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"I can't float." That's the first thing dave said when entered the Dead Sea in Jordan. It's a fact and I am envious of Dave because he can always lay back in a pool, relax and enjoy floating on the top of the water with very little effort. Unless I constantly tread water, wave my hands or kick my feet, I cannot float. The minute I stop moving, I sink.
So it was very exciting when we went to the Dead Sea in Jordan. This is a place where anyone can float and I was determined to put this rumour to the test.
The Dead Sea Jordan
First things First…
We arrived at the Holiday Inn Resort located directly on the Jordan side of Dead Sea. I know what your thinking, Holiday Inn Resort?
While we did have our fair share of problems with two other 5 star hotels in Jordan this was one of the better ones we stayed at outside of Amman. It isn't your typical Holiday Inn, it is more upscale than the ones we normally frequent during our road trips to Florida and hey, we were here for the Dead Sea, not the hotel.
The only problem was how generic this hotel is. It could be located anywhere in the world. Sure it is nice and has all the amenities, but if I am staying in the Middle East, I want to feel like I am in the Middle East.
After checking into our room, we made our way down to the beach to see what all the fuss is about at this lowest point on earth. At 423 meters below sea level, the banks of the Dead Sea of Jordan are indeed the lowest point on earth.
The Dead Sea has a salt level of a whopping 33%.
To give you an idea of the saline levels, the ocean has a salt concentration of only 3.8%. And that my friends is exactly why we humans have such an easy time floating in the Dead Sea.
About the Dead Sea
The Dead Sea isn't exactly a massive expanse.
It is only 67km long and 18 km wide at it's widest point. However it is deep. At 77 m ( or 1,237 ft) deep, the Dead Sea is the deepest ultra salty lake in the world. Where we were located it is only about 7km wide giving us a clear view of Israel across the pond. At night the lights of Jericho flickered from a land so close to us and yet so far away for many Jordanians.
Our Experience
We love being full blown tourists and instead of heading for the water, we made a detour for the mud. You can't visit the Dead Sea without slathering your entire body with the black goo. It just wouldn't be right!
The medicinal mud from its shores have a healing power that people swear by and after you have washed yourself off, your skin will feel just like a baby's bottom. People actually come to the Dead Sea for a month at a time to take advantage of its healing benefits.
We just wanted to look good for the photograph!
You Really do Float in the Dead Sea!
Once we were thoroughly "muddied up," we took our waterproof camera with us into the water
. It was warm and didn't feel too different from any other body of water I had walked into, but I was a little worried about what the salt concentration would do to the camera. Dave told me to relax and enjoy the experience. I dutifully listened.
The minute I laid back into the water, I could not believe the feeling. I actually felt like I had water wings on my legs and shoulders allowing me to float with ease in the thick waters of the Dead Sea.
Dave could still float higher and easier than me, but I didn't care, I was floating! Dave kicked himself for not bringing a newspaper down so that we could grab that ultra cheesy tourist shot of us reading the newspaper in the water. But no matter, we still managed to be quite cheesy when it came to grabbing snapshots.
We played around in the good old Dead Sea for quite a while until it began to sting my skin. Dave lasted 15 minutes longer than me. I enjoyed a shower on the beach and a lounge under a sun umbrella while he took advantage of every minute in the water.
This could be the only time in our lives that we could experience such a phenomenon and he was taking advantage of every second.
Strong Salt Water Stings
The salt of the Dead Sea is strong and you must be careful not to submerge your face into the water. It will sting your eyes something fierce. If you have a cut of any kind, you will definitely feel it and will not last very long in this second most densely salted body of water in the world.
After our fun and frolicking, we hit the pool of the hotel for a little bit of pampering. We laid back on the lounge chairs of the "adult only pool" and took in the views of the infinity pools, the muli-level pool, the wading pool and our pool.
This Holiday Inn definitely has it's fair share of pools. We even found a quiet kiddy pool near our hotel room complete with canopy to shade the little tykes from the harmful UV rays of the sun.
It was pretty cool being at the Dead Sea. Not only is it an awesome break in your Jordan Adventure to spend a day or two by the sea, it is a major historical destination.
It was a refuge for King David, a health resort for Herod the Great and it was used in the mummification process for the ancient Egyptians. This sea has definitely seen it's share of history.
We ended our night having dinner at the Movenpick Hotel. Their friendly PR contact came out to greet us, took us on a tour of the hotel and treated us to a delicious meal of anything we would like.
We stayed all day at the Holiday Inn and didn't hear a peep from them. One dinner at the Movenpick and we felt like we could stay the week and never tire of the atmosphere.
They had fabulous entertainment going on right in front of our table and we would have loved to have joined the crowd in trying a Sheesha while watching the Belly Dancer perform. This place was beautiful and exactly what we would have wanted. It felt like a little piece of the Middle East, smack dab in the middle of the Middle East.
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A hiccup is an unintentional movement (spasm) of the diaphragm, the muscle at the base of the lungs. The spasm is followed by quick closing of the vocal cords, which produces a distinctive sound.
Hiccups often start for no apparent reason and usually disappear after a few minutes. In rare cases, hiccups can last for days, weeks, or months. Hiccups are common and normal in newborns and infants.
There may be no obvious cause for hiccups.
There is no sure way to stop hiccups, but there are a number of common suggestions that can be tried:
Contact your health care provider if hiccups go on for more than a few days.
If hiccups continue to the point that you visit your health care provider, a medical history will be taken and a physical examination will be performed.
Medical history questions may include:
Diagnostic tests are rarely needed unless a disease or disorder is suspected as the cause.
To treat persistent hiccups, the health care provider may perform gastric lavage or massage of the carotid sinus in the neck. Do not try carotid massage by yourself. This must be done by a health care provider.
If hiccups continue, medicines may help. Tube insertion (nasogastric intubation) may also help.
In very rare cases, if medicines or other methods do not work, treatment such as phrenic nerve block may be tried. The phrenic nerve controls the diaphragm.
Bilotta F, Rosa G. Symptomatic care pending diagnosis; hiccups. In: Bope ET, Kellerman RD, eds. Cohn's Current Therapy: 2013. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2013:chap 1.
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However editing or creating a new config by pressing autodetect and pressing any button on the controller does not work. Nothing gets detected. The fightstick (1bad:f03a Harmonix Music) that is also connected to the computer gets detected just fine. Am I missing something?
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$ lsusb -v -d 045e:028f
Bus 003 Device 090: ID 045e:028f Microsoft Corp. Xbox360 Wireless Controller
Couldn't open device, some information will be missing
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bDeviceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass
bDeviceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x045e Microsoft Corp.
idProduct 0x028f Xbox360 Wireless Controller
bcdDevice 3.62
iManufacturer 0
iProduct 0
iSerial 0
bNumConfigurations 1
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bDescriptorType 2
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bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
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Note I also had no problems – that I couldn't solve on my own – pairing my DS4/PS4 and adding mouse and keyboard to a custom config.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/wind ... be28d58d13PnC kit only sends power to the battery and the battery level to be able to stop the power transfer. it does not do anything more than that.
"Play & Charge" – Who ever came up with this wording and deliberately leaving out USB connectivity for the controller is harming Microsofts customers. m(


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* September 28 - October 4
The Need for Hope
READ FOR THIS WEEK'S STUDY: Genesis 1-3.
MEMORY TEXT: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel (Genesis 3:15).
KEY THOUGHT: As soon as there was the need for hope, there was hope.
HOPE IS AS FUNDAMENTAL AN ASPECT of the human condition as is breath. We all hope; maybe not for the same things, maybe not for the same reasons, maybe not with the same fervency, and maybe not even for the right thingsbut we all, nevertheless, hope. We have to.
This week, however, we will look at a time when there was no hope, because there was no need for it. Fortunately, once the need arose, so did hope. And that hope, in a very broad way, forms the essence of the good news. God, out of love for humanity, will renew all things that were disrupted and ruined by the Fall. While the early chapters of Genesis look at the Creation, the last chapters of Revelation point to the re-creation of all that had been spoiled and disrupted by sin (Rev. 21:1).
Our great hope points us not only to this new creation but to the promise--made certain through the atoning death of Jesusthat we, ourselves, will be part of it.
*Please study this weeks lesson to prepare for Sabbath, Oct. 5.
Sunday September 29
"And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good" (Gen. 1:31).
Genesis gives a brief outline of what was, unquestionably, an exceedingly complex event-that of the creation of the earth and all life on it, including humanity. One point, however, does come through, and that is how God regarded His creation of the earth and those whom He made to dwell upon it.
Read Genesis 1:10, 12, 18, 21, 25, 31. Though they all say the same basic thing about the nature of this Creation, how do you understand the word good here? Did it just mean well-done, as in finely crafted and made, or were there, perhaps, other meanings to the word good? If so, what might they have been?
It is hard for us, we who have been born in sin, steeped in sin, and reared in a world defined by sin, to imagine what it must have been like living in a world before sin. (Read Ellen G. White, Patriarchs and Prophets, pp. 44-51.) Adam and Eve lived in an environment in which their lives were in perfect harmony with their Creator and the law of His creation. They had, ideally, no fears, no worries, no uncertainties-which meant that, in the end, they had no hope, because they had no need to hope.
At first that might sound like a rather stark idea (Adam and Eve, before sin, lived without hope?). Yet, think about it: In a world characterized by a perfect harmony with God, there was nothing in their present condition that would cause them to hope for something better in the future. A person, for instance, with strong, healthy lungs doesnt hope for good lungs; it is the person with weak, sickly lungs who hopes for something he or she does not now enjoy.
Hope, then, stems from the idea that whats bad now will one day change; that what is causing us pain, distress, or fear will, in the future, be alleviated. Hope points to something in the future, something anticipated, something expected, something, ultimately, that will cause us to be in a better situation than what we are in now.
Adam and Eve, in contrast, thriving in an existence in which all their needs were met, did not have to hope for anything, because they had everything. Thus, they lived without hope, because they did not need it.
|Dwell on this notion, that Adam and Eve had no reason to hope. Write out how this idea helps you better to understand the nature of hope now.
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return (Gen. 3:19).
Suddenly, everything changed for Adam and Eve. How quickly their paradise disappeared right out from underneath them. Though we dont know how quickly the effects of sin were manifested, considering the insidious nature of sin, it probably did not take long.
Read Genesis 3 and write down a list of some of the negative consequences that Adam and Eve now faced because of their sin:
Take a look at the list you created on the lines above regarding the negative consequences of the Fall. On the lines below, write down what would be needed that could help bring hope to each of these negative things. For example, if guilt was one of your answers, forgiveness or acceptance could be your response. In short, now that Adam and Eve needed hope, what kind of hope did they need?
|As you look at the two lists, ask yourself: In what ways do we, today, need the same kind of hope that Adam and Eve did after the Fall?
There is a fancy theological word for the above verse. Its called the protevangelium, which means the first good news. Both Christian and Jewish scholars have, for centuries, recognized in this verse the first promise of the Messiah, the first promise of redemption, the first promise of hope given to a world that now, suddenly and desperately, needed it.
Read carefully Genesis 3:1-15, looking at who is speaking to whom, over what. Only in this way can you see the promise, the hope, found in this text. Notice specifically the contrast between what the Lord says the serpent will do to the offspring of the woman and what it will do to Him. After you read these, write down where you see the hope.
There is more to Genesis 3:15 than first meets the eye. What does it say about the future? It talks about an ongoing conflict that we know from other scriptures goes even to the end of time (see Rom. 16:20; Rev. 12:9, 17). It also shows that the conflict is between two basic entities (Who are they?).
According to the verse, however, that conflict will eventually end. It is not something eternal, something that goes on without resolution. Ultimately the head of the serpent will be crushed, as opposed to the damage done to the heel of the womans Seed. Though the text indicates pain for the womans Seed, it will come out as the Victor in the end.
This conflict will not continue forever, for one of the inflicted wounds is mortal. The struggle may be long and painful, but its outcome will be final victory when the head of the serpent will be crushed.Niels-Erik Andreasen, in The Advent Hope in Scripture and History, ed., V. Norskov Olsen (Hagerstown, Md.: Review and Herald, 1987), p. 17. Thus, here, in Eden, amid Gods condemnation of Adam and Eve because of their blatant transgression, God gave them hope for the future. In short, as soon as Adam and Eve needed hope, the Lord gave it to them.
|In light of todays lesson, read this quote by Ellen White. He was the Redeemer before as after His incarnation. As soon as there was sin, there was a Saviour. He has given light and life to all, and according to the measure of light given, each is to be judged.The Desire of Ages, p. 210. How do you understand that quote in the context of the promise given to Adam and Eve in Genesis 3:15?
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end (Jer. 29:11).
In a few different places around the world, people who have died have had their bodies frozen at exceedingly low temperatures, in order to halt as much as possible the decay of their flesh, tissue, and organs. They have done this in the hope that sometime, way in the future, science will have advanced so far that it will be able to bring them back from the dead, and they can live forever.
Good luck, folks.
Of course, they are going to need more than luck. Yet, the point is that whatever great achievements humans have made, or might make in the future, in the end, death always waits to swallow everything up, despite our best and most creative efforts to the contrary. That is why any hope short of answering the problem of death remains, essentially, a false hope or, at best, only a temporary one. Yet, we are beings who long for something eternal, so temporary patches cant solve our problem any more than a glass of orange juice can cure diabetes.
Look at the text for today. Dwell on what it is saying, for in it we can
find the only ground for our hope. Write out why this text is so filled with
hope and why, if it were not true, we would have no
Because, ultimately, our problems as human beings go beyond anything that we as human beings can solve, our hope has to be in something, or Someone, outside of us, greater than us. That, of course, is God. But just because there is a God doesnt automatically mean that we would have hope. On the contrary, perhaps the only situation more hopeless than living in a world without God would be living in a world where there was a God who was malicious or who had evil designs on us. Fortunately, that is not our situation.
|The King James Version of Jeremiah 29:11 does not give the full force of the text. The last part reads "to give you hope and a future "(NIV). What is the ultimate future and hope that God offers us? Why would God link the future and hope together? What does that promise tell us about the future? How can you, even now, draw hope and comfort from that promise, no matter your circumstances?
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch (Prov. 11:28).
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? (Matt. 7:22).
How beautifully the message given in Genesis 3:15 (see Tuesdays lesson) is supplemented by the insight of Ellen White. As soon as there was a need for hope, there was hope, because as soon as there was sin, there was a Savior.
The Lord created humanity free, and freedom entailed the risk of sin, which did arise. God, however, was there, immediately, in order to remedy the problem of sin, even at such a great cost to Himself.
However, almost from the start, humans turned away from that hope.
Look up the following texts. Write down what each one is saying. What do they share in common?
Ps. 44:6 __________________________________________________________
Prov. 11:28 _______________________________________________________
Isa. 31:1 _________________________________________________________
Jer. 5:17 _________________________________________________________
Jer. 7:4 __________________________________________________________
Jer.17: 5 _________________________________________________________
God planted hope in the hearts of Adam and Eve, hope that rests only in Him. Unfortunately, all through history, people have set up their own systems, their own understanding, of what hope is and where it can be found. The above verses represent just a few examples of where people go to find hope and where, in the end, little or no hope exists.
Look at your own life, at your own struggles, and at your own fears. In what ways can you see yourself in the above texts, even in a subtle manner? At the same time, in what ways, if any, is it right to hope in something other than the hope that comes directly from God Himself?
FURTHER STUDY: After his expulsion from Eden Adams life on earth was filled with sorrow. Every dying leaf, every victim of sacrifice, every blight upon the fair face of nature, every stain upon mans purity, were fresh reminders of his sin. Terrible was the agony of remorse as he beheld iniquity abounding and, in answer to his warnings, met the reproaches cast upon himself as the cause of sin. With patient humility he bore for nearly a thousand years the penalty of transgression. Faithfully did he repent of his sin and trust in the merits of the promised Saviour, and he died in the hope of a resurrection. The Son of God redeemed mans failure and fall; and now, through the work of the atonement, Adam is reinstated in his first dominion.Ellen G. White, The Adventist Home, pp. 540, 541.
Because man fallen could not overcome Satan with his human strength, Christ came from the royal courts of heaven to help him with His human and divine strength combined. Christ knew that Adam in Eden with his superior advantages might have withstood the temptations of Satan and conquered him. He also knew that it was not possible for man out of Eden, separated from the light and love of God since the fall, to resist the temptations of Satan in his own strength. In order to bring hope to man, and save him from complete ruin, He humbled Himself to take mans nature, that with His divine power combined with the human He might reach man where he is. He obtained for the fallen sons and daughters of Adam that strength which it is impossible for them to gain for themselves, that in His name they might overcome the temptations of Satan.Ellen G. White, Confrontation, p. 45.
SUMMARY: As soon as there was the need for hope, there was hope, because as soon as there was sin, there was a Savior. Thus, the hope that we have goes all the way back to the beginning. From the Eden paradise until earths last night, God has provided us with reasons to hope.
J. H. Zachary
Nazier was proud of his Muslim heritage. But in high school he discovered that his faith did not answer the deepest questions about life. It did not help him handle the insecurity and emptiness he felt. Nazier began looking into other religions. He studied some Eastern religions, but something about their teachings did not ring true to him.
After high school he entered a military academy. Then he found a small booklet on the life of Jesus. He was overwhelmed to realize that Jesus loved him enough to die for him. Nazier accepted Jesus as his Friend and Savior. Then, when he realized that the military was not the place for a follower of Jesus, he dropped out of military school.
Nazier bought a Bible and began to study it earnestly. He found peace he never dreamed possible. He found a Protestant church in which to worship, but for some reason he did not feel at home there. However, he continued to worship there for several years.
Then Moktier, one of his best friends in the Protestant church, told Nazier that he had become a Seventh-day Adventist. Nazier was troubled, for he had heard that Adventists were a dangerous sect. Finally the friends agreed to study the Bible together and follow whatever truths the Bible taught.
Nazier was amazed that everything Moktier believed had a basis in the Bible. Nazier had long felt that some teachings in the Protestant church had no basis in the Bible. Soon Nazier was sharing his newfound Bible truths with others in the Protestant church. But he was disappointed and hurt when they rejected the Bibles clear teachings in favor of their traditional teachings.
Nazier carefully checked every Adventist belief against what his Bible taught, and soon he could not argue. He was baptized into the Adventist Church.
Nazier has become a literature evangelist. I thank the Lord for His kindness and patience in leading me to a church that truly follows the Bible, he exclaimed.
J. H. Zachary is coordinator of international evangelism for The Quiet Hour and a special consultant for the General Conference Ministerial Association.
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Kisumu Innovation Center Kenya (KICK) Trading's mission is to revive community livelihood by connecting the Kenyan artisans to markets all over the world.
We had the pleasure of visiting KICK a few weeks ago and getting a glimpse into this innovative organization using recycled materials around Lake Victoria to change the lives of local artisans.
KICK Trading serves as an umbrella organization to local artisans, helping them find markets within and outside Kenya. All products are made from recycled waste materials including:
- Papyrus and water hyacinth and other lake weeds
- Wires from old fridge compressors, air conditioners, car alternators
- Copper wire
- Food tin cans
Street boys normally collect the materials and sell it to KICK Trading. Once the waste arrives it goes through a process to be cleaned and then artisans select what can actually be used. We watched one of our borrowers sort through the soda tin covers, discarding those that were too damaged to use and ultimately selecting the pieces best suited for earrings.
One of my favorite things about KICK Trading is how you don't need to be an artisan to join. Everyone is free to join, even if you have no prior skills. Most people find out about KICK Trading through word of mouth. Once they join, KICK Trading provides a comprehensive training and mentorship program to help develop artisans. They also have regular training sessions on entrepreneurship, product development, and designing.
As one of our borrowers said: "We are products of KICK!"
All of this support also comes with room for creativity and innovation. Each artisan plays his part working independently to find new markets. Additionally, each artisan is given an opportunity to introduce new products to the market.
If the product is adopted by KICK Trading, the artisan who designed the product receives a higher cut of the profits from the sale of the new item. That individual is also given the opportunity to train the other artisans in building the product.
Today KICK Trading has about 40 artisans. They have been a Trustee with Kiva Zip since January 2013. KICK Trading decided to become a Trustee with Kiva Zip in order to enable artisans to have improved access to trade opportunities by improving their businesses both in quantity and quality.
They have endorsed 15 loans and have a 100% repayment rate!
Check out KICK Tradin's Trustee Profile here. Also check out some of KICK Trading's products at 10 Thousand Villages.


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Hello everyone! Krystal from Sassy Sanctuary here today! I'm so excited to show you my take on Wendy's fun theme. I have always loved the phrase "April Showers bring May flowers" because it reminds us that there is always beauty after the storm. And I just adore Spring! Whats not to love about warmer days and new life?!
Anyway, I so excited to craft for spring and wanted to make something for my flower beds. Sadly though, we don't currently have a flowers bed... we have a weed bed. Remember we moved into a new (to us) house in December that was banked owned. So the yard has been very neglected. Once its safe to plant we plan on redoing the beds but for now I have to be happy with a few potted plants.
But even my pots can use some spring love! So I made an umbrella garden stake. It looks super cute in with all my happy flowers and just screams "April showers!"
It was such a fun and quick project. All I did was cut out the umbrella shape from 1/2" plywood and glue (I used wood glue) it to a yard stake. Stain the whole thing, add some scrapbook paper, and then give it several good coats of finish.
But my favorite part is the raindrops! I got some crystal scrapbook embellishments and sandwiched a piece of thread between them to create little crystal droplets to hang from each peak. They sparkle in the sun and dance in the breeze and I just adore it!
They are attached to the back of the umbrella with a tiny bead of hot glue.
And that's it!
It is such a happy addition to the front of my house and helps draw your attention from the weed beds. (or at least that's what I'm telling myself)
Thanks for the inspiration Wendy!
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Car Show and Wine Tasting at Great Bear This Sunday. All To Benefit Make-A-Wish South Dakota.
Bring your Hot Rod, Street Car , Race Car or Motorcycle to support Make-A-Wish.
This Sunday from 9am to 3pm at Great Bear Recreation Park you can enjoy the 3rd Annual Angels With A Dream Car Show. This event honors the memory of Bill Johnson and will support kids battling illnesses.
The car show is free to enter but freewill donations will be accepted.
In addition to the car show, there will be wine tasting, live music, a silent auction, raffles, inflatables and food.
9:00 a.m.-Car & Motorcycle Registration
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Hi! My name is Jade Tran and I live in Fresno, California. My greatest passion is cheerleading, and I am part of a wonderful team - J-Silver. One of my goals was to earn a bid to be able to compete at The Summit in Florida. My awesome team and I did just that in February. Only the top 10% of teams in the nation earns a bid to this Cheer competition. I am so blessed to have earned this opportunity and now I need your help to turn this goal into a reality. The road to the Summit is a costly one.
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Flames sting Bees early, often, don first SELC tourney crown
April 28, 2013 | Johns Creek, Ga.
Liberty University head coach Kyle McQuillan hardly flinched when he received the traditional Gatorade shower following the Flames' 9-5 triumph over perennial power Savannah College of Art and Design in Sunday's Southeast Lacrosse Conference Division II tournament championship game.
"It wasn't so bad because I was already soaked," said McQuillan, who led Liberty (16-1) to its first-ever conference tournament title, played in a heavy downpour. "I was still cold, but at least I was already wet. It was just a huge relief. The SELC championship is just the icing on the cake that the guys earned today."
The Flames were just as happy to celebrate in the rain after pouring it on SCAD early, opening a 7-1 halftime advantage before shifting to more of a defensive game plan in the second half.
"It was definitely pouring," McQuillan said of the game played at Northview High School in Johns Creek, Ga., just outside of Atlanta. "Fortunately, we didn't have any thunder or lightning delays. I was very, very impressed in the guys' ability to move the ball, that the rain did not seem to be a factor. We played very, very, very well. From every aspect and every player, we played very good lacrosse today."
The SELC South East Region champion Bees (10-7), ranked No. 22 in the latest Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association Division II poll, were the seventh ranked team the fourth-ranked Flames had beaten this year, including No. 7 Elon, a North West Region rival, in the last game of the regular season, and No. 6 Palm Beach Atlantic in Friday's SELC quarterfinals.
For the third game in three days, Joe Gargiulo, a 26-year-old graduate student, stole the show, offensively. The veteran forward netted a first-quarter hat trick and finished with four goals, bringing his tournament total to 17.
"I don't want to say it's the surprise of the tournament, but if we had an all-tournament MVP, it would definitely have been Joe," McQuillan said. "Normally, someone different comes up big in every game so it's not realistic for somebody to step up three days in a row. He led us in goals all three games and led us to an SELC tournament championship."
Though McQuillan didn't repeat as SELC coach of the year, Gargiulo was one of several Liberty representatives on the all-tournament team along with Flames freshmen forward Ryan Miller and midfielder Bryce Mrakovich, junior midfielder Derek Haywood, senior long stick middie Mike Zumpano, defenders Nate Lowmaster and Travis Briggs, freshman faceoff specialist Charles Fianko, and sophomore goalie Ethan Kamholtz.
Fianko sparked the attack by winning nearly all of his first-half faceoffs, and 11 of 18 for the game.
"He absolutely went off today," McQuillan said. "He won the first five or six right in a row and helped us get out to an early lead. He was a catalyst, for sure."
Haywood (second only to Fianko with five ground balls) tallied the game's first goal on an unassisted shot just over a minute into the action.
Kamholtz, who had 14 saves on the day, made a couple big stops early on to steal SCAD's thunder.
"SCAD stopped shooting from outside and tried to get it inside and in the first half, they were not able to get any penetration," McQuillan said. "He was just eating them up. All-around on defense, we were a lot more physical and didn't allow them to get the ball inside."
The Flames seemed to be in complete command after Miller finished one of four assists from Chris Armstrong to start the second-half scoring, stretching Liberty's lead to 8-1. But the Bees rallied to within 9-5 and looked ready to threaten even more after Kamholtz was called for a roughing penalty, giving SCAD a two-man advantage.
"When we went two men down and had Ethan in the box, I felt like if we left the door open at all, it was definitely at that point," McQuillan said. "Fortunately, we were able to limit them to two shots and kill off the rest of that penalty. It definitely was a relief."
The victory should give Liberty the momentum it needs heading into the May 13-18 MCLA Division II national tournament in Greenville, S.C.
"The fact we're going as SELC champion is a huge shot in the arm in terms of nationals," McQuillan said. "Realistically, we have an opportunity to make a run at a national championship. That will be our last time competing at Division II, so we want to go out with a bang, to provide more proof that we're ready to move up to Division I."
Liberty's only loss this season came at Richmond, a Division I team moving up to the NCAA level.


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Microsoft has figured out a way to get into the social games business without having to make a single game.
The company instead is focusing on building tools to help other game developers get up and running quickly. In return for the assistance, the game developers must host their games on Windows Azure, which is the name of Microsoft's cloud technology.
Today, Amazon hosts many online games, including big Facebook games, developed by Zynga and others.
The benefit to using the cloud to host your game is that it can ramp up quickly if you see a huge spike in activity, and then scale back down, so you aren't overpaying for equipment you aren't using.
While Microsoft hosts some social games in the cloud already, this program is obviously trying to ramp up that business. This week at Casual Connect in Seattle, Microsoft launched a toolkit for developers, which provides the basic code for a number of back-end game technologies that all game developers typically must build, but don't really want to spend a lot of time creating.
Among the components included are ways to track player achievements, ways to keep score, and guidance for using Facebook credits to monetize a game. The tools also show developers how to store user profiles and charge for in-app purchase. All the code and APIs are provided free, so developers can jump in at any level and get up and running in a short period of time, said Nathan Totten, a technical evangelist, who worked on the project.
To make the experience extremely easy, Microsoft even created a game with the help of Grant Skinner, a well-known developer in the space, to demonstrate how it all works. The game is called Tankster, which is online for anyone to play. The game includes messaging, wall posts and comments, and player achievements and game stats are presented on a leaderboard.
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A tech blogger's quixotic war on PR
The comic spectacle of Michael Arrington, the tech industry's most overbearing, self-important blogger, taking on Silicon Valley's PR apparatus, is playing out live on the Internet. Bring your popcorn.
Arrington is the founder and editor of TechCrunch, a Silicon Valley tech blog which rose to the faintest level of prominence on the national stage by chronicling "Web 2.0," a phenomenon which more or less disappeared two years ago and which no one now confesses to involvement in without blushing embarrassment.
The man himself is tall, large, and blustery, given to fits of rage and depression, at once emotionally fragile and viciously vituperative. He does have keen insights on the inner workings of the tech industry. Frustratingly for him, the audience for those is small — and he would like to be running a much larger enterprise. But the credit crisis has popped Silicon Valley's microbubble, and with it, Arrington's dreams of buying up his competitors and then cashing out by selling the mess to investors.
Which sets the stage for Arrington, bitter and frustrated, to launch an attack on a convenient, hapless, and utterly deserving target: the public relations business. And somehow he's managing to make the flacks look sympathetic.
Frustrated by the practice of timed "embargoes," which limit the release of obscure news no one cares about to an arbitrary time convenient to nobody, Arrington has declared not that he will stop agreeing to embargoes, but that he will now agree to embargoes and then break his word. He's also unloaded on one particularly bad flack, Lois Whitman-Hess.
Meanwhile, he won't explain his curiously soft coverage of MySpace and curiously close relationship with MySpace's PR chief, Dani Dudeck.
What makes this all hilarious is that Arrington is really angry because he views public relations firms as his competition. He wants to be the gatekeeper and kingmaker for all the Valley's startups, controlling the public rollout of all of their most obscure milestones. The grandiosity of his territorial behavior, over such small turf, is tragicomic — like a dog pissing on every side of a tree, just to make sure we know it's his.
I'd say the technology industry doesn't need Arrington — but we do. Because now more than ever, we could all use a good laugh.


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Sept. 27, 2012 -- If you have prescription drugs that are past their expiration date or that you no longer use, you can get rid of them safely this Saturday at a national prescription drug "take-back" event.
It's important to dispose of expired drugs or medications you no longer use. They pose a serious health risk to children and pets and may be abused if not disposed of properly.
Many medicines can be thrown in the trash after taking a few safety precautions, but some prescription drugs should be flushed down the toilet.
To make safe drug disposal easier, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is sponsoring a national prescription drug take-back day on Saturday, Sept. 29 at more than 5,600 sites in all 50 dates and U.S. territories.
"While a uniform system for prescription drug disposal is being finalized, we will continue to sponsor these important take-back events as a service to our communities," DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart says in a news release.
People turned in more than 552,161 pounds of unwanted or expired medications at the most recent drug take-back event, held in April.
To Flush or Not to Flush
Some drugs, such as narcotic pain relievers and other controlled substances, may come with instructions for flushing to help prevent accidental overdose or abuse.
For example, the fentanyl patch, which delivers a potent pain reliever, comes with instructions to flush used and leftover patches. Too much fentanyl can cause severe breathing problems and even death in babies, children, pets and some adults who have not been prescribed the drug.
"Even after a patch is used, a lot of the drug remains in the patch," Capt. Jim Hunter, MPH, of the FDA's controlled substance staff, states on the FDA's web site. "You wouldn't want to throw something in the trash that contains a powerful and potentially dangerous narcotic that could harm others."
There are also environmental concerns about flushing drugs. Some people question flushing prescription drugs due to concerns about trace levels of the drugs entering rivers, lakes, and community water supplies.
The FDA says the main way drug residues enter water systems is by people taking drugs and then passing them through their bodies.
Nevertheless, the FDA continually reviews drug labels with directions for flushing or disposal down the sink. The FDA has a list of drugs recommended for disposal by flushing.
How to Dispose of Drugs Safely
The FDA, working with the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, has developed the following guidelines for drug disposal.
- Follow any specific disposal directions on the drug label or patient information that comes with the drug. Do not flush prescription drugs unless this information specifically tells you to do so.
- Take advantage of community or national drug take-back programs. Call your local city or county's household trash and recycling service to see if a program is available.
- If no instructions are given on the drug label and no take-back program is available in your area, throw the drugs in your household's trash.
Before tossing prescription drugs out in the trash, the FDA also recommends doing this:
- Take medicines out of their original containers and mix them with used coffee grounds or kitty litter. This makes the drugs less appealing to children and pets, and unrecognizable to people who may intentionally go through your trash.
- Put drugs in a sealable bag, empty can, or other container to prevent the medication from leaking or breaking out of a garbage bag.
- Before throwing out an empty prescription drug container, scratch out all identifying information. This will help protect your identity and keep your health information private.
When in doubt about proper prescription drug disposal, talk to your pharmacist.


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SU's Marrone knows future Mets
Since today's game between Buffalo and Louisville was postponed before we hit the air, I decided to post the conversation Joel Godett had with new Orange football coach Doug Marrone while he was in town. Being an alum, Joel was giddy to ask the tough questions.
<a href="http://www.bisons.cLISTEN: Coach Marrone on SU with Joel
Interesting to note, the coach told Joel he "attended about 20 games last season in New Orleans" and was excited to have the Mets new Triple-A team in Buffalo.
The Bisons' flagship station, WWKB-AM 1520, is a proud affiliate of Syracuse athletics and from time to time we're joined by the "Voice of the Orange" Matt Park and other 'Cuse celebs during the baseball season.
The Bisons will face the Bats in a twin-bill at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow. READ MORE!
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DOVER — We were chatting in the office a couple of weeks ago about our childhood memories of Christmas when Foster's Executive Editor Rod Doherty came up with a hilarious story that his mother repeats every year as a family classic.
When Rod was a little kid — probably around 8 years old — he was crazy for trains. He wanted a model train set more than anything in the world and had asked Santa to grant his wish. He bounded down the stairs on Christmas morning expecting to see the train set, but he stopped halfway down and exclaimed, "[Numerous expletives deleted] What no train set!"
Rod's story got me to thinking about my own classic childhood Christmas tale. When my sister, Kate, and I were little kids (I was probably 9 or 10 and she was maybe 6 or 7), we bought little Christmas presents for all of our relatives. We got our great Aunt Lilly and her, husband, Tom, a box of Queen Anne chocolate covered cherries. I was very excited because I knew they would love the gift.
My sister and I hid the box of cherries in our closet. I hauled out the box on the morning of Dec. 24 so I could wrap it, but something was wrong. The cellophane wrapping around the box was ripped and saggy. It had been opened.
It took me awhile to extract her confession, but it was Kate. She had eaten the top layer of chocolate covered cherries and left the bottom layer as Tom and Lilly's present! Of course, Tom and Lilly thought the theft was most charming and loved their chocolates all the more.
Do you have a classic holiday story like this about your childhood? If not about you, tell us the funniest thing your children, grandchildren or other family member said or did during the holidays. We want to make our readers laugh out loud!
Each year for the past 22 years, Foster's Daily Democrat has published holiday stories on the six publication days before Christmas about local people and their families.
We call this feature our "Six Days of Christmas."
The themes of these stories have varied over the years, but we have never before chosen a theme dedicated to funny holiday stories involving kids.
The stories do not have to be masterpieces, just small slices of life.
We'll look at your "Christmas Kids" stories and pick six people to interview and write stories about.
If you have a story to share, please send it to us as soon as possible. Include your name, address, phone number and email address if you have one. Please do not call. We cannot accept any entries by phone.
Send a postcard or letter with a brief description of your story and mail it to: "Six Days of Santa," Foster's Daily Democrat, Managing Editor Mary Pat Rowland, 150 Venture Drive, Dover, NH 03820. We'd love to get your story by email, so don't hesitate to send it that way to firstname.lastname@example.com, but please remember to include your home address and phone number so we'll know where we can reach you.
We must have something in writing. Don't worry. It doesn't need to be perfect.
If your "Christmas Kids" story is selected, a Foster's photographer will contact you and we will schedule a picture and your story to be published in one of the newspapers before Christmas.
The editors need to decide soon which stories to pursue. Please submit your story by Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012.
Happy holidays!
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SIX DAYS OF CHRISTMAS 2012Tell us your funniest kids Christmas story
DOVER — We were chatting in the office a couple of weeks ago about our childhood memories of Christmas when Foster's Executive Editor Rod Doherty came up with a hilarious story that his mother repeats every year as a family classic.


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Daily Slice: Focaccia at Eataly
Pizza reviews in NYC.
Much has been made of the fact that while the merchandise at Eataly is top-notch and lovingly curated, it is also breathtakingly expensive. Happily, there is one item in the store that is affordable, filling and a delight to eat: the focaccia.
It's served from the bread counter at room temperature, across the maze from Eataly's pizza restaurant. While there was a 40 minute wait at Rossopomodoro, the lunchtime line at the bread counter was moving fast. There are five foccacia choices: plain, marinara (with lots of dried oregano), potato and sweet onion, tomato/mozzarella/prosciutto, and the slice I tried, peeled tomato and mozzarella. My generously-sized slice was wrapped in wax paper and slid into a paper bag. There is nowhere on site to eat it—all the seating is for the various restaurant operations, so you'll have to snag a bench in Madison Square park.
On one recent visit, the fresh-tasting tomatoes on the focaccia perfectly balanced the savory cheese and chewy olive oil-slicked bread. Another time, the tomatoes and oil added so much moisture to the bread that the slice basically dissolved. But the toppings are luscious: the mozzarella just crispy and browned on top but with a fresh squeakiness underneath. The tomatoes have a bright, clean flavor. It can be a bit messy to eat, and it's much safer to carry in a pizza box than in a bag.
If the dazzling selection of food at Eataly makes you hungry, but you need to find something that won't break your budget, head to the focaccia counter. At $2.80 a slice, this may be the most reasonably-priced item in the store.
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text: The last day of November. I woke up and peeked out the window to find nothing but winter silence: black outline of trees, white dust of snow, stillness of the world folded in on itself. December is about to turn, and Advent eager on its heels. I love the waiting of this corner of the year. I'm resolved anew to welcome winter this time, to stop grimacing against the cold, hunching my shoulders against the wind. To relax into the reality of the world around me, a world that is frozen and frigid, but still bright with light and bathed in moon once sun sets early. There's gratitude for winter yet, if I can dig my toes into the snow to find it. Today I'm writing about gratitude over at The Power of Moms. About trying to grab all that life has to offer, whether fistfuls of green beans or fleeting kisses from growing boys. As the season of thanksgiving ends and the wonder of waiting begins, I'm mindful of how much gratitude matters, how it shapes our vision as the world around us changes, … [Read more...] about seasons of thanksgiving


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There are far worse things than being a tabby, particularly at the end of a term.
You might not want to be a tabby (in the correct sense of the word) while giving a talk at a conference, interviewing for a job, or writing a grant proposal (except while doing the budget).
But you might want to be a tabby while attending a faculty meeting, meeting with prospective graduate students, or grading. Actually, I am not sure about the grading.
Tabbyism definitely has its place in academic life, especially on this December Friday.


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Texas Court Rules For Eminent‐Domain Critic
Good news from Texas, where a state appeals court has handed a major win to investigative journalist Carla Main, whose book Bulldozed: 'Kelo,' Eminent Domain, and the American Lust for Land took a critical look at the seizure of private land under eminent domain laws for purposes of urban redevelopment. Dallas developer H. Walker Royall didn't like what Main wrote about his involvement in a Freeport, Texas marina project and proceeded to sue her, publisher Encounter Books (which I should note is also my own publisher on Schools for Misrule), and even liberty‐minded law professor Richard Epstein over a dust jacket blurb Epstein had given for the book. (Earlier coverage of the suit here and here.)
A trial court had declined to dismiss Royall's claims on summary judgment, but yesterday Judge Elizabeth Lang‐Miers reversed in substantial part, ruling that Royall had failed to make the requisite showing that key passages in Bulldozed had in fact defamed him. The case is not yet over, but Institute for Justice senior attorney Dana Berliner, who argued for the defense, is understandably jubilant: "Walker Royall has failed in his attempt to use this frivolous defamation lawsuit as a weapon to silence his critics," she said. Moreover, outrage at Royall's suit contributed to Texas's enactment this summer (joining 26 other states) of strong "anti‐SLAPP" legislation aimed at curbing lawsuits intimidating speech. You can read the opinion here, and early coverage at Gideon Kanner's blog, the Dallas Observer and D Magazine.


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GERMANY. Leipzig, Saxony. 1990. Industrial landscape at night.
GERMANY. Bautzen, Saxony. 1990. Two shoppers in Bautzen.
GERMANY. 1990. Meissen cathedral in the background
GERMANY. 1990. Bautzen, Saxony. A street scene with delivered coal for home heating.
EAST GERMANY. 1990. Drunken man is carted home under German flag on Ascension Day in the mountains of Zitt
GERMANY. 1990. Bautzen, Saxony. Street in center of town.
GERMANY. 1990. Dresden, Saxony. At the civil registry office for bridal couples during a wedding ceremony.
GERMANY. 1990. Ascension Day in the mountains of Zittau.
GERMANY. Bautzen, Saxony. 1990. A motorcyclist on tour.
GERMANY. 1990. Ascension Day celebration near Zittau, Saxony, formerly East Germany.
EAST GERMANY. 1990. Espenhain near Leipzig. Man in front of his house, proudly displaying the West German
EAST GERMANY. 1990. Espenhain, Saxony. Boy with guinea pig in a wrecked car.
EAST GERMANY. 1990. Drunk man on Ascension Day with sign "Pissing Pause."
EAST GERMANY. 1990. Sign inside the Waggonfabrik (railroad car factory) in Goerlitz "Area of exemplary ord
EAST GERMANY. 1990. A backyard in Goerlitz.
EAST GERMANY. 1990. Mittelbach, near Chemnitz. A woman in new "western" clothes brings home a decorative p
EAST GERMANY. 1990. Text on a tree near Zittau "Business which Sexuality? Allow Pornograhy, Striptease and
EAST GERMANY. Gorlitz. 1990. New Erotic shop.
EAST GERMANY. 1990. Used cars in downtown Leipzig.
EAST GERMANY. 1990. A wedding in Leipzig.
EAST GERMANY. 1990. Espenhain, Saxony. Boy with his rabbit pig in a wrecked car.
EAST GERMANY. East Berlin. 1974. Store window in Prenzlauer Berg.
NORWAY. 1990. HA Schult "Icepeople" display in Svalbord during a snow storm.
EAST GERMANY 1990, Dresden, Saxony, GDR. Dresden-Neustadt damaged Trabant car and boy carting coal.
East Germany. Heidenau-Gro§sedlitz. The baroque gardens of Grosssedlitz.
East Germany. The cathedral and Albrecht Castle ("Albrechtsburg") on the Burgberg hill in Meissen, seen ac
East Germany. Open pit mining for brown coal in Sedlitz, Lausitz, Saxony.
East Germany. Dresden: Two right-wing radicals - one with a beer bottle and the other with a shaven head a
East Germany. Dresden: Right-wing radicals at their meeting place in Dresden-Neustadt. Outside a flag of t
East Germany.
Ascension day (Himmelfahrt) celebation with beer and costumes near Zittau / Saxony.
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East Germany.
Dresden-Neustadt. Neo Nazis in front of their meeting place with old German Amy flag.
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GERMANY. Saxony, Dresden. Collector, historian and cultural politician Matz GRIEBEL. 1990.
EAST GERMANY. 1990. Ascension day (Himmelfahrt) celebration in the countryside near Zittay/Saxony.
East Germany, Leipzig. An elderly woman pulling a hand cart along the road "Strasse der Republik" in Mšlbi
EAST GERMANY. 1990. After liberation. East Germany. Dancers of the Palucca dance school dressed in the fla
Leipzig, Saxony, EAST GERMANY, 1990. Oranges come to the markets in Leipzig.
East Germany, Leipzig. A street cleaner by the Mende Fountain in Leipzig
East Germany. Matthias Griebel, The director of Dresden's Municipal Museum ("Stadtmuseum") in Dresden-Losc
East Germany. Industrial plant in Espenhain in Saxony.
East Germany. Gšrlitz. A totally dilapidated building at the historic Untermarkt in Gšrlitz.
East Germany. Two storks in their nest on an electrical pylon in KŸhren near Wurzen. A West German flag is
East Germany. A woman arranges the German flag outside her window.
Mittelbach (near Chemnitz)
East Germany. A student performs at the Palucca School of Artistic Dance in Dresden.
East Germany. Female students at the Palucca School of Artistic Dance in Dresden.
EAST GERMANY. . Gšrlitz. 1990. crumbling buildings at historic market place.
EAST GERMANY. Borna, near Leipzig. 1990. Abandoned brown coal mine is used to dump old cars after re-unifi
Leipzig, Saxony, EAST GERMANY, 1990. A street scene with wall inscriptions remarking on the former German
East Germany. Buildings on the cathedral square in Meissen.
East Germany.
Ascension day (Himmelfahrt) celebation with beer and costumes near Zittau / Saxony. One man
© Thomas Hoepker / MAGNUM
East Germany, Dresden/Saxony Semper Opera
East Germany. The polluted countryside around Borna and Espenhain in Saxony. In front an abandoned brown-c
East Germany, Dohna. People of all ages sitting at an outdoor table. In the background, an chemical indust
East Germany. View of Gsrlizt, Saxony with GDR housing in background.
EAST GERMANY. . Gsÿrlitz. 1990. crumbling buildings at historic market place.
EAST GERMANY. Sedlitz/Saxony. 1990. Strip coal mine (brown coal).
East Germany. Ascension day celebration. Men's choir near Zittau/Saxony
East Germany. Girl students during a performance at the Palucca School of Artistic Dance in Dresden.
East Germany. The church "Maria am Wasser" ("St. Mary's by the Water") on sdthe bank of the Elbe near Dres
Eastern Germany. Gsrlitz/Saxony. Dilapidated House at sunset.
EAST GERMANY. Saxony. The Elbe river. 1990.
East Germany. View of industrial plant in Espenhain. The village of Espenhain suffered severe pollution fr
Germany, 1990. Moritzburg Castle near the Fasanenschlšsschen.
East Germany, Leipzig. The "Uni-Riese" high-rise building with the Mende Fountain at Leipzig University.
Germany, Dresden, 1990. Couple in the Zwinger. One of the famous sights in Dresden.
EAST GERMANY. Espenhain, near Leipzig. 1990. Brown coal power plant spews toxic fumes into the air. Plant
East Germany, Leipzig. Tourists at the memorial to the Battle of the Nations in Leipzig.
©Thomas Hoepker-M
East Germany. Dresden: Right-wing radicals at their meeting place in Dresden-Neustadt. In a shop window is
Germany, 1990. Baroque park in Gross-Sedlitz.
East Germany.The art historian Inga Adler and the painter Karl-Heinz Adler.
East Germany. A garden in Dresden-Loschwitz. In the background to the left is the "Blue Miracle" ("Das Bla
East Germany. Leipxzig, Women in garbage in Leipzig-Gohlis / Saxony.
© Thomas Hoepker / MAGNUM
East Germany. Restauration of baroque stone figures in Gross Sedlitz royal park, Saxony.
East Germany. Dresden: Mourning for Rainer Sonntag. Rainer Sonntag, the leader of a right-wing radical org
East Germany. Dresden, Elbe, BrYhlsche Terasse, Sclosskirche and Semper Opera.
East Germany. A man standing with his shopping cart by a row of television sets in a new make-shift shoppi
Germany, 1990. Anti-Right-Wing graffiti on a wall in German city.
Germany, 1990. Matz Giebel.
GERMANY, Chemnitz, 1990. Karl Marx monument by Lew Kerbel in Chemnitz (former Karl-Marx-City in the GDR).
EAST GERMANY. Saxony. 1990.
East Germany. The polluted countryside around Espenhain in Saxony. In the background, the coal-fired power
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The newest "car radio" from Clarion is a Bluetooth SD/MP3 receiver that is compatible with the newest memory generations. Instead of a CD drive behind the control panel cover, there is a SD card slot with which the radio can be fed with music. A further possibility of data import is enabled with the Bluetooth audio streaming. With this, music pieces can be played directly from a mobile phone or an iPod. The standard formats A2DP and AVRCP are compatible. A further feature of the Bluetooth wireless technology is the hands-free function for the mobile. The Clarion FB278RBT is equipped with an RDS-EON tuner that provides memory for 18 stations. The 4x 50 watts MOS-FET amplifier provides great sound even without an additional power amplifier. Futuristic design is a further feature of the trendsetting equipment of the "car radio". The innovative design device has a white surface with control elements in a shark gill design – ergonomics pure, based on the Clarion HMI (Human Machine Interface) operating concept. The optical highlight of the whole thing is that the buttons can be indirectly illuminated with 728 different colours.
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Our values and ethical principles
Our values are embedded in L'Oréal's genetic code. They continue to this day to express themselves in the daily actions of all our teams across the globe. Here is a close-up on the Group's six founding values.
If for over a century L'Oréal has been devoted to just one business - beauty - it is above all because of our Passion for it. Passion for what cosmetics can bring to women and men: well-being, self-confidence, an openness towards others. Passion also for a business which is intrinsically linked to humanity and culture. Because creating beauty products means seeking to understand others, knowing how to listen to them, apprehending their traditions, anticipating their needs... Without this passion, the L'Oréal adventure would never have been possible.
Innovation is also one of our founding values. We always have in mind the fact that our company was founded by a scientist. Innovation is essential because beauty is an endless quest that constantly requires a higher level of performance. At L'Oréal, it is vital. Always wanting to push back the limits of knowledge means discovering new ways to create products that are truly different and surprising. To always stay one step ahead.
Because there is no innovation without daring, without taking initiatives, L'Oréal has always given priority to the individual rather than to organisations. Entrepreneurial spirit, a synonym for autonomy, challenge, and adventure, has always been encouraged and embodied in a specific management style. Today it is still the driving force behind a Group built above all on a belief of the importance of each individual and their talents.
Another value that has been guiding us since the Group's foundation over a century ago is Open-mindedness. Listening to consumers and understanding their culture, being open to others and benefiting from their differences are absolute priorities in order to respond to the infinite diversity of beauty aspirations around the world. They are inseparable from our business and our mission.
These four values are inextricably related to our fifth value, the quest for Excellence. A value that permeates every aspect of our business, in every country and that is expressed in a state of mind and a constant pursuit for perfection. We all share this desire to surpass ourselves to be able provide the best for our customers.
Finally, whether the Group is innovating or showing its entrepreneurial spirit, it has always done so with a sense for Responsibility. L'Oréal's first invention, the "safe hair dye" was already an expression of this fundamental concern for effective, safe and innocuous products. But our sense of responsibility goes far beyond that. As a world leader in beauty, we have, more than others, the duty to preserve the beauty of the planet and to contribute to the well-being of our employees and of the communities in which we are present.
Our ethical principles
Our principles are Integrity, Respect, Courage and Transparency.
Our Ethical Principles shape our culture, underpin our reputation, and must be known and recognised by all L'Oréal employees.
Integrity because acting with integrity is vital to building and maintaining trust and good relationships.
Respect because what we do has an impact on many people's lives.
Courage because ethical questions are rarely easy but must be addressed.
Transparency because we must always be truthful, sincere and be able to justify our actions and decisions.


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