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Five Tips for Putting Your Boat to Bed for the Winter
By Craig Lamb
Unless you are fortunate to live in the balmier climates of the U.S., now is the time to put the boat away for the winter. There is more to the job than making sure all of the fishing gear, water toys and other items of fun are stored in the garage.
Preparing for extended storage efficiently and effectively means enjoying worry- and hassle-free experiences when you return to using your outboard, according to the experts at Yamaha Outboards.
Now is the time for performing extended winter storage. Don't wait to call your dealer to schedule winterization. The threat of the season's first hard freeze makes it too late, and damage can occur to the parts.
Here are the steps you can take before putting the boat to bed for the winter.
1: Oil and filter change up
Today's fuel efficient, performance designed four-stroke outboards require extra care with the oil and filter. The four-stroke combustion process creates some contaminants that are removed by the oil filter. Changing the filter and oil helps ensure the motor is protected and ready for use next spring.
Choosing Yamalube 4m and 2M removes all the guesswork about which oil is best for your Yamaha outboard. Both oils are purposely formulated with special anti-corrosion agents to help combat and prevent the corrosive effects of this environment.
You can even do it yourself with a Yamaha Oil Change Kit. Yamalube oil, Genuine Yamaha oil filter, and necessary drain bolt gaskets are part of the package.
Click here for more oil and filter maintenance tips.
2: Going foggy
Traditionally, you might have used fogging oil sprayed through the intake manifold while the motor is running. Modern four-strokes have longer runner intakes, making the fogging oil more challenging to thoroughly get the job done.
Yamaha has a simple solution called Yamalube EFI Fogging Oil. The oil runs through the motor to fog the entire fuel system and related parts. The product is specially designed for mixing with a portable fuel supply to effectively treat EFI engine cylinders, pistons, and valves.
3 Get greasy
Another winterization step involves applying grease to all of the fittings and engine bracket. Forcing water out and getting fresh grease in helps ensure critical bearings and bushings avoid corrosive damage. And don't forget to add a dab of grease on the trim ramps.
Yamaha Marine Grease provides superior lubrication, versatile formulation and is highly resistant to water while adhering to all frictional surfaces unaffected by engine or boat vibrations. This product should be used where grease "A" is specified in service manual.
4 New fuel filter
With 10% Ethanol fuel common throughout the U.S. taking extra care of your fuel system is important. The 10-micron filters should be replaced every fifty hours of engine operation. That's a boating season for most boaters.
Do not simply remove and dump the fuel and re-install the filter, as captured debris and water could enter the "clean" side of the filter and be released into your fuel system.
Click here for more tips on fuel and fuel system maintenance.
5 Stabilize fuel
Ethanol-laced fuel has changed some of the rules for winterizing marine gasoline systems. When prepping a boat for winter storage, boat owners must now do all they can to avoid phase separation — a phenomenon in which ethanol combines with water and separates from gasoline, descending in a soupy goop to the bottom of the tank. While this can occur at any time, it is more likely to happen when gas is stored for long periods.
A good choice for this task is Yamalube Fuel Stabilizer & Conditioner PLUS. Be sure to thoroughly course it through the entire fuel system prior to shut down.
At yamahaoutboards.com you can find a complete resource guide for keeping your outboard in tip-top shape. The Maintenance Matters page has links to Interval Maintenance, Engine Oil & Lube, Extended Storage and Fuel and Fuel Systems. Over a dozen topics are covered, and you can download the Maintenance Matters brochure.
Original Source: Sportsmans Lifestyle.com


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HIV and AIDS
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American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR)
This nonprofit organization is dedicated to the support of AIDS research, prevention, treatment education, and advocacy.
Information and resources on HIV/AIDS in the United States.
National AIDS Hotlines
These hotlines are managed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These free numbers will give you easy-to-understand information about HIV and AIDS and referrals to clinics and support groups. All the information they provide is anonymous and confidential.

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Nanoindenters - Nanohardness tester
Today's nanoindenters offer more than nanoindentation. They allow further nano- and micro-tribological measurement methods like for example scratch tests and are universal platforms for complex, mechanical material characterizations.
Nanoindentation, or depth-sensing hardness testing, is a method to mechanically characterize the micro structures of materials and to analyze thin films.
The Nanohardness Tester NanoTest offers other unique tribological measurement options: a patented nano-impact test which works like a nano-mechanical charpy test, nano fretting tests for high-cycle wear tests, and more.
NanoTest is the unparalleled testing platform for the nano and micro mechanical characterization of all sorts of materials: From metals and alloys over ceramics and polymers all the way to thin and ultra-thin films.
Properties that can be measured:
- Nanohardness
- Elastic modulus
- 3D-Mapping of mechanical properties
- Creep, elastic recovery and plasticity index
- Dynamic nanohardness
- Coefficient of friction and adhesion
- High and low cycle fatigue
Instrumented indentation tests, commonly known as nanoindentation, allow the precise application of a defined force of an indenter tip while simultaneously measuring the indentation depth into the sample substrate with sub-nanometer accuracy.
The NanoTest CORE Range from Micro Materials proposes an affordable alternative to the already established Nanoindenter NanoTest Vantage. Key focus in the development of the CORE Range was a highly cost efficient design whilst maintaining data quality and stability. This allows the system to be ideally suited for high-end academic and corporate R&D labs, but also for more repetitive QC applications.
The nanoindenter NanoTest Vantage is a comprehensive nanomechanical testing platform which provides a variety of different techniques such as nanoindentation/nanohardness testing as well as environmental options to simulate true service conditions and contact mechanics.
The nanoindenter NanoText Xtreme is the first commercially available vacuum-nanoindenter with a unique temperature range, intended to measure at the forefront of high temperature nanoindentation for very demanding applications, when suppression of oxidation of sample and indenter material are crucial.


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The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Day One of Torchwood: Children of Earth delivered a record audience for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's digital channel ABC2. The first episode had 190,000 viewers, including time-shifted viewers.
Record Australian ratings for Children of Earth
1/25/2010 01:06:00 am - Reported by Adam Kirk
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Dr. James Coffin, VP of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Dell, has a post up on the Dell Healthcare Community site that looks at the stances of the various Republican candidates for the US Presidential nomination. It's an interesting read if you haven't been following the republican candidates very much.
What the article doesn't address is these candidates stance on the HITECH Act. The key here is to realize that the HITECH act isn't part of the Affordable Care Act which every GOP candidate is saying they will repeal if they become President. So, where does that really leave the HITECH Act should a republican president be elected?
The problem is that no one really knows. Those who argue that the HITECH Act is safe often lean on the ideas that EMR and EHR has always had bipartisan support. Many often mention that the push for adoption of EHR software was started by a republican president, George W. Bush. I actually agree that both sides of the aisle want to have widespread adoption of EHR. We could certainly argue the benefits or detriments of EHR adoption, but for a relatively uninformed senate, house and president when it comes to EHR, they're going to easily grab on to the idea that technology can improve healthcare. We may agree or disagree with this point, but I think we'd be hard pressed to find a senator that thinks we shouldn't have EHR technology in healthcare.
The problem with the above discussion has to do with the way that EHR is being paid for. Again, this isn't about whether the idea of paying doctors to use EHR software is right or wrong, good or bad. This is more about the political stance of the republicans and how they want government to spend money. It seems very clear to me that Republicans are going to keep sitting on their no spending/cut spending soap box. If a republican becomes President, we're likely to see widespread cuts. Could HITECH money be a casualty of those cuts? Absolutely. Will they be a casualty? Can anyone predict what Washington will really do?
Should doctors and practices then be afraid of going after the EHR stimulus money? Well, I've been advising doctors and practices for the last couple years to not implement an EHR in order to get the government hand out. Those that are doing EHR for "free" government money are going to be disappointed. Not only because the money could be cut, but because sooner or later that money will be gone. So, if you've followed my advice, then the loss of the EHR stimulus money will be unfortunate but not too terrible.
On the other hand, those people who only did EHR because the government was waving the carrot and the stick are likely going to be quite disappointed. Particularly if the practice focused on the governments EHR requirements instead of their own individual practice needs when it comes to an EHR. Sadly, I believe there are many clinics in this boat.
I'm sure there are other Washington DC insider workings that are in play as well. Hopefully many of you will share some of what you know in the comments.
Personally, I'm still fairly confident that the EHR stimulus money will play itself out. I'll be a little surprised if indeed it does get cut. I think republicans will have larger fish to fry. However, there's certainly that possibility, so doctors should take this into account when they're selecting and implementing an EHR.


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This is the opening for the Stitch! cartoon in Japan. This series was made oleh disney for Japanese television. It's not the same series as the American one.
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Did anda know there is actually a Stitch anime. Made for Japanese televion oleh a collaboration of disney and Madhouse studios in jepang this series is titled "Stitch!" It's different from disney Channel's Lilo & Stitch series. Instead of Lilo a new character is introduced. A girl named Hanako. Instead of Hawaii, Stitch ends up on a fictional island similar to Japan's Okinawa. There he meets Hanako, a girl who practices martial arts. As far as I know, Stitch! is only being shown on Japanese television, but I did hear somewhere that it might be shown on the disney Channel in the U.S. later this year. If anda would like to watch it now there is a subtitled version of at least the first two episodes on YouTube.
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News that Disney plans to fill theaters with individual character-driven "Star Wars" spinoffs along with the saga's third trilogy strikes us as tantalizing – and as risky – as a trip to the Death Star.
We're excited by the prospect of seeing years of new Jedi adventures before we're called to that next galaxy far, far away. But the Yoda in us can't help but worry that a flood of flicks might dilute the Force. As our top bet to star in a spinoff might say, "Of too much of a good thing, beware. Yes, hmmm."
Disney, of course, didn't hand George Lucas more than $4 billion last year so it could make a mere three films. But Disney is wagering a lot more than Mouse House money – it's also gambling with fans' deep emotional investment in the series.
We can take heart in how deftly Disney has handled the Marvel franchise, turning out generally high-quality individual hero movies amid planned new "Avenger" team installments. But "Star Wars" fans learned to be wary after Lucas' final three efforts, which many found disappointing, even if the box office didn't show it. And Lucas' bench of characters isn't as deep as Stan Lee's. We can only pray for a Jar Jar Binks-free run of new films.
Sure, there's been a glut of "Star Wars" material for years – most notably the animated "Clone Wars" and Legos video games, aimed at a younger set that no doubt will make up a huge chunk of the audience for upcoming movies. But any new, live-action "Star Wars"-related flick creates great expectations across a mass audience – from those still playing with Legos to those us who saw the 1977 original in theaters.
Disney, so far, seems to be making smart moves, enlisting director J.J. Abrams ("Lost," "Super 8" and the "Star Trek" movie reboot) to direct at least the first chapter of the saga's continuation. The spinoffs reportedly will be overseen by "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of Jedi" screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan and "X-Men: First Class" producer Simon Kinberg.
The creative forces leading the franchise's new era, though, would be well-served to remember they share "Star Wars" with legions of fans who feel they're part-owners of the series. Some even made a "Star Wars VII" trailer a couple months back that's earned more than 250,000 YouTube hits (hat tip to Viral Viral Videos), suggesting many hold a new hope for what's to come. Check out the fan-fashioned promo as we await Abrams' take on the saga, expected to hit theaters in 2015:
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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Welcome to the PKP Technical Committee page. We're part of the PKP governance structure.
- chair: PKP Lead Developer, or partner developer appointed by Advisory Committee.
- Barbara Hui, CDL
- 3 volunteers from the Members Committee, for two year terms
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- volunteer from the PKP Software Development and Support Team (ex officio)
- Alec Smecher, Jason Nugent, James MacGregor, Juan Alperin
- 1 representative from each of the Development Partners:
- CDL (California Digital Library) - Barbara Hui, Lisa Schiff
- OCUL - Alan Darnell, Bartek Kawula, QinQin Lin
- University of British Columbia - tba
- University of Pittsburgh - Brian Gregg
- 3 at-large members for two year terms (to be appointed by the Technical Committee)
- UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago) - Francis Kayiwa, Robert Sandusky
quarterly or as needed
terms of reference
- technical input and advice on PKP's software development methodologies and priorities
- undertake specific technical assignments on behalf of PKP
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High blood pressure, or hypertension, rarely has noticeable symptoms. But if untreated, it increases your risk of serious problems such as heart attacks and strokes.
More than 1 in 4 adults in the UK have high blood pressure, although many will not realise it.
The only way to find out if your blood pressure is high is to have your blood pressure checked.
What is high blood pressure?
Blood pressure is recorded with 2 numbers. The systolic pressure (higher number) is the force at which your heart pumps blood around your body.
The diastolic pressure (lower number) is the resistance to the blood flow in the blood vessels.
They're both measured in millimetres of mercury (mmHg).
As a general guide:
- high blood pressure is considered to be 140/90mmHg or higher (or 150/90mmHg or higher if you're over the age of 80)
- ideal blood pressure is usually considered to be between 90/60mmHg and 120/80mmHg
Blood pressure readings between 120/80mmHg and 140/90mmHg could mean you're at risk of developing high blood pressure if you do not take steps to keep your blood pressure under control.
Everyone's blood pressure will be slightly different. What's considered low or high for you may be normal for someone else.
Risks of high blood pressure
If your blood pressure is too high, it puts extra strain on your blood vessels, heart and other organs, such as the brain, kidneys and eyes.
Persistent high blood pressure can increase your risk of a number of serious and potentially life-threatening health conditions, such as:
- heart disease
- heart attacks
- strokes
- heart failure
- peripheral arterial disease
- aortic aneurysms
- kidney disease
- vascular dementia
If you have high blood pressure, reducing it even a small amount can help lower your risk of these health conditions.
Check your blood pressure
The only way of knowing whether you have high blood pressure is to have a blood pressure test.
All adults over 40 are advised to have their blood pressure checked at least every 5 years.
Getting this done is easy and could save your life.
You can get your blood pressure tested at a number of places, including:
- at your GP surgery
- at some pharmacies
- as part of your NHS Health Check
- in some workplaces
You can also check your blood pressure yourself with a home blood pressure monitor.
Causes of high blood pressure
It's not always clear what causes high blood pressure, but certain things can increase your risk.
You're at an increased risk of high blood pressure if you:
- are over the age of 65
- are overweight
- are of African or Caribbean descent
- have a relative with high blood pressure
- eat too much salt and do not eat enough fruit and vegetables
- do not do enough exercise
- drink too much alcohol or coffee (or other caffeine-based drinks)
- smoke
- do not get much sleep or have disturbed sleep
Making healthy lifestyle changes can help reduce your chances of getting high blood pressure and help lower your blood pressure if it's already high.
Reduce your blood pressure
The following lifestyle changes can help prevent and lower high blood pressure:
- reduce the amount of salt you eat and have a generally healthy diet
- cut back on alcohol
- lose weight if you're overweight
- exercise regularly
- cut down on caffeine
- stop smoking
- try to get at least 6 hours of sleep a night
Some people with high blood pressure may also need to take 1 or more medicines to stop their blood pressure getting too high.
Medicines for high blood pressure
If you're diagnosed with high blood pressure, your doctor may recommend taking 1 or more medicines to keep it under control.
These come as tablets and usually need to be taken once a day.
Common blood pressure medicines include:
- ACE inhibitors – such as enalapril, lisinopril, perindopril and ramipril
- angiotensin-2 receptor blockers (ARBs) – such as candesartan, irbesartan, losartan, valsartan and olmesartan
- calcium channel blockers – such as amlodipine, felodipine and nifedipine or diltiazem and verapamil
- diuretics – such as indapamide and bendroflumethiazide
- beta blockers – such as atenolol and bisoprolol
- alpha blockers – such as doxazosin
- other diuretics – such as amiloride and spironolactone
The medicine recommended for you will depend on things like how high your blood pressure is, your age and your ethnicity.
Social care and support guide
If you:
- need help with day-to-day living because of illness or disability
- care for someone regularly because they're ill, elderly or disabled (including family members)
Our guide to care and support explains your options and where you can get support.
Page last reviewed: 21 May 2019
Next review due: 21 May 2022


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Brazil's growth boom has earned the country a permanent place among those nations considered most important to the global economy. It has resulted in greater affluence for the already affluent and created a more prosperous middle class, both of which have led in turn to an increase in demand for new financial products and investment services.
This dynamic is attracting a growing number of international financial firms seeking to establish themselves in Brazil and grow their businesses there. These companies are particularly keen on launching wealth management businesses, and over the past few months, quite a few big name firms have been either setting up local wealth management efforts in Brazil, strengthening existing platforms or making strategic acquisitions in the country with the goal of offering their products and services to a market that's slated for even greater growth going forward.
But while launching an onshore wealth management business in Brazil and expanding it over time may well be the right course to take at this point in the Brazilian story, it won't be all that simple, experts say, not least because Brazilian investors are reputed for their financial sophistication, entrepreneurial spirit and razor-sharp market knowledge. They have high expectations for both quality and delivery, so if these firms want to succeed in growing their businesses, they need to make sure that they remain attractive to their customers and retain their attention by offering cutting edge products and services.
"Brazil is the largest local market in Latin America and we estimate the [high-net-worth] market is growing at around 25% a year," says Antonio Costa, head of wealth management for Brazil at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. "We believe that there is a lot of scope for major banks to develop onshore platforms in Brazil, but even though Brazil is a big market, the competition is very strong, and given the profile of the Brazilian investor, you really need to be able to differentiate yourself from your competition."
Bank of America Merrill Lynch recently set up an open architecture, local currency wealth management business in Brazil. The firm is counting on its strong investment and corporate banking capabilities to assure the success of its Brazilian wealth management operations, Costa says, and because it has participated in most local IPOs this year, including deals for Brazil's national oil company, Petrobras, and Banco do Brasil, the country's largest public sector bank, it has solid relationships that would cement that effort. The firm also has a global brand name to leverage and a strong business model to ensure its success, he says.
But Bank of America Merrill Lynch is not the only international financial firm counting upon its reputation to establish a strong foothold in Brazil: More and more big name financial firms are looking to get into the country and set up wealth management platforms, and they say they're there for the long haul.
UBS, for example, recently relaunched its Brazilian wealth management business, which it had first started in 2002 and then had to shutter briefly during the financial crisis. The firm—which has had a presence in Brazil since the 1960s—has also acquired Link Investimentos, the largest independent broker-dealer in Brazil with a strong position in equities, equity research, equity derivatives, exchange-traded FX, fixed income and commodity products.
And another heavy hitter, JP Morgan, has just purchased a majority stake in asset manager Gavea Investments, founded in 2003 by the former president of Brazil's Central Bank, Arminio Fraga, a highly respected figure in international financial circles. Gavea, with operations in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, currently has about $10 billion in assets under management.
"Wealth [in Brazil] has been generated from entrepreneurs who are successfully participating in the booming economic environment," says Fernanda Pasquarelli, who heads up UBS's local wealth management business in Brazil. "We do anticipate growth in the number of clients, which is in line with the expected economic growth of the country in the next years."
Brazil has always been an attractive country to financial firms for its sheer size and for its importance to Latin America. Yet when it comes to wealth management, none have really succeeded to date in establishing a lasting and dedicated business, says Bruno del Ama, CEO of asset management company Global X Funds in New York, because the boom and bust cycles that through the decades have been typical of countries like Brazil and Mexico have gone against them. International firms want to invest in countries that have stable economic and political environments in which they can grow and expand their businesses, he says, and for many years, this was just not the case in many Latin American countries including Brazil.
[Read more about ETFs that invest in Brazil.]
Now, though, things are very different and Brazil has been on a steady course of increased stability and prosperity that looks set to endure both economically, as well as politically, thanks to outgoing President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, whose eight-year tenure delivered far more than anyone had ever expected. Lula—whose victory in 2002 led many to believe that Brazil would spiral rapidly down a path of Leftist decline—surprised the world by enacting various measures that actually supported business and allowed the private sector to flourish, del Ama says, all the while making sure to address the fundamental social issues that are so important in a country like Brazil, where marked inequalities between the different socio-economic classes could, if not taken care of, greatly undermine growth and progress.
Experts don't expect to see any reversal of Lula's policies under Brazil's freshly elected president, Dilma Roussef (who is the nation's first female leader). In fact, they expect further growth and greater wealth creation as Brazil expands its role in the global economy.
"No one expected the Left to be so successful in Brazil, and one of the main reasons why the wealth management industry is developing so rapidly is because people are more comfortable with the government," del Ama says.
UBS, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan and other firms are eager to tap into the increased wealth in Brazil, and on a macro level, have been encouraged by the stable political and economic environment in the country. Brazil's capital markets have both strengthened and deepened over the years, and a greater number of people are investing in equities and other kinds of financial products, Pasquarelli says. Risk appetite is increasing and investors are showing more interest in putting their money into different areas like real estate, agribusiness, asset-backed securities and other kinds of alternative investments.
Given the cachet that names like UBS, J.P. Morgan and Bank of America Merrill Lynch carry, it's quite natural that affluent Brazilians would want their money to be managed by firms of that caliber. But because they're so financially savvy, Brazilian investors set the bar extremely high, del Ama says, and firms are going to have to really prove themselves worthy of interest to their clientele, not just through their range of offerings, but also by showing that they truly are committed to the Brazilian market. Commitment, in fact, is one of the most important criteria by which Brazilians judge financial firms.
"A lot of these banks have come in and started businesses and sold them, gone away and then come back," del Ama says, "and this creates an issue for people who are entrusting their savings to them. They want to see stability and credit quality from the firms that are managing their assets. They want these firms to devote the time, provide value add, foster relationships and understand the local culture."
In that regard, there are some like William Heuseler, chief wealth planning officer at Itau Private Bank International, who believe that local banks have a far better chance than their international counterparts of appealing to Brazilian clients looking for wealth management services. International banks are clamoring for a share of what promises to be a fabulous business opportunity going forward, but according to Heuseler, they may not achieve the success they're hoping for simply because they may not know the lay of the land the way local players do.
Succeeding in Brazil, Heuseler says, means having an in-depth knowledge of local regulation, in particular the tax code, which is extremely complex. It means being able to relate to local people on their turf and really having a keen sense of the local business culture.
Itau—which is Brazil's largest private sector bank and in its wealth management business already has about $100 billion in assets under management—already has an edge over other banks that are just getting their wealth management businesses off the ground now, Heuseler says. The bank has an extensive reach across Brazil and it is practically a household name, and this is very important since wealth creation is happening in cities beyond Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo.
"We obviously have a vested interest in Brazil and we feel that Brazilians would rather put their money in a bank that will stay in Brazil—a bank that knows the local culture and the local norms and whose professionals speak the local language," he says.
UBS's Pasquarelli agrees that given the nature of the wealth management business, it is extremely important for provider firms to really understand the culture and the local regulatory and tax environment. However, because of its long presence in Brazil, UBS has successfully acquired that requisite expertise. Its investment banking and research capabilities have allowed the bank to develop a deep knowledge and understanding of the local market and culture, she says, and it can leverage this with the additional benefit of being a firm that has a truly global reach.
The Brazilian market is certainly unique and global firms need to be able to adapt to that uniqueness by understanding local regulation and offering attractive and innovative product platforms. But Bank of America, for its part, is also making sure to hire the right kind of talent, says Andres de Corral, managing director at the firm, and is staffing its operation with people who both know the Brazilian market and are known in it, so as to cover it to the greatest extent possible.
"If you want to remain competitive, you also need to have a truly competitive model and the right infrastructure to make that long-term commitment," de Corral says. "You need to have the right talent, the right technology and the right level of sophistication. We have all of that plus a very strong brand name in many different businesses."
At the end of the day, though, brand name, reputation, relationships and innovation will all play a role in how successful a wealth management business can be. And firms that make an effort to hire Brazilians who have their fingers on the pulse of what investors are looking for and can ensure that business keeps pace with their expectations will do best, del Ama says. But overall, what's going to count the most will be commitment. The Brazil story still has a lot of momentum in it and right now, firms appear to be willing to invest in their respective wealth management businesses for the long haul. But those that really stand the test of time and stick with their commitment will be the ones who will ultimately succeed.
Savita Iyer-Ahrestani is a freelance writer and regular contributor to Investment Advisor and AdvisorOne.com based in New Jersey.


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JeffreyG necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 17 diseños de 8 diseñadores freelance.
The Brain Chain
The Brain Chain (TBC) is an outsourced revolutionary tier1 customer service network. Our network of qualified Brain Chain Experts™ (customer service representatives - CSRs) allows our client's customers ease and flexibility in receiving customer support. Prior to the Brain Chain, customer service largely meant long hold times on a telephone and costly full-time CSR staff. TBC cuts down the cost and resolution time dramatically while building a long-lasting relationship between product and consumer through a highly hands-on customer service experience.
Creative Statement
The creative must convey the use of the social/electronic media as the key resource in providing customer support to a wide range of consumers. The treatments must speak to executives who will ultimately decide if TBC is a customer service product with which to partner.
Innovative. Effective. Efficient. Customizable. Scalable. Service Oriented.
Engaging. Positive. Somewhere between business appropriate and hip.
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Target Audience
Initial audiences of the creative are investment funds and Fortune 1000 executives that are the target market for TBC service. Ongoing audiences include clients and potential customer service representatives.
Design a creative layout for TheBrainChain.com based on the existing logo asset at http://www.thebrainchain.com. The contest calls for homepage and one interior page design.
Two calls to action: 1. learn how TBC can help your business; 2. Become a TBC expert. Design comps must translate well into print applications and must be implementable with CSS.


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Kris Jenner: You're Cruel To Khloe Kardashian By Pushing Her To Get A DNA Test
Kris Jenner – a normal mother would NEVER have written a book about cheating on her husband, let alone fueled her daughter Khloe's insecurity by trying to force her to get a DNA test.
Hooray for Khloe Kardashian-Odom for forcefully standing up to you, her fame – addicted mom, Kris Jenner and refusing to give in to your selfish prodding to find out if she's a true Kardashian.
"Wouldn't it make you feel better if you had a DNA test," you, Kris Jenner, confronted Khloe on last night, May 13th's finale of Khloe & Lamar, while she was trying to prep for her big Cosmopolitan magazine cover shoot. "There has to be a part of you that wants resolution in your heart."
Hollywoodlifers – were you clapping for Khloe like me, as she stood up to her mother, Kris, and said "no!"
Even after you, Kris pushed her again: "Are you sure?" Khloe was strong. "I don't care either way cause my dad is my dad and my stepdad is my stepdad."
Good for you Khloe – that's so true. Your dear father Robert Kardashian loved you to bits and never questioned your DNA, despite the fact that he was hugely aware of his wife Kris' cheating. It didn't matter to him if you were biologically his or not.
Khloe – you were completely right to blame your mother for setting off hurtful tabloid stories about your true parentage. "My mom's book (Kris Jenner and All Things Kardashian, published Nov. 1, 2011) opened up a can of worms for people to have their opinions. I'm not mad at her but I need time to think. I don't want to get sucked into the Kris Jenner crazy train."
Strangely for a woman who purports to care about her family and children above all else, Kris Jenner, you revealed and went into intimate detail, about your torrid affair with a younger man while you were still married to Robert Kardashian in your book, no matter how that might embarrass or hurt your children. "In her book, she says she had an affair around the time she was 30 – hello, that's the year, I was born," a hurt and annoyed Khloe reveals.
Sadly, Kris' daugthers Kourtney and Kim are too eager to chime in, telling Khloe that she should get a DNA test. "You'd feel better, it would put your mind at ease," if you had the DNA test, Kourtney tells Khloe.
Even, Rob teases Khloe, telling her they had a family meeting where they talked about Khloe getting a DNA test.
In any case Kris – you've been the total instigator of Khloe's misery, starting with revealing your affair to the world and then urging your other daugthers to be your DNA test surrogates. "Wouldn't you just want to know 100%, because mom is saying it's a good idea so we never have to worry about this again, Kourtney pesters Khloe."
Kris – why would YOU be worried? Why should Khloe worry? These questions should have been kept completely to yourself. A normal mother wouldn't have said a word, period. But if something did ever become public, a normal loving mother would have reassured her daughter that she was her father's daughter, would have dismissed the rumors as nonsense, and simply would have told her daughter that she loved her and her father loved her and her DNA was totally irrevelant! Enough! No DNA tests!
Kourtney Kardashian's Father Mystery — She Admits She Doesn't Know Who Her Daddy Is
Only Khloe's best friend Malika Haqq and Khloe's husband Lamar, totally and unconditionally support her. "You don't need proof of the love of your father and nothing can change that, not even DNA," Malika wisely counsels Khloe.
As for Lamar, his unselfish, non-fame-fueled love, is the opposite of Kris' desire to find storylines for Khloe & Lamar, no matter how hurtful to Khloe. "I hate to see Khloe like that (so upset). It's important for us to stay strong for one another. I need to be a good husband, be thoughtful and let her know how grateful I am," Lamar says to comfort her, before smothering Khloe in kisses.
In contrast, Kris, you didn't even give Khloe a hug. But you did ensure big sales for your own book.
Your daughter Khloe showed way more maturity, saying she was 100% comfortable NOT getting a DNA test and "knowing that my father is my father and living with that for the rest of my life."
UPDATE: Khloe Kardashian's REAL Father Revealed — Truth Uncovered Through Paternity Test On 'KUWTK'
Kris, being a momager and lining your own and your daughters' bank accounts is great. But sometimes, just being an unconditionally loving mom is WAY more important!
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October 2013
Tannis Reinhertz -- Department Chair
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The Culinary Arts and Hospitality Studies (CAHS) Department is committed to a sustainable, collegial process for review and improvement of our teaching methods and curriculum in support of successful student learning outcomes. To that end, each semester the CAHS faculty (full and part-time), organize and attend a department SLO retreat each semester. In addition, faculty meet monthly to discuss department activities including questions / ideas regarding SLO assessment, tools, best practices for communicating/ connecting course and program level SLOs to students and employers. For example, at our recent retreat on 8/13/2013, the question of how our course and program level SLO's were being communicated to our students was addressed.
These retreats give faculty time to discuss our department's webpage, our program mapping, our best practices for communicating SLOs in syllabi, use of Insight for assessment, and these retreats generally result in faculty being more engaged and energized by time set aside to talk about teaching in the context of SLOs. As a result, class teacher/student dialog is more framed by common context. Since we are a multi campus department, context and focus is maintained by department-wide extended staff meeting at the beginning and end of each semester where SLOs are discussed, analyzed, and revised. In addition, the department chair schedules monthly staff meetings at each campus, helping to close the loop of SLO information. Each major area (culinary, food service and hotel management) faculty (both CR and NC) meets at least once a semester to discuss department-wide and area-wide assessments. With common focus, we are able to assess multiple courses in seven different programs this fall!
Our assessment focus has improved our curriculum. We have implemented many course revisions. One example is CAHS 24. Using student surveys and in-class discussions, we were able to discern that we could improve and better align student expectations and skill building by turning a 3 unit class into 3 one unit classes. These one unit courses drilled down subject matter and allowed students to tailor skills and build a specialized culinary portfolio. A student could choose to a one unit course on Chocolate or Wedding cakes rather than an entire course on cakes and dough. This is just one example of the way the CAHS is using the assessment process to complete student centered curriculum and program changes.
Chantilly Apollon, GE-Area C Workgroup Chair
"This scale gives everyone a common language to communicate how students are doing, but leaves flexibility for instructors."
As part of my participation in developing, assessing, and evaluating student learning outcomes at CCSF, I have two main roles outside of collecting data in my own classroom:
organizing the committee tasked with piloting an assessment for General Education Area C: Natural Sciences and
coordinating SLO assessment and reporting for approximately 12-15 sections of a course in my department taught by 8 or more faculty each semester.
As SLO's have become a more predominant issue at CCSF over the past few years, I found myself faced with a common issue from all sides: how can we maintain teaching freedom in the classroom while still measuring and assessing common outcomes? Many instructors that teach the course I coordinate have joined efforts in developing common assessment tools; however, these tools don't translate to every classroom or teaching style and not all instructors embrace the tools or do so with dragging feet.
After participating in the GEO committee and discussing a similar issue college-wide, we developed a rubric. A holistic rubric, to use terminology, that keeps things simple with a 3 level scale for assessing student outcome achievement: proficient, developing, and no evidence. As this scale was developed and disseminated, I found it would also be invaluable in my coordination duties. This scale gives everyone a common language to communicate how students are doing, but leaves flexibility for instructors. Development, delivery, and grading is independent of the common rubric; instructors can translate their teaching tools into this common language as they choose.
This was the first semester that I implemented reporting the course data in this common rubric, and it was a bit of a bumpy road. However, I feel like having this in place, instructors know what information to report in future semesters and data analysis will go more smoothly. I think I've become a better coordinator and my colleagues and I can engage in meaningful discussion about classrooms and students.
Andre Barnes, Chief of Police
"Police department staff received training in July .... now includ[ing] student discipline referrals."
The public safety assessment processes produced changes that reflect the student and staff concerns about crime on our campus and parking at our sites. The department's plans for improvement produced the following: creation of crime database, improved safety equipment, increased training and staffing, and improved parking permit accessibility.
Annual crime statistics are online on the Police Dept. This database, part of the Annual Security Report (ASR), brings CCSF in compliance with the Federal mandates. This information will be updated at the beginning of October, providing three years of data. Police department staff received training in July on federal reporting compliance that will now include student discipline referrals.
Following previous semester crime trends and analysis the department has made adjustments in several areas; security equipment has been purchased for problem areas and additional dedicated security staff for the Wellness Center and Library has been approved.
Following an assessment of staffing levels, levels per shift have been expanded to provide approximately 50 additional days of staffing. The Police Department has worked to ensure quality training for its officers. Having completed 75% of our goal for mandatory training for officers, the department has partnered with SFPD training unit to implement ongoing compliance. It is expected that this compliance will be complete in the next quarter. Both members of the department at the administrative level and line level have completed over 1000 hours of training that relates to providing public safety to the campus community.
Working with the parking committee, assessment of our parking needs continue to occur based on employee and student uses. Parking information is forwarded to students at the beginning of each semester advising of locations of student lots. Also, students are encouraged to use public transportation during peak uses. Permit stations are located strategically throughout the parking lots for students and a new system was put in for employees which CCSF staff has administrative access to address any concerns. .
Next steps.
Beginning Fall 2013 campus community members in specific areas will receive training on the federally mandated Jeanne Clery Act by the police department staff.
- The Chief of Police in partnership with Student Development acts as a team member of the newly created Crisis Management Team. The CMT team is designed to address serious public safety concerns on campus that negatively impacts our mission to provide quality education to our students and provide a safe workplace.
- The Chief of Police is a member of the Districts' Participatory Governance Committee and will work as a campus leader to address matters of concern in support of the Chancellor.
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So running more doesn't necessarily make you faster. Regardless of how much you run, genetics plays a large role in your performance. A person with a lot of talent will almost always outperform a person with little talent and a lot of training.
"If you look at the training data of elite athletes, you find that the optimum training volume for the world's best athletes lies somewhere between 75 and 110 miles per week," says Timothy Noakes, M.D., Discovery Health Professor of Exercise and Sports Science at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, and author of Lore of Running. "However, the time spent running may be more important than the mileage since a fast runner will run that distance much quicker than a slow runner. Humans may have a maximum training volume they can undertake, and I think it's close to 75 to 100 miles per week. Your body simply can't absorb any more training volume without breaking down."
More: 10 Tips to Extend Your Running Life
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If there is little or no improvement in VO2 max and the metabolic profile of muscles as one runs more than 70 miles per week, is there any benefit at all to running more? Maybe. Research has shown that runners who run high mileage tend to be more economical, which has led to the suggestion among scientists that running more than 70 miles per week improves running economy (the amount of oxygen used to maintain a given pace).
More: Strength Train to Improve Running Economy
It is possible that, just as repetition of the walking movement decreases the "jerkiness" of a toddler's walk to the point that it becomes smooth, repetition of the running movement has an under-recognized neural component. With countless repetitions, muscle fiber recruitment patterns and possibly even the relationship between breathing and stride rhythms are optimized to minimize the oxygen cost. In other words, practice makes perfect.
Additionally, high mileage reduces body weight, which further reduces the oxygen cost. Because it is hard to prove cause and effect, it is not clear whether high-mileage runners become more economical by running more miles, or are innately more economical and can therefore handle higher mileage without getting injured.
More: The 10 Percent Rule and How to Make It Work for You
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More: The Mental Side of Running
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More: How to Become a Consistent Runner and Nail New PRs
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Jurors in a federal civil case in Chicago have awarded nearly $500,000 to a former handyman serving a life prison term for killing seven people at a suburban fast-food restaurant.
James Degorski had claimed a Cook County Jail guard beat him in 2002, shortly after his arrest for the 1993 murders at a Brown's Chicken and Pasta restaurant.
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According to a press release from King & Spalding, the New York-based law firm representing the plaintiffs, U.S. Information Systems and Odyssey allege that Local 3 and several New York area electrical contractors, including A&R Electric Co., Elmhurst, N.Y.; Adco Electric, Inc., Staten Island, N.Y.; Five Star Electric Corp., Ozone Park, N.Y.; Forest Electric Corp., New York; IPC Communications, Inc., New York; and Nead Information Systems Inc., Jersey City, N.J., are part of a concerted effort to exclude telecom contractors from doing telecommunications installation work in the New York area.
In court documents filed on June 27, the plaintiffs charged that the defendants allegedly "have combined and conspired with each other, and others presently unidentified, to carry out a common plan to coerce and induce building owners and tenants, building managers, general contractors, information technology consultants and others in the construction industry to exclude the plaintiffs from the market for telecommunications installation work."
Examples of the alleged coercion given in the court documents included "work stoppages, slowdowns and threats of labor unrest"; "deliberately" slowing down a job where telecommunications workers were on site by shutting down elevators, lights and power; and "job-site sabotage," such as cutting telecommunications cables.
According to the press release, USIS and Odyssey employ Communications Workers of America (CWA) employees and have in the past filed several complaints against the IBEW Local 3 with the National Labor Relations Board, alleging unfair labor practices. The plaintiffs said they have prevailed in all instances, but that the defendants' behavior continued at future work sites, compelling them to file this action in federal court to address the fact that the defendants' ongoing actions have caused them antitrust injuries.
The lawsuit seeks more than $50 million in damages after trebling and a permanent injunction against the defendants. According to a statement regarding the case on the Web site, www.local3antitrust.com, the plaintiffs hope that if successful, the lawsuit will prevent the defendants and anyone acting in concert with them from further conspiring to eliminate competition by the plaintiffs in the market for telecommunications installations.


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Bitcoin Experiment in Real Life
What to know about the virtual currency
Deep in the unregulated underbelly of the Internet, bitcoin is the crypto-currency of the realm, making as many headlines for its volatile price as it has for its popularity with criminals seeking anonymity.
These are reasons enough to keep most people away. But bitcoin keeps popping up in more places as a way to pay for legal, everyday things. So I spent a week using the virtual currency and my experience surprised me: It was neither anonymous nor shadowy....


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Every now and then I ask a question only to find an answer myself a little later. Like just now. However I cannot accept my own answer until 48 hours have passed since I asked (or answered?) the question. That's understandable and reasonable. But also annoying, since I have to remember to revisit the question 2 days from now. This happens every once in a while, and more often than not I don't remember about it. Hence my acceptance rate suffers.
So here's two competing suggestions to tackle this:
- If a question has no accepted answers 48 hours after asking AND there is an answer made by the author, send a notification to the author that he is free to accept his answer now;
- Allow to tick the checkmark immediately, but show it with a dotted outline or something, meaning that it is "delayed accepted". This means that it is NOT YET accepted (others won't see it), but if there are no more answers within 48 hours, it will get accepted (so I don't need to revisit the question). If another answer is posted, the delayed-accepted status is removed and a typical notification is sent to my inbox. I can then review the new answer and either accept that immediately, or re-tick my own checkmark.
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This week marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council in October 1962. We thought it would be a good opportunity to look back for the next year or so on some of the coverage of the council by Catholic News Service. CNS was known at the time as National Catholic Welfare Conference News Service, NC for shorthand.
Today's blog is about the American experts who were appointed to assist the council fathers. Originally, the Pope John XXIII named 10 people, all priests, from the U.S. among the 195 experts from around the world. During the next three years of the council, almost a dozen more were added.
According to the NC report of Oct. 1, 1962, the experts "are specialists in fields such as theology, canon law and social action. They will be able to attend general sessions of the council, but may not speak unless called upon."
The experts' principal duty was "to collaborate with the members of the various council commissions — at the invitation of the presiding officers — to help compile and correct texts and to prepare them for publication.
The initial 195 experts were appointed in their own right. Later appointees first arrived at the council as personal experts or advisers to bishop members and were later appointed as experts to the full council. It was difficult throughout the council for NC — or any news organization — to get a handle on who had been appointed in later years, since the Vatican did not always announce the appointments in its public statements.
Here is the list of the initial American experts appointed, all giants in their field:
— Msgr. Francis J. Brennan, of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, dean of the Sacred Roman Rota.
— Msgr. William J. Doheny, of the Diocese of Superior, Wis., a Rota judge.
— Msgr. John Steinmueller, a Scripture scholar from the Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y.
— Msgr. Joseph C. Fenton, editor of the American Ecclesiastical Review at The Catholic University of America. (The AER ceased publication in 1975.)
— Msgr. Rudoph G. Bandas, an educator and theologian from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
— Msgr. George G. Higgins, the legendary director of the Social Action Department of the National Catholic Welfare Conference in Washington, forerunner of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
— Father Fredrick McManus, member (and later dean) of the canon law faculty at The Catholic University of America and former president of the North American Liturgical Conference as well as head of the postconciliar USCCB liturgy office. (He was one of the architects of the council's document on the liturgy.)
— Benedictine Father Ulric Beste, a priest of St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minn., who was a professor of canon law at the Pontifical University of St. Anselm in Rome.
— Holy Cross Father Edward Heston, procurator in Rome for the Congregation of the Holy Cross.
— Assumptionist Father Georges Tavard, chairman of the theology department of Mount Mercy College in Pittsburgh. The priest, a noted ecumenist, was a native of France but spent most of his 60 years as a priest in the United States.
— Passionist Father Barnabas Mary Ahern, who served on the council's theological commission. A top U.S. biblical scholar, he was a leader of the movement in the 1950s and '60s to popularize the use and understanding of the Bible among Catholics.
— Jesuit Father Gustave Weigel, a theologian who was a major influence on the document on ecumenism.
By the end of 1962, the pope named 10 more priests. They were:
— Vincentian Father Nichale E. Persich, rector of Kenrick Seminary in the Archdiocese of St. Louis.
— Father Joseph Baker, of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, a canon lawyer and Latinist.
— Msgr. William W. Baum, vice chancellor of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo. (He was later bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Mo., archbishop of Washington, and cardinal prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education and the Apostolic Penitentiary at the Vatican.)
–Msgr. Ernest J. Fiedler, Kansas City- St. Joseph diocesan director of vocations and of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.
— Msgr. Mark J. Hurley, chancellor of the Diocese of Stockton, Calif. (He was later auxiliary bishop of San Francisco and bishop of Santa Rosa, Calif.)
— Msgr. Andrew P. Landi, of the Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y., director in Italy for Catholic Relief Services-NCWC.
— Msgr. George W. Shea, a Marian scholar and rector of Immaculate Conception Seminary of the Archdiocese of Newark, N.J.
— Oblate Father John J. King, professor of dogmatic theology at the seminary of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Washington.
The next year John XXIII appointed five more Americans, including one of the most famous in the council's history. They were:
— Msgr. Manuel J. Rodriguez, chancellor of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, N.M.
— Father Vincent A. Yzermans, former editor of the St. Cloud Visitor, newspaper of the Diocese of St. Cloud, Minn., who was director of the NCWC Information Office and compiler of the NC Council Daybook. (He was later head of the National Association of Religious Broadcasters.)
— Msgr. William J. McDonald, rector of Catholic University and a priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.
— Jesuit Father John Courtney Murray, professor of theology at Woodstock College in Maryland and editor of the magazine Theological Studies. He became one of the chief architects of the council's 1965 Declaration on Religious Freedom ("Dignitatis Humanae"), which redefined church-state relations and said religious freedom is a human right the state is required to protect.
— Msgr. John M. Oesterreicher, a convert to Catholicism from Judasim, who was a top theologian and leading advocate of Jewish-Catholic reconciliation. He was one of the architects of the council document "Nostra Aetate," which among other things called for an end to anti-Semitism.
— Dominican Father John A. Driscoll, a native of St. Paul, Minn., the American assistant general of the Order of Preachers.
Other experts from around the world were named at the start and during the council sessions, but widely lost in the council's history is the fact John XXIII also named two Italian princes as "custodians" of the council: Prince Aspreno Colonna and Prince Allesandro Torlonia, referred to as "prince assistants to the papal throne."
According to the NC report, "The title of prince assistant has been held by the heads of the Colonna and Orsini families since the 16th century. The present Prince Orsini, however, was relieved of the title several years ago because of scandal." Ouch.
"The duties of the custodians have not been announced publicly," the report said. "The office — today more or less honorary — derives from earlier and stormier councils when military protection was sometimes needed to assure peace."
Later NC dispatches noted heated disagreements during the council's years, but as yet we haven't come across any reports of sabers being drawn. At least literally.


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By LANCE EDWARDS— Have you ever pondered what it takes to create wealth? In order to get on your path to financial freedom, you need to understand what it takes to get there.
In any real estate or business venture or even in our personal lives, there are three things that need to occur simultaneously to create wealth for us. Those three things are Active Income, Passive Income and Enhancing our net worth and increasing our asset base.
Active income is where you exchange your time and energy for income. You are active and working at it. If you do not work at it, you do not get paid. Another term for this would be working income. Your current job would be considered active income.
Your active income will not make you rich unless you are building something that will generate passive income. It does not matter if it is a high paying active income job; the bottom line is if you do not show up and do the job, you will not get paid. Some examples of active income in real estate are property managers, home appraisers, real estate agents and contractors.
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Passive income is income that is generated by assets or other people where you are not actively participating. Apartments are a good example of passive income. You either invest your money into it and make it a passive vehicle for you or you invest your time and energy one time to create it and the asset pays you forever. Passive income examples for real estate are rental properties, equity participation and private money lending.
Passive income is really the path to financial freedom. The basic definition of financial freedom is when your passive income is more than adequate to pay for your desired lifestyle. To create your financial freedom plan, you must figure out how much you require per month to pay for your desired lifestyle and what investment vehicles you are going to use to get there.
Enhancing our net worth and increasing our asset base is the third step in creating wealth. First, we need to define net worth and asset. Net worth is simply the difference between your assets and your liabilities. Assets are anything that delivers monthly income. They are yet another means of producing passive income. Everything comes back to passive income when it comes to securing your financial freedom.
Once you come to the realization that passive, not active, income is the key to your financial freedom, then you have taken the very first step toward creating wealth for yourself.
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Get ready to go for a sensual spin with the Gyro G Vibrator.
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Get ready to go for a sensual spin with the Gyro G Vibrator. Silky smooth to the touch, this multi-speed vibe oscillates for a unique vibration sensation. The tapering tip is angled for G-spot stimulation while more girth in the middle offers a fuller feeling during penetration. A simple dial control regulates intensity and waterproof design makes it shower-safe. Sleek, smooth and super sexy, with the Gyro G Vibrator, pleasure is absolutely on point!
Gyro-G Waterproof Vibrator
ABS Plastic
5 1/4" long x 1 5/8" wide (13.3 cm long x 4.1 cm wide)
Uses two AA batteries
Volume: 2; Intensity: 3
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Brand: Pleasure Works
Product Details
Texture: Smooth
Color: Pink or Purple
Power Source: 2 AA
Length: 6.2 inches
Insertable Length: 4.5 inches
Diameter: 1.67 inches
Intensity: 3/5
Volume: 3/5
Warranty: 90 Days
- Waterproof
- Multi-speed
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Customer Reviews
Just received and I was dubious about cracking the packaging but went ahead - total bust - weak vibration - whole lot product but minimalist on the vibe - GD really should rate this particular toy a '1' for intensity and for volume gives this one '10' my Omega 400w blender is quieter.
This was my first and I'll admit I was intimidated by the size when I first saw it, but I'm glad I gave it a chance. It's proven to be a good introduction to the world of toys and has helped me figure out what I do and don't want. The purple in the picture doesn't match the purple of the product but overall, I don't have any complaints about this one - it's quiet, good-looking, easy to handle, and it delivers.
The Gyro-G was awsome but sadly it only lasted 2 months. Also, the indicators for which way the batteries were to be inserted were incorrect so I had to mess with it a few times before getting the thing to work. I would have returned it but I am currently living overseas. It's really sad because my previous vibrator from GV lasted for 7 years and was still going strong when I left it in the US.
This vibrator is an awesome shape for hitting the g spot. You can get some great hands free action if you sit on it to or just laying on one side....Unfortunately, He only lasted about a year before he tuckered. We had a great time together while it lasted.
I currently have about 5 vibrators and this one is definitely my favorite. It has a good thickness to it, which I like. Has a pretty good battery life; I think I've only had to change the batteries once so far. I would definitely recommend it. On a side note, I also love using it just as a regular massager; the tip is really good for digging into tense muscles on my back and shoulders.
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Kia's released the first teaser shot of a concept based on the 2010 Soul it plans to bare at next month's Detroit Auto Show.
While this teaser image doesn't reveal much about the Kia Soul Concept, our first guess to what it could be is a light duty pickup variant or possibly a delivery van with some high-tech gizmos on the inside. Others have speculated we'll see a Kia Soul coupe. Truthfully, we're really not sure what it could be. Kia is being pretty tight-lipped about this one so our guess is as good as yours, but we'll be sure to update you with new pictures as they become available.
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Thanks for checking out the CordLite!
We've been working on the CordLite for almost a year now, and we're really excited to begin manufacturing, but we could use some help with the upfront costs. That's why we turned to Kickstarter. If you preorder a CordLite before the Kickstarter project is over, you can snag one at the discounted price of $30(includes US shipping), as opposed to $35 after Kickstarter. In addition, you would be among the first to ever get a CordLite, and you would have the satisfaction of knowing you helped get this product to market. You can choose from a few different options to pre-order, so check out the Reward levels on the right --> and see which makes sense for you. Thanks a ton!
Check out Update #5
Since we made the video, we've been able to shave quite a bit of volume off of the CordLite. It's much slimmer and sleeker, and feels great.
CordLite in the Press
Tech Crunch - "Perhaps the niftiest thing about the CordLite is how you actually fire up those lights"
Engadget - "Scrap Pile Labs' CordLite sets out to point the way to a successful connection"
Mobile Magazine - "No more fumbling in your dark bedroom or in the dark confines of your car at night."
Zagg - "...an elegant device that, if priced properly, would be on the want list of thousands."
Uber Gizmo - "Looking to solve the issue of fumbling in the dark are Scrap Pile Labs"
Geeky-Gadgets - "...making it easy to connect it to your iPhone in low light conditions."
Oh Gizmo! - "...the CordLite presents a solution to one of life's tiny annoyances"
Phones Review - "...the CordLite compliments iPhone charging with illumination"
MyLovelyMac - "There are many interesting projects on Kickstarter.com which deal with Apple products, but the CordLite illuminated iPhone Charger is one of the most popular ones."
Macgasm = "You don't have to turn it on or off. "It just works."
App Advise - "...That's why I'm so interested in the CordLite from Scrap Pile Labs."
BiteMyApple - "Favorite Kickstarter Projects"
StuffTV- " At first glance you might mistaken the CordLite for just another iPhone charger, but it has a clever trick up its sleeve"
The perfect amount of light... when you need it
The CordLite is a charging cable that provides illumination, enabling you to see your charging port in any low light environment. It's so simple, that by simply picking it up or holding it, it illuminates. The touch design eliminates the need for buttons or switches and keeps the look clean and simple. We worked really hard to design the CordLite to compliment Apple's impecable design.
CordLite is made of rigid plastic for the body, and bead blasted aluminum for the touch plates. The cable is a standard USB cable and will charge and sync your iPhone/iPad/iPod just like the cable that came with it.
The CordLite in the video is one of a few working prototypes that have been in use for the last few months. They were made in our shop using time consuming and tedious methods, but we were able to work out the glitches early and we feel really good about the design.
Apple Only... For Now
We are only offering the CordLite for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod in this Kickstarter campaign. We have a MicroUSB version already prototyped, but because of production costs and schedule, we are focusing on the Apple version first. If you would like to follow the news about the MicroUSB version, you can sign up here.
Each CordLite will come with bead-blasted aluminum touch plates, and a black or white plastic body. The cable color will match the plastic body.
When the kickstarter project ends (if we're successful), we'll be sending out surveys where you'll get the choice of black or white. If you got more than one CordLite, in those same surveys, you'll let us know how many black and how many white.
If you would like to add a little "Flair" to your CordLite... check out the Laser-etched Kickstarter Exclusive Reward level.
Kickstarter Exclusive
Today's laser etching machines can burn super intricate designs into aluminum. "Lasered" designs add a cool dimension to your CordLite.
Laser Design Contest
We tried to come up with some nice laser designs on our own, but we decided, in order to get the best possible designs, we need to open it up to the world. There are so many talented artists out there, much more talented than us, and we would be happy to offer a free CordLite in exchange for some winning designs. More details here
The CordLite will require a number of manufacturing processes like injection molding and stamping, both of which are very costly initially, which is why we're here on Kickstarter.
We've received several quotes for the manufacturing, both local and overseas, and both have their advantages and disadvantages. We prefer manufacturing locally to decrease lead times, and increase communication with our Manufacturers, but as the Kickstarter project matures, we will decide which route makes the most sense.
Once the project ends in late-June, we will begin production right away. We'll be posting updates regularly and backers will be able to get an inside look at our progress through videos and photos.
We're so excited to be releasing this product, and we really appreciate your interest in it. Without your support and generosity, we would not be able to manufacture the CordLite right now. We Thank You, and so does everyone that's ever had trouble plugging in their phone.
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Police probe thefts of dead batteries in SW Pa.
WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) -- Police in one southwestern Pennsylvania township say thieves are stealing dead batteries in bulk from Sam's Club and Walmart stores, apparently because they're worth as much as $12 each when sold for scrap.
The Observer-Reporter of Washington, Pa. reports Thursday that South Strabane police investigating the thefts from a Sam's Club store have learned from other departments that more than 700 batteries have been stolen from those stores and Walmart in 12 Pennsylvania and Ohio towns in recent weeks.
Police say two men driving a white Penske box truck are suspected of driving to the stores and taking the batteries.
About 45 were stolen from the South Strabane Sam's Club and 200 from a Walmart in Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County.
The batteries are turned in by customers who buy new ones.
Information from: Observer-Reporter, http://www.observer-reporter.com