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Easy Cheesy Ranch and Bean Dip Recipe
With all the barbecues and parties I've been to this summer, I've tasted many types of dip. There is the always famous 7-layer dip, plain salsa, cheese and salsa and the ever beloved sour cream dip. It's always the same few dips popping up at every party.
When I found this dip recipe, I had to make it for our last barbecue. It is just the right mix of cheesy, creamy, beany goodness with a kick of ranch. Everyone loves ranch, so you can't possibly go wrong with a ranch inspired dip.
This dip is great with chips, veggies and even toasted bread. Give it a try for your next summer party or barbecue. Your friends and family won't be disappointed.
Easy Cheesy Ranch and Bean Dip
1 can refried beans
2 cups mozarella cheese
1 package ranch dressing mix
1 cup sour cream
Throw all the ingredients into a saucepan and stir until all the ingredients are warm and melted together. Serve in a bowl and eat with your favorite chips.
Joy Larson is a mother of four boys, graduate of the University of Montana, animal lover and writer.


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Collegiate Personal Bests:
1,500 Meter Run: 3:57.33
One Mile Run: 4:17.76
3,000 Meter Run: 8:21.01
5,000 Meter Run: 14:13.81
10,000 Meter Run: 30:34.65
Javelin: 25.13m
2012 Indoor Track: Placed first in the 5,000 meter run at the All-New England Indoor Championships with a time of 14:30.27...Completed the 3,000 meter run in 8:21.01 for third place at the All-New England Championships...Placed third in the 5,000 meter run at the Northeast Conference Championships with a time of 14:51.49...Also competed in the 3,000 meter run at the NEC Championships where he placed fourth, crossing the finish line in 8:30.30...Placed seventh in the 5,000 meter run at the ECAC/IC4A Indoor Championships in Boston, MA.
2011 Cross Country: Turned in a solid season for the Blue Devils finishing three meets in the top five and earning All-Conference honors…Named Northeast Conference Athlete of the week on Sept. 20 and again on Oct. 25…Best performance of the season came at the Monmouth Invitational on Sept. 17 where he earned a first place overall victory with a time of 26:21…Followed that impressive win with 13th place out of 282 at the 2011 New England Cross Country Championships with a time of 25:11…Finished in second place out of 80 at the CCSU Mini Meet on Oct. 21…Also finished second at the Northeast Championships on Oct. 29 with a time of 26:06.90…Placed 57th at the 2011 NCAA Division I Northeast Regional Cross Country Championships on Nov. 12…Finished the season at the IC4A/ECAC Cross Country Championships with a time of 25:25 for 12th place out of 154 participants.
2011 Outdoor Track: Placed third at the Holy Cross Invitational on April 23 in the 5,000 meter run with a time of 14:44.04...Earned 10th place at the Bison Outdoor Classic on April 15 in the 10,000 meter run with a time of 30:34.65...Ran a 3:57.33 at UCONN in the 1,500 meter race for 10th place.
2010 Cross Country: Named All-Northeast Conference…Placed third at the 2010 NEC Championships…Was named NEC Athlete of the Week on 10/26/10…Won the CCSU Mini Meet…Placed second at ECAC Championships…Finished fifth at the Ted Owen Invitational…Finished 14th at the New England Intercollegiate Championships.
2010 Outdoor Track: Placed fifth at the NEC Outdoor Championships in the 10,000 meter run with a time of 32:09.71...Finished sixth in the 5,000 meter run with a time of 5:10.88 at the Holy Cross Duals on April 20...Ran a 4:10.48 in the 1,500 meter race at the UCONN Invitational on April 4 for 17th place.
2010 Indoor Track: Finished eighth in the NEC Indoor Championships in the 5,000 meter run with a time of 15:36.34...Placed 19th at the NEICAAA Indoor Championships in the 3,000 meter run with a time of 8:41.15...Completed the one mile run in 4:36.97 at the Boston Indoor Games on Jan. 29 for 43rd place.
Before Central: Captained New Milford cross country and track teams for 2008 and 2009...Holds the school record in the 3200 meter run...Earned All-State honors for cross country during junior and senior seasons...Also was All-Southwest Conference in cross country for 2007 and 2008...As a senior was All-State in indoor and outdoor track for the 3200...Garnered All-New England accolades in the 3200 in 2009.

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California homeowners who remain on the brink of foreclosure will have a new option as they fight to keep their homes in 2013 – lawsuits.
A new ability to sue lenders is one of the key provisions of the Homeowner Bill of Rights, which Attorney General Kamala Harris and other Democrats won approval for last year over considerable objections from the mortgage and lending industries.
The Homeowner Bill of Rights does not go as far as requiring judicial approval for all foreclosures but will allow homeowners to ask a judge for an injunction if they believe their lender has made an error during the foreclosure process.
The laws also prohibit lenders from "dual tracking" foreclosures – the practice of pursuing foreclosure even as a homeowner seeks to modify a loan – and requires lenders to establish a single point of contact for customers trying to avoid foreclosure.
The laws are likely to prolong the foreclosure process in California, but the big question is whether the delays will give homeowners a better chance of staying in their homes or will simply postpone inevitable foreclosures.
"There will be a batch of foreclosures that is delayed by the law but not prevented," said Daren Blomquist, the vice president of Irvine-based RealtyTrac.
RealtyTrac tallies foreclosure data from across the United States. Blomquist said he expects to observe a sharp decline in initial foreclosure filings during the early part of 2013, but that will be eventually be followed by a spike in activity as lenders adjust to the new laws.
Attorney General Harris, who testified before state legislators that the new laws are needed to ensure homeowners receive due process, recently repeated her view that the Homeowner Bill of Rights will benefit consumers.
"For too long, struggling homeowners in California have been denied fairness and transparency with their lending institutions," she said in a Dec. 20 statement. "These laws give homeowners new rights as they work through the foreclosure process and will give Californians a fair opportunity to stay in their homes."
Los Angeles-based Beacon Economics published a report while the Homeowner Bill of Rights was still under consideration that predicted the laws would be unlikely to benefit homeowners.
Beacon concluded there is no evidence that a longer foreclosure process increases the odds a homeowner will be able to achieve a loan modification and that some homeowners may even choose to default in order to live "rent free" during a prolonged foreclosure process.
The economists also predicted the laws may reduce credit availability for future homeowners and maintained that some consumers, in the long run, can benefit from foreclosure.
"Foreclosure can provide those who have lost their homes with a clean slate, as they are almost always forgiven any remaining balances on their mortgage debt," according to Beacon's analysis.
"While a defaulter's credit does take a hit, that clears the books faster than many will imagine … households are often able to borrow and buy again within a relatively short period of time," the report continued.
Foreclosure activity has already been declining, according to RealtyTrac's numbers.
U.S. foreclosure starts reached a 71-month low in November, according to the Irvine firm's count.
In California, November's foreclosure filings decreased by about 50 percent when compared to the same month in 2011. One in every 430 California homes were at some point in the foreclosure process.
Los Angeles County foreclosures fell about 41 percent from November 2011 to November 2012. One in every 441 homes in the county was in the foreclosure process.
San Bernardino County foreclosure activity fell roughly 51 percent in November. One in every 249 homes in the county were somewhere in the foreclosure process that month.
Contact Andrew via email, by phone at 909-386-3872 or 909-483-8550, or on Twitter @InlandGov.


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EAST FALMOUTH — Among the dozens of dancers in traditional regalia, wheeling and stomping to the pounding drumbeat, a group wearing neon-colored masks and towering peacock feather headdresses stood out.
These Gombey dancers from Bermuda were in East Falmouth on Saturday to reconnect with the Mashpee Wampanoag, a Cape Cod Native American tribe that the Bermudians consider long-lost family.
"Our ancestors were brought to Bermuda as slaves in the 1600s and we've been trying to find each other ever since," said Nives Filice, 45, chairwoman of the St. David's Islanders and Native Community.
The groups reconnected in 2000 and began a series of cultural exchanges.
"It's been almost like finding a missing piece of your history," Filice said. "When I first set foot in Mashpee, I felt like I'd been here before, like I belonged here, like it was a part of me."
The latest reunion took place at the Mashpee Wampanoag Pow-Wow, an annual, weekend-long celebration of native culture in its 92d year. The event, which drew hundreds of attendees despite the sweltering heat, featured drum and dance competitions, dozens of vendors plying traditional jewelry and clothing, and even a falconer.
Traditional dances were the only pieces of Wampanoag culture to survive centuries of slavery and cultural repression in Bermuda, Filice said, and even those traditions were drastically altered as they mixed with the cultures of other slaves. But the Bermudian group is beginning to reclaim its heritage.
"The East Coast tribe has been teaching us the culture we lost," Filice said. "Now we wear the regalia, we're learning the songs and dances."
Filice lamented that the connection to Native American groups is little known in Bermuda, where African and Caribbean ancestry is more commonly recognized.
"Part of our community's mission is to teach Bermudians our whole history," she said.
While Pow-Wows have roots in a traditional Wampanoag homecoming ceremony for members of the tribe who had moved away, the modern Pow-Wow borrows its format from Wild Bill-style rodeos popular in the early 1900s, according to David Weeden, this year's Pow-Wow director.
"It used to be more of a gathering just as a tribe," Weeden said. "Then it took on the Pow-Wow format and we started sharing our culture with the outside community . . . you're inviting other tribes and nations to come to your area. You showcase your own beliefs and showcase your pride and share that with others."
Saturday's festivities began with an early morning canoe race, but the day kicked into high gear at noon, when dozens of dancers made their way into the circle at the center of the fairgrounds, keeping time with the steady drumbeat and marking the accents with their movements.
"When I see the elders smile because they like the way that I dance, that's what I enjoy the most," Weeden said. "We're dancing for those who don't dance anymore."
'When I see the elders smile because they like the way that I dance, that's what I enjoy the most.'
Respect for elders was a prominent theme at the Pow-Wow and remains a central tenet of Wampanoag culture.
"The elders are the ones we look to for the wisdom and the lessons," Weeden said. "You have to pay attention to them or everything they know will be lost."
US Representative William R. Keating, whose district includes Mashpee, made an appearance at the event and lauded the cooperation between his office and leaders of the Wampanoag Tribe, which has federal recognition.
"Some of the historic relationship with the Wampanoag has been tragic, unfortunately," he said. "This is an effort to strengthen relationships with the native community . . . The Pow-Wow is a centerpiece of making sure this culture is not lost."
Bear Bear Laughing, who is half-Mohawk and half-Navajo, traveled here with her family from New York to attend their third Mashpee Pow-Wow. The family takes time off in the summer to visit Pow-Wows in Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, and Canada. The children earn their keep by helping make crafts or winning prize money in dance competitions.
Though she is not Wampanoag, many of the rituals and dances here are familiar, Laughing said.
"A lot of us [Native Americans] actually believe the same things, we just celebrate them differently," she said, adjusting the metal noisemakers on her daughter's dress.
Pow-Wows offer an important chance to pass on cultural traditions that would otherwise fade, she said.
For many Mashpee Wampanoag, the annual Pow-Wow is the scene of solemn spiritual rituals. One such ritual is Fire Ball, when men kick and carry a flaming ball, sustaining burns as a sacrifice to bring good medicine to their families and ancestors.
"I'll be playing for my son and his daughter," said Robert "Quiet Storm" Robinson, a retired Marine and Vietnam veteran who said his son had died of diabetes.
Robinson said the Pow-Wow is the highlight of his year.
"Wherever I am, I always come home for my Pow-Wow," he said, describing how he once took leave from the Marines while stationed in the Philippines to make it back for the celebration.
"It's the elders teaching us and nurturing us. It's getting the kids involved," he said. "This is everything, right here."Dan Adams can be reached at email@example.com. Find him on Twitter at @Daniel


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June 05, 2012
Where's the shuttle? There's an app for that!
Smartphone users now have access to real-time GPS tracking data about the whereabouts of the Pio Express. To those of us who have experienced the bitter disappointment of arriving at our stop late only to watch the shuttle shrink into the distance, this is excellent news. To the psychic community at L&C, it means very little.
Oh, for Peace sake …
Lewis & Clark ranked fifth in the small school category of the Peace Corps Top Colleges list for 2012, the second consecutive year the college has been in the top five and the eighth consecutive year we've made the list. This is either a testament to L&C's commitment to service locally and globally or to the effectiveness of the subliminal messaging in The Bon's international cuisine.
Gained in translation
Stepan Simek, associate professor of theatre and official translator of the plays of late Czech president Vaclav Havel, was the subject of an Oregonian article after the politicianplaywright's death. In the article, Simek shared his perspective on Havel's contributions to the world of theatre and also managed to plug Lewis & Clark's mainstage production of The Increased Difficulty of Concentration, one of Havel's most popular plays. Simek suggested that his affinity for the Czech president might have something to do with having been cradled in Havel's own crib as an infant. Hmm…
Raising the roof
After deflating last fall, the tennis dome on the north side of campus has been resurrected and the courts revamped with new exterior lighting, sidewalks, and bollards (you know, those posts that hold up the net). The inflation of the dome took place on a chilly December morning to a mixed audience of onlookers; the less imaginative among them were underwhelmed by the sight, while others watched in childlike awe.
A Dickens of a time
It was the best of times— there was a library exhibit, period musicians, faculty readings, and lots of cake. It was the worst of times— Charles Dickens was still quite dead. We are, of course, referring to the recent celebration of Dickens' 200th birthday. In honor of old Chuckie D, faculty and students read aloud the openings of every Dickens novel.
March madness
Throughout March, the Lewis & Clark campus experienced several uncharacteristic dustings of snow. Though the winter weather was short-lived and resulted in no snow days, faculty and students alike engaged in the time-honored tradition of regional judgment: those from the Midwest and Northeast scoffed at the measly flurries while West Coasters frolicked in the veritable wonderland.
Pio peacock
Most of the double takes on campus this spring were directed not to rare glimpses of Mount Hood but instead to a fully grown male peacock who has been inexplicably wandering the grounds. Many students at first considered the sightings a symptom of too many all-nighters, but they were reassured when faculty and staff began reporting their own encounters. The peacock, rumored to be covetous of the L&C mascot position, is apparently prowling campus in search of a Newfoundland, with which he plans to battle to the death. When asked to comment, Pio, our current mascot, said: "Bring it on,bird."


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NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will make clear on Tuesday that he wants to pursue a diplomatic path to resolve the dispute over Iran's nuclear program in a U.N. General Assembly speech that will also cover events in Syria and the Middle East.
In a speech scheduled for 10:10 a.m. EDT (1410), a White House official said Obama will lay out U.S. views in three areas: efforts to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, the international effort to gain control of Syria's chemical weapons and the search for Israeli-Palestinian peace.
It remained unclear whether Obama would have a direct encounter with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani while both are in New York on Tuesday. White House officials say Obama is open to such an encounter under the right conditions.
The United States and its allies have for years applied pressure on Iran to give up its nuclear ambitions. Tehran denies trying to build a weapon and insists its nuclear program is for civilian purposes only.
But a U.S.-Russian agreement this month aimed at getting control of Syrian chemical weapons after an Aug. 21 poison gas attack in Syria has added momentum to efforts to engage Iran.
Obama and Rouhani exchanged letters recently in which each expressed a willingness to find a diplomatic outcome.
The White House official said Obama's speech will also focus on ongoing efforts to achieve a political resolution to the civil war in Syria.
In addition, he will discuss the resurgence in diplomatic activity aimed at bringing Israelis and Palestinians together as the two parties take part in direct negotiations.


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Biological Sciences
Research Highlights
April 2012
Genome-Scale Model of Cyanobacterium Developed
Cyanothece's complete metabolism described
Results: In an important step toward engineering bacteria to produce biofuel, scientists have developed one of the first global models for the nitrogen-fixing photosynthetic cyanobacterium Cyanothece sp. ATCC 51142 (see sidebar).
This genome-scale metabolic reconstruction and simulation model describes the cyanobacterium's complete metabolism and not just isolated pathways, according to the scientists.
"The model details how carbon and energy are distributed throughout the cell for photosynthesis and respiration," said Pacific Northwest National Laboratory microbiologist Dr. Alex Beliaev. "It will serve both as a platform to develop similar models for other cyanobacteria and as an engineering tool for manipulating photosynthetic microorganisms to improve biofuel production."
PNNL scientists and collaborators at University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Burnham Institute for Medical Research coauthored the research paper, which appears in the April 5 issue of PLoS Computational Biology.
Why It Matters: Cyanobacteria are potential platforms for biofuel production because they photosynthesize, have relatively rapid growth rates and tolerance to extreme environments, and can accumulate high amounts of intracellular compounds. But only a few models have been developed for investigating them because they are so complex.
Beliaev added, "Developing a computational model brings us closer to a systems-level understanding of the metabolism of photoautrophs such as Cyanothece, putting metabolic engineering of these organisms within reach."
Methods: Using combined computational and experimental approaches, the scientists investigated the interplay of photosynthetic and respiratory fluxes. They modeled photon fluxes and electron flux distributions under conditions of variable light quality and intensity, and analyzed the contribution of different electron transfer pathways to growth.
They used a novel custom-built photobioreactor at PNNL to test the predicted changes in growth rates of Cyanothece 51142 in response to changes in light input. The reactor instrument couples on-line gas monitoring and feedback-controlled lighting to obtain high-resolution physiological details of the relationship between photosynthetic O2 evolution and H2 production in Cyanothece 51142. See: Figure 3. Model predictions of Cyanothece 51142 growth rate and electron transport pathways at different photon uptake rates through PS II and PS I.
What's Next? The team will apply the model to conduct a quantitative analysis of light-driven hydrogen production and identify ways to improve the efficiency of the process. The researchers hope to use data from actual enzymatic activities as additional factors for determining whether to consider fluxes through associated reactions.
Acknowledgments: The work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Biological and Environmental Research, Biological Systems Science Division under the PNNL Biofuels and Foundational Science Scientific Focus Areas. The research team includes first author Trang Vu, Jennifer L. Reed, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Sergey M. Stolyar, Grigoriy E. Pinchuk, Eric A. Hill, Leo A. Kucek, Roslyn N. Brown, Mary S. Lipton, Jim K. Fredrickson, Allan E. Konopka, and Alexander S. Beliaev, all PNNL; and Andrei L. Osterman, Burnham Institute for Medical Research.
Reference: Vu TT, SM Stolyar, GE Pinchuk, EA Hill, LA Kucek, RN Brown, MS Lipton, AL Osterman, JK Fredrickson, AE Konopka, AS Beliaev, and JL Reed. 2012. "Genome-Scale Modeling of Light-Driven Reductant Partitioning and Carbon Fluxes in Diazotrophic Unicellular Cyanobacterium Cyanothece sp. ATCC 51142."PLoS Computational Biology 8(4):e1002460. DOI:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002460.


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This weekend on Beautiful Decay we want to welcome you over to the dark side, where a vast amount of artists are churning out contemporary art fueled by the fire of Metal. A multitude of artists these days are making art inspired by the crushing sounds and dark spirit of Heavy Metal, Death Metal and Doom music, all of which weave in and out of several other genres.
I've been a huge fan for a while now of the work made by artists Skinner, Ben Venom and Martin Durazo, which are strongly informed by Heavy Metal. This past week after chatting with artist and Beautiful Decay owner, Amir H. Fallah and artist Skinner and reaching out on Facebook to learn more about artists tied into this music scene, I was turned onto a breadth of incredible artists. A lot of artists working with metal as inspiration have strong crossover into design and illustration, album art, posters (especially for the band Mastadon), band merch and murals. There's also a strong genre of work that explores dark spiritual matter, mythology and death that is absolutely captivating. You can expect upcoming coverage of these sub-genres in coming weeks.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The internet video streaming service Netflix Inc does not infringe on Rovi Corp patents for interactive television program guides, an International Trade Commission judge said in a preliminary decision.
The full commission plans to issue a final decision in the case in October.
Rovi shares fell as low as $24.20 following the news but later recovered to $25.43, down 4.1 percent, in afternoon trading. Netflix shares were up 0.5 percent at $221.37.
In mid-2012, Rovi accused several companies of infringing on its patents for on-screen guides for TV listings. LG Electronics and its subsidiaries settled with Rovi, as did Mitsubishi Electric Corp and its subsidiaries.
Netflix had been accused of infringing on four Rovi patents but was found innocent in all cases.
At the same time, U.S. consumer electronics company Roku, founded in 2008 to stream Netflix videos, was found innocent of infringing on one Rovi patent.
ITC Judge David Shaw declared one of the Rovi patents invalid but said the other three were valid. His decision was dated June 7 but appeared on the ITC web site on Monday.
In a statement, Rovi noted the finding of validity for three patents.
"We are pleased that the majority of the patents involved were confirmed valid," Samir Armaly, a Rovi executive vice president of worldwide intellectual property, said in a statement. "We will continue to seek to license companies to the technologies that we've developed and to protect our intellectual property from unlicensed use."
Netflix said only that it was "pleased with the initial determination and look(s) forward to the full commission confirming it."
The case, at the International Trade Commission, is No. 337-845.
Reporting by Diane Bartz; editing by Ros Krasny and John Wallace


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Chenchen publishes work on hydrogels in J Mater Chem B
BME PhD student Chenchen Mou has recently published an article in the Journal of Materials Chemistry B to provide guidance on the design of hydrogels crosslinked with redox active coordination bonds.
Bettinger featured in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The work of the Bettinger Group on edible medical devices is highlighted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in a feature called "Patented in Pittsburgh".
Ik Soo publishes paper on polydopamine
Ik Soo publishes a Highlights article on polydopamine for applications as a medical material in the Journal of Materials Chemistry. Congrats, Ik Soo!
Chenchen passes BME qualifying exam
Chenchen passes her qualifying exam for her project on ultracompliant electrodes for peripheral neural interfaces. Congrats, Chenchen!
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East 17th Street in Costa Mesa is raising the bar as a farm fresh food destination. The 2005 opening of Avanti Café has inspired other like-minded organic eateries and stores to move in.
Now we have Sprouts Farmers Market, Greenleaf, and the new Anais+Raya Culinary Collective that just opened at Picnics Kitchen on East 17th Street. Organic, raw and vegan celeb chef Raya Belna teamed up with Anais Tangie, a local farmer's market advocate who runs the SoCo Farmer's Market and founded Special Eats OC, to create a haven for the farm-to-table community.
Anais+Raya Culinary Collective will offer cooking classes from local chefs, serve as a Market Grocery service and host pop-up restaurants and events.
From 5 to 7 p.m. on Sundays, Belna and Tangie will serve Farmers' Market Feasts with seasonal, local ingredients from the SoCo Farmer's Market in Costa Mesa. The family-style dinner changes weekly but will always include vegan, raw, organic, and free-range, grass-fed ingredients.
You can also stop in from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays through Fridays for Belna's superfood smoothies, raw desserts, what's-for-dinner baskets and take-out foods at her WildCraft Elixir Bar at Picnics Kitchen.
Anais+Raya Culinary Collective at Picnics Kitchen is at 435 E. 17th St., Suite 7. For more information, call (949) 478-4857, or visit anaisandraya.com.
They've got the look
At 6 p.m. July 26, join us at a gorgeous residence in Ritz Cove for OC Look.
The annual soiree hosted by Orange Coast Magazine raises funds needed to prevent, treat, and find a cure for Type 1 diabetes, through the Dream Guild of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The event celebrates 16 people recognized as the OC Look 2012 nominees for their style and accomplishments in Orange County. The advisory board is comprised of a team of fashionable trendsetters in Orange County.
During the party, everyone will be treated to MAC makeovers, handwriting analysis, informal modeling from Saks Fifth Avenue, a photo lounge, cocktails by Karlsson's Vodka and Bel Air Bellini, and more. There will also be an opportunity drawing for prizes packages, including exclusive retail items and packages.
All money raised will go directly to support JDRF's research in finding a cure for Type 1 diabetes.
For more information on OC Look and to purchase tickets, visit http://www.orangecoast.com/oclook2012.aspx or call the O.C. chapter of JDRF at (949) 553-0363.
New salon and spa in Newport
Soho Salon & Day Spa in Newport Beach recently opened with local stylist Daniella Kelley offering techniques inspired by Sassoon, Toni and Guy, and Leonard Castro.
In celebration, she's offering new clients 20% off on their first visit. Kelley specializes in precision cuts and styling, hair extensions, blowouts, highlights and color enhancements.
She's also an experienced make-up artist offering professional hair and make-up for bridal parties and other special occasions. Soho Salon & Day Spa also offers nail and skin-care treatments.
Soho Salon & Day Spa is in Westcliff Court, adjacent to Haute Cakes, at 1815 Westcliff Drive. For more information, call (949) 646-2021, or visit http://www.sohoOC.com.
The year of the burger
It's been a great year for burger joints in Orange County. We've eaten more burgers in the past 12 months than Popeye's pal Wimpy.
Husky Boy, Umami, A Restaurant, Slater's and Crow Burger are just a few of our favorites. Now, Crow Burger Kitchen in Newport Beach will be celebrating its one-year anniversary on Friday by giving away a $10 gift card from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. to every customer who orders a burger.
We say go for the Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger with black pepper cheese, cream cheese, goat cheese, fried onion, garlic mayo and wheat English muffin. Feel like playing it safe? Then order the Crow Boy burger, with American cheese, house-made ketchup, pickle relish, shredded lettuce on a buttermilk bun.
Each day, the sister restaurant to Crow Bar and Kitchen in Corona del Mar grinds a top-secret proprietary blend of house-ground meats (prime, chuck, short rib, brisket and hanger steak) for its artisan burgers, and uses freshly-made buttermilk buns at a local bakery, organic vegetables, house-made ketchup and smoked bacon.
You're welcome to build your own burger by adding Crow chili, gourmet cheeses, caramelized onion, jalapeno peppers or make it hangover style with a fried organic hen's egg, smoked bacon and sharp cheddar.
Add a side of duck fat fries with house-made ketchup, or grilled green bean fries with olive tapenade, and the sweet potato fries are tasty.
Crow Burger Kitchen is at 3107 Newport Blvd. For more information, call (949) 673-2747, or visit http://www.crowburgerkitchen.com.
Get set for Nordstrom sale
Nordstrom's annual Anniversary Sale starts Friday. Before the season officially begins, you can snap up hot fall merchandise reduced through Aug. 5.
Find clothing, shoes and accessories from top brands, including Marc Jacobs, Rag & Bone, Michael Kors, Free People, Cole Haan, Theory, Vince, John Varvatos, Boss Black, Diesel, Frye and many more. Also, find limited-edition beauty products and special deals from Clarisonic, MAC, Smashbox, NARS, Bobbi Brown, La Mer, Philosophy, Kiehl's, La Mer, Voluspa.
In Orange County you can shop at Nordstrom South Coast Plaza, Nordstrom Brea Mall, Nordstrom Santa Ana, Nordstrom Mission Viejo, Nordstrom Irvine Spectrum or Nordstrom Fashion Island. For more information, visit nordstrom.com.
GREER WYLDER writes Greer's OC for the Huntington Beach Independent each Thursday and the Daily Pilot and Coastline Pilot each Friday. She's the founder and president of greersoc.com, a free daily email service that provides the latest in Orange County fashion, dining, music, events and trends. Her blog can be viewed http://www.greersoc.com and she can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.


text: Greg Lindahl wrote: > On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 11:45:12PM -0500, Chris Sideroff wrote: > > >> I have had the luxury of testing an SCI 2D torus cluster and found >>latency performance to be exceptional. > > > Right. So is that a feature of the NIC, or a feature of the torus > instead of a fat tree/CLOS/CBB network? Answer: the NIC. > > There are several examples of low-latency fat tree/CLOS/CBB networks. I realize that, which is why I was looking for other comments about torus vs a (fat) tree networks. I suppose that sentence implied that the low latency I seen was solely from the torus configuration - which was not the intention. It was in reply to a preivous comment of the low latency of fat tree connects which is also obtainable in torus networks - essentially what you are saying :-) As a side note, since my original post about this the Nov 2004 Top500 has come out. I did not realize the dominance that myrinet has on the list - #1 with 38.6% share - while no other proprietary high-speed interconnect is even close. Chris Sideroff


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grantoakes needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 101 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
Our company is extremely service minded, so much so we prefer phone support in order to develop a personal relationship with our clients. As a side note, our tagline is "Where pixels meet the web".
Our company is a Flash website template and hosting company specializing in getting photographers noticed. The sites utilize a CMS (Content Management System) as the interface for updating content.
Take a look at my logo for http://grantoakes.com and you'll see what I did last year for my other business, my photography company. I'm looking for a simple, recognizable look that I can use for years to come. The current logo is okay, not great. We were very busy with all the other aspects of launching this new venture and didn't take enough time to create a great look. Our current color schemes can be used or changed.
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Rob Zombie Reveals 'Zombie Horror Picture Show' Release Date, Plots Companion Book
After recently narrowing down the potential release for his 'The Zombie Horror Picture Show' DVD and Blu-Ray release to May, Rob Zombie has now penciled in an official street date. The concert collection will arrive on May 20, and that's not all that's in store for Zombie fans.
According to a new Facebook posting, Zombie will also release the 'Zombie Horror Picture Show' book as a companion piece to the DVD and Blu-Ray. Few details have been announced about the book, but Rob Fehn is the author of the collection, which is coming soon. The front cover, as seen here, finds Zombie being hoisted by the masses above a frenzied crowd at one of his performances.
As for the concert DVD/Blu-Ray, it consists of 16 tracks taken from his performances on the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival last summer. Included are such classic tracks as 'Dragula,' 'More Human Than Human,' 'Thunder Kiss '65' and 'Living Dead Girl' alongside such newer favorites as 'Dead City Radio and the New Gods of Supertown,' 'Teenage Nosferatu Pussy' and 'We're an American Band.'
Rob Zombie will be returning to the road this spring for a string of late April and early May performances. His itinerary can be seen here.


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Does the expression "put something in the shadow" exist? If it does, it's another way of saying "overshadow something."
I had never heard it until reading it on the back of a law textbook today. I don't remember the exact sentence, but it read something like, "This textbook puts all the other ones on this subject matter in the shadow." The guy who wrote it had a German name, so I'm thinking he's mother tongue is not English and he translated the German expression "etwas in den Schatten stellen" literally into English.
Thanks for the reply.
I'm actually the one who mixed up "shadow" with "shade." It said "shade" on the back of the book, not "shadow." Not sure why I wrote "shadow." Anyway, I had never heard the expression "put something in the shade," so thanks for telling me that it's a legitimate one.


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NEW YORK — MSNBC and Alec Baldwin say they are ending the actor's talk show, which was suspended for two weeks after the actor used an anti-gay slur against a photographer in a New York City street.
MSNBC said it was a "mutual parting and we wish Alec all the best."
Baldwin's Friday night talk show was only a few episodes old before he was videotaped using the epithet. Baldwin apologized and was given the suspension.


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tfreak needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 530 designs submitted by 174 freelance designers.
TorrentFreak is one of the most popular blogs on the Internet, with a focus on news relevant to the torrent and file-sharing space.
We are soon to be developing a new, cleaner looking theme for the blog and are looking for a fresh new web 2.0 logo to bring to our theme designers. We'd like to keep the same keep "pinkish" colour underlying the blog, so you may choose to incorporate this into your design. Good luck!
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Wearing their best dress-up clothes, eighth-graders at JLS Middle School practiced firm handshakes and conversation skills this week as they presented "portfolios" of their most treasured schoolwork to adult interview panels.
"Exit interviews," a nine-year-old tradition at JLS in Palo Alto, draws on outside volunteers to listen and probe as each student spends 15 minutes reflecting on his or her three years in middle school, ups and downs as a student and hopes for the future.
The interviews were held in the gym, where about 12 pairs of interviewers sat at tables that were spaced out to facilitate private conversations.
Despite the "monstrous" logistics of arranging individual, face-to-face interviews for 342 students, Principal Sharon Ofek said the effort pays off.
"The students take it seriously," she said. "They look so good, and they take pride in how they present themselves. It's a marvelous way for them to grow some self-confidence, to stop and pause for a minute and realize that, 'I'm only 13 or 14, but look at what I've done.'"
Kids begin amassing work for their portfolios during their first year in middle school, sixth grade, choosing everything from poems they've written to math tests, social studies projects or choir CDs.
On their interview day, some bring in hand-made pencils and pens -- even hand-built clocks -- constructed in the school's Industrial Technology class. Also hauled in during Wednesday's interviews were several small electric vehicles built by student teams in an after-school club.
"The idea is to select work they're proud of," English teacher Jennifer Coluzzi said. "Not just the things they got the best grade on, but something that helps them showcase their growth as a learner."
On Wednesday, an eighth-grader named Lisa carried a first-place trophy from karate and discussed her passions for singing, theater and teaching children. She showed photos of some of her "most lasting memories" of JLS -- singing at Disneyland with the school choir on two different trips.
Lisa said she'd like to improve in "social studies, because I'm really bad at memorizing names and dates. It just doesn't stick with me, and I want to have better study habits. Also math ..."
But asked what she considers her positive characteristics, she said, "I like speaking my mind and standing up for people who can't. I've been bullied before and I don't want that to happen to others, and the important thing for me is to be there for other people when they can't for themselves.
"When a person doesn't support me as a friend, is fake or a bully, I can't deal with them, and since I need (friends) in my life I have to be that person too."
Students said they were nervous going into their sessions, despite having gotten a preview of the questions and spending class time practicing everything from proper handshakes to presentation skills.
"At first I was nervous but then I realized they don't bite," wrote one student after an exit interview Tuesday.
Wrote another: "At first I was very nervous, but over time I relaxed a bit. It went faster than I thought it would."
At the end of her interview Wednesday, Lisa said: "I like having all my accomplishments in a folder. It's so surreal to look at what I've done, and I can do so much more in high school."
Another student wrote: "It was really exciting to talk about myself to some accomplished people. I felt very grown up, and it wasn't stressful at all. Overall, it was a really great experience."
Interviewers cannot be current JLS parents but generally are members of the community -- in many cases friends or family of JLS teachers or school district office administrators who pitch in. Among Wednesday's interviewers were school district nurse Linda Lenoir, former Palo Alto school board member Ray Bacchetti, Assistant Superintendent Scott Bowers and John Saukitoga, a 2006 graduate of JLS who now works for the nonprofit Youth Community Service.
Interviewer Jim Messano, a retired Lockheed-Martin engineer and father of a JLS science teacher, was interviewing for the second day in a row.
"All in all, I thought for the most part (the students) were very good," Messano said. "In the evaluation, they want us to be very upbeat."
When offering advice to students, he said he tried to make it encouraging.
"I tried to reinforce the fact that whatever they don't know now, there will be other opportunities in the future," he said. "As a retiree, if I weren't doing this I'd be working in the garden or something."
Ofek, who has been principal at JLS since 2009, said the practice of exit interviews began under the leadership of Joseph Di Salvo, who was principal from 2001 until his abrupt resignation in 2005 due to conflict with staff. He is now an elected member of the Santa Clara County Board of Education, representing San Jose.
Reached Wednesday, Di Salvo said he first tried exit interviews at Thomas Russell Middle School in Milpitas, where he was principal for six years before coming to JLS. The California Department of Education in the 1990s was promoting the idea of "student-led interviews," which he implemented at Russell and brought to JLS, Di Salvo said.
"I'm so glad this program is still alive today," he said. "It was very successful when I was there, and every year I get an invitation to participate but I don't."
Ofek credited JLS teachers for laying the groundwork for the student portfolios. The program has been tweaked over the years based on suggestions from teachers, interviewers and students.
"Maybe the kids don't realize it but the staff certainly does -- this all begins on day one of sixth grade," she said. "Every department prepares, and it all leads up to this one culminating event.
"We're trying to give the students a positive experience about two things: being interviewed and being reflective about their growth over time at JLS. We really believe in this."


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#10 from 2012: Technology Drives Citizen Participation and Feedback in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Our Top Ten Blog Posts by Readership in 2012
Originally published on May 29, 2012
A common theme in the field of open government refers to the use of technologies as a means to foster citizen engagement. A closer examination, however, shows that most initiatives facilitated by information and communication technologies (ICT) have been characterized by low levels of citizen engagement.
In Brazil, the state of Rio Grande do Sul stands out as an exception. For instance, in a recent web-based policy crowdsourcing initiative supported by the ICT4Gov [1] Program of the World Bank Institute [2] (WBI) and the Open Development Technology Alliance [3] (ODTA), "Governador Pergunta [4]" ("The Governor Asks"), citizens were invited to co-design solutions to address health challenges in the state. The process has generated over 1,300 proposals, with more than 120,000 votes cast on the prioritization of the different proposals.
This initiative, which has been compared to U.S. President Obama's "Open for Questions," [5] is implemented through the "Gabinete Digital [6]" ("Digital Cabinet"). It consists of different channels (online and offline) directly linked to the Governor's Office for citizen participation and dialogue with civil society. In a similar vein, the state government has engaged over one million residents in its multi-channel (online and offline) participatory budgeting [7] (PB) process this year (2012).
"This initiative goes beyond symbolic representation to one that is actually producing results. Unlike the common model in many political systems, this initiative is engaging citizens and taking their feedback very seriously (…) tying the engagement to actual impact is key," said Darrell West [8], Vice President and Director of Governance Studies and Founding Director of the Center for Technology Innovation of the Brookings Institution.
These are just a couple of examples of Rio Grande do Sul's pioneering efforts to innovate in citizen engagement and feedback mechanisms that were shared at a recent World Bank event, entitled "Technology and the Demand Side of Open Government: Large-Scale Citizen Feedback Mechanisms in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil [9]." At the event, high-level officials in charge of the state's ICT-mediated citizen participation and World Bank specialists in technology and accountability discussed their ongoing joint efforts to scale up innovations in effective citizen engagement for better public service delivery in Rio Grande do Sul.
"If we want to innovate the democratic governance agenda today, we cannot look askance at the immense possibilities of interaction and dialogue between citizens and public powers made possible by the revolutions of technology during the last few decades. We cannot overturn the challenge to seek dialogue with new stakeholders in the social networks of the 21st century. This is why we kicked off 'Digital Cabinet,'" said Vinícius Wu, Coordinator of "Digital Cabinet" and Chief of Cabinet in Rio Grande do Sul State Government.
In the framework of a Sector Wide Approach (SWAp [10]) operation, and with the support of the ICT4Gov Program, Rio Grande do Sul aims to leverage the potential of ICT for more inclusive and sustainable participatory democracy, and to share its successful experience across Brazil and worldwide.
"This uniqueness [of Rio Grande do Sul's innovative and effective citizen engagement] needs to be studied and expanded," the World Bank's Country Director for Brazil Deborah Wetzel concluded at the event.
Below, watch the recorded video of the event.
Photo Credit: Tiago Koche / Digital Cabinet
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Why is dating so hard? Dating is hard because it involves creating intimacy with strangers.
You must strike up a conversation and a sense of connection with someone you either don't know at all, or don't know very well.
Why does dating suck? Dating sucks because we know we judge.
And we know that as we look into the eyes of the person sitting opposite, they're trying to answer the same question: "Am I really that into you?"
So we play our little games, and we concoct winning strategies.
Some of us play hard to get.Others play all our cards at once.
And as we go about this mad business of trying to be with other people – trying to find the golden triangle of love and sex and friendship – we wonder whether we're doing the right thing, or we're cocking it all up spectacularly.
How can I get you to like me? How can I get you to sleep with me? How can I behave so we can be happy together?
Well here's the good news: It's been determined there is a pattern of behaviour that can make you more desirable, an approach which fuels attraction.
And it mightn't be what you think. In fact, for many people, the behaviour outlined in this research runs counter to one of the most commonly held assumptions about effective dating practice.
According to the article, published earlier this year in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, when it comes to initiating a new romance (and sex), success depends upon perception. No surprises there.
So here's the interesting part: desirability shares a positive relationship with how responsive we perceive our potential partner to be.
To wit, people who are eager and interested and willing to display affection are generally more attractive than people who are too cool and aloof.
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If it jars, it could be worth noting a few mitigating factors outlined by the authors.
Gender: Men are more likely to respond positively to women who are eager than the other way around. This is because women are thought to be more selective about their choice of partner, and therefore more suspicious of a potential mate's behaviour. Attachment orientation: Some people crave intimacy, other people prefer distance. Where you sit on the spectrum impacts on whether you're likely to find a new flame's enthusiasm attractive or repellent.
Stage of relationship: The attractiveness of responsiveness improves with time. Intimacy in established relationships has a positive relationship with sexual desire, and responsiveness is key to achieving intimacy. While responsiveness during the initial getting-to-know you phase is largely a good thing, too much too soon may still be a problem (especially in view of the aforementioned conditions).
In other words, gents may want to take their natural eagerness down a notch, women may want to reverse their remoteness and virgin encounters might benefit from some initial softness. Make sense?
For my own part, I certainly agree with the idea we like people we know like us.
I agree with this because I feel that liking yourself is one of the biggest of life's challenges and a core motivation to forge bonds with other people.
Some people find affirmation through sexual intimacy, others through emotional intimacy. Some of us need affirmation more than others.
It's important to be mindful of what it is we're really looking for so we can go out and achieve it. And it's important to convey what we want too, especially when it comes to what we want in our love and sex lives.
Yet so many people have gone after what they want only to wind up wounded. I know many who feel they scared off someone special because they came on too strong.
It's difficult, sometimes, because there is a gentle line between enthusiasm and obsession. There is a way to walk it.
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Mobile content site offers chance to bypass operators
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Kiwi-based Voeveo will flick the switch tonight on a portal where anyone can upload mobile content and charge people to download it, in return for 30 per cent of the sale price.
The idea is to encourage more buyers to turn seller; with payments made as soon as a seller shifts £20 worth of content, the site is clearly aimed at non-professionals. The cut, at 30 per cent, compares well in an industry which generally takes between 40 and 60 per cent and often imposes strict conditions on the kinds of content and how it operates.
A site like Handango, for example, will demand that applications hosted on its service make no reference to alternative download sites, even if they offer in-application links to additional modules or upgrades - all those links must go back to Handango.
Voeveo is trying to be more laid back about things, allowing anyone to upload anything (though not adult content - it's not that kind of service) and set any price they like, with 49 pence as a minimum. Buyers can use PayPal, Google Checkout, or old-fashioned credit cards, with the seller receiving their cut when the total rises above £20.
Despite having a name which sounds like the first line from the Lexx theme, the site is nicely designed, though parts of it aren't working yet (the official launch isn't until this evening) and it's worked hard to fill it up with (apparently) 60,000 bits of content.
The addition of another download portal is welcome, especially one which focuses on small publishers and mobile content, but it won't be easy for Voeveo to generate enough brand awareness to bring traffic to its site.
Handango and Motricity operate an effective duopoly on mobile phone applications, though operator and manufacturer portals are challenging that, and Voeveo could offer an interesting alternative if it can create enough interest quickly. ®
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MonSay Celebrates IYC2011: A School Community Information Campaign June Hayden Sinson | added on Dec 17, 2011 | Philippines This is in celebration of the International Year of Chemistry aiming to dissemenate information on the history and significance of the field of chemistry in the sustainable development of our society last July 28 and 29, 2011 at the RMHS Library, Espana Boulevard, Sampaloc, 1008 City of Manila, Philippines
Microscale Techniques in Experimental Chemistry Damodar Prabhu | added on Dec 14, 2011 | India A two day workshop on Microscale Techniques in Experimental Chemistry will be organised on December 16-17,2011 at AN College, Patna, Bihar, India for the benefit of Chemistry teachers of Patna based colleges. The focus will be on promotion of Green Chemistry practices and safety in the laboratory
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Science Fun Day at the Great Lakes Science Center Peter Schmidt | added on Dec 02, 2011 | United States The Gamma Chapter of Alpha Chi Sigma will be doing fun and educational, interactive scientific demonstrations geared towards the young and the young at heart.
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Lec/Demo (Marathi): rasayanshastratil gamti-jamti (chemistry is fun!) Arnab Bhattacharya | added on Nov 28, 2011 | India TIFR Public Outreach and Pratibha Study Circle Mulund bring you a lecture-demonstration specially for the International Year of Chemistry on 7th Dec. 2011. This programme will be in Marathi, and will showcase a series of fun hand-on chemistry experiments, many of which can be done with simple "chemicals" found in the kitchen!
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Global Chemistry Caroling event Squid Bait | added on Nov 10, 2011 | United States Let's countdown IYC with a sensational seasonal event to bring friends and family together to share the activities and outcomes of IYC events. Invite media to promote possibly the last event of the International Year of Chemistry.


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daenterpri brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 63 Designs von 27 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
This logo is for a company called "Extreme Industrial Coatings, LLC". You can read about what they do at their website: http://www.extremeindustrialcoatings.com
Dont pay attention to their old logo or the website design. We will be changing all of that after we have a new logo.
Extreme Industrial Coatings, LLC
I need a complete logo redesign. The current logo has basically a laser built into it. However, since most people dont know what it is, and it is no longer the main part of the business, we think we want to do away with it.
The new logo does not have to have an icon, we are mainly looking for a clear, professional logo that looks somewhat industrial. The trouble with adding an icon or an image to this logo is that most people will not really know what he does anyways. Its a very specialized company. In a nutshell they make metal stronger through "RocketCoating", "Plasma Plating", Specialty sprays, etc...
I would like the logo to be in vector and in a high definition JPG
Signage for this logo will be going on several different kinds of backgrounds. The truck and trailer are silver and white.
- Should have the website address in it somewhere (extremeindustrialcoatings.com)
- Should look professional
- MUST be vector
- Must look good as a sign on a truck or trailer
- Must look good on any background, business card, website, etc...
- Probably should have an industrial feel
- Most likely we will want just an awesome textual logo, but if it was good enough, we might want some kind of icon.
- No rainbows
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President Obama has proclaimed that international disability rights should be at the heart of our nation's foreign policy. The State Department has put that declaration to work in our public diplomacy efforts around the world in many of our exchange programs.
Just this week, I had the pleasure of meeting with 34 disability rights advocates from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, the Philippines, Tajikistan, and Uganda who were in the United States as part of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affair's Empower program. They had the opportunity to work side-by-side with disability rights advocates here in the United States, in month-long fellowships ranging from the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities in Chicago, to the American School for the Deaf in Connecticut, to the Assistive Technology Resource Centers in Hawaii. They were able to experience first-hand the diversity of the United States, and the work being done to protect and promote the rights of persons with disabilities across the country.
Disability-inclusive diplomacy efforts like the Empower program put persons with disabilities at the core of work being done to promote the rights of persons with disabilities around the world. These young advocates are future world leaders. Meeting with advocates from other countries enables them to build a broad network of people like themselves, who are fighting for enjoyment of human rights, and to create societies that are more just, equitable and inclusive of persons with disabilities.
We believe persons with disabilities and their families have a role to play in strengthening democracy around the world. Our ability to be educated, to move into the world of work as equals, and to live independently in lives we create for ourselves, requires the kind of democracies that treat all citizens as equals.
In the United States, we have some of the strongest laws in the world, ensuring our rights as disabled people. These laws are the result of a cross-disability civil society movement that has worked with local, state and federal government on development and effective implementation. However, these laws are a work in progress, as they are in many countries around the world. At the State Department, we are committed to the inclusion of disabled people in our exchange programs, to ensure that they have the opportunity to learn from each other, and to learn from our experiences here in the United States. In the end we are all stronger and more knowledgeable.
The Empower program is one example of the work the State Department is doing to promote disability-inclusive diplomacy. It is my hope and expectation that those who participate leave the United States having made friends who will continue to work with them as they return to their countries. Together, our combined efforts are improving the lives of the more than one billion disabled people around the world.
About the Author: Judith Heumann serves as Special Advisor on International Disability Rights at the U.S. Department of State.


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I needed to start using the leftovers from, oh, about a month ago, so I used up the leftover graham cracker crumbs for the crust in this pie. It was a really rich chocolate-y pie, and I think I would've liked just eating the filling by itself, because it was basically just homemade pudding, some might even say it is ganache-like. I have to start finding recipes that use up the other ingredients I have left, but luckily, those don't really go bad. Also, I have a few cookbooks and recipes saved that I am sure I will find one that works for me.
This recipe is saved from Gourmet and is called Chocolate Cinnamon Cream Pie, but really, the only cinnamon in it is from the crust and the whipped cream that you may or may not dollop on top. So, really, it is just a chocolate pie, with a graham cracker crust. But nonetheless, it was simple and good.


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Hey guys, I thought I'd share some of what I know about the basics of 書道 (shodou) which is the Japanese art of calligraphy (literally - the way of writing). I'm not an expert or have had any true formal training, I've learnt what I know from studying from books and my friends in Japan. I hope it helps you to gain a grasp on things and feel free to ask questions (or if you want me to attempt [main word, attempt] a kanji).
What you'll need for 書道:
- 筆 - Fude - Brush
- 書道用墨 - Shodou you sumi - Inkstink for Calligraphy
- 墨汁 - Bokujuu - Indian Ink (if you don't want to use an inkstick to make your own ink)
- 紙 - Kami - Paper. You can use any paper, but rice paper is traditional. I suggest only using that when you have become used to writing.
- 硯 - Suzuri - Inkstone - Used to grind your inkstick with a bit of water to make ink. Also used to contain the ink when in use. Wash as soon as you are finished to prevent residue from sticking!
- 文鎮 - Bunchin - Paperweight - used to keep your paper in place when writing (optional, but advised to prevent slipping)
Here are my things that I quickly prepared (fude [mine is horse and goat hair], suzuri, shodou you sumi, kami) on a flat surface.
All you have to do, it place a little bit of ink within your suzuri if you are using Indian Ink, or if you are making it yourself, add a tiny bit of water and hold your inkstick perpendicular to the suzuri and grind it gently in a circular motion until the water becomes slightly thicker and black (keep adding water/grinding until it is to a preferred consistency). Remember, patience is a virtue!
When you are ready to begin, make sure there is no stiffness in your brush as this will make it more difficult for it to flow (which is vital to the form). Dip it into the ink until the tip is coated well like so.
Once you have finished that, gently wipe the tip on the main part of the suzuri a few times to remove excess ink (but not too much as to get rid of a lot) like so.
Now you are ready to start writing! Make sure to have a reference if you are doing something for the first time. I still do have a reference as it is helps, despite the fact I do know many kanji! Make sure to put more pressure on the start of your strokes than at the end of them, try to make it glide and flow as much as you can. Don't worry if it comes out a bit messy or not as you hoped, like when you first start writing Japanese characters, it takes time. Practice makes perfect.
Once you get the hang of it, try looking at writing some kanji. I recommend going to jisho.org and looking up the kanji there as they provide stoke order for most kanji which will help you so much when attempting shodou. Here is an attempt I did at a kanji, though it didn't come out as well as I had hoped (as I said, I am still learning! ), can you guess which one it is? I've added some furigana to help for those who can't read kanjii well ^_^
As I said earlier, make sure to wash your suzuri and fude as soon as you have finished. Try not to run your fude under running water as it might damage the hairs of the brush, you can channel the water using your hand or put it into clean still water. Make sure to clean off any water on your inkstick as well as water can cause it to crack and become useless for the future.
If you have any comments, questions on how to write something, or just want me to write something, feel free to post replies and I'll get back to you as soon as I can!


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Welcome to the Official Site of Campbell River Tourism!
Nestled on the east coast of central Vancouver Island, and long known as the "Salmon Capital of the World" and more recently as an adventure and eco-tourism hub, Campbell River is a natural destination choice, in more ways than one.
Capture the spirit of Campbell River with a stroll in the sea breezes on Discovery Pier and you might see a salmon, eagle, or whale. Take in views of Discovery Passage, Quadra Island and, in the distance, the rugged Coast Mountain range of mainland British Columbia. Explore trails along Campbell River's namesake, a designated British Columbia Heritage River. Restore your soul amidst streams and lakes in forests kept green by the mild Pacific Coast climate.
We are also your gateway to Strathcona Park, the Discovery Islands, and remote north and west Vancouver Island. In these renowned wilderness destinations, you'll find a world of mountains, coastlines, and islands just waiting to be explored.
Our communities offer a wide range of visitor services, so make this the year to discover the nature and spirit of Campbell River.
Finally, don't forget to check out our Visitor Services section for a comprehensive listing of accommodation, tours and activity providers in the Campbell River area.
Our Heritage...
Our Legacy
For thousands of years, from the time of First Nations' villages to the arrival of European explorers and eventually permanent settlement, the rhythm of life in this region has flowed with the movement of the salmon. Our salmon and the waters they travel are an intrinsic part of our heritage and they're our legacy too. One that we invite you to share in.
In this setting, you're not just watching the drama unfold; you're part of it! As the sun rises over British Columbia's coastal mountain ranges, the coastline of Discovery Passage comes to life. Just a short ferry ride across the water, Quadra and neighbouring islands awaken under a blanket of firs and cedars. Cape Mudge lighthouse blinks warnings to seafaring passers-by. When slack tide approaches, yachts, fish boats, tugs, freighters, and enormous Alaska-bound cruise ships line up to navigate Seymour Narrows' tricky waters. In Campbell River, you can enjoy this constantly changing panorama from our seaside walkways, restaurants and accommodations.
Homebound salmon travel through Discovery Passage on their final journey to the spawning grounds. The salmon's life cycle of hatching, feeding in the river, traveling to the ocean and eventually returning to its birth river, attracts and sustains a wide variety of wildlife-bears, eagles, whales, otters, ravens and others. It's also spawned a centuries-old culture unique to the Pacific Northwest.
Visit for tours, day trips, workshops, cultural events and family activities focusing on specific species of wildlife: bears and other land animals; bald eagles and other birds of flight; and marine animals, including the salmon and whales that slip through Discovery Passage.
Campbell River's salmon keep time with the ebb and flow of the tides and the seasons too. Every autumn, when salmon head upstream to spawn, eagles, bears, and other wildlife join in their quest for survival. Only at times like these are these wonders of the wild in such close contact with each other. At a distance, you too can be there, whether walking amidst the falling maple leaves at Quinsam River Hatchery, or-for an unforgettable thrill-snorkeling with the salmon as they enter the Campbell River.
No matter what the season, witness the life cycle of Campbell River's magnificent salmon. Just visit a local waterway, such as Haig-Brown Kingfisher Creek, that hosts salmon enhancement and stewardship programs. With legacy projects like these, sport fishing continues to attract visitors to the region. Best of all, you don't even need a boat-just cast your line off Discovery Pier and perhaps you'll hook the big one! Or challenge the odds, and go home a member of the famous Tyee Club, a Campbell River tradition since 1925, and a true test of angling skill.
As you'll see for yourself, fresh-caught fish and shellfish are one of not-to-be-missed specialties. You can catch your own, in season, or head to local shops and restaurants for a taste of Campbell River's bounty. If you're dining near the water, you may spot a seal partaking of his salmon lunch while you enjoy yours. Besides seafood, our area's restaurants feature a wide variety of delicious cuisine from take-out to fine dining.
True to its heritage, Campbell River hosts a busy arts and culture scene. Drop by the community theatre, public art gallery, or the many local shops that feature works by local artists, including authentic First Nations' art, jewelry, and carvings. Step back in history at the Museum at Campbell River and Kwagiulth Museum. Browse First Nations' treasures, take in a cultural performance and let yourself be swept worlds away.
Campbell River is also your gateway to outdoor recreation and eco-touring. For summertime seclusion, or winter snow activities, venture into Strathcona Provincial Park, where the mountains draw climbers, heli-skiers, and other enthusiasts from around the world. Continue into remote reaches of north or west Vancouver Island. Head offshore to the Discovery Islands region for whale watching, kayaking, and other unparalleled wilderness opportunities.
So come and discover Campbell River, and feel the rhythms of an oceanside community, where salmon are our heritage and our cherished legacy.


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Suicide Girl of the Day: Dali
Meet Dali, an American Suicide Girl who lives life to the extreme, listing snowboarding, rock climbing and, umm, sleeping as her hobbies.
Name: Dali
Location: US
Into: Art, fashion, food, snowboarding, traveling, meeting new people, lightning, paradoxes, nonsense, sci-fi movies, well-done tattoos, laughing at life's oddities, the Cincinnati Bengals, San Jose Sharks, Oakland Athletics, and the Bay area.
Not into: Picky eaters, bad tattoos, grass, not experiencing new things, close mindedness, the Steelers.
Makes me happy: My two cats Mary Jane and Spiderman, my white bunny YoJimbo Ninja, adoption of children or animals, going to a new place, eating good food, wearing a pair of beautiful sky-high platform shoes with a sick outfit, spontaneous days
Hobbies: Snowboarding, rock climbing, yoga, running, swimming, eating, sleeping
Five things I can't live without: Love, laughter, good food, good company and good style
Vices: Shoes and booze
I spend most of my free time: Running, doing yoga and sleeping
SuicideGirls is a community that celebrates alternative beauty and alternative culture from all over the world. Since 2001, tens of thousands of models have submitted millions of photos to their website hoping to become SuicideGirls.


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Updates & Things
|Gelseigh mixing up salad at our new spot (note the delicious cupcakes on left, tasty sandwiches on the right, and a beautiful cilantro vinagrette front and center)
Welcome to 4local!
4local lunches will be on a brief hiatus this week, as some of us take off on spring break travels. But, all of us, whether we are staying in New York or traveling across the country, will continue to work hard on our plans to turn our guerilla lunch program into a full-blown cooperative cafe.
**If you are a member of the Columbia community, and are interested in getting involved, please e-mail us at email@example.com. We are looking to grow our team as we focus on developing an implementation plan for our cafe vision.**
We will, however, return the first Monday after spring break, March 21st! Menu to be announced soon. We will continue operating on the SIPA 4th floor. It was amazing to see both new and old faces, to team up with CoreFoods! (they are now selling some of their organic, packaged foods alongside us), and to experience the sunny environment at SIPA, with real tables for you guys to sit at!
Please also e-mail us at firstname.lastname@example.com with catering inquiries, cooking class requests, and any other inquiries. Spring is arriving- we can't wait for early spring veggies!!


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Unlikely Hero In Cleveland Kidnapping Case [VIDEO]
In Cleveland, Ohio, information continues to come out about a kidnapping case that spans the last ten years. A frantic 911 call led police to a house near downtown Cleveland, where three women were found Monday. A Cleveland police official says a 6-year-old girl found in the house where three missing women were kept for years is the daughter of one of them.
Police say Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were held inside the house since they were in their teens or early 20s. Knight disappeared in 2002, Berry in 2003 and DeJesus about a year after that. Officials say three brothers, ages 50 to 54, are in custody.
All of this wouldn't have happened without one man responding to the cries of Amanda Berry coming from next door. Neighbor Charles Ramsey explains what happened on Monday afternoon.
Hats of to Charles for his help and his honesty.


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SAN FRANCISCO — Northern California tech entrepreneurs are reviving the idea of communal living to reduce housing costs and bring together creative young people.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that techies are taking over mansions and other large buildings and turning them into modern-day communes.
These co-living spaces are attracting entrepreneurs seeking a communal lifestyle that involves shared groceries, family dinners and group amenities like yoga rooms.
San Francisco real estate agent Bill Harkins says in recent months he's seen a number of large and organized roommate groups looking for high-end residences.
Tom Currier, a 22-year-old who dropped out of Stanford's computer science program when he earned a $100,000 Thiel fellowship, runs four large tech houses in the San Francisco Bay Area: Dragon Stone, the Lodge, Olympus and Founder's Nest.


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Well, the details about Amanda. Since everybody keeps asking. Here we go.
She is a beautful, red head at about 5'6″. She grew up in Kaysville, Utah about 20 minutes north of Salt Lake. She has two parents (duh) Bryan and Jill, and three siblings Derek (16), Scott (12), and Alyssa (6). She is a biology major at Utah State, but after we marry will finish her last semester at BYU. She plans on attending Virginia Commonwealth University and become an Dental Hygienist.
We met at Utah State as we both lived in the same ward. The first month of the school year the Elder's taught the same apartments they had from the summer. I home taught her apartment the first month and met her then. I don't remember anything in particular about the incident, other than she struck me as the usual freshman, but cute. There was something that intrigued me, but I never thought twice about it. I would say hello to her at Ward Prayer but otherwise never saw or visited with her.
It was not until the end of January that we had a snow storm that dumped snow on us. We received about a foot and a half overnight. Well, being the dutiful Elder assigned to keep some of the sidewalks cleared, I was out shoveling snow. It was a chore to keep my sidewalks clean. Finally when it slowed down some, I thought, well what is the point of shoveling walks if they have to walk through it to the church. So I started shoveling a walk all the way to the church doors. I had crossed the parking lot and was headed by some trees when I was nailed in the side of the head with a snowball. Looking around, a girl who I could not recognize with her hood and everything was looking very innocent. I walked over to her and told her we needed to chat. Putting my arm around her, I picked her up and did a full body plant with her in the snow and then proceeded to white wash her. (I could full body slam her in a foot and half of snow, so I did) She laughed, I laughed, I helped her up (I now knew who it was), and then went back to shoveling. Only seconds later, I was hit by another snow ball in the side of the head. I turned around and was more shocked by the audacity of the girl, (J Golden Kimball comes to mind, "You damn sons of perdition, have you no respect for the Priesthood!) and thought well, here comes another white washing. Again, she did not attempt to run and I proceeded to dump her again and white wash her. However, when I planted her, she put her elbow down, and I heard it hit the pavement. It visibly hurt her, so I felt really bad. I helped her up, felt really bad, and walked her home. I promised I would make it up to her somehow.
A few weeks later, I finally got up the nerve, and a hole in my schedule to take her out. A married friend (James) of mine was given a turkey at Christmas. His wife (Catherine), hates turkey, so he told me to bring a date to dinner, a hungry one. After being turned down twice, Amanda accepted. I did not tell her we were having dinner with a married couple until on the way there, that way she could not back out. We had dinner and played games afterward and my friend insisted on telling stories of me the whole time. After the date, she seemed to enjoy herself, I was impressed with her demeanor, and decided I wanted to take her out again. A week later I was invited by a family in Richmond to come to dinner and bring a date. I did, another awkward date, but she handled it well. I have been taking her out ever since. She keeps letting me!
She really impressed me with an understanding of astronomy. It was also very impressive how she studied biology and could retain it. She was learning it, not just studying it to pass a test. She is one very smart cookie! That kept my attention and she has taught me many things. A very thoughtful girl, deliberate, and interesting. She has a quiet confidence which is very attractive. That is not to mention that she is really cute too. She loves me, and everything has lined up perfectly. Sometimes I think it is too perfect how everything has turned out.
Anyhow, that is the story from my side of the paradigm. Any other questions, feel free to let me know.


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LONDON, England (CNN) -- Armed with a laptop, a blogger named Ko Htike has thrust himself into the middle of the violent crackdown against monks and other peaceful demonstrators in his homeland of Myanmar.
Ko Htike runs his Myanmar blog out of his London apartment and says he's trying to stop the violence.
From more than 5,500 miles away, he's one of the few people getting much needed information out to the world.
He runs the blog out of his London apartment, waking up at 3 a.m. every day to review the latest digitally smuggled photos, video and information that's sent in to him.
With few Western journalists allowed in Myanmar, Htike's blog is one of the main information outlets. He said he has as many as 40 people in Myanmar sending him photos or calling him with information. They often take the photos from windows from their homes, he said. Watch a blogger's fight for Myanmar »
Myanmar's military junta has forbidden such images, and anyone who sends them is risking their lives.
"If they get caught, you will never know their future. Maybe just disappear or maybe life in prison or maybe dead," he told CNN.
Why would they take such risks?
"They thought that this is their duty for the country," he said. "That's why they are doing it. It's like a mission."
Htike, a 28-year-old who left Myanmar seven years ago to study in England, said about 20,000 people visit the site every day.
On Thursday, as soldiers reportedly fired into crowds and beat Buddhist monks in the nation's largest city of Yangon, Htike's site posted photographs of the violence and some messages from the region. One sent at 1500 local time said, "Right now they're using fire engines and hitting people and dragging them onto E2000 trucks and most of them are girls and people are shouting."
One photograph showed monks holding a sign with a message of hope and happiness. "May they be free from danger and enmity: May they live peacefully," it said. Another photo showed people sprinting from the military, the body of one person sprawled on the ground. See photos of the protests »
In a country where Buddhist monks are revered, the violence against them could stir even more outrage among the people of Myanmar. "Now, there is blood shed on the monastery," Htike said.
On the popular online community of Facebook, several Myanmar support pages were set up with links keeping a close eye on the latest developments. One letter floating around the Internet from a group calling itself the "Global Alliance of Burmese" students called on people abroad to stage protests Thursday.
"We call on you to take action, to take the lead, and to show solidarity with our fellow countrymen back home," it said. "The streets of Yangon bleed red, and it will all be in vain if we do not act and mobilize for change."
"Our primary objective for doing this is for solidarity and moral support with the monks and protesters back home," the letter said.
Other people used technology as simple as the cell phone as a means to get the word out on what was happening.
"We didn't do any terrorism, but they sharp-shoot us," one woman said by phone inside Myanmar. "I just want to say we have no weapons and no rights."
She added, "Who can help us?"
The last time the nation, then known as Burma, saw such widespread protests was in 1988, when today's instantaneous means of communication did not exist. The government used brutal force to quash that democratic uprising, with few people seeing what happened. View a timeline of events there »
Today's technology means that can't happen again.
"They are ready to die for that," said Vincent Brossels with Reporters Without Borders. "I spoke with a Burmese journalist this morning in Rangoon and he told me that now I don't care about anything. I'm ready to be in jail. I'm ready to die for that."
Benjamin Valk, a 25-year-old student from a university in Tokyo, Japan, sent CNN.com video of saffron-robed monks carrying out a peaceful protest earlier this week in Yangon, once known as Rangoon. The video shows thousands of monks and civilians walking together and chanting.
He said he felt compelled to share the video because people "should know what is happening in a country like Myanmar."
"In a world where democracy is considered the better or perhaps the best political system, there is huge global support for a people who dare to openly challenge a military dictatorship and call for democracy," he said.
Valk, a Dutch native, was in Myanmar for a 10-day vacation. He left the country on Tuesday before the violent crackdown began. He said he has heard reports of foreigners being expelled and their electronic equipment seized to keep video and pictures like his from being transmitted.
"I think it's good for the world to see," he said.
Htike agrees, saying he's just trying to stop the killing in his homeland.
"If I can publish these kind of [photos] and this kind of news to the world, so maybe they may stop a little bit." E-mail to a friend


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GordianSG necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 184 diseños de 48 diseñadores freelance.
Brand Name: Pass 46
We are a new business that provides secure, anonymous access to data.
Our Target Audience will be adult men and women, internet users.
-What To Have
Designed in a vector format, like Adobe Illustrator.
Professional, minimalistic logo which can be used on a physical product, the web and other materials such as business cards and brochures.
Clean and simple design (no animation please).
We are looking for a text-based logo (brand name), but feel free to implement simple graphical elements.
-General shape
We prefer a horizontal design (where the width is larger than the height) but you are the designer.
- Colors
In our early discussions, we lean towards black, silver, and grays, but you can improvise as much as you want. It could be one color, or Pass 1 color and 46 another. We are really open to ideas.
In our early discussions, we lean more to the serif, but I am not a designer so I am sure you know better which are the best fonts for logos. As this will be the most important design element, it should not be common or boring, but it has to be readable and clear by any human being in print or on the web. It should not be easily reproduced with Microsoft Word.
-What not to have
LOTS of colors
Too many design elements( a busy design)
Vertical shape (height bigger than width)
Font that is too ornate (busy) or unreadable
Font that is easily reproduced with Microsoft Word.
Entries must not contain copyrighted elements.
I will provide feedback at least twice a day, as designs are submitted.
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I do see how you could save money. I don't play as much as my husband so I still have my Netflix but we don't have a subscription with as many dvd's because he doesn't watch them as much and I did just cut back on my cable and I will probably be playing more now that I don't have as many cable options. We do save money on social outings and things with my brother and a few other friends that also play, we just gather in game. We still have a Wii and XBox 360 but are probably going to be selling the Xbox since it doesn't get played very much.
I would think that a lot of people would actually spend more money on take-out because they could go out for a quick bite or have something delivered a lot easier than making it and taking themselves out of the game for that long.


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Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar will mentor 11 emerging players, including Parveez Rasool and Unmukt Chand, as part of an initiative by a sports apparel giant.
Adidas, which has already signed up Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina added some more names to its roster.
Tendulkar welcomed the newest members of team adidas — Unmukt Chand, Parveez Rasool, Vijay Zol, Manan Vohra,
Manpreet Juneja, Rush Kalaria, Chirag Khurana, Akshdeep Nath, Vikas Mishra, Sarfaraz Khan and Aparajith Baba.
"This is a great initiative from adidas to support the future of this sport, which encourages aspiring athletes to follow their passion and be part of an extraordinary league. Mentoring these talented young cricketers will let me be close to what I love and give back to the sport," Tendulkar, who retired from international cricket last year, said at the event.
The 21-year-old Unmukt, is former Captain of the 2012 Under-19 World Cup champion team and played for the Delhi Daredevils in IPL this year.
Rasool, 25, is the first Jammu and Kashmir cricketer to represent the Indian senior team. He captained his state team to the Ranji trophy knock-out phase this year.


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Christine Rupp, Owner/Strategic-Partner
I have been in the staffing industry for over 36 years. In 1998, I opened my first PrideStaff office to serve the San Diego community. In 2004, my second location, Carlsbad, opened in order to better service the North County of San Diego. During that time, my team has been assisting companies with strategic planning of their staffing needs. My team and I bring many years of experience in the staffing industry. With my team, PrideStaff has been able to assist companies in all industries to make better hiring decisions and improve their bottom line. The passion I have for making a difference in people's lives is what I have brought to my two PrideStaff offices.
Prior to opening my PrideStaff offices, I worked for an international staffing service as a Regional Vice President and was responsible for the success of 12 offices.
I am also a member of the San Diego Society for Human Resources and every year for the past 11 years I have served on the A Team for Workplace Excellence. The San Diego SHRM Workplace Excellence Award educates and enlightens San Diego business leaders on the contributions that exceptional HR practices make to the success and profitability of an organization.
I have been recognized by the San Diego Business Journal as one of the Top 50 Woman Business owners in San Diego.
PrideStaff earned certification as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise in 2002.
I believe in raising awareness in the fight against Breast and Pancreatic Cancer. Every year my PrideStaff offices raise money for a cancer cure by participating in Making Strides and PurpleStrides.
The Big Picture:
At PrideStaff, we are engaged in our Mission: "Consistently provide client experiences focused on what they value most." We have the resources and expertise of a large, national firm and the level of service you would expect from a local team. We deliver our Mission Statement to our clients using our team of experienced staffing professionals in our San Diego and Carlsbad locations. Our first step is to meet with our clients to gain a clear understanding of what each client values most. As a team, we collaborate on solutions and strategies that will deliver the value experience that is most critical to their business.
We take the same approach with our associates; the candidates that come to our offices looking for employment. Once candidates meet our hiring criteria we have one-on-one personal interviews to determine how their skills and experience will help them secure a great position. During that interview we discuss what they value most as an employee such as environments they like to work in, commute time and the talents and skills they like to use the most.
Another element of "The Big Picture" is the uniqueness of the PrideStaff business model. We are a locally owned business with a focus on each market we serve. Being locally owned provides our clients and associates with flexibility and quick decision making; two critical elements in a changing business climate. Along with this speed and flexibility we are supported by a Home Office with a national scope and advanced technical resources. The support our corporate office provides allows us to focus on the clients and associates in our markets by partnering with us to manage the back-office operations.
Our clients and employees choose PrideStaff because of the results and experience they receive as partners with PrideStaff. PrideStaff chooses to work with our clients and employees because our values align and we have solutions that fit their challenges.
The Scoop on Staffing:
In our market we are seeing companies taking advantage of our temporary staffing solutions. Companies are growing and revenue is increasing. However, due to the uncertainty in the market and changes in total direct payroll costs, many companies are hesitant to take the step of hiring full-time employees. In the past, many companies would have hired employees in the same circumstances. Using our temporary solution allows our clients to grow, complete a project or service a specific client without the cost of hiring full time employees.
With the insurgence of temporary placements, we are placing PrideStaff associates on longer term temporary assignments. We are able to take those associates who have been long term assignments into new opportunities when their assignment ends. We are attracting a wide range of candidates; from entry-level to executive experience in administrative, finance and manufacturing sectors.
Secrets to Success:
Honesty and integrity are above all the most important values in life.
Personal goals drive business goals.
Laugh every day.
Knowledge is power – learn something daily.
Celebrate success – often! Do the happy dance.
Support causes you believe in.
Live, Laugh and Love.
Focus on the positives.
Find mentors and mentor others.
Stress Relief:
Taking long walks by the ocean.
Enjoying family time.
Reading a good book.
Spending time with my friends.