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Dear Baruch,
My New Year's resolution for 2013 is to not ever touch Swedish money again. I've found these past few months that I no longer need cash in Sweden, as practically every single transaction can be done electronically, no matter how small the amount. The advantages to me speeding along the arrival of a wholly cashless future are many:
- Coins are heavy yet worth little. I already give far more to charity per day than the value of the coinage I would willingly keep to avoid being shortchanged in my transactions.
- Bills weigh less, but are worth more, so if I lose them or have them stolen their value to me is forever destroyed. And when I travel abroad, they need to be exchanged before I can access their value. My debit card is better on both counts.
- Transfers between Swedish bank accounts can be done online, and are instantaneous and free. Ask a Swede about cheques and they will draw a blank, figuratively.
- All Swedish merchants I've used in the past year take bank cards, because all Swedish points of sale must report back to the tax authorities, so taking cash just to avoid paying taxes is a nonstarter (and frowned upon in any case — Swedes ask for the receipt). This is why Sweden is Sweden and Greece is Greece.
- Security and identity fears have been effectively resolved with the recent nationwide introduction of the BankID and Mobile BankID system. I can now authorize and sign a whole range of interactions via a desktop app or a mobile app. BankID connects me securely to banks, pensions funds, insurance corporations, tax authorities and anyone else willing to join. These services are often available via mobile apps that connect seamlessly to the BankID app. (Here's the state pension fund's app; here's the tax authority's app.)
- Innovative cardless payment solutions are evolving. Just in the past month, I've started using two:
- Swish is an initiative by Swedish banks that lets you connect your bank account to your mobile phone number and then send to or receive money just by using phone numbers. There's no more need to deal with bank account numbers.
- SEQR has just started being used by my local supermarket to allow payments via mobile phone. When the checkout chick presents me with my grocery bill, I tell him I want to pay with SEQR, and then scan that register's unique QR code. While the register sends SEQR the payment amount, I send SEQR the QR code, which authorizes payment. It's about twice as fast as paying with my debit card, because the service does not have to check with my bank to see if my account has money on it. Instead, it gives me a SEK 5,000 (USD 770) advance with which I can make purchases, and I get the bill at the end of the month.
Both apps are getting glowing reviews, but we're still short of the Holy Grail. SEQR and competitors will get even better when some form of near-field communication technology gets widely adopted in the next few years.
My New Year's resolution is not for everyone. Right now, getting a BankID to work requires a few too many tech-savvy steps for old people to really get a hang of it. Either it will get easier, or cash will be around until they die off. One bank at least continues to see facilitating cash transactions as a service for this demographic.
As for other people in other countries, how soon they can follow Sweden's example depends on a couple of national traits. Banks in Sweden are not averse to cooperation, in part because they are so well-regulated that they don't have to operate in some kind of Hobbesian zero-sum scramble for customers. They tend to compete on services, but collaborate on platforms. Also, Swedes have a national genius for public trust in their government, and it is by and large justified. I'm not sure I'd be willing to give up the anonymous payment option that cash offers anywhere outside Scandinavia right now. In any case, anonymous cashless payment technologies are riding to the rescue.
[BONUS REASON I FORGOT TO MENTION: Banks like SkandiaBank have apps that let you datamine your own expenditures by type, establishment and even by individual component purchases. This certainly appeals to our inner geek but it can also more easily motivate behavior modification — for example, the micro-savings app lets you set savings goals by encouraging you to forgo small daily expenses.]


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Miami-Dade police detectives conducted an unlawful search when they used a drug-sniffing dog at the front door of a suspected marijuana grow house without getting a search warrant, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
Civil libertarians and defense lawyers are hailing the decision in Florida v. Jardines, which curbs the use of police dogs in front of homes.
"The privacy rights of a homeowner are special," said Miami-Dade Assistant Public Defender Howard K. Blumberg, who represented Joelis Jardines, the Miami man at the center of the case. "It sends a message to police that when you're talking about doing a search on a home, you generally need a warrant before you invade privacy rights."
Florida law enforcement, however, is not thrilled with the decision. In recent years, hydroponic marijuana labs have proliferated in South Florida, as has violence associated with the trade.
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The decision does not mean drug-sniffing dogs cannot be used — but handlers first must build up enough evidence to get a search warrant signed by a judge.
"Although we are disappointed in today's Supreme Court decision, utilizing a drug-sniffing dog was only one tool in the law enforcements arsenal to combat hydroponic labs," Miami-Dade Police Director J.D. Patterson said.
Police will continue to aggressively pursue the labs, Patterson said.
Tuesday's decision comes less than two months after the U.S. Supreme Court, in Florida v. Harris, ruled in favor of police in another dog case, finding that a K-9 drug dog used in a traffic stop had sufficient training.
The U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 decision Tuesday upheld a Florida Supreme Court opinion which ruled that Miami-Dade officers violated Jardines' right to privacy in December 2006 when they used a chocolate labrador named Franky to sniff out drugs at his South Miami-Dade home.
Miami-Dade Detective William Pedraja zeroed in on Jardines' house after catching a tip from the CrimeStoppers hotline. A month later, detectives and federal agents brought Franky to Jardines' front door, and the drug detection dog alerted his handler to the smell of marijuana emanating from the house.
Detectives secured a search warrant, found the illegal plants and Jardines — who tried to escape out the back of the home — was arrested for marijuana trafficking. A Miami-Dade judge threw out the evidence of the marijuana, ruling that the search was unlawful.
Miami-Dade's Third District Court of Appeal tossed that decision, only to be reversed by the Florida Supreme Court.
On Tuesday, U.S. Justice Antonin Scalia, writing the majority opinion, said the use of police dogs outside a person's home indeed constitutes "a search" under the Constitution's Fourth Amendment, which guards against unreasonable searches and seizures.
"This right would be of little practical value if the state's agents could stand in a home's porch or side garden and trawl for evidence with impunity," Scalia wrote.
The Florida Attorney General's office had insisted that investigators and their dog have the same right to approach the home's front door as do mail carriers, salesmen or even Girl Scouts hawking cookies.
Scalia disagreed.
" … Introducing a trained police dog to explore the area around the home in hopes of discovering incriminating evidence is something else," Scalia wrote. "There is no customary invitation to do that."
Justice Samuel Alito, in the dissent, insisted that the majority opinion left the "mistaken impression" that Franky and handler, Miami-Dade detective Douglas Bartelt, spent extended time on the property before finally obtaining the search warrant.
"This entire process — walking down the driveway and front path to the front door, waiting for Franky to find the strongest source of the odor, and walking back to the car — took approximately a minute or two," wrote Alito, who pointed out that Detective Pedraja himself smelled the marijuana emanating from inside the house.
Joining Alito in the dissent were John Roberts, Anthony Kennedy and Stephen Breyer. Scalia was joined by justices Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor.
Florida's defense attorneys reacted to Tuesday's decision with praise.
"Although many have criticized Scalia, they are barking up the wrong tree," said Miami federal defense lawyer David O. Markus. "Antonin Scalia is the defendant's best friend."
Said Jude Faccidomo, the president of Miami's branch of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers: "In an era when the Fourth Amendment seems to be eroding far too rapidly, we're pleased the court issued a ruling that has maintained some barrier on police action."
Illicit marijuana grow houses are a big business in Miami-Dade, with county police in 2010 seizing more than 30,000 pounds of marijuana from the operations.
In February, Miami-Dade narcotics detectives got into a harrowing shootout with two men running a hydroponics home in Southwest Miami-Dade. One died in an ensuing fire, while another killed himself. A third was charged with running the grow house.
Federal authorities also are prosecuting the Santiesteban family, who they say operated a large-scale grow house ring stretching from South Florida to New York. The family is suspected of being involved in at least two murders.
Earlier this month, one of the major players pleaded guilty and is expected to testify against others.
Police say trained dogs are not the only crime fighting tool used to investigate grow houses. Detectives usually field tips from informants, do extensive surveillance, conduct criminal background checks and check how much electricity a house might use in operating the energy-consuming lights used to keep marijuana plants growing.
Ted Daus, a Broward prosecutor who wrote an amicus brief on behalf of Police K9 Magazine, predicts the effect of the opinion will be mostly "administrative."
"It's going to require one extra search warrant," he said.

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'To the Wonder,' April 12
An American man and a local beauty fall in love in France, but complications arise soon after the two move to Oklahoma to start a life together. With Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams and Javier Bardem. Written and directed by Terrence Malick. Magnolia Pictures
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A relieved motorist was saved from losing his licence and his job despite being caught driving without insurance.
Chesterfield magistrates' court heard on Monday, April 14, how Carl Johnson, 29, of Fir Place, Killamarsh, was approached by police on the A619 road at Mastin Moor who discovered his Suzuki Vitara had no insurance cover.
Ian Shaw, prosecuting, said: "A police officer found there was no insurance held against the vehicle. Johnson said he thought he was covered on a trader's policy."
Johnson pleaded guilty to using a vehicle without insurance after he was approached on Christmas Eve.
Defence solicitor Simon Gwynne said Johnson had bought the car from a company he had been working for but when it ceased trading just before Christmas he had not realised that the company's insurance had also ceased.
Mr Gwynne said: "He accepts he was not sure what the situation was at that time and had overlooked that the cessation of the business meant business insurance no longer covered the vehicle's use."
Johnson's existing points on his licence rendered him liable to a totting-up disqualification.
Mr Gwynne added: "He now works as a mobile, trainee, car body technician and operates between two dealers and needs to drive a van with kit for body work repairs. Any disqualification will mean his employment will be ended."
Mr Gwynne also argued Johnson needs a vehicle to help monitor his poorly grandfather.
District Judge Andrew Davison accepted Johnson would face exceptional hardship if he lost his licence which justified him not imposing a disqualification.
Johnson was sentenced to a £250 fine and was ordered to pay a £25 victim surcharge and £35 costs. His licence was endorsed with six points.


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2013 Little Mr. & Miss Groundhog submissions now being accepted
It's again time for the "Little Mr. & Miss Groundhog" contest, which benefits the Weather Discovery Center.
All kindergarten children attending Punxsutawney Area schools, SS.C.D. and the Punxsutawney Christian School are eligible. Submit a photo (no larger than 5" x 7") with the child's name, age, address and phone number on the back by Thursday, Jan. 17.
Voting will run from Saturday, Jan. 19, until Tuesday, Jan. 29.
Stop in the Weather Center to place your vote for $1 each, or call 814-938-1000 with your credit card to vote.
Crowning will take place on Friday, Feb. 1, at 3 p.m. at the Weather Center.
Prizes will be gift cards and the invitation to participate in the July Firemen's Parade and the November Home for the Holidays Parade.
Good luck, kids!
Pictured here are last year's winners, David Kunselman, then 6, and Audrey Johnson, then 5.


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Wednesday, May 1: Keep Your Eye on Facebook Stock
Polya Lesova highlights stocks to watch closely on Wednesday, including Facebook, which reports earnings after the bell. Photo: Getty Images
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We are green with envy that a warm, relaxing getaway is in your future--isn't summer vacation the best? Of course, no one wants homework before a holiday, but if you follow this formula when packing your suitcase, we promise the results will be excellent.
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Nose: Turkish delight, toffee and nuts, wood varnish, cologne, and a very masculine bouquet that resembles city streets at night (if that makes any sense); is that rancio in a scotch whisky?
Palate: Stone fruits, caramel, then a surprising rush of fruits, candies, and complex secondary flavors
Finish: Lots of evolution, good balance of power and finesse
Very nice indeed. I've now sampled three older entry level bottlings of the sherry trio (Aberlour, Glendronach and Macallan) and they were all amazing and different. Hard to choose between the three, but the lovely aged rancio character of the Glendronach stands out. All told, I love just about any bottling from this golden age.
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Today I'm about to start a three-day zazen retreat in the city of Bielefeld, Germany. After this I have one-day zazen retreats coming up in Essex, England on November 5, Antwerp, Belgium on November 13th and
Manchester, England on November 19th.
I'm not sure what people expect when they sign up for a Zen retreat with me. This has been my on-going concern throughout this tour.
A typical zazen retreat involves a lot of zazen and not much else. These days, though, you have a lot of what seem to me to be sort of "zazen lite" retreats. I blame Thich Naht Hanh. His most popular retreats, as I understand it, involve very little actual zazen practice but include a lot of fun activities.
This is certainly not the worst way a person can spend a day. And perhaps one or two of the hundreds of people who come to that kind of a retreat will take up a more serious practice. Which is not a bad thing.
But it's not a Zen retreat. At least not in the traditional sense.
The point of zazen is to do just one ridiculously simple activity in a very, very thorough way. You can explain all anyone needs to know about zazen practice in a couple of minutes. Here it is on line with a pretty girl demonstrating. Now you everything essential about zazen practice. I'm not trying to be funny here. This really is all anyone needs to know.
On this tour I've been trying to deal with numerous and widely differing sets of expectations. Some people are very hardcore about their Zen and view me as being way too easy. Some people are scared to death of zazen. They're like people at a swimming pool sticking their toes in and then screaming about how cold the water is. It's all they can do just to get through a half an hour of sitting, let alone a full day of it.
The only way to solve this problem is for me to simply do what it is that I do and let people decide for themselves if it's for them or not.
As I said earlier, I may, in future, devise a more introductory type retreat for those who are terrified of zazen. But for now, for the rest of this tour, I'm sticking to a somewhat more standard approach.
I think some people who read my books are shocked that I'm fairly traditional in my approach to the practice. But I always have been. And I think that comes through in the books if you read them carefully. So please don't be shocked if you sign up for a retreat with me and it's not a bunch of slam-dancing (aka moshing) and guys in monster costumes. More likely you'll be looking at a wall for a long, long while.
Here are the schedules for the upcoming retreats:
10:00-10:30 Zazen
10:30-10:40 Kinhin
10:40-11:10 Zazen
11:10-11:15 Prepare for Service
11:15-11:30 Service
11:30-12:30 Dharma Talk
12:30-1:30 Silent lunch
1:30-2:00 Work or Free Time
2:00-2:30 Zazen
2:30-2:40 Kinhin
2:40-3:10 Zazen
3:10-3:20 Kinhin
3:20-4:00 Tea (silent)
4:15-4:45 Zazen
4:45 Chanting Refuges
09.30 - 10.00 aankomst/arrival
10.00 - 10.30 introductie/introduction, zazen+kinhin instructie/instruction
10.30 - 11.00 zazen
11.10 -11.20 kinhin
11.20 -11.50 zazen
11.50 - 12.10 koffie- or theepauze/coffeebreak (silent)
12.10 - 12.40 zazen
12.40 - 12.50 kinhin
13.00 - 14:00 lunchauze/lunchbreak
14.00 - 14.30 zazen
14.30 - 14.40 kinhin
14.35 - 15.00 zazen
15.00 – 16.00 lezing en vragen/talk and q and a
16.00 - 16.30 zazen
16.30 - 16.40 kinhin
16.40 – 17.00 afsluiting/conclusion (chanting refuges)
10:00-10:30 intro to Zazen
10:30-11:00 Zazen
11:00-11:10 Kinhin
11:10-11:40 Zazen
11:40-1:00 Dharma Talk
1:00-1:45 Silent lunch –or folk can go and get lunch
1:45-2:15 Zazen
2:15-2:45 yoga
2:45-3:15 Zazen
3.15-3.30 Kinhin
3:30-3:45 chanting
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Rfsmith1956 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 92 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
My name is Bob Smith, I have been a college baseball coach for 17 years a professional baseball scout for 10 years and I run 4 seccessful baseball academies in the richmond virginia area over the past 16 years.
My belief is that baseball is a learned skill and is not (you were bore to play) type of sport. I have 30 years of baseball experience and and have lived the dream of playing and teaching baseball my whole life. I have had over 100 players drafted in to professional baseball and have had over 200 players go on to college and play. The richmond baseball academy my first academy was a teaching school where we promoted to "give your child the advantage" we have 3 classes of players beginning, developing, and signature. the majority of players we get are developing type striving to become a signature player. this comes from the writting of your signature from youth to adult. Also when you can repeat a movement everytime we call it a signature. Ex: signature swing, signature delivery and so on. Culture is "the process = the result" learn the steps to field a ground ball and you will catch it and throw him out! The personality is "we have what you need to be successful in baseball and life.
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Stocks ended sharply higher Thursday, with the S&P 500 at its best level in more than five years, as Wall Street cheered a pair of encouraging data and largely shrugged off weakness in financials.
(Read More: After-Hours Buzz: INTC, AXP & More )
"For the last four or five trading sessions, the market has been challenging and testing the 2012 high and we'll have to watch if we stay above it," said Kenny Polcari, director of floor operations at O'Neil Securities. "Today,we're rallying on better jobs and housing numbers."


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Will Smith Joins 'Focus', Kristen Stewart Drops Out
Will Smith is reportedly in final talks to join the upcoming con artist movie Focus, according to THR.
The 44-year-old After Earth actor will play the role of a seasoned male con artist who teams up with an inexperienced female one who needs his guidance.
The role was originally going to Ben Affleck, but his schedule caused him to drop out of the flick.
Kristen Stewart, who was once attached to star in the film with Ben, dropped out of the project a couple months ago, sources confirm to JustJared.com.
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The second Izzy Award was presented April 19, 2010, to independent journalist Jeremy Scahill. He won the award for human rights reporting in 2009 that elevated the issue of abuse by military contractors to front-page news. The ceremony took place in Ithaca College's Emerson Suites.
- Announcement of the Award Winner
- AlterNet Interview with Izzy Award Winner Jeremy Scahill
- Read the STATEMENT OF JEREMY J. STONE FOR THE IZZY AWARD TO JEREMY SCAHILL - "Outsourcing War."
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Congrats! You are now a sysop!
- Thx .FUF
... and a vigilant sysop you are. Thanks again for your help. When do you graduate? Simsong 18:44, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
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What should we do about the sudden increase in spammers? Simsong 02:31, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- We should use our banhammer. And probably this extension (never tested it):
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamRegex
- Or something to blacklist links to external sites. .FUF 16:18, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- Well, we are already running SpamBlacklist. And it's working. Try posting a URL to sex.com or something...
I added an extension called Nuke and another one called Maintenance. http://www.forensicswiki.org/wiki/Special:Nuke http://www.forensicswiki.org/wiki/Special:Maintenance Try them. Simsong 14:59, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
New anti-spam system
So what do you think of the confirmed account system as an anti-spam approach? Simsong 04:48, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
- Good approach .FUF 19:29, 13 January 2010 (UTC)


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Jessy Tackett and his wife, Louella (Parsons) Tackett.
"Jessy was the son of James Blevins".
This photo was sent to me by my husband's older brother before he died. I don't know where he obtained them.
His name was James Binion, son of Estill Binion, son of William, son of Isaac, son of William, b. 1818 TN.
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Assemblyman John Ceretto, R-C-I-Lewiston, in an effort to get the redesign of the Robert Moses Parkway started, discussed the project with Gov. Andrew Cuomo during his visit to Lockport last week, and followed up with a letter to the governor. The meeting took place prior to the governor's press conference on flood relief.
The two discussed the steps that still need to be taken to get the redesign of the Robert Moses Parkway underway and how that can be accomplished. Ceretto followed up with a letter to the governor describing the project and its necessity.
"Economic development in Western New York is a top priority for both the governor and myself. I appreciated working with him to get the Peace Bridge project started and to resolve the casino gaming money dispute. Now, we have another opportunity to help Western New York families," Ceretto said. "The redesign of the Robert Moses Parkway has been held up far too long. We need to open up the waterfront for ecotourism and commercial development that will provide jobs for Western New Yorkers. I look forward to working with the governor on this important project."
Local officials working on the project informed Ceretto that a "final scoping document" from the state has been completed, but state permission is needed to release it. In the letter, Ceretto asked the governor to issue this document. He called the redesign of the Robert Moses Parkway "just as important to the well-being of Western New York families" as the Peace Bridge and Seneca Nation of Indians casino resolution because it would open up the Niagara waterfront for ecotourism and commercial development.


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Laura M. needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 72 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
I am a professional writer and editor with a background in communications. I hold a Master of Arts degree in journalism and I currently have a communications business called Laura Jackson Communications. hire-a-writer.com is a web-based business concept that provides businesses with writing and editing services. My goal is to eventually expand to have a team of writers/editors.
My target audience is small to mid-sized businesses located anywhere, who don't necessarily have a public relations/marketing department and therefore need to outsource their writing/editing at a reasonable price.
I'd like a logo that is bright,fun and attention-grabbing, yet contemporary in design. I want to come across as reasonably-priced, yet professional and sassy. I'd like my business to be a reflection of my writing style: accurate
and professional with a creative flair.
The logo will be a major focus on my website -- which I have yet to design.
The color scheme I'm thinking of comes from something I saw while on vacation in Miami. I will upload the pic here.
A motif of light grey, popsicle orange and light yellow. An idea I have is to have my logo appear on a post it note?
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But please feel free to be creative and use what you think would be best
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Last December, I asked what topics you'd like to see covered on the Inside BlackBerry Blog and you responded in a big way. While reading your feedback I saw a few trends emerge for topics you'd like to see covered. Here's a glimpse on what you can expect from the Inside BlackBerry Blog:
Theme 1: BlackBerry 10 app of the week or featured app – I love this idea and I'm starting to research BlackBerry 10 apps to feature as we speak. Expect to see the first installment in the coming weeks.
Theme 2: BlackBerry 10 focus on features – Great idea! We've already begun focusing on features like the Time Shift camera, BlackBerry Hub and BlackBerry Flow, as well as the ability to peek into apps and into the Hub. Stay tuned for more in the future.
Theme 3: Media, media, media – Several readers asked if we could show some more of the multimedia capabilities of BlackBerry devices. We absolutely can, and we're already in the process of developing new blog posts on how to use your BlackBerry device to take the best pictures and videos. In addition, we plan to bring more video interviews to explain how these technologies are developed.
Theme 4: What kind of user are you? – While we still want to use our Fan of the Month feature to give a nod to our Super Fans, we also think it's a great idea to feature users of other types as well. The Road Warrior, the Busy Executive, the Creative Guru, the Social Butterfly, the Celebrity…we'll talk to all of them and let them tell you how they use their BlackBerry devices.
What do you think? If the feedback you provided wasn't included among the themes listed, don't worry, you might see a new blog post on exactly your topic in the coming months. Buckle up, it's going to be a wild ride!
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InfoGazelle necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 84 diseños de 28 diseñadores freelance.
I come from a background in strategy consulting research... I help teams research all the aspects of their competitive markets. I do this by going beyond the basic competitors.... seeking to understand underlying market forces, as well as the customer.
I also design and deliver training programs centered around conducting business research - online search, database search, and the research "process."
I use specialized business research tools along with my years (10+!) of business research experience. I do this more efficiently than most successful business people can (they have businesses to run!), and the specialized resources bring value that exceed what can be gleaned from web searching alone. In a recent project I created a market profile the US Window Film Market!
Another component of this business is providing in-house (or virtual) training programs and seminars on how to conduct company/industry research, using specialized on- and off-line tools, as well as the Web.
Audience - successful business owners, business strategy professionals, investment firm professionals, and biotech/pharmaceutical executives. These are people who need insight to a market quickly... I could be seen as a "personal shopper" for their industry research needs.... providing the most salient, timely information, in an efficient manner.
Clients are primarily medium-large sized businesses which lack an internal structure to help them gather and analyze information. InfoGazelle helps clients:
- scope out competitive environment
- investigate/identify new markets
- gain customer insight
->->-> (basically), build their businesses!
I am looking for a logo represent my research business, InfoGazelle
I would love to incorporate a stylized gazelle - but probably more of a hint of gazelle than a fleshed out detailed image... perhaps including the head, and not the full body... (unless super simple/outline-like)
I would like it clean, with a hint of playfulness (as to say: this is a company with personality, people you want to work with)
I have attached images of logos I like.
Please feel free to experiment with colors, however, I tend to prefer earth tones and not so much bright/harsh tones.
The files we will require are:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo
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An old 12 year old release from the Highland distillery Cardhu. Presented in a 75cl bottle at 40%.
Standard delivery within the UK is 2-4 working days and is fully insured. All customers within the UK will receive a text with a delivery time slot.
If you need your bottles quicker then please get in touch and we will do our very best to make this happen.
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Johnny Manziel may have a brand new woman in his life … one of the hot chicks from "Wild 'n Out."
The ex-NFL star has been spending some quality time with model Bre Tiesi — one of the attractive pieces of eye candy on Nick Cannon's MTV show.
She was also a Corona girl for the Canelo Alvarez vs. Miguel Cotto fight last year.
Johnny and Bre are currently in Miami where they've been spotted on the beach together — and she even calls him "babe."
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Alex Toys, POOF-Slinky, and Zoob have come together to form Alex Brands, a family of brands that will include several names in the toy industry, including Alex Toys, Slinky, Scientific Explorer, and Ideal. Alex Brands' collective portfolio will encompass more than 2,000 products spanning the categories of games, science kits, preschool and infant toys, construction sets, craft activity kits, and more.
The Alex Brands family will be headed by Fred Keller as president, and steered out of Canton, Mich., and Northvale, N.J. Alex Brands is owned by Propel Equity Partners, which acquired Poof-Slinky in July 2012, Alex Toys in May of last year, and Zoob this past September.
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One of my favourite Tumblr sites, Game & Graphics, which celebrates great graphic and visual design in games, has decided to go into the t-shirt business. And what a way to start.
This Mario x Star Wars shirt is available for €17, and ships internationally. It makes for a rad t-shirt, and in the meantime, great wallpaper as well!
Super Trooper Bros T-Shirt [Gameandgraphics]
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Did you miss the Sporting Kansas City vs. Vancouver Whitecaps matchup? NWSB Insider and Whitecaps blogger C-Mac tells us Joe Cannon had a rather undistinguished game, with some questions about his positioning. Sebastien Le Toux and Eric Hassli were the stars of the week for Vancouver.
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Eagle Scout is the highest advancement rank in Boy Scouting. In 2012, the centennial year of the Eagle Scout Award, 57,976 Scouts earned the Eagle Scout rank— more than in any previous year. In 2013, 62 Boy Scouts in the Five Rivers Council, BSA earned their Eagle Award! That is roughly 5.7% of registered Boy Scouts. The National average is 6.57%. From 1912 to 2012, more than 2 million Boy Scouts earned the Eagle Scout rank.
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So I have a sealed bottle of Johnnie Walker blue label whisky that I think I'd like to try and sell. I'm not a huge whisky drinker (sorry! ) and as I've not long had a baby the money would be better for me. I've had a look at eBay and it seems that I can probably sell this as a collectible bottle to circumnavigate the restrictions on alcohol sales. But does this actually work?
However this is a 75cl bottle too. This seems an odd size to me, as I was under the impression that the modern bottle size was 70cl. Does this mean that this is potentially more than 20 years old and can be sold as alcohol? Or does it need to be a 20+ year on the label for this method?
Also any advice as to whether an auction or BIN sale would probably be best for me? What should my start price/BIN price be?
Johnnie walker blue label - advice please
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The following commentary does not necessarily reflect the views of AgWeb or Farm Journal Media. The opinions expressed below are the author's own.
Greg Wagner is president of GWX – Ag Advisors. For over 25 years, he has specialized in advising agricultural producers and end-users on marketing and risk management decisions. GWX Ag Advisors integrates fundamental and technical analysis, combined with experienced historic perspectives of agricultural markets in the decision-making process.
U.S. grain markets are now within striking distance of effectively acquiring enough credible supply-side information which will influence price behavior over the course of 3 consecutive months. USDA's release of the Grain Stocks and Small Grain Summary reports on September 28th has altered the price possibilities for corn, soybeans, and wheat going forward. It is within the corn market that the greatest fundamental and attitudinal shift has occurred.
It is now well known, that 4th quarter demand in corn was substantially greater than trade expectations. Yet, the unexpectedly large implied Feed & Residual component in corn was coupled with a similarly surprising Feed & Residual off-take in wheat in the 4th Quarter. That revelation in wheat serves as a principal supportive validation for the implied feed consumption of corn detailed for the 4th Quarter. The strong wheat feeding should give corn demand naysayers pause.
It was the corn stocks number received the top-fold and flashing marque headlines. And for altogether good and justified reason:
1) The corn stocks numbers out-sized magnitude of deviation from trade expectations.
2) Corn's pre-eminent role in both absolute crop size and demand.
Both in hindsight and moving forward - it is going to be important to keep in mind, that there was a swift ground swell of trade skepticism following the Grain Stocks implied 4th Quarter Feed/Residual number in corn. The June-August corn consumption took into account what was likely a record available new crop supply – exceeding 1 Bil Bu - based on the 2012 harvest pace. Leading into the Grain Stocks report it was a situation responsible for near universal widespread trade uncertainty about the impact of intermingling of crop year supplies. And the focus was the distorting effect it could have on implied 4th Quarter Feed/Residual use.
So, the Grain Stocks report net attitudinal effect on the trades "intermingling" concerns and the validity of implied Feed/Residual use hasn't been put to rest, but rather magnified. Be that as it may, the bottom-line here is that any reconciliation/ validation on stock levels and pace of consumption in the Feed & Residual category won't be presented until mid-January 2013, That is when the 2012/13 Grain Stocks 1st Quarter (Sept-Nov) report is released. Coincidentally, and with no small dash of irony, this whole crop size/usage argument will have once again come full circle. The Annual (Final 2012) Crop Production report will be released at the same date and time. However, until then - the numbers stand as stated.
A secondary, but important nevertheless , element at work in the precipitous drop in 2011/12 marketing year corn stocks levels is inter-connected (presumably), to some unquantifiable extent, with USDA reducing the 2011 corn crop size. Essentially, USDA's operational corn supply baseline is the common thread running through and stitching together assorted crop reports. And it has been in place since the Annual (Final 2011) Crop Production report of January, 12, 2012. That final number apparently was to have been found wanting. In other words, there is an argument advanced that there was some nipping and tucking of what is now old crop corn production.
Any statistical shortfall from 2011 corn production was filled in with some of the early harvested 2012 corn supply. Had additional bushels not been added to the 2011/12 old-crop end of the year supply, final 2011/12 end-stock levels would have more than likely fallen into the 600 Mil Bu "pipeline" range. That is an argument being advanced with the "proof" derived via an ad hoc mix of deductive reasoning, counter-intuitive observation and purely subjective judgment. It might be added that it also falls within USDA's statistical margin of error. When you're trying to get your arms around the production potential of a seasonal U.S. corn plant population that winds well upwards of 1.5 trillion plants it's a tad challenging. I believe USDA does an admirable job given the extraordinary magnitude and complexity of the challenges they confront.
Now what compelling statistical evidence existed to induce such a presumed downward adjustment is unknown. It is important to keep in mind here that despite any internal recalibration of USDA's 2011/12 corn supply baseline, it does not alter by a single iota the core challenge the numbers present - the market has been re-directed with the paramount task of ensuring corn demand is rationed. The mechanism of which is elevated price levels. Moreover, at this juncture not only is there an evident need for price to ration demand, but the necessity has exponentially increased. Though the time-frame in which to accomplish the job is now shorter, it is likely to be accomplished sooner, rather than later.
It is also worth noting, that during years of tight corn stocks, sorghum assumes increased importance as a supplementary source of feed stock. Despite larger sorghum production in 2012, that supply will not provide any meaningful relief to the overall level of demand rationing required. In the Grain Stocks report USDA trimmed end-stock levels 4 Mil Bu to 23 Mil Bu. As with corn, the overall sorghum S&D balance sheet remains tight as a drum.
Closure on corn supply for the 2012/13 marketing year, for all intents and purposes, will be had with the USDA/NASS release of the Crop Production report on Thursday, October 11, 2012. Significant wildcards will be dealt on the supply-side of the table as USDA updates planted and harvested acreage and tweaks yield, as well. Taken together, the projected size of the corn crop is due to change. Filtering through the variables, USDA has had a much better handle on the size of the crop than they've been credited.
The S&D profile for corn detailed in the October WASDE report also released on October 11th will incorporate the new 998 Mil Bu "Beginning Stocks" carry-in. The idea that the "wildcards" on the supply-side will be flipped bearish may prove to be as misplaced as that of the trades concern about the negative impact of the intermingling of separate crop years.
For producer's still retaining ownership on 2012 corn production, known fundamentals should lift front-month corn futures – either December or March contracts - into the vicinity of $8/Bu. Additional upside potential exists if a tenuous and dynamic world wheat S&D profile is further animated by either man or naturally created supply crimps. In the near-term, the market has been supplied with enough price constructive input to keep the bears at bay. That is a situation that holds more potential than not of persisting past the October 11th USDA crop reports.
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|Echoes Hotel
Located just 90 minutes' drive from Sydney CBD, Echoes Boutique Hotel & is conveniently located at Echo Point in the township of Katoomba, only 800 metres from the famous Three Sisters and the Blue Mountains Tourism Visitor Centre.
|Jamison Guest House
A boutique B&B. Located on the cliffs looking across Jamison Valley to Kings Tableland and Mount Solitary only a short stroll from the Three Sisters or Leura Cascades. Open log fires,Central Heating, TV, Tea making facility, ensuite bathrooms, Award winning licensed restaurant.
All rooms have modern ensuite bathrooms, coffee/tea making facilities, central heating, electric blankets.
Guests also have use of a cosy lounge room with an open fireplace and an enclosed veranda to share your breakfast with nature.
|Kurrara Historic Guest House
Just a short trip from Sydney (2 hrs), but another world away, Kurrara is part of Katoomba's living history. Built in 1902, Kurrara is perhaps the longest continually running accommodation venue. Decorated with beautiful antiques and sumptuous textiles, Kurrara offers our guests an authentic Blue Mountains experience, embracing old-fashioned values with modern day comfort, in a welcoming, cosy and homely environment.
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The Palais Royale invites you to experience the history and romance of a bygone era. A beautifully restored 40 room boutique hotel, ideally situated in the heart of Katoomba in the Blue Mountains. Enjoy the excellent location only minutes from the main attractions of Echo Point, The Three Sisters, Scenic World and the vibrant cafes & shops of Katoomba.
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Perched between the headwaters of the Grose & Jamison Valleys, Silvermere was constructed in 1923 as a cool climate retreat. The B.J. Waterhouse designed Mediterranean style mansion set in 5300 sq metres of established gardens provides magnificent views.
The heritage listed house offers north facing lounge, dining room and verandah all with spectacular views over the Grose Valley. The lounge features an open fire place.
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If you are one of the small percentage of Americans who exercise regularly -- according to a 2011 Center for Disease Control study, only about two in ten Americans get the recommended amount of daily exercise -- you probably consider fitness the lifestyle of your choice. However, ascertain one of 9Round's franchise licenses and you can call fitness your life.
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9Round began as a single gym corporation in 2007. 9Round's mixture of martial arts and health fitness quickly spread in popularity and by 2009 it was franchised. There are currently 36 franchise units in the United States. One of the most appealing aspects of opening a franchise is the low start-up and maintenance costs, part of the reason 9Round made it into the top 500 of Entrepreneur Magazine's franchises.
Cost of Becoming a 9Round Franchisee
The franchise fee is $18,000 and the total investment is only between $40,000 and $52,000. The initial costs include your franchise fee, remodeling -- or build-out -- of the fitness center, your lease and first month's rent. More importantly, it includes three months of operating capital to get you started off on the right foot.
One of the reason the cost of becomine a 9Round franchisee is so low -- in relation to other fitness franchises -- is because there is no equipment. In addition, the total square footage required to operate a 9Round business is only between 1,200 and 1,500 square feet. Finally, running a 9Round business only requires 1 to 3 part-time employees that rotate shifts.
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EmbodyArts needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 136 designs submitted by 44 freelance designers.
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My name is Stephanie, and I am a Remedial Massage Therapist, and Yoga/Pilates instructor. My business name, Embody Arts, attempts to encompass all the various aspects of my work, where I encourage clients to come back into to their body in order to find their own way towards optimum health. I offer massage therapy and Yogalates (fusion of Yoga and Pilates) classes at a Chiropractic centre in a town of 300,000 people on the East coast of Australia. While it is quite a small and simple business for the moment, my goal is to gradually expand to have a centre of my own, with a range of merchandise carrying the Embody Arts name and logo.
In my business I try to offer my clients a superior service, where the ambience is just as important as the quality of the treatment or class. I also embrace environmental values, and have chosen environmentally conscious yoga equipment. My class sizes are small in order to provide clients with a greater level of care and attention.
My target audience is interested in their health and wellbeing. They are primarily women aged 20-60, but I would also like men to feel welcome and comfortable when seeing the logo, so nothing too feminine. Their values range from conservative to quite alternative, so the logo needs to appeal to a wide range of people.
I need a logo that can be used on business cards, stationary, signage, promotional material, on a website, and on products. More specifically I'm looking for an icon/avatar image that can sit on it's own as a representation of the business, and also sit alongside the business name, so show me both if possible.
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DLR's SHEFEX II spacecraft was equipped with more than 300 sensors. SHEFEX II was launched on 22 June 2012 from the Norwegian Andøya Rocket Range.
A wealth of information regarding pressure and temperature, among many other variables, was recorded during the flight of SHEFEX II. Now, researchers at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) will begin evaluating this data.
After a 10-minute flight, the sharp-edged SHEFEX II spacecraft landed safely west of Spitsbergen. DLR researchers launched the seven-ton and roughly 13-metre-long rocket and its payload from the Andøya Rocket Range in Norway at 21:18 CEST on 22 June 2012. As it re-entered the atmosphere, SHEFEX withstood temperatures exceeding 2500 degrees Celsius and sent measurement data from more than 300 sensors to a ground station.
The SHEFEX II craft, its launch vehicle and the tower during a practise countdown.
A few days before the launch, DLR researchers assemble the various components of the SHEFEX II vehicle. The spacecraft is notable for its sharp-edged design.
SHEFEX II and its launch vehicle still in the horizontal position; just before lift-off, the roof opens and the launch tower is raised to the vertical position.
DLR researchers begin evaluating data; as yet, no recovery of the spacecraft
Following the flight of the SHEFEX II spacecraft on 22 June 2012, researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) have performed an initial assessment. "The flight of Shefex II followed the precomputed trajectory and we received extensive and valuable data from all the experiments in real time," says DLR Project Manager Hendrik Weihs. With SHEFEX II, researchers are investigating technologies to make spacecraft re-entry less expensive. The spacecraft landed west of Spitsbergen; here, a boat was intended to rescue the payload from the sea, but missing data during the last seconds of the flight and the harsh weather conditions have complicated this task. The researchers are now assessing the viability of locating and recovering it from the ocean floor.
Shortly after the completion of the 10-minute flight from the Andøya Rocket Range in Norway on the evening of 22 June 2012, a search aircraft received the first weak signals from SHEFEX II. "We know that the landing went as planned because the spacecraft was designed to emit a signal only after the parachute had opened," explains Weihs. Ideally, data from the last seconds of the flight would have been transferred to the ground station in Spitsbergen. "Unfortunately, the station was unable to track the spacecraft." It was planned that the experimental phase of the SHEFEX II flight through the atmosphere would last 55 seconds; researchers are missing data from the last five seconds. For the researchers, this was not such a great loss; the real challenge was the spacecraft's recovery from the ocean. "The signal received could only be from our spacecraft; we have analysed images acquired with the TerraSAR-X satellite and no other objects were visible at the landing site," says Weihs. But waves nearly three metres high prevented the salvage vessel from getting to the landing zone. On 24 June 2012, the search was called off. "We are now trying to determine where, exactly, the spacecraft sank, and whether it can be salvaged."
Active control and cooling
To evaluate their experiments, the researchers acquired large quantities of data from the spacecraft, down to an altitude of 29 kilometres, from the ground stations at the launch site and on a nearby mountain. The experiment phase of the flight began at an altitude of approximately 100 kilometres, as the rocket re-entered the atmosphere, and ended at an altitude of 20 kilometres. "We know already that the 'fins', known as canards, functioned properly," says Weihs. The researchers were able to actively control the spacecraft, unlike SHEFEX I, which was launched in 2005. It was already clear during the flight that SHEFEX II had carried out the control manoeuvres as planned. In one of the experiments, nitrogen flows through a porous tile, actively cooling the craft during re-entry. "We have data for the gas outflow, and we have the spacecraft's surface temperatures – now, the evaluation begins." The researchers are also happy with the accurate trajectory of the spacecraft. "This is the first time that our mobile rocket base has developed and flown a launch system in this configuration." The experience gained with SHEFEX II will be incorporated to the follow-up project SHEFEX III – a spacecraft, whose atmospheric re-entry is scheduled to last up to 15 minutes. "The salvage of the spacecraft would be the icing on the cake," says Weihs.
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- 2012-02-07: OpenEmbedded attended europe's largest free software conference FOSDEM '12 in Brussels. Thanks for all the helpers and guests at our booth. See you soon at a F/OSS event near you!
- 2011-04-18: OpenEmbedded has Stand # 7.2b 112 @ LinuxTag 11th to 14 May 2011 the Berlin Exhibition Grounds
- 2011-03-02: Yocto Project Aligns Technology with OpenEmbedded and Gains Corporate Collaborators
- 2011-03-01: OpenEmbedded participates at this years CeBIT (March 1st-5th 2011) with a stand in the CeBIT OpenSource event. You'll find us in hall 2 as part of the larger linuxnewmedia booth along with other interesting open-source projects.
- 2011-02-25: OpenEmbedded has a stand at SCALE (Southern California Linux Expo) (February 25-27, 2011).
- 2011-02-05: OpenEmbedded at FOSDEM'11 - We have a booth at Europe's finest F/OSS event. See you in Brussels!
- 2010-12-03: OpenEmbedded 2010.12 released
- 2010-09-20: OEDEM and eV General Assembly
- 2010-06-09: OpenEmbedded in Berlin! Meet us at our booth at LinuxTag 2010.
- 2009-11-07: Openembedded Developer Meeting 2009 in Cambridge, UK
- 2009-08-12: Openembedded gains ability to create Qt Embedded Linux SDK
- 2009-05-27: Palm is using Openembedded to build Palm webOS
- 2009-05-27: MontaVista is using OpenEmbedded in their MontaVista Linux 6 product
- 2009-03-31: OpenEmbedded opens the stable/2009 Stable branch. Special procedure is applied to it which results in better support for our downstream users.
- 2009-03-24: FOSS Aalborg in Aalborg, Denmark, with a focus on embedded software. Mickey gives a talk about OpenEmbedded.
- 2009-03-06: Always Innovating is using OE to build software for their Touch Book.
- 2009-02-19: KOAN Software company announces it's KaeilOS distribution will join the OpenEmbedded project.
- 2009-02-10: OE has a new Logo -- Many thanks to Bug Labs who funded the logo development, and Mateo Zlatar for designing the logo.


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Rising enrollments of students for whom English is not a first language mean that every teacher whether teaching kindergarten or high school algebra is a language teacher. This book explains what teachers need to know about language in order to be more effective in the classroom, and it shows how teacher education might help them gain that knowledge. It focuses especially on features of academic English and gives examples of the many aspects of teaching and learning to which language is key. This second edition reflects the now greatly expanded knowledge base about academic language and classroom discourse, and highlights the pivotal role that language plays in learning and schooling. The volume will be of interest to teachers, teacher educators, professional development specialists, administrators, and all those interested in helping to ensure student success in the classroom and beyond.
The second edition of What Teachers Need to Know About Language is an outstanding volume that makes a significant contribution to the field in so many ways, furthering our understanding of the issues surrounding what teachers need to know about language to be effective educators in today's K12 public school climate. Reading this book is like discovering a goldmine and I am eager to discuss it with colleagues at my institution.- MaryAnn Christison, University of Utah, USA
Quality instruction requires an understanding of the language demands of learning. This is an essential book that provides extraordinary resources for educators, striking a chord with anyone who cares about learning for all children (not just those who are learning English as an additional language).- Young-Suk Grace Kim, University of California, Irvine, USA
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Adversary intent inferencing and adversarial modeling
Adversary intent inferencing and adversarial modeling investigates the feasibility of developing and utilizing an adversary intent inferencing model as a core element for predictive analyses and simulations to establish emergent adversarial behavior. It is our desire to use this intelligent adversary to predict adversary intentions, explain adversary goals, and predict enemy actions in an effort to generate alternative futures critical to performing course of action (COA) analysis. Such a system will allow planners to gauge and evaluate the effectiveness of alternative plans under varying actions and reactions to friendly COAs. This can also be applied in a broad range of areas.
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The Mathematics major is designed to prepare students for a variety of career options. Approximately half of our graduates become certified to teach high school math. Around 20 percent continue on to graduate school and are successful after the academic rigors of this major. A smaller number of graduates become actuaries, a highly rewarding career path.
The Evangel University Department of Natural and Applied Sciences is dedicated to the spiritual, academic and social growth of every student. The department's purpose is to provide an excellent education that is thoroughly integrated with the University's emphasis on the development of strong Christian character. Students of mathematics learn to exhibit analytical thinking and problem-solving skills. A math major consists of 33 credits in mathematics and normally requires four years to complete. High school preparation should include two years of algebra, one year of geometry and one year of precalculus or college algebra/trig. Students not having this high school background can expect to take college algebra/trig during their freshman year at Evangel. The major includes the calculus sequence with courses in statistics, discrete math, algebra, linear algebra, advanced calculus, math seminar and two elective courses in mathematics.
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BOWLING GREEN—A free new way to promote businesses and even the town came to the attention of the Bowling Green Town Council on Thursday night.
Kyle Anderson, who recently opened Anderson's General Store at 101 North Main St., Bowling Green, said he has teamed up with American Express for branding and marketing his store for free. He said the Town of Bowling Green could also market itself through the Shop Small program of American Express.
"Shop Small is a movement to celebrate small businesses every day and to help communities thrive," according to the American Express website. "Small Business Saturday is a day dedicated to supporting small businesses across the country. Created by American Express in 2010, this day is celebrated every year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving."
The Shop Small program creates free personalized digital banners, downloadable signage and social posts, Anderson told the council. "I recently saw my store advertised in the Washington Post," he added while standing before the council.
The main requirement is that the business must accept American Express cards from customers.
"We don't have to pay a dime—just take American Express," Anderson told the council. Shop Small's promotion of business is not limited to retail outlets. "You can be an insurance company, drive a tow truck or have a real estate business," he noted.
Council members expressed an interest in using the marketing tool and asked Anderson to help the town get started in signing up for Shop Small, and he agreed to help.
In other business, the council looked at the possible future purchase of another radar speed sign to replace the town's non-functioning radar sign.
Police Chief Steven Hoskins said the town obtained its current radar sign through a grant. He tried to call the manufacturer, only to learn the company is no longer in business. He was also unable to find a company that would work on the radar sign.
Hoskins presented the council with literature that listed new radar speed signs ranging from a $4,194 sign on a hand-pushed dolly to a $10,249 version that is mounted to a trailer that can be towed around. He pointed out a $6,549 sign on a trailer that is similar to the town's current one.
"I recommend staying away from the portable ones," such as the hand-pushed dolly, because they might get stolen, Hoskins said.
Hoskins said an unnamed council member had asked him to get prices on new radar speed signs. In recent weeks, town residents have complained to councilors about tractor trailers speeding through town. The police chief said the signs help curtail speeding.
Glen McDearmon, vice mayor, asked Hoskins about potential grants for another radar sign, and the chief said, "Grants have dried up. That's not an option."
Councilor Jason Satterwhite said the town probably has no money in the budget for a new radar sign this year anyway and would have to budget for a sign next year.
In other business, the council tackled the sensitive issue of charging some groups to use the Town Hall and allowing others to use it for free, a discussion initiated by Town Manager Stephen Manster.
Mayor David Storke said the town should stop allowing free use of the Town Hall. "But there might be a time where we would donate the money back to a group," he said. "But that is a muddy road."
In October, the town charged the Caroline County Recovery Community Program $500 for use of Town Hall, but did not charge the Caroline Care Group Inc. or the Caroline Alliance Against Violence.
He noted that the town staff has told certain groups they would have to pay and then those groups have gone directly to council members and asked for free use.
If the group is directly involved in improving the town, then perhaps that group could get free use, councilor Mark Bissoon suggested.
Gray areas are involved in the process, the mayor said, and then mentioned Friends of the Caroline Library. That group uses Town Hall for "their biggest fundraiser of the year," he said.
The mayor asked Andrea Erard, town attorney, "Is giving money back to a group legally defensible?" She said yes.
Councilor Daniel Webb suggested the town set a limit of two to three free events a year and then the rest of the groups would have to pay to use the building.
Satterwhite suggested the town at least recover its cost from a charity group's use of the building, such as electricity and clean up of the building.
Storke suggested they continue the discussion at the next meeting.
McDearmon made a motion to allow the Caroline County Sheriff's Office free use of the building for its Christmas party in December, and the motion passed unanimously.


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If your ride is limited for space to install subwoofer enclosure and you have a similar restriction when it comes to your bank account, there is still hope. Shallow woofers work well in very limited depth locations - and we're looking at one that also works with shallow pockets.
Meet the TA-FS120 from Audiopipe. This is a value-priced, dual voice coil, twelve-inch shallow-mount woofer requiring less than three inches of mounting depth. With a depth of only 2.875 inches and a price tag well under a hundred bucks, the TA-FS120 is one of the lowest priced shallow-mount woofers available.
Rated at 250 watts of continuous power, the woofer is nicely made with a cast aluminum basket finished in a high gloss black powdercoat. The dual four-layer, four-ohms voice coils allow two or eight-ohm configurations, while the high gloss piano black finish on the injection-molded poly cone provides a great background for the diamond cut style Audiopipe badge.
From a technical perspective, the woofer uses a large diameter, slim-profile ferrite magnet to drive the four-layer, 1.5-inch voice coils. A single, linear type Nomex/cotton spider provides control and compliance underneath the cone, with a butyl rubber surround for cone control and compliance around the perimeter of the cone. Speaker connections are handled by nickel-plated, spring-loaded terminals and accept 10-gauge cable. Tinsel leads are stitched to the spider to eliminate lead slap under high excursion conditions.
A rubber gasket trims out the mounting flange, and helps provide an air tight seal to hard surfaces.
According to the manual, the TA-FS120 is designed for sealed enclosures ranging from 0.8 to 1.8 cubic feet, or a two cubic-foot vented enclosure. The major reason most people buy a shallow woofer is because they have very little room for an enclosure, so I decided to do my listening in a sealed enclosure on the smaller side of the recommended range. Mine measured 0.9 cubic feet after deducting the displacement of the woofer.
The Audiopipe shallow woofer sounded better than expected for a woofer on the economical end of the scale, with lots of output in the 50 to 150 Hz range. Bass output was relatively well-controlled and musical. After some experimenting, I found that using a steeper slope on my low pass filter improved the sound quality of the system. I ended up using a crossover frequency of 90 Hz, with a -24 dB per octave slope. If you stay within the woofer's rated power handling of 250 watts, you will have no problems with power handling. But if you overdrive this woofer, it will let you know. Extremely low frequencies were evident, but at lower output levels. This will be less of a problem in your car due to the vehicles transfer function that my large listening room lacks. A larger enclosure would undoubtedly help too, but the whole reason for needing a shallow woofer in the first place is usually because you don't have enough space.
On The Bench
After the break-in and all the listening was done, I allowed the woofer to normalize overnight and moved into the lab for some precision measurements. With the dual coils wired in parallel with a DC resistance of 1.9 ohms, I measured the drivers Thiele-Small parameters. My results were quite a bit different than what was stated from Audiopipe, although they do not indicate how the woofer was measured to achieve their numbers. This can lead to inaccurate data being used to design your enclosure, so it pays to verify all of the data before using it to engineer an enclosure.
My data agreed with the manual (that the woofer is able to work in sealed or vented boxes), but indicates that the best results would be in significantly larger-than-recommended sealed enclosures. While examining the free-air impedance curve, I also noticed a second resonant spike around 230 Hz that seems to be a mechanically induced harmonic. The nearfield response curve also shows this aberration as a drop in the woofers output due to the impedance rise, but because almost everyone uses a low pass filter well above this frequency, it's not going to be an issue in normal use.
Thiele-Small Parameters
Coils in Parallel
Revc= 1.910 ohms
Fo= 49.879 Hz
Sd= 0.049 M²
Vas= 1.005 cu-ft
Cms= 0.082 mm/N
Mmd= 116.755 g
Mms= 123.031 g
Qms= 6.156
Qes= 0.919
Qts= 0.800
Levc= 0.386 mH
No= 0.371 %
SPLo= 87.716 dB
Quick Tech Specs
Power Handling 250 Watts RMS
Frequency Range 25 - 500 Hz
Sensitivity 87.7 dB/SPL @ 1.0 W (1.414 V @ 2 ohms)
Nominal Impedance (2) 4 ohms coils
If you want to put some bass in your ride and need a very affordable, shallow woofer to do it, the Audiopipe TA-FS120 should be on your list of products to consider. With higher-end features and excellent value, you may find it offers among the best bang for the buck.


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Sister: Man who opened fire at Sikh temple had alcohol problems
Wade Michael Page's death ruled suicide
A sister of the man who killed six Sikh worshipers before shooting himself told investigators he had a history of alcohol problems.
The sister was quoted in an investigation report released Tuesday by the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office. She told investigators that Wade Michael Page, 40, seemed bloated over the past few months, and she wondered if he had been drinking recently.
Toxicology reports are still pending.
The sister also noted that Page's demeanor had changed over the past year. She said he'd become more intense and apparently lost his wit and sense of humor.
Page opened fire at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek on Aug. 5. He killed six people and injured four others before shooting himself.
His death has officially been ruled a suicide. Page died from a gunshot wound to the head and also suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen, the medical examiner's report said.


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UnitedHealthcare's Pharmacy Saver program expands
MINNETONKA, Minn. — More retailers have signed on for UnitedHealthcare's prescription savings program that caters to Medicare Part D members.
Target, H-E-B, Hy-Vee, Publix Super Markets, Food Lion, Bloom, Harveys and Sweetbay Supermarket have joined the insurance company's Pharmacy Saver program, which allows members to purchase some scripts for $2 for 30-day and some 90-day supplies, and applies to hundreds of prescription drugs, including 8-of-the-10 most commonly used by UnitedHealthcare Medicare plan members.
The announcement comes nearly one month after Kroger and Safeway signed on to participate.
"The rapid growth of Pharmacy Saver is a direct reflection of our commitment to finding new ways to bring important cost-savings benefits to our members," said Tom Paul, CEO of UnitedHealthcare Medicare and retirement. "We're pleased the addition of these new retailers will give even more members the opportunity to save money on their prescriptions next year."
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SAU 18's School Improvement Grant has a focus on developing curriculum documents.
This site is currently under construction.
In advance of the Common Core State Standards being mandated by 2014 our district work on curriculum is based on those standards.
This link will direct you to the Common Core State Standards: