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Kylie, the Entrepreneur
A Shopify exclusive
The reigning Queen of Snapchat. Reality TV darling. Makeup mogul. She's more than just a famous face—the youngest of the Kardashian clan, Kylie Jenner, has hustled beyond her 19 years, monetizing her name and exploding it into a massive cosmetics brand. In December, she brought that brand to life. Kylie Cosmetics entered the IRL space for the first time ever, driving lip envy to a fever pitch.
It's Fashion Week, when all eyes are on New York, and the world's most influential designers shell out upwards of a million dollars each to unveil their latest collections. Models parade down runways at almost 300 shows across the city, offering a sneak peek to style editors and celebrities alike. New York's hotels swell to capacity, and sidewalks are ripe with street style.
These are the big leagues. This is a week dominated by fashion royalty. Yet, audible halfway across Manhattan is the collective scream of over 10,000, here for a brand just two years old. Here for one woman, a relative newcomer on the beauty block. Here, in line in the rain, for lipstick.
That brand is Kylie Cosmetics, and at its helm is 19-year-old Kylie Jenner.
In New York, Kylie frenzy shut down a Soho city block. Through her massive celeb status, it's hard to remember that she's only a teenager—and her journey has as many insecurities as any other coming-of-age story.
Kylie is the youngest of a family that stumbled into fame, harnessed it, then, led by matriarch Kris Jenner, turned it to gold. Keeping Up with the Kardashians attracted 1.3 million viewers in its first season, and the family segued seamlessly from reality-famous to famous-famous by cashing in on their influencer power at just the right moment.
In the last few years, Instagram and YouTube (then later, Snapchat) changed the game: "The Influencer" was now king. Makeup artists, gamers, and relative unknowns began to creep into household-name status. They started quitting their day jobs, earning a living for doing shoutouts for lipsticks, protein powder, and Pokémon.
At the top of the influencer spectrum, the King of Kings, is Kylie Jenner.
Every time she launches a new lip color, or shares a candid life moment on Snapchat, the internet explodes. She is envied and emulated by millions. Kylie is now Snapchat's most followed user and the definition of "personal brand".
It wasn't always this way. When she was younger, she recalls being teased. Like any other girl stumbling into puberty, she didn't like parts of her body, especially her lips, and found that makeup helped her feel more confident. At 15, she became "obsessed" with lipstick.
Little did she know, her childhood insecurity would inspire a decision that would change her life.
Kylie made a move that would
establish her as a true entrepreneur.
Two years ago, Kylie made a move that would raise her above the celebrity who, "Oh, by the way, sells stuff," and establish her as a true entrepreneur. Naturally, she turned to cosmetics.
In 2014, she partnered with Seed Beauty to bring her vision—a namesake lip color line—to life. As a celebrity brand, Kylie Cosmetics is no white-label product with a name slapped on the packaging. Kylie is intensely involved in the business, elbow-deep in product development and discussions on the growth of the company.
I kept calling my mom being like, 'Mom, I'm so scared. Do you think it's going to sell?' Because I put all my money upfront. You know, it's all my money—I put everything into this.Kylie
When she launched her online-only store with Shopify, she nervously wondered if she'd ordered too much product. Regardless of her star-power, Kylie is not immune to the hardships of running a business. Her old self-consciousness crept in.
Her debut flash sale pushed hard against Shopify's limits and crushed traffic records. Kylie Cosmetics sold out of product on its first day.
We launched at like 3 o'clock and I refreshed the page and it was gone. It was under a minute. It had to be like 20 seconds and it all sold out. I was just in shock. I never imagined it would become as big as it has.Kylie
Since then, Kylie Cosmetics has sold out collection after collection to hungry fans, and yet Kylie remains humble. She's incredulous still, amazed at the success of the business. Her natural excitement for her brand is often the subject of many of her late-night Snaps.
Like any business, Kylie's own suffered growing pains. When products sold out, or her website was bogged down with traffic, or a defective product was shipped, she turned to Twitter to personally address her customers.
Entrepreneurship at any scale—from a side-hustle maker to a massive star—has its low points. Businesses of all sizes fail every day. Even Kylie deals with the daily struggle. With her name at stake, she sticks close to the front lines.
opportunity in pop-ups to test her product in a retail setting.In December, Kylie's business leveled up. Though her online sales were growing faster than any celebrity brand before her, she wanted another way to connect with customers, and give back to her fans. She understood the power of facetime with her loyal customers, and saw an
I wanted to give my fans and makeup lovers an experience. I wanted to do something that people can actually go to and physically experience and touch.Kylie
Kylie's team reached out, and the idea spun into motion: Shopify would help Kylie take her online-only brand and bring it to life.
Re-imagining an online brand as a living, breathing thing involved more than just building fixtures. What does the brand feel like? How does it sound and smell? Kylie's vision and a small team built the experience in under 30 days, and the result was minimalist, sexy, and 100% Kylie. The embodiment of Kylie Cosmetics—ultimately the embodiment of Kylie, the person—featured a replica Kylie bedroom, selfie station, lip kit wall, and exclusive holiday products.
Kylie partnered with Topanga Westfield Mall because of her personal connection with the venue—LA was home, and she and her family had shopped there for years. It was a natural fit for her brand's in-person unveiling, and right inside her comfort zone.
With the hoarding still intact, scads of teens called in sick and skipped school to be the first to experience their favorite cosmetics brand in the flesh. Westfield's usually sedentary corridors bulged, and Kylie fever became an epidemic.
At the end of her 14-day LA pop-up, 25,000 people in pursuit of the perfect pout would have shopped the brand's IRL debut.
It feels really good to give my fans something, and make them feel like proud and excited. It's really for them it's not really for me.Kylie
The pop-up model proved itself an effective channel for the Kylie brand, and the success of the LA debut inspired Kylie to take the experience to other markets. Two months later, in New York, she boldly opened shop during Fashion Week, shutting down a whole street.
From an insecure teenager to Snapchat's most famous pout to a kingpin in the cosmetics industry, Kylie Jenner broke the celebrity-for-celebrity's-sake stereotype, slashing her way into the cosmetics industry and painting it Boujee Lip Kit red. She broke the entrepreneur mold, and paved the way for the future #girlboss generation.
Kylie, the entrepreneur, had a vision, and by the end of February, 35,000 people came, saw, touched, and stuffed their bags with a little piece of the Kylie experience.
In the line-up hours before the LA pop-up opened its doors for the first time, tittering teenagers gushed about their idol: they wanted to be like Kylie, but not just to emulate her look and steal her cool—they saw her as a badass business woman, as a benchmark for their own aspirations.
What Kylie's story proved is that entrepreneurship takes on many forms. That bombshell and business savvy aren't mutually exclusive. And, that the future of entrepreneurship is what you make it.
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Fireworks Are Heavenly
>> Friday, September 13, 2013
I have always enjoyed fireworks shows... I was in awe when I saw my first spectacular and long fireworks show at the Showa Kinen park in Tachikawa, Tokyo in Japan. It was the summer of 2007. Then came the string of fireworks festivals in the succeeding years.
Each firework show is unique and beautiful in its own way and each never ceases to bring home that feeling of awe and wonder at the beauty that pyrotechniques can offer.
When we moved to Germany, I thought I would be missing out on the fireworks show but I guess I am way too favored when we found there is an annual three-day fireworks show called "Flammende Sterne" happening every summer at Scharnhauser Park in Ostfildern. Year after year, we go to the park to witness it, except for this year since we went on a summer holiday.
Since I wasn't able to watch this spectacle, I felt my summer went by incomplete. But then I saw this video shared on Facebook about a fireworks show competition held in Berlin and was again awed. I felt like I was there watching the fireworks myself. And on top of that, it was designed by Filipino contingents. I am just so happy to see it so I am sharing it here. I hope you like it.
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2015 Kyujanggak Special Exhibition
Kyujanggak, Embracing the Knowledge of the World
□ Duration: Oct. 16 (Fri.), 2015 ~ Jan. 16 (Sat.), 2016
□ Venue: Exhibition Room (B1), Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies (Bldg. 103), SNU
□ Opening Ceremony: Oct. 16 (Fri.) 3:00 pm
Books contain years of accumulated human wisdom and play a vital role in allowing readers to become aware of the world around them. During the Joseon Dynasty, great efforts were made to assimilate and absorb new knowledge and culture from the outside world. This fact is made evident by the diversity of Chinese books held at Kyujanggak.
While keeping the time-honored traditions of the Joseon Dynasty, King Jeongjo established Kyujanggak as a repository of numerous books, But he also wanted Kyujanggak to become a place where wisdom and knowledge could be created in abundance. Future generations also kept King Jeongjo's spirit and continued to gather and study books that contained new knowledge. In this way, Jibokjae集玉齋, which was established under the reign of King Gojong, also collected books rich in modern scholarship and culture.
This special exhibition,"Kyujanggak: Embracing the Knowledge of the World," has been conceived as a reconstruction of the efforts of Joseon people to use books as windows to the world and opportunities for groth. King Jeongjo thus always emphasized that nothing compares to books when it comes to breaking away from antiquated knowledge and fostering new ways of thinking. Despite the difficulty of accepting new ideas and ways of thinking, the people of the Joseon Dynasty made great efforts and succeeded in connecting with the outside world. This spirit of wisdom continues even to this day.


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At The Plate – The Cubs couldn't scratch out a run in this one as they could only manage four hits in a 1-0 loss. Logan Watkins did nearly all the work today for Iowa as he was 3-for-3 with a walk, Ryan Sweeney was the only other Iowa player with a hit. The Cubs were 1-for-4 with runners in scoring position but that one hit did not result in a run.
On The Mound – Chris Rusin was outstanding in this one, but saw his record fall to 1-3 with the loss. Rusin went seven innings giving up one run on six hits while striking out five. Hisanori Takahashi, and Zach Putnam each tossed a scoreless inning out of the bullpen to keep things close.
At The Plate – Yeah, only five innings as this one was shortened by rain. In those five innings the Smokies did nothing, well almost nothing, they did get singles, yep that's it. The Smokies didn't even have a chance to hit with anyone in scoring position in this one. Rubi Silva and Rafael Lopez were each 1-for-2 in the loss.
On The Mound – Much more important things taking place on the mound in this one as Matt Garza made his first rehab start. That's the other part of minor league baseball, sometimes it's not for development, it's for getting healthy, and Garza took his first step towards that today. Garza went 2.2 innings giving up one run on one hit while walking two, but more importantly made it out of today seemingly healthy, so that's good news. Kevin Rhoderick tossed 1.1 scoreless innings while walking two and striking out one. Matt Loosen couldn't keep things close "late" as he worked two-thirds of an inning giving up two runs on two hits while walking one.
At The Plate – Really solid game all around from the D-Cubs in this one as they found just enough offense to knock off the Cardinals. Jorge Soler was 1-for-3 with a double, and a stolen base, nice to see Soler starting to get a few hits here and there after slumping, his average is back up to .275 on the season. Ben Carhart is on fire of late, that continued tonight as he went 2-for-3 with two doubles, two RBI's, and a run scored, he's now hitting .312 on the season. Anthony Giansanti was 2-for-3 with an RBI in the win.
On The Mound – Ben Wells was outstanding today, and really has been good all year. Wells went seven innings giving up one run on three hits while walking one and striking out three. Eduardo Figueroa took it from there as he worked two scoreless innings giving up two hits while walking one and striking out three to earn his first save of the season.
At The Plate – Looked like the Cougars were going to cruise to a victory, but as we have learned so far this season, nothing is easy for the Cougars and they needed ten innings to get the win. Pin-Chieh Chen was 2-for-5 with a double, a stolen base, and two runs scored. Gioskar Amaya was 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, and a run scored. Daniel Vogelbach played the hero tonight as he was 1-for-5 with two RBI's, that one was a huge one, a walk-off single in the tenth inning.
On The Mound – Pierce Johnson has been disgusting (in a good way) as of late, and tonight was no different. Johnson went 6.2 innings giving up one run on four hits while walking one and striking out four. Eddie Orozco did a solid job out of the pen tossing a scoreless inning while giving up one hit while walking two and striking out two. Jeffry Antigua had a rough go of it as he blew the save, but also got the win, he went 2.1 innings giving up three runs on five hits while striking out four.
Thanks for reading,
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N : NASTYBOY KLICK : Tha Second Coming
Tha Second Coming
Текст песни Lost in Love
Lost in Love
Lost in love
How ya doin' sweetheart?
Heya, you know these last few months we've been together
Happened so right and I'm just so happy for what we shared
I've been wonderin'...how do you feel?
I wanna get lost in love with you
And do all the things you want me to
Caress your body touch your soul
Cuz boy I love you so
The love we shared something so especial
Estar contigo is all I wanna do every night
Ever since el primer dia, the first day
I knew it'd last forever if I had it my way
So the days go on, no hago otra cosa
But dream about the moment, our hearts will come closer
Holdin' tu mano in your face tan bonita
Never met another young lady senorita
And that is why I gotta say that you're the best
A millon and one ways just to express
Mi amor I know that we will be together
So, sing to me, baby, and sing forever
I wanna be with you always
Together forever 'til our ending days
Hold me baby don't let go
Makin' love like never before
Makin' love in the night time, walks and romance
I'm telling you, hermosa, my heart is in a trance
They say that true love is so hard to find
I thank the man up above for makin' you mine
Talkin' on the telephone, sendin' you kisses
A dozen of roses just to say that I am missin'
The warmth of your body right next to mine
Ere es tu la mejor like a toast of fine wine
Out to the movies, maybe sharing some ice cream
Si estoy dormido, don't wake me from my dream
Todo lo que quiero, all I need is your affection
My life was fine but you brought profection
Now we sit here just holdin' hands
Whispers in my ear tell me that I'll be your man
Today, manana in a paradise for two
I feel the same way 'cuz I'm so in love with you
I love the way you make me feel
My love for you is all so real
Embrace my body, touch me softly
Love me 'til the morning
You know that love we shared is just something so special
I just don't know what to say, girl
Would you sing to me one more time?
Do it like this, c'mon
I wanna get lost in love with you
And do all the things you want me to
Caress your body, touch your soul
Cuz boy I love you so
I wanna be with you always
Together forever 'til our ending days
Hold me baby, don't let go
Makin' love like never before
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Portfolio fractured light - Seaside village
Colours for just their inherent beauty. They don't necessarily have to be in any particular form or arranged into a recognizable image. Shine sunlight through multiple hues and it is breathtaking and blissful.
The texture of the "Fractured light" suncatchers make them glow and sparkle when bathed in light.
They come wired and ready to hang.
I suggest that you wash all Glass by Charis by hand.
Putting it in the microwave is not recommended.
Size: 12"x12"
How it was created: The V-shaped glass hanging loops are made and fused separately first. All the coloured glass pieces have been cut by hand using tile nippers. The fractured glass pieces are created by laying a piece of clear glass on the kiln shelf and topping it with varied colours of the transparent glass pieces. The glass hanging loops are positioned at the top, under the clear sheet and everything is fused together into one magnificent piece.
My process often adds bubbles in the glass and no piece is perfectly round or square, adding to its appeal.
Fusing glass, often in several layers, results in items that may seem surprisingly heavy when first unpacked.


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Miniot Pouch is a wooden iPhone 4/4S sleeve
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I expected to like the $75 Miniot Pouch, a wooden case for the iPhone 4 and 4S. I liked the Miniot cover ( ), and I love the much-improved MK2 cover( ). But the Pouch, while technically well-made, doesn't mesh with how I use my iPhone.
Carved from a single block of wood, the Pouch doesn't look like any other iPhone case I've seen. The left side is fully open (so that you can slide your iPhone into the case); on the right side is a rounded cutout that happens to fit my thumb almost exactly. The rest of the case is solid wood, with a soft black lining on the inside.
You're meant to slide your iPhone into the Pouch with the volume buttons facing out. When you push the phone in, you'll eventually feel a click to let you know it's locked into place inside the case. And it's secure in there: Despite vigorous shaking, I couldn't get my iPhone to slip free from the cozy confines of the case.
It took me a couple days to reliably remember the right orientation for the phone and the Pouch. I'm right-handed and typically hold my iPhone in my right hand, so I had to get accustomed to pushing the phone free from the case with my right hand, and then swapping the empty case in my right hand for the iPhone in my left.
Because of the case's design, of course, you can't access certain key elements of the iPhone when it's in the Pouch—most specifically, the screen, Home button, or Sleep/Wake switch. Whether that works for you depends, well, on you.
I get a lot of push notifications, and I'm accustomed to glancing down at my iPhone's screen when those come in. With my iPhone in the Pouch, that meant an awful lot of my popping my phone out of the case and sliding it back in again. Making that even less convenient is the fact that the iPhone's ambient light sensor dims the screen pretty dramatically inside the dark Pouch; you have to slide the iPhone about halfway out to get the screen back to a reasonable brightness.
Fellow frequent phone-checkers like me, then, may not be well served by the Pouch. A sleeve-style case doesn't make much sense for us.
I have a couple real-world usage issues with the Pouch, beyond the use-case one: The soft lining inside the Pouch began to separate a smidgen from the wood after a few days of use, as you can see in the photograph. It didn't impact my ability to slide my iPhone in and out, but it is cause for at least slight concern. I'm also not sure I love the liner's effect on my screen. It doesn't leave my screen dirtier than it started, but it seems to smudge and stretch any fingerprint residue in a way that, ironically, leaves it more noticeable.
If you're in the market for a hard sleeve-style case, the Miniot Pouch may suit you. I'm a little concerned about the inner liner, and I'm not certain how durable the wood would be in an impact—or how much protection it would afford the phone it encases.
But if you, like me, need frequent access to your iPhone and its screen, the Pouch just doesn't make sense.
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Proposed Beatles TV Series Hits Snag
Only a week after it was reported to have been in development, the proposed NBC television series about the Beatles has already been dealt a potentially crushing blow. As it turns out, the publisher of nearly all of their songs wants to do something similar.
As Marty Bandier, who, as chairman of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, controls the rights to all-but six songs that were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, told Billboard, "About six months ago, we were working with Sony Pictures TV on a show centered around the journey of the Beatles, and at one point we were talking about working with Baz Luhrmann."
The question of merging the two projects does not appear to be a potential solution. Bandier specified that he is looking for a premium cable channel, such as HBO or Showtime, rather than a broadcast network for the series.
If a deal with Sony/ATV could not be reached, NBC would be restricted to the six Lennon-McCartney songs not owned by Sony/ATV, George Harrison's compositions and the covers they recorded -- provided they could secure the rights with their respective publishers. NBC would also have to secure the likeness rights from McCartney, Ringo Starr and the Lennon and Harrison estates.
ATV Music Publishing bought the rights to Northern Songs, the publishers of Lennon-McCartney's catalog in 1968. The company was famously bought by Michael Jackson in 1985, who merged it with Sony for $90 million ten years later.


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"It makes the water come to my mouth when I think of the State of Cuba as one in our family."
— 1895 An American politician & financier
So, as we are wont to do, we occupied a nation & called it "freedom."
We hijacked Cuba's postal service and customs, in order to control what came and went, and make sure anything valuable found its way into our own government coffers.
And in 1903, we allowed Cubans to draft a Constitution.
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Even if you've never exercised before, you can find ways to add physical activity to your day. Even if your activities aren't strenuous, you'll still get health benefits. Once physical activity is a part of your routine, you'll wonder how you managed without it.
What Kinds of Physical Activity are Best?
A complete physical activity routine includes four kinds of activities:
Continuous activity—walking, using the stairs, moving around—throughout the day
Aerobic exercise, such as brisk walking, swimming, or dancing
Strength training, like lifting light weights
Flexibility exercises, such as stretching
Being Active Throughout the Day
Reducing the amount of time spent sitting or being still is important for everyone. Set your alarm to get up and stretch or walk around the house or office at least every 30 minutes throughout the day.
Aerobic Exercise
Aerobic exercise makes your heart and bones strong, relieves stress and improves blood circulation. It also lowers your risk for type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke by keeping your blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterollevels on target. Aim for about 30 minutes a day, at least five days a week. If you haven't been very active recently, start out with 5 or 10 minutes a day. Then work up to more time each week. Or split up your activity for the day—try a brisk 10-minute walk three times each day.
Here are some ways to get aerobic exercise:
Take a brisk walk every day
Go dancing or take a dance aerobics class
Swim or do water aerobics
Take a bicycle ride outdoors or use a stationary bicycle indoors
Strength Training
Strength training helps build strong bones and muscles and makes everyday chores like carrying groceries easier. With more muscle, you burn more calories, even at rest.
Do your strength routine several times a week. Here are some ways to do strength training:
Lift light weights at home
Join a class that uses weights, elastic bands and/or plastic tubes
When you travel, make time to use the hotel fitness center. Or bring lightweight, easy-to-pack resistance bands with you
Flexibility Exercises
Flexibility exercises, also called stretching, help keep your joints limber and lower your chances of getting hurt. Gentle stretching for 5 to 10 minutes helps your body warm up and get ready for activities and cool down afterwards.
How to Get Started
Choose one or two things you'd like to try to get started. Then set a realistic, achievable plan to make it happen. Learn more about setting realistic, achievable goals below.
Keep a Record of Your Progress
Keep track of your activity. You might find that writing everything down helps keep you on target. Think about what works best for you. You might try a notebook, calendar, spreadsheet, cell phone or online activity tracker to log and record your progress.
How a Support System can Help
It may be helpful to meet on a regular basis with others who are also trying to be active. Think about joining a group for exercise or general support, or find a walking buddy. Then work together to reach your goals.
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The occupation of marketing manager (with the related advertising or public relations management occupations) is one of the fastest growing, projected to grow nearly 47 percent in the next 15 years. Marketing is the set of activities that aims to satisfy the customer while making a profit. Marketing is concerned with determining needs and meeting demand by making goods and services known, available and affordable. Many entry-level personnel are required to work in sales before internal promotion into marketing management positions.
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Skills in marketing management include marketing research, advertising, publicity, sales promotion, sales management, wholesaling, manufacturing and retailing.
Where are they employed?
Marketing managers may work in nearly every type of business and organization. A narrow view of marketing management as product-oriented is expanding to include areas like nonprofit organization marketing leading to a diverse job opportunity picture.
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The 2012 stellar lineup including Grammy award winners Mingo Saldivar, Los Texmaniacs withMax Baca and David Farias, and Flaco Jimenez. Other performers on the CD include Dora & Her Zydeco Entourage, the Ennis Czech Boys, the 2012 Big Squeeze contest finalists – Peter Anzaldua, Omar Garza, Luis Gonzalez, Michael Ramos - and the reigning 2011 contest champion, Nachito Morales with Los Morales Boyz. The CD will include special bonus tracks of the grand finale jam between Flaco, Mingo, the Texmaniacs, and the newly crowned 2012 Big Squeeze champion Peter Anzaldua.


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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) A federal judge in Oregon has ruled that the National Marine Fisheries Service did not err when it reauthorized a program targeting sea lions for death in the Pacific Northwest.
Judge Michael Simon said in a ruling issued Friday that the program intended to preserve endangered salmon by killing sea lions is within the bounds of the fisheries service.
"This case is about how Congress, NMFS, and the States have tried to balance the protection of sea lions with the protection of threatened and endangered salmon and steelhead," Simon wrote.
The program was reauthorized last year, through June 2016.
The Humane Society of the United States sued, saying the program targeting sea lions is arbitrary. They say the animals consume, at most, 4 percent of the salmon coming through the Bonneville Dam. Commercial and sport fishers, by contrast, take nearly 17 percent, The Oregonian reported (http://bit.ly/Wwq2IY ).
Simon said fishery managers can scale back fishing when runs are low but can't do the same for sea lions.
The states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho backed the plan, part of an effort to keep alive five runs of salmon and steelhead listed under the Endangered Species Act that pass Bonneville, the first dam they encounter on the Columbia River.
Under the re-authorization, the states are allowed to kill up to 92 of the animals a year, either by lethal injection or shooting them. They have to be identified as eating salmon and not deterred by hazing efforts.
Barring a successful appeal, the decision means the lethal-take program will resume when the seal lions return to Bonneville this spring. NMFS plans to assess the program again after 2016.


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Today, more luxury built homes, or older homes undergoing remodelling, are having countertops installed in kitchens and the bathrooms called "QUARTZ".
Forty, or more years ago, plastic laminates often trademarked with the names like "Formica" or "Arborite" were the go-to material of designers and builders. They came in a myriad of colors and textures, were flexible and lightweight, and transported and installed easily without the need of a team of laborers to haul them into the work site.
In the 1980's marble made inroads as a lighter brighter, more natural stone for bathrooms, but because of its composition being mostly calcium carbonate, it was soft and porous, absorbed red wine spills, and reacted with acids like vinegar and lemon juice, dulling its original polish, and thus did not fare well in the kitchen.
The next big thing was quarried "granite" a rock composed of 3 minerals, quartz, feldspar and mica - all hard minerals in their own right and came in all combinations of texture and color. Feldspar is the mineral that provides the reddish hue to granite. Quartz is white or clear and mica, black or dark brown. Granite is harder than marble, and though slightly porous, is more durable. Other rocks also made good countertops, including black basalt, but the home decor industry for the most part, has lumped them all as "granite".
The selling point of "granite" is its durability, natural origin, variety of colors and textures, and its adaptability to fit well in homes of any age, giving a look of stability and longevity.
The "New" material on the block is called QUARTZ - but this is a misnomer. Quartz is a crystalline mineral and is part of the minerals that are found in great quantities in the earth's crust.
This is crystalline quartz.
QUARTZ countertops differ from granite and marble countertops in one significant way: QUARTZ is an engineered product while the other two are solid natural stone. The composition of QUARTZ countertops is about 93 percent quartz, a natural material found in abundance in the earth's crust, and 7 percent synthetic polymer and color. Unlike granite, it is not heat resistant and can discolor if hot surfaces are placed directly onto it.
The one factor that QUARTZ has over natural stone is that it is totally non porous and slightly harder than granite, more durable than limestone and laminate.
If you want visually appealing textures and colors, go natural and choose granite or its cousins, but if you want a hard, durable non porous product that will hold its luster, QUARTZ is the way to go.
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WISN 12 News investigates why condemned parking garage still stands
A crumbling, condemned parking garage still sits in downtown Milwaukee.
It's a story WISN 12 News first investigated in February, but when WISN 12 News reporter Hillary Mintz checked back on it, she learned deadlines have been missed all while tax dollars are on the line.
It's been closed for more than two years, but the parking garage at Sixth and Wells streets still stands.
"Just the other day, we had a complaint that there were people living inside of it. We had doors unlocked. We had a broken window. We've had several failures in the integrity of the fencing, where people clearly have been climbing over it," Milwaukee Assistant City Attorney Nick DeSiato said.
DeSiato said the court ordered Texas-based owner TTOW Properties to secure the property, post a $1 million bond to cover costs, then tear it down.
So far, the city said TTOW Properties isn't cooperating, and demolition is set for Aug. 1.
"At this point, we're a few weeks away, and they still haven't picked up the permit itself," DeSiato said.
TTOW's Milwaukee attorney, Frank Gimbel, said they have a contractor who can do the job for half the cost.
"However, there are financial restraints on my client's capacity to do in a method and manner as so far directed by the city," Gimbel said.
Not only is the owner contesting the demolition costs, but they're also fighting the landscaping requirements that are expected once this comes down.
"At the end of the day, my client is not gaining anything by not having this building come down soon, so the notion that my client is stalling is just bologna," Gimbel said.
"It's not a negotiation. It's not something we're going to say, 'Let's meet somewhere in the middle.' It's here the law comply with it," DeSiato said.
Both sides said they hope progress will be made soon, so the site can be safe again.
TTOW Properties has been ordered to pay $2,000 a day until it gets a permit.
The owner also hasn't decided what will replace the parking garage, but it has no plans to sell the land.


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Philadelphia Phillies Shirt Giveaway
This week's giveaway is a Philadelphia Phillies T-Shirt. It is the fourth in a series of weekly giveaways leading up to opening day. I've been posting everyday (30 consecutive so far) leading up to opening day, and giving stuff away to thank my readers.
To date,
I've given away a Matt Wieters shirt to Joey Orr,
a Brandon Phillips shirt to Matt Jackson,
and a Dustin Pedroia shirt to Stephen D.
The shirt(s) I'm giving away this week are…
A Ryan Howard Nike shirt.
This shirt not only is very colorful, but also is the perfect shirt to wear when sitting near the Phillies dugout. Ryan Howard will probably end up with the third out ball in about half of the innings. Simply stand up in this shirt and raise your glove. He'll see the shirt and have to hook you up.
I'm also giving away this Philadelphia Phillies shirt:
It features the 'classic print' design, which is one of my favorite Majestic shirts designs.
Or, how about a Roy Halladay shirt?
That's right, it says Doc-tober, and I think you can figure out why.
How about a clever Hunter Pence shirt?
Get it? Pence-ylvania… Pennsylvania.
The winner of this weeks entry gets their choice of any of those four shirts. I can get you pretty much any size you want, as the local sports store has many different sizes in stock.
I post blog entries every day. All you have to do is leave a comment or retweet my blog link on twitter.
So, again, to enter:
1) Leave a comment.
You can enter up to seven times per week simply by leaving a comment. Non-pertinent, spam, or inappropriate comments will not be accepted. If you comment multiple times on the same blog entry, it still counts as one entry. For example, if you commented on three different blog posts from this week, you'd have three entries. If you'd comment three times on the same blog posting, it would could as one.
2) Retweet (RT) my posts on Twitter
You can find me on twitter under 333greystreet. Simply retweet my daily posts of my blog link and I'll count that as an entry. My blog is connected to my twitter so that I automatically tweet once I post a new entry. Each day, I'll search who's retweeted me and enter those users into a hat along with the commenters. By the way, you do not need to retweet my every tweet, only the tweets that announce a new blog post and url. For example, if I tweeted, 'Rerun of the Pirates Opening Day 2011 on tonight,' if you retweeted it, it wouldn't count as an entry.
At the end of the week on Sunday, I'll have Olivia, Amy or I will choose a name from a hat and announce the winner.
Also, I've decided to giveaway more shirts this week based on the performance of my blog. For each day that my blog gets over 1,000 views, I'll choose another Phillies shirt winner at the end of this week. So, I could possibly be giving away seven Phillies shirts this week.
Why spend $25 in a store or $15 on ebay when you can get them for free here?
Since my blog began in 2008, I've had four days that I've had over 1,000 views, with my busiest day coming back in April 2011 when I had 11,441 views.
That's because of THIS VIDEO that I shot.
So far this month, I've had a few days where I've been between 600-700 views, but haven't been able to break that elusive 1,000 barrier in a day yet this year.
Maybe all of the Phillies fans out there will change that. Maybe a Phillies player will tweet this giveaway to Phillies fans and make me honor my offer and give away a bunch of shirts. I hope so.
Anyhow, my question is, in an NL East consisting of the Phillies, Braves, Marlins, Nationals, and Mets, where do you think the Phillies will finish?
If you have them finishing first? How far do you think they go in the playoffs? If they're not winning their division, who is?
I think the Phillies are too good of a team to not win the division. The Marlins and Nationals are much improved and will be major players this year, so I don't think the Phillies will win 102 games again this year, but they'll be in the mid 90's and well on their way to another shot at the World Series.
There's only 45 days until opening day, and 12 days the first broadcasted game on MLB TV (Yankees vs Phillies).


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Any further information about my Grandad or the time period he joined The Black Watch And also how he would have got back from Dunkirk where he was injured by shrapnel, would be greatly appreciated. Have a few gaps to fill in.
My Grandad died in 1984 and never talked much about his time in the war, I do remember the scar on his arm though and one on his leg.
A friend of mine has composed a lovely write up about my Grandad which you can find in the link below. Included is information about my Grandad, signed up when he was underage, left Stoke on Trent to join The Black Watch in 1930, we can only think that his home life was pretty awful. He met his future wife in Scotland during his time there.
Thought it might make interesting reading for some.
If anyone would be kind enough to look through the information I would be really grateful.
If this is the wrong area to post could you kindly point me in the right direction. Im hoping the link below will open up the documents which have been put together. Weve gone through various old material and photos to try and piece together his life before, during and after the war.
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First of all, I'm going to assume you have written a working program and have at least one Java file for it. This tutorial will cover compiling the Java file into a class file, but that is not the main focus here.
1. Right-click and create a new folder on your desktop. The title doesn't matter. This is where you will store all of the files that will make up your jar file. Using a folder is helpful when you have a project of multiple classes.
2. Either save or drag and drop your Java files into your folder.
3. Now you will need to open the command prompt. Do this by holding the Windows key, then pressing the R key. This should bring up your Run application in which you should type "cmd" - press OK and this should bring up your command prompt.
4. In the command prompt, type "cd Desktop" to change your directory to the desktop, the location of your folder. Type "dir" to show what is in the Desktop directory. You should see the folder that has your Java files in it among the list. Type "cd <foldername>" or, for example, "cd MyJavaFolder" - this should change your directory to your folder. To see what is in it, type "dir" again.
5. By typing "dir" you should see your Java files inside of the folder. In order to turn these into class files, we need to compile them by using the "javac" command. This command requires the JDK and it requires you to change the classpath. This will not be covered in this tutorial. To compile the files, type "javac MyJavaFile.java" - to compile multiple files just put a space between them and use the same command "javac MyJavaFile1.java MyJavaFile2.java".
6. Type "dir" again and you should see your Java files and now your class files as well. You can minimize the command prompt and open the folder on your desktop. Inside the folder, right-click and create a new text document (notepad). In notepad, you need to show what your main class is for the jar file. Here's how you do this:
Main-Class: MyMainClass |
This part is very important, so make sure to take note of the capitalization and the spacing. Don't add the .class ending to your specified main class. You MUST press enter twice from the line you write on so that your curser ends up exactly where I placed the vertical bar. From that point, save it (to your folder of course) as "MyManifest.txt". The name doesn't really matter, but it's called a manifest document.
7. Now go back into your command prompt and navigate back to your folder if you didn't just minimize the command prompt. Type "dir" once in your folder directory and you should see your manifest document.
8. Here's how you make your jar file once you have the files all ready to go. You should be in your folder directory in the command prompt. Type "jar cfm JarFileName.jar MyManifest.txt MyJavaFile1.class MyJavaFile2.class" - Type "dir" and you should see your jar file! You choose what your jar file is called in this command as well. The order matters.
9. Now, what good does a jar file do if you can't run it? Well, not much. If your program is made to run in the command line, then you will still have to run it by typing a command (unfortunately). Otherwise, if you have a GUI, you can go to your folder and double-click your jar file. To run a jar file from the command prompt, type "java -jar MyJarFile.jar".
Now you have a way to show off your programs on someone else's computer without having to download the JDK and configure the classpath and so on. All you need is the JRE, which most people have. If you're not into making GUIs yet, your jar file is still just as portable as the ones you can double-click. All you need to run the jar file is a computer with the JRE and, of course, the command to run a jar file.
Making executable jar files is a fun way to wrap up your code into a portable package that can run almost anywhere. I hope this tutorial helped you! Let me know if you have further questions, and let me know if I made a mistake. But again, I hope it made sense and wasn't too complicated or difficult to copy.
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Beverly Hills Police to Close Whitney Houston Case in a Couple of Weeks
Despite the news that Whitney Houston died as a result of an accidental drowning and that there was cocaine in her system, police say the report doesn't raise issues to further expand their criminal investigation, reports the Los Angeles Times.
"Unless something changes in the final report, this investigation will end," said Lt. Mark Rosen of the Beverly Hills Police Department.
Since the release of the coroner's preliminary report, questions and accusations have been thrown regarding Houston's death. Leolah Brown, sister of Houston's ex-husband Bobby Brown, recently claimed that Ray J supplied the late pop icon with cocaine hours before she died. The R&B singer's rep has vehemently denied Brown's accusations, stating that Ray J was not even in town when Houston died.
So how did Houston get the cocaine and what really happened in the hotel suite before she passed away on Feb. 11? Investigators didn't find any cocaine in Houston's room but they did recover bottles of various medications including Xanax, Flexeril and Benadryl. According to the coroner, none of those prescription drugs played a role in her Houston's demise.
Ultimately, we may never get the real answers behind Houston's tragic death. We can only hope that the coroner's report provides closure to the late singer's friends and family. May Whitney Houston rest in eternal peace.


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State Data
While the indicators presented in the previous sections are representative of the U.S. population as a whole, the following section presents data at the State level. Geographic differences in health status and health care utilization play an important role in tailoring health programs and interventions to specific populations. Included are data on infant, neonatal, and perinatal mortality, low birth weight, preterm birth, health care financing, Medicaid enrollment and expenditures, and CHIP enrollment.
The following pages reveal important disparities in these measures across States. For instance, the proportion of infants born low birth weight (less than 2,500 grams, or 5 pounds 8 ounces) was highest in Mississippi, followed by Louisiana and several other southern States. Births to unmarried women tended to be highest in these States as well.
All of the issues presented here have geographic program and policy implications. State and local leaders can use this information to better serve their maternal and child populations in need.


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The hiring of Detention Service Officers (DSOs) occurs on an ongoing basis. DSOs are hired to serve as jailer's licensed by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education (TCLEOSE). All DSO applicants must successfully pass the following in order to be hired:
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Darwinius masillae
Darwinius masillae is the scientific name of a primate fossil discovered in 1983 and recently publicized. Dubbed "Ida," the fossil has been called the "Holy Grail of human evolution"[1] and the "Eighth wonder of the world." Hailed in the media as a "missing link," it actually bears little or no relation to human evolution.
Found in the Middle Eocene strata and dated at 47,000,000 years,[2] "Ida" appears to be an early lemur. Some evolutionists think it may be a possible ancestor of all primates, including humans. However, it is not the classic "missing link" between ape and man, which remains unfound.
The fossil is in remarkably good shape for its estimated age. Palaeontologist Jorn Hurum said that it is "the most complete fossil before human burial."[3]
Though recently hailed in the media as a missing link in human evolution, it is by inference and not by proof that "Ida" is viewed as significant in the human evolution debate. At most, it suggests to some that the line that gave rise to humans was from lemurs, not other primates.
However, even this is disputed among scientists. Evolutionists currently debate whether the ultimate ancestor of modern apes, monkeys, and men is from the tarsidae group (ancient primates ancestral to modern tarsiers) or adapidae (ancient primates ancestral to modern lemurs). While "Ida" suggests to some evolutionists that the tarsidae (lemur) group is the ancestor, paleontologist Tim White said "Lemur advocates will be delighted, but tarsier advocates will be underwhelmed."[4]
As "missing link"
"Ida's" only possible significance in the human evolution debate is that if it gave rise to later primates which then gave rise to man, then "Ida" is a very distant relative to man. As noted above, "Ida's" exact significance is debated hotly even among evolutionists.
External links
- Original peer-reviewed publication
- AnsweresInGenesis - Creationist view
- WorldNetDaily - Evolution Watch
- ↑ http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/05/19/2009-05-19_missing_link_found_fossil_of_47_millionyearold_primate_sheds_light_on_.html
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8057465.stm
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/may/19/fossil-ida-missing-link-discovery
- ↑ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124235632936122739.html


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Let's do it your way!!!As soon as you're comfortably installed in our eco-friendly vehicle, your tailormade journey begins. We want you to see as many beautiful and significant locations as possible within the time you have available!! On this tour you have availability for 1h but it's possible to book for more time! Please ask to our reservations department and we will do it tailor made, as you wish!
With this option we can do it your way! But don't get too excited, of course we have the last word and that word is "reasonable" … We know that our imagination can be tricky sometimes and for that reason no, we can´t take you to Rome to eat a pizza and come back to Lisbon in time for a portuguese sardines' dinner.
Our drivers will design a tour according to your preferences and following the best routes that may exist. In 1h to 4h we want you to see as many beautiful and important locations as possible, and you can trust our drivers, they know exactly where you can find the best attractions in town.
If you're short on time and only have 1 hour, our advice is to have a chat with your Storyteller and choose one of our gorgeous 7 hills. We know all the hills of this city like the palm of our hands, and we will tell you a little bit about each of these beautiful viewpoints so you'll be able to make the best choice for your group.
The journey up to any of the 7 hills is always a beautiful circuit and you can even choose between either the modern or the historic part of the city. If you have the time why not both?We wish you a good choice!
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Innovation Studios are located off the Museum's central corridor. These five glass-walled studios – which surround Innovation Gallery – are called "Inventor," "Doodler," "Designer," "Imaginer," and "Explorer." They are 6,000 square feet of flexible, engaging learning spaces dedicated to supporting lifelong learning for families, educators and adults. Innovation Studios set the stage for unique opportunities that nurture your imagination, curiosity, and creativity and support science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEM) education.
Innovation Studios experiences, activities and investigations are targeted at guests age 9 and older. Children under the age of 8 are encouraged to enjoy the Fort Worth Children's Museum, though they may participate in any Innovation Studios activity with a parent or caregiver. Please be aware that the materials and tools used in each studio may have small parts and sharp edges, and are not suitable for young visitors. Anyone under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
Click on the STUDIO link to learn about some of the general activities that will be going on this month, and be sure to check the online calendar for the day of your visit. However, activities may change as new ideas formulate . . . we reserve the right to surprise you!


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Comatrol introduces its SV15 high-flow spool-type solenoid valves to control flows up to 60 LPM (16 GPM), providing you with a technical alternative to some CETOP D03 (NG6) valves. Moreover, the company says that this collection of 11 new cartridge valves delivers:
- On-off directional flow control.
- 4 cavity sizes — 08, 09, 10 and 15 — and flow ranges from 6 to 60 LPM (1.6 to 16 GPM).
- A rated pressure of 210 BAR (3,000 PSI) on SV15 valves, based on NFPA fatigue test standards at 1 million cycles.
- Higher flow capacity due to the larger cavity provided by the 15 size than many similar cartridge and CETOP D03 products in the market.
- Optional features that, depending on the valve, include a 300-micron filter to protect the actuator from large particles, a push-pin manual override, coils with diodes and AC current.


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Black and White and Gray (Grey)Saturday, July 25th, 2009
As the racism begins to boil to the surface of US politics again, I am reminded of a conversation I had with my brother-in-law on my last visit to North Carolina. I am, of course, the black sheep of the family, voting for the Obama in the last election. My brother-in-law, living in a sea of Republicans in rural NC, rather than avoid discussing politics with me, brought up the point, "Well, Obama's as much white as he is black, isn't he?"
My brother-in-law's perspective may be spreading; witness the fact that North Carolina voted for Obama in the 2008 elections. On the surface, the remark makes clear that racism remains a real if fading political factor in the US. What interests me, though, is a deeper, more subtle semantic question at issue here: Why is a person who is half white and half black, black? Why is Halle Berry the first "African American" female actor to receive an Academy Award? Why is President Obama a black president? Where is the logic here?
So it is in the US: if you are any part African American, you are African American. If you have just a few drops of African blood in you and you call yourself white, you are "passing" for white, the word passing implying deception. Why is a person who is 1/16 African and 15/16 European deceiving people that he or she is white? You can only get 1/16 whiter. Why isn't a person who is 1/16 white and 15/16 black, "passing" for black? In other words, why doesn't the majority win in determining race as it does in determining elections?
I always taught my students that the language we speak does not determine our attitudes; however, our attitudes are reflected in how we speak. The definitions of black and white in US politics tell a sad tale of how we still think of the races in the US. So what is president Obama? Simple. He is a man.


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PHILADELPHIA — In order to evoke a true transformation, the U.S. health care system needs an audacious goal, one equivalent to President Kennedy's call for a man on the moon in 1962, says Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PHD, Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor and chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. In a Viewpoint published in the November 13 issue of JAMA, Emanuel recommends limiting the rate of per capita health care cost increases to that of the U.S. economy as a whole as measured by the growth of the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP).
The article identifies several reasons for adopting this as a national goal, invoking the criteria established by management author Jim Collins for what he dubbed a big hairy audacious goal. First, it is clear. Second, it is easily measurable. Third, it has a well defined timeframe that aims well into the future. Fourth, it is sufficiently challenging to be a motivator of action. And finally, it has a reasonable probability of success while still being difficult.
Emanuel writes that universal health care coverage was at one time the U.S. health system's audacious goal. But, he says, while that the Affordable Care Act was transformative for the nation's political system, it will not be transformative for the health care system itself.
Noting that Massachusetts, Arkansas and Maryland have already adopted goals limiting in-state health care cost growth to the growth of their respective state economies, Emanuel says a similar national goal will result in improved quality of care. But it will "require turning care delivery upside down." Specifically, he writes, "instead of focusing on care in the hospital, more outpatient monitoring … and more interventions at home" will be necessary to keep patients "healthy and with fewer emergency department visits and hospitalizations."
Tools needed to achieve the goal include "team-based care coordination between office, hospital, pharmacy, and home; reducing the use of inappropriate interventions; and electronic records with real-time tracking of leading physiologic indicators."
In the piece, Emanuel recognizes that some will challenge his recommendation as being "too money oriented," preferring a more quality-oriented goal instead. But, he suggests that such goals have inherent difficulties in meeting Collins' criteria. For example, aiming for the U.S. to have the "best health care system in the world" is insufficiently measureable. Eliminating hospital-acquired conditions, while valuable, is not sufficiently transformative of the full health care system, including outpatient care.
In contrast, reigning in the rate of per capita health care cost is: clear and easily measured; its time frame is sufficiently long-range – at least seven years hence; it is doable but sufficiently challenging, only having been achieved a few times in the past fifty years, and most recently nearly twenty years ago. Most importantly, Emanuel says, "if the effort is successful, the entire health care system will have been transformed."
Penn Medicine is one of the world's leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, and excellence in patient care. Penn Medicine consists of the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school) and the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which together form a $4.3 billion enterprise.
The Perelman School of Medicine has been ranked among the top five medical schools in the United States for the past 16 years, according to U.S. News & World Report's survey of research-oriented medical schools. The School is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $398 million awarded in the 2012 fiscal year.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System's patient care facilities include: The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania — recognized as one of the nation's top "Honor Roll" hospitals by U.S. News & World Report; Penn Presbyterian Medical Center; Chester County Hospital; Penn Wissahickon Hospice; and Pennsylvania Hospital — the nation's first hospital, founded in 1751. Additional affiliated inpatient care facilities and services throughout the Philadelphia region include Chestnut Hill Hospital and Good Shepherd Penn Partners, a partnership between Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network and Penn Medicine.
Penn Medicine is committed to improving lives and health through a variety of community-based programs and activities. In fiscal year 2012, Penn Medicine provided $827 million to benefit our community.


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Google Grants and Budgets
January 15, 2011 by Yugen
Apart from the odd patch here and there, the snow has largely melted off as the temperature picks up and January now feels like the best of an English summer time (aside from the fact it gets dark at 5pm). The road is in good shape for anyone who hopes to come up this weekend.
Graham and I were working on a budget for 2011 yesterday in preparation for the board to approve it this coming Sunday afternoon. It was impossible to actually make it balance. We were realistic in terms of projected income and expense, yet by the end of 2011 we predict a drop in our cash position. Hopefully, we fill find ways to scrimp and save, although our expenditure has already been cut back to the bare bones in recent years. There is also a chance that we will get some more guest groups to sign up which might boost our income somewhat. Donation and membership income is fairly stable and neither of these tend to increase dramatically. Although we are a Zen Training Center and it can be assumed that this is a spiritual venture, free from the tyrannies that plague the 'real' world, the fact is that we are operating a business. It is a non-profit business, but a business none-the-less, with all the problems and strains that go with it.
On a positive note, I applied for a Google grant many months ago and received an email yesterday informing us that we have been awarded the said grant! I have been running a Google Adwords campaign for the last 6 months or so, with a daily budget of $4. Our new daily budget from Google is $330! This is close to $10,000 a month in free advertising. We most likely won't be able to use the whole budget, but it is available for us to grow in to. The idea is that when you do a Google search, whatever you search for will trigger keywords in adverts that appear on the right hand side of your screen. Some look pretty spammy and I have no idea who actually clicks on them, but sometimes a useful one comes up and people certainly do click them. Each time your ad is clicked and the user is taken to your website, you pay (or in our case now, Google pays). Some words or phrases have a higher cost than others, such as 'meditation retreat center' costs $3 per click for a chance to appear on the first page of search results. Google Grant recipients can only bid $1 max on each keyword or phrase, hence limiting how often you will appear on the first or second page of results. I spent today creating a variety of ads, targeting different geographical locations, promoting different aspects of what we do here. Specific ads for sesshin and retreats, ads for renting out the facility to guest groups via the www.yokoji.org website, ads for the media center (where the podasts and videos are) and ads for the Yokoji Long Beach Zen group. It will take up to a few months for Google to approve the account and for it to go online, but it is a very exciting opportunity since we just had to budget virtually nothing for advertising this year. It is hard to tell what effect it will have, but hopefully it will bring Yokoji to the attention of some more folks out there. It is also the first grant we have received in a long time that I know of. One of our board members, Craig Zenkei Courtright is looking into other grants that might be available to us. As long as I don't have to write the proposals (the Google one was a single page on their website), I'm all in favor of applying for as many grants as possible!
Travis Suiryu will be heading down to Long Beach tomorrow to lead the Saturday program and up here we will be doing the monthly Day of Reflection which is open to all at no cost. I will be going to Long Beach the Saturday after to lead the program which means I'll have to think of something to talk about for the dharma talk! It will be my first one outside of the dharma combat ceremony, so I better do some preparation or it will fall back on the old "so... any questions?"
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This recent Christmas I received several food gift boxes from various family members. Mostly, these boxes contain small amounts of mediocre food bits, but they serve as a way for people to send each other gifts during the holidays and feel warm and fuzzy. It occurred to me that next Christmas and also at other times like birthdays, I should ask that the family instead make a donation to ZMC in my name. (This may turn out to be just an embarassment when the checks either don't arrive or are very small. But hey…better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.)


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Miss New York wins Miss America pageant
Miss New York Nia Imani Franklin was named Miss America 2019 in Atlantic City.
Her victory resurrects a string of successes the Empire State has had in the pageant in recent years. Mallory Hagan, Nina Davuluri and Kira Kazantsev won the title from 2013 to 2015 competing as Miss New York.
A classical vocalist whose pageant platform is "advocating for the arts," Franklin sang an operatic selection from the opera La Boheme on Sunday night.
She wrote her first song at age six. It went "Love, love, love, love, is the only thing that matters to me, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey."
She won a $US50,000 scholarship along with the crown in the first Miss America pageant to be held without a swimsuit competition.
Franklin said during her onstage interview that she was one of only a small number of minority students in school growing up, but used her love for music and the arts to grow and fit in.
The fourth runner up was Miss Massachusetts Gabriela Taveras; third runner up was Miss Florida Taylor Tyson; second runner up was Miss Louisiana Holli' Conway, and the first runner up was Miss Connecticut Bridget Oei.
The decision to drop the swimsuit competition created a good deal of controversy and criticism of current Miss America leadership. Minutes before the nationally televised broadcast began, a comedian warming up the crowd mentioned that there would be no swimsuit competition this year, and was met with loud boos in the hall.
The swimsuits have been replaced by onstage interviews, which have generated attention-grabbing remarks from contestants regarding President Trump, and NFL player protests, among other topics.
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