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Reduced hours may keep workers in jobs, avert layoffs
For decades, Connecticut has subsidized a program allowing workers to stay in their jobs at reduced hours, with compensation, as opposed to being laid off -- a solution that retains skilled workers and maintains employee benefits. But, in the 21 years since the work share program was launched in the state, few employers have participated or are even aware it exists.
Connecticut is one of 17 states that has used work sharing programs for many years, according to Bloomberg News, though such programs appear to have been just as under-used in other states, like Rhode Island, particularly before the recession. The Congressional Research Service found that, even in 2009, when the programs were most widely enacted, work sharing made up only 2 percent of unemployment insurance benefits, as reported by Bloomberg.
"Probably the vast majority of companies that would be able to use it don't even know it exists," Neil Rohon, resource associate at the Connecticut Dept. of Labor, said in an interview with Hearst Connecticut Newspapers. "Right now, I'd say there's probably a couple hundred employers participating in the state."
Though work sharing can technically be defined as an unemployment benefit, it differs from the traditional unemployment subsidies that provide a safety net for those who are between jobs. A voluntary program, work sharing allows employers to reduce the hours that full-time employees work, while the state will compensate each worker for a portion of their lost pay. In Connecticut, the program is available to any employer with permanent full-time employees, though seasonal employers are precluded. Businesses with as little as four employees can be eligible, and the program has naturally drawn a majority of smaller companies; Rohon speculates that 98 percent of the employers using the work-share program have 75 employees or fewer.
While on the program, beneficiaries are not required to look for other jobs, and employers report to the Department of Labor each week with the number of employees working on reduced hours. The idea is that, within a few months, the company will regain its prosperity enough to put its workforce back on a full-time schedule and dispense with the work-sharing program.
However, once the recession hit in 2008, the temporary nature of the work-share program began to change, with some of the participating companies stretching their use of the program to several years. Rohon remembered one company that used the program to put all its employees on a part-time schedule for three years, which eventually disqualified the employer from participating, as the workers could no longer be classified as full-time. At its peak in 2009 and 2010, work sharing in Connecticut had between 700 to 1,000 employers participating, according to Rohon.
"There was a big uptick at the end of 2008, 2009 and 2010, but since the end of last year, it's been dragging, which surprised me because the unemployment rate didn't drop," Rohon said. "But, with some companies, business never picks up again, so then they're forced to let people go."
In the past few years, the state's Department of Labor has extended the length of the work share program for some participating employers; according to the rules, an extension has to be filed every six months. Still, when work sharing was first implemented in 1992 here it was not designed for the kind of gaping unemployment -- with a jobless rate that remains stuck above 8 percent -- or long-term downturn the economy has recently seen.
"When Connecticut drafted this program in the early 1990s, no one could have foreseen the kind of economy we have now," Rohon said. "Half a decade -- that's a big downturn."
With 4.8 million Americans out of work for more than six months, according to the U.S. Labor Department, and more than a million more forgoing the job search altogether, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke called the national unemployment crisis a condition of wasted potential, according to Bloomberg News.
The Workplace in Bridgeport, one of Connecticut's five Workforce Development Boards, focuses on long-term unemployment and its effects, which can include the lapsing of industry skills. One of the goals of the work sharing program is to keep workers in their jobs, not only for the extension of pay and benefits, but also to help employers maintain a skilled workforce and allow employees to keep their skills well-honed and relevant, which can be crucial in a difficult economy.
"It's always important to keep skills current and refreshed, even if you're working," said Tom Long, vice president of marketing and communications at the Workplace.
Though the participation may be small, work sharing seems to be a success among those who have taken advantage of it; Rohon said that the majority of feedback he receives from employers has been "very positive" and indicates that the program can boost morale within a company. However, it's difficult to say how work sharing can adapt to an economy in which many businesses are consistently not thriving.
"It's one of those things we don't want to go on for too long, but we also don't want to discourage companies from participating if it's going to save people from getting laid off," Rohon said. "It's sort of a double-edged sword."


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Cycling in Victoria (Australia)
Cycling in Victoria (Australia) offers a host of group rides, as well as scenic tours to explore for the day with the family. Site of the Great Victorian Bike Ride, Victoria is a wonderful place to explore by bicycle. This year the Great Victorian Bike Ride will be held Saturday, 24 November to Sunday, 2 December, 2012. Peddling from Swan Hill to Castlemaine for 9 days, this fun event had more than 3500 riders in 2011. A crew of 500 were there just for the support of the the riders. If you can't make this exciting event in 2012, don't despair, as Victoria offers many opportunities for great bike rides, as well as special events for cyclists. Bupa Around the Bay and the Peaks Challenge are also part of the events sponsored by Bicycle Network Australia and Bicycle Insurance Australia.
Some of the popular trails available to the traveler or cyclist who is looking for a day trip are built along rail lines. Rail trails are popular in Victoria and are especially fun for a family outing. Paths are built along old railroad lines and provide a picturesque and fun way to view the towns, animals and native plants of the area. Originally built on flat areas, these trails are fun and offer a spacious route for enjoyable bike rides.
Ballarat- Skipton Rail Trail
A trail for cycling and walking of 53km, it is built west of Ballarat on an old railway line. Old gold mining sites, wetlands for birds, pastoral views and a ride on the Nimons Trestle Bridge, a restored wooden bridge, highlight the trail.
Capital City Trail
Ride around the inner area of Melbourne on a 30km loop that is free of cars. Views of landmarks abound, such as the Melborurne Zoo, Como Historic House and Garden, and the Melbourne Aquarium.
Coast to Crater Rail Trail
Also known as the Camperdown-Tiboon Rail Trail, this ride offers scenic vistas of rich farmland, bush and a ride on the Curdies Trestle Bridge. The volcanic plains of Corangamite are also a unique part of the ride.
There are many more wonderful opportunities for cycling in Victoria (Australia). So grab your cycle, friends and family and head to Victoria for a marvelous cycling adventure.

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As the headlines about the global economic crisis continue to be in every newspaper and on every newscast, and as consumers continue to hold onto their hard-earned dollars, club operators continue to see how difficult it has been for their sales departments to bring in new members. That's why establishing a good sales team today is even more important than ever before. It's not impossible to have sales during times of economic hardship.
Here are a few tips that can help:
- Staff buy-in. The first people that need to be sold on investing in health is each of your membership advisors. They must believe in the value of exercise. Everyone knows the value of exercise and now everyone must believe that exercise helps one's physical and mental well-being. Once your membership advisors embrace the fact that living a healthy lifestyle is a 24/7 attitude, they will make sales.
- Sell with passion. Questions that membership advisors need to ask themselves are: Are they exercising? Do they believe in the product? Do they practice what they preach? The biggest component to selling anything is emotion. People buy based on emotion. They can sense whether the club representative is sincere or just trying to make a sale. Today's consumer is savvy. Do not underestimate their ability to see right through false emotion and excitement. Membership advisors must have a burning passion for fitness and living a healthy lifestyle that must flow through their presentation.
- Ignore the negativity. Membership advisors should not get caught up reading doomsayer headlines and watching stock market results. It is important to know what's going on, but it should not consume their every thought, leading to desperation. Being distracted from a daily success cycle will only make matters worse. Membership advisors must keep a positive mental attitude every day and disregard what is going on around them or in their own personal lives. They must stay focused.
- Value proposition. Consumers are evaluating where to spend their hard-earned money these days. Membership advisors must make a value proposition relatable to their goals and fitness needs. They must show prospects the value of starting an exercise program and how starting now makes more sense than ever. They should help prospects determine their daily spending habits and explain how spending less per day is a great value. Prospects can join the club for a low fixed cost and enjoy the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle.
- Empathy vs. sympathy. Empathy is the capacity to recognize or understand another's state of mind. It is often characterized as the ability to put yourself in their shoes. Sympathy is a social affinity in which one person stands with another person, closely understanding his or her feelings. Membership advisors should not sympathize but empathize with prospects. They must understand their situation but be careful not to get caught up in their story. Bring the conversation back to results and benefits of joining the club. Turn each negative into a positive. People on a tight budget usually don't have much to do other than read, watch TV or surf the Internet. That gets boring quickly and encourages an unhealthy lifestyle. They could be at the gym, exercising, socializing, networking and making new friends all for a low monthly fixed cost. And they can read, watch TV or surf the Internet while doing it.
Selling is a profession, and selling memberships at a health club is no different. A sale is always made during a tour of the club, but there is more to selling than just giving a really great tour. Either the consumer sells your membership advisor or your membership advisor sells the consumer. Which would you prefer?
Tony Santomauro is owner and president of The Santomauro Group, a health, fitness, martial arts and sports consulting and management company. Santomauro, a 35-year health and fitness veteran, was co-founder and former president of Can Do Fitness Clubs in New Jersey for the past 12 years. He has extensive direct/corporate sales and marketing experience as well as expertise in advertising, public relations, martial arts and kids programming, equipment layout and design, class and fitness programming and all operational aspects in the field. He is an internationally certified Kukkiwon black belt. He can be contacted at email@example.com or 973-396-2100.


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Paradox Interactive, the developers behind Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim, tend to do things on a more epic scale. For instance, their holiday card came with its own dragon.
I wasn't expecting any packages today, so Paradox Interactive's holiday greeting took me by surprise. In fact, at first I didn't even see the card, it having fallen to the floor while I struggled to unbox thing accompanying dragon statue. Struggling for 20 minutes to unbox a statue that comes with its own jeweled-sword letter opener is somewhat ironic, so not only did Paradox send a giant thing to me for the holidays, they also got an inaccurate Alanis song stuck in my head.
Happy holidays and happy new year to the folks at Paradox. My old D&D friends are sure to appreciate this addition to my apartment's decor.


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Selma: Good Sunday Morning alt What are you doing alt? Watching the British Open
alt: Hi lady, no I was looking at familysearch DC for Ohio
Selma: LOL
alt: working on those AME roots... just found the DC for Bishop Benjamin F. Lee... born sep 1841 in Gouldtown NJ
Selma: I am typing in names in a database for folks who died in N News in 1905...you have anyone who was here during that time frame?
alt: DC says his parents were born the also... mother's maiden name is GOULD, Hmmmm LOL
Selma: Ummm
AYWalton: Good morning folks! Howdy Alt, Ms. Selma!!! see you both are early today!
Selma: Good morning AY
alt: not that I know of Selma
Selma: We have not lives AY..
AYWalton: lol I hear ya!
Selma: and since you are here..neither do you
alt: hello AYWalton
AYWalton: anything new with you both?
Selma: See how looking at one thing takes you off somewhere else alt...like the book I read last week
alt: I'm newly fascinated with the folks at wilberforce in 1900..
AYWalton: which book did you read? that is great, alt. Let the document take you where you need to go.
Selma: All is Well With My South...life of a 106 year old woman.. It was published this year...born in 1904..she attended Obama's inauguration
AYWalton: oh the lady who just died?
Selma: With my SOUL..not south
AYWalton: I have forgotten her name. that is great!
alt: between "Sons of Allen" Massie Creek Cemetery @ Wilberforce and the Ohio DC' on familysearch I'm having a field day connecting thes folks.
AYWalton: I love it, alt!
Selma: No I think this was another woman..let me find it
AYWalton: Alt did the South African students return to So. Africa from what you can tell? perhaps they became movers and shakers in the AME church there. There is a large contingency there, I know. Don't forget that is where Vashti went when she became bishop.
alt: I haven't followed up on any of the students yet AYWalton, but I owuld imagine they were @ the Payne Theological Seminary as students.. gotta check'em out
AYWalton: I won't be surpised if they did become movers and shakers there, as well.
alt: me neither.
AYWalton: Selma are any of the folks in your area planning to catch the African Ancestry road tour when it comes to Richmond? They will be in Richmond on August 8.
Selma: I didn't know they were coming..when are they coming?
AYWalton: Don't know where, though.
alt: Wm Scarborough, former pres of Wilberforce...his bio says his father was freed in 1842, but he remained in Ga as a slave because his wife was not a free woman.
AYWalton: VCU is a co-sponsor. and so is the Black History Museum.
Selma: Is it on the Black Hisotry Musuem website? or VCU
AYWalton: ok I have a link for you, hold on.
alt: and Scarborough was therefore born a slave ... his mother born in 1832 in GA is living with him in 1900.
AYWalton: Looke like they were already in Hampton, Selma.
Selma: Yes, they spoke at the Hampton event a a couple of weeks ago...
AYWalton: ok........
Selma: Gina was there..I saw her. I only stayed to hear Drusilla speak..I had company
AYWalton: ahhhh ok. Glad Dru got to speak. Has she done a DNA test?
Selma: Oh yes...she has..with African Ancestry a couple of years ago..and an admixture test
AYWalton: oh great!!1 I have to ask her about it one of these days.
alt: what's my man charles Howard up to? haven't heard a beep from him since he became the AAHGS Pres. y'all multitasking ,or what?
Selma: Yes... lOL
alt: which one? Lol lol lol
AYWalton: I have no idea. My membership has lapsed. I get updates from folks like Selma. so Selma---what is the latest?
Selma: You let your membership lapse...shame, shame
AYWalton: All I know is a Call for Papers went out, and that is all. Oh gracious Selma that has been about 2-3 years!
Selma: Well MORE shame
AYWalton: But I always make it to the National conference just to hang out, and I got to all of the local meetings in Baltimore and Central MD. lol and the sad part is that I have not missed a journal yet. Considering that they are woefully out of date and behind.
Selma: Call for papers was last big thing I heard...but I haven't been keeping up the past couple of weeks
AYWalton: the group needs a shot in the arm and a major overhaul.
alt: AAHGS doesn't seem to care bout us folks out here in the 'boonies'... you have to be East Coast, West Coast and maybe Chicago to get anything from them.
Selma: Oh they care..they would probably love to have you under their umbrella
AYWalton: but I am also glad that there are folks who are active in other groups as well. the major Chicago group is non-AAHGS.
alt: they sure don't do a very good job of 'out reach' Selma
AYWalton: there is an AAHGS chapter, and many of the other group also belong to that one.
alt: Is that right AYWalton?
AYWalton: yes there is the AAGHSC which is not AAHGS. The one founded by Tony Burroughs and others about 25 years ago. Then there is the Patricia Lidell group---the AAHGS group. Many belong to both groups.
alt: Ijust ran across a newsletter 'Ebony Lines' from the Indiana AAHGS when Coy Robbins was still alive and active... Now there was a recruiter, deluxe.
AYWalton: like Nettie, Lettie & Betty. great guy. is the Indiana group an AAHGS group? there is a Philadelphia group---also non-AAHGS.
alt: it was when until Coy passed away, then they went independent
AYWalton: and the southern California group--CAAGS is non-AAHGS. Ahh....I see. Did not know that. Is that the Indianapolis group? with Charles Baker.
alt: Philly... that's jtlogan & shamele's group right?
AYWalton: Barker perhaps so. I know JtLogan is in it, but did not realize that Shamele was. there was a man I met at Samford also from Philadelphia.
alt: Yes AYWalton , IAAGS is Charles' group.
AYWalton: and Donna Stokes Lucas, I think. hello trisha.
alt: hellotrisha
trisha: good morning all
Selma: Good Sunday mornin/afternoon trisha
trisha: Hey there, Walton, Alt, Selma!:} :}
alt: Donna has become more involved with the NPS and their UGRR program and has backed off from her genealogy work.
AYWalton: how are things with you, trisha? NPS?
alt: National Park Service
AYWalton: I saw her at Ft. Wayne, I think.
trisha: all is well...quiet... that's a good thing
AYWalton: does she work for them? I was not aware of that! I can never understand when I hear folks backing off form genealogy. Considering that I am hopelessly addicted to it.
trisha: just had relatives in for 2 weeks...attended a nice litte community reunion....was nice, community my dad grew up in
alt: Yeah, at least she is not involved with the iAAGS group any longer.
AYWalton: but she is still within an historical world with NPS, though. where was that, trisha?
Selma: Sounds like fun trisha
AYWalton: Greetings, vkn!!!!!!!!!
Selma: Good Sunday afternoon vkn
vkn: Good morning to all
alt: those can be more fum than a 'family' reunion trisha, when the whole community is involved.. like an AA homecoming
AYWalton: hope you are well this Sunday afternoon!
trisha: it's actually like a neighborhood in our area, we live in Tuscaloosa, AL the community was call CapeTown...mostly black community
alt: hi vkn
AYWalton: oh wow Tuscaloosa.
trisha: a nice crowd showed up, they were so excited to see each other, those that could make it
vkn: ALT
alt: vkn
AYWalton: trisha, there was a small school in Oklahoma--a black school about 100 years ago, called TushkaLusa---which means "Black Warrior" in the Choctaw Language.
trisha: greetings vkn
AYWalton: I have the records from that school that I intend one day to pull out and write about. what county is Tuscaloosa in trish?
trisha: indeed, walton, our river is called the Black Warrior River. This is where Chief Tuskalusa (sp?) actually lived
AYWalton: very interesting!
Selma: Vkn...have you heard from vicky?
trisha: Tusclaoosa, is the county as well, city and county
vkn: Oops made font too huge gotta shut down and comeback
trisha: ::smile:: so how is everyone today?
AYWalton: doing well, and hope you are as well. so are you researching the community of Cape Town, trisha? I love community histories, which is why I ask. Just googled it to see where in AL the town is. on what would be the eastern part of the old Choctaw Nation. they were mostly a Mississippi tribe, but included the western part of AL as well. what happened to vkn?
alt: For Selam, the map lover.. have you used this site... http://www.familyhistory101.com/maps.html
AYWalton: thought she was coming back.
Selma: Jeez Ay..got bumped too
alt: it does a great job of showing county boundry changes for every State in the Union from their origins
AYWalton: oops! slipped down the chute! hello 3rd!
alt: Oops Selma,
3rdthawkins: hello alt AY Selma and Trisha
Selma: Think I might have been there alt...need to save..think there was a new site I heard of this week..let me see if I can find.
alt: Hi 3rdthawkins
AYWalton: I use other maps on Ancestry that somebody sent a link to. all of the counties on every state! I copied several so when I need a map for a PowerPoint or video I will have them. quick question----where are the logs of the chat?
alt: check the link I just posted AYWalton .. for MSate maps and county boundry changes it is 'unbeatable'
AYWalton: that was me that time! I was trying to find the log spot and clicked on the wrong thing. alt or Selma do you know where the old chats are?
alt: nope, not I
AYWalton: there was a place for them, but I just can't find it.
alt: trisha, wha kind of a crowd did your community event draw? and what was the age groups... old, young, mixed?
AYWalton: she might be multi-tasking. or stepped away from the machine.
Selma: I was looking for the site...Newberry's Historical County Maps..something like that
trisha: back!
Selma: Hi 3rd
3rdthawkins: AYWalton at top of the screen on the navigation bar, click Chat, then on the drop down menu there's Chat Log (current) and Chat Log (old)
trisha: sorry, scrolling back to catch up
3rdthawkins: you can scroll back trisha?........for some reason I can't
AYWalton: Hmm...........don't see it 3rd. which navigation bar? Looks like we are all bouncing around. something is not visible to the eye.
trisha: the majority of the attendees were older, but they did have children, other extended family there. My cousin actually had it had her home, which was her mother's home...I estimate there were between 40-50 folks to show up
3rdthawkins: AYWalton, I don't think you can do it from the the chat window, you will have to do it from a Afrigeneas page, such as the main page or one of the forums
Selma: BRB
alt: I did myself in looking for the navigation bar.. it's when you first click on chat from the AfriGeneas Home page, right 3rd?
AYWalton: ahhh ok.
3rdthawkins: yes alt
AYWalton: thanks.
3rdthawkins: yw
trisha: she served breakfast for the group (= me running round like an idiot trying to get the food ready) funny how that happens :p
AYWalton: You know----maybe we need some new color or new design.
alt: nice turnout trisha
trisha: then there was a Tuscaloosa Reunion group, which actually has locations in many states...the group then went to the McDonald Huges Community Center for lunch ( Dr. Hughes was principal of the High School for many years...
alt: IMHO, I like the 'frehness' of the clear, clean background LOL
trisha: Hey Hawk!
alt: freshness
AYWalton: so is someone documenting the history of the community itself, trisha? I forgot the name that you mentioned and can't scroll back to see. (been knocked out too many times!)
trisha: not that I am aware of...I need to inquire with my cousin, she grew up there, as did my father and his family...
3rdthawkins: hello Trisha
trisha: I guess I think I have been so consumed with trying to get any info on mylines...I haven't thought about the "larger" picture
AYWalton: is the surname database function working? I am supposed to give a presentation on AfriGeneas for our genealogy group and am looking at the main features--but can't make that feature work. have any of you used it in a while?
trisha: the name of the community was Cape Town
alt: it was this morning AYWalton
AYWalton: it was just now, alt. Not even 1 minute ago. I think many of us need to start documenting communities. stepping outside of our immediate families---it does open other doors.
trisha: that's is a great thought
AYWalton: document the families, the schools, the churches, and the cemeteries. If there is a community history book, get a copy and then apply the community's history to the local black history.
alt: not only that AYWalton, but we need to search our communites for previous attempts at documenting them.. I'm finding all kinds of good stuff on AA settlements in Ohio that were written 75-100 years ago.
trisha: hmmmmm... interesting
AYWalton: really alt!
trisha: wow
alt: you bet...
AYWalton: where are you finding those old documents and how? I tend to collect old church histories when I can.
alt: In the local libraries and hist gen societies and on the net.
AYWalton: do you simply google the name of an old church?
alt: http://www.seorf.ohiou.edu/~xx057/ as an example
Selma: www.publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/project.html sorry it is out of context..another Map Project
alt: http://www.lwfaah.net/oh/gray.htm Bev's site anothe example
trisha: nice...
AYWalton: that's a great site, alt!
alt: yep, google St. Paul A.M.E. Urbana, ohio
AYWalton: ahh one of Bennie's incredible pages!
Selma: Sounds like a great project for you trisha...telling history of Cape Town..we are always trying to give folks projects
trisha: dang....lol, gee thanks
AYWalton: but it would be worthwhile.
alt: yes, Bennie has/had linked into many sites where local AA history has been documented
Selma: and I bet you would enjoy it more then you thinl
AYWalton: Shamele gave a great presentation on her work with Lawside New Jersey.
trisha: I actually might try and make some headway with this
Selma: Is the area still known as Cape Town?
AYWalton: that is fantastic!
trisha: no....I don't think so
AYWalton: I hope you are successful, trisha.
alt: look at Carolyn Smith's book on Lincoln Heights, Ohio .. great story
Selma: We have faith in you trisha.. LOL
AYWalton: is there an historic cemetery affiliated with that community, trisha?
Selma: Where did the name Cape Town come from? (see you thought you were just coming to chit chat ... LOL)
trisha: yeah, there are a couple
AYWalton: they will have to be documented. Stone by stone. but that's fun.
trisha: mmmmhmmmm Selma, I see how this works oh seee.....c'mon folks
AYWalton: lol
trisha: i take it you all will be traversing to Alabama the Beautiful to assist with this increasingly large but fun project....????
Selma: Jeez AY..you didn't have to start off with "stone by stone" right away
AYWalton: oh but of course!
trisha: lol
AYWalton: now----if you plan a big cemetery documenting event---and invite folks-----with food----hey lots of folks will come.
trisha: did I mention I have a momma and a high maintenance puppy???
Selma: Start with a general map of the area...
AYWalton: lol
Selma: Really trisha..do you know how the area got its name.. Cape Town?
trisha: i do not...i recall asking my dad, but i don't think he knew...he was born in 1910
AYWalton: something to research.
Selma: Are there any early histories of the the county written...some may contain info about the "colored sections" of town
trisha: yep, yep
alt: except for the River ar ey'all near a larger body of water?
trisha: I will ask the genealogical society if they have heard of this. I belong to the local group.
Selma: What is the oldest black church in that community?
3rdthawkins: ok, I am going, will be here for lunchbunch
trisha: mmmmm,Ithink it might be First African Baptist, but I would have to verify this
alt: laters 3rdthawkins
Selma: You said your Dad was born in 1910..was the family always in that area, or did they migrate there from somewhere else
trisha: My dad's maternal family was here documented from 1870 before that I think it goes through NC
alt: gotta run y'all have a great rest of the day.
Selma: See you alt
AYWalton: I guess I had better run, also, folk. have a great day everyone.
trisha: k....have a great day all
AYWalton: bye
Selma: See you Guess..time to go trisha..think about it.. LOL
trisha: guess this is the transition time, huh? take care all
Selma: Yep..looks like it..have a wonderful day Bye


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According the Daily News, a newlywed same-sex couple is suing an Asian-fusion restaurant called Amber Village after its manager decided, in spite of a deposit, that same-sex wedding parties are "especially bad for feng shui." Barrett Greene and Thomas Eng were informed by an unlucky Amber Village underling that they would have to find another rehearsal dinner venue because the manager was of the baseless opinion that a same-sex couple would somehow disturb the restaurant's fragile atmosphere of bigotry.
New York Magazine points out that New York State's Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act prohibits employers and "places of public accommodations" from discriminating against people based on sexual orientation, even if those places have really strict rules about their ever-tenuous furniture arrangements.
Greenwich Village restaurant owner sued for backing out of gay wedding [NYDN]
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New Canaan edged by Notre Dame-West Haven in state quarterfinals
BRIDGEPORT -- New Canaan's boys hockey players had to love their scoring chances Saturday. Their only problem was Wade Conlan found a way to stop every one of them, even when he needed to go to a second option.
Conlan made 27 saves, stopped a couple of breakaways and a huge point-blank chance in the final minutes, leading Notre Dame-West Haven to a 2-0 win in the CIAC Division I quarterfinals at Webster Bank Arena.
"We played to our full capabilities. We had a lot of heart today," said Conlan, a junior. "We just figured, play our game and we'll come out of here with a win."
Ryan Lynch's power-play goal with 8:12 remaining broke the scoreless deadlock. Matt Dumas added an empty-netter.
"We couldn't get it in," said New Canaan coach Bo Hickey, whose team finished 19-5-1.
"They were the better team tonight, I guess. We needed one bounce, one shot, and the kid made a couple of nice saves. There's nothing you could do. That's playoff hockey. That's what it's about."
It was a really good, hard-hitting playoff hockey game between two of the top seven seeds, which looked like it'd come down to one goal.
The second-seeded Green Knights (15-6-1) scored it and will face their archrival, No. 3 Fairfield Prep (14-4-3), in Wednesday's semifinals at Ingalls Rink in New Haven. The time will be announced.
Notre Dame won one game against the defending-champion Jesuits in the regular season and tied the other.
"(They were) two very close games," Notre Dame coach Tim Belcher said. "It's a rivalry, and a bitter one at that."
The Green Knights go into that game off back-to-back shutouts, beating Simsbury 3-0 in the first round to set up a third game of the year against New Canaan.
The Rams had won the first two, one-goal games both times. Belcher said they were more aware this time of Harry Stanton, who he said single-handedly beat them opening night.
They still let Stanton take a turnover in all alone on Conlan late in the second period. Stanton deked around Conlan's left pad, or so he thought; Conlan stuck his left toe out to make the save.
He stopped Parker Lewis on another breakaway soon after.
"Wade's the type of goalie, I don't really talk to him much. He knows what he's doing out there. He's an athlete," Belcher said. "His angles were tremendous."
In the third, after Lynch's goal, Davis Bruch took a pass to Conlan's right, all alone. He turned toward the net, deking around Conlan's goal stick.
"I went for the pokecheck and realized I'd missed it," Conlan said. "I tried to (take up) as much room as I could in net. I put my pad out as far as I could get it out."
Keeping the left pad down, he kept Bruch from tying the game.
Lynch's goal had come 47 seconds into Notre Dame's fifth and final power play. He took a pass from Colin O'Connor at the top of the left circle, took a step up and fired a wrist shot over Mac Wright's glove.
"Ryan, was it a great angle? Absolutely not," Belcher said. "He saw an opening and put it over (Wright's) shoulder."
Wright matched Conlan's 27 saves, making a few tough ones himself. Dumas had two breakaways, and Wright forced him to shoot wide both times.
Dumas' third breakaway, though, came in the closing seconds with Wright on the bench for an extra attacker. He didn't miss, ending the Rams' season.
"I couldn't ask for more out of our kids," Hickey said. "If it didn't happen, it didn't happen. There's no sin in that. I thought it was one of the more enjoyable teams I've coached at New Canaan."
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Records: New Canaan 19-5-1; Notre Dame-West Haven 15-6-1
Goals: NDWH--Ryan Lynch, Matt Dumas; Assists: NDWH--Colin O'Connor, Kyle Lynch, Eric Austin; Goalies: NC--Mac Wright (27 saves); NDWH--Wade Conlan (27); Shots: NC--27; NDWH--29


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Third episode in my Things I'll Never Build series that details web services, apps that I would probably use did they exist. The series is a way for me to evacuate some half-assed ideas that I don't have time or motivation to push any further, while I focus on more realistic personal and internal projects at AQ.
Good Will x Eco x Food
Talking about AQ, this is how I first got the idea for the app. We have this daily combini run where a few of us will go stretch our legs at the nearby convenience store. Sometimes, one of us is busy and places an order with his colleagues, or one of us is returning from a meeting at around the same time and will offer to grab everyone's favorite snack on the way back.
But then you could extend use cases to quick visits to a supermarket on the way back home (or to visit a friend) and offering to grab a few things. Push it even further and just alert everyone you are going to Ikea today and offer to bring back anything they want.
The app
I am going to the combini for myself.
I launch the app, select my location, check in and notify a group of friends.
They have 60s to answer with a simple tap on their regular order list.
I buy my stuff and theirs.
I go back to the office, deliver the goods and get my money back.
Some Features
- Conbinis can promote discounted goods.
- Get notifications when prices go down on your saved food or during time-sales.
- Keeps an order history for easy/quick selection.
- Saves price of past orders to track fluctuation.
- Kindness Ranking tracks how many times you've picked up things for your friends.
- The Surprise Me button for the adventurous type.
- Foursquare for locations
- NFC for payments
- Paypal Bumps for payback
- Passbook-like services
Biz Plan
- Conbinis pay us to advertise promoted goods to our users and pay us every time someone buys one of them.
- Conbinis pay us a tiny bonus every time a user buys something for someone other than themselves (when a friend responds with an order, a special barcode appears on my screen that can be read by the conbini.)


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During Monday night�s regular meeting of the Onslow County Board of Commissioners, the board voted unanimously to sell the 50,000 square-foot shell building at W.C. Jarman Drive, Burton Business and Industrial Park, Jacksonville to Hendricks Commercial Properties, LLC.
During Monday night�s regular meeting of the Onslow County Board of Commissioners, the board voted unanimously to sell the 50,000 square-foot shell building at W.C. Jarman Drive, Burton Business and Industrial Park, Jacksonville to Hendricks Commercial Properties, LLC.
HCP manages and owns more than 15 million square feet of real estate properties in 39 states, including industrial, office, retail, multifamily and development land.
Onslow County commissioners expressed enthusiasm. Chairman Paul Buchanan said, "It is great that Onslow County citizens will have the opportunity to compete for new jobs. I'm also glad to see that building being put to good use."
The total value of the sale includes $1.2 million to purchase the building and 24-acre parcel and an agreement to invest approximately $1.3 million in site improvement and building up-fit. Hendricks Commercial Properties, LLC will lease to its affiliate American Builders and Contractors Supply Company, Inc. ABC Supply, Inc. is the largest wholesale distributor of roofing materials and a leading distributor of siding, windows and other building supplies and tools. They have 450 locations across the U.S. and Onslow County will be North Carolina�s 15th.
ABC will create 17 permanent jobs in Onslow County with an annual average wage of $47,941, or approximately $23 per hour. ABC will begin with nine positions and increase to the total 17 jobs in the next four years. The current average annual salary in Onslow County is $26,959 or about $13 per hour.
Additionally, Onslow County estimates approximately $2 million in revenue from property and sales tax over the first 10 years.
The ABC Southeast Region Operations Manager stated that the company almost gave up finding a location here until they discovered the Onslow County property. He said the company�s core value, �associates first,� will result in exceptional customer service. He and the Hendricks Real Estate asset manager expressed excitement to begin operations here in early 2015.
The Chairman of the Jacksonville Onslow Economic Development Commission, Steve Wangerin, also supported the sale in his address to the board.
The building was completed in 2010 to further economic development here. Building design allows the occupant the option to easily double the size if growth is required.
Sheila Pierce, Jacksonville Onslow Economic Development Executive Director told the board that ABC would be a very good corporate citizen and a great addition to Onslow County.


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ecsculpt.com necesitaba un nuevo diseño de impreso o envases y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 39 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
Emerald Coast Body Sculpting
We are a small company in Pensacola, Florida specializing in improving your health and beauty using decompression therapy. We are one of only about 100 companies in the USA and the only one in Northwest Florida to use this technique. I encourage you to go to both our website http://www.ecsculpt.com and the machine designers website http://www.dmthealth.com to learn about the technique.
Decompression therapy brings the ancient therapy of cupping to the computer age. I will not spend a lot of time here describing the technique the websites will help you there, but it reduces the atmospheric pressure over the area being treated in a rhythmical fashion filling the area with nutrient rich blood and lymphatic fluid. This sets the stage for rejuvenation of the skin and removal of fat deposits and toxins under the skin.
Attached you will find a compilation of text and notes about the project as well as our logo and some pictures.
We were thinking along the line of "What is your mirror telling you?". The text portion is a PDF of a brochure I had written.
We are not married to any of this and are open to any ideas you may have.
This brochure will be displayed in beauty salons, doctor offices, gyms, nail salons and anywhere women gather. Thus it MUST be very professional with a clean attractive look. The cover should create intrigue about our business and entice one to read the contents.
As stated earlier we are unique to this area. We have 4 or 5 companies that do LipoLaser and a couple of day spas that do massage and similar therapy. We need to differentiate ourselves from them.
Our services cost from $700 to $1800 and require 3 visits a week over a 6 to 8 week period. Thus our typical client is female from 25 to 65 years old with an income over $65,000 annually generally professional who is concerned both about her looks and health.
Another target audience for us are people who have the sagging skin after weight loss. This is an excellent method to avoid the plastic surgery usually required after dramatic weight loss. We have 2 bariatric surgery centers here and will be marketing to their clients.
Be as creative as you like. The attached files are our stab at creating our own brochure. We are not designers or marketers. However, they will give you an idea of how we look at our business.
We are NOT massage therapists. The developers have primarily marketed the machine to massage therapists and their website is heavily slanted to this audience. There is no requirement to be a massage therapist to do what we do. We need to de-emphasize the "massage" part of the machine. While it is useful for many massage and medical uses we strictly use it for aesthetic purposes.
This will be a 2 fold (6 column) or if needed a 3 fold (8 column) brochure. As a small business on a shoestring budget I would prefer the 2 fold to save on printing costs but I am more interested in having a professionally done brochure that accurately describes what we do.


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Cheap Truck Challenge Build 1Posted in Project Vehicles on August 1, 2012
Cheap Truck Challenge: Buy a cheap truck and challenge yourself and others on the best bang-for-the-buck price and upgrades. The idea is to think like the 16-year-old kid flipping burgers for a living and wanting to get into wheeling, like many of us started as. Tech Editor Fred Williams dreamed this up and, for the second year of the challenge, came up with rules and regulations that even I had to comply with. Fred's first rule was that I couldn't do an open-top Jeep, or any Jeep for that matter. Why? Simply put, he knew that I could probably put together a trail-worthy daily driver cheap truck Jeep out of my own backyard for around $278.43, plus or minus. It's true that my background and passion is Jeeps, but that doesn't mean I haven't built many other rides from scratch and hack, as well as nice custom creations. But this time our challenge is to get the most bang for the buck, so that is what I went for.
Rick's Pick
I figured that buying a midbudget vehicle would be best, as it would hopefully have everything needed to wheel the first day, and then I would slowly use the budget to build it over the course of a year to be the wheeler my inner child wanted. A few of my parameters were (1) at least 10 years old, (2) competent in factory trim, (3) plenty of aftermarket support, and (4) relatively low cost of repairs and ownership. I also wanted something I could do all the work on myself as a kid would, so a basic vehicle was in mind, like some old pickup. That eliminated any IFS rig so that lifts and such would be both cheap and easy (but most importantly cheap). Since this was my own money we were talking about, I might even have to make payments. Luckily, all those factors came together. I needed and found a beat, old Toyota pickup.
The Real Rules?
Fred's Cheap Truck Challenge rules for 2012 were pretty simple. You get $2,012 for purchase price and $2,012 for upgrades. Then you go out and compete against the others in the challenge and Fred decides who wins. But that's where the challenge gets a bit murky. Does that mean a total budget of $4,024? Not really, as they are two separate categories. Whoever has the lowest buy-in wins that category, and the remaining bucks are not transferable to the build. Neither can leftover build money go toward the buy-in. So is it best to buy a built truck for $2,012 and have no upgrades, or buy a beater for next to nothing and put $2,012 into it? Check out next month's issue for the actual test and Fred's decision.
Building a Toyota
My base truck for the CTC build was old and basic. A four-cylinder engine, a carb, four-speed manual transmission, solid axles, and leaf springs meant that I could easily run it as-is or spend some coin over the next year to beef it to the best trail toy that I could still commute with. It had bald 31-inch mud tires and a radical brake shake, and idled really odd from crap in the carb—not much different from the first 4x4 a lot of teenagers own! But it was drivable and reliable so the challenge was on.
The first order of business was to get tires, as bald 31s wouldn't be the best. But 33s meant a lift, which meant more money. The brakes needed rotors to stop the shake, and that meant checking wheel bearings, tie rod ends, and so on. Now the time monster was creeping up on me, so I needed help. The one person and shop I knew who could and would handle any Toyota issue I came up with was Marlin Czajkowski from Marlin Crawler in Fresno, California. Marlin and I go way too far back. He was the originator of the Marlin Crawler transfer case and low gears and is still on the forefront of Toyota product development. Marlin's son Mike runs the business these days, and he helped me develop a plan of what a 16-year-old broke burger flipper would do to his Toy, while getting the most bang for the buck. He agreed to speed up the process by having his shop help build the truck in a week, instead of what would normally be a year's worth of paychecks for a kid. All the work could be done ourselves in the driveway though, so we figured our costs accordingly.
Every Town Needs a Harold (a Very Short Story)
A friend of mine named Harold had an automotive shop in my town. Now, Harold was the kind of guy every town needs. He grew up here, got into trouble as a kid here, wheeled, fished, raced, and occasionally had a beer with friends after work at his shop. He even fixed the cop cars in town when they wouldn't pass smog, and then made them run right later. He knew most things automotive from 1932 Fords to 2012 MR5s. If you needed anything, he knew where to go or who to ask, and he wasn't afraid to help.
Harold was as honest as the day is long, and he also refused to advertise, only taking on new customers by word of mouth. It was a safety deal—sort of a recommendation to Harold so he didn't have to deal with the regular whiny riffraff that always complains and blames auto mechanics for the sins of the world and their cars.
His right-hand man, Fernando, learned from Harold the ways of the world and was put in charge when Harold had to visit the hospital. About that time Fernando came up with the truck of my dreams for CTC, a '79 Toyota 4x4 SR-5 pickup that had been sitting for 15 years. Fernando saved it and got it running and registered, then realized he didn't need a beater old truck. But I did. Harold said it was a gem, that it looked just beat enough, and it did run and drive and pass smog. For $1,500 I couldn't go wrong. The deal was struck, and after an electrical fuel pump swap I drove it home.
The bad news was that Harold passed away without ever seeing the phoenixlike resurrection of the truck, but we know he'd be proud. Fernando now runs Coopers Automotive. We all miss Harold every day. Every town needs a Harold.
Parts & Such
We always encourage shoppers to support their local 4x4 shop and auto parts store, but sometimes the items you need can be less expensive by mail order and the Internet. Sticking to our scenario of a kid with his first 4x4 means we have little money but plenty of time (as opposed to the reality of adulthood, when we have neither). I contacted RockAuto (www.rockauto.com) and checked out the prices, parts, brands, and availability, and was pleasantly surprised. If I needed a part now I'd have to pay the price now at the shop around the corner, but if I was willing to wait a day or two RockAuto could ship me nearly anything I needed for basic maintenance items. I knew that some stuff like the clutch needed replacing, and I had to get seals, tune-up parts, and the like just to keep the vehicle rolling for the next imaginary six months. With mouse in hand I ordered tune-up parts, a fuel filter, a pump, wiper blades, a clutch, wheel bearings, seals, brake rotors, and other such stuff for around $500. I figured that all the stuff would have been paid for at a rate of $100 a month on a kid's fast food salary and he would fix the truck a bit at a time.
Drivetrain Choices
Toyota axles are as tough as they come in stock form with little tires but need a little help in the traction department. Simple and easy to work on due to the dropout design, the 8-inch units easily hold up to 33s and a four-cylinder, the axle splines are the same size as a Chevy 12-bolt, and the drum/disc brake combo works well. But the quest for real traction means more than a limited slip—we needed lockers to win. The most effective and least expensive unit for the Toyota is the drop-in style Spartan Locker from Randy's Ring & Pinion. It simply replaces the stock spider gears inside the differential carrier and gives you positive, automatic locking diffs. Again, the buy-in isn't cheap, but the bang for the buck is there. In a kid's scenario, he could do one end a month rather than all at once, and do all the wrenching himself.
Transfer case
Low gears and lockers are a couple of important items for real wheeling, and since our engine was only a 20R now coupled to 33s, we were out of the prime powerband when off-road. While the '80s axles had 4.10 gears, mine is a '79 with stock 4.37s. This made the axle gears OK, but we needed lower transfer case gears. While Mariln Crawler basically invented dual transfer cases for Toys, the company also makes lower gears for the stock case. I decided this was a better bet for the kid, as no floorboard, crossmember, or driveshaft changes were needed—it's a bolt-in with 4.7:1 gears instead of the stock 2.28:1. With a manual transmission, I could still shift up if the ratio was too low for mud or sand. Pricewise, a rebuilt, low-geared Marlin Crawler transfer case, because it is the heart of the performance upgrades, is worth every penny.
Used Options
The Actual Install
Without a doubt the luxury of having the help of Toyota experts at Marlin Crawler made this build easier than it should have been. As with any build, there are many tips and tricks that only comes from experience, and Marlin has it. Any question or decision was met with a wealth of information and advice.
For sure, the Marlin crew would not have normally done some of the stuff I did in their shop. For instance, they know as well as I do that the differential dropout should have been cleaned and painted while the Spartan lockers were installed. But a 16-year-old boy would have a hot date waiting and wouldn't take the time or money to clean and paint, so we didn't either. We looked at this project as a stepping stone. This is how the kid would build it, and he goes back later when his financial situation improves. Finally he graduates high school, gets a job or goes to college, and then can rework and modify his truck more and have more experience to boot.
But on other stuff, Marlin himself put down the law just like a kid's dad would—safety is everything. Those small changes like front brake lines? Well, yes sir, they were replaced.
We worked for four days to put the truck together with the whole shop, front office, and shipping department pitching in, so if we actually considered the price of labor in the build we would have blown the budget, but for the sake of argument all the labor could have been done at home by any beginner off-roader; I just had to recruit some help to make it happen in a short time for the magazine. Marlin Crawler is like a family (half of the employees literally are), and I personally can't thank them enough for schooling me in the way of the Toyota.
Cost Breakdown So Far
Vehicle cost $1,500.00
Fuel pump, mechanical 28.26
Fuel filters 16.59
Wiper blades (2) 6.80
Brake rotors (2) 28.88
Brake pads 6.31
Crankshaft seal 2.18
Clutch kit 87.79
Draglink kit 18.45
Carb kit 26.89
Haynes repair manual 16.27
Subtotal 238.34
Marlin Crawler
Rebuilt low gear transfer case 899.00
Tranny bushings and parts 37.50
U-bolt flip kit, both axles 118.00
Axle and pinion Eco-Seals 50.00
Subtotal 1,104.50
Randy's Ring & Pinion
Spartan locker (2) 641.04
Daystar Products
Spring bushing kit 50.00
Front and rear shackles 180.00
Subtotal 230.00
Pro Comp USA
ES3000 shock absorbers (4) 150.00
Used Parts
Springs and drag link 100.00
Mickey Thompson MTX tires (4) 400.00
Power Steering conversion 200.00
Subtotal 700.00
Parts total 3,063.83
Grand Total 4,563.88
Budget 4,024.00
Overage 539.88


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This website is being designed to give an easy access and a specific focus to the rights of minorities, concentrating on papers and presentations related to the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM). It is currently work in progress.
In due course when complete, it is intended to supplement the valuable websites of a range of bodies, including intergovernmental bodies, specialist organisations and designated websites. It provides an easy portal to a range of these important sites.
This site will be unique as it includes a set of unpublished papers, presentations and reflections made by Alan Phillips (Former President of the Advisory Committee on the FCNM 2006-2010). In due course this may also include presentations and papers made by members and former members of the Advisory Committee.
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Techster necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 125 diseños de 41 diseñadores freelance.
Techster Systems
Our line of products and services range from personal computers to home automation, support arrangements to motion activated personal cameras. We sell to individuals as well as small and medium enterprises all over the world, As a motivated team of friendly, bright and skilled individuals we cheerfully 'bring it' to our customers and partners wherever they are.
The word 'techster' means 'someone who is, or who is associated with, or who does something of "art, skill, craft" (tech) to solve problems.
Where a design includes a character/pictoral, a lot of designs we have received concentrate on the initials 'S' and 'T' to create the thingy. Probably the design that does this and still manages to an extent, embody 'techster' in a way that can be contemplated, is design #24 . We would still want to see more choices... representation of techster could be an animate or inanimate object, abstract or real... but it must be interesting, catchy and thought evoking as 'techster'.
We could relegate the word 'systems', 'Techster' should get more focus.
Our customers are able, hip and aware of what looks good! A logo that makes an impression on them is good for us.
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Buy your Puzzlebox Orbit: the Brainwave Controlled Helicopter online soon! The Puzzlebox Orbit will be arriving in the UK imminently. We have a new website for the Puzzlebox Obit please check it out by clicking on the image below, check back often for news about the Orbit and other future brainwave controlled ariel vehicles and helicopters.
I recently spoke to Steve Castellotti CTO at PuzzleBox, who informs me that the company will be appearing on international television in the next month and is now ready to begin shipping the brainwave controlled helicopters to retailers around the globe.
For more information please check out the Puzzlebox website.
Initial information indicates that the complete package of NeuroSky's MindWave Mobile 'neuroheadset' and the PuzzleBox: Orbit will be around £179.99 – £199.99. The Puzzlebox Orbit: the brainwave controlled helicopter on it's own is likely to be in the £79.99 – £99.99 price bracket.
This is also dependant on whether or not you already own a neuroheadset and if not, which of the NeuroSky headsets you intend to buy with the Puzzlebox Orbit package.
www.thinktechuk.com now has three different NeuroSky headsets to offer, if you want one of the cheaper headsets, the basic MindWave headset at £79 make sure you check out the website as they are selling out fast.
Now in stock we also have the 2 latest versions of NeuroSky's MindWave Mobiles, the 'starter package' which includes the headset and a few basic apps is £88. The 'MyndPlay package' includes the headset, a larger bundle of games and the 'MyndPlay' software is £111.
Send us an e-mail and we'll add you to our mailing list, we'll be in contact as soon as the Orbit touches down in the UK.
International shipping will be available and we will do out best to dispatch within one working day.
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Hallbilt needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 74 designs submitted by 26 freelance designers.
We are looking for a brand new logo design for small shopfitting company to be used on new website, business cards, letterheads and polo shirts..
Hallbilt Enterprises
We are a small long standing company that has been servicing our local area for the last 40 years, our main line of work is primarily shop/office fitouts and glass partitioning work. We also do detailed joinery, suspended ceilings and one off high quality joinery.We currently have no logo so you have a clear pallete to work on. We want something that is distinctive and easily recognisable. we also would like the logo on a business card and letterhead.
- Logo must have the company name.
Must have the Tagline "specialising in office fitouts and glass & aluminium partitioning"
Must contain the colour yellow as it is the companys main colour
Style can be of your choosing and we will give feedback as we get entries which should give you a better idea of the direction we want to go in.
- there is nothing that we can say the we really don't want.. but nothing that does not contain the colour yellow as it is the main prerequisite..
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Next Up: Syracuse Salt Potatoes
5 comments:
- Michael Schick said...
Yes! I can't wait! I was born in Syracuse and always loved salt potatoes but could never make them quite right.
- March 13, 2014 at 12:38 AM
- Anthony Vaiana said...
Hey Chef John, do you think you could do a video of your kitchen? Show us why knives you have and cook wear and what you recommend we all should have?
- March 13, 2014 at 3:55 AM
- A poster said...
Hi Chef:
Neat. Best to the good people of Syracuse. The Canary Islands (a Spanish territory) have been boasting about this since forever: papas arrugadas, which no one in his right mind ever calls http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canarian_wrinkly_potatoes.
It is unique to the Canaries, with some special potato breed, used only for this preparation, and the tasty effects of the salt--intense flesh and fun skin like and old man's body part--are multiplied. The skin is peeled however, by the diner. A potato farmer someone told me the small purple potatoes, Negresse (so sue me), would perfect for this technique; I myself haven't tried them. Also, green mojo instead of butter...
Best wishes
- March 13, 2014 at 10:51 AM
- cookinmom said...
HEY...no double dipping!! ;0)
- March 13, 2014 at 10:59 AM
- A poster said...
Neat. Never knew that. No disrespect to the good people of Syracuse, but the Canary Islands (a territory of Spain) has been boasting since forever of their papas arrugadas, which no one in their right mind calls calls http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canarian_wrinkly_potatoes.
They are boiled in salted water until all the water evaporates and have a wonderful meaty flavor, even more so than the Syracuse style. The skin becomes wrinklier than an old man's body part and is peeled away. Green mojo is best, I think.
Its fame, and tourist draw, is that it doesn't work with any potato breed except one unique to the Canaries. (Try it with those new potatoes and you'll find out.) A potato farmer told me it would work with the hard-to-find deep purple Negresse (so sue me) potato, but I haven't tried it.
- March 13, 2014 at 11:05 AM


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Writing2brad needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 130 designs submitted by 21 freelance designers.
Northshore Kidspace: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology
Northshore Kidspace is founded by two ambitious male professionals, one psychiatrist doctor and one psychologist. We have been working with children and adolescents for many years, and are now opening our dream private practice on Sydney Australia's lower North Shore.
We provide psychological assessment and diagnosis along with therapy and medication interventions for young people who are suffering from mental health issues. We aim to work closely with parents and families to support them during these difficult times. We also offer family therapy for families in conflict or distress.
Our clinic is obviously addressing serious life problems that can often be difficult for children and their families to confront. The culture of our practice therefore reflects the sense of a fun, but professional service in an attempt to be non-confrontational.
A point of difference for our clinic: while there is many practices that offer psychologists OR psychiatrists, our clinic is unique in that we offer the expertise of both in one practice.
Our patient group is children and adolescents from ages 5-20 years, along with their families.
HOWEVER, we recognise that while a logo should take our patient group into consideration, this project presents a unique challenge in that our actual target audience is the parents of these children as they are the adults who make referrals to our service.
Our target market is also GP's (general practitioner or family doctors) as they are often the first consultation for parents who have concerns regarding there children's mental health or behaviour.
For those not familiar with Sydney's Northshore area, this is a
middle-upper class social economic area, and therefore parents and referrers will expect a professional service logo and brand.
We will give you a few pointers that reflect the above descriptions:
1. "Northshore Kidspace" is the branding tittle and should be bold and stand out. The second part of the tittle is more of a description to distinguish our clinic from other kids services. "Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology" should be in the logo and clear, but less emphasised and perhaps smaller print.
2. While we dont want to rule out any colour scheme, we will emphasise the logo needs to look professional, corporate, but playful.
3. The logo will be used on all advertising, website, business cards, and as letterhead on clinical reports and documents.
4. We are very open minded and hope to see some creative designs. A unique challenge in this logo is to incorporate features that appeal to 1. Parents 2. referring Doctors, and 3. Children and Teenagers. We did consider incorporating some kind of child friendly "ink blot" design or even a "cool" teddy bear. This is obviously challenging when trying to satisfy such a wide age range as described above. This is not a requirement of our design but hopefully gives you some insight into our vision.
Happy designing!
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The PlanetQuest Observing Cards are designed to give telescope operators and other interpreters a new way of explaining the night sky. Relating common observing objects to our search for exoplanets makes these spectacular sights more understandable.... (View More) These cards are a great resource for use at observing night events, providing new stories to tell about commonly viewed celestial objects. (View Less)
In this activity, students are reminded that the Universe is made up of elements and that the heavier elements are created inside of a star. They are then introduced to the life cycle of a star and how a star's mass affects its process of fusion and... (View More) eventual death. Students discuss the physical concept of equilibrium as a balancing of forces and observe an experiment to demonstrate what happens to a soda can when the interior and exterior forces are not in equilibrium. An analogy is made between this experiment and core collapse in stars, to show the importance of maintaining equilibrium in stars. Finally, students participate in an activity which demonstrates how mass is ejected from a collapsed star in a supernova explosion, thereby dispersing heavier elements throughout the Universe. This activity is part of a series that has been designed specifically for use with Girl Scouts, but the activities can be used in other settings. Most of the materials are inexpensive or easily found. It is recommended that a leader with astronomy knowledge lead the activities, or at least be available to answer questions, whenever possible. (View Less)
Materials Cost: $1 - $5 per group of students
In this lesson, students will be introduced to how the Doppler effect changes our perception of wavelengths of sound (pitch) and light (color). Students will model how astronomers use the line spectra of stars to identify elements in the stars and... (View More) the speeds of galaxies in the universe. Requires some special equipment for spectral analysis and a darkened room for viewing spectra. Suggestions are included for introducing the Doppler Effect for students unfamiliar with this concept. This activity is part of the Cosmic Times teachers guide and is intended to be used in conjunction with the 1929 Cosmic Times Poster. (View Less)
Materials Cost: Over $20 per group of students
In this lesson, students will investigate the Doppler Effect and discover how the same principle can be used to identify a possible tornado in storm clouds and investigate the rotation of distant galaxies. Students should be familiar with the... (View More) electromagnetic spectrum and the concept of Doppler Shift (links to background information are provided). Materials required for every group of 2-4 students include: a Slinky toy, safety glasses, meter stick, and colored pencils. This lesson is part of the Cosmic Times teachers guide and is intended to be used in conjunction with the 1965 Cosmic Times Poster. (View Less)
Materials Cost: $5 - $10 per group of students
This activity includes twelve monthly star charts to identify the stars that are visible in the night sky and that are known to have planets around them. The star maps can be used to find constellations and identify stars with extrasolar planets.... (View More) (Northern Hemisphere only, naked eye) (View Less)
This toolkit includes PowerPoints and scripts, videos and accompanying activities and handouts about supernovae. Following are specific items in the kit: Supernova in the Lives of Stars PowerPoint and Script; Let's Make a Supernova (participants... (View More) imagine themselves inside a large star at the end of its life, just as it is about to go supernova); Nuclear Fusion (a simple and engaging activity explains nuclear fusion and how radiation is generated by stars, using marshmallows as a model); Supernova Star Maps (allow visitors to experience finding stars in the night sky that will eventually go supernova); A Universe Without Supernovae (an active game to illustrate the value of supernovae in the universe); and Lives of Stars (an activity and handout about the lifecycle of stars and when supernovae happen.) (View Less)
In this activity, students experience a demonstration of light scattering that explains the blue colors in the Intersetllar Medium (ISM) nebulae, and the reddening of stars viewed through the ISM. It also explains the blue appearance of the sky on... (View More) Earth and the reddish appearance of the Sun during sunsets. The demonstration is best done before or during a lesson on the ISM when light scattering is discussed. This activity is one of two supporting the scientific investigation of the ISM, and is linked to reading material, reading review questions and problems, a teacher answer sheet, and glossary. (View Less)
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With the dawn of every Sprint Cup season comes the change of paint schemes that either update the colors of existing sponsors or introduce new ones in grand fashion.
With the dawn of every Sprint Cup season comes the change of paint schemes that either update the colors of existing sponsors or introduce new ones in grand fashion.
Today's designs are carefully studied, drawn and approved after many high level corporate meetings in search of the perfect rolling billboard.
It's surprising to learn some of the most famous color schemes throughout NASCAR's 64-year history simply developed by chance.
One rather uneventful decision about color involved "The King," Richard Petty. It's no secret North Carolina's most successful race driver went on to win 200 NASCAR races including seven Daytona 500s and seven-career championships.
One could classify the iconic paint on his Plymouths and Dodges a mismatched mistake.
"Back when Daddy (Lee Petty) raced, we got to where we needed paint for his race car and didn't have a lot of one color around the shop," Petty said. "We ran white cars for a while and blue ones a little later on.
"One day we needed to paint a car and had a half-can of white and a half-can of dark blue but not enough of either one to paint the whole car. So we ended up mixing them together. That's how we came up with Petty Blue and have used it for over 50 years. It came about sort of by accident I guess."
When STP Corporation came on board Petty's Plymouths and Dodges in 1972, chief executive Andy Granatelli was set on running a solid red car. Petty felt the request was out of the question for the car No. 43. A compromise was made to allow red on the sides and rear portion of the top. Also, Buddy Baker drove a solid red No. 11 Petty Dodge for STP in 10 races in 1972.
Another incredibly iconic paint scheme belonged to the late Dale Earnhardt and Welcome's RCR Enterprises. Ironically, the color black on the famed No. 3 Chevrolet was not their first choice. Behind closed doors in late 1987, an RCR Chevrolet was painted medium blue to match the GM Goodwrench logo in the center of the car's hood. White on blue and blue on white combinations were studied, but none hit the mark. An off the cuff suggestion from a GM executive to go with black put the intimidating masterpiece in motion.
After Earnhardt's death in February of 2001, Kevin Harvick took over the newly numbered 29 Chevrolet and the color was changed to white.
Some 25 years earlier in 1963, the immensely popular Fireball Roberts drove Fords for the famed Holman-Moody team based on Charlotte. Fans loved his solid lavender Fords with the white numbers trimmed in red. The car stood out nicely against all other color schemes on the track. At times, he wore a purple driver's suit and helmet to match the car and easily stood out in crowds on pit road.
Truth is, Roberts didn't particularly care for the purplish scheme. It's believed the idea came from a Ford executive in Detroit associated with the racing program who wanted to assert his power over his drivers.
Roberts died as a result of a crash at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May of 1964.
The Wood Brothers team owned by Glen Wood is still one of the most respected race teams in NASCAR history. They ran solid red cars until 1965 when the paint scheme went to maroon over white. Cale Yarborough, A.J. Foyt, Donnie Allison, David Pearson and Neil Bonnett won many races with those colors through 1982.
Once again, compromise was in order between team owner and sponsor. Buz McKim, historian of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, designed the 1974 Mercury Montego scheme driven by Pearson.
"Purolator had just unveiled their new logo and they wanted a big change on the car with the '74 season and the new body style, the first for the team in many years," McKim said. "The Woods were a bit resistant to big changes so a compromise was struck between the sponsor and the owner, just a few subtle changes. I designed the red to come around the base of the windshield and brought it to a line that incorporated the "L" in the Purolator logo. The red line then became a red area that wrapped around the grill area of the car. The blue double lines in the new Purolator logo were used all the way around the car.
"I was honored that they used that design for many seasons. They had been using the maroon and white for quite a while. We just put a little stylish spin on it."
Some teams continued to paint their Chevrolets, Fords and Toyotas, while others use full decal wraps to get their colors noticed. Putting sponsors in front of the public has always been a vital part of NASCAR racing.
History will repeat itself when today's color schemes become as iconic as those of decades past.
Ben White is a motorsports columnist for The Dispatch.


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Hungarian hate writer calls for Gypsy "solution"
Photo: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán (Photo: AP)
A prominent Hungarian commentator who has been widely accused of writing antisemitic articles has said that Gypsies are "animals" that "shouldn't be allowed to exist".
Zsolt Bayer is a close friend of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and a co-founder and former chief spokesman of the Fidesz party. While Bayer does not hold an official position within the party, he is known as someone who often accurately captures the mood of its followers.
His latest diatribe was prompted by a New Year's Eve stabbing in Szigethalom, a town near Budapest, which one Roma man was arrested. Writing in ultra-right-wing newspaper Magyar Hirlap, Bayer said:
"A significant part of the Roma are unfit for coexistence. They are not fit to live among people. These Roma are animals, and they behave like animals. When they meet with resistance, they commit murder. They are incapable of human communication. Inarticulate sounds pour out of their bestial skulls. At the same time, these Gypsies understand how to exploit the 'achievements' of the idiotic Western world. But one must retaliate rather than tolerate. These animals shouldn't be allowed to exist. In no way. That needs to be solved - immediately and regardless of the method."
Bayer's article prompted condemnation by some Fidesz politicians. Tibor Navracsics, who is both justice minister and deputy prime minister, joined with Roma and Jewish groups to call for Bayer's removal from Fidesz. MEP Tamás Deutsch, also a Fidesz co-founder and friend of Bayer, called the writing "shameful".
Bayer has allegedly referred to Jews as "stinking excrement" in one of his articles.
I've been remiss in postings on this situation.
To many of us, it's just the same old story.


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I need some advice. Some nights my 8m wakes every two hours. Some nights he sleeps a 5 or 6 he stretch then a 3 or 4 hour stretch. Some nights in between. No routine. Always varies. And his naps arent regular. And he is nursing less during the day in general I feel like. I offer him 1 to 2 table food meals a day (blw).
So I don't wanna wean all together. And he goes down to sleep super easy. We have a good night time routine. But the waking middle of the night thing is getting me. I'm okay with one even two but I feel like more than that he should be eating more during the day instead.
How do I night wean? I've read to "cut out one feeding at a time". Which is great advice for a scheduled bottle fed baby but not for nursing. Idk what I'm doing. I'm sure there's gonna be some crying. I really feel like if he was more regular at night hed be more regular during the day. And I do think routines are important.


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text: This is the pre-print version of a paper submitted to Technische Mechanik (ISSN 0232-3869) Hydrodynamic analysis suggests that the injection of drag-reducing agents (DRA) in nanomolar concentrations may hinder metastasizing of circulating tumor cells and serve this way as a complementary post-operative treatment for cancer patients. Our conclusion is based on the following considerations: - Tumor cells need an extra nutrient supply in order to survive and grow. - The attachment of circulating tumor cells therefore tends to occur at sites in the human circulatory system characterized by localized turbulence, which enhances the mass transfer of nutrients, e.g., at sites of vessel branching and bending with plasma skimming. - Also obstacles to blood flow, such as plaques (atherosclerosis), tumors, and red blood cell (RBC) rouleaux, produce local vortices that increase mass transfer, i.e., food supply. - DRA have the ability to smooth (laminarise) localized turbulence in the circulatory system and to reduce mass transfer. - Depriving tumor cells of their required nutrient levels will reduce the probability of creating metastatic tumors, and may lead to their starvation-induced death. In the first part of our essay we demonstrate how flow constrictions decrease mean blood flow velocity, wall shear rates, and Reynolds numbers respectively, and increase the friction factor. Experimentally derived apparent viscosity data from literature will be used to determine the probability of RBC rouleaux formation. This is of importance since RBC rouleaux are typically associated with turbulent blood flow patterns. An increase in apparent viscosity at low flow rates will be attributed to the formation of RBC rouleaux. In part two we discuss the application of the Lockhart/Martinelli method to determine the pressure drop in blood vessels. The objective is to determine a mass transfer coefficient characterizing the mass transfer between the center and the wall of both healthy and cancerous blood vessels. This coefficient indicates the nutrient supply available to tumor cells under different flow conditions and shows the effect of DRA. Our hydrodynamic approach contrasts with previous studies of the possible benefits of DRA injection, which were focused on improving blood supply. We emphasize the reduction of the mass transfer rate as a tool to withhold turbulence induced supplementary food supply to tumor cells. Due to the possibility of unexpected side effects when using DRA (including their mechanical degradation products) animal models are indispensable before clinical trials.


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