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Angela S. Moyer, who is nearing completion of an MDiv from Eastern Mennonite Seminary, reflected on her experience of ministering to Allentown, Pa., children during a three-day, two-hour camp at a public playground in the summer of 2012. Angela came to the seminary with a background in pediatric occupational therapy and youth ministry. Her essay is also featured in the Eastern Mennonite Seminary-Pennsylvania electronic magazine.
Can valentines, freeze pops and a blessing cup be in God's Kingdom? I am hopeful that these things will be remembered as seeds of Jesus' love that were planted with the children and youth in downtown Allentown, Pa.
A component of my seminary journey at Eastern Mennonite Seminary-PA was practicing and reflecting on my leadership skills within the mission of God's Kingdom. I was given the opportunity to develop my leadership skills and mission interests at Ripple-Allentown.
Allentown, Pa. is a classic example of a post-Christian, urban context. What ministry and the Church look like in this context is emerging and the topic of many current articles and books. But one of my questions all throughout seminary has been, 'What about the kids?' 'What do we teach them during this seismic shift?'
The ways of the Church have changed in significant ways since I was a kid, but I have seen and read about few changes in ministry with children and youth. My background in pediatric occupational therapy and as a youth pastor would not let my questions about children and youth subside. Do we really have good news if we have nothing to pass on to our children and youth but a bunch of critiques, complaints, apathy, and anxiety? And if our good news has no meaning in their world, is it really the good news of Christ? Insert fair trade chocolate valentines, freeze pops and a blessing cup.
As I sat on a front porch watching the Allen High School students walk home from school, I prayed for God to show me "Christ's good news" in this setting. What does the freedom, liberation, and healing that Jesus declared in Luke 4 look like in the multi-ethnic, lower income, violence ridden, urban setting of downtown Allentown?
I was humbled as I thought about the systemic injustices that were offering them only a glimmer of hope for their futures. And then I heard God whisper a reminder about Christ's love for them. The upcoming Valentine's Day holiday seemed an appropriate opportunity to introduce or remind them of the deeper and truer love of God than what a fleeting high school romantic relationship offers. So we handed out chocolate valentines with heart shaped post-it notes that read, 'You are loved by God.' And I put trust in the parables of the mustard seed and yeast in Matthew 13.
On the last day of school, I wrote 'May Christ's peace and love be with you' on freeze pops and handed them out after finals were completed. Despite the rainy 50 degree weather, we celebrated the end of the school year with freeze pops —after all, there is only one last day of school. A few youth told me they remembered the valentines. And I prayed and remembered the parables of the mustard seed and yeast.
The following week, we held a three-day, two-hour kid's camp at the local playground. We played cooperative games with a parachute, painted, colored, got dirty with bubbles and sidewalk chalk, and did our best to demonstrate Christ's peace and love while playing with these precious children. Each night after a short story or object lesson, we practiced a blessing cup ritual. The first evening we recited, 'The spirit of Christ brings second chances" as each child had a turn with the blessing cup. "The spirit of Christ brings life out of death" was repeated the second evening, and we closed with, "The spirit of Christ brings peace between enemies" the final evening.
What is success? What was accomplished? Where was God's Spirit? What did I learn? More than what I have space to reflect on in this post, for sure. Is there room for improvement? Absolutely. Is this just the tip of the iceberg? For sure, but I will close with my hope that seeds were planted in the lives of these children and youth for the Kingdom of God.
My journey to follow the Spirit of Christ, improve my leadership skills, and live out my calling for God's Kingdom in Allentown has deepened my surrender and humility before God. And yet, God continually says, 'Go. Even before you have all the answers, go.' And so in faith, trust, and hope, I continue to go. And I find hope and strength in the parables of the mustard seed and yeast. I think leadership and mission in God's Kingdom may continue to look as random but yet as clear as chocolate valentines, freeze pops and a blessing cup.
May the Spirit of Christ continue to be revealed in Allentown.


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After stocks ended flat in light trading Monday, Jim Cramer complained that ongoing worries over the looming "fiscal cliff" not only put a damper on gains, but obscured some good news that hit the market.
In fact, the "Mad Money" host said he actually spotted three winning trades Monday, even as Wall Street fretted over the "fiscal cliff" — a series of enacted legislation, which, if unchanged, will result in tax increases and spending cuts come January 1.
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Take biotechnology stocks, for example. Cramer has long recommended owning at least one biotech stock, as well as speculating within the sector. Two biotech stocks he's long recommended, Celgene and Gilead Sciences, closed sharply higher Monday. Celgene's stock rose on news its Abraxane drug showed positive results against pancreatic cancer, Cramer said. Gilead's stock popped after the company reported its Hepatitis C treatment cleared the virus in 100 percent of its study's participants, he added.
"This was a totally "gettable" piece of information that was brought to you right on this show," Cramer said. "But I bet most of you didn't take advantage of it because the situation in Washington so clouds everyone's judgment and creates a horrendous climate of investing fear."
Elsewhere in the market, shares of Sherwin-Williams popped after the paint maker said it will buy Mexico's leading paint company Consorcio Comex for about $2.34 billion, including debt, to tap into the rising demand in the region. Cramer has long recommended SHW as a way to play a turnaround in the U.S. housing market.
Speaking of mergers and acquisitions, Titanium Metals surged after Precision Castparts said it will acquire the titanium-based metals products maker for nearly $2.9 billion in cash.
To Cramer, these moves indicate that stocks are just too cheap right now.
"How hard is it to find these deals? Maybe not as hard as it would seem," Cramer said. "All of these companies rallied either because they were too cheap for an acquirer to pass up, which is why the buyer's stock rallied, or too cheap versus their potential, as is the case with the huge one day gains in Celgene and Gilead."
Unfortunately, though, Cramer said these moves eluded most investors due to fears over the "fiscal cliff" — something unlikely to change until the potential crisis is resolved.
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FMCA: Price, Trust, Credit Big Factors Today
March 26, 2010 by Sherman Goldenberg · 3 Comments
- Price counts more than ever in this business, just as it does in an array of other vital and discretionary product sectors.
- The relational aspects of the recreational vehicle business, the dynamics of long-term business relationships, are as important – if not more so — than ever.
- Credit availability is still problematic, especially for higher priced products like motorhomes over $100,000.
That's the message from an array of companies exhibiting their latest offerings at Albuquerque, one of two national rallies that Cincinatti-based FMCA is hosting this year for its members. The next one is Aug. 11-14 in Redmond, Ore.
Last week's FMCA convention drew 1,781 family coaches, according to sources close to the Albuquerque rally. That's a number that might have prompted disparaging remarks prior to the recession, but is more than likely viewed as a decent showing in the aftermath of a downturn that saw motorhome shipments dive a daunting 53.4% in 2009. FMCA spokesmen were unavailable for comment.
On the other hand, most agree, the market is seeing an impressive reversal that started in the last third of last year, and it is in that context that the March 22-25 convention was held.
Decatur, Ind.-based Fleetwood RV Inc. is experiencing a strong upswing in demand for its Class C's and entry-level Class A's, Mark Inkrote, national sales manager for those two product categories, told RVBUSINESS.com in Albuquerque.
In fact, Fleetwood, which introduced an entry-level Encounter Class A at last winter's Louisville Show, has hiked its production rates to keep pace with the demand for its motorhomes, which, according to Inkrote, ranked first in national Class C retail sales for January. "We haven't been in that position in a long time, and we expect the same success to continue through February and March," said Inkrote, whose new Indiana-based company is a successor to California-based Fleetwood Enterprises Inc., which filed Chapter 11 last year.
What qualifies as a low-priced motorhome in this post-recessionary era for Fleetwood, which builds Tioga, Jamboree, Sport and Ranger-brand C-bodies, are Class C's retailing for around $75,000 to $80,000 and Class A's that sell for not much more than that. "We are seeing an MSRP on our Encounter of under $100,000 – a transaction price average of $80,000 to $85,000, which is where that customer is coming in and looking for a used product right now," said Inkrote. "We're saying 'Look at the used, but you can also buy a new one for the same price.'"
By the same token, Justin Humphreys, national sales manager for Fleetwood's American Coach line, sees some growth beyond the low end. "We are seeing an improvement on what we would consider the lower side of the high end market," he said. "Our Revolution actually doubled sales versus February last year and that's a good-apples-to-apples comparison because we weren't in the reorganization period yet. We are seeing a lot of people who had some 45-foot, big heavy diesels trade down into the Revolution, and it offers a great value as well."
Having been out on the road extensively visiting dealers, Newmar Corp.'s senior management is focused on maintaining long-term relationships on the assumption that those are the key ingredients for future stability and growth.
"This is a continuation of something that we started last September," said John Sammut, vice president of sales and marketing for the Nappanee, Ind., company. "We decided we were going to get out in front of our dealers during the tail end of what has been a very terrible time in our industry, as well as look for prospective dealers in markets where we're currently unrepresented.
"We're just re-emphasizing the fact that Newmar did what it had to do during this last 18-month period," he added. "We made some tough decisions, but they were solid decisions. The company is still strong and well capitalized and we're running five days a week production. We've been fortunate enough to be doing that since September. A large part of that is due to the face time we've spent with our dealers and acquiring new dealers for our products in markets that were vacated by some attrition that has happened in the dealer network over the last year to 18 months."
Looking back at those conversations with dealers, Sammut adds, one of the most consistent messages is that the credit crisis continues, despite the market's tentative resurgence. "The biggest problem dealers have got is with the banks," Sammut told RVBUSINESS.com. "Hopefully, sometime in the future, the banks will loosen up. We still hear all kinds of horror stories about customers that come in, have great credit scores, but they don't get financed.
"That's probably the biggest concern the dealers have," he noted. "But that hasn't kept us from signing up new dealers. And we're setting them up with more of our entry-level product, but even our high-end is starting to come along, too."
Newmar Chairman and CEO Dick Parks agreed that the credit situation has not eased to the extent that anyone would like. "That's absolutely true," said Parks. "We would be selling a lot more higher end product if credit was a little bit more relaxed. The banks were too loose at one point, and then came the big downturn, and now they are too tight. We'd like to see them get into the middle someplace.
"I don't think the banks understand our business," he noted. "They want zero liability. Basically, that's how they are running their businesses now. They want zero risk – retail and wholesale – and they are trying to tell dealers how to run their business, strictly based on the fact that they don't want any risk."
On the other hand, Newmar President Matt Miller points out that the recession is perceptibly lifting. "No question," said Miller, son of Newmar founder Mahlon Miller. "We've definitely come through the worst of it. The market is not as strong as we'd like to see it. But like Dick was saying, the main problem is the banking situation. If the pendulum were somewhat closer to the middle, our business would be much stronger."
"The biggest thing that has changed from a year ago that we've seen in 2010," adds Sammut, "is that consumer confidence has improved and their willingness to get serious and talk about the purchase of a recreational vehicle product has greatly improved from a year ago. Again, the single limiting factor about how quickly or how gradually our industry recovers is in the hands of the financial institutions."
Jim Jacobs, recently named general manager of the Jayco Inc.'s Entegra Coach and Starcraft operations after serving as vice president of sales and marketing for the Middlebury, Ind.-based firm, says he's been seeing "fantastic" retail show attendance, even if those attendance figures don't always equate with sales totals. Having said that, Jacobs noted, the Middlebury, Ind.-based manufacturers is doing well.
On the towable side of the business, less expensive products are performing best – including lightweights – while higher-end fifth-wheels are still a bit soft. "It's not where we want it to be," said Jacobs. "But, overall, we're pretty pleased about where we are in the markets.
"On the motorized side," he continued, "we're doing pretty well. In fact, we're pleasantly surprised. We just announced we're putting a significant addition onto our Class A plant and it's going to boost our production capabilities well beyond where we are today. And we need that. Quite frankly, we've got a backlog on the Entegra Coach side that is much bigger than we are comfortable with."
Although Jayco is fairly new at the Class A game, Jacobs pointed out, things are going well with it in the early stages – a time during which Jayco has signed some high volume and reputable dealers. "We think that (Entegra) is going to be a significant growth opportunity for Jayco," said Jacobs, adding that the key to navigating today's "tough" motorized market is "trust" as the recession lifts.
Toward that end, Jacobs maintained, it seems as if the history, strength and reputation of Jayco are boosting the company's new Entegra Coach division.
"And we're seeing the same carryover onto the retail side of it," maintained Jacobs, whose company had a brief foray into the Class A business seven years ago. "People are extremely familiar with Jayco, and when they walk in our Entegra Coach product, they are very accepting of the fact that this is a good long-term company that bought out the assets of Travel Supreme, and Travel Supreme had a pretty good reputation in the industry as well. It's been a good marriage for us."
Convincing wholesale and retail customers that Jayco is in the Class A market for the long haul is the key, said Jacobs. "What we've done with our Entegra Coach, the commitment we made to brick and mortar by adding on to our manufacturing facilities, I think people are really starting to come around to the idea that we are serious about the Class A market and won't relive 2003 all over again and we will be a long-term player in the Class A market."


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Hidden Mickey Monday ºoº - Wandering Oaken's Trading Post Hidden Mickey
Disney's Frozen features wonderful characters, memorable songs and several Hidden Disney references - including a few Hidden Mickeys. One carefully Hidden Mickey appears inside Wandering Oaken's Trading Post, a rural shop visited by an ill-equipped Princess Anna, as she tries to find her way through Elsa's snowstorm.
As Anna peruses the lightly stocked winter section in Wandering Oaken's, she passes by several shelves full of merchandise. Look through the items on the lower shelf. Tough to find, it seems as if Anna's left elbow points right at a small, Mickey Mouse plush. Frozen fans with a quick eye can catch a quick glimpse of Mickey's red shorts, upper torso and right cheek.


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When they aren't working, crews jump at the chance to settle into a lower-pace lifestyle for a short time,
Larry Long has seen his fair share of waiting rooms this winter, but it isn't because he is particularly susceptible to the flu. Instead, it's because from May to November last year Long powered through double-digit-hour workdays as a sound mixer on set of the Charlotte-filmed Showtime series "Homeland" – leaving him little time to go to the doctor or tend to everyday needs.
Now finished with his third year on the show, for which he has received two Emmy nominations, Long is heading back home to Wilmington to come aboard the locally filmed CBS series "Under the Dome," which starts production on season two March 3.
"Instead of getting off work Friday or Saturday and wondering if I am going to drive to Wilmington or Raleigh for the weekend, I can just go home and get in my bed or go out," said Long, who admits that, while he loved working on "Homeland," being back in Wilmington will be a relief.
But before he cues up the sound for the sci-fi show's sophomore outing, Long has been taking the time between series to, in his words, "live his life."
It is a sentiment shared by many of those employed on film industry projects, who begin months-long, fast-paced jobs with few spare moments. But when they aren't working, crews jump at the chance to settle into a lower-pace lifestyle for a short time, while still planning for when the next job opportunity rolls in.
Having experience with working rigorous production schedules, location scout/manager Ben Stolte believes that those outside the industry might not understand just how important that time between projects is for crew to recuperate.
"When you are entrenched in a movie or series, you have no time to yourself," said Stolte, who has worked on productions such as "Iron Man 3" and "Christmas in Conway." "If you have a day off, you are just trying to unwind and get ready for the next week of work. You need that off time to decompress because working on these projects is mentally and physically labor intensive."
For Long, downtime means sifting through his overloaded DVR, doing a bit of traveling, spending some quality time with his family and catching up on those doctors appointments.
"You can't just call in sick on set when you are a crew member," Long said.
When he is not working, Stolte said that he prefers to travel and see the world as a way to unwind from the strenuous work load. When home, he also dabbles in investment in local businesses that spark his interest.
Robbie McKeithan, costume designer for "Dome," is an avid art collector in his off time, spending time hanging and curating exhibits for local artists, frequently in association with Acme Art Studios. On March 15, an exhibit of paintings by "Dome" executive producer Jack Bender that McKeithan curated will open in Cape Fear Community College's Wilma B. Daniels Gallery.
His creative tendencies also extended to his own home, where McKeithan said he recently put his interior design degree from CFCC to work redesigning his condo.
Sheena Vaught, a local script supervisor who has worked on films such as "Adrenaline" and several projects for locally based Swirl Films, takes time out of her nights to teach line dancing classes three days a week in Brunswick County, also while maintaining her position on the Cucalorus Board of Trustees.
But, even when she isn't working on a project, she is never too far removed from the film industry. Vaught is currently pursuing her own filmmaking ambitions and is making two short documentaries – one chronicling the life of North Carolina painter Ivy Hayes and other filmed at the Cape Fear Literacy Council gala last year.
It is with her job as a script supervisor and an occasional extra on shows such as "Dome" that Vaught funds her everyday life, so that, when she is between projects, she can focus on her own filmmaking interests.
She, like so many in the industry, must plan ahead when they do receive a job to ensure they can sustain their lives during the dry months when work isn't available.
According to Jason Rosin, business agent for the local IATSE 491 film crew union, crew members get used to the hard work and long workdays quickly but are compensated appropriately with a specific pay structure. An average crew member earns a base salary for the first 8 hours of work in a day, then receives pay and a half for work done between 8 and 12 hours, and double pay after 12 hours.
Stolte, who knows the long days all too well, said, "You are packing in the same number of yearly hours for a 9-to-5 job into a shorter amount of time."
But with work not guaranteed year-round, it doesn't hurt to plan ahead.
"I'd like to work a minimum of 10 months a year. If I can get more work than that, however, I will never turn it down. We really don't have that luxury in this business," said Robbie Beck, who works as property master for "Under the Dome," a position he also held for four seasons of "Dawson's Creek" and all nine seasons of "One Tree Hill."
Beck said he learned early that sustaining a comfortable life as a crew member means planning ahead and saving for a "rainy day."
After committing to work on his second project after moving to Wilmington 29 years ago, he was faced with a dilemma when the production was delayed six weeks, leaving him out of work with no way to make money.
"I was nearly a nervous wreck waiting for it to start, watching my meager bank account diminish daily. Right then, I learned that the first thing you do when you get a job is start saving money," Beck said. "You need three to six months worth of money in the bank so when a job does end you're in a position to survive until you get the next one. I think all of us in this business have learned that, some of us the hard way."
When planning out his year, sound mixer Long said he is diligent about choosing projects that could potentially make him unavailable for other projects down the road. Working on "Homeland" in Charlotte, Long began production in May and was contracted until around November, taking him out of commission for other productions that popped in the summer and fall. So his newest gig will be somewhat of a relief.
"'Under the Dome" gives me 20 weeks of work for this spring and summer," he said. "It is an attractive prospect because you start in March and end the third week of July, allowing you to take on other projects in the summer if you want."
Luckily for the industry, it looks like there will be plenty of work to go around in the first half of the year. No less than five projects will call Wilmington home in the next few months, including production on the second seasons of "Dome" and Fox's "Sleepy Hollow," three TV pilots and continuous rumblings of additional work coming soon.
And the work couldn't come at a better time. More so than in past years, crews members are very conscious of the work coming down the pipeline this year as the state film incentive up for renewal. Facing potential opposition by legislators, the climate of the film industry could be drastically different after the year-end sunset date.
One thing that many of the crew members agree on is that, with the incentive's future still uncertain, finding consistent work in the area is the main priority no matter what.
"I would rather be on a job making money when we find out what the future holds for the incentive," Long said.
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Onslow County
The following meals will be served at Onslow County Schools for the week of Nov. 3:
Monday: Waffle sticks and pineapple.
Tuesday: Yogurt, cereal, breakfast cracker and fruit juice.
Wednesday: Sunrise flatbread and mixed fruit.
Thursday: Maple mini pancakes and pears.
Friday: Sausage biscuit and fruit juice.
Monday: Choice of one: Cheeseburger or cheese pizza. Choice of two: green beans, steamed carrots, tossed salad and applesauce.
Tuesday: Choice of one: Roasted chicken or cheeseburger mac. Choice of two: sweet potato casserole, black-eyed peas, tossed salad and mixed fruit.
Wednesday: Choice of one: Bean and cheese burrito or chicken fillet on bun. Choice of two: pintos with cheese, stewed tomatoes, tossed salad and peaches.
Thursday: Choice of one: Corndog or beef ribacue on bun. Choice of two: steamed broccoli, mixed vegetables, tossed salad and peaches.
Friday: Choice of one: Pork chop sandwich or chicken mini tacos. Choice of two: potato wedges, stewed tomatoes, tossed salad and fresh fruit.
n All meals served with choice of milk
Camp Lejeune
The following meals will be served at Camp Lejeune Dependent Schools during the week of Nov. 3:
Monday: Student holiday.
Tuesday: Pancakes and fresh fruit.
Wednesday: Scrambled eggs, grits, toast and peaches.
Thursday: French toast sticks and juice.
Friday: Muffin, cereal and peaches.
Monday: Student holiday.
Tuesday: Chicken nuggets or grilled cheese sandwich, corn, spinach, applesauce and peaches.
Wednesday: Soft beef taco, green beans, orange glazed carrots, pinto beans, pears and fresh fruit.
Thursday: Pepperoni pizza or chicken fajita, romaine/spinach salad, corn, mixed fruit and fresh fruit.
Friday: Chicken filet on bun or grilled cheese sandwich, broccoli and cauliflower, baby carrots, peaches and pineapple.
n All meals served with choice of milk.
Carteret County
The following meals will be served at Carteret County Schools during the week of Nov. 3:
Monday: French toast sticks, grits, toast, cereal and pineapple.
Tuesday: Cinnamon roll, cereal, toast, oatmeal and juice.
Wednesday: Pancakes, cereal, toast, grits and mixed fruit.
Thursday: Waffles, cereal, toast, oatmeal and juice.
Friday: Sausage biscuit, grits, toast, cereal and fresh fruit.
Monday: Cheese pizza or chicken filet sandwich, tater tots, baby carrots with dip, peaches and applesauce.
Tuesday: Baked spaghetti or chicken filet sandwich, garden salad, sweet potatoes, mixed fruit and fresh fruit.
Wednesday: Chicken and rice burrito or cheese pizza, refried beans, fiesta corn, salsa, mandarin oranges and pears.
Thursday: Hot dog or cheese pizza, collard greens, baked beans, spiced apples and fresh fruit.
Friday: Hamburger or cheese pizza, garden salad, mixed vegetables, tropical fruit and pineapple.
n All meals served with choice of milk.
Jones County
The following meals will be served at Jones County Schools for the week of Nov. 3:
Monday: Sausage biscuit, cereal and juice.
Tuesday: Breakfast pizza, cereal and juice.
Wednesday: French toast sticks, cereal and juice.
Thursday: Chicken biscuit, cereal and juice.
Friday: Grits with toast, cereal and juice.
Monday: Chicken nuggets, green beans, corn, rice and peaches.
Tuesday: Cheeseburger, broccoli with cheese, tater tots and pears.
Wednesday: Chicken fajita with trimmings, sweet potatoes, turnips and fresh fruit.
Thursday: Cheese pizza, glazed carrots, peas and applesauce.
Friday: Chicken, baked beans, parsley potatoes, corn muffin and mixed fruit.
n All meals served with choice of milk


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Ivory anatomical figure, Europe, 1601-1800
Ivory female anatomical figures were almost always shown as pregnant, like this example. The torso is removable to show the intestines, heart, lungs, stomach and liver. The intestines can also be removed to show a well developed foetus. Female models normally came as a pair with a male equivalent and were popular in the 1600s and 1700s. The organs are not very detailed so it is unlikely that the model was used for medical teaching. The figure was possibly used to teach young couples about anatomy and pregnancy or it may have been a collector's item.
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The condition of having a developing unborn embryo or foetus in the body. A human pregnancy is usually of 40 weeks gestation.
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A branch of medical science concerned with the structure of living organisms.
Glossary: foetus
The name given to the embryo during the later stages of development. In human reproduction it refers to an unborn child from its eighth week of development.


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About the Book
About the Creator
Reka Peti-Peterdi is a photojournalist working in Los Angeles, California. A native of Budapest, Hungary, she received her M.S. degrees in Communication and French from the University of Pecs, Hungary. Reka came to the United States in 1999 to join an international scholarship program. Her dedication to photography was evident at an early age. She has authored over 20 travel photo books featuring several top international destinations and writes frequently for online travel magazines. Her total obsession with photography has taken her on journeys to many marvelous countries throughout the world. She enjoys shooting a great variety of subjects. Her favorite themes are nature, portraits and her beloved travel destinations, California and Hungary.


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Top 10 Alternatives to the Most Popular Cars
If you're interested in a new car, it might be easy to just buy one of the most popular cars on your shopping list and move on. But we think that can be a bad idea, since there are many segments where the most popular vehicles aren't always the best. To help you figure out which great new cars might be flying under your radar, we've listed some of today's best alternatives to the most popular models on the road.
Acura RDX
If you're interested in a small luxury crossover, you've definitely considered popular models such as the BMW X3, Audi Q5 and Mercedes GLK. But have you thought about the Acura RDX? With a reasonable starting price of around $35,500, it's certainly worth a look -- especially considering that it comes standard with a 273-horsepower V6 and a long list of high-tech luxury features. The RDX also boasts a surprisingly roomy interior and a well-known reputation for dependability thanks to its Honda underpinnings.
Chevrolet Colorado
For many shoppers, the only midsize pickup worth considering is the tough-as-nails Toyota Tacoma, which is by far the most popular midsize truck on the market. But later this year, Chevrolet will debut an all-new midsize pickup dubbed the Colorado and a GMC version called the Canyon. Both models will offer 4- or 6-cylinder engines, directly rivaling the Tacoma. But they'll also boast more technology and a cutting-edge design that will look far more modern than the Tacoma's circa-2005 looks. The best part? The Colorado is also set to offer diesel power for shoppers who want to tow large objects or just save money at the pump.
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Dodge Durango
Interested in a 3-row SUV with excellent safety ratings and a long list of technology and convenience features? For many family-oriented car shoppers, the answer to this question is a resounding yes, and yet the excellent Dodge Durango routinely fails to find favor with most car shoppers. We think that's too bad, considering the Durango's potent engines (it offers V6 or V8 power), its comfortable interior and its reasonable pricing that starts around $31,000 with shipping. We also love the Durango's standard infotainment system, Chrysler's Uconnect, which is among the best in the business.
Ford C-MAX
Although the Toyota Prius continues to rack up huge sales and major popularity, few shoppers have embraced the Ford C-MAX hatchback and we're not entirely sure why. The hybrid-only C-MAX returns up to an Environmental Protection Agency-rated 45 miles per gallon in the city, and while some shoppers say they can't quite reach those numbers, there's no doubt the C-MAX is still an excellent value. That's especially true when you consider that its interior is larger and more family friendly than the Prius', and it boasts reasonable pricing that starts around $26,000. The C-MAX also includes an impressive list of standard equipment that features dual-zone automatic climate control, Ford's SYNC system with voice commands and Bluetooth.
Ford Transit Connect
Before you buy your next cargo van, be sure to consider the fuel-efficient Ford Transit Connect. While many vans offer more room than the Transit Connect, few offer a better combination of interior volume (it boasts 131 cu ft. of space) and fuel economy (it manages to return 28 mpg on the highway). Best of all, the Transit Connect is an excellent choice for drivers who often make deliveries in large cities thanks to its small size and its nimble steering. We think the Transit Connect is worth a look for any van shopper who doesn't routinely max out the cargo area of his or her cargo van.
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Hyundai Genesis
Although the rear-wheel-drive Hyundai Genesis sedan continues to gain in popularity, many shoppers interested in a luxury car still overlook the Genesis, primarily due to its Hyundai badge. We think that's a shame, especially considering the all-new 2015 model, which boasts more distinctive exterior styling and a more luxurious interior than ever before. The Genesis offers two potent engines -- a 3.8-liter V6 and a 5.0-liter V8 -- and reasonable pricing, which starts at just $39,000 with shipping. It's not a bad deal for a car that rivals luxury sedans costing twice as much.
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Lincoln MKZ
The Lincoln MKZ is a boldly styled luxury sedan based on the popular Ford Fusion. It competes in a crowded segment that's currently dominated by popular cars such as the Lexus ES and Acura TL, but we think the Lincoln has what it takes to beat out those models. Although its styling can be a bit polarizing, the MKZ offers a long list of standard and optional features, as well as high-tech gadgets that include a self-parallel-parking system. It also offers a great ride and comfortable seats. Most importantly, the Lincoln offers competitive pricing: It starts around $36,000, regardless of whether you choose the turbocharged 4-cylinder or the 47-mpg MKZ Hybrid.
While you might be tempted by class leaders such as the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord, we think the Mazda6 deserves serious consideration. Part of the reason? Just look at it. The newly released Mazda6 is one of the most attractive midsize sedans on the road, thanks to its bold lines with a sporty flair. But the midsize Mazda isn't just attractive on the outside: It's also an excellent car underneath. Not only does it boast sportier handling than most rivals, but it also offers a nicer interior and competitive pricing. We're also taken with the Mazda6's standard 4-cylinder engine, which is surprisingly potent for a midsize sedan.
Subaru Legacy
The all-new 2015 Subaru Legacy is about to reach dealerships nationwide, and we think you should check it out when it does. Priced about the same as popular midsize models from Ford, Toyota and Honda, the Legacy holds one major benefit over those cars: standard all-wheel drive. It also offers handsome styling inside and out, an easy-to-use infotainment system, a comfortable ride, and most importantly, some of the top safety features on the market, thanks to the brand's impressive EyeSight safety bundle. Between this and the Mazda6, we'd have a hard time deciding where to spend our money in the world of the midsize sedan.
Volvo S60
The Volvo S60 is a sporty entry-level luxury sedan that combines the best of all worlds: strong safety, attractive styling, and lots of standard and optional equipment. Starting at $34,000 with shipping, the S60 is also reasonably priced compared to rivals from BMW, Audi and Lexus. We especially love the sporty S60 T6, which comes standard with a 300-hp turbocharged 6-cylinder engine, leather upholstery, a sunroof, keyless entry with push-button starting, 18-inch alloy wheels and a backup camera -- all for $39,000. Shoppers in states with inclement weather can even add all-wheel drive for a few thousand extra.


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Stampede Travel To New Jersey For USHL Atlantic Challenge
SIOUX FALLS, SD -- The Sioux Falls Stampede return to the ice this weekend.
The Stampede are one of six United States Hockey League teams participating in the USHL Atlantic Challenge in Hackensack, N.J. It is the league's first-ever showcase on the east coast.
Sioux Falls opens Atlantic Challenge play Friday when they take on the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders at 7:00pm CT. The Herd plays the Youngstown Phantoms Saturday morning at 11:30am CT and the Muskegon Lumberjacks Sunday at 10:00am CT.
The Stampede continue preseason play in the USHL Fall Classic West in Sioux City September 11 and 12 with games against the Musketeers and Omaha Lancers.
Sioux Falls opened training camp on Tuesday with 27 players on the preseason roster. Fourteen players return from last season's Western Conference championship team, including four of the Stampede's top five scorers.
The Herd open the regular season on the road September 21 in Des Moines against the Buccaneers. The Stampede home opener is October 4 against the Omaha Lancers at the Sioux Falls Arena.


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7-Eleven Finds Niche in Indonesia
In Jakarta, Indonesia, 7-Eleven has found a unique way to attract young customers to its stores: It offers a comfortable atmosphere for them to hang out in. The WSJ's Tom Di Fonzo reports.
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Disneyland Vacations
One of the best places in the world to entertain and have fun, California is home to Disneyland where you can feel the magic of the land of Mickey Mouse, especially at night when it lights up with parades and fireworks.
Disneyland Park is an enchanted kingdom of fantasy and imagination filled with classic family-friendly attractions and magical entertainment, dining and shopping.
Disney's California Adventure Park takes you and your family on a magical journey to experience the breathtaking wonder, laid-back fun and adventures that only Disney could create.
California Vacations
Home to hushed redwoods, wild beaches, magnificent mountain ranges that scrape the sky, tumbling rivers and immense deserts, California is varied, diverse, and as a real beauty, fickle. Nowhere else you will be able to find such immense diversity of natural wonders.
Best known for its benign climate and fabulous beaches, San Diego is one big outdoor playground, famous for high-end resorts in La Jolla, world-class entertainment at SeaWorld Adventure Park and LEGOLAND, world famous San Diego Zoo and unique Balboa Park.
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If you would ask where to find truly glamorous sun-kissed paradise, the answer would be simple – in Orange County in Southern California. Nowhere else you will be able to find a forever summer kind of place where you would rather keep your surfing and swimming gear handy all the time. Where else will you find so many Jags and Hummers gliding along scenic Pacific Coast Highway, where drivers would slow down to gawk at another breathtaking view of the boats sailing along Newport Beach as well as wet-suited surfers and spouting whales off Dana Point. Orange County is no doubt considered to be the California Golf coast and the most entertaining golf destination.
Las Vegas Vacations
In other cities, hotels are built around major attractions, here, in Las Vegas, hotels are major attractions. But the biggest draw of the city is naturally casinos with their non-stop action and sound, and almost blinding lights. Gambling is the main attraction of this place.
Hawaii Vacations
Welcome to Hawaii, one of the top world's travel destinations. There, in the paradise on Earth, you can't but perceive what the Hawaiians call mana, which means divine. It is impossible not to marvel the stunning beauty of the luxurious tropical landscape which is always a perfect postcard material and an outstanding photo opportunity.
Maui Vacations
Maui is so popular among the travelers due to its stunning beauty and many attractions it has to offer. Maui has more miles of swimmable beach than any other Hawaiian island, the largest dormant volcano in the world. Maui is one of the world's premier golf destinations with sixteen golf courses appealing to every level of player.
Welcome to Four Seasons Resort Maui, the world's most popular hotel on the island of Maui. What can be better than the modern version of a Hawaiian palace located on the picturesque ocean coast, this fine sand crescent of Pacific paradise.
Oahu Vacations
Many people are drawn to the excitement of the Hawaiian island of Oahu, beautiful and diverse. It is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and the most populous one, with the state's capital Honolulu, located on the Southeast coast. What distinguishes Oahu is its metropolitan lifestyle and a great human traffic. Being the hub of the island commerce, government, education, tourism and arts, Oahu gained the reputation of the world-class travel destination.


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CHICAGO, Ill. (Oct. 27, 2012) – The Chicago Fire (17-11-6; 57 points) received an early marker from Patrick Nyarko but D.C. United (17-10-7; 58 points) equalized just after the break and held off a late barrage to take a 1-1 draw Saturday afternoon at Toyota Park. With the result, the Fire finish the regular season fourth in the Eastern Conference and will host the Houston Dynamo at Toyota Park in an MLS Knockout Game on Wednesday, Oct. 31 at 8:00 p.m. live on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and 97.5 ESPN Deportes.
Tickets for the upcoming 2012 MLS Cup Playoff match are available by calling 888-MLS-Fire, visiting www.Chicago-Fire.com or at www.Ticketmaster.com here.
Needing a win to avoid the knock out game, the Fire attacked early, threatening United goalkeeper Bill Hamid in the first minute. With loads of space at midfield, Pavel Pardo laid off a ball for Jalil Anibaba streaking up the right. The second-year Fire defender took a touch before firing a low blast that Hamid did well to get behind.
The Fire would get the goal they needed 15 minutes later. Defender Gonzalo Segares began the play with a forward ball that Sherjill MacDonald dummied for Patrick Nyarko. The Ghanaian attacker flicked the ball to MacDonald in stride before receiving it back from the Dutchman and firing a scorching blast that beat the outstretched Hamid to the right post to give the Fire a 1-0 lead.
The hosts nearly went ahead 2-0 four minutes later when Nyarko picked off Chris Pontius' pass at midfield and strolled forward before playing a quick ball for Chris Rolfe. The 2012 Chicago Fire MVP saw he had numbers on United's defense and slid the ball left for MacDonald who saw his right-footed effort saved well off the line by Hamid.
United would come close in the 23rd minute when striker Lionard Pajoy settled a bouncing ball outside the box before laying off for Pontius but the D.C. midfielder fired just over the bar.
D.C. nearly grabbed the equalizer in the 41st minute when Marcelo Saragosa dispossessed Logan Pause at midfield. Nick DeLeon ran onto the ball in space and laid off for Pajoy who hit a right-footed effort that saw Johnson push the ball out for a corner kick.
After the ensuing corner kick, the ball bounced around the Fire penalty area before Pajoy collected it on the right and laid off for Branko Boskovic who hit a low, hard drive that Johnson got down to, taking the Fire into the break with a 1-0 lead.
The Fire's advantage wouldn't last long after the half however when Pontius played a ball on the left for Boskovic who held up and crossed to the near post finding Pajoy who his header over Johnson's reach and inside the back post in the 50th minute.
United came close to taking the lead in the 59th minute when Najar circled through midfield before playing a quick combination with DeLeon on the right. The D.C. rookie chipped the Honduran international in alone up the right but Najar chopped his effort wide of Johnson's goal.
With United needing only a draw to secure second place, the Fire began to push forward after the hour mark. Again it was Nyarko collecting the ball on the right before seeing his deflected shot fall for Segares at the top of the area. The Costa Rican international flicked forward for MacDonald whose one-time effort was thwarted once again by the onrushing Hamid in the 63rd minute.
Three minutes later, Segares played a forward ball for MacDonald again. This time the Dutch international maneuvered past D.C.'s Brandon McDonald before centering for Rolfe. The veteran Fire striker then laid a soft pass back for Alvaro Fernandez but the Uruguayan international put his first-timer wide right in the 66th minute.
D.C. nearly took the lead again in the 70th minute when Pontius was chipped into the box on the left before hitting a quick shot that Johnson turned away with a reaction save. On the rebound Segares' attempted clear hit Pajoy and the ball deflected towards the back post but Johnson was quick to make the save.
Second half Fire substitute Dominic Oduro would make his presence known three minutes later when MacDonald sent him in on goal with an overhead flick. The fleet Ghanaian battled off the heavy challenge of Dejan Jakovic but saw his right-footed effort saved by Hamid.
The pair would link up again in the 76th minute when MacDonald beat his mark down the left and whipped in a heavy, low cross for Oduro at the six but the Fire striker pushed his first-time effort over goal.
Into the 85th minute, Hamid would come up huge again when Pavel Pardo's swinging 35-yard free kick picked out the diving head of Anibaba but the second year Fire defender's effort was held once again by the United backstop.
The Fire would find three more opportunities in stoppage time.
First in the 92nd minute as Segares' forward ball was healed ahead by MacDonald and eventually chased down at the end line by substitute Guillermo Franco. The veteran forward held up and pushed it back for Segares who quickly crossed for MacDonald but saw his first-time shot go over the bar.
Seconds later, MacDonald would be played back in towards the end line before cutting back and hitting a sharp-angled shot towards the near post that Hamid dove to save. Segares dug out the rebound and put it back across where Oduro's heeled effort came off the post before falling for Anibaba who saw his first-time shot saved off the line by DeLeon.
Deep into stoppage time, substitute midfielder Alex received a forward ball into space from Pardo and unleashed a blistering effort that forced Hamid to push the ball over the bar for a corner kick.
On the ensuing take, Pardo found Fanco at the near post but his header glanced high over the net, ending the match at 1-1.
- The 1-1 draw means the Fire finish fourth in the East and will host the Houston Dynamo in the Conference's Knockout Game on Wednesday, Oct. 31 at 8:00 p.m. CT.
- Should the Fire come away victorious at midweek, they'll advance to take on #1 seed Sporting KC in a two-game aggregate series with the first match coming on Sunday, November 4 at 2:30 p.m. CT (NBC) at Toyota Park.
- With the result, the Chicago Fire finish the 2012 MLS Regular season campaign with a 17-11-6 record. The 57 points the team earned is the highest point total in club history.
- Patrick Nyarko's 16th minute strike pushes his goal total to a career high four on the 2012 campaign. The Ghanaian winger also led the team in assists with seven in 34 matches. Nyarko has tallied 11 goals and 28 assists in 130 regular season appearances for the Fire since 2008.
- Sherjill MacDonald's helper on Nyarko's goal was the fourth since joining the team in July. The Dutchman also has four goals in 14 regular season appearances for the Fire.
- Goalkeeper Sean Johnson made four saves on the night and moves his all-time MLS record to 29-23-19 since 2010.
- After six games away due to hamstring and calf injuries, Fire midfielder Pavel Pardo returned to the field, logging 90 minutes in the 1-1 draw.
Chicago Fire 1-1 D.C. United
Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Jalil Anibaba, Arne Friedrich, Austin Berry, Gonzalo Segares; Alvaro Fernandez (Dominic Oduro 68'), Logan Pause © (Alex 68'), Pavel Pardo, Patrick Nyarko; Chris Rolfe (Guillermo Franco 82'), Sherjill MacDonald
Substitutes not used: Paolo Tornaghi, Dan Gargan, Daniel Paladini, Wells Thompson
D.C. United: Bill Hamid; Andy Najar, Brandon McDonald, Dejan Jakovic, Chris Korb; Nick DeLeon, Perry Kitchen, Chris Pontius © (Robbie Russell 86'), Marcelo Saragosa, Branko Boskovic (Maicon Santos 80'); Lionard Pajoy
Substitutes not used: Joe Willis, Emiliano Dudar, Raphael Augusto, Stephen King, Hamdi Salihi
Scoring Summary
CHI – Patrick Nyarko (Sherjill MacDonald) 16'
DC – Lionard Pajoy (Branko Boskovic) 50'
Misconduct Summary
CHI – Arne Friedrich (caution) 47'
DC – Brandon McDonald (caution) 56'
DC – Dejan Jakovic (caution) 82'
Referee: Jair Marrufo
Assistants: Eric Boria, Anthony Casoli
Fourth Official: Abbey Okulaja
Attendance: 20,017


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That's right, I'm a scoffer. Sure, I use the cloud for one thing or another probably every day, but I still don't believe in cloud computing. However, just because I don't believe in it doesn't mean I don't think it's important for businesses to have in their plans. It's complicated, but I'll try to explain.
If you're reading this article close to its publication date on the Windows IT Pro website, you might have noticed the new website design that just launched. Of course, the redesign has been in the works for many months, but a lot of work and testing always comes down to the last few days before the switchover for such projects. Last week, in the middle of the final delta migration of content, our web hoster experienced a power failure overnight at a data center that interrupted migration (as well as taking all existing websites down).
As Windows IT Pro technical director and directory services MVP Sean Deuby commented in an email, "Look at it this way: We (which includes Penton IT) get to experience that feeling of helplessness when we aren't in control of our own data center. Can you say 'public cloud'? Sure. I knew you could." Helplessness, indeed. However, the migration resumed the next morning, and although some testing was slightly delayed, the outage ultimately didn't affect the launch of the new site.
Related: Microsoft Formally Announces Its "Cloud OS" Strategy
Web hosting -- which is to say, running your website in someone else's data center, or website as a service -- is something that's been going on for a long time, probably just about as long as companies have had websites. And we didn't call it the cloud then. So perhaps this segment of the cloud is mature enough that little problems are easily overcome, or our own website team was well prepared to deal with bumps in the road. Whatever the reason, an event that might have caused a serious problem ended up being a non-event after all.
At this point, I'm reminded of a song lyric from one of my favorite artists, an obscure Scottish poet and singer who goes by the name Fish:
And everything changes, forever never lasts,
There's no such thing as always, it's all too soon the past.
Fish wasn't really talking about technology, but he could have been. As soon as you get used to something, it's time to move on and adjust to the next new thing.
Last month, Microsoft made a lot of noise with the launch of Office 365 featuring the Office 2013 wave of applications, including the new server products Exchange Server 2013, SharePoint 2013, and Lync Server 2013. Microsoft's strategy brings Software as a Service (SaaS) to the front of mind -- although, if you're a business that takes advantage of the full Office 365 for messaging, collaboration, communications, and so forth, is it still SaaS, or does that push it into the realm of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)? I mean, Microsoft is now running your whole communications infrastructure. No?
We've all heard the plethora of acronyms: SaaS. IasS. Platform as a Server (PaaS). Network as a Service (NaaS). I'm sure there are more I'm not thinking of, and someone somewhere probably keeps an authoritative list that defines each of these. In a recent conversation with Scott Gode, senior director of managed services for Avanade, he told me they were toying with the idea of offering Devices as a Service (DaaS) because customers need help managing all those connected mobile devices.
Most people, however, probably don't stick to a technical definition when applying the terms, which says something about the level of understanding about cloud computing in general. In a survey from last summer, over half of respondents thought that stormy weather could interfere with cloud computing. Most people have heard of cloud computing, but they don't know what it means at all. If you think about it, the key word in all those acronyms is service: You get something delivered as a service (subscription model) that you would otherwise purchase outright.
So what's the big deal?
As I write this, I'm at my office listening to music from my personal collection streamed from Google Play. The document I'm working on is located in Microsoft SkyDrive. I just overheard two coworkers talking about sharing some work files via Dropbox. The cloud is everywhere, and it's all the time. So when I say I don't believe in cloud computing, what I really mean to say is that I don't believe in it as a new thing, as something people and businesses still need to adjust to: It's already here and we're using it often without even realizing.
Many businesses still probably have big decisions about how and where to implement cloud computing -- which workloads are best suited to the cloud, which hosters offer the best prices and guarantees (service level agreement -- SLA), what's essential to keep on premises and what's OK to have hosted. But if you're not even considering the cloud for your business, you're falling behind. Whether you agree with it, whether you like it, whether you believe in it, the cloud is what we have now and agile companies will take advantage of it to get ahead.
Or to put it another way, and to quote another, much less obscure singer and songwriter named Danny Elfman, ain't this the life?
Learn More: What Bilbo Baggins Teaches Us About Cloud Computing
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Kate Winslet joins Divergent
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Kate Winslet has joined the cast of 'Divergent' as the "cold and unlikeable" Jeanine Matthews
Kate Winslet has joined the cast of 'Divergent'.
The 'Revolutionary Road' actress has signed a deal to star in the Neil Burger-directed young adult movie as the "cold and unlikeable" Jeanine Matthews, the leader of the Erudite, a group of people devoted to a pursuit of knowledge.
Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Jai Courtney, Zoe Kravitz, Ansel Elgort and Maggie Q were previously announced as part of the cast for the film.
Additionally, Aaron Eckhart, Ray Stevenson and Miles Teller are said to be closing deals to appear in the film.
'Divergent' is based on the first of a trilogy of best-selling novels by Veronica Roth and is about a futuristic world where people are divided into factions based on their personalities.
The plot follows Tris Prior (Woodley), who is labelled 'divergent' and dangerous, and stumbles across plans to eliminate everyone of her personality type who doesn't fit into a particular tribe.
Vanessa Taylor and Evan Daugherty wrote the script and Reg Wagon Entertainment's Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher will produce alongside Pouya Shahbazian.
Production on 'Divergent' is scheduled to begin in Chicago in April, and studio Summit have set a release date on March 21, 2014 for the film.


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The next post, The Birth Of Another Blog, Buying Lottery Tickets Online, tells you about my latest niche blog, one that allows people to buy tickets online. Think about it, people buy tickets at least once a week, some people more often. If you can get people to buy tickets from a site you're affiliated to then they will be putting money in your pocket on a regular basis. Seeing the potential was what caused me to start up Buy Online Lotto Tickets.
I've decided to use a niche because I believe it's the best way to maximise the money making potential. The thing is if you have a blog or website there is no reason why you can't offer your readers the same service, which brings me to this post. All you need is an affiliate to join and I have the right one for the job. It's called MyLotto.com and once you've joined them you have access to all the major lotteries in the world.
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Matti Friedman, the author of The Allepo Codex, is a modern-day Indiana Jones in both his rugged looks and his deep love of ancient history. Just like the character in the movie, he stumbles into adventures while searching for an ancient relic. This curiosity takes him to interesting places where he often ends up in hot water.
In 2008 Friedman, a correspondent for the Associated Press (AP), became interested in the 1,000-year-old Hebrew Bible known as the Crown of Aleppo.
In his initial wire story about the book, he wrote, "Crusaders held it for ransom, fire almost destroyed it, and it was reputedly smuggled across Mideast borders hidden in a washing machine. But in 1958, when it finally reached Israel, 196 pages were missing – about 40 per cent of the total – and for some Old Testament scholars they [missing pages] have become a kind of holy grail."
The Codex occupies a vital role for scholars because it helps provide an in-depth understanding to the meanings of biblical texts. It was also used by the 12th-century Jewish philosopher Maimonides, who declared it the most accurate copy of the Old Testament.
Little did Friedman know he, too, would get swept up in the drama of the Crown of Aleppo, also know as The Crown.
When Friedman found himself in Jerusalem looking at the book, one of the most influential in the world, stored underground, something pulled at his curiosity. Intrigued, he set on a mission to learn more about the ancient text.
He explained during an interview via Skype, "I had pictured a nice story about how an important cultural relic was rescued and brought to Israel." But the more questions he asked about the Codex, the more doors slammed in his face.
"It was strange. Lots of people did not want to answer my questions. I was expecting people would be glad to have a journalist revive the story, but people were very hesitant. Also, when I requested access to documents, people were not forthcoming."
Friedman became more interested and more persistent once he realized there was a deeper story.
The more pushback he received, the more he realized he had stumbled onto a story that could shake the foundations of history, religion and politics in the Middle East.
Intrigued, Friedman took an extended leave from AP to search for the truth. "I realized that there was a significant story that people did not want me to know. It took months of being persistent. I did what investigative journalists do – if doors close, then go to the window."
As time went on, he realized official reports of how the Codex had come to Israel were not exactly what they appeared to be. The drama unfolded as he searched, and there was even a trial concerning the Codex.
He grinned, "Eventually people started speaking to me, and eventually I did get access to more of the documents. Quite a bit later I got access to the trial documents."
A real-life thriller, The Allepo Codex is akin to Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code, in which religion and power take centre stage. People are reluctant to talk, and when they do the information is riddled with half-truths. A swirl of stories result as Friedman searches for the truth. He follows a trail that leads him to jump on planes and dig deep in basements. He masterfully tugs at your heartstrings, intertwining heroics and mistaken steps in the quest for finding the complete Codex.
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Requirements for this objective
a. The impact of both experimental and non-experimental management on the ecosystem as a whole must be considered in decision making. Many activities will have effects (either positive or adverse) on different aspects of the ecosystem. These effects will influence the future use of the land for instruction and research and should be considered.
b. No activity should knowingly eliminate a species from the Yale Myers Forest. The presence of small populations of particular species of plant or animal may result in either a preserved area where no active management takes place or areas with special management measures or restrictions to protect the species.
c. No management practices should include activity in areas where a positive future benefit is unlikely to result. Some areas are better left alone rather than actively managing them for no apparent gain.
Requirements for this objective
a. A variety of stand conditions across a variety of topographic and soil conditions. This includes a variety of age classes, species composition, vertical foliage distribution, and stem density. This variety is needed for plant and tree studies as well as wildlife studies requiring different habitats.
b. Large and replicated tracts of treated (manipulated) stands spanning a variety of topographic and soil conditions. Many disciplines require large (50-200 acres) of each treatment, or resultant stand structure. These disciplines include: hydrology, forest ecology, wildlife biology or management, recreation, and engineering/economics.
c. "Normal" working forest conditions. It is easier either to discuss special cases in the classroom or in conjunction with a field trip. We need to provide many examples of intelligent, but typical management situations so that our students can better understand the role and significance of special cases. An exception to this requirement is when faculty members feel that certain special cases of stands or management techniques do not exist on other land. When this occurs we should strive to use a small part of our own forest for this comparison. Given the acreage constraints of our own land we should try to use existing special cases on other land whenever possible.
d. Flexibility. Research ideas and funding possibilities sometimes arrive with little lead-time. It is imperative that we maintain flexible forest conditions and working plans to accommodate a large range of research needs. Large amounts of land with abnormally high or low amounts of certain species (either plant or animal) or abnormal stand or habitat structures that can not be quickly restored should not be maintained unless the situation is truly unique and does not exist on non-Yale land available for research. Maintaining non-unique, but unusual situations which can not be rapidly changed over large areas limits the use of our land to a small number of specialized research opportunities. Special situations should be created in response to an existing or potential research need that a specific faculty member or faculty group wants to explore rather than general anticipation by faculty members not likely to be involved in the research.
d. Historic documentation. Records need to be kept such that all management activities and changes in forest structure are documented. Stand and compartment histories are frequently needed for research studies. Documentation includes quantitative data, written descriptions, maps, and photos. Copies of all reports and research papers covering work conducted on the forest should be maintained. Monitoring and inventory data should be collected in a cost efficient manner to the specifications of individual faculty members who need or want the data. Faculty members that request this type of data need to be directly involved in the collection and analysis. They should also provide a copy for the use of others of any analysis that is performed. All records should be maintained in a manner that makes them readily accessible to any faculty member who needs them.
e. Willingness to experiment. High priority needs to be given experiments which involve treatments that are not readily accepted among working professionals. Whenever possible these experiments should be confined to small areas of land so as not to conflict with other uses needed by other faculty members. Experiments using innovative, unorthodox techniques are seldom welcome on other people's land. These experiments need to be carefully supervised by specific faculty members who either have the required expertise themselves or have a working relationship with another researcher who does. Responsibility for the maintenance and consequences of these experiments should rest with the specific faculty member involved, but most not jeopardize the long-term condition of the forest.
f. Destructive sampling cannot be discouraged. Many times instruction or research can be enhanced by the destructive sampling of trees, other plants, or animals. This activity is often impossible or difficult on other people's land. Any destruction should be justified as necessary to meet the instruction or research needs of the faculty member, must not interfere with the existing needs of another faculty member, must not jeopardize the long-term condition and objectives of the forest and must be carried out in accordance with all laws and University and School Forest guidelines and regulations. Large-scale destructive experiments requiring more than several hundred acres would be difficult to accommodate given the multiple objectives of the School Forest System.
g. Whenever possible students should be included in meeting faculty member objectives. The instructional potential of the
h. Facilities be maintained (or constructed) only as dictated by instructional or research needs. Money should be allocated to buildings (including classrooms, living areas, laboratories, and storage space) when necessary. Given the difficulty of maintaining structures away from New Haven, temporary solutions should be explored before the construction of permanent facilities.
Requirements for this objective
a. Management activities conducted in a professional manner. The "working forest" character of the forest should be maintained. All operations should follow normal business and legal constraints. Whenever possible we should avoid employing special legal exemptions and unusual financial benefits given to universities of our type so that management experiences on our land are applicable to other ownerships. Care must be taken, however, not to set any legal precedents that might adversely affect other University activities.
b. Association with landowners and organizations devoted to forested land management. Management of our land needs to be carried out in association with other landowners. It is important that faculty wanting management experience understand which practices are commonly accepted and which are different and perhaps innovative. It is also important for other land managers to see and understand management practices on our land so that faculty can obtain feedback and input concerning practical implementation.
c. Non-experimental management practices be conducted without the influx of external capital. As a faculty we should practice management in a "real" sense. Although the
Requirements for this objective
a. Faculty members discuss their research needs with the Director before establishing plots. It is important that the location, expected duration, and needs of studies be coordinated between competing uses.
b. Plot locations be marked and mapped for use of all faculty. Long-term security is based on knowing the location and purpose of each plot.
c. Management changes (including land sale) which affect the integrity of an ongoing research project are only made when the best interests of the entire School are at issue. If a faculty member responsible for a research project feels that the Director or the Dean is instigating a change in land use or management that will adversely affect the project he or she may appeal to the BPO of the School to prohibit this change.
Requirements for this objective
a. The forests must be managed in a way to return a generally positive cash flow to the School. Although increase in value is based on a combination of land value, growing stock value, and cash flow, some of the increase should be captured for annual return.
b. When unusual circumstances occur attempts to "lock in" the return should be explored. This is especially true in terms of short-lived market conditions for certain products. It could also include transactions such as the sale of development rights during high real estate markets. Land ownership should be maintained and outright sale of land avoided.
c. Inventory estimates be made on a regular basis. Reliable estimates of all products (and potential products) with a monetary value should be made when necessary. A major assessment should be made every ten years and an interim assessment should be made after five years.
d. The possibility of decreasing growing stock should not be dismissed. Given the present and changing age structure of a maturing forest, prudent financial management might include a decrease in growing stock at some time in the future.
Requirements for this objective
a. Cash flow options determined annually for subsequent five-year period. Options for both sales and costs for the immediate future should be presented to the Dean each year for the School's fiscal planning.
b. Opportunities for investment should be determined each year along with expected rates of return. Money can be invested in forest management (such as stand tending and roads) which will result in a short-term deficit, but a long-term gain. These opportunities can be important to the School in years of budget surplus.
c. Efforts should be made to reduce financial risk of unusual events such as storms or disease. The product mix should include enough diversity that flexibility can be retained in times of disaster. The Director should also stay informed of information that would lead to better predictions of disasters. The overall financial exposure to different types of risk should be determined on a regular basis.
Requirements for this objective
a. Each year a brief written description of current activities on the Yale Myers Forest be prepared and made available to the School. This report should be a short, accurate portrayal of all management activities on the Forest. The report should be given to the Dean.
b. The Director should be available to answer more detailed public questions. It is important that every effort be made to disseminate information and that the public not assume that we have "hidden" operations or intentions.
c. A conscious effort should be made to educate the public and the profession of forestry about research findings on the School Forests. We will do this through seminars, published literature, a newsletter and demonstration areas.
Requirements for this objective
a. All outside activities coordinated through the Director. Activities by people not part of the faculty of this School should not interfere with our own activities.
b. Copies of reports and papers generated from work on the Forest kept on file. A direct benefit to the School by outside work is access to the findings.
c. Costs (including administrative) to the School for the activities of outsiders should not exceed benefits. This should be interpreted very liberally. Benefits include returns that are difficult to quantify such as information. Likewise costs should include factors such as restrictions placed on other activities in the Forest. Every effort should be made to collect direct and indirect costs from research projects on the Forest.
d. Efforts should be made to make the opportunity of work on the Forest known to potential users. It is important that the possibility of doing work on this Forest be generally known to others. General communication should be the result of professional relationships between our faculty and colleagues in their discipline.


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U-T owner's biotech tanks; Times hiring soars; Viesselman out
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Tiffany is tall; her chunky red heels — dark red, bordering on purple — make her taller. Red seams run up the back of her black stockings to the hem of her black dress, patterned with white polka dots. Her hair is up, and the whole effect is that of a sultrified '40s getup, except maybe not so many girls in the '40s had "OCEANSIDE" tattooed in elaborate script along the back of their neckline.
Tiffany is standing in the gallery of Escondido's California Center for the Arts, outside the great exhibit hall that will house Escondido's Fashion Week 2009 (brought to you by Angelo Damante at Mercedes-Benz of Escondido). She is chatting with Rita, who is working the table advertising Palomar College's Fashion Merchandising & Design Department. Tiffany designs handbags and is considering paying the $50 to exhibit her wares at MODA, the college's annual fashion show. "MODA started almost 20 years ago," says Rita. "We had 200 people in the audience. Now we have 500 — industry people, designers…Our students are doing the dressing for the models tonight, and some of them have actually created costumes for the show."
Tiffany is not exhibiting her wares tonight, but plenty of other people are. Tables run the length of the gallery, their occupants pitching Better Home Design Services, Soulful Slings, hair salons, jewelry companies — and NuSkin. "Instead of your old skin," offers the pitchwoman. "This device actually reads your face and stops your skin from aging — a miracle machine, I call it." Outside, in the smooth concrete courtyard, attendees sample sushi rolls and drink Stone beers from the bottle. For every artfully slinky silver sheath dress drizzling down to ankle length, there is something short and spangled and a little bit snug around belly and thigh; either way, folks are dressed, including and perhaps especially the trio of young ladies standing at the gallery entrance and sporting kicky, summery maps.
Tonight is Recycled Fashion Night, and the trio are walking examples of what you can do with the contents of your glove box now that Google Maps and GPS have made paper maps obsolete: you can make them into dresses. Strappy dresses, dresses with cinched waists and pleats, dresses with scoop necks and frilly bits around the shoulder. You can set the land above and the sea below or let highway lines lend a patchwork Harlequin feel.
Nearby, someone has signed a Fashion Week banner: "I love my Escondido like I love my fashion — innovative and exciting!"
Julianne Jones, owner of Studio 158 Hair Salon on the east side of Escondido's Grand Avenue, had an idea: something very much along the lines of "Hey, everybody, let's put on a show!"
"In the '80s, we did what were called 'Hair Wars,' " she recalls. "It was staged at a bar, and every salon had to do a vignette — something theatrical to show off their work." In that spirit, "I had an idea to do a hair competition between salons; we were going to call it 'Showcase Salons: Grand Avenue.' " The competition would most definitely have included Shawna Cruise's Loft Hair Design, just across Broadway on Grand Avenue's west side.
"But in the middle of that conversation," continues Jones, "Deborah calls and says, 'Can you come down here? We're having a discussion about fashion shows, and maybe doing a fashion week.' " (That would be Deborah Rosen, CEO of the Escondido Downtown Business Association.) "I said, 'Oh, my gosh, that's exactly what we're doing here!' I flew into that meeting, and it was, like, 'Wham, here we go!' " Suddenly, the Loft's Cruise was not a competitor but a partner, "in charge of the professional models and communicating with the designers, getting people trained for the different looks that each designer wanted. You're talking 40, 50, 60 models a day. I think there were seven or eight salons that wrapped their brains around every element of makeup and hair."
The result was Downtown Fashion Week 2009, "a great collaboration between artists and designers and creative people from all over San Diego and Orange County and Los Angeles." And also, from just a block away: behind the low-slung Art Deco façade of the Escondido Arts Partnership Municipal Gallery. Once inside, you can buy (among other artworks) an "Echo Tote," locally designed and stitched together from 90 percent recycled materials by Renée Richetts. And if you'd come here after last year's Fashion Week San Diego, you could have bought the recycled dress she constructed out of oversized Comic-Con goodie bags.
"We've been doing recycled fashion shows for the general public for the past five years," says gallery director Wendy Wilson (who left a gig writing for television to come home to Escondido and regroup). "A lot of our artists were already working with those materials. Artists don't have much money, and there's been a resurgence of that whole idea of taking an object and giving it a new purpose. Sometimes, you look at the outfits, and you don't even realize that it's made from recycled materials — they reinvent it. It's really cool. We'd bring in somebody from EDCO who handled recycled materials as a judge, and then also an artist." When Jones, Rosen & Co. started looking around for ways to fill six nights' worth of events, Wilson and her recycled fashions were close at hand (and oodles of fun!).
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Hanging grids studded with glowing glass cones serve as chandeliers to light the pale gray exhibit hall that will house the show. Rows of chairs form a U around the shiny white catwalk; a projector screen shields the entrance to backstage. While attendees mill about, looking for their names among the reserved VIP seats nearest the action, a fit young man — possibly a model but definitely not modeling — slips out from behind the screen and struts down the catwalk. He is grinning, arms outstretched. He is King of the World. When he reaches the end of the walk, he hops down and heads out the hall door — breaking the fourth wall. "No!" cries DBA events manager Danielle Aeling, skipping down from her perch in the DJ booth and following the man out the door. The goal here is professionalism, and dude just went strictly amateur.


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Disney Claims It's Copyright Infringement For Dish To Offer Starz To Non-Premium Subscribers
from the felony-interference-of-a-business-model dept
But, here's the thing: Dish Network is not a party to that contract. Dish should be free to offer whatever channels it wants in whatever tiers it wants, so long as it has the appropriate agreement with those channels. I can't see how Disney has a claim on Dish here, since it's a third party, which is simply making a reasonable business decision that it wanted to offer Starz as a part of a lower tier. Disney is claiming in the lawsuit that this "devalues" its movies. No, it does not. What "devalues" the movies is the silly windowing plans of the studios that make those movies less valuable to consumers.
Of course, Disney is claiming that this isn't a contractual issue, but a copyright one, but even that makes no sense. Dish's license with Starz clearly includes a license to display the content. And Dish is clearly paying to carry Starz, so everyone's getting paid. The only issue is that Dish decided, for promotional reasons, to include Starz in lower tiers for no additional cost for a year (Disney, falsely, repeatedly claims this is "free.") It seems that Dish should be free to offer whatever promotion it wants to its consumers, seeing as all the other terms of the license are the same and everyone's getting paid.
I could see how Disney might have a complaint against Starz for the way it licensed content to Dish, in which Dish was allowed to offer this kind of promotion to consumers, but going after Dish for copyright infringement, just seems silly. If anything, saying that downstream providers can't set their own pricing seems like Disney is opening itself up to a price fixing claim. It made its deal with Starz. Dish then did its deal with Starz. Dish should then be free to determine how much it charges consumers.


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Schedule and registration is now available for the Annual National Multicultural Church Conference of the Presbyterian Church (USA). This is the 11th annual conference for the PC(USA) Office of Multicultural Support highlighting work done in congregations and institutions across the national church.
A number of McCormick students, faculty and alumni/ae have been involved in planning and a number will be presenting. Expect details from us soon on just when and where McCormick will be at conference.
Find more information and registration on the Multicultural Church Conference site.


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