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October 12, 2016 09:00 ET
16,000 Sturgeon Are Saved From Going to Waste
SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK--(Marketwired - Oct. 12, 2016) - Editors note: There are two photos accompanying this press release.
The founders and owners of Acadian Sturgeon and Caviar Inc., Cornel and Dorina Ceapa, have acquired 16,000 shortnose sturgeon and the assets of the troubled company Breviro Caviar in Charlo New Brunswick. The newly incorporated Canadian Sturgeon & Caviar Inc will take over the operation of the Charlo Sturgeon farm and will attempt a complete turnaround of the business during the following years. Beside other financing projects, they have launched a Kickstarter Campaign (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/214936133/help-us-produce-the-best-caviar-in-the- world) to pre-sell the new type of caviar for the coming holidays and help financing the turnaround.
"Sturgeon are our passion and we are working hard to help salvage this operation and turn it into another success story for New Brunswick and Canada! By doing this, we are taking a lot of responsibility on ourselves but we believe that we have the knowledge and the drive to make this happen!" declared Cornel Ceapa, owner of Canadian Sturgeon and also of another sturgeon company, Acadian Sturgeon and Caviar Inc., that he started and successfully grown in Carters Point NB since 2005.
There are only 3 sturgeon businesses in all of Canada and, a few months ago one of those 3 local sturgeon business in Charlo, New Brunswick run into financial problems. After looking at any other solution to survive, 4000 sturgeon were killed and they were in imminent danger of needing to euthanize and dispose another 16,000 shortnose sturgeon (some of them over 10 years old), some of the rarest sturgeon in the world!
The Canadian Sturgeon & Caviar Inc will employ 3 full time and 3 part-time employees and is expected to generate over 2 million dollars in annual sales after 4 years of operation. Getting financing or investors after failures and in businesses with high risk is very difficult and for this reason they started an innovative Kickstarter campaign asking Canadians for support to help us make it happen and to produce one of the best caviar in the world! In exchange for pledges on this campaign people will receive different packages with the new caviar and also smoked sturgeon just in time for the December 2016 holidays!
Dorina Ceapa, manager of the processing plant, declared: "By doing this we will add to our existing, sustainable Acadian Wild Caviar two more varieties made from shortnose sturgeon: Acadian Gold and Acadian Green. We did tests for improving the quality and preparing those caviar and the results are stunning! The best gourmet experience is to compare our 3 different types of Canadian caviar!"
Acadian Sturgeon was founded in March 2005 and is truly a family business. Cornel works closely with his wife Dorina and son Michael to manage all aspects of the business - from caring for the fish; harvesting, salting and mixing the eggs; smoking and packaging the sturgeon meat; and managing the daily operations. Sturgeon is used nose-to-tail and the caviar and sturgeon products are sold all across Canada, online (Costco.ca, own online store), to food service, deli stores etc.
Acadian Sturgeon also sells live sturgeon for aquaculture and restocking. The company ships fertilized eggs and larvae (recently hatched fish) for restocking in countries around Baltic Sea (Poland, Germany, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia) or to sturgeon farms in Europe, Asia and USA. Acadian is a strong believer of sustainable practices - selling their fish around the world to help re-populate areas that have lost most of their stock due to overfishing.
Acadian Sturgeon's strategy of developing a sturgeon aquaculture business using live sturgeon sales and sustainable harvest of wild sturgeon is truly one-of-a-kind in this world!
If you would like more information about this topic, please contact Cornel Ceapa at 506-639-0605 or email at email@example.com.
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The Mountaineers proved to be too rugged for Oklahoma State to leave Morgantown with a victory. However, it wasn't as if the Cowboys didn't have their opportunities.
Offensively, turnovers put the defenses back against the bedrock and ultimately the 22nd ranked defense couldn't pull the team through.
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At times I fondly remember the two weeks I escaped to summer camp in the sixties. A true summer camp unlike the summer camp I experienced in the late sixties by invitation of the U.S. government. The two camps had much in common; e.g., heat, insects, long hikes, rifles, and inexperienced leaders. What they did not have in common were the goals of making winners from the participants. My counselors-in-training believed in competition. The teams were taught that competition was good and losing was not. If it was target shooting, hiking, horseback riding, pie eating, basketball, or being the first up in the morning, competition was good. The camp was based on the Camelot theme, which I understood was a love story and a triumph of good over evil. The leaders at the government camp believed lies, deception, inflated numbers, and the lack of a will to win was the course. But, enough of the trip down memory lane and onto summer camp 2006.
My guys, male and female included, experience a summer camp that I could not have related to as a child. Their camps are the streets of the 'hood. Their friends come and go from various arrests, dealers deal, parents continue to try to survive, often losing track of their children on a daily basis. Fights that occurred over the summer break from high school often are not resolved and the animosity carries on to the school campus. New gang alliances are formed but short lived. Students in state's custody are transferred into foster homes far from their families and friends. Of course these transferees have to establish their turf and reputations. Couple this with an increased student population from an over-crowded 1745 students to a really over-crowded 2300 students and a melting pot of testosterone driven educational conflicts sets the stage for the first week of school.
My first three expulsions consisted of two returnees from the previous year and one recently relocated state's custody student. All three were zero toleranced, with one being a product of a knee jerk domino theory of educational discipline. I see the sadness in losing this student for the school year, but I also see the humor in the circumstances. Briefly, I hope, the story goes like this; the student was happily adjusting to a new school year in English II. In short order he and the second year, newly married teacher exchanged differences on what he should do in class. He finally told her "This is all bullshit!" She informed him he was to leave the class and report to the sophomore principal. Before leaving the classroom he picked up an imaginary shotgun, cocked it, pointed it toward the teacher, and pulled the make believe trigger, exclaiming, "Bang!"
There were several courses the teacher had to address the situation. The one chosen by her would not generally be considered as an option; she called her mother. Not being privy to the conversation I can only assume she was scared and conveyed this fear to her mother. Mom being very good friends with the county sheriff called him to pass on her daughter's fear about this student. He in turn called his friend, the school superintendent. The superintendent not interested in having any irate parent complaining in his office or to another government official's office called the school principal. The principal's last desire is to have any parent or the superintendent making waves so he in turned called an assistant principal. This principal was not in charge of the student, but quickly gathered the School Resource Officer, that happens to be the son of the sheriff and both of them converged on the office of the principal of the sophomore class. The result of this meeting was a campus all-points-bulletin search for the student. This two-hour search resulted in the knowledge that the student had gone home and was fast asleep in his room.
The result of the circle of authority was the child being banished to the county alternative school. I know this child well and he couldn't care less which school he is assigned to, he attends when he wants to. His parents long ago resolved he could raise himself. This should result in an identical success story of their older son. That would be the son currently serving seven-and-a-half to fifteen for breaking and entering. My student worships his older brother.
The younger of the remaining two students only cursed a teacher and walked upon that teacher with a closed fist. A zero tolerance for threatening a teacher was the result. The reality of the situation was that his gang leader had been found living out of zone and was transferred to the correct school allowing this student to step-up and be a leader. This is a game played by many principals in an attempt to rid their schools of undesirables. (Check Mate!)
The last student committed the most serious offense. He was bumped in a breakfast line before school. A crime committed by a member of one of the most notorious gangs in any school, the band. This band member further enraged the student by apologizing, which resulted in the band member being attacked from behind. The band member and the state's custody student both had to go to the hospital, the band member from the injuries inflicted from the beating and my student from a broken hand.
Oh, did I mention that only one of these three students is a special education student? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…………….
This is only week one of the 2006-2007 school year and already the lessons from summer camp are being transplanted to school. I look forward to week two and the chaos that accompanies my teaching position.
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Peace comes in all shapes and sizes. As a blogging community, we have another opportunity to share some peace in the form of gift cards, lesson plans ideas or other gestures of caring with those school families who were devastated by recent storms.
Crystal over at Kreative In Kinder is organizing this project as a practical way to show our love and send it their way. Hop on over today to see how you can help.
What PEACE do you bring to our school family? That's the inquiry that I posed on this peace-filled bulletin board I created with my Really Good Stuff border and peace-print accents right before spring break to keep peacemaking in the forefront of our hearts and minds.
Then, on the last day before break, I'm on car rider duty (my FaVoRiTe!!) and I open up the car door of this precious kindergarten girl named Aubrey. She glances my way and immediately starts to sky-write something. Not quite sure what to make of her code but taking my cue from a birthday bouquet in her mother's hands behind her, I ask her if she just drew
a happy birthday cake for her teacher.
That's when she replied with the most heart-warming smile I've seen in a while, "No, Mrs. Gruener, I'm drawing a peace sign for you." Now that is the kind of p.e.a.c.e. I'm talking about. I can't help but wonder what made her draw me a peace sign as she launched herself into that day, but I am totally grateful that peacemakers like Aubrey bring THAT kind of peace to our school family.
I am still walking on air from her generous gift, just as our friends in need will be when they hear from you!


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More about Telford from todays Mirror
Two whistleblowers were punished for trying to expose Britain's worst child abuse scandal which affected up to 1,000 girls for 40 years, the Mirror can reveal today.
A Labour MP last night joined calls for a public inquiry after girls as young as 11 were lured from families to be drugged, beaten and raped in an epidemic that, say victims, continues today.
A council-commissioned report told how social workers knew of the child sex crimes in the late 90s. And in 2016, whislteblowing police chaplain Keith Osmund-Smith was suspended after passing papers to the Mirror.
We asked police what was done about allegations of abuse in the 150-page report and they said they had not been properly logged.
A second whistleblower employed by Axis Counselling – a charity helping sex abuse victims – was forced to leave her post after speaking out.
Notes of her disciplinary meeting show officials admitted she had done nothing wrong but feared funding from authorities would be cut if she kept expressing views about the lack of action over the scandal by the council and police. The majority of Axis Counselling's funding comes from West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner, John Campion – a vocal critic of an MP and the Sunday Mirror's push for a Rotherham-style inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Telford. In September 2016, Tory MP for Telford, Lucy Allan, called for an inquiry after an abuse victim told her that many of the worst offenders had not been prosecuted and still lived in the area.
The same month, Tory Campion and nine others on the Labour-run council wrote to Home Secretary Amber Rudd, saying the inquiry was not necessary.
Freedom of Information Act papers revealed two predatory paedophiles had begun targeting girls from a local children's home in 1981.
Today we can also reveal officers were allegedly told as early as 1996 about one of the key players who is said to have made thousands grooming girls and selling them for sex. One victim gave so much evidence to police in 2010 that officers launched a probe, called Operation Thesis, around her evidence. But this led to no prosecutions.
Whistleblower Chaplain Osmund-Smith has returned to work. Police said: "An internal investigation was carried out and made a number of recommendations which we have worked with him to address."
The second whistleblower won an out-of-court settlement on a no fault basis. Axis Counselling declined to comment. Since 2014, Campion and predecessor Bill Longmore have given Axis Counselling nearly £1million in grants. Campion denied knowledge of the woman's situation.
It gets worse. Read it all Left Ahdel Ali, 27, one of the few men tried and convicted so far. He received a sentence of 18 years imprisonment in 2012. His brother Mubarek Ali went down ostensibly for 22 years, but he was released after only 5 years served.
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We suspected it wouldn't take long for Dave Lombardo to get back behind the drums following his unceremonious departure from Slayer earlier this year. His next stop was to sit in with the Brazilian metal outfit Sepultura during the recording of their forthcoming album. Producer Ross Robinson invited the thrash legend to share drum duties with the band's drummer Eloy Casagrande.
"He came and it was so nice, so special, so awesome," Sepultura guitarist Andreas Kisser commented. "He is one of the nicest guys in [the] business and he enjoyed the idea a lot. Ross and Mike prepared two drum sets on the living room, facing each other, no cymbals, just tribal drums! When the mikes were all ready and running Eloy and Dave started playing and the magic was on; so great! The part they recorded will be a special part on the middle of one of the songs. It came out crazy!"


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A Powerful Reason to get Ranked on Google!
You're likely doing all you can to design your web pages to have all the relevant SEO factors that seem to be required to rank well in your favorite search engines. (At least we hope you are!) But are you designing your pages to get an "F" when looked at by your site visitors? If not, you're going against what search giants like Google and scores of other research companies are now learning about how humans look and interact with web pages (and print ads, and television commercials, and more!)
Well, to be precise, "eye-tracking" started over 100 years! From Raymond Dodge's Photochronograph in 1871 to Edmond Huey's Eye-Tracker in 1898, the science of tracking eye movements is really nothing new. Today, companies like Tobii are creating amazing technology to allow for researchers, both private and academic, to generate useful data on how humans view and even think about the things they see and read on a wide variety of media.
So what, you say? So, when you read an article on The Official Google Blog entitled, "Eye-tracking studies: more than meets the eye" you discover that the leading search engine company has been doing intensive research on how to best layout their SERP's (Search Engine Results Page) for the most effective delivery of results.
But what is meant by "most effective"? Good question. In the research behind that Google post, they wanted to find out how to best incorporate thumbnail image data to help a searcher find the best answers for what they were searching on. As a result of numerous eye-tracking studies performed they discovered that thumbnails did not effectively change the scanning of a page and in fact, improved a page viewers ability to skip information that did not meet their needs and get to the info that did.
"It showed that we had managed to design a subtle user interface that gives people helpful information without getting in the way of their primary task: finding relevant information."
Yet again, you say "Great. But so what? I use (fill_in_your_favorite search_engine_here)"
Ah, don't be impatient, friend. If Google has shown that information searchers scan and find relevant information using certain patterns, you can bet that most of the other engine SERPs behave similarly. But don't miss the bigger point here. All of the SEO, SEM, and PPC, and everything that is happening in your organization to get you ranked higher will benefit you only if you are ending up on that first page of results. And the higher on that page the more likely you are to get visual attention and subsequent click action taking the searcher from the engine to your site.
Jakob Nielsen's "F-shaped pattern for reading web pages" presents a compelling argument thoroughly supported by the Google eye-tracking studies (and numerous other companies research as well as can be learned here and here.)
As you can see in the image to the right, the "heat map" of how the visitor's eye scans the page ends up resembling an "F". And while this is the Western way of reading (left to right, top to bottom) similar studies show results that can be followed for non-Western languages.
Okay, back to wanting to be as high on the SERP as possible. Clearly, if your page is one of the top 3 to 4 on the page, you're much more likely to be seen and clicked on than if you make the first page and are the 10th listing on that page!
Clearly, the stakes are getting higher (or more accurately, we are now discovering just how high they have likely always been!)
If Google and other companies are learning and implementing research such as this into the design of their pages, be they results pages of searches on data, or simply displaying news or collections of images, is there any reason you wouldn't want to re-think your page designs to take advantage of this science?
Scientific Web Design: 23 Actionable Lessons from Eye-Tracking Studies is a fantastic article that will give you more reasons to design from this perspective than you'll know what to do with! Some of the items are a given (even though you may not think about them consciously, you do them, like the rest of us):
- Readers ignore banners (Uhm, yeah. Unfortunately )
- Showing numbers as numerals; digits not words (I didn't realize this one and will have to change my behaviour accordingly)
- Shorter paragraphs perform better than longer ones (can you say short attention span?)
- Lists hold reader attention longer (heh, which you'd know if you've read this far!)
- Navigation tools work better when placed at the top of the page (I'd always wondered on this, and now have some definitive data to support that view)
The circular logic presented here is that if you can get your pages ranking in the top results for your targeted keyword, you know you'll get more traffic to your site. Now you know why that happens. And more importantly, you know how you can use that very "why" to convert those visits into your most desirable actions: click, buy, subscribe, perform.
So, the next time you're asked what your SEO goals are, tell them
"To get an F, of course!"
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James Svoboda Mar 04, 2009
Great post. Eye tracking studies tend to give similar data that developers should pay attention to. The F/A pattern is similar for search and content. I think it mostly has to do with reading right to left & top to bottom.
Online Fashion Shop Mar 04, 2009
Internet ranking is quite important to a business. Thanks for the useful information. Hope to see your new updates soon.
Florida Web Design Mar 10, 2009
Getting Rankings is very difficult these Days , i Don't know how much a F can help in getting the rankings higher
DSFlyman Mar 16, 2009
I love it, scientific data used to design a site. Very interesting. I think I need to add some lists to my site.
Diana Mar 27, 2009
Internet ranking is quite important to a business. Thanks a lot for the useful words. I expect your new updates soon.
comforter down Apr 09, 2009
If Google and other companies are learning and implementing research such as this into the design of their pages, be they results pages of searches on data.
SEOP May 20, 2010
Thanks for these tips. I especially liked the five points about eye-tracking. Important things to keep in mind when working on an SEO campaign.
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Improving Lives, One Wish at a Time
September 10, 2013
Meet Good Neighbor Finalist Kristina Rhodes, who goes the extra mile to make dreams come true for sick children in her community.
Meet the 2013 Good Neighbor Award finalists
The Good Neighbor Awards recognize REALTORS® who are making an extraordinary impact through community service. We will profile one of our 10 finalists each day in our Daily News. Five of these finalists will be named winners and will receive $10,000 grants for their charities. They will also be welcomed into the Good Neighbor Society during NAR's 2013 Conference & Expo in San Francisco. The five honorable mentions each receive $2,500 for their cause.
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Emily Jones was a fighter. Even when faced with an aggressive form of cancer, the 11-year-old never gave up her passions: her love of animals, food (crab legs were her favorite), family, fun, and all things bling. Emily was also one of Kristina Rhodes' biggest inspirations.
Rhodes is a devoted volunteer for Make-A-Wish, an organization that grants wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions. The first time she met Emily was in an effort to fulfill the young girl's wish — a Caribbean cruise.
Rhodes, who was adopted as a baby, was inspired to get involved with Make-A-Wish by her birth mother, who volunteered in Fort Wayne, Ind. When she found out that Make-A-Wish only had one other volunteer in southern Indiana, Rhodes decided to grow the organization's presence in her community. But she did much more than raise awareness; Rhodes grew her southern Indiana Make-A-Wish outpost to include hundreds of supporters. She even assembled a regional council — the first regional fundraising group of its kind, which has become a model for other Make-A-Wish chapters. Rhodes has helped raise nearly a half-million dollars in donations and an innumerable amount of in-kind contributions, as well as granting more than 80 wishes in the region. But Emily is the one that really stands out for Rhodes.
"When you have a situation like Emily's and you're able to spend time with the family and get to know them, it really teaches you something," Rhodes said. "Emily taught me about what's really important in life and helped me keep things in perspective."
Emily was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia on Sept. 24, 2012. That fall and winter, she and her doctors battled the disease with chemotherapy and radiation until it was nearly in remission. But the cancer was aggressive and came back in the spring. Emily's doctors decided to pursue a bone marrow transplant, and even found a donor. Sadly, Emily's white blood cell count never got to the levels required for the transplant. She also never became well enough to travel for her cruise.
So what did Rhodes do? Since Emily wasn't able to fulfill her original wish, Rhodes brought the cruise to Emily. On her own, Rhodes arranged for her friend to take Emily, along with close friends, out for a pontoon ride on the Ohio River. To send her off, 50 of Emily's teachers, classmates, friends, and family dressed in Hawaiian outfits, and each person placed a lei around Emily's neck before she boarded the boat. It wasn't long before Emily was swimming in leis.
"Kristina is an amazing lady who has taken this organization to another level," said Kathy Scoettlin, chief community relations and social responsibility officer at Old National Bank, who also serves on the Make-A-Wish regional council. "She has unwavering passion for the cause, and her ultimate goal is all about fulfilling wishes; she doesn't let anything muddy the waters or get in her way."
Despite missing her cruise, Emily did receive a wish from Make-A-Wish. The organization helped her adopt her own dog – a small Pomeranian mix that happens to look just like Max, the Grinch's dog in Dr. Seuss' popular story. Emily picked out the pup using the Warrick Humane Society's Web site from her hospital bed. On Aug. 8, 2013, Emily and her family found out she was going home. So Rhodes sprang into action again, picking up the dog — which Emily named Sally Cookie — along with a bed, crate, food, treats, and a leash, and had it all waiting for Emily when she got home from the hospital.
"Kristina is a fantastic volunteer; as soon as she walked into the room, I knew I was going to like her. She's so personable and so sweet," said Tracy Jones, Emily's mom. "She lives and breathes [Make-A-Wish], and she absolutely loves these kids."
Due to the cancer, Emily developed Bell's palsy, which made her unable to smile. But Emily's family saw smiles peek through when Emily was with Sally Cookie.
"That was the happiest she had been in a long time," said Jones. "This must have been Sally's calling because she and Emily bonded so well. She'd go lay with Emily, and all she wanted to do was cuddle with her, and that's what they did."
Having the dog by her side helped Emily relax and take her mind off her illness – which is what Make-A-Wish is all about. "Make-A-Wish is about joy," said Rhodes. "When a child gets a wish, it's something for them to look forward to and it's a distraction from all that day-to-day stuff they have to tolerate. They see there's something good in their future."
Rhodes also has helped a 5-year-old meet the president and another young boy meet the pope. A little boy named Sam played baseball with his favorite Yankee players, and his sister Sophie, who suffers from the same rare skin disease, went on an American Girl doll shopping spree on Rodeo Drive.
"The children are so inspiring and so brave and so courageous; every family I meet is grateful, and that, still to this day, overwhelms me," Rhodes said.
A family can be referred to Make-A-Wish through a doctor or social worker. Sometimes parents are leery at first because they think the organization only deals with terminal cases, but that's not the case, said Rhodes. The majority of children do recover.
Sadly, Emily did not recover. She passed away on Aug. 17, less than a year after her cancer diagnosis.
"I miss her dearly," said Jones. "She taught me a lot in the 11 months [of her illness], and I'm proud of her for having the courage to go through what she did."
Rhodes credits her brokerage, F.C. Tucker Emge, REALTORS®, which supports more than 100 local charities, for encouraging her volunteerism. "We want to make Evansville a better place to live and raise a family, and you have to do more than just sell real estate to do that," she said.
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Contact Kristina Rhodes at www.fcte.com/kristinarhodes or via e-mail at email@example.com. Learn more about Make-A-Wish at www.wish.org.
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The suspect in the killing of an Irish woman at a tourist resort in Goa will face murder and rape charges, police in the Indian state have said.
Umesh Gaonkar, a superintendent with Goa Police, said a post-mortem examination showed that Danielle McLaughlin suffered cerebral damage and constriction of the neck, causing her death.
The 28-year-old victim from Buncrana, Co Donegal, was found dead in a secluded spot in Canacona, a popular area for holidaymakers, on Tuesday morning.
Local media reported the former Liverpool John Moores University student was discovered unclothed and she had marks on her head and face.
Mr Gaonkar said a suspect, a local criminal arrested a day after a farmer discovered Ms McLaughlin's body, would face rape and murder charges.
She had travelled to Goa with an Australian female friend and the pair were staying in a beach hut.
They had been celebrating Holi – a Hindu spring festival – on Monday night at a nearby village.
She left the village late at night and her body was found the next day, said Mr Gaonkar.
CCTV footage has emerged of Ms McLaughlin's final movements in which she is seen apparently walking along a street with the suspect.
Deputy superintendent Sammy Tavares told local reporters that a man named Vikas Bhagat, 24, had been arrested.
Bhagat had confessed to raping the victim and killing her, he said.
A two-wheeled vehicle and some clothes, reported to have bloodstains on them, have also been seized as part of the investigation.
Christy Duffy, a close friend of Ms McLaughlin's from Buncrana, told the Press Association her body has been released from the post-mortem and would likely begin a journey home to Ireland on Friday.
It is expected her remains will travel to Mumbai, Dubai and then Dublin.
The journey is expect to take up to six days, prolonging an agonising wait for her heartbroken mother Andrea Brannigan.
Ms McLaughlin was the eldest of her five daughters.
"Two friends who reside in Australia are currently travelling to Goa to meet with the body to accompany it for the repatriation process," Mr Duffy said.
He has raised more than 30,000 euro (£26,000) to help with the costs and to "give her the send-off she deserves".
Thanking donors "from the bottom of my heart", Mr Duffy said it "has taken additional stress out of the equation, the family are holding up as well as can be expected and will be relieved to have her back on home soil".


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Publish Date: January 1, 2013
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Synopsis: Centuries ago, Meryn was thought to be utterly lost--all traces of his soul given up to the ravening goblin horde. But with the curse that enslaved him now broken, he must once again learn to walk in the realm of men.
Nurse Nadine Gilbert likes working the night shift to avoid her disturbing dreams, but her mysterious new patient looks hauntingly familiar. Meryn knows he doesn't deserve a second chance, but Nadine brings out his long-buried human side. Telling her the truth about his violent past could destroy their fragile trust. Could she ever believe in the love of a Goblin Warrior?
Review: Meryn was a warrior who was cursed along with his king and for the past 2,000 years he lived as a Goblin with only his lust for gold as company. Now he's back from the Shadowlands and he's human once more. He ends up in the hospital and meets a woman who may be his only salvation. Can he protect her from her fears and overcome his previous life, too?
I had not read any of the previous Shadowlands series novels, but after reading 'For the Love of a Goblin Warrior' I know I didn't need to. This book stands very well on its own and you are given the entire back story on the characters you need to understand and enjoy it. I also felt Meryn and Nadine's story would have worked even without a paranormal element involved. 'For the Love of a Goblin Warrior' was a sweet and touching romance between two people who needed to heal their hearts and learn to be open again. If you're looking for lots of overt magic and epic battles, you might want to read one of the other books in this series. If you're looking for a tender and heartfelt story with characters who need healing, hope, and love, than 'For the Love of a Goblin Warrior' is just the book for you.
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For 41 consecutive nights this summer, David Zalben will be caged in a storefront gallery bending feet after feet of wire in his homage to lady muses, "A Love You Can't Live Without."
You may have seen this ArtCenter/South Florida artist-in-residence's work up trees and lampposts on Lincoln Road, his simple metal forms recalling the minimalist silhouettes of Pablo Picasso's early pen and inks.
Zalben has agreed to sit in the ArtCenter's front gallery as part of an art installation/performance. There he will compose his latest work: wire-written poetry inspired by the women in his life that will dangle from the ceiling like metallic, literary vines.
At 8:30 every night until July 12th, watch the romantic bend 16-gauge wire into odes to lady dental hygienists and fellow artists.
Zalben spoke with HuffPost Miami about "A Love You Can't Live Without."
What inspired this project?
This installation idea was born when I wanted to express my affection for a woman that inspires me, and I instantly realized this could be a fascinating, albeit extreme platform, so as I started to visualize the installation. It started to meander and take on a life of its own.
Who are some of your female muses?
I am an open person. I truly feel a muse can be right in front of you, you just need to be engaging with others…as an example, I was recently getting my teeth cleaned with a new dental hygienist, and since I was gaging, she said "You know Dave, it's your tongue causing you to gag. It's tense, just relax the tongue". It dawned on my to write a quote in wire: 'Control the tongue and you control your fate'.
What has the reaction been from passersby on Lincoln Road?
Pretty amazing. People are very enthusiastic. It has been quite humbling actually. I spoke with a woman that saw an article about the installation, and was so inspired she overcame many personal obstacles to drive over an hour to see me work…she called me a "heart surgeon", that makes it all worth while.
Biggest challenge working with wire?
I think mainly to edit my ideas. I mean it comes naturally for me to bend the wire, so I am careful not to bend it into cliché words or common figurative pieces.
How did you start working the material?
I had the fortune to know the artist Adriana Carvalho, who introduced me to contemporary art, and since she works in metal there were always different materials, as wire lying about.
One day I saw she made a tiny flower out of telephone wire, and I started to play with some wire to see what I could come up with...The flip side to that, I noticed I gravitate to the medium of wire because I like minimalism, and since I am impatient, the wire fits my character perfectly because I don't need anything but my hands and a pair snips to produce artwork.
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March is always busy in Central FL and here's a quick list of things you might enjoy doing that are less than standard fare…
There's plenty to visit from the annual events to this year's one-off attractions, you'll see how much fun can be had! We hope that whatever you choose to do you have a wonderful time and please remember to let us know of any great discoveries of your own so that we can let others know.
March 1st – 11th: Central Florida Fair at Central Florida Fairgrounds.
March 1st and every day: Meet the Characters at Universal Studios.
Photo opportunity to get seen with your favorite characters; "Oh yes, Spiderman is a good friend of mine. Here's a photo of us on vacation...."
March 1st – 11th: Florida Strawberry Festival at Plant City
An annual celebration of this glorious fruit. Country Fayre, rides, livestock exhibits and strawberries every which way including loose...
March 1st – 13th: Florida Renaissance Fair at Deerfield Park
If you feel like a drive to Deerfield Beach then this is the festival for you. Craft villages, period performers, valiant knights, birds of prey and food.
March 2nd – 4th: Thundering Spirit Family Native American Pow-Wow at Mount Dora
March 3rd: The Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest at Circle Square Cultural Center, Ocala, FL
March 3rd: 3rd Annual Orlando Chili Cook-Off at Baldwin Park
March 3rd and 4th: Bands, Brew & BBQ at SeaWorld
Last two dates: Country stars Sara Evans and Scotty McCreery play one date each!
March 3rd – 11th: Bok Tower Gardens' International Carillon Festival at Bok Tower
March 4th: 33rd Annual Winter Park St. Patrick's Day Parade at Central Park, Winter Park
March 4th: Harlem Globetrotters at UCF Arena
March 7th – May 20th: EPCOT® International Flower & Garden Festival at EPCOT
March 8th – March 10th: FIRST Robotics Regional Competition at UCF Arena. $Free!
64 teams of students from around the world were given six weeks to design, build and test a basketball playing robot. Here's the playoffs!
March 9th & 10th: Pig On The Pond BBQ Festival/Competition at Waterfront Park, Clermont, FL
March 9th – 18th: Bike Week Motorbike Festival at Daytona Beach
March 10th – 11th: 16th Annual Indiafest at Wickham Pavilion, Melbourne, FL
March 19th – 25th: Arnold Palmer Signature Of Champions Golf Tournament at Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando FL
March 20th: UCF Opera: The Merry Wives of Windsor at Resurrection Catholic Church, Winter Garden. 7pm.
March 23rd – 25th: 4th Annual Wine & Seafood Festival at Lakeridge Winery & Vineyards, Clermont FL
March 23rd – 25th: Honda Grand Prix at St Petersburg
March 23rd – 24th: UCF-Orlando Jazz Festival at UCF Auditorium
March 24th – 25th: Mount Dora Annual Spring Antiques, Collectibles & Crafts Show at Downtown Mount Dora
200 booth vendors displaying treasures on the downtown streets of Mount Dora.
March 24th – 25th: Jack Hanna Weekend at SeaWorld
Renowned wildlife expert Jack Hanna returns to his base camp at SeaWorld for a special limited-time series, accompanied by his amazing animal ambassadors.
March 25th – 27th: Festival of Reading at W.T. Bland Public Library, Mount Dora
March 25th – 31st: Peak Bloom at Bok Tower
March 31st – April 1st: 50th Annual Sail Boat Regatta at Mount Dora Yacht Club
Film Venues
Take blankets, picnics and have a great time watching films under the stars. Venue will change if it rains.
Enzian Theater & The City of Winter Park present "The Popcorn Flicks" every 2nd Thursday in the month Park Avenue, Winter Park.
Donnelly Park Mount Dora 2nd Friday of the month at dusk February Film - The Goonies
Centenial Park, Sanford 3rd Friday of the month at 7 pm. Cinema in the Park
Great Places to Visit - Guest Recommendations
Parkesdale Farm Market at 3702 W. Baker Street, Plant City. This was an unique, countrified, local farm market that is a huge tourist attraction amoung "older" folks. You might want to look it up on the internet. There were literally hundreds of cars there in the middle of a Friday afternoon with people lined out the door for their strawberry sundaes, shortcakes, milkshakes, ant other strawberry products. It also is a large fresh produce and plant center. It was very quaint; however, do not dress in anything fancy to go there.
Great Place for a Picnic apart from our glorious Florida beaches of course...
Bok Tower, 1151 Tower Boulevard, Lake Wales, Florida (863) 676 1408
The Bok tower was built for Mr. Edward William Bok around the 1920's. It is surrounded by magnificent tranquil gardens designed by Frederick Law Olmsted Jnr., the son of the landscape designer of Central Park, New York.Events including musical evenings are held throughout the year. The perfect place for a picnic for those who wish for a day of more leisurely pursuits.
Of course there's much, much more going on in the area this month, so much so that we couldn't possibly cover it all! If you see something you think we should include let us know and we'll post it!
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Jonathan HILL - Member of the European Commission, responsible for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
Finance Watch Conference: The long-term financing agenda – the way to sustainable growth?
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. I am glad to be here and hope that you have had a good day today.
First, let me wish Christophe Nijdam well in his new role as secretary general of Finance Watch. His is an important job for an important organisation. We need Finance Watch to bring together a range of groups' interests in financial regulation. We need your input to the Commission's work and I know how much my colleagues have appreciated your contribution to our many initiatives, expert groups and consultations over the last few years.
We need to hear the views of different parts of the market; different sections of society. And we all need to remember that the finance industry is here to serve consumers, savers, businesses and the wider community. Which is why Finance Watch was one of the very first organisations I met when I became Commissioner.
All of us want to encourage a financial sector that is built on strong foundations, has the right values and which can underpin the economic growth that Europe so badly needs.
Many of you in this room were involved in the development of the new rules introduced over the last five years to govern the financial sector. You helped shape regulation that was essential to respond to the financial crisis and to help restore financial stability. It was a remarkable achievement, made more so by the fact that it had to be done while the fires of the financial crisis were raging.
We need to remain focused on the threats to financial stability because financial stability remains the prerequisite to growth. That is why I am committed to finalising rules on Bank Structural Reform, money market funds and benchmarks, and to bringing forward new proposals to deal with risks arising from entities other than banks when they need to be resolved.
But I think we must recognise that the nature of the threat we face has changed. Today, the lack of growth is the biggest threat to stability. GDP growth across the EU is anaemic: only 0.3%. There are nearly 25 million people unemployed. In many countries, there are genuine fears for a lost generation. And where the lack of growth and opportunity persists a sense of hopelessness is creating a deeply worrying and corrosive cynicism about the ability of democratic politics to deliver. So there is not only an economic but a democratic imperative to get our economies growing again. To build trust and restore hope for 500 million Europeans.
So we need both financial stability and growth: we need sustainable growth.
That is the new Commission's number one priority. It is why President Juncker's first act as Commission President was to launch the 315 billion euro Investment Plan. We all know that jobs and growth will come from the single market and trade, not from politicians. But this plan can help by taking away some of the risk of investing in long-term projects; by supporting viable projects that might otherwise not have found investment; and by encouraging Member States to remove red tape, regulatory bottlenecks and other barriers to investment. Providing the right conditions for the economy to get moving again.
The relentless focus on jobs and growth also determines how I approach the decisions it's my job to take. I will look at all regulation through the prism of jobs and growth. Given that the worst of the financial crisis is behind us, we should not expect to have to legislate so much in the future: you should not anticipate anything like the volume of new legislation that the crisis called for. And after those five busy years of trying to 'moor the boat in a storm', we should also ask ourselves: have we always struck the right balance between reducing risk and encouraging growth? If the evidence tells us that we haven't always got it right, if the rules are not proportionate to the risks presented by different types of operator, then we should be ready to look at regulation again.
Role of finance in sustainable growth
I know that the issue of sustainable growth has been at the core of today's conference.
To me, sustainable growth means an environment in which companies can expand, entrepreneurs can reach new markets and businesses can create more and better jobs. So that young people can have hope for their future and all of us can thrive.
A well-functioning, stable financial system is an essential pre-requisite for growth. We do not make the economy stronger by making our financial services weaker. We need to move from a position where the industry is seen as being part of the problem to one where it is seen as part of the solution.
How can I in my mandate help to achieve that? How can financial services contribute to growth? I think there are two important ways in which they can help.
The first is through a sound and stable banking system; one that is able to lend, keep people's savings secure, process payments and generally deliver the services that consumers and businesses need every day. A huge amount of work has already been done to make sure that the right framework is in place to make that happen.
I will continue to work hard to make sure that things stay on the right track. This means delivering detailed rules so that the reforms of the banking sector can be put into practice in day-to-day operations. And looking at how the rules are being implemented and applied on the ground.
I want to ensure compliance does not become a box-ticking exercise but a real change in culture. And, if we find wrongdoing; if professionals are found to have defrauded or deliberately misled unsuspecting customers, the system should come down on them like a ton of bricks.
The second way is through well-functioning capital markets. These can spur growth through boosting confidence in Europe as a place to invest.
Well-functioning capital markets also help encourage greater diversity in funding, which reduces concentration of risk so they not only free up capital for growth but also support and strengthen financial stability.
After all, it's important to remember that "capital markets" are not some abstract construct – they are someone's pension savings, someone's 'rainy day' money which is channelled to growth.
Capital Markets Union: what is it (and what is it not)?
Building a single market for capital will help money flow through the EU to where it can be most productive. Its aim at its most simple is to link savings with growth. This is a project for all 28 Member States.
My ambition is to help unlock the capital around Europe that is currently frozen and put it to work in support of Europe's businesses, particularly SMEs.
I'd like to explain to you briefly what capital markets union is intended to be. And, perhaps equally, what it is not.
With the Capital Markets Union, we want to remove the barriers that stand between investors' money and investment opportunities; clear obstacles that are preventing those who need financing from reaching investors; and make the system for channelling those funds – the investment chain – as efficient as possible.
Free movement of capital was one of the four fundamental principles on which the European Union was built. But fifty years on from the Treaty of Rome, we still don't have a fully functioning single market for capital. The market remains fragmented, largely along national lines. Overcoming that fragmentation could have significant benefits.
Just to take one example, if our venture capital markets were as deep as the US, as much as 90 billion euro more in funds would have been available to companies in the period between 2008 and 2013. Think of all the innovation that that could have sparked; all the new products and services that could have been dreamed up; all the new jobs that could have been created if that funding had been there.
So our goal with the Capital Markets Union is to make Europe more attractive to inward investment. We also want to create more financing opportunities for SMEs and infrastructure projects. Spread risk more effectively to those who can bear it. And deepen integration across borders within the EU, increasing competition.
What Capital Markets Union is not is an attack on banks. It is not about punishing one sector of the industry to reward another. We recognise very clearly the role that the banking system plays in Europe's economy and the contribution that banks make to local communities. Indeed we envisage banks continuing to be an important distribution channel for market funding. Capital Markets Union is rather about growing the overall pot so that everyone benefits: banks, capital markets and, most importantly, firms who find more sources of funding. And it is about giving choice to companies on where and how they want to get financing.
Equally, Capital Markets Union is not another Banking Union. It will be very different from, but complementary to that project. Banking Union's focus was on breaking the link between bank failures and sovereigns through a single system of supervision and resolution in the euro area. That will provide a platform of stability and confidence to underpin development of a Capital Markets Union across all EU 28 Member States. Capital Markets Union is a response to a different problem – that of high levels of savings not finding its way to productive use in the economy.
Capital Markets Union is also not just for the big players or big companies. Quite the opposite. It is about giving smaller businesses a wider range of options for their financing, so they are not only reliant on their local bank branch, but can consider options like listing on a growth market or attracting equity investment from outside their home countries. And it is about offering attractive alternatives to retail investors who want to save for their retirement and want to spread the risk between a number of different vehicles. So we think it will be a great opportunity for the smaller players, on both ends of the investment chain.
And finally, Capital Markets Union will not mean a return to the bad old days of misregulation and excessive risk-taking. It will be built on firm foundations of financial stability, namely the consistent implementation and enforcement of the single rulebook that has largely been put in place in recent years. We want to enable the economy to capitalise on a more diverse, more transparent and more resilient range of funding while remaining alert and vigilant to emerging risks.
Features of Capital Markets Union
So how, concretely, will we build a Capital Markets Union? Well, it will not happen overnight. It is a long-term project that will require sustained effort over many years. And it will need to be approached from many different angles – securities laws, investment restrictions, tax treatments, insolvency regimes. These are all issues that we have been grappling with in Europe for decades. But the urgency of our economic need is more pressing than ever so we should not shy away from addressing each of them.
In the meantime, we have identified a number of areas where we can make early progress in the coming months to encourage investment and overcome obstacles.
The first will be proposals to build a market for high-quality securitisation. Highly transparent, simple and standardised securitisation instruments can help free up banks' balance sheets so they can lend to households and businesses. Again, we have no intention of returning to the unhealthy practices of the past. So far as the highly complex, opaque and risky securitisation instruments such as subprime instruments are concerned – the door will remain firmly closed. But we need to be clear on where the problem was. The flawed products that were the catalyst for the financial crisis in the US must not be allowed to return.
However, European securitisations actually fared very well in the crisis. So why is it that securitisation levels in the US have completely recovered while EU securitisations remain depressed? This is having a negative effect on our economy. If SME securitisation could be returned – safely – even to half way back to the levels they were in 2007, this could be equivalent to some 20 billion euro of additional funding.
We in the Commission are not alone in being interested in breathing new life into securitisation markets. Both the European Central Bank and the Bank of England have consulted recently on high quality securitisations. They too are interested in making sure new securitised products adhere to higher standards. And it is a subject being discussed at the international level.
I understand Finance Watch's concerns regarding the potential for increased risk if there were to be a revival of securitisation, and share your view that we have to be vigilant towards this and other emerging risks. One of the steps we are taking to help safeguard against these risks is the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation. This Regulation will increase transparency, so that investors and regulators understand how and where such transactions are being used, allowing us to act if needed.
We intend to review the Prospectus Directive to make it easier for firms, particularly smaller ones, to access markets and reach investors across borders, while making sure that investors get all the information they need about what they are investing in.
We will start work on improving the availability of SME credit information to help bring loans to smaller firms.
We will be supporting the take up of the new European Long-Term Investment Fund to channel investment in infrastructure and other long-term projects. In this regard, we will move fast on the legislative measures that are needed to implement the legislation on these new funds. We will also assess whether it would be appropriate to extend the advantages currently available for national regimes to ELTIFs and will be encouraging EU institutions like the European Investment Bank to use ELTIFs to channel investment.
And we will be supporting the industry in its development of a pan-European private placement regime. Private placements can offer firms a cost-effective way to raise funds; can broaden the availability of finance for medium to large unlisted companies and could potentially support infrastructure projects.
Ladies and gentlemen, I think we all share the same broad goals, namely to create a supportive environment in which funding can start flowing again and be put to productive use. One in which our businesses, especially the small ones, can grow and expand. And above all, one that will encourage job creation.
Capital Markets Union will be one element in building that more growth-enhancing environment. It will help promote investment in the economy. To have a long term impact on the ground, that extra investment needs to be accompanied by sustained efforts by Member States to implement the structural reforms their economies also so desperately need.
We are only at the beginning of the process of developing the Capital Markets Union. I will be travelling around Europe in the next couple of months, meeting as many interested parties as possible to hear their views.
And we will be launching a green paper on our plans within the next few weeks. You have a crucial contribution to make. So I strongly encourage all of you in this audience, and the organisations you represent, to contribute so that we can get as rounded picture as possible of the priorities and concerns of all users of the financial system.
For our economies; for our democracies; it is imperative that growth returns to Europe. It is up to us to prepare the ground, provide a supply of water, and ensure that when the seeds are planted, they can flourish.


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Arvh, well this isn't as hard as many have it but i am frustrated again. I worked all summer on sugar intake and weight, i say i lost 10 lbs, it actually fluctuates 8 to 9. And today i feel chubby again. I relaxed my eating a little, had fast food taco bell yesterday which isn't as bad as some. Had a slightly sweet chai latte too for my 12 hour day. And nothing is budging again. I am trying to get motivated for another big push to get below 150 (stuck at 151).
Meanwhile i am getting a period every 2 weeks. I am tracking that with my weight. I wake up every night in the middle of the night but that has been 3 years so i am getting used to it. I think that amount of sleep also affects weight. I don't know what to say about exercise, i walk quickly and almost constantly between 3:30 and 6 daily. Still doesn't seem to have the same impact as specifically walking or running for exercise.
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So six months later, the hotel sent out its controller to find a solution that would meet Wilson's needs and the needs of the hotel. Using the Internet, the controller researched several sales and catering solutions and narrowed the choice down to the five that had the desired features and were within the hotel's price range. Those five vendors brought their solutions in and showcased them to Wilson. After the demonstrations, a choice was clear.
"Being able to produce a whole contract in a matter of minutes and get it out to the client is wonderful." - Mark Wilson, Director of Sales
Wilson selected Maestro Sales and Catering from Northwind Inc. "It just seemed more user friendly than everything else," he says. "And Maestro fit into our budget and is able to effectively get out our contracts, do banquet orders and keep track of everything." The Holiday Inn implemented Maestro Sales and Catering in November of 1999. After installing the application, which only took about one day, Northwind sent trainers to the hotel to teach the department how to use their new system. "We did five days of training, and that helped tremendously. Northwind really got us up and running," says Wilson.
Event Order Automated
A far cry from the old system, the Maestro system automates the entire event order process. When Wilson or one of his staff receives a request, they look up the client or add him if he's not in the system. The client record contains all of the pertinent client information, including client/ company name, address, phone and fax, etc., and tracks each client by a unique identifying number.
To create an event order, you just pull up the client and create a new order by blocking space on the meeting space grid, entering food items and reserving any necessary audiovisual equipment. After you've completed this process, you simply print out the event order. The system also produces contracts and customized customer correspondence and has full integration to Microsoft Office tools. Wilson comments, "The ease of being able to produce a whole contract in a matter of minutes and get it out to the client is wonderful. And the clients like that, too; they don't have to wait a day and a half for a contract to get typed up."
The meeting space grid, which gives users the ability to view and man-age all of their function space availability from one screen, is one of Wilson's favorite system features. "It's really easy to see if there's anything available, "he says. "And basically at the click of a button, you can see your availability and block the space you need."
Another of Wilson's system favorites is the tracing features it provides. Maestro provides both automatic and customized traces that help users manage their customer service and account follow-up in a timely, efficient manner. "The tracing system is a nice way to track all of the people you need to call during a week and everyone you've entered along the way. We go through a thorough training process to make sure all of our employees use the traces because it is such an effective system." Traces that are being utilized by Wilson's team include:
- Follow-up on contracts;
- Follow-up on menus;
- Thank you letter reminders; and
- Customized reminders to en-sure quality customer care.
Wilson has also found that Northwind has done an excellent job of growing the solution to the hotel. Initially, the software came with a generic event order that did not include the name of the hotel or contact information, which made it difficult for customers to identify where the event order was coming from. Northwind personalized the event order with the hotel contact information so that customers can more clearly identify whom the correspondence is from. In addition, Northwind has assisted Wilson in customizing his department's reports so that all of the desired in-formation prints out. Wilson says, Northwind has been very responsive to our needs, and I've had very good relations with them all along the way."
Among the other benefits of the Maestro sales and catering system are the following:
- Activities Scheduling and Billing to facilitate operations with custom package planning of third-party services;
- Data mining and productivity tools such as analysis components, spreadsheets, word processors and report writers including yield management and forecasting; and
- System interfaces to back office General Ledger and the Maestro Property Management System.
Big Benefits
But Wilson says the greatest benefits for him are timesavings and accountability. "Compared to where we were at," he says, "Maestro is a tremendous time saver. And because of the reporting capabilities of the system, I can do weekly reports and review everybody's bookings for the week. It helps with accountability."
Although Wilson doesn't plan to expand the system beyond current us-age right now, he is excited about the future of the product. "I just got a diskette from Northwind, and I'm anxious to see what the upgrades to the system are."
Wilson also hopes to make some other additions to his department's technological savvy, and is hoping to make arrangements with the hotel to purchase a reader board for meeting attendees. Hopefully, he says, North-wind will be able to interface with the reader boards so they'll be automatically updated. In the end, Wilson is happy with his decision to purchase Maestro. "Overall, I'm very pleased with the system. I think we made a good choice.


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here i am, selling coffee thinking of some girl who speaks with her eyes not her mouth. shes a lock, the kind that cant open and im sorry im not the key, that you need me to be. shes got a magnet in her eyes, in the twilight she is glowing, shes got hope on my shoulders, i'll take her down. on superbowl sunday everything will be fine. 31 million, thats a lot of good times. we'll swim together in the rough seas of our minds, you pack the rod, ill bring the fishing line. shes a mess, im just a dirty rag dont ask me to bring the 409. i see a little of me in her, all the more reason for me to run away. she's sweating with tears, i think its gonna rain tonight. believe me, i know, you can run from whats inside. put some faith in yourself. the blame is over me, you did nothing wrong.
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Regardless, The Wunder Years are amazing.walls so thickon June 09, 2004 Link
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Soo…turns out I am very horrible at keeping up and posting my workouts. I do apologize!! *frantically bowing* But in three weeks, I have lost…(drum roll please)…5 pounds and 2% of body fat! That's a quarter of my goal. Well, … Continue reading
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Vegetarian Lite Cleansing Diet
I am most definitely a meat lover. And I suffer a lot because of that. I don't go to the bathroom too regularly and sometimes I won't go at all for weeks (it's really an uncomfortable bloated feeling).
So after I have gotten used to the half-and-half rule. It's more meals, less food, less calories, but…same weight? Disappointing!!
This all started out as a pleasant surprise. For the past two days, I was basically too lazy to shop/prepare meals. Good thing I always stock my fridge full of bags of baby carrots and fruits. So…that's all I ate on Monday. Fruits and veggies and dairy product. And surprisingly, I was really energized throughout the day.
The next day, I ate a banana for breakfast. My friend showed me this really cruel video of industrial hatchery, so I ordered vegan for lunch. Ate half for lunch and the rest for dinner. In between meals, I snacked on cherries and pineapples. I was taken aback by the fact that…I didn't actually need meat to fill satiated. I was happy. I wasn't craving for meat.
This morning, I woke up and had a giant glass of honey water (1 tbsp of honey mixed with room-temperature water). And so far, I had went to the bathroom 4 times. I didn't even know how much junk is in my intestines until today. YUCK! Still not craving meat. I had just steam vegetables and deep fried tofu with soy sauce (and before finishing half of that portion, I was too stuffed to go on).
Why do I call this vegetarian lite? Well, I did eat a piece of gouda for a snack and a bowl of Greek yogurt on Monday. That's why this is not a Vegan diet. And when I ordered out from non-vegetarian restaurant, I didn't know whether the food was prepared in a no-meat zone. To be frank, I didn't quite care about that. Just as long as I wasn't eating meat.
How long am I going to keep up with this diet? As long as…I am socially capable of it. Admit it! Trying to convert to a vegetarian diet and having meat-eating friends are just two things that don't mix well. But now that I see the power of it, I am going to try to have one or two vegetarian days of a week.
Try it! Let me know what you think! (P.S. I am too wussy to try master cleanse. Even though I know its existence and have heard great things, I am going to stick with what I have).
The Half and Half Rule
A diet about drinking lots of half and half milk? No, not at all. My half and half weight loss diet is just a simple rule of thumb to portion your food and avoid over eating. [Because…really…I don't weigh my … Continue reading
Week 1: Tummy Tuck Abs Workout
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Week 1: No More Muffin Tops
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Week 1: Get Toned Arms
Ah…summer time. Time for sleeveless tops and bikinis. And admit it, flabby arms are just not sexy. Big arms have always been a big problem for me. I was so excited to find the above article in Pinterest. Combining with … Continue reading
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Week 1: Booty and Thighs
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Week 1: Abs and Arms Day
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A recent item in Forbes about the plight of smaller companies who can be bankrupted by patent lawsuits and threats from the medical device giants (see my post Going Toe To Toe With Medical Device Giants) concludes with an interesting and, for some, perhaps, eye-opening set of statistics about the costs associated with patent litigation and related facts. I append it below. For other interesting facts about the IP system, see my estimate of the costs of the patent system (Reducing the Cost of IP Law), as well as a growing collection of IP horror stories (The Patent, Copyright, Trademark, and Trade Secret Horror Files).
Pricey Patents
Intellectual property is a precious asset–if you can afford to protect it.
$10 million: Cost to defend a high-stakes patent suit
$3.8 million: Median damages awarded in patent infringement cases from 2001-07
482,871: Patent applications filed in 2009
191,927: Patents issued in 2009
2,700: Average number of patent-infringement lawsuits filed per year
$1,000: Hourly rate charged by top patent litigators
100: Average number of patent cases that go to trial each year
57%: Percentage of trials won by patent holders
34.6: Average number of months to secure a patent
Sources: USPTO website; General Patent Corp.; Stanford IP Database; Ropes & Gray; PricewaterhouseCoopers
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