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CruiseMates' Readers Cruise Reviewsby Patrick Newell
WARNING!! Please read carefully before you book!
Day One: Embarkation - Boarded ship at approximately 2 PM. At the embarkation picture area we requested that our picture be taken with our friends. We were told "No" even though we saw embarkation pictures with 3 - 5 guests in the photo library. We were also told we could not use our personal camera either to record the event with our friends. We were later told by the photography crew that our embarkation pictures were lost along with about 25 others due to a camera malfunction. Upon arrival in our cabin #12031 we noticed that both 110V electrical outlets at the dressing area did not have plates on them and the wires were dangerously exposed. In addition, the door covering the mini-bar was falling off. We noted these deficiencies to our Cabin Stewart, Alex Noel. He assured us that these items would be seen too and corrected shortly. Upon disembarking the ship the items still had not been attended to. We also noticed that although our friends in the adjoining cabin had been given robes, however, we did not receive any in our cabin. Upon questioning Alex, he made us feel that we may have misplaced or taken the robes.
When he did bring us two, they were shrunken, frayed, and too small for even a child to wear. The air conditioning system in the room consistently failed to bring the temperature down to an acceptable level. We brought these issues to the attention of Alex, once again to no avail. It operated in the same condition upon our disembarkation. We finally left port in Fort Lauderdale about 2 1/5 hours late. We were informed by a placard in our cabin that we were assigned to table #75 in the L'Campo dining room at 1st seating which was advertised in the brochure as 7:00 PM but turned out to be 6:00 PM. Table #75 turned out to be two tables seating two each next to each other. Our other friends we were cruising with had been seated at separate tables. We went to speak with the Maitre'd, Leonardo Moccia regarding this error and were reassigned temporarily to Table #80 at 2nd seating which had now been changed to 8:00 PM from 8:40 PM as the brochure indicated. At dinner that night we were assigned to a waiter by the name of Marcella. Upon sitting down at the table, he "threw" the menus down in front of us, never smiled, failed to introduce himself, and demanded that we make all of our dinner selections including desert on the spot. When the beef entrée arrived it looked like the bottom of an old shoe although we had ordered them rare. He begrudgingly took back the entrées in a huff and replaced them with something that looked somewhat better but now had the consistency of an old shoe with vegetables that looked like they were "Jolly Green Giant" frozen rejects. We could not get tea at dinner, only water which was served in a wine glass without ice. Needless to say dinner was ruined and our appetites quickly disappeared. Our travel agent had requested a seating with the waiter Ciccio, all together. In addition, my wife is allergic to tomatoes and several other vegetables. A special food request was put in by our travel agent, but both requests were not honored by MSC staff.
Day Two: At Sea - We paid a visit to the Maite'd once again to get reassigned to a table with Ciccio so we could all experience our lunches and dinners together. The Maitre'd was outraged at us and others trying the change their seating arrangements. He outwardly made disparaging remarks about Americans and vowed he would never sail with Americans again. He started swearing in Italian (I understand some) and kept up his negative remarks against Americans. His assistant finally changed our tables. However, the food once again proved to be of extremely poor quality although the service had improved. On another note, all beverages such as soft drinks, lemonade, etc. with the exception of water, tea, and coffee needed to be purchased at additional cost. We also found out that lunch is "open seating" and we cannot enjoy it together at an assigned table. This was not the way the cruise brochure depicted it. We were also surprised upon visiting the "Coffee Corner" that we were charged for our coffees as other ships we had sailed on in the past, these were always included. Activities on board were sorely lacking. No bands around the pool, no music, and a lot of dull entertainment. All lounge chairs, tables, etc. were wrapped up and put away by 5:30 PM and the pool/Jacuzzi facilities were then unavailable. The pizza area by the pool was never open during the duration of the cruise. We also realized at this time that the ship was not taking the navigation itinerary as shown in the brochure. The ship rather than going around Cuba to the West took the Windward Passage to the east. We especially booked our cabins on the port side to take advantage of the passage to the west around Cuba. This did not happen.
Day Three: Montego Bay - We arrived in Montego Bay 1 hour late, however, by the time we made it ashore we were over 2 hours late. We had reserved a car for the 12:00 PM arrival so we could tour on our own. We were told that we would be Tendered to port although the itinerary in the brochure never did not suggest this method of debarkation and there were ample docking facilities available for our ship. A Carnival cruise ship was docked at the port. Reasons for not docking at the port were not given and the crew members asked did not now why. We went out on the first tender, thanks to Betty at Reception, although we were told that excursions would go first. As we arrived at the dock the tender pilot was unable to secure the vessel. We bounced around in the docking area, almost turning over once, as the locals laughed at us as we tried to land. The tender pilot came around time and time again until finally several strong locals tied him up. No disembarkation photos were taken as experienced on other ships. Since we had only a 7 hour time slot in port and 2 ½ hours were now gone, our day in Jamaica was ruined. We only had the time to visit one attraction before we had to reboard the vessel. Although we had to be on board by 7:00 PM, we did not leave port until 9:30 PM since the ship lost several passengers and their travel agent. Apparently they left the ship in Jamaica, refusing to return due to their negative experience on board.
Day Four: At Sea - Once again the food was poor. The food at the buffet was bordering on uneatable. The joke on board was that whatever you didn't eat the night before would appear at the buffet the next day, and it did. Once again, the activities on board were the poorest we have ever experienced, napkin folding, learn to speak Italian, etc. Where was the wine tasting and the art shows we experienced on other cruises? Where were the bands around the pool, the excitement of it, and all the games on deck? Nothing at all on this ship!
Day Five: Cartegena - We disembarked and proceeded on a tour of the city booked through MSC. There were no disembarkation photos taken as we had experienced on other cruises. We were promptly advised by our tour guide that Cartegena is not visited by many cruise ships lately because of the danger to Americans. As a matter of fact we were told that it has become "a very dangerous kidnapping area" and we must stay close to our tour. My wife was terrified upon learning this and did not enjoy her time on shore. She counted the minutes until the tour was over. These security matters were never explained to us in the MSC brochures or accompanying information. Once again the food was very poor and the buffet got worse (if that was possible). All juices are canned, not fresh; everything on the buffet seems very old and recycled.
Day Six: San Blas Islands - Tendered to shore to Provenir Island where the local Kuna Indians sell their "molas". No disembarkation photos once again. On a high point, this was this first location that the ship set out water and juices for passengers. The experience here left a lot to offer. No tour guides from the ship to help us, dumped us off on an island where we were left to fare for ourselves. Food on board is continues to be the worse we have ever experienced on any cruise ship. Juices are canned, vegetables seem frozen and yesterday's food becomes today's salad.
Day Seven: Panama Canal - We are told that we can not set foot on Panamanian soil unless we signed up for an excursion. No mention of this in the brochure. Since we booked an excursion to the Changres River, our ability to set foot on land was guaranteed at this point. However, all others had to pay $32 to go ashore. We were later informed that we also paid the $32 each as it was included in the excursion we took. We were at informed at booking the cruise that all port charges were included. If so, why were we charged an additional $32 each to go ashore? Again, food is absolutely terrible; nothing ever changes from the rolls to the desert. All deserts always come with a putrid green liquid on the plate that doesn't taste like anything.
Day Eight: Puerto Limon - Once again ship is late getting into port. Brochures depict ability to travel inland to capital of San Jose. However, no tours or cabs will travel to San Jose and expect to get back to the ship in time for sailing at 5:00 PM. Trips to San Jose were advertised in the MSC brochure but no one could travel there due to the time constraints. Spend most of our time at the dock purchasing local handicrafts and other trivial items. Food hasn't improved at all. Now we're getting leftovers from three days ago at the buffet and at dinner.
Day Nine: At Sea - Activities at sea once again very limited. This is definitely not a "fun" ship. It seems that MSC has purposely segregated the nationalities on board and the attitude towards Americans is not good. It seems a joke when we wanted to play miniature golf that we had to go down to Deck Six, pay a deposit of $10 to secure a ball and club to play. The hours of operation were so short that it was almost impossible to enjoy a game. Tonight was the "Buffet Magnifique" or the best buffet of the cruise. No ice sculpturing on deck. We were so disappointed having experienced the Grand Buffets on other ships. This buffet was a total "joke". The food at the buffet and the presentation was terrible. The one ice sculpture on display had already melted into a form that was unrecognizable. Food was a little bit better but not at all what we had experienced on other cruise lines.
Day Ten: At Sea - Once again, activities are extremely limited. Food at the buffet has not improved at all. Staff continues to be nasty and not very accommodating. Our cabin steward at this point has made sure he doesn't interface with us, for what reason we do not know. Food in the dining room has become a ritual rather that an expectation of a culinary experience. This experience has set us up to never sail MSC Italian Line again. Everyone agrees that this ship will never make it in the U.S.
Day Eleven: Key West - All 972 Americans on board were compelled to gather at 6;45 AM in the Lirica Lounge to meet Immigration Officials. Arriving at 6:45 AM all available seating was taken. Passengers were pouring outside onto the decks and elevator areas. No refreshments, coffee, etc. were served. Passengers waited until approximately 8:00 AM before the Immigration Official made it on board. Passengers were told that they could board tenders for Key West beginning at 9:00 AM. At 9:00 AM all passengers were informed that the tender could not operate due to the fact that the seas were too rough. Our entire day in Key West was spent aboard the ship anchored off shore. No explanation was ever given as to why we could not dock at Key West. The brochure we relied upon to make our decision to cruise the line never alluded to a tender at Key West. There were two other cruise ships docked at Key West (RCCL) and there was ample room for another ship to dock.
Day Twelve: Fort Lauderdale - Thank GOD this experience was finally over. All of us on board have already come to the conclusion that the MSC Lirica is the "Motel Six" of cruise ships. Nothing could have been worse.
In conclusion, this ship definitely did not live up to our most conservative expectations. Our expectations were based upon the literature that MSC Lines disseminated as well as our previous cruising experience.
Your cruise $$$ can be spent far better on any other ship!


text: The 2014 legislative session has finally come to a close. There were many education-related bills that quietly made their way through the session as the majority of our focus was on H.883, the bill that would have made significant changes to our school governance structure by changing all supervisory unions into consolidated school districts. Following the trajectory of each education bill was challenging, as it seemed that the iterative process didn't necessarily lend itself to logical development.

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335,000 miles and counting. That's how far thousands of people and their dogs in all 50 states have walked to help raise money for animal rescues and shelters at no cost to them thanks to the Walk for a Dog app from WoofTrax.
For those of us who care so deeply about the helpless animals that are sitting in shelters but can't afford to budget the extra cash to donate, there's finally an app that easily relieves us of this stress! All you have to do is download the Walk for a Dog app, take your phone with you on the walk, press "start", and watch as you raise money with every step! The app automatically finds the shelter closest to you, but you can change your choice of shelters as many times as you want. Donations range from 11-25 cents per mile, but the more people that use the app the more WoofTrax can donate!
The animals in shelters are depending on us, and all we have to do to help them is tell our family and friends about this amazing program. The money WoofTrax donates to animal shelters comes from sponsorships, advertising, and investors. As the number of people that use the app increases, the number of investors and advertisements increases which means more money going to the shelters! Let's do our part to spread the word to all of our friends and our local shelters so they can help promote it as well. The shelters already receiving donations:
If you or your friends are dog lovers but not dog owners, you can still use this app to show support by walking the dogs at your local shelter by choosing the "Walk for Cassie" option or create your virtual dream dog on the app as your walking companion!
We can all make a huge difference by using and promoting this app, and all we have to do is simply take walks with our best friend– free of charge! I can't imagine going on another walk with Zoey and Jem without using this app and will feel so great knowing we have saved shelter pets by simply adding one extra step to our daily walk routine.
See what people are saying about Walk for a Dog:
"I downloaded the Walk for a Dog app and used it today for the first time. Great to know that just by doing what I do every day, walking my dog, I can help the dogs at the Monmouth County SPCA. It's also good to know how much I am walking – close to my first mile!" – Lynne, New Jersey


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Last week I was interviewed by Lynn Thompson for her radio show Living On Purpose. You can listen to the interview on line by clicking on this bunch of words that are in a weird color right here. Or you can click on the title of this article.
I'm listening to the first part of it right now. But I gotta run. I'm in Montreal at the Fantasia Film Festival, which is something I do each year for the company I work for. Then I'm off to Detroit's Still Point Center (info in the article right below this one).
I'm listening to it now. It sounds like I have a lisp.
Oh Hell. It's 10 AM. Which is 7 AM on my internal clock. I really gotta get out of here. Bye!


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Cynthia R. Fusco, DO, FACOS, Appointed
Director of Aria Health's Trauma Program
Trauma, critical care, and emergency surgery specialist will oversee 1 of 12 designated Level 2 Regional Resource Trauma Centers in Pennsylvania
Cynthia R. Fusco, DO, FACOS, has recently been named to the position of Director of the Trauma Program at Aria Health, the largest healthcare provider in Northeast Philadelphia and Lower Bucks County.
In this role, Dr. Fusco will lead a multidisciplinary team that includes specialists from neurosurgery, orthopedics, plastic surgery, otolaryngology (ear, nose, and throat), anesthesia, and other surgical and medicine specialties, as needed for individual patient care. She will also oversee the Trauma Center at Aria Health-Torresdale, 1 of 12 designated Level 2 Regional Resource Trauma Centers in Pennsylvania, as designated by the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation.
Dr. Fusco's professional experience includes work as a trauma and critical care surgeon and inpatient medical director at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, N.J. She was also a general surgeon and trauma surgeon at Aria Health-Frankford, in Philadelphia, CV Surgical Associates and Saint Mary Medical Center, both in Langhorne, PA.
After receiving her undergraduate degree from Hood College in Frederick, MD, Dr. Fusco worked in the aerospace industry as an engineer. She then went on to earn a degree in osteopathic medicine from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM.) Her clinical training includes an internship at Delaware Valley Medical Center in Langhorne, PA, a general surgery residency at PCOM and Delaware Valley Medical Center and a fellowship in trauma and critical care at Aria Health-Torresdale.
Aria Health is the largest healthcare provider in Northeast Philadelphia and Lower Bucks County. With three leading-edge community hospitals and a strong network of outpatient centers and primary care physicians, Aria upholds a longstanding tradition of bringing advanced medicine and personal care to the many communities it serves.
For more information call 1-877-808-ARIA (2742) or visit ARIAHEALTH.org.


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Horror Movies: What's Scary Now?
Zombies, ghostly dolls, teen girls with power? Don Steinberg explains what the current crop of horror movies tell us about what's scary now. Photo: 'Carrie'/MGM.
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The Cinema In Your Head
As time goes by, I find myself wishing for, longing for, a better memory of all the films I watch. (Does anybody else relate to this?)
When I was a kid, I barely remembered much more than plot and performances in a movie. As I got older, character psychology and complexity started to intrigue me, and my memory of a film expanded to encompass them. Later, the manner in which a film told its 'story' — the form of the film — emerged in importance. The formal details of a film now started to leap out and register in my mind and memory.
Over the years, I've steadily become aware of a film as being not something abstract or intangible but instead a collection of concrete, material details: shots and cuts; bodies, gestures and speech of the performers; movement; sound and music; color and light; décor; setting; compositions; duration; etc., not to mention absences such as offscreen space and events, and ellipses.
A film contains hundreds (thousands) of such details, and in the aftermath of watching a good film, I have a great desire to savor, hang on to, remember those scores of details that struck me, affected me. I may indeed remember some of them for a few hours, days, or weeks, but eventually the memory of those details, once seemingly indelible, will fade. And it is this continual disappearance that I find myself, now more than ever, regretting, fighting….
I'm reminded of something Adrian said, in the comments to this post on re-viewing films:
I want to rewatch [films] in order to commit them to memory, so I can 'run them in my mind' whenever I wish: this is for me the sweetest cinematic pleasure of all, I guess like learning a poem or how to play a piece of music ... I recently watched Alain Bergala on the DVD extras of the marvellous French edition of Cafe Lumiere: [his] ability to conjure every detail of a scene (right down to the lighting, the rhythm, the gestures, the framing, the movements ... ) is really impressive, and what I want to do. Finally, I think, it comes down to this, more than any technological support: the cinema in your head!
It's this vivid "cinema in your head," forever on stand-by and ready to roll at the flick of one's thought, that I crave.
I think of this when I read Raymond Durgnat or Manny Farber. They have a vast, keen sense for those myriad material details of a film, and their writing often involves evoking, describing, citing, connecting, and constructing from such details.
And so, I wonder: What helps us build a better memory for films and their details? What helps construct a better "cinema in your head"? Are there certain tactical activities that can help?
Walter Benjamin has a blog-like essay called "Unpacking My Library: A Talk About Book Collecting." In it, he details and establishes the importance of his (a book collector's) activities in the tactical sphere. e.g., putting the collection in some systematic order; strategizing about acquiring books at auctions; getting to know, in intimate detail, the provenance of each book; collecting not just books but also book-related artifacts, etc.
If we could make a comparison between book collecting and the collecting and affixing of film-memories, one key tactical activity for me would probably be: hunting down and reading what others have written about a film or filmmaker. I recently watched The Magnificent Ambersons and Jeanne Dielman, and then read (respectively) V.F. Perkins's BFI Classics monograph and Manny Farber and Patricia Patterson's essay "Kitchen Without Kitsch." Both films still burn in my head because of those pieces.
Your thoughts on the subject? I'd love to hear 'em....
Well, now that Cannes has concluded, let's round up a few links:
(1) David Hudson's invaluable index to all the films and their reviews.
(2) His post on the awards.
(3) Sandrine Marques's coverage (in French) at her Cannes blog, Contrechamps à Cannes, includes this interview clip of Abel Ferrara speaking about his first comedy ("We're not the Marx Brothers, you know what I'm sayin'?").
(4) Several posts by Dave Kehr.
(5) Anthony Kaufman.
(6) Robert Koehler at Film Journey.
-- David Bordwell compares Lubitsch's The Shop Around The Corner (1940) and the Nora Ephron remake, You've Got Mail (1998), to illustrate ""intensified continuity"—the editing style that comes to dominate American films after 1960 or thereabouts."
-- At A_Film_By: a discussion thread on Jia Zhang-ke and Chinese cinema.
-- A 1958 Truffaut article on literary adaptations, translated and posted at My Gleanings.
Illustration: "Au Hasard Balthazar" by the Canadian indie comics artist Seth.


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Naomi Marietta needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 166 designs submitted by 40 freelance designers.
Marietta Photography
I am a photographer. Resale: Alphabet Photography, I take pictures of objects in the world that resemble letters and then sell the individual prints. Service: I do portraits, weddings and editorial. I am also hoping to do more photojournalism and commercial work in the future. I am not over the top feminine. Modern with a hint of frill. I do not like to take posed pictures; I prefer to catch the moments when no one knows you are looking. I love to shoot outdoors and use natural light whenever possible. If it is possible to be both contemporary and earthy, well that would be me. I love both earth tones and gray and white. I am not whimsical, on the contrary I am very focused. But there is a genuine softness to my work.
My client focus is families, brides, gift-givers (often women 30-50). I would also like to attract the attention of potential magazine/newspaper clients.
I'm looking for a logo that is made up of a simple type treatment and an icon for Marietta Photography. A modern and elegant approach is desired. Nothing too girly although a bit of femininity ok. The logo needs to work both online and in print as well as look good overlaying photographs.
I would like the icon to relate to my profession or business name while staying away from the cliché (no stock illustration-like cameras). I am fairly open to what this could be but would like to keep it very simple and clean. The icon should also rest on the same line as the type treatment (left or right) instead of stacking on top of it.
The logo should be up to 2 colors and look good in b/w.
I attached some logos I find interesting. All of the photos do not meet the criteria I listed above, but I do like the feel of these logos.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Minnesota Hutterites Continue to Thrive
"Minnesota Hutterites Continue to Thrive." Forum, 19 August 2001, sec. A10.
|Susanne Hofer of the Starland Hutterian Brethern community in Gibbon, Minnesota, cleans after the daily community dinner.
Gibbon, Minnesota - Mostly isolated behind thousands of acres of farmland, Hutterite colonies in Minnesota are thriving as they have elsewhere for centuries: by maintaining a culture so different from the outside world that their many children hesitate to leave.
Recent census numbers and a survey of colonies show the number of Hutterites in Minnesota doubled to about 700 during the 1990s. Few outsiders join, so almost all the growth is biological.
"They have sizeable families and they do a fairly good job of convincing their children to stay," said Donald Kraybill, a sociologist at Messiah College near Harrisburg, Pa., who has studied Old Order Hutterites, Mennonites, Amish, and Brethren for 10 years.
He estimates 96 percent of Hutterite children stay in their colonies. The few that do leave usually return, he said, unable to survive in an outside world that emphasizes self-esteem and the rights of the individual.
Hutterites reject mainstream notions of diversity, independence and equality in favor of a communal life where all but a few personal trinkets are shared and everyone is taught the concept of "total surrender" to the good of the colony.
Joel Decker, principal of the Starland colony school in this southern Minnesota town, compares people to grains of wheat. Alone, they're fit only for animal feed; together, they can become bread.
Hutterites cling to sermons written in the German of the 1500s. Among themselves, they speak their own Austrian dialect, Hutterisch, although no Hutterite has lived in Europe in a hundred years.
Women wear bright colored jumpers with white aprons and black scarves in their hair; with no makeup. Married men have beards, single men are clean-shaven. All men wear black pants and shirts with buttons and collars. Property records show Hutterites own about 19,000 acres, with each colony averaging 2,100 acres.
Economically, Kraybill said, the Hutterites are as advanced as any of their neighbors. They farm with $80,000 tractors equipped with radios. They talk on cellular telephones. Some colonies advertise their wares on the Internet.
"This is a community that has lived without individual property that has been remarkably successful for hundreds of years," he said. "They are so efficient and are extremely productive."
Though the colonies are doing well - five new colonies were founded in Minnesota in the 1990s, bringing the total to nine - they are nevertheless becoming less isolated.
Farming alone isn't profitable enough to sustain many Hutterite colonies, so they are embracing new industries and exposing themselves to more of the popular culture they have worked so hard to reject.
The Starland colony farms about 1,500 acres, but now makes most of its money from a machine shop that makes tools for farms and industry. The business has opened the colony to the outside world in ways that would be hard to imagine 20 years ago.
One Hutterite spends most of his day on the Internet buying and selling steel. The colony has a Hutterite pilot who flies the men to trade shows throughout the Midwest. The machine business has a Web page, and some Hutterites have their own e-mail addresses.
Decker was unconcerned by the infiltration from the outside world. It's hard for Hutterite children to wander away because the school starts them on the right path, he said. About 40 of the 100 people in the colony attend the school, which includes such modern touches as a computer lab.
They learn from teachers like Jakob Decker, 24, Joel's son, who is one of the first Hutterites to graduate from a public college with a teaching degree. He says Hutterites disagree with many lessons taught in public school.
"It's all about taking God out of education and teaching garbage like evolution," Jakob Decker said. "The homosexual community, they are trying to teach that (homosexuality) should be accepted. I just pass it by. I don't accept it."
For centuries, the schools taught Hutterite kids how to be farmers. Nowadays, the children also learn in a computer lab, evidence that the colony is adapting to changing economies.
As new equipment has reduced the need for manual labor, colonies have been forced to find new ways to put people to work. The Starland colony makes steel tools. The Spring Prairie colony near Hawley in western Minnesota has a printing business. A colony in Alberta, Canada, makes pancake mix.
"It's a matter of economics and efficiency," said Robert Rhodes, a Starland member. "We would rather do our jobs efficiently and spend time with our families. The Hutterites have never tried to live an unmechanized life."
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dboberg76 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 65 designs submitted by 18 freelance designers.
Tallwave, an Internet product and services company, headquartered in Phoenix, AZ, CREATES, BUILDS, and ACCELERATES global internet marketing and web based technology companies.
Tallwave invests its partner's time, intellectual capital and shared service resources in early stage start-ups with significant growth prospects and a clear opportunity for industry leadership.
In addition, Tallwave delivers cutting edge internet marketing services to agencies
Internet / software entrepreneurs, advertising agency and corporate marketing executives
We're looking for a single logo for Tallwave that can be used in multiple locations as the corporate logo for Tallwave, LLC and Tallwave.com. to use on the the Tallwave.com website as well as on business cards and in powerpoints and one sheets describing Tallwave's services.
Instead of a pure ocean wave in the logo we'd prefer a "digital wave" that still has an ocean feel. For example, the first and second images under the "similar images" section at this URL are suggestive of what we're looking for - though they would be better if in blue:
Please include the name Tallwave somewhere adjacent to the grapic created
Please include the tagline: "Digital Business Builders" somewhere adjacent to the graphic as well.
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Student Technology Centers
Open Computing Labs for Students at IU Northwest
At Indiana University, "STC" refers to a Student Technology Center (computing lab). The STCs offer a broad range of computing resources to the IU Northwest community. We hope that you find the information here informative and that you have an enjoyable computing experience.
If you have any questions while you are working in the lab, the Student Technology Consultant on duty will be happy to assist you.
About STCs
There is a STC on campus staffed and run by UITS Northwest. Marram 103 has computers running Microsoft Windows 8 and the latest Macintosh operating system and Microsoft Office as well as many other academically related programs.
Additional computing resources are available in the Anderson Library: Info Commons One on the first floor is a large "family-friendly" computing area next to the Little RedHawk Cafe; Room 130 is a multi-media lab; Info Commons Two is a "collaboration lab;" and Info Commons Three on the third floor is a "quiet lab" and also has plug-in stations for laptop users. A combination of STC Consultants and Library personnel are on duty to assist users.
The STCs are always staffed by Student Technology Consultants. They are there to answer questions, maintain the lab equipment, and to enforce the lab policies.
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Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio on Monday called for an end to local regulations that, he said, impede the success of companies such as Uber, which uses a mobile app to help passengers find on-demand car services.
Rubio visited the technology company's D.C. office Monday to highlight the way local government regulations can, he said, prevent competition among businesses. He emphasized that the only purpose of these regulations should be to protect consumers.
In Rubio's home state of Florida, local regulations in many cities prevent Uber from operating there and competing with taxicabs. State legislation that would have lifted these restrictions _ which include a cap on luxury-car permits, minimum fare charges similar to those charged by taxis and a requirement that rides be arranged an hour in advance _ stalled in the Florida Legislature earlier this year.
"Regulation should always be used as a way to help the public and ensure safety; it should never be used as a tool of anti-competitive activity," Rubio said. "We should never allow government power and government regulations to be used to protect an established incumbent industry at the expense of an innovative competitor."
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Uber operates in more than 80 cities around the world, including in Jacksonville, Fla. But in other Florida cities, restrictions pose a barrier for the company, which advertises quick pick-up times and affordable prices.
"In Orlando, if you call for a town car and it shows up in five minutes, you legally need to wait 55 minutes just to get in that car," said Rachel Holt, Uber's East Coast general manager, at Monday's event. "In Tampa, if you want to take a ride down the block, it must cost $50."
While regulations that protect the consumer are necessary, Rubio said, those that simply insulate established businesses or industries from competition are harmful. He compared the laws preventing Uber's expansion into many Florida cities to hypothetical restrictions permitting DVDs and video cassettes to be sold or rented exclusively at stores such as Blockbuster.
"Imagine if that would have existed _ we'd never have Netflix or streaming or any of these capabilities that we have now," Rubio said. "The same is happening in the transportation sector and multiple other places."
Rubio said he is not directly involved with legislation on the state level in Florida, but believes the services offered by companies such as Uber are crucial for a healthy economy. Restricting their ability to operate would set a bad precedent for future tech companies with innovative business plans, he said.
"The price is ultimately paid by society and by our economy, not to mention the consumer," Rubio said.


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we're working on having xfce4.10 built in on our next XStreamOS Desktop distro of illumos kernel.
I could build from sources all the needed packages and installed them in my dev machine.
The dev machine is running under VirtualBox 4.2, and I'm trying to run the desktop from the text console prompt.
I can never make it start just by running "startxfce4", X starts up and then always ends up with the xfce dialog "Unable to determine failsafe session name....".
I tried to avoid xfce4-session, by renaming its binary, and this way I can run the desktop, but obviously without session management.
I also tried to run console-kit in debug mode and run xfce with console-kit session, same results (and ck debug log shows the two were correctly comunicating, with no error).
D-Bus service is running, and it's compiled in with X.
What I notice is that (as the message says) there is no xfconfd running, nobody is trying to run the daemon (at least, I can't see it with ps -ef, not even while the dialog is displayed).
I tried running xfconfd by hands before starting xfce, but the daemon can't start if there is no X session active (at least this is what it complains about).
How can I debug this situation? There may be some file permission problem, or file location from the isntaller, but I can't find any debug info from xfce4-session nor the starting desktop.
I also tried running xfce4-session under illumos "truss" command (to display all the system calls by the executable) and see if there were some failing situation when the dialog was shown,
but I can't see anything strange about any unexistent file, not responding socket, wrong permission or what.
Can you help me have xfce the default desktop for upcoming XStreamOS distro?
Ok, I discovered some problems with different packages placing sysconfdir in different places (some in /etc, some in /usr/etc).
I could find and correct all of them and now I have just one place for /etc/dbus-1, /etc/xdg and so on.
I also found and corrected some other packages not using correct execute permissions on /usr/libexec binaries.
Though, it still doesn't start, no matter what user I use (be it root or regular user).
Anyone know how can I let xfce4-session be more explicative of the problem?
I can find no way to see what's failing, no log, no specific error.
I would really love to have Xfce4 as the default Desktop for XStreamOS.
Thanx for any help,
I also tried to run with XFSM_VERBOSE=1, but I get only :
xfce-session: Session Manager running in verbose mode.
Nothing more. Where do I find all the verbose info??
That's odd; I'm building Xfce 4.10 for Tribblix (which isn't *that* different from XStreamOS) and it starts and runs just fine. No patches or non-standard configure options, just a vanilla build. Sorry I can't be more helpful, but it just works for me.


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Opinion: New York City's Mayoral Race of Political Midgets
New York Post editorial writer Robert George on Wednesday's Democratic primary debate. Photo: Associated Press
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
I ... welcome back to Opinion Journal why Mary Kissel ... in your purse retreated to another debate between the primary candidates from err on the Democratic side of politics last night ... me it's safe to say it is a contest of political midgets we've gotten your post editorial writer Robert George here to explain ... for all the states agree with each other they're all ... against from simple stopping furnaces metaphorical midgets because we do after that the bill the buzz is about six and so he's in he's in he's a giant The metaphorically might make it ... the all agree on it's it's it in one mobile another ... two ... he be given to stop and Frisk would transform it in such a way that you'll be ... it would be open to anyway ... at the sitting there on foot ... filed notice of these can appeal ... the federal judges that ... federal judges the ... declaring it unconstitutional but these guys are all almost all of the said ... they would drop that appeal um if they become an okay I wanna play a short clip year on some the economic ideas that were aired last night with the way but sadly it's ... my plan is simple a widow makes less than average and fifty thousand dollars he is Guinea get ten percent tax cut ... if you make a million dollars or more due to pay up one percent more my plans for attacks on the wealthiest New Yorker so we can have full day pre K for every child in the city ... and so we have after school programs for middle school kids because the greatest investment we can make ... you fighting inequality for the long run ... is to get more kids a good education ... system the job training and to tease out there ... but does know what nation ... is nothing that ties them together and to focus on placement ... not retention and enough focus on the jobs of tomorrow ... I won Privee chief Jobs officer in City Hall to be able to get that done ... a robber but taxes on the ranch more spending on education a job corn dinner in City Hall ... I bought with these ideas to say that ... they who pull it would be disastrous to the bill the Plaza is really the open them he is the still technically the fun run uneasiness of the Polish until I he's he's tied for the lead he's the only one is explicitly talking about ... um hiking taxes on onthe which ... um but of all of you know the other ones all ruling it out ... no question that Anthony wiener ... who is not can it be going anywhere but he still that he still talking about having a single payer ... health and health kick and health home and plant just suggesting the New York ... it would be if it would be disastrous and it does no no one there was really help to talking about serious economic development ... on Löscher will wrinkle flooring Taxes or lowering of regulation on business is encouraging entrepreneur is that that doesn't seem to be the man ... they all seem to be a tense even in the job creation in your house right now ... was a reference last night to low paying jobs and fast food industry and tourism industry it sounded like ... I suspect that the thing that they don't want that job creation they don't they know that even that's even then sped up and some the things that they should be supporting you know is this such as construction development things like that ... aam they've been on the all the support of things cool as aam prevailing wages living wages things like that which would put so much pressure on businesses that that the businesses wouldn't want to win one comes a new one because this is to walk this too much regulation and to too much um um wage control basically it's our slate everyone including Anthony wiener is way on the left here the political spectrum ... in speaking of we are what why is the guy still even in the raids Local Iam the ... problem ... he's he's not he's not relevant to me he's he's downs of life nine ten for ten percent in the polls now aam but one easy to come with a couple weeks ago we talked about the campaign finance system he has he's got one point five million matching funds on paid for by the minute see taxpayers plus a four million ... and is now in his own spending account from one pm we stepped down as a member of Congress he's got the money to spend and he still likes the adulation alot daily news came out in these last hours supporting clan arrived at his curse lining up ... behind her with over the next it will be the primary is set to meet and so the next two weeks ... you will start seeing on the New York Times and couldn't possibly the near ... post stay tuned um coming in making this determination in the prime ... um in in in the primary ... and you know will consider what will come to see how its gonna play out ... of many people think that I'm revealing to do Clouseau blog will will say ... ok well not nothing that sounds very good Robert and gray skies disaster


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This post is from Dr. Anne Dougherty, MD. She is almost in the middle of a six-week project at Mulago Hospital in Kampala where she is providing support and training to the OB/GYN staff. I will let her words speak for themselves.
Resigned helplessness – that is what the resident's face said as she
answered questions following her presentation. The patient was a young
woman who was transferred from an outside hospital for "confusion and
severe anemia." On arrival at Mulago, the patient was tachycardic and
tachypneic. Her mental status was altered. Her abdomen was distended
and rigid. She was bleeding per vagina. A pregnancy test was
performed and was positive. My assumption at this point is that the
patient has a ruptured ectopic pregnancy and is in danger of bleeding to
death. An IV was placed and normal saline was dripping into her vein.
No additional labs or studies were obtained. This all happened at 1AM. At 9AM
– eight hours later, the resident stood before the department at
morning meeting and related this story. There was no more to the story
than what I just told you. For the last eight hours, the patient had
lain in a bed on the ward where a single nurse watched over 40-50
patients with a single IV running crystalloid @ 125cc/hour. The
resident was asked, what did the ultrasound show? Did you locate the
pregnancy? What was causing the surgical abdomen? Did you draw
coagulation studies? I was struck that in the telling of the story, the
resident did not mention that these might be things that she
considered. When asked why such studies were not obtained, she simply
stated that it was 1AM.
As if the main referral hospital in the country should close at a
certain hour. Well, as it turns out, it does or at least that is the
perception that then becomes a reality.
A horrible inhumane experiment was performed with dogs in which they
were placed in a cage with an electrified floor. There was a high
barrier in the cage over which the dogs could not jump. The first few
times the floor was electrified, the dogs tried desperately to get over
the barrier, but as time went on, they would curl up in the corner until
it was over. The dogs continued to do this although the barrier was
lowered such that the dog could jump over it. This is not to say that
humans are dogs, but it does demonstrate the effect of repeated negative
events on the desire to keep trying, to keep striving.
I have seen repeatedly that when even a small challenge is presented
here at Mulago, the answer is often, "it is impossible." And yet I know
that it cannot be as I see some are able to overcome the challenges.
Today, while performing a series of exams on patients with suspected
cervical cancer, I ran out of exam gloves. I asked the "sister" (that
is what the nurses are called) if she could get more gloves. She said,
we do not have any more and just stared at me. She said the person who
was supposed to go to the supply annex last night to restock did not
turn up and so we were low on supplies. Not being one to take no for an
answer, I persisted. Well, I said, where can we get them from now?
She said, give me a minute. In a short time, the "sister" returned
with a new box of gloves "borrowed" from another unit.
One of the things about cultural exchange is that you really have to
leave yourself at home. That is, you need to surrender your sense that
"this is the way things have to be done." As long as you continue to
compare here to there, it is easy to be irritated by the way things
proceed within the foreign culture and ultimately become very
frustrated. And in that frustration you miss the cultural exchange. In
medicine that can sometimes be difficult. When you have a patient in
front of you who could be helped with a few basic diagnostic tests and
swifter treatment, I feel another force at work that is complicated to
separate from my own cultural context. The feeling of responsibility I
have to the patient while embedded in my cultural context feels like it
stems from an inner part of my being and is so painful to let go even
temporarily. And yet, that is really what you have to do here at Mulago
or you will be crushed by the tragedy of it.
I am not sure that I understand entirely where the resigned helplessness
comes from. It is likely multifactorial. Being subjected as a
colonial territory plays a part. Follow that with decades of struggle
and war while surrounding countries began to get their independent
"legs" under them. Add in poverty, food scarcity, unemployment,
resource shortages and a dejected passivity develops. I am also quite
sure that western world "charity" contributes. Interestingly though,
when you learn the stories behind some of these Ugandans and the life
challenges that they have overcome, you are left with paradox. Ne
woman told a story of moving out of her stepfather's house because he
would beat her mother when she showed affection to the woman and her
sister. She moved in with a relative who took her on as household help
(a common practice here), but the woman wanted to go to school. So she
moved onto the streets where she tried to earn some money during the day
to support her sister and herself and then went to primary school as an
adult. She taught herself English while living on the streets. As a
cleaner at Mulago Hospital, someone discovered that she spoke English
and promoted her. She worked her way to a stable job as an
administrative assistant. She continues to go to school and is now
married, expecting a baby shortly. Amazing. And her story is only one
of many. So many Ugandans have witnessed horrendous violence either at
home or at the hands of the government. Most have been in a home
without enough food to feed the whole family. Many have inherited
entire families of 6, 7, 8 children when parents pass away from HIV
related illnesses. They will work against all odds to send those
children through school. The strength and wherewithal to persevere
through such trials is more than the average American in 2013 would
tolerate I think. And yet that same woman might tell you there are no
more gloves. Such a strange paradox.
Anne K Dougherty MD
Attending Physician, Department of OB/GYN, Fletcher Allen Health Care
Assistant Professor, University of Vermont


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(Friday January 25, 2008) The pipe was perfect, the weather was mild, and the women's Superpipe finals were anything but. The finals field was scaled down to a mere six women after yesterday's qualifiers. From the get go, the top three qualifying women, Gretchen Bleiler, Kelly Clark, and Torah Bright were going head to head—no one else even came close. After the first of three rounds Kelly Clark was in the lead with amplitude and a huge frontside nine. Torah put together a technical run with plenty of switch tricks. She started it off with a huge Mctwist on the first hit and ended with a spectacular switch backside seven on the last hit. Gretchen came back on the next round to win it, shutting down the competition and hyping up the crowd with both amplitude and technical skills. She started it off with a massive frontside nine on the first hit landing high on the tranny. She said, "I worked my ass off learning some new tricks—I got the cab seven … grabbing indie on the first hit, and the alley oop. It was definitely a new run for me and it felt so good tonight. Gretchen can add tonight's gold medal to the two others she's already claimed here on her home turf of Aspen/Snowmass. Check back soon for complete video coverage. We'll be back with complete men's and women's Slopestyle and Big Air coverage tomorrow.
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2. Torah Bright / 326 / Cooma, Australia / 92.66
3. Kelly Clark / 307 / Mount Snow, Vt. / 90.00
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'''HPL''' is a fanzine by Meade and Penny Frierson devoted to [[H. P. Lovecraft]].
'''HPL''' is a fanzine by Meade and Penny Frierson devoted to [[H. P. Lovecraft]].
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HPL is a fanzine by Meade and Penny Frierson devoted to H. P. Lovecraft.
The first issue of HPL, subtitled "A Tribute to Howard Phillips Lovecraft", was published in March 1972 in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A. It was 144 pages, and was published in a limited run of 1,000 copies.
The Associate Editor for articles was Stuart Schiff, and the Associate Editor for artwork was Herb Arnold.
Artwork was by Herb Arnold, Richard Corben, Lee Brown Coye, Stephan Fabian, Danny Frolich, Jim Garrison, Tim Kirk, Robert Kline, Harry O. Morris, Gary Myers, Mike Scott, John Swanson, and Denis Tiani. The cover, The Haunter of the Dark, was by Robert Kline.
Poetry was by L. Sprague de Camp, R. Alain Everts (The Outsider), Meade Frierson, W. Paul Ganley (Eerie Country), Robert E. Howard, and Walter Shedlofsky (Inner Circle).
Articles were by Robert Bloch, Joseph Payne Brennan (Macabre, Essence), William Crawford, R. Alain Everts, William Scott Home, Fritz Leiber, Harry O. Morris (Nyctalops), Emil Petaja, E. Hoffman Price, Gerry de la Ree (Clark Ashton Smith - Artist), J. Vernon Shea, Stuart Schiff, Richard L. Tierney, James Wade, George Wetzel.
Also included was an interview with Frank Belknap Long, by Stuart Schiff.
Fiction was by Herb Arnold, A.A. Attanasio (Tamlacht), Walter C. DeBill, J. Ramsey Campbell, W. Paul Ganley, William Scott Home, Robert E. Howard, John Jacob, Brian Lumley, Gary Myers, Joseph F. Pumilia, Jerry Saunders, John Sellers, Darrell Schweitzer, Robert C. Sudol, James Wade, Bill Wallace, Manly Wade Wellman, George T. Wetzel, and Colin Wilson.


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Toyota needed a smart-looking compact car that was cheap for the young buyer yet still had some sort of cool appeal. The Matrix was introduced to fill this void in the Toyota line.
The first generation Matrix debuted in 2003 in two trim models. A second generation was released in 2009 and was still being produced in 2012.
The Toyota Matrix is known for its small size and economy. It is definitely a starter vehicle for young buyers, offering reliability within a budget. The engine of the Matrix is fairly small but tends to have good acceleration. Unfortunately, the torque does not provide a lot of pulling power. You can feel the Matrix struggle on hills.
Inside the vehicle, the materials are fairly cheap but strong. The dash and the trim are mainly plastic, meaning it is easy to clean and care for. The Matrix offers above average trim quality in comparison to other cars within its class.
The 2012 Toyota Matrix is available in two different trim levels: the base model L and the top level S.
The L trim model is available with a 1.8-liter, 16-valve with dual variable valve timing. The engine produces 132 horsepower at 6200 rpm. The L line comes with one of two transmission types: either a four-speed electronically-controlled automatic transmission or a five-speed manual transmission.
The S trim line comes with a 2.4-liter, four-cylinder engine that produces 158 horsepower. It is available with a five-speed automatic or a five-speed manual transmission. The S line is also available with all-wheel drive with the four-speed automatic transmission.
The Matrix gets fairly good fuel economy. The L line automatic gets 25/32 mpg city/highway and the manual gets 26/32 mpg city/highway. The S line 5-speed automatic gets 21/29 mpg city/highway, the manual gets 21/28 city/highway, and the all-wheel drive gets 20/26 mpg city/highway.
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Color-keyed side rocker panels, handles, and outside mirrors are included as standard on all models. Front and rear color-keyed underbody spoilers are available as a package option on all the models.
The interior of the vehicle has standard air conditioning on all models. Entertainment includes a standard AM/FM CD player with four speakers on the L line and six speakers on the S. Sirius Satellite radio and iPod integration is available as a package option on the S models.
Regular fabric is included on the front and passenger seats on the L line. The fabric is upgraded to a cloth seat with sport trim. Both the S and the L line have a six-way adjustable driver's seat and a four-way adjustable passenger seat. Keyless entry is now standard on the 2012 Matrix, a luxury accessory for an economy vehicle.
The base model L feels a bit pokey when driven due to the 1.8-liter engine. It accelerates fine but struggles during uphill rides. The high-grade 2.4-liter engine is worth the extra cost. Steering on the Matrix is somewhat tough and unrewarding. A bonus is the 60/40 seat that provides lots of extra storage space. The back seat is large and comfortable for the family as well. The control console inside the vehicle is laid out in a nearly perfect setup, something you wouldn't expect from such a cheap vehicle. The L line starts at $18,845 while the S starts at $19,565.
The first generation Toyota Matrix models were introduced in the 2003 model year. It was offered in three different trim lines including the base model, an XR trim line, and the XRS trim line. Both the base and the XR line came with a 1.8-liter engine that produced 130 horsepower. It was available in a five-speed manual transmission or a four-speed automatic version. The XRS has a 1.8-liter, 180-horsepower engine that tended to struggle a bit in acceleration. Manual versions of this vehicle tended to perform better than the automatic version due to greater control.
The second generation Matrix models were introduced in 2009. Stability control was introduced in the first year XRS models and was available as an option on lower trim lines. In 2010, stability control was standard on all models. A year later, the XRS sports model was dropped completely, and the S and L became the only two trim lines available.
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The 2013 Toyota Matrix is a compact vehicle that bridges the hatchback with the price-point of a sedan.
2012 Toyota Matrix
With the last major update back in 2009, the 2012 Toyota Matrix enters the new model year virtually unchanged.
2011 Toyota Matrix
The 2011 Toyota Matrix represents one of the first cars on the market to avoid a definitive category.
2010 Toyota Matrix
Following the introduction of the new-generation Matrix for 2009, not much changed for 2010 Toyota Matrix. The biggest news was that all trim levels of the Matrix received stability control and traction control as standard equipment. Otherwise, the same engines and trim levels return: 132-horsepower, 1.8-liter four with a manual or automatic, or 158-horsepower, 2.4-liter four with a choice of three transmissions.
2009 Toyota Matrix
2008 Toyota Matrix
The 2008 Toyota Matrix is a compact wagon that's ideal for young families and recent college graduates.
2007 Toyota Matrix
The Toyota Matrix debuted in 2003 as a compact wagon.
2006 Toyota Matrix
The 2006 Toyota Matrix is based off the Corolla platform and strives to offer the utmost in interior flexibility and functionality.
2005 Toyota Matrix
The 2005 Toyota Matrix quickly earns a reputation as one of the best compact wagons on the market.
2004 Toyota Matrix
The 2004 Toyota Matrix is considered a crossover utility vehicle with the functionality of an SUV, the image and performance of a sports car, and the price of a subcompact sedan.
2003 Toyota Matrix
The 2003 Toyota Matrix is a compact four-door hatchback in production from 2002 to the present, starting with the 2003 model year.


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The idea of cake for breakfast has never really caught on in England and this makes me sad. This is called a "breakfast cake" because it is not too sweet and its crumbly texture will satisfy both cake and biscuit lovers.
The heady mix of spices fill the kitchen with warming aromas and the crunchy topping is heavenly. This photo shows how it seeps into the cake as it cooks providing lovely little pockets of sugary spicy goodness:
For the cake:
300g plain flour
1 tablespoon baking powder (yes – tablespoon!
60g unsalted butter, straight from the fridge
75g dark brown sugar
1 egg
125ml milk
80g raisins or sultanas (I used raisins)
For the topping:
50g dark brown sugar or any dark granular sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon mixed spice
1 teaspoon allspice
1 teaspoon ground ginger
3 tablespoons butter, melted
For the topping:
- Preheat the oven to 170°C/fan oven 150°C/375°F/Gas mark 3.
- Grease and line a 20cm round springform tin; I used an all-in-one liner.
- Place the flour, baking powder and butter in a bowl and either blitz to breadcrumbs in a food processor or use the old fashioned rubbing in method i.e. lifting and rubbing the butter into the flour. Either way, stop when you have find breadcrumbs.
- Stir in the sugar.
- Beat in the milk and eggs.
- Stir in the raisins.
- The batter will be sticky and thick, just like a biscuit dough. Spread it into the prepared tin.
- Now make the topping: stir together the sugar and all the spices and then sprinkle over the top of the cake.
- Drizzle the melted butter over the top.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Mine took 40 minutes.
- Leave to cool for 20 minutes or so in the tin before turning out onto the wire rack and leaving to cool completely.
- The cake will keep for several days in an airtight tin.
- Bask in the glory of the wonderful thing you have made.
- Eat.


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Show us how Vicks provides the best relief for your cold and cough so you can feel yourself again.
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When you don't feel well, you're not yourself. Feeling sick is not just physical. Colds and flu make us feel tired, grumpy, pessimistic and sad… Fortunately, there is one unbeatable remedy! It's Vicks Cough and Cold relief. Vicks is a family brand that beats colds and coughs!
In a print ad and a short story, show us how it feels after Vicks relieves the congestion symptoms of your cold.
Format: Print ad (photo or illustration with text explanation. 2 pages in total, PDF only).


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Join us for Ask an Engineer -- our weekly live show! To tune in, visit our channels on YouTube, Facebook, Twitch and on Periscope (Twitter). You can ask anything about electronics, kits at Adafruit or just stop in to meet other makers who are building cool things. We also demo new products and reveal top secret Adafruit news. At the end of the chat, we give away an Adafruit product to the winner of our trivia question! And don't forget to check out Adafruit's Google+ page for the weekly show and tell 30 minutes before the show at 7:30PM ET!


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We need 4 logos based on one mark"desig".
Desig its a website that you can make reservations online of your apartments and hotels in some destinations.
Our Apartments and hotels are distinguished and low price.
The different combinations are:
- desigbarcelona, desigmadrid, desigparis ,desigandalucia
Different destinations are only destination, NOT THE MARK.
Desig are the mark, and have to be the more important in the logo design, but the destination must be in the logo.
An example: the "desig" font can be 50% more big than the destination, and the typography different.
Some examples:
- http://www.chicandbasic.com/ (typography and concept)
- http://www.friendlyrentals.com/ (web concept, 2.0, and simply)
- http://www.holiday-velvet.com/paris (the important of the destination and the "MARK")
- Simple, fresh and memorable
- 2.0
- Different destinations
- Conciseness
- Professional and modern style
- Catch easy that its a tourism/apartments logo.
- Scalability
- Printable / FAX
- Copy of an existing logo
- Copy of our logo (desigbarcelona.com)
- Comic, cartoon, funny style
- A lot of elements


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A serious traffic collision between a taxi and a pickup truck occurred at around 8PM Saturday night at the intersection of Byrns and Benvoulin.
Harjip Dhothar is the owner of the cab that was involved, and he says that his driver is in serious condition.
"I was told it was very bad and that I should get down there right away," he said.
"I'm very worried about my driver."
Three people were taken to hospital, but the driver of the pickup was not at the scene when police, ambulance and fire crews arrived.
Witnesses report seeing someone exit the drivers-side door of the red pickup, toss something into a residents front yard and run west on Byrns Rd.
One witness, who wishes to remain anonymous, had pulled onto the shoulder of Byrns Rd when she heard the accident behind her and saw the man flee on foot.
"He had blood on the left side of his head and he didn't have a jacket," she said.
It is believed alcohol may have been a contributing factor.
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Carpets & Candids: Michelle's one piece dress
If it's a two piece, it's very, very well put together. To me it seems like it's all connected though, especially considering how short the sweater part would have to be, and given that the bottom of it doesn't seem to be moving, I'm thinking it's all attached. Which is how I prefer it anyway – all one dress. And I want. What a great combination of stripes and print and colours. And the perfect boots to go with.Photos:
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OpenDNS Users Get Conficker Protection
Thanks to a collaboration with Kaspersky Kaspersky Labs, OpenDNS users will get some protection from the Conficker worm.
Conficker is a worm that has spread far and wide through exploitation of the MS08-067 RPC vulnerability, patched by Microsoft last October. Once a user is infected the worm checks with other systems on a botnet through a series of domain names that the worm generates algorithmically. Kaspersky has reverse-engineered the algorithm and thus can predict which domains will be used by the worm. They have shared this domain data with OpenDNS.
OpenDNS is a free DNS service that adds Web content filtering and anti-phishing to DNS. They have blacklisted the domains predicted by Kaspersky to service Conficker, so even if a user gets infected somehow the infection will not likely spread from them, nor will their infected system be able to receive updates. Furthermore, OpenDNS will know that a client on the network has made a request indicative of Conficker infection, and therefore will notify the network administrator of the infection on the network.
Conficker's spread has been astonishing. The Houston, TX police department had to stop arresting some people because of a Conficker outbreak throughout municipal computer systems. And infections in French military computers were so bad that fighter planes were grounded.


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Science Scoops: Kilimanjaro Snowcap May Melt Soon
by Stephen James O'Meara
When Ernest Hemingway wrote his famous short story, "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," in 1938, he probably never considered that the snows might one day disappear. But if scientists are correct, the snows atop the 5,895-meter African mountain could disappear between 2015 and 2020.
What's truly alarming is that recent surveys from satellites and ice core samples show that the mountain has been snowcapped for nearly the last 12,000 years! The snows were deposited during an intense wet period in Earth's history. But according to a research team led by Lonnie G. Thompson (Ohio State University), that wet period actually ended 4,000 years ago, when Africa and other parts of the world slipped into a severe drought. What could cause such a change? The possibilities include volcanic eruptions, a meteor impact, or natural global warming, Thompson says.
There's more. Today, the mountain's snows are melting at an extremely alarming rate—by 80 percent in just the past century. And a temperature rise, measured at about minus 17 degrees Celsius since 2000, is fast eroding the mountain's 45-meter-high ice blocks. While Douglas Hardy, head of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, group that's studying Kilimanjaro's weather, notes that human-caused climate change is at least partly responsible for the melting, he does say that other, presently unknown factors also could be involved. Although the melting could be caused by natural climate changes, Thompson remains cautious: "To me, it's a warning that we should be careful of how far we want to push the system."
The diminishing ice already has reduced the amount of water that supplies Tanzanian villages and hospitals. The government also fears that a snowless Kilimanjaro would ruin the area's robust tourist industry. Some 20,000 tourists visit the mountain every year, making tourism Tanzania's main source of income.
- What kind of an ecosystem is Mount Kilimanjaro?
- What kind of a process is occurring on Mount Kilimanjaro with the melting of the snowcap?
- The melting of the snowcap on Mount Kilimanjaro is reducing the amount of water available to villages in Tanzania. How do you think this might be affecting the ecosystems in Tanzania?


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Most standard Bach trumpet mouthpieces have a No. 27 throat with a few exceptions:
Throats can only be enlarged (not reduced). The smaller the number, the larger the throat. i.e. a No. 24 throat is larger than a No. 27 throat.
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Emily Yoffe: Hey, Ashley, Congratulations! I just read on your profile that you're the new CEO of the company!
Farhad Manjoo: I'm Slate's technology columnist, Farhad Manjoo.
Emily: I'm Emily Yoffe, Slate's Dear Prudence advice columnist. And this is Manners for the Digital Age.
Farhad: Today's question is from a listener whose colleague is trying to steal his professional thunder. He writes, "Dear Farhad and Emily, a coworker of mine has misrepresented herself on LinkedIn. She exaggerated her title and experience. To make matters worse, her exaggerated job position is the position I currently hold. What's the proper way to deal with this? Should I confront her directly or should I let her résumé fabrications catch up with her?" Signed, Résumé Robbed.
So, Emily, have you ever seen anyone lie on their LinkedIn profile, and what do you do about it?
Emily: I have a LinkedIn profile, but I don't know how to access it or anyone else's, so I can't say I've tracked that too closely. But if I were Director of Sales at a company and I saw an Assistant Marketing person had listed on her LinkedIn profile that she was Director of Sales, I do think I'd go over to her and say, in a very low-key way, "Caroline, I saw that on your profile your job title is actually my job title. You probably want to go and fix that."
Farhad: I would agree with you. I think the whole point of LinkedIn is it functions as a public résumé, and the public-ness of it means that whatever you put up there is going to be vetted by other people – by your coworkers, by people in your industry.
So for somebody to lie on LinkedIn, I think it speaks worse of that person than if they would just had their résumé the old-fashioned way. It suggests a real idiocy, I think. So, yes, I think this person should confront her and if this resume padder doesn't take down this total lie, they could go to the boss or do something even more than that. I think it calls for that.
Emily: This is the question. I don't want to call it "confront." I think you have to do it in a low-key way, because things at the office can blow up and get out of control in a way you can regret. I think instead of saying, "I note that every fact on your profile is a lie," I think you should keep it to the thing that materially affects you.
Then, if when you check on the LinkedIn profile, what if you see she doesn't change it? That's the question. I'm a little torn. Do you go to the supervisor? Do you go up the ranks? Is the LinkedIn profile a function of the company or is that something personal?
Farhad: I think it's a hybrid. It talks about your professional history beyond a certain company. It talks about your education. It's not owned by the company in any way, but you are representing yourself. Especially if it's a place you currently work at, you're representing yourself as an employee of that company and anything you say there. If you claim that you're the CEO of Apple on your LinkedIn profile, I think Apple should say something about it.
Emily: You are the new CEO of Apple, right?
Farhad: Yeah, I just put it up on LinkedIn right now. I think the company does have a right to intervene in that case, if an employee is misrepresenting her title at the company.
Emily: That's an interesting point that LinkedIn is a kind of hybrid thing. It's not the company's website, but the company is being represented by how employees describe themselves.
In that case, I do think you're right, if this person doesn't take care of it and realize she's been caught. And how kooky do you have to be? That says there's something really wrong with this person. I think you can go to HR or the supervisor and say, "Look, I don't want to get in a personal situation, but the company is being misrepresented on Ashley's profile. Maybe we need to have a company-wide policy that your LinkedIn profiles will be occasionally vetted by the company to make sure everything is accurate, because you're representing this business to the world."
Farhad: I think in general it's a really dumb thing to misrepresent yourself on LinkedIn. LinkedIn I've heard is a great way to find work if you're unemployed. One of the ways people use it is they maintain an accurate profile, and then other people in the industry, other people in their network – their friends and colleagues – can promote their profile, add testimonials to their profile and in general keep them in mind for jobs that they hear of.
If you're going around lying on your profile and it's obvious to your coworkers that you're lying on your profile, you're just defeating yourself before that process even starts. It's a really bad idea.
Emily: I totally agree. Part of me says, "The system will catch and fix this," but I wonder how often people do get away with résumé padding or outright lying. As Dear Prudence, I've done a lot of office-oriented questions and if you've got a psycho embezzler in your office who's been fired, if that person is looking for another job, when the potential employer calls HR, HR is not going to say, "Oh, you can hire that psycho embezzler." They will say, "This person worked here from X date to X date." Now you've got to infer if you don't hear any more than that.
I'm kind of wondering if a lot of people aren't getting away with stuff because of fear of law suits. I would be curious to see how self-correcting the system is, and I think some business school professor should do this study.
Farhad: That's a good idea. I've heard, actually, of there being "rings" – people who go around and agree to add testimonials to one another's pages as kickbacks. I might claim that I'm the CEO of Apple and you'll claim that you were the Marketing Director, and we're both lying but we both add our testimonials on each other's page. You might get away with it for a little while.
But I bet that it doesn't help you over the long run, because other people notice. I can't see how it can go on for long and how much good can come of an obvious lie.
Emily: In general, Farhad, I would agree it doesn't help to be a lying nut, but when you hear people's complaints about what goes on in their workplace, maybe it does.
I guess our bottom line is when you see something as egregious as this, particularly if the person is usurping your own title, go ahead and just have a direct conversation. Don't make it accusatory. Just say, "There's a mistake there. You probably want to fix it." Then take it up the line if it's not fixed.
Farhad: I think it should be on the subway. If you see something, say something.
Emily: Send us your questions about shifting etiquette in the online age. Our address is firstname.lastname@example.com
Farhad: You can also join our Facebook page where we carry on the conversation throughout the week. Go to www.Facebook.com/digitalmanners.
Emily: And we'll talk to you next time on Manners for the Digital Age.


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Amidst government protected forest area, about two kilometers away from the local market, this homestay is located in a secluded yet peaceful environment. With thick forest mountains in the background and apple orchard around the house is situated in an ideal surrounding to invigorate and refresh one's soul. The hosts of the homestay, Sudhir Sood and his wife Meenu have now got settled in Solan. Being born and brought up in Solan, Sudhir is well aware of the culture, history and lifestyle of the local people.
As a forest contractor in his professional life, he has traveled to many places in Himachal like Shimla and Theog in Himachal and Rajgarh in Madhya Pradesh. Meenu is a simple housewife who helps Sudhir in taking care of the homestay and provides guests with interesting local and Punjabi delicacies to taste. They both enjoy traveling, sightseeing, adventure, trekking and other similar activities. The homestay has two residential buildings. The hosts stay in one part and the guests stay in the other.
The rooms for guests are modernly styled and equipped with low wooden beds and furniture. The big windows in the room allow warm sun rays to filter through the room with the rising sun. Each room has double beds with attached bathrooms. The residence has two balconies on its first and top most floor, from where one gets a beautiful view of the mountains and small village houses around. The most interesting space is the open area with a seating arrangement where evenings can be spent casually sipping a cup of tea or coffee. Those visiting the ideal hill station can enjoy a village tour (sub-village- Nalanda) and get to know the local people and their lifestyle more. Other than that 'University of Horticulture & Forestry', one of India's first and Asia's biggest horticulture and Forest University can make for an interesting visit. The best season to visit the hill-station will be between the months of March and September when it becomes misty in monsoons and pleasantly cold just before the beginning of harsh winters. Amidst nature, seclusion and simplicity, this homestay awaits your abode...come and cherish it forever.
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City of Lincoln
Mayor's Office
2006 Media Releases
Mayor Coleen J. Seng today commended agencies with the Lincoln Homeless Coalition which are providing shelter, water and other services to the homeless to help them cope with the summer heat. Matt Talbot Kitchen and Outreach is coordinating efforts to collect and distribute water bottles, sunscreen and insect repellant and to provide cool places to escape the heat. Mayor Seng encouraged Lincoln residents to support the efforts by donating these items and funds or volunteering at the agencies.
"With the temperature and heat index reaching 100 degrees or more, we are seeing thousands of people across the nation who are at risk of serious medical problems as a result of heat-related illness," said Mayor Seng. "The homeless are especially vulnerable. The latest survey shows there are at least 1,500 homeless individuals in our community. We need a community effort to make sure they are protected."
"We've learned some important lessons from last year, and we are better prepared this year," said Merry Wills, CEDARS Service Area Director. Wills is chairperson of the Lincoln Homeless Coalition, an association of agencies, faith-based organizations and human service stakeholders who deal with homelessness issues. She said agencies are sending outreach teams into the community to assist the homeless with basic and emergency needs.
The homeless population survey conducted last fall shows that 550 individuals in families with children were either homeless or living in emergency shelters or transitional housing. Another 140 individuals are living in places not meant for human habitation. Survey results are available on the City Web site at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: homeless).
"The statistics we have compiled show that the homeless population demographics contradict traditional stereotypes," said Wills. "Our latest survey indicates that a large percentage of homeless people in Lancaster County are single white f emales who have a high school diploma and possibly some college education. They are homeless because of substance abuse or domestic violence issues."
"It's more than just handing out water," said Susanne Blue, Executive Director of Matt Talbot Kitchen and Outreach. "We are providing education and reminders to the public to take care of themselves and check on their senior neighbors if they're vulnerable to the heat."


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My parents are huge fans of nasi kandar–a type of Mamak/Indian-Muslim food consists of steamed rice with a variety of curries and other side dishes. (Click here and here for a peek of a nasi kandar restaurant and its many colorful dishes.)
When I was little, my parents would always take me to nasi kandar restaurants. I remember vividly their old joint in Georgetown, Penang. Whenever I go home to Penang, I would take my parents out to savor a meal or two of nasi kandar at their favorite restaurant/stall.
Regardless of where we go, there is one dish that we never miss out–gulai sotong, or squid curry. So, it's no surprise that my mother makes a killer squid curry at home (which I've fortunately learned).
There are two secret ingredients of a great squid curry: curry leaves and a blended spice mix of cumin, fennel, black mustard, fenugreek seeds.
Curry leaves impart a highly aromatic flavor to the curry and the spice seeds add that signature and unmistakable Indian curry kick.
I love hard-boiled eggs in curries, so I also added some eggs. Click here to see the real squid curry served in Penang…
Malaysia celebrates its 50th Independence Day (Hari Merdeka) on August 31st. Hence this post also marks my entry to this year's virtual Merdeka Open House hosted by Babe_KL. Please click here to view my Kerabu Bee Hoon entry last year.
Special notes to my fellow Malaysians:
I used to take Malaysia for granted, well, when I was in Malaysia. There were always something to complain about–the educational system, the urban planning, the environment, media, government, and the list goes on.
Recently, I was in a meeting with a Taiwanese business partner. She told me in great enthusiasm that she just came back visiting Malaysian Borneo of Sabah and Sarawak.
She used to work in Singapore for 8 years and it was very clear that she adores Malaysia.
"Malaysians should be really proud of their country." She said.
Her statement made me ponder. If a foreigner can love Malaysia so much, why can't we?
"I am very proud of my country. It has so much to offer!" I replied.
I do love Malaysia–as a matter of fact–a lot.
Selamat Hari Merdeka!
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Fees, Charges, and Expenses
Books and Supplies
Students are expected to obtain their own books, supplies, and consumable materials needed in their studies. A bookstore is located on each campus. Textbooks may be purchased new, used, or rented (selected titles only) from the store or online. Check the bookstore website for each campus bookstore's hours of operation.
Students on financial aid may charge books following the procedures established by the Financial Aid Office.
Library Charges
Library patrons are responsible for the replacement cost of any item they lose. Payments for lost materials are not refundable. This nonrefundable rule also applies to fines and replacement costs charged for materials borrowed from other libraries with a NOVACard Student ID.
Because access to high-demand reserve materials is critical, the College libraries charge fines for overdue reserve materials. Patrons returning regular reserve materials late will be charged a fine of $2.00 per day. Patrons returning timed reserve materials late will be charged a fine of $2.00 per hour. Timed reserve materials are those with specific time limits on their use in the Library. The maximum fine for keeping reserve materials late is $80.00.
Patrons with overdue circulating or reserve items will not be able to check out additional materials until all overdue items are returned and fines paid. Continued enrollment and the release of transcripts will be prevented if overdue items are not returned.
Parking Fees
Any student, full- or part-time, who wishes to park a vehicle in the student parking lots ("B" lots) on any campus during any semester, including Summer, must display a valid parking permit. A current NOVACard and valid parking permit are required to access the permit holder lanes at the Medical Education Campus garage. Hourly pay parking is also available at all campuses for those who do not have a current permit.
Permits may be purchased beginning May 1 for the Summer, August 1 for the Fall Semester, and December 1 for the Spring Semester. Students may purchase "B" parking permits online through the parking services website. Permits purchased online will be mailed to the applicant's home address on record, and a temporary 21-day pass can be printed for use while awaiting mail delivery. Permit void unless hanging from the rearview mirror of the vehicle with the permit number facing the outside of the vehicle or displayed on the dashboard. Permit number must be fully visible.
The cost of a parking permit and hourly parking rates are specified on the parking website.
Parking enforcement on B lots will begin at 6 a.m. following the end of the schedule adjustment period. Campus signage will indicate specific dates. Parking regulations are enforceable 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Students are not required to display a permit while parked in a B lot after 3:45 p.m. on weekdays or anytime on weekends.
Questions regarding parking on campus can be directed to a campus Parking Services Office.
There is no fee for graduation. However, students are required to purchase academic regalia, available at the campus bookstores, if they wish to participate in the Commencement ceremony.


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Balthazar needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 307 designs submitted by 96 freelance designers.
We need someone to design a company logo for a new hosting company, named Sunbrick.
Sunbrick is a new hosting company, that will focus on Windows and Exchange hosting.
The name incorporates two sentiments, the Sun represents something bright, positive, joyous if you will, and the brick something solid, stable, secure.
A sun and/or one (or several) bricks certainly can be a part of the logo, but feel free to use your imagination.
The name Sunbrick certainly can be a part of the logo, but doesn't have to be.
A suggestion for what I have in mind would be one or more brick(s) in the foreground, with a sun shining on them behind. This is just a suggestion - you should use your imagination and come up with your ideas too.
- Something relatively simple, not too many colors and experimental fonts.
It must not look anywhere near to Sun Microsystems' logo of course.
It also must not associate with a travel company or a tanning center.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.