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In a cave in the woods, all winter long, Bear sleeps in his cozy lair. Surprise guests stop by to warm up, brew tea and pop corn while Bear snores on. When the smells and the fun finally disturb his slumber, Bear wakes up to find his den full of celebrating critters. Cheerful rhymes and illustrations will charm children as they wait for Bear's BIG reaction.
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This book is guaranteed to make you laugh--and itch! From the opening picture of a happy, oversized louse appearing with his suitcases, you know these bugs are determined to stay, and Mom is about to go nuts!Nobody talks about them, but they are everywhere. (Some estimate 20 million children a year host them.) Oh the shame and humiliation of having bugs in your hair! But if you go to school, or have play dates, chances are good you might meet them someday. Maybe you already have! Lucky for you, the unwelcome bugs in this story are so funny you will be laughing aloud--even when Mom attacks them with battle-tested anti-lice weapons.
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Paramount Pictures, New Regency and Plan B Entertainment today announced casting for The Big Short, with Christian Bale (American Hustle, The Dark Knight trilogy), Steve Carell (Foxcatcher), Ryan Gosling (Drive, Crazy, Stupid, Love) and Brad Pitt (Fury, World War Z) coming aboard the project for director Adam McKay (the Anchorman films, The Other Guys). The film also stars Melissa Leo (The Fighter, Frozen River) and Marisa Tomei (Crazy, Stupid, Love, The Wrestler).
The film's screenplay is written by McKay, from a script by Charles Randolph (Love and Other Drugs), based on Michael Lewis' bestselling non-fiction book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine. The Big Short is the remarkable true story of the genius contrarian investors who, recognizing just how insane the housing bubble had become, figured out how to "short" the market prior to the financial collapse of 2008.Read More
Ryan Gosling is currently in negotiations to star in Blade Runner 2, which will be directed by Denis Villeneuve. The sequel to the 1982 sci-fi hit Blade Runner will be executive produced by that film's director Ridley Scott. The film is coming from Alcon Entertainment.
Harrison Ford is already confirmed to return as his iconic character, the replicant hunter Rick Deckard. Shooting on Blade Runner 2 won't start until summer 2016, with everyone involved moving forward cautiously, as they know full-well they are walking on sacred ground. Hampton Fancher (co-writer of the original) and Michael Green have written the original screenplay based on an idea by Fancher and Ridley Scott.Read More
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone are both circling the romantic musical La La Land. We first reported on the project back in June 2014, when Miles Teller and Emma Watson were attached to star, but Miles Teller has moved on and Emma Watson was forced to drop out due to her commitment to Disney's Beauty and the Beast. No deals are finalized for Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone quite yet, but Deadline reports that all parties are trying to make this happen.
The project will mark writer-director Damien Chazelle's follow-up to his critically-acclaimed Whiplash, which was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar, although the filmmaker actually wrote the script for La La Land before Whiplash. Jordan Horowitz (The Kids Are All Right) is producing alongside Fred Berger (Taking Chance). Ryan Gosling recently made his directorial debut with Lost River and he will next be seen on the big screen in The Nice Guys. Emma Stone starred in Best Picture winner Birdman and she will next be seen in Aloha and Irrational Man.Read More
Ryan Gosling is in talks to join Guillermo del Toro's long-gestating project Haunted Mansion 3D. Guillermo del Toro recently moderated a panel at the South By Southwest Film Festival last month for Ryan Gosling's directorial debut Lost River, and they were also spotted at Disneyland over Oscar weekend, riding the Haunted Mansion ride together and others such as Space Mountain, Thunder Mountain Railroad and Pirates of the Caribbean. No details were given for what character Ryan Gosling may portray.
Back in July, the director revealed that he may not direct Haunted Mansion, and that they have not cracked the story quite yet. The Wrap reports that D.V. DeVincentis (High Fidelity, Grosse Pointe Blank) is currently working on the script, although there is no indication about when production may begin. If Ryan Gosling does sign on, it will mark a reunion of sorts with Disney, since he was one of the Mouseketeers in The Mickey Mouse Club, and one of his early movie roles was in Disney's Remember the Titans.Read More
Before Ryan Gosling's directorial debut Lost River debuts in limited theaters and VOD formats tomorrow, Warner Bros. has released three new clips from this dark drama. The new filmmaker does not appear in front of the camera, but he directs an ensemble cast featuring Christina Hendricks, Saoirse Ronan, Eva Mendes, Matt Smith, Iain De Caestecker, Ben Mendelsohn and Barbara Steele. For those in the Los Angeles area, writer-director Ryan Gosling will also take part in a Q&A session moderated by director Edgar Wright following the 3:00PM screening at Sundance Sunset Cinemas on Sunday, April 12th.
Lost River is a dark fairy tale about love, family and the fight for survival in the face of danger. In the virtually abandoned city of Lost River, Billy, a single mother of two, is led into a macabre underworld in her quest to save her childhood home and hold her family together. Her teenage son Bones discovers a mystery about the origins of Lost River that triggers his curiosity and sets into motion an unexpected journey that will test his limits and the limits of those he loves.Read More
Just one week after Disney secured Emma Watson to play Belle in their Beauty and the Beast remake, The Tracking Board reports that the studio has offered the Beast role to Ryan Gosling. There is no word on whether or not Ryan Gosling plans to accept the offer at this time. This live action remake of Disney's 1991 animated classic Beauty and the Beast will also be a musical, like its predecessor.
Ryan Gosling does have a history of turning down major studio roles, and he has recently been courted to join Sony Pictures projects such as The Sinister Six and the Ghostbusters reboot. The actor recently made his directorial debut with Lost River, which is set for release this April, and last month, he signed on to star in Paramount's The Big Short alongside Brad Pitt and Christian Bale. It isn't known when production will begin on The Big Short, but Beauty and the Beast will start shooting later this year, so it's possible that there may be a scheduling conflict.Read More

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Technology is evolving from time to time. As time goes by, new technology has come into place replacing the aged technology. However, we realized that without the previous technology, it is impossible for the new generation to enjoy the benefit of the technology we have today. To appreciate the golden aged technology, discuss in your group about an elder technology right from the beginning until how their evolved and improved to the latest technology today in a variety of fields including in education, finance, government, health care, science, publishing, travel, manufacturing, hospitality and media.
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Technology in Robotics based on Artificial Intelligence Perspective. 1.1 Objectivesvii
1.Introduction to Robotics based on Artificial Intelligenceviii
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7.Evolution in technology in robotics.xvi
8.Evolution of Artificial Intelligencexvii
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I have an RH Designs StopClock (f-stop timer) that I acquired for another enlarger. When I picked up an L1840 Durst a while back, it became clear that these two units may not work together, at least not in the "plug and play" sort of way (as the StopClock does with my Saunders).
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After training its summer interns to work on its search marketing programs, Vintage Tub & Bath increased its conversion rate by 11%. The interns also made changes that increased traffic from Yahoo by 18% and lifted conversions through Yahoo 14%.
Maximizing search marketing programs takes time and effort, but staff resources may be in short supply. Vintage Tub & Bath solved that problem by trying something new and boosted its return on search to boot: it trained its interns for the job, and it's increased its conversion rate by 11% since last summer, says Internet marketing manager Mike Deckman.
In June 2007, Vintage Tub & Bath realized it needed to revamp its search marketing program to continue to grow, and it started looking for additional search management staff. Unable to find enough suitable candidates, Deckman looked to the 10 to 15 college students working for the company as interns.
With the right training, Deckman reasoned, they could fill search marketing roles where needed. After completing an online course from the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization, six interns were each assigned to work on a specific area of search.
The expanded search marketing workforce gave Deckman the opportunity to more closely analyze the company's pay-per-click campaigns and identify what Vintage Tub & Bath could do to improve its return on ad spend. And the interns soon uncovered areas for improvement. For example, their analysis of the retailer's program at Yahoo turned up overlooked opportunities for exposure. The team made changes that increased traffic from Yahoo by 18% and click-through by 7%, and lifted conversions through Yahoo by 14%.
The interns also found areas where spending could be reduced. After their analysis, Vintage Tub & Bath took steps to decrease the volume of paid referrals from Google. "We found that we were receiving a lot of useless traffic from terms that did not convert well or at all," Deckman says. "We simply improved the quality of traffic by using more specific, long-tail terms and realized a 7% lift in conversion."
The new search strategy yielded measurable results by the fourth quarter, Deckman says, adding, "It was an opportunity to start over. We created an entirely new structure for pay-per-click campaigns and largely used our summer interns to do it."
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News out of Jamaica this week is that LIME has to pay Digicel more than J$1.5 billion dollars for wrongly withholding money for calls from LIME's fixed line subscribers to Digicel mobile phones. This is not the first time the regulators have had to arbitrate to force telecommunications companies in the region to do the honest thing. All the while LIME, Digicel and the others push the message of being good corporate citizens.
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Name: Shawnette "Tay" Phillips, 19
Location killed:Corner of 35th Avenue and Clayton Street
Agency: Denver Police Department
Date killed: Feb. 4, 1997
Cause of DeathStruck and dragged by car
Suspect: None identified
It was early in the morning of Tuesday, Feb. 4, 1997, and Shawnette "Tay" Phillips was tired.
The 19-year-old former East High School student was a babysitter and would have to watch young rambunctious kids later that morning, and she needed her energy.
But her two closest girlfriends were insistent, calling her repeatedly from late Monday night until early that morning.
Finally, the shy girl who lived with her grandmother and aunt and uncle relented.
A car picked Shawnette up just after 1 a.m.
At some point within the next 3 1/2 hours she ended up at the corner of 35th Avenue and Clayton Street.
By 4:30 a.m. her body was lying crumpled on the street near that corner after a car slammed into her and dragged her onto the
Shawnette "Tay" Phillips
Police said they had a witness. Shawnette's aunt and uncle, Delores and Richard Kibble, identified the witness. According to court records, he was on probation for a drug conviction.
He told police that a white and brown Cadillac Seville occupied by several gang members had driven onto the sidewalk and grass, smashed into Shawnette and dragged her onto the road. Just before striking her, someone in the car had yelled "run them down." The witness said he jumped out of the way to avoid being run over.
"This child was just intentionally run over," said her aunt, Delores Kibble.
No one has ever been arrested in the case and no suspects have been named. The car, which likely was damaged when it struck Shawnette, has never been found.
Shawnette's friends who called that morning told police they didn't know anything about what happened, Kibble said.
Kibble said she began doing her own investigation, knocking on doors in the neighborhood to see if anyone had seen anything. Many of the people spoke only Spanish or didn't wish to speak with her.
Finally, a detective warned her to stop because the killers might retaliate against her family, she said.
Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson said police have received few leads in the case. He said if anyone in the area remembers seeing a damaged car at about that time they should contact police.
More than 400 people went to Shawnette's funeral, Kibble said.
"She was a wonderful person," she said. "She was easy to get along with."
Shawnette would give candy or small presents to the children she babysat as rewards when they brought home report cards, even when their grades were only Cs or Ds, Kibble said.
"She loved to encourage kids," she said.
Contact information: Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact Denver Crime Stoppers at (720) 913-7867. Denver Post reporter Kirk Mitchell can be reached at 303-954-1206 or email@example.com


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Galante is an elegant bay young stallion (rising 4 yrs) prospect with the gentlest temperament and bold movement. Galante has a classical baroque body style and although still a long way from maturing, he already exhibits the old style qualities sought by breeders of Spanish TYPE. His 16H dam is imported from Spain, bred and branded Nobleza del Guadiana, breeder of Indiano XVIII. Galante carries the black gene from his sire and will not grey. Eligible for inscription in Spanish Studbook (both parents revised). Inquire for details & pricing. Nashville, TN Email for details or call 1- 888-8MYTHOS
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Imported 16.2 H P.R.E. Spanish Andalusian Stallion
2005 Bay revised with ANCCE PRE stallion schooling 4th and PSG. Fun to ride, willing and focused work ethic with an engaging personality. Schooling with GP USDF gold medalist. Congrats to Georgie in Canada!
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Beautiful young grey unbred stallion, 4 yrs old, started under saddle in summer of 2014. Inquire for details. FLA. New video coming in April 2015. Email or call 1.888.8MYTHOS
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2011 Pure Spanish baroque colt, grey with black gene. Extremely smart & calm colt, very managable. Cavaliere is elegant and has desirable breed type, straight movement. Show and breeding quality. His Dam's bloodlines contain Miguel Angel Cardenas; Leviton, Sicab champions, and two prominent uncles from the Spanish Olympic dressage team, Invasor and Evento. FLA. Video link 1.888.8MYTHOS
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This is a special 16.0H Grey P.R.E. Stallionstallion with unlimited potential. Very manageable, 2nd level training with potential to go FEI. Sired by Olympic stallion, also ANCCE qualified/calificado. Schooling 2nd-3rd level with amateur rider. Shown to gold medal best movement award at ANCCE show (ANCCE judges) with extremely serious competition. Near San Fran, California. Video under saddle 1 Video under saddle 2 Video at liberty 1 Video at liberty 2
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This is truly an enchanting 7 yr old stallion who has been extensively handled and adored by his owner, who also happens to be an accomplished FEI Grand Prix trainer with a heavy schedule. He is an ambassador for the P.R.E. breed: a true Spanish gentleman, trustworthy, safe and people oriented. Soft, responsive, you never have to pull on his mouth, he is very light and easy to ride. He is being offered to the right person due to lack of time to give him the attention he deserves. This horse has brilliant movement and presence, with an angelic demeanor. He is smart and versatile, would be an excellent horse for classical dressage, exhibitions and working equitation.


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Should I let our son play tackle football?
This question is being asked in households in every city and town across the United States.Warriors Youth Sports in Denver and the Arapahoe Youth League would like to provide our answer to this question – a resounding YES – and then provide you information to help you reach the same conclusion.
Having played this sport, coached my own sons and instructed many others, I strongly feel that every child who shows interest should be allowed to play tackle football, the greatest game out there. Football provides the best opportunities for your child to learn many life lessons that will apply to the future. Life lessons to help them be better men, husbands, fathers, citizens, employees, bosses … you name it.
Football is a hard sport. There is no debating that. However, I believe many of you will echo that at times life is pretty hard as well. There is no other sport that requires the same levels of teamwork, self-sacrifice, reliance on others and physical preparedness that a player learns in tackle football. Like life, football knocks you down time and time again and requires you to get up and face those challenges until you master them. Football teaches perseverance, something that can be applied to playing a musical instrument, public speaking, math, chemistry, work skills, boot camp, special projects, family budgets and so much more.
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In February 2012, USA Football commissioned a two-year study of injuries in football called the Youth Football Player SafetySurveillance Study. This independent scientific study monitored 13 leagues with more than 200 teams and 4,000 players, ages 5 to 14, in six states. For the study, medical professionals attended every practice and documented every injury – from an upset stomach to the smallest bruise to broken bones and concussions – during the course of the 2012 and 2013 seasons. The study's findings include:
· Nearly 90 percent of youth players did not sustain an injury that resulted in missing a game or practice
· Of the 22.4 percent of players who reported an injury, 70 percent returned to play the same day
· Of the 11.9 percent of players who missed a game or practice because of injury, 60 percent returned to play within seven days.
· Bruises were the most common injuries (34 percent) followed byligament sprains (16 percent)
· 1.4 percent of players suffered a broken bone or fracture with 77 percent of these in the forearm, wrist or hand
· More than 95 percent of players in the study did not sustain aconcussion
· No youth player age 7 or younger sustained aconcussion at any time during the two-year study
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Kate New Energy Co., Ltd. signed China's first transnational carbon trading agreement in biodiesel industry on August 9th 2010.
Henan Zhongyuan Biodiesel Development Co., Ltd. started to build its first biodiesel production line with capacity of 30,000t/a in Xinmi City, Henan Province.
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Winner of bio-based long-chain dicarboxylic acid (LDA)patent disputes between Shandong Hilead Biotechnology Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Cathay Biotechnology R&D Center Co., Ltd. will probably dominate Chinese bio-based LDA market in the near future
Chinese pharmaceutical grade hyaluronic acid output expects to increase after Novozymes launches its pharmaceutical grade hyaluronic acid production line in 2011.
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Lloyd Marcus in Concert: I Love America Revue, A One Man Musical. Please Share with your Florida friends & family... A unique blend of music, entertainment and narrative... Lloyd Marcus shares his life story revealing how he, a black man, came to marry a white woman, his former alcoholism, his view on race... And More. You will laugh... You will cry... Lloyd Marcus: Entertainer, Singer, Songwriter, Speaker, Fine Artist and prolific writer, since his early beginnings in a Baltimore government housing project has emerged as world renowned highly respected Voice of Conservatism. Lloyd's music career began at age 9 singing solos in his preacher dad's East Baltimore storefront church.
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THIS WEEKEND @ Deltona Coffee House, Lloyd Marcus I LOVE America Revue: A One Man Musical. Singer, songwriter, artist and prolific writer Lloyd Marcus is quite unique and considered by some controversial. Lloyd's music career began at age 9 singing solos in an East Baltimore storefront church where his father was assistant pastor. Since his early beginnings in a Baltimore government housing project, Lloyd has emerged as a world renowned highly respected voice of the Tea Party Movement. Lloyd is also internationally known for his various jazz recordings.
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Bio: Lloyd Marcus, The Unhyphenated American is internationally renowned conservative columnist, singer/songwriter and author. While Lloyd's music includes, smooth jazz, pop and adult contemporary, his political original songs and commentaries have earned Lloyd worldwide celebrity.
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"Marcus, a widely known local musician whose star rose during some of the recent Tea Party Express tours, described one of the recent trials in a December blog post. The center -- which has recording studios, a stage and a concept for a cafe that features performers -- was behind in its mortgage. About 9 one night, he got a call at home about the toilet overflowing. He trudged to the center, mop, bucket and shop-vac in tow, and cleaned up the mess. But while there, he was invited to join an ongoing musical recording session and asked to sing along. "The vibe of the recording session was awesome; warm, friendly and cheerful with much laughing, joking and everyone having a great time," Marcus wrote. "Suddenly, it dawned on me, this is what the arts center is all about.""


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Cabbage Key Things to Do
Kaloz's Red socks
Somewhere during the evening, I seem to have lost my pants. Well, that is a sign of a good party, eh?more
Kiss someone at midnight!!
What would a new year's party be without kissing at midnight! Find a partner or better yet several and plant tulips (two lips) for the start of the year.more
Cabbage Key Restaurants
People who make a party a success
You are having a good time, but only because there are people working even on a holiday, so start the year off right by leaving a nice tip, these guys have to watch you party.more
Tip your servers
Some people have to work, even on New Years, so be sure to tip your servers, and try not to make them work too hard, it is tough to be working when everyone else is partying.more
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Cabbage Key Nightlife
Thank you, Candace!
I wouldn't have made this trip if I haden't met Candace in New Orleans earlier this year. Life is too short to pass up opportunities, so if your invited, go, and have a good time. The ladies have spiffied up, and so should the guys, I wore a tux.more
Celebrate the year just begun
It's a new year, so make new friends. Everyone is in good spirits, thanks to good spirits, so make some new friends and help them break their New Year's resolutions. Dress like you mean it. If it is New Years, wear a tux or a dress, this is a time to look good and feel good.more
Celebrate the Year just ending
There is only one bar on the island, and you can't miss it. Music, dancing, drinking, and just having a good time. This is a New Year's Party, the only requirement is to wear RED . The ladies were all in dresses and me in my Tux. Some people were more casual, but I don't think they had as much fun!more
Cabbage Key Transportation
You'll need a boat to get to Cabbage Key
I flew into Fort Meyers (RSW), and Candace picked me up at the airport. We drove to Punta Gorda where she keeps her boat. Her friends, who couldn't believe she invited someone she briefly met at Mardi Gras, kept calling to see if I had killed and raped her, I hadn't. Some people only think the worst.
Candace's boat is a beauty, and was well apportioned for the trip to Cabbage Key. (Plenty of Bloody Mary mix).
This is living!!
Cabbage Key Local Customs
Tape money to the walls
In the bar on Cabbage Key, the first thing you notice is that the walls are covered with money! Visitors sign their money and affix it to any available surface. It is hard to find a place to put your bill, so in many places the wall paper is several dollars thick!
Cabbage Key Warnings and Dangers
Be careful what you get yourself into
I found out later that Candace told her boyfriend that he couldn't go because it was a ladies only trip, so I was the only man on board the boat (except her son). This caused some tension later, but was quite fun for me!A friend, a doctor, gave me a box of Viagra to take along, it is hard to see in this picture, but the ladies thought it was a...more
Be careful what you bring
If you pack an accordian, people will want to play it!! I don't know how many of you travel with an accordian, but it probably applies to any musical instrument.more
Don't Forget Insurance
If your current health insurance doesn't cover you while your abroad, you should consider getting international travel insurance just in case something should go wrong.
Cabbage Key What to Pack
Don't forget your pants
Luggage and bags: I try to carry very little while travelling. The more bags, the more likely to have trouble. I carry a backpack (rucksack) and on this trip an accordian.
Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: Since the purpose of this trip was a New Year's Eve party. I brought my tux. And because the theme was red, I brought my red silk socks.
Other times on the island are casual, and you should dress for the islands
Toiletries and Medical Supplies: The cabin was well stocked, so only personal items need be brought. We did have some food stuffs on the boat and the cabin had a kitchen for cooking breakfast.
Photo Equipment: Cabbage key is dense with vegetation, so a telephoto lens is not necessary, I like a wide angle and a portrait lens, and slow film to get the colours (no faster than asa 100)
Camping/Beach/Outdoor Gear: Cabbage Key is in a muddy area, that is why the mangroves grow here, so we didn't encounter any swimming beaches. You can dive off the boat, so swimwear is always a good idea, unless you go starkers.
Miscellaneous: Bring a fishing pole. This is a great area for sport fishing, and Tarpon is king!Related to:
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Don't waste your time
I have been to this place at least a dozen times, usually when guests come in from out of town. Each time I go it just gets worse. It starts with a rude and ignorant dock hand. Then if you go at mid day you could wait more than an hour for a table. The wait staff looks overworked and scarce. The menu is limited and the food is so-so.I'm leading a...more
Welcome to Cabbage Key
Cabbage Key is very muddy, so pay attention to the channel markers as you pull up to the dock! The mangrove trees are really something to see with their root systems, and the island is very pretty Making new friends for the new year.more
Duets at the bar
As long as there are musical instruments around, you will have a party. We went to check out the bar before the party and ended up playing some duets on the piano. Don't be shy, go for it. Being the only man with a six woman crew!more
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A two-country hospital study of 808 elderly patients found a strong association between high, undiagnosed blood glucose in non-diabetic patients and increased hospital death rates, according to the March issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice.
Researchers are now calling for routine blood glucose testing of elderly patients when they are admitted to hospital. The Spanish team looked at 447 consecutive patients admitted to a geriatric unit, while the Italian team studied 361 patients over 60 admitted to an internal medicine department.
They found that, when they excluded the 206 patients already diagnosed with diabetes, 25% of the remaining 602 patients had a fasting glucose level of 126 mg/dl or more, which is the threshold used to diagnose the disease, with just under a fifth of those exceeding 180 mg/dl.
Mortality rates in patients with a fasting glucose level of less than 126 mg/dl was just over 8% for both the total sample and the patients admitted without a diagnosis of diabetes. But when the researchers looked at the undiagnosed patients whose fasting glucose levels were 126 mg/dl to 180mg/dl, the death rate rose to 18% and, in patients whose levels exceeded 180mg/dl, the rate increased to 31%.
These levels were much higher than the 14% and 23% recorded for diabetic patients with fasting glucose levels exceeding 126 mg/dl and 180 mg/dl respectively.
"This is the first multi-centre prospective study to assess the relationship between fasting serum glucose levels and in-hospital mortality in a large cohort of elderly patients" says lead author Dr Pedro Iglesias from the Department of Endocrinology at Hospital Ramon y Cajal in Madrid, Spain.
"Our findings clearly show that fasting glucose is a significant risk factor for death during hospitalisation, especially in patients who have not been diagnosed with diabetes."
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Jay Z sat down to offer his views on the cultural impact of hip-hop.
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FISA Interference?
Saturday's Seattle Post Intelligencer -- not known as part of the vast right wing media conspiracy -- reported that the FISA court -- supposedly the speedy authorizer of intelligence surveillance warrants -- was holding up and ordering "substantive modifications" to search warrant requests.
Interestingly, the report says that in the first 20 of the court's 21 annual reports, none of the requested warrants were turned down or even modified. But since 2001, at least six warrants were turned down and 173 subjected to substantive modification. So much for the speed this court issues warrants. Now the Bush administration is offering to brief the court on the warrentless NSA searches. Why now? Here's the money quote:
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Better than most episodes of Enterprise, even though the plot was predictable. I like the idea of the Earth Cargo Service and wish it had been explored more. Mayweather also got some much needed development, which is always nice to see.
Actually the best scene in it was the last scene, with the two captains talking about what had happened in the meantime. It really showed the stark differences between both Starfleet and ECS. I just wish Archer had had a drink with him.
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DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - A federal jury has convicted an Iowa woman of illegally accessing President Barack Obama's student loan records.
Jurors on Wednesday found Sandra Teague (teeg) guilty of exceeding authorized computer access.
Teague was one of nine people indicted on charges of accessing Obama's student loan records while they were employed at Vangent Inc. in Coralville, Iowa.
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Of the estimated six million fractures in the United States each year, approximately five percent will have slow or incomplete healing. According to J. Edward Puzas, Ph.D., who heads up orthopaedic bone research at the University of Rochester Medical Center and is the principal investigator of the clinical trial, a large portion of non-healing fractures tend to occur in older adults.
"In many people, as they get older, their skeleton loses the ability to heal fractures and repair itself," Puzas said. "With careful application of teriparatide, we believe we've found a way to turn back the clock on fracture healing through a simple, in-body stem cell therapy."
Those especially hard hit are the nearly 60,000 Americans suffering from pelvic fractures, where bracing and immobilization are not an option for an injury that leaves people immobile and in pain before the bone fuses.
"It takes three to four months for a typical pelvic fracture to heal. But during those three months, patients can be in excruciating pain, because there are no medical devices or other treatments that can provide relief to the patient," said Susan V. Bukata, M.D., medical director of the Center for Bone Health at the University of Rochester Medical Center Bukata. "Imagine if we can give patients a way to cut the time of their pain and immobility in half? That's what teriparatide did in our initial research."
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Lamar - Very interesting. That Fuji Pro looked great. Of course those scans are top notch.
Well I ran through a roll of Portra 400.
Very nice. The lack of grain when scanned is particularly impressive. Or, should I say, the lack of *intrusive* grain – I have no problem with grain in itself.
From a colour point of view, it's hard to say. Subjectively, looking at some Kodak 200 shots I have, the Portra seems to have a bit more depth and smoothness to it. I've no intention of of doing any 'scientific' testing mind you.
Interestingly, when I did a couple of black and white converstions, the Portra gave some fantastic tones.
Besides scanning, you could also actually print some negatives. Scanning negatives may give quite a different result - not always better or worse, just different. I'd rather evaluate a negative by prints than by scanned images.
I use Silverfast scanning software. The "colour point of view" can greatly be influenced by the selected film type in the software. Sometimes a "wrong" film type setting may give nice results.
BTW: monitor & printer callibration is also a factor.
Sure, when I get a minute, I'll upload some. This Portra roll was more of a test, so not sure there will be anything wonderful to look at, mind you.
I don't have a flatbed scanner anymore, so can't really show you what the prints would look like. All I'll be able to show is how a Plustek 8100 scanner works with the negs. I scan with VueScan (Silverfast makes me swear) and all options turned off – I prefer to do my post-prodcution in Photoshop. I've worked in design graphics for nearly twenty years, so I know well enough that this is going to give limited information for comparative purposes. It's funny how, before digital, I never used to accept anything that wasn't scanned on a £100K drum scanner. Nowadays digital leapfrogs the whole process. But that's not the reason I shoot film, of course.
I suspect that it's just having a good base to start with.
If you use a colour film that captures the widest range of tome, and scans well, then it will surely give the best latitude when converting to black and white... maybe? But yes, it does feel like a 'misuse' of expensive colour film, when there's perfectly good black and white film available.
Haven't really had a lot of time to play with the scans, but this is a recent Portra 400 shot.
Lamar: Those are really nice shots. Since these were scanned, were there any adjustments made that would have changed the results as compared to if it was chemically printed? If I would be scanning my pictures (landscape photography), where color saturation and contrast adjustments could be made, which film would you recommend? Thanks.
Thanks!!. I've never printed optically so I don't have a way to compare but the shots from my earlier post were pretty much straight scans. Other than adjusting final color balance and tone after the scan I don't do much. For scanning C-41 I have had the best results with Kodak Ektar or Porta and Fuji Pro 400H.
I do on occasion have to really work at it to get nice results. These are the toughest I've done. http://www.lamarlamb.com/On-Film/Fil...Music-Stars-in These were tough scans because of the wide range between highlights and darkest shadows. The film easily held all the detail in the shadows and highlights, it was tough getting it in a scan though. I had to use two scan passes to get all the detail, one exposed for highlights and one for shadows. Also, because the stage lighting was a single light pointed to the girl in the center I had to reduce the exposure in the center a bit in those shots to even the lighting across the entire frame. I'm not sure what the analogous optical printing process is exactly but I know I've read it is done quite often.


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A Discourse Approach to Brand Leadership Management
Otubanjo, Olutayo, International Journal of Marketing Studies
This paper examines existing viewpoints on brand leadership management and presents discourse analysis as another efficient, coherent and sustainable approach to this concept. Importantly, existing works on brand leadership management are critiqued - opening up a gap in the literature. Consequently, a discursive brand leadership model that advocates the action of talk via corporate communications following the delivery of a brand promise is presented. It is hoped that this study would help in creating a greater understanding of brand leadership.
Keywords: brand leadership, brand promise, corporate communications, discourse theory, organizational leadership, social constructionism
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Theoretical literature on organization studies, has within the last two decades, witnessed an unprecedented rise in the volume of research contributing to organizational leadership. A number of recent works (see Douglas, 2012; Palrecha, 2012; Hur et al, 2011; Balthazard et al, 2009; Schippers et al, 2008; Johnson, 2009; Fleming and Waguespack, 2007; Avolio et al, 2009; Thompson and Vecchio, 2009; Tranter, 2009) which appear in some first class journals provide a good evidence in this regard. Central to organizational leadership concerns are issues relating to performance improvement, raising of product quality level, increased output, good return on investment - all which are to a large extent dependent on the ability to lead competitively through effective brand leadership management in the marketplace.
Unlike organizational leadership, which is consistently debated, brand leadership, though important and inextricably linked to organizational leadership, is yet to receive any form of attention in organization or leadership studies literature. As such there has been no form of cross-fertilization of ideas between the two disciplines. This may be so because brand leadership is conceived as being deeply rooted in the field of marketing - as opposed to organizational leadership, which is a discipline that is traditionally grounded in organization studies. However, the pursuit of brand leadership, while popularly conceived as a marketing discipline, can also be proficiently understood as an exercise in the management of discourse (Phillips et al, 2004) between business organizations and stakeholders. Contrary to existing marketing texts, this paper argues that brand leadership is not only achieved through consistent innovation, higher market share, international presence, ability to offer consumers a wide variety of choices and so on. Rather, it is birthed through a discourse system that compel business organizations to say and action what is said in all corporate communication texts. In essence, brand leadership, from a discourse point of view, highlights the repeated delivery and expression of brand promises through a variety of corporate communication activities, which are decoded and interpreted at all times by stakeholders.
This paper makes a conceptual analysis of how brand leadership is achieved through discourse analysis. In contrast to existing literature on branding that takes a cursory look at the processes through which brand leadership evolves, this study dives into brand leadership literature from a critical angle - and then opens up a gap based on the critique. The gap is then filled through the development of a discursive brand leadership model. Finally, the implications of the study for brand leadership literature is highlighted and discussed.
2. Brand Leadership Literature: A Critique
Knowledge on brand leadership, the variety of approaches deployed by firms to stay ahead of competition within markets, is typically grounded on two theoretical assumptions. The first advocates a built-in system that demands a systemic organizational construction of branding philosophy into all operational processes (Tilley, 1999). The second is a built-out system. It champions the development of brand leadership through consistent innovation, higher market share, international presence and the ability to offer consumers a wide variety of choices regardless of the peculiarity of cultural nuances that may exist within social institutions across the world. …