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Pathway to a Better Life: Chemen Lavi Miyò
This 8-minute film follows case workers in Haiti's central plateau as they work with new members of a program to reach people living in extreme poverty. The program - Chemen Lavi Miyò or "Pathway to a Better Life" in Haitian creole - is testing a new approach to helping people living in extreme poverty to transition into a sustainable way of life. This structured and intensive program combines livelihoods and basic support with training and financial management so that at the end of just 18 months, participants will be equipped with the skills and a business plan to move themselves out of poverty. The case managers "accompany" the women now in the early stages of their journey out of extreme poverty--a time of great change in their lives, but also some setbacks. We observe the remarkable transformation in the lives of these women, and in their hopes and plans for the future.
Camera/editor Peter Cairns
Written and Produced by Jeanette Thomas.
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- Amid rapid growth in digital financial service offerings, the Tanzanian government is racing to put in place a regulatory framework to protect consumers.
- Amid explosive growth in digital financial service offerings, the Chinese government is developing a regulatory framework to protect consumers.
- Mobile money and digital financial services have the potential to help families by providing them with better tools to save, plan and make education payments.
- Pioneer (Philippines) participated in a May 2016 learning visit to Zambia to learn from Zoona and other CGAP partners working on customer centricity.
- Meet Lucien, a cocoa farmer in Côte d'Ivoire. Lucien uses an innovative mobile phone-based savings product introduced by Advans to help manage his finances.
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- Claire Burns (MetLife) and Ramesh Ramanathan (Janalakshmi) have successfully led and implemented a customer centric business model in their organizations.
- This video is a part of CGAP's ethnographic customer research focused on understanding the challenges and hopes of low-income customers in Kenya.
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If & Then Thursday | 08.17.17
If&Then Thursdays is a book meme created by Alex @ Young at Heart Books. How do you participate? It's easy! All you have to do is choose two books that are somewhat related in theme, writing style, genre, etc. Tell us how they are similar and why we would like them! All recommendations should be made in this format: "If you like Book A, then you might enjoy Book B"


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The Wonderful World of Akira Toriyama's Dragon BallPosted in anime on 01/26/2011 04:34 pm by Wes
My first experience with anime came several years before I even knew anime was a thing, a wholly different style of animation hailing from its own country with a unique cultural identity at its core. The show was, by chance, Dragon Ball Z, airing on some random block of late morning cartoon programming picked up by the rusty over-the-air antenna at my family's lake house. This was before Dragon Ball Z had made its mark on Cartoon Network and become the blockbuster leading man of Toonami's anime lineup — in fact, I suspect it was before Funimation had begun dubbing the show on its own.
I couldn't have watched more than 10 minutes of the show. I didn't know what was going on or who the characters were, but somehow it made a lasting impression–more than a decade later I can still remember that the episode took place on Namek, placing it somewhere in the Freeza saga. But that knowledge springs wholly from an image I have in my mind: I didn't know what the hell a Namek was then, and certainly didn't retain an ounce of exposition at 8 or 10 years old. I just remember the trees, the rocks, the sky: that blue-green color pallet that distinguishes Namek from Earth. And I've realized, lately, how absolutely incredible that is.
A couple months ago I began watching the anime adaptation of Dragon Ball. I'd watched plenty of it on Cartoon Network as a teenager, but was looking for something relaxing and entertaining with a Japanese flavor that would last me awhile. I needed some shonen, basically, and got it into my head to revisit Dragon Ball. Unlike Dragon Ball Z, I remembered it being a light-hearted adventure with no episode-long incidents of beefy dudes powering up. I've long seen Dragon Ball Z as cheesy, overwrought, poorly paced and generally a shining beacon of the worst form of cliche Japanese storytelling.
But what I've come to appreciate is how incredibly iconic, warm-hearted and influential Akira Toriyama's creation truly is. Dragon Ball Kai, a condensed re-telling that closely follows the pace of Toriyama's manga, cuts out most of the junk that made DBZ awful. It's the original Dragon Ball, though, that highlights the magic of Toriyama's art and storytelling. In Dragon Ball he crafted a world that mirrors the wide-eyed innocence of his protagonist, a version of Earth bursting with wonder. At times it reflects the rustic nature of rural Japan, but with dinosaurs and anthropomorphic animals commonplace. At times it veers off into wild science fiction with the inventive capsule technology and charmingly goofy vehicle designs. Most of all, it fosters a peerless sense of adventure; that the world is vast and never-ending, with a new pastiche of cultures waiting just beyond the next mountain range. On Dragon Ball's Earth, everything imaginary is real and anything is possible.
Perhaps we're not meant to think of Dragon Ball as if it's envisioned through Goku's innocent eyes — that kind of storytelling concept may have been beyond Toriyama's intentions when he began a quirky adaptation of the Chinese fable Journey to the West. Panty jokes are everywhere, the villain is a jester, and all Bulma wants from the wish-granting Dragon Balls is a boyfriend. But Toriyama's relentless creativity turned his young adventurer and the world he explores into two sides of the same coin. Goku resonates because of his innocence, his kind-hearted hope and determination and skill. But the world resonates as much for its art style as it does the wide swath of cultures and imaginary creations it invokes. Can any cartoonist of the past 30 years claim to have influenced an entire genre — an entire industry and generation of artists and readers — in the way Toriyama has? Some, perhaps. But few.
The theme of adventure so strongly reflected in the early fantasy-heavy portion of Dragon Ball takes seemingly clashing ideas and makes them work together effortlessly. The quest for the Dragon Balls spans the globe, so naturally the characters have to get around quickly. Bulma showcases the advanced science of Toriyama's fiction, materializing high-speed jet planes or motorcycles out of capsules with a characteristic "Bomb!" But even with these devices commonplace, the world is vast and untamed, full of regions unreached by technology or outside influence. We'd expect science to have mapped out the whole of Earth, yet fantastic new locales constantly wow Dragon Ball's characters.
Goku is the perfect mechanism for this sort of exploration, of course — he knows nothing of the world, so every new locale is filtered through Goku's innocent acceptance. By the time the other characters express their incredulity, we're already indoctrinated. Why wouldn't he fly around on a magic cloud? No damn reason at all!
Penguin Village may be the best example of this — by charging headlong into a high-speed pursuit, Goku finds himself in Penguin Village, which takes the anthropomorphism to an extreme (even the sun has a face in Penguin village) and introduces a baby who can repair anything with telekinesis and a random girl who effortlessly beats up an opponent even Goku struggles to defeat. The characters and environment here are a touch more exaggerated and cartoony than usual. Similarly, the land of Korin has its own identity with the Native American touchstone of the totem pole greatly fantasized into Korin's tower. Toriyama deftly wields this skill time and time again, creating character expressions and landscapes so iconic that we can recognize them years or decades later. Toriyama didn't invent the large eyes that have defined anime for decades, but he did help solidify them as an indelible style- – you're not likely to mistake Toriyama eyes, hair or eyebrows for the work of any other artist.
His art style holds more power in the fantasy adventures of Dragon Ball than it does in the more serious sci-fi heavy DBZ, but the power of his influence endures. For me, it was the trees of Namek. For Japanese pop culture, it was the blonde fury of the Super Saiyans and the themes of hope and redemption that rippled through the minds of prospective young artists and manifested in Dragon Ball Z heirs like Yu Yu Hakusho. Perhaps the animation industry would be better off without an endless string of anime and manga working from the Dragon Ball formula. Toriyama changed a generation of art, and it's only fitting that his early work — the work that doesn't get Dragon Ball Z's level of attention — captures one of the most enchanting and cohesive worlds ever put to paper or cel.


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VA app. process
I was wondering if anyone is in the application process with the VA hospital in St. Louis or has completed it and how long it took? Thanks
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Joined: May '09; Posts: 13May 26, '09[font=book antiqua]that's a great question. i graduated earlier this month, and am having a difficult time finding work. i decided that maybe the va might have openings, but i had a hard time navigating their site. they don't have a simple "apply" feature. hopefully someone can answer this question.May 27, '09i haven't applied to the va before, but i do know where to find them. all federal jobs are listed on their own search engine at www.usajobs.com. there's a quick search feature on the home page where you can enter "nurse" in the job title/key word box and st. louis (or any other city) in the location box. that will bring up all federal nursing jobs in st. louis. you can also do an agency search and search just for va jobs.
hope this helps!May 29, '09I started the whole process in February. I'm still waiting but I just graduated and they are waiting for my final transcripts. The whole precess takes a while, Vetpo is how they verify back ground and references etc. You need a physical and don't forget the dreaded interview. Again the processes is a bit lengthly but hey its worth it. I did my preceptor ship there and I loved it. The staff was great and the patients were very appreciative. And hey the benefits are off the chain. I have three of classmates who will be working there. Again the process is long but its worth it kinda like nursing school .Ha Ha :heartbeat LeesaMay 29, '09Leesa, how did you actuallly "apply"? I've been to the VA website, but couldn't figure out what I needed to do to apply. I have a resume, but the site didn't have a place to send it or an application that I could find on the web. If you don't mind could you explain how you went about it? Also, are they still hiring new grads or did we miss that boat?May 29, '09Actually, I found the PDF that contains the application, you can open it and fill it out but you can't download it to print out, and it contains no place to send via e-mail. Do you mail everything in? Is it better to apply in person? I called the recruiter, but she never called me back that's why I have all these questions.May 29, '09You need to get in touch with the recruiter. I recommend that you keep calling until you make a connection. She will give you the number to a person who will give you a Vet pro pass code, Keep her number by the phone while you are filling in the information if you happen to have any questions. I had a lot because I thought it was kind of confusing, and didn't want to make any mistakes. I'm not sure if they are hiring any new applicants but always keep calling because people move to different areas with in the VA system and also to different location in the country. Feel free to pm me for more details.:heartbeat Good Luck LeesaLast edit by tnbutterfly on May 29, '09 : Reason: Names removed per AN Terms of Service


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One Hotspur Season Ticket and Membership renewals, 2010/2011
We are pleased to provide details of the planned renewal process for One Season Ticket Members and Bronze and Lilywhite Membership for the 2010/2011 season.
We are pleased to provide details of the planned renewal process for One Season Ticket Members and Bronze and Lilywhite Membership for the 2010/2011 season.
One Hotspur Silver, Gold and Platinum Members will receive their personalised CD-ROM renewal packs during week commencing 12 April 2010. The CD-ROM will contain all the information required to renew including details of new and updated benefits and the selection of payment options available along with access to an exclusive video compilation that features our team highlights from the last decade.
Season Ticket Members have until 5pm Friday 14 May 2010 to renew their Season Ticket. Season Tickets that are not renewed before this deadline will be released to Members on the One Hotspur Bronze Season Ticket Waiting List. Please note that this deadline is not flexible and no exceptions can be made.
Personalised CD-ROM renewal packs will be sent to One Hotspur Bronze, Lilywhite and Junior Members in late April and Members of these tiers will have until 25 June 2010 to renew in order to get their membership card in readiness for the on-sale date of the opening fixtures of the 2010/2011 Season and to retain Loyalty Points. Bronze Members are required to renew by this date in order to retain their place on the Season Ticket Waiting List.
2010/2011 Season Ticket Pricing
The Club has sought to increase the benefits of Season Tickets and to restrict price increases as much as possible, despite increased administrative and operational costs. As the price chart shows, Season Ticket prices for the 2010/2011 Season will increase by an average of just 2%. This represents an increase of less than £1 per game. Prices for Juniors and Seniors will remain frozen for a further season.
Thousands of fans who took up the two-year deal offered last season will continue to enjoy their ticket price freeze for a further year as 2010/2011 season is the second year of the two year deal offered by the Club last season, combined with the added saving of a further year at the lower rate of VAT.
Supporters are reminded that VAT has reverted back to 17.5% and this increase is included in the prices of season tickets on the schedule.
CLICK HERE to view prices...
New Benefits for 2010/2011
We are continually seeking to improve the benefits of One Hotspur Membership and, for the 2010/2011 Season, have made a number of enhancements, in particular for our young, new and future fans.
Young Fans at the Lane!
The Club is committed to making it easier and more accessible to bring children/young fans along to matches. We shall be making a special allocation of junior tickets available for selected matches so that One Hotspur Members will have the opportunity to bring young fans as their guests (One Hotspur Season Ticket Members who purchase junior guest tickets will be able to move their seat for the relevant match). We hope that this will make it easier for our Members to give young supporters the chance to experience the magic and excitement of a match at White Hart Lane and this will ultimately help the Club to develop its next generation of loyal supporters.
Free Junior Membership for the under 11s!
For the 2010/2011 Season we are offering all children under age 11 their first year of One Hotspur Junior Lilywhite membership absolutely free. This offer will apply to both new and renewing junior members aged 10 or under when the new season commences on 14 August 2010. We hope that this will make supporting Spurs even more accessible for our younger fans. Full details of this offer will be outlined with renewal packs in late April.
11 - 15 year old members will benefit from a lower membership fee and free stadium tour voucher if paying by Direct Debit.
Stadium Access Membership Cards: The Season Ticket book is now replaced with a Membership card with stadium access functionality - your card will simply be scanned at the turnstile making access in to the Lane quicker and easier. One Hotspur Bronze, Lilywhite and Junior Members will also receive a Stadium access membership card that will be activated each time a ticket is purchased for one of our home matches.
One Hotspur Rewards: For 2010/2011 all Members will continue to have access to One Hotspur Rewards with the added benefit that they will now be able to earn Club Cash in all our Spurs Shops. Full details about One Hotspur Rewards will be detailed on the renewal CD-ROM. You will also continue to benefit from Members 10% days at designated matches and we shall give each One Hotspur Member a special birthday offer.
To view your full membership benefits for 2010/2011 please click below...
Silver, Gold and Platinum Benefits - CLICK HERE...
Bronze and Lilywhite Benefits - CLICK HERE...
Once again, we'd like to say a huge thank you to all our fans who have shown great loyalty and support this season and we hope to see you back at the Lane next season.


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Oh dear, that seems to be the end of another month, so it must be time for this. Sorry, that's just the way we do things here…
More ups and downs this month, but mostly ups, it seems:
September 1: 208 pounds (14 stone 12 pounds, 94.3 kg)
September 30: 212.6 pounds (15 stone 2.6 pounds, 96.4 kg)
That's a rather large rise of 4.6 pounds, (2.1kg). Oooops.
Nothing particularly out of the ordinary, so I'm not sure where all those pounds came from..
Ummm, not a lot. Far too many lunchtimes where I haven't even managed a short walk.
More posts this month, but still quiet.
New phone and some other stuff I need to write about when I find some tuits.


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Born and died, 1924
Son of Andrew Jackson Manning and Rose Truxler Manning
Contributed on 12/29/07
Record #: 7396
On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Arkansas, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 12/29/07 • Approved: 6/14/11 • Last Updated: 7/26/12 • R7396-G0-S3


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Allentown and Reading showed major growth since the 2000 Census, while Pennsylvania's other two major cities - Pittsburgh and Erie - both lost population, the data show.
Philadelphia's population of more than 1.5 million rose by only 0.6 percent - about 8,500 people - but Mayor Michael Nutter proclaimed the growth no small feat and "something that no mayor has been able to say since 1950."
"Philly really is on the way back," Nutter said. "This Census count is just the beginning."
Overall, the 2010 statistical portrait of Pennsylvania showed eastern and central counties with the biggest gains over the past decade. Western counties generally lost residents.
The number of Pennsylvania residents increased 3.4 percent, to just over 12.7 million. Still, the state will lose one of its 19 congressional seats because of the demographic changes.
The state's Hispanic population has increased nearly 83 percent, from about 395,000 to almost 720,000. The Asian population grew nearly 59 percent, to 349,000.
The city of Allentown grew by 10.7 percent to just over 118,000, while Reading increased by 8.5 percent to nearly 88,100.
But Pittsburgh, the state's second-largest city, lost 8.6 percent of its population, leaving about 305,000 residents; its home, Allegheny County, totaled about 1.2 million people, a 4.6 percent decrease.
The city of Erie lost 1.9 percent of its residents and now has about 102,000.
Chris Briem, a regional economist at the University of Pittsburgh, said while the Pittsburgh area shows a decline, the numbers may not reflect recent improvements.
"Ten years is a long time, and it doesn't always capture what's going on year over year," Briem said.
Pittsburgh has been touting itself as a hub for green jobs and technology companies, and has raised its profile by hosting the G-20 economic summit and being named "Most Livable City" in the U.S. by The Economist magazine in 2009.
It's not that people are necessarily leaving the region, Briem added, noting there are more deaths than births in western Pennsylvania because the population is more elderly.
The counties that lost the most population - between 5.1 percent and 14.9 percent - were all in the west: Beaver, Cambria, Cameron, Elk, Fayette and McKean.
And though some say gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale region may draw more people to rural Pennsylvania, Briem said so far the industry has attracted mostly itinerant workers who stay for a while but return home to other states.
"It remains to be seen whether there's going to be a demographic impact," Briem said.
Growth in south-central Pennsylvania ranged from zero to 19.9 percent, which Briem ascribed to increasing numbers of commuters to the Baltimore and Washington areas.
Tiny Forest County in the northwestern part of the state technically experienced the most growth - 56 percent - but officials there attribute it to a prison that opened years ago in Marienville.
The next two biggest increases, between 20 and 25 percent, were in Monroe and Pike counties on the New Jersey border.
Monroe County Chief Clerk Bob Gress credited the growth to highways linking the area to the Philadelphia and New York metropolitan regions, as well as great schools and recreational activities in the Pocono Mountains.
"It's a great place to raise your family," Gress said.
In Philadelphia, the mayor conceded the 0.6 percent growth is "not a whole, whole lot of people," but said it means the city is moving in the right direction. He attributed it in part to a heavily promoted Census participation campaign and Philadelphia's growing reputation for arts, culture, sustainability and safer streets.
"We are the hot place to be," Nutter said.
Philadelphia had 2 million people in 1950 but steadily lost population as its manufacturing facilities closed and residents moved to the suburbs.


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14 Inch Black Owl
- Owl
- Approx. 14" tall
- Covered in soft black feathers
- Glittery green eyes
- Wire feet for positioning
Owls are pretty creepy creatures, to begin with. They hunt down small critters in the dark of night. Suddenly they emerge from the darkest shadows of the forest and swoop down to take the life of another animal. Yikes. That sends chills down our spine. The one thing that can make this nocturnal bird even more terrifying would be if it were all black and completely hidden in the night. Well, we went ahead and did that. Now you can add this 14 Inch Black Owl as a decoration outside of your house.
Once your guests or trick or treaters catch the green eyes of this creeper in the dark they'll think twice about taking another step. Make your home the scariest haunted house with the right decorations, and make sure this fake black owl is a part of your setup. You'll be sure to get plenty of gasps and maybe even a scream or two! And isn't that what everyone really wants on Halloween?
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Aventura, FL (PRWEB) February 20, 2013
Arbitration.com has been busy upgrading their software and servers to handle some additional features that will be afforded to their listing clients. The Arbitration Attorneys, and Arbitrators, will not only be able to use the standard listing services which include profile picture, direct links to web site and email and full biographical information they will now have the ability to: Add links to their personal MP3 soundtrack, add links to personal videos, and add links to their personal Blog. Arbitration.com is one of the Internet's largest web portal of Arbitration Attorneys and Arbitrators throughout the entire United States.
When you just can't come to an agreement, court isn't the only answer. Arbitration is an out-of-court means of dispute resolution. When parties have a disagreement, the 'arbitrator' or 'arbiter' is a neutral third-party that reviews the case to determine what action should be taken, and will determine the terms under which the dispute will be settled. The decision of the arbitrator is final, and may be legally binding or non-binding.
If you have a dispute with your employer or over a commercial contract, it is likely that arbitration is mandatory to resolve any issues. Being an easier means than taking anyone to court, arbitration is often required for resolving disputes within a company and is most often used in settling commercial disputes.
When you need an Arbitration Attorney or Arbitrator for your case go to Arbitration.com to find them.
Complete information is available on the website: Arbitration.com
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This company goes above and beyond to make sure that it gets the order right. The day after I submitted my order, I received an email confirming my personalization. I highly recommend this company.
A unique item & as a gift I know will be used for years to come.
Great gift, my wife loved it.
Very fast delivery exceeded expectations. Nice product!
I was advised that this order might not be ready in time for me to give my wife as her 9th wedding anniversary present. But when I got home from work on our anniversary night, it was there on our porch! My wife absolutely loved it!!
This personalized wine cooler will be a lasting and treasured gift. The wine cooler is hand crafted by Rowe Pottery in the traditional manner of old-world salt-glazed pottery. It will keep your special bottle of wine at the perfect temperature. The wine cooler may be personalized with a maximum of 20 spaces above the design. All of Rowe Pottery's salt-glazed pieces are dishwasher, microwave, and oven safe and lead-free. The personalized wine cooler measures 9 inches tall by 6 inches across. It is available in your choice of 6 patterns: Grape, Heart, Pinewood, Meadow Flower, Teaberry, or Star. Changes or cancellations on customized and personalized orders must be received within ONE business day of placing orders.
Because all salt glazed pottery is handmade and hand painted, you will find originality and uniqueness in each piece. The size, shape, and pattern of each piece will vary. Also, color variations, which occur during the firing process, create the high and low color tones that give your piece its unique character. Natural color tones of the pottery pieces vary range from different shades of gray with cobalt blue accents.


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Which is more important, hardware or software? We have had this debate for years and with the proliferation of smart phones or slate devices, many would say hardware. Application developers would refute that and say those devices would not be popular without their applications. Database administrators would laugh and say neither. They would point to data.
Data is king. Nearly every application in use today is creating and pushing, or pulling data from some source. Here's a great introduction to the Open Data Protocol known as OData.
Getting Started
- The OData homepage – http://www.odata.org/
- OData Basics by Scott Hanselman – http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ODataBasicsAtTheAZGroupsDayOfNETWithScottGu.aspx
- MSDN "Introducing OData" – http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/hh237663.aspx
Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 OData Introduction
- WCF Data Services on Windows 8 Part 1 – http://blogs.msdn.com/b/writingdata_services/archive/2012/03/15/running-wcf-data-services-on-windows-8-consumer-preview-part-1.aspx
- OData on Windows 8: Part 2—The OData Client Library for Metro – http://blogs.msdn.com/b/writingdata_services/archive/2012/04/27/odata-on-windows-8-part-2-the-odata-client-library-for-metro.aspx
- Introducing the OData Client Library for Windows Phone, Part 1 – by Matt Stroshane – http://phonetocloud.info/2011/02/28/introducing-the-odata-client-library-for-windows-phone/
- Introducing the OData Client Library for Windows Phone, Part 2 – by Matt Stroshane – http://phonetocloud.info/2011/03/01/introducing-the-odata-client-library-for-windows-phone-part-2/
- Introducing the OData Client Library for Windows Phone, Part 3 – by Matt Stroshane – http://phonetocloud.info/2011/03/03/introducing-the-odata-client-library-for-windows-phone-part-3/


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The sign-up sheet is filling up but there is still plenty of room for others to join in and be part of this church-wide experience.
Movable Feast is both social and business: we gather as friends and church family, to enjoy time together as we share a common meal. It is also "business," as we will discuss matters that are relevant to our church, discuss particular questions that pertain to our current condition and our hopes for the future.
We need at least 12 individuals or families to make this come to fruition. Small groups will be formed, at random, and once a month, one member of each group will host a simple dinner at their home for the other members of their small group. We'd like to begin after Easter, perhaps in April. If you are unable to host at your home…fear not! The kitchen and Hall at St. Nicholas are always available on Friday nights.
A good time is a guarantee! Please consider being part of this activity as it is important to our journey as a faith community and our future as a church.


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Loans have become a regular part of our lives. Obtaining a loan at AccessBank is both easy and convenient. AccessBank specialists had developed loan products that meet the special needs of our clients.
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Rapper Kanye West turned down a $4.5 million deal to stage a three-week residency in Las Vegas, according to a report.
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Editors of the website state West's pay cheque would have dwarfed the salaries of Las Vegas' other resident stars including Britney Spears and Celine Dion.
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Just not posting much (okay not at all, sorry!) and its been pretty chaotic for the last almost 7 months. As of last May I have been taking classes. Summer semester wasn't too bad but this fall has got me running in circles.
I am currently taking 3 classes and am on campus 4 days a week. 2 of those days I am there for about 12 hours. Its exhausting and I am looking forward to my long days ending next week with the end of the first 7 weeks. After that I am only doing 2 classes until winter semester and then all craziness breaks lose.
I am super excited about the next semester despite all the craziness because I am finally getting into the kitchen. Oh I guess I should add that I am going for my associates in Culinary Management with the possibility of going for my bachelors. Sooo yeah, thats whats been going on!
On the trying to conceive front there is nothing going on. My periods are kinda of wacky at the moment but they are getting better so I know that things are getting better. Also, as a result of having food poisoning this past weekend I am down about ten pounds.
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Texas Motor Speedway is utilizing "Throwback Thursday" to showcase the career of retiring NASCAR icon Jeff Gordon at the venerable motorsports venue with the release of a photo gallery in anticipation of his final TMS start coming in next Sunday's AAA Texas 500 Sprint Cup Series race. Texas Motor Speedway is featuring 24 photos – in honor of his number – of his career at Texas Motor Speedway that stretches back to the first race at the facility in 1997 and beyond. Every race year from 1997 to … [Read more...]
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On Wednesday evening, President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney and squared off in a made-for-television program that masqueraded as a candidates' debate. Romney demonstrated he could carry the battle to Obama – a man who seemed strangely passive and lacklustre through most of the evening. By J BROOKS SPECTOR.
The event, broadcast live across the US and around the world from the campus of the University of Denver, was moderated by Jim Lehrer, long-time veteran lion tamer of presidential debates and news anchor of the Public Broadcast System's News Hour.
Well before the debate began, both candidates' organizations had been engaging in a sustained effort to lower expectations on the prospects for an overpowering, masterful knockout by their respective candidates. If that was the core task, and if neither candidate was lying prone on the mat by the end, Mitt Romney passed one key test for a challenger against an incumbent.
As veteran presidential political advisor (for both parties) turned television network talking head, David Gergen said bluntly of Obama just after the debate ended, "He lost." Score this one to Romney on points – through pretty much every round. An immediate post-debate poll quoted on CNN said Obama "got spanked tonight."
Saying that is not going to make Democrats very happy. Throughout the past two weeks, they had been riding high and hard on the back of Romney's now-infamous "47%" remark and the increasingly public squabble among Republicans over disarray in the Romney campaign's messaging and strategy. Now – at least until the next debate in this four-debate series (three between presidential candidates and one between the two vice presidential candidates) – Republicans will draw sustenance from Romney's performance, especially as it seemed to show a newfound ability to connect with audiences – and potential voters. Romney did a particularly effective job of putting Thurston Howell III back in the closet, at least until the next debate, perhaps.
Four immediate takeaways (there will, of course, be many more after the commentators have thoroughly mulled over the event for a day or so):
First of all, it is clear Romney's debate prep sparring partner, Senator Rob Portman, did a much better job in sharpening Romney's line of attack than Senator John Kerry did for Obama. Watch for a whispering campaign from the spinmeisters in the Obama campaign that their candidate tried to talk with the American people, rather than match the challenger punch for punch. Oh, and they'll be much better prepared for the town meeting "debate" and the face-to-face debate on foreign policy, maybe even calling in someone like Bill Clinton for a bit of last minute coaching.
Second takeaway: Viewers saw a president who didn't take the fight to Romney and on to the people, standing strong on his administration's record. This was in contrast to a challenger who found a way to thread his proposed policies together into an increasingly coherent narrative.
Third takeaway, of course, is that viewers also heard some of the same tired bromides, throwaway lines or just plain statements of factual inaccuracy mostly, but not entirely, from the Romney camp. Throughout the evening, watchers kept hearing charges Obama was cutting over $700 billion from Medicare; that the Obamacare healthcare measure has some kind of actual committee (picture: a bunch of guys in white lab coats sitting around a table blackballing someone's kidney operation) that will tell people which medical treatments they could get for grandma; and that the Obama administration will make massive cuts in military spending. All of these came with little in the way of effective rebuttal from the president. It was worthy of note, since he had previously used a thoroughly developed attack/defence line for each of these points.
Fourth takeaway: Romney managed to bob and weave his way through the often-competing versions of his own taxation and budget plans in a way that seemed, at least on the surface, reasonably consistent.
The Democrats were clearly less than pleased with their champion's performance. Just minutes after the debate broadcast was over, an email "signed" by Obama had already hit millions of email inboxes, reading, "I hope I made you proud out there explaining the vision we share for this country. Now we need to go win this election – the most important thing that will happen tonight is what you do (or don't do) to help in the little time we have left." (Translation – I goofed tonight, now help me make the last four weeks and a bit count.)
This event, more appropriately termed a live studio encounter, was not really a debate at all. The format ostensibly called for the moderator to ask questions and have the candidates respond on each point at issue for two minutes apiece, followed by further responses. But Lehrer quickly ceded control over the tempo of the event to the candidates. Commentary on this meeting may well begin to argue for a return to an old-style debate where candidates get enough time to build a case for their respective candidacy and big enough chunks of time to attack their opponent's case in depth.
The Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 – often held up as the gold standard and measuring stick for every debate thereafter – actually gave the respective candidates many minutes to develop their ideas and lasted for hours. Maybe the American population no longer has the patience for such things, but sufficiently important deserve a much more thorough interrogation than they have gotten so far. The specifics of tax policy, budgetary plans, health care reform (reining in the continuing rise in health care as a percentage of the nation's GDP is a critically important issue for the future) and how to reenergize the country's job creation machinery have yet to be dissected in depth in this campaign, and the country is the poorer for it.
There is still a little more than a month left, but no one should hold their breath waiting for such a beam of light to cut through the clouds to illuminate the issues.
Despite all the instant analysis, and even the fact that three debates remain, two important facts must be kept in mind in evaluating their likely impact on voting. The first is the rise of social media and whether this year's debate audience will match the nearly 53 million viewers who watched the first debate between Obama and John McCain in 2008, or whether many people will take their cues on their choice from somewhere else. Moreover, unlike previous years, a growing number of Americans will use advance voting to cast their ballots through October, rather than wait until Election Day on the first Tuesday in November. Some estimates say that as many as 40% of all voters may do so before hearing all the debates. How that reshapes the electoral map remains a key – unanswered – question. DM
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Presidential debate: Round One goes to Romney, by many measures in the LA Times;
Obama and Romney, in First Debate, Spar Over Fixing the Economy in The New York Times.
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a potentially debilitating disease (grouping of unique symptoms) in which the body's immune systems, involving poorly understood chemical or biomic processes, dissolve the protective sheath (myelin) that covers nerves. Damage to myelin causes interference in the communication between the brain, spinal cord and other areas of the human body. This condition may result in deterioration of the nerves themselves, a process that is not reversible.
MS is diagnosed by the patterns formed by a spectrum of symptoms and by analysis of damage to nerves and nerve function. Science and medicine has yet to definitively identify the root causes of MS and does not have a definitive solution for prevention or cure. This visualization portrays the average MS patient and how it affects their life.
Using data from web sites such as Patients Like Me, we have constructed a more personal visualization of a person diagnosed with Secondary Progressive MS. MS begins at a younger age than many diseases, affects women significantly more than men, and is often just one degree of separation away from most of us – we know someone with the diagnosis and symptoms.
As we look at all of the possible causes of MS, we believe there is a combination of a genetic component and multiple environmental and experiential components that trigger the bodily exchanges that dissolve myelin sheaths surrounding certain nerves. We intend to launch a project to massively extract knowledge from people diagnosed with MS in order to identify causal factors that are preventable and reversible.
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Following the feedback received at the Scottish Social Housing Charter consultation event, you 'the customer' told us you wanted the Housing service to produce a short summary regularly telling you about recent housing activity and actions. Therefore, the housing service will be developing further an on-line tenants newsletter.
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Who just saw that on ESPN?
Gillespie is a pretty good coach who lucked out coming in with Acie Law running point
I often scoff at those who say espn is deliberately out to get us, but how else do you explain this? Shut like that doesn't simply happen by accident. WTF?
Some people are ridiculous. BCG rode Acie's coattails to a couple of good seasons and then parlayed that into a "better" job.
A glitch in the Matrix.
If he did actually want to come back, we should fire Turgeon in the blink of an eye
Billy was here three years and got a much better offer - no big deal.
BCG rode Acie's coattails to a couple of good seasons and then parlayed that into a "better" job
At Kentucky, it was the politics and prima donna players that did him in. I'm sure it was unlike anything he had ever experienced before as a coach.
Oh, and it certainly won't do Tech any good in the Big12 tournament. He won a grand total of one game there in his 3 years at the helm.


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Fleetwood Seeks Boost at Dealer Meeting
August 29, 2008 by Sherman Goldenberg · Comments Off on Fleetwood Seeks Boost at Dealer Meeting
After Labor Day, Riverside, Calif.-based Fleetwood Enterprises takes the next step in its quest to establish itself as the preferred recreational vehicle provider in a market that has seen sales slide and sellers falter. Fleetwood plans to show off some of its latest models, including the debut of its new Terry LX fifth-wheel trailer line, at its annual dealer meeting, Tuesday through Thursday (Sept. 2-4) at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, according to the Riverside Press-Enterprise. The goal, said... Read more
Memphis Area RV Dealer Says Sales Up 30%
August 29, 2008 by Sherman Goldenberg · Comments Off on Memphis Area RV Dealer Says Sales Up 30%
The nationwide rise in gas prices hasn't hurt business at Southaven RV Center in Southaven, Miss. In fact, despite what people may think when they see large RVs on the road, business at Southaven RV has been growing, according to the DeSoto Appeal, Memphis, Tenn. "Sales are up 30% over last year," said Chris Jenkins, the company's sales manager. "Gas prices really haven't affected who is buying RVs," he said. The only thing that has changed is how people... Read more
Workhorse Chassis Paves Way for Lighter GVWRs?
August 29, 2008 by Sherman Goldenberg · Comments Off on Workhorse Chassis Paves Way for Lighter GVWRs?
A significant answer to the RV market's need for better fuel economy with Class A motorhomes will be launched at the annual Pennsylvania RV and Camping Show in Hershey, Pa., Sept. 10 to 14. The show will introduce the all-new Avanti (which means "forward" in Italian) from Elkhart, Ind.-based Damon Motor Coach, the first motorhome to be built on the W16D front-engine diesel platform from Workhorse Custom Chassis LLC, Union City, Ind. The W16D is a 16,000- lb. GVWR diesel powered platform... Read more
N.Y. State Parks End Record Camping Season
August 29, 2008 by Sherman Goldenberg · Comments Off on N.Y. State Parks End Record Camping Season
As Labor Day weekend brings summer to a close, state park campground operators in New York say the season didn't turn out the way it was shaping up in the spring. By the end of May, reservations were up 15% at state campgrounds, compared to a year earlier – a figure that dropped to 4% by the end of August. Officials say the explanation is simple: rain. "A few weeks ago we had a hail storm and it was like a raging river here," Thompson's Lake State Park director Chris Fallon... Read more
Hurricane Evacuees Fill Hotels, RV Parks
August 29, 2008 by Sherman Goldenberg · Comments Off on Hurricane Evacuees Fill Hotels, RV Parks
Evacuees of Tropical Storm Gustav will have to travel as far north as El Dorado, Ark., and as far west as Dallas to find shelter from the coming storm. Hotels and RV parks in the Shreveport-Bossier City, La., area filled all their rooms in a matter of hours after the storm turned toward the Gulf of Mexico, according to the Shreveport Times. "We are booked solid," said Brandy Claiborne, vice president of communications for the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau. "We... Read more
Winnebago, Camping World Go Truckin'
August 29, 2008 by Sherman Goldenberg · Comments Off on Winnebago, Camping World Go Truckin'
Camping World RV Rental and Winnebago Industries have joined together to sponsor the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., on Sept. 13. The Camping World RV Rental 200 Driven By Winnebago Industries will be a part of the SYLVANIA 300 event weekend and will feature some of NASCAR's biggest stars competing at the only appearance by the Craftsman Truck Series in New England this season, according to a news release. "Adding another asset to the... Read more
Enjoy a Safe Labor Day Weekend
August 29, 2008 by Sherman Goldenberg · Comments Off on Enjoy a Safe Labor Day Weekend
The staff of RVBusiness and RVBUSINESS.COM would like to take a moment and honor the people who labored and built this great nation into what it is today. To the RV industry, we wish everyone a safe and enjoyable Labor Day weekend. The RVBUSINESS.com website will be idle on Monday, Sept. 1, but will be back up and running on Tuesday, Sept. 2. Read More →
Stalled Motorized Sales Impact Fleetwood 1Q
August 28, 2008 by Sherman Goldenberg · Comments Off on Stalled Motorized Sales Impact Fleetwood 1Q
A 51% decline in RV sales led to a net loss of $23.2 million for Fleetwood Enterprises Inc.'s first quarter, ended July 27, aggravated by a host of economic headwinds and aggressive discounting in the motorhome sector. "We are experiencing some of the toughest industry conditions that we have seen since the late 1970's and early 1980's," said Elden L. Smith, president and CEO of the Riverside, Calif.-based builder. "Dealers are reducing their inventories significantly... Read more
Florida Resident Touring Country in 'Eco-RV'
August 28, 2008 by Sherman Goldenberg · Comments Off on Florida Resident Touring Country in 'Eco-RV'
Brian Brawdy has spent the past few months touring the country in a biodiesel-powered recreational vehicle that draws its electricity from solar panels and a wind turbine. According to a report in the Desert News, Salt Lake City, Brawdy's Ford Super Duty pickup is connected to a Lance camper that includes a refrigerator, shower and microwave. The camper is outfitted with six solar panels and a wind turbine that allow Brawdy to generate and store electricity for various uses. Brawdy, 47, grew... Read more
Adventurer Hires Veteran Management Team
August 28, 2008 by Sherman Goldenberg · Comments Off on Adventurer Hires Veteran Management Team
Former British Columbia builder Adventurer Manufacturing Ltd. is set to begin production at its new headquarters in Yakima, Wash. The company, which manufactures slide-in truck campers and Class C motorhomes, was a welcome addition to the area's manufacturing sector. In 2005, Trail Wagons/Chinook RV closed its doors and Western RV Inc. shut down operations last April. According to Adventurer, several of its key management personnel previously worked for Western and Chinook, including: • Dave... Read more
GM Dealers Report Uptick in SUV, Pickup Sales
August 28, 2008 by Sherman Goldenberg · Comments Off on GM Dealers Report Uptick in SUV, Pickup Sales
General Motors Corp.'s U.S. dealers are reporting that a decline in pickup-truck sales may be "bottoming out" and that some demand is returning for large sport-utility vehicles, Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said. Bloomberg reported that dealers are seeing "some resurgence in demand for full-size SUVs and pickups," Lutz told reporters today (Aug. 28) in Joliet, Ill., for a test drive of some of the Detroit-based automaker's 2009 models. He didn't provide figures. A revival of consumer... Read more
Camping World Dangles RV Rally in Casino Bid
August 27, 2008 by Sherman Goldenberg · Comments Off on Camping World Dangles RV Rally in Casino Bid
A national retailer of recreational vehicles has given the state of Kansas another thing to consider as it ponders a decision on building a casino in Wyandotte Country. According to the Kansas City Star, officials of Camping World said they would commit to bringing a national recreational vehicle rally to Kansas Speedway in 2010 if the Kansas Lottery Gaming Facility Review Board grants the speedway and its partners the right to build and manage a Hard Rock Hotel & Casino at the track. Such a... Read more
Four Winds Introduces Class B Ventura Coach
August 27, 2008 by Sherman Goldenberg · Comments Off on Four Winds Introduces Class B Ventura Coach
Four Winds International Corp. has introduced the 24-foot Ventura, the first Class B motorhome from the Elkhart, Ind., manufacturer. Built on an imported 8,550-pound GVWR Sprinter 2500 chassis, the Ventura is outfitted with a sofa sleeper that doubles as a king bed. "We felt a Class B was a natural progression," said Luke Handyside, product manager for the Thor Industries Inc. subsidiary. "This is filling a gap in our product line to make us a full-line manufacturer of motorized RVs." Four... Read more
Repo Firms Targeting Discretionary Purchases
August 27, 2008 by Sherman Goldenberg · Comments Off on Repo Firms Targeting Discretionary Purchases
With paperwork in hand, Ashley Sparks set off in search of his newest target – a 2005 Winnebago motorhome. The San Diego Union Tribune reported that Sparks, an adjuster for ABA Recovery Service, found the vehicle on a well-manicured street in Point Loma, surrounded by homes nearing the million-dollar mark. This was an easy one. The owner willingly handed over the keys, and Sparks' partner drove off in the latest luxury item repossessed by the company. ABA owner Marcelle Egley-Sparks said... Read more
Automakers Cut Back V-8 Engine Production
August 27, 2008 by Sherman Goldenberg · Comments Off on Automakers Cut Back V-8 Engine Production
The quarterback of engines, the legendary V-8, is starting to have a hard time making the cut, according to a report by USA Today. Most automakers introducing new V-8s are confining them to trailer-towing trucks and a few premium cars or high-performance sports models — and retreating from putting them under the hoods of family cars. Even on the high end, Ford Motor isn't going to offer an eight-cylinder engine in its luxury flagship Lincoln MKS sedan. General Motors is dumping the V-8 option... Read more


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The Brewers Respond to the Ryan Braun PED Test, and What is the Impact on the Chicago Cubs?
I don't like to overstate the implications of a one-player change on another NL Central team, as it relates to the Chicago Cubs' chances in a given season. Baseball is whacky, teams and players surprise you, and a team builds its roster in response to other teams at the risk of wasting a whole lot of money.
But, that said: if the Milwaukee Brewers are really going to be forced to play 1/3 of the season without Ryan Braun, as well as the whole season without Prince Fielder, coupled with Albert Pujols' defection from the Cardinals, I just don't see how the Cubs could plausibly justify not amping up their 2012 efforts. Am I suggesting they break the bank at the risk of sabotaging the deep rebuild the organization needs? Absolutely not. But might it now be much more understandable if the Cubs hold onto a few pieces rather than trade them, and spend a little more money in free agency than they otherwise would have? Yes.
Think of it this way: do you believe the Cincinnati Reds (and, to a lesser extent, the Pittsburgh Pirates) didn't collectively wake up today licking their chops? They know just how winnable the NL Central is about to become. Shouldn't the Cubs also?
The Brewers have responded to the reports with the following statement, by way of owner Mark Attanasio:
"Ryan Braun has been a model citizen in every sense of the word, both in the Milwaukee community and for the Brewers. Since joining our organization in 2005, he has been a person of character and integrity.
"MLB has put a confidential testing program into place, which I personally support, that has a specific review process that must be followed before determining whether a player is in violation. Ryan has issued a statement that there are highly unusual circumstances surrounding this case that will support his complete innocence and demonstrate that there was absolutely no intentional violation of the program. We are dealing with an incomplete set of facts and speculation. Before there is a rush to judgment, Ryan deserves the right to be heard. We are committed to supporting Ryan to get to the truth of what happened in this unfortunate situation.
"As a father, I take the use of prohibited substances seriously, because I know the effects they can have on the body and on a person's life. I want the Milwaukee community to know that we support drug testing not only because it is MLB policy but because it is the right thing to do.
"I need to acknowledge that at this point the Milwaukee Brewers have not heard from the Office of the Commissioner or any official entity related to the MLB testing programs. Accordingly we do not have access to any of the facts or knowledge of any of the circumstances that are being circulated in the media with regard to Ryan Braun. The team will release follow-up statements at the appropriate time."
Rumors are today swirling that the substance triggering Braun's test was not a "performance-enhancing" substance, but was, instead, a "banned" substance. To my knowledge, the only substances that are banned on bases other than their theoretically performance-enhancing nature are other illegal drugs, in the traditional sense ("drugs of abuse" – marijuana, cocaine, opiates, etc.). If that's what Braun tested positive for, he could be in for an image hit, but might not be suspended. A review of the drug testing program suggests that players are only subject to suspension (60 games) for using drugs of abuse if they are convicted of, or plead guilty to, a criminal charge of possession. Of course, this whole approach ignores the elevated, synthetic testosterone levels reported in Braun's test, but we're still getting all of the facts.
To that end, there are reports that, when Braun learned of his test results – a "couple of weeks" – after taking the test, he demanded a re-test, which came up clean. That's all well and good, but there are two problems: (1) "couple of weeks," and (2) if you heard you failed a test, you'd probably do everything in your power to ensure you didn't fail a re-test. I'm not accusing Braun of anything, obviously, because this is all just "allegedly." I'm just saying, if my livelihood depended on it, I'm not failing that second test.


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Yahoo is taking the next step in its "open" strategy with the launch today of BOSS: Build your Own Search Service. The BOSS program will allow third parties to build their own search engine using Yahoo's index and ranking methodologies as a base.
Building a competitive search engine would require upwards of $300 million in capital investments, according to Prabhakar Raghavan, chief strategist for Yahoo Search. Besides the hardware involved, there is a limited pool of talent available that can create the query handling, ranking, indexing and crawling infrastructure. Add to that the need for massive amounts of data to achieve relevance, and it becomes nearly impossible for smaller players to compete.
Yahoo is changing all of that with BOSS, Raghavan said.
"This is a bold direction for any search principal to take," he said. "We're expecting this to disrupt the market, and that includes ourselves."
By disrupting the search engine market, Yahoo hopes to bring more choice to consumers, while also taking away some of Google's share. Where Search Monkey opened up Yahoo's SERPs, BOSS opens up Yahoo's infrastructure and technology, and extends it outside of Yahoo.
Using the BOSS APIs, partners will be able to take Yahoo's search results and apply their own ranking criteria, creating their own customized search engine. The BOSS API is based on Yahoo's full index of Web search, news and image search results, as well as spell correction, Raghavan said.
There are three levels to the BOSS program. The first is a self-service API, which will be available to partners who want to build their own search engine using Yahoo results as a base. Examples could include social, vertical, or visual search engines. The second is an API program for academics, dubbed BOSS University. Yahoo is partnering with the computer science departments of several top universities to allow them to use the BOSS program in their research.
Yahoo will also offer partners the BOSS Mashup Framework, a software library that provides tools for data joins and other tasks. It will also offer some ready-made SERP templates, which partners will be able to customize for themselves. Since Yahoo is not in control of the way partners rank results, it has made it clear that these BOSS results are not allowed to be attributed to Yahoo.
The third tier is BOSS Custom, a program where Yahoo will work with a very limited set of partners to customize their integration of Yahoo's results into their own search engines. These partners will generally fit into two main categories, Raghavan said. The first includes companies with their own ranking and/or presentation methodologies, such as semantic search engine Hakia. Hakia is using Yahoo's results, to which it applies its own "secret sauce," he said. Hakia is not replacing its own indexing process completely, but rather using BOSS to accelerate the process.
The other category of partner includes companies with proprietary data, such as user profiles or behavior, that can be used to affect search results. One such company is Me.dium, a browser toolbar that lets users connect with each other and find related sites recommended based on other users' surfing habits. Me.dium will use Yahoo's BOSS data to create a social search engine that will rank results based on what its users say is important.
At launch, all reordering of search results must be done by the partner. Over time, Yahoo expects to begin offering "knobs" that will allow partners to dial up or down certain criteria in the results, such as favoring recent results, or results from blogs, Raghavan said.
Eventually, Yahoo expects to monetize the program by requiring partners to show Yahoo ads alongside their results, in which partners will share the revenue generated. Yahoo is holding off on doing so at launch to allow time to monitor the quality of traffic coming in from BOSS partners, to ensure that advertisers would not be hurt by having their ads displayed in that manner, Raghavan said.
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28 May 2010 11:00:00
What The Program will cover?
The conference program has been designed with policy and decision makers in mind. Hear a range of speakers from overseas organisations, senior staff from government departments across all jurisdictions, academia and community organisations.
The program is divided into the following main themes:
1. Challenges facing Australian Society: Issues, Policy and Information
2. Australia in the Global Economy
3. Improving Australians' Wellbeing; and
4. Measuring Progress: Improving the Measurement of Progress.
There will also be showcase sessions that will demonstrate Information Platforms and State Planning Initiatives.
Day One: Thursday 16 September 2010
The Conference will open with a plenary address by Dr Ken Henry AC on "Challenges facing Australian Society: Issues, Policy and Information". A series of concurrent sessions will follow around the theme "Is Productivity the Key to Future Wellbeing?" These sessions will address three of the key areas for driving improved productivity: "Policy, Finance and Productivity", "Productivity - Innovation & Technology ", and "Productivity - Labour, Education & Skills ".
The afternoon session will continue the economic/productivity theme with a plenary session on the topic "Australia in the Global Economy". This will be followed by a series of concurrent sessions around the theme "Global Impacts – Local Responses" and will include such topics as "Future of International Trade and Investment in Australia", "Sustainable Communities in a Global Context" and "Immigration, Ageing and the Changing Population".
Day Two: Friday 17 September 2010
The Plenary and Concurrent sessions for the morning of day two, will address the theme "Improving Australians' Wellbeing". Three concurrent sessions will emphasise collaborative delivery across all levels of Government and Community based organisations on the topics of "Measuring for a Healthy Nation", "Measuring Disadvantage, Inequality, and Social Inclusion", and "Measuring Outcomes for Indigenous Australia".
The final afternoon session on the second day will involve a plenary presentation and subsequent panel discussion on "Measuring Progress: Improving the measurement of progress". The intention is to build on current international debate, as illustrated by the recent "Stiglitz Commission" Report, on the need to adapt national statistical frameworks to better reflect the multi-dimensional character of economic performance and well-being.


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Gift card warning to consumers over Christmas
Vouchers, or gift cards, can be a great idea at Christmas.
Give them to a teacher, a colleague, or a teenager perhaps, and you can show you have at least thought about them, without second-guessing their tastes.
But last year thousands of consumers were left out of pocket, when HMV, Blockbuster, Comet and Jessops all went out of business after the Christmas period.
Most vouchers were eventually honoured but only after a period of uncertainty.
In the case of Jessops, now under new management, some people were offered replacement gifts, but customers with vouchers worth, in total, more than half a million pounds never saw their money back.
The fact is, if you buy a gift card, there is no guarantee it will be honoured if the shop goes out of business.
So can they be trusted?
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Not at the moment, argues Deborah Harvey, from Newport in south Wales.
She and Louise McDaid run Safeguard All Savings, a website dedicated to protecting consumers' money.
She believes passionately that gift cards and vouchers should be guaranteed if a retailer goes out of business.
"If I give you £10, I expect to be able to spend £10; not to be told, 'Well actually, your voucher has expired, you can't use it.
And by the way, we've just gone bust, so you definitely can't spend it,'" she says.
She believes the best option would be for voucher money to be ring-fenced.
In other words retailers would have to keep that money in a separate account for a specified period.
Another issue is that voucher-holders are well down the list of creditors, should a retailer go out of business.
They are currently on the fifth tier, alongside suppliers and the taxman.
Only shareholders are less likely to get their money back.
The body which represents the gift card business would like to see card holders moved up the priority list.
For the moment, any administrator looking at the books of a retailer is obliged to pay the banks which have lent money to the business, the costs of the administration, and staff salaries, long before they look at gift card holders.
"If a retailer goes in to administration, the decision to continue to accept gift cards and vouchers is down to the individual administrator," says Andrew Johnson, the director general of the UK Gift Card and Voucher Association.
A recent study by a body representing insolvency specialists looked at other possible solutions.
These included the idea of making retailers who offer gift cards buy a protection bond, a form of insurance which would pay out if a retailer went bust.
They also considered the idea of extending the Consumer Credit Act.
Currently anyone who buys vouchers worth more than £100 on a credit card is protected, in theory by both the credit card company and the retailer.
Where a retailer has gone bust, that responsibility in practice rests with the credit card provider.
The Act could, in theory, be extended to include smaller purchases.
However, retailers could be severely affected by such liabilities. Many of them trade on notoriously thin margins as it is.
Indeed some argue that shops might be even more likely to go bust, should they have to honour gift cards.
"All of these options are quite difficult to administer, and they are also quite costly," says Andrew Tate of the Association of Business Recovery Professionals.
"Taking cash flow out of a business in the current economic climate is difficult," he says.
So what should consumers do if they are considering buying gift cards or vouchers this Christmas?
First of all, they should watch their local high street carefully.
Blockbuster, the video chain, has already announced its intention to call in the administrators, for the second time.
"I'm really concerned that there's going to be something again this Christmas," says Deborah Harvey from Newport.
"And it's going to be too late for anyone to do anything about it," she warns.
The UK Gift Card and Voucher Association advises customers to think very carefully about where they buy vouchers from.
It says as long as you trust the retailer, you should trust their vouchers. But the reverse must be equally true.
If you wish to buy more than £100 of vouchers, make sure you buy them on a credit card.
But otherwise there are still no guarantees that your money will be safe.