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Gasugar necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 182 diseños de 37 diseñadores freelance.
Diani Systems
We are a brand new, small (only 4 people now), high-tech start-up that has come up with a great idea for locating WiFi devices very accurately (within a foot) indoors. Our invention (we've already filed 3 patent applications - many more to come) provides a huge improvement over other state-of-the-art WiFi location technologies; the best ones being used today can deliver at most 10 meter (33 ft) accuracy. Applications for our new location technology include: indoor route guidance in malls, museums, and buildings; indoor emergency 911 location; location-based access and security (e.g., "you can only use my WiFi network if you're located in this physical area"); location-based advertising; route guidance for the blind, and search and rescue.
I came up with the name Diani Systems when I was sitting on the beach during my honeymoon in Diani, Kenya; it was at that time that I realized that I wanted to do a location technology company as my next start-up (I had been working for Cisco for the past 3 years).
Before Cisco 3 of us were founders of a small start-up called Cognio (short for "Cognitive Radio") another WiFi technology start-up that Cisco acquired in 2007.
A bit more about us as individuals: we're electrical engineers - men in our early forties, but don't think of us as "boring engineers"; we're fun loving, beer drinking guys with good senses of humor.
We will most likely license the technology to WiFi chip or technology companies (e.g., Broadcom, Atheros or Qualcomm), WiFi networking companies (e.g., Cisco, Aruba Networks, HP or Motorola) or Smartphone companies (Apple, Google, Samsung, etc.) - so we'll definitely want these kinds of companies to look at our logo and get excited about it. But we may also sell products such as location sensors and WiFi tags or badges to places like shopping malls, stadiums, universities, museums, hospitals, municipalities (small towns), so the logo could wind up on our products one day as well.
Pretty much the sky's the limit here - just be creative and do your thing.
Ideas to consider: anything that conveys the concepts of wireless and pin point location - see websites below.
Should we consider conveying the idea of being at the beach since that's how the company got its name? My gut tells me no, since we're a location technology company, not a surfing company. But I'm open to just about anything.
My gut tells me that only the word "Diani", instead of "Diani Systems" should be in the logo since the latter sounds too techy, but I'm open to it if it looks good. Note that Cisco's old logo had "Cisco Systems" in it, but now it just says "Cisco".
I've attached the logo we used at Cognio that I liked for reference.
Here are a few of our competitors' websites - feel free to check out their logos:
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The Ella Fitzgerald Music Festival is smaller than it once was, but the event remains dedicated to honoring the legacy of America's First Lady of Song. This year's festival will happen April 27 and will feature R&B vocalist Freddie Jackson.
The concert, hosted by the Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center in Newport News, will take place two days after what would have been Ella Fitzgerald's 96th birthday. Fitzgerald was born April 25, 1917, in Newport News.
Jackson is a Harlem-born singer who found much success in the 1980s with smooth, romantic R&B hits including "You Are My Lady," "Rock Me Tonight," "Tasty Love" and "He'll Never Love You (Like I Do)." His most recent substantial hit was 1992's "I Could Use A Little Love (Right Now)."
According to Wikipedia, Jackson's most recent album is "For You," released on the Entertainment One Music label in 2010.
Hampton R&B group The Myra Smith Experience will open the Ella Fitzgerald tribute show at 8 p.m. on April 27.

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There is the food chain where each organism is in a producer, consumer, predator, and prey relationship; there is the oxygen cycle and the water cycle that sustains the organisms. When an ecosystem gets polluted, the natural balance in the system is disturbed and this affects the organisms in different ways. It is important to know how a simple act like introducing sewage water or toxic waste into a lake can threaten several life species and plants in the area.
Pollution and the ecosystem
Pollutants like oil, detergents, nitrogen and phosphate from fertilizers and lead can have a tremendous impact on the ecosystem, especially if the water gets polluted. In a lake, for example, it can wreak havoc on the ecological balance by stimulating plant growth and causing the death of fish due to suffocation resulting from lack of oxygen. The oxygen cycle will stop, and the polluted water will also affect the animals dependant on the lake water.
How to study the effect of pollution on an ecosystem
To understand how pollution impacts an ecosystem, select an ecosystem in your neighbourhood. It could be a lake, a river or a sea shoreline. You will need to understand what are the different organisms in the ecosystem and how each organism is related to the other; which level are they in the food chain; how do they adapt to their environment.
Make your project more focused by choosing one or two major organisms in the ecosystems. You will need to track their behaviour, food habits, life cycle, breeding habits and how they are coping with the changes in the ecosystem. Though these changes are usually slow, you can track them over a period of time, say 6 months or one year. Note all your observations and findings, taking care to note down specific details of each species that you are studying.
For the display of the results you can create presentation slides on chart paper or on the computer. Use pictures of the ecosystem and the species you have studied when you discuss each point. You should be able to draw a comparison of the status of the ecosystem before such pollution and its status after the study. You can collect facts about the population of species and migration of other species etc. from your local authorities. The main features that you should cover in your presentation are:
- Name of the pollutants
- Possible source of the pollutants
- Level of pollution
- Effects on the species being studied- food habits, health
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New Amsterdam Theatre
214 W. 42nd Street,
New York,
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The New Amsterdam Theatre was opened as a live theatre on October 26, 1903 with a production of Shakspeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". The theatre was the first to be designed by the young architects Herts & Tallant, who had just returned to New York from a trip to Paris France, where they had seen examples of the 'new' Art Nouveau style, and they incorporated this in the design of the theatre. The New Amsterdam Theatre is a rare example of this style in the United States, and here it is certainly one of the most scrumptious examples of the style. The building also contained the 680-seat Ariel Gardens Rooftop Theatre which opened in June 1904 with Fay Templeton in "A Little Bit of Everything", a musical revue.
The main house became well known as a venue for the lavish "Zeigfeld Follies" from 1913 to 1927, featuring stars such as Ruby Keeler, Fred & Adele Astaire, Al Jolson, Fanny Brice, Marilyn Miller, Eddie Cantor, the Dolly Sisters, W.C. Fields and Helen Morgan. The New Amsterdam Theatre was closed as a live theatre in January 1937, with John Houston in Shakepeare's "Othello"
It reopened as a 2nd run movie theatre in June 1937, with the Warner Bros. all star movie "A Midsummer Night's Dream". An Art Moderne style sign was designed for the front of the theatre by noted architect John Eberson. The Ariel Gardens Rooftop Theatre was renamed Frolic Theatre and was closed on November 16, 1943 with Jim Bowles in the play "Goodbye Again". It was converted into a rehearsal space and later a television studio, which was closed in spring of 1982, and still awaits restoration.
The New Amsterdam Theatre was closed as a movie theatre in 1985. It was purchased by the Nederlander Organization, who hoped to restore the building back to live use, but neither the 42nd Street area it was set in, nor the the time was right, and the entire building gradually began a downward spiral of dilapidation.
Purchased and restored by the Walt Disney Company in 1995-97, the New Amsterdam Theatre was the centerpiece of the Times Square renewal of the 1990's. Though the interior had become a wreck, no expense was spared in restoring all of the Art Nouveau details. The Art Moderne sign on the facade was retained as a very interesting attribute to the theatre. Because the New Amsterdam Theatre reopened as a flagship showplace for Disney's live shows, so much redevelopment occurred in Times Square that after a lull of decades, the area once again became crowded with pedestrians and an entertainment and commercial hub for the city.
Beautifully restored, the New Amsterdam Theatre is now Disney's premiere showcase for its stage shows. It reopened on May 18, 1997 with a concert "King David". In a nod to its cinema heritage, the New Amsterdam Theatre screened Disney's animated feature "Hercules" in June 1997.
After being presented for years, the stage version of the "The Lion King" was succeeded on November 16, 2006 by the stage version of "Mary Poppins" which originated at the Prince Edward Theatre in London, England.
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The McDonald's marquee was built entirely new for the franchise over the main entrance to the Candler Building within the last 15 years. There was never a movie entrance at that exact spot. The Harris Theater had it's entrance and marquee just to the right of where the McD's entrance is today.
was the Harris/Candler Theater torn down because it was in
such condition that it was unrepairable or because no one wanted
to spend the time and money to properly renovate it as they did with the New Amsterdam?
Bigjoe59… The Harris was in fine condition. It was the longest surviving of the original theaters on the block, showing movies several years into the '90's. I guess it was deemed insignificant compared to the six other houses that were "protected" by the New 42nd Street organization. We see where that has gotten the Liberty and Times Square Theatres.
Was just watching "The Incredible Hulk", and during the closing credits they show what appears to be the marquee of the Amsterdam Theater. (photo: http://bit.ly/HjaOvS)
From "The Incredible Hulk" – S01E07 – 0.49.27 (Netflix: http://bit.ly/Hh3vd4)
There is a "Liberty" sign on the right, a "Modell's" (sporting goods?) on the left, and a "Roxy Burlesk" sign on the right.
Google Street view: http://g.co/maps/r9gyt
Dave, the marquee on the front right is actually the Anco. Note that the Roxy and the Modells' both moved on 42nd street over the years.
That is definitely a view looking east down W. 42nd Street from around Eighth Avenue. In that first pic, the marquee of the Anco Theatre is in the foreground on the right, with Bruce Li on the marquee – as Al points out. The marquee for the Empire can also be seen, just beyond the glimpse of the Roxy Burlesk and behind that the side board of the old billboard signage that used to be mounted on the facade above the Liberty marquee.
On the left (north) side of the block, Modells is indeed a sporting goods store that still dots the landscape in NYC (currently they occupy a site across the street from this old location). And the marquees of the Selwyn, Times Square and Lyric Theatres can be made out going off into the distance. The Apollo marquee is probably in the mix as well, but the image is a bit too murky to make out the detail.
I can't really distinguish much of the New Amsterdam marquee or vertical, which would be on the right side of the street in this image, and off in the distance at the other end of the block.
1953 photo of the New Amsterdam marquee added, courtesy of Al Ponte's Time Machine – New York Facebook page.
Circa 1910's photo added courtesy of the Duke University Collection.
In 1971 Bette Davis and Ernest Borgnine starred in "Bunny O'Hare" and here is an excerpt from the New York Times' review:
"Also on the bill with "Bunny O'Hare," currently at neighborhood theaters, is "The Velvet Vampire," which is almost as funny as "Bunny O'Hare," though I doubt that it means to be. It has to do with a beautiful, 125-year-old woman, the mistress of a remote ranch in the southwest who stocks her own blood bank with tourists dumb enough to spend the night.
"It is to be recommended only if you can see it at the New Amsterdam on 42d Street, where audiences loudly, freely and obscenely associate with the action on the screen."
I saw the 1964 re-release of PSYCHO at the New Amsterdam and part of the fun/horror was the audience.
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A wheelchair-bound disabled woman has interrupted a speech by the prime minister in Sydney, complaining that federal rules have trapped her on an unfairly low income.
During Julia Gillard's speech at the National Disability Services CEO conference on Monday, Mel Leckie spoke up from the floor about her financial straits as a paraplegic.
Ms Gillard stopped speaking and listened quietly from the lectern, along with the large audience, as the 28-year-old Adelaide woman read from a handwritten statement.
Ms Leckie said: "Prime minister, are you aware that the disability pension is nearly 67 per cent of national minimum wage?"
She said people with permanent disabilities like herself were allowed to earn only $152 a fortnight and any earnings beyond that meant a 50 cents in the dollar reduction in pension payments.
"This discrimination has existed for 60 years."
Ms Leckie said the pension alone did not even cover her ongoing medical needs and doctors' appointments.
She said she would need to work for a minimum of 27 hours every week just to equal the minimum wage.
"We're listening," Ms Gillard said, adding she would arrange for a staff member from her office to talk to Ms Leckie.
"But I would say this, I'm proud to lead a government that made an historic difference to the level of the disability support pension and to the way in which it intersects with work so people get to keep more of the money that they earn through participating in the workforce."
Ms Leckie later told AAP she became a paraplegic after jumping from the roof of her school in a suicide attempt after being bullied at the age of 17.
"I was not depressed when I jumped. I am depressed now only because I am continuously fighting with the government just to get to the end of the week."
Ms Leckie said there were far better pension and extra income provisions for aged pensioners and vision-impaired people.
"I just want to be able to work and look after myself."
A spokesman for the prime minister's office told AAP the government had been in regular correspondence with Ms Leckie and "it's likely she'll receive assistance under the (National Disability Insurance Scheme) NDIS".


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I go out in some strong and big conditions with confused seas, the water is about 8C now and the air temp about 4C and the next few days have 2.5 to 4m swell and gusts upto 45mph forecast, and when this has arrived, it'll make for a bit more piece of mind.


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Golden Burma
For anyone used to the frenetic bustle of most major Asian cities, there is an eerie calm about Yangon that is at first a little disconcerting.
Not only is there is hardly any traffic, but most of the buses and trucks are so old they appear to have emerged from some automobile Jurassic Park. Through the window of my taxi, itself a decrepit 20year-old Toyota, I could see only a few sarong-clad pedestrians strolling along the tree-lined boulevards quaintly shading themselves from the sun with brightly coloured parasols.
In another throwback to the past, Yangon is surprisingly low rise. There are no towering skyscrapers and glistening malls that characterise so many contemporary Asian cities. Traditionally nothing should be built higher than Yangon's iconic landmark, the Shwedagon pagoda, whose golden spire is clearly visible from most parts of town.
My taxi driver spoke excellent English and even passable Thai. A university graduate, he said he had worked as a manual labourer in Thailand for five years. "Did you know that 50 years ago this was the most developed nation in Asia?" he asked. When I confessed my ignorance he added with a grin, "We are living in a very rich country – if it wasn't for our generals maybe Thai people would be coming here to work instead of the other way around."
This kind of talk is dangerous in Myanmar; people have gone to jail for saying far less. But then again, in the course of numerous trips to the country, I have yet to hear a single Burmese utter a word of praise for their military rulers. It is equally true that I have also never met a person who says that foreigners should not visit their country in the belief that it will somehow support the regime. The ordinary people seem genuinely happy to welcome visitors and are unfailingly courteous and friendly.
Along the road into the centre of town I caught a glimpse of grand old villas from the British era; some had been transformed into restaurants or offices, but many others were gently crumbling with decay and neglect. Although Yangon has the largest number of colonial buildings to be found in any Southeast Asian city, most of them appear to have not had so much as a new coat of paint since the British departed in 1948.
1 was headed for a notable exception to the rule, the sumptuously restored Strand Hotel. Fondly known as the Grand Old Lady of Rangoon, it first opened its doors in 1896 and is still the place to stay. Located by the river in the heart of the old administrative district, it is also the perfect base for exploring the city.
To my mind, wandering around on foot is the best way to appreciate the charms of this laid-back metropolis of four million people. The alternative is to hire a car and driver but at the risk of missing a thousand details, smells and sounds that make up the tapestry of life on the streets. Laid out in a grid pattern by the British, the town is comparatively easy to negotiate and if I got lost I was confident that almost anyone could direct me back to the Strand.
Leaving the hotel, I walked in the direction of Sule Pagoda, probably the only 2,000-yearold temple in the world surrounded by a traffic circle. On the way I passed by grandiose administrative buildings, remnants from the time when Rangoon, as it was then known, was one of the brightest jewels in the crown of the Raj. Until recently, when the capital was moved far inland to Naypyidaw, it was forbidden to photograph many of these fine old buildings as they housed government ministries. Now they are empty, waiting to be transformed one day into hotels or trendy shopping centres.
In contrast to the austere lines of the old buildings, the sidewalks are littered with a jumble of teashops and outdoor snack vendors. On every comer there are the ubiquitous stalls selling a selection of aromatic Burmese cheroots and freshly prepared betel nut concoctions that seem to appeal to both men and women alike, judging by the giveaway bright red stain on their lips.
By now it was late afternoon and I hailed one of the powder blue tuk tuk like contraptions that pass for public taxis in Yangon and negotiated a fare to Shwedagon pagoda. In the early evening, the city took on an almost festive air, shops sparkling with lights and more people out on the streets. As we approached I could see the glowing silhouette of this hallowed temple ahead "glistening with gold, like a sudden hope in the dark night of the soul," as Somerset Maugham once described it.
One hundred metres high, topped with 5,448 diamonds, 2,317 rubies and plated with 60 tons of gold, Shwedagon is one of the most revered holy sites in all of Asia, containing among other relics, eight hairs of the Gautama Buddha. Whether one is religious or not there is an atmosphere of divine rapture here that cannot be denied. This is the golden heart of the Burmese psyche, a mystical well where its people can refresh their spirits and find solace for their woes. I sat quietly in one of the niches and let the waves of sound from hundreds of softly chanting worshippers flow over me until 1, too, felt an enchanting sense of wellbeing and calm envelop my mind.
The next morning I was up early for the 60-minute flight to Bagan in central Myanmar. We took off from Yangon in bright sunshine and passed briefly over the delta of the Ayeyarwady River where it spills into the Andaman Sea. It was here that tropical cyclone Nargis wreaked havoc on the fanning and fishing communities in the low lying tidal areas in May 2008. With images of devastation splashed across the world's media many tourists cancelled their travel plans, yet key destinations in the interior, including Bagan, were completely unscathed.
From the air as we descended to land, the sheer size and scale of Bagan became breathtakingly apparent. Over 4,000 ancient temples lie scattered across a wide plain fronting the banks of the Ayeyarwady, making this one of the world's greatest archaeological and architectural wonders. Dating from around 1044 AD, and built in an incredible burst of energy that lasted over 250 years, Bagan is quite simply the most stupendous concentration of religious structures to be found anywhere in the world. What is perhaps even more remarkable is that due to Myanmar's relative isolation and the lingering effects of Nargis, the number of tourists arriving here has dried up to a trickle and the occasional visitors now have the privilege of experiencing this unique site virtually on their own.
Taking advantage of this exceptional situation I spent the next three days exploring the vast plain, by bicycle or horse cart and sometimes just on foot. Some of the most famous temples such as Ananda Pahto, with its golden corncob pinnacle and four massive standing Buddha statues are awe inspiring, but equally delightful is the serendipitous joy of chancing upon a lovely mural in an isolated shrine well off the beaten path.
Almost as impressive as the temples is the landscape in which they are situated. The views across the broad Ayeyarwady River with the low mountains framing the horizon on the far bank are ever changing. At sunset the water turns the colour of molten copper and silver with the silhouettes of fishing boats and river ferries tracing luminous paths through the current.
Although the views of Bagan are reputedly best at sunset, my own preference was for the dawn when a thin veil of mist wreathes the temples and an unearthly calm prevails over the timeless scene. As the day wanes, birds chase dragonflies floating in the soft breeze and the hollow ringing of the oxen's bells can be heard as they are taken out to forage.
After the idyllic and deserted temples my next destination was Inle Lake, an elongated body of water high on the Shan plateau. The flight from Bagan took me eastwards over Mandalay to a small airport that goes by the comic name of HeHo. I had arranged a car and driver to meet me and soon we were slowly negotiating an extremely potholed highway in the direction of the lake.
After about ten minutes in the car I noticed something odd. Although vehicles drive on the right in Myanmar, most of the cars, including ours, are second hand imports from Japan with the steering wheel on the right. This obviously makes overtaking a hazardous maneuver to say the least. My driver Htin, a cheerful young Shan man, told me not to worry as he said the car in front would indicate when it was safe to pass. I contented myself with looking out the side windows at the orange groves and holding my breath every time we overtook.
At regular intervals along the way we slowed to a halt in front of primitive roadblocks, usually consisting of a large bamboo pole laid across the way. But, instead of surly soldiers asking for our papers, we were held up by gaggles of pretty Pa-0 girls (the second largest ethnic group in Shan) looking chic in their black tribal smocks, fashionably topped with bright orange headdresses. Htin explained they were collecting funds for a new temple in their villages and, after he threw a few crumpled notes into their outstretched bowls, we were allowed to pass. I extracted my own toll by snapping photos of the girls that occasioned much giggling and nudging on their part.
Access to Infe Lake is through the village of Nyaungshwe, a laid back settlement made up of elegant teak wood houses and a curious monastery with oval windows, in which novice monks gracefully pose in their burgundy robes, much to the delight of passing photographers.
Dramatically set among rising hills on all sides and at an altitude of nearly 900 metres above sea level, the lake is 22 kilometres long and up to 11 kilometres wide. The Intha people who live on this glistening body of water have developed their own unique lifestyle specially adapted to their aquatic environment. With an amorphous shoreline that shrinks and expands with the seasonally changing water levels, the Intha have built their villages on stilts over the lake and exclusively use flat-bottomed canoes to get around.
Abundant in fish, the lake provides almost all the Intha's requirements, supplemented by vegetables, fruit and flowers they grow on floating islands made up of densely packed reeds, water hyacinths and soil. The people of the lake also distinguish themselves by using an odd leg-rowing technique that allows them a free hand to manipulate their fishing nets.
I took a boat across the lake to visit the village of Indein where by chance the Phaung Daw Oo pagoda festival was taking place. The most important annual celebration of the Intha people takes place every year in October when sacred Buddha images are transported in a flotilla of boats from village to village around Inle.
The lake that day was a glassy calm; the sky and water merged perfectly in a giant canvas on which fishermen and their boats hovered like faint brushstrokes in a Chinese watercolour. As we passed I could see the unusual cone shaped traps they were using to catch fish all the while perfectly balancing their delicate canoes.
On the far bank we entered a wide canal lined on either side by tree shaded footpaths. Boatloads of tipsy revellers from the festival careered past singing in unison and waving woven palm fronds. For the festival, the sleepy village of Indein had become a huge outdoor party, replete with food and drink stalls trembling with music and thronging crowds of country folk. I noticed bands of Pa-0 men and women with their striking headdresses and many other tribes I could not identify.
In the late afternoon a light sprinkling of rain began to fall and our boatman suggested we make our way back. By the time we reached the lake a strong wind had picked up churning the surface with choppy wavelets and the rain was pelting down hard. We forged on over what had become a storm-tossed inland sea; I put my trust in the boatman with his lifetime of experience navigating these waters. Almost on cue, as we reached Nyaungshwe the clouds parted and the winds died to a breeze. I was drenched to the bone and thinking only of a hot shower and a warm bed.
After a few more days exploring the lake I returned to Yangon. Although I had only a couple of hours in the city before my outbound flight I Shwedagon, the spiritual heart of this fascinating, beautiful yet ultimately tragic country. I made an offering at one of the temple's many shrines and hoped for a better future for Myanmar and its long-suffering people, a destiny that they so richly deserve.
The best season to visit is from November to March when the climate is both cool and dry. March to May is the hottest period followed by the southwest monsoon from June to October with its frequent heavy rains.
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Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Wednesday that charging residents for trash collection would actually help the city attract new residents because it could reduce its property tax rate.
Defending a hotly debated proposal in her State of the City speech, the mayor said imposing such a fee while reducing property taxes would help Baltimore compete with surrounding counties.
"Many jurisdictions have a fee for trash service," Rawlings-Blake said. "It's not included as part of their property tax. Their property tax is either artificially low or ours is artificially high. My goal is to get us on an even keel so if there's a comparison of one jurisdiction to the other, it's a fair comparison."
Baltimore is one of only two area jurisdictions that do not charge for trash and recycling collection. Howard County households pay about $225 annually, while Anne Arundel residents pay about $300 per year. In Montgomery and Prince George's counties, households pay upwards of $200 to around $350. Harford and Carroll counties do not provide trash pickup service to their residents, who must hire private contractors.
Only Baltimore County provides trash and recycling pickup with no direct fee.
At $2.268 per $100 of assessed value, Baltimore's property tax rate is the highest in the state. Howard's rate is $1.15, Baltimore County's is $1.10 and Anne Arundel's is $0.91.
Rawlings-Blake said she did not have a specific fee proposal in mind and would "hash out" such details in the coming months.
The mayor first proposed the fee Monday as she called for "bold reforms" to fix a looming financial shortfall, including requiring more city workers to contribute to their retirement fund, asking firefighters to work longer hours and cutting the city workforce by 10 percent over time.
In return, she said, the city could use the savings to raise employee salaries and cut property taxes by 22 percent — 50 cents per $100 of assessed value — over the next decade.
Rawlings-Blake said the administration would "use all the savings to cut property taxes, dollar-for-dollar."
Her call for spending reductions came after a consultant's report said Baltimore is facing a structural deficit of nearly $750 million over the next 10 years
"The main driver is getting Baltimore city's fiscal foundation firm and making sure the structural deficit isn't a legacy of my administration," she said.
Under the proposal, nonprofits, which own $4 billion in property in Baltimore, would no longer receive any free trash pickup services, the mayor said. About one-third of city real estate is tax-exempt, though some large organizations — hospitals and universities — have entered into voluntary payment agreements with the city totaling $20 million over six years.
"Just like we're looking at pensions and health care costs and wellness programs, we have to look at the fact that over $4 billion dollars is off the tax rolls because of not-for-profits," Rawlings-Blake said. "Do not-for-profits contribute to our city? Of course they do. Jobs. Resources. ... But we cannot ignore the fact that we have $4 billion dollars off the tax roll."
Dennis O'Shea, spokesman for the Johns Hopkins University, said he believed a trash fee would have little, if any, effect on the institution. The "vast majority" of the university's trash is hauled by private contractors, he said.
Some City Council members initially balked at the idea of a fee, but they like the idea of reducing property taxes.
"Do we agree with that? No. It's not the way to run a business," said Councilman Carl Stokes of an additional trash fee. "But I think the mayor has seen and her administration has seen that we must make strong adjustments."
Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke echoed that sentiment.
"My first reaction is no new fees. We are fee'd to death. ... When you talk about another fee, I start backing away," she said. "[But] as long as the property taxes go down comparably and we pick up the nonprofits, then it's very worth talking about."
Councilman William H. Cole IV said he wanted to hear more details but would back any measure that resulted in lower taxes. "Anything we can do to reduce property taxes is something I will support," he said.


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Why I hope oil prices move north of $250.
Posted 29 September 2012 - 06:53 AM
Jeff Rubin on Oil and the End of Globalization
So in a nutshell - here's why I hope his forecast is correct:
If globalization trends become reversed then carbon emissions recede drastically. That's basically it. We would pollute less.
Of course, if his forecast are accurate, then travelling to PNG would be expensive beyond what I could afford. Digital camera prices would also be incredibly expensive. Prices of damn near everything would be more expensive. The percentage of disposable income used for necessities would increase (things like food, toilet paper and soap).
We would consume less as a species. And while I enjoy buying lots of shit, ultimately I would prefer we pollute less. I am painting in broad strokes here and touching on different points but I would be interested in others opinions on the matter (even though opinions completely opposite to my own).
Posted 29 September 2012 - 11:27 AM
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Posted 29 September 2012 - 01:37 PM
Unfortunately single child policies are not economically sustainable without voluntary or forced suicide policies at about 60 or 65.
I am not certain its easier...but there is another way. Have a global single child policy (as if everyone would do it). Then with time there are less people, leading to less stress on resources. Oil gets cheaper, trips to PNG get easier. Of course, you and I would not live long enough to see the change.
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Posted 29 September 2012 - 10:06 PM
Posted 30 September 2012 - 02:12 AM
You have the power to control your own consumption now.


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The Trend Trader for Forex
The Trend Trader helps to identify the current trend status of your favorite ETF markets. It not only helps us to stay on the right side of market direction, but also helps us avoid those without a trend. You can even use the grid as a spread matrix too - buying strength and selling weakness.
Pivot Point analysis is merely a tool and should be used with other technical indicators. It can be used to enter a trade, or exit a trade and when combined with average true range is a powerful money management tool. Once you enter a trade, you are no longer a trader, you are a risk manager and should monitor your trades on a weekly or daily basis depending on volatility. When you enter a trade assume you are wrong and let the market prove you are right. This will diminish the hubris and arrogance that is common to many traders. Please use these Pivot Points as a guide to better trading.
As you examine the work sheet, please note where there are two arrows confirming a trend. Be it long or short, a close must occur above or below two trend arrows to confirm a strong trend.
The short term trend is a three day moving average of the Daily Pivot. The long term trend is the Weekly Pivot. So we are comparing a short term moving average with a long term simple weekly average.
Remember, the 3x1 is a moving average of the Daily Pivot. If you are daytrading and the price of your commodity or financial instrument trades through the 3x1, you may want to stop and reverse.
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Cork native Thomas Queally is denying allegations lodged against him by New Yorker Elisa Rodino that he stole $4 million from her. He is also denying the allegations that he was engaged to Rodino and had been living a double life and lying to her. She isin her sixties while he is in his mid forties.
The Irish Times reports on the court battle between Queally and Rodino which began in 2012. Last month the High Court heard claims that Rodino ,a real estate heiress was a vulnerable woman who had been taken advantage of by Queally, whom she met in 2007.
Rodino met Queally in 2007, through her sister. They were engaged in 2011. She stated in an affidavit he "started stealing money from me at a early stage in our relationship".
Queally had helped her manage her New York property portfolio. She called him a "charming and attractive man" and admitted she had been taken in by his attention.
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Rodino claims that last August she agreed to put Queally's name on a deposit account of hers that had $5 million, in order to aid Queally in a court case against a former employer.
The court heard that Rodino claims Queally asked her to do this because it would show he and Rodino, who had inherited a sizeable property portfolio from her late father, were a couple and the work he did on her properties was not a contract of employment.
Queally has since denied that he and Rodino were ever engaged.
Rodino claims Queally was due to meet her in Spain last October but never showed up. When she arrived back in the US she discovered money had been transferred to the bank in Ennis and to a US bank account.
The High Court in Dublin heard on Thursday that Queally's lawyers rejected claims that Queally had transferred money from a joint bank account in the US to his bank in Ireland without Rodino's consent.
Rodino claims that Queally transferred $2 million from her account to a bank account held in Ennis, Co Clare under the Permanent TSB bank.
However, on Thursday at the High Court, Patricia Hill, for Queally, said that on October 18th Rodino had signed a document, in the presence of a notary, at a New York bank saying that any funds transferred from a joint account to Queally's account would be done so with her full permission.
Hill said Rodino had failed to mention this and made no mention of it when seeking the freezing orders last month. The freezing orders were arranged by Rodino's lawyers last month and prevented Queally from reducing funds from below $2.1 million held in a bank account at Permanent TSB in Ennis.
Ross Gorman, for Rodino, said any application to set aside the freezing orders would be opposed and he wanted the injunction to remain pending the outcome of the full hearing.
Presiding Justice Iseult O'Malley agreed to adjourn the matter to early next week.


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- $24 for a roller-skating outing for six (up to an $81 total value)
All options include:
- Admission for each person (up to an $8.50 value each)
- Skate rentals for each person (up to a $4 value each)
- 24 arcade tokens or two playground passes for the whole group (a $6 value)
- See the open-skate schedules for Gwinnett and Smyrna
Rates fluctuate throughout the week.
The Fine Print
Promotional value expires May 31, 2013. Amount paid never expires. Limit 2 per person, may buy 1 additional as a gift. Limit 1 per visit. Valid only for option purchased. Must use promotional value in 1 visit. Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services.
About Sparkles Family Fun Center
Roller skating often evokes images of '50s-era teens clad in poodle skirts and the black-and-white makeup that was customary at the time. But at both freshly renovated Sparkles Family Fun Centers, roller-skating proves itself as a 21st-century pastime by incorporating contemporary technology. From a DJ who spins family-friendly beats at both locations to the laser-tag zone and black lights that set the Gwinnett rink aglow, modern-day touches pervade each space. The arcades are stuffed with extra helpings of bells and whistles; skee-ball and electronically scored basketball compete for attention with racing video games that re-create famous auto duels or the 1954 Drake Relays. At nearby multistory indoor playgrounds, kids get back to physical recreation, scurrying across bridges and whipping down slick slides.


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n. - A hypocrite; esp., a superstitious hypocrite. 2
n. - A person who regards his own faith and views in matters of religion as unquestionably right, and any belief or opinion opposed to or differing from them as unreasonable or wicked. In an extended sense, a person who is intolerant of opinions which conflict with his own, as in politics or morals; one obstinately and blindly devoted to his own church, party, belief, or opinion. 2
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Local restaurateur Harold Jennings has a custom. Each day before he opens the doors to his east side barbecue eatery, Bull Hawgs BBQ at 840 S. Pine St., Jennings and his employees form a circle, join hands and quietly pray for God to bless their day.
Local restaurateur Harold Jennings has a custom.
Each day before he opens the doors to his east side barbecue eatery, Bull Hawgs BBQ at 840 S. Pine St., Jennings and his employees form a circle, join hands and quietly pray for God to bless their day.
For Jennings, it's more than just tradition. It's an act of worship and obedience that allows him to stay in fellowship with his "Heavenly Father."
"I'm not a saint," said Jennings, 52. "I fall short of where I need to be every day. Bull Hawgs has made it and I have made it by the grace of God."
On the restaurant's kitchen walls are Bible verses scribbled in Magic Marker. They're a constant reminder to the owner of where he has been and the direction he hopes his life will take.
The news of Billy D's Grill's closure a few weeks ago was a reminder to Jennings about just how thin his own margins are, both in terms of profit and faith.
"I just started thinking about how many businesses I've seen close over the last few years," Jennings said. "Why has Bull Hawgs been spared? Looking back on it, I've seen my business suffer when I wasn't faithful; I've seen it prosper when I was. When I was being really obedient, the customers just came ... I feel like it's important for me to tell my story."
Jennings said he is a recovering alcoholic.
He has spent the last 12 years navigating the peaks and valleys that he hopes will lead him permanently to a sober lifestyle. Those years have been filled with grief, loss and change.
"I have been on the mountaintop and I have been in the pit," Jennings said. "In (Alcoholics Anonymous) we have a saying that goes 'I can't tell you how to get sober, I can only tell you how I got sober."
Jennings grew up in Spartanburg County. During his childhood, his parents, Pat and Buck Jennings, who he said were strong believers, took him to the Episcopal Church of the Advent in downtown.
Jennings was later married and attended Westminster Presbyterian Church off Fernwood Drive.
In 2001, Jennings' family business Jennings Paint and Glass, a company founded 80 years earlier by his grandfather, went belly up.
That same year, Jennings and an old fraternity buddy entered a barbecue competition in Columbia. That experience eventually led him to open his first restaurant a year later at 2612 Highway 56 in Pauline.
"I was out pounding the pavement — looking for a job," Jenning said. "I was going around with barbecue. I got the idea to sell bagged lunches to businesses. I made $60,000 in the first year. It just confirmed it for me that I was doing the right thing. I opened up the location in Pauline."
Jennings said it was that same year that he "gave his life to Christ" while attending a family camp weekend at Young Life's Windy Gap facility near Asheville, N.C.
But it wasn't long before the success of his restaurant actually started to take its toll. Jennings started drinking heavily, doing his best to hide it from his family.
"It was all about Harold," he said, "what made Harold happy and I wanted. Not about what God wanted for me."
Jennings said he hit a low point when he returned from a barbecue competition and his ex-wife found a bag of cocaine in one of his pockets.
He decided to get sober. Through prayer and counseling, Jennings said the couple decided to stay together and make a happy home for their two daughters, who are now ages 9 and 19.
By 2010, Jennings was serving as an elder at church, helping others through AA and slinging delicious barbecue. He didn't know that another valley was just around the bend.
He said both of his parents died within six months of each other. Jennings started having an extramarital affair. His ex-wife learned about it and divorced him.
"It was a tough year," Jennings said. "I totally abandoned God. But I know that he never abandoned me."
Jennings said he got things back on track, but it wasn't easy.
In 2011, he took another leap of faith and relocated his business from Pauline to Spartanburg. For his new location, he purchased the former liquor store where he was a regular customer.
He said he has tried to remain faithful by tithing, cooking free meals for local groups, hosting a men's Bible study at his restaurant and doing his best to grow his relationship with God. Three months ago, he had the building blessed by a local minister.
Jennings said there are some days when good things happen he just can't explain.
For example, the day Billy D's closed Jennings and his staff got together to pray for the owner and for God to bless Bull Hawgs. A few hours later, a large employer in the area called his restaurant to see if he could host the birthday party celebrations they previously held at Billy D's.
"I have asked God to use this place so it could be a ministry," Jennings said. "He's in charge of whether Bull Hawgs makes it or not. I think we're hanging tough because we do believe. Things continue to happen that I can't explain."
Jennings said he is taking things one day at a time. His goal is to make it back to his pillow every night because there was a time in his life where "that wasn't a certainty."
"I want God's light to shine through me all of the time," he said. "That just doesn't happen… But I have trust and faith again that everything's going to be fine and that I'm taken care of."
Kathy Farr, manager of Bull Hawgs, said she has noticed a big change in her boss and in the restaurant during the past few years.
"Faith plays a big role. It's good that we pray every day. It makes the day go well. There are times where I'm thinking how we're going to make it. For some reason, God always comes through somehow."
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BTBBroad-Complex, Tramtrack and Bric a brac
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|Domain in Broad-Complex, Tramtrack and Bric a brac. Also known as POZ (poxvirus and zinc finger) domain. Known to be a protein-protein interaction motif found at the N-termini of several C2H2-type transcription factors as well as Shaw-type potassium channels. Known structure reveals a tightly intertwined dimer formed via interactions between N-terminal strand and helix structures. However in a subset of BTB/POZ domains, these two secondary structures appear to be missing. Be aware SMART predicts BTB/POZ domains without the beta1- and alpha1-secondary structures.
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|The BTB (for BR-C, ttk and bab) [(PUBMED:7938017)] or POZ (for Pox virus and Zinc finger) [(PUBMED:7958847)] domain is present near the N terminus of a fraction of zinc finger (IPR007087) proteins and in proteins that contain the IPR006652 motif such as Kelch and a family of pox virus proteins. The BTB/POZ domain mediates homomeric dimerisation and in some instances heteromeric dimerisation [(PUBMED:7958847)]. The structure of the dimerised PLZF BTB/POZ domain has been solved and consists of a tightly intertwined homodimer. The central scaffolding of the protein is made up of a cluster of alpha-helices flanked by short beta-sheets at both the top and bottom of the molecule [(PUBMED:9770450)]. POZ domains from several zinc finger proteins have been shown to mediate transcriptional repression and to interact with components of histone deacetylase co-repressor complexes including N-CoR and SMRT [(PUBMED:9019154), (PUBMED:9824158), (PUBMED:9765306)]. The POZ or BTB domain is also known as BR-C/Ttk or ZiN.
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Spin down the hard drive when idle
First of all, you should think hard about whether your setup actually allows you to spin down the hard drive. As the box to the right points out, ext3 writes regularly to disk, preventing a useful spindown. There are other programs known to write regularly on disk, such as ntp, exim and various logging daemons. Some workarounds have been posted on various places around the web, detailing how to prevent each of these from doing these regular disk writes. However, they have not (especially as regards the ext3 filesystem) been well tested on the LinkStation, and may cause problems.
Furthermore, you should note that a spindown must be done only for a long period if it is not to damage the disk, since the spin down/up cycle causes considerable wear. Desktop drives are not built for too many spin downs/ups. Laptop drives, are designed to some 500,000 spin downs/ups in compared to the sub 40,000 of a desktop drive. According to one estimate, if a disk spins up/down every 10 minutes, it will break within one year.
Nevertheless, below is documentation on how to install two different tools (not to be intalled both at the same time), meant to allow spindown.
Noflush Daemon
1. Install the Noflush daemon. Noflushd will automatically spin down the LinkStation hard drive after a defined period of inactivity. Use the command:
apt-get install noflushd
2. You will be prompted to enter a spin down time. The default timeout is 5 minutes (which is probably too low for most people).
3. You may modify /etc/default/noflushd if you wish to change the spin down time.
4. An alternate method for spinning down the hard drive is documented at Articles/DebianHdparm.
Laptop Mode Tools
This might not be a good idea, I may be crazy, but...
Using laptop-mode-tools i have been able to keep my HDHG Linkstation hard drive spun down for hours. I wanted to do this as i want my linkstaion powered on all the time, but expect it will only be accessed every few days at the most. My desire to spindown is related mostly to noise, somewhat to wear, somewhat to power, and somewhat irrational.
Using Hdparm or NoFlushd did not work for me because of the ext3 filesystem, as I understand it. Other people seem to have been successful with hdparm which confuses me.
Firstly, using laptop mode to keep your harddrive from spinning up for extended periods (6hrs in my case) risks data loss as the disk writes are kept cached in RAM untill RAM is too full, or 6hrs, or spinup for read access. If power is interupted etc you lose any cached writes. I am not as concerned about this as i have a battery backup. I do, however, wonder what it is about the ext3 filesystem that accesses the drive so regulary, and what would be lost (other than my actual data) if the system crashed. If the ext3 filesystem loses 6hrs of it's housekeeping, what is it losing and how much damage will be done.
I believe if someone accesses my drive (visits my site) the drive will spin up to read data to send them, so any activity they have will be written during their visit. That is my theory. Only ext3 house keeping will remain unwritten for long periods.
I have changed the stock settings to 6hrs max without writing, 5MB max unwritten data. I am still evaluating if 5MB is too low for long spindowns, but i would like a write for sure for large amount of data (greater than 5MB).
If this 'solution' isn't totally stupid i will post details. If it is totally stupid please let me know. If there is a better solution also please let me know...
From what i have read at http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsamwel/laptop_mode/index.html and its referenced article laptop-mode is built into the 2.6 kernel. If you "ls /proc/sys/vm" you will see 'laptop_mode' already there. If you "cat /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode" it should be "0" as it is turned off. Once installed and configured this value changed to "2" for me.
Laptop-mode-tools can be installed "apt-get install laptop-mode-tools" (v1.05 stable, 1.31 unstable - i have installed 1.31 installed from the above website)
Once installed you must edit "/etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode.conf" . The conf file is very well documented and verbose. The list of settings is quite long, here are listed ones I changed (comments are mine) :
- these to ensure the linkstation is always in 'laptop-mode'. I am not sure if the LID_CLOSED is necessary
- these to set a max 6hrs of storing unwritten writes before forcing a write
- I am not sure if this one was necessary
- laptop-mode will set the hfparm settings
- if unrwritten pages exceeds this percent of memory a write will be triggered
- I tried 10 but it did not seem to sleep long enough from me. More experimenting needed
You may need to reboot, i did. Execute "cat /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode" to ensure you are in laptop mode. Wait patiently for your drive to sleep - mine takes a few minutes despite the 5 sec sleep setting, but then sleeps for hours. I am curious about what people with more linux knowledge think about this. It may be worth a wiki article, which i will definitely do, but after comment of mentioned knowledgable people.


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Through the Grapevine: Texas wines will star at State Fair of Texas
The State Fair of Texas in Dallas touts all things Texas, and this year, that includes wines from around the state. The 2010 State Fair of Texas Wine Garden will showcase Texas wines exclusively for the first time.
Several wineries will be featured each day during the fair, which runs Friday-Oct. 17. Visitors will have opportunities to talk with Texas winemakers and attend educational seminars.
"The Wine Garden provides a wonderful atmosphere for tasting and learning about Texas wines in true Texas style," Robert Champion Jr., state coordinator for wine marketing, said in an e-mail. "Considering more than 3 million Texans visit the State Fair, this will be a Texas-sized tasting and a reminder that Texas is the fifth-largest wine producing state in the nation, contributing over $1.35 billion to the state's economy."
Although it has more than 200 wineries, Texas trails California, Washington, Oregon and New York in wine production. Pick up a Texas Winery Passport in the garden and get it stamped as you taste wines there and travel around the state.
Passports can be redeemed for Texas Wine rewards online. To get acquainted with wineries around the state, watch GO TEXAN WineCasts (www.youtube.com/gotexanwine) that give an overview of the different trails.
The Texas Wine Garden will be in Nimitz Court, immediately outside the Food and Fiber Pavilion, and will be open 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday through Monday and 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday.
Tastings will cost at least two coupons, depending on the featured wines. Wines by the glass will be available for purchase.
Big Tex and his big "Howdy" await.
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Here is a brief outline of the steps needed to install GeoIP Legacy Country on Linux/Unix. The installation on Windows is similar, just replace the tar command with WinZip or a similar ZIP program.
Step 1 – Download database
For GeoIP clients, go to the download files page. You may need to enter your username and password. From there, you can download the binary or CSV formats of the GeoIP databases you purchased. Then you will want to upload the databases to your web server.
If you are not a client, you can use the free GeoLite database. You may download it from the GeoLite page.
If you are using the wget program to download the GeoLite file, please use the -N option to only download if the file has been updated:
$ wget -N http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCountry/GeoIP.dat.gz
Step 2 – Install database
Once you have uploaded the database, you will want to uncompress it. To uncompress the binary format, you will need to unzip the file. For example, to uncompress the GeoIP Country binary database on Linux or Unix, you could run:
$ gunzip GeoIP.dat.gz
Then you will need to install the .dat file into a data directory. For example, on Linux/Unix, you could run:
$ mv GeoIP.dat /usr/local/share/GeoIP/
To uncompress the CSV format, you can use any zip program, like WinZip for Windows, or unzip on Linux. Then you can load the CSV database into a SQL database. Learn more
Step 3 – Query database
For the binary databases, we supply APIs for most major programming languages. You may need to point the API code to the /usr/local/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat location. Each API has documentation and example programs inside the downloaded distribution. The fastest way to get started is to use the example program included. You may need to replace the database path in the example program with the location where you installed the database.
For the CSV databases, once you have loaded them into a SQL database, you can issue SQL queries against the database table with the GeoIP data. Learn more
If you do not have shell access to the server
After you have downloaded the database, unzip it using a program like WinZip. Then rename the *.dat file to GeoIP.dat, GeoIPRegion.dat, or GeoIPCity.dat, for the GeoIP Country, Region or City databases, respectively. Finally upload the *.dat file to the /usr/local/share/GeoIP or other user-specified folder on your server using FTP or another upload mechanism.


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A sarcastic term used to describe an event or experience that was not really enjoyable to anyone and thus should be avoided in the future and usually a sign you may never see that person ever again. Similar to "it's been real" but more direct in definition.
I have to go now "it's been fun" I really enjoyed your party, but I really have to get going, maybe we can do it again sometime.
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Career Warfare: 10 Rules For Building A Successful Personal Brand And Fighting To Keep It
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- In Career Warfare, David F. D'Alessandro, the bestselling author of Brand Warfare, has written a business classic: an insightful and delightfully frank book about achieving professional success at a high level. What really defines those who get ahead? Hard work and accomplishments will only get you so far. If you intend to compete at the levels where the competition gets really ferocious-where everybody is hard-working and accomplished- you need a much more subtle weapon. According to D'Alessandro, the CEO of John Hancock Financial Services, you cannot win without the kind of reputation or "personal brand" that convinces powerful people to trust you. D'Alessandro, a keen observer of the unwritten rules of organizational life, shows how personal brands are built out of people's day-to-day behavior in even the most insignificant moments. He also demonstrates what a battle it is to build a good one. It is a battle even to be noticed early in your career; it is a battle not to become dangerously arrogant later on. You constantly have to defend your brand from the sniping of your enemies, the indifference of your bosses, and your own worst impulses. Career Warfare will help you to win these fights at every stage of your career by showing you how to: *Look beyond your own navel *Make people want to take a chance on you *Get your boss to promote your "personal brand" *Decide when to stay in a bad job and when to leave a good one *Recognize the types of organizations that will keep you from rising *Pull away from the pack in mid-career 4 And much more Using vivid stories from his own rise through the organizational ranks, D'Alessandro offers shrewd advice for disarming the people who hold your career in their hands and introduces a remarkable cast of characters along the way. You'll meet the corporate chairman who gave himself a speech impediment, the account executive who sang opera for a president, and the job candidate who washed her face with a pancake. You will also meet some of the smartest managers of their own public images on the planet and learn from the things they have done right. Success, says D'Alessandro, is not going to come from your accomplishments alone. But you can separate yourself from the crowd and rise to the level of your ambitions-if you create the kind of personal impression that commands respect. Career Warfare offers the smartest advice you'll ever get about how to do it.
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Stop them in their tracks with this plunging bebe halter bodysuit, featuring a geometric sheer fabric and backless style. Dress yours up with a pair of metallic trousers and a minaudiere to turn heads during your sexy nighttime adventures.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by FashionistaDiva from Love Love Love I would never buy this item from looking at the photos on this site. I am busty with an hourglass figure. The V neck plunges to mid torso and is so sexy. Yes, there is cleavage, but I am still covered. I am glad I am not shaped like a fashion model, the photos here don't do this item justice.
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Sinus X-Ray for Sinusitis
Examination Overview
A sinus X-ray is a series of pictures of nasal sinus cavities.
X-rays are a form of radiation, like light or radio waves, that can be focused into a beam, much like a flashlight beam. But unlike a beam of light, X-rays can pass through most objects, including the human body. When X-rays strike a piece of photographic film, they produce a picture.
To evaluate symptoms of possible sinusitis, X-rays of the sinuses may be taken from several directions.
Why It Is Done
An X-ray of the sinuses may sometimes be used to confirm a suspected diagnosis of acute sinusitis.
An X-ray of the sinuses was formerly the standard method of diagnosing acute sinusitis in the sinuses behind the cheeks (maxillary sinuses) or behind the eyebrows (frontal sinuses). Because a computed tomography (CT) scan shows a much clearer picture of the sinuses and other structures, the use of standard X-rays has declined.
But standard X-rays are commonly used to help distinguish uncomplicated sinusitis from other problems that may cause similar symptoms, such as problems with the jaw joint, dental infections, or headache. The findings are often not reliable, though, so they should be evaluated with caution.
If complications of sinusitis such as a bone infection develop or if it becomes necessary to see more of the sinuses or bones that surround them, a CT scan may be needed.
Findings of an X-ray of the sinuses may include the following.
Normal findings on an X-ray of the sinuses will show:
- Normal bone structure.
- No evidence of fluid in the sinuses.
- No thickening of the mucous membrane.
Standard X-rays are fairly good at showing the frontal and maxillary sinuses (those in the cheek and forehead). They do not show the ethmoid and sphenoid sinuses as well. See a picture of the location of the facial sinuses.
Abnormal findings on an X-ray of the sinuses may show evidence of fluid in the sinus or a thickened mucous membrane. This is strong evidence of a sinus infection.
What To Think About
- X-rays of the sinuses may be unreliable in diagnosing sinusitis in babies under 1 year of age. The sinus cavities are not completely developed in children. A partly developed sinus on X-ray can look like it is infected.
- X-rays provide limited information about the sinuses located at the bridge of the nose (ethmoid sinuses), at the back of the nasal passage (sphenoid sinuses), or about the bony structure that surrounds the drainage openings of the sinuses (ostiomeatal complex).
- It can be difficult to interpret the results of a sinus X-ray. The X-ray may suggest sinusitis when the problem is actually something else.
- A sinus X-ray is less expensive than a CT scan, but it will also provide less detail.
- There is a slight risk of exposure to radiation.
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