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Rome is the Capital of Italy and one of the respected and well known cities in the world, Rome is known for its rich history which is thousands of years old. Who doesn't know about the famous Colosseum - tourist actually travel from all part of the world just to take few glimpses of this beautiful city. Rome City has lots of Popular hotels as per the requirements of travellers. You can have a decent one night stay in some of these popular hotels for as low as 20 Euros per night and if you are luxury lover - the city has high end hotels for 300 euros or even upto 700 or 900 Euros per night.
We have specific pages for holiday travellers, business travellers, budget travellers, newly married couples, families travelling with Kids or Old Age travellers. Refer our Sub-page listing appended below in this webpage to further narrow your search.
If you are in hurry - here is the brief summary of the popular hotels in Rome:
Class House Hotel Rome is the most economical place to stay in the locality which is 0.22 Mile away from Via Margutta - Rome. At such a basic room rent per day you will get all must have amenities which you will need away from your home. These rates have only been possible due to the fact that hotel industry is getting competitive day by day and the only way they can survive is by reducing cost and that too without compromising on the services.La Lumiere di Piazza di Spagna is one of the renowned 3*** hotel in the town which is 0.25 Mile from Via Margutta - Rome. This 3 Star property has airy neet and clean rooms with comfortable bedding to make your stay memorable. Its connectivity to entire city is one of the points why visitors admire this hotel. Also if you are looking for some city guides - the hotel staff will atleast tell you the basics on how to roam around in the city, what all are the must do things in the town and how you can make best from your day.Hotel Manfredi Suite in Rome is the Closest hotel in the area which is 0.12 Mile from Via Margutta - Rome. Hotel rooms have all basic amenities which you need for a comfortable stay. I would personally recommend you this hotel specially if you are planning most of your day out from hotel in exploring the city.One thing to note - this is a good hotel but if you are looking for ultimate luxury, this is not for you.Hotel Locarno Rome is the low cost but luxury four star hotel in the area which is 0.24 Mile from Via Margutta - Rome. This is one of the well known 4 diamond hotels in the area with all amenities. This hotel is suggested for families travelling with babies - as the staff is very kid friendly and will patiently listen to all your specific requirements.Grand Hotel Plaza is the Cheap and Best 5 Star Upscale hotel in the area which is 0.25 Mile from Via Margutta - Rome. This five star hotel is very well equipped to meet any of your travel requirements will it be a business travel or a leisure holiday trip. The hotel is equipped enough to arrange any medium size corporate events as well and if you discuss with the hotel management, they will make necessary arrangements like catering for large groups, arranging stationery for business travellers, projectors and sound systems for any official conference.Rome 55 Rooms Hotel is the suggested hotel in the area which is 0.21 Mile from Via Margutta - Rome because of following reasons: Affordable Rates, Popularity on travel forums, repeated visits by people travelling to the city and last one - the yummy food they offer.
SAVE UPTO 20%: Below mentioned room rates are for the peak tourism period - actual booking price may be lower than what is mentioned below depending upon the deals and discounts announced by these hotels - you may refer the hotel link below and check the latest prices and offers during the days of your travel.
|Popular Places to Stay in Rome
|Distance from Via Margutta
|Price - Per Night (In EUR)
|Star Rating
|Class House Hotel Rome
|0.22 Mile
|€ 53
|3 Star
|Via del Corso 117
|Hotel Mozart Rome
|0.12 Mile
|€ 70
|4 Star
|Via dei Greci 23B
|Hotel Locarno Rome
|0.24 Mile
|€ 88
|4 Star
|Via della Penna 22
|La Lumiere di Piazza di Spagna
|0.25 Mile
|€ 88
|3 Star
|Via Belsiana 72
|Hotel Manfredi Suite in Rome
|0.12 Mile
|€ 96
|3 Star
|Via Margutta 61
|Piazza di Spagna Suites
|0.19 Mile
|€ 106
|3 Star
|Piazza Di Spagna 93
|All'Obelisco Bed and Breakfast Rome
|0.27 Mile
|€ 108
|3 Star
|Via Gregoriana 25
|Spagna Luxury Suite
|0.19 Mile
|€ 111
|3 Star
|Via di San Sebastianello
|Hotel Scalinata Di Spagna
|0.27 Mile
|€ 115
|3 Star
|Piazza Trinita Dei Monti 17
|Rome 55 Rooms Hotel
|0.21 Mile
|€ 116
|3 Star
|Via Delle Carrozze 55
|Hotel Art by the Spanish Steps
|0.07 Mile
|€ 118
|4 Star
|Via Margutta 56
|Grand Hotel Plaza
|0.25 Mile
|€ 127
|5 Star
|Via del Corso 126
|Les Fleurs Luxury House Rome
|0.23 Mile
|€ 148
|3 Star
|Via Mario de' Fiori 24
|Condotti Palace
|0.16 Mile
|€ 165
|4 Star
|Via della Croce 15
|Piazza di Spagna Prestige
|0.17 Mile
|€ 188
|4 Star
|Via della Croce 33
|Internazionale Domus
|0.22 Mile
|€ 248
|3 Star
|Piazza di Spagna 20
|Hotel De Russie
|0.15 Mile
|€ 346
|5 Star
|Via del Babuino 9
|La Scelta Di Goethe - Luxury Suites
|0.22 Mile
|€ 934
|5 Star
|Via Del Corso 107
Watch this video about Rome Tourism - Recommended - "Rome in a nutshell city guide for first-time visitors"
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These Dow Stocks Will Move the Market Today
The first-quarter earnings season got off to a good start last week, as Alcoa led things off for the Dow Jones Industrials (INDEX: ^DJI) with a solid performance that was a positive surprise for many investors. But this week, we get into the heart of earnings season, with a dozen Dow stocks reporting results between now and Friday. What these companies tell us about the state of the economy in the first quarter could have a huge impact on whether the Dow's recent drop turns into a full-blown correction -- or worse -- or merely represents a brief pause from which the stock market will turn around and push up to new multiyear highs.
Let's take a look at the expectations for the four Dow stocks that are reporting quarterly results today.
When Report?
Expected Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth
Expected Earnings per Share
Last Year's Earnings Per Share
|Coca-Cola (NYS: KO)
|Before market open
|Johnson & Johnson (NYS: JNJ)
|Before market open
|After market close
|Intel (NAS: INTC)
|After market close
Sources: Thomson Reuters, Yahoo! Finance.
Few analysts expect any big surprises from Coca-Cola when it reports this morning. But as Fool analyst John Del Vecchio points out, a trend toward lower profit margins because of increased raw ingredient costs is somewhat troubling for longer-term investors. Moreover, rising accounts receivable have hampered cash flow recently, and the company has taken advantage of low interest rates to more than triple its long-term debt in just the past two years. Regardless of what Coke says this quarter, those are warning signs that investors should watch well into the future.
Johnson & Johnson, on the other hand, definitely has something to prove: that it can clamp down on reputation-damaging problems that have plagued the company for years. On top of numerous recalls, a judge ruled yesterday that J&J's Cordis subsidiary will have to pay Boston Scientific $40 million for patent infringement. With CEO Bill Weldon stepping down, the glimpse at J&J's outlook and future strategy will be far more important than the flat results that analysts are expecting from the health-care giant.
IBM has already gotten a huge boost from sales and earnings growth in the past, so expecting too much from the company this time around may be setting yourself up for disappointment. But as Fool tech analyst Eric Bleeker pointed out in his Rising Star buy recommendation for the company, IBM's breadth in offering hardware, higher-margin software, and highly profitable support services to help bring it all together gives the company a huge competitive advantage -- along with a big incentive for clients to stick with IBM rather than trying to take their business elsewhere. The earnings growth that's expected from IBM won't be nearly enough to reach its long-term goal of $20 per share in annual earnings three years early, but it should keep the tech giant on track to get there by 2015.
Finally, Intel is the only company of the four that's expected to see falling profits and a slight decline in revenue. Hewlett-Packard's positive PC sales announcement notwithstanding, Intel can't afford to rest on its laurels and expect its dominance in PC microprocessors to bring it continuing growth. Fortunately, the company knows that quite well, and as Fool contributor Sean Williams recently pointed out, Intel is pushing hard to penetrate the tablet and smartphone market. It's too early for its recent innovations to have a huge impact on its numbers, but you should still look closely at the line items behind the headline numbers to get glimpses of how Intel's efforts to diversify its chip offerings are doing.
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Further to my previous post recommending Sophie McKenzie's books, details of the cover of Sister, Missing and the reissue of Girl, Missing, have just been released.
The cover for Sister, Missing in particular is like one of those optical illusions where you see a wrinkly face and a young girl's in the same picture!
A similar approach was taken with Kelley Armstrong's The Gathering, earlier this year:


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Around the World - Denmark
Nyhavn is a famous harbor. It is in our capital, Copenhagen. Many people come here to see the Little Mermaid statue. Odense is the place where Andersen was born and grew up. That's why Odense is Denmark's fairytale town...Read more
Mini Library - The Ugly Duckling
All of the mother duck's eggs hatch. The last one to come out is different. He is big and gray. He is a strange duckling. The mother duck shows her ducklings to her friends. Her friends laugh at the gray duckling. They call him ugly...Read more
Say It! - Be Careful!
Aga:Let's go!
Isabella:No way! We're not allowed to jaywalk.
Aga:Come on! There are no cars now.
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OMG198 - Andy Murphy feat Andrew De Silva - Can't Keep Me
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Current TV sensation Andrew De Silva, is the emotional powerhouse on the Seven Network's, Australia's Got Talent this year.
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"As a betting man, I'd be putting my money you right now to win this show' Brian McFadden
Andrew De Silva was a member of the popular Aussie band, 'CBD' in the 1990s, reaching national fame and success for their radio hit, 'Let's Groove' in 1995.
Since then, De Silva has won a battle with illness, started a young family and more recently come to terms with a lifelong stutter and is the big hope for the Seven Network's Australia's Got Talent this year.
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Consumer confidence gave retailers their third straight month of solid sales in February, according to The New York Times.
Warmer weather, tax refunds, and more appealing spring fashions contributed to the upbeat results. February's performance followed a robust January performance and a better-than-expected holiday season, the Times reports.
Retail chain stores posted their best numbers in more than three years as sales rose 6.7% in a year-over-year sales comparison, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) Chain Store Sales Index. It was the strongest performance since April 2000 when sales improved by 7.9%.
The release of retailers' results coincided with a Labor Department report that the number of people filing new applications for unemployment benefits have dropped last week, indicating that companies may be feeling more confident about the strength of the economic recovery and less inclined to reduce their payrolls.


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I've updated my data on the numbers of MEP assistants – you can now view it on a dedicated page which will be updated on a regular(-ish) basis in the future.
There has been some movement – Antanas 'Tony' GUOGA is no longer at the top and has been surpassed by Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO (S&D, Spain) (3 accredited and 32 local assistants) and Dubravka ŠUICA (EPP, Croatia) (3 accredited, 23 local). Mr Guoga himself cut down the number of his local assistants by 5 so he now has 4 + 19 assistants. (I am sorry if anyone actually lost their job because of me.)
Update: Mr Gutiérrez reacted on these figures:
@JonasJancarik As Secretary General of @Socialistas_PE I sign the contracts of ALL local parliamentary assistants of MEPs @Socialistas_PE
— Sergio Gutierrez (@Sergio_GP) April 20, 2015
@JonasJancarik You can check the other @Socialistas_PE MEPs profile, and you will see they have no local parliamentary assistant assigned.
— Sergio Gutierrez (@Sergio_GP) April 20, 2015
@JonasJancarik They are being centralize for better transparency and monitoring
— Sergio Gutierrez (@Sergio_GP) April 20, 2015
Mr Guoga was interviewed by the Lithuanian national radio shortly after my original post was published (I know because I got my 2 minutes of Baltic fame on the same programme). He explained (Google Translate told me) that there were assistants who are not full-time employees on his team but who are not party members either. This is important as putting staff working for the national party (rather than directly for the MEP) on the EP payroll is banned and such practices have been at the centre of the recent scandal regarding Front National MEPs. If you understand Lithuanian, you can listen to the report online (around 105:40) or you can read a related article on the radio's website.
Lithuania still stays at the top, though, with an average of 14.36. Poland is still second and Malta third.
On the other hand, there are now 33 MEPs with no assistants in Brussels. Three of them are newly incoming MEPs, so it is understandable they have not formed or registered their team yet. There are also several MEPs who have staff working for them as members of their political group leadership . Anyway, the biggest outliers are now:
- Ryszard CZARNECKI (ECR, Poland) – 0 accredited, 14 local
- Bill ETHERIDGE (EFDD, UK) – 0 acc., 13 local
- Karol KARSKI (ECR, Poland) – 0 acc., 11 local
Making the data accessible
I have also updated my script and Excel file so that it is going to be easier to keep the data up to date in the future. In case anyone would like to play with the data, you can use these resources:
- List of all MEPs (XML)
- List of all accredited MEP assistants (XML*, CSV, JSON)
- List of all local MEP assistants in (XML*, CSV, JSON)
- List of incoming/outgoing MEPs (XML*, CSV, JSON)
- Excel file connected to these data sources (.xlsx)
The first file is served directly by the EP website, although there is no public link on the EP website to this file anymore. The two lists of MEP assistants are generated by my scraper script on the fly so they are always up to date. (I might opensource the scraper at some point. It is not entirely presentable at the moment, though.)
Let me know if you find this useful and get in touch with me if you encounter any issues.
* If you need a URL without parameters (Excel for example might have a problem with that), there are alternative files for both accredited and local assistants and for incoming/outgoing MEPs.


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The post that prompted this blog post came from a post I saw on MobiMOOC today regarding information assessment and recognition of success. In MobiMOOC 2012 one of the new things that is baked into the course is the awarding of badges, with an eye toward Mozilla's Open Badges. There are currently three types of badges:
- Wonderful Participant (for signing up in the course)
- Advanced learner (for participating in at least 2 topics in MobiMOOC)
- Memorable Collaborator (for being active in 3 topics) and writing a project overview for an mLearning project)
In any case, the issue of legitimate peripheral participation does come up, as it usually does with cMOOCs. I know that in #change11 I (perhaps) got a bit of a reputation for being anti-lurker. I am not anti-lurker, but I think that lurkers don't necessarily rise to the same level of recognition as active participants. After all, active participants not only take control of their own learning (like lurkers might), but they also enrich other people's learning by participating, adding resources, giving their own two cents and moving the conversation forward.
In xMOOCs, like the coursera courses I am currently enrolled in, you can have legitimate peripheral participation (i.e. view videos, take quizzes, write papers), and still get acknowledged. Ironically enough cMOOC stalwarts sometimes look down upon this model because of the robotization of the grading and potential lack of human contact; but it is the same people who also defend the rights of lurkers ;-) OK, OK, I digress!
One legitimate point, brought up by Nick Kearney, which deserves a little more discussion is that badges (and other ways of certifying people) promote certain outcomes of the course; and if a learner wanted to go down their own path (which isn't necessarily the path of the designer of the course) they won't get accreditation.
This is true, however there are a few factors to consider:
First, any course, be it on-campus, online, cMOOC, xMOOC, workshop, whatever - is designed (or should be!). The selection of content and tools is predicated on the learning goals of the course. In other words, all courses are already infused with certain values, predispositions and goals. If this were not the case, we would not be calling it a course (the C in MOOC stands for Course), but we would call it a Social, a get-together, or Open Mic. Each course has a goal and those goals determine what I need to do to get the badge, certificate, or credit.
Secondly, even though courses do have these pre-determined values and for the course, it doesn't mean that the learner's freedom is impeded. In a MOOC, learners can go off and tread their own paths with no consequences because MOOCs are self-directing for the most part. In a paid college course, learners can also do this, tread their own paths, but the caveat is that they have to do any silly little assignments that everyone else is doing (that they might not want to do) in order to pass.
In a MOOC, learners do no need the accreditation from an official body. They can easily create a portfolio that showcases what they've learned and show that off. A blog of reflections can be a type of portfolio for instance.
Finally, Nick writes:
The result is that my freedom to engage with the MOOC in my own way is curtailed. You move away from the OPEN and more towards the COURSE. The idea of levels also created distinctions that may be counter-productive. What about LEGITIMATE PERIPHERAL PARTICIPATION.
I think that Nick misses one thing here. OPEN and COURSE are both part and parcel of a MOOC (Massive Online Open Course). You cannot take one, and leave the other if you are running a MOOC. As I've stated above, in a MOOC you do not need to do what the rest of the Course participants are doing, so no freedoms are curtailed. Open, unlike closed is not a binary. Closed either is, or isn't. Open, on the other hand (IMHO) is a whole variety of shades of gray, with different degrees of open. At the end of the day, it's up to the course designers and presenters to assess why they are there, what they want to accomplish, and what their roadmap is for doing just that. If one wants to make their own path, so be it ( :-) ) but that doesn't mean that they ought to accredit everyone and anyone who goes their own path. That's just untenable, and we are back to robograding, and criticisms of xMOOCs ;-)
What do you think? :)


text: Challenges To School Exclusion Author : and Ann Blair ISBN : 9781134580545 Genre : Education File Size : 34.61 MB Format : PDF, ePub, Docs Download : 301 Read : 732 Download eBook Permanent exclusion is the most severe sanction a school can impose on a child and the number of permanently excluded children is rising. Based on systematic observation of exclusion appeal panel hearings.Challenges to School Exclusion offers a unique insight into the appeal process. It focuses on: *mechanisms by which parents and children can challenge permanent exclusion *the law and current practice *the social context of exclusion *reforms of the appeal system made by the School Standards and Framework Act *the DfEEs latest guidance on pupil inclusion. Challenges to School Exclusion is the first study to examine permanent exclusion. The findings reveal serious deficiencies in the appeal system, including a frequent failure to deal fairly with excluded children. The text will be of particular interest to head teachers, local education authorities, school governors, education lawyers and education charities.


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Flicking through my notebook, I stopped at this photo of Picasso and Dora Maar. Look at the two of them together: perfect. Her glossy voluptuousness alongside his bullish solidity. The symmetry of their poses and their bodies a contrast to the horizontals of sky and sea. And, apart from wishing it was me in that sea with the scents of the Mediterranean around me, it set me thinking about the mysteries of pairings.
Often, during my (many) moments of people watching, I pay particular attention to couples. What was it that drew them to each other; what keeps them together? Over the years I've seen friends and family un-couple and re-couple. I've done the same myself. Sometimes it's a mystery why one individual is chosen over another. But a greater mystery to me is this deep need to move through life with another person. At times it seems that being in a pair demands more than it gives; times when love can be hard to summon. Times, to be honest, especially with the conflicting needs of family life, when a relationship seems less a matter of love than a practical arrangement. There is no hiding in a long relationship; all one's flaws are exposed and tested, over and again. To know someone utterly is to be known, and the vulnerability that comes with that sometimes overwhelms me.
But to be willing to endure this exposure, endure all the compromise and contingencies and uncertainties that moving through life with another person involves, is to me what love is. To love someone despite, as well as because. To ask 'would I do it again?' and be able to answer yes. Yes. What more?
Bei Hennef
The little river twittering in the twilight,
The wan, wondering look of the pale sky,
This is almost bliss.
And everything shut up and gone to sleep,
All the troubles and anxieties and pain
Gone under the twilight.
Only the twilight now, and the soft 'Sh!' of the river
That will last for ever.
And at last I know my love for you is here;
I can see it all, it is whole like the twilight,
It is large, so large, I could not see it before,
Because of the little lights and flickers and interruptions,
Troubles, anxieties and pains.
You are the call and I am the answer,
You are the wish, and I the fulfilment,
You are the night, and I the day.
What else? It is perfect enough.
It is perfectly complete.
You and I,
What more - ?
Strange, how we suffer in spite of this!
DH Lawrence, from Selected Poems (ed. James Fenton, Penguin)


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Rasmus Lerdorf (born November 22, 1968 in Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland) is a Danish programmer with Canadian citizenship and is most notable as the creator of the PHP programming language. He authored the first two versions. Lerdorf also participated in the development of later versions of PHP led by a group of developers including Jim Winstead (who later created blo.gs), Stig Bakken, Shane Caraveo, Andi Gutmans and Zeev Suraski.
He has contributed to the Apache HTTP Server [2] and he also came up with the LIMIT clause [3] and added it to the mSQL Database in 1995. It is the origin of the LIMIT clauses found in MySQL and PostgreSQL.
He graduated from King City Secondary School in 1988, and in 1993 he graduated from the University of Waterloo with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Systems Design Engineering. From September 2002 to November 6th 2009, he had been employed by Yahoo! Inc. as an Infrastructure Architecture Engineer.
During his keynote presentation at OSCMS 2007 Conference, Lerdorf presented a security vulnerability in each of the projects represented at OSCMS that year.[4]
He is a frequent speaker at Open Source conferences around the world.
Rasmus Lerdorf (born 22 November 1968) is a Danish-Greenlandic programmer and the author of the first version of the PHP web programming language.


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Yesterday we were at LeEco Supertainment event in Mumbai. Le-Eco have announced lot of things including a new device. The new device is being called as Le 1s eco and marketed as their first 'Made for India' phone!
Le-eco Le 1s Eco hosts similar techical specs specifications compared to Le 1s but there are slight difference like it has under-clocked Helio X10 octa core processor clocked at 1.85 GHz while le1s has 2.2 GHz. Also there are slight changes in the design. We werent able to determine whether it was le 1s or le1s eco, but looking closely we spotted the difference in design. Le 1s has all metal squared body while le1s eco has slightly chamferd edges giving it a little better feel in hands. It has all other specs like 5.5 Incell Full HD Display, Corning Gorilla Glass protection, 32 GB internal storage, 3GB of RAM, Dual Sim, 3000Mah battery, finger print sensor Similar to the Le1s device .
LeEco Le 1s ECO specifications
- 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) in-cell display with 500nits brightness
- 1.8 GHz Octa-Core Mediatek Helio X10 (MT6795) processor with PowerVR G6200 GPU
- 3GB LPDDR3 RAM, 32GB eMMC5.0 internal memory
- Android 5.0 (Lollipop) based EUI 5.5
- Dual SIM (nano + micro)
- Dimensions: 151.1x 74.2 x 7.5mm; Weight: 169g
- 13MP rear camera with LED flash, f/2.0 aperture, ISOCELL sensor, PDAF, 4K video recording at 30 fps, 720p at 120 fps
- 5MP front-facing camera, Samsung S5K5E2 sensor, 85-degree wide-angle lens
- Dolby audio, Dirac HD audio technology
- Infrared sensor
- 4G LTE / 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 ac/a/b/g/n (2.4GHz / 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.0 with APT-X, GPS, USB 2.0 Type C, MHL 2.0
- 3000mAh battery
But, this event wasn't only about the product launch. It was about the 'Supertainment', as Le-Eco calls it. This includes the vertical integration of Content, Services and Experience. So coming to the content, they have partnered with EROS NOW which will allow you to access more than 2000 latest movies on your Le device via LeVIDI app. Also they have partnered with Yupp TV to offer live access to 100 plus channels which you can access via there Yupp TV app which can be launched via home screen toggle. All you need to have is a good internet connection which would cost you a lot in these days.
Apart from this, they have partnered with Hungama to offer more than 3.5 million songs. Via their LEview app, you get access to 50 plus live concerts and you also get latest viral videos from YouTube. They are also planning to expand this partnered services in future to offer great media content.
Apart from offering the content, LE Eco subscription member will get access to services such as 5TB of LeCloud storage, Exclusive discounts, redeem coupons and other things. LeEco promises these services and content to be accessed from any Le Device available such as LeTV. The services covered under subscription are really good although we are skeptical about the response from the Indian Audiences as the history tells it that subscription model does not work well for them.
You can avail this subscription membership for 490 a month or 4900 a year which would be available free for one year when you buy a new LE1s eco phone.
The first sale will happen on 12th May at 2pm on flipkart.com and you can avail this phone for 9999 as an introductory first flash sale offer. After the first sale you will have to buy le 1s eco phone for RS 10890. Le-Eco would sell about 1,00,000 phones in this sale lesser than 4,00,000 units which were sold in the Le1s flash sale.
There might be similar strategy follow ups by other leading smartphone manufacturers such as Xiaomi and Huawei although Le-Eco has a subtle advantage over it in terms of content. Le-Eco was primarily a content and media company apart from Hardware so we expect it to rule in this field which would likely form a competitive advantage for Le-Eco over other hardware companies such as Huawei or Xiaomi. Le-Eco plans to integrate the verticals of content and experience with its other product offerings such as Electric cars, Television and VR headsets. Although a clear strategy might be lacking on Indian customer acquisition and with the current partnerships, it is seen as a huge opportunity for Le-Eco to enter the Indian market.
In all, this is just a cherry over the cake for Le1s users although only the time would tell what would be the result of this strategy and response from the other manufacturers such as Xiaomi. All the best Le-Eco India!


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The Treasury International Capital Report (TIC) measures foreign demand for US financial assets. It is released monthly with a 6 week lag, and includes data on foreign purchases and sales of US stocks, corporate and government bonds, and agency securities.
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One of the reasons why interest rates on US Treasuries are so low, is because of investment demands from foreigners and foreign governments. The TIC report gives investors an accurate picture of how this important source of demand for US Treasuries is changing. If foreign holdings of US Treasuries remain steady or increase, then this is another argument in favor of interest rates staying low or decreasing further. If the TIC report shows foreign holdings of US Treasuries are decreasing, then this would be another argument in favor of rates rising in the future.
Since the financial crisis in 2008, US Government Debt and Fed Intervention in the markets have both increased dramatically. Normally this would cause foreign investors to become uneasy about buying another country's debt for the following reasons:
- Just as with individuals and companies when a country increases their debt load dramatically, this increases the chances that the country will have a problem paying their debts.
- As the Federal Reserve or other Central Bank expands their country's money supply it should make the value of the existing money in the economy fall. If you are a foreign individual or government that is holding US Debt (which is denominated in US Dollars) then a falling US Dollar decreases the value of your investment.
It would be logical to think that under these circumstances foreign demand for US Bonds would decrease, causing interest rates to rise as the US Government has to pay a higher yield in order to attract buyers for its debt. While there has been a lot of talk about this happening, as the graph below of foreign demand for US Treasuries shows, that opposite is actually happening. Foreign demand for US Debt has increased dramatically since the financial crisis for the following reasons:
- As the largest economy, with the largest military in the world the US benefits from "safe haven flows." When there is economic and/or geopolitical uncertainty in other parts of the world, foreign investors and governments park their money in US Treasuries.
- Its not that the US is in great shape since the financial crisis, but relative to other countries its seen as "the least dirty shirt in the hamper". If you are not comfortable with the financial stability of any country, you park your money in the country that you are the least uncomfortable with.
- The US Dollar is the world's reserve currency which is held by other countries in order to pay international debt, and in transactions for commodities like gold and oil. This creates a natural demand for the currency and US Treasuries which are often held in lieu of US Dollars.
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A primer on the nature and culture of the remaining elven people.
Elves tend to be tall, slim and fair skinned. Their features are somewhat angular with large, slightly slanted, eyes and narrow faces. Most elves would be attractive by human standards but the beauty has an otherworldly fierceness to it.
Cartisan elves have brown, red and blond hair combined with eyes of emerald, sapphire, amethyst and gold. Elves of the former Over-Empire tend to very pale skin and dark blue or coal black hair. Their eyes are typically obsidian, sapphire or silver. Finally the Candalorian elves have the most diverse combinations of skin and hair tones but their eyes are uniformly the grey-green of a storm wracked ocean.
Elven lifespan is, barring the Affliction, roughly five hundred years. They reach physical maturity at about age twenty but are still considered a youth until they are fifty years old. The Affliction typically sets in around adulthood.
Creatures of magic, the Elves were masters of the world prior to the Sundering. Their innate ability to control Primal magic allowed even the least among them to bend reality to their whim. Sustained by magic, and practically ageless, their entire culture was dedicated to perfection. Every elf was a craftsman, an artist, a warrior-poet or a spellsinger. Everything an elf did was an artform, especially statecraft and war.
The ancient world was a glittering, constantly evolving, experiment in art and perfection. Their cities were powered by captive spirits, their baser needs met by human slaves, and raw materials traded by the Dwarves. But despite their power and knowledge, they could not forsee their own doom approaching.
When Carathas sundered the Pillars everything the Elves had built came crashing down. Their power was forever gone and they could not wield even the least of the new Pillar magics. Worse than that their numbers were decimated. Millions of elves perished at a stroke during the Sundering and many more died after due to sickness and starvation.
Elves, since the Sundering, can be divided into three broad categories – the Lost, the Seekers and the Wilders. While there is a certain degree of overlap between these groups, the differences are fairly distinct and exceptions are rare.
The Lost
The majority of remaining Elves are a sorry lot, suffering from the Affliction. This curse is caused by a lack of Primal Magic and causes physical weakness and mental instability. Most elves will die enfeebled and demented long before their natural lifespan has run its course, due to the Affliction. The Lost gather in squalid slums around the enclaves of the Seekers, where they are fed and tended to as best as the Seekers are able. Life is hard and short in these fetid ghettos that combine the worst aspects of a refugee camp and an insane asylum. Some, those less affected by the Affliction, eke out a meagre existence in the settlements on the human forntiers.
The Seekers
The Elves that have managed to control their Affliction through studied calm and peceful contemplation are known as the Seekers. They are the longest lived of their race, harnessing inner harmony and natural science to aid their less fortunate kin. They have established enclaves throughout the former Elven homelands – centers of healing and learning surrounded by the shanty towns of the Lost. Seekers do not neither shun nor embrace magic, seeing it as a dangerous tool that should only be used when appropriate.
Scholars, healers, seers and sages, the Seekers are uniformly peaceful and rarely leave the Enclaves. Those that venture out into the violent world of Men do not linger long for fear of becoming a Wilder.
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Elves that embrace the power of Arcane magic and the energy of blood are known as Wilders. They see themselves as the champions of a lost race and walk a fine line between succumbing to the Affliction and a violent end fuelled by Arcane blood-lust. They are everything that the Seekers are not – violent, wild, angry wanderers – and are the most likely kind of Elf to be encountered outside of the enclaves. Many despise humans and seek to vent their anger on them at every turn. These are the best known type of Wilder among Men with many a human child scared into obedience by stories of bloodthirsty elves prowling the darkness.
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ISTANBUL — The United States is two nights and two wins from a gold medal at the 2010 FIBA World Championship. But neither of those two wins will come easy. And if it's not at its best on both Saturday and Sunday, the U.S. will fail to accomplish their goal.
The level of competition takes another step up in the semifinals on Saturday, when the U.S. will meet 7-0 Lithuania.
Lithuania has perhaps been the second best country in international competition since NBA players began participating in 1992. They've finished in the top four of every Olympics (with three bronze medals) since then. They haven't has as much success at the World Championship, but this is a country with a lot of basketball tradition.
This year's edition of Lithuania basketball is missing some key veteran players like Sarunas Jasikevicius, Ramunas Siskauskas, Rimantas Kaukenas and Ksystof Lavrinovic. But clearly, with how well they've played thus far, they're doing pretty well without them.
Linas Kleiza, a better player than he was when he left the Denver Nuggets a year ago, is the star. But this is a deep and talented roster, with plenty of guys that can put the ball in the basket.
These two teams met in an exhibition game three weeks ago in Madrid. The U.S. came away with a 77-61 victory, but not before Lithuania taught them a lesson or two in international basketball.
"They were playing the international game and we were still playing a U.S. game that night," USA coach Mike Krzyzewski said Friday. "And they knocked us back. We did enough to win the exhibition, but we're going to have to play a lot better than that to win on Saturday."
If the U.S. didn't know that before, they knew it after Lithuania crushed Argentina in the quarterfinals on Thursday. It was a dominant performance on both ends of the floor, a clear indication that the Lithuanian squad is not the same one the U.S. faced three weeks ago.
"To me, it's a little scary that they can be that good," Krzyzewski said. "And they can be that good."
And the U.S. can't get comfortable if it happens to lead by double-digits in the first half. The quarterfinal against Argentina was a bit unique, in that Lithuania got out to an early lead. This team came back from 17 down against Canada, 18 down against Spain, 15 down against France, and 11 down against China.
Recent History
2000 Olympics – USA 85, Lithuania 76; USA 85, Lithuania 83
2004 Olympics – Lithuania 94, USA 90; USA 104, Lithuania 96
How Lithuania got here (1st place, Group D)
Defeated New Zealand, 92-79
Defeated Canada, 70-68
Defeated Spain, 76-73
Defeated France, 69-55
Defeated Lebanon, 84-66
Round of 16: Defeated China, 78-67
Quarterfinals: Defeated Argentina, 104-85
Lithuania's Offense
111.5 points scored per 100 possessions (9th of 24 teams through Thursday)
They will look to keep Kleiza on the move and get him the ball in different spots on the floor. He's both strong and versatile, not an great matchup for either Andre Iguodala or Kevin Durant. He can shoot from the outside or put the ball on the floor. And sometimes, he'll just use his strength to back his man down and get to the rim.
Point guard Mantas Kalnietis runs the show, but averages just 3.4 assists per game. As a whole, Lithuania records assists on less than half of their field goals.
And though they execute well in the half-court, they will look to run when they can. They've played at the seventh fastest pace of the 24 teams in the tournament thus far. And against Argentina, they got a lot of opportunities in transition and on the secondary break, with guys spotting up on the perimeter.
Almost every guy in their rotation can shoot, so the U.S. will need to get back quickly and cover the perimeter. Avoiding turnovers as well as they have in the last two games will also be critical.
Lithuania's Defense
96.5 points allowed per 100 possessions (3rd)
Lithuania has played mostly man-to-man in the tournament, but they played zone almost exclusively against a France team that couldn't shoot. They'll likely mix things up against the U.S., maybe showing zone more than they have against less athletic teams.
In the exhibition game three weeks ago, Lithuania put both (former Dukie) Martynas Pocius and Simas Jasaitis on Durant. Like Russia, they will be physical with the U.S., unafraid to pick up fouls to keep the Americans from getting to the rim.
Lithuania doesn't force many turnovers, but they've been the second best team in the tournament at defending the 3-point line, allowing their opponents to shoot just 29 percent from beyond the arc.
With two strong defensive teams, this may be the most critical aspect of the game. Lithuania has been the second best rebounding team overall (behind only Serbia), but they rank sixth on both the offensive and defensive ends of the floor. The U.S. has been the second best offensive rebounding team in the tournament, but below average on the defensive glass.
Starting center Robertas Javtokas grabs more than 10 boards per 40 minutes, but so do forwards Tadas Klimavicius and Paulius Jankunas. And their guards rebound too. So the U.S. will have make sure to get a body on everybody when a shot goes up.
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I had plans to meet some friends for dinner this afternoon after school. I was the first one there so I ordered a Passion Fruit Martini and downed it. I don't drink often, but I know when I need one, and today was one of those days.
Amazing what kind of havoc a simple thing like a fire drill can wreak. They did warn us in advance a few days ago, but I, being the age I am, promptly forgot, and we had about two minutes to prep the kids before the thing went off. Off we went in our line, out the coat room door, Abner and Horace still holding toys because there was no time to wrestle them out of their hands. The class did quite well, but the drill ended at the recess bell, and my poor line got bombarded by the big kids who'd long since gone back into the school and then poured out the doors and barreled out to the equipment for their recess. By the time my charges were settled in their chairs to eat, we were ten minutes behind schedule. I had them on my own a few minutes later (the fire drill erased ten minutes of my twenty minute break) for Quiet Time. Some glitch in the system rendered my smart board computer unusable all day, so there was no calm-down show available for the children to enjoy while they relaxed on the carpet. I got them settled as well as I could with some gentle music, but a lot of the kids were still eating, due to the late start of their lunch. There was still quite a mess from centre time (we had to abandon tidy-up for the fire alarm). Then, the plumbing system went down. Our classroom, the one backing up to ours, and the staff washroom toilets–all not flushing. We got tidied up for outdoor play, got all the kids into their outside shoes and helped them pack their backpacks, finally got out there, and then it started to rain, so we had to herd them all back in. Horace had one crying jag/tantrum after the next, and by the time his mother was there to pick him up, I had to carry him out the door, wailing, because he refused to go out. Finally, all the kids were gone except for Abner. I took him to the office ten minutes later, as his mother had still not materialized, where I left him screaming at the top of his lungs because the dinosaur book he'd read there once was nowhere to be seen. My thought was that the office needed to hear one of his "scream-like-it's-a-murder-in-progress" rages and get a little taste of what we go through numerous times in the course of a typical day.
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KidLit Cares Sandy Relief Effort Auction
As one of the Paper Waiters who now lives outside of NJ, it has been heartbreaking to watch the footage of Sandy and the devastation left in her wake. The above picture, in particular, left me feeling empty, helpless and just, well, sad. That is the Star Jet roller coaster from Seaside Heights' famed Casino Pier.
There are no words.
I called it the jet star...rolled off the tongue better, I guess. And it used to TERRIFY me. The first climb was straight up to the sky and there was always that thought - what if it doesn't stop? What if we go hurtling into the ocean? That net is SO not going to catch me! Being terrified was part of it - especially when there was a cute guy involved. Nothing like the adrenaline rush of a roller coaster ride to force that first tenuous physical contact and make it okay. There is magic in that sea-salt air!
The boardwalk was always bustling with families, freaks, hairbags, bennies, guidos and guidettes BEFORE Jersey Shore was even an idea in some TV executive's head. It was the perfect diversion. My mother recently told me, back in her day, they were warned about going to Seaside because the "sin oozed up from under the Boardwalk."
It didn't stop her from going.
Steak sandwiches, lemonade with half a lemon floating in it, games of chance for oversized stuffed animals or rude tee shirts and the possibility of stolen kisses after a sleepy day at the beach...a little slice of Jersey heaven.
I know the shore isn't the only place that was devastated, and I can't begin to fathom all of the lives this storm has touched and changed forever. What is life affirming to me is how people come together.
Children's author Kate Messner started KidLit Cares - an auction to benefit the Sandy Relief Effort. A phone chat with agent Erin Murphy, a phone call and critique with Egmont USA publisher and editor Elizabeth Law and a Skype visit with author/illustrator Mo Willems are just a few of the experiences you can bid on through this amazing auction. Author Skype visits! Manuscript critiques from pros! All to help out a good cause. Go. BID. The auction runs until November 9th. (latest item additions have later end dates!) THANK YOU!!
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EX-CHELSEA star Florent Malouda has joined a club lying seventh in the league... in LUXEMBOURG.
The France international won the Champions League, Premier League and three FA Cups before ending his six-year Blues stay in 2013.
Malouda, 37, has since played for Trabzonspor, Metz and Delhi Dynamos.
He has now penned a deal with Differdange 03, who have won the Luxembourg title six times - but were last champions of the tiny nation in 1979.
It is a staggering slump in fortunes for the 80-cap winger, who scored 45 goals in 228 Chelsea appearances.
He also played for Chateauroux, Guingamp and Lyon before a £13million move to Stamford Bridge in 2007.
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If you gaze into a magic crystal ball, you will see that technology is driving down the number of young drivers on the road. The U.S. PIRG recently published a report detailing how the enhancement and widespread diffusion of technology has led to a decrease in car usage, particularly among younger generations. From 2001 to 2009, driving among individuals age 16 to 34 decreased by 23 percent. The relationship between diminished driving and the rise in technology cannot be ignored. Access to broadband speed internet, along with increased mobile phone subscription, specifically smartphones, has enabled a large group of people to get from point A to point B, and beyond without owning a car. What could result, should this trend continue, is a more efficient, environmentally-friendly transportation dynamic, one where both congestion and pollution are significantly curtailed.
What is rare, but almost inarguably positive about these developments is that there is seemingly no tradeoff; the relationship between improving technology and less driving yields only benefits. What some might find appealing about this is that it can please both motorists and commuters, with motorists dealing with fewer cars on the road, and commuters finding it easier to get around without owning a car. In addition, this enhancement of technology, long seen as a culprit in pollution, has ironically influenced young adults to drive less. If this trend continues, future generations may adopt it in larger and larger numbers. There are many people who share this sentiment, and the decrease in car usage will likely be a boon for climate change awareness. And for those that bemoan traffic congestion, they can perhaps look forward to contending with fewer cars on the road.


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The most unique feature of this third floor room is an original (1929) claw-foot tub, refitted with new brass fixtures and a personal shower. The blue and white bedroom features twin feather beds, and a wicker desk. This room can also be made up into a king size bed.
This room is named for the Dysinger sisters, Saranda and Margaret, who started the first green house/florist in Albion. In 1912 their flower shop on Superior Street was the local headquarters for the Suffragette Movement.
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happy monday! it's finally feeling like fall here in Taiwan. the weather has cooled off and Husband and I have tried to take full advantage, spending weekend mornings or sunsets walking in various parks. it's sweatshirt + moccasin weather. drink tea or spiked cocoa weather. but not yet turn-on-the-space-heater-my-bones-are-cold weather.
what kind of plans? well, for starters, we just booked a trip to Tokyo Disneyland for next spring! we plan to see some of actual Tokyo too, but the main point of this trip is to go to Disney, because that's what I wanted to do for my birthday. a girl only turns 29 for the first time once, right?
I also have to mention, last friday I went on a Taipei adventure with a friend. we did some masterful MRT navigation, devoured a few platters of middle eastern food, and wandered around IKEA. I almost bought a stuffed broccoli toy for Husband, but opted for apple cinnamon candles and some new curtains instead [above.]
2. go to Ikea and buy some bedroom curtains.
3. finish organizing my bookshelf.
in case you're looking for proof - I posted a picture of my finished bookshelf on instagram last week. but blogger is being weird tonight about square photos, so you'll either have to click the link or take my word for it.
this week's wishes:
1. hang up the new curtains. since my walls are cement, this will involve a system of 3M hooks and maybe some string. I am 98% sure my ninja improvisation skills are going to work.
2. have an awesome time at the Thanksgiving potluck. right now we have almost 25 teachers + family members planning to gather for dinner. definitely one way to beat the expat holiday blues.
3. start decorating for Christmas. I'm usually a strict not-until-after-Thanksgiving kind of girl, but this year has been tough to hold out. I am sooooo excited to start stringing lights + hanging ornaments!


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Healing in the Game
After a tragic hot-air balloon accident claimed the lives of two staff members, the Richmond women's basketball program is trying to move forward
The story begins here, where the glaring overhead lights bounce off the giant red spider down at center court. The Richmond Spiders women's basketball team trots out, a mélange of braids, ponytails and curls bobbing in unison in front of 7,200 empty seats. It's a late-October preseason practice at the Robins Center arena, and this is where the healing happens.
Here, a scolding about a missed defensive assignment is a reminder of the right now, a fixture in the normal. Five months ago, this tight-knit family's fabric was torn, when two of its core members -- associate head coach Ginny Doyle and director of basketball operations Natalie Lewis -- embarked on a hot-air balloon ride and never came home. The wounds are fresh. The upcoming basketball season is long. Every second spent on the court is an act of resilience.
"She really loved this place," says Joe Doyle, smiling as he walks around his younger sister Ginny's house, a 15-minute drive from the University of Richmond campus. Joe and his mother are now trying to sell the home, and gathering Ginny's belongings forces him down memory lane.
Growing up in Philadelphia in the 1970s, they learned how to shoot hoops on the corner, where the basket was a metal rim bolted to a plywood backboard hanging from a telephone pole. Ginny always won, routinely embarrassing the neighborhood boys. She eventually chose to play college ball at George Washington, and then transferred to Richmond.
Joe pops in an old tape: grainy footage of big hair, bulging shoulder pads, and Ginny challenging former CBS analyst Billy Packer in a free-throw shooting contest in 1992. At the time, Ginny's streak of 66 straight from the line was an NCAA record for both men and women. It led to a series of TV appearances, national headlines and a nickname -- Dead Eye Doyle. She loved Richmond and found her way back there after assistant coaching stints at East Carolina and Rhode Island.
When Michael Shafer got the head-coaching gig at Richmond in 2005, Ginny stayed as part of his new staff. The program peaked with an NCAA tournament berth and five straight WNIT appearances, the last coming in the 2012 season. That's when Natalie Lewis, the bubbly 23 year old from Buffalo, joined the staff. Three minutes into Lewis' interview for the director of basketball operations job, Coach Shafer had made up his mind.
"It was the smile, the energy, and the enthusiasm," said Shafer. "She basically walked in saying, 'I love Richmond! I'll do whatever to be at Richmond!'"
So Natalie stayed, drawn to the city made for US history freaks who enjoy pleasant weather.
"She loved it, all the presidents and all the monuments," said her mother Trish Lewis. "Way beyond the campus she loved this city."
During her athletic days, Natalie starred as captain of the Richmond swim team, winning the Atlantic 10 championship in the 400-meter free relay in 2010. As tenacious as she was in the pool, she was unapologetically sweet out of it, baking cookies for road trips and giving handwritten letters to graduating teammates on Senior Day. She won her first swim meet at age 4, weeks after getting rid of those annoying water wings. She thrived on competition, alternating between swimming and basketball. When she wasn't playing, she was the young girl dancing and cheering at Canisius College basketball games in her hometown.
When Coach Shafer hired her, she grew so attached to the program that the team had to devise a grand scheme to keep her away from the arena one weekend, so that her longtime boyfriend could propose to her. Natalie found friendship and a wealth of knowledge in Ginny -- who, after nearly two decades, knew the program inside and out. Despite being 20 years apart in age, the two were linked through a mutual love of sports, Richmond and life.
"Ginny and Natalie just kind of clicked, and they had that spirit of 'Hey, let's do that!'" says Joe, winding down in his sister's sun-filled kitchen. "And I just envision that's probably what happened when they got the tickets for the balloon ride. They probably said, 'Hey, lets do that!'"
Coach Shafer was there. He heard that the balloon had been engulfed in flames 300 feet above ground. He saw the ambulances. He heard the wailing sirens as fire trucks converged on the wooded area near Meadow Event Park. He couldn't believe that any of this was real.
Authorities told him that the balloon -- carrying Ginny, Natalie and their pilot Daniel Kirk -- had collided with a power cord and caught fire. They didn't know exactly what went wrong. Pilot error, an empty fuel tank or the small size of the basket carrying the passengers could all be at fault. The only definite was that Ginny, Natalie and their pilot went missing shortly before 8 p.m. on Friday, May 9th.
Coach Shafer alerted the university and hurried back to a deserted campus, which was gearing up for graduation that Sunday. The president's suite in the football stadium had been turned into a safe zone, where devastated members of the athletic program gathered to wait for details from state police. Using the Group-Me app on his phone, the coach reached out to his players. One by one, they flew, drove and ran back to school, broken and seeking answers.
"Maryland's two hours away and on the drive back, I couldn't think about anything else and it was just one of the most painful feelings ever," said Spiders sophomore guard Janelle Hubbard. "There was really no other place I wanted to be, other than with my teammates, my coaches and people who I knew felt the same way that I was feeling."
By late Sunday morning, search crews had found the remains of the three passengers scattered in the nearby woods. The medical examiner's office later announced that Ginny and the pilot died of blunt force trauma, and Natalie of acute thermal injuries linked to the fire. Rocked by the news, the university organized an immediate memorial service. Hundreds of mourning hearts packed the Cannon Memorial Chapel on campus.
"I spent the entire month of May in a fog," said Coach Shafer. "And then I spent the month of June trying to come to the realization that I needed to find two new people to fill positions. I lived in denial because I certainly didn't want to do it."
In August, Shafer was able to meet with his entire team for the first time since the day everything changed. The theme was togetherness, and that tragedy was an opponent best faced with an army of loved ones. He revealed the patches they would be wearing on their jerseys this season, with the letters "G" and "N" stitched in memoriam.
The coach became the head of a family fighting to heal. He told them that he loved them, "10 or 12 times a day," through text messages and in person. "We've forever been changed and they now know me on a completely different level," said Shafer. "They saw me cry. They saw me devastated. That doesn't happen in games."
The drive from Buffalo to Richmond is about nine hours without heavy traffic. When they took the trip in May, Trish and Evan Lewis were gripped with fear, praying that their daughter would be able to greet them when they arrived. Today's drive is different. En route, they stop to visit some of Natalie's favorite places, reflecting on what she loved.
Once they reach the Robins Center arena, they greet Joe Doyle and his mother. It's a Friday in November, and the Richmond women's basketball team will tip off its season against Providence in a few minutes. Both families will be honored at halftime. Throughout the first half, friends, colleagues and fans of Ginny and Natalie stop by. Some offer a smile. Some offer a conversation. All offer hugs.
On the court, Coach Shafer and his team are cruising past the Friars. Assistant coach John Miller is the new face on the sideline, coming over from Rider University to help fill the void left by Ginny. Since the accident, the team has received words of encouragement from the women's basketball staff at Oklahoma State -- which lost two coaches in a plane crash in 2011 -- and countless others nationwide. The patches on the game jerseys are a constant reminder of the team's newfound purpose. After 13 first-half points from Bria Powell, the Spiders head into the halftime break up 41-26.
The Doyle and Lewis families take center court, holding hands. The university president, chaplain and athletic director hand each family a bag of memorial items. As photos of Ginny and Natalie are shown on the large arena screens, the tears begin to flow. The audience falls to a hush, taking in the images of the two victims smiling: at a Phillies game, after a marathon, with their loved ones, always smiling. The photo montage concludes. There's a standing ovation and abundant applause as the families embrace each other and clear the court. The game continues.
The story doesn't end here, on a rainy January day in The Bronx. When Richmond begins its A10 conference season against Fordham this Sunday, the team will still be healing. The expectation of Ginny or Natalie showing up at the gym hasn't subsided. In dealing with the pain and the massive void left by these two, some days are better than others.
But the court helps. The 94-by-50-foot hardwood, whether at the Robins Center or any of the 15 arenas the Spiders will visit this season, is a safe space. Every day of the past eight months, the team has battled its most relentless opponent. In the gym, the deep hurt turns to motivation. There is comfort in knowing that Ginny and Natalie would want them to be here, still playing the sport they love. An A10 championship and automatic bid to the NCAA tournament would be a bonus.


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These little albums come as four chipboard pages and four matching thin perspex pages. I love them because they make great gifts, whether stamped on a theme or used as a little scrapbook of a family gathering or other event. And they are very inexpensive.
The bird tile is stamped with a newish Stampendous stamp (you will see it again inside), then enamelled with 3 layers of normal clear embossing powder (I cut a square of white mount board for this). All the stamping on the clear pages is done with Cotton White Stazon.
The little square images comes from a lovely new ARTEMIO clear set.
The leaf and butterfly are also from an Artemio clear set.
The quote is an old favourite of mine from Stampendous.
The bird panel on the left is from a Magenta Puzzle set.
On the right panel is the gorgeous Stampendous stamp I also used on the cover - lovely isn't it!!
Another favourite quote by Stampendous - I do love words!!
And the Stampendous Agapanthus makes another appearance.
And finally the back cover - where you can stamp or write your own message. The album comes with 2 book rings to put it together, and then you can tie some ribbons or fibres to finish off.
If you want to see what the othe girls have been upto then check out the Woodware Blog
Also on the Woodware site you can see the new Stampendous stamps.


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Einstein and Zombies
Einstein is oddly suited to zombification…Hmm… Anyway! This is a promo for Time Vandals, the first book in an exciting new series by award winning writer Craig Cormick. Alternate Realities, Incredible Physics, and of course ZOMBIES! Produced by Pete Butz at Cry Havoc Media, animated by myself and special thanks to James Moudakis.


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Since the AD FS 2.0 RC, AD FS team "got feedback that the experience of setting up AD FS proxy server and making it work with AD FS Federation Service is cumbersome, as it involves multiple steps across both AD FS proxy and AD FS Federation Service machines". In AD FS 2.0 RC, after IT admin installs AD FS 2 proxy server on proxy machine, she runs proxy configuration wizard (PCW) and needs to: Select or generate a certificate as identity of the AD FS 2 proxy server; Add certificate to AD FS Federation Service trusted proxy certificates list; Outside of AD FS management console, make sure certificate's CA is trusted by AD FS Federation Service machines. Such above steps are needed to set up a level of trust between AD FS proxy server and AD FS Federation Service. AD FS proxy server might live in DMZ and provides one layer of insulation from outside attack. AD FS administrator need to keep track of proxy identity certificate life time and proactively renew it to make sure it doesn't expire & disrupt its service. There're several pain points around AD FS proxy setup & maintaining experience for AD FS 2 RC version: Setting up proxy involves touching multiple machines (both proxy and Federation Service machines); Maintaining AD FS proxy working state involves manual attention and steps.
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MJ took the next two pictures and sent them to me...pretty cute.
This is Dottie who plays the piano for the choir. She charmed us all with her solo..."Let's Do It' by Cole Porter.
And this is my dad's good friend Marilyn who is the leader of the gang! She is so funny and had fun with this number..."If My Firends Could See Me Now"!
Here's my crumpled program so you can see the selections of songs. It was such a fun evening. Thanks so much MJ and Molly for joining dad and me.


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Recently Linkin Park like Lady Gaga and some other celebrities has
T-Shirt for Japan Crisisbegun collecting fund for Tsunami Affected People in Japan. They asked their fans to buy a T-Shirt for $25 to pay for the victims. Later Mike Shinoda, co-frontman of Linkin Park immediately took to Twitter and asked fans to brainstorm ideas for a T-shirt to benefit victims of the 9.0 earthquake and tsunami that has claimed the lives of more than 11,000 people with 17,000 more missing.
Linkin Park and it's super-expert members
In 1996 three students of Agoura High School in Southern California decided to form a rap rock band and that was the foundation of the nucleas of present Linkin Park. The name of the band was not this as it is now. It was Xero and then it took a temporary name Hybrid Theory and soon became Lincoln Park. But due to the unavailability of the domain it becomes Linkin Park.
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Rob Bourdon (Drummer ), Brad Delson (guitarist ), and Mike Shinoda (MC/vocalist) were the three.Their friendship developed from a love of music—especially the music of artists such as Nine Inch Nails and the Deftones—and admiration for musicians who mixed sounds that most people considered taboo. Later Dave "Phoenix" Farrell (Bassist), Mark Wakefield (singer), and
art student Joseph Hahn (DJ) joined them and aspiring to do the same (mixed sound), they started a band called Xero in 1996 that mixed rock, old-school hip-hop, rap, and spooling electronic vibes. They have also utilized programming and synthesizers in their music. After high school they continued to make music together, crafting material that they still do and the band drew attention and appreciation in various labels while playing hometown shows in Los Angeles.
Few companies expressed interest in Xero's self-titled demo tape including: Fuse, Stick N' Move, Rhinestone, and Reading My Eyes.. When singer Wakefield left the lineup (he would later resurface as the manager for Taproot) Hybrid Theory, which was also the name of one of their albums, became the band's temporary name in 1998 as replacement singer Chester Bennington climbed aboard. But this temporary name soon took the name Lincoln Park. This name came from the lead singer, Chester Bennington, because they had to change their name due to copyright issues, and he got the name as he drove past Lincoln Park on the way home from band practice. However, the domain "lincolnpark.com" was not available for them, so they changed the spelling to Linkin park. It has also been suggested that the name 'Linkin Park' was suggested so that the band would appear right next to Limp Bizkit at record stores.
The new theme song of Transformer 3 by Linkin Park:
With Bennington and Shinoda sharing vocal duties, the musicians became powerful enough to distinguish themselves from the wave of nu-metal outfits that had appeared during the decade's latter half. Warner Bros. vice president Jeff Blue took note and signed Linkin Park in 1999, sending the band into the studio with Don Gilmore shortly thereafter. Their first album, "Hybrid Theory," came out in the fall of 2000, became a diamond seller, and was America's best-selling album of 2001. It was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries. Songs from a later album, Meteora, won MTV's Best Rock Video award and People's
Choice Award and it was the third best-selling album of 2003. It topped the Billboard 200 album chart in 2003, and was followed by extensive touring and charity work around the world. In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth greatest band of the music video era and the third best of the new millennium behind Oasis and Coldplay. Collision Course and Minutes to Midnight were also both highly successful albums. Linkin Park has earned over 20 music awards, including two Grammys, five American Music Awards, and 14 MTV awards.
The band has collaborated with several other artists, most notably with rapper Jay-Z in their mashup EP Collision Course, and many others included on Reanimation. The band's most recent work, the concept album A Thousand Suns, was released on September 8, 2010. Linkin Park has sold over 50 million albums worldwide.
Story in Brief
Linkin Park, a band from Agoura hill and suburban area of Southern California but a band awesome throughout the whole world.
Studio albums
Hybrid Theory (2000)
Meteora (2003)
Minutes to Midnight (2007)
A Thousand Suns (2010)
Musical style
Both Hybrid Theory and Meteora combine the alternative metal, nu metal, and rap rock sound with influences and elements from hip-hop, alternative rock, and electronica, utilizing programming and synthesizers. William Ruhlmann from Allmusic regarded it as "a Johnny-come-lately to an already overdone musical style," whereas Rolling Stone described their song "Breaking the Habit" as "risky, beautiful art". Linkin Park has cited Hed PE as one of their biggest influences.
Members include Chester Bennington (born on March 30, 1976), vocals
- Rob Bourdon (born on January 20, 1979), drums
- Brad Delson (born on December 1, 1977), guitar
- Darren Farrell or Phonix Farrell ( (David Michael Farrell) (February, 8, 1977) bass
- Joseph Hahn (born on March 15, 1977), deejay
- Mike kenji Shinoda (born on February 11, 1977), emcee, vocals
- Chester Bennington (March, 20, 1976) - Vocals
- FormerMark Wakefield – Vocals (1996–1998, while the band was named Xero)Stand-inKyle Christener— Bass guitar (1998–1999) Temporarily replaced FarrellScott Koziol— Bass guitar (1999–2001) Stand-in bass player on Hybrid Theory
Group formed in Los Angeles, CA, c. 1999; released multiplatinum debut CD Hybrid Theory on Warner Bros, label, 2000; toured with Family Values and Projekt revolution Tours with Cypress Hill, 2001; released second multiplatinum CD Reanimation, 2002; released third multiplatinum CD Meteora, 2003; toured with Mudvayne and Blindside on Projekt Revolution tour, 2003; toured with Metallica, Limp Bizkit and the Deftones on Summer Sanitarium Tour, 2003; contributed to Matrix Reloaded film soundtrack, 2003.
Awards: Grammy Award, Best Hard Rock Performance for "Crawling," 2001; MTV Video Music
Awards, Best Rock Video for "In the End," 2002, and Best Rock Video for "Somewhere I Belong," 2003; World Music Award, Best Selling Rock Group, 2003.
Addresses: Record company—Warner Bros., 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10019-6979.
Management—AMG/The Firm, 8484 Wilshire Blvd. 425, Beverly Hills, CA 90211. Website— Linkin Park Official Website: http://www.linkinpark.com.


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