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The extent of potential corruption in tennis is under scrutiny once more after a leading sports gambling watchdog stated that 73 matches suspected of suspicious betting activity were reported to the Tennis Integrity Unit in 2015 – more than three times the number of incidents involving any other sport.
Earlier this month, the Guardian revealed that two international tennis umpires were secretly banned and four others faced being thrown out of the sport for life on charges of serious corruption after allegedly taking bribes from betting syndicates in exchange for manipulating live scores on the International Tennis Federation's Futures Tour.
That followed allegations during the Australian Open that 16 players who have been ranked in the top 50 had been repeatedly flagged to the TIU over suspicions they had thrown matches in the past decade. The ATP and WTA tours, the grand slam board and the sport's governing body, the ITF, commissioned an independent review into their anti-corruption practices as a result.
However, new evidence released by Essa – which issues suspicious betting alerts to regulated bookmakers across Europe when irregular activity is spotted – in their quarterly integrity report on Thursday revealed 73 tennis matches had been flagged up to the authorities in 2015, with 24 occurring in the final three months of last year.
In comparison, football attracted 19 cases throughout the whole of 2015, with eight of those occurring between October and December, while three other sports – greyhound racing, snooker and ice hockey – had one case each in the final quarter.
"The start of 2016 has seen a worldwide focus on alleged match-fixing in tennis," said the report. "The data contained in Essa's Q1-3 reports has been used to highlight those concerns. The data in our Q4 integrity report reflects previous quarters, and whilst tennis constituted the largest proportion of suspicious betting alerts identified by Essa members, it should be noted the vast majority of tennis events are fair.
"That position is a reflection of the general trend shown in the previous three quarters of the year and therefore the overall position in 2015, which included a total of 100 cases of suspicious betting on sporting events, led by tennis with 73 cases and followed by football with 19," it added.
In response, the TIU issued a statement that acknowledged it has been working closely with the watchdog. "If the analysis suggests suspicious activity, the TIU moves to investigation, which includes interviewing players, taking phones and laptops," it said.
"An alert can be an indicator of suspicious activity. But it is not proof or evidence that corruption has taken place. On its own, betting data is not sufficient to bring forward a successful prosecution; it has to be considered, assessed and verified along with the TIU's many other sources of intelligence. Statistics of the kind released today by Essa must be considered in that light."
Geographically, 38 of the alerts originated in Europe, 24 in Asia, 16 in North America and 11 in South America. Africa accounted for nine. Most of the cases of suspicious betting in football occurred in European matches, which featured in 68% of cases in that sport. Tennis was more evenly spread globally, led by Asia (19 cases), Europe (18) and North America (14).
On Wednesday, the Thai doubles player Jatuporn Nalamphun was banned for 18 months for betting on unspecified matches then failing to cooperate with TIU investigators. That came after the United States Tennis Association admitted it was "shocked" at the Guardian's revelation that banned umpire Denis Pitner was a line judge at both the US Open last August and also at an ATP world tour event in Doha last month which featured Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.
The ATP blamed a "breach in procedures" for Pitner being allowed to work in Doha, with a spokesman confirming it would also review the issue to ensure it did not happen again.
The independent review, which commenced last month and will be undertaken by a three-person panel led by Adam Lewis QC, is expected to take at least a year to complete.


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Arithmetic for drug calculations 2: fractions
Are you a School of Health and Social Care student who would like to improve your arithmetic in preparation for nursing calculations?
The arithmetic of fractions is very important groundwork for the calculation of quantity of drugs given to patients. This session will cover:
- Proper and improper fractions
- Simplification of fractions
Multiplication of fractions
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Related LibGuide: Arithmetic for Drug Calculations by Nicola Conway
- Date:
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Ever since its "I'd like to teach the world to sing" commercials from the 1970s, Coca-Cola has billed itself as the world's beverage, uniting all colors and cultures within its red-and-white swoosh. Behind that image, however, a growing student movement is taking the company to task for its less than harmonious record of human rights around the globe.
Chief among the accusations is the company's alleged complicity in the murder of union members by paramilitaries at bottling plants in Colombia. So far, six colleges and universities in the United States–including Carleton, Oberlin and Bard–have responded to a call by the Colombian beverages union for a boycott, either by canceling contracts or banning vending machines. Campaigns are active at about ninety more, making this the largest anticorporate campaign since the one against Nike. "Coke sells an image," says Camilo Romero, a national organizer with United Students Against Sweatshops. "As with any campaign like this, it is hurting its image that will hurt their bottom line."
Romero says that in addition to boycotts, students will soon be conducting sit-ins similar to those that helped publicize sweatshop abuses by Nike and other companies in the late 1990s. That campaign had mixed results; Nike eventually disclosed the locations of its factories and raised wages slightly but failed to follow through on other promises to monitor abuses. More recently, a student campaign helped contribute to a victory against Taco Bell by migrant workers fighting to raise the priced paid to them for tomatoes they picked.
Fresh from that success, Romero appeared last month before a packed auditorium at Smith College, where the administration has so far responded favorably to student calls for a Coke boycott. With him was Javier Correa, president of the Colombian union SINALTRAINAL, who spoke of a decade of violence that has resulted in the deaths of eight workers. As an example, he told the story of Isidro Gil, who was shot dead in 1996 at the bottling plant; a week later, paramilitaries entered the plant and forced workers to sign letters of resignation from the union at gunpoint. Coca-Cola directly controls the bottling facilities through their contracts, said Correa, who says he has himself escaped three assassination attempts. "It's clear they have the power to stop what's happening."
In an e-mail, Coke's issues director, Lori George Billingsley, denies that the companies or its bottlers have been involved in the violence. "We are disappointed in the student boycotts because the campaigns are based on inaccuracies regarding the situation on the ground, " she writes. The company recently announced that it will be conducting audits of worker conditions around the world, but it has stopped short of agreeing to demands for an independent investigation into the murders.


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A clean-sweep in the tri-series against Sri Lanka and New Zealand will catapult India to the number one spot in the ICC one-day rankings for the first time.
India plays the tri-series in Sri Lanka later this week and if Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men can win all the three matches then India will go on top of the table for the first time since the rankings were introduced in October 2002.
Meanwhile, England, who knocked off Australia from the top in Tests, will have another opportunity to leapfrog their arch-rivals in the ODI ranking during the seven match ODI series which begins at The Oval this Friday.
Andrew Strauss's men can surpass the visitors if they win 5-2 or better in the series, while for Ricky Ponting's side, it will also be an opportunity to reclaim the number-one position.
Aussies currently occupy the third place with 119 ratings points, one place ahead of England, who have eight points.
South Africa head the ladder with 127 ratings points followed by India on 126. However, England can move ahead of Australia if it wins the series 7-0, 6-1 or 5-2.
If the hosts wins 7-0, it will push Australia to as low as seventh place, depending how the tri-nation series in Sri Lanka to be held from September 8-14 pans out.
A 5-2 series result in England's favour will put it on 118 ratings points and four ahead of Australia.
For Australia to regain the number-one spot not only they will have to win all the matches against England but will also require either New Zealand or Sri Lanka to beat India at least once in Colombo.
India can top the ICC ODI rankings
A clean-sweep in the tri-series against Sri Lanka and New Zealand will catapult India to the number one spot in the ICC one-day rankings for the first time.


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The snow king! Artist creates incredible patterns with snow as his canvas
WHILE most of us can only stretch to snow angels, this British artist has managed to create amazing geometric designs.
Simon Beck uses the Alps as his canvas to create stunning works of art.
He uses just his feet and a compass to create his crop circles in the snow.
Working zone, he takes up to 10 hours to build each design.
Some span as much as six football pitches and are in Les Arcs, where he lives during the winter.
He told Mail Online: "The main reason for making them was because I can no longer run properly due to problems with my feet, so plodding about on level snow is the least painful way of getting exercise.
"Gradually, the reason has become photographing them, and I am considering buying a better camera."
Originally an orienteering leader, he has now created hundreds of works of art.
More of Mr Beck's work can be seen on his Facebook page at www.facebook.com/snowart8848


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- You'll start by creating a Secure Identity and Access Management System (SIAMS) account. Take note of your user name and password. You will need this information to access other SIAMS services such as the Alberta student loan application.
- You might already have an account if you've ever attended — or applied to — an Alberta post-secondary institute. Do not create a new account. Contact ApplyAlberta if you've forgotten your user name or password.
Step 3: Find your ASN
- All Alberta students are assigned an Alberta Student Number (ASN). Find yours at the Learner Registry.
- If you've never been to school in Alberta, you will be issued an ASN when you start the application.
Step 4: Authorize transcripts
- Authorize SAIT to request your Alberta transcripts so your final grades are transferred electronically to SAIT at no cost. After you write your diploma exams, your final transcript will be sent to SAIT.
- If you went to school outside of Alberta, find out how to submit your transcripts and documents.
Step 5: Fill in your personal and academic profile
After you finish completing your personal information, you'll be required to enter your academic history. This includes any high school and post-secondary institutes you've attended and the grades you have — or will — achieve in the subjects required for admission to your program of choice.
Depending on where your transcripts are from, you'll need to do the following:
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- If you're currently taking — or planning to take — courses required for admission to your program, you need to enter your anticipated final grades in the High School Courses and Marks section. We will use these marks to determine program eligibility before your final grades are available.
- You don't need to enter grades for courses you've already completed as we'll receive your transcript to-date right away.
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- If you've already completed a course required for admission, enter your final grade. We will use these marks to determine program eligibility before your final transcript is available.
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- Enter the schools you've attended in the High School and Post-Secondary History section.
- You don't have to enter grades for courses you've completed or are currently taking. You will need to fill out an Anticipated Final Grades form after you finish the online application. We will use this to determine program eligibility before we get the results of your document assessment.
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IMPACT Wrestling's Wrestlers of the Week 1.19.12
By Neil Borenstein
Each week here at 1wrestling.com, I will select three of the top wrestlers from TNA's IMPACT Wrestling and present them to you in inverse order as the show's Wrestlers of the Week. In choosing the show's top three superstars, performances from that week's IMPACT Wrestling and any relevant preceding programming – such as Pay-Per-Views – will be taken into consideration.
IMPACT Wrestling Wrestlers of the Week for January 19, 2012
3. Bobby Roode – for continuing to finagle his way through a relatively stress-free World Heavyweight Title reign:
Much of Bobby Roode's reign as TNA World Heavyweight Champion has been overshadowed by his underhanded moves to both obtain and keep the title. Ever since turning on his former-Beer Money partner James Storm to first capture the belt, Roode has taken whatever easy and illegal method that was required in order to keep the strap around his waist. The likes of Storm, AJ Styles and mostly recently Jeff Hardy have all become victims of Roode screwing the system to remain champion.
Just last week, Roode employed the assistance of Bully Ray to help him escape a Genesis rematch against Hardy with his title in hand. While Sting booked that match to be for the World Heavyweight Championship, Ray played his part to make sure it ended in a no contest and no winner was declared. That would also play a role in the No.1 Contender situation, where Storm should have rightfully been the next in line to battle for the gold based on a victory over Kurt Angle on last week's IMPACT Wrestling.
But Roode dropped the bomb on Storm about that not entirely being the case. He interrupted Storm and Hardy at the top of the program this week as they argued over who would fight Roode for the title next. Roode informed Storm that his No. 1 Contendership was null and void because there was no actual winner in his match against Hardy last week. Sting quickly put the kibosh on that whole idea by announcing a new No. 1 Contender's Match for this week's broadcast, pitting Storm and Hardy against each with the winner set to take on Roode for the title.
Unfortunately, nothing was clarified by the end of the night. Roode once again utilized the services of Bully Ray, who had an encounter with Sting earlier in the show, to lay out Storm, Hardy and several referees. Once Sting came to clear Ray out of the ring and all the way to the back, Roode emerged on the scene and took Storm and Hardy down with title shots to the head. Roode then grabbed a microphone to declare the match a no contest and himself still the World Heavyweight Champion.
Roode's evening was relatively easy and he came out in better shape than all those chasing him for the title. Not only did he actually persuade Sting to take away Storm's No. 1 Contender status, but he screwed up the main event meant to name a new contender to the point that no winner could actually be declared in that. Roode's selfish approach to being champion has worked out very well for him and now he moves forward without a challenger to his World Heavyweight Championship for the time being.
2. Gunner – for picking up another victory over an elite wrestler in the form of AJ Styles:
Instead of just being hired help for Immortal, Gunner has aspired as of late to climb the ranks within TNA and has done an admirable job of dominating his way through the opposition thrown in front of him. His latest coup came in the form of a victory against the veteran Rob Van Dam at Genesis.
Gunner owes a good deal of his success to the wisdom imparted onto him by his manager, Ric Flair. The coaching Flair has offered to Gunner would come particularly in handy this week on IMPACT Wrestling. That's because Gunner was scheduled to face AJ Styles, who "The Nature Boy" guided as then-World Heavyweight Champion back when he first arrived on the scene in TNA about two years ago.
Styles did a good job taking Gunner off his game early and didn't allowed the big man to break out an offense based around an intensity that surely would have worn Styles down. But after conferencing with Flair on the outside, Gunner was able to employ a strategy that left Styles fairly grounded and vulnerable to some near falls.
Styles would fight back from this attack. However, he couldn't avoid the numbers game that developed around him. Christopher Daniels ended up leading Kazarian to the ringside area, where he instructed Kaz to take Styles down with a closeline while Flair distracted the referee. Gunner capitalized from there with a DDT that kept Styles pinned to the mat for a three-count.
Gunner tried to add some extra insult to injury by taking Styles to the outside in an effort to send him into the concrete floor. Styles did escape that part, but he couldn't escape taking the loss. Over just a few short weeks, Gunner accumulated two quality wins over former world champions that have many years of wrestling experience among them. That will undoubtedly help Gunner as he looks to develop into more of a main event player in TNA.
1. Mickie James – for finally getting some revenge over Madison Rayne inside a Steel Cage:
Mickie James obviously wants to take back the TNA Knockouts Championship and has come close in removing the title from Gail Kim's possession on a few occasions. But each time it seems she's nearing a championship victory, James' attempt is thwarted by the meddling Madison Rayne – who co-holds the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Titles with Kim. This was most certainly the case at Genesis, where James got disqualified for using brass knuckles that Rayne intended to pass down to Kim instead.
In order for James to ever get a fair fight against Kim for the belt, she would need to remove Rayne from the equation. Sting came up with the idea last week that moving Rayne from the small cage she resided in at Genesis into a larger cage this week on IMPACT Wrestling was the best move. So, James and Rayne were booked to do battle inside a Steel Cage.
Rayne was not happy about that announcement by Sting last week and seemed more worried about it this week. Kim reassured Rayne that everything would be okay and she would have her back. But Kim also didn't seem to put up much of a fight when the referee told her she would need to go to the back, thus leaving Rayne out there all by her lonesome to take on James.
Both ladies utilized similar strategies against each other and split control with James taking the early stages and Rayne taking over about midway through before going back-and-forth toward the end of the contest. The best part about the match was that there were no shenanigans and a clean winner resulted because of it.
That winner ended up being James, who sent Rayne head-first into the Steel Cage twice before dumping her in the middle of the ring with a leaping DDT. The 1-2-3 followed and James was able to gain some redemption over the woman that has played a large role in her not being able to get back the Knockouts Championship.
James was ecstatic over the victory. And she wasn't the only Knockout – Tara and Velvet Sky were waiting to congratulate her in the back. With Rayne hopefully in the rearview mirror, James not has her sights set firmly on taking the Knockouts Championship back to Hardcore Country. She might finally have a fair shot at accomplishing it.
Neil Borenstein
Category: Wrestling.


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'Plarn' - plastic bag yarn - puts those ubiquitous bags back to work
The Philadelphia Inquirer
By Sandy Bauers
Published: 04/16/2012
At long last, people who care about the environment have something nice to say about those ubiquitous, fossil fuel-based, all-too-disposable plastic bags.
Apparently, they make great eco-art.
And great purses, placemats, floor mats, chair covers, you name it.
Some years back, an ingenious soul -- no one is quite sure who -- figured out how to cut the bags into strips that could be fused into longer lengths or loops, which in turn could be linked the same way as a string of rubber bands.
"Plarn" is what they become -- a cross between plastic and yarn.
Philadelphia artist Melissa Maddonni Haims started with the material about four years ago. At first, she was fusing plastic into what she called "plabric" and sewing things with it. But since the process used heat, she began to worry about what toxins might be in the fumes she was breathing.
So she started cutting the bags and joining the pieces to make long strings. "At first I thought I was creating this brand new thing," she said. But then she googled "plastic bag yarn" and realized it wasn't just an idea, it was a phenomenon. She even found a YouTube video on the subject.
People were weaving it, crocheting it, knitting it.
"My hopes were dashed ever so slightly at not being the creator of this new found item," Haims said. But with the tips she learned, "it became much easier to create. It's a very long and difficult process, but once you've got a big bulky ball of plarn in your hand, it's worth every second."
Maybe all this shouldn't be so surprising. Artists and crafters have found beauty in cast-offs and utility in leftovers since before the patchwork quilt.
Some eco stores now sell plarn bags. How's that for an iconic, even ironic, reusable bag to take to the grocery store? They're also popular as beach bags -- waterproof, sturdy, and the sand falls through.
And now, plarned objects are showing up in galleries. Haims has an exhibit at the Third Street Gallery that incorporates plarn. More of her work is in on exhibit through May 20 at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education -- she's covered a metal chair in colorful plarn, making it look like a throne, and she has made tree trunks festive with plarn coatings.
After all, plastic bags are frequently caught in the branches of trees. Why not make something out of them for the trunks?
Over at the Moore College of Art, artist and educator Amy Orr, who also is director of the FiberPhiladelphia celebration taking place now in the city and its galleries, teaches her students how to plarn. They're loving it. Saturday they're planning to have an explosion of plarn on the lawn in front of the school -- plarned poles and parking meters.
Orr has incorporated plarn into her art as well. "It's the material we're seeing," she said. Indeed, when she takes her dog out, she no longer brings a plastic bag for the waste. Instead, she looks for one along the walk, "and it's not very hard" to find one.
Not long ago, after her husband cut down some of the overgrowth in their West Philadelphia yard, she was trying to come with an "elegant, urban way" to fill the space. You guessed it: a fence made from plastic bags. It will be 20 feet long and 10 feet high. "I sit under it and crochet every night," she said.
Although Philadelphia's City Council has twice considered imposing a fee on plastic bags as a way to rid the city of the litter -- the industry succeeded in getting an expansion of recycling programs instead -- plarners are unlikely to run out of material soon.
Haims has a collection basket at the Schuylkill Center, and Moore has one at the school. They're never empty.
There are somewhat rare bag specimens, however. Most plastic bags are white or beige. Pink and red are prized. Blue, too. And -- I can't resist the plug here -- plarners say that newspaper bags are a favorite. "The material is very silky and smooth," Orr said.
Haims is so seized by the material that she's planning to plarn-bomb a piano, covering it with crochet. The folks at the Philadephia Airport may not realize this yet, but she's also planning to incorporate plarn into an installation she's mounting there in 2013.
One way or another, we've got to find things to do with all this plastic, because it's not going anywhere. I'm reminded of the boat, Plastiki, made of plastic water bottles, sailing through a garbage patch of plastic formed by ocean currents in the Pacific.
Industry is recycling the plastic, too, making it into new bags and other items, including clothing. So now, researchers of the University College Dublin in Ireland have found, it's breaking down in our washing machines and "microplastic" is winding up on our coasts.
Perhaps the plarn art is a more hopeful, if more rustic, use. For Haims, it's "my own little personal stand against societal waste."
"GreenSpace" appears every other week, alternating with Art Carey's "Well Being" column. Contact staff writer Sandy Bauers at 215-854-5147, email@example.com or @sbauers on Twitter. Visit her blog at www.philly.com/greenspace.


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The guilty plea by Gabriel Sagaz is part of a broad U.S. Justice Department probe into kickbacks and bid rigging in the point-of-purchase, merchandising and promotion industries.
Mr. Sagaz, a former brand manager for Sauza tequila and VP-marketing for the liquor importer, became president in September 1995 and departed the company a year later.
The Justice Department has already filed complaints in 17 cases, charging individuals and companies either with conspiring illegally to fix the prices that tobacco and liquor marketers pay for signage, T-shirts and other merchandising items or with offering kickbacks.
According to criminal information filed in U.S. District Court, New York, in connection with Mr. Sagaz's plea agreement and obtained by Advertising Age, shortly after Mr. Sagaz became a brand manager for Sauza tequila in 1989, he was called in to meet with two top executives.
"The defendant . . . met with two senior executives of Domecq Importers -- [its] president and chief executive officer and its chief financial officer," according to the document. "These executives revealed that they had been diverting money out of Domecq Importers to create a fund to provide them with additional income and they had been assisted in the scheme by one or more of Domecq Importers' vendors. These executives invited [Mr.] Sagaz to help them divert money . . . [Mr.] Sagaz agreed."
The executives are not named.
A spokesman for parent Allied Domecq Spirits & Wine USA declined comment on the investigation, noting the probe is continuing; he also declined to say whether ad agencies were involved.
The document also states that "The embezzlement scheme continued . . . until about August 1996. During this period another executive, Domecq Importers' vice president for sales, was invited to participate in the scheme [and] . . . did join."
No other executives have been charged with any wrongdoing.
The government filing does not mention any actual suppliers or vendors by name, but does outline three ways money was obtained. One involved invoices for goods and services sent by phony companies. Another relied on bottlers to either pay a "fee" to a company controlled by the group or to be given promotional allowances to be used for kickbacks. Finally, actual vendors are alleged to have inflated their bills and -- in return for being allowed to keep some of the extra cash -- paid a kickback.
The conspiracy became more complicated in 1994, when the importer was purchased by U.K.-based Allied-Lyons, which attempted to impose a requirement for competitive bidding.
Mr. Sagaz, who is now cooperating in a continuing Justice Department probe, faces a maximum sentence of five years in jail, three years of supervised release and a fine of up to twice the company's loss.
John Orr, director of criminal enforcement for antitrust, said the Justice Department investigation of the POP industry is continuing, looking into the price of "a wide range of promotion and advertising materials."


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Flytrap's Trashy Books
We read 'em so you don't have to.
Scandals customarily generate lots of quick, trashy literature; the kind of unedited, misspelled garbage designed to sell scads of copies before people realize just how junky it is. But Flytrap, until now, has been a publishing flop. The last few weeks have finally brought the first crop of scandal books: William J. Bennett's The Death of Outrage: Bill Clinton and the Assault on American Ideals, Ann Coulter's High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton, and Jerome D. Levin's The Clinton Syndrome: The President and the Self-Destructive Nature of Sexual Addiction.
None of these books is Flytrap's All the President's Men (or should that be Women?). The books are, for the most part, shameless attempts to exploit the nation's sorrow for money and fame. They are essentially clip jobs, repackaging newspaper and TV reports with a gloss of new opinion. But there is something interesting about them: the three distinct strains of Clinton criticism they represent.
1 Somber Moral Instruction:
Unsurprisingly, Bennett's project in The Death of Outrage is to stiffen America's backbone, to persuade us to care about Clinton's misdeeds and to punish them. He writes, "American citizens know better--and they will demonstrate that indeed they do know better. Americans will realize they are being played for fools by the president and his defenders."
The Death of Outrage suffers from the same surfeit of self-righteousness that plagues all Bennett's ventures. It is jacketed with the sober brown paper that covered The Book of Virtues, and it seems a calculating attempt by Bennett to secure his franchise as America's scold in chief. Bennett's pose of nonpartisan moral authority, annoying enough when he writes for kids, seems particularly forced in The Death of Outrage. Click for a spectacular example.
After reading Bennett, however, I began to think that the consciousness-raising he preaches might actually be possible. He is a fine rhetorician, and The Death of Outrage makes the best case yet for public condemnation of Clinton. Bennett's arguments are nothing you haven't read before on the New York Times editorial page or in the Weekly Standard, but they're powerful nonetheless. Basic premises: Clinton's reckless, repeated adultery weakens essential moral codes; his betrayal of vows and his lies undermine public trust; his use of legal chicanery to duck ethical responsibility is cowardly and grotesque; the public's silence in the face of this is a capitulation, "moral disarmament"; and America, which has always believed that politicians' moral behavior matters, must start judging Clinton's character.
But the inspiration of this book is its tone. Bennett is obviously obsessed, partisan, and furious about Flytrap, yet he has managed to write a book without vitriol. He refrains from gloating. He chastises others for their glee in savaging Clinton. He takes Clinton's immorality so seriously that he can't even joke about it. Like television, the book is a cool medium; Bennett's anger is convincing because he holds it in check.
2 Rage:
I realized the effectiveness of Bennett's restraint when I opened Coulter's High Crimes and Misdemeanors, which represents the second strain of criticism. If Bennett is superego, Coulter is id. Bennett says in measured tones what conservatives ought to believe. MSNBC pundit Coulter screams what they really feel.
High Crimes has two principal aims: 1) to explain what, historically and legally, constitutes an impeachable offense (summary: moral offenses, not just criminal ones) and 2) to build an impeachment case against Clinton by summarizing his malfeasance in everything from the Paula Jones case to campaign fund raising to Webb Hubbell's job search to the White House Travel Office to Monica Lewinsky. But Coulter, whose TV manner is that of a woman going stark raving mad, is the wrong person to write a sober legal tract. High Crimes is supposed to show that Clinton's enemies have a strong legal case against him. Instead, it suggests Clinton's enemies are nutters.
Coulter argues ad hominem: Clinton's China satellite policy was "treason." He is "The Manchurian Candidate" and a "horny hick." Clinton doesn't allow alcohol in the Oval Office because "it might interfere with his potency." She says Newsweek's Eleanor Clift has gone "beyond the call of duty to earn [her] presidential kneepads."
High Crimes is painfully shoddy, even for a book rushed to press. Misspellings are commonplace. Quotes are muffed: Clinton's most famous comment, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky," is rendered "I never had sexual relations with that woman." Entire paragraphs are repeated, nearly word for word, in different chapters of the book. Coulter claims to lay out the facts against Clinton, but it's hard to trust her: In I happen to know something about, she grossly misrepresents evidence to make Clinton look worse. Coulter's legal scholarship is so repetitious and garbled that it's hard to puzzle out her definition of "high crimes and misdemeanors." It's as though the book was not edited at all.
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I did not think a book could be any worse than High Crimes. Then I encountered Jerome Levin's--whoops, I mean, Dr. Jerome Levin's--The Clinton Syndrome. Psychotherapist Levin's ostensible purpose is to use Clinton's problems to bring attention to sex addiction. His underlying purpose seems more cynical: to get his shoddy little book stocked in both the political and self-help sections.
To these ends Levin has written a psychological profile of the president as sex addict. According to Levin, the root of Flytrap is Clinton's "hang up." As the child of an "enabler" and a "rageaholic," as well as an "ACOA (Adult Child of Alcoholics)," Clinton became a chronic "musterbator," a boy who overachieved in order to win the "unconditional love" that was missing at home. He sought it in power, in the love of the crowd, and especially in casual sex. But all were poor substitutes for true love and didn't vanquish his feelings of inadequacy and guilt. The deaths of Ron Brown ("an older-brother figure" to Clinton), Yitzak Rabin ("an important father figure"), and his mother (a mother figure?) made Clinton vulnerable to Lewinsky.
"The more I thought about it," writes Levin, "the more I realized that Clinton had about as much chance of leaving her alone as a cocaine addict has of passing up a line." Clinton deserves sympathy and compassion, not vitriol, because he exercises no control over his compulsive sexual behavior. Straight-faced conclusion: Clinton should hold "SCA (Sexual Compulsives Anonymous)" chapter meetings at the White House, thus inspiring millions of other Americans to overcome their addictions.
Never mind that the very existence of sex addiction is questioned by most respectable shrinks. Never mind that Levin's profile of Clinton is constructed from a papier-mâché of A.M. Rosenthal columns and episodes of Charlie Rose. Never mind that The Clinton Syndrome is filled with gobbledygook such as "Let us sum up Bill Clinton's early childhood influences in terms of bio-psycho-social determinants." (Let's not and say we did.) Never mind that it's even more badly edited than High Crimes. Never mind that this flimflam is padded to book length with 100 pages of irrelevant stories about other addicts. It doesn't matter. This is Flytrap's moment. Arianna Huffington is touting Levin on the air, and his book is stacked high by the register at my local Borders.
The sidebar on Bill Bennett's self-righteousness is. The sidebar on how Ann Coulter misrepresents a Clinton story is.


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In what appears to be a major loss for ESPN's Saturday night programming lineup, the Walt Disney-owned company has announced Friday that the matchup between Louisiana State and Virginia Tech will be switched from ESPN to Lifetime. The broadcasting team will remain the same, and all fans in attendance will not notice any difference.
Managing director Russel Balding released a statement saying: "During our broadcast of the game between Virginia Tech and Eastern Carolina University, we noticed several difficulties with the broadcast. Our tech support team found that the equipment that ESPN uses for its regular sporting events could barely handle the amount of emotion present in Lane Stadium that day, due to the horrific shootings that happened almost four months ago. We fear that the amount of emotion present in Tiger Stadium, with the emotions residing from the aforementioned Virginia Tech shooting combining with the emotions from both Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, would cause ESPN be knocked off the air.
"Until we can finish updating the equipment in Bristol, CT. to handle the high levels of emotions found in games like this, we have decided to safely broadcast the game on another of our subsidiaries, the Lifetime Network. The Lifetime Network has a long history of being able to handle made-for-TV movies about women in tense, emotional situations, like abusing husbands, abusing lesbian partners, and abusing husbands that force heroines to run to their abusive lesbian partners. With at 25-year history at providing high-emotion television, we feel that Lifetime will be well-suited for broadcasting the exciting, high-emotion matchup between Virginia Tech and Louisiana State."


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At a recent conference on speech technology, the question was asked: "How many computer users have never forgotten a password?"
Of course, we've all forgotten a password or two, or six. But we're now in the post-9/11 era, when "we will not make a distinction between national and personal security," says Dr. Judith Markowitz, an expert in speech authentication.
All kinds of ID checks and proofs will be required to enter or exit restricted areas (and important databases, not just airplanes or offices). We will need technology to speed - yet make secure - all kinds of access if Americans are to maintain their traditional freedom of movement and choice.
Speech recognition is designed to figure out what you're saying and then reply with a practical answer. Such a system doesn't know who you are, nor is it even interested.
But "biometrics," and more precisely, "voice authentication," can give a positive, direct identification of each person.
Too often, people share their PINs or passwords, either at home or at the office, says Dr. Markowitz. With biometrics, this can't happen because "it's my voice, my face, my fingerprint, my hand," she says.
Forget a password? If there is a biometric record of your voice, you can call, any time of the day or night, and ask for a new one. "Human identity at a distance," Markowitz calls it.
Get out a map and look for Scoby, Mont. The border crossing into Canada is staffed from 9 to 5. Otherwise, it's 70 miles to the next office open 24 hours. In 1997, the Immigration and Naturalization Service put in a voice authentication system. Locals, on either side of the border, could have their voice recorded. As a result they have 24 hour mobility - and drive less.
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Also known as Bruce anchor, claw anchors first came out in the 70s. Though their original mother company is defunct, the claw model has been replicated and modified over the years, translating it into one of the most popular types of anchors in the world. The genius behind the claw anchor's design pegs on its multifaceted functions. You will be able to anchor your boat just about anywhere in open waters as it holds up well in muddy, grassy and rocky sea beds. It's one of the best boat anchors if you want to use it on a small boat that doesn't require greater holding power per pound.
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You can also refer to this anchor as the plow or the delta anchor depending on the modification instilled in them to improve efficiency. The anchor's design holds up to a rapid wind and tide changes irrespective of its size. It's however commendable to get one that matches the size of the boat. Consider the wind and tide strength since different parts of open water spaces display varied natural forces which can be detrimental to your safety and that of the boat. Note that this is one of the oldest anchors as its design dates back to the ancient times when mankind was just venturing out to know more about the treasures and the dangers of the open water world.
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text: The DVD Nook Published on July 01, 2003. Full Frontal is the first in a series of DVDs on the fledgling Shout Factory label (shoutfactory.com), culled from the archives of "Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation" - and the 95-minute, $19.98 disc frequently lives up to the implication of its adults-only title and a coverline that promises "Animated sex, drugs, violence!!!!" Consider the titles of some of the animated shorts: The Ultimate Blowjob; Doodie.com; Harry Pothead and the Magical Herb; and our fave, Roofsex, in which a pair of comfy chairs do some major cushion-pushin'. It gets a seating ovation. Most Popular In this article: 4A's Conference


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"Stagowski" Surname
Frequency of "Stagowski" Surname in the US
2000 US Census
The surname "Stagowski" is not included in the US Census Bureau's ranking of surnames with 100 or more people. Since fewer than 100 people with this surname were included in the 2000 Census, it is relatively uncommon.
Source: "Frequently Occurring Surnames from the Census 2000", US Census Bureau.
1990 US Census
Accoring to the US Census Bureau, "Stagowski" ranked #77,789 in frequency out of 88,799 surnames for which statistics were released from the 1990 Census.
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Art Contest for NASA's International Observe the Moon Night
October 27, 2017
Art Has No Right or Wrong Answers
by Tammy Murga, Record-Bee, Ocotber 25, 2017
That's what Lake County educators want students to know and teachers to introduce in classrooms. In an effort to make art a fundamental aspect of learning, the Lake County Office of Education (LCOE) and the Lake County Arts Council (LCAC) are teaming up to bring an all-inclusive art contest to local students.
The contest will focus on art submissions inspired by International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN). According to NASA, the worldwide public event "encourages observation, appreciation, and understanding of our Moon ... as well as the cultural and personal connections we all have with Earth's nearest neighbor.
The annual happening is celebrated on October 28.
This would mark the second county-wide educational event that intertwines art with science. The first was back in August in observation of the solar eclipse, where 5,000 solar eclipse glasses were distributed and classrooms competed to win a Galileoscope, a telescope used to enhance hands-on learning.
"Education is becoming this integrated model, instead of teaching math for an hour then English for an hour," Visual and Performing Arts Lead for LCOE Jenna Rodgers said. "It's more about doing things like art and bringing in math and technology."
California mandates each student to meet the visual and performing arts standards. Art then becomes particularly important in the STEM to STEAM movement, Rodgers said. The movement, championed by the Rhode Island School of Design, aims to add art and design to the equation of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, or STEM.
Based on the movement's website, there are three objectives in the STEM to STEAM shift, including to "influence employers to hire artists and designers to drive innovation."
And that's why LCOE and LCAC are bringing the art contest to students.
LCAC board member Martha Mincer said, "Some of the basic interactions, machines will do in the near future. So, the edge we can give our kids is to make sure, from pre-K to 12th grade, they are exposed to as much art as possible."
Mincer added that with more than 35-percent of Lake County students estimated to be living in poverty, it is important to revitalize their and the county's future success through the arts.
Mincer also shared that a study by Stanford University and the Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching showed that young people who participate in the arts are four times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement and have greater college readiness. Low-income students who engage in the arts are more than twice as likely to graduate from college than their peers with no arts education
LCAC committee member Gillian Parrillo said achieving this may take some "reframing" and that can start at home. Parrillo, Mincer, and Rodgers suggest parents do the research on how art greatly affects education.
"Art helps envision future situations so that we can tackle them. It's that creativity and innovation that helps strengthen our kids' ability to succeed. The research is so clear," Mincer said.
With statistics as such, the push for providing Lake County students with an artistic edge is underway. The art contest is the "tip of the iceberg," as Rodgers described, for this effort.
Submissions for the Drawing Down the Moon Art Contest will open on November 8 and will be due by 8:30 a.m. on November 13. All types of art, including poems, monologues, dramatic scenes, painting, or photography will be accepted. For work that cannot be physically submitted, a video or photograph will be needed for judging. Prizes include a $175 art kit for the first place winner, a $150 art kit for second place and a $125 art kit for third place. A Teacher Prize with a class set of Craypas will also be awarded to one teacher.
LCOE is looking into including the community to vote for their favorite submission.


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"You wait for a gem in an endless sea of blah." –Lawrence Grossman
On the one hand, we have General Relativity, our theory of space, time, and gravity.
It describes the Universe on both large and small scales perfectly, from the hot Big Bang to our cold accelerating expansion, from vast superclusters of galaxies down to the interiors of black holes.
But General Relativity doesn't tell us everything. It doesn't tell us, for example, about protons, neutrons or electrons. It doesn't tell us the properties or interactions of matter and energy in the Universe. It only tells you about gravitation: how spacetime affects the matter and energy in it and how the matter and energy respond, gravitationally, to the spacetime they exist in.
But that does include, when an excessive amount of mass/energy gets concentrated in one region of spacetime, black holes.
But if you want to properly describe the matter and radiation that lives in this spacetime, you need something else.
You need equations and laws that govern each individual quantum of energy and all of their interactions. You need the Standard Model of Elementary Particles, and all the laws that govern their interactions.
For that, you need quantum field theory. This is fully relativistic, and is the most complete way we have of describing the interactions of all matter, energy, and fields in the Universe.
It's incredibly complex, but it's calculable using a variety of techniques.
The problem — and the source of many paradoxes — is what happens when we try to put General Relativity and Quantum Field Theory together. Because we don't have a quantum theory of gravity, this typically means using General Relativity to figure out how the background spacetime is configured, and then using Quantum Field Theory in that curved spacetime to figure out the nuances of how that particle behaves.
I've done exactly one calculation of QFT in curved spacetime in my life (the one to derive Hawking radiation), and it was one of the most difficult calculations I've ever done.
Recently, another paradox has emerged that you might have heard of: that of Black Hole Firewalls.
If you fall in towards a black hole, you wouldn't notice anything special other than the gravitational redshifting of light and the increasing gravitational tidal forces as you fell in.
As you got close enough to the event horizon, you'd pass through ISCO, or the innermost stable circular orbit, interior to which there would be no matter or radiation. The black hole eventually swallows your field of vision, and into the event horizon you go.
According to standard General Relativity, nothing funny or fancy should happen to you as you cross the event horizon, just the same small increases in tidal forces as you continue to approach the singularity.
But the "Firewall paradox," discovered last year, appeared to show that an intense firewall of radiation existed everywhere at once along the event horizon in a large black hole, and would incinerate anything or anyone that attempted to cross in horrific fashion.
Here's the thing: when two quantum systems are entangled, you can know the properties of one particle by measuring the properties of the other. For example, I can entangle two photons so that one has spin +1, and the other has spin -1. If I measure the spin of one, I immediately know the spin of the other. But if I don't measure the spin of either, they both remain undetermined.
The paradox comes about when you have two entangled particles, and one — but not the other — falls into the black hole.
If you break the entanglement, by say, measuring the properties of the one that didn't fall in, a barrier of energetic particles would descend around the event horizon of the black hole; that's where the alleged firewall comes from.
At least, that was the paradox, as it was stated last year. But three physicists that you've probably never heard of — Samuel L. Braunstein, Stefano Pirandola, and Karol Życzkowski — have come up with the resolution here!
The fun thing that they found, here, is that the greater the entanglement across the event horizon of the black hole, the later the firewall curtain falls. More entanglement = more time.
So you'd think that this would be good for large black holes and bad for small black holes, naïvely, and this could have been the case. But in our Universe — as this paper shows — entanglement across all black hole event horizons is maximized, which means that the time it takes the firewall curtain-to-fall is… infinite.
In other words, entanglement is maximized and the black hole firewall never forms.
So you won't get fried as you fall into a black hole, even if you wait an arbitrarily long time. You can wait and wait and wait all you want, but infinity never comes.
So when you fall into a black hole, it's death by spaghettification, not by incineration! And that's the end of the Black Hole Firewall Paradox!


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I had nothing much on my plate this weekend and so I decided to surf online and see if there's anything interesting that I'd discover.
True enough, a few minutes into my random internet journey, I stumbled upon The Holstee Manifesto.
Holstee what?
A manifesto, as the dictionary defines it, is a declaration of principles and intentions; and The Holstee Manifesto is exactly like that.
Below is the Holstee Manifesto poster which has been said to be the most popular and most iconic manifesto of the present time.
Inspiring isn't it? I certainly believe so.
The Holstee Manifesto has already touched millions of lives around the world and has already been translated into many different languages.
Unfortunately, no one has translated it to Filipino… yet.
Until now…
This was a true design inspiration for me and I hope you find this Filipino translation as motivational as the original.
So what do you think of the manifesto? Have you read it before or is this your first time? Which part of it struck you the most? Let's share our stories below.
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Keep your nose out of the hospital
November 25, 2001
Steamboat Springs — Your mother told you not to pick your nose.
Most nosebleeds are mere nuisances, but some are frightening and a few are even life-threatening. Due to Steamboat's typical cold, dry air, our risk of having a nosebleed is greater here than in locations that experience warm, moist air. It is not rare for me to see up to three patients a week in my office with some form of a nosebleed.
"Anterior" nosebleeds, the most common type, begin in the lower part of the septum, the dividing wall that separates the nose into a right and left passage. The septum has blood vessels, which can be injured by a blow to the nose or a sharp fingernail.
Dry air, cold air, allergies, aspirin, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or other drugs that interfere with clotting all can increase the risk of bleeding from blood vessels in the septum.
Less often, the nosebleed is "posterior," high or deep in the nose. This causes blood to flow from the nostrils and down the throat. Risk factors for this more serious type of nosebleed include older age, high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis or hardening of the arteries, and rarely, a tumor.
To stop an anterior nosebleed, try using these steps:
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Stay calm. Agitation increases bleeding.
Sit upright.
Pinch the soft parts of the nose around the nostrils together between your thumb and index finger for a full 10 minutes.
Spray Afrin or Neo-Synephrine in each nostril and press firmly on nostrils again.
Hold this position for 10 minutes.
Once the bleeding has stopped, don't blow your nose, strain, bend over or lift anything for 12 hours.
If the nosebleed persists for more than 20 minutes, call your doctor or go to the hospital emergency department. Rarely, packing inside the nose, cautery of a blood vessel or more extensive procedures may be required.
In cases of recurring nosebleeds, a doctor may use a lighted scope to view the inside of the nose to identify and possibly treat abnormal vessels, a crooked septum or a tumor.
To prevent a nosebleed, certainly keep sharp fingernails out of your nose. Don't blow your nose too vigorously. Keep your nasal mucus membranes moist with a humidifier, saline nasal spray and a lubricating cream such as Vaseline or Bacitracin applied in each nostril at bedtime.
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BARDONECCHIA, Italy, Feb. 10 - Domu and Mero Narita, as they used to be known, were a brother-sister act practically born in midair.
When Domu was 10 and Mero was 7, they learned to snowboard on a ski trip to Canada. When they returned to Japan, they trained under their father, Takasha Narita. When he founded a snowboarding club -- Dream Club -- his children were star pupils.
And now that the ultimate dream has finally been realized, Domu and Mero ride for different coaches and different clubs. Domu left in June, fed up with his father's hard-driving methods. Mero followed in September, frustrated with some of the sponsors he had chosen for her. On the way out, Mero announced that she would no longer take her father's last name. She would go instead as Mero Imai, adopting her mother's maiden name.
"My family is a changed family," Imai said Thursday at the Olympic Village. "It's me, my mother and my two brothers."
Takasha Narita may forever be known as the first snowboarding dad. Although familial rifts are common in mainstream sports, where overbearing parents are as much a part of the landscape as spoiled stars, snowboarding had previously been immune to such conflict. When most top riders were growing up, their parents could not differentiate a McTwist from a McMuffin. They had no idea that their child's hobby could be parlayed into Olympic berths and endorsement deals.Continue reading the main story
No longer can they be so naïve. The promise of million-dollar contracts inevitably brings greater parental involvement, and greater parental pressure. Although Imai and her brother credit their father for getting them started in snowboarding and remain grateful for his instruction, they seem uncomfortable talking about him. When Imai was asked if she thought her father was proud of her, she shrugged her shoulders. When asked if she wanted him to attend the halfpipe competition Sunday and Monday, she scrunched her face. She did not want to state the obvious.
If Imai and her brother were from the United States, they might be marketed as snowboarding rebels campaigning for their independence in the true spirit of their chosen sport. But in Japan, where children are expected to obey their fathers even after they become adults, they can be viewed as disobedient and ungrateful.
They hardly look the part. Imai, 18, wears her hair in long pigtails. Narita, 20, wears his hair in a short ponytail. They both giggle when they talk and apologize when they cannot express themselves in English. Imai is 5 feet 1 inch, aerodynamic enough to rise as high as some male riders. Narita is 5 feet 5 inches, and aerodynamic enough to rise above them. In their spare time, Narita likes to practice and Imai does not. They call each other rivals, but it is clear they are on this ride together.
"It makes it so fun to have her here," Narita said. "We support each other all the time."
They also lean on their mother, who cares less about where they finish in competitions and more that they finish safely. Despite snowboarding's image as a haven for unruly teens, parents are everywhere. They serve as managers, travel agents and even disciplinarians. Shaun White, a top rider, owns three homes, but opts to live in the same one as his family. Because he bought it, he does at least get to make a few house rules.
For the next generation, snowboarding may not be so simple. Parents will understand the stakes. Children will feel the heat. The sport will most likely have to cope with some of the same problems as skiing and figure skating, tennis and golf. In a sense, Imai and Narita are simply ahead of their time.
On Thursday night, as Imai posed for a team picture at the Olympic Village, her brother stood directly behind her. They glanced at each other playfully. They smiled as wide as they could. Considering all the circumstances, it might as well have been their family photo.Continue reading the main story


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About the New Mono M80 VEG Vertigo Electric Guitar Case in Black
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The Etix Blast 2016 Recap You've Been Waiting For
Here's to another Blast for the history books! For Etix Blast 2016, we put together one incredible event gathering our clients, partners, and the Etix team. Thanks to everyone who joined us in our hometown for plenty of networking opportunities and festival happenings. We had an amazing time with each and every one of you, and we look forward to seeing you in 2017!
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1. Live at Etix Live!
Clients and partners got a taste of Etix University's valuable sessions and learning labs on the first day. Our Etix University team was joined by marketing specialists from Rockhouse Partners, Bolt PR, and our partners Best Ring POS and Encore Incentives. Clients were able to get updates on What's New with Etix, take notes on new social media strategies, and get to know our system from the Etix experts!
2. Keeping the party going at Night of 1,000 Empanadas
Our clients really know how to get the party started! The Night of 1000 Empanadas was the nightcap we needed after Etix Live. With Calavera Empanadas & Tequila Bar at the ready with amazing food and great music, we wouldn't be surprised if any of our guests met their new best friend.
3. The Hip Happenings at Hopscotch Music Fest and Oak Lounge
We've discovered the best way to network is listening to great music and hanging out at Hopscotch Music Festival in Raleigh, NC. Not only do our guests get to see how an Etix-powered festival is ran, but also get the VIP experience at Oak Lounge. Main stage acts this year included Erykah Badu, Sylvan Esso, Vince Staples and more.
4. Eat & Meet at Etix HQ Cookout
On the second day, we invited everyone on a short trip to the Etix HQ for a mini food truck rodeo and office tour. American Meltdown, Baguettaboutit, and Big Mike's BBQ gave guests a chance to try Raleigh's southern tastes. Our partners, WorldWide TicketCraft, Alvarado, Best Ring POS, Barcodes Inc, Encore Incentives and Boca Systems, showcased their products and services. Clients and partners also got a first look at the new Rockhouse Partners homebase. You can say that the wall is now a little greener on the other side.
5. A Magical Ending at our Courtyard Brunch
At Etix, we don't brunch on Sundays. We brunch on Saturdays in the private courtyard space of Sitti. Attendees were treated to a Bloody Mary and Mimosa Bar and casual meetup with our team. To top it off, Michael Casey aka "Magic Mike" kept our guest mystified with his mind bending card tricks. We're still figuring out how he gets the whole deck to disappear.


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ROME, Ga. – Oak Hill & The Martha Berry Museum will ring in the Christmas season with a new tradition, Victorian Christmas Tours, that allows visitors to experience the holidays as they were celebrated during the time of Martha Berry's childhood.
"Growing up in the Victorian era, Martha Berry saw the beginnings of many traditions found in present-day Christmas celebrations. She shared her childhood customs with the school's earliest students, laying the groundwork for the holiday season at Berry today," said Rachel McLucas, curator of the museum.
This year, the Oak Hill mansion has been decorated in a manner that the Berry Family of the late 19th century would recognize—decorations reflect the traditions and tastes of the Victorian era, and tours will highlight the customs that would have been familiar to Martha Berry. Guests will hear how Christmas came to be celebrated in the United States and learn about the unique traditions found in Southern households of the time. The carols popularized in the Victorian era will be performed by community musicians in the house parlor during the tours.
The tours will be on Saturday, Dec. 16, from 12 to 5 p.m. Tours begin on the hour with the last one starting at 4 p.m. Tickets cost $5 for adults and $2 for students, and children under 5 are free. Tickets must be reserved in advance by calling 706-368-6776 or emailing firstname.lastname@example.com. Parking is provided at Oak Hill & The Martha Berry Museum.
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The-Leaky-Cauldron.org is a throwback to Internet's earliest days, when people shared inside info with one another just because they believed information should be handled that way: free.
As you've probably guessed from the site's name, it's all Harry Potter, all the time. In its four years of existence, Leaky has drawn hundreds of thousands of fans to its campfire, where readers catch up on news gathered by a dedicated band of volunteers. No ads (not yet, anyway), no subscriptions, just news.
Although information yearns to be free, running a Web site is not. As the people running Leaky are not the richest people on Earth, when the waves of visitors turned into a deluge, Leaky needed monetary help.
"In the beginning, B.K. [DeLong, the site's editor] was paying for it," says Melissa Anelli, Leaky's managing editor and a full-time reporter at the Staten Island Advance. "We put out a call that we needed help, and Mantissa.net [a U.K.-based Web-hosting company] wrote back saying, `We love the site; we'll take you for free.'"
Startled by the generosity, Leaky took up the offer. But that was before the release of "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" in early June. Buzz about the movie drove Leaky's daily hits through the roof.
"We almost hit a terabyte" of information sent out to site visitors, Anelli recalls. A terabyte roughly equals the text contents of 1 million books, according to the University of California at Berkeley.
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Bigg Boss 7: Salman Khan talks about 'friend' Shahrukh KhanUrvi Parikh, Glamsham Editorial
Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan's relation has been the subject of speculations in the media since their infamous fight followed by a dramatic hug at Baba Siddiqui's Iftaar party. The foe-turned-friends have since then hinted about their new bonding at various occasions, including during Salman's popular television show 'Bigg Boss 7' press conference and SRK's birthday press meet held earlier this month.
Sunday's episode of 'Bigg Boss 7', had actors Kareena Kapoor and Imran Khan visiting the show for the promotions of their upcoming film GORI TERE PYAAR MEIN. Imran, who plays the character of a South Indian, asks our Sallu bhai whether he has played this kind of a character, to which Salman replies, ''I haven't played. But my 'good friend' Shahrukh Khan has played.''
With this statement, Salman surprised both the audiences and Kareena-Imran too. However, this did result in some loud cheer from the audience.
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Porch Christmas
It's become a Porch tradition, a way to end each year in the best way possible, celebrating Christmas with 3,000+ of our friends in a way that's more than a concert, but an all-out party.
Tickets for Porch Christmas will go on sale at The Porch on November 14th, 2017.
December 5th, 2017
December 5th, 2017 is Porch Christmas! We'll kick off the night with Shane & Shane, Phil Wickham, and Micah Tyler for the concert, and then you'll want to stick around for the other festivities. If you're new to The Porch or Porch Christmas, we cant wait for you to come! We'll give you a Porch Christmas pro tip: Like Launch (our Labor Day Weekend Retreat), Porch Christmas sells out quick (historically, less-than-a-day-or-two-quick) so if you want to come, don't wait to find out who else is in, be the ringleader!
1. Who is LAUNCH Retreat for?
LAUNCH is for any young adult in their 20s and 30s.
If you are in college or are 18-22 years old, check out LAUNCH U, which will be the same weekend and just for you! You do not need to be a Watermark member to attend!
2. How much does it cost?
The cost of the entire weekend is $235. That cost covers three full days of activities, two nights lodging, six meals, some sweet gear, guest speakers, and guest artists!
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As dramatic as the season they so aptly represent, these winter snowflake candles are a standout among favors for all winter and holiday occasions. Each features a metal base with a wire snowflake design decorated with glistening rhinestones at each of its points and at its center. Resting in the base is a frosted glass votive sized candleholder. Each is 2.75" tall and 2" round and comes packaged in a white gift box with a tea light included.
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Madeline (MORGAN%20HILL, CA), 7/17/2018
Received my order for 250 candles on the date promised. Using these for Christmas Tea favors. Love them.
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Ann (Hackensack, NJ), 4/25/2018
I like the snowflake it's for sweet 16th party which is wonderland party
The perfect winter favor 5
Nancy (Chesterland, OH), 1/15/2018
We bought these for a wedding January wedding favor. They were beautiful and perfect for the occasion. Everyone loved them.
Happy With My Purchase 5
Tiffany (West Seneca, NY), 11/24/2017
The candles are even nicer than I expected! I'm so happy I bought them for my wedding favors!!
Perfect Favor for Winter Wedding 5
Jean (Little Ferry, NJ), 11/14/2017
This favor will be perfect for my daughter's Winter Wonderland theme wedding next month. Nice Price Favors had the best price, the quality we were looking for, and a timely delivery. Would recommend.
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Snowflake Votive 5
Silvia (Bluffton, SC), 11/11/2017
These votives are really cute and look just as nice in person as they appear in the photo. There was an issue with some stones missing in a couple of votives but they were replaced in a very timely manner.
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Peg (Hudson, WI), 10/17/2017
Good quality and came on time- perfect for a small favor. I put this with the snowflake coasters on this site wrapped in a cute favor bag! Guests loved them.
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Luis (Edison, NJ), 5/31/2017
Wasn't expecting such a quick delivery which was a plus. I also wasn't expecting candle to be delivered with the holders which was a another plus. The item looks just like the photo and that is what I paid for at a great price I might add which was also a PLUS.
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Margaret (Quakertown, PA), 3/21/2017
These snowflake votives look exactly like the photo. We replaced the piece of hard wax for a real candle. Couldn't be happier!
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R.K (Studio City, CA), 10/16/2016
charming , a little smaller than I expected, being boxed was especially right for presentation as a favor. Well pleased
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Paulilne (Little Egg Harbor, NJ), 12/14/2015
The candles were great. We set them up at our holiday party at our clubhouse. We substituted flameless candles instead of the wax ones. They were on the table as favors for people to take home. We lit the candles and lowered the lights. It looked great. It would be nice if flameless candles were offered instead of wax.
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Jennifer (Oakland Gardens, NY), 12/20/2014
Ordered the candles for holiday gifts. They came 2 days later!! Super fast. The candles themselves are very beautiful and look sturdy. They are not cheaply made and I am really happy with them. I will definitely be ordering from this company in the future.
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Jennifer (Syracuse, NY), 12/1/2014
We were amazed by the quality of this product. The metal was solid and sturdy. The snowflake and glass are beautiful! We saw the same product on other sites for double and triple the price so we were afraid these would be poor quality. But that just is not the case! Very impressed! Super impressed with nicepricefavors.com also. Fabulous customer service and everything was packaged nicely. Received quickly!
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Caitlin (Bakersfield, CA), 11/28/2014
The candle holders came quickly and looked beautiful! The base is nice and sturdy and stays remarkably cool. My only complaint were the wax candles that come with these holders. Super cheap, blackened the holder, and smelled awful! I would definitely recommend buying other candles to put in these. Otherwise, great product!
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Fran (Levittown, NY), 11/24/2014
I received my order pretty fast, except for the fact that they came in a white box and the top layer of the boxes are all squished and I was just going to put ribbon on the box but now I can't . A little upset with that
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Elizabeth Applegate (Milton, MA), 1/15/2014
I am using these candles as favors a winter wedding. They are very elegant looking. I will also try to always do business with nicepricefavors.com in the future. My items arrived very quickly and their customer service is excellent.
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Kristen (Rockford, IL), 3/18/2013
These snowflake candles were just as nice as the picture. They were shipped out and received so quickly. I have never purchased anything before from this website but would definitely shop here again! I won't be using these until Christmas but know my guests will enjoy this gift.
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