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Lady Antebellum Bring Out Surprise Guests Luke Bryan and Sara Evans in Nashville
Who doesn't love going to a great concert and then getting surprised by another great performer, who joins the one you're there to see? What about two additional unexpected performers? Well, Lady Antebellum's crowd got to experience just that last night (Feb. 22) at the trio's sold-out show at Nashville's Municipal Auditorium.
Not only did Lady A pull Luke Bryan onto the stage to help them perform his songs 'Do I' and 'Country Girl (Shake It For Me),' but they also invited Sara Evans onstage to deliver her tune, 'A Little Bit Stronger' — a song which was written for her by Hillary Scott. As you can see in the clips below, the audience was more than thankful for the two-part surprise.
Tweeting about the show once it was over, Lady A said, "Nashville tonight was amazing. Thank you @saraevansmusic. Thank you @LukeBryanOnline." Then, this morning, they were still thinking back on the excited crowd and great company from the night before, tweeting "We are still so amazed at how wonderful last night in Nashville was."
Multi Grammy award winners Lady Antebellum are well on their way in their We Own the Night Tour, which will take them to the midwest this week with shows in Michigan and Indiana. The group, who seem to be amassing fans by the minute, will be touring heavily until the end of June. Who knows what other top-notch artists they'll be inviting out onto that stage?
Watch Lady Antebellum and Luke Bryan Perform 'Do I'
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Their Exhibits? Five undercover, shaky, videos, with fishbowl-like audio, of circulators.
Which they have lied about.
Lied?! Well then the Anti-Recallers should be thrown out, no?
You'd think so, wouldn't ya?
For instance, there is the video labeled,
Circulator Talks About Payment By Quota
Now mind you, THIS is the video they Anti's are really hanging their beanies on. This is the one, baby. This will shut it all down. Are you ready?
Let's go to the YouTubes!
OK, here is the transcript of the money talk (so to speak):
Undercover Forward Omaha: Have you made your quota yet?
Circulator: Recall! Uh, I don't know.
(Unintelligible) ...we gotta get like ten signatures an hour.
UFO: Ten signatures an hour to get $20 an hour?
Circulator: Yeah.
UFO: OK.Now. Keep in mind kids, they are trying to make this admissible in court.
So someone said something was a quota? Yes, that would be... the UFO! If some random dude starts asking about how YOU get paid, are you going to give him all the details? And then did the UFO nail down if ten sigs was a requirement to get paid...or simply a goal?
Of course not.
But Forward Omaha and Vince Powers and Jim Suttle want the Judge to believe this dripping water shooter is really a Smoking Gun.
And then the UFOs set up another entitled:
Circulator Claims 15% Tax on Restaurant
Hmm. Really? Well, again, let's look at the actual blurry video:
And here is the transcript of what the dude says.
The Mayor went ahead and put a 15% sales tax on all the restaurants and all the food, so now when you go to a restaurant it's 15% more, in the City of Omaha, whereas outside of Omaha you don't pay that.And that is 100% false dude!
Because the actual increase was 28.5%!
Wait, what?
That's right math wizards, an increase from 7% to 9% is a 28.5% increase. So you are paying 28.5% more in taxes. (And we are actually leaving out the fact that it's a tax on a tax and it's really more than that, but the math is easier this way. You're welcome Mayor.)
So the guy got it wrong. He undercut it. But of course...so what?
Because that guy IS NOT A CIRCULATOR!
The guy from Omaha, holding the clipboard, collecting the signature is the circulator. The guy talking is supporting the position. So video him all day long if you want. Maybe he has a YouTube site. Maybe his YouTube site will be admissible in court.
Or maybe not.
And while we're at it, please tell us which of these signatures is invalid.
Oh wait, NONE, because the UFOs didn't sign the petition!
So here is the reality people:
The people who wanted to sign the petition, signed the pettion.
Those who did not want to -- like the UFOs here -- didn't.
So cross out all the Mickey Mouses and Gretna residents.
And count up the rest, Phippsy.


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Based on experience with new commodity traders, we've found about 80% of them have a history with stock options. Most of these traders, when pressed, express a vague desire to diversify as one of their chief reasons for taking the next step to commodities. However, it's intriguing that few have a firm grasp of the real advantages that commodity options can offer — especially if they are accustomed to the constraints that stock option selling can place on an investor.
Don't misunderstand: Selling equity options can be a lucrative strategy in the right hands. However, if you are one of the tens of thousands of investors who sell equity options to enhance your stock portfolio performance, you may be surprised to discover the horsepower you can get by harnessing this same strategy in commodities.
In an era when sudden and excessive volatility is common, diversification is more important than ever. But the advantages don't end there.
Selling benefits
Selling (also known as writing) options can offer benefits to investors in both equities and commodities. However, there are substantial differences between writing stock options and writing options on futures. What it generally boils down to is leverage. Futures options offer more leverage and, therefore, can deliver greater potential rewards (in addition to greater risk).
In selling equity options, you do not have to guess short-term market direction to profit. The same remains true in futures, with a few key differences:
- Lower margin requirement (that is, a higher return on investment). This is a key factor that attracts many stock option traders to futures. Margins posted to hold short stock options can be 10 to 20 times the premium collected for the option. With the futures industry's margin calculation system, however, options can be sold with out-of-pocket margin requirements for as little as one to one-and-a-half times premium collected. For instance, you might sell an option for $600 and post a margin of only $700 (total margin requirement minus premium collected). This can translate into substantially higher return on your working capital.
- Attractive premiums can be collected for deep out-of-the-money strikes. Unlike equities — where to collect any worthwhile premium, options must be sold one to three strike prices out of the money — futures options often can be sold at strike prices far out of the money. At such distant levels, short-term market moves typically will not have a big impact on your option's value; therefore, time value erosion may be allowed to work less impeded by short-term volatility.
- Liquidity. Many equity option traders complain of poor liquidity hampering efforts to enter or exit positions. While some futures contracts have higher open interest than others, most of the major contracts, such as financials, sugar, grains, gold, natural gas and crude oil, have substantial volume and open interest, offering several thousand open contracts per strike price.
- Diversification. In the current state of financial markets, many investors are seeking precious diversification away from equities. By expanding into commodity options, you not only gain an investment that is not correlated to equities, option positions also can be uncorrelated to each other. In stocks, most individual stocks, and their options, will move at the mercy of the index as a whole. If Microsoft is falling, chances are your Exxon and Coca Cola holdings are falling as well. In commodities, the price of natural gas has little to do with the price of wheat or silver. This can be a major benefit in diluting risk.
- Fundamental bias. When selling a stock option, the price of that stock is dependent on many factors, not the least of which are corporate earnings, comments by the CEO or board members, legal actions, regulatory decisions or broader market direction. Soybeans, however, can't cook their books, and copper can't be declared too big to fail.
The supply/demand picture of commodities is analytically cleaner. Knowing the fundamentals of a commodity, such as crop sizes and demand cycles, can be of great value when selling commodity options. In commodities, it is most often old-fashioned supply and demand fundamentals that ultimately dictate price, not the actions of a badly behaving CEO. Knowing these fundamentals can give you an advantage in deciding what options to sell.


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Having covered Mat Mladin for over 10 years now I have always been impressed with him, as a man, and as a racer. I have always found Mat to be very fair. Back in 2001 at a January test at Laguna Seca I interviewed Mat for the old version of Rumblestrip.net and in transcribing the interview misquoted him. It was interesting to actually get a call from Mat himself to ask if that is what he had said. It turned out that he was correct and I was not. I posed a correction to the interview and an apology for misquoting him and we were good. In fact as long as Mat wasn't "working" he was always available for a chat, an interview or just to say hi. It was also then that I found Mat to have a very good sense of humor.
Dave Despain who I'm going to guess hasn't always been a fan of Mat given their dust ups in the past still has great respect for the guy and says so here on a recent episode of WindTunnel.


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Cedar Valley Publishing is a company started by Stacey Kannenburg, an educator, author, speaker and mom was looking for books and curriculum to prepare children for their educational careers.
The result is Cedar Valley Publishing and the Let's Get Ready for Kindergarten series (which includes Let's Get Ready for First Grade) and the soon-to-be-released Spanish editions of both books.
The books are a little different because they're in an easy-to-read storybook type format rather than a workbook where children can practice saying letters, numbers, identifying shapes and colors and other early learning skills. According to the website they've won multiple awards and are in use in 350 schools around the country. To quote Kannenburg:
Thirty-eight states are discussing all day 4 year-old Kindergarten because kids are not coming to school prepared. But where are the public service announcements telling parents the 7 things they need to know for Kindergarten testing: the alphabet all mixed up, number to 10 all mixed up, basic shapes, colors, coins, counting objects to 10 and how far they can count to 100?If you have a child who could benefit from the educational boost these books provide then be sure to enter this week's giveaway because thanks to Cedar Valley Publishing I have a set of 2 books to give. Just follow the directions below and good luck!
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Before 12 am Monday go to the giveaway entry form on this page and enter your name and email. I will pick one of the names at random, contact the winner via their email and publish the winner's first name and home town in next Tuesday's post. See the bottom of the entry form for more details.
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Hotel owners around the world are transforming old, unused jails into high-end accommodations to attract more guests. Photo: The Liberty Hotel, Person + Killian Photography.
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How to abolish the NHS
February 23, 2013
The National Health Service enjoys strong support among the public, making it almost impossible to introduce radical reforms, even if the performance of the NHS is relatively poor compared with systems in other developed countries.
Over the last thirty years reform efforts have therefore focused on greater private sector involvement within the NHS system and the deployment of some internal market-style mechanisms in an attempt to improve efficiency. In a recent initiative, for example, a private company has been contracted to manage a 'failing' NHS hospital.
The problem with such 'part-privatisations' is that they typically involve complex contractual arrangements and the creation of numerous 'interfaces' between government bureaucrats and the private sector, which may result in increased transaction costs and a reduction in overall efficiency. At the same time, private firms working within the NHS framework remain constrained by a strict regulatory framework on top of rigid contractual commitments. There is therefore little scope for the entrepreneurial discovery and innovation that brings such enormous gains within genuinely free market arrangements.
Moreover, since politicians and officials retain control over funding, the system remains unresponsive to consumer preferences and subject to capture by special interests, particularly producer interests such as the medical and nursing professions and the pharmaceutical industry. Mixed public-private systems therefore risk introducing additional transaction costs while suffocating the potential gains from private sector entrepreneurship. If this results in disappointing outcomes, as is likely, the whole concept of privatisation may be brought into disrepute.
There is therefore a strong case for taking a different approach. Rather than focusing on the gradual introduction of 'market reforms' and public-private partnerships within the NHS system, an alternative strategy would seek to bypass the NHS by liberating the private healthcare sector such that the NHS became less and less relevant as more and more people opted out of state provision to avoid long waiting lists and substandard care. This option has the potential to create a virtuous circle – by reducing burdens on the NHS, taxes could be cut, wealth created, and more people would be able to afford private healthcare, reducing the NHS burden still further and gradually undermining its political base.
But radical regulatory reform is necessary if a dynamic private health sector offering low-cost, high quality and innovative treatment is to emerge. A selection of regulatory changes is suggested below:
– Perhaps most importantly, the compulsory licensing of medical professionals should be abolished. Anyone should be at liberty to practice as a doctor or nurse, with patients relying on brand names or competing voluntary associations to ensure quality. Ending current restrictive practices is essential to enable private firms to increase productivity in the sector.
– Restrictions on the types of treatment available 'over the counter' should be lifted to enable patients to obtain medication without recourse to registered doctors and regulated pharmacies.
– Burdensome drug licensing regulations should be rescinded. Instead, the testing of new drugs should be left to private firms and free markets. Reputable companies would have strong economic incentives to ensure the safety of their products, while there would also be far more freedom for experimentation and innovation by new market entrants, with huge potential benefits for patients.
– Prohibited recreational drugs, such as cannabis and opiates, should be legalised to allow the sick to benefit from their numerous medical applications.
– Private firms should be free to bring in low-cost medical professionals from abroad and at liberty to determine rates of pay and working conditions through private contract.
– Legal reforms could enable patients to waive their right to clinical negligence claims.
– Planning controls and building regulations should be liberalised to enable the rapid development of new private healthcare facilities.
Finally, it should be noted that internet technology has mitigated many of the information asymmetry problems that have previously been cited as a rationale for heavy state regulation of health. A combination of new technology and a dynamic, entrepreneurial private health sector could make the NHS increasingly irrelevant.
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Ryan149289 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 105 designs submitted by 29 freelance designers.
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We are going to be opening a Medical Cannabis Dispensary in the City of San Francisco.
Existing market of Medical Cannabis patients in the City of San Francisco. Our shop is located in the Castro, an upscale, trendy and colorful neighborhood.
We would like a logo that can be rendered in physical form such as a hanging metal, or carved wood sign as well as look good on our business cards and website. We'd like a reference to our City or the District we are located in (The Castro) in the logo as well. The logo should be classic or ultra modern, not cartoonish. I'll attach our current logo, which we are not completely unhappy with as well as an idea we just put to paper. You may use these for inspiration if you'd like.
Here are a few establishments that have a similar aesthetic as ours will. Feel free to borrow elements from them as well.
Please let me know if you need more guidance.
Thank you,
Ryan Hudson
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Do I have to order via the internet?
A. We certainly encourage you to order from our website whenever possible; orders from the website help us keep our prices low due to decreased labor cost. However, we understand that sometimes ordering from the website is not possible, so we do have a couple options available to you:
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A. Shopping security at Mouthpiece Express.com is absolutely 100% guaranteed. We understand that shopping online can feel risky and uncertain at times. Where does your information go? How can you be sure that someone out there with a computer can't intercept your credit card numbers? Your credit card security is our highest priority, Mouthpiece Express.com has taken several steps to ensure that your payment information is processed confidentially and accurately.
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USDA Authorizes Emergency Grazing of CRP Acres for Hale County
Hale County USDA Farm Service Agency Executive Director, Jerry Thurman on Monday announced that Hale County was authorized for emergency grazing use of Conservation Reserve Program acres for fiscal year 2014.
Unlike previous years, counties are not automatically approved for CRP emergency grazing when they reach the D2 (severe drought) level on the U.S. Drought Monitor. If there is a need for emergency grazing, each local FSA Office must request approval from the Texas FSA State Committee. Currently, 59 counties have received emergency grazing approval. The 90-day emergency grazing period for these counties will end Sept. 11, 2014.
Based on a policy decision made by the Texas FSA State Committee, CRP acres grazed during fiscal year 2012 or 2013 will be considered eligible for emergency grazing if NRCS verifies, on a case-by-case basis, that the conservation cover will sustain grazing. FSA's fiscal year runs from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30.
"Eligible producers who are interested in emergency grazing of CRP must request approval before grazing eligible acreage and must obtain a modified conservation plan from the Natural Resources Conservation Service that includes grazing provisions," said Thurman. "Current provisions allow grazing on 100 percent of a field, up to the 75 percent stocking rate," he said.
There will be no CRP annual rental payment reduction for 2014 emergency grazing authorizations.
To take advantage of the emergency grazing provisions, authorized producers can use the CRP acreage for their own livestock or may grant another livestock producer use of the CRP acreage. The eligible CRP acreage is limited to acres located within the approved county.
Additionally, CRP land located within the Lesser Prairie Chicken Crucial Habitat Assessment Tool (CHAT) zones I, II and III will only be able to practice managed or routine grazing, managed harvesting, emergency haying or emergency grazing one out of every three years. This frequency regulation resets in 2014, meaning that any land hayed or grazed in prior years that meets the available forage requirement according to NRCS standards will be eligible for emergency use in 2014.
For more information and to request approval for emergency grazing use of CRP acres contact the Hale County FSA office at 806-869-5281.


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In an effort to display the power of the Pixel Shader 3.0 feature supported in its new GeForce 6800 series graphics cards, NVIDIA asked the makers of the popular title FarCry to showcase some of their technology. With the GeForce 6800 series being officially launched at a party in San Francisco, both NVIDIA and Crytek agreed to show attendees how FarCry would look with Shader 3.0 implemented. Those who attended the launch party were shown some image comparisons which were intended to illustrate the image quality enhancements Shader 3.0 provided over current technology. Going back to April 14th, you can see our posting of these screenshots which started all the controversy.
The first screenshot utilized a scene with a narrow stone stairway. Comparing the two images, there is no doubt that the image rendered with Shader 3.0 is far more detailed and realistic. Although the surface of the steps and walls seems relatively flat in the first image, the use of Shader 3.0 makes the scene come to life with a true sense of volume.
The second screenshots use a dark room made of stone with a pool of standing water at the base of a statue. Although both the statue and the walls shows a significant amount of additional depth in the Shader 3.0 image, the most pronounced area of differentiation is easily the pool of water. Whereas the water is solid and exaggerated in the first image, the scene rendered with Shader 3.0 depicts the water with likelike characteristics. Here, you can see through the surface of the water and identify the details of the bottom of the pool.
After posting the images we were provided with, it became evident that something was clearly amiss. Those of us who had played FarCry on any current high-end cards realized that the images being compared to Shader 3.0 images were clearly not using Pixel Shader 2.0 as one would expect. Despite NVIDIA stating that the comparison images were "Shader Model 3.0 techniques (vs 1.x shaders)", speculation ran rampant on what the motives were behind the comparison.
With the vast majority of the industry believing that NVIDIA will be the only vendor supporting Shader 3.0 with their next generation cards, many were somewhat suspicious of the company's motives. With most users being somewhat familiar at best with Shader 3.0, there was a considerable amount of misconceptions fueling the fire. Easily the most heated aspect of Shader 3.0 is the question of image quality improvements over Shader 2.0. Knowing what a dramatic step forward Shader 2.0 was over its predecessor in terms of image quality, many expected Shader 3.0 to offer an appreciable difference in quality over Shader 2.0. As such, when screenshot comparisons involving Shader 3.0 were made with Shader 1.1 instead of Shader 2.0 eyebrows were raised and torches were lit.
Fortunately, Ryan was able to attend the launch party in San Francisco and was able to discuss this scenario with NVIDIA. In a bold move of confidence, NVIDIA provided us with the contact information for Crytek's CEO, Cevat Yerli. We were encouraged to overstep the usual PR methodology to learn more about Shader 3.0 and go directly to the developer. Who better to ask than the man behind the game in question?
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Taking pride in line, Alomar gives to Jays Care
LONDON, Ont. -- When Roberto Alomar embarks on a venture, he fully embraces it.
There's no one who stands behind -- and in front of -- his name better than the Hall of Fame second baseman. He did just that on Saturday as he reintroduced Alomar Baseball, his new line of baseball equipment, at Home Run Sports.
LONDON, Ont. -- When Roberto Alomar embarks on a venture, he fully embraces it.
There's no one who stands behind -- and in front of -- his name better than the Hall of Fame second baseman. He did just that on Saturday as he reintroduced Alomar Baseball, his new line of baseball equipment, at Home Run Sports.
"It's something that I always wanted to do," Alomar said of launching his brand. "Now that I'm away from the game, I wanted to stay involved with the game. I always wanted to have my own line -- and not just a line, but I wanted to have some good product. These are things that I believe in, and to me, it's been great.
"I always wanted to do that, but the most important thing is that with every purchase, some of the proceeds go to the Jays Care Foundation. They do so many great things for the city and for the whole country of Canada."
At Saturday's event, fans were asked to make a donation to the Jays Care Foundation as they received autographs from and snapped several pictures with Alomar. The donations collected in just over two hours of signing totalled just under $1,000. From regular sales of the top-of-the-line Alomar Baseball products, $3 from each bat will be donated to the foundation, as well as $5 from each glove. Alomar is excited to be able to give back, not only to Jays Care, but also to continue his growth within the game north of the border.
"Being around it for the last four or five years, I love it," Alomar said of Canadian baseball. "There's a lot of talent here and there are people who really care, especially the kids who are really involved in baseball. I know people love hockey but I want people to love this game, too.
"When I came [to Canada] back in 1991, my first year, they supported me since Day 1, so now it's time for me to support them. Hopefully they can enjoy my line."
Alomar has always had an interest in the grass roots level of the Canadian game. It has only increased through each of the Honda Super Camps, and quickly accelerated during Tournament 12, named for the retired number of the former infielder.
"[Tournament 12] means a lot to me, because I can see in the kids' faces how happy they are just to be in the [Rogers Centre] playing baseball," Alomar said. "When they asked me about it, right away I said, 'Yes.' I want to be a part of it, I want to be there; I want to mingle with the kids. And it's not only to be the face, it's just to be involved in the whole program."
Taking his involvement one step further, Alomar will soon suit up in the red and white as a guest coach for Canada's junior national team during their spring trip to Florida.
"It's really important to be involved in every phase of the game," he said. "Especially from the young kids all the way to the junior team and all the way to the big leagues. I learned a lot about the game through my youth. I was gifted to play the game, and now it's time for me to give my knowledge to those kids who need it.
"It was an honour for me when they told me I was going to be a part of the junior team as an honorary coach. I'm looking forward to that and hopefully they can use the Alomar line and hopefully we can win."
The native of Puerto Rico has found nothing but success throughout the building process of his equipment line. While he has had assistance along the way from several different people and organizations, he has been sure to keep his hands on everything the entire time.
"The main thing was to find the right people to be on my team, the Alomar team," he said. "Jason [Cohn] and Morgan [Matthews, directors of Alomar Baseball], they have helped me to create my line. And I am 100 percent into my line. I designed the gloves, I designed the bats, and so far it's been great.
"I have to give thanks to Home Run Sports, who have been great and so supportive in letting me be part of their family. Also, the Jays; the Jays' organization has been so great to me. I've been blessed."
Alomar Baseball's partnership with Home Run Sports began in January, when the Blue Jays hosted their most recent coaching clinic. Tony Carnelos, a representative of the equipment store, has been impressed with Alomar's ability to delve into the business world and his eagerness to be continually involved.
"We talked about their product and what we could do [in January] and the relationship just grew from there," Carnelos said. "He's great to deal with -- very reasonable, very level-headed, very giving in a way. For example, he just said, 'Hey I'll come down on a Saturday and sign in your store in London, no problem.' He's been so cooperative on every part of it. He's been great."
Added Alomar: "If you are going to be involved in this business, you have to be very personal with it. I don't want to just be the face. I want to mingle and shake people's hands, and if people buy an item, I want to be there. I want to be with the fans; I want to be with the people. I don't want to be just a guy who's going to talk about it and not be there."
The Hall of Famer was very much with the fans on Saturday. One excited woman couldn't wait to tell her friends that Alomar had recognized the fact that she had tweeted him and made mention of it as she posed with him for a picture. A young autograph seeker was elated to show off the "12" he recently had shaved into the back of his haircut for the occasion.
Alomar was happy to embrace one couple's baby, letting them know that it was good practice for when his first child will be welcomed into the world. His genuine interest in each and every person made the hour-and-a-half lineup worth the wait.
"The most rewarding thing is just to be around the people," Alomar said. "I think they enjoy it, but I enjoy it more. … That's something my family -- my father and my mom -- always taught me right. You can have all the money in the world, but if you're not humble, you will not get anywhere. Being humble is who I am, and I've been taught real well by my family."
Alexis Brudnicki is a contributor to MLB.com.


text: The University of Georgia is accepting applications for their 1995 Summer Workshop in Microbial Physiology (SWMP '95). SWMP '95 is an intensive 4-week laboratory course, sponsored by the NSF Research Training Group in Microbial Diversity-an Organismal Approach, which will provide practical hands-on experience in the basic techniques for: 1) study of microbial metabolic processes; 2) genetic manipulation of prokaryotes; and 3) product recovery from large scale cultures of microorganisms. A case method approach will be used, and two diverse microorganisms (Methanococci and Pseudomonas solanaceareum) will serve as model systems. All participants will work with both of these model organisms. Additionally, visiting experts will present both didactic lectures and state-of-the-art research seminars on the target organisms and their relatives (details below). SWMP '95 is designed for advanced graduate students and working scientists from industry, government, and academia and will include optional (but strongly encouraged) poster presentations by participants. Laboratory exercises will take place in the Department of Microbiology's modern teaching facilities which are well equipped with the latest instrumentation for cell culture, protein purification, and molecular analyses of microorganisms. The goal of the workshop is to provide participants with information and skills which they can generalize to the study of other microbes of specific interest to them in their own work. In addition to the scientific program, there will be a lively social and recreational program including lakeside barbecues, a canoe trip, and a banquet. Accommodations will be in air-conditioned, handicapped-accessible, phone and cable-equipped University dormitory suites with free access to swimming and the use of the UniversityUs other extensive athletic, intellectual, and recreational facilities. *******Model Microbial Systems and Faculty for SWMP '95******* 1. The Methanococci are strictly anaerobic methane-producing archaebacteria which grow autotrophically on H2 and CO2. They grow rapidly, have simple nutritional requirements and are easy to lyse. Among the methanogens, they have the best developed genetic system and grow well on plates and in fermenters. Lab work on this organism will include anaerobic culture and large scale fermentation and harvesting, isotopic tracers in metabolic studies, cell fractionation, PCR cloning and heterologous expression, purification of O2-sensitive coenzymes, and assay of O2-sensitive coenzymes. Guest lectures will be given by Barny Whitman (Lead instructor for this segment, University of Georgia), Ken Jarrell (Queen's University), Albrecht Klein (Phillips University) and Mary Roberts (Boston University). 2. Pseudomonas solanaceareum, a plant pathogenic member of the rRNA homology group II pseudomonads (Burkholderia species), is a major model system for the study of pathogen-plant interactions that lead to disease and resistance. Lab work on this organism will include genetic approaches to studying virulence, avirulence, and pathogenicity genes, including conjugation, transformation, DNA isolation, transposon and site- directed mutagenesis, as well as interactions of parent and mutant bacteria with host and non-host plants. Guest lectures will be given by Tim Denny (Lead instructor for this segment, University of Georgia), Carol Bender (Oklahoma State), Steve Farrand (University of Illinois), and Joyce Loper (USDA, Corvallis). Application forms can be obtained from Robin Krause (Voice: 706-542-2045; FAX: 706-542-2674; e-mail: mibrtg at uga.cc.uga.edu). Participation is limited to 20 persons. The DEADLINE for receipt of applications is April 1, 1995 and notification of acceptance will be made by April 15, 1995. The workshop registration fee is $400 (U.S.) for academic and governmental participants and $1000 for participants from industry. Travel assistance and fee waivers are available in case of need (details are on application forms). For additional information contact Robin Krause (Voice: 706-542-2045; FAX: 706-542-2674; e-mail: mibrtg at uga.cc.uga.edu).


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And it's officially the end of Uni for 2013 and the start of three weeks of holidays!
The weather isn't that bad finally but it's raining all day long, which makes taking outfit pictures nearly impossible! However now that holidays are finally here, there will be far more opportunities to both take outfit pictures as well as write blog posts/ reviews about some products that really impressed me.
I love transitioning my closet from Summer to Winter, as it is a really nice way to find new combinations and new ways to wear you clothes! I love this top, I have it for more than three years and somehow it always look so up to date. I love the material of this top and the colour combination, as the colours are more of a neutral ones it makes it easy to pair with almost anything. With the weather being so dull and cloudy I needed to add a pop of colour and is there a better way than adding a red pair of heels? Ikrush had some amazing deals and I got this bag and I am obsessed with it. You know that I am a huge fan of sparkly items
this bag is the best way to add sparkle to your outfit!
I am wearing:
Leather Jacket - Zara
Top - H&M
Jeans - NewYorker
Heels - New Look (only available in black)
Bag - Ikrush (out of stock)
Rings - Primark
Watch - Swatch
Bracelet - Primark
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Thank you so much for your lovely comments on my last two posts!
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Pumpkin Sesame Balls
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hi reese,ReplyDelete
it looks soooooooooo yummy...
aiyoo, look so yummy, immediate bookmarked.ReplyDelete
Reese this looks really really yummy! I especially love the ones with peanuts inside...nomnomnom!ReplyDelete
I am a sucker for pumpkin. I like anything make from it. Gosh, just look at the gooey pumpkin when you bite into yours. You make me crave for it. I tried making sesame ball before but when I fried it all the sesame fell off the balls. They all look botak. How you get yours to stick on it?ReplyDelete
Thank you..:)
I think you'll like this..:)
Yeah, I though of making it again with peanuts fillings...yummy!!
Thank you..:) The texture is chewy and crispy, think you'll love it. About the sesame seeds, try to roll onto the sesame seeds while the balls are still moist and press slightly to stick. Mine did came out abit while frying though..;p
Yum yum!I have pumpkin in my fridge also...but wonder when will I ever find time to make this! Miss those days when you will make these delicious kuehs and pass me some, heehee!ReplyDelete
Is this jindui ? I have been looking for this recipe for a long time. Thank you !ReplyDelete
~ Bee Bee, wish I can share with you. You so busy lately? Alot orders ah?..heehee..:)ReplyDelete
~ The Experimental,
This is not "jindui" but quite similar. You can have a look at my "jindui" recipe here..http://reesekitchen.blogspot.com/2009/09/sesame-seed-balls-chien-tui.html
Hoep you like it...:)
- AnonymousApril 13, 2011 at 8:47 AM
ah! I would have thought this is 煎堆 if not for your clarification above, Reese. The inclusion of pumpkin is a nice touch both in taste and aromatics!ReplyDelete
Thank you travellingfoodies....:)ReplyDelete
Think the addition of pumpkin must be very nice, cos I have never tried pumpkin in this before... Yumm... Bookmark!!ReplyDelete


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An upcoming Windows Phone meetup is on the horizon, which will take place in St. Louis. According to Rob who organises the events, this will be the last one for the
foreseeable future year. But a few tricks are up his sleeve to drive interest to the set location. The plan is to give away a Lumia 900 and Lumia 710 to attendees, which will surely be superb stocking fillers for the upcoming festive holiday.
The meetup will be held at Triumph Grill (triumphgrill.com - Bing Maps), where attendees will have to inform an employee they're with the St. Louis Windows Phone meetup. Drinks and food are not included and are to be purchased by individuals. The full address of the establishment is Triumph Grill, 3419 Olive St., Saint Louis, MO 63103 (314-446-1801).
So when is it scheduled to be held? December 1st, 12PM to 4PM - so not long to decide whether or not you will be able to attend. The meetup has run numerous times in the past and has seen strong interest from other members of the community. The most recent event was only back in September.
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For banks, lenders, credit unions and other organizations in the financial sector, accurate accounting is more than just a necessary evil to operate and remain in compliance. Instead, it's a vital component to garnering consumer trust and growing the business. One calculation error caused Bank of America's shares to fall more than 6 percent back in 2014. It's not hard to imagine what a similar mistake might cost a much smaller financial institution.
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Banking, mortgage and financial services industries handle large amounts of sensitive financial data for their customers every day. To help manage and make sense of these numbers, financial services industry accounting software provides additional security and levels of accuracy and reliability beyond what most accounting systems offer.
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Depending on which product you go with, and how much or how little functionality you choose to include in your purchase, that subscription fee can vary drastically. Some vendors charge a flat rate, while others change their rate from month-to-month or year-to-year based on how many users the system will have. If your system includes functionality for payroll, the vendor may base their rate on how many employees you have in your organization.
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Why Isn't Everything on Apple TV?
HBO will port its popular HBO Go app to Apple TV but the real question is why isn't everything on Apple TV? Peter Kafka joins digits. Photo: HBO.
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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors of Chinatrust Bank (U.S.A.) announced today that Noor Menai has been named President & CEO of Chinatrust Bank (U.S.A.). Mr. Menai, who most recently served as Executive Vice President of North America, in his new role will oversee the bank's US operations which include Commercial and Industrial and Commercial Real Estate lending groups as well as 12 branches in California, New Jersey and New York.
Mr. Menai will continue to oversee North American operations for the parent bank, Chinatrust Commercial Bank (CTCB).
Chinatrust Bank (U.S.A.) is one of the first Asian-American banks to operate both in the Eastern and Western United States. CTCB is one of the 200 largest banks in the world in terms of capital, the largest privately held banking institution in Taiwan, and has operations in 13 countries along the Pacific Rim.
"Noor is a proven leader who will take Chinatrust Bank USA to the next level," said C.C. Tung, Chairman of Chinatrust Bank (U.S.A.) "He brings an impressive track record with banking's premier brands and he'll take a 'hands-on' approach to expanding business, practicing sound risk management, increasing productivity, and delivering strong results. His personal commitment to protecting and building our clients' portfolios fits well with CTCB's internal culture to put customers first and will be a tremendous asset in expanding our global footprint."
"It's a great honor to take on this new role at Chinatrust and I appreciate the confidence the board has placed in me," said Mr. Menai. "Chinatrust USA is a well-capitalized bank with tremendous opportunities to grow our business in retail banking and deepen our relationships with commercial and corporate customers. I look forward to working with our talented management team to build a standout culture that will continue to highlight our clients' most important needs for banking service and financial success."
Mr. Menai has most recently served as the Executive Vice President and North America Regional Head of CTCB where he has had responsibility for US and Canada Corporate and Commercial Real Estate, Trade, Cash, F/X, Asset Based Lending, Syndications and Participations & Advisory, business lines and trade finance for the China/North America Trade Corridor. He joined CTCB in January 2011 as the Head of Governance and Retail Banking for the US, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Prior to CTCB, Mr. Menai spent three years in private equity and asset management, including as Founder and Managing Director of Fajr Capital, a sovereign wealth fund-backed investment fund.
Previously, he served as President & CEO of Charles Schwab Bank, where he re-launched a deposit platform as the "World's Best Checking" as part of the strategy to source net new money from existing brokerage only customers. In his nine-year career with Citigroup North America, he served in several senior roles including; Senior Vice President, Global Consumer Bank – US Credit Cards Division; Head of Consumer Portals, Head of Branch Profitability Programs, and most recently as Managing Director, Corporate & Investment Bank with responsibility for Sales for Emerging Markets. In his last role he had executive responsibility for 1,100 relationship bankers across 18 countries.
Prior to Citigroup, Mr. Menai was a Director of Direct Financial Services at Bank of America. He began his career at JPMorgan Chase where he was part of the Retail Banking Operations and Technology team during the integration period for mergers between Manufacturers Hanover, Chemical Bank and Chase Bank. He holds an MBA in Finance, Computers and Information Systems and a BA in Economics, Computers and Information Systems from the University of Rochester.
Earlier this year, as part of the bank's new strategic plans, Chinatrust appointed Brian Gregson as Executive Vice President and Head of Chinatrust (U.S.A.)'s retail banking group. In this role, he oversees retail operations of the bank's 12 US branches, mortgage sales, wealth management services and marketing in the region.
"Brian brings us world class talent in retail banking and affluent market and customer efficiency programs," said Mr. Menai. "He has an in-depth understanding of expanding a multi-branch network and special expertise in banking in internationally-oriented and ethnic markets, which are important for the future of Chinatrust Bank (U.S.A.) and CTCB."
Prior to joining Chinatrust Bank (U.S.A.), Mr. Gregson served in several Senior Vice President roles at HSBC including SVP District Executive - West Coast and SVP Business Transformation. In his 11-year career at HSBC, he grew the west coast branches from 2 to 43; his oversight included performance-driven sales management, customer service management, leadership, coaching, team building, operations and project management. Previously, he was an SVP and Head of Operations for Republic Bank California, which was acquired by HSBC in 2000.
Mr. Gregson was a South African Chartered Accountant, starting his career at KPMG in South Africa and serving with the company in Johannesburg, Milwaukee and Toronto. He holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of the Witwatersrand and a diploma in International Finance Management from Damelin College in South Africa.
CTCB's 2012 awards include Euromoney's "Best Managed Company in the Banking and Financial Sector," "Best Local Private Bank," and "Best for Privacy and Security," and Global Finance's "Best Foreign Exchange Bank in Taiwan."
About Chinatrust Commercial Bank
Chinatrust Commercial Bank (CTCB) is one of the 200 biggest banks in the world in terms of capital and the largest privately held banking institution in Taiwan. Established in 1966, CTCB's has 147 branches within Taiwan and 67 outlets in the US, Canada, Japan, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Singapore and China. The bank's operations include deposits, loans, guarantees, foreign exchange, offshore banking units (OBU), trusts, credit cards, cash cards, securities, bonds, futures, derivative financial products, factoring, safe deposit boxes, electronic banking services, and the national lottery.


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Responding to President Obama's directive to expedite and increase the production of biofuels, USDA met its 30-day deadline to help produce more energy from homegrown, renewable sources, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced this week.
"Further developing the biofuels industry helps create jobs and stimulates rural economies, an important part of getting our economy back on track," said Vilsack. "President Obama and I are committed to advancing clean and renewable energy as it creates jobs domestically and boosts tax revenues at all levels of government."
On May 5, President Obama asked USDA to expedite the biofuels provisions of the energy title of the 2008 farm bill within 30 days, including the following:
• Providing loan guarantees and grants for biorefineries;
• Expediting funding to encourage biorefineries to replace the use of fossil fuels in plant operations;
• Expediting funding to encourage production of next-generation biofuels;
• Expanding the Rural Energy for America Program; and
• Providing guidance and support for collection, harvest, storage, and transportation in biomass conversion facilities.
Details about USDA's recent efforts to support the biofuels industry are:
Loan guarantees for biorefineries. USDA is currently reviewing a $25 million loan guarantee application to retrofit a biodiesel refinery to produce second-generation biofuels. The funding of this venture will be the second such guarantee to be funded under the 2008 farm bill.
In January, USDA awarded an $80 million loan guarantee for the production of cellulosic ethanol. A second round of applications received as part of an April 30, 2009, solicitation for applications is currently under review. These involve second- and third-generation biofuel technologies to produce cellulosic ethanol, biodiesel, and methane gas and electricity. Awards for the second round are projected for Sept. 15, 2009.
• Assistance for biorefineries replacing fossil fuels. USDA will provide up to $20 million to offer financial assistance to biorefineries to replace fossil fuels used to produce heat or operate biorefineries with renewable biomass.
• Encourage production of next-generation biofuels. USDA will provide $30 million to provide payments to eligible agricultural producers to support and ensure an expanding production of advanced biofuels.
• Rural Energy for America Program. USDA is now accepting applications for feasibility studies, loan guarantees, and grants for renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements as well as for applications to conduct energy audits on behalf of agriculture producers and rural small businesses.
Funds will be used to assist agricultural producers and rural small businesses by conducting energy audits and providing recommendations and information on renewable energy development assistance and improving energy efficiency.
These projects — energy audits and renewable energy systems development/energy efficiency improvements assistance — are designed to help agricultural producers and rural small businesses reduce energy costs and consumption and help meet the nation's critical energy needs.
For more information on this program and application deadlines, go to http://www.rurdev.usda.gov.
• Biomass Crop Assistance Program. USDA is launching a program that will provide compensation for the collection, harvest, storage, and transportation of biomass intended to meet the country's energy needs in a more sustainable manner.
The program will provide financial assistance for delivery of eligible biomass material to conversion facilities that use biomass for heat, power, bio-based products or biofuels.
USDA, through the Farm Service Agency, will provide matching payments for collecting, harvesting, storing and transporting eligible materials at a rate of one dollar for each dollar per dry ton paid by a qualified biomass conversion facility for the biomass. The matching payments will not exceed $45 per ton and material providers will be eligible for up to two years of payments.
For more information on this program, go to http://www.fsa.usda.gov/energy.


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Science-fiction tells us more about the dreams, hopes, and fears of a age than about any actual form the future could take. It may, however, sometimes offer us a glimpse through a glass, darkly, of how this future might come to be. That is why Kunstler's The World Made by Hand and Greer's Star's Reach are so interesting to read. They are not the only novels on this subject, however. Other science-fiction classics, not necessarily of the post-apocalyptic sub-genre, may help us to grasp what the fundamentals of a post-peak society could be. Frank Herbert's Dune is one of those.
Even though spice is definitely a metaphor for oil and Arrakis definitely a metaphor for Arabia, the Dune universe has little to do with what a post-peak world is likely to look like. It has a Galactic Empire, spaceships, and an advanced, if somewhat vintage, technology – the book was written in 1965 after all. Yet, when you look beyond the Ixian machines and the Bene Gesserit's breeding program, the logic of the Dune society is not unlike what you could expect from a severely resource-constrained society.
We all know about the noble Atreides and the dastardly scheming Harkonnen, but few realize that, despite their differences, both were feudal overlords ruling over a host of local nobles and a far greater number of commoners, including in some places slaves. This is a remarkably common system in history, and even though most of us, myself included, would not like to live in it, it is a logical response to resource scarcity. Fossil fuels have enabled us, for two centuries, to create a huge economical surplus, which in turn has enabled us to bridge somewhat the gap between poor and rich people, at least in the developed countries.
This bridge is very partial, that's true, and it is slowly falling apart, but it does exist. Many people, at least in the de-growth scene, have pointed out that the average French worker has access to luxuries a medieval duke could not even dream of. Few have noted, however, that he has access to roughly the same kind of goods as the rich, the main differences being quality . I am far from being rich, but I do have a computer and a heated house. I can dine in a restaurant and travel by plane. What I lack is access to those goods and services specifically designed to be expensive; i.e., to act as a class-barrier.
Widespread access to luxury goods and services is only possible, however, because our economic system still creates enough surplus to distribute some of it among even the non-elite. During pre-industrial times, the difference between the haves and the have-nots was not one of degree but one of kind. A medieval peasant could not even dream of owning a stone house, for instance. Because the economy produced little surplus, it could support few rich people, and those few could accumulate riches only by reducing the rest of the population to permanent poverty, sometimes barely above survival level. The result was a considerable distance between the wealthy and the rest of the population, comparable not to the difference between a modern-day French worker and a millionaire, but to the one between the same French worker and a Malian subsistence farmer.
Access to technology was, however, rather evenly distributed. Things would be quite different in a high- or even not so high-technology ressource-poor world. The Atreides and the Harkonnen have access to what we would call high-technology (spaceships, powered vehicles and so on), but the universe of their subjects is definitely low-tech, and so is the economy. Caladan's main resource is paddy rice, and the Harkonnen rose to House Major status thanks to their manipulation of the whale fur market.
A resource-poor world could indeed enjoy a relatively high level of technology, even if there is no historical precedent. What it cannot do is mass-produce it. A car or even a computer could theoretically be built by a resource-constrained society with the necessary know-how. What such a society could not support, let alone build, is the necessary industrial infrastructure. The consequence is that those high-tech objects which could still be made in such a context will have to be hand-crafted in very much the same way that books, for instance, were produced in pre-industrial times. Their price would therefore be prohibitive. Surviving complex technologies would then be reserved to the elite, whatever this elite may be.
This may, ironically, encourage the survival or the resurrection of some technologies. During the long descent, society's focus will be survival, and at some point research and even technology maintenance will cease to be priorities. Unless things become far worse than they need to be, the dark ages will pass and new elites will emerge from the ruins – if history is any guide, they will descend from successful warlords; even if they may have another origins, such as religion. Like all elites, they will want to display their status, and what better way to do it than by using prohibitively expensive technologies from the legendary time of computers and moon rockets. The resulting society could be more polarized than anything in history. After all, Louis XIV might have had chests of gold and tens of thousands of soldiers at his disposal, but he still had to rely on herbs when he was sick. His twenty-fourth-century counterparts may have competent doctors and antibiotics. It is their subjects who will have to be content with herbs.
Such technology would be rather static, however, and there too the Dune universe offers us a good idea of what a post-peak society could look like. Research is a very resource-intensive activity, and it relies upon a network of equally very resource-intensive educational institutions. Both are subject to the law of diminishing returns. While a resource-poor society may do some research, it will have to be limited and very focused; as a result, its technology will look quite stagnant, with very few breakthroughs and those shall be very far between, and a lot of mature technologies used without much change for thousands of years. Technological innovations may still be game-changers in the realm of the economy or geopolitics – the synthetic spice, for instance – but they won't change the way ordinary people live, at least not the way the runaway technological progress of the last two centuries has done. That does not mean that ordinary people won't experience significant, even drastic, changes in their lives – wars, political and religious crises, and natural disasters will still be very much on the agenda – but we won't see anything like the rift between our grandparents' world and ours. In a way, it will be a return to the atemporal peasant world before the Industrial Revolution, a world subject to change but not to progress, where continuity is valued more than innovation.
Most peak oil activists would hate such a society, of course, even though some, of the conspiracy theorist kind, might see in my description of it a confirmation of their fears. They would be wrong, by the way. If a Dune-like society does emerge from the long descent, it will be after the demise of our world and of its elite. They are much too closely linked to mass production, to globalization, and to the monetary economy to thrive or even survive in a world where those will be mere memories. They will go the way of Mayan priests and Roman aristocrats. The post-peak aristocrats will be of another stock – they may even be the descendants of successful activists (there are, after all, historical precedents) – and their formation years will be long and troubled.
As I have said, I would greatly dislike living in such a society, but that does not change the fact that its emergence, or the emergence or something quite similar in its functioning if not in its external outlook, is a possible – even likely – consequence of the collapse of a technological society. That does not mean, of course, that we cannot prevent it from emerging. We cannot do anything about the limits to growth, and certainly cannot avert the coming collapse, but we are fully responsible for the way we react to it. Promoting personal and collective accountability and extending democracy, especially at the community level where the consequences of one's choices can be fully felt, might erect subtle but very effective barriers to the rise of "feudalism with hand-crafted tanks". That means, however, tremendous effort both at the personal and the community level, and it is not certain that every individual and, more important, every community will be willing to make them.
I want to thank David Parkinson, who have copy-edited this post and corrected my rather clumsy English. Without his efforts, it would have been far less readable.


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In the weekly piece "Eastern Edge", Eric Daoust breaks down the latest fantasy information from the standpoint of the Eastern Conference – the streaks, the slumps, the line combinations and much more. Eric is the first student to obtain a Masters degree in Computational Science at Laurentian University. He has also had a passion for hockey since infancy and has been involved in fantasy hockey since 2001, starting up in sim leagues. Since then, he has moved on to participating in some of the most challenging roto and head-to-head leagues. He also covers the Montreal Canadiens in the Dobberhockey forum in addition to writing for Dobberprospects. You can find Eric on Twitter @DH_EricDaoust.
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"We're very happy to be able to extend Coach Bartow's contract and we look forward to continued success in our men's basketball program," Mullins said. "Under the direction of Coach Bartow, our program continues to succeed on the court, in the classroom and out in the community. Murry has truly worked to better our department as a whole, helping to raise money through BASA, scheduling revenue-generating non-conference games, and putting a winning product on the floor.
"As a department, we're proud to have Coach Bartow continue as our head coach throughout the years to come."
Bartow, who joined the ETSU program in 2003-04, has led the Buccaneers to two of the most successful seasons in program history, winning 27 games in his first season and 24 games a year ago. The 27 wins in 2003-04 rank second on the all-time single season list and the 24 wins in 2006-07 ranks tied for fifth. In addition, Bartow has guided the Bucs to three championships, winning both the Southern Conference regular season and tournament titles in 2003-04, and capturing the Atlantic Sun regular season championship a year ago.
With an overall record of 78-50 at ETSU (61 percent), Bartow has been named Coach of the Year both in the Southern Conference (2004) and A-Sun (2007). Beginning his fifth season on the ETSU bench, Bartow has led the Bucs to the postseason twice, with an NCAA Tournament berth in 2004 and a National Invitation Tournament trip in 2007.
"I want to thank Coach Mullins and President Stanton for allowing me the opportunity to guide the ETSU men's basketball program," Bartow said. "We are continuing to build on an already strong men's basketball tradition, and my staff and I are dedicated to working as hard as possible to continue to win championships. More importantly, it is our goal to build quality young men through their experiences as student-athletes at ETSU. Whether on the court, in the classroom or through community service, we want to develop our players into quality individuals."


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'Memories still fresh'
Five years ago I visited for a few days in the summer. It was a very strange experience. I wandered over the campus in search of my youth. Everywhere I looked, most of it was the same as I remembered. But all my friends were long gone. Only the memories still fresh. Everywhere I looked, ghosts materialized. Events materialized. I drank it in as only an older middle-aged man can. Here had taken place the best years of my life. I grew up here. My mind roared here. Some of the best friendships I have ever known were initiated and cultivated here. Some remain today.
But reality and time intruded. The snack bar at the union did not have vanilla Cokes. Nunzi's, the Warehouse, Buckland's … all gone. The town looked a little depressed and worn. A number of buildings gone.


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Frederick Bart needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 46 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
Middle Class To Millionaire
start-up project with book launch in about 10 weeks; book title is Middle Class To Millionaire...working on logo + website first/now...looking for "elegant" but not stuffy
people with family income of $40+k annually, between ages 30-45, likely suburban parents; very probably college educated
consider legible fonts--perhaps with a bit of flair-- as far as colors: seem to like yellow/gold outline with yellow/gold text on top of very dark blue
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MattRodMusic needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 242 designs submitted by 61 freelance designers.
Changing Clocks
We are a new music group, Changing Clocks, releasing music within the rock and popular ('pop') idioms. To get a feel for what we are about, you may download samples of five songs we have recently finished. Please do not use these for anything other than personal listening http://groups.google.com/group/changingclocks
From the onset, we would like to have a bold, unique and fresh identity encapsulated in this logo.
The logo should reflect the type of music audience that we seek to reach: a general audience who enjoys 'pop' music, but an audience who has a level of sophistication and craves a certain element of unorthodoxy.
Popular music with a whim.
The logo will be a prominent feature on our website. It will also be used on promotional posters for shows, at the end of videos (against a black/white background) and as a small identifier (discreetly, perhaps on a corner) on visual media sent to accompany mp3s to music blogs.
The logo should be able to stand on its own as well as together with the words "Changing Clocks". Alternatively, the logo itself can incorporate first letters or words and work as a single feature.
* Original work only, no derivations.
* A high quality vector will be necessary for scaling purposes.
* We would like the original design file from Photoshop/Illustrator.
* We need full intellectual rights to the logo upon payment.
Please no clocks, clock hands, timing devices etcetera. We are not a clock-repair shop.
Colour suggestions (these are a guideline just to get things rolling, I am open to ideas):
Orange (possibly the wording, should stick out from far), some red
Earthy colours: browns, beige and soft sand colour
Metallic colours, whites, grays
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