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Thursday, November 22, 2012
Looters let go
At least half the post-Sandy looting busts have been tossed out, despite much grandstanding on the part of Brooklyn and Queens DAs, the Daily News has learned.
One of the most publicized looting incidents — in which 16 people were rounded up for raiding a Coney Island Key Foods the day after the storm — resulted in just two indictments for third-degree burglary, records show.
Six other cases were dismissed by a Brooklyn grand jury late last week, and eight were knocked down to trespass raps, which are violations, not crimes.
Queens District Attorney Richard Brown likewise promised "zero tolerance for looters who would exploit a natural disaster like Hurricane Sandy for their own personal gain."
Only seven of 22 Brooklyn looting cases will be criminally prosecuted. In Queens — where the cases are progressing more slowly — five of 15 Queens cases have led to felony indictments so far, prosecutors said Monday.
In the Rockaways, at least 15 people were arrested for breaking into a string of stores in at least seven separate incidents throughout the storm-ravaged peninsula. A grand jury declined to indict three of those cases, and six cases are still pending.
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That's too bad.
If they national guard had been there, they would have been shot on the spot, and saved NYC taxpayers a lot of money!
- Thursday, November 22, 2012
Whoa...looks like a lot of "bros"!
- Thursday, November 22, 2012
I guess crime does pay! Looters should be shot on sight. It's the only way to stop this horrible crime. Can't imagine someone taking advantage during a storm crisis. Just shoot em.
- Thursday, November 22, 2012
These guys have a future as democratic politicians.
- Thursday, November 22, 2012
You racist whites. Brothers were just doin' what necessary to survive in whitey's world.
- Thursday, November 22, 2012
Maybe it's "whitey's" world because the "bros" are too busy smokin' crack instead of crackin' the books.
Malcolm X was right about drug slaves...
so the slavery has morphed into another form.
- Friday, November 23, 2012
But this part of the world ain't "whitey's".
You bros live there.
So it's bro upon bro crime, as usual.
Civilization is built upon cooperation and restraint.
Go wilding and see what the rest of NYC thinks of you.
No racism here...just the facts.
The same kind of criticism is directed toward white trash...blue and red trash too!
Gotta bounce now...LOL!
- Friday, November 23, 2012
on Tuesday October 30th at 8am, a mob of blacks moved out of the Hammels project on Beach 85th Street in Rockaway. they stormed a small shopping plaza via the back doors that face Holland Avenue. These doors were either already propped open or easy to open in the flood waters. understand that the toxic water was four to five feet high. this mob was running in the dark in sewage water. Stores that suffered looting were CVS, Strawberry's, Keyfood, laundromat,liquor store, sneaker store & radio shack. these bastards proceeded to hawk what they had stolen in at some points, waist high flood water. These same bastards now have electricity, heat and hot water thanks to city financed generators. Those generous people who are volunteering by distributing food, water, supplies, doing back breaking labor for free digging out homes, tearing out sheetrock are with out heat, hot water, cooking gas and electricity. In some cases, no running water. so the looters get to live w/ what they need while the good hearted suffer? what is wrong with this picture? there is also looting going on in the Rockaways that is not being reported on. Why are the people in the housing projects being rewarded for being such lowlives? how many white people were involved in looting and how many black people are donating their time and expertise to rebuild Rockaway?
- Friday, November 23, 2012
Scum is scum...black, white red, blue or green.
If you think that living in the projects is living the good life at government expense...then move there.
I'd rather pay for my middle class existence and support the "low lives" with a portion of my taxes than to give it all up and live "the good life" on the dole in public housing .
- Saturday, November 24, 2012


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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Mets Walk it off!
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Just one correction.. the game was 6-5, not 7-6.
- AnonymousAugust 25, 2010 at 8:42 AM
...and Takahashi got the win, not the save.ReplyDelete
Nice job as always though
- AnonymousAugust 25, 2010 at 10:53 AM
- AnonymousAugust 25, 2010 at 10:53 AM
while we are criticizing,ReplyDelete
his hands are in the wrong position to hit for a right handed hitter...
The game was 6-5, not 7-6. Great job nonetheless.ReplyDelete
Joe, you're on Metsblog.com today!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 25, 2010 at 11:08 AM
Hands are in the wrong position? Maybe that explains his batting average and lack of power.ReplyDelete
All of your comments have been addressed. That's what happens when you draw at 6am. LOLReplyDelete
Sorry...But you got the idea!
There's a lesson here: never draw before you have had one entire cup of coffee.ReplyDelete
I'm curious Joe.
How long, on average, does it take for you to whip one of these up?
About 20 minutes Warren. Maybe I should slow down. LOLReplyDelete
Wow. That's pretty amazin. No, don't slow down.ReplyDelete
Keep doing what your doing!

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Little did Paul Earnshaw, president of the Buckeye Brook Coalition, realize he picked the best day of the weekend when he settled on Sunday for the annual paddle excursion of the Brook. Earnshaw chose the weekend because of the tides, the highest of the year. The group is seen entering Mill Cove on the start of the upstream paddle to the culvert at West Sore Road.
(warwick beacon photo by John Howell)


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1 pineapple, sliced
1 bone-in ham (about 6 lbs)
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1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teaspoon cayanne
Preheat oven to 350. Whisk together the dry rub ingredients in a small bowl. Rub it on all sides of the ham. Attach the pineapple slices with toothpicks. Place on a roasting pan (preferably one with a rack) and roast until cooked through and hot, about 40 minutes.


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For young gay men in the U.S., overall prevalence of HPV (human papillomavirus) infection was 70 percent, while the prevalence of HPV 16 and/or HPV 18 -- the two HPV strains most commonly associated with anal cancer -- was 37 percent, according to a new study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. While HPV vaccination is commonly discussed for women, especially as prevention for cervical cancer, the truth about gay men, HPV and anal cancer is becoming clearer with more research.
The study followed 94 gay men in Seattle, between the ages of 16 and 30 years old, for one year. To check for HPV infection, the study participants were given three anal swabs: one at baseline, six months and 12 months. For men who had no infection at baseline, the incidence rate of any new HPV infection was 38.5 per 1000 person-month. Additionally, HPV prevalence increased for men who reported higher numbers of sexual partners.
According to aidsmap.com, the authors wrote:
Our findings highlight the need to immunize YMSM [young men who have sex with men] prior to their sexual debut, something that will likely require universal male immunization. At the same time, the fact that most YMSM appeared to remain susceptible to at least some HPV types included in the vaccine, catch-up immunization programs do offer YMSM some benefit.
In the U.S., the HPV vaccine Gardasil is recommended for all males between 11 and 21 years of age, and for gay men up to 26 years old. Given these study results and other research showing higher rates of anal cancer among gay men, the bottom line remains that immunization to HPV before sexual experience is best. In particular, for these study participants, "many (if not most) have been exposed to infection from one of their first few partners," the researchers said.
Have you received HPV vaccination? Have you ever had any experience with HPV? What do you know about HPV? Respond in the comments section below!
Mathew Rodriguez is the editorial project manager for TheBody.com and TheBodyPRO.com.
Follow Mathew on Twitter: @mathewrodriguez.


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It happened at McDonalds, probably from the salt or grease or maybe that's the same thing? It was the Egg McMuffin, hashbrown in the envelope, and coffee. I felt orgasmic elation while chewing and swallowing. I did it often, at least once a week, a religion of sorts. I was hooked and every final chew and swallow made me feel miserable and alone. I wanted more and more and when that craving seeped into the post breakfast hours, I knew I had a problem so I went to the Problems Center and stated my claim.
"McDonalds," I said, "The Egg McMuffin to be more specific and those hash browns in the sleeve."
"Next" said the intake counselor, shooing me off to the side and out the door. They apparently expected alcoholism, a mental disorder or drug addiction. I felt even worse than when I entered, more alienated and alone like my problem didn't exist.
But I still had my baseball cards to manhandle, to store and stack in violent spurts, to fling against the wall, to go all Mussolini on and in the process purge my demons or at least take my mind off salt, thanks to the sugar-coated piece of cardboard rectangular gum inserted in each pack. Dealers would be no doubt be around every corner, in drugstores, pharmacies, five and dimes, ma and pa's, just like the old days. For 50 cents, I could quickly slip into the wax pack daze again….726 or 792 cards to complete a set, enflaming my already off the charts obsessive compulsive disorder, but a cure for boredom, a fuck you McDonalds and your salt. I would have something bigger and sweeter – sugar, baseball cards. I would be released into something else, into a cardboard craze like when I was a kid.
My favorite card of all time was a Topps 1980 Gorman Thomas, favorite not because he's squatting on the grass, bat aimed down, donut at the end, Gorman with that golden lion look, the handlebar moustache, long hair, and ready to go, ready to face anyone attitude…..all that's cool, but it was my favorite card for a different reason, favorite because I couldn't get it.
I bought up the whole fucking Bears Pharmacy, wasted all my paper route money and still no Gorman and I was growing up in Milwaukee at the time, weird, no Topps regional loyalty. I got every other card in the set, but no Gorman. The summer passed and eventually I got it, don't remember much more, other than standing on cement and feeling a sense of relief.
That was a long time ago, but the cure was real. Why not today? Because something happened to the hobby. I don't write for the economic herald so I won't even begin to try to unravel what went down. The only thing I know for sure is that more sets were introduced and the price of cards went way up. Fast forward even more years and some cards are available only on-line and only during a short window of time. A clever idea to immortalize a moment, but what the hell can you do with a digital card?
The other day I get an email from a friend. He lives in Vancouver, Washington. He sent me an article about a baseball card bunker paradise. Some guy is opening up a vault and charging people a percentage to store their cards for that futuristic day when the cards will be worth something.
I'm more communist than anything else, not the corrupted version, but the kind that gives everyone healthcare, taxes the rich more than the poor and so on. I don't like this bunker baseball card idea. It screams of more baseball cards as an investment. I get the idea of preserving the cards as historic relics like cave paintings or ancient Mesopotamian texts. I guess the investors with glass do just this but at what cost? I thought the fun was buying massive amounts of cards, trying to complete sets, trading on street corners if need be, and yeh, they might get damaged, but let me ask you a question…
Would you rather have a hoe stained by saber-toothed tiger blood or a hoe in perfect condition?
There must be a balance between private vaults perfection and Jefferson Burdick who not only invented the number system on the backs of cards, but didn't protect the cards in sleeves or plastic. He did the adult equivalent of cards stuck in spokes and flipping them against the wall, as they should be maybe because nothing really lasts forever unless people want to go all mummy like and be buried with their cards. Hey that's not a bad idea, not to be mummified with the cards, but bury them in a suitcase for some future gang of kids to discover. But then they'll take them inside and mom and dad will say,
"Hey those might be worth something."
Ah screw it, I'm going to buy an egg McMuffin for breakfast.


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01 January, 2012
U2 Elevation Tour 2001_Lexington, Kysaw U2 3 times before this,..but not since 1985..due to moves and concert accessibility...we lived in Versailles, Ky, ..and when I heard U2 was coming to Lexington...it was a "must see" show with my wife and I...we sat to the right of the stage...in the first level if I recall correctly...never will forget the heart shaped stage format..the visuals, the whole concert landscape...plus the new tunes from All That You Can't Leave Behind...favorite songs?...still recall Elevation....Beautiful Day still is one of their most powerful..but I remember New York...and the lyrics...with Bono noting how the Irish were such a part of the city...
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Spiritually movingI was in upper arena, but felt as if the fellas were playing just for me . . . I was elevated beyond this high vantage point and loved every minute of it. This was my first U2 concert. Thanks guys!


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Nickgont1 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 335 diseños de 52 diseñadores freelance.
ALPHA WEAR (web address - alphawearinc.com)
I come from a business/consulting background. I beleive companies have not executed and/or inadequately serve the younger male market (18-25, I dont however want to alienate the 16-40 market). I beleive there is an opportunity, an opportunity for company that is more agile and that manufactures in the USA instead of China, Vietnam, etc.
We are targeting the 18-25 male markets. I am going to play off the word alpha, meaning I want people to think like an alpha male, play like an alpha male, live like an alpha male etc.
I want create the same asociations as Nike and Under Armour. I want people to play off the brand image of being strong, attracting the girl, great physical shape, and great in sports .
Name: Alpha Wear
Product is going to be high quality and have two different lines (i.e resembling Calvin Kleins boxer briefs):
Elastic waist band is where the logo / name will appear on the product
I want the name to be clean but trendy and very strong (I like the Old English look but I feel its been overdone by Affliction shirts, etc.) The A in alpha needs to be bold as it may also appear on the leg of the underwear by itself.
I want the alpha wear or logo to be very recognizable.
The logo I am open to suggestions, but was thinking more along the lines of an outline of strong male (half body), wolf (could be the face, face and body, shadow of the face, shadow of face and body, etc.). The logo needs to be aggressive but not too childish. It Something that a younger business professional can wear and not be alienated.
Let me know if you have any questions.
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While it is often joked that cats have nine lives, a certain species of jellyfish has been deemed "immortal" by scientists who have observed its ability to, when in crisis, revert its cells to their earliest form and grow anew. That means that these tiny creatures, 4 millimeters to 5 millimeters long, potentially have infinite lives.
The creature, known scientifically as Turritopsis nutricula, was discovered in the Mediterranean Sea in 1883, but its unique regeneration was not known until the mid-1990s. How does the process work? If a mature Turritopsis is threatened — injured or starving, for example — it attaches itself to a surface in warm ocean waters and converts into a blob. From that state, its cells undergo transdifferentiation in which the cells essentially transform into different types of cells. Muscle cells can become sperm or eggs, or nerve cells can change into muscle cells, "revealing a transformation potential unparalleled in the animal kingdom," according to the original study of the species published in 1996.
Since the Turritopsis' virtual immortality was discovered, so have swarms of genetically identical jellyfish far from their original habitat, including in Japan, Spain and the Atlantic Ocean side of Panama. Researchers have concluded that these multiplying creatures are getting caught in ballast waters, water that is sucked into and pumped out of the long distance cargo ships. Polyps also could be growing on the ship's hulls. Though genetically identical, these jellyfish seem to have adapted to their new environments. For example, specimens from swarms living in tropical waters have been found to have eight tentacles, while those discovered in temperate regions have 24 or more tentacles.
But Turritopsis can — and do — die. Their regeneration only occurs after sexual maturation, therefore they can succumb to predators or disease in the polyp stage. But because the jellyfish are the only known animal with this "immortality," scientists are studying them closely, with the hopes of applying what they learn to issues such as human aging and illness.


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- Shell-structure effect on elastic alpha scattering (1972)
- Back-angle enhancements of elastic alpha -scattering cross sections have been observed for nuclei at the ends of the 1p, 2s-1d, and f7 / 2 shells. Strong reduction of this enhancement occurs if excess neutrons enter the next open major shell. The results are discussed in terms of intermediate alpha structure.


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Somehow the shock of seeing Stanford's run of five straight trips to the Final Four come to a premature end, didn't carry the same sting.
Along with the sense of disappointment came perspective for what the top-seeded Cardinal accomplished.
"I think the reason that I'm not going ballistic right now is like we're 33-3," Stanford star Chiney Ogwumike said. "That was a huge achievement for our program."
Still, it's surprising that for the first time since 2007, Stanford won't be playing for a spot in the Final Four.
Jasmine Hassell scored six of her 13 points in the final 3 minutes and fourth-seeded Georgia beat top-seeded Stanford 61-59 on Saturday night to reach the NCAA women's regional finals for the first time since 2004.
Georgia overcame three major scoring droughts, including falling behind 9-0, to oust the No. 1 seed from the Spokane Regional and end Stanford's hopes of reaching the Final Four for the sixth straight year.
Jasmine James led Georgia (28-6) with 16 points, including a pair of free throws with 23.5 seconds left that gave the Lady Bulldogs a 60-56 lead. It's the 11th trip to the regional finals in Landers long tenure at Georgia.
"To finally make the next step and go to the Elite 8 and now to be going into another game to try to compete to go to the Final Four is definitely back to where Georgia basketball needs to be, trying to compete for a national championship," James said.
Ogwumike led Stanford (33-3) with 26 points, but was held to eight points in the second half. She also had 12 rebounds.
Amber Orrange added 17 points for Stanford, but was only 7 of 24 from the field. The Cardinal shot 29 percent in the second half and struggled to find open looks for Ogwumike. Second-leading scorer Joslyn Tinkle struggled with foul trouble in the first half and went more than 35 minutes of game time without scoring. She finished with five points.
The Cardinal were already playing without Toni Kokenis and then lost reserve Taylor Greenfield in the first half to a hand injury. That left Stanford with even fewer options to try and help out Ogwumike.
"We know that we can compete with these teams," Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer said. "Obviously we competed, but we had to really go as hard as we could, we worked as hard as we could to get to where we are. And I'm disappointed because I have experienced more going to the Final Four and winning a national championship, but I'm not disappointed with what this team accomplished."
Georgia overcame a 5-minute scoreless drought to start the game, another 5 minutes with just two free throws late in the first half and another 7-minute lapse in the second half with just one basket that allowed Stanford to build a 42-34 lead with 11:50 remaining.
Still, the Lady Bulldogs were hanging around because Stanford made just 3 of 20 shots to start the second half. After Ogwumike scored 18 in the first half, Georgia made an adjustment to force more help on the Stanford star. It worked.
"In those instances I try to look for my teammates more, because it's not a good look if I have two people to try to shoot," Ogwumike said. "And I think we got a few good looks out of that, it's just hard to face a double as any player will tell you.
Then it was time for Hassell to show up in the final 8 minutes. Her basket pulled the Lady Bulldogs even at 42, and the lead went back and forth with neither team leading by more than four points. Orrange dropped in a 16-footer for a 50-46 Stanford lead with 4:22 remaining, before Georgia's closing surge.
Barbee converted a three-point play and after Ogwumike followed Orrange's miss with a basket, Anne Marie Armstrong knocked down a 3-pointer for a 52-all tie. Orrange hit a 3, but Hassell hit consecutive shots and Georgia was back in front 56-55 with 1:45 left.
Mikaela Ruef missed in close twice and was fouled on the third attempt with 1:21 left. Ruef, a 53 percent free throw shooter on the season, split the pair for the fifth tie of the game, but Hassell answered right away for Georgia for a 58-56 lead with 1:02 left. Tinkle then lost control of a pass underneath. Georgia ran the clock before Griffin missed a 3. Barbee got the offensive rebound and James was fouled with 23.5 seconds left. She hit the pair for a four-point lead.
Stanford struggled to get a good look, but Tinkle finally hit a 3 with 5.1 seconds left. Georgia threw long to James on the inbound pass and the Lady Bulldogs were able to run off all but the final 0.8 seconds before Barbee was fouled. She split her free throws for the final margin and Georgia ran off the floor celebrating the upset.
"I'm really proud of how we were facing our form of adversity as a team," Ogwumike said. "So I think that's the one thing I'm hanging on to, is like we worked our butts off this year and things didn't fall the way they should have, in my opinion, tonight."


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One of the things my husband particularly enjoys about Australia is that he finds it a fairly liberal society. No one is talking at election time about gay marriage, abortion or things of that nature. Issues on the table are jobs, taxes, environment, 'boat people' (illegal immigrants) and so on. Personal ethics are not publicly debated as profusely on the political platform here as they are in the USA.
He finds the culture here very free, unpretentious, a live-and-let-live kind of mentality that he enjoys. That said, they may be such a thing as being a little too liberal.
The latest example was presented to him recently on prime time TV during a major rugby match (free to air) by LYNX shower gel.
(Please if you are easily affected by sexual innuendo, do not watch this ad – I'm certainly not trying to offend anyone here, but if you think you can take it, this is an ad well worth seeing – if only for the discussion it will probably inspire within your household!)
Here's the ad in its entirety:
So now you've watched the ad, what did you think? Would you be surprised if I told you that after a few weeks (yes, weeks) of airing, the ad was pulled due to complaints?
You probably wouldn't be.
What would probably shock the hell out of you (as it did me) was the reason it was pulled.
First, let me tell you the advertising commission had a total of 150 complaints about this ad from a population of about 25 million people (another nod to our liberal society) and they were 'taken very seriously' by all accounts.
The advertisement was finally pulled on the grounds that it was 'ageist'. That's right, this ad's biggest faux pas was that it discriminated against the elderly!
Other than this glaring act of discrimination, it was a perfectly acceptable 'prime-time' advertisement according to the advertising watchdog. (I've been laughing about this for weeks.) Here's the best part – the statement they made about why the ad was being pulled:
The advertising watchdog has banned an ad for Unilever deodorant Lynx for demeaning older men – but was cleared of degrading both sexes, racism and bad language.
The part of the ad deemed unacceptable came at end, when an old man produced two deflated medicine balls and asks, 'Can you help me with these saggy old balls? Nobody's played with them for years.'
God bless Australia.
We may not be the smartest country, the largest country, the richest country, the most progressive country.
But if you ask me, we sure are the most entertaining country – the country that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever – and yet to us, we think we're perfectly lucid and capable of making such mammoth judgement calls for the betterment of the self esteem of our aging population.
Related articles
- Lynx 'clean your balls' ad banned (mumbrella.com.au)
- Lynx responds to ad ban with fake press conference boosting the double entendre (mumbrella.com.au)


text: Northern Hogsuckers in Maryland Mountains to the Sea! A new group of 10 northern hogsuckers has been added to the Allegheny Stream gallery of our Maryland Mountains to the Sea exhibit! The hogsucker is a very distinctive-looking fish with a pronounced, fleshy mouth, which it uses to rummage through substrate and sift our food! Did you know? These fish are good indicators of waterway health, as they are intolerant of polluted and dirty water. Clown Triggerfish in Surviving Through Adaptation! A new clown triggerfish has been added to our Displaying gallery! This species gets its name from unique look - clown triggerfish have black bellies with large white spots and bright yellow lips! Clown triggerfish are normally shy and solitary, but they can be very aggressive. Some may charge or attack intruders. When hiding from predators, triggerfish lock themselves into small openings with their trigger fin and bite down on the coral or rock to ensure their safety. These fish can be found in many areas of the Indian and Pacific Oceans such as Africa, Indonesia, Samoa, Japan, and New Caledonia. Be sure to check back every Friday to find out what's happening! Tags: animal-update-2, animals, clown-triggerfish, displaying-exhibit, national-aquarium-2, national-aquarium-displaying, northern-hogsucker Categories: Animals, News Previous Post Next Post


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United were handed a flying start as the Magpies' makeshift defence crumbled horrifically on two occasions inside the opening 16 minutes to allow first Jonny Evans and then Patrice Evra to head home.
Tom Cleverley's 71st-minute strike from long range ensured the visitors avenged their 3-0 defeat at St James' Park last season in fine style.
Evans left both Mike Williamson and Demba Ba for dead to apply the finishing touch to Robin van Persie's right-wing delivery with eight minutes gone, and as many minutes later, Evra, hardly the most imposing of figures physically, was similarly unaccompanied as he reached Wayne Rooney's set-piece from the left with the same result.
Newcastle's defending was simply shambolic and while they could point to the absence of Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Steven Taylor and Fabricio Coloccini, four certain starters in their first-choice back five, the men handed the marking jobs in their absence failed miserably in their tasks.
Gradually the Magpies worked their way into the game, Jonas Gutierrez dragging an 18th-minute shot just wide and Yohan Cabaye only just missing the target with a curling effort.
Ba turned a Papiss Cisse cross over the bar under pressure and Cisse headed wide from a Cabaye free-kick, but crucially, the Magpies failed to test goalkeeper David de Gea.
Newcastle thought they were back in it within five minutes of the restart when Ba got to Shane Ferguson's cross ahead of De Gea, but saw his effort come back off the bar. Cisse headed the rebound towards goal, where the keeper managed to divert it on to the post with the striker insisting the ball had already crossed the line, but to no avail.
Ba headed wide from another Cabaye cross, but United continued to threaten on the counter and might have extended their lead when Danny Welbeck held off Davide Santon and laid the ball off for Cleverley, but the midfielder skied his 57th-minute effort.
The home side kept plugging away with Hatem Ben Arfa dragging a well-struck left-foot shot marginally wide, but the game was over 19 minutes from time when Cleverley accepted Rooney's lay-off on the left wing and curled the ball right-footed across Steve Harper and into the top corner.
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I second your motion susan! BTW, we routinely refer to that 1992 Consumer Reports article and give out copies to our patients. Paul Dybala Susan M Lopez (lopezs at musc.edu) wrote: > Today, I saw a woman who was 82 years old. > She has bilateral SNHL and crappy speech discrimination abilities. > She was brought in by her daughter who wanted to know what could be done > to help her mom hear better. > She was wearing a Starkey ITE on her left ear. I called and found out it > was a Class A circuit. After more questions, it became apparent that this > woman paid a rediculous amount for two ITE clas A circuit aids with NO > trimpots. I could not tell if she got the aids from an audiologist or a > hearing aid dealer. > Recent threads centered around the Widex pricing issue between Canada and > the US have highlighted a problem that does exist in our community. > Consumers are not educated about hearing loss and about how to be good > consumers of the hearing health care industry. > State laws allow two groups of hearing health care specialists: hearing > aid dealers and audiologists. There are many members of each group who do > wonderful jobs and probably just as many in each who do not and who sell > Class A circuits to little old ladies at rediculous prices with no > trimpots when this woman should be in a BTE, etc., etc. (However, based > on the discrim score, you could argue that no hearing aid circuit would > make that much difference). > For all you non-audiologists who follow this group, please understand that > you owe it to yourself to do your own homework when it comes to pricing. > Yes, it would be great if everyone charged the same thing for the same > product. But life ain't perfect. Different individuals have different > needs when it comes to hearing health care. Different people can spend > different amounts of money to buy a hearing aid. You can spend a lot of > money and get a high end product or very little money and get a Whisper > XL for $29.95--but wait, I think the FDA put a stop to them. > If you are unhappy with the price quote you get for a hearing aid, then go > find someone else who sells what you want (Widex) and compare apples to > apples (same model, circuit, service contract). If you find an > unbelievable deal out there, you are probably getting screwed someplace. > Hearing aids ain't cheap. I saw an ad in a local flyer for hearing aids > for something insane/inane/unbelievable like $250 for a canal style. Yeah, > right. Class A circuit, no trimpots. Lots of distortion at moderate input > levels. No real ear measurement. That's what $250 buys you, or perhaps > even worse. And what really disgusts me is that lots of hearing impaired > people will walk into that office and try their fabulously cheap hearing > aid and then get disgusted when the aid doesn't do what they want it to > and never try another hearing aid because "I already tried once and it > didn't do any good and I wastedmy money." > I suggest you read "How to Buy a Hearing Aid" in Consumer Reports November > 1992 issue. If you have specific complaints about a professional you > dealt with, complain to your state licensing board or the national > certification board and better business bureaus. Those of us who try and > do a good job will thank you. I may know that joe blow down the road > sells crappy hearing aids, but I can't put him out of business. All I can > do is try and do a better job than he does and hope that if he screws > enough people, that sooner or later someone will take their case to the > above mentioned boards and get something done! > Meanwhile, throwing around insults at people who ask you not to directly > discuss pricing on this group will not get you anywhere. Throwing insults > at people rarely gets anyone anywhere. If you have questions, ask them. > But do not insult people when you do not like the answers that you are > provided with. Maybe you need to ask a better question.... > 'Nuff said. > Susan Lopez > (all things expressed here are strictly my opinions and do not reflect on > my employer in any way shape or form) -- Thank you for your support, Paul Dybala dybala at utdallas.edu http://www.utdallas.edu/~dybala


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Obese moms program offspring for obesity and metabolic disease
Umbilical cord stem Cells are offering clues to the mechanism by which moms pass obesity and diabetes to the next generation.
University of Colorado School of Medicine researchers said they have found clear evidence that the children of obese parents are prone to obesity and at higher risk for type 2 diabetes.
How this occurs is still under investigation, but a study presented June 9 at the American Diabetes Association's 75th Scientific Sessions found evidence suggesting that in utero environment in obese mothers may program a child's cells to accumulate extra fat or develop differences in metabolism that could lead to insulin resistance.
"One of the questions that needs to be explored is how children of obese mothers may be at risk for becoming obese as a result of factors that occur even before they are born," said Kristen E. Boyle, assistant professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in a press release. "Our study looked at the mechanism by which children may be preprogrammed for increased obesity risk, because of changes occurring in utero."
Boyle and her team took stem cells from umbilical cords of the babies of normal-weight and obese mothers. After growing them into fat and muscle cells in the lab, they found a 30 percent higher fat content in both types of cells in the offspring of mothers who were obese at their first prenatal visit, compared with the cells of offspring of normal-weight moms.
"At this point, because this is fairly preliminary, we don't know how these differences in cells grown in the lab correspond to the physiology of these children after birth," Boyle said. "But it's clear that there is an inherent propensity toward more fat content in the cells from offspring of obese moms, in culture. We also know that the fat accumulation in these cells corresponded to the baby's fat mass at birth. The next step is to follow these offspring to see if there is a lasting change into adulthood."
Boyle and her team expect to have additional information on how the cells use fat for energy production and whether this contributes to the greater fat accumulation in the cells from the offspring of obese mothers.
They are conducting a full metabolic assessment of the cells "to determine whether the cells in the offspring of obese moms display inflammation, insulin resistance or other metabolic differences," the release said.


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New photos surfaced this week of a very, very, very skinny LeAnn Rimes out somewhere with Eddie Cibrian. See for yourself. The legs speak for themselves. Like Victoria Beckham wants these legs. Which means they're probably not the sturdiest legs in the world. LeAnn, who is a prolific tweeter and, if you ask me, uses it improperly ("ha ha, you're so right", or, "thanks for the love", or "omg that's so funny" is for text message, not Twitter), is trying to front like she's totally fine, insisting that she does indeed eat, posting photos of her breakfast, and claiming that she's healthy. Full Story
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Staying skinny won't make him stay. But you will learn that the hard way. LeAnn Rimes doesn't go anywhere these days without fiancé Eddie Cibrian. He doesn't want to miss a moment out there either. After all, that's why he upgraded right? And that's why he'll always be looking to climb. Full Story
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So they're engaged now. After a year of constant arrogant bullsh-t, and a Shape Magazine cover controversy – click here for a refresher - and a previous engagement that they denied because they wanted to maximise their exposure, and now a year-ending "official" engagement when all the real stars are in hibernation, so as to leverage more fuel for what's sure to be an upcoming reality show… Would these two please F-CK OFF??? Needless to say, LeAnn has been documenting every moment of this happy news on her Twitter Full Story
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This is especially likely to happen with a two node DAG with a File Share Witness (FSW). When network latency increases to the point that the cluster heartbeat threshold is reached, the node furthest from the FSW will go offline. The node that's in the same LAN as the FSW will stay online because it maintains quorum.
There are two properties that specify cluster health, as measured in heartbeats.
- CrossSubnetDelay specifies the heartbeat interval (in milliseconds) between subnets. The default is 1000 milliseconds (1 second).
- CrossSubnetThreshold specifies how many heartbeats can be missed between subnets before cluster failover (or failure) occurs. The default is 5 heartbeats.
If WAN latency causes unexpected cluster failover or failures, adjust the CrossSubnetDelay value to its maximum value of 4000 milliseconds (4 seconds) and the CrossSubnetThreshold property to its maximum value of 10, With these settings the cluster will not failover or fail until there are 10 missed heartbeats, 4 seconds apart (40 seconds).
This is accomplished from Powershell by doing the following:
- From one of the DAG members open the Windows Powershell Modules in Administrative Tools. This will launch Powershell and import all the Windows Powershell modules for installed features, including the new Windows Failover Cluster module.
- Run the following one-liner to configure the maximum values:
$cluster = Get-Cluster; $cluster.CrossSubnetThreshold = 10; $cluster.CrossSubnetDelay = 4000
- Check your settings using the following cmdlet:
Get-Cluster | fl *
Since cluster properties are instantly replicated between all nodes in the cluster, this only needs to be configured from one node in the DAG. The changes go into effect immediately and there is no need to restart services or the server.
Note that you can configure the same properties using cluster.exe, but I'm using Powershell here because cluster.exe is deprecated in Windows Server 2008 R2.


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On August 4, amid rising political tensions surrounding the formation of a new government, unidentified men attacked the office of the country's leading daily, Suara Timor Lorosa'e (STL), according to the Bangkok-based Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA).
"It is really an attack against freedom of the press," the newspaper's managing director, Francisco Belo Simoes Da Costa, told SEAPA. "People who don't agree with the publication of STL should utilize legal mechanisms of complaint," Belo said.
While the precise motive behind the attack was unclear, the Timor Lorosa'e Journalists Association indicated that the newspaper may have been targeted by political partisans. "Political leaders should encourage their sympathizers not to use violence in expressing their anger," association President Virgilio Da Silva Guterres said in a statement.
Suara Timor Lorosa'e is perceived to favor the party of independence hero Xanana Gusmao. Political tensions were running high in the country after parliamentary elections in June ended with no party winning an absolute majority. The attack on the Suara Timor Lorosa'e office followed another on its employee, Abel Mateus Do Rosario, who was stoned and beaten by two youths on July 31 when he admitted working for the newspaper.
A report on the June elections issued by the Solidarity Observer Mission for East Timor (SOMET), a nonpartisan organization of local and international nongovernmental organizations, expressed concern about the climate for press freedom. "Some Timorese journalists at times felt pressured to cover (or not to cover) certain political issues or to advance a particular political perspective," according to SOMET. "Some local journalists said that they feel insecure in writing on politically sensitive topics and they were occasionally intimidated with verbal or even physical threats."


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The summer's blistering heat is still a recent memory, but northwestern Kansas has received its first snowfall of the season.
The National Weather Service in Goodland says about a half-inch of snow fell Friday in that city, with all of it melted by noon. Meteorologist Fred Strasser says other northwestern Kansas communities received dustings of about the same amount.
Another system was expected to bring more snow to northwest Kansas, northeastern Colorado and southwestern Nebraska from Friday night into Saturday afternoon. Strasser says accumulations of a half-inch or less are forecast for Kansas, with slightly more possible in Colorado.
Friday as far from a record early snowfall for the Goodland area. Strasser says that distinction belongs to Sept. 17, 1971, when the city received a trace of snow.


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Hawes first came into the public eye in the early 1990s, in Troublemakers and the 1997 BBC costume drama, The Moonstone. She has since appeared in many other television dramas, including Dennis Potter's Karaoke (BBC One/Channel 4, 1995), Heartbeat (ITV1, 1995), The Beggar Bride (BBC, 1997), as the young Diana Dors in the biopic, The Blonde Bombshell (ITV, 1999), Othello (ITV, 2001), A Murder is Announced (ITV, 2005), ITV drama After Thomas (2006) and BBC drama Spooks. She is the former face of Boots No 7 cosmetics and has appeared alongside David Mitchell and Robert Webb in the BAFTA award winning That Mitchell and Webb Look.[2] In 2010 she appeared in a 6-part drama for ITV called Identity as Detective Superintendent Martha Lawson; and as the leading role 'Lady Agnes Holland' in the re-launch of Upstairs, Downstairs for the BBC.
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eIDAS makes electronic signatures legal in Europe.
If you do business in Europe, then eIDAS is big news. This regulation simplifies and standardizes digital IDs and signatures across Europe to help create a "Digital Single Market." Now, it's much easier for you and your customers to conduct secure digital transactions in your own country and across European Union (EU) member states.
What, exactly, is eIDAS?
The Electronic Identification and Trust Services Regulation (eIDAS Regulation 910/2014/EC) is a single, standardized regulation that applies across all EU member states — finally providing a consistent legal framework for accepting electronic identities and signatures. It also introduces digital seals for business entities. With the arrival of eIDAS, European organizations are racing to fully digitize their business processes. And with good reason. A recent Forrester study* found that e-signatures provided by Adobe Sign help organizations save significant time and money.
eIDAS recognizes three e-signature types.
With eIDAS, your business gains the flexibility to choose from a variety of electronic signature approaches. The most rigorous requirements set strict compliance standards for verifying the identity of signers and the authenticity of the documents they sign. It also introduces electronic seals that let a legal entity, such as a business, seal a document instead of signing with the identity of a specific person.
1. Electronic signatureseIDAS sets a foundation for all electronic signatures by asserting that no signature can be denied legal admissibility solely because it's in electronic form. This requirement can be met with typical e-signatures.
2. Advanced Electronic Signatures (AdES)With AdES, signatures must be uniquely linked to, and capable of identifying, the signer. Signers create their signature using data solely under their control and the final document is tamper-evident. This requirement can be met with digital signatures.
3. Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES)QES is a stricter form of AdES and the only signature type given the same legal value as handwritten signatures. It requires signers to use certificate-based digital ID issued by a qualified EU Trust Service Provider (TSP), along with a qualified signature creation device (QSCD), such as a smart card, USB token, or mobile app that creates a one-time passcode.
With 6 billion transactions a year, we know signature compliance.
Adobe is uniquely qualified to help you comply with eIDAS. As the undisputed leader in secure digital documents, we invented PDF, contributed to open standards for digital signatures, and continue to advance those standards as part of the Cloud Signature Consortium.
Adobe Sign ensures compliance with every type of electronic signature including Advanced and Qualified Electronic Signatures under eIDAS.
Ultimate compliance.Our signature solution is the only one to support every accredited trust service provider in Europe and gives you freedom of choice when it comes to advanced and qualified signatures.
We lead the industry in delivering an eIDAS-compliant open standard for remote, cloud-based digital signatures, bringing qualified signatures to web and mobile.
Security device support.We support the broadest range of secure signature creation devices (SSCD), including smart cards, USB tokens, and mobile authentication apps.
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Yes. Article 25 of the eIDAS regulation maintains the fundamental legal rule that all electronic signatures and verification services shall be admissible as evidence in legal proceedings. Read more about how to make electronic signatures legal.
What are Trust Service Providers (TSPs)?
Trust Service Providers offer a wide range of secure identity and transaction services, including registration authority, certificate authority, and time stamp authority. TSPs are responsible for issuing digital identities and providing the infrastructure needed to create and validate Advanced and Qualified Electronic Signatures. Adobe Sign lets you work with your choice of TSPs to sign and time stamp documents, so you can comply with laws or regulations governing your specific country or industry. During the validation process, Adobe also confirms that the authorities being used in the document are trusted providers — approved through global, regional, or industry-specific accreditation. Trust lists, such as the Adobe Approved Trust List (AATL) and the European Union Trusted Lists (EUTL), are fully supported in Adobe solutions.
Does eIDAS let me work with a TSP based outside my country?
Yes. For Advanced Electronic Signature (AdES) compliance, you can work with any TSP. For Qualified Electronic Signature (QES) compliance, you need to select your solution from accredited providers on the EUTL. Each EU member state supervises providers in its own country, but once a TSP is EUTL-approved in one country, their services can be sold in other countries with the same level of compliance.
What is EUTL?
European Union Trusted Lists (EUTL) is a public list of over 170 active and 40 legacy Trust Service Providers (TSPs) that are specifically accredited to provide the highest level of compliance with the EU eIDAS regulation. These providers offer certificate-based digital IDs for individuals, digital seals for businesses, time stamping, and other services that can be used to meet Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES) requirements. In eIDAS, only qualified signatures are legally and automatically equivalent to handwritten signatures. And, they are the only type of signature automatically recognized in cross-border transactions among EU member states.
Is Adobe on the EUTL list?
Yes. Adobe offers a qualified time stamp service that is EUTL certified. In addition, Adobe Sign automatically works with every certificate-based digital ID published on the list and can be configured to work with other time stamps as well. Adobe Sign implementations in Europe automatically add qualified time stamps to each document signed with digital signatures. The Adobe time stamp ensures long-term validity for up to 10 years.
Does Adobe sell certificate-based digital IDs?
No. Adobe partners with more than 200 TSPs around the world and works with every provider on the EUTL so that you have the flexibility to meet your own unique compliance requirements. Our TSP partners are experts in security and meet the most stringent requirements for pre-checking and securing identities. They are also at the forefront of security technology, so as stronger and stronger security methods evolve, we expect the leaders to evolve their solutions quickly, giving our customers access to the state-of-the-art solutions today and in the future.
What are cloud-based digital signatures?
Cloud-based digital signatures, or "cloud signatures," are a new generation of digital signatures using an open, standards-based approach championed by Adobe and other industry leaders in the Cloud Signature Consortium. "Traditional" digital signatures are designed for use with desktop software and typically require the signer to insert a USB token or smart card containing the certificate, then type in a personal PIN to verify their identity when signing. By contrast, cloud-based digital signatures are designed to be used easily across desktop, web, and mobile. Certificates are stored securely in the cloud by accredited Trust Service Providers (TSPs)/Certificate Authorities (CAs), and signers use their personal PIN plus additional authentication methods (for example, a mobile one-time passcode) to verify their identity while signing. Read the brief.
What is the Cloud Signature Consortium?
The Cloud Signature Consortium (CSC) is a group of industry and academic organizations committed to building new standards for cloud-based digital signatures that will support web and mobile applications and comply with the most demanding electronic signature regulations in the world. CSC has created a common technical specification that will make solutions interoperable and suitable for uniform adoption in the global market. This effort was inspired by the need to meet the remote-signature requirements of the European Union's Electronic Identification and Trust Services Regulation (eIDAS), but its impact is expected to be global.
How are cloud-based digital signatures enabling eIDAS?
Standards-based digital signatures in the cloud remove the barriers that have hampered adoption of electronic signatures in Europe and around the world. They do the following:
- Meet market demand for simple-to-use, simple-to-deploy solutions.
- Eliminate the hassle of installing desktop software, downloading documents, and plugging in USB tokens or smart cards.
- Bring the highest levels of eIDAS compliance to web apps and mobile devices — for example, Advanced Electronic Signatures (AdES) and Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES).
- Provide a consistent, interoperable framework for working with digital IDs and signing solutions, so companies can invest in technology confidently, knowing they won't be limited to working with just a few proprietary applications.
*The Total Economic Impact of Adobe Sign, a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting, on behalf of Adobe.
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It's been a busy summer so far. We got through graduation and the party for Adam. We have also visited Upper Iowa University with him. Adam is going to work all summer at Hometown Foods. Maggie is enjoying her summer vacation and can't wait for our family trip to Seattle. I'm back to full-time duty with the Sheriff Office, and have been trying to do a little woodwork when I can.
The 2013 session may have adjourned, but I want you to know that I am still working for Marshall and Tama counties right here at home. This year, we made great progress on jobs, health care, education and a variety of efforts to improve quality of life for all Iowans.
Let's keep the momentum going. It's never too early to start planning for next year's session, so please let me know what issues you would like to see addressed. To share your suggestions, ideas and concerns, e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com or call me at 641-483-2383. You can also stay connected with me through my Senate Web page at www.senate.iowa.gov/senator/sodders, where you can sign up for my newsletter, read past issues, connect with me on Facebook and more.
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"Out of all types of work in the hospitality industry, I'd say that restaurant services are the place where those who love management and food and wine will feel right at home."
Peter Abdel Massih, the Specialty Outlet Manager at Rodeo Grill Restaurant at the Rotana Amman Hotel
Five missions:
- supervising all restaurant transactions
- making sure that standards are complied with on a daily basis
- giving our guests an authentic experience
- building sustainable relationships with our guests
- building a team and helping them all to expand their skill sets
- respecting our restaurant's monthly and annual budgets
- striving to give our guests the best possible value for money
The three aspects of your job that you prefer:
- Being in contact with cultures from the entire world
- Discovering new dishes and wines
- Being a part of the luxury world
Three qualities and skills that you need for this job:
- Patience
- An eye for details
- Good communication skills
You won the Vatel International Business Game in 2013: what do you think about this virtual management simulation game?
I've got great memories of it, because Vatel students all over the world compete. And of course, because my team won!
What jobs have you had since graduating?
- Assistant restaurant manager at the Sushi Bar, in Beirut (2014-2015)
- Restaurant manager at the Burgundy, Beirut (2015-206)
- Specialty Outlet Manager at the Rodeo Grill in the Amman Rotana Hotel in Jordan (since 2016)


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Organic Bamboo Maya Dress Dark Grey
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Based around your comfort and timeless style the Maya dress is a versatile short dress with built in wraps that can be moulded to your body type and personal style.
- Made and designed on the South Coast of NSW, Australia
- Fabric - 95% Organic Bamboo 5% Spandex
- Round neckline
- Available in light and dark grey
- Waist ties are attached to the dress
- Above knee length
- Model is 167cm tall and wearing a size XS
How much does shipping cost in AUS?
We offer free regular post shipping on all orders within Australia.
How long will it take to receive your purchase?
For domestic delivery, you should receive your order within 5 - 7 working days. All orders are shipped within 3 business days. If your order does not arrive you can easily track your order using auspost.com.au/track/ and the tracking number supplied, if for some reason this does not work please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com and we will happily help you track your order.
If you need your items sooner, please refer to our express shipping option.
Express Post Shipping
For Express Post Orders, if the purchase is made before 10am, the item will be shipped that day and can be tracked using the tracking number supplied in your Order Confirmation email.
International Shipping
For International delivery, you should receive your order within 5 - 10 working days. If your order has not arrived within the allotted time, please contact the shipping company, using the tracking number supplied in your Order Confirmation email.
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If you have special instructions relating to the delivery, please leave us a note when you are checking out and we will happily assist.
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Welcome to our world
Using only sustainable fabrics and focusing on craftsmanship, we design and construct all of our garments on the South Coast of NSW, Australia.
Our philosophy is to balance modern and relaxed luxury with sustainability and create transeasonal pieces for all types of women.
We Love The Planet
Its people and all the creatures that dwell here. We care about maintaining the planets natural beauty and contributing to the restoration of its natural state and equilibrium.
We understand that the natural world has limits and believe that land is not a commodity, it's a basis of life.
We are determined to reduce our impact and drive better practices that are more sustainable and will benefit nature and humans alike.
Through sustainable and thoughtful practices our key drivers for reducing our impact on the plant are water consumption and pollution control, waste management and mitigation and thoughtful fabric and design selection.
We Love Animals
At Indecisive, we feel like we have hit a point in our evolution where we just want to love and respect everything.
We will not use any animal products at Indecisive and send all of our love and admiration to the kind souls out there fighting for animal rights.
Our Fabrics
Australian Made Organic Cotton
We use ACO certified organic cotton jersey that is grown in India and spun and woven in Australia. We purchase our organic cotton from OCC Apparel.
Surplus Fabric
Surplus fabric is excess fabric from someone else's production. Here are some of the reason why we think surplus fabric is great:
- We are saving the fabric from making its way to landfill which could take up to 200 years to biodegrade
- We are also helping other businesses to move excess/left over stock and we whole heartedly believe in supporting each other to reduce environmental impacts
- We are reducing our environmental impact by not creating any fabrics for our production.
We source our surplus fabric from several different places including off-shore and on shore fabric manufacturers such and Wall Fabrics and Jacks Textiles, op shop warehouse and fabric stores.
Our Organic Bamboo and Tencel are surplus fabric, we do not get any of our Organic Bamboo or Tencel made and purely use other manufacturers left overs.
We purchase our linen fabric from Wall Fabrics and it is also surplus stock.
The reason why we are moving towards linen is for its durability (30% stronger than cotton), linen is made from flax plant (every part of the plant is used) and does not require any pesticides or additional water other than rain water. Linen is organic, biodegradable, recyclable and great for people with allergies and sensitive skin.
We Love Manufacturing
and the craftsmanship involved in creating a garment. Each one of or items is thoughtfully handcrafted on the South Coast of NSW Australia. We have a handful of beautiful seamstresses that take care, time and consideration in creating our items and love what they do.
We are passionate about manufacturing in Australia and ensuring that we create a company that benefits our employees and customers.
Our employees are protected under the Australian Fair Work Act and paid higher than the Australian Standard Textile, Clothing, Footwear and Associated Industries Award 2010 (MA000017). We have flexible working agreements in place and ensure that our employees are continually developing and enhancing their skill set.
Packaging and Operations
All the packaging that we use to send our items is made from recycled biodegradable materials including our envelopes, tissue paper, labels and paper.
We post our items via Sendle (which is a certified B Corp) and Australia Post.
We are in the processes of creating a product from our scrap fabric, we also donate fabric rolls that we will not be using to up and coming designers and create samples out of them.
If you would like any further information regarding our sustainability please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.


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We are taking all precautions, whilst following the HM Government advice for online retailers to operate normally.
Two thirds of our staff are working from home, and our distribution team members are working mindfully.
We ask for your patience as we process your orders with a smaller than usual team. Where possible please email rather than phone. You will receive a quicker response this way.
Our commitment to you as customers is to always offer the best possible service whilst at the same time protecting our colleagues. Thanks for your continued support.Updated: 03/04/2020
Elfa Decor Shelf - 60cm x 30cm - Birch
Our stylish decor wooden elfa shelf offers a quality alternative for areas where a ventilated shelf is inappropriate.
As well as incorporation in their wardrobe storage solution, some of our customers use this 60cm wide shelf for their TV, others for book storage and even in an office shelving area for a PC monitor or for ornaments.
This is a great quality addition to the elfa range and a really useful item for creating a larger solution of decor wooden solid shelving.
Dimensions: 3.2cm high x 60.5cm wide x 33.6cm deep
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Elfa was founded in Sweden by Arne Lydmar in 1948. The company has been designing and making made-to-measure storage for over 70 years.
Elfa International A.B. has subsidiaries in Denmark, Norway, France and Poland. The elfa product is distributed in UK and Ireland by Förvara Ltd.
Their amazing modular system is both simple to install and oozes the quality you would expect from a timeless Scandinavian design.
Elfa brings a new dimension to innovative storage. With it's modern, functional design, elfa makes it easy to create a storage solution tailored to your individual needs.
Constantly innovating, elfa's latest range includes the luxurious wooden Décor range, ideal for a stylish dressing room or walk-in wardrobe. The new Elfa Utility range offers practical storage for garages and sheds.
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After Cooper: Jean Brownhill Lauer, Our Buildings, and the Spaces within Them
POSTED ON: September 13, 2012
After Cooper is a new series about Cooper alumni using their talents and education to create innovative businesses and careers
"The ability to study with leading architectural thinkers, to live in New York City, and to be part of a small, intimate class made attending The Cooper Union an easy decision for me," says Jean Brownhill Lauer (AR'00), who graduated from Cooper's Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture in 2000. Brownhill Lauer, who went on to attend Harvard University's prestigious Graduate School of Design as a Loeb Fellow, is the CEO of theSweeten.com, which she founded in June 2011 "to help New Yorkers realize their renovation dreams and to make informed choices about hiring architects, contractors, and interior designers." She describes theSweeten as a matchmaking service and talent management agency that connects potential remodeling and renovation clients (for whom use of the web site is completely free) to a network of design and construction professionals. The successful new Internet business has already received positive attention from online media like DailyCandy and was named "Best Contractor Locator" in New York magazine's "Best of New York 2012" issue.
Brownhill Lauer, who currently resides in Brooklyn, credits much of her success to her time at Cooper. "Cooper taught me how to think, to ask critical questions, and to not be satisfied with easy answers," she remarks. "The highlight of school, for me, was the interaction I had with the other academic programs. I was really able to explore the disciplines of art and engineering." She credits her professors, among them George Chaikin, with helping her to develop interests that spanned Cooper's three disciplines. "I believe architects, urban planners, and other professionals tasted with shaping the build world should work to creative, develop, and use Internet-based solutions on a practical and conceptual level," she comments. "There is no way I would have known anything about the inner workings of the Internet if I hadn't worked in the Engineering School's computer center my second year. I learned about networks and systems in a tangible way from the engineers, who explained things to me as only people with mastery of a topic can." Similarly, Brownhill Lauer adds, "I learned about color, contrast, and framing of prints from the time I spent in the dark room with my Art school friends. Today, these are all things I think about for the user interface of theSweeten."
Brownhill Lauer also praises Cooper's emphasis on innovation. "There are many types of entrepreneurship, whether you're working inside a large institution or starting your own company," she explains. "The one thing that doesn't change is that you have to be able to embrace failure. Cooper provided me with an early model of experimentation where failure was an expected byproduct of trying."
In her daily professional life, Brownhill Lauer finds it rewarding to "watch an idea grow, develop, and flourish. My team and I get to ask big questions, run tactical experiments, and ponder possible solutions." What's most challenging about her career these days, she explains, is recruiting for theSweeten. "I'm always looking for smart, thoughtful, fun people to come join our team."
As she looks to the future, Brownhill Lauer's goals include "the creation, construction, and maintenance of spaces that celebrate the lives of all people, from diverse backgrounds, with diverse experiences. Our buildings, and the spaces within them, are a concrete reflection of our society's priorities." She is particularly interested in the continuing impact of the Internet on the shaping of the built world. "We are dominated by a new paradigm, where the concept of place is an abstraction," she explains. "I'm curious to see if architecture can continue to occupy the role of important places and thus reflect the priorities of society when the current cultural revolution occupies no concrete place." She strongly believes that the Internet can be a valuable "building tool" used to "enable, strengthen, promote, and expand the importance of place, so that architecture can continue to be historically specific and reflective of society's current needs."
Brownhill Lauer advises the new generation of architects and entrepreneurs to "be curious about the world around you, and read as much as you can." She also encourages current hardworking Cooper students to "go ahead and sleep! It will help you to think more clearly."


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Continental Tour Ride (26-inch)
Continental's Tour Ride reliably rolls over most surfaces, making it a real all-rounder. The smooth center tread offers effortless riding on smooth surfaces, and the larger side knobs let you handle loose dirt and gravel just as easily. There's also a protective sub-tread that prevents punctures and a tough tread compound to keep you going for miles and miles.


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