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Every week we get Down & Dirty, in which Nozlee Samadzadeh breaks down our favorite seasonal fruits, vegetables, and more by the numbers.
They're beautiful, they're rich with history, and...they're slimy. For many, memories of okra begin and end with their signature mucilage, caused by the sugars and proteins inside the plant that are activated by heat. (Don't worry: we'll be discussing the best ways to avoid okra's goo. Unless it's gooeyness you're after, of course.)
Okra originated in Africa and South Asia, although it can be found almost anywhere with a warm, temperate climate. It's used in cuisine from the Middle East to India, and during the slave trade it was brought to the American South, where it became an important part of the Creole and Cajun cooking traditions (most famously as a thickener in gumbo). Okra also takes well to breading and frying, and, in the longer term, to pickling. But don't cook them in aluminum or cast iron -- the surfaces react with the okra to discolor it black.
1. Seed Pods: It's easy to see that okra is related to hibiscus when you see its flowers -- their wide petals with a burst of color at the center look just like the tropical plant. The part of okra that we eat is the flower's seed pod; after blooming for just one day, the flower wilts and leaves behind a pod that grows quickly in length. Okra should be harvested when still young, at a maximum length of 6 inches. After that they start to become tough-skinned, with too much mucilage inside for use as anything but a thickener.
2. Different Strokes: The way to keep okra from becoming slimy is to cut it as little as possible. If frying it whole, trim the top but leave just enough stem to seal in the insides of the okra; if cutting open, do so at the last possible minute. (Of course, although we're making a big to-do about okra's mucilage, many people don't mind it!)
3. All-Star Gumbo: For use as a thickener in an authentic Cajun gumbo, cut okra pods in small pieces in order to maximize their surface area for thickening. Aren't their star shapes so beautiful?
4. Purple Okra: Keep an eye out at your local farmer's market for purple okra. Like purple green beans, they lose their color and turn dark green after cooking, but they lend a gorgeous pink hue to the vinegar of pickled okra, and their insides are said to be slightly less mucilaginous.
Our own Tom Hirschfeld is a big fan of okra, we found out while looking for okra recipes -- if you like your plant crispy, be sure to try his Burnt Okra with Sauteed Potatoes and Basil.
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Beautiful Spring days like today bring back to mind a song from my childhood. As a young child, I loved playing my records on the family record player. I realize I'm probably dating myself by admitting we had a record player, as I'm sure some of you never had/used a record player. We had a record player even after CD's were readily available. New-fangled technology was not at all important to my parents and the record player worked just fine, so why change? My sisters and I had quite a few records that were recorded books with songs. The books to follow along with, accompanied the records. Each one of these records started with instructions on what sound to listen for to know when to turn the pages of the book. We had all the classics, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, etc. But my favorite was the Black Beauty record/book and I could probably still sing the songs from that record. Anyway, one of the story records had a song called "Sing Sing it's Spring" on it. That's all I remember from that particular record but this morning when I woke up to the sounds of happy chirping, that old song popped into my head.
That recollection has absolutely nothing at all to do with these baby cakes, except that the light fresh lemon lime flavor of these cakes will have you singing for Spring too!
|Tint the glaze with some food coloring in pastel colors and these little babies are perfect for Easter!
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Source: April 10th, 2009 - by Stephanie Younger
Yields: 18-24 mini cakes using a mini muffin tin or 12 cakes using a regular muffin tin
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon fresh lemon zest
1 teaspoon fresh lime zest
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 cup plain yogurt
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1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
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Francona appreciative, victorious in return to Fenway
BOSTON -- For roughly 20 minutes, Terry Francona sat in the visitors' dugout at Fenway Park trying to convince a large pack of reporters that this was just another day in the life of the manager of the Cleveland Indians.
Francona takes enormous pride in his tunnel vision -- staying in the moment as he calls it -- with regard to each day's game.View Full Game Coverage
BOSTON -- For roughly 20 minutes, Terry Francona sat in the visitors' dugout at Fenway Park trying to convince a large pack of reporters that this was just another day in the life of the manager of the Cleveland Indians.
Francona takes enormous pride in his tunnel vision -- staying in the moment as he calls it -- with regard to each day's game.View Full Game Coverage
"I'm sure, knowing him, it's just another day," said Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia. "I know this place is very special to him. I'm sure he just wants to go out there and manage the game and see a baseball game."
In nearly every ounce of Francona's baseball being, he didn't want the night of May 23, 2013, to be about him.
But guess what? He had no choice. Before, during and after Cleveland's 12-3 win over the Red Sox, the focus of the night was Francona.
No sooner had Francona started holding court with the press before the game than a fan yelled over, "We still love you, Francona."
Outside of Fenway Park, street vendors were selling magazines that accompanied a bumper sticker that said, "Thanks, Tito."
It isn't every day that David Ortiz ventures into the other dugout during batting practice to give the other team's manager -- and his former manager of eight years -- a hug.
Yes, this day was all about Francona, who guided the Red Sox to their only two World Series championships since 1918 in his highly-memorable tenure with Boston.
"And it should be," said Brad Mills, the former Red Sox bench coach and current Indians third-base coach who has been one of Francona's best friends for decades.
Then, there was the video that the Red Sox played after the first inning ended.
On the high-definition scoreboard in center field, the opening message was "Welcome back to our old friends."
Mills was listed first. Then right-hander Justin Masterson and former Sox catcher and current Indians bullpen coach Kevin Cash. After that, it was former Boston reliever Matt Albers, infielder Mike Aviles and lefty Rich Hill, the pride of Milton, Mass.
Then, the scoreboard message delivered the main message. "AND Terry Francona."
From there, the crowd roared as the highlights played. They ranged from Francona hugging Mills after winning Game 7 of the 2007 American League Championship Series to Francona coming out and greeting Cardinals manager Tony La Russa before Game 1 of the 2004 World Series.
There was a clip of Francona laughing at a news conference during a past Spring Training. Then, a shot of the biggest celebration of them all after the clinching World Series game in St. Louis.
The scoreboard then panned to a live shot of Francona and Mills, standing side-by-side near the end of the Indians' dugout. The crowd got loud, and Francona took in the moment as much as he could. A smile came across his face and Francona acknowledged the Fenway faithful with a wave.
"It was just because you can't help it. It was so special that I couldn't help it," Francona said.
After the wave, the crowd then chanted, "Tito! Tito! Tito!" The Fenway production crew capped the moment by panning to the 2004 and 2007 World Series banners that hang on the façade behind home plate.
"I tried to keep my emotions inside," Francona said. "When they did that thing after the first inning, I was honored and I was also thrilled that they showed Cashy, Mike Aviles, Matt, Rich Hill and then Millsy standing next to me. He's maybe my best friend in life. So to share that was pretty awesome."
Then, it was back to baseball -- Francona's favorite part of any day. And his red-hot Indians, winners of 19 of their last 25, took care of business.
"We got in late," Francona said. "You never make excuses, but I was thrilled with the way we came out with energy and grinded out at-bats. We made [Ryan] Dempster work hard and we got him out and got into the bullpen. In a four-game series, you help yourself by doing that."
The Red Sox played Francona's Indians in Cleveland from April 16-18. But that day didn't contain nearly the same emotion and nostalgia, partly because of venue but mostly because that series started the day after the tragic bombings at the Boston Marathon.
Thursday was different in that it was the first game Francona managed in Boston since his managing days with the Red Sox came to a crashing halt after the September collapse of 2011.
"Every game I've ever been here [as Boston's manager], I've never rooted against the Red Sox," said Francona. "Now I will be like crazy. You know what, it's kind of nice. I came in today early because I knew it would be a busy day, seeing a lot of people you know. Whether you come in the ballpark and make a right or a left, those people are still the same.
"I got a chance to visit with a lot of people, which was fun. And go to our clubhouse. That's part of probably why it's making this easier to come back because I'm so proud of who I'm with now and what we're trying to do that it probably makes this trip a little easier for me."
Whether it was getting off the plane at Logan Airport in the wee hours of Thursday morning or taking a taxi to the ballpark, did anything feel different to Francona?
"No, it really didn't," Francona said. "I fell asleep on the plane. By the time we got to the hotel, I was so grumpy it didn't matter. So, no, not really. Like today, I was happy I got to see all the clubhouse kids and [Red Sox traveling secretary] Jack [McCormick] and stuff like that, which I enjoy a lot. Having the year in between really helped -- a lot."
Thursday wasn't the first time since Francona's departure that Red Sox fans were able to shower him with applause.
During the grand 100th anniversary celebration of Fenway Park on April 20, 2012, Francona might have received the loudest applause of the day. On that occasion, he exited through the tunnel under the bleachers and took his Red Sox jersey off, throwing it to a kid in the stands. He also came back once or twice as an analyst for ESPN.
This time, he had on an Indians cap and jersey, and that looked and felt weird to anyone who had followed his time in Boston with any regularity.
As reluctant as he was to be in the spotlight, Francona enjoyed returning to the place he poured his heart and soul into from 2004-11.
Francona started his work day on Thursday the same way he starts all others on the road -- by going to the office far earlier than he probably needed to.
"Everybody kept saying, 'Well, are you going to be emotional?' You don't know," Francona said. "We played a late game last night. We got in about 5 [in the morning]. I got up at 8. It's been a busy day. And from people that know me, I really don't think that far ahead. I know I've been accused of that in the games. But I just kind of take it as it comes and try to go with the flow and enjoy what we're doing."
The part about being accused of not thinking far ahead in the games was typical Francona, the self-effacer poking fun at himself.
The Indians -- who have been one of the hottest teams in baseball of late -- are now getting the full Francona experience, and loving it.
"It took me 19 years to play for him," said Indians reserve Jason Giambi. "And he's everything I thought he'd be. We've gone out there and played well and played hard for him every single day."
Like all teams managed by Francona, the Indians came in fully prepared for their four-game set in Boston.
"We're here, and we're here to represent him, so we're going to play hard for him," Giambi said. "We know what he means to us."
Though Francona no longer works in Boston, his relationship with the city remains strong, and probably always will.
But Francona was too busy compartmentalizing to really put all of that into perspective on Thursday.
"I don't spend any time thinking about stuff like that [on game day]," Francona said. "It's just not the way I'm built. I had, these were really special years here. Sometimes they were tough. These are some of the best fans in the world. And they care about their team more than … it's unbelievable. If you like baseball, this is a good place to be. And I got to be a part of that. I feel very fortunate."
As for the end of Francona's time in Boston, that was acrimonious. It was hard for it not to be.
Francona appreciated Red Sox president/CEO Larry Lucchino seeking him out before Thursday's game.
"Yeah, he was very kind," Francona said. "Larry and I, I've texted with him a few times, like when they hired John [Farrell] and when I got hired here. There's an enormous amount of respect. Again, not to dig it up … I didn't like the way things ended. But he went out of his way at the anniversary to talk to me, and I probably wasn't the most pleasant. Tonight he came down to say hello. I appreciated that."
The one thing that is obvious is how right it feels for Francona to be back in a dugout this season. Though he drew strong reviews during his year as an analyst, a uniform is what Francona has worn for nearly his whole life.
"I think [the year off] helped," Francona said. "Saying that, I kept talking about getting perspective. I have no perspective. When we lose, it kills you. When we win, I'm happy. And I don't think that's ever going to change."
The same can be said about Boston, a city consumed with baseball every bit as much as the man who used to manage here.
"Everyone loved him here, and what he did here for a long time," said Pedroia. "He's a pretty important part of the history of this organization."
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne.


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a daydream; an imagined situation or sequence of events. Fantasy can serve as a realistic rehearsal of future events; it may also serve as an unconscious defense mechanism providing wish-fulfillment, gratification of repressed impulses, and resolution of unconscious conflicts.
Imagery that is more or less coherent, as in dreams and daydreams, yet unrestricted by reality.
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fantasy/fan·ta·sy/ (fan´tah-se) an imagined sequence of events that can satisfy one's unconscious wishes or express one's unconscious conflicts.
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After labor ruling victory, college athletes seek support in Congress for unionizing
WASHINGTON – Members of a group seeking to unionize college athletes are looking for allies on Capitol Hill as they brace for an appeal of a ruling that said full scholarship athletes at Northwestern University have the right to form a union.
Former Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter and Ramogi Huma, the president of the National College Players Association, are to meet with lawmakers Wednesday. The meetings are expected to give athletes a chance to spell out one of their chief concerns, which is providing for the medical needs of athletes.
Last week's ruling by a National Labor Relations Board official in Chicago said Northwestern football players on full scholarships are employees of the university and have the right to form a union and bargain collectively. The university says it will appeal.


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For now you can download the new resource book
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Part One of People's Action in Practice outlines key concepts. You can download the whole part if you click here. Alternatively you can download individual chapters:
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- Defining ActionAid's HRBA - our 8 principles
- Empowerment
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Part Two provides specific resources around the 5 strategic objectives and 10 key change promises in our People's Action strategy 2012-2017. It includes critical pathways for how we will achieve our promises and how we will track our progress against them, as well as some background rationale and key definitions, some case studies and some practical tools to help you think through adapting each area of work to your context. Click here to download this whole section. Or you can download
- Objective 1 – land rights and sustainable agriculture
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Here's a link for those of you looking for the Old Wedding Photography Site.
The Blog is where I'll be providing lots of information on what I've been doing lately and perhaps some links to recent stuff etc.
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A major credit ratings agency warned Thursday that Detroit's preliminary financial operating plan opens the door to place bondholders on the hook for the city's debts, a move that would further damage the city's already low credit rating.
The plan, released earlier this month contains "a clear indication that a default or bankruptcy is a real option" because it specifically notes that the city requires significant and fundamental debt relief to help shore up its finances, Genevieve Nolan, a Chicago-based analyst for Moody's Investor Service wrote in her report.
"The recovery plan indicates that it will use a 'fair and equitable' standard to determine how to restructure payments for all stakeholders," Nolan concludes. "While not specifically defined in the recovery plan, this language has been used in relation to other bankruptcy proceedings to manage creditors' expectations on recovering their assets in bankruptcy, setting the stage for reductions to all stakeholders, including bondholders."
Nolan cites that reason for counting the financial plan as a credit negative for Detroit, meaning if it does end up hurting bondholders, it could hurt the city's credit even more. Moody's rates Detroit's general obligation bonds Caa1 negative -- below investment grade and a high credit risk.
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In his report released May 12, Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr said the city will finish its current budget year with a $162 million cash-flow shortfall. Retiree costs are eating up about one-third of the city's budget and Orr also painted a dark picture of the health of the city's pension fund.
On the day he released the report, Orr said during a press conference that he would know more in the coming six weeks whether Detroit would be faced with filing bankruptcy. "We'll get a gauge on whether we have a true partner for an out-of court solution in that sort of time frame," he said.
The plan is a starting point for Orr to begin addressing the city's $15.6 billion in debt and long-term liabilities, including unfunded liabilities in health care and pensions and crippling debt service payments. According to Orr's report, debt service payments total $246 million for fiscal year 2013, or 19.3 percent of the entire general fund budget. Detroit's labor issues are also muddled and complicated to navigate, thanks to 48 separate bargaining units.
The recovery plan lists four options for restructuring debt: pay back debt over a longer period of time, reduce the principal amount of debt outstanding, lower interest rates or issue new debt to pay back to creditors.


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Tires are the most important component of your bike. Supple high-end tires roll faster and are more comfortable. A set of great tires transforms your bike's feel. The down side is that high-end tires can be more fragile than sturdy utility tires.
How durable are Grand Bois tires in particular? They have no problems on amazingly rough terrain – even the 32 mm-wide Cypres can handle almost any gravel road, and the wide Hetres (see above) work fine even in rocky terrain.
What about flats and tread wear?
Last year, I kept track of my mileage on a brand-new Grand Bois Cypres 700C x 32 mm tire. The tire was mounted on the rear, which carries the most weight and provides all the bike's propulsion, so it gets about twice as much wear as the front.
I rode the tire for 4512 km (2820 miles) on the rear wheel until the tread became very thin. During this time, the tire had three flats. Two occurred in quick succession between kilometers 2500 and 3000. The third was on the tire's last ride: I knew the thread was thin, but for the purposes of this experiment, I wanted to ride the tire until it got another flat. On the front, with an older tire of the same model, I had a single flat during this period. All these flats occurred on debris-strewn shoulders of major roads. I didn't have any flats on the many miles of gravel and backroads that I rode.
While I don't enjoy flat tires, fixing one every few months is a small price to pay for all of those days of better ride quality and higher speed. Besides, even "puncture-resistant" tires have flats once in a while.
If I had rotated my tires from front to rear to equalize wear, then my set of Grand Bois Cypres tires would have lasted about 6000 km (3750 miles). On a bike with fenders, rotating your tires and riding the more worn tire on the front is a good idea, as you easily can see that tire's tread, whereas the rear tire tread is hidden inside the fender. Whether you rotate your tires or not, don't ride your tire until the tread has worn down to the casing. You'll get more flats as the tread gets very thin, and eventually, the tire will blow out with potentially dire consequences.
Wider tires last even longer, because they spread the wear over more rubber. Ryan's Grand Bois Hetre tires lasted a bit over 8000 km (5000 miles) on all kinds of roads. (That is his tire in the photo above.) He did switch the worn rear tire to the front to equalize wear.
With the many hours of enjoyment I get out of a set of high-end tires, I consider the tires money well spent. At 25 km/h (16 mph), 6000 km represents 240 hours… so the additional cost of two high-end tires comes to about 30 cents an hour. If you want to save money on tires, get a bike designed for wider tires. Wider tires don't cost much more, but they last significantly longer. They also provide an even better ride and get fewer flats.


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I added an RSS feed to the website today. RSS is a technology that is being used by millions of web users around the world to keep track of their favorite websites.
In the 'old days' of the web to keep track of updates on a website you had to 'bookmark' websites in your browser and manually return to them on a regular basis to see what had been added.
What if you could tell a website to let you know every time that they update? In a sense, this is what RSS does for you.
RSS flips things around a little and is a technology that provides you with a method of getting relevant and up to date information sent to you for you to read in your own time. It saves you time and helps you to get the information you want quickly after it was published.
RSS stands for 'Really Simple Syndication'. Many people describe it as a 'news feed' that you subscribe to.
Here is a summary from Google's help page:
How do I read feeds?
If you want to browse and subscribe to feeds, you have many choices. Today, there are more than 2,000 different feed reading applications, also known as "news aggregators" (for text, mostly) or "podcatchers" (for podcasts). There are even readers that work exclusively on mobile devices.
Some require a small purchase price but are tops for ease-of-use and ship with dozens of feeds pre-loaded so you can explore the feed "universe" right away. Free readers are available as well; a search for "Feed reader" or "Feed aggregator" at popular search sites will yield many results. A handful of popular feed readers are listed at the bottom of this page.
A typical interface for a feed reader will display your feeds and the number of new (unread) entries within each of those feeds. You can also organize your feeds into categories and even clip and save your favorite entries (with certain applications).
If you prefer, you can use an online, web-based service to track and manage feeds. Online services give you the advantage of being able to access your feed updates anywhere you can find a web browser. Also, upgrades and new features are added automatically.
To subscribe to my RSS feed left click the guitar pick on the right or right click and copy the link into your favorite RSS reader.


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The ICOMOS Advisory Committee, including the Scientific Council, will meet this year from 27 October to 1 November in Beijing, China.
On this occasion, the Scientific Council is organizing a Symposium on the theme: Reducing Risks to Cultural Heritage from Natural and Human-Caused Disasters on 31 October 2012 in Beijing, which will also welcome the general public during its first session.
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Deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2012 (email: firstname.lastname@example.com)
The proceedings of the previous Scientific Symposium organised by the Scientific Council in Dublin (Ireland) in October 2010 are available on line: Changing world, changing views of heritage: heritage and social change


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Agency's spending decisions are under the microscope in light of a broader congressional atmosphere of budget-tightening and because of past cost overruns.
The U.S. nuclear weapons agency is rejecting a finding by auditors that it should know how much money it could save by pursuing certain efficiencies.
The National Nuclear Security Administration was required under the fiscal 2012 defense authorization law to issue a report to Capitol Hill examining areas within its enterprise where it could operate more efficiently and save money by doing so. A Thursday report by the Government Accountability Office found that while the agency's assessment -- eventually delivered to lawmakers in November 2013 -- did highlight seven "opportunities for efficiency," it failed to provide estimates on the cost savings that could be realized with those projects.
The semiautonomous Energy Department branch, in its comments to auditors, disputed the finding that it was required under the 2012 legislation to "casually and quantitatively link its cost efficiency initiatives to specific cost savings."
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The nuclear agency's spending decisions are currently under the microscope in light of a broader congressional atmosphere of budget-tightening and, more specifically, because NNSA officials in recent years have overseen a number of projects that have far exceeded initial cost projections.
One of the efficiency projects the agency outlined in its report to Congress was the planned Uranium Conversion Facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee. That initiative today is in jeopardydue in part to how much its estimated price tag has risen, skyrocketing from initial projections of no more than $1.1 billion to almost $20 billion.
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Fresh off the heels of #4SqDay 2012, Foursquare is riding high on talk of ad units being rolled out to their recently-announced user base of 20 million people. Add to that the fact they they've got more than 750,000 businesses using their platform already, and it's easy to see that they've clearly won out in the great location-based networking battle.
So, what do marketers do if they're not already using the platform? Likewise, how can those using Foursquare take things to the next level?
First, marketers need to realize that Foursquare for business is essentially split into two paths:
- Those with physical locations where users can shop, eat, play, whatever.
- Those without locations (usually large brands).
Now, that's not to say there isn't crossover, but Foursquare has built out different paths to make it easy for marketers and business owners to find the information that's best for them.
Foursquare, as a platform, is built around businesses. While their tools center on brands with physical locations, they have a wealth of tools available to help brands and businesses tap into the Foursquare community and engage with their audiences.
Foursquare Tools for Brands
Brands on Foursquare have a ton of assets at their disposal – mostly for free. Here is a rundown of the different ways Foursquare plays well with brands:
Pages act in much the same way as a Facebook Page might. Pages act as the brand's hub on Foursquare and contain simple "about" information as well as links to other social properties and websites.
Pages also act as a space where brands can promote badges associated with their pages.
Save to Foursquare Button
Brands that publish via blog or to their site may benefit from the "save to Foursquare" button which lets users easily follow suggestions from the brand and receive notifications when they're near a suggested location.
Generating the code for the "save to Foursquare" button is incredibly easy. For more information, click here.
Follow Button
Much like the Facebook "Like" button or the Twitter "Follow" button, the Foursquare Follow button is meant to give users easy access to following your brand page on Foursquare.
To create a follow button, you must first have a Brand Page. Once you have that set up, visit this page to create a follow button.
Partner Badges
Badges are a big driver on Foursquare. Users compete with their friends to earn badges that signify achievements on the platform. Partner Badges are created by brands and reward users for taking part in brand-sponsored activities on the platform.
Partner badges are currently the only offering for brands with a fee attached ($20,000 per month, per badge) and must be approved by Foursquare.
Foursquare has a set of criteria they look at when deciding on new Partner Badges:
- Ubiquity of unlock locations: People should be able to unlock the badge in as many locales as possible; ideally across the US, or, better yet, global. A city-specific promotion is less than ideal.
- Offer some reward or unique redemption opportunity: So people feel excited to unlock it.
API Platform
Foursquare doesn't really dabble in a lot of "flashy" things on top of their tool. They leave that to developers and brands. Hence, Foursquare has a pretty great API that lets more than 10,000 developers build, play, and create on top of their existing infrastructure. Devs can get more info here.
Foursquare Tools for Merchants
While there are definitely large brands working on the merchant platform due to their having physical locations, the merchant platform was developed by Foursquare to give small business owners a chance to interact with their customers through the platform – for free.
Claiming a Venue
Chances are there's already a venue created for most businesses in Foursquare (unless it's just opened), so the most important thing for business owners to do is jump on Foursquare.com and claim their venue. This is a pretty simple process that involves actually making sure you have the right to claim the venue. More info here.
Specials are the driving force behind Foursquare for merchants. Specials can be created to reward single check-ins or, even better, can reward repeat visits by giving people a discount, free item, or special treatment based on hitting a level of check-ins. At this point, Foursquare becomes a sort of digital loyalty program and can definitely create more-engaged customers.
Foursquare's most-valuable asset is truly their data. Merchants who have claimed their locations have access to a full-fledged dashboard that gives them insights into not only numbers, but demographic information on the people who are checking in to their stores
What's Next?
While badges have really been the only form of paid brand participation for quite some time, Foursquare is launching a paid ad that will surface specials from brands when users are looking for nearby specials.
Also, look for Foursquare to hone in on the delivery of specials to influencers based not only on location, but on time as well as other demographic information as the move toward a convergence of social, local, and mobile continues.
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Despite thousands of years of trying, the major medical accomplishments of mankind are few. There's hand-washing and morphine, ether, and penicillin. And vaccination.
Unlike the others, however, vaccination has never been embraced with untarnished enthusiasm, perhaps because it's such a messy business. The product is derived from living organisms and must be preserved for distribution. It is administered with needles; once in a while, it can make people sick. But in terms of beneficial public-health impact, nothing Homo sapiens has invented thus far outpaces the vaccine.
The entire vaccine debate has been stirred up for the umpteenth time this week by our national influenza epidemic. States including New York have declared public-health emergencies. Emergency rooms are packed, hospitals more packed, and beleaguered practitioners are gasping for air. No one is certain why this year is so outstandingly awful. Perhaps the vaccine is a poor match, though recent CDC data suggests otherwise; perhaps there was a screwup in the production that will come clear in a few months; or perhaps it's just the way influenza operates. Last year was a year of lean, and therefore this year is a year of fat.
The only constant in all of this is the sour and insistently dim view of the anti-vaccine crowd, whoe proponents want to use the opportunity of a public-health crisis to score a few more points for the home team. They surely have much to pounce on just now—on the effectiveness side of the ledger. Indeed a year ago, an esteemed group of public-health experts reviewed the evidence supporting the usefulness of flu vaccines and found only that "influenza vaccines can provide moderate protection against virologically confirmed influenza, but such protection is greatly reduced or absent in some seasons." Like this year.
Yet the focus of the anti-vaccine crowd is not effectiveness, but safety. There are two basic groups. One group feels that, despite countless studies to the contrary, vaccines are to blame for autism and related neurological disorders. The other goes with the notion that vaccines are bad because they are not natural and therefore the immunity they provoke, or the cost to provoke it, will cause the body harm. The latter group is too diffuse in their concern to be met with a specific response, though it might be pointed out that few things are more natural, in the true animals-on-the-planet sense, than dying of polio.
As for autism, vaccines were never a serious candidate as the cause, at least among doctors. The epidemiology never made sense, given that the rise in autism diagnoses occurred many, many years after the current national vaccination program was established. Yet the pressure remained so intense and the issue so emotional that vaccine makers agreed to limit or remove thimerosal, which contains ethyl mercury, because of the known risk of cognitive problems linked to a different form of mercury, methyl mercury. To further address the concern, an Institute of Medicine panel of experts in 2004 reviewed the evidence and found no association.
In fact, the causes of autism recently have begun to be elucidated, with the age of the father appearing to play a large and important role. And yet the topic still has not died; Congress again examined the reputed link only last month, and the Health Resources and Services Administration maintains an active registry of all suits and settlements as part of the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.
We remain stuck in public uncertainty because of a basic suspicion that is as longstanding as vaccines themselves. Ever since Jenner scratched cow pox into James Phelps and launched the entire enterprise, people have worried about untoward results. Within a decade of Jenner, the cartoonist James Gillray produced his famous color engraving of newly vaccinated people sprouting cow parts, setting a standard for the irrational but effective assault on vaccines that has little waivered since.
It is not difficult to see why people have their doubts. It often can feel like the entire medical-industrial complex is rigged: the main participants seem unsavory and greedy and too busy to bother with normal people. Big Pharma and Big Science and Big Everything control the drugs studied, the academic sites performing the studies, and the journals that place the studies into the public discourse. This cartel has everything to gain by endorsing vaccines—and also everything to lose. They answer only to each other and live in an inside-the-Beltway self-referenced, self-reverent bubble more dense and annoying than the sybaritic symbiosis between Washington and its journalists.
Yet scientists, though in no way pure or particularly moral, do stand by their work. Some are on the take for sure, either out of profit motive or else a theory they are certain must be true. A recent example of this is Andrew Wakefield, who admitted to fabricating a controversy linking the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine with autism—leading not just to professional humiliation but outbreaks in the U.K. of measles among those who had believed his findings. Surely there are a comparable number of researchers with sticky palms on the vaccines-are-safe side of the ledger as well. But science has a process for all of this—scientists tend to be irascible, doubting, and arrogant if not annoying. No one likes anyone or trusts the other's work. Therefore, claims are forever reworked and reexamined; the truth eventually is found, as happened with Wakefield.
The anti-vaccine crowd—and the related flat-earthers like those who "disagree" with the evidence supporting global warming or who view evolution as nothing but poppycock—have adopted a very strange angle. They stand squarely on the unstable ice of the irrational and unscientific, yet come at their adversaries by accusing them of flabby science. Those who embrace evolution, the claim goes, can't explain 100 percent of everything, therefore none of it can be true. And Creationism therefore must be correct. They are using the tools of the rational mind—stepwise systematic review and reconsideration—to make their case while at the same time protecting a total fantasy no more of the current world than the Tooth Fairy or Pecos Bill, a construct that would (and already has) collapsed into dust under the slightest prodding from the same sort of rational inquiry.
We seem to have reached the moment where science, like religion, requires a leap of faith to embrace. Once the crowning achievement of rational man (cf, the Age of Enlightenment), now science, like everything else, is presented as if it were available in bits and pieces and whatever-suits-you portions. But unlike choosing to believe the polls or their unskewed counterparts, or deciding that the Department of Labor is fudging the numbers, for science, there are some rules of the road. They include a belief that studies can be done and truth can be divined—not always giving the results one wants but with credible results insulated from the itchy fingers of Big Bigness. But there is no picking and choosing—you're either all in or you're out there hoping that bouncing three times on your left foot will bring rain.


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Hummingbirds, which artist John J. Audubon called "glittering fragments of the rainbow," are once again darting around flowers and feeders in South Carolina, say state natural resources officials.
This year, shades of pink and orange are popular in everything from clothes to flowers. That's what makes the yard of Cynthia and Jerry Harper at 2657 Quiet Acres Road so appealing. It is filled with all the colors of summer including those vibrant pinks and oranges. Having a well kept yard filled with flowers has always been a passion for Cynthia. With flower gardens designed throughout the yard, Cynthia makes sure they are laden with a blend of color from perennials and annuals.
Melinda Myers
As gardeners well know, there are plenty of challenges our landscapes will face throughout the growing season. Heat, drought, pests and disease can take their toll on our plants, causing wilting, brown leaves, damaged plants and even plant death. Fortunately, gardeners now have a new organic tool for growing healthy, productive, and beautiful landscapes all season long.
Did you know that South Carolina is home to the largest old growth bottomland forest left in North America?
The Congaree Swamp National Park protects a primeval forested floodplain intermittently washed by the Congaree and Wateree rivers. This flooding carries nutrient rich sediment that feeds an amazingly diverse ecosystem, including 75 protected tree species and world record trees. Among the national champions is the country's tallest loblolly pine, standing as high as a 16-story building.
Gregory A. Summers
Katie Stogner is smiling a lot now than she was in February and there's a lot less of her to be smiling.
Stogner completed the grinding 12-week fitness challenge at Island Sun Fitness and Tanning, and the new mom is 32 pounds lighter. After giving birth to her son, Thaxton, on Dec. 7, 2011, she hoped to lose 30 pounds and exceeded her target.
Nita Brown
For the Lancaster News
The Lancaster City Fire Department came to the rescue in a different way for YouthBuild and Habitat for Humanity of Lancaster County on Friday, June 1. Hoping to beat the ugly weather forecast, a team of 15 city firefighters, working as volunteers, showed up early at the Meeting Street job site to set roof trusses on the new home under construction.
Twyla Tharp, a famous American dancer and choreographer, is quoted in her book, "The Creative Habit," as saying "... reading, conversation, environment, culture, heroes, mentors, nature – all are lottery tickets for creativity. Scratch away at them, and you'll find out how big a prize you've won."
Michele Roberts
For The Lancaster News
Ah, to be in a garden in the cool of the day, with the fresh smell of the earth and plants filling the air. On Beaverland Farm on Hoke Road in Lancaster County, Robert and Lisa Bowers enjoy a bounty of the fruit of the earth – and all of the sights and smells that go with it – in a half acre garden on their property.
The garden began coming to life in February, Lisa Bowers said.
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For The Lancaster News
The word "bee" usually makes people think of the honeybee. However, honeybees, Apis mellifora, were imported from Europe by the early colonists for their honey. The wild colonies of honeybees in North America are a result of the bees' tendency to swarm.
Editor's note: The Lancaster News is tracking the progress of Katie Stogner and Jeff Holden as they undertake the Island Sun Tanning and Fitness 12-week Challenge for 2012. Here is their third progress report. You can also follow their progress at stevelewisplan.com.
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Subantarctic Zone (SAZ) Project and Sediment Trap MooringsEntry ID: SAZOTS
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Abstract: Please also see the child records of this project for access to data.
Attached to this record are the originally supplied datasets for 1997-1998, and also summary files and mooring diagrams supplied in 2012.
Taken from the 2008-2009 Progress Report:
Progress against objectives:
The key to advancing the objective of understanding ocean processes controlling uptake of atmospheric CO2 is the ... ability to deploy moored autonomous samplers and sensors in Southern Ocean surface waters capable of quantifying seasonal cycles in biological and biogeochemical processes. Our effort in the last 12 months has focused on development of a robust mooring platform to carry these devices. We deployed two different engineering test designs, known as Pulse 5 Heavy and Pulse 5 Light. Both designs survived 6 months in the sea, including wave heights up to 12 meters, while transmitting mooring tensions, mooring accelerations, and GPS positions live to the internet (www.imos.org.au). Following this success we are preparing to deploy the next version of Pulse with scientific instruments to measure temperature, salinity, oxygen, and phytoplankton fluorescence.
In addition we deployed a deep ocean mooring with time-series sediment traps to quantify sinking particle fluxes, and in-situ settling columns to determine particle sinking rates.
Taken from the 2009/2010 Progress Report:
Progress against objectives:
Two voyages were awarded by the Australian Marine National Facility to use RV Southern Surveyor to service these Southern Ocean Time Series (SOTS) moorings in the 2009/10 season, and for this reason the shiptime awarded to this project by AAS was not needed and was relinquished. This arrangement will continue in 2010/11 for which the MNF has again awarded two voyages in September 2010 and April 2011.
The fieldwork in 2009/10 was very successful:
i) the SAZ deep sediment trap mooring was recovered in September 2009 and redeployed for recovery in September 2010.
ii) the PULSE biogeochemistry mooring was deployed in September 2009 and functioned beautifully prior to recovery in March 2010 for servicing. It will be redeployed in September 2010.
iii) the SOFS Southern Ocean Flux Station mooring was completed and deployed in March 2010 for recovery in April 2011, and redeployment in September 2011.
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Dataset Originator/Creator: Trull, T.W. and Bray, S.G.
Dataset Title: Subantarctic Zone (SAZ) Project and Sediment Trap Moorings
Dataset Series Name: CAASM Metadata
Dataset Release Date: 2012-07-19
Dataset Publisher: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Dataset DOI: doi:10.4225/15/5774826D27B59Online Resource: https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata_redirect.cfm?md=/AMD...
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1. to accelerate our development program, we deployed two Pulse test moorings instead of one. Both designs were successful in terms of surviving the high seas, and we are currently evaluating mooring ... accelerometer data to choose the best design in terms of minimising stresses on instruments.
2. we moved the deep sediment trap mooring from its usual site (near 47 S, 140 E) to a site closer to Tasmania (near 45 S, 146 E). We did this for logistical reasons - to allow for deployment from the Marine Trials voyage, but we also expect scientific gains because this site is in the region where waters from the East Australian Current extension pass westward south of Tasmania, and thus we will be able to compare sinking particle fluxes from these waters with those from the more southerly, cooler Subantarctic waters studied previously. This is particularly advantageous because these warmer westerly flows are expected to increase in future as a result of climate warming, and thus this work gets us an early look at possible ecosystem and carbon cycling responses.
Field work:
Three moorings were deployed from the Aurora Australis marine science trials voyage, 3-12 Oct 2008.
Mooring 'SAZ 45-11' was deployed at 44.8 deg S, 145 deg E and is due to be recovered in September 2009. It was instrumented with 3 Mclane time series sediment traps, 2 Indented Rotating Sphere sediment traps in settling velocity mode, and 1 current meter.
The two PULSE engineering test moorings were deployed at
PULSE5-Light - 44.2 deg S, 146.4 deg E.
PULSE5-Heavy - 44.2 deg S, 146.5 deg E.
and recovered in April 2009 with Marine National Facility support.
Laboratory activity/analysis:
A method to analyse the sediment trap samples for silicon and aluminium with micro x-ray fluorescence (uXRF) has been evaluated, and samples are currently being analysed. This will complete the dataset of core parameters ie fluxes for total mass, inorganic carbon, organic carbon, and biogenic silica.
Access Constraints These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided athttp://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=SAZOTS when using these data.
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Sometimes, I'll be driving the Honda down the highway and both the kids are crying back in their carseats about their own original seperate shit and something snaps behind my face. They have their own gripes/their own personal breakdown agendas, these kids do and there is no built-in warning system, no little light on the dash that glows red when they are about to unleash the wild winds of hell. I wish they did/ but they don't.
What happens is this, really: I'll be driving out there, looking at barns and mountain ridges and maybe some cloud animals; daydreaming about stuff; maybe glaring at the cars zipping by to see if there's anyone interesting over there: any college chicks who wanna have four second eyeball-sex or maybe a Where's-The-Beef old lady barely peeping out over her steering-wheel: someone I can snarl at and drill holes in her left temple with my glare as she chug-a-lugs down the road at the speed of kicked Jell-O.
I'm there in my own little world, just driving along/not bothering anybody, and then out of nowhere Violet is on fire, crying and blowing bubbles of aggravated snot, kicking her feet, chucking chipped Goldfish crackers and raising a ruckus and then that scares the sleeping Henry, of course, and sure enough he erupts with his own torturous aria and then, Shazam: Monica will unsnap her belt and flip herself around so she can get a knee up on the vinyl arm rest and fling herself into the back, to try and referee the chaos, and in the midst of all of the noise, all of the screeches and gurgling sobs, I imagine a way out.
And within seconds, as my wife is back there in the middle of the ring trying to sedate the beasts with a soft song about a Peep Squirrel or some shit, I am taking my fingertips and slipping them up under my upper lip. I push my fingers and then my whole palm and my wrist up in there, my knuckles slipping in against my soft wet gums, my aluminum wedding band tapping off of the base of my nosebone, and with one swift yank, I go ahead and just pull my whole face off of my head while I casually lower the power window with my elbow point.
I throw my face out of the car as if it were a McDonald's bag. A couple fallen fries hid under the dirty napkins, under the cheeseburger wrappers; the thing just catches seventy-mile-an-hour air and bursts away.
It's all I can do sometimes. Either that or just jump out of the car and do a shoulder roll off into the grey woods and pick myself up and scrape the gravel and glass out of my wide gashes and just start running, down through the woods, hopping creeks like a deer-man, never stopping, through the next seven dawns.
But still.
I mean: I'm driving and I still love everybody and all even though people are driving me bananas some days with the real intensity. But I know the deal. We have to get these groceries into the fridge as soon as we get home or else the fake butter will start to turn into something else, and so I just settle for ripping my own face off and releasing it out in the road-wind. And I feel a little better.
I do.
Lately, Violet will roll up to me as soon as I plop my ass down on the couch with my first glass of evening Rioja. She doesn't show her face when I'm standing there fucking with the remote, trying to decide either King of Queens or the last half of a Bizzare Foods in Malaysia.
She waits.
She waits until my ass in maybe three inches from the sweet soft leather, like some sort of NASA-controlled perfect little Moon Lander.
My ass lowers six inches from the couch.
(Crackling sound of Mission Control: "Violet prepare for momentum").
Five inches
("Ooookay, Violet, lock in co-ordinates and prepare for momentum").
(" Ooooookay Violet, imminent momentum, co-ordinates locked. Annnnd looks good, looks good. Violet, prepare for momentum and throttle up.")
(And we have a lift off. Full momentum. We are up.)
I hit the sofa/tap the remote/sip the first sip of electric wine and I hear the tap-tap-tapping of sock feet on the floorboards. Perfectly timed with razorish precision.
"Daddy Daddy Daddy, ook whot i found", she slams around the corner and across the floor and into my knees, a smile on her face, her curls flapping away from her nose on the air from her tiny voice.
It's a stegosarus.
Maybe six inches. Green. Some purple, I think.
This dinosaur gets around, people. He is omnipresent, everywhere. You don't just "find" him out of the blue. You basically take two steps anywhere in the damn house and he finds you. I see him in the morning on the kitchen counter when I'm scooping coffee into the maker. I see him on the edge of the tub looking at me when I fumble out a piss in the nighlight light. He's been in the fridge; I've seen him in there. On the floor of the car, under pillows on different beds. I've found him pressed up under Henry's stubby legs while the kid was strapped in his pink chair watching Third and Bird. I know he's probably seen me and Monica get busy. I can see it in his creepy lizardyeyes. He gets around.
But this is how this dance gets danced and I'm man enough to see that.
"Daddy Daddy Daddy! Ook whot I found!"
Her eyes are glimmering as she shoves the plastic fella at me.
I put the wine on the side table under the old Ikea lamp.
I pick it back up and take a sip. Then, I put it down again.
"Whoooooa! Looky there!, " I say. "You found the long lost dinosaur, huh??!!"
She's beaming, rotating the thing in her tiny fist a little, so that he seems to be dancing at the sight of me.
"Yeah! I foun him I foun him! Stegsawris!"
The way she says it/ the way she says Stegosarus/ I watch her lips in the seconds leading up to it, knowing she will say the word. Stegsawris. My baby girl. Oh man.
We put the Creature From the Dollar Bin down on my lap and she runs back into the playroom. Her foot patter changes tone when she hits the carpet out there beyond what I can see from here. I mute the Bizzare Foods guy and the thumps go softer, but I can still pick them out. They fade to stop. And then they return, louder, louder.
"Daddy Daddy! Ook who et is!!"
It's the brontosaurus. The same one I find sticking out of one of my Timberlands sometimes. The same one that hangs out on the radiator cover by the fridge.
We smile at each other. I take a sip of the wine, my wine.
"You found him!" I holler. "You found Brontosaurus!"
She looks up in my eyes and grins so wide and grown-up.
"Yeaaaaah!" she says. "I found im!"
We smile at each other.
The dinosaur goes in my lap.
She turns and goes in search of others.
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Formula 1 Press Conference
Formula 1 Press Conference, Germany
This year's press conferences at the formula 1 in Hockenheim, Germany have been held, once again, with state-of-the-art conference systems from beyerdynamic.
The press centre at the Hockenheim ring has been equipped for the formula 1 press conference with the new beyerdynamic microphone units with foldaway gooseneck. The acoustic challenge was that the press conferences are held in a big lightweight construction with tin roof, which is close to the pit lane near the racetrack. Therefore, the background noise in the press centre was extremely loud. Additionally the situation was aggravated by a big number of screens reflecting the sound and a shaped rear wall behind the podium that acts like a parabolic reflector. Therefore, it was important to use directional microphones, which only have a small recording range.
Therefore, they used the new microphone units of the wired MCS-Digital conference system. The microphone units of the MCS-D 30xx series consist of practical foldaway gooseneck microphone units. The LED ring of the gooseneck microphone displays the activated status of the microphone. If the microphone is not needed, it can be folded down. The plug-in connectors allow setting up or removing quickly and easily.
There were four wireless handheld microphones in use for the moderation of the press conference and the questions of the journalists.
The Hockenheim ring is used for events throughout the year. Guided tours, which are held with the TTS 300 tour guide system, are offered for visitors.
July 2010
- Podium of the press centre at the Hockenheim ring
- Press centre at the Hockenheim ring
- Second press conference on Friday, July 23rd, 2010
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Second line left to right: Norbert Haug, Monisha Kaltenborn, Adam Parr
- Third press conference on Saturday, July 24th, 2010 after the Qualifying
From left to right: Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Vettel, Felipe Massa
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Have you ever gotten mad? That's a stupid question. But have you ever gotten so mad that you suddenly grew a pair of cat ears and a tail? It's fucking annoying. -Nithaneal Niran has always had the worst temper. His sister begs him to learn to control it, though he doesn't understand why she's so fervent about it. When a fellow classmate brings him to the edge, he finally understands why. WARNING This is a BL story! Multiple style changes throughout! Read left to right! The first Chapter is dramatic!
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(Abelmoschus esculentus) This African native and staple of the Deep South really thrives on heat! Slaves from Angola called okra "ngumbo" which became gumbo, a popular name for several okra dishes to this day. Soak seeds overnight to speed germination. Plant directly outdoors when soil temperature is 70-75 degrees. Plant 2-3 seeds in rows 10-12 inches apart. Most heirloom okra varieties are large plants; allow plenty of space. Pick pods at no larger than 3-4 inches to keep them from going to seed. Pick often.
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For Justin Bieber's 17th birthday, he asking all of the "Beliebers" to celebrate his birthday by donating to the� Justin Bieber's Charity: Water page. Justin is asked that his friends, fans and followers donate $17 to charity: water. The money will be used to build clean water projects in developing countries.
"Together, we've made a big difference for many causes," Justin wrote on the page. "Did you know that about 4,500 kids die each day from waterborne disease? By building clean water projects for villages that need them, we can prevent this! I want to make my birthday matter this year — let's make it so more kids can grow up to have a 17th birthday like me. Join me to make a change."
Of course, Justin Bieber isn't the only celebrity working to provide clean water to those who need it. For Adam Lambert's 29th birthday, he set out to raise $290,000 through his own charity: water page. He did that and more. He extended the challenge to his fans, and as of this writing, his page has received $295,500 in donations.
Alyssa Milano's mycharity: water campaigns raised over $92,000 for her 37th birthday in 2009, and another $39,551 for her 38th birthday at the end of 2010.


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Of this origin, there can be no doubt, but we include another for the record: "The original name was Leven-ach, the field on the Leven, from the river Leven, which flows through the county. Leven-achs, for a while spelt and written Levenax, and finally Lennox. Arkil, a Saxon, a Baron of Northumbria, who took refuge from the vengeance of the Norman William under the protection of Malcom Canmore, appears to have been the founder of the Lennox family." [2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Arthur, William , An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. London: 1857. Print
Another source claims the family was derived from "Egrith, a Saxon noble, who died in 1064, was the ancestor of Alwin Mac Arkyll, who was created Earl of Lennox, temp. Malcolm IV, and was the founder of the family of Lennox." [3]CITATION[CLOSE]
Sims, Clifford Stanley The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames. 1862. Print.
This stronghold of Lennoxtown is still held by many of the family: "Among the most striking objects around Lennoxtown, is the elegant and newly-built mansion of Lennox Castle, the residence of J. L. Kincaid Lennox, Esq., the superior of the village; this splendid edifice was commenced in 1837, and completed in 1841, and is in the boldest style of the old Norman architecture. The principal entrance is by a handsome portcochere on the north front; and from the lofty towers, which overtop the aged trees that formerly adorned the ancient mansion-house of Woodhead, is a prospect of considerable extent and beauty." [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Some of the first records of the name include: "John of Levenax, the duke of Albany's man, had a safe conduct into England, 1400, and John de Lenox witnessed sale of a tenement in Glasgow, 1428. William Levinax, younger, of Caly, was accused of forethought felony and oppression in Kirkcudbright, 1508, and Donald Levenax, a follower of the earl of Casillis, was respited for murder in 1526 " [4]CITATION[CLOSE]
Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
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Gone are the days when lamp of career used to get ignited after graduation. Now the moment students step into 8th or 9th they begin to die of curiosity to explore their future vocation which adds wings to their dreams.
For this reason around 400 students rush to a single career counsellor of their school to fill their little brown jugs of curiosity. But this proportion of 1: 400 seems to be unfair. Besides students, their parents also burn with the same intensity of curiosity for choosing an apt profession for their kids in line with their talents and capabilities.
Here lies the point of entrance for Careerlift to rock the play. Careerlift caters not only the needs of students but also of the career counsellor and parents. With more than 150 career options available on CareerLift app in both English and Hindi languages, it quenches the thirst of the trio.
The apt and updated information on career options keeps the counsellor conversant on all career world queries. The parents specifically mothers who in most of the cases remain less familiar with English language get to learn about the existing careers via Hindi.
Careerlift firmly believe the more empowered the parents are, the better they could plan a future for their sons and daughters. And students get the complete gamut of information like the details of career option, requisite traits for that particular career, the possible entrance exams, the top colleges, placements, scope of the career option and the initial expected salary for the same.
The Stories That Stir... .Legend has it that past can't be brought back, future is an illusion and it is only the present that lies in our hand and this present is everything in crucible of life.This surfaces the deep significance of current affairs which are important for life as well as for living.
That is the reason right from the preliminary exam till the final selection it has been placed on purpose. Current affair covers all the big and small happenings from every nook and corner of the globe ranging from business, sports, money, politics, education, employment, crime, ethics and so on. It is worth noting here that globalization has transformed the entire world into global village.
Current affair of every part of the globe influences our lives in some or other way directly or indirectly. In this case It's nice to remain well informed about the existing countries, people and cultures . Apart from this as a student or a traveller it is good to know about a country before a visit to bypass unexpected "shocks" and travel mishaps.
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. But if you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. Nelson Mandella
Thoughts become words and words become language. You might possess excellent knowledge but until and unless you don't share it with others it holds no value and dies the death of a dormant unfertilized seed. Knowing something is one thing and imparting it is altogether another thing. Language is an important vehicle that escorts knowledge to its apt destinations. Hence significance of language can't be brushed aside.
Moreover knowledge of a language that is understood by large masses is a sort of boon which can fetch one global recognition. This rings true with English language as it is the fourth most widely spoken native language in the world. It enjoys the status of primary language in most of the globe and is treated as official language in non English speaking nations. So by all means it has a wide spread recognition and has immense potential of generating opportunities within national and international boundaries.
For example Multilateral institutions and agencies in United Nation cities of New York, Vienna, The Hague and Geneva recruit professionals with multilingual skills but also expect the candidates to have good English-speaking skills. Besides these, Commonwealth of Nations, made up of 50-plus countries that were former British colonies or dependencies, also offer numerous employment opportunities to those who understand and communicate in English. So the moral of the story is that master the global language to master the globe.
The desire to be understood by others gave birth to art of communication. Language is made of sentences and sentences in turn are made of words. Thoughts lead to words and words lead to feelings so words work as vehicles of expression. For proper expression you need proper choice of words. This is what vocabulary is all about. A single vocabulary can have different meanings and different vocabularies can have similar meanings. Use of Right word in right context can win the battle of communication for you. To explore and ingrain new vocabulary you need to do critical reading of the written text. Look for the meaning of the new word, discover the part of speech to which it belongs and also go through its synonym
Most organizations today are clear about the abilities and learning that they search for in an understudy while screening. This was not the case several years prior. Gather Discussion has been a piece of the Selection procedure for entrance into a large portion of the top Business Schools.
The abilities that are generally evaluated in a Group Discussion are :
Relational Abilities
Interpersonal Skills
Authority Skills
Motivational Skills
Group Building Skills
Clearness Over Ambiguity
Different Thinking
Listening Abilities
Introduction Skills
Investigative/Logical Aptitudes
Thus, it's imperative to evaluate your present qualities in every one of these regions and likewise put endeavors to reinforce your shortcomings.
GDs are utilized to survey certain gathering abilities that can't be assessed in a meeting. These incorporate thinking capacity, authority capacity, Inspiring capacity, adaptability, innovativeness/out-of-the-case considering, social aptitudes, tuning in and enunciation abilities, situational taking care of capacity, interpersonal capacity to work as a cooperative person, non-verbal communication and disposition. These are the abilities which are especially required to end up distinctly a fruitful expert which thusly acts as a benefit for the foundations at time of grounds arrangements.
Another imperative purpose behind establishments to keep GD as a disposal round is a direct result of the group consider. At the pinnacle time of affirmations, a foundation needs manage 1000s of desiring understudies. In a GD, they can examine upto 15 applicants in 10 minutes.
The vast majority of the organizations utilize Group Discussions as the following stride in the choice procedure after composed examination. That is the motivation behind why Group Discussion has turned out to be so imperative criteria for determination and dismissal of competitors in organizations and also amid grounds positions. GD is essentially a procedure utilized by an establishment to gage whether a competitor has certain identity characteristics or potentially abilities that it craves in its understudies. Regularly, the gathering of competitors is given a subject or a circumstance, given a couple of minutes to consider the same, and afterward approached to talk about it among themselves for quite a while. Points can be from an extensive variety of issues. It could be a subject on current occasions, business news, games or anything exceptionally broad. The more extensive you're perusing interests, the better set you up will be to confront the gathering exchange. A Group discourse tests how you work as a piece of a group.
Here are a few tips for viable cooperation in a GD:
Comprehend - Understand the subject before endeavoring to contribute.
Talk - Try and get an opportunity to talk. In the event that you can't get an opportunity to talk make your possibility.
Start - Take the activity to start the exchange, if conceivable.
Structure - Structure contentions legitimately - legitimize your stand.
Rundowns Summaries the dialog successfully.
Include Take dynamic part all through the GD.
Affirm Be self-assured.
Verbalize Work ceaselessly towards articulating your thoughts into significant sentences to have the best effect. Be clear in your discourse.
Underline.- Use non-verbal correspondence to underscore focuses.
Listen-Be a mindful audience.
Quality, not amount matters-it's not 'the amount' you say, but rather "what" you say that is vital.
Carefully defined terminology enables people in a particular industry to communicate clearly. A common understanding of terms allows people to communicate ideas more rapidly with less need for lengthy explanations.
This requires a common understanding of important terms. So, students need to learn definitions as they are understood by professional translators and interpreters.
Scientific terminology is the part of the language that is used by scientists in the context of their professional activities. While studyingnature, scientists often encounter or create new material or immaterial objects and concepts and are compelled to name them. Many of those names are known only to professionals. However, due to popularization of science, they gradually become part of common languages.
Carefully defined terminology enables people in a particular industry to communicate clearly. A common understanding of terms allows people to communicate ideas more rapidly with less need for lengthy explanations.
This requires a common understanding of important terms. So, students need to learn definitions as they are understood by professional translators and interpreters.
Commerce is the exchange of goods and services. It's business. Competition between cities wanting to host the Olympics is fierce because the games increase tourism and commerce.
Commerce made its way into English from the Latin word commercium —com-, meaning "together," and -mercium, meaning "merchandise."Business, trade, and retailing are all common synonyms. Commerce doesn't always refer to buying and selling, though, just as the marketplace doesn't always refer to goods and services. Data, information, and opinions, too, can be exchanged and traded, as on the Internet, which is a great place for the commerce of ideas.


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Coma Galaxy Cluster
The Coma Cluster is a group of galaxies in the faint constellation Coma Berenices, visible in medium to large amateur telescopes. Coma Berenices lies between Leo and Bootes, and as such is most conveniently viewed in the evening sky of spring and summer. The Coma Cluster is one of the richest galaxy clusters known. How many suns and how many worlds might be located in this direction of space? Follow the links below to learn more about the Coma Cluster of galaxies in the faint constellation Coma Berenices.
The center of the Coma Cluster is about 320 million light years away, and it may stretch 20 million light years from side to side.
This cluster as a whole is flying away from us at the rate of about 6,900 km/second (more than 15 million miles per hour!)
One of the most populated galaxy clusters known, it contains as many as 10,000 or more members by some estimates. In any case there are more individual galaxies in this cluster than there are stars visible to the unaided human eye on a clear, dark night.
Most galaxies in the cluster are elliptical, although there are a few spiral galaxies. The two brightest members are NGC 4889 and NGC 4874, both of which are giant ellipticals at least 2 to 3 times larger than our own Milky Way galaxy.
Meanwhile, most galaxies in the Coma Cluster are dwarf galaxies, perhaps similar to the Milky Way's companions, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds.
Coma Cluster in history. Too faint to be seen by the human eye (or binoculars or even small telescopes), the ancients could not have seen the galaxy cluster and hence no mythology is associated with it. However, the Coma Cluster, also known as Abell 1656, is extremely interesting historically.
Not only is it one of the largest and most densely populated clusters of galaxies known, it is also the source of our first ideas about the dark matter in our universe. Unseen and mysterious, this matter greatly increases the total mass and gravitational strength of the universe, further affecting its evolution and fate.
Dark matter was unknown and unsuspected until Swiss-American astronomer Fritz Zwicky discovered it in the Coma Cluster in the 1930s. Zwicky tallied up the visible galaxies in the cluster and estimated its mass. Then he observed the motions of galaxies near the edge of the cluster, which are determined by the total gravity (and hence mass) of the cluster. Zwicky found that the mass derived from the latter method greatly exceeded that from visual inspection.
Zwicky knew that if the law of gravity is correct — and there is no reason to doubt it — the only answer could be an additional source of mass, which he called Dunkle Materie in German.
Today, the imprint of dark matter has been found throughout the universe, and is at least five times more prevalent than the more familiar visible matter, such as the stars and galaxies we can see.