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Every January members of the adult entertainment business gather in Las Vegas for the Adult Entertainment Expo, the AVN Awards and Internext show. The yearly meeting of thousands of adult business owners, their staff, porn stars, wannabe performers, attorneys, fans and other participants has become something akin to a tribal ritual where the industry introduces new products and innovations, recognizes the achievements of its members, does a hellava lot of business, and parties even more.
This year, as usual, I made my annual pilgrimage to Sin City to speak on legal panels, help my clients negotiate deals and generally hob knob with my fellow legal wizards. But from the start, I noticed that this year's gathering had the look and feel of what I can only describe as a kind of intense ambivalence. In fact, if this year's shows were reflective of the industry as a whole, I'd say they revealed that the adult business currently has a split personality. Everywhere one could see and feel the exuberant celebration of the end of the Bush Administration, and with it, years of living under the constant threat of widespread criminal prosecutions. But at the same time, seemingly everyone was also expressing great stress and trepidation regarding the economic hardships and uncertainties facing the industry due to a deepening recession that is exacerbating the problem of shrinking revenues due to a free content glut and rampant piracy.
But this "best of times, worst of times" backdrop could not have been a better setting for AEBN to introduce the first truly revolutionary adult entertainment adaptation of high technology since the advent of the World Wide Web. That technology, known as haptics, involves the sensing, digitization, transmission and regeneration of tactile or "touch" sensations. The industry's first truly haptic product, called "Real Touch™", was debuted by AEBN at the Adult Entertainment Expo where I can accurately and proudly say was simply the hit of the show.
I make mention of the fact that I am personally proud about the successful introduction of the Real Touch™ technology because it is, in fact, the culmination of over five years of efforts by me, and a company called ISLLC, to bring the underlying heavily patented technology to an adult entertainment company.
But the reason why I have chosen to highlight the introduction of the Real Touch™ technology at this year's shows goes well beyond my pride and delight in AEBN's successful introduction of a product and technology with which I have been involved. I believe that the Real Touch™ product is one of the best examples of the kinds of solutions that are available to the industry to address the problem of diminishing value of adult content in a world where such content is literally freely available to consumers in unlimited quantities because of piracy and low production entry barriers. Here's why.
Since nearly the beginning of the Internet age, the greatest challenge faced by the content producing segments of the adult entertainment industry, and, in fact, all other content producers (music, motion pictures, software, etc.) is the development of a business model that profitably functions in a market where perfectly pirated copies of content is becoming ever more readily available, nearly instantaneously, and for free, to potential consumers via the Web. To address this problem, one model, suggested by myself and others for over five years, is predicated on the view that rampant piracy is inevitably a virtually unstoppable by-product of digitized entertainment content. Acknowledging this likely reality, the business model myself and others have suggested can be best described as simply pairing piratable content with non-piratable or less easily piratable goods or services that can be profitably sold. Put another way, the model utilizes either free content or the fact that a potential consumer will obtain the content for free (by stealing it, for example) as the means of affecting a profitable sale of another good or service.
In recent years, we have begun to see successful implementation of this type of model. For example, in the music industry, companies are partially compensating for traditional content sales revenue lost to piracy by increased revenue generated from participation in live show ticket sales at dramatically increased prices to the consumer. Here the pirated music functions to introduce or promote a music artist to a potential consumer. The profitable pairing occurs when the consumer is sold a ticket to an inherently unpiratable service, specifically, the experience of attending the concert given by the music artist.
In the adult entertainment industry, over the last couple of years live chat companies and social networking sites have been successfully employing a variant of this model to pair free content at tube sites with the offering of their live services. In one case, the inherently unpiratable experience is the live interaction with the chat performer. In the other, the inherently unpiratable experience is the hooking up with a person contacted through a social networking site.
In late 2003, when I was first approached by ISLLC to assist in their efforts to introduce remote sexual "touch" technology to the adult industry, I immediately recognized that the system would afford adult businesses an opportunity to create a similar piratable/non-piratable pairing. The haptic system envisioned, that was ultimately realized in Real Touch™, would allow for remote sexual contact between users. One party would use a dildo-looking device with motion, suction and ultimately heat sensors that would detect and transmit information regarding how the device was fellated or manipulated in the vaginal or anal orifices. The other party at a remote location would use a device that would instantaneously transmit the information from the dildo device to a penis stimulation system using sophisticated modern gaming technology to reproduce the actions (motion, pressure, suction, heat, etc.) of the first user around the second user's penis.
Shortly after I was introduced to the patented technology, I quickly realized that ISLLC's haptic technology could, in fact, provide a dual means of pairing piratable content with non-piratable components: first, by pairing the non-piratable device with piratable content enabled to provide the touch experience, and second by pairing piratable recorded content with a haptically enabled live chat performance in the manner we now commonly see used by video chat companies with tube sites to market their currently non-haptically enabled video chat services.
Given the apparent instant success of the Real Touch™ product, judging by its reception at the Adult Entertainment and Internext shows, it may seem difficult to believe that virtually every major adult entertainment company I introduced the technology to over the last five years passed on it. But that is exactly what happened until I introduced ISLLC and its haptic technology to AEBN, who to their great credit, got it. Now that so many adult production companies are signing up to have their content touch-enabled, or "hapticized", as I say, I am reminded of the fact that nearly every record label turned down the Beatles as well.
The Real Touch phenomenon is also illustrative of another set of opportunities available to, but relatively infrequently exploited by, adult entrepreneurs. These opportunities are those that arise in conjunction with the fact that the adult entertainment industry has been and continues to be an early adopter of new technologies that often improves or reinvents such technologies. As such, opportunities have always abounded for the securing of patents by adult entertainment companies. As one of the two licensed patent attorneys I know practicing in the adult entertainment law area (one of my partners being the other), I have had the privilege of helping many adult clients obtain valuable patent rights. One, a well-know industry player, assigned his rights in one such patent portfolio for more that $10 million. I think that it is truly unfortunate that, like the many companies that passed on ISLLC's technology, so many innovative adult companies pass on the opportunity to protect and more broadly exploit their technology by obtaining patent rights. Hopefully, AEBN's success with its tactile devices, which are subject to a very substantial patent rights portfolio, will motivate more companies to similarly seek and acquire patent rights of their own.
But above and beyond AEBN's introduction of the Real Touch™ device, I believe it is important to understand that the device is probably only the beginning of a real revolution in entertainment that is likely to have begun at this year's Adult Entertainment Expo. I believe that what we are witnessing is something analogous to the revolution caused by the 1927 debut of the first "talking" motion picture entitled "The Jazz Singer". The movie was the first to combine and synchronize audio and video and simultaneously stimulate both the visual and hearing senses of movie patrons. Because the "talkies" were so much more "realistic" than silent films, Hollywood stopped making silent films and never looked back.
Today, with the introduction of the Real Touch™ device and haptically encoded adult content, the adult industry is beginning to add a third sensorial experience to recorded entertainment content. If the adult entertainment business leads the way once again as it did in the cultural establishment of videocassette players and the World Wide Web, we may see Hollywood soon start to create haptic content as well. If that happens, the broader world of entertainment will, as it was in the 1920s, be forever changed.
Should the haptic revolution truly begin with the efforts of AEBN invested in its Real Touch™ products, it will be yet another reason for me to be proud of my association with the adult entertainment industry in general and AEBN in particular.
At the time of this writing there are
7 days, 4 hours and 42 minutes
until the end of the Bush Administration
Gregory A. Piccionelli, Esq. is an adult entertainment attorney. He can be reached at Piccionelli & Sarno at (310) 553-3375 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.
Top 100 Sites
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The Andrew Dyke Pages: Inculdes the Evesham Floods Easter 1998, Narrowboat 'One Moore' and The Building of Narrowboat Lord Toulouse
Angie Howard's website: Pictures of the Caledonian Canal and the Witham Navigable Drains .
Anonymoss: Alan Moss has details of the town of Stone, his boat and cruises.
The Antidote web pages: Photos of Alastair Wiles's narrowboat together with layout drawings and other information about the boat.
A Boater's Wedding: The wedding of Joe and Jackie Jones on the Llangollen Canal.
Bolinder Engines: Information, Engines, Manuals and Spares for these diesel engines.
The Booze Cruise: A 30,000-word account about a canal boat holiday with six people. Over 100 photos.
Brian's Canal Pages: Tells of the restoration of NB "RUMPUS" which was built in 1976 as a day hire boat.
Bristol Fashion: Life afloat on a 50 foot long Dutch barge style narrowboat based on London's canals.
British Inland Waterways: Pages by Gerry Cork
The Building and Journeys of Narrowboat Harnser: Tells the story from 1997 to the present day, including the building of the boat and journeys since she was launched.
The Buildingof Narrowboat Drift-A-Way:
canals@rigdenage: Reports of voyages round the british canal sytstem.
Canalscape - An eBook by Cyril J Wood: 50 Years of Canal Cruising ... From 1960 to 2010
Captain Pugwash:
The Cat's Whiskers - narrowboat: The website is intended to tell the story of fitting out the narrowboat, hopefully helping other people interested in doing the same thing.
Chris & Dot's Boating Adventures 2003: Assorted tales from our summer afloat on the English canals, 2003 on the narrow-beam motor cruiser Catcho.
Chris, Kate & James Brown's - Website: Contains canal information, their boat - Louisa May, extending Louisa May and non-canal pages.
"Cindy B" - A Sea Otter: Cindy B is a 26ft Sea Otter, commissioned in 1998, built in marine grade aluminium by Sea Otter Boats Ltd of Derby.
Cutworks: Being stretched from 51 to 70' feet at Measham Boats - Dec 2002 - Jan 2003
David Kitching's Canal Pages: Historical information and photographs of the Ashton, Macclesfield and Peak Forrest Canals.
Devon: This web-site is dedicated to the restoration of a vintage marine engine.
Double Dutch: A Dutch couple buy a narrowboat to live on and cruise the UK canals.
Dvbris: Dvbris is now an all steel 54 foot narrowboat, fitted with a 1967 Lister SR2. She has an unusual hull and a long history.
Extreme Narrowboating: Bristol to Bath and back in flood conditions - 26-29 May 2000.
Floating Down the River: Ian and Dot Hart's pages on Thames boating and Cruising the French Waterways.
The Friday Night Club: The canal trips of a long-established men's drinking society based in the small Oxfordshire village of Chilton.
Gandalf Home Page: The site relating to Thames based cruiser Gandalf. Contains a downloadable table of times between locks on the River Thames
Graham & Jane Oliver Home Page: The proud owners of Narrowboat 'Alnwick', a 62 ft. all steel replica motor tug built by R W Davis & Son Ltd. of Saul Junction, Gloucestershire.
Gypsy Rover: A middle aged couple from Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand are building a narrowboat to live and cruise on the canals during their retirement
Hazel's Photos: Contains some good shots of the Falkirk Wheel.
Home Page for Cath and Nigel Bromley: Pages that include a Canals section with trip logs and a canal game that lets you navigate round the system.
I'd Rather be Narrow Boating: Life aboard a newly owned Narrow Boat, boat items for sale and wanted
Inland Navigation Photography: Compiled by Bill Chambers, a waterway enthusiast and photographer, who has extensively travelled the waterways.
Inland Waterways: John Law's photographs.
IWA's 1996 National Rally: Trip on the Canals by Narrowboat to the IWA's National Rally at Windmill End, Netherton/Dudley.
James's Canal Pages: Information on the Scottish Lowland Canals
Jannock Homepage: The Keens family site.
Jemima II : Alan and Moira's accounts and photos of their voyages.
John Bennett's Canal pages: Various waterway pictures.
John Widdall Photography: Photos of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal restoration in 1981 and again from 1999 recording the progress of the work.
Keeping Up with the Jones Family: The Travels of the Jones Family, and Narrow Boat "Keeping Up"
Kevin and Ann Warrington's web site: Includes Stuff About Boats and canals.
Khayamanzi: The site of Andrew Edwards who lives on his narrowboat Khayamanzi.
The Leeds & Liverpool Canal: A towpath guide to this and some other canals.
Mary Harrison's Canal Pages: This site is about Waterways and Narrowboats, boating and Britain's Canals.
Mel's Websites: Personal pages that contain a lot of pages about canal boating.
Michael Clarke's Home Page: Full details, photographs, history, construction, fit out etc. of narrow boat Sika, based on a 62' Northwich Trader Class shell from R. W. Davis, plus more about traditional narrowboat diesel engines.
Mike Clarke's canal pages: A professional industrial and canal historian and restoration engineer with articles on his field.
Mike Skyner's Homepages: Includes Canal Pages, Glenifer and Kelvin Marine engines.
Mike Stevens' Web Pages: Information on London's waterways plus much more.
Moneypenny: The website for the 2 berth Shetland 535 boat known as "Moneypenny". Here you can track her progress along the inland rivers around the River Thames and see images from her days out.
Myk Askin's Pictures: Photos, webcam and cruising logs.
N. B. Whisper: So far there is information here on the technical design and interior Andy Greener's pages on the design of Whisper with photos of Whisper and waterside events.
N.B. Tambourine: Covers the design and construction of a 50-foot narrowboat, built by Associated Cruisers in 1998, and some cruising logs..
Narrow Boat Sojourn: Sojourn, is part-owned by Andrew and Pippa Cooley and is managed for the owners by Ownerships Ltd.
The Narrow Boat Victor: This site is run by Leon & Jill Crawley to keep a record of the British narrow boat VICTOR.
Narrowboat Apple Queen: Apple Queen is a gas free narrowboat designed and built by Reading Marine.
Narrowboat Beatty: The history of this historic boat from 1937 to the present.
NarrowBoat Drift-A-Way: Choosing a shell builder and fitting out a narrowboat in 2005.
Narrowboat Elektra: A gas free boat, powered by a 30bhp Beta Marine PropGen diesel engine which can also generate up to 11kVA of electric power at 230V. Cooking is all-electric.
Narrowboat Emily Anne: Emily Anne is a coal fired steam narrowboat, she is quite distinctive with her dutch barge shape, large funnel, and her steam engine.
Narrowboat Epiphany: The narrowboat 'Epiphany' story from design to cruising.
Narrowboat Havana: Simon Marshall's personal pages.
Narrowboat Isabella: The fit out of this 35 foot boat and the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation.
Narrowboat Navigator II: Built by David Piper, in 1983, along the lines of a traditional working boat but fully fitted for cruising use.
Narrowboat Polly Anna: A 63ft all steel narrowboat bought second-hand from Valley Cruises, her history and a log book of her cruises.
Narrowboat Progress: For many years Chris Coburn has undertaken some amazing journeys on his narrowboat Progress in support of canal restoration and development projects.
Narrowboat Somerton: Launched in August 2001, Somerton is 58 ft long and is of a "semi-traditional" design.
Narrowboat Starcross: The life and times of a narrowboat on the English canal system.
Narrowboat Swallow: Photographs of this shared boat.
Narrowboat Ten Bob Note: Ten Bob Note and is a 60ft cruiser stern built by Stephen Goldsburough. She is Goldsburough boat number 104 and was launched in May of 2002 at Knowle.
Narrowboating on the UK Inland Waterways: A somewhat toungue-in-cheek view of narrowboating
The Nauticus Canal Cruiser: A site for lovers of the Nauticus boatbuilt in the 70's in Hertfordshire by near the Rye House Pub on the River Lee.
NB Fulbourne: The history and photographs of this historic working boat
NB Gamebird: Gamebird is a 26-foot Sea Otter narrow boat built in 1998. Her present owners brought her to Scotland in 1999 and she is currently moored on the Union canal at Ratho near Edinburgh.
NB Maria Jessie: The story of the building, launch and travels of the narrowboat Maria Jessie.
Nb Ramyshome : Roger and Maureen Yorke's Sailing Home - their two year journey around the canals of England & Wales
nb Rodbaston: Trip reports, photos and links.
Nb Rufford: Rufford was built in the Autumn of 2004 and was lowered into the water on 14 January 2005 at Stockton Top Marina (formerly Blue Lias Marina).
Norman Boats Appreciation Society: For owners and others interested in Norman cruisers.
The Official Bill Davies Web Site: The site includes sections about buying a second-hand narrowboat ( 'Rosy'), taking her to Europe, living aboard abroad, and about canals in wartime .
Our Canalboat Honeymoon: A slideshow of an American bride and an Australian groom on brief honeymoon on the Kennet & Avon Canal.
Paul and Molly Mockford's Canals Section: Lots of pictures of boaters.
Penelope's World of Water: Features the Cotswold Canals
Per Angusta: Per Angusta is a narrowboat that is being built.
Pete's Montgomery Canal Website: The purpose of this website is to bring together up to date items of news, information and interest about the Montgomery Canal.
Peter and Pauline Curtis's Information Service: A lot of boating text and pictures amongst a mass of other subjects.
The Pig Pen: This is the Home-stye of Oliver & Naomi Clarke including an extensive section dealing with canals in the UK and narrowboat art.
Planet Melling: The website of John Melling and his narrowboat Rosie.
The Progression of Helian: A project to turn HELIAN, a 33 feet worn down narrow boat, into a thing of beauty - in time and with hard work.
Ronarosa: The story of a narrowboat
Roy's Home Page: Owner of a 53-foot narrowboat 'Nirvana' moored on the Staffs & Worc Canal.
Saturn Family 25 : About a Saturn 25 named "Tinally" and an article from July 1991 when she was reviewed by "Canal & Riverboat"
Save Our Canals & Waterways is on Facebook: The purpose of this Facebook page is to make people aware of the situation. And to gain support where possible and to spread the word.
Snecklifter :A Journey: A middle-aged couple sell their house to buy a narrowboat. Their plan: a four-year continuous cruise of Britain's inland waterways system
Solveigs Song: The building of a narrowboat.
Steam Narrowboat Emily Anne: Emily Anne is a coal fired steam narrow boat, she is 58ft long, with a steel hull, built in 1991.
Steev's Canal Pages: An introduction to canal boating.
Stephen and Lucy's Website: Includes pages covering canal trips with photographs.
Tam Lin: A narrowboat based at Middlewich.
Terry Rigden: Pages that include a canals section.
Tim Lewis's Web Site: Currently Offering Links To Sites of Interest To Waterways Enthusiasts
Tony Clayton's Canal Pages: Journeys on the BCN and links to the Shrewsbury & Newport Canals and other canal pages.
Touch and Tell: The trips of the narrowboat Touch and Tell, named after the motto of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People "Hearing Dogs Touch and Tell".
Travelling the Inland Waterways: Good accounts, with photographs, of the trips of the narrowboat Bluebell.
Two Jays: The cruises of the narrowboat Two Jays
Uisce - Floating Abode: A diary and pictures covering the building and fitting out of a narrowboat.
Where Thames Smooth Waters Glide: John Eade's pages covering the river from Teddington up to the source. Photos (old and new), illustrations, poems, maps and other information.
www.bream.org: A site mainly about FMC Fish Class boats and the authors own boat Bream.
Links to other websites can also be seen in the following formats:-
Links by Category.
Links in Website Address (URL) order.
Links in Name Order.
Latest Links.

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Raphael's weekend off
I took Raphael; our gardener of two decades, to his home situated some 30kms north of our scruffy city. I started by asking him if he wished to retire. "No I am only 52 and I have twins of four years". I followed up by asking for his views on the talk of elections next year. "We do not want elections as "they" will just come back and beat us. There is no one to stop them!" This on the outskirts of the MDC stronghold.
We turned off the Domboshawa tar road at a "business centre" called Crossroads. I soon picked up a large, imposing man with a shaven head. On our right was a cemetery with freshly borders to each grave. I issued a compliment. He said, "This is our Heroes Acre where liberation fighters are buried. I am Petro the area co-ordinator." Or, in other words, the local Zanu heavy. " My area has 1,400 households each with a few families as the people in this place are polygamous."
Raphael and Petro struck up a conversation. Soon I dropped this man Petro off – he had transformed immediately into a thug in my mind. Raphael seemed relieved that we were back to the two of us. "That is the man who, with his youths, will beat us when the elections start." Such synchronicity.
We drove into Raphael's home down a goat track to find his wife pounding maize, three goats (one very thin) in a pen awaiting their daily reprieve to forage the close shaven couple of hectares. His four kids ranging from 19 to 4 years of age, greeted their father smiling. He had returned with six bags of fertiliser.


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Originally published in the Voice of the Valley, September 9, 2014
By Bill Kombol
This photo by Clark Kinsey shows one of the log dumps of the Lake Sawyer Mill Company, circa 1928. This log dump facility was located on the west shore of Lake Sawyer at the current site of the Sunrise Lake Sawyer Resort. This old log dump is now a short peninsula at the resort which juts out into the lake.
The island in the distance today supports a half-dozen small homes and cabins which are only accessible by boat or barge.
The Lake Sawyer mill operated on the north shore of the lake between S.E. 288th Street and S.E. 292nd Place. The old mill site is now home to scores of residences, some on the lake and some on 228th Avenue and 229th Place.
From 1919 through 1934 the timber of the region surrounding Lake Sawyer was harvested, the logs placed on rail cars, and transported to log dumps on the lake like the one shown above. Sometimes logs were simply skidded by oxen or mule to locations near the lake shore and rolled in.
The logs were then floated to storage pens near the mill and held as inventory until fished out of the lake when needed for processing. Milled lumber was hauled to market by truck and rail.
The mill was owned and operated by the Neukirchen Brothers of Issaquah.
To the west across the cove from the mill a stately old home still stands on a long, forested peninsula. The home was built by the pioneering Hanson family who owned and operated sawmills on Lake Wilderness and in Enumclaw, before completing their White River Lumber Company's merger with Weyerhaeuser Timber Company in 1949.


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Pieminster, a name often cited as leader of the Brit-pie revolution, has finally opened its doors in Nottingham, and not a day too soon as we celebrate National Pie Week! Hurrah!
Located at the former Boots store on Long Row, the space now offers a location in town for foodies to lap up the great pies, craft ales, ciders, cocktails and music on offer.
But it's more than just another restaurant to co-owners Jon and Tristan, as Nottingham is the city that turned their pie dream into reality having met each other as students at Nottingham Trent University.
Simply staring at the selection of pies on offer makes your mouth water, with pioneering fillings such as Saag Pie-Neer (paneer cheese, garden peas, spinach, potato, chilli and mango-yum!)
As well as the traditional mash, gravy and minted peas there are also a section of more obscure sides including garden chilli peas, skin on chips and slaws alongside pigs in blankets (drool!) onion rings or halloumi cheese.
And if that weren't enough, Pieminster even does sweet pies too. There are a range of Ice Cream pies including Toffee Apple, Lemon Meringue and Glastonbury Mud… trust me, you'll definitely want to leave space for one.
When biting into the delicious pastry and filling it's hard not to wonder what their secret is. Well, they're made with free range British meat and, staying true to their Bristol roots, there are champion West Country ingredients on the menu.
Pieminster Nottingham is located at 57, Long Row, Nottingham and is open seven days a week.


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Google Shuts China Site in Dispute Over Censorship
By MIGUEL HELFT and DAVID BARBOZA
22 March 2010
Just over two months after threatening to leave China because of censorship and intrusions by Chinese hackers, Google said that it would close its China-based Web site and instead direct Chinese users to a Hong Kong-based uncensored version of its service, which may get blocked in mainland China.
In a blog post, Google also said that it would retain much of its existing China operations, including its research and development team and its local sales force.
The stunning move represents a powerful slap at Beijing regulators but also a risky ploy in which Google — one of the world's technology powerhouses — will essentially turn its back on the world's largest Internet market, with nearly 400 million Web users and growing quickly.
"Figuring out how to make good on our promise to stop censoring search on Google.cn has been hard," David Drummond, Google's chief legal officer, wrote in the blog post. "We want as many people in the world as possible to have access to our services, including users in mainland China, yet the Chinese government has been crystal clear throughout our discussions that self-censorship is a non-negotiable legal requirement."
Mr. Drummond said that Google's Hong Kong-based search engine would provide mainland China users results in simplified Chinese and was "entirely legal."
"We very much hope that the Chinese government respects our decision," Mr. Drummond said, "though we are well aware that it could at any time block access to our services."
Google's decision to scale back operations in China ends a nearly four-year bet by the company's founders and top executives that Google's search engine in China, even if censored, would help bring more information to Chinese citizens and loosen the government's controls on the Internet.
Instead, specialists say, Chinese authorities have tightened their grip on the Internet in recent years. While other multinational companies are not expected to follow suit, some Western executives say Google's decision is a symbol of a worsening business climate in China for foreign corporations and perhaps an indication that the Chinese government is favoring home-grown companies.
Despite its size and reputation for innovation, Google trails its main Chinese rival, Baidu.com, which was modeled on Google, with 33 percent market share to Baidu's 63 percent.
The decision to shut down its China-based search engine will have a limited financial impact on Google, which is based in Mountain View, Calif. China accounted for a small fraction of Google's $23.6 billion in global revenues last year. Still, abandoning a direct search engine presence in the largest Internet market in the world could have long-term repercussions and thwart Google's ambitions to be a global superpower, analysts say.
Beijing has not yet responded to Google's decision, but government officials have scolded Google in recent weeks insisting that the company must comply with the law.
Some Western analysts say Chinese regulators could retaliate against Google by blocking the English site entirely, just as it blocks YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.
Supporters of Google have praised the company for taking a principled stand and effectively refusing to operate a censored Web site here, one that limits free speech and deletes information about democracy and human rights issues.
But other specialists said it was a foolish business decision that has unnecessarily embarrassed Beijing and one that could make it difficult for Google to continue operating other parts of its business in China.
In China, many students and professionals say they are extremely disappointed by Google's decision to close its Chinese language Web site. They are about to lose access to the company's vast resources, they say.
Last January, when Google initially threatened to leave China, many young people there placed wreaths at the company headquarters in Beijing as a sign of mourning.
At that time, Google said it had grown frustrated with complying with government censorship rules and that hackers based in China had stolen some of the company's source code and even broken into the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights advocates.
The attacks were aimed at Google and more than 20 other American companies, the company said. While Google did not say the attacks were government sponsored, the company said it had enough information about the attacks to justify its threat to leave China.
People, inside and outside of Google, investigating the attacks have since put the number of companies that were targets at more than 30, and have traced the attacks to two universities in China: Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the Lanxiang Vocational School.
The universities and the Chinese government have denied any involvement in the attacks.
At the time of its announcement, Google said that its decision might well result in its having to shut down its China-based search engine, Google.cn, or leaving the country. In subsequent days, however, Google said that it hoped to preserve as much of its business in China as possible. In addition to its search engine, the company has a staff of about 600 that includes highly paid engineers and sales people, and a fledgling mobile phone business.
After serving Chinese users through its search engine based in the United States, Google decided to enter the Chinese market in 2006 with a local search engine under an arrangement with the government that required it to purge search results on banned topics.
But since then, Google has struggled to comply with Chinese censorship rules and failed to gain significant market share from Baidu.com, a Chinese site that was modeled on Google but got its start here.
The decision to enter China, was also hotly debated in the company, and Google has come under criticism for cooperating with China's censors. Not surprisingly, when the company said it would no longer abide by China's censorship rules, human rights groups hailed the announcement, saying that Google's stand should be a model for other American companies.
Beijing did not immediately release a statement on Google's decision to shut its Chinese language Web site Monday.
The fate of Google's operations in China is now unclear.
The company would like to maintain a research and development arm here to tap this country's huge corps of engineers and to market other products here.
The decision to leave China will have only a limited financial impact on Google in the short term. Google does not break down revenue by country, but people familiar with the company's business in China said that its quarterly sales were in the vicinity of $150 million in the most recent quarter, which ended Dec. 31. Globally, it had $6.67 billion in revenue in the same period. Much of Google's revenue in China comes from ads that Chinese companies place on Google's sites in the United States and elsewhere.
But the fallout from the decision could affect Google over the long term, as the Chinese Internet market continues to grow quickly.
Google is not the first American Internet company to stumble here. Nearly every major American brand has arrived with high hopes only to be stunted by government rules or fierce competition from Chinese rivals.
After struggling to compete in China, Yahoo sold its Chinese operations to Alibaba Group, a local company; Ebay and Amazon never got traction; and Microsoft's MSN instant messaging service badly trails rival Tencent.
Google's departure could present an opportunity for Baidu, whose stock has soared since the confrontation between Google and China began. It could also give a chance to Microsoft, a perennial underdog in Internet search, to make inroads into the Chinese market. Microsoft's search engine, Bing, has a very small share of the market.
Many analysts say the government has favored and aided Chinese Internet start-ups, but that those businesses have also out maneuvered American companies.
Inside Google, the decision to pull out is widely believed to have been championed by Sergey Brin, a co-founder, who was born in the Soviet Union and is particularly sensitive to the issue of censorship. The decision by Google to enter China in 2006 was hotly debated internally, with Mr. Brin advising against it, while fellow co-founder, Larry Page, and chief executive, Eric E. Schmidt arguing for it.
Early this year, company executives acknowledged that their bet that Google could help open China had failed.
"We were looking at an environment that is more difficult than it was when we started," David Drummond, Google's chief legal officer said in January. "Far from our presence helping to open things up, it seems that things are getting tighter for open expression and freedom."
David Barboza reported from Shanghai and Miguel Helft from San Francisco.


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I wasn't sure about attending the Rose City Comic Con, or RCCC as it's easier to say version. Not feeling so well but I pulled together and boarded the Max to Portland and the Convention Center.
Glad I did it because I got to meet the wildly talented Brandi Milne and also get her new book "Frohlich" with "So Good for Little Bunnies" at the Baby Tattoo booth.
I even got an ice cream cone! It was a treat getting to talk with Brandi and she loves Portland so I hope she gets her wish to visit again. Also the books are really nice. I am impressed with the quality Baby Tattoo puts into the books they publish. "Frohlich" will be available in Brandi's online store here very soon. I think it's a great representation of her work.
I wish I had looked at more of the booths but I was tired and it was very crowded. I missed Sock Dreams and Chrissie Zullo, darn it. I did take a few photos which I posted on my Ethereal Spirits blog here. I ended up at the Panel rooms so decided to take a seat in one. Turns out it was a good decision because Lee Arenberg and Martin Klebba are very entertaining guys!
Both were in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies so there was some talk about that. Both however are experienced actors and Lee Arenberg loves talking about the business of acting. Which he is great at. I highly recommend anyone who is interested in the business to listen to him speak if you get the chance.
The real reason I was up at the panels was because I was hoping for Grimm spoilers. Which included having to look at David Giuntoli and his great hair for almost an hour. I know, it was tough.
Sadly he was spoilerless. Even though he was asked by a few people he was very good about not giving out any information about the new season that wasn't already known.
I thought he handled questions from the audience very well including a few that were difficult. A friend of his who was on a prior Road Rules showed up and David's buddy Flula got a plug too.
There were a few requests from the audience including this guy who wanted to perform a magic trick for David.
I leave you with this photo of David wishing a guy's wife congratulations as a new United States citizen. It was a very entertaining convention.


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Hôpital Albert Schweitzer, situated just below the equator in Africa in the rural Moyen Ogooué Province of Gabon, was founded in 1913. Over ensuing decades, the Hospital in Lambaréné evolved into a global symbol of human service and solidarity.
Today, more than 40 years after Dr. Schweitzer's death in 1965, the Hospital continues as the primary medical and public health resource for people of the region, operating on the front lines of the battles in Africa against malaria, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and threats to maternal/child health. With a staff and Board leadership that include African, European, and American partners, the Hospital continues its tradition as a model of international collaboration for health. The Hospital's Medical Research Unit is one of the leading scientific institutions in Africa working to end the scourge of malaria, and also serves as a highly-regarded training site for African physicians and scientists.
The Schweitzer Foundation property consists of roughly 180 hectares and 2,000 inhabitants. The hospital itself is spread out, consisting of several categories of buildings:
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This is comprised of the modern hospital buildings constructed between 1976 and 1996, including the Outpatient Polyclinic, operating rooms, inpatient buildings, Hospital Administration, Medical Research Unit, Dental Clinic, and the Technical Services buildings
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Housing areas are scattered in several zones on the Hospital's property, and lodge Gabonese and expatriate staff;
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This includes the old hospital built by Dr. Schweitzer in 1927, Dr. Schweitzer's house, the cemetery and the houses along the riverbank; and the Village Lumière Zone (the leper village, known as the "Village of Light"). The Schweitzer Foundation property consists of roughly 180 hectares and 2,000 inhabitants.
Services that the Hospital provides include the following:
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• Dental care and clinic
• General Adult and Tropical Medicine
• Geriatrics
• Leper Village
• Maternal and Infant Protection (PMI)
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• Mobile Dental clinic
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LennyLen replied to Alberth's topic in GDNet Comments, Suggestions, and IdeasTo be honest, it annoys the hell out of me as well, though I do understand the reasoning behind it. What would be nice, though probably not feasible, is a setting that can be turned on or off which disables such confirmations.
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Come to my restaurant in a few months when it's been renovated into a cocktail bar, and I'll show you.
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LennyLen replied to cowsarenotevil's topic in GDNet LoungeIt's probably more to do with the fact that most people don't understand how computers actually work, and people fear the unknown. The fact that so many aspects of our lives are computer controlled only fuels the fear.
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LennyLen replied to Kylotan's topic in GDNet Comments, Suggestions, and IdeasI actually have been in a situation where I accidentally disclosed information covered by a NDA as I had not realized initially that it was also covered by the agreement. I quickly informed by employer of what happened, which in this case was a good thing, as the person I had told had already informed my employer that I had discussed it with them. My employer accepted it was a genuine accident and so nothing came of it. Had I tried to act like it never happened, I possibly would have lost my job. YMMV.
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LennyLen replied to Kylotan's topic in GDNet Comments, Suggestions, and IdeasI explained the reasoning. What didn't you understand? If it's more than obvious he's a moderator, than it should also be more than obvious that moderator's cannot remove attachments for people. I would rather assume that Alberth missed the moderator tag than assume that he can't think logically.
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LennyLen replied to irreversible's topic in GDNet LoungeTo add to what Kylotan has said, three instances isn't necessarily a worrying trend. It could well be three completely different and unconnected irksome updates that just happened to occur together. And sometimes companies, for whatever reason, do just make a bad design choice. What may have seemed intuitive to them isn't to everyone else. With luck, they'll come around. I don't remember the last time I used the Spotify web player, so I don't know what they've changed, but I gave it a run through for a few hours and it seemed perfectly functional to me. I did notice that there were no settings like with the Android version, but the only setting I generally ever change on Android is the equalizer, and most computers have one that's equal or better. I've never used Premier, so can't comment on it. I feel your pain with Skype. That update was an abomination. Every spam message I have ever received and deleted has suddenly reappeared again, and I have to delete them one at a time. It's infuriating. Yep. Dumb updates are not a new thing.
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LennyLen posted a topic in GDNet Comments, Suggestions, and IdeasI just noticed the Moderation Actions menu for threads for the first time and I see it has an option to hide the thread. Is this intentional? I know there have been several instances where people have deleted their content and the moderators have restored it saying that such behaviour is not wanted, which doesn't seem too dissimilar from just hiding the entire thread.
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I can only speak for the country I live in (New Zealand) where large amounts of land and resource reparations have been made. The majority of the public do seem to realize that early social policies seriously disadvantaged the Maori people, and the effects of that are still felt today. Things are better than they were, but not yet ideal. I'm sure better system could be in place, and these are interesting questions that need answering, but I'm not even sure how to answer them. I sometimes wonder if part of the reason that Maori figure so highly in statistics is due in many places to an over reliance on social welfare systems. I've been in the social welfare system myself, battling mental illness and addiction and when you're getting free money every week it's very hard to get motivated to do anything else. I at least was lucky in that I had memories of what life could be like to get me to start over again. I'm sure there are many more factors, but I'll leave those to the sociologically inclined to deduce. Human nature is unfortunately, rather foreign to me. I stick to things that make sense, like machines and plants.
I did not write that very well. What I was trying to say is that the fact that probable ancestors of mine (I actually have no idea who my ancestors at that time were and I really don't care that much) did some bad things in no way means that I am going to do bad things because I'm descended from them. As I went on to say we do need to keep studying the past, and that is precisely because the actions of the past do shape our present and future. We need to learn from the past, but we need to do that universally as humans first, rather than as white people, or brown people, or English people, or Muslim people. The lessons are equally important to all of us if we want to live more peacefully together.
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Spring is finally here! The season for renewals and the offerings of new. Designer Showcase is in full bloom for the season and the Designers of Albino Peacock step up to the plate with an exclusive design called "Satin Shirtdress" and "Satin Sandals". There are fourteen soft and shiny colors from which to choose of both the sandals and the dress, ranging from the softest pastels to the boldest hues, both being sold separately. Sizing's include Belleza, Maitreya, and Slink mesh bodies and also Fitmesh with alpha layer. The Satin sandals are fitted for Slink High feet. The Satin Shirtdress is priced at a low 100L with the Satin Sandals being only 75L. The march round of Designer Showcase will come to a close on March 31st. Take good care- Xio
Dress- Satin Shirtdress- Albino Peacock @ Designer Showcase
Shoes- Satin Sandals- Albino Peacock @ Designer Showcase
Bracelets on Right Wrist- Anita Bracelets- AvaWay
Bracelet on Left Wrist- Perles de Gloire- Lazuri
Necklace- Anita necklace- AvaWay
Earrings- Simplicity Diamond Stud- Heartsdale Jewelry
Hair- Wrap Up- Tableau Vivant
Eyeshadow- Metallic Eyeshadow for Lelutka- Nanika
Lipstick- Sweet Pink Collection- White Queen
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Rural guesthouse Posada El Diamante is a retreat for both human visitors and animal visitors. Located just outside the village of San Luis de Palenque, an area of pristine beauty, and about two and a half hours from Yopal it is the ideal base for a couple of days to discover the Llanos' wildlife, culture and sceneries on excursions into the surroundings. Wildlife frequents the property's pastures, orchards, gardens, forest and river beach and makes it a haven for nature lovers and birdwatchers looking for peace and tranquility - and the most amazing starlit sky at night!
There is something very special about being perched in a four or six seater propeller aircraft and flying over the vast savannas of South America's Llanos Orientales to reach a remote natural reserve of pristine wilderness and wildlife: the legendary Hato La Aurora. This journey is a text book example of a bush adventure and provides a unique perspective of one of Colombia's wildest places. Not to mention the sensation of flying in a small Cessna: the rattling, the engine roaring, the wind in your hair, the tingling sensation when it tilts, the faint smell of kerosene!
The term "Colombian Safari" was first coined at Hato La Aurora, Colombia's biggest privately owned natural reserve and Casanare's pioneering tourism project. Juan Solito lodge caters for visitors on-site and willy jeeps and horses ensure one gets even to the remotest corners inside this 18,000 hectare reserve and catches a glimpse of some seriously stunning and impressive wildlife including anacondas, capybaras, scarlet ibises, deer, wild boars, ocelots and many more - a true adventure and a good one if planned right. Here are 5 reasons why it can be beneficial to book a trip though us rather than venture out on your own or wondering how to get to La Aurora.
Alone Together presents the extraordinary true stories of thirty-six women from all over the world. These writers have visited almost every country in Latin America – a region that many have been taught to fear.
Aventur's Julia contributed her story of how she first experienced the Llanos, rode through the prairies, met its people and ultimately lived her childhood dream of being a cowboy. Featured alongside 35 talented writers from around the world, "Could this be the Place?" is one of the anthology's beautiful and very personal accounts, which - just like travel - deal with the past's worries and the present's joys all at once.
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Casanare's 5 Most Charming Villages
Casanare and its villages - We look at the department's five most charming little towns
Back in time - Colombia's villages are wonderfully delightful and nostalgic. While the Llanos' main attractions are cowboys and wildlife, they still have a few lovely villages to offer visitors. Mules parked outside the 'panadería', loaded with sacks of coffee, grains or bananas, vaqueros passing through on horses or on motorbikes, elderly villagers leaning on their cane, watching the world go by and smiling at strangers toothlessly, lovingly painted window shutters and walls and neat flower beds and banana plants and papaya trees towering from patios and front yards, pebbled streets and the main square with a church, where surely a bench or two invite to have a seat and watch the villagers go about their daily lives - that's a classic when traveling Colombia and must not be missing in the Llanos either.
On a trip around Colombia you want to see as much of its natural treasures as possible. You are spoilt with choices in a country that tops the diversity hit lists on all levels: people, wildlife, birds, ecosystems, culture. Where to begin? Well, that's up to you. All we say is that technically you can reach a place where you'll see hundreds of capybaras, caimans, deer, exotic birds and even more exotic fauna such as anacondas and pumas in their natural habitat within ONE DAY from Bogotá. A no-brainer if you are looking to organize a jam-packed itinerary across the country. Beware though, this isn't your usual tourist hotspot - it's an off-beat adventure to remember!
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The Pipra Filicauda, more commonly known as the wire-tailed manakin, is a small stunner. Only about 25 km from Yopal we operate tours across a private gallery forest that has revealed itself to us as a "manakin hotspot" with guaranteed sightings of this colouful species. Whether you are into birdwatching or not, observing this little tricoloured "moonwalker" won't leave you indifferent.
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Atrium mural heads for Columbine
N. Carolina artist packs up 200 pounds of canvas forest for long journey to Denver
ByHolly Kurtz
Denver Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer
Imagine painting a coherent picture on a jigsaw puzzle, piece by piece.
Now imagine many of the pieces longer and wider than a person is tall.
That's exactly how North Carolina artist Virginia Wright-Frierson crafted the ceiling mural that will hang in Columbine High's new atrium when school reopens this fall.
Panel by panel. Piece by piece.
The work, more than 200 pounds, should be en route to Colorado as of today. It's so large it can only be viewed in full when laid out on a gymnasium floor. But eventually it will transform the space where the school's library once sat into an enchanted forest.
"I just wanted to do something to make it a beautiful space, transform it into a place where kids would want to go," Wright-Frierson said Monday.
She was moved to do the work free after her cousin, a teacher at the school, escaped the April 20, 1999, shootings. Wright-Frierson started work June 1, as soon as she got the go-ahead from HOPE, the group that raised some $3 million to build a new library and replace the old one with an atrium.
With help from her family, she sandwiched each panel in glassine, a tough packing material. Then she rolled the pieces over five cardboard tubes of the type used to mould cement pilings. After that, she bundled the tubes in layers of plastic and bubble wrap.
An art shipping company is to pick up the mural today; it is to arrive in Colorado on Aug. 2. Wright-Frierson plans to arrive, family in tow, on Aug. 4, and stay until Aug. 12 to assemble the artwork on sheet-rock panels.
She keeps waking up at night worrying the pieces won't match.
After all it's one thing to work a jigsaw puzzle that's already painted. It's quite another to paint the pattern when the pieces are scattered across your studio floor.
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Concerns over graves damaged in Laois cemetery
A Laois community is concerned that transport and equipment been used to dig graves and erect headstones is causing damage to paths graves in a local cemetery.
Members of the community in Durrow have shared their concern with Cllr James Kelly who has asked Laois County Council to provide an alternative entrance to the cemetery.
Cllr Kelly put forward a notice of motion at the February meeting of the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick Municipal District meeting requesting a different entrance be used.
"There is an alternative entrance that could be installed through Erkindale Drive on the lane down to the treatment plant.
"The community have a major concern that transport and equipment been used to dig graves and erect headstones is causing damage to the paths and the sides of existing graves," he said.
Laois County Council said that it is currently preparing a 'comprehensive' report on the 27 local authority cemeteries in Laois.
The provision of a new entrance to Durrow cemetery for machinery access has been costed by Laois County Council and will be included in the schedule of proposed works for consideration. The cost of the project was not revealed.
While on the topic, Cllr Brendan Phelan added that no trees should be planted in cemeteries in future.
"We should bring a rule in that no trees are allowed to be sewn in cemeteries. Shrubs are alright but the roots of big trees destroy cemeteries, we are looking to remove trees in Camross but funding is a problem," he said.
An extra €12,000 was allocated to the municipal district on top of what it received for last year's budget to spend specifically on cemeteries.
The area received €126,000 in 2017 and this has been increased to €138,000 for 2018.
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I can't say enough wonderful things about this couple and their wedding! Lynn and Matt held their ceremony and reception at the Pavillion at Lake Rabun on a beautiful, albeit chilly, spring day. Lynn's matron of honor, Elizabeth, did the styling and made me wonder why can't we all have such talented friends. Everything was just perfect, from the flowers and candles to the custom runners and draped fabric (over head) which ran the lenth of the lodge and was picked up ever so romantically by the wind. Guests were warmed by dancing to Men in Blues and a roaring fire, around which smores were enjoyed by all. The day was truly cozy and heart warming and everything a wedding should be!
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Yes, Aaron!!!Melissa did it for me, but now I have to learn it, because it looks great!Thanks and greetings, miss ya and the whole dsa crew!
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Malcolm Cowley Biography. Read biographical information including facts, poetic works, awards, and the life story and history of Malcolm Cowley. This short biogrpahy feature on Malcolm Cowley will help you learn about one of the best famous poet poets of all-time.
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Chia seeds offer up some major benefits for any pre or postnatal mother. These tasty little seeds contain protein, fiber, Omega-3 fatty acids, manganese, iron, phosphorus and much more. Expecting and breastfeeding mamas: your growing baby needs nutrients found in chia seeds for healthy bone, teeth, and brain development. Postpartum mothers take note: chia seeds help reduce belly fat by stabilizing blood sugar and by fighting insulin resistance which can be associated with an increase in belly fat. In other words, find any and all ways to fill up on this nourishing superfood! As chia seeds are virtually tasteless, they can be added to soups, smoothies, porridges, and/or delicious chia puddings like the one featured here.
1 full can full-fat organic coconut milk
1 cup unsweetened coconut or almond milk (from carton)
1/2 cup chia seeds
1 TBSP vanilla extract
+any crunchy healthy toppings you enjoy (think blueberries, slivered almonds, cacao nibs, cinnamon, hemp seeds, or granola!)
Preperation Time
10 minutes
Combine all ingredients into mason jar or tupperware, stir well. Refrigerate at least one hour (my tastiest, gooiest chia puddings happen after having stayed cool in the fridge for a few days). Spoon into bowl, add toppings, and enjoy!


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Phoenix - The New Facelift. Want to look better without going under the knife? Then check out MicroNeedling... It's been dubbed the fountain of youth treatment by beauty insiders because its the revolutionary, new skin tightening procedure. MicroNeedling will firm sagging skin around the jawline, neck and eyes - but that's not all!
Micro-Needling, whose Celebrity fans are believed to include Jennifer Aniston, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, helps reduce appearance of pore size, plump up deep wrinkles such as those pesky nose-to-mouth lines, and reduce the appearance of acne scars, too.
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Plus, because the treatment kills off the bacteria that causes spots and minimizes the activity of oil glads in the skin, it also helps to reduce acne - leaving you with younger, cleaner skin. Microneedling involves using a mechanized device to make thousands of miniscule needle punctures in the outermost layers of the skin. By precisely controlling the depth, spacing, frequency, and pattern of these needle pricks, the MicroNeedling Treatment stimulates your body to make more collagen in the areas where it needs it the most.
Microneedling has been scientifically demonstrated to show improvement in fine lines, freckles and sun spots, scars, burns, pitted and non-pitted acne scars, stretch marks, and large pores.
Unfortunately, since our skin naturally slows down collagen production in our 40's which leads to dreaded skin sagging, we need to give Mother Nature a boost in that department if we want skin to look plump.
Microneedling can be combined with a liquid treatment on the skin surface-- such as growth factors, vitamin C, or platelet rich plasma (PRP)-- to further improve skin quality, evenness, and texture. This is highly effective because the skin absorbs more of these growth factors as a result of microneedling treatment.
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Discussion will focus on casino gaming's commitment to working with minority and women-owned businesses
As a part of its national Get to Know Gaming campaign, the American Gaming Association (AGA) will host a roundtable event at the National Minority Supplier Development Council Conference & Business Opportunity Exchange (NMSDC) on Tuesday, October 24th to highlight casino gaming's commitment to working with minority and women-owned businesses.
New research completed by Spectrum Gaming Group and commissioned by AGA shows that the casino gaming industry supports 350,000 small business jobs. The report, The Gaming Industry's Impact on Small Business Development in the United States, examines nearly a dozen U.S. gaming markets and assesses casino gaming's direct and indirect impact on local, small businesses. Researchers concluded that gaming's widespread impact is felt in markets across the country, but has the largest impact in small to mid-sized communities where local businesses integrate into gaming operations.
WHO: Geoff Freeman, president and CEO, American Gaming Association;
Stacey Taylor, SVP & chief procurement officer Global Procurement, MGM Resorts;
Jessica Rosman, vice president of procurement, Caesars;
Renee Boyce, president, CEO and founder, My Next Career Path Staffing, LLC.;
Jacci Woods, VP of public relations and community affairs, MotorCity Casino Hotel; and
Shaundell Newsome, founder, Sumnu Marketing.
WHAT: AGA Panel Discussion at NMSDC
WHEN: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:30 am – 12:30 pm EST
WHERE: Cobo Center, Detroit MI
1 Washington Blvd, Detroit, MI 48226
About AGA: The American Gaming Association is the premier national trade group representing the $240 billion U.S. casino industry, which supports 1.7 million jobs in 40 states. AGA members include commercial and tribal casino operators, suppliers and other entities affiliated with the gaming industry. It is the mission of the AGA to be the single most effective champion of the industry, relentlessly protecting against harmful and often misinformed public policies, and paving a path for growth, innovation and reinvestment.