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ANTIOCH — There wasn't any swimming or bonfires, but a summer camp aimed at bolstering math abilities still added up to an adventurous time.
The summer math and college readiness academy, held at Antioch High School earlier this month under the instruction of teacher Lindsay Wisely, helped 70 incoming freshmen hone their algebra skills.
In addition, Wisely said the 4-week program created "a college-going culture through workshops and field trips."
The students visited Cal State East Bay, Saint Mary's and UC Davis. They also participated in college workshops in the school's computer lab with counselor Violeta Orozco. Also on the table were parent workshops, a back-to-school night and even a graduation.
Meeting 16 hours each week, the group was treated to a daily motivational speaker, clinics and lunch.
In its sixth year, the program was originally designed as a coordinated effort between Antioch High and the University of California system. Student applications and personal statements are screened, and then individuals are selected for the month-long program.
Wisely said Blas Guerrero, founder of this math academy, has been an "amazing mentor, who spoke to the students about the obstacles in his own life and how he worked toward a doctorate degree." Guerrero, a college professor, also helped coordinate many of the events.
She said it was most gratifying to see how engaged the students were.
"They really wanted to be there, really believed that the support they received will help them pass algebra as freshmen, which ultimately will put them on a path to meeting college admissions requirements," Wisely said.
The program's director liked that students bought into success and that "it was a parent involvement course.
"Families had many opportunities to come together. The collaboration between students, their families and staff helped to make a cohesive and productive learning environment."
She enjoyed many aspects of the summer blast, especially the college field trips.
"(I loved) showing the students what college is like and seeing their faces light up. I loved to see how engaged they were. That's when being an educator is so exciting, seeing students having fun and loving to learn."
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Former P&G CEO A.G. Lafley was one of the most successful executives in the history of the 176-year-old company. Under Lafley, the company's value increased by more than $100 billion, and more than doubled its roster of billion-dollar brands.
In his upcoming book, "Playing To Win," which was co-written with Rotman School Of Management Dean Roger Martin and was released today, Lafley breaks down the strategic framework that he used throughout his time at the top, which he says can be applied to a company of any size.
There are countless books, articles, and courses on strategy. So why do people continue to get it wrong? We spoke to Lafley, who told Business Insider that there are three primary reasons.
Businesses and people don't like to make choices
"In Roger Martin's and my view, the essence of strategy is making 5 integrated — sometimes difficult — choices; so 5 choices to win. And a lot of us, a lot of human beings, don't like to make choices, right? Choices are difficult, we want to keep our options open, choices involve taking risks, and not only risk to the business but personal risk. So I think there's this sort of human resistance to making choices, and choices are the core of strategy."
People don't like thinking strategy, and focus on execution
"The second thing that goes on is I think that some people, maybe too many people, at for-profit, not-for-profit, small, medium and large businesses just don't like thinking strategy. They think that they know what their product and service is, they think that it's all about execution. 'If I execute better than the next guy, I'm going to win.' But the problem is that execution without the direction of a strategy, without the choices of a strategy, is all over the place. You might win occasionally but you're probably not going to win consistently, reliably or sustainably."
Companies go halfway and don't fully develop a strategy
"This is probably most common at Fortune 500 companies. They do part of the strategy job, but they don't do the whole thing. What do I mean by that? They have a vision or a mission, they might go out and do industry, company and competitor analysis, they might even put together an annual plan and budget. Those are parts of strategy, or they're the output of strategy but they're not strategy."
So what's the solution? According to Lafley, it's about making difficult and specific choices, and putting the entire weight of a business behind them.
"Strategy is five choices," Lafley said. "What is winning; where am I going to play to win; how am I going to win where I play; where are my core competencies that are going to enable me to win where I play; and what management systems and measures are going to help me execute my strategies?"
Companies have to define an ideal future in strategic terms, limit the field rather than try to please everybody, decide on the best strategy for that market, discover and use what they're best at, and determine how to support and measure its people as they carry out the strategy.
Especially in a large organization, that can't be done by one person. It has to become a part of the culture and thinking of the company.
"What we were really trying to accomplish at P&G was to help our managers and leaders become better thinkers and better doers, better strategists and better leaders," Lafley said. "The last thing I wanted to do was sit in my office and try to make strategy choices for 25 to 30 different industries in 90 different countries around the world. That made no sense, I wasn't qualified to do it, I wasn't capable of doing it. So what I wanted to do was help my managers and my leaders [who are] responsible for those businesses, those geographies and those brands, become better strategic choice-makers."
Strategy doesn't work unless everyone's aware of it, working together, and willing to make tough choices to support it.
Find the book here.
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dantefire necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 107 diseños de 23 diseñadores freelance.
Our product is called the 7 pipe. Our website is http://www.7pipe.com
7pipe is for smoking ganja and is the only lighter pipe on the market with a 100% glass insert. Please download attached photos.
Your design should have a flame somewhere, to reflect the fact that our pipes have lighters attached. And if you can incorporate the fact that it has a glass insert, that would be good too.
Our competitors include: solopipe.com, clickatoke.com, among others.
the logo should be HIP, and EDGY, and UNIQUE
You ask why is our product called "7 pipe" ? It has no special meaning, as the logo designer, you could come up with a meaning, or just make it a mystery.
Any logo design which includes a memorable slogan will be a BIG plus.
go to this link to see our product in the marketplace:
The target market are gadget happy potheads, mostly male, 18-35 yrs. old.
The culture of our target market is 420 culture, or cheech and chong culture. Take a look at High Times magazine, at http://www.hightimes.com
The lighter pipe is a relatively new product category within the smoking market. There are approximately 7 competing products.
We are planning a range of pipes. 3pipe.com was our first effort. 7pipe is our current product. we have a range of these coming out, all with short names, like 3, 7, Qpipe, etc. We might use some other symbols in the future. But they will all be short, and will raise a question mark in the consumer's mind.
so your logo design should take into account these future products, and we may even ask you to design those logos directly, because they should be related in some way.
You could also 'create' meaning for '7'.
AMENDMENT: we would like the image or picture of a flame somewhere in the logo, because our pipe has a built in lighter. the shape of the flame should look like the flame from a candle.
AMENDMENT #2: please consider making two versions: one without a leaf, and one with.
AMENDMENT #3: Please make a version without the slogan, and one with, because the product will only have to logo, whereas our website and product box will have the version with slogan and logo together.
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Interior design tips from HGTV's Genevieve Gorder By Sharon Mosley
Ban the beige! That's the message from designer Genevieve Gorder for do-it-yourself home decorators this fall. The star of HGTV's popular "Dear Genevieve" makeover show, Gorder also transformed the homes of desperate design-deprived viewers on TV's "Trading Spaces" earlier in her career. She can turn a dingy laundry into an elegant foyer and create a happening family room out of a dark basement. We asked her to share advice for homeowners who want to turn their homes from blah beige boxes into stylish havens.
Ban the beige.
"Everyone seems to live in beige and cream," Gorder says. "Paint is one of the least expensive ways to transform a house, and it's very easy to change if you don't like it." This year, gray is Gorder's new go-to neutral.
Don't over-think.
"Fear" is one of the biggest obstacles most homeowners face when it comes to starting design projects in their homes. Before you buy that first can of paint, stop, look and listen to your room. "Ask yourself a series of questions, like how do I want to feel in this room? How do I want to move through this room? Where is the light coming from?" The answers will lead you to the tone / style you're after.
Design is personal.
"Seventy-five to 80 percent of decorating is emotional," she says. "But it's not rocket science. It's the one environment in our lives that we can control. Hey, you can always return that sofa if you don't like it!"
Get creative.
"Look past the home improvement stores and give your home your own personal touch. It needs to make you feel good and reflect the things you care about."
Use the resources at your fingertips.
"There are no excuses anymore with the availability of the Internet." There are hundreds of websites where you can find beautifully decorated rooms, find color combinations and fresh design ideas as well as great furniture and accessories.
Keep it personal.
The designer says. "Create what I call 'pauses,'" she says. "Put together vignettes of personal items that make you stop and pause to look at them, whether it's a group of family photos on your front entry table or a piece of art under a glass cloche in a bookshelf. Tell a story about yourself."
Mix old and new.
"It's great to mix vintage and modern pieces," says Gorder, whose kitchen in her 1850 Manhattan Italianate brownstone features a 1903 "science lab" cabinet and limestone countertops salvaged from an old school building. "Look for architectural salvage pieces to incorporate into your designs with newer furniture for a very eclectic interior."
Keep evolving your style.
"There are lots of things you can do to update your rooms," Gorder says. "Accessories are very inexpensive and can give you instant impact with just a change of a wonderful piece of sculpture on a table, a $10 bouquet of fresh flowers in your kitchen or a few new throw pillows for your sofa. Accessories are like last-minute additions of jewelry to your outfit."
"Concentrate on making your home a beautiful place," she says. "After all, it's a refuge."


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Is your application portfolio optimized to deliver real business value? At Fujitsu, we continuously improve and transform our customer's applications to ensure they are optimized for today and adaptable for the business needs of tomorrow.
Is your IT infrastructure as agile as your business needs it to be? Are you spending too much time reacting to problems rather than focusing on the future?
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Macquarie upbeat despite weak quarter
Macquarie Group has shrugged off a disappointing first quarter result and delivered a relatively upbeat profit outlook for 2015.
The financial services group's earnings took a hit during the three months to June due to weaker performances from its markets-facing businesses but still expects its full year result to be roughly in line with its 2014 result.
That would be a more impressive result than it sounds, given Macquarie lifted its profit 49 per cent to $1.265 billion in the year to March 31, helped in part by a $228 million gain from the sale of its stake in Sydney Airport.
Chief executive Nicholas Moore said Macquarie had the potential to produce a better-than-expected result, depending on market conditions.
"Overall we expect the group to be broadly in line this year with the result that we delivered last year," he said.
"Now, obviously if market conditions are better during the current year than we can expect to see a better result for the year."
But investors were unimpressed, pushing Macquarie shares down $1.87 to $59.40 by 1552 AEST.
Macquarie said the profit contribution from its capital markets-facing business fell during the June quarter, while profit from its annuity-style business was broadly in line with a year ago and the prior quarter.
It expects its overall performance to improve during the second quarter but says it faces challenging market conditions while foreign exchange movements, the cost of its conservative approach to funding and capital, potential regulatory changes and tax uncertainties could impact in the short term.
Meanwhile, chairman Kevin McCann has defended Macquarie's political donations in the face of shareholder objections at the company's annual general meeting.
Macquarie is among the biggest corporate political donors in Australia and donated more than $335,000 to major political parties during the 2013 financial year.
The Liberal Party was the biggest beneficiary, receiving almost $188,000, followed by Labor, which received $131,000, while the Nationals were given $16,500.
Several investors, including the Australian Shareholders' Association spokesman Stephen Mayne, called on Macquarie to end cash donations to political parties.
But Mr McCann argued the payments were part of Macquarie's contribution to Australia's political system.
"We have been consistent at Macquarie over many years, we believe we need a political process that is vibrant and part of that is supporting mainstream political parties," he told the shareholder meeting in Sydney.
"That leads to a healthy, transparent economy and strong democratic process."
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$301.50 $335.00
Irish and Celtic Knot inspired bridal tiaras and circlets are sure to make any Celtic bride to be happy! I have handmade the circlet in sterling silver and it features 5 Celtic Knots in elegant symmetry.
Also, I've made a matching Celtic-infused necklace, in sterling silver, with an 8mm gemstone. It's a total of 18 inches in length. Please let me know if you desire a different total length than offered, otherwise, it will come at this length automatically.
This will fit behind the ears and will come with a jeweler's elastic cord (which will be tied on one end) and you would tie the other side through for a snug and comfortable fit, without concern of it falling off in motion.
I have a drop down menu of other gemstone selections if preferred. The lab-created gems means they were produced and formed in a laboratory environment using extreme pressures, but they are chemically the same as earth-made gemstones.
Please convo for questions and please allow me 7-10 days for me to fabricate the piece and then ship. I make these myself so it requires a bit of extra time.
The circlet will come in a large felt pouch for safekeeping and the matching necklace in a jewelry box with a polishing cloth included.
Camias Designs
If you are new to Etsy, please remit payment after purchase. If you do not have a PayPal account, please choose *Pay with PayPal* at checkout and follow instructions for credit card payment, as you do not need a PayPal account to complete the transaction. Or you can use Direct Checkout and bypass PayPal completely.
If you are unsure about something, please contact me or if there are any issues after an item is purchased. I am a very friendly seller and very willing to work with you!
Via standard First Class Mail with signature/delivery confirmation within the US, and First Class International on orders based outside the US.
I do my very best to fabricate and ship items out via the time allotted on the transaction page, either from 3-14 business days after payment clears due to each piece being custom made, thus the extra time in fabrication. Please do be sure you've allowed yourself enough time for me to make your new heirloom in order to arrive to your hair trials and wedding. I do sometimes get quite backlogged and I absolutely want to be sure I fabricate and ship your new heirloom in plenty of time for your event! I can rush shipments out, so please contact me if you need something expedited.
The gemstone moons take me longer - up to 6 weeks due to the intricacies of the work.
Please make sure your PayPal and/or Etsy address is accurate and current! This is the address that your order will ship to. Shipping includes delivery and signature confirmation. This way, both parties can track the shipped merchandise.
For international orders, I'm unable to control duties/taxes which may be imposed upon the dollar amount. I try my best to be as accommodating as possible and offer the fairest shipping prices affordable.
Just contact me within: 3 days of delivery
Ship items back to me within: 7 days of delivery
Request a cancellation within: 2 hours of purchase
But please contact me if you have any problems with your order.
Because of the nature of these items, unless they arrive damaged or defective, I can't accept returns for:
Please contact me if you have any problems with your order.
All my work is custom work. If you're unhappy with your new jewelry item, there is an automatic restocking fee of 10 percent, so please consider before purchasing.
I do not offer refunds on any bridal or wedding pieces due to having several being worn then returned after the wedding. Thank you for understanding!
If there are any issues with your order, any at all, please contact me first prior to leaving feedback, as I will fix and/or replace your piece at no charge within the 2 months of ownership. I strive to do everything with 100 percent satisfaction, but if a mistake should happen, I'd appreciate the opportunity to be able to resolve it for you. I'm a sole-proprietor and make everything by hand, so doing my best is always my first goal.
Please feel free to convo me with any issues and I'll respond quickly. Please understand that because each piece is specifically handmade for you, I cannot offer refunds on purchases which are customized. I would make another piece in exchange of equal value, so please contact me for more info if this is something that concerns you. I understand that may not be comfortable for some, and that's why I will work as hard as I can to ensure the absolute best prior to shipment. I will send photos of the completed piece upon request, too, so there aren't any surprises and I can do any changes prior to shipment.
If there is a problem with your order, I will give you an even exchange for the same item, or a similar one, if the same item cannot be remade. Please understand this is artisan made, by me, so it takes hours of labor and costs of materials. I don't buy from overseas and have it ready to ship. Each piece is devoted personally. I will answer all your questions promptly and timely and will do all I can to ensure a rewarding and happy experience!
All my work is in 925 sterling silver (or 14K gold and gold-filled) and sterling silver might tarnish according to your body chemistry and location, for example, humidity can play a role. I will send a polishing cloth with your order to help, but a fabulous tip is to take your piece and wet your fingers with baking soda, GENTLY rub the piece, with your fingers and baking soda mix and AVOID all gemstones! Then rinse under water and dry with a lint free cloth. It should sparkle in no time!
Sizing Guide:
The circlets and bridal headpieces are made to fit approximately 3/4's around the head, or just behind the ears. All head sizes vary slightly, so I use a jeweler's elastic cord to tie one end off, and then you tie it through the other side for a snug fit. Because it's elastic, it has give and will comfortably adjust to your head shape. Because it's sterling silver, it will bend to fit your forehead. Just gently pull it into shape.
Although I make every effort to ensure a durable product, accidents do happen. Therefore, I am offering a 90-day warranty. If anything breaks within 90 days of purchase, the repair is FREE, less shipping to return the item to me. Anything beyond 90 days can be repaired, but for an additional charge.
Feedback is very important. If you are happy with your item, please leave feedback for me. If there are any issues with your item, please contact me so we can work it out prior to your leaving feedback. I really will do all I can to work with you timely and promptly to resolve any issues.
***Always contact with any questions, issues, or concerns as I want you to love your purchase as much as I enjoy designing your new heirloom!
I'm happy to customize anything you see on my site if it's doable. There are extra fees for the customization. I cannot accept returns on customizations.
All my work is custom work so if you're unhappy with your new piece, there is an automatic restocking fee of 20 percent, so please consider carefully before purchasing. I do not offer refunds on any bridal or wedding pieces due to having several being worn then returned after the wedding. Thank you for understanding!
If there are any issues with your order, please contact me first prior to leaving feedback, as I'll send photos, upon request,of the piece prior to shipment so there are no surprises and I can work out any issues prior to shipment.
All my work comes with a gift box for necklaces, bracelets, earrings and bridal headpieces and neck torcs come in a special felt bag with a polishing cloth. I don't gift wrap because it's subjective and you can take what I've done and use it, or use something different if you prefer.
For bracelet cuffs, a wrist size is imperative for me to make it fit you perfectly.
Take a string and wrap it around your wrist and let me know the size to the nearest half inch. This will enable me to craft your new piece to fit you exactly!
Since it's crafted and created to your sizing, there is a 20 percent restocking fee on any returns if you're not completely satisfied. I will work with you on re-sizing for free to fix any issues so do let me know.
This applies to rings, too.
I will send a polishing cloth on most orders since I fabricate my work in sterling silver, and using a quality polishing cloth meant for gold and silver will come in your new package for you to use on your jewelry should you live in a humid climate. Gently rub the piece, with the cloth, and you will see it brighten up immediately.
Another wonderful tip is to use baking soda, dampen it on an old toothbrush or between your fingers with water, making a paste from it, and GENTLY scrub only the sterling silver part, avoiding the GEMS at all cost as the baking soda can scratch softer gems. Gently scrub and then rinse under warm water and pat dry with a lint-free cloth. Your heirloom will be about as good as new again!
I send my necklaces, rings, pendants in jewelry boxes so they are ready to be given as a gift.
I don't offer gift-wrapping as that's very subjective in style and taste. The pieces will come in a decorative manner so you can hand them to the recipient, as is, or you can wrap the actual jewelry boxes if you desire.
If you send me a sketch of what you had in mind, I can let you know immediately if it's within my reach to fabricate for you. There is an extra charge for customized and personalized work not offered on my site. I do make each piece, by hand, per client and am always happy to try my hand at one-of-a-kind special requests, too. I cannot refund personalized orders, so please consider and do contact me further with questions if needed.


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I got quotes from 10900 to 14500 from different companies.
I have not used insurance any time as fortunately I never had any major accident. What I would like to get is information where someone had a an accident or a breakdown and had a pleasant/fairly good experience with the insurance company e.g. cashless service or breakdown was covered as well or no visits to office etc


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Rock the Race-Day Breakfast: 4 Simple Meals
Keep the pre-race meal simple and gut-friendly with these ideas.
by Marni Sumbal
Ask a dozen triathletes what they like to eat on the morning of an IRONMAN and you'll get a baker's dozen different answers. There are easy and convenient options, like a bagel and banana with peanut butter, a liquid meal replacement for a nervous belly, or a bowl of oatmeal and eggs, compliments of a kitchenette. Washed down with sports drink and coffee, most IRONMAN athletes swear by one of these early-morning menus.
But with so many unique needs, there are a few atypical breakfasts for thought out there. For example, have you ever considered a baked potato with fish, white rice with figs and honey, or applesauce with protein powder? Passing on the caffeine jolt, how about a cup of hot water to get the system going or kombucha tea for a happier gut?
For over a decade, research consistently shows that the perfect pre-race meal includes most the following:
- 100 to 200 grams of carbs (400 to 800 calories) plus a little protein
- 12 to 20 ounces water
- Low glycemic, low fat, low fiber (liquid or solid consistency)
- Consumed three to four hours prior to the start of the endurance event
Breakfast is just the beginning
All the research in the world, however, can't match good old real-world experience and practice. Your race day performance is affected by many factors, and so the perfect pre-race meal is only as good as your ability to control your nerves and pace and fuel yourself properly. Also, one hole in the research is the failure to show a correlation between what an athlete consumes before the race and what an athlete consumes during the event as it relates to a successful performance. Variables such as intensity, course terrain, weather, daily diet, pacing/intensity and fitness level also factor into the ability to postpone fatigue during the race.
Related Article: Master Race-Day Nutrition
As experienced IRONMAN triathletes know all too well, after eight hours of racing the gut and taste buds become turned off of gels and sport drinks. Because the depletion of glycogen in the muscles and liver affect the body's ability to maintain adequate blood glucose concentrations for muscle and brain fuel, the goal of the IRONMAN athlete is to slow down the least possible on that day. Therefore, the complexity of sport nutrition to support a body in motion for 140.6 miles is much more than what you consumed at 3:30 am race day morning.
Your body on race day
When you awake on race day morning, your tapered and carbo-loaded body will be full of fuel—glycogen stored in the muscles. And no matter how fast or slow you start your IRONMAN day, that fuel will likely be the primary recruit for the 2.4 mile swim. Your goal throughout the race is to maintain plasma glucose concentrations as best as possible, through nutrition and pacing.
On race-day morning, your first goal is to replace your liver glycogen, which have spent all night keeping your blood glucose levels up. Next, you want to make sure your meal composition enhances stored fat utilization pathways and does not elevate your blood sugar levels (due to excessive insulin release). Last but not least, you want to reduce the risk for gastrointestinal issues before and during a race. The following pre-race IRONMAN meal ideas satisfy all of these criteria; give them a try, in smaller portions and in training, to develop your own custom pre-race meal to get you to the starting line feeling hungry to race.
Four IRONMAN race-day breakfasts
Consumed with 12-20 ounce water and optional caffeinated coffee/tea as tolerated and approved by physician. Approximate calories and carbs, consumed more/less as tolerated.
1. A nervous belly (low fiber/low residue)
- 1 cup applesauce (no sugar added) – 166 calories, 46g carbs
- 1 ¼ cup Rice Krispy cereal – 130 calories, 29g carbs
- 2 tbsp peanut butter – 188 calories, 6g carbs
- 1 tbsp honey – 64 calories, 17g carbs
Total: 548 calories, 98g carbs
2. A sensitive belly (gluten-free, IBS-friendly, heartburn, food sensitivities)
- ½ cup quinoa (cooked) – 312 calories, 54.5g carbs
- 1 cup sweet potato – 114 calories, 27g carbs
- 1 tbsp olive oil – 119 calories, 0g carbs
Total: 545 calories, 81g carbs
3. An iron stomach (tolerable of most foods, little stress/nerves affecting digestion)
- 1 cup oats (cooked) – 166 calories, 28g carbs
- 1 egg (cooked) – 78 calories, .6g carbs
- 1 medium banana – 105 calories, 27g carbs
- 1 ounce raisins – 85 calories, 22g carbs
- 1/2 ounce walnuts – 92.5 calories, 1.95g carbs
Total: 526 calories, 80.5g carbs
4. International eats (keep it simple overseas)
- 1 sport bar – 190 calories, 24g carbs
- 1 medium banana – 105 calories, 27g carbs
- 1 cup orange juice – 111 calories, 26g carbs
- 1 ounce almonds – 163 calories, 6g carbs
Total: 569 calories, 83g carbs
Marni Sumbal is a top age-group triathlete, coach, and nutritionist. Visit her website at trimarnicoach.com.


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Every spring, people come to watch the cherry trees bloom in the Quad at the University of Washington. So many people come through the Quad to relax, to study, or to photograph the cherry trees that it's difficult to keep people out of the shots in the middle of the day (next year, maybe I'll try for sunrise). But I eventually realized that photographing the people was just as interesting.


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Fish N TripsFiji Game Fishing on the Coral Coast at it's very best.
Game Fishing & Outer Island Adventures
Game Fishing & Outer Island Adventures
Welcome to premier gamefishing charter "Fish'n'Trips" based on the scenic Coral Coast/Fiji's main Island Viti Levu. Our Priority is for your to experience the very best blue water adventure in Fiji with the use of a custom built boat, Top of the line equipment and tackle coupled with stunningly beautiful locations, outstanding service and great value for money.
For a truly memorable experience we invite everyone from beginners to serious anglers to explore the warm tropical waters visiting secret spots and locations whilst testing their skill in an amazing fishing playground where the waters to anglers delight are often 'boiling'.
At "Fish'n'Trips" we offer you experienced crew who have a vast knowledge of the areas you will be fishing in. Accompanied by top of the range fishing equipment and a custom built 30"foot centre console fishing vessel specifically built for fishing in the South Pacific waters-you simply can't go wrong with booking "Fish'n'Trips". Our aim is to make your dream catch a reality.
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'A little bit of Perfect' Maui Palms Private Villas offer an absolute, beachfront, tropical, luxury getaway. Located on the main and most popular island of Fiji Viti Levu, along the world renowned and majestic Coral Coast. The four private Beachfront Villas available to guests are modern yet authentic and truly in tune with Fiji's tropical surroundings which are complimented by the luxury retreats exclusive doorstep access to the tranquil Pacific Ocean and unique coral break. The Private villa's are ideal for couples be it a romantic holiday or honeymoon/wedding sanctuary with room for special guests and perfect for one to four couples to enjoy or larger group to book the entire retreat where kids are permitted. This versatile getaway is simply ideal for your dream holiday escape to unforgettable FIJI.
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- Page 1 JVC DLA-HD550 D-ILA Projector Review
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- Review Price: £2995.00
Having already seen and salivated over JVC's high-end HD950 projector, we don't mind admitting that we're actually rather excited by the arrival on our test benches of the DLA-HD550. For this is JVC's new entry-level model, delivering – we hope – the high performance standards we've come to expect from the brand's proprietary D-ILA/optical wire grid projection technology for a startlingly aggressive price of just £2,995.
First impressions of the HD550 do nothing to suggest that it's going to let us down. In fact, with its elongated gloss black body and vaguely elliptical shape, it's pretty much identical to its £5,675 HD950 sibling. Though unlike the HD950, the HD550 is available in a white finish too.
The external similarities initially seem to extend to its connections, too. For it sports the same two HDMIs, the same component video input, the same S-Video and composite video inputs, and the same RS-232C port for system integration. Then it strikes us, though, that there are a couple of potentially important absentees. For there's neither the 12V trigger output nor the D-Sub analogue PC input found on the HD950.
We appreciate that JVC needs to try and provide reasons for people to consider stepping up to the HD950, but removing the PC connection, in particular, really does seem a bit mean. Especially as D-Sub PC ports are sported by every other video projector we can think of right now – including some costing way less than the HD550.
PC users can, of course, get computer feeds into the HD550 via the HDMIs, but even a semi-serious user of the HD550 will likely already have both the HDMIs earmarked for other sources.
Turning our attentions to the HD550's internal specifications, the potentially most significant differences find it claiming a contrast ratio of 30,000:1 versus the 50,000:1 of the HD950, and a brightness of 1,000 lumens that's actually slightly up on the 900 Lumens of the HD950.
Before you get too deflated by the almost 50 per cent drop in claimed contrast, though, we should point out that the contrast figures JVC quotes are native, not dynamic. In other words, the HD550 can achieve 30,000:1 completely stably and consistently, without having to use a stability-reducing automatic adjusting iris like most rival projectors do. Which means it's likely to still be mighty fine in the contrast department despite the drop in contrast ratio measurement from the HD950.
This high native contrast ratio is possible because of the HD550's combination of JVC's D-ILA chipsets (a refinement of old liquid crystal on silicon technology) and most importantly of all, JVC's relatively Wire Grid Optical Engine. We've covered this engine in some detail in our review of JVC's HD1 projector back in 2007, so we won't go into it again here other than to say that obviously the HD550 uses a refined version of this engine.
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A young girl gets a yellow fever vaccine, on November 23, 2009 in Monrovia. The largest ever round of yellow fever vaccinations, for about 12 million people, was launched today in Liberia, Benin and Sierra Leone. Three million Liberians will be vacinated in the next ten days during a massive public health campaign sponsored by the World Health Organisation (WHO), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), and others. About 30,000 people die every year from the viral disease, which is carried by mosquitoes. Its most virulent form can kill more than 50 percent of those infected. AFP PHOTO/ GLENNA GORDON (Photo credit should read GLENNA GORDON/AFP/Getty Images)


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Dear Colleagues, In the past some of you have shown interest in the formation of a news group devoted to the discussion of topics regarding to gene/genome structure and function. I am pleased to announce the the vote results are in from bionet and our news group "bionet.genome.gene-structure or GenStructure" has been voted in and will be linked very soon to the bionet world wide website at http://www.bio.net. In addition, I have created a companion web site at: http://www.medcor.mcgill.ca/EXPMED/GENSTRUCTURE/genstructure.html Please browse this site and send me any comments on the look, content and future directions of this site. The site contains the charter for the news group and is ment to serve as a FAQ (or Frequently Asked Questions) site for the research community.The site also contains a recommended reading section as well as usefull links to other gene/genome structure web sites on the web. If you have other sites you feel are useful or have a site describing your own research we will list them for you. Or you may want to suggest articles you feel are seminal or very important to the field. Lastly, I will accept reviews of literature or of particular aspects of genome structure/function as outlined in "topics of Discussion" in the charter, for publication on our site. In future, I may create a genome structure registery which will list (voluntarily only) researchers world wide who work in this field. Good luck to all in the New Year and Hope to See you in the Discussion Group! Graham Dellaire Creator and Principal Discussion Leader bionet.genome.gene-structure ===================================== | Graham Dellaire | | Division of Experimental Medicine | Dept of Medicine, McGill University |(http://www.medcor.mcgill.ca/EXPMED/DOCS/expmed.html) | | e-mail: dellaire at odyssee.net | Fax: (514) 896 4689 | Vox: (514) 281 6000 ext. 6936 |


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I don't have bugs down there
Since I have arrived at the hospital 16 (or is it 17?) days ago every doctor and nurse I've seen has given me the same three pieces of advice.
1. Drink a lot of water.
2. Rest a lot.
3. Keep your perineum clean.
I'm fine with the first two pieces of advice but the last one always makes me a little uncomfortable. First off because the word is awkward and always evokes and image that I am not really at ease with. Secondly because it makes me wonder if they're saying that because I look like the sort of woman who would neglect her hygiene in that one very particular area. It makes me feel very defensive and I want to say "Oh, believe me! I keep my perineum clean! There is no slacking in that department!" but I have a sneaking suspicion that would only make things worse.
So I try to look very serious and interested and totally unoffended when I get The Perineum Talk. I'm an adult. I am completely at ease discussing the area between my you-know-what and my whoo-ha. I've even developed what I call Perineum Face which is similar to Poker Face in that it doesn't give away what I am really thinking. ("Shut up shut up shut up oh my god shut up!")
Then! Last night the humiliation reached a new high. Or low. Whatever humiliation reaches. A nurse who I do not like came walking into my room. (Back story - I love 99% of the nurses here but this one in particular really gets under my skin. In fact I have asked for her to not be assigned to me which created a lot of Uncomfortable Feelings for me and made me be a lot more assertive than I usually like to be but it had to be done. The first time I met this nurse was when she barged into my room without knocking, called me by the wrong name and ignored my protests that I was not, in fact, Cecily and started to give me discharge instructions.) So the fact that this nurse was even in my room (again without knocking) annoyed me. The fact without any preface she handed me a small water bottle confused me. I was horrified by what she said next.
"You can use this to clean up after you go to the bathroom. It will help keep all the bugs off your vagina."
I made a noise like this "Uhhhhg... bu....va.....gah!"
The nurse smiled and left the room.
Now I've been here two weeks and no one has given me any advice like this up to this point. I would kind of think that if I needed Vagina Bug Repellent someone would have mentioned it already. So I am choosing to believe that the water bottle was actually meant for someone else, Cecily perhaps, and this afternoon I used it to water my plants.


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Version 2.5.9rc2
It is necessary both to add a conkeror entry to install.rdf, and to delete the META-INF directory, as described in Extensions.
Version 2.6.5
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Version 220.127.116.11
NoScript 220.127.116.11 seems to work fine with Conkeror 1.0pre1 in Debian Jessie, where it is run on top of Firefox (called Iceweasel in Debian) instead of XULrunner. The only challenge is getting Conkeror to install NoScript, but this can be brute forced by editing Conkeror's application.ini manifest (/usr/share/conkeror/application.ini) so that it identifies itself as Firefox (changing the ID to ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384 and version to 31.6.0). Once that's done, download the NoScript xpi and visit the file in Conkeror to install it.


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Speeding is illegal yet every day people speed. Some states have made using a cell phone while driving illegal, yet people still use them behind the wheel. What other options are there?
This is the point made by Juan Barnett when we pointed out that some of the statistics floating around the Internet on texting and driving may be misleading or inaccurate. The question is if a ban on cell phone use could really be effective. Reader Robert Carpenter opened up the discussion.
As much as I hate gov't interference in my daily life, as a cyclist and fellow driver I wouldn't mind a ban on cell phone usage. My state (VA) bans texting but allows use of smartphones to use Google Maps. I know it's tough to enforce distracted driving, but it's obvious that smartphone proliferation has not created a sense of responsibility while driving.
Reader WarShrike followed.
As a cyclist as well, even without cell phones, some people behind the wheel are just idiots and/or malicious.
This is where Juan Barnett stepped in.
Exactly. Saying cell phone use is illegal isn't the fix. It comes down to personal responsbility. People still speed. Everyday, yet it is illegal. Does it kill people? Most certainly does. But what can you do after making it against the law?
If you were stepping into the Secretary of Transportation's chair, what would you try and do to cut down cellphone and driving crashes? Would you even put a high priority on it in comparison to, say, drunk driving? What would you try and do?
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ArtsWatch: Verizon Claims No Accused Infringers Lose Service
The Recording Academy actively represents the music community on such issues as intellectual property rights, music piracy, archiving and preservation, and censorship concerns. In pursuing its commitment to addressing these and other issues, The Recording Academy undertakes a variety of national initiatives. ArtsWatch is a key part of an agenda aimed at raising public awareness of and support for the rights of artists. To become more involved, visit Advocacy Action @ GRAMMY.com and sign up for Advocacy Action E-lerts.
On Jan. 20 Cnet News reported on its interview with Verizon Online spokesperson Bobbi Henson regarding the Internet service provider's treatment of online piracy complaints. She had seemingly confirmed service was discontinued for a small number of oft-warned customers but she celebrated the effectiveness of e-mailed warnings. (link) According to the Cnet report, Henson was quoted as having said, "We've found that we don't have to warn most people a second time. Most people stop, or they tell whoever is doing it to stop." Verizon does not limit how much a customer downloads and does not monitor customer behavior. It sends warnings only in response to copyright owners' complaints and provides outsiders with subscriber information only when compelled by a court order. Verizon's approach was noteworthy because it seemed to resemble the "three-strikes and you're out" policy many antipiracy advocates once thought would become common practice. Other ISPs have started limiting customers' monthly Internet traffic to levels likely to exclude the worst Internet pirates. The RIAA has struggled to enlist ISPs' help in fighting piracy, with what seems like very limited results. On Jan. 21 Cnet News covered Henson and Verizon's denials of the report's original claim. (link) Clarifying her position on the company's policy blog, Henson said, "This is not an automatic 'three strikes' graduated response program. This program...has not resulted in the termination of any Verizon customer's service." (link)
British ISP TalkTalk CEO Charles Dunstone warned on Jan. 17 on the Daily Mail's Mail Online Web site that if the costs of detecting online infringement were passed on to customers, this could reduce the subscriber base by 600,000 customers. (link) He wrote, "The reality is that when content becomes digitized it, in effect, becomes free.... people will always find ways to access copyrighted content free online. Film studios and music labels have to live with that truth and adapt their businesses." Billboard.biz reviewed competing efforts to estimate the cost of detecting infringement, brought to the fore by debates on whether to require it in the UK's Digital Economy Bill. (link) Studies commissioned by recording industry association BPI and the Creative Coalition Campaign respectively estimated lower costs — falling after the first year — than ISP BT's estimate of $41 per year for each subscriber.
The Federal Communications Commission received more than 23,000 comments by the Jan. 14 deadline for its Net neutrality and open Internet rules proceeding. The Copyright Alliance posted links to and summaries of many of the most prominent. (link) Consumer advocates argued for strong rules and expressed fear that exceptions will be abused by overzealous copyright enforcers. Intellectual property organizations want the FCC to adopt an approach that provides the leeway needed to address the steadily evolving methods used by online infringers. The RIAA's submission encouraged the FCC to explicitly enlist ISPs in the fight against infringing material online. (link) RIAA Chairman/CEO Mitch Bainwol said, "We foresee a future where ISPs are our partners, enabling new business models and delivering new content to fans in ways unimaginable today. We hope that any final rules established by the FCC reflect this forward-thinking reality and support ISP action against unlawful activity for the benefit of fans, creators and for the rich fabric of American culture."
On Jan. 15 the FCC ruled that wireless microphone users have until June 12 to cease operating in the 700 MHz band. (link) Manufacturer Shure praised the firm deadline and noted it hasn't sold equipment operating in that frequency since 2007. (link) Shure Senior Director Global Brand Management Mark Brunner said, "Complying with this firm date will still be challenging for some users, but we remain committed to making the transition as easy as possible for them under the circumstances. It's time for one final push to prevent interference with the new users of the spectrum." Consumer advocates Public Knowledge also praised the ruling. (link)
A British jury acquitted the operator of the Oink torrent search engine of conspiracy to defraud copyright owners on Jan. 15. (link) Since his activities promoting online content sharing were conducted openly, the government failed to prove that 26-year-old engineer Alan Ellis had dishonestly interfered with intellectual property rights. When the site was shut down in 2007, Ellis had been running it from his bedroom with 200,000 registered users, an estimated 21 million downloads and a bank account containing $300,000 apparently raised from donations. (link) A spokesman for British recording industry association BPI said, "This is a hugely disappointing verdict..."


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Brown & Sharpe
250 Circuit Dr.
North Kingstown, RI 02852 US
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Multi-Sensor Measuring System With CAD Programming Capability
Hexagon Metrology offers the Brown&Sharpe OptivTM line of multi-sensor measurement systems, which features optical, camera, laser and tactile probing options in variety of configurations. With more than 25 possible size/accuracy combinations and various accessories, the system is designed to be a single solution for demanding 2D and 3D applications.
Shop Floor CMMs Feature Analog Scanning Option
A continuous-contact analog scanning option is available for two models of the Brown and Sharpe One shop-floor CMM. Available from Hexagon Metrology, the 7.
Improving Inspection Throughput And Reducing Scrap With CMMs
In the past, this company used primarily conventional machining techniques to manufacture parts and traditional variable gaging such as micrometers, height gages and comparators, as well as attribute gages such as plug gages and function go/no-go gages to inspect dimensional features.
Integrating CMMs With Shopfloor Operations
A CMM on the shop floor combines the speed and flexibility of a CMM with the immediacy of shopfloor measurement.
Good Parts, Good Measurements
A machine tool must be capable of generating both, says a software company with a new vision for the role of metrology data in the emerging era of globally integrated manufacturing enterprises.
Opening Up Metrology
The current state of metrology equipment mimics the disparity of spoken languages. Proprietary operating systems, available on metrology equipment from CMMs to hand-held electronic gages, are unique to the manufacturer. Getting data from one measurement operating system into another requires translation and interpretation of the data. In many cases, just like language, some design intent and nuances of the data can get lost in translation.
Shop Floor Metrology On The Move
Portable arm coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) offer advantages beyond portability.
Put Coordinate Metrology On The Shop Floor
Integrating CMMs with the machining process employs the power of accurate dimensional data to provide true process control.
Connecting With Customers
When Danny Hogge installed his first computer-based shop control system several years ago, he hardly imagined he'd soon be giving customers direct access to it via the Internet. As it turned out, it wasn't such a big leap after all, just a few logical steps down the road to where PC-based information technology is taking all businesses, and the metalworking business in particular.
No Experience Necessary
This shop assembled standard machine tools and components into a process for flexible production of a series of complex hydraulic cylinder components - all machined from solid, all accurate in some dimensions to +/-0.025 mm - in quantities that can exceed 3,000 per day, using only two operators per shift to shepherd this production from bar stock to shipping container.
Brown&Sharpe Clarifies And Redefines Its Image As A Metrology Supplier
Brown & Sharpe Clarifies And Redefines Its Image As A Metrology Supplier.
Why Not Change What You're Doing?
This Canadian screw machine shop built early success with automatic and mechanical multispindles. Introduction of rotary transfer technology has accelerated growth and helped solve other production problems. Here's why they made the move and how it has impacted their shop.
Adaptable Chameleon Fits Shop Floor Needs
A precise definition of workpiece dimensions is critical for process control applications. The more data available, the better the process can be adjusted to keep manufactured parts within tolerance.


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The Drums Announce Fourth Studio Album Abysmal Thoughts
Pre-order/stream "Abysmal Thoughts" here: https://lnk.to/thedrumsAT
The Drums are going on tour this month around SXSW, and today they have announced some additional summer tour dates. See below to find a show near you, and get your tickets at http://www.thedrums.com for the newly added shows. Pre-sale with code ABYSMAL begins today at 10 am PT, and general on-sale begins Friday at 10 am PT.
Across a year and three months of home recording between Los Angeles and his cabin in upstate New York—with the same guitar, synthesizer, drum machine and reverb unit he's played since the beginning of The Drums—Pierce put together "Abysmal Thoughts." With help from engineer Jonathan Schenke (Parquet Courts, Mannequin Pussy and more), the result is an unflinching autobiography with Pierce back in full control of the band. He's back to not just writing all the songs by himself but playing every instrument, too, this time realizing exactly his own personal vision for the band. Not coincidentally, it's some of the most revelatory work he's ever done. It is a vivid self-portrait, alive with the hyperdramatic emotional potency of the Smiths, the arch literary pop moves of New Zealanders like the Verlaines and the Clean, and the riotous clatter-punk power of the UK DIY bands of 1979.
As the last album cycle for The Drums finished and his long-term relationship with his former partner dissolved, Pierce took some time away from music altogether in hopes to reconnect with himself and find future inspiration. Determined to make a change, he ended up leaving his longtime home in New York and found himself isolated in a large empty apartment in Los Angeles, all his plans for life and love suddenly in shambles. That hardship and confusion—and the clarity of personality and purpose it inspired—became "Abysmal Thoughts."
With The Drums' new record, band founder Jonny Pierce is making the exact album he's always held in his heart. Of course, this is The Drums, so that heart is broken—but there's beauty and even bliss in this kind of heartbreak. "I said I wanted to let life happen?" he says. "Well, the universe listened and life began to fuck me real good! But honestly, I make the worst art when I'm comfortable. The stuff that resonates with me the longest—and that resonates with others—is always the stuff that comes out of my misery."
Now the highs are higher than ever, and the lows absolutely bottomless. The Drums are back, and while there's a heavy sadness here, Pierce is stronger for fighting through it. "Happiness can be confusing to me," says Pierce. "It shows up out of nowhere, and before you can even get used to it, it's vanished. But Abysmal Thoughts? I can rely on them—and with the political chaos that is raining down, who knows when these dark feelings will subside?"
Tour dates
March 8th: The Glass House - Pomona, CA
March 9th: Neon Reverb Festival - Las Vegas, NV
March 10th: 191 Toole - Tucson, AZ
March 11th: Viva PHX - Phoenix, AZ
March 12th: Lowbrow Palace - El Paso, CA
March 14th: SXSW - Austin, TX
March 15th: SXSW - Austin, TX
March 16th: Anti- Showcase @ SXSW - Austin, TX
March 17th: Culture Collide/Anti- Day Party @ SXSW - Austin, TX
March 18th: Trees - Dallas, TX
July 17th: Neumos - Seattle, WA
July 18th: Venue - Vancouver, BC
July 19th: Wonder Ballroom - Portland, OR
July 21st: The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA
July 30th: Wayhome Music and Arts Festival - Oro-Medonte, ON


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Ryan pick rattles congressional bids
Paul Ryan may have breathed new life into Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, but he's also rattling the congressional campaign landscape, leaving vulnerable down-ballot Republicans with an uncomfortable choice: embrace a radical new vision on entitlements or run from their party's national ticket.
Republicans hailing from Democratic-leaning districts, like Illinois Rep. Robert Dold and Massachusetts candidate Richard Tisei, are trying to create some distance from the Ryan worldview. Other congressional Republicans in tight races, like New York's Ann Marie Buerkle and Florida's Allen West are launching into vigorous defenses of their votes for the Ryan budget, which proposes partial privatization of Medicare by offering subsidies for seniors to purchase insurance.
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The Ryan pick is also shaking up the races that will decide which party controls the Senate. Dean Heller of Nevada — appointed to the Senate last year — is already under fire for the unique distinction of being the only lawmaker who voted for the Ryan budget in both chambers. Montana Republican Senate candidate Denny Rehberg is running fast from the Ryan budget. And in Florida, a state where the senior citizen vote is crucial, vulnerable Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson could barely contain his glee at the opportunity to attack the Ryan budget.
( Also on POLITICO: Meet Paul Ryan's local foes)
The reality is that Ryan is now every Republicans' running mate whether they like it or not, forcing GOP candidates who would just as soon run from the debate over senior citizen entitlements to embrace the third rail of American politics like never before.
One GOP insider lamented that party leaders "have spent the last year" trying to take Medicare off the political front burner, but the Ryan pick "puts it all back out there now."
Tisei, running against Rep. John Tierney (D-Mass.) in a closely watched race outside Boston, said he knows Democrats are going to "demonize" Ryan, but "I just don't think it's going to be an issue in this race."
Polls have regularly shown opposition to the Ryan plan is strongest among seniors, and Nelson seized upon the Ryan pick in his remarks on Saturday.
"Gov. Romney's pick is not good for seniors in Florida. It changes Medicare as we know it," the senator said at a campaign stop in Jupiter, according to the Palm Beach Post. "I don't think we want to have senior citizens in their retirement years having to haggle with insurance companies over their health care."
Trying to turn the tables, the Romney campaign announced on Sunday that Ryan will travel to Florida next weekend to "highlight POTUS' record of slashing Medicare for current Florida seniors," tweeted Romney aide Brendan Buck.
But Republican unease with the Ryan plan was on full display earlier this summer, when the National Republican Senatorial Committee put money behind an ad that touted Rehberg's opposition to the polarizing budget plan.
"And Rehberg refused to support a Republican budget plan that could harm the Medicare programs so many of Montana's seniors rely on," the 30-second commericial promoting Rehberg's Senate candidacy blared.
In his statement Saturday, Rehberg was laudatory of Ryan's "character, intelligence and creativity" but without specificity, also acutely noted "the few occasions where we haven't [agreed]."
GOP strategists involved in House and Senate races acknowledged that Ryan's selection is a dual-edged sword for them. On the one hand, Ryan is young, charismatic, beloved by the conservative base and a compelling spokesman for Republican policies on spending, tax cuts and the role of government in every American's life.


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Women can't help but be like their mothers. Our mothers are ingrained in us, whether we have our mother's eyes, our mother's love for opera, or our mother's knack for making a perfect pie crust.
To celebrate these uncanny likenesses, SFGate is putting together a "Like Mother, Like Daughter" photo contest. We're inviting you to submit photos that capture similarities between mothers and daughters. (Please submit photos by 5 p.m. on May 11; click here to upload. The winning image will be announced over Mother's Day weekend.)
Get creative and use your imagination. If you're a mirror image of your mother or daughter, we want to see those photos. But we're also looking for images that show other sorts of likenesses.
Maybe you and your mom love to garden and so a photo of the two of you planting vegetables in the backyard might be appropriate. Or maybe you're both runners and so a photo of the two of you crossing the finish line together could work. Think about what quality, talent, or hobby you both share and then find or take a photo to bring that alive.
Looking for some ideas? Check out a few photos from our 2010 contest.


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This past week when I opened my mail I found a packet of leaflets that offered every single item at a sale price. What I had to do was look at the price shown with the item and then look at the sheet giving the discounted price and that was the price I would have to pay.
This past week when I opened my mail I found a packet of leaflets that offered every single item at a sale price. What I had to do was look at the price shown with the item and then look at the sheet giving the discounted price and that was the price I would have to pay.
It's probably terrible that I feel this way, but that was way too much trouble for me. I don't need anything that much. After a quick look-through, I gathered the entire mess and threw it in the garbage. Not very nice, I know, but I really have no desire to shop and have to look high and low for a discounted price.
My first thought was, if they can discount every item, chances are the price is too high in the first place. So, out it went, along with scrapings from our lunch plates, empty containers such as cans, bottles and boxes, well-used napkins and other items that belong in the trash.
Did I feel guilty after trashing so much of what could have been savings? No, I did not. In fact, I felt rather exhilarated; the way you feel when you finish de-cluttering a room. It's as though a load is removed from your shoulders, and you can breathe again.
Speaking of breathing again, I've been reading a lot of books lately. In several of them I see the word "breath" when it should have been "breathe." It breaks my heart to see mistakes like that. The fact is, every one of us makes that kind of mistake, and I'm no exception to that rule.
The other day I "Googled" my name. There must have been more than 25 Irene Michel names listed. One of the site owners could give any interested person all the information about me, such as my address, Social Security number, phone number, arrest record, (I don't have one) and more. When I found out it cost money, I continued looking, but changed my tactics. I tried again using Irene Michel Courier columnist.
That brought results. A column I had written in 2001 came up. I decided I wanted to read it because it didn't sound familiar. As I read it, it was familiar. It seems I had received mail from a company that wanted to put "insulated widows" in our home. If the results warranted it, my home would have been eligible to be considered for their "beatification" program.
Needless to say I had no need for "insulated widows," and I didn't think the pope would approve sainthood for a house, no matter how many "insulated widows" we took in. After all, I think a prospective saint would have to be human — and a good one at that — to be worthy of sainthood. My house is definitely not human. My beloved and I could never pass the test for sainthood even though we are human, so I think that about does it for the Michel household as far as sainthood goes.
Perhaps times may change, but it had better happen fast. We are fast outgrowing our years on this earth. Even our house is getting old.
One of our sons was trying out my printer and typed up this quote to try it. I know it's a quote, but I don't know where it originated. But this is what he typed: "If you think you can or if you think you can't you're probably right."
Well, one thing's for sure. My house, or its occupants, won't ever qualify for sainthood.
Irene C. Michel, a native of Terrebonne Parish, is a columnist for The Courier and Daily Comet. She can be reached at 876-3252 or email@example.com.


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Apparently feelin' '22′ can make you black and blue.
Lots of girls want to look like Taylor Swift, because well, look at her. But it may not be all it's cracked up to be — and may result in you getting cracked in the head.
A Swift look-alike in the U.K. came forward saying she was brutally beaten purely for having a passing resemblance to the oft-heartbroken singer.
Swift's quasi-doppelganger Xenna Kristian, 18, who only sort of looks like Swift when she's all done up, vented to The Daily Mail, "Some girls at college had started making nasty comments, but it escalated really quickly. The girl came up behind me and dragged me off my chair by my pony tail, then started kicking me in the face. It just came as a complete shock."
Kristian's been working as a Swift look-alike for a while and assumes people beat her up out of jealousy.
"I never expected anything like this to happen. It's not nice to see people being nasty about you," she lamented. "Since I started being a look-alike people have been saying stuff. They must be jealous that I'm going off to do something with my life," she continued. "Nothing like this has ever happened to me before. I still feel shaken up."
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On 10/10/10, the president of the Maldives climbed onto the roof of his official residence to install solar panels. The mayor of Mexico City signed a commitment to cut carbon emissions by 10 percent in a year. Students from 10,000 schools in Eastern Europe planted trees. In Istanbul, thousands marched for clean energy; parishioners in Atlanta weatherized their church.
The "Global Work Party," as organizer 350.org called it, was designed to show in how many places, and in how many ways, people the world over are stepping up to stop catastrophic climate change. Along with making real changes in their own communities, the participants in this year's global event (a similar Global Day of Action, historic at the time but eclipsed by this year's mobilizations, took place last fall) called on their leaders to take action, as well. They also strove to call attention to the number 350, which refers to the upper limit of atmospheric carbon dioxide that scientists say is safe for humanity.
-Bill McKibben
As the day came to a close, author Bill McKibben, the founder of 350.org, wrote an email to supporters explaining what he took away from the global mobilizations: "We can be confident because the climate movement is bigger and more beautiful than ever before—and it's not going away."
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Guest post by Yael Bergman A few days at Strategic Partners, Halifax, Canada and a crash course at International Co-Production Financing.
I saw Ted in Toronto a few days before heading to Strategic Partners in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He suggested I write on his blog with what went on there. I am reporting back now...
I write this as an Australian producer who recently produced a romantic comedy in Australia called I Love You Too. It was completely financed within Australia, largely with Australian and state government investment, and the tax rebate (up to 40 per cent of Australian spend). We are fortunate in Australia to have this public funding as a resource, and whilst it is perpetually competitive, it is the way most film and television is made in Australia. It sustains the industry and ensures we continue to tell Australian stories.
My producing partner, Laura Waters, who is originally from Colorado but has lived in Australia for almost 20 years, regularly comments that she can't believe governments actually give you money to develop and make stuff here. Well, it's true!
To some independent American producers, this must sound like the gold pot at the end of the rainbow, but the reality is it's a limited pool and the funding bodies (and consequently, the producers) are always trying to work out a way to make it stretch further.
One good way is via co-producing, i.e. we split the cost of making a project over two or more countries that has a vested interest, and then we can each claim it as our own as a "national film". Arguably, the project should be culturally relevant to each producing country and there needs to be a fair split between creative elements and financial contribution, but on the whole, with a bit of juggling, it can work very well if the project calls for it. (NB: This applies for international producers entering into an official co-production with Australia, the project becomes automatically entitled to the Producer Offset rebate as an Australian project, up to 40% of Australian spend.)
Australia has official co-production treaties or Memorandums Of Understanding (MOU) with countries such as Canada, China, Singapore, Israel, NZ, UK and most European countries. Canada has treaties with more than 50. Unfortunately for the American independent producer community, no official treaties exist with the US. If you are an American independent producer and "that sucks" has just crossed your mind, be aware that its not all upside - dealing with bureaucracies to make films is often slow and time-consuming, which is time and energy that could otherwise go into the creative process… but nonetheless, we are absolutely grateful it exists.
The state of play is, however, changing. As the marketplace gets tighter and more competitive, there is a general appreciation, certainly within Australia anyhow, that we need to open up to wider markets, including the US. We just need to be creative in how we do it.
So, it was with much curiosity that I noticed the organizers of Strategic Partners, the international co-production market in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, from Sept 16-19 (which I attended thanks to support from my local state funding body, Film Victoria…) decided to spotlight the USA, as well as Germany, as potential co-production partners. Despite having no official treaty, is there a way international producers can partner up with US producers? Apparently yes. While the spirit of traditional co-productions is to align the interests of international producers whose domestic markets are too small to compete with the US in the global marketplace, it appears that unofficial alliances between US and other countries, are becoming more accepted, especially via co-development and co-financing. (Note: in Australia, Screen Australia has launched a development program where they will match development funds up to $50,000 with funds from a third party with marketplace credibility i.e. financier, sales agents, distributors, broadcaster, etc. who can be from any country).
So within this context, over 3 and a half days at Strategic Partners in Halifax, 180 international producers, financiers, distributors, TV executives, sales agents, and representatives from national and state Canadian funding agencies were matched in 30 minute meeting blocks at tiny tables in a large hotel ballroom to talk about projects, possible collaborations, exchange information and hopefully find some common ground. These sessions were interspersed with inspiring guest speakers who generously shared their war stories and views on the current state of play. Christine Vachon spoke about the challenges of working with first time filmmakers in this risk averse environment, the downward pressure on budgets, and the opportunities opening up within the digital age, but her overarching message was that its always been tough and we keep getting used to the changes, so we just need to keep producing creatively (Christine is now producing a TV series for the first time for HBO with Todd Haynes directing, based on the original book of Mildred Pierce.)
Other keynote speakers included Toronto-based producer Laszlo Barna (whose company Barna-Alper Productions was acquired by E1 Entertainment in 2008) who was big on the message that Canada's potential as a co-production partner is still underexploited.
Another Canadian producer and EP, co-production treaty expert and former law professor, Martin Katz, also shared his experiences, and among his many anecdotes, he shared how financing on Hotel Rwanda came together just days before cameras rolled with the last piece from Italy conditional upon casting at least one Italian role, so the writers wrote in an Italian Priest. Katz admitted they chose not to finance Hotel Rwanda as an official Canadian co-production because European casting rules are more flexible than Canadian.
There was a session on how to wrangle money from private investors. Essentially, the panelists concluded that money is still around and wealthy investors who have been waiting out the GFC, are poised to come back in given the right sort of project compatible with their philosophical and/or risk profiles. One panelist remarked investors like to feel good about projects they invest in, so it isn't always about a financial return. There was also talk about how to creatively finance today by breaking down the rights, and assigning values to rights such as digital, soundtrack and itunes rights which traditionally haven't offered much value.
Continuing the idea of rights, there was a fascinating session tightly facilitated by Janet Brown of Cinetic Rights Management on the current state of digital revenue, especially cable and broadband VOD, game outlets such as X-Box, Wii and Playstation, and mobile rights. Whilst this space is becoming increasingly significant as a potential content revenue stream, and the major companies are aggressively entering it, the golden goose example of how everybody will benefit over the traditional model is still elusive. When it finally happens, and it is close, the landscape is destined to change…
By the end of the few days at SP, I felt as though my own personal landscape had changed in view of financing, producing and collaborating on film and television projects with global partners. It's a big world and partnering can open up creative choices. Can co-producing help us tell bigger stories to more people?
Of course, there are a million questions some of which are technical, and many of which are creative,
(…is there a place for local stories in global partnerships? How do we make sure bureaucratic box ticking doesn't get in the way of creative decisions?) but like all aspects of producing, naturally it comes down to whatever works best for the project.
Personally, I love the idea of potentially reaching bigger audiences by working with talented storytellers from around the world with something in common to say. It seems, today at least, that it has never been easier to do it.
Yael Bergman has been working with Melbourne-based production company Princess Pictures ("Summer Heights High", "We Can Be Heroes", romantic comedy "I Love You Too"), developing and producing projects for film and television since 2004. She also co-wrote and co-produced the low budget feature film "Love and Other Catastrophes" which sold to Fox Searchlight.


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Green Life Column: Some raw facts on food
A new calendar seeks to raise awareness about the environmental and health benefits of a raw, vegan diet
(Yasmin Fudakowska-Gow, who owns a yoga studio in Pointe Claire, posed for the September page of the calendar Raw Beauty 2011. Photo: Nick Rudnicki)
By Michelle Lalonde, The Gazette
What do you see in the photo? A young, radiant, fit-looking woman wearing only earrings and a necklace of fresh blueberries. She doesn't seem to fit the stereotype many of us have of the pasty and emaciated vegetarian, does she?
This is Yasmin Fudakowska-Gow, a Pointe Claire yoga instructor who posed for the September page of a calendar for the new year called Raw Beauty 2011: 13 Real People Gone Raw. The models advocate a raw food diet, which means eating only, or mostly, plant-based, uncooked foods, like raw fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds.
The models, several of whom are Montrealers, are not all young, but they all seem to be well-muscled and undeniably healthy looking. Considering none of these photos are airbrushed, and the models were asked to wear nothing but raw food (not even makeup), the photos speak volumes about what a raw food diet can do for you.
The calendar is the work of Montreal artist Tanya Wood and Halifax photographer Nick Rudnicki. Wood is an enthusiastic proponent of the raw food movement and she wanted to highlight the health and fitness of people embrace this dietary choice, or who try to embrace it as faithfully as possible in a northern climate. Raw foodists believe that the planet and our bodies will thrive if we increase our intake of natural, plant-based foods and reduce our reliance on meat and processed foods.
I'm going to buy one of these calendars and put it in my husband's stocking. I want it hanging in my kitchen. (Yes, I will let my children look at this calendar with naked people in it. There are many things I would like to be able to protect my children from in this world, but the sight of a healthy, naked human form is not one of them.)
Frankly, I have no intention of fully embracing the dietary philosophy the calendar preaches. I like both raw and cooked fruits and veggies thanks, and I like to eat meat (cooked) from time to time. And my husband is less inclined than I am to go all vegan and raw. I also have two children who try valiantly to adhere to their own peculiar dietary philosophies. One is a committed "candy-tarian," who eats the odd vegetable but no meat whatsoever, and the other a rather rigid "pasta-tarian." So we are a very long way from a raw food diet.
But I want this calendar hanging in my kitchen just the same, as an attractive reminder to eat as much unprocessed, plant-based food as possible. I find that the more I expose myself and my family to the philosophies of people whose lifestyles are much greener and healthier than mine, the more inclined we are to move just a little farther in the right direction along the eco-spectrum.
Just researching raw foodism and interviewing people about the calendar last week has inspired me to eat beets (roasted), beet greens (stir fried), yams (boiled) and several fruit smoothies (with yogourt). Of course, none of those foods prepared that way fall under the strict "raw food" definition, but they are definitely healthier than burgers and fries.
But the real reason I want to move away from meat as a staple is environmental. I'm not going to get into a long lecture here about how raising animals for food is an incredibly inefficient and ultimately unsustainable way to feed people. Suffice to say that raising animals for food uses vastly more water, land and energy than growing plants, and emits astronomically more greenhouse gases. And if you aspire to learn and do what you can to protect the planet, you can't avoid the realization that eating lots of industrially produced meat runs completely counter to that effort.
Fudakowska-Gow, who lectures regularly about the environmental impacts of what we eat, likes to quote an edited version of author Michael Pollan's famously incorrect zinger that "a vegan in a Hummer has a lighter carbon footprint than a beef eater in a Prius."
To his credit, Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma, stopped using that stat after researchers from the University of Chicago published a study showing it was off. (A heavy meat eater puts about two tons more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year than a vegan, they estimated, while the difference between a Hummer and a Prius is about 4.76 tons per year.)
Of course, Pollan's intended message is still correct. If we want to curb climate change, it's as or more important to cut back on meat eating as it is to reduce our use of fossil-fuel burning vehicles. And driving a Hummer, and eating meat three times a day every day are on the same order of magnitude of environmental negligence.
Fudakowska-Gow prefers to make the point this way: "A vegetarian driving a Hummer emits less greenhouse gas than a meat eater who doesn't own a car."
Fudakowska-Gow does not expect the calendar to push vast numbers of people to practice pure raw foodism.
"It's not about everybody going 100 per cent raw or vegan, it's about making more conscientious decisions and being a little less selfish," said Fudakowska-Gow.
Hmmm. Eating meat is selfish? Them's fightin' words. But the truth of the matter is, our bodies don't need or want all the meat we are eating. And our planet simply can't keep serving it up at this rate, not if we want it to be a safe and healthy place for our grandchildren.
The calendar is available at several health food stores around Montreal, at the Crudessence raw food restaurants (105 Rachel St. W. and 2157 Mackay St.), and online for $16.99 plus shipping.


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TUSCALOOSA | The University of Alabama athletic department intends to present plans to the board of trustees for a major upgrade for the school's baseball facilities, including Sewell-Thomas Stadium, The Tuscaloosa News has learned.
TUSCALOOSA | The University of Alabama athletic department intends to present plans to the board of trustees for a major upgrade for the school's baseball facilities, including Sewell-Thomas Stadium, The Tuscaloosa News has learned.
"We recognize that there's a need to improve our baseball facility and we are studying various options," UA Athletics Director Bill Battle said. "However, it would be premature to discuss definite specifics or a time frame at this point."
UA has started raising money for the upgrades, which could cost $30 million. The proposed multimillion dollar renovation would take place in three phases: reconfiguration of the field within the current stadium, which includes moving home plate closer to the fence to help solve sight-line issues; constructing a freestanding indoor practice facility; and both completion of the inside of Sewell-Thomas Stadium, including the addition of luxury suites, and bricking the outside of the stadium, extending the concourse and more.
The plan could be presented to the board for approval as soon as next month's meeting or may be presented in the fall.
The renovation could take up to two years to complete, but sources said the plan is to have it completed by the 2016 season.
One question that would need to be answered is where UA's baseball team would practice and play during the construction, although it is likely that the team will remain at Sewell-Thomas Stadium with the renovation working around the team's schedule. Another option would be for the team to play elsewhere. with the most obvious place being Hoover Metropolitan Stadium.
"We would definitely be interested in that," said Erin Colbaugh, events coordinator for the city of Hoover. "That's something where we'd have to go through the process of determining how feasible that would be, but we haven't had any contact or discussions with the university."
There also exists the possibility that a new stadium could be built in another location rather than upgrading the existing facility, although that is a remote possibility.
Sewell-Thomas Stadium was recently ranked the 11th best stadium out of 12 in a poll of former Southeastern Conference baseball players conducted by The Tuscaloosa News. The poll did not consider SEC newcomers Texas A&M and Missouri, as former players have not played in their stadiums.
The UA athletic department seeks to have its funding plan in place before presenting it to the board, with money coming largely from private donations. Currently, there is little advertising within Sewell-Thomas Stadium, giving UA another avenue for funding to pursue. LSU's Alex Box Stadium allows businesses to advertise on the outfield walls. The new Alex Box Stadium cost $37.8 million and opened in 2009.
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Give Your Team TIME OFF FOR VOTING/
How is this for a policy?
In the event that an employee does not have sufficient time outside of working hours to vote in a state or nationwide election, the employee may take off enough working time to enable him or her to vote. Such time off shall be taken at the beginning or the end of the regular working shift, whichever allows for more free time, and the time taken off shall be combined with the voting time available outside of working hours. Under these circumstances an employee will be allowed a maximum of two (2) hours on the election day without loss of pay. Deductions will not be made from the salary of an exempt employee for time taken off for voting. Where possible, the employee shall give his or her manager at least two (2) days notice that time off to vote is needed.
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Clocks that tell time in fascinating new ways are everywhere. I saw a clock that lit up the quarter hour the other day. It was beautiful. The Nooka app based upon their watches falls into the beautiful timepiece category. It won't replace your regular clock, but it will make checking the time a more invigorating experience.
The Nooka app tells time using four different face designs. The hour is designated by colored shapes while the minutes and seconds are lines of lit-up rectangles along the bottom of a face. The app includes a timer, alarm, and world clock. All of which uses the same design to signify time.
It's pretty. That's really it. Your eye has to hit two spots in order to tell time. That's actually less intuitive than the clocks we're accustomed too. The color scheme of the clocks is user controlled. Switching out colors is easy and lets you feel like a designer. Show the clock to your friends to illustrate how progressive you are when telling time. Being smug about your timepiece is the new black.


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No offence is intended by using the English term "castle" no matter the country. It helps us to maintain the alphabetical system, which would be interrupted, for example, by the proper use of Château before the name of the fortress. We've taken this decision so you can identify the castle's name as easily as possible.