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With Orion's StarShoot USB Eyepiece, you can easily view what you see in your telescope on your laptop or desktop PC! The USB eyepiece transmits live images of the Moon, bright planets, Sun (solar filter required), and terrestrial subjects as seen through the telescope to your laptop or desktop PC. Now the whole family, classroom, or astronomical society can enjoy the view right along with you, as if you were all looking through the same telescope.
The StarShoot USB eyepiece fits in any telescope with a 1.25" focuser, or a 2"-to- 1.25" step-down adapter. While a telescope attached to a mount equipped with a tracking motor will provide the best results for nighttime use, even non-motorized telescopes like Dobsonian reflectors work well with this petite performer. During daylight hours, the USB eyepiece can add crowd-pleasing performance to any telescope outfitted for terrestrial use. Telescopic views of birds, wildlife, and scenery can be seen and enjoyed on your laptop or desktop PC screen.
This nifty "eyepiece" imager provides an inexpensive entry into the rewarding realm of astro-imaging. The StarShoot USB Eyepiece features a CMOS sensor chip with 8-bit output and RGB 24-bit color resolution. While not sensitive enough to capture images of faint deep space objects, the USB eyepiece enables you to share telescopic views of brighter objects within our solar system like the Moon and brighter planets. The view transmitted by the StarShoot USB Eyepiece is comparable to what you would see using a 3.8mm eyepiece and 2x Barlow combination.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Despite protests from cities, counties, public hospitals and school districts, a House committee Thursday narrowly approved a proposal that would increase dollar limits on lawsuits against local governments.
The increased limits are part of a broader attempt to reform what is known as the state's "claim bill" process. That process can lead to state lawmakers requiring local government agencies to pay large sums to injured people -- such as a claim bill last year that required Lee Memorial Health System in Fort Myers to pay $15 million to the family of a brain-injured child.
But lobbyists for various local-government organizations argued Thursday to the House Select Committee on Claim Bills that the reform measure (PCB SCCB 13-01) would drive up their costs. That is because limits on lawsuits that don't end up in the claim-bill process would increase from a maximum of $300,000 to $1.5 million.
"We believe that the end product of this committee makes a bad situation far worse than it currently is,'' said Keith Arnold, a lobbyist for Lee Memorial.
But committee Chairman James Grant, R-Tampa, said the overall bill would give more certainty to local governments about their potential liability and fix what he described as an arbitrary claim bill process.
"It's a fundamentally broken process,'' Grant said. "We can make it better."
The committee voted 5-3 to approve the bill, though it remains highly questionable whether the changes will ever make it into law. The Senate does not have a similar measure.
Through a legal concept known as "sovereign immunity,'' state law limits the potential liability of government agencies in lawsuits. Under current law, those limits are $200,000 or $300,000, depending on how many people are involved in an incident -- totals that would go to $1 million and $1.5 million under the House bill.
But people can go to the Legislature to try to get claim bills passed that require local governments to pay more than those limits. Such bills drew controversy last year, primarily because of the Lee Memorial case and another measure that called for providing $10.75 million to a man who was severely injured in a car accident with a Broward County sheriff's officer.
While the House bill would increase the sovereign immunity limits, it also includes a change that could help shield local governments from costly claim bills. Those agencies would be protected from claim bills if they buy insurance that would cover damages.
Grant said he is trying to encourage local governments to act responsibly and that the protection for having insurance is one of the "carrots" the state can offer. Lee Memorial, for example, did not have insurance coverage to pay the $15 million claim bill approved last year.
The House proposal also would make a change that would allow judges, rather than juries, to determine damage amounts in lawsuits against local governments --- a proposal that drew objections from the Florida Justice Association trial lawyers groups.
But most of the debate Thursday centered on insurance and increasing the liability limits. Lobbyists for various types of local governments said they are concerned about being able to find and afford insurance coverage.
Also, they said they are concerned that increasing the limits would encourage more lawsuits against government agencies.
"I call it the pot-of-gold at the end-of-the rainbow syndrome,'' said Bob Harris, a lobbyist for the Panhandle Area Educational Consortium, a group of small school districts.
But Rep. Kionne McGhee, D-Miami, said the discussion left out people who are injured because of negligence by local governments.
"What about the victim?" McGhee asked. "No one here has spoken about the victim's pain (and) suffering."
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Targeted Runoff Management Grant Program
The Targeted Runoff Management (TRM) Grant Program offers competitive grants for local governments for controlling nonpoint source (NPS) pollution. Grants reimburse costs for agriculture or urban runoff management practices in targeted, critical geographic areas with surface water or groundwater quality concerns.
Who can apply
Eligible applicants
Cities, villages, towns, counties, regional planning commissions, tribal governments and special purpose lake, sewerage and sanitary districts may apply.
Grant monies may fund the construction of best management practices (BMPs) to control nonpoint source pollution. They can also fund BMP design as part of a construction project. The cost-share rate for TRM projects is up to 70 percent of eligible costs. Municipal employee force account work may be reimbursable up to 5 percent of the total project reimbursement.
Eligible projects
- Large-scale total daily maximum load (TMDL) projects
Only agricultural projects designed to meet EPA-approved TMDLs are eligible. Eligible costs include construction of structural best management practices, implementation of non-structural cropping practices and some staffing costs to plan and install management practices. Projects run 3-4 years in duration. Typical grants are approximately $500,000 to $1 million. - Large-scale non-TMDL projects
Only agricultural projects implementing state agricultural performance standards and prohibitions are eligible. They may be in any area to protect or restore surface water or groundwater. However, the project area may not be less than 8 or more than 39 square miles. Eligible costs include construction of structural best management practices, implementation of non-structural cropping practices and some staffing costs to plan and install management practices. Projects run 3-4 years in duration. Typical grants are approximately $500,000 to $1 million. - Small-scale TMDL projects
Agricultural and urban nonpoint source control projects designed to meet EPA-approved TMDL goals are eligible for funding. Eligible costs are limited to construction of structural best management practices and acquisition of land or land rights if needed to support the practices. Projects run 2-3 years in duration. Grants are limited to $150,000. - Small-scale non-TMDL projects
Only agricultural projects implementing state agricultural performance standards and prohibitions are eligible. They may be in any area to protect or restore surface water or groundwater. Projects run 2-3 years in duration. Grants are limited to $150,000.
Ineligible projects*
- Projects implementing BMPs for croplands or livestock facilities defined as "new" per s. NR 151.09(4)(b)(3) and s. NR 151.095(5)(b)(2), Wis. Adm. Code.
- Point source pollution control projects required by large livestock operation (CAFO) or storm water discharge permit laws.
- Construction site erosion control.
- New development, post-construction structural BMPs.
- Dredging, draining, or flooding projects unrelated to water quality.
- Dredging of harbors, lakes, rivers and ditches.
*See NR 153.15 (2) Wisconsin Administrative Code [exit DNR] for a comprehensive list of ineligible projects.
All application materials for projects beginning in 2018 is April 17, 2017.
After the DNR receives the completed applications, DNR staff score and rank the applications. Top ranking projects are allocated available funds. Announcements of grant awards occur in the fall.
How to apply
How to apply
To apply for a grant, choose the correct application from the charts below based on the project scale, implementation of NR 151 and/or TMDL requirements and agricultural or urban project location.
The application must be submitted by April 15 of the calendar year prior to the awarded grant start year. (However, for the 2018 grant start year, applications are due by April 17, 2017.)
- Top 10 Mistakes Made by TRM Grant Applicants [PDF]
- NEW Video - The Wisconsin DNR's Urban Nonpoint Source and Storm Water Management Planning Grant Program– Developing a quality project and writing a strong application [MP4]
Choosing the correct application
Be sure to download both the application and instructions. You will need the instructions when completing the application.
Project scale? | NR 151 performance standards & prohibitions implementation? | Meeting TMDL requirements? | Use application form: |
Small | Yes | No |
Small-Scale Agriculture TRM Application (Form 8700-300) [PDF] |
Small | Yes | Yes | |
Small | No | Yes |
Small-Scale Agriculture TRM Application (Form 8700-300) [PDF] Small-Scale Agriculture TRM Instructions [PDF] OR |
Large | Yes | No |
Large-Scale Agriculture TRM Application (Form 8700-333) [PDF] |
Large | Yes | Yes | |
Large | No | Yes | |
Small/Large | No | No | Do Not Apply |
The TRM grant program offers a small-scale competitive grant for urban runoff management practices to address nonpoint source pollutants specified as causing impairments in areas addressed in an EPA-approved Total Maximum Daily Load report.
Find all Urban-related applications, instructions, Reimbursement and Resources forms, agreements and guides on the Urban Nonpoint Source & Storm Water Management Grants web page.
Reimbursement checklist
Reimbursement forms
- Reimbursement Request for Agricultural Grants [PDF]
- Grant Partner Financial Data Report (Form 9300-230) [PDF] - For all projects receiving Federal funds from the DNR. This is required before reimbursement from DNR is possible.
- Force Account Certification [PDF]
- Local Assistance Certification [PDF]
Grant recipient requirements
Successful grant applicants enter into a contractual agreement with the DNR. Grant recipients must comply with program conditions, provide the local portion of the project costs, and install all best management practices (BMPs) constructed under these programs and maintain them for 10 years. If applicants are providing these grant funds to private landowners, a similar contractual agreement is required between the applicant and the landowner.
Recipient forms, agreements and guides
- Final Report (Form 3400-189A) [PDF]
- Environmental Hazards Assessment (Form 1800-001) [PDF]
- Satisfaction of Cost Share Agreement (Form 3400-068B) [PDF]
- Release of Cost Share Agreement (Form 3400-068C) [PDF]
- Cost Share Agreement (Form 3400-069) [PDF]
- Cost Share Agreement Amendment (Form 3400-069A) [PDF]
- Targeted Runoff Mgmt Economic Hardship Affidavit (Form 3400-069B) [PDF]
- Economic Hardship Notification of Determination (Form 3400-069C) [PDF]
- Substitution Form (Form 8700-308) [PDF]
- Procurement Guide for Local Governments Receiving DNR Grants [PDF]
- Best Management Practices [Excel]
- Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (2 CFR Part 200)[exit DNR]
Property acquisition & appraisal information
- Contact information
- Ann Hirekatur
Runoff Management Grants Program Coordinator
Contact Ann with question about the grant application process, including project eligibility. - Aaron Larson
Nonpoint Source Program Grant Manager
Contact Aaron with question about grant awards and financial administration. - Regional Nonpoint Source Coordinators
For technical, project-specific questions related to a grant-funded projects, please contact Your DNR regional nonpoint source coordinator


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It's race day at Howelsen Hill.
In the minutes leading up to a race, you may see two drivers and four horses make a casual parade down the long snow-covered racetrack behind the Howelsen Hill rodeo grounds toward the starting gates.
For them, it's just the preparation for another race, but these drivers are carrying on a tradition that stretches generations.
At the other end of a track, an auctioneer rattles off numbers faster than most horses can run to take a few final bets in a flurry of fast-paced exchanges as the Calcutta action draws to a close before the actual race begins. Back at the other end, the horses are loaded in the starting gates; and the drivers and starter wait for a sense of calmness to come over the animals. But most of the good teams are anticipating the moment when the steel doors of the gates will swing open with a clang and any sense of tranquility vanishes in a cloud of flying snow, spinning wheels and fast-moving horses.
It's that moment, that explosion, that has attracted drivers and racing fans in the Yampa Valley to the sport of chariot racing for years.
"It's a rush," driver Lance Hoffman said. "You can go from zero to 30 (mph) in the first four strides of the race."
In that brief moment, the driver must remain focused to keep the course true because there is another team sharing the track, which is just 25 feet wide.
Cathy Duncan, who has been racing chariots for 30 years, says the driver must deal with two horses and three mind-sets during the 440-yard journey from starting gate to finish line. It only takes a few seconds, but it's part of a tradition that began in the early 1900s in Steamboat Springs.
Hoffmann and Duncan are part of a shrinking group of drivers who are working to keep the sport alive in Northwestern Colorado as part of the Yampa Valley Cutter and Chariot Racing Club.
Duncan said that just a few years ago, there were 200 teams at the end-of-season World Championships. Last year, there were only 100.
The Yampa Valley Club also has taken a hit in the past decade. Today, there are just 12 teams in the Yampa Valley Cutter and Chariot Racing Club.
Duncan isn't sure why the club's numbers have fallen in recent years, but she can venture a guess.
"It could be the expense or the fact that ranches are disappearing around here," Duncan said. "Most chariot racers come from second or third generation ranches."
It was Duncan's love of horses that drew her to the sport, but she admits that the thrill of blasting out of the starting gate keeps her coming back. "I've been around horses my whole life, and I've been chariot racing for as long as I can remember," Duncan said.
She said she started with saddle horses and then just kept moving up to better, faster horses.
"I didn't ski, and chariot racing allowed me to work with my horses all year-round," Duncan said.
She admits that the sport comes with its share of work, too.
Good drivers can spend hours each day working with their horses and thousands of dollars in feed, equipment and travel expenses. Not to mention the hours spend cleaning stables and repairing chariots.
"We don't do this for the money," Duncan said. "The people who race chariots love the sport. That's why we do it."
The club will hold three races in Steamboat Springs in January. The first races are scheduled for Jan. 15 and 16. There also will be events Jan. 22 and 23 and another Jan. 30.
Races will take place during Winter Carnival on Feb. 12 and 13, and this year's state championships are scheduled to be held in Steamboat on Feb. 26 and 27.
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Grace Cottage is a semi-detached holiday home situated in Kirstenhof in the Western Cape Region and is 300 metres from Medicross Medical Centre. The unit is 300 metres from Woolworths (Blue Route Mall), and guests benefit from free WiFi and private parking available on site. There is a seating area and a kitchen. A TV with satellite channels is featured. There is a private bathroom with a shower. Blue Route Mall (Tokai) is 300 metres from Grace Cottage , while Kirstenhof Supermarket is 800 metres away. The nearest airport is Cape Town International Airport, 17 km from Grace Cottage . Mere
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Featuring free WiFi throughout the property, The Loft - Kirstenhof offers accommodation in Kirstenhof. Free private parking is available on site. Certain rooms feature a seating area where you can relax. You will find a coffee machine and a kettle in the room. There is luggage storage space at the property. Kirstenhof Supermarket is 300 metres from The Loft - Kirstenhof , while Medicross Medical Centre is 900 metres away. Cape Town International Airport is 18 km from the property. Mere


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Norwegian death metallers CHTON have announced the addition of vocalist Craig Furunes (DEMONTERA) to the group's their ranks (see the photo below).
After their previous singer, Terje (CHTON vocalist from 2002 to 2011) left the band just after recording CHTON's upcoming sophomore album, "The Devil Builds", the band had a brief period as a four-piece, with bass player Ola handling main vocals. Now CHTON has found a dedicated vocalist in Craig, and Ola is back to handling bass and backing vocals.
Commented Torstein: "Now we have found a vocalist in Craig that has the guts and dedication to front CHTON, giving 666% as he shreds his throat and spits blasphemies from the stage!"
"The Devil Builds" will be released on September 15 via the German label Godeater Records. The vinyl edition is planned for early winter 2013. Digital distribution of the effort will be handled by Morningstar Music to ensure the LP will be available via all major digital stores.
"The Devil Builds" track listing:
01. Faustian Resolve
02. Scavenger Of A Dead World
03. Gods Of The Flesh
04. Rise Black God
05. Death Awaits
06. Contagion (The Disease)
07. Lord And Master
08. Nithon Undertow
09. Ratbag (ABSCESS cover)
10. Babalon And The Beast Conjoined
"The Devil Builds" was recorded and produced at Morningstar Studio with Arnt Obsidian Grønbech (KEEP OF KALESSIN, SATYRICON) at the helm. The album was mixed by Stamos Koliousis (MENCEA) and Vangelis Labrakis at 210 Studio in Berlin, known for earlier work with NATTEFROST, GEHENNA and VREID, among others.
CHTON has previously shared stages with such bands as MORBID ANGEL, BEHEMOTH, MAYHEM, AMON AMARTH and ZYKLON, and plans to embark on a European tour to promote "The Devil Builds".
CHTON's digital split single "Screaming For Death" with CLEAVER is still available for streaming or download from most digital stores like Spotify, iTunes, WiMP, Amazon and many others.
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Three reasons Trump's $1 trillion infrastructure spending program is doomed, says Jake Novak. » Read More
Here's how the backlash against the "fight for $15" movement is derailing its momentum, says Michael Saltsman. » Read More
Why does Mars Chocolate prefer to manufacture in the U.S.? Well, for one, it helps them retain employees, says Mars executive Tracey Massey. » Read More
Red states are among those leading the transition to clean energy and hundreds of businesses are too, says former Portland mayor Sam Adams. » Read More
President Trump says getting a new deal on a health bill will be "easy," but that's because he's surrendering the fight, says Jake Novak.
President Trump's latest executive order may have an unintentional consequence for big oil & gas, says former California EPA chief Terry Tamminen.
BlackRock's replacing of human stock pickers with computers is great news, and Jake Novak explains why karma isn't the only reason.
Obamacare is still the law of the land but here are the big challenges it faces now, says PolicyGenius CEO Jennifer Fitzgerald.
It's time to lower the corporate tax rate and simplify tax filing for individuals, says former US Comptroller David M. Walker.
Here's how Elon Musk's Neuralink could end up hurting average Americans, says Dustin McKissen.
Rep. Devin Nunes is behaving strangely and probably isn't the right person to lead the Trump-Russia investigation, writes Vox's Yochi Dreazen.
Donald Trump's latest tweets appear to be an attempt to pin his Russia scandal on Hillary and Bill Clinton, says Vox's Tara Golshan.
Here's how to help your children achieve their dreams, writes Grant Cardone.
If President Trump wants to be angry at some group over the failed health-care bill, it's not the Freedom Caucus, says Jake Novak.
Trump must act now to save social security, or benefits will take a haircut, says James B. Lockhart III.
Here's how to approach success, whatever that means to you, writes Anne T. Donahue.
If Trump wants to start winning, he needs to consult "The Art of the Deal." His best seller has some business advice he just ignored.
Here's what the Trump administration needs to understand about climate change when creating policy, says Jason Bordoff.
Phone launches follow a pretty similar pattern: Flashy press conference, excitement, pre-orders and the investing world keeping an eye on how well these devices sell.
Donald Trump keeps saying that Obamacare is "exploding." That's just not true, says Vox's Matt Yglesias.
Cindy Perman is the commentary editor at CNBC.com
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World leaders condemned a North Korean nuclear test threat (Reuters Video), which Pyongyang claims is necessary in the face of U.S. hostility. A government statement did not disclose a date for what would be Pyongyang's first known nuclear test, but said North Korea was compelled to follow through (Yonhap) with the test because of the "U.S. extreme threat of a nuclear war and sanctions and pressure." Christopher Hill, the top U.S. State Deparment official on Asia-Pacific relations, gave Pyongyang a stern warning: "We are not going to live with a nuclear North Korea, we are not going to accept it." The White House said a test would threaten East Asian security and that the United States will work with the UN Security Council and Six-Party Talk members to oppose Pyongyang's "provocative announcement." In 2005, North Korea walked away from talks with the United States, Japan, China, Russia, and South Korea and has refused to return to the negotiating table because of U.S. financial restrictions, specifically a clampdown on Pyongyang's alleged counterfeiting activities (NYT).
China and South Korea alerted Pyongyang that a test would hurt relations in the region, but Beijing also made an appeal for all relevant parties to resolve the latest standoff through dialogue. The test statement puts Washington in the position of either making concessions to Kim Jong-Il's communist regime or taking a firm stand that could trigger an East Asian arms race (IHT). Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned testing would spark a harsh international response (Australian). Japan is the current president of the UN Security Council, with a special role in convening meetings. The Council in July passed a resolution banning the sale of missile parts to North Korea and demanding the country halt its missile program. A BBC timeline charts the nuclear standoff and breakdown in negotiations to rein in North Korea's nuclear ambitions.
In an interview with CFR.org's Bernard Gwertzman, CFR Fellow Michael A. Levi says North Korea may be trying to ramp up the threat level after failed missile tests in July, and "a nuclear test is their only real option to step things up a notch." Levi also describes the timing of the test announcement as "unusual," given that it comes within days of the United States saying it will grant North Korea bilateral talks if Pyongyang agrees to return to the multilateral negotiating table (VOA). Washington and Pyongyang need to start talking or run the risk of finding "themselves on a collision course, with Seoul caught in the middle," says an International Crisis Group report released after North Korea's long-range missile testing in July. Tong Kim, a visiting professor at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, says confidence building is necessary to defuse the current standoff, but warns the growing distrust between Bush and Kim means improved relations are unlikely as long as Bush is in office (Korea Times). Some experts fault the Bush administration for not engaging in serious diplomacy with Pyongyang but others say North Korea is not a reliable negotiating partner.
Divisions in Bush administration policy on North Korea—one view espousing engagement, the other isolation—have aroused criticism from other members of the multiparty talks, says a Congressional Research Service report (PDF). Analysts David Albright and Paul Brannan of the Institute for Science and International Security estimate North Korea could likely "build a crude nuclear warhead" and has enough plutonium for between four and thirteen nuclear weapons (PDF). The Nuclear Threat Initiative provides a chronology of North Korea's missile development program and maps of suspected nuclear enrichment sites.


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Nothing goes right for boys at Ainsworth
Poor shooting hampers Swedes.
AINSWORTH—Gothenburg's boys knew they had to defend Ainsworth's perimeter shooting Friday night.
So rather than playing their usual sagging help defense, the Swedes stuck closer to the three-point line.
Still, the Bulldogs savored their home-court advantage and stung the Swedes with their outside shots winning 66-44.
"We did everything in practice last week that Ainsworth did on the floor," said Gothenburg coach Kent Koehn. "We knew they'd shoot the three and we knew they'd look inside to their big guy."
Still the Swedes couldn't stop the Bulldogs.
Three of Ainsworth's first four buckets were three-pointers.
"I think maybe we've ingrained our style of defense so deeply that it isn't easy for them to make changes," Koehn said.
At the same time, Koehn said the Swedes were exposed on offense.
Senior scoring leader Landen Haake made the first seven points for the Swedes. He finished the game with seven.
"Ainsworth went to a box-and-one on Landen and we couldn't get him the ball," Koehn said. "You don't prepare for a gimmick defense. Not many teams play them anymore but that's what I would do against us."
Down 35-17 at halftime, Koehn told his boys to shoot more.
Ainsworth made the first two buckets of the second half to push the gap to 22 points but with three minutes to play in the third quarter, Gothenburg had closed to single digits.
"Our defense picked up and we got some steals and some easy buckets," Koehn said.
The run didn't last, though, as Ainsworth closed out the third period with another three-pointer and a layup to take a 48-35 lead.
The Swedes got outscored 18-9 in the fourth quarter.
"It's disheartening the way we played defense," Koehn said. "We gave up 66 points. We haven't given up 66 points all season."
At the same time, the Swedes shot 15-of-71 for a 21% field goal percentage.
"We jacked the ball up 71 times and only made 15," Koehn said. "That's a terrible percentage."
Joel Teahon finished with 11 points and Mark Hilderbrand added eight. Patrick Reeves was the rebounding leader with six.
Gothenburg has one game remaining in the regular season. The Swedes, now 7-10, host Ogallala (9-9) Friday night.
The C1-11 sub-district begins Monday in Lexington. Koehn said while brackets have not yet been released, it appears the Swedes will be the No. 3 seed and play No. 2-seeded Kearney Catholic in the late game Tuesday.
Cozad and Southern Valley will face off Monday for the chance to advance and play No. 1 Minden Tuesday.


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Jul 28, 2010
Design Agency: Interbrand Brazil Team
Country: Brazil
Beauty'in inaugurates a new segment in the Brazilian market
After the great success of the brand éh!, Cristiana Arcangeli reached Interbrand again with
a challenge: to create the first Brazilian brand that unites the pleasure of food, the healthy
aspects from the vitamins and the technology of cosmetics, the 'aliméticos'.
As the concept of products that combine food and cosmetics was not known in Brazil,
Interbrand had the mission to create a brand that understands and educates the consumer
in order to bring to their life new routines and habits of health and beauty.
To better understand the behavior of the new consumer, more conscious and careful about
its choices, workshops were held with physicians, scientists, journalists and opinion leaders,
culminating in a great learning that guided the entire project: the external beauty is the
result of a good nutrition that has quality and is enjoyable.
A major market research with the collaboration of Interbrand offices in Japan, Paris, London
and New York was also extremely important to identify which products were most significant
to the lifestyle of the Brazilian, and also helped defining how the products should be
The construction of this strategic brand work began by defining the line up of products and
the creation of the brand name Beauty'in. The second step was to develop all shapes of
bottles and lids, followed by the creation of the brand identity and the labels.
Beauty Drink and Beauty Candy: choosing names for easy association generates almost
instant recognition of the product's nature by its consumers. Labels texts illustrate everyday
situations of consumption and indicate the functional benefit of each variant. - Calories, +
health and beauty in every swig and every bite.
To match the performance of cosmetics with the pleasure of food, the visual identity
represents the functionality of the products on the illustrations of the letter B, of beauty.
Cells, ties, stylized waves and splashes come to life with color and shapes that suggest the
essence of beauty. Simplified tables, step-by-step instructions and informative graphic
interference teach the consumer to experience the 'aliméticos' in a quick and easy way.
A brand that is born big deserves a great launch event to match its height. Bringing
together a team of top professionals from diverse fields, a great show of music and theater
was attended by over 1500 people in São Paulo.
Beauty'in. The new brand that brings contemporary, practicality and a great innovation to
the market. Because beauty, comes first from within.
Cosmetic and Beauty,
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An Exceptional Palme d'Or to Jane Fonda
the 26.05.2007 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 27.05.2007 at 3:07 PM
The President of the Cannes Festival, Gilles Jacob, bestowed a special Golden Palm on American actress Jane Fonda during a dinner at the Carlton Hotel, paying tribute to her career and her
commitment. This makes the fourth career achievement Palme d'Or awarded to an actor or filmmaker in the history of the Festival. The three others went to French directors Alain Resnais and
Gerard Oury as well as French actress Jeanne Moreau. Mr. Jacob ironically remarked: "I would never have imagined that the Cannes Festival would honor an FBI suspect, one who has at
least 20,000 pages in her file," in allusion to all her active participation against the war in Vietnam and more recently against the war in Iraq. He continued, "You are a
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Director Bryan Singer has been very good about sharing a bunch of information and photos from the set of "X-Men: Days of Future Past." That continued on the 4th of July, though it wasn't a picture of an actor in-costume this time.
Singer tweeted a photo of a home with a mailbox that reads "Maximoff," writing "House call." Comic book fans may recognize Maximoff as the surname belonging to the characters Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. The two are the children of Magneto (Michael Fassbender/Ian McKellen), the chief antagonist in the X-Men universe.
Singer confirmed in May that "American Horror Story" star Evan Peters had been cast in the role, though he's one of the few announced characters that hasn't shown up in the director's stream of photos.
What's unclear is if the movie will contain a little bit of Scarlet Witch, which could be a possibility if they're visiting the Maximoff family home. Joss Whedon has confirmed both characters will appear in "Marvel's The Avengers 2." No casting has been announced for that movie yet, however Aaron Taylor-Johnson ("Kick-Ass 2") has been reported to be close to landing the part.
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BOSTON (AP) -- Online retailer Amazon.com has reached a deal with Massachusetts to start collecting sales tax from Bay State residents.
The deal that kicks in next Nov. 1 was announced by Gov. Deval Patrick on Tuesday.
The announcement said the state and Amazon will work together toward enactment of federal legislation to resolve the issue of taxes for online sales, and added that Amazon plans to add hundreds of jobs in Massachusetts.
Patrick says the deal is a "win for all sides."
Paul Misener, Amazon's vice president of global public policy, says the company looks forward to working with the state for a resolution to the issue.
The state has been pressured by bricks and mortar retailers who say online companies have an unfair advantage.
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Ah, I'm tracking now.
As for the re-paints/re-cards. This has been a big trend for Hasbro lately. Not just with the ROTS line but most of the OTC/POTC were re-hashed figures.
I bought everything from the OTC line, and I do mean everything! From the basic figures to the exclusive vehicles/figures to the Canadian carded figures. I would dare say I have the most complete OTC line possible.
I think it's good that Hasbro is giving us some of these re-paints, especially the Clones, though I still prefer #41 over #6. in any event, it gives Hasbro time to work on the new line and gives collectors a chance to build some armies. I would say that their weakest point is perhaps their case breakdown. Other than that, all is good.
As for the battle packs. I bought them all because I like the packaging, especailly the way the figures are displayed. Sure these are all re-hashed figures, but openers and non-completists don't have to buy 'em. As for the completists, well it depends on your definition of "completist" you can buy every carded figure and consider yourself a completist, but never buy a single "Cinema Scene" which is basically what these battle packs are...the latest incarnation of the Cinema Scane.
However, for the "complete" completist, that has to have one of everything, I agree it does kinda suck. These sets are going for $20-$25 each and not a single new figure anywhere.


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Iowa's First Shotgun Deer Season Begins Saturday
The Iowa DNR expects that nearly 90,000 hunters will be heading to the woods and fields during Saturday's opening day for first shotgun season. Iowa's shotgun deer seasons are the most popular among hunters and account for more than half of all deer harvested. Although hunters will still have good hunting opportunities they can expect to find fewer deer across much of the state. They may need to hunt a little longer this year to be successful.
"Deer numbers in many areas are near the department's objective and we are now encouraging hunters to be more selective with their harvest," said Dale Garner, the DNR's wildlife bureau chief.
"We have been hearing complaints from hunters that they are not seeing the number of deer that they had in the past and some are voicing their concerns that the herd reduction may have gone too far," he said. "My advice to those hunters is to work with the landowner to see if the deer population is at a desirable level and adjust the local doe harvest accordingly."
With the crop harvest being completed, good habitat conditions and a favorable weather forecast hunting conditions should be excellent in most of the state. However, in western Iowa, hunters may find that the summer-long Missouri River flooding has changed the deer distributions so they may need to adjust where they hunt.
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Blaze orange is required for hunters participating in the shotgun hunts and party hunting is legal. Hunters using blinds during the shotgun seasons are reminded that they are required to display at least 144 square inches of blaze orange that is visible from all directions (see p. 23 of the 2011 Hunting Regulations for more information).
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For hunters with Internet access, the online harvest reporting is the easiest way to register the deer. Hunters can report their deer online at www.iowadnr.gov, by calling the toll free reporting number 1-800-771-4692, or at any license vendor.
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Hunters are reminded that antlered deer must have the transportation tag attached to the antler's main beam, either at the base or between two points.
First shotgun season is Dec. 3-7. Second shotgun season is Dec. 10-18. Shooting hours are one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset.
Youth Season Tags
Youth season hunters with an unfilled "any-deer" license from the youth deer season who did not harvest a deer are eligible to hunt during one of the two shotgun seasons. However, the youth hunter must follow the weapons restrictions that are in place during the season and be under the direct supervision of a licensed adult. A youth must harvest and tag their own deer.
For more information contact Tom Litchfield, State Deer Biologist, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, 641-774-2958.
Iowa is one of my dram places
Iowa is one of my dram places to hunt, right there with Illinois. Should be some great deer being shot. As for the idea of seeing less deer, unfortunately, that may have to be something hunters live with in states that have adopted some sort of quality deer management. Most of those places believe in shooting lots of does to bring the "herd in balance". I don't agree with it personally, but that's what they do. This results in lots less deer running around the woods.
There are a couple of things that I really like about what Iowa does. If the kids did not fill their tags during the youth season, it appears that they can still use them during this season as long as they follow the weapon restrictions. Secondly, reminding the hunters to be safe. There have been way, way to many accidental deaths this fall, and we'd hate to see more. You don't see many states requiring blaze orange to be displayed outside the blind, but that's a great idea!
Hmmmm. Well first of all -
Hmmmm. Well first of all - good luck to all Iowa shotgun deer hunters! However the Iowa DNR does not make it sound too encouraging with their "forecast". Hunter longer in order to harvest your deer is certainly not a bad thing. Being out in the woods for the week is great... seeing a lot of deer and being able to be selective is also great. I don't see how the Iowa DNR can request the hunters to be "more selective". If you are seeing less deer I would think you would be more apt to shoot sooner than later. I would think that if the DNR is stating that the deer populations are "near their objective" then there should be a good balance and the hunters will still fill the expected numbers of tags with their deer. I would think that after the season is over the state tallies the harvested deer and compares to the licensed hunters with unfilled tags and then should be able to make the appropriate decisions. If the revenue ends up going way down that may be another factor as well. Personally I have no issue with filling my tag with a doe as it is definite meat in the freezer.


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Suns come up just short against Wizards
PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix was flying high after a blowout win over Indiana.
Then the Wizards came to town and brought down the Suns with a thud.
Trevor Ariza scored 23 points, Bradley Beal sank a pair of crucial shots down the stretch and Washington opened a four-game road trip Friday night with a 101-95 victory.
Beal's 3-pointer with 2:03 left gave the Wizards the lead for good at 96-93. His 15-footer made it 99-95 with 26.9 seconds to go, and then he finished with a game-ending dunk.
"I knew that eventually the ball was going to come my way, and I just stayed ready," Beal said. "I wasn't making too many shots throughout the game, but I just stayed with it and stayed confident."
John Wall had 18 points and 12 assists for the Wizards. Nene scored 18, Beal 17 and ex-Sun Marcin Gortat 14 for Washington.
Goran Dragic had 19 points and 11 assists for the Suns, who had handed the Pacers their worst loss of the season, a 24-point blowout on Wednesday night.
Channing Frye scored 16, Miles Plumlee 14 and Markieff Morris 13 for Phoenix.
"We can't play that way," Frye said. "Too many turnovers and terrible defense."
After making 11 of 16 3-pointers against Indiana, the Suns were 7 of 22 against the Wizards, just 1 of 12 in the second half.
Washington, which pulled back to .500 with the win, outrebounded Phoenix 44-30, including 19-9 on the offensive boards. After nine turnovers against the Pacers, the Suns had 21 on Friday.
"There was a bunch of things," Phoenix coach Jeff Hornacek said. "We had 21 turnovers. It's been probably six or seven games since we have a big turnover night. Then the offensive rebounds — they got 19 of them. So all that stuff adds up."
The Suns rallied from an eight-point deficit late to tie it at 93 on Plumlee's hook shot with 2:43 to go. But P.J. Tucker missed two free throws that would have given Phoenix the lead, and Beal then made the go-ahead 3.
Nene made one of two free throws with 1:38 to go to boost the lead to 97-93, and Plumlee's dunk on a pass from Dragic cut it to 97-95 with 41.9 seconds left. Beal's 15-footer with 26.9 seconds remaining put Washington ahead 99-95, then after a pair of missed 3s by the Suns, his dunk ended it.
Frye said the Suns are mistaken to think that the win over Indiana was a big deal.
"If your season was betting on beating the Pacers one time at home," he said, "then hey, I think we need to sit you back down and let you know you've got 81 more."
Ariza switched onto Frye and shut him down after a 12-point first quarter.
"It was just defensive intensity," he said. "When we press up defensively and get stops, it ignites our offense. It's what gets me going. When we play good defense, we're a good team."
Phoenix led 57-51 at halftime and was up 59-51 after Frye opened the third quarter with a basket.
Washington then took off on a 17-4 run. Hornacek drew a technical during the outburst for complaining about an offensive foul call on Dragic. Nene's driving layup capped the spurt and put the Wizards up 68-63 with 7:06 left in the third quarter.
Nene's dunk put the Wizards ahead 89-81 with 8:17 to go, then Dragic led the Suns back. He sank a 16-footer, Gerald Green got a layup after Nene's turnover, then Dragic scored on a driving layup to cut Washington's lead to 89-87 with 6:13 to go. But Dragic missed a layup in traffic that would have tied it, Nene rambled down the lane for a dunk and Washington led 91-87 just 5:28 from the finish.
The Suns managed to get even one more time, but then Beal finished it off.
"It didn't all go our way," Wizards coach Randy Wittman said. "We had a couple of breakdowns there and they tied it up, but we came down and made some plays."
There were 19 lead changes in the game, and neither team led by double figures at any point.
NOTES: Wizards F Martell Webster sat out with the flu. … Hornacek said rookie G Archie Goodwin will play two games for Phoenix's D-League team in Bakersfield, then rejoin the Suns on Sunday in Cleveland. … The Wizards opened a stretch of four road games in five nights. … The Suns finished their homestand 3-2 and begin a four-game, five-night trip Sunday.


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Teens may find hookah smoking glamorous and exotic, but it is every bit as addictive as cigarette smoking — and may be more so. The ancient pastime has seen a revival among high school and college students, says Lauren Indorf, CNP, a nurse practitioner in Cleveland Clinic's Tobacco Treatment Center.
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Hookahs are water pipes resembling slender metal vases. Charcoal is used to heat a sweet, sticky tobacco, producing smoke that is filtered through cooled water. The smoke is inhaled through a flexible hose that is passed from one user to the next. Hookahs come in a wide range of sizes. It's easy to hide small, 8-inch-tall models in dorm rooms, cars and bathrooms.
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Young people may be attracted to the social nature of hookah smoking and to flavors that range from cappuccino to watermelon.
But hookah smokers may share more than tobacco. "What teens may not realize is that sharing the experience also means sharing a lot of risks — specifically mono, colds, strep and other infections that come from sharing the same pipe or hookah," adds Children's Hospital adolescent medicine specialist Ellen Rome, MD, MPH.
Herpes and H. pylori, the most common cause of stomach ulcers, can also be passed via the shared mouthpiece. "In other countries, tuberculosis can be transmitted when hookah smokers cough in each other's faces and can be cultivated from the hookah water," adds Dr. Rome.
More toxic than cigarettes
Aside from the risk of infection, smoke from the hookah contains the same cancer-causing chemicals as cigars and cigarettes. Hookah smokers also inhale carbon monoxide, heavy metals and other toxic compounds given off by the burning charcoal. And smoking in a group setting creates significant secondhand smoke — especially in so-called hookah cafes.
"Hookah is not a safe alternative to smoking cigarettes — a typical one-hour session involves inhaling 100 to 200 times the volume of smoke inhaled from a single cigarette," says Ms. Indorf.
And the risks of addiction can't be downplayed. Hookah smokers typically smoke longer and more often, take more puffs and inhale more deeply than cigarette smokers. They absorb more nicotine in higher concentrations because of the way the smoke is cooled.
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A positive, problem-solving approach works best, says Dr. Rome: "Discuss with your teen what they get out of hookah smoking — and what they could do instead that would be safer."
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Rory Kinnear has for a little while now been known to theatre aficionados as the finest actor of his generation. All that was needed was a formal coronation, such as his taking on the role of Prince Hamlet. This production has been keenly anticipated for the better part of a year, and Kinnear does not disappoint.
The 32-year-old has inherited his late father Roy's comic talent (in particular that priceless ever-so-slightly-distracted look), but he combines it with a thoughtfulness and clarity that give him a much greater range. As Hamlet, he can give full rein to his skills – can "sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass", as he accuses Rosencrantz and Guildenstern of attempting to do.
This is a Hamlet who can play his antic disposition masterfully, yet who is at times genuinely frantic. His first encounter with the ghost leaves him gibbering, inanely drawing a smiley face with the caption "VILLAIN" on the wall (to set it down that one may smile and smile and . . . ), then later he parodies himself by producing a batch of T-shirts with the same image and caption, as merchandise for the players' performance before the royal court.
He can play both registers at once, cursing Claudius in soliloquy as being "no more like my father than I to Hercules" while showing his un-Herculeanness by rubbing the hand he has just hurt thumping the king's desk. He can weigh each word as scrupulously as Simon Russell Beale but can also be silly with an unselfconsciousness that Beale cannot manage. This is a pearl of a performance.
It is, however, a pearl in an imperfect setting. One thinks, perhaps a little unfairly, of modern militarism as being Nicholas Hytner's standard Shakespearean mode, but it is the case here, more or less. Much of the brooding armed presence is not strictly military but rather a phalanx of black-suited, ear-pieced bodyguards-cum-secret policemen. They tone in well beneath Patrick Malahide's Putinesque Claudius, and shockingly even seem to murder Ophelia, but their ubiquity makes little or no sense. So they are all over the place yet don't report all these private remarks that they obviously hear? Or, just as stupidly, they are always present for protection but then have to leave so that a soliloquy can be plausibly delivered?
Clare Higgins suggests a troubled hinterland to Gertrude: certainly she and Kinnear's Hamlet are continents away from the standard loving mother/son relationship portrayed in those roles, and she may even have been complicit in the old king's murder. Ruth Negga's Ophelia is credible when sane but her madness is badly over the top, especially burdened as she is by Hytner with a wire shopping trolley. David Calder's Polonius, on press night, was less bumbling than rasping due to a sudden onset of laryngitis.
Kinnear's is one of the finest handful of Hamlets I have seen but, at the risk of sounding superannuated and reactionary, the production is simply too gimmicky. () www.nationaltheatre.org.uk


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A delightful comedy and a passionate and gentle love song to New York City and its inhabitants. Filtering his unique wit through impeccable black and white cinematography, Woody Allen tells the story of his search for the ideal relationship, a search that includes an ex-wife who has left him for another woman, a neurotic intellectual, and a high school senior.


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Over at the Cerritos Towne Center Best Buy, literally thousands of eager shoppers spent the entire Thanksgiving Day and Night standing in long lines that wrapped around the building and through the parking lot.
Our mega shopping lines here in Cerritos were also featured as the "top lead news" story on the 11 p.m. KCBS 2/KCAL 9 Newscast last Thursday night.
Covering the Best Buy "Blow Out Black Friday" event was Reporter Rita Ramirez (seen here with me). She interview lots of happy local Cerritos residents as they got ready to spend thousands of dollars at the midnight supersales around town.
Also seen were hundreds of local students from Cerritos High School, Gahr High School and Whitney High School. The students waited in tents and played cards and board games to pass the time in line.
The hot sale item at Best Buy were lap top/note book computers for $199.00 and $299.00 each.
Also waiting for computer bargains for more than 30 hours were Sandeep Singh and Ashuin Patel of Buena Park. They got lucky and scored what was on their "wish list."


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Dylan Byers / Politico:
David Gregory will not host this Sunday's 'Meet The Press' — NBC's David Gregory, the subject of a now-popular police investigation, is on vacation and will not host this Sunday's edition of "Meet The Press." — The Washington Metropolitan Police Department launched an investigation …
ABCNEWS, Daily Kos and The Other McCain
'Meet the Press' Got the Green Light for Magazine Demo with David Gregory — For Magazine Demo — EXCLUSIVE — An official from the D.C. police told a member of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that David Gregory COULD display a high capacity magazine on "Meet the Press" Sunday ... TMZ has learned.
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Washington Post:
Police: NBC asked to use high-capacity clip — Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy — During an interview with NRA Chief Wayne LaPierre on "Meet the Press," David Gregory held up a high-capacity ammunition magazine.
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cops told NBC not to use gun clip — NBC was told by the Washington, D.C., police that it was "not permissible" to show a high-capacity gun magazine on air before Sunday's "Meet the Press," according to a statement Wednesday from the cops. — "NBC contacted [the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department] …
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
The White House's Kent Conrad problem — On Fox News Sunday, Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), the outgoing chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, made a proposal to solve the "fiscal cliff." The proposal isn't going anywhere, but its specifics explain something important about the White House's negotiating strategy.
Slate, Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes', Daily Kos, Mother Jones and Balloon Juice
Dana Bash / CNN:
Source: Reid looking for votes on fiscal cliff package — Washington (CNN) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, in conjunction with the White House, is working to see if the scaled back fiscal cliff package President Barack Obama laid out last week can get through Congress before December 31st.
Talking Points Memo, Gallup, Hot Air and The Reaction
Rick Manning / Pundits Blog:
Time to be the Speaker — I have a simple plea to John Boehner - be the Speaker.
Time to be the Speaker — I have a simple plea to John Boehner - be the Speaker.
Luke Johnson / The Huffington Post:
Timothy Geithner: Debt Limit Will Be Reached December 31
Timothy Geithner: Debt Limit Will Be Reached December 31
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Treasury Secretary: U.S. To Hit Debt Ceiling On Monday
Treasury Secretary: U.S. To Hit Debt Ceiling On Monday
The Maddow Blog
Derrick DePledge / Honolulu Star-Advertiser:
Schatz picked by Abercrombie to replace Inouye in U.S. Senate — Gov. Neil Abercrombie today selected Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz to replace the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye in the Senate. — Schatz, 40, said he will fly to Washington tonight and be sworn in Thursday so he can participate …
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Sarah Parnass / ABCNEWS:
Hawaii Gov. Names Sen. Inouye Replacement — A supporter congratulates then-Lt. Gov.-elect Brian Schatz, center, as his wife Linda looks on at the Neil Abercrombie-Brian Schatz Hawaii governor's post election party in Honolulu, Nov. 3, 2010. Schatz was appointed by Gov. Neil Abercrombie …
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Keoki Kerr / Hawaii News Now:
Dems choose Hanabusa, Kiaaina, Schatz as finalists for Inouye Senate seat
Dems choose Hanabusa, Kiaaina, Schatz as finalists for Inouye Senate seat
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Josh Margolin / New York Post:
Benghazi penalties are bogus — The four officials supposedly out of jobs because of their blunders in the run-up to the deadly Benghazi terror attack remain on the State Department payroll — and will all be back to work soon, The Post has learned. — The highest-ranking official caught …
Starbucks Coffee Company:
Let's Come Together, America — Posted by Howard S., Starbucks chairman, president and chief executive officer — There are moments in our lives when we have an opportunity to ignite tremendous positive change—not just in the lives of the customers and communities we serve every day, but in our country.
Lisa Baertlein / Reuters:
Starbucks to use cups to send 'fiscal cliff' message to lawmakers
Starbucks to use cups to send 'fiscal cliff' message to lawmakers
Addicting Info, Boise Weekly and msnbc.com
Erin Mulvaney / Houston Chronicle:
Ex-President Bush in guarded condition in ICU with elevated fever — Former President George H.W. Bush was in the intensive care unit of a Houston hospital Wednesday night battling a fever, his spokesman said. — The 41st president has been at Methodist hospital for more than a month now.
Taegan Goddard's …
Bush 41 spends Christmas in hospital
Bush 41 spends Christmas in hospital
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Robert Wright / The Atlantic Online:
Chuck Hagel Gets His Second Wind — Tom Friedman, in this morning's New York Times, endorses Chuck Hagel for secretary of defense. Friedman finds it "disgusting" that Hagel has been "smeared as an Israel hater at best" by his detractors (some neoconservatives).
ThinkProgress, Mother Jones, Washington Monthly and The Washington Note
Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
Bipartisan Group Of Former National Security Advisers Condemn Attacks On Hagel
Bipartisan Group Of Former National Security Advisers Condemn Attacks On Hagel
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Liberals Panic As They Lose the Gun Narrative — When you argue for a living, you can tell how an argument is going for you. The evidence and my gut both tell me that the liberals have lost control of the gun control narrative. — Not for lack of trying - it was almost as if they were poised …
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Kristinn Taylor / BREITBART.COM:
PSY CHRISTMAS SHOW BOMBS — The 31st annual "Christmas in Washington" concert on TNT December 21 suffered a dramatic 25 percent loss in viewers from the previous year, according to Nielsen Media Research. The 2011 cablecast of "Christmas in Washington" drew 1.5 million viewers.
The Daily Caller
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
A cost savings everyone should endorse — The cliff talks have disintegrated, victim of the Crazy Caucus also known as the Republican House. But eventually they will resume, and with them discussion of a way to raise billions in tax revenue — an approach on which House Speaker John Boehner …
Crooks and Liars, CEPR, Jared Bernstein and PERRspectives
Los Angeles Times:
Boy Scout files on suspected abuse published by The Times — Viewable online: about 1,200 previously unpublished files kept by the Boy Scouts of America on volunteers and employees expelled for suspected sexual abuse. — In this June 14, 2012, file photo, attorney Kelly Clark speaks …
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Why Self Discipline Will Make You Unstoppable
On the morning of my mother's funeral, I wrote the following paragraph for the original, first edition of this book:
My mother passed away a couple of days, actually nights ago, and the viewing was last night; the memorial service will be in about four hours from now, this morning. It is 6:00 A.M. And here I am, at the keyboard, in my home office, writing. That's what I do almost every day, for at least the first early hour of the morning, no matter what. And that's the answer to how I can have five books in bookstores, a sixth and seventh hitting early in 1996, be under contract for an eighth for 1997, write my monthly newsletters, and so on.
See Also: 3 Impact Habits to Reach Goals Faster
See Also: 3 Impact Habits to Reach Goals Faster
It's not that I'm devoid of emotion, nor that I didn't love my mother. However, I learned long ago the vital importance of regimen, ritual, commitment and discipline in relationship to successful achievement. So it takes a lot to derail me. Most people are much more easily distracted. Perhaps I'm extreme in my insistence on proceeding with my work plans no matter what, but most people are even more extreme in their willingness to set aside their work plans for just about anything.
Having and commanding the respect of others is a tremendous advantage in life. That edge comes from self-discipline. The highly disciplined individual does not have to point a gun at anyone to take what he wants; people "sense" his power and cheerfully give him everything they've got.
Take a look at how little self-discipline most people have. Ask an employer of any size, and you'll hear how big the problems of tardiness and absenteeism are. People don't even have enough self-discipline to get up in the morning!
In my business dealings, I find more than half the people can't seem to get to appointments and meetings on time or keep preset telephone appointments. Clients miss prescheduled appointments. Vendors miss deadlines as often as they make them.
In the entrepreneurial environment, there's a lot to be said just for showing up on time, ready to work. The meeting of deadlines and commitments alone causes a person to stand out from the crowd like an alien space ship parked in an Iowa cornfield. The ability to get things done and done right the first time will magnetically attract incredible contacts, opportunities and resources to you. All of this is a matter of self-discipline.
And self-discipline aimed and applied at a particular thing is quite literally a magic power. When you focus your self-discipline on a single purpose, like sunlight through a magnifying glass on a single object, look out! The whole world will scramble to get out of your way, hold the doors open for you, and salute as you walk by.
Successful achievement of most worthwhile objectives — including being an infinitely more productive entrepreneur who makes the most of his time — is rarely easy, but is often simple. In fact, it can be boiled down to three steps.
Awareness. If you become aware of the importance of time, you'll have a different concept of time, valuing of time, and how you must exercise control over your use and others' consumption of your time in order to have a reasonable chance of achieving your goals and tapping your full potential. You'll have new awareness of how your time is used or abused, invested or squandered, organized and controlled or let flow about at random. As the first step to new achievement, there's always awareness of problems and failings, and of opportunities and successes.
Decision. All achievement follows deliberate decision, with extremely rare exceptions of accidental achievement, like tripping over an untied shoelace, falling face down on the pavement, and seeing a wrapped stack of lost $100 bills lying against the curb you wouldn't have noticed otherwise. Absent that kind of freak accident, achievement can only follow decision. As a result of your thinking of the importance of time, you can develop certain decisions.
Action. There are three kinds of action: starting things or implementation, follow-through, and completion. When you've made a decision, you have to start doing things about it. For some people, this is hard, but for many people in many situations, starting is relatively easy. The person who decides on a new diet may find it easy, even exhilarating to take a huge garbage bag and empty the refrigerator and pantry of all offending foods. It's follow-through that is usually the hard part. That's where the tough-minded boss-of-self comes to bear. Relying on sheer willpower is rarely successful. You have to create an environment in which high self-discipline is supported. But self-discipline is required. And rewarded.


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Will Ferrell and Marky Mark Wahlberg are going to team up as cops for an action-comedy called B-Team, to be directed by longtime Ferrell collaborator Adam McKay.
Wahlberg may not seem like a natural fit for comedy, but he's at least game for it – as evidenced by his appearance on SNL to mock Andy Sandberg's mocking of him. McKay directed one of the best comedies of all-time in Anchorman, so he deserves the benefit of the doubt.
WB has greenlit Suicide Squad, which will be a new kind of comic book movie and very much in the 'grim and gritty' vein they want to mine for their movies now. It's based around a team of incarcerated supervillains who are forced into dirty work missions in the service of the government – the kind of missions from which they can never expect to come back alive. If Justin Marks' screenplay is done right, meaning they resist all temptation to sanitize it, this could be fantastic.
More Remake News: Yesterday, we told you that a remake of the classic Tim Curry comedy Clue is on its way, and today we've got a bunch more to tell you about. Neal H. Moritz is working to produce a remake of the Arnold Schwarzenegger Martian action flick Total Recall, in which Arnold blows Sharon Stone away with a giant gun and says "Consider this a divorce." Leonardo DiCaprio's production company is planning a remake of The NeverEnding Story to follow up his live-action remake of Akira. Borat co-writer Peter Baynham is writing a remake of Dudley Moore's classic comedy Arthur for Russell Brand. It seems there's nothing new under the sun, or studios are just terrified of non-proven products in this economy.


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Hi All,
I have an object called PICSet, which stores info about groups of pictures.
Each PICSet instance has a Vector of Associated Images (strings)
Each PICSet instance also has a Vector of Features (AU's) visible in that group..
I have another class which manipulates a vector of these PICSet objects (so there are Lots of sessions/groups)
Given a particular AU feature, I want to find All associated images from the Vector PICSets.Code:
class PICSet{
public String SUBJECT;
public String SESSION;
public Vector ASSOCIATEDIMAGES; // actually contains Strings (filenames)
public Vector AUsPresent; // actually contains ints
public PICSet(String subj, String sess)
public String toString()
public void AssociateAU(int AU)
class PICSetManager{
Vector PICSets = new Vector();
What's the easiest - most efficient - way of doing this?
If there's a better way of doing this (including HashTable/Maps etc) I'd like to know please...


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Is it just me? I know the Teacher's Union has educated a bunch of bobblehead over the past 40 years, i.e., showing Hollyweard Movies as Real Science :blink:, but they should be able to read and understand world events! When are people going to listen!
Armed teachers, guards bolster school security in Israel | Fox News


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Column: Market share or higher prices? The Saudi, Russia oil dilemma - Russell
SINGAPORE Saudi Arabia and Russia are likely to discover that when pursuing two incompatible goals, the one deemed less important will ultimately be sacrificed.
NEW DELHI India opened its retail sector to foreign supermarkets on Friday, a major economic reform that has been stalled for months by political gridlock and came as part of a package of measures aimed at reviving growth.
(FDI in retail, aviation sectors allowed. Read here)
The policy comes with provisos which, some analysts said, could hamper firms hoping to set up shop in the world's second-most populous country.
Following are key aspects of the policy:
Individual state governments will decide whether to allow foreign supermarket chains to enter. The Congress party-led government hopes this will take the sting out of opposition from regional parties who say the policy will destroy jobs.
Opponents of the reform include Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of West Bengal and the most powerful ally in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government.
Foreign retailers will have to source almost a third of their manufactured and processed goods from industries with a total plant and machinery investment of less than $1 million. Supermarket chains will certify compliance with this themselves.
The government will reserve the first right to procure food produce from farmers before companies do, in order to provide stocks for its food subsidy schemes for poor households.
Foreign retailers will have to invest a minimum of $100 million, and put at least half of their total investment into so-called 'back-end' infrastructure, such as warehousing and cold storage facilities. This requirement has to be met within three years of a retailer setting up shop.
The aim is to meet one of the key justifications for opening the supermarket sector to foreign players -- revamping the country's crumbling infrastructure and unclogging bottlenecks.
The bottlenecks fan inflation, which has proved a major headache for the government and the Reserve Bank of India.
Policymakers argue opening the sector will help ease prices for a country where hundreds of millions live in dire poverty.
Foreign retailers will only be allowed to set up shop in cities with a population of more than 1 million. In states where there are no cities with such a big population, individual state governments can choose where to allow foreign chains to open.
Critics of the new retail policy, including from opposition parties and domestic traders, say opening the doors to the likes of Wal-Mart will wipe out the country's small, family-run neighbourhood stores and trigger mass unemployment.
By restricting foreign firms to cities, the government hopes the supermarkets will become accessible to the country's swelling middle class, while protecting the livelihoods of shopkeepers in smaller towns and rural areas.
(Read expert views on the move here)
(Reporting by Matthias Williams)


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Drink more water and juices to loosen up mucus that's in your lungs, Sit in the bath and turning on the hot water may provide some relief. Caffeine in tea/coffee may help open up your airways, take something for your cough, or use a humidifier. Cha! Any comments?


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Sunderland midfielder Andy Reid faces another month-long spell on the sidelines with a fresh hamstring injury.
Reid, who was out for four weeks after Christmas with a hamstring problem that saw him miss three games, sustained the latest blow in the 1-1 draw at Portsmouth eight days ago.
"Unfortunately Andy has suffered a new hamstring injury," confirmed club physician Dr Glen Rae on the club's official website.
"He is working with the medical team, but is likely to be missing from training for around four weeks."
Reid could potentially miss Sunderland's next five Barclays Premier League games, starting at Arsenal on Saturday before matches with Fulham, Aston Villa, Bolton and Manchester City.
Striker Kenwyne Jones, meanwhile, believes no-one can doubt his commitment to the Black Cats following a troubled January he has described as "disturbing."
Jones found himself continually linked with a move away from the Stadium of Light - most notably to Liverpool, who were apparently looking to sign the Trinidad & Tobago star on loan.
Jones is adamant he was not behind the stories, and was reassured to hear the soothing words of boss Steve Bruce during a troubling time.
"I didn't have any part to play in that whole situation," asserted Jones in The Journal.
"There were stories going back and forth that were disturbing.
"There is no possible way you can avoid reading anything in the papers, but you try and lock yourself away from it as much as possible.
"If you noticed during all of this stuff I never came out and gave any indication I wanted to leave, that I was unhappy or anything like that.
"For me, that assumption is a bit far-fetched. There was a lot of stuff being said by whoever and you can't stop that.
"All I can do to prove I am committed to Sunderland is by showing it in games, and hopefully people can see it with their own eyes now.
"It's nice to hear the fans singing my name in the last two or three games, but I think they have been doing it most of the season.
"It's great to know they recognise that when I wear a Sunderland shirt I give it 100%.
"I don't think the fans had any reason to believe I was behind these rumours, or that I wanted to leave."


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FreeBSD General Other questions regarding FreeBSD which do not fit in any of the categories below. |
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Renegotiate a DHCP lease (RENEW)
Is it just me? Here is a something that is suppose to fall off the BSD apple tree like dust in the wind. I never ask single question before I do many hours - days of searching, researching and testing. I read a lot of interesting things that BSD can do and I gather all the commands that I can find that claim to work, but the minute I go to try them, they don't work or they stop working since the last update, TODAY.
I'm simply trying to re-new the DHCP lease that is generated by the DSL connection (the INTERNET side). From what I gather, this will help you keep the same I.P. address (static IP). Once you have dhclient.leases.em0 in your < /var/db >, I read that with BSD you do not have to wait for the lease to expire in order to re-new it. I have this this file:::: I tried: Code:
# dhclient -r em0 # I get: dhclient: illegal option - - r Code:
# /sbin/dhclient -r em0 # I get: dhclient: illegal option - - r I read dhclient.conf(5), dhcpd.conf(5), dhcpd.leases(5), dhclient(8) and dhcpd(8) trying to get a clue but I found nothing but the fact that the -r option is not included, non did I understand what this option has been replaced with. Anyway, there got to be a few ways that I have not found or else there would be no INTERNET. Could you guys tell post a few of the many ways to accomplish this using FreeBSD 8.2 or 9.0 that actually been tested and work on your machine? Thanks in advance http://www.moundalexis.com/archives/000054.php I have 17 more links but they all say the same thing and nothing more. Just ask and I'll post them. .... |
DHCP with ADSL? I'm guessing you have one of those new fangled combination routers.. generally one would have used a PPPoE client in the past.
As for leases, I don't know where you discovered the '-r' argument.. but it is indeed invalid, there is no documented way to renew the lease.. subsequent dhclient(8) attempts generally reassign it. FreeBSD uses an old version of OpenBSD's dhclient(8), you could use the ISC DHCP client if you want advanced features: net/isc-dhcp41-client. Alternatively if you do have a combo router, there is likely a web interface that would allow you to fiddle with DHCP leases. |
Thanks BSDfan666, I thought I was going crazy. Everyday I'm on top of new undocumented stuff (actually, old stuff and no warning or info of new replacements) and most links are not dated so how is one suppose to know other than reading 30 years worth of changes. If you had not help me along these past few weeks I be stupid forever trying to make something work that can't work. I'm still trying to figure out something from child-hood and I need nothing else added.
Yes it is one of those new (cheap-made) router and there are features at AT&T end that allow for some settings but for how long is the question and some are blocked... I pull the plug on all of them since posting, I lost dsl and got it back. I jump up the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) that I read about in Open-BSD PF from 1492 to 1500 ... it burped but DSL is still working. According to Open-BSD PF that's was a serous issue. I play ball hard because it's was nothing compared to what I did with BSD in under 3 days. It took the chicken out of me. Get what, remember the stuff you said in this post... http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=6005 Since than, I tried every sequence possible and one of those accidental three-line sequence actually renewed the lease, TWICE before my eyes. I double checked and it worked ... but I was still trying to do something else at the moment "How to set 1000base with full-duplex" .. So I missed it and never been able to remember those steps for the life of me. I had to finally post this thread. When I stubble upon it again, I'll record it here. I always do. I might loss my computer but you guys will be here until the end of time. At lease I know for sure it can be done because I checked the lease all day long for each action until I understood the baseT thing and a whole lot more. Than came static-ip and renew. About the -r, it's the 11th line up in the link I posted above and it was used up to FreeBSD 6.0 according to other threads I found with the same command and -r. The best one was dated 2004, but I lost it. Anyway, now I know how to deal with BSD ... once I learn 9.0 I may never upgrade for the next 10 years, including security patches if it screw up any of the present commands, documents or speed. Beside, not everyone need every single thing anyway. I have my own security tricks. It only destroy what it took a user a life-time to learn. Even Windows let the commands live for 5 years before breaking peoples apps, hearts and minds. But I got a felling this is the new day. 9.0 and others of 2011 -2014 will be popular like 6.0 once was for the next twenty years I bet. It's like what python did, they crash the pass "BUT" documented all-new-stuff from day one of the big switch. I swear, I learn more about networking in three days than I did in my Network+ class. For now on it's all about tech with out the love Just wanted to say thanks again BSDfan666 Thanks a million |
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1. If you dream of a wedding ring on your finger, you'll marry the person you love.
2. Seeing a wedding ring on someone else, expect a wedding in the family.
3. If you lose a wedding ring, then the relationship between you and your partner will get worse.
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