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Greyhound trip to SXSW offers intense networking, and a shot at a big prize
When Lindsey Nickel-de la O and Miguel Elasmar boarded a Greyhound bus bound for the South by Southwest music and interactive festival this month, they didn't expect to fully launch their startup businesses during the five-day road trip.
Instead, Nickel-de la O and Elasmar hoped merely to make some good connections and soak up some entrepreneurial and inspirational vibes during the March 3-7 trip to Austin, Texas.
At least on that score, they succeeded.
"The connections I made on that bus are ones I plan to take back to Sarasota, to really inspire our community," said Nickel-de la O, a partner in local advertising and public relations firm Nickel Communications.
"This region is so unaware of what's happening in these kind of startup ventures," she added. "There are so many businesses here that are hungry to work with each other, we just need to create an environment that will help foster that."
Nickel-de la O and Elasmar, a freelance graphic design artist, were invited to attend the festival — SXSW for the initiated — by way of the Startup Bus, a Silicon Valley-inspired program that brings together coders, marketers and designers whose passion for innovation trumps spending days on a bus filled with laptops, cellphones and miles of electric wires.
Though the startups tend to be high-tech and digital in nature, the concept is decidedly old school. Strangers meet on one of six buses stationed across the country, and all head to Austin for an annual business competition that grew out of a quarter-century-old alternative music festival.
Along the way, they must come up with a business idea, launch it and promote it across social media platforms. The trip culminates in a pitch session before a panel of judges for a spot in San Francisco's Startup House, a so-called "hacker hostel" that helps budding business owners get established.
Oh, and there's $20,000 worth of online hosting gear for the winner, too.
"The format is similar to a hackathon, where they put people in a room and ideas just start flowing," said Elsamar, who had been to a few similar events previously but was invited to ride the bus for the first time this year.
The bus ride is strictly invitation-only. Nickel-de la O, who had been invited in years past but could never go, was able to grab a seat this year after she secured a grant from the Sarasota-based Economic Development Investment Fund.
"We want smart and motivated creative people, not just someone looking for a quirky way to get to SXSW," said Mitch Neff, Startup Bus' spokesman.
Elasmar snagged his invitation the new-fashioned way — through Twitter.
The Florida bus shifted from Miami to Tampa last year, Neff said.
"The Tampa Bay area, including Sarasota, is becoming quite the innovative tech hub," he said. "The right people are beginning to gravitate to this area."
On its way to Austin, the bus made stops in Jacksonville, Atlanta, New Orleans and San Antonio, Texas. In each city, riders toured business incubators.
"It was cool to see, that young people in every city want to create new things and have big ideas," Elasmar said.
"Friends and connections"
Nickel-de la O worked with coders from Tampa, a social media coordinator from Jacksonville, and a University of Florida graduate filmmaker to develop her idea.
"Storedrobe" is an app that allows users to track their wardrobe, match it to future purchases and even get advice from style mavens.
To bring the idea to life, Nickel-de la O and her team created a website and Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts, and worked on financials to get the app off the ground.
"We broke up the work and focused on our own strengths to get it all done," Nickel-de la O said. "We started calling all of the people we knew to help us."
In the end, her team completed the app, but didn't make it past the semifinal round in Texas. She says, however, she'll continue to hone the project.
"The feedback was great, and I still think this is an idea that can take off," she said. "But the friends and connections I made have the potential for even more."
For his part, Elasmar worked on an online travel booking website, one that puts together trips based on your activities and interests. For help, he turned to a team from Florida and Atlanta.
"The startups that do well in an event like this are the ones that are social and really appeal to younger people," said Elasmar. "It's just the nature of the atmosphere."
Elasmar had developed the app "meetr," prior to the bus event, to calculate how much money companies or individuals spend or waste in meetings, so he was familiar with startups.
Elasmar and his team finished, too, but didn't make it past the semifinals, either. But he said he is also already talking with new friends and contacts about other projects.
"We learned how to create a good pitch, how to approach investors, how to support your profitability and how to do research," Elasmar said. "As a designer, I have a lot of ideas, but it's good to know all of these ends of the business, too."
Jesse Biter, a Sarasota software entrepreneur, venture capitalist and burgeoning real estate investor, believes the Startup Bus will be occupied by even more Sarasotans next year — and that eventually, tech firms will make a lasting imprint on the region.
"Sarasota has the potential to be something more than just a center for the arts," Biter said. "It could support startups who will keep money in the local economy year-round, not just seasonally. We live in such a nice place. There's no real reason why Sarasota can't attract younger people and new business."


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Joe Jonas is the latest star to be invited to a dance by a superfan! While the 23-year-old singer declined the invite to a sorority formal from Pepperdine University senior Shaina Kohli, he did have another date idea in mind for the two of them, which he presented in a hilarious, tongue-in-cheek video.
In the vid, the Jonas brother lies seductively in front of a faux fire, sipping on red wine, listening to "Careless Whisper" while wearing a racecar driver's suit and offers to fly her into Chicago for his concert of the opening tour in July. In a Barry White-esque voice, he says, "Shaina! Hello, you little thing, you. You little sassy thing, you. It's your friend Joe." He adds, "I want you front row or onstage. Your choice."
But Jonas didn't stop at that. He went one step further, showing up to surprise her on the "Today" show on Thursday, where she was scheduled to talk about her video to the pop star. But how did the college student react to meeting her crush?

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- LeBron James, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh watched and didn't seem to care. The final game of the regular season was meaningless, and the Miami Heat played like it.
Without their Big Three, the Heat suffered their worst defeat of 2011-2012 with a 104-70 loss to the Washington Wizards on Thursday night.
With their first playoff game just two days away, Miami coach Erik Spoelstra rested the boldface names and started Shane Battier, Udonis Haslem, Eddy Curry, Mike Miller and Mario Chalmers. Only Chalmers usually starts, and Curry started for the first time in more than four years.
The Heat are locked into the Eastern Conference's second playoff spot and open the postseason Saturday against the New York Knicks.
Miami was blown out early. Washington led by 25 at halftime and by as many as 38, sending the Heat to their biggest loss since Jan. 20, 2010.
"If we land safely and the plane touches down in Miami, it's a victory," Battier said. "That was a nasty game. Luckily no one was injured, seriously, that's what you take away from this game."
The Heat had only two players in double figures: Norris Cole with 14 and Curry with 10.
"Obviously we're not gonna put too much weight into this game. We don't think it'll have too much bearing on the second season," Spoelstra said.
"This will be a great first-round matchup. The way the season's been we couldn't expect anything other than to play after a day. We don't need more than that. We're in the same place the Knicks are in," Spoelstra said.
"They're coming off a game as well, so everybody's on a fair fighting field right now. Let's tip it off."
The Wizards started the season 2-15 and fired coach Flip Saunders, replacing him with Randy Wittman. Washington closed with its first six-game win streak since Nov. 11-21, 2007. Three of the six wins were against the East's top two teams: one against Chicago and two over Miami.
"This was a real satisfying way to come down the stretch for this team," Wittman said.
Mo Evans had a season-high 18 points, Nene and Kevin Seraphin each scored 15, and John Wall had seven points and 12 assists for the Wizards.
Washington went on a 27-11 run to take a 33-18 lead early in the second quarter and increased it to 57-32 at halftime. It was the Wizards' biggest win since Nov. 11, 2005.
On Tuesday, Spoelstra also rested James, Wade and Bosh in a 78-66 loss at Boston.
Spoelstra had a problem that Wittman wishes he had. Wittman has no assurances from team president Ernie Grunfeld, whose contract was extended earlier this week, that he'll return as coach -- despite the impressive stretch to end the season.
"I'm not an idiot. Any time you lose a job you're disappointed. I think anybody doesn't want to lose a job or look elsewhere for a job," Wittman said. "I'll coach somewhere."
In January, the Wizards were a national punch line. In March, they traded JaVale McGee and Nick Young and acquired Nene. With the Brazilian in the lineup, Washington was 7-4.
Wall said that he liked the new tenor of the team.
"We had a lot of jokes going around the locker room. It's more serious about everything, and we're acting more like a team," Wall said.
NOTES: Washington G Jordan Crawford missed his second straight game with a sprained right ankle. ... Curry's last came on March 7, 2008, when he played for New York. ... Washington F Andray Blatche, who didn't play after March 17 to improve his conditioning, said he's lost 12 pounds and admitted he regretted allowing the negative crowd reaction bother him. He let "the boos get myself down, messing with my head and not being able to go out and work as hard as I could," Blatche said.


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Bills safety Jairus Byrd has answered a lot of questions about his relationship with the Bills since reporting to camp after signing his franchise tender late in August.
There were more of them on Thursday in the wake of a report in the Buffalo News that Byrd wanted to be traded. Byrd didn't flatly deny the report, though he wondered what sources were being quoted and said his only focus is on football.
"From what I understand, someone is saying 'sources.' I would like to know what sources they're talking about before you can say sources," Byrd said, via Joe Buscaglia of WGR550.com. "My focus is just on football now, honestly. For this team, my teammates mean the world to me. I don't want to be any distraction to them. We have a big game coming up. We need to be 100 percent on New England, and that's where our focus is at. That's it. That's that."
If Byrd does want to be traded, it's not going to be easy. Teams will have to have room for his $6.916 million salary this year, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com reports there are 11 teams in that position, without the chance to sign him to a long-term deal until after the season. In that case, Byrd's best chance to get what he wants is to keep his head down and play as well as possible while not letting what seems to be a strained relationship with the organization get in the way.
"I don't know. A working relationship? That's what it is, what you just said. A working relationship, I guess," Byrd said of his relationship with General Manager Doug Whaley. "I don't want to get into all that. I mean, I'm an employee of the Buffalo Bills. He's the general manager. There you have it. We're here to win games."
As pressing as any issue for Byrd and the Bills right now is the plantar fasciitis that's left his ability to play in the opener against the Patriots in doubt. Byrd was limited in practice again on Thursday and any trade talk is an even bigger pipe dream as long as he's less than 100 percent.


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Bar codes containing any kind of information seem to pop up everywhere these days. They get a big boost from mobile devices which support bar code scanner applications like zxing. The format most commonly used is QR Code.
The future of this idea seems promising (quoting):
For example, Wikipedia displays their QR code on the Wikipedia site. I could also see QR codes as a potential business card replacement. You are at a business meeting, you whip out your mobile and the other party does as well. You "scan" her barcode displayed on the mobile and now you have all of her contact information and not only is it stored in your mobile, but it's now on your desktop in your contact manager. Imagine the possibilities for dating!A QR Code containing my personal mail address and this blog's URL appear on the sidebar. Also, I have created different versions containing my business contact information. To generate the images I used the QR Code Generator from the ZXing Project.


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Venerable Abramius the Recluse of Mesopotamia
Saint Abramius the Hermit and Blessed Maria, his niece of Mesopotamia, lived the ascetic life in the village of Chidan, near the city of Edessa. They were contemporaries and fellow countrymen of Saint Ephraim the Syrian (January 28), who afterwards wrote about their life.
Saint Abramius began his difficult exploit of the solitary life in the prime of youth. He left his parents' home and settled in a desolate wilderness place, far from worldly enticements, and he spent his days in unceasing prayer. After the death of his parents, the saint refused his inheritance and requested his relatives to give it away to the poor. By his strict ascetic life, fasting, and love for mankind, Abramius attracted to him many seeking after spiritual enlightenment, prayer and blessing.
Soon his faith was put to a serious test, as he was appointed presbyter in one of the pagan villages of Mesopotamia. For three years, and sparing no efforts, the saint toiled over the enlightenment of the pagans. He tore down a pagan temple and built a church. Humbly enduring derision and even beatings from obstinate idol-worshippers, he entreated the Lord, "Look down, O Master, upon Your servant, hear my prayer. Strengthen me and set Your servants free from diabolical snares, and grant them to know You, the one true God." The zealous pastor was granted the happiness to see the culmination of his righteous efforts: the pagans came to believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and Saint Abramius baptized them himself.
Having fulfilled his priestly duty, Abramius again withdrew into his wilderness, where he continued to glorify God and do His holy will. The devil, put to shame by the deeds of Saint Abramius, tried to entrap him with proud thoughts. Once at midnight, when Saint Abramius was at prayer in his cell, suddenly a light shone and a voice was heard, "Blessed are you, Abramius, for no other man has done my will as you have!" Confuting the wiles of the enemy, the saint said: "I am a sinful man, but I trust in the help and grace of my God. I do not fear you, and your illusions do not scare me." Then he ordered the devil to depart, in the name of Jesus Christ.
Another time, the devil appeared before the saint in the form of a youth, lit a candle and began to sing Psalm 118/119, "Blessed are the blameless in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord." Perceiving that this also was a demonic temptation, the Elder crossed himself and asked, "If you know that the blameless are blessed, then why trouble them?"
The temper answered, "I provoke them in order to conquer them and turn them away from every good deed." To this the saint replied, "You gain victory over those who, like yourself, have fallen away from God. You are forced to vanish, like smoke in the wind, from before the face of those who love God." After these words the devil vanished. Thus Saint Abramius defeated the Enemy, being strengthened by divine grace. After fifty years of ascetic life, he peacefully fell asleep in the Lord.
Saint Abramius's niece, the Nun Maria, grew up being edified by his spiritual instruction. Her father died when she was seven, and so she was raised by her saintly uncle. But the Enemy of the race of man tried to turn her from the true path. At twenty-seven years of age she fell into sin with a man. Thoroughly ashamed, she left her cell, went to another city and began to live in a brothel. Two years later, when he learned of this, Saint Abramius clad himself in soldier's garb, so that he should not be recognized, and he went to the city to find his niece. Pretending to be one of her "clients," he revealed his identity once they were alone. With many tears and exhortations, he brought her to repentance and took her back to her cell.
Saint Maria returned to her cell and spent the rest of her days in prayer and tears of repentance. The Lord forgave her and even granted her the gift of healing the sick. She died five years after Saint Abramius.
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Big Break Regional Shoreline in Oakley continues its series of Delta Discovery programs from 11 a.m. to noon every Saturday and 2 to 3 p.m. every Sunday in November and December. Through games, activities and explorations, the programs help to discover the hidden natural world of the Delta. There's also a water-testing program from 9 to 10 a.m. every Saturday and Sunday in November and December. Participants help track the Delta water quality and learn how it affects the wildlife.
And from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, it's macroinvertebrate mayhem time, during which participants will get wet and muddy hands while learning about water bugs. Big Break is at 69 Big Break Road off Main Street in Oakley. Admission is free. For information, call 888-327-2757, ext. 3050.
Black Diamond: Historic Rose Hill Cemetery at Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve in Antioch will be the venue for a talk by naturalist Bob Kanagaki about the park's fascinating history.
Bob's program is from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the cemetery, which is a 15-minute walk up the hill from the trailhead at the end of Somersville Road. The program is for ages 7 and older. Rain cancels. For information, call 888-327-2757, ext. 2750.
HOOTENANNY: All things Western will be on parade at the Cowboy Hootenanny Folk Festival at Sunol Regional Wilderness in southern Alameda County, set for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
It's a celebration of Sunol's pioneer and ranching history with family-friendly activities including pony rides, branding and roping demonstrations, stick pony and other crafts, Dutch oven cooking, hand-squeezed lemonade and pioneer games. Gordy Ohlinger, the Banjo-ologist, will perform with vintage banjos. Jimmy Chickenpants will play for square dancing. The Diablo Mountain Cloggers and the Clogging Express Team will perform and give lessons. "Ranch Dressing" will feature old-time clothing fashions, which the kids can try on.
Sunol Regional Wilderness is located at the end of Geary Road off Calaveras Road about 5 miles south of Interstate 680. There's a parking fee of $5 per vehicle. Festival entry is free. For information call 510-544-3249.
DIABLO FOOTHILLS: Autumn colors and towering sandstone cliffs are the attractions along the way on a strenuous 7-mile hike from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Diablo Foothills Regional Park in Walnut Creek, led by naturalist Eddie Willis. It's for ages 10 and older, and it's canceled if there's rain. Remember about the end of Daylight Saving Time. Meet at the staging area at the end of Castle Rock Road in Walnut Creek, out past Northgate High School. For information, call 888-327-2757, ext. 2750.
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Mountain lions: A major, long-term mountain lion research project is underway in Sunol and beyond. The 10-year goal is to collar and obtain data on the activities of as many East Bay mountain lions as possible.
As the first step, a network of motion-activated cameras has been placed in the Sunol-Ohlone Wilderness, which has a relatively low human population. Next, teams of researchers will begin tracking and capturing the pumas and fitting them with GPS collars to track their movements and activities.
It is hoped that the study will help determine how many lions there are in the East Bay, what their population's viability is in a human-altered environment, how they are moving around and avoiding park visitors and how much they prey on livestock. Study results will help with education, conservation and wildlife management.
Partners in the study are the East Bay Regional Park District, the Regional Parks Foundation, Chevron, Felidae Conservation Fund, UC Berkeley, the California Fish & Wildlife Department, National Geographic, the National Park Service and the Oakland Zoo.
CRAB COVE: A nature story and singing program for kids ages 1 through 5 will be conducted in Spanish on Friday and again Dec. 6 at Crab Cove Visitor Center in Alameda. It's from 10:30 to 11 a.m., and the kids can enjoy the aquarium and exhibits afterward.
Crab Cove also hosts Family Nature Fun Hour from 2 to 3 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday in November and December, with a variety of natural history topics. On Saturday and Sunday, it's Bird Bingo time; play the game and view birds up close. Crab Cove is located at 1252 McKay Ave. off Central Avenue in Alameda. For information, call 510-544-3187.
TILDEN: The Environmental Education Center at Tilden Nature Area in Berkeley will host a special exhibit in November and December, featuring work by members of the Guild of Natural Science Educators depicting plants and animals of the East Bay Regional Parks.
You can meet the artists in person at a free reception from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Dec. 1. Light refreshments will be served. The exhibit will be open weekends only, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Because of ongoing construction work at the center and Little Farm, the usual access from the north end of Central Park Drive is closed.
The best way to get there is to park at the end of Lone Oak Road off Central Park Drive. From there, signs will direct pedestrians to the center. For more information, call 510-544-2233. By the way, there are some interesting weekend programs at the center from which to choose:
From 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, interpretive student aide Tricia Radis will show how to make a sturdy, stylish bowl using glue guns and magazines. It's for ages 9 and older; bring your own magazines.
And November is mushroom month for naturalist Trent Pearce and the center staff. There's a mushroom-themed program from 2 to 4 p.m. every Sunday. On Sunday, he'll give a talk about common Bay Area mushrooms, followed by a short walk. Remember that Daylight Saving Time ends on Nov. 3, so you should turn your clock back an hour the night before.
Fireside story time at the center will be from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Nov. 3 and Nov. 17 and from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Dec. 8. Cozy up to the center's fireplace with a cup of hot chocolate and hear some nature lore.
You'll come clean after another program, led by naturalist Trail Gail Broesder. It's about making felted soap — using natural, undyed wool to create bath soap with a built-in washcloth. The felt shrinks with the bar and afterward can be used as a pouch.
The soap program is from 9:30 a.m. to noon Nov. 9. It's designed for ages 10 and older, there's a fee of $6 per person ($8 for nondistrict residents) and registration is required. To register, call 888-327-2757. Select option 2 and refer to program 4057.
birding: Birds are the words from 9 a.m. to noon every Monday in November at various regional parks, with naturalist Anthony Fisher as your guide. On Nov. 4, the destination is Point Pinole Regional Shoreline on Giant Highway in Richmond. The walks are free and all levels of expertise are welcome. For information, call 510-544-2233.
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The first time I had the opportunity to take a photo of something I already felt that I'm not cut out for family portraits. I went to the fields outside my village and started to shoot sunflowers and wheatfields, sunrays and old trees, and above all clouds. I felt I found something miraculously amazing that I wanted to immortalize. Later I looked at my photos and realized that a simple digital camera cannot capture or reflect the colours I saw out there and that a monitor puts off most of the colours, so I started to manipulate my photos to resemble the original feeling. I read many online resources, forums, tutorials, and after a while run into the HDR technology and started to master it.
First and foremost I needed a better camera, so I bought my first SLR camera with wide-angle lens. This made things a lot easier, my pictures became sharper, bigger and I had much more detail to work with. I started to shoot panorama photos, that consist of several photos mounted together, and also obtained a tripod to incease stability. It took me years to reach a certain level of proficiency in this field, but I think the result speaks for itself.
I think clouds are amazing creatures. They move like vast hordes of unfallen rain through the sky and let the sun shine through their bodies. There are certain times of a day that produce the best view, these are mainly sunrise, sundown and the so-called "blue hour" after the sun sets, but as I am not an early bird I rarely capture sunrises. There are also the majestic clouds before or after a rain or a great storm that create almost unearthly shapes and colours, and I like to visit lakes that can reflect and double the impression.
Sometimes a sunset in itself can produce such fiery view that it barely needs any afterwork, but there are those occasions that I capture a beautiful landscape, and after I start to play around with its colours it turns into an inferno under my fingers. Every time such a picture evolves on my monitor it sends shivers down my spine.
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The number of young harp seals that Canadian hunters can kill off the east coast this year will be cut by a quarter, mainly because of poor ice conditions where the animals give birth, officials said Thursday.
OTTAWA -- The number of young harp seals that Canadian hunters can kill off the east coast this year will be cut by a quarter, mainly because of poor ice conditions where the animals give birth, officials said Thursday.
The federal fisheries ministry also promised stricter controls on hunters to stop them killing more than their quota. The seals are either shot or clubbed to death on ice floes in a hunt that animal rights protesters say is inhumane.
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans set this year's seal quota at 270,000 animals, down from 335,000 in 2006. It estimates the east coast harp seal herd is around 5.5 million.
The hunt had been set to begin March 28 but no start date has yet been announced. The first stage takes place on ice floes to the south of the Magdalen Islands in the Gulf of St Lawrence.
Officials and animal rights activists said earlier this week there was very little ice to the south of the islands and that many more pups than usual had drowned. The seals use the ice floes to give birth to their young.
"There are poorer ice conditions than usual in the southern Gulf ... the area that we are concerned about is significant but it is one small piece of the overall hunt," said Kevin Stringer of the ministry.
"The decrease this year is very substantial ... we think it's an important move and is sustainable."
The hunt around the Magdalen Islands usually accounts for around 20 percent of the overall catch. Most seals are killed off the coast Newfoundland, further to the north.
Stringer said hunters would still be allowed to kill seals south of the Magdalen Islands.
"It's appalling ... they're actually talking about allowing the hunt in the southern Gulf to proceed to wipe out the few remaining seal pups there," said Rebecca Aldworth of the Humane Society of the United States.
"I think it shows that the Canadian government has a clear agenda to exterminate seals and nothing is going to divert them from that course," she told Reuters.
Stringer said it was possible that around 90 percent of the pups born in the southern Gulf this year could die but said if this were the case, it would not necessarily have a big impact on overall seal herd health.
"Seals pup for 15 or 20 years so what happens in one specific part of the hunt in one specific year needs to be considered in this broader perspective," he told reporters on a conference call.
Stringer said that to ensure seal numbers stayed healthy, hunters who caught more than their share would have their quota cut next year. The amount of time hunters can spend on the ice would be cut to allow inspectors to make sure quotas had not been exceeded, he added.
Ottawa also decided that the next proper survey of harp seal numbers would be carried out in 2008 and not in 2009 as originally planned.
"With harp seals facing a growing threat from global warming and poor ice conditions, continuing the hunt at the unsustainable level announced today is nothing short of irresponsible," said Sheryl Fink of the International Fund for Animal Welfare.
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In other news at the University of Illinois, the university's Energy Biosciences Institutes (EBI) Biofuels Law and Regulation Program will host a conference focused on the legal and regulatory challenges facing biofuels infrastructure.
"Incentivizing Second-Generation Biofuels" will be held at the University of Illinois I-Hotel in Champaign, Illinois, April 24-25.
The conference will address the Obama Administration's plans for second-generation biofuels; federal and state efforts to establish incentive schemes (including those contained in the 2008 Farm Bill and the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007); the Brazilian experience at building an ethanol infrastructure and lessons that the U.S. could apply in building a similar infrastructure; case studies of the legal considerations in infrastructure development; and climate initiatives that may spur commercialization of biofuels.
The second day focuses on sustainability standards for biofuels, including: The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels "Version Zero;" incorporating indirect land use and lifecycle analysis into the U.S. Renewable Fuels Standard; California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard; and more.
Each session will offer question, answer and brainstorming opportunities with experts in biofuels law and regulation. Attendees will represent a wide variety of law and regulatory fields encompassing government, academia, industry and non-governmental organizations.
Free Admission, But Registration Required
For more information, visit www.biofuelslawconference.org. Attendance is free, but registration is required. Online registration will be available at http://www.biofuelslawconference.org/. Registration questions should be directed to Elizabeth Stull, Conference Administrator, firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Why is Michael Fassbender yelling at the blonde?
Here's Michael Fassbender in Montreal over the weekend where he's been shooting X-Men: Days Of Future Past. He was out with a blonde woman the other day. According to the photographer, as soon as he realised he was being shot, he "screamed" at her to stay away. So which method of evasion do you prefer? Leonardo DiCaprio's running and dumpster diving? Or Michael Fassbender's more verbal approach?
Last week, Fassbender was photographed out for dinner with Bradley Cooper in London. He was accompanied by a British athlete called Louise Hazel -- click here for a refresher. I wondered at the time if it might be serious, serious enough to have her come along for an outing with his boy. US Weekly reported a few days later that Fassbender and Hazel were indeed dating.
Fine. But a man can walk down a street with a friend without yelling, can't he?
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By Peter Kupfer
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, 5 JUNE 2009 The David Brower Center, a new institute for environmental and social action that opened recently in Berkeley, has chosen an appropriate subject for its inaugural exhibition. Then and Now features 25 large-scale black-and-white images by the renowned Brazilian documentary photographer and environmentalist Sebastião Salgado. Although small in size, the show contains works that span Salgado's remarkable career, from his monumental projects Workers and Migrations to his current endeavor, Genesis, a seven-year exploration of the earth's rapidly disappearing pristine environments.
The show contains all the characteristics we have come to expect in Salgado's work - provocative subjects, dramatic compositions, strong technique. In one of the most powerful photographs, taken in Mali in 1985, the silhouette of an emaciated boy striding across a dried-up lake bed is echoed by the shriveled trees in the background. Another striking image depicts four workers with bundles of wood strapped to their backs slogging across a cloud-shrouded mountain pass in Mexico - a crucifixion scene Hollywood would die for.
What is missing from this show is a sense of context. It simply tries to cover too much ground in too little space. It's almost like listening to a greatest hits album or reading the Cliff notes of a classic novel. You get a taste of the artist's work without understanding how it evolved. What came before? What came after? How do the pieces fit together?
In a way Salgado's strengths are also his weaknesses. His compositions are almost too perfect, his subjects too poignant. I am not suggesting (as some critics have) that some of his photographs were staged, but they sometimes feel too calculated and slick. A close-up of the scaly, clawed foot of an iguana gripping the ground in Mali, for example, would make an excellent publicity shot for a Hollywood monster flick. And a photograph of a Guatemalan woman peering out a window at a young girl balancing a tray of candied apples is enchanting, but the overly tight cropping gives it a theatrical flair.
Another thing I found disappointing about the show was that all the prints save one were produced from digital scans of the original negatives. (The only exception is a marvelous picture of a mudman squatting against the trunk of a massive, moss-covered tree in Papua New Guinea, which was shot with a digital camera.) To my eye these digital prints lacked the sharpness and tonal range of a silver gelatin print made directly from a negative. I asked Mr. Salgado about this at the opening reception and he insisted that the digital prints were actually sharper than prints made from negatives. Perhaps so, but I found the "noise" and contrast of the digital prints distracting.
Then and Now: Photographs by
Sebastião Salgado
Title image: Sebastião
Salgado: (Detail) A cattle camp in southern Sudan in 2006, From
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Ten Yale student-athletes were honored today, as the Ivy League released its list of those selected for Academic All-Ivy recognition in winter sports. Eligible student-athletes include all starters or key reserves on officially recognized varsity teams that have maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher.
Senior Tom Dignard, who was integral in the Bulldogs' second straight ECAC Hockey regular season championship and NCAA Tournament appearance, makes the list after posting First Team All-Ivy and Second Team All-ECAC Hockey honors. Dignard, who tallied six goals and 21 assists as a starting defenseman, is an economics major from Reading, Mass.
All-America squash player Aaron Fuchs was also honored after a spectacular senior season. In addition to his national honors, the native of Sommerset West, South Africa capped his All-Ivy season by advancing to the round of 16 at the CSA Individual Championships. Fuchs, a mechanical engineering major, played in the No. 3 slot as Yale advanced to the Potter Cup National Final.
Another student-athlete to excel on the national stage is senior fencer Andrew Holbrook. The captain of Coach Henry Hartunian's squad qualified for the NCAA National Championships as a foilist. Holbrook is a political science major from Dunkirk, Md.
The lone underclassman among Yale's honorees is junior Raffi Mantilla from the Bulldogs' men's basketball team. Mantilla, a political science major, appeared in 27 games for Coach Jones, including two starts. The Mudelien, Ill. native is a two-time recipient of an African-American Cultural Center AACColades Award.
The final male honoree for the Elis is senior diver Drew Teer. A psychology major from Phoenix, Ariz., Teer represented Yale at the NCAA Zone Diving Championships.
Another protégé of legendary head coach Frank Keefe makes the list in Andrea Clifford, the captain of the women's swimming and diving team. Clifford, a senior political science major from Chattanooga, Tenn., was a member of Yale's First Team All-Ivy 200-yard freestyle relay team.
Fencer Jennifer Ivers, a Spanish major, earns Academic All-Ivy laurels after qualifying for the NCAA Regionals as a saberist. Ivers is a senior from Winnetka, Ill.
Senior Berit Johnson of the women's ice hockey team adds an Academic All-Ivy nod to her impressive array of academic honors. Johnson, a senior history major from Wayzata, Minn., is a four-time ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team member and a nominee for the ECAC Hockey Student-Athlete of the Year Award.
A three-time All-Ivy first team swimmer in her senior season, Susan Kim was the Swimmer of the Meet at the Ivy League Championships. Kim, a political science major from Rockville, Md., represented the Bulldogs at the NCAA Championships.
Rounding out the list is senior women's basketball player Haywood Wright. Wright battled back from injury to contribute 5.3 points and 4.1 rebounds per game to Yale's most successful season in 12 years. The psychology major from Irvine, Calif. leaves the Bulldogs as the second-most prolific shot blocker in program history with 109 career rejections.


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I'm not sure which adapter you are using for your Inon lenses, so it's difficult to understand how it works exactly. Can you still shoot with the internal flash or do you need an external strobe with it?
I have used two Inon UCL-165 lenses stacked together and to avoid getting shadows I just move the diffuser to the end of the lenses. In practice this is done by two holes in the diffuser and piece of elastic string.
The UCL-165 has twice the magnification of the UCL-330, which is what you need if you are doing macro.
This is because minimum focus distance with the 330 is 10cm and with the 165 is 6cm, so you can focus much closer with the 165 you get more magnification.
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I can use the internal flash.
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But winter has its dark underbelly too. Dreary naked branches longing for green; slushy wet snow that seeps into your boots and between your toes. The monotony of root vegetables and wooden tomatoes. And worst of all...the dreaded spectre of colds and flu. My usual stamina and boundless energy often get caught unawares, a cold creeping in on cat's feet and settling in for a long winter's nap.
Apple-Ginger Hot Toddy with Calvados
This toddy uses a generous amount of cayenne pepper, rich in capsaicin. An ancient remedy for all sorts of ills, cayenne is also known to have anti-irritant properties, easing sore throats and lingering coughs. If you prefer a milder version either reduce the amount or eliminate the cayenne entirely.
Three thick slices fresh ginger, cut in slivers
1 lemon wedge, spiked with three whole cloves
The juice of ½ lemon
*Calvados, a French brandy from Normandy, adds an extra glow to this toddy
Combine all of the ingredients in a large mug and top with boiling water. Let steep for at least five minutes. Scoop out the solids and the teabag, leaving just the lemon wedge. Wrap up in your favourite blanket, sit back and enjoy.


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Sunday morning brought a report that Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger would start soft tossing on Monday in hopes of getting on the field for next Sunday's matchup with the Ravens.
That reports came before the Steelers turned the ball over eight times and lost 20-14 for the Browns. The loss means that the Ravens can knock them out of the race for the division title with a win in Week 13 and the play of the offense made it clear that a loss is the likeliest outcome if Roethlisberger can't return. Roethlisberger said Sunday that he's going to give it his best shot.
"I'm going to try," Roethlisberger said, via Ron Cook of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "It's killing me to watch."
He's not alone. The Steelers have scored just 17 points on offense in the two games that Roethlisberger's missed with rib and shoulder injuries.
One member of the Ravens is pretty sure that he'll be seeing Roethlisberger on the field in Baltimore next week.
"I don't know what kind of medicine the Steelers will put Ben Roethlisberger on this week, but they're going to give him something," Ravens running back Ray Rice said, via Peter King in his Monday Morning Quarterback column for SI.com.
The decision on Roethlisberger will likely come down to the wire and the same is true of the Steelers' chances of making the playoffs if they aren't able to snap their two-game skid against the AFC North leaders.


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Sunday, 17 July 2011 08:58
Famed journalist George Seldes [1890 - 1995] condemned press prostitutes in books like 'Lords of the Press' denouncing their corruption, suppression of truth, and news censorship before television reached large audiences, saying:
"The most sacred cow of the press is the press itself - the most powerful force against the general welfare of the majority of the people."
Australian journalist Bruce Page authored a book on Murdock titled, "The Murdoch Archigelago," calling him:
"one of the world's leading villains (and) global pirate(s)," rampaging the mediasphere, telling world leaders what he expects from them and what he'll offer in return. It's "let's make a deal," Murdoch-style that's uncompromisingly hardball, some on the receiving end calling it an offer they can't refuse.
On air and in print, his operations support allies and beat up on adversaries, enough at times to affect political outcomes his way, especially in Britain and his native Australia, but also helping hard-right US candidates.
For mass audiences, he specializes in sensationalist pseudo-journalism, distorting the truth, at the same time juicing-up reports on murder, mayhem, mishaps, celebrity gossip and soft porn for audiences that love it.
He's so beyond respectability, in fact, that former Chicago columnist Mike Royko (1932 - 1997) once said "no self-respecting fish would (want to) be wrapped in a Murdoch paper....His goal (isn't) journalism, (it's) vast power, political power," and, of course, bottom line priorities. If ideologically acceptable and sells, he'll feature it and has for decades.
From his early beginnings to his current unrivaled media world status (unless scandal now brings him down), he's wielded unchallenged power ruthlessly as a world class predator, using deception, chicanery, arrogance, artfulness, charm, cunning, sheer muscle, will, intimidation, poisonous influence and toadying to get his way by bullying people to prevail.
Bereft of ethics, his media empire includes a bordello of print and broadcast outlets. In his book titled, "The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch," Michael Wolff called him a monarch, gangster and con man, interested only in power, control and profits.
Given his history, clout, connections, manipulativeness, and hardball style, a fitting headline in the wake of the News of the World (NOTW) scandal would be Murdoch comes a cropper.
If only true, bringing down the world's leading media villain, purveyor of sleaze, and power hungry news baron - clawing, exploiting, and hacking his way to notoriety and fortune.
In fact, however this affects him going forward (at age 80), expect his media empire to survive like caught-in-the-act Wall Street bandits - stealing billions, penalized millions, a few insiders at times going down, then back to business grabbing more.
So far, however, a bumpy ride followed London Guardian writers Nick Davies and Amelia Hill breaking the story, headlining on July 4, "Missing Milly Dowler's voicemail was hacked by News of the World," saying:
Murdoch's UK tabloid "illegally targeted (her) and her family in March 2002, interfering with police inquiries into her disappearance, an investigation by the Guardian has established."
After that it was all downhill, evidence showing Murdoch's NOTW hacked into phones and electronically spied on prime ministers, other politicians, celebrities, royal aides, Prince William, perhaps the queen, and innocent victims like Milly Dowler.
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting's Peter Hart said he "may have hoped that....clos(ing) down News of the World" would make the story "go away, but (it's) getting bigger by the day if not by the hour."
Even prime ministers aren't immune, according to London Independent writers Oliver Wright and Nigel Morris, headlining on July 16, "Revealed: Cameron's 26 meetings in 15 months with Murdoch chiefs," saying:
Since becoming UK prime minister, David Cameron met with Murdoch "executives no fewer than 26 (times) in just over a year...." In fact, Rebekah Brooks, News International's chief executive and former NOTW editor "is the only person (Cameron) invited twice to Chequers (UK prime ministers' private country house since 1921), a privilege not extended even to the most senior" cabinet members.
Eight months ago, Murdoch's son James (his heir apparent as News Corp. chairman and CEO) was also a Chequers guest, as well as NOTW editor Andy Coulson, arrested this week "in connection with police corruption and phone hacking...."
Moreover, documents revealed that News International executives and editors had 15 private meetings with Cameron since May, showing the grip Murdoch has on British politics, able to make or break aspirants in print or on air. In fact, veteran Labour MP Dennis Skinner calls him "a cancer on the body politic" because of his influence on electoral outcomes.
According to former Times of London editor/Murdoch employee Simon Jenkins:
"There's no doubt it's been hugely damaging to" his UK interests. However, rivals like The Guardian, BBC, and other news organizations exploited it out of proportion, hoping to capitalize advantageously. So did Carl Bernstein (of Woodward and Bernstein fame), calling the scandal another Watergate.
At the same time, Conservative MPs like Zac Goldsmith said, "(p)oliticians have suddently started to distance themselves from Murdoch....Other times (members) of both major parties craved his attention in the most groveling fashion."
That despite knowledge of prior illegal hacking. Examples include:
-- In March 2002, hacking Milly Dowler and her family's voicemail.
-- In November 2005, NOTW writing about Prince William injuring his knee, prompting royal officials to suspect voice mail hacking.
-- In November 2007, NOTW royal editor Clive Goodman and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire convicted of phone mail hacking and jailed. NOTW's editor claimed no knowledge but resigned.
-- In June 2008, News Corp. pays soccer executive Gordon Taylor 700,000 pounds to settle charges of phone hacking.
-- In March 2010, NOTW paid a celebrity PR agent over one million pounds to drop his lawsuit.
-- In September 2010, former NOTW journalist Sean Hoare alleged that phone hacking was common practice, encouraged by former editor Andy Coulson.
-- On January 21, 2011, Coulson resigned as David Cameron's spokesman over allegations of phone hacking.
-- On April 5, 2011, NOTW chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck and former editor Ian Edmondson were arrested on suspicion of hacking voice mail messages.
-- On April 10, NOTW formally apologized for voice mail hacking from 2004 - 2006. It also agreed to compensate victims.
-- On April 14, senior NOTW journalist James Weatherup is arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to hack communications.
-- On June 7, NOTW paid actress Sienna Miller 100,000 pounds in damages and legal fees.
-- On June 23, freelance journalist Terenia Taras was arrested on suspicion of phone hacking.
-- On July 4, Milly Dowler's hacking story broke.
-- On July 7, News International announces that NOTW will cease publishing after July 10.
-- On July 8, Coulson is arrested. Former royal editor Clive Goodman is again arrested on corruption allegations.
-- On July 11, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown accuses News International newspapers of illegally obtaining private information about him.
-- On July 12, UK lawmakers summon Rupert and James Murdoch, as well as Rebekah Brooks to testify before Parliament.
-- On July 13, News Corp. withdraws its takeover bid for UK satellite broadcaster BSkyB. In addition, Prime Minister Cameron announces a wide-ranging public inquiry into the scandal.
-- On July 14, the FBI launches an investigation into whether News Corp. may have hacked into phones of 9/11 victims after members of Congress requested it.
-- On July 15, Brooks resigns as News International CEO. In addition, Dow Jones head Les Hinton resigns.
-- On July 15, New York Times writer Don Van Natta Jr. headlined, "Stain From Tabloids Rubs Off on a Cozy Scotland Yard," saying:
The Times learned that former NOTW editor Neil Wallis "report(ed) back to News International while he was working for the police on the hacking case. Executives and others at the company also enjoyed close social ties to Scotland Yard's top officials."
"Since the hacking scandal began in 2006," Metropolitan Police Service assistant commissioner John Yates and other police officials "regularly dined with editors from News International papers, records show. Sir Paul Stephenson, the Metropolitan Police commissioner, met for lunch or dinner 18 times with company executives and editors during the investigation," including eight times with Wallis while employed by NOTW.
On July 15, Attorney General Eric Holder confirmed the FBI investigation, saying:
"There have been serious allegations raised....There have been members of Congress....who have asked us to investigate (and) we are progressing in that regard, using the appropriate federal agencies in the United States."
What'll come of it isn't known. Watergate didn't topple Nixon. Harming powerful interests did, so it remains to be seen if Murdoch committed similar transgressions. If so, retirement at age 80 may follow, but not the demise of News Corp. and its flagship Fox News operation, a cash cow New York magazine's Gabriel Sherman believes will be more valuable than ever.
That depends, of course, on what, if any, wrongdoing FBI investigations disclose and whether or not prosecutions follow.
For sure Murdoch sustained a body blow. Calling it coup de grace strength, however, exaggerates how News Corp will be affected. It likely will survive long after its aging head steps down, but imagine a Murdoch-free media landscape. Then imagine freedom from all managed and junk food news. Tune out and make it happen.
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This summer, students of the Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Jennifer Whisenhunt and Mary Park joined Docomomo International as editors for the International Specialist Committee on Education and Theory (ISC E+T).
Jennifer and Mary were able to attend their first Docomomo International Conference in Finland through scholarships provided by the Finlandia Foundation. At the conference, they presented the activities of the ISC E+T for the past two years and discussed expectations for the upcoming year. Jennifer and Mary met numerous committee members, speakers and attendees and developed relationships that can help foster future partnerships.
The Docomomo ISC E+T is one of the four committees of Docomomo International. It concentrates on the unquestionable and fundamental relationship between education, theoretical approaches, and the preservation of the modern movement.
The ISC E+T is currently in the midst of composing the first newsletter for the 2012-2013 academic year. The theme will address the Docomomo International Conference in Finland, the goals for the upcoming year and the role of students at the future Docomomo conference in Seoul, Korea 2014.
For more information about the ISC E+T and past newsletters, please visit our website http://docomomo-isc-et.org/ and follow us on Twitter @docomomoISCET
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The unconferenced Pro Bowl still needs a coaching staff from each conference. The NFC sent the Panthers, and head coach Ron Rivera.
Rivera, who'll be facing a team that includes his quarterback (Cam Newton) and middle linebacker (Luke Kuechly), believes that the new format will make for a better game. Rivera also realizes that, if the game isn't better, the game could eventually disappear.
"The players understand what's at stake in terms of we need to come out there and we need to show who we are as far as being football players," Rivera told David Newton of ESPN.com. "It's been a heck of an experience. I'm excited about it. I just hope it's a good show."
Dolphins center Mike Pouncey previously has predicted that the game will be "real competitive," in part because of the way some players reacted to their position in the fantasy draft ultimately run by Jerry Rice and Deion Sanders.
Maybe it will indeed be a competitive and compelling game. And maybe it'll stay that way until a Pro Bowler destined for free agency suffers a serious injury that prevents him from getting the payday that otherwise was in his grasp.


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Sophomore center fielder Connor Lyons of Bedford, N.H., is playing center field and batting ninth today against the Red Sox ... Younger brother Sean Lyons replaced his brother in the sixth inning at JetBlue Park ..."It's really unbelievable just seeing these guys and being in front of them. You don't know what to think at first. You're and you're excited at the same time," Connor said. "I can't believe how far and hard these guys hit the ball with such little effort. It looks like they are just barely swinging and they're hitting the ball 400 feet."
|Lineup card as penned by Northeastern head coach Neil McPhee, in his 27th season, today at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers, Fla. The Red Sox won, 25-0.


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Lonely Dog Can Play Fetch With Himself [VIDEO]
By nudging a tennis ball down a flight of stairs — and then beating the ball to the bottom — a very clever Jack Russell terrier named Sid has figured out a way to play fetch with himself.
Sid's innovation delights his owner, as you can see in the video below, but it might not be such a good thing for humanity. In fact, if the canine species figures out a better way to scratch behind their ears, man's best friend might realize they don't need man after all.
[via Huffington Post]


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Now the castle door is closed behind:
Eighty-two years where one could find
Steel suits standing and spears on the walls
To now be shown beautifully in WAM's own halls.
But different was the castle: clever, innovative and bold
That combined art and industry for all to behold
Alongside the process of evolution
From articulated crayfish to man's solution.
Thanks to John Woodman Higgins and his inspiration, alas.
He built more than a museum inside steel and glass
He built a place where it was okay to explore,
To invent, to imagine, to create, to be more.
Signs "Please Touch" on exhibits once were found
And children, admitted free, came from all around
To make cardboard armor, challenge wills,
While adults in swordplay tested their skills.
For Higgins descendants, this was a special place
That a new location simply cannot replace
Where family events did once abound;
Now in memories can only be found:
As kids, we ran within the castle walls,
Playing knight and princess in arched halls,
Taught by Granddad John about truth and valor
And that each one's life was a life of honor.
Family members from far and near
Gathered together for thanksgiving cheer:
Sitting at tables lining both sides of the "V";
Grandad would pop up through one table to everyone's glee.
And what we all thought were static knights
Would suddenly move to our delight.
It was a building full of life;
Personality extensions of John and Clara, his wife.
And just as our earthbound existence presents,
There were also solemn events:
Final rituals of family members well-loved
While All Saints Boys Choir sang in the gallery above.
Now, another passing; closed is the door
Of the physical place of days of yore.
Once a museum as a castle proud
Now is a castle on a cloud.
But�who knows what the future will see;
Perhaps more of John Woodman Higgins' ingenuity,
Working from lofty heights above
To invent, re-invent what dreams are made of.


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Vern Sheppard necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 126 diseños de 29 diseñadores freelance.
EOM (Executive Operations Management) was formed to provide corporate management with expertise required in specific IT Project Turn-Around situations. In short we help senior executives to deliver results. Although we are well versed on all aspects of new technical and process approaches, we focus on the people elements that is so crucial to project success. Our value proposition is in the extensive background and experience of our senior staff.
Our management team has the hands-on experience with numerous major IT implementations that required seasoned management skills to complete successfully. The assembled capabilities provide a foundation to facilitate in solving the large and strategically important IT efforts. Our company's key personnel have a successful track record in the U.S., Europe, South America and Asia.
Our management team has performed in a variety of "C" level roles. We have started companies and managed large IT (Information Technology) organizations. We have seen troubled projects and have developed extensive expertise in turning troubled projects into references.
Our market is the CEO, CFO, CIO executives and VP level decision makers in large organizations. These large companies have annual revenues in excess of $1 billion. The key is that they have mission critical IT Projects that will fail unless we get involved.
Our customers are middle to older professional males and females
We want an exciting logo, something progressive and eye catching.
Could be a play on the letters "EOM" or include icons that include "fixing" or "technology."
The logo should be crisp, clear, clean, simple.
The logo should function well on a web site and in business stationary. The logo should work in both small and large scale ranging from business cards to full screen presentations, as well as on web properties such as linkedin etc.
The logo does not need to match and existing branding or color scheme.
Upon award of the prize, the logo will need to be supplied in the following formats: eps, jpeg, psd, adobe, ai.
Font details and CMYK formats required.
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The Editor's Back Fence
A Personal Plea from a Neighbor to Vote No on Berkeley Measure T
This morning on our doorstep we found a letter from a neighbor asking us to vote against Measure T. I won't use his name because I don't have his permission, but here's part of what he says:
"For the sake of our beloved city, I urge you to vote NO on T!
"[Measure] T would allow more and larger developments right along side the Aquatic Park. Many Berkeley residents go to Aquatic Park to get away from the hustle and bustle of our city. Now huge developments will loom over this beautiful, tranquil refuge for people, animals and birds.
"I also believe [Measure] T will create a second mini-downtown, which will cause our Shattuck Avenue downtown to become like a step-child, ignored and dilapidated."
It's impressive that someone would take the time to write and copy his own personal letter and to distribute it to neighbors (not in West Berkeley) in the early morning on election day--a refreshing change from the expensive anonymous color mailers supporting T that have flooded our mailbox in the last few weeks.


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Binge Drinking Is at an All-Time High, But You Don't Care, Because You're Drunk
Americans are a notoriously heavy drinkers and now science says that we're the drunkest we've ever been.
The Centers for Disease Control found that one in six Americans admit to being a "binge drinker." Binge drinking is defined as "five or more drinks in one sitting for men" and "four or more for women."
The highest age group of binge drinkers fell in the 18-24 range (color us surprised), but those who were 65 or older reported a surprisingly hit percentage of 5.5 incidents of binge drinking a month.
The states with the highest rates of binge drinkers include New England, Hawaii, Alaska and Washington D.C. That last one explains might explain a lot about this country.
[Via Men's Fitness]


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• The Schedule
Friday, May 11, 2012 at Matador Diamond
UC Santa Barbara (27-28, 12-6) at Cal State Northridge (10-39, 5-13), 1:30 & 3:30 pm
All-time series record vs. Matadors: 24-48-1
Last time vs. Northridge: W, 4-2 (April 23, 2011)
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Saturday, May 12, 2012 at Matador Diamond
UC Santa Barbara at Cal State Northridge, 12 pm
Live Stats • Live Audio
• This Week in Gaucho Softball
UC Santa Barbara, which is still in the hunt for its first Big West Conference title, will wrap-up the regular season this weekend at Cal State Northridge. The Gauchos and Matadors will play in a 1:30 pm doubleheader on Friday and conclude the series with a noon game on Saturday.
• For The Record
With just three games remaining on its regular season slate, UCSB currently stands at 27-28 on the season. The Gauchos have the potential to post their first 30-win season since 2008. In Big West play, UCSB currently holds a 12-6 record.
• How The Big West Was Won
With just one week to go in the regular season, four teams are still in the hunt for the 2012 Big West Conference title, which comes with the league's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. Long Beach State is in the diver's seat with a 14-4 record while UCSB, UC Davis and Pacific are all tied for second with 12-6 marks. In order for UCSB to claim the NCAA berth, the following must happen: the Gauchos sweep Cal State Northridge, Pacific wins at least two of its three games with Long Beach State, and UC Davis loses one of its three games against Cal State Fullerton. Long Beach will claim the outright league title with a series win over Pacific.
• Weekend Rewind
The Gauchos are coming off of a series sweep of Cal Poly. The Gauchos won game one, 4-1, before battling through eight innings to take game two, 5-4. On Sunday, UCSB posted an 8-0 mercy rule win in six innings to pick up its second Big West sweep of the season and its fourth series win.
• Notes On Northridge
Cal State Northridge enters this weekend with a 10-39 overall record and a 5-13 mark in conference. The Matadors are coming off of a series loss to UC Riverside, which swept last weekend's three-game set. Northridge has lost its last five games. UCSB won its 2011 series against the Matadors, two games to one. The Gauchos have not swept CSUN since the 2005 season.
• Jeppesen Earns First Career Big West Player of the Week Honor
It may have been the senior's weekend at Campus Diamond, but freshman Jenessa Jeppesen proved the future is bright for the Gauchos after an outstanding three-game series against the Mustangs. Jeppesen accumulated a .700 batting average (7-for-10) over the weekend, tallied two home runs and six RBI on her way to her first career honor. The freshman tallied two hits in game one of the series and her solo home run in the bottom of the third inning tied the game at 1-1. In game two, she gave UCSB an early 1-0 lead with an RBI single and then drove home the game-winning run in the eighth inning to give the Gauchos a 5-4 victory. In the third and final game of the series, she hit a three-run homer to give UCSB an early 3-0 lead. The Gauchos went on to post an 8-0 mercy win in six innings. In addition to her .700 batting, she posted a 1.300 slugging percentage and a .700 on-base percentage.
• Drama Queens
The Big West season has been dramatic thus far with eight of the Gauchos' 18 games being decided by a single run. In those contests, UCSB has posted a 5-3 record. Another three games have been decided by a two-run margin; the Gauchos have gone 2-1 in those pairings.
• Looming Milestones
A sweep this weekend over Northridge would give UCSB its best Big West record since 2004 when it posted a 14-7 mark. The Gauchos have not posted 15 or more wins in league since 1987 when they went 17-19. A series win this weekend would mark the Gauchos' fifth of the year, a feat that they have not achieved in the conference's current eight-team configuration. Lastly, if UCSB grabs at least one win, this will mark the first season since 2008 that they have avoided a sweep at the hands of a conference opponent.
• Following The Freshmen
Freshmen Jenessa Jeppesen and Shelby Wisdom have certainly hit their offensive stride in Big West play. Jeppesen leads the team batting .390 in league games to go along with 11 RBI and a .683 slugging percentage. Wisdom, meanwhile, is batting .385 with a team-leading 13 RBI.
• Sharing A Little More Wisdom
In addition to her impressive bat in league games, Wisdom has posted a 1.61 ERA and an 11-4 record in Big West contests. For the season, she has compiled a 21-14 record and a 2.48 ERA. Nationally, she ranks 43rd in wins (21) and 27th in strikeouts (227). Wisdom has already surpassed the UCSB record for single season wins, ranks sixth in innings pitched (245.2), 10th in complete games (25) and second in strikeouts. She needs seven more K's to surpass Jennifer Davis' 2006 school record.
• Speedy Soria
Wisdom isn't the only Gaucho climbing the ranks in the single season records. Junior Jessica Soria has moved into a tie for sixth with her team and league-leading 23 stolen bases. The outfielder leads the Gauchos in hits (55) and runs scored (26), ranking third and ninth, respectively, in league. She has reached safely in 25 of the last 26 games, including multiple hits in the last three straight games. Soria leads the squad with 13 multiple hit games this year.
• Moving On Up
Junior Keilani Jennings is making her mark in the UCSB career record book. She is eighth in doubles (29), fourth in home runs (21) and is ninth in RBI with 79. Jennings leads the Gauchos in doubles (10) and home runs (6), ranking fifth in conference, and is third in the league in walks (25). The junior has reached first base safely in 24 of the last 26 games and is amidst a season-best eight-game hitting streak, which ties the longest streak of her career.
• Take A Pilpil
Sophomore Kathryn Pilpil has been extremely effective at getting on-base, posting a team-leading .367 on-base percentage. The second baseman has reached safely in 24 of the last 26 games, a span in which she has tallied 17 hits and 19 of her 24 walks.
If the Gauchos secure the Big West's automatic berth into the 2012 NCAA Tournament, the postseason appearance will be their first since the 2007 season and fourth overall.


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NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - Both the UC Santa Barbara men and women set records in taking second place in the 2013 Big West Track and Field Championships at Cal State Northridge's Matador Track and Field Complex on Saturday.
The Long Beach State men and UC Davis women captured first place at the meet. Host Cal State Northridge claimed third place with 127 points. The next three spots were jumbled as newcomer Hawai'i finished fourth with 76.5, followed by Long Beach State with 75 and Cal Poly with 71.5. UC Riverside (65.5), UC Irvine (57) and Cal State Fullerton (45.5) completed the women's standings.
"Perhaps due to the televised broadcast of the meet this year, I have to say this was the most electric and energetic conference meet I've been a part of," UCSB head coach Pete Dolan said. "It is hard to believe that the Gauchos did not win both sides based on how emotionally drained I was by the end of the meet. All respect goes to champions Long Beach State Men and UC Davis Women. The Gauchos left absolutely nothing in the tank this Championship weekend. Although both teams came here to win, when the fog of disappointment lifts these teams should be very proud of their performances."
The women broke six school records and won five separate events this weekend. The Gauchos tallied 128.50 points, aided by senior Irene Kujore's three gold medal finishes and first-place showings from Jennifer Carey and Amanda Rodriguez.
Grace Esslinger broke UCSB's 100m record in the preliminary rounds by running 11.80, besting the previous mark by .02 seconds. The senior finished in seventh place in the finals.
Jenn Carey had one of the best performances of her career by setting four records in her four events. She placed first in the 400 with a time of 52.29, shattering the previous record of 53.37, and currently stands as the 12th fastest time in the nation. In the 200, Carey set the school record in the prelims with a 23.70 finish and went on to break her own record with a time of 23.69 in the finals, placing second at the meet.
In the 400 hurdles, Amanda Rodriguez broke her school record for the fourth time this season by finishing at 58.32. It's the fastest time in the conference and the 22nd best in the country. Before this season, Barbara Nwaba held the record when she finished the event in 60.51 back in 2010.
Esslinger, Carey and Rodriguez were also apart of the record-breaking teams in the 4x100m Relay and the 4x400m Relay. The 4x100 mark of 45.73 broke a record that stood since 2006, while the 4x400 performance (3:39.46) topped the previous record by nearly four seconds.
Danielle Moreno contributed with 16 points by finishing second in both the 5,000m and 10,000m.
For the field events, Irene Kujore led the women by completing a historic performance with three wins at the meet. She tossed a 166-04 in the discus, winning by nearly six inches, to go along with her wins in the shot put and hammer Friday. Kujore became the first individual in Big West history to win all three championship events at the same meet.
For the men's team, UCSB finished in second place with 152 points.
Mitchell Haag continued his dominance in the high jump, claiming his third straight gold with a winning height of 6-11.50.
Derek Masterson successfully defended his decathlon title last weekend, but this week he arguably put together a more impressive performance with his javelin throw when he made a massive 218- 04 throw to win the event. To put the feat in perspective, the second place finisher threw 198-11.
The Gauchos picked up 18 points in 1500m as Juan Paredes (3:50.01), Bryce Rausa (3:50.73), and Shayne Vaziri (3:50.81) put together the 2-3-4 finish for UCSB. Rausa's finish was a personal-best.
In the 400, Jordan Scott made a strong push on the final turn to win in 46.44, a personal best. After finishing first in the individual event, Scott anchored the 4x400m Relay team to gold. The team (Winton Nguyen, Eric Severiano, James Martin, and Scott) won by nearly three seconds with a time of 3:09.84.
That performance nearly broke a 1987 record of 3:37.36 still held by UNLV.