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Sony's Photo Editor is a new Android app that lets you alter your photographs with a bevy of filters, frames and decorations. This full featured photo editor is simple to use and has most of the functions you'll need to alter any photo in your collection.
When you first fire up the app you're prompted to choose between taking a picture or using one that's already one your phone. Once you pick the photo you're ready to start editing and there are quite a few options to choose from in that department. The Decorations tab is broken down into 4 tabs with Stickers, Emotion, Add Text, and Word Balloons. Out of those categories you'll get 120 stickers, 15 emotions, 13 fonts, and right around 70 word balloons for a whopping total of 218 decorations. The Effects tab is where you'll find your filters and there are some very cool ones available. There are around 40 effects in all and Rock, Mosaic, Cartoon, and Watercolor were a few of my favorites. Rounding out the features are the frames & edit tabs which include 40+ frames and the ability to crop, rotate, and re-size your masterpieces.
Sony's Photo Editor is definitely one of the better photo manipulation apps for Android, and it should have more than enough options for most people. The effects/filters were my favorite part of the app, and while there are a lot to choose from it would be nice to be able to adjust them a bit more. The interface itself is a breeze to use, and overall it's a very solid photo editing app. You can grab Sony's Photo Editor in the Android market for $2.49.


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They're two with the most difficult exercise routines to perform or get utilized far too. I state that for the reason that a great deal of fellas will check out them, do some, then proceed to much more less difficult plus much more snug physical exercises, ie. bench presses, dumbbell flys and so forth. Why? Because these are exercises that are difficult to pump out 5-10 sets of 10-20 reps.
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I realized a guy and that's all he did for his higher system. He would established himself targets, ie. Now I will do 200 dips and a hundred chin ups. He would then split these figures down into sets and reps, ie 10 sets of 20 reps for dips =200 dips. 10sets of 10 reps for chin ups = 100 chin ups, get the image.
These that do acquire some time out to persevere and develop their reps and sets turn out quite quickly with great upper physique muscle gains and definition don't just for their chest but in addition they obtain an excellent extensive V formed back, great lats, shoulders, arms and triceps.
Once you're feeling comfortable carrying out 5 sets of ten – 15 reps for both dips and chins, the subsequent move is always to include a ten – 20kg body weight to the system ( tie it in your waist working with a belt and hook) then try and do a similar amount of dips and chins when you would do with no weights. If you can repeat a similar sets and reps with the bodyweight included, it's going to take your muscle and energy gains to nevertheless an additional amount of advancement.
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To start with you will feel a lot of soreness along with a bit of soreness throughout the upper body place including the sternum, shoulders, arms and triceps specifically from dips. This can be resulting from the reality that it could be described as a new exercising in your case and the indisputable fact that you might be undertaking a great number of repetitions of them. This can be usual and will keep on for any couple of weeks right up until the human body and muscle tissue start off receiving used to the work out.

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Cairns import Tony Mitchell has been banned for the entire 2017-18 NBL season for throwing the ball at a referee after the Taipans' semi-final loss to Perth.
Mitchell was found guilty of deliberately throwing the ball at referee Vaughan Mayberry after the Taipans were eliminated by the Wildcats on Monday night at Perth Arena.
It was just the former NBA D-League player's 10th game with the Taipans, having signed only last month with the club.
Tribunal chair Tony Nolan QC ruled that while Mitchell had not intended to hurt the official and the force was not significant enough to cause injury, the act was serious enough to justify the penalty.
He noted Mitchell had taken the time to shake his opponents' hands before the incident and had not apologised to Mayberry.
"Whether it be at the lowest level of the NBL and NBA at the professional level, referees must be protected," he said in a statement.
"Any intentional physical contact with officials will not be tolerated."
Mitchell, who had not attended the hearing, will be suspended until February 23, 2018.


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Donald Trump won the US presidential election early this morning in a stunning victory that sent shock-waves around the world.
Probably the biggest shock came to the Clinton campaign, which is backed entirely by the established group of Reptilian policymakers who quasi-secretly rule the world.
The insular Reptilian cabal are known to run a series of covert networks that manipulate global politics, media, and banking. Up until now they have enjoyed near-total domination over all nations. An arrangement which many consider largely acceptable when compared to the alternative: a loose collection of competing, human-run regimes.
This global influence meant that the group did not entertain the idea that they could lose to, as they put it, "a simple ape".
After the results today, however, things are looking very uncertain for the serpent race.
One Clinton campaign advisor was distraught. "This is a disaster. We've worked so hard for so long. Centuries! Literal centuries!"
He continued his tirade seemingly indifferent to the fact that his cloaking device had failed, revealing his true form.
"How could this happen!? I mean, we are the invisible hand that guides all human development. Were we really too foolish to think you would trust one of your own females?"
The newly elected Donald Trump has pledged to be a president "for all Americans", though in the past he has been outspoken against any group of undocumented humanoids who reside within the United States. "Be they Mexican, or Arab, or shape-shifting lizard men, they gotta [sic] go" Trump famously stated at a campaign rally earlier in the year.
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Don't Be Constrained by Control Points: An Introduction to Extreme Path
Hello everyone! Today, I would like to introduce you to Extreme Path, a plug-in for Adobe Illustrator that allows you to manipulate paths and shapes in ways that you can't otherwise do using Illustrator. One of the biggest selling points to Extreme Path is the ability to manipulate line segments without using control handles. I'm sure I'm not alone in my loathing of control handles. Extreme Path allows you to edit curves simply by dragging out a portion of the line segment. This makes the process of refining your shapes much more intuitive. In addition to Extreme Path's line segment edit tools, it also comes with some really nice options to help you manipulate and rotate shapes. In this 7-minute video tutorial I will demonstrate how to use Extreme Path and use these tools to help you work in Illustrator much more smoothly.
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Bill Venners: You write in your book, "If the marketect and tarchitect pursue different visions of the future, the total system will fail." Could you elaborate on why?
Luke Hohmann: We talked earlier [in Part I] about architecture being good relative to change. The Extreme Programming (XP) crowd says, "We're not going to worry about change," but that's not true. They worry about change all the time. When they say, "Ya ain't gonna need it," they implicitly make decisions that other people make explicitly. That's fine, but they are in fact making decisions. In the The Pragmatic Programmer, Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas talk much more explicitly about worrying about change. They'll say, "We think things are going to change here, so we put this extra flexibility in there, even though it is not changing now."
Both the XP crowd and the Pragmatic Programmer crowd are making a bet. Either bet is a future option: the option to not spend the money now, or the option to spend the money now so that the cost of future change presumably is less. If the Pragmatic guys make the bet to spend some money now, and they're right, we're all happy. If they're wrong, we may have some crud to take out or clean up. If the XP guys make the bet to not spend the money now, and they're right, then we haven't incurred the cost, and we're happy. If they're wrong, if it turns out you need to make the change, then you've got to go back and refactor and retrofit.
How well you make those decisions is typically a function of how well you know how to structure systems technically and how well you know the domain itself. If you know the domain, you know the nature of the changes in that domain. If you are Intuit building TurboTax, for example, you may know that certain sections of the tax code are more likely to change than other sections of the tax code. That doesn't mean that you don't make the tax code hard-coded throughout the product, but you might put a little bit more effort into making some of the tax code portions of the product a little more data driven than others. That kind of bet on the possibility of future changes, if pursued differently by the marketect and tarchitect, is going to cause problems. The marketect might say, "I want to take the system and into this new market. And what this new market needs is different from what the existing market needed. The technical architect might say, "I'm going to take a bet that the system is going to go over here." If they shoot into different spots, the architecture will be prepared to solve the problems of the wrong market.
Bill Venners: I see. The tarchitect is doing the technical architecture. The marketect is doing the business architecture. If they're going in two different directions, when the time comes that the marketect says, "Hey, we've got this great opportunity that I saw coming," it doesn't work.
Luke Hohmann: Right. It flat out doesn't work. A great example of when that divergence occurs is whenever a team says, "You can't have that for a full release," because usually these big architecture changes take at least one release to get through.
Bill Venners: "You can't have that for a full release," means, we weren't ready for it.
Luke Hohmann: And we've got to pay the price of a full release to get there. It's a sign that those people, the marketects and tarchitects, were not working in concert.
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That is when "are you sure you are a physician?" Ajax pumps him full of issues and substances him to torture, reasoning that the latent superpowers of Wilson will be triggered by extreme pressure. It does, but at a horrendous price: His skin erupts in a melted pizza complexion that makes Ryan Reynolds go to five from two beers and would make the average man appear repulsive. What's the sound of one hand clapping? Depends on what Deadpool is smacking it against after severing it.
China gave a resounding "no thank you" to the R rated cut of the film, so lumping Deadpool in with Facebook, jasmine blossoms, smaller sibs, and golf as things prohibited in the state. But Marvel's choice to release it as-is signifies a not-trivial gesture of religion in the quality of the film, given the increasing reliance on foreign observers for improving the worldwide box office of Hollywood.
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WASHINGTON—In 1997, Pope Saint John Paul II instituted a day of prayer for women and men in consecrated life. This celebration is attached to the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord on February 2nd. Therefore, the World Day for Consecrated Life will be celebrated in the Church on Thursday, February 2, 2017 and in parishes on the weekend of February 4-5, 2017.
Joseph Cardinal Tobin, of New Jersey and Chair of the USCCB's Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life, and Vocations states, "Our Holy Father Francis has given the Church this special opportunity to pray for all those women and men in consecrated life who have given their lives in love to God. This prayer may prompt each of us to ask, 'How is God calling me to give of myself this day, that I might know the deeper joy of service to God and others?'"
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These Freehand Architectural Sketches Show A University Student's Incredible Progress
Adelina Gareeva may only be in university, but her skills are already developing at a rapid rate. She makes incredibly detailed freehand sketches of various architectural designs and is nearing 25k followers on Instagram.
The student from Kazan, Russia, is well-traveled, and often sketches landmarks from countries she has visited - her Italian scenes will make you swoon. She shows remarkable attention to detail and dimension, giving her designs a centered and realistic feel.
She also happens to be a model. Is there anything this girl does that isn't aesthetic? Be sure to follow her progress on Instagram.
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CBC Animation Abracadabra
The film is an allegorical tale cautioning against the dangers of exhausting an indispensable natural resource, here represented by the sun. Frédéric Back has long believed that animation for children should deliver a message in an entertaining manner.
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CBC Animation All Nothing
For too long, we have held the mistaken belief that the world was created entirely for our benefit. As countless plant and animal species become extinct, our generous planet has little left to offer: clean water and lush forests are becoming increasingly rare. The film ends, however, on a positive note: Frédéric Back cherishes the hope that future generations will ...
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Cross Country Checkup Art and reconciliation
The Secret Path is a powerful film about an Indigenous boy who dies escaping a residential school. Does art — films, books and music — offer the best path to heal historical wrongs? Guests include Joseph Boyden, award-winning author of Three Day Road, The Orenda and most recently the novella Wenjack; Susan Aglukark, Inuk singer and songwriter; Ry Moran, Director of the National Centre for ...
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The National Black Panther: For black youth, more than a superhero movie
Marvel's Black Panther has arrived to critical acclaim, but artistic merit aside, for lots of black youth it's much more than a superhero movie. CBC News followed a group of teenagers who won a screening to Black Panther to find out what the movie means to them and the lessons they learned from seeing the groundbreaking film.
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CBC News got a behind-the-scenes look at how organizers plan to balance the classic art form with visual innovation.
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CBC Animation Crac!
In this charming tale tinged with nostalgia, Frédéric Back takes us back to rich traditions swept aside by the relentless forces of progress and urbanization. Crac! is the sound of a falling tree, chopped down to make the chair. It's the sound of the chair as it rocks. It's also the sound of the rift in our lives when change ...
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As long as they've made movies, animals have been killed or injured to do it. In a landmark investigation over 25 years ago,The Fifth Estate's Bob McKeown uncovered an uncomfortable, even shocking, reality about moviemaking — animals, intentionally put in harm's way, abused, often killed to create the kind of cinematic excitement that draws a crowd. As well,The Fifth Estatefound ...
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This is the Spanish version of The Man Who Planted Trees. 2012 marked the 25th anniversary of the Oscar® win for The Man Who Planted Trees. Frédéric Back's previous Oscar® win for Crac! allowed him to fulfill his dream of bringing Jean Giono's wonderful story to the screen. Its environmental message and philosophy of life reflect the concerns already addressed by Back in his ...
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Exploring the theme of "beginnings," this episode profiles St. John's filmmaker Stephen Dunn whose film Closet Monster won the Best Canadian Feature Film at TIFF; flamenco dancer Anjelica Scannura and contemporary dancer Malgorzata Nowacka, who have combined their styles in Bird Bee Bat Attack; artist Takashi Iwasaki in Winnipeg; En Masse, a Montreal based multi-artist collaboration; choreographer/director Lenny DeLa Pena; and GIF ...
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Office Furniture Requirements Ltd are actively working in partnership with their manufacturing suppliers to help save the environment.
In July 2006, BURONOMIC was awarded the PEFC certification(Programme for the endorsement of Forest Certification schemes), another step forward for this firmly future-oriented company.
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Why We Need the EPA
The administration has appointed Scott Pruitt, a corrupt Oklahoma oil supporter to be the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He has a history in his home state of copying and pasting from the letters of oil company executives to legislation that he has submitted. Due to hydrofracturing operations that his office permitted, Oklahoma has become the most tectonically active state in the union. Homes and water sources are being damaged and destroyed.
His interests are not our interests.
But the destruction of the EPA is against the interests of American citizens. And when companies chafe at the restrictions put into place by laws passed on congress, they blame the agency. In truth, companies which put pollutants into the environment are morally and legally obligated to include safe disposal of waste in their budgets. If they cannot remain viable, then they are not competitively practical to begin with. Keeping our air, water, land and people clean and safe is not a restriction. It's a responsibility.
The EPA was created in 1972 in response to widespread pollution affecting the health and well being of American citizens. Prior to this we had a mass of environmental disasters. In 1969 the Cuyahoga River in Ohio caught fire. The smog in Los Angeles precipitated daily health warnings, and there were reports of women's pantyhose melting from their legs in the sulfuric acid laden atmosphere. Air pollution in New York City was so bad that the "Fresh Air Fund" program was initiated to send city children to host homes in cleaner Upstate New York for the summer. Acid rain killed hundreds of thousands of trees. Children were exposed pre- and post- natally to deadly chemicals such as poly chlorinated biphenyls (PBCs) and pesticides. America was ravaged by the special interests of chemical companies.
In my own home town in Upstate New York, the Susquehanna River was so polluted that it was unusable. In fact, if one of us fell into it, we were required to obtain tetanus vaccinations. The playground in my neighborhood, I later discovered, was so contaminated with creosote and arsenic it became an EPA superfund cleanup site. Even with regulations in place, my niece suffered concurrent miscarriages due to contaminated well water coming out of her kitchen faucet. Once she moved, she had three healthy children.
The mission of the EPA is "to protect human health and the environment — air, water, and land." As an arm of the executive branch of the government, the agency enforces the regulations created after congressional acts are passed. The Clean Air Acts of 1963 and 1970 addressed the control of the release of pollutants into the atmosphere and defined acceptable minimums of air quality. On December 2, 1970 the National Environmental Policy Act established the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement the requirements of those acts.
In 1972, amendments to the original Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948 created regulations prohibiting the release of pollutants into navigable waters and setting waste water standards for industry. Some of the other responsibilities of the EPA include the regulation of asbestos in school buildings, public and commercial buildings, and clean-up sites, the identification and control of toxic substances, defining and listing of hazardous materials, and the provision of Safety Data Sheets to employees of companies which use or produce hazardous chemicals.
Companies are allowed a certain amount of pollutant emissions annually. These amounts are tradable, allowing companies that do not emit up to the limit the right to sell or "trade" their pollution allowance to companies who exceed emission limits. This creates higher levels of pollution than normally acceptable from companies who fail to meet compliance standards.
The Endangered Species Protection Program (ESPP) requires the EPA to carry out it's responsibilities under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). In compliance with the Endangered Species Act (ESA), animal protections are enforced with the goal of not placing unnecessary burden on agriculture and other pesticide users. It is under FIFRA that President Trump recently green lighted the use of the pesticide Chlorpyrifos, an organophosphate that is known to cause pre and post natal inhibition of brain development in humans.
Even with the oversight of EPA, companies still participate in illegal dumping activities. These are difficult to track due to the fact that there are few EPA compliance inspectors, often one to an entire multi-state region. One compliance inspector stated that inspectors are trained in observation and interviewing and are advised to keep moving so that it is more difficult for shooters to take aim. He reported that during one inspection of an illegal dumping site, there were a large number of leaking barrels marked only with the warning, "This shit will kill you." Not knowing what materials were actually at the site made planning for cleanup even more difficult.
Some locations are so polluted they require a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. These are designated as Superfund cleanup sites. The EPA is tasked with creating and maintaining a list of such locations, which are then placed on the National Priorities List (NPL). Currently there are 1,322 such sites in the US, with another 53 being proposed for entry on the NPL. The US government under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) is required to fund cleanup of these polluted sites.
Without the Environmental Protection Agency, companies will once again be allowed to pollute unchecked without fear of regulation. The environmental condition of the United States will most likely revert to pre-EPA pollution levels as there will be no regulatory action and no incentives for industrial polluters to self regulate. Our country and our citizens will again suffer the effects of widespread pollution and contamination. We will regress, and in doing so will reduce the levels of health and safety to which American citizens have become accustomed.
And polluters will again thrive unchecked.
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Secret plan to keep Haneef in detention even after bail exposedNovember 14th, 2007 - 8:15 am ICT by admin
The emails, obtained under Freedom of Information laws by Dr Haneef's lawyers, show that the AFP was uncertain on July 14, after an initial bail hearing whether Dr Haneef would be freed two days later by Payne.
The first email, written by Brisbane-based counter-terrorism co-ordinator David Craig to commanders of the AFP's counter-terrorism unit at 5.22 p.m. on July 14, states: "Contingencies for containing Haneef and detaining him under the Migration Act, if he is granted bail on Monday, are in place as per arrangements today."
Under the Migration Act, such a contingency plan necessarily needed to involve Andrews.
The email was forwarded at 8.10 a.m. on July 16 by agent Luke Morrish, the AFP's Canberra-based acting manager for domestic counter-terrorism, to top Immigration Department public servant Peter White.
White, the department's Assistant Secretary responsible for character assessment and war crimes screening, gave Andrews comprehensive advice on his powers and his authority to cancel Dr Haneef's visa and keep him in custody on the basis of secret evidence.
About three hours after Agent Morrish forwarded the email to White on July 16, Payne granted Dr Haneef bail over a terrorism-related charge.
One of the factors relied on by Payne was the extraordinary weakness of the AFP's case against Dr Haneef, who had repeatedly and strenuously asserted his innocence of any connection with terrorist acts carried out in Britain in June.
The Gold Coast Hospital registrar was kept behind bars after Andrews made his controversial decision on July 16 to revoke the visa.
The release of the emails comes amid continuing calls for a royal commission-style inquiry, three months after the case against Dr Haneef collapsed in disgrace amid disclosures in The Australian of serious errors by police and prosecutors from the Commonwealth DPP.
Andrews, who has repeatedly maintained that Dr Haneef failed a "character test" arising from his connection to his second cousins, is instructing lawyers for the Crown to appeal against a Federal Court decision that Dr Haneef's visa should be reinstated.
"I'm concerned about it. Obviously it's apparent that there was communication about pulling his visa prior to the magistrate handing down her decision," Dr Haneef's solicitor, Peter Russo, said.
Describing the emails as "a very significant piece in the jigsaw of information", Russo called on AFP Commissioner Mick Keelty, Andrews and anyone else who knew of the secret contingency plan to "come clean and explain exactly what discussions did take place".
A leading defence lawyer and close follower of the Haneef case, barrister Greg Barns said that the emails showed that "the AFP in conjunction with the Government were essentially completely undermining the judicial process".
The disclosure of the emails will be used against Andrews, who has always insisted that he made his decision to revoke Dr Haneef's visa under the Migration Act and that it was "unrelated to the question of proceedings in the criminal court in Brisbane".
A spokeswoman for Mr Andrews told The Australian that she was "shocked and a bit concerned" at the disclosure in the emails.
"That's something, to be honest, I'm a bit lost for words on because it shocks me," said Kate Walshe, adding that she would seek urgent advice from Andrews.
After getting advice from Andrews last night, Walshe said that the minister had "absolutely not" been involved in any "contingency" plan to thwart Payne: "It's not our email and it's not something that we considered beforehand." (ANI)
- AFP told Oz Government Haneef was not involved in terrorist activities - Nov 14, 2007
- Australian Labour Party calls for judicial inquiry of Haneef's case - Nov 14, 2007
- Inquiry into Haneef's case 'a must': Oz opposition leader - Nov 14, 2007
- Australia apologises to Indian-origin doctor - Dec 23, 2010
- Haneef sues former Australian minister - Jul 01, 2010
- Indian-origin Dr. Mohamed Haneef returning back to Australia for compensation talks - Nov 22, 2010
- Haneef's lawyer urges Oz Immigration Minister Andrews to come clean - Nov 14, 2007
- Australian Federal Police says secret plan to thwart Haneef's release part of normal process - Nov 14, 2007
- Oz Govt. issues formal apology to Indian-origin Dr. Haneef over wrongful arrest - Dec 23, 2010
- Weakness in Oz police case to keep Haneef in detention exposed - May 16, 2008
- Judicial enquiry into Haneef's saga begins Wednesday - Apr 29, 2008
- Oz Police accused of denying lawyer to Haneef, hiding transcripts - Jul 26, 2008
- Judicial enquiry into Haneef's saga begins Wednesday (Lead) - Apr 29, 2008
- Haneef case: Ex-Oz minister Andrews to be questioned - Oct 14, 2008
- Haneefs lawyers ensured turn in the wheels of Australian justice - Jan 19, 2008
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Jezki and My Tent or Yours battle it out in the Champion Hurdle
My Tent or Yours, joint favourite for next year's Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham, will miss the race and the whole season due to injury.
Trainer Nicky Henderson revealed this morning that his charge has a minor leg injury, but that they are not going to take any chances with the horse who finished second in this year's race to Jezki.
"He's a young horse and we're not going to take any chances with him. My Tent or Yours can come back next year after he's had this winter off at Martinstown Stud," (owned by his owner JP McManus).


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The word now is that two competing mass transit funding bills will be called for a vote in the house on Wednesday. There is no guarantee that either will be passed by the house, and then the senate, but time for a resolution is running short.
In the Thompson Center Monday afternoon, the governor's office invited CTA riders to weigh in on what a public transit "doomsday" would mean to them.
"It's an extra hour for me to get to work. I might just buy a bike and go that route," said Teddy Harris, CTA rider.
All these short testimonials are going to be put on DVD with individual copies delivered by the governor's office to every member of the General Assembly.
Legislators ABC7 has spoken to say they will be happy to watch, but they already know what's at stake. The question is, what bill gets called for them to vote on?
"I can't sign thin air. The legislature has to send me something," said Blagojevich.
The Governor Monday afternoon stood in the same spot and delivered the same message as he did six days ago. Pass a bill, he urged.
There are two bills that will be called in the house on Wednesday. One would take $400 million from gas tax money to fund mass transit. That bill, which the governor prefers, would leave a big financial hole to fill.
The other bill, led by mass transit committee chair Julie Hamos, would fund transit through a sales tax hike in the five county Chicagoland area. The governor's opposed to that because of the tax hike, but if it emerged as the best alternative with doomsday knocking, would the governor veto it?
"My preference is to pass something that does not raise taxes on people. Pass something that I can sign immediately. If they believe they want to do something other than that, then send me something, let me take a look at it, and give me a chance to make it better and improve it," said the governor.
His legislative critics say while the governor has an amendatory veto, it doesn't give him the authority to rewrite legislation. But the concern right now, certainly among the CTA riders offering testimonials Monday, is that the General Assembly move a transit plan this week.
As the January 20 deadline nears, the pressure grows to get something passed. The Hamos bill did get 61 votes when it was called weeks ago, and if that support remains it could pass the house. But that's a question mark. So too is the senate.
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Botanical Gardens
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Vision Is Developing For Botanical Gardens
By Carrie Ann Perez Special Correspondent
September 15, 2006
After six years of planning, Ann Wood finally can envision her dream of a botanical gardens in Boca Raton coming to light, she said. Wood, president of Boca Raton Botanical Gardens Association, recently submitted a business plan to the city manager's office, the next step after she met with Mayor Steven Abrams in July to talk about where to put the gardens. She planned to meet with city officials to go over the plans, which eventually must be approved by the City Commission. The association initially asked the city for 26 acres near Blue Lake on the north side of the western library under construction on Spanish River Boulevard.
Back-to-school event helps Children's Home Society
By Scott Fishman, Forum Publishing Group
August 28, 2014
Patrons who came to Flamingo Gardens' Back 2 School Weekend in Davie didn't just come to enjoy the festivities, but also to help a worthy cause. The botanical gardens and wildlife sanctuary collected school supplies at the entrance for the Children's Home Society of Florida in exchange for half-price admission. In addition, vendor fees also were donated to the group. Cori Glick, Flamingo Gardens' director of special events, has a personal connection to the cause. She was adopted through the Children's Home Society at 2 weeks old. "I was one of the fortunate ones," she said.
Jazz Picnic in the Park continues at Botanical Gardens
By TESSA METAYER Staff Writer
January 20, 2009
Locals gathered at the Ilene Lieberman Botanical Gardens for this month's installment of Lauderhill's annual Jazz Picnic in the Park concert series . Attendees relaxed around the garden, while enjoying the smooth jazz of Sound of Vision. "It's just a joyous event to attend a jazz day in the park," Lauderhill Mayor Richard Kaplan said. This month's concert was the second in a series of three. The nearby Florida Medical Center sponsored the event as way of introducing their services to the community.
Bid on beautiful begonias at Mounts Botanical Garden auction
By Doreen Christensen, Staff writer
January 30, 2014
Begonias are beloved for their spectacular foliage, vivid colors and delicate blooms. Buy the rare, shade-loving specimens at the Begonia Society of the Palm Beaches' annual auction, set for 7 p.m. Feb. 10 at Mounts Botanical Garden auditorium, 531 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach . The tropical plants, which thrive in humid South Florida, usually go for $5 to $50. "Bidding will be hot and heavy with more than 100 plants being auctioned...
Cultivating Nature Want A Little Culture? Try One Of South Florida`s Botanical Gardens.
By ANN CARTER, Staff Writer
January 14, 1989
A community`s cultural maturity may be measured in many ways -- by a symphony orchestra, ballet troupe, museums. One other measure might be botanical gardens, and South Florida does not come up short on that count. There are at least three gardens in the area devoted specifically to cultivation and propagation of native and exotic species. And a couple of them have been around for quite a long time. Even if you can`t tell a cycad from a cyclamen, you can appreciate the natural beauty and tranquility of a botanical garden.
Flamingo Gardens Looking For Docents
September 27, 1991
DAVIE -- Flamingo Gardens wants you -- to be a horticulture docent. Horticulture docents are the guides who provide background on the hundreds of trees and plants at the botanical gardens. Participants will learn to identify types of vegetation ranging from fruit trees to exotic flowers. The four training sessions will be held at the botanical gardens, 3750 Flamingo Road. The classes, running from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., will begin on Sunday. The other sessions are on Oct. 6, 20, and 27. Those interested in learning more about horticulture are welcome.
Show Features Orchids
Staff reports
April 8, 1994
Unusual flowers await visitors to Flamingo Gardens Sixth annual Orchid Show. Orchids will be on display and for sale at the show at the botanical gardens at 3750 Flamingo Road. The show, sponsored by the Flamingo Gardens Orchid Society, is on April 23 and 24 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $4 and includes a $4 discount coupon redeemable on plant purchases of $25 or more. For more information call the gardens at 473-2955.
Auction Will Feature Nature Art
December 2, 1988
Flamingo Flights of Fancy, an art auction sponsored by the Gold Coast WaterColor Society, will be presented on Saturday at Flamingo Gardens, 3750 Flamingo Road, Davie. A wine and cheese reception will begin at 2 p.m., followed by the auction at 4 p.m. Original works of art will be auctioned and subject matter will include Florida and Everglades flora and fauna. Participating artists include Sol Harrison, Richard French, Althea Gockel, Diane Nance, and Jerry McClish. Admission is $5. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Botanical Gardens.
Orchid Display Includes Blooms Of Chocolate
Staff Reports
April 14, 2003
Davie Rare orchids -- including blooms with the aroma of chocolate -- will be on display April 19-20 at Flamingo Gardens, a botanical gardens and wildlife sanctuary. Visitors to the Orchid and Bromeliad Expo and Sale can purchase the exotic flowers from top growers and nurseries in South Florida, as well as planting supplies, ventilation equipment, lighting products and other items. Plant experts will be on hand to answer questions and give helpful hints. For more information, call 954-473-2955.
New Proposal Looks To Revive Cypress Gardens With Young Fans
By Christopher Sherman and Keith W. Kohn Orlando Sentinel
December 18, 2003
A Valdosta, Ga., attraction owner who has succeeded by investing heavily in roller coasters and other thrill rides will attempt to resurrect Cypress Gardens by luring younger generations back with exciting draws never seen before in the tranquil old Florida attraction that closed suddenly in April. The Trust for Public Land, which secured an option to buy Cypress Gardens in September to protect it from development, is finalizing a deal with Wild Adventures owner Kent Buescher, Greg Chelius, the trust's Florida director, told Gov. Jeb Bush and the Florida Cabinet this week.
Story Time With the Good Witch
October 24, 2013
Sunday, Oct. 27. Story Time with the Good Witch. This kid-centric event features story time with friendly witches and their strange pets! There will also be a costume parade through the haunted woods to find the witches' cottage. Participate in a costume contest and crafts. Visitors also have the opportunity to explore the Great Scarecrows throughout the botanical gardens, take pictures with the witches and enjoy a free hayride in the gardens. 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday at Flamingo Gardens, 3750 S. Flamingo Road, Davie.
Flamingo Gardens hosts Comics, Gaming and Anime Show
By Scott Fishman, Forum Publishing Group
August 30, 2013
A wildlife sanctuary and botanical gardens wouldn't usually be considered a hot spot for costumed Marvel Comics superheroes or classic Nintendo characters. It was for two days, however, during the recent Comics, Gaming and Anime Show at Flamingo Gardens. It was the Davie attraction's first foray into such a gathering. When CGA Shows approached them with the idea of providing venue space, staff didn't know what to expect, but special events coordinator Cori Glick said it was a success.
Free admission to botanical gardens for National Public Gardens Day on Friday
By Doreen Christensen and Sun Sentinel
May 6, 2013
Visit Florida botanical gardens for free on Friday to celebrate 2013 National Public Gardens Day . This could be a fun thing to do with Mom for Mother's Day. Get free admission for up to 10 people at more than 80 botanical and public gardens around the country through Rainbird and Better Homes and Gardens, the event sponsors. Entry fees at some gardens normally cost $25. Participating gardens in Florida include Montgomery Botanical Garden in Coral Gables , The Botanical Gardens at Kona Kai Resort in Key Largo, Naples Botanical Garden, the Botanic Garden at Lakes Park, Block Arboretum at the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens in Jacksonville, University of South Florida Botanical Gardens in Tampa.
Mounts Botanical Garden to benefit from Whole Foods' 'Community Giving Day'
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September 19, 2012
Mounts Botanical Garden in West Palm Beach had been selected as the benefactor of Whole Foods Market Wellington 's next 5 percent Community Giving Day. The event, which is one of four days annually in which the market donates 5 percent of the day's net sales to a local nonprofit, will happen from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. today. "At Whole Foods Market, we are active participants in our community. We are extremely proud of our community involvement and the relationships we continue to make each quarter.
Free entry to Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens on Sundays
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
August 19, 2012
Enjoy free entry at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables on Sunday and again on Aug. 26. Admission normally costs $25. Other fun activities planned at the world-renowned, 83-acre garden include a plant sale, walking tours, yoga at 11:00 a.m. and free tram tours. The gardens recently featured a massive installation of monochrome yellow, blue and red rose sculptures standing up to 30-feet-tall by Will Ryman. It closed on May 31, but the pink "66th Street" rose remains, along with pieces scattered throughout the gardens from past exhibits by famed glass artist Dale Chilhuly and "Yoko Ono's Wishing Grove.
Flamingo Gardens starts Young Explorers program
By Scott Fishman, Forum Publishing Group
August 17, 2012
Children are learning about their environment and the species that inhabit it through Flamingo Gardens' new Young Explorers program. From 10 a.m. to noon the first Saturday of the month, the Davie facility is leading a session on such topics as birds of prey (which was covered in this month's debut class) and reptiles (October's) for children ages 6 to 10. "The purpose of the program is to educate children about wildlife, environmental issues and the beauty of South Florida habitats," said Cori Glick, special events coordinator.
Love Of Plants Blossoms Into Garden
By Valerie Nienberg THE STUART NEWS
May 20, 2006
It started with a single planter. Five years later, Jim Haines and Diane Rexroad are the proud owners of Martin County's first botanical garden, a lush, tropical paradise that encompasses more than half of their 4-acre ranch. "It all used to be cow and horse pastures," Rexroad said. "But I asked Jim to build me one planter, and it just took off from there." The American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta recently certified Tropical Ranch Botanical Gardens, which grew out of a simple love of growing.
Cars To Be On Display
Staff Report
December 30, 1994
Cars from a simplier time will be on display at the Orange Blossom Festival of Antique Cars at Flamingo Gardens. The festival will be on Jan. 15. It is hosted by the Fort Lauderdale Region Antique Automobile Club of America. This is the 31st year for the show. More than 100 cars will be on display from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the botanical gardens, 3750 Flamingo Road. An awards presentation takes place at 4 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for children 3 to 11. Children under 3 are admitted for free.
Everything's coming up really big roses
By Doreen Christensen, Sun Sentinel
May 11, 2012
Give Mom a really big bouquet of flowers for Mother's Day a few days early. Today, as part of 2012 National Public Garden Day, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables is offering free admission for individuals and groups of up to 10 people. The world-renowned park, which normally charges $25 for entry, is currently featuring a massive installation of monochrome yellow, blue and red rose sculptures standing up to 30-feet-tall. On view through May 31, "Will Ryman: Desublimation of the Rose" includes big blooms fashioned from stainless steel, mesh and fiberglass.
Free admission to South Florida botanical gardens on Friday
Doreen Christensen and South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 10, 2012
Visit four South Florida botanical gardens for free on Friday to celebrate 2012 National Public Gardens Day . This could be a fun thing to do with Mom for Mother's Day. Get free admission for up to 10 people at more than 500 botanical and public gardens around the country through Rainbird and Better Homes and Gardens, the event sponsors. Participating gardens in South and Central Florida: Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens in Coral Gables Miami Beach Botanical Garden in Miami Beach Montgomery Botanical Garden in Coral Gables Block Botanical Garden in Miami The Botanical Gardens at Kona Kai Resort in Key Largo Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales Lakes Park Botanic Garden in Fort Myers Naples Botanical Garden The program, in its fourth year, was founded by the American Public Gardens Association to raise awareness of America's public gardens and the role they play in promoting environmental stewardship, water and plant conservation, according to the National Public Gardens website.
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(Ilex vomitoria )
Foliage: Evergreen broadleaf
Height: 5 to 20 feet (depending on cultivar)
Spread: 3 to 10 feet (depending on cultivar)
Shape: Compact mound
This and several other similar cultivars are used in landscapes as border plants or in mass. This species is very tolerant of most adverse landscape conditions. Some female cultivars have stems laden with very showy persistent red fruit. This species is suited to warmer areas of Virginia (zone 7 and higher).
Plant Needs:
Zone: 7 to 10
Light: Partial shade to full sun
Moisture: Wet, moist, to dry
Soil Type: Sandy, loam, or clay
pH Range: 3.7 to 6.8
Suggested uses for this plant include hedge, barrier, massing, and specimen plant.
Planting Notes:
Transplants readily.
Adapts to wide range of soil moisture conditions.
Tolerant of salt spray.
Plant one male plant near each six to eight female plants to ensure heavy fruiting.
Withstands pruning well.
Prune regularly if using as a hedge, or when fullness of plant is desired.
No serious insect or disease problems.
Consult local sources, including historic or public gardens and arboreta, regarding cultivars and related species that grow well in your area.
Cultivars of Ilex vomitoria:
'Nana' yaupon holly is a compact shrub that is about 5 tall at maturity.
'Schillings' (same as 'Stokes Dwarf') is a dwarf compact mound (more so than 'Nana').
'Pendula' is a weeping type reaching 15 to 20 feet with beautiful fruit.
Yaupon holly is an extremely versatile plant, hardy in zones 7 and 8 in Virginia.
Yaupon holly tolerates wind and hot climates better than most evergreen hollies.
This material was developed by Carol Ness as part of the Interactive Design and Development Project funded by the Kellogg Foundation.
Virginia Cooperative Extension materials are available for public use, reprint, or citation without further permission, provided the use includes credit to the author and to Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State University.
Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia State University, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture cooperating. Edwin J. Jones, Director, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg; M. Ray McKinnie, Administrator, 1890 Extension Program, Virginia State University, Petersburg.
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The Council has adopted a Code for Tenders and Contracts.
This Code has two parts. These are;
- Part A of the Code relates specifically to the requirements set out in the Local Government (General) Regulations 2005 and includes specific provisions on:
- tendering principles;
- open tenders;
- multiple-use registers;
- multiple-stage tenders;
- exemptions to tendering requirements;
- the process for debriefing unsuccessful tenderers;
- complaints process;
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- other tendering matters.
- Part B of the Code, the Conditions of Tendering, also forms part of the Council's standard tender and expression of interest documentation. Part B covers the tender requirements, including:
- submitting a tender;
- tender information;
- acceptance process for tenders;
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Download a copy of the Code for Tenders and Contracts(67 kb).
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I give to you my grades for the first term of Graduate School:
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Calculus B+
Microeconomics B
Values&Ethics B+
History of Public Policy A
I was worried about Calculus when I applied to the program. It's a required course and I hadn't been in a math class since spring 1983 – longer than some of my classmates have been alive (no kidding). While it wasn't painless, it was much more clear than I expected it to be.
What's my favorite gift for X-mess this year? That B up there in Microeconomics. A serious gift. I hated this class with the firey burning passion usually reserved for ex-husbands and mothers-in-law. The professor was entertaining and quite friendly, just not a very good teacher.
What's in store for next term? Statistics and the cost-benefit analysis part of Microeconomics. Can anyone explain to me what the hell chi-square is????


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Today's ProJo ran a piece on the expected passage, later today, of H5015, the Marriage Equality bill. The piece ran some quotes from Representative Charlene Lima that surprised me.
"We were sensitive to an atheist in Cranston to take down a prayer banner" she said, referring to a legal challenge that led to the removal of a prayer banner at Cranston High School West. "I don't see why we can't be sensitive to the Catholic Church."
Lima's public statements on the prayer banner, made at a school committee meeting, demonstrate anything but sensitivity.
She implored the school committee to appeal the ruling, a move that would have put the city and its struggling schools on the hook for anywhere between $250,000 and $1 million. She felt that the judge's ruling was not justified given the facts of the case. There is no reason to believe that she has changed her opinion.
Her quote in the ProJo shows that her priorities, then, during the prayer banner kerfuffle, and now, during the debate on marriage equality, are squarely in line not with the citizens of the state of Rhode Island, but with the narrow agenda of the Roman Catholic Church.
During the hearings conducted at the house last Tuesday evening, Lima asked Father Bernard Healey about the living arrangements of married couples at Providence College. She was worried that PC would be forced, under the law, to house married gay couples, against the conscience of practicing Catholics. Father Healey had no answer for her regarding this issue. In fact, that evening, Rep. Lima was the only person to bring the issue up. Three philosophy professors from PC testified against the bill, but never brought up that particular issue.


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|I am seriously frustrated right now. I know this isn't a normal posting on here, but at the same time I need to vent it out. I don't get why companies sit there and waste their talents.
Now, I don't mean to brag, but I am seriously the sh*t when it comes to marketing and strategy. I get paid a nice salary to be at work and they are seriously not utilizing me in a way that would make them a ton of money. I am on the executive team and I love it, however at the same time, the downside of finally making it to the executive level is that you still do not get to have your say. Sure, I get a lot of freedoms and I have more than earned where I am at, but at the same time I am watching the company I work for make some huge errors. For example, instead of letting a Marketer help with site conversions, they ask the creative team which is one of the reasons why some of the sites are not converting in the first place.
Creatives and Designers try to make things pretty and flow together. They don't take monetizing a website into consideration and they don't like to have things out of place. This is why you need a real Marketer on the project. A Marketer will look at the site and ask questions like why can I not immediately see a call to action, why is there no continuity for colors and patterns to make sure the end user can associate orange with shopping and red with a sale, etc... The Graphic Designer will make the site a piece of art while the Marketer will jump in and make sure that your call to action stands out by not making the site always flow. You need to have the call to action pop by making the eye feel uncomfortable and also throwing the design off just enough so that your eye will catch the message and the call to action. Without a collaboration, or a Marketing mind, it is nothing but artwork and the consumer may not act in the way you would ideally like them too.
The next thing is within the hiring process. I have seen soo many companies do this. The one I work for now is the exact same, even though they said they aren't. They hire a person or a Manager or someone in a Leadership role and do not introduce them to the people they will interact with on a daily basis. They do not have them meet with Peers and employees and this in turn tends to make a team less comfortable because you are not getting the input from the team to see if they feel they can all work together. If people are stuck with each other 8 hours a day, they need to be able to function as a team and by not letting them meet each other, you are taking a big risk by putting personalities that do not mesh together and can not only cause HR issues, but you can also cause a higher employee turnover rate. I don't get why companies don't take the whole team into consideration.
Now, the reason I am writing this is because I have noticed a huge trend in my current company. There are people like me who have made companies millions of dollars and we thrive on brain challenges and strategy. They have us doing things that don't challenge us and we watch as they hand out assignments to people not qualified to work on projects get them and as we try to comment on what will go wrong, we are told to stay out of it. I know everyone deserves a chance, but sometimes outside input can really help. Recently I have watched numerous projects fail and I am watching right now as the company is about to start falling apart. Everything I have predicted is happening and all the mistakes I said would happen if a then b are happening and I am slowly watching what could have been great start to fail. I wish they would just listen to me as that is why they hired me, but unfortunately I have the wrong person gunning for me ever since she found out I am gay and unfortunately she is beginning to take the company out because of her own personal biases. I hate watching this company fail, but at the same time, I know that at least I voiced my opinion and I tried to do the right thing to defend and protect a company that is screwing me and if they don't want to listen, then unfortunately they will have to fail. Sometimes I just wish they would site back and realize the talent they have, me, my co-workers and some very fantastic programmers who they ignore and put on back burners. I just want to know why companies are sometimes so blind and why they would allow themselves to waste their internal talent and let themselves fail without even considering the answers are already there within. Wasted talent in the workplace is one of the worst things a company can do for itself. You are paying for your employees and by wasting their talents, you are not only hurting yourself, but you are wasting and loosing some of your most valuable assets. If you own a business or are a leader, please read this article and understand that you should never take your internal talent for granted and never waste your employees knowledge and assets.
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Since Orange Glo International began moving its Oxi Clean laundry additive and all-purpose cleaning brand into food, drug and mass retail distribution last year, the brand has picked up $22.4 million in annual sales, according to Information Resources Inc. But that only begins to describe the brand's growth.
Oxi Clean, launched and still backed with direct-response TV advertising, began moving into mass retail via such club store chains as Costco and Wal-Mart Stores' Sam's Club in 1999. Syndicated scanner data don't track either direct-response or club sales, but privately held Orange Glo reports overall sales of $120 million for 2000, up 39% from a year earlier, primarily on the strength of expansion of Oxi Clean. And as Oxi Clean expands into Wal-Mart, Target and several national food store accounts, Orange Glo projects 2001 sales will reach $225 million.
By comparison, Procter & Gamble Co.'s Febreze fabric deodorizer and laundry pre-treater brand, launched nationally in 1998, had first-year sales of $250 million, while Swiffer, launched in 1999, reached U.S. sales of $300 million its first year. Those brands have been the two biggest household cleaning launches since 1990, though sales of both brands have since declined.
"Assuming the numbers are accurate, in the household products business this is a phenomenal success," said Michael Hoye, managing partner of consulting firm Hoye & Partners, Stratford, Conn. and a former exec VP at Colgate-Palmolive Co. Orange Glo's reported sales numbers of $87 million for 1999 gibe with the data included in the 2000 edition of the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing privately held companies, where Orange Glo ranked No. 4. Inc. requires either signed tax returns or audited financial statements for inclusion in the list.
While Orange Glo wouldn't break down its numbers by distribution channel, Mr. Hoye estimated reaching the $225 million mark would require at least $100 million in direct-response sales.
A spokeswoman for Clorox admitted the company was watching Orange Glo and Oxi Clean but said "we don't think it's having an impact on us in home care." Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown analyst Andrew Shore, however, said it wouldn't be unusual for a small company to "fly under the radar" of major players for several years before reaching $100 million plus in sales and getting their attention, as USA Detergents did in the early 1990s.
Oxi Clean was first introduced in 1993 by Orange Glo founder Max Appel, who then sold products mainly through state fairs and a small catalog operation. Then, in 1998, Orange Glo began running direct-response ads from CRTV, Seattle, focusing on Oxi Clean but also promoting the company's Orange Glo furniture polish and Orange Clean all-purpose cleaner products. The ads boosted company sales from $11.2 million in 1998 to $87 million in 1999 and $120 million last year. Sibling brand Orange Clean, which has been in mass distribution since the mid-1990s, had sales of $11.1 million for the year ended June 17, up 13.8% but less than half of Oxi Clean's sales despite broader distribution during the period.
Oxi Clean ads are a combination of classic, breathless direct-response copy and classic package-goods product demos. TV shots highlight how the activated oxygen in the product dissolves away organic-based stains in carpets and other fabrics. They also tout Oxi Clean as safer and more pleasant than chlorine bleach or other household cleaners-a positioning also staked out by a host of smaller brands, such as Seventh Generation and Earth Friendly Products, now working their way from natural food stores to broader distribution.
"I think there's a real need out there for cleaners that are highly effective and yet healthy for your home and family," said Cindy Heller, director of marketing, who joined Orange Glo in 1999 after working for General Mills and Quaker Oats Co.
While the direct-response approach is still unusual for big marketers, Ms. Heller said retailers haven't objected. "It allows us to create demand for the direct channel and also cross over into retail," she said. "It makes the retail sell-in and sell-through much more effective. We're able to spend, as a small brand, equal to or more than our traditional package-goods competitors."
Orange Glo did not disclose spending, and data were not available from Taylor Nelson Sofres' CMR. But whatever the spending comparisons, Orange Glo is clearly besting some of its bigger rivals.
While P&G has focused on its newer Febreze and Swiffer brands and is preparing to launch a new line of scents for Mr. Clean, the company in the past year has sold its Spic and Span cleaner and Biz dry bleach brands and put Comet up for sale. Cleaning category leader Clorox Co. has blamed slowing cleaner category growth in part for recent quarterly earnings disappointments.
Neither Clorox nor Orange Glo would comment on whether growth of Orange Glo products in alternative channels was responsible for falling cleaner sales in food, drug and mass merchandisers. But Ms. Heller said IRI household panel data show Oxi Clean bringing new and "lapsed" users into household cleaners, and she denies that bigger rivals have lost interest. "They're still investing their product development and marketing dollars," she said. "The question is whether they've been as innovative as we have."


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Listening Station #6
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 02:34PM
Listening Station is an AiMT feature dedicated to exploring full new retail release streams via Spotify, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, etc. You must have Spotify installed on your machine to play the Spotify streams (duh).
New stuff from Big K.R.I.T., Jam City, Azealia Banks, Ta-ku, Napt and A Guy Called Gerald.
Big K.R.I.T. - Live From the Underground [Island Def Jam]
Stream at NPR.
Jam City - Classical Curves [Night Slugs]
Azealia Banks - 1991 EP [Interscope]
Ta-ku - Dusty, Vol. 2 [S/R]
Napt - Tom Toms EP [Fool's Gold]
A Guy Called Gerald - Mutek Mix [XLR8R]
Stream at XLR8R.
PREVIEW: Carls Davis [aka Carl Craig] - Last Decade EP [Planet E]
PREVIEW: Phon.o - Black Boulder [50 Weapons]


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All items > Knives > Fixed Blade Knives
- Overall Length:6.625"
- Blade Length:2.625"
- Cutting Edge:2.625"
- Blade Thickness:0.14"
- Blade Material:CTS-XHP
- Hardness:60 RC
- Blade Style:Clip Point
- Finish:Brown
- Edge Type:Plain
- Handle Length:4.00"
- Handle Material:Stainless Steel
- Color:Brown
- Sheath:Kydex
- Weight:1.65 oz.
- Knife Type:Fixed Blade
- Brand:MT Knives
- Model:Genesis
- Country of Origin:USA
- Best Use:Everyday Carry
- Product Type:Knife
The MT Knives Genesis neck knife is a lightweight, minimalist design offering custom performance at an affordable price. These compact knives come hair popping sharp and are made with optimum cutting performance in mind. This Genesis fixed blade features solid CTS-XHP steel construction with a flat dark earth Cerakote finish. Includes a Kydex neck carry sheath.Features:
- CTS-XHP steel provides lasting cutting performance.
- Lightweight, practical design for everyday use.
- Kydex neck sheath allows easy carry.


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A new benchmark is in the works for Solid State Drives – AS SSD Benchmark. We have never run this benchmark and it just came out this week, so we figured why not and gave it a shot on the OCZ Vertex EX SLC based SSD that we are testing here today.
In the Everest benchmark results we saw that the drive performance degraded during the benchmark and now that we have run the entire test suite on the Vertex EX the drive has become badly degraded. This is the last benchmark we ran and you can clearly see that the performance has degraded badly due to all the benchmarks run on the drive. At this point in time we contacted OCZ asking if they know of a way to get the performance back to where it should be to finish the benchmarks and our testing. Tony from OCZ responded with these statements.
"You need to update to Firmware v1.20 then use wiper 0525, the issue is we have not officially released Firmware v1.20 yet. Then you will need to totally bench the drive again and performance does change slightly. I will ask if we can post the updates up, they are the full in Windows flash so all data on the drives is destroyed." – OCZ
It seems that our benchmarking stops here and that by running a couple of days worth of benchmarks on the Vertex EX, that we have successfully degraded the performance to a point of no return. Now we just need to wait for OCZ to release a firmware that supports TRIM functionality. They have one, but has not made it available to the public or Legit Reviews.
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Sales Have Ended
Sales Have Ended
Volunteer with us! Deliver Food Hampers!
The Boys' Brigade Share-a-Gift (BBSG) 2017 Daily Delivery is open to public, who posses their own transport (Car, Van, etc.) to volunteer their time by delivering the food hampers to the underprivileged living in Singapore.
Daily delivery of food hampers starts from 4 December to 29 December 2017. There are 2 time slots daily, 10.30am and 2pm.
If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact BBSG Hotline, 1800-227-4273 (1800-BB-SHARE) during the project period from 21 November to 31 December 2017.
We look forward to your strong support in this meaningful annual event.
Thank you.
Best Regards,
The Boys' Brigade Share-a-Gift Volunteers' Management
If I can't make it for my registered slot, can I cancel my registration?
Yes, you may cancel your registration by logging into Eventbrite, Go to the Tickets page, and locate your order. Click your order to view order details, and then select "Cancel Order" to cancel your registration. An email will be sent to you to confirm your cancellation.
Can I change the date of my registered slot?
To change the date of your registered slot, you would need to cancel your order and re-register for a new delivery slot.
How long does the delivery takes?
Delivery of food hampers will take about 3 hours.


text: When talking of 6 letter stems, do I have to find all the 6 letter stems that also have a meaning by themselves? (Like Satire for example). Or may I find even nonsense stems? On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 22:45:39 +0900, Ruby Quiz <james / grayproductions.net> wrote: > The three rules of Ruby Quiz: > > 1. Please do not post any solutions or spoiler discussion for this quiz until > 48 hours have passed from the time on this message. > > 2. Support Ruby Quiz by submitting ideas as often as you can: > > http://www.grayproductions.net/ruby_quiz/ > > 3. Enjoy! > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > by Martin DeMello > > In Scrabble parlance, a 'bingo stem' is defined as a set of six > letters that combines with a large fraction of the alphabet to anagram > to valid seven letter words (a 'bingo' is a move using all seven tiles > on your rack). For instance, one of the more prolific stems, SATIRE, > combines with twenty letters, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, > O, P, R, S, T, V, W (forming words like ASTERIA, BAITERS, RACIEST > ...). > > Write a program that, given a word list and a cutoff n, finds all 6 > letter stems that combine with n or more letters, sorted in order of > how many distinct letters they combine with. > >


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Twitter Ads: Terrible or Terrific?
Elizabeth Marsten Nov 28 2012
In our endless quest to find the "next big thing" in PPC, we tried a small test at Portent on Portent products and services with Twitter ads.
I noticed there were many "how to get started" posts but few data-supported case studies with results. Armed with PPC intern Tim, a $100 head start from a promo code and some curiosity, we put Twitter ads to the test. Below are our results, observations and speculations.
But as always, remember that your mileage may vary.
Setting Up Your Twitter Ad
This part was easy. Use a $100 code if you can and give yourself a head start. The trick is deciding what to promote, when and for how long. In our case we determined that it was unlikely that people would want to "buy" PPC or SEO services from us via Twitter, so we settled on:
- A free webinar on SEO for small businesses
- A free email series on internet marketing for the holidays
- A $9.95 eBook on ad copy for PPC
- Portent as a promoted account
As we went along, we found that Twitter ads "burn out" even faster than Facebook ads, so the testing period for each of these tweets lasted no more than 5 days.
Results for the Free Webinar
This was our most fiscally "aggressive" effort, spending the $100 code and another $100 just to see how many sign-ups we could get. We promoted a total of 3 tweets over 8 days, turning all ads off the morning of the webinar:
As you can see, the first tweet (where we spent the most cash), yielded the most impressions, the third tweet landed the best CTR and the second tweet resulted in the most sign ups. We used the same two hashtags each time: #smallbiz and #portentu, and mentioned the Twitter handle of the presenter as well. (The "X" for conversions on the first tweet is where intern Tim learned about tagging destination URLs for GA.)
We ran each tweet at $150 budget per day within the suggested bid range of $1.50 and made no changes to the bids until we decided to turn off that particular tweet. The majority of impressions came in the first 12 hours; that number slowly declined over the next day or two until we either turned the ad off or promoted a different tweet of the same content. None of the ads reached their daily budget. Not even close.
Results for the Holiday Email Series
On a whim, we decided to promote our email holiday series on internet marketing strategy.
And how did the promotion turn out? The answer: not great. No sign ups. This ad also ran at $150 per day with $1.50 bid.
Results for the eBook
So what happens if you try to sell something directly? We chose my ad copy eBook because it is our newest offering in the Portent Store, has a friendly price point and well, it's awesome. Unfortunately, we learned that yes, no one wants to buy anything on Twitter unless it's the shirt off Robert Pattinson's back:
We increased the CPC bid on this one to $2 to see if that would garner more clicks. It seems to have worked, since out of all the tweets this one racked up the most impressions and clicks over 3-4 days when compared to our second place tweet (re: the webinar).
Results for the Promoted Account
At this point, we decided to see if we might gain a few more followers by paying for a promoted account. I have to say I was surprised when we picked up 47 for $106. Not bad at $2.26 per follower. Depending on what your grand plans are, this could be a nice way to build your follower list.
Overall Observations on Twitter Ads
- Promoting our tweet stream via Twitter ads seems to lead to more impressions, but since the social media department runs Portent's feed to engage in broad conversations, we might actually wind up shooting ourselves in the foot. For example, we like to retweet and send out links from other cool people — and while these people are cool, we're not into paying to send them our visitors.
- Don't forget to tag your ads! The first webinar tweet might have garnered some sign ups, but someone at Portent forgot to tag the ads.
- The ads update in real time so it's actually quite mesmerizing to watch when you first launch.
Will we try Twitter ads again? Yes and No.
Yes. We found Twitter ads to be more effective for garnering sign-ups on the webinar than Facebook ads or AdWords, and cheaper and easier to manage as well. If we feel like picking up a few more followers later on, or have a big thing happen in the world of PR (like our CEO Ian Lurie gets to be a contestant on The Price is Right), we'll pick the promoted account back up again.
And no. For the eBooks, email series and anything we "sell," Twitter ads just aren't worth it… unless there is a sparkly vampire's shirt attached.
Elizabeth Marsten
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This is a very good case study, Elizabeth! It does confirm what we've seen in social media advertising in general: that so long as your giving something away for free that has content value for your audience, social media works – both paid and just regular, old manual posting. However, the minute you try to sell something on social media, all our tests conclude exactly as yours does: people aren't buying it. Interesting, they WILL buy through good, old fashioned social media "salesmanship" – that is, the one to one relationship-building and then posting a sales promotion. We've had very good success with this approach on Facebook and Twitter for a hotel client, for example. And we did have some good success using Facebook Offers (which is now paid). However, pushing SoMe "ads" in your followers' faces to buy a product or service does not work.
Interesting stats, thanks for sharing. Personally I don't see any of the social sites as effective direct sales channels, more as branding mechanisms.
I can see how there'd be value in using Twitter ads to build an email list, which IS a better sales channel. But I will just have to wait; unfortunately in the UK we're not able to advertise on Twitter yet!
Thanks for the data driven analysis. I think this confirms most case studies on Twitter that I've come across over the years – direct sales are lacking, but it can be effective at spreading the word and increasing reach of a brand.


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Whenever I tell a local friend or neighbor I'm a part of CSA (and, for us, local means Park Slope, Brooklyn), they assume I'm talking about the sweet, well-tended little community garden on 6th Avenue. "Oh, yeah, I've walked past that garden!"
Nope. This is CSA — Community Supported Agriculture — and it means Chrissy and are part of a group of fellow city dwellers who buy Farm Shares from a farm outside the city in order to get super-fresh veggies and fruit delivered to Brooklyn each week. (Actually, we bought a half-share, so our pick-ups are every other week.)
We opted to get fresh eggs and flowers, too, and the whole thing costs a few hundred dollars for a steady supply of delicious produce that runs from June through the end of October.
Tons of other parents belong to our local group, Greenwood Heights CSA, too, and, while I can't speak for them, I can say we're loving it as a great choice for families because:
- well, duh, it's local and fresh, of course, but also….
- the quality of the produce far surpasses what I could find with packaged fruits and veggies shipped in from who-knows-where and on display at my local Key Food or C-Town
- the variety is fun! We're all trying (and the moms are learning to cook) things we probably never would otherwise.
So far, we've had radishes, garlic scapes (think of them as garlicky green beans), green garlic, Japanese turnips, carrots, kale, peppery arugula, many kinds of lettuces, cabbage, cucumbers, zucchini, basil, scallions, berries, apricots, and more.
We still love our local farmers' market, too, where many farmers turn up with their goods weekly. But this is kind of different and cool because it's a real partnership between a specific farm (Hearty Roots in Tivoli, New York) and the people who support it by buying shares.
Curious about CSA? Here's how to find a CSA farm near you.


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Custom 3D Mold Designs Announced By Chinese Plastic Injection Molding Company DuratecPlastics.com
Today, the distinguished plastic injection molding company, DuratecPlastics.com, has excitedly announced its custom 3D mold designs.
October 29, 2013
Today, the distinguished plastic injection molding company, DuratecPlastics.com, has excitedly announced its custom 3D mold designs. According to Jason, a sales manager of the company, the company releases the custom product to meet the great demand for various 3D mold designs.
"We are very happy to provide clients from around the world with custom 3D mold designs. You know, our molding products have received rave reviews from our customers worldwide. As a prestigious company in the industry, we have faith in exceeding customer expectations. By adding custom 3D mold designs to our product line, we want to meet the different needs and requirements of our current and prospective customers," says Jason.
DuratecPlastics.com offers top quality plastic parts, such as the facility of design, engineering, injection molding, mold making, quality control and assembly. It is famous for its rich experience, advanced technology, and strict quality control system. It insists on providing top quality products, fast delivery and friendly services. Therefore, the company has a good customer base in the global market.
To offer the latest information about the company's new technologies and products, DuratecPlastics.com updates its website almost every day. Its principle objective is to help clients to choose cost-effective molds prior to purchasing as well as deliver people great results at reasonable prices. It offers discounts at its online store from time to time.
About DuratecPlastics.com
DuratecPlastics.com is the website owned by Duratec Industries Ltd. That specializes in plastic injection molding and plastic product assembly. The business is located in Suzhou. The company owns a modern manufacturing and warehousing facility as large as over 12,000 square meters. For more information, please visit http://www.duratecplastics.com/.
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From experience with the popular post on dating software platforms it became evident that comparison or review posts just mustn't stay static. Products change, perspective shifts, new information emerges. One way is to update the post every so often, but who wants to read through 90% of the same stuff every time? So, instead, I'll just make a rolling update for the first post followed by "re-review" posts every few months.
Now, this one is the first in the enterprise social software series. Not a review or a comparison yet. Just a "first look" post to bring up some of the key players and start the discussion. Hopefully, we would have comments with suggestions and feedback on these and other prominent social software vendors, eventually taking it all to a proper overview level. Let's go!
What is Enterprise Social Software?
Now that we have a definition of social software in general, the "enterprise" bit would simply mean the same thing but for large-scale, mission-critical, business-oriented projects.
That's still very very broad, so for the purpose of staying sane I'll just concentrate on software platforms for creating custom online communities.
Most enterprise/business social software solutions are limited to company intranets or CRMs, which may be functionally similar to an "external" community, but I'd put them into a category few steps lower than full-site platforms. With internal networks, you could get away with changing a logo and then training your staff to use the site as is, while with external you typically need powerful customisation features, support for large-scale membership base, and most importantly - ability to extend platform capabilities without braking the base. Reliable solutions for customisable, enterprise-class online communities are rare and far between, so it will take a few weeks of edits for this post to offer a well-curated list.
We have to begin somewhere, so let's see what we can find out about these...
JiveSoftware, Hoop.la, Lithium, Bitrix24, Bloomfire, Socious and UNA.
I'll be taking a closer look at each of them over the next 7 weeks. Meanwhile, if you have suggestions of other capable platforms - please share in comments.


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Episode 127 – Football Playoff Time!
Alabama and Georgia face off next Monday for the College National Championship, and does this match up entice us? Are the best 2 teams represented even though the lone undefeated team didn't even get a shot? We discuss if the current playoff format in college is legit or if it needs an audible. NFL Wild […]Read More


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The iPhone 6S is on sale today. Offering an improved camera, better build quality and unique new features like Live Photos and 3D Touch, it's one of the best handsets you'll see this year.
But as important as the phone you choose is which contract you go for. Do you want unlimited data? Or would you rather pay less for more limited browsing?
Here's our pick of the best around.
Best iPhone deals for heavy users
If you use your phone a lot for web browsing, emailing, phone calls and text messages, there are plenty of options.
Vodafone offers the 16GB iPhone 6S with no upfront cost and for £44 a month. That gets you unlimited phone calls, unlimited texts and 10GB of data.
Three will give you a little more data for a bit more money. The 16GB iPhone 6S can be yours for £99 upfront and then £48 a month. That gets you unlimited calls and texts and 12GB of data. You can also snaffle unlimited data for £51 a month, plus £99 upfront for the 16GB 6S.
If you want more storage, O2 offers the 128GB iPhone 6S for £9.99 upfront and then £64 a month. That gives you unlimited calls and texts and a whopping 20GB of data.
Vodafone will give you 20GB of data for £50 a month with no upfront cost. That's for the 16GB 6S, with unlimited calls and texts.
Finally, EE matches the 20GB of data and charges £49.99 a month plus an upfront fee of £19.99. That gets you the 64GB 6S with unlimited calls and texts.
Best iPhone 6S deals for lighter users
If you browse, stream and email a lot less, you could pay far less per month.
O2 offers the 16GB 6S for £27.50 a month, which gives you 1GB of data, plus unlimited calls and texts. However, you will have to pay £150 for the phone upfront.
Vodafone offers the 16GB 6S for £44 a month with 2GB of data, unlimited calls and texts, and with no upfront fee. Or with 1GB of data for £39 a month and a £9.99 upfront fee.
EE offers the 16GB 6S with 2GB of data for £34.99 a month, plus an upfront fee of £74.99. That comes with unlimited texts and 1,000 minutes. Or with 1GB of data, the same texts and minutes for £21.99 a month, but a hefty upfront fee of £379.99.
Best iPhone 6S deals for extras and freebies
Don't forget networks offer extra incentives to get you to sign up. Three doesn't charge extra for 4G, for example, and, from certain countries, offers calls and texts to UK numbers for the same price as at home.
O2 offers money-off promotions for high-street shops and restaurants like Boots and Zizzi, plus priority booking at O2 venues.
Vodafone gives certain contracts a choice of free Now TV, Spotify Premium or Sky Sports Mobile TV.
EE, meanwhile, has the fastest and most widespread 4G network in the UK and offers the free Refresh battery recharging scheme. Where coverage is patchy, you can also make and receive calls and send texts over Wi-Fi.


text: The Buzz By Ann Marie Kerwin. Published on May 30, 2005. Rosie O'Donnell wants a thank you note from Bill Kerr. Which is understandable, given she takes responsibility for the crash and burn of Gruner & Jahr's U.S. division. Last week, following the news that Meredith Corp. would buy G&J's four remaining women's titles, Rosie posted on her blog at rosie.com, her own thoughts on the sale. In her unique, haiku-ish, free-form verse, she wrote, "DO U THINK/I WILL GET A THANK U NOTE/FROM MEREDITH PUBLISHING/KARMA IS A KILLER." Karma is one word for it. But the Buzz feels the bad karma really started with the $500 million G&J was so eager to spend under the expansion plan set by President-CEO Dan Brewster to acquire Fast Company and Inc.-moments before the dot-com bust. Now Meredith is spending $350 million to acquire the four titles that aren't the business books. And if G&J can't find anyone else to take them, Meredith says it will sell the two of them off for whatever it can get, which the Buzz is pretty sure won't be anywhere near a half-billion dollars. The Rosie trial, which ultimately devolved from a fight over who could profit off Rosie's name to damaging revelations of circulation mismanagement, certainly proved to be the beginning of the end. But we can't credit Rosie completely for G&J's exit from the U.S. market. Buzz does, however, agree with her on one posted thought. "I WISH I FELT GLEE/I DON'T/WHAT A WASTE." Most Popular In this article: Ad Age China


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Pushing the envelopes of dance, music, physical theatre and comedy, a unique show unlike any other comedy act, past or present. Part of Piccolo Fringe at Piccolo Spoleto Festival.
Dancing about architecture
Frank Zappa famously wrote that writing about music was like dancing about architecture. Trying to pin down what Mike Mathieu and Andrew Connor do onstage in The Cody Rivers Show feels a lot like that statement. There is synchronized dance. There is slapstick comedy and a mesmerizing whirl of words. And you'll laugh so hard during the show, you won't realize you've learned something until after it's done.
All the critics love them
According to New York Theatre Wire, "The closest experience to it would be seeing Waiting for Godot performed by Chinese acrobats. No wonder they have an international cult following among audiences and theater professionals alike." Time Out Chicago calls the show, "Absolutely mesmerizing."
They make the local comedy gentry go "squee." The T99 crowd loves all their visitors from afar, but you can see a little extra blush in their cheeks when these guys step into the room.
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