text:
10 blogs you should visit...
current trends. Place for all crazy adventures of a girl called Olivia... This girl is breathtaking
in so many ways that's almost unbelievable... Cheek it out & you won't regret it. :)
vintage stuffs right? Well, one thing is for sure- WishWishWish is full of at least two of my
favorite things... And my oh my, this girl truly knows how to use camera & make drop dead
gorgeous photos. Dear Carrie, you've left me speechless with your talent... ;)
collect and post her daily inspirations, style musings and outfits. Blondie with a great love for
fashion, styling and photography who's working as freelance fashion designer and trend
forecaster... In short: she's something special & oh,I truly loved her posts like:
top-10-fashion-blogger-homes, top-10-fashion-blogger-closets &
noticeable & her girly-vintage style so-oh unique... I don't know why, but she seems like the
kindest, bravest & most wonderful girl ever. Well, I would love to invite her for a cup of
coffee or two... Wanna go, Weronika? :)
for success... And my oh my, all those pretty photos. <3
on my "fallowing list". She's a girl with many "blogging prizes" & that little "x factor" that
makes you wanna be like her. Besides that- she's already have her own clothing collection:
ALIVE- Bik Bok by Marianna. <3 Something to be proud of, huh? :)
personal style & turned into a career in the fashion industry. Lucky girl! Her style is so "me" &
I'm more than sure that you'll love it too. :) Well, just cheek it out & tell me. ;)


text:
Product Reference: 29225
Shock absorbing memory foam core protects from bumps and knocks
Cool Bananas cases are known for their excellent shock protection capabilities. This is down to the integrated memory foam that disippates any impacts, protecting your iPad 4 / 3 / 2 from harm. As this is a pouch case, it also offers full body protection against scratches and scrapes when not in use, so your iPad 3 / iPad 2 is well protected against any damage when in the Cool Bananas ShockProof pouch.
Durable twin zipper keeps your iPad 4 / 3 / 2 encased
To make removing your iPad 4 / 3 / 2 easier, the Cool Bananas ShockProof pouch has two zippers with a large fob on each for quick opening. This also provides added security to the closure, and means that if one of the zippers does eventually break, your iPad 2 will not be stuck inside the pouch.
Zipper-lip prevents scratches to your iPad 4 / 3 / 2
To prevent the zipper itself causeing damage to your iPad 4 / 3 / 2, the Cool Bananas ShockProof pouch has an internal lip surrounding the zipper area. This means that your iPad 4 / 3 / 2 does not come into contact with the zipper, so cannot be scratched by it.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Barclays yesterday said five employees had been sacked as a result of the Libor-fixing scandal which landed the bank with a £290m fine and cost its chairman and chief executive their jobs.
Rich Ricci, the chief executive of Barclays' corporate and investment banking division, told the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards that "a lot" of the individuals identified in its internal probe had left the bank, so it could not take action against them. He added that eight additional staff had also been disciplined.
The scandal over the setting of Libor – used to price loans and financial contracts – cost chief executive Bob Diamond and chairman Marcus Agius their jobs in the summer.
"We carried out a very thorough investigation, as you will have seen from the reports of the authorities, and we have subsequently held an internal review and disciplinary process of those individuals," Mr Ricci told a panel of MPs as part of the inquiry.
More than a dozen banks are also under investigation by authorities over the setting of Libor rates, but Barclays is the only one to have settled its case. Royal Bank of Scotland's chief executive, Stephen Hester, has also warned that the state-backed bank faces its own hefty fine running into hundreds of millions as a result of Libor abuses.
The Treasury said yesterday that oil prices and commodities could fall under new draft legislation to prevent future rigging in the wake of the scandal.
Launching a consultation on possible legislation to be included in the Financial Services Bill which is going through Parliament, Greg Clark, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, said: "Recent events have illustrated that Libor might not be the only benchmark subject to attempted manipulation. We are consulting on whether further benchmarks should be brought within the scope of regulation."
The new legislation would bring Libor under the scope of City regulators and make its manipulation a criminal offence. The consultation seeks the views of industry and the public on legislation to implement the key recommendations of the Wheatley Review, which the Government accepted in full last month.
- More about:
- Banking
- Barclays
- Investment Banks


text:
Holiday Inn Tyler-South Broadway
Holiday Inn Tyler-South Broadway
5701 South Broadway
Tyler, Texas
United States
Check In: 3PM
Check Out: 12PM
Check-in Age: 21
Book With Us Advantage
- Best Price Guarantee
We promise you access to the guaranteed best available prices, or your first night is free.
- Online Reservation Guarantee
Your room is guaranteed.
- No Booking Fees!
We do not charge any booking fees for making reservations directly with us.
- Data Privacy and Site Security
IHG takes your privacy seriously and works to protect you. All personal information you provide is encrypted and secure.
Welcome to Holiday Inn Tyler-South Broadway
Join us at our Hotel in Tyler, TX
Worthy of claiming the title, "America's Rose Capital," the beautifully landscaped East Texas community of Tyler plays host to an array of exciting attractions, unique shops and historical markers. From the Texas Rose Festival in the fall to the Azalea and Spring Flower Trail in the spring, you'll always find something that intrigues you in Tyler, Texas. Business travelers find our hotel convenient to the corporate offices of Fresenius, Ingersoll Rand, Trane, American Standard, Schlumberger, Mewbourne Oil, Delek Refining, The University of Texas, Tyler Junior College, Exxon, Halliburton, Brookshire Grocery and Suddenlink. Are you planning to host a banquet, meeting or social event in Tyler, TX? Our hotel is the largest, full-service convention hotel in Tyler with over 10,000 sq. ft. of well-appointed meeting space. Corporate guests can easily remain connected to the office with the free high-speed, wireless and wired Internet access. Plus we offer free, daily shuttle service to the Tyler Airport.
Corporate and leisure guests appreciate the many perks they can enjoy when they choose our hotel in Tyler, TX. Our Summerfields Bar & Grille is a great place to meet a client for a drink or for a meal with the family because kids under 12 can eat free. Make your reservations with us today to enjoy our special Texas hospitality.
Kids Stay and Eat Free
Kids ages 12 and under stay for free when sharing their parents' room.Up to four kids ages 12 and under eat free any time of the day in any Holiday Inn® on-site restaurant.
Region | Kids Stay Free | Kids Eat Free |
United States, Canada, Central America, South America, Mexico, Caribbean | 12 and Under | 12 and Under |
Greater China | Under 12 | 12 and Under |
Europe | Under 12 | 12 and Under |
Rest of World | Under 12 | 12 and Under |
Free High-Speed Internet
- Wired Internet Available in Rooms, Suites, Business Center, Public Areas and Meeting Spaces.
- Standard wired Internet service is free for all IHG® Rewards Club members
- Wireless Internet Available in Rooms, Suites, Business Center, Public Areas and Meeting Spaces.
- Standard Wireless Internet service is free for all IHG® Rewards Club members
Shuttle/ Parking
- Complimentary Local Area Shuttle
- Hours Of Operation From 7:00 AM-To 8:00 PM
- Complimentary Airport Shuttle Service Available For: Tyler Pounds Regional Airport
- Complimentary Daily Self-Parking is available
Pet Policy
- Pets allowed
- Service Animals Allowed
- Pet Deposit per Stay: 50 USD
- 50 dollar nonrefundable, one time per stay fee. Maximum 2 pets per room. Pets must be accompanied at all times.
Languages Spoken by Staff
Credit Cards
- American Express
- Visa
- MasterCard
- Diners Club
- Carte Blanche
- Discover
- Smoke-Free Facility
- Number of Floors: 8
- Total Number of Rooms: 182
- Number of Suites: 5
- Number of Non-Smoking Rooms: 177
- Number of Accessible Rooms: 8
- Connecting Rooms Available
- Public Entrance
- Guest Rooms
- Elevators
- Public Restrooms
- Registration Desk
- Exercise Facility
- Business Center
- Pool
- Number of Accessible Meeting Rooms: 7
Accessible Hotel Areas
- Registration Area
- Accessible Guest Rooms
- Business Center
- Meeting Room
- Exercise Facility
- Pool
Hotel Areas with Accessible Routes from Accessible Public Entrance
- Accessible Self-Parking
- Van Accessible Self Parking
- Ramp Access
- Portable Bathtub Seats
- Closed Caption TVs
- Visual Alarm/Alert in Guest Rooms
- Visual Alarm/Alert in Public Spaces
- Communication Kits with Visual Alarms
Provided by Hotel


text:
Gord MacEachern 6/27/2011 3:54:05 PM
Excellent image JP, glad to see your post, excellent work as always!! #1388544Tammy M. Anderson 6/27/2011 5:14:34 PM
Excellent clarity, colors and capture, JP. #9490465Patricia Seidler 7/5/2011 5:24:00 AM
Welcome back JP! Great title and capture! #9507811Rona L. Schwarz 7/5/2011 10:00:36 PM
Welcome Back, JP! Great capture and timing here, wonderful clarity, colors and detail! #9509791Nikki McDonald 7/7/2011 5:46:49 PM
Oh my, JP, what great timing. Excellent detail and exposure, too. Good to see your work again. #9514524JO ANN CLEVELAND 7/17/2011 3:39:01 PM
Awesome capture JP..Soooo glad you are back posting!
jo ann c. #9536339
Kathryn Wesserling 7/28/2011 9:26:53 PM
This is just all-around spectacular. One rarely sees a flock of flyers that doesn't have a lot of motion blur in the image. You have them crystal clear with terrific colors. Good Luck in the next round. #9562084Courtenay Vanderbilt 7/29/2011 4:24:08 AM
Congratulations on this awesome Finalist, JP! #9562815Stefania Barbier 7/29/2011 4:46:32 AM
congratulations on your wonderful finalist!!! #9562942Patricia Seidler 7/29/2011 5:59:14 AM
JP, congratulations on this wonderful finalist! #9563314Patrick Rouzes 7/29/2011 6:42:12 AM
Congratulations & good luck in the next round,JP! #9563632Bojan Bencic 7/29/2011 7:38:38 AM
Congratulations on your finalist, Jean-Pierre. #9564124Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas 7/29/2011 10:46:35 AM
Big Congratulations on your finalist Jean-Pierre!,Tammy M. Anderson 7/29/2011 11:10:52 AM
Congrats on your great finalist, JP. #9565060Amanda D. Austwick 7/31/2011 7:57:30 PM
WOW what a great catch with outstanding timing and title. Congratulations JP on your Finalist! #9572666Karen Celella 8/2/2011 11:39:49 AM
Congratulations on your fabulous finalist, JP! #9577100Rona L. Schwarz 8/4/2011 8:17:53 PM
Sorry I never congratulated you on this superb Finalist, JP - it's a marvelous capture! #9582651Merna L. Nobile 8/5/2011 7:05:29 PM
Imagine it. Feel it. Receive it. Congratulations, your entry was very special and thanks for sharing it with all of us. Merna Nobile
Maria Coulson 9/3/2011 7:51:00 PM
Great timeming, great photo, congratulations! #9651562JO ANN CLEVELAND 9/17/2011 10:32:50 AM
Love this! Congratulations JP!jo ann c. #9676184
Kim Andelkovic 2/7/2012 4:59:55 PM
Wow outstanding finalist....congrats :-)Kathryn Wesserling 2/7/2012 5:16:06 PM
How amazing that those wee birds are not afraid of that mammoth whale, eh?Spectacular shot, JP. Congratulations.
Gary Enloe 3/1/2012 5:15:19 AM
Outstanding capture JP. Perfect timing #10015290
Exif: F Number: 4.8, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/800 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 250, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 290.00 mm, Model: NIKON D700
Uploaded on 6/27/2011 3:18:39 PM
Camera: Nikon D700 Digital SLR Camera
Copyright for this gallery photo belongs solely to Jean-Pierre Ducondi. Images may not be copied, downloaded, or used in any way without the expressed, written permission of the photographer.
Contact photographer via gallery.
Log in to follow or message this photographer or report this photo.
I already have an account!


text:
Wendy's Employee Uses Mace On Angry Customer During AltercationAn employee at a Wendy's in Bloomfield used mace on an angry customer during an altercation early Sunday morning.
Crime Stoppers: Police Seek 'Zoey' Graffiti VandalPittsburgh Crime Stoppers is asking for help catching a graffiti vandal doing damage in Lawrenceville, Bloomfield and the Strip District.
Suspects Sought In Rash Of East Liberty Area Business RobberiesPittsburgh Police say at least six businesses were hit by robbers during a two week period from Nov. 1 to Nov. 14, in the East Liberty-Bloomfield neighborhoods.
Police: Robber Shot Clerk During Bloomfield RobberyPolice are looking for an armed suspect who shot a convenience store clerk during a robbery in Bloomfield Thursday night.
Bloomfield Celebrates Columbus Day With Annual ParadeIt's affectionately known as "Little Italy," but there's nothing small about Bloomfield's Columbus Day parade.
Olympic Gold Medalist Returns To Pittsburgh Alma MaterOakland Catholic High School is proud to be able to say that two of its alumnae won gold medals in the Olympic games in Rio last month.
Shooting Sparks SWAT Standoff In BloomfieldSWAT was called Sunday afternoon to a home in Bloomfield.
1 In Custody After Bloomfield SWAT SituationA man is in custody after a SWAT team responded to an incident in Bloomfield that lasted about two hours Sunday morning.
Little Italy Days Kicks Off With Food, Music And CultureThis is the 15th year for Little Italy Days in Bloomfield.
Netflix Series Filming In Pittsburgh Announces Another Casting CallAnother open casting call has been announced for "Mindhunter," the new Netflix series being filmed in right here in Pittsburgh.
Man To Stand Trial In Bloomfield Fatal Hit-&-RunA man facing charges stemming from a fatal hit-and-run in Bloomfield last month appeared in court on Wednesday.
Paramedics Plant Garden As Part Of New Healthy PartnershipParamedics in Bloomfield planted herbs, vegetables and a variety of tomatoes, which will all be used to cook healthy meals.


text:
E-News Blog
It's not too late! Make sure your INFORMS membership is paid for 2015 by clicking here.
What do you enjoy listening to? What do you skip? Let us know by taking the INFORMS Podcast Survey. It will only take five minutes of your time and you can give shape to the sound of the INFORMS podcast series INFORMS Today. Log onto the INFORMS podcast survey here and share your views on what fascinates you, what bores you, and how you would design a podcast. We've extended our deadline to December 15 so you can share your views. Click here today!
Interfaces - New Issue
Read the six new articles in the November-December 2014 issue of Interfaces. Members can subscribe to the 2015 INFORMS PubsOnLine Suite for only $104.00 to access all 14 journals back to volume 1, issue 1.
- "Decision Support System for PETROBRAS Ship Scheduling"
- "Locomotive Planning at Norfolk Southern: An Optimizing Simulator Using Approximate Dynamic Programming"
- "State of the Practice: A Review of the Application of OR/MS in Freight Transportation"
Decision Analysis - New Issue
Read the all-new articles in the December 2014 issue of Decision Analysis. When you renew your membership for 2015 subscribe to all INFORMS 2015 journals for only $104.00.
- "Multiattribute Procurement Auctions: Efficiency and Social Welfare in Theory and Practice"
- "Decomposing a Utility Function Based on Discrete Distribution Independence"
- "Augmented Markov Chain Monte Carlo Simulation for Two-Stage Stochastic Programs with Recourse"
- "Pancreatic Cancer: Insights from Counterterrorism Theories"
Strategy Science - 2015 Subscriptions
Select as your 2015 dues journal or ask your Institution to subscribe to Strategy Science our newest journal publishing in 2015. Strategy Science seeks to publish outstanding research directed to the challenges of strategic management in both business and non-business organizations. The journal is also open to a wide variety of underlying disciplinary approaches including economics, operations research, political science, psychology, and sociology.
Save over $1,700 - 2015 INFORMS PubsOnLine
All 2015 institutional PubsOnLine Suite subscribers will receive access to the most recent three years of the series TutORials in Operations Research and the journal Strategy Science at no additional cost. Recommend that your library subscribe to INFORMS 2015 PubsOnline Suite to save over $1,700 and get even more content in 2015.
Calls for Papers - Service Science
Service Science Special Issue: In Search of a New Alignment in Service Research
The editors of two of the top journals in the service area, one from INFORMS Service Science Community and one from IEEE Services Computing Community; invite you to break out of your disciplinary comfort zone. Parallel special issues have been commissioned to intentionally challenge and disrupt the status quo. This dual special issue is intended to reconcile existing multipronged orientations and approaches to service research. Read the Call for Papers. Submissions due: March 1, 2015.
Service Science Special Issue: Co-Creating the Customer Service Experience with High Tech and High Touch
In today's highly competitive environment, there is a growing need to provide customers with a truly memorable experience to increase both customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. Customer experience has been operationalized in different ways, such as "memorable events" (Pine and Gilmore 1999) or clues that customers can see, smell, taste, hear, or perceive while interacting with service systems (Berry and Carbone 2007). Today, a customer's experience resulting from the interaction with a service provider requires a combination of high tech and high touch, depending on the type of service and therefore is generally heterogeneous. Read the Call for Papers.
Submissions due: October 15, 2015.
Service Science Special Issue: Multi-actor Value Creation in Service Innovation
Collaborative value creation builds on orchestrated social action among the different stakeholders involved. In service innovation, joint value creation calls for specific network leadership and resource integration capabilities, because advanced service entails complex configurations of people, technologies, organizations, and shared information. Hence, mutually beneficial outcomes may be difficult to achieve within such configurations through traditional approaches to innovation. Read the Call for Papers. Submissions due: February 15, 2015.
Call for Papers - Interfaces
Interfaces Special Issue: Operations Research Applications in the Energy Industry
Operations research can play an important role in the generation, distribution, and consumption of energy.
Accordingly, Interfaces is planning a special issue focusing on applications of operations research techniques in the energy industry. Read the Call for Papers. Submissions due: July 1, 2015.
offers the largest list of O.R. analytics jobs in the industry. Here are just a few job listings:
Manager, Analytics, The Energy Authority. Assist the Executive Director, RTO Market Services & Analytics in overseeing the development and application of requisite models and analytical tools to structure and evaluate the full range of physical, financial, and derivative energy products.
Business Intelligence Data Analyst, Bayer. Provide innovative and creative solutions that will enable the tactical direction of Bayer HealthCare (BHC) Customer Logistics Service Center (CLSC) data warehousing and subsequent reporting within Bayer HealthCare.
Assistant Professor - Operations Management, Stony Brook University. Stony Brook University's College of Business invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Operations Management at the assistant professor level, beginning in fall 2015.
This issue of OR/MS Today is packed with content from the 2014 Annual Meeting, including a Q&A with INFORMS President-Elect L. Robin Keller, a recap of all the major awards handed out by INFORMS, and a photo essay that captures a few of the many memorable scenes from the massive event. This final 2014 issue of OR/MS Today will be available online early next week. Be sure to renew your membership to maintain uninterrupted service in 2015. Look for the new issue here.
Because the question asked most often about the CAP® program is 'how do I prepare?' we are developing a series of webinars designed to help candidates prepare for the exam. The webinar series is tentatively scheduled to begin in December 2014 and end in early 2015. We expect a new webinar to be delivered every two weeks on the INFORMS channel of BrightTalk (www.brighttalk.com). More information will be published on this series as it becomes available.
The proposed schedule is:
December 3, 2014 - Overview and Introduction (presenters: Scott Nestler, CAP & Chair of the Analytics Certification Board and Matt Windham, CAP, Director-Analytics at NTEL-X). Available here.
December 17, 2014 - Domains 1 (Business Problem Framing) and 2 (Analytics Problem Framing)
January 7, 2015 - Domain 3 (Data)
January 21, 2015 - Domain 4 (Methodology (Approach) Selection)
February 4, 2015 - Domains 5 (Model Building), 6 (Deployment) and 7 (Model Lifecycle Management)
Although CAP® is available through a computer-based testing format, we continue to host exams at selected sites, especially at the INFORMS conferences such as the upcoming Analytics conference in Huntington Beach, CA on April 12-14, 2015.
As always, applications remain open for the ongoing computer-based examinations. Test on your schedule and put CAP® after your name. For more information, see www.informs.org/certification.
Scott Nestler, CAP® and chair of the Analytics Certification Board and Aaron Burciaga, CAP® have written an article about the CAP® credential for the current issue of Phalanx, the joint membership magazine of the Military Operations Research Society (MORS) and INFORMS Military Applications Society (MAS).
In summary: The opportunities of a data-driven world have captured the imagination and savvy of businesspersons. Big data is in vogue. It is fueling a new era of business decisions inextricably tied to facts. Analytics increasingly exist by mandate (Kiron 2014) and offer promises from Vegas to Bethesda-from predicting sports scores (Lewis, 2003) to sleuthing cures to cancer (Helft 2014). What kind of analyst will you be? How will you approach the analytic challenges of the Big Data era? We should seek to be, and prefer to work with, experts in the fields of analytics.
Education and experience are the hallmarks of such experts. Certification can be a useful tool and an important credential that is also the formal recognition of professional achievement. A credentialed workforce grows to be the chorus of true analytics professionals that supplant corporate pitches, salesmanship, and less-than thoughtful delivery. There is a clear need to identify and retain the analytic services of professionals who have the knowledge, experience, and discipline to lead data analytics projects.
February 26-27 - San Jose, CA
Data Exploration & Visualization
March 19-20 - Dallas, TX
Foundations of Modern Predictive Analytics
April 15-16 - Huntington Beach, CA
Introduction to Monte Carlo and Discrete-Event Simulation
May 28-29 - Washington, DC
Please visit our CE website for the most up-to-date course dates and locations.
Watch an interview with Pat Harker, former editor-in-chief of Operations Research and president of the University of Delaware, on his recent commentary inService Science. Watch it here.
Winter Simulation Conference
December 7-10, Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa, Savannah, GA
The Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) is the premier international forum for disseminating recent advances in the field of system simulation. In addition to a technical program of unsurpassed scope and quality, WSC provides the central meeting place for simulation practitioners, researchers, and vendors working in all disciplines in industry, service, government, military, and academic sectors.
Access to the conference program is now available here.
Simulation 101 Workshop
Sunday, December 7, 1-7pm
$125 - dinner included, sign up when you register for the meeting
The pre-conference Simulation 101 Workshop is designed for newcomers to discrete-event and Monte Carlo simulation. The target audience consists of both technical and non-technical persons who may have a background in computing, engineering, management, mathematics, and/or statistics but who have had minimal exposure to simulation and its applications. Attending this workshop will help newcomers assimilate the technical sessions presented at WSC '14. By working on specific examples, the focus of the workshop will be on the intuition associated with simulation rather than on underlying theory and mathematics.
Participants will be introduced to the conceptual, algorithmic and implementation steps of the development of several simple discrete-event and Monte Carlo simulation models, and then will experiment with those implementations using software developed specifically for the workshop.
Free Vendor Workshops
Take advantage of these workshops that are free with your meeting registration. Workshops will be offered by AnyLogic, Applied Materials, Emulate3D, Forio, FlexSim Software Products, MathWorks, Arena Simulation Software, Imagine That, Simio, and Frontline Systems. Click here to see the complete workshop schedule.
2015 INFORMS Computing Society Conference
January 11-13, 2015, Omni Richmond Hotel, Richmond, VA
Registration is open for the 2015 INFORMS Computing Society Conference. New this year to the meeting is the student poster session with travel awards sponsored by NSF. Join us for the special COIN Fest. Plenary speakers include Karla Hoffman and George Nemhauser. For more information, click here.
2015 INFORMS Conference on Business Analytics & Operations Research
April 12-14, 2015, Huntington Beach, CA
Online Submission Now Open! Click here for more information.
Submission Deadline for Selected Presentations: December 19, 2014
The 2015 INFORMS Conference on Business Analytics and O.R. is the one program that consistently delivers time-proven applications and processes that will improve your business' bottom line. Anyone who works in the analytics, operations research, or management science fields will want to attend the analytics event of the year.
Invited tracks will cover topics such as marketing analytics, unstructured data analytics, real-time decision systems, managing risk, supply chain management, revenue management & pricing, soft skills, and decision analysis.
Save the date! Registration for this conference will be opening soon.
INFORMS Healthcare 2015 Conference - Call for Submissions!
July 29-31, 2015, Nashville, TN
Online Submission Now Open! Click here for more information.
Submission Deadline for Oral Presentations: March 1, 2015
Registration opening soon!
This third INFORMS topical conference on healthcare focuses on reinventing value in an era of health reform, specifically the use of O.R. and analytics to improve the long term efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of healthcare delivery. The conference includes elements of both an INFORMS academic meeting and practitioner-oriented meeting. Joint involvement of Vanderbilt's medical and business schools provides a unique conference experience for the attendees.
INFORMS Meetings Calendar
Go to http://meetings.informs.org for a complete conference calendar.
INFORMS is rebranding and revamping 'Focus On' as the new INFORMS Editor's Cut (IEC) collections bringing together key analytical insights and innovations from leading academics and practitioners on relevant topics through a multimedia experience. IEC will emphasize leading topic areas and package multimedia materials for our members and the press. INFORMS past president Anne Robinson has been appointed the series editor (2015-2017). We are currently soliciting topic collection ideas and volume editors to lead them. Please click here to submit applications and suggestions.


text:
U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawks deliver cargo to the USS Wasp (LHD-1) during a resupply at sea (RAS), Nov. 4, 2012, to replenish the food and supplies aboard the ship. The USS Wasp and the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are currently in support of Hurricane Sandy disaster relief efforts in New York and New Jersey. The 26th MEU is capable of providing generators, fuel, clean water, and helicopter lift capabilities to aid in disaster relief efforts. The 26th MEU is currently in pre-deployment training, preparing for their departure in 2013. As an expeditionary crisis response force operating from the sea the MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force capable of conducting amphibious operations, crisis response, and limited contingency operations. U.S. Marine Corps motion media by Lance Cpl Juanenrique Owings. Available in high definition.
Date Taken: | 11.04.2012 |
Date Posted: | 11.05.2012 19:58 |
Category: | B-Roll |
Video ID: | 160467 |
Filename: | DOD_100607716 |
Length: | 00:06:19 |
Location: | USS WASP, NY, US |
Web Views: | 182 |
Downloads: | 34 |
High-Res. Downloads: | 34 |
Podcast Hits: | 0 |
This work, 26th MEU Hurricane Sandy Response, by Sgt Chris Stone, identified by DVIDS, is free of known copyright restrictions under U.S. copyright law.


text:
Machine Vision: The Eyes of Automation : a Manager's Practical Guide |
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Chapter One What is machine vision? | 1 |
Additional system requirements | 14 |
Seeking advice | 27 |
Copyright | |
1 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
alignment Appendix artificial intelligence assembly Austin Rover automated system automatic beam belt bolts bottle brake shoe British Robotic Systems British Steel Corporation BRSL car body centre complete consultancy Contact conveyor cost crack detection defects DHSS diameter diode Electronic Engineering equipment feasibility Ford Motor Company gauge Goodpart handling hardware identify illumination image analysis image processing implementation important industrial robot inspection system installed involved L'part laser light source linescan camera machine vision applications machine vision system Managing Director manufacturing measurement microprocessor Motor number of different object obtain operation optical organised orientation Phone photodiode photographic film pixels position possible postcode potential problems production responsibility robot gripper robot vision Robotic Systems Ltd rotation scan Sira specialist speed supplier surface task Telex turnkey contract Unimate University of Salford vertical vision sensing vision station windscreen Woodham Mortimer workpieces


text:
Alan Parson's Project - Eye In The Sky (LP)
Wanted to get the I Robot but they've sold it.
Björk - Vespertine (CD) Björk - Homogenic (CD) Björk - Medulla (CD) Technasia - Central (CD) DHAFER YOUSSEF - ABU NAWAS RHAPSODY (cd)
bvdub - All is Forgiven bvdub - The First Day bvdub - A Careful Ecstasy bvdub - Resistance Is Beautiful bvdub - At Night This City Becomes
5 cd's from a local celtic rock band called the Dust Rhinos
Tommy Emmanuel - Live One (CD)
Tommy Emmanuel & Martin Taylor - The Colonel & The Governor (CD)
George Benson - Bad Benson (LP)
Alan Parsons Project - I Robot (LP)
Ten Years After - A Space In Time (LP)
a 5 CD box with the complete Mozart piano sonatas for only $20.
Mala - Mala in Cuba
Bonobo - Black Sands
Excision - X-Rated
Mumford and Sons - Babel
Emancipator - Safe in the Steep Cliffs
Big Black - Songs about ******* - Touch & Go
Fenn O'Berg - Live in Japan, Part One - Editions Mego
Cheer Accident - What Sequel ? - Pravda Records
Bobby Conn, Rise Up ! - Fire Records
Wagner / Boulez - Dad Rheignold - Philips
Edit : That ******* thing hides a common / vulgar word used to designate human copulation, should anyone wonder. The word is not censored or hidden on the record itself, by the way, that's a head-fi thing.
type f then censor the rest with *****, i.e. f******
not exactly my 5 most recent, but these are some of my favorites that ive gotten fairly recently
Evolution Theory (Deluxe Edition) - Modestep
We Can Make The World Stop - The Glitch Mob
Immersion - Pendulum
Appeal To Reason - Rise Against
ROBOT BRAINSTRONAUT BLASTOFF!!! - Renard
Language (Single) - Porter Robinson
ROBOT BRAINSTRONAUT BLASTOFF!!! was free on soundcloud, and i got it just because of that amazing title although its actually pretty good
Coldplay - Live 2003
Jakob Dylan - Seeing Things
Weezer - Green Album
I bought these today at my local record store. They are selling all regular priced CDs 20% off this week. Both of these were still slightly on the expensive side but it's nice to support my local stores whenever I can even though they sadly don't often have what I want.
Rafał Blechacz - Debussy & Szymanowski: Piano Works Tool - Undetow
And these are two digital purchases from the iTunes Store last week.
ChomP - RealitY S Various artists - IA/01 -Birth- MD
"Push The Sky Away" [Limited Edition] - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
"The Messenger" - Johnny Marr
"The Jazz Age" - The Bryan Ferry Orchestra
"Up A Lazy River" - Leon Redbone
"Some Cold Rainy Day" - East River String Band
Django Unchained OST (w/ turntable mat)
Sleep - Dopesmoker (Purple Vinyl, Southern Lord)
Black Dahlia Murder - Ritual (Green Marbled Vinyl)
Clutch - Strange Cousins from the West (Tried to replace my warped copy, this one is also warped. Being returned)


text:
BARCELONA, Spain -- Yuliya Efimova of Russia has broken the 50-meter breaststroke world record during the morning heats at the swimming world championships.
Efimova clocked 29.78 seconds in the one-lap race Saturday, shaving 0.02 off the previous record set by American Jessica Hardy in 2009 at the height of the rubberized suit era.
Hardy qualified second in 29.99, and 100 breast world record holder Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania advanced third in 30.07.
The 50 breast is not an Olympic event.
Efimova won gold in the 200 breast Friday.


text:
The Essential Experience
Students Need It. Instructors Have It. Employers Want It.
The essential experience is what you get at Western. You don't just sit at a desk and learn. You get out of your chair and actually do it. Interactive classes, service-learning experiences, and internships get you the skills you need when you graduate. And they can get you into the work world fast; most programs can be completed in two years or less.
So, how can you get those skills? From our highly trained faculty. They've actually worked in their areas of expertise and can bring you real-life experience and knowledge. The skills you learn now will help you in your career later.
How do we know you're getting the essential skills employers want? We ask them. Hundreds of local employers sit on advisory boards for every program we offer, telling us what kinds of skills work for their businesses. It's just one of the ways we stay current.
While we know learning is important, we also know it doesn't just happen in the classroom. Student clubs, athletics, intramural sports, service learning activities, and residence halls, give you the true college experience.
So, when you are looking for the college that's right for you, consider Western. It's where you get the essential experience.
Lee Rasch, Ed.D.
Western Technical College


text:
Now I'm not going to go on record saying I invented this doctorine, but I did create this system without outside influence. I have realized that the BOB will never have EVERYTHING we will want/need in it, so I have made mine a 3 tier system, with a possiblity of more tiers as I decent into SHTF madness.
The beauty of a tier'd system is, depending on the urgency of the sh!t that happens to be hitting the fan, you can grab and go, or take more time, and load the gecks into a vehicle and roll out.
Now Tier one is obviously my BOB, packed to the tits full of all the goodies I would need off hand, and some things I probably wouldn't.
-Bag- '64 pattern "jump ruck"
-multi tool
-Fire starting kit, wetfire, mayadust,hexamine, matches, bic, mag stick.
-20+ liter jug
-fishing kit, extencive, hooks leaders, sinkers, bobers, etc.
-snare wire, 75ft.
-bag-o-socks and foot powder!
-emergency poncho, (shelter aid aswell)
-zip ties (shelter making, or to detain the detainers...?)
-2x 1 liter bottles
-tin cup
-tin pot
-coffee filter
-work gloves
-550 cord and cheaper armyish cord
-150 piece first aid kit w/steri strips and sutures
-nail clippers
-TCCC (tactical combat casualty care) kit.
- bag-o- glowsticks
-20ga. steel wire spool 100 meters
-sling shot
-3 days of minium food (upgrading to calorie bars within 2 weeks)
-camp soap
-hand sanitizer
-real emerg. blacket, space blankets are effing useless, get the double sided woven ones.
-pain meds, I have about 4 different pills in one bottle, plus my first aid kit, then a full bottle of immodium/pepto, (keep in mind that your system is going to effin' punish you for the first 72 hours.)
-asswipe x1 roll compressed
-writing stuff (paper, grease pencils, pencils pens, porno, the usual.)
-water stuff, aqua tabs, clorine, etc.
-A chair, my fat ass humps the extra weight for something decent to sit on.
-Sleeping kit, (not shown) (CF sleep kit, bivy bag, inner, outer (in winter), ground sheet, liner, valice)
-The usual stuff that I didn't list
- only weighing in at around 60 pounds depending on the season.
Now as for the rest of it, I have two simple luggage roller bags filled to the tits again with various items in ranked bags, which are labeled GECK 1 and GECK 2 (some of you will probably get the Fallout 3 reference there, GECK=Garden of Eden Creation Kit)
GECK 1 includes the following:
-6x camp heaters for heat and cooking
-clothing.... SOCKS!
-gorilla tape, duct tape etc.
-food, about a weeks worth, misc.
-a book
-candles x alot (tea lights, burn for a few hours, usful tin, cheap as balls, small as sh!t, whats not to like?)
-dynamo radio
-basic hygiene kit
-TP x 3
-20ga. steel wire spool 100 meters
hand warmersx 20 (cold sucks, these are a massive moral/health boost)
- files and sharpeners
-fishing line
-550 cord
-cigars and snuff. Moral is a tricky thing, enjoy the little things.
-There is more, but I am not cracking that bad boy out right now
Now GECK 2 is a definate comfort GECK, it has the seeds of civ. in it, as well as creature comforts.
-8x paint can heaters, (tp roll, alcohol 70-99% USP)
-tooth paste
-premade hygene kits
-water purification stuff
-extra hygiene for hand outs
-large bottles of sanitizer
-bar soaps
-clothing SOCKS!
-SAS handbook (great "what can I eat today" reference, or just reading material)
-First aid kit, basic w/ sutures
-Cigars and snuff... the end of the world is not the time to quit smoking!
-again there is more, I'm planning on making a video soon and going in depth.
Remember when you are putting your gear togeather, to leave little notes to yourself, you will be suprised how much this can lighten your spirits after not eating for a few days, or working your figurative family jewel off all day. I like to leave notes on my food packaging in the GECKS, because, theoretically you may not look at these things for a while, so these notes may come as a pleasent suprise to you. Remember to keep positive, and enjoy the experience, rather than panic.
My on body kit is a whole other can of worms.
-Nomex skull cap
-Propper multicam BDU top and bottom
-Magnum Boots, or other depending
-rigger made chest rig
-filleting knife survival kit (line, hooks, snare, mag bar, sinkers, tape)
-CRKT folder 1*
-cellphone for as long as its good for
-bic lighters
-knee pads
-duty belt
-I don't like telling my guns online, call me paranoid.
-crkt Ultima drop leg
-multi tool
-gasmask deployment bag
-Jump knife
-belt survival kit (tape, line, snare, hooks etc.)
Last but not least my EDC bag
-Fire blanket (wool)
-glow sticks
-pen pencil paper
-grabbing tool
-1 liter of water
-go food, high carb & protein bars
-fire starting kit
-survival filleting knife
-wire saw
hope I don't look like a tool!
The Tier System
4 posts
• Page 1 of 1
Posts: 62
Joined: Sun Oct 24, 2010 7:10 pm Location: Ottawa Ontario Canada Blog: View Blog (5) |
There's a fly in the ointment, shits hittin' the fan, the lion will speak!
http://www.shtfm.com/blog/DangerD/ |
Site Admin
Posts: 7861
Joined: Sun Oct 28, 2007 3:22 am Location: North Carolina Blog: View Blog (32) |
Click Here For Google Search Of SHTFM.COM
Click Here For OUR Search Of SHTFM.COM What Does BOB, BOL, OPSEC And other Acronyms mean ? Click Here To Find Out Click Here for my Chest Fridge with power consumption readings **PRIVACY NOTICE:** Warning--any person and/or institution and/or Agent and/or Agency of any governmental structure including but not limited to the United States Federal Government also using or monitoring/using www.shtfm.com or any of its associated websites, you do NOT have my permission to utilize any of my profile information nor any of the content contained herein including, but not limited to my photos, and/ or the comments made about my photo's or any other "picture" art posted on my profile. You are hereby notified that you are strictly prohibited from disclosing, copying, distributing, disseminating, or taking any other action against me with regard to this profile and the contents herein. The foregoing prohibitions also apply to your employee(s), agent(s), student(s) or any personnel under your direction or control. The contents of this profile are private and legally privileged and confidential information, and the violation of my personal privacy is punishable by law, under section UCC 1-103 1-308 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ |
Posts: 4660
Joined: Wed May 26, 2010 11:00 am Location: S.E. Denver, Colorado Blog: View Blog (0) |
Nicely done!
Ignorance shouts, knowledge speaks, wisdom listens.
I'd rather be morally correct. Big government crushes the air out of its citizens more cruelly than the bully sitting on the skinny asthmatic kid. dochudson 2012 "You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality." ~ Ayn Rand |
Posts: 62
Joined: Sun Oct 24, 2010 7:10 pm Location: Ottawa Ontario Canada Blog: View Blog (5) |
Thanks for the props guys! Looking back on the post, I definately missed alot of stuff, but I will make that video some time soon, and I will get more in depth!
There's a fly in the ointment, shits hittin' the fan, the lion will speak!
http://www.shtfm.com/blog/DangerD/ |
4 posts
• Page 1 of 1
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest


text:
This item is temporarily out of stock. However, we can notify you as soon as this product becomes available.
Thank you
We have received your request and you will be notified as soon as this product becomes available.
Description: Bondex Iron On Reflective Tape is an excellent choice for marking anything that requires a high level of night time visibility and a long term life cycle. It conforms to the shape of any garment. This tape is recommended for safety vests, arm bands, straps and belts etc. Safety Orange with a Silver reflective strip down the middle. 97% polyester/3% polyurethane. 2 x 32 inch.
See more Bondex Iron On Reflective Tape.
Review this product and Enter to Win a $100 shopping spree!


text:
First drive: the Infiniti FX Vettel
First drive: the Infiniti FX Vettel
It carries the name of the F1 champion, but is it worthy of the fastest man around the TopGear track?
Read MoreLatest news
Indian Grand Prix: Vettel dominates
Yet another strong showing by Vettel at the Free Practice session. No end-season excitement, then? .
More -
Vettel throws championship wide
The German wins after Hamilton's retirement from the race, Button and Alonso take up the other spots.
More -
Sebastian Vettel makes a music
The double world champ swaps his F1 car for the wheels of steel .
More -
Vettel drives the New Jersey F1
Double world champion hoons around US street circuit, indulges in some donuting .
More -
Hill: Vettel won't beat Schuey
1996 F1 world champion reckons Seb won't be able to test Michael's seven titles .
More -
Vettel – the new Schumacher?
Once again, Sebastian Vettel made it look easy as he won yesterday's Italian Grand Prix – his second.
More -
This is Sebastian Vettel's Infiniti
Concept FX designed by 2010 F1 world champ teased ahead of Frankfurt reveal... .
More -
Vettel dreams of a Ferrari drive
2010 world champion wants his name among Scuderia's greats, but happy with Red Bull .
Test Driven
Review: Maruti Vitara Brezza
'Small' and 'SUV' normally don't go well together. Well, correction


text:
Artist description:
Planet Serrias with nearby inhabited moon, Serrias Minor.
Java Draw Created Mar 08, 2011 640 x 460px Unless noted Copyright 2011 Pareeeee.
We encourage you to submit a comment and let the artist know what you think of this drawing. Please log in or join to post a comment.


text:
Sign In or Create Account to rate.
Brand: Good Vibrations Toys
his high-quality vulva pump cylinder is Made in USA and built to last. Read More
This high-quality vulva pump cylinder is Made in USA and built to last. This Vulva Cylinder is meant to be hooked up to the Deluxe Brass Hand Pump, sold separately, and delivers one-of-a-kind sensations to the vulva & labia. We sell this as a pleasure device for those who enjoy the feeling of suction as well as those who are looking to "plump" up the labia and vulva area. Adjustable vacuum release valve allows you to change the degree of pressure you enjoy, as well as to detach the pump mechanism from the acrylic cylinder. Tapered towards the top to match the natural contour of a vulva, this cylinder is comfortable to use. We recommend using plenty of water-based lubricant and a tight seal around the area you wish to plump when pumping with this Vulva Cylinder.
Vulva Pump Cup Medium
Industrial Grade Clear Acrylic
5" x 3 3/4" x 3 1/4" (12.7cm x 9.5cm x 8.3cm)
Hand pump with hose sold separately
Body-safe -- Sex toys are made from many different materials, with varying amounts of information available about them, and many have not been tested for safety. We always choose better-quality items, and we give special attention to those we know to be safer.
Made in the USA -- Many sex toy and products are produced overseas. Choosing one that's manufactured and assembled in the United States reduces shipping and has a lower carbon footprint.
Keywords: Pussy Pump
Brand: Good Vibrations Toys
- Easy to clean
- Detachable
Browse Similar
Sign In or Create Account to save favorites.
You have reached the favorite limit. You will need to delete some to save favorites.


text:
The fiscal cliff proposal being considered, which would exempt only 28% of municipal interest payments from federal tax, would do far more harm than good. A much better way to limit tax-exempt interest would be to reduce the size of the tax-exempt market.
- markets
- washington
- regional news
- market data
& tools - calendar &
sales results - conferences
& events - special reports
my bond


text:
Best of the Best Cookbook Recipes, Vol. 12 by the editors of FOOD & WINE, includes recipes like Roasted Eggplant with Tahini; Salmon in Lemon Brodetto with Pea Puree; and Duck Breast with Pears, Walnuts and Belgian Endive.
originally from Mediterranean Fresh by Joyce Goldstein
Serves 4
More cooks should try duck instead of the usual chicken. Goldstein scores the breasts so that the fat runs off and the skin becomes crisp, completely transforming all the other ingredients in this salad.
Store nut oils like hazelnut oil in the refrigerator and use them within a few months. Try drizzling them over steamed vegetables or fish, or mix the oil with an equal amount of canola or olive oil to add a delicate nuttiness to vinaigrettes.
Whenever I'm in Italy, instead of dining in restaurants all the time, I love to have a meal in a regional wine bar. It's a great way to sample local food products: specialty breads, salumi, cheeses, and oils, and of course the local wines from small producers. One of my favorite wine shops in Rome is the Enoteca Costantini, just off the Piazza Cavour. It has a small signature restaurant called Il Simposio, where I first tasted this dish. Sliced duck breast was dressed with orange balsamic vinaigrette and surrounded by slivers of pear and tiny leaves of wild arugula, a well-balanced contrast of bitter greens, rich duck, and sweet fruit. The duck was served warm. As wild arugula is not always easy to come by, I decided to make this at home with Belgian endive and chicory, but you can also use a mixture of bitter greens, even baby spinach.
At first the only duck breasts I could find at my market (without having to buy the whole duck) were giant Muscovy duck breasts, each big enough to feed two people. But the butcher at the meat counter directed me to the freezer case, where I found boneless Pekin duck breasts, each an ideal serving for one person. Both kinds of duck breast will work here. This dish requires last-minute attention, as it is best when the duck is served warm.
Make the Vinaigrette
Whisk all the ingredients together in a small bowl.
Make the DuckUsing a sharp knife, score the skin of the duck breasts in a crosshatch pattern, but do not cut into the meat. Rub the breasts with salt and pepper and a pinch of cinnamon, if you like. Let stand at room temperature for about 30 minutes.
Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Place a large ovenproof sauté pan over medium heat. When it is hot, add the duck breasts, skin side down, and cook until the breasts render their fat, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain off the fat and slip the pan into the oven. Roast the duck for about 8 minutes for medium-rare. (If you like, you can finish the breasts on the stovetop, reducing the heat to low and sautéing, turning once, for 8 to 10 minutes.) Transfer the duck to a cutting board and let rest for 5 minutes. When the duck is cool enough to handle, cut it on the diagonal into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
In a small bowl. macerate the nuts in 1 tablespoon dressing.
In a bowl, combine the Belgian endive and chicory. Sprinkle with salt to taste and toss with 1/4 cup dressing. Arrange on 4 salad plates. Top with slices of duck and pear and drizzle with another 1/4 cup of the the dressing (reserve the remaining dressing for another use). Sprinkle the nuts on top and serve.
Buy Best of the Best Cookbook Recipes
This page created December 2009
The Global Gourmet®
Main Page
Spring Recipes for
Easter & Passover
Twitter: @KateHeyhoe
Advanced Search
Recent Searches
Kate's Global Kitchen
Kate's Books
Cookbook Profiles
Global Destinations
Holiday & Party Recipes
I Love Desserts
On Wine
Caffeine and You
Cooking with Kids
New Green Basics
Conversions, Charts
& Substitutions
About the
Global Gourmet®
Contact Info
Privacy Statement
Cooking Italian
175 Home Recipes
4-Hour Chef
Bakery Cookbook
Barefoot Contessa
Bouchon Bakery
Burma: Rivers of Flavor
Cake Mix Doctor
Comfort Food
Craft of Coffee
Crazy Sexy Kitchen
Daily Cookie
Fifty Shades Chicken
French Slow Cooker
Frontera - Rick Bayless
Gluten-Free Quick & Easy
Jerusalem: A Cookbook
Kitchen Science
Lidia's Favorite Recipes
Make-Ahead and Freeze
Modern Milkshakes
Modernist Cuisine
Mystic Cookbook
Paleo Slow Cooking
Picky Palate
Pop Bakery
Practical Paleo
Quick Family Cookbook
Sensational Cookies
Smitten Kitchen
Southern Living Recipes
Sweet Life in Paris
Trader Joe's Vegetarian
True Food
Whole Larder
Bestselling Cookbooks
Cooking Light Store
Kitchen Markdowns
Buy 3 Products, Get 4th Free
Kitchen Bonus Deals
Cookware Rebates
Bestselling Small Appliances
Copyright © 1994-2013,
Forkmedia LLC


text:
Pioneer SE-CX8-T Headphone, Bright Copper
" It would be impossible to replicate my first impressions of the Pioneer Superior Club Sound in-ear headphone series. As such, if you'd like my initial reaction, check out myPioneer SE-CX9 review. The short version is that the Bass Exciter in these is clearly a gimmick, but it's a gimmick that works. No IEM comes remotely close to having as much bass impact as the Pioneer SE-CX8 or SE-CX9. If..." --Luckbad
Pioneer DJE-2000 In Ear Headphones Black
" Hi all, I just picked-up a pair of DJE-2000's (they are 30 Ohm) for 299€ in a local shop. I've had them for about 8 hours now ... Why did I pick-up these ... because they where the only nice, high quality and high-end in-ear phones they had in the shop. (I thought of purchasing the Shure SE535, but no shop had them ... maybe I'll get them later .... any input on that?) ..." --CasperBxl
Pioneer DJE-1500-K Professional DJ In-Ear Headphones
"Over the years I have owned and reviewed a number of IEM's and headphones, being a positive person my reviews generally err on the side of generosity. This IEM forced me to go back through my reviews and adjust my ratings. The overall package and sound of the DJE1500 required it to be separated from everything else or I wouldn't be doing it justice. It is the first 5 star rating I have ever..." --dweaver
Musical Fidelity EB-50
"Hi, I've recently got my EB-50, and straight out of the box, I had to adjust my ears to the flat sound signature. the sound is clinical and dry but very true. Coming from the luscious RE-262 (difficult to drive, mid-centric but with extremely great soundstage), the EB-50 were extremely fast and I loved the soundstage that as a out-of-the-head feeling that almost seems not coming from the..." --Kressel
Pioneer Core Audio SE-CL07-K Earphones (Black)
The SE-CL07s let you get closer to your music with high performance portable audio earbuds available in assorted colors to match your personality or lifestyle. This set comes with 4 different sleeve sizes, ensuring a perfect fit into any ear canal, a 10 mm large diameter driver for great bass and improved sound quality, and the reliable Pioneer brand, ensuring lasting quality and durability....
Pioneer SE-CL721-K Headphones, Black/Red
"Overall I really like these IEM's, I purchased them after having tried out just about ever skull candy earbud (which are fine for the price you pay). But, I am an audiophile and my full sized gear and my car gear is just so far superior that I was really missing some decent sound where I could't use my other equipment. So, I decided to look for some good earbuds. After..." --tswmcello


text:
Monday, September 25, 2006
We all have our dirty little secrets.
A simple little vest, finished except for the ribbing around the neck and arms, originally intended for J., but if I hurry, it might still fit N. Oh the drama one finds in a messy closet! The heartbreak, the shattered expectations, the nagging sense of shame at the unfinished project which has languished amongst stinky sneakers and dustballs.
Behold the instrument of my torture.
The dreaded plastic recorder, a staple of third-grade music education. J.'s class received theirs a week ago, and we've have been listening to the tootles and stepped-on-pig noises ever since. (On the bright side, I have a call in to Donald Rumsfeld to tell him I've found a surefire method of coercing information from terrorists that is fully consistent with the Geneva Convention.) Of course, J., being J., was immediately able to figure out such classics as "Jingle Bells."
Can the jazz flute
be far behind?
13 comments:
Wow, J looks a lot older than he did in the last picture you posted!
Oh ... wait ... - 2:47 PM
- Barb Brown said...
ah, the recorder. How it takes me back to the boys' childhood. The fond memories of zambuca, rye whiskey, and red wine. And the thankfulness I felt when neither one wanted to progress on to the ukelele.
Barb B. - 3:42 PM
- Carol said...
Back in my day, we called them "flutophones."
But they didn't sound any better. - 4:33 PM
- TheAmpuT said...
Aaahahahaha...jazz flute. Too funny.
I'd gladly change places with you, my dear. My lovely 4th grader is going tonight for his 3rd lesson on his AMPLIFIED electric guitar. - 5:23 PM
- Carol said...
But can't you get headphones for that and make him plug himself in? Flutophone = no headphones.
- April said...
"Born Free", the ultimate recorder classic. My Mother never let me forget it.
Will Ferrell. Genius.
But, boy, does he ever make you squirm with discomfort, eh?
He's so sweet in "Elf"...so cringe-inducing in "Anchorman".
Much like Ricky Gervais in "The Office".
Like almost everyone in "The Office".
Best sitcom ever (the UK not Us version) besides "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin". - 6:56 PM
- Carol said...
You know, Kath, the American version of "The Office" doesn't suck nearly as much as most other stuff on TV. Even though not as good as the UK one.
Oh, sweetie, I agree.
The US version is very good.
It's just not THE BEST SITCOM EVER.
The Ricky Gervais version is. - 7:25 PM
- Carol said...
Gosh, and here I thought "The Ropers" was the best sitcom ever.
- Diane said...
I thought nothing could be worse than the recorder .... until the day my second daughter brought home a baritone horn.
Feeling your pain,
Diane - 8:20 PM
- Jay said...
Why do schools insist on the recorder?! It's something I've just never got my head around. It has to be the worst instrument ever invented...
Are you going to finish the vest? I just had a clean-out of our closet too and had to wrestle some of the stuff out of Mark's hands, despite the fact that some of the shirts he wanted to keep had holes in them, were shapeless, covered in pilling, and had paint splatters on them! - 8:26 PM
- Rana said...
I think it's because plastic recorders are cheap and easy to play.
Even though I play recorder myself, I find those plastic soprano fweepers utterly horrible; mine is a tenor recorder made of actual wood, and it has a rich and lovely sound -- nothing like that shrill, brittle bleating. - 2:49 PM


text:
post #44716 of 138728
8/10/12 at 2:56pm
Hit a few stores today-
Truzzi Sz 17/43
BB 346 Madras shorts (keeping), BB Golden Fleece LS Polo (M)
Limmer Boots, Made in Germany- Did a little research and these seem to be pretty good...size 11.5 US
Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)
Brooks Brothers Made in England Patent Leather/Formal Shoes, Sz 8C.appear to have only been worn a couple of times...Anyone know who makes these?
Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)
Polo Bench Made in US Wingtips Sz 9, also appear only to have een worn a few times (keeping for now I think)
Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)


text:
This condo is located in the much sought after Amberleigh at The Arbours. This 4 year old condo was built by DeLuca Homes who has 40+ years of home building experience. As you walk through the front door into the foyer, notice the hardwood. This home has an open floor plan that flows nicely. The living room has plenty of light from the front windows. You will then walk into the dining room/kitchen area. The kitchen area has bar seating. There is plenty of space with the 42" cabinets and a pantry in the kitchen. The laundry room is huge with wire shelving. The home has 2 bedrooms. The master bedroom has it's own bathroom which has a double bowl vanity, oversized mirrors and a medicine cabinet. The second bedroom has a sliding glass door that leads right onto the back patio. The windows are energy efficient vinyl with insulated "Low E" glass and screens. All doorways in the home are handicap accessible and each room has it's own sprinkler. There is a guest lot within a few feet of your front door for extra guests. There is a resort style clubhouse with over 5,000 square feet of amenities including a spacious in-ground pool, a state of the art fitness center, billiard room, card room, arts and crafts room, library, sitting area with stone fireplace, and a formal reception hall with a chef's delight kitchen attached. The association fee also includes tot lot, trash removal, snow removal, lawn care, and exterior building maintenance. ** Any documentation we have on file is uploaded into the MLS/Trend under documents!**
Listing Area: Monroe Twp
The data relating to real estate for sale on this website appears in part through the TREND Internet Data Exchange program, a voluntary cooperative exchange of property listing data between licensed real estate brokerage firms in which Callaway Henderson Sotheby's International Realty participates, and is provided by TREND through a licensing agreement and identified with the TREND IDX Logo. Some properties which appear for sale on this website may no longer be available because they are under contract, have sold or are no longer being offered for sale. Some real estate firms do not participate in IDX and their listings do not appear on this website.Some properties listed with participating firms do not appear on this website at the request of the seller.
2017 TREND, All Rights Reserved. Information Deemed Reliable But Not Guaranteed.


text:
Jerry OConnell avait besoin d'un nouveau design de logo et a lancé un concours sur 99designs.
Un gagnant a été sélectionné de 22 designs proposés par 7 designers freelance.
Big Blackfoot Riverkeeper
Big Blackfoot Riverkeeper is the latest addition to the growing list of Waterkeepers throughout the world. I will be assuming the role of the environmental guardian for the Big Blackfoot River in western Montana, USA.
The Big Blackfoot is the river made famous by Norman Maclean's timeless novella and Robert Redford's classic movie, "A River Runs Through It". It is truly one of the most beautiful rivers in the world, and it is my goal to insure it remains so for future generations.
The Big Blackfoot Riverkeeper is a non-profit organization associated with The Waterkeeper Alliance, founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. It is dedicated to restoring and preserving critical waters, whether they be rivers, bays, estuaries, gulfs, sounds, lakes or wetlands. Currently there are over 190 waterkeepers on six continents.
The audience will be primarily individuals rather than corporate visitors. These would include recreationists, environmentalists, fishermen, and anyone who appreciates and cherishes things pristine.
Anyone who has fished, floated, or simply looked over the waters of this river will invariably fall into one of those categories.
I need a logo, but being a start-up non-profit, I am on a tight budget. Nonetheless, I want a logo that is memorable and has "that certain panache".
It should be uncluttered, but with a sense of the river and/or valley. It might include an image of one of our native trout -- the westslopes cutthroat or the bull trout. It may also be something entirely different, as long as it makes you connect to this clean, pristine watershed at first glance. I leave it to you to display your best sense of style and imagination.
It must be relatively horizontal like the parent Waterkeeper Alliance logo (attached). My logo should generally (but not necessarily exactly) similar in dimension.
"Big Blackfoot RIVERKEEPER" should appear using the Waterkeeper Alliance's trademarked font (the same font used to spell out "WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE" under the sturgeon in their logo) . The font file is attached (TheSrB6_pfm).
The logo should use multiple colors, but the logo's message should still be clear when it's used in black and white. Don't go too crazy (rainbows are frowned upon).
The logo file must be scalable without distortion, and should be a commonly used format.
You can check out my Facebook page to get a feel of the project at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?a…success=1#


text:
American Idol: Mariah Carey & Nicki Minaj Forced to Say Something Nice About Each Other
American Idol is gearing up to air season 12 in a two night debut starting next Wednesday, January 16th and there's already drama. A little too much diva in one space at one time and now Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey were forced to say something nice to each other. Talk about awkward.


text:
Nikephoros I and Staurakios (803–11)
- Accession Number:
- BZS.1958.106.654 (formerly DO 58.106.654)
Previous Editions
DO Seals 6, no. 40.1; Zacos–Veglery, no. 46a. For a similar specimen, but not from the same boulloterion, see Likhachev, "Nekotorye," 532, fig. 68.
- Diameter:
- 31 mm
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Niciforos καὶ Stauracios basilis Romaion.
Mother of God, help Nikephoros and Staurakios, basileis of the Romans.
Nikephoros promoted his son to the rank of co-emperor in December of 803, who succeeded him in 811 before being deposed by his brother-in-law Michael, reigning only two months (26 July to 2 October 811).
Unlike the depiction on BZS.1955.1.4285, Christ does not appear to be holding a scroll. The legend on the reverse has been restored according to the reading of a seal in the Athens Museum described and illustrated in Zacos–Veglery, no. 46 (b). On this specimen Christ is perched upright on the Virgin's arm, while on the Athens seal he leans to the right.
Document Actions


text:
(195 quotes found)
"It's all about education and just trying to make some social changes so that we don't create these monsters."
Chris McGoey
"This is unlike the Blue Monster, as calm as I've ever seen it."
Vijay Singh
"It was a monster,"
David Moyes
"She gave us a monster lift."
Chico Furtado
"I don't know if I've created a monster. I don't know where this is going to do."
Bruce Huff
"Islamorada is known for its monster bonefish and it's not uncommon to hear about big fish out of Islamorada."
Andy Newman
"When they got to the scene, they didn't know there was a monster there waiting for them, who didn't care about the job they were doing. He took their lives in a cowardly fashion,"
Ray Schultz
"This system is a monster, ... In this decade, I believe we are going to double our audience."
J Allard
"When I was in Famous Monsters as 'Rick Baker, Monster Maker,' I'd made it, that was the most famous I ever felt."
Rick Baker
"This is unlike the Blue Monster, where the wind normally blows a lot. This is as calm as I've seen it at noon."


text:
Free Shipping above $350.00
- Description
- Laqa & Co cover their packaging in unique artwork by young artists looking to get their work seen by lots and lots of people. And their Artists get a cut of the profit from every product purchased.
- Packaging artwork is created by Erich McVey.
Don't be the only one at the party without this seasons hottest trend: a tuxedo manicure! This pen is a matte-on-black for sophisticated, on trend nail art all rolled into a neat little pen. So it's easy to use for on the go touch up!
* Unless otherwise stated and to the fullest extent permissible by law, Sephora disclaims all warranties, representations and conditions (whether express or implied) as to the veracity, accuracy, completeness, currency or any other aspects of any product claims or descriptions on this website which have been provided by to us by third parties (e.g. the relevant brand owners or customers reviews). Sephora has not independently verified such product claims or descriptions. Customers and users who wish to rely upon such product claims, descriptions or customer reviews should consult directly with such third parties.
All of our products are 100% authentic
ratings & reviews 2 Reviews
Tuxedo Manicure
really easy to apply both gloss and matte but it began chipping the 2nd day but that's expected since i didnt apply any top coat. the matte feels really smooth and looks KINDA glossy under light. i am a medium skin tone so it looks really good (naturally since it's black). overall really great product!! really happy :-)
Was this review helpful?
Love the glossy half!
I got this after reading reviews on it elsewhere. Love it!! The glossy side is fantastic! Great coverage and so glossy/shiny! Only needed one coat of the gloss. The matte end is really cool as well but slightly more tricky to get a nice smooth un-streaky matte finish - needed a couple of coats. Good for the price because you get two different polishes that you can play around with! Oh, do use a base coat with this. Half a star off because slightly difficult to manoeuvre the pen/pot. You kind of have to hold the pot of polish in your hand.
Was this review helpful?


text:
Kobe Bryant's work with kids brings joy, though sometimes it's fleeting
The first part of the sentence comes out naturally, spoken with the understated affection of fathers toward sons. The end part is reality sinking back in.
"He wouldn't shut up about it," Billy Thorington says, "until his last day."
Billy is reflecting on how memorable it was for his son, with the help of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, to meet Kobe Bryant. And as Billy taps back into the spirit, explaining why it was such a perfect wish, he slips into the present tense for just a moment: "Cody loves basketball."
Billy doesn't notice it. He just goes on to say how right it felt to place a Bryant-autographed photo in Cody's casket.
We met Cody Thorington, 15, and Chris Chavez, 14, on these pages in March in a piece about Bryant's work with the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Now it's time to say goodbye.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation helps those with life-threatening situations, not necessarily terminal ones, yet there are many unhappy endings. In answering every Make-A-Wish request to come his way, Bryant has met more than 100 kids. He estimates 20 have died within a year.
"Some of them days after," he said.
In that room, the talk is of embracing life. That was the crux of the column in March: Cody, Chris and the unique energy that charged a bare, little room at Staples Center where they separately met Bryant. Rest assured, it was far more party than pity.
That's because the kids smile — for a change — and Bryant insists on smiling back.
"It's tough every time, but they don't want to see you down," Bryant said. "They don't want to be treated like patients. They just want to be kids. They just want to feel normal. They just want to have fun."
Cody and Chris did all that in their meetings with Bryant about a week apart. Eight months later, they died about a week apart, too.
One of the things Bryant addressed in all that life talk with Cody is how to be motivated by adversity: "If they say you can't do it, prove them wrong." Even though Cody's form of cancer, rhabdomyosarcoma, is considered incurable, they were not empty words.
Just three weeks before his death, Cody did prove them wrong: The doctors said he would never walk again, but there Cody was, up and out of his wheelchair and even crossing the street — amazing his relatives with a surprise stroll to their house.
A week later, the tide turned and Cody was in the hospice. Billy would be there — same as he was early on in taking his sons and leaving his wife upon discovering she was abusing them. To be with Cody as his health declined, Billy missed more than a few shifts at his job in Davenport, Iowa, pulling parts from damaged cars. That didn't help the financial disaster left from two years of Cody's medical bills.
What did help was a $5,000 check from the "Nation of Neighbors Gift Patrol," a nonprofit group that heard of Billy's plight and surprised him just before Christmas. As wonderful as Billy said that was in keeping him from losing his house, the hospital bills still need settling. There's also the matter of Cody's headstone; they won't deliver it until Billy finds money for that, too.
This isn't a story about saving grace or everything working out. What the sadness does lead to is Bryant holding his daughters for an extra deep breath at bedtime, and perhaps we can all resolve to appreciate what we have a little more.
About all else there is on the bright side is that the Make-A-Wish Foundation keeps helping, Bryant keeps meeting kids, and those kids do keep smiling.
Upon meeting Bryant two Fridays ago, O'Neal Mitchell of Tenaha, Texas, surmised that Bryant wasn't as tall as advertised. Bryant, listed at 6-foot-7 when he entered the NBA and now listed at 6-6 (without the Afro, apparently), came clean with a grin: "I'm probably 6-5 in sneaks."
Bryant's wife, Vanessa, was there and had prodded him by saying she suspected the same thing — and measured her husband at home one day at 6-4 3/4. O'Neal smiled at getting the truth; he smiled again when Bryant dropped to a knee without being asked for photos next to the wheelchair-bound O'Neal, paralyzed since that day on the football field
Last Friday, Bryant met leukemia-stricken Randall Jones, just 4 1/2 years old. Randall started out nervously moving a mini-basketball from one hand to the other — until Bryant put him at ease with stories of how he used to play ball at that age.
When his mother would hear Bryant dribbling a ball and tell him, "Kobe, put that ball away!" Bryant would dribble inches off the ground to keep quieter — until his mother heard that, too. "And then I had to put the ball away," Bryant said, flashing an aw-shucks smile.
Soon enough, Randall was relaxed enough to ask Bryant point-blank: "You want to play me?" before showing off quite a nifty crossover-dribble move. When Bryant left, under his arm was a book the boy from Dallas had made out of construction paper, and on the last page was this, scribbled childishly but in very sure all caps: "THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY WISH COME TRUE."
These were the sort of memorable moments that Cody, Chris and their families got to place in vaults that should have had so many more memorable moments — but didn't.
Despite Chris spending three weeks in November 2006 in intensive care, then his heart stopping last January during a cancer-related blood transfusion, he and his family made it in from Salt Lake City to meet Bryant in March. Chris wore a Lakers sweatshirt, Air Zoom Kobe I sneakers and a smile.
He smiled again when he was back in a Salt Lake City hospital shortly before he died. Some Jazz players visited Chris and asked if he was a Jazz fan: "No," he said, grinning, "I like the Lakers."
Back in March, Chris' mother, Hasani, had said: "Due to his illness, we pretty much lost everything — our house, our car and even our dog. But that's OK. As long as Chris feels good, we all feel good, too."
This time, she says: "He was even buried with his Kobe shoes."
Hasani asks me to sign Chris' online guest-book obituary. As I do so, I notice the previous two entries are both hers.
Her words are far more meaningful than any I could write there or here.
"Hi, Christopher ... this is Mom. You've been gone for 15 days, and I miss you so much. Tomorrow is your birthday, and we will visit you. That's a promise. I cry every day for you, but knowing that you're no longer in pain eases my heartfelt pain. I'll love you always."
Contact the writer: firstname.lastname@example.com
Most Popular
- Man arrested on suspicion of DUI after driving his truck through a Fullerton Circle K sto
- Prop. 13 reform key to affordable housing, policy expert tells Realtors
- Return of The Ritz fizzles; Newport institution to close Thursday
- Can Disneyland eliminate standing in line?
- Irvine looks to build USA Water Polo aquatics center at Great Park
User Agreement
Comments are encouraged, but you must follow our Privacy Policy Policy & Terms of Use
Keep it civil and stay on topic. No profanity, vulgarity, racial slurs or personal attacks. People who harass others or joke about tragedies will be blocked. By posting your comment, you agree to allow Orange County Register Communications, Inc. the right to republish your name and comment in additional Register publications without any notification or payment.


text:
We begin our Survivor Caramoan Episode 3 recap on Night 5 as the Gota Tribe returns from Tribal Council. Allie of the Lover′s Alliance was voted off while they casted their four votes against Shamar, the lazy ex-Marine. Shamar explodes back at camp, even yelling at his own alliance members. Things get very ugly, very fast as some wonder if they voted off the wrong person?
Day 6 at Gota Beach and Shamar is still fuming. Sherri tries to calm him down but it is pointless. Shamar is now considering quitting The Game because his precious feelings have somehow been hurt. Over at the Bikal Tribe, Phillip exercises while Corrine tries to connect with Malcolm. Together they find a hidden immunity idol. Andrea and Cochran take notice of how chummy Corrine and Malcolm are becoming. They start spreading paranoia around, talking with others like Phillip and Brandon about booting off Corrine. But Brandon is suspicious of anything coming from Andrea.
Back at Gota, Shamar publicly announces his desire to quit playing. He says he is unhappy and a million dollars is not worth all of the grief he is dealing with. Shamar admits that he has had anger issues before when returning home from Iraq and leaving the military. Sherri talks him out of quitting and Shamar now sees himself as a hero for staying in The Game. Even Reynold is amazed at this turn of events.
Day 7 and it is time for another combination Immunity-Reward Challenge. The prize are comfort items, like pillows, along with a nice tarp. The event is a watery race off shore to open a bamboo cage and carry a chest back to shore. Then, using a grappling ring, snag three sections of a track to move the chest to the winners mat. The Favorites get a slight lead when they open their cage first. But the Fans take over as they are more organized in carrying the chest to shore. The race is all even as both tribes try to snag their last piece of track. Brandon connects for the Favs while Eddie misses. The Favorites win immunity and the comfort reward.
No sooner than they return to camp, Shamar starts up again arguing with Reynold. The Non-Lover Alliance, NLA, decide to split their votes 3-3 between Hope and Eddie to maybe draw out Reynold′s immunity idol. But then Shamar tells Hope how the women will vote to boot her and the men will vote to boot Eddie. Hope tells Julia about this who in turns consults the other members of the NLA. Laura, Julia and even Matt seem to be rethinking their votes. Maybe Shamar needs to go now?
At Tribal Council Reyonld talks about Shamar and his nasty attitude. Shamar accuses Reynold of being a liar and then rants about how he is the victim of all negativity. Hope tells Jeff Probst about Shamar spilling the beans on tonight′s vote. Julia and Matt toss Shamar under the bus for this breech of security. Hope and Eddie both think Shamar is too negative for their tribe to get anything accomplished.
It is time to vote. We see Eddie and Shamar trade votes. Reynold does not play his idol and Jeff counts the ballots. The result is a 3-way tie between Shamar, Hope and Eddie. The other six members vote again, this time for just one of those three. The NLA sticks together and boots Hope 5 to 1.
So ends our Survivor Caramoan Episode 3 recap. Spoilers for next week show the Fans thinking they have hit rock bottom thanks to the divisions caused by Shamar. But then a hurricane hits and their camp site is overrun by rats! What else will go wrong?


text:
Member Log in
Choose language
Choose currency
The total amount of a booking is paid in the local currency of the hotel. The conversion rates are taken from Google. Rates are for information purposes only and are subject to change without notice. Rates for actual transactions may vary according to the issuer of your credit card.
You should confirm current rates before making any transactions that could be affected by changes in the exchange rates.
Book your stay at First Hotel Grims Grenka in Oslo and choose between 65 lovely rooms. At First Hotel Grims Grenka in Oslo city center you can choose from different room types such as double room, suite and several large rooms in winter or summer themed decor - all minimum 26 square meters (280 sq ft). We can offer you rooms covering most needs and our staff will go far for your stay in Oslo city center to be perfect. All rooms are of course non smoking rooms and furnished with comfortable beds, bathtub or shower, minibar and free WiFi. As a guest at First Hotel Grims Grenka you can enjoy an easy access to gym, bar and restaurant. Breakfast is included.
(Flexible on dates? See our price calendar )
If you got a corporate ID or a campaign code, please insert it here. You can also sign up for First Business Deal here.
To stay and to book a room at First Hotels you must be over 18 years old.
Se flere bilder
Our Summer Rooms (Standard Rooms) are decorated in green color tones with a view to the atrium. A catwalk of mirrors takes you from the entrance and into the room. All rooms are minimum 21 square meters and offers comfortable Jensen beds that "floats" on light.
Next 24 hours - from NOK: 1 388,-
Order room
Our Winter Rooms (Superior Rooms) are decorated in frosty white and blue shades and offer view towards a quiet street. These rooms are minimum 23 sq meters. The bed is from renowned Jensen for your utmost comfort. Our business guests will appreciate the large work desk with state of the art technical access.
Next 24 hours - from NOK: 1 580,-
Our Winter Lounges (Deluxe Rooms) are decorated in frosty white and blue shades and offer view towards a quiet street. These rooms are minimum 26 sq meters. An elevated lounge area offers space for unwinding. You will find the bathroom enclosed in frosted glass, with black ceramic flooring, waterfall shower and Oakwood details.
Next 24 hours - from NOK: 1 772,-
We offer three types of suites at Grims Grenka, Autumn Suites, Garden Suites and Loft Suites.
Our Autumn Suites are 70 sq meters big and airy. The suites are designed in the comfortable autumn colors. The Autumn Suites are also suitable for private meetings and smaller conferences.
Our Garden Suites (Executive Rooms) are 43 sq meters offering views towards the atrium. Here you will find the bathtub in an eye catching position. The separate shower is enclosed in frosted glass, with natural stones on the floor.
Our Lofts Suites are intimately decorated in decadent red and black, accented with plush details in every corner. With some up to 70 sq meters', there is plenty of room for your personal space.
Next 24 hours - from NOK: 2 348,-
Our spacious and quiet SmartBed rooms feature adjastable beds where the firmness of the mattress is easily adjusted using a hand control.
The rooms are furnished with a 180 cm wide king-size bed which is perfectly suited for those who wishing a better sleep experience.
When you stay in a SmartBed Room you also enjoy the benefit of a sleep kit including a sleep mask and earplugs.
Capacity: Max 2 perons
Next 24 hours - from NOK: 1 700,-
About the rooms:
Grims Grenka offers 65 color-schemed rooms including 17 suites, many of them up to 70 square metres (750 square feet), in addition to other unique locations for pleasure and enjoyment. All rooms are non-smoking.


text:
This website uses cookies to allow us to see how the site is used. The cookies cannot identify you. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with this
If you want to use the sites without cookies or would like to know more, you can do that here.
Select regions whose content you would like to see
British Airways (BA) may not need passengers' consent in order to identify them using images available on the internet, an expert has said.10 Jul 2012
Data protection law specialist Danielle van der Merwe of Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law.com, said that the company could argue that it is in its legitimate interests to process online images of passengers that have booked with them.Last week BA announced plans to engage in more personalised interaction with customers through its 'Know Me' customer service program. Staff at the airline will use iPads and a special 'app' to search 'Google Images' for a photo of individual passengers to enable them to recognise and greet them at airports. Other information, such as whether passengers have experienced delays on previous flights, will also be available to crew via the devices, according to media reports. Nick Pickles of privacy watchdog Big Brother Watch said that BA needs passengers' consent to justify them processing their online images, according to a report by the London Evening Standard. However, van der Merwe said there may be other ways in which the company could justify its activity as being compliant with data protection laws."There are a number of routes available under the Data Protection Act that one can take in order to justify the arrangement under the Act, the most appropriate of those would be to notify passengers about the possible processing and asking them for their consent at the time they book a flight," she said. "This can be achieved in the company's terms and conditions which are brought to the attention of a passenger when booking a flight. However, consent can always be withdrawn at a later stage by a passenger and the company needs to have procedures in place to deal with an opt-out by those individuals. ""There are however other routes available to BA under the Data Protection Act other than through gaining the passenger's consent. BA could argue that the processing is in its legitimate interests because it wants to offer the best experience to its customers possible," van der Merwe added. Under the Data Protection Act (DPA) personal data must be processed fairly and lawfully and for specific, explicit and legitimate purposes only. Organisations must meet at least one of the "legitimising conditions" under the DPA in order to process an individuals' personal data, such as having obtained individuals' consent to do so. Other lawful grounds for processing that do not require consent include where it is necessary for the performance of a contract, necessary in order to protect the "vital interests of the data subject" or where it is necessary "for the administration of justice".Van der Merwe said that whilst BA could rely on consent where it had been given, it was unlikely that it could justify its Google Image checks on the other lawful grounds listed, other than if it could claim the processing was in its 'legitimate interests' and not overridden by the rights of passengers.Under the DPA organisations can process personal data if it is "necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests" they are pursuing, as long as that processing is not "unwarranted in any particular case by reason of prejudice to the rights and freedoms or legitimate interests of the data subject."The subjective nature of that provision means BA should hold documentary evidence of its consideration of data protection matters in order to justify its processing activities if required to do so van der Merwe said."Companies need to be able to show that they are taking the privacy of their customers' personal data seriously and that data protection is something that is considered before a company engages in an activity involving their customers' personal data" she said. "Companies unable to do so are more likely to face enforcement action from the Information Commissioner."A BA spokesman said that the company complies with the DPA and that it aims to "send 4,500 personal recognition messages a day by the end of the year," according to the Evening Standard report."We are entirely compliant with the UK Data Protection Act and would never breach that," the spokesman said. "Know Me is simply another tool to enable us to offer good customer service, similar to the recognition that high street loyalty scheme members expect. The Google Images search app helps our customer service team to recognise high profile travellers such as captains of industry who would be using our First class facilities enabling us to give a more personalised service."Jo Boswell, head of customer analysis at BA, said the personalisation program was just at the "start" and that it had a "myriad of possibilities for the future." However, van der Merwe said that it may be harder for the company to justify more intrusive processing activities without passenger consent."Whilst some passengers may be delighted at being addressed on personal terms after airline staff have cross-referenced them with available images online, others may be uncomfortable with the idea and consider that their privacy has been invaded and take real offence," she said. "BA could argue that this activity is within their legitimate interests as they are offering customers a better service and therefore making their airline more popular with customers.""BA would be less likely to be able to justify further personalising its customer service by checking other personal data online, such as that which is available on social network sites. For example, it is likely that the company would need the consent of passengers to look at their activities on Facebook or LinkedIn etc for the purposes of proactively engaging those individuals in conversation about their social or professional interests" van der Merwe said.Out-Law.com asked BA to explain its future plans for delivering more personalised customer service but the company did not respond to our queries.The UK's data protection watchdog, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), said that BA, among other requirements under the DPA, must make sure that "passengers' information is stored securely and is not kept for longer than is necessary." It added that "looking after individuals' data correctly" was not just a legal requirement but that it "plays an important role in maintaining consumer confidence."
Join My Out-Law
Already signed up to My Out-Law?
Sign in
Ideas, techniques and know-how can lie at the heart of a business. Pinsent Masons' international intellectual property team is dedicated to helping you to protect those intangible valuables that help you to stand out from your competitors.
More about Confidential Information
Partner - Head of Information Law
Partner, Avocat à la Cour, Attorney at Law (New York Bar)


text:
Welcome to dickblick
, null
not null?
Browse more: All Brands
For more than 75 years, Walter Foster Publishing has been providing how-to books to millions of art enthusiasts of all ages and abilities.
Walter Foster was born in 1891 in Woodland Park, Colorado. In his younger years, he was known as an accomplished artist, an art instructor, and an art collector. In the 1920s, while running his own advertising agency, Walter began writing self-help art instruction books.
The books were first produced in his home in Laguna Beach, California. He wrote, illustrated, printed, bound, packaged, shipped, and distributed them himself. In the 1960s, as his product line grew, he moved the operation to a large commercial facility, which allowed him to expand the company and achieve worldwide distribution.
brand 5_9_4


text: BladudA mythical king of England, and father of King Lear. He built the city of Bath, and dedicated the medicinal springs to Minerva. Bladud studied magic, and, attempting to fly, fell into the temple of Apollo and was dashed to pieces. (Geoffrey of Monmouth.) "Inexhaustible as Bladud's well." —Thackeray. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894


text:
Category:Professional reading level
From Wikibooks, open books for an open world
Books have a preferred writing style that make comprehension easy for readers who have mastered a certain level of fluency in reading a language. Books in this category tend to be highly subject specific and require extensive background knowledge among readers. Jargon tends to be used extensively, and readability is often sacrificed for precision. These books may be dry, academic, and not welcoming to most readers. Use {{reading level|professional}} to add a book to this category.
The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.


text:
Now you can enjoy your fiber! VitaFusion Fiber Gummies makes it easy to get your fiber, help maintain regularity and promote digestive health - all in a delicious sugar-free gummy. Fiber Gummies gives you the fiber to stimulate the growth of beneficial bacteria and help avoid constipation. VitaFusion Fiber Gummies can help maintain regularity, improve your digestion, support your immune system. One is right for you! Natural colors will darken over time.
Supplement Facts:
Polydextrose, Xylitol, Gelatin, Natural Flavors, Maleic Acid, Colors (black carrot juice extract, Carrot (Daucus Carota) Juice, Blueberry (Vaccinium Corymbosum) Juice, Annatto Extract (Color), Sucralose, Fractionated Coconut Oil, Beeswax (Apis Mellifera)
As a fiber supplement, take two (2) gummies per day.
Vitafusion Fiberwell Gummies Weight Management, Peach, Stawberry And Berry - 90 Ea
Our Price:$9.73
Align Daily Probiotic Supplement Capsules For A Healthy Digestive System - 42 Ea
Our Price:$36.01
Zantac 150 Mg Tablets Maxium Strength Relieves Heartburn - 65 Each
Our Price:$24.38
Nutrition Now Fiber Gummies Adult Formula - 60 Ea
Our Price:$6.90
Alteril Sleep Aid All Natural Tablets With L-Tryptophan - 60 Ea
Our Price:$19.14
Band-Aid Advanced Healing Blister, Cushions - 6 Ea
Our Price:$4.68


text:
I can show you my power bill I got today.
e-Bill Information
Biller Account Number: ******3230
Due Date: 10/28/2008
Amount Due: $167.44(CR)
Account Balance: $167.44(CR)
Beyond that I don't care to share investment or personal information.
My blood boils a bit when people look for hand outs for personal investments paid for by people like me who pay more than my fair share of taxes.
If you have done your home work you either have a worthwhile investment or you do not.