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Skip the high-calorie car bomb and enjoy these smarter sips instead
Cucumber Martini
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Green Tabasco gives this cocktail its rich color—and a kick! Not for the timid tippler.
Fresh cilantro
3 slices peeled English cucumber
1 ounce simple syrup
3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
2 ounces Tito's Handmade Vodka
3 drops green Tabasco
1 cucumber wheel, for garnish
Muddle cilantro, cucumber, syrup, and lemon juice. Add vodka, shake, and double strain. Add Tabasco and garnish with cucumber wheel.
Nutrition score per serving: 180 calories
South of the Rio
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A pop of pink from the hibiscus-and-rose rimmer sets this drink apart from the St. Paddy's Day pack.
2 slices English cucumber
1 1/2 ounces Leblon Cachaca
1/2 ounce Dainzu agave nectar
3/4 ounce fresh lime juice
Hibiscus rose rimming salt (optional)
1/6 jalapeno, seeded and deveined, for garnish
Muddle cucumber into very small pieces and set aside. Fill a shaker with ice. Pour in cachaca, agave nectar, and lime juice. Add muddled cucumber and shake. Wet a drinking glass with lime and carefully dip edge into salt. Pour liquid ingredients into glass. Splay jalapeno across the rim.
Nutrition score per serving: 165 calories
Irish Julep
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A classic mint julep made with bourbon packs 8 grams of sugar. This Irish whiskey twist sets you back just 3 grams!
6 mint leaves
1/2 ounce simple syrup
1/2 ounce water
Crushed ice
1 1/2 ounces Jameson Irish Whiskey
1/4 ounce Directions:
Muddle mint leaves, simple syrup, and water in a highball glass. Add crushed ice and whiskey. Float amaro on top and garnish with mint sprig.
<a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.avernausa.com/ target=" href="http://www.avernausa.com/ target=" _blank"="">Nutrition score per serving: 137 calories
Voli Green Garden
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This sweet and savory cocktail clocks in at an even 100 calories.
Salt and pepper, to rim (optional)
1 1/2 ounces Voli Original
1 piece green bell pepper
1 ounce lime juice
1 packet Stevia
1 handful basil
Rim a martini glass with salt and pepper. Add remaining ingredients into a shaker. Shake vigorously and strain into glass.
Nutrition score per serving: 100 calories
Irish Lemonade
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Step aside Arnold Palmer, this cool mix of lemon and beer is the perfect St. Patrick's Day refresher.
Serves: 2
12 ounces Polar® Lemon Seltzer
12 ounces beer
2 tablespoons frozen lemonade concentrate
2 lemon wedges, for garnish
Combine seltzer, beer, and lemonade. Pour into two tall glasses and garnish with lemon wedges.
Nutrition score per serving: 170 calories
St. Paddy's Day Spruce
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Spruce up this cocktail with a spear of cucumber or celery for an added pop of green.
2 ounces Vikingfjord 80 Proof Vodka
Fever Tree Tonic Water
2 dashes Bitter Truth Celery Bitters
1 lime wedge
1 cucumber spruce, for garnish
Pour vodka into a highball glass and top with tonic water. Add celery bitters and fill glass with ice. Squeeze in juice from lime wedge and garnish with cucumber spruce.
Nutrition score per serving: 199 calories
Sláinte Bomb
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All the fun of an Irish car bomb, but way less guilt if you decide to have more than one!
3 ounces beer
1 ounce TY KU Sake Silver
Fill a sturdy glass with beer. Pour sake into a sake or shot glass. Set two chopsticks across the top of the beer glass and balance sake on top. Open chopsticks so sake submerges in beer and drink quickly.
Nutrition score per serving: 75 calories
Erin Go Green
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Cucumber and mint give this cocktail from mixologist ET Tecosky a double-dose of good luck green.
2 slices cucumber
5 mint leaves
1 1/2 ounces Beluga Noble Russian Vodka
1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
1/2 ounce simple syrup
1 sprig mint, for garnish
Muddle cucumber. Add mint and press. Add liquid ingredients and ice and shake well. Double strain into a Collins glass and garnish with mint sprig.
Nutrition score per serving: 146 calories
Irish Eyes Are Smiling
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Enjoy the luck of the Irish guilt-free with this refreshing cocktail. It pairs perfectly with your favorite good-for-you greens: guacamole, edamame, or wasabi peas.
1 1/2 parts Skinnygirl Cucumber Vodka
6 parts green tea
1 cucumber wheel, for garnish
Pour ingredients over ice. Garnish with cucumber wheel.
Nutrition score per serving: 61 calories
Pot of Gold
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This glass of gold is sulfite-, tannin-, preservative-, and gluten-free.
2 ounces TY KU Coconut Sake
2 ounces Pineapple Juice
Combine sake and pineapple juice.
Nutrition score per serving: 76 calories


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GEICO offers tips for unfamiliar driving situations during holiday travel season
WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 16, 2015 – Your trip to grandma's house might not quite be over the river and through the woods, but you may drive on unfamiliar roadways or get behind the wheel of a different vehicle as part of your holiday travels. GEICO has a few tips to help travelers prepare for both scenarios.
Driving on unfamiliar roads
- Plan your route in advance: Electronic GPS's come in handy when navigating a new route; however, it's always best to program them prior to driving, as recommended by the Department of Transportation. If you need to re-route your trip, pull over to a safe spot. Never try to change a GPS while driving, as it becomes a major distraction.
- Remember turn signals: When traveling on new roads, it's always best to signal your intentions well in advance. This practice gives cars around you enough warning in case you need to slow down to look for a turn that's difficult to spot.
- Avoid dangerous maneuvers: Missing a turn or an exit can happen to even the best drivers. Don't panic and try to make a hasty U-turn or back up on an exit ramp in this situation. Instead, proceed to a safe spot to turn around, or take the next exit and work your way back.
Driving a different vehicle
As part of your trip, you might have to rent a car to get to your final destination. Before hopping in and driving off, keep some of these considerations in mind.
- Find something similar: The Network of Employers for Traffic Safety recommends looking for a rental car that's about the same size as the vehicle you own. It will eliminate the challenge of trying to acclimate to new dimensions.
- Get oriented: After you're handed the keys, your first inclination will probably be to get moving. Prior to that, take a moment to properly adjust your seat and all the mirrors, and spend a few minutes learning the location of the vehicle's main controls, such as turn signals, windshield wipers, defroster and heating/cooling.
GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company) is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and is the second-largest private passenger car insurance company in the United States. GEICO, which was founded in 1936, provides millions of car insurance quotes to U.S. drivers annually. The company is pleased to serve more than 16 million private passenger customers, insuring more than 27 million vehicles (car & cycle).
Using GEICO's online service center, policyholders can purchase policies, make policy changes, report claims and print insurance ID cards. Policyholders can also connect to GEICO through GEICO Mobile, reach a representative over the phone or visit a GEICO local agent.
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Mullen/LHC this year has lost Sara Lee Corp.'s $10 million to $15 million Hanes account as well as the estimated $8 million Thomasville Furniture account. The spokeswoman said the layoffs would be confined to North Carolina and not reach the Wenham, Mass., headquarters. -- Hillary Chura
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TCS CEO: Our hiring will be strong
ET Now: TCS has maintained time and again that FY15 will be a better year than last year. So what is on ground that has changed really? Do you see clients being more open to spending? What has changed from last year?
N Chandrasekaran: The first one is that we see a lot of traction in every market we operate. Europe is doing extremely positive and we are seeing growth in Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, including Japan.
Second one, digital is driving a lot of growth. Customers this year are going to be spending money on digital. Discretionary spend is going up. We are not seeing any slowdown in decision making. So as the year has started, customers are beginning to engage in conversations equally on discretionary spend as in the other types of work.
The third thing is that in terms of the simplification deals, a large number of transformation deals are happening. So, how to transform the existing investment in IT infrastructure so that it becomes simplified? Both the number of deals and size of the deals are becoming attractive.
ET Now: What is the one thing in your mind that can play the party pooper? Even for TCS, how much of a negative impact do you see the domestic market volatility having on IT companies?
N Chandrasekaran: If you see last year, though we did not give any negative sentiment, our growth in the domestic market has been pretty muted. This year I have already given a statement saying that this being an election year, we believe that the next two quarters will be muted. When we say that this year is going to be better year than the next year, overall we factor that in.
ET Now: I know you have said TCS has raised its hiring target in fact, but do you think given the shift to a nonlinear growth model, the industry and even TCS can keep up this momentum?
N Chandrasekaran: I can talk for TCS and we have had large numbers every year. Even this fiscal FY'14, we originally started with 40,000-45,000 and then 50,000, finally we have projected 55,000 as we end the year. At the campuses, we are going off-campus hiring. We have started already. So our utilisations are pretty solid at the 83-84% levels all through the year. So given that, our hiring will be strong.
ET Now: On the US immigration bill, the consensus is that the peers have more or less receded by the fact that more and more countries are turning protectionist. What is your view on this?
N Chandrasekaran: We are running a business, that always seems that you are going to watch out for. The visa situation and regulations per se are something that you have got to always look for given the fact that there is still unemployment around the world. We will continue to meet with stakeholders, present our points of view, work with other companies, work with Nasscom in expressing the business impact and so on. But overall I would say that this is an area we need to watch out for and then adjust ourselves accordingly.
ET Now: TCS has maintained its position as a market leader. The last quarter domestic market did not perform very well and at the same time your peers like Infosys or Cognizantthey are all catching up. D you think your position as the market leader may be peaking now?
N Chandrasekaran: I do not think about these things. As far as I am concerned, we had a spectacular growth. We had cautioned that the India revenue is going to be muted and is going to be negative and it was. Our international growth last quarter was 3.8%, which is an all-time high for the December quarter. So we continue to do well, continue to see opportunities, continue to worry about how and what difference that we can make to clients.
ET Now: But given that your rivals are catching up really now, do you even worry slightly that it will be difficult to keep up this momentum going forward?
N Chandrasekaran: I continue to worry about what I can do for clients better.
ET Now: TCS is an over $10-billion company. You had broad-based growth across all verticals and segments. Where will the next $10 billion come from for TCS?
N Chandrasekaran: Broad-base growth.
ET Now: Across which verticals? What are you betting on, what is the one thing?
N Chandrasekaran: All our verticals will grow and we will grow in all markets. We have got a very diversified strategy and digital will be a driver of growth and the large transformation deal in simplification will be a driver of growth.


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text: Self introduction Yuzo KanoHi, my name is Yuzo Kano, CEO of bitFlyer, and actually and I am the chairman of JBA, which is the Japan Authority of Digital Assets. I am trying advocate virtual currencies in Japan, and trying to provide the service for exchange, market makers, and nowadays we're focusing on providing blockchain technology. Roger Ver I'm Roger Ver. I am the first person to start investing in bitcoin start-ups, and I am currently running bitcoin.com. Thank you very much. To start off the questions: where do you see the Bitcoin ecosystem one year from now? KanoI think it [will be] growing globally. User migration is growing slowly, but definitely more people will accept bitcoin, and will try to start [using it] as a payment method. In Japan, the virtual currency law will pass hopefully in a month; then, people [will] recognize that virtual currency is not bad, and hopefully people think it's useful. RogerAs we're talking today, in April of 2016, Bitcoin is going through some growing pains, and lots of people are debating what the right way for bitcoin to scale is. But that's the direct result of so many people around the world who started using the bitcoin now that this is an issue. If nobody was using bitcoin, it wouldn't be an issue. That's real world evidence that bitcoin is becoming incredibly popular all over the world – and more and more people, and more and more businesses are forming around this ecosystem. It's really exciting to see that happen. All of us have known each other for a couple of years, and if we think back to the state of the ecosystem a few years ago compared to today, it's not even close. There's just so much more stuff that's happened in that time. How about Japan specifically? You did mention the virtual currency law; is there anything specific to Japan that you think will happen in next year or so? KanoI think [the virtual currency law] will drive global motivation to make certain laws and rules. There's actually some discussion about if JBA should contribute to other authorities globally because we are kind of a role model – we've been talking with government agencies and try to help setting up the law. So, maybe actually it's better to have the same law globally, and have the same KYC/AML process. RogerYuzo is definitely the expert on Japan. As far as globally, I'm excited about bitcoin because it puts everybody on the globe, on the same financial payment system, using the same currency; and just like the internet brought us all together communication wise, Bitcoin can bring us all together economically; which is a really exciting thing. Great. I guess as everyone gets more involved in bitcoin industry and world, everyone may be are aware of the upcoming block halving, which is 85 days from now. Do you see the block halving having any effect on price or the industry itself? KanoTheoretically it shouldn't impact market price, because it's already been taken into account, but people are expecting the price will actually hike up a bit because it happened last time. There is a risk that some miners will drop off because of less revenue versus the electricity cost. That may actually fluctuate the market; but my opinion here is that people are expecting a rally around that time. I suspect [the same]. RogerI'm always expecting a rally around for the Bitcoin because it's just such an incredibly useful tool for people all over the world to use for their payments. People outside of Japan can use Bitcoin at every single Starbucks to save a 25% discount, and there's a couple hundred million of Starbucks customers around the world… all of them should be using Bitcoin. There's the same thing with purse.io. You can get a substantial discount on everything from Amazon by using Bitcoin. Once people hear about these things and realize it, they are going to want to use Bitcoin in their day to day lives, so I'm always expecting a rally. But, around the time of the reward halving, I think there's an extra strong reason to suspect a rally because the inflation rate is goanna drop by half over night, literally. How do you think Bitcoin will fare in the future with the scalability problem, that's been in the news a lot lately. How do you feel about scalability problem, what kind of hurdles do you think there are, and what can be done about it? RogerThe fact we are having scalability issues or scalability arguments or scalability heated discussions online: that's the strongest sign for Bitcoin yet. Because so many people are using Bitcoin, this is becoming an issue; if nobody is using it, it wouldn't have been an issue and it wasn't an issue for the last seven years of Bitcoin's existence. It just became an issue recently because so many people are using it. So, yes, it is a problem, but it's the exact right type of problem we want to have – it's that so many people are using Bitcoin. KanoIt's kind of difficult to say which is better. I understand that's a Core and Classic problem. Both sides actually have their opinion, and both look good and bad. As a user, obviously bigger block sizes helps for faster transactions, but this obviously damages the miners' fee. So it's not just one side – not just looking at one side of like users or miners – but you have to come up with something that's good for everybody. RogerMy understating is pretty much all the miners want bigger blocks as well, and they've all signed on saying they support 8 megabyte blocks for long time now, and they've been putting that in each block they released – there's a little memo there. The only issue is that they want current Bitcoin Core team to write the code for the bigger blocks. The current Bitcoin Core team, for whatever the reason, doesn't want to write that code, so there's lots of interesting politics at work there. As far as the adoption of Bitcoin as a mainstream payment option is concerned, what kind of hurdles do you think, apart from scalability, there are – such as as regulatory hurdles, or just opinions about Bitcoin? What kind of things can we do to help to improve the image, and what can we do to make Bitcoin more mainstream as a payment option in Japan? KanoIn Japan, it's quite tough because we have Suica and other useful payment methods. It's always a question of why Bitcoin is better than Suica? And it's quite difficult to answer that. But one question is: the merchants actually pay a lot of fees for Suica, so [fees with] Bitcoin are much much less. RogerCan you make it at some point so that we can charge our Suica cards with Bitcoin? Because, I think people would love that. I don't know if that's possible, but I know myself and my circle friends would love to be able to do that. KanoIf you actually limit that to like NFCs, including FeliCa, it could be possible. RogerI think that would maybe be something to consider working on because if you can do that, then instantly bitcoin is plugged into every single merchant that accepts Suica. I think it's really really convenient for Bitcoin users. Maybe not for the merchants if there's going to be some additional fee there but wow, Bitcoin, it would basically be able to be used ubiquitously if you can have your Suica card charged with Bitcoin. That's a from-a-user request to a Bitcoin exchange here in Japan. I'd love that and my friends would love that. KanoI agree with that. We should work on it. Roger I heard, not that you should necessary follow Mark Karpeles's model or business plan but, I heard that he was looking into that and working on that at one point in the past, so I do think it's good idea. That's kind of more about person face-to-face payments. What do you think can be done to maybe improve the adoption for bitcoin for e-commerce? Is there any barrier there that needs to be looked at? KanoIt's a chicken and egg problem here; if a big e-commerce site actually wants to use bitcoin, they require more [bitcoin users]. But, people don't use bitcoin just because there are no e-commerce sites, so that's the current problem. RogerThere's definitely the chicken or egg problem. And then, the other problem is that people aren't even aware of the chicken or egg in regards to bitcoin. The average person on the street, unfortunately in Japan, probably still thinks bitcoin went bankrupt with Mt. Gox. They're confusing Bitcoin and Mt. Gox as being the same entities, whereas and all of us this room realize Mt. Gox was just one specific company that was using Bitcoin and there's probably tens of thousands of other companies around the world that are using Bitcoin that are all still doing just fine. So there's still real educational issue that we have to address there and hopefully this video will help. What do you think about altcoins? What do you think is their direction for the next few years, and is there anything at all that kind of catches your interest at the moment? KanoEthereum is very popular in Japan. We will actually release an Ethereum exchange soon. But as for other altcoins, it will take some time. I still believe that Bitcoin is the king of the virtual currency, although it has a little bit of problem. I see a lot of better coins technically, but people use bitcoin because that's the first one. So Bitcoin is the number one, maybe Ethereum… if user needs to trade other altcoins, maybe we can implement it. RogerBitcoin is the "king of cryptocurrency," as Yuzo said, and today that's true. But at one point, MySpace was the king of social media network, so it's not always going to be true. The Bitcoin developers need to make sure that Bitcoin continues to lead the pack as far as usefulness, reliability, in technology, and that sort of thing. If something comes along that's even better, then I guess that's a good thing for world because all of us will get to use that new and better thing. But, it'll be a little bit sad for those of us who have been holding Bitcoin. Is there any particular altcoin that you've been looking at lately? Or is it not really in your interest? RogerI think Bitcoin's biggest weakness is the level. Like it'd be nice if bitcoin had a lot more privacy built into core protocol. So recently I invested in altcoin called Zcash (the website is z.cash); and basically you have a blockchain with that, but instead the blockchain being viewable to everybody, the entire thing is encrypted. You can only see your own stuff, but the network itself is able to verify that people aren't double spending coins, and that new coins that aren't just coming into existence. At the protocol level, it's a 100% mathematically anonymous cryptocurrency, which is a better form of money than Bitcoin to be honest if it works in this scale. There's been a little bit of blockchain boom in the banking industry – lots of banks participating, R3, and other financial institutions are seemingly taking an interest into blockchain technology. What do you think about that? And do you think blockchain technology really has a viable chance at changing the way the financial institutions operate? RogerThere's two questions there I think. The last was "do blockchains have an opportunity to change the way the banks and financial institution operate?" Absolutely, it's going to change the all of them do their business, and they realize it, that's why they all scrambling to try and figure out how to implement this into their business. But I think it's important for them and everybody else to keep it in mind that by far, several orders of magnitude, the safest the most secure and most reliable blockchain is the Bitcoin blockchain. That's why so many these other businesses are getting excited about the blockchain technology are using the Bitcoin blockchain technology to build that technology upon. KanoYeah I agree with that. Blockchain technology will change the finance world, for sure. It's very innovative in that you can reduce the cost of maintenance and the development, and SLA 100%, and is a system never actually goes down… RogerThat alone is amazing! KanoYeah, that's amazing. RogerEven if it's only that, it's still revolutionary and changes the whole system. KanoWhat's good on a blockchain is more like transactional business. So, it fits the financial industry, including insurance and maybe real estate, and some other government operations. What it's not good for is, let's say, controlling airplanes. Blockchain is not supposed to be used for that because it's slow, and it's not transactional. So anything that's transactional [could] be replaced with blockchain possibly. It's not just limited to finance: maybe social networks, or a traffic jam recorder, or something like highway fee system… those can actually be replaced easily. RogerAnything for which data integrity is important, and keeping track that the copy you have is the real and original copy. Like court records, or absolutely anything which you want to prove that 'this one' this is one is real one. Somebody online said at some point that the start of the Bitcoin blockchain is the true beginning of recorded history. And I think there's a lot of truth to that because, before that, we had the printing press and people would write books, but books got lost or people could be changed or new revision came out … whereas once something is written into blockchain, it's going to be there until probably the end of internet, which I don't see coming into any time soon. So, I thought that was interesting way of looking at it: that beginning of blockchain was the "true beginning of recorded history". Are there any specific blockchain-related projects that have caught your interests lately? KanoR3Cev sounds like it's politically successful, but maybe the Linux Foundation, W3C is actually looking into [blockchain technology,] Ripple, Swift... everything is very interesting but I recognize that these are still under survey, so we believe that there might be better blockchain innovation happening in the near future. RogerI'm really excited about the bitcoinhivemind.com, which is building a prediction market, where you can harness the wisdom of crowds and people can place real money on the line to what they think what actions today are going to lead to what future results; and that becomes a really, really, useful tool for all human kind. It's almost like a time machine window where you can see into the future and see and what's going to happen. And not only can it be a window into the future, but it can also be used as a tool to control the future or modify the outcome of the future events. What an incredibly exciting powerful and interesting tool. So, bitcoinhivemind.com is one that has my attention. Roger, I'd like ask you, with all of your past experiences in Bitcoin space and with your insight to the future of how Bitcoin might turn out, do you have any advice for bitFlyer? RogerAdvice for bitFlyer? Japanese market's a very different market than other markets around the world, so to be honest I don't think I have that much great advice for you other than listen to what the customers want, and provide the services your customers want, and one that they want pay for. I think that's good advice for any business, not just bitFlyer. Figure out what your customers want, find out the way to give it to them, and charge them for it at the same time. KanoSo that's NFC for now? RogerI think everybody in Japan that's already Bitcoin user [would use bitFlyer] if they can log into bitFlyer account, and put in their Suica pin code, and charge the Suica card from your account. I personally don't have a bitFlyer account, because I don't really covert bitcoins to other forms of money. But, if you could offer that service on your website – boom! I'd have an account, and all my friends would have an account on bitFlyer specifically so that we can charge our Suica cards. Maybe that's my advice – if that's possible to be done in Japan, where we can charge our Suica cards with Bitcoin, every single existing Bitcoin user in Japan would have account in bitFlyer to do that. They'd be telling all their friends, "hey, let me pay you in Bitcoin" and like "where can I spend Bitcoin", well log into bitFlyer, and you can charge your Suica account with it, and then you can spend Bitcoin anywhere Suica is accepted. If that's possible to be done, I think that's should be a pretty high priority on bitFlyer's account, and we would gladly pay a fee to be able to do that. KanoOkay. Thanks for the advice. RogerThank you [moderator], actually! All right, just to wrap it up, if you could just talk about anything you are working on at the moment. Roger you're very busy, I'm just curious what you're doing. RogerI'm spending most of my time focusing on bitcoin.com now, trying to make it the world's best English language portal for people that are new to bitcoin, because most of the people that actually go to website currently are the people brand new to Bitcoin, and they heard about it in media, and we all know in this room that there's no official website for Bitcoin, no official Bitcoin company, but most of the people will show up there they assume that bitcoin.com must be the official website, for the official Bitcoin company, and all sort of stuff. We are trying to make a really easy place for them to get started, and if they come from Japanese IP address, one of the first place to see buy Bitcoin is bitFlyer. KanoAt bitFlyer, we are actually trying to provide more altcoins. That's probably the first request by users, and maybe more payment methods. We actually just released convenience store payments and a 24 hour net-banking payments, so we should acquire more varieties of [payment] methods. RogerThis is where you can fund bitFlyer account with convenience store deposit? KanoYes. As JBA, I must actually work on consumption tax, which is the biggest problem in Japan. That is, we need to actually pay 8% tax when you buy Bitcoin. This is ridiculous. So that's actually our first target, and then we need solve some other issues – legal issues – and we need to work on the some of the details for new virtual currencies law. [Those are] the issues we have. Any other comments before we close things up? RogerIf you are watching this video, you are already fan of Bitcoin and interested in bitcoin. But maybe your brother isn't. Maybe your sister isn't. And, your friend in your school isn't. So tell your co-workers at work, tell your family, tell everybody what you know about Bitcoin, and explain to them why is useful, explain to them why it's good for the world and get them involved in Bitcoin too because there's no official Bitcoin company. It's just up to all of us to spread the world and tell people about how amazing and wonderful this technology is for everyone in the world. So tell your friends and tell your family about Bitcoin. KanoA lot of actually Japanese people think Bitcoin is kind of evil maybe, and has strong bad image because of the Mt. Gox issue, but we would like to emphasize that Mt. Gox issue is not Bitcoin. It's separate. The security of Bitcoin is still safe. Start using Bitcoin a little bit, so you can actually use it outside of japan, you can buy electronics, and maybe drink coffee, or whatever. Let's actually start using Bitcoin because it's convenient. You can't use Suica outside of Japan. RogerBitcoin works worldwide. KanoYeah Great. 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My nine year old daughter, who has had type 1 diabetes since she was 16 months old, has an A1c of 8.5%, and at her appointment with the pediatric endocrinologist, she had an elevated microalbumin on a random urine. A week later, she had 24-hour microalbumin of 61, and her doctor wants to put her on a ACE inhibitor, but her blood pressure is not elevated. Will the medication make her hypotensive? Should she have another 24-hour microalbumin to make sure the microalbumin excretion is constant?
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Story time!Many years ago, my father left for his vacation with his new sweetheart. My father had a cat that needed taking care of while he was away. Back then, I was still in primary school (not sure which grade). Since it was summer and I had no school, the idea came up that I would basically live there for the week taking care of the cat and house. At this point, I'll point out that I lived with my mother after the divorce and would normally only see my dad one weekend out of two. Since it felt like one of those crazy movie plots, I accepted. As a kid, spending an ENTIRE week free from any adult was just too awesome to pass.My father left enough food in the fridge and a lot of frozen meal he prepared. He also left me one hundred dollar on the table for an emergency if needed. After everything was taken care off and I had understood what my tasks were for the week, he left.Back then, I had no idea what animes or mangas were like. In fact, I wasn't even really into RPGs back then either (I like to think I was stupid as a child). On the second day, I'm not too sure how, while surfing the Internet, I landed on images of Neon Genesis Evangelion. I thought these looked pretty cool.From there I started looking around to see if I could find it. Remarkably, as a child, I somehow found a private website really well hidden on the Internet (actually, it STILL exists even as of today and I'm pretty sure only a handful currently know of its existence) with no login or password; just plain directly downloadable animes. Lucky enough, the episodes hosted there were all fansubbed. I then proceeded to download the first episode. After hours of downloading, I finally watched it.It was then that something awoke inside of me.This thing was incredible!It was so good!I could hardly believe something could be this good!Like a new drug addict, I needed more of this... I wanted to watch the whole thing.Back then, the Internet was very slow. The videos were about 35 mb (huge), and I had a 3.5 k/s connection and the servers were also very prompt to drop the connection. The very long list of rules on the main page were very strict and the server would kick your IP out if you broke any. I carefully set up a download resumer and created a whole process for the downloads while making sure I would not break any of the downloading rules. As such, I was getting an episode about every 3-4 hours. I would literally stand in front of the computer looking at the progress bar only to watch the episode immediately when it finished downloading. Mornings were the best part because I would have two episodes to watch while eating breakfast (worth mentioning that I would wake up in the middle of the night to start the next one and then go back to sleep).Henceforth started a crazy cycle of eating, quickly taking care of the cat and house, only to wait and watch. By the last day, I was dead tired and watched the last episode the last night before my dad came back the morning after.The surge of freedom mixed with the discovery of something I truly became to love made that week one of the best moments of my life.Now, guess what I'll answer you if you ask me "Do you like Evangelion?"
Evangelion with all its flaws as well as the multiple "bat shit crazy" attempts at trying to have a coherent ending land in the realm of "favorites" for me.
Quote from: Klyde Chroma on May 14, 2013, 03:09:35 PMEvangelion with all its flaws as well as the multiple "bat shit crazy" attempts at trying to have a coherent ending land in the realm of "favorites" for me.The ending of the TV series and the Death & Rebirth film were a recopilation from previous episodes. All the "weird shit" is just there for narrative reasons and to play around with the audience, I also remember reading that Gainax run out of money in the last two episodes of the TV series and that's why those two episodes are the way they are (ignoring the whole thing of Hideaki Anno suffering depression directing the series at the time).The End of Evangelion film is the ending of the TV series, the manga is pretty much its own thing and the Rebuild films are just a more positive take on what Evangelion is about (haven't been in the mood to see Eva 3.33 yet though).
Watching Kaiba in what little free time I have, so far....I'm not sure whether to be blown away or blown to sleep...but I think the former...very interesting start.
It's not like anything else in the show made sense.
Yeah so the TV series was a huge disappointing end, but I thought the 1997(?) anime film was pretty stupendous. Hopefully the final Eva movie can uh...be better too.
Quote from: Dice on May 14, 2013, 06:47:48 PMYeah so the TV series was a huge disappointing end, but I thought the 1997(?) anime film was pretty stupendous. Hopefully the final Eva movie can uh...be better too.After just getting through 3.33 you can not re-do I have to say they have there work cut out for them in the final flick... good luck pulling that one together.


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Freshman guard Bradley Beal posted his second career double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds.
ORLANDO — Following his 400th career win, Florida coach Billy Donovan was greeted with a Gatorade bath in the locker room and congratulations from former and current players.
The No. 10 Gators made number 400 for Donovan look easy, continuing their high-scoring start to the season with a 96-70 win over Stetson in the Florida Citrus Shootout before 5,843 at the Amway Center.
Donovan received handshakes and hugs from former Gator players Jason Williams and Chandler Parsons, who both attended the game. He also got doused with a tub full of Gatorade which forced him to attend the postgame press conference in warm-ups instead of his game suit.
"I'm not sure who is paying for the dry cleaning bill," Donovan said. "It was special. All of those guys, when I walk in there, they are a part of it, too. I've been fortunate to coach not only good players, but really good people."
At 46, Donovan (400-168 overall, 365-148 at Florida) is the youngest active coach to reach 400 career wins. Donovan credited his mentor, Louisville coach Rick Pitino, for giving him responsibility at a young age when he worked under Pitino as an assistant at Kentucky. Donovan was hired for his first head coaching job at Marshall at 27 and was hired at Florida two months shy of his 30th birthday.
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Freshman guard Bradley Beal had 22 points and 10 rebounds for his second career double-double while point guard Erving Walker added 21 points and 6 assists.
Florida (5-1) next plays Friday at No. 4 Syracuse in the Big East/SEC challenge. Asked about Donovan's 400th win, Walker said: "He's already focusing on Syracuse. I'm sure he's happy and we congratulated him. But we're ready to move on."
Despite the lopsided final score, the Gators weren't as crisp as they were in their 107-62 win over Jacksonville on Friday night. Starting center Patric Young was in foul trouble, and the Gators allowed a 22-point first half lead to whittle to 9 points late in the first half.
Stetson (3-3) out-rebounded Florida 20-17 in the first half. But Florida led 47-31 at halftime by going 8-19 from 3-point range, compared to Stetson's 1-9 shooting from the same distance.
"I felt like (rebounding) was going to be a key in the second half, that we could not give up second shots because once we got out on the break good things were happening," Donovan said.
Florida got a stronger effort on the boards in the second half and won the overall rebounding margin 43-37. Sophomore forward Will Yeguete posted his first career double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds. Kenny Boynton added 13 points for the Gators and Mike Rosario scored 10 points off the bench.
For the sixth straight game, Florida also had 10 or more 3-pointers, finishing 14 of 35 from beyond the arc. Beal led the way from outside, going 5 of 9 from 3-point range.
The Gators led 38-16 when Beal scored on a driving layup with 7:18 left in the first half. But Stetson responded with a 13-0 run during a 4:33 Florida scoreless stretch. Young missed a pair of free throws during the scoreless drought and was whistled for a technical foul for an elbow against Stetson's J.R. Weston that appeared inadvertent.
Stetson cut Florida's lead to 38-29 on a Green dunk with 3:07 left in the half. But Florida closed the half with a 9-2 run. Beal hit a big 3-pointer to put Florida up 45-31 with 1:46 left, and Boynton added a pair of free throws to extend UF's lead to 47-31 at halftime.
The Gators also were effective on the press throughout the game, finishing with 19 points off 18 Stetson turnovers.
"Our press is designed, just not to get steals, but to make the offense force turnovers," Beal said. "We just pressed early and Coach Donovan said attack the first pass on the in bound. We were tall and it was hard for them to make passes and I think we slowed them down a little bit."
FREE THROWS: Donovan said no decision has been made yet on whether junior forward Erik Murphy (meniscus tear) will require surgery. "He had a previous knee injury in high school and doctors are checking to see if (the tear) is from that or something that is more current," Donovan said. Murphy had his knee drained over the weekend and was able to walk on the court without crutches during UF's pregame shootaround. "He's feeling better," Donovan said … Casey Prather (groin strain) played against Stetson and had 5 points, 3 rebounds and 2 steals in 13 minutes before fouling out in the second half.


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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Oct. 24, 2016) -
Silvermet Inc. ("Silvermet") (TSX VENTURE:SYI) announced today that it has cancelled its loan facility with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ("EBRD") and has begun discussions with Global Atomic Fuels Corporation ("Global Atomic") regarding a potential combination.
Silvermet's major investment is a 49% interest in the Befesa Silvermet Turkey, S.L. ("BST") joint venture, which operates a Waelz kiln facility located in Iskenderun, Turkey through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Befesa Silvermet Iskenderun Celik Tozu Geri Donusumu A.S. ("BSI"). BSI acquires electric arc furnace dust ("EAFD") from steel mills and recycles the EAFD through its Waelz kiln to produce a high grade zinc oxide concentrate which is sold to zinc smelters throughout the world.
On December 17, 2015, BSI entered into a US $20 million loan agreement with EBRD, which amount represents 80% of the US $25 million cost for the expansion and modernization of the Iskenderun Waelz kiln facility ("Expansion Project"). The EBRD loan was available for drawdown until December 17, 2016. BSI deferred plans to proceed with the Expansion Project, pending improvements in steel market conditions. In particular, BSI has been waiting for either an improvement in the capacity utilization of Turkish electric arc furnace mills from the current 50% levels or the issuance of EAFD import permits to source EAFD supply from other countries to augment Turkish supply.
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Global Atomic is a private Ontario corporation founded in January, 2005 by executives with extensive experience in the mining and marketing of uranium. Global Atomic has exploration agreements covering six uranium permits in the Republic of Niger covering an area of approximately 750 km2 that include several uranium deposits. The most significant of these uranium deposits is the DASA deposit. SRK Consulting Canada Inc. prepared an initial technical report on the DASA deposit dated December 3, 2013 and they are engaged to update this technical report to include all recent core drilling, assays and an updated geological model. It is Global Atomics' intention to also complete a Pre-Feasibility Study ("PFS") in 2017/18. Niger is the fourth largest uranium producing country in the world and has a long history of uranium mining, making it a desirable location for accelerated project development. The DASA deposit offers the potential for significant resource expansion, with additional exploration activity planned for 2017. Further information about Global Atomic can be found on its website at www.globalatomicfuels.com.
The Board of Silvermet has given management the mandate to study various options to increase value and liquidity for the Silvermet shareholders. Based on initial discussions between Silvermet and Global Atomic, the Board of Silvermet has decided to pursue the potential combination of Silvermet and Global Atomic. Any proposed transaction will be subject to the Boards of both companies reaching agreement on relative values and entering a definitive agreement. The Silvermet Board will also obtain a fairness opinion in respect of any proposed transaction, and will provide such fairness opinion, along with other disclosure materials, to the Silvermet shareholders in connection with a shareholders' meeting to approve any proposed transaction.
The transaction under consideration would propose Silvermet acquiring the shares of Global Atomic in exchange for shares of Silvermet. It is expected that a transaction with Global Atomic will significantly increase the market capitalization and liquidity of Silvermet shares and improve the ability of the combined entity to raise equity for on-going project development and exploration.
Since its inception in 2005, Global Atomic has raised $53 million in equity capital and has over 300 registered shareholders, including major institutions. The proposed transaction between Silvermet and Global Atomic is expected to benefit all the shareholders of each company. If the parties are able to reach an agreement, it is anticipated that a transaction could be completed by the end of April, 2017. There is currently no agreement between the parties regarding any transaction.
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PORTO SANTO STEFANO, Italy — Survivors who escaped a luxury cruise ship that ran aground and tipped over recounted a scene reminiscent of "Titanic" on Saturday, describing a delayed then panicked evacuation, as plates and glasses crashed around them and they crawled along upended hallways trying to reach safety.
Three bodies were recovered from the sea and news reports said 69 people were still unaccounted for after the Costa Concordia ran aground off the tiny island of Giglio near the coast of Tuscany late Friday, tearing a 160-foot (50-meter) gash in its hull.
The ANSA news agency quoting the prefect's office in the province of Grosseto as saying that authorities have accounted for 4,165 of the 4,234 people who had boarded the liner. There were reports that three other people had died but those reports were not yet confirmed, said Coast Guard Cmdr. Francesco Paolillo.
By morning Saturday, the ship was lying virtually flat off Gigio's coast, its starboard side submerged in the water.
Passengers complained the crew failed to give instructions on how to evacuate and once the emergency became clear, delayed lowering the lifeboats until the ship was listing too heavily for many of them to be released. The evacuation drill was only scheduled for Saturday afternoon, even though some passengers had already been on board for several days.
Helicopters plucked to safety some 50 people who were trapped on the ship, some survivors were rescued by boats in the area, and an official said some people jumped from the ship. Coast guard rescuers were continuing to search the ship for passengers.
"It was so unorganized, our evacuation drill was scheduled for 5 p.m.," said Melissa Goduti, 28, of Wallingford, Connecticut, who had set out on the cruise of the Mediterranean hours earlier. "We had joked 'What if something had happened today?'"
"Have you seen 'Titanic?' That's exactly what it was," said Valerie Ananias, 31, a schoolteacher from Los Angeles who was traveling with her sister and parents on the first of two cruises around the Mediterranean. They all had dark red bruises on their knees from the desperate crawl they endured along hallways and stairwells that were nearly vertical, trying to reach rescue boats.
"We were crawling up a hallway, in the dark, with only the light from the life vest strobe flashing," her mother, Georgia Ananias, 61, said. "We could hear plates and dishes crashing, people slamming against walls."
She choked up as she recounted the moment when an Argentine couple handed her their 3-year-old daughter, unable to keep their balance as the ship lurched to the side and the family found themselves standing on a wall.
"He said 'take my baby,'" Mrs. Ananias said, covering her mouth with her hand as she teared up. "I grabbed the baby. But then I was being pushed down. I didn't want the baby to fall down the stairs. I gave the baby back. I couldn't hold her.
"I thought that was the end and I thought they should be with their baby," she said.
"I wonder where they are," daughter Valerie whispered.
The family said they were some of the last off the ship, forced to shimmy along a rope down the exposed side of the ship to a waiting rescue vessel.
Survivor Christine Hammer, from Bonn, Germany, shivered near the harbor of Porto Santo Stefano, on the mainland, after stepping off a ferry from Giglio. She was wearing elegant dinner clothes — a cashmere sweater, a silk scarf — along with a large pair of hiking boots, which a kind islander gave her after she lost her shoes in the scramble to escape. Left behind were her passport, credit cards and phone.
Hammer, 65, told The Associated Press that she was eating her first course, an appetizer of cuttlefish, sauteed mushrooms and salad, on her first night aboard her first-ever cruise, which was a gift to her and her husband, Gert, from her local church where she volunteers.
Suddenly, "we heard a crash. Glasses and plates fell down and we went out of the dining room and we were told it wasn't anything dangerous," she said.
Several passengers said crew members for a good 45 minutes told passengers there was a simple "technical problem" that had caused the lights to go off. Seasoned cruisers, however, knew better and went to get their life jackets in their rooms and report to their "muster stations," the emergency stations each passenger is assigned to, they said.
Once there, though, crew members delayed lowering the lifeboats even thought the ship was listing badly, they said.
"We had to scream at the controllers to release the boats from the side," said Mike van Dijk, a 54-year-old from Pretoria, South Africa. "We were standing in the corridors and they weren't allowing us to get onto the boats. It was a scramble, an absolute scramble."
Passengers Alan and Laurie Willits, celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary, said they were watching the magic show in the ship's main theater when they felt an initial lurch, as if from a severe steering maneuver, followed a few seconds later by a "shudder."
"And then the magician disappeared," Laurie Willits said, saying the magician left the stage and panicked audience members fled for their cabins as well.
Things didn't improve for passengers once aboard life boats.
"No one counted us, neither in the life boats or on land," said Ophelie Gondelle, 28, a French military officer from Marseille. She said there had been no evacuation drill since she boarded in France on Jan. 8.
As dawn neared, a painstaking search of the 290-meter (950-foot) long ship's interior was being conducted to see if anyone might have been trapped inside, Paolillo said.
"There are some 2,000 cabins, and the ship isn't straight," Paolillo said, referring to the Concordia's dramatic more than 45-degree tilt on its right side. "I'll leave it to your imagination to understand how they (the rescuers) are working as they move through it."
Some Concordia crew members were still aboard to help the coast guard rescuers, he said.
It wasn't immediately known if the dead were passengers or crew, nor were the nationalities of the victims immediately known, Paolillo told The Associated Press in Rome by telephone from his command in the Tuscan port city of Livorno. It wasn't clear how they died.
Some 30 people were reported injured, most of them suffering only bruises, but at least two people were reported in grave condition.
Some passengers, apparently in panic, had jumped off the boat into the sea, a Tuscany-based government official, Grosseto prefect Giuseppe Linardi, was quoted as saying.
The evacuees were taking refuge in schools, hotels, and a church on the tiny island of Giglio, a popular vacation isle about 18 miles (25 kilometers) off Italy's central west coast. Those evacuated by helicopter were flown to Grosseto, while others, rescued by local ferries pressed into emergency service, took survivors to the port of Porto Santo Stefano on the nearby mainland.
Passengers sat dazed in a middle school opened for them, wrapped in woolen blankets with some wearing their life preservers and their shoeless feet covered with aluminum foil.
Survivors far outnumbered Giglio's 1,500 residents, and island Mayor Sergio Ortelli issued an appeal for islanders — "anyone with a roof" — to open their homes to shelter the evacuees.
Paolillo said the exact circumstances of the accident were still unclear, but that the first alarm went off about 10:30 p.m., about three hours after the Concordia had begun its voyage from the port of Civitavecchia, en route to its first port of call, Savona, in northwestern Italy.
The coast guard official, speaking from the port captain's office in the Tuscan port of Livorno, said the vessel "hit an obstacle" — it wasn't clear if it might have hit a rocky reef in the waters off Giglio — "ripping a gash 50 meters (160 feet) across" in the side of the ship, and started taking on water.
The cruise liner's captain, Paolillo said, then tried to steer his ship toward shallow waters, near Giglio's small port, to make evacuation by lifeboat easier.
But after the ship started listing badly, lifeboat evacuation was no longer feasible, Paolillo said.
Five helicopters, from the coast guard, navy and air force, were taking turns airlifting survivors still aboard and ferrying them to safely. A coast guard member was airlifted aboard the vessel to help people get aboard a small basket so they could be hoisted up to the helicopter, said Capt. Cosimo Nicastro, another Coast Guard official.
Costa Cruises said the Costa Concordia was sailing on a cruise across the Mediterranean Sea, starting from Civitavecchia with scheduled calls to Savona, Marseille, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Cagliari and Palermo.
It said about 1,000 Italian passengers were onboard, as well as more than 500 Germans, about 160 French and about 1,000 crew members.
The Concordia had a previous accident in Italian waters, ANSA reported. In 2008, when strong winds buffeted Palermo, the cruise ship banged against the Sicilian port's dock, and suffered damage but no one was injured, ANSA said.


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Favorite Cookbooks for Kids
My daughter went through a phase when she was around 2.5 where she was obsessed with cookbooks. She liked to pour over them constantly, picking out the thing we would cook next, or use the recipes as a jumping-off point for her own concoctions. Instead of looking at picture books before bed, she wanted to take a stack of cookbooks to read under the covers. We picked up a bunch of cookbooks at the Goodwill Bins, yard sales, and on eBay to round out our collection. A few of these books are still getting a lot of use in our house, the rest (like the BettyCrocker Entertaining Manuals from the 1970s) have slowly been snuck out of the house to be re-donated. In fact, we often give copies of these cookbooks as our "go-to" gift for special friend's birthday gifts!
Pretend Soup and other Real Recipes--Mollie Katzen
This cookbook has sweet illustrations that give straight forward directions that are easy for children to read and follow. The numbered pictures present tasks that are easy for children and help to build confidence in the kitchen. It's especially fun to use food that you've grown yourself to cook and bake with, and MollieKatzen makes this process loads of fun! Using simple, healthy foods (no Cool Whip or licorice noses in these recipes) to make Bagel Faces, Carrot Pennies, or Number Salad means your child gains experience cutting, chopping, and measuring. Pretend Soup is thoughtfully written, it doesn't spend a lot of time with zillions of intricate steps (which may lead to your child getting bored and wandering off or Mama weeping when her elaborate marzipan birds don't turn out right) and one cooking project can be completed in a short time.
Look and Cook--Tina Davis
I find myself picking this cookbook up often just to flip through the fun retro illustrations. It claims to be a cookbook for children, but it is a reliable resource for the yummiest chocolate chip cookies EVER! The recipe for strawberry shortcake gets a lot of use in our house too. There is nothing like fresh strawberries and the joy of splattering whipping cream all around the kitchen to satisfy a toddler! Davis' book offers easy, beginner recipes for cooking basics like french toast, blueberry muffins, split pea soup. What I like about this book is that some recipes can be attempted with little adult intervention, and as your child grows, they can move on to the more complicated (and stove-related) tasks. Super whimsical graphics teach table setting and kitchen safety.
Mom and Me Cookbook--Annabel Karmel
DK makes the best in-depth instructional books and this cookbook will keep you and your kiddo busy! Lots of full color photos and step by step instructions make the tasks fail proof. There is a good variety of snacks, main dishes, and desserts (the book is quite heavy on the sweets, but does offer healthy options like smoothies, and freezer pops) Our favorite recipes were the Avocado Fruit Dip and the Fishy Fruit Dip---great projects to incorporate for your turn for snack day at preschool!
Oona Baker is the Portland City Editor for The Savvy Source. You can read more of her work every day at Being Savvy Portland.
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So here I am, finally starting a blog. It makes me feel really self-absorbed to be writing this or considering the concept of journaling about myself for the whole world to see. But I need to do this; I've needed it for a very long time. Sad, in a way, that I've let myself slip so far over the past few years.
I want to get back to what I used to be, and then become even more. I know I'm there, deep inside, hiding and waiting to come out and play again. I'm excited – to paint and write and create again. To let all of my colors seep out into the world, where they can sneak into other peoples' lives.
I've felt uninspired for a very long time, and I'm deciding to delete that word from my vocabulary starting now…


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Master of Arts in Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy specialization, 2012
"Everyone at the University is very helpful and they all want the students to succeed!"
Cassandra Fallon earned her undergraduate degree in psychology and sociology from the University of Kentucky and now holds a Master of Arts in Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy specialization, which she earned at age 26 from University of the Rockies. We last spoke to her while she was still enrolled.
"I decided to pursue my graduate degree because after investigating several different areas of psychology, I found my passion for family and couples therapy," she said. "To pursue a career in this field, I needed the training and education I would receive from a graduate program."
University of the Rockies was close to a job she was working at the time, so it seemed like a natural fit. "After visiting the Colorado Springs campus and meeting a few staff members, I decided I liked the atmosphere. I was impressed with the caring each staff member demonstrated for the students, and was pleased with the night and weekend class offerings. Everything just fell into place."
Cassandra's plans after graduating included trying to secure an internship for two years in Colorado or Ohio, and then sitting for the licensing board so she could become a certified Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT). She also said she would enjoy teaching and becoming involved with the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (AAMFT) in order to assist in the establishment of the MFT field. Her graduate degree from University of the Rockies is certain to help in achieving these goals.
"To anyone considering University of the Rockies, I advise speaking with as many students, faculty, and staff members as possible. Ask anything – you will receive an honest answer. Everyone at the University is very helpful and they all want the students to succeed!"


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Happy Birthday: Alpha Dog
Since 1926. That's a long time to be the top dog, but Coney Island Sandwich Shop is a local landmark and the oldest restaurant in St. Petersburg. Its Michigan-style chili dog continues to be the coin of the realm, especially when eaten atop a vinyl stool at the counter with an impossibly thick chocolate shake at your elbow. On Saturday, Coney Island celebrates its 90th birthday. Continuously owned and operated by the Barlas family, Coney Island will honor the milestone by selling original chili dogs and fountain drinks for 90 cents each plus tax. Yes, that's 90 cents. And at 11:30 a.m. it will host a hot dog eating contest. Word to the wise: Don't ask for ketchup on your dog. That stuff is frowned upon around here. 250 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St. N, St. Petersburg. (727) 822-4493.
FarmTable: Friendsgiving
It's a thing. On the fourth Thursday of the month you can't choose your relatives, but later that night, or the day before, or the week after, you can choose the friends you surround yourself with for giving thanks. On Friday, St. Petersburg's FarmTable Kitchen and James Beard award-winning chef Michael Mina host their second annual Friendsgiving community dining event. This year they have invited world-renowned vintner Jean-Charles Boisset as special guest (his Boisset Collection wines will be served for the evening's three-course, family style dinner), and a percentage of the evening's proceeds will help fight hunger and kick off a monthlong campaign to benefit the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in South Pinellas, a Feeding America Tampa Bay agency partner. Guests may also bring nonperishable food items to donate to the food pantry at St. Vincent de Paul. 6 p.m. $99 at farmtable.tocktix.com.
Chillax: Outdoor party
Chillounge Night was established in 2008 by Rainer Scheer. Since then, there have been 98,000 attendees in eight Florida cities. Saturday marks the eighth annual Chillounge in St. Petersburg. First off, two semi trucks of chic outdoor furniture pulls up. Then guests at the elegant outdoor party can dance under the 10-foot rotating disco ball with music by Smooth D and the Hunks from 6 to 11 p.m., enjoy laser technics, a fashion show, cuisine from Parkshore Grill and 400 Beach Seafood & Tap House for sale and culminating in fireworks. This year's event benefits Creative Clay and the Woodson Museum. VIP tickets includes complimentary food and beverage in the exclusive VIP Lounge area. Must be 21 or older. $25 advance, $35 day of event, $120 VIP. Vinoy Park, 501 Fifth Ave. NE, St. Petersburg. (941) 448-0995. chilloungenight.com.
Dig in: Charity dining
Calories don't count if you're eating for a cause. On Friday, indulge in one-of-a-kind dessert creations from local chefs made with Girl Scout cookies. The cocktail attire party includes a buffet dinner, cocktails and auctions. Benefits the Girl Scouts of West Central Florida. 6:30 p.m. $100. Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Parkway, 950 Lake Carillon Drive, St. Petersburg. (813) 262-1688.
On Saturday, choose between a celebrity waiter event benefiting underprivileged children or a pizza cook-off. For the former, Tampa Bay Lightning goalie and Pittsburgh Penguin 2009 Stanley Cup champion Mathieu Garon serves up burgers and drinks. Noon to 4 p.m. $10. Jack Willie's Bar, Grill and Tiki, 1011 St. Petersburg Drive, Oldsmar; (727) 439-6020. And for the latter, enjoy two slices of pizza, auctions and live music at Cage Brewing as celebrity judges select who makes the best pizza in the area. The event benefits area homeless and homeless veterans. 1 to 4 p.m. $10. 2001 First Ave. S St., St. Petersburg. (727) 954-7969.


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Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust opens talks with union
Unions fighting potential job cuts at three NHS hospitals in West Yorkshire have been invited to talks following a three-day strike by clerical and administration staff.
Unison took action last week after 74 employees were sent redundancy letters.
The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust said it had to "review and reduce its pay bill" to save £24m by April 2013.
The meeting is due to take place on Wednesday. The union said it hoped to "engage in constructive negotiations".
The trust said it hoped unions would "engage in constructive discussions to recognise and support the need to make these workforce changes".
'Escalate action'
Jim Bell, Unison's regional organiser, said the union would be attending the meeting provided the trust was looking to negotiate.
"If they put forward constructive proposals on mitigating the effect on our members then we'll constructively engage," he said.
"If we don't make any progress by the end of the week, then we'll give notice to escalate action and it'll be more than a three-day strike."
Stephen Eames, interim chief executive of the trust, said: "Throughout the process we have worked closely with affected staff and their unions and we remain open to constructive discussions.
"Our absolute priority is to provide safe, high quality sustainable care for our patients. To do this we must have a workforce that is financially viable but which is also designed to best meet our service needs."
Last week's action by Unison members at hospitals in Wakefield, Dewsbury and Pontefract followed a ballot in October which saw 88% of those administrative and clerical staff balloted voting in favour of strike action. A one-day strike was also held earlier in November.
Mr Bell said 370 members were affected by the changes and that some faced pay cuts of between £1,700 and £2,800 a year.


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The Lift wanted a website that could reflect their globally-respected production services offerings and acclaimed roster of directors. Just as important, we needed to build something that could serve as an effective sales tool for their company and advocate for the many benefits of production in Mexico.
We sought for simplicity with just a touch of flare. A nuts-and-bolts navigation is used, but this is the first website where we employed a page-split video player that allows the user to stay on the page while viewing content.
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