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We're back with our weekly recap of the interesting and inspiring, with a particular eye for what shifts and ideas brands should be tracking, evaluating and acting on. This is a collection of some standout business strategy, brand-building and digital media stories catching our attention.
Discussions Shaping Strategy, Creativity & Innovation
- Evolution of the Web
- Next Step for Technology is Becoming the Background
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- The 'Busy' Trap (on the necessity and benefits of idle time)
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- What If We Gave It Away? Lessons from TED (in favor of free content…)
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- Earning A Place In the Future of Marketing
- From Islands to Ecosystem: Connecting Offline,Online and Mobile
- Hierarchy of Internet Needs
- On Orbitz, Mac Users Steered to Pricier Hotels (more on profiling/targeting customers based on behavioral + attitudinal data)
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- Thunderclap: letting people be heard by sharing a single message at the same time
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- How Chipotle Changed Fast Food Forever (a brand with meaning – that may or may not be lost on customers)
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- Google Just Declared War on These 12 Products
- Google Launches Compute Engine to Compete with Amazon
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- Clinique Tells Sales Staff to 'Back Off', Product Is Here to Play With
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- The Economist On Paying Less Online
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- A Majority of Cell Owners (55%) Now Go Online Using Their Cell Phones
- Facebook Quietly Releases 'Friends Nearby', Then Quietly Pulls It
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- Facebook Testing 'Want' Button Plugin
- Facebook Plans to Speed Up Its iPhone App
- Facebook's Email Switch Program Prompts Criticism by Users
- Twitter's Mobile Ads Begin to Click
- The Google+ Stats Google Just Bragged About
- AirBnB Adds Wishlists to Make Site More Social
- Pinterest Adds Support for Slideshare, Etsy, Kingstarter
- Instagram's New 'Explore' Bring the Future into Focus
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WXXI-FM brings listeners a new season of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra radio broadcasts – set to air on Classical 91.5/FM-HD 91.5-1 on Tuesdays at 8 p.m., beginning on March 8. The weekly two-hour program of concert performances by the Pittsburgh Symphony are hosted by Jim Cunningham, who introduces each performance and talks with several artists mid-program.
The 2010-2011 season opens with Manfred Honeck conducting Beethoven's Symphony No. 9. The season also features such world-class artists and conductors as Leonard Slatkin conducting Barber's Adagio for Strings; Anne-Sophie Mutter performing Brahms' Violin Concerto; and Mahler's "Symphony No. 3" conducted by Manfred Honeck and featuring the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh in the season-ending finale.
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010Following the tremendous success of the first MoE conference Gwent Theatre have decided to offer a second opportunity for students, teachers and teacher trainers to benefit from this invaluable training opportunity.
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One of the most joyful experiences that the pet owner will go through is perfect for him and the pet just to walk together harmoniously. Don't you simply love the sight of a dog owner who strolls effortlessly as his dog walks side by side with him? And don't you just want to grit your teeth when your dog starts talking each time he's led out? How can you stop your pet from pulling on the leash?
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If you're able to take your dog along with you whenever you buy the collar, then that might be an excellent thing to do. Ask the pet store staff to help you in trying some of the collars on your dog. This should provide you with a concept on which collar your dog would react badly to and which ones he seems to be comfortable with. Be aware that simply picking out the correct size leash can make a big difference in teaching your dog to prevent pulling on his leash. buy , estradiol 50 mg cost , estrace 01 cream cost.
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Just believe that it's simple enough to leash train your dog but consistency is the only key. Have sufficient faith in your dog he will ultimately learn and you would soon enjoy a stronger bond. Just have a little patience together with your little pet, he might start slow but that doesn't imply that he can't learn. Before you know it, your pet could be more than pleased to take those nature walks with you!
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Basic obedience training should begin as soon as you bring your new puppy home. If you have waited longer, do not worry. Your dog is still very capable of learning basic obedience. We recommend teaching your dog clicker training. A clicker is a very simple tool that you hold in your hand and press when you deliver a reward to your dog. Every time the dog does something you want to reinforce, you click.
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Your Chihuahua will most likely need to go to the bathroom on a regular basis. This could range from half an hour to a couple of hours, all depends on how old your dog is. It is a general rule of thumb from others who have experienced potty training, that your dog can "hold on" for the same length of time as their age in months. For example, if your Chi is 2 months they can hold for 2 hours.
But since Chihuahuas are a littler breed, around 45 minutes per month is more likely. A great way to learn your dog's habits is to make nots of the times they go to the potty. You will get a better understanding of your Chi's needs.
Make sure you are taking your chi to the toilet as often as they need to go – as they get older, your toilet breaks will get fewer and further between. Make the breaks between toilet time slightly longer and longer, and this will train them to go to the toilet less.
Make sure you remember that pups are like babies: They have very simple needs, however they need those needs to be attended to. Babies go to the bathroom a lot, however they start going less and less as the years go by. Chihuahua pups are exactly the same.
Take your Chihuahua to the same area. A very important part of chihuahua potty training is the make sure you encourage your dog to go to the same spot (either on the grass, or on the potty pads inside) each time your Chi need to use the potty. This will make sure they know what to do when they get there. By doing this, she/he will become used to tolieting fast when you ask him/her too. They will also be much less likely to do a little accident somewhere you don't want him/her to. Stay there with your chi until she goes to the toilet. Insure that you praise her/him with nice words and a yummy snack after she/he goes to reward her/his fantastic behavior. If your puppy doesn't go to the toilet after ten or so minutes, take her/him back inside. After about 15 minutes, take him/her back onto the lawn. Repeat these steps as many times as needed.
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If OTC derivatives are not centrally cleared by an authorized EU, or recognized non-EU CP, EMIR requires the counterparties to enter into an agreement that sets out how they will mitigate risks. This requirement went into effect in 2013. Depending on their classification, counterparties must:
The risk mitigation obligations are being implemented through a mixture of International Swaps and Derivatives Association protocols and bilateral agreements between the sell-side and buy-side. The process has been far from smooth: with limited exceptions, non-EU counterparties are not subject to EMIR risk mitigation obligations. However, EU counterparties are required to enter into an agreement with non-EU counterparties, which enables them to secure compliance with their own EU obligations.
Starting February 12, 2014, all EU counterparties will need to comply with the trade reporting obligation. This will involve reporting to a TR all derivative transactions entered into from February 12, 2014, or which are outstanding on that date. There also will be a requirement to back report derivatives transactions that are not outstanding on February 12, 2014, and either were outstanding on August 16, 2012, or entered into after that date. It is possible for one counterparty to delegate the performance of, but not the legal responsibility for, trade reporting to the other. It remains to be seen, however, whether the sell side will agree to trade report on behalf of the buy side given liability concerns. In any event, such a service will not assist nonfinancial counterparties that enter into intragroup hedging transactions. Either they will have to report those trades themselves or find a third-party provider solution.3
Finally, EMIR will require specific types of counterparties to clear specified classes of OTC derivatives through authorized or recognized CCPs. The EU has fallen behind the U.S. in implementing the clearing obligation, and the requirement is not expected to come into force until late 2014 at the earliest because EU regulators still need to authorize and recognize CCPs and identify classes of clearing-eligible derivatives.
EMIR requirements are applied differently, depending on counterparty classification. EMIR divides counterparties into:
EMIR allows the European Commission to declare that a non-EU country's risk mitigation, trade reporting and clearing obligations are equivalent to EU requirements, which would allow an EU and non-EU counterparty to agree that they will comply with non-EU requirements. ESMA, the pan-EU securities regulator, has been advising the European Commission on whether the OTC derivative regimes of the U.S. and a number of other countries are equivalent. While these discussions are at an initial stage, early indications are that the equivalence declarations will not be straightforward. Nevertheless, OTC derivatives market participants hope that some international agreement among regulators and lawmakers eventually will ease the burden in one of the most globally active markets.
As EMIR provisions become effective in 2014, OTC derivatives market participants should reinforce their compliance efforts across the spectrum. They must prepare for clearing obligation compliance, deal with data required to perform portfolio reconciliations and have processes to prepare for the variety of trade reporting requirements under the new regime. In addition, internationally active market participants will need to identify how to comply with overlapping requirements arising from the Dodd-Frank Act in the United States.5
1 The G20 also agreed to move the trading of certain OTC derivatives on to trading venues. The EU will implement this commitment separately through the "MIFID 2" process.
2 Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, available at http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:201:0001:0059:EN:PDF.
3 For a detailed discussion on the trade reporting obligations, see the Skadden publication "EU Derivatives Trade Reporting Obligations to Begin on February 12, 2014" (Nov. 15, 2013), available at http://www.skadden.com/insights/eu-derivatives-trade-reporting-obligations-begin-february-12-2014.
4 NFC-s need only comply with trade confirmation, portfolio reconciliation and compression, and dispute resolution requirements.
5 For a more detailed discussion, see the Skadden publication "EU Derivatives Trade Reporting Obligations to Begin on February 12, 2014" (Nov. 15, 2013), available at http://www.skadden.com/insights/eu-derivatives-trade-reporting-obligations-begin-february-12-2014. * This article appeared in the firm's sixth annual edition of Insights on January 16, 2014.
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News Corp was rocked overnight Friday for a second time in 24-hours as close Murdoch ally Les Hinton (pictured), the publisher of the Wall Street Journal, resigned only hours after Murdoch's lieutenant Rebekah Brooks stepped down.
AP - Rupert Murdoch accepted the resignations of The Wall Street Journal's publisher and the chief of his British operations as the once-defiant media mogul struggled to control an escalating phone hacking scandal, offering apologies to the public and the family of a murdered schoolgirl.
The scandal has knocked billions off the value of Murdoch's News Corp., scuttled his ambitions to take control of a lucrative satellite TV company, withered his political power in Britain and is threatening to destabilize his globe-spanning empire.
News Corp's US Problems
The controversy claimed its first Murdoch executive in the United States on Friday as Les Hinton, chief executive of the Murdoch-owned Dow Jones & Co. and publisher of the Wall Street Journal, announced he was resigning with immediate effect.
Murdoch's British lieutenant, Rebekah Brooks, stepped down earlier Friday.
Hinton, 67, has worked for Murdoch's News Corp. for 52 years and is one of the media baron's staunchest allies. He became head of Dow Jones in December 2007.
He was chairman of Murdoch's British newspaper arm during some of the years its staffers are alleged to have hacked cell phones, but testified to a parliamentary committee in 2009 that he had seen no evidence abuses had spread beyond a single jailed reporter, Clive Goodman.
Hinton said Friday that "the pain caused to innocent people (by hacking) is unimaginable."
"That I was ignorant of what apparently happened is irrelevant, and in the circumstances I feel it is proper for me to resign from News Corp. and apologize to those hurt by the actions of News of the World," he said.
Murdoch said he accepted Hinton's resignation with "much sadness." It capped a difficult week for the embattled mogul.
Just a day after asserting that News Corp. had made only "minor mistakes," Murdoch issued an apology to run in Britain's national newspapers for "serious wrongdoing" by the News of the World, which he shut down last week amid allegations of large-scale illegal hacking by its staff.
"We are sorry for the serious wrongdoing that occurred. We are deeply sorry for the hurt suffered by the individuals affected. We regret not acting faster to sort things out," said the full-page ad, signed by Murdoch and due to run in Saturday's editions of Britain's main national newspapers.
Rupert Murdoch's apology letter
Murdoch promised "further concrete steps to resolve these issues and make amends for the damage they have caused."
Murdoch also met the family of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, whose phone was hacked by the News of the World in 2002. The revelation that journalists had accessed her phone in search of scoops inflamed the long-simmering scandal about illegal eavesdropping by the newspaper.
The 80-year-old mogul emerged from the meeting at a London hotel to catcalls of "shame on you!" from hecklers. He said that "as founder of the company I was appalled to find out what had happened and I apologized."
Dowler family lawyer Mark Lewis said Murdoch appeared humbled and had offered "a heartfelt and what seemed to be a very sincere apology."
"I don't think somebody could have held their head in their hands so many times and said that they were sorry," Lewis said.
Murdoch's tone was dramatically different from an interview published Thursday in the Wall Street Journal, which is owned by News Corp, in which he said the company had handled the crisis "extremely well in every way possible" and complained he was "getting annoyed" at all the negative headlines.
The crisis claimed another senior scalp Friday as Brooks, chief executive of Murdoch's British newspaper division, resigned.
The media magnate had defended the 43-year-old Brooks in the face of demands she step down from British politicians, including her friend and neighbor, Prime Minister David Cameron. After previously refusing to accept her resignation, Murdoch made an abrupt switch as News Corp. struggled but failed to contain the crisis.
Brooks said she was stepping aside because "my desire to remain on the bridge has made me a focal point of the debate."
"This is now detracting attention from all our honest endeavors to fix the problems of the past," she said in an email to staff.
Brooks said she would "concentrate on correcting the distortions and rebutting the allegations about my record as a journalist, an editor and executive."
A new chief executive untainted by the U.K. problems, Tom Mockridge, was installed to replace Brooks at News International, the British arm of Rupert Murdoch's global News Corp. Mockridge, a 55-year-old New Zealander, joined News Corp. in 1991 and has been in charge of Sky Italia since 2003. Dow Jones President Todd Larsen will maintain his title but will temporarily be the top executive there.
The moves came after News Corp. brought in Edelman Communications to help with public relations and lobbying, an admission, perhaps, that its attempts to manage the crisis have so far been a disaster.
Rebekah Brooks' resignation
News Corp.'s critics say the company underestimated the public and political anger. Media analyst Claire Enders said the company had cast itself as a victim, "which is completely impossible for people here to respond to and is making things worse."
Brooks' departure marks a reversal of fortune for one of Britain's most powerful media executives, who rose from secretary to CEO during 22 years with News International.
Critics said she should have gone long ago. She was editor of the News of the World between 2000 and 2003, when the paper's employees allegedly hacked into 13-year-old Milly's phone as police searched for her, potentially interfering with the police investigation.
Brooks has always said she had no knowledge of phone hacking, though she did acknowledge in a 2003 appearance before lawmakers that her paper had paid police officers for information - an illegal practice that, along with hacking, is now the center of a criminal investigation.
Brooks had been in charge of News International's four now three British newspapers since 2007, following a four-year stint as editor of the market-leading daily tabloid, The Sun. Just a week ago, she faced 200 angry employees at the News of the World who had lost their jobs as she kept hers when Murdoch shut down the paper.
When shareholders began to call for her to go, Brooks' position became untenable. Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal Alsaud, the second-largest News Corp. stockholder, told the BBC on Thursday that if Brooks were found to be implicated in wrongdoing by the newspapers, "for sure she has to go."
Her resignation was greeted with relief by British politicians. Cameron, who had called for Brooks to step down, said she made "the right decision," said the prime minister's spokesman, Steve Field.
Allegations emerged last week that the News of the World hacked not only celebrities, politicians and athletes but Dowler, the victims of London's 2005 terrorist bombings and the families of dead British soldiers.
The company first shut down the News of the World and then abandoned a bid to take control of British Sky Broadcasting in an effort to limit the damage to the greater News Corp. empire, which includes Fox News, the 20th Century Fox movie studio, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post and the three remaining British newspapers, The Sun, The Times and The Sunday Times.
Hinton has done much to build and steady the Murdoch empire in the United States, where there were fears Murdoch would damage the venerable Wall Street Journal brand.
New projects, including a beefed-up New York section and the lifestyle magazine insert WSJ, helped the 122-year-old paper surpass USA Today as America's top-selling daily during Hinton's 3-year tenure.
In a memo to staff Friday, Hinton defended Murdoch as a strong backer of Dow Jones, "allowing us to invest and expand as other media companies slashed costs."
Hinton, who was named to the AP board in April, had been scheduled to attend his first board meeting next week, but it now seems certain that his tenure will be brief.
"We've just heard this news, but the AP board of directors is made up of current leaders of news companies," said AP spokesman Paul Colford.
Friday's dual departures of two key executives show Murdoch is "trying to build a firewall between the past and the future of News Corp.," said newspaper analyst Ken Doctor.
It also suggests that Murdoch doesn't want the Journal, one of the world's most respected newspapers, to get tarred in a scandal involving the tawdry behavior of journalists at a British tabloid.
Protecting the Journal's reputation has become more important to Murdoch now that the media mogul's political influence in Britain has been diminished. Doctor believes it's likely News Corp. will sell all of its British newspapers.
"He has lost his power in Britain and he is never going to get it back in this lifetime, so there is no longer a reason for him to own News International," Doctor said. "The movie studio and cable TV is what's really important to protect now."
The crisis is far from over. This week Cameron appointed a judge to conduct a sweeping inquiry into criminal activity at the paper and in the British media.
British police have arrested nine people in their investigation of phone hacking and alleged bribery of police officers, and have uncovered a list of 3,700 names of potential victims. Next week Brooks, Murdoch and his son James face questions from a British parliamentary committee.
Most worrying for the Murdochs are signs the crisis could spread to the United States, where the FBI has opened an inquiry into whether 9/11 victims or their families were targeted by News Corp. papers.
News Corp.'s main, nonvoting stock, which has rallied in recent days after losses last week, increased 20 cents, or 1.3 percent, to close Friday at $15.64. But the stock fell 19 cents and lost most of Friday's gains in after-trading following the announcement of Hinton's resignation.
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The blind guy gimmick was half entertaining. I'm not buying that he pulled off the hand break parking stunt (watch the camera angle) but it was ok.
But the jokes…help me dear lord. I just can't even come up with a solid sentence. As a stare at this text doc. all I can think of is a simple fact about comedy, "funny is funny".
If you basically know every episode of the UK version, try this experiment. Watch the US version with people who aren't into the automotive world. It really makes it more interesting. You get a different feel for whether or not the show is working. For example, the Evo section. In a girl's opinion, "it was pretty cool". Except, (in a girl's opinion) the "hey Tanner, you dropped your keys" joke equated to "that's just corny".
I'm still pulling for it. They do have access to nice cars and that does count for something. Enough with my rambling, what'd ya think?
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Laura Duffy and Bonnie Dumanis received Federal grants to combat the Mexican Drug Cartels. Instead of fighting organized crime and gangs, Duffy and Dumanis used the Federal grants to teamed with Mayor Sanders to go after the medical marijuana community in San Diego.
The City of San Diego received millions in Federal grants for taking part in the Federal raids. The County of San Diego, Suprerior Court, and Federal Courts also received the Federal grant fund for the prosecution of the Mexican Drug Cartels and gangs.
An audit should be done to see if Duffy and Dumanis used the Federal grant funds inappropriatedly, on their own personal vendetta.
"Violent Drug Gangs"... THAT is what the money was for?!?
And it was used to crush the LEGAL Medical Marijuana community here in San Diego?
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The Road to Oprah is our ongoing quest to ask Oprah Winfrey for $1 to help produce our film. We began our quest in the summer of 2007 by raising funds dollar-by-dollar to buy a used school bus for $3,100 on EBay. With the help of volunteers, we then converted the bus to a bio-diesel bunk-bed filled Road to Oprah tour bus. Our online crew then helped us set up presentations in over 23 different states. The first day of our tour, our bus caught on fire on Hollywood Blvd. Luckily, Darth Vader was on board and helped save the day. We were able to get back on the road, and ended up giving presentations at Google, YouTube, universities, highschools, skate parks, art galleries, coffee shops, a veteran's home, house parties, and street corners across America. Behind our bus we pulled our credit stand caboose and sold $1 producer credits to cover travel costs. The alt-country folk band "The Evangenitals" toured with us, performing at the various stops, and writing new tunes along the way. After 1 month, 1000 new producers, and over 10,000 miles later, we finally reached Chicago on October 29th of 2007, and pulled up to Oprah's Harpo Studios. Unfortunately for us, this was the day Oprah had to go to Africa to deal with a crisis situation at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy. You can't script that kind of irony.
We ended up having to drive home to get back to our day jobs. Since then, we have been editing the footage for our documentary, and also started working on a new web site based on lessons learned on the road. Fundraising during the global recession was slow, but eventually we raised enough to make our new site. Our bus still runs, and we are planning to hit the road to try again. This time, we may even call first.
Videos coming soon...
We're planning another tour.


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Project Description
Research Interests
- Statistical Signal Processing
Tim Schulz was the Dean of the College of Engineering at Michigan Technological University in August 2007-July 2012. He also directs the Center for Integrated Systems in Sensing, Imaging and Communications (CISSIC).
Schulz earned a BS in electrical engineering from California State University-Long Beach in 1985, an ME in electrical engineering from University of Southern California in 1987, and a PhD in electrical engineering from Washington University, District of Columbia in 1990.
He came to Michigan Tech in 1992 as an assistant professor, earned an NSF CAREER Award in 1995, and in 1999 became chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Under his leadership, the ECE department developed a new BS degree in Computer Engineering and tripled the size of its PhD program.
Schulz is a fellow in SPIE—The International Society for Optical Engineering, and has authored more than 60 book chapters, journal publications and conference proceedings. He currently serves as topical editor for Applied Optics and IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. In his research, Schulz applies statistical signal-processing techniques to computational imaging and signal analysis. His methods have been used to clarify images from the Hubble Space Telescope and to miniaturize high-quality cameras for military surveillance and commercial applications. Shortly after the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, Schulz applied image processing methods to de-blur and improve images taken with the flawed telescope.
His work has been widely published, and he has been principal investigator or co-principal investigator on approximately $5 million in funding from agencies such as NSF, AFOSR, DARPA, the Space Telescope Science Institute, the Army Night Vision Laboratory and other government agencies. In addition, Schulz has served as technical consultant to Centice, MZ Associates, General Dynamics, Trex Enterprises, Lockheed Martin, and the Institute for Defense Analysis. He as worked as a research engineer for the Environmental Research Institute of Michigan, and as an engineer for Hughes Aircraft Company.


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With today's victory at the Rip Curl Pro Portugal, Kelly Slater has all but wrapped up his 10th World Title. Jordy Smith may still have a chance mathematically, but with the performances Kelly has been giving this year, there is no way he isn't closing out the year by becoming the 2010 World Champion.
Now that I'm finished stating the obvious, let me say Portugal turned up and turned it on for this year's event. No matter which site—weekday or weekend—the crowds of surf fans gathered at the water's edge to see their favorite surfers up close and personal, showing a tremendous amount of appreciation for the excellent surfing on display. To me it appeared to be a grassroots U.S. Open with the huge crowds, but in a much more toned-down atmosphere where everyone at the beach was hanging on every tube-ride or massive air. Good call Rip Curl on planting the Search event there permanently after last year's success. The combination of excellent surf ranging from barreling Supertubos to the ultra launchable ramps of Belgas was a real treat again. This combination requires the winner to be ready for anything every day and able to excel at both disciplines if they hope to make it deep into the event.
So we know what's going on at the top of the rankings—Jordy needs a parting of the Red Sea caliber miracle to prevent Kelly from a 10th World Title—but what is still going to be a race to the finish is the battle for the Top 22 slots when the music stops after Pipeline. Here are a few surfers who made some headway in Portugal with fine surfing and a keeper result:
Matt Wilkinson: With an equal 9th-place finish in Portugal, Matt Wilkinson kept himself in the hunt. And with the surfing Wilko is capable of—as he demonstrated in an impressive upset of Taj Burrow at Belgas—I don't see why he shouldn't find a way to sneak up above the Top 22 mark.
Travis Logie: Travis also went home with a 9th, a very impressive 9th at that. In Round 2 he destroyed Dane Reynolds with superb tube-riding. Then up against Mick Fanning in Round 3, Travis put together one of the most impressive come-from-behind victories I've seen. With seven minutes remaining and needing a combination of scores totaling 15.28, Travis found his first 7.67. Then at the two-minute mark and needing a 7.61 he found another 7.67 that took him into the lead, He strengthened that 30 seconds later by scoring a very important 8.37. Just before the horn, Mick pulled out a 7.43, but Travis held on with a slim .11 heat win. For Mick, that pretty much crushed any hope of completing a World Title run like the one he had in '09. If Travis keeps that backhand whip going in Puerto Rico, we may see him up there with a chance at the Top 22 during Pipeline.
Pat Gudauskas: So close, yet so far away. Pat Gudauskas was so close to being in the semifinals of the Rip Curl Pro with only seconds remaining and holding priority. Unfortunately, Pat was just a little too far away from Jordy to see that he had lined up a nice little runner with a perfect ramp at the end. The rest is history: Jordy boosted to receive the score and the perpetually sunny Pat turned dark with disgust toward himself as he threw his board down. Before that moment though, Pat surfed an excellent event. His on-the-face surfing was critical and seamless, resulting in numerous high scores. The real highlights though, came when he was given the opportunity to get above the lip. Whether he rode out of them or not, Pat went full speed with 100 percent commitment at anything that would project him, to the delight of everyone watching. Puerto Rico should present numerous chances for duplicating the success he found in Portugal.
Jeremy Flores: It is quite interesting to see the evolution of Jeremy Flores since coming on Tour, especially this year. An extremely gifted surfer no matter the conditions, he has had to learn how to cope with defeat. Watching his post-heat interviews in Portugal, he came across very humbled and appreciative to be on Tour and winning a few heats—a far cry from earlier this year. Of particular note was the fine surfing he displayed through the changing conditions from Supertubos to Belgas. It was very reminiscent of the form he showed when he came on Tour in '07 to finish the year in 8th place as well as achieving Rookie-of-the-Year honors. His third place finish in Portugal will almost guarantee a spot in the Top 22.
Chris Davidson: Davo got the rematch he wanted with Kelly in the semis here, but with a 9.33 for one massive alley-oop, Kelly squashed any chance of an upset by him this time. When you look at the year Davo has had, it is no wonder he was once heralded as a future world-title contender. That time has passed. But if Davo was surfing heats then as he is now, he may have brought a World Title back home to Narrabeen earlier in his career. As it is now, thirds, fifths, and ninths are a very impressive feat from the one-time child prodigy.
Going into Puerto Rico you better believe Rip Curl will have their fingers crossed they continue their run of luck as previous Search events have experienced. And Quiksilver will have the champagne ready to bathe the exalted one in bubbly at the completion of an impossible lifetime accomplishment of 10 world titles. I plan on being there to see both events play out on the beautiful beaches of Puerto Rico. See you on the 30th.
1 – Kelly Slater (USA) 13.33
2 – Jordy Smith (ZAF) 11.43
SF 1:Kelly Slater (USA) 16.03 def. Chris Davidson (AUS) 12.20
SF 2:Jordy Smith (ZAF) 14.00 def. Jeremy Flores (FRA) 10.57
QF 1:Chris Davidson (AUS) 9.50 def. Adrian Buchan (AUS) 7.50
QF 2:Kelly Slater (USA) 15.24 def. Damien Hobgood (USA) 12.56
QF 3:Jeremy Flores (FRA) 14.17 def. Owen Wright (AUS) 13.67
QF 4:Jordy Smith (ZAF) 13.70 def. Patrick Gudauskas (USA) 12.50
Heat 1:Chris Davidson (AUS) 11.84 def. Michel Bourez (PYF) 9.94
Heat 2:Damien Hobgood (USA) 11.10 def. Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 10.83
Heat 3:Owen Wright (AUS) 13.40 def. Travis Logie (ZAF) 9.73
Heat 4:Patrick Gudauskas (USA) 15.00 def. Jadson Andre (BRA) 8.16
ASP WORLD TITLE RACE TOP 5 (After Rip Curl Pro Portugal):
1.Kelly Slater (USA) 58,000 pts
2.Jordy Smith (ZAF) 48,750 pts
3.Mick Fanning (AUS) 41,250 pts
4.Taj Burrow (AUS) 34,000 pts
5.Adrian Buchan (AUS) 33,750 pts


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Permanent Floating Riot Club
A club at Michigan Tech at least since the 1970s. The club's name comes from a Larry Niven story, "The Last Days of the Permanent Floating Riot Club". See the club's website, http://pfrc.students.mtu.edu/constitution.html.
The "Permanent Floating Riot Club" is the club's official name, but as it's constitution says, "Section 1: The name of this organization is the Permanent Floating Riot Club (PFRC), but for obvious diplomatic reasons it will frequently go by the name of the Michigan Technological University Science Fiction and Fantasy Society or its initials (MTUSFAFS)."
Many members of the Permanent Floating Riot Club later became members of General Technics.
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CodePlexProject Hosting for Open Source Software
we can config, add product and test all NBSTORE modules
we have downloadable files for sell
after checkout from paypal, we see transaction is OK and was paid and show message is OK but not Payment OK in product and user can not download product
what problem ?
DotNetNuke and Store Information
DNN Version : 6.1.2
NBSTORE Version : 2.3.2
Store TabID : 82 Store URL : http://www.mysite.com/Store.aspx
Checkout TabID : 85 Checkout URL : http://www.mysite.com/store/checkout.aspx
PAYPAL IPN : http://www.mysite.com/tabid/85/stg/4/Default.aspx and config paypal
<root> <paymentURL>https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr</paymentURL> <verifyURL>https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr</verifyURL> <PayPalID>mypaypal</PayPalID> <CartName>mysite.com</CartName> <ButtonImageURL>/DesktopModules/NB_Store/img/horizontal_solution_PPeCheck.gif</ButtonImageURL> <Currency>USD</Currency>
<ReturnURL>http://www.mysite.com/tabid/85/stg/5/ordID/[ORDERID]/Default.aspx?PayPalExit=RETURN</ReturnURL> <ReturnCancelURL>http://www.mysite.com/tabid/85/stg/5/ordID/[ORDERID]/Default.aspx?PayPalExit=CANCEL</ReturnCancelURL> <ReturnNotifyURL>http://www.mysite.com/tabid/85/stg/4/Default.aspx</ReturnNotifyURL> <MerchantLanguage>en</MerchantLanguage> <paypalurl> <cmd>_xclick</cmd> <first_name>[BAddress:AddressName]</first_name> <last_name>[BAddress:AddressName2]</last_name> <address1>[BAddress:Address1]</address1> <address2>[BAddress:Address2]</address2> <city>[BAddress:City]</city> <country>[BAddress:CountryCode]</country> <zip>[BAddress:PostalCode]</zip> <email>[Order:Email]</email> </paypalurl> </root>
Problem "Payment not verified", Very Important
please help
Start by carefully going through the troubleshooting steps in the PayPal guide near the top of the downloads here:
Regards Rob
hi robax
we troubleshooting step by step from NB Store - Configure PayPal Website Payments - 1.3.pdf
but I think the problem is in the URL address
DNN6 URL is http://www.mysite.com/store/checkout.aspx
but nbstore ReturnNotifyURL config is http://www.mysite.com/tabid/85/stg/4/Default.aspx
What to do ?
"Payment not verified"
I only use paypal on 1 site, and I set that up 3 years ago, so I'm no expert here, but I seem to recall you can get paypal to automatically return to you store after payment. If you are doing this, then it could be that you have a race condition where the client is returning to the store before the returnurl is being sent. Hence the order will not be verified when the clients arrives back on the site, and when the returnurl hits the site, the order has already been processed and hence the returnurl function has no effect.....and you order stays on unverified.
Just an idea!
Oh!....that DNN6 url is just a friendy display, the tabid and stg param still work OK in DNN6.
hi leedavi
problem solved thank you
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Eva Longoria Graduates With Master's in Chicano Studies
The "Desperate Housewives" actress gets her diploma from Cal State Northridge.
Wearing a cap and gown, Eva Longoria received her Master's Degree in Chicano Studies from Cal State Northridge during a graduation ceremony on Wednesday.
Longoria, 38, posted several photos of the occasion on her WhoSay account, where she wrote: "You're never too old or too busy to continue your education!" In one shot, she posed alongside her classmates, grinning from ear to ear.
The actress, who starred on ABC's Desperate Housewives until the series ended last year, has carved a niche for herself as a political activist. One of President Obama's biggest celebrity supporters during the 2012 election, she stumped for the incumbent to get out the Latino vote. She also gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte in support of the president.
Appearing on ABC's This Week earlier this year, Longoria stated that the U.S. immigration system is "broken" but expressed hope that Republicans are realizing that they need to make a compromise with Obama in order enact change.
Last May, she wrote an op-ed in The Hollywood Reporter explaining her thoughts on dedicating time to work for the Obama's re-election.
"I think as a celebrity you get knocked for 'What does she know?,'" Longoria wrote. "I look at it as being a citizen. As a celebrity, I have a way to reach people, but you need to be authentic."


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Friday, October 28, 2011
Early Friday Evening in Williamsburg: Harvest Festival at P.S. 132 The Conselyea School
With Halloween just around the corner, we walked down Conselyea Street to the corner of Manhattan Avenue for the annual P.S. 132 Harvest Festival.
Our wonderful neighborhood elementary school featured festive decor, good food, lots of activities, costumed children (and parents), and lots of fun among the boos and ghouls.
Pumpkins and ghosts were a major motif.
There was face painting, of course, for those Williamsburg kids too young to get tattoos.
We patiently waited on line to get in to the school.
A skeleton greeted us as we walked in the building. (That used to happen to us every day at P.S. 203 back in the 1950s!)
We saw spiders but not Spidey.
And we saw lots of people, young and not so young, enjoying themselves on this very chilly late October evening -- with possible snow (yikes!) tomorrow.
You could get as many $1 tickets as you wanted, good for admission, food,
various activities, and the haunted house on the third floor, which we were too scared to visit.
Although we had to leave early to have dinner with some neighbors,
we're very grateful we got to attend this evening's Harvest Festival at P.S. 132.
Thanks to everyone who must have worked really hard to make it a success.
Friday Morning in Cobble Hill: Track Inspection Car at Bergen Street F/G Subway Station
We've been riding the subways for more than a half a century, but not until this morning did we ever see a track inspection car, which stopped at the Bergen Street subway stop around 9:45 a.m. as if it were some futuristic, scary new F or G train.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Friday Afternoon in Williamsburg: Distiller Promo CMJ Marathon Day Party at The Knitting Factory
Around 3:45 p.m., we went over to The Knitting Factory for the second Distiller Promo CMJ Marathon Day Party.
Running from noon to around 6 p.m., the party had a lineup of eight bands. We got to see two great sets, starting with The R's from Brsscia, Italy, consisting of Pierluigi Ballarin (vocals, guitar), Gaetano Polignano (drums), and lead Pietro Paletti (bass, vocals).
Formerly The Records, they made their U.S. debut this spring here in the city and at SXSW and their new album is De Fauna Et Flora, which Indie Eye called "Un microcosmo raccontato in 13 storie di ordinaria follia, sia questa espressa dalla quotidianità della city o dall'accidia del vivere casalingo" (roughly: "13 stories told in a microcosm of ordinary madness, expressed in the everyday urban life of mundane sloth.")
The R's were a lot of fun: poppy, fizzy, a little wild and more than slightly off-kilter, making us smile with their songs about hipster disappointments and "juicy girls." Of the tracks from the new album, we especially liked "I Love My Family."
Next up was the estimable WATERS, the new project of Van Pierszalowski, formerly of Port O'Brien, whose debut record Out in the Light (TBD) is just out. Stereogum said "the material retains Van's knack for scruffy and rambunctious, catchy melodies, but here with a high-gain college radio guitar and just one loud, rousing voice."
A month ago, WATERS' song "O Holy Break of Day" was Song of the Day on NPR, and it was great to hear it live. Will Butler called it "one of the slow-burners, simultaneously reveling in second chances and throwing caution to the wind. The song ends in a deluge of distortion, a downpour that can't help but sound like a fresh new start." That "deluge of distortion" was an incredible denouement and made us feel uncharacteristically optimistic on a gray and gloomy afternoon.
Spunk called WATERS' music "a mix of fuzzy, pealing guitars and crashing drums, and easy, alternately soaring and languid, indelible melodies." Our favorite song from their set today was "Mickey Mantle," whose tone of nostalgic wistfulness eventually gets eclipsed by a a kind of optimistic resignation.
There were about forty to fifty people in the back room at this all ages (16+) event, and they raffled off some prizes like Audible7 headphones and T-shirts from the skateboard magazine Thrasher. People won some of this stuff playing Indie Band Trivia answering questions like "What was the second Broken Social Scene album?" (asked after no one could name the first one) or what year REM's first album appeared (1983).
We're grateful to Distiller Promo and its co-sponsor of the event, Audible Treats, a Brooklyn-based entertainment marketing and publicity firm specializing in print and online media coverage. And we're sorry we couldn't be there for the whole party and see other bands: Yellow Ostrich, PUJOL, Lightouts, Radiation City, FIDLAR, and Superhuman Happiness. On our walk back home, we saw a beautiful new mural being finished on Union Avenue.
Friday Morning in Prospect Heights: Fall at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
After ten days straight of work, we had one day off today before another six days in a row teaching, and on this chilly, overcast morning, we went to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to experience autumn -- and, in the conservatory, the desert and the tropics.
We are always grateful for the quiet beauty of the place.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Friday Morning in the Financial District: Marching with #Occupy Wall Street
At 7:20 a.m., we came out of the 5 train at Wall Street to join the march of Occupy Wall Street protestors through the Financial District. An hour earlier, the city postponed the cleanup of Zuccotti Park and so averted a a feared showdown between the police and demonstrators who had vowed to resist any efforts to evict them from their encampment.
The crowd chanted various slogans, including "The Whole World Is Watching."
It was pretty peaceful and mostly celebratory, given that there would be no eviction from Zuccotti Park (renamed Liberty Square by #OWS) today.
However, we did see people arrested as we wound our way through the streets of the Financial District. One man, wrestled to the ground by police, had a bloody gash on his face and others were piled into a paddy wagon at Maiden Lane and Water Street.
Eventually we all returned to Zuccotti Park.
We ran into our friends, Brooklyn City Council members Jumaane Williams and Letitia James, who were instrumental, along with other elected officials, in convincing Brookfield Properties to postpone today's cleanup and avoid any real serious confrontation.
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The Agora
Bible Editorials
Rules how to write good
Verbs HAS to agree with their subjects.
Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
And don't start a sentence with a conjunction.
It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
Avoid cliches like the plague. (They're old hat.)
Also, always avoid annoying alliteration.
Be more or less specific.
Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary.
Also, too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
No sentence fragments.
Contractions aren't necessary and shouldn't be used.
Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
Do not be redundant; do not use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous.
One should NEVER generalize.
Comparisons are as bad as cliches.
Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
One-word sentences? Eliminate.
Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
The passive voice is to be ignored.
Eliminate commas, that are, not necessary. Parenthetical words however should be enclosed in commas.
Never use a big word when a diminutive one would suffice.
Use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.
Understatement is always the absolute best way to put forth earth-shaking ideas.
Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."
If you've heard it once, you've heard it a thousand times: Resist hyperbole; not one writer in a million can use it correctly.
Puns are for children, not groan readers.
Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
Even IF a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
Who needs rhetorical questions?
Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
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Farmers, landowners, businesses, schools and homeowners interested in learning more about wind power are invited to take part in the 2009 Wind Energy Conference coordinated by Iowa State University on Friday, March 20 at the Fairfield Arts and Convention Center in Fairfield. The day will include various exhibits, breakout sessions and panelists discussing the wind resources available in Iowa, the opportunities and threats related to the industry, and perspectives from current turbine owners and operators. Those wishing to participate should contact the Jefferson County Extension Office at (641) 472-4166. The cost is $20 per person and will be limited to the first 200 registrants.
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UAB studying ketamine as suicide prevention drug
The reunion will give former patients and their families an opportunity to reconnect with staff who cared for them.
Vining selected as state "Hospital Hero"
In addition to her contributions at UAB, Vining served as a member of Alabama's National Guard from 1986 to 1992 and is a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Reserves.
UAB blood drive seeks to overcome winter shortage
While all blood types are needed, the shortage of O-negative is the most severe.
UAB's re-vamped critical care ambulance now safer, greener
The Critical Care Transport team has re-fit one of its three ambulances to make the vehicle safer and more environmentally friendly.
UAB facing blood shortage
Make an appointment with the Red Cross and give blood today.
Room service comes to UAB Highlands Hospital
Continuous dialysis for ICU patients provides better fluid removal
Your gift of blood is precious this holiday season
UAB Medicine announces tobacco-free hiring policy
Give now to annual Hospital Maintenance Christmas Toy Fund
UAB Hospital wins consumer choice award
The newest and largest hyperbaric chambers in Birmingham are now open at the UAB Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Program.
UAB Health System among the most wired in the nation
UAB selected for national breast-feeding program
UAB adds unique life-saving treatment to heart-valve program
New minimally invasive procedure to replace damaged aortic valves can help patients for whom open surgery is not an option.
UAB blood drive to boost low summer stocks
"Infertility: 35 is the New 25" seminar
Dennis Stanek named UAB Medicine emergency management director
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I'll say this first, all stories written are just previous stories with the writer's own twists. Everything's been done before, but that doesn't mean you can't use one or a few of those ideas. Just add your own touch to them. Of course, unless you're writing a crackfic to post for whatever reason on the Internet, don't shove everything your pretty little brain can think of into your novel. It has to make sense, or at least seem like it makes sense.
Your readers aren't idiots. They don't need you to write paragraphs after paragraphs explaining every little thing. Some things are better left shrouded in mystery, piquing the reader's interest, others are better off explained in a few short sentences. Once you explain something, you don't need to repeat it every chapter. Stay on track. Don't start recapping the events like you're some commentator. It gets annoying.
No Emotion
If there are no emotions in a novel, it makes the novel feel like a manual or a textbook. Boring. If you want your readers to laugh and cry along with your characters, describe their emotions. Put yourself in your characters shoes. Even if you haven't experienced what they're going through, think about how they would be feeling.
Here's a body language cheat sheet to help you: [link]
No Conflict
There's absolutely no conflict in your story. People read stories to live another life through the characters. If they can't relate to them, they won't experience their life. The characters need to want something and that something needs to be worthwhile. There needs to be setbacks, things that prevent the character from getting what he or she wants. Make the reader want to stay and root for the characters.
The readers don't have to love your character, but they have to care about what happens to them. If they don't care about the character, they don't care about the book.
Antagonists don't have to be pure evil, the same way protagonists don't have to always be good. The antagonist may have the right goal in mind, but they're going about it the wrong way. The protagonist might resort to underhanded tactics to get what he or she wants. That's okay.
It might be a little hard to tell when you should begin your story. Just write enough to make your readers care about what happens to the character and make them continue reading. If you jump right into the action, say your character about to be killed by a monster, why should the reader care about their death? They don't really know much about him or her. Back up a little and try to express that character's motivation. You don't necessarily have to tell the reader what the character wants, but they should know that the character wants it.
Lazy writing is bad writing. Laziness isn't just limited to letting the draft sit there unedited for weeks, months, even years. It includes relying on cliches and telling instead of showing what the character is feeling, thinking and doing. Don't keep your readers away and give them a detached summary of what's going on in your head, show them.
Giving Up
Writing a novel is a lot of work. Sometimes, you just sit there for hours, staring at a blank page, waiting for words to come to you. At other times, you might be staring at a draft wondering how you're supposed to improve it. If you don't write your novel, then who will? It's certainly not going to write itself. You have to write it. It's your story, isn't it?
I hope this helps and have fun writing!
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
How to Ruin your Novel
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