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Established in 1957, Carl Hayden Community High School is preparing all students to become lifelong learners and to meet the challenges of a technological society. We are home to one of Phoenix Union's oldest and largest Magnet programs, the Centers for Computer Studies and Marine Science. Hayden offers opportunities for students to be involved in Honors, AP and dual enrollment courses where students can earn community college credit while in high school. We encourage students to build their academic skills through a wide variety of programs, clubs and activities, including an AVID mentoring program, advanced classes in all academic areas and internationally renowned Robotics, Wrestling and JROTC Rifle clubs. Our programs are designed to meet the needs of all students so they can be successful in an ever changing society. No matter how diverse the students' needs are; programs are designed with student learning as the focus. In short, Carl Hayden Community High School provides a quality and appropriate education for all students.
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Half of the world assumes that Email is dead or at least dying, while the other half of us desperately search for the Next Best Email App™. Mail.app's a pretty great email app — especially for power users — now that its Gmail integration got fixed, and Airmail's winning acclaim as the Sparrow replacement everyone's been waiting for with its customizable UI. There's also the new Unibox that aims to simplify email even more where you'll never need to archive or file messages, and old standbys like Postbox and Outlook.
And then, there's MailMate, a power-user email app that'd I'd managed to not notice until it was mentioned in a recent AppStorm comment. It's lightweight, insanely fast, and is packed with keyboard shortcuts, advanced search and smart mailboxes, Markdown support, and more that make it the ultimate power-user email app. And now, its developer is raising funds on Indiegogo to make v2 better than ever.
Email's the original way to privately message online, and it's still the way most of us communicate with our colleagues online. It works, but it can be overwhelming and take up far more time than is necessary. That's why you need a lightening-fast email app that works the way you want, and Airmail is the Mac email app you need for that.
Airmail is the email app that works the way you want. It can look as clean as Sparrow, as professional as Mail.app, or anything in-between — your choice. It can use Gmail shortcuts, or your own favorite shortcuts, can send attachments with your favorite upload tool (Dropbox, Droplr, Google Drive, CloudApp, or even your own FTP server), use the language you want, and so much more. Everything in Airmail is configurable so it can be exactly the email app you want it to be.
Then, it's everything else you'd expect an email app to be. It's fast, supports every email service you'd expect including Exchange, IMAP, and POP3, and integrates great with your Mac. It even includes the new OS X Mavericks interactive notifications so you can reply to messages without leaving your work in another app. It's a great, modern email app.
Get a Copy of Airmail Today!
For just $1.99, you can get your own copy of Airmail from the Mac App Store and start making email work the way you do. It keeps getting new features and more so fast, it's bound to be the email app you love for months and years to come.
We've each got favorite new features in Apple's new OS X Mavericks and the new versions of iLife and iWork. The renewed focus on the Mac this year is refreshing, especially in light of the sweeping changes in iOS 7, and the new Mac Pro and power users features in Mavericks yield hope that Apple still is focused on making the very best personal computers, not just touch devices.
And yet, all is not perfect. The new iWork has suffered sharp criticism over its lack of power user features, something Apple is now working to rectify. Mail.app initially had problems with Gmail, though those have already been patched. But there's been more frustrations, from the seemingly weak implementation of Tags in Finder to battery issues and persisting multiple display frustrations, that we've heard complaints about. The dock, of all innocent things, has met complaints over the inability to make it 2D in the bottom position now, combined with complaints from others who don't like the new side dock.
We've already helped out with some issues in the comments on our Mavericks review and more, but are wondering what other issues you're facing with Apple's latest software? Leave a comment below, and we'll try to see if we can find solutions or workarounds for you.
It must be the season again for simple RSS reader apps. There's the new native Mac-style Dayspring feed reader, and the new Dropbox-powered web app JellyReader. And now, we've got another new simple feed reader, this time a node-webkit powered Mac and PC app: Sputnik.
Sputnik's light on features like the other aforementioned apps, but makes up for it with a beautifully unique UI and a silky-smooth performance that makes it delightful to use. And with a low, low price tag of free, it's absolutely worth checking out.
Google Reader's death has pushed us all to decide again what we want from RSS. But it's easy to forget that Google Reader and online synced feeds weren't the only option all along. The Mac used to include RSS sync in both Safari and Mail, and Firefox still has Live Bookmarks for a simple way to subscribe to sites. Neither option was as shiny as Reeder or as convenient as any online feed sync with companion mobile apps, but they just worked. You got the latest news on your Mac in a lightweight, native app, and got on with your life.
That's exactly what the new Dayspring app offers. It's a lightweight, Mac-only RSS reader that brings back the simplicity of checking your feeds in an app like Mail.
Have you ever wished that you could improve your reading speed so you could read everything you need each day faster while retaining the same reading comprehension? Then you need to try out 7 Speed Reading, the new speed reading app for the Mac.
Whether you're a professional trying to speed up your workday or a student trying to cram in your extensive reading list ahead of finals, learning to speed read is one of the best ways to speed up what you need to get done. 7 Speed Reading promises to teach you to read 3 times faster than before, with full reading comprehension. It does that by helping you remove bad reading habits and improve your reading focus using the app's adoptive UI. With detailed tutorials and personalized training exercise, you'll find your reading speed improving in no time.
Then, you can improve your reading speed without spending any extra time learning, since you can import any Wikipedia article or your own text into the app for practice. That way, you'll be reading the stuff you'd already need to read today while learning to read faster at the same time. Or, you can take advantage of 7 Speed Reading's built-in library of eBooks to learn new stuff while improving your reading speed.
Best of all, 7 Speed Reading will help you keep track of how much your reading speed has improved over time, and includes tips on ergonomics to help you take care of your eyes and body while you're working at your computer. It's one app that'll directly improve your life, and prove it.
Start Speeding up Your Reading Skills Today!
Ready to start speeding up your reading skills? Then get your own copy of 7 Speed Reading for Mac for $79.95. It comes with a special vocabulary training course for free to help you improve your vocabulary, and best of all includes a 1 year money-back guarantee if it doesn't end up working out for you.
We've just closed our giveaway — congrats to our winners Rahul and Yaron!
There's Mac app bundles going on all the time, but there's seldom bundles this good. The brand-new Productive Macs bundle features an all-star set of apps, a set so good you'll likely want to use every app in the bundle.
The bundle includes Keyboard Maestro, the keyboard shortcut app so versatile we used it in a recent tutorial to control the Mac from the iPad. It's easily worth the cost of the bundle on its own, but there's more. You'll also get the time management tool Vitamin R, Numeric Notes for simple calculations, Trickster to help you take control of your file system, Default Folder X to make it simple to find the folders you need, the flexible notes app NoteBook, and FX Photo Studio Pro for simple yet powerful touchups to your pictures. All of that, for the low price of $29.99.
And, as you should have suspected from the title, we've got two copies of the bundle to giveaway! It'll take a tad bit of extra work to get your entry in, though: you'll need to share this post on your favorite social network, then leave a comment below with a link to your post and the name of the app you want most.
Hurry and get your entry in — our giveaway closes on Friday, November 8th!
Envato staff or those who have written more than two articles or tutorials for AppStorm are ineligible to enter.
We'd like to say a special Thank you! to our weekly sponsors from October for sponsoring our site and for the great apps they make. If you would like to feature your app on our site with an advertisement, be sure to check out our available slots on BuySellAds or register for a weekly sponsorship for your app.
If you haven't already checked out our the great apps that sponsored our site last month, be sure to check them out now!
Colossus is an advanced system monitor for your Mac that makes it simple to keep on top of the most important stats. For just $3.99, it lets you keep tabs on your Mac's CPU activity, memory, download and upload speeds, battery, storage, and temperatures with an optional addon in your menubar, a floating window, or a customizable dock icon. You can keep track of as few or as many stats as you want, in the places you want.
Beautune is a powerful yet simple tool that lets you perfect your portraits in just a few clicks. You can automatically soften skin, brighten photos, remove imperfections, add digital foundation, and more in just a click. You can then remove wrinkles, reshape your face, whiten teeth and boost your lip color all with told that make these complex tasks incredibly simple. It also gives you a simple tool to blur the background so the people stand out best in photos, and then lets you add built-in filters, vignettes, and frames to turn your pictures into works of art. All of that, in a simple interface that anyone can use. It's the photo tweaking tool you need.
ReadKit is the perfect post-Google Reader RSS reader for the Mac, with built-in native RSS sync and full-featured support for all of the best new RSS reader services, including Feedly, Fever, NewsBlur, Feed Wrangler, and Feedbin. You can then add your reading later services — including Instapaper, Pocket, and Readability — and bookmarks from Pinboard and Delicious, and keep everything together in one app. It's easy to find everything you want to read, with Smart Folders and search, and simple to make your reading experience just the way you want with 4 beautiful themes and the reading font and size of your choice.
VideoGet for Mac
VideoGet for Mac lets you download videos from YouTube, Vimeo, and hundreds of other sites without any more effort than saving an article to your reading later service. Just copy the link to your video, add it to VideoGet, and select what format you want to save your video in. You'll find detailed settings for your saved video format, resolution, and quality so you can save space on your Mac or watch videos on any device you want. It's like Instapaper or Pocket for online videos.
And a special thanks to you, our Mac.AppStorm.net readers, for reading and sharing our articles. We couldn't do it without you!
It's been just over a week since OS X Mavericks was released, and yet our analytics show that over 40% of you have already upgraded to Mavericks. That's quite the quick switch, but then, Mavericks being free made it an easy jump. Plus, it looks and works practically the same as Lion and Mountain Lion, on the surface anyhow, so there's not really anything new to learn.
But there is a lot of new stuff under the hood — and even closer to the surface if you look around. There's the new tags and tabs in Finder, iBooks, Maps, and a new version of Calendar and Contacts without all the leather. Power users will love the new multiple display support, and developers have all kinds of new API goodies to play with. There's even new fonts, and AppleScript support for Reminders of all things.
But sometimes, the things we thought were most exciting don't end up being what we use the most. I was terribly excited over Finder Tabs, then ended up not using them nearly as much as I thought I would. iBooks, on the other hand, is my new go-to place for some inspiration and down-time distraction, and I've loved having it around as much as I thought I would. Apple even seems to think it's a pretty big addition, and is featuring iBooks on the first screenshot in Mavericks' App Store page.
So how about you? What's your favorite feature in Mavericks after spending some time in it? We'd love to hear how you're using the new Mavericks features in your work and play!
There's notebook apps to store all your text snippets, ideas, notes, outlines, and anything else you can think of. They're designed to make it easy to save notes, and easy to search through and find the note you need later. There's plain writing apps, that strip away all the distractions and help you focus on your writing. And then there's the export tools page layout apps that help you publish your finished work.
And then, there's the new Ulysses III 1.1. Ulysses III reinvented what it meant to be a plain-text writing app when it was released this spring, and the new v1.1 update adds advanced search and improves external file and export support enough that it's a notebook, focused writing, and publishing app rolled into one. It's the one app modern writers need.

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Social gets easier than ever to tackle this week: Pinterest opened its DIY ad manager to SMBs, WordPress is releasing an Instant Articles plugin for Facebook (which also launched nifty new tools), and Reddit is looking to give brands a hand in addressing its community.
We've also got a useful infographic on how to build content for each social network, and some cool stats on messaging apps. Skim to stay in social ship-shape.
Pinterest gives SMBs access to its DIY ads manager
Come one, come all! Now small and midsize businesses in the US can schedule Promoted Pins with just a credit card on the platform's ad manager, which helps brands manage and optimize campaigns. With its even more precise targeting based on keywords and interests, and more enhanced conversion tracking, now might just be the right time to jump in on the Pinterest game. After all, it's not exclusively reserved for the design-minded B2C crowd.
1. Meerkat transforms amid growing livestream competition
Though Meerkat helped pioneer the livestream craze, intense competition from Facebook and Twitter-owned Periscope has forced it to end its livestreaming focus.
The decision was revealed in emails sent to investors which (vaguely) describe its plans to embark on a new social video network strategy, one "where everybody is always live" (kind of like Twitch.tv).
More announcements are expected in a few months, but expect the platform to focus on smaller group video chats between friends or professionals, rather than live broadcasts to strangers.
2. Facebook's new WordPress plugin means all blogs can post Instant Articles
The social giant recently said it would soon allow anyone with a website and Facebook page to post Instant Articles, so we're excited to learn that Automattic, WordPress's parent company, is working with Facebook to release a free open-source plugin, just in time for the expanded launch of Instant Articles on April 12.
Standard WordPress template users can activate the plugin immediately, but more customized sites will have to do some tweaking to support extra features. In any case, here's to faster load times and increased engagement for all!
3. Google's experimenting with entirely new search results format
The tool first appeared last month as a way for the search giant to curate presidential candidates' stances on issues and let them post lengthy debate rebuttals. Now the format is expanding to small businesses, and possibly even celebrities and big brands.
The dynamic results format looks like a Twitter feed, with ads that users can click to reveal dedicated, full-screen Web pages with photos and text. It could be Google's effort to keep the web relevant in the age of the mobile app, which is constantly pushing the envelope for faster delivery of content.
4. Facebook beefs up analytics to help brands gauge offline sales
Atlas, the social network's ad server, made some newsworthy additions this week. After a similar foray by Foursquare, Facebook's move is the latest in digital-to-offline measurement to prove social's worth. Bite-sized bits below!
- Offline actions: Marketers can upload point-of-sale data to view alongside ad campaigns to see whether their Facebook Atlas campaigns drive offline sales.
- Path to conversion: The new metric helps marketers understand whether certain ads (desktop, smartphone or tablet) drove a digital sale by, for example, comparing two mobile ads, versus a mobile ad followed by a desktop promo.
- Video ads (!): Marketers will be able to serve video ads through the extensive Atlas network by the end of March.
5. Reddit wants to prove it's not too scary for brands
As Nissan helped illustrate last year, Reddit may be the most-feared social network for brands due to the unpredictability of how its users will respond. (Spoiler: They're quick to denounce what they see as corporate meddling, which is part of why Reddit's microcommunities are so strong and passionate.) But Reddit is now actively taking steps to lure companies to the table.
The social network pegs its monthly visitors at 230 million, and it's now building infrastructure to provide data and reports so brands can measure the success of campaigns. The company also formed a team to provide service to advertisers and give insight on how to speak to Redditors in acceptable ways.
Some brands are already navigating these unfamiliar waters beautifully, so take a look and consider how Reddit could play a part in your strategy.
6. Facebook page post reach surges! What to watch for…
The growth of Likes and rates of post engagement for Pages might still be hovering at a low point, but a Locowise study indicates that average post reach hit 10.86% in February, the highest since it began keeping records, and a rise of 5.33% over January's 10.31%.
Video remains the best-performing content format, per Locowise. A video post reached 12.62% of the total page Likes. Photos reached 11.79%, link thumbnails 9.08%, and status updates 5.7%; videos engaged 5.01% of people reached, photos engaged 4.84%, status updates 4.3%, and link thumbnails 3.89%:
Facebook made some of its biggest changes in recent months with Reactions, livestreaming, and plans for expanded Instant Articles (more below!), so now's the time to study how Reactions changes responses to your content, and how livestreaming and Instant Articles can improve engagement.
7. Why it's critical for marketers to stay current with messaging apps
They're among the biggest untapped sources of young, highly desirable consumers, and they boast more users than social networks (3 billion versus 2.5 billion).
The mobile messaging landscape is changing, with players like Facebook's WhatsApp and Messenger following China's WeChat to incorporate mobile payments, transportation tools, and much more.
With nearly half of mobile phone users in the US projected to use a messaging app by the end of 2016, they're bound to become a place where people can seamlessly make plans, access one-to-one customer service, and even shop, so start thinking about where you might be able to slip in and fill a need.
8. Twitter activity jumps 27% after swapping "Favorites" star for a heart
Despite initial outcry from users, Locowise found that Twitter activity increased 27.82% since the social network decided to change its symbol for favoriting tweets from a star to a heart.
That's likely because the button's role has changed with time: Though it was once used to "favorite" a tweet, it increasingly became a marker for simply "liking" something somebody said, so the heart puts it more in line with other social networks' symbols for signifying likes.
Outrage is typical when major networks—or even brands—make design changes, but results are often a better experience for users, as well as higher engagement rates for brands.
9. MTV Movie Awards announces nominees via Snapchat, lets viewers vote via Google
MTV's parent company Viacom announced it would sell advertising on behalf of Snapchat last month, and the partnership seems to be getting stronger.
On Tuesday, MTV announced the nominees for its 25th anniversary edition of the MTV Movie Awards via its new Snapchat Discover channel. The network is also partnering with Google to enable viewers to vote for "Movie of the Year" by typing "MTV vote" into the search bar. The awards will be held on Sunday, April 10.
10. How social marketing is transforming B2B
LinkedIn lets you hit prospects when it matters (that is, when they're in a business mindset, not scanning baby photos on Facebook). But B2B mindsets are changing, and reaching this audience doesn't mean brands must forego the emotional storytelling they use on Facebook.
In addition to being emotional and relatable, it's also increasingly critical that B2B content be mobile-ready—adapted to consumption on the go.
From harnessing visual content to enhancing social pages, click through to explore ways your brand can harness LinkedIn and other social tools in ways that align with new expectations and strengthen your business development!
11. A sensible social media checklist for businesses
Overwhelmed by the sheer number of social sites your company needs to churn out content for? You're not alone. To help you out, The Whole Brain Group has a nifty social media checklist that puts things in perspective with a breakdown of platforms and how to leverage them.
Check out the entire infographic for more strategic help broken down by site!
12. How brands supported International Women's Day on Twitter
A diversity of brands took to Twitter this week in humorous and emotional ways to share support and gratitude for the world's women. Scotland's national daily newspaper, The Scotsman, went as far as rebranding itself The Scotswoman, while brands like Nutella opted for a more simple, product-centric tie-in.
Any brand can find a way to fit into such a celebration, and doing so can help keep your business relevant among users by demonstrating your values match theirs—and that your workforce and mindset is inclusive.
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— Scotswoman (@TheScotsman) March 8, 2016
13. We'll wrap with the new, controversial people-rating app that's causing a stir
Has social officially gone too far? Peeple, described as "Yelp for people," launched this week with plans to profit from users' negative reviews, leaving many people screaming "fire!"
In a nutshell, the app allows you to sign up and leave reviews for anyone based on professional, personal, or romantic experiences. An additional feature dubbed "The Truth License," not yet live on the app, would give paying users access to everything anyone has ever written about a person (including reviews you opt not to publish or share on your profile), likely generating a market for negative reviews.
The company responded to outcry last fall by making some privacy changes, but many critics aren't convinced. What's your take on the new app, and do you think it could have an impact on you—er, people?


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Lexington police are investigating two shootings that occurred early Sunday, including one in which a man fleeing the scene nearly hit an officer.
Lt. Jesse Harris said the first shooting happened at 1:49 a.m. outside of Paraiso Latino Nightclub. An Internet search gave the address of the nightclub as 694 East New Circle Road.
Harris said there was a disorder at the nightclub, and a man fired two shots from a pistol toward another man before fleeing in a maroon Nissan Maxima. No one was injured.
The second shooting happened just before 3 a.m. at Art Bar, 815 Euclid Avenue.
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Donald was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in 2009 as the 27th pick in the first round. During his five-year run as a Colt, he had the honor of participating in Super Bowl XLIV. While an active member in the National Football League, Donald was able to further advance his education. He attended the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business Executive Program and Indiana University's Kelley School of Business Executive MBA Program.
In 2014, he became a free agent and signed with the San Diego Chargers. After his time in San Diego, Donald signed with the New England Patriots and spent the following off-season with the team until suffering a lower extremity injury. After a much-enjoyed brief retirement, Donald accepted a position with San Diego State University's Athletic Department equipping student-athletes with the necessary skill sets to thrive academically, athletically and socially.
Donald also serves as an Athlete Ambassador for Natural High, a national nonprofit drug prevention program that inspires and empowers young people to find their "natural high" and to develop the skills and courage to live life well. He also works with International Justice Mission, a worldwide nonprofit that fights to abolish modern day slavery.
Donald's greatest privilege is being a husband to his wife Mallory (RBC '04), and father to his children Hudson (4), Piersen (2), and Jude (2 months.)
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HReade Limited is recruiting to fill the vacant positions below:
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- Lease Administrator/ Front Desk Officer
- Property Manager
Operations Manager Job Vacancy at HReade Limited
Job Title: Operations Manager
Location: Lagos
Division/Department: Property and Facility Management
Reports To: Centre Manager
Essential Job Functions
Assumes responsibility for the planning, development and implementation of effective operations management policies and planning:
- Assist senior management in developing short and long term goals and plans. Assist with long term budget projections.
- Executes established operational goals and ensures that corporate wide plans are complemented and supported.
- Assist in developing policies and procedures for Centre operations. Conducts periodic reviews of existing policies and procedures to ensure maximum efficiency.
Assumes responsibility for the effective operations management of Centre and facilities:
- Coordinates and arranges third party services of maintenance contractors, suppliers, vendors etc. Deals with contractors on daily basis.
- Liaises with tenants with regards to operational problems
- Responds to emergency call outs.
- Day to day running and control of tenant complaints, security, air con ,cleaning, electrical, plumbing etc.
- Authorize invoices for payment and issues tender document
- Calculates operational cost for charge out to the tenants, ensure recoveries where appropriate
- Manages space planning. Ensure that the center layout will accommodate present and future operational and space requirements.
- Conducts periodic inspections of facilities, assesses problems and needs, and implements improvements in operations as appropriate.
- Coordinates maintenance activities. Ensures that the facilities are clean, well maintained, and in good repair. Directs preventive maintenance procedure as appropriate.
- Ensures that center operations are in compliance with established procedures, policies, regulations and codes.
Assumes responsibility for the security of all the Centre facilities. Conducts scheduled inspections of security systems and implements improvements as necessary:
- Identifies security threats and develop action plans for the prevention of incidents.
- Establishes and maintains security systems for the center and tenants.
- Monitors shops and businesses and react on emergency calls.
- Establishes and maintain security information network
- Liaises with local authorities.
- Plans the manning of the center and mange guards on duty.
- Determines the needs for security systems and equipment.
- Communicates with tenants regarding security systems.
- Develops and implements security devices.
- Creates security awareness amongst staff, tenants and shoppers.
- Compiles budgets and control expenditure.
- Establishes emergency plans.
Assumes responsibility for ensuring the efficient and cost effective administration of center operations:
- Develops and implement safety directives.
- Completes financial forecasting duties and generates and updates schedules for building expenditures.
- Ensures compliance with legal regulations. Completes regular HSE inspections and updates monthly reports as appropriate. . Ensure that HSE requirements are effectively implemented.
- Ensures that facilities operations are cost effective, efficient and within established budget constraints.
- Oversees the procurement of furnishings and equipment in accordance with budget planning.
- Researches vendors, contractors and suppliers to ensure that equipment and services are of acceptable quality, competitively priced and delivered on time.
- Ensures that all maintenance agreement and leases are current.
- Ensures that the billing discrepancies are promptly tracked and resolved.
Assumes responsibility for ensuring professional business relations with vendor, contractors and trade professionals:
- Works to develop and maintain productive business relations with vendors, suppliers contractors etc.
- Acts as a liaison between the Company and external contacts
- Ensures effective coordination of external services with Company operations
- Obtains and conveys information as appropriate
- Promotes goodwill and a positive image of the Company.
Effectively supervises Centre personnel, ensuring optimal performance:
- Provides leadership to assigned personnel through effective objective setting, delegation and communication. Conducts regular meetings to ensure that the personnel are well informed of changes in policies and procedures. Discuses areas needing improvement.
- Assigns and coordinates personnel. Directs daily operations
- Identifies, develops and implements training programs as appropriate
- Conducts performance appraisals. Provides measurable feedback to assigned personnel and suggestions for improved performances.
- Formulates and implement employee corrective actions as needed
- Ensures that staffing levels are appropriate.
Assumes responsibility for related duties as required or assigned:
- Ensures that work area is clean, secure and as well maintained
- Completes special projects as assigned
- Reports on operational expense, foot traffic, security incidents etc.
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
Training Requirements:
- Good knowledge of budgeting, supplier management, management processes, space planning, planned maintenance and staff management.
- Able to use all related maintenance equipment and network applications.
Skills Requirements:
- Deciding and initiating action
- Leading and supervising
- Working with people
- Analyzing
- Relating and networking
- Persuading and influencing
- Presenting and communicating information
- Planning and organizing
- Delivering results and meeting customer expectation
- Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking.
Work Experience:
- Minimum of 8 years work experience in similar role.
- With at least 3 years in supervisory position.
Application Closing Date
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How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Block Action Teams (BATs), a program of the Los Altos Community Foundation, help Los Altos residents organize their neighborhoods to be more resilient in the event of a disaster, work together for crime prevention, assist neighborhood seniors, involve neighborhood youth and organize neighborhood social events. BATs held its first training session in January 2014. Today there are 50 registered BAT Leaders, covering 30 neighborhoods, which is approximately 9% of the households in Los Altos. We hope that every neighborhood in Los Altos takes advantage of the benefits of this program.
BAT leaders define their neighborhood (typically 15-50 households), communicate with the residents within it and organize helpers and events. For example, a BAT leader may get the neighborhood organized to be prepared for a major disaster and learn how to respond and care for their families and neighbors. The BAT program will provide materials and training to neighborhood leaders so that these activities are easy and fun.
You or your neighborhood may already be doing one or more of these activities – but by joining the BAT program you will receive training and tools to assist with your efforts. You will also meet other neighborhood leaders doing the same thing.
Sign up today to be a BAT leader! There is no cost to participate and attend one of the training sessions. Co-leaders are encouraged, so you are welcome to bring a neighbor, spouse or willing assistant.
BAT leaders are required to attend one training session. The next scheduled training dates are: April 29, May 27 or July 29. Training is from 6:00 to 9:00 pm in the El Camino Hospital conference rooms.
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Eccentric Barn Door Designs for You Who Claimed as Hipster
Adding barn door designs on your home feature can be an interesting thing to do. The barn door is actually a result of the real barn door inspiration. It's using sliding door style, where the main door material usually made from the wooden material. Nowadays, the interior design becomes the unique thing that you also can modify. By adding barn door on your home, it creates stunning room feature with a different style. Of course, it creates nice room design with chic and comfortable interior layout. The door feature also brings unique appearance with its amazing function. Take a look at some barn door pictures below. You can grab them as new inspiration for you.
Rustic Door Style in Modern Interior Setting
The first room design is adopting contemporary interior design. It looks modern enough with bright color saturation on there. However, it becomes a little mixed-up after you see this barn door on its wall. Yes, it's a nice barn door style with a rustic appearance. From this image, you can see that the combination of modern and traditional interior design will become in the eccentric result. It also looks fascinating with proper decoration theme on there. What makes it still has nice consistency is about the decorating element around its space.
The next barn door designs are still using the same wooden material. At least, now you can get nice interior inspiration, where the rustic or traditional nuance can be a complementary thing for contemporary interior style. It represents nice room design with a great appearance on there. Try to use the same room design for making a unique interior layout with its stunning appearance. It brings beautiful room design with great nuance on there.
Stunning Door with Large Size
The main difference between the regular door and barn door is about its size. The barn door has a larger size compared to regular door style. It also uses sliding door mechanism, which also will save your spaces effectively. It brings spacious room interior impression. You can use these door designs for creating chic and comfortable room space.
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The Nassau Community College Department of Theatre and Dance Presents Cabaret March 17-20 & 23-27
Garden City, NY – Nassau Community College's Theatre and Dance Department is proud to present the musical Cabaret, which will be performed March 17 through 20 and 23 through 27 at the Mainstage Theatre.
This critically acclaimed, ground-breaking 1998 revival of the 1966 Broadway hit follows the play by John Van Druten and the stories by Christopher Isherwood upon which it's based instead of the original Broadway version. Cabaret vividly portrays the anti-Semitism and repression that marked the rise of the Third Reich. During its six-year run on Broadway, this production brought to the New York stage the raunchy glamour of the Kit Kat Club and new songs from the film version, including "Money" and "Maybe This Time."
Performances of Cabaret take place at 8:00 p.m. each day except Sunday, when they begin at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are $15.00 a person, $12.00 for seniors 55 and over and free for current college students requesting rush tickets. For more information, call the NCC Theatre box office at 516.572.7676 Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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Women running for top offices need to appear competent and attractive, according to a new study. For male candidates, seeming competent may be enough.
By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer
It's a finding that could help justify heavy spending on makeup and wardrobe for Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, while at the same time raising questions about the need for a man like John Edwards to invest in a costly haircut.
"What we found was quite startling," said Joan Y. Chiao of Northwestern University's psychology department.
For male candidates, the only thing that mattered to male voters was competence, while female voters preferred men who seemed both competent and approachable.
But for "female candidates for a hypothetical election for the United States presidency, both male and female voters were more likely to vote for candidates that were both competent and attractive," Chiao said in a telephone interview.
"Neither trait (alone) was sufficient to predict whether a person was going to vote for that candidate," she added. Chiao's findings are being published online by the journal PLoS ONE.
"For female candidates, it really matters if they're perceived as competent and perceived as attractive. Those two qualities are sort of twin predictors of whether or not someone is going to be more or less likely to vote for them," Chiao stressed.
"There are a lot of potential theories," she said. Most likely may be the way people choose friends and mates.
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Okay, one more political post for the night, and then I have to do things like eat and, uh… write, that's it. Anyway, I've been reading some conservative Canadian and British blogs and columnists on the election, and they all seem to share one attitude in common — shock at the way the American voting public seemed to turn 180 degrees to the left. But I'm here to tell everyone now that the problem isn't some sort of sudden brainwashing syndrome. The fact is that the problem with my country isn't that it's suddenly fallen to some sort of delusion, it's that for at least the past twenty-five years if not longer, around half of the population has been delusional to a greater or lesser degree. Yes, some elections had a bigger majority than others on one side or the other, but in this one at least the division was almost even between the two candidates. Unfortunately the wobbly center is what splits the halves, and this time it wobbled towards Obama — probably because the wobbly center consists of people whose primary desire is to be "nice." Obama's campaign could be boiled down to "if you don't vote for me you're not nice" even more so than "you're racist." I'll bet a significant number of Obama voters just wanted the whiners to shut up, and also thought McCain was a cranky old man even though his crankiness seemed quite absent this campaign. In fact, he's been and is still being accused of being too… nice.
So the problem is long-standing (half a population of enablers and victims is half too much) and right now insurmountable, because the only way to break people of life-long bad habits is to force them to face the truth, and that's not very nice. (By the way, the older usage of "nice" included meanings such as overly-fussy and delicate, as well as discerning. Now we mean it to mean "amiable," "bland," "non-trouble-causing.")
I forgot to add — the problem is also the other side of the coin; people who aren't "nice" enough. What I mean by that is not only are they needlessly rude and angry, they lack discernment. Many of these people either didn't vote or voted for one of the third-party candidates out of some misplaced sense of pique — the most common reason I came across was that neither candidate was perfect. Third-party voters are probably worse than the stay-at-homes, because they know that their choice won't mean anything except that they've taken a vote away from the Imperfect Ones, stuck it to the Man, whatever. I think in a situation like this past election such an action is irresponsible. There hasn't been a third-party candidate with any sort of pull since Ross Perot, and we know how that turned out.
And yes, someday when I have extra cash I'm going to buy this book. Of course, right now I have several sacks of books I'm trying to get rid of, not to mention several e-books and two library books to read.
Update: Iowahawk sticks the knife in so nicely that you don't even feel it until everything starts to go dark and fuzzy.
4 Responses to "Half-and-half belongs in my coffee, not in my country"
Brett_McS Says:
November 6th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
I've been floating the idea that people who receive benefits from the government must trade off their right to vote. This would include "public servants", and would have to include the military.
It's the only arrangement I can think of that introduces some negative feedback into a system which will (even without non tax payers getting "tax cuts") get to the point where the majority can vote themselves largesse to be paid for by the minority. If it isn't already there.
All this was of course anticipated by the earliest critics of universal suffrage.
Andrea Harris Says:
November 6th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Maybe we should go back to property owners only being allowed to vote. Since women can now own property they won't be cut out of this. Of course, that means I'll have to go back on my vow to be a renter for life.
Anyway, I think this guy should be the next conservative candidate's campaign manager, if not run for office himself. (Via Kathy.)
Dennis Bedard Says:
November 8th, 2008 at 7:32 am
The USA is falling victim to an irrefutable law of democracy, as reliable as the law of gravity. No matter how hard we try or that the evidence of decay is before us, there is nothing we can do about it. And the law? Many centuries ago, it was written that democracies are inevitably doomed to failure once citizens realize they can enrich themselves by confiscating other people's wealth. The link is:http://thatsthewayiseeit.blogspot.com/2006/11/stages-of-democracy.html, and here is the verbatim quote from that blog:
The following was in an email that I received several months ago. I was unable to track down the name of the original author (sorry). But I HAVE heard much of what it has to say before in political science lectures while at college. It bears some serious thought….
"About the time our original 13 states adopted their new constitution, in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years prior:
"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship." (emphasis mine - he continues…)
"The average age of the worlds greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these
nations always progressed through the following sequence
1. From bondage to spiritual faith;
2. From spiritual faith to great courage;
3. From courage to liberty;
4. From liberty to abundance;
5. From abundance to complacency;
6. From complacency to apathy;
7. From apathy to dependence;
8. From dependence back into bondage "
Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota… believes the United States is now somewhere between the "complacency and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of democracy, with some 40 percent of the nation's population already having reached the "governmental dependency" phase." (end quotation)
IF that really is so - then the only stage left is #8 - From dependence back into bondage. What might that look like I wonder? Possibly the welfare state becoming openly socialist and increasingly totalitarian - possibly even a dictatorship? One thing is for sure - our civil liberties will become extinct in the name of "the public good" or "safety."
You know, the Founding Fathers saw this coming and cemented our inalienble human rights in the constitution so that all future laws and govt. actions had to keep these in the center of their thinking and rulings. But social progressives constantly want to redefine these rights and the constitution so that it can be "applied" to modern situations. In the end, all that does is make it easy for some dictator(s) to "redefine" our rights and the constitution so that they can "legally" take them away (so much for inalienable). Pretty scary!
What do you say?
Put this in local perspective (Medicare, bank bailouts, auto industry loans, the "right" to medical care, etc, etc., and you begin to see the larger picture. And it matters not at all whether the country is governed by Republicans or Democrats. They are all guided by the same template. The only question of real importance is where is the United States today?
Brett_McS Says:
November 9th, 2008 at 5:23 am
Somewhere between Canada and Mexico.
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Holland cleans up act with energy park
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LANSING — A pair of Senate bills would shift the state's focus away from renewable energy to the benefit of large utility companies — and Michigan's budding renewable market could be left out in the cold, according to opponents like the Sierra Club. Read More
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The Better Business Bureau says a company marketing computers to people with poor credit has a very poor track record and now has filed for bankruptcy.
Steve Bernas, president of the Better Business Bureau in Chicago, says BlueHippo.com is an example of why consumers should check a company's history.
BlueHippo markets computers nationwide. The Federal Trade Commission says it's failed to deliver products. An Illinois victim says she paid the company nearly $1,000 and never got a computer.


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Swafford, Weekley tied for Zurich lead
AVONDALE, La. — Hudson Swafford shot a 6-under 66 for a share of the Zurich Classic lead with Boo Weekley when second-round play was suspended Friday because of the threat of severe weather.
Swafford had an 11-under 133 total at TPC Louisiana. Weekley, the first-round leader after a 64, also was 11 under with three holes left.
Jason Day, ranked sixth in the world, was 5 under for the round through 14 holes, pulling him into a five-way tie for third at 10 under with Brandon de Jonge, Cameron Tringale, former Zurich champion Jerry Kelly and Daniel Berger.
More golf: Seventeen-year-old Brooke Henderson of Canada shot a tournament-record 7-under 65 to take the second-round lead in the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic. "That's pretty cool," Henderson said about her low score. That round put her at 9 under at Lake Merced Golf Club, where world No. 1 Lydia Ko shot an even-par 72 to remain 5 under. Na Yeon Choi was two strokes back at 7-under 137 after a 68. ... Former Ohio State teammates John Cook and Joey Sindelar shot a 10-under 60 in better-ball play to take the first-round lead in the Champions Tour's Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf. The teams of Jay Don Blake-David Frost and Mark Brooks-John Huston were tied for second. ... Julien Quesne shot a 5-under 67 to take a one-stroke lead over defending champion Alexander Levy and Peter Uihlein after the second round at the Volvo China Open.
Soccer: Having committed to reach 24 teams by the end of the decade, Major League Soccer intends to develop additional expansion plans within six months. There are 20 teams this year following the additions of New York City and Orlando, and the league has announced Atlanta and a second Los Angeles team will start play in 2017, Minneapolis will join in 2018 and David Beckham will own a Miami team. MLS says cities expressing interest included Austin, Texas; Sacramento, California; St. Louis; and San Antonio; and to a lesser extent El Paso, Texas; Indianapolis; and Las Vegas.
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Dictionary of Arguments
|Phenomena, philosophy: phenomena in contrast to the objects which are supposed to trigger these phenomena. The state of the perceiving subject (for example, its sense organs) plays a role, but this is not the focus of the investigation. See also noumenon, representation._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.
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Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding star in this war drama directed by Herbert Wilcox. Diana (Neagle) is a WWII Wren on her way out to Singapore. During an air raid in Piccadilly, London, she meets Captain Alan Pearson (Wilding) and the pair quickly fall in love and marry. They enjoy a two-day honeymoon before Diana must depart for Singapore. When Alan receives news that the ship that was transporting the Wrens was torpedoed and that there were no survivors, he loses all hope of finding his wife and remarries. Diana, however, is not dead; she is marooned on an island with just a few sailors for company. How will Alan and his new wife react when Diana returns three years later?


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1. How to Set Up a Local Program to Recycle Used Oil by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"A recycler should know where its used oil is coming from, should check the oil it receives to see whether it is acceptable for processing, and should store ..."
2. Cleaning Up the Superfund Program: Hearing Before the Committee on edited by David M. McIntosh (1999)
"Over two decades ago, Marisol shipped spent solvents to another recycler for specialized recycling, and the recycled solvents were returned to us. ..."
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"It is the largest recoverer of used solvents and motor oil in the United States and believes itself to be the largest solvent recycler in the world.82 ..."
4. Recycling and Reuse of Material Found on Superfund Sites by Lawrence Smith, Jeffrey Means (1994)
"The lead-rich concentrate can be sent to a recycler, who will charge a ... the recycler pays up to $155 per metric ton ($140 per ton) to receive the ..."
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By Rachel Azark
Great Lakes Skydiving
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8:00 am – 9:00 pm CST
How to Get the Idea to Skydive
First of all, it was not my idea, it was my friend's. However, find a skydiving deal on a site like Livingsocial. We found our deal on Livingsocial for $139 for one tandem skydive. Great Lakes said that probably 90 percent of their business comes from deals like the one we found.
Second, put skydiving on your bucket list if it isn't there already. That way when people ask you if you're crazy, you can just say, "it's on my bucket list."
Lastly, take Nike's advice and "just do it." If you think about what you are signing up for then you are never going to do it. And you need a friend to go along with you that is as crazy or crazier than you are.
Preparing to Skydive
The day arrived and we had driven the almost two hours to get to Beloit, WI. Fall graced my friend Tia and I with an amazingly sunny day for our adventure. The Great Lakes staff first makes you sign and initial a six-page waiver on how if anything happens, you aren't going to sue them. Then they make you sit there on some futons and watch a video of a man who created tandem skydiving. He talks you through how you may die or seriously injure yourself while skydiving. At this point, you must continue to tell yourself that nothing will happen to you.
After the video, you quickly weigh in and must, MUST buy the video package. They offer three price ranges. The first package for about $69 includes your instructor wearing a camera on his wrist during your jump. The second package for $99 includes a cameraman and photography of your jump. The third package for $129, you can get all of the above: the still photos, the video of your jump, and the camera on the instructor's wrist.
We then greeted our instructors who helped us gear up for our jump and explained what would be going on in the plane and how to scream to clear your lungs when the cold air knocks the breath of you.
The Skydive
The plane has two long benches inside, which we scooted on to, our instructors behind us. The plane taxied down the runway and took off at full speed, making you slightly pitch forward and cautiously look at the plastic door that's keeping you from the Earth. Our cameramen continued to photograph us and interview us in the plane about how we were feeling. I was feeling pretty good. I'm always up for a plane ride somewhere.
Then suddenly, Tia's instructor started strapping her in preparing her for the jump. I could feel my instructor doing the same for me behind me as my straps were being tightened. Panic suddenly ensued. When Tia waddled toward the opening of the plane door with her instructor and was pushed out, I screamed.
It was my turn next to waddle to the door. People have asked, "What's it like to stand at the door and look down?" I don't really have a fear of heights, so seeing the Earth 14,000 feet below me did not freak me out. It was more of an exciting sense of I'm actually going to do this.
When I was thrown out the door (they push for you, so you don't have to think) it was a strange sensation of falling through the air. And a panicky sensation when you realize that only the straps around your chest are what's keeping you from falling face first on land. Not to mention the cold air beating against my face was almost unbearable. But suddenly, the cameraman who jumped before me, was five feet from me in the air waving at me and making silly faces. He did a great job of distracting me until the instructor pulled the cord, and the parachute yanked us up.
It took a few minutes to get comfortable with the "sitting" position of parachuting, as the instructor slightly loosens the straps. But once that happened, it felt like I was in a dream while I floated through the air. I could see for miles up there and felt like a bird.
The Landing: Celebrating the Dive
The instructor lands the parachute for you. I was told to keep my feet and legs up while he did the work of landing us. We had a perfect landing and landed on our feet! My cameraman rushed to my side to interview me about my adventure and my favorite and not so favorite parts of the jump.
My legs were wobbly and I was shaking, but it felt good to give my family hugs and be safely back on the ground.
Would I do it again? Probably not, but you never know. I can at least say now that I have done it.
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Tailgating is one of our favorite fall activities. There's something about meandering through large enthusiastic crowds with the smell of charcoal, lighter fluid, and grilled meats permeating the air that guarantees a good time. Even if you're not particularly a fan of football, the experience is worthy of any bucket list.
We met some incredible people, tasted some amazing food, and picked up some great tailgating tips before a college football game at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
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For breakfast, some Washingtonians want it all packed neatly into a hand-held option. From the classic breakfast sandwich to vegan options or an egg squeezed between a doughnut or waffles, D.C. has some of the most unique breakfast sandwiches in the nation.
The Coupe
3415 11th St. N.W.
Washington, DC 20010
(202) 290-3342
At The Coupe in Columbia Heights, breakfast is served all day long. Washingtonians have several hand-held options to choose from. The breakfast burrito is scrambled eggs mixed with chorizo and onions smothered in cheddar and served with a salsa verde and queso blanco. Another breakfast classic is the bagel and lox. The Coupe cures its salmon in house and serves it on a plain or everything bagel with cream cheese, red onion, capers and hard-boiled egg. Or for the more adventurous, try the waffle sandwich, which is two waffles slathered with a sweet maple butter and then stuffed with eggs and your choice of chicken sausage, ham or bacon, topped with cheddar cheese.
1323 Connecticut Ave. N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 524-5210
When you're looking for a delicious sandwich that will fill you up, check out the lil' chicken biscuit, which is a fried chicken thigh on GBD's house-made creme fraiche biscuit with spicy honey. Or grab the uncle buck, which is sausage, egg and cheddar on a maple doughnut. For weekend brunch, GBD offers a croissanwich with frittata egg, havarti cheese and bacon on a croissant. And for breakfast that starts in the p.m., be sure to grab the infamous luther. It is a massive sandwich consisting of a fried chicken thigh and bacon sandwiched between a brioche doughnut that is glazed in a chicken jus with maple and topped with buttered pecans.
Sticky Fingers Bakery
1370 Park Road N.W.
Washington, DC 20010
(202) 299-9700
For those keeping a vegan diet, breakfast can be one of the greatest challenges. For a sandwich that reminds you of the traditional ham and egg on an English muffin, head over to Sticky Fingers Bakery in Columbia Heights. The yellow tofu scramble will remind you of eggs and the tempeh bacon adds the right smokiness all on an English muffin. Grab one on the go in the front cooler and either nuke it in house or at the office. If you have a little more time, wrap your hands around the breakfast burrito, featuring a tofu scramble, black beans, tomatoes, spinach and Daiya (vegan) cheese all wrapped up in a whole grain tortilla for a delicious and filing breakfast sandwich with no cholesterol.
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Ted's Bulletin
1818 14th St. N.W.
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 265-8337
If you're searching for the classic breakfast sandwich, head over to Ted's Bulletin on 14th street. The newest location of this Capitol Hill classic is in the trendy 14th Street area south of U Street NW and has more seats to accommodate Ted's fans. It offers two sandwiches. The ultimate breakfast sammy consists of scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, cheddar and another fried egg on Texas toast served with a side of hash browns. Then there's the walk of shame breakfast burrito, which is a wrap filled with sirloin steak, scrambled eggs and hash browns with cheddar cheese and a green chile sauce. Be sure to grab Ted's house-made pop tart too.
Wicked Waffle
1712 I St. N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 944-2700
Wicked Waffle, located near Farragut Square downtown, is the go-to place to grab an unusual breakfast sandwich that is sure to fill you up without weighing you to down. This spot toasts up several breakfasts that are sandwiched between two waffles the size of a slice of bread. The fillings include just scrambled eggs or additional bacon, eggs and cheese. Balancing the perfect blend of sweetness, the waffles are light and spongey, making them a great alternative to bread. Wicked Waffle also offers gluten-free waffles.
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New York: In the heat of the moment, locked in a suddenly tight match after midnight at Flushing Meadows, Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka snapped at a rowdy spectator, telling him to "Shut up."
An hour later, his 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (1) victory over 91st-ranked Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil in the second round of the U.S. Open complete, Wawrinka was able to laugh about the exchange.
"At the end of the day, they start to get a little bit drunk," Wawrinka said at his news conference, shaking his head and chuckling. "It was OK. I had to talk to a few of them. At the end, it's normal. ... Everybody was into the match. That's OK. It can happen."
In a match that began on Wednesday and finished after 12:30 a.M. Thursday, the third-seeded Wawrinka quickly built a two-set lead before faltering a bit, muttering aloud at himself after one miss: "Too many mistakes!"
By the time he was in the grind of the fourth set, Wawrinka was talking directly to a fan who was bothering him, turning toward the Arthur Ashe Stadium stands and saying: "Shut up, man! Seriously, shut up."
Once his mind was back on the tennis, Wawrinka was fine. At the outset of the match, Wawrinka explained afterward, "It was comfortable, because I was playing really good tennis. I think I was serving big. I was moving really well and taking the ball early, dictating every point. That's why it (looked) like not easy, but it (looked) good for me."
Bellucci, a left-hander, was ranked as high as 21st in 2010, but arrived in New York with a record of only 11-10 this season. He entered Wednesday with a 5-19 record against opponents ranked in the top 10, including 0-9 on hard courts.


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WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Family and friends said goodbye to a UNC student who died over the weekend.
Stedman Gage, 22, was honored today at a memorial service at St. James Episcopal Church.
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Bungy jumping holidays
Have you plunged from staggering heights before, or is this one challenge you've set yourself amongst a long list of adrenaline-fuelled goals? Perhaps this is a purely spontaneous desire, completely isolated from your daily life and detached from any kind of holiday idea you've had before! Whether you consider bungy jumping a sport, a devilish pursuit, or a one-off impulse, HomeAway have compiled a list of destinations for you to fulfill your spine-tingling goal. The destinations we've chosen are not for the acrophobic traveller. In fact, the locations below are as daunting as they are breath-taking. However, you can enjoy a more relaxed atmosphere when you retire to HomeAway accomodation. Recreate the cosiness of your home in a snug cottage, or tailor your search for a smart, postmodern studio flat. What better way to celebrate your first jump than with a homemade cocktail in your plush villa in Italy? Or, you may want to toast your tenth jump with a New Zealand Lager on the veranda in the Southern Hemisphere? With our list of ideal locations, you can achieve that goal you set yourself last year, or twenty years ago!
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Judge Quashes Northwest Shareholders' Subpoenas
In a boost for the airline, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Allan Gropper said the subpoenas would interrupt Northwest's case and reveal its rivals' trade secrets, the Associated Press reported.
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How to Create a Meal Plan
Creating a meal plan can make your life more efficient. It requires a small time investment that will be much appreciated when your stomach starts growling and asking the famous question, "What's for dinner?" A meal plan can help you to cut costs and trips to the food store as well as improve your overall nutrition. In a few easy steps, you can create a meal plan that will work for you.
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Create a chart, which will give you an organized space to plan your weekly meals and snacks. Set aside time every Sunday to fill in your chart for a fresh start to the week. Begin by planning your dinners for the evenings Monday through Sunday, then work your way up to creating lunch, snacks and breakfast based on your nutritional needs for the day. Search recipe books and websites for meal ideas and inspiration.
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Identify ingredients you will need to purchase at the food store for the week's meal plan by creating a list. This will streamline your food shopping by creating a one-stop trip each week. Before heading out to the food store, search online for local specials and clip coupons from magazines and newspapers to help save money.
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Make note of the meals you enjoy; search for quick, easy and healthy recipes that interest you; bookmark them and keep them handy in a binder to ensure quick access to recipes for your favorite meals. After each meal, write comments on your weekly meal plan. Was the meal a success? Would you make changes next time? Perhaps alter the ingredients? Save each completed meal plan and compile in a binder for future use and reference.
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SITTWE, Myanmar (AP) — A human rights group said Myanmar government forces opened fire on crowds of ethnic Rohingya in a targeted campaign of violence during recent sectarian strife, as a U.N. envoy visited the area Wednesday to investigate the unrest.
New York-based Human Rights Watch called for a strong international response to "atrocities" committed during fighting in June between Rakhine Buddhists and Muslim Rohingya. The violence in western Myanmar that left at least 78 people dead has subsided but many tens of thousands remain homeless — mostly Rohingya in need of food, shelter and medical care.
The official spokesman for Rakhine state rejected the group's criticism of the government's response to the violence. Win Myaing told The Associated Press that allegations that government forces stood and watched as violence wracked the area were "absolutely untrue."
"Security conditions obviously improved day by day when government forces were deployed to control the situation," Win Myaing said.
On Monday, Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin told reporters that the government "strongly rejects the accusations by some quarters that abuses and excessive use of force were made by the authorities in dealing with the situation."
The release of the Human Rights Watch report coincided with a visit by U.N. human rights envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana to Rakhine state. His evaluation of the conflict is likely to be regarded as a yardstick for measuring the reforms undertaken by elected President Thein Sein after Myanmar ended decades of repressive military rule.
Much remains unknown about what transpired in Rakhine state during nearly two weeks of sectarian fighting, rioting and arson attacks because the area was virtually sealed off to the outside world. Quintana has made clear that investigating the conflict is a priority of his weeklong visit to Myanmar. He toured key sites of the June violence on Tuesday and Wednesday, declining to answer journalists' questions about his findings.
Tensions between the Rakhine and the Rohingya are longstanding, in part because many in Myanmar consider the Rohingya to be illegal settlers from neighboring Bangladesh.
"The government claims it is committed to ending ethnic strife and abuse, but recent events in (Rakhine) state demonstrate that state-sponsored persecution and discrimination persist," Brad Adams, Human Rights Watch's Asia director, said in a statement. He urged the international community not to be "blinded by a romantic narrative of sweeping change" in the country.
The violence was triggered by reports that a Rakhine Buddhist woman was raped and killed in late May by three Muslim men.
In retaliation, an angry mob of Rakhine villagers attacked a bus on June 3 and killed 10 Muslims, leading to waves of rioting and arson attacks by both groups against the other.
Human Rights Watch said government security forces were slow to stop the fighting and colluded with the Buddhist community as they "unleashed a campaign of violence and mass roundups against the Rohingya."
It said police and paramilitary forces fired live ammunition at Rohingya on June 12 as they tried to stop Rakhine mobs from burning their homes in the state capital, Sittwe.
"When people tried to put out the fires, the paramilitary shot at us. And the group beat people with big sticks," the report quoted a Rohingya man in Sittwe as saying. The report was based on 57 interviews with Rakhine, Rohingya and others in both Myanmar and Bangladesh, where Rohingya sought refuge.
State spokesman Win Myaing said the situation in Sittwe was initially very bad because police were badly outnumbered by rioters and could not immediately get to the areas where fighting had broken out.
Human Rights Watch called for the release of hundreds of Rohingya men and boys who were detained in June. It cited a history of torture and mistreatment of Rohingya detainees.
It also urged opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to do more to protect Rohingya and seek amendment of a 1982 law that limits their rights.
Other human rights groups and some Islamic nations have also called for an outside investigation and protection of Rohingya, saying they continue to face abuses.


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This week, the U.N. General Assembly holds its annual debate. On the sidelines, world leaders will discuss some of the planet's most pressing problems - among them, poverty and development in Africa. From United Nation's headquarters in New York, VOA's Margaret Besheer reports African issues will be highlighted during two important meetings.
Africa has vast potential, but a report from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the continent's development needs and challenges warns its human and natural resources are not being fully utilized.
Africa remains one of the poorest regions in the world, with about two-fifths of its population living on less than one dollar a day. The continent is home to 75 percent of the people infected with HIV/AIDS worldwide and 90 percent of the annual deaths caused by malaria.
The global food and fuel crises, the effects of climate change, and persistent extreme poverty continue to pose serious challenges to Africa.
On Monday, Secretary-General Ban hosts a high-level meeting aimed at addressing Africa's development needs. More than 100 delegations will participate, including nearly 50 heads of state and government.
Cheick Sidi Diarra is a top U.N. official for Africa. He says all commitments made by Africa and its development partners will be discussed and reviewed at the summit, which will also provide African leaders a forum for voicing their concerns about the future of their region and strategies on how to move forward.
"This will likely lead to an upgrade of priorities and to streamlining of actions. The ultimate objective is to set the right priorities towards the attainment of Millennium Development Goals," Diarra said.
U.N. member states and international organizations adopted the eight Millennium Development Goals in 2000 to provide a framework for reducing extreme poverty, hunger, disease and child mortality. The goals, which include improving education, maternal health and promoting gender equality, are supposed to be reached by the year 2015.
The U.N. has voiced concern that progress on achieving these goals is off-track on the continent. The secretary-general and the president of the General Assembly will convene a second meeting next Thursday to address these gaps.
"Most African and international commitments remain only partially realized," Diarra said. "At this juncture, meeting Africa's development needs and challenges will require resolution and leadership to turn existing African and international commitments into results, and vision into action."
Following Thursday's high-level meeting on the Millennium Development Goals, the secretary-general will also host a dinner to discuss the global food crisis, which has also severely impacted the African continent.


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Post-Scandal, Trustee Balks At St. Vincent Fees
Huron's Dawn Gideon, who served as chief restructuring officer for the debtors, had been offered a job by the company that was buying the New York-based debtor's Staten Island hospital, according to a memo that trustee Diana Adams received from the debtor's then-counsel Weil Gotshal &...
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Todd Rundgren Fan Organizes Iconic Album's Fortieth Anniversary Tribute Ad in Rolling Stone Magazine
Fans of iconic musician Todd Rundgren have the opportunity to be a part of plans to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the release of his "Something/Anything?" album. Rundgren enthusiasts can purchase a spot in an upcoming ad in Rolling Stone Magazine, an effort sponsored by toddata.com.
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From the early days of his music career, Todd Rundgren has been a cult rock figure. But for a brief time in mid-'70s it appeared he would break into the mainstream with the gold album "Something/Anything?" The two-album set which features the classic tracks "Hello it's Me" and "I Saw the Light," celebrates its fortieth anniversary this year. One longtime fan wants to make sure the milestone is recognized with a fan-funded advertisement in Rolling Stone Magazine.
Bill Bricker's inspiration comes out of the pages of Todd's storied career. Rundgren's fifth album, aptly named "Todd," included a poster featuring names from fans who sent in a postcard from his previous record. In similar fashion, the 40 Years of Something/Anything? Tribute in Rolling Stone will include the names of all contributors.
This is Bricker's fourth Todd Rundgren-related Rolling Stone Magazine project. In 1992 the fans celebrated twenty years of "Something/Anything?" In 2004, he raised enough funds to place a quarter page ad in Issue #695 to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the release of the "Todd" album. And five years ago, 875 fans placed a half page for the fortieth anniversary of Rundgren's recording career coinciding with the lifespan of Rolling Stone 1967-2007.
Now to bring focus to 40 Years of "Something/Anything?," Bricker recently hosted a gathering of over 300 fans before Rundgren's two-night stand at the historic Cleveland Agora. Everyone had the opportunity to bid on 1,000 square feet of vinyl images of Todd and his Utopia bandmates adorning the club. Eight foot tall replicas of "Something/Anything?" and "Back to the Bars" albums were erected, and fans watched a taped Utopia concert from 1978. Across the four-day weekend, contributions doubled from the existing 15% to 30% of a full page ad.
"The final size of the ad is completely up to the fans," Bricker said. "We will run a full page for every thousand names collected." The tribute will run in one of the last two issues of the year. The deadline for inclusion in the ad is October 31.
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What hostile work environment? The doctor only groped her once
John O'Connor
If you've been on the planet for any length of time, you'll notice that there can sometimes be two kinds of reality: the kind that gets promoted -- and the kind your eyes reveal.
Take courtrooms. The prevailing notion is that everyone is supposed to get a fair shake. The facts of a case should determine its outcome; not whether one side happens to be more wealthy, powerful or connected. At least that's what's taught in civics classes. But you'll have to cut Brenda Trahan some slack if she respectfully disagrees with that notion.
Trahan was a nurse at Hardtner Medical Center in Louisiana. Like many former employees, she decided to leave her job. However, her reasons were hardly of the run-of-the mill variety. It turns out one of the doctors she worked with kissed her, nuzzled her neck, touched her breast and made inappropriate sexual comments, according to court testimony. A few days later, the same physician decided to apparently amuse himself by standing at the nursing station, staring at her and listening in on her conversations.
When she left the job, Trahan claimed her resignation was a constructive discharge. That's because after she reported the doctor's conduct, her hours were cut, her annual employee evaluation score was lowered and her employer falsified reports that she sexually harassed another co-worker, testimony revealed.
Classic slam-dunk lawsuit, right? Not so fast.
In late March, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana rejected part of her case. Chief Judge Dee D. Drell wrote she wasn't really subjected to a hostile work environment, because the inappropriate touching only happened once.
To be fair, the court denied the employer's motion for summary judgment on Trahan's constructive discharge claim, ruling she had offered enough evidence to raise a legitimate question of retribution as a result of reporting the doctor's conduct. At least that part of the case is still in play.
But what are we to make of the fact that a groping doctor only got a slap on the wrist, legally speaking? That powerful men (doctors) are to be given the benefit of the doubt if their accusers (women nurses) have less sway? That it's OK for women to be groped by colleagues, so long as the perpetrator doesn't make a habit out of it? Or both?
There is a troubling undercurrent to this case that should make every woman who works in a caregiving environment shudder. Essentially, the judge ruled that doctors who sexually grope nurses get a mulligan, at least for the first offense.
It's one thing for justice to be blind. It's quite another for it to be clueless.
John O'Connor is the Editorial Director at McKnight's. Follow him @ltcritr.


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Montoya Takes Shot, Gives Shot
Juan Pablo Montoya has been called a lot of things during his driving career. Shy? Not one of those things he's been called. And certainly not a thing he will be called following Saturday night's Sprint Cup race at Lowe's Motor Speedway.
After having major blows struck to his car and his hopes for a Cup championship, Montoya let fly with some verbal jabs at non other than four-time champion Jeff Gordon.
Montoya's chances for winning his first Cup looked decent before Saturday's NASCAR Banking 500.
The native of Colombia was third in points and only 58 behind leader Jimmie Johnson. Best of all, he had cruised through the first four races of the Chase without incident and with four top-four finishes.
But on Friday, he slipped in qualifying – he was 18th and, hence, back in the pack when the race started.
Montoya's Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet looked strong in the early going as it made its way toward the front. On lap 100, he was in the top five
But then trouble struck.
On a restart on lap 125, Montoya was involved in a bumping incident and his right rear quarterpanel was damaged. The damage was severe enough to affect the car's handling abilities and Montoya began falling back.
And back. And back.
Montoya explained what happened on the restart.
"Well they all kind of went and then they checked up and I checked up and I don't know somebody didn't slow down and just ripped off the whole rear of the car," the former Formula One driver and Indy 500 winner, said. "Then I got hit into the car in front of us. I don't know, just one of those deals. It was weird, actually a lot of things on the race track you could see and the cautions never came out. I think they got criticized last week and I think they went too far this week. It is what it is. Whether you like it or not they are in charge."
Asked exactly who was responsibile, Montoya fired at Gordon.
"They all accelerated and they all checked up," Montoya said. "Every time the No. 24 (Gordon) restarted it was the same thing."
Montoya wound up 35th. He dropped back to sixth in points and will head to Martinsville Speedway for next weekend's race 195 points behind leader Jimmie Johnson, who won Saturday's race at Lowe's.
Montoya, one of the season's great surprise stories, took the setback philosophically.
"Oh, it's OK," he said. "It's racing. If you're expecting to have ten clean races then you're dreaming. We knew it could happen and here, always the restarts are an issue and I managed to slow down and I just got hit from behind. It happens.
"We made the Chase and up until today we had four top-five's in a row and what's bad about it, you know what I mean. We were actually surprised; everybody on the team is doing such a good job that even today we had a faster car than the No. 48 (Johnson). So, it happens. It's one of those racing things that will happen and we've just got to move on."
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"Since the pace of change in learning is occurring at a rapid rate, this event is a great opportunity for industry professionals to gain valuable insights into new trends such as using the cloud to lower training costs," said Guy Hummel, Hatsize CEO.
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Hatsize, the leading cloud automation software provider for hands-on demos and training, today announced that it will be a sponsor of the 2012 ASTD International Conference and Expo in Denver, Colorado on May 7-9, 2012. ASTD is one of the leading global industry events for learning and performance professionals. Hatsize will be demonstrating its latest cloud-based training solution to ASTD's more than 8,000 workplace learning and performance professionals from around the globe.
"Hatsize is pleased to showcase our latest cloud-based virtual lab training solution at ASTD," said Guy Hummel, Hatsize CEO. "Since the pace of change in learning and development is occurring at a rapid rate, this event is a great opportunity for industry professionals to gain valuable insights into new trends such as using the cloud to lower training equipment, instructor, and administrative costs like Hatsize does."
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PRINCETON, N.J. – Bryan Hince of the Idaho Steelheads is the Reebok Hockey ECHL Goaltender of the Week for March 26-31.
The 25-year-old was 2-0-0 with a 2.00 goals-against average and a save percentage of .931 in two appearances for the Steelheads last week.
Hince opened the week with 22 saves in a 2-1 win against Stockton on Friday, and followed that up with 32 saves in a 4-3 victory over the Thunder on Saturday.
A native of Kapukasing, Ontario, Hince has appeared in 12 games this season with Idaho and Greenville posting an overall record of 8-1-0 with a 2.79 goals-against average and a save percentage of .909. He has also appeared in 18 games with Knoxville of the Southern Professional Hockey League this season where he went 16-1-0 with a 2.43 goals-against average and a save percentage of .919.
Runner Up: Daren Machesney, South Carolina (2-0-0, 2.00 GAA, .931 save pct.).
Also Nominated: Timo Pielmeier (Elmira), Marc Cheverie (Gwinnett), Riley Gill (Kalamazoo), Mitch O'Keefe (Las Vegas) and Jean-Francois Berube (Ontario).