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Youngestlinton necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 79 diseños de 27 diseñadores freelance.
Code Fanatics
Code Fanatics is a web development and consultation company based in Chester, UK. We're just starting out with a new brand building process which includes a new website and delving into social networks such as facebook and twitter.
Ranging from technically minded people reading the company development blog to potential clients, the logo should be understandable by and suitable to all. All markets should see from the logo we're FANATICAL about code.
For the mean time, the logo's primary purpose will be on the website acting as a portfolio of our work but in the future will be used for typical business operation such as business cards, advertisement etc.
I'm more than open to any ideas you have. I want the logo to really stand out on the web page and be memorable; the rest of it will feature a rather minimalist design.
The logo must still be up to date in years to come, avoid cliché techniques such as Web 2.0 gradients.
The logo must be readable and attractive at both small and large sizes.
The logo must be clear, strong and modern.
The logo must look professional and trustworthy.
The logo must be supplied as an Illustrator or Photoshop file or similar format allowing full editorial control.
Do not use stock images, clipart, photographs or anything else of a similar ruse.
I had the idea for an illustration or depiction to go along with the text on the logo of your stereotypical geek with messed up hair and glasses, looking fanatical. This would still need to maintain an air of professionalism though. I'd love to see a wide range of ideas though, I'm no designer so don't feel you have to follow my idea!
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Quanta installs, repairs and maintains all parts of overhead and underground distribution systems. Services range from traditional line maintenance to technologically advanced solutions and services around the smart grid.
When it comes to substation construction companies, Quanta leads the way with unmatched capabilities, resources and turnkey engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services. We combine substation construction processes and advanced technologies with expert technical consulting to create time and cost efficiencies that translate into real value for your company.
Quanta Services specializes in designing, building and maintaining transmission systems of any configuration, length and voltage, in any region and through any terrain. Quanta has experience in systems from 69 kV to 765 kV, with all tower types and configuration.
The electrical engineering companies that make up Quanta are uniquely qualified to offer an unmatched set of design and engineering services related to electric power distribution, transmission, construction and maintenance; technical consulting; and other power infrastructure services.
In addition to proven innovation and leadership in traditional power generation, we offer unmatched capabilities and expertise in renewable energy infrastructure.
We offer a full range of engineering services that complement our construction capabilities, allowing us to be the total solution for our clients. From junior engineers to senior technical experts, our team of professionals have experience in applicable process technologies, program management, conceptual and design engineering, construction management, commissioning and start-up.
Quanta's construction capabilities span any length or diameter. The company's reputation as the premier cross-country pipeline contractor was built on its capability to manage and execute multiple spreads in the toughest terrain. Through Quanta's team of operating companies, all construction can be completed turnkey from mechanized welding to pigging.
As the industry leader in project management and construction, the company's capabilities extend to metering and mainline valve stations, gas and oil separation facilities, gas compressor stations, pump stations, petrochemical plant facilities, electrical power generation plants, tanks and terminals and gathering facilities.
Quanta is recognized as an industry leading contractor, providing horizontal directional drilling (HDD) solutions for some of the most unique and challenging projects in the world. Whether utilizing the intersect method, guiding the bore with gyroscopic technology or completing water-to-water crossings, the best the industry has to offer is on display for each and every project.
SpreadBoss® is the innovative pipeline tracking system that redefined the industry standard for recording, organizing, storing and retrieving all data and documents associated with your pipe and components. With SpreadBoss®, your team can continually view data 24/7, in real-time, from any location — even as it is being collected.
Quanta has the largest custom trenching and mass rock excavating company in the world. We have devoted all of our efforts since 1974 into building a service to trench and remove rock faster than anyone else without the use of explosives. Our trenching and rock removing capabilities are powered by an extensive fleet and industry leading experience in cross-country pipeline, subdivision construction, wind farm electrical collection, urban distribution, foundations, underwater trenching, slurry wall trenching, and mass rock removal projects.
Quanta Services – Oil & Gas Group is the recognized industry leader that continues to strive and meet the challenges of pipeline industry by providing optimum integrity solutions. We offer turnkey corrosion control and pipeline integrity services. Ensuring safe, reliable energy infrastructure has always been our focus. We work with operators to put Integrity Management Programs (IMP's) into action. We work with customer's specific needs to implement the smallest of goal-based or prescriptive programs, as well as the largest of turnkey projects.
The purpose of Quanta Services' Storm Management Services is to provide utility customers with assistance in managing storm restoration over a wide range of storm conditions. Our teams provide utilities with qualified and well-trained management for large restoration workforces that can be integrated into the utilities' restoration efforts.
Quanta Services has quick access and mobilization capabilities on more than 4,000 linemen across the country –getting the utility the help that's neededimmediately.
Quanta's specialized equipment resources are unsurpassed in the industry, with approximately 45,000 pieces of rolling stock ranging from hybrid pickups to 1600 horsepower trenchers weighing more than 500,000 pounds. We have the largest trenchers, longest directional boring machines, largest pullers and tensioners and all other ancillary equipment needed to support multiple EHV transmission projects simultaneously. We also have the ability to bring in resources from other areas of the country to supplement any local shortages that may occur.
The Quanta storm assessor team plays a critical role in a circuit-based restoration strategy as first responder. Quanta only uses qualified linemen for storm assessment, which allows for accurate information to be gathered the first time, improving restoration estimates and mobilization times.
Once the damage has been assessed and power is being restored, restoration progress reporting becomes a key part of the restoration process. Quanta's Storm Management Team uses communication support personnel to gather restoration progress from crews and submits those to the Communication Coordinator every 6 hours. The Communication Coordinator prepares a summary report which is given to the utility liaison, thus ensuring that the utility is always aware of the restoration progress in the assigned area, which improves resource allocation decision-making and restoration estimates.
The Storm Management Team is comprised of the following:
Our electric power customers also benefit from our ability to perform services without interrupting power service to their customers, which we refer to as energized services. We hold 24 patents, including those for the exclusive use of the group of LineMasterTMrobotic arms, which enhance our ability to deliver these energized services to our customers. Our energized services workforce is specially trained to deliver these services and operate the robotic arm.
The goal of Quanta's aviation group is to provide a central organization to manage, coordinate and serve all Quanta aviation operations. Our group provides oversight and standardizes work procedures, controls, operations and scheduling for all internal and external helicopter operations, to maintain the highest level of safety and compliance.
Quanta can maintain, upgrade and rebuild virtually any voltage, line or facility in an energized state without interrupting the flow of power.
Quanta is the exclusive operator of the group of LineMaster Robotic Arms, which allows for the safe capture and manipulation of energized conductors.
With operations throughout the United States, Canada, Latin America, Australia and select other international markets, Quanta has the manpower, resources and expertise to safely complete projects that are local, regional, national or international in scope.
Corporate Headquarters
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How to Lock and Unlock Your iPhone
You can lock your iPhone so its touch screen doesn't work. This prevents the iPhone from dialing phone numbers, playing music, or doing anything else when it's in your pocket, rubbing against your pants, or in your purse making contact with keys and other stuff. Apple makes locking your iPhone a snap.
In fact, you don't need to do anything to lock the iPhone; it happens automatically, if you don't touch the screen for one minute.
Can't wait that long? To lock the iPhone immediately, press the Sleep/Wake button. To unlock it, press the Sleep/Wake button again. Or, press the Home button on the front of the screen. Either way, the on-screen slider appears, but your iPhone doesn't actually awaken until you drag the slider to the right with your finger.


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SABnzbd is an Open Source Binary Newsreader written in Python.
It's totally free, incredibly easy to use, and works practically everywhere. SABnzbd makes Usenet as simple and streamlined as possible by automating everything we can. All you have to do is add an .nzb. SABnzbd takes over from there, where it will be automatically downloaded, verified, repaired, extracted and filed away with zero human interaction.
- 1 Installation
- 2 Configuration
- 3 Troubleshooting
- 4 External Links
Install sabnzbdAUR from the Arch User Repository.
SABnzbd is able to run globally (settings apply to all users) and locally (per user settings). The way of setting up SABnzbd depends on the way it is intended to be used. A local configuration may prove more useful on a desktop system than on a system that is used by several people simultaneously.
Global configuration
SABnzbd comes with a system service file, this can be used to control the daemon as follows:
#systemctl {start,stop,enable,disable} sabnzbd.service
start and
stop are direct,
enable and
disable configure automatic starting of the service during boot. For more information, refer to the Systemd article.
Local configuration
SABnzbd does not need to be run globally as a daemon and can rather work per user. The usual method to configure SABnzbd globally is because the listed files and folders in the default configuration file point to directories owned by sabnzbd (the
/opt/sabnzbd directory).
A less used (but perhaps more sensible) method is to make SABnzbd work with files and directories owned by a normal user. Running SABnzbd as a normal user has the benefits of:
- A single directory
~/.sabnzbd.ini(or any other directory under
/home/username) that will contain all the SABnzbd configuration files.
- Easier to avoid unforeseen read/write permission errors.
In this case, we will use
~/.sabnzbd.ini/sabnzbd.ini and not start sabnzbd.service as a daemon for the whole system and all users.
We will NOT use the
/usr/lib/systemd/system/sabnzbd.service which is intended to start the sabnzbd.service for all users.
If you already enabled it, just disable it first:
# systemctl disable sabnzbd.service
If you used to start SABnzbd inside your
~/.xinitrc, comment or delete the line
sabnzbd -d
Then, edit a new file /etc/systemd/user/sabnzbd.service
[Unit] Description = SABnzbd binary newsreader [Service] EnvironmentFile = /etc/conf.d/sabnzbd_systemd ExecStart = /bin/sh/ -c "python2 ${SABNZBD_DIR}/SABnzbd.py ${SABNZBD_ARGS} --pid /tmp" ExecStop = /usr/bin/curl -f "${SABNZBD_PROTOCOL}://${SABNZBD_USPW}${SABNZBD_IP}:${SABNZBD_PORT}/sabnzbd/api?mode=shutdown&apikey=${SABNZBD_KEY}" Type = forking PIDFile = /tmp/sabnzbd-8080.pid [Install] WantedBy = default.target
Then, change this line in /etc/conf.d/sabnzbd_systemd
SABNZBD_ARGS=-f ${HOME}/.sabnzbd.ini -s ${SABNZBD_IP}:${SABNZBD_PORT} -d
Then, add this line if not already to .xinitrc
#run systemd as user intsance systemd --user &
Now, enable and start sabnzbd.service as per user
$ systemctl --user enable sabnzbd $ systemctl --user start sabnzbd
Check the SABnzbd status and see if sabnzbd.service is correctly enabled and started
$ systemctl --user status sabnzbd
Initial setup
It is recommended to run through the initial setup wizard after starting the service by going to 127.0.0.1:8080 in your favourite web-browser. This initial setup should be enough to get SABnzbd working correctly for regular users. Users wanting HTTPS access are recommended to read further on in enabling https.
enabling https
enabling https is a threefold process.
For global configuration:
- edit
/opt/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.iniand set enable_https to
- copy
/etc/systemd/system/then edit it and set PIDFile to
- reload systemd with
# systemctl --system daemon-reload
For local configuration:
- edit
/opt/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.iniand set enable_https to
- then edit
/etc/systemd/user/sabnzbd.serviceand set PIDFile to
- reload systemd with
$ systemctl --user daemon-reload
You should now be able to start sabnzbd with SSL support.
using a custom port
Using a custom port is similar to using https:
- edit
/opt/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.iniand set port in [misc] section to the port you wish to use.
- copy
/etc/systemd/system/then edit it and set PIDFile to
/run/sabnzbd/sabnzbd-yourport.pidwhere yourport is the same as set in the first step.
- edit
/etc/conf.d/sabnzbd_systemdand set SABNZBD_PORT to the port set in the first step.
- reload systemd with
# systemctl --system daemon-reload
You should now be able to start sabnzbd with a custom port.
systemd times out when starting SABnzbd with https enabled
When faced with the following:
[user@host ~]$ sudo systemctl start sabnzbd.service Job failed. See system journal and 'systemctl status' for details. [user@host ~]$ sudo systemctl status sabnzbd.service sabnzbd.service - SABnzbd binary newsreader Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/sabnzbd.service; disabled) Active: failed (Result: timeout) since Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:10:47 +0200; 9s ago CGroup: name=systemd:/system/sabnzbd.service
It's likely that you've forgotten to edit
sabnzbd.service to reflect the proper PID file as mentioned in enabling https.
SABnzbd redirects to localhost on remote access when only https is enabled
This strange issue seems to appear, when you have no https port configured (so it will use the configured http port for http) and your
/etc/conf.d/sabnzbd[_systemd] says
instead of:
You might need to restart your clientside browser.


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Baby Storytime
June 24 @ 9:30 am - 10:00 am
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An event every week that begins at 9:30am on Monday, repeating until July 22, 2019
Downtown Library: For babies birth to 35 months and their caregivers. Approximate running time is 30 minutes.
Bounces, books, songs & more early literacy fun for our newest readers.
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In a web browser, the address bar (also location bar or URL bar) is a GUI widget that shows the current URL. The user can type a URL into the bar to navigate to a chosen website. In a file browser, it serves the same purpose of navigation, but through the file-system hierarchy. Many address bars offer features like autocomplete and a list of suggestions while the address is being typed in. This auto-completion feature bases its suggestions on the browser's history. Some browsers have keyboard shortcuts to auto-complete an address. These are generally configured by the user on a case-by-case basis. Address bars have been a feature of web browsers since NCSA Mosaic.
For websites using a favicon (a small icon that represents the website), a small icon will generally be present within the address bar, or somewhere nearby. Favicons are specific to websites, thus a generic icon will be displayed if not specified.[1] The address bar is also used, in some browsers, to show the security status of a web page. Various colors and padlock icons may appear if the page is encrypted, and/or to indicate if intended communication is trustworthy and secure.
Some browsers address bars can be used to detect web feeds that can be used to subscribe to pages. The detection of a feed is normally indicated by the RSS icon "". A variety of other icons may also be present in the address bar if included with a browser extension.
Web browsers often include a feature called Smart Bookmarks. In this feature, the user sets a command that allows for a function (such as searching, editing, or posting) of a website to be expedited. Then, a keyword or term associated with the command is typed into the address bar followed by entering the term afterwards or selecting the command from a list.
Quick searches can also be performed in some browsers by entering a shortcut and search terms in lieu of a URL. For example, by associating the shortcut "w" with Wikipedia, "w cake" can be entered into the address bar to navigate directly to the Wikipedia article for cake. This feature is available in Firefox,[2] Opera and Google Chrome.
Browser-specific features
In Opera and Safari, the address bar can double as a progress bar that indicates how much of the contents of the page has been loaded.
In Google Chrome, the address bar (or "Omnibox") doubles as a search plugin bar which pulls incremental returns for typed phrases from Google Suggest's pre-emptive search. An add-on is also available for Firefox that duplicates this functionality,[3] and newer versions have the capability built-in.[4] This "Omnibox" is also capable of, in addition to the quick search function listed above, interpreting any non-URL phrase typed into it as a search on the user's search engine of choice.[5]
Address bar implementations
The following sections compare address bar widgets for a few well-known web browsers.
Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Microsoft Edge
See also
- ^ Apple, Jennifer. "Favicon - How To Create A Favicon.ico". Futura Studios. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
- ^ Hoffman, Rae (10 February 2008). "Creating Firefox Search Bookmarks". Sugarrae™. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ^ Ajit K. "Omnibox addon". Add-ons for Firefox. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ^ "Search the web from Address Bar". Firefox Help. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ^ "Use the address bar (omnibox)". Chrome Help. Retrieved 13 May 2013.


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New Zealand Rugby
Gear open to offers from Europe
ESPNscrum Staff
August 24, 2011
Gear was in prolific form during the autumn internationals © Getty Images
Wing Hosea Gear is reportedly considering a move abroad following his All Blacks World Cup squad snub.
The 27-year-old, whose partner is expecting twins in three weeks' time, said he would talk to his family and take time to ponder his future but hinted that it was likely to lie abroad.
"I'd like to get back in there (the All Blacks) but from experience I've sort of been in and out and I'm not getting any younger," Gear said. "I've got a young family that I need to think about and take care of.
"If you miss out on the All Blacks, financially it's a massive loss that you're making that you could be making overseas."
Gear and 45-Test veteran Sitiveni Sivivatu were the outside backs culled from the squad named yesterday, the All Blacks coaches preferring the all-around skills of Zac Guildford and the versatility of Isaia Toeava, Cory Jane and Israel Dagg. Gear, who is contracted until after the World Cup, said the tournament had been a long-held ambition of his and it was now time to reassess things.
"This (the World Cup) has been my goal for the last three or four years and I think it is time to take that next step and think about the future now."
He did not have any overseas offers on the table, but did have Super Rugby contracts from the Hurricanes and the Highlanders to consider and did not rule out remaining in New Zealand. Gear missed the Tri-Nations squad last season before putting in superb performances on the end-of-season northern hemisphere tour, scoring five tries in three matches to end the year as the form All Blacks wing.
But this year, shoulder and hamstring injuries restricted his impact, although he said he only had himself to blame for not making the World Cup squad after two chances to impress against Australia and South Africa.
"I'm disappointed and pretty gutted," Gear said. "There's more that I wanted to do, I didn't really get too many opportunities, but I put that down to myself not making myself available enough on the field to get my hands on the ball. That's just the way it panned out, and I accept that.
"I obviously just didn't take my opportunities as well as some of the other boys, and those guys fully deserve to be there and I do wish them all the best."
Gear's older brother Rico suffered the same fate prior to the 2007 tournament, and talked with his younger sibling today. "He's pretty supportive, he's been in that situation before. I think he got through that pretty positively and hopefully I'll do the same."
Rico Gear left New Zealand in 2007 and played three seasons at Worcester in England before joining Japanese club Kintetsu Liners last year. After being informed of his omission by the All Blacks coaches, Hosea Gear was told to keep training in case he is called into the squad.
"The coaches have said I'm only injury away... and who knows anything can happen."
He has put his hand up to play for Wellington in the national provincial championship against his former province North Harbour at Albany on Friday. Gear said he was braced for the eventuality of missing the squad, and was now intent on preparing for the arrival of the twins to help take his mind of the disappointment.
"It was inevitable that someone was going to miss out and I was prepared for that, just as some of the other boys would have been as well. I'm out of one job and straight into the next so that gives me a focus and something to look forward to."
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text: "The first thing you do when someone tells you not to do shit is... do it. So we dropped the piano lessons, grabbed a couple of guitars and formed a rock band. After all, Grandpa told us not to!" Snowdogs play ultra catchy, flamboyant rock with a visceral edge and obvious pop sensibility. They successfully avoid the goofiness and sappiness that is often associated with other accessible rock acts. The brothers Leppanen possess a master's knack for writing hyper-infectious hooks that serve as the backbone of their addictive, sing along tunes. Reflecting their classical training, various songs on the album also feature keyboards, horns and harmonica far outreaching the instrumentation used by other three- piece Artists. They are continually compared to Artists like THE OFFSPRING, SOUL ASYLUM, GREEN DAY, PLACEBO and THE REPLACEMENTS. Ville and Mat were born in Finland to a globe trotting family. Frequently changing locations, the boys went to American schools and were trained as classical pianists. Their Grandfather's advice of "don't become a musician, it's a shit job" went completely unheeded as Ville and Mat bought one way tickets to London with the sole intention of making it in rock bands. Soon after arriving they met American drummer Benjy Reid, originally of Atlanta, Georgia. The three exiles in London became Snowdogs. Explosive live shows quickly earned them a record deal with the UK's Track Records, once home to Jimi Hendrix and The Who. The band's debut "Animal Farm" received great reviews around the world, including BBC Radio 1 Rock Record Of The Week and Metal Hammer's "Hottest New Band Of The Month" in late 2001. "Deep Cuts, Fast Remedies" picks up where "Animal Farm" left off showing a great deal of maturity and spectacular songwriting development. Produced by Steve Brown (The Cult, Manic Street Preachers, Wham!), Snowdogs are back with 12 outstanding and diverse rock tracks. Brown's success and history with pivotal, hit records from the '80's shines through on every track reflected in each songs flow, structure and vibrancy. To capture and showcase the band's energy, "Deep Cuts" was recorded live. The backing tracks were completed in four breathtaking days at Jacobs Studios just outside London. The album was finished in the band's studio in South London. Steve's view from the swivel chair: "Snowdogs....what a band. The secret of a great production is trust and understanding. They play great songs, are great players with fantastic energy both on stage and, more importantly for me, in the studio. A good, sound message backed up with a solid performance. Victory should be very proud of this acquisition and I wish everyone the best of luck with this release." Standout tracks include Drive, Average Kid, Popstars (Love this!) and Amazon. Snowdogs have played with Artists ranging from Blink 182, MXPX, Alkaline Trio, At The Drive-In and Less Than Jake. The band are planning to tour the US and Europe in early 2003 to support 'Deep Cuts, Fast Remedies'.


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This marker is for two people, and only one is listed.
This marker is located inside the mausoleum off of 27th Avenue. Inside, it is downstairs on the "Sanctuary of Remembrance" corridor. CA
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Sources of Help
There are a range of information sources and supports are available to you when you are looking for a job or to up-skill in Ireland.
Organisations and services such as INTREO, the Local Employment Services (LES), INOU, Jobcare and Adult Education Guidance Services (AEGS) within local ETBs among others, provide a wide range of useful information and services including:
- Information on entitlements
- How to develop key skills required for the current labour market
- Expert assistance and advice on employment, training and upskilling opportunities and
- Practical supports such as CV and interview preparation
Just be mindful that each organisation provides it's own key supports.
Equality Ireland Directory 2018
This directory highlights employment opportunties and services available to the diverse communities in Ireland.
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To Stay or Not to Stay!
To Stay or Not to Stay is the question many home owners ask themselves when trying to decide whether to stay or not to stay with their current lender or to go to a new lender when its mortgage renewal time.
With mortgage interest rates at all time lows it makes more sense than not to consider switching your mortgage to a new lender who has a better rate than the rate your current lender can offer you at renewal time.
However most consumers do not consider this fact and do not know that it is not as cumbersome and even pretty well free to switch your mortgage from one lender to another. Many Banks and mono-line lenders have promotions that cover the cost of the client switching their mortgage to the new lender.
It is for this reason that you should consult with your trusted mortgage broker or agent, when considering to stay or not to stay with your current lender, so that he or she can assess your current situation and figure out if it is worth it for you to either stay or move your mortgage. Sometimes after doing the calculations the mortgage professional will advise you that it is not worth your time and money to switch and better to just stick with your current lender, and other times the mortgage professional will advise you that it is in fact beneficial for you to switch your mortgage to a new lender due to their lower rates and other promotions.
The most obvious reason to switch
The most obvious reason to switch your mortgage would be for many the lower mortgage interest rate that the other lender is offering. But there are other reasons why people switch their mortgage, such as not being happy with the service levels of the current lender, and wanting to take advantage of the mortgage products the other lender has to offer that the existing lender does not have.
The most obvious reason to stay
Perhaps the most obvious reason to stay with your current mortgage lender at renewal time is because of the relationship that you have developed with them throughout the years of your mortgage with the lender. Some home owners who have mortgages with the big banks want to stay with them at renewal time to take advantage of the other bank products that they may potentially be able to get approved for and receive discounts on for staying with the bank.
At Trusterra Mortgage we are here to answer your questions and help you make the right decisions when it comes to your mortgage. Don't hesitate to Contact Us!


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RBG necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 103 diseños de 35 diseñadores freelance.
Experience Effect
Experience Effect (EE) is an education and training company focused on rapid and deep learning through a more natural means of learning, which is through experiences. In addition to offering its own courses EE will also manage and market other training firms whose services fit with this experiential learning model.
EE will provide deep learning experiences that will have profound effect on its customers. Our customers are looking for differences through experiences to get them to move beyond what they already know. We offer the means of discovery that will give them no option but to get a profound shift in either a part or the whole of their lives, and greater flexibility and control over the factors that affect them.
Essentially EE works a lot like an advertising agency. We develop ideas on what experiences will get the deepest change for a learning need. And just like an ad agency sometimes that is completely in-house and sometimes we will use other service providers, but the generation of ideas, the sales, the integration and alike are what we offer to clients for a more complete solution.
EE has two customers, the first is the training companies that it will promote services for, and the second is the students that it will attract to those courses. Within this student population EE has two distinct segments, which is the corporate customer and the personal interest customer. These two are very distinct segments and will need very different media to promote with. In the near future as we grow EE will look to create two separate sub-brands that will target these two areas. At present EE needs a brand that both segments will feel comfortable with and also that our service provider partners will be happy to be represented by.
We require (illustrator or eps) files as part of final deliverable.
We would like to be seen as: trusted, innovative, makes cool stuff happen, the place to go for real difference, fun but sophisticated, makes the impossible doable. One thought was using E^2 element in the logo, merely because of the EE, it also could represent energy squared.
Often in the realm of personal development there is a lot of softness and fluffy design around logos etc, with obviously two many colours and far too many references to butterflies, fairies and rainbows. This is not wanted obviously.
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This is Jolene Van Vugt topping out at 46.6 miles per hour (75km/h) on a kart/bog, setting the new Guinness World Record on a Motorized Toilet. Timed twice over 100 meters in Sydney, she smashed the previous record by 4.3 mph.
Van Vugt described the toilet on her blog stating, "It was pretty gnarly and I had a few close calls with the kart getting a little sketchy at high speeds on the rough, angled, cobble stones out front of the Sydney stadium."
Van Vugt performs in Travis Pastrana's Nitro Circus and holds two other world records, both for back flips on dirt bikes.
(Hat tip to Steven!)


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The University of North Dakota broke ground for the new $122 million School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) building Thursday, June 12, 3 p.m. Taking part in the groundbreaking with UND President Robert Kelley and UND Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean of the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences Joshua Wynne were North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple, Sen. Ray Holmberg, Sen. Ray Erbele, Sen. Judy Lee, Mayor Michael Brown, and CEO of Altru Health Systems and Chair of the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences Advisory Committee Dave Molmen.
The facility, which is being constructed on the southwest corner of the intersection of North Columbia Road and Gateway Drive, will be the new home for the SMHS. The 325,000-gross-square-foot facility will incorporate, for the first time under one roof, all of the School's departments, some of which have had to be housed in separate locations on the Grand Forks campus for lack of space at the current SMHS headquarters.
"This is an exciting and critical time in the history of the University of North Dakota's School of Medicine and Health Sciences," said UND President Robert Kelley. "This new building will be a significant factor in our ability to help educate the health care workforce necessary for the health and vibrancy of North Dakota's growing population."
"The new facility will educate the health professionals and biomedical scientists the state needs to provide health care and improve the health of North Dakotans for generations to come." – Joshua Wynne, UND vice president for health affairs and dean of UND SMHS
The new building also will allow the School to fully implement its Health Care Workforce Initiative, a four-pronged plan to help address North Dakota's health care workforce needs now and in the future by reducing disease burden, retaining more of the School's graduates for practice in North Dakota, training more practitioners and improving the efficiency of the state's health care delivery system.
"The new School of Medicine and Health Sciences building will reap major benefits for the people of the state," said Joshua Wynne, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H., UND vice president for health affairs and dean of the UND SMHS. "The new facility will educate the health professionals and biomedical scientists the state needs to provide health care and improve the health of North Dakotans for generations to come."
The project was made possible thanks to a $122.45 million allocation — spread over two biennia — from the 2013 State Legislature (plus a reserve of $1.55 million held by the State Board of Higher Education).
The new building was designed by JLG Architects, a noted regional and national firm based in Grand Forks, in partnership with the internationally recognized firms of Perkins+Will and Steinberg Architects. The architectural designers are collaborating with PCL Construction Services, a national, employee-owned firm based in Minneapolis, which was chosen by UND to provide construction manager at risk services for the SMHS project.
The new building is anticipated to be completed by July 2016.
Construction updates, including a live webcam with time-lapse video, are available at www.med.und.edu/construction/ .


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- Not bad, I just came back from North Carolina
- Great! What did you do there?
- Ran a race.
- Cool! Which one?
- Mt. Mitchell 40 miler
- Wow! Did you pat yourself on the back?
- No. I really didn't impress myself...
And with this phrase, popping from my mouth before I gave it any thought, I realized this was actually how I felt: despite all the positive comments on the Facebook about "You can do it", and "You inspire me", "Way to be tough", etc. - I, myself, did not impress myself one bit. I totally get that my friends say it for the best reasons, and I appreciate every word of trying to lift me up - it actually helps a lot. I am my own worst judge though. "Body remembers"...it does, exactly does. And because it does, and struggles to re-create, and gets punished for trying, and also it remembers how it used to feel, and how it doesn't no more...I understand this post will sound quite negative from this standpoint, but I never lie to myself, and since this blog is mainly to document my own feelings and help me process them, I am going to be honest here as well.
Mt. Mitchell 40M Challenge appeared on my horizon sometime last summer, after finishing San Diego 100 and browsing for new races in new places, the idea Larry and I picked at the end of 2012. Frankly, I was certain I never ran in NC before and wanted to check off this state as I am making my way around the country, totally blocking my first 100 miler - Umstead - in April of 2004. This race (The Challenge) has a great follower's path, a lottery to get in, and very few reviews (and a pretty skimpy website). Very little information is available and not many reviews, but I applied, got in, and was excited - all prior my now infamous falling apart period.
As I got diagnosed with CMV and dealt with weakness and a complete absence of any exercise for pretty much full 4 months, I toyed with the idea of bagging the NC trip. As many of you know, I returned to semi-normal existence (where my physical training is concerned) at the end of January, and that gave me exactly 4 weeks to do something and decide whether or not I should attempt the 40 miler. I didn't get much fitter in this period, or lost any (?!) weight at all (of the 10 lbs I gained), but I was somewhat running (and squatting and lunging) and even made it through a 15 mile run (with panting breathing and screaming legs), and I had booked tickets for Larry and I (and they were free through some points and rewards), so, what the heck, lets make it a mini-get-away with my honey.
The pre-race briefing was, well, brief, and the few main point I got made me even more nervous than I was before: there is a single cut off, at "somewhere around 14-15 miles" (??) which we had to make in 3:15 (and we were generously given 15 extra minutes, usually it is 3 hrs sharp). Gasp. It took me all of 2:50 to run 15 miles on a nice Texas single track with 800 feet of gain total. The "14 or 15 miles" I am about to attempt was supposed to gain quadruple that (information, anyone?? the first 22 miles gains about 5,000 total). I began setting in panic...
That night Larry looked me in the eyes and said "I believe in you". I had nothing else to do but line up at the start. 2 minutes into the uphill, I was hot and stopped at the car taking off clothes - and with that having all pass including the police car, what meant I had to catch up and stick myself somewhere in the back-side of the mid-pack all over again. And we went up. Up on road for 3 miles, up on trails, up on ATV roads - those I dislike the most in my life, with random-size rocks and ditches, running water, and wide space (I love the purity of a narrow single track, I know, obnoxious). As someone who's running gait is a very low clearance as is, no energy made it even harder to overcome the obstacles, and so I turned my power-hike on and settled in, throwing some shuffles here and there. And all that time - boy, was I stressed...seeing the "pace", if one can call it that way, on my Garmin and doing math was NOT bringing me up to "14 or 15 miles" in 3:15 - and can somebody tell me for sure if it's 14 or 15, because where I stand right now, it's a huge difference, and why nobody around me seem to worry? I had my face down and redlined most of the way, only letting a breath out when folks bottle-neck on a steep stairs (yes, single track had those) or especially treacherous section.
Other than that - march on forward, holding tears back. I did enjoy the side-views of the ridges and a gorgeous sunrise, but was too focused to truly let myself be happy. With about a mile to go (which I did not know at the time how much is left) I finally realized why noone seem to care much - they were in a marathon distance, and there was no cut off for marathoners, only for challengers of 40M distance, who in case of missing said cut off were turned around back and downgraded to a marathon distance. Ouch! I gave all the energy I had more effort, and we entered some icy patches - fantastic - but then, thank God, the AS came into view, and I almost burst into crying. I made it in 3:07, and I needed all that extra time for sure! I smiled weakly and thought: now what? Turning around would feel like a failure, and I wouldn't see the best sections, but if I am that dog-tired and slow, what's next for me?
But that "clearing the cut off" was a relief like no other, and I exhaled, finally, and allowed myself to breathe. I hooked up with a girl Leigh for quite a while, as we continued to climb very mellow grade on the ridge, some snow, lots of running water, some ice, and took a lot of photos here. The day was gorgeous, totally worth the climb, and I was extremely happy - my "happy middle third" as I called it later, life was awesome, I was an "ultrarunner" (or, rather, an ultra-distance something), but I was able to make quite a few slow jogs in quite a lot of places, which surprised me.
|Mile 22, highest peak East of Mississippi, I cleared in 5 hr 11 min.
|My Garmin recorded 39.2M and 9,045 feet of gain, what I think was more like 7,500 feet of gain.
And that was it. Thankfully, the race was "short enough" and I was "soon enough" to have half a day still open to spend with my husband, and since I was so out of shape to give it a real run, I wasn't much sore - so I cleaned up, and we went walking around town, sight-seeing, eating good food, talking, and digging into deep emotions.
I am glad I went. Am I proud I "finished" but I guess I didn't expect any less of myself. In a real life, nobody but ourselves can figure out what is tough and what is not, and what anything in life means to us. Finishing this run actually didn't mean much, but it was great to have it done. First of, I am thrilled to have cleared that cut off and see the Mt Mitchell itself, not being stuck in the woods for half a day on ATV roads. Secondly, I proved once again, I do have a hard case of mental toughness, although I am not sure it's a good thing anymore. As I always say, once a person is healthy and more or less physically fit, one can finish an ultra. NOT to disrespect folks in the 2nd part of the race crowds, what I found out, being unfit (not just not able to do better, but able to do better in theory AND being unfit) SUCKS. It HURT! I finished 100 milers in better moving conditions. I had things happen to me during ultras, where I would fall apart and hardly make to the finish, but never had I entered a race predicting - knowing damn well - this is exactly what will happen. Training is not overrated. I sign up for races to do my best, not to "make it to the end". For some, just finishing an ultra is all that they dream of, it's their best (or at least best at the time and enough for then). For me, "just finishing" is not inspiring anymore, I had done it, more than 100 times, it's not new, not crazy, not super-awesome...It's a part of normal.
I love to run - but RUN, not shuffle and walk (and again, nothing is wrong with "shuffle" if that is somebody's best, but it ain't mine). I love mountain hikes - but I don't need to pay a race entry fee to do that with a bunch of strangers, who don't even talk much to you. What brings me to yet another point: I used to say I do ultras for the community feeling. Well, either the community is changing, or I, but as many times as I tried to strike a conversation, it was ending shortly, and seems that those who are from the local area were finding much more to talk about. I think ultrarunning had expanded so much - we used to know each other (or about each other) all over the country, and we all traveled a lot because there were not many races right where each of us lived. But now the LOCAL communities grew hugely, and outsiders are, well, outsiders. So, that said, I can always fulfill my community feel while volunteering at a local race - I can fulfill my running desire once (help me God) I get back in a shape that what I do I can call "running" in a shorter race, and I can fulfill my love for the mountains and execute my awesome hiking skills while backpacking and hiking with Larry in spare time.
It could be the case of being out of shape - worst I had ever experienced before - and the thing is, where I am in life, I don't see myself getting back into ultrarunning shape I know I am capable of, and being anything below my best is kind of sad and a waste of my personal life. I thrive on being best. My focus these days is shifted to being best at my bunch of jobs I have (and survive the crazy hours I work and rarely seeing life outside work), and on my husband, our relationship and our future together.
Will I ever run an ultra? Totally yes! But, my perspective changed on many things, ultras including, and not to burst anybody's bubble, lets just say I am not satisfied with where I am today, and this, obviously, comes up in this post. But it does fuel me to continue being my best in what I do choose to be best at in any particular moment.
And that is what I wish for everybody. Not to be mediocre. Be your best.
As for me - I will loose those 10 lbs, get a little stronger, a little leaner, a tad faster - and will continue to help others to reach THEIR best at their "right moment in life".
Thanks for all involved in the Mt Mitchell challenge, they do a great job (what can be seeing through their runners coming back year after year and the lottery to handle all the people wanting to participate), the local town's folks are awesome and supportive, the mountains are breathtaking (shoot I am struggling in Texas so much!!!), I was blessed with the weather and conditions, and highly recommend this run, or the are, to all who love new places.
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Tonight is my first main raid on my hunter, and I'm super excited! I'm also kind of nervous though. I've been playing my hunter in my guild's alt raid for a bit and I've been doing pretty well there, but it's a bit different than joining our main raiders who outgear me by 25 ilvls. I just don't want to be bad!
I know my Druid like the back of my hand and I'm very confident (maybe even arrogant) about my abilities. Don't get too many gear upgrades? Wearing the 'wrong' non-tier piece? Forget to switch to the optimal talent before a fight? Whatevs, my healing still be awesome.
DPS doesn't work like that though, it's a whole different mindset. Gear can most definitely hold me back as a hunter. Even if I play perfectly, I'm still not going to be able to touch the other dps until my gear catches up a bit more. I'm going to need to worry about optimal talents and the best spec for each fight. Also, the fact that it looks like BM is parsing above the other specs is upsetting. I haven't liked that spec since… well, ever. Anything but Beast Master! Currently I personally do better as Survival, so I guess that means I need to practice as BM some more. I also have almost 100k less health than everyone else right now, meaning I'll have to be extra proactive about damage mitigation. That's something I'm pretty good at, but the more I use Deterrence, the worse my damage, so that's something to think about too.
Anyway, I'm excited for tonight! Let's hope I don't carry my weapon (or should I say no weapon) curse into raid with me. I'm also open to any hunter tips for Siege. Wish me luck.


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How is woman different? Start at her feet. Not that they're dainty or delicate, but that they're differently proportioned. Giordana recognizes this and has designed their FormaRed Carbon Women's Socks, to fit a differently shaped foot.
The difference isn't so much length, but width. Giordana makes these socks narrower through the arch. And because women are typically a bit shorter of stature, the cuffs are at the "short" cuff length, 5cm, with 2cm the distance from the heel to the cuff.
Other than these changes, Giordana built these socks with the same materials and same exacting standards as the men's version of the sock. Giordana uses Meryl Skinlife fibers to construct these socks. Meryl is a polyester fiber that has a permanent bacteriostatic treatment. This means that it stops bacteria from reproducing. So it limits odors and other less pleasant things that can go on when you're sweating in socks for too long. The socks are 65% Meryl, 31% polyester fiber, and 4% Lycra.
Because this is FR-C, the sock fits superbly. You should be able to easily see how the yarn has been knitted to different densities for different regions of the foot. Dense at the heel and toe. Meshy where you need your feet to breathe. To get the fit even more dialed, there are left and right socks.
Giordana offers these socks in three cuff lengths. These are the long cuff socks, meaning they have a 13cm cuff with 4cm from heel to cuff.
The Giordana FormaRed Carbon Women's Socks come in White/Black and White/Red. There are two sizes, Small and Medium.
- Nostatex Pure Silver fabric adds anti-static and antimicrobial properties to keep your socks from stinking
- Tactel fabric breathes when you ride hard and dries quickly when your feet start to sweat
- A contoured, snug fit rides comfortably for the long haul
- Elastic-free cuffs won't stretch after multiple washes
Great Summer Socks
They breathe well; don't get/stay wet; don't slip down into shoe; has light compression.
From Italy, with Comfy Love!
Even marked Right/Left...just in case you forget!
Form fit 'R' & 'L' foot.
And here they are...
Great fit. Breezy enough. Cool design goes well with the FR-C black/pink shorts & jersey.
Put Your Best Foot Forward!
- Fit: True to size
How corny! But, these are just great. I wear a U.S. 7.5, and the 'M' fits just fine.
Light weight, sock is nicely vented on the top. Does not have any padding on the bottom as Gore's Xenon. Not quite as breezy as the L.G. I reviewed earlier; but still very nice.
Got the black/pink to match the FR-C black/pink breast cancer awareness jersey & shorts. Pretty sharp.


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Anyone for alienation?
The angry, aimless youth who populate the stage adaptation of Green Day's "American Idiot" have found their way to Broadway, venting their cynical unhappiness with life in the same theater that once housed such sunny, all-American musical-theater classics as "Oklahoma!" and "Hello, Dolly!"
A permanent state of disaffection runs through this visually striking, musically adventurous take on the 2004 best-selling album that Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong and director Michael Mayer have turned into a show.
The musical, which opened Tuesday at the St. James Theatre, is short, some 95 minutes. Just right for an MTV generation weaned on YouTube clips and music videos. "AmericanIdiot," in fact, plays like one. Wildly diverting to look it, the show has the barest wisp of a story and minimal character development. At best, its slacker guys are sketchy portraits, prototypes rather than real people.
Fortunately, there are compensations, most notably the show's highly theatrical, punk-rock score, sung by a high-energy cast, headed by John Gallagher Jr. The gifted actor, a Tony winner for "Spring Awakening," portrays Johnny, the show's petulant antihero who flees a deadening suburbia and descends into sex, drugs and fierce guitar playing in his quest to find himself in the big city.
That pretty much describes the plot, although there are minimal side trips to delve into the tribulations of the show's two other confused Musketeers who hope to embark on that life adventure with him.
But Will, played by Michael Esper, gets trapped by his pregnant girl friend (Mary Faber). And the impressionable Tunny (Stark Sands) finds seduction of another sort: a gung-ho military career that has him being shipped off to Iraq where he is wounded.
Johnny, meanwhile, is ensnared by a sexually provocative if nebulous young woman — with the telling monicker of Whatsername — played by a tempting Rebecca Naomi Jones. And then there are the drugs, showered on Johnny by a persuasive dealer named St. Jimmy. As played by a demonic Tony Vincent, the man is hardly beatific, but, boy, can he sing.
And it is the songs — blessed with superb power orchestrations by Tom Kitt (the composer of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Next to Normal") — that take over when the book fades into an afterthought. The theater score has been fleshed out with several numbers from Green Day's latest release, "21st Century Breakdown," including the hit "21 Guns."
The songs excel at portraying emotion if not plot, and you can see why the "American Idiot" recording was such a success. The catchy Green Day melodies are often hypnotic while Armstrong's lyrics are big and bold.
Mayer has scattered the potent on-stage band around the playing area, including high up a back wall, created by designer Christine Jones. That wall is studded with video monitors where the vacuity of American life is prominently displayed.
The savvy director is not above a few arresting theatrical tricks, including a "Peter Pan" moment when the wounded Iraq war vet flies — direct from his hospital bed — and spins romantically in an aerial ballet with a lovely hallucination (Christina Sajous).
The show's chorus is just that — an anonymous band of hardworking kids who throw themselves into the material with abandon.
Fans of the recording most likely will marvel at this theatrical take on "American Idiot." It will give then a stunning visualization of what they already have on their iPods or CD players. Others might want a little more from the characters who are displaying such all-consuming angst.
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Small businesses looking for a windfall of investor money from crowdfunding may find that it�s more of a bust.
President Barack Obama and members of Congress have touted a law that makes crowdfunding, a method of soliciting money over the Internet, as a way for startups and other small companies to raise money and create jobs. A year after the law was passed as part of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups, or JOBS Act, entrepreneurs wanting to raise as much as $1 million annually from online investors are still waiting to get going. The Securities and Exchange Commission is in the process of writing rules to regulate the process.
But business owners anticipating their chance to solicit online investments may not want to count on crowdfunding to finance their entrepreneurial dreams. People involved in small business investing warn that many entrepreneurs will find that potential investors aren�t interested in their ventures because they don�t have an attractive track record or look like they�ll provide a good return.
�I think there�s going to be an enormous amount of companies that go online, and nothing happens,� says Brian Cohen, chairman of New York Angels, a group of angel investors. Angel investors are individuals who are willing to invest in very small or young companies.
There�s likely to be a fundamental difference between the expectations of entrepreneurs and investors, Cohen says. The entrepreneurs will want money to build their companies, and may not be thinking in terms of returning the cash to their investors. Meanwhile, investors will want to see their investment grow � so they can sell and take a profit.
�These are nice businesses, a lot of mom and pops, but there�s no clear method in which an investor can get a return,� Cohen says.
Crowdfunding isn�t expected to be a jackpot for investors because even the savviest investors � those at venture capital companies � don�t have a great success rate. Three-quarters of U.S. companies that get venture capital investments don�t return their investors� money, according to Shikhar Ghosh, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School. The National Venture Capital Association, a trade group, estimates that between 25 percent and 30 percent of companies that receive venture funding fail.
The JOBS Act allows companies to raise up to $1 million a year. It aims to protect individual investors by limiting the amount they can put into a company. People with annual income or net worth of $100,000 or more can invest no more than 10 percent of their income or net worth, up to a maximum of $100,000. People whose net worth or annual income is below $100,000 are subject to lower limits on potential crowdfunding investments.
Crowdfunding websites can�t start soliciting smaller companies and potential investors until the SEC finishes rules governing the process. The JOBS Act called for the rules to be completed at the end of 2012, but SEC officials told a House hearing on April 11 that they don�t know when the agency will be able to issue the rules, which they described as complex.
It�s taking time because the SEC is wary about small businesses, says James Angel, a Georgetown University associate professor who specializes in financial markets regulation.
�The way they look at it is, small companies are very risky and therefore bad investments,� Angel says. �They say, we are serving the public interest by protecting investors by keeping them from raising money in the capital markets.�
�My fear is that the SEC will weigh this thing down with so many requirements that no one will use it.� Angel says. �There�s nothing in the (JOBS) Act to prevent the SEC from requiring these companies to actually file a full-blown 10-K just like larger companies do now.�
A Form 10-K is an annual report that publicly traded companies must file with the SEC disclosing their finances and other significant information. They also must file quarterly reports and other documents throughout the year. That could be a large financial and administrative burden.
The SEC is likely to make the requirements tough because it has failed in recent years to detect fraud in the markets � most notably, the billion-dollar scheme created by Bernard Madoff, says Scott Shane, a professor of entrepreneurship at Case Western Reserve University�s Weatherhead School of Management.
�If you�re someone like the SEC, you�re going to get in trouble if there�s a big fraud and you don�t catch it,� Shane says. You�re going to be conservative about writing the rules.�
That caution extends to some of crowfunding�s biggest proponents, who expect that many companies that seek money will be too young for many investors� comfort� some of these businesses may be little more than an idea. Some of the skeptics are already involved in a type of crowdfunding that�s authorized by the government because the investors meet requirements for net worth � for example, they have more than $1 million in assets, not including their primary residence. The law assumes these investors are more sophisticated than those likely to take part in crowdfunding under the JOBS Act.
�We don�t take idea stage companies � they�re too risky,� says Chance Barnett, CEO of Crowdfunder, a social networking site for investors and companies seeking capital. �We want to see them be much farther along than an idea on a napkin.�
Companies must have a good track record and managers who have shown they can run a successful business, Barnett says.
�The assumption is that everyone gets funded, but nothing can be further from the truth,� Barnett says. �A majority (of companies seeking funding) aren�t companies that are deserving of capital today.�
CircleUp, another crowdfunding service, turns down 98 percent of the companies that want to solicit funding on its site because it believes they�re not likely to be good enough investments, Chief Operating Officer Rory Eakin says.
�We look at a number of different things � the experience of the management teams, do they have expertise, a plan for growth, the skill set to deliver on that plan,� Eakin says. �Is it distinguished in its category, does it stand out for customers and potential investors?�
�Crowdfunding will not be a panacea for all small businesses � certain businesses are investment worthy and others are not,� he says.
Stacey Shiring is optimistic that her 3-year-old business, Creative Invites and Events, will be able to raise money when the rules are written and the crowdfunding sites are up and running. She doesn�t know how much she�ll seek, but she plans to use the money to expand her website.


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In addition to our standard rings, Andover offers a variety of threaded ring mounts. Standard sizes and thread pitches enable the user to attach the filter securely to equipment.
These filter wheels are used for a host of applications, including color CCD photography, fluorescence microscopy, and photometry. Two 4" dia, wheels are available: one which accepts six 25mm filters, and one which accepts twelve 12.5mm filters.
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Lil B - Unchain Me lyrics
Unchain Me by Lil B
[Verse 1 - lil b]
You could break me out the strait jacket
This hip-hop is just play action
I switch off and I keep smashing
I'm a legend, fuck the rap-off
They say I can't do my thing
I'mma build my own lane
You come in, you get ran over
But damn, you sober. I'm the guy
The I'll c like hova
But I'm on another level and
My grind is over. the day
You're on your back
Like you're sitting in rovers
And he always prayed to god
I'm just bringing him closer
Feel like I'm doing a bid
And my mind in angola
You be food, then I'm cool
They tried to get over
I stopped picking up my phone
I won't get any closer
They watching my every step
Because I'm living in motion
They ask for my money
Seen it in the hood
I can't, feeling is open
They ask for my money
Every other day like I'm asking
For something
But when I had nothing they was laughing
They told me that I'd never make it rapping
It brings tears to see?
But I told you that I'd make it
14, I was living like my life was the pavement
And I wanted to die, couldn't nobody save me
Now I save my own self and
I'm on and I'm famous
And I deal with the haters
Ain't nobody gonna take away what I built
Fuck the death threats, small impostors
But really got the love
But they just choosing that option
When I started to live better, they started to hate
I still got the same brain that
Caught all the cases
I've still got the same eyes and
Seen all the places
But I ain't never been faking, it's not a game
It's not the trail blazers
Throwing shots but we dying
And the rap game
It's the slave trade
No time for meditation
Turning into robots
The devil is money
It's not even human
The people die for a piece of paper
It's so stupid
Man, live however you do it
I guarantee, you see your life as a child
And make you at your all, just make
Sure that you smile
But dying every day, ma's look at me now
There was hating, but I never stop
I wanted to drop, but based god
I gotta really notice my chance
Make history, man
Three back, I was feeling like "damn!"
You don't know how I felt
When I was washing my hands
Off that filth that was around
I'd never be down
One the streets I'm gone
I never be around
Cause the hood is a lie
Man, you better wake up before you're
Dead or surprised
I'm just trying to save myself man
For real, but they trapped in the middle
Don't wanna go to school
Cause the teacher's too simple
I just wanna know where I come from
The truth, tell me, before I desolve
It's connected to the woods
The wilderness is my home
The world say I'm bad because of my color
But they don't get the fact
That I say that I love you
People given the option to hustle
Just take it and, I swear to god
If you're willing to struggle
Once you pass the bottom
You gonna make it to the top
It's a lot of hate up in the world
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U.S. stocks rose Thursday, sending the Standard & Poor's 500 Index to a record, as Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the central bank may change its strategy for reducing asset purchases should the economy weaken.
Phone stocks rallied the most among the 10 main industries in the S&P 500 as JPMorgan Chase & Co. added Verizon Communications Inc. to its focus list. J.C. Penney Co. surged 25 percent after predicting an increase in annual revenue and wider margins. Sears Holdings Corp. rose 6.5 percent after reporting a narrower fourth-quarter loss. Transocean Ltd. fell 1.1 percent as sales missed analysts' forecasts at the world's largest offshore rig contractor.
The S&P 500 increased 0.5 percent to 1,854.29 at 4 p.m. in New York. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 74.24 points, or 0.5 percent, to 16,272.65. About 6.5 billion shares changed hands on U.S. exchanges, in line with the three-month average.
"Yellen said that they would consider pulling back on their tapering schedule if the economy slowed in a meaningful manner," Matt Maley, an equity strategist with Miller Tabak & Co., said in an interview from Boston. "She seems to be more willing to step back on the accelerator than she was when she last spoke to Congress."
The S&P 500's close at a record ended three days of the index failing to sustain all-time highs throughout the sessions. The benchmark gauge is up 4 percent in February, poised for the best monthly gain since October.
ETF Flows
Investors continue to favor equities over bonds. They added $971.8 million to U.S. equity exchange-traded funds yesterday, compared with deposits of $49.8 million to domestic bond ETFs, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Yellen said today in the testimony on monetary policy before the Senate that the Fed is likely to keep trimming asset purchases, even as policy makers monitor data to determine if recent weakness in the economy is temporary. The S&P 500 has rallied 6.5 percent since a low on Feb. 3 amid speculation that severe winter weather explains the weakness in reports such as housing and hiring.
Reports today showed orders for U.S. durable goods fell 1 percent in January, less than forecast, a sign manufacturing was beginning to emerge from the harsh winter weather. In the labor market, more Americans than forecast filed applications for unemployment benefits last week.
Ukraine Tension
Stocks in Europe declined as Russia said it has begun military exercises near the Crimean border. Gunmen occupied Ukraine's Crimea regional parliament and raised the Russian flag as lawmakers in the capital meet to approve a new cabinet after last week's ouster of Viktor Yanukovych as leader.
"The story today is the unfolding situation in Ukraine and whether the S&P 500 can break above the 1,840 to 1,850 level," Ryan Larson, the Chicago-based head of U.S. equity trading at RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) Inc., said in an interview. His firm oversees $290 billion. Jobless "claims are taking a backseat to broader geopolitical and technical levels," he said.
Benchmarks tracking smaller companies also made new highs. The Russell 2000 Index climbed 0.5 percent while the S&P Midcap 400 Index gained 0.3 percent today. The Dow is still about 2 percent below its record.
The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index slipped 2.2 percent to 14.03. The gauge of S&P 500 options known as the VIX is up 2.3 percent this year.
Verizon Gains
Phone stocks rose the most among the S&P 500's 10 main industries, rallying 1.7 percent. Verizon climbed 2.5 percent to $47.50 as JPMorgan said shares of the wireless carrier may reach $57 over the next six to 12 months. Morgan Stanley resumed the coverage of the stock with a rating of overweight, the equivalent to buy.
J.C. Penney surged 25 percent to $7.47. Same-store sales will increase by a mid-single digit percentage and gross margin will "significantly" improve this year, the company said. Chief Executive Officer Mike Ullman forecast that the retailer's turnaround will be completed this year.
Sears added 6.5 percent to $43.01. The retailer run by hedge fund manager Edward Lampert said its net loss narrowed to $3.37 a share from $489 million, or $4.61 a share, a year earlier. Revenue fell 14 percent to $10.6 billion.
Mylan Inc. climbed 9.4 percent to $56.27. The generic-drug maker forecast 2014 revenue of at least $7.8 billion, exceeding the average analyst estimate of $7.72 billion.
3M Co. gained 1.1 percent to $134.34. The company is working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to sell components of its electronics business that the industrial- and consumer-products maker has decided are underperforming, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Transocean declined 1.1 percent to $42.55. The company reported fourth-quarter revenue of $2.33 billion. Analysts on average estimated $2.36 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.


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Today I'm joining up again with one of my favorites link ups, Current Crush Thursdays! I'm only 5'0″ so as long as I have somewhere to go, I'm in heels or wedges to give me that added bump. Wedges are the perfect way to dress up a summer look so here are some wedges I'm simply obsessing about!
I miiiiight be a shoe addict. Which are your faves? Do you have a favorite store or website where you buy shoes?
Link up today with the lovely Danielle from Framed Frosting and her co-host Courtney from Baxtron Life!
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Yesterday via convos with some of my favorite bloggers Danielle, Punky and Tammy I discovered that I am indeed a No-Reply Blogger. 😦 Not by choice but because WordPress doesn't allow me to comment with my e-mail attached. So I apologize to all you bloggers who desperately hate no-reply bloggers, I have no choice in the matter! I plan to investigate and blog more about this in my weekend entry so stay tuned for more.
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Native necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 53 diseños de 24 diseñadores freelance.
Native Digital
We're a UK-based web business that sells color management products and high-end monitors (Eizo & NEC) to photographers and designers. Our clients range from amateurs and semi-pros right through to large multi-nationals. Our tag line will be 'value, service and support'
We've been in business for 6 years and need a fresh new image to go with our new e-commerce website which will be launched in September. Our customers are mainly in the UK, but we have an increasing number from Europe too.
Graphics professionals and photographers (from amateur to professional) are our target audience. We want them to feel that our logo reflects the fact that we are a technical company and not a 'box-shifter', and that we understand the problems they face with color and can help them overcome them. It's all about quality!
The logo will be the new brand to our company website, so it needs to work when reduced down to web sizes. We feel a more horizontal style will work better within a website.
We like clean imagery - nothing too fancy! The logo will also be reproduced on shirts and polo shirts (ie bear in mind that small details will be hard to reproduce on fabric), and also on exhibition stands so it would be great if there was a theme in the logo that we could pull onto stand backdrops etc.
Although our largest market is photographers, we probably wouldn't like anything too cliché (such as a graphic of a camera).
Our current website can be viewed at http://www.nativedigital.co.uk
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Brooklyn Decker 'Battleship' Premiere: She Wore A Sexy Plunging Gown
The star showed off her svelte frame in the mermaid gown — and the metallic sleeves added a futuristic touch! Did you love her look?
Brooklyn Decker has really impressed me so far on the red carpet promoting Battleship, and her appearance in Sydney was no exception! While in the past the star has pulled out a slew of questionable looks, everything about this promotional tour is polished and chic — and she radiates confidence!
Clad in a long-sleeved gown with a plunging neckline, Brooklyn looked sexy without being too showy. The metallic sleeves lent a fun, futuristic vibe to the overall ensemble — I love this look on the star!
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Here's an unexpected twist: Paramount is delaying the release date for G.I. Joe: Retaliation, just over a month before the sequel was originally due to hit theaters around the U.S. Retaliation has now been pushed back an entire nine months to a March 29th, 2013 date - where it will face off against The Host during its opening weekend.
The reason for said abrupt delay? Paramount wants to convert the film to 3D, in order to improve its box office prospects overseas.
Deadline quotes an unnamed Paramount head as saying (about Retaliation):
"We're going to do a conscientious 3D job because we've seen how it can better box office internationally. Jim Cameron did all of 'Titanic''s 3D in post – and look how well that movie turned out."
The quality of Titanic's post-converted 3D has demonstrated that non-native 3D films are not necessarily inferior to those shot in the format - assuming the proper time and effort is invested. Furthermore, there are certain recurring set pieces featured in the Retaliation trailers to date (especially the cliff-side ninja battle) that suggest the sequel could stand to benefit from the added dimension.
Of course, the delay is still disappointing news for everyone who was looking forward to a second G.I. Joe movie - one that appears to be an improvement on its predecessor. Still, considering that Retaliation was originally going to square-off against Amazing Spider-Man, just a few days after its opening here in the States - the move seems to make sense, from a financial perspective.
How does the news about Retaliation being post-converted to 3D make you feel? Sound off in the comments section.
As mentioned before: G.I. Joe: Retaliation is now positioned to hit theaters (in 2D, 3D, and, most likely, IMAX 3D) around the U.S. on March 29th, 2013.
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To write sonnets for your sweet Valentines
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So as to woo our judge to pick your lines
To enter, post your verses here below.
Submit by Monday, February 18th to win.
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Oral history interview with Frank H. Field
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Frank H. Field was raised in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, by an aunt, an uncle, and a grandmother. He entered Duke University, placing a year ahead in chemistry, but had very little money. To meet his expenses he worked…
- Interviewee Field, F. H. (Frank Henry), 1922-
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Middlebury, Ind.-based EverGreen Recreational Vehicles LLC has introduced new floorplans for its flagship Ever-Lite brand of travel trailers for 2013.
According to a press release, four of the floorplans will on display during the Sept. 18-20 EverGreen Dealer Open House. Running in conjunction with Elkhart County RV Open House Week, EverGreen will be showing product from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. near the entrance to the RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart.
The lightweight, easy-to-tow Ever-Lite remains the original flagship brand of the company. All floorplan designs for 2013 are deep-slide travel trailers for larger interior space. Upgrades include new wood interiors, décor colors and exterior graphics.
Ever-Lite is constructed with EverGreen's vacuum-laminated ComposiTek construction to reduce weight and resist water damage.
In addition to displaying new product, EverGreen will be hosting a "Hog Roast Celebration" on Sept. 19 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at its exhibit area in Elkhart.
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New advances in the chronic lymphocytic leukaemia genome
A study led by Dr. Roderic Guigó from the Centre for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona, as part of the Chronic Lymphatic Leukaemia Genome Consortium, has made new advances in the study of this disease. The work, which was published (in print version) last week in the journal Genome Research, scrutinised the functional profile of the genes and mutations associated with leukaemia.
The Spanish Chronic Lymphatic Leukaemia Genome Consortium had previously identified the principal mutations involved in the development of the disease. However, its functional profile, the activity of these mutated genes, had not been studied. Now, the researchers have sequenced the functional part of the genome of the leukaemia cells, the RNA, and several populations of healthy B lymphocytes from 98 patients.
The scientists found that there are thousands of genes that are expressed in a distinct way in leukaemia cells in comparison to the healthy B lymphocytes, and that their functions are also very different. In particular, in the leukaemia cells many genes are expressed relating to certain metabolic pathways that make them more active.
By observing these differences, the researchers have also clearly identified two subgroups of patients with different disease behaviour, making up one group of patients that do not need treatment for a long time, while others need it more quickly. In addition, they observed that the origin of these two subgroups could be found in the activating signals received by the leukaemia cells in the lymph nodes. "Thanks to the functional study of the genome we have been able to identify two clear subgroups amongst patients and we have confirmed that the aggressiveness of the disease is different in the two groups. Understanding the molecular basis of these two subgroups will enable specific treatments to be established for each of them", says Dr. Guigó.
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PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Tiger Woods, the world's top-ranked golfer, is at Oak Hill Country Club on Tuesday morning in advance of next week's 95th PGA Championship.
Woods arrived at the course with his girlfriend, skier Lindsey Vonn, and caddie Joe LaCava.
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Woods, who was driving a golf cart, stopped by the pro shop around 11 a.m. and also visited with Oak Hill head professional Craig Harmon for several minutes before heading toward the 10th hole.
OAK HILL: Interactive tour of the course
One female spectator who was using her phone to take pictures said, "Well, that was the thrill of a lifetime," as Woods drove away.
Woods left the course about four hours later. He is scheduled to play in the World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio.
The PGA Championship will take place next week with championship rounds scheduled for Thursday through Sunday.
Sal Maiorana writes for the Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester, N.Y.


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Bloomberg takes gun fight to Chicago
A Chicagoland special House election to replace disgraced former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has suddenly become Ground Zero of the national gun control debate, courtesy of anti-gun crusader Mike Bloomberg.
The billionaire New York City mayor's super PAC is poised to dump at least $2 million into the race, sources told POLITICO — a staggering sum for a single House race that's meant to thwart a National Rifle Association-aligned Democrat who was cruising along as the frontrunner until a barrage of Bloomberg-financed attack ads hit the airwaves.
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The massive independent expenditure by Independence USA PAC dwarfs what any of the 17 Democratic candidates have raised themselves. It's a none-too-subtle statement of Bloomberg's intention to take on the NRA after the Newtown, Conn. school shooting — though it's debatable how much of a test case it is since the NRA is staying out of the race.
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The bulk of Bloomberg's cash has financed an air war against Debbie Halvorson, a former one-term congresswoman and longtime ex-state legislator with an "A" rating from the NRA. The lone white candidate in the Democratic field, she's hoping that her base of suburban and rural voters in the southern outskirts of the district — who by and large favor gun rights — will be enough to give her the small plurality it will take to win.
The Democratic primary is on Feb. 26. The general election is all but irrelevant given the district's heavy Democratic makeup.
"I believe that substantial expenditure by the forces doing battle with gun violence will likely send a real … loud warning to a lot of members of Congress that it's no longer safe to side with the NRA — that's really what's going on here," said Robert Creamer, a partner at Democracy Partners who has followed the race.
Indeed, gun control advocates believe that defeating Halvorson would send a message nationally that the climate has changed in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre in December.
With the NRA steering clear, the air waves are awash in Bloomberg's millions without any significant response. Still, Bloomberg's ad onslaught comes as a number of Democrats have urged him to become a counterweight to the NRA when it comes to political spending, and as his aides have met with President Barack Obama's advisers about coordinating on gun control efforts.
( Also on POLITICO: Obama: Chicago gun toll 'Newtown every 4 months')
A Bloomberg adviser said he made the decision to spend the money "without blinking."
"The fact that it's a special election, the fact that it's in the middle of a national debate over the president's plan … [there is an] understanding that it's both a bellwether and a harbinger."
Devora Kaye, a spokeswoman for the PAC, said the group is trying to seize "distinct window of opportunity" to make headway on gun control while the public is paying close attention.
"We must and we will continue to be aggressive in informing voters across the country about the necessity of electing leaders who will stand up to the NRA and help pass the president's gun reform package," she said.
An NRA spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Bloomberg, who until this week had only gone after Halvorson, is now backing Democratic state lawmaker Robin Kelly. A number of other members of the Illinois congressional delegation are also rallying around Kelly, who released internal data showing her inching ahead of Halvorson in the wake of the Bloomberg ads.
( Also on POLITICO: Bloomberg's D.C. footprint explodes)
Bloomberg also backed a handful of candidates last year in general elections in House districts, largely over the gun issue. But that was before the schoolhouse massacre.


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Canada routs Switzerland at U-18 hockey world championships
Canadians face unbeaten Sweden next
Canada used a balanced scoring attack in a 10-1 rout of Switzerland on Monday to remain unbeaten at the IIHF under-18 world championship in Sochi, Russia.
Josh Morrissey of the Prince Albert Raiders and Laurent Dauphin of the Chicoutimi Sagueneens scored two goals apiece to help Canada improve to 3-0 in preliminary-round play. Six other players scored for Canada and Spencer Martin of the Mississauga Steelheads made 20 saves for the win.
"All four lines competed very hard and we kind of wore the Swiss down as the game progressed," said head coach Don Hay. "So I was just really happy with the total team effort."
Canada had a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes and put the game away with six goals in the second period.
Zach Nastasiuk of the Owen Sound Attack, Sam Bennett of the Kingston Frontenacs, Morgan Klimchuk of the Regina Pats, Nick Baptiste of the Sudbury Wolves, Dillon Heatherington of the Swift Current Broncos and Sam Reinhart of the Kootenay Ice had Canada's other goals.
Canada opened the tournament last week with a 4-1 win over Slovakia and followed it up with a 3-1 victory over Germany. Canada will play undefeated Sweden on Tuesday in the preliminary-round finale for both teams.
"I think we've gotten better each game and that's a real positive situation for us to be going into the next game against the Swedes with," Hay said.
Denis Malgin had the lone goal for Switzerland.
Swiss netminder Nicola Aeberhard was pulled after the second period and replaced by Ludovic Waeber. Aeberhard stopped 15 of 23 shots while Waeber stopped 10 of the 12 shots he faced.
Quarter-final play is set to begin Thursday and the medal games are scheduled for Sunday.
The tournament is being played on two 2014 Olympic rinks.
Canada is in Group B with Slovakia, Germany, Switzerland and Sweden at the 7,000-seat Shayba Arena. The defending champion Americans and host Russia are in Group A with Latvia, Finland and the Czech Republic at the 12,000-seat Bolshoy Ice Dome.
Many top players are unavailable to participate at the tournament because they're still involved in playoffs with their junior clubs.
The United States is looking for a fifth straight gold medal at the event. Canada won gold in 2003 and 2008 but then was out of the medals until winning bronze last year.