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MANUFACTURERS Nektar Therapeutics named Howard Robin as CEO, effective Jan. 15. Robin will replace acting CEO Robert Chess who will remain chairman. Robin was previously CEO where he helped re-launch the company and created significant shareholder value leading to the firm's acquisition by Merck for $1.1 billion. At Berlex Laboratories, as corporate VP and GM of US Therapeutics, Robin was responsible for development of Betaseron for multiple sclerosis and Fludara for chronic lymphocytic leukemia, generating annual global sales in excess of $800 million. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals appointed Jon Stonehouse CEO and a member of the company's board of directors. Stonehouse succeeds Charles Bugg, founder and former CEO, who previously announced his intention to retire in 2007. In his new role, Bugg will become non-executive chairman of BioCryst. Stonehouse, a pharmaceutical executive for almost 20 years, most recently served as SVP of corporate development at Merck KGaA with responsibility for global licensing and business development, corporate mergers and acquisitions, corporate strategic planning and alliance management. AGENCIES Ed Wise has been named CEO of Cline Davis & Mann (CDM), while Carol DiSanto will succeed Wise as president. The executive-level moves follow the November retirement announcement made by CDM COO Jack Slonaker to pursue personal interests. Wise joined CDM in 1984 and was named president in 2001, helping diversify the Omnicom-owned agency's client roster by adding clients including Amgen, Novartis and NovoNordisk. DiSanto, a 15-year CDM veteran, served most recently as CDM director of client services, working on brands including the Pfizer blockbusters Lipitor and Viagra and Amgen's Aranesp. Linda Holliday president and co-founder of Medical Broadcasting Company, has been named a Woman of Distinction by the National Association of Women Business Owners and Philadelphia Business Journal. Lowe Healthcare's Integrated Communications has hired Ken Jordan as an EVP, management supervisor, on the AstraZeneca, Bausch & Lomb, Johnson & Johnson, Ross, and Sanofi Pasteur businesses. Previously Jordan spent 15 years at Sudler & Hennessey, where he rose to EVP on Astellas, AstraZeneca, Berlex, Forest Labs and Pfizer. MEDIA MediZine has added Eileen Bruno, Brooks Crandall and Jamie Blocher to its sales team. Bruno will serve as VP, sales and marketing for MDminute working with Blocher, who will serve as sales director on the launch for MDminute, MediZine's latest magazine, distributed to medical specialists' offices. Crandall will serve as VP, sales and marketing for Remedy & RemedyDirect. Bruno joins MediZine from Thomson Healthcare, where she served as PDR (Physicians Desk Reference) solutions manager. Blocher was formerly with MD Net Guide Publications--Intellisphere, where he served as senior national accounts manager, responsible for sales and marketing of two physician focused publications, Psychiatry and Neurology. Most recently, Crandall served as sales development manager for Parade Publications in New York, responsible for selling marketing solutions for the company.


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Joint Replacement CenterTrinity Joint Replacement Center is committed to preserving and improving the quality of health to the patients we serve. Our experienced team of Surgeons and clinicians follow evidence based practices to ensure exceptional care for the patients we serve. Our Mission is to excel at meeting the needs of the whole person through the provision of a quality total joint replacement program.
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Education:Education is important for patients on the Joint Replacement Center. An Educated patient undergoing surgery helps improve outcomes and leads to greater patient satisfaction. Our goal is to educate patients on preparing for surgery, what to expect during and post hospitalization to ensure a positive stay and greater recovery. To guarantee patients and families receive proper education, the Joint Replacement Center offers a weekly pre-operative education class to knee and hip replacement patients. We hope the content on our site provides you with helpful information regarding our program, surgery information, and rehabilitation.
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Jim Dabell wrote to <mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com> on 8 April 2003 in "Re: 'email' element type" (<mid:firstname.lastname@example.com>): > I don't consider it to be redundant. mailto hrefs are behavioural, an > <email> element is also informational. How is an 'email' element more informational than the presence of a "mailto" URI? > There is also functionality that can be added. For example, I find it > highly annoying to click on a link to email somebody, and come back a day > later to find a bounce, letting me know that the person had obfuscated > their email address (I don't always check, I don't feel I should anyway). I agree that you should not have to check. Your user agent should allow instant address verification with the SMTP VRFY command. > If it were possible to mark up email addresses to let user-agents know that > the contained address is obfuscated (e.g. obfuscated="true"), then my mail > client could pop up a warning before sending. I think that a better form for the attribute would be validity = "valid" | "obfuscated" | "example" | "invalid". With either form, why limit the attribute to an e-mail-designating element type? People can also obfuscate instant messaging addresses and HTTP addresses. > An abbreviation to <@> would be nice And strictly forbidden in XML. > but would be awkward when using CSS. If you mean that writing selectors would be difficult, I must correct that notion. The selector \@ would work, and that's three characters fewer than email > I agree with Kevin - if any element can be a link now, is there any > justification for keeping the <a> element as a "special" link container? I don't see any. What does this have to do with the proposal for an e-mail-designating element type? > A <uri> element is also an interesting idea, but I don't feel it would be as > functional as an <email> attribute for many uses (e.g. the obfuscated > attribute mentioned above). An obfuscation attribute can work with any element type. That dispatched, do you have other compelling uses in mind? -- Etan Wexler <mailto:email@example.com>Received on Tuesday, 8 April 2003 20:06:22 UTC
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Concept of Preture
What is Preture?
Preture is a new word made by the fusing the parts of two related words: "present" and "future". Preture is the connector between present and future, like the "morning" connects night with day and the "evening" immerses the day into night.
Day and night do not flip-flop instantaneously. The change is gradual, not sudden.
Nature's other identical example is season change, from summer to winter passing through fall and winter journeying through spring into summer. Similarly, Preture is the joiner of present and the future.
People can call it near-future but still it is important to really identify, understand and utilize this important entity with a right name of its own.
What is the practical use of this concept or knowledge?
Most of the time we are worried about the future. Future is unknown. Future is vast, overwhelming and unfathomable. Anything which is immeasurable is extremely difficult and stressful to deal with. When we have the boundaries we can work very effectively. Preture breaks down the future into measurable, plan-able and action-able pieces. This creates an amazing opportunity to bring the constructive, meaningful and productive focus as we only have to worry about taking care of the Preture not the whole future. Embracing the concept of Preture can be a true permanent cure of our future worries.
Present is NOW.
We all know that actions can only be done in present.
But the question is what actions to be done now?
Preture is the finite time-interval in between some activity you do consistently at certain frequency. The most natural Preture could be a time interval from waking up to going to sleep. For meditators it could be the time interval from one meditation to the other meditation. If we could plan that well with the doable action-items, the accomplishments of those focused items can fill us up with contentment and fend off our frustrations, irritations and feeling of being-cluelessness. We need to just take realistic right priority complete-able action-items for that duration. The only one condition is to complete the task we take in-hand.
How to apply this knowledge into use?
To be able to complete a thousand mile journey we need to take one step at a time. If we take that step in the right direction, we move closer to our destination. Preture is that Next-Step-In-The-Right-Direction. To be able to drive to any destination if we take a map, we need to just remember where to take the next turn. If we take that turn correctly, we are sure to reach where we are want to reach. If we miss out on that turn, rather than taking another wrong turn and being completely-lost-in-the-middle-of-nowhere we can come back to the previous step and take the next right step. Knowing and taking the next step correctly saves a lot of time, efforts and energies.
If we are driving in the night, we just need few feet of light on the road, because when we are closer to the end of that light, the light is further there to guide us. We don't need the whole path to be lit all the time. Neither do we need to worry whether there is a light after few miles or not. We just need a few feet of light ahead of us. That few feet of light is "Preture", guiding us further, enlightening our path.


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Preview: Lymelife with Director Derick Martini
Brother filmmaking duos have thrived for decades in Hollywood. If each decade brings a new duo to the spotlight, who's next on the block? Audiences at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival seemed to think Derick and Steven Martini have a chance to leave their mark.


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6 November
Nov 6, 2010, 05.03 PMby elisabethdavis
I am teaching myself how to sew, also! The internet is such a great resource. Check out youtube if you get stuck on any directions!
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Nov 8, 2010, 03.25 AMby lacis
already have! haha i actually watched a few videos on how to slip stitch, I think I am getting better at it, but still reference the videos once in a while!
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For over a century, the Casinos de Monte-Carlo have been a global reference. Combining luxury and creativity, tradition and a bold modern approach, they offer players an ever-evolving choice of games which underpins the eternal fascination for the "Monte-Carlo" experience.
Internationally renowned as a benchmark for prestige and high-end tourism, the Monte-Carlo SBM Resort has 4 luxury hotels in the Principality of Monaco.
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"Les Insus ? The concert that fans of Téléphone desperately hoped for." Le Monde.
After 3 sold out concerts in Paris, Lille and Lyon in September and October 2015, Les Insus (Jean-Louis Aubert, Louis Bertignac and Richard Kolinka, accompanied by bassist Aleksander Angelov) have decided to continue their onstage reunion and announced a 2016 tour.
The tour will include a stop in Monaco: on Wednesday, August 3rd 2016, as part of the Monte-Carlo Sporting Summer Festival, Les Insus will be giving a standing concert that promises to be very rock 'n' roll!
On stage at the Salle des Etoiles, the former members of the cult band Téléphone will perform all their biggest hits, including "Crache ton venin", "Un Autre Monde", "Argent Trop Cher", "La Bombe Humaine" and many more.
There's no excuse for missing this exceptional concert!
By arrangement with ABKR and GDP
For more information check out the website : www.lesinsus-portables.net
Les Insus - Wednesday, August 3rd 2016
Monte-Carlo Sporting Summer Festival
Salle des Etoiles, Sporting Monte-Carlo
Standing concert
Price : 100€
Doors open : 7:30 pm
Concert : 8:30 pm
Correct dress
Children accompanied by their parents must be at least 7 years old
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Prolong the Monte-Carlo experience by taking advantage of one of our special packages and offers in one of our Monte-Carlo SBM hotels and benefit from many exclusive advantages!
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This legendary casino and Belle Epoque jewel is the absolute reference for all players. Its wide range of table games is the most prestigious and the most complete in Europe.
A stone's throw from the Sporting Monte-Carlo is the Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort, complete with its own ultra-modern designed casino combining pleasure and comfort.
A legendary luxury hotel ideally located on Monaco's glamorous Place du Casino: 182 rooms including 74 suites and junior suites, 3 restaurants including Le Louis XV-Alain Ducasse, and direct access to the Thermes Marins Monte-Carlo.
A Belle Epoque jewel with discreet charm: 280 rooms including 15 junior suites, 20 suites and 8 Diamond suites, unimpeded views of Monaco's harbour and direct access to the Thermes Marins Monte-Carlo.
The new resort: 334 rooms including 22 suites, heated indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a sandy-bottomed lagoon, the Spa Cinq Mondes, state-of-the-art facilities and walking distance to the famous Sporting Monte-Carlo.
Welcome to a legendary hotel that has been redesigned by India Mahdavi: 40 rooms, including 14 suites and junior suites, the gourmet Elsa restaurant, a sweeping view of the Mediterranean, a water sports club and Olympic-size swimming pool.
Discover the innovative cuisine inspired by Chef Marcel Ravin on his travels, in a casual trendy ambiance with superb views of the sea and gardens.
Amber lighting, a Zen attitude, music featuring world-renowned compilations, the "made in Monaco" Buddha Bar is the perfect place to unwind, just around the corner from the busy Place du Casino.
The legendary terrace of the Café de Paris epitomises the very special ambiance of this venue on Place du Casino. Open all year round from breakfast until late at night, it offers a wide range of drinks and exotic cocktails for those who enjoy watching the glamorous world of Monte-Carlo go by.
A restaurant offering Latin American cuisine and Monaco's festive spirit.
This new restaurant offers top quality contemporary cuisine which draws on Riviera culinary traditions.
The products of the Mediterranean Sea greatly inspire our chef who offers healthy cuisine that deftly combines wellness and delicious gourmet flavours
L'Orange Verte offers a simple and delicious cuisine at any time of day.
Welcome to La Pizzeria, Monte-Carlo Beach's new restaurant that will take you on a culinary journey to Italy. Enjoy a superb view of the Mediterranean, an idyllic setting, 100% organic food, and much more!
This is a magnificent venue for hosting your prestigious receptions all year round and for dining out in summer on its terrace with a view of Place du Casino.
Basking in the sunshine, surrounded by lush greenery as you listen to the sound of the waves, this is an ideal spot to tuck into grilled fish or a buffet at lunchtime, or yield to the temptations of a well-orchestrated menu in the evening.
A summer restaurant with south-facing terrace located between the sea and the lagoon.
The Chef prepares an inventive and contemporary cuisine in a casual club-like ambiance.
From its lofty position on the eighth floor, this restaurant offers a new interpretation of Mediterranean gourmet cuisine. In summer the roof slides back to reveal one of the most beautiful views on the Côte d'Azur.
Experience a philosophy which reinterprets a cuisine based on the essentials and simplicity, with a subtle, harmonious balance between tradition, evolution and modernity.
Amidst a decor designed by Pierre Yves Rochon, Le Vistamar plays host to an original concept orchestrated by Chef Benoit Witz.
Amidst the lively atmosphere of the American gaming rooms, this restaurant offers daily specials and a wide choice of salads and pasta dishes you can mix and match as you wish.
Traditional Italian cuisine. Located at the entrance of the gaming halls, overlooking the Place du Casino, décor recreates in minute detail a dining room sleeper in the time of the Belle Epoque.
In the heart of the Hôtel Hermitage enjoy tasty appetizers and exellent champagnes by the glass.
With its unusual design, terrace by the sea, billiards room and DJ, the Blue Gin is a venue you have to visit at least once when in Monaco. The spacious lounge is the perfect place to relax and peruse a highly original drinks menu.
Amber lighting, a Zen attitude, music featuring world-renowned compilations, the "made in Monaco" Buddha Bar is the perfect place to unwind, just around the corner from the busy Place du Casino.
The legendary terrace of the Café de Paris epitomises the very special ambiance of this venue on Place du Casino. Open all year round from breakfast until late at night, it offers a wide range of drinks and exotic cocktails for those who enjoy watching the glamorous world of Monte-Carlo go by.
A restaurant offering Latin American cuisine and Monaco's festive spirit.
A chic venue with a beautiful terrace and magnificent view of the Principality, this is the ideal spot to enjoy fine wines by the glass and a cigar.
Come discover the magnificent panoramic view of the Mediterranean Sea, Port Hercule and the Rock of Monaco from the Crystal Terrace, in a cosy lounge atmosphere.
One of the world's legendary night clubs that has been lighting up Riviera nights for over 30 years.
An elegant ambiance of shiny leather, soft lighting and windows onto the sea awaits you in this mythical bar, which collects vintage wines and spirits.
The Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort has assembled all the expertise of the Cinq Mondes SPAS to offer a unique voyage for the senses.
This SPA draws inspiration from the inherent harmony in the architecture and ambiance of the Monte-Carlo Beach itself: 80m² dedicated to well-being with three massage rooms, a hammam, and treatment products and programmes by La Prairie.
Discover the wide range of wellness experiences offered by the Thermes Marins Monte-Carlo and enjoy moments of total relaxation, genuinely individual programmes and personalised treatments.
The Children's Club at the Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort welcomes children aged 3 to 12, seven days a week from 10am to 6pm.
Experience magical moments as a family at the Hôtel Hermitage Monte-Carlo. Children are offered a choice of multiple activities: indoors or out, playful or delicious, alone or accompanied, to reconcile fun for children and peace of mind for parents!
There is everything here to keep your kids busy in Monaco during your stay at the 5 star luxury hotel: cookery workshops, music, swimming, etc.
Take advantage of this 25-by-13-metre pool heated at 29°C and filled with seawater taken from a depth of 37 metres and 400 metres out.
The beautiful landscaped gardens feature a magnificent lagoon with cascades, jacuzzis and vast sun terraces.
Come discover Cabanas and its refined cuisine, customised tent service and idyllic beach setting.


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FAMOUS CANADIAN women abound. But while many people know the names Roberta Bondar, Alexa McDonough and Hayley Wickenheiser, fewer probably recognize Eliza M. Jones, Elizabeth Smellie and Kathleen Parlow.
The leader in agriculture, first female colonel in the Canadian Army and world-renowned violinist are three of the women featured in Merna Forster's 100 More Canadian Heroines: Famous and Forgotten Faces (Dundurn, $24.99).
The followup to her first collection in 2004 features women from across the country who are noteworthy for reasons that vary from scientific discoveries, the arts and sports to prospecting at a time when women weren't known for looking for the lucky strike.
Forster says that when she launched the first collection she already had plenty of names of potential profiles for the second book. But while promoting it, people would send dozens of potential names and see her at speaking engagements to share suggestions. Other names came from her travels and her work as a naturalist with Parks Canada.
By the time she was ready to start working on the second book, she had plenty of potential subjects but wanted to make sure she included a wide variety of women from different areas of the country, time periods, ethnic origins and types of achievement.
"If I didn't have good representation from a particular area of the country, I would check out notable women in the history of that region," she said.
"Or, if I wanted to have more stories of women who were pioneers in a particular field, I would do research to find some. Since I'm a historian, I'm keen on doing thorough investigations."
She says it was "extremely challenging" to select the final 100. But it was also difficult sometimes finding information on someone she wanted to profile.
"But I'm very determined," she said. "Once I decided someone had a compelling story and should be in the book, I'd go to great lengths to dig up the information I needed."
Also challenging was finding photos or images of some of the people but, Forster says, "Thank heavens for the Internet."
She found the granddaughter of one person through an Internet search that showed her belonging to a church board in the United States and was able to get in touch and have a photo emailed to her.
While there are usually plenty of records, documents and recorded history on the people Forster want to profile, in a few cases she had to drop someone from the list because she couldn't get enough information. For the new book, she wanted to profile a woman who is still alive and whose nephew agreed to contact her for Forster.
"But it seems she was a reluctant heroine who was not comfortable about sharing information."
But on the other hand, she said, she has had to cut people from the list because she found out too much information.
"Research revealed they weren't as heroic as I'd expected," she said. "Interesting, for sure, but maybe a better fit for another type of book."
The most difficult part of writing the book was having the right kind of information, Forster said, "so I understand what makes the people tick, so I can write about that in the stories."
She doesn't have a favourite story in the book but does like the tale of Sarah Emma Edmonds, a New Brunswick girl who was inspired by reading about a female pirate captain to flee her abusive father, disguise herself and serve as a soldier, spy and nurse in the Civil War.
Forster says surprise is the common feedback she gets from readers about the people she has included.
"Many readers are astounded that they didn't know about some of these amazing women, or they're surprised they didn't know they were Canadians," she says.
That includes Elizabeth Arden, who went from selling vegetables in Toronto to becoming a cosmetics industry multimillionaire.
While she says there's another book in her future, it probably won't be another collection of heroines, although she says there are many others that could be featured. One of her sons has suggested she write a murder mystery about Canadian women for a change of pace.
She said her two books of heroines have added a new dimension to her appreciation of Canada's history. When she explores the country, she wants to know about the women who lived there.
"I figure I've already learned a lot about the achievements of notable men in history. I want to know about 'herstory' — about what Kim Campbell has called the stories of women who defy the stereotypes."
She said when she hiked the Chilkoot Trail, which was so important to the Yukon gold rush, "I was curious about the women who headed north looking for gold and have written about some of them."
"I grew up believing women had played minor roles in Canadian history, a fallacy which surely moulds your impression of what is possible."


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The A. Proctor Group are constantly reviewing their product portfolio to keep up with current legislation. The A. Proctor Group have re-tested Reflectashield TF 0.81 at the National Physics Laboratory (NPL) resulting in an uplift of the claimed thermal performance to an R-Value of 0.81m2K/W.
Reflectashield is a vapour permeable low emissivity membrane for use externally on timber frame buildings. As such to maximise the thermal efficiency of the membrane the time of exposure should be kept to a minimum. However the membrane will maintain the function of a breather membrane in terms of water hold out for up to three months exposure.
Reflectashield TF 0.81 complies with the vapour resistance requirements set out by BS 4016, TRADA and the NHBC.
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what should I do??
I have been writing emails to a women by the name of Nelloyd Cole, and she is sending me the same emails that are posted on this site, she contacted me on a daiting website and I decided to google her name and this site poped up, what should I do??
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The Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Southeast Asia of U.S Department of State visited UXO Lao's Clearance Site in Xieng Khouang
On 16 January 2017, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Southeast Asia of the U.S Department of State. W. Patrick Murphy visited UXO Lao's clearance site in Phou Houm village, Pek, district, Xieng Khuang Province.
Mr. Murphy and his team was briefed by UXO Lao's Provincial Coordinator, Mr. Kingphet Phimmavong on the site information, including progress so far since the team began to work on the site in Mid-December 2016 and expected to complete the site by Mid-March 2017.
In addition, UXO Lao Director, Mr. Thiphasone Soukhathammavong also explaining about "UXO Lao's New Concept of Operations", particularly on the new survey and clearance which now focusing on an evidence based.
UXO Lao thanked the Deputy Assistant Secretary for visiting the site.


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Statutory Auditors
Duration of mandate and term of office of the lead auditor
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Zurich (PWC), have been the statutory auditors of Rieter Holding Ltd. and the Rieter Group since 1984. The statutory auditors are elected at the Annual General Meeting each year upon a motion proposed by the Board of Directors. Stefan Räbsamen has officiated as lead auditor for the mandate since the 2012 financial year. The change in lead auditor was to comply with legal provisions stipulating such a change every seven years.
Audit fees
In the 2017 financial year PWC and other auditors charged the Rieter Group approximately CHF 0.9 million and CHF 0.1 million, respectively, for services in connection with auditing the annual financial statements of the group companies and Rieter's consolidated accounts.
Additional fees
Additional consultancy fees invoiced by the statutory auditors in 2017 amounted to CHF 0.1 million and concerned mainly tax consulting services.
Supervisory and monitoring instruments vis-à-vis the auditors
The audit committee of the Board of Directors makes an annual assessment of the performance, fees and independence of the statutory auditors. It submits a proposal for consideration at the Annual General Meeting regarding who should be elected as statutory auditors. Further information on auditing can be found on page 31 and 32.


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Roubler's inbuilt timeclock records employees clock in/out data instantly. Roubler's intelligent technology detects when an employee is within 15 metres of the workplace and sends a prompt directly to the employee to remind them to sign-in. An employee can only sign-in at their allocated shift start time! Our real-time online employee time attendance software stops time theft and saves you money.
Through Roubler, employees can tap and send an alert that they're running late. This allows you to be proactive at the commencement of the shift, and if needed, source alternative candidates so that workplace productivity isn't compromised. Roubler is the most efficient way to manage your workforce and maintain productivity.
Prior to their next shift, the online time and attendance software provides each individual with tailored, travel-to-site information. roubler has the sophisticated technology to pre-plan the travel route and timetable based on the employee's preferred method of travel. Closer to the start of shift, roubler can predict if the employee is likely to be late using real-time GPS and will intuitively send the employee a push notification suggesting that they seek an alternative travel method.
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My son who was five years old has passed away. He drowned in a hole in a close valley to the village in which we live. We did not know that he went with friends to the valley to play. It is a habit for them to go after asr prayer to play, moving between their grand parents' homes. We are a big family and our homes are close to each other. We left to pray in the masjid and I left him with his mother at home. He insisted on going to pray with us saying "I do not want to enter hell, I seek paradise, please let me go to pray" so his mother felt for him and let him go. He returned dead! Are we "his mother and I" sinful? His mother is very sad and wants to know if she is sinful or if she needs to expiate.
If the child habitually left the house to go to the mosque and to his grandparents' house, and there was no danger in that, then there is no sin on you or on the mother because you were not negligent. We ask Allaah to compensate you with good.
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ProCapture – Camera & Panorama v1.5.3 adds advanced features to the Android camera experience. Multiple advanced shooting modes supported: Timer, Burst, Reduced Noise, WideShot and Panorama.
Updated: September 3, 2012
Current Version: 1.5.3
Requires Android: 2.2 and up
Category: Photography
ProCapture Features :
- Panorama mode automatically links together up to 12 photos to produce a high resolution panoramic image providing the ability to zoom in on small details. Output panorama has the highest resolution and best quality among competitors.
- WideShot mode automatically links together 3 photos to produce a high resolution wide image.
- Reduced Noise mode captures 2 photos and combines them in order to reduce noise in the photo by about 30%.
- Shoot better photos with 2 different on-screen composition aids: grid and Fibonacci spiral.
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Last week saw the last processing run for Kodachrome film, as noted on Shorpy here. I thought that this one, shot by my friend in 1979, was a good example of what all the hubbub was about. It's at the Sonoma County Fair in Santa Rosa, California. View full size.
Gives us the nice bright colors, the greens of summer, makes all the world a summer's day. (Sorry Paul, best I can remember at my age).
I make no apologies for the fact that the passing of Kodakchrome 35mm slide film does not bring a tear to my eye or a lump to the throat.
I'm 65 years old and have used my share of slide and print film over the past 40 to 50 years, including Agfa, Fuji and Kodak products. I have boxes of Kodak Carousel containers filled with slides, and smaller plastic boxes as received from the processing labs filled with slides.
Many, many of them show signs of deterioration, no doubt due to careless storage.
I'm what anyone would call a rank amateur, a "snapshot-shooter," and although I still have my Nikons I have not used them since 2001, preferring instead the ease and economy that several digital cameras give me.
No, not for me the crocodile tears as I wave goodbye to Kodachrome. I'll gladly store my photographs on USB memory sticks or DVDs, keeping only the best of a mediocre bunch and only paying for prints of the really special ones.
And I doubt that any other "snapshooter" would feel any different.
Too bad such a wonderful film is gone. Tterrace nails the problem with duplicating, digitizing or printing any transparency right on the head.
The only thing I havn't experienced is the variance from other labs. Here in the midwest the labs were quite spread out. I processed Kodachrome in Minneapolis and the closest two labs were in Chicago and Kansas City. All the labs were licensed by Kodak and had to adhere to a certain quality standard to maintain their license. I remember that the chemical department had analysis equipment that wouldn't be found in any other photo lab and I had to calibrate the cyan and yellow printing lamps before every run.
Just an interesting sidenote, EPA compliance and monitoring was always a problem because the cyan developer had a high level of cyanide that went down the drain from the tank overflow.
I used Kodachrome for many happy years, beginning in the ASA 25 years. I was fortunate in living close enough to one of Kodak's own labs, so processing was always consistent.
I don't think K-chrome's prime asset was realism as much as it was beauty. Rich colors - in my experience, more so than digital -- set it apart. Ektachrome was the "bluish" film; Kodachrome brought out the deep warm tones.
Ultimately, I switched to Fuji film because later high-speed versions of K-chrome weren't as satisfying as the ASA 25 variety.
If K-25 was still available, I'd be using it today, and my digital equipment would be gathering dust.
Color just oozes.
What an incredibly interesting and fascinating work of art.
>> In 50 years any digital photograph, unless painstakingly re-saved to the latest storage media, will be non-existent.
This is an oft-repeated canard without much basis in fact. Your average flash memory card should be good for many decades of storage. With billions of them currently in use, there'll be a market for card readers for decades to come, even after the various formats become obsolete. The same is true for hard drives and most other mass-storage media. (Or you can just keep your photos online -- my oldest albums have been online for 15 years now.)
For most folks, the storage medium of choice is prints. Inkjet prints made on good paper with dye-based inks have permanence ratings of 100 years or more.
First of all, there's no such thing as a "straight" translation of any kind of photochemical image to another medium, even if it's another photographic emulsion. In that case, there are differences in the pigments and dyes used in the photographic materials. In the case of standard four-color printing, such as for books and magazines, the pigments are entirely different chemically. Furthermore, there's no way to replicate the contrast range of a color slide viewed by transmitted light on a print viewed by reflected light. When we get into digital scanning and display, there are further complications: the scanning light source, the color sensitivity of the image sensors and even the spectral characteristics of the film itself. (This is a particular problem with Kodachrome, which we faced when I was working in our custom color lab; we could achieve reasonable color accuracy in making duplicate slides and prints from Ektachrome, but doing so across the spectrum with Kodachrome originals was often impossible.) With digital, there's the additional complication of the final display, whose colors are produced in a different manner altogether. And again, the contrast range of a projected color slide exceeds that possible with a standard computer display. The best we can achieve is a reasonable simulation of what's on the slide.
Then there's another angle: not all Kodachrome processing was equal. Processing done by Kodak itself was the most consistent, but that from other labs could be all over the map; our own collection of hundreds and hundreds of Kodachrome slides over a span of over three decades provides ample proof of that. We have greenish Kodachromes, magenta-tinged Kodachromes, reddish Kodachromes, bluish Kodachromes, cyanish Kodachromes and others that are off one way in certain colors and another way in others. This particular slide is from a batch processed by some unidentified lab, and they're all consistently reddish/magenta compared to the standard processed-by-Kodak color that I'm thoroughly familiar with. I decided to correct that out to something that looked, to my eyes, more like a Kodak-processed Kodachrome. Below is a version that's close to what the original slide looks like; I can guarantee that the asphalt of the fairgrounds was not red.
In 50 years this transparency, barring disaster such as a fire or flood, will look just like this. In 50 years any digital photograph, unless painstakingly re-saved to the latest storage media, will be non-existent. If you print the digital photo to paper with an ink jet printer, it will have long since faded into a mere ghost of its original glory.
Not at all fair to judge the benefits of Kodachrome by today's digital software manipulation. Back then, you got what you got. And, when it came to printing, only Cibachrome could really capture the essence of the Kodachrome transparency. And yes, even then a wee bit of "manipulation" was possible. We shouldn't compare apples to oranges.
All the hubbub (for me, at least) is Kodachrome's ability to make then look and feel like now.
A couple of years ago David posted a Kodachrome of a female factory worker in a WW2 aviation plant (I think) and a young man posted a response saying he was convinced beyond all doubt that the photo was a fake. It just did not seem possible to him that a picture from that long ago could look so vivid and immediate.
I can see why he might think that because Kodachrome could make 60 years ago look like yesterday.
If that's a 35mm transparency, I wish I had spent more time working with Kodachrome than Ektachrome. Amazing detail, colour and texture. Too bad it required a crystal clear day like this to stop motion.
This scene was repeated thousands of times across North America in the mid 70's and early 80's. I could have been one of the three kids standing by the fence. I love the fact that the rides, while brightly painted, aren't cluttered with all sorts of advertising like they seem to be now. I remember riding most of these, the Hurricane, the Yo-Yo and as the sing says, the TipTop.
My favorites were The Scrambler, the Loop-O-Plane and the Tilt-A-Whirl. Wagner Shows, a Western Canadian outfit which served our town, used to feature a fellow who rode the deck of the Tilt-A-Whirl while the ride ran, nimbly stepping between the buckets, giving each an extra spin at just the right moment. He wore a t-shirt that read "Tilt the World with Joe".
Anyhow, I very much like this photograph. It's one of the few shown here new enough to allow one to suppose that at least some of the people in it aren't obviously dead.
Beautiful colors, too late though. Someone has already taken my Kodachrome away.
I guess I am spoiled by digital photography.
I think the color in this image is average. Also, is this a straight scan without digital manipulation?
I enjoy this site. Keep up your good work.
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Excepting the sky is brite blue, I see this image as heavy with blue, and not as warm red as Kodachrome normally gave. Perhaps it is the age of the image as well. I did a quick adjustment and increased the color overall except contrast. The result is what I thought Kodachrome normally revealed. Just my opinion though.
[Put on your sunglasses. - Dave]
There's a great narrative, with an accompanying slide show, in which Washington Post photographer John McDonnell eulogizes Kodachrome, the iconic film produced by Kodak from 1935 to 2009.
You'll have to put up with a short commercial intro, but the narrative and slide show are worth the wait! (Make sure your volume is turned on.)


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The highest peaks of the Alps are located in the western part in Switzerland, France and Italy. This view shows on the far left the Mont Blanc (4807m). Separated by the Great St. Bernard Pass the highest peaks of southern Switzerland and at the border between Switzerland and Italy, among others from right to left the Weisshorn (4506m), the Matterhorn (4478m) and the Dufourspitze (4638m). North of the Valais the Bernese Alps and in the background the Peaks of eastern Switzerland and Austria. On the right south of the Pennine Alps the Aosta Valley in northern Italy.
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Monday, October 07, 2013
Above & Below
Above & Below probably because it was so hilly and involved a steep climb up roughly hewn steps in the earth held up with chunks of log cut from nearby trees. Anybody infirm or out of shape would find it a difficult climb to the very top. We managed it somehow. Pff pant puff!
Most of the sculptures and al fresco installations were nothing special but nice to see something different going on in Cheshire which is a bit of a cultural desert most of the time it has to be said!
Hazel met one of her old students going round the trail which was strange - but we do tend to bump into them in odd places - once in Venice!
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I am trying to follow BBB; however, we just had a new liner installed and the installer said to NEVER use liquid chlorine and to stick with granular. He said the LC can cause the liner to wear prematurely.
I am trying to follow BBB; however, we just had a new liner installed and the installer said to NEVER use liquid chlorine and to stick with granular. He said the LC can cause the liner to wear prematurely.
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Why would pool stores sell liquid chlorine? Nearly 3500 members here, 21,000-ish at PF, almost all non-SWCG users are using liquid chlorine. I'd bet close to half have vinyl liners when you consider AG pools, and I've never seen a post about liner fading from liquid chlorine, but I've seen dozens about granular chlorine causing liner damage.
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Nevertheless, with any addition of chemicals (with few exceptions, for CYA, PolyQuat, etc.) you want to pour slowly over a return flow in the deep end with the pump running. For extra safety, lightly brush the side and bottom of the pool in the area where you added chemicals in order to thoroughly mix them. Chlorinating liquid or bleach is denser than water so if dumped in quickly can settle to the bottom, but the same is true for granular chlorine. Above ground pools typically do not have floor drains so have poor circulation at the bottom of the pool so some manual mixing is wise.
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Thanks for the reassurance guys. BBB it is.
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A relative of mine has a big spot in the middle of the deep end of his pool where the vinyl has faded. He has no main drain and poured a huge slug of 12% chlorine in one spot in the deep end. I didn't ask him as I didn't want to embarrass him but I would bet he did it without the filter running.
I have used liquid chlorine for about five years now with no fading of my liner. As with ANY chemical addition, keep the filter running for at least 1/2 hour after adding the chlorine. Pour it slowly dispersed around the deep end or in front of a return jet and there is no problem.
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Children's Charity Hockey Tournament in Yokohama
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Tokyo Canadians Hockey Club together with Smile & Dream presents Children's Charity Hockey Tournament in Yokohama supported by CCCJ
A Junior Hockey team's Home Ice in Ishinomaki was Severely damaged by the devastating Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami.
Tragically, most of the players lost family and/or Friends. The children continue to live in the area
surrounded by the constant and stressful reminders of that tragic day. The goal for the event is to give these kids an opportunity to get away for a weekend to play the sport they love with their teammates. Hopefully the tournament will not only re-ignite their spirit and camaraderie, but inspire the players to continue to follow their dreams and to continue playing hockey.
At the same time, funds will be raised to donate directly to the rink to help all the local teams get back on the Ice.
About the Tournament:
- Three team round robin mini-tournament including a junior team from Ishinomaki.
- Following the tournament will be an adult exhibition game between the Tokyo Canadians vs. Japanese Selects.
- A BBQ party will be held near the rink for the all players, parents and guests after the games.
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The fee for guests; Entrance and BBQ - 5,000yen
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Don't save a prayer for Simon Le Bon now. Save it 'til the morning after for the soon-to-be grandfather, who no doubt will spend a few mornings after as a babysitter.
Le Bon's daughter Saffron has announced she is expecting her first child with partner Benjamin Compston, UK's Star Magazine reported this week. Saffron is one of three daughters that the Duran Duran frontman has with wife Yasmin. Saffron is 26. She announced the news on Instagram.
"@benjamincompston the man I love with my whole heart, thank you for bringing me the most beautiful gift in the world," she wrote online. "Thank you for making my dreams come true, for making me a crazy mama. this year we become parents HA!"
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National Advanced IPv6 Centre
This internship is my compulsory course for my university course and it spent 20 weeks for training. I done this internship at National Advanced IPv6 Centre (NAv6). NAv6 is well-known government organization in Malaysia. This organization experienced on IPv6 research in Malaysia.
I was assigned to Network Support and Service Team (NSST) in this organization. From NSST, it help me gain a lot knowledge about network field. Most of my project done in this organization is used Linux platform. The projects are print server by using Common UNIX Printing System, VPN server by using OpenVPN and OTRS is an open source Ticket Request System.
From this organization, I can experienced real working environment. It is because Deputy of NAv6 provided few meeting to trainee. One of the meeting is about real working environment and the policy of organization. Besides, I also learn how to proactive myself because some work need to voluntary to help people.


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"So, what would you like us to do?", say two Agusta Bell AB212 helicopter pilots, the badges on their flying suits identifying them as 'Bundesheer' pilots. "Err, just fly around a bit", comes the unrehearsed answer of two Airheadsfly.com editors. The pilots take off, turn around and have decided on what they will really do. They position their five tonnes chopper almost on top of two totally unprepared Airheadsfly.com editors, ensuring camera bags, lens caps, sunglasses, note pads and lost ego's fly everywhere. The noise is deafening, the wind is blinding and for a moment, peaceful Austria seems far, far away.
But still, we are in Linz, Austria, where two Staffels (squadrons) fly the 23 Agusta Bell AB212 helicopters in service with the Austrian Air Force. "But, I have to say, we are experiencing quiet times now", says 'Staffelkommandant' Andreas Buchmayr as he enters one the hangers that usually house flocks of AB212s, but now only shelter two. "A lot of them are in maintenance or are being given an update – and new life – in Italy by Agusta Westland. Here at Linz, we currently have to make ends meet with only a few available helicopters."
The AB212 has been a mainstay of Austria's helicopter transport capability since entry into service in 1980. As the fleet amassed over 115,000 flight hours in 2010, an 85 million USD update program was ordered. The goal is to get another 25 years or 100,000 hours out of the helicopters. Modifications bring the 212's avionics up to par with the latests aviation technology. Self defense suites are also being built into the AB212. The first two modernized choppers were handed over to Kommando Luftunterstützung (Air Support Command) in November 2013.
"It's actually pretty impressive", says Buchmayr, who has 3,200 flight hours behind his name and helped develop the AB212 update. "We have a unique set of MFDs in the cockpit, designed exactly to our specifications and making full use of digital technology. Cockpit managment is now completely paperless, as all maps are available on the MFDs, along with complete systems management. It greatly reduces crew workload and makes for easier navigation and communication. The cockpit is now also adapted for use with Helmet Mounted Displays. Flight safety during bad weather and during night time, is greatly improved. Actually, our AB212 helicopters are now at the very top worldwide as far as cockpit technology goes."
New cockpits or not, the AB212 mission in Austria remains the same; transporting troops, performing search and rescue operations, fighting fires with bambi buckets and alpine flying in the mountains. The AB212 is a very versatile utility helicopter, which is no wonder considering its Bell UH-1 Huey heritage.
So, it's also no wonder the Austrians want to keep in service for a lot longer. The update program is planned to by complete by 2016, at which time the hangers at Linz will be filled with choppers once again. Pilots will be fully trained on the new cockpit, and when they ask "so, what would you like us to do?", two totally prepared Airheadsfly.com editors will know what to answer.
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For most of my life, I've been extremely sporty. I started competitive sports very early on, switching from dance to swim team to soccer to mountain biking throughout elementary school. By the time I hit high school, I had a coach, sponsors, and had placed second at Nationals in my age category for cross-country mountain biking. I also did snowboarding, running, triathlons, road cycling, and hiking, plus a few other sports here and there. In short, I was very fit, and for awhile, I dressed as such.
But then, my lazy rebellious teenage years arrived, and I quickly decided that sports and the tracksuits that went with them weren't really my thing anymore. I ditched my sneakers in favour of high heels, and dropped out of every team and sport on my list. I became so lazy I even refused to walk to school whenever possible. Needless to say my very fit parents weren't too impressed by my newfound independence, but eventually they gave up on me being an active member of the family.
Flash forward a couple of years, and I've become a little more aware of the benefits of exercise than my younger, more bratty self. I find the less I exercise, the more sluggish, tired, miserable, and down I feel. For me, working out doesn't really connect to how I look, but to how I feel, and honestly, I feel awful when I'm not pushing myself to do some form of exercise once in awhile.
This winter was particularly hard on me workout-wise. I usually ride my bike almost year-round, and walk any other time, but the polar vortex really kept me off my feet (aka bundled up in bed watching re-runs of "Sex and the City"), and by the time spring finally arrived, I felt horribly out of shape. For a few weeks I did nothing; I was miserable and stuck in a rut, and I didn't want to force myself to feel better. In the end though, I used workout clothing to get me back in shape.
OK so I know this just sounds like a load of shopaholic bullshit, but changing up your workout gear to something you're excited about can really help with motivation. As I took on more and more fun new exercises and routines (weekly runs, a trial period at Barreworks), I found myself shopping for more workout wear, slowly upgrading my outdated collection, and suddenly I was looking for reasons to get out and wear everything! My workout gear got so cute, it made me want to work out more, and in my books, that means it was worth the investment. Here are some of my current favourite things to sweat in/on:
Eco Friendly Leggings
There's a company called Teeki based out of the U.S. that makes the coolest printed leggings ever, and I'm totally obsessed (though I've yet to splurge on a pair of my own). We're talking leggings with moon phases down the back, and bright beautiful photos of palm trees with sunsets blown up to cover your legs. Handmade in America, these pants are designed for working out, and they're made out of plastic water bottles! Talk about up-cycling right?
Colourful Water Bottles
I'm all about adding colour to my life lately (have you seen my hair?), and BKR's candy-colored glass water bottles have really added some much-needed life to my workout routine. Whether working on the computer at home, or heading to a yoga class, I always have one of these super sweet bottles filled and at my side.
Go Commando Yoga Pants
Remember how a certain Canadian corporation made some very problematic yoga pants not too long ago? Well Dear Kate (also known as my favourite superhero underwear brand) has made it their goal to make sure something like that never happens again, at least not on their watch! The talented ladies behind high-tech period underwear are at it again, and this time they're creating the yoga pants to end all yoga pants. They're designed to never be see-through, never give you camel toe, they come in plus sizes, and best of all, they're made specifically so you can go commando in them! Help them make their magical pants a reality by pre-buying through their Kickstarter this month, and say goodbye to overpriced, poorly designed yoga wear once and for all.
Customized Runners
To be honest, designing a custom pair of shoes was the main reason I made myself get out there to jog again when the ice finally thawed. Using Nike's online shoe design system, I came up with a pair of white leopard print runners with mint details that I absolutely loved, and in a matter of weeks they arrived at my front door.
Rad T-shirts
I used to wear a lot of specialty fabrics and tight clothing to workout, but these days I'm really into plain old loose T-shirts and tanks paired with a sports bra instead. True, they don't breathe as well, but I'm more comfortable in them, so I think it's worth the trade-off. I especially love rocking shirts with inspirational sayings on them, like the new "Just be Your F***ing Self" tees by Studio Mucci, or Topknot Goods' "No Rest For the Rad."
Fun Headphones
Working out is never any fun without music, right? There are so many great workout playlists on Songza now that it's possible to run every morning and still always have something new to play, but in order to truly make this a reality, we all need a good pair of headphones. Personally I have weird ears that refuse to wear headphones (they fall out or start hurting), but I've finally found a pair that works for me. Ban.do's earplug headphones may look like pieces of candy, but I promise they'll be helping you burn calories in no time!


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Android smartphone gets growing users recently. Some surveys indicate how the new users were interested to the open source system, hoping for the lower price and its variety, availability apps. Both in US and Japan, Android combined with iPhone have dominated the market of smartphone operating system.
Nielsen survey on May found that majority of mobile consumers in US now using smartphone. Among the smartphone users, about 38% using Android as operating system followed by Apple iPhone 27% and RIM BlackBerry as 21%.
How to take benefit from the growing android smartphone market?
The growing of android users may happen because of the openness in design configuration and growing faster in content size. According to Martens J.K.J of University of Twente, of the android system, the user value is high because of differentiation of the market offering by exclusive content and lower effort to create content for developers.
Above facts should be a sign of the increase on apps creation and content business. Most of the smartphone users, says Nielsen survey are actually taking advance of the device capabilities. It found that the use of Wi-Fi increases 10-fold from 5% for feature phone owners to 50% for smartphone users to satisfy the need for fast downloads.
The high variety of apps and capability of fast download characterize Android smarthpone attractiveness. This is an opportunity to create online business service, open-source based, for smartphone users. An application that enable users to buy and sell online, supported by real time feature may fit the current growing smartphone market in the country.


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Well Done, America! You Chose The Right Top 3 Idols!
So long, Big Mike! Sorry to see you go, but I'm glad Casey James is sticking around instead!
Hasta la vista, Big Mikey! I seriously thought Casey James was about to be given the boot on American Idol May 12, but thankfully America voted wisely, and the good-lookin' Texan in still in the competition!
Elimination night was a little sleepy for me, dawg. The drama factor wasn't there. No one seemed all that upset that the 26-year-old Floridian was leaving the Idol building, despite an emotional moment holding his baby girl – all captured on camera, natch.
Both Casey 27, and Crystal Bowersox, 24, were cool as cucumbers as they were saved. Maybe they were doing cartwheels inside, but I didn't see it. But then, that's what I like about both of them.
Lee DeWyze, of course, showed enough emotion for everyone involved. Homeboy is the new Ryan Seacrest! He soothed Big Mike, gave Crystal hugs, fist-pumped Casey AND still managed to make a young blond fan named Angela feel special when he singled her out of the audience and gave her a 'Chicks dig Lee' poster.
I'm still on the fence about Lee's sex appeal, but I AM absolutely certain of one thing: that Crystal/Lee showdown you've all been predicting? It's in the bag.
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Furniture Crate Gives Back
Over the past few weeks the Furniture Crate's team members had a chance to give back to our community.
Three weekends ago we volunteer at the HOPE Hospitality and Warming Center in Pontiac Michigan (@Hopecenter). Hope provides clothing, food, blankets, and a warm place to stay for the less fortunate. Hope also provides service that helps its guest find a more permanent place to stay. Our team members had a chance to pass out blankets and toiletries and serve the guest dinner. Throughout the night we had a chance to talk to several guest at Hope.
For the last two weekends ago we had a chance to take part in MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Walk 2010 in Ann Arbor and in Detroit. Unfortunately we weren't able to walk due to the cold and rainy weather on both weekends. Even though the walks didn't happen the events were still a huge success with all the money raised for such a great cause. For me (Bobby) I have a cousin that has been diagnosed with MS and ever since my family has been very active with the MS Society. When I started working at Furniture Crate I was happy to see that other members of the Furniture Crate family were also active in the MS Society. For information on how you can help fight MS please check out these resources:
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Earrings are an inseparable part of every woman's wardrobe. All it takes is a pair of earrings to add that hint of instant elegance to your outfits. While just about everyone would agree with this, not many know that it is essential to choose earrings that suit the shape of one's face. This guide will help you figure out your face shape and choose the perfect earrings for it.
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Is your face circular, with the cheeks being the widest part of your face? If yes, then you have a round face. Long drop or dangle earrings are just what you need to make your face appear longer. By all means, avoid large circular earrings, studs and hoops. These styles will make your face appear rounder.
A narrow face is that in which the jawline and the cheekbones are of the same width. If you have a narrow face, avoid wearing wide earrings as they will add to the width of your face. Round studs and clusters are just what you need to bring out your cheekbones and add fullness to your face.
Women who have wide square jaws (forehead and jaw line of similar widths) can soften the edges on their face with earrings that have a rounded shape. Hoop earrings are also a great way to infuse a hint of glamour. Square and diamond shapes are to be avoided.
A wide forehead and a lower half that narrows like a heart are characteristics of a heart-shaped face. You can accentuate this shape with long teardrop earrings and elaborate chandelier styles. These earring types will help soften the narrow edges of your chin.
If you have prominent cheekbones and if the forehead and chin are narrower than the center of the face, then you have a diamond face shape. The best way to accentuate your cheekbone is by wearing long dangle earrings.
All those with an oval-shaped face are the luckiest. An oval face looks good with almost all kinds of earrings. Dangle earrings in an oval shape or long teardrop style ones will particularly complement the shape of your face.
Irrespective of what the shape of your face is, you will easily find the perfect pair of earrings at Angara.com. There's a wide selection of studs, hoops, drops and dangle earrings adorned with diamonds and colored gemstones such as sapphire, emerald, ruby, tanzanite, morganite, amethyst and more. Visit our online store right away and shop for earrings that accentuate the shape of your face.


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Tell Us: Does This Photo of Affleck as Batman Change Your Mind About Him Playing the Part?
Wherein I speak passionately about a photo of Heath Ledger.
When they announced that Heath Ledger was playing The Joker in The Dark Knight, I thought it was a terrible idea. The kid from 10 Things I Hate About You as the Clown Prince of Gotham? Nonsense! I wasn't alone in hating the idea, and I think everyone came around once the movie was out. For me though, it wasn't his performance that convinced me. It was this photo:
This was the first public image of Ledger as The Joker, and it completely won me over. The scars. The expression. The messiness of it. Everything. I was sold. "They got it," I thought. We're supposed to be afraid of Joker, and this picture was scary.
This time around I'm in a different position. I've been onboard with Batfleck from the start, but I understand I'm in the minority here. When Affleck was announced as Batman, the Internet went nuts, and not in the good way the Internet sometimes goes nuts. I was so turned off by people's reactions to the news. Partially because I disagreed with them, but also because I remembered that I reacted the same way when Ledger was cast and that's not something I like about myself. I thought we all learned a lesson about reserving judgement about casting news from The Dark Knight, but it was clear after Batfleck that the lesson didn't reach as far and wide as I thought.
I'm just curious if that image of Affleck as Batman had the same effect on anyone as the first Ledger pic did on me. Did it change your mind at all?
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