitors to notify you with their accessibility concerns. For example, the DO-IT home page includes this statement:
"The DO-IT pages form a living document and are regularly updated. We strive to make them universally accessible. You will notice that we minimize the use of graphics and photos, and provide descriptions of them when they are included. Video clips are open captioned, providing access to users who can't hear the audio. Suggestions for increasing the accessibility of these pages are welcome."
Graphical Features
People who are blind cannot view the graphical features of your Web site. Many people with visual impairments use voice output programs with text-based browsers (such as Lynx) or graphical browsers with the feature that loads images turned off. Include text alternatives to make the content in these graphical features accessible. This addresses the universal design principle of redundant presentation of information in different modes.
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Some people have advocated the use of alternative text versions of Web sites that are graphic-intensive. However, this adds a great deal of maintenance time and complexity as two versions must be updated. The maintenance time increases exponentially for organizations that are required, or that choose to provide their sites in multiple language versions. Make every effort to create the original version in an accessible format. Remember, the first principle of universal access is equitable use, so avoid segregating users of your electronic resources based on their ability, connection speed, or type of hardware and software they use. Below are guidelines for providing alternative text for various types of visual features.
To start out, always include short, descriptive ALT attributes for graphical features on your page. What is an ALT attribute? An ALT attribute is an HTML code used with the IMG tag that is used to give alternative text information for graphical features. The alternative text helps the visitor understand what is on the page even if they are using a text browser or if they have image loading turned off in their graphical browser.
The bolded text in the following example of HTML code shows what an ALT attribute looks like. An ALT attribute always works within an image or graphical HTML tag.
  <TITLE>DO-IT Program</TITLE>
DO-IT at the University of Washington

In some cases where a graphic provides no additional information, the ALT attribute can be used with a null value ("") to eliminate clutter. ALT attributes for graphical bullets can simply be asterisks.

For example, when a sighted visitor views the DO-IT home page at www.washington.edu/doit with a graphical browser, he will see the DO-IT logo.
When a user who is blind visits, his voice output program will read [DO-IT LOGO] because DO-IT staff used this text as an ALT attribute for the graphic. This gives him a clear idea of what is on the page. In addition, any visitor coming to the site using a text-based browser will understand that there is a logo there instead of the more ambiguous "image" that is the default result when no ALT attribute is used. ALT attributes should be short and simple (less than five words) as browsers sometimes have difficulty with long ALT attributes. This example can also be used to explain the difference between text and words embedded in a graphic. Web designers sometimes embed text in graphics so that they can incorporate color, fancy fonts, and other design elements into the display. It is important to differentiate between text, which screen readers can access, and words that are images, which screen readers cannot read. In the DO-IT logo, "DO-IT" is a graphic image. DO-IT staff include "DO-IT" in the ALT attribute so that the DO-IT name is displayed by a text browser and thus read by a speech synthesizer.
Another principle of universal design is to use menu alternatives for image maps (also called ISMAPS) to ensure that the embedded links are accessible. An image map is a picture on which parts of the picture can be clicked to find a link to another page. For example, a site with information on state trivia presents a map of the United States. A visitor can click on Washington to find out the state bird, song, insect, flower, and other facts. But if the Web page developer has not included an alternative menu, visitors using text-based browsers can be totally blocked from the site, or sent on a wild goose chase clicking unlabeled links that lead them in circles.
The HTML coding in this example does not include an alternative menu for the image map.
  <TITLE>States Trivia</TITLE>
When viewed through a graphical browser, such as Netscape, a picture of a map of the United States appears and the visitor can choose information by state. But, when a visitor using a text-based browser visits the site, what he sees is this:
States Trivia
At this point the visitor is stuck as text-based browsers will not interpret the hypertext links embedded in the image map. His only option is to back out of the site. A visitor who uses a text-based browser, perhaps because he is blind, cannot get to your information.
The accessibility of image maps is dependent on the server software used at a Web page site. If ALT attributes are included for every hyperlink in an image map, some server programs can pull the hyperlink information from the image map and present it in menu format for text-based browsers. However, many Web servers do not have this capability. If this support is not available to you, you can always make the image map accessible by adding a separate navigation menu, or listing of hypertext links, above or below the image map.
Using ALT attributes and alternative menus help all of your visitors navigate through your site. The next principles we will discuss help your visitors understand the content in non-text, graphical features on your page. Including ALT attributes is sufficient for logos and graphics that are not critical to the information content of the page. But if the graphics provide information beyond this, adding captions and transcriptions is important for those who cannot see your page because they are using a text-based browser, possibly because they are blind. Include descriptive captions for photographs and pictures. Describe images in enough detail so that a visitor who cannot see the pictures will understand the content that they add to the page.
If you present information in an image format, such as a scanned-in image of a page of a manuscript, be sure to also include a transcription of the manuscript in a straight text format. Remember, words embedded in an image are not accessible to those using a voice output system. This aids a wide variety of visitors, including those with visual impairments, users who speak English as a second language, and those with learning disabilities. Again, think redundancy.
Multimedia and audio formats can present barriers to people with hearing impairments as well as for people with less sophisticated computer systems. Provide captioning and transcriptions for spoken materials so these visitors have an alternative method of accessing this information.
Special Features
Most screen reader programs read from left to right, jumbling the meaning of information in tables. Some adaptive technology can deal with format issues such as this, but it is best to look for other ways to present the information so that visitors with visual impairments can read your data. Consider using an alternative format for information that might be included in a table.
Use special features such as forms, data-bases and plug-ins with care. Always test forms and databases with a text-based browser. Include an electronic mail address and other contact information for those who cannot use the form or database.
Use features that require plug-ins, mini programs that run within a browser, with care. Not all people have the high-end equipment needed to download and run plug-ins. In addition, content presented using plug-ins is not accessible through text-based Web browsers. As the software is developed, applets (such programs created with JAVA) and plug-ins (such as Adobe Acrobat) may provide adequate accessibility features. However, to ensure that people with visual and hearing impairments can access your information, provide the content from these programs in other, text-based formats.
Web Page Test
The final guideline is to test your Web pages with as many Web browsers as you can. Always use at least one text-based browser. This way, you will see your Web resources from the many perspectives of your users.
Part of testing your Web site includes running it against an HTML validator program. These programs compare the HTML at your site with the rules of standard HTML. They then provide a report listing errors and non-standard tags. Some validators check specifically for accessibility. Try using an accessibility validation site which performs a diagnostic on your pages and points out parts that could be inaccessible. For example, Bobby is an easy-to-use program to find HTML compatibility problems that prevent pages from displaying correctly on different Web browsers. Bobby specifically highlights accessibility problems. Bobby was created at CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology). Its URL is www.cast.org/bobby.
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Whether you are developing electronic resources or designing a computer facility for your career services office or business, apply universal design principles to maximize access. In particular, consider these accessible Web design principles when developing Web pages.
- Maintain a simple, consistent page layout.
- Keep backgrounds simple. Make sure there is enough contrast.
- Use standard HTML.
- Include a note about accessibility.
- Provide text alternatives (ALT attributes, captions, alternative menus, transcriptions) for graphical features.
- Test and use special features with care.
- Test your Web pages with a variety of browsers.
Career services offices and businesses have a moral and legal responsibility to make computing resources accessible to everyone, including those with disabilities. They must provide accessible buildings, computers, and electronic resources. You should also demand from vendors that products you purchase are accessible to individuals with a variety of disabilities.

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Oprah Winfrey (1954–) is one of the most important figures in popular culture, most well known as the talk show host on her TV show, "Oprah."
Success is putting the past behind you no matter how terrible. Despite suffering abuse and molestation as a child, Oprah Winfrey found it in herself to be the best she knew she could be, and eventually become one of the most influential people in history (Forbes Top 100).
Success is helping others. In 1994, President Clinton signed the "Oprah Bill," a law designed to protect children from abuse.
Success is doing it better. In 1986, her show, "The Oprah Winfrey Show" took over Donahue as the nation's top-rated talk show, even though Donahue pioneered the talk show format.
Success is holding tight to your morals and values, even at the expense of your career. In 1994, when talk shows started to become increasingly trashy and exploitative, Winfrey pledged to keep her show free of tabloid topics. Although her show's ratings initially fell, Oprah earned the respect of her viewers. This earned respect did more for her career in the long run than by giving in to the public's demand for daytime TV trash ever will.
Success is having the power to influence. Any book she promotes on her show becomes an instant best seller. Any charity she supports on air sees phenomenal increases in donations. Any industry she condemns on air suffers serious financial losses—as in the beef industry. (Author's note: If anyone reading this knows Oprah, can you please put in the good word for my book? Gracias.)
Success is diversification. In addition to her huge success with her television show, Oprah owns several businesses, has written several books, made several movies, and publishes her own magazine.
Success is reaching people on a personal level. Oprah is known for her empathy for others. When a guest's story moves her, she cries and offers the guest a warm embrace.
[Sources: http://www.oprah.com, http://www.biography.com]
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New Honda City Launched
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Starting at a price tag of Rs. 6.99 Lakhs, ex-showroom Delhi, this is a facelift on the third generation of Honda's mid-sizer for India
Honda Siel Cars India has launched a facelift of its popular mid-size sedan, the City. Apart from the refreshed looks and the addition of features like a sunroof on the option variant, another big move is the slashing of prices on this new version of the car.
With refreshed interiors and exteriors, the Honda City's new version will be available at a base price of Rs.6.99 Lakhs, ex-showrrom Delhi and will be available in four trim versions namely, Corporate, E, S, V. The V trim version will be available in automatic transmission as well, along with an option for a sunroof.
Saki Inaba, Director Marketing, Honda Siel Cars India Ltd. said at the launch, "Honda City is one of the most successful car brands in the country and certainly the most desirable sedan in its category. Honda City has achieved the No.1 rank in JD Power for the 11th time."
The City is powered by a 1.5-litre iVTEC engine, which churns out 118PS of power, and is known for its refinement. Safety features on the car include ABS with Brake Assist, Dual SRS Airbags, and G-CON. The new Honda City now also have Cruise Control for select models.
The Honda City will be available in six colors namely Carnelian Red Pearl, Sparkling Brown Metallic, Urban Titanium Metallic, Bold Beige Metallic, Alabaster Silver Metallic, Taffeta White. The prices of the New Honda City variant-wise, ex-showroom Delhi are:
Corporate- 6.99 lakhs
E- 7.70 lakhs
S- 8.20 lakhs
V manual transmission- 8.70 lakhs
V automatic transmission- 9.42 lakhs
V(sunroof) manual transmission- 9.50 lakhs
V(sunroof) automatic transmission- 10.22 lakhs


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I don't know if you've met me, but I'm pretty big on breakfast. A breakfast enthusiast. Some may even deign to call me a breakfast radical. To me, breaking the fast is like the first race in the series that is our day, it sets the tone, it primes us for what's coming, it's also completely, undeniably tasty.
Maybe my love for breakfast coincides with my tendency to rise early. I've pretty much always functioned on "the sky is awake and so am I" motto, and there are few images that get my heart pumping more than the steam rising from a cup of coffee into the streaming morning light.
Alternatively, upon self psychoanalysis, I think my care for the morning meal could be an overcompensation for my parent's indifference towards it (after all, according to the Lumineers, that is the opposite of love). My mom, in classic superwoman style, always put my breakfast before her own, got caught up in the current of raising a teenage tornado and ended up not eating until 1 pm. My dad, on the other hand, established regular breakfast habits consisting on microwave coffee and whatever we had for dinner the night before, bqq pizza, or maybe a nice jalapeño taco.
Again, another reason I may love breakky could be all of its health benefits. Although 33% of Americans skip breakfast regularly, it has been proven to keep us slim, smart, and active. If we're being honest, I could care less about being slim, already feel pretty smart and live a life that requires me to be active.
While these are great explanations, I preferred to believe that I loved breakfast for its essence, as an end in itself. Or so I thought.
Aside from a special waffle brunch here and there, I always, ALWAYS, have a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast. But it is so much more than a bowl of oatmeal. Half a banana, a handful of fruit, sprinkle of granola, taste of honey, scoop of yogurt, spoon of peanut butter and topping of hot oatmeal creates for me a culmination of all there is to love about the morning. Warm, fruity, wholesome and nutty, these bowls are all I want when I rise from bed. So then I started thinking…maybe it's not breakfast I love, but, rather..oatmeal?
NO! I refused to believe it. I couldn't let my conception of breakfast crumble like a dry pancake. Thus, I embarked on a journey, along with my first mate, Erika, to have something different for breakfast every morning for a week, to explore the world I knew I loved.
Day 1: The happy pirate.
A little uninspired, but 105% of your protein needed for the day, which is nice.
Day 2: The relapse. The first three days are the hardest, folks.
Day 3: The rebound.
Day 4: The honeymoon period.
Day 5: The I-woke-up-late-and-need-to-overcompensate-on-calories
Day 6: The pre-acai hippie
Day 7: The celebration
Needless to say, I thoroughly enjoyed, loved, even, every single one of my breakfasts this week. I am not just an oatmeal lover. I am a breakfast lover, I just needed to practice some of the other disciplines.
Speaking of practice, we're also working on the perfect cup of coffee. It takes time.
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Archive for January, 2016
"I've always pretty much bought produce from the local folks. I never gave it much thought back in the day. It just seemed like the thing to do."
"The answer is in the question–Birmingham doesn't need another meat-heavy restaurant. There is a great demand in this city for vegetarian and vegan food, the niche just hasn't been filled yet."
"The Lyric seats only 750…so it is going to be a much more intimate experience, especially with its close up seating. We also have high hopes for the acoustics as the entire hall is shaped like the "bell" of a trumpet. Bottom line, the Lyric is first and foremost a performing arts facility, a place where movie showings will be the exception, not the rule."
"I've been called talkative, loud, the ringleader, and a lot of other things pertaining to the use of my voice, but my favorite one was "the Representative" my assistant principal at Ensley Magnet High School called me that just before we staged a school walk out."
Happy New Year, readers! A new calendar calls for a fresh thought. No New Year's resolutions here, just an explanation of my soapbox title, Creational Patterns.


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Mid Atlantic – Day 3
Day 3 of the Mid Atlantic Big Year Tour (the 10th of 11 one-week tours I am doing with Wildside Nature Tours) is complete. Four species have been added since the tour began: Northern Saw-whet Owl, Long-tailed Duck, Great Cormorant, and Purple Sandpiper. The Year total stands at 524 species.
Today we drove from Allentown, PA to Sandy Hook, NJ. We missed the Northern Shrike there. In the afternoon we headed south to Barnegat Light, NJ and walked out the jetty to look for birds in the channel as well as out on the Atlantic Ocean. Here we added 3 of the 4 birds listed above.
The day was brisk and chilly with a steady wind out of the Northwest. And again, the scenery was gorgeous. Just look at the finishing sunset near Pleasantville, NJ.


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Craft Café has two distinct models of delivery, one within a community setting, the second within a care home. The methodology of self directed learning and choice flow through both models, as does the aim to connect with the wider community. Our community set Craft Cafes is held in Govan while our care home set Craft Cafes are held in Viewpoint homes in Edinburgh.
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Investment banking sounds exciting and alluring. And it lives up to its
reputation. If you're good at this type of work, you really can become rich.
"Total compensation can explode to $8 to $10 million," says Bruce Neuman.
He is a recruiter in New York. But think a little more modestly in the beginning.
Investment bankers work in investment banks, corporations, brokerages or
small investment banking firms. They counsel clients on financial issues such
as arranging capital, managing assets, trading securities and issuing stock.
"People who enter the investment banking field should be highly motivated
and well rounded," says investment banker Marc A. Cabrera.
People tend to start in entry-level positions such as junior analyst. They
continue up the ladder as analysts, associates, vice-presidents, directors,
managing directors, partners and CEOs.
"Every stockbroker is starting to call themselves an investment banker,"
says Allan Kennard. He works with a financial services company. "The more
traditional definition refers to sourcing equity and debt capital for corporations:
'corporation finance.'"
Carla Frank of the Women's Business Connection in Los Angeles is pursuing
a career in corporate finance. "The main reward in this field is being able
to help a company grow. In order for a company to be successful, it needs
a great product or service and the ability to provide that product or service
to its community," she says.
"Corporate finance professionals help in obtaining financing to start a
company or maintain existing companies' working capital needs. [They] analyze
the costs and benefits of different investment opportunities and provide financial
support to all areas of the company."
Math skills are one of the keys to success in this field, she says. "Computer
skills are the important tool in corporation finance. The ability to work
with spreadsheets such as Excel is crucial. Good communication and interpersonal
skills are also important. Corporation finance is as much about working with
people as with numbers."
James Lorimer is an investment banker. He says on your first few months
on the job, you can expect to "analyze the value of a public company, determine
how a company considering going public should be valued, prepare a presentation
to your superiors and to the company explaining the value."
He recommends you learn the following:
Investment bankers work in comfortable office environments. Expect to spend
a lot of time there. When you're first starting out, hard work and long hours
are expected. This is a profession where you need to prove yourself.
Even when you get near the top, performance counts. Slack off a little
on your work and you probably won't have a job (or a good reputation) for
long. On the up side, hard work and good results are respected and admired
in this profession.
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Permanent Memorialization
Just as the grief you experience doesn't end with the funeral, neither does our care.
The moment you invited us into your life to care for your loved one, we made a commitment to honor your family in every way that we can.
With our emphasis on pre-arrangements, we invite you to honor your own lives, to make your wishes known, to provide a gift to your loved ones, and to relax in the knowledge that your plans have been made known and that your wishes will be honored.
With our commitment to the services we provide, we ensure that your entire experience, as awful as the death of a loved one always is, is nonetheless a peaceful one in which you and your family can have the confidence of knowing that your best interests will always be served.
However, just as the grief you experience doesn't end with the funeral, neither does our care.
Grief is always hard, in one way or another, even after the death of a loved one who lived long and lived well, not to mention those deaths for which we could have never prepared.
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A Russian offshore services primer
The Russian IT services markets are among many growing alternatives to the dominant Indian offshore services market.
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The former Soviet Union was legitimately known for the quality of its educational system and the technical skills its citizens possessed, particularly in mathematics, the sciences, and IT. These skills were primarily applied toward the public-sector aerospace and defense industries, rather than the practically non-existent private sector. The break-up of the Soviet Union and subsequent economic reforms have freed up those resources to operate in the private sector and seek access to Western markets. The result is a growing industry of firms, either headquartered in former Soviet Union states or leveraging those resources while headquartered in Western countries, offering "offshore" IT services.
This market is smaller, less mature, and more fragmented than that in other offshore locations in lesser-developed countries, particularly the dominant Indian market. However, it does represent a viable market for a certain type of services (technically intensive; see subsequent discussion) and situations (more mature users, firms considering spreading risk, firms with local connections). As both end users and large multinational service providers move from point offshore service provisioning to the development of global business and IT services sourcing and provision models, it is important that they include former Soviet Union markets and providers in the mix.
Market Overview
The dominant country from the former Soviet Union providing IT services is Russia. This is natural given that it is the largest state, but its dominance is also a function of its economic model, interest level in developing a services market, openness (relative to other former Soviet states), and strong émigré community, particularly in the US. Other countries from the region also growing their IT service capabilities include Belarus, Ukraine, Latvia, and Slovenia. Growth in these countries' services capabilities is being matched and sometimes exceeded by growth in Central European/former Warsaw Pact countries such as Poland, Romania, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. In some ways, such as size, skills, and educational base/system, these markets are similar to the Indian market five to seven years ago. However, there are differences, both good (maturity of offshore services buyers and global Internet/telecommunications infrastructure) and less good (economic/legal heritage, government support, political environments).
The Russian market size for exported IT services will approach $500 million in 2004 and is growing rapidly (25%+), though official/highly accurate numbers are difficult to find. Custom application development across the full range of application types is still the dominant service performed in Russia's IT service market. Although its firms possess strong development techniques and in some respects are more disciplined (at least relative to some US operations, though not most Indian providers), they typically do not have significant business process or vertical-industry domain expertise. Beyond application development, additional work performed includes custom R&D/design work and embedded system development, along with some amount of specialized testing, software package integration, and translation services.
Several major western multinational corporations have established offshore IT operations in Russia. These include Motorola, Intel, and Boeing. Most western firms operating in Russia, at least in the IT sector, have enjoyed moderate success and have been expanding operations. There are examples in the broader market; however, Russia's fast-moving and turbulent market is where western firms and investors have been burned (from IP loss to investment and business loss). This is not uncommon in developing markets, however, or developed ones, and organizations considering the Russian market must factor this into overall risk-assessment profiles.
Russia operates as a "controlled democracy." There are pros and cons to this model and its various alternatives, particularly compared to the former Soviet model. However, it is different, and western organizations must keep that point top of mind when considering the Russian IT services market. For example, its stock market has performed well against its peers. It also should enjoy relative business stability if the government maintains control, which is very likely. Organizations participating in the Russian IT services market and any other emerging or rapidly changing economy must keep close tabs and political and socioeconomic events and assess their potential impact on business activities being pursued.
Market Profile
The Russian IT services market has many strengths. Some of these are unique to its market (e.g., technical skills, size of professional base), while others (e.g., cost) are similar to those found in many offshore locations. However, for users considering offshore services or providers considering building out their own global services provisioning base, the questions should not be why, or why not, Russia. Instead, the questions should be the following:
- When does offshore outsourcing make sense?
- What are the skills required?
- What is the existing risk/tolerance aversion?
- What are the existing capabilities to source and manage far offshore resources?
- Employee skills: Russia has a relatively large base of college-educated professionals with degrees relevant to IT services. For example, it is one of top three countries in terms of engineers and scientists per capital globally, with more than one million currently in the marketplace.
- Lower costs: Cost still plays the dominant role in offshore outsourcing decision making. Russia is a lower-cost market relative to IT costs in North America and Western Europe. It has average application development and maintenance costs of $20-$40/hour ($5K-$9K/year), which is comparable to the Philippines, higher than China and Vietnam ($15-$25/hour), and less than India, which had similar rates in 2002, but saw a growing rate inflation (20%) in 2003. Russia's gross domestic product per person was $2,400 in 2002, compared to $500 in India and $1,000 in China. In a more meaningful context, taking into account relative purchasing power parity, that number would be close to 3x higher ($8,300 versus $2,600 for India and $6,000 for China). The point is that a job in the Russian IT services market is relatively appealing and lucrative, and the overall Russian economy is more mature than in India and even China. This is in large part due to Russia's oil revenue; however, at this point, that means little to the IT services market.
- Employee motivation: In many lesser-developed economies, highly educated workers are motivated to work in offshore services because it is an opportunity to significantly raise their income potential, as well as perhaps use employment as a lever for Western travel and possible emigration. However, the entrepreneurial spirit is not as strong in Russia as in other markets such as India and China, given the historical lack of a private sector and entrepreneurial class and lack of significant government support.
- Education system: Russia has long possessed a quality education system, though it suffered from lack of funding in the 1990s. Investments are rebounding, as is a sense of direction, given the potential to channel graduates into the IT services market. However, more needs to be done to link the educational system into the growing private sector.
- Lack of employment alternatives: For workers educated in mathematics, the sciences, and IT services, not that many alternative employment paths other than the IT services market exist (except potentially government/defense, oil industry, and related R&D sectors). This is in contrast to China where significant growth exists in other private-sector service industries, many of which focus inward on the Chinese market.
- Geographic proximity to Europe: There is, for example, only a two-hour time difference between St. Petersburg and much of Germany. Close proximity is helpful for collaborative efforts and also obviously makes site visits less costly and time-consuming.
- Non-European Union (EU) member: EU membership can bring countries many benefits, but also can detract from the appeal of their IT and business process service operations, It is unlikely Russia will join the European Union in the near future or ever. Countries that are joining the EU, particularly in central Europe, face challenges from greater labor mobility (e.g., IT practitioners migrating to higher wage countries), wage inflation, increased work rules and related costs, and reduced labor flexibility (e.g., ability to hire/fire workers). Although it will take time for these changes to affect affected markets, the degree to which countries evolve toward the higher cost and more restrictive labor policies of Western Europe, their appeal as offshore business and IT services locations will decline. The Russian market will be much less affected by these types of changes.
- Expatriate communities: Russia has strong expatriate communities in both the US and Israel. This is helpful in many respects, including brokering deals and relationships, representing the base from which to build local operations and headquarters, developing sales, marketing and funding channels, and expanding local market-domain knowledge. Many Russian IT service providers are headquartered in the US, having been started by émigrés.
- Stability and lower turnover: The Russian IT services market's small size, lack of employment alternatives, few growing foreign-owned service operations, and job mobility restrictions limit job hopping. Larger Russian IT service providers typically experience turnover in the 10%-15% range. This is in contrast to growing turnover rates (often 20%+) in the booming India market. Smaller Russian firms (the bulk of the market) experience higher turnover rates and in general are more transient as companies. The degree that turnover is a problem depends on the nature of projects being undertaken, but overall lower turnover leads to greater stability, reduced costs, and more consistency.
- Fragmentation and provider size: There are hundreds of Russian IT service providers, most of which are very small (fewer than 100 practitioners) and only a few years old. The largest have staffs of more than 2,000 and well under $50 million in annual revenue.(see Figure 1). This creates a scenario of unknown firms with questionable stability and viability from the user perspective. It also means that many offshore projects are simply too large for these firms to undertake. Although consolidation is an option, it will prove challenging from a business perspective, particularly across borders (e.g., a US-based Russian firm buying a domestic Russian provider). Restrictions on foreign ownership and taxation disincentives also limit the capability of large multinational service providers to rapidly buy-up/build out local Russian operations.
- Modest government support: Many growing/leading offshore business and IT services marketplaces (e.g., India, Philippines, Malaysia, China, Israel, Ireland) have benefited from active government support and promotion. This can include developing favorable trade policies, providing direct and indirect investments and tax incentives, promoting business and industry collaboration, and actively touting the market and services abroad. The Russian government has largely taken a hands-off approach to the IT services market. This is in contrast to its hands-on approach in larger and more mature industries. Indeed, the overall less-than-favorable business environment, from the perspectives of business law, taxation, intellectual property controls, trade and investments policies, and overall market controls, has had a negative impact on the fledging IT services market. Although there has been some uptick of formal support of late, many improvements are needed and required -- and sooner rather than later.
- Reforms to the legal, business, and taxation regimes: Russia has one of the more immature, opaque, and restrictive economies in terms of business law, foreign direct-investment practices, taxation, and IP protection. It trails India, but in some areas, including IP protection, it is ahead of China. There is no indication of any major inclination for the government to reform in these areas any time soon, necessitating that the consumers of Russian IT services learn to navigate and hedge in this high-risk environment as best is possible.
- Infrastructure immaturity: Russian telecom and Internet infrastructure is relatively immature (C2 on the META Group Telecom Maturity Model scale, as is the Ukraine). This is especially the case outside major city centers such as Moscow and St. Petersburg. There are also some lingering issues around access and censorship, though this does not generally affect the IT services marketplace. This compares to the more mature markets of Central Europe (e.g., Czech Republic at B1, Poland at B2, Hungary C1), while the Ukraine lags the pack at a D rating. This maturity, or lack thereof, is measured as a function of access, reliability, and cost. Russia has improved IP networks and has increased capacity in wide-area network (WAN) clouds. A major issue, though, is inadequate infrastructure for last-mile connectivity or private-line circuits to connect an office building to the WAN cloud. During 2006-08, however, we expect Russia to move into Band B as the government funds infrastructure modernization to attract and support multinational businesses and the IT services market, but the process will be slow.
- Limited business process/vertical industry domain expertise: This domain knowledge is critical for designing and delivering IT services beyond core infrastructure and development work. It is a must-have for more complex services like business system development and package implementation and an imperative for BPO. For this reason, coupled with significant language and other cultural issues, Russia has little appeal, for example, as an outsourced contact-center destination. For other types of IT services, the quality and maturity of a local provider presence, acting as a bridge back to Russian-based resources, are critical.
- No national champion: There is no single or loud national champion (e.g., akin to India's Nasscom) to promote and market the Russian services marketplace (see Figure 2). Although this is natural given the current size and state of the market, it is critical to build out this entity as rapidly as is possible and viable, minimally through the consolidation of existing groups. This has begun with the recent merger of Fort Ross and RusSoft.
- Lack of business educational collaboration: Although Russian universities turn out many skilled graduates, there is little coordination to place them in industry or to define the most relevant skills to teach. Nor are there any significant or formal internship or work-study programs, leaving students largely on their own for direction and work. This is largely a result of the lack of maturity in the private sector and lack of attention and resources from the public sector. The Russian economy has been through great throes that continue as it privatizes, but turning attention to promoting the IT services market would benefit service providers themselves as well as the services industry as a whole. Perhaps a benevolent, IT-savvy oligarch is needed.
- Lack of brand: Although Russia and the former Soviet Union states as a whole are relatively well known in the West, there is little awareness or understanding of the Russian IT services market among potential consumers of its services. This is a function of typical small firm size, no national champion, limited government support, language/cultural issues, and the historical lack of a marketing mindset in the Russian economy. In a controlled, socialized economy, marketing did not exist. The Russian IT services industry, as a whole, needs to take the lead in promotional and brand-building efforts, though in the near term individual firms will need to market their capabilities via networking and account building in their Western operations.
- Regulatory obtuseness: Russian IT service providers have little if any understanding of the increased regulatory compliance mandates that North American and Western European firms are facing (e.g., Sarbanes-Oxley, Basel II, HIPAA). This is the norm for most offshore service providers, and many onshore ones as well. Regulatory impact will become most acute on outsourced business and IT process services but will also affect other types of IT services like application design and development. Russian IT service providers will need to strengthen their knowledge of these regulatory requirements and determine where operating practices might require changes (e.g., around data privacy, controls documentation, or change management).
- Cultural disconnects: Western firms operate in a particular style and fashion that can differ from Russian organizations. This is a common situation across all offshore outsourcing locations and increases the more distant the sourcing location from an economic and cultural standpoint. Russia in particular does not have a strong or long history of economic openness, a consumer-driven or service economy, or private-sector business operations and best practices. Although this matters less when seeking skills to address complex scientific or IT problems, it does come into play when considering more service-oriented tasks (e.g., application management and support) and certainly outbound service activities (e.g., contact centers).
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Buying Into Russian IT Services
Users and service providers must take into account various factors when considering and assessing the Russian IT services market. These factors largely hold true when considering most other emerging offshore marketplaces for business and IT services:
- Maturity of sourcing capabilities: For the most part, only more savvy, sophisticated, and experienced consumers of offshore services should engage the Russian market at this time. Beginners in the Russian market should consider providers with established local/Western operations as a starting point.
- Mapping specific services needs: Firms seeking generic offshore ADM capabilities should generally consider more mature markets for these services. Russian IT services make the most sense when specialized skills are required (e.g., mathematics, physics, bio-informatics).
- Profile of the nature of the work: Candidate consumers must understand upfront the need for local resources, cultural understanding, language considerations, and vertical-industry/business process domain expertise. More IT/technology-centric efforts, work around complex R&D efforts, and projects that are relatively easily self-contained make the most sense for the Russian market.
- Regulatory impact assessment: As with the use of any external services, users must understand and account for any regulatory requirements. Outsourced process management, for example, will likely minimally require a SAS 70 audit to address Sarbanes-Oxley requirements. Privacy edicts will affect who can access certain types of data. The overall regulatory environment will require users to rethink how they perform certain processes to minimize compliance overhead. Finally, even when compliance requirements are being met, challenges still exist in showing compliance adherence to auditors and regulators, a process that gets more difficult if work is being performed far offshore.
- Availability of local or multinational brokers: Russian IT services become more viable and appealing when users can deal with and operate through a local representative or via a multinational service provider with its own Russian operations. The latter, however, is a longer-term proposition.
- Capability to vet Russian providers: Users must be in a position to adequately identify, vet, and assess Russian IT service providers. This must include not only an emphasis on IT capabilities, but also the means to interpret the impact of business law and jurisdiction and the proposed efforts. The capability to do this will also derive from overall services sourcing capabilities, past experience with the Russian market, or the use of third-party brokerage services.
Multiple parties will play a role in the maturation and expansion of the Russian IT services market. First and foremost, the government must play a stronger and more active role. This is happening -- slowly. Part of its work should be to open the market to more foreign investment and improve the business law and tax structures to enable that trend. This would more readily enable and encourage Russian émigrés and Western-based companies of Russian roots, multinational and Indian-based business and IT services, and Western firms considering developing wholly/partially captive local operations to expand their investments, ultimately helping the local market. This would also help firms (e.g., HP, IBM, Microsoft) already selling IT products in the Russian market to also expand their service offerings for both export as well as internal consumption. However, the timing and likelihood of this opening is unclear. What is clearer is that the Russian economic and political environment is not going to evolve into a free-market/democratic/Western-style model as some had anticipated/hoped after the demise of the Soviet Union. Therefore, firms operating in Russia and consuming its IT services will face special challenges and circumstances for the foreseeable future.
The emergence over time of stronger national champions will help to both promote the Russian IT services market as well as educate service consumers on its expertise and more unique capabilities. This is already occurring, but representative parties must accelerate efforts. Western services and IT product firms can also play a role in promoting Russian IT services. As business and IT services become more global, and users more experienced in tapping into it, the Russian market will gain visibility by association. Also, as costs increase in early market-leading states like India, cost-conscious buyers will begin to consider new markets for services. Russia, with its more stable costs, as well as skills and expertise to make it not just a low-cost but also a high-skill alternative, will also benefit.
On a macroeconomic and geopolitical scale, Western governments would also benefit from promoting the Russian IT services market. Although on the one hand there are both legitimate and politically motivated concerns about outsourcing and related job losses in Western countries, there are equal, if not greater, concerns about the political and economic stability of Russia and other regional countries. It is better to have skilled scientists working in IT services to solve complex business problems and helping grow and stabilize the overall Russian economy than pursuing less virtuous efforts. And better to have a stable and growing Russian economy than one in peril, with the associated political and social problems that would create. To this end, carrots and sticks to open and support the Russian IT services market are highly advisable.
Bottom Line: Users and service providers considering the Russian IT services market will face challenges, but the market does have appealing and specialized skills and a growing provider base. Stronger Russian government support could drive maturation but will be slow in coming.
Business Impact: The market for provisioning business and IT services continues to globalize, with Russia becoming another viable player. The challenge for users and services providers, however, is mastering consuming and delivering services globally, more so than focusing on selecting and engaging any single country.
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Jahresbericht / Gesellschaft Pro Vindonissa
Beginning in 1906 the Society Pro Vindonissa (GPV) has been publishing annually the so called "Jahresbericht der Gesellschaft Pro Vindonissa". It contains scientific contributions on the Roman legionary camp of Vindonissa and its surroundings, an annual compilation of the excavations carried out in the area of ancient Vindonissa and the annual statutory report of the society.
Since its conception, the Society Pro Vindonissa (GPV) (originally Antiquarische Gesellschaft von Brugg und Umgebung) has been devoted to the research on the Late Celtic, Roman and Early Medieval Vindonissa and its surroundings. A contract with the Canton Aargau signed on June 15th 1898 entitled the GPV to carry out excavations while also committing the society to archive the finds and documentations of the excavations. In 1912 the GPV built the Vindonissa-Museum in Brugg (Canton Aargau) equipped with its own library, archives for photos and plans and adequate storage rooms for the finds – a literal research centre. With the establishment of its own Archaeological Service, the Canton Aargau carried out these duties increasingly by itself. Today, the Vindonissa-Museum is operated by the Archaeological Service of the Canton Aargau meanwhile the building itself, a still originally equipped Art-Nouveau edifice, is still owned by the GPV.
As well as the annual journal, the GPV publishes in cooperation with the Archaeological Service of the Canton Aargau the series "Veröffentlichungen der Gesellschaft Pro Vindonissa". The Vindonissa-News inform (twice, three times a year) on current events. Since 2010-2011 the society's archive has been recatalogued.
- Vindonissa-Museum
- Industriestrasse 3
- CH-5200 Brugg
- Tel: +41 56 441 21 84
- E-Mail:[email protected]
- Homepage: https://www.ag.ch/de/bks/kultur/museen_schloesser/vindonissa_museum/vindonissa_museum.jsp
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The City of Cape Town is dropping water restrictions from Level 5 to Level 3 as of Saturday, 1 December.
This means that Capetonians can use 105 litres a day, up from the previous 70 litres a day
Read: Cape Town relaxes water restrictions to level 3
Water tariffs in the Mother City will also be lowered as a result of this move.
Here are 10 significant ways the water restrictions will change water consumption, according to the City website.
- Overall city water usage target increased from 500 million to 650 million litres per day.
- Personal water use limit increased from 70 to 105 litres per person per day.
- Removal of percentage reduction restrictions for commercial, industrial and other non-residential water users. All customers must adhere to the Water By-law at all times and are strongly encouraged to use water responsibly.
- Removal of Level 5 restriction measures applicable to residential properties using more than 10 500 litres per month. All residents are strongly encouraged to use water responsibly.
- Watering with municipal drinking water using a bucket or watering can is allowed on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays before 09:00 or after 18:00 for a maximum of one hour per day per property.
- Topping up or filling of swimming pools with municipal drinking water is allowed subject to 1) the pool being covered with a non-permeable solid pool cover when not in use and 2) the recovery of backwash water and the use of rainwater for pool topping up where practically possible.
- Vehicles, trailers, caravans and boats may be washed with municipal drinking water using a bucket.
- Commercial car washes may use municipal drinking water subject to industry best practice water conservation norms and the recycling of at least 50% of water used.
- Spray parks may operate subject to their strict management to minimise water use.
- Tariffs lowered to Level 3 water and sanitation tariffs.
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At St Francis Inn, breakfast is an experience. We serve a scrumptious Breakfast Buffet, keeping it as informal and relaxed as the rest of your stay.
Guests can stroll down to breakfast on their own schedule, anytime from 7:30am to 9:30am (and an hour later during Extended Brunch on Saturdays, Sundays, and post-holiday mornings). Share the breakfast experience with fellow guests, either in the Inn's comfortable Dining Room, or outdoors in the garden Courtyard. Or, if you prefer quiet time alone as you browse the morning paper, select your own table, or bring buffet selections back to your own room. Breakfast for two, served in the guest room or suite, can be pre-arranged, for an additional $25 fee.
The varied menu of our Buffet Breakfast always includes two hot homemade entrees (varying daily), a fresh fruit salad or fruit soup, fresh baked bread, English muffins, homemade granola, assorted cereal, coffee and assorted teas, fresh juices, whole and fat-free milk, and a full serving of Inn hospitality.
Breakfast is served Monday-Friday from 7:30 to 9:30am. Our extended brunch is served on Saturdays, Sundays, and post holiday mornings until 10:30am and includes complimentary Champagne Mimosas and make-your-own Bloody Mary's.
Guests often request Inn recipes, which we hare happy to share. Several of the favorites are listed below.
Plus other delicious Inn food experiences…
We may be known as a "bed and breakfast" but our delectible offerings don't end with breakfast. Additional St. Francis Inn "food" events are equally extraordinary and included FREE in the room rate as Guest Amenities:
Evening Social, in the dining room or outside in the courtyard
• 5:00pm to 6:00pm daily
• Serving a changing daily specialty appetizer, select wines and locally brewed beer
• Our signature St. Francis Sunset cocktail and other alcoholic beverages are available for purchase
Evening Dessert, served in the dining room
• A delicious complimentary homemade dessert, varying nightly
• 8:00pm to 9:30pm daily
Specialty Coffee Bar
• Enjoy a made-to-order latte, cappuccino or espresso. A seasonal special flavor is offered each month.
• 7:30am to Noon daily
All-day Beverage Service
• Serving house blend regular, decaf, and gourmet flavored coffees, hot chocolate, ice tea, assorted hot teas, soda, and bottled water
Freshly Baked Cookies and Fresh Fruit are set out for guests to help themselves during the day
S'mores, by the courtyard gas fire pit
• Complimentary ingredients for make-your-own S'mores are provided
• 8:00 to 9:30pm nightly, weather permitting
Night-Time Snacks
• A complimentary basket of chips, crackers, and snack bars is in the lobby when the front desk closes at night, for guests to help themselves.
Seasonal Surprises
• We are always looking for ways to spark our guests' taste buds, so you might find unexpected treats during your visit. Our "12 Days of Christmas" sweet snacks are quickly becoming a St. Francis Inn tradition, for example.
Also available, for an extra charge:
- Breakfast for 2, delivered to your room, for $25.
- Picnic Basket for 2 for $59. It's a great addition to a Beach Day or other excursion around the St. Augustine area.
- Champagne, Chocolates, Goody Baskets, Cakes, Snack Platters, and other ala carte extras can be delivered to your room. Fees for these special touches are on our Extras page.
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House Of Mountain
- When: 3rd Mar 12:30pm
- Where: Wilson St Stage
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House of Mountain are a New Zealand rock band formed in Christchurch in 2011.
It was founded by keys player Ben Campbell and front-man Moses Robbins following a year long project of creative exploration, recording, jamming and art. Bass player Kurt Preston was the natural selection as he had been involved in each step of the musical development and singer/songwriter Jed Parsons was recruited shortly after it was discovered he played drums.
The band began by playing tour support around the South Island following the quakes that destroyed most of Christchurch's live venues. This saw the group play more than 50 shows in under a year and develop a strong live set.
House of Mountain are yet to release any official content aside from anecdotal skits and photos online and some limited edition merchandise at shows.
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British warehouse Asda is going to place six click-and-collect points in car parks at London Underground stations. Commuters can pick up their groceries when going home, as orders placed before noon can be picked up after 16h the same day.
Heading towards 1,000 delivery points
Asda has struck an agreement with Transport for London and plans for a larger network of some 1,000 click-and-collect points in the next five years. London and the south east of England are the main focus, as Asda has fewer sales locations there than its main competitors.
The Underground click-and-collection points will be in East Finchley, Harrow & Wealdstone, High Barnet, Highgate, Stanmore and Epping. If the system is considered successful, it will be expanded to other locations as well.
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"Customers tell us that they want the prices and quality provided by Asda value but they can't access it easily.These click-and-collect points will solve that", Asda's retail director Mark Ibbotson has stated.
Asda has already tested the delivery model in the Park & Ride in Nottingham and a Reading business park. According to research firm IGD, the click-and-collect model will help double turnover from 7.1 billion euro in 2012 to 13.7 billion euro in 2016.
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Gary Bowyer hailed last-gasp hero Ben Marshall after his 93rd minute free-kick earned Rovers a point at Portman Road on Saturday.
Ten-man Rovers trailed Ipswich Town after David McGoldrick had put the home side in front following Matt Kilgallon's harsh sending off, but Marshall had other ideas with a stunning free-kick of his own to net his fourth of the season.
Injury meant Marshall missed the second half of last season, but his manager has been delighted with the way he has begun the new campaign.
"He's been an outstanding player for us so far this season in the first 11 games," Bowyer told Rovers Player.
"That just typified how he's progressed and come on. To be able to do that.
"We felt that to get a goal we needed to push him further up the pitch, we brought Adam on for that and made the change.
"He's got magnificent technique and I'm delighted that he was able to put it away.
"He was up for Championship Player of the Month but didn't get it. He's now made a good start in that sense for October because his level of performances have been brilliant."
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After an extensive period of development, wind tunnel testing and sea trials, one of the most technically advanced hull forms in the world, the Blade Runner was formed. This boat is award-winning and world renowned.
Ahead of the driver is a car style instrument console with twin stalks behind the wheel controlling the leg trim. The gear levers are outboard and there is a foot throttle. The view over the bonnet is breathtaking.
This radical speed boat is one of the fastest on the water and was used to coordinate a sequence for Fergie's (from Black Eyed Peas) music video for the song London Bridge.
This boat is only available for filming work on the River Thames. It is based on the South Coast and has to be brought to the Thames by trailer which means she is also subject to a mobilisation fee. Please note her speed is heavily restricted when operating on the tidal Thames.
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"You're off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way!" ~ Dr. Seuss
American Pharoah couldn't be any closer to the top of his mountain. The Zayat home bred has not only fought his way to a Kentucky Derby victory but he also rolled away in the mud to capture the Preakness. Only the Test of Champions stands in his way from the peak. Come June 6th at Belmont Park, the world will be watching and waiting to see if we're finally going to have a 13th Triple Crown winner and the first in 37 years.
If you had told Ahmed Zayat, immediately after American Pharoah's maiden race, that he would be in the position to sweep the Triple Crown, you would have ended up being escorted off the grounds by security under the suspicion of being a Loony Tune. Not much about the maiden race was spectacular, but as for many great horses, the maiden race never is anything to write home about. However, that claim only got better and better the more the horse progressed and the closer you got to the First Saturday in May of 2015. He collected fans and detractors alike on his way to the top, and he left his opponents heart broken in his wake.
Firing Line, bridesmaid to Dortmund, turned the tables on the big chestnut son of Big Brown only to end up bridesmaid once again, only this time to American Pharoah, in the Derby. Dortmund ran his best but could only manage to scrape in third over Frosted. It just wasn't Carpe Diem's day as he finished well in the back. Materiality tasted defeat for the first time and Mr. Z never got to run his race (again). Many others just didn't fire at all.
There is something to be said and admired about a horse that can fire every single time and win; even on an off-day. Zenyatta, despite the complaints about her campaign, fired her best effort. every. single. time. Rapid Redux, though not undefeated throughout his career, managed to fire 22 times in a row and meet his connections in the winner's circle. American Pharoah has managed to do just that since his maiden race: he's fired. every. single. time. Even in the Derby, where he didn't even bring his "A++" game, as stated by Bob Baffert. He brought his "A game" and he carried that "A game" every step of the Kentucky Derby journey until he got to that wire first. He didn't hit the top of the stretch and turn down to a "B game" because he didn't all like the surface and Firing Line was putting in a relentless bid for the front. He didn't get to the Preakness and drop his "A game" because Mr. Z decided to challenge him down the stretch for the first time and for most of the trip around. American Pharoah brings the "game" he knows will win the race and he'll maintain it every step of the way, and THAT, my friends, is something to be admired.
Now, we all know that fresh horses are waiting for him in the Belmont. We know that he's never gone a mile and a half. We know that the field will most likely be larger than it was in the Preakness, and it most likely won't rain. We know that stamina primed horses like Frosted and Mubtaahij will be waiting for Pharoah. Still, that doesn't stop anyone from dreaming the impossible dream. That doesn't damper the excitement or the anticipation of what could be.
The Belmont Stakes has often shown the greatest that a horse could accomplish and it has also shown the worst heart-break we will ever experience. We experienced the jubilation of Secretariat roaring down that long stretch to a 31 length victory in world-record time. We saw Affirmed become the last Triple Crown winner in almost four decades. We cheered on Seattle Slew as he became the first undefeated Triple Crown winner. We also felt the agony of the Belmont as Real Quiet missed by a mere nose. We saw Charismatic break down right before the wire. We saw California Chrome finish fourth and War Emblem's face touch the ground right as the gates opened. We were left wondering what could have been after I'll Have Another was injured and never even entered into the race.
Will June 6th provide jubilation or agony? Will we be partying in the streets in celebration or dragging our feet home at the heart break of yet another loss? Only time will tell, but if the racing gods remain kind, it could well be the former. I, for one, despite all the near misses before, remain optimistic. So, come June 6th, I will be at home in front of my TV, cheering on a win for American Pharoah. I won't get to experience it in person, but maybe one day, I will.
I will one day witness a horse reach the peak of his mountain, just as those in attendance June 6th at Belmont Park will get to do this year.
Categories: Racing, Triple Crown Trail


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When a 93-year-old gentleman suffered a medical emergency while swimming laps, Red Cross-trained lifeguard Daphne Harnish quickly entered the water to save his life. Jennifer Priest then assisted Daphne in lifting the man from the water and took the lead by checking for any signs of life he may have been exhibiting. After realizing that the man had no pulse and was not breathing, Jennifer and Daphne began CPR with Daphne performing chest compression and Jennifer with rescue breaths. Melanie Franceschini assisted the rescue effort by assembling the recreation center's automated emergency defibrillator and monitored the patient while Jennifer and Daphne continued CPR until emergency medical services arrived at the scene.
For having exemplified the highest degree of concern for another human being in distress, Daphne Harnish, Jennifer Priest, and Melanie Franceschini are being awarded the Lifesaving Award, which is one of the highest honors given by the American Red Cross. It is awarded to those who save or sustain life by applying skills attained from an American Red Cross Preparedness and Health and Safety Services course. The Lifesaving Award certificates bear the signatures of the President, CEO, and Chairman of the American Red Cross.
We offer a range of health and safety classes that teach you new skills, keep you knowledgeable, confident and ready to respond in almost any emergency situation. With courses to cover all key areas of training, available online and in classrooms across the country, Red Cross classes deliver the training you seek, when, where and how you need it. For more information, click here.


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Corle 2 Da
Corle 2 Da - Hip Hop Recording Artist (ASCAP)
Label: Fobic Recordz (Indie)
Corle 2 Da is a hip hop recording artist/rapper with an extensive background in the music industry. Corle performed live for the first time when he was just 12 years old at a Jr. High School talent show with fellow M.C., Tic Toc. It was that very first live performance that fueled Corle in his drive to create music and showcase it to the people. Since that time, Corle has rocked countless stages across the country from North Carolina to California, including: Memphis, Chicago, St. Louis, Los Angeles, and many other places in between.
Corle is a proud military veteran having served six years active duty in the United States Army. It was during his stint in the military that Corle worked on his skills as a rapper. He wrote countless songs, and perfected his delivery on the mic. Upon completion of his time in the service, Corle began to work on his education. He received his bachelors degree from Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville. During the time Corle was enrolled in college, he started his first rap group, Costlofobic. Costlofobic had 3 members: Playa D, Tic Toc, and of course, Corle 2 Da. The group began performing in the local St. Louis underground club scene, all while releasing mixtapes and singles for the fans to enjoy. Costlofobic performed as a group for 10 years.
As a solo artist, Corle has collaborated with several artists and producers to bring to you tons of music for your listening enjoyment. Currently, Corle has nine mixtapes available for download and two albums. Each one showcases Corle's unique style and charisma on the microphone. Corle is currently in the Los Angeles, California area promoting his music and doing shows, but maintains strong ties to his midwest roots. Corle was born and raised in the 618, (the metropolitan area east of St. Louis, MO.) and proudly makes this known in his music.
"Digital" ft. AV -- Official Music Video


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We are lucky in Kansas City to have the Sprint Center which brings amazing concerts, acts and performances to our city. Coming May 14-18 is Varekai from Cirque du Soleil. This show has an amazing story line filled with drama, amazement, acrobatics and wonder.
Deep within a forest, at the summit of a volcano, exists an extraordinary world where something else is possible. A world called Varekai.
The sky lets go a solitary young man, and the story of Varekai begins. Parachuted into the shadows of a magical forest, a kaleidoscopic world imbued with fantastical creatures, a young man takes flight in an adventure both absurd and extraordinary. On this day at the edge of time, in this place of pure and undiluted possibility, begins an inspired incantation to a life rediscovered and to a newly found wonder in the mysteries of the world and the mind.
One of the things I love about Cirque du Soliel is the international cast. Varekai features an international cast of 50 performers and musicians from 18 different countries. With aerial acts, acrobatics, juggling, dancing and more this show is sure to please the entire family.
I have been to several different cirque shows in several different countries in the past but never Cirque du Soleil. I have heard time and time again that they put on the best shows so I'm very excited to experience Verakai in May!
I'm super excited to announce that Cirque du Soleil is giving one reader 2 tickets to the Kansas City show! Please enter if you are within a driving distance to make it to one of the 7 shows between May 14-18 or have someone in the area to gift the tickets to. Participating bloggers are not responsible for prize fulfillment.
This giveaway will run from April 30 through May 9. Winner will be verified, emailed and have 24 hours to respond before a new winner is chosen. Enter through the rafflecopter below.


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MWC 15 Special
Today - after a long time of waiting - I received my previously ordered Apple AirPort Express Wi-Fi access point.
Apple's AirPort Express is interesting for several reasons:
What's in the Box? Apple Airport Express comes with the access point, a CD-ROM with some configuration utilities and the multi-language manuals.
AirPort Express has three ports, located on the bottom side:
Next to the ports is a reset button, which is used for troubleshooting your AirPort Express. The status light on the side of AirPort Express shows the current status, the different status the light can indicate are as follows:
Configure AirPort Express To setup AirPort Express you either need a wireless enabled Windows PC or Macintosh computer and Apple's AirPort Express Utility and Assistant which comes with the CD-ROM. This is the single utility to configure all your AirPort Express settings (e.G access method like DSL or exsisting LAN, security features like WEP or MAC address filtering, etc).
Connect with the LAN/Internet If you have configured everything proper, the new settings are transfered wireless back to the AirExpress access point and you can start to use your wireless connection from your Windows XP PC (or any other wireless enabled computer):
And on Pocket PCs it looks like this:
The good news is - that the Apple AirPort Express is also 100 % compatible with the SanDisk SD card, widely used with Pocket PCs like with the HTC Himalaya.
Using AirPort Express With AirTunes to play iTunes music on your Stereo Probably the coolest aspect of the AirPort Express is the fact that it allows you to connect a stereo and use AirTunes to wirelessly play music from iTunes which would looks like this:
I haven't given the configuration above a try yet but will do it latest on weekend - together with my Windows XP Media Center Remote Control. But from the user manual it seems to be a piece of cake to configure it.
Using AirPort Express to share a USB Printer If you have a USB enabled printer (which I don't have) and you want to share it with your W-LAN connected PCs or Notebooks you connect the printer to your AirPort Express and all the computers on the wireless network can print to it:
Final Conclusion
Apple's AirPort Express is a fantastic piece of hardware for several reasons: it's small enough to be easily carried in your luggage or office bag, it includes a lot of useful features from LAN access to DSL access on one side while it is distributing the WAN access wireless through 802.11b and g on the other side. It can be used as a printer hub for USB enabled printers (which most of the modern printers are) and last but not least you can listen your music collection wireless in every room of your house (as long as it is covered through your W-LAN). So what else do your need? Well, it doesn't allows you to connect PCs through a wire and therefore it can not be the first choice for professional home users who wants to connect several and Notebooks in a small LAN but it's good enough for users who want to connect one, two or even three wireless enabled Notebooks with the Internet and each other.
Since it also includes a DHCP server - which means you don't have to fiddle with IP addresses but everything works from itself - it's pretty easy to use if you have basic IP and wireless knowledge. A downside is the way how to configure the access point. You need a dedicated software which have to run on the PC you want to use for configuration. Most other access points allows to use a web browser instead where you have to enter the standard IP address only. This is much more convenient since you don't have to install any additional software and you can basically use every available PC or even Pocket PC. Since there is no software available for the Pocket PC it means for you - if you take the AirPort with you while traveling - that you have to preconfigure it proper because there's no chance to change any settings if you have your Pocket PC with you only! This might limit the portability of AirPort Express and something you have to keep in mind if you decided to buy it to make your Pocket PC more connected!
Anyway - beside this (which might be a heavy downside for potential users) - AirPort Express is a perfect tool for road-warriors, home users or simply gadget geeks. ;-) When I was in Seattle last time, I took my Microsoft access point with me to make the Wi-Fi connection in the room wireless to provide me more flexibility where to use my Notebook and Pocket (on the desk, in the bed or even in the neighbor room) and while the Microsoft AP was fine to use there - it is definitely too bulky. Next time, the AirPort Express will do the same job with less weight in my luggage and therefore I already like it!
AirPort Express can be ordered from the local Apple Online Shop website for around US$ 129.00 and is worth every Cent (even if I don't believe to see a Pocket PC client ever).
Cheers ~ Arne
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Fenway Sports Management has announced that the 135th rendition of "The Game" between Harvard and Yale, hosted at Fenway Park, will kick off at noon ET. The game will be broadcast on an ESPN linear network, with the channel still to be announced.
One of college football's most storied and tradition-laden rivalries, "The Game" will be played at the home of the Boston Red Sox on Saturday, November 17. Fans may purchase individual game tickets by visiting www.redsox.com/thegame. Fenway Sports Management is also offering a special experience package, featuring game tickets, optional hotel accommodations, pre-game VIP tour of Fenway Park and an exclusive morning reception commemorating the 50th anniversary of legendary 1968 Harvard-Yale game.
The football rivalry between Harvard's Crimson and Yale's Bulldogs is among the most revered on the American athletic scene for its combination of passion and purity to the sport, as it established the template for American college football. "The Game" annually serves as the most prominent athletic contest between the Ivy institutions and is the football season finale for the two schools.
Harvard and Yale first met on November 13, 1875, in the first of 134 battles on the gridiron with Harvard winning by a score of 4-0. The format of the game pre-dated the modern football scoring system and resembled rugby more than today's version of American football. Yale leads the series, 67-59-8. The 2018 game will mark the 50th anniversary of the epic 1968 clash between the two Ivy League schools, which famously ended in a 29-29 tie.
Fenway Park has a long history with football dating back to its opening in 1912. The ballpark was commonly transformed to the gridiron for high school and college football games throughout the early 20th Century and was home to the Boston Patriots from 1963-68. In November 2015, football returned to Fenway Park for the first time since 1968 when Notre Dame hosted Boston College in their Shamrock Series game. In 2017, the Fenway Gridiron Series presented by Your Call Football hosted three collegiate football games featuring six of New England's major college programs and a series of high school football games.


text: At Modelflight we cater for all your remote control car, RC truck and Scale Crawler needs. We have a range of beginner RC cars for those who are just starting out or buying RC Gifts for kids. We have both electric and nitro/gas RC vehicles and cars for off-road, crawling, bashing and on-road use. If you are looking for a gift or for a car for a beginner or intermediate driver, RTR Cars, or Ready-to-Run Cars, are a great choice. They come complete with everything you need to hit the road or the track, just charge the batteries and go! RC Car or Truck Kits do require more assembly and do not always come with all the electronics; they are suited to advanced or competition RC car drivers who require varying degrees of customisation, or for the enthusiast who wants the enjoyment of assembling their own vehicle piece by piece.


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Individual Membership
Toy library membership is £15 a year, £7.50 for those in receipt of benefits. This allows members to hire from a range of toys, from scooters and trikes to kitchens and a work bench with tools.
Toys can be borrowed for between 20p and £2 per fortnight (some items such as scooters are loaned for four weeks at a time). Members can borrow up to four toys per child, up to a maximum of ten per member at any one time. Our membership terms and conditions can be found here.
Come along and join at one of our toy library sessions. You will need to bring some ID, such as a driving licence or utility bill. If you are in receipt of benefits, please bring some evidence of this.
Play Setting Membership
Childminders and play settings are welcome to join the toy library as individuals in order to borrow toys for the children they are working with. The individual who joins is responsible for looking after any items borrowed and they should not be lent to others to take home.
We are delighted that we are able to run a pilot outreach project in 2018. Working with local children's centres and charities, we aim to enable around 20 families to use the toy library who otherwise would not be able to benefit from all it has to offer. To find out more about the project, please e-mail [email protected]. For existing partner organisations, the referral form can be found here.
Any Questions?
Hopefully any questions you might have will be answered on our FAQs page, but if not just drop us a line at [email protected].


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Lithuanian Independence Day Celebration February 17th, 2013
It's time to celebrate our Independence! Come and join us Sunday, February 17, 2013, 2PM at the Wyandotte County Museum for our anual party. There will be a performance by the Aidas Dance Group, lots of great food, and of course, everybody's favorite, the Annual Beer Tasting Contest!
Click here for directions
631 N. 126th Street, Bonner Springs, KS


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FAQ: When will my clot and pain go away?
This post begins the first in a series addressing the most commonly asked questions by patients.
"When will my clot and pain go away?" is a question commonly asked following diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE).
Blood-thinners themselves do not dissolve the clot. The body naturally absorbs a blood clot over the course of several weeks to months and the symptoms which accompanied the blood clot gradually improve and often eventually disappear.
Most patients with DVT or PE recover within several weeks to months without significant complications or long-term effects.
In some patients, the clot never goes away completely: about half of the patients with DVT will have left-over (residual) clot if a follow-up Doppler ultrasound is done 6 months after the acute clot. This is not a clot that can break off, but rather scar tissue within the blood vessel. Because other blood vessels take over and bypass the narrowed or damaged veins, patients are often without symptoms, even if they do have left-over damage at the area where the DVT was.
The risk of clot breaking off and forming a PE is mostly present in the first few days, up to approximately 4 weeks, while the clot is still fresh and fragile and not scarred. Some people have chronic (long-term) problems after a clot due to damage done when the clot formed and partly due to the chronic obstruction from left-over clot, i.e. scar tissue.
Post-thrombotic syndrome is one complication from a blood clot in the leg which results in long-term swelling and pain. PTS occurs in approximately 40% of persons with DVT and varies from person-to-person in its severity. Post-thrombotic syndrome is discussed in detail, here.
Blood clots in the lung can sometimes cause left-over symptoms of shortness of breath, decreased exercise ability, or chest discomfort, but most people recover completely. However, in a few patients, clots do not completely dissolve and significant chronic damage to the lung results, called pulmonary hypertension. Pulmonary hypertension is discussed in detail, here.
It is not helpful to obtain regular follow-up Doppler ultrasounds of the legs to see whether the clot is gone or still there. Finding left-over clot or scar tissue does not change management. The only time a follow-up Doppler ultrasound is really helpful is once a patient comes off blood thinners. A new ultrasound at that time provides a new baseline, so that it is easier to tell in the future, if new symptoms occur, whether a new clot is present or whether the changes seen are old. Follow-up CT scans are also typically not helpful. Because of the radiation exposure, even though relatively low, a routine CT of the chest is typically not obtained as a new baseline when a patient stops the blood thinner.
last updated: July 26, 2012
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Tags: clot, DVT, Post-thrombotic syndrome, Pulmonary embolism


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Two Danes
Discover laidback Scandi-style from Danish clothing brand Two Danes. Established in 1982 and based in Copenhagen, this family-owned business has become well known for its minimalist aesthetic and modern print styles.
Look no further than Two Danes for everyday separates and standalone statement pieces, created for everyday adventures.