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The first one has the subtitle "Backgrounds". It is this part, that I want to expand with relevant historical information about the development of script in general and the alphabet in particular. It is fascinating to realize that the alphabet as we take it for granted as the starting point of all script technology, in fact is the outcome of a thousands of years long process of cultural erosion, not to say utter devastation. I shall attempt to give some vivid evidence of this claim.
The second part, with the subtitle "Aesthetic and technical challenges" dwells on the problems and solutions relative to representating Arabic. I also plan to expand with a more precise account of the excellent Middle Eastern typographic technologies and why they vanished during the first half of this - still - century.
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My "Select By Location" dialog window keeps falling behind other windows(such as my table window) that I have on my second monitor.
So far, the only way to fix it is to move the table window to the first monitor which allows me to get the the "Select By Location" dialog window, and then window juggle.
The "Select By Location" dialog window doesn't create an item in the taskbar which would be useful (I could right-click and move). Or even just having the window raised to the top when I select the "Select By Location" menu-item again would help.
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Real estate search firm Trulia (TRLA) kicked off life as a public company with a bang.
Trulia's stock opened 30% above its IPO price when it started trading on the New York Stock Exchange Thursday morning. It quickly gained momentum, rising as high as $25 (47% above the IPO price).
Late Wednesday, Trulia's underwriters, J.P. Morgan (JPM) and Deutsche Bank (DB), sold 6 million shares at $17 apiece -- above the estimated range of $14 to $16. That gave Trulia $120 million of working capital.
The stock surge isn't surprising since demand for the IPO was robust. "It was double digit times oversubscribed," said Scott Sweet, founder of research firm IPOBoutique.
Investors are betting that Trulia, which runs a co-branded website under a partnership with CNNMoney, will follow the high-flying trajectory of rival Zillow (Z). Since Zillow went public in July 2011, its share have more that doubled from its IPO price.
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"People are thinking of Trulia as a bargain compared to Zillow," said Sweet. Research firm PrivCo said in a research note that Trulia is a relative bargain because its IPO was priced at just 7 times its 2012 revenue compared to Zillow pricing at 14 times its revenue in 2011 right before its IPO.
Although Trulia's revenues have nearly doubled every year since it was founded in 2009, it has yet to turn a profit.
While the comparison with Zillow may be boosting Trulia's worth in the eyes of investors, Zillow is pushing back against its rival. Last week, it filed a patent infringement lawsuit accusing Trulia of using Zillow's home valuation software.
While that didn't dampen investor interest in Trulia, Zillow's shares were down more than 2% in early trading.
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The National Archives in the United States have, for the first time, made all the results of a U.S. Census available online. After 72 years, confidentiality rules protecting personal information given in the U.S. Census expire. So now you can read every answer given to census takers in the 1940 census, including names of family members, household income, addresses, and more. Currently the census is only searchable by regions, so if you want to find your family members you'll need to know where they lived in 1940. The Archives promise that searching by name and other pieces of data are coming soon.
Even if you don't know where members of your family were 1940, there is still a ton of fascinating information available in the Census data, from income levels to detailed maps (here you can see a map of Weatherford, Texas, the town where my mother was born 3 years after this Census was conducted — click to enlarge). People were so excited to pore over this Census data that millions hit the site when it went live two days ago, completely overloading the government servers. Right now the site is loading fine, however, and you can search to your heart's content.


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Letterbox Love & Stacking the Shelves are weekly memes to share the books you've received this week.
Hello! I've just in the last hour got back from a week of family holiday on the lovely island of Tiree, off the west coast of Scotland. It was great, so good to be back there, and for a lot of the time we had great weather, too! So now, time to get caught up on the books I've got in the past two weeks.
Since my last post, I've only had ebooks, but there were some good ones!
Goodreads description here.) I really like this series, and in this book we finally see Blay & Qhuinn get their happily-ever-after. I've been looking forward to their story for a long time, but just couldn't justify buying another fat hardcover when it came out while I was in America. Now I'm home, I noticed it was about the price of a normal paperback if you got the ebook version, so this was my treat for myself on holiday, and true to form, I loved it. I'll do a 'Thoughts On Books' post about this one soon.
The Governess Affair, by Courtney Milan. (Goodreads description here.) I don't really know much about this one, but it's the first/prequel to one of Courtney Milan's historical romance series', and I've heard many reccomendations for her books, so I thought I would give it a try.
Elite, by Rachel Van Dyken (Description) I saw this on Netgalley, and thought it sounded interesting summer reading. Hopefully getting to it later this week, and I'll review soon. Thanks, Grand Central Publishing!
The Woken Gods, by Gwenda Bond (Description) As an ancient history student, I'm always interested in books that involve the ancient myths, so I'm looking forward to reading this one. As it doesn't come out until September, I think I'm going to get through some of the others I need to review first, but I'm hoping to get to it soon. Thank you Strange Chemistry/
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Vice City is one of the fictional locations featured in the GTA series. So far it has two renditions for two games, one seen in the original GTA, and the other seen in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
The city also exists in the HD Universe, which has started afresh in the current canon. It has been mentioned many times in Grand Theft Auto IV and its episodes, along with other locations from the GTA Series, and other Rockstar game titles. As the HD Universe is apart from the old GTA games and follows a seperate canon, it is likely that Rockstar will redesign the city in the same way they did with Liberty City if it is to make an appearance in a future GTA game.
It is implied that Vice City is based on the city of Miami, Florida, and is sometimes refered to as "down south", keeping the tradition of basing Vice City off Miami in the GTA series.
References in GTA IV
- Vice City is advertised on many billboards by FlyUS.
- Jerry Kapowitz found the Diamonds that Niko Bellic and Patrick McReary were after, and plans to open a weapon and liquor store in Vice City, according to a radio broadcast.
- In the vehicles section of the stats in Grand Theft Auto IV, one possible ranking is for miles traveled is Liberty City to Vice City.
- Lazlow of Integrity 2.0 also frequently refers to life in Vice City in the 1980s as he was a DJ on V-Rock during that time. As Lazlow is featured in both the 3D & HD Universes, this history is simply a reference to GTA Vice City rather than a continuity nod since GTA IV and Vice City follow different canons.
- In the mission Catch the Wave it is explained that the drugs at the boatyard were transported from Vice City.
- Roman Bellic states in a text to Niko Bellic that if they do the deal with Dimitri Rascalov, they could afford to take a private jet to Vice City.
- After befriending Roman enough to unlock his car service ability, he sends Niko a text message saying how he is tired of all of his cabs being sent to the airport to pick up old people from Vice City.
- Sammy Bottino has criminal charges in Vice City.
- For the Female Multiplayer model, hat #3 can be obtained from rank 0; this hat states I ♥ VC.
- Iggy, from LRR talks about moving to Vice City. He mentions how much cleaner the women are there.
- A spin off series of The Science Of Crime is called The Science of Crime: Vice City, possibly in reference to CSI: Miami.
- Hossan Ramzy sends an email to Niko informing him that he jumped ship in Florida. (Vice City is based off of Miami which is a main city in Florida).
- Little Havana - Vice City is mentionned in an in-game internet site. This could mean that the town of Little Havana may be included in a future rendition of Vice City amongst new ones, similar to how Francis International Airport retains its original name.
- If you get out of your safehouse (Playboy X's loft) by the broken balcony to get in the stairways you went in before killing Playboy, as soon as you get out of the stairs building, you'll see on a wall a tag saying VICE which is clearly a reference of Vice City.
- There are various graffities around Liberty City saying "Vice Squad", the elite special branch of the Vice City Police Department.
References in The Lost and Damned
- The Angels of Death operate in Vice City, Florida, according to their website.
References in The Ballad of Gay Tony
- Vice City has its name engraved in the USA Cities Wall inside the Rotterdam Tower, in The Ballad of Gay Tony.
- Yusuf Amir complains to Luis Fernando Lopez that he had to take a private jet to Vice City to bang prostitutes for 2 weeks in order to recover from test driving sexy cars.
- The exclusive radio station Vice City FM plays music from the 1980s.
- Fernando Martinez makes a return from the 3D Universe to DJ for Vice City FM. Another reference and not a continuity nod.
- Al Di Napoli and Percy from Love Fist live in Vice City, presumably on Starfish Island.
- During a conversation between Luis Lopez and Al Di Napoli, Al suggests Luis and Gay Tony expand into Vice City. Luis responds by stating Vice City is just a retirement home by now.
- When failing the mission Ladies' Night by getting too close to Patrick McReary, a conversation between Luis Lopez and Gay Tony will activate where they will mention that they need to run away to Vice City or Los Santos and that Gay Tony should call him about it.
- On the TV show The Men's Room with Bas and Jeremy, a caller named Paula makes a call in to the show and says she is calling from Vice City.
- Pedestrians may say things like "I should've gone to Vice" if you knock them over.
- When driving Tony home at the end of Practice Swing, Luis will state to Gay Tony; "Listen, Tone. Maybe you should take a holiday. Get down to Vice City. The Caribbean maybe."
References in GTA V
- On Blaine County Radio on the show Bless Your Heart, one of the products that the host Bobby June advertises is a tanning spray named after Vice City.
- On Bleeter, the band Sorry Commode apologizes to the people of Vice City for missing a scheduled concert because the fantastic local drugs.


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Hanks said to play Disney in Poppins film
Tom Hanks is slated to play beloved moviemaker Walt Disney in a new film about the making of Mary Poppins.
The Forrest Gump actor is set to star opposite Emma Thompson in the movie, which chronicles Disney's battle to secure the rights to Mary Poppins.
Author PL Travers rebuffed the mogul's efforts to convince her a big screen version of her books would be a good idea.
Rumours suggest it took Disney two decades to be given the green light and he had to surrender script approval rights to the stubborn author.
When filming got underway in the early 1960s, Disney and Travers clashed over song choices, animated sequences and storyline changes.
The difficult working relationship between filmmaker and writer was chronicled in Valerie Lawson's biography Mary Poppins She Wrote, which inspired two documentaries on Travers.
Thompson will play the writer and John Lee Hancock has signed on to direct, according to Variety.
The project is tentatively titled Saving Mr Banks.
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Former United States Presidents Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Dwight D. Eisenhower all had one thing in common (besides their Presidential status, of course): each President relished escaping to this rustic retreat called "Trout Run" to spend the day fishing from the two-mile trout stream that runs through the property.
The impressive historical compound, located in Thurmont, Maryland, is now listed for sale by the current, non-Presidential owners for the grand price of $8.95 million. The gigantic property is located just a short distance from the more well-known Camp David. However, for the fishing-loving Presidents, "Trout Run" was a known favorite, and indeed, a secret angling destination for many commanders-in-chief.
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Not only is the property equipped with a sweet two-mile trout stream, but there are five separate stone-lined guest quarters, including the "Catoctin Chalet", a large main house that overlooks the creek. Other historic buildings include the "Yugoslav House", which is a duplicate of Belgrade's first Parliament building.
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Battered by political pundits saying the Democratic presidential primary race is over, Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign toughened its public stance on how long she would continue to battle Sen. Barack Obama for the nomination.
"We do not believe a nominee will be chosen unless or until somebody gets to 2,209 [delegates], which is the number including Florida and Michigan. So if that has happened by June 3, then someone will be the nominee. If that hasn't, then the nomination fight continues," Howard Wolfson, Senator Clinton's communications director, told a Monitor-sponsored breakfast on Friday.
Earlier this week, Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe told NBC's "Today" program that after the last primary on June 3, "This is going to come to a conclusion." He said superdelegates who are party insiders and elected officials "are going to move very quickly," to select a nominee.
"We are not oblivious to the environment in which we are operating. But this is very much like a tennis match," Clinton's chief strategist, Geoff Garin, told reporters at the breakfast. "Sometimes, even when people are down two sets to love and down a couple of games in the third set, they end up winning by the fifth set. So Senator Clinton goes on with the same energy and commitment."
While the aides talked to a room full of reporters, their real audience was the group of uncommitted superdelegates, whose votes are needed to put a candidate over the top in the race for the Democratic nomination.
Although the Clinton aides contend that it takes 2,209 delegates to secure the nomination, Senator Obama's campaign and the Democratic National Committee contend that the number is 2,025, which doesn't include delegates from Florida and Michigan, who currently are barred from being seated at the party's convention because they held primaries earlier than party rules allowed. Clinton won both contests, though neither candidate campaigned in those states and Obama's name did not appear on the Michigan ballot.
The argument that the Clinton team makes is that their candidate would be stronger in the general election. "Senator Clinton, in an outcome that is not certain for the Democratic Party, is in a better position to win the general election than Senator Obama," Mr. Garin said. "There is nothing in that statement that says that Senator Obama cannot win the general election. But if you care about picking the candidate with the best chance to win the general election, we feel very strongly that the data are very clear that Hillary Clinton is the best choice for that."
Mr. Wolfson and Garin offered wavering superdelegates a two-pronged argument. At the top of the ballot, current state polling data show that Clinton would defeat Sen. John McCain, the presumptive GOP nominee, by 42 electoral votes, while the same polls show Obama losing to Senator McCain by 8 electoral votes, they said.
The Clinton strategists also came armed with charts looking at 20 House districts where freshmen Democrats won but which also voted for George Bush in 2004. Clinton defeated Obama in 16 of those 20 districts. Their argument: Clinton would help vulnerable House members more than Obama. Asked about the breakdown of endorsements from those 16 freshmen, Wolfson said that five had so far backed her and four, Obama.
At several points in the session, the Clinton officials implied that the press had not been fair to their candidate. "As I kind of watch what is going on right now, I am reminded of the days when the media – television networks – were chastised for calling the election before the polls closed. I think we have a little of that going on now," Garin said.


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Microsoft Reaches Deal With Activist Investor ValueAct
Microsoft announced late Friday that it has reached a deal with ValueAct, a San Francisco-based investor firm that had been pushing Microsoft to make better use of its assets.
Under the deal, ValueAct president Mason Morfit will meet regularly with Microsoft directors and management, and ValueAct has the option of having Morfit join Microsoft's board.
In statements, Morfit, outgoing CEO Steve Ballmer and Microsoft's lead outside director, John Thompson, all praised the move and said nice things about one another.
According to a regulatory filing, ValueAct is agreeing to several conditions, including not launching a proxy fight or trying to acquire more than a specified number of shares in the company.
Pressure from ValueAct was among the factors that helped persuade Steve Ballmer to retire early, according to various sources close to the company.
ValueAct is one of Microsoft's largest shareholders, owning just under 1 percent of the company's shares.


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In for a penny, in for a pound
Programs use financial incentives to encourage weight loss
When Dean Karlan was in graduate school, he noticed he was slowly, but steadily, gaining weight. After three years, at 208 pounds, he weighed more than he ever had in his life. Frustrated with letting his studies get ahead of his health, Karlan and a friend drew up a contract to lose weight, putting their money where their mouth was. Each would have to pay the other half their annual stipend if their goal was not achieved.
"We wrote a contract with each other for enough money that we were going to change our behavior, but not so much that we couldn't physically write this check," said Karlan, now a Yale University economics professor. "The whole point is to make it more expensive to do something that you don't want to do -- smoke, exercise less, eat badly."
The experiment was a success. This contract, and later weight loss commitments, became the springboard for Karlan to co-found StickK.com with Yale economics professor Ian Ayres and then-Yale MBA student Jordan Goldberg. The website challenges users to create "commitment contracts" to set a goal -- whether for weight loss or another lifestyle change -- and stick to it. If they don't meet their goals, they have to contribute money to an unnamed charity.
StickK is one of many programs that uses financial incentives to help people lose weight. Some, such as HealthyWage.com, reward those who shed pounds with financial compensation, while others, including StickK, make them pay for not reaching goals. Does it work? Some research says yes. A recent Mayo Clinic study challenged 100 obese patients to lose four pounds per month over the course of a year. Half were paid $20 per month if they lost weight and had to pay $20 per month if they failed to meet their goals. Participants who had a financial incentive lost nearly seven pounds more on average than those without an incentive, the study found.
"The take-home message is that sustained weight loss can be achieved by financial incentives," said Dr. Steven Driver, the Mayo Clinic study's lead author.
StickK's Goldberg said these programs likely work because they provide immediate penalties and rewards. "The long-term costs of eating the cheeseburger today could lead to hypertension, diabetes, even a heart attack in 10, 20 years," Goldberg said. "But day to day, you're not feeling the cost. The whole idea behind the StickK approach is taking those long-term costs and bringing them forward. That cheeseburger isn't going to cost me $5. It's going to cost me $35. It's raising the costs of your poor decisions in real time so you'll feel them in real time."
Thousand-dollar success
Hamden resident Sara Kroon won $1,320 last year through HealthyWage.com, which offers three incentive-based challenges with monetary prizes. For the 36-year-old mom, the website was a last-ditch effort to get her weight under control.
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Here are some online programs that use financial penalties and incentives to help people lose weight.
The stakes: User-defined. More than $16 million has been wagered since the company was founded. The average contract is for $22.
How it works: Users lay money on the line and designate a referee to make sure they're sticking to their contracts.
The payout: If you fail to reach your goal in a given week, money is charged to your credit card and goes into a fund to be distributed to charity of Stickk's choosing -- or an "anticharity" of the user's choosing -- at the end of the contract.
The stakes: $300 (one-year BMI challenge); $150 (10 percent challenge); user-defined (Healthy Wager program)
How it works: Healthywage.com offers three weight-loss challenges with monetary prizes: In the BMI Challenge, participants who wager $300 and successfully move from an obese BMI to a normal BMI in one year win $1,000. Participants in the 10 percent challenge wager $150 on the promise they'll lose 10 percent of their body weight in six months; winners double their money. The website has partnerships with diet and exercise companies in verifying weigh-ins. The Healthy Wager program, launched last month, allows users to customize their weight loss bet and win up to $10,000. The program offers the best prize-to-bet ratio for players who are in most need of weight loss, company officials said.
The payout: $1,000 (BMI challenge); $300 (10 percent challenge); up to $10,000 (Healthy Wager)
The stakes: Varies. $10 minimum.
How it works: DietBet 4 is a four-week challenge to lose 4 percent of your starting weight. DietBet 10 game requires a 10 percent weight loss in six months. New games start every month. Money goes into a pot, and those who hit targets through successive rounds are eligible to receive a slice of the pot.
The payout: Varies depending on success rate of the group. The company takes a cut, ranging from 10 to 25 percent of funds wagered. Game winners are guaranteed at least their money back; on average, winners get 1.5 to 2 times the amount bet, the company said.
"I was feeling helpless, that I was never going to do it on my own. I'd say, `Tomorrow I'll do it instead and not today,' " Kroon said. "I was desperate. I've never been able to lose weight. I've had such a struggle with it, and after the twins were born, it just seemed impossible. So the day after Thanksgiving, I was like, `I have to do this.' "
HealthyWage was "a way of forcing myself" to lose the weight, she said.
It worked.
Kroon lost 36 pounds over the course of a year, and went from a Body Mass Index of 31 to 24, through the website's BMI and 10 percent challenges. BMI is a common way of determining whether someone is obese or overweight, and is calculated using height and weight. A BMI of 25 to 29.9 is considered overweight and a BMI of 30 or higher is considered obese.
"I was hoping it was going to help me a lot, but I didn't realize how much," Kroon said. "The financial part of it really helped. Part of it was I wanted to earn the money, and I didn't want to lose the money I put in."
A review study of 1,500 patients, published in September by University of Toronto doctors, found that short-term financial incentives can increase the amount of exercise people do. The doctors, who mainly specialize in cardiac rehabilitation, hope their research and further studies can help treat patients and ultimately prevent repeat attacks.
For Kroon, the financial motivation has led to a long-term healthy change and habits.
"I have four kids," she said. "I don't have a lot of extra time in my life. Finding the time to exercise is the hardest, so I go out now (to exercise) after I put the kids to bed. I don't think I would have carved out the time if I didn't have the commitment. Because it's been a whole year, even though I'm done now, it's been great, because it just really got me into the routine (of exercise) and long-term changes."
Kroon said she lost her weight mainly on her own through exercise at the YMCA. But other programs lean on social motivation, in addition to financial incentives, to encourage weight loss.
Social dieting
Dietbetter.com, which launched last January, paid out more than $3.5 million in 2013 to users who joined one of their weight loss "games."
Fairfield resident Wendy Delson has been putting money on the line since August using Dietbetter.com. She's lost 25 pounds, seen her BMI move into a healthier range, and has made $100 through the site, which offers monthly private and public weight loss games with pots of as much as $200,000. Participants weigh in weekly, and use whatever method works best for them to help shed pounds.
"I've tried Weight Watchers, I've tried South Beach, I've tried so many different ways of dieting and the pounds were just coming on," said Delson, who is shedding pounds by watching her carbohydrate intake and making healthier choices. "This has been the only success I've ever had. It's been four months and I've kept the weight off."
She said the site's social encouragement aspects offer as much incentive as the financial ones. Those in the pool with Delson message each other on a regular basis, offering camaraderie over competition, which seems to make the program successful, she said.
"We're betting that we're going to do it, we're all working together and encouraging each other and that's what makes it work," Delson said. "Even though there's money involved, we still encourage everybody, which is very nice. We share diet tips, we share recipes that we've made. Someone will say, `I've hit a roadblock, what should I do?' or `I'm exercising and it's not really working.' There's all kinds of different questions and complaints we all talk about."
On average, 96 percent of Dietbetters lose weight, the company stated.
"At the end of every month, my friends have asked, `Are we in this again?' And we say yes. It's nice to get the money at the end, it's like, `Yay! I did it!' " but it's as much about the social support, Delson said.
"It's really nice when you see women working toward a common goal and sharing. We all come together, which is really nice. Nobody leaves anyone hanging, everybody really goes out of their way to help someone else. I feel like I really have someone -- no matter what time of day or night -- who will say, `We're there to support you.' "


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Words Walking
Daydreaming in an Open Land
Brush, Ink, Line: Calligraphy of Japan
Chill & Chat
Chapel Service
A Celebration of the Saint John Bible
A Place to Pause
Dinner on the Grounds: Mental Health and Appalachian Black Women
Lunch with the Recruiter: The Resource Group
Empty Bowls
LinkedIn & Social Media Presentation
Peanut Butter & Gender: Marianne Williamson
Spiritual Seekers
Let usTalk
Street Dance
Contemplative Writing Group
Mountain Folk Festival
TGIF- Think Globally, It is Friday!
State of Mind
An Environmental Economy in Middle-Period China
WAYNA ADAMS: "Coming Home: The Archaeology of Eastern Kentucky"
Dandelion Festival
COSMO Show!
Registration for Fall Term 2017
Dining Etiquette
Peanut Butter & Gender: Sarah Nunez
Salary Negotiations
Opening Reception for Graduation Exhibit
Good Friday Observance-Classes Cancelled
Peanut Butter & Gender: Rev. angel Kyodo williams
Internship Proposal Deadline
Graduation Exhibit for Art Majors
Learning through Service Expo
Job Search for Procrastinators
DENGUE FEVER: "Breaking down Musical Barriers: Cambodian Rock and Beyond"
Interview Box Party for Seniors
Mundo Monthly
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Drink Your Beets: How to Make Rouge Tomate's Red Tornado
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If you're not so big on beets, chances are you'll be pleasantly surprised by the Red Tornado served at New York's Rouge Tomate. And if you are into them, consider this satisfying red juice your new favorite detoxifier.
The sweet root vegetable, pomegranate, and clementine are this juice's power trio. To begin, head bartender Cristian Molina juices the washed, peeled beets raw, a small effort compared to the pomegranates. "It's more challenging to make pomegranate juice, because you have to clean all the seeds, blend and strain them, but the end result is nothing like you buy in a bottle," says Molina. "When they're in season, the seeds often fall out with the tap of a spoon. If they're really hard to get out, it's probably not going to taste that good."
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Molina adds a bit of lime juice to the blend of beet, pomegranate, and clementine to balance the fruity sweetness with a touch of tart. When beets are at their sweetest, he skips the agave otherwise used to sweeten the drink. The drink is crowned with a velvety head of pomegranate foam layered on with a soda siphon.
With a deep ruby hue signaling the rich, naturally sweet flavors inside, the Red Tornado will make even the most wind-chapped drinker take pause from cursing the cold and toast winter's produce.


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text: 14 May Daily News Posted by Bikini Owner Show ABOUT THE AUTHOR A bikini, a passport, and a healthy dose of wanderlust. That's us: your go-to beach lifestyle gurus for all things style, beauty, health, love, and travel. When we're not giving you the dish or curating the chicest swimwear you'll find online, you can find us at the beach. See you in the waves, babes! Bikini.com girls More articles by Bikini.com Staff


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Red Sox - 000 000 100 - 1 5 0 Yankees - 101 101 00x - 4 8 0Ichiro Suzuki and Derek Jeter each had three hits and scored two runs, and Kuroda (8-4-1-0-4, 112) had little problem with an impotent Boston lineup.
Jeter doubled and scored on Curtis Granderson's two-bagger in the first inning and then doubled and scored on a wild pitch in the third. Beckett's (6-7-4-3-6, 98) wild pitch came immediately after Jeter and Nick Swisher pulled of an uncontested double steal. Ichiro hit solo home runs to right field in the fourth and sixth innings.
Adrian Gonzalez popped his 15th home run in the seventh inning. He was one of only two Boston runners to venture past first base. (Jarrod Saltalamacchia singled and was stranded at second in the fifth.) The three other hits: singles by Nick Punto, Ryan Lavarnway, and Carl Crawford. Not only did New York not issue any walks, but the Red Sox had only three 3-ball counts all night.
Ellsbury, CFOn July 29, Kuroda pitched eight strong innings against the Red Sox (8-7-2-1-4, 102), a game Boston won in 10 innings. ... Kuroda and Beckett were the starting pitchers on July 6, the night both teams scored five times in the first inning.
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Stuff To Read: WEEI's Alex Speier has a good article on Pedro Ciriaco. Speier also wonders if it's time to start playing the kids. ... At Over The Monster, Brendan O'Toole muses about white flags and Carl Crawford's elbow. ... John Thorn asks: Who invented the shortstop position? ... The Chicago Reader has all you need to know about eating squirrels.


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Confirmed bachelor George Clooney's love 'em and leave 'em lifestyle has finally come to an end at that altar - and all it took was a Norwegian bank.
In a winking ad for the Norwegian bank DNB NOR, a confused woman wakes up to a hotel room strewn with wedding photos and a wedding dress only to discover that she, somehow, got the "Ides of March" star to put a ring on it. Possibly without remembering any of it.
A pajama-clad Clooney enters. "I was letting you sleep," he says. "Nice dress. Looks better off than on," he adds with a smirk.
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The ad ends with Clooney and his bride discussing their possible dream house, as the tagline comes up: "Some People Are Lucky in Life."
Not sure how this ad is going to play with Clooney's most recent ex, "Dancing with the Stars" contestant Elisabetta Canalis, who claims she was ready and willing if Clooney ever decided to pop the question. The A-lister is now being seen around town with former DWTS contestant and WWE wrestler Stacey Kiebler.
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Conservation and Environment in South Africa: Monthly Updates
Legodimo Nature Reserve - May 2009
The beginning of May saw the beginning of winter. The bush is changing drastically and the wildlife is getting ready for the dry season. Nights and early mornings are getting colder and colder. Daytime temperatures are very pleasant and this is one of the most beautiful times of the year. Our night sky has also changed - Orion is now invisible and Scorpio has made an appearance.
In May we built a new observation deck along the Limpopo River. This makes our data collection more varied and accurate. It took the volunteers a week to complete and we are very proud of them. Sightings from the new deck have included crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus), Hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius) and common species such as Impala (Aepyceros melampus), Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) and Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus).
We have also seen many bird species from the deck and bird observations are now more enjoyable from this selected vantage point.
The new waterhole has proved to be very popular with the wildlife. Elephants (Loxodonta africana) have been seen fighting over females, Jackal (Canis mesomelas) drinking, Impala rutting and many more. Due to the game viewing blind, we have constructed with volunteers in the past, viewing has been at close range and without any interference, leaving the animals to go about their thing, naturally.
Elephants have even been seen climbing into the waterhole! It appears to be holding.
Visibility is getting better as the vegetation is starting to get less dense and more animals are visiting the waterholes.
Across most of Africa the hunting season has started. This means that we have had to intensify our anti-poaching patrols to thus try and discourage any from coming onto the reserve. It looks like it might be working. On a snare removal exercise, no snares were found but many tracks of cattle and other livestock.
Volunteers took photos of the brands on some of the animals and after showing these to the local chief (king), we were assured that these illegal forays would stop.
Another very exciting discovery was the sighting of a Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) on a research drive. This is the first of these very rare and beautiful animals seen in around 20years. It shows that through our efforts, animals are starting to feel safe in our reserve and that our hard work in controlling erosion and eradicating alien plants, are starting to pay off.
Elephants are also starting to visit our camp more and more to make use of our swimming pool. They are very interested in our little garden and might become too curious soon.
It would be expected that reptile sightings would get fewer with the advance of winter, but on the contrary we have found many Puff adders (Bitus arietans) and seen plenty of tracks crossing the roads.
Jamie and Nicole have decided to leave our team and find their destiny elsewhere. We wish them all the best.
Dave is back! We are all very thrilled and have started to streamline our project further to get it to its full potential. Kathy is our new desk officer and has brought a smiling fresh new element to our team. Some new ideas and energy breathed new life into the group dynamics.
We are all rearing to go and ready for whatever June may bring.
Kind regards and friendly African greetings,
Gerrit Prinsloo
Conservation Director


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Ancestor Letters on Past Voices: Letters Home
letters are so wonderful to read -- they speak of illness in the
family, deaths, births, crops, weather,family and friends. I uploaded
Canadian and American letters, but still have dozens to put online.
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Letter to James A. McChesney,
Esq., Port Ontario, New York,from A. C. Dickinson, Smith Town, July 13,
1844; postmarked Peterboro, U. C., July 22, 1844, and Kingston, U. C.,
July 24, 1844
Letter from Albert Bertram Mudge during WW1 to his mother in Guelph Ontario, 1915
Letter to William Robertson McGillivray in Ontatio, Canada from his brother James McGillivray in Egilsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland, 1857
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Letter to Alvah Bush, Albany New York, from her sister, M.M. Bush, Cooperstown, New York 1843
Letter to Mrs. S. C. Hoskins, Sheffield, Massachusetts, from her daughter Helen, Hampton, Virginia 1849
Letter to Mr. John H. and Anna Northrop, Hebron, Washington County, New York, from Lydia Wells, Lisbon 1829
Letter to Jacob Sharpless, care of Dr. Parrish, Philadelphia Pennsylvania from Blakey Sharpless, Weston
Letter from John McCoy,
Captain of the Augusta Co. Militia during the Revolutionary War from
Staunton, Augusta Co.Virginia to Thomas Jefferson, 1781 (yes, THE Thomas
Letter to unidentified person from Simeon Baldwin, New Haven, [Connecticut], January 4, 1808
Letter to Mrs. Mary Bradford and sister Sarah Jane, Northumberland,Pennsylvania, from Louisa, York Pennsylvania, 1839
Letter to Miss Charlotte H. Ladd, Boston Massachusetts, from her mother, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1830
Letter to Miss Mary C. Cook, Great Falls, New Hampshire,from Fanny, Concord, New Hampshire, 1847
Mr. S. Newton Dexter, Whitesborough, New York, from Miss Mary Dexter, Providence, Rhode Island, 1823
Letter to Mr. Franklin Hoskins, Sheffield, Berkshire County,Massachusetts, from Wm. Gleason, Jr., Moresville, New York 1840
Letter to Mr. Samuel V. King, China Grove, Georgetown, South Carolina, from M. L. Wilkins, Springfield, 1842
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More road construction projects begin around southeast Wisconsin
DOT hopes to have lot of work done by Harley 110th anniversary
Be ready to hit the brakes. Several new road projects either started Monday or are beginning soon and are causing confusion for some drivers on the ride home
A repaving project is turning Water Street into an obstacle course right in front of City Hall.
Also Monday, WISN 12 News reporter Kent Wainscott found a street shutdown creating a traffic mess that drivers didn't see coming and another major road getting set to close.
It's all just weeks before the busiest traffic event of the year.
Drivers who use Kinnickinnic Avenue to avoid construction are being turned back. Railroad bridge work closed the road from just south of East Maple Street to the end of the Kinnickinnic River Bridge on Monday until November. Some drivers didn't know where to turn.
The closure created a mid-day traffic mess.
The suggested detours are:
- Northbound traffic: At East Becher Street and South Kinnickinnic Avenue, turn left onto Becher Street, and then right onto South First Street. Take First Street until it intersects with South KK and continue northbound.
- Southbound traffic: South of Maple Street, stay to the right and take South First Street to East Becher Street. Turn left onto Becher Street to South Kinnickinnic, turn right onto South KK and continue southbound.
Other area projects are disrupting routes normally used to avoid construction, in places like Lake Drive in Whitefish Bay, Bluemound Road and Wisconsin Avenue in Wauwatosa and Water Street in downtown Milwaukee.
"When possible, we certainly look to change schedules, compress schedules, start early, finish later, to accommodate those projects as well," Wisconsin Department of Transportation spokesman Michael Pyritz said.
The goal is to have most of the work done so that the thousands of Harley riders who roll into town on Labor Day weekend for the 110th anniversary celebration won't hit a detour.
Another major project kicked off Monday in Ozaukee County where four bridges will be replaced on Interstate 43.
A big shutdown is coming this weekend near the Milwaukee County Zoo, where Bluemound Road will close for 11 days.
A bit of good news is that Greenfield Avenue Bridge is set to reopen.
For more information about DOT projects in southeastern Wisconsin, visit http://projects.511wi.gov.


text: The HSG campus Our campus provides the ideal setting for your studies. Distances between different departments are short and connected by a modern infrastructure. Our campus is located on a sunny hill in St.Gallen with a lovely view of the city. It is well-connected to the public transportation network, or is about 15 minutes on foot from the city centre or train station. Renovated and extended campus The approximately 40-year-old structures were completely renovated, and existing university buildings were structurally adapted. Besides new classrooms, an underground car park, a big new restaurant run by Migros, and a modern triple sports hall with a wide variety of facilities were built on campus. Furthermore, the classrooms were brought up to the state of the art and adapted to contemporary forms of teaching. In addition, the number of learning places has been increased. Manageable and modern Our campus is compact, with a manageable size and modern infrastructure, helping students both in their individual and group study activities. With two crèches on the campus and appropriate facilities we are able to offer attractive conditions for students with children. Artwork by Giacometti and Richter Above all, our institute of higher education is a place of culture and art. Works from Arp, Miró, Braque, Giacometti, Richter and other artists are presented in a unique dialogue with the buildings, designed by architects Walter M. Förderer and Bruno Gerosa. Sport at the HSG To keep your body and mind in balance, our UniSport programme offers a wide range of athletic opportunities. Counselling for health-related issues UniSport is charged with maintaining a sport programme that enhances the studies and lives of University students and employees in addition to providing counselling for sport and health-related questions. Balancing work and studies The sport programme is also intended to develop habits that will provide balance to future workplace situations. University sport cultivates habits that are crucial to counter inactive study and workplace habits. HSG Shop The HSG Shop GmbH was founded in December 2004 as a joint venture between the University of St.Gallen and the HSG Alumni. The HSG Shop sells University merchandise. The idea is to provide members and friends of the HSG with an opportunity to express their sense of connection with the University of St.Gallen. Library Our library is specialised in scientific publications. It is a public library, accessible to everyone. Its collection mainly comprises works on economics, law, the social sciences and the humanities. In addition to our scientific documents and resources, the library also offers well-stocked collections of literature, best-sellers, audio-books, magazines and journals, and even a small collection of comic books. Catering The University of St.Gallen offers a wide range of catering options, for lunch, snacks, aperitifs or banquets. Operators: Genossenschaft Migros Ostschweiz (main campus) and PSG Gastronomie St.Gallen (Executive Campus Holzweid


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It pains me to say it, but our house is for sale.
We love love love this place, but the daily carpool/commute to our kid's school in N Framingham is killing us. It's 17*4 = 68 minutes in a car. When it could obviously be 5 or 10 if we lived closer.
So inquire quickly if you are interested! It's been on MLS for only a day and we've already had several pings. google: 147 N Shore Dr, Stow MA 01775
The basic ideas of the house is:
– IAQ (indoor air quality)
– Comfort (living with no drafts and even air temps is an amazing experience)
– Daylighting. All of our rooms (including our bathrooms and basement) have nice daylighting.
– *Insanely* energy efficient (we EARN over net $1100 on our utility bills due to solar SRECs)
– Durable (little or no maintenance needed… hardiplank siding, hardwood floors, etc)
– "Passive Survivability" (I like that we can lose power and not worry about the house getting too cold very quickly or pipes bursting)
– Someday… homestead. There is a LOT of space in the front (S) of the house for a suburban vegetable "victory garden". If we were more ambitious, I assume we could easily grow all our veggies.
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It is almost Wednesday and that means I get to go home to Texas for a week! I've been looking forward to seeing family, high school friends, and eating Tex-Mex and BBQ for months now.
Today, though, was wonderful as well. I started the day off with the usual coffee and greek yogurt bowl and then headed to Crunch to workout.
This workout killed my glutes. If you want to build a booty, do this workout 2x a week and get at least a gram of protein per pound of goal weight per day.
- Barbell squats, 5 sets 0f 15, 95#
- Barbell lunges, 5 sets of 15 per leg, 65#
- 100 incline situps
- Barbell thrusts (where you do a bridge with a barbell laying over your hips), 4 sets of 15, 115#
For lunch, I made a quick, easy and paleo…
bacon butternut squash soup
Recipe: serves 1
- 2 cups roasted butternut squash
- 1/2 tbsp grass fed butter
- 1 slice bacon, crispy
- 1/2 cup chicken or veggie broth (or more if desired)
- 1 tbsp yellow onion
- 1 tsp garlic, crushed
- shake of salt
- shake of freshly ground pepper
- optional: for protein, once the soup is prepared, feel free to throw in grass fed beef, chicken, turkey, or even eggs!
- optional: 1-2 tbsp almond or peanut butter to top (I loved the soup with almond butter)
Directions – Combine the squash, butter, bacon, broth, onion, garlic, salt, and pepper in a blender and blend until smooth. Heat and add your protein and/or nut butter topping and enjoy!
After lunch, two my my closest friends from UC Davis came to visit and we went for a walk along the coast.
nutrition biochemistry nerdz 4 lyfe.
golden gate bridge
Afterwards, we went to State Bird Provisions for dinner. It is New American fusion served dim sum style, so you order lots of smaller plates. Very cool! I didn't take any photos of dinner, but it was insanely delicious. We got
- almond biscuits with duck liver mousse
- hamachi spring rolls with persimmon
- garlic bread with burrata
- seafood salsa with avocado cream
- glazed pork ribs with chard and togarashi (my fave!)
- red trout with hazel and mandarin brown butter
Gah, I am salivating just rehashing the details. I should go pack. Have a wonderful Wednesday!


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Markers indicate single locations on the map. You can customize your markers by changing the default color, or replacing the marker icon with a custom image. Info windows can provide additional context to a marker.
Code samples
The ApiDemos repository on GitHub includes a sample that demonstrates various marker features:
- MapWithMarker: A simple map with a marker. See the tutorial on adding a map with a marker.
- MarkerDemoActivity: Using markers on a map, including options and listeners
- MapWithMarker: A simple map with a marker. See the tutorial on adding a map with a marker-kt.
- MarkerDemoActivity: Using markers on a map, including options and listeners
Markers identify locations on the map. The default marker uses a standard
icon, common to the Google Maps look and feel. It's possible to change the
icon's color, image or anchor point via the API. Markers are objects of type
Marker, and are added to the map with the
GoogleMap.addMarker(markerOptions) method.
Markers are designed to be interactive. They receive
click events by
default, and are often used with event listeners to bring up info
windows. Setting a marker's
draggable property to
allows the user to change the position of the marker. Use a long press to
activate the ability to move the marker.
By default, when a user taps a marker, the map toolbar appears at the bottom right of the map, giving the user quick access to the Google Maps mobile app. You can disable the toolbar. For more information, see the guide to controls.
Getting started with markers
This episode of Maps Live covers the basics of adding markers to your map using the Maps SDK for Android.
Add a marker
The following example demonstrates how to add a marker to a map. The marker is
created at coordinates
10,10, and displays the string 'Hello world' in an
info window when clicked.
@Override public void onMapReady(GoogleMap googleMap) { // Add a marker in Sydney, Australia, // and move the map's camera to the same location. LatLng sydney = new LatLng(-33.852, 151.211); googleMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions() .position(sydney) .title("Marker in Sydney")); googleMap.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLng(sydney)); }
override fun onMapReady(googleMap: GoogleMap?) { googleMap?.apply { val sydney = LatLng(-33.852, 151.211) addMarker( MarkerOptions() .position(sydney) .title("Marker in Sydney") ) moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLng(sydney)) } }
Display additional information about a marker
A common requirement is to show additional information about a place or location when the user taps a marker on the map. See the guide to info windows.
Associate data with a marker
You can store an arbitrary data object with a marker using
and retrieve the data object using
Marker.getTag(), as shown in this code
* A demo class that stores and retrieves data objects with each marker.
public class MarkerDemoActivity extends FragmentActivity implements
OnMapReadyCallback {
private static final LatLng PERTH = new LatLng(-31.952854, 115.857342);
private static final LatLng SYDNEY = new LatLng(-33.87365, 151.20689);
private static final LatLng BRISBANE = new LatLng(-27.47093, 153.0235);
private Marker mPerth;
private Marker mSydney;
private Marker mBrisbane;
private GoogleMap mMap;
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
SupportMapFragment mapFragment =
(SupportMapFragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.map);
/** Called when the map is ready. */
public void onMapReady(GoogleMap map) {
mMap = map;
// Add some markers to the map, and add a data object to each marker.
mPerth = mMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
mSydney = mMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
mBrisbane = mMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
// Set a listener for marker click.
/** Called when the user clicks a marker. */
public boolean onMarkerClick(final Marker marker) {
// Retrieve the data from the marker.
Integer clickCount = (Integer) marker.getTag();
// Check if a click count was set, then display the click count.
if (clickCount != null) {
clickCount = clickCount + 1;
marker.getTitle() +
" has been clicked " + clickCount + " times.",
// Return false to indicate that we have not consumed the event and that we wish
// for the default behavior to occur (which is for the camera to move such that the
// marker is centered and for the marker's info window to open, if it has one).
return false;
Here are some examples of scenarios when it's useful to store and retrieve data with markers:
- Your app may cater for different types of markers, and you want to treat them
differently when the user clicks them. To accomplish this, you can store a
Stringwith the marker indicating the type.
- You may be interfacing with a system that has unique record identifiers, where the markers represent specific records in that system.
- Marker data may indicate a priority to be used when deciding the z-index of a marker.
Make a marker draggable
You can reposition a marker once its been added to the map so long as its
draggable property is set to
true. Long press the marker to enable
dragging. When you take your finger off the screen, the marker will remain in
that position.
Markers are not draggable by default. You must explicitly set the marker to be
draggable either with
MarkerOptions.draggable(boolean) prior to adding it to
the map, or
Marker.setDraggable(boolean) once it has been added to the map.
You can listen for drag events on the marker, as described in Marker drag
The below snippet adds a draggable marker at Perth, Australia.
static final LatLng PERTH = new LatLng(-31.90, 115.86); Marker perth = map.addMarker( new MarkerOptions() .position(PERTH) .draggable(true));
val PERTH = LatLng(-31.90, 115.86) val perth = map.addMarker( MakerOptions() .position(PERTH) .draggable(true))
Customize a marker
This video shows ways of using markers to visualize locations on a map.
Markers may define a custom image to show in place of the default icon. Defining an icon involves setting a number of properties that affect the visual behavior of the marker.
Markers support customization through the following properties:
- Position (Required)
- The
LatLngvalue for the marker's position on the map. This is the only required property for a
- Anchor
- The point on the image that will be placed at the LatLng position of the marker. This defaults to the middle of the bottom of the image.
- Alpha
- Sets the opacity of the marker. Defaults to 1.0.
- Title
- A string that's displayed in the info window when the user taps the marker.
- Snippet
- Additional text that's displayed below the title.
- Icon
- A bitmap that's displayed in place of the default marker image.
- Draggable
- Set to
trueif you want to allow the user to move the marker. Defaults to
- Visible
- Set to
falseto make the marker invisible. Defaults to
- Flat or Billboard orientation
- By default, markers are oriented against the screen, and will not rotate or tilt with the camera. Flat markers are oriented against the surface of the earth, and will rotate and tilt with the camera. Both types of markers do not change size based on zoom. Use GroundOverlays if you desire this effect.
- Rotation
- The orientation of the marker, specified in degrees clockwise. The default position changes if the marker is flat. The default position for a flat marker is north aligned. When the marker is not flat, the default position is pointing up and the rotation is such that the marker is always facing the camera.
The below snippet creates a simple marker, with the default icon.
static final LatLng MELBOURNE = new LatLng(-37.813, 144.962); Marker melbourne = map.addMarker( new MarkerOptions() .position(MELBOURNE));
val MELBOURNE = LatLng(-37.813, 144.962) val melbourne = map.addMarker( MakerOptions() .position(MELBOURNE))
Customize the marker color
It's possible to customize the color of the default marker image by passing a
BitmapDescriptor object to the icon() method. You can use a set of
predefined colors in the
object, or set a custom marker color with the
BitmapDescriptorFactory.defaultMarker(float hue) method. The hue is a value
between 0 and 360, representing points on a color wheel.
static final LatLng MELBOURNE = new LatLng(-37.813, 144.962); Marker melbourne = map.addMarker( new MarkerOptions() .position(MELBOURNE) .icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.defaultMarker(BitmapDescriptorFactory.HUE_AZURE)));
val MELBOURNE = LatLng(-37.813, 144.962) val melbourne = map.addMarker( MarkerOptions() .position(MELBOURNE) .icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.defaultMarker(BitmapDescriptorFactory.HUE_AZURE)))
Customize the marker opacity
You can control the opacity of a marker with the MarkerOptions.alpha() method. Alpha should be specified as a float between 0.0 and 1.0, where 0 is fully transparent and 1 is fully opaque.
static final LatLng MELBOURNE = new LatLng(-37.813, 144.962); Marker melbourne = mMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions() .position(MELBOURNE) .alpha(0.7f));
val MELBOURNE = LatLng(-37.813, 144.962) val melbourne = map.addMarker( MarkerOptions() .position(MELBOURNE) .alpha(0.7f))
Customize the marker image
You can replace the default marker image with a custom marker image, often
called an icon. Custom icons are always set as a
BitmapDescriptor, and
defined using one of the methods in the
BitmapDescriptorFactory class.
fromAsset(String assetName)
- Creates a custom marker using the name of a Bitmap image in the assets directory.
fromBitmap(Bitmap image)
- Creates a custom marker from a Bitmap image.
fromFile(String fileName)
- Creates a custom icon using the name of a Bitmap image file located in the internal storage.
fromPath(String absolutePath)
- Creates a custom marker from an absolute file path of a Bitmap image.
fromResource(int resourceId)
- Creates a custom marker using the resource ID of a Bitmap image.
The below snippet creates a marker with a custom icon.
private static final LatLng MELBOURNE = new LatLng(-37.813, 144.962); private Marker melbourne = map.addMarker( new MarkerOptions() .position(MELBOURNE) .title("Melbourne") .snippet("Population: 4,137,400") .icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.fromResource(R.drawable.arrow)));
val MELBOURNE = LatLng(-37.813, 144.962) val melbourne = map.addMarker( MarkerOptions() .position(MELBOURNE) .title("Melbourne") .snippet("Population: 4,137,400") .icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.fromResource(R.drawable.arrow)))
Flatten a marker
Marker icons are normally drawn with respect to the screen; rotating, tilting or zooming the map will not change the orientation of the marker. You can set the orientation of a marker to be flat against the earth. Markers that are oriented in this way will rotate when the map is rotated, and change perspective when the map is tilted. Flat markers will retain their size when the map is zoomed in or out.
To change the orientation of the marker, set the marker's
flat property to
static final LatLng PERTH = new LatLng(-31.90, 115.86); Marker perth = map.addMarker( new MarkerOptions() .position(PERTH) .flat(true));
val PERTH = LatLng(-31.90, 115.86) val perth = map.addMarker( MakerOptions() .position(PERTH) .flat(true))
Rotate a marker
You can rotate a marker around its anchor point with the
setRotation() method. The rotation is measured in degrees clockwise
from the default position. When the marker is flat on the map, the default
position is North. When the marker is not flat, the default position is pointing
up and the rotation is such that the marker is always facing the camera.
The below example rotates the marker 90°. Setting the anchor point to
0.5,0.5 causes the marker to be rotated around its center, instead of its
static final LatLng PERTH = new LatLng(-31.90, 115.86); Marker perth = map.addMarker( new MarkerOptions() .position(PERTH) .anchor(0.5,0.5) .rotation(90.0));
val PERTH = LatLng(-31.90, 115.86) val perth = map.addMarker( MakerOptions() .position(PERTH) .anchor(0.5f,0.5f) .rotation(90.0f))
Marker z-index
The z-index specifies the stack order of this marker, relative to other markers
on the map. A marker with a high z-index is drawn on top of markers with lower
z-indexes. The default z-index value is
Set the z-index on the marker's options object by calling
MarkerOptions.zIndex(), as shown in the following code snippet:
@Override public void onMapReady(GoogleMap map) { map.addMarker(new MarkerOptions() .position(new LatLng(10, 10)) .title("Marker z1") .zIndex(1.0f)); }
override fun onMapReady(googleMap: GoogleMap) { map.addMarker(MarkerOptions() .position(LatLng(10.0, 10.0)) .title("Marker z1") .zIndex(1.0f)) }
You can access the marker's z-index by calling
Marker.getZIndex(), and you can
change it by calling
Markers are always drawn above tile layers and other non-marker overlays (ground overlays, polylines, polygons, and other shapes) regardless of the z-index of the other overlays. Markers are effectively considered to be in a separate z-index group compared to other overlays.
Read about the effect of z-index on click events below.
Handle marker events
The Maps API allows you to listen and respond to marker events. To listen to
these events, you must set the corresponding listener on the
object to which the markers belong. When the event occurs on one of the
markers on the map, the listener's callback will be invoked with the
Marker object passed through as a parameter. To compare this
Marker object with your own reference to a
Marker object, you must use
equals() and not
You can listen to the following events:
- Marker click events
- Marker drag events
- Info window click events
Marker click events
You can use an
OnMarkerClickListener to listen
for click events on the marker. To set this listener on the map, call
GoogleMap.setOnMarkerClickListener(OnMarkerClickListener). When a user
clicks on a marker,
onMarkerClick(Marker) will be called and the marker will
be passed through as an argument. This method returns a boolean that indicates
whether you have consumed the event (i.e., you want to suppress the default
behavior). If it returns
false, then the default behavior will occur in
addition to your custom behavior. The default behavior for a marker click
event is to show its info window (if available) and move the
camera such that the marker is centered on the map.
Effect of z-index on click events:
- When a user clicks on a cluster of markers, the click event is triggered for the marker with the highest z-index.
- At most one event is triggered per click. In other words, the click is not passed down to the markers or other overlays with lower z-index values.
- Clicking on a cluster of markers causes subsequent clicks to cycle through the cluster, selecting each in turn. The order of the cycle first prioritises z-index, then proximity to the click point.
- If the user clicks outside the proximity of the cluster, the API recalculates the cluster and resets the state of the click cycle so that it starts from the beginning.
- The click event falls through marker clusters to other shapes and overlays before restarting the cycle.
- Markers are effectively considered to be in a separate z-index group compared to other overlays or shapes (polylines, polygons, circles, and/or ground overlays), regardless of the z-index of the other overlays. If multiple markers, overlays or shapes are overlaid on top of each other, the click event is cycled through the cluster of markers first, then triggered for other clickable overlays or shapes, based on their z-index values.
Marker drag events
You can use an
OnMarkerDragListener to listen for
drag events on a marker. To set this listener on the map, call
GoogleMap.setOnMarkerDragListener. To drag a marker, a user must long press
on the marker. When the user takes their finger off the screen, the marker
will stay in that position. When a marker is dragged,
onMarkerDragStart(Marker) is called initially. While the marker is being
onMarkerDrag(Marker) is called constantly. At the end of the drag
onMarkerDragEnd(Marker) is called. You can get the position of the marker at
any time by calling


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DETROIT (AP) -- Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway will make her first appearance in federal court next week on a charge of bank fraud.
The U.S. attorney's office says Hathaway is scheduled to appear Jan. 29 before John Corbett O'Meara, a federal judge in Ann Arbor. She was charged with fraud last Friday, three days before her planned resignation from the state's highest court.
Hathaway is accused of concealing assets and shuffling properties to mislead a bank into approving a short sale on her home in Grosse Pointe Park. The sale was approved, and Hathaway and her husband got rid of a $600,000 mortgage debt.
The charge was filed as a criminal information, which means a guilty plea is expected. Hathaway's lawyer won't comment.
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feast (one's) eyes
To gaze upon something with joy or pleasure. Feast your eyes! Dinner has been served! I got my report card today—feast your eyes on all those A's!
feast one's eyes (on or upon someone or something)
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The Wannabes And Dreamers Of Dancing With The Stars Season 17
Up until this week, what a semi-lacking rumor season it's been this off season for Dancing With The Stars Season 17! Court was just remarking to Heidi and I last week how unusually quiet it's been and it's so true. Even the twitter campaigning for celebrities has been more quiet than the norm. Maybe with the shake ups for the new season, this means a shake up for the rumor season too? Instead for this off season, it seems more fans are campaigning more for their favorite pros (who didn't dance last season) to return instead….Maks Chmerkovskiy, Chelsie Hightower, and Anna Trebunskaya especially! We've also seen an occasion plea for a return of Louis Val Amstel and Dmitry Chaplin.
Also, we usually see a few stars out there campaigning to dance on Dancing With The Stars, but so far, this is pretty nil as well. Though it's still early too and anything can happen, but, here is what we HAVE noticed for the few fans and stars who are campaigning or who are supporting the campaigning from fans! I also want to ask for my co-horts in crimes thoughts on everything on this topic for what they think!! So look for Courtney's and Heidi's input to this post as well. Let us know what you think too and who you've seen campaigns for!
First up, Miss America 2013 Mallory Hagan. As you might remember, Mallory remarked several times last season and after she won Miss America she very much would like to dance on Dancing With The Stars. Just take a look at her twitter page to see her retweeting all the fans who are out there campaigning for her. Here are just a few of many here and here. I'm taking this as a sign she still very much would like to dance on Dancing With The Stars. Note too that soon Mallory will be free of her Miss America duties come September 15th after the new Miss America is chosen. Hmmm, can you tell I'm hoping for this one? 🙂 As for the rest, well….
We've also noticed some campaigning for teen mom Maci Bookout since she competed in a Dancing With The Stars charity event this summer. Maci has also been rumored to dance in Dancing With The Stars Season 13.
Thirdy, Deena Cortese!! We want to mention Deena since The Blaze is reporting that Geraldo Rivera was referencing her in his tweet that he declined an offer from Dancing With The Stars. As you might remember, Deena was campaigning hard to dance last season and a few of her fans are still campaigning and hoping she'll dance this season.
And we can't forget about this one… Beth Chapman!! Every day and with every season, it seems someone is always campaigning for her. In the past she's been very vocal about wanting to do Dancing With The Stars, but, if you take a look at her twitter currently, she's not been so vocal this off season. Note how she was turned down by the show in season 14 since they already had their cast selected at the time.
Lastly, Olympian swimmer Ryan Lotche! Lots of his fans haven't given up campaigning for him to dance on Dancing With The Stars. Dancing With The Stars even asked him to dance last season, but, E Online reported in April that he turned them down since he wanted his own reality show which he got. Note how he recently won two gold medals at Worlds. It sounds like he is a very busy guy, but, could he fit in Dancing With The Stars this season if asked again?
Courtney: Sorry, but I'm a big fat "no" for all of the above – Mallory won't stop talking about it, I find most of the Teen Mom stars to be highly immature, Deena's a has-been since Jersey Shore wrapped, I don't think Beth is notable enough, and I'm pretty sure Lochte's got the IQ of a carrot.
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Achieving a PhD in Biblical Studies raises questions about different stages of the process commonly encountered by those who venture into the academic world. In Prepare, Succeed, Advance, Nijay K. Gupta divides the procedure into three specific phases: Prepare, which focusses on choosing the right doctoral programme and applying for it; Succeed, which deals with the delicate challenge of writing a defensible thesis; and Advance, in which he gives advice on how to face issues with success in career development in the academic field. Gupta offers discussions and answers to the most pertinent and pressing questions that prospective and current doctoral students come in contact with, in a guidebook that tackles from an authoritative perspective any doubts with a remarkable amount of personal experience.
1. Choosing a Doctoral Program
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3. Making the Application
4. Orientation to the PhD and Choosing the Research Topic
5. Researching and Writing the Dissertation
6. How to Defend Your Work (Preparing for Your Oral Defense)
7. Orientation: From PhD to Employment and Beyond
8. Conference Participation and Publishing
9. Teaching Experience
10. Job Hunting, Interviewing, and Publishing the Dissertation
Dr Nijay K. Gupta (PhD, New Testament, University of Durham) teaches Biblical Studies at Seattle Pacific University. He is the author of the book Worship That Makes Sense to Paul (2010), and over a dozen academic articles in theological journals. He is also assistant editor of Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters.
Getting a PhD in biblical studies it is not a walk in the park, it's more like running for your life through the African Serengeti at meal time! Lucky for would-be PhD students is that Dr Nijay K. Gupta can be your tour guide as you start this journey. Nijay himself has been tried by the ordeal of a British doctorate, he's a successful graduate who landed a job, and an accomplished author to follow up. If you want to know about the A-Z of doing and finishing a PhD in biblical studies, this book will show you the way and save you much pain and frustration. Michael Bird, Lecturer in Theology at the Bible, College of Queensland
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President Bush and leading Democratic presidential candidates have said a military attack on Iran is a viable option. According to the president, Iran's pursuit of nuclear technology puts the Middle East "under the shadow of a nuclear holocaust."
Yet the 1981 Algiers Accords, backed by Presidents Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, prohibit such an attack.
The Bush administration has defended the validity of the Algiers Accords in court, and the courts agreed, so there can be no doubt of the documents' legality.
Issued Jan. 19, 1981, and brokered at the end of the Carter administration, the accords declared, "It is now and will be the policy of the United States not to intervene, directly or indirectly, politically or militarily, in Iran's internal affairs."
The accords mostly dealt with potential legal disputes arising out of the 1979 hostage crisis. They prohibited individual lawsuits against Iran and established a procedure for the resolution of future disputes between the two countries.
A group of former hostages challenged that agreement in 2000 and sued Iran for subjecting them to 444 days of captivity. Iran never responded to the lawsuit, and the former hostages won a default judgment. They wanted $33 billion in damages. But the State Department invoked the Algiers Accords, arguing that individuals suing sovereign governments would interfere with U.S. foreign policy. A federal appeals court agreed in 2004 and upheld the Algiers Accords.
The hypocrisy is obvious. The administration supported the dispute resolution portions of the accord while ignoring the nonintervention provisions. Barry Rosen, a former press officer at the U.S. Embassy in Iran who was part of the 2000 lawsuit, put it bluntly: "This administration has not been shy about breaking international agreements," he told The Washington Post last year. "The administration appears to be in contradiction of itself. "
The situation has only gotten worse. Two years ago, the Bush administration initiated a covert program of military attacks against Iran by disaffected ethnic minority groups, as Seymour M. Hersh documented in The New Yorker.
Last year, I interviewed leaders of PJAK, a branch of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which is on the State Department's list of terrorist organizations. As I reported in Mother Jones this year, PJAK receives money and arms from the United States in a program designed to destabilize northern Iran. The PJAK guerrillas claimed they killed more than 100 Iranian Revolutionary Guards last year. Iran retaliated by shelling Kurdish villages in northern Iraq.
Turkey says it captured PKK guerrillas possessing U.S. arms. In recent weeks, because of PKK attacks, Turkey has sent helicopters to attack the PKK in northern Iraq. U.S. policy is destabilizing the entire region.
According to the ABC Evening News, similar covert actions are under way in Baluchistan, a province near the Pakistan border. ABC reported that the U.S. is funding Jondollah, the insurgent group behind the February 2007 bombing in Baluchistan that killed 11 Revolutionary Guards and wounded several civilians. Jondollah is headed by a former Taliban member turned freedom fighter against Iran.
These proxy troops are similar to the Afghanistan mujahedeen that the U.S. armed and funded to fight the Soviets in the 1980s. Some of those fighters, including Osama bin Laden, later attacked the U.S. Will history repeat itself?
By engaging in this covert war and selectively ignoring the Algiers Accords, the U.S. undermines efforts to make Iran follow United Nations resolutions and international law. To support the Algiers Accords and reject them at the same time is consistent with the general illogic of the Bush administration. But to allow this backdoor war to continue is to court disaster.
Reese Erlich is the author of "The Iran Agenda: The Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Middle East Crisis." His e-mail is firstname.lastname@example.com.


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