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Portsmouth stadium | Herzog & de Meuron Football at the heart of the city, at the heart of the community Portsmouth historic asset is its Docklands, they formed the city, they were its foundation and still sustain its economy. The wateredge is the heart of the city. It?s more recent but other great asset is […] The post Portsmouth stadium | Herzog & de Meuron appeared first on Arch2O.com.
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Andrew Garrison needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
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I am looking for an illustrated scene for a new iPhone game I am working on that lets the player build a treehouse.
All ages.
* Refer to the attached image for the layout of the scene. Maintain similar proportions in your designs.
* This project includes 4 elements in the scene:
1) The Tree - Visually, this is the most important element. I would like the tree to have branches at the top, but no branches intersecting the actual treehouse.
2) The background - 2nd most important element.
3) The ground - 3rd most important.
4) The treehouse - this is the least important, and is really only a placeholder as the user will build the treehouse themselves in the game.
* The trunk of the tree should NOT have branches around the treehouse.
* I would like something that is playful and acceptable for all ages. I am a fan of the artwork in Angry Birds.
Technical Requirements:
* Image Size: 1024x1024
* Image Format: PSD (or any format that supports multiple layers).
* The tree, the treehouse, the background, and the ground need to be separated into their own layers (or groups)

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One of the soldiers in Ron's battalion just had a baby boy. It's always so exciting to see babies. It seems like they are everywhere here. I think there's something in the water- it can't be all the separations and reunions with military life, right? Here's a card I made celebrating this new family.
I was working on one of my projects for By Lori Designs and got very flustered because some of my Copics were running low on ink. Little did I know Copics are made right here in Japan! So, I was able to find a local store that was a Copic mecca. There were so many colors, I think I must have just stood there with my mouth hanging open for several minutes. I'm sure the very kind Japanese sales women were thinking, "Do you think she's okay?" Needless to say, I was no longer flustered and I was able to finish my latest card for BLD.
I hope to be back with more. Have a blessed day!


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FrankBurns necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 231 diseños de 52 diseñadores freelance.
Blue Ribbon Insulation
Blue Ribbon Insulation is a market leading ceiling insulation manufacturer and installer, specifically to homes in the Australasian region. The company provides top quality product and has just established contracts with several prestigious building corporations.
Emphasis during the design process is to be placed upon the "Blue Ribbon" nature of the company as a whole, from customer service to its finest quality packaging of outgoing stock.
Customers immediately see they are paying more for a superior product and service, however for what we provide we are not exorbitant. This is a company which has both a corporate and private market share.
The design should be clear and concise. It should not be subject to interpretative modernistic taste.
Some general guidelines of what the client has in mind:
Incorporation of a blue ribbon of some description (likes the most), possibly curling/twirling softly around head and/or under/over/around body of text. {Ribbon could be incorporated in some/all/none text ?}
Text "Blue Ribbon Insulation"
A roof over some/all the text may or may not work, inferring text is insulation under roof.
Do not want to take away from Blue Ribbon aspect.
Or, a blue ribbon in the nature of an award or other similar identifying feature incorporated into a design.
Should not be too cramped.
These guidelines in no way constitute the conditions of entry and creative approaches other than mentioned above are welcomed. It is hoped that improved designs of those suggested above will be the final outcome. Authors will quickly be advised whether angles are worth pursuing, and general posts will be made of the clients developing preferences.
All submissions will be carefully scrutinized for any copyright infringements and complaints made should any be found.
* Winner must provide a modifiable vector based image file.
* Must contain ONLY original work (no reuse of third-party material). Winner must transfer the copyright for the created artwork.
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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 20, 2012) - Verisante Technology, Inc. (TSX VENTURE:VRS)(OTCQX:VRSEF)(FRANKFURT:V3T) (the "Company" or "Verisante"), a leader in cancer detection technology, announced today that Verisante's Aura™, the revolutionary skin cancer detection device, has been named a finalist for the 2013 Prism Awards in the Life Sciences and Biophotonics category.
"We are honoured to be a finalist for this prestigious Award," said Thomas Braun, President and CEO. "It is very gratifying to be recognized as an industry leader for our innovative and disruptive technology, which has the potential to improve patient outcomes, reduce wait times and also save the health care system time and money. The Aura is a game changing technology because in half a second it will tell doctors if a suspicious skin lesion is high or low risk for being cancerous and should be biopsied or not."
Verisante will be in attendance when the winner will be announced at the 2013 Prism Awards banquet on February 6 in San Francisco. The Verisante Aura™ beta units are currently installed at five leading dermatology clinics across Canada for software verification purposes. This is the final step prior to making this device available in Canada, 27 European countries, and Australia where the device has already been approved for sale. The Verisante Aura™ is expected to be commercially available in Canada, Europe and Australia in early 2013.
About the 2013 Prism Awards
The Prism Awards, named the "Photonics Oscar" by OptecNet Deutschland, is a celebration of the best of our industry. It takes place every year in conjunction with SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco, California.
The Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation is a leading international competition that honors the best new photonic products on the market. Over the years, the Prism Awards has received applications from more than 35 countries across the globe. Applications are judged by panel of leading industry experts, venture capitalists, luminaries and visionaries. The finalists and winners that are ultimately chosen (from General Electric, Agilent, Hamamatsu to Swamp Optics, Optotune, WiTec) reflect the diversity of the program.
SPIE Photonics West is the world's largest and most influential photonics and optics event with over 1500 companies exhibiting and 20,000 attendees.
To find out more about the Awards, visit the website at http://www.photonicsprismaward.com.
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Verisante is a medical device company committed to commercializing innovative systems for the early detection of cancer. The Verisante Aura™ for skin cancer detection and the Verisante Core™ series for lung, colon and cervical cancer detection utilize a proprietary cancer detection platform while the operating software and probe technology are unique to each device. The cancer detection platform was developed by the BC Cancer Agency and tested and refined at the Skin Care Centre at Vancouver General Hospital. This exclusive platform technology allows Verisante to develop and offer a range of compact, non-invasive cancer detection devices that offer physicians immediate results for many of the most common cancers. The Aura™ has been approved for sale in Canada, Europe and Australia. The Core™ has not yet been approved for sale.
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2013-02-20 • More DNA Confusion
Start: 12:05:37
Seventies: hello Daviss!
Daviss: hello Seventies!
Seventies: How's the weather out there?
Daviss: How's it going?
Seventies: eh pretty good.
Daviss: It's raining cats and dogs right at this moment at least down here in the valley. Up north its snowing like the dickins
Seventies: oh yeah? We got a little snow and mostly rain last night, yesterday.
Daviss: R U at work ?
Seventies: Yes of course..lol Really wishing I could be at the archives today through Friday.. lol
Daviss: I imagine Seventies
Seventies: Been doing research for a few minutes this morning...
Daviss: where, on Family or Ancestry?
Seventies: Trying to work out some things... research wise and money wise. I need money, money, money to continue my research. Trying to figure out ways to get more cash. hello alt
alt: hey Seventies & Daviss, What's Up?
Seventies: Nada.. looking for money,honey! lol
Daviss: don't we all Seventies.... I could sure use some to get halfway going towards an archive Hello alt!!
Seventies: Daviss, people are just giving away money... I'm contemplating how I can get some cash. Seriously.
Daviss: Yes I know, I think Sharon is going through that same route that you are
Seventies: I've seen a couple of grants, but I really want to get into the crowdfunding piece. Well I visit the crowdfunding sites 3x's a week and have not seen her campaign yet.
Daviss: not sure which one but I know she has been actively involved for at least two or three yrs
Seventies: I thought she was doing crowdsourcing and not crowdfunding...
Daviss: I have no idea but just know she has
Seventies: Crowdsourcing lets people volunteer to do work for you or your company. Crowdfunding lets them give you cash.. lol I would like cash to do my research...
Daviss: She is I think trying to get a grant to do her research is all I know
Seventies: ok
Daviss: Did I say hello to you alt/
Seventies: nope... lol
Daviss: oops that should be a q mark' lol hello alt!!!
alt: Hello Y'all .. you were talking about something more important .... money LOL
Daviss: ha!
Seventies: indeed alt, indeed! :}
Daviss: Barrett Strong 1959 lol
Seventies: This has been on my mind for about a year now.
Daviss: Big Jay McNeely lol 1961
Seventies: What in the world??? LOL
alt: early musicians Seventies
Daviss: thank you alt lol
deannie: Hi everyone
Daviss: hello there deannie
Seventies: Hello deannie...
alt: Big Jay .... There Is Something On Your Mind
Seventies: thanks alt
alt: Hello deannie
deannie: I have a question, if I have a Family Tree on Ancestry am i able to download it to Memory stick. Or did I have to copy every person and reenter in to my Famiiy Tree
Seventies: You can download your tree as a gedcom...
Daviss: I can't answer that deannie hi Selma!!
alt: Not sure deannie, but don't you have the same tree in your software package ... FTM or RM, etc.? you can load to a memory stick from there.
Seventies: You should first download the Gedcom and then add it to whatever family tree program you are using. what alt said.
Selma: Good afternoon alt, daviss, deannie and seventies
Seventies: Hi Selma
alt: Hello Selma
deannie: Ok...
Selma: Hey alt..I was hoping you knew something about those folks in the blog
alt: deannie, that is one of the great features of the full version of Roots Magic... they have a feature called "Roots Magic To Go" specifically used for loading Gedcom's to a memory stick.
Seventies: If you have RootsMagic, you have a to-go program which will allow you to take your tree with you if you opt to save it on a flash drive.
Daviss: :o
Seventies: geez alt, are you reading my mind here??? lol
alt: Hi Selma.... I did know some Via's in Columbus, but nothing about their family history or genealogy.
Selma: I figured you knew it all about folks in Ohio alt.. lOL
Seventies: Okay so has anyone been taking advantage of the free records offered this month?
deannie: Thanks so much for the information. I have a Family Tree Software
alt: not quite Selma....
Selma: Think I have the Free Negro Register for Augusta..gonna look them up
alt: that is in interesting story Selma.....
Selma: Someone transcribed and published many years ago The blog I am talking about is the one by the Library of Virginia..Out of the Box..
alt: some good stuff there Selma
Daviss: I agree alt, I thumbed through it about an hour ago..
deannie: Hi keli
Selma: Talking about a case where woman emancipated her slaves in 1860, family sued but lost..slaves were emancipated and sent to Ohio..where she left them money to buy land
keli1: Hello Lunch Bunch!
Daviss: hi there keli1
Selma: Afternoon keli
keli1: Selma all good on your part?
Daviss: How was the conference keli1
alt: Hello keli1, good 'seeing' you, how have you been?
deannie: I have to run my co worker wants me to do some work lol
keli1: It was very good, great campus,, etc, I can't wait for MAAGI in July
Selma: WORK..whats that.. LOL
Daviss: take care deannie
alt: a bad four letter word Selma LOL
Daviss: Thats good to hear keli1...wish I could go
keli1: doing good Art, hanging in there as one would say
Daviss: too many irons in my fire
keli1: I had to check it out, and took the train...loved it
Selma: Jeez just got email from someone asking me for 1,000 cause they are stuck in Manila...
Seventies: I guess no one has looked at any free records then..ok...
Daviss: great keli1..MAAGI is a ground breaker within itself
Seventies: Block that mess Selma... lol People are still running that game, hmph..
keli1: for sure, lots of opportunities for those who want to learn about AA genealogy research
Seventies: yeah
Daviss: good afternoon yatah
yatah: hi
Seventies: hi yatah
Selma: What free records seventies? Afternoon yatah
yatah: my dna at lab now
Seventies: Proquest, Ancestry, Fold3 (I think)... etc
alt: hello yatah
Daviss: Our family reunion is in Atlanta on that 3rd weekend keli1 so it would be doubly hard for me to do both
keli1: went to Sweetie Pies-Upper Crust
Daviss: yummy
Seventies: I have to visit MAAGI's site again... Wonder what new tracks are available there?
Selma: I used the newspaper database..great resource
Seventies: Any tracks on slavery and slave records?
Selma: I was looking at the JET archives too..a friend was in a plane crash in early 1960's..she was in it..sent it to her
keli1: new tracks, not sure they changed, I have Beginner's methods and strategies
Seventies: wow. Does Google still have the old archives of Jet magazine? Love looking at those.
Daviss: yes they do seventies
Seventies: Other than for profit, anyone know of any routinely free sites with African American records specifically.
yatah: now i wait for my result smile
Daviss: yes yatah, it will be awhile until they come back
Seventies: Yep a good minute.
Daviss: I don't seventies
yatah: mine said will 6 to 8 week daviss
Seventies: That sounds right.
Daviss: thats about right yatah
yatah: due high volume
Seventies: That's the normal time... lol
yatah: oh ok my first time
alt: who did you you test with yatah?
Daviss: keli1, did you run into Angela at the Conference/
Seventies: Alright folks, I'm going to skeedaddle... have a good one.
yatah: myself alt for now if enought result no problem
alt: no, I mean company yatah .. AncestryDNA, 23andme, FTDNA ... which company di you test with?
yatah: sorry 23 and me
alt: okay, thanks yatah
yatah: welcome hope i can find answer where i am from lol
keli1: I will look I think there sessions, but not a whole track, track is 12 workshops
Daviss: whoa keli1
alt: Selma, Seventies got out of here before I could tease her about specific AA records .... I was gonna lay your statement on her to "look for all types records, AA's are in them and not just AA specific records"
keli1: Do you know if I can upload my DNA stuff to familytreedna and if there is a charge
Selma: Folks I have to run..have a good day
alt: from where keli1?
Selma: Bye
keli1: national genographic
Daviss: ohhhh not sure about them keli1.. I know you can with 23
alt: not sure about that one keli1. I know 23andme had a procedure with FTDNA, might want to check the FTDNA Home Page for transfers www.ftdna.com
Daviss: the charge for 23 is 89 dollars in fact I transferred mine and am now waiting for results
alt: Daviss, does that transfer include ftdna doing and matching y & mtdna as well as the family finder, or is it only to connect 23andm3 RF matches to ftdna FF matches?
keli1: okay I will check
Daviss: its the same as family finder I imagine alt
alt: okay ... did ftdna give you a haplogroup match(s) and also start matching you with haplogoups as well as Family finder matches?
Daviss: I have a hap matches
alt: oh, okay .. thanks
Daviss: on 23 my hap is Lo2 and on FTDNA its Lo1a
alt: is that right? wonder why the diff and if that is a significant difference?
Daviss: all my maternal is LOa1a ....tripped me out at first
keli1: I am h
alt: me too keli1 ... H3
Daviss: called them and they said something about triangulation at 23. I will go with all my other women lol L0a1a
keli1: Oh I can't remember the number after the H, heehee, H1
Daviss: I think it may be what tool they used is my thinking
alt: I don't even bother with the ftdna mtdna matches .... too many.. I have like 9,000 HVR1 matches and 2,500 HVR1 & HVR2 full sequence matches for H3.
Daviss: no because that is only the population right alt
alt: Davis ??????
Daviss: like me and Cook match on both but not autosoma;\ we thought we would but nada
keli1: I need to see if what I actually have is the autosomal
Daviss: do you mean with NG
alt: I have about 70-75 Family Finder matches and when I do s 'search' on those names for haplogroup matches (y & mtdna) I get only about 10 that are on both sets of matches.
Daviss: how close are those matches alt?
alt: that might be just because of the depth of testing done by the other folk, perhaps they haven't done the Family Finder testing
Daviss: right keli1 did you test with 23?
keli1: yes I did, but have a cousin who tested with genographic, I want his info
alt: 1 matches on 65-67 Y-DNA markers and he is a 5th cousin.... which I think means we should have a common 4th great-grandfather.
Daviss: did you download to Gedmatch also? Have you two connected alt meaning via email
alt: we've corresponded Daviss, but haven't made a connection.
keli1: I am not sure I downloaded to gedmatch, I will check tonight when I get home I need to go, vicki I will catch you on fb and let you know, thanks
Daviss: please do keli1 and let me know ok bye take care
alt: my father's father was born in slavery about 1852 ...white man/black woman... I have no genealogical information on that line beyond my grandfather whatsoever.
Daviss: I downloaded my brothers y to that y-database alt..not sure how to go about looking at it
alt: me neither Daviss... like I said last week or so.. I'm DNA's out LOL
Daviss: lol I keep saying that but have not closed the door
alt: oh, I'll list, but I'm not goona follow up like I would with the genealogical information.
Daviss: I hear ya alt
alt: what chromsome(s) we match on and the length doesn't really do anything for me. but that's just me
Daviss: I know, I read something about a match that is right in the middle of a chromosome.. I could not figure out what that meant would that be any different if it were the same length and broken up in different lengths lol
alt: don't get me to lying LOL LOL LOL
Daviss: hahahaha or what difference would it make if we match on 1 or on 15
alt: right
Daviss: does each chromosome mean different things excluding the X why don't you go back to school alt and study this stuff lol lol lol
alt: I'm not sure what 'closeness' mean with these cousin matches.......are they closer in generations (1st & 2nd cousin) or are they closer in Y-DNA markers & HVR regions which would push them further back in generations?... I just give up I did Daviss, as a biology major and that is what is confusing to me..... we studied the inheritance of 'genes' and not chromosomes. dominant & recessvie, heterozygous & homozygous, mutations & Mendalian Law. of course that was 45-50 years ago LOL LOL L
Daviss: I think we should go to the casino and pull on the handles....That should shake up dem bones if we hit a good one lol
alt: let's go... oh no, it's too cold here to go out 10 degrees and feels like -10 according to the weatherman
Daviss: wow that's cold!!
alt: you go and I wish you the bestest & goodest of luck LOL
Daviss: lol Its raining here so I better just work the internet
alt: laters partner
Daviss: later and take care
alt: see, we can't even catch a break with the weather LOL
Daviss: lol\ bye


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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Steve, the great Chevrolet and The Truck
I love this photo of Steve. Does he look confident? Or does he look like he is off to conquer the world? Or does he look like "if Mom only knew"? I think we were headed to church the day this was taken. This was not Steve's normal attire. That car was amazing. Steve, remember when we were being followed on the cemetary road and we took off on a side road (who says that was a smart move?). The Chevie could go reallllllly fast. I think I was actually the one driving.
6 comments:
- Judy said...
This post proves a point. A single picture is worth a thousand words...I always said that Steve was cool.
- July 27, 2010 at 12:49 PM
- Steve Blood said...
I thought I was Buddy Holly.
- July 27, 2010 at 1:25 PM
- Steve Blood said...
Very fast, it was one of the first cars to have a 4 barrel carb, loved it.
- July 27, 2010 at 1:31 PM
- Louise Blood said...
Neat car, neat picture. There is a slight resemblance to Buddy Holly.
- July 28, 2010 at 10:10 AM
- Elizabeth said...
It's the glasses.
- July 28, 2010 at 12:00 PM
- Ann said...
Another thought about this photo. This was also the year Steve grew by leaps and bounds. And this was probably the year he won all kinds of art awards.
- July 29, 2010 at 9:49 AM
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Business Students in Dubai Get Royalty Visit
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Inside USD -- Internationalization is alive and well on the University of San Diego campus, but last month, hundreds of students immersed themselves firsthand in international culture. They saw it, explored it, tasted it and studied it.
But for 23 students and three faculty members who were the first from USD to go on an international academic trip to Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) — 19 from USD's MBA and IMBA programs and four undergrads in a basic Arabic language course — there was an unexpected, but uniquely pleasant, surprise.
UAE Prime Minister and President Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum spoke exclusively to the group for 30 minutes. He gave each person a personalized, autographed copy of his book, My Vision: Challenges in the Race for Excellence. He even posed for a group photo (above).
"He spent 30 minutes telling stories and personal feelings about his leadership experiences. It was not canned (speech) at all," said USD's Dan Rivetti, an international finance professor and frequent business traveler to Dubai. "The visit was mesmerizing. Our students were captivated, including the story about his lion."
Rivetti said Sheik Mohammed's lion lived on the palace's property. One night the lion escaped from its shelter and entered his bedroom.
"He awoke to the sound of the lion's loud breathing. He wouldn't leave. He used the story as a metaphor for life. Sometimes, there's going to be something big in front of you that you have to face. What do you do? He quickly figured the lion just wanted to be around him. He got up, walked with the lion and went outside. When the lion followed him out, he turned and closed the door."
Heather Stevens, a second-year USD MBA student, was impressed with the unscheduled opportunity. The lion story also left an impression. "Pushing or working against something isn't always the smartest thing to do. The correct thing is to think about something from a different perspective and to be flexible."
Manzur Rahman, associate dean of the business school, was also present. "It was a privilege for the group. He was down-to-earth and talked to our group like it was one-to-one. He wanted to impart his experience of leading a nation from what was once a sleepy fishing village 40 years ago into a bustling, metropolitan commercial and financial center."
While it was the inaugural trip to Dubai for USD students, they did connect with USD alumni there. Alumni gatherings were duplicated in other intersession destinations — Delhi, India; Shanghai, China; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Buenos Aires, Argentina — through USD's Ahlers Center for International Business and the International Center.
Jamal Al Sharif '99 (pictured, above, center) accompanied the USD group in Dubai to multiple events, even facilitating students' workspace needs. Rivetti said Al Sharif, managing director of Dubai Media City and Dubai Studio City, secured a classroom for students in CNN TV's boardroom.
Dubai, and other intersession destination sites, gave graduate students a chance to apply their business skills.
"This was a practical consulting experience. Four-to-five students in each group worked with a real company, solving a real problem," Rivetti said. "They were presented a dilemma they had to solve and present it to the decision maker. It was education for the students and free consulting for the client. It was real immersion."
Denise Dimon, USD's associate provost for international affairs, professor and director of the Ahlers Center, said the MBA/IMBA consulting opportunity delivers results.
"What was interesting is that all of the consulting projects were so varied," said Dimon, who led the Buenos Aires groups. "Not only were these done in five different cities, from South America to Asia to the Middle East, but they were for global and local companies; service and manufacturing industries; local government or industry groups, companies in the financial sector, marketing focused, supply chain analysis, etc. Our students developed ideas and strategies, presented them to top management and the ideas were adopted and implemented. Our students demonstrated that they have the knowledge, skills and attributes to assist companies and organizations to operate effectively in various international settings."
The MBA course in Rio de Janeiro included a business student visit to AfroReggae, organized through PUC-Rio. AfroReggae spotlighted the visit on its website.
International graduate programs were also done through the School of Leadership and Education Sciences (SOLES) and Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science. The SOLES Global Center sent students to Antigua, Guatemala and Chile while, nursing students were in Milot, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
The international reach of USD graduate programs isn't a surprise. Study abroad is a key element of a USD education, especially at the undergraduate level. USD has been ranked No. 1 for the second straight year in undergraduate student participation percentage according to the 2011 and 2012 data reports by Institute of International Education's Open Doors publication.
Global education is applicable for all USD students. Rivetti said some of his graduate students would have three international experiential opportunities on three different continents when they graduate. And, for a select few in Dubai, they can say they got the royalty treatment.
"Sheik Mohammed's chat, I think, gave the students things they'll remember for a long time," Rahman said. "They see the results, the changes that happened during his lifetime while working with his father. Where the Dubai port is now, back then it was sand and a fishing village. The lesson is to not think about what's possible now, but to think 20 years ahead. He talked to people primarily in the student phase of their lives. I think he left a good impression that, 'Oh, if something comes up with Dubai, they'll have a positive impression in their professional lives.' I think it's a good example for our students. He's thinking not about what he can get from this now, but 'we're here, we're doing something; I can educate and share some things and, in the future, it may pay off for the country 20 years later. If the students end up doing something here, they'll be positively inclined.'"
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Goldman Sachs' equities options unit made a series of erroneous trades Tuesday in a move that cascaded across numerous exchanges, a person familiar with the matter told FOX Business.
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The unit receives interest in options trading as part of Goldman's role as market-maker. Some of that information was incorrectly sent to the exchanges via a computer system, the person who requested anonymity said. A number of commands that were supposed to express interest actually came through as orders, sparking the problem.
The extent of the loss was not immediately clear, but the person said the New York-based bank would be on the hook for any trades that are not busted by exchanges.
"The exchanges are working to resolve the issue," a Goldman spokesperson said. "Neither the risk nor the potential loss is material to the financial condition of the firm."
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NYSE Euronext (NYSE:NYX) told traders Tuesday morning it was reviewing "a large number of erroneous executions" on the NYSE AMEX options system. The exchange operator said it believes the issues took place on symbols in the "H" through "K" range between 9:30 a.m. ET and 9:47 a.m. ET.
Nasdaq OMX Group (NASDAQ:NDAQ) and CBOE Holdings (NYSE:CBOE) said they were reviewing options trades made from early in the day as well. Both exchanges made so-called "self help" declarations against NYSE AMEX in which they routed options transactions away from the exchange for a short timeframe Tuesday morning. Both declarations were revoked, but followed-up with alerts to traders indicating trades will be reviewed.
A NYSE spokesperson said the exchange did not suffer any technological issues, but wouldn't comment on specifically which firms were involved in trading issues.
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Another morning, another story about how people should eat breakfast making us hungry to eat another breakfast because, duh, we're bloggers, of course we eat breakfast. (Right? Don't we? Don't worry; I asked!) Anyway, the important part: market forces are threatening to put this very most cherished tradition under attack! The price of eggs is skyrocketing! And Starbucks, the purveyor of roughly 2/7 of my weekly breakfasts is pulling breakfast sandwiches from its menu in response to the recession. I think eggs are a "Giffen good," which is an economic term for those commodities you don't appreciate until they get more expensive. Anna, for instance, eats egg white sandwiches every day but says thinking about the eggs "grosses [her] out." Just wait until you're forced to eat them 20 meals a week, love! So: I am going to get a head start on this and appreciate eggs in advance. Me, I eat some sort of egg sandwich every single day. This habit began, as so many do, with a hangover, and like so many other hangover-related rituals, it became habit. I used to worry it would raise my cholesterol level.
Then I realized "cholesterol" was a scam designed to sell expensive pills to old people and that eggs don't really do that anyway and also: since when have I been one to worry about shit like cholesterol?
Anyway, at the risk of sounding like some sort of Sesame Street parody I love eggs like Jay-Z loves girls; fat kid: cake, etc. etc. even the nasty spongy Starbucks sandwich kinds, even the ones where you ask the guy to poach em soft and they come out all chunky and hard: fuckit, they're great. Jessica is with me; she eats ten a week; Maria eats around 7; Cheryl 5, Tracie varies — she's on a poop-friendly regimen right now — and Anna eats about 12. But just the whites, ma'am. "I predict I will be a vegetarian in three years and a vegan by the time I'm 40," she says. In the meantime, though, we are all eating eggs. What the fuck else can we afford?
Skipping Cereal And Eggs, And Packing On The Pounds [NYT]
Rise In Price Of Eggs Is No Chicken Feed [SF Gate]
Starbucks Announces New Service Upgrades (Upgrades? What is this, Pravda?.) [Time]
Ask Men: Eggs [AskMen]
Why Egg Prices Are Cracking Budgets [Chicago Tribune]


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From Allmusic.com : "There is no need to argue: Merzbow stands as the most important artist in noise music. The favorite moniker of Japanese Masami Akita appears on hundreds of albums. The name comes from German artist Kurt Schwitters' famous work Merzbau, which he also called The Cathedral of Erotic Misery. Akita's choice reflects his fondness for junk art (through Schwitters' collage method) and his fascination with ritualized eroticism, namely in the form of fetishism and bondage. All these elements constitute the Merzbow persona.
Akita was born in Tokyo in 1956. He grew up with psychedelic rock and began to play the guitar in progressive rock cover bands, in particular with drummer Kiyoshi Mizutani, who would remain a frequent collaborator. After high school, Akita studied literature and visual arts in college. There he discovered free jazz and studied seriously the ideas of Dada and the surrealists (Salvador Dali remained a big influence). Akita gradually withdrew himself from the rock scene and began experimenting in his basement with broken tape recorders and feedback.
In 1979, Akita created his own cassette label, Lowest Arts & Music, and released the first of many albums, Metal Acoustic Music. Infiltrating the then-burgeoning network of underground industrial music, Merzbow lined up one cassette after another, packaged in Xeroxed collage art. His harsh noise eschewed the primitive anger found on this scene (Throbbing Gristle, Man Is the Bastard) to reach a Zen state, calm inside the storm. Mizutani occasionally appeared on some of the raw material, as would other musicians (like Reiko.A), but in essence Merzbow is Akita and would always be. The artist/group made low-budget live appearances in Tokyo, but his main focus remained on his art production and his writing (he is erudite in 20th century art and the Japanese tradition of bondage).
In 1983, Akita's first LP, Material Action 2 (NAM), was released on Chaos/Eastern Works in Japan. Out of the mail-art network and into the specialty record shops, Merzbow began to attract some eyes and ears. Akita started a second label, ZSF Produkt, which put out dozens of 7"s, EPs, LPs, and more cassettes. By the late '80s, other record labels had begun to pay interest, namely the Australian Extreme. Collaborative (1988), an LP recorded with Achim Wollscheid, brought the Merzbow sound to more international listeners, and slowly Akita invaded other territories. By the mid-'90s, his reputation verged on the mythical. He toured Europe and the U.S., and had high(er)-profile releases on Extreme, RRR, and Alchemy.
In 1997, Extreme announced it was putting in production a 50-CD box set, Merzbox. It was finally released three years later. It includes 30 reissues dating as far back as 1979, and 20 discs' worth of unreleased material, and remains the biggest musical statement in the history of noise music. More widely available albums for Alien8 Recordings (Aqua Necromancer, 1998) and Tzadik (1930, 1998), combined with constant worldwide touring, have taken the artist out of mythical status and propelled him into the legendary. In the late '90s, Akita started to collaborate with other artists outside the Merzbow moniker, namely with Mike Patton (as Maldoror) and Otomo Yoshihide. Both a prolific composer and performer, Akita continued his string of Merzbow releases into the next century, including Frog (2001), V (2003), Merzbird (2004), the two-volume set Minazo (2006), Merzbear and Synth Destruction (2007), Dolphin Sonar (2008), and the multi-volume 13 Japanese Birds series issued monthly between January 2009 and January 2010. He followed this massive undertaking with Another Merzbow Records, released by the U.K's Dirtier Promotions imprint in April of 2010."
"Cloud Cock OO Grand" was released by ZSF Produkt in 1990.
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Advanced stats shift game's internal dialogue
PHOENIX -- Gone are the days when a high batting average signaled a great player -- now, it's WAR.
Put simply, WAR (wins above replacement) is a statistic developed by the analytical baseball community to measure the value of a Major Leaguer to his team.
PHOENIX -- Gone are the days when a high batting average signaled a great player -- now, it's WAR.
Put simply, WAR (wins above replacement) is a statistic developed by the analytical baseball community to measure the value of a Major Leaguer to his team.
The stat is just one of the many categories that have sprung from the sabermetric movement, which looks beyond traditional box score stats such as batting average, stolen bases and RBIs to rate a player's worth to his team.
According to the Society of Baseball Research, "sabermetrics" was coined by baseball historian and statistician Bill James to mean "the search for objective knowledge about baseball." James' analytical writing revolutionized the approach to the game in the 1980s, and his ideas have been gaining ground on the traditionalists' game.
"The dialogue has changed over the last few years," said outfielder Sam Fuld, a longtime fan of analytical baseball statistics who now happens to play in Oakland -- the locus of the movement. "Not a ton, but even as short as five years ago, if somebody brought up WAR, there wouldn't be too many people who would understand it. Nowadays, I think everybody here has at least a good sense of what WAR is and a lot of the other advanced metrics. It's a subtle change, so it's not something that we talk about on a daily basis, but you definitely hear it thrown around more often."
Perhaps the biggest step forward for the sabermetrics occurred in 2003 with the publication of Michael Lewis' "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game," which became an award-winning film in 2011. The story centered around the 2002 Oakland Athletics and general manager Billy Beane, who figured out a way to win with the second-lowest payroll in baseball.
As the book explains, Beane and his front-office staff utilized James' statistical approach, going against traditional scouting views. They employed undervalued players with a focus on hitters that could get on base at a higher clip and pitchers that had high ground-ball rates.
With the sabermetric managerial style -- and truth be told, a very solid core of young talent -- the 2002 A's won the American League West. Since "Moneyball," Beane has been linked to the advanced metrics philosophy.
Though they hit a dry spell from 2007-11, the A's are back to their winning ways, having claimed the AL West title the past two seasons.
And they are doing it with the fourth-lowest payroll in the league, $76.6 million, competing in a division against the big-spending Angels ($146.6 million) and Rangers ($126 million).
"That's part of what drew me over here," Fuld said. "Not necessarily their link to sabermetrics, but just that they're a smart organization, and that's appealing to me.
"It was always something that was intuitive for me -- whenever you can use data in the correct way, it can be helpful. It's cool that this organization is one of the first to employ the use of advanced metrics, and it's also nice to see so many other organizations following suit. I think as long as you're using those numbers in the correct way and you understand what you're looking at, then I think it's a no-brainer to use them."
For Fuld, he likes that sabermetrics are placing more value on the defensive side of the ball, a part of his game that he takes pride in.
Fangraphs.com, an advanced metrics website, lists 20 defensive categories, not to mention the 60-plus offensive and pitching stats that cover anything from how often a batter swings at balls out of the zone to the percentage of fastballs thrown by a certain pitcher.
All these stats are available for players and fans alike, and while the collection may be a statistician's dream, for some players it can be too much.
"I think that there's sometimes knowledge overload where we overthink things," A's catcher Stephen Vogt said. "It's nice to know that a guy might throw a fastball 60 percent of the time, but at the end of the day, you still have to hit it. You can know a pitch is coming and still swing and miss at it because of how good it is."
Stats can only tell you so much, and ultimately, computers are not the ones playing the game. The numbers often can't account for in-game adjustments made by players.
"I know [sabermetrics] are important and they're a big reason why I have a job, but as a catcher, I know that in the game I'm looking for my pitcher's strengths and the hitter's weaknesses," Vogt said. "At the end of the day, a slider in one situation -- just because 'sabermetrically' a guy might hit it -- it is still the right pitch."
Fuld echoed Vogt's stance on advanced metrics when looking at them from a player's perspective. Baseball is all about the process, according to Fuld, and if one becomes too caught up in the numbers, it can be detrimental to a player's approach to the game.
"I've found that the less you can look your stats throughout the season the better," Fuld said. "But I think at the end of the season, whether good or bad or in between, it's helpful to look at [the metrics] to get a better idea of where you can improve.
"If anything, they are just an interesting way to look at the game."
Ross Dunham is a junior majoring in journalism at Arizona State University. This story is part of a Cactus League partnership between MLB.com and Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.


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Writing fiction after all that non-fiction is really really hard
August 1, 2013 in Novel, On Writing
I have recently developed a very real fear that I may never be able to write fiction again.
They say writers need to write, and over the past year all I've been doing is reading and writing non-fiction, almost exclusively. At work every day I write news, and in my spare time I write on this blog, which essentially comprises film, restaurant and book reviews these days, or my sports blog, which is, well, all about sports.
My reading habits have also veered towards non-fiction. Browsing through my book reviews this year I see (chronologically from the start of the year):
– Fifty Shades Freed by EL James (fiction) — the final book in the Fifty Shades Trilogy and probably the worst book I have ever read, fiction or otherwise. I think it barely counts as a book, let alone fiction.
– Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott (non-fiction) — the legendary writing book, part memoir and part writers' guide.
– Tokyo Sketches by Peter Hamill (fiction) — a collection of short stories about Japan.
– The First Five Pages by Noah Lukeman (non-fiction) — another seminal writers' book about staying out of the rejection pile.
– Inferno by Dan Brown (fiction) — no introduction necessary, though again, some would argue whether Brown's writing classifies as fiction given that it is dominated by Wikipedia-like entries about history, architecture and artworks. And the quality of the fiction writing is, let's just say, somewhat lacking.
– Dream Team by Jack McCallum (non-fiction) — a riveting account of the one and only 1992 Dream Team.
– The War for Late Night by Bill Carter (non-fiction) — the fascinating account into the Conan O'Brien/Jay Leno late night television feud of 2010.
– Eleven Rings by Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty (non-fiction) — Phil Jackson's account of how he won his 11 NBA championship rings as a coach and 2 as a player.
– The Elements of Style by Strunk & White (non-fiction) — the writing bible.
– The Jordan Rules by Sam Smith (non-fiction) — the controversial book about Michael Jordan and the tumultuous 1990-91 season of the NBA champions Chicago Bulls.
– The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (fiction) — the classic novel about a man whose youth and beauty was preserved by a magical painting.
– Justice by Michael J Sandel (non-fiction) — an engrossing philosophy book about morality and the right thing to do.
By my count that's 8 non-fiction books and 4 fiction books. But one of the fiction books is Fifty Shades and another is Dan Brown, so they don't really count. And of the other two, one is a short story collection and the other is a classic novel written in the 19th century (which can be helpful but not that helpful).
It's not that you can't be creative with non-fiction writing, it's just that the parameters are defined and confined by the facts you have to convey. With fiction writing it has to all come from your imagination, and that's where I feel as though my brain has been reprogrammed and all that creativity I once had (however little it may have been) has been sucked out of me completely.
If I had to sit down and write a short story or screenplay right now I wouldn't know where to start. In fact, just the thought of the possibility of getting back to working on my novels or screenplay makes me nervous, and scared — which probably explains why I have set myself the long-term target of completing all my backlogged blog posts before commencing any "proper" fiction writing. It's pathetic, I know, but at least I am clearing out my backlog.
To lubricate my ride back into fiction, I am going to try and re-enter the land of fiction. Classics are good, but right now I'm thinking something less challenging, like commercial fiction. I've started reading Gillian Flynn's acclaimed Gone Girl. I'm only about a fifth of the way through but it's already shaping up to be one heck of a cracking read. It's one of those books that grips onto you with characters that ring so true you feel like you know them. Apparently Ben Affleck has signed on for the film version, to be directed by David Fincher, so his head keeps popping up in my mind. (And Rosamund Pike has reportedly been cast as the other lead).
I still have some other non-fiction books I must get through, including parenting books on baby sleep (it's gotta be done) and a couple of book reviews for publication. But my focus for the rest of the year will hopefully be on fiction. I have lined up The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Khaled Hosseini's And the Mountains Echoed and Anna Funder's All That I Am, and I intend to get through them all before December 31. I don't know how, since having a job with two kids under two means I pretty much only have time to read while travelling to and from work and just before bed — but I'm still going to try to reach my New Year's Resolution goal of 20 books for the year.
And before you start being a dick, give me a break; that's very good for me already.


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Jamie Lee Curtis: Scream Queen
A new book by David Grove sets out to explore and celebrate this particular part of Curtis's career, which as I'm sure you'll agree, involved a number of seminal shockers now revered as classics. Beginning with Halloween in which Curtis portrayed Laurie Strode – who became the prototype for the ultimate scream queen - subsequent roles followed in The Fog, Prom Night, Terror Train, Roadgames and Halloween II.
David Grove is the author of Fantastic 4: The Making of the Movie (Titan Books) and Making Friday the 13th (FAB Press). He has written for such publications as Dreamwatch, Fangoria, Film Review, Film Threat, Hot Dog, MovieMaker, Rue Morgue, Sci-Fi Magazine, Shivers and Total Film.
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Development Services Center (DSC) officials today announced that residents can now pay their Lincoln Water System (LWS) and Lincoln Wastewater System (LWWS) bills with a credit or debit card through an self-service computer terminal near the DSC bill payment counter. Visa, Master Card and Discover Cards are accepted, and there is a $2 convenience fee for each transaction. The DSC is on the second floor of the County-City Building, 555 S. 10th St.
At the DSC, customers can epay their water and wastewater bills by following these steps:
The epay credit/debit card option has been in place for LWS and LWWS customers using their personal computers since 2002. The self-service computer will help improve customer service by adding more options at the DSC office.
"We've had quite a few customers express a desire to pay their bills via credit or debit card while they're at the County-City Building," said Doug Luedtke, Assistant Business Manager for the Public Works and Utilities Department. "Instead of having to direct them downstairs to the ATM machine, they can now use our dedicated computer terminal to make their payment in a very efficient manner."
For more on City epay services, visit the City website at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: epay).


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As of late, the semi-precious little sister of gold and silver has gone up in value. It seems like every time you turn on the news a bunch of crackheads is getting busted ripping out the copper of some building site. Hey, at least they check the market before going out to rob and steal. Give them credit for that.
You have to give Colorado's Steve Jones credit as well. In his attempt to build a sort of tribute to a Baldwin-Motion Nova, he's succeeded in not only doing that but also getting a small-tire street car into the 10s at altitude. But the road to this respectable e.t. didn't come without its dings and divots.
"In 2009, Arm Drop Live was in town. So I purchased a ticket and went to the race," said Jones. "In the second qualifying pass for the event I leaned out and melted down a couple of pistons. Which was my fault as I had changed to a smaller supercharger pulley. So I hauled the car home with my tail between my legs and parked it for the season."
What Jones failed to mention is that he ran a 10.81 on the run before that big meltdown which is pretty quick for a car on 16-inch American Racing Torq Thrust rims and Yokohama YK420 tires at the mile-high altitude of Bandimere.
But we're a little ahead of ourselves. The road to 10-second slips didn't get traveled overnight. Like most of us, Jones' passion for automobiles started, as my Grandpa Whitey would say, "back when he was a lil' shaver."
"I have always been interested in muscle cars as far back as I can remember," said Jones. "I think it was sparked around the age of nine watching my uncles tinker with everything from mini bikes to Oldsmobiles."
Fast forward 20 years or so right through the Denver Bronco's phenomenal season to 1991 when Jones picked up a four-speed Pontiac Firebird, which he owned and built for seven years or so until the call came to sacrifice the 'bird to come up with the down payment on a house. A while after getting the new crib, Jones started to get the itch again. He scratched it by laying down $2,700 for the Nova.
"I was looking for a different car when I came across this one," said Jones. "It was fairly clean with some rust, dents, dings, and a purple paint job. It had '80s grey velour-covered seats, a 350 four-barrel, a Turbo 350, a 10-bolt single leg rear and no brakes. I could see this car's potential and how easy it would be to drop in a big-block."
Jones low-balled, but as usually occurs in this situation the owner said that someone had promised to pay more. "I had forgotten about the car until a week and a half later when I got a call from the seller's mother asking me if I was still interested," said Steve. "I said yes. She said, 'Bring the money and it's yours.' I went to work right away upgrading the brakes with CPP front and rear discs. Then I transplanted a GM crate ZZ502, a 700R4 transmission, and a 9-inch Ford rear end."
Jones then bracket raced the car for a while clocking up mid- to high-12 second passes on a consistent basis. Around this time, Jones' mother and sister passed away within the same month. "My wife and I took my sister's kid in and as you can imagine, there was not a lot of time for the Nova," Jones said. "But after a year or so I needed some garage therapy so I decided to pull the car apart and have the paint and bodywork done."
While he did the majority of the work on the car, Jones entrusted the paint and body to Brad Aregood at R-Goods Auto Body in Arvada, Colorado. After spraying the Atomic Orange, Brad laid down the white stripes and misted them with orange pearl before clearing. Jones took the car back home for reassembly and drove it on the streets that summer until the snow started falling. This is where he started to take the X-body to another level, to make the Nova really shine brightly, so to speak.
Upon hearing that Pinks would be coming to town, he decided to increase the power. "I bought a ticket to Pinks with about three minutes to spare before they sold out," said Jones. "I scrambled to get the roll cage installed, change the radiator to a Ron Davis aluminum double pass and install the Pro Charger F1-R." Jones really brought it down to the wire for Pinks, struggling with the installation of the newer 4185E HD transmission with a TCI converter, as well as getting the driveshaft built and swapped in during the three days leading up to the event.
As you can imagine, his session at Pinks didn't go so well, Jones had plenty of bugs to work out.
"After Pinks I took the car in for dyno tuning. After a bunch of jet changes, opening up passages, changing power valves, and timing adjustments, we found the sweet spot," said Jones. "A couple of days later, I took it to test and tune and ran a 10.81 at 128 mph."
It was after this that Jones had his little melt down. The Supernova's motor imploded. It was at this point that Jones decided to go fully-built NA. He pulled the motor and dropped it off to be balanced, bored 30 over and assembled as a 509ci with Blower pistons, forged H-beam rods and a more boost-friendly camshaft from Howards Custom Roller.
Jones was busy cruising around town with his QA1 coilovers and CPP spindles providing a functional ride height when he stopped into a local car show. Super Chevy contributors can generally be found lurking around these parts and it was with much aplomb that we came upon this stunning example. We were even more delighted when Jones opted to reinstall the Procharger for the shoot. It's one beautiful hunk of metal and its covered by a Harrell fiberglass hood.
While the Baldwin-Motion Novas never had ProChagers on them, we like Jones' style.


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Once again, Formula 1 is back in the sequence of fly-away races to far out places - predominantly in Asia. In the last decade-and-a-half F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has shifted the focus of the sport from it's roots in Europe, to the emerging markets of the Middle and Far East - but has that plan worked or failed in Asia?
Ironically I'm writing this article in a period between the two races at opposite ends of this topic. Just last week F1 was producing another dazzling display under the lights of Singapore, next week the sport will be trudging through the baron surroundings of Yeongam, South Korea.
The argument as to whether the new Eastern focus has worked, however, is about much more than the popularity of the races.
Entering the 21st century there was only 3 races in the East, Japan which has been a mainstay since the 1960's, Australia and Malaysia - though that race was a new addition in 1999. Now in 2013, there are 9 races in the Middle East and Asia, all having varying degrees of success.
The Malaysian race has developed into a popular race with both fans and drivers and is one of the regions more successful races thanks to it's cheaper ticket prices, expats and F1 tourists also use this race to visit F1 in a different country but there is where the problem lies.
For a lot of Asian races it is the foreign expats or tourists that are making up the often fairly low crowd numbers. This is particularly true for one race in-particular that F1 needed to be a success but has often failed, China.
When the race at Shanghai's International Circuit joined the calendar in 2004 the aim was to bring the European juggernaut that is F1 to a global audience, the circuit has enough seating for a whooping 200,000 people, however rarely do crowds exceed half of that throughout a weekend.
While there is a local interest in F1 certainly the amount of growth particularly at the China race is a lot less than hoped and it is not just China where this lack of growth is happening.
There are many reasons for the lack of growth in some parts of Asia, the Korean Grand Prix, which is the least successful race in the region, is hindered by it's location. The Yeongam circuit is right on the southern tip of South Korea, the original plan was for a new city to be built around the circuit, however as development stalled what has remained is a venue in the middle of nowhere surrounded by marsh and farmland.
The result was the already small fan-base in Korea didn't want to pay the high ticket prices to the far-out location, potential foreign visitors were also put off and instead this race, which only joined in 2010, is likely the next to be dropped from the F1 calendar.
Politics is also playing a part in the lack of development in the region, nowhere is this more true than Bahrain, the island-state was the first race in the Middle East and has suffered from the same problem as many of the other races.
Small crowds make for a lack of atmosphere and lack of incentive means the growth of F1 in the area has also been hampered.
However the political situation in the country particularly in recent years is what has held this race back. The uprising in 2011 caused this race to be cancelled and the news coming from the country about events on the ground has also caused great skepticism as to whether F1 is right to visit to country.
The other major Asian market entered in recent years, India, has also suffered from political interference holding the race back.
When it joined the calendar in 2011 the signs were good with 95,000 fans attending over the weekend, however the following year numbers dropped to only 65,000 fans. Ticket prices for this year's race have also been slashed in a bid to increase interest.
But next year the race is off the calendar as the issues of tax and finances create a rift between promoters, the government and Bernie Ecclestone.
Perhaps the biggest indicator of a failure with Formula 1's Eastern focus however is the lack of Asian participation in the sport since F1 began visiting.
Most European races have a big following due to local interest whether it be Fernando Alonso in Spain, the various British driver's and teams in Britain and the success of Schumacher and Vettel in Germany.
As of yet Asia's new markets are yet to produce a team or driver, there have been several fringe drivers with India's Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandhok racing for HRT and Caterham in previous years and before that Malaysia's first driver Alex Yoong also drove briefly in F1, but the region is yet to produce a top driver or a driver that has at least established themselves in the sport.
Asia could benefit from having it's own team, technically Caterham is Malaysian however it's base is in Britain, by having an Asian team based in Asia would not only increase interest in F1 but also increase interest among the youth of the continent in mechanical engineering and design so perhaps in the future more teams could be based in Asia.
Having read this article so far you would believe the Asian project has failed, by and large I would say it has but there are some success stories.
The established Japanese Grand Prix continues to flourish, local drivers such as Kamui Kobayashi and Kasuki Nakajima gave fans a local favourite while Toyota and Honda's participation also increased interest in Japan as they fought to succeed.
This year marks the first year without a Japanese driver or company in F1 though the likelihood of the country's famed Suzuka circuit once again crowning a world champion will likely maintain interest and Honda is due to return to F1 with McLaren in 2015.
The Singapore Grand Prix has also been a major success for F1 in the region, first run in 2008 this night race has become Asia's premier race attracting all the major sponsors and personalities.
Singaporeans have also embraced the race and with high local interest and the reputation it has gained as a race all die-hard fans must visit this small city-state has succeeded where many major local economies have failed.
In summary the answer as to whether F1's Asian focus has failed is no, there is enough success and development to warrant the amount of attention F1 gives the region, what happens in the next ten years however is important.
Will F1 have had an Asian world champion? Will F1 have an all-Asian team, and will those races currently struggling be able to develop into the successful races we see in Europe.
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A winner was selected from 89 designs submitted by 26 freelance designers.
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We will need a logo and uncoded wordpress design.
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The Uncoded blog/website prize is $400, A professional vector logo prize is $200.
The aim of Operation Airsoft Blog is to create a place for visitors to read about all things airsoft / military simulation. We want to give our site visitors the feeling that they are a military looking site that takes the sport of airsoft. We want a friendly, aesthetically pleasing and very functional website to help them with this. So we have chosen wordpress for its ease of use, and ease of customization in both templates and the script itself.
The logo needs to feel aggressive and we would like to mimic popular video game logos:
possible ideas: gears of war, god of war, call of duty, company of heroes, brothers in arms
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Just when we thought we couldn't love milliner Brookes Boswell any more, she launched her own boutique with a curated collection of like-minded labels. With designers like Caron Callahan, Correll Correll and Sara Barner, her shop edit is basically our dream come true. Brookes' workshop is located in the back of the boutique, allowing customers to experience the design and work process of her eponymous hat line while discovering a range of emerging talent as they shop the store. The whimsical, light-filled decor of the boutique is the perfect backdrop to showcase the range of emerging designers that Boswell has curated.


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Only When I Laugh Classic TV Show
A comedy set in the ward of an NHS hospital where an odd trio will have you in stitches.
Only When I Laugh Fan Tributes5 Stephen Smith from Leeds: I always remember the one about the hospital radio episode. I believe Gwen Watson(Peggy in Heartbeat) left her tape recorder,only to broadcast Dr Thorpe's 'derogatory' views on patients and staff.
As a hospital, now web radio broadcaster, I could really identify with that episode.
4 NickB from South Wales: Well done ITV3 - looks like they're re-showing the series of Only When I Laugh each afternoon. Just the tonic to banish those post-Christmas blues, only 5 main characters working with a sparkling (if un-PC, at times) script. they don't write them like this any more.
3 Tally from Birmingham: I have only been lucky enough to see a few of these wonderful shows as they are very hard to get ahold of, either in vhs or dvd format. My favourite episode has to be the very first one. After all of the bed hopping as nearly died down (no pun intended :-) ) Gupta comes in to find Roy in the window bed. Gupta becomes angry and tells Roy "You can have this job, I'll open up a restaurant." Admittedly it doesn't sound funny on the page but Gupta's wonderful delivery actually made me spit out my drink and actually made me cry wih laughter. The series was wonderful. It was a proper family comedy, relying on wit and funny situations rather than being rude or vulgar. I know it's odd hear people say that now, especially a 21 year old, but my family and I sometimes sit down to watch this show on a Sunday lunch time. Shows like this need to be made today!
2 Allen Forster from Cornwall GB: Hi fans, I can't believe that so far there is only one other memory on here! Only when I laugh was classic. James Bolam the finest English actor that ever lived and he was Figgis. And don't we all know a Figgis? And an Archie or a Glover. And Gupta and the doctor I don't believe it Richard Wilson. Outstaying their welcome in hospital and on the day they are finally discharged they are back again!
Lovely memories.
Allen Forster
1 Nicholas from Redhill: I enjoyed this Irony. In today's episode (5/5/04.) When Mr Thorpe told Gupta, that Victor was the name of his dog, he would never give that name to his Son, who was called Tarquin, somewhat more flowery. Richard Wilson, subsequently made his most successful comedy series, 'One Foot In the Grave.' His character's name was, guess what? Victor!
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(1-3) $259; (4+) $249
With hints of curved-top pagodas from the Orient, the Sterling end table is a handsome accent for a guest lounge area or reception space. It ties in beautifully with the rest of the Sterling collection, and has the same raised top as other pieces, so that employees, clients and visitors can enjoy a cohesive look throughout your building.
The Sterling end table is constructed with laminate surfaces and a 1.625" thick tabletop. With the raised, curved top and knife edge design, this table will elegantly hold magazines, beverages and more.
Assembly required.
This item is a GSA Schedule Contract item. National Business Furniture's GSA contract number is: GS-27F-0024V.
For more information, please call one of our government specialists at 800-558-1010, or visit this page to learn about all our government contracts including Navy BPA, Air Force BPA, TXMAS and CMAS.
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