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Supreme Court strikes down part of Ariz. law
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(CBS News) WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday invalidated three provisions of Arizona's immigration law, but it kept in place -- for now -- the provision allowing the state to require police officers to enforce immigration laws.
Arizona's law S.B. 1070, passed in 2010, made it a crime to be in the state as an undocumented immigrant. The high court on Monday unanimously declared it too early to strike down the most controversial element of the law, which requires police officers to review a person's immigration status if they suspect that person is in the country illegally. Once lower courts rule on the matter, however, this part of the law could be thrown out.
"I think it's really great for immigrant rights advocates and immigrants," said Professor Bill Hing of the University of San Francisco School of Law. "Especially since [Chief Justice John] Roberts went along with this."
The court's ruling, however, failed to satisfy some immigrant advocates.
"Today's decision upholding the worst part of SB-1070, represents a grave threat to the civil liberties of citizens and non-citizens alike," Arturo Carmona, executive director of presente.org, said in a statement. The provision allowing local officials to enforce immigration laws, he said, "must be defeated in court appeals, in the streets and in the legislatures throughout the land. We cannot and must not allow racial profiling to become the law of the land again."
Only eight of the court's nine justices ruled on the case because Associate Justice Elena Kagan recused herself. She served as President Obama's solicitor general when the administration decided to challenge the law.
The court was split in its decision to throw out other provisions of the law, including the provision making it a state crime for immigrants to be in Arizona without immigration papers and the provision making it a crime for an undocumented immigrant to work or solicit work in the state. It also struck down the provision authorizing state and local authorities to make immigration arrests without a warrant where there's probable cause.
In a statement today, President Obama said he is "pleased" the court struck down some of the law's key provisions. "What this decision makes unmistakably clear is that Congress must act on comprehensive immigration reform," he said. "A patchwork of state laws is not a solution to our broken immigration system - it's part of the problem.
At the same time, the president added that he remains "concerned about the practical impact" of the provision the court upheld. "No American should ever live under a cloud of suspicion just because of what they look like," he said. "Going forward, we must ensure that Arizona law enforcement officials do not enforce this law in a manner that undermines the civil rights of Americans, as the Court's decision recognizes."
Rather than focusing on the law's potential to create racial discrimination, the U.S. government challenged the law in court based on the concept of federal supremacy. Immigration regulation, the federal government argued, should be in the hands of the federal government, not the states.
Romney: Arizona immigration ruling underscores Obama failure
With its ruling today, the Supreme Court made clear that immigration law is undoubtedly a federal responsibility, said Professor Michael Scaperlanda of the University of Oklahoma College of Law.
"The court is taking seriously the federal government's primary role in regulating immigration because of its implications in foreign affairs," he said. "As far as the states go, I think it's a pretty significant blow to state attempts to regulate immigration."
The Arizona law inspired conservatives across the country to adopt more aggressive measures against undocumented immigrants. Other states such as Alabama have similar immigration laws on hold, but it's now possible lower courts would follow the Supreme Court's lead and strike down those laws.
Whether other states get to keep their laws would depend on the specific provisions, Scaperlanda said. The Supreme Court in 2011 upheld another Arizona immigration law, which punished businesses for hiring illegal immigrants. Scaperlanda noted that this type of state-based immigration enforcement has been explicitly allowed by the U.S. Congress.
Aside from those types of laws, Scaperlanda said, "deviation from the states, even where the states are attempting to help federal law, will be looked at as obstacles" to immigration enforcement.
Racial discrimination: A separate issue
While the court's decision focused on federal supremacy, many opponents of the law remain concerned about the prospect it will engender racial discrimination. After the law was passed in 2010, it spurred huge rallies across the country, with protesters charging the measure smacks of racism.
"The court is acknowledging to an extent that there are concerns of civil rights and otherwise, but those concerns are for another day," said Kevin Johnson, dean of the University of California at Davis School of Law. "In some ways, it's very legalistic, which may be unsatisfying to some."
There are still pending court challenges to S.B. 1070 on the basis that it violates the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause. Those challenges could continue to "percolate" in lower courts, according to Johnson. But it's more likely, he said, that the law could be struck down after the provision requiring officers to review a person's immigration status goes into effect and someone sues based on racial discrimination.
"If I had to guess, [this provision] gets implemented, a U.S. citizen of Latino ancestry or a lawful immigrant gets pulled over and arrested and sent over to Immigration Customs and Enforcement and claims, 'You did that because I'm brown, because I'm Latino," he said.
Johnson noted that the issue is nothing new to Arizona, where Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been sued for discriminating against Latinos.
"It's a problem in Arizona, frankly," Johnson said.


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Capcom's classic fighting game returns in this HD reincarnation of the crazy title from Japan. The HD version offers improvements on the original with HD graphic upgrades (with a toggle to switch back to the original presentation) and online multiplayer.
Based on the popular comic book series, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure HD is an arcade fighter that lets you duke it out with your favorite characters from the comics. JoJo must travel to Egypt to find a cure for his sick mother. Each fighting character has his or her own Stand, a guardian spirit that aids in the battle. Unlike mortal humans though, Stands can reanimate quickly after defeat, so use this to your advantage as you try to defeat the evil Dio and his minions.
Also known as: GioGio's Bizarre Adventure HD, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future HD, JoJo no Kimyouna Bouken: Miraihe no Isan HD
Release Region: Japan
Release Date: August 22, 2012
Publisher: Capcom
Release Region: United States
Release Date: August 22, 2012
Publisher: Capcom
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: August 22, 2012
Publisher: Capcom
Also available on: Arcade, Dreamcast, PlayStation, PlayStation 3
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Simon Cowell was left cooing over a troupe of dancing mothers and babies at the Britain's Got Talent auditions.
TV's Mr Nasty appears to have gone all soft after becoming a dad to son Eric - who was born in New York on Friday - as he was singing the praises of Sling Swing at the London auditions last week, The Sun reported.
The group of 15 mothers who dance with their babies strapped to them in slings, performed to Ant and Dec's hit Let's Get Ready To Rhumble, demonstrating that rocking their babies on stage helps keep them quiet.
Simon told Swing Sling: "I've never seen an act like this on Britain's Got Talent. It must work as none of these babies are crying.
"It's incredible. But what happens in a year's time - do you have another baby?"
Fellow judges Amanda Holden, David Walliams and Alesha Dixon, who are all parents themselves, then insisted to Simon he should try the routine.
Amanda teased: "Simon, this is something you are going to have to get used to. I do dances with my children, but I would love to try this.
"Normally the children try to escape and run around and it is just me shaking maracas, but this is great. It helps you lose your baby weight and keeps you healthy."


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In Absurd Defense Of Voter ID Laws: Wall Street Journal Edition
The Wall Street Journal's James Taranto illogically claimed that recent comments from a National Urban League activist prove that voter ID laws do not suppress minority votes. Despite Taranto's defense of his flawed theory, research clearly indicates that voter ID laws target minority voters.
In his Wall Street Journal column, Taranto highlighted comments by Chanelle Hardy, a vice president at the National Urban League. According to Talking Points Memo, Hardy stated that Republican efforts to pass voter ID laws may have backfired by increasing enthusiasm among African American voters and increasing turnout. Taranto argued that Hardy's comments contradict claims from voter ID opponents that the laws restrict the rights of eligible minority voters.
Taranto's argument is absurd: an increase in voter enthusiasm in a specific group does not prove that other members of that group did not have their voting rights restricted. This claim is similar to one made in 2011 by Taranto's fellow voter ID proponent Hans von Spakowsky who argued at the time that high turnout in Georgia in 2008, following the passage of voter ID laws, proved that the legislation had no effect on voting rights. Justin Levitt, a professor at Loyola Law School, pointed out that von Spakowsky's logic was also flawed:
"There's a basic -- and I mean basic -- misconception here," Levitt said. "It's called the correlation-causation fallacy, and anybody who's had statistics for a week can talk to you about it."
"Mr. von Spakovsky and I agree on one thing, that the turnout studies don't show great impact, but that's because they can't," Levitt said. "You can't draw any real conclusions about that."
"I'll give you an example. Mr. von Spakovsky supports voter ID restrictions. I oppose them. Mr. von Spakovsky has no facial hair. I have facial hair. But certainly opposition to voter ID doesn't cause facial hair," he said.
Taranto also ignored research that has consistently shown that voter ID laws disproportionately target minority voters. A September 12 Associated Press article highlighted a study by the University of Chicago's Cathy Cohen and Washington University's Jon Rogowski who concluded that as a result of the voter ID laws passed and being enforced at the time, "as many as 700,000 minority voters under 30 may be unable to cast a ballot in November."
On December 23, 2011, the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division found that minority voters in South Carolina were "nearly 20% more likely to lack DMV- issued ID than white registered voters" and that "[n]on-white voters were therefore disproportionately represented, to a significant degree, in the group of registered voters who, under the proposed law, would be rendered ineligible to go to the polls and participate in the election."


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Congenital Malformations
Anomalies of the Vertebral Column
The physicians in the Pediatric Neurosurgery Program have extensive experience in the care and treatment of skeletal dysplasia or segmentation abnormalities of the vertebral column. Many children with these diagnoses are treated each year at the Maxine Dunitz Children's Health Center by the Department of Neurosurgery in conjunction with surgeons at the Cedars-Sinai Orthopaedic Center and the Institute of Medical Genetics.
Arachnoid cysts
Arachnoid cysts are cerebrospinal fluid-filled sacs that are formed in the space between the brain or the spinal cord and the arachnoid layer, one of the three membranes that cover the central nervous system. These cysts can be present at birth and are the result of abnormalities arising during early development or secondary cysts that develop as a result of head injury, meningitis, tumors or complications of surgery. Symptoms associated with an arachnoid cyst can include headaches, nausea and vomiting, seizures, hearing and visual disturbances and difficulties with balance and walking. There is ongoing active debate on the need for treatment of arachnoid cyst and the method of treatment.
At Cedars-Sinai, our pediatric neurosurgeons diagnose, evaluate and treat children with arachnoid cysts of the central nervous system. Microneurosurgical and minimally invasive techniques, such as neuroendoscopy, are used to treat patients who need surgery with a focus on obtaining the best results possible. Whenever possible, our specialists will attempt to treat the cyst with fenestration before resorting to a spinal fluid diversion procedure by using a shunt.
Patients are seen by the physicians in the Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery and Neuroendoscopy Program at Cedars-Sinai.
Learn more about arachnoid cysts.
Chiari malformation and spinal cord syrinxes
A chiari malformation is a benign structural problem affecting the cerebellum and is relatively common. Most children with these malformations who do not have spina bifida will have the form known as type I, which usually has less severe symptoms than type II. In patients with Chiari malformations, the cerebellum blocks the pathway of spinal fluid flow (CSF) in addition to compressing the brain stem at the cervicomedullary junction. This blockage or restriction usually leads to headaches, neck pain, funny feelings in the arms and/or legs, stiffness, and, sometimes, will cause difficulties with swallowing or gagging. An MRI is usually used to diagnose the problem. Chairi malformations are extremely difficult to see on CT scans and impossible to see on plain X-rays.
Sometimes these malformations can be made worse by, or can cause, hydrocephalus. They can often lead to a fluid filled cavity in the spinal cord known as a syrinxes (syringohydromyelia). Untreated, the chronic crowding of the brain stem and spinal cord can lead to serious consequences, including paralysis.
There are many ways to treat Chiari malformations but all require surgery. The treatment includes the surgical removal of a small portion of bone at the base of the skull and sometimes the back of the first spinal column segment, and occasionally, additional spinal column segments. Some patients will requirement placement of a "dural patch," which serves to further increase the space available for the cerebellum and the brain stem at the base of the skull. Most children who have the surgery do quite well and have a significant improvement in their symptoms.
Click here to learn more about Chiari malformations.
Craniosynostosis, Craniofacial Reconstruction and Deformational Plageocephaly
Craniosynostosis is the premature closure of one or more of the joints between the bones of the skull (cranial sutures) before brain growth is complete. In contrast to normal skull growth, closure of a cranial suture promotes compensatory growth in other parts of the skull, leading to an abnormally shaped skull and possible impairment in the development of the brain. Although craniosynostosis can be gene-linked or caused by metabolic diseases, most commonly the cause remains unknown. Single suture craniosynostosis is the most common and typically not associated with a genetic abnormality. The early sign of craniosynostosis is skull deformities but late signs, which more commonly are associated with early closure of multiple cranial sutures, can include raised intracranial pressure, developmental delays, mental retardations, seizures and blindness.
Deformational (or positional) plagiocephaly refers to a condition where your child has an asymmetrical head from repeated pressure to that area. Plagiocephaly differs from craniosynostosis in that craniosynostosis is the premature fusion of one or more of the sutures in the skull, whereas in deformational plagiocephaly, there is no fusion of the skull sutures. A clinical diagnosis is made after a thorough medical history and physical examination by a craniofacial surgeon or neurosurgeon. If your child is diagnosed with deformational plagiocephaly, the doctor will usually prescribe a change in positioning and, perhaps, a corrective helmet.
Click here for more information about the Craniosynostosis and Cranio-facial Program.
In Utero Neurosurgical Conditions
Pregnant women throughout California who have a fetus with a neurologic or neurosurgical diagnosis are routinely seen for prenatal consultation by our team of neurologists, perinatologists, geneticists and neurosurgeons. Cedars-Sinai is the home to the Monthly International Fetal Neurology and Neurosurgery Conference with participants from over 20 medical centers around the world via video teleconference.
Neural Tube Defects
Spina bifida (myelomeniningocele) is the most common form of open neural tube defect. It is a spinal cord injury associated with the myelomeningocele that can result in paraplegia, bowel and bladder incontinence, hydrocephalus and sexual dysfunction.
Dr. Moise Danielpour, head of the Department of Neurosurgery's Pediatric Neurosurgery Program, is one of the few pediatric neurosurgeons with experience with in utero surgical treatment for birth defects such as myelomeningocele.
Learn more about spina bifida.
Pediatric Stroke, Moyamoya Disease and Other Vascular Malformations
A stroke is a general term used to describe a brain injury caused by bleeding or lack of oxygen to the brain. While the diagnosis of stroke remains more difficult in children when it occurs there is greater potential for recovery of function. At the Maxine Dunitz Children's Health Center experts are brought together from many specialty areas in the hospital to provide advanced diagnostic and therapeutic modalities for treatment of infants and children with strokes.
Tethered Cord
A tethered spinal cord is a neurological disorder caused by abnormal limitations in the movement of the spinal cord in the spinal canal. The condition is progressive with a child's symptoms including weakness, low back pain and loss of bladder and bowel control. Other signs include, but are not limited to, club feet, scoliosis, incontinence, hairy patches over the spine, dimples or fatty tumors on the lower back. The degree of the signs and symptoms correlate over time to the strain placed on the spinal cord. The symptoms can be exacerbated with sports activity, pregnancy and a child's normal growth. Treatment can improve symptoms and help prevent further neurological deterioration.
Other Congenital Malformations
Our caring team of practitioners use their clinical and scientific expertise in the treatment of congenital malformations of the central nervous system, including myelomeningocele (spina bifida), syringomyelia (syrinx), lipomyelomeningocele, lipoma, myeloschisis, split cord malformations, diastematomyelia, Arnold-Chiari malformation, Dandy-Walker malformation, encephalocele, aquaductal stenosis, skeletal dysplasia and hydrocephalus.
Learn more information about the International Skeletal Dysplasia Registry at Cedars-Sinai.


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kymdan necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 142 diseños de 33 diseñadores freelance.
RAUTECH Pty Ltd
I am a commercial air conditioning mechanic working on commercial buildings (established and under construction). After working many years in the industry I am starting my own company and I need a logo with a look and feel to express who I am and where the company is going. Initially, the business will be focusing on air conditioning, however, the short to medium term goal is to branch out into building system automation and electrical installation. I am looking for a logo that will remain relevant as the company grows and expands into other fields of the industry.
As a commercial air conditioning mechanic doing business to business (no residential) I will be engaging with project managers, business owners, master tradesmen and building companies.
All these people have a keen eye for detail and I need the company logo, for when I am not available in person (e.g mail out, letters, proposals), to entice new customers and re-enforce to existing customers what they can expect from the company.
I am looking for a modern, elegant and simple design that will stand the test of time. Of significant importance is that it needs to be easy to read. Given the name is unique it needs to be easily read so it can be remembered.
We would like Pty Ltd included, but very small please.
I would like the base colour to be a bold dark blue suitable for white (business cards, invoices, etc) and silver (company vehicles) backgrounds. I have previously had some concepts drafted and they were done with the cliché use of red & blue representing hot and cold – I do NOT want this. A maximum of two colours would be preferred, but not mandatory - varying shades are ok.
I would like a "logo" incorporated that is representative of our business. When designing please considered our business but keep things very simple – the simpler the better as the logo will need to be embroidered onto uniforms and printed onto company vehicles.
As for fonts, I would prefer easy to read and modern. Please ensure the company name RAUTECH is included in capital letters.
I require the output files to be provided as a high resolution .psd file as well as .jpg, and .eps
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Best iPhone Apps: our pick of the top free and paid apps for iPhone
App Store essentials for your iPhone or iPod touch
App Store essentials for your iPhone or iPod touch
Apple and the iPhone helped to kick off this whole 'app' craze that we've been experiencing the last several years, and iPhone owners have the privilege of being able to access and download over 1.5 million different apps. Sadly the fact that there are so many apps means there is plenty of terrible stuff out there, and sorting them all from the good can be incredibly difficult. So we're helping out.
Whether you've just bought yourself a new iDevice, or you've had one for a while, these are the best apps that you should have installed on your iPhone or iPod Touch.
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If you're finding that you don't like Apple Maps, you're going to need to get yourself a replacement if you want to continue using your iPhone to navigate. Rather than defaulting to Google, give HERE Maps a try. One of the big advantages is that HERE Maps actually lets you access the maps offline, so you don't have to worry about eating through your data limit or finding yourself cut off if there's no signal. It also has turn-by-turn voice guided driving directions, real-time traffic information in over 40 countries, and extensive public transport information in over 900 cities worldwide. It really is one of the best ways to get yourself around.
Free | Download HERE Maps
You know how it goes. You hear a song on TV, or on the radio, or in a shop, and you need to find out what it is. Maybe you like it and want to hear more, or maybe you just can't place it and it's going to bug you for the rest of the week. Whatever the reason, Shazam has your back. It identifies a song by listening to a short clip and comparing it to a central database, so just pull out your phone and press the big button to put your mind at ease. It'll come back with all the details you need about the song in question, including lyrics and where you can buy it online.
Free | Download Shazam
Have you ever found yourself in a position where you need to find something, but don't have a clue where to look. Rather than fiddling with your maps app, give AroundMe a try instead. Its got a big list of imprtant points of interest that people need to find, including things like cash machines, petrol stations, car parks and so on. Just tap what you need to find, and it'll show all of the relevant places in your vicinity, along with the distance from your current location and a map to help you find your way.
Free | Download AroundMe
Runkeeper is one of the most extensive fitness tracking apps out there, with an awful lot of features to get you active and keep track of everything you do when you're out there. The most prominent of Runkeeper's features is the GPS tracking system that follows you as you run, walk, or cycle out in the real world. By monitoring your progress that way it's able to work out your speed, pace, cadence, calories, and which route you took. It also syncs with Bluetooth-enabled heart-rate monitors, plays music from Spotify and your iTunes library, as well as coming with a bunch of pre-programmed routes and training programmes for you to enjoy.
Free (With in-app purchases) | Download Runkeeper
There are a lot of great image editors out there, but Pixelmator stands right at the top -- especially on the iPhone. Unlike some image editors, the mobile version still has all the great features that you'd find in the desktop version of the software. Like another popular image editor, Pixelmator is layer based and has everything you need to touch up and enhance existing images, creat paintings, or create your own unique image combinations. There are way too many features to list here, but if you buy it you certainly won't regret it. It even has iCloud syncronisation that lets you pick up your work on other iOS and OS X devices.
£3.99 | Download Pixelmator
This is one for people who own an iPhone and a Mac, and want to keep that Mac secure whenever they leave it unattended. Tether ensures that your Mac is locked whenever you leave it alone, but comes without the hassle of making you enter a password when you come back from every little task that you have to do. It tethers your Mac to your iPhone via Bluetooth, and whenever the iPhone moves away the Mac will lock up. Once the iPhone returns, Tether will unlock the Mac automatically.
The app is free, but there are two in-app purchases (both £0.79) that add extra features. One lets you remotely lock, unlock, restart and shut down your Mac from your iPhone, and the other lets you use your iPhone to control the Mac's media playback.
Free (With in-app purchases) | Download Tether
Real-time translation of voices is fast becoming a thing, but if you want to translate text you still have to type it out into a translation app and copy it into wherever you want it to go. Translator Keyboard takes that awkward extra step out of the equation, by translating your text from directly from your iPhone's keyboard. It's easy to switch to and from your normal keyboard, and the app will translate to and from 44 and 32 different languages respectively.
£1.49 | Download Translator Keyboard
There are always a few things on our phone that we do more than any other, and Launch Center Pro makes it easier to get to them quickly. Think of it as speed dial for your phone. You've got loads of spots to fill, and if there's something that your phone can do then you can be sure there's a place for it. It could be something as simple as ringing your better half, controlling one of your smart home devices, or tweeting that amusing cat GIF you've been saving for a special day. Whatever you need to do, you can use Launch Center Pro to take out a bunch of steps between turning on your phone and getting it done.
£3.99 | Download Launch Center Pro
Transferring big things between devices has always been fairly simple, but the little things were always a nuisance. If you wanted to send a link or some text from your iPhone to your desktop the best way often involved emailing it to yourself, but not with Pushbullet. Pushbullet lets you share all sorts of things between your devices instantly, including links, photos, and music files.It also forwards calls, texts, and notifications over to your desktop, without requiring an arduous setup process.
Free | Download Pushbullet
World Time Widget only has one function, but the way it does it is going to be incredibly useful if you need it. It adds a selection of different world clocks to your Notification Center, which makes checking up on the time in different countries easier than ever before. That makes it an essential tool if you travel for business, or if your job involves working across different time zones.
£0.79 | Download World Time Widget
We all love a good burger, but with every single restaurant and pub selling them it can be a bit tricky to figure out where you're going to get yourself something good. Burgerapp is there to help you out if you live in London, with a full list (and map) or burger joints in the capital, each complete with a review that lets you know what's good and what isn't. It also has burger-related news, and even tips on how to make your own perfect burgers at home.
£2.29 | Download Burgerapp
Got some documents you need digitising, but you don't have a scanner handy? No problem, because Scanbot turns your phone's camera into a portable scanner you carry around in your pocket. Just snap a picture of whatever it is you need to digitise, and it'll turn it into a high quality JPEG or PDF document. It automatically detects the edges of the page too, so you don't have to worry about cropping, and if you opt to pay for the pro features (prices from £1.49) Scanbot adds in text recognition, TouchID support, password protection and search functions. Just in case that wasn't enough, it also functions as a QR code reader.
Free (with in-app purchases) | Download Scanbot
Copy/Paste is an essential part of any computer, but the iOS clipboard is remarkably restrictive since it can only hold one thing at a time. Clips helps you out there, because it's a keyboard and widget that lets you clip anything on your screen (whether it's text, imagery, or whatever else) and storing it safely for you to access anytime you like. The free version is restricted to the original device, but if you pay £1.49 to upgrade to pro Clips syncs with your other devices to make sure you never lose access to anything you've stored.
Free | Download Clips
The thing about digital photography is that you tend to take a lot of photos, but not all of them are worth keeping. Sadly, organising them is a time-consuming pain of sifting through your gallery and tapping through menus and warnings. Flic makes it easy and quick, by making deleting a photo as easy as swiping the screen. It uses a Tinder-like interface that shows you all of your photos in a gallery - and if you see something you don't like, just swipe right and it's gone.
Free | Download Flic
Anyone who's ever tried keeping track of an ongoing email chain will agree that it's a bit of a nightmare to remind yourself about what's been said. Hop is a handy little app that changes that, converting all of your email conversations into something more akin to an instant messenger. Everything is sorted by specific email addresses or brands, it works just like the SMS app in your phone, and it doesn't matter what email service people have chosen to use. Just be wary, it does take away from the formality of email so keep in mind when communicating with someone important.
Free | Download Hop
Whisky (or whiskey if you're Irish), like wine, is one of those things where taste can vary wildly depending on the brand and age, but not everybody is capable of carrying around an encyclopaedic knowledge of the brown liquor in their head. That's where the apps come into play. Distiller is a comprehensive guide to the different whiskys that exist, complete with reviews, scores, and personalised recommendations of what to drink and when. You can also leave your own reviews on the different whiskys that you've tried, as well as keeping track of your favourites.
Free | Download Distiller
If you're big on this whole 'football' thing, then Squawka is definitely an app that you need to have installed on your phone. It's a comprehensive football app that never goes to sleep, keeping track of numerous football leagues worldwide and updating when new information arrives. It's got real-time stats, photos and news about your favourite players of teams, and even animations of key in-game events for you to relive those great moments time and time again (or catch up on if you missed the game).
Email has been a staple part of communication for many years, but somehow it hasn't really caught up with our every increasing desire for larger files -- making it rather difficult to send large number of images or videos. WeTransfer is a service that changes that, letting you send up to 10GB of photos and videos to someone's email inbox quickly and easily. No more messing with compression software or sacrificing high resolution. They just need to click the download link that arrives and they're good to go.
Free | Download WeTransfer
Keeping track of the things you own can be a real hassle sometimes, whether it's a specific collection you you just like to keep track of all the little bits and pieces you have lying around the house. Rather than filling your photo gallery with pictures, or your notes app with big long lists, you should give Snupps a try. It's specifically designed for keeping track of all your things, and lets you take pictures and organise everything onto virtual shelves. It doesn't matter what it is, Snupps will keep track of everything in a way that's easy for you to come back and refer to.
Free | Download Snupps
Weather is generally quite a boring topic to discuss, so you need something to add something to make it a little bit more interesting. CARROT Weather does that with deprecating twisted humour and a personality similar to that ofFuturama's Bender. But don't assume that comes at the expense of the weather data, because CARROT is scarily accurate. You can see 24-hour and 7-day forecasts along with relevant meteorogical data, and even a minute-by-minute system that tells you when it's about to start ranining or snowing. CARROT also has weather maps, and a 'time machine' that tells you all about the weather from up to 70 years in the past or 10 years in the future. How? Who knows.
£2.99 | Download CARROT Weather
Photography has been around for centuries in its regular flat self, but if you want to add a bit more motion to them then you should give Moju a try. It's a little bit like merging photos and videos together, and you shoot 24 frames for Moju to merge together into one simple animated image. But this isn't the GIFs that adorn the internet, this is an image that changes as you tilt your phone around. Really the best way to desrcibe the end result is a 21st century update to the holographic cards you used to get as a kid. There's also a flashback feature that shows you the Moju creations you made in days gone by.
Free | Download Moju
This is one for aspiiring filmmakers out there, letting you shoot a bunch of short scenes (3-60 seconds in length) and then bring them together as your own original short films. The free version of Cinamatic gives you full control over the camera settings, apply filters, and share your creations over social media. If you pay for the pro features (£1.49) you get access to a more extensive range of video editing features, including scene rearragments, seamless scene integration, and the option to add your own soundtrack.
Free (with in-app purchases) | Download Cinamatic
This is the official app for Noisli.com, a website that generates noise and colours to help you block out distractions, relieve anxiety, as well as to help with meditation and relaxation. The app is mobile version that you can carry around with you, coming with a bunch of different noises that you can play and combine to find the optimum sound for enhancing your productivity. Saving and cloud synchronisation also means that you'll never end up losing that special combination.
£1.49 | Download Noisli
Tracking your activity is all the rage these days, but is there any point in buying yourself a seperate gadget if you can just have your phone do it for you? Nike+ Move does just that, turning your phone into a fitness tracker so you don't have to strap an uncomfortable device to your wrist all day. Nike+ Move also converts your fitness data into Nike Fuel, which is a universal unit for tracking activity. That means it doesn't matter if you're running, cycling, or any number of other things, you'll be able to directly compare how hard you worked. Just make sure to keep your phone on your person all the time.
Free | Download Nike+ Move
If you have a lot to get done, it makes sense that you'd try and fit your jobs in between all your important meetings and events, right? That's what the folks over at Gneo think, which is why their app integrates your to-do list with your calendar so you know what you can get done and when. It has a nice gesture based design for helping you tackle all your jobs, ith a system of prioritisation that keeps you informed about pressing and urgent tasks. It's an expensive choice, but if you want something that will do everything it can to keep you on top of your work then it's more than worth it.
£7.99 | Download Gneo
if you're looking for a bit more control over your photos than the standard iOS camera has to offer, you've come to the right place. Pro Camera 8 + HDR offers more in the form of giving you total (and seperate) control over focus and exposure, a full-screen trigger so you can tap anywhere to snap a picture, a choice of aspect ratios, a full resolution photo preview and so much more. Plus, it has built-in editing tools, so you don't have to load your photo into a seperate app just to add a filter or make other adjustments.
£3.99 | DownloadProCamera 8 + HDR
Workflow is probably one of the most important apps ever to be released on the App Store, simply because of how ingenious and powerful it is. What it does is lets you automate tasks on your phone, which you do by combining different actions together into a unique 'workflow'. Each workflow can then be activated in a number of different ways, including from within the app itself, as an 'app' that lives on your homescreen, or through the Today widget in your notification centre. There are 200 actions currently available, integrating with numerous different apps and services that you might have on your phone, meaning the possibilities are almost endless.
£3.99 | Download Workflow
There are a lot of times where you need to keep hold of your recipt, whether it's for declaring expenses, a safety net in case you need a refund, or you just like to be meticulous with your financial records. Unfortunately we all make mistakes, and there are times when those receipts go missing or you just forgot to pick it up at the till. Rather than accept that it's gone forever, use ReceiptGen instead. It's quite a clever little app that generates a brand new receipt with the information you already know. It just takes a few minutes of typing, and you'll end up with a receipt inditinguishable from the real thing.
£1.49 | Download ReceiptGen
There's a lot of content on the internet, too much for any one person to soft through to find what they like. That's why apps like 5by exist, doing all the hardwork for you while you sit back and do something more productive with your time. 5by has a team that sorts through video content, picking out the best stuff, and organising them into channels for you. Then all you have to do is browse through those channels and watch the stuff that you think you'll enjoy. Simple, painless, and you can share your favourite videos with friends at the push of a button.
Free | Download 5by
Journalling is generally something people keep to themselves, or take a chunk of time out of their day to do. Heyday is the complete opposite of that, instead offering a way for you to create interesting and beautifulk stories for your friends to enjoy without you having to put in too much effort. It works automatically in your pocket, arranging what you've done and the photos you've taken into an easy-to-digest story that you can share with friends and family within seconds. With Heyday, remembering all those memorable moments just got an awful lot easier.
Free | Download Heyday
Looking to spend the evening away from home, but don't really know where to go? Well as the saying goes, there is an app for that. Provided you're up for something music-related. It's called Fixr, and if you live in Edinburgh, London, or are planning a trip to Ibiza, it's there to help you figure out what to do. It's the app to check out if you're looking for tickets to a music gig or club night, and in the app you can search by venue, genre. and artist. But finding n event is all well and food, you also need to be able to get in. Fixr will let you book and pay for tickets, tables, and spots on the guest list so that you're all good to go when you arrive at the event of your choosing. Plus, because printing things out is a massive pain, all of your tickets are stored on your phone.
Free | Download Fixr
Default calendar apps are always fairly basic with a lot of room for improvement, and the iOS calendar is no exception. It might work for yoiu, but if you want something more then you should check out Fantastical 2. Rather than just being able to set up events, Fantastical lets you set up reminders, which it then lists for you. Setting them up is as easy as typing in 'reminder', 'todo', 'task' or 'remind me to', and you can add in dates, times, and geofences so that you never end up forgetting about something important. Events are also slightly different than a standard app, coming with a map to show you where you're supposed to go, and better options for repeating events. But the main thing you should know about Fantastical 2 is that it has a beautiful efficient design that's been out together to ensure you check up on what you're supposed to be doing without wasting time scrolling through unecessary screens.
£2.49 | Download Fantastical 2
This one only has a single function, but it's such an interesting one that it warrants a download. Dubble is an app for making your photos a lot more interesting than they ever could be on their own, but instead of doing something boring like adding a filter it merges your photo with the photo of another random user. Just upload a photo, and let dubble do its thing. Of course, if you don't like the end result you can always try again and at the tap of a button your photo will be mixed up with another random photo. There's a bit of a social aspect, which lets you favourite other people's accounts and see their dubbles in your own feed, plus a discover feature that shows you other creations from users around the world.
Free | Download dubble
As you may have guessed from the name, this one is an app for managing your own fantasy football team. You start off with a £100 million budget to create yourself a 15-player squad, and as the real life players play games on the pitch their actions earn you and your team points. Anything of note counts, whether it's goals, clean sheets, assists, you name it. The app lets you keep track of how you're doing, tinker with your team (even if you're not online), submit transfers, and track other fantasy players. It even has push notifcations to keep you in the loop about injuries, match day notifications, and more.
Unfortunately the world doesn't always rely on universal units, and from time to time you're going to have to work out what converts to what. Vert is an app that's there for converting everything you might need to work with, whether it's everyday things like height and temperature or more specific scientific units like acceleration and force. there are 1,000 different units in here, and the built-in search helps you find what you need quickly and easily. Vert also comes in with a calculator, a customisable favourites list, a log of all your previous conversions, and 100% offline functionality.
£2.29 | Download Vert
iOS has a lot of great features, but the contacts list isn't exactly perfect. If you're looking for something better to spruce up your phone exerience, FullContact is one of the best ones available. It keeps all your phone, Google, and social media contacts in one place, deleting any duplicates and ensuring you have a nice clean list of contacts to make getting in touch with people nice and easy. It also has tags to keep them all nice and organised, and you can add photos to everyone so that you know exactly who's who. To top it all off it syncs across your devices, so you'll never have to worry about transferring between phones again.
Free | Download FullContact
An invaluable tool for would-be renters across the country, SpareRoom is a service for finding flatshares and flatmates without too much hassle. If you're looking for a place to live, but can't afford a place of your own, then SpareRoom is the place to look. Through the app you can search for rooms in your local area, browse the thousands of adverts that have been placed on the SpareRoom website, and contact advertisers directly from the app. Plus, if you have a room spare you can post and manage your adverts from within the app.
Free | Download SpareRoom
This is a great tool for those of you travelling by public transport in London, Manchester, Birmingham, and a number of other cities all across the world. The aim is to make travelling from A to B as painless as possible, doing so with turn-by-turn directions, and real-time information on all the transport that's available where you are — including taxis from Uber and Hailo. On top of that it has notification alerts that let you know what the weather is like, whether you'll be facing any disruptions during your journey, and everything else that might have an impact on how you get around.
Free | Download Citymapper
Unlike apps which just give you a series of rigid filters to play with, Darkroom lets you create you own. So if you find a style you like for your shots, you can quickly add it to multiple ones without playing about with the options again. It delves directly into your photo library, so there's no need to import, and has some nice editing options, like the sliders, which give you a live preview as you go.
Free (with in-app purchases) | Download Darkroom
This isn't really Outlook, it's a rebadged app that Microsoft purchased a few months ago. Acompli, the original name of the app, was already a slick app, so it's no surprise the new Outlook is too. Alongside support for multiple email systems, we've got Gmail and iCloud running at the minute, it narrows down your inbox into 'Filtered' and 'Other'. 'Other' seems to be the home for your large amounts of junk, while 'Filtered' picks out all the important stuff. There's a calendar built in too and you can link different cloud service, Dropbox or Google Drive for instance, so files are easy to find.
Free | Download Outlook
Look inside the Breaking app and there's not much going on. Nothing much at all, apart from an address box to search out your favourite news feeds. The real magic happens once you've added it as a widget in the Notification Centre and it becomes flooded with all the latest news. It's the quickest way to get at the latest updates and, as it's basically an RSS reader, the majority of sites will support it.
£2.99 |Download Breaking
While there's nothing wrong with the official YouTube app from Google, this version is a bit slicker, lets you set your streaming quality even when you're off Wi-Fi and, for us, the performance is a bit more reliable, especially on the iPad. The overall layout is very picture based, so you can scroll through a visual list of videos and there's some sweet animations thrown in for good measure.
£2.29 | Download ProTube
Podcasts have exploded in recent years, notably with the fantastic Serial series. There are plenty of great podcast apps out, but if you're new to the whole thing, it might be worth checking out Acast. The best part here is how it brings up great suggestions for new things to listen too, along with all the latest episodes. There's a web client as well, so you can continue listening when you get home.
Free |Download Acast
Google's reimagining of the email inbox is a great example of taking something we use everyday and making it much more useful. Instead of just giving you a list of emails, Inbox automatically groups similar messages together so you easily know what you've got to deal with. You can save messages for later, snooze them or remove them completely - and there's even an option to send you a reminder on a particular day. The look is full on Material Design and it's slick and fast, but you'll need an invite.
Free |Download Google Inbox


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By adding more power nodes, these new additions to the QES range give greater scope to customers in the construction and rental markets who simply want reliable and user-friendly generators that can be easily transported to the point where they are needed."
The QES range aims to provide general construction and rental users with a practical and trusted power solution for the toughest worksites. The new additions are the QES 60, QES 85, QES 105, QES 120, QES 150 and QES 200.
Operating at a frequency of 50 Hz, the range now has higher power capabilities, from the 1,500kg QES 60, with a 160 or 450 litre fuel tank, to the 2,650kg QES 200, which comes with a 375 or 1,125 litre fuel tank. The former offers fuel efficiency of 14.8 litres per hour, at 100% prime power, while the largest in the range delivers an impressive 45.8 litres per hour when working at full load.


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Hikianalia, Polynesian Voyaging Society's new state-of-the-art voyaging canoe, is expected to reach Mokauea (Sand Island) mid-afternoon, Sunday, November 25. The latest estimated time of arrival is 2 PM to Marine Education Training Center.
Master navigator Bruce Blankenfeld and a crew of 18—including master navigator Chad Kālepa Baybayan, and several veteran as well as new crewmembers—left Friday night, anticipating a voyage with little-to-no wind. This morning she could be seen from Kalaupapa Lookout; at 9 AM this morning, she was seen off Mo'omomi Coastline, Moloka'i.
Hikianalia reached Hawai'i last week and has spent the week in Hilo. She left Auckland, where she was launched in late September, and set sail on October 9. The crew changed in Tahiti and again in Hilo.
Hikianalia will accompany Hōkūle'a during the Polynesian Voyaging Society's 2013-2016 Worldwide Voyage as her sister vessel, providing a second floating classroom, and the main platform for communication and technology. Hōkūle'a and Hikianalia are Hawaiian star names for Arcturus and Spica, which break the horizon together in Hawaiian skies. Neither uses fossil fuels; both rely on the wind in their sails and photovoltaics for their lights, communication and – in Hikianalia's case – engines.
To review Hikianalia's launch and journey from Aotearoa, and to learn more about the upcoming Worldwide Voyage, visit our website http://hokulea.org.
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Thursday's forecast: Huge storm to blast central U.S.
A massive storm will slam the central U.S. with a variety of wild weather Thursday, from tornadoes to heavy snow. The west and East Coasts should see a quiet day.
Central U.S.: Severe storms, including large hail, powerful winds and tornadoes, will thrash the Central Mississippi Valley and Ohio Valley on Thursday. Heavy rain and thunderstorms will also swamp much of the rest of the central Plains, southern Great Lakes and Deep south.
Heavy snow will pelt the upper Midwest and western Great Lakes, with as much as a foot possible in some spots.
East Coast: Though on the cloudy side, most of the East will stay dry and mild on Thursday, though some light showers could dampen the Mid-Atlantic.
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West: Most of the western U.S. will see a dry, clear day, though some showers will soak the Pacific Northwest coast.
Weather history for April 3: In 1974, the "Super Tornado Outbreak" hit the eastern U.S., spawning 148 tornadoes that killed more than 300 people across 13 states. It was the USA's worst tornado outbreak ever in a 24-hour period.
In 1987, a spring snowstorm dumped the latest snow on record in several southern cities, including Mobile, Jackson and Birmingham. In 2010, the temperature soared to a record 84 degrees in Buffalo.


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Santa Clara, CA (PRWEB) May 31, 2013 - Cloud vendor, Giva®, today announced 2010-2012 comparative technical support survey data from The American Lawyer's annual Midlevel Associates Technology Survey. The rankings included are for the quality of technical support the firms provide to their attorneys. The top 100 law firms were surveyed and asked about the quality of technical support that they receive from their firm's IT department.
The survey results are illuminating to any law firm Executive Director or CIO that wants to make sure the technology used by the firm's attorneys is always well supported to maximize productivity and billings. Firms can learn where their IT department is trending; has survey rank increase or decreased from 2010 to 2012? Firms can compare their rankings with other top 100 law firms worldwide.
Giva, Inc. is the sponsor of this reprint from The American Lawyer's annual Midlevel Associates Technology Survey. Giva has a special focus on law firms and a legal industry expert.
"Technology is an important way that top 100 law firms can differentiate themselves in the eyes of their clients," said Ron Avignone, founder of Giva, Inc.
As part of The American Lawyer's annual Midlevel Associates Survey midlevel (third-, fourth-, and fifth-year) associates were asked to rate their firms' technology on a scale of 1 (low) to 5 (high) in four categories: the overall quality of the firm's technology, how well they felt they were trained, their estimation of the firm's technical support, and how successfully they thought the firm deployed technology on behalf of its clients. The overall score is based on the average of the scores for the four questions.
Click to download Excel of 2010-2012 comparative survey data
Click to download PDF of 2012 Survey
Click to download PDF of 2011 Survey
"Technology is an important way that top 100 law firms can differentiate themselves in the eyes of their clients", said Ron Avignone, founder of Giva, Inc. "Technology vendors have brought tremendous and unprecedented hardware and software innovation to the practice of law. However, if a firm does not provide adequate training and outstanding technical support to attorneys, then the investments do not generate a superior return-on-investment. The American Lawyer's annual survey is a great way to measure results on a number of important factors."
"Giva reporting is extremely easy-to-use and does not require a company 'Report Guru'", said Ron Avignone, founder of Giva, Inc. "Metrics, business analytics and key performance indicators allow leaders to better identify emerging problems, issues, trends and patterns so that systemic changes can be made. Giva's robust, fast and painless reporting quickly measures team productivity, responsiveness and customer satisfaction resulting in faster and higher quality decision-making. Giva makes it so very easy to quickly build, run, share and review reports. IT and customer service leaders can also measure differences in performance between individuals and teams with data driven objectivity to know who to reward and who to coach."
Learn more about Giva by taking a tour of Giva eHelpDesk or sign-up for a 30 day trial of Giva.
Founded in 1999, Giva was among the first to provide a suite of help desk and customer service/call center applications architected for the cloud. Now, with hundreds of customer driven releases, the Giva Service Management™ Suite delivers an intuitive, easy-to-use design that can be deployed in just days and requires only one hour of training. Giva's robust, fast and painless reporting/analytics/KPIs quickly measure team productivity, responsiveness and customer satisfaction resulting in faster and higher quality decision-making. Customization and configuration are all point and click with no programming or consultants required to deliver a substantially lower total cost of ownership. Giva is a private company headquartered in Santa Clara, California serving delighted customers worldwide.
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When dealing with peripherals, gamers' living rooms are usually cluttered with various plastic instruments, wii-remote attachments, or other add-ons that seemingly take our gaming experience to the next level. Developer Toys for Bob takes this immersion one step further with Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, where the boundaries between toys and video games are basically nonexistant.
To kick things off, this isn't your typical Spyro game, in fact, you can opt to not play as Spyro during the entire story. Confused? See in this game, Spyro is just one of the many Skylanders (32 to be exact), creatures that act as the protectors of ancient lands called Skylands. If trouble were to ever arise, beings called the Portal Masters would summon these Skylanders to fight for them and keep the peace. This is where you come in. The Portal Masters are no more; the last one was turned into a floating spirit head. Also, all of the Skylanders were turned into miniature, plastic versions of themselves and were transported to Earth (conveniently to nearest retail chains near you). With the included USB powered Portal of Power and Skylanders figures, you're able to restore peace to Skylands once more.
How Skylanders works is simple; set whichever figure you want to play as on the Portal of Power and watch it be transported into the game. It's a fairly neat system that recognizes all of the various Skylanders instantly. It also features drop in/drop out co-op, where a friend can easily join in by placing another Skylander figure on the portal as well. Each character also has his own associated items and gold, so whatever items you pick up playing as Whirlwind the air Dragon, for example, will stay with her, even when you switch her out.
The game plays much like Gauntlet. You choose a character and tear through over a dozen chapters as you level up, gain new abilities, and acquire new gear, except with a more kid friendly undertone. Every Skylander starts off fairly weak, but as you go through the game and level them up, they become quite the force to be reckoned with. Besides just blasting away everything in sight, the game encourages exploration, as there are always a few areas hidden away in each level that contain extremely useful items, such as chests with treasure that can be used to upgrade abilities, stat boosting hats, or each character's signature skill. The key to acquiring some of these are elements.
Each Skylander has an association with one of the eight elements. Each level houses a few elemental doors which can only be accessed by a Skylander of that same element. A quick switch to Spyro will grant you access to any magic doors, while Trigger Happy will unlock tech doors and so on. The system is only flawed by the fact that you're essentially required to go and buy at least one Skylander of each element (excluding the ones that come packaged with the game) to be able to access every single door.
Many of the Skylanders do play differently. Sure the game is made up of two attack buttons with an upgradeable third one, but I appreciated that the characters all not only looked different, but possessed varied abilities. Spyro comes with his signature fireball and charge attack, Gill Grunt blasts his enemies away with a powerful harpoon attack or a steady water jet stream, and Trigger Happy is a nimble little guy with two fast shooting revolvers and a golden safe that he chucks at enemies (these all come with the game).
For a game that's primarily aimed at kids, there is quite a lot of content to be found here. Besides the fairly lengthy Story mode, which can also be replayed again to finish all of the side goals, such as completing a level under a certain time or finding all of the hidden chests, there is also a multiplayer mode which pits you and a friend in arena style combat. Not to mention, leveling up all the various characters will take some time as well.
The best part is that you're not required to purchase any of the additional characters. Sure, you won't unlock every single elemental door, and you are limiting yourself to only three playable characters, but the game is still absolutely beatable, and you have full access to all the achievements, as well. On the flipside, there are some added benefits to owning these little guys. Each time you register one in your game, you get another added bonus to your characters, such as 110% Experience Point gain.
You're getting the same content on each system as far as Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii goes, except you're obviously getting a much better resolution and textures with the two former systems. That said, the game still doesn't look that stellar on either of the hi-def systems, and looks more like it was a port from the Wii, which is a bit disappointing.
Though the game itself isn't very groundbreaking in terms of gameplay, the tech behind it surely is. It's a fun dungeon crawler that's even better when you have a friend along for the journey. The game never forces you to buy any additional characters, and is just as enjoyable with the starting ones. That said, the additional characters are a blast to play as, and shouldn't be dismissed purely on the basis that they must be bought at a retailer.
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MSS necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 87 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
MSC selections & solutions Srl
Over a decade ago,I started working in human resources, because I wanted to help others. My nature, always ready to solve problems, has found in this passion / work its full expression. For me the time I spend working, is time to dedicate to myself. The continuous exchange of emotions and experiences that each person left me, and I leave every day, made me a better man. To this day, with a few more years, I realized that the real key to success is the awareness of our choices. It's natural the human desire to change. Want another job can be an opportunity for personal growth. It 'important, however, get prepared for this event.
Jobseekers: anyone working. Especially people in the age group between 20 and 40 years.
Anyone offering jobs: business owners, managers from different sectors (especially human resources, training, marketing, production) and professionals
MSC selections & Solutions is a company attractive, friendly, reliable, that welcomes guests, offering their expertise, confidence and dynamism.
The logo needs to be simple, attractive, friendly, It should convey dynamism, confidence and professionalism.
It will appear primarly on our website and also on the most important websites for jobseeking. On our office signage, bussiness cards, newsletters, and so on.
The logo will be colored, with soft shapes. We have a slight preference for warm colors, just to avoid the risk of sending a message too detached. We would like to receive a copy of the logo on transparent background, as will be used on backgrounds of different colors (mainly white and blacks).
The logo in its simplicity and its colors will stimulate the viewer smile.
It must be new and not obvious.
Think of the logos of Google, Coca Cola, Skype, CNBC.
Could be used as icon or on billboards.
We do not want:
Signs with money or rich.
Images cartoons, or too silly.
Images too rampant and serious, style wall street.
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REALTOR® University Speaker Series: Housing Price Indexes: Full Video
This video, part of the REALTOR® University Speaker Series, contains Dr. Andy Leventis's full talk about Housing Price Indexes, why they are necessary, the trends that the most popular indexes are seeing and some of the problems associated in tracking price data.
View the highlights video of the lecture.
Dr. Leventis is a Principal Economist for the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
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"the cat in the hat " reviewed by alayna on July 15, 2013
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Book Title:
the cat in the hat
Why did you decide to read this book? Did a friend suggest it? Did it have an interesting cover?:
it had a realy cool cover and my friend said I should read cat in the hat so I did.
What is the story about?/What happened in the story?:
the main character was a cat and it had lots of things on his mind in his mind he was thinking shall mess their house up and the kids were saying moms going to kill us but at the middle of the story the house was a mess the little boy yelled GET OUT NOW so he did and the girl said how are we going to pick up this mess so quick then their mom was home then the cat came back picked up so fast got out and mom said great job for having no parties when I was gone you guys.
Why did you like this story? or Why did you not like this story?:
I liked it caus it was funny.
Other thoughts or feelings about this story? Anything else to add?:
no but I just love you should to read you will see.
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It's all gone quiet on the Pdease front, I was under the impression this was gonna be the next big Ethos seller with articles going in the news papers etc, etc. What has happened?
We Must Become The Change We Seek In The World
~Mahatma Ghandi~
In a word... Supression... exactly like our eye drops for cataracts, the PTB do not want people knowing about our amazing products. Even the main newswire I used to use in the states have banned me! So all we are left with now is word of mouth...
In just the last 6 months we have had 4 companies closed down, 3 PayPal accounts and 5 merchant accounts closed down. To be honest it's a miricle that we are still in business!
But Ethos is my mission and continue with it I will...
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. - P.J. ORourke
Subject: TUT... A Note from the Universe
There isn't a moment in any day, Peter, when someone, somewhere, isn't better off because of something you've done.
And no matter what you do, or don't do, with the rest of your life, you cannot now comprehend the amounts of love, joy, and personal assistance that are already being pressed out to you in gratitude.
Must be nice,
The Universe
Thoughts become things... choose the good ones! ®
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Lott's Furniture in Jacksonville, FL is an authorized dealer of Lane Venture Products. Lane Venture products are not simply well-designed, they are well-built. Their frames are built with great attention to enduring construction and fine detail. Hand-tailored upholstering and finishing are accomplished in Conover, NC , where they warehouse their products for timely service to fine stores nationwide.
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Hydration belts have been around for years, and for the most part they keep getting better. The nice thing about a multiple- bottle belt is that it distributes the weight of the water around your waist, generally making them less noticeable than a single bottle carrier or a waist pack with a bladder.
The iFitness Hydration Belt is one of the most comfortable on the market, with a couple of cool extra features that add to its appeal.
Unlike most hydration belts that clasp in the front, the iFitness belt is meant to be clasped in the back. The belt holds two water bottles (6 or 8 oz. each) that sit at an angle and rest against the upper part of your thighs. Because the bottles are in the front, they're easy to access.
There are two additional elastic straps on either side of the bottle carriers to hold gels.
The belt also has the added feature of two toggles in the front to attach your race number.
Note: If you want to carry more water, hydration add-ons are sold separately that slide onto the belt.
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How high or low you wear a hydration belt is a matter of personal preference. To me the iFitness belt feels most comfortable when it's worn around the hips, with top of the belt resting 1 to 3 inches below your belly button. This is a little lower than I wear most hydration belts, but it's also more comfortable than most because the belt never squeezes your belly.
Although it's meant to be worn with the bottles in front, it is just as comfortable (if not more so) to wear it backwards and have the bottles rest in back a couple of inches behind your hip bones. Because the carriers hold the bottles at an angle, they're still easy to access. The only problem with wearing the belt backwards is that you won't be able to use the toggles to attach your race bib. Most events require your number to be worn in front.
The stretchy belt is incredibly comfortable, and whether your wear it frontward or backward, the water bottles don't get in the way of your arm swing or bang up against your hip bones.
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Engineered for precision without sacrificing power, the PhantomVNM football boot by Nike is the perfect weapon to enhance your game all over the pitch. The Elite model has been constructed with Flyknit which is covered by the All Conditions Control (ACC) overlay for a supportive, breathable fit which also allows you to control the ball with ease. The strike zone ridges on the instep improve power, spin and accuracy so you can always find corner of the net, whilst the soleplate and stud configuration deliver the traction and agility needed for you to reach the top of your game.
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Paul222008 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 141 diseños de 41 diseñadores freelance.
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We are a Financial Planning, Wealth Creation company in Australia ,but we arent an old school, stuck up accountant like company. We are a young vibrant company. We cover all area of Wealth creation and build a strong relationship with clients. We will be moving into Property and Self Managed Super Funds as well.I want to let people know we are fresh and Breezy while being serious and professional, not uptight like people normally in finance. We will make our clients rich and have fun doing it.
I am targeting male and females (I suspect 60%+ Female) so I would like the logo to connect with woman to.
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Actor and former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Chris Kattan was booked on suspicion of DUI after a crash early Monday on a SoCal freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The comedian was involved in a crash on the 101 Freeway with a road crew work truck, authorities said. No major injuries were reported after the 2 a.m. crash on the westbound side of the freeway in the Van Nuys area.
The CHP received a 911 call regarding a driver swerving "all over the roadway" at slow speeds before the crash, according to a CHP crash report.
Video showed Kattan's 2011 Mercedes Benz sedan with significant front-end damage being loaded onto a flatbed after it collided with the work crew's truck, which also was damaged in the crash. Orange cones, sign boards and flashing warning arrows marked the location where the Caltrans crew was working on a guardrail on the right shoulder of the freeway.
Kattan crossed the cone pattern and slammed into the back of the work truck, crash investigators said.
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Kattan failed a field sobriety test, according to the CHP. Los Angeles County inmate records indicate Kattan was released from jail after posting bond Monday morning.
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A message posted Monday afternoon on Kattan's Twitter account read, "I just got back from a 15hr flight after touring out of the country. I was exhausted. The Police were so kind. I'm lucky nobody was hurt."
Several westbound lanes were closed near Balboa Boulevard during the crash cleanup.
Kattan, 43, became a cast member on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" in 1996 and remained a regular on the show until 2003.
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Send someone Happy Easter greetings in a deliciously BIG way. Give an over one pound, tart Granny Smith apple dipped in creamy caramel, sprinkled with yellow, orange, pink and blue milk chocolate candy and laced with white confection drizzle. This delicious apple is dipped individually by hand and made fresh daily. It's yum and then some! Arrives festively tied with curled pink and yellow ribbons and a Happy Easter tag.
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Michael Phelps put an exclamation point on one of the greatest Olympic careers of all time, winning his 18th gold medal on Saturday when he led the U.S. 4x100-meter medley relay team to victory during the last swim of his Olympic career.
Phelps' teammate Matthew Grevers swam the backstroke leg to start things off, establishing a lead that Brendan Hansen couldn't maintain on his breaststroke leg. Phelps took over, and chased down Takeshi Matsuda of Japan to regain the lead for Nathan Adrian, who finished a win as convincing as it was historic.
The four Olympic champions held hands as they ascended the podium, raising their fists in triumph. Giant grins stretched across their faces as their latest gold medals were draped around their necks. As the final strains of America's national anthem died out, Phelps and company received one last standing ovation.
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Phelps then walked past the stands where his mother was seated and tossed to her this final Olympic bouquet, but she dropped it on the first try. After the medal ceremony, Phelps was honored with an individual ceremony and a silver trophy in recognition of his record-breaking career.
"I have somehow managed to do every single thing," Phelps said, according to the Associated Press. "If you can say that about your career, there's no need to move forward. Time for other things."
The win for the men's team came just minutes after Americans Missy Franklin, Rebecca Soni, Diana Vollmer's and Allison Schmitt brought home gold in the same event, with a world-record time of 3:52.05. (It also came on the busiest day of the Olympics, packed with important track events, tennis and beach volleyball.)
Now the most decorated Olympian of all time, Phelps has racked up 22 medals, 18 of them gold. He also holds two three-peat records following his showdown with rival/teammate Ryan Lochte in the 200m individual medley on Thursday, and his win in the 100m butterfly final Friday.
It's been an astonishing run at the London Games, not just for Phelps but also for Team USA swimmers, who won 30 medals at the London 2012 Games.
For Phelps the day was surely bittersweet.
This was supposed to be the year Phelps passed the torch Ryan Lochte, who came to London expecting to be anointed the new face of Team USA. But Phelps had second thoughts.
When Lochte won the men's 400m individual medley, with Phelps a distant fourth, it was first time since 2000 that Phelps failed to earn a medal in an event, and everything appeared to be going by the script. Instead, however, that failure was his only slip the rest of the week.
The next day saw Phelps open a huge lead in the second leg of the men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay, one that Lochte surrendered to France, as the Americans had to settle for silver.
Phelps again took silver, this time in the men's 200m butterfly, which put himself in a tie with Russian gymnast Larisa Latynina as the most decorated Olympian, with 18 medals, before promptly winning gold in the men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay to pass her.
He then edged out Lochte in the men's 200m individual medley for his 20th medal. And then, on Friday, in the 200-meter butterfly, Phelps took gold in his third consecutive race, bringing his career medal count to 21.
To put Phelps' success into perspective, consider that this has been only his third best Summer Olympics.
Born June 30, 1985, in the suburbs of Baltimore, Phelps followed in the footsteps of his sisters, which led straight to the pool. When he was 9, he was diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but still managed to establish himself as an elite swimmer by the time he was 10.
In 2000, at the age of 15, he became the youngest male in 168 years to make the U.S. Olympic swim team. It would be the only Olympiad at which he would fail to medal.
But it was in Athens, at the 2004 Olympic Games that Phelps made his mark on the national consciousness, winning six gold medals and and two bronze. It was a remarkable run that set impossibly high expectations for his generation's greatest swimmer.
Phelps went to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing with the world hoping to see him beat the 36-year-old record of Mark Spitz, another American swimmer, who won seven gold medals at a single games. Phelps would not disappoint, winning eight gold medals and establishing as an American sports idol.
Unfortunately, the only thing we love more than idolizing people, is watching idols fall, and so it was that in February the following year a photo emerged of Phelps doing a bong hit, behavior he would term, "inappropriate." The ensuing outrage and moralizing stained his image and cost him endorsement deals.
But that was four years ago, and America, as General Patton once observed, loves a winner. Say what you will about Michael Phelps, the man is a winner, as he proved for the eighteenth time today


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By Chuck Gill, Penn State
UNIVERSITY PARK – Proposed changes to federal agricultural conservation programs being considered as part of the ongoing Farm Bill debate will be the focus of a Web-based seminar at 12 p.m. Wednesday.
The webinar is sponsored by the National Agricultural and Rural Development Policy Center, a new, federally funded virtual center based in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. Presented by Adam Reimer, a postdoctoral research fellow with the center, the webinar will explore potential impacts of these changes on farmer participation in conservation programs.
The Farm Bill is a large piece of federal legislation, typically passed every five years, that includes funding for many farm and rural programs, including payments to farmers, conservation programs, rural development programs and nutrition assistance. The previous Farm Bill, passed in 2008, expired Sept. 30. The Senate passed a new bill in June, and the House Agriculture Committee passed a bill in July that has not yet reached the full House for debate.
Through agricultural conservation programs, the U.S. Department of Agriculture works with farmers to protect air and water quality, provide habitat for wildlife, conserve water and control invasive species. These programs, including the Conservation Reserve Program and the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, provide payments and technical assistance to farmers across the country in exchange for adoption of conservation practices on their farmland.
"Because they are incentive-based and voluntary, conservation programs rely on participation by farmers to achieve environmental goals," Reimer said.
"Changes to programs in the Senate and House bills potentially could change farmer participation patterns," he explained. "Proposed changes include reductions in funding for most programs, streamlining of programs and modifications to the application process."
This webinar is appropriate for anyone interested in how changes to Farm Bill conservation programs might affect farmer willingness to participate, Reimer noted. There is no charge to participate. The webinar can be viewed at http://connect.msu.edu/nardep.