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Tue, Dec 12th 2006 5:01pm
We've wondered about the valuations getting tossed around for social networking sites before, since they always seem to underestimate history -- in particular the fact that the web is littered with the remains of social-networking and community sites that have fallen prey to the faddish nature of the genre. It's a little surprising to see, then, Yahoo's internal projections for Facebook, part of a set of leaked documents that were reportedly prepared for takeover discussions. The story goes that, in the middle of the year, Yahoo offered a straight-up $1 billion for Facebook, which despite media reports, wasn't enough -- so Yahoo was prepared to go as high as $1.62 billion. This offer was made based on a projection that Facebook's $50 million or so in revenues this year could grow to $969 million by 2010, and generate $1 billion in profit by 2015. That's some, uh, healthy growth, to say the least, apparently grounded in the belief that Facebook's user base will continue to grow and reach 83 million by 2015. There are a few potential problems here: first, it's awfully hard to believe that Facebook will still be relevant and attractive in 9 years, given the disappearing nature of previous social-networking sites. Second, a significant challenge for Facebook will to be to hold on to its users as they age, so that user numbers grow, instead of aging users just being replaced by new younger ones. Finally, and most importantly -- those user numbers are meaningless without a means to monetize the traffic, something Facebook and its ilk really still haven't managed to figure out. For all the talk of the riches social-networking can offer, they aren't materializing, except in inflated buyout offers.
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SimplyGimp, 12 Dec 2006 @ 5:38pm
No foresight?Do these companies think MySpace, Facebook and the likes will have a niche on the web within 10 years? Seriously, do they think it's going to grow THAT much with the onset of other technologies that are pushing their way into the social aspect of being online?
If they honestly believe this, then I think they need to go ahead and piss away that 1.62 billion and make some people rich.
Matt, 12 Dec 2006 @ 5:50pm
I don't get itMy problem with online social networks is that I don't understand the point of them. I can subscribe to the idea that you can meet new people, but these outlets just seem so pointless. I had joined a few of them but only because everyone else was doing it too.
Other sites that have some point of discussion, collaboration, or interests (like Slashdot, Flickr, games, knitting, whatever) are more likely to get me interested in online social networking. Sites like those have purpose which is what attracts me. That's just my personal take on it though.
NewSpice, 12 Dec 2006 @ 6:06pmFacebook is an address book.
I can get the current locations, phones, and IM's of people I know. I can see if there is anyone in my network with a couch in Oregon.
That is its practical use.
I don't spend hours on it. And if I do log on, I never look at the ads. I never look at ads period. I have adblock + flashblock, and so do most savvy users. Any company that is stupid enough to think there is that much revenue involved, even with any kind of statistical sales, deserves to lose the money they spend on a buyout.
In a few years, there will be a new facebook, with another gimmick, like teledildonics or real-time gps tracking of your friend's dogs. What part of Trend don't executive understand?
T, 18 Apr 2007 @ 6:59am
Re:I understand the concern with the potential over valuation of some sites. However, the key point is that investors are looking at is that Facebook and others are not a "fad." These social networking companies will position themselves strongly in the market. When the new "idea" or technology comes out, the leaders of today will have the money and clout to implement or copy any of them immediately or with time.
Think of the McDonald's scenario...do you think the next person that creates a good tasting hamburger is going to take over the fast food hamburger market?( Highly unlikely) And, Microsoft, Dell, Apple, and IBM are not going anywhere either in light of the new kid on the block. Basically, the online social networking market leaders are being established today; the leaders will make exchanges within the top 5 to 10, but will likely remain the top leaders for a very long time if not forever. "Everyone else" can simply hope to get a slice of the pie; others will only be able to hope to obtain a billion dollar offer.
Moreover, there does not appear to be a full proof way to avoid all advertisement online....one might even see a strategic product placement in a music video or trailer to a movie, which is essentially an "ad," not to mention, the inevitable buzz that can occur within a community. Or, maybe one can jut change the "channel" only to eventually run into an ad five to ten minutes later.
Yet, 'true' --a strong valuation metric is not completely in place. Nevertheless, the diverted market share from other forms of media can be used as a measuring stick... tv, newspapers, radio all have measuring sticks and founded worth; users are rechanneling their attendance or participation into social networks and the Internet in general, today. The advertising money is simply recycling into other mediums; it will likely not be lost.
Besides, honestly, do you think any established business in their right mind would just look to gamble 1.6 billion away? They are conducting business not gambling. They could trade on the FX market for an unstable investment. They know that they can use Facebook for what it is now and use it in other capacities relative to the technologies and service/product launches they have in mind for the future.
I randomly came across this thread, and thought I would comment. Thanks all.
Sam Jackson, 12 Dec 2006 @ 6:13pmSo good to get some more realism here... too often I see the mainstream media just hype hype hype social networking whenever they talk about these valuations and everything. Some kind of giant stock-inflating complex, perhaps? No idea.
Fred Stutzman did a good job picking apart some of the problems with this valuation at his blog Unit Structures today (http://chimprawk.blogspot.com/2006/12/problem-with-yahoos-facebook-numbers.html ).
Just from where I stand, as a user of Facebook and someone surrounded by hundreds of facebook users every day with whom I frequently discuss Facebook (wow, our lives must suck!) the future is quite murky.
Sydney, 12 Dec 2006 @ 6:57pm
Not Necessarily SUCH a bad idea"Do these companies think MySpace, Facebook and the likes will have a niche on the web within 10 years? Seriously, do they think it's going to grow THAT much with the onset of other technologies that are pushing their way into the social aspect of being online?"
I don't know... As far as MySpace is concerned, it wasn't BUILT to BE a social networking site. It was built so that people could share their own music online. I don't think that anyone ever expected that it would grow so exponentially and morph into what it is today. And MySpace IS a nice way for people to band together regionally.
As far as yahoo goes, they have integrated a unique user experience with their PM's that offer easy video, photo and voice options. I can see where they were coming from with the thought of adding facebook to that.
I do, however, think that 1.62 billion is a PRETTY HEFTY price.
Bill Fong, 12 Dec 2006 @ 10:46pm
Numbers don't add upThe other number that doesn't add up is the total US population is just over 300 million. They would have to go international to generate 83 mil users and that would be a whole set of new problems and issues.
rishi, 13 Dec 2006 @ 12:42amWell, Robert murdoch paid $580 million for MySpace and got $900 million from Google just as advertising revenue a few months later.
Brad, 13 Dec 2006 @ 1:53am
rishi is an idiotRevenue isn't the same as profit. Myspace manages to spend a lot of money on very little, but it does have a massive server bill to pay.
The $900M wasn't a lump sum, it's Google's projected spending over 5 years, and it isn't a contractual obligation. It's just an expectation that THAT is how much Google will spend.
Google's will soon be aware of people who use Adblocking software (esp. with AdSense), and will not bill that to the advertiser, nor pay the display site. The visit won't even count.
Rishi is an Idiot. Social Networking Sites are NOT profitable in and of themselves. They are a source of vast market research, which is what Rupert Murdoch (not ROBERT) was purchasing. As an ongoing source of information about the products, bands, movies, and social trends young people are interested in, it'll help them make more money on other sectors.
MySpace is a giant focus group; nothing more.
The infamous Joe, 13 Dec 2006 @ 4:37am
Word on the (real) streets.I live pretty close to a college, and I've heard from those college kids only negative things about Facebook-- I expect it to go the way of the Crystal Pepsi.
MySpace, I think, will survive a bit longer... afterall, you don't see new movies or shows with their own facebook page, do you?
The Original Just Me, 13 Dec 2006 @ 6:00am
ChinaI think a lot of these 'pie in the sky' projections are hoping that a couple billion Chinese Internet users will push advertising even higher. While this is debatable, I find it somewhat amusing that these valuations seem to exceed the projected growth in advertising budgets, so where's the money going to come from?
Sam Jackson, 13 Dec 2006 @ 7:56am
actually...The infamous: You do, or at least, you did. Sort of. Facebook tried doing it a few months ago, I suppose when they were in a particularly MySpace-y kind of mood. They were not, however, very popular.


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I have to admit it has been emotionally difficult to adjust to "normal"life, which is devoid of novelty and excitement which characterized the last four months. Also I find myself now strangely reticent and reluctant to express to others my Amizade experiences, which, predictably, seem to now be slowly enveloped in a mental fog as time elapses. What I have learned now feels strangely personal and is not easily translated. Of course I have lots of photos that will help remind me of the trip. I will eventually find a language to share these pictures so that they may inspire others to learn, serve and understand. That is for later. In any event I have decided to post in order to return to a positive activity and which may help me through what has been called by some a "transitional period".
The first photo of the shut metal gate at the home where I stayed in Jamaica serves as the closing picture of my adventure. Standing behind it is Ms. Dorothy, who represents a different race, national origin, generation, and culture and serves for me today as an archetype for the many people I met. She knew I was an unusual guest and tolerated my rants. She listened to my words and showed me great kindness and seemed to have remarkable understanding although she was of humble background and had never been off the island. Today I must declare my trip is over and the door is closed. I have lots of photos and memories to carry me from that time into the future.
The second photo taken at the Rose Garden in Washington Park in Portland, Oregon, of a raven cawing at me, even when I snapped it, felt strangely ominous. Influenced of course from my recent experiences at the Navajo Nation where there is a strong belief in the messages from animals, it put me in touch with a deep feeling of alienation and disorientation although I was now within the fabric of my own kind. After having been out wandering all over the world, now, at home, I felt more lost.
I chose the third photo of a soon to open rhododendron bud as a positive expression that, like it, I am eager to blossom in some new refreshing way. Today I am swaying quietly in the wind, so to speak, but I am eagerly open for a new challenge. I have no idea how it will relate to where I've just been physically or spiritually or when I will find it. I hope ardently to feel again the exhilaration of bursting growth. That's all I ask.
I intend to change the title of this blog to Lee's Daily Adventure and post pictures of wherever I am, including Bend, Oregon. You will be able to find me right here without changing the url. I hope you'll stay with me and keep in touch via e-mail and comments.


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The Sims 3 On Xbox 360
The sims 3 is a life simulation game at its heart and has been planned since early 2008,like its predecessors it is extremely addictive and popular, the PC versions sold over 1.3 million copies in its first week and there have been a string of down loadable content for it ever since,but for the first time the sims 3 is being remade and released on a games console,how well this will do will have to be seen but if early reports are anything to go by it is going to be a storming success.The basic premise of this game is that you start out life as a baby,(although you don't have to) then you discover new things as you grow up and then eventually become an adult,now as an adult this is where it can become quite addictive as you meet new people,perhaps fall in love and marry,you can also pick employment and build and design your own dream home,and then pray that you can afford to furnish it and not have it destroyed by a tornado,if you can dream it then it can pretty much become a reality in the sims 3.
Are there differences between the hugely successful pc version and the all new console version,well yes there is but no differences that are going to change the sims experience for you.Firstly you have achievements,which will make you play for longer and perhaps open up parts of the game that you had no interest in before just to get the achievements,once you have opened achievements this will give you Karma points which can have a good or bad effect depending on how you want to play.You decide how to spend your karma points be it rain down fire and brimstone on your sims house or simply make your sims devilishly rich,its your choice.
The next difference is that you will be able to interact with other sims players around the world and buy or sell different items of clothing or furniture and swap with other players in a kind of sims community,which has huge potential to keep this game running as long as possible.When you do interact with other players you now don't have to leave he game as you did in previous versions.There are slightly longer loading times because of these differences and because of the fact its running on a console but it is looking very good at the moment.
In short the Sims 3 on consoles is shaping up to be a fantastic game with a huge following and I for one cannot wait,it will I'm sure slightly take over my life but then i have never played the pc one for more than an hour round a friends so the opportunity to play this for hours in my own home is a treat i cant wait for,the scheduled release date for sims 3 is Oct 26th for US gamers and Oct 29th for UK gamers.I will be writing a full review when the game is released and i have played it for a while.Until then you will just have to watch the videos i have provided and enjoy.


text: Dear forummers, Today I'm buying a secondhand PB G4 15" 1,5 GHz. Is there anything I need to pay attention to, before I give the guy my cash? I know about the lid mechanism, I'll be sure to check that. Also, how many RAM slots are filled on a standard PB? The guy says it's equipped with 512 MB, I believe that's standard. To upgrade to 1GB (which I want), do I need to buy an extra 512 megs, or is the standard 512 MB devided onto 2 x 256 megs? Anything else I need to look out for?


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Vanessa del Rio is an icon. She's not a politician, an activist, a musician, nor is she a mainstream actress. She achieved icon status for her work in XXX-rated movies, over 150, back in the '70s and '80s.
Say the name Vanessa del Rio and immediately an image of a tall, statuesque, long-legged, brown-skinned goddess comes to mind, who had unquestionably the most voracious sexual appetite of any performer in the history of adult movies. Back when feminism and burning your bra was chic, Vanessa del Rio was showing women how to really do it in the bedroom, and for that, millions of women around the world should speak Vanessa's name in honor.
The first Latina superstar in porn, and undisputedly the industry's greatest star, Vanessa's life has recently been chronicled in the book, Vanessa del Rio: Fifty Years of Slightly Slutty Behavior (Taschen Artists Edition). No doubt many of you were conceived after you're parents got busy checking out a Vanessa del Rio flick. She makes no apologies (not that she needs to) about her 50 years of slightly slutty behavior.
nocheLatina: Was it fun putting together this book, reliving some of those old memories from way back?
Vanessa del Rio: With Editor Dian Hanson, it was like a conversation, so that's the flavor of the book. It's me and her talking and just . . . I'm reminiscing about my life. It was a lot of fun. Kind of like an interview/conversation, and we did a little documentary with the CD that's in it, and I went back to Harlem where I grew up, and I went to my house when I was a kid on 111th Street on the west side of Manhattan. Then we went to the park where I used to just have anonymous sex. We went to 42nd Street...it was cool, it was funny. Very entertaining.
nocheLatina: Were there any very frustrating or emotional moments where you broke down?
Vanessa del Rio: Not really. I've kind of examined my life for years so I kind of . . . I don't really break down. I kind of take it and I look at it from...I've already gone through all that. I used to be in therapy when I used to do bodybuilding because I was really trying to look for another path, and whatever. Just bodybuilding itself makes you really look at yourself. Some moments were sad and emotional, but none that I would break down. I do that in private. I don't want everyone to think that I'm a hard ass. We all have our moments.
nocheLatina: Except men.
Vanessa del Rio: I've said that I'm a man trapped in a woman's body before, jokingly. That's why I understand you beasts so well.
nocheLatina: How did you come up with the title, Fifty Years of Slightly Slutty Behavior?
Vanessa del Rio: I'm a very humorous person. That's one of my gifts, I guess. I have a great sense of humor. It just came to me because I started to try and write some stuff myself. Just putting down notes. I never really thought of a book where you kind of repent what you're doing and now I'm a new person, and all this violin stuff. I wanted it to be more of who I really am, and that's very humorous. I look at life...I guess I step back from it and I look at it from a different perspective. All of a sudden that just popped into my head, Slightly Slutty Behavior, because I really meant it as...how do you say when you mean one thing but you say another? Like a lot of people have already said, 'C'mon Vanessa, slightly slutty behavior?' But it turns out that by today's standards, by what's out there today in porn, my stuff is slightly slutty. I mean, they're doing some raunchy stuff. I guess it turns out that the jokes on me.
nocheLatina: Would you say your personal life was as wild as anything you did on film, and how so?
Vanessa del Rio: Back in the '70s, during that time, lifestyles kind of mirrored what was going on because it wasn't like you had decided this was going to be your business, then you went home...at least not for me and for a lot of people. It was the lifestyle. It was the sexual revolution, it was about sex, drugs, rock and roll, disco, having fun. And then, living in the Village and living in the underbelly of New York, it just became part of what you did. So yes, it was just as wild. I guess even more so because there's no camera up your ass. But then after a while you just calm down I guess, as the times go on ... especially when AIDS came out. That sent everybody running. I know I quit the business because of it.
nocheLatina: How did you come up with the name 'Vanessa del Rio?'
Vanessa del Rio: I had a little friend in school who's name was Vanessa. She was my best friend. I think it was either pre-school or first grade or something like that. And then later on, I had a friend who was a movie buff, and she liked '40s movies. And she had said, 'Why don't you do del Rio, after Dolores del Rio' the '40s actress. So it kind of sounded nice, Vanessa del Rio. It has an entertaining and movie star sound.
nocheLatina: For a performer, a name is important.
Vanessa del Rio: Yeah, back in the way beginning before there was a star 'system' in the business, before there were any real reviews and they used to advertise movies in the newspaper. Then they would put in fine print, Lezlie Two-Lips. They were kind of silly names. Then afterwards when Cinema X Magazine came out and Hustler started to get big, and they actually started to review the movies, then there were fancier names like Seka, Marilyn Chambers, and Candida Royalle.
nocheLatina: How soon after entering porn did you decide that this was for you?
Vanessa del Rio: I think after my first film. I used to be a go-go dancer. Well, first I used to be a computer programmer. Then I quit because I just didn't like the 9-5. Then I went and, I don't know, I was just an outlaw. Then I started to do bartending, waitressing, and then I was a go-go dancer. I then started to do films. Cameras, lights, what's not to like? I had done that first film in order to make money to go to Europe. When I came back I just wanted to keep doing it because it was fun. It was like role-playing.
nocheLatina: When did you realize you were famous?
Vanessa del Rio: I don't remember a specific moment, but I guess once they actually started to have these magazines like Screw, Hustler, Cinema X, and then you go out and somebody recognizes you, I don't remember exactly how or when. Actually, and this wasn't the moment, but there was this one time when I was at Penn Station going in, and there was this bum who was dirty with long hair. He started to mumble 'Vanessa; to me. I just kept walking. He's mumbled something and I'm just ignored him. Then he straightened out and said, 'I've spent a lot of quarters on you!' I just waved at him. But nobody was ever rude to me. I was always approached with awe, like very nice. People were always very nice.
nocheLatina: Is that still true today? Do you still get recognized?
Vanessa del Rio: Yes. Some people look at me and you know how a dog turns his head like he doesn't know? People look at me and I look at them like, 'Yes!' Or sometimes they say, 'You look like . . .'and I go, 'Yes, people always tell me that. Who is this woman?' I like to fuck with them a little bit.
nocheLatina: Could you imagine your life today if you never entered the adult industry?
Vanessa del Rio: Oh God no. I mean that is just a useless thought. What if? I could've been this, I could've been that. That is really useless to even go there. You can't really speculate.
nocheLatina: Do you view yourself as a role model, in particular to Latinas?
Vanessa del Rio: No. My life was my life. I molded my life and I fit into my life, and I don't want to be seen as a role model. To each his own. I know women have said that they've learned how to be more sexual from watching. If that's what they've learned then I'm glad to have unleashed that in them, but it's in every woman. So I don't think that has anything to do with role models, it's just a matter of what you feel.
nocheLatina: If I asked you to rate yourself among the greatest porn performers of all time, where would you rate yourself?
Vanessa del Rio: Oh no you're not! I'm not even going to go there. Although I do think my blowjobs really rocked! That's a cruel question.
nocheLatina: What would you like your obituary to read?
Vanessa del Rio: That I was true to myself. To this day, I still believe what I believe. My headstone would read, 'Regrets...I've had a few...too few to mention...I did it my way!'
To learn more about Vanessa del Rio click here. Visit her site today and purchase your very own autographed copy with three DVDs included with every order.


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Venue for the Concerts and Master Classes
Concerts: Libby Gardner Concert Hall
Master Classes: Dumke Recital Hall (top floor) or Gardner Hall
Map Showing Stadium Parking & Gardner Hall
Location of the Concert Halls
Both concert halls are in David P. Gardner Hall on the University of Utah campus which is on the northeast corner of University St. (1340 East) and President's Circle (between 1st & 2nd South).
Parking and Shuttle Service
Parking is available free of charge in the Rice-Eccles Stadium parking lot which is due east of University Street (1340 E.) between 4th and 5th South. You can enter the parking lot by going east on 4th South or by going west on 5th South.
Shuttle buses (which are for concerts only) run every few minutes from 6:30 p.m. until just before concert time from the south west end of the Rice-Eccles Stadium parking lot. Buses will begin running at 6:00 p.m. for concerts that include pre-concert lectures.
Please note that there is no shuttle bus service for master classes or the Annual Meeting.


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What a wonderfully positive day I had yesterday. I really appreciated all the wonderful comments that you all made and sent regarding my new painting design that I am creating for the August issue of Interactive Artist Magazine. This is my first project with them, and I wanted it to be something special. I already had a couple of offers to purchase the piece and many inquiries regarding the pattern.
Because this piece will be published, I won't have the rights to it until December. I realize that it is after Halloween, but for anyone who wants to paint it for this season, you can do so by subscribing to Interactive Artist Online. The cost is minimal (I believe it is $29 for the year) and you receive a full year of patterns and information from some of the best designers in the business. I am sorry if I am sounding like a commercial, but I really find this source to be a wonderful place to learn and enjoy painting. I hope you consider it.
I want my woodworking followers to know that I also am going to be creating a scroll saw version of this pattern for them to create. I am thinking this will probably be a layered project, and it will be submitted for the November issue of Creative Woodworks and Crafts magazine, which will reach the stands in late September I think. That will also give you plenty of time to create it for this Halloween.
Yesterday I finished the header and footer of the sign, as well as the first shading on the trees. While it isn't quite done yet, it only has a short way to go and I should be done by this afternoon. Then I will be writing the instructions today and tomorrow.
I began by applying crackle to the header and footer, using a dark brown underneath and a warm, parchment coloured paint over. I loved the effect it had! After some shading around the edges with the dark brown, I painted a pretty filigree design using gold metallic paint, as well as the lettering in black. I didn't use stencils on these, but painted them by hand. While I love stencils some of the time (like when teaching my woodworking followers to paint) for projects such as this, that are geared for painters, I really enjoy the process of painting things by hand.
YES – it took a while. YES – it was both relaxing and ENJOYABLE. But most of all, it was satisfying to see the beautiful effect. I feel that the gold paint over the crackle made the gold filigree look like gold leaf. It is just stunning in person.
I used a lining brush and more soft brown to outline each of the filigree elements. I am very pleased with the result.
The trees are shades and still need some highlighting and shadows strengthened, but it is looking good.
The raven still needs work, as he only has his first shading done, and is flat to me. His eye also needs work, as it is only based in. (Oh – and he has no real legs or feet!)
But he is getting there. I think I am in the home stretch.
Obviously, I still have a bit to do. While he is nice now, I think I will be able to bring him up another level by the end of the day. I also need to take some 'presentation photos' in good light, as these are only quick snapshots and don't really do him justice.
I hope you enjoy seeing this progress and I look forward to showing you the finished piece tomorrow.
Until then . . . Happy Saturday!
-- Designer/Artist/Teacher. Owner of Sheila Landry Designs (http://www.sheilalandrydesigns.com) Scroll saw, wood working and painting patterns and surfaces. "Knowledge is Power"


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Webinar teaches about social networking
"Tweeting" and "poking" is common terminology in the social networking world, but to many these Twitter and Facebook terms may as well be a foreign language.
To help educate people, one Wilmington company, Talk, Inc., hosted a free webinar to teach professionals the basics of social media.
More than one hundred people from around the country tuned in to get tips.
"This is new to everyone," said William Davis of UNCW. "These are new technologies, what's popular last year is not popular this year and the same will be true next year, so it's a learning process and mistakes will be made and that is part of new media, it's the fact that it is virgin ground for everyone involved."
Debbie Elliott presented the webinar. She said social media is one of the greatest marketing opportunities of the century.
Blogging, and being active on social networks can help others find you on the web and drive traffic to your site. She explained social networks can open a lot of doors to opportunity, but only if used in a professional manner.
Those tuned in to the webinar were able to interact by typing in questions.
Katie White hopes to make a career out of social media, so this webinar was especially helpful for her. "Especially in public relations, social media is the new frontier. So it's especially important, especially in this economy to understand where the industry is going. Because of the webinar, I'm now able to say I understand social media and I may have a one-up on other candidates."
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I played with this boy this morning... we baked cookies.
We made Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cookies to share with Kati.
But when Auntie Kati saw how much I let this boy taste all the ingredients... at one point he tried to stick his entire head into the mixing bowl to bob for dough... she chose not to try a cookie.
I just sent them home with him... I didn't eat one either!
I've (nearly) survived Christmas. We have one more get together on Sunday. But tomorrow? Tomorrow is my birthday!
Today I decided to hit the cleaning of the house hard... Because tomorrow? That is not in my plan.
I really wanted to have help from my girls... but sometimes that's a bit tricky.
Kati had plans with a friend for coffee at 12:30 this afternoon... and now it is 9:00 pm and she just walked in the door. Glad I didn't wait for her to be home to help... I'm too tired to do anymore now.
I I bribed the Angsty Teen to help me. I told her I would give her $20 for one hour of solid work.
I pointed out that it was more than twice the hourly wage she makes working the the little gift shop in town where she occasionally helps out... and she was suddenly on board with the plan.
She was a pretty good worker... she didn't whine or complain much... and we accomplished a lot!
Then tonight after supper, the Stern German, the Angsty Teen, and I did a little more work. Yay!
Since tomorrow is my birthday... I'm starting off the day with mimosas... I'm not going to do any housework... I'm not going to make anything... I want to be a bum.
I want to sit around... I want to watch a movie... and... well, do whatever it is that bums do all day... except that I will make my family join me to eat lunch with my parents... Pretty sure that bums don't do that... although my brother ate with them last week... so I guess you could argue that point.
I will make mimosas, dinner plans, and a couple of fun drinks... but that's about it... I hope.
Wish me luck... things rarely turn out as good as I hope they will... but a girl can dream.


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Determination of Transport Properties of Lightweight Aggregate Concrete for Service Life Modeling
A study conducted for the Expanded Shale, Clay, and Slate Institute (ESCSI) to determine the effects of lightweight (LW) coarse and fine aggregates on the transport properties of concrete.
Effect of Lightweight Aggregate on Early-Age Cracking of Mass Concrete
Early-age cracking in mass concrete structures is a severe problem which could lead to longterm serviceability related problems in the structure. In this project, the effect of using lightweight aggregates on the early-age cracking tendency of mass concrete was evaluated
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DARIEN, Conn. -- A bar fight broke out at Chez Ernies on Sunday, leaving a man with a cut face and a suspect who slipped out the back door, according to the Darien Times.
A 51-year-old man was struck in the face by a glass and another was punched in the face, both by someone believed to be a regular customer who possibly goes by the name Chris, according to the Darien Times.
Victims say they didn't know the man and witnesses say they saw the suspect being escorted through the rear, according to the Darien Times.
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German manufactured by Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Co. Solingen. Argentine Mauser 1891 bayonet. Alloy handle. Scabbard and bayonet numbers match. Argentine crest is only lightly ground as almost all were upon leaving military service. Steel scabbard in VG condition, as is blade with brown surface patina to guard and pommel.
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Some Common Mistakes in Money Management
Guide G-252
Jackie Martin, Extension Family Finance Specialist
College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences New Mexico State University. (Print Friendly PDF)
Money management is like many things in life. We learn through practice and experience rather than from a textbook, and most of us make our share of mistakes. Here are some common financial mistakes and suggestions on how to avoid them.
Not Knowing Where the Money Goes
It is not unusual when families do not know how much they spend for insurance, transportation, eating out, and other routine expenses. One financial planner says most people can't account for 20% of their income.
People work hard to earn a living. Effort should also be put into planning the use of money and savings. Simple arithmetic shows that we must spend less than we earn to accumulate savings. Once a year, itemize family expenses and analyze them.
Failure to Set Priorities and Goals
When financial priorities and goals are not established, too much money can be frittered away on inconsequential items that are not financial assets. The term "standard of living" is often used incorrectly in place of "level of living." Your standard of living is that which you can reasonably hope to achieve. Your level of living is the way you actually live from day to day. In terms of financial goals and priorities. One's standard of living and one's level of living can be quite different.
The importance in setting goals is so you have something to work towards. Sometimes we can get so caught up in day-to-day problems that we end up with little to show for all our efforts. Recognizing this fact 20 years down the road may make some of your goals unattainable.
The Tendency to Be Too Trusting
- This land will double in value in 24 months.
- Earn hundreds of dollars in your spare time.
- You will save the purchase price in just one year.
- A franchise guarantees you security.
It's amazing how many people take advice from strangers without questioning their expertise or experience. A Wall Street Journal article had this headline: "SEC Files Show How Easily People Take Dubious Investment Advice."
Take time to do your homework before parting with your hard-earned money. Don't be rushed into financial decisions. If you are being pressured into a fast decision, take this as a signal that something may be wrong.
Keep in mind that you are not expected to be an expert in all areas. Learn to be comfortable saying, "I need to study this type of investment (purchase, offer, deal) before I make a decision. I'll get back to you."
Lending Money to Relatives and Friends
Lending money to relatives is risky business. If you can't afford to give the money as a gift, don't lend it. The sad fact is, family loans are the most difficult to collect. And, if you cosign a loan for a relative or friend, be prepared to pay off the loan. The reason the bank requires a cosigner is that the borrower is unable to provide collateral or does not qualify on his own.
"Kids put the biggest burden on women," says a financial planner. "They ask for money for cars, house down payments, tuition, and so on. I'm always warning women to steel themselves against such requests. If you want to lend money to your children, get a promissory note," he cautions. "Always charge interest and don't make it ridiculously low."
One woman loaned $3,240 to a nephew to buy a car. He said he'd lose his job without one. He hung onto the job but never paid her back. The best answer to most family money requests is, no. In the long run, this may be the best way to avoid hard feelings. Too often, payments go to the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker. Relatives are last to be paid, if at all.
Waiting Too Long to Plan for Retirement
Fewer persons than you might think have pensions to count on when they retire. In 1984, only 30% of those over 65 received a pension. This figure includes those who worked for the federal, state, or local government, as well as those who worked in the private sector.
Only half as many women as men received pensions, whether as retired workers or as spouses of retired workers. The median income for women from pensions in 1984 was $233 per month, about half of what men receive.
One important factor contributing to these shocking statistics is the fact that the only source of income for most older women is Social Security. Currently, only one woman in five receives any type of pension, private or public, to supplement her Social Security income. Social Security was designed as a safety net to help avoid total poverty, not as a pension plan.
Although the number of men over 65 that receive pensions is twice as high as women, the number is still low. Only 30% of black men and 44% of white men received pension income in 1984.
Counting on Prince Charming
Jane Bryant Quinn, financial columnist, says, "I find this Cinderella syndrome in single career women and wives alike. The singles put off serious thought about savings, insurance, and investing because their lives seem so temporary without a man. The wives assume their husbands will always be there to love and support them."
"The bad news is that Prince Charming might never come along. If he does, he might leave or not make as much money as you do. A young woman today should organize her life for herself from her very first day in the business world. Every wife should have business skills in case her husband dies, leaves, or doesn't earn enough. Ultimately, the only person who will see you through the hazardous years ahead is you."
Overuse of Credit
The overuse of credit prevents some people from achieving financial goals. When next month's paycheck is continually promised for goods purchased today, economic security is jeopardized.
There are various rules of thumb for the amount of credit one can safely use. A sensible approach is to find out how your money is currently being spent. Next, set aside a sum to be saved monthly. If there is money left over after expenses and savings, you can decide whether to take on additional debts.
Help is available for people whose bills have become unmanageable. There is a Consumer Credit Counseling Service in Albuquerque and El Paso. Both will accept clients from other areas. They are non-profit organizations.
Poor Shopping Habits
Poor money managers often own lots of things. Some items are inexpensive trinkets, but some are costly items. Impulse buying is buying without thinking carefully about the purchase.
Buying by rationalization is different from impulse buying. A definition of rationalization is, "to devise self-satisfying but incorrect reasons for one's behavior."
We should think of purchases in terms of trade offs. Most of us can't afford everything we want, so choices must be made. In other words, what will I give up in order to have this item? If I decide on a recreational vehicle will I have to give up or wait several years for the addition on the house?
Insufficient Attention to Financial Details
Every family has its own system of handling the details of its finances. Some systems are excellent, some barely exist.
Some women spend more time clipping and filing recipes than they spend on family finances. On the other hand, some men spend more time on hobbies than they spend on money management. Ideally, both spouses should be familiar with the family financial affairs, even if one person tends to details.
Lack of a Regular System for Savings
Squirrels are pretty smart. They put away resources to use when needed. Financial counselors report many financial problems are the result of an unexpected event such as a hospital stay, car accident, or job loss. Although unforeseen and unavoidable, financial distress or disaster can occur when there are no savings to fall back on.
Accumulation of money starts with savings. Next comes investments. Have a family meeting and discuss how to start or increase your savings program. You cannot afford to be complacent or procrastinate.
Cosigning a Loan, Federal Trade Commission, 1982, Washington, D.C. 20580.
Income of the Population 55 and Over, U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1984, publication 13-11871, Washington, D.C. 20233.
Quinn, Jane Bryant, "Money Facts: Eight New Rules for Financial Security," Woman's Day, August 1988.
To find more resources for your business, home, or family, visit the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences on the World Wide Web at aces.nmsu.edu.
Contents of publications may be freely reproduced for educational purposes. All other rights reserved. For permission to use publications for other purposes, contact email@example.com or the authors listed on the publication.
New Mexico State University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and educator. NMSU and the U.S. Department of Agriculture cooperating.
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Craving something healthy and light through the summer season? Dig in to Luxury Attaché's Top 5 Vegetarian Standouts.
Luxury Attaché's Top 5 Vegetarian Standouts
1 Gramercy Tavern
Some of the most beloved fine dining establishments, like this Danny Meyer-helmed favorite of ours, are rolling out fantastic vegetarian options to woo foodie fanatics to their tables. James Beard Award winning chef Michael Anthony didn't stop at one or two veggie-based dishes, however, and instead created a 6-course vegetarian tasting menu that is not to be missed. Light and bright plates like ember roasted beets with pickled plums, and a warm vegetable salad with bok choy and radishes, are complemented by richer, sweet indulgences like chocolate pecan coconut cake with homemade butter pecan ice cream.
2 ABC Kitchen
Still considered to be one of NYC's hottest of hot spots, John-George Vongerichten's seasonally-charged shared plates mecca is a feast for vegetarians. What really has us excited are the unforgettable preparations featured in the restaurant's market table selections. Unique standouts include herb-laden sunchokes with hazelnuts, roasted kabocha squash toast with fresh ricotta and apple cider vinegar, roasted beets with homemade yogurt and the slightly acidic mushroom and celery leaf salad. It doesn't stop there, however, as Vongerichten excites diners with chewy-meets-crispy whole wheat pizzas with toppings so good there's not even a chance to miss the meat--our favorite is piled high with mushrooms, parmesan, oregano and a farm fresh egg.
3 Del Posto
Internationally renowned Chef Mario Batali has begun promoting healthy living by joining the Meatless Monday movement, adding outstanding vegetarian options to weekly menus at all of his Manhattan-based restaurants. Our pick? None other than his Italian fine dining gem, Del Posto. This was a no brainer to include in our list of Top 5 most luxurious vegetarian options as pastas like ricotta and egg yolk gnudi with shaved asparagus--served in the old world Italian bird's nest style--have us licking our lips. Lilting piano trills, an undeniably romantic atmosphere and top-notch service keep us coming back time and time again.
4 The Marrow
It's a bit ironic that this vegetarian standout comes from what is perhaps the most meat-centric newcomer to the gastronomic scene. However, given Top Chef winner Harold Dieterle's delicate and picture perfect presentation of this fiddlehead fern gnudi dish, any doubt that he knows just as much, if not more, about the seasonal vegetable bounty as he does of sausage and chops is immediately erased. This elusive toothsome curlicue-shaped green is only grown for a quick stint in springtime, and along with tender English peas and shaved ribbons of radish, it is truly the star of the show. Dieterle further combines more substantive, rich ingredients like emulsified butter sauce and salty shavings of fresh pecorino to boost the pillowy soft pasta's flavor profile and present a vegetarian dish not to be missed. Hungry for more? Other incredible vegetarian-friendly dishes include the whole roasted Hen of the Woods mushroom entree or delightfully seasonal sunchokes with brown butter truffle sauce.
5 Mission Chinese Food
There is no sign of slowing down for Chef Danny Bowien, especially as his Szechuan hot spot is still one of the most coveted tables in NYC. While inventive meat-heavy mains like thrice-cooked bacon and kung pao pastrami are crowd-pleasers and veritable palate stunners, vegetarians are well taken care of with bright, spicy bites like Mongolian longbeans and chilled buckwheat noodles. The true standout here is this deeply flavored braised pea green soup, nuanced with fermented chili, Old Bay and peanut flavors, that catapults a typically unobtrusive vegetable, the pea green, into an atmosphere of its own. This seasonal dish also features plump chunks of kabocha squash and nutty adzuki beans, making for a robust, slightly spicy, truly tasty vegetarian plate.


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Robbers set off fireworks at Zales in Florida mall to steal a Rolex Watch
Sunrise, FL — Cops are searching for suspects who set off fireworks inside a huge Florida mall on New Year's Eve as a ploy to steal one Rolex watch. The single stolen watch was valued at $11,400.00 according to company representatives.
Sunrise Law Enforcement stated that surveillance video showed a man trying on the now stolen Rolex at the Zales store at the Sawgrass Mills mall. When the fireworks went off, a ruckus ensued and freaked out shoppers and employees ran for cover believing gunfire had erupted. The surveillance video showed the man hurriedly running out the store entrance with the expensive Rolex watch remaining on his wrist after the literal fireworks started.
Cops have few details on the suspects. The Miami Herald reported that the Rolex is reference No. 16260 with a blue dial.
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For months, observers have noted the violence behind Donald Trump's message and the bigotry and xenophobia it has stirred up. As the grassroots opposition to Trump and Trumpism has grown, the call for nonviolent resistance to the politics of hate has grown as well. But a violent melee at California's Capitol Building in Sacramento on Sunday between neo-Nazis and sectarian leftists demonstrates how difficult it may be to contain the extremist tendencies now stalking the land.
For the past month, the Ku Klux Klan, various neo-Nazi groups, and the Traditionalist Worker Party, a far-right nationalist party established last year to promote the values of "faith, family, and folk," have been preparing for a demonstration on the steps of Sacramento's capitol. In response, an array of ad-hoc anti-fascist and anti-racist groups announced they would blockade the capitol to prevent the Nazis from gathering.
From 9am this Sunday, anti-fascist groups began gathering on the streets surrounding the capitol. There were people flying banners with traditional civil rights and anti-hate messages; individuals flying gay-pride banners; representatives from immigrant-rights organizations; and student activists from the local community colleges and California State University campus. But there were also an array of sectarian groups—masked anarchists, waving their black-and-red flag, many carrying sticks and makeshift Plexiglas shields—through to revolutionary organizations like the Marxist-Leninist Progressive Labor Party. These groups had come from as far afield as San Diego and Portland—and they weren't aiming for a simple statement of disgust at the Nazis; rather, they were pledged to shut them down.
At 9:55, the PLP adherents, marching behind a red flag, came north up 9th Street, on the west side of the capitol, chanting "Death! Death! Death to the Fascists! Power! Power! Power to the Workers!"
By mid-morning, as the temperature soared past 100 degrees, each entrance to the capitol was covered by large throngs of anti-Nazis. Roving groups, many of them masked, patrolled the park trying to spot incoming fascists. In clusters around the statehouse and in the streets surrounding it, the police stood by, in heavy riot gear, some on foot and others on horseback.
The neo-Nazis started making their way into the capitol grounds at about 11:30. Within minutes, the beautiful park surrounding the soaring, domed capitol was a bloodbath.
Every time the crowd spotted a skinhead or other white nationalist trying to move toward the steps, they surged forward, north, south, east, west, chasing down and beating the skinhead. But the Nazis had also come armed and prepared. Wielding knives and sticks, they hurled themselves into the enraged crowd. A 46-year-old anti-Nazi, Yvette Felarea, was wounded, her left arm and head streaming with blood. As she was being attended by fellow demonstrators, she was defiant and somewhat jubilant. "Let them know they got worse," she said of the Nazis, who had been run off somewhere to the south of the capitol. "I'm proud we made this happen. And I'd do it again. The Nazis were scared, and they needed to be. They stabbed someone."


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Pharrell Williams says music works best without egos
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'Happy' hitmaker Pharrell Williams thinks the secret to writing great songs is ditching your ego and focusing on only using "your feeling", rather than thinking someone is brilliant when it isn't
Pharrell Williams says the secret to making great music is ditching your ego.
The 'Happy' hitmaker insists a big ego can often make people delusional, helping them to believe they did an excellent job when they haven't, and thinks the best tunes are a result of musicians tapping into their "feelings".
He told Red Bulletin magazine: "Is the music legible to people's interpretation?
"It might not be because your ego told you that you killed it. But if you could remove your ego and only use your feeling, that is when the best stuff comes out."
The 40-year-old singer also believes the music industry works "off emotion" but insists success isn't his "doing" since he can't control the records people buy.
He said: "Our business works off emotion, and it is not really easy to quantify it outside of what it is. It is like saying 'Well, are you afraid of how the ball is going to react to the ice hokey rink?'
"No, because that is not what it is meant for. The puck is for that world and the ball is for another world. Emotions are just emotions. So when a song works, you should just be thankful, because that is not why you do it.
"So any kind of success that I have ever had on a song is not my doing. So you don't do it for that, because I can't control that. I do it because I feel like it feels good and it may resonate with other people. So it is not really good to mix the idea of what success is and the purity of why you do something."


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Time and Expense Tracking On the Go CurdBee Mobile for iPhone, Android and Blackberry(February 23, 2012)
Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) February 23, 2012
CurdBee, an online invoicing service aimed at freelancers and SMEs launched CurdBee Mobile, a platform independent mobile web interface to its popular service that supports invoices, estimates and time and expense tracking. CurdBee Mobile will be usable on browsers running on Apple's iOS, Google's Android and RIM's Blackberry platforms. It is designed to provide the users of the world's most popular smart phones and tablets their best mobile invoicing experience yet.
While new devices like Apples 4S, Samsungs Galaxy S II and the RIMs Blackberry 9780 will run CurdBee Mobile just fine, the team behind the application also want to make sure that the service should run well on all recent smart phones. Accessibility is key, said Sameera Hettiarachchi, Lead Developer behind CurdBee Mobile. We want to give as many people as possible access to the invoicing and time and expense tracking features we have worked so hard on, and going mobile via a web standards compliant, accessible web app seemed like the best way to do that.
CurdBee Mobile is being released following massive demand from its existing user base. The service is popular among freelancers and SMEs the world over and many of its users had been requesting a mobile version for a while now. We are glad to be able to deliver this functionality now, said Sameera. A sizable percentage of our users are already using CurdBee via their smart phones and were sure that this mobile interface will only help increase that number.
CurdBee is developed by Vesess, a Sri Lankan web design company, and this made their mobile efforts that much more meaningful. In a region with over 600 million mobile phones, delivering content to handhelds seemed like a no brainer. Though CurdBee Mobile is optimized for smart phones, it will also work on many other less expensive phones as well. As a South Asian company, making our product mobile friendly was a top priority, said Lankitha Wimalarathna, CEO of Vesess. With more affordable handheld devices becoming available and better connectivity being rolled out throughout Asia, the chances are high that more and more people will discover and use CurdBee via their mobiles.
Manufacturers in India and China are bringing out phones and tablets that are becoming more affordable. The majority of them run the popular Android OS, and the Vesess team has kept this in mind as they approached the development of CurdBee Mobile. We thought that SMEs in South Asia could benefit from being able to access CurdBee from them, said Sameera. As such, making CurdBee work on Android has been a major focus for us.
While shipping separate apps for each platform was something the team considered, they eventually decided that focusing their efforts on one fluid web application made more sense when it came to feature enhancements and maintenance. CurdBee Mobile makes use of next generation web technologies such as HTML 5, CSS 3 and JavaScript, and to the end user will look and feel just like a native application, said Sameera. Ultimately, we want to deliver the best possible user experience across all platforms, and a web app was the most reliable way to do that.
Priding itself on its user interfaces, the Vesess team hopes that many freelancers and SMEs will experience CurdBee Mobiles sleek new look in the days and weeks to come. Weve put a lot of work into optimizing the interface for Mobile Time Tracking and Expenses, said Lankitha. We realized that most people will use CurdBee Mobile for on the go Time and Expense Tracking, and did our best to make these functionalities really shine.
CurdBee Mobile is available for free to all CurdBee users via curdbee.com/mobile. CurdBee offers three tiers of service, and while its PRO and BIG accounts are priced at $5/mo and $20/mo respectively, users of its FREE service will have unrestricted access to the new mobile interface. As a SME ourselves, weve always been passionate about helping small businesses get off the ground, said Lankitha. We think everyone will enjoy our new mobile interface and restricting it to paid users is just not something wed be comfortable doing.
About Vesess
Vesess is a Sri Lankan based web application development company that believes in small teams, solid development and great design using Web Standards and Free Software. Beginning as a small design firm in Colombo in 2004, Vesess grew with the web, and today maintains CurdBee, a popular online billing software application for small businesses and freelancers.
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I dropped my casio watch at the Tea Cave on Saturday (6 Nov) afternoon. I couldn't find it the next day. If anyone happens to find it, please give me a shout.
Lost watch at Tea Cave on TM
Did you forget you favourite boots at the crag? Or, did you find some quickdraw on the 4th bolt of some route?
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The M-0194 Generator Control Unit matches the generator speed and voltage to system conditions in minimum time with output control jogs that use a proportional pulse width algorithm. The time between control jogs is adjustable to match the response characteristics of the control, prime mover and generator system. The kicker pulse brings phase angle around through zero degrees if speed is matched but synchronism has not yet occurred.
- Adjustable Jog Durations, proportional to error, for Voltage and Speed control.
- Time Between Jog adjustments bring the generator to a matched condition in minimum time and eliminate overshoot and hunting.
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By-laws for TradeDoubler AB
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1. Company name
The company's name is TradeDoubler Aktiebolag. The Company shall be a public company.
2. Registered office
The registered office of the company shall be in the municipality of Stockholm.
3. Activities
The company shall engage in consulting, developing, implementing and selling products, services and software in the fields of internet, extranet, e-commerce, management, marketing and company operations as well as engage in activities compatible therewith.
4. Share capital
The share capital shall be at least SEK 9,000,000 and at the highest SEK 36,000,000.
5. Number of shares
The number of shares in the Company shall be not less than 22,500,000 and not more than 90,000,000.
Shares may be issued in two classes, ordinary shares and Class C shares. Ordinary shares may be issued up to a maximum amount of 90,000,000 and Class C shares up to a maximum amount of 90,000,000.
Class C shares do not entitle to dividends. Upon the Company's liquidation, Class C shares carry an equivalent right to the Company's assets as the other classes of shares, however not to an amount exceeding up to the quota value of the share, annualised as per day of distribution with an interest rate of STIBOR 30 days with an additional one percentage point calculated from the date of payment of the subscription price. STIBOR 30 days is set on the first business day of each calendar month.
Should the Company resolve on an issue of new ordinary and Class C shares, against other payment than contribution in kind, each holder of ordinary and Class C shares has preferential rights to subscribe for new shares of the same class in proportion to the number of old shares held by such holder (primary preferential rights). Shares not subscribed for with primary preferential rights shall be offered for subscription to all shareholders in the Company (subsidiary preferential rights). If the number of shares so offered is less than the number subscribed for with subsidiary preferential rights, the shares shall be distributed among the subscribers in proportion to the number of already shares held, or, to the extent that this is not possible, by lot.
Should the Company resolve on an issue of new shares solely of ordinary shares or Class C shares, against other payment than contribution in kind, all shareholders, irrespective of which class of shares held, are entitled to preferential rights to subscribe for new shares in proportion to the number of shares previously held.
The stipulations regarding preferential rights shall apply mutatis mutandis for new issues of warrants and convertible debt, and shall not infringe on the possibility to resolve on an issue in which the preferential rights of shareholders are waived.
If the share capital is increased by a bonus issue, where new shares are issued, new shares shall be issued in relation to the number of shares of the same classes already held. In such cases, old shares of a specific class shall entitle to new shares of the same class. Following a requisite amendment in the Articles of Association, the aforementioned stipulation shall not infringe on the possibility to issue shares of a new class by a bonus issue.
Reduction of the share capital, however not below the minimum share capital, may on request of holders of Class C shares and as resolved by the Company's Board of Directors or General Meeting, be made by redemption of Class C shares. A request from a shareholder shall be made in writing to the Company's Board of Directors and the Board of Directors shall promptly act on the matter. When a resolution on reduction has been passed, an amount corresponding to the reduction amount shall be transferred to the Company's equity reserves, if the required funds are available.
The redemption payment per Class C share shall correspond to the quota value of the share annualised per day with an interest rate of STIBOR 30 days with additional one percentage point calculated from the day of payment of the subscription price. STIBOR 30 days shall be initially set on the day of payment of the subscription price.
Following notice of the redemption resolution, holders having requested redemption shall promptly receive payment for the share, or, if authorisation from the Swedish Companies Registration Office or a court is required, following notice that the final decision has been registered.
Class C shares held by the Company, may upon decision by the Board of Directors be reclassified into ordinary shares, provided that the Class C shares are held by the Company. Immediately thereafter, the Board of Directors shall report the reclassification to the Swedish Companies Registration Office (Sw. Bolagsverket) for registration. The reclassification is effected when it has been registered and the reclassification been noted in the Swedish Central Securities Depository.
6. Board of directors
The board of directors shall consist of no less than five (5) and no more than nine (9) members.
7. Auditors
The company shall have one or two auditors with or without deputy auditors. A registered public accounting firm can also be elected as auditor.
8. Notice
Notice to attend shareholders' meetings shall be made by announcement in the Official Gazette and at the Company's website. That notice has been made shall be announced in Dagens Industri.
A shareholder who wishes to attend a shareholders' meeting must be entered in a print-out or other transcript of the share register five weekdays before the meeting, and must notify the company not later than on 16.00 p.m. on the day stated in the notice convening the meeting. This day may not fall on a Sunday, other public holiday, Saturday, Midsummer Eve, Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve, nor fall earlier than five weekdays before the meeting.
Shareholders may bring assistants to the general meeting, only if the shareholder notifies to the company the number of assistants, as set forth above.
9. Matters at the annual meeting
Annual meetings shall be held annually within six months after the end of the financial year.
The chairman of the board of directors, or a person appointed by the board of directors, shall open the shareholders' meeting and conduct the proceedings until such time as a chairman is elected by the general meeting.
10. Financial year
The financial year of the company shall be the calendar year.
11. Record date provision
The company's shares shall be registered in a record day register according to the Act (1998:1479) on registration of financial instruments.
These articles of association have been adopted at the annual meeting on 5 May 2015.


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Our sail race committee runs a complete summer-long series of events at all levels of competitive sailing. From small-boat one-design, to beer can racing, to full-on grand prix events. Whatever your level, you'll find a fleet to fit. For general information contact Race Committee Chair Rick Trisco, , (262) 970-0082. For fleet-specific information contact your fleet captain.
SS/SSS (South Shore Social Sailing Series ) heads out for a quick spin around the buoys every Wednesday night, followed by a great party with free beer and optional, value-priced buffet dinner. It's a fun and crazy mix of casual cruisers and hard-core racers. The race committee adjusts individual handicaps after every race, giving a knock to the winners and a boost to the losers, "so all can win." There are three spinnaker divisions and two, growing jib-and-main divisions. Often you'll find 60 or 70 boats on the starting line. To come out and race you don't need a PHRF certificate. Contact Fleet Captain Barbara Drake, , (414) 276-4051.
MBOS/PHRF is the weekend crowd of racers who take the sport very seriously and compete intensely. Milwaukee Yacht Club and South Shore Yacht Club partner up for race management. These regattas are run crisply and professionally at a championship level. And yet it's not all about intensity. A great party follows every great event. Contact Fleet Captain Cheryl Kelly, .
SASS Fleet: (formerly MBSAS) If you need to cut the lawn or take the kids to soccer on Saturday, but would still like to get a good sailboat race in later that day, this is the fleet for you. Born from the successful SS-SSS Wednesday night race format, the Saturday Afternoon Sailing Series (SASS) is our newest fleet. It features a one race per day format in a limited season schedule of only five races. Each race will be held in the mid afternoon and sailed on the same "fixed" course no matter which way the wind blows. The goal is for each race to last no longer than two hours, so you know you can be on and off the water quickly after a nice afternoon of competitive sailing. MBSAS fleet members can also enter the PHRF fleet distance races for an additional charge. Afterwards the fleet is welcome to join the traditional PHRF fleet after-race parties when available. Contact Craig Griffith, , for additional information.
The Milwaukee Bay Lasers are the area's fastest-growing one-design fleet. Now in their sixth season of organized racing, the fleet uses the north inner harbor on Tuesday nights. Race management responsibilities are shared by Milwaukee Yacht Club, South Shore Yacht Club and the Milwaukee Community Sailing Center. Contact Fleet Captain Steve Dolan, .
The Lightning Fleet, racing on Tuesday nights, is our newest addition. Or, shall we say, the newest iteration of a fleet that's been around for decades. This 19-foot trailerable centerboard sloop was designed by Sparkman & Stephens as an affordable family day-sailor and racing boat. She has evolved into one of the most popular and competitive one-design racing classes in the world. Awarded ISAF International Class status, the Lightning is sailed in more than 13 countries and in the Pan American Games, and the class provides a professionally managed association that is among the largest in all of one-design sailing. Contact Fleet Captain Patrick McGuinnis, , (414) 571-0719.
Also. visit the class association website.
The MBWSO (Milwaukee Bay Women's Sailing Organization) runs six Monday-night handicap events over the course of the summer. Three are on the north end of the bay and sponsored by Milwaukee Yacht Club. Three are on the south end of the bay and sponsored by South Shore Yacht Club. The sponsoring club hosts an after-race party. MBWSO promotes women in sailing and creates a spirit of good fellowship. Another core purpose: Help participants build their skills and their confidence level. Contact Fleet Captain Fran Aring, , (414) 481-2600. Go to MBWSO website.
The Doublehanded Fleet runs a series a four fun races spread out over the summer and always on late Friday afternoons. Give yourself an excuse to start the weekend a couple hours early. Each race is a simple spin around the buoys followed by a party with buffet supper. Popular event, great group. Contact Fleet Co-Captains Bruce Nason, , (414) 460-9022; and Carolyn Nason, , (414) 357-8011


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NOTICE: This opinion is subject to motions for rehearing under Rule 22 as well as formal revision before publication in the New Hampshire Reports. Readers are requested to notify the Clerk/Reporter, Supreme Court of New Hampshire, Supreme Court Building, Concord, New Hampshire 03301, of any errors in order that corrections may be made before the opinion goes to press. Opinions are available on the Internet by 9:00 a.m. on the morning of their release. The direct address of the court's home page is: http://www.state.nh.us/courts/supreme.htm
Hillsborough-southern judicial district
No. 98-079
ELAINE M. SUNDBERG & a.
GREENVILLE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT & a.
November 30, 1999
Douglas, Robinson, Leonard & Garvey, P.C., of Concord (C. Kevin Leonard on the brief and orally), for Theo A. de Winter.
Matthew W. Glavey, of New Ipswich, by brief and orally, for the Sundbergs.
Carol A. Rolf, of Amherst, by brief and orally, for the Town of Greenville.
JOHNSON, J. Theo A. de Winter appeals the order of the Superior Court (Hampsey, J.) reversing the decision of the Greenville Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA) that a welding supply business operated by Elaine M. Sundberg, Douglas J. Sundberg, Jr., and Kristin G. Sundberg (the Sundbergs) no longer qualified as a customary home occupation and finding that de Winter's appeal from the ZBA's grant of a variance to the Sundbergs is moot. We reverse in part, vacate in part, and remand.
The trial court found the following facts. In April 1990, Douglas Sundberg, Sr., now deceased, began operating a welding supply business from a mobile home he owned on a half-acre tract of land in Greenville. De Winter owns land abutting the Sundbergs' property. The property on which the business is located is part of a "rural/agricultural" zoning district. See Zoning Regulations and Ordinances for Greenville, New Hampshire § 2.2 (1990). The business, however, was operated as a "customary home occupation," a permitted use in a rural/agricultural zoning district. See id.
In July 1994, the selectmen of the Town of Greenville (town) sent a letter to Elaine Sundberg notifying her that the business no longer qualified as a customary home occupation and ordering its removal. The Sundbergs' appeal to the ZBA (home occupation appeal) was denied in March 1995, and, after their motion for rehearing likewise was denied, see RSA 677:2 (1986) (amended 1995), the Sundbergs appealed to the superior court. See RSA 677:4 (1986) (amended 1995, 1996). Shortly after the ZBA denied their home occupation appeal, the Sundbergs applied to the ZBA for a variance to allow them to continue to run the welding supply business from the mobile home. The ZBA granted the variance, subject to certain conditions not relevant to this appeal. De Winter's subsequent motion for rehearing before the ZBA was denied, see RSA 677:2, and he appealed that decision to the superior court (variance appeal). See RSA 677:4. After a remand to the ZBA for further fact finding in both the home occupation and variance appeals, the superior court reversed the ZBA's decision that the Sundbergs' welding supply business no longer qualified as a customary home occupation and dismissed the variance appeal as moot. This appeal followed.
De Winter contends that the superior court erred in: (1) reversing the ZBA's determination that the Sundbergs' business did not qualify as a customary home occupation; (2) refusing to accept further evidence from de Winter or hold an evidentiary hearing before rendering its decision; and (3) finding that the variance appeal was moot.
I. Customary Home Occupation
We first address de Winter's contention that the trial court erred in reversing the ZBA's determination that the Sundbergs' business no longer qualified as a customary home occupation. The town's zoning ordinance provides that a customary home occupation is a permissible use in rural/agricultural zones if, inter alia, the business is "located within the same structure as the residence of the proprietor," and "employ[s] no more than [two] persons." Zoning Regulations and Ordinances for Greenville, New Hampshire § 2.2(l).
The ZBA initially held that the Sundbergs' business did not comply with the ordinance because: (1) the mobile home was no longer the residence of the proprietor; and/or (2) the business had more than two employees. After a remand for further fact finding, however, the ZBA found that Kristin Sundberg was both a resident of the mobile home and a proprietor of the business. The ZBA, however, confirmed that it found that the business employed three persons, namely, Kristin Sundberg, Douglas J. Sundberg, Jr., and an "[u]nnamed driver." The superior court reversed the ZBA with respect to the employee criterion of the zoning ordinance, finding that "the ZBA's determination with respect to this issue is directly contradicted by the record" because "Doug Sundberg unambiguously informed the ZBA that Krist[i]n Sundberg was employed elsewhere as a stewardess and that the business employed a driver and himself." The court also reversed the ZBA's initial determination that the mobile home was no longer the residence of the proprietor based in part on the ZBA's fact finding on remand.
The trial court's review of a decision of the ZBA is governed by RSA 677:6 (1996). See Ray's Stateline Market v. Town of Pelham, 140 N.H. 139, 142-43, 665 A.2d 1068, 1070-71 (1995). The appealing party has the burden of demonstrating to the trial court that the ZBA's order was unlawful or unreasonable. Narbonne v. Town of Rye, 130 N.H. 70, 72, 534 A.2d 388, 389 (1987). Although RSA 677:6 provides that the board's findings of fact are deemed to be prima facie lawful and reasonable, the court's deference to the ZBA is not complete.
The statute does not impose an absolute requirement that the board's decision be erroneous as a matter of law before a trial judge can change it; the court need only inquire whether there is such error when it is not persuaded by the balance of the probabilities, on the evidence before it, that said order or decision is unjust or unreasonable.
Cook v. Town of Sanbornton, 118 N.H. 668, 670, 392 A.2d 1201, 1202 (1978) (quotation omitted) (decided under prior law); see RSA 677:6. We, in turn, will not disturb the trial court's determination if there is evidence upon which the court's decision reasonably could be based, see Narbonne, 130 N.H. at 72, 534 A.2d at 389, and it was not erroneous as a matter of law. See Ray's Stateline Market, 140 N.H. at 143, 665 A.2d at 1071.
Our review of the record leads us to conclude that the trial court could not have reasonably found that the record "contradicts" a finding that Kristin Sundberg was an employee of the family welding supply business. Although the minutes of the ZBA hearing reflect that when a ZBA member asked where Kristin was employed, she replied that "she was a stewardess, and was employed elsewhere," there was ample support in the record for the ZBA's finding that Kristin was also an employee of the family business. Specifically, there was undisputed evidence on the record that Douglas J. Sundberg, Jr. was responsible for managing the business, while Kristin had an office in the mobile home and did all the paperwork. When a board member asked how many employees were currently at the business, Douglas J. Sundberg, Jr. replied: "Kristin lived on the property, but received no salary, Mr. Sundberg was of course an employee, and there was a driver employed by the firm." Although this evidence does not conclusively support de Winter's assertion that Douglas J. Sundberg, Jr. admitted that Kristin was an "employee," the evidence before the ZBA certainly does not "contradict" the ZBA's finding.
The Sundbergs contend, inter alia, that because Kristin does not receive a salary for her services, she is not "employed" by the business. "Construction of the terms of a zoning ordinance is a question of law upon which this court is not bound by the interpretations of the zoning board." Brennan v. Winnipesaukee Flagship Corp., 122 N.H. 524, 526, 446 A.2d 1175, 1177 (1982). The ordinary rules of statutory construction govern our analysis, and thus all undefined words and phrases will be given their common meaning, and we will look to the legislative history of a regulation only if a term is ambiguous. See Healey v. Town of New Durham, 140 N.H. 232, 236, 665 A.2d 360, 365 (1995).
The term "employ" is not defined in the town's zoning ordinance. The ordinance directs, however, that "[e]xcept where specifically defined herein, all words in this Zoning Ordinance shall carry their customary meanings." Zoning Regulations and Ordinances for Greenville, New Hampshire § 1.4. The plain meaning of the word "employ" is "to use or engage services of . . . also: to provide with a job that pays wages or a salary or with a means of earning a living." Webster's Third New International Dictionary 743 (unabridged ed. 1961).
Because the term "employ," as it is used in the zoning ordinance, does not require that one receive a salary, we hold accordingly that the trial court erred in determining that the ZBA acted unreasonably in concluding that because Kristin provided services to the business, she was an employee.
Because we conclude that the trial court erred in reversing the ZBA on the basis that the record "contradicted" its finding that Kristin was an "employee," we need not address de Winter's other claims of error with respect to the court's remaining rulings in the customary home occupation appeal.
II. Variance Appeal
The trial court concluded that because the Sundbergs' business qualified as a customary home occupation, de Winter's appeal of the ZBA's grant of the variance was moot. Given our determination that the trial court erred in reversing the ZBA, we vacate the court's order with respect to the variance appeal and remand for further proceedings.
Reversed in part; vacated in part; and remanded.
All concurred.


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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days2012
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012)
Critic Consensus: Overly familiar and a bit too reliant on slapstick, the sitcom-like Dog Days fails to improve upon previous installments and will likely appeal to few outside its target audience.
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Viewers enduring early adolescence or those grappling with its psychic scars will recognize the honesty in the comic humiliation.
Though often self-centered and conniving, Greg remains a likable kid, and the movie entertains by pulling off over-the-top scenarios that set up digestible life lessons for youngsters.
Released right when summer starts to drag, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days at least doesn't add to the exhaustion.
Old-fashioned and small in scale, the movies sometimes feel like after-school specials from a bygone era, which is part of what makes them so endearing.
I'd call "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days" harmless if it weren't for some totally unnecessary gay-panic jokes that could actually encourage bullying.
Spending time with Kinney's characters has become an annual treat.
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Not so wimpy after all! Good movie! This film is the third film in this popular series and is based on the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books, which are written by Jeff Kinney. The entire movie flowed well, no moments felt dry, and that can be a big problem with some movies today. Overall, Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, is a great, fun, enjoyable film for the family. I can't wait to see what the studio is going to do next! School is out and Greg is ready for the days of summer, when all his plans go wrong. What on earth is he going to do all summer?
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During the summer Greg joins a country club to get close to a girl.
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"Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days" is the third installment in this fantastic series of family movies. This time around the kids are on Summer break before the 8th grade and anything that can go wrong, does. All Greg wants to do is play video games, but his Dad wants him to get out of the house more. So, Greg uses Rowley's country club membership to get to know a girl, while lying to his Dad saying he has a job. That is the jest of it, anymore and it may ruin some of the plot details. This isn't the best of the three, but it's still a great entry. The humor is dead on, and all the performances are great. Steve Zahn has a much bigger role here, which is good because Zahn is always great. Also, this movie features the greatest cover of Justin Beiber's song "Baby", it has to be seen to believe. I wouldn't say this series gets better and better, but it's still entertaining and funny, which matters most. Perfect family movie for kids and adults. My wife and I went on a little date(our kid is too young to go to the movies yet), and we loved it and laughed more than most the kids in the theater. Probably not a must see, but definitely worth a watch or two.
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Quotes
|Greg Heffley:
|Wait a minute, this isn't camping.
|Frank Heffley:
|You're a phoney, you're a fake!
|Rowley Jefferson:
|I've never actually played tennis before...
|Greg Heffley:
|We've played Ultimate Tennis on the Wii. It's basically the same thing.
|Rodrick Heffley:
|Loded Diper, activate
|Rodrick Heffley:
|Loaded diaper, activate.