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Keratin Complex
Keratin Complex Color Care Natural Keratin Smoothing Treatment
- Overview
- Features
- Eliminates up to 95% of frizz and curl
- Straightens and smoothes hair
- Intended for use on blonde or highlighted hair
- Infuses hair with the highest quality natural keratin
- Penetrates deep into the damaged cuticle
- Encases the hair follicle with a keratinous bond to promote healing
- Helps keep environmental toxins such as smoke, pollution and UV rays from entering the hair
- Typical results last for 3-5 months
- To prolong the life of your Keratin Treatment be sure to use Keratin Complex shampoos, conditioners and styling products
- About the brand
This product may only be purchased by a licensed Stylist.
Keratin Complex Color Care Natural Keratin Smoothing is specially formulated as a revitalizing and rejuvenating salon treatment for blonde and highlighted hair; designed to eliminate up to 95% of frizz and curl..
This product should be applied by a Professional Stylist Only.
1. Wash hair two times with Keratin Complex Clarifying Shampoo.
2. Blow dry until hair is 100% dry.
3. Shake bottle well. Pour immediately 2-3 oz. of Keratin Complex Color Care Natural Keratin Smoothing Treatment solution into a bowl. Apply to hair with a tint brush using 1/2" sections. Comb through every section until hair is completely coated. Do not over saturate. (Gloves should be worn during application).
4. Place plastic cap over hair and let sit for 30 minutes.
5. Remove plastic cap and comb thoroughly with a fine tooth comb removing excess product from hair. Tightly seal bottle after use.
6. Blow dry treatment into hair with a brush until completely dry.
7. Divide hair into 4 sections.
8. Using a 400 degree flat iron, start at the nape of the neck taking 1/8 inch sections. Slowly move the iron from root to ends 5-7 times, 3-5 times for fine or double processed hair.
9. After 3 days, wash hair only with Keratin Care or Color Care Shampoo and Conditioner.
Warning: Avoid contact with eyes. If contact occurs, flush eyes with water.
This product should be applied by a Professional Stylist Only.
Keratin Complex continues to develop breakthroughs in keratin treatment technology. Keratin Complex products, from shampoos & conditioners to serums & oils, are designed to achieve healthier looking hair by replenishing moisture, reducing frizz - leaving your locks smooth and strong.
Keratin Konvert - As Of Today AnywayI had the service done in a professional salon after months of mulling it over. I am in the 3 day waiting period and am about to scream as I can't wait for this period to be over.
I am African American and my hair is really curly. After the treatment, it is straight and smooth. However, I am concerned because the back of my head, the roots are thicker than what I thought it would be. The sides are perfectly smooth and the roots are not thick. I go back tomorrow for the shampoo so we'll see what happens.
I do like it because it is hot and humid here an normally, I would have an afro but I don't so that's pretty cool.
I didn't experience any eyes burning nor throat burning. I even asked for a mask to protect my throat just in case but I didn't need it.
Oh and I have color and no perm so I hope this lasts.
If this doesn't last, I won't do it again as I am starving myself to compensate for the $$$$ spent to pay for the service.
So far - it's good!Jul 16, 2010Yvette W. / ChicagoHAIR TYPEColor Treated Hair
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Question About Styling??I was thinking about getting this treatment before my wedding but I was wondering if my hair would still hold curl after the treatment? I may want some curls for the ceremony but without the frizz. I'm worried that it won't hold up. Any feedback??Jun 26, 2010Stephanie / Jonesboro, AR
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Does Not Last LongI had this done in a salon and at first the results were great. My very curly hair was frizz free and the curls had been relaxed into looser curls and waves. Styling time was reduced in half. I only used sulfate free shampoos and conditioners but the treatment began to wash out after a month. It is now month 2 and my hair is almost in its original state. Considering the price, I don't think it is worth it. I paid about 400 dollars. I would be scared to try this at home. It is a chemical process even if the ingredients are natural and I could imagine one could seriously screw up your hair.Jun 12, 2010Nicole
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It Is To Smooth Not To Straight!!!I know a lot about the product because I sale it. I do not make any commission so do not think that I will not be honest with my opinion. It is not 100% natural and it can irritate your eyes and throat. The smell is just as strong as some bleach, but it does work! I have seen it done in all type of hair. It does work! It does last a lot longer than other products that actually claim to get your straight. It all truly depends on how many times the person washes their hair and which shampoo and conditioners they are using. There is also the "at home" infusion that you can use to maintenance your treatment. It is great for the summer time when you go to a pool, beach, lake and you hair air dries like if you just had it flat ironed. It cuts down your blow drying time by a lot! all and all, if you want beautiful smooth hair like beautiful asian woman and do not mind the smell or some teary eyes, do it!!! it is expensive because of time it takes to get it done. Done right, it will take more than 3 hours for sure. If your hairdresser is great doing highlights, then he will know how to do a great job. It is all about the amount of hair they choose per section which it should be an 1/8. I hope it helps.Jun 8, 2010Carl / Antelope, CA
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Love My HairI decided to have the Keratin treatment by my sylist, and I love it! I read and reread reviews and while I did have concerns the potential positive results were too much for me to pass up. I have curly African American hair that I normally relax maybe 2x a year. I had a relaxer and the keratin treatment done on the same day, 3/31/2010 and I got my hair highlighted today 6/5 and my hair is still just as easy to straighten and looks fantastic. I have not noticed it wearing out significantly. Normally, it takes my stylist about an 45 minutes to blow dry my hair and another 30-45 or so to go over with a flat iron, but nows she can do both within an hour. I have not had any adverse reactions- no breakage, no falling out hair nothing but easy to manage hair. Btw- I live in VA and it is very HOT and HUMID and my hair still looks fantastic. And we have a swimming pool and I swim most days of the week and my hair still has held up!Jun 5, 2010Vadoglover
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GreatI had this done today. I haven't washed it yet-since you have to wait 3 days-and i am dying to pull my hair back. But my hair is very fine in texture but very curly (would've been a knock out in the 80's-think band hair!) i've straightened my hair before with expensive iron's and product but its ALWAYS frizzy and looks like cotton candy when its being made! My hair is soooo smooth with lots of Shine- and i have blonde hair which doesn't reflect light. i feel like a model in the patene commercials! So far so good. The down side was that it did make my eyes water, no worse than when blows in them. the smell was not that bad- no worse than color or bleach. but the salon price was steep- $300! and thats not with the shampoo conditioner and product i bought after in the salon ($60 worth). But so far i am loving it! if anyone knows where to get the iron please let me know!!!!! I can't keep my hands out of my hair! i can actually run them throught it! NO FRIZZ!!!!Apr 2, 2010Carrie
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Still Smooth After 3 Months!As a stylists it is our job to educated the client , so that expectations are in reality. This treatment is for smoothing frizz not straightening curly hair, and that is exactly what it does. I am frizz free for almost 4 months and I can feel some of the effects starts to go now. My hairstyling takes 1/2 the time and I no longer need a flat iron to get that smooth shiny look. The technique used is very important and not for at home use! See an experianced stylist!Mar 22, 2010Bethany
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Professional Stylist NcI have done this service at least 60 times and every client has a different reaction to the product. It has never burned my eyes, but it has affected some of the clients. It is a natural form of keratin. There is an ingredient that can cause they eyes to burn but so do onions for most people. Does that make the onions unnatural? I have mixed reviews on the results but about 85% have loved it and continue to get the treatment when needed.Mar 10, 2010Maya / Orlando, FL
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Washes Out Within A MonthI think most of the positive reviews are from people who wrote them right after heaving the treatment. Bottome line, the treatment washes out within 4-6 weeks. It doesn't last. The first two weeks my hair looked amazing. I used all the Coppola products, and it still washed out. I would do this again, but not in a salon. This is a temporary straightener. I think this would be good if you wanted to change your look for a short amount time. For example: wedding, vacation, prom, etc....Mar 9, 2010Anna
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I had this in the salon, and it washed away in one month! Has anyone used THIS PRODUCT and done it at home? What did you think?Mar 3, 2010Kerri / New Haven Ct
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Yesenya Saucedo fought back tears Thursday as she recalled being laughed at in kindergarten, and feeling "clueless and dumb" because of her struggles to speak English.
Now, several years after her family brought Saucedo to the U.S. illegally, she is well on her way to graduating from Denver's Bruce Randolph School this spring — with 23 college credits under her belt, to boot.
"What I have done is what I've been asked, and even a little bit more," she said during her testimony before a Colorado General Assembly committee hearing on a bill to which she is tying her college and career hopes.
Saucedo wants to go to college, but because she is an undocumented student, she cannot afford to pay the hefty, out-of-state tuition rate to attend a Colorado school. But there remains hope for Saucedo, because the Senate bill that's been dubbed ASSET — Advancing Students for a Stronger Economy Tomorrow — has cleared its first legislative hurdle.
The bill — which would allow illegal immigrants to pay the same tuition at state colleges and universities as other students who are residents — passed the nine-member Senate Education Committee Jan. 24.
Sen. Evie Hudak, D-Westminster, who chairs the Education Committee, was one of five Democrats who voted to move the bill forward.
"We're never better off with fewer educated students," Hudak said. "When people do not have hope, then it is very difficult to make it from day-to-day — especially children."
Sen. Mike Johnston, D-Denver, who is one of the bill's sponsors, said that if the bill becomes law, it would bring in about $2 million in net revenue to the state. Johnson said Colorado is forcing too many young people leave the state to attend colleges at neighboring states that already have laws similar to the one proposed in the ASSET bill. Once they graduate, they remain in those states and contribute to the economies there.
"If we don't stop to help these young people, what will happen to us as a state?" Johnston told the committee.
One Republican committee member, Sen. Owen Hill of Colorado Springs, joined all five Democrats in voting to move the legislation forward. Three Republicans voted no.
Only one person testified in opposition to the legislation. John Buck of the Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform called the bill "illegal," and said Colorado citizens "want illegal aliens to self-deport."
"This illegal education bill provides one more incentive for illegal alien families to cross our borders and diminish our resources," he said.
The bill now heads to the Senate Appropriations Committee, before going to the full Senate for a vote. It is likely that the bill will pass the Democratic-controlled General Assembly.


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Kristine Drakich Receives CAAWS Marion Lay "Herstorical" Breakthrough Award
Coach, athlete, sports administrator and leader Kristine Drakich is the recipient of the 2013-14 CAAWS Marion Lay "Herstorical" Breakthrough Award. The award is presented by the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS) in honour of gender equity advocate and founding mother of CAAWS, Marion Lay to an individual, group or organization whose distinct contribution exceeds 10 years and has influenced and/or broken down barriers to equal participation for girls and women in sport.
Celebrating her 25th anniversary as the full-time head coach of the University of Toronto women's volleyball program, Kristine joined the coaching team after many years as one of the programs most accomplished and recognized athletes. After a career ending on-court injury during her pursuit of the Olympic dream, she put adversity into opportunity to become an exceptional coach and an advocate of women in sport issues.
"Kristine's leadership has resulted in positive contributions to gender equity at the local, national and international level," says Karin Lofstrom, CAAWS Executive Director.
Kristine's coaching career evolved to include an athletic instructor in the Faculty of Physical Education and Heath at the University of Toronto. She has delivered numerous workshops that have reached hundreds of women on issues that include body image in sport, female athletes and coaches, and gender equity. She has also served on many committees and task forces, including the Gender Equity Task force, President of the Ontario Volleyball Association, and was a leader in the development of an anti-harassment policy with an emphasis on reducing homophobia in sport.
"While Kristine's professional achievements are exceptional, it is her personal passion and 'behind the scenes' work that has helped so many women excel," says Moira Lassen, CAAWS Chair.
Kristine Drakich was presented with the CAAWS Marion Lay "Herstorical" Breakthrough Award on Friday, March 28th at the University of Toronto Varsity Honors President Reception.
The Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS) is a national non-profit organization dedicated to creating an equitable sport and physical activity system in which girls and women are actively engaged as participants and leaders. CAAWS provides a number of services, programs and resources to a variety of clients, including sport and physical activity organizations, teachers, coaches, athletes, volunteers, health professionals and recreation leaders. Since 1981, CAAWS has worked in close cooperation with government and non-government organizations on activities and initiatives that advocate for positive change for girls and women in sport and physical activity.
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Photo: Jing Ling Kao Beserve (L to r: Meric Gertler - President of U of T; Kristine Drakich; Nancy Lee - CAAWS board member)


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Skechers Bikers Fixation Sneaker - Womens
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The Biker with some stretch! Try the Skechers® Bikers Fixation sneaker for a unique and fun updated style with all the comfort and uniqueness a girl could as for.
- Soft suede leather and mesh fabric upper
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March 24, 2013
"I needed a stylish pair of sneakers for a dressy sweatsuit that I received as a Christmas gift. These are stylish, comfortable and perfect."
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March 15, 2013
"I have always loved shoes, but working on my feet all day means comfort precedes style. This shoe has it all. Pretreated w/stain repellant because of concern with the ribbon like detail, so far so good. Compliments have even included people lifting my pant leg to see total shoe...LOL"
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Sam Sickles | Steelhead Outfitters
Born and raised in Oregon where I've spent most of my life in the outdoors, hunting and fishing. I've been all over the Northwest and its shaped who I am and, to some degree, the way I think; but my path was not the normal path for a guide. I grew up in Springfield Oregon, home of the driftboat and home of the world-famous McKenzie River, where I caught my first steelhead. After high school I went to Oregon State where I graduated in 1994. I quickly joined the workforce and climbed the corporate ladder, got married, bought a house later in life I decided to follow my passion. In 2008 I bought into a Deschutes River outfitter business. I bought the Jet Boat portion of that business in 2011 and Steelhead Outfitters was born.
Today my wife, Marni, and I own and operate Steelhead Outfitters - one of two fly fishing guide businesses that specialize in lower river jet boat trips on the Deschutes. I am the only guide offering jet boat trips initiating at the mouth as well as drift boat trips on the upper river where I spend my spring chasing the world famous Deschutes "redside. Winter steelhead are my passion and I chase them on the Sandy and the Clackamas, the Olympic Peninsula, the Oregon Coast, and the list keeps growing.
I cater to all levels of angler. Whether you are just beginning your river journeys or you are a seasoned expert, you will find me knowledgeable, capable and conscientious. We hope to see you on the river this season. Be sure to check out our website for more information about what we do.
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KROQ's annual flagship holiday concert, Almost Acoustic
Christmas 2009, took place earlier this month featuring the best and hottest
acts in rock. Whether or not you were able to attend the show,
beginning today, music fans across the country will now be able to
purchase and download performances from their favorite artists including 311, Phoenix,
The Bravery, Vampire Weekend and Rise Against, exclusively on iTunes (www.itunes.com). Net proceeds
from the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas 2009 benefit album will go to Para Los
Niños, a foundation for aiding and educating challenged children in inner
cities, and the Al Wooten, Jr. Heritage Center, a group which keeps children
busy and productive in order to keep them engaged.
Almost Acoustic Christmas 2009 benefit album will be offered for sale through
mid-February. The full digital album is available for $7.99, with
individual tracks at 99 cents.
Complete Artist/Track listing is as follows:
Rise Against "Savior"
Phoenix "1901"
311 "India Ink"
Metric "Help I'm Alive"
Anberlin "Feel Good Drag"
Vampire Weekend "Oxford Comma"
Three Days Grace "Never Too Late"
Cage The Elephant "In One Ear"
Dead By Sunrise "Let
White Rabbits "Percussion Gun"
The Bravery "Hatef--k"
Slightly Stoopid "Comb 4 My Dome"
broadcasting out of Los
Angeles, is the nation's most
listened to rock station. Audiences can hear the station on-air at
106.7 in the Los
Angeles area, online
at http://kroq.radio.com/,
through a variety of mobile devices including the iPhone, iPod
Touch. Additionally, the station can be heard on HD Radio in the San
Diego area
via KSCF-FM HD2 (103.7).
Acoustic Christmas has been a staple concert for KROQ since its debut in
1990. KROQ's 2009 Almost Acoustic Christmas' two day show took
place Saturday, December 12 and Sunday, December 13 at the
Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal
City, CA. The
lineup included 311, AFI, Alice In Chains, Anberlin, Cage The Elephant,
Dead By Sunrise, KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, Metric, Muse, Phoenix, Program
Guide, Rise Against, Slightly Stoopid, Sublime, The Bravery, Thirty Seconds to
Mars, Three Days Grace, Vampire Weekend, and White Rabbits.
About KROQ:
KROQ is owned and operated by CBS RADIO, one of the
largest major-market radio operators in the United
A division of CBS Corporation, CBS RADIO operates 130 radio stations, the
majority of which are in the nation's top 50 markets. In addition to
KROQ, CBS RADIO owns and operates KNX-AM, KFWB-AM, KAMP-FM, KCBS-FM, KRTH-FM
and KTWV-FM in Los
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visit http://kroq.radio.com/.
Para Los
Niños ("For the Children") was founded so that no child would be
forgotten. It takes in children from 6 weeks to 21 years old that are born in
LA's challenged inner cities. These children are left home alone and never
attend school, or are locked in hotel rooms while their parents work, and some
even wander the streets with nowhere to go. Para Los Niños gives these kids an
education and hope for the future.
Al Wooten, Jr. Heritage Center was started by
Myrtle Faye Rumph, Al Wooten's mother, after he was killed in a drive-by gang
shooting. The goal of the charity is to give kids confidence, keep them busy,
and change attitudes. "If somebody had taken more time with the person who
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this is not a good skate for the US pair
this is not a good skate for the US pair
Castelli/Shnapir have a really interesting program... it's too bad they had so many mistakes... pretty much every jump was messed up .
I really like C/S program...to bad about the mistakes. Castelli have a wonderfull body expression.
I am really impressed with this Russian pair!!
IF I/M don't win this, then there's just something WRONG.
^^^You got that right!! YESSSS!!! they won!
I loved Lubov's reaction! Congratulations to them!
Wow that was close. Just 0.47 points between the I/M of Russia in first and M-T/M of Canada in second.
Lubov's reaction was cute.
Can't wait to see the protocols. I really want to see what got the Canadians such a massive FS score.
And M-T/M won the PCS. What a joke!
Aww she is so adorable!!! " I love Canada, I want to stay here"
You guys are great commentators. I don't have time to watch live but reading you is an entertainment in itself.
1 Lubov ILIUSHECHKINA / Nodari MAISURADZE (RUS) 171.40
2 Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Dylan MOSCOVITCH (CAN) 170.92
3 Paige LAWRENCE / Rudi SWIEGERS (CAN) 161.15
4 Marissa CASTELLI / Simon SHNAPIR (USA) 159.85
5 Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD (CAN) 158.53
6 Britney SIMPSON / Nathan MILLER (USA) 134.05
7 Huibo DONG / Yiming WU (CHN) 129.26
8 Stacey KEMP / David KING (GBR) 125.52
I can't freaking believe that MT/M won the free skate...
The big and small errors for I/M really costed them, but they were superior to the canadians.
And Lubov is a star!! Another fab russian HBIC.


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Almost two months of tolerating imbeciles would take its toll on anyone I reckon, which is why I'm surprised my chin's still up, even if I'm on the verge of grabbing one of them and slamming them to the floor. Actually, watching foul-mouthed Linda struggle with the highs and lows of despair has been prime entertainment - great value - and has probably saved me from my own demise. But in the throes of struggling in this feral outpost I knew deep down that if someone didn't drag her out of there soon and feed her a bit of fresh air and adventure, she'd probably start twitching and humming satanic tunes to herself in private. That or she'd probably end up going for someone's throat. I had to take action and after squeezing three commitment-free days out of the kitchen and Linda from the bar we snatched the opportunity for soul-replenishment and ran like the wind.
When you're surrounded by vacant arid desert it's not too long before it all starts to play tricks and mess with your marbles. For so long now I've craved the ocean. I can't tell you. That was part the problem. I needed to see it, to breath it, to stand tall and sniff it in. I needed to kill a few hours flinging a thousand skimmers over the crashing foam. And I needed to see a bit of decent skirt. Above all else I needed banter. Proper belly-aching banter. And that could mean only one thing. It was time to pay The Mannion a visit.
The other problem with getting caught up in Kal is the tormenting fact that for as long as I stay here, my silly dream of crossing the continent and making it over to Perth will always remain unfulfilled. And that just won't do. Dreams aren't there to be be dreamed, they're there to be lived, however silly they are. So helmets on heads, jackets on backs, we jumped on the SV and blazed a trail west right into the harrowing glare of the setting sun.
Six hours everyone said. Six hours my arse. It took us almost nine and that's a hell of a mare when you're riding two-up without waterproofs through a violent storm of harsh punishing weather. The last two hours were the worst. I'm not kidding, we went through a whole world of misery and suffering. Once Linda's foul-mouth had given up cursing in and around the back of my helmet I knew things were getting serious. I knew she'd resigned herself to weeping through grit teeth as she clung on tightly with every bit of resolve. I too was numb, shaking uncontrollably and fighting to see the feintest outline of familiarity through the ever building condensation in my visor. Every single kilometre was a living hell. Blind-riding 100k's an hour on an unlit highway in the middle of an elemental onslaught isn't really a clever move, especially when someone elses life is in your hands. But the situation was out of my hands. I honestly couldn't see a thing and there was no other sensible option other than racing ahead to join and cling to the nearest car just to get the vaguest idea of what was ahead from reading the reflection of the tail lights in the slippery smoothness beneath us. Either that or we were riding completely blind, chancing a pot-hole, which at the very least would mean spending the rest of our days in a wheelchair dribbling over ourselves. Not an experience I wish to savour.
We pulled up at Mannion's gaff just before 10pm, chilled to the core, shaking and confused. But in one piece. The hot shower, comfy sofa and the crack of a cold stubby was like morphine oozing through my veins. The ordeal was over. Never again. An hour later we were fast asleep like babies.
Following the trauma of the previous day we opted to explore world's most isolated city and its surroundings by train and bus. After a brief meander around the city we decided to start further afield and work our way in. First stop was Cottesloe Beach, recommended to us by most of the people back in Kal, though what all the fuss was about I really couldn't tell you. Crappy weather aside, it wasn't much more than a lightly littered beach with a locked-up restaurant overlooking the dull and choppy ocean. We didn't hang around, and as Fremantle was next on the agenda we had no time to waste.
As I'm not really a city boy, 'Freo' really did hit the spot. A compact little harbourside community of friendly faces, quaint little eateries and enticing places to sit and sup. Fremantle was my cup of tea entirely and definitely is to Perth what St Kilda is to Melbourne (right up your alley Mike!) By late afternoon we'd found ourselves in the 'Little Creatures Brewery', a superb and clever little establishment offering fine beverages in the novel setting of the brewery itself, which means sitting back watching staff in white coats walking around with clipboards twiddling knobs and releasing valves. I couldn't help feeling like Charlie in Willie Wonka's beer factory - a marvellous afternoon..
..whereby sometime later we stumbled out into the crisp west coast air on the hunt for fine dining. Plenty of places to choose from too so staying only one night caused a lot of indecision. After the usual fannying about with dining decisions it was The Mexican Kitchen that received us with open arms and plied us with stodgy pre-cooked plates, rendering foul-mouthed Linda bloated and sickly. Day two was an instant history.
As untimely as it was, we had to spend half the morning at the Suzuki dealership getting a new front tyre fitted (oh to be legal once more) which took a good chunk of time out of the day. The rest of it was spent back in Perth itself mooching about. As cities go I was impressed, a Melbourne kind of impressed - small enough for an air of friendliness, large enough to stand back and admire and we were genuinely shocked at the amount of sharply dressed, immensely attractive people who were to-ing and fro-ing about the place. I'm telling you, Kal kills the senses. The real world - for a moment - felt like another dimension.
The rest of our time was spent in full banter with Mannion and Jake out in their local suburb of the Maylands. Once they'd freed themselves from the chains of work, we hit the local strip and lapped up the banter - Linda surprisingly more than me, though it's not difficult with the Mannion on top form leading everyone astray. The girl remains a legend, and a medicine that should see me through the remainder of my time back in Idiotsville..
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Tidbit: Sutter calls presser, says nothing
Jean Lefebvre
May 26 2009 01:33PM
Up North in Edmonton, big changes were announced today with the hiring of Pat Quinn and Tom Renney. Here in Calgary, not so much.
GM Darryl Sutter made himself available to the Calgary media Tuesday and while he did address Friday's firing of Mike Keenan, there was no news about the identity of a new coach. Asked when such an announcement might be made, Sutter merely replied: "We work on our schedule, not the media's."
While he pointed out that some of the better coaching candidates are still under contract to other NHL clubs until July 1, Sutter is also talking very openly about the possibility of returning behind the bench himself. That option seemed like a pretty good bet all along and Tuesday's comments only reinforces that belief.
In other news, former head coach and associate coach Jim Playfair has been offered the coaching job with the Flames' newly relocated farm club in Abbotsford, B.C. The other members of the staff are still under evaluation according to Sutter.
I have to think that if Sutter does become head coach (and I agree with you Jean that it is a good bet) his timeframe to "fix the team or else" will shorten dramatically.
Actually Darryl did say he'd like to have a coaching staff in place by the draft. He said that none of the coaches contracts will be renewed. He said Ryan McGill is someone he'd like to keep in the organization and I'd be surprised if he wasn't at least on the staff, perhaps even considered for the head coach. I got the feeling that Brent is still an option with Darryl's comments today about there being possibly 3 guys currently under contract to other teams that he'd consider to be good fits. He said he'd consider himself as the 4th best option behind these 3 guys. I wonder if he meant they were currently head coaches or if its possible that he was talking about an assistant amongst the final 4. Brad McCrimmon's name comes to mind (an assistant in Detroit and former Flame).
I almost can't believe that the Oilers are going into next season as the only Northwest team to not be a hot mess.
If Sutter comes back to coach, he will lose the room by November.
@ RossCreek:
I don't think that Ryan McGill is head coach material. I would be interested to know who the other 3 guys he thinks would be a good fit.
1. His bro (clearly) 2. Mike Babcock (genius) 3. Coach Gordon Bombay
Seriously though who are other candidates? I can't see Sutter going back behind the bench. It would start the countdown to his own firing...
I would really hate to see if all of a sudden people started to rag on Darryl Sutter. He isn't the one making Phaneuf into a fall down. He isn't the one that makes Kipper fold in the playoffs. Accountability starts in the dressing room IMO
@ Blazing Ace Completely disagree with you on McGill. He will be a head coach in this league one day. Is it his time now? Probably not. I would be shocked if he weren't an assistant though. He has a good knowledge of the Flames young players and is a fresh face with fresh ideas. As for the 3, only a guess, but I'd say Brent, Babcokc and perhaps Hitchcokc maybe? Unless he's talking about an assistant or even a guy like Laviolette who technically is still under contract. One interesting note I heard today is that no compensation would be required for Brent. All they need is permission from the Devils (easier said than done).


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State officials have given the green light to the University of Rochester Medical Center's application for a Brockport ambulatory surgery center, URMC officials said Thursday.
A state Department of Health's Public Health and Health Planning Council vote approving the surgical center leaves some details to be worked out with the department. A date for the ambulatory center's opening is at least several months away, said Betsy Slavinskas, UR Medicine director of ambulatory care.
Planned at the Strong West urgent care facility, the surgical center has been on hold while state officials weighed whether to let the university convert the urgent care facility—opened last summer, under Strong Memorial Hospital's license, in the former Lakeside Memorial Hospital building on West Avenue—to a freestanding emergency department.
The freestanding ED application was split from the surgery center request and is under separate consideration by the state. The concept of an ED not directly connected to a hospital building is relatively new and state officials are taking time to consider all the ramifications, Slavinskas said.
The surgical center will use the former hospital's operating rooms as surgery sites, but further modifications to the former hospital building would be needed before the center can open.
State officials are reviewing plans for those modifications, which would add an undetermined amount to the surgery center's originally projected $1.9 million cost, Slavinskas said. UR Medicine's expects to start work on the project in April.
Unlike the Strong West urgent care facility, which is open seven days a week from noon to 8 p.m., the freestanding ED would offer care 24 hours a day, she said. It also would treat a wider variety of conditions and accommodate patients for short-term, observation stays.
The observation stays would be shorter than observation stays in hospital EDs, however, Slavinskas said. Patients under observation in the freestanding ED likely would stay only as long as needed before being transferred to a hospital—as rule less than 24 hours and in many cases for no more than a few hours.
If the Brockport facility is converted to a freestanding ED, it would no longer function as an urgent care center, Slavinskas said.
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LOS ANGELES -- Brad Pitt has become quite the zombie expert with his upcoming film World War Z.
"Four years ago, I knew nothing about zombies," Pitt said while showing footage from the new film last week. "Now I'm an expert."
Pitt's World War Z character, a United Nations employee, will need all the expertise he can get to help stop a global zombie pandemic that is sweeping across the world in the movie based on Max Brooks' novel.
The trailer for World War Z will have its theater premiere in front of G.I. Joe: Retaliation, which opened Thursday. It could lead to mass preparation for a true zombie invasion.
After reshoots for a new ending and a much-discussed release date change from Christmas 2012 to June 21, 2013, Pitt is going on the offensive to bring the discussion back to the film's merits.
"I wanted to make a film that my sons could actually see," says Pitt. "As you'll see, we got a little carried away."
"My boys are going to love it," he adds.
Director Marc Forster sums up the movie action: "It's a pretty intense ride. You're on the edge of your seat pretty much from beginning to end."
Forster believes his film, which is still in the editing process, is much more than zombies with a global scope. For him, the shambling zombies in the George Romero films of the 1970s were an effective metaphor for consumerism.
"For me the metaphor is now much more about overpopulation today," says Forster. "And the idea there are less and less resources. The swarming of (zombies) is almost like going after the last resources."
But viewers will likely just focus on the killer swarm. Rather than slow-moving zombies with a long incubation period, the creatures in World War Z are able to transform after infection from scared human to hungry zombie in 12 seconds. Meanwhile, they are able to run, jump, smash windows with heads and use fellow zombies to scale walls in a frenzy.
For the first time ever, the preview even shows there are zombies on a plane. It's worse than snakes.
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Doctors like to prevent preterm labor whenever they can though, and you are their best chance at doing so. Women at highest risk for a pre-term delivery tend to be ethnic minorities, under 18 years old or more than forty years old, underweight prior to their pregnancy, or suffering from a chronic disease like high blood pressure, diabetes, or kidney disease. But more than half of "high risk" mothers do not deliver their babies early. And there are many other causes of premature birth, including carrying multiple fetuses, having malformations of the uterus or cervix, infections of the vagina, cervix, or uterus, and ruptured membranes. There are steps you can take to lower your chance of laboring early.
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This last is the most difficult. The symptoms of pre-term labor are identical to those of early labor, and similar to many associated with simply being pregnant. They include: three or more contractions in an hour; pain during urination (a possible urinary tract, bladder, or kidney infection); cramps, gas pain, or diarrhea; low back pain; pelvic pressure; and water breaking.
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HUNTINGTON- Allen D. Nielsen, age 60, passed away July 29, 2013 after a lengthy illness. He was born Dec. 17, 1952 in Price, Utah to Ted and Ellen Barney
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Allen was an avid sportsman who spent many hours in the mountains hunting and fishing on the lakes and streams. He was a tireless worker and farmer who enjoyed raising cattle and moving sheep to the summer range. His greatest love in life was spending countless hours with the love of his life Kelli, who dedicated her life caring for his every need during his years of illness.
Allen is survived by his wife Kelli Nielsen, Huntington; daughter, Spring (Dan) Peterson; grandchildren, Katlynn, Kayden and Kelden Peterson, all of Springville; mother-in-law, Pat Colosimo, Price; sister-in-law, Sidnee (Bob) Krajnc, Mesquite, Nev; brother-in-law, Pat O'Neil, Price; three sisters and two brothers, Laura Nielsen, Duchesne; Roger (Lori) Nielsen, Price; Debbie (Randy) Curtis, Wellington; Becky (Richard) Curtis, Helper; Carry (Bridget) Nielsen, Huntington; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by his parents, brother, Michael; sons, A.J. and Louis; father-in-law, Lou Colosimo; and sister-in-law, Patti O'Neil.
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Core ADF 11: Designing the Page and Taskflow Structure
By Steven Davelaar on Mar 19, 2009
JDeveloper's tagline is "productivity with choice". In previous releases this choice merely applied to the various technologies that could be used in each of the ADF layers. With release 11 this has changed. When choosing the "Fusion" technology stack within ADF (ADF Faces, ADF Task Flows and ADF Business Components), there are many new and powerful concepts and techniques available that allow you to build the required functionality in different ways. Concepts like (un)bounded taskflows, page fragments, (dynamic) regions, page templates, declarative components, declarative transaction support, XML Menu Model, ADF Faces Layout Components and ADF Libraries open up a wide range of new possibilities to build the view and controller layers.
These new possibilities imply that new design decisions must be made on how to build the required functionality. This is not a trivial task. Many of the concepts relate to each other, and choosing how to use one concept can have impact on the usage of other concepts. I admit that's pretty vague, but in this new "Core ADF 11" series, we (the JHeadstart team) will try to make this more concrete. In this series we will share with you the experiences, issues, challenges, design considerations, design decisions and best practices that we faced/encountered/developed when building JHeadstart release 11.
Note that we will assume that you have a basic understanding of the new ADF 11 concepts. If this is not the case, we recommend you take the ADF 11 course from Oracle University, or if you prefer self-study, take a look at the ADF Learning Center.
In this first post, we will start at the beginning: you want to build your first "serious" ADF 11 page, and you immediately need to choose: do I create a page or a page fragment, do I base the page (fragment) on a template, and do I put the page in an unbounded or bounded task flow.
Page Templates
This one is easy: we recommend to always use a page template. Design the template whatever way you want but make sure you include all the UI elements that need to be displayed on each and every page. Typical content of a page template include a branding image/application logo, global actions like Home, Help, Log Out, Preferences, the menu of the application (either a tree menu, or various levels of navigation panes like tabs, buttons or lists) and a footer area with for example a copyright message. Use page template attributes to pass in properties that might differ between pages like the page title, and to conditionally show/hide parts of the page template for specific pages. In a later post, we will go into more details on designing page templates.
Note that you can also dynamically change the page template associated with a page at runtime. Instead of hardcoding the page template path, you can use an EL expression that binds to a look and feel bean that contains the current page template path.
Bounded or Unbounded Taskflows
Each ADF 11 web application has one unbounded taskflow, and can have one or more bounded task flows. So, the choice is not so much about using bounded or unbounded task flows, but about putting a JSF page inside the unbounded taskflow, or inside a bounded task flow.
When building transactional applications, bounded task flows have major advantages over unbounded task flows. For a start, bounded task flows support additional features that can be very useful when building transactional applications:
- Save for Later
- Declarative Transaction Support
- Exception Handling
- Own Memory Scope
- Back button handling
In addition, bounded task flows allow you to benefit from concepts well-known in the world of object oriented programming and component-based development. Using bounded task flows:
- you can create truly reusable user interface components through page fragments and regions;
- with a well-defined service contract; through taskflow parameters you can configure the behavior of the taskflow;
- that are loosely coupled; to use a task flow, you only need to know about the available task flows parameters. The internal flow, structure of user interface components and data structures can be changed without any impact on the pages or other taskflows that are using/calling the taskflow.
In short, well-designed bounded task flows have many advantages over the unbounded task flow. We recommend to only use the unbounded task flow for introductionary pages like the home page or a UI shell page when using regions (see below). All application uses cases should be implemented using a bounded task flow. In a later post in this series, we will discuss in more detail how to design your task flows for maximum reusability.
Stand-alone Pages or Page Fragments with (Dynamic) Regions
For your page design, you basically have three choices
- Create stand-alone .jspx pages
- Create .jsff page fragments within a region, and create a shell page for each region that contains the af:region tag.
- Create .jsff page fragments within a region, and create one common UI shell .jspx page, that uses a dynamic region to display the requested region. This is the "One Page Application" model, where the UI shell page is the only .jspx page in the application, and a menu displayed in the shell page is used to set the current region displayed on the page.
Some considerations and implications to take into account for each choice:
Stand-alone pages:
- Stand-alone pages are easiest to build and understand, it is like building your app the "10.1.3 way".
- Stand-alone pages offer little reuse, they cannot be used inside regions
- When you are building a menu-driven application, and each menu entry starts a bounded taskflow with stand-alone pages, there is no easy way to abandon the current task flow. When the user wants to leave the current task flow and clicks on another menu entry, nothing will happen! This is because the control flow case to start the taskflow associated with the other menu item is defined in the unbounded task flow, which is not reachable once a bounded taskflow is started. The easy solution is to not use bounded task flows at all. You will lose all the advantages of bounded task flows, but when simplicity is more important to you then reusability, this is a valid choice. We discuss a more sophisticated solution to the "abandon taskflow with stand-alone pages issue" in this post of the ADF 11 Core series.
- When you are using the XMLMenuModel to create your menu, you can associate one focusViewId with each menu item. If you navigate to the page with this view id, the associated menu item will be highlighted automatically. However, if you then navigate to a detail page from the focusViewId page, you loose the menu item highlighting. In this post, we discuss how you can extend the XMLMenuModel to associate multiple pages with one menu item
Static regions with shell page:
- With this design, you leverage the reuse options of bounded task flows with page fragments
- You do not run into the XMLMenuModel multi-page problem, since each menu item is associated with the shell page which remains the same while navigating between the page fragments within the ADF region embedded in the shell page
- You do not run into the "abandon task flow" issue that occurs with stand-alone pages, since the shell pages are all located in the unbounded task flow.
- If you navigate away to another shell page, you need to be aware that ADF will auto-execute some logic to clean up the abandoned task flow of the region in the previous shell page. The actual clean-up logic executed depends on the transaction settings of the task flow. For example, if the task flow started a new transaction, a rollback will be performed. Note that when using shared data controls, the rollback might have a performance impact since already executed queries in other task flows will need to be re-executed as well. In a later post, we will discuss taskflow transaction management in more detail.
One-page application:
With the previous design option, a shell page is created for each ADF region. Typically, all these shell pages will be very thin and very similar: they are based on the same page template that renders the menu and other common page components, the only difference is the name of the ADF region that is embedded in the shell page. In a one page application, we create one UI Shell page and use a dynamic region to display the correct region. Here are the implications:
- Performance increases because partial page rendering can be used to replace the content of the dynamic region, the UI shell page does not need to be reloaded. In our experience, the performance difference is quite significant. However, according to the documentation there is a feature called Partial Page Navigation which would allow for a similar performance when using separate shell pages or stand-alone pages. I did not get this feature to work though.
- The one-page application raises a problem with XMLMenuModel, opposite to the stand-alone pages design: there is only one page used by all menu items. This can be solved by creating a subclass of XMLMenuModel that highlights the correct menu item based on the currently selected region as set in the dynamic region bean. We will discuss this technique in more detail in a future post.
- When using a dynamic region, the parameters for all region task flows can be defined against the dynamic task flow binding in the page definition of the UI shell page. This quickly becomes ugly and unmanageable: one long list of parameters for all task flows in the application. A better approach is to use the parameter map property of the dynamic task flow binding, and reference the parameter map of the current region through the dynamic region bean. This technique is discussed in more detail in this post.
A variation of this implementation is the use of dynamic tabs rather than a dynamic region. This enables multi-tasking for the end user, see this post for more details on the implementation of dynamic tabs.
While JDeveloper makes it easy to later on convert stand-alone pages to fragments, and unbounded task flows to bounded task flows, it is better to make these design decisions upfront. The choices you make have impact on the usage of XMLMenuModel, menu-driven navigation in general, reusability, transaction management and performance.
We recommend to use bounded task flows with page fragments to maximize reusability. While traditional transactional applications are mostly menu-driven, composite, task-oriented user interfaces are likely to become mainstream in the future. When you start building your ADF 11 app today using (dynamic) regions accessible from a menu, you can reuse the same task flows when building more task-oriented user interfaces using the WebCenter and Human Workflow capabilities planned for JDeveloper 11 release 2.


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Our buddies at d.brand opened up the showroom Thursday night for a vodka & candy (and denim) party to celebrate the unveiling of their fall 2012 line. As editors, bloggers, models, and photographers mingled they munched authentic Swedish candy from Sockerbit and browsed the brand new jeans, jackets, and sportswear for men & women. Check out the party pics (and some shots of the line) below.
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Exude elegance in the Kin-9 platform d'Orsay pump from DeBlossom. This gorgeous peep toe evening pump will add a sweet touch to your next special occasion.
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Internet celebrities mixed with Hollywood celebrities on the red carpet of last night's 14th Annual Webby Awards, the biggest event capping off New York's Internet Week. A very pregnant Amy Poehler posed with Arianna Huffington, and Amy's husband Will Arnett, looking a little scruffy, joked his way down the red carpet. "What are the Webbys?" he asked.
The night's host B.J. Novak couldn't resist making jokes on the red carpet, too, claiming he thought Webby organizers had confused him for SNL head writer Seth Meyers, a former Webbys host, when they asked him to the do the job. During his monologue, B.J. had attendees laughing over his advice for Facebook and Twitter to increase privacy: put the "search" and "What's on your mind?" bars farther apart and make them look different.
Later, Will and friend and co-star Jason Bateman, who also work together on new web project DumbDumb, presented Amy with the Best Actress Webby for her work on the web series Smart Girls at the Party.
Other stars walking the carpet included Webby presenters Ne-Yo and Ben Folds and those who accepted awards, Isabella Rossellini, Gilbert Gottfried (holding the Aflac duck, who was very well behaved) and Lisa Kudrow.
"Doing a web series has been especially fun," Lisa told Crushable about her work on the Webby Award-winning Web Therapy, which is becoming a TV show. "I don't remember the last time..when people would just get together, and put up a show and find a stage to do it when it was this free and fun."
OK Go, a favorite band of the Internet and Webby winner for Film & Video Artist of the Year, also stopped to chat with Crushable. "Webbys and Grammys are kind of different things," bassist Tim Nordwind told us when asked which he felt was the more prestigious award. "We're of the mind that nerds are the new rock stars. And if that's true, then hopefully we'll be winning more and more Webby's as time goes on."
"I think they have dinner here for us tonight," added bandmate Dan Konopka. "So it's a totally different sort of ballgame."
Check out our gallery for more pics from the Webby's red carpet
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This report describes the historical weather record at the Reykjavík Airport (Reykjavík, Iceland) during 2012. This station has records back to December 1948.
Reykjavík has a humid subarctic continental climate with cool summers and no dry season. The area within 25 mi of this station is covered by oceans and seas (39%), shrublands (34%), forests (19%), and tundra (4%)
Daylight saving time (DST) was not observed at Reykjavík during 2012.
2012 was a leap year and thus has 366 days rather than the normal 365. Leap years occur every fourth year and the extra day is always February 29th. In 2012 February 29th falls on a Wednesday.
The summer and winter solstices and the spring and fall equinoxes mark the passing of the seasons. They fall on nearly the same day each year, with differences of a day or two depending on the year. In 2012 they occurred on:
|Spring Equinox
|Tuesday, 20 March 2012.
|Summer Solstice
|Wednesday, 20 June 2012.
|Fall Equinox
|Saturday, 22 September 2012.
|Winter Solstice
|Friday, 21 December 2012.
The hottest day of 2012 was August 16, with a high temperature of 70°F. For reference, on that day the average high temperature is 56°F and the high temperature exceeds 60°F only one day in ten. The hottest month of 2012 was July with an average daily high temperature of 59°F.
Relative to the average, the hottest day was August 16. The high temperature that day was 70°F, compared to the average of 56°F, a difference of 14°F. In relative terms the warmest month was March, with an average high temperature of 42°F, compared to an typical value of 37°F.
The longest warm spell was from June 21 to July 29, constituting 39 consecutive days with warmer than average high temperatures. The month of July had the largest fraction of warmer than average days with 97% days with higher than average high temperatures.
The coldest day of 2012 was January 3, with a low temperature of 16°F. For reference, on that day the average low temperature is 28°F and the low temperature drops below 17°F only one day in ten. The coldest month of 2012 was January with an average daily low temperature of 28°F.
Relative to the average, the coldest day was April 21. The low temperature that day was 19°F, compared to the average of 34°F, a difference of 14°F. In relative terms the coldest month was September, with an average low temperature of 41°F, compared to an typical value of 42°F.
The longest cold spell was from January 19 to January 28, constituting 10 consecutive days with cooler than average low temperatures. The month of September had the largest fraction of cooler than average days with 60% days with lower than average low temperatures.
The clearest month of 2012 was May, with 35% of days being more clear than cloudy. The longest spell of clear weather was from April 17 to April 22, constituting 6 consecutive days that were clearer than they were cloudy.
The cloudiest month of 2012 was February, with 93% of days being more cloudy than clear. The longest spell of cloudy weather was from January 31 to February 18, constituting 19 consecutive days that were cloudier than they were clear.
This station provides hourly reports of significant weather events at and around the station, but does not report the quantity of precipitation at the station itself. This is common for weather stations located outside of the United States, and for a small subset of stations in the United States that are located at lesser used and smaller airports.
This station reports when significant weather events (including precipitation) are visually observed at or near the station. Such events do not always correspond to measured quantities of liquid equivalent precipitation, such as when the event is near by not at the station, or in the case of solid precipitation that does not melt in the collection basin.
The day in 2012 with the most precipitation observations was October 10. There were 24 hourly weather reports that day (out of a maximum of 24) in which some form of precipitation was observated at or near the station. The month with the most precipitation observations was March, with 326 hourly present weather reports involving some form of precipitation.
As determined by the present weather reports, the longest dry spell was from May 30 to June 7, constituting 9 consecutive days with no observed precipitation. The month with the largest fraction of days without observed precipitation was June, with 67% of days reporting no observed precipitation at all.
In this section we consider only those weather reports that indicate liquid precipitation. For the purposes of this analysis, we include thunderstorms even though some thunderstorms are not accompanied by liquid precipitation.
The month of 2012 with the largest number of those reports was February, with a total of 250 reports. The day with the largest number of those reports was October 10, with a total of 24 reports.
This station reports when snow is observed falling but does not report the quantity of snow that has fallen or the depth of snow on the ground.
In this section we consider hourly weather reports that contain an observation of falling snow. These reports do not necessarily correspond to accumulation.
The first reported snow fall in 2012 was on October 11; the last was on May 15. The month of 2012 with the largest number of those reports was January, with a total of 104 reports. The day with the largest number of those reports was December 28, with a total of 15 reports.
Humidity is an important factor in determining how weather conditions feel to a person experiencing them. Hot and humid days feel even hotter than hot and dry days because the high level of water content in humid air discourages the evaporation of sweat from a person's skin.
When reading the graph below, keep in mind that the hottest part of the day tends to be the least humid, so the daily low (brown) traces are more relevant for understanding daytime comfort than the daily high (blue) traces, which typically occur during the night. Applying that observation, the least humid month of 2012 was May with an average daily low humidity of 53%, and the most humid month was January with an average daily low humidity of 68%.
But it is important to keep in mind that humidity does not tell the whole picture and the dew point is often a better measure of how comfortable a person will find a given set of weather conditions. Please see the next section for continued discussion of this point.
Dew point is the temperature below which water vapor will condense into liquid water. It is therefore also related to the rate of evaporation of liquid water. Since the evaporation of sweat is an important cooling mechanism for the human body, the dew point is an important measurement for understanding how dry, comfortable, or humid a given set of weather conditions will feel.
Generally speaking, dew points below 50°F will feel a bit dry to some people, but comfortable to people accustomed to dry conditions; dew points from 50°F to 68°F are fairly comfortable to most people, and dew points above 68°F are increasingly uncomfortable, becoming oppressive around 77°F.
To take some examples, and basing our categorization on the daily high dew point in 2012, January had 31 dry days, no comfortable days, and no humid days; April had 30 dry days, no comfortable days, and no humid days; July had 11 dry days, 20 comfortable days, and no humid days; and October had 31 dry days, no comfortable days, and no humid days.
The highest sustained wind speed was 55 mph, occurring on November 2; the highest daily mean wind speed was 34 mph (November 2); and the highest wind gust speed was 75 mph (November 2).
The windiest month was March, with an average wind speed of 15 mph. The least windy month was July, with an average wind speed of 7 mph.
Visibility is the maximum distance at which a given reference object or light can be clearly discerned. In the United States, visibilities that are greater than or equal to 10 miles are typically reported as 10 miles.
The day of 2012 with the lowest average visibility was April 6, with an average visibility of 2.1 mi. The month with the lowest average visibility was March, with an average visibility of 8.9 mi. With an average visibility of 17.1 mi, the month of June had the highest average visibility.
The cloud ceiling is the altitude of the lowest layer of clouds that are at categorized as broken (mostly cloudy) or overcast (cloudy). If no such cloud layer exists then the ceiling is unlimited and no value is reported.
The day of 2012 with the lowest average cloud ceiling was April 6, with an average cloud ceiling of 259'. The month with the lowest average cloud ceiling was March, with an average cloud ceiling of 3895'. The month of December has the highest average cloud ceiling, with an average cloud ceiling of 7247'.


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Comments: Updated review. This is probably my favorite shoe ever. It's light, fast, well cushioned, and totally versatile - trainer, racing flat, dirt trail runner. As someone else mentioned, it's great for travel because it's so light and compact. The ONLY downside from my perspective is durability. I barely get 200 miles out of them on pavement. Literally destroyed a pair in just two trail races recently (on some pretty rough terrain - this was really not enough shoe to handle the rocky parts).
From: Carl, Oakland, California
Comments: Great shoe. I normally use the Ronin as a race shoe but decided to try these. Wore them for a workout last night and they were awesome. Probably my new marathon shoe. Very responsive midsole, upper very flexible, zero hotspots, and lightweight. Could probably use these in the mix as a daily trainer also. Based on shoefitr, I sized up 1/2 size. Seemed to be the right fit. I would highly recommend trying these shoes.
From: Brad, Gurnee, IL
Comments: I use to be a die hard ascics fan but I was recently disappointed by their selection when looking for a racing flat. I honestly bought these because of the price and they looked cool. They have turned out to be the best running shoe I have owned! It took me a few runs to get use to the feel of the shoe but once I did I was in love. They are super lightweight with just enough to support so you will feel as if your gliding on the road without taking a pounding.
From: Brad, New Braunfels, TX, USA
Comments: Awesome. The marathon shoe I've been looking for. Light and responsive with plenty of cushioning. Good for any distance from 5k to 26.2.
From: Carl, Oakland, CA
Comments: Wow! I have about 30 pair of shoes in my rotation and bought a pair of Rc1400 and Rc1600 couple of weeks ago. Tried the RC1400 today and was very very impressed with the shoe. Felt a lot like Fastwitch 4, but just a lot better. The shoe is very light still has a lot of cushion. Im a very big fan of Adios 1, but this shoe can actually replace it. Im doing most of my racing in Adizero Hagio atm up to half marathon and Adizero Adios 1 for full. Im pretty sure this shoe has no problem with the full distance. It just feels great! Felt the shoe was true to size. I run about 80miles a week and im a sub 3 marathoner. I will probably use this shoe as a daily trainer and might try the RC1600 for the full distance. Time will show!
From: Espen, Norway
Comments: This is a very comfortable, light shoe with a surprising amount of cushioning. Fits like the new Adizero Adios, but MUCH softer/more flexible and natural feeling. Unfortunately, that forefoot cushioning packed down to nothing in about 200 miles. I weigh 150 and I am a forefoot/midfoot striker - a heel-striker type runner would not have this problem. If they were cheaper I would buy them again anyway b/c they were so comfortable for the first 100 miles, but not for $100.
From: Eric, San Diego, CA, USA
Comments: Not happy at all, super narrow toe box..no forefoot cushion.. unstable.. previous model was MUCH better. hopefully new balance will come out with something better cause this design SUCKS.
From: Heath, USA
Comments: Ran the Army Ten Miler in them with no problems. Hoping to run Boston in 2012 in them but need to take them out on a few long runs to make sure they can handle the distance.
From: Chris, Bristow, VA, Washington D.C.
Comments: The NB 1400 are a great shoe. I find that they're ideal for any surface at anytime. I run ultras, averaging between 80 to 100 miles a week and I run exclusively on trails. They're light weight, responsive, and provide just enough cushion to get you through the longer 4 to 5 hr sessions. Beware when running through rocky sections or dirt roads, because if you do hit a stone you'll feel it. I was most impressed by the shoes ability to drain and dry so quickly. One can only hope that NB will keep producing this shoe exactly how it is.
From: Jake, Raleigh, NC, USA
Comments: Great shoe if you are looking for a cushioned racing flat. Have tried Nike XC Streak and Streak 3's, Asics Hyperspeed and Tarther, Saucony Kivara...this is my favorite! The heal is well cushioned while the forefoot remains responsive. This shoe did not give me blisters or cause any discomfort whatsoever (have raced a half and have done some speed work in them). Will be my shoe for NYC marathon this fall. Thanks RW for helping me find such a great shoe!
From: Eric, Phoenix, AZ USA
Comments: I tried on Nike, Adidas and others.....this New Balance shoe has support and comfort. Great for running and also for just knocking around....feels like you are almost bare footed. A good shoe for traveling as it packs well. I look at others but always buy New Balance.
From: Watts, Bedford, VA USA
Comments: I just tried these on in the NB store and they don't seem to be a "normal running shoe length" but instead are a little short. Didn't have the next size up so I couldn't get another impression.
From: Chris, Boston, MA, USA
Comments: This is my new favorite shoe. It feels a lot like the Adizero Adios, but the upper is so much softer (reminds me of the Saucony A4 without the inner strap). Also, it isn't quite a narrow as the Adizero Adios which was a little snug on me. I feel I should buy 10 pair in case New Balance changes anything with these.
From: Joshua B., Troy, AL, USA
Comments: God's gift to runners. Seriously this shoe is like butter. I'm on the lighter side (125) and run 80-110 miles a week and this shoe can handle them all, save for long runs. It's really well cushioned and the seamless upper is amazing. I've never worn these with socks, and never had a problem or got a blister. The one gripe I have is they hold blood really well. My first run in them my toes would scrape on the low toebox and now the forefoot looks like I got shot, but it's all good.
From: Matt, St. Paul, MN, USA
Comments: A great racing shoe! Similar to (but better than) the Saucony Fastwitch 4, and the Asics GT Racer 8. NB1400 hits the sweet spot with a decent heel/toe drop and good cushioning, while remaining very light. The NB1400 is not similar to the Fastwitch 5 in that Saucony ruined a very good shoe by reducing the heel/toe drop to 4mm (Saucony should have kept the higher heel drop in the Fastwitch and just produce a different racer with a different name if they wanted a 'minimalist' racing shoe).
From: JC, Wilmington, DE, USA


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It's a new month, a new city, a new counter top, and time for a new meal. I pulled this one up from a new cook book – The Essential Pasta Cookbook – I picked up at Borders for all of $5.99. That price is much better than what Amazon has it for, and I suggest you pick it up if you can find it.
This is a simple dish that has a fantastic taste. Actually, this tastes just like a traditional Piccata recipe that uses lemon, even thought it is lacking lemon juice. Just be aware that veal isn't a cheap thing to purchase, so make sure you don't overcook the meat. I'd hate to see you pay $23/lb to have dried out little cuts of meal…
Here is what you'll need for two servings:
1/2 lb veal cutlet, sliced into 6 strips and pounded out
1/2 lb freshly cooked Spinach Linguine
1 Cup flour, mixed with one tsp of salt and freshly cracked black pepper
1 diced small shallot
1/2 cup dry white wine
4 tbsp beef stock
2/3 cup cream
3 tsp of butter
Here you go…
1 – In a medium pan, over a medium high heat, begin to heat your butter.
2 – Drag your veal cuts through the flour. When the butter has melted and is ready for frying, toss your veal into the pan two at a time. Quick fry the veal on each side for no more than 1 minute. I'd suggest about 30 seconds each side…
3 – Remove veal from your pan, place on a plate covered with paper towel
4 – When finished with the veal, lower your heat to medium and add your shallot. Cook for about 2 minutes.
5 – Add your wine, raise heat to medium-high to reduce your liquid. Keep the heat elevated for about 2 minutes, then reduce to medium.
6 – Add your stock, cream and mix. Add your veal, lower heat again but to medium-low this time. Cook for another 4 minutes at this lower temp.
7 – Put your pasta in a bowl, top with the veal and sauce.
In the final plating I added shaved parmesan cheese and some pepper…
This is restaurant quality, very easy to make and hits the spot! I highly suggest you make this dish if you want to pop for the veal.


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The Fall of Enron
Krishna Palepu
Harvard University - Harvard Business School; Harvard University - David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Research; Harvard Business Review; NBER; International Academy of Management
Paul M. Healy
Harvard Business School; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Harvard NOM Working Paper No. 03-38
We will assess how governance and incentive problems contributed to Enron's rise and fall. A well-functioning capital market creates appropriate linkages of information, incentives, and governance between managers and investors. This process is supposed to be carried out through a network of intermediaries.
We show that despite this elaborate corporate governance and intermediation network, Enron was able to attract large sums of capital to fund a questionable business model, conceal its true performance through a series of accounting and financing maneuvers, and hype its stock to unsustainable levels. While Enron presents an extreme example, it is also a useful test case for potential weaknesses in the U.S. capital market system. We believe that the problems of governance and incentives that emerged at Enron can also surface at many other firms, and may potentially affect the entire capital market. We will begin by discussing the evolution of Enron's business model in the late 1990s, the stresses that this business model created for Enron's financial reporting, and how key capital market intermediaries played a role in the company's rise and fall.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 46
Keywords: Corporate Governance, Enron, Accounting, Capital Markets, Capital Market Intermediaries, Board of Directors, Analysts
JEL Classification: D40, G34, M41, G10, G29, K10, L10, L90, N20
Date posted: October 17, 2003
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SurgeXperiences 119, hosted by Dr. David Khorram from the Saipan, is up. He is an eye surgeon who's blog is MarianasEye. He is also the author of the book "World Peace, a Blind Wife, and Gecko Tails".
Dr Khorram title this edition of the surgery carnival: Funny Operating Room Moments. There are some good/great posts, but he makes it better with his commentary.
"I was filming a nipple reconstruction..." Thus begins a "Tale of Two... "um, no, I'm not going to say it... a tale by Norwegian surgical videographer, The Sterile Eye, who presents Yo mammae! That sentence is sure to become a classic in medical blogging literature. I give Sterile Eye the "Call me Ishmael" Award (which I just created) for week's best opening sentence of a Carnival post.
SurgeXperiences is a blog carnival about surgical blogs. It is open to all (surgeon, nurse, anesthesia, patient, etc) who have a surgical blog or article to submit. The next edition will be hosted by Dr Sid Schwab, Surgeonsblog, on April 27th. The deadline for submissions will be April 25th. Please submit your posts here.
Here is the catalog of past surgXperiences editions for your reading pleasure. If you wish to host a future edition, please contact Jeffrey who runs the show here.


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2014 Telecommunications Outlook
Interview with Craig Wigginton
Continued, robust growth in connectivity demand, persistent security challenges, and continuing innovation in devices and services are among the trends facing the telecommunications industry in the coming year, according to Craig Wigginton, vice chairman and U.S. Telecommunications leader, Deloitte & Touche LLP. Read on for his perspective on trends to watch and steps to take in 2014.
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What is the biggest challenge facing the telecommunications industry in the coming year?
The big challenge – which also presents a major growth opportunity for the sector – is that consumers are addicted to connectivity and speed. The ongoing expansion of the mobile ecosystem, coupled with demand for high-bandwidth applications and services such as video and gaming, is keeping pressure on the industry to increase the availability and quality of broadband connectivity.
What does this mean for players in the sector? Carriers will continue to pursue technological advancements to handle demand, including offloading some mobile bandwidth needs to Wi-Fi, which is proving an effective complement to mobile networks. At the same time, long-term spectrum availability, spectrum efficiency, small cells and continued backhaul improvements are likely to be a key focus to assure continued mobile broadband momentum.
Another major marketplace driver is the issue of security. This compasses a myriad of topics, including the threat of increased risks of hacking and malware as the global adoption of mobile devices continues to rise and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications gains momentum. Moreover, increasing popularity of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) in the workplace could exacerbate the potential exposure to critical company data using malware or other hacking techniques. Reducing the vulnerability of mobile devices to hacking, including embedded anti-malware software into devices and enhanced authentication features, will be a key priority for device manufacturers and wireless carriers.
What trends might disrupt "business as usual" for telecom companies in 2014?
As the telecom ecosystem expands, beyond the unending need for broadband access to content and speed, new business models are emerging among both traditional and new players, which could open up markets and change the landscape. Three in particular show near-term promise.
First, mobile payments technology is certainly at a tipping point, and we anticipate it will gain traction in 2014. The landscape remains fluid as near field communication (NFC) and other technologies jockey for position, but strong growth is nonetheless likely.
Second, the spread of communications services into vertical markets is gaining momentum. Deployed effectively, communications solutions can enhance consumers' personal and professional lives in realms including education, health care, automotive, hospitality and beyond.
Finally, a broad concept to watch in 2014 is "connected world, connected things." Almost everything has a connectivity element to it – which is what sets the stage for M2M growth. There is vast opportunity to connect almost everything at both the consumer and enterprise levels.
What are some steps telecommunications companies can take to foster innovation and/or growth?
Innovation has been the cornerstone of success in the mobile ecosystem, and companies should keep pushing on the accelerator as many more opportunities exist. For example, new devices will continue to arrive with varied price points and different form factors – bigger screens, flexible screens, curved screens. Mobile capabilities are being extended into completely new devices, including wearable technology such as glasses, smart watches and fitness/health devices – and these are just the tip of the iceberg. We've been seeing indications that the benefit derived from relevant features and functionality, as well as apps, have greatly improved the value proposition to consumers, resulting in increased receptivity in paying more for devices.
Mobile is driving profits and value creation across the industry, but deploying it isn't cheap. Telecom companies need to invest – expanding their footprint, updating technology and infrastructure, acquiring spectrum and funding R&D. Companies that don't, or can't, maintain focus on rapid innovation may lose out to those that do.
In order to maximize the value of innovation, instead of carriers doing it all themselves, they may want to supplement traditional offerings with more non-traditional arrangements. Rather than building a health care competency themselves, for example, they can team up with health care providers through joint ventures, partnerships and other relationships. The same dynamic is possible between telecom and financial services companies, as well as in many other industries.
All in all, what is fascinating about the telecommunications ecosystem of 2014 is that mobile is on the leading edge of innovation that crosses virtually every industry and sector, and is a key engine of economic growth for the U.S. 2014 will see truly innovative products and services and continued exponential growth in technology – and will be an exciting year for the sector.
"All in all, what is fascinating about the telecommunications ecosystem of 2014 is that mobile is on the leading edge of innovation that crosses virtually every industry and sector, and is a key engine of economic growth for the U.S."
2016 Telecommunications Industry Outlook
Continued momentum around core telecommunications businesses—as well as innovation around non-traditional business models such as Internet of Things applications, mPayments, and evolving communications technologies—will present both new challenges and growth opportunities for telecommunications companies.
Discover more insights from our 2016 Telecommunications Industry Outlook.