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Hire 90s Band in West Sussex
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Recent review: "I had the band 'Sound of the Suburb' come highly recommended to me by a member of staff team at the Royal Free Hospitals voluntary services. We made some enquiries and decided to book the band for the annual Barnet and Chase Farm Volunteer party, that was held in October of this year. The band me
About: Extremely entertaining, energetic, engaging, interactive and charismatic four piece band guaranteed to put not only feet on dance floors but also smiles on faces. Imagine a group with all the style of an "originals" band but playing all your favourite tracks. Covering present day hits and back to
Recent review: "Tashara is a sweet person and a pleasure to do business with. She sang at my wedding and had us all in tears and then she jazzed it up later and had us all on our feet, sweating and shaking it down. She's energetic yet soulful and is quite versatile in her delivery. Thanks for making our special
About: There are tribute acts and then there is 'Soul of Santana', awesome musicians who capture all the excitement and energy of Carlos Santana and his band at their peak. This show will have you reeling in the years for nearly two hours. This six-piece band of 'Santana' fanatics, from the UK play the
About: The Rhythm and Blues Brothers are a nine-piece Rhythm and Blues band with a dedication to paying tribute to perhaps the best showband of all time; The Blues Brothers. So much music these days is pre-programmed, electronic, plucked from the bowels of a computer by a software programmer and fed thr
Recent review: "It was the best day of our lives and we wouldn't have been complete without our favourite live band rocking the roof off! We loved the stage presence and how ""close"" the band got to the crowd. Can't recommend them enough, if you get a chance to see them you need to take it. Love Lovin the 90s"
About: This fantastic band (also known as "The Headliners") delivers over two hours of the funkiest hits: from 60s soul and rock 'n' roll to 70s disco; from classic rock and 80s pop to the latest hits and everything in between, in a spectacular live stage performance. Formed in 2001, Superphonic have ga
About: The Headliners is one of the UK's leading party bands, providing world-class live music entertainment for corporate events, wedding receptions, military functions and much more. We're proud to feature some of the country's most talented session musicians and singers, and have gained a reputation
About: This fantastic ten-piece Steely Dan tribute will have you Reelin' in the Years during a dynamic show featuring classic tracks such as Rikki Don't Lose that Number, Do it Again, Haitian Divorce, FM and many more from the American jazz rock legends. Recently described as "the closest you could get to
Recent review: "Hi Nick, Folk Junkies were amazing on Sunday night! We will be recommending them to EVERYONE :) Many Thanks" Nicola Richards (Event Manager) - Skylark Golf & Country Club, Hampshire "Thank you so much for being part of The Vintage Wedding Festival!!!! The day was a huge success and we have had w
About: The Bohemians, established in 1996, re-enact the glory days of Queen including the Craziness of the 70's and the Magic of the 80's proving themselves to be the most dynamic and exciting Queen Tribute Band currently touring. They have performed all over the UK, Europe and the World at football stadi
Recent review: This is the most nostalgic band EVER!! Played so many of my favourite songs from my school days. My personal favourite was the DESTINY's CHILD MEDLEY!!!
About: Book an awesome indie rock and pop covers band with Surrey based Silent Alarm! If you are looking to book a live band that will blow you away with an authentic high energy live show that will ensure you and your guests don't leave the dance floor all night, then Silent Alarm are the band for you!
About: Kerry Miller's portrayal of the Queen of pop is truly remarkable and authentic in every way, from the attention to detail of her iconic costumes, right the way through to the accuracy of her dance routines and to cap it all off, her unmistakable vocal style. Like Kylie herself, Kerry is a pint-size
About: We offer award winning Live singers & Tribute acts. From swing to the king, George Michael, Freddy Mercury & much more. Weddings, birthdays, corporate function, what ever the occasion, we will make you go La-La!!
About: The Kylie sound, the Kylie look, the Kylie atmosphere. Kylie on Show is the only Kylie Minogue tribute that will leave you feeling like you've been to see the Goddess herself! This fun and exciting show recreates the classic Kylie sound and stage look. Kylie On Show is the best live vocal perform
Recent review: AMAZING. Thank you so much for an amazing performance, literally singing through an entire meal and afterwards. Totally took into consideration what the birthday girl wanted and got the party going. Thank you so so so much!!! Brilliant.
About: We are The Carbonites a 5 piece wedding, function, club, party band from the home counties. With many years of experience playing weddings and functions we have honed our own blend of classic and current music that's perfect for any occasion or venue. Our extensive repertoire caters for young a
About: Book a brilliant live covers band with Hampshire based Chorus! If you are looking to hire a professional band for your wedding or function that will pack the dance floor and give you and your guests a great night to remember, then Chorus are the band for you! The band features five professiona
About: Crocodile Mock is an amazing 8-piece band recreating the authentic sound of Sir Elton John, performing classics such as Sacrifice, Your Song and I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues, to name a few! A tribute with a difference, this show isn't just about impersonating Sir Elton John, It's a show


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A new costume pack DLC is now available for LittleBigPlanet 2, and next month will see the release of a costume for the game themed after a PSN hit.
On the PS Blog, SCEA Marketing Manager Mark Valledor revealed that a costume pack for LittleBigPlanet 2, The Deep Sea Adventures Costume Pack, is out now and costs $2.99. The Media Molecule website also says that the pack includes stickers as well as costumes, which are shown in one of the images in the Media Gallery below.
The contents of the pack are as follows:
- Deep Sea Diver Helmet, Deep Sea Diver Suit, Deep Sea Diver Gloves, Deep Sea Diver Boots
- Edible Crab Shell, Edible Crab Torso, Edible Crab Claws, Edible Crab Skin
- Anglerfish Head, Anglerfish Jaw
- Pufferfish Head, Pufferfish Skin
Next month, a special costume is coming to LBP2: a costume from thatgamecompany's most recent PSN title, Journey. No pricing details were revealed.
Also, in the comments section, a very brief mention was made of LittleBigPlanet for PS Vita. A user had asked when the game was going to be released, to which Valledor replied:
Sorry to keep you hanging – bear with us a bit longer. We'll have some LBP (Vita) news for you soon enough. Promise.
Finally, Valledor mentioned that LBP2 won two BAFTAs last week in the categories of Innovation in Games and Best Family Game. PSLS would like to congratulate everyone at Media Molecule on their achievement.
To view the pictures of costumes from The Deep Sea Adventures Costume Pack and an image of the Journey costume, click on the Media Gallery below:
What do you think of the costume DLC and the upcoming Journey costume? Let us know in the comments below!

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Rabun Bald
Driving distance/direction from downtown Highlands, NC:
To access the Beegum Gap trailhead: Follow Hwy. 106 south 7.8 miles to Scaly Mountain. Turn left onto Hale Ridge Road, the paved road between the post office and tubing slope. After 2.1 miles, Hale Ridge Road forks left. Follow the paved road on the right for 1.2 miles to Kelsey Mountain Road. Turn left and travel approximately 0.25 miles and park.
To access the Bartram Trail route: Follow Hwy. 106 south 7.8 miles to Scaly Mountain. Turn left onto Hale Ridge Road, the paved road between the post office and tubing slope. The trailhead is 1.1 miles down Hale Ridge Road on the right.
Hiking distance: 3.2 to 8.4 miles round trip
Description: There are multiple trails leading to the peak of Rabun Bald, which at an elevation of 4,696 feet is Georgia's second-highest mountain. For a shorter hike, begin at Beegum Gap near Scaly Mountain. This 3.2-mile round trip route climbs about 1,100 feet in elevation. For a longer hike, follow the Bartram Trail from Hale Ridge Road. This route climbs gently for about 2 miles through mountain vegetation and crosses several streams. The trail then climbs more steeply for 0.5 miles and joins the first trail at Beegum Gap. The total climb on this route is about 1,600 feet.
Footnote: The summit features an observation tower that provides expansive views on clear days. The tower is lined with benches for resting or picnicking.
Hike descriptions adapted from the Highland Hiker's Guide to Day Hikes.


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Michelle Obama Talks About Education and Student Loans
Michelle Obama Talks Affordable Education and Paying Off Student Loans With the President
We are thrilled to share the first answer in our series with First Lady Michelle Obama. Since we're in back-to-school mode, this week we're focusing on education and women's health. Here's the first lady in her own words:
"Fall is officially here, and like a lot of parents around the country, Barack and I are feeling a little sentimental about our girls getting another year older and starting a new grade at school. I can tell many of you are feeling the same way, because I got a lot of questions this week about issues affecting our kids, from education to health care. So, this week, I'll answer some of those — and maybe a couple others as well."
Read on for Michelle's answer to PopSugar reader Ashley Goodman's question. Ashley asks, "What does the president plan on doing in order to help ease some of the financial debt for students?"
We are still taking questions! There are three ways to participate:
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eWinery Solutions Acquires Blue Dog Solutions
Submitted By: Michael Wangbickler, April 19, 2013
Napa, California – eWinery Solutions, architect of VinSuite, the wine industry's first comprehensive and fully integrated cloud-based business solution, announces the acquisition of Blue Dog Solutions, a company offering digital marketing services to help wineries develop more effective inbound marketing strategies that include SEO, social media marketing, conversion optimization, and email marketing, among other services.
Through this acquisition, eWinery Solutions adds a suite of services that will allow those winery clients looking to gain greater traction for their online marketing campaigns, a way to generate more traffic and boost direct-to-consumer sales.
"The wine industry lags behind many other consumer goods sectors in its online marketing efforts," says Michael Meisner, founder of Blue Dog Solutions and now Manager of Direct-to-Consumer Marketing Services for eWinery Solutions. "Most wineries are stuck in the mind-set of producing billboard style websites with fancy graphics and design, rather than offering engaging content and site usability. Many of them lack the key elements that are crucial to effective online marketing. We hope to change both their approach to online marketing, and the results they get out of their efforts."
With an increasing focus on expanding direct-to-consumer sales within the wine industry, many wineries are looking to adopt new approaches and expand their online marketing efforts to reach new audiences. Blue Dog Solutions works with each client to identify their strengths and weaknesses, and creates a custom approach to guide them through the steps of becoming more effective and efficient. They focus on keyword optimization, local search marketing, social media marketing, email campaigns, customer retargeting, and web analytics.
"Putting in place eCommerce or club management software is only part of the overall strategy," says Richard Kline, eWinery Solutions founder and CEO. "With Michael and Blue Dog Solutions joining the team at eWinery, we now offer our winery clients the marketing services they need to thrive in a competitive direct-to-consumer sales environment."
More information about Blue Dog Solutions is available on their website at www.bluedogsolutions.com. Their blog features relevant tips and tricks for wineries, as well as the ebook Selling Wine Online. Aimed at the wine industry specifically, this guide covers a wide range of topics to help wineries improve their online approach.
About eWinery Solutions
Founded in 2003, eWinery Solutions provides a complete wine-industry-specific software solution to help wineries around the world manage their DTC business, from the first point of contact to extended customer interaction. eWinery Solutions is committed to being the industry leader and providing access to the latest tools and features to streamline day-to-day activities in the wine industry. eWinery Solutions recently merged with Napa Valley POS, a pioneer in POS software targeted to the wine industry. Providing services to over 550 combined clients both large and small; more than 75% of all wine produced and sold in the US is produced by companies who use eWinery Solutions-Napa Valley POS software for their DTC.


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First opened in 2009, the Dubai Metro system was constructed in two stages – the Red Line (Stage 1) and the Green Line (Stage 2). The Red Line was opened on September 9, 2009, and the Green Line opened in September 2011. Combined, the system carries more than 170,000 passengers each day. With the opening of its Green Line, the Dubai Metro regained the title of the world's longest, fully automated driverless railway system, with 47 stations and 75 kilometers (46 miles) of lines.
The initial studies for developing a metro system in Dubai began in 1997. A robust feasibility study was carried out from 1997 to 2000, followed by four years of extensive planning and preliminary engineering design. In July 2005, a Design and Build Contract was awarded to a consortium known as Dubai Rapid Link (DURL). This contract included the purchase of backup generator sets to provide reliable power to the metro system, which depends on electrified rails to move the metro trains.
Local Cat® Dealer Al-Bahar secured the turnkey project from Dubai Metro, supplying Cat generator sets and managing the installation, commission, testing and maintenance of the generator sets. Al-Bahar also provides ongoing technical training on the operation and maintenance (O&M) of the generator sets to Dubai Metro engineers and technicians.
The order includes multiple units of Cat diesel generator sets rated between 320 kW and 1,820 kW which will be used as emergency power for Dubai Metro. In total, 19 generator sets were delivered in two phases. In Phase 1, 10 generator sets, including five 3512 generator sets, three 3516 generator sets, one C15 generator set and one C18 generator set were delivered. In Phase 2, 10 additional generator sets were delivered, including three 3512 generator sets, five 3516 generator sets, one C15 generator set and one C18 generator set.
Phase 1 kicked off with a factory acceptance test conducted at Al-Bahar's main Sharjah facility in May 2009. Several high level officials from DURL and the Road and Transport Authority (RTA) witnessed the full function endurance test, which demonstrated the exceptional performance of Cat products in the extreme heat of the Arabian summer. The second phase was executed later in the year, and included the testing of generator sets packaged in specially designed acoustic enclosures that would later be buried below ground level to compensate for space restrictions.
"We are excited about the fact that we are the part of a team that will change the lives of thousands of commuters in Dubai," said Narasimhan L. Jagadisan, Project Engineerat Al-Bahar.
Al-Bahar has provided excellent technical support services to DURL and achieved a milestone in the field of training, earning an 89 percent satisfaction rating from the DURL team. As a result, Dubai Metro has signed a three-year maintenance contract with Al-Bahar.
Tejinder S. Sodhi, Project Manager from Al-Bahar and project lead on the Dubai Metro project, said, "Al-Bahar has a large pool of technically sound engineers and a robust infrastructure to support and execute mega projects, one like Dubai Metro. Projects of such large magnitude also give us the opportunity to strengthen and polish our delivery capabilities."
An interface and O&M manager at DURL said, "I deem myself quite lucky to work with the sub-contractor that carries a high sense of responsibility like Al-Bahar."
Currently the RTA is investigating the feasibility of future projects that includes extension of the Red Line and the addition of two more lines. Additional power generation opportunities will attract greater investment to the city of Dubai, as well as contribute to the national economy.


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Cancer Research UK scientists at UCL asked over 1,200 people who knew someone close with cancer a number of questions to assess their attitudes towards giving cancer patients lifestyle advice.
There has been concern that such information could be seen as insensitive or implying blame, particularly at a time when the patient is trying to cope with the stress of diagnosis or treatment.
The research found that around 90 per cent of those closest to cancer patients (their friends and relatives) saw lifestyle advice as 'beneficial' and over 80 per cent believed that doctors had a 'duty' to provide it. They also found that less than 20 per cent felt such advice was 'unnecessary', 'interfering', 'insensitive', or implied 'blame'.
The concern has always been that talking to someone diagnosed with cancer about changing their eating or exercise habits could be seen as upsetting and inappropriate… but we've found that not only are they receptive to the information, most believe it is their doctor's duty.
Kate Williams, UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care
Lead author Kate Williams (UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care) said: "Our new research suggests that the friends and family of cancer survivors are much more likely to see advice on exercise and healthy eating as beneficial, rather than insensitive.
"The concern has always been that talking to someone diagnosed with cancer about changing their eating or exercise habits could be seen as upsetting and inappropriate by cancer patients or their friends and family members. But we've found that not only are they receptive to the information but most believe it is their doctor's duty to advise them on ways to lead a healthier lifestyle."
The study also examined the attitudes of a smaller number of cancer survivors (222) to being given lifestyle advice. It found that patients were similarly positive to receiving lifestyle advice with more than 80 per cent believing it would be 'beneficial', 'helpful', 'encouraging' and 'the doctor's duty'.
Research shows that cancer patients are at greater risk of developing conditions such as cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis and second primary cancers, but this risk can be reduced by leading an active and healthy lifestyle.
Hayley Hardy, 33, from Poole said: "I think it's very important for doctors to give cancer patients advice on leading a healthier lifestyle.
"My husband James was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2006, which was such a shock. It was a wake-up call to both of us to look after ourselves better generally – we realised we had to be here for the kids who will be turning 10 and 13 this year.
"Since then we've both thrown ourselves into a more outgoing lifestyle – we go to the gym regularly and are both training for a London to Brighton cycle challenge in July. I run a Weightwatchers class too, and took part in Race for Life to raise vital research money to help beat this disease."
Sara Hiom, director of information at Cancer Research UK, said: "This study is encouraging as it suggests that not only patients, but also their friends and relatives, are open to receiving advice from the doctors about how to lead a healthier lifestyle.
"We know that along with being a non-smoker, keeping a healthy body weight, eating a balanced diet and keeping active are all factors that can help all of us reduce our risk of developing cancer. For cancer patients, clearly doctors are an important part of setting up a support environment where lifestyle changes can be made."
Media contact: David Weston
Image caption: A doctor and patient, courtesy of Alex E. Proimos on Flickr


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One of the more bizarre weapons in military history was the Great Panjandrum, a huge rocket-powered spinning wheel of explosives designed to take out Nazi defenses along the Atlantic in WWII.
This is how it worked.
The Great Panjandrum was an attempted solution to a problem faced by the British in the early 1940s. The Nazis had built up ten foot high and seven foot thick fortifications along the Atlantic coast. The fantastically-named British Directorate of Miscellaneous Weapons Development (DMWD) was having trouble figuring out how to blow a hole through these defenses big enough for a British tank to get through. Since anyone running up the beach to deliver an explosive would never make it to the wall, the DMWD decided they needed some kind of explosive that could be launched by a landing craft in the water.
Their solution was to take two wheels, fix them together in the middle with a barrel full of explosives (up to 4,000 pounds), and power the thing with rockets strapped along the wheels.
It's the kind of wonderfully free thinking you would expect out of a fourth grader.
Here you can see the Great Panjandrum in one of its tests, chasing a dog as some kind of flame-spitting wheel of terror. The rockets rarely stayed attached to the wheels of the Panjandrum, often shooting into the ocean or over the heads of specatators, as well as causing the vehicle to careen wildly off course. The test Panjandrums, named after a nonsense line by Samuel Foote, never had a live payload, at least.
Unsurprisingly, a spinning wheel powered by around 70 rockets was not a successful explosives delivery device, often veering off course and falling over during testing. On its final test, the Great Panjandrum flipped onto its side and speared right towards a group of observing top-level officers, shooting rockets in all directions. The officers ran for their lives or dove for cover. While no one got hurt, the Great Panjandrum project was scrapped.
In 2009, a replica ran in a 65th Anniversary of D-Day celebration, going all of 50 feet without even trying kill a single person. As you can see, it finally got a moment of glory, remaining a military history oddity and never a weapon of destruction.
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Misaligned tires can cause uneven tire wear and difficulty with vehicle handling. A sign of an impending wheel alignment may be felt in the pulling of your vehicle's steering wheel. Tires can be knocked out of alignment during a collision or by hitting other obstacles, like potholes or curbs. Wheel alignment is important because properly aligned wheels provide fuel saving benefits. This is because they receive less resistance from the surface of the road. A member of our team can inspect your vehicle to see whether a two-wheel alignment is the best option for your vehicle. Proper wheel alignment promotes even tread wear, which means your tires will last longer. Give us a call if you think a two-wheel alignment is right for you.
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Russell Athletic Gets Naming, Marketing. Merchandise Rights To College Bowl Game
By Barry Janoff
June 19, 2012: National sports company Russell Athletic, seeking to make a statement in college football, has signed a deal with Florida Citrus Sports for naming rights to the newly named Russell Athletic Bowl in Orlando.
Financial terms of the alliance, which runs through 2015, were not disclosed.
Previous title sponsor Champs Sports said it would continue its relationship with Florida Citrus Sports as an "official partner" of both the Russell Athletic Bowl and the Capital One Bowl, also under the auspices of Florida Citrus Sports, through 2014.
Other official partners of the game include Anheuser-Busch (Bud Light) and Capital One.
The 2012 Russell Athletic Bowl is scheduled for Dec. 28 at Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium featuring teams from the Atlantic Coast and Big East Conferences. The game will air live on ESPN.
As part of the multi-year deal, Bowling Green, Ky.-based Russell Athletic, a division of Russell Brands, LLC, said it would receive national exposure through TV, radio and online media, including Twitter and Facebook. Russell Athletic will also receive in-stadium signage and local recognition during the week long schedule of Russell Athletic Bowl-related events.
In addition, the game will receive marketing support via broadcast, outdoor and print throughout Central Florida.
The deal also names Russell Athletic as the exclusive apparel partner of Florida Citrus Sports, providing apparel and merchandise to all of FCSports' properties, including the Russell Athletic Bowl, Capital One Bowl and Fresh From Florida Parade. Russell Athletic said that related merchandise would soon be available.
"As a brand whose heritage is so deeply rooted in college football, it is a natural fit for Russell Athletic to partner with FCSports for the Russell Athletic Bowl."
"As a brand whose heritage is so deeply rooted in college football, it is a natural fit for Russell Athletic to partner with FCSports for the Russell Athletic Bowl," Gary Barfield, executive vice president, Russell Brands, said in a statement. "We are also excited to extend our 'Together We R' brand campaign in new ways and reach even more consumers through all the channels that FCSports provides as part of this relationship."
Russell Athletic said it would work with FCSports in the coming year "to help negotiate the new conference agreements that will bring Orlando a premier bowl match up after the current conference affiliations expire following the 2013 edition of the game."
"We are honored to add Russell Athletic as a bowl title sponsor and business partner through the 2015 season," Steve Hogan, CEO for Florida Citrus Sports, said in a statement. "'Together We R' committed to providing one of the best student-athlete experiences offered in the post-season and this agreement launches an exciting new era for this bowl game."
This 2012 Russell Athletic Bowl marks the 23rd year of the game and its 12th in Orlando. Last year's game between Florida State and Notre Dame marked the first sellout and highest attendance in Orlando with 68,305 fans, according to Florida Citrus Sports. Six million people also watched the game on ESPN.


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Oceania - a Wave of New Cuisineby Janice Wald Henderson | 2.21.13
Grand Dining Room menu will introduce 85 New Dishes
The beautiful new Marina by Oceania
Oceania Cruises, a culinary trendsetter, makes news again by instituting sweeping changes to the main dining room menu. A whopping 85 new dishes are in place in the Grand Dining Room on Riviera, the line's newest ship. By the end of April, the entire fleet should feature this fare.
Most upper-premium (Oceania Cruises' category, although its cuisine is luxury-class) and six-star lines rarely make vast menu changes. In fact, they rarely make any changes. That's because it's difficult. Each redo involves multiple components; ingredients, purveyors, budgets, cook training to consistently execute and plate the new cuisine, rearranging galley set-ups, equipment and educating servers in explanations and presentations. And new dishes must be rolled out on each ship of a cruise company and be prepared exactly the same.
Are you aware of Oceania Cuisine? Tell us here: Oceania Cruise Forum
Because of these monumental challenges, a cruise line usually doesn't fix what isn't broken. Plus, many repeat guests enjoy eating the same food on their next sail. (Although that latter concept is changing; loyalty means less than price these days, plus aging baby boomers are more gastronomically adventurous than their parents' generation.)
When menu changes do occur, they are usually in specialty restaurants, which are most ships' culinary calling cards. That's where lines focus on upping their gastronomic wow factor. On many ships, guests tend to dine in the main restaurant simply because it's easier (no need for reservations) or the food is simpler or more classic.
But on Oceania, the main dining room has always been destination dining. Let me be clear; the changes to the Grand Dining Room are not because the old menu was failing. Quite the opposite. The head honchos of this line are passionate about serving cuisine rivaling the best restaurants ashore. This is no public relations gimmick. When I sailed on Marina, I marveled over the quality ingredients, preparation and the way the kitchen captured au courant culinary trends. This line simply wants to not just keep up with the times, but rather, stay ahead of them.
Oceania Cruises is fortunate to have a big weapon - Franck Garanger as fleet corporate chef. This top toque is as talented as any Michelin-starred chef onshore. (His background is most illustrious.) To create the new cuisine, Garanger spent eight months leading a strong culinary team in designing and testing dishes.
Are you aware of Oceania Cuisine? Tell us here: Oceania Cruise Forum
Warm Duck Pate in Puff Pastry with Port Wine Sauce
So what's on the new menus? Here's a sampling: Roast Segovian (Spanish town renowned for roast pork) Suckling Pig with Rosemary Fingerling Potatoes; per Scallops over Orange-Braised Enpe with Vanilla Vinaigrette Salad; Warm Duck Pate in Puff Pastry with Port Wine Sauce; Steamed Maine Lobster on Castilla-La Mancha (region in center of the Iberian peninsula) Saffron Rice.
Sreamed Maine Lobster on Castilla-La Mancha
With some 85 new dishes, Oceania once again proves that when it comes to cuisine, cutting-edge and out-to-sea can go hand-in-hand. ( oceaniacruises.com)
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Welcome to the 8th annual ETF & Indexing Investments Europe conference website. This year, the event will map the ETF universe, focusing specifically on key topics such as product innovation, selection processes, risk assessment and portfolio management.
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Sure, it may be blanketing snow in the Northeast and getting ready to do so in parts of the Midwest, but it's never too early to start thinking about summer. One essential part of the sunshine season is the barbecue and one unfortunate casualty of the barbecue happens to be the back end of a Chevy Corvette.
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My little sis and friends (aka The Trendy Trio, Cab Ride Rascals, and other names I am just pulling out of thin air) are still in town, and time is flying by. I love when my little sister is in town! Now that I think about it, maybe Tessa brought this icky sticky hot weather with her from Florida. Nah, definitely El Niño.


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Haryana may emerge as country's leading knowledge state by promoting centers of excellence and industrial development in several sectors including electronics, agriculture, food processing and healthcare, said a study done by industry body Assocham and Frost & Sullivan.
The study stressed upon the need to explore newer avenues for investments in electronic component and manufacturing services as the state is home to numerous small, medium and large electronics units operating across electronics system design and manufacturing (ESDM) space.
The study 'Haryana: Emerging as the pioneer knowledge state of India', jointly conducted by Assocham and global consulting firm Frost & Sullivan, was today jointly released by D S Rawat, national secretary general of Assocham along with V G Ramakrishnan, Managing Director, South Asia, Frost & Sullivan.
Clusters for electronic components, LED lighting, medical electronics are some of the high opportunity areas for Haryana, suggested the study.
"Besides, given Haryana's close proximity to chip design majors in Delhi and Noida, assembly test mark and packaging (ATMP) facilities can be set up and the companies can avail incentives for the same under the new modified special incentive package scheme (MSIPS)," it added.
"To cater to the huge number of small and medium electronics enterprise in the national capital region (NCR), investments can be made in setting up basic/specialty electronic testing, calibration and certification centers," it said.
"The state government needs private sector participation to attract investment in healthcare sector to facilitate establishment of quality healthcare institutions within the framework of set standards and norms," it said.
"Building on its existing strengths in the medical segment, locational advantage of the state creates opportunities for attracting investments to facilitate establishment of quality healthcare institutions," it said.
There is an urgent need to improve the quality of public education system by increasing the number of good quality higher education institutions across Haryana on the basis of public-private partnership (PPP) mode, the study added.
Tourism, food processing, automotive industry, footwear and accessories, textiles and garments, petrochemicals and electronics are certain untapped sectors critical for Haryana's overall growth and development, it said.


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HANOI, Vietnam — I think I'll plan to go from Kiev to Hanoi more often. It's only when you go to two seemingly disconnected places that you see the big trends, and one of the big ones I've noticed is the emergence of "The Square People."
In 2004, the Harvard political scientist Samuel Huntington wrote about an emerging global "superclass" of "Davos Men" — alluding to attendees of the Davos World Economic Forum — a transnational, cosmopolitan elite drawn from high-tech, finance, multinationals, academics and NGOs. The Davos Men had "little need for national loyalty" and more in common with each other than their fellow citizens, Huntington argued. They also had the skills to disproportionately benefit from the new globalization of markets and information technologies.
Well, a decade later, as the I.T. revolution and globalization have been democratized and diffused — as we've gone from laptops for elites to smartphones for everyone, from networking for the lucky few at Davos to Facebook for all and from only the rich heard in the halls of power to everyone being able to talk back to their leaders on Twitter — a new global political force is aborning, bigger and more important than Davos Men. I call them The Square People.
They are mostly young, aspiring to a higher standard of living and more liberty, seeking either reform or revolution (depending on their existing government), connected to one another either by massing in squares or through virtual squares or both, and united less by a common program and more by a shared direction they want their societies to go. We've seen them now in the squares of Tunis, Cairo, Istanbul, New Delhi, Damascus, Tripoli, Beirut, Sana, Tehran, Moscow, Rio, Tel Aviv and Kiev, as well as in the virtual squares of Saudi Arabia, China and Vietnam.
The latter three countries all have unusually large numbers of Facebook, Twitter or YouTube users, or their Chinese equivalents, which together constitute a virtual square where they connect, promote change and challenge authority. The most popular Vietnamese blogger, Nguyen Quang Lap, has more followers than any government newspaper here. In Saudi Arabia, one of the most popular Twitter hash tags is "#If I met the King I would tell him."
And The Square People are only getting more numerous and empowered. "Our goal is that, in three years, every Vietnamese will own a smartphone," Nguyen Manh Hung, who leads the Viettel Group, a Vietnamese telecom, told me. "We are now manufacturing a smartphone for less than $40 and our goal is $35. We charge $2 a month for Internet connection for a P.C. and $2.50 for voice from a smartphone." Because the Vietnamese media is tightly censored, it is no accident that 22 million of Vietnam's 90 million people are on Facebook. Just two years ago there were only 8 million. Vietnam has about 100,000 students studying abroad; a decade ago it was a tenth of that. All future Square People.
To be sure, The Square People represent a diverse politics, including the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and ultranationalists in Kiev. But the dominant trend running through them all is this: "We now have the tools to see how everyone is living, including opportunities abroad and corrupt leaders at home, and we will not tolerate indefinitely living in a context where we can't realize our full potential. And also we now have the tools to collaborate to do something about it."
As a Vietnamese foreign policy expert put it, the Square People one way or another "are demanding a new social contract" with the old guards who've dominated politics. "The people want their voice to be heard in every major debate," not to mention better schools, roads and rule of law. And they are quick to compare with others: " 'Why do those Thai get to go demonstrate and we can't?' "
Ukraine's Square People want to associate with the European Union — not only because they think that's the key to prosperity, but because they think European rules, judicial norms, standards and transparency requirements will force the changes they want at home but cannot generate from above or below. Vietnamese reformers want to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership for the same reasons. Unlike Davos Men, The Square People want to use the global economy to reform their countries, not rise above them.
I gave a talk on globalization at the National University in Hanoi. Afterward I chatted with a young woman, Anh Nguyen, 19, a student who had asked several good questions. Her conversation was peppered with Square talk: "I feel empowered. ... I think Vietnam can change. ... Please tell the world about the big embezzlement case [at a state-owned shipping company] that was uncovered here. Before people would have been silent, but the verdict came out and they sentenced the [bosses] to death. ... It really surprised people. ... Now not every big boss is protected by the government. ... We get many different sources of information from the world. It opens eyes." She has a much greater chance to achieve her potential than her parents, she added, "but not as much as I want."
Move over Davos Man, the Square People are coming.


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The FCC goes ahead with its plan to control Web pricing.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler went ahead with his proposal on Thursday to give his agency the power to decide whether the terms and prices of broadband Internet services are "reasonable." That's bad enough as political discretion, but according to dissenting Commissioner Ajit Pai, regulators from every state will also be able to get into the act.
Mr. Wheeler's goal is to satisfy the "net neutrality" supporters demanding that every broadband customer receive the same deal, no matter...


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Avalon (2001)
Ash: Let me ask you something. Are you accessing from a terminal somewhere or are you part of the system itself?
Game Master: What does it matter? You couldn't confirm it anyway.
Murphy: Have you ever been shot? Do you want to feel real pain in a real body?
Ash: Does it have to be this way?
Murphy: When one of us dies and that body doesn't vanish, the other one will know.
Murphy: [referring to Class Real] Ash, don't let appearance confuse you. This is the world where you belong.
Ash: Sorry I messed up the room.
Game Master: Don't worry. Everyone has days like that.
Ash: Is this what you wanted? For this you abandoned us all? To spend the rest of your life as a hollow shell in a hospital bed, staring at nothing?
Murphy: How can you be so sure? Do I look like a hollow shell? Do I? Reality is only what we tell ourselves it is! That's all! I choose this one. I prefer this reality.
Bishop: Just as I thought, you are the only one who got through the gate.
Ash: Is this "Special A"?
Bishop: We call it "Class Real". Building it has taken huge amounts of very sophisticated data. In many ways, it's still very experimental.
Ash: In many ways?
Bishop: There's just one thing you have to do to complete it. That's finishing off the Unreturned. Your equipment and skill parameters are returned to default. All you have is a pistol and one clip of ammunition. There are neutral characters operating under free will. Hurt one of them and your game is over. There's no time limit. The only exit from the game is completion. If you get back safely, you can be one of us. Any questions?
Ash: Why did you send me here?
Bishop: Surely the answer to that lies within you. If there's no questions, we'll begin.
Ash: You're not ready yet for class A, you still have a lot of work to do in class C and B.
Bishop: what do you think is the best, a game you think you can finish, but never do, or a game that seems impossible to win, but isn't?


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Final Furlough?: Friday was supposed to be the last of California's Furlough Fridays. Maybe not. [Sacramento Bee]
Cities, Counties Play Defense: It looks like a constitutional amendment proposed as a way to protect local government funds will qualify for the fall ballot. [Sign on San Diego]
Haggling on Service Costs: Cities are driving hard bargains when it comes to contractors. [SGV Tribune]
Tracking Their Promises: California Watch launched Politics Verbatim, a site designed to keep track of statements made by Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman. [California Watch]
Jobless Rate Drops to 12.4 Percent: The latest figures, released Friday, show slight improvement. [Sacramento Bee]


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Dr Yates necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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- Thinking using the symmetry of my initials YY or YJY would look sharp but not necessary.
- It could say "Yates Plastic Surgery" if it works
- The best plastic surgeons logo ever designed.
- Gentle curves similar to a body may look nice but as I have seen more and more logos this has been difficult to pull off without either looking too bizarre or too much like a "naked woman". It definately doesnt need a body in it.
- Colors scheme - whatever looks nice not pastels, from what I am seeing light on dark looks attractive.
- A unique looking Y or two Y's would look nice
- Can have the name (y)ork and (y)ates share the same Y or repeated or just put YATES.
- Flower might look nice but unnecessary
- Clean lines.
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- No surgical looking logos (gloves, scalpel, needles etc...)
- No distasteful logos (sillouhette is fine, body parts are not)
- No pastels
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nitahl necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 116 diseños de 26 diseñadores freelance.
Perth Walkabout (http://www.PerthWalkabout.com) is an online "Insider's" City Guide that cover places of interest, reviews of restaurants and cafes, the great outdoors, arts and culture, green living, nightlife and local suburb area guides to name a few.
It provides high quality, informative and engaging content to our readers based on unique perspectives from local travel bloggers.
The new look of Perth Walkabout will be very visual. In addition to blog posts with photos that have nice visual appeal, the plan is to add interesting video and audio content to Perth Walkabout.
Travelers, tourists, casual visitors and residents of Perth, Australia, of all ages.
Local businesses in Perth. The website will include a comprehensive Online Local Business Directory.
Perth Walkabout is to relaunch with a new modern Joomla theme from RocketTheme called Panacea.
Please refer to the new theme:
We are looking for a clean and crisp contemporary logo.
The logo should be friendly and inviting to readers, and be professional and trustworthy for businesses advertising on our website or listing in our Local Business Directory.
One of the themes of the "Insider's" Guide to Perth is to travel independently to discover places, often by foot.
We would like some of the designs to incorporate a set of "footprints" in the logo. We are also open to designs that don't include a set of "footprints".
The graphics header in the new theme may include a photo of the Perth city skyline (city skyline with blue sky and green grass, or a blue water foreground).
Please design the logo in a color to complement the header.
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As our welfare rolls grow a thought comes to mind as to where it will end and what might be the ultimate collapse of our nation in what was once predicted, "Not with a bang, but with a whimper."
We are approaching a crossover point where 50 percent of our nation is dependent on various government welfare programs funded by the working taxpayer and increasingly through deficit spending by the government. At some point taxes will have to increase as we approach national bankruptcy.
As those who labor and see their disposable income shrink through increasingly confiscatory taxation they will, sooner or later, realize they can receive more disposable income inside the welfare system than remaining in the labor force.
Better yet, they can relax, stay at home or on the streets with full leisure as long as they vote the proper party into office every few years, After all, remaining in office is the primary function of politicians. He who promises the most stays the longest.
Sooner or later the bills will come due as they always must. With the former taxpayers no longer earning tax money, but now only another drain on the treasury, the government will have to depend on deficit spending through borrowing. But that government is now a bad risk for the domestic lenders and they will simply transfer their holdings to more friendly fields overseas. In desperation the government might vote for powers to confiscate the private sector, but even that golden goose will dry up as the outgo exceeds the income.
That only leaves the international lenders, to whom we are already deeply indebted. They didn't make their wealth by making bad investment choices.
When they, the last resource, say no, what then?
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Sifting about for golden prospects
The first copy was an ancient edition (circa 2002) stumbled upon as we were sifting through and unpacking boxes of baseball marginalia. The other was a brand new edition, picked up this week at the newsstand. Leafing through both, we found it instructive to learn from the older edition to get a sense what the most recent list of future Jays might mean.
The 2002 copy included a run down of the top prospects for the NL East, including the Expos. Among those on the list for the Expos were some future stars, including Brandon Phillips and Grady Sizemore. Also on the list were some players who had decent-to-marginal careers (Brad Wilkerson), a few guys who barely made a dent (Zach Day, Justin Wayne), and a bunch of guys who flamed out completely (Donnie Bridges, Josh Karp, Luke Lockwood, Eric Good).
And the Expos weren't an especially exceptional case that year. The Mets, for instance, had a few superstars in the making (Jose Reyes and David Wright), but at the top of their list was Aaron Heilman, who seven seasons later has turned into a serviceable middle reliever, but not much else. The rest of the list included a couple of uninspiring arms (Jae Seo and Tyler Yates), along with some "who-dats?" such as Corey Wright, Grant Roberts, Jamie Cerda and Pat Strange.
In fact, as we've scoured back through some of BA's top prospects over the years, we've found that less than half of the annual top 10's do much, and usually only one or maybe two players on each of those lists become something special.
With that in mind, we turn to the latest edition, complete with the post-Halladay trade prospect list for the Jays. That list looks a little something like this:
1. Kyle Drabek, RHP
2. Brett Wallace, 3B
3. Zach Stewart, RHP
4. J.P. Arencibia, C
5. Travis D'Arnaud, C
6. Chad Jenkins, RHP
7. David Cooper, 1B
8. Henderson Alvarez, RHP
9. Jake Marisnick, OF
10. Josh Roenicke, RHP
The Tao's Prospect Analysis - aka Pissing in the wind about lists
With the lessons of the past as prologue, we've been looking at those names and their associated descriptions in the dead-tree edition, and trying to sort out which of these we think might be golden, and which are just shiny pebbles. We'd never even attempt to present ourselves as sun-dried scouts, especially since we've seen exactly one of these guys play.
Our hope is that this class of ten is the exception, and that they all end up playing long and storied careers, but if we had to take a stab at it based on their progressions, we'd figure that Arencibia, Jenkins, Cooper, D'Arnaud and Roenicke may end up in the dustbin of Jays history, while Drabek and maybe Stewart could be stars. (You can pick your stars and scrubs by picking them out of a hat, and we'd have a hard time arguing with you.)
We'd love to think of Alvarez as the future superstar, but hearing that he tops out at around 89 mph makes us wonder how much of his extraordinary run in the NY-Penn League will translate. He's only 19, so there's time for him to put some meat on his bones and turn into the Venezuelan Pedro, which makes us cast wistful thoughts towards what he might do for the Jays some time after 2014ish.
The Wild Cards for us would be Jake Marisnick and Brett Wallace. Marisnick really hasn't played much against men who are paid to play the game for a living, but is described as having a "good body." (In case any of you girlie-girls were wondering.)
Wallace, on the other hand, has a great body...if your archetype for great bodies is something along the lines of the American Dream, Dusty Rhodes. (More to love, ladies!) And as much as we keep hearing about what a great looking swing Wallace has, we look at the numbers and see a guy who tore up pitching when he was armed with a carbon-fibre death club, but who has posted progressively declining OPSs with each successive level of pro ball. Wallace has posted an .815 OPS in 106 Triple-A games over his career so far. As a point of comparison, Travis Snider, who is two years younger, posted an OPS of 1.043 in 66 Triple-A games.
If you've made it this far through our meandering mess of useless speculation, the rather uninspiring conclusion is that we have no idea what this list means, and whether if there is anything of real value amongst the most recent list. It's not exactly a crapshoot, but given the dearth of real meaningful information that any of us has on any of these guys, it's hard to start slotting these names into the lineup of the playoff-bound powerhouse of our dreams.
19 comments:
- The Ack said...
I wonder if a change in methodologies of evaluating player potential works towards adding a little more "assurance" towards those prospect lists....ie: ranking and evaluating based on more predictive stats like OBP/OPS as opposed to the old triple slash baseball card lines once held as gospel.
(and don't get me wrong, I still get worked up over a .300/30/100...even if it comes with a .310 OBP. I'm slow.)
- January 14, 2010 at 12:50 PM
- Stedron said...
You have Barely Legal, but not MLB Network. Wow.
- January 14, 2010 at 1:16 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
If it weren't for Barely Legal, most Canadians wouldn't make it through the winter.
- January 14, 2010 at 1:38 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
(I'm really inviting all sorts of calamity in the comments by talking about that magazine on the blog, aren't I?)
- January 14, 2010 at 1:39 PM
- Stedron said...
Luckily the dick and fart crowd doesn't get out of the Drunks comments section too often. We should be safe.
- January 14, 2010 at 1:45 PM
- Stedron said...
And by safe, I mean safe to make our own dick and fart jokes that we hold in higher regard than their dick and fart jokes.
- January 14, 2010 at 1:46 PM
I dunno, Arencibia was supposed to have had a bad year, and obviously has one BIG problem. But there aren't a lot of catchers with good D who have that kind of power. He looks like he'll be a big leaguer somewhere. Maybe a younger Barajas, but, whatever.
You're right about Wallace though if you just look at the numbers. Why are people so high on him?
- January 14, 2010 at 2:10 PM
- Peter Gentleman said...
Hey, no trashing the Dweam, pal.
- January 14, 2010 at 2:29 PM
i thought you just bought cigarettes when you "go to get a baseball magazine"? my mistake.
- January 14, 2010 at 3:43 PM
- Clint said...
Not sure where you got your info about Henderson Alvarez but he doesn't top out at 89, this is from Baseball America's 2010 Jays top ten prospects:
" All three of Alvarez's pitches have a chance to be average or better. His best offering is his changeup, which has splitter action. When he's at his best, his fastball sits at 89-92 mph and touches 94. He commands his fastball and changeup very well, and complements them with a three-quarters breaking ball."
Also his tremendous run last year was not in the NY-Pen league, but in full season single A in the midmwest league.
- January 14, 2010 at 4:01 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
@anonymous 3:43 (and don't think I don't know who you are, you rat bastard)
I'm now on my 12th week without cigarettes. And aside from the occasional bout of uncontrollable rage, a few incidents of ill-considered generosity at the local peeler bar and some moments of unbridled weepy sadness, I have to say: It's all good.
(I sincerely hope this inspires you all to quit doing whatever is harmful to your health. Unless it is the radiation from your monitor as you are reading this blog...in which case, carry on.)
- January 14, 2010 at 4:32 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
On the Alvarez thing: I guess I focussed more on the weaknesses part of his profile, where they say "there are games where he works at 86-89 mph". That's what stuck with me.
I still love that dude. I want that skinny little jug headed hurler in Toronto by next year.
- January 14, 2010 at 4:34 PM
- Mylegacy said...
Prediction -
By Mid-2011 Sport Illustrated has a picture of Wallace, Snider, Lind and Hill on their front page with the headline - "Jays Four Horsemen Ride down Yanks and Sox."
Remember girls - you read it here first.
- January 14, 2010 at 5:34 PM
- Steve G. said...
Baseball Prospectus has their Top 11 out as well, along with four more:
Five-Star Prospects
1. Kyle Drabek, RHP
2. Brett Wallace, 1B
Three-Star Prospects
3. Travis d'Arnaud, C
4. Chad Jenkins, RHP
5. J.P. Arencibia, C
6. Zach Stewart, RHP
7. Carlos Perez, C
8. Jake Marisnick, OF
9. Henderson Alvarez, RHP
10. Tim Collins, LHP
Two-Star Prospects
11. Gustavo Pierre, SS
12. Brian Dopirak
13. Josh Roenicke
14. Brad Mills
15. David Cooper
Sleeper: Daniel Farquhar
- January 14, 2010 at 5:41 PM
Maybe Roenicke may get stiffed on these lists because he was a late-round pick. But his minor league numbers are fantastic. Strikes A LOT of people out and is very stingy with the homer.
He had a couple of bad outings with us last year, but his stuff looked fairly filthy to me.
- January 14, 2010 at 6:21 PM
- Darren Priest said...
Mylegacy, I like the cut of your jib. Calling us girls is so incongruous with your profile pic, but I like that too!
The future seems bright for the Jays. How much of that can be credited to JP?
In any case, this sums up my feelings as a Jays fan right now. Screw you, Tao, you won't post it!
- January 14, 2010 at 6:37 PM
Rays 10 - Jays 0
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
6:15 PM Eastern
That's it. The sky is falling. Roy Halladay can't get anybody out, the Blue Jays can't hit and therefore we can look forward to another second-division finish. I wonder if the Jays will be able to hold off the Rays for fourth place.
Look, I don't know, maybe it's me, but I find it bizarre that there's so much hand-wringing and rending of garments going on about the Blue Jays' lousy showing this spring. Nothing matters until the bell rings, and the seemingly overwhelming panic about Frank Thomas' 6-for-41 is getting way out of hand for me. No one has mentioned that Alex Rios is hitting .156 this spring (7-for-45) after his 0-for-4 today.
I find it funny that there are complaints about the lack of offense. I mean, I understand that there's worry after what happened to the bats last season, but give the season a chance to get going.
- January 18, 2010 at 2:44 AM
Grant Roberts...don't you remember him? He was one of the Mets Newsday claimed smoked marijuana during the 2002 season and included a 1998 photo of Roberts smoking marijuana. Roberts said a former girlfriend leeked the pic after trying to extort money from him.
- January 21, 2010 at 10:31 AM
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We are a little family-company located in North-Germany (so excuse my terrible english).At the moment we do several things in at least three different companies.Now we wan't to concentrate all activities in only just one company. It's easier to handle! Our current business: eBay-trading, online-trading, softwaredesign (iPhone-Apps, Excel-/Wordapps ...), webdesign (HTML, PHP...), businessconsulting, financial consulting, web consulting. Our idea is to put all these activities in just three catagories (so the name: trisphere): Trading (off-/online), Consulting (off-/online) and WebServices.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on world leaders to stop the epic slaughter of African elephants, a wildlife crisis that could lead to the extinction of the Sub-Saharan species.
CBS News went to Kenya last week, where every year 25,000 elephants are being killed by poachers. Their tusks are sold for thousands of dollars, often to wealthy Chinese customers who prize ornate ivory carvings.
"Our goal is to inform more people about this global conservation crisis," Clinton said in a video address. "Attacks on elephants and rhinos are multiplying at an alarming rate."
The State Department also declared Tuesday "Wildlife Conservation Day." Clinton instructed U.S. diplomats all over the world to raise awareness about the trafficking of wild animals.
African gangs, some with links to organized crime, hunt the animals in order to make a fortune from selling tusks to merchants.}
"It's the worst that it's been in the last 30 years," Ian Craig, a conservationist, told CBS News correspondent M. Sanjayan last week (watch full interview to the left). "It's a steady deterioration, and it's getting worse."
Although illegal, the practice has a heavy financial incentive. Craig says a gunman who poaches an elephant with tusks weighing 10 kilograms would receive about $2,500 -- more than five times what an average Kenyan worker earns in a month.
And the trade extends across Africa, from Tanzania and Kenya north to Cairo, Egypt. CBS News correspondent Holly Williams found it wasn't difficult to buy ivory in the Egyptian capital, where she went undercover in a busy market.
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The shop owner, Essam, even showed a special trick for smuggling ivory: Spray painting the tusks to look like wood or metal, which is easily removed later with nail polish remover. Several other traders were spotted operating openly in the same market.
The Egyptian government makes periodic attempts to confiscate the illegal tusks, but the ivory there is just a sliver of a widespread operation. Chinese authorities have also made efforts to seize trafficked ivory, but refused to respond to questions by CBS News -- including about allegation that government officials are involved in smuggling.
Tom Milliken, who tracks the illegal wildlife trade in Africa, told Williams he's fighting a losing battle with Chinese criminal gangs.
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Some conservationists, rangers and government veterinarians have resorted to a controversial method to help protect elephants. Craig, who co-founded the wildlife conservationist group Northern Rangelands Trust, told Sanjayan they cut off parts of an elephants tusks to make them less of a target.
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Hello, all! Wow, it's like I was just blogging about something yesterday! Oh, wait! I was! If you missed it, here's a short rundown of the important details and then we will move on. Yesterday, I posted an important blog entry for my charity. Over the years I have collected close to 75 autographed baseballs and I've pulled the best 20 out of the pile to auction them off for my charity. So far, it's been a success. In less than 24 hours, I've been able to auction off four baseballs that brought in a total of $85 dollars so far! That is really awesome and for those that have purchased those baseballs, you don't know how appreciative I am! If you're interested in helping out, click here, and you'll be off and running!
Okay. The last couple of years, I've been doing my best to get the word out about Snagging Baseballs for Puppies. There have been some trying times trying to connect the media to get the word out and there has also been some fantastic success! For those that have helped me promote my charity, I can't thank you enough. Even if you don't plan on donating or pledge any money towards the baseballs that I catch during games, spreading the word is the next best thing and I appreciate it and so does the Seattle Humane Society. I'd like to give credit where credit is due, and personally thank those that have helped, in this blog entry.
The first media credential that I hold is from the Millcreek View. The Millcreek View is a local newspaper in a small town near where I grew up as a kid. I sent the editor a friendly email and they finally called me after a few days for an interview last year. I also sent them some of my recent pictures of me at stadiums I've visited. Take a look at the screen shot:
I also blogged about this the day I got the newspaper, too. You can read about that here. If you squint, you can read the entire article and as you can see, I've made a lot of progress since this article has been written. I've been to 14 different stadiums and snagged nearly 250 baseballs. Last year, with my donors help, we raised $257 bucks!
Seattle Dog Spot is one of my favorite websites regarding dogs. As you can tell (with my charity and all) I'm a huge dog lover. So naturally I flock to these kinds of websites. I actually never contacted this website, initially, to have an article ran on me. I was innocently googling around on the internet one evening and when I googled "snagging baseballs for puppies" I came across this article:
That's just a screen shot that I took from the website. You can read the entire article by clicking this link!
Have you ever wanted to get on the radio and talk about something important to you or something near and dear to your heart? Well, there is this radio show out in Boston called the Shady Lady Sports Show that I contacted, explained what I do for the Seattle Humane Society and was able to call in one Sunday morning. It was so much fun, I wish I could do it every day of my life! These guys are really easy to talk to, they're knowledgeable in sports and they make a smooth transition with topics they talk about. The show airs every Sunday from noon to 1:30pm EST and they have an array of topics they talk about. Nothing is left out and I urge you to follow them on Twitter and like their Facebook page! Will you do that for me, please? If anything, tune into their show and listen. It's really good stuff! And here's the link where you can listen to me yap about my charity! Fast forward to about the 24:00 minute mark if you want to get right to it. But you should listen to the entire show.
This year I got another article written up on me from Seattle Dog Spot! Like I mentioned before, Seattle Dog Spot is one of my favorite websites I follow. They too are on Twitter! Give them a follow, if you have the time. And here's a screen shot of my second article:
I have to give a shout out to Robert Pregulman for doing this twice! These are great articles and if you want to read the entire thing, just click this link!
A good friend of mine (whom I intend to meet one day) wrote up a great blog entry on his blog the other day and included a few charities that others like me are involved in. These charities are great to support and if you have the time, you should definitely look into making a pledge or donating some small amount of cash. After all, it's for a good cause. Check out this write-up about the four major charities currently running to help out kids and animals! And here is the screen shot:
Lasty, while I was at the Oakland Coliseum on April 9th, I was spotted by Major League baseball and interviewed by Alex Espinoza. He's works with the Athletics on a new project they started this year called Cut4. They capture crazy things fans and baseball players do and put them up on a website. My interview didn't exactly make the headlines (or the website for that matter) but I was pleased to offer my time and get an interview done! Here's the video if you want to take a look:
Well, that's about all I got for you, folks! Like I said, I appreciate all the articles, air-time and everything else involved in everyone supporting my charity! I can't do it without you all, so just know that I sincerely appreciate what you're doing, your time spent and your thoughts and donations!
Opening day is finally here! Or it was yesterday or last month…the bottom line is, baseball is back, baby!


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Security is becoming mainstream as 93 percent of companies globally are maintaining or increasing their investment in cyber security to combat the ever increasing threat from attacks, a new survey said.
Under cyber-attack, EY's (Ernst & Young) 16th annual Global Information Security Survey 2013 tracks the level of awareness and action by companies in response to cyber threats and canvases the opinion of over 1,900 senior executives globally.
Energy Sector Attacks on Rise
DoE Awards to Boost Security Tools
Petrobras Moves to Hike Security
NIST Grants to Improve Security, Privacy
This year's results show as companies continue to invest heavily to protect themselves against cyber attacks, the number of security breaches is on the rise and it is no longer a question of if, but when, a company will be the target of an attack.
Thirty-one percent of respondents report the number of security incidents within their organization has increased by at least 5 percent over the last 12 months. Many have realized the extent and depth of the threat posed to them; resulting in information security now being "owned" at the highest level within 70 percent of the organizations surveyed.
"This year's survey shows that organizations are moving in the right direction, but more still needs to be done – urgently. There are promising signs that the issue is now gaining traction at the highest levels. In 2012, none of the information security professionals surveyed reported to senior executives – in 2013 this jumped to 35 percent," said Paul van Kessel, EY Global Risk Leader.
Despite half of the respondents planning to increase their budget by 5 percent or more in the next 12 months, 65 percent cite an insufficient budget as their number one challenge to operating at the levels the business expects; and among organizations with revenues of $10 million or less this figure rises to 71 percent.
Of the budgets planned for the next 12 months, 14 percent ended up ear-marked for security innovation and emerging technologies. As current technologies become further entrenched in an organization's network and culture, organizations need to be aware of how employees use the devices, both in the workplace and in their personal lives. This is especially true when it comes to social media, which respondents identified as an area where they continue to still feel unsure in their capability to address risks.
Although information security is focusing on the right priorities, in many instances, the function doesn't have the skilled resources or executive awareness and support needed to address them.
In particular, the gap is widening between supply and demand, creating a sellers' market, with 50 percent of respondents citing a lack of skilled resources as a barrier to value creation. Similarly, where only 20 percent of previous survey participants indicated a lack of executive awareness or support, 31 percent now cite it as an issue.
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