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|Last 5 years
|Estadísticas de por vida en MLB
|El Paso
|18 de octubre de 2017
|RHP Chris Smith eligio agente libre.
|17 de octubre de 2017
|Oakland Athletics envian a RHP Chris Smith envian a rotundamente a Nashville Sounds.
|8 de julio de 2017
|Oakland Athletics llamado RHP Chris Smith de Nashville Sounds.
|5 de octubre de 2016
|Oakland Athletics envian a RHP Chris Smith envian a rotundamente a Nashville Sounds.
|7 de agosto de 2016
|Oakland Athletics seleccionado el contrato de Chris Smith de Nashville Sounds.
|29 de noviembre de 2015
|RHP Chris Smith asignado a Nashville Sounds.
|15 de noviembre de 2015
|Oakland Athletics agente libre firmado RHP Chris Smith con un contrato de la ligas menores y invitado a spring training.
|6 de noviembre de 2015
|RHP Chris Smith eligio agente libre.
|2 de junio de 2015
|RHP Chris Smith asignado a El Paso Chihuahuas de San Antonio Missions.
|17 de mayo de 2015
|RHP Chris Smith asignado a San Antonio Missions de El Paso Chihuahuas.
|6 de mayo de 2015
|RHP Chris Smith asignado a El Paso Chihuahuas de Tri-City Dust Devils.
|4 de abril de 2015
|RHP Chris Smith asignado a Tri-City Dust Devils de El Paso Chihuahuas.
|24 de agosto de 2014
|El Paso Chihuahuas activan a RHP Chris Smith de la lista de paternidad.
|15 de agosto de 2014
|El Paso Chihuahuas ponen a RHP Chris Smith en la lista de paternidad.
|28 de junio de 2014
|RHP Chris Smith asignado a El Paso Chihuahuas.
|27 de junio de 2014
|San Diego Padres agente libre firmado RHP Chris Smith con un contrato de la ligas menores.
|19 de mayo de 2011
|Tacoma Rainiers liberan a RHP Chris Smith.
|24 de noviembre de 2010
|Seattle Mariners agente libre firmado RHP Chris Smith con un contrato de la ligas menores y invitado a spring training.
|24 de noviembre de 2010
|RHP Chris Smith asignado a Tacoma Rainiers.
|6 de octubre de 2010
|RHP Chris Smith eligio agente libre.
|22 de junio de 2010
|Nashville Sounds activan a RHP Chris Smith.
|20 de junio de 2010
|Milwaukee Brewers envian a RHP Chris Smith envian a rotundamente a Nashville Sounds.
|8 de junio de 2010
|Milwaukee Brewers seleccionado el contrato de Chris Smith de Nashville Sounds.
|1 de febrero de 2010
|Milwaukee Brewers envian a Chris Smith envian a rotundamente a Nashville Sounds.
|1 de febrero de 2010
|Milwaukee Brewers invitado fuera del roster RHP Chris Smith para spring training.
|27 de enero de 2010
|Milwaukee Brewers designado Chris Smith para la asignación.
|1 de septiembre de 2009
|Milwaukee Brewers llamado Chris Smith de Nashville Sounds.
|10 de agosto de 2009
|Milwaukee Brewers opcionado Chris Smith para Nashville Sounds.
|4 de junio de 2009
|Milwaukee Brewers seleccionado el contrato de Chris Smith de Nashville Sounds.
Christopher Michael Smith was originally signed by Red Sox scout Steve Flores…graduated from Hesperia (CA) High School…attended the University of California, Riverside and set a school record with 127 strikeouts and a 2.91 ERA to earn Second Team All-Big West honors as a junior in 2002.2016
Began the season in the starting rotation at Triple-A Nashville but finished it in the bullpen with Oakland…was 6-8 with a 3.93 ERA in 22 starts with the Sounds when he was selected by the A's Aug. 7… had no decisions and a 2.92 ERA in 13 relief appearances with Oakland…it was his first Major League action since 2010 with Milwaukee…held the opposition to a .165 batting average but allowed almost as many walks (13) than hits (14) for a .270 on-base percentage…struck out 29 batters in 24.2 innings (10.58 per nine innings)…allowed a .151 (8-for-53) batting average against right-handed hitters compared to .188 (6-for-32) against left-handers…surrendered all five of his extra base hits (three doubles, two home runs) to righties for a .321 slugging percentage…both of his home runs were solo shots… yielded a .176 average with runners in scoring position, .103 with two outs and .058 with two strikes… now has a .192 (15-for-78) career average with RISP…first batters faced were 0-for-8 but he walked four and surrendered a sacrifice fly for a .308 on-base percentage…allowed 6-of-8 (75.0%) inherited runners to score and has allowed 14-of-32 (43.8%) to score in his career…did not yield a run in four outings on two days rest or fewer (7.0 ip)…compiled a 4.08 ERA in nine appearances on three days rest or more…surrendered six of his nine runs in the seventh inning for a 14.73 ERA…combined for a 0.69 ERA in the eighth and ninth innings…tossed at least one inning in each of his 13 appearances, including two or more six times…was selected from Nashville Aug. 7 and pitched a scoreless ninth inning that day against Chicago-NL (1 h, 1 so)…it was his first big league appearance since June 14, 2010…had a 2.57 ERA over his first five games but then allowed a career-high tying four runs in 2.2 innings Aug. 29 at Houston…matched his career-high with five strikeouts against the Astros, a total he would reach again on Sept. 3 against Boston…compiled a 5.56 ERA over his first seven games through Sept. 2…then allowed just one unearned run in a career-high tying 4.0 innings in the Sept. 3 contest against the Red Sox and logged a 0.68 ERA over his final six appearances…finished the season with a career-high 8.2 inning scoreless streak…walked a career-high four batters in 2.1 innings at Los Angeles (AL) on Sept. 28, his final outing of the season.2015
Spent most of the season at Triple-A El Paso, where he went 5-7 with a 3.60 ERA in 22 starts… also had no decisions and a 0.90 ERA in two starts for Double-A San Antonio…combined for a 5-7 record and a 3.40 ERA in 24 starts…had a minor league career-high 132 strikeouts…was second in the Padres farm system in strikeouts and third in ERA…ranked second in the Pacific Coast League in strikeouts (121), fourth in opponents batting average (.251) and fifth in ERA…combined with both clubs for a .245 opponents batting average, including .222 against right-handed hitters compared to .275 against left-handers…surrendered seven of his 11 home runs and issued 28 of his 44 walks to lefties…nine of his 11 home runs were solo shots…allowed a .225 average with runners in scoring position…opponents had a .206 batting average and .239 on-base percentage when leading off an inning…was 1-for-20 (.050) with two RBI, four walks and 15 strikeouts as a hitter…tossed at least six innings in 15 of his 24 starts and allowed one run or fewer 10 times…began the season on the El Paso disabled list with a strained right rotator cuff…was reinstated May 6 and allowed a season-high seven runs in 4.1 innings for the loss that day at Fresno…then allowed one run or fewer in each of his next four starts (two with El Paso, two with San Antonio), but had no decisions and a 0.84 ERA over that span…was 0-1 with a 4.60 ERA in three Triple-A starts when he was sent to San Antonio following his May 16 start…had no decisions and a 0.90 ERA in two starts before returning to El Paso for good June 1…picked up his first win of the season June 9 at Las Vegas when he allowed a run in a season-high 7.0 innings…then went 0-4 with a 4.24 ERA over his next seven starts from June 15 to July 17 for his only losing streak of the season… compiled a 2.27 ERA in five starts in the month of June but was just 1-1…struck out a season-high 10 batters in 6.0 innings July 6 at Salt Lake…had his only winning streak of the season from July 22 to Aug. 18 when he went 3-0 with a 3.35 ERA over a six-start stretch…tossed a season-high tying 7.0 innings in four consecutive starts from July 22 to Aug. 7…was named PCL Pitcher of the Week for the week of July 27 to Aug. 2 after going 1-0 with a 1.93 ERA in two starts…struck out 14 and walked just two in 14.0 innings…had just two wins through the end of July but then went 3-1 with a 2.95 ERA in six starts in August…had a 2.53 ERA over his final four starts beginning Aug. 23 but was 1-2 over that stretch… made one postseason start for the Chihuahuas and took the loss in Game 2 of the PCL Semi-Finals (6.0 ip, 7 h, 4 r, 4 er, 1 bb, 3 so).2014
Started the year with Sugar Land of the independent Atlantic League and was 6-0 with a 2.15 ERA in 12 games, including eight starts, when he signed a minor league deal with San Diego June 27… was assigned to Triple-A El Paso and went 2-1 with a 5.61 ERA in 14 games, including six starts, with the Chihuahuas…struck out 46 batters in 43.1 innings (9.55 strikeouts per nine innings)…allowed a .263 opponents batting average, including .213 against right-handed hitters compared to .304 against left-handers…surrendered all five of his home runs to lefties…had a .280 opponents slugging percentage against righties compared to .565 against lefties…was 0-1 with a 4.83 ERA in his six starts, 2-0 with a 7.71 ERA in eight relief appearances…allowed 2-of-3 (66.7%) inherited runners to score…tossed a season-high 6.0 innings and struck out a season-high eight batters in his first appearance, a start against Tacoma June 28…left with a 6-1 lead but had a no decision in a 7-6 win…tossed 3.0 scoreless innings of relief for his first win July 8 at Albuquerque…was 1-0 with a 2.65 ERA over his first four games, including two starts, through July 12…then went 1-1 with a 7.52 ERA over his final 10 games, including four starts…pitched for Aragua in the Venezuelan Winter League following the season and went 4-3 with a 3.65 ERA in 11 games, including 10 starts.2013
Signed with Wichita of the independent American Association and went 8-4 with a 3.55 ERA in 20 games, all starts…ranked fifth in the AA with 112 strikeouts…allowed just nine home runs in 132.0 innings, an average of 0.61 per nine innings…pitched for Anzoategui in the Venezuelan Winter League following the season and went 2-1 with a 3.67 ERA in 10 games, including nine starts…allowed a .255 opponents batting average, including .179 against right-handed hitters…yielded a .167 average with runners in scoring position.2012
Did not pitch in 2012.2011
Signed a minor league deal with Seattle following the 2010 season and began the year at Triple-A Tacoma…was 1-1 with two saves and a 6.75 ERA in 13 relief appearances when he was released on May 19…did not pitch the rest of the year…struck out 22 batters in 18.2 innings…allowed a .366 opponents batting average, including .294 against left-handed hitters compared to .417 against right-handers…opponents hit .283 with runners on base, .167 with runners in scoring position and .067 with RISP and two outs…tossed 2.1 scoreless innings in his final outing on May 14 at New Orleans (2 h, 3 so).2010
Spent the majority of the season with Triple-A Nashville, going 4-3 with a 3.56 ERA and 26 saves in 47 relief appearances…led the Pacific Coast League in saves, tied for second among Triple-A relievers and tied for 12th among all minor leaguers…was 26-for-30 (86.7%) in save opportunities… allowed only one earned run in his first 14 appearances for a 0.71 ERA (12 saves)…had contract selected June 8 and made three relief appearances with the Brewers, logging a 5.40 ERA…was outrighted back to Triple-A June 19 and spent the remainder of the season with Nashville.2009 Had two stints with the Brewers (6/4-8/9 and 9/1-end).....held opponents to a .232 batting average. 2008 Made his first Major League appearances with Boston in 2008, making his debut on 6/21/08 vs. St. Louis. 2007
Spent the majority of the season at Portland, where he went 6-9 with a 4.41 ERA and one save in 30 games, including 14 starts…made two relief appearances with Pawtucket (April 23 at Buffalo and July 7 at Rochester) and allowed just one run in 5.0 innings for a 1.80 ERA…combined for a 4.29 ERA in 32 games overall.2006
Was an Eastern League Midseason All-Star as a member of Double-A Portland…tied for third in the Red Sox organization with a career-high 10 wins between Portland and Triple-A Pawtucket…posted victories in seven of eight starts from May 19 to June 27, including four straight from May 19 to June 4…tossed a rain-shortened shutout June 4 at Connecticut (7.0 ip, 4 h, 3 so)…promoted to Pawtucket Aug. 2 and won his Triple-A debut Aug. 4 vs. Syracuse (7.0 ip, 3 h, 1 bb, 8 so).2005
Went 4-4 with a 5.23 ERA in 15 starts with Portland…was on the disabled list from April 4 to May 8 with right shoulder tendinitis…made one start for the Gulf Coast League Red Sox (3.0 ip, 4 so).2004 Made 14 starts with Double-A Portland through June 26 before missing the remainder of the season with right shoulder tendinitis...finished 5-2 with a 3.75 ERA while striking out 85 in 74.1 innings, an average of 10.3 punchouts per 9 innings...led the Eastern League in strikeouts at the time of his final start, June 26 at New Hampshire, when he fanned 7 in 4.0 shutout innings...earned his first Double-A win April 28 at Reading despite allowing 3 solo homers and 9 hits overall in 6.0 innings...the outing started a string of 3 wins in 3 starts...recorded a 4.50 ERA (10 ER/20.0 IP) in 4 April starts before posting a 3.48 ERA (21 ER/54.1 IP) in 10 starts the rest of the way...was named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week for the week of May 3-9, going 2-0 with 10 strikeouts and a 1.54 ERA (2 ER/11.2 IP) in 2 starts...fanned a career-high 10 in 6.0 innings May 25 vs. Binghamton...was 1-2 with a 4.96 ERA (18 ER/32.2. IP) in 6 starts at Hadlock Field and 4-0 with a 2.81 ERA (13 ER/41.2 IP) in 8 road starts. 2003
Missed the season's first three and one-half months while recovering from a broken right forearm…returned to make 13 starts between the GCL Red Sox, Single-A Augusta and Single-A Sarasota… walked just five batters in 46.1 innings with Augusta.2002
Made his professional debut with Single-A Lowell, going 3-3 with a 4.13 ERA in 14 starts… posted a 1.80 ERA over his final six starts.


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The cookie: Mini chocolate cupcakes (see this entry for the recipe)
The speaker: Jessie Oleson, artist, writer, baker, and creative mastermind behind the cutest, cakiest blog on the net, CakeSpy. That was a lot of adjectives.
The story:
"I used to waitress in New York and the only train I could take home was the G train. The G train is notorious; not only is it the only train that goes straight from Brooklyn to Queens without stopping in Manhattan, but it's also slow, barely follows a schedule, and breaks down constantly. I had just gotten off work and was running late, and that's when I see my train pulling up. Right then I decide, "I'm not missing this fucking train!
"I run across the mezzanine and fly down the steps three at a time, which is a lot for a little person like me. Just as get on the platform I see the train doors closing. Then—and this is seriously like the Indiana Jones movie moment of my life—I leap and dive through them just as they shut. I kid you not, when I look up, the four people on the train all start clapping.
"All your dignity goes out the window when you're trying to catch something.
A few words about Jessie–
From the day I wandered into her brick-and-mortar shop on Pine St when the large, smiling cupcake in the window caught my eye, Jessie has been a generous and amiable mentor to my cause, blogging or otherwise. For all of you aspiring anythingers out there, go visit her. It's one thing to admire a deceased author or a far-away celebrity, but having easy access to such sincere, warm inspiration just down the street is truly rare. Expect to hear other stories from Jessie's frosting-smeared lips because she has good things to say and is up on all things sweet in the Seattle community. And she usually bakes cookies! Come on, how can you turn that down?

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Arizona guard-forward Kevin Parrom suffered a broken right foot during the first half of Saturday's 69-67 loss against Washington and is lost for the season.
The 6-foot-6 Parrom, a junior from New York City, will require surgery.
It is the latest tough break for Parrom, who had seven points in 10 minutes before his injury.
His grandmother died last summer. In September, he was shot in the right leg and left hand while visiting a friend in New York. On Oct. 16, his mother, Lisa Williams, lost her battle with breast cancer.
Parrom returned to the Wildcats in mid-November and averaged 4.9 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game in 20 appearances, with one start, this season.
Saturday's injury is unrelated to any previous ailment, the school indicated.


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So here's the room all painted (I tried to capture as less mess as possible).
There's still some imperfections in the paint peeling wall but it's not as noticeable as it was in the last post.
After taking the tape down from the ceiling, the damage wasn't as bad as I thought it would be (Well not bad at all). None of the ceiling was taken off like I thought. The only problem was paint on the ceiling from the last two times the room was painted which is why I bought ceiling paint my first trip to home depot.
To sum everything up, this wasn't as stressful as I thought it would be. I think the only reason is because my sister took on most of the sanding of the walls in the room.
Eventually, I will paint all the base boards and trim again because as you can see paint doesn't seem to stay on the walls.
It only took 1.5 cans of paint. So I still have enough to paint the closets if I ever feel like unscrewing everything and putting it back up.


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As Google promised that the binaries and factory images for all the Nexus variants like Nexus 4, Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 will be available soon after releasing Nexus 5 along with Android 4.4 KitKat, even yesterday we updated that already Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 Android 4.4 KitKat update started rolling out.
Although some OTA's haven't even rolled out yet but all recent Nexus devices have Android 4.4 KRT160 factory images and drivers available for download, which means you can now flash stock Android 4.4 into any supported device even if an OTA wasn't available. You can find the links below for Nexus images and drivers.
You can now root and install Android 4.4 in any Nexus variant. We will provide flashing instructions soon. But if you want to root your device now before flashing, you can follow the process below
- Don't forget to take nandroid backup (just in case anything goes wrong)
- Charge your device to 100%, so that your device doesn't runs out of battery while the process
- Install Android SDK
- Turn on USB debugging mode on
Let's start rooting your device now,
- Flash TWRP from here (Reboot the device into bootloader and then fastboot flash recovery the file)
- Reboot intor recovery (adb reboot recovery is required)
- Download SuperSU, then put the recovery into adb sideload mode, and then do adb sideload the file
- Congo! your device rooted now, Enjoy!


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Vietnam's logistics sector has largely failed to match the potential it's considered to possess nor fully meet demand. Many enterprises are now looking for the opportunities to join the sector, with Panasonic Vietnam recently setting up a Global Procurement Division in charge of all purchasing activities to cut costs by purchasing large quantities and better utilizing transport modes.
"We have set up new function of buying and selling so that our division can directly import and export or act as a trading company instead of functioning as a representative office as previously," General Manager of the Global Procurement Division at Panasonic Vietnam, Mr. TabuchiTeppei, said: "Our establishment contributes to further cost reductions at Panasonic factories."
Positive signs
According to a recent report from the Vietnam Logistics Association (VLA), the sector is recording average growth of 20 to 24 per cent each year despite the outsourcing logistics market only accounting for 3 to 4 per cent of total GDP.
In 2014 and 2015, 80 per cent of enterprises in the sector reached or exceeded their annual plans. Seventy per cent of logistics enterprises recorded profits while only 1 per cent went bankrupt; much less than in other industries. A number of large firms, such as SNP, Gemadept, Vinafco, Transimex Saigon, Vinafreight, Viconship, Vietfracht, and Sotrans are viewed as operating in a very professional manner.
"Many enterprises in the processing industry have independent logistics departments or subsidiaries that work effectively and professionally," according to Mr. Tran Du Lich, a member of the National Assembly Economic Committee.
In July, the Gemadept Corporation and the Minh Phu Hau Giang Port Company, an affiliate of the Minh Phu Seafood Corporation, agreed to build a VND670 billion ($30.8 million), 15 ha logistics center in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang. Gemadept will provide 51 per cent of the investment capital.
Mr. Pham Hong Hai, General Director of the Gemadept Logistics Company, a subsidiary of the Gemadept Corporation, said that the project will be connected with other logistics centers in Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Phong, Da Nang and elsewhere in Vietnam, together with other countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
"The project will help to cut logistics costs by up to 30 per cent for exporters in the Mekong Delta and by up to 20 per cent for companies producing consumer goods for distribution in the region," Mr. Hai said.
Figures from VLA show that the average charter capital of logistics companies is about VND4-6 billion ($180,000- $270,000); three or four times higher than in 2007. The number of small and medium-sized enterprises account for 72 per cent, while the remainder are large enterprises with charter capital of more than VND20 billion ($890,000). The number of enterprises using integrated logistics services providers or a third-party logistics provider (3PL) has grown over recent years and now account for 15 to 20 per cent.
The sector has continued to embrace information technology, with 10 per cent of enterprises being equipped with Enterprise Resource Planning systems, 17 per cent using Electronic Data Interchange, and most using customs and accounting software. In transport, 19 per cent of enterprises use transportation management systems and 29 per cent use GPS. Meanwhile, in warehousing, nearly 17 per cent used bar code systems and warehouse management software.
"Overall, the operational capacity of logistics enterprises has developed and exhibits stability," according to VLA Chairman Do Xuan Quang. "Many businesses have plans to develop transport, warehousing, and integrated logistics services providers, or 3PL."
Mr. Quang also noted that Vietnam's logistics industry has built trust with not only domestic but also international customers, leveraging local advantages and cooperating with foreign firms to integrate logistics activities.
Limitations to address
Despite the positives, the facts show that only a small number of domestic logistics enterprises have the capacity to join international logistic chains or supply foreign corporations. "Vietnamese enterprises account for about 11 per cent in quantity and 5 per cent of the value in the total supply system of Panasonic factories in Vietnam," Mr. Teppei said. "Panasonic evaluates suppliers by certain criteria, such as quality assurance, appropriate scale, and technology."
He added, however, that this could be regarded as a good sign for Vietnamese enterprises who wish to become a Panasonic supplier in the future because domestic supply is currently quite limited.
VLA is unhappy that of the 1,300 enterprises in Vietnam's logistics sector, foreign-invested firms hold 75 per cent of the market share while representing only 4 to 5 per cent of players.
"Logistics and distribution power currently lies with foreign investors and enterprises while domestic firms only play a minor role," said Vice President of Avina Logistic, Ms. Le Hoang Oanh. "Preferential investment policies, the appearance of 100 per cent foreign invested enterprises, and a lack of technology transfer makes it difficult for domestic companies to seize opportunities and secure resources." Vietnam is losing its distribution power in the global supply chain as a result.
Shortages of skilled workers are also an obstacle for the local logistics sector. According to Mr. Quang, only 5 to 7 per cent of workers are well trained and educated while 85 per cent of enterprises must train their workers after they are employed. About 40 per cent of logistics companies said that their workers satisfy their requirements while 23 per cent complained about low skills.
According to Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh, in recent years the government has spent a large part of the State budget and ODA resources to invest in infrastructure to facilitate freight transport and the development of logistics services. Vietnam's seaport network has also seen investment in large-scale constructions and modern equipment.
However, one of the major difficulties for logistics enterprises is the poor connection between infrastructure and commodity centers. Most cities and provinces lack forwarding centers and dedicated supply services.
"Transport infrastructure, connectivity between seaports, airports, traffic routes, production areas, and warehousing is inconsistent so vehicles need to travel further and carry less cargo," Ms. Oanh explained. "This leads to high logistic costs."
The legal and institutional framework for logistics is also quite complex and in need of closer coordination between relevant agencies. "Administrative procedures are slow and overlap between management agencies as well as legislation, which affect efficiency," Mr. Quang said.
Efforts at developing technology are considered to have been ineffective. "Business operations are not effective because information technology is not sufficiently applied and productivity is low," Ms. Oanh said. About 25 to 30 per cent of companies choose to outsource logistics services, which also affects efficiency and the development of logistics outsourcing in Vietnam.
Necessary move
The many free trade agreements (FTAs) Vietnam has signed and the establishment of ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) at the end of this year will lead to increases in both imports and exports and foreign investment is predicted to grow strongly. Many logistics enterprises in ASEAN countries are keen to expand their markets. Enterprises from these countries have a deeper understanding of the laws, customs and culture of Vietnam than those from other countries, making development and integration easier.
"Vietnam's logistics sector opened up in 2014 under commitments made when the country joined the WTO, and competition has been fierce between domestic and foreign enterprises," Mr. Hai said. "The opportunities are shared equally, so enterprises with careful preparations can leverage these opportunities to gain a competitive advantage."
To face the foreign challenge, many local logistics enterprises agree that they need to work together to create a complete chain, because loose links are paving the way for foreign competitors to dominate the market.
The State should also have a policy for lending to local logistics enterprises. Moreover, to help cut costs, transport infrastructure and procedures must have a clearer strategy.
"Many domestic companies have potential and are enthusiastic to become partners of Panasonic but their poor management is a major challenge," Mr. Teppei said. "In the future, when Vietnam's market becomes more open, it will be critical for domestic companies to have an open mind and learn from successful foreign companies to improve."
"I think that a change in mindset to adapt to the new era is very important. Previously, logistics enterprises mostly invested in property and infrastructure. In the new context, logistics services need to meet the demands of customers. Competition is now based on human resources, technology, and the effective exploitation of logistics infrastructure. We understand that one business cannot meet all requirements, so logistics enterprises need to cooperate with each other to improve overall competitiveness."
Mr. Pham Hong Hai, General Director of the Gemadept Logistics Company
"At the moment, domestic logistics and supply chains are developing but not reaching their potential or the expectations of customers. However, I believe this situation will change in the future. Domestic enterprises must change and improve quickly, especially when the ASEAN Economic Community is established at the end of this year and more importantly when the TPP comes into effect."
Mr. Tabuchi Teppei, General Manager of the Global Procurement Division at Panasonic Vietnam
"Vietnam has a good geopolitical location. If the State as well as local people can understand the value of logistics in the global chain, the country can become a logistics center for the region and the world."
Ms. Le Hoang Oanh,Vice President of Avina Logistic


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By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Prosecutors from fifteen different countries across Latin America, Europe and Africa are meeting Thursday and Friday in Brasilia, Brazil to discuss a mega corruption scandal perpetrated in their countries by Brazilian multinational construction conglomerate Odebrecht.
Transparency International says the meeting will help countries dismantle corruption plans which cross borders and have a negative effect on the populations of these countries.
"Prosecutors should explore creating a joint investigative task force on a global scale, focused on offshore schemes and money laundering. A more efficient and coordinated investigation is key to dismantling the corrupt systems that perpetuate poverty and inequality in Latin America and Africa," said José Ugaz, head of Transparency International in a press release earlier this week.
The international corruption watchdog group is recommending five key actions, starting with: setting up a regional task force of one or more joint investigative teams to ensure a coordinated and rapid response; and civil society should be allowed to monitor any cooperation agreements, including any leniency agreements made with companies that cooperate and plea bargains with individuals.
Also listed are; the Brasilia meeting should agree on effective ways to boost access to information in countries where it is difficult to monitor judicial procedures; all agents or companies who allegedly facilitated or funded corruption schemes should be identified and sanctioned; and resources generated by fines and settlements should be used to fund corruption prevention programs.
According to Ugaz "The Brasilia meeting presents a tremendous opportunity to tackle grand corruption in a meaningful, global way. The prosecutors should use this opportunity to share experiences, strategies and information in order to improve their work. In each country people are demanding the same kind of results that prosecutors in Brazil have achieved."
The organization also calls upon the Brazilian Congress to approve the ten measures against corruption presented by the Prosecutor's Office to Brazil's Legislative House. In May of 2016, social movements delivered more than two million signatures supporting the measures to Congress.
Odebrecht has been accused of paying more than US$788 million in bribes to officials in at least twelve Latin American and African countries between 2001 and 2014 for public work contracts in those nations. The scandal is part of the mega-corruption graft dubbed Lava Jato, which has sent dozens of Brazilian politicians and executives to jail.
In late 2016, 77 Odebrecht officials agreed to plea-bargain with Brazilian federal prosecutors in return for lenient sentences. Among those entering the agreement is Marcelo Odebrecht, once the CEO of the family-owned conglomerate. The former CEO, in jail since June of 2015, has been sentenced to nineteen years and four months in prison for crimes of passive corruption, criminal association and money laundering in the Lava Jato scandal.
In December of 2016, Odebrecht agreed to pay the governments of the U.S. and Switzerland more than US$3.5 million in penalties due to the fact that much of the money illicitly paid out to officials were deposited in U.S. and Swiss banks.
The meeting, presided by Brazil's chief prosecutor, Rodrigo Janot, will have representatives from Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Mozambique, Panama, Peru, Portugal and Venezuela.


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Punch it up at your next party with an all-rounder punch recipe to entertain the masses. Punch is as versatile as the ingredients used to make it.
Enjoy this refreshing cocktail with fruity notes of wild blackberry this summer while relaxing with friends.
The French Connection is a simple mixed drink requiring no flashy bartending skills so of course it's right up our alley.
Some would call it blasphemy to mix cognac with anything a snifter and a Cuban cigar.
Few cocktails are as simple and easy to prepare as the Gin & Tonic and the English staple is utter perfection when done right.
You won't look back after trying this refreshing cocktail with subtle fruity flavours.
Should your martini be shaken or stirred? Made with vodka or gin? Here's where you'll find the best cocktail recipes, serving suggestions and helpful hints to make your next shindig a show stopper.


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Do you enjoy playing video games? Do you have a creative game idea that you would like to transform into a reality? Computer video games are big business in the US, with computer and video game software sales of $91.5B in 2015. 38% of US video and computer game companies are located in California, with half of those in the Bay Area. Qualified candidates are in great demand with employment growth in the industry averaging 9% annually since 2009, much faster than average.
Programming and hardware essentials are a must for a career in video games, considering games are sophisticated computer software. Cabrillo offers you a way to get started in the game programming industry and other computing fields. Our Computer Science Program gives you an advantage by providing you with a state-recognized skills certificate in game programming when you complete the following three course series:
|CS-11 or CS-12J: Introduction to Programming
|CS-12GP: Game Programming in Java
|CS-20J: Java Programming
Cabrillo's courses transfer to most colleges and universities, and some courses have prerequisites. For more information visit: www.cabrillo.edu/academics/computerscience/
In this course you learn how to program your own video games. Learn the techniques that let you create games the way you want them to work. We start with the basics of the Java programming language and progress through a number of exciting techniques that you use to produce your own computer video game.Topics include:
These skills are useful for programming your own video games -- and in a wide array of other computer industries and careers.
This course is open to the general public and no prior programming experience is required. For a more detailed list of course topics visit the instructor's home page: www.edparrish.net.


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Dilip Chhabria has selected Volvo B9R Multi-axle , Which is has more spacious bus and extra-power with latest features.
DC has up-graded this Volvo B9R into luxurious Bus & named has DC Luxuria Bus.
The interior of bus has been changed total
*Canopy of the interior bus has been changed , some LED-light and High quality-speakers are fitted to the canopy .
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Coyote Ugly actress Maria Bello reveals she is gay
Maria Bello has revealed she is gay, and in a relationship with a woman.
In a piece written for the New York Times, the 46-year-old actress says she has been dating her best female friend. In the heartfelt passage called Coming Out as a Modern Family, Maria explains how she told her 12-year-old son about it.
"This was the moment I had been anticipating and dreading for months," Maria wrote. "I took a deep breath, knowing that my answer, and his response, would have an impact on our lives for a very long time. I was with someone romantically and I hadn't told him. I had become involved with a woman who was my best friend, and, as it happens, a person who is like a godmother to my son."
Maria goes on to admit she was constantly depressed by how her past relationships never worked out. The Coyote Ugly star had dated both men and women, but was always disappointed, a realization she came to through reading old diaries.
"I read about the handful of men and the one woman I had been in romantic relationships with, passages rife with pain and angst… As I continued to look through photos, I came across a black-and-white one of my best friend and me taken on New Year's Eve. We looked so happy, I couldn't help but smile," she wrote.
Maria says this moment a year ago was what made her consider being in a romantic relationship with her friend Clare.
The star was previously linked to TV executive Dan McDermott, Jack's father.
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When Her Tan Faded, She Had Suspicious Red Patches
It wasn't until her tan disappeared that Karin van der Valk noticed the suspicious red patches on her left cheek.
"I thought it was sunburn, but when my tan was all gone in the winter, I realized the red patches were quite prominent," she said.
It took her a while to discover the cause of the redness. "I also have asthma and allergies, and tend to break out in red patches when I'm suffering an attack," she said.
In addition, red facial tones were not uncommon in her family. "My father is from Holland," she said. "He always had redness on his face, but his freckles tended to camouflage it."
About one year after noticing the initial red patches, van der Valk went to see a physician. He thoroughly examined her face under a magnifying glass and told her she had rosacea. He explained the condition's chronic nature of flare-ups and remissions and told her what she could do to help control it. He prescribed a topical cream medication she applies twice a day and suggested she avoid potential irritating factors.
Stress, according to van der Valk, is her greatest rosacea tripwire. "When I am under pressure or nervous, I immediately feel my neck get red, blotchy and hot. Soon after, I see the rosacea."
When her rosacea flares up, van der Valk said she can usually cover it fairly well. "I use a green base stick and foundation."
She also uses a simple skin-care routine. She washes with a mild bar soap and warm water, then applies her medication and a hypoallergenic moisturizer.
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So how long had it been? I took those pictures on Superbowl Sunday and it had been 4 weeks and 1 day since I washed it last. Yup, you read that right, just a little over a month!
"So Jo. Why would you share something like this with us?" you might be asking.
Two reasons. The first, because I read an article on Beauty Brains called Can you train your hair to be less oily? and secondly, because enough people have asked me about my hair that I feel like I should come clean about my secret. 🙂
So here is the story behind it.
During the summer of 2006, I dyed my hair a reddish-brown and every time I washed it, I literally saw my money going down the drain. I decided that if I didn't wash my hair, I wouldn't lose my color (brilliant, right?). So I stopped washing it. On top of it not only being a hot summer, I was taking dance classes, meaning I was sweating more than the average bum. Needless to say I was a greasy mess, but I put up with it so I could save my hair color. After slowly pushing the time in between washes, I am now able to go a month without washing my hair.
I know that sounds gross, but here's the thing. My hair looks less greasy than yours does after 4 days. I don't mean that to come off as being mean, it's just that you can't tell that it had been a month when you look at me. Bonus: my hair is softer than it's ever been.Un-bonus: that's actually a problem (what girl complains about that?) when it comes to styling my hair. I don't typically use product, so I rely on my natural pomade to keep my coiffure up and my victory rolls tight.
So yeah, you can "train" your hair to be less greasy. I did and you can too. Think about it.
Tips if you want them:
- It takes time to train your hair. If you normally wash your hair every 3 days, push it to 4. Then push it to 5. Then push it to 6. Then push it to 7. Keep pushing!
Accept the fact that your hair will be greasy. But hey, guess what? It's just hair. You can still function as a member of society if you haven't washed your hair.
Figure out how to wear your hair so it's less gnarly. Start wearing it up. Find a big headband. Use a scarf. Get inventive.
Remember, people aren't really looking at you that closely. You might have some shine, but people won't think less of you as a person, and if they do, clip 'em! Don't worry about them, focus on the goal.
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Chiefs exit preseason with more questions
Can Derrick Johnson walk, let alone run?
What's up with Brady Quinn?
Does anybody have a phone number for Donovan McNabb?
Whom do the pigskin gods hate more: Romeo Crennel or Scott Pioli?
Why is Matt Ryan licking his lips?
Nine days to go. So many questions.
Too many, in fact.
Again, the curtain has dropped on the preseason, and again, fans of the Chiefs left the first act clutching their guts and reaching for the liquor cabinet.
The Green Bay Packers handed Kansas City a 24-3 setback Thursday night at Lambeau Field, to close the books on August with a 1-3 record and offer up more questions than answers.
But here's the biggie, the elephant that won't leave the room: What the heck is Crennel's defense going to look like when Atlanta comes calling on September 9?
Already down starting cornerback Brandon Flowers (heel) and safety Kendrick Lewis (shoulder) in the secondary and nose tackle Anthony Toribio (ankle) up front, the franchise took another kidney punch when word leaked that Johnson, who hadn't missed a regular-season game at middle linebacker since 2009, suffered a serious ankle injury during the Packers loss.
With pass-rush specialist Tamba Hali suspended for the opener because of a violation of the NFL's substance abuse policy, there's a chance the Chiefs could be without four projected starters — two of them Pro Bowlers — once Ryan and the Falcons roll into Arrowhead.
And if that doesn't make you nervous, this might: The No. 1 backup to quarterback Matt Cassel when the season opens could very well be … Ricky Stanzi. Quinn, who'd beaten an overmatched Stanzi out for the No. 2 quarterback spot, was reportedly banged up at Lambeau Field as well.
Does anybody have a phone number for David Garrard?
Will the real Jon Baldwin please stand up?
Can Dontari Poe learn anything while being knocked on his keister?
After racing to a 17-3 halftime lead in the opening exhibition against Arizona, why were the Chiefs outscored in the first half by a count of 54-20 — an average margin of 18-7 — by their next three opponents?
Why is this team sliding farther and farther backwards the closer we get to September 9?
Other than another roster-saving performance from backup tailback "Nasty" Nate Eachus (99 rushing yards on 21 carries), a blocked punt by Patrick DiMarco — Green Bay somehow collected the carom and turned it into a first down, it was that kind of night — and more battering-ram fun from Peyton Hillis, this was a game tape to be taken out and burned.
And speaking of burned, Packers backup Graham Harrell relieved Aaron Rodgers early on and completed 13 of 15 passes for 223 yards and two touchdowns. In Harrell's previous three preseason appearances, he'd connected on just 50.8 percent of his throws and had been sacked five times. Before you get too excited, Cheeseheads, take heed — Kansas City's defense has developed the unfortunate habit of helping quarterbacks look a few grades above their pay scale over the past three weeks, forcing one local to tweet:
"(The) Chiefs will start (the) season with an OK running game, an unproven passing attack, a defense with major holes and backups that suck."
Or are we pushing the panic button too soon? Yes, the Kansas City wound up 1-3 in the preseason for the ninth time over the past 34 seasons. But get this: Of those other eight clubs, six wound up with winning seasons; four eventually made the playoffs. Those squads averaged 9.5 regular-season victories. For better or worse, there's a long way to go.
So in the big picture, your guess is as good as ours. Heck, probably better. Just to be safe, though, does anybody have a number for Brett Favre?
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Innocent Owner/Operator Program (IOP)
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The Texas IOP, created by House Bill 2776 of the 75th Legislature, provides a certificate to an innocent owner or operator if their property is contaminated as a result of a release or migration of contaminants from a source or sources not located on the property, and they did not cause or contribute to the source or sources of contamination. Like the Texas Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP), the IOP can be used as a redevelopment tool or as a tool to add value to a contaminated property by providing an Innocent Owner/Operator Certificate (IOC). However, unlike the VCP release of liability, IOCs are not transferable to future owners/operators. Future innocent owners or operators are eligible to enter the IOP and may receive an IOC only after they become an owner or operator of the site.
Becoming Eligible for Immunity
To become eligible for immunity, the innocent owner or operator must grant reasonable access to the property for future investigation or remediation, agree on necessary restrictions to protect human health and the environment, if appropriate, and demonstrate that:
- the property has become contaminated because of a release or migration of contaminants from a source or sources not located on or at the property;
- he or she has not caused or contributed to the source or sources of the contamination;
- he or she did not acquire the property from the person that caused the release; or if the property was purchased from the owner of the source property after September 1, 1997, the effective date of the IOP law, the applicant must demonstrate he did not know or have reason to know of the contamination at the time the property was acquired.
- As per the IOP law, it will be necessary for IOP parties to submit:
- an application;
- a fee of $1,000 to cover the TCEQ's review cost. (Any portion of the application fee not incurred or obligated in the review of the application shall be refunded.); and
- a Site Investigation Report (SIR) that describes the contaminated area of concern.
Upon completion of a SIR that demonstrates that the above criteria have been met, then the owner/operator is eligible to receive an IOC from the TCEQ. Parties may terminate their participation in the IOP at any time by written notice to the program.
The state laws that are the foundation of the IOP program are summarized in the Health and Safety Code 361.751-361.754 .
The state rules that guide decision making in the IOP program are summarized in the Innocent Owner/Operator Program Rules 30 TAC 333.31-333.43 .
Unless otherwise noted, the following documents are provided in pdf. (Help with PDF.)
- IOP Guidance Document (RG-382) Revised April 2008.
- The Correspondence ID Form (TCEQ Form 20428) must accompany all correspondence submitted to all Remediation Division cleanup programs and should be affixed to the front of your submittal as a cover page on or after June 1, 2010. Before completing the form, be sure to read the Correspondence ID form instructions . Please provide one paper copy and one electronic copy (on USB or disc) of all submittals to the VCP. Note that the electronic and hard copies should be identical, complete copies.
- IOP Application Instructions Instructions for filling out the IOP application form.
- IOP Application Form (TCEQ-10019) Complete this form to request assistance and review from the Innocent Owner/Operator Program staff. Please also complete the CORE Data form to meet IOP application requirements.
- CORE Data Form (TCEQ Form No. 10400) Complete this form to maintain Central Registry database information and to fulfill IOP application requirements.
- CORE Data Form Instructions (TCEQ Form No. 10400) Use this form to assist you in completing the CORE Data Form. You must complete this form in order to meet IOP application requirements.
- IOP Public Notification Letter Use this example to notify adjacent property owners of the IOP application submittal, as per IOP rule (30 TAC 333.36).
- IOP Certificate Example of the certificate that certifies an applicant has completed all requirements concerning the Innocent Owner/Operator Program.
IOP Site Information Spreadsheet
This spreadsheet contains general and historical information regarding sites that have participated in the IOP and is updated at least semi-annually. Please search TCEQ's Central Registry for more detailed information about specific sites.
If you have any comments or questions about the IOP, please send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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DeSousa Oil and Service Corp. is a family-owned full service heating oil business. We deliver quality heating oil at a reasonable price along with reliable service. Our service area is within a 15 mile radius of Palmerton. The areas we cover are: Aquashicola, Bowmanstown, East Penn Township, Franklin Township, Kunkletown, Kresgeville, Lehigh Township, Lehighton, Lower Towamensing Township, Palmerton, Parryville, Slatington, Towamensing Township, Walnutport and Weissport.
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Author Thomas Lynch thinks sex and death are part and parcel of all writing.
Referring to his most recent book, "Apparitions & Late Fiction," a collection of short stories and a novella, Lynch says, "I have no corner on the market."
He dares readers to find any Shakespearean writing that doesn't involve sex and death.
Readers who have been following the writing of the undertaker from Milford know he has experience in death, but will have to speculate about the other half of the equation while reading his new book.
At the very least, they will have to agree he has an active imagination.
His newest collection of fiction is a departure from his previous books which were collections of essays and poetry. And, although Lynch is currently working on a longer piece of fiction, he said if he didn't use poetry as a daily exercise he wouldn't write.
That would be a terrible loss.
He told a standing-room-only audience at Nicolas Books in Ann Arbor this past week that his journey into fiction has been an interesting road as he delved into the lives of a trout bum, a casket salesman, an embalmer, an academic poet and a randy minister, among others, in his first book of fiction.
"Fiction requires day-to-day concentrated work. Writing characters and narrative requires more blocks of time. Poetry and essays are portable — you can work on them whenever."
Lynch's devoted followers will not be disappointed with his recent work. Those who gorge themselves on his collections of essays, "The Undertaking" and "Bodies in Motion and Rest," will recognize his reoccurring themes, in which death is not only a sinister stranger waiting on a corner, but is just as often an old friend.
As with all great writers he draws heavily on the authors who have gone before him, but he doesn't hammer you with their style. His opening short story, "Catch and Release," has overtones of Hemingway throughout as the character travels the river to release his father's ashes at the altar of nature. Images of Raymond Carver and James Agee float in and out of his work with ease.
Likewise, in "Matinee de Septembre" he parallels the voice heard in Thomas Mann's "Death in Venice," but switches the gender of the protagonist and moves the setting to Mackinac Island and the venerable Grand Hotel.
When asked about the role of clergy in his writing, Lynch told his Ann Arbor audience he is especially considerate of the clergy. Lynch has seen many men and women of the cloth forging a bond with grievers in his 35 years as an undertaker.
"Nobody brings his B-game to a burial with a corpse on the premises," he said. "They bring their best. They are heroes to me. They try to make sense of unspeakable things."
Dressed in modified mortician garb — a dark blue blazer, jeans and a dark navy shirt — Lynch is masterful at reading his own work. His quiet voice, with a hint of an Irish lilt, picked up from grandmother and time he spends in Ireland at his ancestral home, is mesmerizing.
He says he writes his sentences as if they are going to be heard, much like his poetry.
In person he reminds one of an Irish Garrison Keillor and as he takes you through a scene or two in "Apparitions" he breaks into the Beatles song "Let It Be," which he has incorporated into his novella.
Lynch will be giving the keynote address at A Rally of Writers, a workshop being held Saturday, April 10, at Lansing Community College West Campus. He will speak at 9 a.m. and, although the conference carries a $70 fee, his talk is free and underwritten by the Michigan Humanities Council.
Lynch said his final short story, about the poet vacationing on Mackinac Island, was the most difficult to complete.
First, he said there was a disagreement with editors who wanted a male protagonist; he wanted a female. He won out and his character, Aisling Black, is an academic grieving the loss of her husband. While spending four weeks on Mackinac Island she becomes enamored with a Jamaican servant. Although it closely follows Mann's original work it takes its own twists and turns.
Those in love with Lynch's poetry should not despair. Later this year, he will issue another poetry collection titled "Walking Papers." Lynch said the title is derived from his daily stroll.
"The images are ones that came to me when I was walking," he said.
His new book of shorter works of fiction is also a walk — a walk on the wild side, and quite a surprise for a first work of fiction.


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Ray and I gave up meat for Lent, so we've been experimenting with a lot of vegetarian recipes over the last ten or so days. I've been wanted to learn how to recreate my favorite vegetarian burger, the portobello from GoodBurger here in NYC. The mushroom tastes juicy and tender and the burger is topped with basil pesto, cabot cheddar and roasted red peppers (which I usually have removed).
I searched online and found two recipes that sounded good, bought some organic portobellos from the local farmer's market and decided to make two of each. Only substituting the GoodBurger toppings for the ones described in the respective recipes.
Burger "A" seen in the front/left came from Martha Stewart'sEveryday Food site. This was the easier of the two, but slightly more time consuming.
After cleaning the mushroom caps, I put them in a rimmed baking pan with water, olive oil and salt and baked them for about 35 minutes. Exact instructions can be found by following the link.
Burger "B," shown in the back right, looks pretty much the same as "A" but these cleaned portobellos were marinated in a balsamic vinegar, olive oil, garlic and italian spice mix. That recipe came from AllRecipes.com. After marinating, I grilled the mushrooms while continually basting them.
Find out our opinions of the burgers after the jump.
Both burgers were great! I would make either again, but my personal favorite was burger "B" marinated in the balsamic mixture. It was a little juicier and had an extra burst of flavor which I loved. Burger "A" was a little drier and more savory because it wasn't flavored with the balsamic. The salt on Burger "A" came through a little more which was delicious.
Ray also participated in the taste test. He favored burger "A" because it was less sweet. He, too, said both were good and he would eat either again, but his clear favorite was the baked version.


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How much does it cost for a year supply of baby bibs?
well if you are one of those fab moms whose baby has to have a bib for every day of the week, you would propbly spend 100 dollars
How much does a year's supply of baby wipes cost?
How much does a year's supply of baby bottles cost?
Are you talking about the bottles themselves? Or the formula that is needed to feed the baby? If you are meaning the formula, it would depend on what type and what brand. If you are able to breastf...
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How much does a month supply of baby wash cost?
I don't know woman
How much does a years supply of baby clothes cost?
It depends on where you shop for the baby. And also how fast the baby grows.


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The Universal Coretech is the best all-around shape for recreational Stand up Paddling in flatwater. It's larger volume and full rails allow you to float with ease in flatwater, making it a great solution for the entry level paddler looking for additional stability and control. Inside every Coretech board is our dense, purpose-molded foam and high-quality fiberglass and epoxy resin, making it just as lightweight as it is durable and long lasting. With a full deck pad with tie downs, an integrated ledge handle and leash plug, it's a great starter board, family board or beach house addition. Throw your dog on the front of this SUP! This is a good option for your first Stand Up Paddle board.
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The Dr. Pat Show: Talk Radio to Thrive By!: Dee Wallace and 5 Simple Steps that Restore Order Out of Chaos
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By Scott Cleland, Director, Product Marketing
Healthcare organizations rely on instant data access to make life-saving decisions. Patient record availability is not just a regulatory requirement—it's critical to delivering quality care.
Healthcare IT managers must maintain a highly available and high performance application infrastructure to run the clinical applications that support critical patient services.
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Comprehensive, real-time measurement of the entire application infrastructure enables healthcare IT performance teams to proactively manage their end-to-end systems, quickly identify root causes of issues, and detect emergent issues before they become problems that impact care delivery. This definitive level of visibility also helps teams optimize resource utilization and prevent unnecessary purchases.
This in turn significantly reduces the amount of resources required to troubleshoot I/O problems and eliminate the risk associated with deploying clinical applications in virtualized environments.
The VirtualWisdom App-centric Infrastructure Performance Management platform is the only real-time, end-to-end application infrastructure monitoring and optimization solution that helps improve application response times while reducing latency. This enables IT teams to drive the highest performance and availability at the optimal cost and lowest risk for their existing application infrastructures—helping to eliminate over-provisioning while at the same time eliminating risk. Through the definitive insights that VirtualWisdom delivers, teams can quickly and easily identify root causes for latency and bottlenecks, enhance clinical work flow, and ensure reliable and timely access to medical records for improved quality of care.
Virtual Instruments has gained a reputation in healthcare communities as the necessary piece to ensure SLAs placed on medical applications, most importantly, EMR or EHR (EPIC, Cerner, Siemens, GE and McKesson, Allscripts) applications to run flawlessly and optimally no matter the load placed on them. We have deployed professional services and key support personnel to get to the root cause of lingering problems and help healthcare organization de-risk their environments and place customer satisfaction at the top of their key performance indicators.
"Our IT team used to spend days—even weeks— trouble-shooting the root cause for outages which affected our users and made them uncomfortable with the availability of key applications. With VirtualWisdom in place we were able to be proactive and improve the performance and availability of our electronic health records applications and improve the service levels delivered to our care providers."
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In female reproductive system ovaries plays an important role. Sometimes a fluid filled pockets develops on/in the ovary. They are harmless, painless and usually go away without any treatment. Every woman develops at least one cyst in their lifetime. Problems arises when they don't go away normally. Symptoms might include abdominal pain, fever, dizziness, pelvic pain. Symptoms should not be ignored because they can indicate towards ruptured cyst.
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Pearce nearly turned down Iron Man 3 role
Australian actor Guy Pearce has revealed he initially turned down a role in Iron Man 3 because he couldn't see the script.
The Australian star later agreed to play Aldrich Killian in the blockbuster but told Total Film there was a problem with the high level of secrecy surrounding Marvel's third instalment.
"My agent was certainly very excited by the prospect of Iron Man 3, and I knew it would be seen by a lot more people (than my previous films were)," he said.
"But for me, it was just a case of going, 'Well, this will be fun. I like Robert Downey Jr and Gwyneth Paltrow and I like what they did before'."
Pearce, 46, says Shane Black, who directed Iron Man 3 had apparently been a fan of his and called him up.
They ended up having a meeting, where Black told Pearce he couldn't give him a script, but was able to run him through the story over lunch.
"It sounded really interesting," he says.
"But I did end up saying to my agent, 'I'm not going to do this movie until they show me the script'."
The problem was, they didn't want to show him one.
"So I said I wasn't going to do it", Pearce says.
In the end, they sent him the script via link.
"You have two hours to read it before your computer blows up! And it was fine - it was exactly what we'd talked about," he says.
Pearce was right about a lot of people going to see it. Iron Man 3 went on to gross more than $US1 billion ($A1.08 billion) worldwide.
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Salvator Rosa: Bandits, Wilderness, and Magic
Salvator Rosa (1615–1673) was one of the boldest personalities and most powerfully inventive artists of 17th-century Italy. Best known as the creator of wild landscapes where bandits and hermits lurk among shattered trees and rocks, he ranged widely and with great originality in his choice of subjects; he was fascinated by extremes of action and danger, and equally by science and magic. Rosa was also an actor and a poet. His grace and charm delighted the scholarly world, but he was excessively vain and often involved in bitter feuds. This is the first major U.S. exhibition devoted to Rosa; it surveys his career with 36 of his best paintings.
The works in the exhibition are grouped by theme, beginning with portraits. Rosa's portraits are not official or commissioned likenesses, but imaginary representations of philosophers, allegorical figures, and studies of expressive faces. A skilled self-publicist, he also presented his many-sided talents with panache in a group of self-portraits, showing himself as actor, painter, or philosopher. These are personal works that Rosa gave to his friends from literary academies.
An important selection of Rosa's landscapes are featured in the exhibition. During his earlier career, Rosa painted the Neapolitan coastline with a new directness. In Rome and Florence, he responded to the brilliant light effects of Claude Lorrain and to Dutch and Flemish scenes full of lively sailors and peddlers. Rosa's later landscapes became increasingly theatrical, and humankind seems tiny and insubstantial before the violence of the elements. The enormous fame of his work among British Romantic artists and writers of the 18th and 19th centuries depended on these dark, awe-inspiring landscapes, so neatly summarized in Horace Walpole's famous comment: "Precipices, mountains, wolves, torrents, rumblings––Salvator Rosa."
Rosa's scenes of witchcraft, the focus of the third section, are among the most bizarre images of 17th-century art. The practice of witchcraft was still widely regarded as a reality, and the supposed activities of witches were codified in the manuals of Renaissance demonologists. Rosa's literary friends, particularly in Florence, delighted in macabre and gruesome themes, and unlike earlier Italian painters, Rosa turned for inspiration to the ugly and obscene witches created by German artists such as Albrecht Dürer. He shows grotesque old women astride skeletons or practicing necromancy and elaborate still lifes of the ingredients of magic.
The visitor next turns to Rosa's paintings of bandits, the earliest of which are rooted in reality and show the highwaymen who terrorized the Italian countryside in the 17th century. In 1656, he moved away from this kind of realism with etchings showing imaginary warriors in fanciful armor, and he began to enrich his landscapes with such exotic figures. They are associated with harsh and inaccessible countryside and evoke the dangerous glamor of outlaws who haunted the Apennine Mountains. In England, Rosa's name rapidly became synonymous with wild scenery and brigands, and by the mid-18th century he had himself become a legendary figure. It was believed that he had been part of a mythical band of soldier-artists in Naples or a prisoner of bandits in the Abruzzo region.
The final section of the exhibition explores the artist's interest in philosophy and magic. Rosa had "an overriding love and thirst for glory [and] . . . a passionate desire to appear a true philosopher." To this end, he painted scenes from the lives of ancient philosophers, from the Cynics and Stoics, who had debated the virtues of the simple life, to the natural philosophers and magicians from the earliest eras of civilization who seemed the heroic precursors of the Galilean scientists of modern times. These subjects resonated with intellectuals in Rome, where experimental science existed alongside an older culture of wonders and marvels. His mythological and biblical paintings featured dreams, prophecies, and the strange creations of nature. In some allegorical and satirical compositions, he addressed such themes as the vagaries of fortune and the sorry state of the arts in a corrupt age.
Salvator Rosa: Bandits, Wilderness, and Magic is organized by the Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, and the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth. The exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.


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In my quest to find useful resources I found this illustration about the various real world Gods....which many are Mystara Immortals....in marvel style art
here the link to the picture I could not let go on, without revealing this too all of you.
This is interesting stuff
Maybe some various immortals have alter-egoes and are depicted thus more often, but some new names do show up and could be used for other rarely depicted Mystara Immortals...just an idea..
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Here comes Christmas! Autumn went by fast and now our Lake Norman winter lies ahead. The chill is in the air! And everyone knows, the holiday season is the best time of year to spend the fun times at Horsefeathers. Our team has a plan; we can keep cold feet toasty warm with dancing to live music and our great schedule of entertainment.
Here at the HFR, the gang has many ways to get both feet warm. With our live bands, the dance floor is hopping and we are just warming things up. We have the hottest bar menu at the Lake, and if you add our famous smokin' BBQ and great music, Sherrills Ford is the hottest place to go to keep everything smokin' warm.
The gang at Horsefeathers offers six smokin' ways to keep the old feet toasty warm with the good times here in Lake Norman:
- Smokin' hot BBQ: With the largest smokehouse in the Lake Norman area, we serve the best smokin' hot BBQ, Jumbo Wings, Brisket, Hawg Wings, Appetizers and more. Our customers can choose from an array of great southern platings of deliciousness that include pulled pork, baby back ribs, beef brisket plate, our famous Hawg Wing dinner, Big Burgers, Tacos, Chicken Dinners and more.
- Warming it up: We have BBQ sauces that will warm everything up from head to toe. Our homemade sauces will rock the pallet each and every tine on many of our presentations. Customers can choose from three categories. We offer sweet BBQ sauces like Texas Mild, Teriyaki, and Sweet Chili. Our tangy sauces include Texas Medium, Texas Mustard, and Armadillo Rub. And to really make things toasty warm, everyone and anyone can choose our spicy sauces that include Texas Hot, High Octane and Fire Cracker. No better way than our great BBQ sauces to warm up from head to toe on a chilly day.
- Live music: Our live music warms up everything fun, so get on the dance floor! And yet, there is no problem sitting back and listening to all the great entertainment.
- NFL Sunday Ticket: Win or lose, the favorite team is always on one of our TVs. Horsefeathers is the place to watch every NFL game. We have the NFL Package here for Sundays, Mondays, and Thursdays and the playoffs are coming! Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers will be in it again! Call us at 704-966-0192 to reserve a TV for the game any day!
- Holiday party rooms: How about a party at Horsefeathers Roadhouse and Park? This holiday season, we have party rooms available for all of the office and family parties. Call us at 704-966-0192 to reserve a fun party room. Sit back, warm up the old feet, and let us do the cooking and serving for everyone.
- Live music, events and entertainment: Starting the month of December is Mike Cansler on stage Friday December 1; Triple Shot on Saturday December 2, on Wednesday December 6, we feature Ryan Trotti, and on Friday December 8th, DJ Distance! Our "That's One Ugly Sweater Holiday Party at the HFR is December 16th! More to come as we head towards Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, both big nights at the HFR! Stay tuned on our Facebook Page!
We are the best place in the Lake Norman area to warm up and enjoy the good times! Horsefeathers is so easy to find, located in Sherrills Ford off NC 150, just nine miles west of the Mooresville Sam's Club; 3746 Mt. Pleasant Rd., in the beautiful Lake Norman area. Come over to Horsefeathers Roadhouse and Park and put your feet up and enjoy life.
This Horsefeathers Roadhouse blog post about great times and great food in and around Lake Norman this holiday season is brought to you by the fun gang in Sherrills Ford, North Carolina, only 20 minutes from anywhere across Lake Norman!
Find HFR on Facebook, LIKE our page and SHARE our stuff! Check in on Facebook whenever you are at the HFR, and follow us on Twitter. We are even on Google + (Google My Business) where you can give us a FIVE STAR review. Head to our website for all the calendar of events and daily specials at the oldest watering hole in the LKN; it is high time to join in the fun.
Open Monday through Saturday at 11 A.M. and Sundays at 12 p.m., we close at 12 Midnight Monday through Thursday and even later if we have the demand. We stay open until 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday and 9 p.m. on Sundays.
Our address is 3746 Mt. Pleasant Rd. Sherrills Ford, NC 28673
Call us for anything, including party and bulk carryout orders, at 704 966 0192
Party rooms are always available. Make your next visit to HFR one to remember!
Horsefeathers Roadhouse is the fun place with the "Smokin' Serious BBQ" since 1996, and we are just a pleasant drive away from every town around town.
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Robert C. Froemke
Associate Professor, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, Neuroscience Institute, Stem Cell Institute, Departments of Otolaryngology and Neuroscience/Physiology
Ph.D., 2004 University of California, Berkley
Froemke Lab
Behavior, Network Dynamics, Neuroscience, Plasticity, Synapses
Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine
540 First Avenue 5th floor, Lab 9
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Synaptic Plasticity, Network Dynamics, and Behavior
We study the organization and plasticity of cortical synapses, and the relations between circuit dynamics and the control of perception and behavior. We use a range of techniques, including electrophysiological recordings in vivo and in vitro, 2-photon microscopy, behavioral methods, and computational analyses, to ask two main questions.
1. Neural circuitry and plasticity of mammalian social behavior. Social interactions, such as pair bond formation and child rearing, are fundamental aspects of animal and human behavior. Positive parent-child interactions are critical for normative child development, and child neglect can have drastic, life-long consequences on physical and mental health. Furthermore, neuropathological conditions such as autism, depression, and schizophrenia produce severe impairments and withdrawal of social behaviors. These disorders severely degrade the quality of life for patients and their families, and often involve costly long-term health care. We focus on the circuits and molecular cues that control vocal communication between mothers and children. We study ultrasonic vocalization signals in rodents and the control of cortical plasticity by hormones such as oxytocin, with in vivo whole-cell recording, multi-electrode recording, and behavioral analysis.
2. Long-term synaptic plasticity in cortical networks. The mammalian cortex is plastic, maintaining the capacity for structural and functional reorganization all throughout life. Plasticity is an important feature of the auditory cortex, especially for processing the behavioral significance of sensory signals such as speech, music and other forms of auditory communication. Mechanisms of cortical plasticity seem to be disrupted in learning impairments and language disorders; conversely, engaging these mechanisms by training programs and prosthetic devices will help repair damaged brains in pathological conditions. Thus understanding the rules, cellular mechanisms, and functional relevance of cortical plasticity is essential for language learning and mental health.
- Martins ARO, Froemke RC. Coordinated forms of noradrenergic plasticity in the locus coeruleus and primary auditory cortex. Nature Neuroscience 2015; 18:1483-1492. PMID:26301326
- D'amour JA, Froemke RC. Inhibitory and excitatory spike-timing-dependent plasticity in the auditory cortex. Neuron 2015; 86; 514-528. PMID: 25843405
- Marlin BJ, Mitre M, D'amour JA, Chao MV, Froemke RC. Oxytocin enables maternal behaviour by balancing cortical inhibition. Nature 2015; 520:499-504. PMID: 25874674
- Froemke RC. Plasticity of cortical excitatory-inhibitory balance. Annual Review of Neuroscience 2015; 38:195-219. PMID: 25897875


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Ever find yourself in a situation where you can't listen to KCSM-FM on the radio? Maybe the FM reception isn't so great where you work and your boss won't allow you to install an outside antenna. Or you're traveling to another city that's way beyond Jazz 91's reach. There is an easy solution; KCSM-FM offers free Internet streaming of our live radio broadcast at our website or via our free mobile app designed for your iPhone, iPad, Android phone or tablet.
Using your desktop or laptop computer connected to the Internet, navigate on over to www.kcsm.org. On the upper left side of the page you'll find a large green "Listen Live" button. Mouse click on that button and you'll be directed to our streaming page. The web stream will automatically launch and play the same great sounding music you hear broadcast over-the-air on Jazz 91. You'll find links to our playlist and to our show archives hosted by Radio Free America. Our stream URLs can also be found on the same page if you prefer to stream KCSM via iTunes or other media players.
If you'd like to listen using a mobile device, download the free KCSM iOS streaming app for iPhone or iPad from the Apple App Store. You will find the Android version for phones and tablets in the Google Play Store. These apps feature playlist access as well as an alarm clock and a sleep timer so you can begin and end your day listening to KCSM! Allow "push notifications" during installation for a chance at special news, information and giveaways from KCSM.
KCSM mobile apps use the advanced codec recommended by NPR Labs (HE-AACv2) and sound great. The apps will work using Wi-Fi or most cellular data services. Be aware when using your cellular data plan, streaming with the KCSM app uses roughly 1GB (gigabyte) of data for every 35 hours of listening.
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Digital Economy & Society department from European Commission shows an article about BNCI - Brain-Neural-Computer-Interaction. This area investigates how brain activity can be recorded and used to interact with an electronic device. It uses electroencephalography (EEG) in combination with electromyography (EMG) captured from muscles electrical signals.
BNCI is an information channel for sending messages and control commands direct from the brain to theexternal world. The critical progress needed for BNCI proliferation is not only in technical terms:
- Economy of scale – BNCI should be made useful to a wider group of users. Beyond the design for people with disabilities, a possible spill over to mainstream technologies could reduce costs and increase performance.
- Cool Design – In BNCI systems, in particular, the sensor should be cosmetically appealing to a broad range of users. Also, usability is of primary importance in people's perception.
- Zero Training – Preparation time and the presence of experts to set up BNCI should be reduced in the future – ideally the user can use the BNCI system independently.
- Interdisciplinary research - Stimulating increased networking and co-operation among engineering disciplines, computer science, neuroscience, psychology, medicine and bio-physiology.
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The police do little to nothing about it, yet the fire department will not enter the area without a police escort. Muslim illegals are flooding Calais, trying to get to the UK, while wreaking havoc on the local population. If you dare to complain, YOU get arrested.
Police go out of their way to not to incite the violent Muslims, regularly ignoring calls for help from residents when Muslim thugs try to break into their homes. If you dare to complain, you get arrested and accused of "racism" and "islamophobia." France is no longer for the French but for all the welfare whores and criminals from the Muslim world, funded by French taxpayers who are, in reality, financing their own demise. Think you are exempt? We will soon see this in every country that has opened its doors to these Muslim reprobates.


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Six terrorism suspects arrested in Karachi
Police on a tip off about presence of TTP terrorists conducted a raid in Rizvia Society and arrested six suspects after exchange of fire. A policeman was injured in the incident.
The six arrested men have been named as Saeed Alam, Syed Amin, Muzaffar, Naseer, Islamuddin and Abdul Hakim.
The arrested militants said to be affiliated with Adnan Rasheed Group of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Four pistols, six hand grenades and two motorbikes were captured from the possession of the arrested terror suspects, police officials said.
The terrorists had planted explosives in a motorcycle likely to be used for an attack in the city. The bomb disposal squad (BDS) defused the bomb. Four to five kilogrammes of the bomb material was planted in the motorbike, BDS officials said. The bomb made to be detonated with a mobile phone, experts said.
The arrested men have been transferred to an undisclosed place and being questioned by the investigators, sources said.
Bomb hurled at Rangers checkpost
Moreover, unidentified miscreants hurled a hand grenade at a check post of Rangers in Nazimabad.
The attackers escaped from the scene after hurling the bomb.
It was a homemade bottle bomb carrying 250 grams of explosives, officials said.


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Cosplayer Inabari > Costume of Protagonist (Persona 4)
- Most Recent Photo
- 05-02-2013
- Series
- Persona 4
- Character
- Protagonist
- Year Completed:
- 2009
- Construction Difficulty:
- Easy
- Costume worn at:
- Anime Boston 2011
- Anime USA 2009
- Anime Weekend Atlanta 2012
- Katsucon 2013
- Otakon 2009
About this Costume
- Construction Details:
I made this costume what feels like forever ago and kind of stupidly? Recently, I remade the pants, made a shirt so it would be really fitted with an enormous collar, and styled the wig less like a bowl cut haha.
I did all the stitching on it with embroidery floss, it's pretty easy and kinda fun, actually!
- Personal Thoughts:
- Um I love Persona and I'm not sure why this is my only costume from it haha.
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