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Hines Ward is an Athlete and Football Player.
He was born on Monday March 8th 1976, in Unknown.
October 20th 2019 means business for Hines Ward and requires his full managerial and organizational skills. In return, the day may bring Hines financial gain.
Ward possesses today the fighter's spirit, and he is also quite a visionary.
Through planning, Hines Ward forces a break-through in his career or business. However, he might get frustrated at times by the overbearing detail work that his progress requires.
Loved ones may complain about lack of attention on his part.
While studying the color and flavor of the day, it is a good practice to keep in mind the greater meaning of October and the master plan of 2019 in Hines' life.
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Posh CityCenterDC is the perfect spot for Tiffany & Co.?s first storefront in the nation?s capital. The 5,000-square-foot, glass-fronted boutique, which opened in March, combines signature Tiffany elements with classical features that reflect DC?s venerable architecture. ?We are striking a balance between modern and time-honored tradition using a mix of materials, custom artwork and unique design elements,? says Richard Moore, the company?s DVP of global store design.
The sleek, airy space is punctuated by 14-foot, fluted-marble columns, while the circular floor design of white, gray and amazonite marble was inspired by coffered ceilings in the U.S. Capitol. Tiffany?s iconic wheat-leaf pattern is etched into the showroom windows and onto polished, metal-framed glass panels that delineate spaces
within the store.
New York artist Michele Oka Doner created the one-of-a-kind gilded Magnolia chandelier with hand-painted Tiffany Blue accents; it hangs from a ceiling designed to complement the circular floor motif. Distinctive, fluted jewelry cases display signature silver and diamond Tiffany designs as well as iconic pieces by luminaries such as Jean Shlumberger and Paloma Picasso. Accessories in bold Tiffany Blue, including dishware and purses, line one wall. A neon sign by New York graffiti artist Faust quotes company founder Charles Lewis Tiffany: ?Beautiful design makes a beautiful life.?
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FHA Streamline Refinance completed with nothing due at closing
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Borrowing amount: $380,000.
Loan: 30-year fixed; FHA Streamline refinance with neither appraisal nor income documents.
Rate: 3.5 percent interest rate with 1.16 percent lender credit ($4,400) covering all refinance costs and new impound account reserves.
Backstory: Cabalsi's borrowers were in the market to refinance since rates remain at historic lows.
Since they had used an FHA mortgage to purchase their home, they were attracted to the FHA Streamline option. It is only for borrowers who currently have an FHA mortgage.
The "streamline" feature waives the requirement for the borrower to provide any income documents so long as the mortgage payment history is in good standing.
The streamline option also waives the requirement for an appraisal - this is advantageous to previous FHA buyers who experienced a decline in their home value but still want to refinance.
At first the borrowers initially liked the available rate of 3.375 percent, which allowed Cabalsi to apply a $2,100 lender credit covering all refinance fees.
However, the borrowers became more attracted to the 3.5 percent interest rate because the lender credit would increase to $4,400.
With this increase, the lender credit extended to cover all refinance costs and also the new impound account reserves. FHA requires all of their loans to have an impound (escrow) account for taxes and hazard insurance reserves, and at closing these funds are collected.
With every new FHA loan there is an upfront mortgage insurance charge; however, the borrowers opted to add this fee to their loan balance rather than paying it up front. Cabalsi ensured that the loan closed at the very end of the month, since FHA does not prorate interest within the month that the previous loan is being paid off.
With this loan structure, the borrowers were required to pay nothing at closing, and their new monthly payment still decreased by $250.
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A Secret Oasis in the Heart of South Beach
In the heart of Miami's storied Art Deco district, the exclusive Orchid House is a private retreat of soul-stirring architectural beauty. Mirroring the luminous beauty of the Mediterranean, this luxuriously intimate haven just steps from the beach pairs stylish, modern spaces with earthy white-washed Italian stone to create a villa of unparalleled style and beauty. From finishes to fixtures, this sophisticated and secluded villa whispers the singular design style of the late Wallace Tutt, whose renowned Versace Mansion set the design standard for generations of trendsetters.


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TOKYO — After failing to turn around two of its most troubled consumer electronics businesses, Sony is pushing them aside.
The Japanese electronics and entertainment giant, which predicted on Thursday that it would lose 110 billion yen, or about $1.1 billion, in its current fiscal year, said it would sell its unprofitable personal computer unit. It also announced plans to turn its equally troubled television manufacturing business into a separate, wholly owned subsidiary. And it said it would cut 5,000 jobs.
The overhaul is the fourth round of large-scale job cuts over the last decade. Sony announced 10,000 reductions in 2005, 8,000 more in 2008 and a further 10,000 two years ago, bringing its head count down to 145,000 as of September.
While previous divestitures have involved peripheral operations in areas like chemicals, now Sony is ridding itself of a brand and a business: Vaio computers, which it once considered central to its ambitions of keeping pace with global technology powers like Apple and Samsung Electronics. And it is positioning itself at arm's length from television sets, a sector in which its Trinitron and Bravia TVs once set the standards in picture quality and brand image.
"Sony has had bigger cuts," said Damian Thong, an analyst at Macquarie Securities. "But these are, in some ways, the most meaningful cuts."
While Sony's problems reflect a broader crisis in the Japanese electronics industry, other companies like Panasonic have moved more aggressively to revamp operations. Panasonic, which has been pulling out of certain consumer electronics markets, like smartphones, and focusing more on behind-the-scenes businesses like batteries for electric cars, this week reported that its quarterly earnings more than tripled.
While some investors and analysts have urged Sony to get out of consumer electronics entirely, the chief executive, Kazuo Hirai, reiterated on Thursday that he wanted to rebuild around promising areas like game consoles and smartphones.
Those businesses showed progress in the quarter ended in December. Sony reported a "significant increase in sales of smartphones" as well as a big jump in operating income in its game division after the introduction of the PS4 console.
Over all, the company reported net income of 27 billion yen, or $267 million, after a loss of ¥10.8 billion a year earlier. Sales rose to ¥2.41 trillion from ¥1.95 trillion, though the main factor was a weaker yen, which increases the value of overseas sales when converted into the home currency.
But investors have gotten used to a dose of bad news after any sign of improvement from Sony, and Thursday brought no exception, with the new estimate of the loss for the current fiscal year, which ends in March, after a previous forecast of a profit of ¥30 billion ($296 million). While much of the expected loss will come from revamping costs, Sony also lowered its full-year sales forecast for smartphones to 40 million from 42 million.
At a news conference in Tokyo, Mr. Hirai described the agreement to sell the PC unit to the investment fund Japan Industrial Partners as an "agonizing decision." Sony said it planned to keep a 5 percent stake in the new PC company to be formed from the sale. Other terms, including the price, remain subject to negotiation, Sony said.
Japan Industrial Partners specializes in buying unwanted assets from Japanese electronics giants, including companies like NEC and Olympus. Based in Tokyo, it was founded in 2002 by Hidemi Moue, who previously worked at a venture capital firm called Mobile Internet Capital.
Just last week, it agreed to buy an Internet service provider from the Japanese information technology giant NEC. In 2012, the firm paid $676 million for the mobile telecommunications unit of the camera maker Olympus, which was embroiled in scandal.
Japan Industrial Partners has teamed up over the years with Bain Capital of Boston. In 2007, the two firms bought SunTelephone, a Japanese telecommunications and equipment leasing company.
Japan Industrial Partners "believes that with its support, the new company that will operate the Vaio-branded PC business will be able to achieve future growth and profitability and meet the expectations of Vaio customers by leveraging the wealth of innovative design expertise and operational know-how accumulated by Sony within the PC business," the companies said in a statement.
Along with televisions, PCs have been a particular drag on Sony. PC shipments from all makers worldwide fell 10 percent last year, to 316 million, according to Gartner, a research firm, as more consumers turned to tablet computers or smartphones to connect to the Internet. Sony's share of that total slipped to 1.9 percent worldwide in 2013 from 2.1 percent in 2012, Gartner said, making it the ninth-largest maker of PCs worldwide.
With profit margins under pressure in the PC sector, only a handful of the biggest companies, including the market leader, Lenovo, make money.
"Somebody has to exit from the market because there are still too many competitors," said Mikako Kitagawa, an analyst at Gartner. "This is an extremely difficult market in which to survive. That is not going to change."
After splitting off its television business into a subsidiary, Sony said, the new unit will focus on expensive sets, including ultrahigh-resolution 4K TVs, while scaling back output of cheaper models.
While Sony is retaining ownership, the new structure could also make it easier to open the TV business to outside investment, analysts said. The changes could also make it easier for the company to cut costs by outsourcing more manufacturing and other operations, while retaining the Sony brand.
Sony has adopted such structures for other business lines, including mobile phones, with mixed results.
In 2001, Sony set up a joint venture with Ericsson of Sweden, but the partnership struggled and Sony bought out Ericsson's stake in 2012.
Mr. Hirai, the Sony chief, said that while the company had no immediate plans to sell the TV arm, it was keeping its options open.
"There are many possibilities, not just for our TV business," he said.


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Bruce Springsteen Performs With the Gaslight Anthem in Asbury Park
Bruce Springsteen was the guest of honor during modern-rock act Gaslight Anthem's concert in Asbury Park, N.J., on Friday (Dec. 9). Springsteen joined the band mid-set to sing and play guitar on 'American Slang,' according to a report by Rolling Stone.
Springsteen is obviously a fan of the band that hails from New Brunswick, N.J., because this isn't the first time he's joined them onstage. Springsteen played 'The 59 Sound' with the band on two other occasions, both while in England in 2009.
"You didn't forget where we came from, right?" frontman Brian Fallon asks the Asbury Park audience in a video posted of the performance, and his comment receives a thundering applause. "Check this out," he continues, just before Springsteen walks out, grabs his guitar and gives the crowd one of his signature hand gestures.
As usual, Springsteen seems to ignite the room and it's quite obvious that his energy is contagious as the band play a rousing version of the song. The vocals of the musicians onstage are barely audible in this video due to the unified voices of the crowd singing along, but that's half the beauty of this story. Unified by music, from one generation to the next.
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Speed Cam Contractor Redflex Accused Of Bribing Government Officials In 13 States
from the nothing-goes-faster-than-greased-wheels deptTroubled and infamous traffic cam company Redflex is headed for even more trouble and infamy. In its relatively short history, Redflex has so far done the following:
- received an innovation award from the state of Arizona even as the state considered dumping the contractor
- pretty much admitted it ran cameras from 1997-2008 without proper FCC certification
- spent the first six months of 2013 removing more cameras than it installed, for a loss of $3.5 million in revenue
- had its camera systems in San Mateo and Santa Ana, CA declared to be in violation of California laws
- had to refund several thousand fines in Australia after clocking a woman driving at over 100 mph in a vehicle that couldn't reach those speeds
- failed to deliver any data (not just "some" data -- Redflex delivered nothing at all) on its cameras' effectiveness to Denver city officials, thus violating its contract with the city
Given its history over the last half-decade or so, it should come as no surprise that Redflex's ability to secure new contracts allegedly relies on illegal tactics.
A fired executive from a national red-light camera vendor claimed in an Arizona lawsuit that the company provided lavish gifts and bribes to government officials in 13 states to secure new contracts.
The New Jersey Star-Ledger reported Saturday that the bombshell allegations made a 13-page counterclaim by Aaron Rosenberg, former nationwide lead salesman for Redflex Traffic Systems of Phoenix, claimed that the firm "bestowed gifts and bribes on … officials in dozens of municipalities within, but not limited to the following states: California, Washington, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Florida, New Jersey, Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia."Rosenberg lost his job after Redflex was banned from competing for contracts in Chicago by Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Apparently, even notoriously corrupt municipalities have their limits.
Rosenberg claimed Redflex bribed local officials with meals, golf outings and tickets to professional football and baseball games, calling the expenses "entertainment" or "celebratory tokens."
"Redflex was fired in Chicago for corruption. Nobody gets fired for corruption in Chicago," said Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlon (R-Monmouth), an outspoken critic of the cameras in New Jersey, who called for an investigation.(Chicagoans should note that the contractor being considered for new speed cams, Xerox State and Local Solutions, is technically no better, albeit less tainted by outright corruption. Xerox's cameras in Baltimore had a 10-26% error rate when audited, meaning the contractor issued up to 70,000 erroneous tickets in 2012 alone.)
Redflex has, of course, denied this and vows to "aggressively defend" itself against these claims. But this latest claim won't do much to salvage its almost completely destroyed reputation. Redflex isn't alone in its troubles. Contractors and camera systems are facing intense backlash across the nation, especially as evidence of faulty cameras, backroom deals and general incompetence continues to surface.
The accusations against Redflex can hardly be considered a surprise, considering the symbiotic relationship between contractors and city governments that tends to form when a new source of revenue is spotted. As long as the cameras issue tickets and the tickets continue to be paid, no one involved at the city level has much reason to examine the inner workings very closely. And if they've been plied by tickets to sporting events and rounds of golf, it makes it that much easier to drown out the complaints of constituents.
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At Apple, Investors Still See Evolution, Not Revolution
By Justin Sharon Oct 23, 2013 9:57 am
Apple TV, in the meantime, has become Silicon Valley's Godot -- everyone is still waiting for it.
Lest we forget, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) wasn't the only tech titan trying to recapture some of its former glory on Tuesday. Nokia (NYSE:NOK), whose 14-year reign as the world's number-one cell phone maker abruptly ended in 2012, also unveiled a battery of new products.
The Finnish firm's fall from grace is a salient reminder that, in technology, the only constant is change. Amid increased competition, and having recently reported a first-ever sequential slowdown in iPad sales, Apple's stock has tumbled 18% in 12 months. Are yesterday's rollouts enough to stop the rot?
First off, snap judgments should be avoided with all things Apple. How silly does the snickering and skepticism that greeted the original iPad's introduction in 2010 now seem. It would go on to become the most talked-about tablet since Moses, upending an entire industry en route.
That said, the much-anticipated announcements appear to continue a troubling trend of evolution rather than revolution from the Cupertino company. This may be why shares responded by ending off 0.29%, admittedly after nine straight increases, even as the S&P 500 Index (INDEXSP:.INX) advanced to another record.
(See also: Three Investing Experts on Apple's Many Smart Decisions... and One Mistake)
(See also: Three Investing Experts on Apple's Many Smart Decisions... and One Mistake)
The absence of a fingerprint sensor got the thumbs-down from many, yet there was still much to admire. Highlights included faster processing power, a sharper resolution Retina display on the iPad Mini, and a re-branded iPad Air that is notably lighter and sleeker than previous incarnations. All with the Jony Ive-inspired aesthetic beauty we have come to expect of Apple, a design delight that remains a marvel even as it is increasingly taken for granted.
Surprises? A couple. Apple interestingly opted to make its new Mac operating system, OS X Mavericks, available for free. Its CEO, obviously taking aim at Office, claimed that by doing so, "We are turning the industry on its ear." Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) stock, down 1.17% on the day, clearly didn't like the sound of that.
(See also: Apple Inc. Rekindles Its Rivalry With an Old Foe)
(See also: Apple Inc. Rekindles Its Rivalry With an Old Foe)
And an unexpected price hike for the Mini indicates it continues to cannibalize -- if a man called Cook will forgive the phrase -- the flagship iPad itself to a greater extent than anticipated. This smaller device is increasingly important for Apple, proving that even Steve Jobs got it wrong on occasion. (The Apple legend once famously called tiny tablets "dead on arrival.")
All told, yesterday's developments are essentially incremental upgrades, aimed at keeping things ticking until either the iWatch or Apple TV are finally unwrapped. The latter, especially, has become Silicon Valley's version of Waiting for Godot, and if Apple, two years after the passing of its iconic co-founder, does not deliver soon, investors' patience will eventually wear as thin as these latest products.
Editor's note: Justin Sharon authors Minyanville's stock upgrades and downgrades articles every morning. He has extensive experience on Wall Street, most recently at the Private Client unit of Merrill Lynch. A 12-year spell in its research department encompassed the eras of Blodget, boom, bust, and Bank of America. Read more of his work for Minyanville, here.
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Iranian forces fired what military officers said was a new generation of surface-to-air missiles on Monday during a wide-ranging naval exercise that focused on striking hypothetical unmanned aircraft and vessels in international waters to the south of the country, Iranian news media reported.
The missiles were fired on the fourth day of a six-day naval exercise that started Friday, when Iran announced that it had begun the exercises that would test a new version of its Thunder surface-to-air midrange missile. They were meant to demonstrate the country's defense of its territorial waters, the official Islamic Republic News Agency said.
In addition, Iran deployed warships and helicopters to escort commercial ships and oil tankers as part of a drill meant to show the country's ability to combat piracy, the news agency reported. The exercise also included drills using Iranian-made drones and submarines.
The semiofficial Fars news agency quoted an Iranian naval commander, Rear Adm. Alireza Nayyeri, as saying that the navy had "boosted and upgraded" the capability of its domestically manufactured drone aircraft.
The exercise was conducted in the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway through which many of the world's oil and cargo shipments pass, as well as in the Gulf of Oman, the Gulf of Aden and the northern Indian Ocean, IRNA reported. Accounts in the state-run news media said the war games covered a 400,000-square-mile area.
Iran holds military exercises regularly to demonstrate its defense capabilities in the strategic Persian Gulf region, where about 30 percent of the world's energy supplies are transported. The United States Navy maintains a carrier force in the area and stations its Fifth Fleet in Bahrain. American forces conduct naval exercises with other countries in the region, including the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
The news agencies did not say that the exercises were directed against a specific threat, but tensions with the United States have been percolating over an American-led campaign of international sanctions devised to pressure Iran over its disputed nuclear energy program. Iran has previously threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for the sanctions.
In December, Iran said that the naval forces of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps captured an American drone that had entered its airspace over the Persian Gulf. Officials identified it as a ScanEagle, built by Boeing, an aircraft that can be launched and operated from ships, the company said on its Web site. The United States Navy denied losing any drones, but the unmanned aircraft could have been operated by the C.I.A. or the National Security Agency.
Several Persian Gulf countries also have ScanEagle drones.
Pentagon officials said in November that Iranian warplanes had fired on a Predator drone, believed to be the first time Iranian warplanes had fired on an American drone. Iran said the Predator had violated is airspace, an assertion that American officials dismissed.


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ORLANDO, FLA. (April 3, 8:35 p.m. ET) — The HPM brand of American injection molding machines is back at NPE — but now it's made in China.
A 220-metric-ton servo-hydraulic machine is churning out clear plastic boxes at HPM North America Corp.'s NPE booth (26058).
This is the first HPM injection molding machine that has been assembled in the Chinese parent company's factory in Foshan, Guangdong province. It is manufactured based on American standards including the dimensions and safety standards, said Richard Yan, CEO of Guangdong Yizumi Precision Machinery Co. Ltd.
About 15 percent of the components on the machine were sourced in the United States, mostly electric control parts, he added.
The NPE2012 exhibition is the first step of what Yan called "active sales" of HPM injection presses, which will be in the range of 80 to 1,100 metric tons and target such end applications as electrical appliances, packaging and consumer products.
"It's perfect timing," Yan said, alluring to the healthy growth of the U.S. market indicated by latest economic data. As the ancient Chinese saying goes, success is the right people at the right time in the right location. "From what we've seen at the show, there is a clear uptick in the market."
The new HPM machine will offer strong price advantages. Yan said the prices will be "no higher than used machinery, which has seen a price hike due to short supply in this country."
After acquiring HPM's intellectual property, brand and customer lists through an auction in March 2011, Yizumi established HPM North America Corp. in September 2011, and then acquired 100 percent of Bivouac Engineering and Service Co. in January. Bivouac owner and former HPM president William Flickinger was appointed the president of HPM North America.
"He is now fully dedicated to bringing the HPM machines back," Yan said.
The first and foremost task is to build a team, Yan noted. HPM NA now has eight technical staff in Marion, Ohio, all of whom hired locally. Yan expects to expand the headcount to 12-15 by the end of the year, and the new additions will be local American employees as well.
"Our plan is to spend two years [since September 2011] to fully digest HPM technology and experience, and start making the full range of HPM machines in China." That will include about 8 models of die casting machines and up to 12 models of injection molding machines.
But the company also doesn't rule out the possibility of start assembling the machines here in the U.S., perhaps within 3-4 years, Yan said.
The localization effort will start in the third quarters, when the company will start modifying and customizing standard small presses (under 500 metric tons) at the Marion site. The standard machines will be assembled and shipped from China.
With "urgent orders," Yan said the company will ship "half-finished" machines from China and finish them in Marion. "We are already doing that with die casting machines." That will speed up the delivery time.
Many American customers have deep feelings for the HPM brand, said Yan. One company that stopped by the booth to ask for parts and service said it is running a 1968 HPM press. "Some customers tell me that this is a brand they saw when they were still kids."
Yizumi is determined to replicate the HPM model in other strategic markets. "HPM's demise to a large extent was due to its lack of global expansion. We are definitely embarking on a global strategy."
The company plans to launch a technical center in India, where Chinese injection presses are still subject to lofty anti-dumping tariffs.
Other target markets include Brazil and Turkey.
The aggressive global expansion is backed by Yizumi's progress in China. The company has already submitted its IPO application to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and started the review process. "We are hopeful that we'll be able to launch the IPO this year, which will bring in capital that we'll use to expand."
In the meantime, Yizumi is constructing two new factories, one in Foshan and another in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. The new Foshan facility is scheduled to start production in first quarter 2013 and the Suzhou one by mid year.
Yizumi is also aiming to launch prototypes of all-electric and two-platen presses in China this year. But Yan commented that servo-hydraulic machines combine the advantages of energy saving, high precision and cost-effectiveness.
HPM NA will have two to three American agents join the sales effort after NPE.
"The market is happy to know HPM is back," said Flickinger, "and customers are interested to see the new machine." He is the machine on display will go to Marion and stay there for a month, when the company will prepare service manuals. He said HPM is well prepared for the full roll-out, including trained service staff and available parts.
Traditionally, HPM customers were located in the Midwest, South and Southwest. But with the new opportunity, the brand will reach farther in the U.S. and beyond.


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edwardmiller necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 220 diseños de 38 diseñadores freelance.
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We're a bookkeeping company based in the Silicon Valley. We do bookkeeping for IT consultants, contractors, small businesses, and startups.
Small business owners and consultants. Business people that want to save time by outsourcing their accounting and bookkeeping. The logo should inspire trust and confidence.
Some logo elements:
Possibly looking for a book or open book in the logo.
Possibly also a black city skyline (depicted by single line) preferably SF either on the page or around the book.
Possibly a magnifying glass (the client is not a fan of the magnifying glass but see what you can come up with)
Possibly related to urban legends/myths in the graphic.
All possibilities are not requirements, just thoughts. Original ideas are welcome!
Ideally only 3 or less visual elements total, we don't want the logo to be too busy or unnecessarily complicated.
Colors: Any combination of Black, Dark Brown, Gold, White. Going for a Sepia Photo finish feel. An added splash/slash of color to bring it up to date.
Text should be warm and antique but with modern and clean text like Arial or Helvetica.
The winning logo design will:
- scale well to different sizes
- work in both color and black and white/grayscale
- adapt well to different platforms such as blog header, Twitter/Facebook profile, ebook/whitepaper covers
- not include any elements such as commercial fonts or imagery that will cost additional money
The winning logo must be available as a layered Adobe Illustrator file.
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New and improved (like just about everything at this show) the Clarion VRX765VD will make life in your car a dream, and shut up any crying child in minutes (not guaranteed by the company, unfortunately). With a 7-inch flip-out touchscreen to play with, the DVD multimedia system comes with a soil-resistant (I love that. Because we're all soilers, aren't we?) touchscreen that controls DVD menu options. It also sports an improved user interface that now offers video playback for the Video iPod. Also includes 200 watts of max power, 24- Bit D/A Converter and a single play DVD mechanism that plays DVD Video, CD Audio and Video CD and a bunch of other audio formats including MP3/ WMA and encoded CDs. Runs for about $1100.
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Degree Six - Garment Tags and Business Cards
We like our printing aprons, but sexy and sustainable clothing fits nicely with letterpress too. We were asked to designed and produced these new garment tags and business cards for new LA based label - Degree Six Clothing. And they are sexy indeed, but in an earthy conscious sort of way. They create garments with consciously produced fabrics, so for our part we used a fully recycled material for the project. Notable is the 100% recycled 80pt book board. Also, the cards are long and narrow - only half the size of a typical business card. We worked with the Hot Snot screen printing shop to put down our fluorescent green plant pattern on sheets of the book board. Since screen printing ink is opaque, we got a nice bright green color on the darker colored board. Then we letterpress printed metallic 877 for the text. Screen printing does well on a lot of things, but it does not like tiny type. The tags were hole punched, trimmed to size and edge colored with the signature fluorescent green Degree Six color. The board thickness is great for flashing a glimpse of the accent edge coloring. Can wait to see them in stores soon.


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Perrigo Stumbles On Elan Deal
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Shares of Perrigo (PRGO) were down 6.7% in morning trading, on news that the drug maker would buy Elan Corp. for $8.6 billion.
The cash-and-stock deal values the Irish biotech firm at $16.50 a share, a 10.5% premium to the company's Friday close.
Perrigo expects the deal to close by the end of the year.
Under the terms of the deal, Perrigo, which makes private label cold and allergy medications, will acquire the royalties to Elan's blockbuster multiple sclerosis drug Tysarbi, its $1.9 billion in cash and access to the European market.
Yet as The Wall Street Journalnotes, Ireland's relatively low corporate taxes are likely even more attractive to Perrigo than any synergies Elan can offer: The company is modeling the 30% tax rate it pays now to be cut nearly in half, to the high teens, yielding more than $150 million in annual savings on lower taxes and operational expenses.
The move is also a lifeline for Elan, which saw the experimental Alzheimer's therapy it was developing with Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Pfizer (PFE) fail.
S&P Capital IQ's Herman Saftlas reiterated his Hold rating on Perrigo on the news, although he did boost his price target by $9 to $134 on his "enhanced view of PRGO's long-term growth prospects." Despite the Tysarbi roylaties, lower tax rate and annual savings, he also sees "increased deal-related debt and biotech risk premium as potential negatives."


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A car bomb damaged a Libyan foreign ministry building in Benghazi on Wednesday, the first anniversary of the attack on the US consulate in the country's second-largest city.
Two years after the revolt that toppled former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, Libya is riven along regional and tribal lines and dogged by armed violence, leaving the central government struggling to curb the clout of rival militias and radical Islamists.
Local security officials said a car packed with explosives was left beside the ministry building where it detonated at dawn, badly damaging it and several other buildings in the center of Benghazi. There were no reports of casualties.
A few hours before the Benghazi explosion, security forces defused a large bomb placed near the foreign ministry headquarters in the eastern Zawyat al Dahmani district of Tripoli, the government said.
"Libyans cannot ignore the timing of this explosion. It's a clear message by the forces of terror that they do not want the state or the army to stand on its feet," Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan told reporters.
Zeidan did not directly blame any group for the attack, but alluded to Islamist militants blamed for a spate of recent car bombs targeting security and army officers.
Zeidan later said his government was accelerating a program to train 19,000 police officers and thousands of army recruits who would be sent for training inside and outside the country.
The government has allocated billions of dollars in its budget to bolster its armed forces, but progress has been slow in integrating unruly militias in a unified force.
As well as militia violence, Zeidan's central government has also struggled to end strikes by oil workers and armed guards at oil installations that have paralyzed crude production.
A year ago, four Americans, including the US ambassador to Libya were killed in an attack on the Benghazi consulate.
Washington initially said the assault had grown out of anti-Western protests, but it later turned out Islamist militants were the perpetrators, marking the 11th anniversary of al-Qaeda's Sept. 11 attacks on the US.
Libyan Acting Interior Minister al-Sadeeq Abdul Karim said the army and police were stepping up security measures to stem the deterioration of security in Benghazi and other parts of the vast country.
Benghazi has seen a spike in car bombings and assassinations of army and security officers, many of whom served in Qaddafi's security contingents.
Seven have been killed since since last week and at least 35 security personnel killed in the last few months, according to a Tripoli-based security source.
Analysts say rebels and militants seeking revenge against former security officers who served under Qaddafi, and frustrated with the limited progress in bringing his ex-henchmen to justice, have sought to take the law into their hands.
Meanwhile, Libya's Muslim Brotherhood is threatening to quit Zeidan's Cabinet, angry over a visit to Cairo they claim served to legitimize the coup in Egypt.
Zeidan met interim Egyptian president Adly Mansour last week, as well as General Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, who led the July 3 coup that ousted former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, who hails from Egyptian branch of the Brotherhood.
Following that trip, the Libyan Brotherhood's political arm, the Party of Justice and Construction, issued a statement criticizing the trip, saying it constituted "an open recognition of the coup d'etat and of its instigators, who have committed crimes and violations of human rights" against members of the Egyptian Brotherhood.


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Family loses Grinnell home in fire
No injuries reported, firefighters say
A Grinnell family is looking for a new place to live after a fire destroyed its rental home early Saturday morning.
Joy Harland rented the house, where she lives with her three children, her boyfriend and his two children.
The children were sleeping and Harland and her boyfriend said they had just finished watching a movie about 3 a.m. when they went to bed. Harland's boyfriend said he smelled smoke and woke everybody up.
Harland told KCCI she had just taken the battery out of the second-floor smoke detector earlier in the week because it was beeping and keeping her children up.
"God blessed us, he really did. We lost a lot, but we have each other and that's what matters," said Harland.
Grinnell's fire chief said if there had been working smoke detectors on the second floor, the fire department would have likely been alerted to the fire much quicker, which could have helped minimize the damage.
No injuries were reported, firefighters said.
The family lost almost all its possessions and did not have renter's insurance. The Red Cross is putting them up in a motel over the weekend and has provided money for food and clothing.
Investigators said the fire could have started in the wiring of a bathroom ceiling fan.


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The next stop on our Delta Tour was the Greenwood Blues Heritage Museum and Gallery, located in the building in the photo above. If you are unfamiliar with Robert Johnson, he is the Delta Blues musician who allegedly "sold his soul to the devil" in order to become the greatest guitar man ever at what is now the intersection of U. S. Highways 49 and 61 known as the "crossroads." Robert Johnson's life and music career ended early, at the age of 27, allegedly under mysterious circumstances at Three Forks, a store and club near Greenwood.
The first floor of this beautifully renovated building houses the Blue Parrot Cafe and Veronica's Bakery. The restaurant had been on our list for dinner on Monday evening, but we were disappointed to find out that it was closed on the only evening we were in town. We did buy chocolate chip cookies from the glass case of goodies at Veronica's Bakery to take with us when we left Greenwood. The only word for the cookies - divine!
On the second floor is the museum and gallery, accessed by a single flight of stairs.
In addition to green historic markers that are posted along Mississippi's highways and byways, a new set of markers, blue in color, now mark places that are significant in the state's Blues History. The marker pictured above is one of the new markers and can be seen outside the building above.
Those who participated in the renovation of this three-story brick building in Greenwood's Historic Downtown District are memorialized on this plaque outside the building.
As we ascended the stairs, we knew we were at the right place when we saw this poster of the King of the Blues, Robert Johnson.
Once we reached the second floor, we were cordially greeted by George Vasquez, Steve Lavere's son. George's friendly smile and his knowledge of his father's thirty-something years collection of Robert Johnson records and memorabilia made our visit to the museum a very pleasant one. As he gave us a personal tour of the museum, he answered all of our questions with the ultimate in expertise and patience. Although George is a Californian who moved to Greenwood specifically to work with his father in getting this important blues museum established, we immediately decided that he is also a "Southern Gentleman." Thanks, George!
Memorabilia housed in glass showcases line the walls of the museum. Interestingly, these antique wooden glass cases and storage drawers were once part of an old drug store in Greenwood and now add to the uniqueness of this extensive collection of records, books, and other memorabilia.
Although the contents of this one-of-a-kind museum are the personal collection of Steve Lavere, there are a few new items for purchase in the small museum "store" area.
As we were about to leave the museum, Robert Johnson's loyal and longtime fan, Steve Lavere, "the man behind the museum," appeared at the head of the stairs. With the permission of both Steve and George, I snapped this final picture of them with another fan of Robert Johnson, my husband, who is standing in the middle. With Veronica's cookies in hand, we left the Robert Johnson Museum headed to check out a new venture described by George and Steve as "Tallahatchie Flats."
Source: Photos are part of a Digital Collection (2009), privately owned by Janice Tracy
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Things to Know Before You Order Seafood—and Pay for It
We answer eight important questions before you put something fishy in your mouth.
Many Dallas restaurants describe scallops on their menus as "diver" when, in fact, very few actually serve hand-harvested scallops. Why? Because most chefs don't know the difference. After reading a post about the topic on our SideDish food blog, a brave Richard Chamberlain, the chef-owner of Chamberlain's Fish Market Grill, admitted that he'd made a mistake and had "diver" printed on his menu while he was serving what most upscale restaurants serve: dry-packaged U-10s (10 to a pound). Chamberlain not only reprinted his menu, but he hosted a blind tasting for a small group of SideDish readers. All 12 participants picked the real divers over the U-10s. The diver scallops were denser and had a meatier texture than the U-10s. If either one of these cooked scallops appeared alone on a plate, you would consider it a thing of beauty, but side by side, the two present striking differences. The diver stands solid, like a marble sculpture. The U-10 looks like Jell-O, sagging under its own weight. Divers cost 40 percent more than the U-10s, about $7 per animal wholesale, before shipping. So if you're ordering "four pan-seared diver scallops on a bed of wilted baby spinach" for $29, you aren't getting diver scallops. Note: when buying scallops at market, look for a pale beige to creamy pink color. Avoid stark white scallops. They have been soaked in chemically treated water, a marketing ploy that increases the weight of the product.
Some menus tout farm-raised fish as a good thing. But it depends on where and how the fish was farmed. There is more than one way to farm a fish, and each method presents its own potential hazards. Raising fish in plastic tanks inside greenhouses, a common way of raising tilapia, can be effective. However, problems occur when greedy operators overcrowd tanks. Fecal material pollutes the water and raises the potential for disease. The same conditions can occur in farm ponds, where fish are fed commercial fish food and chemicals to promote fast growth. If the water quality is controlled with proper circulation, the fish remain healthy. More successful methods involve placing cages in lakes, ponds, rivers, or oceans to contain and protect fish until they can be harvested. Again, overpopulation of the cages is the first concern. Too many fish in a cage can pollute the water. "Cage failures" allow non-native species to escape into the wild. If they have been infected with sea lice or intestinal worms, they can spread disease to wild fish. Ocean farms, particularly those in Chile, have sparked many controversies in aquaculture. Too many areas are overpopulated, illegally fished, and the water is polluted by decaying fish bodies and fertilizer. Bottom line: farming can be done responsibly. And it can protect against overfishing of wild stocks. But chefs need to know their suppliers and which farms they buy from.
You would like to believe the raw tuna you eat in a sushi restaurant is actually "sushi grade tuna." There are no FDA regulations that designate seafood as "sushi grade" or "sashimi grade." The only concern of seafood inspectors is whether the fish has a parasite destruction guarantee, which is accomplished by freezing until the naturally occurring parasites are killed. Some vendors sell lower-grade tuna as "sushi grade" by injecting the fish with carbon monoxide, which imparts redness to the meat. This process is outlawed in Japan. Reputable restaurants serve grades 1, 2, or 2-plus as sushi, but they are not required to.
Before you order Dover from a menu, ask your server where the fish was caught. If you are paying less than $50, chances are the fish didn't come from the cold waters of the North Sea. The firm, flat fish has been a delicacy in Europe and finer tables in the United States for a long time, a perfect excuse to take a fish with a less appealing name, like the Pacific flatfish (aka flounder), and market it as West Coast Dover sole.
Look at the fine print at the bottom of most seafood menus and you'll find a city-mandated notice stating that there is a risk associated with eating raw proteins. The warning comes because people with compromised immune systems can get ill or die after eating uncooked Gulf Coast oysters containing the naturally occurring vibrio vulnificus bacteria that have been improperly refrigerated. Does the old saying that oysters should be eaten only in months with "r"s in them still apply? Not if the raw oysters you eat in the summer "r"-less months are harvested in the cooler waters of the Pacific Northwest (Northern California to Washington to Canada), Northeast (Maryland to Maine), and below the equator (New Zealand).
Every May, millions of salmon make their way through the chilly waters of the Pacific to spawn in the rivers in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, and British Columbia. Years before there was even a thought given to farm raising salmon, the folks around the Copper River held a big celebration to welcome back the wild salmon. The event turned into a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign that turned the Copper River king salmon—the first to reach the seasonal market—into the industry's first designer fish. Today, it still hogs the publicity and fetches the highest price. Yes, the king (Chinook) salmon from the Copper River tastes different. The rugged river produces a gamey flavor and healthy omega-3 fatty acids. But other North American varieties, including the less expensive Copper River sockeye (red) and coho (silver), are equally flavorful. The wholesale price of salmon pulled from the Copper River runs close to $10 per pound higher than salmon caught in other rivers. Industrial pollution has diminished the production of Atlantic salmon, but Bay of Fundy farm-raised salmon is an excellent fish.
Its original name was Patagonian toothfish or Antarctic toothfish. But marketers had more success calling it Chilean sea bass. Never mind that it's not even a bass. It is found in the coastal waters around Chile, New Zealand, Australia, the Falkland Islands, and throughout the southern Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. The species became popular in restaurants in the early 1990s because it is a fatty fish that holds its temperature well and doesn't easily dry out—a perfect fish to serve for large banquets and high-volume businesses. The slow-growing fish lives more than a mile below sea level. To catch them, fishermen bottom trawl, dragging gear across the seafloor, which damages the habitat while snagging other marine animals. Because they live long—sometimes up to 40 years—and they breed late in life, sea bass can't reproduce quickly enough to keep up with demand. Most Chilean sea bass in the U.S. market comes from boats that are fishing illegally and using unmodified bottom longlines. Both chefs and servers should know if the sea bass they are serving was delivered with proper documentation.
It was a sad day when Atlantic swordfish was taken off menus. In the late 1990s, swordfish populations were dwindling fast. Once mostly harpooned, the swordfish were easier prey for fishermen who turned to long lines with hundreds of hooks. These lines trapped more than swordfish. But U.S. government regulations and a group of restaurateurs who promoted the Give Swordfish a Break campaign launched in 1998 have helped the fish survive. Many chefs still believe it isn't PC to serve it, but they needn't worry. The swordfish is back.


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The action in Canadian provocateur Atom Egoyan's cryptic Exotica revolves largely around the strip club, which lends the film its name, a faux-tropical hothouse where young female dancers cater to their customers' sexual and psychological needs.
Among the regulars is Francis (Bruce Greenwood), a troubled taxman haunted by Christina, a young stripper played by Mia Kirshner.
As the film hypnotically unfolds, their relationship is slowly explored, the narrative dovetailing with the stories of a gay pet shop owner (Don McKellar), the Exotica's pregnant owner (Arsinee Khanjian), and its embittered DJ (Elias Koteas). Like all of Egoyan's films, Exotica is a riddle, its answers only fostering more questions.
The director's recurring themes of family breakdowns, voyeurism and obsession are all in the mix here as well, but essayed with a new clarity of vision and intensity.
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Short version: If your idea of a PG family movie includes sexual references, an annoying dog and bad language, by all means go see Marley & Me.
Screen Rant reviews Marley & Me
Let's just get right to it, shall we? I don't know... maybe I'm getting grumpy in my old age, but I just didn't see the appeal of Marley & Me. I went into the theater wanting to like this movie, I really did. While I'm a huge sci-fi and superhero movie fan, I'm always happy to see a movie out there that parents can bring their kids to - so it bugs me when I can't give that sort of film an endorsement.
Let me say that while I realize this film is based on a book, I know nothing about the source material other than it's an autobiographical book by John Grogan about a dog he really owned.
Marley & Me stars Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston as young married couple John and Jennifer Grogan. She has her entire life planned out, complete with a checklist of things to accomplish... BIG things, like "get married," "buy a house," etc. You get the picture.
John is happy to abide by her wishes since from his point of view he "married up," snagging a babe way beyond who he thought he'd end up with - until he starts thinking about the next checklist item: children. His single-for-life best friend Sebastian (Eric Dane) tells John he needs to give Jennifer a dog. It will feed her maternal instincts for a while and delay her feeling the need for a child.
John has just been hired at a Florida newspaper as a fledgling reporter, wanting to work his way up and Jennifer also has a job as a journalist. He wants to make his mark and is not eager to start a family at this point.
So John surprises Jennifer by taking her to a dog breeder and they end up picking the runt of the litter. Jennifer is a writer and is on assignment while John picks up the adorable little fella. It turns out that the little guy is extremely insecure when left alone and he ends up destroying the contents of the garage.
This is just the beginning - the dog (named after Bob Marley) is incorrigible, and his owners are not up to the job of disciplining him. Eventually Jennifer gets pregnant, and next thing you know she and John are parents of more than one child. Their relationship starts to strain and the dog is not helping by constantly destroying things in the house and barking, keeping the baby from sleeping.
Eventually John is corralled into becoming a columnist for the newspaper where he works (he wants to be an investigative reporter) and he ends up writing quite a bit about his misadventures with Marley. John and Jennifer come to an understanding eventually and life changes for them in a good way.
This all sounds just peachy-keen, so what's my problem with the film? Beyond the cute little face when it was a puppy, I never liked the stupid dog.
Now I'm a dog person - I love dogs. I have a dog. But shouldn't a dog that's the star of a movie have SOME redeeming qualities that make you care about it or want to take its side? I've read elsewhere that if you own a dog you'll appreciate this movie. Yeah, right. There's a scene where they try to take the dog to a trainer and it's so out of control (and they, so inept) that the trainer (Kathleen Turner) throws them out of class. They think the whole thing is funny.
I'm watching this film thinking they need to call that guy "The Dog Whisperer" to teach them how to control the darned dog. If I had an infant in the house and the dog was such a pain in the butt that the baby couldn't sleep, I'm sorry but it would be gone.
I mean during the entire movie I'll bet if you combined all the time that the dog was actually shown to be doing something that endeared it to the audience, it would total MAYBE two minutes. I kept waiting for something to happen that would make me care about the dog - hell, I thought maybe it would get shot by a burglar, having alerted and saved the family. But no - nothing like that. It's just an incorrigible dog owned by a couple too weak or lazy to discipline it. Heck, they painted such a bad picture of Marley at one point I was in fear that it was going to hurt one of the babies in the film.
Beyond that, sexual references to the dog "losing its balls," the beginnings of a sex scene (sure, they're fully clothed, but my daughter next to me was visibly uncomfortable), an obvious skinny dipping scene (again nothing shown, sorry guys, but a couple skinny dipping in a PG movie?) and a number of "B-level" curse words don't exactly add up to a movie I'd recommend to my friends with children.
For me the best thing in the movie was Alan Arkin - the man is hysterical and I only wish he had more screen time. Really, this felt like a Lifetime Channel TV movie... some day I'd love to see Jennifer Aniston in something really GOOD.


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MCT Solutions is a total service I.T company focusing on the business / SME market. We have been in business for over 7 years and late last year had our logo updated / tweaked to be a bit more modern. We are located in Wollongong, south of Sydney, NSW Australia.
We mainly deal with the services in which we provide to customers, although there will be some of our new products being highlighted on this website too.
Our target audience are our existing customers, and our prospect customers. We need to explain to prospects about our company, and why they should trust us - along with explaining the different types of services we are providing to our customers.
For our existing customers the website needs to be easy to use and navigate, and laid out simply - but there will be a fair bit of content in some sections such as products and services, explaining our products and services etc.
We would like to keep our branding similar, in line with our logo.
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We want to be able to Link Facebook and twitter (I like some of these pages featuring these in their designs etc)
We also want a spot on the pages for our existing customers to log onto our support system. We would also like an area for rolling testimonials on each page.
We would also like sections for signup to newsletters or to submit an instant quote request - we would also like the latest news to be on the front page.
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Shaman's Costume, 1984
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Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery; Gift of Indian & Northern Affairs, Canada
Annual collections of prints have been published in Pangnirtung since 1973. Lipa Pitsiulak provided early leadership to the Pangnirtung Print Shop and later to the Pangnirtung Eskimo Co-operative, established in 1975. He continues to create drawings, many of which have been rendered into prints. He is also known for his imaginative sculpture. In 1977 his print, Disguised Archer, was reproduced on a Canadian postage stamp. All of his work reveals an interest in portraying traditional shamanic beliefs and legends, as exemplified by the print Shaman's Costume. He lived in the community of Pangnirtung from 1967 to 1977, but then made the decision to move to a permanent outpost camp. In 1988 his life and art was the subject of a National Film Board film, Lypa.
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Seth Shostak is Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute in California, and the host of the weekly radio show and podcast, "Big Picture Science."
Back in the early days of "Star Trek," whenever the Enterprise would chance upon a novel planet, we'd hear a quick analysis from Science Officer Spock. Frequently he would opine, "It's an M-class planet, Captain." That was the tip-off that this world was not only suited for life, but undoubtedly housed some intelligent beings eager for a meet-and-greet with the Enterprise crew.
But what is an "M-class planet" (also referred to as "class M")? Clearly, it referred to a world on which intelligent life could thrive, and made it easy for the crew (and viewers) to see where the episode was headed. A recent paper by Washington State University astrobiologist Dirk Schulze-Makuch and his colleagues has suggested a somewhat similar way to categorize real-world orbs that might be home to cosmic confreres. Rather than giving planets a Spockian alphabetic designation, Schulze-Makuch prefers a less obscure, and more precise, numerical specification: a value between 0 and 1. A world that scores a 1 is identical to Earth in those attributes thought necessary for life. A score of 0 means that it's a planet only an astronomer could love—likely to be as sterile as an autoclaved mule.
Schulze-Makuch computes this index—which he calls an Earth Similarity Index, or ESI—by considering both the composition of a planet (is it rocky and roughly the size of Earth?) and some crude measures of how salubrious the surface might be (does it have a thick atmosphere, and are temperatures above freezing and below boiling?) He combines parameters that define these characteristics in a series of multiplicative terms that are reminiscent of the well-known Drake equation, used to estimate the number of technologically adept civilizations in the Milky Way.
At present the number of worlds thought to have an ESI of 0.8 or greater—near-cousins of Earth—is only one: Gliese 581g (though that planet's existence is disputed). But as additional data from NASA's Kepler mission continue to stream in, we can expect that more such "habitable" planets will turn up. In particular, Kepler scientists reported this week on a newsworthy object called Kepler-22b. This planet is 2.4 times Earth's diameter and in an orbit around a Sun-like star that places it securely in the habitable zone—where temperatures might be similar to a summer day in San Francisco.