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Twin Peaks is holding one of the biggest bikini contests this month all around the country featuring Twin Peaks waitresses battling it out for the title.
The qualifying contests end May 29 and will determine the contestants of the National All-Star Bikini Contest in Denver on June 12.
Ida, the Kirby winner, was the first to advance. The Houston area Twin Peaks will host two more events at 8 p.m. on May 13 at 290 (12830 Northwest Freeway) and May 14 at Shenandoah (4527 Lomitas Ave.).
Thursday's Webster location winner Stephanie talked to 29-95 after her victory.
Q: What do you eat at Twin Peaks to get into bikini shape?
STEPHANIE: The steak salad.
Q: How do you get ready for bikini season?
STEPHANIE: I eat right, try to go to the gym (if I can make it) and get tan.
Q: Why should you win it all?
STEPHANIE: I have a bubbly personality and need to bring the crown home for Webster.
Q: What do you look for in a guy?
STEPHANIE: A good personality and a sense of humor.
Q: What is the worse pickup line you've heard?
STEPHANIE: You should get a parking ticket because you are fine.
Be sure to check back with more on the winners and photos from the events.


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To accompany SHOWstudio's exhibition on punk, Nick Knight interviews the photographers responsible for capturing the images that coined the movement. The conversations focus on each of the individual photographs featured in the show, and reveal the stories which surround them, the nuances of the compositions and the technical details which achieved the shots.
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
Despite claims to the contrary, Israel wants its Arab population to be successful and happy. In line with that general policy, Israel's Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor and the government-owned telecom company Bezeq have launched a new initiative to get Bedouin Arab women into the workforce.
The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor identified Bedouin women as the sector of society least involved in the workforce. At the same time, Bezeq was looking to more to periphery communities for new call center customer support representatives, a position that traditionally sees a high turnover. The two joined forces and approached Bedouin communities in southern Israel about letting local women work.
It's not that many Bedouin women don't want to work. They do. Many have expressed a desire to contribute more financially to their large families. But community traditions prevent women from working outside the village, and opportunities within are largely confined to teaching.
Bezeq and the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor solved the problem by opening a new call center inside a local mosque. Now, dozens of women from one Bedouin town are earning a competitive salary without breaking societal norms.
In interviews with Saudi news agency Al-Arabiya, a number of the women said they are very happy working for Bezeq. "As a Bedouin woman I am so proud of myself because as a Bedouin girl I started from zero," said one young woman who has since become a manager, while another praised Bezeq for being so flexible with working mothers.
Many of the women see the new opportunity as a stepping stone, and plan to use their newfound income to fund university studies. And many more Bedouin women are likely to get a similar opportunity very soon. Bezeq has been very pleased with the new call center and intends to expand the initiative. A number of other Israeli companies have also taken note, and are reportedly planning to target the Bedouin community with new jobs.
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Furniture Friday: Floor Screens
Posted By materialgirls | Oct 28, 2011 | 4 Comments | Category: Decorating, Design Inspiration, Furniture
It really doesn't get any better than this!
McAlpine, Booth, & Ferrier Interiors
Photo found via Pinterest
This FF is for my Mom 🙂 We've been looking for the perfect floor screen to conceal all my Dad's speakers/amps/music equipment in their Music Room/Studio/Media Room. All the electronics and wires have become an eye-sore, so we need a pretty, easy way to hide the stuff!
Um, yes please.
"Serena" screen by Oly as seen in the top image
Does this not SCREAM "Rat Pack Music Room?"
I spotted this one on Joss & Main…I like it because my parent's room is painted Charcoal Gray.
Above two beauties from Currey & Co
A little bougie but it's okay 🙂 Just pair with an antique ethnic rug and vintage lighting. It also comes in white which would be perfect in a teen girls' room.
I leave you with a little DIY. This is actually amazing. A canvas screen waiting for you to put your touch on it. I've thought about attempting to construct my own screen to then DIY, but those thoughts stayed in Home Depot staring at a wall of bi-fold doors. But this – endless possibilities. So chic painted black in a black & white space. Cover it in an amazing wallpaper and put it behind a crib! This was going to be my project – where was this a year ago (it was probably on overstock.com)??
You can find floor screen from $$$$$ to $ – just keep your eyes open! Especially in vintage/re-sale/antique shops. I have an awesome orange & navy Chinoiserie number I scored for $100 at my favorite OKC store, Mockingbird Manor.
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Increased Intersection Capacity & Efficiency
Under many traffic conditions, an unsignalized roundabout can operate with less delay to users than traffic signal control or all-way stop control.
Unlike all-way stop intersections, a roundabout does not require a complete stop by all entering vehicles, which reduces both individual delay and delays resulting from vehicle queues. Many drivers adjust their speed to take advantage of approaching gaps in circulating traffic, particularly in the off-peak period. If there is no traffic in the roundabout, they don't have to stop at all.
A roundabout can also operate more efficiently than a signalized intersection because drivers are able to enter from different approaches at the same time when traffic is clear without the delay incurred while waiting for the traffic signal to change (i.e. no yellow or red times).
Preliminary results from ongoing studies at Kansas State University (KSU) on several modern roundabouts are showing that modern roundabouts have greater overall operational efficiency than all other forms of traffic control. In one example, a KSU study analyzed changes in before and after delay and percent stopping.
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|Average Operational Performance
|Source: Study of Operational Performance and Environmental Impacts of Modern Roundabouts in Kansas
|Average Intersection Delay (Seconds/Veh)
|Average vehicle delay for all vehicles entering the intersection
|Max Approach Delay (Seconds/Veh)
|Average vehicle delay for the approach with highest delay
|95% Queue Length (Feet)
|Value below which 95% of all observed lengths of vehicles being backed fall
|Proportion Stopped–Intersection (%)
|Proportion of vehicles approaching intersection and required to stop
|Max Prop. Stopped (%)
|Highest proportion of vehicles stopped on one approach
|Degree Of Saturation–Intersection (v/c)
|Measure of congestion on the roadway that is being used by traffic
All of this data boils down to less cars stopping, fewer automobiles idling, and more vehicles moving towards their intended destinations. Consider reduction in person-hours of delay and reduced vehicle delay throughout the day (not just peak hours).
It adds up...
A roundabout serving 15,000 vehicles a day saves, annually, a total of 15,000 gallons of fuel, compared to the same intersection controlled by a traffic light, according to analysis from the Washington State Department of Transportation.
A key finding of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in one study is that vehicle delays at the 10 intersections would have been reduced by 62-74 percent, saving 325,000 hours of motorists' time annually. Fuel consumption would have gone down by about 235,000 gallons per year, and there would have been commensurate reductions in vehicle emissions. Assuming $18 per hour in worker wages and $3.50 per gallon of gas is a community cost of $6.7 million.


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Frank Hamilton Hankins
Frank Hamilton Hankins was born on September 27, 1877 in Wilkshire, Ohio. He grew up in Kansas, where he received an A.B. from Baker University in 1901. He served as superintendent of schools in Waverly, Kansas for two years before entering Columbia University. As a graduate student and fellow in statistics, Hankins was strongly influenced by the philosophy and logic of John Stuart Mill, the sociology of Giddings, Spencer, and Ward, and the quantitative work of Quetelet, Galton, and Pearson. His doctoral dissertation, "Adolphe Quetelet as Statitician" (1908), was an important contribution to the development of empirical sociology.
Hankins served as a member of the Clark University faculty for sixteen years (1906-1922), and head of the Department of Political and Social Science beginning in 1908. Clark, at the time, was under the leadership of the influential psychologist G. Stanley Hall, and was visited by famous psychoanalysts such as Sigmund Freud and Havelock Ellis. Thus, it was a center of research, graduate study, and stimulating scholarly controversy. Hankins contributed numerous articles to scholarly journals, lectured frequently at other universities, studied social conditions in Europe before and after World War I, and taught at the Ecole Libre des Sciences Politique in Paris in 1921. Hankins joined the Smith College faculty in 1922 as Professor of Sociology, and for many years he served as department chairman, until he left Smith in 1946.
Under the presidency of William Allan Neilson, Smith was an exciting and non-cloistered campus. Hankins, in his years at Smith, built up an excellent group of sociologists on campus, which included people such as Harry Elmer Barnes, Ray Billington, G.A. Borgese, Merle Curti, and Harold Faulkner, among others. Hankins was very active on many different boards and organizations on population and individual rights. In 1930, Hankins was elected the first President of the American Sociological Society, and in 1945 President of the American Population Association. He also taught and lectured widely, serving on the faculties of Amherst College, Columbia, Berkeley, the Army Center at Biarritz, and, following his retirement from Smith, the University of Pennsylvania. In 1936, he studied, on the scene, social conditions in Nazi Germany.
Hankins contributed widely to scholarly journals, anthologies, and the Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. His ground-breaking study, The Racial Basis of Civilization: A Critique of the Nordic Doctrine, was published in 1926. In 1928, he published An Introduction to the Study of Society, a textual treatise presenting his principal theoretical and substantive concerns and convictions.
Hankins' writings reveal a keen interest in the role of biological factors in social life and history and, conversely, in the role of such selective processes as urbanization, education, persecution, and war in the determination of population quantity and quality. He argued in favor of birth control, more for the lower classes and less for the privileged. He condemned authoritarian institutions and practices and supported the maximization of opportunity for all. He also denounced racist policies and believed that racially mixed populations were physically and socially beneficial.
Hankins died of a heart attack at the age of 92 on January 24, 1970 in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. At the time of his death, he was an eminent sociologist and demographer, distinguished author and lecturer, provocative and influential teacher, an ardent proponent of a strictly scientific sociology, and a concerned humanist.
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Mirova and the Global Mechanism join forces to establish the Land Degradation Neutrality Fund
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), through its operational arm - the Global Mechanism – together with Mirova, the responsible investment management company of Natixis group, have signed an agreement to structure the first global fund dedicated to achieving Land Degradation Neutrality - the LDN Fund. French Caisse des Depôts is supporting the initiative.
The Global Mechanism and Mirova are pleased to announce the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding with the objective of structuring the Land Degradation Neutrality Fund. The LDN Fund aims at creating a new investment territory: land rehabilitation and avoided degradation. The LDN Fund will be launched in December 2016.
French Caisse des Dépôts has agreed to support the project. International institutions, including the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), World Bank Group, are supporting the creation of the Fund and intend to accompany the structuring phase.
Every year, we degrade an area about half the size of the UK to sustain our global economy. Land degradation comes with huge environmental, social and financial costs. The LDN Fund intends to reward land management practices that help to avoid the degradation of productive land. Its goal is to promote switching to sustainable land uses and restoring already degraded land.
The benefits of preventing and reversing land degradation are greater than the costs of land rehabilitation. For instance, The Value of Land: Prosperous Lands and Positive Rewards through Sustainable Land Management shows that the adoption of sustainable land management (SLM) practices alone could generate up to US$1.4 trillion in increased production value.
Achieving LDN is one of the year 2030 targets (target 15.3) of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). LDN refers to a state whereby the amount of healthy and productive land resources necessary to support ecosystem services in a given community or country, or globally, remains at least stable.
In October, the Parties to the UNCCD agreed to set up voluntary national targets to support the realization of the LDN target on a global level.
The concept of an LDN Fund emerged in 2014 following consultations among institutions that were engaged in the identification of sustainable solutions to the challenge of land degradation. The Global Mechanism presented the first concept at the World Investment Forum in Geneva in October 2014.
The fund should provide a coordination platform for blended finance and is expected to be set up as a Public-Private Partnership among institutional investors,
impact investors, development finance institutions and donors committed to supporting LDN. It should be structured as a privately managed layered fund intending to generate returns for investors in line with their respective risk/return profiles.
The Global Mechanism and Mirova are joining forces to turn the project into reality, and to create the conditions vital for this investment vehicle to work. A joint project team will start structuring the fund across six interconnected working groups, including the identification of bankable projects across different sectors and geographies.
According to Stéphane Le Foll, Minister of Agriculture, Agrifood and Forestry, France, said, "This is a fund in the making that will harness the power of the private sector to support a global policy and investments that agriculturalists the world over cannot do without. When it is launched in 2016, this fund will become an important vehicle to rehabilitate millions of hectares of degraded land, making it fertile and productive. This commitment is totally consistent with the "4 for 1,000: soils for food security and climate" initiative launched by France at COP21."
Annick Girardin, Minister of State for Development and Francophony in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development says, "to deal with the issues we face, we must offer real opportunities and hope. That's why we must invest substantially in the land. The idea of creating a land degradation neutrality fund that, simultaneously, drives private sector investment, revitalizes degraded areas and scales up sustainable land use practices, is truly innovative, and deserves the support of the global community."
Monique Barbut, Executive Secretary of the UNCCD declares, "I am pleased to announce our collaboration with Mirova to structure the fund, and with the support of EIB, Caisse des Dépôts, and WWF among others. The conditions for the existence and success of a LDN Fund, which UNCCD imagined more than a year ago, are now taking shape."
Mirova's CEO Philippe Zaouati comments, "At Mirova, we believe that integrating sustainable development themes can generate solutions that create value for investors over the long term. We are honoured to join forces with the UNCCD to structure the LDN Fund that we hope will be a triple success: financial, environmental and social."
"Caisse des Dépôts approves the LDN Fund initiative, in its intentions as well as its methods and is ready to support it when the time comes and according to the business model proposed", says Pierre-René Lemas, CEO of the Caisse des Dépôts group.
EIB also supports the initiative. "The European Investment Bank, as the world's largest financier of climate action, recognises the crucial need to address land degradation, including deforestation and desertification. The LDN Fund is an ambitious and innovative initiative with an impressive potential to fight the local and wider impact of a changing climate and the EIB is committed to ensuring the successful implementation of this important new fund" says Ambroise Fayolle, Vice-President responsible for Innovation at EIB.
According to Marco Lambertini, Director General of WWF International, "For the first time, we have an universal agreement to halt and reverse land degradation in the form of the recently approved SDGs, and its target to achieve land degradation neutrality by 2030. Achieving this target will require substantial amounts of public and private resources. In this context, WWF welcomes the thinking, the efforts, and the spirit behind the LDN Fund - it is a very exciting development and one we stand ready to support."
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Note to the reader
This document (the "Document") is being circulated as an information-only document and does not constitute an offer, a proposal, or a solicitation to investors to invest in the land degradation neutrality fund, (the "LDN Fund"). This Document has been prepared for indicative purposes only. This Document does not represent a commitment on the part of the Secretariat and the Global Mechanism of the United Nations Convention Desertification ("UNCCD") and Mirova to structure the Fund described herein, nor any other fund.
About the UNCCD
Desertification, along with climate change and the loss of biodiversity, were identified as the greatest challenges to sustainable development during the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. Established in 1994, UNCCD is the sole legally binding international agreement linking environment, development and the promotion of healthy soils. The Convention's 195 Parties work to alleviate poverty in the drylands, maintain and restore the land's productivity, and mitigate the effects of drought.
About the Global Mechanism
The Global Mechanism (GM) is the financial mechanism established by the UNCCD to support developing countries in the mobilization of resources for combating desertification, land degradation and drought. In October 2015, he 12th Conference of the Parties to the UNCCD (COP 12) requested the GM, in consultation with the UNCCD Secretariat, "to develop options to increase incentives and financial support for DLDD (Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought) activities, including the possible creation of an independent LDN fund".
About Mirova
Mirova offers a global responsible investing approach involving Equities, Fixed Income, General and Renewable Energy Infrastructure, Impact Investing, and Voting and Engagement. It has €5.8 billion in assets under management and €42.9 billion in Voting and Engagement. Its team of circa 50 multidisciplinary experts includes specialists in thematic investment management, engineers, financial and environmental, social and governance analysts, project financing specialists and experts in solidarity finance.
www.mirova.com @Mirova_RI
Limited liability company –Share capital A 7 461 327.50 – Regulated by AMF under n° GP 02-014 – RCS Paris n°394 648 216
Source: Mirova – 30/09/2015
About Natixis
Natixis is the international corporate, investment, insurance and financial services arm of Groupe BPCE, the 2nd-largest banking group in France with 36 million clients spread over two retail banking networks, Banque Populaire and Caisse d'Epargne.
With more than 16,000 employees, Natixis has a number of areas of expertise that are organized into three main business lines: Corporate & Investment Banking, Investment Solutions & Insurance, and Specialized Financial Services.
A global player, Natixis has its own client base of companies, financial institutions and institutional investors as well as the client base of individuals, professionals and small and medium-size businesses of Groupe BPCE's banking networks.
Figures as at June 30, 2015
About the Caisse des Dépôts group
Caisse des Dépôts and its subsidiaries together form a State-owned group that is a long-term investor serving France's public interest and local and regional economic development. This role was reaffirmed by the French economic modernisation act of 4 August 2008. The Group has renowned expertise in managing public-service mandates and focuses its efforts on four types of transition that are strategic for France's long-term development: regional, environmental/energy, digital and demographic.
About the European Investment Bank
The European Investment Bank (EIB), whose shareholders are the Member States of the European Union (EU), is the EU's long-term financing institution. The EIB provides long-term finance in support of quality projects to contribute towards achieving the EU's major objectives.
About WWF
WWF is one of the world's largest and most respected independent conservation organizations, with over 5 million supporters and a global network active in over 100 countries. WWF's mission is to stop the degradation of the Earth's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by conserving the world's biological diversity, ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable, and promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.
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About Miga
MIGA was created in 1988 as a member of the World Bank Group to promote foreign direct investment into emerging economies to support economic growth, reduce poverty, and improve people's lives. MIGA fulfils this mandate by offering political risk insurance and credit enhancement to investors and lenders


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On Saturday night, the International Imaging Industry Association (I3A) recognized Adobe President and CEO Shantanu Narayen with its annual Leadership Award. I3A Treasurer and Leadership Award Committee Chair Daryl Hunt, Director of Standards Strategy at the Eastman Kodak Company, presented the award at the PMDA Awards Dinner in conjunction with the PMA photo industry conference and trade show held in Anaheim.
Shantanu couldn't make it to the award ceremony in person, so he gave a short acceptance via video. Adobe Vice-President of Imaging Kevin Connor accepted the award in person on Shantanu's behalf. Kevin noted the terrific timing of this award, with Photoshop hitting its 20th anniversary this month.
Awarded annually for two decades, I3A's Leadership Award each year recognizes one individual in the international imaging community who has exhibited the exemplary qualities and innovative vision of a leader. Recent recipients of the award include Atsushi Kodera of Kyocera Sanyo Telecom, Inc. (2009); Makoto Kimura of the Nikon Imaging Company (2008); Antonio Perez of Kodak (2007); Fumio Iwai of Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. (2006); and Vyomesh Joshi of HP (2005).
Shantanu was recognized not only for his leadership of Adobe, but also his early pioneering work in consumer photo sharing at the company Pictra, Inc. which he co-founded.


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Press Release
EMC Global Partners Embrace Documentum xCP 2.0
Solution Development Platform Enables Partners and Customers to Create and Deploy Solutions Up to 50% Faster; Delivers New Levels of Productivity, Intelligence and Agility
At Momentum, the EMC Information Intelligence Group's EMEA user conference, EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) today announced overwhelming support from its global partner community for EMC® Documentum® xCP 2.0. Documentum xCP 2.0 is a next-generation platform for developing and deploying business and case management solutions, optimized for cloud-based deployments. The new release signficantly improves productivity and delivers intelligence to information workers, with the industry's first unified solution design tool for increased agility and faster solution development.
Global Partners Voice Resounding Approval for Documentum xCP 2.0
As part of development, several EMC partners participated in the xCP Early Access Program to begin building applications and preparing their solutions to achieve "EMC Certified" status.
Josy Penon, Senior Manager, ELCA
"When looking for a single word describing EMC Documentum xCP 2.0, I would say, 'Visionary'. The new Documentum xCP 2.0 platform is the manifestation of the innovative strategy of EMC IIG in the case management domain. It will surely change the way ECM projects are deployed, by facilitating the collaboration between Business Users and the Project Team."
Andy Shallman, CTO, BRT, Inc
"The new unified development tools provided with xCP2.0 offer a simpler mechanism for developing, tracking, packaging, testing and delivering full applications than was previously available. It will allow us to deliver solutions with more robust and user friendly interfaces without having to develop costly customizations."
Johnny Gee, Chief Technology Officer, Beach Street
"xCP 2.0 has transformed how Beach Street builds and deploys applications by creating a single designer interface that allows you to configure various components like workflows, user interfaces, process reporting, and external system integrations with very little custom coding. As one of the charter members of the Early Access Program, we are excited to build the second generation of our Contracts, Invoice and HR Automation solutions on xCP 2.0."
Wayne Crandall, President, enChoice
"We will achieve EMC Certified Solution status for our KwikWork underwriting application on xCP 2.0, demonstrating our commitment to delivering value to our customers. The new release of xCP is a winner, as it clearly reduces the time and cost of application development."
George Florentine, Vice President of Engineering, Flatiron
"The new release of xCP has helped us build much more customized and user friendly interfaces in a faster and more streamlined way. This new capability, in conjunction with the new xMS release that allows us to easily deploy both development environments and entire whole production systems, makes xCP 2.0 a game changer."
Dirk Bode, CEO, fme AG
"xCP 2.0 is a major step forward to build case management applications with a higher customer satisfaction. Especially the new unified designer, with its new concepts, enables us to deliver process centric applications which meet our customers' enterprise requirements faster than before. We are sure that EMC customers will be the biggest beneficiaries of the new version as they will be able to shorten project run times significantly."
Mouli Ponnupandy, Associate Director and Lead, ECM Practice, NTT DATA
"xCP has reached new frontiers in Case Management by expanding the concept of content enabled process automation. What differentiates xCP among competition is the configuration and model driven approach. This enables customers to realize ROI more quickly, thereby providing increased cost savings. xCP helps provide numerous opportunities to think, innovate and adopt an intelligent way to conduct your business. NTT DATA, the 6th largest IT services provider in the world, has a robust Enterprise Content Management practice and is a partner of EMC. NTT DATA is currently working towards achieving 'EMC Certified Solution' status for an Order Management system based on xCP 2.0."
Amit Datla, Director of Enterprise Architecture, Paragon Solutions, Inc.
"EMC's newest release of the Documentum xCP platform is a significant step forward in providing a rich, unified design tool for building case-based applications across all of the industries we support."
Michael Cloutier, Vice President of Insurance, Paragon Solutions, Inc.
"EMC's xCP platform continues to be the best-in-breed, purpose-built, business process activity templates that enable us to improve implementation time to value for our customers."
Yehia Halaous, Senior Manager Enterprise and Higher Education Development, ITS
"ITS welcomes the addition of Documentum xCP 2.0. The new xCP Designer is a powerful tool that will help us more easily build and maintain applications, and the ease of configuration, usability and flexibility is better than any competitive solution. The addition of xMS for rapid deployment also delivers real value. We believe the new xCP delivers on all fronts."
Andrew Hurt, General Manager, Xerox Emirates
"xCP 2.0 represents the future of integrated application platforms that serve the need to build consistent, reliable and enhanced case management solutions. It provides the ability to produce highly business modeled applications following up to the latest web technologies. Not ignoring the revolutionary attractive interface, the platform has been successfully optimized within the attributes of time, performance and appearance. The developer's new experience can be best described as challenging, inspiring and exciting."
Rainer Gaier, Managing Director, Ovations Group
"The Ovations Group strategically embraced the EMC platform and specifically xCP 2.0 to provide BPM capabilities into our proven enterprise case management offering OneStream. The xCP 2.0 suite provides professionalism and capability that will allow systems integrators and implementers, the ability to deliver world class solutions in a rapid manner saving time and critically, cutting costs. With future implementation opportunities with our clients, xCP 2.0 is a key success factor in intelligent case management execution."
Mihai Pavelescu, Consulting Director Consulting Director - Business Solutions, Star Storage
"EMC Documentum xCP 2.0 looks to be the most promising technology for building custom case management solutions without coding. With the new release of xCP, EMC is proving that it understands the needs of their customers and is committed to address them thoroughly. The new user interface, the unified designing tool and the added tools for application deployment and monitoring make us confident that Star Storage's future solutions based on this technology will be more competitive than ever, both from time to market and cost perspectives"
Antti Pudas, Director, Enterprise Content Management, Tieto / Enterprise Solutions
"Early Access Program for xCP2.0 gave us a clear understanding of the new version, how to use it, what are the key benefits and possibilities with the product. As a result, we are well prepared to take these benefits to our customers. xCP 2.0 is really a great step forward. Now we can concentrate even more on business requirements and solving them on the best possible way, and decrease the implementation time."
Tudy Droumaguet, Head of System Integration & Consulting, euroscript group
"The new fully integrated development environment of xCP 2.0 enables us to deploy new applications very fast. Together with our iterative FastTrack approach, users can evaluate application changes in a live workshop environment instantly!"
Marko Šimić, Mola Mola
"EMC Documentum xCP 2.0 helps us to develop business solutions effectively and significantly faster than ever before. It fits to MOLA MOLA Business Process Management and Document Management approach to deliver solutions that address all user requirements in an optimal manner. The fact that we are participants of EMC's Early Access Program enables us to develop solutions for Incoming and Outgoing Mail Processing and Accounts receivable for Leasing Companies. We intend to develop many useful business solutions on the xCP 2.0 platform."
Vratislav Opatrny, ECM Competence Manager, Division Finance, NESS Czech s.r.o.
"xCP 2.0 brings a new approach to building and deploying great solutions. It uses new modern technology to speed development; the new data modeling tool reflects real-world applications, and its new UIs are industry-standard setting. This is a great addition to the EMC IIG portfolio."
Ashu Govil, Practice Director – Enterprise Content Management & Portals, HCL America Inc.
"EMC Documentum xCP 2.0 gives an opportunity to rapidly build next generation case management systems and content centric applications to handle complex business processes. A team of xCP 2.0 architects and developers of HCL ECMP Practice (Enterprise Content Management & Portal) are exploring this case management development platform and building innovative industry solution accelerators on this platform."
J. Will Moore, EMC Practice Lead, TriTek Solutions
"As a pilot member of EMC's xCP 2.0 partner development program, TriTek Solutions has thoroughly evaluated the new OnDemand offering and we're very excited about the benefits to our mutual customers. By leveraging the rich, widget-based interface, clients can achieve an agile solution that excels at case management. On the development side, build, deployment and run cycles are significantly reduced with stateless processes and one unified builder, which greatly reduces the time to production."
Kim Tran, VP – Federal, Comtech
"With an impressive new user interface, xCP 2.0 provides a unified development environment, which dramatically improves our ability to rapidly develop and deploy solutions."
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(Phoenix, Ariz. – April 19, 2007) Attorney General Terry Goddard today warned consumers about a Social Security scam that is targeting Arizona.
Consumers are receiving calls from scam artists claiming to be from the Social Security Administration. When these people call, they say that they need to verify the consumer's Social Security number, and ask the consumer to provide the first three digits of their Social Security number. Once the consumer gives the first three digits, the caller then tries to guess the next two digits, and in doing so, often prompts the consumer to provide those numbers.
This is a scam. The Social Security Administration will never call to confirm a Social Security number. If you receive such a call, do not give out any part of your Social Security number.
If you believe you have been a victim of fraud, please contact the Attorney General's Office in Phoenix at 602.542.5763; in Tucson at 520.628.6504; or outside the Phoenix and Tucson metro areas at 1.800.352.8431. To file a complaint in person, the Attorney General's Office has 28 satellite offices throughout Arizona with volunteers available to help. Locations and hours are posted on the Attorney General's Web site at www.azag.gov.
Please visit the Attorney General's Web site to sign up for scam alerts and weekly messages from Attorney General Goddard.


text: Hello guys, hope somewhere can give me advice I have not read manual before udpate to 220.127.116.11, where is written that i have to install mailman first and then ISPC so i have question 1. How should i install mailman afer update to 3.0.4., 1 or can i find somewhere in unpacked instalator what has to be done ? 2 If 1. is not possible, how to fix it, should i run somehow update to same version ? 3. Generally, if i dont want use some feature, how to remove item from ISPC Menu? in this case how to remove Mailing list from ISPConfig menu ?


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Navy has already agreed to play in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl against a Pac-12 opponent on Dec. 29. Today, BYU filled another bowl slot with an official invitation to the Poinsettia Bowl on Dec. 20. The Cougars are also slated to play a representative from the Pac-12.
"We are excited to receive the formal invitation to play in the 2012 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl. BYU has a storied bowl history in San Diego, dating back to the first Holiday Bowl in 1978, and we are looking forward to returning to Qualcomm Stadium," said BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe in a release. "We have a large fan base in Southern California, and San Diego is a great destination for a holiday season bowl game."
The Cougars had a three-year agreement to play in the bowl provided they do not reach the BCS. At 6-4, BYU gained bowl eligibility last night in a win over Idaho. Not that it matters other than for the sake of winning, but BYU's remaining games are on the road against San Jose State and New Mexico State.


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Holly89 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 57 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
Grace Helicopters
Grace Helicopters is based in New Zealand. We specialize in aerial photography, capturing the 'magic' of New Zealand's beautiful and diverse landscapes and we cover hunting & fishing.
We are building a website to sell our photographs to individuals, media and corporate clients.
We are looking for a logo to represent Grace Helicopters.
We want a striking, abstract 'line drawing style' representation of a helicopter. It is essential that the line drawing is NOT based on a specific model of helicopter, so a simple but sophisticated design is required.
Here are a few things to think about:
1. We would like the logo to be in multiple colours, as it is going to be used against a black background on the website. Please feel free to experiment with colours!
2. No Cartoons - it can be playful but not cheap or childlike.
3. Include the words 'Grace Helicopters' under the logo (not all capitals). The typeface should be clear, simple and bold.
4. The logo will need to translate well onto clothing and will be sign-written onto the helicopter itself.
5. We have thought about possibly incorporating some New Zealand elements into the logo, such as the NZ silver fern or a trout, so feel free to experiment with this.
6. Include the rotor's air flow to convey movement.
7. Think about incorporating the letter G into the logo (for example an abstract G could be the body of the heli?)
Note: Points 5 & 7 are just ideas that can be experimented with but are not essential.
The files we will require are:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo
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The Seattle Seahawks claimed rookie long-snapper Adam Steiner off waivers from the Oakland Raiders on Tuesday.
Steiner had signed with the Raiders following the NFL Draft and attended the team's rookie mini-camp this past weekend. He was waived by the team on Monday.
Clint Gresham (pictured) has served as the Seahawks long-snapper the last three seasons and was tendered as a restricted free agent by the team. Gresham signed his tender and will earn $1.323 million if one the roster this season. Steiner will likely compete with Gresham for the long-snapping job as a cheaper option for the position.
The Seahawks also waived/injured defensive back Chandler Fenner on Tuesday. Fenner joined Seattle's practice squad last December and signed a futures contract with the team in January.