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ZTE Completes World's First End-to-End VoTD-LTE Call
Landmark achieved on China Mobile TD-LTE network in Guangzhou, leveraging ZTE's 4G technology and Marvell-powered terminals
7 June 2013, Shenzhen, China – ZTE Corporation ("ZTE") (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, is pleased to complete the world's first end-to-end voice-over TD-LTE (VoTD-LTE) call in partnership with China Mobile and Marvell Technology Group.
The VoTD-LTE call was conducted on China Mobile's network in Guangzhou, which deploys ZTE's TD-LTE technology and core IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) platform. The global industry's first terminal-to-core network, end-to-end VoTD-LTE call was successfully carried out using 5-mode, 13-band smartphones powered by Marvell's chipsets. A delegation of engineering experts from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology personally experienced the VoTD-LTE service during their mission to Guangzhou to study 4G networks.
At present, there are three main methods to offer voice services to LTE users: CS Fall Back (CSFB), dual standby and VoLTE. The CSFB solution requires operators to hand off voice calls to slower 2G or 3G networks. The dual standby solution requires terminals to support the 2G/3G and 4G services simultaneously, with the 2G/3G network dedicated to provide voice services. VoLTE is an IMS-based voice service, with voice transmitted as IP data, and can be entirely supported by the LTE network, without 2G or 3G networks. Compared with the CSFB and dual standby solutions, the VoLTE solution offers superior voice quality and lower latency, with improved energy consumption for terminals, delivering a better user experience for 4G services.
Therefore, VoLTE is considered as the ultimate goal of evolution of LTE voice solution.
Compared with 2G and 3G networks, VoLTE features higher spectral efficiency in voice services, which enables operators to support a greater number of voice users for the same amount of spectrum. Although the voice data is transmitted through IP packet data, VoLTE offers better user experience than 2G and 3G voice service. Performance is also superior to over-the-top (OTT) services, as VoLTE features carrier-class QoS and HD codec technology. For operators, VoLTE enables the integration of data and voice services in a network, helping operators reduce complexity of Operation Support System(OSS), and achieve greater efficiency.
The VoTD-LTE breakthrough in Guangzhou will help accelerate the adoption of voice services on TD-LTE networks, and usher in the TD-LTE full-service era, aligning the TD-LTE industry with the FDD-LTE industry. As the development of mobile devices, TD-LTE wireless networks and IMS platforms become more mature, more VoLTE services will be deployed.
ZTE is committed to innovation and optimization of TD-LTE solutions, and aims to promote increased TD-LTE network deployments globally together with industry partners. The successful VoTD-LTE demonstration with China Mobile was an important step toward future commercial deployment. As of early 2013, ZTE had established TD-LTE field trials and commercial networks for 48 leading operators in 33 countries, including deployments in Europe, India, CIS, Asia-Pacific, and Southeast Asia.


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WHO referees rugby matches these days? The obvious answer is whichever gobby scrum-half yaks loudest into the referee's ear. But Friday evening's World Cup opener threw up another, more worrying answer. When England beat Fiji, whoever picked the ITV replay feed for the big screens at Twickenham refereed it. Well, one small part of it.
With the game still very much in the balance, former Glasgow favourite Niko Matawalu took off like a scalded cat down the right wing after a scrum had obligingly wheeled to open up the short side. Johnny May eventually chased him down, full-back Mike Brown was covering across, and all three men went over the line in one tumbling trio of arms, legs and torsos.
The man with the whistle Jaco Peyper blew for a try and Fiji were celebrating what was surely going to be their solo score of the entire tournament. The celebrations proved premature.
The big screens at Twickenham take the ITV World feed and they showed a slow motion action replay of the moment Matawalu scored, which happened to show that the Fijian scrum-half had not scored. He dropped the ball in the act of placing it on the line, possibly nudged by May's arm. Peyper had already awarded the try when the replays were screened. He did not appear to request the replays. He was confident the score was good. He was wrong and when he saw the replay he changed his decision, chalking off the try.
Referees make mistakes and if they use technology to correct them then why argue?
The answer is that it sets a bad precedent. Firstly a referee changing his mind after awarding a try is surely bad refereeing. Secondly the system of which replays are screened is obviously open to abuse.
The ITV director on the day was a man by the name of John Watts who is hugely respected in the field and very experienced but, just to complicate matters, he doesn't choose the replays, just the live feed. A team of video tape (VT) experts keep an eye on all the camera feeds and when the play stops for whatever reason Watts will whistle up replays which are provided by staff inside a parked ITV bus outside the stadium. The nameless VT bloke may have noticed that Matawalu spilled the ball, Watts would have had no idea until he saw it on screen.
Video replays are not going away. They are an important part of the entertainment in a big arena and it's no use demanding the referee/linesman keep up with the action. Peyper is no slouch but no official is going to match Matawalu in full stride, at least not until Usain Bolt hangs up his spikes.
The real question is how did World Rugby allow this area of confusion to fester? How did they have no plan, no guidelines, why did they not issues protocols to referees or TMOs: go to video for every try if you don't personally witness the ball being grounded, just to be safe. In fact, the TMO should have had a look at the Matawalu grounding and warned Peyper to hold fire.
World Rugby has no excuse for not anticipating this very eventuality. They had due warning last year.
In the 2014 Six Nations, Stuart Hogg earned a yellow card for a late tackle on Dan Biggar. The referee looked at the video evidence on the big screen in the Millennium Stadium which, I am told, is controlled by the WRU itself, and upped the sanction to red. It is not clear that the referee in question, Jerome Garces, requested the replay or simply witnessed it before brandishing red. Once again we got the right outcome but for the wrong reasons.
Returning to the Fiji match the point is that it is perfectly possible to envisage a situation in which the roles were reversed and an England player failed to ground the ball properly. An unscrupulous or overly patriotic VT grunt could decide not to push the footage that showed the knock on to the match director and no one would be any the wiser.
To return to the original question, we now have an indiscriminate number of referees, one with a whistle, two running touch, one TMO (Peyper insisted on going "upstairs" for things that had occurred under his nose), and then a host of nameless VTs who decide what replays are worth showing.
Had that try stood it would surely have been a very different game of rugby so it's time we have crystal clear rules on who, exactly, influences the awarding of them.


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Costa Rica Day Two
After one day in San Jose, we headed to the airport for a short flight to Quepos.
It turned out to be National Aviation Day in Costa Rica, and the little airport had been commandeered by an airshow -- we were actually on the plane and ready to go when we all had to get out and walk back to the waiting room. The airshow wasn't quite finished with buzzing the tower.
We were an hour late when we finally took off, but we were on our way.
And happy to be in the air!
The clouds made looking at the gorgeous landscape a little tough, but the view was wonderful.
Heading back down from the clouds, we were treated to a view of the beautiful bay and Manuel Antonio National Park. The river was the one went rafting on -- a great day but no photos. Sigh.
And the first sunset by the sea!


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President Carter returns home to find the public giving him what amounts to a no-confidence vote, according to opinion polls. And this time even some of Mr. Carter's top aides are wondering privately if he can pull himself out of this nose dive -- particularly when the recession continues to deepen, and, as in Venice, there are no Carter victories abroad that might renew public support.
The view of President Carter today -- as reflected in polls and in reporters' findings -- takes on these somber aspects:
* Only a small percentage of the public -- about one-third and dropping -- approves of how the President is handling his job.
That's down where Mr. Carter was at one point last summer -- and a low from which he did not recover before the seizure of the hostages in Iran, when Americans rallied behind their President.
* Even though inflation seems to be slowing, there is no evidence yet that these modest gains against rising prices are reshaping the widespread negative perception of the President.
Instead, disgruntled feeling over the flagging economy -- and over the President's inability to solve this problem -- now centers on the rapid increase in joblessness.
But above all, the public seems to feel that Mr. Carter has been indecisive, unpresidential in dealing with the economy.
Recently economist Walter Heller told the President that "unemployment is going to reach its peak on Election Day." Mr. Carter could only reply with a shrug of his shoulders and a quip.
* Most significant is evidence that Americans seem not to trust Mr. Carter as much as they once did.
Through his ups and downs in public opinion in the past there has been one persistent plus for the President: His high trust rating.
But this, too, is fading, with more and more people saying now they can no longer rely on the President's doing -- or at least trying to do -- what he has promised.
Administration supporters believe the President's credibility will resurge -- once Mr. Carter takes to the campaign trail with vigor and people begin to view him up close again.
* But the chief fault that the public is finding now in the President lies in a growing perception that he is a weak leader.
People seem to be saying that:
The President isn't up to dealing with Congress -- and that this makes it impossible for him to get his important programs through.
He is so ineffective that he is helping to lower the standing of the US with people and leaders abroad.
Mr. Carter, it is repeatedly said -- often with regret -- simply isn't up to the job.


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"This administration's blatant attempts to roll back fuel efficiency standards will not only make average Americans poorer by forcing them to spend more on gas but will also, like so many other moves by the President, worsen their health by exposing them to dirtier air".
Environmental groups predict Trump will weaken the standards, which now require the fleet of new cars and trucks to average 36 miles per gallon in real-world driving conditions by 2025, about 10 mpg (4.25 kpl) higher than the current standard.
The midterm review required the EPA to determine by April 1, 2018, whether the 2022-2025 standards established are appropriate. Last month was the hottest February on record globally, shattering the previous record by a long shot, according to analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
During a visit to MI earlier this week, U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration "will work tirelessly to eliminate the industry-killing regulations, to lower the job crushing taxes and to ensure a level playing field for all American companies and workers". The clash between California and the Trump administration could lead to one set of standards in California and at least a dozen other states and another standard in the rest of the country, increasing costs for vehicle makers and headaches for consumers.
Brown made it clear that California won't sit back and watch the standards be degraded from the sidelines. California's attorney general has asked the court to let the state defend the Obama regulations. That means California, and a dozen states that have the authority to follow Californias lead, could chart a separate course from the rest of the country. Governor Jerry Brown has made statements about keeping California's clean auto policy in effect no matter what President Trump decides to do.
Influential Manhattan prosecutor Preet Bharara and another 45 Obama -era USA attorneys are out of jobs after the Trump administration asked them to resign on Friday. It's also a reality that many consumers don't want highly fuel efficient, small, light passenger cars.
"California's pioneering efforts to reduce emissions from cars and trucks have become a national example, and have been supported by past Administrations both Republican and Democratic", said Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León. Redrafting both the fuel economy standards and Obama's Clean Power Plan would require a lengthy regulatory process of public hearings followed nearly certainly by legal challenges.
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Trump saluted Ford, General Motors, and Fiat-Chrysler for recent announcements of new jobs and expansions of US -based manufacturing. "That was the beauty of the process that President Obama established and the agreement that was reached". Joining Trump were GM CEO Mary Barra, Ford Motor Company CEO Mark Fields, and FiatChrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne.
"This is not the auto industry of the 1960s", he said.
Lawmakers, industry groups and environmentalists say the administration has signaled it plans to take this step.
"The current standards helped the auto companies move from bankruptcy to profitability, and there is no reason they can not be met", said Rhea Suh, president of the council. "If the issue is are they going to relax the standards, then we would vehemently oppose that". Obama's EPA had argued the costs to consumers were mitigated by gas savings and that the rules would decrease greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming. A second phase, dictating standards through 2025, was put in place by the Environmental Protection Agency before Donald Trump took office.
"President Trump's decision today to weaken emission standards in cars is an unconscionable gift to polluters", wrote Brown. Trump has drawn comparisons between himself and Jackson, a fellow populist outsider.
The California Air Resources Board said in January that it did not consider the waiver to be in jeopardy, despite reports of the Trump administration wanting to revoke it. Snyder later said he wasn't offended and noted President Trump has "made that comment about quite a few people". "And we have just gotten started".


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Tyra Banks will graduate from Harvard Business School.
The America's Next Top Model host has enrolled in the school's Owner/President Management Program and held a 90-minute talk with the associate dean Youngme Moon on Tuesday to explain her decision in front of select students.
According to the institution's independent newspaper The Harbus, the model, producer and author looks up to Virgin boss Richard Branson and Walt Disney for inspiration, and has some big business plans in the pipeline.
She said: "There's a difference between a career and a business. I'm not looking to build a company based on fans."
However, the star admitted that she is not as tough as she seems on TV and simply brings out an alter ego on America's Next Top Model.
She continued: "[I] would love to have her in the boardroom. I wish I was hard... I have armor, but a strategic knife can still get in those creases."
Banks also told her classmates: "Don't chase the money, even if you want to be a banker. Chase the passion. Chase the dream."
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Earlier this year, I posted a blog, Are You a Do'er?, which was inspired from my participation at the Business of Software Conference late in 2011. There was a wealth of content presented at that conference and of course it inspired another thought thread that now lends itself to a blog topic.
The theme… Road to Where? Are you, or I, or perhaps both of us, on a road to nowhere? Are we caught up in the innovation race to add more features and functionality to our software/hardware/whatever product that we lose sight of what's important to the user base? This was the talk of a few folks at the conference, but one person in particular, Harvard Professor Clayton Christensen, argued in his talk (here is the video) that we need to shift our focus away from adding more and more features into what is already a well-functioning product and keeping up the innovation race with our competition, and instead figure out how to bridge the divide between consumption and non-consumption. Prof. Christensen, who is also quoted in the book, Mastering the Complex Sale by Jeff Thule, asks what can you do to pull in new users/customers that for whatever reason have not found their way to your offering (product/service)?
Now I imagine I have a few of you interested in debating this with me and thinking, "Hold on a minute Sherry, are you saying to forget about your current customers and simply focus on the 'haves' vs. the 'have nots'?" Well, not at all! Prof. Christiansen goes on to explain that most customers today are bombarded with so much information about a product and service that we, by human nature, simplify it for sanity sake so that when it comes to a comparison of features/functionality, we are able – in a timely fashion – to reach a decision.


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Barnstable workers installed metal barricades around the former Chili's restaurant property on Route 132 Saturday to curb illegal parking that has been costing the town airport about $1,000 per day in lost parking fees, officials said.
HYANNIS — Town workers installed metal barricades around the former Chili's restaurant property on Route 132 Saturday to curb illegal parking that has been costing the town airport about $1,000 per day in lost parking fees, officials said.
"Our customers are always commenting, 'Why is it so busy over there?'" said Julien Primeau, a Cape Opticians employee, referring to the parking lot next-door. "There's 50 trucks over there every day."
Airport officials said yesterday that the number of parking scofflaws has been closer to 75 cars and trucks per day cramming into the parking lot. Officials have been counting the parked vehicles every day for the past two or three weeks, airport Manager Quincy "Doc" Mosby said.
Chili's closed in September 2005 and the building has been vacant since. The town purchased the property for $1.6 million, and the sale finally closed Friday, according to Patty Daley, the town's interim director of growth management. The town's acquisition of the property prompted the immediate ticketing of offenders and the installation of barricades, local business owners said.
The property was purchased using $880,000 of Community Preservation Act money approved by the town council in February and another $800,000 paid for by Berkshire Development as a condition of putting a Circuit City store on the former Star City Grill property, also on Route 132.
Mosby said airport officials began looking at the parking issue around three or four months ago after receiving numerous complaints about people crossing the busy roadway.
"We got a number of complaints from town officials and from local businesses," Mosby said. "We worked together with the town and put up the barricades to stop the illegal parking. But we were more concerned about people crossing the roadway. Somebody's going to get hurt."
Mark Milne, the town's finance director, did not return calls from the Times yesterday seeking comment on the financial situation of the municipal airport and whether the lost parking fees played any part in the haste to block motorists from parking at the property.
Town officials had hoped to block off the parking lot long before this past weekend but were met by resistance from the property's former owner, Daley said.
She said the town is working on plans to demolish the old Chili's building, which will be turned into open space. No buildings or benches are planned for the site, only landscaping, she said.
"We're really looking forward to it looking beautiful as the new gateway into Hyannis," Daley said.
Neighboring business owners are taking a wait-and-see approach to the town's plans for the property.
Joe Carita, owner of Boomer McLoud, said the town probably could have found a better use for the land. His customers liked to walk over to the Chili's restaurant to wait while their cars were worked on and now they have to cross Route 132 for a meal, he said.
Maureen Paddock, whose husband owns the Cape Opticians property, said she is still concerned about parking next-door, upkeep, and the safety of pedestrians.
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TITANIC-TITANIC.com | Olympic
- Builder: Harland and Wolff
- Yard No.: 400
- Launched: October 20th, 1910
- Maiden Voyage: 14th June, 1911
- Gross Tonnage: 45,324 tons
- Length: 852.4 ft.
- Beam: 92.5ft.
- Decks: 5
- Funnels: 4
- Masts: 2
- Propellers: 3
- Engines: 2 x four cylinder triple expansion engines + 1 l.p. turbine to center propeller
- Boilers: 25 double ended, 4 single ended
- Speed: 21 knots
- Port of Registry: Liverpool
- Carrying Capacity: 1.054 first class, 510 second class, 1,020 third class.
- Sister Ships: Titanic, Britannic
It took an incredibly short period of time, a mere six months or so, from the meeting in London between Joseph Bruce Ismay and Lord Pirrie to discuss the new Olympic-class liners, and the actual keel-laying at Harland and Wolff in December 1907 of the first of the trio, Olympic, yard No. 400.
A planned sister ship for Oceanic II was going to be named Olympic, however, it was never built, as the White Star Line wanted to build much bigger ships, and was planning the 'Big Four' with that aim.
On October 20th, 1910, Olympic was launched at Harland and Wolff's Belfast yard, and she immediately entered the record books as the heaviest man-made object at that time, although Titanic would take that crown when she was launched of course. Olympic was painted white for the occasion, allowing photographers to get the best images possible of this momentous event.
Olympic's first four trips across the Atlantic were trouble-free, but on September 20th, 1911, at the beginning of Olympic's fifth voyage to New York, and with Titanic's future master, E.J. Smith in command, Olympic was in collision with a Royal Navy cruiser, H.M.S. Hawke. Although nobody was injured, and both ships stayed afloat, the damage to Olympic was so severe that it took workers two weeks just to patch the damaged hull enough to allow the liner to return to Belfast, as Harland and Wolff's were the only yard with a dry-dock large enough to repair Olympic in. Once Olympic had crossed the Irish Sea, and been dry-docked, the work to repair her took six weeks.
In the February of 1912, Olympic was again back at Harland and Wolff's in Belfast, this time to replace a propeller after dropping a blade on another Atlantic crossing.
After the sinking of her sister Titanic in April, 1912, the White Star Line, desperate to be seen to be doing the 'right thing', returned Olympic to Harland and Wolff's Belfast yard to undergo several modifications. The most visible of these was the provision of more lifeboats - the Government had been quick to change the law, and there now had to be provision for everybody on board. Another improvement was increasing the height of the forward bulkheads to the shelter deck, and the hull was given another layer of steel, creating a double-bottom.
As World War One broke out, Olympic carried on as normal, but as the war went on, the amount of passengers crossing the Atlantic dropped off quite considerably, no doubt worried about what could happen to a large ship on the open sea, and the White Star Line decided at the end of October 1914 to return Olympic to her place of birth, Belfast. On her return journey, she came to the rescue of H.M.S. Audacious, a British battleship that was mortally wounded after hitting a mine. All of the battleship's crew were saved, and an attempt was made to tow the ship to England, but heavy seas caused the line between the two vessels to part, and later, the battleship's magazine exploded, sending her to the bottom.
After Olympic had debarked her passengers, together with the crew of H.M.S. Audacious, White Star Line intended to lay her up in Belfast until the war was over, but in the middle of 1915, the Admiralty commissioned her to be used as a fast troop transport. She was stripped of all her luxurious fittings, and painted in her famous 'dazzle paint', as seen here in the photographs on the left. 'Dazzle paint' incorporated painting vivid shapes and patterns over every inch of the ship, which made it harder for enemy range-finders to get an accurate fix on Olympic. She could carry up to 7,000 troops at any one time.
Now assigned the suffix 'H.M.T', for 'His Majesty's Transport', H.M.T. Olympic, under the command of Captain Bertram Hayes, sailed on the 24th of September for Mudros, Greece. Yet again, Olympic came to the rescue of a ship in trouble after being struck by a German torpedo, the French vessel Provincia.
In 1917, Olympic again returned to Belfast to have anti-submarine guns fitted, and these would be put to good use on the night of May 18th, 1918. During her 22nd troop carrying voyage, the crew of Olympic spotted a U-boat, U-103. The Captain ordered the ship turned in order to ram the submarine, and as Olympic approached the seemingly unaware sub, she opened fire with her anti-submarine guns, finally alerting the submarine's crew of her presence. But it was far too late, and Olympic tore through the hull of submarine, sending it to the bottom. Some of the sub's crew were rescued by an American destroyer that was on hand. This remarkable feat of bravery was the only recorded instance of a merchant vessel sinking any type of warship during World War One, and the American soldiers aboard her organised a collection in order to have a commemorative plaque placed in one of Olympic's lounges to remind future travelers of her proud war-time service.
Olympic continued to cross the Atlantic on a regular basis, and did so until the end of November, 1918, when she was commissioned to carry Canadian troops back home by the Canadian Government. She did this for the next nine months, and eventually returned to Harland and Wolff's Belfast yard, this time to be refitted and returned to her regular passenger-carrying service. During her refit, workers investigating a leak in her hull unbelievably found a dent caused by a torpedo that had failed to detonate! During her $2.5 million refit, Harland and Wolff converted her to burn oil, which was easier to load, and a lot more efficient than coal, and it also meant she required about 300 less crew, making huge savings for the White Star Line. 'Old Reliable' returned to traffic, and continued where she had left off, a successful and much adored ship, loved by many.
By 1933, transatlantic passenger numbers had dwindled, mainly due to the crash of 1929, and the White Star Line was merged with Cunard, and became the Cunard White Star Line. The newly merged company began to sell off some of its ships, and Olympic's future was put in doubt due to her age, as she was about 25 years old at this time.
Olympic's good fortune throughout the war, together with her reliability in normal service, came to an abrupt end soon after this merger. In dense fog, approaching New York, she ran down and sank the Nantucket Lightship, killing seven of the lightship's eleven crew. Olympic, and her owners, Cunard White Star, were found to be responsible for the disaster, and had to pay $500,000 in compensation.
By the time 1935 arrived, time was up. Olympic was retired, and for the only vessel of the trio of Olympic-class ships that actually managed to perform her assigned duty - to carry passengers across the Atlantic to New York - the future looked very bleak. Cunard tried to find a buyer for the still popular Olympic, but nobody wanted her. She was sold for scrap, and she sailed, under her own steam, for Jarrow on the River Tyne in the North East of England on October 11th, 1935. For two years the vessel was stripped of her luxurious fittings, her varnished paneling, and her superstructure, leaving just the massive hull, pictured here on the left, which in 1937 was towed to Inverkeithing in Scotland for the final part of her disposal.
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Still Awesome: Hay Bale Gardening
Last year I became completely enamored with the idea of raised hay bale beds. There's no dirt; just hay and the vegetable plants you'd like to grow. It's actually rather perfect for any size home, balcony or backyard with little to no effort involved. Have you tried it yet?
Even though I had my hopes set high for hale bale gardening this year. But apparently when you buy an old house things like electricity and stairs that won't send you plummeting to your death are more important than growing your own tomatoes.
The idea still has me curious, though: apparently you can keep plants practically weed free and the roots cool without committing to a full blown raised bed that has to be built, filled with soil and maintained. Do you love the idea as much as I do? Have you tried it? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
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Things We Aren't Talking About: P.U.R.P.L.E Crying0
Back in 2008 I entered into motherhood with some ideas of what it meant to be a mother, but also with an overwhelming sense of being maternal. I loved babies and I felt like things came naturally to me when I was around them. Crying babies didn't stress me out, I just wanted to soothe them! I can distinctly remember telling my older sister that her crying baby didn't bother me one bit.
Keep on crying baby! You aren't bothering me! Here let me jiggle you a bit! See how easy I can soothe you!
I felt very competent taking care of a newborn and my hands were at ease holding and comforting them; by the time I had my first baby I had already held hundreds of newborns. When my first baby arrived with a loud cry that did not stop I was shocked into a world I wasn't so sure about. My baby wouldn't soothe and caused me to sweat bullets and feel anxious with every little peep that came out of his beautiful face. How could I not soothe my own baby? I was a baby whispering natural!
Until you have hung around a high needs baby you can not truly understand the insanity that festers inside the caregiver. A fussy baby challenges every sense of what you think to be true, and the crying keeps on going. When your high needs fussy baby cries you will start to think that time may possibly be endless. This explains why it feels like eternity when you are into hour 5 of crying.
It took us nearly three years to decide to have a second baby. Knowing that we could possibly have another high needs fussy baby, we proceeded with caution and birth control. While Ben's crying may now be a distant memory, it's one of those memories that's easy to bring back. Even while I was labouring with my second baby, I chatted to the nurse about my fears of having a second fussy baby.
When I birthed my second baby she came out with a cry and settled skin to skin on my chest and cooed. My husband and I looked at each other and didn't say a word. It turns out that we are superstitious when it comes to crying babies and didn't want to jinx the fact that this could be a different kind of baby. My daughters first day went by with little fuss and much silence. More looks were exchanged and a silent dialogue between my husband and I began. Could she be a calm baby? Or at least a regular baby?
Once we brought her home from the hospital we kept holding our breath. When she made a peep I soothed her with a pat on her bottom or by picking her up. What a novel concept! The first weeks ticked by and they were somewhat easy. She wanted to be nursed, changed and snuggled. At 2 weeks old she got a teensy bit more grumpy in the evening and cluster fed and needed to be cuddled a tiny bit more. It was still an incomparable two weeks between my two babes.
I went back to the old P.U.R.P.L.E Crying information and confirmed what I knew. At 2 weeks all newborns perk up and are a bit 'fussier, especially in the evenings. Fussy is a spectrum, with Josie at one end and Ben at the opposite end for the same age. I'm not foolish enough to declare anything at this point. We all know the parenting 'no no' of celebrating too soon. Like parents who update their Facebook status about their child sleeping through the night, only to end up with an all nighter the next night….and the next.
All I can say for sure is this, Josie is a sweet sweet newborn and so far it's been very easy to meet her needs. She wakes up every few hours to nurse at night, but there is none of that constant crying that causes the apartment neighbours to move out.


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RECLINING FIGURE, oil, 36 x 18
OUTDOOR CAFE AT PALAIS ROYAL, oil, 12 X 9
WAITER IN WHITE GLOVES, oil, 18 X 10
One professor, in particular, stands out in Goodwin's memory for his impact on her own approach. In Craig Nelson's quick-draw class, a model posed for a certain amount of time—generally from a half hour to 11/2 hours—and when the time was over, the model got up and left, and the painting had to be complete. "It trains you to put down one brush stroke where before you might put down eight," Goodwin points out. "By working quickly you're forced to be more articulate, more succinct with brush strokes. It leaves things for the eye to fill in, which actually engages the viewer longer because it leaves a certain mystery."
Even at the Academy of Art, Goodwin at first held onto the idea of a dual major with a fallback career. She chose costume design because of a lifelong love of historical costumes, but soon discovered the program was focused mainly on contemporary fashion, which was not what she had in mind. So her own educational focus narrowed, at last, to fine art. But her stint in the area of costume design did bring some lasting benefits: A queen-sized closet in Goodwin's house holds her collection of period clothing, from 1500s Anne Boleyn to 1800s Victorian to 1920s- and 940s-era American attire.
This collection began in college and provides visually compelling clothing for many of the models Goodwin paints. And as it turns out, one of those models is the artist herself. reclining figure was painted from a photograph taken of Goodwin when she was working as a model. The Victorian garb, with bustle, corset, and waterfall skirt, was sewn expressly for her to pose in, and she was given photos of herself in the dress. In painting the piece, she was drawn to the unexpected image of a woman in Victorian dress "disregarding propriety" in a quietly informal pose. "I like the idea of a woman in structured, stiff clothing—and the proper expectations of women in that society—juxtaposed with a very relaxed position," she comments. "It's an intimate view, a welcomed solitary moment."
TABLE SETTINGS AT JONATHAN'S CLUB, oil, 18 X 14
Following graduation and inspired by the fine art careers of instructors like Nelson, whose work is in a number of galleries, Goodwin made her first major painting trip. She rented a car in Boston, MA, headed south, turned west at Savannah, GA, and took in much of the South. On plantations and elsewhere she found the lovely historical architecture and lush interiors that captured her imagination more than those she'd grown up with on the West Coast. It was these paintings that began to gain the attention of collectors—even while the artist moved on and turned her own attention to France.
Goodwin lived in Paris for six months, then settled back in California. She returned to Paris in June of this year with her boyfriend, Christopher Noonan (known by all simply as Noonan), whose mother is French. From that recent two-week stay with Noonan's family came hundreds more photos of places like the Paris Opera, which the artist visited on a night when the main foyer was dressed up in garlands for a special event. "I'd been to the opera and painted it many times," she says. "But I'd never painted it with this botanical element."
A side trip to the castles of the Loire Valley yielded many paintings, including several at the Château de Chenonceau. The servants' dining room, with its white stone walls, rustic wood tables, and miniature orange-tree topiaries, especially caught her eye. And of course, the many restaurants and cafés in the City of Lights were visually irresistible, especially any time the artist spied a waiter carrying glasses walking by. outdoor café at palais royale is one such work. "Light is really a stimulus for me," Goodwin reflects. "The luminosity of glassware in restaurants, or silver tea sets, just draws you in. Light bouncing off of something really creates a focal point."
GALA AT THE OPERA, PARIS, oil, 20 X 16
Other elements of historic architecture and furnishings are equally alluring, and together they create the kind of visually sumptuous space, full of rich color, texture, and detail, into which the artist enjoys projecting her mind as she paints. "Because I'm so in it, I feel as though I'm taking a vacation when I'm painting," she says.
Viewers are pleased to enter these spaces as well, notes Ella Richardson, owner of Ella Walton Richardson Fine Art Gallery in Charleston, SC. "What fascinates me most about Lindsay is her ability to transport the viewer into her settings, enabling us to feel intimately connected with every detail," Richardson remarks. "Her canvases convey a sense of effortlessness that some artists are unable to achieve in a lifetime."
For Goodwin, these qualities reflect a concept that has stayed with her since she encountered it some years ago while studying Neoclassicism. It's something she thinks about often as she works to imbue her paintings with a sense of beauty and peace, and she expresses it this way: "The contemplation of aesthetics can bring one closer to the divine."
A solo show of Goodwin's work opens in early November at Ella Walton Richardson Fine Art Gallery, Charleston, SC. She is also represented by Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA; Willow Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ; and Crane Collection, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA.
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I take spiornolactone for my cystic acne, Im wondering if the spironolactone will still work while I get the depo shot.
Depo-Provera - will depo cause acne ?
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You need to speak to a pharmacist for a proper answer on this.
Acne is generally caused by a hormone imbalance, which is why teenagers are particularly prone to it, as their bodies are full of changing hormones.
By taking Depo Provera, you are putting a synthetic (man-made) hormone into your body. This changes the balance of hormones in your body, & therefore you can expect side effects that you associate with those changes (weight gain, acne, mood swings etc. etc.).
No one person is the same, so depending on your own body's balance of hormones, adding another hormone to it can affect different bodies in different ways. It's therefore really difficult to say how Depo Provera will affect you, personally, but call into your nearest drug store & ask to speak to your pharmacist. They will have an idea of the effects of your acne medicine & Depo together. You could even find that whilst on Depo your hormones are effected in a way that means you don't need your acne medicine, because you don't get spots once your hormones are affected by the Depo.
Either way, don't start/stop either medication without the advice of your doctor or pharmacist.
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Beef and vegetable kabobs
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2tsp.(30ml)Mrs.Dash original blend.3tsp.(45ml)honey.3tsp.(45ml)lime juice.1lb(454g)boneless beef sitloin.1 large red or green bell pepper.1 medium onion.1 medium zucchini.
(1)cut sirloin into 1 1/2 inch(3.75cm)cubes.(2)cut pepper into 1 inch (2.5cm)chunks,cut onion into wedges,and cut zucchini into 1/2 inch(1.25cm)slices.(3)mix honey,lime juice and Mrs.Dash original blend in a large bowl.(4)add remaining ingredients ;toss lightly to coat thoroughly with seasoning mixture.(5)thread meat and vegetables alternalyon skewersreserve remaining seasoning mixture.(6)place skewers on rack of boilerpan so kabobs are 3(1.5cm)to 5 inches(11.5cm)from heat.(7)broil 8 to 12 minutes or desired doneness,brushing occasionally with seasoning mixture.
Nutritional Facts
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- serves 4 prep time 15 minutes cook time 8 to 12 minutes.calories 312
- %of fat from calories 43%
- total fat 6g
- sat.fat 15g
- unsat.fat 6g
- trans fat 7g
- cholestrol 0g sodium 69mg
- pottasium 22g
- fiber 2g
- protein 23g.
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Ulster SFC round-up: Donegal's Kilcar thrash Scotstown
Cavan Gaels romp past Antrim's Lámh Dhearg in heavily one sided quarter-final
Kilcar (Donegal) 1-16 Scotstown ( Monaghan) 1-6
A faster, slicker Kilcar proved too potent for Scotstown in a one sided contest that saw them book their place in the semi-final of the Ulster club senior football championship for the first time in their history.
Scotstown had slightly the better of things in the opening quarter thanks to a goal by Conor McCarthy after just 4 minutes. By the break Kilcar had turned things around as they registered 1-6 without reply in the final 10 minutes of the half, the goal a brilliant solo effort by Eoin McHugh. The Donegal champions led 1-10 to 1-3 at half time.
Scotstown made a good start to the second-half with two points in the opening minute and a half from Conor McCarthy and Ross McKenna. Normal service was soon restored as Kilcar again got a grip on proceedings and held Scotstown to just one further point for the remainder of the game, while registering six themselves. They were denied a second goal with a brilliant save by Rory Beggan, but still ran out 10 point winners.
Kilcar: E McGinley, P McGinley, C McShane, P Carr, R McHugh 0-5 (2f), M Hegarty, B Shovlin, C McGinley 0-1, M McHugh, A McClean, E McHugh 1-0, C Doherty, S Shovlin, P McBrearty 0-8 (4f), S McBrearty 0-1. Subs: M Sweeney for A McClean, A Carr for S McBrearty, A McGinley 0-1 for P McBrearty.
Scotstown: R Beggan 0-1 (f), F McPhillips, W Carroll, S Mohan, D Morgan, D McArdle, E Caulfield, F Caulfield, J Hamill, S Carey 0-1, K Hughes, R McKenna 0-2, P Sherlock, D Hughes, C McCarthy 1-2. Subs: D McCrudden for J Hamill, O Heaphey for R McKenna, M McCarville for S Carey, K McMeel for S Mohan (Black Card).
Referee: C Branagan (Down).
Cavan Gaels 1-19 Lámh Dhearg 0-10
Cavan Gaels notched 1-17 from play as they put Antrim champions Lámh Dhearg to the sword at Kingspan Breffni Park.
The hosts were a class apart in terms of fitness, finishing and finesse in a thoroughly one-sided quarter-final.
The visitors were in trouble from the off and a Micheál Lyng goal after 14 inutes left them trailing by 0-1 to 1-7.
The Belfast-based Antrim champions manufactured one clear-cut goal chance in the first half but Domhnall Nugent fired wide in the 26th minute after playing a neat one-two with Ciaran Flaherty.
The Antrim men worked in dervish-like fashion but apart from the tricky Paddy Cunningham, they were punchless in the final third.
The Gaels eased into a 1-11 to 0-5 half time lead and the only mystery was that they failed to score more than just a single goal.
On a perfect day for football, Lámh Dearg - making their first appearance in the competition since 1992 - carved out one goal chance in the second half but Gaels' 'keeper Flynn won the race for possession ahead of Conor Murray, after Patrick Cunningham's shot struck the upright in the 35th minute.
The second half was a pedestrian, predictable affair with the Gaels happy to empty their bench and consolidate their healthylead.
To their credit, the visitors battled to the last and they notched the last two points via Cunningham and Ryan Murray but they were scores with the word consolation stamped all over them.
Cavan Gaels: Ciaran Flynn; Luke Fortune, Niall Murray, Kevin Meehan; Darragh Sexton, Barry Fortune (0-1), Levi Murphy(0-1); Paul Graham, Robert Maloney-Derham (0-3); Niall Smith, Micheál Lyng (1-2), Andrew Graham; Paul O'Connor, Sean Johnston (0-5, 1f), Martin Dunne (0-6, 1f). Subs: D Meehan for A Graham (43); V Coyle for N Smith (53); D Graham (0-1) for M Lyng (56); K Donohoe for P Graham (57); S Higgins for K Meehan (58); John Fortune for D Sexton (61).
Lámh Dhearg: John Finucane: Padraig Mervyn, Aaron McAulfield, Marc McGarry; Declan Lynch, Michael Herron, Brendan McComb; Pearse Fitzsimons, Domhnall Nugent; Eoin McKeown (0-1), Ciaran Flaherty, Conor Murray; Patrick Cunningham (0-6, 5f), Ryan Murray (0-3), Kevin Quinn. Subs: Christopher Nolan for M McGarry (34); Patrick Larkin for P Fitzsimons (B.C 42); Ben Rice for D Nugent (46); Gerard Slane for B McComb (52); Stephen Tully for E McKeown (57).
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AUSTIN, Texas – J.P. Morgan et al. cost the Texas County and District Retirement System $64 million by misrepresenting residential mortgage-backed securities, the pension plan claims; click headline to see the defendants in Travis County Court.
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Chesmar's strength comes from its Chesmarians (Chesmar associates). Chesmarians are a group of phenomenally talented, energized adults fully engaged in making a difference daily. Everyone at Chesmar Homes is dedicated to providing and sustaining the culture, creating an atmosphere that is both stimulating and nurturing. We call this Chesmar Spirit.
Chesmar places a strong emphasis on "family", with bonds that extend to include Chesmar associates, business partners, homeowners and Realtors. And those family ties are a pretty big deal to Chesmarians!
Associates at Chesmar Homes take the company's motto "Setting a Higher Standard" to heart. Each individual agreeing to work at Chesmar Homes, commits to an oath to help Chesmar Homes and everyone associated with the organization, including themselves, to "Set a Higher Standard in Everything They Do." This pledge is echoed in the company's mission and core values.
Chesmar Promise
- To each of our homeowners, WE PROMISE to treat you as a member of our family and to:
- Provide a pleasurable buying experience.
- Build a home of great quality and value.
- Provide exceptional post closing customer care.
- Treat everyone with dignity and respect.
- Do what we say we will do – our word is our bond.
Chesmar Purpose
At Chesmar Homes, we have a strong commitment to make responsible choices for ourselves, our customers and our environment. We take pride in building high- performance homes featuring reduced energy and indoor water usages that reward our customers with lower operating costs. Chesmar Homes offers you the whole package: quality, features, design, function and value.
Chesmar Advantage
Chesmarians pull together every day to make important things happen, from building someone's dream home to creating lasting relationships, to achieving company goals or setting an industry benchmark. And Chesmarians love to celebrate their successes. Each of the Chesmar Family division's gather in celebration for lots of reasons throughout the year–it's the Chesmar Way!
Community Parties: Building a better community is all about neighbors getting to know neighbors. And at Chesmar that means a party! Chesmar new home consultants host neighborhood parties all the time where neighbors can gather with fun activities planned around good food and a great time.
Having Fun: Having fun is serious business at Chesmar—it is a core value! Work/life balance is strongly encouraged. While Chesmarians put their heart into their work, demonstrated by their dedicated work ethic, it is balanced by an attitude of fun. Activities and events are ongoing for associates that surprise, delight, and entertain. It is no surprise that Chesmar has been named to the lists of Top Workplaces and Best Places to Work!
Vendor Appreciation: Chesmar values the partnerships with our vendors. Much attention is given to developing and maintaining strong relationships, many that have continued from our first beginnings. Chesmar Construction team's host lunches and barbeques with special recognitions for our hardworking vendors, in appreciation of their efforts and partnership.
Team Building/Growth: A strong, happy team is essential to Chesmar Homes' growth and success. And Chesmar recognizes that cooperative, responsive teamwork depends greatly on the support given to the growth of the individual. Chesmar associates learn on the job by shadowing and training, as well as receiving financial aid for continuing educational course work. Team building exercises ensure we are the best we can be for our customers and include various educational, inspirational guest speakers' as well fun activities like team ballgames and kart track racing.


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Saturday, February 7, 2009
OCC - Inspiration Challenge
18 comments:
- Pat (mspfd) said...
I just love this beauty! Love the Cuttlebug embossing and the wonderful layout, colors and ribbon embellishments.
- February 7, 2009 at 6:16 AM
- Darlene (SCS:akronstamperdpk) said...
Hi Jennifer! I play along with the OCC challenge every week but have never takent the time to visit your blog ... well today I am and it's awesome! Love your card for today with all the Cuttlebugging and the gingham ribbon ... fantastic!! Thanks for all you inspiration!!
- February 7, 2009 at 7:36 AM
- Cindy Haffner said...
Sweet Jen i love your hearts and ribbon. Can't wait for your exciting news.
- February 7, 2009 at 8:33 AM
- Tina said...
Hi Jennifer, I love the variety of textures, colors and shapes. This is great!
- February 7, 2009 at 8:47 AM
- Silke said...
Gorgeous card - Jennifer!!! Love all the embossing and the hearts!!!
- February 7, 2009 at 8:48 AM
- Dawn Easton said...
So rich and warm Jennifer. Love the embossing!
- February 7, 2009 at 8:49 AM
- Kim said...
Very Sweet card! Can't wait for the news :)
- February 7, 2009 at 10:10 AM
- Sue from Oregon said...
I cannot get these yummy chocolate Valentines that you are making out of my head...I am just going to have to go try one myself!
- February 7, 2009 at 10:21 AM
- Julee (Vervegirl) said...
This is darling, Jennifer. Love the little ribbon tabs on the hearts. Have a great week!
- February 7, 2009 at 12:23 PM
- Amy Sheffer said...
So cute, Jennifer! Love all the dry embossing and the gingham ribbon! Have a great weekend, and don't work too hard, girl!!
- February 7, 2009 at 12:33 PM
- Viv said...
Dunno how you do it with all you've got going on my friend!
This is yet another gorgeous example of how creative you are.
Hugs and smiles
Viv xxx
- February 7, 2009 at 3:07 PM
- Kim said...
Oooo special surprises are my favorite! ;)
Gorgeous card hun! I love it!!! Maybe I will give you a shout tomorrow!
Hugs~ Kim
- February 7, 2009 at 5:36 PM
- Lynda Benden said...
Too cute Jen! Love your layout, hearts and the ribbon adds the perfect extra touch!
- February 7, 2009 at 6:21 PM
- MakiJo said...
This is so pretty! I love the all embossed layers and ribbons!! How sweet is this!!
- February 7, 2009 at 11:19 PM
- Chelsea said...
This is soooo cute! I love the yummy colors and I love the use off all of your cuttlebug folders. Cute cute cute!
- February 8, 2009 at 12:42 PM
- Norine said...
very pretty love how you put the ribbon with the hearts
- February 8, 2009 at 4:07 PM
- Big Sky Paper and Design said...
Love these colours,the hearts, embossed layers and the folded ribbon, tfs and I love your blog design :-)
- February 8, 2009 at 11:01 PM
- Stamp and Smile said...
So cute! The colors, hearts, ribbon and yes the lay-out is so stunning and adorable... TFS! :)
- February 9, 2009 at 11:25 PM


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It's the most wonderful time of the year:
I love summer and everything that it brings, but by the end, I am ready to be back on a schedule, have an earlier bedtime, and separate my kids so that the fighting can stop.
To kick off this school year, my goal is to have some different breakfast options besides just cold cereal. For the past few weeks, whenever I made pancakes or waffles, I will double the recipe and then freeze the extras for a busy school morning.
We made this recipe the other day and the kids scarfed them down. The cinnamon flavor is perfect and one of my kids just ate it plain because she didn't think it needed syrup.
So tomorrow before I send them out the door for their first day, I will fill them up with these pancakes!
Six Sisters' Stuff
Serves: 8
10 minPrep Time
5 minCook Time
15 minTotal Time
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1/4 cup applesauce
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups finely diced apples (I used Granny Smith apples- I even kept the skins on)
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon cloves (optional)
- In a large bowl, mix together melted butter, applesauce, eggs, milk, vanilla and shredded apple. Add in flour, baking powder, cinnamon, sugar, nutmeg, and cloves and stir until just combined.
- Preheat a griddle or frying pan over medium heat. Scoop about 1/4 cup onto the hot surface and let cook for a couple of minutes on each side, flipping half way through. Best if served warm, topped with butter, maple syrup, and a sprinkle of cinnamon.
Looking for more pancake recipes?
Funfetti Birthday Pancakes
Fresh Blueberry Pancakes
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Maple Pancake Muffins
Baked Pancakes


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Travel and Life in Aiken and Orangeburg, South Carolina
Visit, Tour, or Stay in South Carolina
In considering Travel and Tourism - and family vacations - think about the Aikin area on the western side of South Carolina beside Georgia. In a recent National Geographic issue dedicated to the Top 50 Tours the society recommends, one of them is in the Aiken area. The place to stay is the Carriage House Inn in Aiken SC.
The Carriage House Inn
On the guided travel called the Historic Aiken Tour of Downtown Aiken, The Carriage House Inn is one of the stops. It gushes 19th century charm with hardwood floors, antiques, and charming suites built in a rennovated warehouse. The management offers brochures an dother materials for a self-guided tour around Aiken, including a touch-and-smell garden tour. Rooms are reasonably priced for a vacation spot and include breakfast. Golf Packages and others are available as well.
Read more at The Carriage House Inn.
Job and Business Market Area
Greater Aiken-Orangeburg Market Area
- Sustainability and Jobs in Columbia SC
The Columbia Metro Area boasts a population over 612,000 people in 2008 and is a large center of business in the Midlands of South Carolina. Unemployment began decreasing with new jobs in early 2009...
- Top 10 Hot Jobs in Sumter County SC
Sumter County joins Kershaw, Lee, Clarendon Counties in Northeast Central SC in order to form the labor market known as Santee-Lynches. About 40% of the 4-county population lives in Sumter County and about 20% live in Kershaw, leaving the remaining..
Lower Savannah Region
Regional Links
- The Hitchcock Woods
Hitchcock Woods offers visitors the natural beauty and quiet solitude of a unique southern forest located in the midst of an urban area, The City of Aiken. Maintenance of the trails, jumps, bridges. signs, map boxes, as well as protection and managem
- Lower Savannah Workforce Investment Area
Lower Savannah WIA onestop locations and employment information among the 6 counties of the region.
- Orangeburg Festival of Roses
Orangeburg activities. Edisto Memorial Gardens along the banks of the Edisto River, the longest black water river in the world.
Downtown Aiken
Aiken has always been a place for hospitality and travel. Early on, folks from other parts of South Carolina traveled to Aiken to stay until an epidemic of malaria passed. Moneyed Northerners wintered in Aiken and returned North in the Spring. The sport of Polo has been popular in the area since the early 1880s. Because of all of this, the downtown area has never been allowed to decline like urban areas in large cities. A dedicated development association has seen to it that store fronts stay filled and new businesses come into the area.
The US National Trust for Historic Preservation has named Aiken one of a Dozen Distinctive Destinations not to be missed. Rose Hill is a National historic Estate open for tours, activities, and lodgings and is well known in South Carolina. Shops in Downtown include antique stores, bridal shops, teas-garden shops, wild bird feeder/feed sellers, a tennis and squash shop, real estate professionals, and several others. A number of dining establishments are there in the center of activities.
The Battle of Aiken
Large Attractions
- Aiken Railroad Depot
- Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame & Museum - Home of Aiken's Racing Champions
- South Carolina State Historic Sites - Historic Plantations South Carolina - Redcliffe Plantation
Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site is one of the state's historic plantations. South Carolina State Historic Sites are big fun for the family!
- The RPSEC Observatory and Dupont Planetarium
DuPont Planetarium at the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center (RPSEC) on University of South Carolina Aiken (USCA) campus, an educational organization that teaches students and the community about astronomy and science in a fun way
Battle of Aiken Reenactment
City of Orangeburg
Over one half of this region's population live in either the Cities of Aiken or Orangeburg (in Orangeburg County). Unlike Aiken, the downtown area of Orangeburg fell into some decay. This occurred during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and culminated in a violent altercation related to civil rights in a local bowling alley in 1968, to which the Highway Patrol was called.
Revitalization of the downtown sectors began in earnest in 2000. At the same town the Downtown development entity instituted the Orangeburg County Community of Character program. By 2005, the City of Orangeburg had won an All-American City Award. The county chooses a different quality of character monthly and asks that residents considerate and try to develop it in themselves and their families. Citizens of the month are named and a character-building program is provided to 9th graders as they begin their high school careers.
Future projects that will create jobs in Orangeburg County include Garden of Hope, Veterans Memorial, a new Recreation Complex, a new City Council building, a new Gym, and new streetscaping downtown.
City of Orangeburg
100 Best Places to Relocate
Aiken was named as one of the Top 100 Best Places to Relocate by the organization called Relocate America. It is also ranked Number 7 among South Carolina cities for lower cost and higher quality of living. See the following links fo rmore information about the superior qualities of the City of Aiken:
Best Towns for Boomers
Best Boomer Towns™ named Aiken among its 21 Best Places to Thrive for Baby Boomers.
The organization states that if you are a Boomer, you are stylish, active, and resourceful, searching to reduce stress and increase living, and may seek more fresh air. Aiken is a place that will satisfy those needs.
Aiken is recommended for a lower cost of living than the national average, a high-quality healthcare system, and the Academy of Lifelong Learning that provides free tuition for Seniors to University of South Carolina at Aiken.
Employment Trends Aiken - Orangeburg Area
Largest Regional Employers
- US Department of Energy (Number One Employer in the State of SC)
- Aiken County Public Schools
- Shaw AREVA MOX Services - Nuclear energy production.
- Savannah River Nuclear Solutions - includes Savannah River National Laboratory - Under US Dept. of Energy as well.
- Kimberly-Clark Corporation - Manufacturing
- Aiken Regional Medical Centers
- County of Aiken
- Washington Savannah River Company
- Advanced Glassfiber Yarn - Manufacturing
- Bridgestone America's Tire Operations, LLC - Manufacturing
- Shaw Industries - Manufacturing
- Owens-Corning - Manufacturing
- Dixie-Narco, Inc.
- Carlisle Tire and Wheel
- ASCO/Emerson Electric
Top 10 Fastest Growing Jobs
- Retail Salespersons
- Physicians
- Store Managers
- Outside Sales Representatives
- Truck Drivers: Semis, Heavy Trucks
- General/Operations Managers
- Maintenance and Repair
- Team Assemblers
- Registered Nurses (RNs); LPNs, Support Staff
- Home Health Aides (HHAs) and Home Care Aides
Additional Faster Growing Jobs in Aiken - Orangeburg Area
- Truck Drivers, Light Trucks and Delivery Services
- Mainstream Elementary School Teachers
- Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
- Teacher's Assistants - Classrooms, K-12
Higher Education - Aiken SC/Augusta GA
- Aiken Technical College
- Augusta State University - Augusta GA
- Cambridge College - Augusta GA
- Children's Medical College - Augusta GA
- Clafin University
- Kennth Shuler's School of Cosmetology
- Orangeburg - Calhoon Tech
- Paine College - Augusta GA
- Savannah River College - Augusta GA
- Southern Methodist Unviersity - Orangeburg
- Summit Christian College - North Augusta SC
- University of South Carolina Aiken
- University of Georgia - Savannah River Ecology Studies
- Utah Valley State College - Aiken
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|Wireless phones are crucially important to growing numbers of consumers.
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Pushing Ads Through Mobile Phone Short Messaging Sevices
Conducted by Upoc, a wireless marketing firm, with Frank N. Magid and Associates, the research project asked which device users would be more willing to give up for a month if they were forced to. Included in the options were land lines, newspapers, magazines, PCs, radio, the Internet and handheld devices.
140 million
Released today, the study found that 140 million Americans, or 59%, ages 12 and up own mobile phones
Some 35% of U.S. mobile phone owners 12 and older were found to have a wireless Internet feature on their handsets, up from 21% in November, 2002, and 21% of them are using it. Games, restaurant and movie listings, sports scores and weather alerts are the most popular features.
"What we found is that the awareness of SMS [short message service] is growing," said Greg Clayman, vice president of marketing and business development for Upoc.
Other findings
Among the study's other findings:
- 27 million Americans already use the text-messaging feature on their cell phones, up from 18 million in 2002.
- Text-messaging penetration is up 50% from 2002.
- 19% of U.S. mobile phone owners age 12 and older use text-messaging features, up 13% from November 2002. And 72% of this group sends and receives text messages
- Regardless of age, most text messaging is personal, with 73% sending messages to friends, 70% to family members and only 26% to business contacts.
- 28% of U.S. mobile phone owners age 12 and older would consider dropping their land lines and switching to exclusively using their mobile phones.


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Few fighting games manage to conjure up as ridiculous a story line as Tekken has achieved, and at the centre of Namco Bandai's venerable brawler stands one family: the Mishimas. Chief among this clan of crazed, power-hungry corporate bigwigs is Kazuya Mishima, son of Heihachi Mishima and protagonist of the original Tekken. Kaz is perhaps renowned just as much for his daft hair as his fighting prowess, a feat that only long-time rival Paul Phoenix has managed to match. Still, make no mistake; Mishima Jnr is among the cream of the crop of Tekken combatants, and remains a firm fan favourite some 17 years after the series' inception. As such, he has bagged a well-deserved place in the latest 'in the spotlight' series.
In direct contrast to his father, Kazuya isn't intrinsically an evil sod, rather adopting his now-infamous dastardly persona after making a deal with the devil himself. But, more on that later. Poor Kaz lost his mother, Kazumi, at an early age and was subsequently raised by Heihachi—if you can call it that. Indeed, the Mishima family patriarch didn't exactly go easy on the poor lad, subjecting Kazuya to intense practice sessions in the art of Mishima Karate and generally frowning upon his son's timid, benevolent nature. As far as Heihachi was concerned, Kazuya was weak and almost worthless, and punished him accordingly. His brutal upbringing of his son culminated in Kazuya being thrown off a cliff, resulting in Kazuya making a pact with the devil in order to survive the ordeal. Heihachi later adopted a Chinese male named Lee Chao Lan to further encourage Kaz's training, a move that sparked an intense rivalry between the pair.
Naturally, after spending much of his adolescent years under Heihachi's boot heel, Kaz was pretty miffed at daddy. As such, when Heihachi announced the inaugural King of the Iron Fist Tournament, Kazuya saw an ideal opportunity to vent his anger by pummeling pops into submission, and joined up. Battling his way to the final round, the young Mishima Karate master found himself face-to-face with Heihachi. A long, arduous scrap ensued, with Kazuya eventually emerging victorious, and lobbing his unconscious father off a cliff—payback's a bitch, ain't it? Unfortunately, Heihachi survived the fall, and desired revenge. Enter the King of Iron Fist Tournament 2, this time helmed by Kazuya himself, who in the years after his victory in the original tournament had been completely seduced by the devil within, leading the Mishima Zaibatsu with a callous, iron fist. He killed those who opposed him (including Eddy Gordo's father), extorted money and hired bulky bodyguards to carry out his nefarious activities.
Eventually Heihachi would defeat Kazuya in battle before chucking him into a raging volcano, but not before Kaz utilized his dreamy-eyed devil powers to lure the vulnerable Jun Kazama into his arms, leading to a one-night stand that later resulted in the birth of his son, Jin. Nineteen years passed until the opening of the King of Iron Fist Tournament 3, which saw the defeat of Heihachi and ancient god-like foe Ogre at the hands of Jin Kazama. Kazuya, meanwhile, was too busy being brown bread to participate. However, he was later discovered and subsequently resurrected by a bio-research firm named G-Corporation, who experimented on the now 40-something Mishima man in order to learn the secrets of the Devil Gene that resided within Kazuya's body. However, Heihachi, keen to create the ultimate life form and requiring that very gene to do so, raids one of G-Corp's labs and steals much of its research. They later penetrate the same base Kazuya is being held, only to be decimated by the revived Mishima Karate practitioner, who proves he still packs a mean punch despite being dead for nearly 20 years.
Furious at Kazuya's intervention, daddy plots the fourth entry in the King of the Iron Fist Tournament to lure his son out. Kazuya enters, batters all opposition in his path, and faces off against Heihachi—only to lose once again. However, instead of clobbering Kazuya there and then, Heihachi leads his son to a mysterious temple deep within the Mishima Zaibatsu compound, where Kaz eyes his son for the first time. Unfortunately for daddy however, Devil overtakes Kazuya's body, blasts Heihachi out of the room, and faces off against Jin in hopes of absorbing the power that lies within his body. Jin ultimately defeats his father and later Heihachi, before sprouting wings and taking flight through the temple roof.
Minutes later, the new and improved Jack series invades the compound, forcing father and son to team up. The pair pummels countless Jack robots, but with every one that ends up scrap metal, another half a dozen or so take their place. Realising their battle is futile; a cheeky grin graces Kazuya's features as he lobs Heihachi into the approaching Jack horde, leaving him for dead. The robots then detonate, obliterating the compound and seemingly kill Heihachi in the process. Sensing G-Corporation are behind the attack, Kazuya jumps at the chance of entering the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5—hosted by a then unknown party—to flush out his betrayers. Ultimately, it turns out Heihachi did not perish in the explosion, and Kazuya's grandfather, the ancient Jinpachi Mishima, hosted the tournament and is infused with the same demonic powers that plagues the Mishima bloodline. While not triumphing in the actual tournament itself, Kaz is ultimately successful in flushing out the perpetrators behind the attack, brutally massacring several G-Corporation bigwigs and assuming control of the conglomerate himself. This combined with Jin's victory at the tournament and subsequent takeover of the Mishima Zaibatsu inaugurated a full-scale global war between both parties, as Kazuya was never going to concede world domination to anyone, least of all his own son.
G-Corp's military might was successful in holding back the Mishima war machine, and Kazuya and co were viewed by Joe Public as heroes for their actions. Kazuya, however, was using the façade of military intervention to bolster his company's public influence enough so that he could ultimately put a bounty on Jin's head. He did just that, and his son responded by lifting the curtain on the King of Iron Fist Tournament 6. Quite what the official canon here is remains unknown, though his ending sequences depicts him assuming full control of the Mishima Zaibatsu after giving Devil Jin a firm battering. However, I have a feeling he'll get the short end of the stick once again. We'll just have to wait and see.


text: Long-delayed Mercury version of the Ford Escape finally debuted in 2005. The Mercury Mariner parts were almost the same as all the Ford Escape drivetrains, and body panels but offered a somewhat upscale grille and interior. The model was steadily updated with new parts and design over the years. It was a nice vehicle but was not able to establish much of a presence in the marketplace. The Mercury Mariner was also offered as a hybrid. A version of the hybrid was built for former president Bill Clinton and included many custom features for him. The Mariner was discontinued in 2011 along with the rest of the Mercury lineup


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The attractive male is NOT perfect but that doesn't stop him from enjoying and sharing his stronger points with women.
There are some who argue you have to separate yourself from other men, how all you have to do is beat your fellow guy and you'll get the girl.
I won't disagree with that but I DO believe when your focus is misdirected it can become cloudy and vague and waste too much of a very precious commodity called time.
We want to center that focus back on ourselves.
We want to enhance and use our stronger points while at the same time working or fixing the weaker areas which may be stopping us from attracting women.
That is much easier and more beneficial method than just trying to beat some other guy to a woman you want.
It may sound obvious, maybe even a bit cliche, but when you consider long-term success in becoming an attractive man it's very important to always consider the ultimate goal – and that is OUR success and not someone else's failure.
In a crowded room once, I was a self-involved insecure mess. It always felt like I was being judged or scrutinized. I imagined everything I did or say was going to mark me forever as someone I'm not AND I was totally convinced everyone noticed every little movement I made or did not make.
This is a definite marked weakness in the world of attracting women. Hell if it wasn't then I would not have suffered without the hint of a woman for so long.
But Ahhh…. it was also a strength in perception and an extreme connection to my inner-self which I've found not everybody is blessed in having.
So yeah, being a shy guy may not have helped in meeting women but focusing on some other guy who was seemingly worse off than me was not going to help me win that battle either.
Honestly all that was needed was to retrain this strength in perceptions to notice clues, gather notes on body-language, study social interactions, write down what I say that DID work with women and what I saw which repelled them…
"It's not your flaws that get in your way. It's your limiting beliefs that do. Too Ugly? Too Short? Here's How To Turn Your Flaws Into Strengths.
The extreme connection I had with my inner-self did mean I was terribly self-conscious which inhibited my ability to be my "cool self" but I knew if I could work on my esteem this would naturally vanish.
I believe in everyone one of us lives a certain strength in something, anything, and we can use that same power to help us become whomever we want to be up to and including a more attractive man.
If you can really dial in and focus on any strength, big or small, you'll soon notice by making one simple connection you can fortify a weaker area or rid yourself of it entirely.
I used my strength in "perceptions" to notice the reality of the cause/effects of social life.
Through that I was able to become less self-conscious and from there it didn't take me long to realize how everyone around me was so concerned with their own life problems or bragging about their successes (or bitching about their problems) that no one was even paying much attention to me at all.
That includes the good – not many if any really gave a shit what I was doing unless it directly affected them allowing me the freedom to do whatever the fuck I wanted…
But it also includes the bad – not gaining attraction, attention, or the sexual interest of women who I wanted to notice me in the first place.
"The ability to function competently and positively despite feeling lonely or always being single is a strength we might overlook on our quest to become a more attractive man."
So yeah, that's the small theory of it all and I understand if you want something you can touch and feel, something which really hits the mark and helps you to become that attractive man you came here to be…
Well based on that and some other "theories" lies the answer which I alluded to it in the very first sentence of this post,
"…enjoying (and sharing) our stronger points with women without the worries of attracting them "
My strength above became an unstoppable force in attraction when I began enjoying and then sharing them with women.
You can do that too.
Find something you think you're incredible at and start sharing those talents immediately.
Don't worry about the results.
Don't concern yourself over the outcome.
Share and give your unique strengths to any woman who you absolutely feel, without a doubt, is capable of accepting it and don't do it because you want to get in her pants.
Enjoy your best qualities and use your positive abilities to reinforce your weaker areas.
Focus on your successes and not someone else's failures because despite how it feels we're not here to beat someone to a girl.
If you can do that even marginally better than you did the day before – you WILL be that much closer to being a very attractive man from the inside out.


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Title: Politics and Culture (790:315:01)Synopsis: This course explores how culture matters for the study of political science. Human behavior and rationality occur within cultural and historical contexts, and so it is important to understand the role culture plays in the major political events of the 20th and 21st centuries. After investigating the major theoretical currents in the study of culture, we will explore political culture across empirical contexts such as democracy, historical memory, social movements, and mass media
Instructor: Kelly Clancy
Instructor's e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Days, times, location: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:10-2:30, MU-210
Office hours: TBA