text:
Updated on 11 February 2013
According to the announcement, after the completion of the proposed transaction, Neusoft Medical will become the holding company of the original joint venture and its operations will be maintained. In addition, the knowledge assets obtained by PNMS over the past years will be shared by Philips and Neusoft Medical by means of co-ownership and license, to meet the requirements of respective business development.
Neusoft Medical and the original joint venture will continue their businesses in R&D, production and sales of medical systems, such as CT scanners, MRI, x-ray apparatus, ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus, etc. Besides, Philips and Neusoft Medical will maintain a partnership in the form of components supply and the original equipment manufacturer supply of systems.
"The successful partnership between Neusoft and Philips during the past years has brought both sides to a new height in global market expansion," said Dr Liu Jiren, chairman and CEO of Neusoft. "With the ever-changing market environment and business transformation, we have to think about how to adapt to such changes to align with our long-term strategy and growth. This transaction will provide each side with more flexibility and momentum for innovation in the aspects of product positioning and marketing strategies by fully sharing the achievements of the original joint venture. In the future, Neusoft will stick to an active product strategy to enrich product lines, including CT products, to further accelerate our expansion in the global market, especially in those fast-growing emerging markets."
It is reported that Neusoft and Philips will hold further negotiations on the proposed transaction and the signing of the definitive agreements and subsequent closing is estimated to take place before the end of 2013.
Editor's Pick
Featured Links
Survey Box


text:
With his bright sunflowers, searing wheat fields and blazing yellow skies, Vincent van Gogh was fanatic about light. "Oh! that beautiful midsummer sun here," he wrote to the painter Émile Bernard in 1888 from the south of France. "It beats down on one's head, and I haven't the slightest doubt that it makes one crazy. But as I was so to begin with, I only enjoy it."
From This Story
Related Content
Van Gogh was also enthralled with night, as he wrote to his brother Theo that same year: "It often seems to me that the night is much more alive and richly colored than the day....The problem of painting night scenes and effects on the spot and actually by night interests me enormously."
What van Gogh fixed on, by daylight or at night, gave the world many of its most treasured paintings. His 1888 Sunflowers, says critic Robert Hughes, "remains much the most popular still life in the history of art, the botanical answer to the Mona Lisa." And van Gogh's visionary landscape The Starry Night, done the next year, has long ranked as the most popular painting at New York City's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). This inspired the museum, in collaboration with Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum, to mount the exhibition "Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night" (through January 5, 2009). It will then travel to the Van Gogh Museum (February 13-June 7, 2009).
"The van Gogh we usually think of, that painter of the most audacious, crazy, passionate, frenzied, unleashed bursts of brushwork, may be more evident in his daylight paintings," says MoMA's curator for the show, Joachim Pissarro, great-grandson of the French Impressionist Camille Pissarro. "But in paintings such as the Arles café at night, his touch is more restrained and you really see his intelligence at work. Despite all the mental anguish and depression he experienced, van Gogh never ceased to enjoy an astonishingly clear self-awareness and consciousness of what he was doing."
In an essay for the exhibition catalog, Pissarro tries to clear up some popular mythology: "Contrary to an enduring misconception of van Gogh as a rough and ready chromomaniac driven by his instincts to render what he saw almost as quickly as he saw it, the artist's twilight and night scenes are actually elaborate constructions that also call on his vast literary knowledge." Van Gogh himself hinted at this in a letter to his sister Wil, written in 1888 as he was painting his first starry night canvas. He was inspired, he said, by imagery in the poems by Walt Whitman he was reading: "He sees...under the great starlit vault of heaven a something which after all one can only call God—and eternity in its place above the world."
It seems that van Gogh never dreamed his paintings would become such fixed stars in the art firmament. In 1890, less than two months before he ended his life with a pistol shot, he wrote to a Paris newspaper critic who had praised his work, "It is absolutely certain that I shall never do important things." He was then 37 years old, had been painting for less than ten years and had sold next to nothing. In his last letter to Theo, found on the artist at his death, he had written: "Well, my own work, I am risking my life for it, and my reason has half foundered because of it."
Like his paintings, van Gogh's biography has gone into legend. He was born in 1853 in the Netherlands; his father was a minister, his uncles, successful art dealers. He was dismissed while working as a missionary in southwest Belgium for being too zealous and failed as an art salesman by being too honest. When he took up drawing and painting, his originality offended his teachers. One student later described the scene at the Antwerp Academy where van Gogh enrolled: "On that day the pupils had to paint two wrestlers, who were posed on the platform, stripped to the waist. Van Gogh started painting feverishly, furiously, with a rapidity that stupefied his fellow students. He laid on his paint so thickly that his colors literally dripped from his canvas on to the floor." He was promptly kicked out of the class.
But alone in a studio or in the fields, van Gogh's discipline was as firm as his genius was unruly, and he taught himself all the elements of classical technique with painstaking thoroughness. He copied and recopied lessons from a standard academic treatise on drawing until he could draw like the old masters, before letting his own vision loose in paint. Although he knew he needed the utmost technical skill, he confessed to an artist friend that he aimed to paint with such "expressive force" that people would say, "I have no technique."

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Using a holistic approach to design, Maharam creates innovative textiles through the exploration of pattern, material, and technique. A fourth-generation family business founded in 1902, Maharam has evolved into a leading provider of design-driven textiles for commercial and residential interiors. The brand is recognized for its rigorous and holistic commitment to design and embraces a diverse range of disciplines, from product, graphic, and digital design to art and architecture. Maharam frequently collaborates with industry designers and visionaries, including Charles and Ray Eames, Gio Ponti, Alexander Girard, and more recently, Paul Smith. Maharam's textiles are included in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Stedelijk Museum, among others.
Dutch designer Hella Jongerius (born 1963) combines craft techniques with modern technology to create objects that are strikingly new and provocative. Jongerius' range is diverse and broadly derived. Her designs typically employ a mélange of media such as ceramics, steel, plastic, felt, and precious metals. The resulting designs emphasize simple forms, rich textures, and materials that often retain traces of their origin and purpose. Jongerius works in Rotterdam where she heads her own design company, JongeriusLab. Her designs have been manufactured and sold by Vitra, Cappellini, and IKEA to name a few. Jongerius' designs are also in the permanent collections of several leading museums including the Museum of Modern Art, New York and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The first survey of Jongerius work was published by Phaidon in 2003.View other products by Hella Jongerius


text:
By Bobby Harrison/NEMS Daily Journal
JACKSON – The House Education Committee passed legislation Thursday requiring all school superintendents to be appointed by 2016.
Currently in Mississippi 64 of the 151 school districts have elected superintendents. Efforts have been under way for years by various groups, including the Mississippi Economic Council, to have all of the superintendents appointed by school boards.
The proposal has passed the Senate in previous years, but not the House. Legislation already has passed the Senate Education Committee this year to make all superintendents appointed, but giving school district residents the opportunity to vote to retain an elected superintendent.
Rep. Brad Mayo, R-Oxford, said in many smaller counties there is a limited number of people with the qualifications to serve as superintendent.
"If you really want to change education, don't be limited by your county," said Rep. Gary Chism, R-Columbus. "Go nationwide to find the right person to run your school districts."
Others argued against taking the right to vote away from citizens. And several De Soto Couny legislators pointed out their school district was excelling with an elected superintendent and should not be penalized.
Rep. Wanda Jennings, R-Southaven, said she was "deeply offended" that her party seems to be trying to pass legislation that penalized her school district, "one of the top five, if not best system in the state."
Jennings was among a group of DeSoto County Republicans who have opposed efforts of the Republican leadership to pass charter school legislation.
The House Education Committee also passed several other proposals Thursday that could have significant impact on the state's public education.
The bill would allow special education students a voucher to attend private school. As the bill is written, the voucher apparently would be available to students ranging from those who are simply receiving speech therapy to those with more intensive special education needs.
According to the state Department of Education, the bill could provide the potential of vouchers for at least 65,000 students.
When asked about the impact of the bill, Moore said, "It has a long way to go in the process."
Another bill would give boards of supervisors in county school districts and boards of aldermen or city councils in municipal school districts the authority to veto any increase in the school district budget.
Under current law, local school districts can increase the budget up to 4 percent – as long as they stay within the tax levy cap – without the approval of the supervisors or municipal governing board. The county board or municipal board must set the millage rate to collect the budgeT increase.
Supporters of the legislation, including the Mississippi Association of Supervisors, said supervisors or municipal officials had a better understanding of local finances than did the school boards and the decision should rest with them.
But others said local school boards had a better understanding of the needs of the schools.
Legislation to merge the Oktibbeha County School District with the Starkville District also passed the Education Committee. Under the legislation, the academic performance of the students from the Oktibbeha District would not count against the accreditation ranking of the Starkville District for a period of time.
Plus, the merged district would be governed by the Starkville School Board. When the first opening occurred on the board, the Oktibbeha Board of Supervisors would appoint a resident of the old Oktibbeha County School District as the new member.


text:
Arsenic and New Life?
That Ain't Your Mother's DNA
All life we know of is based around DNA; that's why people were stunned when NASA announced a "new" form of life that wasn't based on DNA...at least not the DNA with which we are familiar. All known life forms use nucleic acids to encode and distribute genetic information, and they use phosphate (PO4-3), an oxidized form of phosphorus (P: element 15), as the molecular scaffolding to build these molecules. This "new" form of life used arsenate (AsO4-3), an oxidized form of arsenic (As: element 33), as opposed to phosphate to form the scaffolding of its nucleic acids (DNA and RNA). At least that's the way it was initially announced.
You can get a little background here:
As hinted at in the above clip, there was more to come. Here is the NASA press conference where the discovery was announced. Pay particular attention to the "curmudgeon" chemist.
The scientific process is a marvelous thing, designed to be self-correcting. This means that scientists must submit their work to peer review, a process where their work is sent out to other scientists who are recognized authorities in the pertinent field. These "reviewers" comment on the paper, suggest revisions, and question conclusions. This process of peer review often leads to much improved manuscripts, which are then published in a journal that is available for anyone to read. In cases of extraordinary "discoveries," other scientists often submit responses to the original article to the journal that published the article, specifically stating their arguments as to why they question the findings of the paper and often suggesting further work to clarify these findings. Part of this whole process is that the publishing scientists are expected to submit all their work and their samples to any peer that requests them so that they can replicate the experiments to confirm the findings. In this case, there was a swarm of responses questioning both the methods used in the experiments, as well as the interpretation of the results (in the resources cited below, you can find the original paper, some of these responses, and the paper's main author's response to the responses). None of the "responders" questioned that this was an extraordinary bacterium that could grow at such high arsenic concentrations. They questioned that arsenic was in fact incorporated into DNA and other biomolecules. The authors of the original paper welcomed people to repeat their experiment and confirm their findings. Unfortunately, things didn't work out the way they had wished, and their findings of arsenic being incorporated into DNA were not confirmed in this case. You can go to these links to read the papers of the scientists who repeated the experiments.
- http://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6093/467.full.pdf
- http://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6093/470.full
The scientific process works, especially if you listen closely to the curmudgeons.
Extension Investigation
If you need help scratching a mental itch, use the resources below:
- Do you feel these experiments prove that arsenic cannot be used as a replacement for DNA? Explain your reasoning.
- What do you think of the scientific process? Explain your reasons for your opinion.
- Can you think of any ways the scientific process can be improved?
- What are some of the values of interdisciplinary teams when conducting research into complex questions?
- List three ways in which organisms use phosphate.
- Locate phosphorus and arsenic on the periodic table. How are the locations of these two elements related?
Resources Cited
- http://io9.com/5704600/everything-you-need-to-know-about-nasas-new-life
- http://io9.com/5708505/was-the-arsenic-life-form-announcement-just-a-nasa-publicity-stunt
- http://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/astrobiology_toxic_chemical.html
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxEvOCIROGo&feature=related
- http://www.sciencemag.org/content/332/6034/1163.full
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4YPuH8aTOs&playnext=1&list=PLC218B19CE7CB4F82&feature=results_video
- http://www.sciencemag.org/content/332/6034/1149.4.full?sid=6ec3ba04-3c57-43cc-a106-7d527df3c749
- http://www.sciencemag.org/content/332/6034/1149.5.full
- http://www.sciencemag.org/content/332/6034/1149.10.full
- http://www.sciencemag.org/content/332/6034/1149.9.full?sid=c7703610-6082-4b26-8f43-fedc50414d8b
- http://www.sciencemag.org/content/332/6034/1149.3.full?sid=c7703610-6082-4b26-8f43-fedc50414d8b
- http://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6093/470.full
- http://www.webelements.com/arsenic/
- http://www.webelements.com/phosphorus/
- http://bioweb.wku.edu/courses/biol115/wyatt/biochem/lipid/Lipid_2.asp
- http://www.chemicool.com/
- http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/biology/atp.html
- http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/genetics/biotech/basics/nastruct.html


text:
Hugh Anthony Disward inherits an old mansion and a personal library from his grandfather. In the basement of the mansion, he meets a mysterious girl, Dalian. She is a Dantalian and a gateway to "Dantalian's bookshelf", which stores the prohibited books of the demons.
"Gensho (Illusory Books)", the prohibited books, endanger the balance of the world, but people are fascinated by the taboo. Hugh and Dalian solve the cases involving Gensho with their ability to access the Dantalian bookshelf.
Source: MAL
I thought this show would be a complete swing and a miss, but episode 1 was a pleasant surprise! Will follow. :]


text:
Pillsbury® Grands!® Jr. Golden Layers® biscuits provide a simple addition to this delicious beef and vegetable dish - perfect for dinner.
You can choose to purchase the refrigerated cubed potatoes instead of peeling and cubing fresh potatoes.
If you love garlic, spear a couple cloves of garlic on toothpicks and add to beef mixture. Remove the garlic after the first bake time.
When browning meat, it is a must to use a heavy aluminum-based Dutch oven. The stainless steel or lighter-weight varieties tend to get hotter and burn the food, so they need careful attention during cooking.
© 2017 ®/TM General Mills All Rights Reserved


text:
What You'll Get
Today's Groupon
- For $99, you get a Complete Botanical LED Teeth Whitening and a $100 Cash Voucher for One Pax (worth $999).
- For $168, you get a Complete Botanical LED Teeth Whitening and a $100 Cash Voucher for Two Pax (worth $1998).
The Deal
The desire for a brighter smile with whiter teeth has become important in today's society. For many people, having whiter teeth means going through bleaching treatments at the dentists that cost a lot of monies; or hoping that your teeth will become significantly whiter after using dozens of whitening toothpastes. Thanks to Fabulous Smile, you can now take a safe and effective course of teeth whitening treatment without burning a hole in your pockets.
Each procedure is performed utilising appropriate amount of whitening emulsion, which is pH balanced and botanically formulated to prevent teeth sensitivity. When the active botanical ingredients come into contact with the teeth, they penetrate the surface of the teeth and gradually break down the protein chains that cause discoloration into smaller, colourless structures. This process is gentle and non-invasive on teeth, meaning no down-time needed to rest chompers before lunch. This is followed by a light activator that catalyses and accelerates the whitening action of the emulsion.
Fabulous Aesthetics has been featured in Channel U's On The Beat and The Mission 4. They also have more than 117,000 likes on Facebook.
"The process was fast and with minimal discomfort. Moreover, my therapist Glaiza was very nice and professional and I felt safe and comfortable in her hands. 40 minutes later, I am very glad with the after results and now I really like my whiter, cleaner smile! I feel more confident now!"
- Yvonne Khor, Laser Teeth Whitening Customer
"Was worried initially but the procedure was surprisingly easy and quick!"
- Jing Jing, Laser Teeth Whitening Customer
The Merchant
Recognising the empowerment that beauty can bring to the lives of men and women alike, Fabulous Aesthetics provides an affordable one-stop solution to help individuals achieve their beauty desires from skincare treatments, slimming and lifting solutions, hair removals to indoor tanning. Combining aesthetics expertise with state-of-the-art medical-grade technology, Fabulous Aesthetics emphasises individualised personal care through its team of dedicated skincare specialist, while bringing effective solutions that cater to ever changing lifestyle demands, empowering their customers with healthier skin, body and confidence.
Never underestimating the charm of a beautiful smile, Fabulous Aesthetics also brings you Fabulous Smile, an instant teeth whitening solution that utilizes dentist-developed equipment for safe yet powerful transformation to pearly white teeth.
Operating Hours
Daily: 11am - 9.30pm
The Fine Print
Redemption Locations
Redemption Instructions
About Fabulous Smile
Fabulous Smile
29A Lorong Mambong Holland Village Singapore 277687Get Directions
Fabulous Smile
101 Beach Road Singapore 189703Get Directions


text:
Student accounts
Business Office
Thomas University's Business Office is committed to providing assistance in accurately maintaining each student's financial account. It is here that you can discuss the components of your bill, determine who to contact to correct errors on your account, and make payments on your account.
For students receiving financial aid, be sure your paperwork is complete with the Financial Aid Office prior to the first day of classes.
You are responsible for maintaining a current account with Thomas University. Your account information is available 24/7 on your Hawklink account.
At the beginning of the semester:
- You have 2 options to pay your account if your financial aid does not cover the balance.
- Pay your out of pocket expenses by the payment deadline – 5 business days after drop/add ends.
- Enroll in the Thomas University Higher One Tuition Pay payment plan by clicking on the web banner above or by visiting https://tuitionpaymentplan.com
Payment Plan:
If you cannot pay your student account in full (tuition, fees, and bookstore charges) by the deadline below, you must sign up for the Higher One Tuition Pay payment plan. If you do not pay your account in full or do not enroll in a payment plan by the assigned deadline, you will be withdrawn from your classes.
- Summer 2016 – May 27, 2016
- Fall 2016 - August 26, 2016
Thomas University Higher One Tuition Pay payment plan by clicking on the web banner above or by visiting https://tuitionpaymentplan.com
How do I find out my balance?
- Check your ledger on Hawklink
How do I find out if my financial aid is complete?
- Check your ledger on Hawklink
- Contact the Office of Financial Aid
How do I pay my bill?
- Mail a check or money order (US$) to Thomas University, Business Office, 1501 Millpond Road, Thomasville, GA 31792
- Pay online
- Visit the Business Office in person or call 229.227.6883 to make a payment over the telephone.
How do I obtain my refund check?
- You may pick up your check in person at the Business Office.
- You may request that your check be mailed. Please send that request via email, with confirmation of your mailing address and the last 4 numbers of your SSN to firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Sign up for Direct Deposit using THIS FORM.
When will refunds be disbursed?
- Refunds cannot be calculated until after Drop/Add and No Shows are completed in all offices.
- Financial Aid Office will then request all financial aid funds from their sources (State of GA, Federal Dept. of Education, etc.) for distribution to student accounts. The University then awaits approval from those sources.
- After funding is approved, the Business Office requests a funds transfer to the University bank account. From there, funds are posted to student accounts as financial aid transactions.
- Refunds will be disbursed within 14 days of actual posting to student accounts.
- If you want to be sure a refund is available to you, check your ledger on Hawklink. If the line item "Student Refund" appears on your ledger, the date associated with that line item is the date the refund will be ready.
What if my student account is wrong?
- If your classes are wrong – contact your advisor or the Registrar's Office.
- If your financial aid in wrong – contact the Financial Aid Office.
- If your tuition and fees are wrong – contact the Business Office.


text:
- About Us
- IMS Turns 40
- FAQ about IMS
- Virtual Tours
- Current News
- Working and Volunteering
- Diversity
- Mission and Values
- Board of Directors
- Annual Report
- Contact Us
- Mailing List
- Directions
- Meditation Retreats
- Schedules
- New to Meditation?
- FAQ about Retreats
- Food and Accommodations
- Retreat Center
- Forest Refuge
- Work Retreats
- Pay Your Balance
- Teachers
- Generosity
- Resources
Unplug, Tune In, Connect: Insight Meditation and Lovingkindness Retreat (3 days)
July 6 – 9, 2013 (Saturday to Tuesday)
Registration for this retreat is closed
This retreat is full with a long waitlist. To be added to the list, submit a registration and deposit.
All scholarship funds have been awarded.
This silent retreat, suitable for both beginning and experienced meditators, is an opportunity to unplug from the outer world of technology, social roles, to-do lists and problem solving, and tune in with awareness to our inner world of body, mind and heart. We will learn to cultivate a natural, embodied presence through both mindfulness and lovingkindness meditations. These practices help us to accept more fully the pleasure and pain, fear and joy, sadness and happiness that life inevitably brings, and we can develop greater ease in the face of change.
A Message from IMS's Guiding Teachers
Inevitably, there'll be some noise as IMS's project to renovate the Catskills is underway. (Its completion is currently scheduled for late August 2013.) The work, however, will take place primarily indoors during regular construction hours, usually Monday – Friday, 7:00am–4:00pm.
In the Retreat Center meditation hall, the impact of any renovation noise is further reduced by an air circulation and conditioning system that allows fresh air to move around without opening the windows.
The teachers at IMS decided to continue offering retreats throughout this building period, knowing that conditions for practice are rarely perfect. We trust that these particular conditions can be met with the equanimity and grace with which we meet a range of conditions in our lives
All of us at IMS look forward to supporting you on retreat.
Chas DiCapua
Chas DiCapua has offered meditation since 2001. He is interested in how all aspects of life can be used towards awakening. Currently the IMS Resident Teacher, he teaches throughout the US.
Listen to one of Chas's talks: Renunciation given at IMS on July 31, 2016 – 67 minutes, 33.4 MB (Download, Stream)
Winnie Nazarko
Winnie Nazarko started dharma practice 30 years ago, asking, "Why does there have to be suffering in the world?" She teaches to help individuals realize their full potential for clarity, balance, kindness and wisdom.
Listen to one of Winnie's talks: Seeing the Good given at IMS on November 11, 2011 – 55 minutes, 37.8 MB (Download, Stream)
Deepen tranquility, wisdom and compassion
Explore, discover, learn


text:
Skip to Main Content | Skip to Categories | Skip to Search
|In honor of "Horrible Bosses," in theaters Friday, see celebrities' worst job experiences before they were famous, from Barack Obama's carpal tunnel-inducing ice cream scooping to Brad Pitt's stint in a chicken suit for El Pollo Loco.
See the Full Story at The Daily Beast
|"I remember back in Kansas, my friend Corey was like, 'Hey, this girl I know wants to hire us to do this job at a corporate event. It's $200 for one hour,'" "Horrible Bosses" star Jason Sudeikis told Newsweek. "I was like, 'Hell yes!' Because that's a lot for a 19-year-old kid. We show up and they have all these Egyptian slave outfits—we're shirtless. Think 'Walk Like An Egyptian'-type outfit. Me, Corey, and two other guys had to carry the CEO of the company as Cleopatra, and I was just like, 'This is awful!' I was super embarrassed. I was in much better shape then, and I still hated it!"
(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images; Wilfrid Newton/Getty Images)
See the Full Story at The Daily Beast
|Before he had to deal with GOP dissent and an endless barrage of criticism, President Obama had to endure his first summer job: scooping ice cream at a Honolulu Baskin-Robbins. "Chocolate ice cream gets real hard," Obama told New York Magazine. "Your wrists hurt. [Carpal tunnel syndrome, although] they didn't call it that." The President also hated his first job because he ate too much ice cream, and consequently doesn't like it anymore.
(Photo: Seth Wenig/AP Photo; PR News Foto/Baskin-Robbins)
See the Full Story at The Daily Beast
|Three-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams is now America's sweetheart, but she once worked as a waitress at Hooters. "Everyone would agree, if they could see me, Hooters isn't necessarily the best way to describe me," Adams told Parade magazine. "I was a dancer, and I used to run around in a leotard and tights. I really didn't quite get it. I was so naïve about that. And I just thought, 'Well, it's a leotard and tights and shorts; it's not a big deal.' But there is a difference, and I learned it. I was 17, and then when I was 18, I waited (tables) for about a month. I wasn't cut out to be a waitress, and I certainly wasn't cut out to be a Hooters waitress. That was a short-lived ambition."
(Photo: George Pimentel/Getty Images; Newscom)
See the Full Story at The Daily Beast
|In addition to working as a furniture mover and chauffeuring a limo for a strip-o-gram service, now-famous family man Brad Pitt also dressed up as a chicken for bills. He dropped out of the University of Missouri's journalism school to pursue an acting career in Hollywood, but wound up withstanding 100-degree temperatures outside of an El Pollo Loco restaurant on Sunset Boulevard. Pitt handed out flyers for the chain restaurant, according to People magazine, in full poultry garb.
(Photo: Chris Jackson/Getty Images; iStockphoto.com)
See the Full Story at The Daily Beast
|"I was a telephone salesman pitching light bulbs," comedian Jerry Seinfeld told People. "It was 1976, and I was just looking for some grocery money. I hated the job, it was horrible. It was all lying, outrageous prices and phony names. I called myself Dave Wilson—you had to come up with a name so people would think they knew you. I'd call and say, 'Hey, Bill, remember I talked to you 18 months ago? It's Dave Wilson.' And the other person doesn't want to insult me, so they'd say, 'Yeah, I think I remember.' I only had the job a couple of weeks and knew it was time to leave as soon as I could afford a loaf of bread."
(Photo: Dan Steinberg/AP Photo ; William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)
See the Full Story at The Daily Beast
|Although the rapper and fashion icon probably wouldn't be caught wearing their clothes today, Kanye West, used to work as a sales assistant at The Gap when he was younger. West, who now counts style gurus Carine Roitfeld and Anna Wintour as friends, rapped about the retail job in the song "Spaceship" off his debut album "The College Dropout." These lyrics pretty plainly explain how he felt about it: "Let's go back, back to the Gap / Look at my check, wasn't no scratch / So if I stole, wasn't my fault / Yeah I stole, never got caught / They take me to the back and pat me / Askin' me about some khakis / But let some black people walk in / I bet they show off their token blackie / Oh now they love Kanye, let's put him all in the front of the store / Saw him on break next to the 'No Smoking' sign with a blunt and a Mall' / Takin' my hits, writin' my hits / Writin' my rhymes, playin' my mind / This f***in job can't help him / So I quit, y'all welcome."
(Photo: Zhu Liangcheng/Imaginechina ; Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
See the Full Story at The Daily Beast
|Before amassing a $1 billion fortune from her "Harry Potter" series of wizardry novels, author Joanne "Jo" Rowling was a single mother on welfare. Shortly after her split from Portuguese television journalist Jorge Arantes, she was diagnosed with severe clinical depression and contemplated suicide, which inspired the soul-sucking Dementors in the Potter books. Rowling took a series of secretarial positions, but said she "proved to be the worst secretary ever," according to "J.K. Rowling: The Wizard Behind Harry Potter." "All I ever liked about offices was being able to type up stories on the computer when no one was looking. I was never paying attention in meetings because I was usually scribbling bits of my latest stories in the margins of the pad or thinking up names for my characters. This is a problem when you're supposed to be taking minutes of the meeting."
(Photo: David Cheskin/PA Wire; H. Armstrong Roberts /Retrofile/Getty Images)
See the Full Story at The Daily Beast
|He's best known as the bald, diminutive character actor in films like "Twins" or the FX series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," but in his younger days, Danny DeVito worked as a morbid hair stylist. "They called me 'Danny,' but if you were going to get an article in the paper about you, they tried to pump it up a little bit and called you 'Mr. Danny,'" DeVito said on "Lopez Tonight." "My sister, Angie, was a hairdresser and I was 18 years old, just out of high school. I wasn't going to go to college and I needed a job, and she said, 'Why don't you come work for me?'" In return, she agreed to pay for his schooling. However, young DeVito wouldn't just cut living people's hair, he also styled the deceased. "I used to go in there to the mortuary… it was only women's hair I did, and it was usually a really old lady, and she didn't talk back!" DeVito joked.
(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images; Aaron Lindberg/Getty Images)
See the Full Story at The Daily Beast
|"I used to work at Universal in the executive dining room and I used to cater when I could because it's good money," "Bridesmaids" star Kristen Wiig told Newsweek. "I was catering a party for 'The Scorpion King'… We got there and there were all these costumes like burlap sacks, belts, and stuff, and we had to walk around in those costumes. And I saw the guy that was my boss at the first restaurant I worked at in L.A. three years before. I quit that job and was like, 'See ya later!' And then I see him three years later wearing a burlap sack and I'm like, 'Yeah, I'm doing good!'"
(Photo: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images; Michel Boutefeu/Getty Images)
See the Full Story at The Daily Beast
|This "X-Men" star might have been the sexiest clown ever. Before kicking ass as the hard-bodied, titanium-clawed Wolverine and dazzling crowds as a celebrated magician in Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige," actor Hugh Jackman worked as a professional clown, earning around $50 per party. "I am really bad at magic. I in fact used to be a clown at kid's parties," Jackman confessed to In The News. "I was Coco the Clown and I had no magic tricks and I remember a six-year-old standing up at a party saying 'Mummy this clown is terrible, he doesn't know any tricks' - and he was right."
(Photo: Tammie Arroyo/AP Photo; William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)
See the Full Story at The Daily Beast
Catch "Keeping Up with the Kardashians."
The 10 worst places to start a business.
Contest winners show sky's fragile wonders.
Greatest undrafted players in NFL history.
Here are the 5 steps you need to know.


text:
Nick Cassidy continued the tradition of recent Toyota Racing Series champions by impressing in a recent European open-wheel testing session.
The 18-year-old New Zealander was in Jerez, Spain, with Status Grand Prix in the first post-season test as part of his prize for winning the TRS championship.
Cassidy had been in Europe earlier this year contesting the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, and, after a bright start, his campaign was cut short by mitigating circumstances.
He was seventh fastest and second best newcomer in the first morning's session of GP3 testing - the only fully-dry session of the two days. After struggling in the afternoon's wet session, Cassidy improved to third and fifth fastest the following day.
"The first morning was my first time in an open-wheel car since July, so I was quite happy with my performance," says Cassidy. "The Pirelli P Zero tyres only have a very narrow peak-performance window, so I still need to learn to maximise that.
"In the afternoon we had a couple of problems but, in the rain, we were really fast, so I'm quite pleased with how I went in both wet and dry."


text:
Eurospa Paradise Ladies Bath Towel Pink
Sold By Partner
Material: 100% Cotton
Color: Pink
Style: Contemporary
- Click here for more details
Short Description
* Color: Pink
* Style: Contemporary
* Pattern: Solid
* Thread Count: 16's
* Bath Towel Length: 44.8 inches (112 cm), Width: 22.4 inches (56 cm)
* Quantity: 1 Piece (Bath Towel)
Brand information
EUROSPA offers quality terry towels and robes
A house of top class terry towels and associated products, EUROSPA is owned by Mauria Udyog Ltd and offers products like bath towels, beach towels, tea towels and bath robes among other products. The brand has an active presence in both domestic and global markets and possesses ISO 9001:2000 certification in addition to being accredited by RVA, UKAS and BIS. The parent company, Mauria Udyog Ltd. Possesses OHSAS: 18001-1999 and 14001:1996 certification courtesy BVQI, India. The HSE company owned brand has been steadily consolidating its market presence with an innovative line up of products.
The Deluxe Jacquard Green Bath Towel 3 Pcs and the Brown Dunio Towel 4 Pcs are representative of the finest quality and aesthetic elegance, similar to other products at the brand. The brand exports products to several countries including Kenya, Nepal, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Libya, Malta, South Africa, Senegal, Maldives, Oman, Mauritius, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Tunisia, Tanzania and more!
Care Instructions
QA / Warranty


text:
It seems to me that, at least in the Northeast, many retriever clubs struggle with the same dilemma: How do we attract and retain new members?
I belong to three NE dog clubs and all of them are facing this issue. We have a core group of workers and organizers that put in a huge amount of hours and effort to put on great events. At times, new people come in, but they rarely stay for long. As a result we face cutting back on the number of events we host. We can't keep doing the same thing and expect things to change.
So I am asking myself "What are we doing wrong?" "What can we do differently?" "What do newcomers to the sport need to get hooked and hang around?" etc.
I am hoping that there are clubs out there that have come up with some fresh approaches to attracting and retaining new members that can share them with us. I am also looking for those of you that are newer to to the sport to tell me what a great club would provide for you, the member?
I have been involved in dog training all my life and with retrievers since 1996. My husband and I drag our kids to events all over New England, but we are the exception not the norm. What can our clubs do to survive among the competing priorities of everyday life?
Hoping for some great discussion!


text:
By NEMS Daily Journal
Economic news and comments at the annual CDF-organized forecast conference at the BancorpSouth Conference Center on Tuesday didn't arrive in huge numbers.
But there was encouraging confidence expressed by existing businesses and industries in workforce and facilities expansion – the kind of growth many job-creators and business leaders believe is the best because it endorses what's already been invested.
David Copenhaver, CDF's chairman and the just-retired vice president of Toyota in Mississippi, said Lee County gained 250 new jobs on $25 million in new investments and encouragingly dropped unemployment to 8.5 percent. The jobless rate isn't as low as the 4.6 percent in 2001, he noted, but jobs should increase as CDF and its community partners create a better-educated, more flexible workforce. Itawamba Community College's collaborative partnerships and the planned Wellspring Center for enhanced high school education and training are key elements.
Copenhaver also candidly discussed turndowns of Tupelo/Lee County site selections because no buildings of the right type were available. He reported that CDF's response, building a 75,000-square-foot. facility in Tupelo-Lee Industrial Park South is expected to answer that need by summer this year. Adapting to marketplace changes is obviously a smart move, and the new building, it is reasonable to assume, will be occupied by a new employer sometime in the shorter-term future.
Mississippi Development Authority Executive Director Brent Cristensen similarly described the need for his agency to maintain at least level funding in the face of threatened legislative cuts and to add bonding authority specifically for economic development needs, as has Alabama. In MDA's situation the competition is never internal, it's all about neighboring/competing states like Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas and Tennessee, and Southern states beyond the "border" area.
If states aren't equipped to respond quickly to opportunities as they present themselves, prospects will move on, as has been the case with potential employers checking Lee County off their lists.
Education in the workforce, available sites and appropriate incentives remain keys to growth, but the marketplace is not static and flexibility for action is increasingly important.


text:
Results 1 to 2 of 2
Thread: Saltwater
Hybrid View
10-08-2012, 12:28 AM #1Junior Member Guppy
- Join Date
- Oct 2012
- Location
- Kansas
- Posts
- 2
So I just purchased my third tank. (30,30,60) 60 gallons, and I'm going to do my first saltwater tank! Super excited but not very knowledgeable when it comes to stocking or even setting up a saltwater tank. I've read a lot about settups and I've done well and I'm not worried about that. What I'm having a very hard time with is fish selection. I've read for my 60 gallon, I should go with 5 smaller fish and maybe 1 decent size fish that has a minimum tank size of 55 or so. I'm up in the air about either going with an aggressiveness tank (lion fish, eel, etc.) or going with beauty and docile fish (clowns, damsels etc.) I'm leaning a little more on the docile fish side as of now, just because I love the sheer beauty and color of clowns, mandarins, and damsels etc. My question for you knowledgeable people out there is for either situation, what are some selection possibilities?
MY only WANTS FOR BOTH SITUATIONS are:
AGGRESSIVE: eel of any kind
DOCILE: clown/anemone combo and maybe mandarin
could you provide your brilliance and show me the light with possible combos for either situation.
Thanks sooooooooo much!
I would not suggest a aggressive set-up for a 60 gallon tank. IMO, that is not big enough for anything but dwarf lion fish, and too small for eels
I would suggest almost any combination of the below fish.
I would also suggest waiting until your tank has matured before adding any type of anemone (6 months to a year). They are very demanding for stable and high quality water conditions.If you take your time to do the research FIRST, you can successfully set-up and keep ANY type of aquarium with ease.
"Not using a quarantine tank is like playing Russian roulette. Nobody wins the game, some people just get to play longer than others." - Anthony Calfo
Fishless Cycle Cycling with Fish Marine Aquarium Info [URL="http://saltwater.aquaticcommunity.com/"]


text:
By Teresa Rivas
Comcast (CMCSA) rose more than 5% in recent trading, following its upbeat second-quarter earnings report.
The cable company reported a profit of $1.7 billion, or 65 cents a share, from $1.35 billion, or 50 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue climbed 7% to $16.3 billion.
Analysts were looking for Comcast to earn 63 cents a share on $16 billion in revenue.
The company's cable business, its largest division, saw revenue rise 5.8% to $10.47, squeaking past analysts' estimates. Like cable peers, it continues to lose video subscribers, but the 159,000 loss is smaller than the 176,000 that left in the second quarter of 2012.
However, it has been able to offset those losses with growth in its broadband and voice offerings: Broadband revenue increased 8% to $2.6 billion, and business services revenue grew 26% to $788 million.
Revenue at NBCUniversal jumped 8.9% to $6 billion, also ahead of the consensus estimates. (Comcast bought out General Electric's (GE) remaining stake earlier this year.)
S&P Capital IQ's Tuna Amobi reiterated a Buy rating on the stock, writing "Cable subscriber growth and stable margins in seasonally slow Q2 was aided by high-speed data, vs. video losses and flat voice, while NBCU rode cable networks, broadcast TV and film units to stronger-than-expected double digit operating cash flow growth. Share buybacks and dividends seem apace, after NBCU's minority redemption of GE's stake in Q1."
The company also got a boost as Barclays initiated coverage with an Overweight rating. On Monday, Pacific Crest named it a favorite in the cable and satellite space.
The shares have risen about 27% in the past year, ahead of the S&P 500's 22% gain.


text:
Sight To Sea Labradors
Southern Cross at Sight to Sea MH QAA "Crosby" (by NAFC FC AFC Cody Cut a Lean Grade)
Tealwood's Willing at Sight to Sea JH ( by CH I am Able)
Briarglen's Running on Faith JH (by FC Fish River's Out of the Park)
Glendair's Come Home to the Sea ( By Ch Topform's Edward MH, QAA)
Sight To Sea's Take Aim SH (by Sight to Sea's Southern Comfort SH )Aug 23 2003-Feb 2013 Go get em , Man!
Owner www.sighttosealabs.com
Manager of www.DeCoverlykennels.com
I lost a 13 1/2 year old to bone cancer a couple of years ago. Vet said that was very common for Labs after 10 years old. It was in her left front leg between the shoulder and elbow. She was too old to amputate the leg so we just had to let her tell us when it was time. She lasted about 4 months with it but when it matastisized she couldn't take the pain anymore. The pain killers weren't even working anymore. When she hobbled up to me and put her head on my knee with that I need help look, we knew what we had to do. It was a long week in the Brou house. Got her ashes on the shelf and still miss her.
http://www.decoy1.com/plastidukhomepage.html This is where I get mine. Good people, good Company. Not sure if they are toxic, but they are made in AMERICA. Got a lot of em, in all colors.
John Stroh, Lodi ca
There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace ........If one has cut, split, hauled, and piled his own good oak, and let his mind work the while, he will remember much about where the heat comes from, and with a wealth of detail denied to those who spend the weekend in town astride a radiator.
Aldo Leopold
I don't disagee with the idea that we should use products for our dogs that are "safer" than others. However, if you look at the past we have been told that sugar is bad for us so we use artifical sweetners . . . until they say that they are bad for us. And saturated fats are bad for us so they have us use partially hydrogenated fats . . . and then we find out they are bad for us. Of course coffee is bad for us . . . no, it's good for us . . . wait, maybe it's bad for us, but then again it isn't bad . . . or is it?
In the original article I counted 3 or 4 times that they said THEY DON'T KNOW whether the chemicals in bumpers are harmful to dogs. So, in the mean time I'd use some common sense. Don't feed plastic bumpers to your dogs! Maybe the canvas ones are a better alternative if you have concerns. However, I think on the scale of canine concerns this may not make the top ten.
Jeff Swackhamer
The reason for my post is to draw attention to the possibility. You all can carry on and pretend all is right with the world and get slapped in the face quite easily . The last line of the article "Since little toxicity data exist for dogs, it is difficult to evaluate risks, Smith said. Nonetheless, consumer education about potential risk seems to be warranted based on our data, he said."
Sight To Sea Labradors
Southern Cross at Sight to Sea MH QAA "Crosby" (by NAFC FC AFC Cody Cut a Lean Grade)
Tealwood's Willing at Sight to Sea JH ( by CH I am Able)
Briarglen's Running on Faith JH (by FC Fish River's Out of the Park)
Glendair's Come Home to the Sea ( By Ch Topform's Edward MH, QAA)
Sight To Sea's Take Aim SH (by Sight to Sea's Southern Comfort SH )Aug 23 2003-Feb 2013 Go get em , Man!
Owner www.sighttosealabs.com
Manager of www.DeCoverlykennels.com
I suck on lead shot as I reload!
i still can paint my fingernails
This is what I had to say about this the other day when this article was first posted.
"While I am all for keeping our dogs safe and healthy, there are some glaring problems with the implications of this report.
- There are no studies that indicate trace levels of these chemicals cause harm to dogs.
- The one study they cite that found higher levels of these chemicals in dogs than in humans could not determine the source(s), (i.e., they have not controlled for environment).
- This study acknowledged that chewing caused higher release of the target chemicals; bumpers are rarely used as chew toys and such use is typically against the manufactures recommendations. No levels were ID'd for chewing vs non-chewed. It could be that non-chewed exposure is at a level that is more acceptable.
- This study did not use real dog saliva and therefore any conclusions derived in reference to dogs is complete speculation.
- This is unpublished. That is to say, it is not yet verifiable "science" as it has yet to withstand the rigors of peer review.
The EHN knows all these weaknesses and yet they are irresponsibly propagandizing this since it fits their world view. Expected of an Environmental special interest organization.
IF it is found that there really is an immanent health risk then certainly I would expect bumper manufacturers will alter their manufacturing. But the way this is presently being reported is scientifically and socially irresponsible."
Sure, there is a "Possibility" that plastic bumpers may have an issue, but until there is actual corroborated replicable scientific proof of such an issue, there is no need to cry wolf.
If we put stock in all the "Possibilities" we would not own dogs because there is the "Possibility" that it could rip your face off, there is the "Possibility" that you could get shot at a hunt test, there is the "Possibility" that the duck your dog is retrieving carries a disease or is high in mercury that could make your dog ill, there is the "Possibility" that you accidently choke on you whistle and die....the "Possibilities" are endless.
Don't put stock in a yet unscientific agenda driven report...if you do, there is a real "possibility" you'd be interested in some beach front property I have just down the road I would like to sell...the human capacity for gullibility is apparently also endless.
Last edited by Ironman; 12-04-2012 at 09:55 PM.


text:
Web Stories
Health Services to be closed 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Oct. 2
Posted September 30, 2003; 12:23 a.m.
University Health Services will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, due to an off-site staff meeting.
Anyone requiring urgent care during those hours should contact the Department of Public Safety by dialing 911 or (609) 258-3141, or go to the nurses' station on the second floor of McCosh Health Center.
Contact: Eric Quinones (609) 258-3601


text:
The LTH wraps up today. So far 6 birds down and 2 misses. The
Hunting was tough as the gobblers just started breaking up the end of this week and there was still a lot of snow on the ground. Some had some luck with aggressive calling or gobbler talk as the birds were more interested in fighting than loving.
Curtis's Goettsch of Mossy Oak and I had the pleasure of taking a little girl named Samantha. She was a trooper and hunted all day Friday even though we only saw 3 hens and never heard a gobble. She was rewarded Saturday morning right away when a nice 22lb. 2 year old that was chasing Jakes around heard our fighting purrs and came running in to my Avian X Jake decoy but caught a load of #4's instead of a fight. We got it all on video and I will post a link after editing is done.
Good luck to you all and take a kid out hunting.


text:
As the United Nations and the Obama administration combine to outlaw private ownership of weapons and ammunition, state and local leaders nationwide are responding to the crisis.
As The New American continues to report, sheriffs, county commissions, and state legislators are passing bills aimed at stopping the federal gun grab at their sovereign borders.
On January 16, four South Carolina state senators joined the fight to protect the Second Amendment and to safeguard their citizens from federal tyranny.
Senate Bill 247 is sponsored by state Senators Tom Corbin, Tom Davis, Kevin Bryant, and Lee Bright. Although only four senators currently sponsor the bill, sources inside the South Carolina House of Representatives report that a companion measure will soon be offered in that chamber, as well.
The Senate bill aims to protect the right of citizens of the Palmetto State to keep and bear arms by amending the definition and rights of the state's "unorganized militia."
According to Section 25-1-80 of the South Carolina Code, "an able-bodied citizen of this State who is over seventeen years of age and can legally purchase a firearm is deemed a member of the South Carolina Unorganized Militia, unless he is already a member of the National Guard or the organized militia not in National Guard service."
The newly proposed bill exempts all members of the unorganized militia (essentially everybody over 17) from complying with federal firearms restrictions passed after January 1, 2013.
Per the bill, "A militia member, at his own expense, shall have the right to possess and keep all arms that could be legally acquired or possessed by a South Carolina citizen as of December 31, 2012. This includes shouldered rifles and shotguns, handguns, clips, magazines, and all components."
Members of the state militia are specifically exempted from falling under the jurisdiction of "any law or regulation or jurisdiction of any person or entity outside of South Carolina." That includes, it would seem, the United Nations, the federal government, and Barack Obama.
This attempt to stop unlawful federal acts at the sovereign borders of a state is called nullification.
Read More: http://thenewamerican.com


text:
Syd Barrett, founder of Pink Floyd, dies
I never really got into Syd Barrett, but I am a fan of Pink Floyd. There seemed to be a lot of urban myths about him because of his drug use and mental condition. I think the article made a mistake about David Gilmore as a founding memeber. It should be Roger Waters, because later in the article, they say Gilmore replaced Barrett.LONDON - Syd Barrett, the troubled genius who co-founded Pink Floyd but spent his last years in reclusive anonymity, has died, a spokeswoman for the band said Tuesday. He was 60.
The spokeswoman who declined to give her name until the band made an official announcement confirmed media reports that he had died. She said Barrett died several days ago, but she did not disclose the cause of death. Barrett had suffered from diabetes for many years.
Barrett co-founded Pink Floyd in 1965 with David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Rick Wright, and wrote many of the band's early songs. The group's jazz-infused rock made them darlings of the London psychedelic scene, and the 1967 album "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" largely written by Barrett, who also played guitar was a commercial and critical hit.
However, Barrett suffered from mental instability, exacerbated by his use of LSD. His behavior grew increasingly erratic, and he left the group in 1968 five years before the release of Pink Floyd's most popular album, "Dark Side of the Moon." He was replaced by David Gilmour.
Barrett released two solo albums "The Madcap Laughs" and "Barrett" but soon withdrew from the music business altogether.
He spent much of the rest of his life living quietly in his hometown of Cambridge, England, where he was a familiar figure, often seen cycling or walking to the corner store.
Despite his brief career, Barrett's fragile, wistful songs influenced many musicians, from David Bowie who covered the Barrett track "See Emily Play" to the other members of Pink Floyd, who recorded the album "Wish You Were Here" as a tribute to their troubled bandmate.
The band spokeswoman said a small, private funeral would be held.
RIP, Syd Barrett.


text:
You're engaged: Mazel Tov! Felicidades! Congratulations! Now, let's celebrate. Though your wedding day will undoubtedly be the crowning event of much anticipation and planning, a day you and your future husband will never forget, the events leading up to it can be just as exciting. Well, almost.
Engagement Party
Meeting Your Fiancé
Save the Date Cards
The Bridal Shower
Bridal Tea
Rehearsal Dinner
He proposed. You said yes. Let's get down to business. Quite appropriately, you may want to share your excitement with others by officially announcing it (and we don't mean via Facebook & Twitter). The announcement is traditionally made by your parents as soon after the engagement as possible. While there are no strict rules regarding the wording of engagement announcements, they are usually pretty straightforward.
While you may think of calling it a day after including an announcement in the local newspaper, note that they only reach those people who subscribe to that paper. If you want to make sure all of your friends and family members find out about your engagement, you need to send announcements — or make a lot of phone calls.
Similarly, while updating your Facebook status to "engaged" is easy and an efficient way to share the big news, you're announcing your upcoming marriage, not what you had for lunch. Such a huge milestone certainly deserves a proper and formal announcement.
If you are worried sending an engagement announcement will make people think you are soliciting presents, know that the announcement not a request for a gift. It's simply intended to announce an event — your engagement. Those receiving an announcement should not feel obligated to send a gift.
If your wedding is the Big Event (and it should be), consider your engagement party the pep rally. A very fabulous pep rally, of course.
An engagement can be celebrated with a party hosted by your parents. If your parents live out of town and it's more practical for your fiancé's parents to host a party, they may do so instead. If an engagement party is hosted by your friends or friends of your parents, the invitations are issued by said friends, and so their names appear on the first line of the invitation.
The invitations — usually engraved but fill-in style may be used for small parties — should say that the event is being held in honor of you and your fiancé, although they don't usually mention that it's in honor of your engagement. The guests will undoubtedly figure it out on their own.
If your engagement is being announced at an engagement party, neither your name nor your fiancé's should appear on the invitation, as that would likely give away the surprise. The invitations should read as though they are not for any special event other than to enjoy the company of family and good friends.
In lieu of, or in addition to, an engagement party hosted by the other set of parents, a party to meet you or your fiancé may be in order. If, for example, your parents held an engagement party in New York and your fiancé's parents in California wanted to host a party as well, they may host a party to "meet" you. This party gives their family (your future in-laws) and friends an opportunity to get to know you before the wedding. The party is in your honor and the invitations allude to that.
You've set a date, now you need to let your potential wedding guests know to pencil it in as well. Send your Save the Date Cards at least three months before the wedding. These notices should advise family and friends of your wedding plans and allow them to take your wedding date into consideration when making their own plans.
Save the Date Cards may be sent to all guests. However, it's especially important for out-of-town guests to receive them in order to better plan their travel. Keep in mind: If you send save-the-date cards only to your out-of-town guests, who in turn speak to your in-town guests, then your in-town guests might think they are not going to be invited to your wedding.
Save the Date Cards are also sent when a number of overseas guests are invited, or when a wedding is held in a resort area (since guests might like to plan a vacation around your wedding).
Traditionally, Save the Date Cards are small, heavy ecru or white cards and are mailed in an envelope. They should match the wedding invitation.
The modern bridal shower is a throwback to the days when a bride brought her dowry to the marriage. Provided by her father, the dowry made the bride more attractive to potential husbands and gave the newly married couple material goods and finances to help them start their new lives together.
We like to think a lovely smile and an affinity for the whipsmart comeback are the qualities du jour when it comes to attracting a suitor, but the tradition of the bridal shower is as popular as ever.
Attended by family and friends, modern bridal showers are often thrown so that brides and grooms have the basic necessities to furnish their new homes. Even if the happy couple has everything they need, however, a bridal shower is still a lovely way to celebrate the upcoming nuptials.
Bridal showers are usually hosted by one or more friends of the bride. Since the purpose of a shower is to receive gifts, members of the immediate family should, if possible, not host. It may appear as though she is soliciting gifts for you at your request.
Invitations to a bridal shower are usually informal. They may be engraved, but many times fill-in invitations are used. Many bridal showers have gift themes, such as linens, kitchen or lingerie. For older brides, the themes might include tennis, golf, garden or travel. When a shower has a theme, the theme is mentioned in the lower right-hand corner.
Historically, bridal showers have been reserved for first-time brides. That, however, is a tradition that is changing. Showers are now being given for the second-time bride, especially if she did not have one before her first wedding.
In some parts of the United States, close friends of the bride host teas in her honor. The invitations mention that the tea is being given in the bride's honor and may also state your fiancé's name by announcing you're his "bride-elect." Traditionally, invitations to bridal teas are engraved in black ink on ecru or white card stock.
Practice makes perfect, and it works up an appetite. After a run-through of the wedding, usually the rehearsal dinner takes place on the night before the Big Day and is given as a courtesy to the bride's family.
Traditionally, the rehearsal dinner was held for just the wedding party in order to get them fed after the rehearsal — and to give the bride's mother one less thing to be responsible for. While many rehearsal dinners are still reserved for the wedding party, others have expanded to include the wedding party, their spouses or dates, and out-of-town guests.
Custom suggests that the groom's parents host the rehearsal dinner and, therefore, issue its invitations. The rehearsal dinner invitations are usually worded formally, but many times just first names are used. This less formal style can let guests know how you, your fiancé and your fiancé's parents wish to be addressed.
Just as the rehearsal dinner should not compete with or upstage the wedding, the rehearsal dinner invitations, which should be sent two weeks before the wedding, should complement (but not match) the wedding invitations. For example, a rehearsal dinner invitation on a flat white card engraved in navy blue ink nicely complements a formal wedding invitation.
For small dinners, it's appropriate for the groom's parents to use their "Mr. and Mrs." informals or fill-in invitations. (Informals are small, fold-over notes that are always ecru or white and engraved in black ink with the name(s) centered on the front.) If they choose to use their informals, the groom's parents may either write the information on the front of the informal or write a short note inviting their guests on the inside.


text:
Enjoy this vegetable-packed salad tossed in peppercorn ranch dressing. Cauliflower, broccoli, tomatoes, celery, olives and Colby cheese come together in this refreshing salad dinner – made ready in 20 minutes!
Salad olives are a great buy all the way around. Not only do they cost less than whole olives, but they eliminate the need for chopping or slicing. Reduced-fat buttermilk dressing, instead of peppercorn ranch, is also delicious on this vegetable-packed salad.
Add 1 can (6 ounces) tuna in water, drained, with all ingredients in step 1. Continue as directed.
© 2017 ®/TM General Mills All Rights Reserved


text:
Results 1 to 3 of 3
Thread: Problem with breeding.
02-07-2013, 05:34 AM #1Junior Member Guppy
- Join Date
- Feb 2013
- Posts
- 4
Problem with breeding.
Hello, I'm having some problems on breeding my Kohako and Albino Swordtails. 2 months before when I have no tank for them, I put them along with my Black Swordtails and 1 of my Kohako and Albino Swordtail got pregnant and the results are some Black S. and Pale colored Swordtails.
After getting a new tank for my Kohako and Albino S. they got pregnant again by my Hi-Fin Albino S. but the fry that being born are Black S and Pale Colored S. again. No albino or kohako s. are coming out from them. Until now they're giving birth to Black S. and Pale colored S and it's over 2 months and the result are still the same.
I have no idea why is that happening.
Any help?
(sorry for my english)
This is normal for swordtail to bring 2-3 broods from one insemination and obviously your hi-fin didn't impregnate a f. yet.
I believe the time hasn't come yet for your worry. However, if such situation continues or no pregancy is resulting in long time, then your m.'s abilities (like quality of gonopodium) should be examined.
02-08-2013, 03:53 PM #3Junior Member Guppy
- Join Date
- Feb 2013
- Posts
- 4
let's say if my hi-fin (m) impregnate 1 of my swordtails and lay some fry. is their eyes visible as color red? coz it's my first time to have albino swordtails and kohako swordtails, and i dont have any idea what their fry looks like.


text:
In the early morning of April 9, 2007, a small armada of Cardi Corporation trucks crept up Rustic Hill Road in North Scituate to the construction site for the new Ponaganset Middle School.
Cardi, one of the largest construction companies in the northeast, dropped nearly 600 tons of soil in four towering piles — the largest of them measuring 264 feet long by eight feet wide.
But there was something odd about the dirt. It was unusually dark in color.
The state's Department of Environmental Management (DEM) got the tip that day: Cardi, it appeared, was poised to use contaminated fill on a site soon to be occupied by hundreds of children.
Testing in a Cranston lab turned up a stew of compounds deemed "probable human carcinogens" by the US Environmental Protection Agency: benzo(a)anthracene, benzo(a)pyrene, benzo(b)flouranthene, benzo(k)flouranthene, and chrysene — all in excess of thresholds laid out by the state.
Cardi removed the soil in May and deposited it in the state landfill. And a year later, the ruling came down: DEM labeled the incident a "Type I Major" violation — its most serious designation — and imposed a $251,546 fine.
>> READ: Road contracts associated with Cardi Corporation construction <<
It was not the firm's first significant environmental transgression and it would not be the last. But for Cardi, which hauled the soil from a section of the Route 195 relocation project in Providence, that record has proven no impediment to piling up state highway construction contracts.
Billing records show the firm has collected hundreds of millions from the Department of Transportation in recent years — $12 million in the first quarter of this year alone. And Cardi is not the only company with a checkered past winning highway contracts.
A Providence Phoenix investigation has found tens of millions in public dollars — including stimulus funds — flowing to a firm that pled guilty to defrauding taxpayers, a contractor who operated an illegal mine in defiance of federal officials, and even a convicted cocaine dealer. Several companies with records of significant environmental and workplace safety violations are getting work, too.
The findings raise important public policy questions about what, precisely, the state should consider in doling out contracts. Is the low bid enough? Should other factors play a role? If so, how much of a role?
But before the state can answer those questions, it has to know what would-be contractors are up to. And the Phoenix's investigation points to a fundamental weakness in Rhode Island's vetting process.
Neighboring Massachusetts and Connecticut require prospective contractors to fill out extensive "prequalification" forms every 16 to 24 months, disclosing their work histories, financial standing, and — in Massachusetts — their environmental and workplace safety records.
Rhode Island, by contrast, only uses this sort of prequalification process for the occasional large, complex job — say, construction of a new building on the University of Rhode Island campus.
On the vast majority of projects, the state requires bidders to disclose a rather narrow band of criminal and environmental abuses. And even that limited system is broken.
The Phoenix found highway contractors routinely failing to report past violations, even under threat of "suspension, debarment, and/or prosecution for fraud." And the state, for its part, has made little effort to verify what contractors are writing on the forms.
At the municipal level, the Phoenix found, there are even fewer checks on rogue contractors; indeed, Rhode Island's largest cities require almost no disclosure of wrongdoing at all.
But there's plenty of it.
See all articles by:
All Slideshows


text:
The Westin Miyako, Kyoto commands spectacular views of the ancient Capital. Its prestigious history and luxurious amenities make it the perfect destination
The Hotel Granvia Kyoto is a luxury hotel situated about the JR Kyoto Station and approximately 60 miles from Kansai International Airport.
This inn was built through the ruins of the house of Kido Takayoshi, and around it, there are many historic places of famous Sakamoto Ryoma and other persons.
The Comfort Hotel Osaka Shinsaibash is located eight miles from Osaka International Airport and 26 miles from Kansai International Airport. The hotel is
Nestled in the noethern part of the capitol, near many of city
The largest hotel in Kyoto. with 986 rooms, the New Miyako Hotel combines comfort with functionality, providing space to relax. Whether you're in Kyoto
The RIHGA Royal Hotel Kyoto, located in the center of Kyoto, has been patronized by many guests from all over the world for 40 years for elegant hospitality
Hotel is located on the hill within the well known tourist attraction Nara Park. Which is famous for its wildlife deer. Hotel is also within walking distance
Umeda Area-Located directly above JR Osaka station, the main terminal station for all of JR line, Subway line, where accessible to everywhere in Osaka
Hotel Plaza Kobe is located at Rokko Island, in Kobe. Rokko Island, located in the southeast region of the Port of Kobe, is Kobe's second major artificial
Find great deals on quality Kusatsu, Japan hotels & resorts, or indulge at one of our luxury resorts. Take advantage of the many amenities that can be included with your stay such as in-room internet access, wifi, room service, fitness center, pool, hot tub, steam room, and shuttle services to and from the airport. Browse our Kusatsu, Japan hotels and resorts and plan your Kusatsu, Japan vacation today!


text:
A satisfying, refreshing layered Italian dessert that takes only 20 minutes of hands-on prep time.
Meaning "in a case," cassata is a traditional Italian dessert served at celebrations such as weddings.
Hold the rum, please! Instead of rum, use 2 teaspoons rum extract mixed with 1/2 cup water.
You can use a delicious homemade pound cake or sponge cake if you like.
Make quick work out of slicing this dessert by using an electric knife.
© 2017 ®/TM General Mills All Rights Reserved


text:
Spot on with this write-up, I actually feel this site needs much
more attention. I'll probably be back again to read through more, thanks for
the information!
Leave a comment
Leave a Reply
4 comments
Spot on with this write-up, I actually feel this site needs much
I have been exploring for a little bit for any high quality
articles or blog posts on this kind of space .
Exploring in Yahoo I eventually stumbled upon this website.
Studying this info So i am satisfied to convey that I've a very just right uncanny feeling I found out
just what I needed. I most without a doubt will make sure
to don?t disregard this site and give it a look on a relentless basis.
I believe this is one of the most important information for me.
And i am glad reading your article. But wanna commentary on few general issues, The site
style is wonderful, the articles is truly excellent : D.
Excellent task, cheers
I need u


text:
Freston calendar of events
Showing 1 to 2 of 2 results
Edwardian Self Catering Accommodation in Ipswich, Perfect Self-catering Base for Exploring Suffolk.From £500 per night
- House
- 14 bedrooms
- Sleeps 29
This 11 bedroom self-catering accommodation is the ideal base for exploring Suffolk. Easy access to all of Suffolk, North Essex, and much of Norfolk. London, Cambridge and Norwich are easy day trips by train and the beach is within a short driving distance. Book this ideal place to stay.
Beautiful period Country House in Bildeston, Suffolk with welcoming log fires and full of characterFrom £1400 per night
- Mansion
- 8 bedrooms
- Sleeps 20
This is a beautiful country house in the pretty village of Bildeston. With luxury individually designed bedrooms, several reception rooms, lovely walled garden, there is plenty of space for you & guests to spread out and get away from it all. Ideal rental property for reunions and celebrations.
Showing 1 to 2 of 2 results


text:
I noticed you mentioned the mindless Slashdot discussion on "what makes a good programming language" earlier. While reading Graham's article, it seems like he also wrote about the topic. I just started reading the article, but I figured you might be interested.
Paul Graham's list of articles seem like a good site, I feel like reading a lot tonight.
It's oh so cold and windy in Boston tonight.
Anyone got a room to sublet from early August till early September in Boston? It would be best if it's close by the T.
please contact duncanm if you have a room.
Good luck to all the wonderful hackers at Eazel.
"What's validation and parser in Chinese?"
Hmmm, I think:
guy mean "to explain, to simplify" and dok means "to read", so together, it becomes 'a tool for reading/decoding'. [*]
It's incredibly difficult to come up with good technical terms in Chinese. Most of the terms coined are either really cheesy, or just too convoluted to be used comfortably.
It's also a difficult task because many words' connotation and usage differ slightly depending on where you are. The regional differences between the Chinese used in Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and SE Asia (Singapore, Malaysia) make it impossible to do good 'pan-Chinese' translations. It's not like we don't understand each other, but the style of the language differs from region to region. A lot of Chinese software are geared towards Taiwan users or Mainland Chinese users, and people from Hong Kong -- like me, will find the words vaguely strange-sounding. Ugh.
If I have time, I should help review some of the Chinese translations for GNOME.
[*] I came up with the Cantonese-to-English phonetic transliteration for these words as I'm writing this. I'm too lazy to make sure I can write correct Pinyin. xcyber speaks Cantonese anyways. They're probably not the same as the standard method, but who cares.
Spent all day setting up my blog site at Dunkie.ManilaSites.com. Wrote a set of uploading scripts in python along the way, using Manila's XML-RPC interface.
I'll be moving my diary posting to there for now. Ciao.
I'm back. It was warm and spring-like yesterday and today it started to snow this afternoon. It's snowing and raining and windy. The sky is spewing down nasty grey stuff. Ugh.
Ugh, my head hurts. and I'm not sleeping right.
Edward Tufte
Went to the first one day course taught by the famous design guru Edward Tufte (the site is not up yet). Most brilliant. Got his three books (he said a fourth one is on its way) and 3 posters (one free from class, one I got as a gift from Peter, the organizer and I also bought the cool annotated Russian cyclotron (sp) poster.)
Professor Tufte's lecture was great. His 12 tips on how to give good presentations point out a lof of common flaws in the common "Bullet points and powerpoint"
presentations. He said he didn't remember saying, "Absolute power corrupts, Absolute Powerpoint corrupts absolutely", but he said it could just be a punchline he made up on the spot during one of his lectures.
Took a photo with him on my new disposible camera. Will scan and post it online when I get the film developed.
Also took some notes during the class, I might put some of them online at some point.
Despite the nasty weather and my headache, all of that made me very happy.
Didn't get into McGill, bummer.
Bye bye.. Hong Kong
So xcyber, my partner in crime during my summer job at Linux Center (HK) finally showed up here on Advogato. Greetings.
To fork or not to fork
xcyber's entry on the idea of "forking is good" is kinda interesting. Why do we condemn others when people try to fork code? When gtkhtml forked into CSChtml (or some such), it caused quite a stir... why is that?
People were a bit unhappy when GNOME 'forked' (kinda) from KDE, or when xemacs forked from gnuemacs, OpenBSD from NetBSD. But now, these projects (GNOME, xemacs and OpenBSD) are all seen as good, legit projects... why then do we condemn other efforts to fork code (and make the code do whatever they want to do)?
I guess one could argue it is a matter of how appropriate it is. Hmm... Comments?
Something else
I'm now in Hong Kong, enjoying my senior year spring break best I can. It's a bit boring, since everyone else is at school/work. Stuck with Windows at home (only for now, hopefully), I have been testing out some neat Windows programs. I tried Blogger earlier today and was impressed with how easy to use it is. We should have something like this on Linux too, since we're no longer only targeting power users.
AFAIK, ithought is the only blogger-like program avaliable on Linux now. voltron has been working on on ithought2, so it could get really interesting RSN.
Maybe putting this into Evolution could be really nice....
Downloading Groove now, we'll see how it goes.
Un peu plus
I read somewhere (maybe Scripting News?) that someone (maybe Steve Capps) said that "the web has no standard user interface." (paraphrased) I guess things like Blogger or Manila could one day help us organize and present our web content in a clear and standardized way.
The question is: Do we want a standard user interface for the web?
Interesting conversation with voltron last night. All quite thought-provoking.
Talked to Asa of MozillaZine, started planning on workingbuildbar status page for Evolution.
Must go and do homework now.
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
Keep up with the latest Advogato features by reading the Advogato status blog.
If you're a C programmer with some spare time, take a look at the mod_virgule project page and help us with one of the tasks on the ToDo list!


text:
This is the most unique Garden room in Savannah. The Bon Viant Room has a unique cottage chic design, which offers a whimsical and delightful atmosphere of pure romance. Double French doors embrace a private and peaceful oasis with scents of jasmine and honeysuckle. Upon entering the room, you'll be introduced to a towering Victorian queen-size Porch Bed, designed and handcrafted by a local craftsman. A matching oversized armoire and linen tower complete the "simply pink" look, while exquisite Italian linens create a heavenly nights sleep.
This is a room that caters to a whimsical romantic getaway. It is one of a Kind! The Bon Viant is on our lower level which overlooks the rear private terrace, with a Tuscany fountain right outside the French doors. No matter what season, this is a perfect sanctuary for those who love privacy and the comforts of an intimate garden. This romantic garden is ideal for resting on the his and her loungers, while sipping Kathleen's Caribbean Ice Tea, or having a chilled bottle of wine.
Sleeping on the Victorian Porch bed is like sleeping on a cloud. The room has been provided with the most comfortable and exquisite linens...Every detail has been carefully chosen, from the Gingerbread armoire to the towel tower, all dressed in a lovely pink. The Bon Viant Room entices you to just breathe in all the sweetness. After a perfect night's sleep, there is a French soaking tub waiting for you, with lavender crystals, to make this experience the most romantic you have ever had.
The Bon Viant Room - $259-$279
This is the room for a true Fairy tale getaway...Perfect for the new Bride and Groom.
The Bon Viant Room is perfect for the fairy tale romantic getaway or the honeymoon of your dreams!
The Bon Viant Room - $259-$279
Make a Reservation Photo 2 Photo 3
Your private terrace waits for you to enjoy your coffee and breakfast. Later in the day, sit back and sip Kathleen's Caribbean Ice Tea or have a fine glass of wine. We invite you to come to Savannah and stay in this beautifully appointed room.


text:
Who you gonna call?
So there was some joking around on IRC about XUL and Ghostbusters... Without any reflection on ZUUL being the ultimate enemy, just that XUL was a cool name. ;-) But it reminded me of a thought I had during the meeting, when the word was being thrown around a lot...
We're crossing the streams. We're crossing the streams!
Egon: I have a radical idea. The door swings both ways. We could reverse the particle flow through the gate.
Peter: How?
Egon: We'll cross the streams.
Peter: Excuse me, Egon, you said crossing the streams was bad.
Ray: Cross the streams...
Peter: You're gonna endanger us, you're gonna endanger our client. The nice lady who paid us in advance before she became a dog.
Egon: Not necessarily. There's definitely a very slim chance we'll survive.
Peter: I love this plan! I'm excited to be a part of it. Let's do it!
Winston: This job is definitely not worth eleven-five a year!
Egon: Hurry!
Peter: See you on the other side, Ray.
Ray: Nice working with you, Dr. Venkman.
And for the record, I love this plan! I'm excited to be a part of it. Let's do it! #


text:
Traditional advertising, in today's
highly competitive market, has proven to be insufficient in helping many
small businesses grow. Newspaper and Yellow Page readership continues to
decline, while the cost to run ads is increasing.
Why advertise in
a declining market?
Why spend more money to reach fewer
A web presence in today's online environment is a
must for business owners that don't want to die a death of attrition
as old customers leave to competitors that have a web presence.


text:
1.4. Install the TemplateNow, the template can be installed:Check and create ~/Library/Developer/Xcode.Copy the folder Templates into ~/Library/Developer/ Xcode
embedXcode • Sep 25, 2012 release 16 • Support for FraunchPad,
Please enter a valid email to subscribe
We need to confirm your email address.
To complete the subscription, please click the link in the
email we just sent you.
Thank you for subscribing!
via Egeo 16
Torino, 10131


text:
Hi everyone
Does anyone use Photoshop CS4 on windows 7 (64 bit). I have installed it fine. I can open it fine but then if I try to do anything it just simply freezes and windows reports it has stopped working and shuts it down. I don't understand it as I use CS3 with no problems. I have the creative suite and I have tried the 32 bit version and the 64 bit version of photoshop and they both do the same?? Oh my!! I am thinking about giving up and staying with CS3 especially as I have now upgraded to 4 GB Ram and its made a huge difference. I honestly thought photoshop was this slow for everyone that used it!!!! Hee hee
Thanks for your help in advance
Help With Windows 7 And Photoshop Cs4
Started by Sonia11, Apr 26 2011 03:18 PM
1 reply to this topic
Posted 26 April 2011 - 03:18 PM
My Gallery
Posted 26 April 2011 - 08:37 PM
I use CS4 with Windows 7, 64 bit. If you haven't done so, try installing again by RIGHT-CLICKING the setup file and selecting Run as Administrator, even if you're in an admin account. It made a difference for me on MANY programs. Hope this helps.
Scrapper | Wife | Mother | Friend | Soprano | Traveler
Rotarian | CEO, Auction Systems | Recovering Perfectionist
0 user(s) are reading this topic
0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users


text:
By NEMS Daily Journal
TUPELO – The City Council denied an appeal to allow an 80-foot billboard to advertise a Eason Boulevard gas station off U.S. Highway 45.
The council voted 6-1 Tuesday to uphold the planning committee's recommendation to deny Victory Energy's request for a 400-foot billboard, 80-feet tall to advertise its Sprint Mart, which is moving into a vacant travel center next door and growing to include a Huddle House restaurant.
Highway district sign guidelines – adopted after the council approved a 130-foot sign for Love's Travel Center off U.S. Highway 78 – allow for a 400-foot billboard at 35 feet tall or 265-foot sign that is 71 feet tall based on the grade of the highway at the location.
Victory Energy was willing to forgo two other signs to have the larger sign. It now plans to go forward with three signs, said Scott Pridmore of Mid-South Signs.


text:
What is Geography?
Studying geography fosters an understanding of the relationship between human activities and the physical and cultural environments on global, regional, and local scales. Geography synthesizes concepts and information from other natural and social sciences, acting as a bridge between the various natural and social science disciplines. Fundamental geographic methodology asks "What is it? Where is it? Why is it there? What is its significance?"
Geography courses explore subjects as varied as global climate change, the mosaic of human settlement in Asia, regional voting patterns in the United States, which grapes grow best where, and the depletion of natural resources in developing countries.
Geography courses serve the curriculum of the SOU University Studies Program (general education), as well as the International Studies Program, the Environmental Studies Program, and the School of Education licensure program. The Geography minor may be of interest to students in these programs as well as those participating in related business, education, social and natural science disciplines.
The specific goals of a geography education are to:
- Prepare students in geographic methodology by encouraging thinking in a spatial context and asking students to observe, develop hypotheses, analyze and explain physical and cultural landscapes at various scales.
- Develop the geographer's fundamental map reading, aerial image interpretation, and field research skills.
- Enable students to explain geographic distributions, geographic interactions, and the nature of place.
- Improve the student's ability to rigorously synthesize data from diverse sources to better understand the physical and cultural environments in which people live.
- Prepare students in the application of geographic knowledge and skills through experiences with local and regional public resource agencies and in private enterprise.
- Encourage the pursuit of geographic knowledge and the application of that knowledge in the evaluation of world-wide political environmental and social issues.


text:
This offer includes 20 hours of professionally done family tree research on all four lines. Included in this offer will be a private online family tree where you can watch and participate in the creation of your family history. You will be able to add photos, comments stories, etc. during the process. Your tree will be set to private so that your information is protected. You can request that I include other family members access to the online tree, all I will need is an email address for them.
Once the project is complete, I will send a written set of reports via email that summarizes the information found. All work will be fully referenced and those references will be included in the reports as well as the online tree. Once completed, the online tree will remain in place indefinitely for you to continue to use and enjoy.


text:
Saving the Bay through education, advocacy, litigation, and restoration.
CBF is holding a workshop for individuals who are interested in joining our Speakers Bureau. You will learn about CBF, the Bay watershed, specific Bay related issues, and the current state of the Bay. Participants will be issued Speakers Bureau notebooks with information on these topics.
This is an all day workshop with refreshments and lunch provided.
If you are interested in learning more about joining CBF's Speakers Bureau and would like to attend, please contact Heather Tuckfield at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 443-482-2151.
You will begin to receive Bay updates from CBF soon.
In the meantime, join the Bay-friendly conversation on Facebook and Twitter!
View Our Annual Report
Explore the Timeline
Bids & Proposals | Privacy Policy
© 2017 Chesapeake Bay Foundation.All Rights Reserved.
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is a nonprofit,tax-exempt charitable organization underSection 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.Donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.


text:
Created by FanStory
Monitored by the Contest Entry Compliance Committee. This contest has ended. But there are over 50 other contests that you can enter. Click here to view our contest listing. Please click here to view the results of this contest.
This contest requires "blind" entries. That means your posted work will have no means to identify you when viewed. Your name and other information will not be shown. Fan notifications will not be sent for work posted in this contest. It will still be available in your portfolio and treated like all other posts. But when viewed information to identify it with you will not be shown until after the voting is completed.
This contest is open to all members. Past contest winners can join the contest. One entry per person. New entries to the site only. If you already posted a work on FanStory.com that work is not eligible for a contest.
Click the link above to submit your entry. Members with reservations can use the link provided in their contest profile. The winners will be selected by the Contest Committee. A winner will be announced approximately one week after the deadline passes. Cash prizes delivered by PayPal. Winners also have the option to choose a Visa Gift Card (US residents only) or Amazon Gift Card (where available). Reserve Your Spot.
Contest Discussions


text:
Add Middle Eastern flavor to your family's dinner. Enjoy grilled vegetables and beef kabobs – a delightful meal.
If mini bell peppers and pattypan squash are unavailable, use 1 medium bell pepper and 1 medium yellow summer squash, each cut into 1-inch pieces.
Crumpled aluminum foil works well to scrape cooked-on food bits from the grill rack.
Used foil works just fine. The sooner the grill is cleaned after using, the easier
cleaning will be!
© 2017 ®/TM General Mills All Rights Reserved


text:
I just did some work on GDict today, mainly improving my reimplementation of the protocol implementation (since MIT's dictionary server appears to be gone, I threw out the old protocol implementation and rewrote it to use the one given at www.dict.org). My new implementation has some pretty nice features: non-blocking operation, automatic creation and destruction of parallel connections, and so forth. Getting the UI to the point where it really takes advantage of this protocol is an entirely different story. I am a tad concerned that, while MIT's protocol supported cross references (which basically make the dictionary act doubly as a thesaurus), RFC 2229 does not. It would not be difficult for a server to implement that functionality, by adding an additional strategy for the MATCH command, but that support would be nonstandard at best. Spell checking also presents a problem in that regard. Hopefully I'll get around to fixing up the UI code some time soon.
It's looking pretty good, though.


text:
Spoiler Alert! If you are thinking about applying for a position of Spring Blogger for ETBU, maybe you shouldn't read this. Or, maybe you should …
My biggest impression was that I was surprised at how much work and effort this discipline really takes, at least for me. My regular Fall preparation for classes is generally lighter than is my Spring schedule. (3 preparations in the Fall, and 4 in the Spring). Even so, blogging filled out my schedule every week. Maybe I should not admit this but it usually took me 4 to 5 hours per week to get the blog done. I found myself thinking about the week's topic (or trying to think of a topic!) for hours, usually on the way from Longview to Marshall. Once I had settled on a topic, I would try to write the bulk of it in one session. The next day, or later, I would try to edit it some more (often based on commuting musings). Finally, posting day would arrive, and I would edit and even, correct it all again. I would often try to include a picture, which I would snap with my phone, edit, and then get uploaded, cross loaded and placed just so. Plus, I had to learn a new software program, which is always a challenge. (Now it sounds more like 6 or 7 hours.)
My second biggest impression was that I was so glad I had decided to attempt this project in the first place. It has done me a world of good. The first benefit I realized was that as I was trying to introduce readers to my discipline, (sociology), I realized again why I had been attracted to it in the first place. I am not sure, but I might have fallen in love with sociology all over again. A second benefit was that as I was attempting to integrate my faith and teaching, I realized I was much more deliberate about trying to find those teaching moments and launching them when doing so seemed most appropriate. A third benefit for me was the realization that I am a feedback addict, though not so much from students. I loved and benefitted from long discussions about up- coming topics with several colleagues. I may even be guilty of plagiarizing a few of their brilliant thoughts. A fourth benefit was having a creative outlet besides just teaching. I think most people have deep thoughts (even Jack Handy) but few of us have a place to bounce those thoughts around. Writing a blog forces one to think deep thoughts and then, to commit those thoughts to "paper".
On the negative side of the ledger, I would have to confess that I repeated the mistake I made in seminary. I allowed deep thinking and blogging to be a substitute for the personal pursuit of face time with God. In seminary, I allowed religious course work to substitute for pursuing God personally. After all, I was studying Scripture, but not on a personal, what-does-this-mean-for-me basis. (I was never this bad, but while I was there, the school had to enact a new rule that required the students to actively participate in a local church because many of my fellow students chose to sleep in on Sunday morning.) A second drawback for me was that I realized I have a limited capacity for deep thinking, and so I wonder at what else I should have been thinking about during those times I spent thinking about the blog.
As I am writing my last blog for this series I wonder at what will be my final takeaway. Will it be another crossed-through item on a not-yet-started bucket list? Perhaps it will be the first of several blogs. I honestly do not know, but I am so grateful for the opportunity. Thanks!